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Eatery sparks border dispute Town and city at odds over Elizabeth Park restaurant.
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In Focus Park eatery sparks border battle between town, city
by Mark Jahne
Two years ago, Mayor Rob Bouvier walked down Park Road side by side with Hartford Mayor Mike Peters, waving to those along the parade route. That was then, this is now. The two men aren't on the best of terms of late. They are locked in an increasingly bitter dispute over the use of the Pond House at Elizabeth Park for a destination restaurant and whether or not that use needs to go before the town Plan and Zoning Commission for review. Mayor Bouvier insists that it needs to do just that. Nonsense, responds Mayor Peters. The food establishment already has a permit from the town, and that should be enough. Elizabeth Park is unique in that it is owned by the city, but much of it lies within West Hartford, including the restaurant and world-famous rose garden. The city is responsible for its upkeep and maintenance. The Friends of Elizabeth Park manages it under an agreement with city hall. Back in 1995, the city asked West Hartford officials for a permit to operate what they said would be a snack bar in the Pond House. That permit was granted, but town officials say the use has changed and they want further review, based upon complaints from neighbors of the park. "We gave them a permit to operate a snack bar. What they are operating there now is in violation of the letter and spirit of that permit," Mayor Bouvier said. That needs to be addressed, but he said city officials have refused to go through the zoning process. The mayor said he wants to see the park and city thrive, but not at the expense of that process. "We take no pleasure in raining on their parade, but we have a tradition of zoning laws ... and no one is above those zoning laws. I sincerely hope that they will respect our system and our process." As an example, he said the town administration wanted to dump leaves on a parcel of land on Avon Mountain. But it still had to go through zoning review before the TPZ and the request was initially denied until certain stipulations were met. That cost the town time and money, said Mayor Bouvier, but he contends that it was the right thing to do. So if the town won't even grant itself a special exception, why should it give one to anybody else, even its neighboring municipality?
Louis Lista is the owner of the Pond House Café. The Elizabeth Park restaurant has become a sharp point of contention between city and town officials.
"We've tried to arrive at a mutually agreeable outcome to this situation. Despite those good-faith efforts, we have been unable to do so," he said. Since those efforts have failed, the Town Council instructed the administration to send city officials a strongly worded letter indicating that if they
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There's a simple way to resolve the city-town border dispute
West Hartford and Hartford have long enjoyed a positive relationship. For that matter, this town used to be part of what is now its neighboring city. They always seemed to get along well. But now an increasingly bitter dispute over the Pond House Cafe restaurant at Elizabeth Park has driven a wedge between the two communities. While everyone talks cooperation and negotiation, the reality is that both sides have dug in their heels and no one seems willing to budge. The crux of the matter is whethe'r the restaurant and banquet center, which in days gone by served as a small snack bar, should now be a destination eaten.. and whether that use is covered by a permit the town granted the city in 1995. Town officials say the use has changed in a significant manner and the matter needs to go before the town Plan & Zoning Commission for review. City officials counter that it always was, and still is, a food establishment, and that the 1995 permit should be sufficient. What further complicates the issue is the fact that while the park is owned by the city, the land which is host to the restaurant rests inside town borders.
So town officials insist that they should be able to control what goes on there. City officials can't understand why there needs to be such a fuss. They agree that there are parking issues and are already working to address them. As Hartford Mayor Mike Peters notes, West Hartford is the home of a beautiful park with a quality restaurant and that famous rose garden, all provided free to local residents at city expense. That should stand for something. Good point. But the rules and regulations which govern the town and which the city seems to think it can bypass at will because it is in some way an exception to the rules should also stand for something. West Hartford takes its zoning seriously. Extremely seriously. As Mayor Rob Bouvier notes, no one, not even the town administration, is exempt from the process. No one gets favorable treatment. The town needs to support its urban neighbor and help it build upon the successes it has enjoyed, successes which include the revitalization of Elizabeth Park. There must be a way to address the issues of parking, noise and pedestrian safety and still allow the restaurant to operate. But the city needs to respect the local rules and regulations as it would expect its own rules and processes to be respected if the situation were reversed. That's part of being a good neighbor. Ever since he was first elected, Mayor Peters has been a tireless advocate for his city, repeatedly sending the message to the suburbs that we are all in this together and that if Hartford goes down the tubes, the suburbs will soon follow. We couldn't agree with him more. But cooperation is a two-way street, and right now it's all one way. If Hartford truly wants support from its suburban neighbors, it needs to cooperate with them as well. It's time to end this border dispute, and the best way to do so is for the city and the other parties involved to show respect for this town's processes and procedures and submit the restaurant use to the TPZ for review. Then we can all return to the positive relationship we've always enjoyed in the past. —Mark Jabne
Letters to the Editor
Mayor pauses for a time to reflect, a time to give thanks
To the Editor. For all of us, the Year 2000 has run its course far too quickly. As we pause to reflect on the year past and the year just begun, we in West Hartford have much to be thankful for. Our West Hartford Public Schools are again ranked number one in Connecticut among peer municipalities. West Hartford's capital program has infused dollars and energy in newly renovated Hall and Conard high schools and in Whiting Lane, Smith, Webster Hill, Braebum and Norfeldt elementary schools. Enrollments for both public and private schools are approaching highs as families move into town. Our fine private schools—Renbrook, Solomon Schechter Day School, Kingswood-Oxford, Northwest Catholic, Watkinson and the School for Young Children at St. Joseph College—have all made new, substantial commitments to (their) plants and programs. "The Center," as residents refer to West Hartford Center, is the envy of the region. Seasonal outdoor dining, from gourmet meals to the coffee shop experience, transforms the Center to a comfortable people place. And the Center neighborhoods are thriving, socially and -economically, as families bid up home prices and yoking people fill vacant apartments. Developers, eager to please, continue to explore new housing opportunities along Trout Brook and Raymond Road. After 18 months of planning and hard work, a renovated state-of-the-art ice rink has reopened. Veterans Memorial Rink now joins Cornerstone pool and Rockledge Golf Course as award-winning municipal recreational facilities. Managed creatively through an enterprise fund, these facilities are self-sustaining and in good times produce additional resources which are allocated to other town facilities, including our senior centers. West Hartford is truly blessed with diverse, thriving neighborhoods. Park Road, primarily through
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the efforts of the Park Road Business Association, is evolving into an exciting neighborhood. Opening this year is the Park Road Playhouse, a community theater dedicated to live productions, educational links and specialized uses. For residents who prefer the charm of another era, the Buena Vista neighborhood offers the winding lane and distinct cottage house. Rich in history and local ambience, Elmwood beckons. For walking neighborhoods, Duffy-Sedgwick, Morley and King Philip offer sidewalks, paths and parks. West Hartford is home to great homes, the Noah Webster House and the Sarah Whitman Hooker House. Noah Webster is memorialized in the Center in statuary and our wonderful Noah Webster Library. Recently, our town library was selected by Hennen's American Public Library Rating Service as number one in Connecticut and 17th nationally. For a fuller, richer history of West Hartford, pick up your copy of the town calendar, an award-winning production which provides a visual and informative tour of Westmoor Park, Spice Brook Pond and Beachland Park. Soon, as a living history and a tribute from Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, West Hartford will receive the Democracy Challenge Cup in recognition of having the highest voter turn-out among our peer municipalities in the 2000 election. As mayor, it would be tempting to take credit for
West Hartford's success. However, an opportunity would be missed to recognize the hard work of residents who dedicate themselves to West .Hartford and whose innovation inspires elected and nonelected officials alike. Where else does a sold-out Mayor's Charity Ball raise $75,000 for The Bridge Family Center and the Street Ministry of West Hartford? Where else do PTA successfully partner with the town to raise $50,000 for new playscapes? Where else are soccer parents able to raise nearly $100,000 for new fields? Where else is community theater, landscaping and beautification, planning and zoning and recreation the product of cooperative
public/private partnerships? And, as partners, \Vest Hartford is teamed with Bloomfield to provide its residents with a fine health district. Truly, as West Hartford's mayor, there is much to be thankful for as we turn the page to 2001. Not the least of which are the many hard-working residents who keep us ahead of the curve. To all, thank
inspiring to witness the reaction of local candidate Jonathan Harris to his defeat to Representative Robert Farr by nine votes in a recount reversal. Jonathan demonstrated dignity and maturity in the aftermath of a crushing loss. So often our younger generation is cited for lacking energy and commitment to our communities and government. Jonathan ran a campaign that exemplified honest dialogue of issues, the importance of meeting each member of his district, and respect for
his opponent and the election process. He demonstrated leadership qualities in defeat that will serve him and our community well for a long time. It is my sincerest hope that Jonathan Harris remains active in local politics. The young
voters need candidates who can inspire and engage them with integrity, dignity and respect.
Art Spada 38 Westbrook Road
There's a dark cloud over America
To the Editor: My dream is shattered. To think that all my life I was proud to be an American and proud to salute the flag. I was about 15 years old when I joined with a girls' drill team. I ended up carrying the American
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Mayor Rob Bouvier
Harris sets-an example worthy of praise
To the Editor: In light of the intense partisanship on display in Florida and across our country, it is refreshing and
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�This dream of mine stayed with me for a long time and as I grew older, was married and had five sons, they all knew how I felt about the flag. I displayed it whenever the occasion arose. One day, my third son entered a fife and drum corps. The director, Dan Shea, soon found out he had brothers and his wife, Viola, came to see me, wanting to know if any of his brothers would care to join also. It ended up that four of my sons were in the corps, with my husband and I helping out and attending everything concerning the corps. So where was my oldest and why wasn't he with us all? He had joined the Marine Corps and was very busy receiving all kinds of medals. My younger brother had also joined the Marine Corps, graduated from Parris Island and was on the train headed for Cherry Point when he became extremely ill. Bitten by mosquitoes, he died of encephalitis. It was an epidemic at the time and he was one of the victims. This made my dear mother a Gold Star mother and she was in the grandstand whenever there was a parade in Hartford. You can be sure that she was mighty proud to see her four grandchildren marching in the parade and
saluting the Gold Star mothers. There were three groups in our corps: the younger group, the boys' group and the girls' group. I walked with the younger group in a parade, sort of a chaperone, I guess. Two of my sons were in this group. One became sergeant of the color guard and the other became the major and bacon twirler. In the older boys' corps were two of my older sons, one carrying the American flag and the other the sergeant of the color guard. So, as you can see, my mother certainly had an eyeful when they all gave her a smile along with their salute. This fife and drum corps was called the St. Brigid Drum Corps of Elmwood. Some may remember it well. I started to write this letter to tell you how my dream became shattered and was carried away. I have found it so hard to believe that the Supreme Court stopped the counts of the election and on their own gave and elected the Republican Gov. George W. Bush as President. What right did they have to do this to the American people? If our vote does not count, than why even bother to vote? Is this what American will stand for? We cannot even depend on our courts to be truthful and honest?
This happening is a very sad and sorry day. It should never have happened. Were they that much afraid that Al Gore would end up winning the presidency? I think so. I hope the Democrats who worked long hours to count the votes go on TV and ask the good people who voted to send in their donations so that they may continue to count the votes. This way, we will know who really won the presidency. As far as I am concerned, Bush will not ever be our President. He did not win fairly.
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by Mark Jahne
The recent revaluation brought forth with it an increased number of assessment appeals, so the town decided to secure the services of a mediator to see if these matters could be settled before going to court. Programs were held to honor the memory of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dedication to peace and non-violent protest.
Nominees sought for awards
The West Hartford Historic District Commission will hold its 4th annual Historic Preservation Awards program this spring. The program is designed to encourage property owners to preserve the historic character of their homes or buildings when renovating or remodeling. Any residential or non-residential property built prior to 1945 and located in town is eligible for consideration and the improvements must have occurred between September 16, 1999 and March 16
Mayor Rob Bouvier (left) thanks Marlene K Filer for her gift of land which will allow the town to expand Fairview Cemetery. Standing alongside them is Town Councilor Kevin Connors.
of this year. Nomination forms are available at the town clerk's office and all three locations of the public library.
Filer donates cemetery land
A ceremony was held at Town Hall on November 30 to thank Marlene K. Filer for her donation of land to the town to be incorporated into Fairview
Cemetery. Mayor Robert Bouvier and Town Councilor Kevin Connors officially accepted the deed. Mrs. Filer conveyed the parcel of property abutting Fairview in memory of her late husband John F 1er. The much-needed space will provide additional burial plots, which local war veterans have been requesting for some time.
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Roundup/ 7 Noah sponsors free dances
The Webster Company Dancers of the Noah Webster House will present two free evenings of colonial dancing from 7 to 9 p.m. January 31 and February 7. Both will held in the cafeteria at Webster Hill School. No partner or experience is necessary and both evenings will feature dancing and instruction to live and recorded music. For more information call the Noah Webster House at 521-5362.
Jerry Scharr displays one of the artistically decorated chairs which were auctioned off as a fundraiser for the Jewish Association for Community Living. Twenty Connecticut artists donated their services for this event and the proceeds will help the local non-profit organization establish a new group home for people with disabilities.
Great Decisions returns
The World Affairs Council will host its annual Great Decisions series beginning February 13 in Webster Hall at the main library. Discussions will be held every Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. for eight consecutive weeks. The cost of the series is $30 and reservations may be made by calling 594-4100.
mediate the many appeals of tax assessments under the recent revaluation. The hope is that he can mediate many of the disputes and keep them from proceeding to potentially costly litigation. Most the lawsuits filed after denial by the Board
of Assessment Appeals were filed by commercial property owners. The revaluation resulted in the commercial sector receiving an increased share of the local tax burden.
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Roundup/ 8 Emanuel schedules family concert
The Emanuel Synagogue will presenting a family concert featuring the Robyn Helzner Trio at 1:30 p.m. January 28 in the Silverman Auditorium. The Emanuel Junior Choir and Shira Chadasha led by Cantor Sanford Cohn will also sing. Tickets can be purchased in advance at $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students, with an increased cost at the door.
Mayor Rob Bouvier and Conencticut's First Lady, Patricia Rowland, took turns ringing the bell in the Center during the recent holiday season to raise funds for the Salvation Army. Representing the agency are Major Gene Foster (left) and Joyce Hodgson Pe r ret t, (right) community relations and development director.
College dedicates new building
Saint Joseph College recently dedicated a new campus building in honor of alumna Kathleen Barry Bruyette and her husband, Gene. The Bruyette Athenaeum features a 400-seat auditorium, five art galleries, a print study room and more. It also houses the college's archives and art collections. Ms. Bruvette is one of four alumna to give gifts exceeding Si million to the college.
Park Road to honor duo
The Park Road Business Association will honor two
people at a party at Faenza's on Main on February 15. David Steben of Steben's Auto Body/Auto Glass will be honored as the association's business person of the year and police Officer Marie Colangelo is its volunteer of the year. Tickets for the event are priced at $15 per person or 525 per couple. For reservations send a check payable to the Park Road Business Association c/o
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KPM pupils win mock trial
The team from King Philip Middle School took first place in a recent mock trial competition involving
Diminishing Dimensions: The Sweetest Valentine
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The local chapter of Business Network International contributed toys to the annual Town That Cares holiday party. Phyllis Bornstein and Fran Vacca of the town Department of Social Services accept the gifts rom BNI chapter representative Dianne Recbel. The Noah Webster House will sponsor a panel discussion from 7 to 8:30 p.m. January 31 at the house, located at 227 South Main Street. The topic will be the many issues involved when museums decide to remove objects from their collections. This discussion is being held in conjunction with the ongoing "Textiles 2000" exhibit. Admission is $3 for members and $5 for non-members.
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The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium awarded $35,000 to Saint Joseph College to develop the state's first distance learning master of science degree in biology. The program will be only the second of its kind in the nation. It is designed to attract professionals in the health, education and pharmaceutical industries. Distance learning gives them opportunity to pursue further education as an alternative means of advancing their careers while remaining competitive in current jobs. Roundup, page 58
11 local middle Schools. It now advances to the state competition.
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by Alicia B. Smith A drive through town introduces people to an eclectic mix of architectural styles. Colonial, Greek Revival, Victorian and more are interspersed in many places. All of these different architectural styles create an interesting look to each neighborhood. If home is where the heart is, it is easy to understand why so many residents want their homes protected. While many homeowners ensure that their neighborhoods are safe and clean, some are willing to go the extra mile to make sure their homes keep the character, charm and craftsmanship in which they were built. The West Hartford Historic District Commission serves as the eye of the community in safeguarding the architectural integrity of local public and private buildings within the various historic districts. "It's poetry to the eye," Linda Howey, chairwoman of the Historic Districts Commission Awards program. said of the local architecture. As a way to preserve and promote the uniqueness of the town's architecture, the commission over the years has established three historic districts in town, along with a number of historic properties that add to the uniqueness of this community. The three historic districts are the Buena Vista
The homeowners at 50 Riggs Avenue returned their house to the original look after taking off the siding and painting the original material. This photo shows the work before the renovations were started.
District, the Boulevard/Raymond Road District and the West Hill District. The Buena Vista Historic District was the first such area established in town and was created in two parts. The first portion was established in 1977 and in 1984 the Mountain Road, area was added. The district is a combination of one- and two-story homes with a mix of shapes and materials such as brick, painted shingles, clapboards and stucco. The properties involved in the district run along Buena Vista Road south, along a portion of Mountain Road and include Hedwig Court. Notable structures in this area include the build-
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A new coat of paint and the addition of the original shutters was part of the work that returned this borne at 50 Riggs Avenue to its original look. The house was awarded a Historic Preservation Award last year from the town Historic District Commission, "The mix of ages and styles is what makes the neighborhood interesting," agreed Ms. Howey. The Boulevard/Raymond Road District is another area with a variety of architectural styles. There is a mix of single and two-story homes built with a variety of materials. The homes on Boulevard tend to be wider than they' are tall, with just the opposite on Raymond: Road. where the homes tend to be taller than wider. Boulevard homes are more likely to have open front porches, while neighboring Raymond Road homes feature enclosed porches. This historic district covers the area of Boulevard between South Main Street to Raymond Road, along with portions of Raymond Road extending between Meadowbrook Road and Burr Street, and was established in 1985. Neighbors throughout the area came together in order to receive the designation as a way to prevent commercialism from creeping into their neighborhood from nearby South Main Street. Many of the homes along Boulevard are in a bungalow style known as the Craftsman Bungalows. Ms. Howev's home on Boulevard is an example of a Craftsman bungalow. Built in 1921. her twostory house features an open front porch, high ceilings, a curved staircase and wide windows. In 1993, when this historic district designation was under threat of revocation, Ms. Howey wrote a letter to the Town
Council asking it to reconsider that decision. She told council members that her home was the first one she and her husband looked at when the time came for them to purchase a house. The couple saw the potential for the house, and have since studied the architecture of their home, which further endeared their house to their hearts. The third historic district in town is the West Hill District. This consists of the circle known as West Hill Drive, off of Farmington Avenue, between Hamilton Road and Whiting Lane. These homes are two-story dwellings with a mixture of brick, stucco and stone siding. Some of the architectural details of this home include gables, dormers, Georgian columns, bay windows and lattice work. "We look for clusters of buildings that pre-date 1945," Ms. Donohue said of how an area is selected for the historic designation. "We look at is as protection," she added. In order for an area to receive the designation, each property owner receives a ballot and two-thirds of the property owners must approve of the plan. Following the neighborhood vote, the matter is presented to the Town Council and must be passed as an ordinance. The Historic District Commission also has many individual properties which carry the distinction of being historic properties. They include 374 South Main Street, 1198 New Britain Avenue, 208 North Main Street, 567 South Quaker Lane, 258 Mountain Road, 505 Mountain Road and 11 Flagg Road. The local designation is slightly different from Historic, page 14
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Historic / 1 3 the distinction of being on the National Register of Historic Places, which is a federal designation. The Noah Webster House at 227 South Main Street is a national historic landmark and also has the distinction of being on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as the State Register of Historic Places. "It puts the Noah Webster House in the highest category," said Vivian Zoe, its executive director. The national landmark designation is granted to properties and sites that have significance beyond just architectural history and overall history, Ms. Zoe said. "It has a specific connection to Noah Webster, it has cultural significance as well," she said of the house and museum. The town has two museums of local significance besides the Noah Webster House. The Sarah Whitman Hooker House at 1198 New Britain Av-
enue also serves as a museum. Ms. Zoe cited the latter house as an example of why such sites need to be protected. The Hooker House is located on the edge of a busy commercial area and many passersby are not aware that it is there. "Once it's gone, it's gone," Ms. Zoe said of the importance of preserving local buildings. "If you don't protect your building environment and the building's history, you can t recreate it. Architecture and streetscapes do evolve and change. Without protecting basic elements, we loose the context of history." She added that the danger in not protecting buildings is that it prevents future generations from connecting to history and where they came from. "It shows how the town evolved and the variety of changes neighborhoods have experienced," Ms. Zoe said. Suppose the house of one's dreams has been purchased and it is located in an historic district. The owners will know right away if the home they are
considering purchasing is in such a district because the information is filed in the town's land records. But what does that mean to a homeowner? The Historic District Commission explains its purpose in its handbook as "to ensure the continuity and enhancement of the historic character of the historic districts and individual historic properties. The commission's concern and responsibility is to maintain the high visual quality of these properties, as seen from the public thoroughfares." For the most part, the designation means that homeowners living in a historic district must get a certificate of appropriateness from the five-member-panel prior to doing any exterior work to their homes. The work can include new construction, demolition or changes. Following a public hearing, where the homeowner explains the potential changes, the commission will meet to decide whether or not a certificate should be granted. Among the things that require a certificate of
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left the meeting convinced that a wooden fence would be just the thing. "Because people are more aware, they will come to the commission for advice," said Ms. Howey. For the past three years the commission has been presenting local property owners with awards in a number of categories for making improvements to their homes while maintaining the architectural integrity of the original design. The Historic Preservation Awards were started in 1998 and over the years more and more have been presented to local property owners. The first year began with three awards being presented and last year as many as eight were given out. It really promotes pride of ownership," said Ms. Howey. "It's not just your individual property, but it's also your neighborhood setting." Last year among the award winners were a mix of homes, educational buildings and outbuildings. Awards were also given for landscaping. Awards can be presented to any building in town, public or private. Properties that receive the award do not have to be located in one of the historic districts. Some of the past winners included Firehouse Square at 21 Brace Road, where a former fire station was renovated into commercial and office property.
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Subtle changes have occurred over •Ihere are all kinds of redevelopment the years as the RMO zone was possibilities in town. Just ask Rob adopted. which allows conversion of Rowlson, the town's business develop- certain properties to permit business ment officer. use on the first floor and residential Mr. Rowlson was the host of a re- on the floors above. A new residential cent early morning bus tour conducted character office zone will allow for for town leaders and board members some of these homes to he fully conof the West Hartford Chamber of verted for business use as long as they Commerce. The goal was to let them maintain the look of a residence. see firsthand many of the topics they "We are still a residential commuhave been discussing in recent months. nity and all efforts must be taken to Before boarding the "Elmwood Ex- preserve that, Mr. RowlSon said, even press shuttle bus, they all gathered in while encouraging new and creative the lobby of Town Hall. where Mr. business uses. Rowlson' and Ron Van Winkle. direcAs the bus turned south on Prostor of community services. displayed e-rett A Tentie, those aboard noticed the a scale model of West Hartford Cen- physical deterioration of some of the ter and its surrounding environs. buildings on the Hartford side of the 1 11e model has numerous inter- street. .1 hey expressed concern that changeable parts which were designed this blight not creep over the town line. to show the many possibilities for the Park Road was the next stop. and future, particularly in areas east of Mr. Rowlson noted how the property South Main Street and along Trout owners and business people united Brook and Raymond Road. Most of some eight years ago to stem a downit would depend upon private enter- ward slide of that neighborhood. A S5 prise. so it is all conjecture at this time. million street reconstruction project There's a lot of conversation about arid strono, neighborhood advocacy this section right now, Mr. Rowlson said. As they set out on their journey, the first point of focus was the eastern half of Farmington Avenue which runs from the Center to the Hartford line. They took note of the many multi-family structures, built during a time when people commuted to wor by trolley or bus. not automobile. That is no longer the case and the street suffers from a lack of parking for its hundreds of residents. And because of its size and density of development, those Issues which affect Farmington Avenue affect the abutting neighborhoods and side streets as well„: "Farmington Avenue, we've been studying from Trout Brook Drive to Prospect Avenue for 18 months with a whole citizens' group, said Mr. Rowlson. "One of the biggest problems here is many of these apartments were built in the 1920s and 1930s without on-site parking.
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in need of workers. At least one stop will be established in town, if not more. The most likely location is at Flatbush Avenue near New Park. As the tour bus passed the complex housing the Home Depot and BJ's, it was noted that this oncecontroversial project has worked out better than anyone dared hope and that these national operations have become good corporate citizens. A gas station will soon be added to that parcel. The next site was an empty office building at 630 Oakwood Avenue, on the east side of New Park Avenue amid a section of town known as the Southeast Industrial Area. The building, long a concern to zoning and fire officials, is being demolished. This seldom-visited part of town is home to a number of small businesses, as well as the dog pound and public works garage. Mr. Rowlson then took the tour group along New Britain Avenue, starting at the city line. He noted that the Shield Street Plaza, which "three years ago was virtually empty," is now teeming with activity.
Anchored by the A Dong Asian food market, it attracts huge crowds on the weekend and is the largest Asian market between Boston and New York. Change is also in the air in Elmwood, he noted. The vacant Corner Pub storefront at the corner of New Britain and New Park will soon open as an Irish pub. Much attention is being focused on the plans to demolish the neighborhood's largest eyesore, the old Talcott Junior High School, and replace it with senior citizen housing and some new commercial business, including a supermarket. He expressed the hope that more of the business owners and operators would take an active interest in promoting the area. Linda French, executive director of the chamber of commerce, spoke of the value of having business leaders visit areas of town with which they may not be familiar. The chamber needs to undertake such tours "so that our board and committee people would have a full understanding of the areas we're talking about for development and zone changes," she said. WU
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by Alicia B. Smith "I've not liked things at camp because A) I don't speak Spanish B) I don't speak Spanish and C) I don't speak Spanish." —from the journal of Nathan Fisher. Those words were soon replaced by more positive thoughts after a few more days at camp. Nathan knew that despite the language barrier, his experience would be different than any of his fellow students who may have gone to a traditional summer camp here in the United States. Nathan, a student at King Philip Middle School, decided to attend summer camp in Spain where he gained a valuable understanding of the language and culture and a desire to continue his exploration of foreign countries, culture, food and languages. "I didn't really care. I just wanted to do it," he said, of leaving the familiarity of his home and family and traveling to a foreign country. "I don't regret it at all, I really enjoyed it." Nathan flew out of Newark, N.J., by himself this past summer and stayed with some friends of his mother who live in the Basque area in northern Spain until camp started. Then it was two weeks at camp until his family traveled overseas to bring him home. Although he has taken Spanish and French in school. Nathan did not have complete command of the language. "By the end of the second week I could understand and have conversations with everyone," he said. "Sometimes they would just ignore me," he said of his fellow campers, most of whom did not speak English. "Basically they would look right through me like I was invisible; later it got better." He was the only American in a camp otherwise full of Spanish and French youngsters. With a few exceptions, summer camp in Spain did not sound all that different from summer camp here. Nathan's days were spent playing soccer, horseback riding, rock climbing and eating bad food. Although he did not have to contend with mosquitoes and poison ivy, he did have to adjust to a culture where eating dinner after 9 p.m. is common, as is staying up into the wee hours of the morning. Nathan explained that a typical day began at 9 a.m., starting with breakfast, time to wash up and then get started on the day's activities. Campers were allowed plenty of free time during the day, which was often spent playing soccer, until lunch was served sometime between 2 or 3 p.m. Afternoon activities included swimming or more soccer, free time, and night activities began after a late dinner and consisted of anything from games to movies or dances.
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Nathan lamented in his journal when describing the dances, or discos as they are called over there. He said that half the time he would try to ask a girl to dance in Spanish and accidentally throw in French words as well as English ones. "I always said if I put my French and Spanish together, I could actually talk to somebody," he said. The nights sometimes did not end until 1 or 2 a.m., at which time Nathan would return to his bunk and write in his journal acWressing the entries "to myself a year from now."
His journal also explained his dislike for the food served at the camp, at one time referring to the meals as "poison." He also noted that he learned a collection of off-color words in Spanish, adding that the use of such words in Spain is quite common and not as shocking as it would be here.
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and the couple's two other children, Eli and Nora, were here in town. "I thought about him constantly," Ms. Cohen said. The camp rule was that families could not call their children until camp had been in session at least four days. Then families were allowed to call every other day. Because he was so far from home, camp counselors extended the allotted phone time for Nathan so he could chat with his family. "It was great when we could talk to him," Ms. Cohen said. "The first time I called him he was having a tough time." The entire camp in Spain idea began when some friends of Ms. Cohen's friends, Carlos Suarez and
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Pilar Arino (those with whom he later stayed in Spain) came for a visit in the United States and Nathan announced that he was going back to Spain with them. He managed to get over there for a visit. While there he met the son of another former colleague of his mom's who was going to camp. Ms. Cohen suggested that he join the boy at camp, called the Centro Educatiro International "El Jarama." Nathan had never met the boy before, but he
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is pushing it to the side of the road," Mr. Hallenbeck said. In addition to plowing all town streets, his crews also clear the snow from the parking lots and sidewalks at town parks, libraries and other government buildings. Board of Education employees are responsible for plowing out the 15 public school lots and sidewalks. The state Department of Transportation handles the. snow removal chores on state roads in town. They include New Britain, Bloomfield and Albany avenues, Newington and Simsbury roads and sections of North and South Main Street.
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In addition to supervisors who oversee streets and grounds, there is a supervisor who is responsible for keeping all of the trucks in good working order. The department's trucks are subject to an aggressive maintenance program which has significantly reduced the amount of break-downs and they are replaced according to a pre-planned schedule as they age and accumulate miles. Just a few weeks ago, Mr. Hallenbeck had to employ all available personnel to battle a weekend snowstorm which dumped more than eight inches of snow on the town. There are 22 specific plow routes in town for the 22 large dump trucks (gross weight: 26,000 pounds each) which do the plowing. And don't forget all of the sidewalks which front town-owned property, some 40,000 feet of them. Old-timers talk of the days when they spent three hours or more shoveling these walks; now they use snow blowers and mechanized plows. "When we muster a full force, we put out everybody except the office staff," said Mr. Hallenbeck. "When we go into a full-blown plowing operation, we bring in contractors." That's a complement of 42 town employees. An additional 18 plow trucks are available from seven different private contractors, mostly construction
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Other factors are the amount of snow and how long the storm lasts. Town plows, on average, throw the snow some six feet to the side to get it off the street. "We have to keep the widths of the street within reason for emergency vehicles," Mr. D'Annolfo said. In heavy storms, that is their primary task. They can come back later to clean up closer to the curb. "Another big thing is the weather after the storm,"
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he added. If there is going to be rain or ice, payloaders need to be dispatched to remove the snow blocking the catch basins. Otherwise the street could flood and in turn freeze over, becoming a skating rink for cars. Mr. Hallenbeck said the town budgets between $500,000 and $600,000 a year for snow removal, sanding, salting and such. It's always an educated guess because no one can tell at budget time in April how bad the upcoming winter will be and how many storms it may produce. All of the plows also serve as sanders and they deposit a 3:1 mix of sand and salt on the roads for traction and to melt ice and packed-down snow. Liquid calcium chloride is sprayed on the sand in colder conditions because regular salt becomes ineffective in temperatures below 26 degrees Fahrenheit, he said. During the last major storm, "we were out there for 30 hours straight," he added. "After 16 hours of continuous driving, we try to take the guys off the road and give them a couple of hours' break."
If driving non-stop for 16 hours sounds like a ton and a half, making the vehicle difficult to malot, it is. And it's not easy driving, either. The plow neuver. The operators sometimes need to back up operators are constantly working the controls of the to properly clear the snow from corners and intersections, and must be on plow and sander, shifting the look-out for unsuspectgears, and watching out for "After 16 hours of continuous ing motorists who are not cars, many of which probdriving, we try to take the guys expecting the truck to shift ably don't need to be on the into reverse. off the road and give them a road. Mr. Hallenbeck recom"You're like a pilot," he couple of hours break. "—Dana mends maintaining a dissaid. Hallenbeck tance of at least three car As far as Mr. Hallenbeck lengths behind the plow. and his crews are conAnd it is important to keep in mind that if you cerned, there's nothing worse than a snowstorm that can't see the truck's side-view mirrors, that means hits during morning or afternoon rush hour. The high density of traffic makes their job that the driver can't see you. Then there is the problem of cars parked on the much more difficult. They also have to worry about things like black street. The trucks have to go around them and canice and white-out conditions. Plow operators often not do the job as well as they would like. "The Department of Public Works has the auhave to run the defroster full-blast to keep the windshield clear, which in turn means they need to keep thority to declare a parking ban" during winter storms, Mr. Hallenbeck said. the windows open to let out all that heat. Snow Plows, page 48 The plow blades are 11 feet wide and weigh a
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When that pamphlet was written, the country was just starting to make their way out of the Great Depression. Many residents suffered during the economic downturn, but the town as a whole grew. The population in 1930 was about 25,000 and reached 44,000 by 1940, a growth rate of 76 percent. Architects designed houses with multiple baths, attached garages and architectural detail that attracted urban dwellers to the growing suburb. The Chamber of Commerce claimed that we were a vanguard because of our political system. This was the first town in Connecticut to adopt the councilmanager system of government in 1919.
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course in both the town and the state, continues to teach students how to be good citizens. The chamber was also proud of the houses of worship here in 1940. There were a total of 12. The chamber believed that this showed a Commitment to religious liberty, one of the foundations of democracy. Today, with a population which has grown 50 percent since 1940, there are 37 houses of worship. The town was also one of the first to hire a recreation director. In 1940, it already boasted three parks: Beachland, Fern and Elizabeth. In 1940, the Fern Street playfield had a large swimming pool, a small children's wading pool, nine lawn tennis double courts, paddle tennis courts, horseshoe courts, a softball diamond, a picnic grove with benches, and fireplaces and playground apparatus. At Beachland Park, residents could sail boats in the summer and ice skate in the winter. They also had paddle tennis and horseshoe courts. Since then, the town has added Eisenhower, Kennedy, Wolcott, Westmoor and Spice Bush Swamp to its park land. The Chamber of
Commerce tried to attract businesses as well as residents to the town. In the last section of its pamphlet, it encouraged "modern business executives" to consider the town as a site for their business. It stressed that land was available, schools were good and the political structure of the town led to equitable tax rates. Economic planners today continue to try to lure businesses to the town with all the same arguments, except that there is little open land 'left. What is the basis for all these superlatives about our town? Those who have lived here for a while experience the pride that people have in West Hartford, and for good reason. Local citizens are proud of the democracy in which they live, appreciate the services the town offers and take advantage of the opportunities available. They believe, like the Chamber of Commerce did in 1940, that we are only one rather small American town, but we know that we can continue to find within our experience and under our flag the means for nobler and more joyful lives. WU
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the restaurant, something they believe is inappropriate in a park setting. The Pond House Cafe does not have a liquor license, but patrons are allowed to bring their own alcoholic beverages for consumption on site if they wish. Mayor Bouvier said the legal threat should be "seen as a course of last resort. You don't want to compromise relations with a neighbor" unless the issue is of such great importance to the community. He emphasized that this is not the normal course of conduct between the town and the city, calling it "an aberration of our relations." The mayor also noted that the more common spirit of cooperation between the two is .evidenced by the fact that both the Hartford and West Hartford police departments
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As far as the noise issue, "we've met with (town officials and residents) on various occasions and we haven't been able to verify any of these complaints." Ms. Kee Borges pointed out that thanks to increased efforts by the city and Friends organization, the park is cleaner than it was several years ago and is enjoying a renewed sense ot vitality. That is a benefit to city and suburban residents alike. "We're using the park the way a park is intended to be used," the city manager added. "We're working on an internal traffic plan in the park to address some of these (traffic and parking) issues." She expressed regret that the two municipalities are feuding over the park and its restaurant, saying "it's unfortunate that it has come to this." While he wouldn't characterize the issue as a
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suggested that a double standard may be at work when town officials and residents complain about alcoholic beverages being consumed in the park at the Pond House Cafe. "West Hartford doesn't want us to serve liquor there, but they allow it to be served at Rockledge" Golf Course„, leisure services facility, he added. That's comparing apples with oranges, according to Town Manager Barry Feldman. First of all, Faenza's on Main, the restaurant at Rockledge, is not situated in the middle of the groOnds, but along the street. It has a sizable parking lot and a liquor permit, and alcohol has been served there for decades at the various restaurants which have occupied the site, all of which had licenses to serve alcoholic beverages from the state. Also, while the town manager readily admits that it is a leisure services facility, he noted that it is a golf course, not a park, and that it is used almost exclusively by adults. And there's another important point which he said Mayor Peters failed to note. "Rockledge went through the (full zoning) process" even though it is town-owned property. "We don't have different standards" for governmentowned land versus private property. Neighbors are always consulted over any changes, no matter how seemingly insignificant, the town manager said. As he sees it, the squabble is not limited to the use of the Pond House. It is linked to the oft-mentioned "quality of life philosophy which is used to describe the nature and character of this town.
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"We've had great relationships with Hartford ... we recognize the importance of the major city in the region," said Mr. Feldman. But, like Mayor Bouvier, he insists upon the need for the restaurant to undergo what town officials consider proper zoning review. To do otherwise would set a precedent that they believe would not be in the best interests of the town. For his part, restaurant owner Louis Lista wishes the whole mess would just go away. Every time it gets mentioned in the news media, it raises questions and costs him banquet business. People are cautious about booking such events as weddings months in advance if they're not sure the restaurant will be open when the day arrives. He previously ran the Reader's Feast in Hartford
and said his professional reputation, as well as his livelihood, is at stake. The Pond House Cafe employs 20 full-time staff members and additional parttime and seasonal workers as needed. Some of them are graduates of the welfare to work program and a few others are paroled prisoners who are establishing positive lives after being released back into society. Many of the groups which have used the banquet facility are charitable or non-profit organizations and he offers them a significant price break as his own way of supporting their causes. The Pond House Cafe opened May 1999. He said town officials were aware then that he was going to fix up the place and run it as something more than a snack bar. He is frustrated by the fact that no one seemed to think it was an issue until after he
invested a couple hundred thousand dollars into renovating the facility. The restaurant area seats 42 and he can handle banquets for as many as 100 people. By cit)r estimates, he said there is more than enough parking, with a count of nearly 500 spaces along the side of the access road which runs throughout the park. "We came in here with the full intent of having a destination restaurant which would bring people to the park," Mr. Lista said. "It's a great park. It's a wonderful asset" to both communities. "It was pretty run down. It was an eyesore," he said of the Pond House prior to his renovativs. Mr. Lista also noted that the building has been there since 1957 and has always served food, even if
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restroorns. "We're concerned with neighborhood concerns," Mr. Lista added. "There are issues that need to be resolved." He has personally knocked on many of the doors in the neighborhood and said the majority of the people he has spoken with support his operation. He claims to have hundreds of signatures from residents supporting his eventual application for a state liquor permit. Mr. Lista is proud to note that there have been no incidents in the park related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages in his restaurant. He noted that his clientele consists for the most part of people in their mid-30s and older and they are not a harddrinking crowd. "The intent here is never to have a sit-down bar" because he thinks that is inappropriate in the park setting. But if town officials are so worried about alcohol and pedestrian safety, he suggests they already have a much bigger problem in West Hart-
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Sharon Saunders was named vice president for marketing at Masonicare in Wallingford. -Duane E. Sauer was named chairman of the Membership Committee of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants. William "Randy" Molloy of Molloy Funeral Home was elected vice president of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Lawrence J. Bilansky was named chairman of the Public Relations Committee of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is a tax manager with T.M. Byxbee Company, P.C., of 1-1*thd en. Judith Schaechter, formerly of West Hartford, was featured in an article in the Boston Globe about advances in the treatment of stroke patients. She is a neuroscientist and physical therapist. Andrew, Alex and Tom Davis of 41 Auburn Road, along with Jonathan, Ryan and Maria Flanders of 30 Auburn Road, recently conducted the 2nd Annual Auburn Road Food Drive in support of the town's food bank. Scott Cleveland graduated from Porter and Chester Institute after completing course requirements in the area of computer and industrial elect*. cronies. • Johanna Gabunas, John Corgan, Katharine
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Jared Thompson were named semifinalists in the National Merit scholarship program. Blake C. Johnson of Conard High School was named a semifinalist in the National Achievement Scholarship competition for black American high school students. Christopher J. Blanch is a freshman at Tuft's School of Veterinary Medicine. He earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Rhode Island, where he later served as a teaching assistant for two years and where he received his master's degree in veterinary science last year. Anita Farquhar received the Educator of the Year Award at the American School for the Deaf. Will
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by Joyce Rossignol Seven years after it opened, the Gathering Place on Allyn Street in Hartford is still thought of by some people out in the suburbs who never get downtown as a soup kitchen. Ihey do serve soup, gazpacho. Wild mushroom, or some other imaginative treat of the day, at $2.25 a cup. For a total of $5.95 you can add a half a sandwich. And there are plenty to choose from. They've also got chef Paul Rossman who has come to them from the Hartford Canoe Club, the Wadsworth Atheneum and the French restaurant downstairs at Caveys. A retired language teacher from West Hartford's public schools who is currently a professor of Spanish at the University of Connecticut branch, John Darcey is one of a number of volunteers who drives in tEom the suburbs to wait on tables and greet custo MeTS. He said a great variety of people come here for breakfast or lunch, from the office buildings nearby, and Hartford leaders including Mayor Mike Peters, people from the arts, actors in Bushnell shows or Hartford Stage. On this particular lunch time, in a seat by the window two members from the touring company of "Fiddler on The Roof" were talking about a new play one of them has written and hopes to have produced. Other "actorishly" handsome young men are standing in line at the counter ordering lunch. Alone at a table in the back a scholarly-looking gentleman is 1tAing alone, working on a research paper? A novel? Artists Harriet Winograd and Virginia Anderson, two volunteers who choose and hang the art for these walls, are putting some finishing touches on their display of art done by Bosnian refugee children through ANSAR for Kids, an organization which helps these children, hundreds of whom are ********************* living in Hartford now. Anyone who would like to be involved with that can call Salwa A. Elgebaly at 286-1118. Ms. Winograd and Ms. Anderson are pleased to see how many people who come in for lunch also stop-and look at the artwork and read the words, which include a description of Ramadan. Embracing all diversity is a mission here. "I am Jewish," Ms. Winograd said, "and here I am hanging up Arabic art. There is the irony of it. If you were close-minded tout these things you might say 'I am not going anywhere near that.' But it's my own personal feeling that I want to make a difference, for other people, as well as helping myself." The purpose of this gathering place is a whole lot deeper than offering a good meal at a fair price to an interesting clientele. They are looking to nourish Greater Hartford's heart and soul. It's not just the art on the walls. There is the book shop, which is a downtown branch of the store at the Hartford Theological Seminary. The seminary provides the books, most of which are spiritual in nature, and Gathering Place volunteers staff this little nook. And there are the pamphlets and the newsletters on the shelf telling everybody who comes in here
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that I felt the heavens fell open that day. Lots of people came up afterwards to start volunteering for our committees and be on our board of directors," he said. Then the word spread. In a period of about three
months they grew to 40-50 people all working together. "That's how it began." Their plan was to open a restaurant downtown that could be a center where people who cared about the city could discover ways they could get involved working with inner city children, and with neighborhoods and "build bridges from the suburbs to the city." He said, "A restaurant is obviously a nice way to attract people. We could get people who work in the office buildings in downtown Hartford coming in for lunch to learn wx are more than a restaurant. We have good food, and good conversation" and an opportunity to be moved to do good works. "As we say in some of our literature, we feel in some ways this is an oasis where your heart can be
is just a coincidence. "A lot of people ask us if we have some relationship with that particular church," Mr. Bourns said. "We don't have any formal relationship, bu.th.as a variety of churches in the area, they have been a very
good neighbor to us. We appreciate their presence there." They opened that December. They served breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday, and made the room available at night to groups from churches, synagogues and non-profit organizations. Sunday brunch was added later. On the downtown corner of Ann and Allyn Streets, in the shadow of the Civic Center andtghrise office buildings, the Gathering Place, unlike the Potter's House in D.C., does not have many people living nearby, poor or otherwise. Instead, they reach out, not just here but to all 17 Hartford neighborhoods. Mr. Bourns said, "Our mission is to serve all the people of Hartford. We want to be there to listen and learn from them, to understand their needs, hopes and dreams and ways we can help. In one of our programs we bring neighborhood leaders to the restaurant to listen and learn from them. Groups of suburban people who are involveiwith the Gathering Place also go out and walk the neighGathering Place, page 46
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sufficient to meet all our operating expenses," he said. They raise money for their programs, roughly $150,000 this past year. He said, "Half of that comes from individuals, another substantial chunk from foundations, a significant chunk from corporations and we have 1520 churches in the area who contribute financially. So we have a large network of financial support." Even though the menu describes the Gathering Place as "downtown Hartford's Hidden Treasure, their programs and their restaurant business are both flourishing. But, Mr. Bourns said, there is still much more to be done, particularly in getting the word out to the suburbs, and in the city, too. \ "This is still a work in progress," he said. "If you were to interview me 25 years from now, I would probably say it's still a work in progress, but over the years I would like to think we have built more bridges and broken down more walls and found a common understanding. We (still) need to restore what's been lost, which is a sense of communay. 'A passage in our brpchure taken from the Hebrew testament: 'Pray and care for the city in which you are exiles, for upon its welfare depends your own,' tells us we need to pray and care for the city because our well being depends on the well being of the city."
Anyone who would like to join in that mission can call 278-4090 and ask to be on the mailing or e-mail list, to "stay informed as to an ever unfolding series of activities" that they can become part of if they so choose. "We would like people to discover that the people of Hartford are people like themselves in all important respects and to join hands with one another," Mr. Bourns said. lin
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bers of other males in the party total 8 or 9. Given the proportion of the reception cost to the wedding's overall budget, this item is often at the top of the list in planning. At the Simsbury Inn, Director of Catering Patti Candels say she oversees about 80 receptions a year, providing 5-hour openings for parties of 75 or more. Four time slots are available: Friday night, Saturday during the day, Saturday evening (the most popular), and Sunday. Costs begin at roughly $80 per guest plus tax. which totals about $6100, and a $90 rate is also available. The inn offers two reception rooms, the Ballroom or the Evergreens Restaurant. Service includes a 4-hour open bar, 1 hour of unlimited hand-passed hors d-oeuvre', cheese and vegetable displays and a champagne toast. Wine is served throughout the formal 4-course meal, which includes the wedding cake. . — Although flexible for Sunday nights, reservations are encouraged up to a year and a half for the more popular time slots. Many couples try to combine wedding service and reception at the same spot. When looking around -for her daughter in 1999, one Manchester resident chose Mill on the River in South Windsor.
With a budget at "far under" the average, S're said the facility was excellent for the 173 guests and wedding party of 9. Many other cost-saving measures are offered by area couples. Ms. Rose Bonn suggested donations to a charity, such as the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Connecticut, received in a central point at the guests' table in lieu of party favors at each place. Joyce Russo of Deep River, who will be,getting married in November, said a friend may be making the Invitations and a cousin could provide photography. She's working on arranging both sources of help. Despite the added cost for a honeymoon, Ms. Rose Bonn encourages couples to work it in, saying it's actually part of the wedding. "The key is that they go away, if only for a short trip," she said. "I've seen, over the years, that it's important." Ms. Crocker-Luby said that, whatever array of services a couple does choose, each will have to make a deposit and sign a letter of agreement on most. "Even if you're friendly with them," s 1 s said. It's important to look at the details, she said. "Don't sign anything until you read and go over everything." Most involved now say that, although wedding
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Ms. Correia agreed with her colleagues in saying that most couples look for a relaxing vacation rather than an adventure. "They're trying to make it as memorable as possible, even if it's two nights at the Cape in the middle of the winter. They just want to relax and spend some quality time with each other." For many couples, the honeymoon is their last chance in quite a while to enjoy a relaxing vacation together, alone. Once they're back, they find themselves saving money to buy a house, furthering their careers, or raising a family. "It's tough to find a week at that point," Ms. Correia said. Money will always be a factor in planning a honeymoon. Although some couples arc willing to pay
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the Town Hall auditorium. The Rev. Dr. Alvan Johnson of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bloomfield was be the keynote speaker. Students from the Morley and Wolcott elementary school choirs and Hall High School Jazz Combo performed musical tributes. WFSB-TV 3 anchor and reporter Dee Griffin served as master of ceremonies.
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CCMC and drew approximately 800 people last year. March 21 will be the fourth year of casino night, which to date has raised more than $153,000. The Wolf Pack partners with Foxwoods Resort and Casino, which donates 34 gaming tables and sends dealers to work the tables. Interest from employees is so high that the casino has a lottery to determine which dealers can participate. Sponsorships and donations from busi-
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In Focus New and improved rink is ready to welcome public
by Mark Jahne If all goes as planned, the newly renovated Veterans Memorial Skating Rink (VMSR) on Buena Vista Road will be fully up and running on December 23, just in time for school vacation. A $4.2 million renovation project begun in May is rapidly drawing to a close and town officials are anxious to show off their shining new facility. It will still have only one ice surface, but that surface will be larger. The previous length of 185 feet has been extended to 200 feet, which meets the standards of the National Hockey League. That doesn't mean the Hartford Whalers (now known as the Carolina Hurricanes) will be coming back to play here. But it does lend a certain integrity to the hockey and figure skating which will take place on the town-owned ice. "The energy efficiency and the lighting is greatly upgraded," said Jim Capodiece, director of leisure services. John Zullo, skating rink facility manager, added that the old, leaking system which sometimes
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new and improved amenities including a snack bar, pro shop and game room. Mr. Zullo said the old rink boards and Plexiglas sections are gone, replaced with new dashers and seamless glass for better viewing. Every bleacher seat, all 800 of them, offers an unobstructed view of the skating surface. Safety netting will be installed to protect spectators from flying pucks. "It's going to be a fully electric building'', in terms of operations, said Mr. Zullo. "The air quality is going to be the best."
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Editorials ,Promoting the spirit of giving to others
The holiday season is now upon us, the time of year when decorations and lights abound and everyone seems to be in a good mood. It is a time of hope, of expectation, of personal and religious focus. Children, of course, anxiously await the arrival of Santa Claus. Adults often find their own joy in witnessing the unbridled joy of these children. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Day all occur during this special time of year. They each, in their own way, offer an opportunity for hope. renewal and a fresh start, even amid the cold wind.
One of the best aspects of this season is the spirit of generosity it tends to bring out in even the most ornery and self-centered folks. That centuries-old goal of peace to all and good will toward others is more than just a dream: it becomes a reality. We live in a comfortable, stable community. Times are good and most residents don't have to worry about where their next meal will come from or whether they will be able to pay the rent or af-
ties, there are people who are suffering, people who need a helping hand. Everyone who is able to do so should try to help in some small way. Imagine the impact if every resident of this town donated just one canned or packaged item to the local food bank. Imagine the impact if every resident donated just one article of used, quality clothing to the Salvation Army or a similar cause. How much could we accomplish if we each gave one can of coffee or one loaf of bread to a city soup kitchen? Likewise, imagine the benefit if we each gave just Si to a local fund to help with family emergencies or energy bills. There are still too many children in this world who will not receive even one toy or article of clothing this year. That is nothing short of a sin. There are all kinds of Toys for Tots and other collection efforts under way. Why not buy one item and give
ford their medicine. Most, but not all. Both here in town and in neighboring communi-
it to the cause? If you have the time, donate a few hours of your time to your church or synagogue or to any of the
dozens of worthwhile local organizations which depend upon free labor to make financial ends meet. The best gift we can give not just now, but at any time of the year, is the gift of ourselves. And the feeling one gets after reaching out in kindness and compassion to another human being is greater than the joy even the most expensive or beautiful physical gift can bring. Giving from the heart—isn't that what this season is all about? Let's all take a moment to remember the less fortunate, those people we don't even
know and will probably never meet. We can make a significant and positive impact upon their lives and share the love that sets us apart from all of the other creatures which inhabit this planet. Happy holidays to everyone from all of us at West Hartford Life.
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Speed Limit Club suggests 10 New Year's resolutions
The members of the Speed Limit Club offer the following New Year's resolutions to help make the coming year a safe one time for all residents.
• Obey the posted speed limit and don't drive
too close to the car ahead of you. • Teach children the rules of the road by stopping at all stop signs and crossing the street when the pedestrian walk sign is green, not red. • Be courteous and patient. Let aggressive drivers
go ahead of you. • Let pedestrians cross the road first, even if they are not in the crosswalk. • Give a "thank you" wave when drivers let you
go ahead of them. • Use caution in school zones and watch out for
• Help public works crews by parking your car in the driveway, and not in the road, when it snows. • Keep the sidewalk in front of your property clear of snow and ice. Clear snow away from the fire hydrant, too, so that firefighters can quickly find it in an emergency. • Put a free Speed Limit Club bumper sticker on your car. They are available at all three public libraries and Town Hall.
children who may dart into the road. • Completely clear your windshield of snow and ice before venturing out on the road.
Letters to the Editor
Some obstacles on city streets are more dangerous than potholes
To the Editor Anyone who has driven through the streets in and around downtown lately would be quick to note the growing trend of inner-city kids who are singlehandedly taking over our streets. Literally. As a former resident of Hartford, I drive with more stress and panic these days because of the increasing number of children and teens who have decided to make city streets their new "sidewalks."
For some time now, young people in my surrounding neighborhood hare done what parents have warned us against for years—playing in the street. Not just playing, but conversing with peers, eating, setting up makeshift basketball courts and generally making city drivers' lives miserable. Whether
it's some misguided sense of rebellion against the establishment or sheer ignorance, it is a dangerous new course.
I'm a cautious driver who, after 20 years behind the wheel, has never been issued a speeding ticket. I am quick to grant another motorist the last parking space at the mall, if for no other reason than to maintain a sliver of civility in a world of speed demons and road rage morons. Yet, as patient a driver as I consider myself the philosophy which states "the pedestrian always has the right of way" really makes my blood boil.
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I've seen school children as young as five or six years old ignoring the sidewalks in favor of the middle of the streets. They are oblivious and/or ambivalent to oncoming traffic, even when you are right behind them. If you honk your horn to have them move out of the way of potential danger, they defiantly saunter to the side while at the same time daring you to meet their angry gaze. What are they so angry about? Don't their parents teach them what a sidewalk is for? And where do they get the idea that walking in the middle of a busy street or intersection is OK? Children mimic what they see their older siblings and peers doing. I've witnessed adult men and women deliberately move from the sidewalk to the middle of the street the moment they saw my car coming, as if to provoke an altercation. One is tempted to roll down the window and ask these geniuses why they insist on putting themselves in harm's way. Then a reality check stops you cold. I realize many of these street loiterers look like rejected extras from a "Mad Max" movie. The all-too-familiar brown bag twisted into the shape of a wine bottle they're drinking from is a clear indication I shouldn't be attempting a rational conversation with them, and I drive on. As I move to other sections of the city, I come across other obstacles in the road which defy logic. Regulation-size basketball hoops line the streets,
with a dozen kids weaving in and out of traffic. to, I'm not convinced I should be held accountable These "Hartford Globetrotters" are so intent on for the stupidity and lack of respect of delinquent, their game they don't realize they're about to run and mostly unsupervised, children. It's one thing if a child chases a ball into the street right into a moving Yehicle. As I understand it, these portable basketball hoops and you have to swerve to avoid him. It is quite a are designed for back yards and state parks, not city different matter when the young people "live" in streets. More often that not, an adult is watching the streets and look at you, the motorist, as if you the game the children are playing, but does nothing shouldn't be on their blacktop. to dissuade them from playing in the danger zone. • Parents have to take responsibility. The police The problem is beginning to spill over into the and other city officials should take more action in suburbs as well. Last summer my family moved to keeping our streets safer for all concerned. What an West Hartford, near the city line, and our moving irony to live in a town which will fine me $100 on truck almost clipped a youngster playing on a skate garbage day if my recycled cardboard isn't tied properly, yet will ignore the dangers of citizens who put board who didn't feel like moving out of the way. The anger he levied at us as we passed him could everyone in jeopardy just because they don't feel like have been energy better put to use by walking to the using the sidewalk. Maybe the old-fashioned jaywalking fines weren't park less than a block away. That night a visiting relative told me she wouldn't drive in my neighbor- such a bad idea. How about fining the parents and hoods because she's too fearful of accidentally hit- guardians of those who choose to make the streets theirN playground? ting someone who refuses to use a sidewalk. Stephen M. .Emirzian I remember in driving school being taught that a 340 Oakwood Avenue driver is responsible for keeping an eye out for potential dangers which might occur on the road. I was encouraged to have good peripheral vision and We want to hear from you to be On the alert for anything unusual which might happen while I'm behind the wheel. West Hartford Life welcomes input from our readI accepted those rules then and I abide by them ers. News releases may be mailed to: West Harttoday. But while I agree to be responsible for the ford Life, 106 South Street, West Hartford, CT legitimate accidents my driving instructor referred 06110. Our telephone number is 953-0444.
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Roundup Webster Hill teacher wins national honor
by Mark Jahne As the first year of the new millennium approached its end, teacher Kenneth Sopelak of Webster Hill School was honored with a national award. Local firefighters proposed that they take over paramedic duties in town and plans were unveiled for the second annual Mayor's Charity Ball.
Co-cbairs of the 2001 Campaign Super Sunday program are (from left) John Kaufman, Julie Miller and Kim Youmans.
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Kenneth Sopelak. a fourth grade teacher at Webster Hill School, won the Hilda Maehling Award presented by the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education. It recognizes his significant contributions towards teacher development. Mr. Sopelak had received an earlier NEA Foundation Leadership Grant to increase his knowledge and skills in the use of Webster Hill's automated weather system. Using that system as a focus for learning. he developed weather-related learning activities in math and science.
It's Super Sunday time
Volunteers are needed for Super Sunday, the annual phonathon that supports the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford s 2001 Annual Campaign. Dollars raised support 35 local agencies and services in the Greater Hartford community, as well as in Israel and elsewhere overseas. This year's fundraiser, called "Odyssey 2001," is scheduled for December 17 at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center and volunteers are need throughout the day. For more information call Roz Reaback at the federation office at 232-4483.
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Conard takes hunger to task
An Empty Bowls project is now being conducted at Conard High School to raise funds and food items to feed the hungry. Both students and faculty are participating in this effort, which culminates with a soup supper on March 28. They are making pottery bowls which will be sold as part of the fund-raising efforts as they integrate classroom teaching with current events and social action. Participants recently led a collection drive which donated more than 6,000 items to the town food bank for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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institute sponsors the annual competition to encourage better municipal reporting and to heighten interest in local public affairs. This free calendar captures the beauty of the town through photographs taken by Lanny Nagler. The new 2001 calendar is now available for pick-up at all three public libraries, recreation facilities and Town Hall.
OSHA proposes Wiremold fine
A fine of more than $100,000 is being recommended against Holo-Krome Inc. following the death of an employee at the local manufacturing plant in May. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected the company for six months and cited it for more than 50 alleged health and safety violations. The 22-year-old employee died when, according to OSHA, his head and neck were pinned inside the working parts of a black oxide metal-finishing machine. Holo-Krome, a division of Danaher Tool Group, produces Allen wrenches and other tools.
MDC opens new laboratory
The Metropolitan District recently dedicated a new, advanced water quality analysis laboratory. It is located at Reservoir 6 off Albany Avenue. This new laboratory will reduce the district's dependence upon private labs which currently perform approximately 30 percent of its water quality testing. The 3,600-square-foot facility cost $1.4 million to build.
Students from the Estelle Jones School of Dance will perform with the Festival Ballet of Rhode Island in "The Nutcracker" at the Bushnell. They are Allison Silva, Susan Bonet, Jennifer Lynn Mazur, Emily Lukasewski, Angela Torromeo, Lyuba Garman, Jackie Daly, Rena Zerbini, Jessica McGrath, Abby Magro, Erica Tsacoyeanes and Julie Eicher.
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The Carousel of Art Show & Sale is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 24 at Emanuel Synagogue. Local artists are being sought to participate in this fundraising event and they may contact Karen Newberg at 693-1571.
Calendar takes highest award
The town's 2000 annual calendar took the highest award in its population class in the city and town annual report contest sponsored by the University
The widow of the late Officer Todd Smith is suing the town and several police administrators, claiming they should have been able to see the warning signs of her husband's pending suicide and prevent it. Her action, filed in federal court, seeks $5 million in damages. Officer Smith shot and killed himself two years ago in his patrol car while on duty on the overnight shift; the couple had reportedly been experiencing marital problems. In her suit, Jane Crowley-Smith Roundup, page 8
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St. Peter's schedules concert
The Church of St. Peter Claver will present its annual Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. December 17 in the sanctuary of the church on Pleasant Street. The 55-member choir will perform a variety of holiday favorites.
Fire department grants honors
Awards for service above and beyond the call of duty were recently presented by the West Hartford Fire Department to firefighters, other town employees and additional people for their efforts over the past Year. Among the winners were paramedics Margaret Domina and Dale Martin, dispatcher Marilyn Jankowski, public works employee Jeffrey Marino, State Trooper Joseph Morelli, Police Officers Ted Stoneburner and Fred "Skip" Malona and private citizen John Ctquera. Members of the fire department who were honored are: Kimberly Cox, Keith Byrne. Michael Noga, Robert Brindamour, Elisabeth Werner, Wayne Dunham, Joseph Robidoux, Brian Topolski, Paul Valdes, W. Neal Fisher, Gregory Wentworth, Nicholas Cirillo, Stephen Bilovv, Daniel Yost, John Kupernik, Eric R. Nlunsell, Jay Moreau, John Pereslugolf, Kevin Larsen, James Matthews, Walter Blair, Ronald Forster, Kenneth Roback, William
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The Emanuel Synagogue Brotherhood will host a New Year's Eve party at 7:30 p.m. December 31 in the Silverman Auditorium Hall at the synagogue, 160 Mohegan•Drive. Reservations are now being accepted. This party will feature dinner, dancing and entertainment. For more information call the synagogue office at 236-1275.
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Hartford Center for Health Enhancement January 25, 5:30-7 p.m. Fee: $20 We need to exercise our brains to keep them flexible and performing at a healthy level Louise Loomis, Ed.D., will help participants stretch their brains through a series of creathie and critical thinking skit-building exercises and memory techniques
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• Smoking Cessation Using Acupuncture
Saint Francis Core at Avon 6-week program meets January 22, 24, 29, and 31; February 5, 7, 12, 19, 26; 7-9 p.m. Fee: $225 ($30 rebate upon successful completion of program) Acupuncture, an ancient traditional Chinese medicine therapy has been found to withdraw
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Stephanie Karban and her mother to distribute Teddy bears to children suffering from physical and emotional pain during the holiday season.
Brunch with Santa Claus
St. Brigid School will host "Brunch With Santa" from 9 a.m. to noon December 17 at the school, located on Mayflower Street in Elmwood. The cost is S6 for adult's and 53 for children in advance.
Members of the planning committee for the second annual Mayor's Charity Ball are busy preparing for the January 20 trent It will once again benefit The Bridge Family Center and the Street Ministry of West Hartford.
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The second annual Mayor's Charity Ball will be held on January 20 at the Hartford Golf Club. Once again, the beneficiaries will be The Bridge Family Center the Street Ministry of West Hartford. Members of the event committee are: Connie Adams-Keilch, Judy Bierly, Lorraine Bouchard, Jill Coscarelli. Chris Dabrowski, Barbara Dalton, Lynn Everett. Diane Genlot. Stephanie Growick, Eleanor Horn, Margaret Johnson and Joyce Lemega. Also, Marie Levine, Penny Lightner, Gail Lowe. Margie MacDonnell, Geri Mandell, Ki Miller,
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Continuing a long-running annual tradition, staff and clients from CW Resources in Elmwood created a giant holiday wreath to be hung outside Town Hall. - Mayor Rob Bouvier (left) accepts the wreath from Joe Monzillo, Barbara Britt, Mr. and Mrs. John Britt, Lynn Goodrich and Carlos Lavado.
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Five local children are performing in the Hartford Stage production of "A Christmas Carol-A Ghost Story of Christmas." They are (from left) Jacquelyn Simons, Akeem Carter, Zayne Wasti, Eunice Hernandez and Luke Murphy.
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More than 275 people attended "Imagine Connecticut," a fundraiser for educational programming at the Science Center of Connecticut. Among them were (from left) local residents Lori Estes and Agnes Peelle, joined by Hank Gruner, director of programs and exhibits.
Brotherhood plans hoops night
The Emanuel Synagogue Brotherhood will host a family basketball night at 7 p.m. January 6 at the University of Hartford gymnasium. For ticket reservations contact Jay Edelstein at 233-4307.
Hall displays AIDS awareness
Hall High School marked its first annual AIDS Awareness Week from December 1-7 with a variety of activities to raise consciousness about this deadly disease. Everyone was given a red ribbon to wear and English and social studies classes watched videos and read printed materials related to HIV and AIDS. Several speakers also came to the school during the week and a Teddy bear drive for children with AIDS was conducted. The winter sports teams made
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Smith School was named one of six finalists in Connecticut vying for the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence honor from the U.S. Department of
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Shipp elected ESHA president
Jane C. Shipp, headmistress of Renbrook School, was elected president of the Elementary School Heads Association. ESHA is a national organization with international affiliates in Canada, England and Australia. In addition to her ESHA membership, Ms. Shipp participates in the Connecticut School Heads Association and is a member of the state and national associations of independent schools. She was appointed head of Renbrook in 1990.
Keith Hughes and Mary Joy Moriarty, also known as the Juggle and Joy Vaudeville Theater, presented a program in science, balance and motion to second graders in teacher Kelly Cabell's class at Wolcott School.
Rotary cook book is for sale
The West Hartford Rotary Club has published a cook book including favorite family recipes from club members and town officials. Many highlight the ethnic cooking of various families which immigrated to the United States. Sales of the cook book will support Rotary projects including Habitat for Humanity, high school scholarships, youth sports, YMCA camp scholarships, The Bridge Family Center, the Street Ministry of West Hartford, MATO, HARC and the American School for the Deaf. To purchase a copy call Elizabeth Basil at 2320604. MK
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, paid to learn about words . For that reason, Mr. Kyff has written about oddities such as contronyms, lost positives, unantonyms and what he calls "etymyth'ology" or erroneous word origins. He has examined animal-related expressions known as "pigeon English," words imported from other languages and many changes in meanings that have evolved over the ages. For the uninitiated, a contronym, which Mr. Kyff
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"shameless" and "shameful." An example of an erroneous word origin is "posh," which some insist is an acronym for "port out, starboard in," but which experts say comes from a British slang word for money. Even when he's criticizing bad grammar or incorrect usage, Mr. Kvff tries to do it with good humor. He writes about "predicate predicaments" featuring confusing and often misused verbs such as affect/e ffect, bring/take and lay/lie, awkward constructions he calls "perilous parallelisms" and the "Wordy Wordpacker" who uses far too many words to make a simple statement. Mr. Kyff said he is especially interested in American slang and jargon and in oddities that he calls "retronvms." Those are words that have been created to reflect changes in society such as "corded telephone" and "analog watch." While he pokes fun at "mallonics" (the jargon of today's suburban teenagers), "bizonics" (the language of corporate managers) and "TVonics" (the speech of television newscasters), he doesn't agree with those who believe that the decline—or rather the perceived decline—of grammar and usage is a symbol of a decline in culture, taste, manners and courtesy.
