Graduates have mixed feelings on their future

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Friday, June 29, 2012
Volume 9, No. 26
•Ronnie Spector takes you
‘Beyond the Beehive,’ Page 19
•View from above... at Jennings,
Page 3
•Bristol Legion takes to the field,
Page 40
It’s a wrap for Bristol’s Class of 2012
TAMMI KNAPIK
MIKE CHAIKEN
Katelyn Dobreski gets a little help from her mother Jacquie prior to last
Thursday’s graduation at Bristol Central High School.
Bristol Eastern High School’s Class of 2012 president Jessica Laprise addresses
her fellow graduates last Thursday.
BCHS grads receive some perspective, advice
Graduates have mixed feelings on their future
By KAITLYN NAPLES
STAFF WRITER
The graduating class
of 2012 from Bristol Central
High School received
words of advice and perspective on high school
and the future from all different angles at last
Thursday’s graduation ceremony.
At
the
ceremony
themed “It’s Just the
Arts
Business
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Beginning,” school and
board officials offered
encouraging advice for the
future to the 299 graduates.
After the officials, the Class
of 2012 heard from their
peers to whom they could
all relate to after encountering similar situations
over the last four years.
“I’m ready to go; we all
are,” said Morgan Finn,
who was this year’s essay-
Classified 31
Editorial 10
ist. She offered a creative
and realistic perspective of
how she felt about the last
four years, and graduations
arrival.
In
her
essay
“Notorious,” Finn relived
the days of 15 page
research papers, the 7:40
a.m. start of the school day,
getting cell phones taken
See CENTRAL, page 4
Food
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Good Times 19
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
The Bristol Eastern
High School Class of 2012
said farewell to their life in
the world of public education and hello to the world
beyond last Thursday.
Feelings were mixed
about the future among
students interviewed prior
to the commence exercises.
Some were optimistic.
Letters
Listings
10
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Some expressed a measured optimism. And some
were aware that life beyond
Bristol Eastern may be a little unsettled.
Abby Massarelli was
one of the students who felt
what comes next in her life
was looking bright. “I am
very confident and excited
for my future,” said Abby. “I
think what I planned is
going to be very exciting
Obituaries
Police
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5
and will open up a lot of
doors.”
“I’m definitely prepared (for the future)…
though doing a lot of different activities in the community,” said Sarah Boilard,
who also looked forward to
what comes beyond BEHS.
“By doing volunteering, I
learned to be ready to do
anything. By being out
See BEHS, page 4
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Winters will light up at Lake Compounce
Even though it’s still
June, Brick said the park is
already hard at work getting
ready for the winter holidays and “Holiday Lights.”
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
The temperature outside last Wednesday was
soaring into the 90s.
But inside Parkside
Café at Lake Compounce
Amusement Park, they were
thinking Christmas.
Christmas
music,
Christmas presents, and
Christmas cookies greeted
guests at a press conference
last week where the amusement park announced that
beginning Nov. 30 they will
be opening a new Christmas
attraction dubbed, “Lake
Compounce
Holiday
Lights.”
“This is something
we’ve been working for a
few years,” said the park’s
general manager, Jerry
Brick. “It’s something we’re
excited about… It’s something completely different
for us.”
The holiday attraction
will be geared toward small
children and their families,
said Brick. The park will be
decorated with thousands
of holiday lights. Children
will be able to take part in
activities such as cookie
making. There will be a
chance to write letters to
Santa. The Kiddieland rides
will be open. There will be
holiday music. Santa Claus
During his comments, he
pointed out the large
Christmas tree with oversized packages set up outside the Parkside Café by
workers the night before the
big announcement.
See COMPOUNCE,
page 8
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Lake Compounce Amusement Park brought in Santa
Claus to help them announce its newest attraction,
‘Lake Compounce Holiday Lights.’
will be making regular
appearances at the Starlight
Theater. And everyone will
be able to ride the North
Pole Railway where they can
see the lights from above.
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One high-flying project before students say good-bye
When Woznicki came
up with the idea, he said he
asked the fifth graders “to
plan a configuration of the
letter “J” for Jennings that
would hold all students and
staff. They had to consider
how much space each person would reasonably occupy as well as the total area of
the figure.” He said final
plans were submitted by the
students and the plan that
Jennings
administrator
takes one last
fly over school
By KAITLYN NAPLES
STAFF WRITER
All of the students at
Jennings Elementary School
participated in one final
project, as an entire school,
last Monday morning. What
started out as a math problem for the fifth grade classes, ended up being a
“whole-school
unifying
event as a culmination of
our work together at
Jennings,” Principal Steven
Woznicki said.
Last Monday morning
all of the students filed outside Jennings School, to
make the letter “J.” While
the students and teachers
sat in formation in the “J,”
while holding colored construction paper signifying
what grade they were in,
Woznicki flew a plane overhead for an aerial photo
opportunity.
TAMMI KNAPIK
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his instructor Terry Keller of Premier Flight Center
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BEHS: Members of Class of 2012 express views on future
From page 1
there, I prepared myself
and, hopefully, I’ll do pretty
well (in my future).”
Kris Fuller hedged a little bit when asked about the
future. “I feel all right (about
the future),” he said, “You’ve
got to make it what you can
get and not take too much
at one time. Keep going in
your life and make what you
can of it.
Adelina Villanti, however, expressed some concern
about what lies ahead for
her. “Right now, it feels pret-
ty unreal (leaving school). I
don’t think it’s really hit yet.
But to some extent, it’s a little scary. Obviously, not
knowing if you’re going to
get a job or if you’re going to
be paying student loans, to
that extent, it’s pretty scary.”
Villanti added, “There’s
a lot we have to face in the
world that people hadn’t
had to face in previous
years.”
Commencement
speeches from their BEHS
peers also addressed what
lies ahead and what came
before.
In her speech to her fellow classmates, Megan St.
Pierre said, “(C)hange is a
natural part of life. I’m sure
many of us are a little frightened by what may happen
after tonight – there is a
world waiting out there and
we don’t know what’s in
store. Returning to the same
walls at 7:40 every morning
has become such a routine
that after we leave today, we
may not know what to do.
But if we just think how well
this school has prepared us
for the future, perhaps we
will all feel a little more
calm.”
Student
speaker
Anthony Mafale advised his
classmates, “Breathe my fellow students. Let go of all
the stress, struggles, and
sacrifices that you endured
to get to this very ceremony,
because today, is your day.
Everything you ever worked
for, was for this moment
right here, the moment
where we graduate…. In all
of us is an innate personal
need to keep achieving and
above all, to strive for even
better, more glorious days
that this one right here. We
are all so young and so full
of potential. We are all going
to make something out of
ourselves.”
Class president Jessica
Laprise told the Class of
2012 to appreciate the past
four years at the high
school. “Whether you are
begging to leave or dying to
stay, I hope that you cherish
the time you have had here.
If you don’t want to settle for
the past four years being
‘the best four years of your
life,’ let them be a starting
point for your future.”
As the students pre-
pared to depart, students
also received words of
advice from their elders.
Bristol City Councilor
Kevin Fuller told them,
“Keep your family close…
they’ll always be your rock
of unconditional support.”
“Give back, volunteer,
you will gain much more
than you give,” said Karen
Vibert, the vice-chair of the
Bristol Board of Education.
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Central: Class of 2012 hears advice, words of perspective
From page 1
away by teachers and
administrators, and her
peers who couldn’t walk fast
enough through the halls at
Bristol Central “because
they decided not to pull up
their pants that morning.”
Finn was able to elicit many
laughs from the crowd and
her fellow graduates during
a time that may have been
bittersweet for many.
Salutatorian
Emily
Zygiel offered her speech
from a different, but more
familiar to her, angle. She
gave her speech in the format of The Scientific
Method, including a problem, hypothesis, experiment and conclusion. Zygiel
spoke with different teachers at Bristol Central who
have influenced her, to create her speech “Trial by
Error.”
She said there are “so
many amazing teachers” at
the school, that she wanted
to include that in her final
farewell. Words of advice
she received from several
teachers have included
“always giving 110 percent,”
and “nothing of value ever
comes easy.” She recommended her fellow graduates should
remember
those words when they are
in the middle of a problem.
She also reminded her
classmates that “failure isn’t
something to be afraid of,”
and to “never forget to
laugh.”
Class
Valedictorian
Nicole Jacques compared
life, high school, and the
future, to the football games
she attended throughout
the year. She encouraged
her classmates to continue
to fight for their goals and
dreams and to strive for victory.
“The climb is only
going to get better from
here,” Jacques said to her
fellow graduates, adding
that life will continue to get
better and will feel more
worth living. Even though
she encouraged her classmates to focus on the future
and goals they have set, she
reminded
them
that
“Central is where your roots
are” and to remember
where they came from.
Bristol
Central
Principal Peter Wininger
said the class of 2012 will
leave a legacy behind for
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Police blotter
The
Bristol
Police
Department reported the
following arrests:
•Shalea Osorio, 25, of
124 North St., Bristol was
arrested on June 18 and
charged with third degree
assault and second degree
breach of peace.
•Shanice A. Rivera, 18,
of 124 North St., Bristol was
breach of peace.
•Miguel A. Alsina, 29, of
34 Standish St., Hartford
was arrested on June 17 and
breach of peace.
•Michael Bryan, 52, of
263 Queen St., Bristol was
charged with second degree
breach of peace and threatening.
•Matthew Holcomb,
19, of 57 Haviland St.,
Bristol was arrested on June
16 and charged with second
degree breach of peace.
•Ashley M. Inkel, 26, of
26 Putnam St., Bristol was
charged with operation
while under the influence
and unsafe movement/
stopped car.
•William C. Savage, 32,
of
41 Woodland
St.,
Plainville was arrested on
June 15 and charged with
injury/risk/
impairing
morals, operation with registration/license suspended/revoked, and reckless
driving.
•Garrett R. Johnston,
45, of 154 Hopmeadow Rd.,
15 and charged with failure
to use seatbelt on child 4 to
16 years old, and operation
while under the influence.
•Kristalyn Grant, 22, of
122 High St., Apt. No. 9,
15 and charged with illegal
possession of marijuana.
•Joseph W. Higgins, 49,
of 63 Glenstone Rd.,
Waterbury was arrested on
sixth degree larceny.
•Ian M. Coverty, 38, of
125 Longview Ave., Bristol
charged with failure to have
lights lit/devices illuminated and operation while
under the influence.
•Shayna M. Rivera, 20,
of 22 High St., Apt. No. C,
20 and charged with disorderly conduct and threatening.
•Edwin E. Velez, 18, no
address provided, was
assault, second degree
breach of peace and sixth
degree larceny.
•David Zomick, 61, of
65 Maureen Dr., Bristol was
breach of peace.
•Matthew Zomick, 34,
of 65 Maureen Dr., Bristol
breach of peace.
•Matthew
Harrison
Yost, 24, of 101 Stanwood
Dr., New Britain was arrested on June 19 and charged
with third degree assault,
second degree breach of
peace and second degree
criminal mischief.
•Kimberly Mari, 44, of
197 Lillian Rd., Bristol was
breach of peace.
•Deborah
J.
Campaniello, 45, of 28
Lincoln Pl., Apt. No. 1R, was
charged with disorderly
conduct.
•John R. McGill, 34, of
467 Broad St., Bristol was
conduct.
•Frank Ippolito, 26, of
218 West St., Apt. No. B1,
19 and charged with interfering with an officer and
littering.
•Brenda N. Nazario, 46,
of 36 Connerton St., New
Britain was arrested on June
18 and charged with two
counts
second
degree
breach of peace.
•Derrick S. Kulesa, 38,
of 69 Orleans Dr., Bristol
charged with sixth degree
larceny.
•Edward Shimo, 38, no
charged with sixth degree
larceny.
•Michael J. Bohlman
Jr., 95 Wild Oak Dr.,
Southington was arrested
on June 21 and charged with
second degree breach of
peace and threatening.
•Autumn Roche, 18, of
54 Center St., Bristol was
breach of peace and third
degree criminal mischief.
•Carla Roche, 43, of 142
High St., Bristol was arrested on June 21 and charged
with second degree breach
of peace and third degree
criminal mischief.
•Willie Calez-Negron,
20, of 54 Center ST., Apt. No.
5, Bristol was arrested on
illegal sexual contact with a
victim under the age of 16,
injury/risk of injury/impairing morals of children or
child selling and second
degree sexual assault, consent, no force/threat.
•Curtis J. Mitte, 45, of
95 Terryville Ave., Bristol
breach of peace.
•Kyle Hopkins, 19, of
165 Matthew St., Bristol was
breach of peace.
•James Taylor, 68, of
129 Buckboard Ln., Bristol
breach of peace and first
degree criminal trespass.
•Shayna M. Rivera, 20,
of 22 High St., Bristol was
conduct and threatening.
•Edwin E. Velez, 18, no
breach of peace and sixth
degree larceny.
48 Columbus Ave., arcing,
shorted
electrical
equipment
June 22
29 Maple Ave., gasoline
or other flammable liquid
spill
Fire report
The
Bristol
Fire
Department reported the
following incidents:
June 15
720 Birch St., dispatched and cancelled en
route
50 Redwood Dr., power
line down
87 Pine St., extrication
of victim from vehicle
182 Goodwin St., lock
out
115 Wolcott St., unauthorized burning
718 Pine St., alarm system sounded due to malfunction
35 Yale Dr., CO detector
activation due to malfunction
Pilgrim
Road
and
Burlington Avenue, vehicle
accident, general cleanup
41 Stearns St., assist
police or other governmental agency
Terryville Avenue and
Clark Avenue, oil or other
combustible liquid spill
June 16
480 Wolcott St., arcing,
shorted electrical equipment
21 Holt St., electrical
wiring/equipment problem, other
1200 Farmington Ave.,
alarm system activation, no
fire unintentional
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21 Holt St., good intent
call, other
Douglas Road, unauthorized burning
June 17
52 Sheila Ct., cooking
fire, confined to container
16 Brace Ave., unauthorized burning
19 Henry St., unauthorized burning
June 18
21 Holt St., unauthorized burning
45 Middle St., lock out
51 Broderick Rd., hazardous condition, other
vehicle accident, general
cleanup
55 Gaylord St., good
intent call, other
37 Northmont Rd. ext.,
power line down
West
Street
and
Divinity Street, oil or other
combustible liquid spill
35 Yale Dr., CO detector
activation due to malfunction
Collins
Road
and
Stafford Avenue, vehicle
June 19
139 Federal St., building fire
747 Pine St., lock out
718 Pine St., false alarm
or false call, other
1 Pleasant St., service
call, other
11 Prospect St., false
alarm or false call, other
28 Boulder Dr., extrication of victim from building/structure
102 Stewart St., lock out
502 South St., removal
of victim from stalled elevator
135 Peck Ln., unauthorized burning
Simpkins Drive and
Round Hill Road, hazardous
condition, other
Clark Avenue and
Matthews Street, no incident found on arrival at dispatch address
48 Carolina Rd., vehicle
218 Surrey Dr., alarm
system sounded due to malfunction
250 Jacobs St., electrical
wiring/equipment problem, other
passenger vehicle fire
28 Hopmeadow Rd.,
and Hill Street
45 Rollinson Rd., public
service assistance, other
195 Lillian Rd., service
call, other
6 Marsh Rd., medical
assist, assist EMS crew
41 Brewster Rd., gasoline or other flammable liquid spill
June 20
South Street and Union
Street, vehicle accident,
general cleanup
61 Cherry St., smoke
detector activation due to
malfunction
595 Clark Ave., arcing,
shorted electrical equipment
705 Lake Ave., overheated motor
Matthews Street and
Terryville Avenue, vehicle
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Melissa A. Dallaire; Tyler W.
Davilio; Saphon Lamont
Davis-Kittle; Canisha
Monet Dawson; Alyssa
Marie DeAngelo; Darence
Zelek Delgado, Jr.; Michael
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Detrez; Jaime Diaz;
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Dowd; Rachael M. Doyon;
Allison E. Drost; Steve B.
Drouin; Samantha Dziala;
Brian Roy Elkins; Adam J.
Emond; Connor Ericson;
Jacob Collin Eschner;
Zachary Peter Fannon; Eni
Feto; Morgan Sarah Finn;
Jacob Daniel Fournier; John
Kevin Frazier; Miguel Angel
Fuentes; Conor H. Furey;
Mitchell Alden
Gagnon; Elise Anne Galipo;
Benjamin Lawrence
Gatzen; Tristin E. Gesualdi;
Hristos N. Giannopoulos;
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Gilbert; Kristina Lynn
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Jasmine Inez Greene;
Carissa J. Guglietta; Kevin J.
Guzman; Connor James
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Hernandez; Jadyn Raye
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Bristol Eastern High School Class of 2012 listed
The Bristol Eastern
High School Class of 2012:
Shrouk Abdelsami;
Kane Xavier Adams; *Brett
Nathan Akerley; Charlye
Aldana; Mar’Quess SultanSunni Ali; Connor Elliott
Anastasio; Katie Lynn
Anderson; Rudolph
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*Taylor Soo Kyung Benson;
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*Connor Thomas Bernier;
**Zoryana Bilohan; Richard
Timothy Birmingham; Jesah
Tan Bishop; Brittany Marie
Blanchette; Sarah E.
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Bossie; Rachel Lynn
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Alexandra Grace Brown;
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Daniel Eric Burdelski; Sean
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Kenyeatta Bush; *Tyler
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Bristol Eastern High School speaker Anthony Mafale addresses his fellow classmates at commencement exercises for the Class of 2012 last Thursday on the
school’s football field.
Crossman; Connor Wright
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Cybulski; *Christina Allison
Cyr; Kaitlynn Veronica Cyr;
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Diamond Alexandra
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**Danielle Erin Kriscenski;
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Madore; Anthony Thomas
Mafale; Corinne Isabella
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John Middleton; *Erica Ann
Migliore; Kelly Frances
Miller; Melissa Amber
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Moderacki; **Alex Randall
Mola; Laura Lee Moran;
Alandra Christine Mordo;
James Joseph Morin; Cody
Jonathan Morrissey; JeanPierre N. Mouannes; Justin
Philip Moyers; Christopher
Murawski;
Vincent Andrew Nardi;
Joseph C. Nettelbladt; Thien
Nhi Ngo; Dylan Joseph
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Daniel O’Neil; Lewis
Antonio Otero; Tyler Daniel
Ouellette; James Robert
Pacyna; Anthony Carlo
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Eileen Kate Pastyrnak;
Samuel Arnold Pedersen;
Roberto Anthony Pedraza;
Adrian Adam Perkowski;
Jamie Lynn Pitcher; Jordyn
Nicole Procko; Luke Daniel
Provenzano; Connor James
Rafferty; David Ramos;
Bryan Thomas Ravickas;
Bryan Steven Rayburn;
Matthew Michael Reynolds;
Zachery James Ritchie;
April Fish Rivera; Jassidy
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Ruth Roche; Nicholas
Dominic Roche; Elias
Rodriguez; Fotina Anastasia
Rollins; **Kassandra
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Michael Samsel; Jessica
Jean Santello; John Savage;
**Lindsey Armstrong
Schaffrick; Alicia Ann
Schettini; Shonda Chasitity
Scott; Lauren Michele
Seamour; Xiomara Marie
Semidey; Tehsin Iftekhar
Shaikh; Shayne D. Shakes;
Tesha Marie Shank; *Joshua
James Sherman; Kadijah
Odessa Shoultz; Breanne
Michelle Sills; *Joanna
Slemp; Patrick Alexander
Smith; Aubrie Elise Soucy;
Francesca Marie Souza;
Vanessa Spaulding; Jessica
Anne Sperduti; Christian
David St. Peter; Chantel
Amber St. Pierre; Megan
Mary St. Pierre; Jasmine
Alexa Staggers; Alyssa
Stapper; Lucas Friday
Suchinski; Emily May
Sullivan;
Derek Brett Tanguay;
Mark David Tardiff; Gregory
James Taylor; Jonathan
William Taylor; Joseph
Anthony Thomas; Conner
Stephen Thorpe; Ethan Lyn
Towne; Christina Alexis
Tramontanis; Jessica
Katharine Triplett; Kendall
Blair Tucker; Jacob
Alexander Turcotte; Jordan
Michael Ungaro; Alexandria
Vallier; *Adelina Margaret
Villanti; Casey Taylor
Voisine; Jeremy Ward; Jacob
Tyler Wasielewski; Mitchell
Edward Wheelock; Andrew
Scott Wilkes; Emma
Susanne Woolworth;
**Sarah Katelyn Woznicki;
Audreanna Lynn Wransky;
Samantha Marie Yard; Sara
Marie Zack; Mark Jeffrey
Zavalick; Jamie Kennard
Zene; Ryan Joseph Zimmer;
Trevor James Ziome
**graduating in top five
percent of class
*graduating in top ten
percent of class
MIKE CHAIKEN
Bristol Eastern High School graduate Kris Fuller
poses with his father Councilor Kevin Fuller before
commencement exercises last Thursday.
8
Compounce
Flight:
School
closing
From page 2
During his comments,
Brick said thanked city officials in both Southington
and Bristol for their support
for the endeavor.
Bristol city councilor
Kevin Fuller was on hand for
the announcement at the
Parkside Café. Fuller said the
attraction is just what the
From page 3
city of Bristol was looking for
as it puts the focus on marbest fit the criteria was choketing itself. He said it’s
sen. A “J” outline was spray
another event that is unique
painted on the grass behind
to the Bristol area that will
the school, coordinating
prove to be a great selling
with the dimensions of the
point for the community. He
plan chosen.
said especially liked the idea
Woznicki said the projthat the attraction is specifiect was one final project the
cally geared for families with
school did all together
young children.
before the facility closed for
“What a nice segue to go
good. The principal has been
from
the
‘Haunted
flying since January, and has
Graveyard’
(at
Halloween
to
been taking lessons from
‘Holiday Lights’),” said
Terry Keller, affiliated with
Fuller.
Premier Flight Center based
In terms of attendance
at Brainard Airport in
goals
for the attraction, Brick
Hartford.
TAMMI KNAPIK
said the park has not set a
For the flight last
An aerial view of Jennings School and a giant ‘J’ formed by students, left, as seen from an airplane piloted by huge goal for the first year of
Monday, the plane use was
the school principal Steven Woznicki. The photograph was taken last Monday after the airplane left the event.
donated, as was the instruc“Holiday Lights” also
Plainville’s Robertson Airport.
tor’s time, Woznicki said.
follows a trend taken by
many amusement parks
across the country.
Brick
noted
the
Compounce is open for just
100 days in the spring/ summer.
Events
like
the
“Haunted Graveyard” and
now, “Holiday Lights” allows
the park to be open more
days in the year and utilizes
what typically would be
downtime at the attraction.
Brick said the additional
attraction during the winter
holidays also will mean
additional jobs for the area.
Many of the park’s seasonal
workers will be required as
the park needs employees to
KAITLYN NAPLES man the restaurants and
Students at Jennings Elementary School held up colored construction paper, and sat in the shape of the letter ‘J’ while their principal, rides.
“It’s a win-win for every
Steven Woznicki, flew an airplane overhead, last Monday.
body,” said Fuller of the new
attraction. “The kids keep
working. The park gets revenue. Families can enjoy the
activities.”
“It’s awesome,” said the
Bristol councilor.
“Holiday Lights” will be
open at the park on Fridays,
Saturdays, and Sundays
through Dec. 23. Pricing and
additional information will
be announced in the coming
months at LakeCompounce.
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The new reality for the non-profit world
Michael Nicastro
Chamber
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Before the Great
Recession of 2008, it was
very easy to develop an
idea for a non-profit group,
secure a 501C3 status, and
be off and running with the
latest charity or cause celeb
du jour. Corporations gave
out money with little investigation or follow-up and
the big foundations
enjoyed the media coverage
that funding these organizations produced.
Then came the crash
and it all changed swiftly
and suddenly. Many of
these organizations dried
up and blew away like sand
on the desert. Others had to
retrench and hunker down
in hopes that this recession,
like so many others would
be short lived.
The larger and longer
lived organizations
watched their endowments
shrink by 30, 40 and sometimes 50% or more. Noncharitable organizations
(501C6) such as Chambers
of Commerce and other
business support organizations had to restructure
their programming and
develop new revenue
streams.
