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House of Heroes reached out to help some area mili-tary families June 4.

Vietnam-era veteran John Dieli, of 20 Meriline Ave., and Cecelia DiFrancesco, of 22 Pershing Dr., who’s late husband was a military man, received needed repairs and upgrades to their homes that day. Victoria Dawson,

of New Britain, also was helped by House of Heroes.

Dieli, discharged from the Army in 1963, applied for help through the House of Heroes website last Octo-ber. Help arrived at his Pla-inville home last week.

“They are doing tree trim, and putting a new roof on,” Dieli explained. “This is a relief.”

Drafted in 1961, Dieli was not called upon to fight in

Vietnam, but felt for the guys that were.

“I felt bad for the guys that had to serve. It was a terri-ble war,” Dieli said. “When guys came back from Viet-nam, they were treated hor-ribly and called names.”

DiFrancesco has lived in her Plainville home for nearly 70 years, where she and her husband, Louis Di-

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Plainville resident John Dieli surrounded by House of Heroes volunteers. | (Adam Stuhlman / The Plainville Citizen)

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For years, Plainville resi-dents have had issues with the blighted site at 311-349 New Britain Ave., com-monly known as the Chung Property, currently owned by John Senese of Calco Construction.

Town Manager Robert E. Lee feels the demolition can be completed soon. “Getting this eyesore removed could be within the next 60 days,” he said.

It’s a long time coming.According to Lee, in 2005,

Chung Family Realty Partner-ship LLC went into contract with Landmark Investment

Group to purchase the prop-erty so long as Chung paid off $131,000 of past due property taxes. However, Lee said that since Chung didn’t have the money, it offered a discount on the property to LIG, but was turned down. LIG then took Chung to court for breach of contract.

Lee added that the demo-lition does not have to wait until litigation ends.

At the heart of the issue for some residents isn’t just the Chung case, but the fact that Plainville doesn’t have a blight ordinance.

“We have asked for more than five years to have a

Days appear numbered for Chung ‘eyesore’By Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen

According to Town Manager Robert E. Lee, the blighted property at 311-349 New Britain Ave. may soon be demolished. | (Adam Stuhlman / The Plainville Citizen)

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Francesco, raised four kids: Genevieve, Rocco, Louis Jr., and Patricia.

“It was not easy,” Cecelia, now 92, said. “In 1944 we had three children and the checks didn’t start arriving until three months after he started (in the Navy). Many times we didn’t have food, and the fam-ily would help.”

She said checks amounted to $21 per month.

According to an HoH pam-phlet, Louis Sr. enlisted in 1944 and after assignments throughout China, Burma, and India, was discharged in 1946. He died in 1986 at the age of 66.

Cecelia said HoH would be working on the fence, railings, back door and bathrooms at her home, and would install smoke detectors. “This is overwhelming, it really is,” she said. “My heart is just overwhelmed.”

HoH, started in 2000 in Georgia, is, according to hohct.org, looking to “fulfill

the original U.S. congressio-nal intent of developing a nationwide House of Heroes movement.”

Bill May, founder and chair-man of the Connecticut chap-ter, served in the Army for 24 years.

“My cousin Matt was in the Navy, and 21, working as an aerographer when he was stationed at the Pentagon on 9/11, and killed,” May said.

Speaking of the young man’s parents, Mike and Shiela Flocco, May said “this destroyed their lives” but they “did their best.”

“They inspired me,” May continued, “and their son is also one of a dozen veterans that have inspired me.”

According to May, there are currently 30 Connecticut veterans on the House of He-roes waiting list. Typically, some 20 homes are handled each year.