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Those who find mistakes or disagree with Mr. Kyff do not hesitate to let him know how they feel. "I've truly learned the meaning of the phrase, "Your enemies are your friends," he said. For the most part, he said he receives letters written by "cordial, courteous, knowledgeable and articuhte" readers. "I've developed quite warm relationships with several writers. We correspond regularly, although I haven't met them." One of those correspondents is Bill Ward of Simsbury, whom Mr. Kyff describes as "the captain of the word watch blooper patrol." "He's great, and his sense of humor is unbelievable," Mr. Ward said. "He's a first-class guy." Mr. Kyff was teaching history at KingswoodOxford eight years ago when he decided to write to Stephanie Summers, then head of the features department at the Courant. He told her he missed Michael Gartner's word column, which the paper had stopped publishing, and asked if she would consider having a local person take it on. He started writing "Word Watch" a few months later. The column went into syndication in 1995 and appears in the San Jose Mercury News, the Detroit Free Press, the Memphis Commercial Appeal and several smaller publications throughout the country. Mr. Kyff has compiled some of his 800 or so columns in a new book entitled "Word Up!" which is available
from on-line booksellers and at the Bookworm on Farmington Avenue. "I'm very pleased with the quality of the book," he said. "The most gratifying part is sharing the book with my family and friends." Courant editors praise Mr. Kyff and "Word Watch." "He's a delight to work with," said Joe Nunes, _head of the features department's copy desk at the Courant. "He's a true wordsmith, which is evident in the craftsmanship of his columns. Moreover, he's got a terrific sense of humor that comes through in witticisms and tlever word plays that he weaves in. It makes the column a true pleasure to read." Kyrie O'Connor, the Courant's features editor, agreed. "Rob's column is enormously popular with readers," she said. "It's timely and accessible, and it teaches gently and humorously, without lecturing. I think he fills an important niche. We underestimate how much people really want to know and understand their language." For Mr. Kvff, the column and the book offer an opportunity to teach and to learn at the same time. "It's very refreshing," he said. Each column is a chance to have fun and learn something." BR
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by Alicia B. Smith Quaker Lane meanders from Asylum Avenue across town to Elmwood. Years ago, it was nothing more than a dirt path that has since grown into a busy thoroughfare lined with homes and businesses. The long lane was named for some of the road's first inhabitants, the Friends, or Quakers as they are known. Foday the first structure to adorn their property at 144 South Quaker Lane is no longer standing, but the same property that housed the first group of Friends is home to the present-day meeting house. This year, the group is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its current structure. Throughout the weekend of October 28-29, the Friends held a special celebration. On Saturday evening the group enjoyed a pot-luck supper and the following day they celebrated with song, a meeting for worship, a group photograph. luncheon and a special historical review of the group's settlement in town and the work they have done over the decades. "It's simplistic without being barren." said Paul Cullen, speaking of the present-day meeting house where Friends gather each week for worship. Fifty years ago when the decision was made to construct a modern meeting house, the design that was selected was a simple structure that would be simply furnished, keeping with the nature of the group. The main room for worship consists of covered benches and a fire place. The Friends had been gathering in the homes of members before space was provided for their worship at the Hartford Seminary. The group continued to worship at the seminary while construction of the meeting house was being completed. "Having had the experience of worshipping at the seminam there is something special of having a place of worship of your own," said Elsa Cullen, a long-time member. "I feel strength being in this environment." "The building has made it possible for us to keep on giving." added member Bobbie Taylor. "The meeting house itself is a special place," member Ed Paquette said. "To me it's a very beautiful building," adding that the grand architecture of other churches and cathedrals no longer makes the same impression on him after spending almost 10 years worshipping in the small, simple building. The building is home to 200 members, with as many as 80 to 90 gathering each week for worship. Many families with young children have joined and the Sunday School is filled with as many as 40 chil-
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Once a month, the two committees meet for a business meeting, considered to be a meeting of worship, in which any action and issues of the meeting are discussed. The clerk is also responsible for determining the will of the collective meeting. No votes are taken and the majority does not always come out ahead; rather, the clerk is "working toward the sense of the meeting," said Ms. Taylor. The presence of Quakers in town dates back to the late 18th century when a Quaker meeting house was constructed on the site of the current structure. By 1812 the group had established a cemetery, which can be seen today. Eventually many of the Quaker families in town moved west, settling in Ohio, and the local meeting became inactive. It was not until 1940 when a new meeting was created and 10 years later the modern Friends constructed their own meeting house on the site of the original building. The Quakers were created in 1650 in England by George Fox following the Protestant Reformation. The first tp settle in this country came over in 1656, and werelettled in Hartford by 1780. Their name comes from the Gospel of Saint John.
Rather than follow a specific doctrine or creed, the group's central beliefs stem from four testimonies relating to peace, community, equality and simplicity. The Friends have become well known for their simplistic way of living and their dedication to non-violence. In addition, the Friends have always been active in fighting for causes of social justice. Over the years, the Friends have made efforts to promote peace and good work towards community, both locally and throughout the world. They do not conform to the tradition of having a church leader, but rather view all members of the group as equals and try to live a simple life, a significant challenge in the age of automation and technology. "We struggle with this one in a complicated, mechanical society," said Ms. Eglinton, speaking of what is called the simplicity testimony. "The Friends are a peace church," Ms. Taylor said, referring to the testimony of peace. "We do not believe in war as a way of settling disputes and violence as a way of settling disputes. We find nonviolent ways of solving issues between groups." Over the years, the Friends have been active in
draft counseling to young men during the Vietnam conflict and Aid to Africa, which assists people in finding non-violent means to resolve conflicts. More recently they have protested the economic sanctions against Iraq imposed after the Persian Gulf War. Other areas of social justice include working with prison inmates and training them in ways to solve problems without resorting to violence. The American Friends Service Committee, a national organization, serves as the social arm of the Friends, which in the past has done work with such organizations as Habitat for Humanity. Today many of the social justice issues that the Friends work toward are projects that stem from within their own community. "A lot of how we get involved in a service project depends on someone in the meeting who has a conviction," Mr. Cullen said. "The meeting, because of its social action program, is a source of good works." Will
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by Stephen L. Purdy On a recent crisp fall afternoon, Sedgwick Middle
School seventh graders Sara Rosengrant and Kathy Arroyo learned to bake tollhouse cookies from scratch in the warm kitchen at the Elmwood Community Center. Their teacher, Kathie McVay, patiently explained how to break up butter, then add eggs and flour gradually while stirring. "We have some super chefs here, I'll tell you, said Ms. McVay. a Simsbury resident who is also a part-time reading tutor in New Hartford. All three are part of a new intergenerational mentoring program called "A Bridge Across Ages," coordinated by The Bridge, a local youth and family agency. Along with 19 other select groups implementing the federally funded program throughout the state, The Bridge is using the new program, part of the Governor's Prevention Initiative, to match 30 12-year-olds with mentors age 55 and older. With the state's Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services having selected the participating agencies, young participants at The Bridge are drawn from the town's two public middle schools and the Hillcrest Area Neighborhood Youth Cen•ter. Mentoring adults come from throughout the area. The goal is to promote special friendships that boost adolescents' self-confidence while reassuring them they are part of a greater community. The program also includes units that teach its young participants a broad variety of basic facts on key health matters and drug awareness during this time of transition in their lives. Coordinators hope it will help keep them in school, and even improve performance there. In addition, the program is providing new friendships for the adults involved. Most of the mentors have professional backgrounds, have worked with youngsters or had children of their own, and still want to make a difference in young people's lives. Project Coordinator Linda Schenker emphasized that the program is one of prevention, one that will help society avoid the many costs of cleaning up the effects of human misunderstanding later. While learning trust, she explained, these youths will learn how they can do their part in maintaining a positive relationship. "I do believe these kids are going to do very, very well," she said, "having the extra attention of somebody who's going to grow to care about them." Funded for three segments, each of which runs the approximate length of the academic year, the program's first segment started this past summer. While advertising for mentors and interviewing, coordinators kicked off with its life skills unit, held through classes and games. In addition to teaching many basics in health and drug awareness, the unit focused on helping youths understand they can negotiate differences and learn anger management. Sophia Genus, instructor on this segment, said techniques included those designed to calm people in stressful situations, such as raking several deep breaths. A key goal, Ms. Genus added, was to teach the young people that they can "just stop, and think, before they act." She added that, at this age, most young people need help with facing conflicts and problems. "They're going through a lot right now," she said, "peer pressure, and just making decisions." While in the life skills segment, Sara and Kathy had yet to meet a mentor, but they said the unit helped them open up to subjects that were difficult.
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''We'd talk about things like conflict," said Kathy, "and how we treat each other." Since it was summer, part of the days was taken up by fun activities such as field trips to local attractions. When asked what they did to relieve the burden of classes, Sara and Kathy turned to each other and simultaneously said, "Lake Compounce." Summer helped in another way, Ms. Genus added, explaining she was able to take some of the lessons outdoors. The ropes course at Bugbee School, for instance, proved perfect for creating a scenario for problem-solving games. Meanwhile, staff was busy recruiting members, who took two-day training sessions which included project goals and negotiating issues for contemporary youths. For Ms. McVay, who had raised five children and seen a newspaper advertisement for the program, the appeal was just right. And since her husband Donald McVay, a retired chemical engineer at United Technologies, enjoys his volunteer tutor position at Simsbury High, she persuaded him to join her in applying. Mr. McVay is happy he did. "I wanted to make an impact on a person's life," he said, "more than tutoring 45 minutes a week." In September, all the mentors began meeting their younger counterparts. To help both sides get to
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know each other, a group facilitator coordinated icebreaking interactive games for the first few weeks. "Th ey were easy games," said Ms. Schenker, "but required a lot of interaction, planning with teammates. She said that most of the youths have gotten the mentors they wanted. "We're still short on mentors," she added, saying that some adults have more than one child and that they're hoping to correct this imbalance soon. Ms. Schenker insisted that there's an eagerness among the adolescents for the actual mentors, after the weeks of preliminaries. They're craving regular time and attention that was promised, she said. "The kids are looking at this as a friendship," she explained, "and that's how we have been talking to them about the program." Bridge Director Margaret Hann said the main surprise for youngsters at this point is learning that older folks aren't necessarily "cranky and grouchy." 'They're discovering there are adults who like them and they realize. "I can learn something here." As youngster and adult get En know each other during the fall, they will interact for about two to four hours per week, together and over the telephone. "The idea is that the kids build relationships with the mentors," said Ms. Schenker, "so that they have
someone they can talk to, share with, have fun with." The central gathering point is the Elmwood Community Center, where each pair can decide its own agenda. They can walk, go to the nearby Friendly Restaurant for a soda, work on arts and crafts, or participate in a sport. "We have lots of supplies and materials," said Ms. Schenker, "and anything else that the kids decide they want, we'll provide for them." After the new year, the program will begin and develop its third unit, targeted at developing those relationships through community service. Coordinators say they expect such service will be through help at an area nursing home, yet to be established. While the program remains one of mentoring and friendship, its additional message to children at this stage is that giving to the community is good for them. "It's a wonderful experience for them to also understand that they're part of a greater community, play a role in it," said Ms. Hann. Throughout the year, the program is having family activity days, involving extended family of mentors, their young friends and staff, one Saturday each month. Each get-together has centered on a trip and special activity, such as miniature golf, a cook-out at Ocean Beach or getting to know animals at at Forest Park Zoo in Massachusetts. Winter gatherings may move indoors, and could
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Dr. Schulman cautioned against over-simplification, adding that earlier times also carried racial and religious divisions less prevalent today. But he said that it was often typical for grandparents to live in the same town as a child, even the same house or building. While helping take the daily heat off parents, he said, they played "a reinforcing influence on children, or sometimes presented another perspective." Other adults in general, he added, can help defuse tensions between children and parents, especially in today's many single-parent homes. Dr. Schulman added that many people are concerned that citizens overall used to be "more knit into their community," with regular and ongoing connections. For a child, these could have been as simple as other parents on the block, available when the child's own parents weren't there. The Bridge program, Dr. Shulman said, joins other mentoring programs such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Foster Grandparents, that help "put children in touch with lots of other adults that mean well by them." Ms. Hann explained that, while The Bridge was part of a highly competitive application process for the grant that established this program, the agency
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Government Police keep vigil so the rest of us can sleep in peace
the road, as well as by police and civilian emergency It's midnight on an early winter Friday. Most people service dispatchers. are already in bed, sound asleep in the comfort of Midnight their homes on a night when the wind chill will drop Each shift is designed to have a staggered start so the temperature into the single digits. But not Of- that all of the cruisers are not off the road at the ficer Al Goldstein. same time. Those officers who started at 11:30 are Officer Goldstein starts his workday at the stroke already on the street. Officer Goldstein and the other of midnight. He and the other members of C Squad three who are coming on at midnight gather for roll paerol the town during the overnight hours to make call to get their daily orders and information from sure we can all rest safely and secure in the knowl- Sgt. Dean Kulpanowski. edge that someone is out there keeping an eye on After that, its out to the car for a series of equipthings while we enjoy our sweet dreams. ment checks: lights and siren. oxygen bottle and heart One never knows When the need will arise, so the defibrillator, weapons and more. Everything must police department is staffed around the clock, seven check out in proper working order before the ofdays a week, 365 days a year, holidays included. ficer leaves headquarters. Officer Goldstein is a 12-year veteran of the force. Officer Goldstein will be patrolling District 8. a He is one of the senior people working this shift, large and usually busy area which runs east from Which is moSily populated by younger, less experi- West Hartford Center along Farmington Avenue to enced officers who do not yet have the seniority to the Ffartford line and south from there to 1-84. It is bid for day or evening slots, home to five all-night gasoline stations and a 24As he explained it, the police run eight patrol dis- hour diner, and he will check in on all of these busitrirt cars on the overnight shift, two fewer than dur- - nesses frequently to make sure the employees are all ing the day. Those eight officers are augmented by right and to deter any would-be criminal from robtwo sergeants, one inside headquarters and one on bing the establishment. by Mark Jahne The mere presence of his cruiser, he believes, has a preventive effect. C Squad officers do their best to be an obvious presence around town so that everyone knows there is a diligent crew keeping an eye on the safety of the community. 1 2: 1 0 a.m. District 2 is sent to back up a Farmington officer who has stopped a car for a motor vehicle violation on Farmington Avenue near the town line. Officers on the overnight shift back up each other as much as possible to ensure their personal safety. That includes officers from other towns which border this one. 12:18 a.m. District 7 reports in after being dispatched to a Farmington Avenue restaurant on a report that minors were being served alcoholic beverages. The report is verified and the matter will be referred to the state Liquor Control Commission for possible disciplinary action. Officer Goldstein began to drive the circuit of his assigned area. While doing so, he talked about the difference in working the overnight shift as compared to the day or evening shifts, called A Squad
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Officers on C Squad get to know their beat well and they also get to know the limited number of people who are up and about during those hours. They know who works at what store, the various delivery people and their schedules, and th tcrackof-dawn joggers and dog-walkers. They also know that people who do not fit into those categories might be up to no good and they can keep an eye on their behavior. While that alone is not cause to stop someone, it does raise the level of attention paid to that person. 12:29 a.m. Officer Goldstein receives his first call of the morning. He is instructed to back up Sgt. Donald Melanson at a motor vehicle stop at the intersec-
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content was above the legal limit. Score one for the police. They got this man off tion of Park Road and the 1-84 exit ramp. the road before he had the opportunity to hurt himUpon arrival, he learns that the sergeant had ob- self or anyone else. served the driver of this pick-up truck operating in Officer Goldstein remains behind to watch the an erratic manner and stopped him under the belief man's truck until a wrecker arrives to tow it away. that the young man might be driving under the in- He points to the nearby sign which reads "Drive fluence of alcohol. He administers the field sobri- safely. Be home for the holidays" and notes the obety test while Officer Goldstein provides a second vious irony over what has just occurred. set of eyes and ears, as well as that all-important 12:45 a.m. sense of" security. District 5, which covers the southwestern part of The man handles most town including Corbins aspects of the physical test Corner and the Westfarrns "It's a whole different world. well, bo cannot escape the Mall area, stops a car on IPeople don't realize what goes on most telling one of all, 84 for a motor vehicle vioafter midnight. "—Officer Al called horizontal gaze nyslation. Officers in districts taernus. This is a test in near the interstate someGoldstein which the suspect is asked , times patrol a short disto follow an object from side to side without mov- tance of the highway to augment the state troopers, ing his head, just his eyes. who have a much larger territory to cover. If there is alcohol in the suspect's system. the eye12:47 a.m. balls will bounce as they move sideways. The more District 2 stops a car for a traffic violation on alcohol, the more pronounced the bouncing, which Fern Street. is an involuntary reaction. "When you work this shift, you sacrifice your Sergeant Melanson secures the man in handcuffs sleep, you sacrifice your social life. It messes up your and places him under arrest pending the results of a eating habits," said Officer Goldstein. comptakrized breath analysis back at police headSome officers like it, he added, because it allows quarters. The test will later confirm that his suspi- them to further their education during the day or cion was well-founded and the man's blood alcohol evening. Others like it because it allows them to split
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If all this seems like a lot of activity, Officer Goldstein said it is nothing compared to the days when the now-razed Charter Oak Terrace public housing complex rested just across the town le on Flatbush Avenue. While he said it would not be fair young people stopping for a bite to eat after a night to paint all residents of that complex with the same at the clubs. brush, he said some of them were criminals and/or He's not even out of the car before the manager gang members and they were responsible for much approaches him for assistance with a half dozen of the crime which used to occur in the southeastunruly young people who he claims caused a commotion inside. They respond that they did nothing ern part of town. Things finally slow down, so now he can return wrong, but they are nonetheless told to leave, and to his business checks. Officers on C Squad are also Officer Goldstein stands ready to intervene if necessary as they exchange angry and vulgar words with District 6 and a paramedic from American Medi- responsible for enforcing the town's overnight parkcal Response are dispatched to a medical emergency ing ban, which prohibits on-street parking beNveen the manager across the parking lot. the hours of 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. unless an exception is on Robin Road. 1:25 a.m. granted in advance. The radio comes alive as one of the officers pa1:57 a.m. There is a lot of this kind of illegal parking in trolling the southern part of town reports that he is Districts 2 and 5 are sent to calm a disturbance in hot pursuit of a suspected stolen vehicle. Officer at a Park Road tavern as the staff tries to get every- District 8's territory. Officer Goldstein said he could easily give out 35 to 40 tickets a weekend if he Goldstein and others respond quickly and converge one to leave at closing time. on a house off Newington Road where the three wanted to do so. 2 a.m. suspects have taken refuge. Officer Goldstein and District 6 are sent to a 3 a.m. Officer Goldstein and a paramedic are dispatched A green van in the street just outside the home noise complaint at an apartment on Boulevard. They had been reported stolen from Newington earlier in talk to the woman who called in the complaint and to a home on Crescent Street where an elderly man theening. Newington officers were also actively then go upstairs to tell her neighbor that loud mu- is experiencing difficulty breathing. He takes down the pertinent information and stands by as the amlooking for the van and they, too, respond to the sic is not appropriate at this hour. scene and help surround the house. bulance professionals do their work and transport 2:23 a.m. Several officers enter the home and take three District 6 stops a suspicious car along/Sloomfield the man to the hospital. All local police officers are trained as' medical young men into custody, handcuffing them all until Avenue. It is found to contain flags, signs and tee they can sort out the situation. There is a lot of markers stolen from the Hartford Golf Club. Police, page 38 yelling and arguing and at least one of the young men, according to police, is intoxicated. The man who the first officer saw driving the vehicle is placed under arrest and taken to headquarters, where he will spend the weekend in a holding cell unless he can make bail. The other two are not arrested at this time but officers hold open the possibility of seeking warrants after further inv\estigating the case. No sooner does this scene settle down than the radio once again begins to crackle with activity. 1:45 a.m.
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5:45 a.m. As Officer Goldstein patrols Park Road, he spots a man standing on the sidewalk, appearing to be confused and shivering from the cold. He stops to investigate but is hampered by the fact that the man does not speak English. Officer Ruben Gonzalez, who speaks Spanish, is summoned from District 10 to translate. Police learn that the man livescin Hartford and was at a friend's home drinking before departing on his bicycle, which rests nearby. He is lost, cold and intoxicated. Officer Goldstein invites the man to sit in the back seat of his warm cruiser and is thanked repeatedly in Spanish and broken English for his kindness. Once police confirm his story and determine where he lives, the officer gives the man a ride home to his apartment, which is off Park Street a half mile -1'e i'/ 1#
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Neighbors When it comes to celebrations, Connolly thinks big
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In 1990, Connecticut was in deep economic recession, its cities losing focUs and its businesses losing jobs. For Maureen Connolly, a town resident just hired by the Hartford Downtown Council to manage its debut "First Night" New Year's celebration, the goal was still to celebrate. First Night proceeded to symbolize, and be a corgiruing part of, the capital city's slow turnaround during the next decade. After managing the fest and other downtown council happenings for four more years, she started Maureen Connolly Management, her own event management business in 1995. While she has built on her niche in the creation, planning and management of "high-impact special events." she has also helped cities promote their civic developments, improve their images and leave new legacies. "MCM believes in recreating community through celebration," Ms. Connolly said. Lois Barr, who was director of marketing and special events at the Hartford Downtown Council in 1989 and hired Ms. Connolly for her role in First
Night, remembered a woman with poise and intelligence. "She was a delight to work with," Ms. Barr said, "always so upbeat, had a wonderful way with people. She did her job and did it well." Since the mid-'90s, key events Ms. Connolly has managed included New Haven's Special Olympics World Games in 1995, Hartford's Mark Twain Days from 1995-1998, and the Old State House reopening and presidential debate in 1996. Most recently, she worked for a year and a half in New London on OpSail 2000 Connecticut, the arrival and celebration of a world's array of military tall ships. Whatever the project, Ms. Connolly emphasizes work with the community as key. To achieve harmony and an event that flows, she explained that the first step is involving people in that community. "That comes from meeting with them, talking with them and listening to them," she said. Ms. Connolly added that, while each event has common operational structures, each has its own challenges. For Mark Twain Days, the subject matter was new to her.
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"I had to learn all about Mark Twain," she said, cade, metropolitan Hartford residents can be confident of their_rewmges and potential. and decide how I would celebrate his legacy." In New London, in order to understand its own She added that there was no lack of help from staff at the museum, including Deputy Director culture and enable it to celebrate the tall ships, Ms. Connolly had to connect with international cornDebra Petke and Curator Marianne Curling. The challenge in the 1996 Presidential Debate -munities as never before__ between President Bill Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bob The arra y bf information came from government Dole was learning the high level of technical pro- representatives and captains in Washington, D.C., duction required. For international coverage, tim- follow-up with embassies and through e-mail, and attending events to learn the techniques displayed ing was basic. That was pretty fascinating," she said, "when in parades of sail. And then there was the month of travel this sumyou saw the global impact of that broadcast right mer, as the organized celebration made its way up from Hartford." For a city in search of a new identity, the event the eastern coast of North America. At each stop, Ms. Connolly's team visited the was °a coup. Indeed, Ms. Connolly said that, as a result of all the celebrations there over the last de- ships and studied different aspects of the celebra— -
tions: in Miami, the science of berthing and liaisons with Coast Guard vessels; in Norfolk, the protocol of greeting officials; in Philadelphia, additional specifics on arrival in New York City; and in New_York, tight security around President Clinton at the July 4 celebrations. In preparing "Museum Row" in New London, she asked local curators what they wanted to focus on. Their answers included maritime history, higher education, initiatives with children and the arts. With 900,000 visitors from around the world attending OpSail, she said her team worked closely with the state Department of Transportation and State Police, assessing operations every hour? and reacting with flexibility.
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at the harbor. Her team was not surprised at being yelled at occaHe said Ms. Connolly's talent for bringing in sionally. viewers to the events who might not otherwise have "This was a big event for them," she said of offibeen inclined to attend a Special Olympics. cials. "It took them awhile to realize this wasn't "It generated many, many more people coming about us, it was about what they wanted to project to the games," he said. to the world." Although her major focus in all these communiShe added how she enjoyed seeing that, through continued collaboration in ties has been the events New London, "the parathemselves, Ms. Connolly "She is an absolutely terrific said the projects leave lastdigm shifted." She saw how ing improvements on their its citizens came to see they manager. She keeps everything on communities' infrastruchad reason to he proud of track and has the big picture."— tures and economies. the city's repainted facades, Robert Gregson "Be it electrical in new window treatments Bushnell Park, new docks in and flag banners. New London and handicapped accessible dorms in Having studied communities and managed events New Haven, those changes are always going to help throughout the state, Ms. Connolly is grateful for a city," she said. the wealth of its resources. As officials wait for economic figures from "We have a tremendous amount of support," she OpSail, she said they're expected to reflect a signifi- said, "and it's always been that way for me." cant impact upon New London's businesses. Robert Gregson, creative director for the state "It's going to be an unbelievable return on in- Office of Tourism, first met Ms. Connolly in 1989 vestment foin the local economy," she said, "and that's when he was directing New Haven's First Night. good visibility for the state." Having collaborated with her on various projects, Where problems do occur in special events, Ms. including Hartford's Old State House reopening, Connolly' has been at the center of efforts to resolve Charter Oak Cultural Center and Riverfront Reconflicts, learning about each community's particu- capture, he said the two have worked together in a lar struggles in the process. She knew that, despite harmony based on mutual respect and trust. best efforts in New London, locals could get ruffled. Most recently the two helped assemble the mas-
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For nearly 80 years, the Junior League of Hartford has been committed to providing area women the organizational and leadership skills they needed to improve themselves or develop careers, while simultaneously using their volunteer efforts to help needy communities. Part of the near century-old Association of Jun, ior Leagues International, the area's league chapter has drawn heavily on this town for its membership. Indeed, the town still accounts for roughly twothirds of its 500 members and is home to its new offices in West Hartford Center. With 70 percent of those members now working outside the home, the league has come to tailor itself increasingly to individual needs, helping mem' bers in areas ranging from simple tasks to running meetings, even addressing the complicated issues associated with leading a board of directors. In turn, members join the league and learn its time-honored skills in volunteering for varied reasons: the satisfaction of contributing to those less fortunate while acquiring confidence useful in every-day life; to find a stepping stone to a profession; or to enrich established careers. Members say that the league's mentoring form of teaching has created lifelong connections. "It's the friendship and training that you get," said President Francine Christiansen. "So much of it is watching someone really experienced, you don't even realize you're being trained." For others, the league's international base is a kind of lifeline in this globally connected world. While contemporary members continue to make the solid contributions they've always made at area civic and charitable institutions, they also generate and maintain many of the league's own ventures, called signature projects and often connected with education. Overall, the league puts in about 100,000 hours a year to its many projects in Greater Hartford. A former vice president and stay-at-home mother, local resident Susan Sappington said she credits the league with the training, experience and community exposure that enabled her to become one of the United Way's all-time biggest fund raisers: Still active with the league after 19 years of membership, she remembers the early projects that helped her understand its priorities on working with cornmunities and in allocating funds. One was work with the social agency Families in Crisis, committed to helping children cope with parents in prison. Another was the league's partnership with the Village for Families and Children on a conference on adopting children with special needs. Through the league, she came to believe in the health and human service efforts at the United Way and,ight years ago, became involved with that agency s efforts to raise donations. In 1998, she became the first woman to chair the annual United Way campaign, raising almost $24 million. "It was a wonderful, wonderful experience," Ms. Sappington said. Now co-chairwoman for the Wadsworth Atheneum's Society of Daniel Wadsworth and responsible for major gifts from individuals for the United Way, she salutes the league for showing her how to take a project from concept to completion. "It's something many people in their wont; careers never have," she added. Others in those careers outside the home have
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turned to the league for guidance and adjustment. T p years ago and a recent college graduate. Harto ford resident Coreen Majka Sunde looked to the league to help her cope with the organizational changes in which she was caught at The Travelers. She found that not only did the league provide her with the connections and support she sought. it gave her specific training she had received nowhere else. With her love of art, she got involved in the league's Art Goes to School project. where she offered talks on the importance of art at schools where artsm;;andine had been cut. And v ith a love of vintage clothes, Ms. Majka Sunde fell into .virkine at the Clothes Horse, the league's retail store and one of its key funding sources. Comfortable with window displays and marketing, she has remained there for six years. It's a neat place. she said. "It's always changing, because it's a little business. While volunteering at the store and raising her family, she obtained her master's degree in business administration and continued to develop her professional life. After Travelers, she worked as a product developer at United Health Care, consultant and heae,i care marketer. and antiques advisor. She added that volunteering opens doors, and "you never volunteer at just one thine. Her other league connections include the Women's Committee at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Ms. Majka Sunde said she has been delighted to discover that. perhaps in part due to league efforts, potential employers no longer dismiss volunteer
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garten through third grade as a signal for possible child abuse or neglect. The first specific use of truancy for this purpose, the program is modeled on the Healthy Families Connecticut program and is a collaboration among the league, Center City Churches and the state's Children's Trust Fund. The program is based at Hartford's Betances School. "Our committee met parents, talked to them about the program," she said. Ms. Woolfson explained that, once truancy is established, the program will offer assessment and home visitation by social workers, before- and after-school services and tutoring, and parent support and education. As with other self-initiated projects, the league will fund and participate in it for at least three years.
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The University of Hartford Center for Social Research will periodically evaluate its progress. "'We want to make sure that projects we are participating in are working, helping," said Ms. Woolfson. Ms. Christiansen explained that, in such signature projects, the league keeps identifying its goals while "likening ourselves to venture capitalists of the no-profit world, you're real hands-on with them, and then you spin them off" While the league has created other such projects, including a docent program at the Wadsworth Atheneum and Christmas in April, it's working on other current signature projects. One is an immunization program called Take 5. "Because of Take 5, Connecticut is the only state in the country to have reached its immunization goals," Ms. Christiansen said. She added that the league won awards fok this accomplishment from the Connecticut Children's Medical Center and from the national Every Child by Two Foundation, co-founded by former First Lady Rosalyn Carter. Another current league initiative is the Saturday Science Sampler Project, targeting at-risk girls in grades 4-6 and in partnership with the Girl Scouts and the University of Hartford. In member training, the league is both traditional and innovative. During the first year, new members (called provisional) study all the basics of the community and fund raising with established members. After provisional training, members acquire active status, which requires involvement in at least three key community volunteer projects, one of which is duty at the Clothes Horse.
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Although work commitment averages three hours a week, the realization that members need flexibility allows many jobs to be done in blocks. Evaluation is based more on the project accomplished. Other basic requirements include the attendance at some general meetings, held once a month, and active members are eligible for training sessions each February offered by Junior League International. Members must work with the league a minimum of six years before becoming eligible for sustainer memberships. As sustainers, there are no fixed requirements, but members are eligible to participate in all league activities. The league used to restrict women joining after 40, hence the "Junior" in its title. In recognizing women's greater demands and flexibility, it no longer has an age restriction. While the league shares difficulties getting and keeping volunteers with many other organizations, it is working on new techniques to address this. Since members who leave the league usually do so within the first three years, it has begun a mentoring program for new members, helping them find their niche. Observation and the right suggestion to a new or potential member can make all the difference, she said, adding that it's also the basis for the sustaining friendships. "I don't have the magic bullet," Ms. Christiansen said, "but we are really working to do everything we can to increase our membership." The league's primary source of funds is its show house, where each room in a prominent area home is designed by a noted artist and tickets are sold to exhibit the result. Last year's event, at the Beatrice
Fox Auerbach home now owned by the University of Hartford, raised $167,000. The Clothes Horse, which specializes in vintage seconds, has made less money in recent ye4s due to an improved economy, but it is still clearing about $20,000 to $30,000 a year, which goes to the league. With its four paid employees, the store remains the league's longest-running project. Many members were sorry they lost their office lease in the West End of Hartford, but they're delighted with their new space in West Hartford Center. Ms. Christians'en said West Hartford is becoming part of a new definition of regional utinan and many youngr members like the community feel of the Center. WIll
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by Karen May Andy Krugman was in his eighth year as assistant soccer coach at his alma mater, Kingswood-Oxford School. Unbeknownst to him and another past player, Gordon Hamilton from the class of 1991, they had been tied at 14 for the school's single-season scoring record. Ben Polk, a member of the class of 2001, not only br2ie the record on November 4 with a goal against Wilbraham & Monson, he went on to score an additional goal versus Williston. the following Wednesday, establishing a new record of 16 goals by a Kingswood-Oxford boys' soccer player. Head coach Peter Jones is in his 14th year and was assisted by Hamilton for three years, as well as Krugman for the past eight. The head coach came upon the record when looking over 20 years of statistics. Jones is also the baseball coach and laughingly said, "I've coached Ben in more seasons, combining for at least seven seasons between the two sports." He, 1 3 assistant and the player all stressed that
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friends from Conard High School, where his older brother and sister went to school. He is the youngest of three children of Dave and Ruth Krugman, "who just moved to a condo in Avon now that we're all on our own." He said he "looks up to my parents for what they did for me." Krugman sympathized with Ben, who is finding "being a senior, it's hard to keep the grades and do the sports." Like many high school athletes, Ben does find that he's learned how to manage his time to allow him to get everything done that he needs to do. "I really look up to my brother Tyler and Mr. Krugman, who have both been role models for me on and off-field," he said. Tyler is a sophomore at Williams College and Ben has made an early commitment to Northwestern University in Chicago "to take the pressure of choosing off so I can enjoy my senior year, too." Coach Jones, who graduated 14 seniors from last year's soccer team, said that the "excitement of Ben's single-season accomplishment took the sting out of
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He has 169 towns to pick from, plus forays over the border into Massachusetts or New York City and the more he is known, the more ideas come in from fans. Is he feeling famous? "I don't know about famous, but just being on television every single night, people feel like they know you." What he likes most about that is "they will come up and tell me about a great story they've got going on in their town." Somet,Lmes he gets asked for his autograph, but he usually says he'd rather shake your hand. "There's something sort of odd about signing autographs," he said. But that does not mean Dan Kain is shy. He loved being grand marshal of West Hartford's Park Road Parade last year. "That was loads of fun. I think that's the first parade I've ever been in," Mr. Kain said. "We rode in an open car wearing cowboy hats. I love Park Road. We do business up and down the street. I can't guess how many cars we've had repaired on Park Road at Stebens. Then there's Hall's
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by Alicia B. Smith The air is crisp, the smell oflivood smoke permeates the air as soft snowflakes fall and the sound of bells is heard in the distance. Just the right mood for finding the perfect Christmas tree. Or maybe not. Perhaps 20 minutes of stamping cold feet, debating with family members and not having enough rope to tie the tree to the car is a more rtalistic-view of the quest for the perfect Christmas tree. Whatever atmosphere abounds at the moment, when searching for the perfect tree, nothing can take away the delight and beauty once the tree is in place in your home, decorated to perfection and friends and family have gathered to enjoy the holiday. No matter what type of tree is put up, a theme tree or an eclectic mix of ornaments, a tree with white lights or blinking ones, with or without tinsel, the Christmas tree is a way to express yourself, as well as a symbol of hope and joy for the future. The type of trees that are available are as diverse ,,,ceople out there in search of just the right as ther tree. Trees can be found for small corners, a table top or to fit in a home with a cathedral ceiling. It is just a matter of making a selection. , Mark Honiberg of West Hartford .knows a little something about selecting the perfect tree. He has been a witness to the process for 22 years. Each year on the day after Thanksgiving, Mr. Honiberg sets up shop at 1030 New Britain Avenue, where he sells pre-cut Christmas trees. "They want a Christmas tree and they want to enjoy the experience," Mr. Honiberg said of his customers. "It's really the main focus of the holiday for many. People remember it from growing up, it's been a fun family tradition." Perhaps it runs in his family; after all a great, great uncle of his used to sell trees at the Mark Twain residence in Hartford. He got into the business himself years ago while visiting friends in Nova Scotia who suggested he take a load of trees back home to sell. He now has one lot on the maritime island and another in Enfield. His local lot offers a variety of trees from which to choose. Mr. Honiberg offers plenty of balsam firs, which he said keep well and have a nice fragrance. Other choices include douglas fir, blue spruce trees, fraser fir and white pine trees. There are also plenty of different-shaped trees to consider. For those living in a small space, or who may not have the means of handling a large tree, a two-foot tree can be found that would fit nicely on a table. For those with room to spare, a 14-foot tree can also be found on his lot. "What I learned years ago is that everyone is an individual and has different needs," Mr. Honiberg said. "Some people like the skinny,
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Although it no longer has a cut-your-own tree For the most part, the tree man said that families may face a friendly disagreement as to which tree to business, the farm, in its 334th year of business, does select. Once in awhile the disagreement that started have a number of Canadian balsam Christrnis trees out cordially escalates to being nasty. shipped in. They went on sale the weekend followOne of the many things that is important for him ing Thanksgiving. is that his customers enjoy the experience. He will "It's like a cut flower," Ms. Carville said, remindoften offer hot chocolate and play carols. ing those who buy fresh trees to make a second cut "We want people to have a lot of fun," he said. when they get the tree home to prevent a sap seal "I can't imagine too many more businesses being from forming. The next thing to do is to give the tree plenty of water to prevent it from drying. this fun." "I've never had a problem with a tree (frying out In the past, one of his customers told the lot owner that the experience of selecting one of his on me," Ms. Carville said, adding that all trees should trees always makes him feel better when he leaves be kept away from heat sources. than when he first arrived at the lot. A different kind of tree can be found at the Rocky A variety of price ranges abound. The smallest of Hill-based A.J. Vicino and Sons Nursery at 259 the trees run in price between $8-$10. The largest New Britain Avenue. As a way to not onlyThTve'a can cost as much as $60. The average-sized tree, at Christi -tree as part of your holiday celebration, but to continue enjoying that same tree for years to seven feet tall, costs about $35. "I know not everyone can spend $35 on a tree," come, the nursery carries a variety of live trees. AfMr. Honiberg said. " I also have nice trees for $20." ter being decorated for Christmas, the trees can be One observation Avon Pickin' Patch owner Janet replanted outdoors to become a part of your landChristmas, page 60 Carville has noticed in the 15-plus years her farm has been selling pre-cut Christmas trees is that DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE NEED HELP AT HOME? "the men will grab the 5. first one they see, while SPECIALIZING IN COST EFFECTIVE the women will take a CARE AT HOME day and a half to choose."
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is dependent upon the size of the tree. The nursery also carries pre-cut trees from Vermont, a holiday tradition for the past 40 years. Among the selection are balsam fir trees. "We see the same people year after year," Mr. Popowycz said of his customers. "It's a tradition, they come out to buy a wreath, a tree and a poinsettia, all of which can be found in the nursery's Christmas shop. Taste often dictates what will adorn a tree. The possibilities are endless in that there are hundreds of ways in Which a tree can be decorated. The choices just for the lights alone are numerous, not to mention the ideas for the decorations. At the Country Christmas Barn in Simsbury there are countless ideas for decorating a Christmas tree. They include putting together a tree with a special theme. Store Manager Michael Rapp said that many people choose a tree with all glass ornaments, or a Victorian-themed tree, or a nature-related tree. Other theme tree ideas include sports, nautical decorations, Santa Claus, pets or crystal ornaments. Some of the items that Mr. Rapp said are really big this year include butterfly or dragonfly ornaments. Other popular ornaments include snowmen and snowflake-shaped ornaments. "A lot of people know what they want ornament wise," the store manager said. Many of the store's customers also select orna,21'414j. ,Ps/6
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mately $150 for the smaller tree and increases to as safety is not also regarded. Glastonbury Fire Marshal Christopher Siwy last much as $300 for the larger trees. For exterior decorating, Mr. Rapp pointed out year spent some time during the holidays putting icicle lights that are hung from the gutters of a house, out a fire which started when wrapping paper was or path lights that decorate a walkway. Lighted re- thrown into the fireplace. Other holiday fires indeer figures are also popular. New this year are lights that wrap around the he has had to contend trunk of a tree. To cover bushes and shrubs with with in the past include lights, one newer item consists of lights put together fires started from lighted candles. Christmas trees, like a net that can be draped over the shrub. "We should have it," Mr. Rapp said for whatChristmas, page 62 ever types of decorations are being sought. 7.° .1".46 ° 011 10.:'°% ° 111110-.01% 44"1/1/r 44.4 Ilk 1 141& The Christmas Country Barn is open Monday through Friday from and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 5 Exotic CandleV ilk Rare Earopeeui p.m. Fragrance; and Bat!) Prodactg • and The lights are on, the Situational "One of a Kind' Jew(dry tinsel is hung and the stefeaaring 'Ectio of tbe Dearw all at... bookworm reo is emitting merry holiday jingles. The 968 Farmington Ave. mood is set for the perWest Hartford Tfie Jewel Of Vie 'Valley fect holiday, but that Old Avon Village • 678-1922 could all be destroyed in 233-2653 m F 10 - 6, eves 8, Sat. 10 - 6, Sun 12 -5 matter of minutes if Dec 23rd & 241h open 9am-8pm
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The Soap Box Editorial Violence is never the answer
In this issue, we feature a story about the terrible tragedy of domestic violence, or family violence, as the law prefers to call it. It is a deeply troubling societal issue in our nation today and will likely remain so for a long time to come. Even the most well-intentioned people, the closest of friends and lovers, are going to disagree from time to time. 1 hose disagreements can sometimes become passionate and emotional. 'That's part of hfe and everyone should be able to express his or her views. But resorting to physical violence when verbal persuasion fails cannot be seen as an acceptable outcome of these arguments. Striking another person is something that should be done only in self-defense or in the defense of another who is at risk of serious injury or death. And when the target involves a family member, the tragedy is maximized. Experts in the field are convinced that domestic violence is all about control: who makes the decisions, who sets the agenda, who wins the argument. But why does anyone need such control over another human being? Why can't we, on occasion, agree to disagree and move on with our lives? There is all kinds of help available for people who may feel the need to react with physical force when an argument escalates. There is counselling, support, opportunities to cool off and calm down. Reach out to a social worker, a psychologist, a clergyman, someone willing to listen and offer sage advice. One of the painful realities of domestic violence is that it has no profile, no pattern to predict. It can involve people who are white, black, Hispanic or Asian; it can involve those who are rich, poor and all points in between; it can involve highly educated people with multiple degrees and six-figure salaries, and illiterate people or those who don't have a job. For those who become victims of domestic violence, there are myriad programs and shelters which can offer badly needed services. Court advocates can be of great assistance in the judicial process. Thanks to the efforts of organizations such as EVE's Fund, a statewide organization which boasts several active members from our town, money is being raised and support is being provided to the victims of this moral and legal crime. EVE stands for End Violence Everywhere, and we can't think of a better goal. The answers and solutions to this epidemic are neither simplenor immediate. People may separate from one another, but the emotional scars will remain, perhaps forever. And one can only' imagine the damage done to children when Mommy and Daddy battle it out in front of them. It's up to each and every one of us to take the spirit of this holiday season, a spirit of peace and good will, and bring it into our homes on a lasting basis. Let's all work to end violence everywhere, especially within our own families.
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Grateful for help extended to victims of Elmwood fire
To the Editor: At 3 a.m. on November 7, we, the residents of the Elms Apartments, 72 units, were awakened by our fire alarms we have in our hallways. My reaction was, "Oh no, not again, another false alarm," but of course, even it we thought so, we still had to get to the lobby to find out. Much to our surprise, it was a real fire, situated in the opposite building, but connected to us. Most of us were still in our nightgowns and slippers; no coats, just dusters, and we knew it was cold out, so -we asked it we could walk back to get our coats. The firemen gave us five minutes, seeing the fire had started in our other building. I am 82 years old, handicapped, and by the time I got back to the lobby, everyone had already gone up the driveway. I thought, "I can walk all by myself in my apartment with my cane," but I knew I would have a real tough time trying to tackle that upgraded driveway. All of a sudden, there appeared a nice young officer taking hold of my arm to help me to get to the bus on the street. I looked up to see the firemen pulling up those extremely long ladders they need to climb to the windows of the fourth floor. I thought, "Of my God, those poor firemen, how very special they are to hold that kind of a job." One can take them for granted, like our policemen, until you actually see them at their very dangerous work. The flames that were shooting out of the broken windows were unbelievable; never have I seen real flames like these in person. Again, I said, "Oh my God." We were driven to the Elmwood Community center and I thought, at least I will be able to vote here. I did not know what else to expect. Much to my surprise, the Red Cross people were already there to help us all, to pass out coffee and doughnuts from the doughnut store, which I will say was very nice of them, but I couldn't just yet; I had to cool down and relax to realize what was happening. I did hear on the bus that a lady had jumped out of her window of her apartment to get out of being burned alive. The firemen who were there to get her felt very bad that she couldn't wait for them to rescue her. She received lots of broken bones, but she is still alive, as far as I know. After a while, I was able to relax, but kept thinking of my sons and my sisters who may learn about this fire and it worried me, and when I decided to call one of my sisters, one of them, Blanche Morhardt, had already paged me to call her. I then asked her to please call my other sister, Theresa Shicko. My five sons were all at work and I didn't exactly know how to get in touch with them, as I did not have my phone numbers with me. The next thing I remember is that McDonald's sent large cups of orange juice and loads of Egg McMuffins, both my favorites, and I thought, people are good in time of need. Besides the Red Cross people there to help us in every way possible, others who cared started coming in to talk to us, to make us feel at ease, to comfort us. I was so happy to see some familiar faces, to talk to them, like Pat Beaudoin, a social worker; a priest named Edward McLean from St. Brigid Church, who came to sit a while to talk to the people at each table; a representative, David McCluskey. We were constantly being helped by men and women from the Red Cross. All of a sudden, it was
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dinner time and we received grinders from Subway. What more could we want? Oh yes, water would be nice. And we did receive pint-size bottles of Poland Springs, much appreciated. I think we heard the good news that we would be going home around five o'clock. Sorry to say that the people who lived in the section of the apartments where the fire was could not go home there yet. Some people were taken to the Ramada Inn, except for the ones who would rather go to relatives or friends, and a good friend at our table, Mary Vigliano, accepted to go stay with my neighbors next door to me, the Hoberts. When I got on the bus on New Britain Avenue, I noticed that the bus was mighty crowded. Two young boys, one named Jamie Coleman, surprised me by offering their seat to me. I was so surprised, but so happy to know that we can still hope for the younger generation. It was oh so good to be home again, but I will never forget the goodness in people in time of need and the help we received from the firemen, the policemen and the Red Cross and the others. Last, bur not least, when I was taken off the bus, it was a good friend, Tillie Daley, who was the last person who gave me a helping arm to walk me to my apartment. It was greatly appreciated. Florence G. DeRay 1078 New Britain Avenue
Roundup Incumbents win vote, Holiday Stroll retuins
by Mark Jahne A recount in the 19th Assembly District that was far less complicated than the presidential tally in Florida confirmed that all four incumbent members of the General Assembly from town will be returning for another two-year term. One woman was seriously injured in a fire at an Elmwood apartment building. Florida, but this town also experienced a recount after the vote in the 19th Assembly District was too close to certify without further review. The result meant that all four incumbents won reelection to the General Assembly. Initial returns had Democratic newcomer Jonathan Harris defeating state Rep. Robert Farr, a Republican, by 43 votes, but the recount gave Mr. Farr a nine-vote victory in a race in which ei 1,769 votes were cast. The other winners, all Democrats, are State Sen. Kevin Sullivan in the 5th District, state Rep. Andrew Fleischmann in the 18th District and state Rep. David McCluskey in the 20th District.
Holiday Stroll returns to Center
The 20th annual Holiday Stroll in West Hartford Center will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. December 7. The festivities will include a window decoration contest. As always, many of the merchants will provide food, snacks and musical entertainment. Santa is expected to make his appearance in front of LaPerla Ltd. jewelers on Farmington Avenue at 5:30 p.m.
Fire damages Elmwood building
An early morning fire on NOvember 7 caused heavy damage to a third-floor unit at the Elms apartment building, 1078 New Britain Avenue. Residents of the complex, many of whom are elderly, had to be evacuated to temporary shelter at the Elmwood' Community Center. Roundup, page 6
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of five fire stations responded, sending five pieces of apparatus and 28 firefighters to fight the 2:56 a.m. blaze. One tenant was seriously injured when she jumped from a third-floor window. Assistant Eire Marshal Michael Sinsigalli said the cause of the fire remains 4inder investigation.
Money given for soccer field
Soccer games are now being played on a new field at Eisenhower Park, thanks to a community fundraising effort callod "Field of Dreams." Representatives of the group recently presented Mayor Rob Bouvier with a check for S20,000 toward the field. That brings the total amount of donations from the community to 570,000. The remaining S35.000 of the S I 05,000 cost to construct the field was appropriated by the Town Council from the municipal budget.
Mayor Rob Bouvier (center) accepts a $20,000 check from soccer boosters participating in the Field of Dreams program to help pay for the construction of a new soccer field at Eisenhower Park. With the mayor are (from left) Mario Gilardini, Dodie Mendal, Helen Ruhino-Turco and Paul Glover,
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Town That Cares needs help
The "Town That Cares" fund has set a goal of $15,000 to provide hot holiday meals and gifts for more than 200 needy children, families, people with disabilities and senior citizens in town this holiday season. A gift of just $25 can provide hot meals and gifts for one of these people and $100 can provide the same for a family of four. Tax-deductible contributions may be sent to: Town of West Hartford, Department of Human Services, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107. Checks should be made payable to "Town That Cares."
King Chris Ouelette and Queen Katie Hargrove will host the annual Hall Higb School Madrigal Feaste. Performances are scheduled for November 29 and December 2-3 at Emmanuel Synagogue. For tickets call 231-1446.
Adoption workshop scheduled
The Adoption and Infertility Program of Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford will present a workshop on domestic and international adoption from 7 to 8:30 p.m. December 4 at its offices at 740 North Main Street. Harriet Elish and Mali Wiener will discuss and answer questions on all aspects of adoption, with special emphasis on the agency's programs in Bolivia and Guatemala.
Vassar Club selling nuts
The Vassar Club of Hartford is selling pecans to raise money for a scholarship fund which benefits local students attending that college. The one-pound bags cost $7 and are available locally at Peter B's Espresso Bar in the Center. Roundup, page 8
Olde Madrigal Feaste planned
The Hall High School Choral Department will present Ye Olde Madrigal Feaste at 6 p.m. December 2 and 4 p.m. December 3 at Emmanuel Syna-
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A Hpnukkah latka and comedy party will be held at noon December 17 at United Synagogues, 205 Mohawk Drive. The featured attraction will be comedian Joey Russell. Tickets are priced at S 15 per person. For ticket reservations call 586-8067. Lt. John Jansen (standing behind his son, Tyler) was named firefighter of the year by American Legion Post 96. Celebrating with him are Fire Chief William Austin (left), Post Commander John Cashman and Firefighter Patrick L Broo,rs I • president of the local _firefighters' union.
Local homes on Twain tour Two \Vest Hartford homes will be among those on
display during the 20th Holiday House Tour sponsored by the Mark Twain House in Hartford on >ec.ember 3. A total of six private homes and two museum homes will be featured. rickets cost 520 person in advance and may be purchased at Bollerer's Flowers on Park Road, Flowers \Vest on Farmington Avenue and I.anc & Lenge on La Salle Road. Proceeds will benefit the Mark Twain House.
ChanukaMania coming to Center
For th2 first time this year, a new event called "ChanukaNlania" will be held in West Hartford Center as part of the annual Holiday Stroll. The event is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. on December 7. Featured will be holiday treats, music and gift wrapping by students from the Yachad Hebrew - High School. There will also be Klezmer bands, Israeli dancers, children's choirs, musical theater performances and kosher wine tasting.
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Ground is broken for playhouse
After much construction and renovation work, the official ground-breaking ceremony for the Park Road Playhouse was held on November 16. The playhouse will be located in the former A.C. Petersen Farms Family Restaurant on Park Road in what once was the garage for a fleet of home milk-delivery t rucks. Hie Krisst, president of the theater's board of directors, said more than $400,000 of the S550,000 total cost has already been raised to make the dream a reality. Iris hoped that the playhouse will be able to open for its first production in May 2001.
Men invited to shoot hoops
The town Leisure Services Department will offer informal pick-up basketball for men from December 6 through March 21. There are separate divisions and locations for young adults and for those over age 40. The cost is S50 for the season or $5 per night at the door. For more information call 523-3159.
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An exhibition of historic quilts is now on display at the Noah Webster House at 227 South Main Street. It will run through the end of February and features a wide array of quilts from the.museum's collection. Exhibition Curator EdJohnetta Miller will con-
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Braeburn School is rededicated
With a year-long construction project now complete, Braeburn School celebrated the re-dedication of its building on November 21 . Additions to the school include a new kindergarten wing, library/media center, playground and computer center.
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Back in the days of World War II, thousands of young men were drafted into military service before_ they were able to complete high school. Some of them moved on with their lives after the war and never did qualify for a diploma. As a tribute to their sacrifice, the Board of Education recently awarded West Hartford high school diplomas to 13 veterans, including two who received the award posthumously. The recipients are: Albert Leflcin, Herbert Anderson, Donald J. DesRoches, Robert Douglas Soule, Kenneth William Bassett, Anthony N. Cardillo, Otto D. Vicenzi, Edward H. Friedman, John Robert Clutz, Emma Raymond, Agostino Guzzo and William A. Zambrello.
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Morley wagon train provides food
Morley School pupils made their annual pilgrimage to the town's food pantry on November 9, with their red wagons filled to the rim with non-perishable food for donation to the town's food pantry. They were accompanied by parents, teachers and school officials. The food pantry offers immediate support to
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indiscretion. Between each drink opt for club soda or seltzer, or dilute your wine with Holidays tend to pose a great threat for people on weight loss plans, as well as those these to make spritzers. Try to limit yourself to one or two alcoholic beverages for the diligently trying to maintain their weight. A typical weight gain for the average American evening. Going light on, or going without, alcohol is kindest to your waistline and your from Thanksgiving to the first of the new year can push the needle to the scaleuR5-8 liver. pounds. 'If you're in charge of the food preparation then you're at an advantage. There are As with almost everything in life, moderation is the key. No matter how many parties ways to cut fat and calories without sacrificing taste. Even eggnog comes low-and fat-free or dinners we may attend, we must learn to balance out the equation of "energy in - enernow. Substitute low- or fat-free cream cheese, mayonnaise, cottage cheese, evaporated out.” Gaining weight does not have to be standard practice for us if we approach the milk, sour cream...when called for. Bake with egg whites instead of whole eggs. Try olidays with a positive, healthy attitude and apply a little nutritional common-sense. applesauce, prune puree or fat-replacement in your baked goods. Not everything needs to Adhenng to the following guidelines can, and will, keep you happy while enjoying the have a "nutritional make-over" but most people will be grateful to have some healthier festivities and will allow you to keep the weight off. Now that's something to be merry options. especially when they are equally as delicious. about! *Be picky with what you eat. If something does not taste as good as it looks, leave it *On days you know you will be overeating, or eating the "wrong" types of food alone. Save your fat and calorie allotment for those things that (meaning those high in fat, sugar, or alcohol), keep the are truly too good to pass up. rest of the day "light." This does not mean skipping meals. *Not enough can be said regarding the benefits of exercise. That would undoubtedly lead to overindulgence later and Working off that excess calories consumed is about the only skew Your metabolism in the wrong direction. Stick full-proof method of keeping those pounds from finding a perinstead to small meals/snacks of low calorie, low fat foods manent home. Energy expended in the few days following an with lots of fiber and low fat protein foods. overabundance of food intake keeps the extra calories from *Don't attend parties in a starved state. Your best line being stored as fat. of defense: before attending an event eat a half cup of 'Keeping track of your intake in a food journal may be high fiber cereal and/or a piece of fruit (raises blood sugar painful, but can also act as a powerful tool in keeping you on levels so you're not as hungry) and/or a serving of lean track. If vou try to record everything you consume you will protein. When you're less hungry you can make wise stay much more aware of your eating habits and perhaps curtail choices and not fall prey to the sensation of needing to some overindulgence as well as help keep you focused on devour all the food in sight. maintaining good nutritional practices. 'When it comes to appetizers remember, they can be 'Keep your priorities straight and remember your goal of more fattening than the mairuneal. Cheese, dips, nuts, and maintaining, if not losing weight during the holiday season. other snack foods can use up a day's caloric allotment in a few minutes time. 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Angelo Faenza Sr., a 40-year restaurant industry veteran and proprietor of Faenza's on Main and the Prospect Cafr, was selected as one of the two state finalists to receive the Restaurant Neighbor Award 2000 from the Connecticut Restaurant Association. Mr. Faenza was honored for his role as chairman of the Celebrate! West Hartford Festival. The twoday fair attracts more than 30,000 people each year and raises funds for several non-profit organizations. He has chaired the festival for the past 10 years. He is also heavily involved with the park road Business Association and the Park Road Playhouse.
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by Stephen L. Purdy Thanks to a trip to Tanzania this past summer by West Hartford resident Daniel Dollar, Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford is beginning to better understand the needs of an impoverished sister parish in Tabora, Tanzania. Although members of the Hartford church had known for some time that the greatest need in the African parish is an actual church for its growing membership, details were sketchy. The many specifics Mr. Dollar learned and brought back from his journey, taken with fellow Trinity Church member and Glastonbury resident Keith Hook, are now helping their church's Mission Committee decide how it can best help its friends halfway around the world. While the committee and church members know they will raise funds, they believe that successful giving is also based on furthering the communication and cultural exchange Mr. Dollar and Mr. Hook began. With that in mind, Mr. Hook explained that one guiding principle on the first trip was to get the information in light of "how we could we relate to them, and how they could they relate to us." the University of tonnecticut Health Center on use The two men came to see that what the Tanza- of Internet data bases, it was a challenge. nian parish has most to relate is a new perspective "We didn't really have a good sense of their lives," on the role a church can play in sustaining its corn- he said, "the struggles, joys and other. things going munity. on. The connection between the two parishes all beIn discussing this quandary with Bishop Ntiruka gan in 1995 when Francis Ntiruka, the bishop of and his own parishioners last „spring, Reverend the Diocese of Tabora, was studying at Yale Uni- Eakins felt strongly that the need for a trip to Tabora versity in New Haven and attended a service at Trin- had arrived. Although he wanted to go himself with ity. Through meeting the American parishioners and his wife, his agenda stood in the way. sharing experiences, he struck up a fast friendship The church needed two representatives, some of whose expenses it could pay. Lodging would be prowith the church's rector, the Rev. William Eakins. "It was a wonderful service, in what we found to vided at tile-Mikan diocese, but travel ,costs rebe an international congregation," said Bishop mained a hurdle. Francis. Reverend Eakins turned to Mr. Hook, a retired attorney and state government official with experiHis parish was soon added to Trinity Episcopal's regular prayer list, and the two churches began an ence as a world activist. When he learne'd that the ongoing relationship which included letters and longtime parishioner was willing to go and able to mails. Although vague facts emerged about the eco- finance his travel fare, Reverend Eakins had his first nomic problems in Tabora, which has a population representative. of 65,000 and covers 37,000 square miles, HartA member of the church's Mission Committee, Ellen Dollar recommended her husband as the secford parishioners were frustrated. "We are more oral than literate people," Bishop ond participant. "He gets along with all kinds of people," she said, Francis said, "so our communication was "I thought he'd be a great ambassador for our on and off, or rather ir- church." Ms. Dollar added that she had made the suggesregular.: For Mr. Dollar, who tion at a committee meeting almost in jest. Surely, teaches professionals at she reasoned, their relatively new church member.
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courtesy of Keith Hook ship, and even newer status as parents to an infant daughter, would rule them out in the yes of others. And then there was the prohibitive cost of the clip. But Ms. Dollar remembered Reverend Eakins pulling her aside after that meeting. "If someone could help him pay for it," she remembered his asking, do you think he really would go?" Within weeks, Mr. Dollar had received strong support for his participation in the trip, and his travel costs were paid by an anonymous donor. Many members, Ms. Dollar added, respected her husband for being willing to go so soon after the birth of their child. Mr. Hook said that Reverend Eakins worked long and hard to make all these pieces fall into place. "He's the spark plug behind all of this," he said. It's an enthusiasm that found a match when the two arrived in Tabora. After a grueling two-day trip with many legs, they were welcomed by a group from the African parish who placed floral leis around their necks and sang for them. It was reassurance to Mr. Dollar who, during the
long journey, had developed his first misgivings. Despite the letters and e-mails, he thought, what did they really know about the people they were on their way to meet? One trait among their hosts, they soon learned, was generosity. When the Taborans learned the Americans' luggage had been lost in transit, they quickly found donated clothes for the two men. In subsequent days, they would wash those garments for their guests. "The openness and warmth was amazing to me," said Mr. Dollar. As the days progressed, both sides shared their lives. Although the Americans saw that the Taborans don't live irr-abject poverty, they realized that the deprivation is deep and complex. They came to understand more about a people for whom, despite diminished means, church affiliation is growing. "It was very interesting to us," said Mr. Hook of the contrast to the west. "They're gaining memberships, and feel a need for it." The Hartford representatives learned that, despite having no church structure, Taborans hold their worship services in a school building, a practice discouraged by law. The visitors saw the land the parishioners want for their new church, believing they'll . soon be able to buy it. Dollar, page 14
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"They have been raising money slowly, but surely," Mr. Dollar said. He added that, although those same parishioners have a building program for the structure, they don't have funds for supplies. Although their minister, wife and family live in a house given to them, the church cannot pay him a salary. He and his wife sell produce to help make ends meet. Mr. Hook said that his church is also discussing eventual help for the construction of a parsonage. Other needs they learned of, to which the American church may donate, include the purchase of a milking cow for the parishioners and tools for cottage industries for which they can earn supplemental income. Mr. Dollar had finally seen graphically the people, the place and the needs that they and their Hartford friends had ,ill been thinking about for five years. The travelers also saw how, on a secular level, spiritual freedom is being sorely tested in Tabora. Daily, those in its parish grapple with drought and unemployment, lack of education and governmental upheaval. Although Tanzanians aren't being torn apart by the tribal or religious conflict so much a part of other African nations, their agriculture has been
devastated by alternating droughts and deluges in recent years. With a general lack of government services, the extended family is one of the main protectors of citizens' welfare. While moving from a long-held socialist economy to one which is market driven, the banking system is underdeveloped. With no clear system of land ownership, "property lines are very vague," said Mr. Hook. For Mr. Dollar, the sense was uncertainty among the Taborans as to where the new economy is taking them, despite considerable investment from South Africa. Those who can't get loans gather money slowly and build in stages, creating their own mud bricks. "We saw many structures, particularly people's homes," he said, "where you would just see a wall or four walls." Mr. Dollar described the Taborans' surprise when he told them of New England's use of wood in construction. Although once heavily forested, he learned, Tanzania has used most of its wood to cure tobacco, its prime industry and source of sales to southern Africa. Mr. Hook emphasized that another key aid needed in Tanzania is volunteers who will educate the people. • "Going down to work and teach, he said, recommending college students, "while learning some-
thing about a third-world country." He said that, while learning English is critical to Taborans who are trying to join world culture and economy, basic education is no longer free in a country whose economy has been privatized. "This hits an area like Tabora very, very hard," he said. Mr. Dollar added that the teachers are paid poorly. Tanzanians who already pay for their lessons offer them a little extra when they can for "tutoring," which is basically a fee just to get the basic lesson completed. On a lighter note, Mr. Hook and Mr. Dollar saw how Tanzanian citizens aspire to western culture where they can. While en route to Tabora and staying overnight in the city of Dar Es Salaam 400 miles away, they entered a hotel and saw locals watching American professional wrestling on TV. When they got tired of one program, Mr. Dollar remembered, they switched channels to car racing. The trip was an experience that, for both men, is rooted in openness to new experiences. Mr. Dollar, who has visited Europe once, said he has an ongoing enjoyment of new cultures. "I've always had an interest in traveling and meeting new people," he said, "expanding my horizons." While Mr. Hook read up specifically on Tanzanian culture before taking the trip, his interest and experience in organizations where people help oth-
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he has traveled to China, Russia, and to West Berlin before the removal of the Berlin Wall. Closer to home, Mr. Hook has served on both the Hartford and state boards of education. Through these backgrounds and current efforts of both men, Trinity Episcopal Church is now becoming part of a change in world relationships among churches, one based on mutual exchange and not just the well-off giving to the poor. The Rev. Amy Fallon, assistant rector at Trinity Episcopal Church, said that the two had been asked to be as open to the Taborans' approach to faith as they would be to their visible needs. "And to bring that back and share with us," she added. She explained that, as a result, they're helping their church understand the Taborans' simpler approach to faith. "They have a freedom about the gospel and preaching," Reverend Fallon said, "that's hard for us to capture." She added that, ironically, it's an approach that can be enhanced by being less burdened with buildings and possessions than those in wealthier parishes. Since their return, Mr. Hook and Mr. Dollar have given formal and informal talks with others in the church, shared photographs and the small gifts they brought back from Tabora. While Mr. Hook has Mr. Dollar displays an African kneeling a rug, a addressed the church's adult education session, Mr. gift from the people in Tanzania. Dollar has shared his experiences with children in ers is long and distinguished. As part of the Friend- Sunday school. ship Force, developed by former President Jimmy "Which focused a bit less on the churches relaCarter and committed to linking families of similar tionship," said his wife, "and a little more on what background and professions from different cultures, this is what life is like in Tanzania."