Unfortunately, this
recession has been anything but short lived. While
some declare it to be over
(a very debatable point),
the effects that it had on
the world of the non-profits
has been profound and has
placed them all, charitable
or not, in a new reality.
Museums, arts and
performance based organizations took the hit from
just about every direction.
In a bad economy, especially one with 10% unemployment (reported – it was
likely far worse), the ability
to sell tickets drops radically. Corporate sponsorships
either shrank or went away
altogether. Annual fund
donations from individuals
and foundations fell and
allocations from their
endowments were (especially board restricted
funds) were reduced in
some cases to zero.
Religious based organizations saw their contributions reduced while at the
same time the pull from the
other side, namely the people who depend on them
for comfort and support,
increased exponentially.
The demand on soup
kitchens, food pantries and
other forms of support
grew to a point not seen
since the Great Depression.
Service organizations,
already hurting from
extreme declines in membership and the difficulties
of recruiting a new generation saw their membership
decline even further. In
some cases, venerable old
organizations simply
stopped operating.
So how does the nonprofit world deal with the
new reality in which they
now must survive? It won’t
be easy and it will require
extensive change in strategy and in many cases a willingness to “slay some
sacred cows” that have
existed for generations.
It all starts with the
board of directors/trustees.
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non-profit board was a part
of community activism and
was strongly supported by
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were encouraged and given
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costs while still carrying out
the mission of the organization. These ideas have
included mergers with similar organizations, outsourcing of administrative
functions, and, in some
cases, moving to an all-volunteer structure.
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these kinds of decisions
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the day-to-day issues are a
constant challenge. That
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reality are development
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When it comes to
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mailer just doesn’t cut it
anymore. Development is a
constant, neverending
process that requires a continual thinking and rethinking of how to manage
donors. It requires a “hightouch” and needs to be
integrated with the organization’s overall marketing
plan. Efforts on “Planned
Giving” need to be a critical
part of any development
efforts.
Lastly and most definitely the most difficult element for any non-profit is
that of strategic planning.
The process is not simple
and it requires the full buyin of the board and management. For those just
starting the process, the
best form of strategic planning is one that reviews
what an organization does
well, what they don’t do
well and what new investments they need to consider.
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hang onto events or programs that have long since
run their course, producing
little, or no revenue but
have become sacred.
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will allow more time to be
spent on programs that are
effective and will also allow
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organization to the next
level.
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approach of the past will
likely join the many that no
longer exist. Only time will
tell.
Michael D. Nicastro is
president and CEO of the
Central Connecticut
Chambers of Commerce. He
can be reached at
M.Nicastro@CentralCTCha
mbers.org
Renovated hotel donates furniture, fixtures to center
The owners and managers of the 120-room hotel
on Century Drive were
recently recognized by The
City of Bristol for donating
furniture and fixtures to the
Veteran’s Administration as
part of the hotel’s multi-million dollar renovation and
expansion program.
The Clarion Hotel and
ACG North America, Inc.
(ACG) were recognized for
their contribution at the
June 12 City Council meeting. ACG is the design-build
firm leading the renovation
and expansion project.
A shipment of office
furniture, lamps and accessories was delivered to the
new
Army
Strong
Community Center (ASCC),
which supports service
members, veterans, and
their families. The Bristol
ASCC, which is the fifth
such center in the United
States, officially opened on
May 12.
“We are pleased to contribute to such an important resource for our armed
forces,” said Pat Czajkowski,
the owners’ representative,
said in a press release. “We
are proud that our facility
and furniture upgrades will
benefit our service men and
women.”
The remaining furniture, fixtures and equipment, are being donated to
the Veteran’s Administration
to support homeless veterans and service members.
“We worked closely
with (U.S.) Senator Richard
Blumenthal’s office to identify a meaningful way to
support our military personnel,” said Al Barone, Vice
President of Bristol-based
ACG North America, the
design-build contractor, in
a press release. “We are
pleased to know that our
project will benefit so
many.”
The hotel is currently
undergoing a complete renovation including guest
rooms, public areas and
construction of a new suite
tower. Later this year, the
hotel will be rebranded as a
DoubleTree by Hilton. Hotel
amenities will include a new
swimming pool, modern fitness center, meeting rooms,
and a full-service restaurant
and lounge.
“Significant progress
has been made since we
broke ground last summer,”
said Michael Bonnardi,
director of operations for
the hotel, in a press release.
“We continue serve a growing number of banquet and
overnight guests during the
expansion project.”
The hotel renovation
and expansion is expected
to be completed in early
2013. Construction activities are being phased to
minimize disruptions during renovation activities as
the hotel remains open to
guests
and
restaurant
patrons during the expansion.
Mayor Art Ward of the City of Bristol, right, presents
William Mascetti, left, and Al Barone of ACG North
America, Inc., with a certificate recognizing the
donation of furniture to the Bristol Army Strong
Community Center.
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Young and looking beyond despair toward hope
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Perspective on our
nation’s birthday
This is going to be one of “those.”
This is going to one of those messages about being
thankful for what you’ve got.
But given the upcoming Fourth of July holiday,
where we celebrate the birth of our nation, we feel it’s
important for Americans to reflect on how good
they’ve got it.
Yes, we know the economy is still less than healthy.
There are fat cats getting richer (the 1 percent) and the
rest of us (the 99 percent) seem to be falling behind.
And it seems unfair.
However, market forces drive our economy… and,
whether you like or not, connections help drive the
market. This is the price we pay for living in a free
nation.
There have been attempts at controlled
economies whose purpose is to make the market fair
and equitable. But they have failed. Making life equitable is all well and good if every citizen worked hard
and strived for excellence. However, this isn’t human
nature. In a equitable society, the slackers receive the
same compensation as the strivers. Controlled
economies fail because there is no motivation to give
110 percent because you know you’ll be taken care of
even if you give 25 percent. Eventually, the nation stalls
because there is no reason to move forward.
So, yes, in a free nation like ours, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But there also is the possibility to break free and become a success because in a
free nation like ours rewards for going above and
beyond do exist. There would be no Steve Jobs of Apple
or Bill Gates of Microsoft in a nation that is not free and
where making life “fair” is the primary goal.
The pages of this publication also offer more evidence of why we should be thankful for our nation.
First of all, in America, unfettered and independent newspapers such as this simply would not exist. A
government in an imprisoned nation would want to
control information to shape the views of its people. In
nations where freedom is on the wish list of the people,
the media is simply a mouthpiece for the leaders.
Secondly, in our pages, there are letters to the editor that criticize our leaders… and this newspaper.
Only in a free nation would this be allowed. In some
countries, people are afraid to speak out even in public
places for fear that it would result in in their imprisonment. In America, not only can you speak your mind at
will, you can publish your views and not fear reprisals
from the government. There can free and open debate
of ideas in America. We may not agree with or like what
you say. But we recognize you are free to say what you
want. This is not the case, everywhere.
America is not perfect, not by any means. But
that’s freedom. It’s all loose threads and wrinkles. It’s
full of disorder.
But as we opine about what America is not, let us
also remember what it is.
Happy Fourth of July. Happy birthday, America.
I only found this out after the fact,
but the three of them – the 28-year-old
and two friends – had been on the back
porch until 5 a.m. debating hope vs.
despair, whether to be hopeful of the
future or despairing of it.
What a conversation.
Of course, I found this out after the
fact, as I said earlier, when one of the
participants shared this with me at a
wedding on a recent Saturday. The DJ
had started spinning the LPs – yes, you
heard that, LPs as in vinyl records – and
we were winding down from a most
amazing meal.
Matter of factly, this contemporary
of the 28-year-old recounted briefly the
all-night conversation: who was
involved, what the positions were – he
took the more positive outlook – and a
little bit of the conversation.
Of course, he added, the conversation had been fueled by a few beers, or
perhaps, more than a few, so the quality of the thinking might have been
jeopardized, but for me the thought of
these young people arguing about hope
vs. despair was encouraging.
This is important.
I like to hear that our young people
are in the game, so to speak.
I like to hear that they are concerned and working at being part of the
solution.
I like to remember, and I say this
gingerly and from the perspective of
someone who has been out of work and
collecting several times, jobs are only
part of the problem. The other is spirit.
I have argued all along, creating
jobs is simply a matter of will. If our
society has the will, the jobs will come.
But we are a bit disingenuous
about most of our policy decisions,
from job creation to education. I am
not despairing at all, but I like to think I
can be a bit of a realist, sometimes cynically so.
David Fortier
Around the House
For instance, I have to ask questions such as this: if you are a business
owner and you are politically allied
against the president, why would you
ever create more jobs? You just hold off,
let the economy flounder, and hope
there will be a new president come
November, so you can get your tax
break.
An anti-American way of doing
things, for certain, don’t you think?
And that leads me to, what happened to the Great American
Experiment built on community interests rather than selfish ones—United
We Stand, Divided We Fall?
But that is moi.
Young people, I am learning, are
teaching me to be more hopeful and
less cynical.
And the house was full of them the
weekend of the wedding.
And there were more of them at
the wedding.
I listened to their dreams, their
crazy banter, their teasing – no, I cannot dance—, and watched them dance
to music that was perfect, because it
allowed people to chat with each other,
and that was also slightly familiar but
still beyond me.
I talked to the DJ, who told me that
his collection of 1,200 LPs ranged from
1950s to later 1980s and was comprised
of bands who might have had some No.
1 hits but mostly got as high as 20 or 30
in the weekly ratings.
But these 20-somethings, really got
into the music and danced the entire
time in ways that were incongruous –
no ballroom steps from these young
men and young women—and yet there
were these captivating performances
that I would need three columns to try
and accurately detail.
And when I step back to think
about it – these dance steps were a conversation of sorts whose subject could
have been hope vs. despair and hope
was an easy winner.
But the kicker occurred on Sunday
morning, when I picked up the Times
and read David Leonhardt’s “Old vs.
Young,” an opinion piece that discussed how the great divide in this
country is not limited to those at different political poles but between the
young and old.
The author argued that the divide
is greater at any time during the country, including the 1960s.
In it, he shared the following
regarding the position of 18 to 31 year
olds vs. those of 67 to 84 year olds: the
young were more positive towards
immigrants and gay marriage, less
upset with government, and more satisfied with the state of the nation. On the
downside, young people are at a greater
financial disadvantage.
They are, metaphorically speaking,
dancing to a different tune than their
older counterparts.
But they have not given up hope,
and in fact, have embraced it, even if
some late night conversations have
them delving deeply into the “D” word.
David Fortier, a Bristol resident, is a
freelance writer.
Letters
Thanks for
help on
grad party
To the editor:
On behalf of the Bristol
Central High School Class of
2012 and the After Grad Party
Committee, we would like to
take this opportunity to recognize and express our gratitude to the following local
businesses. Continuing the
tradition of providing a safe,
all-night, substance-free celebration on graduation night
would not be possible without the support of local businesses, individuals and the
community. Even during the
challenging economy they
supported us with cash
donations, gift certificates,
food or prizes; others gave us
discounts on our purchases.
We truly appreciated
their support and invite you
to patronize and recognize
the community spirited businesses/individuals
listed
below:
Adams, Samartino & Co.
PC, Dunkin Donuts, Price
Chopper, Affordable Tax
Preparation Co., Exper Tees,
ProHealth Physicians, Aflac –
Linda Decker, Family Haircut
Store, Proscapes, Alarm
Services Plus LLC, Firestone,
Quinoco Inc, Amano’s Pizza,
First
Impressions,
Razzleberries, Arby’s, John A.
Frazier, MD, Roland Dumont
Agency, Aqua Turf, Fujiyama
Steakhouse,
Rose
Chiropractic Office, B&B Tool
Co. Inc., Garnish Bistro, Ruby
Tuesday,
Bagels
Plus,
George’s Terryville
Ave.
Market, Sabino’s Restaurant,
Barnes Group Foundation,
Inc., Get Up and Dance LLC,
Saint’s Restaurant (Southington), Anne Bartlett, Guida’s
Dairy, Scalia Bros., Beacon
Prescriptions, H&R Block Vincent
Lambri
MBA,
Shannon Jewelers, Beauty By
Us, Hartford Headers Inc.,
Sherwin Williams,
Best
Cleaners, Harvest Bakery,
Shop Rite, BJs, Ice Cream
Churn, Star Spa, Big Y, J.
Timothy’s, Starbucks, Bob’s
Stores, Jodi’s Sound - Middle
St.,
Stop
&
Shop,
Bookkeeping Services LLC,
Kathy Faber Designs LLC,
Straight from Maine Seafood,
Boston
Market,
Lake
Compounce, Subway, Sherry
Bouchard, Laurel Street
Apartments LLC, Super
Natural Market, Bristol Eye
Assoc. PC, Law office of
Andre D. Dorval, The Arthur
G. Russell Co., Bristol Lodge
#1010, Law office of James H.
Halpin Jr., The Biz, Bristol
Police Union Local 754,
LensCrafters, The Exchange
Club of Bristol, Bristol
Orthopaedics, LLC, Julie G.
Malkin, MD, The Tax Office
LLC,
Burger
King
(Farmington Ave), Mandee’s,
The Ultimate Companies,
Eugene Brule, Martino’s
Italian Market, The Wireless
Connection, C&M Screw
Machine Products, Max
Pizza, Tip Top Nails, Carvels,
McDonald’s (Main St), Top
Notch
Manufacturing,
Champion Products, Mobile
on the Run, Tortoise and the
Hare Cafe, Checkers, Moe’s
(Southington), Uncle Sam’s
Restaurant,
Chili’s,
Mozzicato Bakery, Wachtel,
Shafran & Moore Optometry,
Chunky Tomato, New Britain
Rock Cats Team, Walmart,
City of Bristol, Obsession
Wireless, Wendy’s, Conveyco
Technologies, Omni Comics
& Cards, Wings Over Bristol,
Corner
Pizza,
People’s
Choice, Vitas (Plainville),
Crazy Bruce’s Liquors, Pepsi,
Verizon Wireless (Bristol),
Crystal Rock, Pizza House,
Verizon
Wireless
(Southington), Duane N. Cyr
DMD,
Petsmart,
Diane
Boucher dba Boucher Assoc,
Precision Threaded Products,
Domino’s Pizza, Prestige
Body Werks Inc.,
With sincere gratitude to
all that made our event a
huge success.
Donna Betancourt
Chairperson
Bristol Central High
School Graduation Party
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Reader offended by tone of editorial on circus
To the editor:
I am writing to comment on the tone and content of the Bristol Observer
editorial (June 1, “Run for
your life, here comes the circus”).
I was surprised by the
mocking sarcasm of the
title, as well the content.
Perhaps
the
most
telling passage is this:
“When someone says the
circus is coming to town,
well, we typically don’t
think: “Let’s roll up the sidewalks and call in the militia,
we have to keep them away
for the sake of our children
and our elderly.”
What could prompt
such an overreaction to the
opposition to the circus, I
wonder.
Those of us who object
to circuses that feature wild
animal “entertainment” are
speaking out, now that the
opportunity to do so is here.
That appears to be unacceptable to the editor.
Regarding the editorial’s lambasting of Henri
Martin’s opposition to the
circus’ treatment of animals
as if they were objects,
Henri Martin is actually
making a very important
Reader will attend circus
To the editor:
In response to Kim
Villanti’s recent letter to the
editor, “Council
made
wrong decision allowing circus,” my view is the opposite.
I was born in the 1970s
and my children in the
1980s. I’m happy to see the
circus with elephants and
tigers.
What a great spot:
downtown Bristol.
After the circus, I’ll take
my grandchildren to the
1940s and the 1800s coffee
shop downtown.
Now, we don’t have to
go to towns where someone
gets shot every day.
Sorry, I didn’t realize
that all downtown decisions
belonged to the Bristol
Rising members. What
about the other 99.9 percent
of us?
Rick Santorso
Bristol
State senator agrees with
editorial on special session
To the editor,
I agree wholeheartedly
with your June 22 editorial
"Their Own Worst Enemy."
On the day of our June
12 special session at the
State Capitol, legislators
received 600 pages of bills
that did not get brought up
in the regular session.
Within hours, we were
expected to read the bills,
digest them, and vote on
them.
Many of the concepts in
the bills - 40 of them, in fact
- never received a public
hearing. You never had a
chance to weigh in.
All of this is unfair to
you, the taxpayers. That's
why I voted "no."
I took an oath to represent all of you to the very
best of my ability. I think
many of the politicians in
Hartford have forgotten who
they are representing.
Jason Welch
State Senator
R- 31st District (which
includes Bristol, Plainville,
Plymouth and Harwinton.)
point. Circus animals are
not family pets. They are
commodities, used to make
money for the business that
runs the circus. They are
neither paid performers nor
cherished family pets.
Those of us who believe that
wild animals belong in the
wild, and that human
beings can seek their entertainment in a variety of
other ways, are morally
obliged to speak up.
There are circuses that
do not feature animals.
Cirque du Soleil is one. I
attended one of their shows
when they came to Hartford
a few years ago. It was spellbinding,
awe-inspiring
entertainment.
Of course, the ticket
price is a good deal higher
than the Cole Brothers’
admission - human performers are paid, and there
are quite a few of them in
Cirque du Soleil.
But the core of my
beliefs is not anchored in
the price of the ticket. My
sensibilities are centered
around the animals, and the
unnatural lives they lead,
being carted from place to
place to be put on display
for humans. One need only
To the editor:
The June 15 letter to
the editor from Richard
Geschke (“Nation’s leaders
fail to learn from history”) is
the best documented and
intelligent that I have read
recently, and I fully agree
with its premises.
It is disappointing to
listen to the weak propositions of our candidates to
restore the economy of the
nation, not being sure if
reducing the deficit and
cutting down the needed
social services will be of any
avail. They offer no suggestion as to how to reduce
unemployment and the
other problems that burden
our nation.
But there is a solution
and it could be taken
immediately. Let’s bring
home the billions of dollars
we are spending needlessly
in Afghanistan and Iraq and
put an end to this lengthy
and stagnant situation. The
people there do not want
us, just our money.
So let’s bring home our
men and the billions of dollars immediately and let
them fend for themselves.
This money would wipe out
the deficit right away and
create incentives to restore
the health of our economy
The problem is that our
leaders do not have the guts
to do that. How sad.
Ludmila Mimo
Bristol
Tax dollars should be used to bolster city’s quality of life
To the editor,
As if raising taxes and
cutting costs during an economic recession were not a
damaging enough policy,
and against basic economic
principles, the residents of
Bristol have nothing to look
forward to as a result of paying higher taxes. In fact,
while our taxes keep going
up, the quality of life in
Bristol keeps going down.
One of the biggest concerns is noise pollution and
the failure of the police to
enforce noise ordinances.
The thugs, who drive boom
cars, vehicles equipped with
an audio system that produce a pounding bass noise
that can be heard and felt
over a wide distance and
travel through walls, are
allowed to break the law
over and over again. The
police seem to be unaware
that our town even has antinoise ordinances, or think
that they only apply at
night. Even though the ordinance allows a fine up to
$400 for the second and
each consecutive day of violation, I doubt that the
police have ever issued even
a noise ticket.
Noise pollution is not
only annoying and disturbing, but negatively affects
health and the overall quality of life. World Health
Organization,
National
Institutes of Health, United
Nations and numerous scientific publications recognize noise pollution as
detrimental to human
health. It triggers an involuntary stress response
known as “fight or flight”
and can cause hearing loss,
sleep deprivation, chronic
fatigue, anxiety, hostility,
depression and hypertension.
With the high taxes we
are paying, perhaps the government should invest in
noise measuring devices
and security cameras, as
well as increase the police
force. If things keep going
the way they are going, people will start selling their
properties and moving to
towns that have lower taxes
and higher quality of life.
Then Bristol will really have
a revenue problem.
Barbara Biel
Bristol
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Supporters of busway need to be voted out of office
By WHIT BETTS,
JOSEPH MARKLEY
Politicians
shoveled
trap rock instead of dirt at
the May 22 groundbreaking
ceremony for the muchmaligned New Britain to
Hartford Busway project.
Fittingly, it was trap
rock.
In so many ways, we,
the Connecticut taxpayers,
are now trapped.
Trapped for the next
three years with a free
spending governor.
Trapped at least until
November with a tax hiking
legislature controlled by
Democrats.
And trapped for the
foreseeable future with the
ongoing bills to pay for the
Busway. About $600,000,000
to
build
it.
About
$15,000,000 in taxpayer
annual support. The 20-year
total cost to taxpayers? We’re
staring at a $1 billion bill
before all is said and done.
At a mind-boggling cost
of $1,000-an-inch, all of that
trap rock may as well be
gold-nuggets.
Newly
rebranded “CTfastrak,” the
busway is now rolling along,
full steam ahead.
“This is a great day,”
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told
reporters gathered at the
trap rock photo op. Not so
great in the eyes of the over-
taxed public, however.
Consider some of the
scathing comments from
taxpayers which came in
response to the busway
groundbreaking stories:
“The groundbreaking
should actually be considered a crime scene.”
“These pork projects
are why the U.S. is in huge
debt, spending our grandchildren’s money before it is
earned. Shameful.”
“This is the Fastrak to
financial disaster.”
“What a waste of our
(taxpayers’) money. The
money could be better
spent on fixing our aging
highway infrastrucure.”
“CTfastrak to the poor
house. Ten years from now,
we’ll be reading about the
DOT tearing up the Busway
for some other mindless
money pit of a project. Does
anyone believe that this
project will be up and running in early 2014 and be at
or under budget?”
Connecticut taxpayers
are not a happy bunch. The
trap rock tossing ceremony
touched a nerve, and it
appears people are not
going to forget about it.
Why?
They are fed up with
the unnecessary spending,
the unnecessary borrowing
and the rush toward this
boondoggle.
They
realize
Connecticut is heading
down a wasteful, reckless
path and they know that
they will all be paying for it
in higher and higher taxes.
They swallowed last
year’s largest tax hike in
state history because Gov.
Malloy and Democrats sold
it as “shared sacrifice.” They
see their money being spent
on the Busway instead of on
our existing roads and
bridges and they know they
were lied to.
We are trapped now. We
are bound to a very hungry
white elephant, which will
travel between New Britain
and Hartford every three to
five minutes from 4:30 a.m.
to 1:30 a.m. But we still have
the power to escape.
Step one is simple,
painless, and effective: Vote
out this November all the
Democratic state legislators
and Democratic congressional delegation that supported Governor Malloy
and pushed hard to fastrack
this boondoggle.
Co-authors
state
Senator Joe Markley (RSouthington) and state
Representative Whit Betts
(R-Bristol) also serve on the
Appropriations Committee
in the General Assembly.
Why does Connecticut need proposed busway; Fund 911 instead
To the editor:
About a month ago
while traveling on Route 84
West, my truck’s transmission malfunctioned. I was
barely able to pull over to
the shoulder of the highway.
There was a good amount of
smoke and upon exiting my
truck saw that the transmission fluid was leaking on the
muffler and had started a
fire. I dialed 911 and waited
for the 911 operator to pick
up the call.
I waited…and waited
for someone to answer my
call. They never did. I then
thought I might have miss
dialed but my screen on my
cell phone read “911
Emergency.”
I decided that it would
be quicker for me to put out
the fire myself instead of
waiting for 911 to pick up
the call. What if it wasn’t just
myself? What if I was driving a bus load of kids? What
if there was a serious accident where a timely
response would be critical
in saving someone’s life?
I didn’t learn till about
three weeks later the 911
operators budget had been
cut thus causing an overload on work staff.
So for the Busway vs.
911, I choose 911. Unless
I’m only getting one side of
the story, it seems to me
that this “Busway” is a total
waste of money based on
the demand of users.
If there is other data
showing a tangible need for
this Busway, please make it
available to the citizens of
Connecticut to review.
Russell Taggart
Bristol
8-year-old puts in plea to help save manatees from extinction
To the editor:
The reason I’m writing
this article is because of a
horrible tragedy. A tame
innocent mammal out there
is in danger. Its name is a
manatee (some people also
call them sea cows).
A manatee is a mammal that lives underwater. It
breathes with lungs and has
little hairs on its body. The
manatee is endangered.
