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Volume 10, Number 52 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Children’s program welcomes public to celebrate Kwanzaa

Plainville names new baseball coach.See page 19.

Plainville’s challenges in 2011include weather, budget woes

Photo courtesy of Queen Ann Nzinga’s Center

Members of the Nzinga’s Watoto prepare for the 22ndannual Kwanzaa Celebration set for Friday, Dec. 30 inNew Britain. Doors open 6 p.m., performance at 7 p.m.The group is an offshoot of the Queen Ann Nzinga’sCenter based in Plainville, that helps children reachtheir fullest potential through the arts.

By Ramatou R. SangareSpecial to The Citizen

The public is welcome tothe Queen Ann Nzinga Cen-ter’s Watoto program for the22nd annual Kwanzaa Cele-bration, which will includemusic, song and food on Fri-day, Dec. 30, 6 p.m., at Trinity-on-Main, 69 Main St., NewBritain. This cultural cele-bration represents and rein-forces the seven principles

and symbols of Kwanzaa inan interactive way. People ofall races, ages, and religionsare invited to experience thecelebration through art,skits and song. There is acharge to attend.

Kwanzaa is neither a reli-gious or African holiday. It isa cultural holiday created in1966 by a man namedMaulana Karenga. This

By Robin Lee Micheland Julie Sopchak

January - JuneThis week, The Plainville

Citizen is taking a look backat 2011 — the good, bad andugly — to assess the chal-lenges and celebrations thecommunity has experienced.Some news sounds familiarbecause it occurs every year— the budget process, RelayFor Life and flooding — whileother events were new to thetown, including the openingof the skate park, construc-tion of General Electric’s so-lar carport and the unveilingof the school system’s Wall ofHonor. This week’s articlecovers January throughJune.

JanuaryState Sen. Jason Welch be-

Plainville resident getsChristmas surprisefrom total strangersBy Julie Sopchak

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It didn’t feel like Christ-mas for Ruth Olson untilnow.

Olson, of Plainville, hada Christmas tree everyyear, but since last year shehas been unable to put oneup. This year, she wasagain thwarted by a boutwith pneumonia.

Enter Lynn Seery andher daughter, Bella, ofBristol. The two came to Ol-son’s house on Tomlinson

Avenue on Dec. 20 with aChristmas tree, lights, anda tree stand. They didn’tstop there, however, theydecorated the tree with allof Olson’s own ornaments.

“I think it’s wonderfuland I think it’s the trueChristmas spirit,” Olsonsaid. “Something you don’tsee much of anymore.”

Seery said she and herdaughter discovered Ol-son’s holiday wish in theHartford Courant. A wish

See 2011, page 3

See Kwanzaa, page 11

See Surprise, page 23

File photo

Heavy equipment clears the debris remaining ofKelsey Hall at the Congregational Church of Plainville.The meeting hall collapsed in February from theweight of snow.

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CorrectionThe Spisak and Stuart

wedding announcementpublished in the Dec. 22 is-sue of The Plainville Citi-zen should have includedJohn Spisak Sr. was thebest man and Cathy Stuartwas given in marriage byher daughters, Lily, Abi-gail and Amy.

Last year, Jim Cassidy, a re-tired architect fromPlainville, started a surpris-ing new hobby when his son,Brian, who works for Apple,urged him to download a new“app” for his iPhone. It wascalled “Brushes.” Cassidyhas lived in Plainville formore than 40 years and prac-ticed architecture inPlainville, Hartford and atYale until retiring in 2009. Hehas been drawing all his lifeand notes that early in his ed-ucation as an architect, hisFrench design professorcould not understand himwhen he tried to explain hisideas in words, so he wouldsay in frustration, “Draw

Artist creates artwork using iPhone app

eet.”The Brushes “app” and the

touch sensitive screen allowhim to “paint” with his fingerdirectly on the screen of theiPhone. He can select varioussizes and styles of brushstrokes, thousands of colorsand create art directly on thescreen. A “step backward”button and eraser tool allowhim to change anything al-ready done. While the screenis small, the area of the paint-ing that he is working on canbe enlarged up to 16 times forfine detail work.

The library will sponsor adisplay of his art through themonth of January with anopening reception on Thurs-day, Jan. 5, from 7 to 8 p.m.

The display will feature en-largements of 14 pieces ofiPhone art plus an unexpect-ed surprise. As the paintingsare made, the phone recordseach stroke separately so oncompletion, the entire paint-ing process can be playedback on the screen. Thesevideo clips will be displayedin a loop on a computer aspart of the exhibit so viewerscan see exactly how eachpainting was done.

Cassidy is also an avid cy-clist who has done long dis-tance touring. He is now ac-tive in the Plainville Green-way Alliance to complete amulti-use trail through townand with the Bicycle FriendlyCommunity committee tomake Plainville better for cy-clists and pedestrians. Be-sides iPhone painting, he hasworked with oils, watercolor,pastels and sketches withcharcoal and marker. He alsouses computer programs likePhotoshop, Illustrator and In-Design to make graphic art.

How to submit info to The CitizenThe Plainville Citizen welcomes information and pho-

tographs from clubs, businesses and residents regardingupcoming events, milestones and achievements. Whensubmitting news, please include your name and contactnumber; the number will not be published. Please in-clude the name, date and time of the event, brief de-scription, if it is a fundraiser, cost — if there is one —and contact information for the public. First and lastnames must be included for people in the news releaseand/or photographs. Items are published on a space-available basis.

Questions? Call The Plainville Citizen office, at (860)620-5960.

Ordinances in effectAdministrative Police Sgt. Charles Smedick announced

that several ordinances pertaining to the winter monthsare now in effect. The sergeant said warnings are now be-ing placed on the vehicles of those parked in the streets.

It shall be unlawful from Dec. 1 to April 1 for the owneror operator of a motor vehicle to allow such vehicle tostand on any street in Plainville for more than one hourbetween the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. on any givenday. Any violator of this parking ordinance shall be finednot less than $10 for each offense, and shall pay for towing,moving, parking and storage charges for any car removedfrom any street.

The Town of Plainville has an ordinance regarding put-ting snow on public roadways. No one should “plow,throw, put, or cause to be thrown, or put any snow or icefrom any private property” into any public roadway, ac-cording to the ordinance. Violation is punishable by a $25fine.

The Town of Plainville has an ordinance regardingkeeping sidewalks clear in the winter. Owners and/or ten-ants are responsible for removing snow from sidewalksand making them safe for use within 24 hours of snowfall.Violation is punishable by a $25 fine and an additional $25can be levied for every day sidewalks are not cleared.

For more information, call the Plainville Police Depart-ment, at (860) 747-1616.

Illustration by Jim Cassidy

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2011Continued from page 1

gan his first term at the StateCapitol on Jan. 5 represent-ing the 31st Senatorial Dis-trict, which includes Bristol,Plainville, Plymouth andHarwinton.

Capt. Peter Costanzo of thePlainville Police Departmentretired after 32 years of serv-ice. He served his career as 10years as a police officer, 10years as a detective and 13years in administration in-cluding as interim policechief with Chief Daniel Cop-pinger retired in 2009.

Barbara Petit receivedrecognition from thePlainville Town Council onJan. 3 for her decades of com-munity service.

Republican Lee Toffey be-gan serving on the council,replacing council memberPhil Cox who moved toArkansas.

Storm Benedict on Jan. 12dumped almost 2 feet of snowin some parts of the statebringing businesses andschools to a halt and closingroads.

PARC, Family-CenteredServices for People with De-velopmental Disabilities hon-ored Gnazzo’s with its annualJohn P. Sullivan Award forOutstanding CommunityService.

Plainville Chamber ofCommerce moved from WestMain Street into new officesat the Plainville MunicipalCenter. Maureen Saverick isthe office manager.

Superintendent of SchoolsKathleen Binkowski an-nounced her retirement;school board formed a searchcommittee for a new superin-tendent.

Relay for Life 2011launched at a kick-off party.This year’s theme was “MoreBirthdays, More Wishes,More Time.”

Tax revenue collector, Deb-bie Guerrette, was honoredfor 30 years of serving thetown.

Justin Bernier announcedhe will run again for Con-necticut’s 5th District seat inCongress. He was unsuccess-ful in winning the Republi-can bid in the 2010 primary.

FebruaryOn Feb. 1, the roof of the

Congregational Church of

Plainville meeting hall,Kelsey Hall, caved in becauseof the excessive weight ofsnow and ice. Eight otherbuildings in Plainville alsocollapsed during the earlymonths of the year includingClassic Auto Body at 5 TownLine Road.

See 2011, next page

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The signatures of cancersurvivors and loved onescover a banner at the 2011Relay For Life held in Nor-ton Park.


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Plainville resident JohnParadis, father, with his son,Michael Paradis, conqueredthe seventh tallest freestand-ing mountain in the world —Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya— during February.