For children, this included eye-openers like the ordinary things Americans take for granted that Taborans don't have, and how it's summer there when it's winter here. Somehow, all the comparisons he had seen were highlighted when, returning home, Mr. Dollar and his wife closed on a 1,400square-foot house they had just purchased. "Probably not a huge home," he said, "but a mansion compared to the structures they have over there." Reverend Fallon said that the Mission Committee will begin formally raising funds for the Taboran parish, including during a special collection at Christmas time. She suggested that any building that does get constructed in Tabora will be a combined church and rectory for now. "Probably their bedroom will be their personal space," Reverend Fallon said, laughing, recognizing the Taborans' industry. "The rest of the space will be used by the church." All involved in the matter at Trinity Episcopal look forward to what's next, which they continue to emphasize is further exchange. Meanwhile, Bishop Ntiruka expressed his deepest gratitude. "The people at Mbugani didn't believe that this could happen," he said. "Now they are excited and are praying for the congregation at Holy Trinity Parish." While Reverend Eakins expects to visit Tabora. his Hartford membership looks forward to a reciprocal visit by members of the Taboran parish. Ms. Dollar said the Mission Committee is looking into the best way to make that happen and that, meanwhile, they're pleased with the results of both travelers. Will
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In addition to teacher quality and a cross-section of students, Vitolia sensed that students at Tunxis were more commit Rd to work than those at comparable levels in Russia. "They're thinking about their futtore," she said. " Hwy want to accomplish something.'" ler sister added that she likes how students can he friends to each other. "Everybody knows and cares about each other," she said. Vitolia no longer works for Dr. Peters and is concentrat Mg on studying for the first part of the American Dental Association Board Exam, which she hopes to take in December. SUCCesti on this exam will qualify her to begin formal dental school. I ler sister. meanwhile, is working full time, thinking she will leave gynecology behind and study to be in optometrist. In looking forward to an October entrance exam or a f ()reign doctor program at the New England School of Optometry in Boston, Vladimir a is cautious about being able to afford the program. calizing t hat she doesn't know if she will llUalifv for the school's f in.mciat aid when the next wave of applications is processed in I )ccember. she's uncert aM how to plan. Without much credit established, she is hoping someone will help her with an interim
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by Alicia B. Smith local lamp store, providing lamps, shades, and Before the doors open to customers each day, the sconces for just about any design motif. only light that enters the showroom is that which it is also the place to go to have a lamp repaired conies pouring through the storefront window. The or to have a custom-made lamp designed and crenatural light lends itself to highlighting some of the ated. One of the store's long-time specialties is the fixtures within, repair and restoration of antique lamps. When the time is right, a switch is flipped and "The lighting we offer is unique and different, the room is filled with a brightness from lamps on said store President Ray Christensen Jr. "We dethe shelves, chandeliers hung from the ceiling and sign most of the things we sell. We try to get somenight lights plugged into the wall. thing you're not going to see anywhere else." The wares arranged on shelves consist of a van- Throughout its history Metzger's has been a famety of shapes, sizes and colors, all of which have one ilv owned and operated store, started by Clarence practical purpose. They are lamps and light fixtures and Ejna Metzger in 1925. The store was originally ready to illuminate interiors and exteriors of any located on Allyn Street in Hartford and opened as style and design. an appliance and repair store that included lamp For 75 Years Metzger's, at 15 South Main Street, repair and restoration. has been shedding light, quite literally, on all sorts During the economically lean years leading up to of design and decorating problems. It serves as the World War II, Mr. Metzger would make lamps out of wine bottles that he would give to those in need of a light source. Following the war, , Mr. Metzger's nephew. Raymond Christensen Sr., joined the business and eventually moved the store to its present Manchester location on the Avon Goodman Green in the 432 Buckland Hills Dr. 195W. Main St. center of town. It was at this time that the business moved more into working solely with lamps. Raymond Christensen also began the antique lamp aspect of the business, after having been inspired by his trips to Maine, where he would purchase antique lamps and fixtures. Five years ago, he retired to Kennebunk. Maine, but continues to have local connections in which some of his customers keep in touch wiih him. I le started in the business a week alter returning from his service in the Pacific during World War IF and recalled that his uncle teased him about being lazy and taking time off. "I spent the rest, of mi life there," he said, adding that he most enjoyed working the store's floors and working dire,,ily with customers. "I enjoyed the people coming in. I thrived on that," he said. "We often spent as much tulle talking about their personal life as selling; people had time to visit." When the owner's children I unshed school, they in turn entered the business. Today Ray Christensen oversees its operation after his sister, Candace Christensen, left the business a year ago due to an injury. "They've done a marvelous job of carrying on the , tradition," the elder Mr. Christensen said, adding that because his children had spent so much time in Metzger's, page 21
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while others were created from one antique into a lamp. Walking through his store, the younger Mr. the store, he did not have to train them. Rather, he just set an example for them as to how the business Christensen can point to a number of pieces available that would fit any decor imaginable. On the should be run. "Basically, we were drafted," Ms. Christensen said, shelves are items waiting to be made into lamps, vinadding that she began "working" in the shop when tage lighting pieces that need to be restored, Tifshe was 12 years old. She worked most often out on fany replicas, lamps that were once vases, and lamps with a children's theme. the showroom floor, right alongside her father. Other popular pieces include Japanese Champleve, "It was the greatest thing and then the hardest which he said was similar to Japanese Cloisonne, thing," said Ms. Christensen. "Dad was always hard on us and always demanded the most from his fam- which are pieces made out of cast bronze filled with ily," adding that her father wanted his family to set enamel, originally created in Japan at the turn of the century. an example for other employees. "They are unique and one of our most popular "It's great," she said of the store's longevity, adding that she misses not being a part of the business. antique pieces," said Mr. Christensen. "We've always been known for our Oriental lighting." "The store looks beautiful." Hanging from the ceiling are a selection of 19th When the younger Mr. Christensen started working with his father 25 years ago, he met customers century hugicanes that have been remodeled into who had patronized the original store in Hartford. lamps. On one display shelf is a collection of anToday some of those same customers' children shop tique Chinese vases from the mid-18th century to the early 20th century that are available to be turned at the store. - It also draws customers from a 40-mile radius into lamps. "People are overwhelmed by the amount of things and as far away as Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. Some of the store's customers have come we have," said the president. "People usually walk around the store two or three times. Every nook and from as far away as Japan. Mixed in with new items on the shelves are a se- cranny is filled with lamps and shades." Many customers have entered the store thinking lection of antique lamps for sale. Some of the pieces have been purchased in antique stores and repaired, Metzger's, page 22
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Ray Christensen Jr. is president of Metzger's, a West Hartford Center landmark celebrating its 75th anniversary in business.—Photo by
Nick Lacy "I can repair almost anything here," said Mr. returned to working condition. The most basic re- pairs focus on the technical aspect of the lamp, such Christensen, who for a few years had his own side as repairing a broken socket or cord. Other repairs business of lamp restoration. "We're not so much consist of fixing cracks in porcelain and restoring selling light, we are selling art and beauty. We focus metal and wood finishes, on the aesthetic aspect of lighting," he added. Win
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by Tracey Wilson weights and measures. Later on jobs including school What did freedom and independence mean for the visitors and a board of relief were added. If 31 men out of 300 voters were elected, then new town of West Hartford in its first decade? How more than 10 percent of the voting male populadid democracy take shape in this town of about tion served in elected office, making up about 3 1,200 Americans in the 1850s and 1860s? Democracy here was contentious and bipartisan. percent of the total population. The equivalent toThe 153 men who petitioned to the General As- day would be 1,800 office holders in the town for sembly for independence in 1854 argued that with our population of 60,000. Today there are 17 elected town officials (nine , and a population of more than 1200 a Grand List of more than $20.000, it was as large as most of the on the Town Council, seven on the Board of Education, and a town clerk). These first office holders towns in the state. The 95 men who presented a petition to the Gen- elected in May 1854 indicates that the townspeople ei al Assembly opposing independence argued that wanted a bipartisan government. Of the 31 men their business w'as all transacted in Hartford, the elected to office (four served two offices), 18 signed population was not large enough, and the new rep- the petition for independence, eight signed the peresentatives would increase membership in the al- tition against, and five did not sign either petition. The townspeople quickly mended fences and ready too-large House of Representatives. They thought that their indebtedness for roads and bridges served shoulder to shoulder. They met at town meeting twice a year, usually in March and October. They would increase taxes in an independent town. The General Assembly accepted the petition for voted on the candidates, the tax rate (anywhere from independence and those who were opposed were 5-7 percent of assessed value of their property), they brought into the new government. By looking at the voted on building roads, establishing a second cemtown meeting minutes from 1854 to 1863, one gets etery and attempting to build a Town Hall. And they argued about all of it. In November an idea this was a highly participatory democracy. By 1860, it had a population of about 1,200 people. Of that, about 600 were men and of the 600, at most half of them were of voting age (over 21). With For overPrty years, Avery about 300 eligible votHeights has been at the ers, in the first town forefront of Healthy Aging. meeting in June of 1854, the citizens voted 31 men into office. The Heights was developed in lobs included select1991 to provide a gracious men, grand jurors, conindependent residence with st a b les, treasurer, priority access to a world of registrar. fence viewers, health care services. pound keepers, haywards, and sealer of 1857, a resolution passed.that said no person could speak on one subject more than twice or for more than 10 minutes. There was a controversy in 1858 as the town tried to separate itself from the power of the Congreiational Church. At first the town voted to take over care of the green, now known as Goodman Green, from the church and that a committee would be established to grade, fence and improve the park near the meeting house." The motion went on to ask that $20 be set aside to pay for these improvements. Then it was amended to get possession of the land. Then it was amended to table the whole idea. Then it was voted to drop the issue indefinitely. The town also attempted to build a separate meeting room so that town meeting did not have to happen in the church. The discussions about this issue began in 1858 and finally in 1863 the town purchased the vestry building to serve as a Town Hall.At every meeting during this period of time, citizens debated the roads: where to build, how much to pay workers, how much to pay the highway surveyors ($1.25 per day), where the roads would go, and making the highway dis-
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trict the same as the school district. Collecting taxes was troublesome because there was constant mention of how to collect taxes that were in arrears. The highway taxes were collected separately by the highway surveyors in one of the eight school districts in the town. Newcomers to the town were the beneficiaries of this road building. The 1850 census shows a considerable number of Irish laborers living in town at that time. Laborers were paid about $1 per day to work on the roads. The labor of these Irish men, many of whom had families here, was much in demand as the town grew. However, there is no evidence that any of these men served in any elected town office during this period of time. Decisions about education also led to protracted discussions. Education was an important foundation of the town and town government. Each of the eight school districts had their one-room schoolhouse. Each hired its own teacher and collected its own school tax. In 1859, the district known as "the commons"
(presently the area around Charter Oak School) wanted to join together with a district to its east that was in Hartford. The resolution to accomplish this was voted and re-voted over a two-year period until the cross-district school became a reality. Citizens fought over who was in each district and whether one district got more funds than another. In 1860, the town voted to collect taxes as a town and divide them among the districts to equalize the spending. It was not until the 1890s that consolidated schools were built. The town also closely monitored its care of the poor. When it separated from Hartford, one of the stipulations of being an independent town was taking responsibility for the poor. West Hartford chose to do this by providing for the poorer citizens in their place of residence. The town provided firewood, food, medical care and clothing for those in need. But the town was also circumspect about its money. It paid two medical bills of $1.25 to Dr. Wells and Dr. Brace, but then made a resolution that it would not make an-
other payment of that amount of money unless it was approved by the selectmen ahead of time. A resolution was passed in October 1856 directed at a particular woman, Sarah Cadwell, saying that no more aid would be given to her until it was proven she was a pauper of the town. It was rare for events outside town to impinge on the town meeting, but the Civil War certainly did. At the March 1861 meeting, the town voted to pay a bounty of $30 for every man who enlisted. It voted to pay $5 in money or goods and services to any resident family whose son or husband went to war. West Hartford's fledgling democracy in the 1850s and 1860s deliberated and sometimes turned on the personalities of those involved. That it was always contentious and bipartisan is a tribute to its citizens and the system itself. WHL
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�Janet Klett are two grief counselors who have taken their registered nurse training to the next level and of the holidays but as the season continues there's established "a safe place to grieve." Running those such a gloss of commercialism that it's important words together and adding .com, attending the anfor people to establish their spiritual needs." nual "Service of Remembrance" for bereaved famiHe finished the discussion with what he calls the lies and friends that has been held for the past eight four things to focus on for relieving holiday stress. years at Pitkin Community Center in Wethersfield 1. Having spiritual health and renewing and staying on December 3rd, and/or getting in touch with the in touch with God. 2. Taking care of psychological D'Esopo Resource Center for Loss on Main Street health. 3. Taking care of physical health and exer- in Old Wethersfield (860-561-5677) can help. cise and 4. Giving something to someone else. "A Jean Smith is the mother of a West Hartford serge of community by helping out at a soup kitchen police officer who committed suicide almost two or handing out presents at a church function, some- years ago. "It was December 3rd that it happened thing like that that gets you outside of your self." and his funeral was just two weeks before ChristHis holiday stress groups began running consecu- mas," said Mrs. Smith. "It was the hardest Christtive Tuesdays at his office at 100 Market Square as mas but the best thing was that we made a new of November 21. For anyone interested, he can be tradition by hanging the last ornament on the tree reached online at mitchpage.com or by phone at 860- as a reminder." 667-3141. Ms. Carney said, "The most miserable holiday Another strain at the holidays can be for those season is when people try to ignore their loss and who are grieving and trying to celebrate the holi- don't talk about it. Sometimes the anticipation of days without their loved ones. Karen Carney and the holidays can be worse than the actual day." She
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harkened back to SAD again, "So many people have a harder time of it as the nighttime hours are longer." She continued, "There are hallmark events that occur where not having a loved one who is not there has to be acknowledged. It's a testimony to enduring love." Mrs. Smith also attends a group called Compassionate Friends, made up of survivors of those who have lost a loved one due to violence of any kind; "I've learned that so many of us feel like we don't deserve to feel good." She added, "You're afraid to grieve too long or laugh too soon." Special programs are offered at the D'Esopo Center on a regular basis. Nutritionist Ann Zogbaum addressed some of the regular attendees of the grief support group and spoke about "Nutrition and Stress." Most people have come to realize that alcohol is a depressant but many cultures encourage eating and/or drinking pain away. Mr. Page said, "That's why there's a higher rate of suicide as well as people going into alcoholic treatment centers or being treated for depression as spring
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women, it is not uncommon for police to arrest both parties, or in some cases just the woman, based upon the evidence and the results of their investigation. The law also requires swift action in these cases. Police who make a family violence arrest are required to give the arrested person the next available court date, usually the next day, unless the incident occurs on the weekend or during a holiday, when courts are closed. As is the case with hate crimes, police are mandated reporters and must file a written report with the state every time they respond to a family violence call, even if no one is arrested. "The Tracey Thurman case made it easy for police officers now. It's cut and dried" in terms of what action they should take, said Lt. Jeff Garewski, cornViolence, page 48
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"We try to distribute money now via a grant sysWhen asked whether he deems it unusual that a tem." man would be so involved in what many people Ms. Levy, who is active with Connecticut Public might feel is a woman's issue, Mr. Scully said quite Television, was able to secure space there for EVE's the opposite is true. Everyone needs to be concerned Fund meetings. Whatever they do, they seek to about domestic violence. gather as much though voluntary donations as pos"It shouldn't matter who is helping to make things sible so that the funds they raise can go directly to happen" to cure the problem, he said. where they will do the most good. Mr. Scully believes the fact that hospitals now Ms. Schwartz said doask pointed questions of mestic violence "is being their patients to determine "People who are victims are reported more and more. if domestic abuse occurred Women and men are feelis a positive step forward in learning to become survivors. helping these victims. And ing safer, sharing what's People are beginning to going on." he noted the mandatory arunderstand that they have rest allows for a cooling-off She added, "People who choices."—Carla Schwartz period. are victims are learning to "The education process become survivors. People are beginning to understand that they have choices." is such a huge component," he added. All three agree that domestic and sexual abuse EVE's Fund has also donated clothing to shelare about power and control. They also agree that ters and helped acquire cellular telephones for while the majority of domestic abuse cases involv- women who may need them for their personal safety. ing young and middle-aged people are usually men Ms. Levy noted that they have created public serdirecting abuse against women, the opposite seems vice announcements for radio and television broadto be true with the elcirrly. In this age group, it is cast. more often the woman who is the abuser. Even the needs of pets do not escape the caring "It's appalling to me that anybody would feel that hearts of these volunteers. After all, what happens they can have that kind of hold over somebody, that to the poor dog or cat while the people in the house kind of power," said Ms. Schwartz. "There is (soci- are embroiled in a domestic dispute and may have etal) conditioning done for men that they need to to leave, either to seek shelter or because they are be rough and wild," that they need to be the dominant partner in their relationships, and she believes that fuels the problem.
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The whole thing grew out of a 1993 telethon in Norwich which was held to raise money for the Women's Center of Southeastern Connecticut. Since then, EVE's Fund has held a step-a-thon at the Hartford YWCA, an art show of the works of sexual assault survivors and additional telethons. One of the organization's ongoing projects is the sale of holiday greeting cards which bear the EVE's Fund logo and carry the one-word message "Peace." These offer information about the organization and allow the person sending the card to make a donation to EVE's Fund in honor of the person who receives the card. They also sell decorative lapel pins. To make a donation, or for more information, write to: EVE's Fund, P.O. Box 270672, West Hartford, CT
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Neighbors Engineer turned author taps political knowledge to write first book
by Mark Jahne Leonard Cohen, who started out his career as an engineer and rose to head a department of brilliant engineering minds at United Technologies Corporation, has always had the desire to write. Technical writing, business reports, news releases; whatever it was, he loved the exercise of putting thoughts and words to paper. M1w the 63-year-old town resident is exploring a new career of sorts as an author. He recently released his first book, "Madam Chairman," published by Xlibris Corporation, an on-line publishing firm. "On-line publishing is a fact of life today," he said. Is it just a coincidence that "Madam Chairman" was written by the husband of Marilyn Cohen, his wife of 40 years, an active and powerful figure in Democratic politics, and chairwoman of the Democratic Town Committee during the period in the 1980s and early 1990s when it controlled the Town Couvil and Board of Education? According to the author, that's just what it is—a coincidence. When asked how much of the book should be considered a reflection of his wife's political career, he responded, "I would claim zero. years ago within her own party by people whom There's no character in there that remotely resembles some, depending upon their opinion, might consider unscrupulous. anybody" in local politics. The neo-Nazi tag is a bit harsh, but who knows "Every character is symbolic, just about every what prejudices lurk in the hearts of others? character is a metaphor" for those who would choose Mr. Cohen smiles, but that's all. It's fiction, he to read the book from that perspective, Mr. Cohen asserts, and that's that. said. "I've sold a couple hundred copies so far." So what is "Madam Chairman" all about? Even though the story in some ways could be It's the story of a woman named Mickey Feldsher, considered comparable to his wife's life in politics, Mr. Cohen is adamant that all of the characters in who starts out as a Democratic town chairwoman his book are fictitious. He admits that, as the hus- in a place called Liberty Township. She courageously band of an influential political leader, he enjoyed a takes on powerful figures within her own party, unique insight into local politics, but that's all he fighting sexism and anti-Semitism along the way. irpfotst.d kill One of the more evil figures eve i will concede. "I was involved in a political environment—with Feldsher and her husband, Ben. "It's not a question of 'who dunnit' but when, a 50-yard-line seat to something that was going on where and how, and will they succeed," Mr. Cohen around me," he said. The book jacket promotes "Madam Chairman" said. "The book is structured over a period when as a story that brings together "a powerful woman there are three or four different campaigns going on. politician, an unscrupulous opposition and Mr. Cohen said some people have asked him how Nazis led by a madman." led Let's see. His wife is a powerful female politician he, as a man, could write a book about the trials and (she coordinated the Gore/Lieberman presidential tribulations of a woman fighting for her equal place campaign in Connecticut) and she was opposed some in politics. Despite four decades of marriage and
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ting the job at ASD." He said, "I got a lot of experience from the job in Maine, but my social life was not good and my golf game suffered, as I didn't get much time to play or practice." Though his personal scores in the South African tournament weren't great, when he's on his game, he's a three-handicap golfer. "I didn't play well. It was one of the worst tournaments I have played since my freshman year in college for Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, N.C. The only regret is I didn't prepare myself to get ready to play golf for team USA," he said. "I didn't play or practice much golf at all this year. I had a busy summer. I moved back down to Connecticut after working three. years in Maine, working at Governor Baxter School for the Deaf as a P.E. teacher, athletic director and boys assistant basketball coach for three years. I wasn't that happy in Maine because the social life there wasn't as great as I thought it would be. "So I moved back to Connecticut where my friends live and knew that my life would be a lot better if I settled down in Connecticut ... I didn't play much golf when I first moved to Maine in 1997. I stopped playing golf for almost two years," Bryden added. Dunsey Harper is Bryden's best friend from his
college years in North Carolina. He taught me so much about life and struggles, etc. Harper was two years ahead of Bryden and a foot- I look up to him as a brother." Another of Bryden's coaches has been Jim ball player. "We've been through some things together. He who is also the executive vice president of Unites boosted me up through trying out for a professional States Deaf Golf Foundation. He explained the deaf career, through girlfriend troubles. We just fell to- tournament. "Our organization sent gether and were like peanut butter and jelly," said six deaf golfers who quali"We've been through some things Harper, who is a part-time fied at our national deaf together. He boosted me up police officer in his native golf tournament in Utah Cleveland County, N.C. two summers ago. Craig through trying out for a "I stayed close to my was one of them. He played professional career, through hometown of Shelby by well enough to he the *op girlfriend troubles. We just fell going to school at Rhyne. six at the national deaf golf together and were like peanut We had a lot of fun. I got tournament in Utah," him into lifting, but I Hynes said. butter and jelly. ”--Dunsey couldn't get into golf like "We were at Sun City, Harper he did." Africa, for the World Deaf Harper added, "I cadGolf Championship, both died for him a few times and he served as an agent individual and team three weeks ago. We, the Unites for me when I was trying out for various pro teams. States Deaf Golf Team, won the first place, but a When I played in Canada in the CFL, Craig was deaf golfer from Cape Town won the championthere, wearing one of my jerseys." ship as an individual. The next World Deaf Golf When asked about people who have influenced Championship will be in Dublin, Ireland, in the year his life, Bryden immediately responded with "Dunsey of 2002." Harper, my best friend in college. He was a oneHe added, "We will have United State Deaf Otlf time pro football player and was a mentor to me. Championship tournament this summer at Sioux He made me be a better person ... who I am now. Bryden, page 56
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by Karen May Last spring, when West Hartford Life featured thensenior Nicole Toney about her Conard High School track and field career, she said, ''You should be talking to Chelsea, she's really something in the long runs. Chelsea I.enge ended the fall cross-country season with a win in the state finals held at Wickham Park in East Hartford. She has been the runner to beat in the CCC West, which carries over from last year. Last spring in the girls outdoor track and field state finals, she became the state record holder in the 3,200-meter race after posting a time of 11:14.73. For someone who didn't even take up the sport until her sophomore year, Chelsea has had quite a career. "The first tune I went out during the indoor track season, it was mostly because soccer was over and I wanted to have a winter sport to do," she said. IN broke the school's course record ''in that first time ota," which gave her the message "that if I trained through the summer and gave up soccer, that I could really get into the running." . At the State Open on November 3, Chelsea came in second to Killinzly sophomore Megan Owen. The only member of the girls' team to compete in this event, she was not happy as she led the final yards of the 5.5-mile race.
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England regionals were a factor in her disappointing showing. Held November 10 in Vermont, the day was foggy, with a cold rain falling. Chelsea was running well through the first mile and was in the lead when her legs began to cramp on the hills, forcing her to drop out. "I'm disappointed," she said, "but my health comes first." With both indoor track and the spring track and field season still ahead, she will have more chances to shine. • Last year, Conard's girls came in second with Chelsea winning first place twice in the 1,600 meter and 3,200 meter events, combined with Toney's Lenge, page 70
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their. lives, to give them a safe place to be and then help them to become as independent as they can." St. Elizabeth's has become a 24-hour shelter. Residents are no longer put out to roam the streets during the day time. Sister Pat said, "It's much better that they have a Serving breakfast at St. place to be without hanging out on the corner, get- Elizabeth's soup kitchen ting in trouble. At the same time, case managers will "• (from left) are Hall say to them you don't need to be sitting around here High School freshman all day. You need to be out looking for a job, going Victoria Massey, shelter for tritatment, getting whatever services you need to social worker Teresa resolve the issues that contribute to your Ortiz, Tuck Miller of homelessness." West Hartford and The suburbs, particularly the churches, have been Hall freshman Kelly faithful givers to the shelters. Those who are per- Pbam. sonally involved in this ministry like Sister Pat and . Eric Henzy, chairman of Mercy Housing's board of involved is there are too many people out there who trustees, would like to see that support taken one are in pain and can't make it on their own. For me step further, to a commitment not just to be kind to this is a matter of my faith, but it is also a matter of the homeless, but to end homelessness. I'm a citizen and as a society we have a responsibilMr. Henzy said he chose this mission personally ity to take care of each other." first because Bob McNally, one of his partners at He added, "The resources are there. Our state the Hartford law firm of Reid and Reige, was a government distributes budget surplus via tax refourtiftng member. Another partner followed. Mr. fund checks ... at the same time people living a few Henzy is the third Reid and Reige attorney to be- miles away are ill housed, nourished and educated. come a board member. It makes no senses' Beyond that, he said, "the reason I have stayed Sister Pat was a teacher and principal at Mercy
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in Middletown. And here I am." In Hartford, St. Elizabeth's was already operating in the Henry Barnard House, a national historic landmark, which, Sister Pat said, "we are trying to redo on the outside. Henry Barnard, who took care of poor children in that house, was the first commissioner of education for the United States. "In the '20s I think, the Sisters of the Holy Spirit built on the back part and opened it as a home for women who came to the city to work in the insurance companies. That went out of vogue at some point. Then the Center City Churches rented it and ran St. Elizabeth's as housing and the Friendship Center as a soup kitchen," she said. "In the early '80s, when gentrification was happening, the Sisters decided to sell the building. The Center City Churches didn't have any structure for owning property, though they would have liked to." Sixty-four people, many of them older, were going to be out on the street. With a loan from the Sisters of Mercy in St. Louis, "who own a lot of hospitals and have a lot of more money than we do," the local Sisters of Mercy bought the building and took on St. Elizabeth House and the Friendship Center Soup Kitchen. That was 1983. For 18 years they have fed and cared for thousands of homeless people. Some have gotten back on their feet; others seem lost forever. But Mercy
Housing does not give up on anybody. They, and the other shelters, reach out even to the hard-core homeless, who in the dead of winter resist coming in from the cold. She said, "if you look when you drive in under the library, you will see boxes and blankets, evidence of people living there. The Immaculate Conception shelter has a van that goes out and brings food and blankets. When the weather is life-threatening, the Hartford police go out and bring them inside. "I would not want to say these people are out there by choice. My own experience is the people who stay out under the bridges are so psychologically ill that they are afraid." Whether under the bridges or in the shelters, she said "these people hurt, they are sad, they are happy, they have stories. Some of them have children. Some owned their own homes, even their own companies. Now they have nothing." "If we don't see that we have a responsibility to them, the legislature will never listen to any advocacy groups who go there, because there is no base of voters that says make this a priority," Sister Pat said. State Rep. Paul Doyle of Wethersfield said that legislators do respond to their constituents and it would definitely have an impact if suburban voters were to lobby on behalf of the homeless. He said the state spends $25.8 million for grants to shelters
and soup kitchens and $3.6 million for transitional rental assistance. "I would personally love to put more money into (ending homelessness). But I just have one...vote. There are 151 members of the House and there is a limited pie." The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness was founded in 1982 out of a concern about the number of people needing shelter. Executive Director Mary McAtee said that number has been around 16,000 for the last couple of years. There are 46 shelters state-wide, most of them filled to capacity. Ms. McAtee said shelters by themselves are not the answer. The coalition would prefer to ni resources invested in long-term solutions, such as housing, mental health and substance abuse treatment, job training, placement and coaching and affordable housing with support services. "(But) our legislators tell us their constituents don't address this issue," she said. "The non-profit sector (like Mercy Housing) and the faith community is doing its part, the federal government is, too," she added. "The economy is good. This is the time to do it. It will ultimately cost us less and certainly is a more humane approach. It is time for the state to step up to the plate." Donations to Mercy Housing and Shelter Pim be mailed to 211 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114. WM.
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by Stephen L. Purdy At 9:45 on a recent morning at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center's Emergency Department, Avon resident James Womac rested after receiving treatment for a 2 a.m, gall bladder attack. Although painful, it was not completely unexpected—he'd recently had his first such attack, and undergone a battery of tests in preparation for a gall bladder removal operati4n. Alter he'd notified his doctor and his wife had driven him in. Mr. Womac got immediate assistance, beginning with a shot of painkiller at 3:45. After several hours of sleep and new tests, he waited comfortably as the hospital sought the surgeon intended for his operation. With a little luck, Mr. Womac was told he might have the surgery that day. It's a scenario seen any day or night, at St. Francis' emergency room or that of the city's other major hospital across town, Hartford Hospital. With personnel specifically trained for every medical problem that can't wait, and with the latest in medical reseirces and technology at hand, the two departments are cornerstones in handling the increasing need for such services. Each is open 24 hours every day and sees a broad and nurses, aides and technicians, physicians' assiscross-section of residents numbering close to 70,000 tants and advanced practice registered nurses (prea year; no small amount, given that the largest hos- viously called nurse practitioners) all juggle multiple pitals in the country see close to 100,000. tasks at any moment. Despite success with early efforts by cost-cutting Although emergency personnel know they'll have managed care insurance companies to transfer as quick access to specialists, they're also the first to many potential emergency services to doctor's of- handle a medical crisis. Each has to have some unfices and private clinics, these personnel are now derstanding of every part of the human body. "It's a complex place, and a complex kind of seeing steady increases in visits. "In the real world," said St. Francis' Chairman of medicine," said Lee Monroe, director of public reEmergency Medicine Dr. Ricardo Sanchez of the lations at Hartford Hospital. "They have to be spedepartment's pragmatic approach. "We have 60,000 cialists in all kinds of things." patients a year coming to our door. What are we Medical problems that constitute emergency are going to do about it? Help them." generally those that are life- or limb-threatening, Despite the regular pressure, the focus at each unit such as heart attack and stroke, overwhelming inremains on the patient as an individual in two ways: fection or the potentially fatal failure of a key organ first, he or she will be helped, whether suffering a such as the liver, brain or lungs. sprained ankle or heart attack; and second, work will A patient's first contact upon arrival at either be provided without preventable delay, from patient hospital is a "triage" nurse who knows what beds entry and evaluation to discharge or transfer to an- are available and is trained to determine the severity other form of medical care. of injury and the patient's initial direction. Right It's a process conducted in an atmosphere which, away, pulse and blood pressure is checked, and the though less dramatic than that seen on television nurse asks brief questions about the patient's hisdramas, is complicated and multi-leveled. Doctors tory and medical problems.
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Fr. Columkille O'Grady, a Catholic priest from West Hartford, being treated for a seizure at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.—Photo by
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LIFE DEC 00 ford Hospital emergency is not completely equipped are in major burn injuries, which are relatively uncommon, and those connected to air-pressure change (such as "the bends" from SCUBA diving and ascending too quickly). For major burns, most adults are transported to Bridgeport Hospital and children are sent to Shriners in Boston; for oxygen treatment of air-pressure injuries, to facilities in Norwalk and Groton. Dr. Powers said that, although the nearby Connecticut Children's Medical Center has its own emergency department, Hartford Hospital will not turn children away before doing stabilization and assessment. He explained that age cut-offs between the two hospitals, which are run independently but share education facilities, are not distinct. However, most people are now familiar with the children's hospital, he said, and take children there first. All physicians in training are, by no means, required to train in emergency, although fourth-year medical students at the University of Connecticut are required to put in a month. In addition to future doctors who want to focus on emergency, other specialties where such training is involved include internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology. Key traits for emergency practitioners, suggested Dr. Powers, are curiosity and intelligence, the ability to multi-task, and "a genuine affection for people." They face the broadest possible range of cultural challenges daily, he said. "You really can't define the population of people you're going to see, the door is always open, and you just see whoever comes in next," the doctor added. Certainly, emergency departments are training internally all the time. At St. Francis' entry one recent Friday morning, Registered Nurse Joyce Fogg was assigned to "triage," coordinating the entry of all patients. While helping a potential patient, a young woman in pain and accompanied by her husband, Ms. Fogg trained Roberta Wood-Lantz, an emergency nurse learning the front desk process. Off to the side stood Todd Kulman, an emergency technician observing triage as part of his training to be a paramedic. He explained that, although a paramedic is also an EMT, his added skills include helping those with respiratory problems and the administration of IVs and medication. And nearby, a University of Hartford pre-med undergraduate helped with various duties, as she does each Friday morning. Both St. Francis' and Hartford Hospital's emergency departments are part of their hospitals' multidepartment certification as level one trauma centers, as recognized by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. In addition, the emergency departments are just one piece of each
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Traditionally filmed, developed on plates and carried to those who read them for analysis, they are now produced instantly through a digital computer process, able to be viewed by needed experts on-line anywhere in the hospital or outside. While Hartford Hospital has this system partly in operation, St. Francis emergency now has its system fully in use. In addition to its processing speed, the technique enables isolation and highlighting of sections in need of closer examination. While studying a screen at St. Ft ancis, Physician Assistant Beth Rosenberg viewed highlighted and magnified portions of an image taken moments before of the swollen right shoulder of an elderly man earlier brought into emergency. He'd been developing pain over four months, she explained, and she was concerned that the thinness in a bone could indicate cancer. Although emergency departments are autonomous, their need for close connections and interrelationships with other departments and hospitals is obvious. While any doctor on duty at the hospital is subject to being called to emergency, such involvaient "depends on the acuity of the patient," said Dr. Sanchez. Dr. Powers said that the only areas in which Hart-
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and insurance. Doctors Powers and Sanchez are slow to point fingers for the rise in emergency visits, emphasizing that their job is to heal people. Both sugges't that some patients, legitimately ill and unable to penetrate a system and see a doctor for days, choose emergency rooms out of frustration. "The patient thinks," said Dr. Sanchez, "I need to go where someone will help me—now." Dr. Powers suggested other reasons, perhaps more pragmatic, for the rise. One is that there is growing numbers of elderly people, many of whom live outside care facilities. Another is that, with advavces in treating AIDS, diabetes and cancer, people suffering from these diseases are living longer. These patients are likely to need emergency treatment. Will
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Police seek to combat the Internet crime threat
by Mark Jahne Thanks to the Internet, the world is now at the fingertips of anyone with access to a personal computer and a modem. The amount of knowledge available in cyberspace is almost too much to comprehend. But there is also a dark side to this computer revolution, one which police believe will become more and more prominent in the years ahead. Internet crime and sexual predation on children are problems which are already rearing their ugly heads. With that in mind, police youth services detectives have been trained to deal with these issues. Members of the Commtinity Relations Division are also offering a new program for parents with tips to protect their children and themselves. As Lt. Jeff Garewski, commander of community relations, noted, the pedaphile no longer is the strange man in the trench coat hanging out at the school playground. That person now resides on the Internet, protected from detection by the anonymity of cyberspace.
Lt. Jeff Garewski accesses the Internet via the computer in his office at police headquarters. Internet related crime is a new phenomenon which police officers must learn to combat, Parents need to be aware of this threat and need to closely monitor computer use by their children. They need to warn children not to give out any personal information—not their name, address, age or even gender—to someone they meet on line. "You want gender-neutral screen names" for children, the lieutenant said. Such seemingly innocuous things as photos of youth league teams or home pages listing practice and game schedules can be used by a pedophile to gain criminal access to a child. Sports leagues, schools, scout troops and other groups need to be aware of this danger. Internet, page 44
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In some countries, people risk their lives for the right to vote. Those denied that right can only dream of what it must be like. In the United States of America, we have enjoyed that right for more than two centuries. But we increasingly don't bother to exercise it. Were just too busy with our lives to participate in our government. We complain, all right, when things don't go our way. We demand that our elected leaders make the tough decisions, as long as those decisions don't inconvenience us personally or cost us any money. But too many of us don't lift a finger when it comes time to decide who those leaders will be. One would think that every registered voter would realize and appreciate the power of his or her vote, but that clearly is not the case. We could carry on at great length about voter apathy, but to be fair, the political parties share some of the blame. Too often they have given us lame candidates, party hacks without appeal or ideas, or people who are just filling a spot on the ballot without any desire to campaign or serve. Another unwelcome trend is the increasing number of unchallenged incumbents across the state. Even in towns such as this one which have all ballot spots filled, one could make an argument that at least some of the races are so unbalanced as to be little more than a foregone conclusion. Unopposed candidates who are guaranteed election or candidates of a major party with only token opposition—wasn't that the way they did things in the former Soviet Union? And look what happened to that once-powerful nation. In a way, you can't blame people for not wanting Following are the candidates who will be on the to run for office in today's world. We criticize them ballot on Tuesday, November 7, listed in the lz:icler as never before, dissect their personal lives and gen- they will appear on the ballot. erally pick them apart. Who wants to go through President/Vice President: George W. Bush and all that? Dick Cheney (Republican), Al Gore and Joe We need a strong two-party system, plus third Lieberman (Democratic), Howard Phillips and J. party and independent candidates for additional Curtis Frazier (Concerned Citizens), Ralph Nader choices, in every city and town in this state and na- and Winona LaDuke (Green), Pat Buchanan and tion. Ezola Foster (Reform), Harry Browne and Art It's not good for one party to dominate any mu- Olivier (Libertarian). nicipality for a lengthy period of time. U.S. Senate: Phil Giordano (Republican), Joe Just like in the business world, competition is Lieberman (Democratic), William Kozak Jr. (Congood for politics, too. Occasional change brings new cerned Citizens) and Wildey J. Moore (Libertarblood, fresh ideas. ian). Maybe by voting in greater numbers we can then U.S. Representative: Bob Backlund (Republican) encourage more people to run and encourage the and John B. Larson (Democratic). political parties to make more of an effort to fill all State Senator, 5th District: Bob Lutts (Republispots on the ballot and to put up more than token can) and Kevin B. Sullivan (Democratic). resistance against incumbents. Then we would all State Representative, 18th District: Robert F. benefit. Kappes (Republican) and Andrew M. Fleischmann Take five minutes out of your day eexertise the (Democratic). right that our ancestors fought for in the American • State Representative, 19th District: Robert Farr Revolution. (Republican) and Jonathan A. Harris (Democratic). If you know you're going to be out of town or State Representative, 20th District: Lisa K. otherwise unable to go to the voting booth, apply MacDonald (Republican) and David McCluskey now for an absentee ballot. (Democratic). If you don't know the location of your assigned Registrars of Voters: Selma L. Kaufman (Repubpolling place, call now and find out. And if you're lican) and Eileen S. Horan (Democratic). not registered to vote, but eligible' to do so, sign up There is also a referendum question: "Shall the as soon as possible. Constitution of the state be amended to eliminate Mark fable county sheriffs?"
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To the Editor: One Thursday afternoon in early October, when I came out of the building from teaching my class at UConn (West Hartford campus), I discovered that my boxer dog, whom I had left in the car while I was teaching, was no longer there. I was naturally distraught. I notified the police and then began the search along Lawler Road. The people on the street were so helpful and concerned. Yes, they had seen him,
but he was no longer on the street. As 6 p.m. approached, I was becoming more and more discouraged. Then I received a call saying the police had called and that a boxer was seen on Dogwood Lane. I quickly went there and found several people and Officer (Jeremy) Tangarone, who informed me there was indeed a boxer roaming in the area. I called Patxi, my dog, who quickly appeared from behind a house. What a wonderf ul moment for both of us. As I was leaving with my dog back in my car, I thanked everyone, but I think my thank-you was too perl
functory and too pro forma. The officer and the neighbors on Dogwood Lane were just wonderful as they were so concerned about the safety of my dog. I should add that the people on Lawler Road were equally concerned. As I drove home, a happy man with a tired dog, I realized how fortunate I am to live in West Hartford, where people care about each other and are ready to support a fellow resident who needs help. John M. Darcev 100 Bentwood Road
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Mayor endorses Farr for another term in the legislature
To the Editor: I want to tell your readers some facts about one of West Hartford's finest, Bob Farr. Bob is a lifelong resident of West Hartford. He was born here, went to the town's public schools and graduated from UConn Law School. His undergraduate degree is in electrical engineering. Bob owns a home in West Hartford. He has two children who graduated from West Hartford's public schools and appreciates the importance of education and working for more state aid to support the town's education costs. Bob started his political career 25 years ago as a member of the Town Council for five years. He became deputy mayor before he ran successfully for representative from the 19th House District for the first time 19 years ago. He has been reelected ever since, primarily because of his unwavering commitment to the community and his accomplishments. In a word, Bob Farr is a "gem" and one who has earned the right to be reelected to another term representing the 19th Assembly District. I urge all West Hartford citizens in the 19th Assembly District to vote for Bob Farr this November. Rob Bouvier 147 Hunter Drive
To the Editor: To the Editor: In these times of political campaigns and candiAs the seasons change, it's time to consider new dates and parties resorting to negative and salacious political leadership in West Hartford's 19th Distactics to win an election, it is a pleasure to witness trict. Democrat Jonathan Harris is the candidate to the success of someone like Bob Farr, a truly dedi- support for state representative. cated public servant. A product of our public school system, Mr. HarBob Farr was born, raised and continues to live ris is a caring, committed and concerned individual. in West Hartford, in fact, in the 19th house dis- He is an attorney by profession and has an imprestrict that he has so ably represented for the past 19 sive background of legal experience, professional activities and community involvement. years. Mr. Harris is an active listener and will respond When you remember how overwhelmingly Democratic the 19th District is and that Bob has been to the needs of our town. He will act as our advoelected to 10 consecutive terms, you know that the cate in the State Capitol to further West Hartford's people here know a gem when they find it. educational excellence, to promote traffic safety and Bob first entered political life by becoming a to further the common good. member of the West Hartford Town Council. He With energy and vision, Mr. Harris will address served on the council for five years and was deputy the state issues of health coverage and campaign fimayor before moving on to the state House of Rep- nance reform. Quite simply, Mr. Harris is the best resentatives. candidate to put in office. Mr. Harris has the abilHe has always put his constituents and the people ity and willingness to serve the people he will repreof Connecticut first by showing an independence sent in the 19th District. The foliage is turning and that his constituents admire. He is a special kind of the winds of change will soon follow. Cast a vote person and should be reelected to the House of for Democrat Jonathan Harris on Election Day and Representatives. enjoy the productive seasons to come. Anne Tessler Laura Anne Friedcberg 887 Farmington Avenue 138 Steele Road
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by Mark Jahne Damaged by fire a year ago, the Elmwood Plaza shops which were forced to close because of that blaze reopened with fanfare and joy. The police department held a party to celebrate its 80th anniversary and residents prepared to cast their ballots.
Parking fees go up
In an effort to make costs comparable to those in other towns, the limn Council recently raised parking fees for its municipal lots and meters in the Center. The meters will now provide 30 minutes of parking for 25 cents, rather than the hour a quarter novv buys. The council also raised the price of parking tickets earlier this year, something that had not been done for five years. The fee structure was changed for daily and weekly parkers in the municipal lots.
I Giovani Solisti will perform in a holiday family concert with the New Britain Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. November 26 at Welte Hall, Central Connecticut State University.
Fire-damaged plaza reopens
The portion of the Elmwood Plaza which was
heavily damaged by fire in August 1999 reopened recently after repairs were completed. A gala rededication ceremony was held at the plaza. The Elmwood Pastry Shop, Carmine's Pizza, Lisa Beauty Land and Burbank Jewelers are among the businesses which were damaged in the fire. Some were gutted, while others sustained smoke and water damage.
Solisti to play with symphony
I Giovani Solisti will perform in a holiday family concert with the New Britain Symphony Orchestra. The show is scheduled for 3 p.m. November 26 at Welte Hall, Central Connecticut State University. The ensemble is made up of the top string musicians from Conard and Hall high schools. Also on the bill are the madrigal singers of New Britain High.
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Mark Swanbart (standing), a member of the "Fosse" dance cast who was performing at the Bushnell in Hartford, instructs students at the Alyce CareIla Dance Centre on the proper way to stretch before performing.
Renbrook enrollment sets record
Renbrook School welcomed a record 582 students from 40 cities and towns when it opened its doors for the 2000-01 academic year. Headmistress Jane Shipp attributes this growth to the strength of the school's academic program. The previous record of 574 was set in 1995.
Renbrook has experienced a 50 percent increase in inquiries and applications over the past five year.
The town is seeking donations for its emergency food pantry. Items most needed now are spaghetti sauce, canned beef stew, crackers, mayonnaise and regular boxes of cereal. Food donated to the town's food pantry is given away to low-income residents in need of emergency food assistance. People who want to make individual donations of food may drop off their items in the main lobby of Town Hail. Anyone interested in making a financial donation to help the town purchase needed food items may send a tax-deductible contribution to the "Town that Cares Fund," Division of Social Services, Room 426, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107.
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fall at Emanuel Synagogue, 160 Mohegan Drive. Fhe program will feature its annual political forum. This year's forum features Republican Bob Backlund and U.S. Rep. John Larson, a Democrat, candidates for the 1st Congressional District. For more information, call the synagogue at 236-1275.
Church schedules antique show
lhe First Church of (:hrist, Congregational, will hold its 4th Annual Antiques and Collectibles Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 4. Proceeds will benefit mission projects of the Women's Guild. More than 30 dealers are expected to be on hand offering such items as fine silver, furniture, jewelry, Wallace Nutting items and various memorabilia.
The First Church of Christ, Congregational, will hold its 4th Annual Antiques and Collectibles Show on November 4. Admission is $3.50.
Experiment at the Science Center
An "Experiment Extravaganza" is scheduled for Veteran's Day at the Science Center of Connecticut. This vacation program for children in grades 1-5 lets them become a mad scientist, mixing things together and creating hands-on experiments. The Experiment Extravaganza Exploration Day is a full-day program lasting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To register call 231-2824, ext. 52.
family therapist Colleen Murphy, will focus on typical early adolescent development. Sessions will be held Thursdays for five weeks from October 26 to November 30 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the music room at Smith School. To register or for more information, call The Bridge Family Center at 521-8035.
for this exemption and does not need to file with the town again in subsequent years. For more information, call the assessment office at 523-3119.
Bird seed on sale at Westmoor
Westmoor Park has teamed up with Wild Birds Unlimited of Farmington for its annual bird seed sale. The sale will be held from October 28 through November 19. A substantial portion of the profits will be donated to the park to further educational programs and wildlife habitat projects. To place an order call the park office at 232-1134 or Wild Birds Unlimited at 676-8474. Roundup, page 10
Tax exemptions for the blind
Residents who are legally blind may be eligible for a S3,000 property assessment exemption. Proof of blindness must be filed with the town's assessment office before January 31, 2001, in order to be applied to the October 1, 2000 Grand List. Once satisfactory proof of blindness has been provided, the resident becomes permanently eligible
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Judge John J. l.angenbach was appointed chief administrative judge for the Civil Division of state Superior Court. The local resident succeeds Judge Joseph H. Pellegrino, who was named to serve on the state Appellate Court. Judge Langenbach is a graduate of Yale University and earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania I.aw School. He worked as an attorney in private practice for more than two decades before later being appointed a Superior Court judge in 1987.
Fire department wins award
The Residential Fire Safety Institute presented a 1999 I Afe Safety Achievement Award to the West Hartford Fire Department. his award honors local fire prevention activities that contribute to reducing the number of lives lost in residential fires. The fire department qualified for the award because there were no fire deaths in structures in town last year. Although residential fires account for only 20 percent of all fires in the United States, they account for 80 percent of fire-related deaths.
Judge John J. Langenbach was named chief administrative judge for the Civil Division of state Superior Court.
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by Mark Jahne Kevin Sullivan has won every election he has entered for nearly 20 years. Robert Lutts has never held elected office. Iheir differences may be significant, but both men believe that they can best serve the needs of the people of the 5th Senatorial District and the state. 'Hut district covers West Hartford, Farmington and part of Bloomfield. A former Town Council member and mayor, Mr. Sullivan was first elected to the Senate in 1986. He now heads that body as its president pro tempore, post he has held for the last four years. Mr. Lutts is deputy director of the Connecticut Republican Party. He readily admits that he was drafted to take on this challenge, but once he agreed to the task, he decided to do all he could not just to
make a showing, but to try to pull off an upset. What do these men see as the major issues in the campaign? How do their opinions differ?
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan isn't just a member of the state Senate. He runs it. In fact, his position of Senate president pro tempore means he has served as acting governor on a few occasions when both Gov. John Rowland and Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell were out of state. Mr. Sullivan was first elected to public office nearly 20 years ago when he won his first term on the Town Council. He later rose to deputy mayor and mayor, and in 1987 began the first of seven consecutive terms in the legislature representing the 5th Senatorial District. "Passing and increas-
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mg the property tax credit is an initiative of my caucus," he said. "It will go up to $500 next year" and thus absolve more state residents than at present from the need to pay any state income tax. He is proud that the Senate now is willing to take "the bulk of the state surplus and using it to pay cash" for school construction projects. In the past, those projects would be funded by bonding, which adds to the state's debt service. Both West Hartford and Bloomfield will receive more state aid under the revised Education Cost Sharing formula, he added. That formula placed an
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lish community resources to provide needed care in this area. "It's much less expensive to provide for mental health care than it is to pay for mental health consequences," he said. One of the issues Mr. Sullivan hopes to address in the next session if he is reelected is helping senior citizens and others with prescription drug costs. The CONNPACE B plan would include more people by establishing a sliding scale range of premiums and co-payments. While this issue is important to older citizens, he said they are not the only ones advocating for government help. More and more, the Baby Boom generation is also seeing the need for financial help to access needed drugs to maintain good health.
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Mr. Sullivan is an unwavering proponent of campaign finance refonn. He was proud of the bill which was passed bv both houses in the last session, and even though it was vetoed by the Governor, "we're going to keep passing it until he signs it." One issue which he believes needs greater attention is the state's transportation system. Roads are more congested than ever before and that is bad for both tempers and pollution. "Traffic congestion on Connecticut's roads has doubled in the last 12 years. The answer is not more lanes, but more rail, more water-borne cargo, buses, more of a system," he said. Mr. Sullivan said that every year under his Senate leadership we have put aside 5 percent of each budget as a rainy day reserve." This will offset the need for any sudden tax increases or dramatic program cuts when the economy eventually slows down. The state spending cap is already pinching the budget, but he said that is what it was intended to do. Mr. Sullivan said the cap is fulfilling its intent, which was to help balance budgets from year to year and avoid the roller-coaster experience of the past. We have a pretty diverse tax base now" which will further enable the state to preserve a stable revenue stream, even in tough times. He-noted that the state has already saved an estimated $1 billion in interest payments by paying cash for school conSenate, page 14
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African-Americans, both of which Mr. Coleman is and both of which Mr. Lutts is not. This race resembles that previous effort in that Mr. butts is once again the underdog. It takes money to unseat a powerful incumbent, but money is hard to come by when you're on the outside looking in. "One of the things that happen when you run against a very entrenched incumbent is there is no money," he said.
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struction and renovation projects. An attorney, Mr. Sullivan is vice president of community and institutional relations at Trinity College in Hartford. He earned his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Robert Lutts
GOP candidate Robert butts describes himself as a federalist, a "Republican in the tradition of John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. He can readily cite key Supreme Court decisions and passages from the state Constitution. His campaign is based upon the premise that the best time to enact reforms in government is when prosperity abounds, which is now the case. Most of his campaign platform is built on planks of reform. "I really believe that now is the time to reform state government so that it operates in a proper manner for the 21st century. he said. "Two years, four years, six years from now, we may not have this kind of opportunity. He suggested that too often in the past, reforms have dragged on for years. As an example, he noted that county government was abolished 40 years ago, but county sheriffs and their bastions of political patronage survive to this day, pending the outcome of a referendum. Mr. butts, who previously lived in Hartford, ran unsuccessfully for a legislative seat in 1990 against Eric Coleman. The race was an uphill fight, as most
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would raze forests to burn the wood for power. He also favors campaign finance reform, but with a twist. Mr. Lutts believes that placing restrictions upon how much a person can donate to a particular candidate is a violation of the constitutional right of free assembly and association. "Keep the disclosure (provisions), repeal the restrictions," he said. The candidate added that he would accept a plan that allows for a public subsidy as long as that sub-
sidy is used as a foundation, and not a ceiling. He believes that treating campaign contributions as a perception of corruption is akin to presuming someone is guilty until proven innocent, when it's supposed to be the other way around. If elected, "I don't want to be this district's lobbyist. I'm going to represent them in making decisions that affect the state. What I owe you is my judgment, my integrity and hard work, and that's what I'm going to give you," he said.
Mr. Lutts would like to see closer scrutiny of capital expenditures and more standards placed upon state bonding projects. He also would pursue tax reform, especially now that the state has a personal income tax. "I was a proponent of an income tax 10 years ago and I proposed it as a conservative tax," he said. "I propose truly reducing the ancillary taxes. I would have reduced the sales tax by now."
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nior citizens and the poor to purchase drugs for these people at a reduced price. He is proud of the leadership role he assumed in passing legislation which prohibits supermarket chains from selling consumer information gleaned from people who apply for shopper's discount cards. There previously was nothing in law to prevent them from selling this information for mailing lists and other uses. "It's a first step. I think we have to do more with financial and medical information" to protect those areas as well, he said. "I'm also looking into the privacy of financial information" and personal information held by managed care plans and insurance companies. "I have been an advocate of voluntary public financing (of election campaigns) since I first ran for office," Mr. Fleischmann added. He would like to see individual contributions be restricted in size until the candidate meets a certain threshold, after which the public financing system would kick in. This would be funded by voluntary check-offs by those who file a state income tax form. "In Connecticut, we have a record number of uncontested races, 60 in the House alone," he said. Mr. Fleischmann believes that at least one of the reasons for this is the difficulty in raising enough money to mount a successful challenge to an incum-
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Maine since its clean election law passed." he said. Disclosure of donations by itself "isn't enough to overcome major inequities in financing." When it comes to education, Mr. Heischmands goal is to "make sure that this cap in the [CS formula does indeed get removed so West Hartford and other towns get the funding they deserve." With his support. the town received S300,000 in municipal aid from the state surplus this year. And while the Education Cost Sharing cap remains in place, he noted that local schools received 5410,000 more in state aid than in 1999. But his interest doesn't stop there. He's also concerned about higher education. "That's still a critical issue for people to get good jobs," he said. Mr. Fleischmann would like to see the state provide some kind of guarantee for students who achieve a high level of academic prowess to attend community college. This could be accomplished in the form of scholarships.
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His first run for public office has been a learning experience for Robert Kappes. The first thing he learned was the significant commitment one must make to seek to unseat an incumbent.
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by Mark Jaime Lvery two years for the past two decades, it's been t he same thing. Incumbent Republican state Rep. Robert Farr announces for reelection in the 19th Assembly District and a young Democrat, often someone new to elective politics, tries to oust him from office. Some of the races have been close, with only a few votes separating the contenders, but each time Mr. Farr has prevailed. So what will happen this time around? fully recovered and even joked in a news release that his mishap just proves "Republicans have a heart." "I have an unfinished agenda," he said in explaining why he decided to seek another term. That agenda includes looking for ways to make greater use of modern technology to reduce the cost of state services. He would like to reform the crimi- Robert Farr Jonathan Harris nal justice system, in part by' evaluating which juvenile justice programs work and which do not. He supports actions that would make schools "I believe that we can reduce the cost of state more accountable and which would identify probgovernment through technology'," Mr. Farr said. lem schools so that extra resources could be proHis work thus far "allows us to track people vided to them. through the system" and study' recidivism. This can Health care and tax relief for senior citizens are lead to the development of intervention programs. also high on his list. Mr. Farr was one of the origiMr. Farr sees education as a key issue. In addi- nal sponsors of expanding the CONNPACE pretion to academic achievement, one of the social is- scription drug assistance program. sues which can be addressed in the schools is teen So is phase two of welfare reform, which will track pregnancy. down fathers who do not financially' support their However, while society turns to education for children. many reasons, he admits that "you can't expect the "Only 12 percent of welfare families are receivschools to do it all," especially without adequate ing any support from fathers," he said. It is vital in money. "We get 40 percent of what we're supposed to 'raise the standard of living for these kids." to get" in Education Cost Sharing funding and he He added that he knows this issue well because wants to see that amount increased, he deals with a large amount of family related issues
Robert Farr
After five years of service on the Town Council, including two as deputy mayor, Robert Farr decided to run for the General Assembly. He won that first campaign in 1980 and every election since, but it's often been an uphill battle. "My race has always been heavily contested. I'm a Republican in a Democratic district," he said. Despite suffering a heart attack earlier this year, Mr. Farr is raring to go once again. He said he is
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in his private law practice. Mr. Farr cites that background, plus his experience as a legislator, as positive attributes. He is a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee and also serves on the Appropriations Committee. "I take some pride in being part of a process in which we've been able to reduce taxes and control the cost of government," he said. "Another initiative that I can take a lot of pride in is the re-arrest task force" which Mr. Farr chairs and which is'helping locate some 23,000 misdemeanor offenders and 9,000 felons who have failed to appear in court.
Jonathan Harris
When 36-year-old Jonathan Harris was a senior at Hall High School, he ran for class president. That was nearly 20 years ago and then, as now, the legislator representing the 19th Assembly District was Robert Farr. Mr. Harris won that election. He hasn't run for anything since then, but he hopes to retain his undefeated status on November 7.
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"I'm disturbed about the present situation in the state and in West Hartford," said the Democrat who, like his opponent, is an attorney. "Our political system is broken. People don't have confidence in it." The state is enjoying a budget surplus, Mr. Harris contended, but it is not meeting the needs of its residents in such areas as education, health care and air quality. It could use a long-term transportation plan and more financial assistance for senior citizens so that they don't have to choose between paying for prescription medicines or paying for food. "We have to do something immediately on the prescription drug front. We can't wait any more," he said. Mr. Harris would like to see Connecticut follow the lead set by Maine. A program there called Maine Rx allows the state to sit at the bargaining table with pharmaceutical companies on behalf of any uninsured citizen. The state can then negotiate the best possible price for needed prescription drugs. Another pressing need is campaign finance reform. He would, if elected, seek to establish a citizensi election fund which he believes could provide enough aid to candidates so that the number of uncontested elections will decrease. There are some 60 uncontested House races
this fall and another dozen or so in the Senate statewide. If that trend continues, it may be only a matter of time before this town, too, sees people elected without competition. Another reason why campaign finance reform is a good idea is that "80 percent of Connecticut residents believe policy decisions are influenced too much by big donors," said Mr. Harris. "I think we have to do more to help working families have quality, affordable child care," he added, particularly in the high development years from birth to age three. "We have to make sure that we're not just warehousing the children." He favors tax credits for child care workers to provide them with higher wages and more respect. The candidate said the state's current transportation system "is a disincentive for jobs and companies to come to Connecticut." What is needed are tax incentives to get cars off the road. He cited the congestion on the Connecticut Turnpike as an example. Mr. Harris criticized the state Department of Transportation for being little more than a highway-contracting agency. Mr. Harris is employed by the law firm of London & London. A graduate of Brandeis University and New York University School of Law, he is a board member of the Newington Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Young Leadership Board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. Will
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necticut. The result was legislation to allow senior highway, not a local road. citizens who exceed the current CONNPACE in"I'd like to see New Britain Avenue have some of come limits to participate in the program. the improvements Park Road and Farmington AvHe supported the creation of the new office of enue received," he said. "We're hopefully going to managed care ombudsman. One of Mr. McCluskev's have a buswav from Hartford to New Britain that's priorities is traffic, particularly along busy New Brit- going to use the current railway," which passes through Elmwood. ain Avenue. "I would like to see the Park River cleaned up" He would like to see a comprehensive study of the road conducted from its westernmost point near and a comprehensive effort made to remove polluWestfarms Mall all the way to where it ends in the tion from "brown field" sites in the district. Mr. South End of Hartford. He noted that it is a state McCluskey wants to promote economic development and sees a natural opportunity to cross lines for such developCommitted to academic excellence, personal attention, and the development of faith and moral values ment by bringing business interests from Elmwood and the Parkville section of Hartford to the table. He was one of three legislators who were chosen to serve on the Capitol Region Council of Government's new committee for smart growth initiatives on land use, transportation and economic development. Mr. McCluskey also helped •Student/teacher ratio: 12:1 lead a successful effort to raise the minimum wage. *Average class size: 18 As for education, he said it is important that of our graduates go ;I the legislature "keep the promise that we made in directly to college 1999 to eliminate the cap in the ECS (Educa*College acceptances include: tion Cost Sharing) forAmherst, Cornell, Columbia, mula," even though that may create some conflict Dartmouth, Harvard, Holy Cross, with the state's maxiNotre Dame, MIT, Georgetown, mum spending cap. "Clearly, West HartStanford,Wesleyan,Wellesley ford doesn't get its fair share from the ECS." *Campus Ministry Public schools in his district are particularly *Latest technology/new impacted by this issue because more and more state-of-the-art science labs families from Hartford are moving into the dis*Advanced Placement and trict, and the needs of Honors Curriculum their children are coming with them. But the money the city received *Outdoor Adventure Program to address these needs does not come in the •Freshman, JV and Varsity Athletics moving van with them. of Hartford portion *Academic scholarships and of his district has a diftuition assistance ferent education problem. It suffers from old *Transportation & late bus available schools in need of repair and a lack of money to make those repairs. "In Hartford, if we don't fix the schools, the middle class is not going to stay, and it's not just the white middle class," he said. "We've got to fix 29 Wampanoag Drive,West Hartford, CT (860) 236-4221 • www.nwcath.org the schools." /thl District, page-22
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She said she has always had a desire to serve in political office. "Education is the crucial issue in West Hartford. Mr. McCluskey is a professional labor organizer More than any other issue, education defines the who represents nurses and other health care professionals at the University of Connecticut Health essence of West Hartford," she said. "Our demographics have changed in this town" Center He previously served as director of public and political affairs for the Connecticut State Po- and so has the economic need, yet under the current ECS formula "we're short-changed to the tune of lice Union. He is a graduate of Conard High School, the about $5.5 million, Ms. MacDonald said. From a fiscal perspective, "I watch the financial University of Chicago and Cornell University. markets and the economic indicators very carefully," she said. She does not want to see new programs and bureaucracies created just because the state currently Republican challenger Lisa MacDonald doesn't enjoys a budget surplus. That surplus may not alquestion the integrity of her opponent. But she defi- ways be there and it would be imprudent in her mind nitely questions his judgment and suggests he has to saddle taxpayers with additional long-term debt. been misguided in some of his votes and in how he Ms. MacDonald also opposes publicly financed has served the people of the 20th District. election campaigns. She supports the disclosure porShe questions how he could vote against bring- tion of the current campaign finance law, even ing immediate education aid to town and at the same though it may in some cases discourage individuals tune support legislation for public campaign financ- or businesses from making a campaign donation to ing. The challenger also said that by siding with the a particular candidate. labor union in the Avery Heights nursing home strike "I'm adamantly opposed to having the taxpayers in Hartford, the incumbent lost the chance to re- pay for our campaigns. To me, as a lawyer, there's a solve the issue he could have enjoyed by serving as a constitutional issue. It really affects our freedom of neutral mediator. speech," she said. The Meriden-horn woman and 11-year town resi"I would like to see some sort of ratio where you dent has been involved with politics her entire life. would have to raise a certain percentage (of money)
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by Stephen L. Purdy Madison, Wisc. Her next exhibit, with Romanian As with many who respond to collages by local resi- painter Florin Ion Firimita, will be held at the dent Ruth Lee Silver, painter Ilona Levitz marvels Bushnell Auditorium's Promenade Gallery in Hartford from November 1 to December 17. at the artist's ability to capture body language. Mrs. Silver's 15 pieces in the display will feature When I look at the jazz musicians," Ms. Levitz said, reacting to characters in one of Mrs. Silver's people among cityscapes and street scenes, all inspired by sights and experiences in metropolitan pieces, "I can hear the music." Indeed, it's a reaction that may be based in Mrs. Hartford. These figures will include commuters at Silver's lifelong use of keen observation skills, plus bus stops, young black, mothers coping with chila love of animation. They're guiding forces that have dren and, a personal favorite of hers, people standremained fundamental to her careers as teacher, jour- ing in line to buy lottery tickets. As in all her collages, the figures' bearings—the nalist and, over the last couple decades, artist of abway they hold their bodies, and which Mrs. Silver stract collage. Mrs. Silver explained that her art is a graphic cul- tries to catch unobserved—will reflect their stories. mination of years of writing stories of human inter- Faces are non-specific. Mrs. Silver said she is never at a loss for such est, including 13 years at the West Hartford News. "I'm an inveterate watcher, being a journalist," subject matter. For instance, she described how much she said, "so it all sort of fits together very nicely." inspiration she derives from watching groups of What also fits is that the collages are made com- people chatting, heads and bodies pulled together. pletely from torn and often recycled paper, reflect- You can almost tell if someone is smiling or not, ing, her other key passion to respect the environment. she noted, by looking at his or her back. To me, it's just fascinating," she said. Since retiring as a full-time writer five years ago, With no shortage of paper supplies to create those Mrs. Silver has focused on her art, exhibiting and selling pieces in the area as well as in Florida and images either, Mrs. Silver collects recycled materials from all around her, from discarded wallpaper to old billboard posters. She added that she loves the idea that she can "find a piece of paper on the ground, tear it up, paste it down, and that can be somebody or something. Although journalist and former colleague Betsy Wittemann wasn't surprised that Mrs. Silver could see and tell characters' stories, she marvels at her abilities to create them out of those bits of scrap. Ms. Wittemann added she's amazed.at Mrs. Silver's relationship with the human form. "Figures are very hard to paint and draw," she said. While recognizing the link between art and writing, Mrs. Silver is hard-pressed to figure out how the graphic version of depicting human drama began; she's reluctant to assign herself an artistic style. "I think it might be called narrative art," she said, smiling, "but I'm not sure." Ms. Levitz, who is also a friend of Mrs. Silver and participates in an artist support group with her, suggested that viewers call her style "uniquely expressionistic." She added, "Ruth Lee has the uncanny ability to
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out here," Ms. Tyler said, suggesting that it taps universal feelings. "To turn them into a group of people waiting for a bus, or in a train station," she said, ''you know there's neon lights above them, that some are bored and some so young they can't stand still for an instant." Locally, Mrs. Silver has exhibited at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center in Bloomfield, t he Hartford College for Women and the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford.
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At the Bushnell, Promenade Gallery Coordinator Brenda Dranolf-Lopez said Mrs. Silver's work was selected from about 100 applicants for this season. In choosing Mr. Firimita as her partner exhibitor, Ms. Dranoff-Lopez explained that the selection committee pairs artists whose pieces in some way work in harmony with each other. Both Mr. Firimita and Mrs. Silver, she suggested, draw deeply from people and have a strong sense of color. She explained that Mr. Firimita, who escaped Romania and now lives in Winchester, will exhibit new paintings of friends and family from the old culture. "To reconcile his sense of loss with his brand new life," Ms. Dranoff-Lopez said. Connection with others remains basic to Mrs. Silver, whose monthly art support group of 13 artists has met the second Monday of each month for the last 13 years. All involved in the group exhibit Thii ous media, and recently professionally, work u
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"Are we getting it from our lives," Ms. Levitz said, "from books that we've read?" In remaining similarly open to those she has known in the world of writing, Mrs. Silver also participates in an informal collective of women journalists whose paths have crossed. Ms. Wittemann, who joins the gathering, explained that some members are retired and none actually works with the others any more. But she said they never tire of getting together and sharing their lives. Such enjoyment of experience, and documenting it, began for Ruth Lee Silver as a child in Chicago. She remembers riding downtown on the elevated commuter trains, fascinated by looking out and into people's apartments. "You have to be a real voyeur, you're always lookSilver, page 57
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Lotte Hershfield has organized two reunions for friends from World War II who were put in internment camps when Japan invaded the Philippines.
of Manila. Mrs. Hershfield made friends and went to school. Her father got a job and life seemed good. "Then it was horrid," said Mrs. Hershfield, recalling the of starvation and destruction that took place around her. In January of 1942, Japanese forces invaded the Philippines. Many of the things that had become familiar to them were destroyed including the synagogue, Temple Emil, where her family had worshipped. Mrs. Hershfield's brother and father were arrested and once she was confronted by a Japanese soldier who was attempting to ransack their home. Eventually the family was taken to an internment camp. "Once the Japanese came, we had to leave everything behind," she said. "We were interned because we were white." Mrs. Hershfield, her family and many of their neighbors were interned at the Sta. Thomas Internment Camp in the north part of Manila until U.S. troops eventually freed them. Mrs. Hershfield and her family were able to make It to the United States in 1947 and settled in Baltimore, Md., where they
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met family they never knew they had. "We had become a close-knit community primarily because we had so much in common," said Mrs. Hershfield, recalling the people she and her family knew in the Philippines. Although one of her cousins has traveled to the Philippines, Mrs. Hershfield is torn as to whether or not she would ever like to o back to the place where she spent eight years of her life. She would like to see the place where she spent part of her life. "The majority just don't want any part of it," she said of fellow survivors. Now many people have come forward who do want to be a part of it. This past May, survivors of the internment camp met in San Francisco. This was their second reunion; the first was held in 1996 in Washington, D.C. The decision to hold a second reunion, this time on the West Coast, was made to allow those who were unable to travel across the country for the first meeting an opportunity to attend the second. Hershfield, page 32
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Lotte Hershfield as a child stands with her parents, Isidor and Sabina Cassel, outside of their house in Manila in this 1938 photo.
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by Mark Jahne Many people in town do not even realize that there is a local dog pound. Fewer still know where it is. But that's all about to change. Avowed dog lover Sharon Sklar of South Main Street has launched a new organization called WHASO (West Hartford Animal Shelter Outreach). Their goal is to advocate for a better facility and to promote adoption of the dogs housed there who currently have no home. "I found a dog, but I already have my own dog, and walk another dog," said Ms. Sklar. She brought the dog, since named "Jackson," to Animal Control Officer Karen Jones at the municipal pound on Brixton Street in the Southeast Industrial Area. There was something special about Jackson, so even though she wasn't in a position to adopt him, she began to visit him on a regular basis. "I just love animals," she said. As those visits became routine, she became more familiar with Officer Jones and the operation of the dog pound. She saw the needs of the animals and the program and decided to launch a volunteer effort on behalf of both. "I would just come and do whatever I could. 1 bring cookies to the do k,s," said Ms. Sklar. She and others wanted to donate money to help support the operation of the dog pound. or animal shelter as they prefer to call it. but there was no mechanism by which they could do so. That was upsetting to them because the 30-year-old facility could use some sprucing up and expansion. "What Sharon saw is my frustration trying to adopt out the dogs," said Officer Jones. Hers is "a job that nobody understands" and involves much more than capturing wayward canines and bringing them to puppy prison or, as Ms. Sklar prefers to call it, the "Doggie Hotel." Officer Jones must deal with issues of law enforcement,animal rescue and first aid, kennel maintenance and attempts to locate the owners of the dogs. She is always on call for any animal-related emergency and, as Police Chief James Strillacci said when he promoted her, receives more calls for ser,
vice than any other member of the department. She and her part-time assistant responded to 5,386 calls for service in calendar year 1999. A total of 206 dogs were impounded, 1 1 5 of which Were redeemed by their owners. "For the last fiscal year, we impounded 220 dogs. I'm already on 68 this year," Officer Jones said, with nine months to go. An animal lover herself', it pains her to see dogs which she knows would be wonderful pets behind bars and without a loving home. Some are lucky and are eventually adopted, hut others are ignored, and fiscal reality indicates that they can't remain at the pound forever. Although it's a last resort, at times it is necessary to euthanize a dog to make room at the pound, which has space for only 12 and is often at capacity. Officer Jones assists a veterinarian in this process. "I look at their adoptability" and try to find homes for those which seem most fit, she said. "I'm usually their last friend" unless an individual or famDogs, page 38
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to learn a whole new set of skills to investigate and solve such misdeeds. The technology is not only running ahead of the police in many ways, but ahead of the courts and lawmakers as well. "It's going to keep us busy," Lieutenant Garewski said. He is aware of some instances in which people of had intent have "cracked" the e-mail passwords of others. This not only causes a problem for the owner of the password, but provides the crook with access to that person's entire "buddy list" as well. Police advise people who begin to get responses from friends and family to messages they never sent to realize that their password might have been compromised and that they will need to change it. One good site which parents can visit to learn
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Baribault Jewelers recently opened its sectitd store at 17 South Main Street. The family business has been in operation for 52 years and its other store is in Glastonbury. The new store will offer a variety of fine and high-end jewelry. It will be run by Christina Baribault and Omar Zabian, who arc both gemologists.
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Connecticut wineries will now be featured beverages in all Luna Pizza restaurants, including the one at 999 Farmington Avenue in the Center. Owner Louis Termini is planning a wine tasting from 7 to 9 p.m. November 2 at that location. Representatives of each of the eight Connecticut vineyards will be on hand to tell customers about their wines.
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Dom Perrone, Bob Card and Al Brogdon of the Heartbeat Jazz band play as they march down the aisle during a performance at First Baptist Church.
Patrick Midney and his "pizza dog" Rudi were among the many people-pet pairs who participated in the annual Pet Parade.
Teddy the young golden retriever didn't feel like marching so Linda Quartermain bad to carry him.
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All dressed up for the Pet Parade were (from left) Mike Lynch and Beauty, Tara Preston and Heidi, and Joann Lynch and Ginger.
Michael Tocci and Alberto Perez of Safety Klan, an environmental contractor, tend to a box of items brought to the annual household hazardou s waste collection...