That means it is in danger of
being extinct. Extinct means
when every single one of
that species dies and it does
not exist in the world any
more. I do not think we
should let them become
extinct. I want to try to tell
everybody we should help
these manatees because
they cannot come off the
endangered species list on
their own.
Ways to help if you are a
kid is just keep learning
about manatees and other
endangered animals. You
could also draw pictures of
manatees and show them to
your class or other people
you know. Tell them to draw
pictures, too. This will help
because it will let others
know and learn about manatees.
You could also donate
money at save the manatee
club.
Just
go
to
www.savethemanatee.org
and you can “adopt a manatee” (donate money).
If you are a boat driver
and you may happen to live
near manatees drive your
boat carefully, and if you see
any animal in the water, do
not hit it. People should also
stop swimming with manatees because it might get the
manatee scared and the
person might scare away
the manatee’s calf (baby
manatee). The calf cannot
live on its own without its
mother, so it will die.
Those are some ways to
help. Everyone should do at
least something to help. So
please, help save these
manatees.
Samantha Plourd
Age 8
Bristol
Bristol Veterans Council extends thank yous to those who helped
To the editor:
The last six weeks have,
as usual, been very busy for
the Bristol Veterans Council.
On May 11, we held our
second annual “Salute
Dinner” where the BVC
honors those high school
seniors who have chosen to
enter the Armed Forces or
attend one of the military
academies. It was again a
very special evening for not
only the students, but their
families as well. The pride
they have for their sons was
clear and one could easily
see the honorees were leaving feeling pretty good
about themselves.
The following day was
the grand opening of the
Army Strong Community
Center. This ASCC is one of
only six nationwide. It
serves all branches and provides a myriad of services to
all service members, past
and present. Now instead of
traveling to the Sub Base in
New London or to West
Point in New York, service
members from here and all
the surrounding towns need
only travel to Bristol. The
team tasked with running
the opening of all the
ASCCenters
nationwide
applauded Bristol for all its
support in making the
opening the most successful
of all as well as its phenomenal support for all its veterans. As always, this kind of
success comes as a result of
many folks pitching in:
Mayor Ward, CWO4 Pat
Nelligan, the ASCC team,
the BVC, Sea Scouts Ship 2,
the 20 plus vendors, the
Police Department and
Greg O’Brien who did such a
marvelous job as MC.
The 11th annual “Tour
of the Boulevard” run by
Lori DeFillippi was again
well-attended by students
from both public high
schools. This was just a
great group of kids.
While the Memorial
Day weekend was a little
less hectic this year, the
attendance
along
the
parade route and at the ceremonies immediately following the parade on the
boulevard was outstanding.
Once again the names of
those veterans who passed
between Memorial Day of
2011 and 2012 were read by
students from all three high
schools: Matt Collins (St.
Paul High School), Matt Clift
(Bristol
Central
High
School) and Josh Sherman
(Bristol
Eastern
High
School).
The cookout for veter-
ans and their families, sponsored by Elks Lodge #1010
and run under the Pavilion
at the American Legion Post
#2 immediately following
the
ceremonies was a huge
success. I have a feeling,
they will be working together on this from now on.
I know I’ve stated this
many times before, but it
never ceases to amaze me
the level of support the city
of Bristol extends to not
only its veterans, but the
families of those
Veterans as well. That
support is clear to any visiting dignitaries and I believe
is becoming well-known far
and wide.
As a veteran and chairman of the Veterans
Council, please allow me to
express our sincere appreciation to all the citizens of
Bristol. You remain a constant source of pride.
Tim Gamache
chairman
Bristol
Veterans
Council
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Girl Scouts dig up a piece of their past
By KAITLYN NAPLES
STAFF WRITER
Just about 12 years ago,
Girl Scout Troop 6436 at
Hubbell School buried a
time capsule in the court
yard of the school. Recently,
some of the girls from that
troop from 12 years ago
joined the girls currently in
that troop, and their leaders, to dig up the box they
buried.
“It was the year 2000,
the millennium, so we
thought it would be a cool
thing to do with the girls,”
said Sandy Hultman, one of
the leaders of Troop 6436.
When the troop buried
the capsule, it was decided
that it would be dug up
again when the youngest
girls in that troop would be
KAITLYN NAPLES
Sandy Hultman, left, and Tami Lombardi were leaders of the troop that buried the time capsule at
Hubbell School 12 years ago. The troop recently gathered with its past and present members to dig up the
box.
graduating
from
high
school, which happened to
be 2012. This year also
marks the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts, so it
made digging up the capsule that much more significant.
“They (Girls Scouts)
learn so many different
things,” Hultman said was
one of the reasons why she
had her daughter join, and
why she got involved. “It
offered so many experiences and taught life skills.”
Hultman described a
trip she took with the troop
once, along with her counterpart
leader
Tami
Lombardi, to New York City.
The troop was able to sleep
at the top of the Empire
State Building, which they
said was something they
will never forget.
A group of past and
present Girls Scouts gathered in the courtyard at
Hubbell School to dig up
the photos, letters, badges,
artwork and more that has
been sitting in the ground
for 12 years. The group was
surprised
when
they
opened up the box, which
happened to be filled with
water and some ruined
paper. However, the photos
of the girls were still in tact,
as well as a troop parade
KAITLYN NAPLES
Past and present Girl Scouts at Hubbell School gathered to dig up a time capsule
that was buried 12 years ago in the school’s courtyard.
banner, which still had signatures on it, and some
badges.
Christine
Hoffman,
service unit manager for the
Bristol and Forestville Girl
Scouts, was a Girl Scout and
has been a troop leader for
many years.
“Being in Girl Scouts
helps the girls learn a lot
about taking care of themselves and being part of a
community,” she said,
adding her daughters have
also been involved in Girl
Scouts.
In addition to the past
and present Girl Scouts participating in digging up the
time capsule, was a woman
who has been a Girl Scout
for 51 years.
Bristol resident Eloise
Robinson said she continues to be involved because
“it is just an awesome
organization to be a part
of.” She still participates in
local events and lives by the
Girl Scout way, “You go
where you are needed.”
Forestville man ordained deacon by archbishop
TAMMI KNAPIK
Down at D’s
Recently, second graders at South Side School,
helped by fifth graders, offered up D's Diner where
they served brunch and performed for parents and
their fellow students.
Twelve men including a
Forestville man be ordained
by Archbishop Henry J.
Mansell as permanent deacons on Saturday, June 2 at
the Cathedral of Saint
Joseph in Hartford.
Richard J. Wisniewski
from Saint Matthew Church
in Forestville was among
those installed.
He will join the other
190 active and retired-active
deacons who comprise the
Permanent Diaconate in the
Archdiocese of Hartford.
A permanent deacon is
a man who is at least 35
years of age, and dedicates
his service in the threefold
ministry of the Word, of the
liturgy, and of charity. A deacon may be married (most
are), and raising a family, or
celibate. More often than
not, he will have another
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the priest in the celebration
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Obituaries
Glenna Jean Cote,
worked at CHIF in Hartford
Glenna Jean (Barrow)
Cote 58, of New Britain, died
Sunday,
June
17
in
Plantsville. She was the wife
of Armand Cote.
She was born Dec. 25,
1953 in Hartford, a daughter
of Jean (Estey) Barrow and
the late Glenwood C.
Barrow. She was a Plainville
High School graduate and
was employed as an office
assistant at CHIF in
Hartford for many years.
Besides her husband of
41 years and mother, she is
survived by her children,
Armand Cote, Jr. of Rocky
Hill, Amie Guertin of
Southington,
Rebecca
Foster of Canaan and Brian
Cote of Bristol: her brothers,
James Barrow of New Britain
and Joseph Barrow of
Bristol; her sisters, Donna
Barrow
Nadolny
of
Clarksville,
Tenn.
and
Audrey Barrow McLaughlin
of Orlando, Fla.;, her grandchildren, Steven, Stephanie,
Sabreena, Matthew, Ashley,
Kris Jr., and Katarina; her
great grandson, Wyatt and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were
held Friday, June 22 at the
Bailey Funeral Home, 48
Broad St. in Plainville.
Burial followed in St.
Mary’s Cemetery in New
Britain.
Memorial
contributions may be made to
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, P.O. Box
27106, New York, NY 100877106.
www.bailey-funeralhome.com
John Majersky,
U.S. Army veteran of Korean War
John Majersky of Bristol
died at Ingraham Manor
June 15 after a long battle
with dementia.
He was born Oct. 13,
1930 in Torrington. He was
one of four sons of John and
Elizabeth
Majersky
of
Terryville. He was the husband of the late Doris
Majersky. He was a U.S.
Army veteran of the Korean
War. He was employed with
Accurate Forging of Bristol
for 40 years. He was a member of the Knights of
Columbus, the Elks and also
the DAV, all of Bristol.
He is survived by his
brother, Joseph Majersky
from Forestville; his sons,
Joseph Majersky of Bristol
and Edward Majersky from
Windsor Locks; his four
grandchildren, Anthony, Jay,
Joseph Jr., and Jillian; along
with his great granddaughter, Hanna Levesque.
Burial with military
services was private and at
the discretion of the family.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the
Ingraham Manor Wish List.
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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
510 West Street • (860) 583-4242
A M E Zion Church
CHRISTIAN
Francis J. Beland, retired draftsman
Francis
“Fran”
J.
Beland, 78, of Bristol, husband of Lucille (Caisse)
Beland, died on Tuesday
June 19.
He was born in Bristol
on Dec. 1, 1933 and was a
son of the late John and Eva
(Rondeau) Beland. A lifelong Bristol resident, he
retired as a draftsman from
General Electric in 1992,
and fully in 2002 from
Carling Technologies. He
served his country in the
United States Air Force during the Korean War era, he
was a weatherman stationed in Saudi Arabia. He
was a member of the OMs of
the Bristol Boys and Girls
Club for 49 years. He sang
tenor in St. Ann’s choir for
over 25 years and more
recently was a member of
The Bristol Choral Society.
Along with being a past
president at the Bristol
Eagles Club, and a counselor at Camp Wamgum for
many years, he also worked
Thursday night Bingo at St.
Ann’s as a bingo caller for 20
years.
Besides his wife, he is
survived by two sons, John
Beland of Bristol and
Richard
Beland
of
Watertown; his twin brother, Norman Beland of
Bristol; his grandson, Cole
Beland; his granddaughter,
Raymond E. Cobb,
retired from Bristol Adult Resource Center
Raymond E. Cobb, 67,
of Bristol, died on Tuesday,
June 19 at The Pines at
Bristol.
He was born March 10,
1945 in Portland, Maine and
was a son of the late Charles
Cobb, Sr. and Mary (Poitras)
Cobb. He has resided in
Bristol since 1987 and
worked at the Bristol Adult
Resource Center before
retiring.
He leaves a brother,
Charles
Cobb,
Jr.
of
Portland, Maine; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by
a brother, Ernie Cobb, and
two sisters, infant Rachel
Cobb and Rita Shone.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
517 West Street • (860) 583-4636
At 80 West St., Bristol.
Tuesday, 5 p.m., Bible Study.
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., Mid-Week Eucharist Services.
Saturday, 5 p.m., Worship Services.
Fourth Tuesday of each month, Prayer and Healing services.
Bible study will resume in the fall.
Bethel Christian Church Assembly of God
Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo)
750 Stevens Street • (860) 582-3995
350 Lake Avenue• Wednesday 8 p.m., Sunday 5:45 p.m.• (860)
589-6372
JUDAISM – CONSERVATIVE
138 Circle Street • (860) 583-3572
Advent Christian Church
BAPTIST
Shea Beland; and many
nieces and nephews
three brothers, Raymond,
Roland,
and
Donald
“Blackie” Beland.
held on Saturday, June 23 at
Funk Funeral Home, 35
Bellevue Ave., Bristol, to St.
Ann Church, 215 West St.,
Bristol, for a Mass of
Christian Burial.
Burial with military
honors followed in St.
Joseph Cemetery, Bristol.
Memorial donations
may be made to the Bristol
Boys and Girls Club, 105
Laurel St., Bristol, CT 06010.
Congregation Kol-Ami
held on Friday, June 22 at
Bellevue Ave., Bristol, Conn.
Burial followed at Peacedale
Cemetery, Bristol.
Memorial donations
may be made to the Bristol
ARC, 621 Jerome Ave.,
Bristol, CT 06010.
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Sunday Morning Bible Study - 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m.
Spanish Service - Every Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.
Healing Service - Every 3rd Friday of every month at 7:00 p.m.
Covenant of Joy Christian Church
147 East Main St., Thomaston• (860) 977-9526.
Sunday 9:30 a.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, 7 p.m.
Hillside Community Church
1484 Highland Ave., Cheshire • (203) 272-1006. Services Friday
at 7;30 p.m., Saturday at 10 a.m.
Epiphany Prayer Community
435 Broad St., Bristol • (860) 589-7193
Services: 10 a.m. on Sunday.
www.HillsideBristol.org
JUDAISM - REFORM
5 Barlow Street • (860) 589-8894
Gishrei Shalom
Good Samaritan Ministries
736 King Street • (860) 582-3840
Tower of Hope Christian Ministry
37 Main St., Southington - 276-9113 www.gsjc.org
Liberty Baptist Church
43 School St., Bristol Baptist Church Chapel.
Services 10 a.m. Sunday. • (860) 589-1101
LUTHERAN
Bristol Baptist Church ABC
43 School Street • (860) 583-8352
Grace Baptist Church
265 Maple Ave. • (860) 589-0000
Mount Zion Baptist Church
618 Stafford Ave. (860) 582-0633.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BIBLE
550 King Street • (860) 584-0180
Bristol Bible Chapel
CHURCH OF GOD
(860) 589-5190
First Church of Christ Scientists
Morning Star Church of God
ORTHODOX
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
355 Camp Street • (860) 582-0629
Immanuel Lutheran Church
154 Meadow Street • (860) 583-5649
PENTECOSTAL
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
United Pentecostal Church
CONGREGATIONAL
27 Judd Street • (860) 589-7744
First Congregational Church UCC
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church
474 East Road • (860) 584-2183
St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church
215 West St. • (860) 582-8169
Grace Congregational Church,
110 South Rd., Farmington. (860) 677-9338.
Sunday, 10 a.m.
Minister: Rev. Dr. Karen Roy.
St. Anthony’s Rectory
111 School Street • (860) 583-1349
EPISCOPAL
St. Catherine of Sienna
Church of Our Saviour
8 Riverside Avenue • (203) 637-8293
115 West Main St., Plainville. • (860) 747-3109
St. Gregory Rectory
St. John’s Episcopal Church
235 Malby Street • (860) 589-2295
851 Stafford Avenue • (860) 583-5445
St. Joseph Rectory
149 Goodwin Street • (860) 583-1369
All Saints’ Church
282 Bound Line Rd., Wolcott • (203) 879-2800
St. Matthew Church
120 Church Avenue • (860) 583-1833
ANGLICAN
St. Matthew Church Convent
Holy Trinity Anglican Church
119 Church Avenue • (860) 583-2004
Meeting at Chippens Hill Middle School, 551 Peacedale St.,
Bristol. Sunday Services at 9 a.m. • (860) 585-5129.
St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church
Ss. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church, 34 Fairview
1125 Stafford Avenue • (860) 583-5809
Immanuel Convent
31 Maple Street • (860) 589-4700
31 Brightwood Road • Sunday Orthros and Holy Day Liturgy, 9 10:15 a.m., Sunday Divine Liturgy, 10:15-11:30 a.m.(860) 5833476
St. Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church
178 Main Street • (860) 584-1942
Queen of the Apostles Center
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Ave., Terryville. (860) 582-3631.
CATHOLIC – ROMAN
193 Woodland Street • (860) 582-9354
59 Wolcott Street • (860) 314-0494
48 Lewis Street. Pastor: David MacDonald. Services: Sunday,
10:30 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Free transportation
available. Help for hearing impaired. • (860) 589-6813
134 Main St., Terryville. (860) 589-8666. Sunday, 9 a.m.
METHODIST
Asbury United Methodist Church
90 Church Avenue • (860) 584-0529
Prospect Methodist Church
99 Summer Street • (860) 582-3443
First Freedom Methodist Church
Village Gate, 88 Scott Swamp Rd., Farmington. 583-2863.
10:30 a.m., Sundays.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Church of Eternal Light
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC BYZANTINE RITE
St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church.
35 Allen St., Terryville.
•Saturday evening, English 5 p.m., Sunday morning, 9 a.m.
Ukrainian English.
(860) 583-7588
HUMAN FAITH_____________________________
Bristol Public Library, High Street, Bristol.
5 Allen St., Terryville.
•Sunday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. service. Once a month.
(860) 583-3338
1199 Hill Street • (860) 582-9636
ISLAM
Christian Fellowship Center
Daar-ul-Ehsaan
739 Terryville Ave.
Bristol, CT 06010 (860) 585-9742
Non-Denominational
Christian Fellowship Center
43 Prospect Street, Bristol
(860)589-0662
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Obituaries
Judy S. Thompson,
volunteered at Shepard Meadows
Evelyn M. Fecteau,
attended St. Ann Church
Evelyn M. (Vontell)
Fecteau, 93, of Beverly Hills,
Fla., formerly of Bristol,
widow of Armand A.
Fecteau, died on Sunday,
June 17 at her home.
She was born in
Holderness, N.H. on Dec.
11, 1918 and was a daughter
of the late Henry H. and
Hattie (Fischer) Vontell. She
was a Bristol resident for
most of her life where she
attended St. Ann Church
before moving to Florida 30
years ago.
She is survived by two
daughters, Dorothy Piper of
Bristol, and Joan Fecteau of
Sacramento, Calif.; six
grandchildren; one great
grandchild; and several
nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by
a daughter, Carol King.
Services will take place
on Tuesday, June 26 in the
chapel of the Holy Family
Mausoleum at St. Joseph
Cemetery, 522 Terryville
Ave., Bristol.
Entombment will follow in the mausoleum.
Bellevue Ave., Bristol, is
assisting the family.
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Alleen L. Reid,
retired from Kathy’s Hallmark
Alleen L. (Lewis) Reid,
87, of Bristol, died on
Saturday, June 16 at Bristol
Hospital. She was the widow
of James P. Reid.
She was born in
Hartford on Nov. 21, 1924
and was a daughter of the
late Arthur and Margaret
(Scoulier) Lewis.
A Bristol resident for
most of her life, she worked
at Kathy’s Hallmark for 19
years before retiring and
was a member of First
Congregational
Church,
Bristol.
sons, Michael Reid of Texas
and Dan Reid of Bristol; a
daughter, Donna Banatoski
of Burlington; seven grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services and
burial
in
Peacedale
Cemetery are private and at
United States Navy, with
service as a Seabee in the
Philippines.
He is survived by a son,
Richard Santino of Cary,
N.C.; a daughter, Trudy
Brown of Bristol; his older
sister, Raphaella Carozza of
Kissimmee, Fla.; four grandchildren, Peter Brown, Jr.,
Kimberly Larkin, Todd
Santino, and Nicole Cargill;
six great grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
his brother, Frank Santino;
and his sister, Ann Lowden.
A celebration of Mass of
School
in
Fredonia,
N.Y. She volunteered at
S h e p a rd
Meadows
Therapeutic
Thompson
R i d i n g
Center, where she did everything from brushing the
horses and organizing charitable events to cleaning out
stalls and serving on the
board.
daughters, Paula Thompson
and Heather Torre; two
grandchildren,
Adriano
Torre and Gianna Torre; and
her sister, Nancy Smith.
A memorial service was
held at O’Brien Funeral
Home on 24 Lincoln Ave.,
Bristol on Tuesday, June 26.
Memorial
contributions can be made to
Shepard
Meadows
Therapeutic Riding Center.
Call (860)314-0007.
www.obrien-funeralhome.com
the convenience of the family.
Bellevue Ave., Bristol, is
assisting the family.
Memorial donations
may be made to the First
Congregational
Church
Book of Remembrance
Fund, 31 Maple St., Bristol,
CT 06010.
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Michael L. Santino,
served as Seabee in Philippines in WWII
Michael L. Santino, 97,
of Bristol, widower of Alice
(Pavitt) Santino, died on
Wednesday, June 20 at
Bristol Hospital.
He was born in Boston,
Mass. on May 9, 1915 and
was one of four children of
the late Alphonso and Maria
(DiCicco) Santino. A Bristol
resident since 2000, he was
a longtime Malden, Mass.
resident where he was a
welder at the Boston Naval
Shipyard and later worked
for the Malden Public
School System. He was a
World War II veteran of the
Judy S. Thompson died
June 21 at Bristol Hospital in
Bristol under hospice care
after cancer since August
2011. She was 70 years old.
The daughter of Harry
and Eleanor Smith, she was
born March 3, 1942 in
Angola, N.Y. She lived in
Silver Creek, N.Y. for many
years before moving to
Lafayette, Ga in 2003 and
then Bristol, Conn. in 2008.
She was a retired special education teacher at the
Wheelock
Elementary
TAMMI KNAPIK
Special guest at Jennings
Christian Burial was held
June 22 at St. Gregory Before school let out for the summer, Jennings School students had a visit from
Church, 235 Maltby St.,
author Jerry Palotta.
Bristol.
Military honors will follow the Mass.
The burial took place in
Forest Dale Cemetery,
Malden, Mass., on Saturday,
June 23.
Memorial donations
may be made to St. Jude
Children’s
Research
Hospital,
262
Danny
Thomas Place, Memphis,
TN, 38105.
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Joel G. Martin,
owned J G Martin Trucking
Joel G. Martin, 73, of
Wolcott, husband of Beverly
(Billings) Martin, died on
Saturday June 16 at St.
Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury.
He was born in
Frenchville, Maine on June
9, 1939 and was a son of the
late Benoit and Marie
(Michaud) Martin. He was a
longtime Wolcott resident
and along with his wife
owned and operated J G
Martin Trucking Inc. He was
a member of St. Pius
Church, Wolcott.
Besides his wife, he is
survived by a son, Daniel
Martin of Canada; two stepsons, William and Phillip
Gavin; three
brothers,
Roderick,
James, and
G e r a l d
Martin; a sister,
Joan
Martin; eight
Martin
grandchildren, five great grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.
two step-sons, James and
Michael Gavin.
A Mass of Christian
Burial was celebrated on
Friday, June 22 at St. Pius
Church, 517 Woodtick Rd.,
Wolcott.
Obituaries run free
in The Bristol Observer.
Email them to:
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Burial followed in
Woodtick
Cemetery,
Wolcott.
Memorial donations
may be made to the
American Heart Association
Founders Affiliate, P.O. Box
417005, Boston, MA 022417005 of to the National
Kidney
Foundation
of
Connecticut, 2139 Silas
Deane Highway, Rocky Hill,
CT 06067.
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Resident rides in ‘Bike MS: Red Thread+Steelcase Ride’
Bristol resident Rebecca Hurley poses before the start of the 25-mile course at the
2012 Bike MS: Red Thread+Steelcase Ride Sunday, June 3, in Windsor. Hurley,
who is a business analyst in the information technology department at Waste
Management in Windsor, rode on Team Waste Management, which to date has
raised almost $16,000. Hurley has raised almost $900.
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Sandy’s Baton Studio students win awards
The National Baton
Twirling Association Miss
Majorette of Connecticut
and Open contest was held
recently
in
Somers.
Students of Sandy’s Baton
Studio in Bristol were
among the top winners.
To earn the Miss
Majorette of Connecticut
title, you must achieve the
highest combined scores in
solo twirling, marching,
modeling, and interview.
Jaymie Bianca won the
Intermediate Pre-Teen Miss
Majorette title.Zoey Corey
won in the Junior Miss
Majorette with Elizabeth
Boccardi winning third
runner-up. Leanne Aakjar
was the Beginner Senior
Miss Majorette winner.
Cassandra Lattarulo won
the Novice basic Skills 0-6
pageant. In the 7 to 9 division, Kristina Pasqua was
second runner-up.
Winners in the open
contest:
Basic Strut
Jennifer Marie Rulkowski and Matthew William
LaFleur.