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Another local, Cecelia DiFrancesco, also received help from House of Heroes.| (Adam Stuhlman / The Plainville Citizen)

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Chorus students at the Middle School of Plainville recently participated in a “virtual choir” using webcams and technology involving more than 5,000 singers from more than 100 countries. The student choir is scheduled to be presented at the Common Wealth Games this summer to raise funds for UNICEF. Pictured: Victoria Corriveau records her piece for the virtual choir. | (Submitted by Lynn Davis)

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Survey: Educators, kids happy with town schools

The Plainville Board of Education met Monday to discuss a myriad of topics, ranging from the results of surveys taken that showed overall support and happiness with education in town, to ap-plauding the 2014 Teacher of the Year, to the application of a $75,000 Choice grant.

– Speaking of the grant, Pla-inville Assistant Superinten-dent Maureen Brummett said it will “allow us to expand our

culinary classrooms. We are also going to create a STEM lab for robotics classes, ro-botics I and II. We will use this money to buy equipment and redesign the classrooms.”

– According to Plainville Superintendent Jeffrey Kitch-ing, Plainville Community Schools Food Services Direc-tor Jim Bondi has advocated for a 25 percent increase in lunch prices.

“This shouldn’t be a prob-lem because we haven’t had a rise in lunch prices in five years,” Kitching said, “and

these new prices should be good for about two, three years.”

– Among the discussion was the results of surveys from Panorama Education Surveys, which were used to measure teacher and student performance and satisfaction.

According to panoramaed.com, Panorama is a “data an-alytics company focused on K-12 education,” whose sur-veys “collect feedback that teachers use to grow, and our school surveys help ed-ucators improve school as a

whole.”Kitching said that many of

the reviews showed “positive return from teachers about how management is working with them, while 95 percent of students are feeling safe at school, with a high per-centage of students liking the quality of education.”

Kitching also said that the surveys showed that there is good communication be-tween the schools and par-ents, and that the surveys will continue in 2016.

– Ken Fusco, voted Teacher of the Year in Plainville, called it a “humbling, awe-some experience.”

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Plainville residents have made their voices heard.

At the June 2 Town Council meeting, Chairwoman Kathy Pugliese proposed a resolu-tion, later adopted by a 5-2 vote, that calls for the council

to film the Citizens Forum for broadcast at the first meeting of every month.

“I have thought about this a good deal,” Pugliese said at the meeting. “Citizens Forum would remain from 7 to 7:30, and Town Council would film the first meeting of ev-ery month. This is a compro-

mise; hopefully this will help satisfy the needs of citizens.”

Pugliese added that if there was only one meeting a month, then the council would film that meeting.

Vice Chairman Scott Saun-ders voiced a dissenting view, saying this was “not a First Amendment issue.” This comment did not sit well with resident John Kisluk.

“This is not Russia where you get stifled,” Kisluk said. “We have this right.”

Kisluk has taken the lead with a group of residents that signed a contract with Nut-meg TV to pay for filming the Citizens Forum.

Councilor Quinn Chris-topher is all for airing the Citizens Forum portion of meetings. “You know how strongly I feel,” she said when

asked her opinion by Pug-liese. “Every Citizens Forum should be filmed.”

Also at the June 2 meeting, a motion was passed by another 5-2 count that settles the dis-cussion over the current mill rate. With revenue coming in from state reimbursement for education projects, there has been some argument between council members whether to offer a tax break for the next fiscal year.

Not any more. The motion passed to have a flat mill rate of 31.38 with no increase for the next fiscal year.

Christopher ’s motion to set the mill rate at 31.54 was supported by councilor Christopher Wazorko, but an opposing view was heard from Saunders.

“We have an opportunity

for a zero mill rate increase at no damage to the town … we have millions in unantic-ipated revenue,” Saunders said.

From the Town Manager Report, Town Manager Rob-ert E. Lee spoke about rev-enues that have exceeded $615,000, some of which he said is from education proj-ects that didn’t cost as much as were budgeted for. He also said that 86.7 percent of the budget for fiscal year 2014 has been spent, with $6.9 million remaining.

Lee said that overages in certain areas, such as police overtime, can “be covered by accounts and projects being over budgeted.”

Lee also spoke at the meet-ing about concerns he had with the town’s health fund, saying that “over the past eight years we have been down by millions,” in terms of proper budgeting for health claims.

