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Thursday
March 26, 2015
in the press
Team names
will remain,
imagery goes
The Board of Education voted
March 17 to move forward
with a policy option that prohibits any mascot, symbol,
image or nickname “directly
related to or commonly associated with any particular race or
ethnicity,” and discourages the
use of such by any non-sanctioned school club. However,
under the option chosen, the
current team names at Hall
and Conard are exempt from
the prohibition. PAGE 7
Celebrity chefs get cookin’
Photo by Abigail Albair
Bristow Middle School Principal Steven Cook, King Philip Middle School Principal Joy Wright and Sedgwick Middle School Principal Andrew Clapsaddle
all participated in the annual West Hartford’s Cookin’ event at Town Hall Saturday, March 21 as celebrity chefs. See more on page 4.
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Charter Oak update” on page 7
Courtesy photos
Stonehill College sophomore Claire O’Brien, right, poses with two of her classmates in one
of the homes on Staten Island they helped rebuild during spring break.
West Hartford native and Stonehill College sophomore Claire O’Brien, second row, second
from left, is one of a group of students who traveled to Staten Island on their spring break to
help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
West Hartford native spends spring break
providing hurricane relief and ‘hope’
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
Many of Claire O’Brien’s peers spent
spring break in warmer climates, but the
Stonehill College sophomore spent her
time off helping others.
O’Brien traveled to Staten Island as
part of the HOPE Service Immersion Program. According to a press release from
Stonehill, HOPE Staten Island participants
performed hurricane relief work for those
who were affected by Hurricane Sandy,
teaming up with the Episcopal Recovery
team of Staten Island.
Trip participants learned about the
effects of Hurricane Sandy, as well as performed hands-on service. O’Brien, a Hall
“These are tiny houses, but
there’s still so much work that
goes into it. In one of the
houses, I was working on
a room that I knew would
be a baby’s room.
It felt like we were making
a difference.”
–Claire O’Brien
High School graduate, said she and her
classmates worked on three houses in the
Midland area of Staten Island during the
week, doing both indoor and outdoor construction work.
“We were doing a lot of rebuilding,” she
said. “There is still a ton of damage from
Sandy. … We’re rebuilding three houses so
they’re livable again.”
Some of the work she did on the houses included putting insulation under the
house, putting sheetrock on the ceilings,
painting, priming and installing flooring.
O’Brien got involved in HOPE after seeing her freshman year roommate go on one
of the program’s many trips and have a positive experience.
“I always thought about doing it,” she
said. “I thought if I was going to do it, I
should do it now. It was one of the best experiences of my life.”
She explained that HOPE offers many
trips every year that bring participants to a
variety of places. The trips emphasize being
in solidarity with the people students encounter.
“You’re learning about other people;
you help them and do what you can.”
At the beginning of the school year,
O’Brien and other HOPE students consulted a list of all upcoming trips and picked
the top three in which they were interested.
She submitted an application and eventually received an email indicating her placement.
Staten Island was in her top three. She
said she didn’t want to travel too far, so she
chose New York-based programs. The service she would participate in on the Staten
Island trip was also a draw.
“I liked the idea of actually building
something,” O’Brien said “With the building, you saw your progress throughout the
whole week. It was really appealing to me.”
According to the press release from
Stonehill, students who participate in the
HOPE program form a community with
one another during the five months prior to
their trip, learning about the culture, history and issues of social injustice in the communities they will visit and serve.
Reflecting back on her trip, she said
she came away with an understanding of
how much work goes into one house, and
how many hands touch the house before it’s
done.
“These are tiny houses, but there’s still
so much work that goes into it. In one of
the houses, I was working on a room that I
knew would be a baby’s room. It felt like we
were making a difference.”
The group that traveled to Staten Island consisted of 10 Stonehill students and
a staff leader.
“With this trip, all of the people in our
group became so close,” she said. “I already
miss it so much.”
She and her group stayed in the auditorium of the local Episcopal church, sleeping
on cots and sleeping bags.