Rulkowski, LaFleur
to wed Sept. 29
Gerald and Noreen
Rulkowski of Bristol, have
announced the engagement
of their daughter, Jennifer
Marie to Matthew William
LaFleur of Plantsville.
The bride-to-be is the
granddaughter of the late
Walter and Olga Caiazza and
the late Benjamin and
Leona Rulkowski.
The groom-to-be is the
grandson of William and
Alecia Magri and the late
Alvin LaFleur.
The bride-to-be gradu-
ated from Brio Academy of
Cosmetology. She is a certified cosmetologist and is
employed by Master Cuts in
Meriden.
The
groom-to-be
attended Lincoln Technical
Institute and has a degree in
automotive technology. He
is an automotive technician
and is employed by Honda
of Watertown.
The couple is planning
a Sept. 29 wedding at the
Aqua
Turf
Club
in
Plantsville.
Intermediate 13 to 15,
Elizabeth Boccardi, first,
Zoey Corey, third. 10 to 12,
Jaymie Bianca, first.
Beginner- 16 to 20,
Leanne Aakjar, second.
Novice 7 to 9, Kristina
Pasqua, third.
0 to 6, Cassandra
Lattarulo, first.
Cassandra Lattarulo, left, Jaymie Bianca, Leanne
Aakjor, and Zoey Corey.
Advanced 13 to 15,
Zoey Corey, first.
Beginner 10-12-Jaymie
Bianca, first.
7 to 9, Kristina Pasqua,
fourth
Queen- beginner-16 to
20,
Leanne
Aakjar;
Cassandra Lattarulo, fifth.
X Strut- Novice- 13 to
15, Elizabeth Boccardi, second.
Novelty Twirl
Advanced, 16 to 20,
Leanne Aakjar, second
13 to 15, Zoey Corey,
first.
Instate solo
Military March
Advanced 13 to 15,
Zoey Corey, second.
Beginner, 16 to 20,
Leanne Aakjar, first.
13 to 15, Jaymie
Bianca, third.
Open solo, intermediate, 13 to 15, Elizabeth
Boccardi, fourth.
Beginner 16 to 20,
Leanne Aakjar, second.
Novice
0
to
6,
Cassandra Lattarulo, first.
Sisters Kate and Julia
Marchak, first time competitors received participation awards.
Selected home offerings from:
Southington, Bristol, Plainville
Hot Properties
176 Chapel Street
Bristol, CT
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Price: $179,900
Agency: Prudential CT Realty
Contact: Kori Gauvin at 860-620-7550
Features: Lovely 3BR/1BA Ranch in Chippens Hill; Finished LL for
addl 600 sq ft; Mudroom leading to Deck & Pool; Eat-In Country Kit;
Spacious Living Rm w/Bay Window; NEW Windows, Garage Doors, &
Exterior Paint — G614874
W G
NE TIN
LIS
BRISTOL - JUST LISTED! This 1860 sq ft
Colonial has it all! A dream kitchen anyone
would love, a fireplaced LR, 1st floor laundry,
beautiful lot with in-ground pool & patio, 2-car
garage and a cul-de-sac location ALL FOR
JUST $259,900 and close to everything.
BRISTOL - A LOVELY OLDER COLONIAL with
tons of character and charm with its 3 BRS, 2 full
baths, eat-in kitchen, FDR w/built-in hutch, den
and an oversized 2-car garage with additional
workshop area behind garages all located on a
beautiful level lot. REDUCED TO $199,900.
BRISTOL - CALL ON THIS LOVELY home w/
newer roof & driveway, remodeled fully
applianced kitchen w/buffet & sliders to beautiful
3-season porch overlooking a very private
backyard, 3 BRs, 1.5 baths, lower level FR, 2 car
garage located in the Northeast. Don’t miss out
on this great home, REDUCED TO $214,000.
BRISTOL - JUST LISTED! This immaculate 5
room Ranch that sits on 1.3 acres of land with
a total of 6 rooms, 2 baths, a fireplaced LR
and needs nothing! JUST $169,900 and will
never last!
51 Larkspur Lane,
Bristol, CT
83 Surrey Drive,
Bristol, CT
Agency: Prudential CT Realty
Contact: Mary Flo Cleaver at 860-681-1889
Features: NEW TO THE MARKET! Awesome 3BR/3BA
Price: $274,900
Agency: Perrella Realty, LLC
Contact: Gail Perrella at 860-621-7130
Features: Charming home in every way. 1638 sq.ft. 3 bedroom
offers privacy galore; Library/Family Room w/Cathedral Ceiling,
1st flr LR/Study/Full Bath w/Laundry; 3 BR’s up; Lrg Private
Deck & Backyard Oasis perfect for entertaining & children
w/access from Kit & LR — G624084
cape with 6 panel wood doors throughout. Immaculate condition
with beautiful wood floors, stainless appliances, fireplace in
Family room, full walk out to lovely back yard. Many updates
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BRISTOL - A CUTE CAPE with 4 BRs, 1.5
baths, a fireplaced LR, eat-in kitchen, 2-car
detached garage, central air on first floor,
ASKING $149,900.
213 Spring St., Southington, CT
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Keeping business local feels like the right choice for Southington Realtor
Sarah Johnson
Real Estate:
Real People
Real estate agents aren’t
just members of the local
business community. They
are your neighbors and
members of your community They also help build communities by helping people
become homeowners. Each
week, we are going to introduce you to local real estate
agents—your neighbors—
who are “Real People.”
Alain Monbaron of
Baron Realty Group has
been in the business of real
estate for over 20 years. Five
years ago, he began his own
in downtown Southington.
“I’ve done jobs where I
was traveling and running
around like crazy,” Alain
said. “Now I’m two minutes
from my office, I’m my own
boss and I am doing work
in my town. It’s very exciting. I was born here in
SARAH JOHNSON
Alain Monbaron of Baron Realty Group in
Southington.
Southington. I left here a
couple times over the
course of my life, but for
whatever reason, I keep
coming back. I really appreciate it. I love this community and having my own
business here in town has
been an awesome experience..”
“I love the business,
there’s never a dull
moment. Because of my
own personality, I like a lot
of action and every single
day, even if my calendar
Eachh officee is
independentlyy owned
andd operated
HARWINTON: Ready to move
in to this one owner spacious
Split Level! 3 BRs, open living on
main floor, fabulous deck
overlooking lovely yard. In-law in
lower level & located in cul-desac neighbohood. Come see for
yourself!
GREAT OFFERING PRICE
$195,000
BURLINGTON: Take a look at
this 5 room Colonial with 2
BRs, 2 baths, LR with FP,
master suite on first floor,
whirlpool tub, 1 acre lot.
ONLY $154,900
BRISTOL ~ Absolutely stunning
Single Family Condo in an adult
communtiy. This home features 6
rooms, 2 BRs, 2 baths, LR with
fplc, formal DR, family room, eatin kitchen, full basement, patio
overlooking private rear yard.
REDUCED! $199,900
BRISTOL: Sunny and bright
Raised Ranch with 6 rooms, 3
BRs. 2 baths, eat-in-kitchen,
FDR, family room, C/Air, 1 car
garage, quiet setting.
REDUCED $199,900
says I have nothing on my
schedule, after a few calls,
I’m off an running doing
whatever that day calls for.”
Southington has
turned out to be a good
place for real estate, especially for a newer business
owner. Alain explained that
the market in town performs above average, even
in an economic downturn.
“It’s good because it’s a
community that draws people looking for homes.”
There is more than one
thing that keeps Alain
invested in real estate. “It’s
always satisfying when you
find the right home for the
right person. You can do
lots of things for marketing
yourself as a real estate
agent. The way you find
most of your leads or
clients is just being face to
face and talking to people.”
Ending up at his North
Main Street office was no
accident for Alain. “I just
moved to this location
about two months ago. I
was next door to Bonterra, I
had this space and building
listed for sale and lease. I
kept showing this to people
saying, ‘This is a great location,’ then I realized I
should take it. My sign is
right on Route 10, so it’s
been good exposure.”
“I have room for
expansion and recruiting
agents. I have four other
agents that work with me
and I’m speaking with
some other folks who are
interested in joining me.”
Alain is very active in
the community. He is on
the Board of Directors for
the Southington Chamber
of Commerce, Midstate
Association of Realtors, and
the Connecticut
Association of Realtors. “I
try to volunteer as much
time as I can. It’s a balancing act. Living here, working here gives me time in
my schedule to do these
things. I’m involved with
some other organizations
like the YMCA, I’ll help out
where I can. I sponsor a
band for Music on the
Green. This year, it’s Eight
to the Bar on July 18.
In a home, there is one
key element that Alain feels
is a must-have. “For me the
biggest attraction in a
house is the kitchen area. I
like a big wide-open
kitchen. It’s the center of
the house, a gathering spot,
where you socialize. That’s
the number one thing that
catches my eye.”
“I don’t envision myself
retiring, but if I do, it will be
on the beach somewhere
south of Connecticut. To
me, something small and
simple is best … as low
maintenance as possible. I
have totally lost any desire
to do yard work and all that
stuff that goes with taking
care of a house.”
“As far as my job goes, I
try to treat my clients like
my friends and my friends
are my potential clients, so
I try to treat everyone fairly.
I don’t consider myself a
salesperson. I’m doing what
I love. I work hard to make
sure my clients are happy.”
Alain Monbaron of
Baron Realty Group, 98
Main St., Suite 106,
Southington can be
reached at (860) 628-0007
or al@
baronrealtygroup.com
Sarah Johnson is a correspondent with The
Observer.
Are you interested
in being featured in
‘Real Estate: Real
People?’ Call Sarah
Johnson at (860)
462-3196 or email
Mike Chaiken at
mchaiken@Bristol
Observer.com
BAY-MAR REALTY
860-582-7404
OPEN EVENINGS & WEEKENDS
BRISTOL: JUST LISTED!
Attractive sun-filled end unit
Condo. 4 rooms, LR with FP,
cathedral ceilings, open floor
plan, fully applianced with
washer/dryer, rear deck,
wood floors.
ONLY $81,900
TERRYVILLE: Just a little TLC
needed on this 6 room, 4
BR, 1 bath Cape. Living
room with fireplace, eat-in
kitchen , porch, private rear
yard, 2-car garage, 1.34
acres
BRISTOL: 7 room Colonial
with 3 BRs, 2 baths, wraparound porch, vilyl sided,
DR, eat-in kitchen, large LR,
4-car garage & workshop for
the hobbiest.
BRISTOL: Stunning custom
build home. 9 RM, 4 BR
Colonial. Great room with FP.
EIK w/granite c/tops, first floor
MBR w/full bath, w/pool tub. IG
pool w/brick patio. 3 car
garage. Over 1.3 acres of land.
$449,900
REDUCED $99,900
6 Room Ranch, 3 BRs, 1.5
baths, LR with fplc, new
kitchen, large dining area,
family room, office, laundry
room, deck overlooking
private yard, 1-car garage.
ASKING $169,800
BRISTOL ~ Really nice 2 bedroom
end unit with vaulted ceilings and
circular staircase. Other features are
a fully applianced kitchen including
washer and dryer, newer flooring,
newer doors and windows and a
brand new roof. Great location for
highway access and ESPN.
ASKING $99,900
ASKING $99,900
Beautiful & bright 5 room
Condo. Unit features 2 BRs,
loft-style unit with vaulted
ceilings, walk-in closet, fully
applianced, dining room,
family room. A Must See!
ASKING 99,000
BRISTOL: Stop by and take a
look at this 7 RM Ranch
with 4 BRs, 2 BAs, nothing
to do except move in. EIK,
finished rec room, hwd
floors, large level lot and a
2 car carport.
ASKING $174,000
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St. Paul High school distributes awards at annual program
St. Paul Catholic High
School distributed the following during its Annual
Awards Program on May 15:
ST. PAUL MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIPS
VIKKI BARROW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:: Kimberly
Szabo
MICHELLE BILODEAU
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
Mary Ranagan
KEVIN
FITZGERALD
Matthew Collins
REBECCA
GRIGOS
Emily Archacki
MICHAEL B. HESSION
Gianna Sabino
ERICA JORDAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Kelly
McMahon
TOM KELLY MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP:
Nicholas
Shemkovitz
EDWARD AND ALBA
KRAWIECKI FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP: Paul Wiecki
THE MICHAEL J. LEPORE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP:
Sydney Riddick
PAUL LEPORE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Kyle Dube
and Shanika McKoy
ELIZABETH
MARR
Austin Kulig and Paige Petit
ODELL FAMILY SPANISH
SCHOLARSHIP:
Kindeya
Chiaro
RM ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP: Joshua Dobratz
LINDA RIMCOSKI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Timothy
Jalbert
MARC
ST.
HILAIRE
Theodore Carey
STEVEN SUZIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Gianna
Sabino
JOHN E. TAVERA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Jackson
Hines
JAMES WASKO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Ashley
Kosikowski
ALEX WHITNEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Shane
Carlson and Matthew Collins
ZADROZNY
FAMILY
SCHOLARSHIP:
Nicholas
Szyszkowski
COMMUNITY AWARDS
REV. GERALD T. CORRIGAN
COUNCIL
#3544
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
SCHOLARSHIP:
Joshua
Critchley
QUOTA INTERNATIONAL
OF BRISTOL SCHOLARSHIP:
Daniel Kozikowski
LIONS
CLUB
OF
SOUTHINGTON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP: Michael Petit
POLISH
AMERICAN
POLITICAL CLUB WILLIAM
LYGA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Daniel Kozikowski
ROTARY CLUB OF BRISTOL
KARL
SCHWARTZ
SCHOLARSHIP: Michael Petit
CONNECTICUT SOCIETY
OF
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTING STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD:
Matthew Collins:
DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
HIGHEST AMERICAN HISTORY AWARD: Olivia Singler
DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
KATHERINE GAYLORD CHAPTER
GOOD
CITIZENS
AWARD: Matthew Collins
GOVERNOR’S SCHOLAR
PROGRAM: Michaela Dolishny
HUGH O’BRIAN YOUTH
LEADERSHIP
AWARD:
Jacqueline
Kendrick
and
Brianna Sanchez
MICHAELS JEWELERS
AWARDS: Jessica Coombs and
Matthew Santovasi
SPECIAL AWARDS
ELMIRA COLLEGE KEY
AWARD: Michaela Dolishny and
Matthew Santovasi:
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
BOOK AWARD: Simone Morin
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
BOOK
PRIZE:
Matthew
Santovasi
HARVARD BOOK PRIZE:
Olivia Singler
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY
CROSS
BOOK
AWARD:
Joseph Johnson
REGIS COLLEGE BOOK
AWARD: Erica Osowiski
RENSSELAER MATHEMATICS
AND
SCIENCE
AWARD: Matthew Santovasi
SAGE COLLEGES - STUDENT SAGE AWARD: Marietta
Gentile
SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE BOOK AWARD: Kyle
Dube and Elizabeth Leonard
SMITH COLLEGE: Emily
Tkac
UNIVERSITY
OF
ROCHESTER BAUSCH and
LOMB HONORARY SCIENCE
AWARD: Guen Park
UNIVERSITY
OF
ROCHESTER
FREDERICK
DOUGLASS AND SUSAN B.
ANTHONY AWARD: Benjamin
Gaudio
UNIVERSITY
OF
ROCHESTER GEORGE EASTMAN
YOUNG
LEADERS
AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP:
Nick Iacovelli
UNIVERSITY
OF
ROCHESTER XEROX AWARD
FOR
INNOVATION
AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Jeffrey Massicott
WELLS COLLEGE 21st
CENTURY
LEADERSHIP
AWARD: Shanika McKoy
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
BOOK AWARD: Jackson Etting
WHEELOCK COLLEGE
BOOK
AWARD:
Monica
Palmieri
YALE
UNIVERSITY
BOOK
AWARD:
Hailey
Morneault
U.S. AIR FORCE MATH
and
SCIENCE
AWARD:
Timothy Jalbert
ST. PAUL NATIONAL
HONOR
SOCIETY
POPE
JOHN
XXIII
CHAPTER
SCHOLARSHIP: Michael Petit,
Sylvia Olejnik, Jessica Coombs,
and Adam Wiernasz
REV. EDMUND O’BRIEN
AWARD (presented at graduation): Michael Petit
ST.
PAUL
FACULTY
AWARD (presented at graduation): Emily Archacki and
Matthew Collins
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
(presented at graduation):
Allison Valentine
SENIOR SCHOLARS:
Mackenzie Trowbridge
Anh Nguyen
Adrienne Ciervo
Timothy Jalbert
Gianna Sabino
Makayla Lucia
Nolan Villani
Emily Archacki
Salutatorian::
Michael
Petit
Valedictorian::
Olejnik
Sylvia
DEPARTMENT AWARDS:
THEOLOGY
Grade 9: Austin Kulig
10: Felicia Knight
11 : Olivia Singler
12: Makayla Lucia
ENGLISH
Grade 9 Sydney Riddick
10: Anthony Leone
11: Guen Park
12 : Anh Nguyen
III: Hailey Morneault
IV Honors: Mallory Madrak
V: Makayla Lucia
Latin I: Mary Ranagan
II: Austin Sokol
III: Tristan Petit
AP IV: Michael Petit
Spanish I: Sydney Riddick
II: Brendan Carroll and
Felicia Knight
III: Anthony Leone
IV Honors: Timothy Jalbert
AP V: Nohemi Torres
MATHEMATICS
Honors Algebra: Jose
Silva, Sydney Riddick
Honors
Geometry:
Brendan Carroll
Honors Algebra II: Austin
Sokol
Honors
Pre-Calculus:
Sylvia Olejnik
UCONN Calculus: Timothy
Jalbert and Gianna Sabino
AMERICAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION
First place on the American
Mathematics Competition 10
test: Sheldon Kim
First
place
American
Mathematics Competition 12
test: Patrick Raymond
SCIENCE:
Anatomy and Physiology:
Anna Verdosci
AP Biology: Olivia Singler
Honors Biology: Brendan
Carroll
Honors
Chemistry
:
Meredith Maynard
Environmental
Studies:
Michael Edmiston
Forensic Science I: Emily
Archacki
Forensic Science II: Emily
Archacki
Human Biology: Anthony
Leone
Marine Biology: Paige Petit
Honors Physics: Timothy
Jalbert
SOCIAL STUDIES:
AP U.S. Government :
Makayla Lucia
Contemporary
Issues:
Christopher Paccioretti
Criminal Justice: Gabriela
Perleche
Eastern Civilization: Austin
Kulig
AP Psychology: Emily
Archacki
Sociology: Makayla Lucia
AP U.S. History: Benjamin
Gaudio
Honors
Western
Civilization: Anthony Leone and
Felicia Knight
UNIFIED ARTS:
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Accounting:
Nicholas
Szyszkowski
Business Principles and
Practices Gianna Sabino
Communications: Gianna
Sabino
Computer
Applications:
Krystina Galluzzo
Computer
Design
I:
Brendan Carroll
Computer Design II: Ashley
Kosikowski
Computer
Design
III:
Theodore Carey
AP Computer Science A:
Timothy Jalbert
Economics: Yatong Fan
Foundations of HTML: and
Java: Andrew Adam
Keyboarding:
Sydney
Riddick
Personal Finance: Angelika
Dembinska
VISUAL ARTS
3-D
Design:
Abigail
Lindquist
AP Art: Anh Nguyen
Computer Graphics : Anh
Nguyen
Drawing:
Daniel
Kozikowski
Painting: Jae Won Choi
MUSIC: and PERFORMING ARTS
Instrumental
Studies:
Michael Petit
Music Theory I: Joseph
Johnson
AP Music Theory : Michael
Petit
Choral
Musicianship:
Mackenzie Trowbridge
Musical Theater Dance I:
Lindsay Donati
Musical Theater Dance II:
Jessica Coombs
Drama: Kody Lynn Perkins
Music
Technology
Christopher Melnyk
Piano and Electric Guitar
Minji Kim
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Physical Education: Lauren
Benoit
Team
Sports:
David
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•Tasty Bites dines at Cafe Buono...page 20
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Our Night on the Town
Ronnie Spector: There’s much more to her tale
her life that might surprise
her fans, she said. And
those details are unveiled in
her multi-media stage production called “Beyond the
Beehive,” she said.
“Beyond the Beehive”
comes to Bridge Street Live
in Collinsville on Saturday,
June 30.
Ronnie said the show,
which offers monologues,
musical performances, and
images and videos projected on a screen behind her,
follows her entire life. It
begins when she was just 5
years old when she would
sing to her family in
Spanish Harlem. It then
takes her through her teen
years. The story continues
through to Ronnie’s life
today.
“Beyond the Beehive”
had been in the works since
2001, said Ronnie. But it’s
just now getting to be
staged. However, there are
reasons.
Back in 1989, Ronnie
released an autobiography
“Be My Baby: How I
Survived Mascara,
Miniskirts, and Madness.”
During autograph sessions
for the book, Ronnie said
people would come up to
her and tell her she should
turn her story into a play.
After some thought about
it, Ronnie said she decided
it was a good idea. So, she
began writing down things
in a journal. Eventually, a
script was born.
Unfortunately, and
sometimes, fortunately, life
happens.
And Ronnie said her
story continued to move
forward even after she
thought she finished the
script.
“Life had all of these
drastic changes,” said
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
A lot of Ronnie
Spector’s life story already
has been shared with the
world.
Ronnie, as leader of the
Ronettes, had one of the
most iconic hit songs of the
rock and roll era, “Be My
Baby.” The song literally the
flagship of the iconic Girl
Group era of the early
1960s.
The Ronettes were
huge. They were big enough
that they helped give The
Beatles and The Rolling
Stones their starts when
they invited the British
invasion acts to open for
them.
Ronnie also was married to legendary producer
Phil Spector. It was a love
story that turned into a
nightmare that still haunts
her life. Phil Spector, paranoid and reclusive, locked
Ronnie in his house, effectively shutting down her
career… and her life.
Ronnie eventually escaped
her now ex-husband’s
clutches by breaking
through a window of their
house and running barefoot across broken glass to
reach the outside world.
Then there was the resurrection of her career. She
had a hit record with Eddie
Money, “Take Me Home
Tonight,” in the 1980s that
returned her to the public
eye. Eventually, in 2007, she
was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame with
the Ronettes.
Those are the details
everyone knows.
But Ronnie, in a phone
call from her home in
Connecticut, said there are
some details people don’t
know. These are details of
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Ronnie Spector, who achieved international fame
with ‘Be My Baby,’ brings her life to the stage in
‘Beyond the Beehive,’ which comes to Bridge Street
Live in Collinsville on Saturday.
Ronnie. Thus, the script
needed to be reworked.
First of all, Ronnie said,
her life story took a tragic
turn when her ex-husband
Phil Spector was accused of
murder. Phil Spector was
eventually convicted in
2009 of the 2003 murder of
actress Lana Clarkson.
Then in 2007, on a positive note, the Ronettes
were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
said Ronnie.
These two landmark
moments had to be included in the show, said Ronnie.
In time, after numerous script revisions, Ronnie
said “Beyond the Beehive”
was complete. And she’s
pleased with the end result.
“It’s a different kind of
show,” said Ronnie. “I love
it.”
Ronnie said she has so
many great stories. “And all
these things are true,” said
Ronnie.
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more interested in singing
rock and roll and getting
enough money to better
their lives than worry about
things like royalties. Ronnie
said she and the Ronettes
were paid a mere $14,000
for “Be My Baby” when they
signed with Phil Spector’s
label.
Although Ronnie has
had more than her share of
tragedy through the years,
she said she’s now experiencing the best days of her
life.
Ronnie said she is still
doing what she loves, performing. She has two great
children. And she has a
husband who loves her.
“I was drifting in the
1960s. I was like a ghost,”
said Ronnie. Now, she said,
“I have a real life and a real
career.”
As for the future of
“Beyond the Beehive,”
Ronnie said she would like
to see it make it to
Broadway. But she said, at
this point, she doesn’t want
to get too far ahead of herself.
For now, she said, playing at places like Bridge
Street Live are good enough
for her.
Ronnie Spector brings
“Beyond the Beehive” to
Bridge Street Life, 41 Bridge
St., Collinsville on Saturday,
June 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$35 and $65 for VIP seats.