Lee said that according to Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, the town should be prepared to spend approxi-mately $1.44 million to $1.92 million every three to four months on claims. According to Lee, the town is “coming in under $480,000 a month from claims.”

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Lee said that while the town doesn’t have an ordi-nance, it does have some of the necessary muscle to take care of blight issues, such as an “unsightly materials ordinance.”

According to plainvillect.com, “no unsightly materi-als shall be kept in a residen-tial or commercial zone for a period exceeding five days,” unless the property owner

has a permit from the build-ing department and the items are intended for bona fide construction.

Lee said one of the prob-lems that makes blight issues difficult is the ability to track down the alleged perpetrator. Also, in the case of the Chung Property, the site contains hazardous material.

“We solve 80 percent of blight problems,” Lee said. “Sometimes people walk away and don’t care when their property loses any eq-uity. We then struggle to get a hold of them.”

Senese bought the Chung Property when the town put it up for foreclosure in 2010 to collect on the debt. At

this point, LIG took Calco to court over “interfering with the contract between Chung and LIG,” according to Kerry Wisser, attorney for LIG.

“Calco,” Wisser said, “of-fered $1.8 million, of which Mr. Senese paid $1.3 million. And Landmark offered $2.2 million. The tax foreclosure sale wiped this all out.”

The property was bought by 31 NB Plainville, LLC, which is owned by Senese.

According to the state Su-preme Court website, LIG brought Chung to trial in 2009. The ruling went in fa-vor of LIG, even after an ap-peal by Chung in 2011. The website states that during this time, Senese began in-quiring about the property, and drafted a contract for Chung.

Upon hearing about this, LIG took Calco to court for interference, and the jury

awarded damages to LIG. Af-ter Calco appealed, the judge overturned this. Now, LIG is appealing to the state Su-preme Court, and according to Wisser, that could take up to a year.

All together, LIG is seeking $6 million to $7 million, with $4 million in “compensatory damages, $2 million in puni-tive damages, and hundreds of thousands in attorney’s fees,” according to Wisser.

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Jackson Landini pressed close to the dashboard of the small two-seater plane so he could look out the windshield to see his aunt. Brittany Helddon, of Middletown, had brought her 4-year-old grandson to Wings & Wheels on June 7 so that he could

have a firsthand encounter with all sorts of aircraft and vehicles.

“I like this one the best,” Jackson said as he climbed out of the plane. He then took off running to see the 1995 Di-amond Dimona MotorGlide, which had been made in Austria.

The youngster was one of thousands of people who visited Plainville’s Robertson

Airport for the third annual fundraiser, which benefited the Petit Family Foundation and Plainville Community Food Pantry.

This fly-in and classic car show was organized to pro-vide the community with a

fun day to showcase the air-port and local organizations. Plainville police officers and firefighters were also on site with vehicles.

Participants came from all over the region with some lit-erally flying in for the event.

Bill Kulle and Augie Gorreck flew their 1943 Stearman from Skylark Airport in East Windsor. The planes were used for training by the U.S. Army during World War II, Kulle said, and this particular aircraft was restored 30 years ago. With two cockpits, the men said they each would fly one way of their round trip that day.

Other aviation exhibits on site that day included a he-licopter, a small jet and nu-merous display tables with personnel providing infor-mation about aviation op-portunities such as Dream Ride, Civil Air Patrol, Pilot Proficiency Program, Sil-ver City Flying Club, Angel Flight, Skydive CT and oth-ers. Planes occasionally flew overhead as they took pas-sengers for short flights to get a birds-eye view of the area.

Meanwhile on the north-ern side of the airport auto-mobiles of all models, years and makes streamed onto airport grounds for the car show. They all were alike in one way: each vehicle was beautifully restored and maintained, and proudly displayed. As soon as they parked, owners hopped out to open the hoods, post in-formation, clean the engines and dust the trunks.

