OFFICERS:

President: Fred Brown Vice President: Dan Eberle Secretary: Jack Faski Treasurer: Greg Barden

DIRECTORS: Ash Bashir Joe Broder Teri Damato Joe Dias Dr. Kimble Greene Timothy Kearney Ginger Pensa Anita Pizzutiello Cathy Pompei Debi Rushford Dr. Marty Zase

SERVICES COORDINATOR: Michele Wyatt info@ colchesterctbusiness.com

MEDIA COORDINATOR: Jacqueline Enrique ENRIQUE GRAPHIC DESIGN 860-334-7977 mediacoordinator@ colchesterctbusiness.com

2011-2013Board Members

Newsletter May 2013 Edition

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Phone & Fax:860-537-0340Website:colchesterctbusiness.com

Letter from the President

Dear CBA Members,

Do you hate your job? By that I mean, do you loathe Sunday afternoons? When the alarm clock goes off Monday morning, do you find yourself swinging at it like David Ortiz swings for the Green Monster? Does the mere mention of Monday send the dark clouds like just after you wash your car? For many of us, Monday mornings don’t bring good feelings. For many, Monday mornings are anxiety filled. According to Dr. Chauncey Crandall, MD, writing for the website “Newsmax Health, A study at Tokyo Women’s Medical University fitted 175 men and women with a device that would measure their blood pressure around the clock for a week. The results were surprising: The highest blood pressure readings came from those who were getting ready for work on Monday morning. Those who stayed asleep on Monday morning because they did not have to go to work did not experience the same surge. What do we learn from this? Either sleep until noon or do everything in your power to change how you feel about Mondays. According to Dr. Crandall, other studies have shown that there are 20 percent more heart attacks on Monday mornings than any other day. Researchers suspect that the early morning rise in blood pressure that is part of the body’s natural 24-hour rhythm is to blame.

I am fortunate, I really like and enjoy my job. Not only do I like my day-to-day duties, I especially like teaching marketing and financial responsibility. I actually look forward to Sunday afternoons. It’s my time to plan for Monday. What are some of the things people can do to reduce stress on Monday morning?

1. What I found helpful everyday of the week was to go to work a bit early, get a cup of coffee and the newspaper so I could read peacefully while adjusting to being in the work environment. If you don’t have an office, going to the local diner or the employee cafe can also provide the opportunity to quietly adjust to work. It’s like going into the pool gradually rather than diving in and being shocked by the cold water.

2. Once work starts and if you are able, focus on the easy tasks first while gradually working up to those that are more difficult and challenging.

3. Give yourself something to look forward to for that day (and for every day). Scheduling a lunch with a colleague/workmate is one idea or going for a walk during lunch or any other pleasant activity.

4. Schedule fun things to do with the family after work so that there is always something to look forward to.

Of course the elephant in the room is your job. Maybe you just don’t care for your job? If that’s the case, you know what you need to do. It really isn’t about Monday mornings. But if that is the case, that doesn’t have to call for more medication. Simply make a plan and stick to it. If your job is causing health problems, learn to live with it, through stress management or get a new one, with less stress.

— Fred Brown, CBA PresidentFred Brown with accountants Nancy Riella and Joe Dias, speakers at the April 2013 CBA meeting

SIGN UP TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHTIf you would like to be featured as our CBA Member Spotlight please email Jacki Enrique at mediacoordinator@colchesterctbusiness.com or call 860-537-0340. You will be featured in an article, complete with a photo in the CBA Community Page appearing in the ReminderNews, and in the CBA website www.colchesterctbusiness.comSign up today!

The Parade is Sun., May 26. Step off is 12:30 p.m. at Wm. J. Johnston School. We get our space assignment a week or so before and meet at the school before noon because they shut off Norwich Avenue at that time. This year’s theme is “The 60th Anniversary of the Korean War”. If you or anyone you know served our country, or you want to march in memory or in honor of them, please join our group.

This is a good time where we get a group of members, family and friends to march down Norwich Ave. and end at Hayward Ave. Children are welcome to march with you - the more the merrier! The CBA has a banner to carry and we wave to all our friends and townspeople. It is a great way to get yourself out there in the public eye, and it is a lot of fun.

If you are an early riser you may join us the morning of the parade at 7:30 a.m. when we will be lining the streets with flags, to let the town know we care.