Bobcat sightings were re-ported in Plainville andSouthington.

Congregational Church ofPlainville reopened for wor-ship. Fundraising began for

reconstruction of KelseyHall, which collapsed follow-ing a snowstorm.

MarchOn March 3, the proposed

municipal and school budg-ets were presented byPlainville Town ManagerRobert E. Lee and Superin-tendent of Schools KathleenBinkowski, respectively, tothe town council.

The town council voted 7-0in favor of litigation to de-cide to decide ongoing dis-

pute with the board of educa-tion.

Spring flooding forced vol-untary evacuation of resi-dents on Robert Street Exten-sion.

Plainville resident CarolKirkwood was honoredMarch 11 for her work withSpecial Olympics of Con-necticut.

The Wheeler RegionalFamily YMCA held its secondannual O’Mazing Race onMarch 19. The competitionhad a variety of tasks to ac-complish and items to collectfrom the Plainville/Farming-ton area, including squeezinginside a doghouse and find-ing a man in a wedding dress.

On March 19, the 9.14-acreparcel referred to as the

Chung Property was sold for$1.324 million in a foreclo-sure auction. The land,which is located on NewBritain Avenue, was pur-chased by Calco Construc-tion and Development, ofForestville.

Plainville residentMichelle Bouffard receivedan outstanding volunteeraward from the NationalMultiple Sclerosis Society,Connecticut Chapter.

AprilThe first skate park

opened in Norton Park onApril 2 following years ofplanning and fundraising.The project was able to becompleted after a state grantof $100,000 was receivedthanks to the work of stateRep. Elizabeth “Betty”Boukus.

A public hearing was heldApril 4 by the town councilon the appropriation of up to

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The Plainville High Schoolswimming pool was closedApril to the beginning of Sep-tember to save money.

The Plainville Board of Ed-ucation and Schools ‘NamingCommittee held the first in-duction ceremony on April11, 6 p.m., at Plainville HighSchool, to unveil the Memori-al Wall of Honor. Thomas Wa-zorko and Thomas Fergusonin memoriam were the firstinductees as community ser-vants and education propo-nents. The wall is located inthe east corridor.

The Art League ofPlainville celebrated its 50thanniversary this month.

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Miller retired from thePlainville Police Departmentfollowing 35 years of service.

The Plainville Chamber ofCommerce at its 103rd annualmeeting designated JackieCianchetti, Tracey Her-manowski and Deborah Rioas Employees of the Year;they work at Gnazzo’s FoodCenter. The Distinguished

Volunteer of the Year wasRichard Politis who is activewith the Plainville Commu-nity Food Pantry. Mizzy Con-struction received the Busi-ness Recognition Award.

The town council approvedthe formation of a jointhealth district withSouthington.

On April 16, the RotaryClub of Plainville held its37th annual Penny Auction,its largest fundraiser.

On April 24, in the firstbudget vote, residents reject-ed the proposed $53,169,637combined budget.

MayThe town council voted 7-0

for Latella Rubbish Removalof Orange to be the town’scontractor for the automatedwaste removal and single-stream recycling.

The school board voted tolaunch an all-day kinder-garten program for 20 stu-dents, who will be selected bylottery. The program will beheld at Linden and Toffolonelementary schools.

Approximately 800Marines and sailors assignedto 1st Battalion, 25th MarineRegiment, 4th Marine Divi-sion, Marine Forces Reserve,based in Plainville, were pre-deployed in preparation forthe assignment to supportOperation Iraqi Freedom inAfghanistan.

The second all-day votewas held May 10 on the com-bined budgets; voters reject-ed the $52,943,113 proposal.

Robertson Airport 100thanniversary celebration asthe state’s oldest airfield washeld May 21.

The third all-day budget

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The school system’s new Wall of Honor displays thenames of the first inductees, Thomas Wazorko andThomas Ferguson.


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vote on the proposed com-bined budgets of $59,918,113was held May 24 and ulti-mately rejected by voters.

This spring, General Elec-tric built on Woodford Av-enue a solar carport torecharge electric vehicles. Itofficially opened May 26.

The Memorial Day Paradewas chaired by Scott Saun-ders after Dan Hurley headedthe project for 25 years. Bothmen are Republican mem-bers of the town council.

Three female veterans werethe grand marshals: WandaJanowski, who served withthe Marine Corps in WorldWar II; Mary Dumais servedwith the U.S. Army duringthe Vietnam War era; KristieRicciardi was in the U.S. AirForce from 1991 to 97 duringthe Persian Gulf era.

JuneOn June 9, the town coun-

cil set the mill rate at 28.98.Relay for Life of Plainville

2011 was held June 11 and 12in Norton Park.

The Wheeler Regional

Family YMCA received a ma-jor grant from the Livestrongorganization to fund a cancerpatient rehabilitation pro-gram.

PHS graduation was heldJune 24. Brittany Rogan wasthe valedictorian and An-drew Daniels was the saluta-torian.

The recap of July throughDecember 2011 will be pub-lished in the Jan. 5 issue ofThe Plainville Citizen.

60th Wedding AnniversaryPaul and Joan Phaneuf

Paul andJoan Phaneuf,of Bristol, weremarried onDec. 15, 1951, atSt. JosephChurch, NewBritain. In cele-bration of their60th weddinganniversary, aparty will beheld in July2012 with fami-ly. The partywill be given by family and Brynn Cox, Melanie McQuarrieand Jarred Cox.

The couple has three children, the late Deborah Cox, PaulPhaneuf Jr., of Plainville, and the late Paula Phaneuf. Thecouple has six grandchildren and four great-grandchildrenwith one on the way in February.

Library BriefsThe Plainville Public Li-

brary is located at 56 E. MainSt. All programs are held atthe library unless otherwiseindicated. Hours are Mondaythrough Thursday, 10 a.m. to9 p.m., children’s room, 10a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.For more information, callthe adult department, (860)

793-1446, or the children’s de-partment, (860) 793-1450.

Librarycloses

The Plainville Public Li-brary will close for the NewYear holiday on Friday, Dec.30, at 1:30 p.m., and reopenTuesday, Jan. 3.

Kids in theKitchen

On Thursday, Dec. 29, at 2p.m., Kids in the Kitchen willmeet to cook something. Theprogram is for children ingrades two to five. Register bycalling the children’s depart-ment.

Moviematinee

The January movie will beThursday, Jan. 12, 2:30 p.m.The free movie will be “TheHelp,” based on KathrynStockett’s bestseller. Skeeter,a southern society girl in the’60s, returns from college de-termined to become a writer,but turns her friends’ lives —and a small Mississippi town— upside down when she de-cides to interview the blackwomen who have spent theirlives taking care of theprominent local families.

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Board of Edmeetings

Regular monthlyPlainville Board of Edu-cation meetings arevideotaped and aired onNutmeg Public AccessTelevision’s EducationChannel 95, at 6 p.m., forthe 2011-12 school year:

Meeting date: Feb. 13 —airs Feb. 14, 18

Meeting date: March 12— airs March 13, 17

Meeting date: April 9 —airs April 10, 14

Meeting date: May 14 —airs May 15, 19

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Max Rowe from LibraryConnection will be at thePlainville Public Library,Thursday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m., toshow how to download audioand e-books onto portable de-vices such as Kindles andMP3 players from the li-brary’s website, www.plainvillelibrary.org. LibraryConnection is a non-profitcorporation formed by the 27public libraries in the greaterHartford area. It runs thecomputer functions of mem-ber libraries like thePlainville Public Library andalso provides the download-able library.

Rowe will focus on the useof electronic book readerslike Kindles, Nooks, iphonesand ipads. He will show how

to download books for freefrom the internet, how longthey will stay on the readerand what files types go witheach type of reader. Rowe en-courages library users tobring their readers withthem to the demonstration. Itwill be a great way to com-pare the different models ifanyone is considering buyingone and also will be a usefulintroduction to the funda-mentals of using them. Iftime permits, he will workwith individuals who havedifficulties using their elec-tronic book readers. Morethan 2,500 audio books and2,100 electronic books areavailable for downloadingthrough the Plainville Li-brary’s website www.http://plainvillelibrary.org. Theprogram is free and does notrequire registration.

Holiday weekfamily fun

Plainville Recreation De-partment, 50 Whiting St., andPlainville Public Library, 56E. Main St., have planned thefollowing for school vacationweek: Thursday, Dec. 29, noonto 1:30 pm., Splash Party, highschool pool, all ages; Kids inthe Kitchen, 2 p.m., gradestwo to five, library, must reg-ister by calling (860) 793-1450;and Friday, Dec. 30, noon to1:30 p.m., Splash Party, highschool pool, all ages.