O’Brien would like to study abroad
next year and won’t be able to participate in
a HOPE trip if she does, but foresees herself
doing one her senior year.
“I want to experience it again and do it
with other people,” she said.
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Town Council member Leon Davidoff and Nancy DePalma, assistant
superintendent for curriculum, instruction and assessment, were
celebrity chefs for the event.
Town Council member Chris Barnes serves up some meatballs to a guest at the event. Ryan Cleary, principal of
Morley Elementary School (left), was another of the evening’s celebrity chefs.
West Hartford’s Cookin’ 2015
Board of Education member Jay Sarzen, Superintendent Tom Moore and Conard Principal Julio Duarte all served as
celebrity chefs.
Town Council Minority Leader Denise Hall and state Rep. Brian
Becker pose for a photo during the annual event.
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Mayor Scott Slifka takes a break from dishing out food during the event
to chat with a guest.
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Town Council member Clare Kindall
served up bread pudding.
he annual West Hartford’s Cookin’ event was held last Saturday, March 21, at Town Hall. The event, hosted by the
Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools, celebrates
the foundation’s investment in schools, students and teachers and
serves as a fundraiser. Guests sampled culinary selections prepared
by local celebrities, inclduing education, town and business leaders,
and took part in a live and silent auction. A multitude of programs
meant to “enhance and enliven the classroom experience and promote excellence in West Hartford public schools,” according to the
Foundation, have been funded by the organization since it opened
in 1997. In recent years, the organization hit a milestone mark of
having invested more than $1 million in West Hartford schools. Programs include everything from author visits and artist visits, to musical programming and larger initiatives. A total of $70,979 in grant
funding was given for the 2014-15 school year. The total amount
raised during Saturday’s event was not available as of press time.
Photos by Abigail Albair
PRESSARTS&ENTERTAINMENT
‘Heartstrings’ orchestral concert at Beth El
The 2014-15 Music Series
at Beth El Temple continues
with “Heartstrings” Orchestral
Concert Sunday, March 29 at 7
p.m., at the Temple, 2626 Albany Ave. Joseph Ness, conductor/
artistic director, conducts the
Beth El Orchestra in Felix Men-
delssohn’s “Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; Gustav
Mahler’s “Ruckert Lieder” with
Lynn Torgove, celebrated mezzo soprano, “Summer Morning
By A Lake” by Arnold Schoenberg and the Violin Concerto by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold with
rising star Chi Li, violinist.
Tickets are available in advance at the Temple office or at
the door: $20, $15 seniors and
students, free to children 12 and
under. Open to the public. Plenty of free parking. (860-233-9696
or www.bethelwesthartford.org)
‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’
live stage version at USJ
The Mark Twain House &
Museum will present a live stage
version of “A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur’s Court” adapted
by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Ian
Belknap and performed by The
Acting Company Saturday, March
28, 8 p.m., at the Hoffman Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph,
1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford.
Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin
and Mark Twain himself (as Hank)
come tumbling your way in this
satirical tale. Wander with Twain
as he time travels from the 21st
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Red Molly at Sounding Board
The Sounding Board Coffeehouse will feature Red Molly Saturday, March 28 at 8 p.m. at the
Unitarian Society, 50 Bloomfield
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of Hank Morgan of Hartford, who,
after a blow to the head, awakens
to find himself transported back to
the time of legendary King Arthur.
Mark Twain’s satirical romp exposes the foibles and fortes of both
ages leading audiences to question and laugh at themselves and
the principles of the 21st century.
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Bach
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Pipes Alive! series
of recitals on the St.
John’s Austin Organ
continues
Sunday,
March 29, at 12:30
p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 679
Farmington Ave.
Bach was the
most prolific, most
important composer
of music for the organ.
Works in this
concert will include
Prelude and Fugue in
C Major.
Playhouse on Park hosts Fifth Comedy Night
Join Playhouse on
Park for its fifth Comedy
Night at the Playhouse and
enjoy an evening of laughs.
