Planting pinwheels for peace

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Thursday
September 24, 2015
in the press
Lori Budnick
given annual
Build No
Fences Award
Lori Budnick was lauded as a
person with a contagious passion for nonprofit work when
she was awarded this year’s
Build No Fences Award. The
honor was announced during
the 29th annual Breakfast on
the Bridge. The event, held
by the Bridge Family Center,
serves as a kickoff to the new
school year each fall. PAGE 7
Planting
pinwheels
for peace
Photo by Alison Jalbert
A Sept. 21 celebration of the International Day of Peace at Charter Oak International Academy concluded with students “planting” colorful pinwheels
on the playground. They created the pinwheels in art class, decorating them with words and pictures that express their thoughts on peace. See more
on page 5.
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Dance Company explores ‘The Odyssey’
Celebrating its 25th
anniversary season, Sonia
Plumb Dance Company
will premiere “The Odyssey: An Epic Dance Journey” Oct. 2-4, at the Carol
Autorino Center at the
University of Saint Joseph,
1678 Asylum Ave. “The Odyssey: An Epic Dance Journey” is a multimedia feast
Patrice Fitzgerald and Richard Leslie
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Concert held in honor
of Marian Andersen
The Musical Club of
Hartford continues the celebration of its 125th anniversary year Thursday, Oct.
1 at 10 a.m., with a concert
in the sanctuary of the
Westminster Presbyterian
Church, 2080 Boulevard,
West Hartford. The second
of this year’s programs performed by members of the
club will commemorate the
concert given by Marian
Andersen at the Bushnell
Memorial Hall May 6, 1937.
Her program included
music by Handel, Verdi and
Sibelius, as well as a selection of Negro spirituals. On
Oct. 1, Patrice Fitzgerald,
mezzo-soprano, will sing
Schubert’s “Der Tod und
das Mädchen,” one of the
pieces that Andersen performed in Hartford in 1937.
The program will also
include a variety of piano
and vocal music, beginning
with Mo Tian playing the
first movement of Ravel’s
“Gaspard de la Nuit” from
“Ondine.” He will also ac-
2015
company Fitzgerald and
her husband, baritone Richard Leslie, on duets from
Brahms and Schubert, as
well as Schubert’s “Der Atlas.” In addition, Bridget
Gilchrist, flute, will perform
Eric Ewazen’s Sonata No. 1
for Flute and Piano, with
Linda MacGougan, piano.
And then there will be jazz.
Walter Gwardyak will
accompany Fitzgerald and
Leslie on pieces ranging
from “Blues in the Night,”
with Leslie on trumpet,
and “Orange-Colored Sky”
to “All the Things You Are.”
Gwardyak will finish with
solo piano renditions of
“Body and Soul” and “There
Is No Greater Love.”
At the end of the program, the audience will be
invited to sing “My Country
‘Tis of Thee” in honor of Andersen’s famed concert in
front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939. Admission to
the event is free to members
of the Musical Club and $5
for the general public.
for the senses – with dance,
masks and costumes, lighting and scenic effects, underwater video projections
and original music.
One hour before the
start of each dance performance, audience members
can attend a 30-minute
“Prep Talk,” which is held in
the second-floor reception
room of the Carol Autorino Center. These pre-show
lectures about “The Odyssey” are led by Dr. James
Shivers, Ph.D. from Hall
High School and are designed to bring audience
members up to speed on
Homer’s epic poem. Performances will be Friday, Oct.
2 and Saturday, Oct.3 at
7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct.
4 at 3 p.m.
Tickets are available at
the University of Saint Joseph box office at 860-2315555, in person at the door,
or online at USJ.edu/Arts.
Prices are $25 for adults,
$15 for seniors (60 years
old and up) and $10 for
students.
Five-day Schubert music festival at UHart
Beginning Sept. 23, The
Hartt School’s trio-in-residence, the Lion’s Gate
Trio, presents five nights
of
performances
of
some of Austrian composer Franz Schubert’s
best chamber music for
strings, winds, and voice
on the campus of the University of Hartford, 200
Bloomfield Ave. Concerts
will be held through Sunday, Sept. 27 beginning at
7:30 p.m. at Hartt’s Millard
Auditorium.
Performers include
the Lions Gate Trio (Katie Lansdale, violin;
Darrett Adkins, cello;
Florence Millet, piano);
string faculty Emlyn Ngai,
Melinda Daetsch, and
the Hartt String Quartet
(Anton Miller, Katherine Winterstein, violins;
Rita Porfiris, viola; Mihai Tetel, cello); piano
faculty Luis da Moura
Castro, Margreet Francis
and David Westfall; vocal faculty Robert Barefield and Cherie Caluda;
wind and brass faculty
David Wakefield, Ayako
Oshima and Janet Arms,
and Hartt alum and tenor
vocalist Jorge Prego.
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‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ marks
beginning of Playhouse season seven
The Levins will perform with Brother Sun at The Sounding Board Sept. 26.
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Brother Sun with The Levins at Sounding Board
Brother Sun with The
Levins will be at The Sounding Board Saturday, Sept.
26 at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50
Bloomfield Ave. Individually, Greg Greenway, Pat
Wictor and Joe Jencks have
made their mark as veteran touring singer-songwriters, but Brother Sun is
no songwriter’s round. The
trio’s harmonies, as much
as their lyrics, tell what
they are about: warm as a
campfire, stirring as a gospel church, rousing as a call
to arms. Brother Sun fuses
folk, Americana, blues, pop,
jazz, rock and a cappella
singing in an explosion of
musical diversity and harmony, in the finest of male
singing traditions. After four
years of nationwide touring
and performances marked
by outstanding songwriting,
ethereal harmonies, off-thecuff humor and standing
ovations, they have released
“Some Part of the Truth,”
a CD that goes a big step
further in revealing Brother Sun not only as singers,
but as complete musicians.
Opening for Brother Sun
will be The Levins (pronounced LeVINNs) who of-
fer harmony-driven acoustic music that is warm and
uplifting without skating
over the complexities of life.
Their albums have garnered
invitations to collaborate
and perform nationally and
in Amsterdam and England.
Their most recent release,
“Trust,” hit the Top 10 on the
Folk DJ charts and continues to connect on a universal level with a lighthearted
depth and a celebration
of our common humanity.
Tickets are $22 general, $20
members, $12 students with
ID, $10 children 12 and under. (860-770-3000)
Connection. Communication. Confidence.
Playhouse on Park,
244 Park Road, will present
Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays
With Morrie” in its Season
Seven Main Stage Series.
Opening night is Friday,
Oct. 2. Adapted for the
stage by Jeffrey Hatcher and
Mitch Albom, “Tuesdays
With Morrie” chronicles the
relationship between a professor and his student over
the span of several years.
Mitch, a successful journalist whose life is dedicated to
his work, reconnects with
Morrie, a former professor
who is facing life with Lou
Gehrig’s disease. Sasha Brätt
returns to Playhouse on
Park to direct this unforgettable autobiographical story. What begins as a visit to
an old friend blossoms into
weekly meetings punctuated with tears and laughter.
While the cast may be small
in number, their conversations encompass
life’s purpose,
marriage, death
and acceptance.
Making their
Playhouse on
Park debuts in
this production
are
Gannon
McHale as Morrie and Chris Richards as
Mitch. “Tuesdays With Morrie” runs Sept. 30-Oct. 18
(previews Sept. 30 and Oct.
1, all seats $15). Tickets are
on sale, ranging from $25$35, all seats reserved. Student and senior discounts
are available. A Tuesday
Playdate Matinee is planned
for Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. with
all seats priced at $22.50.
Additionally, the Playhouse
has begun a corresponding
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Gannon McHale as Morrie
(inset) and Chris Richards
as Mitch
Tuesdays With Morrie book
club, meeting Oct. 6 and 18.
Call the box office or visit
the website to register. With
the beginning of a new season also comes new Playhouse on Park dining partners. Call the box office at
860-523-5900, ext. 10, or visit
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areas including some of
the major farms that put
the town on the map, the
industry that helped West
Hartford become a town,
the architecture that fol-
lowed the suburban expansion, and the cemeteries
where past residents have
been laid to rest. The programs take place Thursday
afternoons Sept. 24, Oct.
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p.m. On Oct. 1, Dave Corrigan, curator at the Muse-
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will delve into Goodwin
Pottery. The course will
meet at the Noah Webster
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Photos by Alison Jalbert
A Charter Oak student finds a spot for her pinwheel along the playground fence.