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Dec.Christmas tree disposal

— Residents should be ad-vised there will be no curb-side collection of Christmastrees this year. Residentswho have trees may bringthem to the transfer stationat no charge on GrangerLane anytime beginningTuesday, Dec. 27, until Mon-day, Jan. 9. Trees onlyshould be placed in the des-ignated collection area. Ifanyone uses a bag to trans-port the tree, the resident

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E-books program —Max Rowe from LibraryConnection will be at thePlainville Public Library, 56E. Main St., Thursday, Dec.29, at 7 p.m., to show how to

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Kids in the Kitchen —On Thursday, Dec. 29, at 2p.m., Kids in the Kitchenwill meet to cook up some-thing at the Plainville PublicLibrary, 56 E. Main St. Theprogram is for children ingrades two to five. Registra-tion: call the children’s de-partment, (860) 793-1450.

Open swim — ThePlainville Recreation De-partment has planned openswim, Splash Party, noon to1:30 p.m., Plainville HighSchool, 47 Robert HolcombWay.

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Celebrate Kwanzaa —The Queen Ann Nzinga Cen-ter’s Watoto children’s pro-gram will celebrate Kwanzaawith music, song, and foodon Friday, Dec. 30, 6 p.m., atTrinity-on-Main, 69 Main St.,New Britain. The public isinvited to the 22nd annualKwanzaa Celebration. Theprogram is a cultural cele-bration which representsand reinforces the sevenprinciples and symbols ofKwanzaa in an interactive

way. People of all races, ages,and religions are invited toexperience the celebrationthrough art, skits, and song.Tickets are available at theTrinity-on-Main box office orat the door. Tickets or moreinformation: call (860) 229-2072 or visit the website atwww.trinityonmain.org.

Library closes — ThePlainville Public Librarywill close for the New Yearholiday, at 1:30 p.m., on Fri-day, Dec. 30 and reopen onTuesday, Jan. 3.

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2 Monday

The Citizen office closed— The Plainville Citizen of-fice, 40 N. Main St.,Southington, is closed Mon-day, Jan. 2 for the New Year’sholiday.

School closings — AllPlainville schools will closefor the New Year’s holidayperiod. All board of educa-tion offices will be closed forthe holidays on Monday, Jan.2. Regular classes will re-sume on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

3 Tuesday

American Legion —American Legion Post 199meets the first Tuesday ofevery month at 7:30 p.m. atVeterans of Foreign WarsPost 574 on Northwest Drive.

Bingo — Veterans of For-eign Wars Madeley-RobertsPost 574 Women’s Auxiliaryhas open bingo every Tues-day, at 6:30 p.m., at postheadquarters, 7 NorthwestDrive at the corner of Route10. The public is invited. In-formation: call Earl Carey at(860) 747-5400.

Circus fans — Tent No.24 meets on the first Tues-day of each month at J. Tim-othy’s Taverne, 143 NewBritain Ave. Information:call Gary C. Payne, at (860)833-7925.

Citizens and PropertyOwners Association — TheCitizens and Property Own-ers Association of Plainvillemeets on the first Tuesdayof each month, 7 p.m., at thePlainville Police Depart-ment, Robert HolcombRoom. The public is wel-come. Information: call JohnKisluk, at (860) 747-3542.

Plainville Wind Ensem-ble — The Plainville WindEnsemble rehearses Tues-days, at 7 p.m., in thePlainville High School bandroom. Information: call (860)747-1851 or visitwww.plainvillewindensem-ble.com .

Schools open – AllPlainville CommunitySchools will reopen today.

Woman’s Club — TheGFWC/ Woman’s Club ofPlainville’s monthly meetingwill be held on Tuesday, Jan.3, 7 p.m., Faith Bible Church,168 Unionville Ave. at North-west Drive. Dessert and cof-fee will be served. Meetingsare held the first Tuesday ofevery month at Faith BibleChurch. Information: con-tact Sue Marinelli, at (860)302-4755 or e-mail [email protected].

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Lions Club — ThePlainville Lions Club meetson the first and thirdWednesday of each month at6:30 p.m. The first Wednes-day meetings are at the Oa-sis Restaurant, 782 Pine St.,Bristol. The third Wednes-day meetings are at thePlainville Public Library, 56E. Main St. Information: callMichael Blanchard at (860)628-8326.

Order of the EasternStar — Olivet Chapter No.29, O.E.S., meets at 7:30 p.m.on the first and third Tues-days of each month at theMasonic Temple, 70 E. MainSt., Plainville.

Project Graduation —The next Project Graduationmeeting will be held Wednes-day, Jan. 4, 7 p.m., at theWheeler Regional FamilyYMCA, 149 Farmington Ave.Information: contact KrisDargenio, (860) 302-6627, (860)747-1965 or [email protected].

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iPhone art opening re-ception — The PlainvillePublic Library, 56 E. MainSt., will sponsor a display ofJim Cassidy’s artwork dur-ing January. An opening re-ception will be held Thurs-day, Jan. 5, from 7 to 8 p.m.Cassidy, a retired architectfrom Plainville, started asurprising new hobby whenhis son, Brian, who worksfor Apple, urged him todownload a new iPhone“app” called “Brushes.” Cas-sidy has created 14 artworks.

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The seven principles ofKwanzaa are:

Umoja (Unity) — Unitystresses the importance of to-getherness for the family andthe community, which is re-flected in the African saying,“I am We,” or “I am becauseWe are.”

Kujichagulia (Self-Deter-mination) — Self-Determina-tion requires that we defineour common interests and

make decisions that are inthe best interest of our fami-ly and community.

Ujima (Community/Re-sponsibility) — CollectiveWork and Responsibility re-minds us of our obligation tothe past, present and future,and that we have a role toplay in the community, socie-ty, and world.

Ujamaa (Cooperative Eco-nomics) — Cooperative Eco-nomics emphasizes our col-lective economic strengthand encourages us to meetcommon needs through mu-tual support.

Nia (Purpose) — Purposeencourages us to look withinourselves and to set personalgoals that are beneficial tothe community.

Kuumba (Creativity) —Creativity makes use of ourcreative energies to buildand maintain a strong andvibrant community.

Imani (Faith) — Faith fo-cuses on honoring the best ofour traditions, draws uponthe best in ourselves, and

helps us strive for a higherlevel of life for humankind,by affirming our self-worthand confidence in our abilityto succeed and triumph inrighteous struggle.

See Kwanzaa, next page

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Please join us for Pillow TalkAn educational series on sleep disorders

Jan. 12: Snoring: It’s More Than Annoying,with Dr. Marc Kawalick

March 6: Insomnia? Or Something MoreSerious, with Dr. Susan Rubman

Sept. 13: Sleep Apnea, with David Schwaber, D.D.S.and Andre Lerer, M.D.

Refreshments 5:15–6 p.m., Speaker: 6–7 p.m.

All lectures will be held at The Hospital ofCentral Connecticut, Sleep Disorders Center,1131West St., Southington, Building 1, Lower Level.

All programs are free, but please register by calling1-800-321-6244. Press option 1.You may register forone or all sessions.

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Churchbreakfast

An all-you-can-eat month-ly breakfast is held on thesecond Sunday of everymonth, except for July andAugust, at Our Lady of Mer-cy Church Parish Center, 19S. Canal St., from 8 to 11 a.m.The choice of menu is juice,eggs, western eggs, sausage,ham, hash browns, TexasFrench toast, bagels, dough-nuts and coffee. Childrenyounger than 6 are free. Thepublic is welcome. The nextbreakfast will be Jan. 8. Tick-ets can be purchased at thedoor.

Church hostsfood program

The ongoing Food forFriends program, overseenby the CongregationalChurch of Plainville, contin-ues at Church of Our Sav-iour on Wednesdays, from 5to 6:30 p.m. Approximately 50dinners are prepared andserved by various volunteersof the Plainville Council ofChurches. Much of the foodis provided by Foodshareand anyone is welcome to at-tend. If able, diners paywhatever sum they can to de-fray the costs. Church of OurSaviour is located at 115 W.Main St., Plainville.

Please join us for Pillow TalkAn educational series on sleep disorders

Jan. 12: Snoring: It’s More Than Annoying,with Dr. Marc Kawalick

March 6: Insomnia? Or Something MoreSerious, with Dr. Susan Rubman

Sept. 13: Sleep Apnea, with David Schwaber, D.D.S.and Andre Lerer, M.D.

Refreshments 5:15–6 p.m., Speaker: 6–7 p.m.

All lectures will be held at The Hospital ofCentral Connecticut, Sleep Disorders Center,1131West St., Southington, Building 1, Lower Level.

All programs are free, but please register by calling1-800-321-6244. Press option 1.You may register forone or all sessions.

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KwanzaaContinued from page 11

Queen Ann Nzinga Centeris a non-profit organizationbased in Plainville that helpschildren reach their fullest po-tential through the arts. Theseprograms are made possiblein part through grants fromthe Community Foundation ofGreater New Britain, Ameri-can Savings Foundation, andGreater Hartford Arts Coun-cil.