Let Jack Faski know if you will attend by emailing jack@skyview-realty.com. Pictures of previous year’s CBA marchers are on our website, www.colchesterctbusiness.com, in the Photo Gallery. Please join us to represent the CBA in this year’s parade in memory and in tribute to those who served.

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE MAY 26 - JOIN US TO MARCH

April 2013 Member Spotlight is on Shelley Okoye of Apple Rehab Colchester. Check out her Spotlight on the website!

• Traveling Vineyard – Anita Lettieri, 36 Westchester Hills, Colchester 860.319.9134 Wines, Accessories

• Longevity – Mindy Michaud, LMT, 111 Loomis Rd., Colchester 860.748.6293 Massage

32ND ANNUAL TAG SALE ON THE GREEN IS ON JUNE 9 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS MAY 7 Reserve your booth for the 32nd Annual Tag Sale on the Green! The Tag Sale is Sunday, June 9 from 9-4. (Rain date Sun., June 23) Booth space is limited - get yours today! Send in your applications (you can print them from the CBA website - www.colchesterctbusiness.com). Early Bird discount booth space is available through May 7. On or before May 7 the price will be $20 for CBA members, $65 for non members. After May 7 the price will increase to $70 for CBA members, $75 for non members. Electricity is an additional $30. Spots with electricity are limited; please sign up right away to reserve your space. If you are a CBA food vendor, the cost will be $70 without electric, $120 with electric, non-members $125 and $175 with electric. The CBA reserves the right to charge an additional fee for over-sized food booths. The 2013 Tag Sale chairs are Debra Rushford of Shattered Endz and Tony Todt of Family Physical Therapy.

Non-members may also join the CBA for $80 and gain the benefit of the $20 booth space, as well as member benefits the rest of the year such as the Business Showcase & Food Frenzy, the Memorial Day Parade, the Scarecrow Contest, and the many networking and educational events we offer.

CBA members may donate booth space to a local non-profit or youth group. Booths can be paid for by credit card, cash, or check. Applications can be downloaded from the website www.colchesterCTbusiness.com, picked up at Suburban Home Medical, Shattered Endz and Family Physical Therapy, or contact Services Coordinator Michele Wyatt at 860-537-0340 or info@colchesterCTbusiness.com for assistance.

WELCOME NEW CBA MEMBERS!

CBA marchers anticipate the start of the 2012 Memorial Day Parade

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If you would like to submit a “How To” article to the CBA Newsletter please contact CBA Media Coordinator Jacki Enrique at 860-334-7977. The article can include a picture, logo and contact information.

Digital Camera Care Spring is here and it’s time to get your camera ready for lots of great picture-taking opportunities. Do a little camera maintenance now and you’ll be ready to capture those great shots later.

Camera Batteries: Rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries that power most digital cameras normally have a useful life of three to five years. If your battery is more than three years old consider having a spare battery charged and ready to go. Batteries “wear out” gradually and you don’t want to find out that you’re only getting a few shots per charge when you’re at a graduation or big family event. Also, as with cell phone batteries, you don’t want to charge batteries for extended periods of time when it can be avoided. Charging a battery all-day or overnight is a sure way to shorten it’s life significantly.

Memory Cards: Don’t just erase, erase, erase. Erasing just removes the image from the card’s File Allocation Table so it can’t be located by the camera or computer... but it is still on the card. Because of this, what eventually happens is that the files of your new pictures start to become fragmented and at some point you end up with a corrupt image file and an unusable card. If this happens there’s still a chance that your pictures can be recovered... so don’t throw it away. You can avoid this “horror” by formatting your card regularly. Formatting will either completely wipe all data off of the card and rebuild the boot sector and index, or just rebuild the boot sector and index. Either way, the card is “freshened-up” and the chance of corrupt files is at a very minimum. Just remember, always save your pictures in two different locations before formatting.

Camera Cleaning: You should have two microfiber clothes, a lens blower and lens fluid for proper camera care. To clean the lens, gently dust (without pressure) it off with a microfiber cloth and blow dust and grit off with a blower. If the lens looks fairly clean at this point then just fog it with your breath and wipe it with the cloth using a circular motion. If there are still smudges or spots, put three drops of lens cleaning fluid on the cloth and clean it. Use this cloth for lenses only... the other can be used to clean the LCD screen and camera body. If you have an interchangeable lens camera and are starting to see dark “fuzzy” spots on your pictures, you probably need a professional sensor cleaning. There are inexpensive covers for cameras that are handy to have in your camera bag for dusty and damp situations. You do have a camera bag?