Students excitedly lift their pinwheels in the air as they spin in the breeze.
Charter Oak community celebrates International Day of Peace
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
“Peace starts with a smile.”
That quote from Mother Theresa of
Calcutta was one shared by a Charter Oak
International Academy student during the
Sept. 21 celebration of the International
Day of Peace.
Established by the United Nations
General Assembly in 1981, every Sept. 21
is dedicated as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and
among all nations and peoples.
As an International Baccalaureate
World School, Principal Juan Melián said
the celebration is an event unique to Charter Oak and is a day for students and families to come together.
Joanna Curry-Sartori, mother of a
first-grader and therapist at the Bridge
Family Center, spoke to the students about
how to achieve inner peace.
“If we want to create peace around us,
we have to create peace within us,” she said.
She led the students through exercises
meant to help achieve inner peace, instructing them to stand firm like a mountain and
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to inhale with their arms up to the sky.
“You’re now a mountain of peace and
peaceful like the sky,” she told them.
Mughda Gurram, a Conard High
School junior, visited Charter Oak to offer
her reflections on peace.
There is not a singular definition of
peace; it is instead something different for
each individual, but can be thought of on a
broader level as what a community seeks to
achieve as a common goal, she said.
It might seem like encouraging peace
is done only through a big gesture, such as a
protest or petition, but that is not the case,
she told the younger students.
“The smallest actions can have the biggest results,” Gurram said. “It’s the little actions that make people feel accepted.”
Some students read inspirational
quotes aloud in both English and Spanish,
while others led the school in reciting the
Peace Pledge.
The celebration concluded with students “planting” colorful pinwheels on the
playground. They created the pinwheels in
art class, decorating them with words and
pictures that express their thoughts on
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Forum
on youth
safety Oct. 1
pARTy in the Park Oct. 8
to benefit the Art League
The West Hartford Art
League will hold its annual
fundraiser Thursday, Oct. 8
at the Pond House in Elizabeth Park.
This annual event
benefits the Art League’s
art education scholarship
fund, as well as its community events and programming.
In addition to food,
there will be a live and silent auction featuring a
variety of items including
a week at a four-bedroom
waterfront home in Hilton Head, small works by
Art League members, four
nights at a two-bedroom
condo on Pawleys Island,
a food and cocktail tasting at Nix’s, a guided bike
trip for 10 with lunch, two
tickets to see the sold out
“Rear Window” with Keven Bacon at the Hartford
Stage, use of a Lexus for
a weekend, Farm to Table
event tickets from Grants
restaurant and much
more.
Honorary chairs for
“pARTy in the Park” are
Sandy and Arnold Chase,
and Matt Fleury, president
and CEO of the Connecticut Science Center, who
will also be the auctioneer
for the event. Irene O’Connell of WFSB will emcee.
Tickets for the event can
be purchased on the West
Hartford Art Leagues website at westhartfordart.
org/fundraisers/ or by
calling the office at 860231-8019.
The West Hartford
Art League is a 501 (c)
3 organization that was
founded in 1934. It offers
year-round classes for students of all ages from beginners to advanced, along
with monthly exhibits of
local and regional artists
in two galleries.
AV O N
RESUME
The Bridge Family
Center and the Hartford
Juvenile Court District
Local Interagency Services Team are hosting
Safeguarding Our Youth,
a forum to be held Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5:30-7:45
p.m. to hear from West
Hartford youth and families about ways the community can keep youth
on positive paths. The ultimate goal is to empower youth to make healthy
and appropriate choices;
however, kids are less experienced and emotionally immature and will occasionally make mistakes.
When mistakes occur, it
is important that systems
provide the interventions
and guidance shown to be
most effective for youth,
families and the community, a press release reads.
The free community event includes dinner,
speakers,
discussions,
and a Q&A session. The
forum will be held in the
West Hartford Town Hall,
Room 400. RSVP by Sept.
28 at conta.cc/1iJSzL3. For
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Living past presidents of The Squires are, front row: Russell Bjorklund, Larry Gloekler, Ken
Hungerford, Hugh Schweitzer, Joseph Forte, Jeffrety Cole; back row: M. Robert Reynholds,
James McGann, Peter Wilcox, Robert Cunningham and Gregory Petrakis
The Squires begin 45th year
The Squires, the West
Hartford-based retired men’s
club, began their 45th year
Friday, Sept. 18 at the Elmwood Senior Center. Formed
in 1970 when Arthur Eagles
sent invitations to men on
the Old Guard’s waiting list
who had expressed interest
in forming a similar group,
the first meeting was held
May 8 of the same year, and
the name West Hartford
Squires was adopted. By
November, more than 100
names were on the roster
with a goal of 200 by year’s
end. Soon, retired men from
other towns in Greater Hartford applied for membership,
and in 2002 the name was
shortened to “The Squires.”
Members celebrated the
anniversary at a luncheon
Friday, Sept. 11 at the American Legion Post 96 in West
Hartford. A highlight of the
event was the recognition of
past presidents, introduced
by immediate past president Russell Bjorklund. Ken
Hungerford honored John C.
Bloomquist, Francis E. King,
M. Robert Reynholds and Irving A. Wilson for 25 years of
service to the group.
Incoming
President
Stuart Schirmer told the
members it is imperative as
Squires to urge friends and
neighbors to become members. “They may be surprised
that a group of men can gather and form lasting friendships,” he said.
The hallmark of the
organization is good fellowship. The major strengths
of The Squires have been
the quality and variety of
the programs for its weekly
meetings and the scope of
its activities. Each meeting
begins with a social hour followed by a business meeting
and a speaker from the public sector, business or education. Members have also
formed affiliated groups to
pursue golfing, bowling and
singing. Trips to various attractions around the state
are scheduled throughout
the year.
The Squires meet each
Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at
the Elmwood Senior Center.
All retired men are invited to
attend.
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Lori Budnick given
Build No Fences Award
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Photos by Abigail Albair
Amy Ni looks at her partner, Annie Lopez-Lopez (left), while the two work on folding what they hoped would
break the Guinness World Record for the largest origami butterfly in March. They recently learned that they are
the new record holders.
Webster Hill sets origami world record
By Abigail Albair
Editor
After months of practice and
preparation, it took patience for
two students to fold what they
hoped would be the world’s largest
origami butterfly, and even more
patience to wait and see if they
broke the record.
It was worth the wait.
It was announced last week
that Guinness World Records has
named Webster Hill Elementary
School of West Hartford as the record holder of the world’s largest
origami butterfly, with its measurements of 4.36 by 3.29 meters.
Last March, now Sedgwick
sixth-graders Annie Lopez-Lopez
and Amy Ni worked, with the help
of math tutor Madelyn Filomeno
and physical education teacher Eileen Shahverdian, to fold a 7.3 meter paper square into a masterpiece
in the Webster Hill gymnasium.
It took 45 minutes, under the
watch of two origami experts, several
witnesses and members of the girls’
Lori Budnick was lauded as
a person with a contagious passion for nonprofit work when
she was awarded this year’s
Build No Fences Award.
The honor was announced
during the 29th annual Breakfast
on the Bridge. The event, held by
the Bridge Family Center, serves
as a kickoff to the new school
year each fall, bringing together education professionals from
the West Hartford public school
district and non-public schools
and other community and civic
leaders for a morning meal at St.
James’ Episcopal Church.
President of the Bridge
Board of Directors Mary Butler
called the event a “joyous occasion” for which the education
community gathers.
The Build No Fences Award
Lori Budnick
receives
her award
Photo by Abigail Albair
“is given annually to an individual who is a true collaborator as
we all work on behalf of children
and families,” Judy Bierly, Bridge
director of community services,
explained before announcing
Budnick as the recipient.
She shared with the crowd
See BUDNICK on page 8
Board of Education hears
review of SBAC results
By Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
Annie Lopez-Lopez, physical education teacher Eileen Shahverdian, Amy
Ni and Webster Hill School math tutor Madelyn Filomeno folded the butterfly in March. Lopez-Lopez and Ni are now Sedgwick students.
families, to complete the butterfly.
Although a misstep along the
way required the students to back
up a few folds and then continue
on, they kept their focus.
When the butterfly was completed, it was measured by certified land surveyors. The entire
process was videotaped and pho-
tographed for submission to the
Guiness World Record Book.