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The third annual Wings & Wheels event was held June 7 at Plainville’s Robertson Airport.| (Photo by Patrick Matthews)

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Other features included vendors, food and live music.

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Tag saleChurch of Our Sav-

iour, 115 West Main St., has scheduled a tag, bake and plant sale for Satur-day, June 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Toys, furniture, small appliances, kitchen items and more. Coffee, soda, pastries and hot dogs will be available for purchase. For more information, call (860) 747-3109.

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Religious BriefsAlbert M. Soli PLAINVILLE — Albert M. Soli, 92, of Plainville, passed

away on Sat-urday, June 7, 2014. Mr. Soli was born in New Britain on Nov. 12, 1921, son of the late Juisto

and Amelia (Masciotra) Soli. Albert was predeceased by his beautiful wife of over 30 years, Josephine (Rizzo) Soli, who passed away in 1979, and with whom he raised three children. He was also predeceased by his second wife, Florence (Rizzo) Galvin of Water-bury. Albert graduated from E.C. Goodwin Technical School as a machinist and served in the U.S. Navy, 138th Batallion, Seabees Unit based out of the Phil-adelphia Naval Yard during World War II. He worked as a machinist for the Stanley Works plant engineering department from 1938 until his retirement in 1981. Be-sides working as a machin-ist, he also owned and op-erated Soli’s Game Farm, where he raised thousands of pheasants for the State of Connecticut as well as for private game clubs throughout Connecticut and surrounding states. He was noted for having raised the best looking pheasants for hunting enthusiasts. An avid hunter and fisherman,

Al had a love for animals and the outdoors. Albert was a communicant of Our Lady of Mercy Church. He held memberships in sev-eral fish and game clubs in Connecticut, was life-time member of Machinists Union Local 1249 and was a member of the New Brit-ain Elks Lodge 957. Albert leaves behind a sister, Elda Spaczynski and her husband, Kaz, of New Britain; a son, Albert, Jr., of Plainville; two daugh-ters, Linda Lundie and her husband, Paul, of Plants-ville, and Gail Freeman, of Plainville. He leaves behind five grandchildren, David Lundie, Michael Lundie, Samantha Soli, Tony Soli, and Holly Freeman; and two great-grandchildren, Caraline Lundie and Kev-in Breton; and several great-great grandchildren; a niece, Sandra Hostetler and her husband, Jim, of Middletown; and cousins in New Britain, New Haven and Florida. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 11, from Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad St., Plain-ville, followed by a Mass of Christian burial at Our Lady of Mercy Church. Burial will be held privately. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Our Lady of Mercy Church or the New Britain Elks Lodge 957. For online expressions of sympathy, please visit www.Bailey-Fu-neralHome.com

Gustave Nelson FARMINGTON — Gus Nelson, 83, of Farmington passed

away on Fri-day, June 6, 2014, at his home. He was the beloved husband of the late Nor-ma Nelson. He was

born in Plainville in 1930, to Casandra Spencer and Gustave Nelson. Gus grad-uated from Plainville High School and The University of Hartford. He also served in the U.S. Air Force. Gus worked for many years as a certified public accountant in Plainville along with his late brother ,S. William Nel-son. Gus greatly enjoyed play-ing golf and cards with his friends and spending time with his family. He was a lov-ing and kind father; grand-father, brother, uncle and friend. Gus’s smile, sense of humor and generous spirit will be greatly missed. Gus is survived by Robin and Michael Dessler, Robert and Debra Provost, Debo-rah and Michael Mans and all of their children. He also leaves his sister Casandra Rickard, brother-in-law, Eric Rickard, and his sister, Jer-rine Cavanagh, all of Farm-ington: and many nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, June 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad St., Pla-inville. Family and friends may gather Friday, June 13, at 10 a.m. at Bailey Funeral Home followed by a burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Plainville. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Gus Nelson Scholarship Fund, 17 Chappell Place Lane, Exeter, RI 02822. The scholarship will be awarded to a Plainville High School senior that will be majoring in accounting and finance. For online expressions of sympathy, please visit www.bailey-funeralhome.com.