For more information,
go to 41BridgeStreet.com or
RonnieSpector.com
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And she has surprised
herself by her ability to
stand up on stage and share
these stories. She said the
audiences watch, enraptured by the things she has
to say.
“The audiences eat it
up…,” said Ronnie. “They
laugh, they cry, they yell out
things... ‘Ronnie, I love you,’
‘Ronnie, you’re great.’”
When talking about
“Beyond the Beehive,” however, Ronnie is careful. She
said she doesn’t want to
give too much away. There
are some surprises she said
and the audiences will to
come to the show to find
out what she has to say.
Although the Ronettes
were iconic representatives
of the girl group sound,
Ronnie still can’t sing many
of their hits. (She did reveal
she will be singing “Time
On My Side,” by the Rolling
Stones… thanks to an offer
from her neighbor Keith
Richards.) For instance,
although fans will clamor
for her to sing, “Be My
Baby” she can’t due to
ongoing litigation with her
ex-husband.
In 2003, Ronnie sued
Phil Spector for back royalties worth $3 million. She
won the initial case. But she
said ex-husband has filed
17 appeals, preventing
Ronnie from singing her
own music.
“My ex-husband won’t
let me go,” said Ronnie. “He
still has control.”
Part of her current situation, she explained, is a
result of how business was
conducted in the 1960s.
The Ronettes and
many of their peers were
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Tasty Bites
Cafe Buono
Photos and text by
Stacey McCarthy
Summer pasta at Cafe Buono in Bristol.
Veal parmigiana at Cafe Buono in Bristol.
Each week, The
Observer hits up the local
restaurant scene, offering
you an inside look at the
culinary delights in central
Connecticut.
The Basics
Café Buono
Dine-in, take-out,
catering, and in restaurant
parties (weddings,
rehearsal dinners, showers, and anniversaries.)
Summer hours are
Monday through
Wednesday from 4 to 9
p.m., Thursday through
Saturday from 4 to 10
p.m., and Sunday from 8
a.m. to noon (breakfast
only.) Lunch hours will
resume in September.
Bristol
Phone: (860)582-2233
cafebuonobristol.com
The Buzz
Voted Best Italian
Restaurant in Bristol in the
Bristol Press in 2010, 2011,
and 2012 and Most
Romantic in 2010. They
were voted Best Italian in
Bristol from the Bristol
Observer in 2012. Café
Buono hosts an advertised
specialty night once a
month. Past specialties
have been a Polish night
and a Spanish night. Every
third Wednesday is Ladies
Night featuring a threecourse meal (salad, entrée,
dessert, and glass of wine
for $18.) On Thursday
nights, there is a keyboard
sing along with Bruno
Cerati.
The Scene
Café Buono’s soft yellow walls are filled with
large posters of Italian
films. The tables in the
restaurant and lounge area
have a mahogany finish
and the earth-colored
floors are a custom finished concrete. The front
of the restaurant is all glass
with a low ledge that is
filled with plants.
In Your Glass
Italian coffees, full
service bar, and extensive
wine list.
On Your Plate
Chef-created dinner
specials featuring local
and seasonal ingredients
when available. The vinaigrette dressing and pasta
sauces are house-made.
Italian-American dishes
such as Shrimp Scampi,
Chicken Marsala, Veal
Saltimbocca, and Penne
alla Vodka.
The Wallet
Appetizers start at $6
for Polpettine Agrodolce
(sweet and sour meatballs)
and go up to $10 for an
antipasto plate of meats
and cheeses.
Pasta dishes range
from $12 for penne arrabbiata (garlic, tomato, and
red chili sauce topped with
mignon with fresh herbs
and finished with goat
cheese and a Barolo wine
reduction.)
All meat and seafood
entrees are served with a
choice of two of the following: potato, vegetable
of the day, or house salad.
Pizzas start at $8 for a
12-inch marinara and go
up to $17 for a large quattro stagioni (artichokes,
mushrooms, caramelized
onions, and fresh mozzarella.)
fresh parsley) to $16 for
macaroni and cheese
(cavatappi baked with
fontina, parmigiano, goat
cheese, and mozzarella
topped with bread crumbs
and truffle oil.) All pasta
dishes are served with a
house salad.
Chicken and veal
dishes start at $14 for
chicken agrodolce (sweet
and sour Sicilian chicken)
and go up to $17 for veal
saltimbocca (veal cutlet
topped with prosciutto
and sage and sautéed in a
marsala and butter sauce.)
Steak and seafood
dishes range from $16 for
pesto marinated skirt
steak and go up to $23 for
filet mignon barolo (9
ounce oven-roasted filet
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Cheesecake, a family favorite that’s simple as pie
NEW YORK-- An
award-winning film writer,
producer, and television
host of “Simply Delicious
Living,” Maryann Ridini
Spencer knows a thing or
two about streamlining
kitchen time and whipping
up tasty meals in minutes.
The eldest of six children,
she developed a love for
cooking and the home arts
at an early age. Growing up
in a large, close-knit ItalianIrish family, it was common
for the eldest children to
take on chores in the
kitchen. Some of Maryann’s
warmest memories were
helping her mother prepare
the many Italian and Irish
dishes passed down from
her grandmothers, Mary
Ridini and Theresa Murphy.
Over the years,
Maryann worked for many
established restaurants and
banquet halls. During her
career as a studio executive,
and then through her company, Ridini Entertainment,
she began to organize and
cater numerous private
parties and corporate
events. “Simply Delicious
Living” naturally combines
Maryann’s greatest passions: cooking and entertaining, along with her vast
experience as a television
film writer, producer and
journalist. Maryann
believes one of life’s greatest pleasures is to make
Key Lime Coconut
Goat Cheesecake
Serves 12
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
(or lime juice)
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup shredded sweet
coconut
1 pre-made large (or a
series of individual) graham
cracker pie crust(s)
(Arrowhead Mills, Keebler,
or other)
Recipe Ingredients:
4 ounces quality cream
cheese, at room temperature
5 ounces soft,
unripened goat cheese
(Woolwich Dairy, a plain
chevre)
1-1/2 teaspoons lime
rind (zest)
1/3 cup key lime juice
Recipe Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350
degrees. In a bowl, place
cream and goat cheeses;
beat with electric mixer
until smooth. Add in key
lime rind, juice and eggs.
Add the sugar in thirds and
beat after each addition
until your mixture is
smooth.
25 minutes from start to
finish—and could easily
become your family
favorite.
Maryann Ridini
every meal a celebration.
Her go-to dessert recipe,
Key Lime Coconut Goat
Cheesecake, is not only a
light luscious summer treat,
it’s simple to make—about
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Gateway Cafe
Dine-in and take-out.
The kitchen is open on
Monday from 3 to 9 p.m.,
Tuesday through Saturday
from noon to 10 p.m., and
Sunday from 12 to 8 p.m.
211 Riverside Ave.,
Bristol.
Phone: 860-516-4601
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Gateway Café hosts
several charity events
throughout the year including the Ride and Roast for
Autism Speaks in June and
a Bikini Bike Wash to benefit Bristol Youth Services in
July. Karaoke starts at 9
p.m. on Wednesday night
and local bands play on
Friday or Saturday night.
Over 16 bottled beers
and Bud, Bud Light, and
Naughty Nurse on tap. They
also have an alcoholic
smoothie maker (flavors
change frequently) Gateway
Café is known for its burgers. The ground sirloin is
from South Side Meat
Market in Bristol and the
rolls are from Harvest
Bakery in Bristol. The pickles and sea salt are from
Twin Pines Farm in
Thomaston. Produce is
purchased locally when in
season.
Tonio’s Italian Pizzeria
Dine-in, take-out, and
free delivery. Open Monday
through Thursday from 11
a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from
11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and
Saturday from 12 p.m. to 10
p.m.
5 Stillwell Dr., Plainville
Phone: (860)793-0003
http://www.toniospizz
eria.com/
Antipasto with cherry
tomatoes, peppers, onions,
black olives, salami,
Cappicola, Provolone, and
peppercino peppers, hot
and cold grinders. Tonio’s
STACEY MCCARTHY
Carlas panna cotta at D’Amico’s 2 Linden Street, Plainville. (860)747-5177.
www.damicosrestaurant.com
serves an Italian plum pan
pizza, classic style pan
pizza, and specialty pizza.
They also serve hot and
cold grinders, calzones, and
pasta dinners.
Grinders range from
$1.99 for a small veggie to
$7.99 for a large meatball.
Pizzas start at $7.99 for
a small Napolitano (plum
tomato and basil) and go
up to $21.99 for a classicstyle Meat Lovers.
Salads range from
$4.75 for a house salad to
$9.95 for Buffalo chicken
salad.
Club 19 Restaurant at
Hawk’s Landing
Country Club
201 Pattenwood Dr.,
Southington
Phone: (860)793-6000
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The Buzz
Club 19 Restaurant’s
executive chef is Tom Nardi
(formerly from Nardi’s Old
Mill). The restaurant features a Happy Hour menu
all the time. Customers can
choose a wine and an appetizer for $10. The wine
options are: Emerald Bay
Cabernet Sauvignon, Stella
Merlot, Cardiff Chardonnay,
Stella Pinot Grigio, and
Mountain View White
Zinfandel. The appetizer
choices are: antipasto, fried
ravioli, cheese and cracker
plate, artichoke and
spinach dip, and shrimp
cocktail. They also have a
draft beer and chicken tender special for $5. Mondays
are Beer Bash Night with
beer tastings and giveaways. Wednesday night is
Winedown Wednesday with
wine tastings and live
entertainment. There is live
entertainment on Friday
night as well. Appetizers
such as the beef chili and
nachos (tomatoes, black
beans, and red onion over
nachos with a creamy
house made cheese sauce).
The burgers are made from
Black Angus beef. They also
serve salads and wraps with
house made sauces and
dressings.
Straight From Maine
Seafood
Seafood market. Open
Monday from 12 to 8 p.m.,
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Tuesday through Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Bristol
Phone: (860)585-7000
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The market is decorated with a nautical theme.
Fresh fish and seafood
are delivered every one to
two days. The following are
usually available: sushi
grade tuna, Grade A swordfish, yellowtail flounder,
king salmon, haddock, codfish, oysters, little necks,
steamers, mussels, king
crab legs, shrimp, stuffed
clams, stuffed flounder,
scallops, clam chowder,
lobster bisque, and lobster.
Call to check availability.
Gio Foods
Take-out and catering.
Open Tuesday through
Friday from 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. and Saturday and
Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
405 Queen St.,
Southington
Phone: (860)863-5646
Fax: (860)863-5647
www.mangiagio.com
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Kids’ parties where
kids make their own pizzas,
burgers, or chicken dishes
plus dessert, stuffed mini
breads, and fruit punch and
water. Gio Foods serves
several freshly made soups.
There are three different
versions of pasta fagioli:
house (pepperoni, cannelloni beans, pasta, marinara
sauce, parsley and garlic),
Tuscan (cannelloni beans,
pasta, fennel sauce, carrots,
rosemary, thyme, and bay
leaves), and vegetarian
house (the same as house
without the pepperoni).
The antipasto medley is
filled with meats (pepperoni, sopresatta, and genoa
salami), cheeses (provolone, fontinella, and
other Italian cheeses), and
marinated vegetables
(mushrooms, eggplant, hot
pepper rings, and artichoke
hearts.) The sandwiches
have fun names such as
The Paesano (shaved steak
with mozzarella, peppers,
and onions) and The Angry
Chicken (Chicken Cutlet
with cherry peppers and
Provolone cheese.) There is
a Grab and Gio menu that
changes every two weeks.
They have over 20 stuffed
breads.
Kiki’s Kitchen
Take-out and catering.
Open Monday through
Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. and Saturday from
10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
447 North Main St.,
Southington
Phone: 860-817-2228
om/KIKISKITCHENLLC
The Buzz
Kiki’s Kitchen is
Southington’s newest specialty food vender. She is
parked in the We Pack and
Ship parking lot next to
Stop and Shop. Kiki’s
Kitchen can also be hired to
cater private parties.
On your plate, you can
find hot dogs with housemade red onion sauce. The
chili is made with and without beans. The specialty
Greek dishes feature housemade seasoning blends and
sauces. The Pork Gyro is
served with house-made
Tzatziki (yogurt, cucumber,
and garlic sauce), fresh
tomatoes, and red onion.
Kiki’s Kitchen creates a special dish to feature each
week such as pasta with
meat sauce or sausage and
peppers. There are several
vegetarian options on the
menu such as: spinach and
feta pita, grilled cheese
pita, Kiki’s Mac and Cheese,
and fallafel pita.
Shake Doggs
Dine-in and take-out.
Open from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. Monday through
Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Sunday. There will
be new extended summer
hours posted soon.
1143 MeridenWaterbury Tnpk.,
Plantsville
Phone: 860-919-5543
om/pages/ShakeDoggs/313543148688492
Fresh hand formed
hamburger patties are
made fresh daily and the
hamburger buns are baked
each day at a local bakery.
The Michigan Meat Sauce
is made in small batches
twice a day. The onion
straws are cut and made to
order. Shake Doggs serves
Hummel hotdogs with
Double Chin relish made in
Watertown, Conn. The Irish
Badger hot dog has sauerkraut and brown mustard
and the Bobby Pajamas hot
dog has cheese, bacon, and
onion.
Farmers Market opens this Friday outside Plainville High
The grand opening of
the Farmers Market of
Plainville will be held on
Friday, June 29, at Plainville
High School, west side,
route 10, at 3 p.m. The market will be open on Fridays
from June 29 through Aug.
31, from 3 to 6 p.m., rain or
shine. The market will fea-
ture three Connecticut produce farms and one orchid
farm.
During the market
hours, there will be VIP
spaces available, free, featuring local community
businesses, organizations,
or visual/performing artists.
If you have an interest
to schedule a date for yourself or organization, you’ll
need to email us at farmersmarketplv@yahoo,com for
approval and to schedule a
date.
SHRINE Asian Kitchen unveils new menu
SHRINE Asian Kitchen,
Lounge and Nightclub at
MGM Grand at Foxwoods,
named one of Nightclub &
Bar Magazine’s “Top 100”
entertainment destinations,
recently
unveiled
an
enhanced menu featuring
new dishes that take guests
on an exotic culinary journey. The Asian-inspired
dishes are crafted with fresh
ingredients and innovative
flavors.
After extensive culinary
experimentation, SHRINE’s
chef, Kevin Scott, worked
closely with Executive Chef
Kevin Long to craft a selection of distinct, world-class
dishes. The culinary team
drew significant inspiration
from Thailand, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Singapore, Korea,
Japan and beyond to create
an impressive range of culinary masterpieces that
complement SHRINE’s rich
Asian décor.
Chef Scott’s new Asianinspired additions to the
menu include:
Tempura Rock Shrimp
– Crispy pan-fried shrimp
glazed, coconut Sriracha,
chili macadamia nuts
Szechuan
Crusted
Salmon
–
Pan-seared
salmon, garlic oyster sauce,
fresh stir fried vegetables
Shiitake
Mushroom
Buns – Sautéed Shiitakes,
pickles, warm steamed buns
Kalbi Beef Sushi Roll –
Jalapenos,
cucumber,
Tonkatsu sauce, crispy shallots, soy paper
Sushi Surf and Turf –
New York sirloin steak, New
York Roll, shrimp tempura,
spicy tuna, crispy crab stick
Blushing
Geisha
Martini – Grey Goose La
Poire, St Germain, grapefruit, cranberry juice
These new menu additions stay true to both Chef
Scott and SHRINE’s mission
of providing delicious and
appealing Asian cuisine to
its patrons. By fusing classic
Asian cuisine with bold new
flavors made from the freshest ingredients, and appealing to
Tuesday & Wednesday Specials
Oven Roasted Turkey
$9.99
Lobster Fest starting July 12th
and every Thursday in July & August $16.49
Oven Roasted Top Sirloin
Oven Roasted Pork Loin Baked Manicotti
with all the fixings
— Served with Soup of the Day, Dessert and Coffee —
per
person
Catering Packages
................................Starting From
$8.50 per person
Banquets
For Up to 65 People
www.aziagosrestaurant.com
166 Queen Street, Southington, CT • 860.426.1170
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Our Fashions
Red carpet:
Miss
Connecticut-style
This Saturday, a new Miss
Connecticut and Miss
C o n n e c t i c u t ’s
Outstanding Teen will be
crowned at the Garde
Arts Center in New
London.
This
past
Saturday, the annual
Miss Connecticut gala
was held at Anthony’s
Ocean View in New
Haven. Titleholders put
on their best gala gowns
and demonstrated their
style at the red carpetthemed event. From the
left, Eliza Kanner, Seritta
Norige, Rebecca Brendli,
Miss Connecticut (and
former Miss Southington) Morgan Amarone,
and
Southington’s
Sharalynn Kuziak.
MIKE CHAIKEN
Southington High School
Bristol Easter High School
US Military Academy West Point
Tyler Matthews
VernaJean Michaud
2LT Hannah Alexis Johnson
Congratulations
Tyler!
I am so Proud of You!
Best of luck on any
and all paths you go
down in life.
Love,
Mom
Congratulations!
Job Well Done!
Valedictorian,
We are so proud of you.
You are our shining star.
Congratulations
Military Police
Good Luck at
Ft. Drum
Love,
Mom, Dad,
Jim and Brandon
Love You, Nana &
Poppop McGoldrick
Sacred Heart University
Bristol Central High School
Samantha Rose Licursi
Nicole A. Cole
Zachary Carello
Congratulations Sam!
You have the
determination, talent,
and courage to
accomplish whatever
you set your mind to.
Love,
Mom, Dad, & Josh
Congratulations on
making the Dean’s
List and graduating
a semester early
from Sacred Heart
University.
Good Luck with
your internship and
future endeavors.
Love Mom & Dad
We’re proud of you!
Congratulations
to the youngest
of the Carello clan!
We love you!
Love,
Brianna, Adrianna
& Jordan
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Our Fashions
More from
the red carpet
Title holders showed
royal style at the annual
Miss Connecticut gala
last Friday. From the left,
Mikayla Vitali shows off
the cowboys boots she
teamed up with her
gown; Bristol’s Allison
Owsianko; Bristol’s Julie
Gianoni; Bristol’s Lindsy
Avritch;
and
Nicole
Morin.
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MIKE CHAIKEN
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Honor Graduate!
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Charter Oak
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Honor Graduate.
We are So Proud
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We are so proud of you.
Love you very much!
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Love you much,
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Wonderful future.
Congratulations, Kailby!
Wishing you much success
at SHA!
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Mom, Dad,
& Brother
St. Matthew School
Jordan Crowley
Olivia Kilbourne
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Jordan!
We love you and
we are so proud of
you. Best wishes as
you head off to
Keene State.
The best is yet to
come!
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& Jamie
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you! Best wishes
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Showing off some Northwest corner style
MIKE
CHAIKEN
photos
Summer
concert series
announced
The Bristol Parks and
Recreation
Department,
with the sponsorship from a
variety of community agencies will sponsor a concert
series
this
summer.
Concerts will be held on
Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
at the Rockwell Park
Amphitheatre.
Torrington boutique Brazen Bettie’s has closed after
three years on the Main Street strip. The Northwest
corner store featured many Connecticut fashion
designers on its racks. To say farewell to the community, store owner Julia Sloan held a street festival
complete with fashion show. From the left, clockwise, a top and skirt from Southington’s Sugarplum
(SugarPlumUSA.com); designs from Torrington line
Unfit (UnfitFashion.com); clothing from Asa Gleek,
which is designed by Ebony Parish of Torrington.
Be sure to bring a lawn
chair or blanket to the concerts.
The schedule is:
July 3: Flyin’ Blind
Sponsor: New England
Bank
Location: Rockwell Park
July 10: Simply Swing
Sponsor:
Farmington
Savings Bank
July 17: Avenue Groove
Sponsor: Barnes Group
Foundation
July 24: Tirebiter Band
Sponsor: ESPN
Location: Brackett Park
July 31: 102nd Army
National Guard Band
Sponsor: Bristol Parks
and Recreation
Location:
Memorial
Boulevard
Aug.
7:
Unfinished
Business
Sponsor:
Forestville
Village Association
*Location: Ultimate Wire
Forms on Forestville
Aug. 14: Smokehouse
Sponsor: Tilcon, CT
Aug. 21: Mass-Conn
Fusion
Sponsor: Bristol Parks
and Recreation
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REO Speedwagon offers up its ‘rock of ages’ at Mohegan Sun
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
The call came as
scheduled.
“Hi, this is Kevin
Cronin,” said the familiar
voice that sang classic
tracks as “Keep On Loving
You” and “Rolling With the
Changes.”
The lead singer for
classic rockers REO
Speedwagon was calling in
to talk about his band’s
upcoming show at the
Mohegan Sun with Styx and
Ted Nugent on Thursday,
July 5 at 7 p.m.
But when Kevin called,
he had a favor to ask. Could
he push up the interview
about an hour?
He was getting his hair
cut.
It wasn’t a problem.
And Kevin had a good reason to get his haircut.
He was heading to the
red carpet premiere of
“Rock of Ages” that night in
Los Angeles.
And he had an important date for the evening.
His daughter.
Kevin and band have a
special affinity to the new
movie starring Tom Cruise
and Julianne Hough.
REO Speedwagon’s
song “Can’t Fight this
Feeling” is one of the songs
in the soundtrack for the
film, which is based on the
hit stage musical.
And there is also is a
more personal and special
connection for Kevin.
He and his daughter
both have cameos in the
film.
Kevin said he and REO
have been connected with
“Rock of Ages” ever since it
was a small off-Broadway
show opening in L.A. Kevin
said REO was one of the
first bands to sign off and
allow the show to use its
music. That was one of the
biggest hurdles facing the
show, explained Kevin.
The show eventually
secured the rights to use
songs from groups such as
Foreigner, Poison, and
Guns ‘N’ Roses.
“Looking back, we didn’t know what it would
become when we agreed to
it,” said Kevin of “Rock of
Ages.” “But I’m sure glad we
did (this).”
And then to have the
show turned into a movie
with Tom Cruise, Kevin said
he was excited. “I think it’s
going to be big… It’s a lot of
fun.”
Kevin said he played
the soundtrack for the
movie for his 15-year-old
daughter and her friends.
“They were rocking out,” he
said. “It’s just great to see
classic rock music still has
this universal appeal,” said
Kevin. “It’s never gone
away.”
And thanks to movies
like “Rock of Ages,” said
Kevin, classic rock has been
given a second life.
The tour with Styx and
Nugent has been dubbed
the Mid-west Rock and Roll
Express, a reference to the
fact that all three bands
come from the heartland of
REO Speedwagon performs at the Mohegan Sun next Thursday with Styx and Ted
Nugent.
America. REO Speedwagon
traces its beginnings back
to Champaign, Ill. Styx got
its start in Chicago. And
Nugent started off in
Detroit with the Amboy
Dukes.
“It’s fun to play with
people whose music has
stood the test of time,” said
Kevin.
As for why he thought
many of the bands the
Midwest had such an
appeal to fans of rock—
and still have appeal, Kevin
attributed to their Midwest
upbringing. There is a
Midwest work ethic that
separated bands like Styx
and REO from, say, the east
coast bands, which tended
to be edgy and cool, and
the west coast bands, which
were more laidback.
Bands from the
Midwest, he said, offered
up meat and potatoes rock
and roll. “It’s fun and it’s
high energy.”
Besides REO
Speedwagon’s participation
in “Rock of Ages,” Kevin
said the band’s next project
is a live DVD they’re getting
ready for release. “We’re
really proud of it. It’s one of
the best.”
Kevin said the band
was fortunate that the night
they decided to tape the
show everything was going
their way. They played
great. The show was in a
great setting. They had a
great audience.
“It captured the band
at its best,” said Kevin.
As for a new studio
release, Kevin said REO
Speedwagon is always writing new material.
But for now, besides
touring, Kevin has been
putting his time in trying to
be a dad.
Besides taking his
daughter to the red carpet
premiere for “Rock of Ages,”
Kevin said he was going to
be spending some time
with his two sons as the
tour started. He said he was
going to have a separate
tour bus for himself and his
sons. His sons were going
to experience life on the
road with their dad for two
weeks.