Information from the web-site www.Nzingasdaughters.com describes the Queen AnnNzinga Center as an organiza-tion specializing in culturaleducation and social change,named for an exemplary 15thcentury African queen who,among many other achieve-ments, prevented any of hersubjects from being sold intoslavery. The center, an umbrel-la organization for a variety ofinitiatives, was formed in2004, but is the outgrowth of a20-year-old grassroots initia-tive, which has been the labor-of-love of two artists, GailWilliams and Dayna Snell,who are mother and daughterand come from a long-estab-lished Plainville family. In1990, they enlisted theirfriends and began the first of

two distinct but related pro-grams, Nzinga’s Daughters, asemi-professional performingensemble, and Nzinga’s Wato-to.

Nzinga’s Watoto, (“Watoto”means “children” in Swahili),previously known as the “Per-sonal Enrichment Program orPEP,” is an educational pro-gram for young people ages 5to 19 that meets throughoutthe school year. Approximate-ly 500 children have learned awide variety of skills anddemonstrated their accom-plishments through perform-ances for the community. Par-ents are actively involved andmany community volunteersmentor the children; specialguests are invited as role mod-els, and field trips introducethe children to community re-sources. Older students andgraduates act as assistantteachers and volunteers.

The Kwanzaa Celebrationis Nzinga’s Watoto’s largestannual performance.

Tickets are available at theTrinity-on-Main box office orat the door.

For tickets or more infor-mation, call (860) 229-2072 orvisit the website at www.trini-tyonmain.org.

— Robin Lee Michelcontributed to this story


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ObituariesAlexanderNicholson Sr.

Alexander W. Nicholson,Sr., 91, ofB o n i t aSprings, Fla.,died Dec. 6,2011, at HopeH o s p i c eHealth Parkin Ft. Myers,Fla. He had been a resident ofBonita Springs since 1989coming from Plainville.

He was born Oct. 26, 1920,in Danbury, a son of the lateMichael G. and Esther (Vasil-ious) Nicholson. He proudlyserved his country in the U.S.Army, 24th Infantry Division,during World War II. Afterthe war he worked his way upthe corporate ladder to be-come director of WholesaleFuel Oil Division for Gulf Oiland in 1959 purchased TheHardware City Fuel Oil Com-pany in New Britain. Over aperiod of time, he acquiredsix additional fuel oil compa-nies in the Hartford area andwas a managing partner inMeriden Airways. In 1995, hesold his company, Home Com-fort, and retired to BonitaSprings. He was a member ofthe First United MethodistChurch of Bonita Springsand the Bonita Bay Club,where he proudly displayedhis plaque as the oldest malegolfing member. He was a for-mer past president of theFuel Oil Institute, presidentof the Veterans of ForeignWars, Connecticut Chapter,and member and “Keymanand Governor” of the QuietBirdmen, Hartford Hanger.He was an avid pilot for 65years having flown his ownplane until the age of 80.

He is survived by his lov-ing son and daughter-in-law,Alexander W. and KarenNicholson Jr., of BonitaSprings, Fla.; brother, NelsonNicholson, of Connecticut;seven grandchildren; ninegreat-grandchildren; threegreat-great-grandchildren;and six stepchildren. He wasthe start of four generationsof Alexander WilliamNicholsons, all residing inBonita Springs, Fla. He waspreceded in death by his wife,Joyce (MacDougall) Nichol-son; his parents; his daugh-

ter, Mary Ann Josephson;brother, Michael Nicholson;and sister, Katherine Nichol-son.

The graveside servicewith full military honorswas private. A celebration ofhis life will be held in thespring, where an old-fash-ioned hangar party will beheld in his honor. Memorialdonations may be made toHope Hospice, 27200 Imperi-al Parkway, Bonita Springs,FL 34135 or the Quiet Bird-men Organization. Arrange-ments are being handled byShikany’s Bonita FuneralHome.

Nathan Genovese Nathan Joseph Genovese,

98, ofP l a i nv i l l e ,died Dec. 15,2011, sur-rounded andembraced byhis lovingfamily.

He was the son of Salva-tore and Lucia (Mallia) Gen-ovese Rizza. For almost 50years, he was the belovedhusband of his wife, Eve(Rizza) Genovese, who prede-ceased him in 2002. Their glo-rious reunion took placeupon his arrival, for theirlove was made whole again.He served full time as a pas-toral assistant for 20 years atBethel Christian MissionaryAlliance. He proudly servedhis country during WorldWar II in the Coast Guard asa ship’s captain. Then hewent on to serve as a NavyMerchant Marine.

He is survived by fourdaughters, Debbie and hus-band, Angelo, Holly, Claudiaand husband, Wes, and Ber-nice and husband, Bill; hewas affectionately called“Papa” by his 11 grandchil-

dren, Angela and husband,Ryan, Lisa and husband,Eric and Jonathan and wife,Lindsey, Kristen, Nathanieland Rachel, Kathryn andAlexis; he was “Big Papa” tothree great grandchildren,Joshua and Jenna and Kara;his dear brother, Samuel andwife, Dolly Genovese, andmany other relatives.

Services were held Dec. 19,2011, at Covenant Presbyter-ian Church, Simsbury. Bur-ial was at Fairview Ceme-tery, New Britain. Bailey Fu-neral Home, Plainville, wasin charge of arrangements.

Julia Wiszniak Julia (Kilian) Wiszniak 84

of NewBritain diedDec. 11, 2011,with herbeloved fam-ily by herside.

She wasborn in Poland and duringWorld War II; she wasforcibly removed by theRussian authorities from herhome in Poland and placedin a Russian Camp. Fromthere, she and her familytraveled through India andPersia and settled for a shorttime in England. There, shemarried her husband, Lud-wik. They immigrated to theUnited States, lived briefly inMiddletown before movingto New Britain. She was amember of Sacred HeartChurch, the PoloniaPaderewski Choirs and was avice president and a presi-dent for 15 years of the Gen-eral Haller Post Ladies Aux-iliary. She retired in 1990from Stanley Works after 25years of service. She was anactive member of the com-munity, supporting manyPolish causes; her greatest

joy in life was being with herfamily and friends. She was adevoted sister, loving mother,and grandmother and will bedearly missed by her familyand friends.

She was the widow of Lud-wik Wiszniak and is sur-vived by her devoted chil-dren who were her pride andjoy, Helen Supsinskas andher husband, Gary, of NewBritain, Joseph Wiszniak, ofPlainville, Chris Balkun andher husband, Jack, ofSouthington, Richard Wisz-niak and his wife, Susan, ofWethersfield; five belovedgrandchildren, Michael,Sarah and Ryan Wiszniak,Jacky and Kim Balkun; threesisters and a brother,Josephine Yanchak and herhusband, Walter, John Kil-ian and his wife, Anne, Jani-na Patykowski and Michali-na Sokolowska; and a sister-

in-law, Bronislawa Kilian;and many nieces andnephews. She was prede-ceased by two brothers and asister-in-law, Stanley Kilanand his wife, Maria and Wal-ter Kilian. The family wouldlike to thank her longtimecaregiver, Teresa Rudzinska,for her loving and compas-sionate care.

The funeral was held Dec.14, 2011, at the New BritainMemorial & Donald D.Sagarino Funeral Home,New Britain, followed by theliturgy at Sacred HeartChurch. Burial followed inSacred Heart Cemetery.Memorial donations may bemade to the Sacred HeartChurch Renovation Fund orthe Sacred Heart School, 158Broad St., New Britain, CT06053.

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CitizenOpinion The Plainville CitizenThursday, December 29, 2011

Letters to the EditorThank youto Boukus

To the editor:I want to commend State

Rep. Elizabeth “Betty”Boukus for her leadership inorganizing the Ninth AnnualState Capitol Secret SantaCollection for the Rocky HillVeterans Home and Hospitalthis week.

Rep. Boukus led the effortto load a van filled with dona-tions for our Connecticut vet-erans. Her tireless work eachyear helps to meet pressingneeds and show our veterans

how much they are appreci-ated.

The Secret Santa Collec-tion is just another exampleof how local residents canmake a positive difference inothers’ lives.

Jason WelchBristol

Jason Welch is the statesenator representing the 31stDistrict including Bristol,Plainville, Plymouth andHarwinton who serves as aranking member of the legis-lature’s Select Committee onVeterans Affairs.

Government MeetingsThursday, Dec. 29

Democratic Town Committee, MunicipalCenter, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 3Town Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 5Charter Study Committee, Municipal Cen-

ter, 6:30 p.m.Insurance Commission, Municipal Center,

7 p.m.Senior Citizens Committee, senior center,

noon.