The event will feature Ray
Harrington,
headliner;
Aaron David Ward, middle act; and Mike Drena,
emcee.
The stand-up show
will be held Friday, April 3
at 8 p.m. at 244 Park Road.
Having performed from
L.A. to London, New Englander Ray Harrington
transformed his awkward
transition to adulthood
into an irreverent and hilarious series of acts.
Harrington’s comedy
album – The Worst Is Over
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The rising comedian was also named Best
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Ward has appeared in the
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This is a BYOB event.
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The final performances of Playhouse on Park’s
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p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28 at 8
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Festival of Women’s Voices
Join the West Hartford Women’s Chorale
Saturday, March 28 when
it will host an infusion of
women’s choruses for the
second annual Festival of
Women’s Voices. The concert will begin at 4 p.m.
in the auditorium of King
Philip Middle School, 100
King Philip Drive. Hall
High School’s Voce di Coeli along with several other
local women’s choirs will
join the West Hartford
Women’s Chorale for a
concert of music arranged
for women’s voices. Discretionary donations at
the door will benefit The
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The University of
Saint Joseph welcomes
San Jose Taiko Tuesday,
March 31, at 7:30 p.m.
The event will take place
in the Hoffman Auditorium at the University’s
main campus, 1678 Asylum Ave.
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(860-231-5555), are $25
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BOE hears
Charter Oak
update
Compromise
reached
A springtime jog in the snow
Team names will remain,
imagery goes
By Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
By Abigail Albair
Editor
The Board of Education
heard a presentation last week
on the latest updates for the
Charter Oak International
Academy construction project.
Bryan D’Orlando, the project manager from Fusco Corporation, spoke to the group
about the school, which is slated to open in the fall of 2016.
“We’re on schedule so far,
and we’re going to just keep
chugging away here,” D’Orlando told the board.
The beginning signs of
construction became apparent
as periphery fencing was recently installed.
“If you’ve been over by
Charter Oak, you’ll notice that
work is happening and quick,”
Superintendent Tom Moore
said. “You’ll see the green fencing around the building and
snow removal from the areas
they’ll be working.”
The project went out to
bid in mid-December 2014,
garnering a large response.
“We had a tremendous
amount of coverage,” D’Orlando said. “We had 12 trade
packages and 76 total bidders,
which is very unprecedented,
and I think that’s a testament
to West Hartford and the perception that everyone is eager
to work here. It’s a good
A compromise was reached
last week regarding the debate over
the Hall and Conard high schools’
team nicknames and logos.
The Board of Education voted March 17 to move forward with
a policy option that prohibits any
sanctioned mascot, symbol, image or nickname “directly related
to or commonly associated with
any particular race or ethnicity,”
and discourages the use of such by
any non-sanctioned school club,
while noting that all such elements “shall respect and be sensitive to diverse cultural values and
the importance of inclusion.”
However, under the option
chosen, the current team names
at Hall and Conard – the Warriors
and the Chieftains, respectively –
are exempt from the prohibition
in acknowledgement of the “longstanding tradition” that has developed around the names.
As of press time, the board
was expected to formally approve
implementation of the policy at a
March 25 meeting.
Board members were divided during the discussion of three
initially presented options. Some
favored an option that allowed
the schools to keep their Chieftain
and Warrior names and images
associated with Native Americans,
but required all school-sanctioned
names, mascots, symbols and
A couple hundred people braved the snow
to take part in the 5th annual Johnny’s
Jog for Charity in West Hartford
Saturday, March 21. The weather was not
indicative of the second day of spring, but
it did not deter participants. The event –
which is in honor of Johnny Moran, who
has battled an unknown neuromuscular
condition since birth – raised about
$35,000 this year. Pictured above: Dan
Moran (left) and fellow organizers
of Johnny’s Jog for Charity speak to
participants before the event begins.