There are all sorts of
stereotypes about the children of rock and rollers. But
Kevin said his children
aren’t like that. “They’re not
rock and roll kids…. They’re
not weird and spoiled kids.
They’re not obnoxious.
They’re grounded.” His wife
has ensured that.
Kevin said his sons
lead a fairly normal life.
They play sports. They do
well in school.
The two weeks for his,
said Kevin, isn’t about rock
and roll. It’s just about
spending two weeks watching dad work.
And Kevin said he was
trying to make it fun for
them. One of the first
shows for REO Speedwagon
on the road is at a game for
the New York Mets. And for
the kids, he said, a professional baseball game was
more exciting than seeing
their dad’s band take the
stage.
REO Speedwagon, Styx,
and Ted Nugent perform at
the Mohegan Sun on
Thursday, July 5 at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $40. For more
information, go to
MoheganSun.com or
REOSpeedwagon.com
‘Long Island Medium’ shares her story at Bushnell this Friday
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
Growing up, Theresa
Caputo thought it was normal.
Calling from her car,
on the way to film an
episode of her TLC reality
series “Long Island
Medium,” Theresa said she
always could sense spirits.
When the now-certified medium was a child,
she would wake up and see
people standing at the edge
of her bed.
She said also would
hear voices from people
she could not see.
Theresa thought these
were things that happened
to everyone.
But it wasn’t until she
was a teenager, she learned
the truth.
Theresa said when she
was a teen, she started to
speak to her friends about
some of the things she
experienced. She didn’t
think anything of it when
she brought it up. It was
just a casual conversation
with her friends
But as soon as she finished talking about her
experiences, Theresa said
her friends retorted, “That’s
not normal, that’s crazy.”
That revelation that
what she was experiencing
was not typical brought on
a bout of anxiety that she
battled for years.
As her anxiety intensified, Theresa finally decided to visit a spiritual healer.
That’s when she experienced an “a-ha” moment
that changed her life for the
better.
Theresa said the healer
explained her that she had
a gift. Theresa learned she
had been born with the
ability to communicate
with the dead. And this was
her life’s purpose.
On Friday, June 29 at
7:30 p.m., Theresa will be
appearing at The
Mortensen Hall at The
Bushnell in Hartford.
Asked what fans can
expect from the appearance, Theresa said there
will be a question and
answer period, where
Theresa will address preselected questions from the
audience. (She won’t be
taking any personal questions from the audience.)
Typically, she will answer
Theresa Caputo comes to Hartford Friday night.
questions about how old
she was when she discovered her gift. She may be
asked about how her gift
works. Sometimes, audiences want to know how
they can become more
spiritually connected. Or,
even others, want to know
how to hone their own
skills to communicate with
the dead.
There also will be some
readings, said Theresa. The
readings will be directed
toward people she is drawn
to and “whatever soul
wants to communicate.”
She said no one who gets a
reading is someone she has
met before.
In addition, Theresa
said, “There’s always a surprise... with all my shows.”
Asked what she likes
about events such as the
one in Hartford, Theresa
said it’s another way for her
to be able reach her fans.
Even if she isn’t doing a
reading, she said she likes
to hear how she and her
show have helped change
people’s lives. At meet-andgreets, which are available
with a special ticket, she
said people are always
telling her that they had an
amazing, life-changing
experience at the appearance.
Theresa’s reality series
on TLC, “The Long Island
Medium” will be entering
its third season this fall.
Theresa said she never
expected she would have a
reality series and that it
would be three seasons old.
When she started
approaching networks
about a reality series based
on her experiences a medium, initially, no one wanted
to talk to her. In fact, at
TLC, the production team
tried to cancel her meeting
at the last minute.
But Theresa said the
meeting did happen. After a
10 minute session, where
the producers learned how
she has helped change people’s lives, the show was
given the green light by the
network.
For the third season,
said Theresa, fans will find
some changes in the
Caputo household. Her
son, Lawrence has graduated college now. Her daughter, Victoria, has graduated
high school. So, this coming
season, the family will be
dealing with those transitions.
But the show also is
keeping its core, Theresa
said. The readings will continue to be the same. The
show also will follow
Theresa at appearances and
the world at large.
Theresa Caputo, the
Long Island Medium,
appears at The Bushnell’s
Mortensen Hall, 166 Capitol
Ave., Hartford on Friday at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $39,
$49, and $59. A limited
number of VIP tickets, with
a meet and greet, are $125.
For tickets, go to
Bushnell.org or call (860)
987-5900.
For more information,
go to TLC.Discovery.com
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When Styx hits the stage, watch out for the man behind the keys
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
If you’ve seen Styx perform in recent years, you
already know, the band’s
Lawrence Gowan is not
your typical keyboardist
when he steps on stage.
Most keyboardists tend
to anchor themselves to
their spot on the stage and
kind of hideaway behind
their grand piano or a bank
of electronics.
Not Gowan.
At a Styx show, standing besides band mates
James Young, Tommy Shaw,
Chuck Panozzo, Todd
Sucherman and Ricky
Phillips, Gowan sets himself
on the frontline. And rather
than a keyboard stuck in
one spot and pointed in
one direction, Gowan’s keyboard isn’t anchored in one
spot, it spins.
Throughout the show,
Gowan essentially does a
little tango with the instrument.
Gowan said he loves
being active with his instrument on stage. He said his
inspiration behind the keys
is Elton John. Gowan said
John always looked as if he
was having a fight with his
piano. He also loved how
Rick Wakeman, the former
keyboardist for Yes, used to
attack his piano with classical performer élan. Besides
his fellow keyboardists,
Gowan said he also is
inspired by rock and roll
front men like Mick Jagger
of the Rolling Stones and
Freddie Mercury of Queen,
both of whom are
renowned for their dynamic
performances.
Over time, Gowan said
he has managed to develop
a hybrid of his inspirations.
As for the spinning
keyboard, Gowan said it
has a story of his own.
Prior to joining Styx,
Gowan had a pretty active
solo career in his homeland
of Canada. In 1990, he was
working on a video for a
song from a solo album. On
that song, Alex Lifeson of
Rush played guitar. When it
came time to film the video,
Gowan invited Lifeson to
be part of it. In the video,
said Gowan, Lifeson was all
over the place playing his
guitar. But, given the nature
of his chosen instrument,
Gowan found himself stuck
in one place.
To compete with his
fellow musician in the
video, Gowan said he came
up with the idea of using a
spinning keyboard.
“That’s been my trademark since,” said Gowan.
“It allows me to engage the
audience.”
Decades after they
were first launched, Styx
continues to engage audiences in concert. And their
music continues to draw
new and younger fans.
Gowan said half the people
in the audience at Styx
Styx performs at the Mohegan Sun next Thursday with REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent.
shows are under 30 years
old.
Asked why he thought
Styx—and songs like “Come
Sail Away” and “Blue Collar
Man”— continues to hold
such appeal to new audiences, Gowan said, “That’s
a tough question… to
reduce to any simple
answer.”
“My instinct tells me…
the melodic content has
staying power,” said
Gowan. In addition, the
lyrics of Styx also touch
people.
Gowan recalled a conversation he had back in
1999 where the topic was
what makes some songs
last? His thought was “if a
melody gets into a person’s
head and connects to
something significant in
their life, it never really
leaves their memory.”
Styx is coming to the
Mohegan Sun Arena on July
5 on a bill that includes
REO Speedwagon and the
Motor City Madman, Ted
Nugent.
“It’s a great card,” said
Gowan.
Styx and REO have
toured together about six
times before, said Gowan.
(“People love the combination.”) This tour is Styx’s
first time out on the road
with Nugent.
The tour had been out
on the road for a couple of
weeks when he called, and
he said the addition of
Nugent to the bill “is a real
game changer… People are
loving the combination of
the three bands.”
Gowan said Nugent
shakes things up. “Ted
Nugent is the difference
that changes the tenor of
the night,” said Gowan.
“The man is an excellent
entertainer… The audiences feel they are getting
value for their dollar and a
full night of entertain-
ment,”
Having Nugent on the
bill also forces Styx to put
on it’s “A” game when it
steps onto stage. He said
Styx likes it when the
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gauntlet is thrown down by
the other acts on the bill.
“Strong bands make us
stronger.”
And Gowan said, “We
take great pride in our live
presence.”
For the upcoming
show at the Mohegan Sun,
Gowan said fans should
also expect the unexpected
in the band’s set list.
Gowan said the band
recorded a DVD about 1 1/2
years ago where they performed in their entirety
both the “Grand Illusion”
and “Pieces of Eight”
albums. The opportunity to
perform the albums rekindled the band’s interest in
some of their lesser known
tracks.
For example, Gowan
said Styx had a chance to
revisit “Man in the
Wilderness” from “Grand
illusion.” And the track has
become a fan favorite in
concert. In addition, he
said, “I’m OK” from “Pieces
of Eight” has become a
crowd-pleaser.
As Styx continues to
tour, Gowan was asked if
there are any plans for
another studio album.
He said the band
always is in the process of
writing material. The band
is always fooling around
with new stuff in the dressing room.
However, Gowan said,
“It’s a matter of trying to
figure when the time is
right to do a full album.”
When the call comes to
do a tour, said Gowan, the
band will pick up its instruments, go out on the road,
and play. So it’s hard to turn
your back on that opportunity. And, for the foreseeable future, Gowan said the
band doesn’t even have a
week off from the road.
(“Which is a lovely problem
to have.”)
And, right now, Gowan
said fans are content hearing the classic material.
However, Gowan said,
the band may try to eke out
the time to record at least
one new track, release it,
and see what happens. And
if the single is a success, he
said, the band will see what
they do next.
Styx, REO Speedwagon,
and Ted Nugent perform
Thursday, July 5 at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $40. For more
information, go to
MoheganSun.com or
StyxWorld.com
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Music comes to Bristol; Here comes, Daughtry
Kellie Lambert
McGuire
Observing
The Arts
Summer has arrived in
Bristol, and with it, an outdoor concert series.
The Bristol Parks and
Recreation Department will
host concerts held
Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30
p.m. In the Rockwell Park
Amphitheater. A wide variety of music will be offering
from retro ‘50s and ‘60s
tunes, to country, pop, big
band and more.
On Tuesday, Flyin’
Blind will perform. The
schedule continues with
Simply Swing on July 10,
Avenue Groove on July 17.
Smokehouse on Aug. 14
and Mass-Conn Fusion on
Aug. 21. Other shows not at
Rockwell Park include
Tirebiter, July 24 at
Brackett Park; 102nd Army
National Guard Band, July
31 on Memorial Boulevard;
and Unfinished Business,
Aug 7 at Ultimate Wire
Forms in Forestville.
Bring a lawn chair and
blanket for the show.
ARTISTS WANTED:
The Connecticut River
Artisans and The Mill
House Gallery is currently
seeking interested artists to
apply for exhibition of their
work in lovely Mill House
Gallery for 2013.
The Mill House Gallery
is a charming art gallery in
downtown Chester on the
Connecticut River. It is
located within the
Connecticut River Artisans
Co-operative, a gallery
shop of unique art and
handcrafted items by local
artists.
Artists are invited to
exhibit for a month-long
gallery show. Rental space
is also available. For more
information, call (860) 5265575 or Suzie Woodward,
Mill House Gallery
Coordinator, (860) 262-1334
or e-mail
[email protected].
NEW SHOWS:
Daughtry will perform Aug.
14 at Ives Concert Park, on
the Westside campus of
Western Connecticut State
University in Danbury.
Daughtry is touring in support of its new album,
“Leave This Town.” Led by
the former “American Idol”
standout Chris Daughtry,
the band also features Joey
Barnes on drums and
piano, Josh Paul on bass
and guitarists Josh Steely
and Brian Craddock.
Tickets for the show go
on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
Tickets are $50, $39.50 and
$29.50. For tickets, visit
www.premierboxoffice.com
or call 866-558-4253 or 800745-3000. For more infor-
‘Swinging On A Star’ opens at Playhouse on Park in
West Hartford on July 13.
mation on the tour, visit
www.daughtryofficial.com.
Waterbury’s Palace
Theater is great at grabbing
performers with cult followings, and here’s yet
another one: Morrissey!
The former Smiths singer
will perform Oct. 6 at the
venue, 100 East Main St.,
Waterbury. The show,
which is presented by
Premier Concerts in association with Manic
Productions, is part of a
North American tour reaching 33 cities. The Waterbury
show is Morrissey’s only
Connecticut appearance.
Tickets are $65, $49.50
and $39.50. Log on to
www.palacetheaterct.org or
call 203-346-2000. For more
information on the tour,
visit www.morrisseysworld.com.
Also on Oct. 6, but at
the other side of the state,
Heart will be at the MGM
Grand Theater at
Foxwoods. Tickets are $35,
$45 and $55. Visit www.foxwoods.com.
Peter Gabriel will perform at Mohegan Sun
Arena on Oct. 13. The show
will celebrate the 25th
anniversary of his groundbreaking album “So.” The
album featured hits like
“Sledgehammer,” “Big
Time,” “Red Rain,” “In Your
Eyes” and “Don’t Give Up,”
a duet with Kate Bush.
Tickets are $95 and
$75. Call (800) 745-3000, log
on to www.ticketmaster.
com or visit any
Ticketmaster outlet.
NEW MUSICAL: The
Johnny Burke musical
“Swinging On A Star”
opens at Playhouse on Park
in West Hartford on July 13.
The popular review, with
music and lyrics by Burke,
features more than 40
American standards,
including “Pennies From
Heaven,” “Imagination,”
and the title song.
Directed and choreographed by Playhouse on
Park co-founder and coartistic director, Darlene
Zoller, the show features
musical direction by Colin
Britt. The musical also features the talents of Hillary
Ekwall, Amanda Forker,
Kevin Barlowski, Scott
Scaffidi, Jenna Levitt,
Marissa Famiglietti, and
Dakota Dutcher along with
dancers, MacKenzie
Friedmann, Spencer Pond,
and Shannon Farrell comprise the gifted ensemble in
this American classic.
The musical runs
through July 29. Preview
performances will be July
11 and July 12.
The opening night performance will be preceded
by a complimentary wine
and cheese reception for
patrons to enjoy from 7 to 8
p.m. July 13; a Talk Back
with the cast and director
will follow the July 17 matinee.
Following the July 22
performance, music director Britt will lead a B.Y.O.B.
open mic. The event begins
10 to 15 minutes following
the performance and is free
and open to the public.
Playhouse on Park is
located at 244 Park Road in
West Hartford. Tickets
range in price from $22.50
to $32.50; students, seniors
and Let’s Go Arts members
save $2.50 per ticket.
To purchase tickets,
call the box office at (860)
525-5900 ext. 10 between 10
a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesdays
through Fridays or 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Saturdays; or
visit www.playhouseonpark.org.
FLASHBACK FUN: The
Klein in Bridgeport is hosting several great shows featuring music from the past
in coming months.
Cheap Trick is on the
bill July 10, while Dennis
DeYoung performs “The
Music of Styx” on July 21.
The B-52s take the stage on
Aug. 7 and Pat Benatar and
Neil Giraldo will perform
Sept. 30.
The Klein is located at
910 Fairfield Ave.,
Bridgeport. Call (203) 2591036 or visit www.fairfieldtheatre.org for more
information or for tickets.
Send your entertainment news and arts happenings to kellmcguire
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Our Reviews
Justin Bieber’s new album ‘Believe’ impresses
By MESFIN FEKADU
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Justin Bieber, “Believe”
(Island Def Jam)
Because Justin Bieber is
Justin Bieber — a Canadian
teen singer heartthrob — it’s
hard to take his music seriously. Everything about him
screams Tiger Beat, from the
endless screeching girls to
his relationship with fellow
teen
sensation
Selena
Gomez.
And then there’s the
song that has defined him
most — “Baby,” perhaps the
most saccharine, bubblegum song recorded in quite
some time.
It’s not surprising that
few have taken Bieber the
artist seriously. But his new
CD will help change that.
“Believe,” his third fulllength album, is a 13-track
set that shows that Bieber,
now 18, is growing as a
musician, and the result is
enjoyable.
The album’s first single,
“Boyfriend,” is a great pop
song that sounds like Justin
Timberlake’s
falsetto
mashed up with the Ying
Yang Twins’ “The Whisper
Song.” It’s Bieber’s biggest
hit to date.
The rest of the album
also has future hits: “All
Around the World” (with
Ludacris) is upbeat, as is the
futuristic, Big Sean-assisted
“As Long As You Love Me,”
which sounds like it could
have been produced by
Skrillex and David Guetta.
Bieber co-wrote all but
one song on the album,
working with producers like
The Messengers, Rodney
Jerkins, Hit-Boy, Diplo, Max
Martin, Bei Maejor and others.
His best collaboration
is with Drake on “Right
Here,” a 1990s soundingR&B jam that proves the
singer is best on smoother
tunes, not Euro-flavored
ones. “Catching Feelings,” a
soft, pop groove co-written
by Babyface, is arguably the
best track, showcasing
Bieber’s versatility and
hopefully the future artistic
heft to come from the
singer. It also highlights
Bieber’s voice, which is good
and improving, though
recent live performances of
“Boyfriend” haven’t been
that strong.
“Believe” does have
some missteps: “Thought of
You” is weak and the Nicki
Minaj-featured “Beauty and
a Beat” is a wasted collaboration.
While Bieber channels
Timberlake at times, he also
has moments inspired by
his idol, Michael Jackson.
Bieber samples Jackson’s
“We Got a Good Thing
Going” for the nicely done,
R&B-tinged “Die In Your
Arms,” and there’s also a
bonus track “Maria,” a song
about Mariah Yeater, the
woman who falsely claimed
Bieber fathered her child.
The song recalls “Billie
Jean,” and it’s clever and
amusing.
CHECK THIS TRACK
OUT: Bonus track “Out of
Town Girl” is another track
with Timberlake flavor.
Kenny Chesney mixes it up in ‘...Fishbowl’
By ROB MERRILL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kenny
Chesney,
“Welcome to the Fishbowl”
(Columbia Nashville)
He’s
a
four-time
Country Music Association
Entertainer of the Year with
more than 30 No. 1 country
hits and a perennially popular road show, but don’t try
to
pigeon-hole
Kenny
Chesney.
His 13th studio album
features a little bit of every
style — from ballads to
boot-stompers to a song
about
a
father
with
Alzheimer’s.
The first single, “Feel
Like a Rock Star,” is a duet
with Tim McGraw destined
to bring down the house
every time they play it
together on tour this summer.
But for every party
anthem there’s a melancholy tune.
“I’m gonna cry right
now and that’s OK/We’re all
gonna die someday,” sings
Chesney in “Sing `Em Good
My Friend,” a weeper about
a woman in the hospital
who was once the muse for
a guy with a guitar.
The result feels like an
uneven album, but in a
world where the money is
made on singles and tours,
fans probably won’t care.
Just as they start to cry
in their beer, they’ll sing
along with these lines from
“Time Flies”: “Talkin’ to a
cutie/headin’
for
the
booty/The riptides rippin’,
the sunset’s dippin’/Smile
that smile, you’ll be sayin’.”
CHECK THIS TRACK
OUT: The title track features
Chesney rapping at the end
as he contemplates the perils of success and everyone
living their lives in the public eye.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 29
OTHER
THE HARTFORD SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA. Celebrate
America. 7:30 p.m. Performing
Arts Center at Simsbury
Meadows. $20 to $45. Lawn
tickets for children 12 and
under are $5.
HartfordSymphony.org, (860)
244-2999.
FIONA APPLE. Ives Concert
Park, Danbury. FionaApple.com
ROGER WATERS. XL Center,
Hartford.
SPIRIT SHAKER. 9:30 p.m.
Featuring laser light show. Old
Well Tavern, 20 Tariffville Rd.,
Simsbury.
Foxwoods, Mashantucket.
Foxwoods.com
TUESDAY, JULY 3
BRISTOL
SOUTHINGTON
FLYIN’ BLIND. 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Sponsored by New England
Bank. Rockwell Park, Bristol.
PAUL TRYON. Blues and rock
music. Jitters, 1273 Queen St.,
Southington.
OTHER
DEMI LOVATO. With Hot
Chelle Rae. 7 p.m. Mohegan
Sun Arena, Uncasville. $34.50.
MoheganSun.com
SUNDAY, JULY 1
OTHER
RED JUNE. 5 p.m. The Firebox
Restaurant, 539 Broad St.,
Hartford. No cover. Tips encouraged. FireboxRestaurant.com
MONDAY, JULY 2
OTHER
NORAH JONES. Oakdale
Theater, Wallingford.
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
OTHER
OTHER
TENACIOUS D, The Sights.
7:30 p.m. Mohegan Sun Arena,
Uncasville. $45, $25.
MoheganSun.com
PLAINVILLE
RIVERBOAT RAMBLERS.
Norton Park Concert Series.
6:30 p.m. Band shell, Norton
Park, Plainville.
THURSDAY, JULY 5
OTHER
STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON
and Ted Nugent. 7 p.m.
Mohegan Sun Arena,
Uncasville. $40.
MoheganSun.com
BOYZ II MEN. MGM Grand at
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NOW
PLAINVILLE
TAI CHI FOR HEALTH, Qigong
for Health. Tai chi on Tuesdays,
6 to 6:45 p.m. and Qigong on
Tuesdays from 7 to 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by American Legion
Post 22. Plainville
Congregational Church, 130
West Main St., Plainville. Tai
Chi is $60, Qigong is $30.
Space is limited. (860) 6280500.
Roger Waters performs at the XL Center in Hartford Friday night.
Performance listings
FRIDAY, JUNE 29
OTHER
THERESA CAPUTO: LONG
ISLAND MEDIUM. 7:30 p.m.
Mortensen Hall at The
Bushnell, 166 Capitol Ave.,
Hartford. $39, $49, and $59. A
limited number of VIP tickets for
$125, which include meet and
greet. (860) 987-6000.
Bushnell.org
‘BEYOND THE BEEHIVE.’
Theatrical production depicting
Ronnie Spector’s life story in
monologue, images and son.
Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge
St., Collinsville.
41BridgeStreet.com
JUNE 30 to JULY 30
OTHER
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CONCERT.Mondays through
Thursday and Saturday at 8
p.m., Wednesday at 1 p.m. and
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Fox
Theater, Mashantucket. $30
and $40 for VIP seating.
Foxwoods.com
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
OTHER
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Q&A from Scott. Part of the
Litchfield Hills Film Festival,
Warner Theater, Torrington.
HillsFilmFestival.org
JULY 5, 6
OTHER
COMEDIAN PAUL VIRZI.
Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m.
Comix at Foxwoods, Foxwoods
Resort Casino, Mashantucket.
$20 for general admission and
$40 for VIP. Add $10 day of
show. Two drink minimum.
ComixatFoxwoods.com, 1-800200-2882.
AUDITIONS FOR ‘DISNEY’S
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.’
Held by Bristol Theatre Arts. 6
to 7:30 p.m., children. 7:30 to 9
p.m. adults. Call backs on
Thursday, July 12 by invitation
only. Show will be performed
Oct. 5 to 7. Prepare 16 bars of
music to sing. Children should
be prepared to learn a short
dance combination. Bristol
Boys and Girls Club, 105 Laurel
St., Bristol.
BristolTheatreArts.org
OTHER
ROBERT KELLY. Through
Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30
on Saturday only. Comix at
Foxwoods, Mashantucket. $20
for general admission, and $40
for VIP. Two-drink minimum.
ComixatFoxwoods.com. 1-800200-2882.
NOW thru JULY 1
OTHER
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FRIDAY, JUNE 29
BRISTOL
BARE BONES FIRST
GALLERY OPENING. 6 to 8
p.m. Artists Lori Camilleri,
Leonardo Gonzalez, Erika
Novak. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Art for
sale, wine, hors d’oevures. Bare
Bones, 156 School St., Bristol.
$5 suggested donation.
Facebook.com/barebonesbristol, [email protected]
JUNE 29, 30
OTHER
GRAVEYARD SHIFT TOURS.
6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday. Mark Twain House
and Museum, 351 Farmington
Ave., Hartford. $20 for adults 17
and up, $15 for members, $13
for children 16 and under. Not
recommended for children
under 10. (860) 280-3130.