While there are other origami
records, Filomeno and Shahverdian said they chose to attempt
to break the butterfly record –
which was previously just over two
See ORIGAMI on page 8
After years of preparation
for the new Common Core
State Standards curricula and
the ensuing Smarter Balanced
assessments, the results of that
work have been published and
released to the public, but Superintendent Tom Moore hopes that
residents will review these numbers with the knowledge that
they are not the only measure of
a student or school.
“We want the public to understand that we take these seriously,” Moore said at the Sept.
September 24, 2015
15 Board of Education meeting.
“We will be informed by test
scores, but we will not be driven
by test scores. That is not the way
I want to operate.”
According to Moore, when
the state releases the town and
school test scores, it is typically
accompanied with the caveat
that the numbers are meant to
inform districts, not compare
them.
“But then the next sentence
is, this is how you compare to
other districts,” Moore said with
a laugh.
See SBAC on page 8
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BUDNICK
Photo by Abigail Albair
Annie Lopez-Lopez and Amy Ni with their record-breaking butterfly.
ORIGAMI
from page 7
meters – because Webster
Hill Elementary School is
known for its butterfly house
and living courtyard as well
as its annual butterfly release.
The journey to make
it into the record book began two years ago when the
school opened an account
with Guinness and made
a first attempt to beat the
world record for an origami
butterfly. Although they never officially submitted that
first attempt as they learned
their butterfly was not, in
fact, large enough to overtake
the record-holder, they kept
the account open and spent
the last few years building up
to the March folding event,
creating a butterfly twice the
size of the school’s initial try.
Smaller butterflies increasing in size were placed
along the gymnasium floor
where the folding took place,
illustrating the practice the
two students have engaged in
throughout recent months.
The topic of origami was
first raised as a theme for
Family Math Night, an annual event Shahverdian and
Filomeno have hosted for a
decade.
Origami allows students
to learn about angles and
mathematical
equations
while engaging in a fun activity.
“It’s about pulling the
kids into math in other ways,
and this [idea] seemed to
catch,” Shahverdian said
during the March folding.
“They produce something to
be proud of and bring home.
It brings in the other elements of learning.”
Since that first night, an
origami club emerged, with
students giving up their recess time to learn the art.
Shahverdian incorporated origami into her PE lessons as well.
Different teams of folders have worked toward the
record over the last few years;
most recently, Annie and
Amy took the lead.
The record-setting attempt was catalogued in 106
photographs and a video, all
of which was submitted to
Guinness World Records of
London, England, along with
supporting research papers
on the origami folds and the
Kraft paper that was used,
according to a press release.
“Congratulations
to
Webster Hill Elementary
School for this world record,
for changing the way math
can be thought of, but more
importantly, for cultivating
passion, confidence and
self-motivation in our students’ learning,” Superintendent of Schools Tom Moore
said in the release.
Although setting the
record was one goal now
accomplished, the real accomplishment behind the
attempt was the learning, Filomeno said after the folding
was complete in March.
“This wasn’t about winning the record but about
the process,” she said. “We
unleased a natural curiosity.
If I can add anything to their
learning, it’s to get the children excited about learning
on their own.”
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commentary regarding
Budnick from a list of
Bridge Family Center representatives as well as individuals from BlumShapiro, where Budnick is a
CPA and partner.
Budnick has 30 years
of experience in the nonprofit sector, including
previous service on the
Bridge board of directors,
Bierly explained.
Budnick is a the director of BlumShaprio’s
nonprofit services group,
whose experience includes work for community and private foundations, membership and
admission driven organizations, arts and cultural organizations, human
service organizations and
educational institutions.
She is also a partner in
the company’s health care
group, where she oversees
accounting, auditing, tax
and consulting services
for physician practices,
nursing homes, residential care and assisted living facilities and home
care agencies.
She is a frequent
speaker on nonprofit
issues.
Budnick is a member of the firm’s employee
benefit assurance services
group and oversees many
nonprofit 403(b) and
401(k) plan audits.
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During her time on
the Bridge Family Center
board of directors, she
served as the chair of the
finance committee, past
president and treasurer.
Bridge Executive Director Margaret Hann
called Budnick “a treasure
of the Bridge Board of Directors,” Bierly recounted,
and thanked her for being
Hann’s “go-to person” as
she got a handle on the
Bridge finances when she
became executive director
in 1998.
Hann characterized
Budnick as an “exceptional mother, friend, mentor,
role model and community volunteer.”
“She
exemplifies
leadership and passion
and commitment to our
mission,” Martha Rennie,
director of development
for the Bridge said.
“Lori was instrumental in creating the Bridge’s
endowment fund at the
Hartford
Foundation
for Public Giving to help
meet the needs of future
generations of children
and families,” she said.
“She is a charter member
of our Leadership Circle,
donors who make generous multi-year gifts to
support the Bridge. She is
also a member of our legacy society, Builders for the
Future, making a lasting
difference for our kids and
families.”
BlumShapiro’s Melanie Ballestas, a manager
in its nonprofit services
group, said she learned
about fairness, compassion and maintaining a
positive attitude from
Budnick, while BlumShapiro’s Mary Kay Curtiss,
a partner in its nonprofit services group, said of
Budnick, “Her passion
for nonprofits is contagious. It’s clear she saw her
role as more than just an
auditor.”
Curtiss said Budnick “believes she is in
a battle” as a partner to
accomplishing nonprofit
missions to benefit children and families, adding
with regard to the Bridge
mission that she “feels it,
believes it, lives it.”
Budnick’s
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Grant will fund TOD study along
rail line with West Hartford stop
By Abigail Albair
Editor
The state has been
awarded a $700,000 grant
to study transit-oriented development opportunities on
the Hartford rail line, which
will have a stop in West
Hartford.
Gov. Dannel Malloy and
members of Connecticut’s
Congressional delegation
announced last week that
Connecticut was chosen to
receive the funding from the
Federal Transit Administration to look at opportunities
along the 62-mile New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail
corridor.
The grant will be
matched by $200,000 in
state funds.
The funding, awarded
through the United States
Department of Transportation’s Transit-Oriented Development Pilot Planning
Program, will be used to
advance TOD at four new
stations in North Haven,
Newington, West Hartford
and Enfield, as well as two
stations that will be relocated to Windsor and Windsor
Locks, according to a press
release.
“This grant will guide
CTDOT and its partners
toward the implementation of a corridor strategy
for TOD to increase ridership, enhance affordable
housing
opportunities,
create mixed-use development to activate station areas and link people to jobs
through multimodal transportation
connections
along the entire corridor,”
the release explains.
The new line will increase the number of
round-trip trains from six
daily Amtrak intercity and
regional trains to a total of
17 round-trip trains a day to
Hartford, and 12 trains per
day to Springfield.
Funding for initial steps
toward bringing a railroad
station to West Hartford
was approved earlier this
year when the state bond
commission approved $5.75
million to be used to advance design plans and address environmental issues
for new railroad stations on
the Hartford and New Haven lines.
The funding was combined with $4 million in previously approved funding.
The West Hartford station will be across from the
Flatbush Avenue CTfastrak
station.
Mayor Scott Slifka has
long supported the idea
of rail service, specifically
bringing a rail stop to town,
due to the state’s positioning
with regard to major cities
and the number of commuters that live in or may want
to live in West Hartford.
“With the rise of telecommuting, we have more
and more residents who
either have a job that has
migrated to Boston or New
York or have some type
of creative employment
where they only have to go
to the main office on occasion, maybe once or twice a
week,” he said in January.
“[With rail availability], someone can choose to
remain in the home they
have in a community while
working, at least in part, in
another city. They keep their
job but get to maintain the
quality of life in their home
community as well as a lower cost of living.”
The town has been
working to develop transit-oriented development
opportunities for many
months now.
A change to the zoning
code made in 2014 allowed
for mixed-used development in the general business and general industrial
zone, which the mayor has
called “a much more attractive vehicle for investment.”
The town received
funding through a Transit-Oriented Development
Planning Grant to research
potential
improvements
through a complete streets
study of the TOD zone that
is the Flatbush and Elmwood fastrak station area.
The town’s vision for
the future outlined in the
TOD planning grant application is for a more walkable and mixed-use redevelopment of the New Park
Avenue area, including
dedicated walking and bicycle networks from neighborhoods to commercial
and municipal destinations,
programs that support and
encourage alternative transportation modes and land
use decisions that support
smart growth.