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standing Educational Improvement; Quincy Chuipg, Roberta L. Barton Art Award; Lisa Melmed, Artistic Recognition; Gray Sanders and Jacqueline Barrieau, Music Awards; Morgan Barrieau, National School Choral Award; Jennifer DiMauro, Notable Accomplishment in Writing; Alexander Hanson, Technical Theater Award; Elizabeth Flynn, Acting Award and the Grant Prize; Nicolo Pizzoferrato, Mathematics Award; Andrea Seymour and Kristen Healey. Richard H. McLeod Citizenship Awards and Alexandra Neville, the SWaid Prize. Joshua Fay-Hurvitz was named to the dean's list
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David Bradley, Robert Carroll Jr., Frederick Conard Jr., Raymond Deck and Arthur Frank Jr. were re-elected to the board of trustees of the Metropolitan YMCA. James Betts, Rhoda Chase, Timothy Coppage, Laura Estes, Martin Lewis, Dario Quiros and Richard Shima were named vice chairmen of the Greater Hartford YMCA's board of directors. Lois Maxwell and Jane W. Wunder were elected to three-year terms on the board of directors of the Council of Center City Churches Inc. David Gerstein appeared in "4 x Chekhov," a collection of short stories by Anton Chekov presented by Connecticut Heritage Productions. Ursula Demko, Edie Grossi, Barbara Raymond,
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dog will change overnight, which, like people, does not happen. Another component of her training is to start the dog off without any distractions. Eventually she will work with the dog in its yard and slowly introduce it to the larger world by walking up and down the street, where the animal has an opportunity to interact with other dogs and people. "The idea is getting him good at it and then adding more," said Ms. Weiss. If pet owners want their dog to have more socialization experiences, she suggests taking the pet to the park, where the dog will most likely meet other dogs and people and be introduced to different experiences. Ms. Weiss likes to refer to this type of training as socialization/environmental desensitization. "We want our dogs to be used to the world, experience children, dogs of different sizes, busy streets, shops and parking lots," she said. After Ms. Weiss leaves a session, the most important thing necessary to continue her work and the pet's training is to have consistency, which will only lead to better results. Without any structure, the dog is more likely to have a higher level of anxiety and will not be as well behaved. Another misconception that pet owners may have is that they think they will have the perfect dog. What they soon find out, and what Ms. Weiss already knoWs, is that there is no such thing as the
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dollars to put into dog training," said Ms. Gates. "When you train a dog, you make the dog socially acceptable; she said, adding that P.D. now goes ist about everywhere with her. "This is an investment you make for the life of the dog," said Ms. Weiss, and with many dogs living 15 or more years. "that is a long time to live with behavioral problems." She met Prince when she was learning how to train dogs. He was one of many dogs at the training school that she worked with. Ultimately Prince picked Ms. Weiss to be his owner. She had no intention of getting a dog for herself, but Prince wO uld not leave her alone. The well-tempered dog has a high tolerance level for strangers, especially if his beloved owner is nearby. However, Prince is not really the silent type. The 80-pound canine will bark and is ready to protect his owner if the need arises. Because of his gentle nature, he is qualified as a certified pet therapy dog and has visited hospitals and nursing homes. "A dog will draw people out," said Ms. Weiss. "When making rounds, patients often will talk to the dog and share stories with him, rather than talk with other people." Prince will crawl into bed with patients if they want him to, or put his paws on the arm of a wheelchair so that they can per him. For more information on Capital Dog Training, call 236-8737. WHL
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Sports Canard and Hall prepare to take their football rivalry into the new millennium
by Karen May Betty Remigino-Knapp has a job which may get even more difficult on November 18. As the athletic director for both public high schools, she has been part of a committee that is commemorating the 43rd time that these two in-town schools will meet on the football field for what is always a strong rivalry. Suzi D'Annolfo, who previously held the same job, is'also on the committee. Her son, Casey, is the senior quarterback for Conard High School this \ Tar. He is being coached by Rob Cersosimo, who is only the second football coach in Conard history. "There's a deep-rooted traditional rivalry between family, friends and neighbors that this game is a great reflection of," said the former athletic director. "Bob McKee was coach at Hall from 1951 until 1957, when Conard opened. Frank Robinson was hired to replace Bob at Hall, and Bob continued his head coaching career at Conard from 1957 until 1983." The family connections intermingle through both programs. Coach Cersosimo played at Hall under Frank Robinson Sr. "The Cersosimos just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary," said D'Annolfo. "Rob married Coach McKee's daughter, Debbie." She laughed. "Bob McKee always said his biggest mistake was hiring Frank Robinson to replace him at Hall, as Hall started winning the inter-town rivalry under the elder Robinson," D'Annolfo said.
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The head coach at Hall High School now is Frank Robinson III, who played quarterback for his father, but originally came back to town and was an assistant at Conard until taking the head coaching job. In between Robinsons, there were two other Hall football coaches: Jay Cottone who is now athletic director at Wethersfield High School, and Greg Styles, who is still at Hall as an assistant coach. The idea to commemorate this special event which
is known in town as "The Game" originated with Mel Casway, who will be escorted to the center of the opening festivities on November 18. "Mel was a volunteer coach back in the 1980s and is one of the biggest supporter of Hall sports," said D'Annolfo. Alumni from both schools are expected to attend and will be seated at the 50-yard line; both Coach McKee and the first Coach Robinson will take part in the ceremonial coin toss to start the game. To
make it even more emotional, it will also be Senior Day, with the parents of the team's seniors accompanying their sons onto the field before tie game begins. D'Annolfo recalled, is one game that every year you wanted both Hall and Conard to go undefeated until they got to this game, when there had to be a winner and a loser." Remigino-Knapp offered an early draft of the
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special*erogram that will be available on November 18. The history of the rivalry is chronicled from the first game. There were a few ironies in 1957, which is headlined in the program as "The Tradition Begins." The story' starts with Conard as the clear favorite, despite being the newer team. In this initial game of a series that would be fought with pride and spirit over the years, the principal players could hardly think of their opponents as anything but friends. After all, the seniors had been tqether for two years at Hall, rooting for each other during that time. In a few short months, these friends were on the other side ... "This is the true legacy of that first game. Two teams pitted against each that had so much in common, players who knew their opponents as friends and could not carry the battle beyond the two hours of play." D'Annolfo explained that out of this rivalry another tradition began in the annual "captain's meeting" which was a pre-season event that has expanded to the whole conference in every sport, not just football. 1 ,fis year the leadership conference was held 1 at St. JOseph's College and included representatives from all the schools in the CCC West with speakers from Trinity College, Central Connecticut State University and St. Joseph's who are also students.
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athletes and captains of their respective teams. She also credited the first Coach Robinson with instituting a program in which the high school student/athletes went to the elementary schools and talked to the younger students about zero tolerance for drugs, alcohol and violence.
"It's a program that we're starting back up with again, as these issues have become even more prevalent than they' may have been in those early years," she said. The 20th anniversary game in 1977 was one of the most memorable. Conard Coach McKee said
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by Nancy Thompson utility companies. Does your heating bill make you hot under the col- The DPUC logs in more than 44,000 consumer lar? Do your phones have you in a frenzy? Take heart, "contacts" a year, but the number of actual cornand take heed. plaints is far lower, usually between 5,000 and 6,000. Griping about utilities—telephones, electricity, "If a customer calls their utility with a problem gas, water and cable television—has never been and can't get the problem resolved, or if someone easier. Connecticut providers are using electronic just simply doesn't like the company's answer and forms,' toll-free phone lines manned by specially calls the DPUC, then that's a complaint," said trained customer service representatives, and e-mail DPUC spokesperson Beryl Lyons. addresses such as Northeast Utilities' "talktous In fact, the DPUC won't register a complaint "talk to us" } gnotes.nu.com " and a "feedback" against a utility unless the customer has already conlink on SNET.com , the web site for the Southern tacted the company, she said. New England Telephone Company. The state's other consumer advocacy agency, the And if all else fails, the state's Department of Department of Consumer Protection, regulates sevPublic Utility Control listens to customers' prob- eral areas including food, drugs, liquor, trade praclems, mediates disputes and publishes consumer sat- tices, licensing, product safety and the "lemon law" isfaction statistics for more than 40 of the state's auto dispute settlement program, but does not deal with public utilities. Complaints about cellular phone service must be directed through consumer protection agencies or the Federal Communications Commission; the DPUC regulates only land-based telephone service, Ms. Lyons said. Of the complaints registered with the DPUC, many are related to billing issues, such as a situation in which a customer is given special hardship consideration and then doesn't want to comply with the agreed-upon payment schedule, Ms. Lyons said. Quality of service—fuzzy cable TV reception, static on a phone line, blinking household lights—is another area that generates numerous complaints. The majority of people contacting the _DPUC simply are looking for information, asking questions such as whether there is any truth in the rumor that their gas company is about to be bought out, or how
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"If someone wants information, they should call the DPUC. If they have a problem, they should call the company first, and then call us," she said. Calling the company usually is a simple matter. The Southern New England Telephone Company, the state's largest provider of phone service with more than two million customers, provides a tollfree, three-digit number for customer service issues. A call to the company's 811 customer service line is routed through an automated "interactive voice re-
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work: gun buy-backs, community mobilization The second person said he knew a place upstream against crime, the DARE program, peer mentoring. where the water was not so swift or deep, and he Dr. DiChiara said he believes that an important would go there where he would have a bettor chance part of what does work is at home. to save more. The third went to the source to keep "Parents have to raise their kids. It's not magical, them out of the water altogether." and it is difficult. If your kids love you and know There are child-saving programs to some extent you love them, they will probably behave so they in every Greater Hartford community now that did won't embarrass and hurt you" or anybody else. not exist years ago. Mr. Freidenberg, who has been Ken Freidenberg, director of human services in involved in proactive community social work for 29 Newington, said the best hope is primary preven- years, asks himself, "Is it perfect? No. Are there still tion. He tells a little story that has pretty much be- going to be problems? Sure. come the theme for the social services approach. ''But certainly it is better to work collaboratively "Three people stood beside a river, wide and deep. with police, the courts, social services, rtftreation Children were floating down. Some were drowning. departments, schools, churches, synagogues and parAll were in danger. The first person jumped in to ents. There is a better understanding. We know we save them and he reached one out of every 20 or 25. need to work together." WHL
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Reaching higher to expand the Center Future growth may be achieved by building up, not out.
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by Mark Jahne The borders where \Vest Hartford Center meets its surrounding residential neighborhoods have always been sensitive matters, as noted in last month's story on noise complaints. Any' potential encroachment of the business district into any of these neighborhoods has been met with alarm. Yet the Center is enjoying unprecedented success and there are those who would like to see it grow even better. So the question becomes, if you can't build outward, how about upward? Many of the buildings in the central business district are one or two stories tall, but current zoning laws allow for more floors to be constructed on many of them. In an attempt to better utilize the higher ground, the Elbow Room restaurant will soon be offering additional outdoor dining, not on the sidewalk, but on the roof. The Town Plan & Zoning Commission approved the plans, with the caveat that there be no excessive music or live entertainment on the roof. It also required that dinners served there cease at 10 p.m.
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Owners Jeff Hayes and Benny DelBon say the roof will be a three-tiered affair with its own bar and restrooms. They estimate as many as 50 seats will be available, bringing the restaurant's overall capacity to 200 people when the main dining room, downstairs, and street-level outdoor dining are included. "We thought it was a good idea" and consistent with the town's plans to allow for more vertical use of space in the Center, Mr. Hayes said. "This building was built to have a second story on it." "I was checking the fan belt (on the HVAC system) one day about two and a half years ago ... and just looked out over there. Ever since we opened, we wanted to have a patio on the roof," added Mr. DelBon. He loves having his eatery located in the central business district. Center, page 46
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Over the past few months, community leaders have emphasized the same theme over and over again. Yet It bears repeating one more time. As they have noted, this town is a community of neighborhoods. a municipality which is defined first and foremost by those neighborhoods. \\e h ANT a t hriving business community. West I !art lord Center is enjoying exciting growth. and Park Road is flourishing as never before. Elmwood and Bish,ip's Corner arc doing well, too, as are the other retail districts. Westlarms recently marked its 25th anniversary 111 Sint:SS. Those who have lived here that long remember when the land was mostly open space, home only to a golf driving range. The public schools are also enjoying unprecedented success. Test scores are up, honors arc pouring in, and families which left town are now returning to take advantage of what that school systern has to offer them. Public safety is another attraction, maintained in no small part by the consistent efforts of the police and fire departments. The fact that their efforts allow us to feel secure in our homes and able to walk the streets alone after dark should not be taken for granted. It was reported over the summer that the town's Grand List had grown to the point where it now surpasses the Grand List of the city of Hartford in total value. That's am amazing achievement, although part of it is our growth and another part is the relative poverty of the city. We enjoy an extensive parks and recreation system, numerous programs for young and old, cultural attractions and museums. Soon we'll have a playhouse of our very own on Park Road to add to that list. But while all of those factors are significant contributors, what really defines this town is the people who live here and the neighborhoods they live in. That's why the quality and concerns of those neighborhoodsmust always be considered when issues of development arise. From Elmwood to Bishop's Corner, from Prospect Avenue to the Wolcott Park area, up Park Road and throughout the Center, people in this town identify with their neighborhoods. Many hold block parties and other activities to bring neighbors together. It's that sense of neighborhood which allows us to call West Hartford—a place big enough to be considered a small city—a town instead. And it's that sense which bonds us together, no matter what part of town we live in, and which must never be destroyed or taken for granted.
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hair style that made his decision: I was shocked. I grew up in an upper middle class, loving family. We lived in a very comfortable home, took regular vacations and always had what we needed, if not more. I am a college-educated professional who recently purchased a home in West Hartford and enjoy living in this town. I like walking to the Center and shopping there. I never knew what it felt like to be shunned, until this day. Now I know how it feels to be turned away for no reason, or at least no reason I can think of. I am glad my parents taught me the importance of treating all people the same, regardless of race, religion or wealth. I am glad, because I would not want to be the one to make a person feel the way this man made me feel that day. I was not hurt, because I know my own self worth. was, however, angry. I was angry because he never I learned the lesson that I had regarding judging people. I still do not know what made him think we were not good enough for [his restaurantl, and I will never know. I will never know because I will certainly never frequent that establishment.
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by Mark Jahne The pace of life in town picked up dramatically as summer turned into fall. Thousands of students returned to school, although not without some difficulty, as the new school bus contractor hired by the school administration struggled to meet schedules and familiarize its new drivers with local bus routes.
Pets invited to go on parade
The annual West Hartford Chamber of Commerce Pet Parade is scheduled to step off at 9 a.m. October 7 in West Hartford Center. Prizes will be awarded in various categories. All pets should be leashed, caged or otherwise appropriately restrained. Participants are asked to gather in front of 995 Farmington Avenue and may register by contacting the chamber at 521-2300.
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Foundation aids Northwest
The Mortensen Foundation recently presented a grant of 8350,000 to Northwest Catholic High School. The money will support construction of a new theater/arts complex. Northwest plans to name the new theater after the late Alice C. Mortensen, who lived across the street from the school with her husband, William. Mr. Mortensen was managing director of the Bushnell for 40 years.
Michael Griffin, president of Northwest Catholic High School, accepts a grant from the Mortensen Foundation. On band were (from left) Ned Wentworth, Northwest's capital campaign chairman; Robert Carter Jr., secretary/treasurer of the foundation; Dr. Griffin; and foundation trustees Hilda Brassill and Judge Alfred Covello,
in memoir writing. It is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. on three consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning October 3. The class will be taught by Maria Sassi, a teacher, author and playwright. To register call 521-5830.
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The West Hartford YMCA will offer a mini-course
New trash haulers hired by town
Following the unexpected closure of Sanitary Services Corporation, the town lined up two contrac-
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford's 2000 Annual Campaign closed at $6 million. That was an increase of almost $500,000 over last year, and the highest campaign total in almost 10 years. Richard Rubenstein of West Hartford was recently inducted as the federation's 2001 campaign chairman. He began his two-year term on June 1. Maxine Hollander Weinstein continues in her position as women's campaign chairwoman for the 2001 annual campaign.
Students from the Estelle Jones School of Dance won multiple honors at Dance Capers, an annual dance competition held in Holyoke, Mass. The school entered 11 numbers and placed first in nine of them, garnering second and third place awards in the others.
Police, town settle contract
More than two years after the last agreement expired, the town and the union representing local police officers have finally agreed upon a new contract. It will grant officers average wage increases of 3 percent.
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Town Council acts on guns
Rejecting a Democratic-sponsored proposal to ban firearms from town buildings as impractical, the Town Council instead decided to place its emphasis upon a comprehensive program to promote the safe storage of guns. The plan, as proposed and approved by the Republican majority on the council, would include a gun lock component. Eaila portion of the overall program would be conducted by certified firearm safety instructors.
Frame Dimensions to host artist
New England etching artist Carol Collette will bring her latest works to town for a special showing to benefit the American Cancer Society. The exhibit will be held at Frame Dimensions, 995 Farmington Avenue. An openin i, reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. October 20. The exhibit is scheduled to run from October 20 to November II and will feature 85 framed Collette etchings, as well as other works by the artist and her family.
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Residents of Dermont Lane held a block party on September 10 to celebrate the new highway barrier (in background) protecting them from nearby 1-84. Along the invited guests were state Sen. Kevin Sullivan and state Rep. David McCluskey.
JFS offers parent support
Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford is offering a morning Parent Support Group. Designed to meet the emotional and philosophical concerns of being a parent, it will meet on the second and fourth Thursdays and the first and third Mondays of the month from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. For details call Karen Benjamin at 236-1927.
as part of United Way's 9th Annual Day of Caring. They washed three agency vans; cleaned up the flower beds around the main offices and the shelter; washed windows and stained a storage shed. They also built a bridge over a gully at the agency's ropes course behind Bugbee School. The CIGNA employees were among almost 3,000 people from corporations, labor groups, law firms, state agencies and other organizations participating in this community-wide project.
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Emanuel of,fers holiday education
The Emanuel Synagogue Religious School begins this year's Yad B'Yad series of preschool family education with a program on the four special holidays
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which begin the Jewish year. On September 17, "A Month Full of Holidays" introduced children and parents to Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Su&ot and Simhat Torah, all of which fall within the Hebrew calendar month of Tishrei. Next in the series are "The Blessings of Shabbat" on November 5, "Happy Hanukkah" on December 10, "Our Jewish Home" on February 11, "Purim Pleasures" on March 4 and "Torah" on May 6. For more information or to register, call 233-2774.
School board approves contracts .
The Board of Education reached agreement with two of its employee unions on new contracts for their members. The deals will run from July 1 of this year to June 30, 2004. Sokrie 75 employees who are members of the cafeteria workers' union are covered by one of the agreements. The other bargaining unit represents printers.
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Renbrook School will host "Trinkets & Treasures: A Gift Boutique & Estate Sale" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. October 28-29 at the school. Goods will be presented in a medieval market place setting.
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Children are invited to let their creativity run wild with hands-on LEGO structures, machines and robots in the [EGO Invention Adventure at the Science Center of Connecticut. In addition, the Gengras Planetarium will feature the "Kid Power" laser concert throughout the month of October. Laser Fright, the classic Halloween laser show, returns to the center for a limited showing from October 21-31. "Our Place In Space" and "Mars: 4th Rock from the Sun" are already under way and will run through January 2.
Members of Local 1241, International Association of Fire Fighters, once again filled the boot to raise money to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters Nancy Benware and Kevin McAllister of the West Hartford Fire Department were among those who raised a total of $9,563.
Hadassah celebrates 25 years
The Hartford Chapter of Hadassah, with headquarters on North Main Street, celebrated its 25th anniversary with a silver jubilee luncheon on September 12. The guest speaker was Norma Lenore, a member of Hadassah's International Team and a national board member.
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The two adult day health centers sponsored by the Hebrew Home & Hospital were awarded a total of $37,105 in grants from the North Central Area Agency on Aging. The centers are located on the hospital grounds at 1 Abrahms Boulevard and on Roundup, page 12
The West Hartford Police Department held a fundraiser to assist Officer Scott Sancbo, who was forced to retire prematurely from the force after seven years of service because of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Among those on hand were (from left) Officer Joseph Vtrrengia, Lt. Lori Coppinger, Officer Marie Colangelo, Officer Sancho, Officer Marc Bassos and Lt. Stanley Sliva.
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APA recognizes VIP program
lie American Psychological Association highlighted a local non-profit organization. Volunteers in Psychotherapy at a symposium during its recent national convention in Washington, D.C. VIP was recognized as an innovative, ethical alternative to managed care, since no reports or documentation about people's therapy are sent to insurers. The May edition of the APA Monitor on Psychology, a national magazine for psychologists, presented a feature article on the organization. Volunteers in Psychotherapy provides an alternative to the loss of client privacy and control experienced under managed care psychotherapy in exchange for volunteer work which clients perform for the charity of their choice.
Spaghetti time at St. Thomas
St. Thomas the Apostle School recently held its annual spaghetti supper fundraiser. The church's parish center was transformed into an Italian restaurant as 249 people were served meals that included donations from Stop & Shop supermarket, Adams IGA Store and Joe Navin, an alumnus.
Center cffers computer class
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Education Bugbee School celebrates 50 years of helping children learn
by Alicia B. Smith It is easy to notice that something is going on at the Lloyd H. Bugbee Elementary School. Just take one step into the building and visitors will see that the school is wearing special attire and is decorated in extraordinary taste and style. This year the school has a good reason to dress up. After all, it is not every day that one celebrates a 50th birthday. Throughout the entire building are signs announcing that this school year is slightly different from others. Upon entering the building, visitors are introduced to the history of the school, for in the main showcase in the lobby is a display of primary documents from when the school first opened in September 1950. Also on display are the original architectural renderings of the building and photographs of the first students to attend the school. All the teachers have gotten into the spirit of the year and each has decorated the door to their classroom with "Happy Birthday" notices. The school will be celebrating the milestone anniversary all year long. The festivities began with a
kick-off birthday party on September 17 when people gathered for fun and games, the planting of bulbs around the campus and the burying of a time capsule. There is a saying that the more things change, the more they stay the same." Although often overused, it applies to Bugbee School. Built on 19 acres of woods at 1943 Asylum Avenue, the school is named after Lloyd H. Bugbee, who was superintendent of schools from 19221947. He had a certain way of thinking about education. Today the school is doing nothing short of living up to his educational philosophy. Although Dr. Bugbee's ideas now have a modern name, the intent is still the same. "The school today reflects Dr. Bugbee's philosophy of kids,", said Principal June Webber one morning in her office, which is decorated with bumble bees, the school mascot. The former superintendent considered schools to be places where students develop a desire for lifelong learning and he thought it was important that each child gain an understanding of how he or she learned. Today the school follows Howard Gardiner and his theory of multiple intelligences, which states that there are eight different ways in which each individual learns, with some intelligences being stronger then others. "Here at Bugbee, we want kids to learn not only through the eight intelligences, but also bring their own strengths to learning," Ms. Webber said. Another philosophy of Dr. Bugbee was that school should create an atmosphere where students enjoy learning and that students should learn more than just plain facts, two things that the school has worked hard to make sure that each student is provided with. The eight intelligences are continually reinforced through the curriculum. Students quickly learn what the intelligences are in a way that they can easily understand. For example, students are introduced to the idea of "wordsmart," known formally as one of Dr. Gardiner's theory of verbal linguistics, or a way in which students learn through reading and writing. Other intelligences, such as "bodysmart," or bodily kinisthetic, are also part of the every-day learning at the school. Other similarities include the arrangement of classrooms. Many think that years ago all classrooms looked the same, with students desks lined up in rows. However, archival photographs of the school 50 years ago show that desks were grouped together in clusters of five or six students. Walk into any class.
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room today, and the desks are still arranged in groups, allowing for students to work with one another. When the school first open, the building was constructed to allow for an enrollment of 470 pupils. At that time it was not uncommon to have classes of 30 students. Today the enrollment has dropped to 325 and all available space is being used to accommodate the numbers in smaller class sizes. "I)esigning a school to be beamilul does not mean that careful educational planning has been sacrificed,' Edmund H. Thorne, superintendent ot schools when Bugbee opened, wrote in "The Nation's Schools" in its October 1951 edition. Rugbee was built with a community room as part of the building, a space that allowed small gatherings to take place. The room was decorated with paneled walls and complete with a lire place and kitchen area. l'he need for space caused the school to convert t hat room into a library. However, the past remains III the form of the paneled walls, and although no longer used, the fire place is still there. "How far-sighted it was to designate a room for families," Ms. Webber said. Although the availability of a community room is no longer possible to space constraints, the if principal said that it space was there, the school would reinstate the community and family room. At the end of that first year five decades ago, a journal was written describing life in the school. One
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of the things that was discussed by many of the the younger grades were constructed in such a way teachers is the fact that classes throughout the year that they are attached to one another, separated only had given presentations to their fellow students, a by a small coat room, complete with rest rooms. tradition that Ms. Webber said continues today. Remnants of the past linger in the cafeteria. Not all is as it was 50 years ago. Should Dr. Today's students walk through the same line to get Bugbee glance at the building today, he would no- their hot lunch and some students actually sit at tice some subtle differences. tables that were used when the school opened. StuThe school has spread out in terms of the space dents also use wire baskets, a la 1950, to put their provided for education. Today there is a portable clothes in when they change for gym class. classroom attached to the building and rooms that "I think he would be extremely proud of Bugbee," were used for storage back in the 1950s now have said Ms. Webber of the schools namesake. students in them. Ten years ago the school celebrated 40 years of Over the years, former utility rooms have been education with a formal gathering in which local converted into art and music rooms. In other parts dignitaries made remarks. of the school, locker rooms have been reconfigured This time around, party organizers went for a into educational space, such as resource rooms. more casual affair and decided to celebrate in a way' Some things that remain the same include the fact that would appeal to children. that when the school was "We wanted to include the kids and make it a built. the classrooms of birthday party," said parent volunteer Cherie
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�Orenstein. "We wanted to make it a party atmosphere." The celebration was arranged in such a way as to allow families of students to be able to come for one event or for them all. During this past summer Ms. Webber had a special assignment for her students, some of which related to the school's birthday. All students were required to keep a list of the books they read over the summer. Students were also asked to draw a picture of themselves, which is to become an integral part of the birthday party. And they were asked to pick one of the intelligences and work on an activity using that intelligence to create something for the birthday party. "They are so incredible," said Ms. Webber, complimenting her students on the creative pieces they made. The children let their imaginations run wild. Many used the "sellsmart" intelligence and reflected on what birthdays meant to them. Another student utilized the creative side and
constructed a white birthday cake with a hole on the side. The "cake" was decorated with pink frosting and complete with a candle. When one reached inside the hole, they could pick a colorful index card. Written on the card was a letter of the alphabet. When the chooser opened the card, inside was a 1950s fact relating to the letter of the alphabet. For example, the letter "V" referred to the Alfred Hitchcock movie "Vertigo." The letter "K" referred to Roy Kroc, the founder of McDonald's. Other students wrote stories or poems on birthdays. One created a special birthday card by sewing it out of fabric. Students and their families planted flowers and bulbs around the school grounds as a way to beautify the campus. This way, students will have a surprise in the spring when all the bulbs flower. Students of the future will also be able to enjoy the plantings. Those future pupils will also be able to enjoy a first-hand glimpse of the past when they dig up the time capsule that was buried near the flagpole. Students had been asked to draw a portrait of themselves in the present and then. draw another picture of what they think they will look like 50 years from now. The school's media
- ---,specialist. David St. Germain, was joined by school psychologist and former liugbee student Abb y Perelman in placing the silver time capsule in the ground. Students then took turns shoveling dirt into the hole. As a way to emphasize fitness and family activities. school physical education teachers led students and their families on a fun run through the Bugbee neighborhood. Running or walking. they took a nearly one-mile trek. W'hile music from the 1950s It ered through t he air, children enjoyed games of hula-hoop. jump rope and bubble blowing. As a special treat, all of the students and staff members received a special Bugbee 1 -shirt, with a sketch of a bumble bee on the front. [very two months for the remainder of the academic year, the school will have a birthday party to celebrate the birthdays of students and staff members who had birthdays fall in the previous two months. While enjoying their cake and juice, the students will have their pictures taken and will receive a picture of themselves in 2000-2001 in a special frame. "We wanted to make it low key and last all year," said Ms. Orcnstein. At the end of the school year, students for the first time will have the opportunity to purchase a yearbook that will include pictures of all the classes at Bugbee.
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by Mark Jaime Rack in the days when this was a quiet farming community, the town didil t have much need for a police department. And even when it was decided to form such a group to protect and serve the community, it consisted of only four men. .loday more than 120 sworn personnel patrol the streets seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Add the civilian personnel (such as records staff, dispatchers and school crossing guards) and the number climbs past 150. And to think it all started on October 1, 1920, with officers Daniel Rushey, John Cosker, Frank Dellert and James Livingston. [here was a civilian police commission back then charged with setting department policy, and the tow4.44.4nager also served as the police chief. Officer I.ivingston's career actually began more than 20 years earlier in 1896, when he served as the town constable, riding a high-wheeled bicycle to his calls. According to department records, most of his work involved chasing down horse thieves or escort. -
ing drunks off the old Farmington Avenue horsedrawn trolleys if they became unruly or tried to take the reins from the driver. The pay was so poor that Constable Livingston had to hold several other jobs to make ends meet. He was a landscape gardener, forest fire warden, dog warden, tree warden, personal tax enumerator and tax collector. He also took care of town property in the Center and was the sexton for the First Church of Christ, Congregational. Like Constable Livingston, some of today's police officers still use bicycles to patrol their districts. There has been a return to the old-fashioned walking beat, as well, as this provides officers with closer contact with the public. As the years progressed, the department grew. Supernumerary officers were used for a time to complement sworn personnel. The department is now authorized for 128 sworn personnel and is building back toward that number after several retirements reduced its ranks over the past few years. In the early 1920s, we were just starting to be-
come a bedroom community for Hartford ... by 1931, we had 65 officers," said Assistant Chief Robert McCue, a third-generation member of the department. He predicted that if not for improvements over the years in technology and equipment, the town would now have to employ as many as 400 officers to properly protect the community. But the basic philosophy hasn't changed over these eight decades, Unlike other towns which are "rediscovering" or creating a community police approach for the first time, this one has held that belief since the beginning. "The basic philosophy has stayed the same in West Hartford ... this town has done community policing forever," Assistant Chief McCue said. There are a lot of new faces now wearing the uniform. One in three officers has been on the force for five years or less. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Capt. James Gustafson recently marked his 40th anniversary with the department. Tactics have changed, too. Historical documents
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The West Hartford Police Department will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a black-tie gala at 6 p.m. October 7 at the Marriott Hotel in Farmington. The members of the planning committee are: Pat Noonan, Robert and Renee McCue, Marie Colangelo, Lori and Dan Coppinger, Frank and Kim Fallon, Rich and Diana Gesualdi, Jeff Getz, Jeff and Barbara Glaude, Bill Kinahan, Skip Malona, Lisa and Kevin McCarthy, Paul and Suzanne Melanson, Katie Rose, Paul and Chris Roy, Michelle and Stacy Thomas, and Art Yepes. Tickets are available at a cost of S55 per person and may be acquired by contacting Assistant Chief McCue or Ms. Noonan, head of the records division, at the main police number of 523-5203. at the police department note that there was a time when it was considered acceptable practice to fire a warning shot at juvenile delinquents if they attempted to flee the scene of a vandalism complaint. Officers today are taught to use deadly force in only the most extreme situations, when their safety or the safety of another person is at risk. Less-lethal weapons, pepper spray and communications skills are used whenever possible to defuse and resolve a situation without the need for violent intervention. Shotguns are being replaced with carbines which
fire less-lethal bean bag rounds. These are powerful enough to knock down and stun a suspect, but do not penetrate the skin. The face of the police department is different, as well. For many years it consisted exclusively of white males. Now there are increasing numbers of women and members of minority groups. At last count there were 12 female sworn personnel and five officers who are members of minority groups, including the department's first AfricanAmerican woman. Two women hold supervisory ranks as lieutenant and sergeant, and another was the first female assigned to the bicycle squad. Within the past year, an African-American male became the first detective of color. Bilingual officers are available to assist citizens whose primary language is Spanish, Polish, Greek or American Sign Language. The qualifications to become a police officer have increased. Candidates are now required to have at least a two-year college degree, military experience or certification from serving with another police agency. Training requirements have changed as the job has become more complex and increasingly subject to second-guessing and litigation. In 1969 a rookie officer attended a single week of training. Today, new recruits must complete a 14-week program at the Municipal Police Academy in Meriden and then
undergo another 14 weeks of local training under tht watchful eye of a field training officer before being assigned to patrol on their own. There are more laws to enforce, more rights to respect and protect, higher standards of performance and the expectation of increased professionalism. Assistant Chief McCue said it probably won't be long before the town begins to require a four-year college degree as part of the application for becoming a police officer here. The role of the police officer has changed along with society. In the early days, it was mostly service calls, checking the security of buildings in the days before electronic alarms. Now it's Internet crime, domestic violence, gang activity, motor vehicle enforcement and much more. Today's police officers also have the benefit of collective bargaining. The first contract between union and town was signed in 1969. An officer hired today can expect to earn a starting salary of approximately $35,000. He or she becomes eligible for retirement with full benefits after 20 years of service, regardless of age. Acquisition of new equipment has been an emphasis in recent Years. An evidence van was purchased two years ago to carry all the tools and equipment needed to process evidence at a crime scene. All police cruisers are now outfitted with lap-top
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courtesy of West Hartford Police Department, Assistant Chief Robert McCue Training became more complicated as the years went by. Police have less authority than they used to enjoy and the public, even those accused of a crime, enjoy more individual rights, he added. "We've seen a trend in more stringent requirements of police officers, legally speaking," said Chief Strillacci. "And we have to teach people how to use all this" new equipment. They also have to keep up with an ever-growing number of state and local laws. Laws protecting people from domestic violence and stalking were unheard of 80 years ago. Megan's Law is a relatively new piece of legislation and the Internet and computer crime are also something those early cops could never have envisioned. "Identity theft was not an issue 80 years ago," the chief added. It is now. Criminals who gain access to someone's credit card, bank account or Social Security numbers can have a field day at that person's expense.
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At the beginning of a new millennium, today's police prepare to follow in the tradition of serving and protecting the community. At roll call before beginning their daily patrol duties are Cfrom left) Officers Steve Estes, Courtney Grant, Andy Niederdorfer, Frank Fallon and Sgt. Maritsa St. Jacques.
The mission of the department hasn't changed, however. It has always been charged with serving and protecting the community, responding in times of emergency, keeping everyone and everything safe from harm. The first police chief was Joseph F. Grogan, who held the job from 1923-39. He was followed by Walter A. Sandstrom (1939-60), Vincent B. Hurlburt (1960-66), William B. Rush (1966-73), Francis G. Reynolds (1973-87), Robert R. McCue (1988-91) and James J. Strillacci (1991-present).
In addition to being the first man to head the department, Chief Grogan also holds the distinction of being the only chief ever arrested for committing a crime. He was charged with forgery and embezzlement in 1939 for alleged improprieties involving the payment of death claims to the widows of two officers. He immediately resigned, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a term in prison. The town's first homicide was recorded in 1932 when a night watchman at a quarry on Avon Moun-
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by Mark Jahne causes inflammation of various parts of the body, ease her into the reality of the disease to make it Lisa Amato's life changed forever on the day when especially the skin, joints, blood and kidneys. As less traumatic for her. doctors told her she had a chronic disease called many as two million people have been diagnosed Because the symptoms of the disease mimic other lupus. But rather than wallow in self-pity, she corn- with this disease. illnesses, it can take weeks, even months, for docnutted her energies to raising public awareness of The cause is unknown, although scientists sus- tors to arrive at a confirmed diagnosis. the illness and raising funds to support research and pect that certain people are genetically predisposed She has since learned as much as possible about I Tea fluent. to the illness, which is not contagious. Environmen- her affliction. Described by friends as a tireless The Mountain Farms Road resident will once tal factors also play a role. worker, Ms. Amato now uses that knowledge to again lead tic anntuI I.upus Walk-a-thon this year While it can affect anyone, the vast majority of promote the cause, advocate for support and raise to benefit t he Connecticut chapter of the Lupus lupus patients, some 90 percent of all diagnosed funds toward finding a cure. Foundation of America, located here in town at 45 cases, are women in their child-bearing years. Lupus Her younger brother once noted, as she relayed South Main Street. can be hard to diagnose because its symptoms come the story, that he never knew his sister Lisa to be a The walk, which proceeds for a six-mile radius and go and they mimic the symptoms of other dis- physically healthy person. She was diagnosed at age around the Center and nearby areas, is scheduled to eases. nine with a muscle disease. begin at noon October 15 at Town Hall and will be Those symptoms include joint and muscle pain, Then, as a young adult of 22, came the next maheld rain or shine. fatigue, a butterfly rash, low-grade fever, hair loss, jor challenge to her physical well-being. A kidney She serves as director of fund raising for the lo- pleurisy, appetite loss, sores in the nose and mouth, biopsy confirmed that she had lupus. cal chapter. More than 2,000 people depend upon and painful sensitivity of the fingers to the cold. The disease attacked her kidneys and eventually that chapter for help. When it flares up, it can cause patients to be- necessitated the need for a transplant. Ms. Amato Honorary chairwomen for this year's event is come confined to bed, hospitalized and, in severe was fortunate to find a perfectly matched kidney Jamelle Elliott, former star of the University of cases, can lead to organ failure. Cases range from donor in her younger sister, Lynore, who was only Connecticut women's basketball team. She remains mild to life-threatening. too happy to save her sister's life. with the team as an assistant coach. Although there is no cure as yet, the majority of The transplant was successfully completed five Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease which cases can be controlled with proper treatment and years ago and there has been no threat of rejection as many as 90 percent of all patients can expect to since. Ms. Amato's health has improved, although live a normal life span. the lupus is still very much with her. "I was diagnosed 15 years ago. I was seared," said "Since the transplant, it's been a totally new life," Ms. Amato. she said. She also had no idea what lupus was. Her late She still needs to take steroids, but no longer is Father, a physician, knew all too well, but tried to required to take anti-rejection medication. That's
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weakening her bones. Add that to the way lupus attacks the joints, and it meant a lot of time in the hospital and rehabilitation for Ms. Amato, now 37. She remembers having four surgeries performed on her right arm alone within the span of a single year. "I've had knee replacements, a hip replacement," she said. "I had my two knees done at the same time. I had to learn to walk all over again." Of all her health care experiences, the knee replacements were by far the most difficult. The pain is excruciating, she said, and she's not looking forward to the day when her knees wear out and have to be replaced with new artificial joints. She can walk, but still finds it difficult to climb stairs. A special chair lift is used for that purpose. "You do have your ups and downs, your had days," she said. "You still can have a life. Now people are living longer and longer with lupus." Back when she was diagnosed, the common belief was that lupus, while perhaps not life-threatening, was still life-shortening. But medical science has since disproved that myth. Ms. Amato likes to cook and loves to travel, and Lisa Amato has taken her diagnosis of lupus and she makes sure she does plenty of both. That's part turned it into a lifelong campaign to advocate for of the fighting spirit which will not let the sickness research funding, awareness and a curt. get her down. good, because some of the medication she has needed She is always willing to talk to a lupus or kidney over the years had the undesirable side effect of transplant patient to offer compassion and support.
She traveled with her friend and fellow patient Marilyn Weksner to Washington, D.C., to lobby for lupus funding and research at the national level. They both have difficulty walking long distances, so the women brought along a wheelchair, taking turns as rider and pusher. Ms. Weksner said nothing can dissuade Ms. Amato from achieving her goals. "She's always doing good. She doesn't stop," the New Britain resident said. "She's very supportive. I met her after I got diagnosed 11 years ago." Ms. Weksner added, "She has high goals and she really tries to meet them. I like that about her. She challenges a lot of people ... I admire her abilities." Ms. Amato lost her greatest individual source of support when her mother died unexpectedly last year. But she still has a brother and sister, a compassionate boyfriend, and a niece and nephew who are the light of Aunt Lisa's life. Her greatest frustration is that she cannot always be as independent as she would like. She tries, even if it means making more trips to bring in the groceries or more than one trip to take items upstairs. "I've had to depend on a lot of people for things," said Ms. Amato. "I'm not someone who likes to do that. I like to be independent." Both women agree that one of the most important things a person with lupus can do is listen to
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by Doug Maine How do busy professionals become respected musicians in their spare time? They practice, practice, practice. That's been the secret to the success of Westminster Brass, a quintet that began a decade ago when five strangers started getting together on Thursday nights at Westminster Presbyterian Church to play music for brass quintet, just for their own enjoyment. Hundreds of Thursday nights later, the group's members still have their day jobs, but the quintet has won a loyal reional following through its engaging public performances. Camaraderie, creative challenges and a common love of music keep them going. Westminster Brass continues to the present. It all started innocently enough. "I was asked to play in an Easter service. I hadn't Rounding out the group are trumpeters Stephen played my trombone in at least 10 years," recalled L. Owens, who joined seven years ago, and Julia John K. Currie, an attorney who has practiced in Caruk, who has been with the group for a year. Recently, Westminster town for 25 years. Brass gave its 100th perforIt was the first time he "I was asked to play in an Easter mance. They've played at had played in a brass quinservice. I hadn't played my tet, and he enjoyed the exchurch services and wedtrombone in at least 10 years."— dings and given major conperience so much that he certs, street performances, decided to organize a group John K. Currie mostly in the area, but octo gather regularly and read casionally the group goes on the i.oad, such as when music. Among the original members of the Thursday they played at Mr. Smiley's high school in upstate night group were hornist A. Russell Smiley and tuba New York. player Dr. Alan Douglass, both members of the The group's next concert will be at 4 p.m. on church. With Mr. Currie, their commitment to November 5 at Westminster Presbyterian Church
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Members of Westminster Brass are (from left) Dr. Alan Douglass, tuba; John K. Currie, trombone; Julia Caruk, trumpet; Stephen L Owens, trumpet; and A. Russell Smiley, born.
to benefit the church's Todd Tilton Memorial Music Scholarship Fund. The program is expected to include "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Moussorgsky, Vyktor Ewald's "Quintet No. 3" and Samuel Barber's "Adagio." Carol Allen, minister of music at Westminster Presbyterian, said that although most of the group's members have full-time, non-music jobs, "they still present a high-class program and are really quality players. "They're easy to work with; they're very collabo-
rative. At the same time, they're very high-quality musicians," she said. She added the church doesn't hold claim to the quintet, but is pleased with its name. The group has performed with some of the area's leading musicians. Its wide-ranging repertoire includes familiar and lesser-known classical music from the baroque works of Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi to 20th century compositions by Charles Ives, Witold Lutoslawski and Gwyneth Walker.
They have no formal leader making all the decisions, but quintet members credit Mr. Currie with taking the initiative to organize the group and keep it going. "The quintet was John's brainchild, and he's maintained it for 10 years," said Mr. Smiley. "Sometimes he goes out on a limb, and we follow him and we don't break." Their first concert was a 1990 benefit for Habitat for Humanity that drew about 200 people. "The majority of the gigs over the years have been charitable gifts where we've donated our services," Dr. Douglass said. The musicians' dream is to tour in Europe. Dr. Douglass' wife is Scottish, so the group has connections there, but there are logistical and financial hurdles to be overcome. On the rare occasions when the quintet gets paid for performing, the money is used to purchase music, which not all musicians bother to do in this age of photocopiers and free down loads. "This group does claim the moral high ground by paying for all of our music," said Mr. Owens. Westminster Brass also seeks out music and arrangements that other area brass quintets don't have. Some music has been brought from Europe during members' trips abroad. Because brass quintets are a relatively recent deWestminster, page 24
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they feel audiences should hear. That may include more experimental contempovelopment in classic4Lmusic (the first sitting group, rary classical music. the New York Brass Quintet, was begun in 1950), "There's always a stretch piece in there," Dr. most of the pieces that Westminster Brass plays are Douglass said. transcriptions of music that was written for other During a recent concert, the group was accompainstruments. nied by a percussion ensemble for Ives' clamorous "Mozart didn't write anything for brass quintet, "From the Steeples and the Mountains." During or Bach," said Mr. Smiley. intermission, an older woman came up to Mr. Smiley The second half of the group's concerts gener- and asked, "what was that piece?" ally feature more familiar pieces such as the Shaker He answered, bracing for the expected criticism, hymn "Simple Gifts," spiriand was surprised by the retuals, including a rare arsponse. "One of the things that keeps a rangement of "Sometimes I "I loved it," the woman devoted amateur going is being Feel Like a Motherless exclaimed. constantly challenged by people Child," or maybe "Amazing One of the group's most Grace," done in the style of ambitious undertakings was who are better than us." Dr. a New Orleans funeral paa performance of "Grand Alan Douglass rade. Summons," an excerpt In performance, the from the fifth movement of members of Westminster Brass stand as they play Mahler's "Symphony No. 2," which is normally perand talk with their audience, sometimes explaining fo rmed by 150 or more musicians. the music they're about to preform, Mr. Currie said. The orchestration was by Mr. Currie, and just They also encourage audience members, especially 15 musicians, the quintet plus 10 others, achieved a children, to dance if the spirit moves them. full orchestral sound. "We try to talk to people a bit and have a rapIn performance, Westminster Brass has played port," he said. with bagpipers, organists, percussionists and vocalBut the quintet also tries to balance music most ists, among others. people know with more challenging material that "It's very rare (that) we have a concert where we
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don't invite friends along to make music with us," Dr. Douglass said. Quintet members decide jointly what music is going to be played. There's no conductor per se, but when performing a piece, Ms. Caruk said, "there's always a leader to stop and start the group. It's usually Steve (Owens)." Ranging in age between 34 and 50 and with nine children between them, the members of the quintet include an attorney, physician, aerospace engineer, computer programmer and former chiropractor. "Three of us are decidedly amateurs," Mr. Smiley said, referring to himself, Mr. Currie and Dr. Douglass. "We tried to draft the best help we could get," Mr. Currie said. "One of the things that keeps a devoted amateur going is being constantly challenged by people who are better than us," added Dr. Douglass. Mr. Currie is a native of suburban Detroit who started playing the trombone when he was 10 and attended a conservatory out of high school. "I started college expecting I would probably teach music," he recalled. "I knew after two weeks I was not going to make that a career." His fellow founding members of Westminster Brass, Mr. Smiley and Dr. Douglass, are also in demanding professions. Dr. Douglass, who lives in town, is a family phy-
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ever, real estate investments are his primary source of income. "Even being relatively busy (as a musician), you can't make a living doing it," he said. Ms. Caruk knows that well, having tried to make music a full-time career. A Hartford native who now lives in South Windsor, she played for three years in the Air Force Band of the West. She is a member of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, based in New London, and two other brass quintets and also plays for weddings and at Goodspeed Opera House. But a day job as a computer programmer for an insurance company pays the bills. Explaining Westminster Brass's longevity, Ms. Caruk said, "a key to the success of the group is the way we get along with each other." That and the relief music offers from daily stress are what keep these busy people coming back each Thursday night. Despite his heavy work schedule, Mr. Smiley said, "my wife encourages me to make this part of my life." Likewise, Dr. Douglass said his family is supportive of his involvement with the quintet. "This is really important, vital," he said. "Some folks get together and play cards once a week. Part of this is because we enjoy each other's
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tions," he said. "This is part of our international children's relief project. Our goal is to impact the lives of 100 children." Haitian emigre Marc Yves Regis was on hand to help pack the truck. Mr. Regis left Haiti 15 years ago and currently resides in Newington. While he has achieved personal success as a photojournalist in the years since his arrival in the United States, he has not forgotten his roots. He travels with the Friends of St. Vincent's Center as their guide and records their mission. Mr. Regis is a staff photographer for The Hartford Courant and is preparing for an upcoming exhibit in New Britain of his photographs depicting "The Faces of Mississippi." He has published a book of poems entitled "Haiti Through My Eyes" and a book entitled "Deadly Road to Democracy" filled with poignant, often unsettling photographs of life in Haiti co-written with his wife, Franki Regis, and dedicated, "to the homeless children who live in the streets of Haiti and are rotting in misery. May God bless them." As he wrapped a batch of crutches for shipment, Mr. Regis contemplated the fate of his homeland. "To go back there feels not good," he said. "It's getting worse every year for political and economic reasons. Haiti's a beautiful country, but the people in charge don't care about the people. I feel hurt. I feel good that someone cares about the Haitians. Hope and Solange bring hope to people who have no hope." Last year the nonprofit organization sent a 20-foot container to Haiti. The Friends of St. Vincent's intends to send one 40-foot container annually. In addition to sending supplies, the group sends
a team down for four days each February. The team consists mostly of medical staff, educators and Episcopal parish members. In February of 2001, Ms. Lennartz will lead one group and Newington resident Ellen Brookes will lead a second group. Ms. Lennartz's team will fit more children with prosthetic limbs. Mr. Hewett is already planning on fitting St. Vincent's students with four artificial legs. "Our special area of intervention is prosthetics because of David (Hewitt)," said Ms. Lennartz. "Our highest priority is to get people to be more functional, to get them to walk on their feet, not on their knees. Their requests are so basic." Ms. Brookes is married to the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Brookes, senior pastor of the Church of Christ, Congregational in Newington. She teaches French and Spanish to seventh and eighth graders at Silas Deane Middle School in Wethersfield. She became involved with the Friends of St. Vincent's Center when "I read an article in the Hartford Courant in the spring of 1999 about a Haitian girl (Magna Felix) who was brought to Connecticut to receive artificial legs. As a teacher of French and Spanish, I am always interested in connections my students can make beyond the classroom with speakers of these languages. "Hope's name and phone number were in the article, so I called her for more information and be-
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Local members of the Friends of St. Vincent's Center, a residential school, day school, orphanage and hospital for 428 handicapped children in Port - auPrince, Haiti, are assisted by members of the Greater Hartford Jaycees and St. James's Episcopal Church in West Hartford in packing medical supplies and basic necessities to be sent to Haiti.
gan to find out about the work they do at St. Vincent's," she said. Ms. Brookes' students collected 400 bars of soap and face cloths (worth a day's wages in Haiti) and shipped them with Christmas greetings in French for each child. The students later held a "Haiti Drive" at their school and collected school supplies, medical supplies, crutches, towels and sheets. "The students, I believe, are very interested in finding out about life in Haiti. I think they are
shocked by some of the statistics and the incredible need," said Ms. Brookes. She traveled to Haiti in February to translate and assess the educational needs of the center. During the next trip to Haiti in February 2001, she and her team of local volunteers from Wethersfield and Newington will teach English as a second language and gather materials for a multi-media presentation to share with American organizations. "In a country with so much poverty and an unRelaxation Deep Tissue Therapy by appointment 30 Raymond Road
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KC. Jones, former Boston Celtics player and coach, served as the grand marshal of this year's parade. Peter Cianfaglione plays the kazoo in a unit sponsored by Bazilian's clothing store. At left: Jen Urbanski (she's the one dressed as a hot dog) dances down the street accompanied by Karen Pierson, a costumed condiment.
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The Trager Family Fund of the Endowment Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford presented a scholarship to Hebrew Home & Hospital employee Peggy Pretlow to help her complete her A.A. degree in nursing. On hand were (from left) Doreen FundillerZweig, Ms. Pretlow, David Trager, representing the fund, and Bonnie Gauthier.
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Maia Daffeh won first prize in the a poetry contest sponsored by the Lifelong Learning Association of Tunxis Community College. The following residents graduated from Saint Joseph College: Alaina Brousseau, Diane Bussolini, Daniela Cirinna, Kelly Conway, Jeanette Couper, Stephanie Craig, Catherine Fagan, Barbara Friedman, Irene Glassman, Doris Gonzalez, Amy Hankard, Sharon Hirsch, Mary Holmes, Stephen Kay, Ann Kazarian, Diane Kuczek, Elizabeth Love, Elly Mansfield, Patricia Martin, Kara Maslar, Kathryn McNamee, Lauri Miller, Constance O'Malley, Kathleen Protulis, Eben Robinson, Heather Rulnick, Beth Ann Sennett, Abbey Shire, Ann Louise Strillacci, MaryEllen Taub, Yvette Thibodeau, Elizabeth Turner, Loretta Walsh and
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PMI moves operations to town
Psych Management Inc. the fastest-growing behavioral health care company in the state, has relocated its headquarters to the Town Center building at 29 South Main Street. The move was made to accommodate a growing staff that exceeds 75 employees. PMI provides state-of-the-art mental health care coverage froin a team of Connecticut-based psychiatrists who are all practicing physicians. Its client base has grown by more than 100 percent over the past two years.
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Halyns Fine Books, Etc., LLC, recently completed its second annual used book drive. Headed by Lynn Nearman of Barksdale Road, the company collected hundreds of books. They will be given to women and children staying at the Hartford Interval House shelter for battered women and their families. Halyns creates personalized books for adults and children.
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The local office of Prudential Connecticut Realty was honored by its parent company as a top office in the northern region of the United States. In its category, the office ranked third among 440 offices in the region for the number of units closed. Also, the same office increased sales by 11 percent from 1998 to 1999. This is in comparison to a sales increase for the entire town's real estate market of 3.9 percent, according to the Commercial Record Real Estate Trendlines Report.
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Bella Note restaurant at 631 South Quaker Lane is now serving Sunday brunch. Another new addition is karaoke every Friday, beginning at 9:30 p.m. WHL
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Al Mason and Holly Beckett stand proudly alongside her bovine art, named Udderly Shakespeare in thi Park. The beast occupied a prime spot in Central Park as part of the Cow Parade in New York City.—Photo
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Community The WHIT brings comedy to Elmwood, improv style
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noteworthy topic, or a brief conversation with a newsworthy Another section will feature stories around the state. Page four is a popular page because it is the place where readers will find the calendar announcing where and when special events are taking place. The "Making a Difference" piece features a Jewish hero making his or her special contributions to the world. A new advice columnist, "Ask Wendy" is aNu. available for readers. Each week the paper features a portion of the Torah. A feature will also appear relating to business, the ,arts and travel. Space is also provided for the announcements of bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings and engagements. Editorial and opinion pieces are included along with a legal corner, obituaries, classifieds and the personals. One popular piece is the section on American Jewish history. Many of the features and stories are suggested by readers. Each week the editorial staff holds a meeting jo go over potential story ideas and reporters will'aIways bring their own ideas with them. "Our readers are not shy about voicing their opinion," said Ms. Fitzgerald. "The readers have an unusual closeness with us. We talk to our readers all
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Last year's event raised more than $50,000. Ms. Amato said 95 percent of that money stayed right here in Connecticut to support research at the University of Connecticut Health Center and Yale New Haven Hospital. She's convinced that with the help of a few more dedicated volunteers they could raise twice as much money. "I need people to help me so I can do more than one fund-raiser at a time. It's all volunteer," she said. A "Maximum Kick-Off event will be held on
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the future of the Center. It is now beginning to look at the collection of government buildings as a campus and considering ways to treat those structures as parts of the same unit of development. They include Town Hall, the Education Center, West Hart ford Public Library and police headquarters on Raymond Road. Both men see a potential for more residential development along the northern portion of Raymond Road which is closest to the Center. The southern portion is part of a historic district. "I think in the next 10 years well see more de-
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It would provide a great deal of vitalit y." That goes for the entire (:enter, she noted, not just that one eastern area. She also believes thMVarc w;1s to develop the district right now which could haVC :1 positive impact without an detriment to existing residential areas. " Hie first pieces that make the most sense would be those that do not abut a residential neighborhood. You've got the whole interior core, she said. Like the government leaders, Mrs. French said the key to future development rests in the hands of private enterprise. One possibility they nigh ex-
velopment in the Raymond Road area," said Mr. Van Winkle. But he added that there is no intention on the part of government to see the center of town begin to resemble a densely developed urban downtown district. That again raises the parking issue, as well as the increased difficulty of moving all of that traffic in and out of the Center along such already busy roads as North and South Main streets, Farmington Avenue, Trout Brook Drive and Raymond Road. From her office in the Center, Linda French, executive director of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce, has watched the district's growth with satisfaction and interest. She agrees with town officials that parts of it are underutilized. "One of the most exciting things is the potential for Raymond Road," she said. "What I would love
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by Karen May It been a tough season for golf this summer. said ()mina I lams, one or the four women in the FIL1111be r - one foursome at the recent Connecticut \\*omen's 1 ournament of Champions. A total of .women, rep' esenting past and present champions, look 1)1.1:C III this annual "end of the season" tournament. W.1111p,moAg (,ountry Club's golf pro, Jim McNIalion said, "'Flits is a uni,jue event because both the Southern New Fingland Women's Golf AssoParticipants in the ciation SNI.,AVGA and the Connecticut \Vomen's Connecticut Women's Golf Association C.WCiA cooperates and recogTournament of nizes one champion for the year in this tournament." Champions included Jean Sennett is the host club's reigning champion (from left) Tara and a member of the committee that put the tourSchultz, jean Sennett, nament together. Donna Harris and Deb "I've been playing here at Wampanoag since 1982 Palermino. and :lave W011 the W0111Cds championship a tew times over the years," she said. "My parents have belonged Garvin was happy with her results, noting "beto this club since I was a kid." tween the weather and a busy summer, I haven't reAs \Vampanoag women's champ. Sennett was ally played a lot of golf." .included in the pairings with last .Year's IOC defending champion and Indian 1 fill's %vomen's champ. I ara Schultz. Schultz, .1 college junior, enjoyed a great summer For orer fiot/ years. ,(u fl/ of golf, winning the I/eights has beer/ al the (\\'(i:\ Championship in lune. fon film of Healthy .-kging. .71 changed my major
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who was enjoying having a day off from her job at Aetna. She down-played her own championships, even though she was Indian Hill's women's champ for three years from 1994 to 1998. "Of course, Tara's taken it for the past two years. I definitely have never played at the level that she does. I've got a 15 handicap now," she said, which still means a lot more game than many. As the group headed to the leader board, Palermino quietly told Kay Lindemann of the committee that she was an "NC" which meant her score would not be posted. Wampanoag's assistant pro Bob Larensen was assisting the tournament's committee members, including Ann Bridgman and Florence Ramsey, who were gathered in that area. With a second tournament scheduled to tee-off, the head pro was doing his best to get the large group from St. Jeanrick-St. Anthony's Church going and to set up the one-hole play-off for Schultz and Garvin. "It's just one of the skills that a golf professional has," said McMahon, who seemed not at all flustered by the flurry of activity. As a partner of Schultz in the tournament. Jean
Sennett's loyalties were torn. "Heather's one of my best friends. I really can't root for either. It's just good golf," she said. It was also deja vu for Sennett, as she was involved in a three-way tie two years ago at the TOG. as the carts headed to the first tee. Deb Palermino nervously drove a reporter and golfer Gen Boas, who was representing Stanley Park in New Britain as its woman's champ. Boas works at one of Avon's other courses, Blue Fox Run and hails from Wethersfield, as does Schultz. "I played on the golf team at Wethersfield High," said Boas. A round of applause greeted the second-year winner as Tara Schultz entered the banquet room. She credited her recent successes to her father's 25-yearold putter, plus "I've been working hard on my short game all summer. It saved me today." Both "Pro Bob" Larensen and Jimmy "Mack" McMahon contribute to the overall success of Wampanoag to the golf side of the business. The club's golf course was designed by the legendary Donald Ross and founded in 1926. McMahon is in his third year there and, according to Larensen, who "came aboard mid-season," he is a "good guy in general, as well as a good guy to work for."
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The summer schedule allows for a tournament most every Monday; this particular Monday was unusual in handling two tournaments on the same day. "The inclusion of both SNEWGA and CWGA players makes it a lot of fun for all of us," said Florence Ramsey, former public relations spokeswoman for SNEWGA. She is also the senior women's champion at her home course, Blackledge. With players from all over the state, the event included two golfers from Yale, Dot O'Sullivan and Judy Davis; former SNEWGA champion Wendy Cimoch of Tallwood; and Betty Holden from Simsbury Farms. Donna Harris was amused to have Avon's co-champ Barbara Drew share third place with their mutual 81. Other finishers in the tournament included three tied at 82: Tumble Brook's Linda Weintraub, Lyman Orchards' Jen Holland and Hartford's Hannah Steel. Both Nancy Walker from Skungamaug River and Lynda Milligan of Madison had 83 and Gen Boas finished with an 85. Wampanoag's Jean Sennett finished with an 87, which included an over-the-trees shot on the back nine for a par, proving that she knew this course more than well. Wampanoag was also represented by Sally Brady. WHL
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by Karen May It's a pretty common occurrence for the sports department here at White Publishing to be approached by proud parents who feel their son or daughter has an interesting sports story. We've been fortunate to often concur and produce articles which profile local sporting accomplishments. A letter from a local mother Diane Mikan initiated this story about her son, Jameth, a 22-year-old marketing major at Central Connecticut State University. He extended his stay in France as an exchange student after playing semi-professional baseball for the Seagulls of Cherbourg. "He originally went over there in October 1999 and was scheduled to come back in May. Because of the baseball team, he didn't return until August 24," Ms. Mikan said. lameth went to France with me on a class trip
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playoffs were finished for the season, but he has stayed in touch with his teammates. He also recommended their web site, which is entirely in French. According to the web site, the team was formed in 1986 and was then called the Batboys. In 1989, they changed their name to the Seagulls and captured their first championship in 1995. Mikan said that the team was made up of what he termed "hard-core baseball fans. When we were on the team bus traveling to games, they would watch Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire videos. Everyone's interested in being the great hitters." His belief is that "you can be taught to hit. I had played in the Twilight League here in town and I would compare the level of play in France to maybe a Division III school. "The best player was Carlos Jiminian, who came over from the Dominican Republic originally to play basketball. He could hit, he was a pitcher and he was the oldest player at the age of 33. Supposedly, he was an MVP player at the University of Miami." Mikan took full advantage of being in Europe. "At Easter break, I went to Greece. Traveling with the team, I went everywhere from Normandy to Paris." He celebrated his 22nd birthday there. His teammates gave him a book about Normandy and "a beret so that I would look more authentique." His parents went to France during their son's stay for their 30th wedding anniversary. His father, Phil, said, "Unfortunately, we didn't get to see him play baseball, as there were no games scheduled while we were there."
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Due in part to the growing realization that our rivers are basic to our lives, the capital region is awash in individual and group commitment to water quality in the Connecticut and Farmington rivers. While both state and federal Clean Water Acts, established in 1967 and 1972 respectively, having given clout to the collective effort, it's now generallyTh nderstood and accepted that economic and building development, critical to our area's strength, go hand in hand with the protection of our water.
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sewers has begun where economically feasible. Elizabeth Marks, Connecticut River Watershed coordinator for the state Department of Environmental Protection, said that the DEP is monitoring plant alterations to correct the overflow all along the river, but that the process is long and "extremely expensive." Although current treated sewage, and untreated in certain cases of storm overflow, drains in various locations and ultimately makes its way to the Connecticut River, a significant amount from Hartford's Franklin Avenue drainage district empties into Wethersfield's Folly Brook and, in turn, Wethersfield Cove. Wethersfield Mayor Wayne Sassano said this discharge problem is based on 1920s thinking, when
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toxic, and be pumped to the plant for processing subsequently. ADr. Sassano said that the DEP has told the town to wait until MDC completes its process of separating sanitary and storm sewage drains. While the 'MDC in turn has spent more than S5 million on odor control from its plants, the agency is completing the first $80 million phase of its Connecticut River Cleanup Program, approved by its towns in 1990. Projects have included larger and improved piping to its plant, much of it handling the Franklin Avenue district sewage. Some overflow pipes have been closed, and the agency has worked to create some sewers and catch basins specifically for storm water runoff. Still, much of the storm water alone never gets the chance to drain into ground, caught on the impervious surfaces of building construction and road building. Mixing with toxic oils and road sands, some with elevated temperatures, it then hits storm and combined sewers. Storm runoff also causes flooding and erosion near the affected roads and construction sites. Called non-point source pollution, it's a problem the Connecticut and Farmington rivers share. 'Kevin Case, executive director of the Farmington River Watershed Association, indicated that, in a federal Environmental Protection Agency study of 1,700 watersheds nationwide, theirs was considered among the highest both in habitat quality and risk of damage to that quality.
Fishing on the relatively healthy Connecticut _River near Hartford.
"Out of 1,700 watersheds nationwide," Mr. Case said, "only 29 got that combination."
It's proof, he added, that the Farmington River is a strong natural resource—in an area with strong potential to destroy it. "How we're using the land has a dramatic impact on the river," Mr. Case said, practically summarizing the mission of his association. The association this year canceled its popular, annual Riversplash celebration of the river, and is devoting its energies to its Farmington River Resource Center. The center, a research arm of the group formed more than a year ago, is focusing on a comprehensive, scientific and unified effort to understand the Farmington's watershed.
While the center is working on open space and water pollution issues with towns affecting the watershed, the association has begun its first analysis in a town-by-town assessment in the Farmington Valley. With Farmington the first town studied, the association plans to issue its report by the end of September to the Farmington Conservation Commission and Town Council. With Simsbury, Avon, Canton and Granby also planned for study, the goal of each study is to suggest how the town will look if
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"I think we really came out with one of the best nominations," explained Ms. Sanford, "because it was community based—local people telling the President what they wanted, and devising projects they wanted federal assistance with." Still, Ms. Sanford emphasized the general consensus that progress remains threatened without aggressive efforts to cut back on continued combined sewer overflows. If this happens, she said, "We will have the premier resource in the country." Helping to represent the various advocacy voices for rivers at the government level, Canton's Rivers Alliance is watching several issues coming before the state leglislature this year. One key concern, said the Rivers Alliance Executive Director Margaret Miner, is the high percentage of water withdrawal permits that are causing unsafe conditions due to overdraw and low flow. "The east branch of the Farmington River and the Nepaug River just about disappear most summers." Ms. Miner added that, whereas the alliance sees continued dumping of sewage overflow in Wethersfield Cove as a "matter of acute concern," they're delighted with efforts in Collinsville that have created a new greenway by the Farmington River. "It's absolutely wonderful to see the people walking and coming out on bicycles, Rollerblades and scooters," Ms. Miner said. Ms. Marks of the DEP said that overdraw of water is caused not so much by now-renewable diversion permits granted after an environmental review, but by those diversions registered before 1983. Prior to that date, they were allowed without environmental review, and were permanent. Ms. Marks added that, since there is not yet a state law regulating water conservation, towns and individuals can use registered diversion permits even during low supply. "I remember last year," she said, "when we were going through this horrible drought and I saw watered lawn after watered lawn—I knew a lot of streams were running dry." Ms. Marks insisted that education, especially regarding the dangers of toxic storm runoof, is critical. While she said the DEP tries to share key information at town meetings, and funds the University of Connecticut Extension Service which educates the public through municipal officials, she
recommends towns take their own initiatives. They can divert water better, Ms. Marks explained *;-:he and, in keeping with Wethersfield's request ( .' MDC, build diversion basins that prevent runoff going straight to streams and rivers. Meanwhile, grants issued through the DEP's Watershed Management Program have distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to area towns over the last several years. Projects include creation and improvement of multi-use trails on old railbeds and bridges in Farmington, erosion control in East Windsor, and restoration of the Wethersfield Cove warehouse. Will the Connecticut River as American Heritage River reflect an area that sees healthy water as one of its ongoing commitments? It's partly a matter of "all points being connected," said Ms. Sanford. She explained that, despite the changes made and promises of further improvement in sewer overflow and water draw in the Hartford area, the matter is subject to far greater water pollution upstream in Massachussetts. She added that, with water rating systems put into effect statewide, it's difficult to regulate other states' conditions or even understand their impact on states nearby. What we do know is that there's a significant problem nearby, over which we have little control. "The greater Springfield area—Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield and West Springfield, Ms. Sanford said, "has the last significant, remaining problem with combined sewer runoffs on the river. Since Connecticut is downstream of them, so does Connecticut." WM.