SUNDAY, JULY 1
BRISTOL
RAYMOND CARDINAL
POKER RUN. Registration
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Proceeds
benefit Dogs for Veterans.
Food, music, vendors and raffle
prizes. American Legion
Seicheprey Post No. 2, 22
Hooker Ct., Bristol. Pre-register
at
[email protected].
$15 per rider, and $10 per passenger. Walk-ins welcome.
Food only is $10 for adults and
$5 for under 5 free starting at
4:30 p.m.
PLAINVILLE
PLAINVILLE WINGS AND
WHEELS. Fly-in and Car Show.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Rain date July
29). Benefits the Petit Family
Foundation, The Plainville
Community Pantry. Participants
include the Bristol Auto Club,
Interstate Aviation Inc., and
Robertson Airport. Also, The
Plainville Stadium Racers,
sponsored by the Plainville
Historical Society, will be on
hand. $5 for adults, $2 for ages
5 to 11, under 5 are free. Show
cars are admitted for $10. This
is a People’s Choice judged
event and there are sponsor
trophies. Parking is free.
Robertson Airport, 62 Johnson
Ave., Plainville. (860) 747-8837,
(860) 817-8465, (860) 6142140.
TUESDAY, JULY 3
OTHER
AUTHOR TALK AND BOOK
SIGNING WITH DARIEN GEE.
Author of “Friendship Bread.”
Farmington Library, 6 Monteith
Dr., Farmington. Free.
FarmingtonLibraries.org, (860)
673-6791.
the Sands, casino bonus, two
$20 food vouchers, two breakfasts, sightseeing and admissions as per itinerary. (860)
589-5597.
SATURDAY, JULY 7
BRISTOL
NOW thru JULY 14
OTHER
BOTTLE DRIVE. Help local
food pantries. CW Resources,
461 Broad St., Bristol. Save
your bottles.
“AN EXPLORATION OF THE
HUMAN FORM BY FOUR
NEW ENGLAND WOMEN
ARTISTS.” Farmington Valley
Arts Center, 25 Arts Center
Lane, Avone. ArtsFVAC.org,
(860) 678-1867.
JULY 14 to AUG. 4
OTHER
BASIC LEVEL 2: APPLIED
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Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. Tunxis Community College,
Route 6 and 177, Farmington.
$145. Tunxis.edu/cephoto, (860)
314-4700.
NOW thru AUG. 26
OTHER
SUNDAY, JULY 15
BRISTOL
JACOB’S JOURNEY. 8:30 a.m.
Motorcycle run, pancake breakfast fund raiser. BPOE 1010,
126 South St., Bristol. (860)
202-9518.
MONDAY, JULY 16
BRISTOL
THE 2012 MAYOR’S CUP
GOLF OUTING. Presented by
the Boys and Girls Club and
Family Center of Bristol. 11
a.m., registration. Lunch 11:30
a.m. Shotgun start, 12:30 p.m.
Award dinner and raffle after
tournament. Scramble format.
Contests and prizes. Chippanee
Golf Club, Marsh Road, Bristol.
Sponsoring opportunities. (860)
583-4734.
JULY 20, AUG. 6
OTHER
JAZZ DANCE BOOT CAMP.
Weekdays 1 to 4:30 p.m. for
five classes. Get in shape. For
ages 12 to adult. Playhouse on
Park, 244 Park Rd., West
Hartford. $200 for one week per
student, $350 for two weeks.
PlayhouseOnPark.org, (860)
523-5900, ext. 10.
Ted Nugent comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena in a bill that includes REO
Speedwagon and Styx on Thursday, July 5.
FOR A CAUSE. Register at
10:30 a.m. Cruise for Clues
Ride at 11:30 p.m. 1 to 5 p.m.,
food raffle, 50/ 50 and music by
Marshall Law. Benefit for the
Shepard Meadows Therapeutic
Riding Center, Inc. Bristol
Swedish Social Club, 38 Barlow
St., Bristol. $20 for riders and
$15 for passengers in advance
if pre-registered at
ShepardMeadowsTR.Org. Add
$5 for passengers day of event.
Non-riders admitted for $15.
(860) 841-9568.
THURSDAY, AUG. 16
BRISTOL
‘GOOD VIBRATIONS.’ Tribute
to the music of the Beach Boys.
St. Stanislaus Travelers Trip.
Aqua Turf, Plantsville. $70 per
person which includes familystyle lunch and the show. Drive
in is on your own. (860) 5895597.
SATURDAY, JULY 21
PLAINVILLE
SATURDAY, AUG. 25
BRISTOL
BALLROOM DANCING. 7:30
to 10:30 p.m. Rockwells Dance
Hall, 161 Woodford Ave.,
Plainville. BYOB, casual dress.
DJ. Beginners welcome. $10
per person. [email protected], (860) 793-9800.
12TH ANNUAL HEATHER
BAILEY/ REED AND STEFANOW OPEN. 11 a.m., shot
gun start. Benefits the Heather
Bailey Memorial Scholarship
Fund. Cedar Knob Golf Course,
Somers. $130, includes 18
holes with cart, closest to pin
contests, lunch, long drive,
roast beef buffet. Fees must be
paid by Aug. 10. Mail to
SATURDAY, JULY 28
BRISTOL
HOGS FOR HORSES. RIDE
HBMSF, PO Box 9008, Bristol,
CT 06011-9008. (860) 5855157.
SUNDAY, AUG. 26
OTHER
NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL
AND PULASKI HIGH
SCHOOL ‘CLASS OF 65 AT
AGE 65’ REUNION. 1 to 8 p.m.
Farmington Club on Town Farm
Road, Farmington. If you know
whereabouts of classmates,
contact
[email protected] , (860)
673-2904 for NBHS or [email protected] or (860)
589-2775 for Pulaski.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7
BRISTOL
BRISTOL HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1948 64TH
REUNION. Noon to 4 p.m.
Chippanee Golf Club, Marsh
Road, Bristol. Rita Kenyon,
(860) 583-8440,
[email protected]
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22
OTHER
ST. ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL
REUNION. For all graduates
and attendees. 6:30 p.m. to
midnight. Aqua Turf, Plantsville.
(860) 589-0598, Mike Ptasynski
(860) 582-4388.
SATURDAY, OCT. 6
OTHER
CROSBY HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1962 50TH CLASS
REUNION. Watertown Golf
Club. [email protected],
Peter Perkinson (203) 2635126, Theresa Downs Zenni
(203) 262-8853, Joe Bandurski,
(203) 250-8722.
SATURDAY, OCT. 13
PLAINVILLE
AN EVENING OF WONDER,
Wheeler Clinic’s second annual
gala. 6:30 p.m., reception and
silent auction. 7:30 p.m., dinner
and live auction. Dancing follows. Marriott Hartford
Downtown.
Give.WheelerClinic.org/gala.
FRIDAY, NOV. 23
PLAINVILLE
PLAINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1970 CELEBRATES BEING 60. Bella Vista
at Hawk’s Landing Country
Club, Southington.
[email protected]
DEC. 5 to 7
BRISTOL
CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM.
Stay at the Sands Casino
Resort in Bethlehem, Penn.
Moravian Church Christmas
Putz, Moravian Museum,
Christmas 1944 musical and
Christkindlmarkt. $415 per person twin/ double. Two nights at
REFLECTIONS AND UNDERCURRENTS: ERNEST ROTH
AND PRINTMAKING IN
VENICE, 1900-1940. One-hundred prints from American etchers and their Italian counterparts who captured a view of
Venice in the first half of the
20th century. Reception and
lecture on Thursday, May 10
from 5 to 7 p.m. Opening event
is open to the public. RSVP is
required. The Mattatuck
Museum, 144 West Main St.,
Waterbury. (203) 753-0381,
MattatuckMuseum.org
NOW
BRISTOL
BINGO. Fridays. Doors open at
4:30 p.m. First ball called at
6:45 p.m. St. Anthony Church,
111 School St., Bristol.
PLAINVILLE
AMERICAN LEGION POST
NO. 33. Returning veterans are
invited to support this organization. 7 Race Ave., Plainville.
(860) 747-9074.
PLAINVILLE AMERICAN
LEGION POST 33. S.A.L.
Membership Drive. Restrictions
apply. Call Jason (860) 5185130.
OTHER
BINGO. Wednesdays at 4:30
p.m. Bingo starts at 6:50 p.m.
Franco American War Veterans’
Place at 209 Smally Street,
New Britain. (860) 223-9610,
(860) 620-2735.
BINGO. Wednesdays 6:50 to
9:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.
Franco American War Veterans
Post 26, St. Jeans Baptiste,
209 Smalley St., New Britain.
Kids’ listings
MONDAY, JULY 2
BRISTOL
PUCKY THE WHALE. From the
Connecticut Whale hockey
team. Come take photographs
and get autographs. Bristol
Public Library, Children’s
Department,, 5 High St., Bristol.
(860) 584-7787, BristolLib.com
THURSDAY, JULY 5
OTHER
TUESDAY, JULY 17
OTHER
CAMPING FUN. 10:30 a.m.
Ages 4 and up. Camping stories, songs, games, crafts, and
treats. Barney Library, 71 Main
St., Farmington. Register. (860)
673-6791.
TWEEN JEWELRY MAKING. 3
p.m. on Thursdays. Make earrings on June 28 and a button
bracelet on July 17. Ages 8 and
up. Farmington Library, 6
Monteith Dr., Farmington.
Register. (860) 693-6791.
FarmingtonLibraries.org
NOW thru JULY 23
OTHER
STARRY NIGHT ARTS.
Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Learn
about the lives of famous artists
and do artwork influenced by
their point of view. Ages 7 to
10. Farmington Library, 6
Monteith Dr., Farmington.
Register. (860) 693-6791.
FarmingtonLibraries.org
EXHIBIT. Connecticut Science
Center, downtown Hartford.
Admission free with general
admission of museum membership. CTScienceCenter.org
NOW thru SEPT. 2
OTHER
DINOSAURS UNEARTHED
Support groups
ONGOING
OTHER
GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A
SUBSTANCE PASSING. A
support group for families or
individuals who had a loved
one die as a result of substance abuse or addiction. The
last Thursday or each month,
6:30 to 8 p.m. Beacon Falls
Congregational Church, 69
Wolfe Ave., Beacon Falls.
[email protected],
[email protected], (203)
231-6705, (203) 305-98-9. Preregistration required.
Grasphelp.org.
BRISTOL
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
GROUP. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on
the second and fourth Saturday
of the month. St. Stanislaus
Church, 510 West St., Bristol in
the Bartlewski Center. No registration necessary. (860) 5823652.
OVEREATER’S ANONYMOUS
SUPPORT GROUP. 11 a.m. to
noon every Saturday. Bristol
Hospital Small Dining Room,
Brewster Road, Bristol. (203)
755-8922.
LIBERTY BAPTIST MOTHERS
OF PRESCHOOLERS. First
and third Tuesday at each
month at 6:30 p.m. from
September to May. Childcare
and dinner provided. Liberty
Baptist Church, 265 Maple
Ave., Bristol. Annemarie
Omilian, (860) 589-0739,
[email protected]
FAMILY PROGRAM FOR
CHILDREN A FAMILY MEMBER IN THE MILITARY. 6 to 8
p.m. on the second Thursday.
Facilitated by Helskovran MS
LMFT and Kyoung-Hi Dickson
MA LMFT. Family Therapy
Center, 38 Kelley St., Bristol.
(860) 314-1236, ext. 2
[email protected]
TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS
SENSIBLY) BRISTOL CHAPTER NUMBER 189. 6:15 to
7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Asbury
United Methodist Church, 90
Church Ave., Forestville.
Potential members and visitors
can attend first meeting with no
obligation. (860) 583-5931.
[email protected]
BRISTOL MS SUPPORT
GROUP. 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month.
Bristol Public Library, 5 High
St., Bristol. Wheelchair accessi-
ble, off-street handicapped
accessible. CTFightsMS.org, 1800-FIGHT MS.
AL-ANON MEETING - 7:30
p.m. every Tuesday at Bristol
Baptist Church, 43 School St.,
Bristol. For anyone affected by
someone else’s drinking.
Newcomers welcome. No fee
for attending. 1-888-825-2666
or www.ct-al-anon.org.
36
Above,
Cheyenne
O’Donnell, left, and
Nicole Martin work on
stretching their arms at
AM Fitness.
At
left,
Martin, bottom, and
O’Donnell react as they
feel the stretch.
MIKE CHAIKEN Cheyenne O’Donnell works on a stretching routine at AM Fitness in Plainville.
PHOTOS
Getting real with fitness program
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
The fitness program at
the newly opened AM
Fitness in Plainville is based
in reality.
The program does the
trick for a scholarship pageant representative, such as
Miss Bristol Cheyenne
O’Donnell. It also does the
trick for the average person,
such as O’Donnell’s friend
Nicole Martin, a college student from Bristol.
“It’s functional fitness,”
said Harland of the program
he offers on West Main
Street. “A lot of people go to
the gym and sit on a
machine and do a chest
press or do a pull down. We
don’t do that in real life. So
we try to take activities we
do in real life and then apply
exercise to it to make us
stronger and faster,” said
Harland.
O’Donnell, who is
sponsored
at
Miss
Connecticut by AM Fitness,
said, “I wasn’t sure what we
were going to do (when I
showed up at AM Fitness).
But the first class was
intense… It was just crazy.
(The trainer) was throwing
weights at us and telling us
to do push-ups with medicine balls… Planks for a
minute or longer … It’s four
weeks of intense workouts.
And it’s a week of stretching
and yoga, so you relax.”
The program is structured
like
this,
said
O’Donnell, “To work every
muscle in the body and to
get used to it.”
Harland explained the
stretching and yoga, which
was on O’Donnell’s and
Martin’s agenda for a recent
Tuesday morning, is necessary to allow the muscles to
relax and recover from the
intensity of the previous
workouts.
Even
during
the
stretching and relaxing portion of the work out,
O’Donnell and Martin were
feeling the burn. Working to
stretch their legs from thigh
to toe or to stretch their
arms and chest, O’Donnell
and Martin were surprised
by the intensity of what they
thought would be an easy
day.
MIKE CHAIKEN
Nicole Martin works on some stretches her upper body at a recent session at AM
Fitness in Plainville. Behind her is Cheyenne O’Donnell.
“Four weeks, we work
with every muscle… it’s
awesome,” said O’Donnell.
Martin said she liked
the program at AM Fitness
because she’s seeing results,
unlike previous programs
she has taken. “(At another
gym) I would go on the
treadmill and nothing
would change. But coming
here and to work with a
buddy
(indicating
Cheyenne)…
(I
feel)
stronger. I’m toning up. I
feel better. I have more
energy.”
O’Donnell said, “I love
the results. I love working
out with my best friend
every day, it’s great motivation… You definitely have
more energy. You feel like
you can do anything.”
The buddy aspect of
the program at AM Fitness
is important to its success,
said Harland. “We do it in
groups. It’s more fun…
(Studies
have
shown)
adherence to groups… promotes better results and
better attendance….. You
meet people (in your class)
and feel guilty about blowing them off… That commitment really takes place.”
O’Donnell said the AM
Fitness program was prov-
ing to be helpful for her as
she prepared to compete in
the
Miss
Connecticut
Scholarship Program. (The
finals are at the Garde Arts
Center in New London on
Saturday.) “I definitely feel
more confident (for the
swimsuit
competition
because of her workout regimen at AM Fitness)
because I have more
abs…I’m getting pretty
strong in there (in my core).
And my legs are getting
strong so I’m going to be in
my heels strutting it.”
For the evening gown
competition,
O’Donnell
also was feeling in the zone.
“My arms will look nice in it
and my arms won’t look
flabby and I’ll definitely feel
more confident walking on
stage.”
AM Fitness is at 125
West Main St., Plainville. For
more information, call (860)
846-0266, or go to amfitnessplainville.com
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com.
37
Stellar pitching propel Greeners past Wolcott
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL – When the
Bristol Greeners “secret”
combination is working on
the field, the locals are a
tough out.
Tri-state
League
But truly, it’s no secret
when Bristol’s stellar pitching and defense are on full
display and a win is sure to
follow.
And behind an outstanding effort from Bristol
pitcher Justin Tacinelli and a
smothering defensive effort
by the entire squad, the
Greeners picked up victory
number eight.
On Wednesday, June 20,
the Greeners defeated
Wolcott 2-0 in a Tri-City
League game from Muzzy
Field in Bristol in the second contest of a doubleheader.
Defense was the calling
card for the Greeners and
when Wolcott threatened,
the home team came up
with some big plays.
Bristol’s Dan Rosa was
the face of that defense even
after he committed a big
error to start the sixth frame
of a 0-0 game.
The Scrappers’ Ryan
Sacey hit a sharp grounder
to Rosa at third but Rosa
threw the ball over the first
base bag as Wolcott had a
runner on second with no
outs.
After a fly out to centerfield by Erik Sehnal, Sacey
moved to third base and
Rosa had to make two big
defensive plays to keep that
runner from scoring.
The next two balls
came to Rosa and the veteran made one easy play and
the final grounder – which
he ended up diving on to
stop – signaled the end of
the inning as Wolcott could
not score a run.
Tacinelli simply did not
allow a runner to score and
Bristol hit for two runs in
the bottom of the sixth to
take the lead for good.
“That’s the league…it’s
pitching and defense,” said
Bristol
coach
Shawn
Mirmina. “Our defense was-
BRISTOL GREENERS 2, WOLCOTT 0
from Muzzy Field, Bristol
Wolcott Scrappers (5-4)
000 000 0 – 0 5 1
Bristol Greeners (8-3)000 002 x – 2 6 2
Wolcott: Zach Sehnal and Jason Miller; Bristol: Justin Tacinelli and
Steve Julius.
WP: Justin Tacinelli (3-0); LP: Zach Sehnal.
2B: Dave Casanova (B).
LOB: Wolcott 8; Bristol 5.
Records: Bristol 8-3; Wolcott 5-4.
n’t as sharp as the past few
games but we stuck around
in the game and pulled out
a victory to split (the doubleheader).”
The hit of the game was
drilled by Bristol’s John
Pastyrnak as, with the bases
loaded, he smashed a single
up the middle to score two
runs and give the Greeners
its final margin of victory at
2-0.
But outside of a couple
glimmers of offense, it was
the pitching and defense
that held the fort.
Tacinelli pitched his
second complete game of
the season and allowed only
five hits while posting three
strikeouts.
Over the first four
frames,
Tacinelli
only
allowed two hits and when
Wolcott finally put together
back-to-back hits in the sev-
enth inning, it was much
too late to make a comeback.
“Every game Tacinelli
pitches, we go into it thinking we’re going to win,” said
Mirmina.
With the win, Tacinelli
moved to a stellar 3-0 on the
season
while
Dave
Casanova was a force at the
plate and went 2-for-3 with
a double.
“Casanova is hitting
over .500 for us,” said
Mirmina. “He tracks down
every
ball
in
the
outfield…no ball gets by
him.”
Bristol’s offense stalled
for most of the early parts of
the game as Jimmy Hahn
and Casanova were the only
batters to get hits off of
Wolcott
pitcher
Zack
Sehnal.
In his six innings of
work, Sehnal yielded only
six hits while posting seven
strikeouts.
While Bristol’s offense
finally woke up in the sixth
frame of the contest, the
Greeners did enough –
including Casanova robbing
Jay Miller of a base-hit when
his ball sailed into the outfield – defensively to keep
Wolcott’s offense silent.
During that huge play,
Casanova snatched the ball
up that was rolled into centerfield, controlled it and
flung it to second base to get
the lead runner – Sehnal –
out and earn a big assist
from the outfield.
“We make some routine plays and we make
some plays we shouldn’t
even make,” said Mirmina.
“Our defense is what keeps
us in games and our pitching is what keeps us in
games.”
Sam Iverson’s picked
two hits for the Scrappers
while Erik Sehnal and Ryan
Andrade each collected a hit
in the losing effort.
The bottom of the sixth
is when all the action happened and it all went in the
favor of the club from
Bristol.
Rosa started the fateful
sixth with a single to center
and off a well executed sacrifice bunt by Austin
Howard, a runner was in
scoring position.
From
there,
Tim
Georgen
walked
and
Casanova drilled a shot up
the middle to load up the
bases.
Pastyrnak drilled his
shot to center as Rosa and
Georgen crossed the plate
and Bristol led 2-0.
With one out in the seventh, Wolcott put together
one last ditch run of backto-back singles but off a flyball out by Adam LaCapra
and a strikeout of Mike
Vaccare, Bristol came away
with a big 2-0 win.
With the victory, the
Greeners moved to 8-3 on
the season while Wolcott fell
to 5-3.
“To be 8-3 and to not
have the bats really going
yet, it’s not a bad situation
to be in,” said Mirmina.
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Threshers solve pitching to quiet Greeners
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL – When it
comes to successful pitchers of the Tri-State Baseball
League, the Bristol Greeners
certainly have a couple of
aces on its squad.
Tri-state
League
But when you can get to
one of those studs and drop
a loss on one of their top
throwers, consider yourself
– and your team – lucky.
And Thomaston considered itself extremely
lucky on Wednesday, June
20 as the Threshers snuck
past the Bristol Greeners 6-3
in league affair from Muzzy
Field in Bristol.
Bristol’s Geoff Pierce
absorbed a tough loss on
the mound, battling the
near 100 degree temperatures on the field, but did
enough for his squad early
on to keep his team in it.
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With the loss, Pierce fell
to 1-1 on the campaign
while he gave up eight hits
and five walks.
He struck out three
while hanging in as a big
first inning error allowed
two early runs to score as
Bristol faced a 3-0 deficit
only after a half-inning into
things.
With a three-run lead
already in hand, Thomaston
pitcher Kenny Martinik was
sharp from start to finish.
He went all seven
innings, giving up just seven
hits while striking out four.
The Threshers’ Will
Sirotnik went 3-for-4 with
three RBI while scoring a
run while Andy Romano
added two hits and scored
twice for the visitors.
Even as Thomaston led
from wire to wire, Bristol
hardly quit and, in fact, had
the tying run at the plate
twice during the seventh
and final stanza of play.
“We weren’t sharp at
all,” said Bristol coach
Shawn Mirmina, “but we
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Records: Bristol 7-3; Thomaston 2-7.
were still in the game (and)
had a chance to win in the
end. It wasn’t our cleanest
game. We’re still struggling
offensively a little bit.”
Dave Casanova, showing the speed and ability
both the Bristol Eastern and
Bristol
Legion
teams
enjoyed over the past years,
went 3-for-3 at the plate to
go along with two stolen
bases while Marco Ross
came away with two hits
and two runs scored.
Nick Palmisano and
Jimmy Hahn also tallied hits
for the Greeners.
Bristol left 10 runners
on in the game while during
the first inning, Thomaston
went right to work.
With
one
out,
Thomaston put together
two straight hits and off a
batter hit by a pitch from
Pierce, the bases were
quickly loaded.
From there, Thomas
Collins drilled a shot right to
first base for a quick out and
a quick throw was made to
home to retire the advancing runner.
But the throw to the
plate went well over the
head of Bristol catcher
Mitch Wells as two runners
scored and the contest
became a 2-0 affair.
Scott Belliveau scored
the third run of the frame
via wild pitch as the visitors
scooped up a 3-0 tilt early.
Thomaston
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wouldn’t last.
In the third frame,
Hahn and Ross hit back-toback singles and a Bristol
rally commenced.
Tim Georgen drove in
the Greeners first run via an
RBI groundout and with the
bases loaded, Rosa forced in
Ross via a walk as the deficit
was cut to 4-2.
But over the next
inning, one hit netted the
Threshers a big insurance
runs.
With the bases loaded
and one out, Sirtnik
smashed a double to drive
in two runs and Thomaston
made it a 6-2 game after
four.
Pierce left the contest
for Mitch Buonafede as the
reliever pitched three strong
innings and allowed only
one hit while striking out
two.
Bristol had chances to
add a run in the fifth and
sixth stanzas but failed to do
so.
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changed the outcome of the
game with a big finish.
Ross led off the final
frame with a single and one
out
later,
Casanova
smashed a shot to right for
another base hit.
Georgen walked to load
things up and Mitch Wells at
the plate represented the
tying run in the game.