Monday, Jan. 9Board of Education, Plainville High

School cafe, 7 p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Zoning Board of Appeals, Municipal Cen-

ter, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 10

Downtown Beautification, Municipal Cen-ter, 7 p.m.

Library Board of Directors, Library, 7 p.m.Planning and Zoning, Municipal Center,

7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 11

Conservation Commission, MunicipalCenter, 7:30 p.m.

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Friendship forged

Photo courtesy of PlainvilleCommunity Schools

Toffolon School fourth-grader Caitlyn Thomasenenjoys the friendship shehas made with her men-tor Rachel Beauchemin,according to the stu-dent’s family. PlainvilleCommunity SchoolsMentor Program recentlyreached the 20-year mile-stone.

Christmas tree disposalResidents should be advised there will be no curbside collection of Christmas trees this

year. Residents who have trees may bring them to the transfer station at no charge onGranger Lane anytime beginning Tuesday, Dec. 27 until Monday, Jan. 9. Trees only shouldbe placed in the designated collection area. If anyone uses a bag to transport the tree, theresident must remove the tree from the bag and dispose of the bag in the regular house-hold trash container.

Any questions can be referred to Public Works Administration at (860) 793-0221, ext. 208.

Plainville BriefsEarly deadlinefor The Citizen

Because of the New Yearholiday, deadline for news,announcements or photo-graphs will be Friday, Dec.30, noon, for the Jan. 5 issue.Questions? Call ThePlainville Citizen office, at(860) 620-5960.

Municipalholiday closings

In observance of the holi-days, the Town of Plainvillewill observe the followinghours: Friday, Dec. 30, mu-nicipal center and seniorcenter closed, library closingat 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2,municipal center, senior cen-ter and library closed. Trashand recycling collections willtake place as usual.

Send us yourholiday photos

Are you proud of your hol-iday decorations, inside oroutside? Send us a photo andwe can possibly post it onfacebook or in the newspa-per. Send photos [email protected]. Questions? Call our of-fice at (860) 620-5960.

Woman’s Clubto meet Jan. 3

The GFWC/ Woman’sClub of Plainville’s monthly

meeting will be held on Tues-day, Jan. 3, 7 p.m., Faith BibleChurch, 168 Unionville Ave.at Northwest Drive. Dessertand coffee will be served.Meetings are held the firstTuesday of every month atFaith Bible Church.

For more information,contact Sue Marinelli, at(860) 302-4755 or e-mail [email protected].

Mothersof Multiples

Mothers who have twins,triplets or higher order mul-tiples (or are expectingthem) and live in HartfordCounty, are welcome to thenext meeting of The GreaterBristol Mothers of Multi-ples’ set for Wednesday, Jan.4, 7 p.m., at PowerhouseGym, 99 Webster SquareRoad, Berlin. The meetingwill be an introduction to thefitness craze Zumba.

For more information,contact membership coordi-nator, Jessica Craig, at (860)489-6302 or visit the websitehttp://www.bristolmoms.org.

Save thedate

On Thursday, Jan. 26, from7:30 to 9 a.m., at the PlainvillePublic Library, 56 E. MainSt., there will be a State ofthe Town discussion.

15CitizenSchoolsThe Plainville CitizenThursday, December 29, 2011

Theater group brings positive message to middle schoolersThe Looking in Theatre

Group visited the MiddleSchool of Plainville on De-cember 15 as part of theschool community’s focus oncultivating a positive climateand culture. The perform-ances were made possiblethrough the financial sup-port of the Middle School ofPlainville Parent TeacherClub.

The Looking In TheatreGroup, a program of theCapitol Region EducationCouncil is led by DirectorJonathan Gilman and wasestablished in 1978. The the-ater group is composed ofteens from the greater Hart-ford area who present dra-matic skits dealing with im-portant social, family andpersonal issues that affectadolescents. Presentationswere made in assemblies toPlainville sixth-, seventh-

and eighth-graders at themiddle school, and includeda series of dramatic scenesfollowed by discussion be-tween the actors andGilman, who served as themoderator. Students werethen able to ask questions ofthe student actors regardingtheir characters and skits.

The theater group workedin collaboration with admin-istrators and faculty at themiddle school to customizetopics to be covered duringthe assemblies, includingracism, bullying, physicaland emotional abuse, andmore. The middle school stu-dents prepared for the visitby the Looking in TheatreGroup through classroomdiscussion. Follow up discus-sion / feedback sessions fa-cilitated by the middleschool’s Unified Arts facultymembers were held after the

assemblies.“The goal for this assem-

bly was to encourage discus-sion about real life topicsteenagers face. We wantedour students to think aboutways to deal with these top-ics and to encourage them toask for advice, guidance andhelp,” said Middle School ofPlainville Dean of StudentsTom Laudadio.

“I was very proud of thestudents at the middleschool. They had excellentquestions and responded tothe topics with respect andmaturity. A special thanks toTraci Mayette, assistantprincipal at MSP, for bring-ing the group to our atten-tion. She had seen their per-formances and the positiveimpact they made in her for-mer district,” said MiddleSchool Principal MatthewGuarino.

Photo courtesy of Plainville Community Schools

Middle School of Plainville students participate in theLooking in Theater Group program, asking questionsof the performers following skits the group performed.The skits focused on important social, family and per-sonal issues that affect adolescents.

School BriefsClosings forNew Year’s

Plainville CommunitySchools and all board of edu-cation offices will reopenTuesday, Jan. 3.

Evening mathmovie

“Evening Math MovieFilm Festival” will be avail-able, free of charge, to cur-rent and prospective Pre-GED/GED students. On amonthly basis, one-30minute “GED Connections”math instructional videowill be shown at PlainvilleHigh School, 47 Robert Hol-comb Way, followed by a Pre-GED/GED program andGED Test registration infor-mational session. Mathvideos were furnished lastyear, by a generous grantfrom the Elizabeth NortonTrust Foundation. “Deci-mals” (covers how to read,calculate, and solve wordproblems) will be shown onWednesday, Jan. 25 at 5 p.m.Pre-registration is required.Call Plainville Adult and

Continuing Education at(860) 793-3209.

Calendarchanges

The following revisions tothe school calendar weremade:

Thursday, Jan. 12, earlydismissal for all schools; pro-fessional development forfaculty and staff

Friday, Jan. 13, regularschool day in session

Thursday, March 15, earlydismissal for all schools; pro-fessional development forfaculty and staff

Friday, March 16, regularschool day in session

“These modifications tothe 2011-12 school year calen-dar allow the school districtto regain two previously can-celled school days and main-tain the scheduled Februaryand April vacation weeks,with the last day of schoolcurrently scheduled forWednesday, June 20, 2012. Inaddition, professional devel-opment for district person-nel will also be accommodat-ed with this schedulechange,” said Superinten-

dent of Schools JeffreyKitching. “The plan alsocalls for adding up to fourmake-up days to the end ofthe school year, throughTuesday, June 26, 2012, ifneeded due to weather can-cellations this winter. Ifthere are more than fourschool day cancellations, theBoard will revisit the schoolcalendar schedule in March2012. ”

Scholarshipwinner

Nicole G. Marquez, ofPlainville, received the Johnand Linda Sutherland Schol-arship for the spring semes-ter at Manchester Communi-ty College, Manchester.

Board revisesmeeting dates

The Plainville Board ofEducation meeting dateswere revised to Thursday,Jan. 19, Tuesday, Jan. 24, andWednesday, Jan. 25, 7 p.m.,Plainville High School, 47Robert Holcomb Way, cafete-ria.

Project Grad’snews updates

The next Project Gradua-tion meeting will be heldWednesday, Jan. 4, 7 p.m., atthe Wheeler Regional Fami-ly YMCA, 149 FarmingtonAve. The next meeting for2012 will be held Wednesday,Feb. 1.

Meetings are held on thefirst Wednesday of themonth until it gets closer tograduation when meetingswill be held more frequently.Parents of juniors and sen-iors are welcome. Anyamount of time that can bedonated is appreciated.

“Taste Books” are nowavailable for purchase, witha portion of proceeds goingto Project Graduation. Par-ticipating Plainville mer-chants include Big Steve’sGrill, Bolo Bakery & Cafe,Dairy Queen, D’Angelos,Dick’s Sporting Goods,Friendly’s, Liberty DinerRestaurant and Pagliacci’sRestaurant.

For more information orto purchase a book, call KrisDargenio, at (860) 302-6627.

The organization is alsocollecting used clothing andother items from Jan. 28 toApril 28. Project Grad willreceive cash for every poundof donated goods. Accept-able items include wearableclothing, shoes, belts, hand-bags and linens.

Goods can be dropped offJan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m., at the Wheeler Region-al Family YMCA, 149 Farm-ington Ave., or call JenSlabinski, (860) 793-2803 toarrange a pick up. Futuredrop-off dates include Feb.25, March 31 and April 28.