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by Joyce Rossignol Her skirt is up to here. Her blouse is down to there. The two fail to meet in the middle, where a bellybutton ring winks. His pants are many sizes too big. He's stepping on the cuffs. The message on his shirt would make a sailor blush. His hat is on backwards. He has dyed his hair dance-hall red. An Internet piece on teen fashions promotes the latest drive-your-folks-crazy styles as "too cool for school." What can a kid wear that is cool, short of getting sent home to change your clothes: These days most schools don't get out the tape measure to find out how short is too short. • A rule of thumb, actually a rule of forefinger, is if your hand hangs down lower than your hem, you've made a fashion error. If your underpants are visible, even if you've pulled them on over your jeans, that's too cool for mcst schools. The state's definition of a dress code is to ban anything perceived to be dangerous or distracting. Every school can decide for itself precisely what that covers. Waterbury decided to cover everything and ended up in court. Teshana Byars, 12, was arrested at her middle school and charged with criminal trespass because she showed up on a day when she was supposed to be serving suspension for wearing blue jeans. Her parents and the families of three others sued, claiming Waterbury's dress code violates students' civil rights. The parents say they should be able to raise their children as they see fit, that any dress code should be voluntary, and that children should dress as they please, so long as their clothing is neither offensive nor overly revealing. This case will be tried in September 2001. Representing the families, Connecticut Civil Liberties attorney Toya Graham, said: "There is a constitutional right to parental autonomy." In case any students in the Greater Hartford suburbs think their school's code is tough, here's the way it is at Crosby High in Waterbury: young men are expected to wear dress shirts, tucked in, or sweaters. For the young women: dresses, skirts or shorts must be to the knee. Shirts must cover the waistline when arms are raised. For both sexes, the policy bans 20 percent undecided. jeans, oversized apparel, T-shirts, sweatshirts, transDr. Larson said Middletown did have an interparent clothing or extremes in necklines (front and esting case where a young man came to school wearback). ing a dress: "We were on national TV with that Short of uniforms, that's about as strict as it gets. story. He refused to change and was suspended for Vincent Mustaro of the Connecticut Association insubordination because he was disrupting the of Boards of Education (CABE) said, "Most dis- school, just for a spoof." tricts I have worked with Newington High School have dress codes. Some are has tightened its code. Vice In Waterbury young men are basically one sentence: Principal Nancy Koplin expected to wear dress shirts, clean, not disruptive and said they find unacceptable: tucked in, or sweaters. For the constitute no threat to black sole boots, which health and safety. Others leave marks on the tiles; young women, dresses, skirts or will have a long list of tank tops, halter tops, tube shorts must be to the knee. Shirts what's prohibited." tops, transparent clothing. must cover the waistline when He said long and specific "We sort of go by you can't arms are raised. dress codes are local judgshow any skin." Also not to ment calls and "potentially be worn during classes: litigious." outer coats, hats, those big key chains. As for uniforms, President Clinton talked about They don't allow kerchiefs or head scarves, wave school uniforms as a means of improving the school caps, or doo rags. Clothing meant to be worn as climate, and across the country some schools have undergarments is not to be worn as outer garments. been giving that advice a try. No obscene messages. However, at CABE, Mr. Mustaro said, "We This year, for the first time, they can't carry back strongly recommend that local boards work with packs around school, which is a safety issue. Ms. their parent population first. Unless the parents are Koplin said that also without the bulky packs the behind it, it's not going to work." halls are less crowded and rooms are easier to maDavid Larson, executive director of the Connecti- neuver in. cut Association of Public School Superintendents, "The kids have been really' good about the back said a number of school districts have instituted stricter dress codes, but few have gone so far as uniforms. When he was superintendent in Middletown, they considered requiring uniforms but the parent response was 40 percent for, 40 percent against and 227 Main Street, Wethersfield
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packs and generally speaking good about everything else," she said. Though they could always improve. Perhaps parents need to monitor a little closer what their kids are wearing. If they arrive inappropriately dressed, they may be sent home to change, or, Ms. Kopkin has bought some T-shirts and offers a choice of putting one on over the offending clothing. Most Newington High students are neat and clean and well-dressed teenagers, almost Ivy League, she said. "We really don't have a lot of kids who are rebellious in dress." April Rosenkrantz agrees with that. She and her
Bookman said "We have over 1,700 students this year and the vast majority are appropriately dressed. A tremendous number are very fashionable, others are very casual. The real key is we are here to..44cate students. Anything that is a distraction is inappropriate." The dress code is pretty typical: no bare midriff, no strapless tops, no see through, no messages related to alcohol or drugs, no obscenities or inappropriate pictures. Students may not wear or carry outer coats once they are in school. There arc no rules about baggy pants or hats. There was that pajama pants incident. One day, they claim just by chance, a noticeable number of students came to school wearing pajama pants, which arc in fact sold as cool school fashions. Dr. Bookman found them just a,little too cool for school. Junior Adam Bothamley said he submitted a pefriends like to dress comfortably, usually in jeans. tition with 150 student signatures asking that pa"I never was a wild and crazy dresser. I guess I would jama pants not be banned, but they still seem to be, like to be seen as a clean-cut kind of person," she and he thinks that is unjust. said. Adam and his friends make more than a fashion She wouldn't mind school uniforms, "depending statement with the way ?hey dress. Their message is on what they look like." idealistic, artistic and political. Like a good number of teenagers, she spends conFor example, he won't wear clothes he believes siderable time wearing uniforms as it is: her band were made in sweat shops. He will buy in thrift uniform, her soccer uniform. stores, recycling. There are Newington High students who dress He also tends to dress creatively. Last year he all in black, or, for girls, in revealing outfits one made himself an outfit entirely of silver masking parent described as "slut chic," but April said those tape. are in the minority. He has hand-painted the word SOY on his shirt At Glastonbury High School, Principal Alan Dress Code, page 62
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Making a statement at Glastonbury High: Halley Gray's clothes say she's got a right to be comfortable Adam Botbamley, a vegan, says that on his shirt, his pants say freedom; Jessica Harris's shirt speaks out for the environment Beth Tol burst, a mild rebellion in spaghetti straps, Melissa Karalus said she happened to be dressed today the way most girls at Glastonbury High dress, but usually she doesn't.
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detention. Adam said he does not believe there should be a to tell the world he is a vegan. dress code at all. "I think kids should be allowed to N Uis friend Beth Tolhurst doesn't buy name brand dress as they want to even if it is deemed inapproclothes. On this day she is wearing comfortable jeans priate." and a rather modest spaghetti-strap top that she He thinks the reason for dress codes is school thinks might be illegal, but nobody has said any- image, which he says is very important in thing about it. Glastonbury, which has such an excellent reputaAsked what, dressed as she is, she would hope tion to uphold. someone would say of her, she answered: "There's a But aren't there some styles that could be disrupperson:: tive or dangerous? Her favorite T-shirt says: "Labels are for jars and Halley says: "You mean like your brains might you are not a jar." be draining out of the holes in your jeans?" "liat all my friends dress the same. But if you Margo Maine, consulting director of eating disask, they will say we aren't labeled. Maybe we are orders, Institute of Living, is a psychologist who the 'other.' often deals with teenagers. Adam said, "When I was a freshman I would ask She said, "What kids wear today is to them a people what their label is: 'Do you consider your- major statement of their freedom, their individualself alternative? A skater? A white hat (a preppy who ity, their identity. wears Abercrombie and Fitch)?' Stereotypes. But I "It is important to set standards. I think it is apsuppose I would say we are non-conformists." propriate to have a dress code, particularly today, Jessica Harris' shirt is a political statement: "En- because there are so few norms governing appearjoy' not destroy" nature. ance." Her hair is a quiet purple today, but she's been Parents may see some styles as extreme, but for dying it various colors since sixth grade. This is not adolescents they are commonplace, she said. "We against the code, which does not dictate hair color have to adjust our view of what's normal. This is or about feeling that they own their bodies. She wore a short shirt to school this morning and "Adults have to remind themselves that no matchanged because she worried that it might mean ter how adolescents dress or decorate their bodies,
Wethersfield High School student Ashley Diana left is in style and meets the dress code, too. Lauren Muscarella's little pink checked dress is long enough, but she thought the spaghetti straps were too thin for the code, so when she was in class she wore a T-shirt
under it. they are still the same person inside, and it is the inside of that person that is really important," Dr. Maine said. WHI.
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Ar Lauren Powell, 5, and friend have fun at the annual Teddy Bear Picnic held at the Elmwood Community Center. Photo by Lisa Brisson
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Neighbors ask for help Late-night Center activity not welcome on Brace Road.
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Late-night activity in the Center is not welcome on Brace Road
by Mark Jahne Never let it be said that town leaders hesitate to jump into action whenever the image of West Hartford Center, which many consider the crown jewel of the community, is threatened. Complaints have been filed by some of the residents who live along Brace Road and nearby side streets, right behind many of the businesses and the large municipal parking lot. They say the increased activity in the Center means more people are there later into the evening, and some of them are making life unpleasant for nearby homeowners. In a letter to town officials, Richard Stanziale of 56 Brace Road cited "a marked increase in the volume and severity of undesirable activities in the Brace Road parking lot and adjacent properties ... most, but not all, of this activity occurs at night." Mr. Stanziale cited as examples shouting and screaming, public drunkenness, fights, bottles breaking, blaring car stereos, squealing tires, speeding inBrace Road residents Marty Estey and his wife, Darcy Purinton (bolding their daughter, Sophie) stand alongside their next-door neighbor, Richard Stanziale (right). They are among the many upset residents who say the increase in night life at West Hartford Center has disrupted the peace and quiet of their homes.
side the lot, litter and possibly even drug dealing. On one occasion, he said his family was awakened at 1:30 a.m. to the sound of a woman screaming and a car horn blaring. "While these incidents may sound more like a
nuisance than a serious matter, this is not the case in our view," he wrote. Mr. Stanziale said the police have responded quickly when called by neighbors, but most times Noise, page 12
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thriving business district can co-exist in such close proximity to one another has long been one of the strengths of this town. It will be a challenge to maintain that delicate balance, but it can be done, as long as everyone continues to work together. Working together for the common good. Isn't that what a community is all about? —Mark jahne
When some of the neighbors of West Hartford While all of this is happening, it is also imporCenter raised the issue of increased noise levels late tant to make sure that the people who live near the at night, we decided to check out the scene for our - -Center are not left out of the equation. They have a selves. For most of its long history, the Center has right to expect to be able to sleep at night, to be been a place that bustles by day and sleeps by night. protected from bright lights and harsh noises. But not any more. Visit the center any Friday or To the extent that some people are driving too Saturday night and you will not see tumbleweeds fast, screeching tires, talking too loudly (sound carblowing down the street. It's too full of cars, and ries further at night) or behaving in a drunken or the sidewalks are packed with patrons enjoying din- disorderly manner, action needs to be taken. It would' ner or a beverage at the ever-increasing number of appear that the town is doing what it can to respond restaurants and coffee shops. to the neighborhood's concerns. The scene resembles a college town, not a sleepy A parking lot monitor is now on duty late into suburb. Most, but not all, of the crowd is on the the night on weekends. There's a second-shift beat younger side. They are out to have a good time, to cop, too, moving about on foot, interacting with socialize with one another, to enjoy what the Cen- people, keeping the peace. Our tour of the Center ter ha-s to offer. revealed a visible, but unobtrusive presence by poNever has the Center been so vibrant after dark. lice in both marked and unmarked cruisers. Never has it been able to boast of so many fine eatSteps are also being taken to better screen the eries and beverage options. Brace Road neighbors from the bright lights of the All that night life is a wonder to behold. And municipal parking lot. The town is also working with most of the people involved are well behaved. But the merchants and restaurateurs to educate their with growth comes challenges, good challenges to patrons and to stem late-night garbage dumping, have, in a sense, because they are indicative of a vi- particularly bottles and cans crashing into recycling brancy that is in many ways yet another gem in the containers. The fact that a residential neighborhood and crown jewel that is the central business district.
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Roundup Dead crow tests positive for West Nile virus
by Mark Jahne A statewide alert to protect residents against the
dangerous West Nile virus turned up a dead crow in town which was determined to carry the disease. Park Road is preparing to celebrate the neighborhood once again with a light-hearted parade and Bugbee School will mark its 50th birthday next month.
Crow tests positive for virus
A crow found in the southwest corner of town has tested positive for the West Nile virus. There have been no reports of human cases of West Nile virus acquired in the state and, according to the state Department of Public Health, "the risks of humans
contracting West Nile virus infection remains low." This virus can only be transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, which in turn became infected by biting a bird that carries the virus. Mosquito trapping stations were set up in town following the positive test on the crow and mosquito larvicides were placed in catch basins that retain standing water. The West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District urges residents to take an active role in avoiding mosquito bites and reducing mosquito-breeding habitats by eliminating all possible sources of standing water. Residents are also encouraged to report dead bird sightings to the local health department by calling 523-3270.
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Pops to play on Labor Day
The Hartford Pops Band will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. on September 4 outside Town Hall. Admission to the annual Labor Day weekend concert, presented by the town Department of Leisure Services and the American Federation of Musicians Local 400, is free. A program of Hollywood hits, Broadway tunes and marches is planned. Sponsors for this event are Healthsouth, Mark Securities Inc., Molloy Funeral Home, the Fitness Clinic, the McAuley, Prudential Connecticut Realty, U.S Trust Company of Connecticut and White Publishing/West Hartford Life.
Representatives of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford participated in the First Ladies Build program. Up on the roof are (from left) Kathy Dolan, Liat Hoffman, Michelle Asher and Carol Clapp.
Police hope to update cameras
In an effort to protect both prisoners and officers, the police department is considering an upgrade of the video surveillance system for its lock-up. Police Chief James Strillacci recently met with a consultant to discuss replacement of the old system, which is of poor black-and-white quality and lacks audio. A robbery suspect committed suicide in his cell four years ago by hanging himself with a blanket. A civil lawsuit against the town resulting from that death is scheduled to go to trial in September. Roundup, page 6
Federation women aid Habitat
Volunteers from the Business and Professional Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford participated in Habitat For Humanity's "First Ladies Build." This community service project attracted attorneys, insurance executives, social workers and women of all professions to work together to help provide affordable hous-
ing for the less fortunate. Hartford Habitat for Humanity International has organized a "First Ladies Build" project in the United States building "women's houses" (Habitat houses built primarily by women) with participation of the first ladies of all 50 states. Patty Rowland, Connecticut's first lady, is the honorary chairwoman for Habitat for Humanity International's Hartford project.
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The 2nd Annual Park Road Parade will step off at 10:30 a.m. September 16. It will begin just inside the town line near Prospect Avenue and proceed west along Park Road past the intersection of South Quaker Lane. Featured units will Include floats, pipe bands, marching bands, dancers, classic cars and tractors, and more. Following, the parade, the Savage Brothers Band will perform on the Showmobile in front of Steben Auto Body.
Piano society plans concert
Cuban-born pianist Santiago Rodriguez will perform at 3 p.m. September 17 in Millard Auditorium at the University of Hartford. The concert is being presented by the Hartford Santiago Rodriguez Piano Society. Works by Soler, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Touzet and Stravinsky will be featured. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens and may be obtained by calling 768-4228.
Jewish men toring program begins
Five synagogues and the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford will serve as host sites for a new program which uses mentoring strategies to reach out to Jews and reintroduce them to their religious and cultural heritage. Community mentors are being sought for each location. Included among the synagogues are three local temples: Beth David Synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel and Emanuel Synagogue. For more information about the program call Donna Gordon at 2364571, ext. 312.
Women's leadership class offered
Leadership Skills for Women is the name of a new course being offered at the local campus of Teikyo Post University. It will be held Monday and Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. beginning August 28. Teikyo Post conducts courses locally at Conard High School. Those interested in signing up for this or any other course may call Brenda Rouse at 1800-582-8250.
Children discover bow insects walk by controlling a six-legged walking machine in "Bug's Eye View," on display the Science Museum of Connecticut until September 17.
Bugbee School turns 50
Bugbee School will celebrate its 50th birthday with festivities scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. September 17, with a rain date of September 24. Activities will include a time capsule ceremony, neighborhood fun run, flower planting, jumping rope, music, balloons and a clown.
Kleztner music on the menu
United Synagogues Greater Hartford will host an evening of klezmer music at 5 p.m. August 27 during an open house for current and prospective members at its 205 Mohawk Drive location. The cost is $10 for adults and S4 for children.
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Getting ready for the annual golf tournament of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce are (from left) committee members Scott Conover, Judy Saunders, Steve Langan, Ed Marques, Tom Filomeno, Joe hiberis and Barbara Robbin. It is scheduled for September 18.
Presidential campaigns featured
"The Will of the People? Presidential Campaigns That Made the Nation is the title of a new exhibit opening September 10 at the University of Hartford's Museum of American Political Life. It reviews the tactics used in many past campaigns and reveals that negative campaigning has a long history in American politics. This exhibit draws a line from the maneuvering which helped land Thomas Jefferson in the White
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Hundreds respond to survey
Almost 500 people responded to customer satisfaction surveys at the town's two branch libraries. The results show that more than 90 percent of reRoundup, page 8
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Kelly Mok of the Ballet Theatre Company performs "Dying Swan." The company will hold open auditions for intermediate to advanced dancers from 1 to 3 p.m. September 10 at the Studio of Dance, 11 South Main Street.
No booze at the Pond House
1 he Town Council does not like the idea of alcoholic beverages in local parks. With that in mind, it voted to deny the Elizabeth Park Pond House Cafe permission to serve such beverages to its patrons. Sale of alcoholic beverages is not allowed in any town park. The only exception is Faenza's on Main, the restaurant located at the Rockledge Country Club. Although owned by the city of Hartford, the
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The Young Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford will kick off its annual campaign with a special fall fashion preview. It is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. September 19 at the Nordstrom store at Westlarms Mall. Tickets cost S25 per person. For reservations call Debra Glassman at the federation office at 2324483, ext. 379, or Event Chairwoman Karen Sussler at 232-2987.
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rhe Town Council is considering whether to adopt an ordinance which would levy a $30 fine on anyone deemed causing a noise violation. Loud car ste- Mayor Rob Bouvier, surrounded by athletes and coaches in the Town Hall lobby, proclaimed July 26 as reos would be targeted for enforcement. Special Olympics Day in town. The local program features 89 special athletes and more than 60 coaches. As proposed, any car stereo which can be heard from a distance of more than 50 feet away ;would be in violation of the new law. Many residents, particularly in the Curves area around the Center, First 100 Members 36 LaSalle Rd. Weight Loss Program • have complained about loud music coming from 2nd floor (above DeWolfe) ' This is the first weight passing cars.
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Sister Mary Cbristel Nolan (second from left), who teaches in the town's continuing education program, was honored as the English as a second language teacher of the year by the Connecticut Association for Adult and Continuing Education. Celebrating with her are (from left) Paul Bordonaro, program facilitator; Angela jalbert of CAACE and Newton Clark Jr., director of the program.
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Farr's health not an issue
Although he recently underwent open heart surgery, state Rep. Robert Farr intends to remain in the race for re-election to the General Assembly. The Republican represents the 19th Assembly District and is the longest-serving member of the town's fourman legislative delegation. He was first elected as a state representative in 1980 and is now completing his 10th term. Representative Farr said he was unaware that he had a heart problem until a couple of days before earning his party's nomination and did not realize the extent of the problem until undergoing an angiogram.
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Two lawn tourneys upcoming
The Fernleigh Lawn Bowling Club will host a pair of tournaments in coming weeks at its Lancaster Road location. Its annual Memorial Tournament is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. September 16 and its Presidents Tournament is set for 11 a.m. October 7. VOL
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the culprits are gone before officers arrive. Some of his neighbors, he added, are afraid to call the police for fear of reprisals. While town officials believe that the behAvior cited by Mr. Stanziale is the exception, not the rule, they are nonetheless taking steps to nip this problem in the bud. They' want the Center to continue to thrive and to enjoy its recent popularity as a place to dine or have coffee after dark. Mr. Stanziale and neighbors Marty Estey and Darcy Purinton agreed to talk with West Hartford Life about their concerns. They emphasized that many other neighbors are also upset, but added that their goal is to achieve realistic levels of nighttime noise, not total quiet. Ms. Purinton bristled at the suggestion that she .ind her husband, Mr. Estey, should have known what to expect before they moved into their Brace
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are taking appropriate actions, including assigning The bad news is with the success comes some behavior that is not desirable," said Rob Rowlson, the a parking lot monitor between the hours of 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. The police town's business development officer. department has assigned an extra walking beat in Mr. Rowlson said the town will do what it can the evening to supplement the beat walked during to work with the neighbors and businesses to achieve the day, as highlighted in the last issue of West a balance that is satisfactory to all. He said restaurants have already been asked not to dump bottles Hartford Life. In the middle of all this fuss, the town is also and cans into recycling bins after 8 p.m. planning to reconfigure the Brace Road municipal Tent cards are being printed, he added, for disparking lot, removing some trees and replacing othplay at restaurants and other businesses which aters. Mayor Bouvier said spaces between existing trees tract an after-dark crowd. These will ask patrons to would be filled in with smaller, new trees to more be sensitive to the nearby residents. effectively screen the lot from the neighbors across The planned renovations to the Brace Road lot include the removal of nine old trees and planting the street. He added that merchants and other business ownof 15 new ones, Mr. Rowlson said. The town will ers in the Center are also pitching in to help solve also move and screen the Dumpsters and install new the problem by educating their customers and emconduit, drainage, lighting and brick walkways. "We're going to end up with 40 new spaces," he ployees. And while he is convinced that whatever problems exist are caused by a few misguided souls, said. "The Center has experienced an unprecedented he is adamant that such behavior will not be tolerated. period of success," added Mayor Rob Bouvier. "We've been trying to put out an officer on the He said that its growth in popularity has outsecond shift Thursday, Friday and Saturday on overpaced that of any other central business district in time," said Police Chief James Strillacci. the state, possibly in all of New England. It is the In most cases, the extra officer is on foot, he envy of many other towns, but the true fabric of the added. But one evening a bicycle officer was uticommunity, in his mind, remains its residential nalized for this purpose. ture. The effort goes beyond the walking beat. A gen"We are a community of neighborhoods. We've eral advisory has been given to all patrol officers, always been sensitive to the concerns of our neighborhoods," he said. The mayor is upset that some people are WEST HARTFORD LEISURE SERVICES AND painting what he considTHE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS, LOCAL 400, HARTFORD ers an inaccurate picture PRESENT of the Center as a den of depravity. He, for one, is thrilled to see so many people there both during the day and well into the evening hours. He said town officials
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traffic officers and detectives to keep a close eye on the Center's nighttime activity during their travels. He doesn't see any significant problems in the Center, but the chief indicated sympathy for the neighbors. There clearly is more activity in the evening than there was just a few years ago when all but a few businesses closed by sunset. "To the neighbors, it's very real. In the evening, when you get activity in the lot, sound travels," th'e' chief said. "The popularity of the Center has certainly changed. We've had calls for service, but nothing out of the ordinary. When you get more people, you get all kinds," he added. Most of those calls were for noise complaints or loud car engines. Chief Strillacci emphasized that, contrary to some beliefs, there have been no reports of sexual assaults, fights, drug dealing or other violent acts in the central business district. But the chief admitted that on one recent occasion, as he was leaving a Center restaurant after dinner, he came upon a man who 'was about to urinate in the parking lot. He convinced the man to move along and find a rest room. Chief Strillacci said the proposed noise ordinance currently under consideration by the Town Council could prove beneficial in the Center. It would provide police with a yardstick by which they could more effectively enforce noise complaints. Will
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by Joyce Rossignol Starting with his mother's political footsteps, U.S. Rep. John I.arson has moved steadily along a path to what now seems to have been his inevitable desillation, a job he was born to do. He grew up in iast I fart lord's Mayberry Village housing project, one of eight children in a neighborhood of big families. "There were six Flanagans, eight Jordans, eight ritzgeralds," he said. "We've stuck together." l'hese childhood friends have been at the heart of every campaign he's won. In those days he was mainly interested in sports and Hopalong Cassidy, though he was elected president of the fifth grade. Fhe following year when John F. Kennedy became the first Irish Catholic president, the nuns at St. Rose School told him he looked more like a Kennedy than Kennedy himself, a teasing compliment that he has lived with ever since. He did admire the Kennedy's. but it was actually those Sisters of Notre Dame who influenced his life. You talk about discipline. They didn't put up with much," he said. "Bait they were wonderful people and good teachers." He went on to high school in East Hartford, where he was again president of his class in his sophomore and senior years. He was also quarterback and captain of the football team, which was among the top 20 in the state. Those teammates are still with him, enthusiastically campaigning in his behalf. Unlike his mother, Pauline Nolan Larson, and his brother, Chris, who belonged tb the National Honor Society, John was an average student. But the Larsons, who had not been able to go beyond high school themselves, living in a little house about the size of the congressman's present garage with only one bathroom for 10 people, sent all eight of their children to college. He went to Central Connecticut State University, pursuing his ambition to become a teacher. There he made a whole new group of now lifelong friends. Graduating in 1971, he became a high school teacher in his home town, which is what he had always wanted to do with his life. Meanwhile his mother had been pursuing a career of her own in local politics:Pauline Larson was the first woman elected to the East Hartford Town Council and later served as vice chairwoman of the local Democratic Party for 12 years. So her children grew up in politics. John's godfather, John Shaughnessey, the Larsons' next door neighbor, was mayor of East Hartford and young John was mayor for a day. (His brother Tim is the real mayor of East Hartford now.) Their mother, who brings her own broad network of friends with her, still works on their campaigns. In 1977, he left teaching for the insurance business and was appointed to the East Hartford Board of Education. In 1979 he was elected to the Town Council. He was going into his fourth year on the council when a state Senate seat opened up. Marcella Fahey who had been, he said, "a good senator, a real advocate," decided to run for secretary of the state. At the convention, she lost the nomination to Julia Tashjian. Meanwhile, John Larson had become a candidate for Mrs. Fahey's seat. There was a primary'. He took the nomination by one vote and went on to win the general election. That is when he and his legion of friends put together their organization of volunteers who are still with him.
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U.S. Rep. John Larson is campaigning for his second term representing the 1st Congressional District. Serving in the state Senate from 1983 to 1994, he rose to the position of president pro tempore. In 1994 he threw his hat into the ring for the guberna-
torial nomination. He was advised to conduct a "professional" campaign. He did that, which his friends feel was more than a mistake—it just wasn't him. He lost to Bill Curry, who in turn lost to John Rowland, Mr. Larson's lifetime supporters say that was alearning experience. Four years later when he ran for Congress, he returned to his grass roots. U.S. Rep. Barbara Kennelly gave up her seat in the 1st District to run for governor and Mr. Larson went for it. This time his friends and family were right there with him, driving the old bus through the 20 towns in the district throughout a tough primary. Then, with the full-press efforts of his loyal following behind him, he defeated Republican candidate Kevin O'Connor. He is grateful to his friends for that support. ''The campaigns where I have been successful were successful because of these people I grew up with. You look at our town coordinators: my sister Sharon Fitzgerald, my good friend Peg Fitzgerald (and all the Fitzgeralds Dave Flanagan and Craig Jordan who were boyhood friends. And what Dana and Ken Gwozdz did in the primary is almost unprecedented. They sent out a thousand postcards. Craig Jordan sent out close to 700," he said. Gearing up to do the same this fall, his campaign workers say their support is not just out of friendship, that he is focused on issues they care about:
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by Joyce Rossignol After the weekend of Sept. 16-17, every town in the 1st Congressional District will wake up to a forest of John Larson signs. That will have been the work of the legion of Larson volunteers, a dedicated network of family and lifetime friends, and their friends, and their friends' friends. As they do every two years, hundreds of Larson supporters started in August planning their fall campaign in his behalf. They had already been out in the campaign bus, a 1986 28-passenger Bluebird with 260,000 miles on it at the Irish Festival in Glastonbury and whatever else went on in August. Their "sprint" starts in September, beginning with the Rocky Hill Labor Day Festival where they will be out in full force, including the candidate. After that the friends and relatives of U.S. Rep. John Larson, and insofar is possible Representative Larson himself, will be at every weekend fair and festival in this and the other 19 towns of the district, usually for two or three or more events in a day. If they don't catch you there, you surely will hear from the Larson workers by mail or by telephone, or they will button hole you in the parking lot at the supermarket. Volunteers, page 22
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If you ever knew anybody remotely connected to the Larson family, or anyone at all in East Hartford, or schoolteachers in the region, or graduates of Central Connecticut State University, or who may have played basketball for the University of Hartford, or, this time around, the trade unions, they will find you and ask for your vote. Stunned by their overwhelming presence during Representative Larson's first, victorious run for Congress two years ago, a Republican town committee member in Glastonbury said, "after we saw what his workers did here, I think it would be very hard for any Republican candidate to take Glastonbury from John Larson." One night in early August, these formidable faithful were gathered at campaign headquarters in East Hartford for the first time since the fall of 1998 when they swarmed over the district to send their man, who is also their friend and for quite a few a blood relative, to the U.S. Congress. Their campaign headquarters is as humble as their candidate's beginnings as one of eight children growing up not knowing or caring that they were poor and living in federal housing in East Hartford's Mayberry Village. Next to the car wash on Pitkin Street, it's a big bare space. Rows of pretty hard folding chairs have been set up for the representa-
Barbara Sylvester and Bill O'Brien are coordinating U.S. Rep. John Larson's reelection campaign here in town.
tives from the 20 towns who will come to this planning meeting. One of the things they like most about John Larson is that he is an unassuming down-home person, and so are they. A number knew him when he and they were children from big Irish-American families in East Hartford. Now he is a member of congress, but still very much one of them, though with a whiter shirt, a nicer necktie and Kennedy hair. He's not flashy. He's not tall. All eyes are not immediately on him, like say a Lowell Weicker or,
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really is down to earth. At these rallies, he doesn't Larson. The two couples have been behind him win care about being up on the podium. He'd rather be or lose, but mostly win, ever since. talking with the people one on one." Working for the Larson campaigns is, they all And he is loyal to his friends and family. They say, a whole lot of work and a whole lot of fun. are loyal to him, too. For their campaign kick-off on September 8 they Starting with his politically involved mother and were planning to each invite 10 or 20 friends to a spanning out to just about cocktail party at their everybody who has ever homes, which would then "These are people I work with, known him, this network move on to a major celebranow numbers in the huntion at the Elks Club in or grew up with, or our kids dreds of people who are East Hartford. Normally play ball with their kids. I know willing to work their butts they would expect three or I can count on them."—Craig off to get him elected. four hundred but this year, Jordan That he has so much ferMr. Jordan said, "I'll venvent support from those ture to say you are going to who really know him says a lot about who he was have unions there now, everybody who has endorsed and continues to be. If these people care so much, him." the reasoning goes, then he's got my vote, too. After that, he said, "each of the towns basically Take Dana Vaughan Gwozdz and her husband runs a mini-campaign. They have a phone tree. They Ken Gwozdz, who live in Glastonbury now. Daugh- call. They knock on doors. Go to the supermarket. ter of the late Hartford Police Chief Thomas Visibility, visibility. Grass roots, grass roots. That Vaughan and Wethersfield Town Council member is what this is all about. This is not difficult for us" Lucille Vaughan, Dana Gwozdz went to college at because they know so many people already. Central Connecticut with John Larson. A friend of Representative Larson's since their While working on his campaign for the state Sen- families' Mayberry Village days, Mr. Jordan is now ate she met her future husband, who was a teacher an assistant principal at East Hartford High School. in East Hartford when John Larson was teaching He lives in South Windsor where on one August there. They were introduced by Craig Jordan's wife day, looking for voters outside the Democratic Party, Cindy, who met her future husband through John he went through the Republican voter list and found
that he knew 204 people. "These are people I work with, or grew up with, or our kids play ball with their kids. I know I can count on them" he said. "They will vote for John." He said he looks forward to this time to gear up for another Larson run. Campaigning for his friend has "revitalized me in many respects." When he signed on for John Larson's first run for the state Senate in 1982, "it was like old home
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by Stephen L. Purdy at the gardens last year in ethno-botany, the study skills in plant preservation and recording observations. It prepared her well for this year's field study For Rebekka Stone, being included this sununer with of how people and plants relate to each other. noted international scientists in a field study of Those who know Rebekka Stone, and have in Samoa. In gathering information about the many types breadfruit in Samoa was only the most recent in a watched her grow, weren't surprised by the honor. Born into a multi-generational local family long of breadfruit which grow there, she was also helplifetime of activities related to social and environ- ing the scientists in a key mental activism, committed to the ecology, next step in one of their It was also the natural next step for the 25 year- she found early and lasting "I think that's where a lot of it old from West Hartford, who had recently received support for her love of nastudies. starts, what you do as a Having cultivated about her degree in conservation biology from Brigham ture, high intelligence and child. "—Rebekka Stone 120 types of the food at the Young University. commitment to helping And Samoa, whose southwestern Pacific islands others. are often ravaged by hurricanes and whose bread- Some add that her having been part of an outfruit is a staple food, needed the help her research standing high school class made a difference. skills could provide. Many students from Conard High's class of 1993, The trip's key scientists who needed that special they suggest, have simply gone on to excel and imresearch assistance, Diane Ragone, Gaugau Tavana pact the world positively. and Paul Cox, are all connected to the National For Ms. Stone, her contribution is an almost inTropical Botanical Gardens on the island of Kauai stinctive combination of a sharp scientific mind and in Hawaii: intuitive skills with people. Internationally known for their work in rain for- Her course with the scientists last year at the garests and Samoan culture, they7ficked Ms. Stone and dens in Kauai, a thorough overview in ethnbttotany, two other students from a group they had instructed included interviewing techniques of native people, gardens, they hope to be ready to supply the island with its particular indigenous varieties when its next disaster strikes. Her preparation for the project had taken some time. As a child at home, she'd joined each family member in having her own plot in the garden. She joined her parents and brother in a lot of time outdoors, including hiking and camping. While growing up, she worked often as a guide at nearby state parks, such as Stratton Brook and Penwood in Simsbury and Bloomfield, respectively.
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Friends of Heublein Tower in Simsbury, a nonprofit group that is restoring the structure, completed in 1914 as a summer home for industrialist Gilbert F. Heublein and now owned by the state. Ms. Stone's principal job was connecting with older area residents who had stories to tell about the tower and the artifacts connected to it. "There was some urgency to get these things documented," said Friends Co-President Kathryn Hoidge. "With advancing years with some folks, you just don't want to lose the opportunity." Ms. Hoidge said Ms. Stone was successful in wrapping up many leads, and was focused on the most minute details. She added that, if Ms. Stone is available again, she would hire her for other projects, including a needed update and clarification of a genealogical chart of the Heublein "We always know that she has our best interests at heart," Ms. Hoidge said, "as we have hers." From January to June of this year, Ms. Stone taught an environmental education program at Nature's Classroom, a non-profit venture with 13 New EngIand sites whose programs for children include classes and field studies, camping and hiking. While focusing on individual student's strengths, the program is especially successful with students troubled by mainstream learning. Those with attention deficit disorder, for instance, are reached in new ways that fulfill their potential, said Program Coordinator William Wise. Stone, page 28
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Rebekka Stone (left) gathers with her friends at Falealupo in Savaii, which is part of Samoa. Not only has Ms. Stone made her own town proud, observers remember her Conard High School class of 1993 as plentiful with talented and creative young people, often interested in social causes. Her mother, Anne Stone, said she still remembers observers' coipments on her daughter's contemporaries when they were toddlers. "The kindergarten teacher said, 'this class is really unusual,' Anne Stone recalled. Indeed, her daughter remembered that, despite numerous elementary schools in town, some of her high school classmates had known each other since kindergarten. Even those who hadn't, she added, worked as a unit once at Conard. "Everyone across the board got along," she said, "and we had some powerful friendships." Through her job this summer, she renewed one
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Beyond this, Ms. Stone is looking to graduate study, ultimately considering midwifery in developing communities. She suspects it could be the best use for her training in the combined rights of environment and people. "Prenatal care and child care affects everyone," she said of its lasting impact. For now though, Ms. Stone suggested she'll focus on the next few months. "I've almost got the picture," she said of her overall direction, "but I can't see it yet." Her mother, who has been there encouraging her from that start in the family's garden, said her daughter is well on the way. She added that, since Rebekka Stone shuns the spotlight, she will remain cheerleader. Wanting to show her off, but knowing her shy daughter avoids taking pictures, Anne Stone bought the camera and handed it to her daughter, while seeing her off for Samoa. "She's such an interesting person," she said. WHL
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Four new principals and continued expansion highlight new school year
by Mark Jahne Say this about the West Hartford Public School system—it certainly doesn't stand still and rest on its laurels. Growth and change are constants, and that is the case once agn as the schools prepare to open for a new academic year. Four of the 15 public schools will welcome new principals. Enrollment continues to rise and so does
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the need for more classroom space. But all of that excites Superintendent of Schools David Sklarz. He is proud of the accomplishments of the district and looks forward to even greater achievement at all grade levels. Behind all of that success, he believes, is a quality corps of teachers and other staff. The town employs approximately 800 teachers and many
of them will be new to the district this year, primarily replacing retirees. Some, though, were hired for newly created positions to keep up with student enrollment. "We have hired over 100 new teachers this year," Dr. Sklarz said. "This district's greatest assetacontinues to be its people." New principals, next page
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1 he four new principals come from as close by as the Education Center on South Main Street and as far away as the southwestern United States. Despite a nationwide shortage of principals, this town had no great difficulty finding highly qualified candidates for its openings, according to the superintendent. Kathleen Tracy, who grew up in town, returns from the Washington, D.C., area to serve as the princiml at Duffy School. Maureen Lacey, who previously taught here, was hired away from Newington, where she was an elementary school principal for the past two years, to serve as the new principal at Aiken School. • Ellen Rossow moves from the townwide elementary reading head for Grades K-5 to the principal's desk at Morley School. Finally, John Hudson arrives from Phoenix, Arizona, to take the reins at Hall High School, only its third principal in nearly five decades. "Good principals want to be part of a district that's doing exciting things ... our reputation is a natohnal reputation," Dr. Sklarz said. He added that he receives calls from other school systems across the country on a regular basis looking for good teaching and administrative help. New initiatives this year include returning foreign language instruction to Grades four and five. Students in these grades in all of the elementary schools other than Norfeldt will learn Spanish; Norfeldt, which operates as a magnet school in a classical education model, already features French and Latin as part of its curriculum. The school population continues to grow and is expected to hit a high not seen since the early 1970s. Right now, the greatest growth is at the high school levol, but the elementary enrollment is not expected to remain stable for long. School administrators track such data as birth records to get an idea what to expect five years down, the road when those newborns are ready to enter kindergarten. But they don't need a cal-
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grade," Dr. Sklar z said. "This is the year we finish all of the technical infrastructure (improvements) at all our 15 schools," he added. Five years ago, Dr. Sklarz said the town was far behind most other public school districts in the state_ in terms__of its technical infrastructure. Now its schools are state of the art in that area and near the
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been placed on making sure the schools are safe and secure for students and staff alike. The superiwendent is pleased with the relationship the schools enjoy with the police department and praised the police for taking a positive and proactive approach in dealing with school-related issues. Many other school districts, he added, call him for advice on how to enact similar security measures and relationships with local law enforcement authorities. Dr. Sklarz considers that yet another feather in the district's cap. WHL
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by Nancy Thompson Four years after the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the concentration of minority students in the Hartford school system violates the state constitution, school districts throughout the region have found diverse ways of promoting racial, ethnic and socio-economic diversity. Inter-district magnet schools that attract students interested in specific areas — the East Hartford/ Gluionbury Magnet School with its emphasis on global education such as Japanese language and culture and science and technology, for instance — offer urban and suburban children a chance to cross not only community boundaries, but boundaries of race and socio-economic status as well. Sister-school programs such as Avon's highly successful "Hands Across the Mountain" establish relationships between students in affluent suburban schools and those from inner-city schools. And the state-sponsored Open Choice program has given hundreds of Hartford-area students the opportunity to attend school in another community, with about 65 suburban students transferring to city schools and about 650 city students moving to suburban districts throughout the Hartford region. In West Hartford, where migration patterns over the past several years have resulted in a 25 percent minority population, diversity is a way of life. "We live it on a daily basis," said school Superintendent David P. Sklarz. "It's not just about color or ethnicity or language," he said. "We have a much broader definition of diversity." While West Hartford students participate in magnet and charter schools, Open Choice and sister-school programs, the community's
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by Kelly Callaghan Dancing is not just for adults nowadays, and the creeping enrollment at local dance studios is the proof in the pudding. Kids in all ag,e categories are finding the joy and fun in dancing, from hip-hop styles, swing/jive to waltz, quickstep and more. And while dancing provides the opportunity for young and old to interact with others, it also provides life lessons that can be used both on and off the dance floor. For Alyce Carella, the month of August is a busy one, despite the fact that her studio at 1153 New Britain Avenue in West Hartford is empty. During August, the 40-year teacher of all types of dance uses the free time to catch up on repairs and cleaning in the two main rooms and their wooden floor. Registration will end the end of August and classes are scheduled to begin the week of September 18, and this year the Alyce Carella lince Studio will offer swing dance and salsa lessons, broadening the offerings of dance techniques. The former director of dance at Miss Porter's • School in Farmington has been teaching for four decades and has just recently seen an increase in the number of fathers and boys taking classes. And dancing is fit for all ages. "We have them starting at age 2 and my oldest student is in her 80s," she said. The studio offers preschool classes and kindergarten classes, as well as graded classes for children and teens in elementary school through high school. Classes can be taken in tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, lyrical, tumbling/acrobatics and country line clanc, ing. Adult classes are offered for beginners through advanced in tap, jazz, hip-hop and country line dancing. Ninety percent of the students are children who really love what they are doing, according to Miss Carella. "It's an emotional outlet for them. The newer dance styles like hip-hop, though they are not as traditional as other dance styles, at least introduces dance to them and it makes them aware," she said. "They often go into other forms of dance from there." Miss Carella believes that danq is a tool for developing academic skills and provides students with a life-long learning tool: discipline. "There are many skills to be gained in dance training which are highly valued in academic circles — the development of strong concentration skills, observations/analytical abilities, attention to detail, the ability to rapidly perceive patterns and whole units of information and the understanding of musical, theatrical and aesthetic elements are all critical to the development of the dancer, more so than physical prowess," she said. Dancers must learn to develop strong concentration skills and excellent analytical abilities and be a keen observer of others and self, Miss Carella said. After the rehearsal stage, dancers must take what they have learned on to the next level - on to the stage, "where the dancer's concentration must be directed toward the aesthetic, artistic, spiritual and/ or emotional qualities of the movement," sh Ci-said. Dance integrates the intellectual and spiritual with the physical for its "potential for developing the whole persona, artistically, physical and academically," Miss Carella added. Taking all of this into account, many parents as well as Miss Carella have noticed a change in their young dancer(s), thanks to what they have learned on the dance floor. "They are often one of the first ones to try out for talent shows and to talk in public situations," she said. "Dance develops their confidence and it develops their poise." Miss Carella tells of one of her students, an eightyear old who recently performed in a competition in the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Events like this in front of hundreds of people really helpstring them out," she said. Twelve years ago, Miss Carella began a dance program for fathers and daughters called "Dancing Dads." "I put up a sign asking for dads," she said, and said that 45 signed up. The program is still going strong today and at last count, 28 fathers were signed up for the program. "I've created a monster," she joked Fathers learn the basic skills of tap dancing from aughSeptember on, and then arc joined by their d m
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Sports Baseball players extend their season in instructional games
by Karen May The regular baseball season is over in the various town leagues. From Babe Ruth to American Legion ball, the season ended in July. But on a hot August night behind Sedgwick Middle School, a game was in progress as part of a program put together by town employee Pat Buccitelli and his connections with various teams. "I love the game of baseball," he said. "There's a lot of skill that goes into the game and the more kids get a chance to play, the better players they can be." Mr. Buccitelli has enlisted some out-of-town teams as well as scrimmage teams made up of the various levels of baseball teams in town to extend the season for baseball players who love the game. This particular night, Conard's junior varsity baseball coach Bill Gaynor was an assistant coach as a group of town players ranging in age from 13 to 15 played a Coventry team, made up of some of that town's all-stars. Town resident Tom Shea umpired the five-inning game. Some parents and neighbors were on the sidelines as the teams took the field. Hall's varsity baseball coach, Dave Masters, watched the first few in mngs. "Sports is the key to success for a lot of these kids. Any opportunity, especially in the summer, for these players to get a chance to play is great, said Coach Master's.
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sic center fielder, Willie Mays. Mr. Jones kidded that "Theo learned that catch from watching film of me in my playing days." The Castiglione brothers are, understandably, "big Red Sox fans," said their father, whose brother Joe is the radio voice of the Red Sox. Jeff Castiglione, who finished pitching the last inning of the game with a wicked slider for a strikeout, also plays basketball and is the goalie for the Conard junior varsity soccer team. His younger brother Erik is going into eighth grade at Sedgwick. "I play tennis and soccer as well, but baseball is definitely my favorite sport," said Erik, while Jeff professed to liking soccer the best. Like many towns in the area, the emergence of lacrosse has been drawing players away from American Baptist baseball, according to Coach Gaynor. "Reconciled and Reconciling" The umpire referred Dr. David Bartlett, Preaching
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He doubles as an offensive and defensive linesman in football and is looking forward to getting Hall back on track this fall. A.J. is a sophomore at Conard, where he also plap football and basketball. He said, "I've been playing baseball since I was three years old. It's my favorite of all sports." The personable pitcher/third baseman had a baseclearing triple which put the West Hartford team within scoring range it the game had gone the full nine innings. He joked that he was "gonna pull a Babe Ruth and call a home run on my next at-bat." His triple and heads-up base running gave a'w team four runs, as he managed to go 4-for-4 in his Baseball, page 50
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Theo Jones (leaning forward) teases his father, Bernard, while the man keeps score during a recent game at Sedgwick Middle School. Baseball is his favorite game of all though, which is clearly a hereditary factor. "Even when my son goes to the next level," said Coach Buccitelli, "I'll be coaching baseball and working on the skills with someone else's kids. It's been a good thing for the players to compete with other towns on other levels." His enthusiasm is contagious and effective. From the parental spectators, the volunteer coaches and especially the hard-working players, rest assured that America's pastime remains alive and well here in town. Will
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and the Social Security income he receives each month. "This would be a good way to give back," Mr. Degnan said. Following his retirement as a guidance counselor, the Newington resident posted his availability to volunteer at Town Hall. He received a call from human services and for more than 10 years he has been driving patients to their medical appointments through the town's Medical Escort program. "I find it a very gratifying thing to do," Mr. )egnan said. They appreciate it so much." 1elps residents once or twice a week. Once he receives a name and address from human services, he will call the patient to introduce himself and confirm their appointment. The night before he has to pick up the patient, he will again call to confirm. On the appointed day he leaves plenty of time for the patient to be able to get into and out of his vehicle; many of them use canes or walkers. Then he drives them to the doctor's office and sits in the waiting room until the appointment is over so he can take the patient back home. 1 hey need a sense of security." Mr. Degnan said patients. 0:-casional1y the volunteer will join them
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time in her busy week for her own day out. The ference. I can't tell you how much I get out of it." credit department manager at Farmington Savings After seeing an ad looking for individuals to spend Bank spends an hour or more on Tuesday evenings time with the elderly, she thought the program would visiting with an elderly woman in town. Together, be simple enough. She filled out an application, went the two spend time listening to classical music (the on an interview and before she knew it, she was asclient used to play the piano), they read the non- signed a client. bill mail and they talk. "I look at things through her eyes," said Ms. It is one of the most important things I do in Murdzia. "We really have become dear friends." my week," Ms. Murdzia said. "It makes such a cif- The Slitt family knows something about making
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connect those interested with a client. The two have grocery shopping for themselves. "It's now a very natural thing," she said of the organized a number of programs that require assisvolunteer work her children have done. "My kids tance from volunteers. Some of the many volunteer speak of it as if its something they've done all the programs are listed below: time." • Money Management The HANOC program is just one that happens Following a special training program, volunteers to work with young children, but if working with can help assist elderly residents with their monthly active, questioning youths bill paying. Clients, age 60 does not interest you, there and older, can sign up to "They get a lot of satisfaction out are plenty of other ways in have a volunteer come to which your time could bentheir home once a month of the relationships. The volunteers e fit your neighbors. and help them with their often get more out of it then the Whether it's managing finances. clients. "—Yvonne Tafuto money, working with the "It's one more thiiit to elderly or organizing a food help an elderly person to drive, there is always a way to help. stay independent in a home of their choice," said "When people start, they really enjoy their work," Ms. Tafuto. said Linda Hanson, assistant volunteer coordinator. "The longer a person can remain independent at "We are always looking for volunteers for all the home, the healthier and happier the person is," Ms. programs." Hanson said. "They get a lot of satisfaction out of the rela• Friendly Visitor/Friendly Shopper tionships," added Yvonne Tafuto, community outThese are two special programs that require more reach coordinator, agreeing with Ms. Hanson. "The regular hours from the volunteer. However, they are volunteers often get more out of it then the clients." still flexible in that the client and volunteer can "You develop a friendship," Ms. Hanson said. "I choose a convenient time to get together. think volunteers are very special people." The Friendly Visitor program connects volun, The two women share an office in Town Hall and together they create volunteer opportunities and Volunteers, page 54
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by Mark Jahne When the doors open at Hall High School for another academic year, John Hudson will become only the third principal of the nationally renowned school in nearly five decades. But if you think that might make him nervous, guess again. This is a man at peace with himself and his latest career move, and a man who knows plenty ahoy., running a high school. Born in Revere, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Everett, Mr. Hudson, 53, returns to New England after a long career in Arizona. He received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from Boston State College, which is now part of the University of Massachusetts-Boston. "When you're young. Arizona is such a great adventure," he said. So south and west he went, working in several schools there. It was also a wonderful place to engage in his love of geology. Mr. Hudson served for eight years as a teacher and44ministrator in Paradise Valley, which he called an elite district. He was then asked to open a new high school in an urban setting in the Deer Valley School District. "Fhat's how Mr. Hudson, a self-described Kennedy Democrat, became the principal of Barry Goldwater High School, named after the popular Republican conservative who served for many years as a U.S. senator from Arizona. He was taken aback at first but got to meet Mr. Goldwater and developed a fondness and respect for the man. After that came principalships at Phoenix Union and Trevor Brown high schools, both in Phoenix, and both serving inner city populations. So he has experienced life in schools with both a wealth of resources and a seemingly endless list of challenges. Mr. Hudson also worked for a time as a consultant. That offered him the opportunity to travel. "I'd been doing a lot of work with the National Association of Secondary School Principals," he said. "It brought me to Hartford about five different times." He joked that it always seemed to be during the winter, a bit of culture shock for a man from the hot and dry southwest. He was struggling to cope with the recent heat and humidity and was anxiously awaiting the installation of central air conditioning in his new West Hartford home. When he learned of the job opening here, he said, "The possibility intrigued me. I really wam.44 the opportunity to lead a school such as Hall. I've always wanted to come back to the Northeast." With a student population of more than 1,300, Hall is much smaller than what he has previously experienced. Phoenix Union served as the high school for a district of 12 schools and 23,000 students. Last year the enrollment at Trevor Brown was 2,650 and 70 percent of them were members of minority groups. "I've been principal of schools as large as 2,900" students, he said. He also served for a time as the principal of an alternative high school serving 300 students. His challenge at Trevor Brown was to improve upon low test scores. At Hall, it will be to maintain a tradition of excellence. And he likes the fact that the student population is becoming more diverse. "I really enjoyed working with the diverse kids," he said. "Schools have a responsibility to create that deeper understanding" so that children of different backgrounds can learn to work together and respect each other. "I think diversity is a wonderful thing for a school. I think it's part of their education." He hopes to achieve what he calls a multiplicity of voices in the curriculum and true integration into all aspects of school life for teenagers of all backgrounds. That includes not only academics, but social and cultural programs, too. "No matter where you go, there are challenges. Here it's a whole different type of challenge. How do you take a great school and take it to the next level?" he asked. "If a school isn't improving, it's declining. There's no such thing as status quo. I want to raise the bar in the classroom. I want to raise the bar for stu-
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John Hudson relaxes at his desk at Hall High School. The posters on the wall behind him reflect the southwestern flavor of the new principal's past jobs.
dents," he added. "It's a whole new experience for me. I just hope I can live up to the expectations people have for me." Mr. Hudson sees his role as facilitating a way for teachers to become "artists in their classrooms." He wants to foster a community of learners, a setting in which the teachers are passionate about their work and that passion rubs off on the students. "I'm hoping what I can do is help every teacher perfect their craft," he said. "My goal is to coach as much as I can. I won't expect more of a teacher than I expect of myself." Once he gets settled in, Mr. Hudson hopes to teach at least one class a week. He wants the students to get to know him, to become comfortable with him in the classroom, and to feel free to drop
by his office when the door is open. "I want the students to see me as a teacher first. My days are the most rewarding when I spend time with students," he said. Mr. Hudson is thrilled with the involvement of so many parents in the school, something that was lacking at his last stop. He even looks forward to those times when parents may complain, because that means they care and are "advocating for their child. I want them to be involved. "It's an exciting time in my career. I've never had a job where the principal has as much support as it appears to be here. What I really want to do is focus on teaching and learning," he said. "Great schools are about relationships. Success is when every kid comes to school excited to be here."
He taught a graduate course at the University of Phoenix while serving as principal at Trevor Brown last year. His wife, Sharon Snuffer, is also a teoher and is currently consulting with the Capital Region Education Council. The Hudsons are the parents of three sons, the youngest of whom is about to begin his final year of college. The couple loves what they've seen of the town thus far. "This is an exciting place. I love the town center. The homes aren't cookie cutter," he said. He's also thrilled with the proximity. of restaurants, shopping and more. Arizona is much yore spread out—it's the fourth largest state in the union in terms of land mass—and people there don't think twice about traveling an hour to attend a play, witness a sporting event, or dine at a restaurant. West Hartford is "a beautiful community. It's right next to Hartford and you have great access to the arts," he said. Mr. Hudson hopes to bring guest writers and musicians to Hall. He also expects to become involved in the local literary community. He was asked what it's like to work in a town which has two public high schools that share a longrunning rivalry in sports and other areas. Th:. new principal had a similar experience in Deer Valley. "In some respects, it can be healthy," he said. Mr. Hudson has already met several times with Conard High School Principal Alphonse "Chuck" Landroche and the two men share a common goal of increased collaboration between faculty and students at both schools. They have agreed to work closely with one another to achieve that end. MK
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by Tracey Wilson This town has long prided itself on an excellent school system. Even before it came out from under the shadow of Hartford's nationally recognized schools, West Hartford believed it was on the leading edge of educational philosophy and innovation. Whereas excellence today is measured by standardized national and state tests, in the first half of this century, some educators measured success differently. In 1949, Superintendent Lloyd Bugbee ran a school system which claimed to set trends around the country. He wrote: "The things which we prize most cannot be pictured, viz, the kind voices, the happy, eager faces, the glad exclamations, the joy of accomplished tasks, the pride in work well done, the growing children and the general hum of happy industry. More and more do we need to seek the teacher who considers these to be of equal importance to the accumulatiorni facts—the teacher who desires to make each individual child in her classroom a more complete, wholesome and happy personality." Children learned, in part, by performing plays at the former Brach Park School, considered a model of progressive education in its time.—Photo courtesy of the Noah Webster House and Museum of \Vest Hartford History Bugbee believed that the education provided at the Beach Park School, built on Steele Road and opened in February 1926, embodied this philosophy. As the town's population grew at the turn of the century from 3,100 in 1900 to 8,800 in 1920, the town had to adjust the way it educated its children. One-room district schools were spread throughout the town until William Hall consolidated the system in the early part of the century. These one-room schoolhouses had desks nailed to the floor and teachers taught mairily by rote. The town began to invest in larger elementary schools. Charter Oak School was built in 1884 for grades K-8 and the Center School (later Whitman School, the Hall High School Annex and now the police station) was built in 1896 as an elementary school. The Seymour School (later Smith School) opened in 1915. But it was the Beach Park School that helped put this town on the educational map. With five acres of land donated by T. Belknap Beach in 1925, the Beach Park School was the first in town to be built in, a park-like setting. Beach wrote in the deed that no trees could be cut except for park purposes. The architecture of
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the building was more like a home than an institution. The colonial structure and color scheme for the three-classroom building, finished in 1926, were a departure for school buildings. The kindergarten room exemplified this new educational philosophy. By the 1920s, educators realized the importance of education before students could grasp the "Three Rs." The kindergarten room resembled a large, beautiful living room. It had an open fireplace at one end of the room, a four-foot basin with live goldfish, a piano, a slide, doll furniture, children's rockers and a sand table. Furniture was not bolted to the floor, but movable so that teachers could adjust the classroom to the children's daily needs. Educator John Dewey's
progressive education ideas found a home here. Bugbee's idea was to develop a school with the "happy atmosphere and freedom which the preschool child enjoys at home. It is a place where children may live together working, playing and learning as they might do in a happy family." The building enhanced the teachers' abilities to reach these goals. The curriculum in kindergarten and the two primary classrooms, combining grades one and two, and the other, grades three and four, was to begin with the child's interest and experiences. The teachers at Beach Park believed students learned by doing. They believed that once children had lived through an actual experience, it became the pupil's own with a much fuller meaning than reading from
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a book. Thus, students took excursions and wrote and performed plays that gave them the skills to meet a changing world. The practice of establishing a "model school" here began with Beach Park. In 1927, the Fern Street School and in 1928 the Elmwood School both opened, patterned after the Beach Park School. Both were based on the progressive education model, built in park-like settings and had movable furniture. Beach Park's three-room schoolhouse was soon bursting at its seams. The town's population grew from about 8,800 in 1920 to about 25,000 in 1930 and to 44,000 by 1950. When the Hartford Golf Club sold some of its land, now known as Golf Acres, for development, enrollment grew even more.
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In 1929 the school added four classrooms, giving i?4one classroom per grade. In 1947, after a legal battle, trees were taken down to build a ball field. In 1949, an auditorium/playwom, a small kitchen, and a teachers' room was added. Its last renovation as a public school was in 1961 when the school was remodeled, the office enlarged and a conference room added. By the 1960s, however, Beach Park had become something of an anomaly in town. With 13 other elenAntary schools, all at least twice as large, Beach Park became, according to a 1972 West Hartford News editorial, something of a "private country day school serving wealthy and socially prominent families in the northeast quadrant of town." It was the only elementary school in town without a cafeteria. Students still walked home for lunch. Parent volunteers staffed the library.
The public school closed in 1972, the victim of a restrictive deed, declining school enrollment and a desire for socio-economic integration in the elementary schools. Last year, the Beach Park School reopened as the Saint Joseph College School for Young Children. Much of the philosophy of the school, embodied in both philosophy and architecture, has been retained at the pre-school. The home-like atmosphere, the use of the woods as classroom, and the idea that education is based on actual real-life situations are all part of the early childhood education center. The practice of model schools continues today with the magnet schools at Smith and Norfeldt. School administrators give teachers in these schools the freedom to try innovative educational techniques in the hopes that they will become an integral part of the curriculum of the other schools. Town-wide math and science curriculum and foreign language instruction in fourth and fifth grades
are a result of the innovations in these magnet schools. The School for Young Children in the restored Beach Park School is one of two Model Lab Schools in Connecticut. Visitors from all over visited the school this past year, just as they had visited the Beach Park School more than half a century ago. In 1949, Superintendent Lloyd Bugbee argued: "If knowledge is to be loved for its own sake, that which is now abstract and remote would be wedded in some way to practical life ... We believe that the system at the Beach Park School is calculated to foster the child's curiosity, to make the desire for knowledge a chronic and habitual one, and to familiarize each child with the best methods of acquiring it by his own efforts." Bugbee's educational philosophy, articulated in relationship to the Beach Park School, continues to make this town's public school system an excellent one today. WHL
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Tony Maschl of the Public Works Department prepares a new storm drain on Richmond Lane. Photo Roundup, page 43. Photo by Nick Lacy
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by Mark Jahne Once upon a time, police officers walked the beat. They used call phones posted on poles or the telephones at local businesses to check in with headquarters. Communications are most often made by radio now, but even with the advent of modern police cruisers, sometimes the old way is still the best. That's the case in West Hartford Center, where Officer Jim McKeOwn walks the beat each day, greeting shoppers, checking in with merchants, and providing a sense of security to everyone. A 12-year veteran of the police department, he is thriving in this new assignment. Being on foot makes him more approachable than driving by in a car and people seem to want to know the man behind the uniform. Follow him around the Center and you will see things about it that you may not have noticed before. Watch the response he gets from people of all ages and you realize what a presence this one man
Officer Jim McKeown chats with Angel Cruz of Webster Bank while checking out the farmers' market on La Salle Road. Community relations are a big part of his job as the beat cop for West Hartford Center—Photo by
Nick Lacy provides. "I concentrate on the business area," he said. "There's a lot of foot traffic in the Center. I think they like to see a cop walking around." He primarily deals with parking violations, property crimes and a wide range of disputes. Officer McKeown also gives directions and provides information about the town and the shopping district. "I answer people's questions, help them find their way. There's not a lot of crime in the Center," the officer said. "Most people are very friendly. They want to know you," he added. "The shop owners want to come and talk." Most of the merchants are comforted by his presence. They. invite him in to chat and offer him the use of their telephone. McKeown, page 44
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The Soap Box Editorial Afew thoughts on trash collection
The town recently experienced an unexpected delay
town officials opted to privatize garbage collection. That meant the loss of employment for several town employees, a few of whom were able to find positions in other departments. They did a good job, but fiscal reality, then and now, indicates that it always costs less to privatize. Municipal workers enjoy the fruits of organized labor in terms of wages, benefits and working condithe curb. Trash collection is an important govern- tions. Simply put, they cost more. ment service that we tend to take for granted—unOne could argue that you get what you pay for, til something goes wrong. and that providing people with decent wages and We thankfully have never had to experience the benefits is worth the cost in return for a better qual"garbage strikes" that sometimes occur in major cit- ity of service. But for many taxpayers, the bottom ies, where rubbish may go uncollected for days at a line is the bottom line. If it can save them a few time and the smell of rotting food and other waste dollars in taxes, they'll opt for the private contracfills the air with a foul stench. tor every time. At least one town resident (see letters to the ediFor the most part, that strategy as employed by tor) thinks the town should return to the days when town officials has worked. The service may not be a fleet of municipal trucks, operated by town em- quite the same, but the trash gets picked up and ployees, were responsible for collecting residential taken away. There have been some glitches, and these refuse. .1 hose who have lived in town during that need to be viewed with concern. era remember the little scooters which ran up and Other towns in the area—Wethersfield, for down our driveways, saving us the task of carrying one—which contracted with Sanitary Services exthe cans to the curb, and hovering around the pressed dissatisfaction with the company's service "mother ship" as they unloaded their bins. and hired new contractors. We might be well served When the economy went sour in the late 1980s, to find out why. in trash collection when Sanitary Services Corporation, its refuse contractor, didn't show up one day as scheduled. Hie company had apparently allowed t he insurance on its vehicles to lapse and could not operate them until that problem was corrected, it was a nuisance for those folks who came home I ruin work to find full cans still sitting alongside
But making trash collection a municipal task once again is simply not the answer. Not only would the cost rise for personnel, it would also rise for equipment, maintenance, insurance, etc. What we need is a dependable contractor. A much better argument could be made for returning fall leaf collection to the town's personnel. This service, too, has been privatized to save money. But unlike trash collection, it has not proved satisfactory to many citizens and they have complained long and loud about it ever since. Our public works crews did as good a job as weather and other conditions allowed when they were responsible for this task. But again, the cost would likely be higher to provide it as a municipal service, and that usually doesn't fly with the taxpayers—even the ones who are upset.
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and working conditions and dilapidated equipment. Can you imagine the Sanitary Services snafu happening if these had been town workers with town equipment? I think not. The town made a serious mistake when it privatized trash collection and leaf pick-up services several years back. This latest blunder is. another example of West Hartford's shortsightedness in losing control of an operation that was functioning reliably and well. Several towns have dropped the company and West Hartford should follow suit. The town had a
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To the Editor As a resident and parent living in West Hartford, I applaud any effort, large or small, to improve safety within our community. Each and every attempt to promote a safer West Hartford needs to be examined and acted upon by our elected officials. Credit to Councilman John Shulansky for proposing his motion to ban all firearms from any town building. There are hundreds of arguments that can be made regarding enforcement. What is most important, however, is his focusing attention on corn-
Seeks return to municipal trash collection
To the Editor: Lining up another bottom line-oriented back-up
company, as Town Manager Barry Feldman is reportedly doing to backstop another no-show by the town's trash hauler, just doesn't cut it. Sanitary Services Corporation's recent gap in garbage pick-up due to an insurance lapse is just the latest incident 'that highlights a series of problems over the years, garnering the company citations over
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munity safety during a time of increasing random acts of violence involving firearms. All town issues are important, but none more than ensuring the safest community possible. Trash collection, leaf collection and fairness of pool fees all are important in their own light. It must never be lost, however, that a primary responsibility of any council is to provide the safest community possible for all citizens. Town buildings like the library and senior centers are no place for a firearm. It would only take one tragic incident for our entire town to question why we did not do everything in our power to prevent such violence. Would we then consider these actions wastes of time? I simply ask that the council continue to examine all methods to create a safer community. Nothing will improve the quality of life within a community (more) than an enhanced sense of personal safety. Arthur S. Spada 38 Westbrook Road
Revisit policies on childhood inoculations
To the Editor: In looking back to the health leaders of the past century, one of the most compassionate and creative was Dr. Albert Schweitzer, who used his Nobel Peace Prize money to build better housing in his leper colony in Africa.
Dr. Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize win- Center in Vienna, Va. This matter has also been researched at length by ner, opened up a whole new school of thought with his contributions on orthomolecular medicine and Peter R. Breggin, M.D., a gifted psychiatrist, and psychiatry. His work was carried forward by Carl his wife Ginger Ross Breggin, who together wrote Pfeiffer, an orthomolecular psychiatrist who founded the book, "The War Against Children" (1944). Dr. Breggin reported hearing "stories about Afthe Princeton Bio Research Center. Advances in alternative medicine were made by rican-American parents being pushed or coerced into Norman Cousins, who described the therapeutic accepting Ritalin for their children, sometimes with value of humor in his book, "The Anatomy of an very harmful results." Going back to the period following World War Illness." The healing value of humor was advanced by Patch Adams, M.D., in his book, "Gesundheit!" I and the flu epidemic, Oliver Sacks, M.D., in his On the other hand, there were some medical per- remarkable book "Awakenings," pointed out that sonnel and organizations that seemed like barnacles many cases of sleeping sickness, encephalitis and on the wheels of progress. The spotlight on this Parkinson's disease followed the epidemic. In addition to the physical damage that this matter was described by Ivan Illich, a former priest, in his book entitled, "Medical Nemesis," published wrought on children, Dr. Sacks noted that "even 24 years ago, in which he stated that "the medical more tragic are the changes in moral character which establishment has become a major threat to health." often follows the disease. Docile and well-behaved Evidence on this matter is described by Dr. Har- children undergo a mysterious transformation. They ris Coulter in his book, "Vaccination, Social Vio- become spiteful, untruthful and unmanageable. They lence & Criminality—The Medical Assault on the often steal or make themselves objectionable in American Brain." He notes the substantial increase scores of wanton and mischievous ways." of autism in children as the result of brain damage In view of the foregoing, it seems that more atfollowing encephalitis—inflation of the brain—af- tention to research on this matter is needed so that our compulsory inoculation laws can be amended, ter adverse reactions to childhood inoculations. He also vividly describes the post-encephalitic as they are in other countries, so that high-risk chilsyndrome with its pattern of cases of dyslexia, at- dren can be exempted from very questionable shots. tention deficit disorder and other complications Ben Woja being researched by the Vaccination Information 134 Davenport Road
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by N1ark Jaime As July wound down, both the Republican and Democratic parties held caucuses to select candidates for the fall legislative elections. Someone stole the safe from the \Vest Hartford Senior Center and school officials decided to expand the alternative high school program.
Candidates selected for ballot
Both major political parties selected their candidates tor the fall campaign for seats in the state legislature. Democrat Kevin Sullivan will seek another term in the 5th Senatorial District, where he is being challenged by Republican Robert Lats. Democrat Jonathan Harris will attempt to unseat Republican Robert Farr in the 19th Assembly District. Democratic incumbents Andrew Heischmann and David McCluskev arc opposed by Republican challengers Robert k.appes and Lisa McDonald in the 18th and 20th Assembly Districts, respectively.
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Librarians push summer reading
The fifth grade graduating class at Whiting Lane School participated in a charitable contribution project to benefit the Village for families & Children Inc.
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The fifth grade classes at Whiting Lane School collected $300 and donated it as their graduation gift to the Village for Families & Children in Hartford. The money will be used to send a child to summer camp.
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"Go for the Gold ... Read!" is the theme of Summer Reading 2000, sponsored by the town's public schools and public library. All children in grades K5 are encouraged to take the summer reading pledge, which is a promise to read 15 minutes each day tor at least 40 days during the summer vacation. Students can pick up their summer readino, pledge form at any branch of the West Hartford Public Library. There are asuo,gestions for summer reading at the libraries and on the West Hartford Public Library's website: www.west-hartford.com/library.
Democrats want service review
The three-member Democratic minority on the Town Council is calling for the creation of a formal process to better manage services provided to the town by outside contractors. The action was prompted by a recent unexpected one-day delay in trash collection. Minority Leader Holly Abery-Wetstone said her
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Park Road planning parade
The Park Road neighborhood will hold its second annual parade at 10:30 a.m. September 16. It is expected to once again feature light-hearted marching units, floats, classic cars and music. The Park Road Business Association is currently looking to recruit neighborhood residents, businesses
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Siblings can get along
"Siblings \Vithout Rivalry," a series of strategies proven to reduce hostility and increase the spirit of cooperation in the home, will be offered by Jewish Family Service. The program begins on August 1. These five sessions will help siblings deal with feelings about each other, keeping children separate and unequal, fighting and problem solving. The cost is $100 and further information is available by calling 236-1927.
Peer mediators from Smith School try a low ropes challenge course during leadership training day. The students are (from left) Juanita Davis, Gina Dinallo, Brian Buccheri, Katie Skau, Eric Pagett, Jonathan Yackal, Egen Ouelette, Chris Phillips, David Abbruzese and Kathy Foy. The adults were not identified.
Women's soccer season ends
O'Brien, Tanski & Young capped the sixth spring season of the \Vest Hartford Women's Soccer Club with a 2-1 victory in the A-Division championship game over Fleet Feet. The champions finished first in their division during the regular season, and Nail Perfection topped the B-Division standings. The soccer club offers two levels of play each spring and fall, with eight teams in each division. For registration information call Janet Scialdone at 236-0327 and for league information call Helen Rubino-Turco at 561-0435.
Peer mediators attend training
Students from Smith School attended a leadershif, training day to help them in their role as peer mediators. Activities included a low-ropes challenge course, problem solving and decision making. A total of 21 pupils in grades 4-5 serve as peer mediators, under the supervision of a parent/faculty committee. They work in teams to help resolve conflicts that arise between fellow students.
Senior center safe pilfered
It may weigh 50 pounds, but a light-fingered bandit somehow managed to walk out of Town Hall one recent weekend carrying the safe from the West Hartford Senior Center. Missing are numerous tickets to baseball games, Broadway shows and more. It is estimated that several thousand dollars in cash and checks were also inside the safe. This marks the second time in two years that someone stole the senior center's safe.
Alternative school grows
A third teacher and 10 additional students will be part of the town's alternative high school when the program resumes for its second year in September. The school features a more personalized approach to teaching at-risk students from both Hall and Conard high schools, and is located at Conard. They study the same curriculum as their peers but are in the school because of prior records of poor academic performance, absenteeism and disruptive behavior.
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The Bridge Family Center is recruiting volunteers for a new intergenerational mentoring program. "A Bridge Across the Ages will feature volunteers age 55 and older who will mentor youths from the town's two middle schools. Program goals include improved school performance, helping young people feel better about themselves, teaching them to reach out and help others, and helping them resist the temptation of drugs and alcohol. Interested mentors may call Linda Schenker or Sophia Genus at 521-8035.