Wells grounded out to
the shortstop but Ross
scored to make it a 6-3 contest.
But Ross flew out to
center to end the game as
Thomaston held on to win
by three.
With
the
victory,
Thomaston moved to 2-7
while Bristol fell to 7-3.
“(Thomaston’s) record
wasn’t great but that’s the
Tri-State League,” said
Mirmina. “Any team can win
on any given day. Whoever
comes out and plays better
baseball is going to win that
day.”
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Bristol’s Tyler Bush makes Winsted pay
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
WINSTED – When you
do your homework against
the Bristol Legion senior
baseball team, you pick up
Tyler Bush pretty quickly.
American
Legion
You learn that he’s a
load at the plate and you
have to tread pretty lightly
when attempting to deal
with him.
But if you don’t do your
homework, Bush will make
you pay the price each and
every time.
And bluntly, the former
Bristol Eastern standout
took Winsted to the cleaners
as Bush missed hitting for
the cycle by only one hit,
leading Bristol to a 7-4 victory over Post 43 from
Walker Field in Winsted on
Tuesday, June 19.
The victory elevated
Bristol to 8-3-1 on the season, 6-4 in Zone 1 play while
Winsted fell to 2-5 in the
zone.
Bush hit for a single,
triple and crammed an
inside-the-park homerun
down the collective throats
of Winsted as he accounted
for an amazing six RBI on
the afternoon.
His triple gave Bristol a
3-0 padding early and in the
final inning, Bush’s smash to
deep centerfield – Walker
Field which does not have a
fence surrounding the outfield and the ball just got
away from everybody –
turned a two-run edge into
a 7-2 cushion.
Put simply, it was a sensational effort by Bush who
always does a little something every game to leave
his imprint.
“The two-out triple by
Bush really changed the
game,” said Bristol coach
Dave Nocera. “Obviously,
the three-run homer in the
seventh was really huge
because it gave us a little bit
of day light. Going into that
seventh inning with a tworun lead was a little bit disconcerting to me, that’s for
sure.”
“Not that I didn’t feel
Brett (Madore) could close
the door, because he could,
it was nice having a five run
lead and (Madore) just (firing) fastballs.”
Credit also belonged to
Post 2 pitcher Kris Fuller
who earned his first starting
assignment of the season.
Fuller, who’s just about
come full circle from microfracture knee surgery, was
solid in his five-plus innings
of work to earn his first victory of the campaign.
In 5.1 innings, Fuller
gave up only five hits, two
earned runs and one walk
while posting five strikeouts
in an impressive starting
debut.
When he needed to,
Fuller made all the big
pitches over the first five
frames before tiring in the
BRISTOL 7, WINSTED 4
from Walker Field, Winsted
Bristol (6-3)
003 100 3 – 7 8 0
Winsted (2-5)
000 002 2 – 4 10 6
Bristol: Kris Fuller, Brett Madore (6) & Connor Fitzsimons, T.J.
Wyrebek (6); Winsted: Connor Guilteen, John Lippincoit (7) & Ryan
Esippi.
WP: Kris Fuller (1-0); LP: Connor Guilteen.
Double: Connor Hayes (B).
Triple: Tyler Bush (B).
Homerun: Tyler Bush (B).
SAC: Connor Hayes (B).
LOB: Bristol 5; Winsted 8.
Records: Bristol 8-3-1 overall, 6-4 Zone 1; Winsted 2-5 Zone 1.
middle of the sixth stanza.
“He had a nice start
today,” said Nocera of
Fuller. “He pitched extremely well. It was only the second time he’s pitched since
he had his knee surgery. He’s
just getting back to where
he was last summer when
he pitched so well for the
junior legion team.”
From
there,
Brett
Madore picked up the save
in relief as he held the fort
and did not let Winsted put
the tying runner on base.
But Post 43 did challenge Bristol and even down
to its last out in the game,
Winsted put itself in position to make some things
happen.
“They
are
well
coached,” said Nocera of
Winsted. “They fight hard.
They fought to the very end.
Early in the ball game, I was
worried. We had a couple
opportunities. We didn’t
cash in. We did look like we
were seeing the ball well
against that lefty (Connor
Guilteen).”
“Any time you face a
soft throwing lefty, they’re
always problems.”
Bristol’s defense was
also superb throughout as
the visiting squad weren’t
given any extra chances in
the encounter.
“Our defense played
exceptionally well today,
which was important,” said
Nocera. “It was a good allaround win for us.”
Winsted loaded the
bases three times during the
game but Post 2 came up
with all the big plays as, in
the third frame with the
bases juiced, Bristol ended
the inning with a huge 6-4-3
double play to keep the
home team off the board.
Six errors didn’t help
Winsted’s cause and when
runners got onboard, players like Bush brought them
home.
In a scoreless game
going into the third, Jake
Martel reached base via
error,
Connor
Hayes
smashed a double to right
field and Matt Blandino
walked to load things up for
Bush.
Bush unloaded a twoout triple to the gap in right-
center as he cleared the
bases and propelled Bristol
to a quick 3-0 push.
In the fourth stanza,
crafty Kyle Dube singled to
start the inning, moved to
second base via an error
and eventually scored off a
hit and error by Joe Randall
as the visitors edged in front
4-0.
Winsted,
hanging
around, added two runs in
the bottom of the sixth off a
two-RBI single by Drew
McCarthy as Post 43 closed
the deficit to 4-2 with one
stanza remaining.
That’s when Bush executed the hit of the game.
Hayes had reached
base off an error and with
two outs, Blandino once
again walked to set up runners on first and second
with Bush coming to the
plate.
Off a 2-0 count, the
slugger railed a shot to center that easily went over the
fielder’s head and rolled
into the wooded area past
the area of play.
Off the shot, all three
base runners touched home
plate to help Bristol secure a
7-2 tilt with Post 43 down to
its final three outs.
“It was one of the best
performances I think I’ve
ever seen in legion baseball,” said Nocera of Bush’s
day at the plate. “And it
couldn’t come at a more
opportune time because we
really needed those hits. He
clearly did a nice job today
and propelled us to victory.”
Madore posted a strikeout and a groundout to get
two quick putouts in the
bottom of the seventh but
yielded four straight hits –
leading to two runs – as
Winsted was down only 7-4
with two on and Austin
Brochu at the plate representing the tying run.
But Madore shutdown
Brochu via strikeout – his
third and final of the game –
as Bristol grabbed an
important three-run win on
the road.
“They got a few hits, a
few bleeders that went
through, and they got a couple nice hits but at the end
of the day, Brett got the job
done,” said Nocera of
Madore. “He got the strikeout he needed to get at the
right time. We also had Tyler
Cyr warming up in the
bullpen just in case to close
deal, but I had all the confidence in the world that
Brett was going to get the
job done.”
“It’s a good win for us.”
NOTES…Hayes
and
Blandino scored two runs
apiece for Bristol while
Randall had two hits in the
game…Post 2 was aggressive on the base-paths and,
to Winsted’s credit, the
home team tagged two runners out at the plate during
the game.
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non-existent
cash,
he
chipped in to help fund the
Clemens case. How did that
turn out again?
Topic: The Miami Heat
won the 2011-12 NBA Finals
to propel Lebron James to
his first ever championship.
Conclusion: Who cares
about “King” James and
company? It makes Boston’s
epic seven-game loss to the
Heat even move hurtful. The
Celtics had to win just one
more game to knock Miami
out of the playoffs, leading
three games to two in the
best-of-seven series. But
Boston fell in its final two
playoff games and from
there, Miami defeated
Oklahoma City 4-1. The way
OKC played in the Finals, I
think Boston would have
gotten a championship and
Banner 18. If only…if only…
Topic: Long time Bristol
Eastern High School coach
Chris D’Amato stepped
down from his post as the
mentor of the softball team
at the completion of the
2012 campaign.
Conclusion: It’s a pretty
big loss for the Lancers but
D’Amato made a commitment to his family and it
was just the right time for
him to make a change. Who
knows who will take the
reins in 2013 but just keep a
“Red” eye on the situation.
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Fast Break Over Bristol
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
With the summer season upon us, it’s once again
time for another edition of
“Fast Break Over Bristol”.
Opinion
Once again, the world
of sports is abuzz with all
sorts of happenings and
some of these events certainly caught my eyes over
the past couple of weeks.
So, let’s jump right into
it but be careful…you never
know what to expect.
Topic: Last week, a jury
convicted former Penn
State assistant football
coach Jerry Sandusky on 45
of 48 counts of sexual abuse
on a child.
Conclusion: Let’s sum
it up with this: Nah,
nah…nah,
nah,
nah,
nah…Hey,
hey,
hey:
Goodbye! In all seriousness,
everyone is a loser in this
situation except for the legal
system. In this case, the
guilty gets punished and we
will NEVER see that monster do anything like that
again. And unlike the O.J.
Simpson trial (Those gloves
fit him just fine…), it didn’t
become a farce with all sorts
of legal experts, exceptions,
and swerve tactics. The jury
got it right.
Topic: Bristol’s historic
Terry house is ‘toast’ as it
was recently revealed that it
cannot be saved and will
probably get knocked down.
Conclusion: What a
joke…are you kidding me?
We’re going to destroy
ANOTHER historic Bristol
home? We all saw “our
friends”
at
Lake
Compounce destroy the
Norton house for another
maintenance shed (or whatever) and no one stepped in
to save it. Can’t somebody
do something about this?
It’s a piece of town history
and we moved it for
ANOTHER
CVS
and
ANOTHER gosh darn bank.
How many pills and how
much banking does this
town do anyways?
Topic: Former Red Sox
and Yankees pitching great
Roger Clemens was acquitted of all charges in federal
perjury trial off of that
whole steroid mess.
Conclusion: How was
one of the greatest pitchers
of all time going to be found
guilty to begin with? Heck,
just looking at the guy, it
looks like he could still
throw seven or eight
innings. But wasn’t this a
slam dunk case for the government? Why would they
go after Clemens if there
was going to be any doubt?
Who paid for this trial anyways? Oh that’s right, the
taxpayers did. I, in fact,
heard after Governor Malloy
gave “Jackson Labs” a big
bucket of Connecticut’s
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Legion: Starting slow at gate
From page 40
had to do a little experimenting early in the season. But I know as soon as we find our niche,
we’re going to be in good shape.”
2012 Bristol Legion Senior Roster
No.
Name
2
Brett Madore
4
Pat Raymond
5
Connor Hayes
6
Tim Jalbert
7
Connor Fitzsimons
8
Tyler Cyr
9
Matt Blandino
10
Matt Bossi
11
TJ Wyrebek
12
Tyler Bush
13
Mitch Guilmette
14
Kyle Dube
15
Kris Fuller
16
Ryan Chiasson
17
Nick Plachno
18
Kyle Kolakoski
21
Eric Roman
24
Jake Martel
25
Reid Roberge
School
Xavier HS
St. Paul
BCHS
St. Paul
BEHS
CCSU
BCHS
BCHS
BCHS
BEHS
BCHS
St. Paul
BEHS
BEHS
BEHS
BCHS
BCHS
BCHS
RPI
Bristol Legion Baseball Scores
Date
Friday, June 8
Friday, June 8
Sunday, June 10
Sunday, June 10
Wednesday, June 13
Wednesday, June 13
Saturday, June 16
Saturday, June 16
Sunday, June 17
Sunday, June 17
Monday, June 18
Tuesday, June 19
Opponent
vs. Branford
vs. New Milford
at Southington
at Southington
vs. Cumberland, RI
vs. Terryville
at Torrington
vs. Winsted
vs. Burlington
vs. Burlington
vs. Simsbury
at Winsted
Position
hortstop
Outfield
Second base
Outfield
Catcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Outfield
3B/Catcher
Centerfield/P
3B/Outfield
Infielder
P/First base
P/Outfield
3B/Outfield
Pitcher
First base
Leftfielder
DH/1B/P
Score/Result
13-4, W
4-2, W
2-1, W
0-2, L
2-2, T
7-1, W
4-0, W
0-7, L
8-1, W
2-3, L
4-0, W
7-4, W
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Shut out win for Greeners
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL – The Bristol
Greeners have been on
quite a run over its first
nine games of the 2012
Connecticut
Tri-State
Baseball League campaign.
And in a contest
against
always
tough
Amenia, the Greeners
picked up another big win
in a matinee affair.
The Greeners defeated
the Monarchs 6-3 from
Bristol Central on Sunday,
June 17 to move to 7-2 on
the season.
And, as usual, there
was another stellar effort
from one of Bristol’s outstanding pitching staff.
Behind the combination of a strong pitching
performance from Mat
Niedzwiecki and a seasonhigh 14 hits, the Greeners
took a nine-inning affair
from Amenia.
In all, Niedzwiecki
allowed one run over seven
BRISTOL GREENERS 6, AMENIA MONARCHS 3
from Bristol Central High School, Bristol
Amenia (4-4)
000 010 002 – 3 6 4
Bristol (7-2)
102 111 00x – 6 14 2
Amenia: Travis Hyatt & Tom Moore; Bristol: Mat Niedzwiecki & Steve
Julius.
WP: Mat Niedzwiecki; LP: Travis Hyatt.
Records: Bristol (7-2); Amenia (4-4)
innings, surrendered just
three hits while striking out
eight.
With the victory, he
improved his record to 3-1
on the season.
Bristol was led offensively by Dave Casanova as
he was a perfect 4-for-4 at
the plate with a double, two
stolen bases and a walk.
John Pastyrnak, Matt
Godbout, and Steve Julius
each collected a pair of hits
for the Greeners as the
squad scored early and
often to take and keep the
lead from the beginning.
Travis Hyatt took the
loss for Amenia, allowing
six runs – three of those
earned – over six innings of
action.
Ken Shufelt went 2-
for-4 with a double and an
RBI for the Monarchs while
Tom Downey, Tom Moore,
and Josh Wolinski each
added a double for losing
Amenia.
Bristol scored a run in
the first and then added
two additional tallies in the
third to make it a 3-0 game.
Amenia never had a
chance to even things early
and was forced into a game
of catch-up.
It was a contest the
Monarchs were incapable
of coming from behind.
In the fourth through
the sixth frame, the
Greeners padded its lead
with a run every inning and
after six, Bristol’s edge was
6-1 and the visiting club
never recovered.
Simsbury: Bristol’s Legion shuts down Post 84
From page 40
Mitch Guilmette and
Brett Madore each tallied
hits while Jake Martel
smashed out a double to
centerfield during the sixth
inning of play.
Simsbury certainly had
chances but couldn’t do a
thing with two walks, a hit
batsmen, and those seven
hits.
The visitors, outside of
the third frame, were the
kings of the two-out rally
but those drives were simply fool’s gold and accounted for zero runs.
Even as Dube faced six
batters in the first inning –
and a bases-loaded situation – Simsbury stranded
three on base as Post 84
came up empty and the
theme of the game was set.
Bristol scored its run in
the first as Guilmette
stroked a single to left,
advanced to second off a
balk by losing pitcher Mike
Gibbons (5.1 IP, 6 hits, 4
walks, 6 KO’s), and scored
on an RBI tally to left-centerfield by Bush— to give
Post 2 an 1-0 edge after one
stanza.
“That two-out hit by
Bush was huge for us,” said
Nocera. “It really kind of
propelled us.”
Again in the second,
Simsbury put two on with
two outs but the crafty Dube
got Simsbury’s EJ Lavoie out
on strikeouts as Bristol’s 1-0
lead stayed intact.
Again, Post 84 had
chances in the fourth as
Josh Gowdy (2-for-3) and
Jason Byers put together
back-to-back hits with two
outs gone in the frame.
Even as Josh Figueroa
walked to load the bases,
Dube got Lavoie to groundout as the threat was ended
and Bristol continued to
hold its 1-0 edge.
But in the bottom of the
fifth, the momentum of the
game changed for good.
Post 2 scored three
times in the fifth as it took
advantage of three walks
and two errors to soak up a
4-0 cushion.
Connor Hayes and
Guilmette opened the fray
with back-to-back walks
while a picture perfect sacrifice bunt by TJ Wyrebek
advanced the runners and
Bristol had men on second
and third with only one out.
Tyler Bush walked to
load things up and designated hitter Matt Blandino
followed up with a sharp
grounder to second, forcing
in Hayes from third base to
make it 2-0.
But Simsbury – who got
Bush out at second and
attempted to get Blandino
going to first – threw the ball
away all the way down to
the first base fence as
Guilmette scored to post
Bristol to a 3-0 stake.
From there, an RBI single to the gap in center by
Jalbert plated Blandino as
Bristol’s 4-0 push after five
frames was too imposing for
the visitors to handle.
“Jalbert’s rope that he
hit that was huge for him,”
said Nocera. “He’d been
waiting. He had a couple
bad at-bats before that so he
needed to get his confidence back.”
With two outs in the
seventh, Simsbury put two
runners on but off one final
Dube strikeout on Josh
Holihan, Bristol’s shutout
was complete as the home
team wrapped up a 4-0 victory.
“I was very pleased with
the effort today,” said
Nocera. “Even though we
kicked the ball a little bit
today – we made too many
errors – but at the end of the
day, we played a pretty crisp
game.”
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toughest out on the team for
opponents.
With the loss of Joey
Randall on the mound for
St. Paul midway through the
season, Dube had to assume
the top pitching spot and
threw very well for the
Falcons.
On the year, he went 62 on the mound and carried
an impressive ERA of 1.98.
Opponents batted less
than .225 against the chucker while Dube appeared in a
team high 11 games this
season.
At the plate, Dube batted .381 and smashed 32
hits for 20 RBI.
Dube also had 10 doubles and scored 16 runs.
Jalbert, just as he was in
football,
was
All-State
Academic and while he
shined in the classroom, he
was pretty good on the field
as well.
In 24 games, Jalbert carried an impressive average
of.423 and belted out 33
hits.
He tallied 25 RBI,
crossed the plate 17 times,
and added a team best 11
doubles.
Wyrebek and Jalbert
were also named to the
CHSCA All-Star team for
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•Greeners shut out Amenia...page 39
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•Threshers top Greeners...page 37
Our Athletes
Offense not as potent,
but Legion can still win
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL – Maybe the
Bristol Legion baseball
team won’t be an offensive
machine this season but as
long as the squad puts the
ball into play this year,
good things are bound to
happen.
And in Post 2’s Zone 1
showdown with Simsbury
from Muzzy Field in Bristol
on Monday, June 18,
Bristol forced the visiting
club to make tough plays
on the ball.
That’s where Simsbury
paid the price as Bristol
tallied six hits and took
advantage of four errors as
Post 2 picked up an important 4-0 Zone 1 victory.
The win moved the
squad to 7-3-1 overall and
5-4 in Zone 1 action.
Bristol has now won
four out of its last six
games.
Post 2 took the lead in
the game for good off an
RBI single by Tyler Bush in
the first frame while in the
fifth, the home team
scored three times and was
aided by two Simsbury
miscues.
“We had productive
at-bats today,” said Bristol
coach Dave Nocera. “We
put the ball in play, cut
down on the strikeouts,
squared up on a lot of balls
today, which was nice.”
It was all Bristol pitching sensation Kyle Dube
needed on the day as the
standout collected the victory via 10 strikeouts and
yielded just seven hits in
his shutout effort.
Dube showed composure throughout the game
and when he needed to
deliver a big pitch, he did
so in grand fashion.
“I loved the job Dube
did especially early when
he had to wiggle himself
out of trouble,” said
Nocera. “He made some
good pitches at the right
time. He then settled down
and got stronger as the
game went on.”
Simsbury managed
those seven hits but none
of them were timely and
when it counted most, Post
84 stranded 11 runners on
base.
Put simply, the big hit
by the visitors simply
never materialized.
Bush was clutch on
the day for Bristol, going 2for-2— drawing a walk,
while Timmy Jalbert posted an RBI single to lead the
home squad.
See SIMSBURY,
page 39
BRISTOL 4, SIMSBURY 0
Simsbury (5-4)
000 000 0 – 0 7 4
Bristol (5-3)
100 030 x – 4 6 2
Simsbury: Mike Gibbons, Hank Tobin (6) & Andrew Girard; Bristol: Kyle
Dube & Connor Fitzsimons.
WP: Kyle Dube (1-1); LP: Mike Gibbons.
Doubles: Tyler Bush (B), Jake Martel (B).
SAC: TJ Wyrebek (B).
LOB: Simsbury 11; Bristol 7.
Records: Bristol 7-3-1 overall, 5-3 Zone 1; Simsbury 5-4 Zone 1.
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Bristol baseball players who received post-season awards: T.J. Wyrebek, left, Tim Jalbert, Kyle Dube, and Matt
Blandino.
Local baseball players receive honors
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL – With the
completion of the 2012
scholastic baseball season,
several postseason awards
have been handed out over
the past couple weeks.
Baseball
And, of course, after the
seasons that both Bristol
Central and St. Paul had,
each squad had players earn
postseason recognition.
Central’s Matt Blandino
and T.J. Wyrebek made the
Connecticut high school
Coaches’ Association 2012
Class LL All-State team
while St. Paul’s Kyle Dube
was named to the Class S
squad.
Along with St. Paul’s
Tim Jalbert – who was
named All-State Academic –
the locals were certainly
well-represented on those
prestigious squads.
Blandino was an assassin on the mound the year
as the junior did not register
a loss and went a blazing 90 on the season with a
ridiculous 0.49 ERA.
He no-hit Maloney this
season from Muzzy Field
and batted a healthy .344 to
go along 22 hits and nine
RBI.
Wyrebek was another
top hitter on Central’s squad
with an impressive .333 batting average and smashed
out 21 hits.
He had 17 RBI, struck
out only three times all season long, and was the
See HONORS,
page 39
Bristol Legion expected to be playing better by now
By MICHAEL LETENDRE
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL – The Bristol
Senior Legion baseball team
has only lost three of its first
12 games to start its 2012
campaign.
And for the ultra competitive club, the team
expected a little better start
out of the gate.
Post 2 has faced some
of the usual beginning of
the season distractions as a
rain out or two, all star
games and other nonscheduled events have led
to a couple problems in
terms of consistency.
“We’re off to a slow start
offensively,” said Bristol
coach Dave Nocera. “For the
talent that we have, we
haven’t put the hits together. I’m not totally surprised.
They’re a lot of distractions
early in the season. Going
back and forth between
graduation, banquets, and
all-star games, it’s tough to
get focused.”
“But all that stuff is
behind us now and I think
we’re ready to go on a run.”
Getting all the players
on the same page on this
hugely talented team is the
key and while some players
are still trying to put a string
of good at bats together or
simply get into a summer
groove, Nocera understands
that once this group gains a
little confidence, the Bristol
squad should quickly take
off.
“This game is all about
confidence,” said Nocera. “I
don’t care how good you are.
You struggle a little bit, you
get off to a slow start, it
starts to get in your head
and before you know it,
you’re in a slump. But these
kids, we keep telling them,
‘Don’t worry about it, things
will come along nicely.’”
But a couple players are
already in midseason form
and those athletes have
been big producers from
the start.
Tyler Bush has been
doing a little of everything
for Bristol on a nightly basis
and against Simsbury and
Winsted last week, the centerfielder collected a combined five hits and seven
RBI.
It’s that kind of offensive production that Nocera
and the team craves.
And then there are the
efforts of pitchers like Kris
Fuller – who picked up his
first ever Senior Legion victory during a 7-4 win over
Winsted on Tuesday, June
19.
He threw five strong
innings and kept Post 43 offbalanced for most of the
contest.
“I liked what he did
(against Winsted),” said
Nocera of Fuller. “I think he
can throw the ball better. I
think he’ll get stronger. He’ll
get a little more crisper with
his pitches. That was a nice
start.”
“He beat a good team.”
At 8-3-1 as of June 19,
it’s only the tip of the ice-
berg for Post 2.
Getting that everyday
line-up together has been a
challenge for Nocera as well
because the squad is deep
and talented.
But once that pattern is
laid down and set, expect
Bristol to be much more
consistent both in the field
and at the plate.
“I told the kids it was
my fault we’re off to a slow
start,” said Nocera. “I
haven’t pushed the right
buttons. I haven’t figured
out exactly what line-up I
want to have out there yet. I
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