Pictured right: Bagpiper Brian Bucher
kicks off the event, which took walkers
and joggers around West Hartford Center,
beginning and ending at Town Hall. For
more photos, turn to page 10.
Photos by Ted Glanzer
See CHARTER OAK on page 11
See COMPROMISE on page 8
Cut Out Cancer celebrates one year of supporting women with cancer
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
Wintry weather in January
and February delayed the oneyear celebration of Cut Out Cancer’s Mondays at Milano, but that
didn’t prevent the observance
from being any less celebratory.
Milano Salon & Day Spa in
Bloomfield was full on the afternoon of March 16.
The salon and spa were filled
with women getting a variety of
pampering services, and the lobby
was crowded with people working
at the art therapy table, enjoying
food or chatting with each other.
The West Hartford-based
nonprofit Cut Out Cancer has
been holding these special Mondays for a year, offering free services to women who are being
treated by chemotherapy and radiation in an attempt to alleviate
the unwanted side effects from
the treatments.
Mondays at Milano, and the
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inspired by the HBO documentary
“Mondays at Racine,” which tells
the story of two sisters who own a
beauty salon in Islip, N.Y.
After watching their mother
suffer and struggle with cancer
when they were younger, the sisters decided to open their salon,
Racine, the third Monday every
See ONE YEAR on page 9
Photo by Alison Jalbert
Milano Salon & Day Spa owner Valerio Gurciullo gives a haircut during Cut Out Cancer’s Mondays at Milano one
year anniversary celebration March 16.
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images to be developed in
conjunction and collaboration with Native American
leaders.
Others favored an outright prohibition of all mascots, symbols, images and
nicknames associated with
any race or ethnicity including
the current team names.
Ultimately,
members
agreed unanimously to the
compromise.
All options charged the
superintendent with ensuring
the development and teaching of curriculum that enhances the understanding of
Native American culture.
Board member Tammy
Exum favored the outright
prohibition, saying that, in
1957 when the name the
Chieftains was selected,
“Things were quite different
than they are today.”
She noted the vast diversity in West Hartford schools,
in which 70 languages are
spoken, and said it seemed to
her “inconsistent” to celebrate
that fact while having team
names that are offensive to
even some Native Americans.
She noted that some Native Americans – in particular members of the Mohegan
tribe with whom Conard students spoke during the evolving discussion of the mascots
– are not offended by the
school’s names and symbols,
but said she asked herself,
“Would the Native Americans
who are not offended be offended if we stopped using the
mascot and the nickname?”
“The best option that offends the fewest Native Americans, and perhaps none, is
the option that eliminates the
use,” she said. “I choose the
option that allows us not to
be offensive.”
Board member Mark
Zyndanowicz strongly favored the option to keep all
names and imagery in consultation with Native American
leaders.
“Option one allows for
the best learning opportunities for our students and our
town,” Zyndanowicz said,
adding that the option would
address the issue of sensitivity
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with the imagery while continuing a line of communication with Native Americans
and improving education
about the culture.
He said the outright prohibition “Ignores the students,
teachers and town residents
voices and sterilizes our
history.”
For his part, Jay Sarzen
said he favored option one,
but also saw reasoning for the
implementation of the compromise option, clarifying
that option one “is a bit more
acceptable to me than the
other” and calling it the “best
option because it addresses
both sides’ concerns while
positioning West Hartford as
a leader … instead of shying
away from [the issue].”
He also said he does
not agree with the argument
made by some that sports
team names drive insensitive
behavior and said, “I think it’s
crystal clear that not all Native Americans are opposed
to this.”
“I think we need to ask
ourselves a broader, more
philosophical question,” he
posed. “Is there a fundamental right to proceed through
life unoffended?”
While he said he believed
a majority of residents would
prefer option one, he did not
believe that option would
pass the board and therefore
said he would be in favor of
the option that maintained
the team names.
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said he would agree to the
compromise as he did not believe his preference of an outright prohibition would pass
the board.