Edward Blanchette, Jr. PLAINVILLE — Edward Blanchette Jr., of Plainville, known

to his lov-ing family as “Boppy”, died after a courageous 16 month battle with cancer on S a t u r d a y ,

May 24, 2014. Ed was the beloved husband for 55 years of June Landry Blanchette. He was born in French-ville, Maine on Dec. 25, 1934, graduated from Goodwin Technical High School in 1953, and was a member of the U.S. Army National Guard for seven years. He worked for the Town of Plainville Pub-lic Grounds Department and, after his retirement, for Wheeler Clinic. He was also a self-employed build-er and meticulous crafts-man. Ed was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots and UCO-NN basketball. For many years he enjoyed spend-ing time with his family at his favorite vacation spot in Ogunquit, Maine. In addition to his wife June, he leaves his son, Jeffrey Blanchette and his husband, Randy Sharp; his daughter ,Joy Talotta and her husband, Dominic; two grandchildren Nicholas Talotta and Meghan Talot-ta who were his pride and joy, his sister Joanne Hart and her husband Bob, his brother Gilman Blanchette and his wife, Barbara; his brother, Vernon and his wife, Nancy; his sister-in-law, Carol Liepis; and sev-eral nieces and nephews including Terry Liepis who helped care for him. He was predeceased by his parents, Sophie and Eddie Blanchette. A Mass was held at St. Patrick’s Church in Farm-ington on Friday, May 30.


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Flag Day is June 14. Sev-eral Veterans organizations have scheduled ceremonies to properly retire unservice-able American Flags includ-ing Berlin American Legion Post 68, 154 Porters Pass. Our Nations Flag has seen many faces, but, here are a few things that may be useful:

After declaring America’s independence in 1776, our new nation was still largely unsettled. A variety of flags were flown that were typ-ically homemade and re-flective of the region where they flew. Our new nation needed a uniform flag to as-sist our country continue its momentum and unify the people.

On June 14, 1777, the Con-tinental Congress passed the first Flag Act: “Resolved: that the flag of the United States

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The third Flag Act of 1818 reduced the number of stripes to its original 13 and ordered that a new star would be added for each new state.

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On Jan 3, 1959, with the addition of Alaska, the 49th state, President Eisenhower ordered the stars to be set in seven rows of seven stars, staggered horizontally and vertically. Just eight mounts later when Hawaii joined the union, Eisenhower directed a new arrangement for the flag in which five horizontal rows of six stars would al-ternate with four staggered rows of five stars. This flag remains the one that flies today.

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Representative Betty Boukus (D- Plainville, New Britain) announced funding for the Plainville Senior Center was re-cently approved by the state Bond Commission. The $105,000 grant will fund improvements to the facility’s parking lot.

In 2008, Boukus was able to secure a $1 million state small cities grant to help expand and renovate the senior center.

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State Rep. Betty Boukus and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy at the announcement of state funding for the Plainville Senior Center with Ronda Guberman, Helen Marinelli, Shawn Cohen, Carol Perry, Tina Wishart, Dan Hurley and Jack Cassidy. | (Submitted by Todd Murphy)

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Plainville High School students Alicia Gorski and Andrew Rottier were honored at the Connecticut Association of Schools / Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s 31st Annual Connecticut High School Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet. Each year, one male and one female athlete from each CIAC member school are honored at the event. | (Submitted by Lynn Davis)


CalendarWednesday, June 18Blood drive - The Amer-

ican Red Cross has sched-uled a blood drive for Wednesday, June 18, 1 to 6 p.m., at the Plainville United Methodist Church. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.red-crossblood.org.

Saturday, June 21Foster parent program

- Wheeler Clinic has sched-uled an informational session for prospective foster parents on Saturday, June 21, 1 to 3

p.m., at 88 East St. For more information, call (860) 793-7277 or email [email protected].