Mark McGovern, director of community services,
has explained, “We are looking for more development
that would put feet on the
street.”
SBAC
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In those comparisons, the
schools and district as a
whole are measured against
both the state-wide results
and the District Reference
Group.
The DRG is a classification system of schools
across the state that groups
together schools with students in similar socioeconomic statuses.
West Hartford is listed
in DRG B along with such
towns as Simsbury, Farmington and Avon.
Paul Vicinus, director of
secondary education, said,
“We’re very happy to take a
glance at this and see how
we performed overall. West
Hartford’s performance in
comparison to the DRG is
very comparable.”
For literacy in grades
three through eight, an
average of 55.8 percent of
students in the state met
or exceeded grade level targets, while in West Hartford,
73.3 percent of students in
grades three through eight
met or exceeded targets. In
mathematics at the same
grade level, 40.3 percent of
students in the state met or
exceeded targets, while in
West Hartford 55.8 percent
met or exceeded targets.
In the area of fourthgrade reading, both West
Hartford and DRG B as a
whole averaged 77 percent
of students at or above the
grade level. In fourth-grade
mathematics, DRG B saw
67 percent at or above grade
level, while West Hartford
saw 62 percent.
As this is the first year
with Smarter Balanced testing, Vicinus said the results
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“It is a baseline year for
both mathematics and literacy,” he said. “Next year, we
will have school and district
growth measures to report
on what our progress has
been.”
Through the release
of the test results, Vicinus
said the district will be focusing more attention on
what the state defines as a
High Needs Group, which
includes students with disabilities, English language
learners and students that
are economically disadvantaged. Across Connecticut,
students in the High Needs
Group in grades three
through eight averaged 30.6
percent meeting or exceeding level in literacy and 16.4
percent in mathematics. In
West Hartford, those numbers were 43 percent in literacy and 31 percent in mathematics.
Though the district is
actively working on how to
best address students in this
group, Vicinus said the solu-
tion will not be simple.
“It’s very multifaceted.
[We have] strategies, but
they are not going to fix
them overnight,” he said.
“Our state assessments are
just one piece. ... We want to
identify what information
these results can give us.”
In looking at the overall scores, Vicinus said he is
confident in the work that
the district has been doing
to prepare for the Smarter
Balanced assessments.
Moore said much of
the credit for the test results
goes to the teachers within
the district.
Parents will be receiving detailed score reports
for each of their students,
but Moore says he hopes
those in West Hartford will
try to see beyond the scores
to the work of each individual student.
“No child is a number.
This doesn’t define who they
are,” Moore said. “Nobody’s
score defines what they
can or cannot do, and that’s
something I think we need
to rail against.”
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Every person can play a role in preventing
suicide.
The tragedy of suicide is one that comes
suddenly into the lives of those affected by the
death of another, while the person who makes
the decision was suffering silently, often for quite
some time. Without ever realizing it, we all likely
are in contact with someone at risk for suicide.
We never want to consider that those we
love could be at risk, but anyone we know – family members, friends, co-workers – could be in
need of help. So frequently when we learn of a
suicide it is of someone we never suspected was
in pain. People who are suicidal don’t always act
the way others expect they would – they may not
outwardly appear sad or withdrawn.
Suicide is often a subject shrouded in darkness, but it is one that must be brought into the
light to encourage people to save a life by standing together so no one feels alone. September is National Suicide Prevention
Month, a good time to start the conversation.
Simple education removes the stigma and
raises awareness.
According to the American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention, suicide is the 10th leading
cause of death for Americans. Based on most
recently available data, someone in the country
dies every 13.7 minutes by suicide. The Capital
Area Substance Abuse Council reports that for
people ages 15 to 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death, and every two hours and five
minutes, a person under age 25 commits suicide.
Suicide is tragic and heartbreaking, but it doesn’t
have to be so common. The important thing to remember is suicide
is preventable. Most suicidal people truly want
to live, but they are unable to see an alternative
solution to their problems. While many will give
definite warnings of their suicidal intentions, the
people closest to them are either unaware of the
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to respond to them.
It’s a common misconception that talking
about suicide causes someone to be suicidal.
This is not true. People who are feeling suicidal
often feel they are unable to express their feelings to a loved one or mental health professional.
Something as simple as reaching out to someone
and asking how they’re feeling can make a big
difference.
CASAC suggests ways to be helpful to someone who is threatening suicide. Being direct
is important; talk openly and matter-of-factly
about suicide. Be willing to listen. Allow the person to express their feelings and accept the feelings that have been shared. Be non-judgmental,
as debating whether suicide is right or wrong
or if their feelings are good or bad. They do not
want a lecture on the value of life.
Get involved. Become available to them,
whether it’s in person or via a phone call or text
message. Showing interest and support carries
great significance. Do not make any promises to
keep suicidal thoughts a secret. Seek support. Offer hope that alternatives are available, but conversely, don’t offer superficial reassurance.
Take action, if necessary; remove stockpiled
pills or guns.
While reaching out to a loved one who is
suicidal can make a big difference, do not hesitate to get help from other sources, such as the
Suicide Prevention HELP!Line, which is available
24 hours a day at 1-800-273-TALK.
These issues are important to address all
year long, but highlighting them during Suicide
Prevention Awareness Month creates a time for
people to come together and show the passion
and dedication of those working to improve the
lives of the millions of people who can benefit
from open and honest discussions about mental
health and suicide.
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Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave., 860-561-8180
• Meet the Author – Lucy Ferriss Friday,
Sept. 25, 10-11 a.m.
• “Age of Love” movie screening Friday,
Sept. 25, 1-3:30 p.m.
• Smart Driver Class Mondays, Sept. 28
and Oct. 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Social Security Savvy Monday, Sept. 28,
4-5:30 p.m., pre-register
• Deal of a Meal at Wethersfield Diner
Monday, Sept. 28, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,
$6/$8/$9 – order off the menu and each
person receives his/her own check
• Sweets & Stories with “Story City” Tuesday, Sept. 29, 5:30-7 p.m., $2/$3, register
by Sept. 28 – evening of stories shared on
stage by members of Story City, a Hartford-based storytelling troupe
• Flu shots Wednesday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.noon, drop in
Meet the author
Novelist Lucy Ferriss, writer-in-residence
and professor of creative writing at Trinity
College in Hartford, will discuss her newest
book, “A Sister to Honor,” Friday, Sept. 25,
10-11 a.m., at the Elmwood Senior Center,
1106 New Britain Ave. The novel is about
the Pakistani people in America and about
America. Cost $2/$3.
Speed dating documentary
Speed dating for the world’s fastest growing (60+) generation is coming to the Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave., when it hosts a premiere screening
and filmmaker Q&A Friday, Sept. 25 from
1-3 p.m. It’s part of the nationwide rollout of “The Age of Love,” a documentary
that offers a “touching and funny look into
the lives of seniors who just want to find
At the Library
Noah Webster Library
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980
• Discuss Jonathan Franzen’s
“Purity” Thursday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m.,
book discussion with Professor
Sean McCann from Wesleyan
University
• The New Yorker magazine
discussion Fridays, 11 a.m.-12:30
p.m., drop in
• Artisst Susan Spanoil’s “Event
at Herring Cove: Sept. 2015” –
series of mixed media drawings
created in response to encounter
with battered body of a beached
whale at Herring Cove Beach in
Provincetown, Mass.
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The
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
[email protected]
love.” (Huffington Post) Telling the story
is Steven Loring, who will be on hand to
lead a post-screening discussion with the
audience. Registration is required by calling the ESC at 860-561-8180. All ages are
welcome. A subsequent speed dating event
will take place Oct. 26 from 1-3 p.m. at the
same location.
Tech City opening at the
new Children’s Museum
Tech City will open Saturday, Sept. 26 at the
new Children’s Museum, 950 Trout Brook
Drive. With 12 interactive stations, visitors
are put to the task of solving real-world
problems by applying their knowledge
in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM). A member preview
event will take place Friday, Sept. 25 from
5-7 p.m., with the grand opening Sept. 26.
Feast on the Farm
The third annual Feast on the Farm will be
held Friday, Sept. 25 from 6-9 p.m. at Westmoor Park, 119 Flagg Road. The evening includes a four-course dinner featuring locally grown produce and products prepared by
Chef Dorjan Puka of Treva Restaurant and
Avert Brasserie. BYOB. Tickets are $85 at
Westmoor Park and at the customer service
desk in the Town Hall lobby. For more information, call 860-561-7510.