“The question is, ‘What
should prevail: tradition or
cultural sensitivity?’” Putterman said. “My opinion is this:
I think in a multicultural community, I think in a nation that
is awakening to the insidiousness of institutional racism,
that cultural sensitivity has to
trump tradition.”
He said if there was not
enough support for the full
prohibition, he would support
keeping the names, but eliminating all other references to
Native American culture.
Terry Schmitt agreed
with the need to abolish Native American references.
“I feel entirely comfortable voting to let the schools
keep their names with two
caveats: first, that we banish
anything that even vaguely
depicts or refers to Native
Americans, and second, that
I have heard something that
is akin to a promise from the
alumni, faculty and the booster clubs that they will not …
sully that name in their future
behavior,” he said.
He had strong comments
for the usage of Native American references saying, “What
happened at the time that we,
and so many other schools,
took on Native American
images and names and so
many other mascot symbols
was that what we basically
did was steal the identities
of these peoples for our own
use. … We stole the identity
of these people and we didn’t
even bother to ask.”
The topic of the mascots, which has been raised
more than once in the past,
was brought to the forefront
again in the fall when the Hall
High Student Association issued a statement denouncing
the name of the student fan
section at that school, “The
Reservation,” and calling upon
the organization’s leaders to
change the name to one that
is “culturally sensitive,” arguing that the current name and
Native American head used as
a logo “propagates a false and
dangerous historical notion of
American Indians.”
Since that time, the conversation broadened at the
two high schools to include
the team names, the Warriors
and Chieftains, and groups of
students and teachers came
together to advocate for a
mascot change, while others
came together in vehement
opposition.
Board Chair Mark
Overmyer-Velazquez called
the process carried out this
school year “exhilarating and
invigorating,” and one that
provided a “powerful and
valuable education for us all.”
“In general, I hope we
come away from this process
with greater respect for others, for people of all origins
and identities, and understand how important and
difficult it is to take the time
to learn the complexities and
historical contingencies of
who we are and how what we
do has an impact on those beyond ourselves,” he said.
He shared a preference
for the full prohibition, but
like his colleagues agreed to
the compromise.
“Native Americans are
not mascots. It is time for us
to find other ways to celebrate
and represent our schools,
our athletes and all our students,” he said. “Although I
am cautiously optimistic that
policy option 3 can succeed
in attaching new non-Indian meanings to those much
venerated names, the school
committees will need to provide clear guidelines, oversight and regular review in
this educational process. And
the Board of Education will
need to support the process of
designing new logos.”
The principals, consulting with the superintendent,
will appoint a committee at
each school to implement
the policy and develop new
names and/or new logos and
related images by June 15.
“The Board of Education
will fund the engagement of
a marketing or graphic design professional to support
this work,” according to the
motion to approve the policy.
“All reasonable efforts will be
made to begin to replace nonconforming names and images starting at the beginning of
the 2015-16 school year.”
Town to apply for CRCOG funds
By Abigail Albair
Editor
The town will apply for grant
funding to finance improvements
to the intersection of Mountain
Road and Albany Avenue.
During its March 10 meeting, the Town Council authorized
Town Manager Ron Van Winkle
to submit project applications to
the Capitol Region Council of Governments for consideration under
the Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality Grant program for transportation projects.
According to the CRCOG
website, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement
Program is a federal program “that
funds transportation projects and
programs that contribute to attainment or maintenance of the
national ambient air quality standards for ozone, carbon monoxide
and particulate matter.”
If approved, project funding
is split with at least an 80 percent
contribution by the federal government and a maximum contribution of 20 percent by the town,
according to the resolution passed
by the council.
The estimated cost to the
town of West Hartford for the
intersection improvement is
$300,000.
The town will also apply for
funding to replace traffic signals
at New Park Avenue intersections
at Talcott Road, Oakwood Avenue
and West Hartford Place shopping
center.
The estimated cost to the
town for that project is $150,000.
Applications are graded on a
point system. Should the projects
submitted by the town score high
enough, they will earn funding.