Alumni news

Former students areasked to send PlainvilleCommunity Schools alumninews for publication in the“Plainville Board of Educa-tion Community Letter”newsletter to: Lynn Davis,Communications Specialist,C/O Plainville CommunitySchools, 1 Central Square(lower level), Plainville CT,06062, via email at:[email protected], or (860) 793-3210, ext. 404.

CitizenSeniors16The Plainville Citizen

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Mulberry Gardens of Southington58 Mulberry St., Plantsville, CT 06479www.mulberrygardens.orgA not for profit member of Central CT Senior Health Services.

he lifestyle you enjoy, and the peaceof mind you deserve, are waiting

for you atMulberry Gardens. As a fullservice rental community,MulberryGardens offers:

Call Marie Terzak at (860) 276-1020 for a complimentary lunch and tour.We wish you a very safe and happy holiday season!

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he lifestyle you enjoy, and the peaceof mind you deserve, are waiting

for you atMulberry Gardens. As a fullservice rental community,MulberryGardens offers:

Call Marie Terzak at (860) 276-1020 for a complimentary lunch and tour.We wish you a very safe and happy holiday season!

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Senior Citizens Center Bowling League results for theweek of Dec. 19:

High bowler, women – Rose Plourde, 168High bowler, men —Frank G. Robinson Sr., 213Ham bone club – Tom Maher, Frank G. Robinson Sr.Turkey club — Richard Bushey, Frank G. Robinson Sr.-2,

Simone Guimond-2, Jackie Landy, Tony Rosenthal, Tom Ma-her, Jerry Tracey Sr.

Split club — Mary Oakes, Tom Maher-2, Frank G. Robin-son Sr., Marie Cyr, Tom Genovese-3, Jim Stuart-2, Bert Collin,Sandy Waiksnoris, Judy Tracey-2, Jerry Tracey.

200 club —Frank G. Robinson Sr., 202, 213For information, contact Frank G. Robinson Sr., bowling

league president, at (860) 747-2918.

Senior Bowling

Senior HappeningsFree groceriesfrom Foodshare

Foodshare delivers freefood to low income individu-als at the Plainville HousingAuthority, 20 Stillwell Drive,Sunset Community Room,on Mondays at the new timeof 11 to 11:30 a.m. Groceriesare distributed every otherMonday. The next distribu-tion will be Monday, Jan. 9.

This program is availableto Plainville residents whoare at least 62 years old orpermanently disabled under

the Social Security Act. Peo-ple who are participating inthe program for the firsttime must bring proof of ageand residency. For more in-formation, call the housingauthority at (860) 747-5909.

Senior centerprograms

Participants in programsat the Plainville Senior Cen-ter, 200 East St., must be 60 orolder and be a resident ofPlainville, or be a member ofthe senior citizens center,unless noted. All programs

and events will be held at thesenior citizens center, unlessnoted. For more informationor to register for programs,call the senior center at (860)747-5728.

Happy, healthygluten-free life

A meeting of the supportgroup for those who are in-terested in wheat-free livingor who have a loved one whohas been diagnosed withceliac or gluten sensitivity isheld on the second Wednes-day of each month at the sen-

ior center. The next meetingwill be Wednesday, Jan. 11, at1 p.m. To register, call thesenior center.

Camera club

The Snappy Seniors Cam-era Club meets at thePlainville Senior Center onthe third Thursday of themonth at 10 a.m. The nextmeeting is Jan. 19. The groupmeets to discuss and planphotography trips and activi-ties of interest to amateurphotographers. Recent tripsand activities have includedGouveia Winery, HillsteadMuseum’s Sunken Garden,and Elizabeth Park Rose Gar-den. Any member of the sen-ior center interested in im-proving photographic skillsis invited to join the group

for the next meeting. To reg-ister, call the senior center.

Computer classes

Computer Course II, threesessions, Wednesdays, Jan.11, 18 and 25, 9:30 a.m. tonoon. The instructor isGeorge Carden. Topics willbe learning the basics forsuccessful emails, Internetuse and computer functionsof all types. This class fol-lows Computer Course I andis recommended for thosewho are not computer savvy,but wish to take a more ad-vanced course. Sign up is un-der way and there is a fee forthe class.

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The Presidents Council ofThe Hospital of Central Con-necticut’s New Britain Gen-eral campus Auxiliary re-cently donated a Christmastree decorated with specialornaments to the hospital’sRadiation Oncology Treat-ment Center.

The newly formed Presi-dents Council, part of theAuxiliary’s strategic plan, co-ordinated the Christmas treeproject to brighten the cen-ter’s lobby. Called “The Col-

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The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain General campus Auxiliary Presi-dents Council gather by the Christmas tree that the group donated to the RadiationOncology Treatment Center.

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19CitizenSportsThe Plainville CitizenThursday, December 29, 2011

A look back at Plainville’s year in sportsPhotos by Matt Leidemer/

Patrick Matthews

Left: Longtime PlainvilleHigh School baseballcoach Bob Freimuth

walked away from the jobin 2011 with five state ti-tles and more than 400victories. Bottom, left:

Last winter, Chase Tarcabecame just the seventhPHS basketball player toeclipse the 1,000-point

plateau. Right: AlexandraZaza and the PHS girls

soccer team qualified forthe state tournament this

past fall, marking theLady Blue Devils’ eighthstraight trip to the post-

season.

By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen

Champions were crowned.Records were set. Milestoneswere reached. The followingtakes a look back at some ofthe sports stories locals weretalking about in 2011.

Coaching moves: Long-time baseball coach BobFreimuth left his post after27 years on the job. Freimuthled the Blue Devils to sevenstate title games, winningfive of them. Lou Mandev-ille, a former assistant toFreimuth, is Plainville’s newhead man … Wrestling coachDoug Fink stepped down af-ter five years on the job. Hewas replaced by his assis-tant, Rusty Spence.

The champs: For the sec-ond year in a row, the boysbasketball team took homethe trophy at the David T. Ry-bczyk Memorial Tourna-ment … Matt Tannerbrought home a CCC Southwrestling title … SwimmerAndy Lee and diver PeterDalena each earned an indi-

vidual title at the CCC Southmeet … Alyssa “Millie” Millsearned her third straightconference title in discus ...The boys soccer teamclaimed its second straightCentral Connecticut Confer-ence South Division title.

Milestones: Basketballplayer Chase Tarca nettedhis 1,000th point … GymnastAlyssa “Millie” Mills manu-factured her 1,000th careerpoint … Wrestlers Matt Tan-ner and Kevin Spence col-lected their 100th career vic-tories … Kevin Spence ad-vanced to the New Englandwrestling tournament ...

Andy Lee broke his ownschool record in the 100breaststroke … Baseballcoach Bob Freimuth chalkedup his 400th victory … Thefootball team broke numer-

ous offensive records in a 43-22 rout of Platt-Meriden …Kicker Nick Moshier set thefootball team record for ca-

See Year, page 21

Baseball program reinsentrusted to Mandeville


Former Plainville High School baseballcoach Bob Freimuth hoped the committeetasked with finding his successor wouldchoose someone well aware of the pro-gram’s rich tradition.

Freimuth got his wish.PHS alumnus Lou Mandeville, a former

assistant to Freimuth, and a staunch sup-porter of Plainville athletics, has beennamed head coach of the Blue Devils.

“This is something I’ve looked forwardto for a long time,” Mandeville said. “Obvi-ously, Plainville is always in my heart, andto now lead the program; it’s just an excit-ing time.”

However, Mandeville knows that a lotwill be expected out of him and PHS base-ball, a program which has amassed sevenstate titles.

“It’s always a challenge to stay success-ful,” Mandeville said. “A lot of times, whenyou’ve been successful, you have to work

File photo

New Plainville High School baseballcoach Lou Mandeville has been call-ing PHS football games for more than20 years.

See Mandeville, page 21


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Young Devils go down hard to Platt

Photo by Matt Leidemer

The Plainville High School wrestling team lost to visit-ing Platt-Meriden, 63-18, last week. Pictured: BrandonDellavalle has the Blue Devils’ Maria Barbagallo in atough spot that night.


Both wrestling teams areyoung. Platt just happens tobe much more mature for itsage.

The visiting Panthers,with just three seniors andtwo juniors on their roster,pieced together four straightpins to start the night andcruised to a 63-18 victory overCentral Connecticut Confer-ence South Division foePlainville last week at KegelGymnasium.

“I’m happy with the per-formance. But we still have alot to work on,” said Plattcoach Bryan McCarty, whoseteam improved to 2-0.“Plainville is also veryyoung. We’re just at a quickerpace than they are, I guess.”

Much quicker.The Panthers manufac-

tured eight pins in the rout,something Plainville coachRusty Spence found hard toswallow.

“This was unacceptable.We just rolled over and gotpinned,” the first-year headman lamented. “I don’t knowwhat to say.”