Bound & Determined Book Sale
The Universalist Church, 433 Fern St., will
hold its annual book sale Friday, Sept. 25
from noon-7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, 9
a.m.-3 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 27 from
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the church. The
sale will feature books of all kinds, puzzles,
DVDs, CDs and more.
Events at Blue Back Square
• Friday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m., Chalkboard concert
• Saturday, Sept. 26, 3-6 p.m., The Band
performing pop rock
• Sunday, Sept. 27, West Hartford Community Theater performing a musical theater
cabaret at 5 p.m.
• Monday, Sept. 28, 5:30 p.m., No Mind
playing Indie, soul, rock and jam
Holy Family Retreat events
Holy Family Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis
Road, 860-760-9705, will offer the following:
• Friday-Sunday, Sept. 25-27, Men’s Weekend Retreat: “Into the Heart of Mercy,” open
to all faiths and backgrounds, $295, more if
you can, less if you can’t
• Discovering the Heart of Music Tuesday, Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m.-noon, six-week
course, $300
• Women’s Weekend Retreat: “Into the
Heart of Mercy” Friday-Sunday, Oct. 2-4,
$295
• Can You Be Still? A Journey into Centering
Prayer Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $65 includes
lunch
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
The MDC will hold a Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Saturday, Sept. 26 from 8
a.m.-1 p.m. at the Public Works Garage, 17
Brixton St. For any questions, call the MDC
Hotline at 860-278-3809.
Annual West Hartford Relay
The fourth annual West Hartford Relay will
partner with Growing Great Schools to kick
off two events Saturday, Sept. 26 at Town
Hall, 50 South Main St. The kids 5-mile relay featuring 4-person teams where each
runner completes two loops around Blue
Back Square begins at 8 a.m. for ages
2-grade five. The 20K relay of one 5K route
that starts and ends at Town Hall begins at
9:15 a.m. for teams of two or four and is
geared toward middle and high school students, as well as adults. Register at www.
WestHartfordRelay.com.
National Take-Back Day
On Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m.-2
p.m. in the Town Hall parking lot (enter via
Raymond Road), the West Hartford Police
Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will coordinate a collaborative
effort with state and local law enforcement
agencies to remove potentially dangerous
controlled substances from medicine cabinets. The public can surrender expired,
unwanted or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications
for destruction. Not acceptable: Intravenous solutions, injectables, needles and
illicit substances.
Save your photos, save our history
On Saturday, Sept. 26 from 3-5 p.m., the
Noah Webster House &West Hartford Historical Society, 227 South Main St., invites
the public to celebrate Save Your Photos Day with the Association of Personal
Photo Organizers. Guests will be allotted
15-minute appointments to meet with a
personal photo organizer and have up to
100 personal photos scanned. During the
scanning event, guests can participate in
three workshops. Area residents are asked
to bring photos of West Hartford from the
1960s, which will be scanned and added to
the museum’s digital collection. The event
is free, but registration is recommended.
(www.noahwebsterhouse.org).
Events at Beth El Temple
Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave., 860233-9696, will offer the following programs/events:
• Tumbling with Torah Saturday, Sept. 26,
11 a.m., children up to age 5
• Breakfast program with Rob King, senior
vice president, Sports Center and News of
ESPN, Sunday, Sept. 27, 9:15 a.m. – RSVP
by Sept. 24 to Joe Springut at 860-6769878
• Weekly programs: Bible and Breakfast
Thursdays, 8-9 a.m.; Lunch & Learn Tuesdays at noon; Talmud Study Wednesdays at
10:30 a.m.; Beth El Babies Exploring Fridays at 10 a.m.
• Beth El Men’s Club 5th annual Sukkahfest, Steak and Spirits in the Sukkah,
Thursday, Oct. 1, 6-9 p.m., $18 per person
payable by Sept. 25, contact Dave Diamond
at 860-676-6885 with any questions
Fundraiser for Jonathan’s Dream Reimagined Playground
There will be a fundraiser Sunday, Sept. 27
from 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. at Harry’s, Bishops Corner, 732 North Main St. Come for
lunch, dinner or takeout. A percentage of
the day’s total sales will be donated to help
rebuild Jonathan’s Dream playground. Carrie Johnson will perform songs for children
and families from 1-2 p.m.
Sukkot celebration
The Sukkot (Festival of Booths) celebrations
begin Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m., at the
Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Ave., with the new Sukkot Inspired
Building Workshop 101 where children can
build their own birdhouse, PJ library selections will be read and a snack will be provided. For more information, call 860-2364571 or visit www.mandelljcc.org.
‘Discovering the Heart of Music series
Fr. David Cinquegrani will share his
knowledge of and passion for music in
a new series, “Discovering the Heart of
Music,” at Holy Family Retreat Center,
303 Tunxis Road. Part One, an overview of
music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance
and Baroque periods, runs for six weeks on
Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 29 from 10:30
a.m.-noon. Part Two will begin Feb. 9,
2016. Each six-week program is $300. To
register, visit www.holyfamilyretreat.org, or
call 860-760-9705.
‘Art and Science of Graceful Aging’ series at Duncaster
Knee and hip replacement will be the focus
of a free community discussion Tuesday,
Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. at Duncaster Retirement
Community in Bloomfield. The presentation
is part of the monthly series called “The Art
and Science of Graceful Aging.” Dr. Paul
Murray, an orthopedic surgeon, will lead
the discussion. Attendees will learn about
signs and symptoms leading to replacement, candidacy for replacement surgery
and post-surgical recovery, and MAKOplasty. Register at 860-380-5006 or fKent@
Duncaster.org.
Flu immunization clinic
West Hartford Bloomfield Health District will
offer flu immunizations Wednesday, Sept.
30 from 10 a.m.-noon, at the Elmwood Senior Center, 1006 New Britain Ave. If one’s
Arts & Events
Talk on “The Criminalization of
Immigrant and Deporation as a
Theater of Cruelty” by David Brotherton,
noted criminologist and professor at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
Thursday, Sept. 24, 4 p.m., in Shaw
Center at the University of Hartford’s
Hillyer Hall, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West
Hartford, free and open to the public
Little Theatre of Manchester’s “The
Vagina Monologues” Thursday-Sunday,
Sept. 24-27, at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford
Road, Manchester, tickets $20 at 860-6479824, cast includes West Hartford residents
Kate Brophy and Shannon Culligan
Dave Sheehan, Marcellino Moose Hill and
Pat Oates, doors open at 7:30 p.m., show
at 8 p.m., admission $10 in advance, $13
at the door, VIP special seating $22, 8600229-2072 or 860-306-4585
“Assassins” Sept. 26-Oct. 4 in the
Studio Theatre at the Warner Theatre,
68 Main St., Torrington, 860-489-7180,
tickets $29
“The Power of a Pumpkin to Save a
Life” Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday,
Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Brown’s
Harvest, 1911 Poquonock Ave., Windsor
– reps of LifeChoice to register people as
organ, tissue and eye donors, costumed
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro
characters, scavenger hunt, corn maze
20 Greenwoods Road North, (1-800-874-5215)
Norfolk,1-866-666-6306: Sept. 25, 8
p.m., New Riders of the Purple Sage; “Krakowska Szopka,” lecture and
Sept. 26, 8 p.m., The Weight; Sept. 27, demo on the Polish folk art of the
7:30 p.m., Tim Cochrane; Oct. 2, 8 p.m., nativity scene, Sunday, Sept. 27, 1
The High Kings
p.m., in the grand ballroom of the Polish
32 Front St., Hartford: Sept. 25, 8 p.m. National Home, 60 Charter Oak Ave.,
Alan Doyle; Sept. 26, 8 p.m., The Purple Hartford, free and open to the public
Xperience – The Ultimate Prince Tribute (860-659-0356)
Band; Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m., The Wailers;
Oct. 1, 8 p.m., Lee Ritenour
“Flights and Fantasies” Quilt Show at
the New England Air Museum, Windsor
At the Mark Twain House & Museum, Locks, thru Sunday Sept. 27, with
351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, 860- appraisals, book signings, trunk show,
280-3130:
lectures and tours, museum admission,
• “Tapping into Twain” Oktoberfest open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (860-623-3305)
Friday, Sept. 25, 5:30-9:30 p.m.,
celebrating local brews, good food and At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600
music, tickets $45 in advance/$50 at the Main St., Hartford, 860-278-2670,
door, $20 designated driver ticket
thewadsworth.org:
• Book/Mark event Wednesday, Sept. • MATRIX fundraising event with Mark
30, 7 p.m., in Lincoln Financial Services Dion Wednesday, Sept. 30, 6-9 p.m.,
Auditorium, an evening with Jamaican tickets $125, call 860-838-4077
author and poet Colin Channer discussing • First Thursday After Hours: OMG!