During the Feb. 23 Community Planning and Physical Services
Committee meeting, town engineer Duane Martin explained that
residents have long complained
about congestion at the intersection, where the short turning
lane heading northbound appears
to be a large part of the problem
and said lengthening the lane will
reduce motorist delay by approximately 30 seconds.
“We were able to develop a
design to lengthen that turn lane
and widen the road a little bit in
that area,” Van Winkle explained.
The town will own and maintain the improvements along
Mountain Road, and the state
will continue to own, operate and
maintain the traffic signal at the
intersection with state road Albany Avenue, the resolution explains.
Other changes are being discussed for the New Park Avenue
area, including the introduction of
bicycle lanes.
The changes to the traffic signal equipment will include changing to pedestrian countdown
lights, Van Winkle said.
Van Winkle said the town
would be pleased if funding for the
traffic signal replacement were approved, but the project is “not one
we need to do immediately,” but
sometime in the next few years.
Judy Eckert shows stylist Kelly Bard photos on her phone
while they wait for her hair to process.
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month to women living with cancer.
Ronit Shoham, president of the
Cut Out Cancer board of directors,
said she and the other board members did not necessarily have any
expectations going into their first
Monday event at the salon.
The response from not only
women undergoing treatments but
also the community has astonished
the board.
Demand for the services is so
high that stylists from other salons
volunteer their time to help, along
with Milano owners Sergio and Valerio Gurciullo and their staff.
Shoham praised the Milano
staff for its dedication to the cause.
She said if a woman undergoing
treatment calls and needs a service
before the next designated Monday,
she can still come in and get what
needs to be done gratis.
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Joan Sault, left, talks with first-time attendees
Carol Corriveau and Paula Jacobs.
“They never say no. There’s
nothing we ask and they won’t do,”
she said.
One thing Shoham and the rest
of the board didn’t anticipate at the
start of Mondays at Milano was how
the events would become just as
much about a sense of community
as the relaxing, pampering services.
Susan Goldberg, who was getting a pedicure, said it’s more than
just getting services.
“Everyone is wonderfully supportive and caring.”
Pam Lacko, author of “Laughing in the Face of Cancer,” attends
the Mondays to pass out her book
and talk with the women.
“They feel relaxed and talk
about what’s bothering them,” she
said. “There’s nothing else like it in
the state of Connecticut.”
Kelly Bard, owner of Aneeta Li
Salon in West Hartford, is among the
stylists who volunteer their time.
“It’s so great to give women a
comfortable place to feel good about
themselves,” she said.
Judy Eckert, whose hair was
being colored by Bard, said in a
time of appointments with doctors
and treatments, Mondays at Milano
gives her something positive to anticipate.
Valerio Gurciullo said it gets
better each month, and he is glad
Milano opened its doors to Cut Out
Cancer.
“The results are beyond what
we expected,” he said. “I wouldn’t do
it any other way.”
Shoham said there are not any
immediate plans to expand Cut Out
Cancer’s reach, though other salons
have expressed interest.
“We want to be well-established [before we expand],” she said.
“It takes a lot of work for this to run
successfully. We’re very satisfied
with this salon.”
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The starting line at Johnny’s Jog for Charity in West Hartford March 21
Johnny’s Jog for Charity raises $35,000
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Above: Matthew Morrow gets his face painted at Johnny’s Jog
for Charity in West Hartford March 21.
Below: Runners brave the snow during the annual event.
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couple hundred people braved the
snow to take part in the 5th annual Johnny’s Jog for Charity in West
Hartford Saturday, March 21.
Children enjoyed face painting and
balloon art in addition to an impromptu snowball fight. A bagpiper kicked off
the event, and participants clad in green
T-shirts ran and walked around West
Hartford Center before returning to Town
Hall.
The event, which is in honor of Johnny
Moran who has battled an unknown neuromuscular condition since birth, raised
about $35,000 this year, and has raised
some $150,000 since its inception for local non-profit children’s organizations.