The festivities began in the220-pound weight class,where Platt’s John Melendezpinned Tim West in the sec-

ond frame.A late third-period pin by

Jesse Wolf at 285 padded thePanthers’ lead. Wolf got thebest of Mike Walton.

Platt’s advantage bal-looned to 18-0 when Chris Oy-ola pinned Justin Plourde inthe second period of their106-pound matchup.

At that point, Spence knewhis Blue Devils (0-2) were infor a long night. “The firstthree matches; it was badnews,” he said.

Alex Tixi put the visitorsahead 24-0 with his second pe-riod pin of Tim Lister at 113.

Following a Plainville for-feit at 120, the Blue Devils fi-nally got on the board whenBrian Lister put Chris Jack-owicz’ shoulders to the mat inthe first period of their 126-pound tilt.

The Panthers kept coming.Brandon Dellavalle scored

a second-period pin of MariaBarbagallo at 132, Tyler Mir-les pinned Dan Manzano at138 in the final period, andPlainville forfeited at 145 asPlatt’s lead reached 48-6.

The Panthers continued topour it on.

At 160, Kristion Neysmithout-pointed the Blue Devils’Conor Oakes, 16-7, Platt’s Ja-cob Skaliski pinned Dan Pa-ter in the first period at 170,

and the Panthers’ Mike Car-rero earned a pin fall overMarcus Slivinsky in the sec-ond period of their 182-poundbattle.

Following a Platt forfeit at195, due to a book-keepingmishap, the night concludedat 152, where Plainville’s Mis-cha Hoffman pulled off a sec-ond-period pin of YouseffSaez.

Hoffman’s performancewas one of the few brightspots for the locals this night.

“That was a great match,”said Spence, who went on topraise Hoffman, a gutsyfreshman. “That kid worksharder than anybody in thatroom. He runs to school. Heruns to the Y after practice,works out for a couple ofhours, then runs home. Thiskid is a workaholic. He’s afreshman stud.”

Wrestling weight changesnot widely embraced

By Bryant CarpenterSpecial to The Citizen

Bryan McCarty has beencoaching varsity wrestlingat Platt High School for 22seasons, but even he fumbleswhen trying to keep thisyear’s new weight classesstraight.

Everyone, for that matter,is grappling with the change.

For the first time since1988, high school wrestlingweight divisions have beenoverhauled – not just in Con-necticut, but nationally. Thechanges were mandated thisspring by the National Fed-eration of State High SchoolAssociations in an effort tospread the number ofwrestlers evenly over the 14different classes.

Virtually all of the classeshave been bumped up apound or two. The majorchange was dropping one ofthe middleweight classesand adding one at the heav-ier end of the scale.

“I’m still getting used tothe actual numbers,” McCar-ty said.

For the record, here theyare:

- Lightweights: 106, 113,120 and 126, which slightlyinflates the previous 103, 112,119 and 125.

- Middleweights: 132, 138and 145, which encompassthe previous 130, 135, 140 and145.

- Upper middleweights:Very little change. 152 and160 stay the same; 171 slips to170.

- Heavier weights: The 189class drops to 182 and 215jumps to 220. This accommo-dates the new 195-poundclass in between. Heavy-weight (285) remains thesame.

Initial response across thestate has not been favorable.Coaches don’t like how thenew divisions take away op-portunities from the “littleguys.” (Think wrestlingteams are loaded with line-backers and offensive line-men? Guess again).

“It’s hurting our team,”said Maloney High Schoolcoach Joe Ferrerira. “It tooka weight out of the middleand added it to the top, whichhurts. You get used to thingsand change isn’t always easy.It is what it is and we have to

do what we can to get ourweight classes filled up. Weare still going through thetransition periods.”

“It’s not beneficial for us,”McCarty echoed. “We’ve hada history of having toughtimes getting bigger kids,and the average weight forour kids is around 145. Wehave no trouble getting thosekids ... We have a ton all theway from 120 through 170,then we’re very thin at thetop. We’ve got a find a way tofill it in somehow.”

The last wholesale shift inweight classes was in 1988,when the lowest division wasbumped from 98 to 103pounds. The 215-pound class,previously optional, wasmade mandatory in 2002 and,in 2006, heavyweightbumped up 10 pounds to itscurrent 285.

This winter, there are alsoa number of rule changes.Chief among them: the two-inch boundary line encir-cling the mat is now consid-ered inbounds. Previously, awrestler was whistled out ofbounds if he (or she) wastouching said line.


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YearContinued from page 19

reer point-after conversions... Daquan King became thesoccer program’s all-timescoring leader.

Streaks: The baseball,boys soccer and girls soccerteams kept their consecutivestate tournament appear-ance streaks alive … Theboys basketball team quali-fied for the state tourna-ment, ending a three-yeardrought.

Honors: Athletics direc-tor John Zadnik, a veteransoftball umpire, received theAmateur Softball Associa-tion’s National IndicatorFraternity Award. Also, Zad-nik was inducted into theConnecticut Scholastic andCollegiate Softball Hall ofFame … Alyssa “Millie”Mills earned the Pvt.William F. Cassidy Outstand-ing Athlete award and thePlainville Athletics Backers’female Athlete of the Yeardistinction … Kevin Spencewas the Plainville Athletic

Backers’ other Athlete ofthe Year recipient … An-drew Daniels and BrittanyRogan were named CASScholar-Athlete Award win-ners … The Plainville SportsHall of Fame welcomed newmembers to its ranks. Enter-ing the Hall in 2011 was FredKalbach, Ted Davis, EricMisko, Tom Borio, BillBiskupiak and Amy Bisson,as well as the 1961 PHS trackand field and boys basket-ball teams ... In a rare feat,soccer player Daquan Kingearned a spot on the All-NewEngland team.

Around town: After fiveyears on the job, Lou Man-deville gave up the reins ofthe Post 33 American LegionSenior baseball team andwas replaced by Jim Tufts ...Plainville Legion failed toqualify for the postseasonfor the first time since 2006… PHS alum Niko Koutou-vides signed with the NewEngland Patriots and re-turned to town over the sum-mer to host a football clinicfor the town’s young players

... The fourth annual Gener-al Electric/Petit FoundationRoad Race drew more than3,000 runners and walkers totown ... The PHS basketballprogram’s all-time scoringleader Desiree Pina nettedher 1,000th point for Fair-field University.

Odds and ends: The bru-tal winter led to dozens ofsports postponements, forc-ing the CIAC to allow gamesto be made up on Sundays.The CIAC made the same de-cision during the spring sea-son when rain turned teams’schedules upside down ...The Central ConnecticutConference unveiled its new,streamlined football divi-sions. Instead of the usualfour divisions, the CCC nowhas three for football ... Afreak October snow stormpushed back the start of thestate tournament ... Wordcame down from LittleLeague International: Amoratorium on the use ofmost all composite bats inLittle League baseball hadgone into effect.

even harder. That’s whatwe’ll do. The work ethic willnot change. The work ethic,actually, will elevate.”

PHS athletics directorJohn Zadnik is confidentMandeville is the right guy tolead the Blue Devils.

“Lou Mandeville has beenan integral part of the suc-cess that Plainville HighSchool has achieved in base-ball over the past 25 years,first as an All-State player,and then as an assistantcoach under Bob Freimuth,”Zadnik stated.

“Coach Freimuth would bethe first to admit that thePlainville High School base-ball program would not havebecome one of the top pro-grams in the state withoutthe expertise, commitmentand dedication of CoachMandeville. I am totally con-fident that under Lou’s lead-ership, our baseball programwill continue to prosper formany years to come.”

MandevilleContinued from page 19

A member of the PlainvilleSports Hall of Fame, Man-deville played for two statechampionship baseballteams at PHS.

After graduating in 1985,he transitioned into coachingand helped Freimuth and theBlue Devils manufacturefour state titles.

Assisting his wife, Lisa,Mandeville helped bring astate championship to townin girls basketball as well.

In recent years, Mandev-ille has navigated thePlainville Post 33 AmericanLegion baseball program. Hiscoaching resume also in-cludes junior varsity highschool, Jaycee-Courant, Ju-nior League and LittleLeague baseball.

“I enjoy Plainville base-ball, and I enjoy the kids thatparticipate in Plainville base-ball, and I just want to makePlainville baseball success-ful,” said Mandeville.

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Richard Clark Richard “Dick” Steven

Clark, diedp e a c e f u l l yDec. 15, 2011,in front ofhis fireplace,in hisP l a i n v i l l ehome, sur-rounded by many loved ones,including S. Kitty.

He was born March 31,1954, at Bristol Hospital. Hewas the son of the late Wal-ter and Grace (Bennett)Clark.