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Two Hall musicians honored
Drew Sayers and Erica von Kleist, recent Hall High School-graduates, were honored with student music awards by Downbeat magazine. Drew, who plays tenor saxophone, was a co-winner in the jazz instrumental soloist category. Erica won first place in the jazz arrangement category for high school students. Hall High, School's Jazz Combo, directed by Haig Shahverdian, was also presented with an award as the co-winner in the jazz instrumental group category.
Sedgwick musicians are tops
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The board of Northwest Catholic High School recently decided to return to the "president and principal" structure used in the past to administer the school. Michael Griffin, longtime principal and head administrator, will assume the role of president. Margaret Williamson, a local resident who previously served as vice principal for academics, is the new principal. Vice Principal Richard. Callahan takes on the additional role of dean of students and John Cusson joins the staff as academic dean. The Library Board has adopted a new printing policy to go into effect on September 1. Because of rising costs, all branches of the West Hartford Public Library will charge customers 10 cents per print for printing done on library printers. "We are hoping that people will increasingly use other non-print options, like downloading to a disc, or e-mailing information from the library computers. All of the information from library data bases and the Internet is still available free of charge" said Chris Bradley, community services librarian. WIR
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Superintendent of schools shares his lifelong love of auto racing on the track with his adult son
by Mark Jahne On sonic work days, Superintendent of Schools David Sklarz races from one school to the next in a figurative, but not literal, sense. But on the weekend, the man who administers the public school district races for real at places such as Lime Rock and Watkins Glen. Dr. Sklar/ doesn't spend his time on more common pastimes like golf or fishing. His preferred way to relax is to don a racing suit and helmet and fly around the track at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour. As an added twist, he's not out there alone. Right there alongside as part of the Sklarz racing team is his son, Matthew, 33, who lives in Kent. What in the world is a 55-year-old school admmistrator doing on the racetrack The answer is that he's fulfilling a lifelong dream. I've always been around racing," he said. "Ever since I was a teenager, cars have been an interest of mine. I raced my first car when I was 17 years old. were an early interest of Matthew's as vvell.
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Now father and son own three race cars: a Triumph Spitfire, which Dr. Sklarz drives; a Formula Ford, Matthew's primary set of wheels; and their most recent acquisition, a Mazda designed for use in endurance races. Nearly 30 years ago, when Dr. Sklarz was a school principal in Concord, N.H., he took young Matthew to the local track. He promised his son that some day we'll have a race car." That was a long time ago, and Dr. Sklarz had long since forgotten the details of that day, but it took permanent hold in Matthew's mind. He recently reminded his father of that promise when they both committed to racing and buying race cars. "They all race in different classes," the father said, explaining why they have three different cars. He added that a special license from the Sports Car Club of America is needed to race competitively. It's not easy to acquire. The hopeful racer must attend two schools and perform plenty of classroom and on-track work, then compete as a novice under close scrutiny for at least two events.
The Sklarz men race at various tracks in the northeast including Lime Rock here in Connecticut, Watkins Glen, New Hampshire and Pocono. Both of them are not only locally, but nationally licensed as race drivers. To those who might think this is an expensive sport, well, it does cost more than fishing, but the investment varies widely and depends upon the type of car and the level of competition. "You could probably get started for S10,000" but some people spend hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars, to satisfy their desire to race. "Engines have to be rebuilt on a regular basis. A set of tires costs $600 and they only last a couple of races," he said. The fact that he is a white-collar professional with a Ph.D. may surprise some folks, but not those at the track. Motor sports appeals to men and women of all income levels and backgrounds, and is not limited to blue-collar types. As Dr. Sklarz noted, actor Paul Newman is quite wealthy and he also races. They've never competed
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themselves. The exception is the Formula Ford which, because of its high-performance qualities, goes to a professional expert each year to have its engine rebuilt. 1 find it very therapeutic" to work on the car, particularly on dreary winter days, said Dr. Sklarz. That's an ideal time for him to putter around the garage tinkering with the engine or other parts. Both men have been involved in crashes on No lasers. No chemicals. No "downtime." the track, but neither was injured. They need Reduce wrinkles, fine lines, sun-damage and to utilize all of their more in just 30 minutes training and know that Parisian Peel" for gentle, refined, advanced the ability to make fast microder ma bra si on decisions is vital to their Performed in the office of Dr. Beam, double
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by Ethel Fried to the project. And at Westmoor, the PAR project Gardeners are such giving folks. Appreciate their has a double focus, according to park horticulturist gardens, and you will probably come away with a Jane Gottier. Not only will the program provide fresh food for bouquet of flowers. Admire a plant, and you will undoubtedly get a cutting, or at least a handful of the hungry, it is helping reconnect children to the earth—the real source of food, letting them see how seeds. And who among us has not been the happy re- food grows and introducing them to the fun of garcipient of overflow veggies from a neighbor's gar- dening. And yes, the children will get to keep a small perden:' Most gardeners. it seems, tend to plant more tomatoes and zucchini than one Lundy can ever use, centage of the food they are helping to grow. Now in its second year at Westmoor, the PAR and willingly share the excess with others. Considering this generous nature of gardeners, it program is currently under the leadership of Ms. Gottier, who joined the seemed only natural that staff in March. the Garden Writers Asso"The yield could be anywhere She works with park ciation of America would staff and volunteers of all come up with a public serfrom 50 to 150 pounds every ages in planting, tending vice program that actually couple of weeks, depending on the and harvesting the gardens. encourages ._*,:ii;deners to weather and what the garden is This year's crops include grow extra vegetables. producing.''—Jane Gottier a variety of tomatoes and It has the specific goal of peppers, as well as plenty of donating part of the harvest to local soup kitchens or food banks, where it can cucumbers, carrots, peas, potatoes, ethnic vegetables such as kohlrabi, kale, cabbage and hot peppers, help feed the homeless and hungry. Called "Plant a Row for the Hungry" (PAR), the herbs, and the "three sisters of pre-colonial Native Jane Gottier is the borticulturalist at Westmoor Park. program is now in its sixth year. And not surpris- American gardens: corn, beans and squash (or pumpkins). ingly, it has been highly successful. several of the rows of vegetables are headed by little The food raised in Westmoor's gardens will be markers indicating that a given class of children from In 1999, Home & Garden Television (HGTV) joined with CiWAA as the national media sponsor donated again this year to the House of Bread and an area school planted that row. My Sister's Place, both in Hartford. Indeed, Ms. Gottier is excited about the full-day of PAR. Ms. Gottier. however, is interested in learning project Westmoor offers to these classes. As of February 2000, gardeners in the United States and Canada had donated more than one mil- about any locally based agency that distributes food "They learn about everything from seeds, soils, lion pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to area to the hungry and would welcome donations of fresh and crops to farm animals," she said. Children involved in Westmoor's own nature produce. food agencies. Many of the plants in the PAR gardens have been classes often get to work in the PAR gardens, too, Here in town the folks at Westmoor Park have taken the Plant a Row for the Hungry concept a bit grown from new seed varieties, while others were she said. And this summer she has as volunteers a further„thd are devoting a little over a half an acre donated as transplants by area garden centers. And group of high school students taking a course in
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by Tracey Wilson Camp Courant at Park Road and Trout Brook? The Oakwood Gardens housing project? Kane's Woods? 'I'he South Quaker Lane housing project? These were all sites on one of the proposed routes for the new East-West Highway in the 1940s and 1950s. The housing projects have been torn down, Camp Courant moved, and Kane's Woods developed into a shopping center and apartments. The East-West Highway, now Interstate 84, takes a more southerly route through town. How did the federal and state governments convince the town to engage in this $25 million (in the early 1960s) infrastructure project? Moves to the suburbs in the post-World War II period, according to most historians, were escapes into conformity and consumerism away from the complexity, activism and excitement of the city. Americans were happy to retreat to their suburbs with the help of federal housing subsidies for G.I.s. Rut a look at the state and federal governments' attempt to put an east-west highway through town reveals a population ready and able to challenge authority. This fight, along with conflicts over building schools in the 1950s, made \Vest Hartford a Hall to the Hall High School auditorium next door. place shaped by conflict and community activism. Townspeople expressed strong opposition to a Citizens fended off building the highway for more plan that would have sent the highway from Prosthan 15 years. pect Street at Warrenton directly west, running beBy 1949, 60 percent of the traffic that entered tween Boulevard and Farmington Avenue. Just west Hartford from the west came from West Hartford. of the Kingswood School, it would turn south to The local east-west roads—New Britain Avenue, follow Trout Brook to Taylor Road, where the highPark Road and Farmington Avenue—were clogged way section from Corb ins Corner would meet it. with traffic and the state felt an east-west highway In 1950, the Town Council approved a more would help solve the traffic problem. southerly route that would have gone from ProsThis town's population in 1950 stood at about pect at Park, through the World War II housing 62,000, a leap of more than 25 percent since 1940. project, Oakwood Gardens (now Kennedy Park), up The population grew as the insurance industry in Oakwood Avenue and through the South Quaker Hartford prospered. Lane World War II housing. Town residents, who fashioned themselves as the But the state did not follow through at that time. residents of an upscale residential community, did Planners had as many as eight possible routes for not believe the highway was necessary and thought the highway by 1956. it would split the town in half and ruin its residenIn January 1956, 350 residents met at Smith tial character. School to protest the highway and formed the EastThe first plans for the highway were floated in West Residents Association, elected permanent of1945. In this plan, the highway would have gone ficers and voted to oppose "Plan C" as proposed by through the center of town. At the first public meet- the state Highway Department. Residents believed ing in 1948, 500 protesting residents showed up, that by widening the main east-west arteries, stagforcing officials to move the meeting from the Town gering work hours in Hartford and installing one-
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believed they still might stop the road. but most realized they could only revamp the plan by that point, particularly what they called then the "butterfly approaches to the highway which residents saw taking up too much land. The Federal Bureau of Roads finally approved the east-west highway project in January' 1960. 15 years after the first plan was floated. Still, some town councilors wanted to appeal the decision because the federal government had not done enough to consider the economic consequences to the town. But the majority of the town was resigned to the highway. The state had already spent about S5 million buying properties along the route. By 1961, the plan that would have taken 18 homes 10 years earlier now took 144. This led to a loss of S5 million on the town's Grand List. By this time, resigned to the highway', some town councilors argued that commercial property along the route, especially at Corbin's Corner and Prospect, would increase in value. Plans moved forward to start construction in October 1962. But there was one more surprise in store for the residents just west of South Main Street and north of New Britain Avenue. Engineers decided that it was too difficult to run the highway over South Main Street. This meant that eight houses on Brightwood Lane would have to be torn down because of the grade of the hill
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the rose garden in 1977, it was there that the group's Collias of the public outrage. vice president of the Friends of I s.liza - It was in such a climate that the Friends of Elizaefforts began. beth Park, well remembers a certain period it the bah Park was born in 1977. Over the decades, volunteers, most of whom are nud-1970,. As then-president of the West I fart- from Hartford and \Vest Hartford, have increasIt wasn't that park workers hadn't been capable tord iarden ( lob. sIte wa, helping advi,e I Iartford's and hard-working, explained the group's president, ingly organized to weed its beds, help staff fertilize former superintendent of Lisa Silvestri, a Hartford and mulch, as well as create memorial beds and doparks. native and West Hartford nate benches. "It's just amazing how many l'o,LIC was his tryino, Member and consultant rosarian Donna Fuss inresident. people come, and they're all so cope with a City (:ouncil "There were not enough dicated that, in addition to researching and purchasgrateful. "—Nancy Mixter actively iluestioning the of them," she said. "It ing roses, she conducts tours of the garden, mostly economic ofIlizabrought the need for the in June, and holds three rose workshops a year. kill Park, owned by the city but whose land is private sector to come in and say, 'How can we help Of course, Elizabeth Park wouldn't be what it is rno,tly ii \Ve,t I lartlord. without the annual Rose Festival, which has been you:' :osts at the park. founded in 1897 by the estate A volunteer and non-profit organization, the held since 1904 and usually during the third week olthe 1,1IC (]1.1rIcN Pond and honoring his wile, were Friends' work has always fast outstripping municipal resources. While the been to raise funds, procouncil was actively considering plowing under the mote and help maintain Programs to challenge your mind and enrich your soul. A beautiful 19th-century building. park's internationally celebrated rose garden. the the park—everything Openness to a changing world. A strong sense of mission to the city of Hartford. mayor proposed a SI fee for entering the possible to make sure its Outstanding music. Thoughtful preaching. grounds. decline never returns. 'I le was almost tarred and leathered. said Ms. With the sorry state of by Stephen L. Purdy
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Tina Collias stands amid the perennial beds at Elizabeth Park. She is vice president of the Friends of Elizabeth Park, a volunteer support group. —
Photo by Nick Lacy in June. "It's just amazing how many people come," said Friends board member and town resident Nancy Mixter. "And they're all so grateful." Once the Friends' presence had taken root in the rose garden, its ideas and muscle turned to efforts to renovate the park's Pond House (named after its founder and near his original, home) and restore the perennial and rock gardens. For the Pond House, group efforts included developing concept drawings and raising $500,000 towards the actual contracting. Renovations have included a new restaurant and auditorium/banquet facility. Ms. Silvestri explained that, with perennial and rock gardens having been part of the original park but long gone to weeds, the group's goal was not to copy them, but restore them as close as possible to the park's original concept. The key to all these successes and other Friends projects, she added, is collaboration with city. The park is run by Hartford's Public Works Department, which oversees its municipal services such as mowing and snow plowing. In addition, public works tends facilities such as the tennis and basketball courts, the baseball diamond and playground, and the greenhouses where the plants are grown and then transferred each spring to its celebrated annual garden. Ms. Silvestri said de-
velopment and implementation of work at both the Pond House and the restored gardens were particularly strong examples of the group working well with the city. "Friends worked with the city to say, 'This is what we'd like to do, where we'd like to do it—if we give you this gift, we would like you to work with us on the maintenance of it.' Keys to cooperation, she added, were flexibility and continued feedback, each step of the way and on both sides. "What's the goal here?" she said they all asked, and "what arc you good at, versus what are we good at?" Numerous Friends members cite park Foreman Robert Prill as another reason the Friends and park staff work so well together. Anne Stone, another member from town, is coordinator of the group's "Adopt-a-Bed program," where participants weed one or more rose beds per season. She said that Mr. Prill, in addition to being tireless, can work in seamless fashion with the volunteers' rhythms. As soon as they've weeded beds, she explained, he's quick to add mulch. "That makes the volunteers feel good," she said, "knowing that they're not going to come back the following month and have to start all over again." Indeed, Ms. Silvestri said that both sides regularly remember an ultimate goal, maintenance of the park that Mr. Pond wanted. "A public park for all the people to enjoy," Ms. Elizabeth Park, page 20
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It's at the greenhouses that the Friends will next with the city on planning and implementation of all collaborate on the park's next big capital project. the projects, the group watches its funds closely. Roth sides agree on the work and portions of As the city works with architects on issues ranging contribution, she explained, before planting, con- from watering systems to plant benches and handicapped access, the Friends are raising funds. struction or festivities are started. Ms. Silvestri said that, as with other projects, they Friends keep individual donors informed of actual work as it proceeds. Upon completion, billing all try to keep their collective eye on the overall goal. "You're going to grow flowers in it," she said of is produced from the city and the Friends pays their the new facilities, "that are going to be used in the portion. Treasurer Michael Fuss confirmed that funds are gardens and all over the city." With discussions on the new greenhouses in the drawn mostly from the group's annual mailing/ works for a couple of years, Ms. Silvestri added that fundraiser. He said that contributions are broad based, from she hopes actual work will get going next year. "It's been there since 1898," she said. individuals, groups and corporations throughout the "We're thinking in the state and country. long term, and it helps us Key donors include the "Our goal is to work with the city to be patient in the short Ethel Donaghue Trust for of Hartford and West Hartford, term." Elizabeth Park and the which has regulatory authority, to With the park on the Hartford Foundation for National Register of HisPublic Giving. facilitate responsible management toric Places, and its rose While it's with the city of the park."—Lisa Silvestri and annual gardens in the that the Friends has primaSmithsonian Institution's rily collaborated, the group also interacts with various municipal officials here Archive of Gardens, the Friends' most important job now may be keeping people interested to the point in town. Where building changes are required, approval is the park is never again even considered for deterioration. required by West Hartford planners. "Our goal is to work with the city of Hartford As the group has worked increasingly with the town on building matters, it has developed a dia- and West Hartford, which has regulatory authorlogue on other issues involving the park. These in- ity, to facilitate responsible management of the clude periodic increases in traffic during festivals, park," Ms. Silvestri said. While raising money overall, she explained that at which time local municipal services have helped the Friends are committed to even the smallest coordinate the flow of vehicles. While Elizabeth Park naturally draws on Hart- amenities in keeping the park fresh and vibrant. "We intend to continue to publicize it, to help ford and %Vest Hartford, its reach is regional and beautify it," she said. beyond. Indeed, she and the other members of the Friends "I think it's terribly important to people, not just in the West Hartford area, but all the commu- of Elizabeth Park remember all too well that question about the rose garden's survival more than 20 nities nearby," Ms. Mixter said. "It's just wonderful to come on a Saturday and years ago, and are determined never to have to revisit see it filled with people."
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Silvestri said, "and to honor his wife's name. A related collaboration, and promotion of Elizabeth Park, comes at an annual flower show at the Hart ford Exposition Center, which is geared to those in the nursery business and held each winter. Known particularly for its forced roses, astonishing in the winter months, the park's display features two representatives at all Hines, volunteers often made up of Friends members and park gardeners. While answi,l'ing, questions, they're able to tell VICWas of key upcoming park events, such as a flowering bulb show in the greenhouses and, later, tree and bird walks and a dried flower show. 'l'own resident and member Becky Thomas, who has helped the group plant around the Pond House, recently worked the expo event. She explained that the park's display had been placed near the exposition building's entrance and that everyone filed by it. "We saw tons of people," she said, "and it was just a real P.R. kind of thing." Nancy' Mixter, who is also donor chairwoman of the Friends, represents another kind of public relations effort in her work with memorial donations for flower beds. "I spend a lot of my time checking the beds," she said, "and making sure the donors are pleased with t hem." Ms. Mixter added that donors find this a strong way to honor their loved ones, and that they sometimes contribute considerable amounts. • "So I think it's only right that we pay attention , , to their requests," she said. Ms. Silvestri can't say enough about this level of dedication and her broad base of volunteers. "They're all wonderful people, and they work really hard," she said. She added that, while the Friends work closely
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Scott Broder recently opened the Broder Group, a lull-service real estate firm at 43 North Main Street. The owner and manager, he has been licensed in real estate for 14 years. The Broder Group deals with residential sales, appraisals, business brokering and commercial leasing and sales. Its primary focus will be the West iartford market.
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Four local certified public accounting firms participated in the second annual CPA Fall Food Drive. The event was sponsored by the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and proceeds were donated to Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank. Local firms which participated were: Blum, Shapiro & Company; Filomeno & Company; Gitlin, Campise, Pascoe & Blum; and Kostin, Ruffkess & • Company. Food items were collected during the months of October and November.
Konover wins Hoyt's contract
Konover Construction Corporation was awarded a contract by Hoyt's Cinema Corporation to serve as general contractor for a new four-theater complex planned in Wilton. The project is scheduled for completion in June. Last year, Konover built a Hoyt's Cinema at Simsbury Commons and it is currently serving as general contractor for a new Hoyt's in Providence, R.I., which, when completed, will be one of the largest along the eastern seaboard. Konover Construction Corporation completed more than 2.4 million square feet of construction in 1999.
La Perla receives J.A. designation
Jewelers of America has awarded Robert La Perla of La Perla Ltd. its J.A. certified senior management professional designation,. the second level of that program. It evaluates the facts, processes, procedures, terms and concepts that jewelry store managers encounter in their daily work. To be certified, the candidate must demonstrate proficiency in each skill to an acceptable national — standard. La Perla Ltd. is a member of Jewelers of America, a national trade association for retail jewelers with more than 10,000 members.
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The local Prudential Connecticut Realty office captured high honors in the northern region for the fourth quarter of 1999. It ranked third for the number of closed residential units in its category, closing a total of 243 units resulting in $46.9 million in sales.
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"By September 1, a new days of the week: anywhere from five to seven. Af- program will be instituted here at Hartford Hospiweight control and immunizations. tevhey're comfortable with the length of time, they tal: every patient will be screened for their eligibilThe first two areas, particularly weight, are often linked to health problems including cardiac disease can increase intensity whether it be adding hilly ter- ity upon admission to the hospital and be vaccinated which includes heart attacks and strokes, rain to the daily walk, or the incline on the tread- before they're discharged. The only patients who shouldn't receive a flu vaccine arc those who are hypercholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and respira- mill or the tension on a stationery bicycle." People in this special program offered by Hart- undergoing chemotherapy, are on immune-supprestory diseases. An interesting statistic provided by Ms. Reardon who coordinates a six-week weight manage- ford Hospital are referred by their physicians be- sant drugs, have egg allergies or on in their first triment program for people who are at least fifty pounds cause of health problems related to their weight. The mester of pregnancy. The pneumonia vaccine is effective on at least overweight and are being treated by a physician for general rule is that before anyone over the age of 50 one of these health problems is; "85% of people with begins a vigorous workout program, that they check twenty-three strains of pneumonoccal forms of the non-insulin-type diabetes are overweight. Even a 5 to with their doctor. Obviously, those with orthope- disease. The nurse practitioner explained, "At least 10% weight loss will markedly decrease these illnesses." dic and/or chronic health problems should allow 25% of all pneumonias have become antibiotic resistant and again it's cheap. Unlike the flu vaccine, Working with a team that includes Dr. Ellen for an easier exercise program. The last health concern that Ms. Reardon wanted it's administered just once in a lifetime and espeDornelas, a psychologist; Dr. Meg Gaughan who is a nutritionist connected with St. Joseph's College; and to stress was the importance of immunizations for cially recommended for those over 65." She conLori Krueger, who is a master's level exercise physiolo- every person particularly those who are 55 and over cluded, "The biggest side effect from either of these gist, patients are encouraged "to change their lifestyle for flu and those over 65 for pneumonia. ''The com- vaccines is a sore arm for a few days which is worse by eating differently and becoming more active. I ad- plications from flu contribute to still high death than the complications that can often lead to death. dress the person's level of motivation and commitment to change which is a big factor in the success of the program." She continued, "We For over forty years, Avery don't use the term 'diet' Heights has been at the because that has a connotation of short-term forefront of Healthy Aging. versus good nutrition for life. We also try to use The Heights was developed in the term "more active" 1991 to provide a gracious instead of "exercise" per independent residence with se, as many get scared priority access to a world of away by that term." Small changes that health care services. can be effective are "cutting down on the portion size. When people are faced with the idea that they can never eat steak again, we try to stress that they maybe should At The Heights, a premiere independent living community, your health and only have it once a security is just as important as your independence. month. We suggest that instead of eliminating Your private apartment sits atop scenic Cedar Mountain, among 43 acres of something entirely they flowering gardens and park-like grounds. 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by Doug Maine \Vho could be better prepared to advise a fledgling entrepreneur than someone with a lifetime of bUsiness experience? 1 hat's the philosophy behind the Service Corps of Retired Executives, better known as SCORE, a nonprofit Organization with 12,000 volunteers nationwide. The group's volunteer counselors may be retired in name, but they are by no means content to stay on the sidelines, not when they can use their decades of accumulated wisdom to help someone succeed in business. "Our charter is to assist small businesses either get started or assist them on any problem areas they may be having," said Robert H. DeSmith, 69, of Simsbury, a counselor who will take over in October as chairman of Greater Hartford SCORE Chapter 56. On SCORE's roster of volunteer counselors are people with a range of professional backgrounds, including accounting, engineering, manufacturing and running various types of businesses. SCORE is an independent organization affiliated with the fed-
eral Small Business Administration (SBA). The greater Hartford chapter of SCORE, which has 41 members, offers free, in-person counseling from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays at the Business Information Center (BIC) at the SBA office at 330 Main St. in Downtown Hartford. Other services SCORE's regional chapter offers include: counseling at 11 satellite offices; free seminars on business topics; and daylong workshops on the second Tuesday of each month, except August, at Rensselaer at Hartford. The charge to attend a workshop is S20. Experts in various fields, including attorneys and certified public accountants, often donate their services to take part in workshops. "We also provide email counseling services ... through the national SCORE web site," Mr. DeSmith said. "I get sometimes e-mail requests from Hawaii and Alaska." Downsizing at various corporations in recent years has spurred many former employees to think about becoming their own boss. These would-be entrepreneurs have often availed themselves of the experience and knowledge of SCORE volunteers. "It's really been kind of a golden era for SCORE coun-
selors," Mr. DeSmith said. "Occasionally we find diamonds in the rough," he said, people with good ideas and the right kind of background for starting up a business. "It's a pleasure working with those people." In his counseling, Mr. DeSmith said he stresses the importance of a business plan, both to show potential lenders and as a personal roadmap. In some cases, "counselors go out in the field and see our clients," said Robert Cornell, 74, of West Hartford, current chairman of Chapter 56. He recalled having made several trips to Torrington to counsel a man who had inherited a machine shop from his father and was floundering. Naturally, not everyone is really prepared to run their own business, and sometimes the best thing a SCORE counselor can do is help a client come to that realization. "You can pretty much tell after the first sessions," Mr. DeSmith said, whether the person has the knowledge and the "fire in the belly." Rather than actively discourage a would-be entrepreneur, Mr. Cornell said counselors try to be optimistic while also pointing out all of the steps
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Robert Cornell of West Hartford is chairman of Greater Hartford Chapter 56 of SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives.
that need to be taken before a business should be started. "I think we do a big favor there. Once in a while it's obvious they shouldn't go into business. We don't want to be a wet blanket because with some people the fire has not blossomed yet," he said.
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Team (SWHAT). Mr. Cornell said he's busy but still isn't putting in nearly as many hours as he did when he was working full-time. "You are busy, but it's a different kind of busy-ness," he said. Mr. Goldman retired from the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. in 1973, after serving as the firm's northeast regional manager, which included managing customer service centers and working with many small customers. "When I got through. I tried various ways of using my time," he said. At the time, the local SCORE chapter had 12 members. "The satisfaction, probably by sitting down eye to eye with people and trying to help them pays off," Mr. Goldman said. Nowadays, he said people going
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they undergo training, which includes attending workships and sitting in on counseling sessions, Mr. Cornell said. Nobody counsels on their own until they feel ready. I yrically, he said a counselor and client meet two or t hree times a month. "You can be deeply involved in these things," he said. 'Elie bottom line, though, is that the volunteer counselors advise only. They can show a client how to write a business plan and apply for loans, but we do not actuallY.do the work," he said. "We don't want to run the business." Mr. Cornell, who holds a doctorate degree in aerospace engineering and co-invented a propeller tan, spent 40 years at Hamilton Standard. As chief of applied mechanics and aerodynamics, he headed a technical group with 36 employees. "That tends to give you the background for managing because that's a business within a business," he said. Besides being involved with SCORE since 1989, Mr. Cornell has run twice for state senate and once for a seat in the state House of Representatives. He writes letters and testifies at public hearings. He has also served for 28 years as treasurer of the Yale Science and Engineering Association and is a member of the Senior West Hartford Advocacy
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into business have a different attitude about how tough it is, competition and putting away their money for retirement and so on," he said. Mr. DeSmith, a SCORE volunteer since 1991, said, "being retired I needed something constructive to do. I have participated on several town committees, and I found that less than rewarding." Through his volunteer work with SCORE, he said, "you learn something every time you counsel someone." Retired from Hamilton • Standard where he was a program manager for environmental control system programs, Mr. DeSmith said, "I spend a lot of time motoring up, tp (Northern) New England to see the grandkids. I have a son in Maine and a son in New Hampshire. I put a lot of miles on my car." As for SCORE success stories, he mentioned a woman who wanted to expand a computer-tutoring business in the inner city. He helped her put together a plan and determine how many clients she'd need to break even, and insisted she get enough clients lined up before starting. She got a loan through the Hartford Economic Development Company (HEDCO), and he said, "she's off and running." From his nearly three decades as a counselor, Mr. Goldman recalled, "I have one (client) that I've had for 20 years, two brothers and a woman who own a packaging business . . . They've done well through the years, and I like to think I was part of it." For more information about Greater Hartford SCORE Chapter 56 is available online at: score56.og or by calling (860) 251 7 7000. Information about the national SCORE organization can be found at www. score 0 rg.
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by Stephanie Ride Helen Lawrence never liked the way her breasts looked. Ever. So at the age of 60 she 'decided to do something about it. "I'm very pleased," said Ms. Lawrence. now 61, of Manchester. "I wished I had breasts that looked like this all my life." • Ms. Lawrence had a breast lift performed by Dr. Harold Beam of West Hartford, whose office is in Glastonbury. She also had a bit of liposuction and a lace lift. "I have known that I wanted to have something done about my body for quite awhile," said the vivacious woman. She had never had cosmetic surgery before and heard about Dr. Beam from a friend. What impressed her was the free consultation offered after attending one of his seminars. "I didn't know his work," she said, but "I felt that that wa, very good pi she said of the offer. She spoke with other clients of Br. Beam's and was pleased with the doctor after meeting with him. She also felt he was conservative, which she liked. She said she wasn't scared of the surgery but a bit apprehensive. "I'm totally thrilled with this," she said. "You just can't even believe what a wonderful doctor he is." She doesn't have the breasts ola teenager, as they arc :los appropriate, but they are better than they have ever been and make her feel better than ever. In fact. she said she practically walked around nude after the operation she was so pleased. '[he liposuction she had at the same time was for lump on her left thigh at hip level that accumulated after a falL She said it was not above the shorts level but below bathing suit level. She said she always felt 'as if people were looking at her.
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She said she was worried about that procedure but is pleased with the results, as well. "You'd never even know. They look exactly the same," she said. Ms. 1.awrence described herself as terribly squeamish with a low tolerance for pain, but she said her recovery was not bad at all with very little pain or bruising. The liposuction had the worst bruising. There was swelling in her breasts and her face, but at best it was inconvenient to sleep on her back for two weeks. And she couldn't exercise. Two weeks after the breast lift and liposuction on her thigh, she had her face lift. She was put under for both procedures.
"I had jowls and serious folding of the skin on my neck," she said. "I looked like Nixon." She said she was a 30-year smoker and serious tanner until she was 45. She also had a stressful job. She is now retired and a non-smoker, non-tanner. "I do not look like a teenager," she said. Not that she didn't want to, she said with a laugh.
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�exception. He said those 55 and older — male and female — represent between 35-40 percent of his business. In younger people it is often a question of not being happy with how their body looks. He said the most common procedure for the younger set includes liposuction, breast augmentation and rhinoplasty nasal surgery. In the older set the most common procedures are face lifts, eve lid surgery, and procedures for skin resurfacing. "People that have gotten older remember a youthful looking body and they may feel young. They're mentally younger, have good diets, exercise and they feel physically younger, but when they look into the mirror they just don't like the appearance that they're seeing. They try to regain a more youthful appear-
ance and put it hack into harmony with the way that they feel internally," he said. Over the past five years or so, Dr. Beam said he has seen more men arriving at his office. But the practice is still primarily utilized by women — 75 percent. He said the men he has worked with have been interested in face lifts and eye lid surgery. He said another procedure men undergo is called ,71:necomastia, or removal of male breasts. The procedure usually involves liposuction to remove excess fatty tissue. Men are also receiving liposuction for other areas, as well. He said older patients vary in terms of their experience with plastic surgery, he said some are firsttimers and some are repeat patients.
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"Most people don't want to do cvervt ng at o ne time and it's a lot easier to do a little bit and then a couple years later do something else to maintain ones' appearance. It's very much like keeping your house up to date. One year you might fix up one room, another year another room and other years you might paint. The same analogy applies." he said. A concern that younger patients do not have is health issues. Dr. Beam said it's important to be in good health. "Having some of these other medical problems does not preclude surgery, but we have patients see their medical doctor to make sure their blood pressure is under control, diabetes, etc." He said if heart problems, including haviAo, bypass or a pacemaker, are controlled and the primary doctor has given his or her okay, then work can proceed. "You don't want to work on unstable patients," he said. Some patients that are given the okay are operated on in a hospital to ensure double protection. Most patents have their work done right in Dr. Beam's Glastonbury office, which has all needed emergency equipment. The oldest patient Dr. Beam has worked on was in her 70s. It was her third face lift. As Americans are living longer and are more healthy it seems only logical that older adults are trying to look their best. But plastic surgery still has its limits. A face lift lasts an average of eight years, he said. Facelift longevity depends on factors such as skin type and if the person is a smoker, drinks alcohol excessively or abuses the skin with excessive sun exposure. But once a face lift is had it does not mean you have to keep getting them. "Basically when you have a face lift essentially it's just a rolling back the clock a bit on your appearance but once you have the procedure you continue to age after that and typically most patients are happy with their appearance for about eight years or so and then they might consider doing something else to rejuvenate them again."
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assessment," said Mr. Roman. "People have emotional attachments to the exercises they used to do," Mr. Roman said. "The is set up to avoid areas of weakness. With a trainer a client can be evaluated as to what should be worked on. An important thing for seniors to consider is the reality of their age and that they may not be able to get back to their peak physical condition like when they were younger. Instead, reasonable goals have to be developed based on the present physical condition of a client. "What's acceptable surprises people," said Mr. Roman, referring to when he measures a client's percentage of body fat and lean mass, which varies between men and women. One misconception people may have is that their goal is to lose weight. The reality is that once an exercise routine has been established an individual may actually gain weight. This is not a serious condition, rather as more muscle mass is added to the body and as bone density increases, an individual's weight can increase. During his sessions with clients, Mr. Roman uses materials typically not found in a health centerr gym. Things such as free weights or exercise tubing (resistance bands) are often a part of his program. An individual's program may focus on such things as correct posture and the prevention of osteoporosis, and stretching. One of his goals as a personal trainer is to move seniors enjoying general good health towards the primal movement patterns that consist of squatting, lunging, bending, in addition to walking, jogging and running, as well as pushing, pulling and twisting. "If you can't, then you must," he sai$i referring to the patterns of movement. There are two ways in which Mr. Roman works with his clients to keep them motivated. One is to document all the small increments a client mares toward their goal. This could mean marking down when a client loses one pound in a week. It may not sound like a much, but it all adds up to four pounds a month or 52 pounds a year. "I want to keep that in their awareness," said Mr.
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Roman. "It can be discouraging, it's important to know they are making progress." it R oman has not worked with a client bet ire and therefore does not have any documentation on their success, he wants to learn from the client what their condition was before they started to work together. For example. some clients with grandchildren are able to stay involved with their fitness routine because they want to he able to keep up with the grandchildren. Oth,rs nay have had a physical scare, such as a heart attack. and want to improve themselves so it will not h.11Tc11 again. 'Tye had people who have had several heart attacks.' said Mr. Roman. "When we get going they
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stopped," said Sandra Diamond, 53, a holistic practitioner, who also works out at Healthtrax in Newington. Following the death of her mother, Ms. Diamond wanted to take a pro-active step in dealing with her grief, so she turned to exercise. The benefits are tremendous," she said. "It relaxes you, it lowers your blood pressure, it helps with depression and arthritis," said Ms. Diamond, who comes to the fitness center at least three times a week. Another motivating factor in sticking with a regular health program is when she returned from a trip to Nepal. Ms. Diamond said she can remember the hikes she went on while on her trip and how she felt so out of shape, she knew when she got back home she had to do something. Across the room was Libby Cohn, 62, who was working with personal trainer Paul Morse on some of the machines. "I was the original couch potato." said Ms. Cohn. "My only exercise was walking through the mall and
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"She continues to progress through the program with tremendous gains," said Mr. Morse. Ms. Cohn said the last time she visited her doctor he teased her and wanted her to just sit in his waiting room so that all his other patients could see what exercise could do for them. "People say how great I look," said Ms. Cohn. "I say I go to the gym." "If you become inactive, the older you get the more disease is possible," said Ms. Nauseda, using cardiac conditions and diabetes as examples. "Some people don't put it as a priority until they are older," she said, about taking care of themselves. A person's level of health can have an iinpact on their lifestyle. One of the things Mr. Rubler considers is the outcomes Qf exercise, not only does exercise impac't a person's health, but it has the potential to impact a person's level of independence. "The outcomes I want to see is that they can take a walk around the block, or walk their dog or climb stairs," Mr. Rubler said.
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his or her O.K. it is just a matter of finding a type of exercise that works best. Some of the men and women who use Healthtcli.7 in Newington have been referred to the facility by a• doctor, perhaps to continue where their physical therapist left off. We give them a program called Stay Fit," Ms. Nauseda said. "We'll put a program together based on what the physician recommended." The facility will also provide a checklist of things that a person should see a physician for. "We educate seniors in how to understand their heart rate and how it may be impacted CY different medications they are taking," said Ms. Nauseda. Once approval by their physician has been given, Mr. Rubler said the next thing is "to come in with a good mental attitude." For those new to exercise, when starting a program, Mr. Rubler will start slowly in order to not discourage anyone. "It's a journey," he said. "We want them to enjoy this and feel better about themselves." "If you take care of it (your body)," said Mr. Rubler, "it responds beautifully." '7. For those who prefer sunny Florida or Arizona instead of the gray wintry New England, and who want to continue with their exercise program, Mr. Rubler said that he has clients who decide to work with a personal trainer in order not to lose any of the benefits they have gained while away. "When I travel I look for clubs," said Ms. Young. "I can't go from a busy, working life to inactive mode," she said. "I want to feel good as long as I can." For more information on Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness in Newington, 375 East Cedar Street, call 666-8451. Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness in Glastonbury, 628 Hebron Avenue can be reacha at 652-7066. Vincent Roman and Associates can be reached at 231-9080.
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Kelly Callaghan Our society has changed so that today, many mothers are working mothers and dads, too). Stay-athome moms, the tradition that dates back to the beginning of time, still exists today for those who can afford it. But for those who either cannot afford foil-tune daycare for their children or would rather have family take care of their younger ones, many parents are turning toward their own parents as daycare providers. * 1;laire Webb of Simsbury is a grandparent who is enjoying her work as a caregiver to the next generation. As grandmother to 1 2-year old Alex and 8year old Kara, Mrs. Webb is at the home of her 'daughter and son-in-law 24-hours a day and although her grandchildren are a bit older, she was also there when they were younger. Mrs. Webb is there for her grandchildren before school and after school and is at the ready to help Alex with his spelling lessons; in their earlier \'ears, she watched the two children off and on during the week even though they attended some daycare and preschool. Mrs. Webb and her late husband moved from
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them is sick. I'm here so they don't have to worry about things." The trend toward grandparents as caregivers is becoming popular, she said. "Oh yes, you see grandparents out with their grandchildren all the time." While living in New Hampshire, Mrs. Webb babysat quite a bit and still volunteers her time to babysitting for children during church services on Sunday mornings at the First Church of Christ. There are benefits to both the grandparent and the grandchild, Mrs. Webb believes. "What do I get out of it? Enjoyment," she said. "Watching them grow, helping them with their homework. Satisfaction and companionship — I'm not alone. When I first came, they were here more than they were at home." What do the children get out of the relationship between grandparent and grandchild? "We have fun together. I play games with them, especially when their mother and father are gone. They're a very close family," she said. "They both love me and they loved their grandfather. When their mother says no, they come right over to grandma's."
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During the time that her husband was ill, Mrs. Webb did not have the chance to get out and about in the community. While they were living in New Hampshire, Mrs. Webb said she was very active. "I was into so many things," she said. "Church and clubs, I used to go out all of the time." Does she feel like she's missed out because she watches her grandchildren? "No ... it's a blessing to be in Connecticut with my grandchildren." Now with the grandchildren a little older, Mrs. Webb has more time to venture out, like the trip she is taking with the seniors in town. Her daughter, Kara and Alex are planning to travel to Florida with Alex's traveling basketball team, but on this trip Mrs. 'Webb will stay behind. "I'll have some peace and quiet," she joked. "But sometimes I get lonesome and miss them."
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Basanti Dey Chakraborty, an assistant professor Of education at Centr:d Connecticut State Univeritv, was named woman of the year for 1999 by the American Biographical Institute. Dr. Dev Chakraborty was also cited as one of the 2,000 outstanding intellectuals of the 20th century by the International Biographical Center of Cambridge, iag,land. Amy' Stewart Robinson was selected as a Futttight Scholar to research women's issues at Victoria University in New Zealand. She graduated, maga cum Aide, from Harvard University. Eighth grader Alex Lopez and seventh grader Laura Armstrong of King l'hilip Middle School had t heir writing chosen for publication in Connecticut Student Writers, a statewide magazine which honors writing excellence by those in grades K-12. Dorothy Tegeler, an eighth grader at King Philip
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It didn't help that the restaurant initially elected to keep the name Rockledge Restaurant. furthering the "members only" impression. So the family got busy to turn things around. In 1997. they asked the West Hartford Town 'Council if they could change the name to Faenza's on Main. In December, the name was officially changed and new signs at the entrances to the golf club were installed. Lettering on the building itself, however, continues to read Rockledge Restaurant. When that gets changed, so much the better. Faenza says the response to the name change has been
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Jamie Pulito used a piece of wood to write her name in the gravel at Elizabeth Park.
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Kurt Lichen, singer and leader of the musical group Bicycle, turns to take a shot during a game of bike polo at Elizabeth Park. Band members are riding their bikes the length of their East Coast tour.
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While public relations is a major thrust of his An officer has patrolled the Center on foot for the assignment, he is always ready for a call for service. past six years and additional beats used to exist in Those conversations can often begin as small talk, A typical stroll down Farmington Avenue was in- other neighborhoods, such as Elmwood. "We used to have lots of walking beats," said may evolve into discussions of public safety is- terrupted by a radio transmission from headquarsues. People will tell him about problems, about ters reporting a dispute in the Brace Road municipal Police Chief James Strillacci. The walking patrol in the Center began in the suspicious persons, about what happened over the parking lot. late 1980s, with officers assigned for periods of three weekend. Within a minute, Officer McKeown scooted or four months at a time. But the first dedicated This intelligence-gathering aspect of the job is down an alley and was at the scene. vital. It has helped him solve more than one crime It took some adjustment to get used to walking, patrol was established in 1994 when Officer Vincent retired, was assigned to walk the and allowed him to intervene before a small prob- rather than driving, for eight hours a day. But he Tomasulo,now lem became a major one. works hard to keep in shape and now loves his daily beat on a daily basis. He was followed by Officer Joseph Leone, who As we walked along with Officer McKeown, patrol. served in that role from people constantly waved and offered greetings. A The other men and 1997 until his retirement at 4inan in a van pulled over to talk with him in the women in blue can have the "People like to see an officer on the the end of last year, and parking lot behind the former 3D Bed & Bath build- cars, thank you. street. He stops to talk to people, since this April by Officer ing. "The first couple of not just the merchants, but people McKeown. An out-of-town motorist flagged him down on days, I was pretty tired," he "You get to know the La Salle Road for directions to a local store. Fur- said. "My feet hurt a little, on the street."—Barbara Lerner people who live and work ther down the street, he placed a parking ticket on but I like it." Officer McKeown deliberately mixes up his pat- there," said Chief Strillacci. "A foot officer is very the windshield of a Jeep which was parked in a noparking zone. tern, just in case someone is contemplating robbing approachable." He believes it is important for the officer to know Turning the corner onto Farmington Avenue, he a store or pulling off some other form of nefarious the unique problems and geography of the central warned some adolescents not to ride their bicycles mischief. on the sidewalk. He doesn't constantly walk around the same business district. The chief added that the area is Then he checked on the progress of a store un- block, but checks out the parking lots, rear sides of too congested to properly patrol it in a car, or even on a bicycle. der renovation. buildings and other areas. Each officer has left his mark on the area. Of"I don't have a pattern. I wander as I see fit," he He's getting to know the cars, too. That's a plus, ficer Tomasulo taught crime prevention skills to the because one of the ongoing issues in the Center for said. He grew up in town and went to school here, merchants. many years has been employees who park in front Officer Leone was the force behind the signs reof the stores, taking prime spaces away from cus- valuable assets in this particular assignment. And minding motorists to comply with laws protecting Comet S. he's being reunited with people from his past. "I've bumped into two people recently that I pedestrians in crosswalks. The officer keeps a particularly close eve on those Although still new to the post, Officer McKeown mete rs. haven't seen since high school," said the Hall High will get the chance to put his imprint on the area, graduate. License E1-184925 FULLY INSURED The concept of a walking beat is not new in town. too.
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"I think he's going to do real well," the chief said. He praised the officer as having the kind of personality and approach to his work which will break the ice and make people more comfortable in dealing with the police department. That can also translate into increased public vigilance, a great aid tc law enforcement. "His presence enforces the good values" everyone in town wants to see in the Center, Chief Strillacci said. "There are good people on the street" who will help Officer McKeown with that effort.
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by Alicia B. Smith Hanging the American flag on a pole is standard procedure for public buildings. The flag can be seen outside of schools, town halls and police departments. .0n occasion, the flag can be seen flying outside of someone's home. But one local neighborhood has a special way of adding a patriotic flair to its surrouudings. Westpoint Terrace is a typical suburban street. The houses are lined up in an orderly fashion. Lawns are kept neat and trim. And a row of trees are located at the sidewalk's edge. On certain days of the year. the street gets "dressed up.'' Brian and Shawn Hussey make sure it looks its best. They hang Old Glory along their street, not too far from Collard High School. The two brothers first venture up into the attic of their home at 87 Westpoint Terrace, where they take down 10 carefull-, rolled American flags. Then it's on to the kitchen to get "the chair" which will be used to help them reach the flag holders on the street's utility' poles. Within 20 minutes, each pole has a flag hanging from it and the street is ready for the upcoming celebrations. 'I he entire project began more than two years ago when the boys' father, Stephen Hussey, happened to drive down Ledgewood Road, off Webster Hill Road, and noticed a number of homes along that street flying the flag. It reminded him of his childhood, growing up on South Main Street, when it seemed everyone had a flag in front of their house. ' it seemed to me people are a lot less patriotic," said Mr. Hussey. "As a kid, Fverybody had a flag on their house. You just don't see flags that much any more. Nobody takes the time." "We made up a letter on the computer and sent it to everyone on both sides of the street." said Briac, explaining how the project got under way. The first
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year, only one neighbor responded. The following year, the boys sent out another letter and "everybody pitched in," said Brian. In their letter, the boys asked if neighbors would be willing to donate money' to purchase flags for every pole on the street. they then ventured to Home Depot to buy the flags, said Shawn. "It was great." said Mr. Hussey. "We got more people then we needed," he said of the response of his neighbors. "I thought it would be cool," said Brian, as to why he agreed to help out with the flags. Now,. on every national holiday—Memorial Day. Fourth of July, Labor Day and Veterans Day—the flags are put on the poles for the duration of the holiday' weekend. The winter holidays are excluded because of the potential for poor weather. The boy's also take the flags out for the yearly neighborhood block party'. The Saturday of the three-day holiday, after Brian and Shawn complete their paper route, is the scheduled time to hang the flags. "People have complimented us," said Mr. Hussey. "It really does look nice." Across the street and down the road, the boys' neighbor, Annette Volpe, not only noticed what they Brothers Brian and Shawn Hussey have taken it upon themselvertis decorate their neighborhood with have done, but also appreciates their efforts. flags for national holidays. "It's a unique site," Ms. Volpe said, remarking "I see them up and-down the street," Ms. Volpe on how when she opens the curtains in her front window she opens them to all the flags lining the said of her neighbors. "They are always friendly, outgoing and very respectful. They are a perfect exstreet. "It's a wonderful gesture on their part." Her job is down the road at Conard, and a num- ample of youth in West Hartford," she said of the ber of faculty' and staff have remarked to her how boys. The brothers have been trained as to how to propnice the street looks when it is decorated in its patriotic style. erly' care for the American flags and take care to "They remark what a beautiful site it is," she said. make sure the flags do not touch the ground. Mrs. Volpe, her husband and their two children Brian has a lot of experience handling flags bemoved to the neighborhood 36 years ago. 'At that cause of his participation in the Sedgwick Middle time many people living on the street were older. School Service Club, Each Memorial Day, the club Over the years, younger families have moved in, in- plants 1,000 flags on the graves of veterans in Fairview Cemetery. Will cluding, the Hussey
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by Stephen L. Purdy From as far back as he can remember, 31-year-old town resident and ticket broker Roderick Cardwell heard his father, explorer and pilot Nicholas Cardwell, say he wanted to fly to the North Pole, more than 3,000 miles away. And he always knew that, when that adventure did happen, he'd want to join in. When his father, an attorney who lived for 26 years in town before moving to Glastonbury, fulfilled his life-long wish this past April, Roderick Cardwell accompanied him. While he knew that the trip was a once-in-a lifetime chance with his father, he's an adventurous spirit in his own right. "I feel very fortunate and lucky," he said. "I love the north, I love the cold weather, I love the snow." Also on the trip were his girlfriend, Amanda Berge, his father's wife, Kim—also a licensed pilot—and three other pilot/adventurers. Not only was the trip two years in the making, it the pole. Roth decided they would share t lie trip ■Nit h five grew from years of the elder Mr. Cardwell' s detailed analysis and many connections with other experts. others, the proper number for travel in a necessary An attorney for 36 years, he learned to fly at age 18 hi4h-wino, Otter turbo-prop that they would charand flew to help put himself through school and t cr. In obtaining Canadian government permission for begin his practice. the trip, which would inHe also flew commerelude side journeys to locacially in Canada, broadly "I feel very fortunate and lucky. t ions such as the weather explored its Arctic regions 1 love the north, I love the cold station Fureka, military and Alaska and, over the weather, I love the snow."— base Alert. I:slcimo villages years, has explored the Roderick Cardwell and islands once mapped world's seven continents. out by British explorers, the A scouting trip in 1998, with friend and pilot Robert Peterson of Deep River, planner worked over time with the Canadian Attook Roderick Cardwell's father to Resolute, located mospheric Monitoring Division. Its questions would about 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle on include passenger information, itinerary and accommodations. Cornwallis Island. Plus, travelers would be required to sign an agre.. • He determined that the tiny town, which is home to both white Canadians and Inuit Indians, could merit holding the authorities harmless in the event serve as a base for a subsequent 900-mile journey to Cardwell, page 48
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He added he was delighted to witness his father and stepmother complete their most fond wish. e; ..- i sh a p. But .111 the red tape was worth it. Although the couple had married eight years ago, "Once we got there," he said of the (:anadian they'd always wanted a ceremony at the pole. They officials, "t hey couldn't have been any kinder or finally got it, performed by the airline captain and accommodating." witnessed by the other travelers. Timing. that last element in planning, was critiIt was like we weren't really fully married until cal. Such a trip could only be taken from late March we had this wedding at the North Pole," said his until early May, when there's constant light and the father. ice is solid. Mr. Peterson added that son and father are close 1 )esplt e careful planning, some cannot ultimately friends, and that it was right for Roderick Cardwell get to the pole due to adverse weather and that thlr- to share in this landmark moment. FOP ,Iinc frame for light conditions. "I think that made Roderick pretty happy, he "We got really lucky." Ms. Cardwell said. said, to be there and feel a part of that whole thing." The balance of the trip was packed with stimuli, With the seven-day trip beginning April 15, the group flew on (;anada's and all went smoothly with First Air to Resolute. the Otter. "Really what we did was kind of Two days back at Eureka The plane held commereasy compared to what these cial supplies for the tiny showed them its high-tech people did. You realize what it lab and balloon studies town, so those supplies took up most of its passenwhich provide critical inwould be like to be locked in the ger space. formation, such as the levice up there, or see your shipmate els of ozone, to worldwide After a night's rest, the die. "—Robert Peterson weather centers. big adventure began. PiRoderick Cardwell loyd by two First Air crew, thZ ,.')t ter took off for the two-part journey to the added that the few workers stationed at Eureka for months at a time were glad to see outsiders, discuss North Pole. F.quipped with kvheels and skis for landing, the their lives and stay- up late sharing some home-made craft's stops included a night's rest at Eureka, an- beer. "You get a little sense of what it's like for those other the following morning at the magnetic pole. and a Os stop WhIdl bei.UTIC a prolonged search for people," he s a id, "they work 12 hours a day, seven Jays a week. a yellow barrel in the shifting ice. At Resolute, the group studied local culture. Although the plane's left engine quit due to an You can't imagine how remote it is. his stepair lock as they approached the pole on the 17th. Roderick Cardwell's father said they were never in mother said of the local life, whose primary occupation is hunting. Homes, she added, arc colorful danger and the plane was restarted after laming?... "We probably had the first engine failure directly huts. "They paint them all bright colors, she said, over the pole," he laughed. saying that delays For repair would have been frustrating in the 30-below- "because everything's white up there. - The feeling of the town was more than they had cold. expected: it's where explorers go for comfort, it has "h was scary," countered Ms. Cardwell, "like a a new hotel with 10 guest rooms, private bathrooms Bermuda rriangle moment." Outside at the pole For less than .111 hour because and cable TV. .1'he facility is a key source of income for its Inuit of the teMpiratlire, exhilaration ruled for all of the owners and, run as a co-op. offers family style meals travelers. " 1 he greatest highlight." said Roderick Cardwell. at which the guests all eat together. While there. members of the group traveled on a "was just reaching (11C top of the world."
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20-foot dog sled with an Inuit hunter and witnessed Inuits return with a slain polar bear, already gutted and displayed. They added that the dogs are much larger than those seen in popular media, and are kept staked on the ice about a mile away from the village. In addition to stops at Alert, whose military base has the most northerly airport in the world, other visits included the Polaris Mine known for its rich zinc deposits, and Beechee Island with its monuments to explorers of the Northwest Passage. "Really what we did was kind of easy compared to what these people did," said Mr. Peterson upon viewing the monuments. "You realize what it would be like to be locked
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Roderick Cardwell (third from left; and these other intrepid adventurers traveled in the Otter turbo-prop seen behind them to the North Pole. They also visited small Alaskan villages and other Arctic sites.—Photos
courtesy' of the Cardwell family to sleep. in the ice up there, or sec your shipmate die." Still, she said they' saw a rainbow that completely Throughout the journey, Eskimo culture prevailed. The group visited Igaluit, the largest town circled the sun, and in looking up seeing- the sun in the eastern arctic, and Grise Fiord, .vhose popu- "throughout the day, doing a small circle." Mr. Peterson said it's almost impossible to exlation of 140 has the most northerly Eskimo vilplain the magical feeling, especially with the sunlage. "They fixed a beautiful dinner for us. Nicholas light. And the cold, though extreme, could have been worse. Cardwell said. "There was no wind," he explained,_ noting conThe group also visited Qaanaag, north of the Thule Air Force Base in Greenland and home to ditions were somewhat the reverse of 120-degree Eskimos displaced by the base and now dispursed heat in the desert. Along with sites, travelers met memorable fellow among several villages. Never at a loss for the humor of what makes us explorers. In Resolute, one fellow from Maryland all humans, they remember walking into the general was destined for the pole, one of the first to go in store there and seeing a sign on the bulletin board an open-air biplane. A number of Swedes were recovering from frostthat read: "Easter Egg hunt on Sunday. Meet at the bite after falling into water and ice crevasses while iceberg." Despite preparation, 24-hour sunlight was a chal- on cross-country skis. A Japanese group was en route lenge that some say is more difficult than the six to the pole by dog sled. Nicholas and Kim Cardwell said that, although months of darkness. "We were not prepared for how that was going many evlorers travel to the Arctic, only' two or three to affect us," Ms. Cardwell said, adding it was tough groups take similar journeys to theirs.
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The local delegation at the ground-breaking for the new University of Hartford Magnet School included from • left) Ron Van Winkle, David Sklarz, Barry Feldman, Madeline McKernan, Scott Kaiser, Nancy Rion, Theodore Sergi, Elizabeth BrassilHorak, Tim Buckley, Walter Harrison, Humphrey Tonkin, Rob Bouvier and Linda French.
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When he was growing up in Mansfield, Ohio, Mr. Pryor said there weren't a lot of opportunities to be exposed to the arts, at least not in person. "I always loved the opera," he said, "because 'el'. cry Saturday I listened to Texaco presenting the Metropolitan Opera (on the radio)." There was also a lot of music in his family. His brother plays the violin and a cousin is a conductor. The interest in music seemed to lead naturally to an affinity for the visual arts. But the arts are not the only beneficiaries of the Prvors' generosity. "They are not single-issue people. They enjoy giving, and they realize there are many needs in tie Millard and Claire community, and they demonstrate their generosity Pryor are this year's to many causes," Mrs. Sappington said. recipients of the United Not only have they supported the arts in many Way of the Capital ways, she said they have also supported education Area's Community and demonstrated their concern for the wider welService Award. fare of the community through their support of the longtime business partner, David Clark Jr. United Way and Camp Courant. What they bring is not just their gifts but leader"He has always served as a role model for me in terms of his interest in the arts and his philosophy ship, outstanding intellectual ability and inquiring for the arts," said Mr. Clark, a former president of spirits, said Mrs. Sappington. In many cases, Mr. Hartford Stage and currently capital campaign chair- Pryor has used his business acumen to improve the man for the Mark Twain House. health of va•rious non-profit organizations and In Mr. Pryor's view, the arts are a valuable com- cilitate their growth. munity resource. A case in point was Mr. Pryor's involvement in "The arts create an environment where you're able setting up the Amistad Foundation to acquire a to get people to come to your city," he said. unique collection of art and artifacts by and about Mr. Clark added, "He and Claire are really de- the African-American experience, so that it could voted to the idea that the quality of life for all of be displayed at the Wadsworth Atheneum. the people in Greater Hartford is significantly in"We had an opportunity to get a great collecfluenced by the quality of the arts in Hartford." Pryors, page 54
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graduated from college, I have never had a job that I didn't love." His wife said a friend accurately described her husband as one who "lives to work," not the other way around. While Mr. Pryor is proud of his accomplishments for the arts, he always found his "day job" just as rewarding. "(The arts) have not been retreats, nor do I think making the Hartford Symphony the second best symphony in New England—I don't consider that job—to have been any more noble than bringing (up) the stock prices of Lydall," he said. As to the source of the Pryors' generosity and dedication to giving, Mr. Clark suggested that it might go back to a tradition of tithing and responsibility for others in Mr. Prvor's family. "My grandparents came from a very simple backt. ' ground," Mr. Pryor said. "My grandfather ended up as a gas station attendant in Detroit, Mich., but was a very strongly religious man, and he tithed." His father, Millard H. Pryor Sr., had three brothers and a sister, and all went to college at the University of Michigan, as did Mr. Pryor and his daughters. His father chaired a local adoption board, and one of his uncles became a Methodist bishop in Detroit. Mr. Pryor's mother, Mary (Shapiro) Pryor, worked as a reporter for the Paris Herald-Tribune and the Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury around 19.30. Decades later, she was among the first Americans to visit Communist China after President Richard Nixon's historic trip there.
Mrs. Pryor's mother was a nurse like herself, and a role model. "During World War II, she volunteered to be a nurse at the Shore Road Hospital," said Mrs. Pryor, the former Claire Martin, who grew up in Brooklyn. The real root of philanthropy in the United States, Mr. Pryor believes, is the capitalist economic system. In countries where there are high government expenditures and churches, and where the arts and service organizations are supported by the state, he said there is little philanthropy. Plus, he said, "we have almost uniquely the concept that you can deduct the gift from your taxes." Another motivation for supporting the arts and other causes in a country where government is not so all-encompassing, he said, is, "basically, you know if you don't do it, it might not get done." A private institution like the University of Hartford gets little from the government, but still gives a great deal to the community, Mrs. Prvor added. Comparing the kinds of organizations he's been involved with, Mr. Pryor said, "I think the challenges in the non-profit world are at least as great as in the for-profit, if not more so," in large part because of chronic shortages oftesources. "The other thing they have to deal with is nutty people like myself who come in and they don't know as much about the business as they ought to know, and they have to deal with them," Mr. Pryor said. "It's just enchanting to be in their company," said Mrs. Sappington. "They're unassuming and fun they're awfully cute together." WHL
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by Mark Jahne A teenage girl seems to have the world at her fingertips. She is a high honors student, popular in school, highly skilled in sports and music, is involved in several clubs and extracurricular activities, and is a leader in volunteer work at her church or synagogue. So why does she have an eating disorder? Drs. Margo D. Maine and Robert J. Weinstein can tell you why. Licensed psychologists, they operate the Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group, LLC, at 970 Farmington Avenue, Suite 301. Both specialize in eating disorders and their prevention, identification and treatment. The pair has worked together in the past and decided to establish their own practice earlier this year. They serve as consulting directors of the Eating Disorder Program at the Institute of Living, the Mental Health Network of Hartford Hospital. Dr. Maine has authored several books on this subject including "Body Wars: Making Peace with Women's Bodies" and "Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters and Food." She travels extensively' around the country lecturing on this topic. "Eating disorders occur as a direct backlash to the ideal body image created by society," she said. "We live in a society which can cause people—especially women—to hate their bodies. "As a result, people try to 'correct' their body
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industries which put us at odds with our bodies" including the fashion, cosmetic and diet industries. She noted that American women spend 820 billion annually on cosmetics. The role of women in American society is currently undergoing a period of tremendous change, she added, which also complicates matters. While pay equity may still be a dream, there are more career opportunities than ever before. There isb-also the added pressure of increased cultural expectations in return for these expanded opportunities. Physical appearance is an expression of the competition between women in society', she said. The prevailing belief is the thinner you are, the better, because somehow that gives you power and appeal. "An average woman's body is not what the networks think sells, it's not sexy," she said. "To have more power, we have to have less body. That's very distressing." So what does sell? How about Ally McBe'al? Or the slender models on magazine covers. "We are still learning how to encourage hellthy competition among women," she added. "We are very ambivalent about women asserting themselves." The psychologist wonders if high school students, or for that matter anyone else, could name 10 highly successful American women who are in some field Disorders, page 56
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and more and more on men, to have that perfect body," he said. "Women are never happy with their bodies. It's worse than people think. They're not happy. They're not having a good life. "What happens is that they never feel good. Our .) patients go for size Cit' size 1," he said. Dr. Maine, with no joke intended, suggests that some women want to get into negative clothing sizes, which don't exist. "This is an issue about confidence and self-esteem and identity, and not what you weigh," added Dr. Weinstein. While eating disorders used to be considered an illness of the wealthy and white, that is no longer true. Both psychologists are treating an increasingly diverse population covering all races and socioeconomic classes. It's also no longer an American disease. Eating disorders are being diagnosed more frequently in other nations, and at least in some, there is a correlation to the arrival of American TV programming. People often develop eating disorders because they feel lonely, isolated and unhappy'. But unlike most other addictions, they cannot abstain from that which fuels the disorder—food. If they don't eat, they' die, and that complicates the issue. "You have to confront your worst fear three times a day', minimally," Dr. Weinstein said. "We commonly see a co-morbidity combined with depression in eating disorders." There are many' reasons why' people develop eating disorders. Sometimes it is because of family dynamics. Or it could be a discrepancy between intellectual and emotional skills. Some patients have a history of abuse or trauma. "We've seen a lot of top-notch athletes" including gymnasts, ballet dancers, long-distance runners and even wrestlers who have developed eating disorders, Dr. Weinstein said. He worries about coaches and others who place great emphasis on weight, on sports (such as wrestling and boxing) where athletes compete by weight class, and of coaches who post weights for everyone to see as an inducement to trim down. "We've had lots of kids from ballet schools," he added. "We treat a fair number of college kids, too." Research indicates that 20 percent of all collegeage women have some form of eating disorder. He has treated teenage girls who have already developed eating disorders and, with them, osteoporosis, a condition usually associated with elderly women. As they mature, these girls are having problems with menstruation and experiencing irre, -
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professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Connecticut. She is also vice president for strategic planning and a member of the board of Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Inc., as well as a member of the scientific advisory board of the National Eating Disorders Screening Program. Dr. Maine serves as a member of the Hartford Hospital Domestic Violence Advisory Council and as adjunct faculty to the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Hartford. She is a founding member of the Academy of Eating Disorders, serves on the advisory board of Dads and Daughters, and the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Body Image Project. Dr. Weinstein was
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by Mark Jahne A half century of worship and caring for the needs of the greater world is being celebrated this year at Westminster Presbyterian Church. It arose from humble beginnings when the people of this town realized there was no church of their denomination in to' western half of town. The current senior pastor, the Rev. Graham Robinson, has been here less than a \'car. He was an associate pastor of a Presbyterian church in his native Pennsylvania before acceptinzg the position at Westminster. He and his wife, Jodi, had planned to move south or west, but the Almighty works in strange and wondrous ways. His path led to this town and he is thrilled with the results. use couple has three children and lives in the manse next door to the church. "West Hartford is a really exciting place to be as far s the religious diversity" in the community, he said. "I'm delighted God called us here." Westminster Presbyterian is involved in the "Building, on Faith" program in which Christian, Jewish and Islamic congregations work together to build homes for need' families. I he also finds the Hartford Seminary to be a won.
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derful resource. great resources. Some trace the roots of Westminster PresbyteAs for his own congregation, he is delighted to see so many people of faith taking an active role in rian Church back to the early 1940s, when Marjorie Brash and Harriet Rourke taught Presbyterian Sunworship and church activities. day School classes at the little schoolhouse on "Visitors, when they come, say this is the friendliest church they've ever been to," he said. "A num- Mountain Road which would later become home ber of families see this as a place that welcomes to the West Hartford Art League. It was great for the children, but their parents still had to go to strangers and sees the love of God." Membership is on the rise and about 30 families Hartford to worship. The early organizers, among them J. Gordon joined the church over the past year. A new playscape Brash, petitioned the synod i s being planed on church executive secretary in 1949 property to better serve its "Visitors, when they come, say to form a Presbyterian youngest members. this is the friendliest church church in town. The congregation curAided by William they've ever been to. A number of rently boasts about 130 Allison and Martin Taylor families and 350 people families see this as a place that Dannreuther, they began over all. welcomes strangers and sees the holding meetings and raisReverend Robinson said love of God."—Rev. Graham ing funds. Westminster has a reputaThey bought a manse, or tion for having some of the Robinson home for the preacher and finest music of any Presbyterian church in New England. The church belongs his family, in 1950. The first pastor was the Rev. to the Southern New England Presbytery of the Pres- Gurdon Scoville, who arrived with his wife and four children in March of that year. byterian Church USA. "It's really a unique church," he added. "The Initial prayer meetings were held in the living former president of the Hartford Seminary worships room of the manse. The first service was held in the basement of the here." So do former seminary professors, a missionary First Church of Christ, Congregational, in the Cenfrom India, the former dean of a theology school ter. A few weeks later, 58 people signed the charter and even a few Presbyterian leaders of national re- and pledged their support to make the new church nown. a reality. It can be a bit intimidating to the still-new mMOn May 7, 1950, the Presbytery of the Connectiister to see these people before him as he preaches, cut Valley officially organized the church. Its first but he regards all of them as wonderful leaders and leaders were installed and services were held in the
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By 1955, with 150 families in the congregation, the decision was made to replace Westminster House with a real church building. A building fund drive raised $118,000 and a sanctuary/parish hall NME dedicated in November 1956. Almost from the beginning, missionary and international outreach were an integral part of the church. Two missionaries were sent to Iran and refugee families from Hungary and The Netherlands were supported by the congregation. By 1959, there were 502 children enrolled in Sunday School, necessitating construction of a new education wing. The church also featured a strong ad active Women's Association. Westminster Presbyterian Church really came into its own in terms of Christian service during the 1960s. Its deacons sponsored another refugee family from The Netherlands. Clergy past and present of Westminster Presbyterian Church gathered to celebrate its 50th anniversary. They The church voted to support Church Action Inc., are (standing, from left) Ann Beams, Walter Funk, Jane Watt, David Hare, Robert Evans, Catherine Alder, an organization which worked to provide integrated Emily D'Andrea, Susan Trucksess, Bill McConnell and Martha Highsmith; (fron t, from left) Graham housing and improve the lives of minority groups. Robinson, Ralph Sundquist, Ross Ludeman, Ed Prasse, Barbara Prasse, Larry Selig and Thomas MacMeekin. Members renovated a four-family building on Park clubhouse at the Buena Vista Golf Course, also now There were some heated meetings at Town Hall Road and tutored students in the North End of an art league building. before the issue was resolved. With that settled, the Hartford. When the weather turned cold, services were congregation moved into its first permanent home Reverend Scoville and several other members went moved to the auditorium at Sedgwick Junior High in 1951. It was known as Westminster House. to Washington. D.C., to participate in the Freedorn School. Church leaders then bought a piece of prop- The congregation and staff steadily increased in March, and the minister also demonstrated in Selma, erty for their church and dealt with upset neighbors size. The Christmas pageant grew so large that it Ala., alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who didn't want a church built near their homes. had to be moved to the Duffy School auditorium. Westminster, page 60
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Several members performed missionary work in &clia, Africa and South America. Membership reached an all-time high of nearly 1,000 people in 1967. By 1968, the congregation was planning to build a new permanent sanctuary. Reverend Scoville retired in 1970 and was replaced by the Rev. Don Emmel. Plans for the new sanctuary fell victim to inflation and other financial realities, so the congregation voted to renovate the existing sanctuary. Wembership also began to decline as families moved to the Farmington Valley or other areas in search of employment. Active in local outreach, the church worked with the Hispanic community in Hartford to provide tutors for children in Grades 7-8. Members visited patients at Hughes Convalescent Home and raised funds to help the victims of the 1979 Windsor Locks tornado. Due to financial pressures and declining membership, disagreements occurred, to the point where assistance was sought from the Presbytery. It was decided that reconciliation could best be ac hie ve d through new leadership and both Reverend Emmel and the director of music departed in 1981. John Fremont Merrill served as interim minister for a year, followed by the Rev. Robert Evans. It wasn't until 1983 that the Rev. Ross Ludeman, who retired in 1998, took the helm at Westminster Presbyterian. Those who attended his installation remember it well. It was so hot inside the church—more than 100 degrees—that the choir performed without robes and candles melted and sagged. Carol Allen, who serves to this day as minister of
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Photo by Nick Lacy music, came on board during the 1980s. By the 35th anniversary in 1985, the problems were all behind them and the church was once again united in worship and service to others. Many social opportunities were added to the church's activities over the past decade. Membership took another hit as people moved away in search of employment during the recession of the early 1990s. The Bridge Building Program formed ties with Union Baptist Church in Hartford. The congregation formalized its support for Habitat for Humanity and continued to sponsor refugees. A prison visitation program was established. Reverend Robinson was called by the congregation in June 1999 and arrived in August of that year. He is"the fourth senior pastor in the church's 50year history. In addition to Ms. Allen, other church leaders include Martha Londergan, associate for music and Christian education, and Karen Hammond, interim director of Christian education. Westminster Presbyterian Church is currently winding up its Celebration 2000 Campaign, called "Beyond These Walls." This will provide funds for a new Fellowship Hall and Praise Chapel, as well as for outreach and mission work. Reverend Robinson said the goal was set at $600,000 and $740,000 has already been donated to the cause. A full 25 percent of that will be dedicated to outreach. Will
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Students at St. Thomas the Apostle School filled 38 two-liter bottles with pennies during the school's annual penny drive. The proceeds, totalling some $1,000, were donated to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
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by Mark Jahne For the men and women of the West Hartford Fire Department, each day offers a new challenge. They never know how busy they will be, when their skills will be needed, and what kinds of situations are likely to present themselves with each alarm. Many years ago, firefighters basically did just that—fight fires. They still do that today, of course, but they also respond to a wide variety of other cornmunity needs. \Vest Hartford Li fe hitched a ride Life with the crew of Engine 2 one recent Friday to provide an overview of the life of a local firefighter. Engine 2 runs out of Station 2 on Brace Road, one of five fire stations scattered about town. Because of its central location, the engine and ladder trucks at Station 2 tend to receive the most calls, although other stations follow closely behind. The crew this day was led by Lt. John Brice and included Acting Deiver John. Deckers and Firefighters Jimmy McMikle and Kerry Warren. Overseeing- them was Battalion Chief John Oates. Fire operations in town are based upon two daily shifts, a 10-hour day shift and a 14-hour night shift. The first starts at 7 a.m. and runs until 5 p.m., and
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the latter begins at 5 p.m. and continues until 7:00 alarms and requests for service. Other days, it would the next morning. Firefighters work three consecu- seem as if the radio is dead. But that's the nature of tive days, then are off for three consecutive days, the fire service and they have to be ready to drop shifting between day and night assignments. whatever they are doing at a moment's notice and That way, everyone works his or her fair share of become fully involved in a fire or other emergency. nights, holidays and weekends. The fire department Many of those emergencies are medical calls. All is open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a firefighters are trained as medical response techniweek, 365 days a year. cians and many are also qualified at the higher emerSome days, they run all over town responding to Engine 2, page 52
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There's no question that the Internet is the most advanced source of information and knowledge ever known to humanity. Type in a search and the possible selections can seem endless. If it's not there, it probably doesn't exist. And part of the magic is that, with the advent in recent years of personal computers, it can now be accessed directly from every office and home. It also presents opportunities not known to any previous generation of children. And because the current generation was born during the computer age, they are growing up along with the technology and are amazingly adept in its use at an early age. You can learn about all kinds of wonderful things by surfing the net. Government, art, music, science, animals, food, religion—you name the topic, it's likely there in abundance. Rut there's also a dark side to all of this advanced technology. There are people out there with computers who may not be the nicest folks on this planet, and they are finding cyber space a wonderful way in which to prey with virtual anonymity on the young and unsuspecting. Police across the country.' are seeing a disturbing increase in computctivity by pedophiles and others wlio direct their violence or perversions toward childraiHrhere are certainly a lot of pornographic sit es on t he Internet, too, which are clearly inappropriate for youngsters.