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The Youth Theater in Plainville, spon-sored by the Plainville Choral Society, is looking for actor-singers, age 8 through 15, both boys and girls, to audition for Once on This Island. Members will sing, dance and act in groups.

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Danielle Angelillo and Andrew Rottier were selected by Plainville High School coaches as PHS’s Athletes of the Year. The multi-sport athletes were lauded for, not only their skills, but for their leadership both on and off the field. | (Submitted)

Amateur baseball fans are paying attention to the high school baseball tournament, and rightly so. The two-week event culminates with championship games June 13 and 14 at Palmer Field in Middletown.

But at the same time, American Legion baseball is beginning and that season is a frenetic, six-week dash to the elongated state tournament and the Northeast Regional Tournament in Middletown, which the locals call the Home Office for Amateur Baseball in Connecticut.

Legion ball finds itself in a continuing struggle with other summer baseball leagues. It bills itself as the finest teenage program in the country, and in many ways that’s true.

But in Connecticut and in other places around the nation, Legion ball is strug-gling. The number of teams is shrinking. In Connecticut alone, the program is down three or four teams, and Zone 3, is down to eight teams as Madison has folded its tent.

The response by the state Legion has been to tinker with its state tournament format. Every year the state commission comes up with something new. This year, the top 40 teams -- five from each of the eight zones -- will qualify for the postseason. The zone champions will get a bye until there are only eight survivors from the first couple of single elimination rounds and in order for a zone champion to be elim-inated, it would have to be beaten twice.

Then there will be eight survivors who will play in

two regionals -- Torrington and Stamford -- in a double elimination format.

Then the two survivors will play a best of three.

It’s too long and too con-voluted for the average fan to keep up with. It’s too con-voluted for me, and I think I get it.

One of the reasons the state Legion allows so many teams in is based on an as-sumption that unless teams have something to play for, kids will lose interest and teams will fold before the season ends, presenting the state with the headache of dealing with forfeits.

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Is Legion baseball striking out?By Jim BransfieldSpecial to The Citizen

See Legion / Page 13

The Unified basketball pro-gram was re-energized this year at Plainville High School, ending the season on a high note at a tournament held at New Britain High School.

According to coach and Plain-ville High School faculty mem-ber Cindy Birdsall, participation in the Unified basketball program began in the 1990s in collabora-tion with what was then known as the “Best Buddies” program at the high school, which paired special needs students with role model peers at school.

Matt Gingras was one of the players on the original Plainville High School Unified team, and returned this year to serve as an assistant coach to Birdsall. “Matt was a point guard on the origi-nal team and played with us for three years. He is an asset to our team and has been a phenome-nal support all the way around,” Birdsall said.

In addition, Gingras works in the school’s cafeteria, and serves as a manager to the PHS football, basketball and baseball teams.

Over the years, numbers dwindled and the high school’s Unified team had not been ac-tive until this year, when Birdsall once again partnered with high school special education teacher Denise Feltz, and district school psychologist Jeri Lynn Turkow-itz. The group recruited students with special needs along with role model students from the school’s Student Athlete Lead-ership Team, and the result was impressive.

The students came together and bonded immediately throughout the season, which ran December through March. “At the twice-a-week practices the team really made significant strides and worked together so well – it was amazing to see the

friendships and sportsmanship from the group,” Birdsall said. “This year was really about get-ting our feet wet again with par-ticipating in the program, and it couldn’t have gone any better - I can’t imagine what the future will bring.” The culmination of the season was playing in the New Britain tournament, held in March. “It was so impressive to watch the students with spe-cial needs play during the tour-nament games. The role model students had done such a great job teaching the skills during the practices and helped to be sure that the skills were incor-porated into the game. They en-couraged the students to use the skills while providing feedback and positive comments to keep them motivated. When a basket was made, everyone on the team was so excited. It was a great ex-perience for the students with special needs, the role model stu-dents and the coaches. We look forward to participating next year,” Turkowitz said.