his first book of poetry, “Providential,” Oct. 1, 5-8 p.m., opening of Mark Dion/
reservations recommended
MATRIX 173 with artist talk at 6 p.m.,
• An evening with New York Times music by Orice Jenkins and Friends,
best-selling author Author Stuart Woods curator talk about Jack Pierson’s “OMG”
Oct. 13, 7 p.m., tickets $30/$25, VIP at 7 p.m., film “Farm from the Madding
reception at 5:30 p.m. for $75
Crowd” at 8 p.m., $5, members free
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St.,
Collinsville: Friday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m.,
Caravan of Thieves; Thursday, Oct. 1, 8
p.m., Melanie with EVA
New Hartford Lions Giant Flea Market
Saturday, Sept. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Brodie
Park, 580 West Hill Road, New Hartford,
admission $2, early buying 6:30-8 a.m.
$5 (860-489-9188)
“Backstage Stories with Ben Vereen: an
Interview with Colin McEnroe” Saturday,
Sept. 26, 3:30 p.m., at the University of
Saint Joseph, Hoffman Auditorium, 1678
Asylum Ave., West Hartford – hear personal
stories of one of Broadway’s greatest living
legends in a 90-minute conversation, a
Q&A with audience and a post-show meet
and greet, tickets $25 at 860-231-5555,
[email protected]
“Breaking the Glass” exhibit in the
Chase Family Gallery, Mandell Jewish
Community Center, 335 Bloomfield
Ave., West Hartford, thru Sept. 30 (www.
jhsgh.org, or 860-727-6170)
Farmington Valley Stage Company’s
“God of Carnage” Oct. 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
at 8 p.m. and matinee Oct. 4 at 2 p.m.
at 4 Market St. (Canton Town Hall),
Collinsville (www.FVStage.org)
People’s Action for Clean Energy
sponsoring house tour and seminars
of a Net Zero Energy Challenge solar
straw bale house Oct. 3, noon-2:30
p.m., at a home in Sharon, tickets $15,
reserve at www.pace-cleanenergy.org,
info at 860-693-4813
Photography exhibit by West Hartford
resident Ray Lamoreux at the Noah
Comedy at Trinity On Main, 69 Main Webster House & West Hartford
St., New Britain, Saturday, Sept. 26, with Historical Society, 227 South Main St.,
comedians Mel Vaverchak, Dave Kanell, West Hartford, thru Oct. 4
insurance is not accepted, the cost will be
$30. Participants must be 18 and older. Any
questions, call 860-561-7900, ext. 0.
Pink Party
On Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5-8 p.m., West
Hartford will kick off Breast Cancer Awareness month with the 4th annual Pink Party
(rain date Friday, Oct. 2) on Isham Road
and Webster Walk in Blue Back Square.
The event will benefit the Connecticut affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure. Pink
Party is a party with a purpose, filling the
streets with live music, entertainment and
activities for all ages. Local breast cancer
survivors will hit the pink runway in a survivor fashion show. Guests will sample local flavors of area restaurants, dancing to
the music of local band Shaded Soul. Enter
to win prizes in the raffle and purchase $20
SWAG bags of donated items. For more information, visit pinkpartyct.com.
An evening of fun and cookie decorating
Come spend a fun-filled evening Thursday, Oct. 1 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at A Little
Something Bakery at The Shops @ 485
New Park Ave. learning how to decorate
shortbread cookies – apple, pumpkin, sunflower and a fall tree. Cost is $45 per person. RSVP to Beth at 860-586-8711.
First Friday Swing Dance
Hartford Community Dance will hold swing
dances the first Friday of the month, Oct.
2, from 8:30-11:30 p.m. in the Town Hall,
50 South Main St. There’s a free beginners
workshop from 7:30-8:30 p.m. and dancing to the music of the Shiny Lapel Trio from
8:30-11:30 p.m. For more information, call
1-888-423-0423. Dance admission is $12
($10 for seniors 62+). To volunteer for 45
minutes and get free admission, contact
Chris at [email protected].
PRESSSports
Gray
Matters
By Scott Gray
Photos by David Heuschkel
Left: Northwest Catholic senior goalkeeper Rebecca Molin, a three-year starter in net, has improved her goal kicks. Right: Molin, leaping
to knock away an attempted header by Hall’s Chantelle Swaby, has also worked on snaring high balls aimed in her direction.
Bounce-back win for Molin and NW Catholic
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
In one aspect, a soccer
ball is no different from another round object in other
sports. Sometimes it hits the
target, other times it doesn’t,
and often times the outcome
of a close game is determined
when a ball takes a strange
bounce or unfortunate detour.
Rebecca Molin, the senior
goalkeeper on the Northwest
Catholic girls soccer team, was
not spectacular in a 1-0 win
over Hall. She didn’t have to be.
Being solid was good enough.
Aside from diving to her
left to deny Rutgers-bound
senior Chantelle Swaby off a
corner kick in the first half, Mo-
lin made all the routine saves.
However, the one she didn’t
make in the opening minutes
was as close as the Warriors
would get to hitting nothing
but net.
Fortunately for Molin and
unfortunately for Swaby, the
blistering shot from the top
of the box by the Hall senior
hit the top post and caromed
harmlessly away.
“The post is either your
best friend or worst nightmare,”
Molin said afterward. “I’m
not going to lie. I was nervous
when she took the shot. But I
was confident in me being able
to get a high ball and with my
defense. That helped a lot.”
Getting a lucky bounce
midway through the first
Hall boys shut out
By Matt Monitto
Correspondent
into the net less than
four minutes into
the game.
Northwest Catholic had
the home field advantage and
won the opening coin toss.
Everything went
Hall’s way after
that.
Hall toppled
host Northwest Catholic
5-0 as five different players
scored for the Warriors in
the only meeting between
the neighboring rivals
Sept. 16 at Neil J. Brewer
Field.
Hall senior
captain A.J.
NWC’s Oliver
Speranza
Hasson
(6) and Hall’s
put the
Nicholas
Becker
(2)
first
battle
for
a
50-50
ball.
ball
Photo by David Heuschkel
half also helped. Northwest
Catholic senior Rachel Elliott
proved that you don’t necessarily have to use your head to
score a goal.
Hall coach Scott Ferguson could only shake his head
when he saw a corner kick by
Northwest senior Mackenzie
Tibball strike the head of one
of his players and carom into
the net with 22 ½ minutes left
in the half.
“It’s unfortunate,” Ferguson said. “It’s a freshman’s first
game and it’s an own goal,
coming in off her head. Those
bounces happen.”
A couple minutes later, as
Hall lined up for its first corner kick, Swaby headed the
ball wide. Later in the half,
Hall had another corner kick.
This time Swaby tried the other
side, but Molin made a diving
save to keep it 1-0.
“She was really sure-handed,” Ferguson said. “I don’t think
that we tested her as well as
we should have. We shot from
[long] range, and we didn’t
have quality shots, but, to her
credit, she didn’t give up any rebounds and her form was good.
She’s really secure because all
it takes is one little mishandle
and we were in. I would have
liked to test her more, but she
did really well with what was
thrown at her.
“I go back to Chantelle’s
[shot]. If that didn’t hit the
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Northwest Catholic
“I thought Speranza
was very dangerous on the
wing,” Hall coach Zeke Seguro
said. “Our center backs played
solid, Chris Monnes and John
Punt. Collectively, I think the
players did a nice job at being disciplined, holding
their runs and
overlapping
through the
middle.”
Northwest Catholic had several
opportunities to score in the
second half, but weren’t able
to finish. It was the second
time in the first three games
that Northwest failed to score.
The team formerly known as
the Indians – the school is in
the process of changing its
nickname – was shut out by
Glastonbury 7-0 in the season
opener.
“We made a couple adjustments in the second half,
which probably worked a little
bit,” Northwest Catholic coach
Terry Phillip said. “But I think
on the Hall side, they weren’t
as aggressive as they were in
the first half.”