He was the president ofThe Laurel Wire Co. He start-ed the business in 1983 out ofhis garage on Laurel Streetand expanded the businessto its current location onTownline Road in the late1980’s. He leaves behind hisLaurel Wire family, past andpresent. Kelly, Jackie, Brian,Sara, Jim, and Shane said hewas the best boss in theworld (and he was!). He will

be greatly missed. Everyonewho knew him knew what aunique and special man hewas. He was the type of manwho would give you the shirtoff his back, and he touchedthe hearts of many through-out his lifetime. He lovedSCCA, Formula Vee racing(past champion No. 25). Hewas so proud that his sonChris followed in his foot-steps in car No. 28. He wasalso extremely proud of themother his daughter, Jessi-ca, has become. His grand-daughter, Laural (BooBoo),was and always will be thelight of his life! He foundmuch joy in hiking with hiswife, Lucy, and he was amember of the Mt. Washing-ton Observatory. He was anavid news junkie, lovingnothing more than tuninginto MSNBC so he couldmute ‘Mika’. He was also afaithful follower of theDrudge Report (probablyMatt Drudge’s first andbiggest fan) as well as a regu-

lar poster onFreeRepublic.com (the blackhelicopters didn’t get him!).He was also a faithful sub-scriber of the Wall StreetJournal, reading it every day.He was fond of proving AlGore’s theory of globalwarming to be incorrect(shout out to the CanadianScientists, eh!). He was ahuge New England Patriotsfan and had hopes to seethem win another SuperBowl in 2012. He was very in-volved in both local and na-tional Republican politics.He worked on Pauline Kez-er’s campaign in 1995 andran for State Senate in 1996.He was past chairman of thePlainville Board of Educa-tion, and was also an activemember of the Plainville Re-publican Town Committee.He was a member of St.Thomas Church in Southing-ton. He was also a huge sup-porter of the Plainville Com-munity Food Pantry. Beingthe caring, generous person

he was, he wished that dona-tions be made to thePlainville Food Pantry or alocal food bank.

He is survived by his wife,Lucy Cocozza-Clark, andchildren, Jessica andChristopher Clark, as well ashis granddaughter, LauralClark and his ‘bonus son’,Justin Myjak; his siblings,JoAnn Snow and her hus-band, Dwain, and their chil-dren, Eric Marin and hiswife, Jackie, and Serena andKyle Snow, as well as and hisbrother Walter; he is remem-bered fondly by his in-laws,Frank and Lucille Cocozza,Frank Cocozza and wife, Re-nata and Raymond Cocozzaand his wife, Alba; his verydear friends, Cax Yuen andRay Gasperini. He was pre-deceased by his brother,Ronald Imfeld.

The funeral was held Dec.19, 2011, at the DellaVecchiaFuneral Home, to St.Thomas. Burial was at St.Thomas Cemetery. Memorialdonations may be made tothe Plainville CommunityFood Pantry, 54 S. Canal St.,Plainville, CT 06062.

Bruce Wennberg Bruce Wennberg, 52, of

Bristol, hus-band of Nan-cy Bentley-We n n b e r g ,died Dec. 15,2011, at Yale-New HavenHospital.

He wasborn in New Britain, June

30, 1959, and was the son ofBetty (Nyborg) Wennberg, ofBristol, and the late DonaldT. Wennberg. He was a resi-dent of Bristol for 50 yearsand also lived in Plainvilleand Southington for a shorttime. He was formerly em-ployed as a carpenter. He at-tended South Congregation-al Church in Hartford, was amember of the ConnecticutSportsman Association inBerlin, and the CarpentersUnion.

He is survived by his wife,Nancy Bentley-Wennberg;two daughters, Kira Averyand her husband, Josh, ofBaltic, and KimberlyWennberg, of Bristol; twostepsons, Fred Peacos, ofBaltimore, and Spc DanielPeacos, of Fort Benning, Ga.;a brother, Douglas A.Wennberg, of Bristol; hismother, Betty (Nyborg)Wennberg, of Bristol; hisgrandmother, GretaWennberg, of Cromwell; twograndsons, Cameron Averyand Barry Avery; a grand-daughter, Rilee Avery; sever-al aunts and uncles; manycousins; and many friends.

The funeral was held Dec.20, 2011, at Erickson-HansenFuneral Home, New Britain.Burial was at the conven-ience of the family inPeacedale Cemetery, Bristol.Memorial donations may bemade to South Church, 277Main St., Hartford, CT 06106,First CongregationalChurch, 31 Maple St., Bristol,CT 06010, or the ConnecticutBlue Star Mothers, P.O. Box94, Plymouth, CT 06782.


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list was published by theUGLY Fund, which stands forUnnecessary Gifts and Luxu-ries for the Young-at-Heart.The fund is managed throughConnecticut CommunityCare, from which Olson hasreceived services.

“I wanted to do somethingwith my daughter,” Seerysaid. “So I read all of them toher and let her pick the oneshe wants and she saw theChristmas tree and said ‘Iwant to decorate a Christmastree for someone.’”

Decorate, they did. Six-year-old Bella even brought acouple of her own, home-made cinnamon ornamentsto put on the tree, and bothSeerys were looked on by Ol-son and her faithful compan-ion, Tonya the beagle, whowagged about, enjoying allthe company and attention.Olson picked out the first or-nament to go on the tree —her favorite — of two of hergrandchildren when theywere younger sitting on San-ta’s lap.

Olson, 86, did not know theSeerys existed until Tuesday,and the Seerys didn’t know athing about Olson, except forher name, yet they were wel-comed in Olson’s home.

“I think it’s beautiful,”said Olson of her fully deco-rated tree. “I think it’s won-derful that they would dosomething like that.”

Seery said they had tried toget to Olson’s house at an ear-lier date, but Olson’s illnessmade it difficult.

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Ruth Olson, 86, picks out the next ornament for BellaSeery, 6, to put on the tree.

she’d be too sick and wewouldn’t be able to come,”Seery said. “But it seems likeshe’s [on the mend].”

Olson was noticeably ingood spirits. Aimee McBride,care manager for Connecti-cut Community Care, saidshe has been working withOlson for a few years, andthat Olson’s happiness wascertainly contagious.

“It made me very happy, Ihave to say, because I knowshe hasn’t felt well for a cou-ple weeks so this is the firsttime I actually think she’sforgotten that she’s sick,”McBride said. “And she looksreally happy so it makes mehappy, it’s really nice.”

After the tree was decorat-ed, the Seerys set up the Na-tivity scene. There were ac-tually two mangers, so thebigger one went under thetree, and the smaller onewent on top of the televisionset.

“I didn’t feel Christmas-yuntil now,” Olson said.“Makes it feel like Christ-mas.”

Olson said she has twochildren, four grandchil-dren, and nine great-grand-children, though her rela-tives don’t necessarily livevery close, and she is alonejust about every day.

Seery said she got the treein the center of Forestville,but couldn’t remember thename of the place. Being ableto decorate a tree for Olson,she said, has been all worthit because of the excitementand joy it brought to Olson.

“It’s nice to be able to giveand kind of see right awaywhat joy it brings,” Seerysaid. “You could give a giftcard or give money, which ishelpful, but you don’t neces-sarily see the fruits of yourlabor, and she [Bella] was re-ally excited about coming.”

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LEGAL NOTICEZONING BOARD OF APPEALSPLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT

The Zoning Board of Appeals of Plainville, Connecticut will hold Public Hearings on Mon-day January 9, 2012, at 7:30 pm in the Plainville Municipal Center, One Central Square,Plainville Connecticut, Room 304 to hear and consider the following applications:

FORESTVILLE AVENUEApplication #12-01-01, Christopher Pio, of 16 Forestville Avenue, seeks a locationapproval for a Used Automobile Dealership as required by Section 14-54 of the Con-necticut General Statutes for property located at 16-18 Forestville Avenue.

PRENTICE STREETApplication #12-01-02, John Pina 75 Prentice Street seek a variance to Article 1 Res-idential Zone, Section 1.03 Dimensional Standards, Sub-section B - Minimum YardRequirements, Paragraph (3) - Guidelines for Accessory Structures -Location. Theapplicant requests to locate a shed within the required front yard eight (8) feet fromthe front property line for a property known as 75 Prentice Street.

Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 20th day of December

Gail Pugliese, Secretary Plainville Zoning Board of Appeals

LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF PLAINVILLE

TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGJanuary 3, 2012

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thePlainville Town Council will hold a public hear-ing at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday January 3, 2012in the Council Chambers of the MunicipalCenter, One Central Square in Plainville tohear public comment on the following:

1. Consider proposed ordinance entitled "Ordinance Regarding Encumbrances"

2. Consider appropriation not to exceed $75,000 from Undesignated Fund Balance for a "Proposal to Perform a Municipal &

School District Operations Feasibility Study"

Copies of proposed ordinance are available inthe Town Clerk's Office and the Plainville Pub-lic Library during regular business hours.

Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 29th dayof December 2011

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