At the end of the season, the team came together for a pizza party to celebrate. When asked about their participation in the program, the high school stu-dents who volunteered to assist all agreed that it was a very pos-itive experience. “It was a really great experience to see all the athletes working together – I will definitely participate once again next year,” commented sopho-more Myranda LaPira.

“I enjoyed it so much. It was nice to see how happy the play-ers were, especially when they got their medals at the tourna-ment. That was awesome,” noted sophomore Joey Chacho.

Junior Sarah Abdelsame added, “I want to be a special education teacher and really enjoyed interacting with the

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The PHS Unified basketball team returned to the court this year, and will be back. | (Submitted)

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number -- have done so for internal reasons. Oftentimes the coaching is, well, let’s just say is inexperienced. There are not clear rules at the be-ginning of the season about commitment, a team begins the season with small number of players and so it goes.

Almost always, it’s shaky management at the local level.

But it has been my experi-ence in involvement with Le-gion baseball since 1966 that kids hang in there. Kids don’t quit because a team is 10-15. Kids generally like to play. Study after study has shown that kids would rather be playing, even if a team is los-ing, than sit on a bench when a team is winning.

Another reason is that hav-ing 40 teams in the field cre-ates more fan interest. Not so.

In the years since the expanding playoffs were instituted in all its muta-tions, early round games draw mom, dad, friends and relatives. It isn’t until the final rounds are played that crowds get bigger.

But with the competi-tion from other programs, the Legion is deeply con-cerned about the future of its program.

That helps to explain why the National Legion backed off its plan to reduce the max-imum age of players from 19 to 18. Small towns across the country protested, saying this further diminished its talent pool.

It’s also the reason why the Legion in Connecticut has instituted a prep division, for eighth and ninth graders. The idea here is, obviously, get ‘em early.

The underlying concern may be the reason that the National Legion has gone to

pool play for its World Series. Pool play is one in which the Series is divided into two four-team divisions and the two winners play a title game. The reason? ESPNU will tele-vise the title game, but only if the game is on a date certain. Double elimination makes that impossible.

TV rules.Pool play has the poten-

tial to be enormously unfair. A team can come out of pool one at 3-0, and another team can come out of pool two at 2-2, winning a bunch of silly tiebreakers (runs scored, earned runs given up, ad nauseam).

Then in one game, the 2-2

team can beat the unbeaten team and call itself champion. Double elimination? Forget it.

But the game will be on TV, which means exposure, which means -- the Legion hopes -- more kids wanting to play Legion ball.

Maybe this concern is the reason for the utterly phony attendance figures that come out of Shelby, N.C., the per-manent home of the World Series. Briefly put, the Legion counts a doubleheader crowd twice. If the attendance for a twin bill is 4,000, the Legion says 8,000. Two times 4,000, because there were two games. That means that when I went to five games last year,

there were 10 of me.The Legion said that atten-

dance at the World Series last year was 107,000. There were nine admissions in a 6,500 seat stadium. Ask your third grader to do the math.

About the only tournament

left that is a pure champi-onship event is the regional tournament. Eight teams, double elimination, one win-ner. Neat, clean, right.

Too bad the state Legion and the World Series aren’t played the same way.

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after 4pm.

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LINE COOK - Experi-enced. Apply in person at TIME OUT TAVERNE, 100 New Haven Rd., Durham CT, or online at Timeouttaverne.com

MERIDEN - 2nd fl., newly reno, spacious, 3 BR apt, very clean, no pets, 1st & last mo., Section 8 approved. $1,000 203-715-5829

BROYHILL CHILD’S BED-ROOM SET- light pine includes dresser, mirror, desk, chair & twin bed. Very good condition. $500 860-621-4201.

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MiscellaneousFor Sale

MERIDEN - Wallingford Line, Large 2 BR Modern Condos. Laundry. No pets. $900+ Utils. (203) 245-9493.