Seguro began pulling his
starters when the score got to
4-0. After Caleb Ritter headed
in a corner kick just 10 minutes into the second half for
Hall’s final goal, several players
headed for the bench.
“We subbed out nine of
our 11 starters,” Seguro said.
“We actually went to the 22nd
player on the bench.”
Connecticut lost a sports icon last week. I lost a
dear friend. Legendary soccer coach Joe Morrone
passed away last Wednesday, just short of his 80th
birthday, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Few coaches reach the heights Morrone attained
in a 39- year career, starting with 11 seasons at
Middlebury College in Vermont. A three-sport star at
UMass-Amherst, Joe was named Outstanding Senior Athlete in 1958. He was captain and MVP of the
soccer team. That fall, his coaching legend took root
at Middlebury, where he produced a New England
championship, two NCAA tournament appearances
and a 10 year span in which his team never lost two
regular season games in a row.
In 1969 he became coach at the University of
Connecticut where he would leave indelible footprints on college soccer’s national landscape, producing 16 NCAA tournament berths in 28 seasons
and a remarkable stretch from 1981-83 in which
the Huskies reached the national semifinals three
straight times. In 1981, Morrone’s soccer team gave
UConn its first major national championship, beating
Alabama A & M 2-1 in overtime, Sports Illustrated
dubbing them “America’s Team.” While other programs bolstered their rosters with international
players, Morrone took pride in winning with Americans. His teams won three Big East tournament
championships and nine New England Intercollegiate Soccer titles. He was New England Coach of
the Year four times, Big East Coach of the year twice.
A member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and the Connecticut Soccer Hall
of Fame, Morrone was named one of the “20 most
influential people in soccer” by Soccer America in
1991. He received the National Soccer Coaches
Honor Award for 1995-96. Joe spearheaded the development of youth soccer, founding the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association in 1972.
He took pride in his players well-rounded development, 96 percent of them earning degrees. In
1975 he formed the “Friends of Soccer” program
that became the source of millions of dollars in donations and helped turn a once undeveloped field on
campus into the beautiful stadium that today bears
his name. Joe retired from coaching in 1996, but
remained a professor emeritus in the kinesiology
department until 2014.
All three of his children, Joe Jr., Missy and Billy,
achieved All American status at UConn, Joe winning
the 1980 Hermann Trophy, the soccer equivalent
of football’s Heisman. Billy starred on the national
championship team. Of all his accomplishments,
family was the source of Joe’s greatest pride. The
love of his life, Betty, passed away in 2007. Joe once
told me when Billy was a highly recruited senior at
E.O. Smith High School he called the NCAA every
day to remain in compliance by telling them he’d
be having dinner with a potential recruit that night.
With or without all the accolades and awards, Joe
was one of the finest men I’ve ever known. I’ve frequently said of all the coaches I’ve known over the
years, the one I’d be most pleased to have my own
child play for was Joe Morrone.
I met Joe two years before that championship
season. He was a stern taskmaster, but always fair,
always caring. During an intense game against
Boston College in a Storrs downpour, Joe stood on
the sideline in his usual pristine tie and jacket, ever
present clipboard in hand, water pouring off him
as captain Joe Trager kneeled at the scorer’s table
waiting to enter the game.
“Do you think Joe knows it’s raining?” I asked the
reporter next to me.
Trager turned to us and responded, “Hasn’t got
a clue.”
When I was hired by NESN in 1986 to work play
by play for a New England College Soccer package
I called Joe to see if he’d tutor me on soccer’s finer
points. He invited me to his office on a Friday afternoon, gave me a book by Kyle Rote Jr. and said, “Read
See GRAY MATTERS on page 15
See SHUT OUT on page 14
September 24, 2015
The
West Hartford Press
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Plenty of goals for Conard girls soccer team
Athlete of the Week
By Brendan Driscoll
Correspondent
Sam Newton
Boys Soccer
Sam Newton
Conard High
In the first two games
of the season, the Conard
High girls soccer team
amassed 12 goals. The
Chieftains would score another 10 over their next two
games. However, the team
came up empty in a game
against Southington.
After 80 minutes of
regulation and 10 minutes of overtime the game
ended without a ball ever
touching the back of the
net as the Chieftains and
Blue Knights played to
a scoreless tie Sept. 18 under
the lights at McKee Stadium.
But Conard’s offense
got back on track Sept. 21,
beating East Hartford 10-3
to improve to 2-1-1. The
Chieftains opened the season with a 5-4 loss to Farmington and followed with
an 8-0 win over Windsor,
which lost to Southington
1-0 in the season opener.
“I think we dominated the game. Just unlucky,”
Conard coach Kerrie Massaro said after the tie with
Southington. “Their defense
was really strong, and they
prevented us from taking
quality shots. Their back
line was really solid and we
couldn’t get past them.”
The Chieftains forced
Southington goalie Janelle
Also plays: baseball
Keys to success:
“Working as hard in
practice as I would
in games and staying focused.”
Awards: National
Honors Society, AP
Scholar
One word that
describes me as an
athlete: fearless
My motto/favorite quote: “Winners never quit and
quitters never win” – Vince Lombardi
Pre-game ritual: “Just getting mentally prepared”
My breakfast of champions: Scrambled eggs, toast, banana
Favorite snack: Pop-Tarts
Favorite meal: Fettuccine Alfredo
Song that pumps me up: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
Hidden talent (I can): Do a back flip
Favorite movie: “Ted”
A famous person I met: Vice President Joe Biden
My must-see TV show: “Friday Night Lights”
TV show character who cracks me up: Joe from
“Impractical Jokers”
Favorite pro team: New England Patriots
Dream job: Working for ESPN
Dream vacation: Hawaii
Dream car: Mercedes sedan
My time machine is set to…: Feb. 3, 2002, Patriots win
their first Super Bowl.
My three dinner guests would be: Tom Brady, Ray Allen,
Mike Krzyzewski
Photo by David Heuschkel
Conard senior Kate Gosselin strikes one of eight corner kicks by the Chieftains
against Southington.
Mangassarian to make 19
saves, but only a handful of
those shots tested her.
Conard’s best chance
to score came off a short
corner kick with three minutes remaining in the first
half when sophomore Lena
Proietti lofted a shot from 15
yards toward the goal. The
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of Chieftains, but the Blue
Knights were able to clear
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Conard senior forward
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hat trick in the blowout win
over Windsor, was held in
check by Southington.
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to our offense so far this season,” Massaro said. “She can
normally get by defenders,
but they had a great defender that kept stuffing her. She
definitely worked hard and
didn’t give up.”
Conard senior goalie
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saves. She was rarely tested
because the Chieftains had
a huge advantage in time of
possession and an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks.
Massaro credited her
“awesome defense” after the
game. The Chieftains recorded their second straight
shutout with seniors Taylor
Davis and Jordyn Zolty leading the defense.
Southington only managed to have one possession
of the ball past the 50-yard
line in the opening 23 minutes
and had just one shot in the
first half. Southington’s best
chance to score came off a
corner kick with 20 seconds to
play in regulation, but Conard
was able to fend off the last
minute rush to force overtime.
“We have a lot of experience, with the amount of juniors [seven] and seniors [12],
so I feel very good going forward,” Massaro said. “I have
no doubt that we will make
the state tournament.”
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improve to 3-1 overall.
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the loss to Hall, Phillip is
hoping several players nursing injuries are healthy going forward.
“I got to go with some
of the younger players here
and there” Phillip said.
from page 13
Despite the loss, Phillip
did see some positive play
from his captains.
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as much as he possibly can,”
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Hasson], he’s the one who’s
organizing the defense.”
Maxwell Drazen, Zachary Principe and Thomas
Knox also scored for Hall.
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The cross country teams at Hall, Conard and Northwest Catholic were
among the 32 schools that competed at the 35th Stratton Brook Invitational
Sept. 19 at the state park in Simsbury. Among the standout performances:
Conard junior Lindsey Chen finished fourth (20:04) among 85 runners in the
5K large school varsity race, shaving more than 1 ½ minutes off her time
last year (21:39), and teammate Gwen Geisler was ninth (20:56). Conard
sophomore Matthew Remigino, who won the freshmen race last year, was
19th (18:05) in the large school boys varsity race, finishing two spots behind
Hall’s best finisher, senior Jonathan Kaback (17:58). For the second year in
a row, a West Hartford runner won the freshmen boys race as Hall’s Patrick
Keith finished the 3.48K race in 12:10, six seconds ahead of teammate
Trey Cormier. Two other freshmen at Hall, Dylan Rendon (12:47) and
Miller Anderson (12:50), respectively, finished fifth and sixth as the young
Warriors won the team title with 28 points over runner-up Glastonbury (56).