If you have any questions or need camera care supplies or a sensor cleaning please stop by our store... we’ll be glad to help. Happy shooting!

“How To” Article Submitted By CBA Member Mike Wengloski, Photo Connection Of Colchester

• Westchester Woodworking has won Honorable Mention (2nd place) in Closets Magazine’s Annual Top Shelf Awards contest for creativity and functionality in home organization and storage design for a Colchester garage. Congratulations to Steve Stanulonis for his wonderful design and workmanship, and to their local client for suggesting they submit pictures of his garage. Visit 228 Old Hartford Road, Colchester 860.537.3700

• In celebration of May, National Photo Month, and the beginning of their 10th year, Photo Connection of Colchester is giving away 2 pairs of tickets for a Hot Air Balloon ride. The launch is planned for late afternoon on Sun., May 26 from a location in Colchester to be announced. There are 2 ways to enter: “Like” Photo Connection of Colchester and enter the drawing on Facebook, or fill out an entry form in-store. Each winner will also receive a Canon Powershot digital camera. All are welcome to attend the launch... a great photo opp! For info www.PhotoConnectionOC.com 860.537.2829

• State Farm is pleased to welcome Cari Burdick to its team as their new customer service rep. Cari comes from the Colchester Office of the Savings Institute Bank and Trust, where she spent the last five years. Cari joined the State Farm team because they encourage her love of customer service and desire to help people. Eastern Connecticut State Farm, 87 Lebanon Ave., Colchester 860.537.3338 or 860.889.1300

BUSINESS BRIEFS - CBA Member News • These are some of the Allied Health classes offered at Three Rivers Community College this summer: Evening CNA, Tues. & Thurs., May 21 - Aug. 22, Daytime CNA, Tues. & Fri., June 11 - Aug. 23, Patient Care Technician, Mon. & Wed., June 10 - Aug. 7, Pharmacy Technician, Mon. & Thurs., June 3 - Aug. 12. Call for more info 860.885.2310

• Dr. Stephen Rouse, Dr. Steven Green, and Dr. Jerilyn Allen have all been honored with the Connecticuct Magazine “Top Docs Award” for 2013. The doctors are part of Eastern CT Ear Nose & Throat and The Center for Facial Cosmetics located at 121 Broadway, Colchester.

• Riella & Lepak, PC, 16 Norwich Ave. has been chosen to do an internal controls assessment for a quasi governmental entity. The purpose of the assessment is to prevent a repeat of employee theft of funds. Nancy W. Riella spent years as a financial and IT internal auditor at Aetna prior to starting her firm and also holds the professional designation of CFF, Certified in Financial Forensics. 860.537.0070

• Dr. Marty Zase of the Colchester Dental Group has announced that WITERx Corporation has renamed their Power Swabs as “Pre-White Swabs”, the name first suggested by Dr. Zase when he developed the protocol for Zero Sensitivity Whitening. They are located at 79A Norwich Avenue. www.ColchesterDentalGroup.com. 860.537.2351

• Apple Rehab Colchester held its Annual Easter Egg Hunt for the residents and staff’s children on March 23, 2013. Prizes were given to children who found eggs with numbers in them. They were treated to fruit punch and cookies.

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MENUAppetizer ~ Cheese & Crackers

Dinner will include ~Eggplant Parmesan

Chicken MarsalaFish (entree to be determined)

Garden SaladHomemade Rolls

Dessert ~ Sheet Cake

SOCIAL HOUR BEGINS AT 6:00 P.M., DINNER BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M.Guests and new potential members always welcome

New Members receive their first meal free!

Caterer: Family Pizza Cost: $15/person RSVP: By May 2 by calling 860.537.0340 or email

info@colchesterctbusiness.com Speaker: The Farmers Market - Co-op Farm Sharing

CBA March Dinner Meeting: Tuesday, May 7, 6-8 pm

Colchester Farmers Club112 Halls Hill Road, Colchester

May 2 Meeting at the Colchester Farmer’s Club - Installation of New Board Members

Please note our Meeting Policy: Everyone gets 1 time forgiveness, after that we

need 24 hour notice of cancellation prior to the dinner in order to not be billed.

All no shows and anyone cancelling after the 24 hour rule will automatically be billed.

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Installation of New Executive Board Members

Members: Participate in the Tag Sale on June 9 - Get Your Booth Space Booth Space available for you or to donate to a youth group or non-profit organization