DREXEL Heritage love seat with slip cover, very good condition, floral design $275.00 Medium size re-frigerator, white, $50, car bubble for storage, $35. Call 203.631.4597

MERIDEN - 4BR, 7 RMS total, eat in KIT, W/D hookups, off-st pkg., $1,100 per mo + sec. Call 860-508-6877.

Boats and Motors

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MOUNTAIN BIKE Spe-cialized Rock Hopper with RockShox, Purple/Blue with Speedometer. $175. Call 860 645-7245.

SOUTHINGTON - LARGE 1BR 2nd FLOOR, APPL, laundry, storage, park-ing. Heat included $850+ sec. no pets. 860-628-8105.

KAYAK PADDLES Werner Camano. 220 cm. Straight shaft. Excellent condition. Used in fresh water only. Black with red blades. $175 firm. and Werner Camano 230cm. Straight shaft. Blue with white blades $75 firm. Call (860) 645-7245

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(203) 269-93412 levels, 1800 SF of Con-

signed Home Decor & Furnishings. 30 Day Layaways

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Tree Length FirewoodCall for Details203-238-2149

BOOKKEEPER/OFFICE MGR - Accounts pay-able, receivables, bill-ing, job entry, payroll, quotes, Peachtree busi-ness software, phone, computer proficient. Min. 5 year exp., secure position, good bene-fits. Email resume and salary requirements to [email protected]

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Meriden-Large, clean safe furn 1st flr rm, utils incl. Share kit & bath. $125/wk. 203-238-3369. Leave message.

MERIDEN - Crown St. Ext. 4 BRs, 2.5 BA Cape w/family room, walk out/patio and deck. Large back yard. Call Quality Realty, LLC, (203) 235-1381.

LONG SOFA - High Pillow Back, Navy plaid, ex-cellent condition. $450. Call 860-826-6597, Leave Message.

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toys, lamps

PROSPECT - NEW 2014 2 BR, 1 BA, 14’ wide, W/ appls., $54,650. Liberty,

(860) 747-6881.

BULLDOG PUPPIES - $550+, POODLE MIX PUPPIES $350+, BEN-GAL KITTENS $450+, CHIHUAHUAS, $450+, PUGGLES, $550+. Shots. 860-828-7442.

HOOKER ENTERTAIN-MENT CENTER, light oak 5 pieces 11 ft total width. Excellent condition. $500

860-621-4201.

1-2 ITEMSSilverware, China, Glass.

Furniture, 50’s Items.Whole Estates203 238-3499

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MERIDEN - 2 BR home, finished bsemt, sec. dep. & refs. (203) 238-1730, 203-671-8486.

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860 707-9350

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MERIDEN Condo, Lg 2 BR, Top Fl. Balcony, pool, spa, cent/air. E. Main St. 2 mos sec, credit ck. $800. No pets. 203 284-0597.


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PLAZA SERVICE - Looking for Skilled bodyperson/painter. With 3-5 years experience. Please apply within: 12 North Plains Industrial Rd., Walling-ford.

MERIDEN - Furn. apt. 1 BR, 3rd flr, Pvt entr., GAR. No pets. Front/smoking. $575 + utils. Sec. 1 yr lease. 203-681-0830.

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MERIDEN - 8,600 sq.ft., w/OHD, loading dock, 440 volt 3 phase electric, showers, 20 ft ceilings. $3,000 mo. plus triple net. 203-639-7306.

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ALEX MASONRY 30 yrs exp. Patios, Retaining Walls, Steps,

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HELPING HANDS - Com-munity Thrift Store offers house clean-outs and a donation pick-up ser-vice. Let the items you donate reduce the cost of the clean-out. Your donations are tax-de-ductible. Call Allen 203-214-3038.

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Sports Center of CT

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Phil’s Lockshop

Star Auto Sales

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Cho’s Champion Taekwondo

Durham Healthmart Pharmacy

Bellisima Salon

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Body Temple Fitness

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Moran’s Television & Appliance

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East Center Market

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Frontera Grill

Meriden YMCA

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