Chat rooms are one place where children do not belong. They cannot know the true feelings or identity of the person on the other end of the line, a person who may' be befriending them under false pretenses. Rocky Hill police recently arrested a man who was attempting to coerce an underage girl into meeting him for sex in a chat room conversation. Imagine his surprise when he learned the "girl" was actually an undercover detective. The Glastonbury' police sent an officer to a special training program where he and his classmates all logged on to a chat room and adopted the personas of teenage girls and boys. Within a few minutes, every one of them was engaged in cyber conversation with a potential pedophile. West Hartford police last year arrested an adult male—and an attorney, at that—for befriending a 14-year-old girl in a chat room and convincing her to sneak out of her parents' home and meet him at a park in the middle of the night for sex. Even the slightest bit of seemingly harmless information can be used to help a pedophile locate a potential target. Names, addresses and phone numbers mapeem .obvious, but school, favorite stores, extracurricuiir activities and Other background data can also be useful to these criminal minds. Many school and youth league teams post pho.
tos and information about their teams and players on the Internet. Photo identification, game and practice schedules, even uniform numbers, can also be used for illicit purposes by an Internet predator. Parents need to maintain appropriate control over computer use by their children. Filters and other means cxn be used to block out pornographic and other objectionable sites. You can also protect your youngsters by keeping them out of chat rooms, establishing a computer use policy in your home, knowing the policy at their friends' homes, and by keeping the computer in an open area, such as the family room. It's a sad statement on the state of our society that we have to do all this, but it would be sadder still if our children fall victim to these predatory beasts. An ounce of prevention here is worth so much more than the proverbial pound of cure.
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by Christopher White AP-Bristol, Conn. Tiger Woods breathed a sigh of relief today as he learned that publishing magnate Christopher White would not challenge his standing as leading Masters contender in 2000. Woods said to reporters, "I've heard that white men can't jump, but I didn't know they can't drive, chip or putt either." White shot his first partial round of golf yesterday at the Chippannee Country Club in Bristol and quickly learned to appreciate Mark Twain's comment that golf is "a good walk spoiled." While he enjoyed the game and the beautiful weather, he was overhead to say: "Holy @#$%. This damn club must be bent. My ball stinks, too." White shot a four-hole 41. "I was going pretty well on that second hole 'til that nasty little old lady yelled 'hurry' up, Speedy Gonzalez!' That was just mean," White said at his post-match press conference. The press conference was well attended as Bristol's Chippannee is the home course of most of the major employees at ESPN, adding to White's mortification. "There was some good news," White reported. "I finished with the same ball I started with, and it never got wet, sandy or covered in poison ivy. I also didn't hit anyone, though I launched the ball over the protective net at the driving range. Not the net at the back—the one way over on the right, protecting the 14th green."
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There was bad news as well. "Twice I missed the ball completely, once I hit it about two yards, and once I hit my own foot. On the third hole, Dan just told me to pick up the ball and move on. While I thought that was generous, I had the sinking feeling that it was out of pity." Dan Murray, White's coach, said he was optimistic about White's game. "There's really nowhere to go but up, though I suppose he could just stay this bad, too." Murray analyzed White's game: "His driving has some promise, but it is held hostage to a swing that's both jerks' and violent. He treats his club like Ors knife. His chipping is non-existent and his putting is truly awe-inspiring. You see it, and you want to say 'Aww, was that a golf swing or a nasty twitch?' "He's also not so clear on the rules and club use," Murray said. "He chose his club based upon a game which he called Name a Famous Number." "I think we discovered my handicap," White concluded. "My complete inability to play golf." The day of golf concluded with an area at which White excels—Pasta Night, where he shot a 57, a new course record. MIL
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Tobacco: Connecticut deserves a legacy of hope
To the Editor: Today, 14 Connecticut families will lose a loved one to a tobacco-related death. A total of 5,200 Connecticut citizens die each year from tobaccorelated causes, more than death from alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murder and suicide combined. Tobacco use has become a plague on our children. While 21 percent of adults in Connecticut smoke, it is estimated that approximately 35 percent of high school students smoke and an additional number of students use smokeless tobacco. Twelve thousand Connecticut children will become new daily smokers this year, and we estimate that approximately one-third of them will ultimately die of tobacco-related causes. As a cancer care provider and an American Cancer Society volunteer, I cannot sit by quietly and watch our young people become addicted to this highly lethal product—the only product that kills when used as directed by the manufacturer. We now have excellent data demonstrating that this trend can be reversed if we collectively take certain steps to control tobacco use, as many other states have already done. In California, for example, a comprehensive statewide tobacco control program was put into place following a voter-supported tobacco tax increase in 1988. Since then, cigarette consumption in California has declined by 38 percent and more than 13 million Californians have quit smoking because of the program. In 1992, Massachusetts voters approved a referendum to increase the state cigarette tax by 25 cents per pack. Much like the California program, the Massachusetts referendum was designed to decrease tobacco use through a comprehensive program that includes a state-wide media campaign, community coalitions, policy and enforcement, and outreach to at-risk populations that includes an evaluation component. Adult smoking prevalence in Massachusetts has declined from 22.6 percent to 19.1 percent. Between 1995-1999, smoking among Massachusetts high school students was reduced by 15 percent, from 34.4 percent to 30.3 percent. The use of smokeless tobacco by high school males declined by more than 50 percent. The proportion of state tobacco retailers found making illegal sales to youth during compliance checks fell from 48 percent to less than 10 percent. Smoking among pregnant women in Massachusetts declined by almost 50 percent. The Massachusetts legislature understands the importance of funding this life-saving program, as evidenced by its recent decision to dedicate tobacco settlement revenues to tobacco control, bringing total state funding to $54 million. At this time, Vermont and Massachusetts are the only New England states to have committed to spending a substantial portion of the state's tobacco settlement revenues on tobacco control. Maine is also on the verge of dedicating tobacco settlement dollars towards tobacco control at the level recommended by the Centers for Disease Control. Here in Connecticut, only a small portion of our settlement— S5 million—was set aside for tobacco control in FY 2000. We rank 45th in the country in the percentage of tobacco settlement revenues that we devote to this specific purpose. We should be ashamed of this dubious ranking and advocate for a greater percentage of the total settlement dollars to be dedicated towards tobacco control. It is proven that comprehensive state-wide toLetters, page 6
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together towards a healthier society, one in which tobacco use will no longer be the number one cause of preventable death and disease. Let's not place Connecticut last in tackling these important goals. Our children deserve better. Our taxpayers deserve better. Let's seize the initiative to collaboratively develop a plan so that we too can be called leaders in providing for the health of future generations to come. Andrew L. Salner, M.D. 8 7 Pilgrim Road (Dr. Salner is director of the cancer program at Hartford Hospital and immediate past chairman of the American Cancer Society, New England Division).
use. Of this, approximately $440 million represents our state and federal burden caused by tobacco-rebacco control programs act as a vaccine against the lated health costs. Our Medicaid payments related number-one health menace. Our elected officials are to tobacco use amount to $180 million annually. Governor and Mrs. Rowland, members of our in a unique position to administer this vaccine in Connecticut in the form of funding through the Connecticut legislature, and other leaders have played an exemplary role in helping the fight against state's settlement with the tobacco industry. We need not wait for more evidence to come in. cancer. These individuals have volunteered countless hours for the American Cancer Society and other We need only to act decisively and honorably. We should start by significantly increasing the organizations to get the word out about prevention, amount of tobacco settlement dollars dedicated to early detection and optimal treatment for cancer. Investing in tobacco control is the single greatest tobacco control. The MATCH coalition and the American Cancer Society are calling upon the Cont action our leaders can do to reduce cancer-related necticut legislature and Governor Rowland to dedi- morbidity and mortality, Never before have we had this blend of knowcate at least $20 million of tobacco settlement dollars to tobacco control in Fiscal Year 2001. how, data and money to reverse the destructive traWith that funding, we can ramp up over time to jectory of tobacco use. The only question that meet the CDC's recommended spending for Con- remains is whether or not we have the political will necticut, which ranges from $21.2 million to $53.8 to fulfill the promise of tbe state's lawsuit against million. tobacco companies. Decades from now, we will be remembered for True, $20 dollars is a considerable amount of money, but it pales in comparison to the present what we did at this critical juncture. The choice is financial and social burden that tobacco use exacts simple—we can invest a substantial amount of settleon the people of Connecticut. Fiscal conservatives ment dollars to fight tobacco addiction, or we can who are wary of spending money on new public take the tobacco companies' money and look the health initiatives should be swayed by the financial other way while another generation of Connecticut burden that tobacco use already levies on our state. children fall prey to the tobacco industry's decepIn Connecticut, it is estimated that $1.2 billion tion. We have the opportunity as never before to work is spent annually on health care related to tobacco
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To the Editor: Although my wife, four children and I have lived in West Hartford for more than 10 years, until I started working at tbe UConn Health Center a year and a half ago, I was like many people in the community who knew the building was nearby, but never knew what went on inside. Since then, as part of my family's regular health care needs, we have seen no less than six different health center physicians covering primary care and a few specialty areas. In addition, I have made two trips to the health center emergency room with my teenagers. Prior to seeing a physician at the health center, my wife had been told by a non-health center physician that she had a potentially life-threatening condition. The health center physician with in-depth expertise on this condition later proved, through proper testing, my wife had no such ailment. Yes, my family has received outstanding health care at the health center, but consider that my realization about the truly extraordinary nature of the • services provided there came from the experience of a family member who lives more than 1,000 miles away.
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Roundup Police get SMART, playhouse readies first show
by Mark Jahne Motorists around town are coming face to face with the police department's new SMART portable radar unit, which displays the speed of passing cars in large numerals. The Park Road Playhouse performers will soon put on their first production, "Nunsense," thanks to a donation of the use of the auditorium at St. Mary Home. shared by the state Department of Transportation, the town government and the West Hartford Public Schools. The Speed Limit Club, a grassroots effort aimed at preventing accidents by slowing down drivers, raised nearly S1,000 to help offset the cost of the monitor.
Playhouse will present Nunsense'
The Park Road Playhouse cast will present its debut performance of "Nunsense" from July 26-30 in the auditorium of St. Mary Home, 2021 Albany Avenue. The permanent playhouse facility is still under construction in the A.C. Petersen Farms building on Park Road. Show times are 8 p.m. each day other than July 30, which is a 2 p.m. matinee. A S35 benefit party is scheduled after the July 28 show. For riis SMART remote radar unit is heing used tickets call 586-8500. around town in an effort to slow traffic. It displays Roundup, page 10 your ear's speed in large numbersfor all to see.
SMART monitor reveals speed
The police department is now utilizing a SMART (Speed Monitor Awareness Radar Trailer) approach to help reduce speeds on local streets. This device is t a self-contained unit that displays peeds of oncoming cars and can be moved to pr blem locations. It costs about $14,000 and that cost is being
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I he Hall High School chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) placed first in the state in the Chapter Service Star conference held March 20 at Manchester Community-Technical College. Their winning entry was "Hall High FCCLA Focuses on Issues of Hunger and Poverty." Participants included senior Kara Koplowitz, chapter president, and junior Seth Merin, vice president. They received 297 out of a possible 300 points. Hall's Empty Bowls project raised about S4,000 to benefit Foodshare of Greater Hartford.
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The racers are off in the bicycle portion of the Trout Brook Relay, a first - time event sponsored by the West Hartford Chamber of
Commerce on June 18. A total of 142 teams participated.
Discovering your passion
Dorothy Martin-Neville, founder of Healing Arts and Sciences, will present the first in a series of personal growth and career workshops from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.- July 11 at the University of Hartforl. "Discover Your Passion" is designed to help people who are dealing with life or career changes,
transition or the need to refocus. The fee is S95 and f or reservat ions call MaryAnn D'Ambrosio at 067-2130.
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United Synagogues of Greater Hartford will host a
barbecue and open house at noon July 16 at 205 Mohawk Drive. The cost is S5 for adults and S3 for children and for reservations call 586-8067.
Federation launches Jewish survey
The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford has hired
demographer Ira Sheskin to undertake the first survey of the Jewish population in Greater Hartford since 1982. His staff will telephone 600 randomly selected Jewish homes. The Hartford Jewish Population Study Committee is chaired by Rise Roth and Dane Kostin. Federation officials hope the study will also collect information on affiliation rates, intermarriage, philanthropy', the demand for services and programs,
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West Hartford — What could be more exciting than returning your bags of 5 cent beverage containers that arc cluttered ill over your garage and basement: "I can think of plenty of things that are more exciting." states 'Keith 'Nliers. President of limtees Redemption Center. "I dreaded the thought of returning my beverage containers on a consistent basis because of the inconvenience and lack of service I would receive at the grocery stores. I used to hear it all from the grocery stores: We don't accept that brand!! We have a S5 dollar limit!! 'We're too busy to help you now!! Let's face it. recycling is not their top priority. but as environmental conscience consumers. it is one of ours."
accomplish his goal. Returning aluminum, glass and plastic beverage containers has become
enormously easier for \Vest Hartford residents. Celebrating its third anniversary, Emtees Redemption Center, located at 191 Park Road has enabled patrons to conveniently return
their empty cans and bottles for 5 cents by feeding them into the machines. The machines are programmed to accept most major brands
including private label grocery store brands. Mr. Miers opened his first Emtees Redemption Center eight years ago in Orange, CT. Since then he has opened in Wallingford, Waterbury, West Hartford and, just recently, in Wolcott. With a total of 76 reverse vending machines available for customer use at his five redemption centers, approximately 65 million beverage containers will be processed through them in the sear. 2000.
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ger draws. "It's a lot easier than the grocery store" said Beth Sharkey of West Hartford. "The concept at my Redemption Center is simple," explains Mr. Miers. "Provide the customer with simplicity, cleanliness and the willingness to serve and they will return. We stay focused on the task at hand which is recycling, and customer service is always our top priority!!" Emcees is located at 191 Park Road and is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday; closed on Sunday. The phone number is 860-233-3253. EMTEES - The store you exit with more money then when you went in!!
Some of the customers make it a tradition to return their containers every Saturday morning on their way' to get a coffee and some doughnuts. That's why Keith wanted to develop a Emtees is also popular with young place that would be conveniently located for children whose job it is to organize residents to return their _5 cent beverage the empty' containers around the containers. By utilizing state-of-the-art house and return them for cash. reverse vending machines provided by Tomra "Not only do the kids learn about "My facilities are bright, clean and spacious of North .America he has been able to the responsibility of chores at home, and customer service comes naturally'," states they also get a taste of the economic Mr. Nliers. "Our first-time customers are amazed by' the experience they just encountered benefits for a job well done" says Mr. Miers."There is nothing more satisfyand can't believe that they' didn't find out ing for me than to see the smiles on about us sooner." With road improvements the young children's faces when they occurring over the past year on Park Road, cash in their cans. One of their many of the \Vest Hartford resident avoided the area, but the improvements have ended and chores at home has just paid off" the Park Road area is an impressive revitalizaOne customer who came in the aftertion of.businesses and shops. noon cited parking as one of the big5( A happy Em tees customer dunks for another
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The Science Center of Connecticut, in partnership with the state Department of Environmental Protection, has established a live webcam on Travelers
Tower in downtown Hartford to watch Amelia the peregrine falcon and her mate. The birds are nesting on the tower's 21st floor. The peregrine falcon is making a comeback from near extinctions. The webcam may be viewed on a
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ture-based swimming and support group for children ages 8-12 who have a sibling with special needs. The program, "I'm Special, Too," was developed by Colleen Murphy, a marriage and family therapist and relational water therapist. will be held at the Kennedy Park pool on Oakwood Avenue from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on seven Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning July 18. To register call The Bridge Family Center at 521-8035.
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Toney wins CIAC heptathlon
Nicole Toney of Conard High School finished her scholastic track and field career with a commanding win in the heptathlon at the CIAC championships. She earned a score of 4,517 in the seven events which make up the competition. By scoring over 4,400 points, she qualified for the junior nationals and posted the third-highest score in state history. Nicole placed first in the 100 hurdles, first in the long jump, shot put and the 200 hurdles and tied for first in the high jump.
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Police Officer Joe Verrengia rounded up the staff from Hall High School for the recent MDA lock-up held at Faenza's on Main. He was able to capture Principal Jerry Copsinis, Interim Assistant Principal Nancy DePalma and social worker Dicdra Dietter.
Guided meditation for the soul
A weekly session featuring guided meditation is being offered from noon to 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Center for Serenity, 90 North Main Street. Admission is free. The center is also offering a series of. Divine Emergence workshops from July 28-30 and August 25-27. For reservations call 561-2343.
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Police honor citizen valor
Nine people were honored by the West Hartford Police Department with Citizens Awards for acts of valor and assistance to police. This year's awards were presented to Keith Burritt, Kim Webb, Al Fedoravicius, Carla Powell, Ronald Wilson, Kelsey Renfro, Joshua Kyle, Robert Stone of Airborne Express and Officer Robert Arsenault of the State
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Tourney will benefit Jewish center
A benefit golf tournament is scheduled for July 24 to the benefit the scholarship fund at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center. Chaired by local resident John Suisman, it is slated to begin at 11 a.m. at Tumble Brook Country Club. Sponsorship and playing opportunities are available. Those interested in participating may call Miriam Hyman at 236-4571, ext. 305.
Margolis heads Holocaust program
Ground was recently broken for the expansion and renovation of Veterans Memorial Rink. Those on hand included: Blade the Penguin (rink mascot), Rink Manager John Zullo, Mayor Rob Bouvier, Director of Leisure Services James Capodiece, Town Manager Barry Feldman, Athletic Director Betty Remigino Knapp, Conard and Hall hockey caoches John Donohoe and Robert Aducci, Learn to Skate Director Estelle Tratiak, Community Services Director Ron Van Winkle, West Hartford Youth Hockey President Tom Byrne, Design Forum architect Ken Wieber, Peter Wallack and Dr. Cosmo Castaldi of the All Sports Council, and Stephen Salvatore and Jon Adams, representing project contractor Lupachino/Salvatore. Capitol Police. The following members of the police department won departmental citations, merit awards, or employee service awards: Jeffrey Rose, Eric Rocheleau, Brian Hill, Donald Melanson, Anthony Miele, Kurt Satherlie, Thomas Ganley, David Goodwin, Jeremy Clark, Arthur Yepes, Ruben Gonzalez, Theodore Stoneburner, Stephen Estes, Joseph Verrengia and Richard Aniolowski, as well as town employee James Kyle. Joan Margolis, who is based at Jewish Family Service, has been named the statewide coordinator for the Holocaust survivors programs. She will coordinate efforts related to the grant dollars awarded by the Conference on Material Claims Against Germany to aid needy Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. The grant is intended to assist those in need with of home care services, adult day care, handyman services and mental health counseling. For details contact Ms. Margolis at 236-1927.
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More than 100 classic cars were on band for the second annual cruise night sponsored by the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce along La Salle Road. The crowd enjoyed inspecting the vintage vehicles inside and out
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Minnu the eat (with owner Ton Flanigan) was the guest of honor at a party at Cats Limited Veterinary Hospital on Farmington Avenue Ile _feasted on Kitty Caviar and enjoyed plenty of attention as everyone celebrated his 20th birthday.
ASD receives state grant
The American School for the deaf will receive S1,675,000 from the state to renovate and add on to the Butterworth Building on its North Main Street campus. This project will convert the Butterworth Building into dormitory space to allow for separate facilities for high school pupils and students in the earlier grades.
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College opens excellence center
Saint Joseph College will open a new Center for Professional Excellence to attract businesses and organizations which seek short-term education and
Summer at the Science Center
The Science Center of Connecticut is sponsoring a variety of programs for children throughout the summer. Its main exhibit, "Bug's Eye View," is already under way and continues through September 17. "Insect Saturdays" are scheduled on Saturdays in July and "Wild Bill's Weekly Insect Adventures" take place on Sundays. Special events will include "Boomerang Day" on July 16.
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VNA Health Care is offering ongoing cholesterol and glucose screenings for a cost of S10. The tests are administered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at Martucci's Pharmacy, 930 South Quaker Lane. WHI.
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When liances Eransson walks through the rooms of the large white house near the corner of New Britain Avenue and South Main Street, she can point to the different furnishings and tell who they came from .ind how they got there. She can tell anything, , and everyt lung you could want to know about this Iii) use. " I was interested in hist orical affairs and primarily I knew so much about the house, I wanted to preserve that bit of history," Mrs. Fransson aid she sat in a rocking chair in the spacious kitchen of the Sarah Whitman Hooker House in Elmwood. "It's unilue," she said oldie structure. "I low many are left:'" she wondered aloud, speaking of houses constructed before the American Revolution. l'he house was built in 1720 as a "mansion house with chamber above." In other words, it was a oneroom h‘mse with ,1 one-room second floor. Eventually the house became home to Sarah \Vhitman, her hu sband. Thomas I fart Hooker and their two children. The house today stands as a testimony to a time by as well as the dedication of a group of in.
terested.people who, like Mrs. Fransson, were committed to saving the house from certain destruction. This place has a lot of memories for me," Mrs. Fransson said. And well it should. She has spent just about a quarter century working to make sure that the house is preserved. In 1976, then-owner Brock Saxe had the intention of tearing, the house down following the death of the home's last owner. He ran the former Brock's Restaurant next door. When Mrs. Fransson heard those plans, she made up her mind that the house was not going to be torn down. Mr. Saxe agreed to give the house to the town. Mrs. Fransson quickly got together as many interested people as she could and formed the Sarah Whitman Hooker House Association (today known as the Sarah Whitman Hooker House Foundation). The foundation agreed to rent the house from the town for Si. 'faking care of the house andtnaintaming its 18th century integrity is the main focus of the foundation, which sponsors fundraisers for the upkeep of the old residence. "I did interest people in saving the house," Mrs.
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Fransson said. "I had people come and help me where they could." Relying on her "gift" for research, she used her experience as a history major who graduated from the University of New York at Albany and threw herself heart and soul into researching everything and anything she could about the house. Her efforts have not gone unnoticed. The West Hartford Historical Society will be holding a reception in her honor this month. "It is to recognize her time and energy in pre-
serving the house," said William French, a member of the board of trustees at the Noah Webster House. "If it weren't for her, it wouldn't be here," he said. "We wanted to recognize something that has gone unrecognized for years." He referred to the Sarah Whitman Hooker House as "the best-kept secret in \Vest Hartford." Although the Noah Webster House on South Main Street is more utilized, Mr. French said that the Hooker House, in terms of condition, is "quite a fine place," and could "be used as a tool for resurrecting local
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the original home were revealed. Ms. Fransson said that restorers discovered that at one time the house had been licensed to be a tavern, as evidenced by the bench mark found in some paneling in the front room of the house. "There were some things here that were a real find," said Mrs. Fransson. One bedroom in the house was found to have been sponge painted in a polka-dot fashion. The walls had been white washed and large black dots were added with a sponge. Slowly the house reverted back to its original charm. A "new" mantelpiece was put in place in the kitchen which better reflected the type of mantel that would have been used in the 18th century. A door was also added to cover the beehive ovens that are part of the fireplace. The horsehair plaster was removed right down to the lathes. New plaster that replicates the look and feel of the original horsehair plaster was then put up. "It was a mess for a long time," said Mrs. Fransson of the restoration, which started in the mid-1970s and carried on into the early 1980s. The goal was to bring the house back to its earliest days before the American Revolution. Fhe house, which is listed on the national regis-
ter of historic places, is furnished with period pieces desk. Although the piece fits the period, it is not extending into the 1830s, which has been the cut- part of the original furnishings of the house. off date for items there. It is known, however, that Sarah Whitman had a The dining room, which was added in the 1800 similar desk with a heart engraved in it. Owning such expansion, still has its original floor and is furnished a piece of furniture at the time was one indication with 18th century porcelain pieces. Among them are of the wealth of the family. a set of four teacups and three saucers that had beThe upstairs contains four bedrooms. The oldlonged to Sarah Hooker. Descendants of the Hooker est room, part of the original structure, now hosts a family donated them to the foundation. large canopy bed. The wallpaper in the room, along The living room has its with the fabric adornments floor decorated with a on the bed, have all been Turkish carpet. Although reproduced. "There were some things here that the carpet is not part of the This wallpaper was rewere a realfind."—Frances original furnishings, it is produced from the lowest Fransson known that Sarah Hooker level of wallpaper found had a similar carpet when during the restoration. The she lived in the house. This information was gleaned designs of the bed coverings were painstakingly refrom her dowry', which details the items she brought produced to show the style that was popular when into her marriage. Sarah Hooker lived in the house. All the textiles, The living room also has a unique piece, a day bed coverings and window hangings were sewn by clock. The grandfather-style clock has to be wound hand by volunteers during the restoration. every day in order to keep time, and still functions A small room on the second floor, located off a today. hallway conneGting the two back bedrooms, curThe tavern room overlooks the rose garden on rently holds 18th century women's clothing. Hangthe side of the house. This is the second-oldest room ing on the wall is a pencil sketch of an elm tree which in the house and contains a door leading out to the had been planted by Thomas Hooker's slave, garden; this door would have been used by tavern Bristow. customers. In the same year that Mr. Hooker died, 1775, Part of the decor in this room is a large writing Bristow was able to purchase his freedom from the
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sold his commission and came to this country settling in what is now northern New York state, at the base of the Adirondack Mountains. One way he worked to make a living was by selling the trees on his many acres of property to be used as the masts on sailing vessels for the Royal Navy. He was returning to this country from a trip to his homeland when the Revolution broke out. Close friends tried to convince him to join the war effort, but feeling that there was no way the Americans could win, Mr. Skene refused to become involved. "He was a Tory, but he did not fight," said Mrs. Fransson. He was eventually taken prisoner and held at the Hooker House. He made a promise as an officer and a gentleman that he would not try to escape. His son, Andrew, who was also kept at the house, A look at the inside of did not keep this father's promise. The graduate of the house, complete King's College (now Columbia University) left and with table settings and ultimately joined the British forces. fireplace. Mr. Skene was eventually exchanged for Ameriof traffic traveling up and down New Britain Av- can prisoners, after which time he returned to his enue. The American Revolution appears to be an- home in New York. Photographs of portraits of the cient history. two Skene men are on display at the house. But the Sarah Whitman Hooker House has anThe reception honoring Frances Fransson will be other secret from that time. During the war, the held at 7 p.m. July 12 at the house, which is the house was used to hold as prisoners a British officer only one in town from this period that is open to and his son. the public. Tours may be arranged by calling 1-800Philip Skene, an officer in the British Army, had 475-1233. WHL
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by Mark Jahne Tony Radoncic khyws a lot about food. His whole family does, for that matter. Mr. Radoncic, owner of the Bella Note restaurant at the intersection of South Quaker Lane and Flatbush Avenue, comes from a long line of restaurant operators. His father, his uncles, and many of his brothers are also in the business. It all started in the southeastern European nation of Bosnia, where he was born. Although he left before the war that has torn the Balkan region apart and brought terms such as ''ethnic cleansing" into news reports, Mr. Radoncic still holds a place in his heart for his homeland. He tries to be a focal point for the many Bosnians who have immigrated to the United States and settled in the Hartford-New Britain area in recent years. He hopes to help them form some sense of community and helps many of them find jobs, some at Bella Note. Many of the employees at his restaurant are Bosnians and it is not uncommon to hear Mr. Radoncic address them in their native tongue. They include his wife, Elvisa, who among other things, is the permittee for their liquor license. "Thirty-six years ago, my father came to the United States from Bosnia with seven brothers," he said. Like those who made the trip before them, these men all left their home lands for the new world to escape poverty and in search of a better life. Young Tony stayed behind with his grandmother in Sarajevo, but eventually followed their lead and arrived in America 15 years ago. His father and brother started out here working in restaurants to earn their living. They bought an eatery of their own in Queens, N.Y., and then began to branch out individually into the restaurant business. Tony's father eventually owned six restaurants. The maternal side of Mr. Radoncic's family had been uprooted once before during World War II. They originally lived in Trieste, Italy, but fled to Bosnia to avoid persecution during World War II because of their Jewish heritage. If that's all a bit difficult to follow, don't feel bad. It involves a large number of people. "We are a really big family," Mr. Radoncic said
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He expects to work closely with the tenants and greater community. Mr. Keenan is already an officer of the board of directors of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce. "Community involvement is one of the major parts of my new responsibilities that I'm really looking forward to," he said. "I really feel like I'm going to have more time and be more available to participate in chamber functions than I have in the past." He plans to continue the mall's tradition of supporting education and wants to do more in this area.
He wants to ensure that Westfarms is a good neighbor to the people of West Hartford and Farmington. It doesn't hurt that Westfarms is the number one taxpayer in Farmington and consistently ranks in the top 10 in West Hartford. But he wants to give more back to the communities than just tax revenue. This local-boy-made-good has nothing but praise for the town where he was born. "West Hartford is such a great community. Everything that West Hartford does, they just do so well," he said.
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He cited such examples as the Barry Feldman Roast to support the Park Road Playhouse and the chamber's annual Noah Webster Dinner, which honors people for extraordinary community involvement. Mr. Keenan said it is important that residents not take the quality of this town for granted. "I also look forward to the challenge of continuing to build on Westfarms' already dominant position as the place to shop in the area and to further enhance the unique store mix and exceptional customer services that set Westfarms apart from other centers." As general manager, he needs to involve himself in long-term strategic planning. It's also important that he knows which stores are hot and which are
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centers you'll find anywhere, and that doesn't happen by accident. We want to distinguish ourselves not so that Westlarms can offer its patrons the shop- from the rest. "There are a lot of areas of responsibility in my ping experience they desire. Back when he accepted that first job on the clean- new position that I'm not familiar with," he added. ing crew, Mr. Keenan didn't expect to stay at "One of the things I like about this organization ... Westfarms for five years, never mind 25. But things is the genuine sense of teamwork that exists here. have a tendency to change and those changes brought There's a good energy." him continued opportunities for advancement. Mr. Keenan was allowed to appoint new facility "It's nothing like it was in 1974 and its nothing and security directors, also from within the existing like it was in 1980, or even 1990. It's a very dy- staff. He replaces Michael McAvinue, who moved namic environment. It's a %Try excitinv, time," he said. on to become general manger of a Taubman mall in "Businesses have to evolve with the economy and Short Hills, N.J., which Mr. Keenan called the gem the local demographics. First of all. (Jou need to) of the company's holdings. Linda French, executive director of the West know who your customers are. A good portion of our customer base is Baby Boomers." The goal at Hartford Chamber of Commerce, was thrilled over West firms is to be one of the things that they do Mr. Keenan's promotion. She praised his volunteer when t hey're not working. work and dedication to the community. "The company is growing. We're building shop"I'm delighted that Taubman saw the value and ping centers all over the country," Mr. Keenan said. hired from within," she said. "He knows every inch "Westfarms is one of the nicer-looking shopping of the building, the property, the neighborhoods. He knows the communities. Nothing flusters him." In a world full of absentee landlords, it's also
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With all there is to do at Celebrate! West Hartford, plenty of food is a necessity. Everything from Thai chicken to fried dough was available and several vendors sold out before the end of the final day.
Max Ulcoa shows his skills on a Peruvian-style pan flute during a performance of South American music in the garden outside Town Hall.
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James jerram carefully plans his strategy before bitting his ball through this house at the miniature golf course that is an annual part of the festival.
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comes and four children, a mortgage and lots of bills, their balance tipped out of control in early 1999 when Ms. Dav was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, ap degenerative nerve disease for which, despite recent advances, there is not vet a cure. Mr. Day works as a manager at Roadway Express, but Mrs. Day had to quit her job as an off-shore investment scout, adding to the strain of paying bills on top of her illness. Just as she was feeling stronger. her 15 year-old son Dustin broke both legs this past vinter in a skiing accident. As difficult as the tide of bad luck .was, positive energy was flowing back just as fast from the family's church and friends, the town's Neighborhood Services Office and area companies. Perhaps the most dramatic contribution was help whicl‘arri ved through Home Front Day, a regional
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though the Days were almost over-qualified financially, her medical condition and other circumstances of a needy family's house as possible. warranted the approval. This year's efforts were held on May 6, with the Americares Home Front Executive Director DenDay family's house one of 166 locations through- nis Brown explained that they look for recipients out Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. who, in demonstrating need and hardship, own and It resulted from several local efforts begun about occupy their homes, do not intend to sell over the a year earlier. First, the family's church, Bethany next five years, and have paid their taxes. Once Mr. Lutheran, held a benefit supper last year, with pro- Cronin met the Days, he knew he wanted to help. ceeds helping get the Days caught up on the mort"How could you not feel for these people? They're gage. The church in turn contacted the a beautiful family," he said. neighborhood services office, which was able to coWhile assessing what could be done in a day, the ordinate a federal Community Development Block next task for the churches was finding volunteers Grant that helped provide the Day house with handi- and raising the necessary money. As with all Home capped accessibility and repairs to the chimney, roof, Front projects, West Hartford coordinators raised windows and front porch. • $1,500 for Americares in return for thousands of Edward Sanady, neighborhood resources coordi- dollars worth of merchandise used in the repairs. nator, also petitioned Americares through the two Actual merchandise donated to Americares comes local coordinators for recipients in its annual area from local and national companies. Home Front Day project, the Catholic churches of "The teams' money goes 100 percent directly into St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Timothy. the project," said Mr. Brown. "It doesn't cover our "Ed told me this might be a great Americares overhead." project," said Thomas Cronin, a parishioner at St. While Mr. Cronin raised his church's portion for Thomas and project captain. He added that, al- the donation, St. Timothy's parishioner and assis-
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Not long after the surprise present, the skiing accident that would set the family back again also found them another angel of help. As a result of taking his own son and Dustin Day skiing that day— and thus getting to know the family better—local home builder and remodeler Michael Medeiros would become a key new resource for help. "I started to feel that, my God if I was ever in this position," he said, "boy would I sure want a little bit of help." This year, Mr. Medeiros designed and built an addition behind the house's kitchen, with accessible laundry and bathroom. As a contractor and owner of Mica Construction in town, he was able to call in a few favors for materials, helping smaller contractors organize tax write-off letters.
Although he was reluctant to ask large suppliers for other materials, he was amazed at a kind of collective need among many people to give, as if forces were falling into place for the project. "Everybody pretty much stepped up to the plate," he said, "like I couldn't believe." Mr. Medeiros stressed that all the materials were donated. There were only two payments: one for a discounted concrete pouring bill, out of special funds from family, church and friends; and another for the building permit, paid out of his own pocket to avoid the red tape of asking the town to donate it. On his own, and with help from his crew and Mr. Day, he prepared the groundwork for the addition, whose frame was erected by volunteers on Home Front Day.
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that is being read by a teacher while sitting with a Rustin. "Teachers really see the difference." According to the SYC director, young Veronica group of children, or learning how to follow direchas made the greatest strides socially in her months tions. All of them are important lessons that will ben- at the school. Her mother has also noticed how her daughter efit all children when they enter kindergarten. has learned how to make friends and interact with In addition, the program other children, all while introduces the four-yearlearning that she sometimes olds to new experiences, "Part of it is the social thing. has to wait for another perhaps learning about the Waiting your turn or standing in child to finish what they are beach, that would ordiline, you see kids struggling with doing before they pay atnarily not be introduced to those things."—Kathryn Carfi tention to her. the child. Each year, the town is Other basics that are taught include learning colors and how to use scis- required to apply for the grant once again and all sors to cut something out of paper, or simply work- pre-school sites accommodating children in the program are required to go through a yearly evaluation. ing with clay or paint. Another component of the program involves sim- In addition, children in the program are evaluated ply introducing children to other children and learn- on an individual level to see if they are making ing how they can socialize with their peers. progress. This summer the town will be offering a 16-day "Part of it is the social thing," said Ms. Carfi. "Waiting your turn or standing in line, you see kids program, called the Summer Academy, once again for those children who have no pre-school experistruggling with those things." "It makes everything worthwhile," said Ms. ence, but who will be at-
tending kindergarten for the first time when the new academic year begins. ''We really want to see for every child a highquality program," Ms. Rustin said. Ms. Carfi agreed and added, "we want availability for children in all areas." "It's kind of like that cliche 'it takes a village,' said Ms. Rustin, adding that she also likes using the lesson of the popular children's book "Stone Soup," when an entire village contributes to making soup by each adding their own ingredients to the large pot. • In the end, there is soup available for everxbody, or in this case, there is a pre-school experience lo'r every child. We want to see something like this available to all families," Ms. Carfi said. "It's such a small number of kids you get to impact. We'd like to see a lot more benefit," she added. . For more information on the Early Childhood quire about eligibility, in fi Council, or tocall Ms. Car at 523-3258.
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Although 73-year-old Giuseppe "Joe" Giuliano knew no English when he immigrated from Sicily in 1959, he knew the universal language of America included "making a better life." Within weeks of arriving here, he put his trade as barber into action at Frank's Barbershop on New Britain Avenue, located along the Hartford/West Hartli.Td line, where he remains to this day. But Mondays ever since—his days off—he has found a wav to combine gratitude to his adopted country with a knack for picking up a little extra cash. Area armed force reserves and National Guard members require frequent haircuts, and Mr. Giuliano has used that spare time to offer them at three key area facilities: the Army Reserve center on South Quaker Lane. and at the two Air National Guard
centers, one at Bradley International Airport and another in downtown Hartford. It's a dedication that recently earned him a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Department — of Defense. It came as a surprise. Mr. Giuliano, who's casual and friendly, said he fell into the extra job when a friend suggested he try the military to pick up extra work. "To make a living, make a dollar," he smiles now, rubbing his fingers together in a good-natured parody of American big business. Maybe it all started without fuss but, as he explained, he has prided himself on providing the dayoff cuts without interruption for the last 41 years—even during heavy call-ups such as Operation Desert Storm. "I've never been sick," he said.
The arrangement has worked well for all involved. While he gets extra work, the military get haircuts from someone who knows the 'iegulations and charges only what his customers can afford. Mr. Giuliano acknowledges that military personnel need haircuts almost every week in an area known for its high cost of living. "I charge five dollars, seven dollars, eight—no problem," he said. He tosses his hands in representing his easy, longstanding way of negotiating price based on judging each situation. Although the military does not pay him directly for the work, the Reserve provides him with a chair and space at its West Hartford location. Military customers who can't make it to that spot on Mondays follow him to his shop; he bought the
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the ear, and ''no block cut." He added that the barber's reputation precedes him in military circles. Also present on the same day was Stall Sgt. Dale I.arnhert, who his been coining to Mr. Giuliano for the year and a half hehas.been stationed at the South Quaker Lane facility. :He's always there," he testified to one key piece of that reputation.
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Since he's always on his feet, and on special call sometimes, Mr. Giuliano was asked if he ever gets tired. For now, he said he's not worried about working too hard, that he gets a little rest at nights and on Sundays. "When I finish over there," he pointed toward South Quaker Lane, "I go home and take a rest— and I rest when I die," he said with a laugh. He plays down the award's importance. "Oh, don't talk about it," he nods his head at it, propped up b y mirror. For him, the key testimony is what he hears each Monday when arriving at one of military, facilities: "Joe is here! Joe is here!" Testimony suggests that his humility may mask what Mr. Giuliano really felt when receiving his certificate. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Lewis P. Vasquez (Ret.), who is also executive director of the Connecticut Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (CT ESGR), said he saw how moved the barber was when he received the document.
"He literally broke down in tears," Colonel Vasquez said, describing how the barber then leaned on the shelf where he'd propped the certificate, put his chin in his hand, and just stared at the words of recognition. That tribute to Mr. Giuliano's dedication only echoes the barber's own outlook and customers support. He's never missed a Monday, never been sick. He's always there." The president of the Connecticut Department of Reserve Officers' Association, Col. Dennis Matthews (Ret.), added that the barber's work during special military initiatives doesn't result from his being called up specially or working extra days. He just ends up doing many more haircuts per shift. His basic premise is," said Colonel Matthews, "is he goes to a location. Whether there's three or four guys that get haircuts, or thirty, he's going to stay there until it all gets done." Colonel Vasquez said ESGR recognizes such dedication as part of all businesses that support the reserves and National Guard. ESGR's mission is two-fold: to educate the public on the military as it is today—tar more dependent on the reint:,
serves and guard t han before—and to strengthen the ties between reservists and their employers. In addition to certificates of recognition, one key method to strengthen that commitment is the 'boss lift," where reservists nominate their o wn bosses for their cooperation with the military. The bosses, in turn, receive awards and ride in military aircraft. Employers at such functions represent all occupations. At a recent boss lift, police chiefs from Shelton and Hamden will share awards with ClOs from small business, .1 :enior vice president from Fleet Rank, and an executive from Ensign-Rickford.
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by Liz Spencer For many people, the kitchen windowsill is a favorite place to display plants, small decorative items, or mementos of some kind. My own kitchen windowsill is no exception. I'm a sucker for cobalt blue glass and over the years I have collected several small antique cobalt pieces that now line up neatly on my windowsill. However on one end, propped safely where it won't tip over and break anything, but where I can see it, is one of my favorite things, a horseshoe. Not just any horseshoe, but one made by my grandfather right here in town. It is the only horseshoe made by him that has survived. My mother gets the credit for rescuing this particular piece of family history. My grandfather, William A. King, known as "Billy" to his family and friends was a blacksmith and farrier here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with his home and shop located on the corner of South Quaker Lane and Talcott Street, bordering on Charter Oak Park. There could have been no better location at the time for someone like Billy King, who specialized in shoeing racthorses. He had a fine reputation and maintained a successful blacksmith and carriage shop for a number of years. The house where he and my grandmother raised six children is still there, although the front porch and the decorative gingerbread with horseshoes worked into the design are long gone. My mother gets the credit for rescuing another piece cif our family's history that is also a piece of local history. While browsing in an antique shop one day, she discovered a program book from the 1909 Connecticut Agricultural Fair held at Charter
mary resources at Town Hall and the public library Oak Park. This book documented all the activities of the to learn the history of various sites around town. fair, from livestock and poultry judging to baked The results of this research were reviewed and 11 goods and canning competitions. These were in ad- sites were chosen for the exhibit. Ms. Wilson's students were then invited by the dition to the rides, food and horse racing. Advertisements included in the book praised the Noah Webster House's archivist, Janet Murphy, to goods and services of local companies. One of those review photographs of the sites and make selections advertisers was the blacksmith and carriage shop to be included in the exhibit. The students used the information they had collected to write the captions owned by William A. King. When my mother saw that ad complete with her for the photographs. The last step in the process father's photograph, she knew she had found a real was to mount the photographs and captions on mat treasure. Charter Oak Park may be gone, but this board that had been cut to size. The result of this collaborative effort is an exbook is a great way for us to appreciate the imporhibit that contains items of interest for those who tant place that it once had in the area. Because of their association with Charter Oak are familiar with the history of town as well as for Park, the 1909 program book as well as my horse- those who are not. In addition to photographs from shoe have taken up temporary residence in a display the archives, the display includes both objects from case at the Noah Webster House, where they are the museum's permanent collection as well as items part of the current exhibit entitled "Lost West Hart- loaned just for this exhibit. A large map has been included in the exhibit to ford." This exhibit, sponsored by the West Hartford Historical Society, traces the history of 11 help you on your tour around town and back in time. different sites in town, documenting the changes to The Goodwin pottery once occupied a considerthem that have occurred over the years, using both able area in town and produced a wide variety of photographs and text. As the exhibit points out, goods. The museum's display contains a large and these sites are not as much lost as they are recycled. varied selection of Goodwin pottery, from the utiliThe idea for this exhibit came from the response tarian to the decorative and from the small to large. Laura Koloski, director of education at the Noah While the original pottery site has been recycled Webster House, received whenever she presented her to other uses, the Goodwin home, built in 1821, talk on "West Hartford Then and Now" to local still stands on New Britain Avenue. My friend Prugroups. Audiences enjoyed hearing about the town dence now owns this beautiful Greek Revival house as it once was, as well as sharing their memories. and has been known to dig up the occasional potResearch assistance for the project was volun- tery shard from her garden. teered. by Tracey Wilson, who teaches a course on The shards are not part of the exhibit, but some local history at Conard High School. Her class used amazing examples of the Goodwin pottery are. land records, city directories, maps and other priWhen local housewives shopped for groceries,
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would be tallied by the cashier, who sat in a small windowed office. Our neighbor, Mrs. Pettit worked part time as the cashier at Burnham's. Since I was too short to see into the cashier's window, I would jump up and down, calling out my hello to Mrs. Pettit on the days she was there. Burnham's store was torn down and replaced by the First National Store, which has since been replaced by the Town Center shops. This exhibit contains great photographs of Burnham's, including some of the delivery wagons and the operators taking phone orders. West Hartford Center has long been a popular location for eateries. Breugger's Bagels now occupies a busy corner in the Center, but how many of the previous tenants of this location can you recall?
One of the newer restaurants, Puerto Vallarta, recently replaced the Edelweiss. Can you remember what restaurant preceded the Edelweiss on Farmington Avenue? The answers to these questions are in this exhibit. Did you know that this town was once home to a dude ranch? Maybe you remember horseback riding at the Long Horn Ranch. The First Church of Christ, Congregational, now sits on the southeast corner of Farmington Avenue and South Main Street. Did you know that this is the fifth structure the church has occupied? Do you know where the other four were located? Whether you are a long-time resident or imw to town, this exhibit is a great way to visit the past and maybe think about the future. WHL
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by Stephen L. Purdy Town officials and homeowners affected by flooding on Westfield and Bishop Roads have come to agree on two things: • There is long-term damage around at least six of that neighborhood's homes, with collateral harm to other properties on the block. • That damage poses potential threats to property values and safety. But that is where the accord ends. The questions, including what's causing the problems and who is responsible, have divided neighbors and government. Home owners point to the overflow from Farmington Avenue's main storm sewer after heavy storms as the primary culprit. Although the town admits this sewer plays a role in the problem, it also cites a general system of obsolete drains throughout the area—some blocked during road repair—plus tree roots that can block and raise pipes as causes. Dan Barrows said that, during the five years he and his wife, Laura, have lived on Westfield Road, their back lawn has often become an unwelcome,
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Photo by Nick Lacy bacteria-infested pond. "We don't have full use of our property 365 days out of the year," he said. Up the street, contractor Michael Henderson and his wife, Ann Walsh Henderson, an attorney, cope with a heavily flooded back yard after storms. "We can get water up to my thigh," she said. "In. a very short time frame, we get a lake." The Hendersons, who regraded their yard when putting on an addition, said they no longer get basement flooding, but the garage remains heavily affected. Its foundations are now cracked and heaving. "We get so much mud," Ms. Henderson said, "and
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Juvenile delinquency is more than a misguided rite of passage
The ink wasn't even dry on last month's editorial when reports came in of extensive vandalism at Beachland Park. You may recall, that editorial was about the lack of people taking personal responsibility in their daily lives or accepting the consequences of their actions. Jr clearly hit home. We received more phone calls, e-mails and comments in support of that position than for any other editorial published in West Hartford Life in its two-year history. The Beachland Park episode was far more than the usual level of annoying vandalism committed by misguided young people. The cost to the town— that's us, you know—may exceed $50,000, no small sum. Just what did these three teenagers do to cause such a mess? For starters, they broke into the house at the entrance to the park which serves as headquarters for the crew that cares for parks throughout the town. They slashed chairs, tore apart file cabinets and left documents and other materials strewn all over the floors. But that wasn't enough. They then found the keys to a pair of town pick-up trucks and drive those around for a while, tearing up the turf on the soccer field in the process. Someone got the bright idea to jam the accelerator of one of these trucks with a rock and send the vehicle speeding headlong into the park pond. The combination of water and mud, as well as body damage, effectively turned the truck into a total loss as far as insurance is concerned. But wait, there's more. The culprits smeared food condiments—catsup, mustard, barbecue sauce-----into every opening in the department's telephones, computers, cash registers and other equipment. They're ruined, too. They stole nice, new portable radios, three of them, priced at $2,000 apiece. That way, they could talk to one another wherever they were around town and relive their wild escapade. The radios were their undoing, because police were able to monitor the broadcasts and quickly identify the suspects. Arrests were made in short order. We're not going to attack these three teenagers by name in print, or castigate their families, because we don't know them. It also would not be fair to act as if these are the only teenagers in town who get into trouble. They aren't. But somewhere in this scenario, societal norms clearly broke down. Whether it was family, the foolishness of youth, or something else, we can only speculate. But such acts of vandalism against public property are acts of violence against everyone who lives and works in town, everyone who pays taxes to support the community. Sorry, kids, but it's not OK to spray-paint the sidewalks, egg the school windows, or tip over trash cans. Those who would do so need to understand that they, too, are part of the community, and in the end their illegal acts not only harm the rest of us, but them as well.
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I he MetroHartford Chamber of Commerce, celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, has added a new category to its annual Business Person of the Year awards program: Entrepreneur of the Year. I am proud to have been named the very first recipient. While I sincerely thank the chamber for such an honor, there is another group of people who deserve not just my thanks, but also much of the credit. No business can thrive-without a talented, hardworking and devoted staff, and mine is clearly no exception. When we started Wethersfield Life a little more than five years ago, we had a full-time staff of one: me. I was aided by two part-timers and four
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That core staff has grown to more than 30 wonderful employees who have not just participated in, but have helped create, our phenomenal growth. More than once I have sat in the office, surrounded by people who make me and my company look good, shaking my head in wonder that there is not one had apple in the White Publishing bushel. Every single person devotes themselves fully and takes great pride in doing their best.
They are tremendous assets, secret weapons even, each and every one. But the thanks aren't quite over. When I first heard the good news about the award, I immediately thought back to Time Magazine's Man of the Year cover story on Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com , perhaps the ultimate entrepreneurial venture. He started his fledgling company on a dream and the majority of his parents' life savings. While my parents committed significantly less, their love, seed money, and encouragement gave me the confidence I needed to quit my job and go into debt, simply because I thought I had a pretty good idea. Like most young entrepreneurs surely do, I thank my parents for their unflinching support and steady guidance. "Entrepreneur of the Year" is really a misnomer. "Entrepreneurial Business of the Year" is more appropriate. We at White Publishing are all in this adventure together: no one person deserves the credit or the accolades. We all thank the MetroHartford Chamber of Commerce, our more than 1,500 loyal advertisers, and our legions of faithful readers.
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An era ended with the passing of Bice Clemow
When Bice Clemow died a few weeks ago, it marked the end of an era in Connecticut, and particularly West Hartford, journalism. He was one of a kind and a throwback to the days when newspaper editors and publishers played a high-profile role in local events and politics. I had the opportunity to work with Mr. Clemow during my years at the West Hartford News. Even though he was officially retired by then, he still came in several days a week and wrote his "Box I" colfor the op-ed page. e was s willing to help the many young journalists on our staff learn their trade. Mr. Clemow would encourage them to try to learn a new word every day, arguing that vocabulary is the tool of any good writer. There are many colorful stories about his life, such as the dress he designed and sewed for Gov.
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Ella Grasso. And he was often seen on television as a political commentator. But anyone who knew Mr. Clemow has his of her own favofite stories about this most unique man. Here are a few of mine: I was emotionally shaken one day many years ago when a woman came into the newsroom on the last deadline before election day, demanding that we publish a letter to the editor. It made several scandalous, not to mention libelous and probably false, charges against one of the candidates. She was informed that no such letter could be printed, especially at such a late hour, without at least first talking to the candidate and giving him a chance to respond. And time constraints would not permit us to do that. She became enraged and promised to come back—with a gun. I went looking for emotional support and there, in his tiny office beneath the stairs, was Bice Clemow.
Clarification
The Center Squeeze Cafe, which was featured in a story in last Month's issue, is located in space which was vacated by Michaele's Coffee & Tea Company when Michaele's moved across the street to larger quarters. Michaele's was not sold and continues operations under the ownership of Michaele Gold.
He told me not to worry, and then recalled an incident much earlier in his career in which a man came to see him seeking to keep a teenage son's arrest out of the paper. He was told that, in order to be fair to everyone, no exceptions were made, and that he would have to live with the public revelation of his son's misdeeds. The man then pulled a pistol out of his pocket and repeated his demand. Mr. Clemow said he told him, "If you shoot me, then your name goes in the Police News, too." I guess there's a fine line between reckless behavior and bravado. They eventually settled the debate without bloodshed and, according to Mr. Clemow, the name of the youth was printed in that week's issue. Then there was the time he decided to write a three-part series about the history and divisive issues of the Middle East—from the Palestinian point of view. That didn't fly too well with the Jewish community. He knew it would create an uproar, but he firmly believed that freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, meant little if one didn't have the freedom to express unpopular views. I can remember him turning his office upside down while whipping up his special recipe Christmas eggnog—laced with a goodly helping of spirits—that he would pour into old liquor bottles, pack
into a briefcase, and then dispense throughout the retail shops in the Center. He carried small plastic cups and nutmeg on a string around his neck. Or the time I entered the men's room only to find Mr. Clemow, well into his 70s, lying on the floor, head crammed beneath the plumbing, trying to fix a leaky pipe. It had been years since he had sold the Isham Road building, but he couldn't see asking the current owner to spend money on a plumber if it was something he could fix himself. He was a character, all right, and a sometimes controversial man. But he also cared deeply about this town and was a darn good journalist. Let that be his epitaph.
Letter to the Editor
Mothers misguided in views on gun control
To the Editor: I should like to comment on Mark Jahne's "mothers are taking a stand for the safety of their children" in the May 00 issue of 'West Hartford Life. The desire of a mother to protect her young is God-given; hence, the driving force behind the "Million Mom March"(MMM) cannot be criticized.The problem is with their agenda, much of which is based
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Now to #2 on the MMM agenda, registration of all guns. My response to that is—no way. England, Canada and Australia have essentially disarmed their law-abiding citizens . How did they do that? First, they required gun registration, then they confiscated all of the guns that were registered. Only the crooks and scofflaws retain their guns. It's been three years since England confiscated all of those firearms, but currently gun violence in England is at an all-time high. It is equally true in Australia and Canada, all good examples of what strong gun control measures can accomplish. Some will say, Oh no, that can't happen here, this is America." Sorry, it already has happened here. A few years ago, the state of California passed a law requiring the registration of all so-called "assault weapons." That accomplished, it then decided that they were illegal, requiring that the registered weapons be turned in. Incidentally, Connecticut too has a law requiring the registration of so-called "assault weapons," but it has been massively ignored by the citizens. They know what the next step is. With regard to gun registration, then confiscation, George Santayana, the famous philosopher, said it best. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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on misleading or false information. President Clinton said that 12 children are killed by firearms every day in the U.S. Pretty disturbing, isn't It? For most people that statetnent conjures up a vision of six- or seven-year-olds blowing each other away. But let's take another look. "Children" in that statistic includes all the way up to I9-year-olds. The great majority of those "children" who die are involved in criminal activities (e.g. drug deals). Where are their mothers? Pillars of the MMM agenda are licensing of handgun owners and registration of all firearms. Relative to the first, they often put forth the argument that if automobile drivers have to be licensed, why not handgun owners? Please consider that drivers only need to be licensed if they drive on the public highways and byways. No license is needed to drive on a farm pasture nor, for that matter, does the vehicle need to be registered. Likewise, existing Connecticut law requires that anybody who carries a handgun in public must be licensed. Tlyere are 140,000 of us. Just think, maybe that nice-looking lady standing next to you in the grocery check-out line has a .38 special "snubbie" in her handbag.
One more example of the efficacy of gun control laws: Washington, D.C., where the Million Mom March was held, enacted Draconian gun control laws 33 years ago. It is just about impossible for an ordinary, law-abiding citizen to own a handgun in our nation's capital. Yet last year 15 public school students in Washington, D.C., died of gunshot wounds. Just a couple of weeks ago seven kids were shot at the Washington Zoo. Obviously, something is wrong, but it isn't lack of gun control laws. Unfortunately, MMM equates gun safety with gun ignorance. They don't want children exposed to firearms in any way or manner. They advocate the enactment of laws that would make mandatory loaded-chamber indicators on handguns. What good would that do if a child had no idea of what a loaded chamber indicator is? Mention was made in the referenced article of the success of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Please note the name of the organization is not Mothers Against Automobiles Driven by Drunks. There is one item on the MMM agenda which bears encouragement and support. That is increased enforcement of the existing gun control laws.
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Celebrate! West Hartford turns 14 years old
by Mark Jahne
The annual Celebrate!West Hartford festival returns the weekend of June 3-4, a far cry from the smallscale event started 14 years ago. Local license plates promoting the Noah Webster House are now available from the state Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Town Council voted to increase the cost of most parking tickets for the first time in more than a decade.
dancing, and an African dance and drum performance. Festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 3 and from noon to 6 p.m. the following day.
Historic preservation honors
Eight properties were honored in the 3rd annual Preservation Awards program sponsored by the \Vest Hartford Historic District Commission. Top honors went to: Firehouse Square on Brace Road, a former fire station remodeled for office and retail use; the Rentschler Estate at Renbrook School; and the renovation of the former Beach Park School on Steele Road into the School for Young Children, part of Saint Joseph College. Other first-place winners were residences at 63 Foxcroft Road, 201 North Main Street and 50 Riggs Avenue. Honorable mentions were presented to 1485-87 Boulevard and 77 Crestwood Road.
Celebrate turns 14 this year
The 14th annual Celebrate! West Hartford festival is scheduled for the weekend of June 3-4 on the grounds around Town Hall. As always, there will be plenty of food, music, entertainment and a juried arts and crafts show. Also returning is the 5K road race, with a new division this year for expectant mothers. The amusements and rides will all be new and there will be more than 150 arts and crafts booths to visit. Special attractions will include the "Pearls of Paradise Hawaiian extravaganza, complete with fire
The Okra Dance Company will present a fastpaced, interactive program of world dances at 2:45 p.m. June 4 during the CeleAtatt! West Hartford _festival. The (vent is scheduled for June 3-4.
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Federation helps working women
The Business and Professional Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford has embarked on a plan to help Jewish business and professional women connect to each other and to the Jewish community. Several events are planned for the upcoming months. They include: "First Ladies Build" to support Habitat for Humanity International on June 4; "Tout Le Monde—Three Connecticut Artists" on June 12; and a trip to the New York City Jewish Museum on September 17. For details, call Debra Glassman at 232-4483, ext. 379.
Parking fines increased
The Town Council approved a proposal to increase the fines for various parking violations in town. There has been no change in the fines since 1989. Most tickets will now cost S14, plus a $2 administrative fee. Higher fines are charged for such violations as misuse of a handicapped parking space or blocking a fire lane.
Federation sets annual meeting
The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford will mark the official end of the 2000 campaign year with an annual meeting and campaign closing celebration on June 1. The festivities are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at Beth El Temple on Albany
Ballet presents spring peormance
The Ballet Theatre Company will present a spring repertory performance at 8 p.m. June 3 in the Herbert Gilman Theater at the Greater Hartford, Jewish Community Center, 335 Bloomfield Avenue. Admission is $12, or $8 for senior citizens and chilKelly Mok will dance in the Ballet Theatre Company's repertory performance at 8 p.m. June 3 at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center.
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on June 4. Most hardback books are priced at $1 and most pocket paperback books are priced at 50 cents.
Noah on your license plate?
Applications are now being accepted for West Hartford specialty license plates featuring the town's Noah \Vebster connection. The price is $95, and $25 of that is a tax-deductible donation to the Noah Webster House. Interested people can start the process by sending in or bringing a $30 check payable to the Noah Webster House to Renee McCue at Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, or Abby Perkins at the Noah Webster House, 227 South Main Street. For more information, call Ms. McCue at 523-3238 or Ms. Perkins at 521-5362.
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People are also invited to take self-guided tours of North Cemetery, 60 North Main Street, between 2:15 and 3 p.m. An open house will follow at the Noah Webster House, 227 South Main Street.
Relay for Life fights cancer
The first Relay for Life to be held in town is scheduled for June 10-I I on the grounds of the American School for the Deaf on North Main Street. This event is sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Teams will arrive at noon on June 10 and remain through the night until noon of the following day. The goal is to have fun and raise money toward cancer treatment and research.
Library to host summer concert
The \Vest Hartford Public Library will present a concert at 7 p.m. June 20 in Webster Hall at the main library. It will celebrate its new Baldwin piano, a gift of retired librarian Michelle Duffy. Featured performers will include Natasha Ulyanovsky on piano, Alexander Ulyanovsky on cello and vocals by Vera Karchov. The free concert will include both classical and popular selections.
Come tour the cemeteries
A tour of the town's historic cemeteries is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. May 28 as the final event marking National Historic Preservation Week. It will begin with a guided tour of the Old Center Burying Ground at 30 North Main Street.
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The West Hartford Chamber of Commerce recently presented its planning from the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary annual Noah Webster System. This international program is designed to Awards for help land owners preserve and enhance the environ- extraordinary mental civality of their property. commitment to the The ACSS provides an advisory service to golf community. The courses to help them develop effective conservation winners,flanktd by and wildlife management programs. Rockledge will chamber officials become involved in projects that enhance the habi- Cynthia Ciccbetti and tat for wildlife along the course and preserve its natu- Scott Conover, are ral resources for the benefit of the community. (from left) James Capodiece, Haig Shahverdian, Eleanor Horn and Katherine \Vest Hartford Vision invites all residents, particu- DePalma, a Conard larly those who live in Elmwood, to an open meet- High School pupil. Ing from 7 to 9 p.m. June 12 at the Faxon branch Trust. library on New Britain Avenue. The primary topic The 23.1 mile-event will be a team activity and of discussion will be the proposed Hartford-to-New feature a 10-mile road bike course, six-mile mounBritain bus way, which will pass through town. tam n bike portion, four-mile trail run and three-mile road run. Part of the proceeds will go to Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Roundup/ 10
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The Sarah Whitman Chapter DAR honored three students with its annual Good Citizen Awards. Regent Doris Kingsbury presents them to (from left) Timothy Harrigan of Northwest Catholic High School, Jennifer Cbyi of Hall High School and Timothy Dowd of Conard High School. book to be sent to children in other countries. These gifts are intended for children in refugee camps, wartorn or famine-stricken areas, or orphanages. Each student will include some basic writing and drawing supplies along with his or her book. The project is part of Kids to Kids International, a group fonknded by children's author Pat Kibbe. three of the town's elementary schools. Maureen Lacey, currently principal at Ruth Chaffee School in Newington, comes to Aiken School; she previously taught at Webster Hill and Norfeldt schools. Ellen Rosow, the townwide reading and language arts curriculum specialist, is the new head of Morley School. Taking over as principal of Duffy School is Kathleen Tracy, a town native who currently is principal of Oakbrook Elementary School in Clover Park, Wash. The town is expected to receive more than $1.4 million in state funding to help pay for repairs and expansion at five public schools. This money is part of a more than $1.5 billion statewide spending plan approved by the legislature. Most of the money will go toward additions to Morley School and Sedgwick Middle School. Funds will also be used for technology updates at Bugbee and Duffy schools and roof replacement at Duffy.
Science Center summer programs
There will be a wide variety of programs offered this summer by the Science Center of Connecticut. "Bug's Eye View" opens on June 24 and offers children an opportunity to learn about the insect world. Week-long science programs for children entering grades 1-6 will be offered beginning July 10. Also scheduled are programs on ecology, animals, physical science, flight and more.
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Getting ready for the annual Strawberry Festival sponsored by the Auxiliary of the Hebrew Home & Hospital are (back, from left) Terry Marcus, Selma Sciarra, Rose Silver, Jeanne Elman, Jackie Weisenberg, Judy Zagoren Schlossberg, Ellen Zarkin Fleming, Barbara Frost, Ronna Kravitz and Riva Dreschler; (middle,from left) Amy Vogel, Jodi Steben, Debbie Shulansky, Suzanne Goldberg, Jacqi Ruzensky and Dorothy Silver (front, from left) Fredda Goldstein, Susan Fierberg and Renee Neikrie. The event is scheduled for June 6 at Emanuel Synagogue.
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The Rotary Club of West Hartford is once again offering its Ambassadorial Scholarship Program. This enables ambassadors of good will to study in another country. There _are several types of scholarships available, ranging from a few months to three years. For application and deadline information, call club President Mark Tamaccio at 233-6 1 38.