Miles Aronow, Hall
Matthew Remigino, Conard
Gwen Geisler, Conard
Lauren Sosa, Hall
Lindsey Chen, Conard
Photos by David Heuschkel
BOUNCE-BACK from page 13
crossbar and it went in,
that would have pulled
them out. That would have
changed the game. I think
the first goal really mattered. It was an unlucky
bounce against us, rather
than a great goal. Then we’re
just chasing the game.”
Northwest nearly made
it a two-goal game in the final minute of the first half
when senior Bailey Julian
carried the ball into the box
with Swaby draped on her
and fired a shot that goalie
Claudia Hess stopped.
“Our back four did a
great job today. All four of
them really buckled down
after we scored,” Northwest
coach Todd Sadler said. “Early on, it was an easy game
for our backs because [Hall]
wasn’t pressuring too high.
As soon as we got the goal,
they started to attack more
and come after us a little bit.”
Sadler said Kirsten
Armetta, Jessica Kelly, Anna
Cronin and Tibball made
the Warriors settle for shots
from long range. Molin said
midfielders Allison Strid
and Hannah Borowiec did
a great job supporting the
backs.
“That’s my backs’ job
and they did it. They kept [the
shots] from getting to me and
I’m their last line of defense,”
Molin said. “They didn’t have
a ton of shots on goal, but I
thought their shots on goal
were pretty good and low to
the corners.”
Molin saw more quality shots in the season opener, a 3-1 loss at Glastonbury
Sept. 11. With the win over
Hall five days later, Northwest avoided its first twogame losing streak to begin
the year since 2008.
A three-year starter in
net, Molin has worked on
handling high shots and
improving the distance of
GRAY MATTERS from page 13
this and be back here Monday
afternoon.”
I sat in on strategy sessions with
his team and not only observed
practices, but took part in positioning drills and walk-throughs, going
through the same training as his
players. Our relationship intensified from then on. He asked me to
speak at his retirement dinner and
entrusted me with the video tapes
of our annual media soccer games,
for which his players acted as reporters, skewering our soccer skills
in the “Daily Campus.”
I still have those tapes, safely
stored. I also still have four decades
of memories of a man I cherished.
While it was sad to watch him fade
the last six months, it was also uplifting. He was an inspiration to the end.
“If this doesn’t work out,” he
said to me before a series of tests
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her goal kicks. Being a senior, she has also accepted
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The West
Hartford Press 19
Guida’s 1% or
American Cheese
Skim Milk
$
nly $
o
lb.
Land O Lakes
HALL’S MARKET
ESTABLISHED 1935
1 lb. min.
WWW.HALLSMARKET.NET
2.99
2.79
gal.
Come and celebrate our 80th anniversary Saturday 9/26!
Food & Fun for Everyone! A thank you to our loyal customers over the last 80 years.
Rib Eye Steaks
Whole Peeled
Beef Tenderloins
$
Semi Boneless
9.99
$
WOW!
Fresh Extra Tender
Pork Tenderloins
3.99lb.
$
Whole
Lamb Loins
9.99lb.
$
Custom Cut Free of Charge
2.5 lb. average
Extra Tender
Marinated
Steak Tips
8.99lb.
$
Extra Lean
Bottom Round
Rib Roasts
9.99
$
Ten - 1” Filet Mignon
READY TO COOK
3.99
54.90
$
ea
FRESH
lb
THICK SLICED
Baby Back Ribs Slab Bacon
$
$
lb
3.99
3.99
lb
4.99lb.
$
SIRLOIN PATTIES
5lb. box Flash Frozen
SAUSAGE PATTIES
•
19.95ea.
$
19.95 ea.
$
17.95 ea.
$
3.99lb.
$
Salmon
5.99
$
lb.
Fresh
Jumbo
Swordfish Steaks Sea Scallops
$
$
9.99
lb.
Hall’s Kitchen
featuring freshly prepared grab & go sandwiches & salads:
BUY 1 OF OUR
FROZEN
PREPARED
MEALS &
GET 1
FREE
(UP TO A $10.99 VALUE)
THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS
~ Chicken Cacciatore
~ Orzo with Butternut Squash,
Spinach & Blue Cheese
~ Eggplant Rollatini in Marinara
~ Roast Chicken Breast with
Cranberry Stuffing & Gravy
~ Beef Stroganoff over Egg Noodles
• Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
• Apple Spice Layer Cake • Rustic Apple Tarts
Fall Salad Special! HARVEST COBB SALAD
Dried Cranberries, diced apples, pecans, hard boiled eggs,
turkey breast, bacon & bleu cheese over crisp romaine lettuce
331 Park Road, West Hartford, CT • 860-232-1075
Convenient parking in the rear & our lot to the east of Hall’s
20
The
GET ONE
3lbs.
or more
•
SEAFOOD
Fresh Atlantic
3 lbs.
or more
Black Angus
Ground Sirloin or
Meatloaf
Mix
BUY TWO
Mix and Match Any Flavors. Sorry Salmon excluded.
Rump Roast
lb
Fresh all natural
Chicken Sale!
Drumsticks 79¢
Thighs 99¢
Split Breast $1.49
BOXES OF BURGERS - YOU CHOOSE!
20-1/4 LB. Black Angus
$
lb
Steaks 6 oz. avg Stuffed Peppers
8-1/2 LB. GOURMET BURGERS
3.99
9.99
$
lb
$
Hot Dogs
Skirt Steaks
10.99
lb.
Grinder of the Week
Genoa Salami
$3.99 ea. +tax
Gourmet Sandwich
El Inferno
$5.99 ea. +tax
Fried chicken cutlet, with hot
sauce, lettuce, tomato and bleu
cheese on a wrap
Prices good from September 24, 2015
through September 30, 2015
ea.
FREEZER PLEASER
BUY IN BULK AND SAVE!!!
U.S.D.A. Choice Whole
Boneless Sirloins $5.49/lb
custom cut and freezer wrapped free of charge
U.S.D.A. Choice Whole Or Half
Boneless New York Strips $7.99/lb
U.S.D.A Choice Whole or
Half Boneless Ribeyes $8.99/lb
U.S.D.A Choice Whole
Beef Briskets $3.99/lb
Whole Pork Butts $1.99/lb
Whole Pork Shoulder
Picnics $1.99/lb
Whole Boneless Pork Loins $2.49/lb
Whole Bone-In Pork Loins $1.79/lb
BAKERY
Freshly Baked Pumpkin Muffins $4.49/ 4Pk
Freshly Baked Apple Or Pumpkin Pie $4.99/ 8”
Apple Cider Or Pumpkin Donuts $2.99/ 6Pk
Freshly Baked French Parisian Bread $1.99/ Loaf
Sandwich of the Week
Ham
$1.99 +tax
14.90
$
lb.
HALL’S ALL BEEF
EXTRA TENDER
Chicken Breast
8.99
Custom Cut and
Freezer Wrapped
Free of Charge
lb.
STANDING
10lb bag
Fresh All Natural
Boneless Skinless
DELI
BOAR’S HEAD
PRODUCTS!
Boar’s Head
Smokemaster
Beechwood Ham ............$8.99 Lb.
Boar’s Head
Bologna .........................$5.99 Lb.
Boar’s Head
Maple Honey
Turkey ...........................$9.99 Lb.
Boar’s Head
Domestic
Provolone ......................$5.99 Lb.
HONEY HAM ............................................ $5.99/lb
VIRGINIA BAKED HAM ............................. $5.99/lb
OVEN ROASTED TURKEY ........................... 6.99/lb
PROSCIUTTO ........................................... $9.99/lb
PROVOLONE ............................................ $5.99/lb
SLICING MOZZARELLA ............................ $4.99/lb
HALL’S CRANBERRY QUINOA
WITH CANDIED WALNUTS ......................$5.99/LB
HALL’S BROCCOLLI & APPLE SALAD ......$4.99/LB
HALL’S MACARONI SALAD .....................$3.99/LB
HALL’S EGG POTATO SALAD....................$3.99/LB
HALL’S CRANBERRY ALMOND COLESLAW..$4.99/LB
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 8am to 6pm; Closed Sundays
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