Summer 2016 Customer Newsletter

Chicopee Electric Light Customer Newsletter
Congratulations to the 2016 TechnoFair finalists
More than 600 Chicopee students from
across the city took part in this year’s
TechnoFair, an annual program sponsored
by CEL to encourage science learning.
Produced in partnership with Chicopee
Chicopee’s 2016 Citywide TechnoFair event included 35
Public Schools, TechnoFair begins when
finalists representing four local schools.
seventh-graders at all four local schools
prepare technology- and science-related projects for individual school fairs. School
finalists then compete at the Citywide TechnoFair event.
This year, 35 finalists took part in the Citywide event, held June 7 at Chicopee
Comprehensive High School. Each finalist received a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card, a
medallion, and a TechnoFair T-shirt. All five top finishers also received special certificates,
while the top three earned $100 Barnes & Noble gift cards.
Woody Geoffroy, Litwin
Alissa Hanna, CCHS
Dr. Gail Lamirande, Volunteer
Elonia Lamontagne, CHS
Kelly Getto, CCHS
Grace Schofield, Bowie
Citywide
TechnoFair
2016 winners:
First Place
Julia Calderon
St. Stanislaus School
Cell Phones & Reaction
Time
Second Place
Dominic Folta
Dupont Middle School
A Magnet Has the Most
Magnetic Strength at
What Temperature?
Thank you, Citywide TechnoFair judges
Kathleen Abood, Streiber
Dr. Walter Breau, ELMS
Bobbi Coletta, CHS
David Dale, Chicopee
ACADEMY at Selser
Suzanne Desilets, Barry
Summ er 2016
Mary Seccareccia,
Lambert Lavoie
Matthew Turgeon, FVMES
Justin Franczek, CCHS
Julie Corey, CCHS
Third Place
Christian Stallman
Dupont Middle School
Lacrosse Stringing
Honorable Mentions
Kathryn Chouinard
St. Joan of Arc School
Fast Feet to Fast Beat?
Ann Marie Arduino
St. Stanislaus School
Tsunami Wave Velocity
CEL General Manager Jeffrey R. Cady, far left, Chicopee School Superintendent Richard W. Rege Jr., far right, and Mayor
Richard J. Kos congratulate this year’s top Citywide TechnoFair winners. See back for more 2016 TechnoFair finalists.
2016 Citywide TechnoFair finalists and their projects
Bellamy Middle School
Dupont Middle School
St. Joan of Arc School
St. Stanislaus School
Bellamy Middle School
Olivia Allaire, Which
Dance Shoe is Least
Likely to Slip?
Maygan Barber, Do All
Liquids Evaporate at
the Same Rate?
Karlee Christman,
What is the Speed of a
Soccer Penalty Kick?
Aryanna Cournoyer,
Should All Boats Have
Bilge Heels?
Dupont Middle School
Aidan Berube, The
Effect of Net on
Shooting Accuracy
Spencer Clark, Flex or
No Flex
Cody Darr, “Water”
You Drinking?
St. Joan of Arc School
Kathryn Chouinard,
Fast Feet to Fast Beat?
St. Stanislaus School
Ann Marie Arduino,
Tsunami Wave Velocity
Michael Duplisea, How
Does Temperature
Affect Magnetism?
Legacy Edger, Will the
Strength of Silly Putty
Change?
Jason Goehring, How
Do Different Baking
Ingredients Affect the
Outcome of Chocolate
Chip Cookies?
Tabitha Klaus, Does
Aspirin Help a Plant
Grow?
Kristin Labrecque,
Will a Potato Power a
Light Bulb?
Justin Lin,
Which Kind of Light
and Water will
Fluoresces the Most
on the Highlighters?
Joseph Montemagni, Which Puck Goes
the Fastest and The
Farthest?
Lindsay Reid, A
Colorful Creation:
How Fast Do Fats and
Proteins Dissolve?
Jayden Tolliver,
Which Color of Water
Absorbs the Most
Heat?
Natalia Wloch,
How Can You Create
Shadows that Have
Color?
Dominic Folta, A
Magnet Has the Most
Magnetic Strength at
What Temperature?
Mateusz Gorczak,
Decisions: Are They
Right?
Sam Halley, Insulators
Madilyn Hernandez,
Heart Rate
Ariana Lapointe, What
Liquids Make Plants
Grow?
Diany Morales, The
Baby Diaper is Leaking
Jaden Paradysz,
The Water We Drink
Nathan Roberts,
Soccer vs. Helium
David Shea, Boiling
Liquids to Evaporation
Christian Stallman,
Lacrosse Stringing
Morgan Flynn,
Eyes vs. Ears
Hayley Sliwa,
Germs, Germs,
Everywhere Germs
Tim Wagner,
Coke X-Plosion
Jacob Kaczor, Does
Protein Stabilize Your
Blood Sugar?
Adam Walters,
The Heating Healer
Julia Calderon,
Cell Phones &
Reaction Time
General Manager
Jeffrey R. Cady
Commissioners
Robert L. Pajak
Joseph F. Pasternak III
Carl E. Sittard
Chicopee Electric Light
725 Front Street
Chicopee, MA 01020
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Office Hours:
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Community News
Chicopee Parks and
Recreation upcoming
events: Aug. 13, Mohegan
Sun /Thimble Island Cruise;
Aug. 16-18, Red Sox at
Baltimore three-day trip;
Aug. 15-19, Let’s Go
Art summer fun for ages
5-12. For details call
Parks and Recreation at
413-594-3481.
Virginia Harackiewicz
Spring raffle winner
CEL staff made and raffled
off a gardening basket
this spring to benefit our
Chicopee Community
Caring Fund. The fund aids
local residents who cannot
meet their monthly electric
expenses due to financial
difficulty. Each customer
who visited our lobby and
donated $1 to the fund got
a chance to win the basket.
Congratulations to Virginia
Harackiewicz, the lucky
winner!
Holiday closings
Monday, September 5
Labor Day
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413-598-8311
Customer Service Center
413-594-2400
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