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by Alicia B. Smith On ,my day of the week, you can walk into the \Vest fart ford Public I ibrary and find be plenty of people using the facility. Some will be looking for a specific book at the computers, others will be browsing through a magazine, someone else will be making photocopies and teenagers may be doing their homework in their own special room. And that's just in the upstairs area. Venture downstairs to the children's room and youngsters will be seen at play, reading and browsing t hrough rows and rows of books. Fhe library is clearly one of the most popular at in town. It got that way thanks to lots of "friends." The Friends of the West Hartford Public Library have been making contributions, both small and large, to help the library. 1 hey want residents to have a comfortable, resourceful place for all their literary needs and beyond. Beginning in the in a group of women,
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Jody Morten, President Linda Tberriault and Rosemary Melcbreit are all active with the Friends of the West Hartford Public Library. what was the original entrance to the library, donated the flag atop the Noah Webster balcony, donated toys to the children's area, and made ongoing contributions to the Virginia Chase Perkins Book Collection. Other contributions throughout the group's history included lectures, a Christmas tea and bus trips. Throughout the years, the Friends have grown and changed. However, the group continues to focus on
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Mr. Lorenz said that the Friends work as an in- Woods," was in town to speak and sign his books. Approximately 500 people came to hear him dependent organization which develops its own programs and activities. When it comes to gifts to the speak. Other programs include presentations on spe library, Mr. I.orenz noted that the Friends will ask cific topics, such as gardening. The Friends offer family passes to area museums, the library for its input as to what items are most including the Noah Webster House, Science Center needed. The three-branch local library is one of the busi- of Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, Harriet est in the state in terms of circulation, second only Beecher Stowe House, Connecticut Historical Socito Greenwich. ety, Peabody Museum New England Air Museum, Roaring Brook Nature CenWith so m any people _ ter, Hill-Stead Muse using the facility, the "We like to supplement things not and the Mashantucket Friends have developed in the budget."—Jody Moreen Pequot Museum. ways to make sure that everyone in town has an inPasses can be reserved up to one month ahead of the planned trip by signing terest in the library. "This is one town where you are hard pressed to up in the Children's Department. In order to receive find someone who doesn't use the library," said Ms. the passes, a West Hartford Public Library Card and Moreen. proof of residency arc required. One way the Friends do that is to offer a little The Friends are available to deliver requested lisomething for everybody, young and old. There is a brary materials to local shut-ins. The library can be bulletin board just for senior citizens near the origi- called on Tuesdays andThursdays from 10 to 11:30 nal entrance to the library. Teenagers have their own a.m. at 523-3277 to request materials. room, as do younger children. "We like to supplement things not in the budFor everyone else, there is plenty offered through get," Ms. Moreen said of the Friends. "I just thought we'd buy books," Ms. Therriault the Friends such as lectures, museum passes and services for the home bound. added. The book buying comes from the library funds Throughout the year, the Friends offer a number of programs including lectures by notable authors. in the town budget. What the Friends do is pay for Most recently Bill Bryson, author of "A Walk in the Friends, page 19
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the cost of the programs they offer and purchase items that are not covered in the library's operating budget. Recently the Friends purchased a new sign for the Bishop's Corner branch. They've also helped out at the Faxon branch in Elmwood. Other purchases have included a $5,000 flat wall to hold books, and items for the teen room such as CD-roms, computers and video tapes. The Friends have also purchased simple items such as video cassette recorder cleaning tapes. "I'll indicate a range of items I'd like to see," said Mr. Lorenz. "It's terrific we do have such an active Friends organization. I'm pleased it's still very strong." In order for the purchases to become reality, the Friends need money. They earn it in their annual book sale. The sale was taken over by the Friends from the
Suburban Woman's Club four years ago. Each June since then, the books are spread out under large canopies in the center of town. Books for sale can cost 50 cents for a paperback and $1 for a hard covet. The Friends on average raise between $10,000 to $15, 060 from the sale. Residents can donate books to the library for the sale, which will be kept in a special room in the library to be sorted into a variety of categories. Throughout the year a book sale cart is located at each branch, where residents can browse and purchase books as well. "It's a fun thing to do," said Ms. Moreen, of the book sale. "My husband used to think the Friends were a secret organization," Ms. Therriault added with a smile. Secret, they are not. The more help they have from the community, the more things the Friends can do. "We are trying to increase the rank and file of our membership," said Ms. Therriault.
New members can join for as low as $10 a year in dues.The only other requirement is "you really have to love libraries," said Ms. Melchreit. To become a Friend, simply fill out the form found at the library and send it in with the dues to Friends of the West Hartford Public Library, 20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107. The Friends can also be found on-line at www.westhart ford.lib.ct.us/ westhartford/ friends.htm.
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by Alicia B. Smith Despite the many things that keep him busy, the Rev. Thomas Carr is never forgetful of the connection between life and God, between all the creatures of the I:art h .1nd spirit that connects them. When he has some free time, he likes to spend it in the out of doors, perhaps taking a hike. "I like to get away," he said. "It reminds me I am part of something that is larger than myself." Growing up in suburban Detroit, Reverend Carr spent childhood vacations Out in the woods campin k; near lakes. His experience beyond the paved streets and sidewalks of his hometown created an affinity for the natural world that he has taken with him into his life as an adult. Now he incorporates it into his life as a minister. "It began to deepen within me as a truth of our faith," said Reverend Carr, referring to the connection between one's faith and the world besides humans. ( Back in the mid-1980s, he recalls a news story that got his attention. A "garbage barge" was sailing up and down che East Coast trying to find a place that would accept its load of trash. "It just struck me," said the pastor. "It struck me, what is the church saying and doing about what is happening to God's planet?" Reverend Carr wanted to find out, so he began to research the topic. He spoke with others in the church, read up on the subject and studied the Bible. Our look at life needs to be broader," he said as to what he concluded from his research. "This is God's planet, all life belongs to God. If that is true, our understanding needs to be broader." He added, "We know what we have to do. The question is do we have the will and do we have the vision?" While Reverend Carr recognizes that everyone who reads scripture does so from different perspectives, he said that what is important is to admit that your interpretation of scriptures is from a personal perspective, whatever that may be. "I read scripture with ecological eyes," he said. "What is this saying about the human and earth story, what is the universe story?" Admitting that his view of scriptures and understanding of the connection between faith and the environment is unorthodox, Reverend Carr continues to edu- The Rev. Thomas Carr cate and inform those is pastor of the First around him about his Baptist Church. opinions on the matter. He begins with his own church. Since arriving at the First Baptist Church at 90 North Main Street, he has preached sermons focusing on this special connection between humans and Earth and God. He incorporates hymns and prayers with environmental-related themes into his services. And he also has developed a number of groups and programs that have faith, God and the environment at their center. Earth Prayers is an interfaith group centered around God with a focus on people and all living creatures as a primary concern. The group meets once
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a month and sings songs, reads scripture and recites poems with environmental themes. Another group that has been created is the Outdoor Fellowship, which is relatively new, having been formed six months ago. This group organizes hiking trips and nature tours. "It's a way to stop us and remind us we belong to the Earth," said Reverend Carr, who always enjoys spending time outside. It is not uncommon to see him walking through one of the local reservoirs, which are just some of the places he likes to spend his free time. "There are people in the church that have a real passion for this," said Reverend Carr. "People get involved on different levels," whether it's taking part in political action, planting a tree or bringing a new dimension to worship services. Recently he volunteered to organize a day at the state capital for parishioners to speak in support of legislation to clean up what is called the "Filthy Five," which refers to the states five power plants. "They don't meet modern emissions standards," Rev. Carr said.
The proposed legislation would require the five plants to meet emission standards no later than January 2003. Recently his church sponsored a healing service with approximately 130 people of all faiths attending.They participated in a celebration which included hymns, silent meditation, Native American flute playing and drumming, a reading of Genesis in Hebrew, English, Spanish and Chinese, and prayer. The purpose of this special service was to bring awareness to the healing of the Earth. It was at this service where Reverend Carr was awarded the Serenity Award from the Center for Serenity, a non-profit counseling organization operated out of the First Baptist Church that is dedicated to "world peace and living in harmony with all of earth's inhabitants," according to Co-Director Lynn Johnson. The award was presented to the pastor "for his compassionate commitment to the Earth and the courage to lead us on the path of environmental justice." "We wanted to give it to a person in the commu-
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Kostin, Ru kess celebrates 50th
Kostin, Ruffkess & Company, EEC, celebrated its 50th .unnversary in business on May 6 with a blacktie optional event at La Renaissance in East Windsor. The company is a regional business advisory and certified public accounting firm.
Daniel Saunders, an employee of S.K Lavery Appliance Company, recently attended a dealer's professional development seminar presented by Delia, Inc., exclusive northeast distributor of high-end cooking equipment and other major appliances. With him is Deborah Miller, director of special events for Delia.
Chamber sets annual meeting
l'he West Hartford Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting and luncheon at 11:45 a.m. June 8 at the Farmington Marriott hotel. Kevin Galvin of the Colonial Handyman is scheduled to become its new president and a volunteer of the year will also be honored. The keynote speaker will be marathon champion Bill Rodgers, who will help the chamber prepare for its June 18 'Irma Brook Relay. The cost of the luncheon is $25 for members and $28 for non-members. For reservations call 521-2300.
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The project will include renovations to the existEugene Shugrue, president and chief executive ing structure, as well as new construction. Most of officer, said the minimum investment is $1,000 and the work will be done when school is not in session. the bank plans to open for business by autumn. Those interested in receiving a prospectus or learning more about the bank may contact him at 5216800.
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West Hartford Bank & Trust is now offering investors the opportunity to purchase stock in its new community banking venture. The bank has filed its charter with the state Banking Department and the board of directors is engaged in raising capital.
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Local residents Carlene and Ronald Bush, and Carle and Lawrence Mowell, were among the supporters who attended the annual Crystal Ball sponsored by the Greater Hartford Auxiliary of the American Cancer Society. Jane Farley recently joined the staff at the Faxon Branch Library as its new children's specialist.
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The following Conard High School students won honors at the State of Connecticut 2000 Scholastic Art Awards: Phil Decoteau, honorable mention in drawing; John Donohoe, honorable mention in drawing: Eve Winslow, Silver Award in sculpture and Nicole Begin, Silver Award in photography.
The following Hall High School students won honors at the State of Connecticut 2000 Scholastic Art Awards: Elizabeth Clark, Gold Award in drawing; Erica vonKleist, honorable mention in drawing; Jessica McClanahan, Silver Award in sculpture; Matt Rutstein, honorable mention in sculpture; Justin Yuen, honorable mention in product design and Philip Dube, Silver Award in ceramics and glass. Dianne Rechel, Realtor with Realty Executive Capitol Region, was re-elected president of the Business Network International West Hartford chapter.
Matthew Amenta, Danielle Appel, Brian Cullen, Maureen Frederick, Daniel O'Rourke, Ersilia Romanelli, Jane Sitarz and Edward Spinella were inducted into the Aquinas Chapter of the National Honor Society at Northwest Catholic High School. Shilpa Manaktala of Northwest Catholic High School won second prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Archdiocese of Hartford. Daniel O'Rourke won third prize in poetry and Krista Olson received honorable mention, also in poetry. People Notes, page 46
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Jide Oseni, Nelson Mingo and Julian Rodriguez reach for the rebound while playing basketball on a recent sunny day on the court at Kennedy Park.
Peter and William Niedman enjoy a snack in the shade of one of the trees at Kennedy Park.
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Miles McCartby-Reynolds, just five months old, probably can't wait until be's big enough to see over the bucket swing.
Eileen McCarthy (above) gives her daughter, Anna McCarthy-Reynolds, 3, a push on the swings at Fern ridge Park.
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by Mark Jahne The stock market is skyrocketing. The economy is booming in virtually all sectors. Fimes have never been better, right? For the most part, the news is positive on the economic front. But don't expect cartwheels from any business owner or manager who is searching for skilled employees. Times are tough for those whose "help wanted" advertisements are going wanting for lack of interest. Because the economy is so good, the unemployment rate is low. Justabout everyone who is willing and able to work has a job, and more than ever, they are working in the field of their choice. Students coming out of college arc being courted by major corporations who once would have turned a cold shoulder to someone without several years of professional experience. "The labor market for retail is very tight," said Robert LaPerla, owner of LaPerla Ltd. jewelers in the Center and co-president of the West Hartford Center Business Association. "Everyone who is employable is employed. It's because the economy is as strong as it The retail industry used to depend upon people who were between jobs or careers for much of its labor force. But those folks are all working in their preferred areas, and few are selecting retail sales as a career.
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Frans Flobr fills up a cup of flavorful brew at Afichaele's Coffee & Tea Company on Farmington Avenue.
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All of the coffee spots, they have their own little Riche and each one is slightly different," Ms. Gold added. "We sell an enormous amount of lattes and capplICCInos. While her store sees plenty of people who stop by for breakfast or a quick cup to go, she said her typical customir is someone who buy; one or two pounds of coffee to take home, with perhaps a pie. loaf of bread, or some chicken salad as well. We also set lots of Lutes and cappuccinos," said Cindy Alinedma, assistant manager at truffles. -• 'she b, lie yes that many people prefer the stronger taste of pr L !MUM beans. Americans have a coffee habit. pure and simple, and the many Center shops arc catering I t) tHat trend. Another popular coffee-based blend is the many mocha drinks served in these shops. The basic ingredients are coffee and chocolate, with whipped cream optional. " bhey like the sweet taste and the bitter taste together." Ms. Almedina said. These beverages go well with the sandwiches, pastry, salads and hot lunches sold in her store. Truffles leaillrt'S its own special blend of coffee made by Omar. Newton Brainard bought Peter B's Espresso three years ago from his brother, Peter. as an investment.
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Dr. Pareles, who added he has "two left feet," said he'd begun at Always on Sunday because he liked the feel. "When you get dance music in your blood," he said. "it just feels good." He said his coordination has improved a bit, but that he comes most for a break from the tensions of professional life. "This is a nice way to start the week," he said. 'I'hat's a feeling even nine-year-old Jeffrey Pawlak of West Hartford can relate to. A student at Duffy School who plays piano and is already certain he wants to be a computer programmer, Jeffrey enjoys the dance for fun and has been coming regularly since September. While he realizes most of his classmates aren't interested and he doesn't mention these outings at school, on Sunday evenings Jeffrey focuses on the welcome at the hall. "I know a lot of people here," he said. It's this variety and energy that retired pharmacist Cs' Levine. Lynn Levine's husband and another founder, celebrates most about the collective. "We're just a warm, homogeneous little group, he sa:11. "On ,mv given Sunday, I feel such a sense of pride being part of it." like a philosopher, Mr. Levine added that the
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by Mark Jahne community of dance is a great unifier. "Hearing good music from talented artists, dancing holding hands with a neighbor, gives us a feeling of belonging, of being at ease with ourselves and others." Plus, it keeps him young. "I'm 80," he said. "I still dance, feel great, and when I get here I feel like I'm 50." His wife added that it's the music itself, with ethnic variety, unusual time signatures and instruments, that also plays a ,big role in that sense of vitality at gatherings. "It's really very interesting and exciting," said Mrs. Levine. "You can hear the music, and know which country it comes from." Although the music is usually recorded, eight regular participants have begun a band that sometimes presents live music, usually at parties. Participants say the number of people who attend on those nights skyrockets. Instruments include French horn and accordion, clarinet, violin and drums. Ms. Levine explained how the band's name, A Different Village, comes from a folk dance tradi-
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When David Levin first picked up a paint brush, it was out of a sense of curiosity, more than a sense of purpose. He didn't con' sider himself particularly talented or artistic. But something magical happened for the proprietor of West Side Wines on Raymond Road. When brush met canvas, flowers bloomed, doors opened and new vistas were created before him. Now his shop is home not only to hundreds of bottles of fine wine, but also to his artistic creations. Mr. Levin's paintings hang on the walls, adding a European style flair to the store. They seem to provide the perfect accent for the wines he sells. And speaking of selling, that's what is happening to these creative endeavors. Mr. Levin never fancied himself an artist, and certainly not one whose works people would buy, but the paintings are proving every bit as popular as his bottles of champagne, merlot or chardonnay. "I just started painting about five years ago" after }icing gently prodded to try his hand at it by a friend who is an accomplished artist. "My first few paintings, I put on the walls of 'my own house ... wasn't about to show them in public." store, replete with bright colors. They include the But all that changed one evening when he invited first painting he ever did, a field of flowers. friends Steve and Kate Cavagnero over for dinner. "I put these up ... they are all spoken for," he They are the owners of Cavey's, a chic restaurant in said. "I'm reticent to sell them because they're like Manchester. The Cavagneros raved about his talent my children and I haven't produced that many. and asked Mr. Levin if they could hang some of his He has given some of his art away as gifts. More art in their establishment. paintings are in the works, but it's hard to find the The attorney-turned-wine seller was flattered, but time to clear his mind to paint while also tending to apprehensive. However, if they liked his paintings the needs of a business and family. SO much, he decided it was worth a try. Since his art was such a hit, he decided to expand Three paintings were hung on the restaurant walls, the opportunity to others. Beginning in June, West but they weren't there long enough to collect any Side Wines will feature exhibits of the works of varidust. Patrons wanted to take them home and, with ous artists in addition to those of the store owner. Mr. Levin's permission, all three were sold right away "It would be fun to have other artists" display for a handsome price. their creations inside the store, he said. That would "The first day, I sold three paintings upwards of make it a gallery as well as a wine shop. $1,000 apiece," he said, still amazed. "There are Galleries normally charge a fee for any items sold plenty' of stories about starving artists who are much while displayed in their space. Mr. Levin plans to more accomplished than I." allow these artists to exhibit their work for free, but All of this was a bit overwhelming, but it vali- will suggest that they take an amount equal to what dated to Mr. Levin that he had artistic talent after a gallery fee would be and donate it to charity. all. His avocation had become a nice little source of "It will be a revolving exhibition. There's a lot of secondary income and pride.... cross appeal for me between wine, art and food," he He pointed to the works currently hanging in his said. "It would be fun to have an art gallery some
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David Levin, owner of West Side Wines on Raymond Road, stands alongside one of his paintings. He recently began banging his art in the store and it is selling almost as fast as his wines.—Photo
about wine, said Mr. Levin. They know that price is not the only factor in determining the quality of a particular vintage. "You can still get %food bottle of wine for five bucks, six bucks," he added. As for his newfound skill as an artist, he hopes to study painting in a more formal manner and perhaps branch out from his current medium, which is acrylics on canvas. "I don't know where it will lead. I would like to explore other mediums" such as pastels or oils. Mr. Levin never had a strong attraction to • :t as a child. He paints the same way he cooks—witliout a recipe and with a willingness to experiment. "I just start, and something develops," he said. "I still don't feel that I can draw at all." WIII„
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Over the years, Michelle St. Hilaire has enjoyed a wonderful relationship with her Leo Datro, her grandfather. She has also witnessed a beautiful love blossom between her daughter. Rose, and the man who is great-grandfather to the little girl. Mr. Datro is a veteran of World War II.The more Ms. St. Hilaire thought about it, the more she wondered why there is no national memorial to the men and women who fought in the nation's greatest overseas conflict. Over the years, she listened with rapt attention as Mr. Datro told his stories about the war years. She le.ltrAd more about the conflict from historical documentaries on television. She wants her grandfather and all of the other veterans to know how much the following genera-
Children from the West Hartford Methodist Nursery School gather outdoors for a group photograph. Everyone had a role in making six guilts which will be sold to help raise fi4nds for a World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. tions appreciate what they did. Constructing such a tribute is an idea which is growing rapidly in popularity across the country. Individuals and groups from coast to coast are helping to raise money to make it become a reality while these aging military veterans are still around to enjoy it. One such effort is being conducted at the West Hartford Methodist Nursery School, where little Rose is a student. With encouragement from Ms. St. Hilaire and other parents, the staff and children set out to design several quilts, which would be sold to raise funds for the memorial. "We're going to be raffling off six quilts," Ms. St. Hilaire said. "The quilt tops were painted by the nursery school. The whole nursery school is involved. The kids used stamps and they did their own little art work." "It was all Michelle St. Hilaire," said Carole
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on the quilts," Ms. Schultz added. "Every single class worked on it." That amounts to 84 students. Some parents helped as well, and others made financial contributions to support the project. The youngsters began their work in February and, as West Hartford Life went to press, the plan was to raffle their quilts at the recent classic car cruise night in the Center. Wal-Mart iri Manchester donated the quilting material and financial support came in from both
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the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. With encouragement from Elmwood Senior Center Program Director Gina Marino, the older generation then swung into action to help 3tit the children. Nine women who comprise a group called the "Crafty Ladies" agreed to complete the quilts. "We're doing the quilting, explained Grace Gregson, as the women all tackled a different section of the project. She showed where the children had decorated the quilt with hand prints and stamps. The quilters were outlining these areas with thread, while at tilp same time joining the pieces together into a finished product. "We did make one with our own hands on it." said Lucy Valenti. All of the women agreed that the cause was noble and the veterans—who are now senior citizens themselves—richly deserve their memorial. They are happy to be contributing to help achieve that goal. Quilts, page 48
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Education Seeking their fair share
Cap on state education funding leaves schools $5 million short
by Mark Jahne Board of Education Chairman Thomas Fiorentino and Superintendent of Schools David Sklarz aren't asking for anything they don't deserve. But they would like to receive their fair share of state education aid. Despite a mathematical formula which determines ECS (Education Cost Sharing) funds for each city and town in the state, a cap placed on that funding by the state legislature has resulted in a $5 million discrepancy in what the town receives versus what the formula indicates it should be receiving. That difference is made up by local property taxes. And $5 million is a good chunk of the overall local budget for public education, which is approximately $80 million. "It didn't happen overnight. It's happened in small increments," the superintendent said. Meanwhile, the cost of educating children keeps climbing as the population in the town's public schools changes. More disadvantaged children are moving here from other communities, particularly Hartford, and they bring with them greater needs— which require increased attention and programming to help them succeed. As shown in the accompanying chart (ECS Aid), last year 148 students with various needs moved from Hartford to West Hartford. Hartford received approximately $7,000 per student in state ECS money for these children, or a total exceeding SI million. So one might presume that when they moved to town, that money would follow them. But one would
In calendar 1999, 148 students moved from Hartford to West Hartford. Hartford receives over $1 million in state aid to support these needy students. West Hartford receives just $64,000.
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don't change, just the location—and the amount of be wrong. These same children, with the same issues and state money. Hartford is funded at IOU percent of the EGi. challenges, can move three blocks from Hartford to West Hartford. But the state money doesn't come formula, but "we're getting under 40 percent," said with them. The town's §eh ob Is receive only $350 per - Dr. Sklarz. And it's not just an issue of addressing student from the state, as opposed to the $7,000 the challenges of poverty or urban education, either. they were worth apiece in Hartford. "There's no rationale. Simsbury gets 100 percent. Is that unfair? Local officials certainly think so. "Our population has been changing," said Dr. We get under 40 percent," the superintendent said. "Where's the logic there:" Sklarz. To deal with the needs of this changino, populaThe school district is serving more children who ECS, page 50 qualify as disadvantaged. That means they are either members of minority groups, meet poverty-level guidelines, or speak a primary language other than English in their home. Local efforts have demonstrated that they an succeed if given extra programs and attention. But that adds to the cost of their education. The needs
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in which the town was losing money each year. Senator Sullivan said he proposed legislation this spring to reduce the inequity in funding, but it did not garner enough support to become law. "In fact, the town has gained under ECS since then," he said, although it still lags far behind the goal of 100 percent funding. He is counting on legislation which will remove the cap on state education spending in three years. He was critical of town officials for asking the legislature to fix the problem without showing a willingness to become part of the process themselves. "We had asked them (town officials) to put together a coalition with all of the towns that are similarly situated," he said. "We would all like to see it (equal funding) happen faster." Board of Education Chairman Thomas Fiorentino didn't take kindly to the senator's comments. As far as he is concerned, the legislators are the people who devised the formula and allowed for the current inequities in funding, so they should be the ones to fix the problem. In his opinion, the town shouldn't have to take legal action to get what is its rightful share of funding. And if coalitions need to be formed, the best place to do so is within the legislature. "This is a legislative problem. It's not a judicial problem," Mr. Fiorentino said. "All I care about is the bottom line." He is hopeful that the cap will be lifted and that the economy will remain strong enough to support the rise to full ECS funding, but that doesn't solve the budget problems of the next few years. Even though they just completed the 2000-01 budget, board members and Town Council members are al-
ready beginning work on the next budget in hopes added. of avoiding a large tax increase. Mr. Fiorentino said it is important to note that Mr. Fiorentino asked, "Can we hold our breath the school board is not trying to take E cosn e; say m , a ewa for four years" until the cap is lifted? "In the mean52 time, what are we supposed to do for shortfalls?" There must be some way to help now, he believes. If ECS is the problem, then perhaps the legislature could temporarily fund public education in a another manner. "We know it's a hornet's nest," he said. "What doesn't change is that there's a gap and we need more money. There's only so much you can keep pulling out of local property taxpayers." Mr. Fiorentino said many other towns are experiencing budget referenda and he fears the same will happen here next year if local taxpayers are asked The Micro Controlled Peeling system gradually once again to pick up the cost of what should be the state's share of funding public education. • abrades epidermal cells to treat a vast range of skin "What's frustrating about it to me is that the imperfections with immediate visible results. numbers speak so clearly," said Mr. Fiorentino. "If The gentle solution to: we don't do something, it just looks like a train • Sun-damaged skin. • Enlarged pores wreck." Adding to the challenge is the fact that the con- • Uneven granular skin. • Blackheads and comedones tract for hundreds of public school teachers is up Superficial scars and stretch marks. for renewal this fall and, either through negotiations • Fine lines and wrinkles or binding arbitration, they are likely to receive an increase in pay. Salaries and benefits make up 85 percent of the school board's budget, he said. EUROPEAN SKIN CARE CENTERS The chairman said the school board has already 51 E. Main Street, Avon enacted many cost-saving measures. He doesn't want to cut programs or increase class sizes, but they may 678-9130 not have a choice unless the funding issue is resolved. Call us for a free consultation and see for yourself what our This town is not Greenwich, and its public schools Micro-dermabrasion Treatments can do for you. serve a wide range of youngsters "from the children of CEOs to the neediest kids you can imagine," he
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He noted the budgetary cap is intended to conRepresentative McCluskey said that when other state aid is included, the town actually made out trol not just ECS funding, but overall state spendbetter than last year. Road aid, capital improvement ing. It would take a significant bipartisan and other funding is counted in that equation, along effort—and a willingness to be criticized by taxpayers—to lift or remove it. with the education aid. He believes a key component of the issue is how "I'm committed to lifting those caps, said state much money the state can realistically provide to its Rep. Andrew Fleischmann. "I expect within the next 169 municipalities. At the least, he would like to four years that we as a town will end up receiving an see the state fully fund special education costs. uncapped grant from the ECS formula. We're already "We've given an enormous amount of tax reduc- in the process of ramping up" the amount. tions and credits" which place an increasing burden He called the current situation "a serious discrepancy" but, in agreement with Mr. McCluskey, noted on the state budget, Mr. McCluskey said. He believes the fact that state education money that the town's overall state aid is on the increase, doesn't move from Hartford to West Hartford when some $700,000 more in the upcoming 2000-01 fisthe children do is "really unfair." cal year. The legislator agrees that lifting the cap would Although he is optimistic the legislature will take bipartisan action to resolve the problem, Represenbe of benefit to his home town. "Eliminating the cap would certainly be helpful tative Fleischmann said there are certain factors for West Hartford because our demographics have which could derail the plans. changed," he said. "The best way to correct the ECS One would be opposition from Gov. John problem is to correct things upward," not penalize Rowland and the other would be a downturn in the those already at or near 100 percent of funding. state's booming economy. WHL
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Raised in the New York City suburb of Larchmont in the 1950s and '60s, Pam Seton Lorenzo often attended Broadway shows with her parents and rock concerts with her brother. Indeed, with her father Charles Seton, a copyright attorney for musical narries that ran the gamut from rock's Jefferson Airplane to theater's late Lotte Lenya, home life was steeped in a cross section of American performing arts. "And for the musicals that I didn't get to," Ms. Seton Lorenzo said, "my parents would buy the record albums. I just assumed that everyone's experience included the new recording of Little Mary Sunshine or The Music Man." It's this kind of early grounding, only built on through her education and community support, that helped instill and nourish in Ms. Seton Lorenzo her twwneer goals: performing and social work. ix years ago, having juggled those goals with a
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work she did with Mr. Casey and Mr. Pietrycha on a three-song demo tape five years ago, and she's certain of big changes in the future. Area jazz pianist Mary DiPaola-Davisrho teaches at Hartt School of Music at the UniVersity of Hartford and has performed several times with Ms. Seton Lorenzo, said she's in awe of the singer's persistence, despite not being fresh out of school and still balancing marriage and family. "It's hard work to get jobs playing music, especially as a leader," she said. "So I admire her tenacity." Ms. DiPaola-Davis added that, while Ms. Seton Lorenzo is organized and focused in her worTA it's her rapport with audiences that stands out. "Like all good singers, she's very personable, and her voice is real rich," she said. From family right through college and work, that rapport has been built, step by step, on a blend of social activism combined with the arts. A key first influence outside home, from ages I I 16, was her study of acting improvisation, speech, dance and singing with drama coach Gloria Lands in Mamaroneck, near her home town. As part of the program, she participated in plays which she believes helped her appreciate community problems. "We would perform," she recalled, "and ther:Aere would be audience discussions." Her high school drama teacher and director, Kathleen Crane-Viola, recalls a student burning to study and perform. "She would work diligently on a role, by herself, with students, with me, until she honed it to the Lorenzo, page 58
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duty rubber bladder that inflates with high pressure and closes off an opening: or a one-way valve, which can require considerable maintenance. If they are able to' block their run-offs, he added, other run-offs nearby may even work better with the help of land regrading. Ms. Barrows noted that they're not asking for the test itself on private property. "If we have a solid question about whether the public sewer works are adequate for what's going down them then, no, I think it's up to the town," she said. She added that, although the town claims it doesn't do such work elsewhere, she would need proof. "If everybody else is turned down, I'm OK with it." Mr. Henderson said the irony is that the town will pay to send a fire truck to pump out flooded basements. "And yet I can't get them to do a little preventive, help me evaluate a problem and figure out a way to fix it," he said. No one really thinks that fixing the flooding problem on Westfield and Bishop roads will solve the overall strain to Farmington Avenue's main storm drain. Built in the 1930s, replacement would cost about $1 million, be coordinated by the town (sanitary sewers are maintained by the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Commission) and funded by the Capitol Region Council of Governments. Although Mr. Kraus feels CRCOG will rate Farmington Avenue "highly in that system of projects,' it is not currently under consideration. Mr. Sanady said that, while the town may not feel obligated to help individual owners financially, it wants to help them understand the issues and find solutions. "The reality is that the town is very interested in working on these kinds of solutions," he said. So can the sides work together? The property' owners feel they've called, written and held countless meetings, to no avail. "We're going to wait until a child is hurt," said Ms. Guzzo, "and then there is no solution." With the matter now going for review before the Town Council's Community Planning and Physical Services Committee, Mayor Rob Bouvier said he vvill personally make sure a meeting is scheduled. "I think that, at the committee level, we can have a comprehensive discussion with town staff, and come up with a remedy that is satisfactory to both the neighborhood and the administration," he said. Ms. Barrows believes that, if the issue comes to an impasse, the neighborhood is vocal and tight. "We'd have a lot of support on the rest of the street," she said. Will
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by Mark Jahne Everybody knows what a massage is, right? It's not that difficult to define. Or is it? The extent to which government can go to define such a seemingly basic act is both cumbersome and a bit humorous. It took the Town Council 12 full pages of carefully scripted definitions to delineate the lawful act of massage therapy and a legitimate massage establishment. For that matter, the person who provides the massage is a "massage therapist." Or maybe a "massage practitioner." Then again, perhaps he or she is a "mass4st." A what? Sounds a little bit too much like "masochist" to this writer. Other choices are "masseur" and "masseuse," from the French for, well ... pick one of the above. What follows is the official, as written by attorneys, definition of massage therapy. Brace yourselves. 'Massage therapy' means .the systematic and scientific manipulation and treatment of the soft tissues of the body, by use of pressure, friction, stroking, percussion, kneading, vibration by manual or mechanical means, range of motion and non-specific stretching. Massage therapy may include the use of oil, ice, hot and cold packs, tub, shower, steam, dry heat, or cabinet baths, for the purpose of, but not limited to, maintaining good health and establishing and maintaining good physical and mental condition." Whew. That sure seems to cover every possible aspect, but I'm still a bit confused about "percussion." Does that somehow involve Ringo Starr? Why are our elected leaders spending time on such a seemingly harmless issue? Part of the reason is that an increasing number of massage therapists are setting up shop in town and more people are taking advantage of their services. There is a public health concern, as well as a desire to make sure the therapeutic massage is just that; therapeutic, not a thinly veiled cover for the world's oldest profession which, at last check, remains illegal in these parts. The town ordinance expressly forbids the, touching or showing of any sexual or genital portions of the anatomy by anyone in a massage establishment, Massage, page 48
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The Soap Box Editorial It's always someone else's fault
Welcome to the United States of America, the land much any more, either. I will confess that one day I of the free and the home of the brave, where "duck was driving down the Park Road exit off 1-84, in a and deny" is rapidly becoming something of a na- hurry to get to an appointment, and saw the light tional motto, turn yellow. I pushed it a bit, not wanting to wait We the people have made a science out of pass- another cycle, and passed beneath it as it turned from ing the blame, pointing the finger, and expecting yellow to red. . everyone else to, b_e_j_udged harshly while we at the It was not the proper thing to do. But what was else. Parents are even bringing legal help along to challenge junior's grades at school. This is not a criticism of lawyers. They play an important role in society, and they help keep that
same time absolve ourselves of any personal respon- most amazing was the fact that three more cars — sibility or accountability. It is a trend which perme- yes, three—followed me through after the light had ates our society, from grade-school children all the clearly changed. way to the White House. A day doesn't go buy when the police don't come This editor always finds it an educational expert- across people who are driving unregistered or uninence when he spends some time on the road with sured vehicles, or driving while their license is unthe police department. Such opportunities to view der suspension because of a previous transgression. the community through the perspective of those. And they always seem to come across folks who simcharged with protecting its safety and enforcing its ply chose not to show up for an assigned court date. laws provide a close-up sociology laboratory in which But it goes much further than legal statutes. We to study the human condition, seem to have an excuse for everything: had upbringAnd who arc the conclusions of the study thus Mg, teasing in school, alcohol and drug abuse, defar? Simply, that an increasing number of people manding bosses, uncaring spouses.We have road rage, scent to think that they can do whatever they want, black rage, white rage and teen rage. that laws. regulations, even manners and common And pity the poor dog who always gets blamed courtesy„q■ply to everyone else, but not to them. , for eating the homework. W1 1k say "excuse me" when a middle-linger sa- When we perceive that we have been wronged, we lute would do: Why hold a door for someone else if lash out, sometimes verbally, sometimes physically. you could get to your car two seconds faster by let- Domestic abuse remains a significant problem in (mg it slam in their face? society. Gun violence has filtered down to the el\\'c all know the terrible dangers inherent in ementary schools. drunken driving, but there are still plenty of people 'It's all right to become angry', but whatever hapwho get behind the wheel and think nothing of op- pened to venting that anger in a positive manner? crating a cal' or truck after they have had several Whatever became of learning how to control your drinks. Then there are those who speed, but that's temper? another story ,for another day. Instead, we simply call our attorney to get us out Red lights and stop signs don't seem to mean of the problem, to pass the blame on to someone
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Soviet military veteran recalls why he left his homeland
To the Editor: With my deepest interest, I read your December 1999 issue, the article about some "ex-Soviets" in West Hartford. What. made me, as well as many' of my compatriots, leave Russia, leave the country we were born in, the country and her culture we love and admire, and the country many' of us defended during World War II—or in Russian parlance, the Patriotic War? Up to the first day of the German invasion of Russia. I had been serving as a radio operator of a submarine task force in the Baltic Fleet. But the very first day of the invasion I was transferred to the Marine Corps and corn inued my duty as a marine soldier up to the day I got severe fire wounds. I had my left toot amputated, and my right leg was also st rongly injured. I returned to Moscow and started to work as a translator from English. In 1946 I served as a translator on the construction of an oil refinery plant in Orsk, a small town near Orenburg in the south Urals. This plant had been designed by the Badger Company of Boston, whose engineers supervised the construction of the plant. But I still needed some good practice in my own English. With this in mind. I visited the U.S. Embassy in Moscow with the only goal to enrich and sharpen my English, no more. At that time, they did not have any vacancies, and both my visits to the embassy took no more than 10 to 15 minutes. Anyhow, I got the work of a translator in the Soviet Head Navy Department. On January 7, 1948, I was invited to the Naval Intelligence Department of the MGB (the predecessor of the KGB). They forced me to "confess" that I had been "enlisted" by Badger's engineers. No one could prove my' imagined crimes. Nevertheless, I was destined to serve eight years in the special concentration camps. They gave me 10 years, with no trial, without my presence before the court'and without any lawyer to defend me. The charge was that I revealed the structure of the Soviet Head Navy Department to the U.S. Secret Service. On returning to Moscow and being completely cleared. I had my: rights restored to my pre-arrest capacity, but it was very' difficult for a Jew to find a suitable job. The dirty scent of anti-Semitism issued by the Communist Party was very severe and we Jews could feel it very well. So I, as well as many Russian Jews, had to leave the country we loved. And now we're in the United States, our new home, sweet home.
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by Christopher White When you wake to find that the "Wall Street Journal" has a front-page article on a mutual fund money manager entitled: 'What is this man thinking?" you have to laugh. But when you read that he heads a fund you own, it's a lot less funny. I never used to care about these things. If I wanted to gamble, I went to Foxwoods. At least there you get a free buffet dinner: But the stock market was a sure thing. Who could lose? As a young investor who has never seen the market actually drop in his adult life, I figured what goes up, must keep going up. I've learned the hard way that the NASDAQ should have cigarette package-type warning labels. "These tech stocks can kill. You could lose your shirt and jump out your window. You could be lulled into a false sense of security with modest, regular gains, then Alan Greenspan, that Stooge of the Underworld, can get heartburn making your investments valueless." But Greenspan doesn't get all the blame—there's plenty to go around. I also blame CNBC and their stock reporter/Money Honey Maria Bartiromo. She's perky, optimistic and pretty, and everybody knows that bad things never happen to beautiful people. So if Maria says. "Buy," I buy. When Maria said you should invest in companies you know, I bought Hostess, Haagen-Dazs, Nabisco and Land ()lakes. They've all dropped. I reserve my harshest criticism, however, for my mother. She insisted I buy only high-tech companies because "you're young enough to eventually earn your money back if they go down." Oh good, that's comforting. My financial success depends on longevity and I'm investing in butter companies. When stocks plummet (like they do every day now that I'm an investor), Mom call's and leaves me a voice mail: "CMGI is down more than 50 percent; you should buy!" Maybe it's down for a reason, and she has as much knowledge about CMGI's business plan as I do. For all I know, it could stand for Crazy Man Gives-up Income. It would be safer for me to put all my money under my mattress, and publish my address and alarm code, than to take one of my mother's stock tips. But I have discovered a way to make money: set up a members-only web site and publish on a weekly basis the stocks that I'm buying so people can sell them off before they plummet, and tell what sectors I'm leaving so people can buy them before they boom. It's like a high-risk game of keep-away, as in "Keep away from whatever Chris White is buying." People will pay for that kind of information. Or, maybe I could use my soapbox to move the market towards my stocks and away from everybody else's (I mean really, who cares about other people's stocks?). Here are those stocks rated strong buys by my uncle and confidante, Alan Greenspan: Cisco, Nokia, Microsoft, MCI Worldcom, America Online and the entire biotech sector.
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by Mark Jahne After a lengthy search, the Board of Education finally found a new principal for Hall High School, a man currently serving as head of a high school in Arizona. Thwn Councilors approved plans to renovate the Veterans Memorial Skating Rink and Elmwood I )ay in May was scheduled to return for another year.
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John .Hudson, principal of Trevor Browne High School in Phoenix, Ariz., will become the next principal at Hall High School. He replaces Jerry Copsinis, who is serving through the end of the cur-
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Concert benefits youth league
A Concert of Dixieland and other jazz music will be presented at 7 p.m. May 6 at Wolcott School. Proceeds will benefit the West Hartford Youth Baseball League and a new concession stand planned for Wolcott Park. Tickets are priced at $5 for adults and S3 for children under 12. Advanced purchases may be made by calling the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce at 521-2300.
Broza coming to Jewish center
David Broza, considered Israel's musical superstar, will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. May 21 in the Gilman Theater at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center. He is known for his flamenco-tinged folk rock, sensual snippets of poetic lyrics, and his dark, sultry looks. Tickets cost $18; patron tickets arc also available at $26, which includes preferred seating and an after-concert party. Call 236-4571 for ticket reservations.
Skating rink plan approved
The Town Council voted to move forward with plans to renovate the aging Vetertns Memorial Rink, even though the projected cost of $4.2 million is more than previously expected. This will be the first major overhaul of the rink, which is need of major repairs, since it was constructed 32 years ago. Councilors already set aside $3 million last fall for the project and also expect lo receive a grant for $130,000 from Northeast Utilities for installing
Women invited to walking expo
A walking and running expo for women, sponsored by Avon Running-Hartford, wilt be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 20 at Fleet Feet Sports for Women, 1003 Farmington Avenue. Admission is free. Experts will be on hand to address such issues as training, foot problems and injuries, shoe recommendations and proper nutrition. For additional information call the store at 233-8077. Roundup, page 8
David Broza, one of the most popular musicians in Israel, will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 21 at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center.
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Roundup/7 Hundreds attend Feldman roast
l'helOwn Hall auditorium was filled to capacity on April 5 for the "Roast and loast" of Town Manager Ram, Feldman. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Park Road Playhouse. lighlights of the evening included a sampling of •re pertory theater, a mock job performance review by eight members of the Town Council and town officials playing "Who Wants To Be a Town Manager?" There was also an investigative news video in which friends and officials poked good-natured fun at the manager.
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Residents and businesses'are asked to help support (he annual post-graduation, party for the Conard 1110 School class of 2000..1'his substance-free event is scheduled for June 15 and the goal is to raise S20,000. Donations or in-kind contributions may be directed as f011ows: Meg Kennedy (food', at 561-3066, Girl Scouts from Troop 410 helped package hundreds of Speed Limit Club bumper stickers for distribution to local schools. The scouts are Yelping to spread the message that mtetorists need to slow down for safety.
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2626 Albany Avenue. This event mark's the 50th anniversary of this program in the Hartford area. Highlights of this event will include a candlelight procession, special photographic exhibit, third generation children's choir, personal testimony from survivors and the lighting of six caTidles in memory of the six million Jews killed during that time.
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The town is actively recruiting medical escorts for its volunteer program. These escorts provide transportation to medical appointments for elderly residents who are unable to use the Drial-a-Ride program. Volunteers escort elderly residents to their medical appointments, remain with them until the appointment is over, and drive them home. People who are interested in becoming an escort may call 523-3244 or stop by the volunteer office in Room 306 of Town Hall to speak with Linda Hanson.
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Roundup/9 Elmwood Day in May returns 1)av in May will be celebrated from noon
to 1 pin. May 7 in the parking lot alongside the Puppy Center on New Britain Avenue. Sponsored once again by the Elmwood Business Association, it will of ler entertainment for the entire family. There will be music, dancing lessons, police and hre depart mem exhibits, food and much more. Plans include the opening of A 40-year-old time capsule recovered from the property of the former 'Falcon lunior ligh School and the popular "Dancing I ).ids' from the Alyce Carella Dance Center.
IFS Schedules Cafe Europa
I he Holocaust Survivors Advisory Committee, tormed through Jewish [amilv Service to administer I iolocaust survivors grant programs, .s planning a cot fee-house style gathering. "Cafe Europa" is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. May 21 at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center, 335 Bloomfield Avenue. [he goal is to allow European Holocaust survivors and immigrants from the former Soviet Union to get to know one another in a relaxed environ-
The Iti'st Hartford Exchange Club honored Kevin Larsen (center) as its firefighter of the war. With him are club President Mark Bemis (left) and Fire Chief William Austin. ment. Transportation for those in need will be provided from Congregation Beth Israel on Farmington Avenue. sive devices from a •Mayflower Street home in Elmwood after discovering them while responding to a medical call. There were also reports that a firearm had been discharged at that location the previous evening. The two items, a hand grenade and artillery shell, were X-raved and determined to be harmless. A portion of the street was blocked off for several hours
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chairman of the Republican Town Committee. He replaces Herb Shepardson, who stepped down after four years but will continue to serve as the party's political director. Republicans named two vice chairmen, Robert Kappes and John Haviland. The also selected Fergus Cullen to serve as treasurer and Karen Champagne as secretary.
The West Hartford Exchange Club honored Mark Puglielli (center) as its police officer of the year. With him are club President Mark Bemis (left) and Police Chief James Strillacci, during the incident. Festival. Top honors were awarded to the cast and crew for total effect and outstanding production. Fifteen students also won individual honors.
Karam garners two awards
Alison Karam of the town's Neighborhood Services Office recently won two awards in a competition sponsored by the Connecticut Valley Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. A Gold Mercury Award was presented for a video she produced called "Reaching Out" about students, parents, volunteers and teachers at the Hillcrest Area Neighborhood Outreach Center. Ms. Karam also received Distinguished Chapter Service Merit Award. This honors chapter members for their personal involvement, hard work and leadership within PRSA.
Hall pupils garner honors
The cast and stage crew of "Impassioned Embraces" brought home the most awards ever received by Hall High School from the annual Connecticut Drama Association Festival. For the fourth time, Hall was invited to represent the CDA at the New England
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"Hometown Showdown 2000" from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Max' 10 in the Town Hall auditorium. This annual fundraiser benefits the town's community cable access station. Businesses, neighborhood groups, individuals and others are invited to form teams to participate in this trivia game show format. For registration or more information call 570 - 3717 or 561-1260.
Carter illustrates child's book
Don Carter, a town resident who works as art director for an advertising agency, recently created the illustrations for "Wake Up House! Rooms Full of Poems." The book was written by Dee Lillegard of Castro Valley, Calif., and published by Random House Children's Books. Mr. Carter creates three-dimensional paintings using foam board, plaster and acrylic paints. This is his first book for children.
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"Voices," a program hosted by the Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. will be held on May II. The keynote speaker will be Joan Lundell, television personality and former host of "Good Morning America." Admission is S45 per person, plus a minimum contribution of 5200 to the Federation 2000 Annual Women's Campaign. Call Jody Weinberg at 23244. ext. 389, for reservations and further details.
TV personality Joan Lunden will come to town on May ii to speak at a function of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.
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Federal money assists police
The U.S. Justice Department awarded the town a S127.500 grant to purchase technology and equipment for an automated booking system and automated fingerprint identification system for the police department. This will allow for computerized dis-
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Where can you find alfOrdable family entertainment ■vitlim 20-nulc radius of a capital city in any state? I he answer is New Rritam. home of the [astern .cague AA Rock ( its baseball team Where can y.iti find a father and son teaming up to bring all the skill and excitement of professional baseball to local fans:: Right here in \Vest I lartford. with a maior assist In )in I.armington and New Britain. ( Adman Levy. chairman of the board of the Rock Cats, 5 .1 lifelong Connecticut resident who actually grew up a few blocks from New Kritain Stadium. I lis son. rvan, is director of marketing and prtnnotions for the team and grew up with his three siblings in West I lartford. "Nly wife and I brought up our four children here in town for almost 30 years." said the personable attorney. who has been involved in numerous community associations over the years. He down played
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He is proud of the fact that the Rock Cats are the oldest professional sports franchise in the state. He feels that Mr. Buzas made the agreement with himself and Bill Dowling, former general counsel to the New York Yankees, "because of our connections to the state and Bill, like Joe himself, had been involved with the Yankee organization." He dismissed any idea that the Rock Cats affiliation with the Minnesota Twins would change. For many years, the team was a farm club for the Boston Red Sox.
"We are more than happy with the Minnesota people," he said, adding that the Eastern League leader in ticket sales is the Portland Sea Dogs, which are affiliated with the Florida Marlins. "Besides, we have 10 games each with those teams associated with the Yankees, Red Sox and Mets for those people who are interested in seeing prospective big-league players." Evan said, "Actually, most of younger fans are Rock Cats, page 18
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more interested in Rocky, our mascot, than whether the next Ken (iriffey, Jr., is in center field. "I )ouble A produces more players that get to the majors than any other league," added Evan. "You're more likely to see the next Sammy Sosa or Mark McGwirc here than anywhere else." I laving seen Roger Clemens, Mo Vaughn and Jeff Bagwell at this level and at this venue, for sports fans, its got that, too. Rocky is an important part of the community involvemeni ..l 'he mascot which Evan refers to as "our 0od-will ambassador" was appearing, as it often does, at an area school. His lather said, "We offer kids who have achieved some scholastic success, be it reading a certain number of books or for their attendance an incentive program. We've been offering reward programs in a number of area elementary schools." It's just one of the incentive programs the team offers:' "We have a fan card system, a frequent fan card
where we issue cards that earn points toward prizes they were really fun," Coleman said. and raffles. We are having three free youth clinics He explained that the sale of the team had to go on Saturdays through the season where young play- through "everyone from the commissioner of Maers can be instructed by manager John Russell and jor League Baseball to the City of New Britain, who some players. It's such a thrill for the youngsters just holds the lease on the stadium. Basically, we had seven to set foot on our field," the weeks until opening night, director of marketing exwhich was April 7, and it's "We've added picnic areas, which plained. a credit to the great job allow for the space to have everything Speaking of thrills, they done by the staff that it was from birthday parties to corporate have what the younger Levy such a successful sell-out." calls "a tremendous fire"Parks & Recreation Day outings."—Coleman Levy works display every Friday last year was the largest night and July 3rd. These crowd ever, but opening are real pyrotechnic productions, not just your run- night was right up there in the top five attendance of-the-mill fireworks." nights," Evan said. A list of performances that include the Blues Also at the top is the stadium itself, which was Brothers and Zooper Stars enforced an earlier ob- named one of the 12 best minor league parks in the servation made that "the minor league parks are country by Baseball America. The elder Levy is happy breeding grounds for entertainment acts," Evan said. with some of the cosmetic changes they've made inFather and son laughingly explained the Zooper cluding revamping their souvenir outlet, the Third Star as animal mascots who portray big-league play- Base Shoppe, adding both "a new look and lots of ers like "Cow Ripken" and "Ken Giraffe, Jr." new merchandise. We also put up new flags from all "We saw them at the league meetings this March; over the Eastern League. We're adding new items
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by Alicia B. Smith A total of 6,000 gold sequins, 8,000 pearls and 200 yards of metallic thread later, Elaine Gladstone can finally take a rest. It has been four years since she started the project. She recently completed creating hand-sewn portieres, or door curtains, measuring 42 inches wide and nine feet long. The portieres were created to hang in the recently refud)lthed drawing room of the Mark Twain House in Hartford. "I've shoved'Off sequins for awhile," she said. "I'm going back to making clothes for myself." What possessed her to spend so many years on such a laborious project? Well, she loves to sew and besides, the Mark Twain House asked her to. "To be a part of it was an honor," said Mrs. Gladstone as she looked at the finished project spread out on a table in the Carriage House of the Farmington Avenue Clemens' property. She enjoyed the challenge it presented to her. The final piece of the project is to line the portieres, hang them and add the final touch by having
as much as they could about the original drapes that had been a part of the Clemens home and had hung on the first floor between the drawing room and the dinning rooms. The two women relied heavily on information from designer Candace Wheeler of Louis Comfort's Tiffany's Associated Artists out of New York, who was responsible for creating the original portieres. Other information' was gleaned from Dover Books, which reprint materials that have lost their co pyright. More information was also gathered from studying materials on textiles. The Mark Twain House had a few letters with limited words describing the portieres, and there were some family photographs that had the portieres as part of the background (see page 24). One photo depicts Mark Twain's daughter, Susy Clemens, walking through the portieres. The picture had to be photocopied and computer enhanced in order to see the detail of the originals. "Knowing about the period, we came up with the colors and patterns and a way of presenting some of the sparkle that was there," said Ms. Curling. Back in the 1970s, the portieres that were hanging in the drawing room were made of pale blue cut velvet with a diaWest Hartford, CT 4t mond-shape pattern. (860) 521-8440 "The pale blue, that was the wrong color for Hair Studio it. Subsequently, by reading letters, it showed us that this was the right color choice for the Cut & Blow Dry...$15 Perms & Hi Lites...$45 up room," said Ms. Curling. Kids Under 10 $10 Colors $25 The choice for the With Kathy only • Expires 5/31/00 new portieres is a peach Open Mondays • Early AM appointments available CT Reg. #552768 www. LeConche.com like color, highlighted by 361 PARK ROAD , WEST HARTFORD • 236-0123 the embroidered flowers of red, green and blue. "I had to come up with a design that fit," added Ms. Curling. "Then I had to bring it all into scale." ...What Can You Do About It? The design that was chosen for one of the You may be eligible for a nationwide Breast panels includtrs'spring flowers, such as peonies, Cancer Prevention Study if you are: iris and sweetpeas. The flowers decorate a band At Increased risk for Breast Cancer near the bottom of the portieres. Both designs Post Menopausal are floral in nature. At least age 35 knew what sweetpeas looked like, If you are interested, please call but to draw them was a The General Clinical Research Center: different story," Mrs. Stu • y of Tamoxifen Gladstone said. "I've (860) 679-1636 or (860) 679-3509 learned a lot about garAnd Raloxifene dening." UConn She recalled the many Health (IRB #99-266) gardening magazines she Center reviewed as she was working on the project. Gladstone, page 24 them hemmed. The Mark Twain House project began following the Christmas season in 1996 when Curator Marianne Curling saw some embroidery work Mrs. Gladstone had done for the Wadsworth Atheneum, Mrs. Gladstone had created two pieces that are on display in the Goodwin Room at the art museum, a tablecloth and fire screen. Mrs. Gladstone has been perfecting her embroidery skills since she was a child growing up in the New York borough of Queens. Her love affair with sewing and embroidery started one summer when an aunt taught her how to sew. She began with creyvel work. Her first piece consisted of a design that had the Pledge of Allegiance and the American flag on it, which had been purchased at Woolworth's. She has been at it ever since and is now a member of the Embroidery Guild and the Textile Society. Before one stitch was sewn on the portieres, Ms. Curling and Mrs. Gladstone spent a year and a half conducting extensive research in an attempt to learn
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Elaine Gladstone holds one of two portieres panels she embroidered by hand. The door curtains will eventually be hung in the drawing room of the Mark Twain House in Hartford.
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by Mark Jahne For the high school students who comprise the string ensemble I Giovani Solisti, it's like hitting the daily double. When they perform at Town Hall at 4 p.m. on May 7, they will be joined by a talented flutist and famous Hall High School alumna. They will also be the first to perform on a set of instruments made especially for that evening by a master craftsman. The credit for much of this goes to the Foundation for \Vest Hartford Public Schools, a private organization which raises funds for enrichment activities and other educational programs not covered in the Board of Education's annualtudget. Every year when we don't travel, I try to find opportunities for the kids to do things that are unique, said Edwin &Groat, conductor of I Cnovarn So list The ensemble includes musicians from both Conard and Hall high schools. I read about this gentleman (Jon Van
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States. A 30-minute documentary of the event is planned and the concert program is entitled "Catch a Rising Star 2000." Last year, the foundation pr'esented its initial "Catch a Rising Star" featuring 1988 Hall graduates Brad Mehrdau and Joel Frahm, who are both now enjoying professional success in the world of jazz. "It's going to he a wonderful event," said Heather Congdon, speaking on behalf of the foundation. "Our intention is always to have alums or presentday students," hut this year they have both. The whole thing started, she recalled, when Mr. deGroat approached the foundation for its support of an artist in residence. In its two years of existence, the Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools has awarded approximately S37,000 in grant money, and Mrs. Congdon expects another $30,000 to be given away this year alone. "We've had amazing success," she said. Tickets for this year's performance are S25 for
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by Mark Jahne h may seem like a semantic move to some, but changes in middle management at the \Vest Hartford Fire Department are expected to have a profound impact on how the department serves the community. With the appointment of lour new battalion chief's, a new direction of training and supervisi o,n will alter the way the department has tradit ionally conducted its activities. Eire Chief William Austin has eliminated the former deputy chief position—aided by the recent retirement of two long-term deputies—and initiated a new rank called battalion chief Four men were recently appointed as the first to fill this new position. They are: • Capt. Art Howe, a 20-year fire department vet.
eran formerly assigned to Station I on Prospect Avenue. • Capt. Jim Quish, who has 18 years with the department and most rece. ntly served at Station 3 in Elmwood. • Lt. John Oates, most recently a company officer at Station 2 on Brace Road. He has been with the department for 12 years. • Lt. Mike Noga, also from Station 2, and with 14 years of service here. Chief Austin said there was a fifth candidate who also scored highly in the competition, and who was passed over only because four, and not five, positions were available. The chief said this candidate, whom he did not name, is highly regarded and will likely advance in the future.
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Although theirs are supervisory positions, the new battalion chiefs will remain members of the local bargaining unit of the International Fire Fighters Association. They will report to Chief Austin and the department's four assistant chiefs. "We're undergoing an entirely different process" in training these men for their new positions, said Chief Austin. "We're making it a very personal, very intense kind of process." Each new battalion chief is receiving one-on-one mentoring and extensive classroom training to prepare him for the challenges of his new position. The chief noted that this is a major investment in training, which will benefit the department and, by extension, the community. "We're already seeking positive results," he added.
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The former deputy chief position was primarily a line position, in that much of the duties. involved responding to fires and other emergency calls and serving as the incident commander at the scene. Battalion chiefs will respond to calls as well, but only for major incidents. Chief Austin said that the former deputy chiefs responded to between 500 and 600 calls a year. By contrast, he expects the battalion chiefs to respond to emergencies no more than 150 times annually.
The company officers who ride each piece of fire apparatus in town will be in charge at all other incidents. They are fully qualified to do so, the chief said, adding this will allow them to gain some additional command skills. "There's a lot more emphasis in the new position on coaching, on being a training instructor," said Chief Austin. "They will still be the primary incident commander at calls" if the call is of such a
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nature as to require their presence. Tq battalion chiefs will help company officers develop their own command and management skills. .I . here will be a heavy emphasis on training throughout the department. Chief Austin said all of this is prompted by changes in the role of a modern fire service. Working fires are not as numerous as in years past, and there are other community needs which the fire department is well equipped to fulfill. "This has been a %Try safe community," he said. t "On busy year, we'll have maybe 25 or 30 very serious fires: But there are inspections, traffic accidents and many more areas where firefighters can be of assistance. The department is also playing an increasing role in providing emergency medical services and all of its apparatus now carry defibrillators for use in treating heart attack victims.
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"The fire department is already a first responder, along with the police department," for medical calls, the chief said. All of these changes are intended to "make the system support the delivery of service on the street even more than ever before," said Chief Austin. Taking a break from studying training books and department flow charts, Battalion Chief Noga offered his perspective on the new positions and the new direction of the department. He said the desire is to fit in better with the needs of the community and provide the best service possible for taxpayers. One of their primary tasks will be to "develop the company officers (captains and lieutenants), give them some command experience," he said. He agreed with the chief that the department's role in responding to medical emergencies is likely to expand. "Our runs are drastically increased" already for medical calls, he added. More fire personnel are being trained as inspectors to deal with hazardous materials. That area is
increasingly important as more toxic chemicals are transported on local roads or used in homes and business. A simple garage fire, for example, can be complicated by the inclusion of household and yard care products which may catch fire. Many are relatively . harmless when alone, but can create toxic or explosive mixtures if accidentally combined. Each battalion chief is assigned to a particular group of firefighters who together staff the town's five fire stations on a rotating basis. Thus, each will get to know the men and women under his command, and will rotate with them when it is their turn to work days, nights or weekends. For the new battalion chiefs, being both union members and supervisors may create occasional headaches, but there will be advantages as well. They are part of the department's executive team and will have input at the top level of decision- making. "We get to bring the policies down and we get to make them work," Battalion Chief Noga said. WHI.
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Hie patron saint of St. Peter Claver Church was canonized for his efforts to work with and free slaves 300 years ago in South America. So it's only fitting, as the church's youth group minister Jean-Paul Berard sug4e sts, that its members now work to free slaves caught in modern times in the Sudan's 45-year-old civil war, based on religious intolerance. "He gave slaves some meaning and purpose in living," Mr. Berard said of St. Peter Claver's mission. Through its fund raising, the group has collected inure than S2,500 to help the American Anti-Slavery Group free slaves taken in the government's pillage of southern portions of that country.
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ists in our world. To cover their surprise, Mr. Berard said. some joke. uy me one too," they might say. "I could use one at my house." But beyond initial shock, many have listened to the facts and donated what they can. The group's primary fund raising is the sale of cookies after each mass, with other revenue from holiday craft and wreath sales, "Breakfast with Santa," and soup sales after Wednesday masses during Lent. "We figure that we've freed about 50 slaves so far,"•-vid Mr. Berard, a retired teacher and administrator in the Windsor and West Hartford public schools In a recent letter to the church, the AASG said the youth group's donation had been included in the agency's collective funds that helped it redeem 5,514 slaves in the Sudan this past December. Bernadette Foley, president of the parish council,
said the parishioners are proud of their young members. Community service is basic to the church's mission, she said, adding that Mr. Berard "has gotten the full support of the parish council." This past January, Mr. Berard's efforts on behalf of slaves received another major encouragement and validation when Sudanese priest the Rev. Philip Pitya came to talk to the group. A convert to Catholicism who has personally experienced the loss or torture of many of his relatives, his story of escape to the United States, and work on awareness of his country's religious and civic persecution, inspired the young people. He explains his country's past and present, and said resolution of its troubles is key to averting more widespread destruction in neighboring lands. With most Muslims in the north calling themselves Arabs, the country's two sides have fought since its independence in 1955. "You have really two regions with completely different cultures," said Father Pitya.
It's the regime in place since 1983, he added, that reflects an insurgence of extremists who want to establish pure Islam throughout the African continent. They plan to work on countries one by one—first the Sudan, then Uganda, then Kenya and so forth. "They are fundamentalist Muslims," he said, "the type of Iranian extraction, now fighting in Algeria and Egypt." While the northern government is unofficially using its army to fight and take slaves, he said it's also training a civilian militia over which it simultaneously claims it has no control. "But that is a tactic by the government," the priest explained, "so they can evade the international community and say, 'We the government are not doing it
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Curious, Mr. Berard called the United Nations to ask the Sudanese delegation about its own position on taking captives. "They said, 'There's no slavery going on in our country. We don't want people spreading lies about
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us. Mr. Berard added dryly, "These are our ambassadors to the U.N.," suggesting their denials feel not unlike those of the Nazis in Europe more than 60 years ago. While Father Pitya added that a great deal of money pours into the war effort from oil-rich gulf region countries including Iran, Libya and Kuwait, AASG's mission includes disarming corporations that do business with the Sudan. In fact, they claim that their efforts to encourage shareholders from divesting from such companies led to a recent withdrawal from Talisman Energy, a Canadian company. Aside from what specific help any one group can be in addressing such complicated problems in the Sudan, Steve Daly, the I8-year-old co-president of the St. Peter Claver Church youth group, thinks Father Pitya's most important role remains raising others' awareness of the troubles. "I know that the Muslims are justifying themselves by killing the Christians," he said he has learned from having listened. "They feel it's appro-
priate to their religion." Steve added that he has learned something else from the priest. Although the money' they raise is payment to a corrupt government, "you can't really put a price on somebody's life."' As important as these lessons are to teenagers, Mr. Berard said that he knows religion issues aren't usually at the top of their agendas. Now a regular substitute at Sedgwick Middle School, where be taught for many years, this father of five eMphasized that he tries to channel the interests of young people toward the church. "I try to work church in through showing them how they can help others," Mr. Berard said. Over time, he has involved his group, which usually has as many as 40 members, in raising money for care boxes (daily survival kits for employable residents who have lost long-term jobs), walk-a-thons and serving meals in city shelters. Last year, the group raised funds to help build a church in Guatemala. Steve, who plans to attend Springfield College in the autumn and is considering becoming a teacher
himself, said that the group enjoys Mr. Berard immensely. He added that many know him from regular school and that his easy-going manner and sense of humor help them overcome the seriousnas of coming regularly to a church group. It seems likely that, with money still coming in and continental African slavery' issues far from resolved, Mr. Berard's group will stay involved and in touch with the AASG. Father Pitya, who is banished from his country but return'ed recently' in secret, emphasized that the buying back of slaves will not work in the long run to solve the war. But it serves for now as an important vehicle to publicize the government's atrocities. Unless greater international and collective efforts are made, he believes the Sudanese strife will only increase, and include the taking back of the very slaves who have been "freed" and are again in their homes in the south. He added that some slavery opponents have avoided buying back the slaves in the first place, reasoning that their money will only finance further abuse and recapture. Will
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He would dress in colonial style for these events. Realtor S. Brita Tate recalled how much Mr. Rurghoff trusted his customers. She could fill up her gas tank, even when money was short. "He'd send me a bill every month for gas," she said. "He cut everybody' a break. He was a great guy with a great sense of humor." She also remembered watching him build a soapbox derby' car for his son. Retired teacher Herman Anderson credits- Mr. Burghoff with keeping his aging car on the road. One time, the steering wheel came right off in his hands as he pulled into Burghoff's Service Station. The proprietor looked at it and responded in his deadpan style.
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was able to get out of bed, he came to work." Mr. Burghoff was a perpetual optimist, yet also modest and someone who sought no attention for himself, added Mr. Wilson. And he looked upon his work as a challenge. "He never liked to let a car get the best of him," he recalled. "He was a simple man. It was the little things put together that made him who he was," said Katie O'Donnell Burghoff, his wife of 15 years. "People went to him because he was honest. Mrs. Burghoff met her husband when she went to his service station to have her car repaired. They dated, eventually married, and became the parents of a son. He also has children from a prior marriage. Her husband began working at the station for his father when he was only 10 years old. After taking over the business, he often worked those 16-hour days, as well as Saturdays, until he finally began taking the weekend off in recent years. It was not uncommon for Mr. Burghoff to leave
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By 1995, with a Harvard Ph.D. in history in hand and an ongoing fascination for religion, Mark Silk had worked as a journalist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution and just-written "Unsecular Media," a noted book on religion as seen through modernday news. SO, despite those comprehensive credentials and an ever-curious mind, he hadn't quite planned on the development that followed as a result of the book's publication. While sitting at his desk one day in Atlanta, he received a call from Ron Spencer, associate academic dean at "Frinity College in Hartford, with an offer he couldn't refuse. Would Dr. Silk come to Hartford and discuss developing a new center at the college, dedicated to the examination of religion coverage in the media? Soon, he knew this was the next challenge and, in 1996 Dr. Silk moved with his wife and three sons to West Hartford, becoming the first director of the Trin4y College Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life. Both on campus and in his new home town, he has become known for his scholarship,.1rticulateness d commitment to others. an_
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Nick Lacy "It's been a very happy relationship between Mark and my family," said Leonard E. Greenberg, Trinity alumnus, philanthropist and former town resident who helped found the center and has provided it with ongoing financial support. Mr. Greenberg gave the center an endowment of $3 million and another recent contribution of $750,000. At a formal dedication on April 30, the center will be renamed the Leonard E. Greenbety, Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life. Located in an old brownstone alumni house on the edge of Trinity's evolving "learning corridor," the center is additionally funded by foundation sources such as the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Lilly Endowment. Dr. Silk said that, from the center's inception, he has only received an open-minded attitude from the college to his implementation of the center's mis-
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Mr. Graves described therapeutic massage as gets phone calls from people interested in a hands"working with the muscles. You're basically milking on service other than therapeutic massage and makes out toxins and stale blood supply" and replacing clear to them he does hot engage in such inacpro, them with fresh blood and nutrients. priate practices. It's also "relaxing the muscles, getting rid of the Mr. Graves, as is true of other massage therapists, tight knots and ropey bands in the muscle." He sees has both male and femaleslients. This is not a probhis profession as complementary to physical therapy lem for him or for the other men and women who practice this profession because of the way it is done and chiropractic care. He said more people nowadays have a better idea and the rules they must follow. of what massage therapy is, but shook his head at "You're covered with a sheet," he said. "The only the confusion which is still caused by other so-called areas exposed are the areas you're working on" and "massage" establish- private areas of the body are strictly oft limits. Climents which are not ents have the option of remaining partially cl,thed staffed by licensed thera- if that makes them more comfortable. He recommends people interested in receiving pists. Massage, page 50 He said he sometimes
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The gun control debate has raged on for years, with powerful and passionate advocates on both sides of the issue. But now a new group is entering the fray, and its members number in the millions. So, politicians and the firearms lobby, beware— the mothers of America are fed up with all of the gun-related violence, and they're not going to tolerate it-any more. Many of them plan to participate in what is being billed as the "Million Mom March" on Washington, D.C., this May 14, which is also Mother's Day. They plan to gather on the National Mall to send out a no-nonsense message that too many people, particularly children, are needlessly being killed by those wielding firearms. The movement was sparked by the shooting
deaths last August of children at a day camp in common sense gun policy—specifically licensing and registration—is the will of the people. For too long, Granada Hills, Calif. Here in town, a smaller group of mothers has also we have ignored the gun violence epidemic because organized to take action. They will hold a local event it was always in somebody else's back yard," writes on May 7, so as not to interfere with the national Donna Dees-Thomases of New Jersey, an organizer observance a week later. of the march. "We cannot afford to ignore it any longer. Our According to information available on the children's lives are far too precious," she added. Internet, the Million Mom March is dedicated to A wealth of information about the event and its "sensible gun laws and safe kids." Organizers say they purpose is available at www.millionmommarch.com . will "protest bipartisan ineptitude" in Congress. They acknowledge the use of firearms for hunt- In it, they don't mince words when assessing the ing, law enforcement and national security, but that's daunting task before them. "Although simplistic and seemingly self-evident, where they draw the line. They have had enough of children being killed by gunshots and believe access this mission is in direct conflict with a powerful, heavily financed cultural and political juggernaut to guns should be more strictly controlled. "With thousands of mothers and others on the which justifies misuse of guns with references to freeNational Mall, we will put Congress on notice that dom, liberty and the American Dream," it states.
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