This year’s charity beneficiaries are the
Miracle League, the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation and Covenant Prep in
Hartford.
Above: MaryKate Moran, Marty McNeill and Maeve McNeill
enjoy a snowball fight while they wait for the race to begin.
Below: Runners take off during Johnny’s Jog for Charity.
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environment. I think the project,
overall, got a lot of bidders excited
just to be a part of it. ... What that
coverage does is it drives up competition, and that competition has
allowed us to come in under budget,” he said.
Having selected the best
qualified bidder for all of the contractors needed, D’Orlando said
he is confident that the construction will continue to stay on track.
As of press time, D’Orlando
said selective demolition work,
such as cutting down trees and
ripping up asphalt, has begun.
“Then we’re going to get going pretty heavily on some underground utility work, which is one
of the priorities that we have to
get done before we can start foundation work,” he said. “A lot of our
work is going to be pretty much in
the ground over the next couple of
months. It really won’t be until the
summer that you’ll start to see the
building come out of the ground.”
Within the next few weeks,
trailers will be delivered to the
site, allowing Fusco to have onsite offices from which to work.
D’Orlando said that most of April,
May and June will be devoted to
creating the foundation for the
building with the main exterior of
the building completed by the end
of the year.
“By the end of this year, we
want to be pretty watertight with
that building so we can start on
the interior, start doing all of our
mechanical fit ups, our interior
trim work, things like that,” he
said.
One challenge the team at
Fusco says they are ready to face
is the difficulty of having a construction site directly next to a
still-functioning school.
“School and staff schedules
are a priority. All of our project deliveries will have to be scheduled
around school peak hours,” D’Orlando said. “We’re in contact with
school administrative staff, and
we try to minimize our impact on
any school activities that are going on.”
The existing staff parking lot
will remain usable until the summer of 2016, and access points for
parent drop-offs remain on both
Sydney Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, though the primary site ac-
cess point will also be located on
Flatbush Avenue.
To minimize impact to the
neighborhood, the construction
scheduling will follow all town
noise ordinances, and workers
on the site will not park in the
neighborhood, but will instead be
bussed in from another site.
Additionally, D’Orlando says
that Fusco is planning to provide
the community with regular updates about the construction.
“We do two-week ‘look aheads,’
which basically tells you guys what
we’re going to be doing over the
next two weeks,” he said. “We will
broadcast this to the community
just to keep everybody aware of
what’s coming through and mitigate any surprises.”
To provide even greater
communication to the community, D’Orlando says that web
cams have been ordered and will
be installed within the next two
months to allow residents a live
online stream of the construction,
which will be available on the
town’s website.
Bob Palmer, director of plant
and facilities for West Hartford
public schools, said of the plan,
“I think we spent way more time
planning the building than it’s going to take to build it, and I think
that’s a good thing.”
With physical construction
now underway, D’Orlando said he
hopes to meet with the Board of
Education every couple of months
to update it on progress.
“We’ve really come a long
way,” he said.
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College Connection
links with students
The holiday of Purim
may have been celebrated in the sanctuary of
Beth El Temple Wednesday night and Thursday, March 4 and 5, but
the festivities extended
beyond the synagogue
walls to more than 80
college students who
grew up at Beth El Temple.
Beth El Temple College Connection Chairperson Beth Papermaster of West Hartford
organized the effort.
Mishloach manot (gifts
of food that Jews send
to each other during the
holiday of Purim) were
sent to college students
whose families are members at Beth El Temple.
“Mishloach manot” literally means the “sending
of portions” in Hebrew
and this mitzvah (good
deed) is meant to en-
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sure that everyone has
enough food to enjoy the
traditional Purim feast. It
is also seen as an opportunity to strengthen relationships among people.
The custom comes from
the biblical Book of Esther, where the Purim
story is recounted.
The college students received packages
decorated by students in
the Beth El Temple Religious School containing
assorted candy, hamentashen (the traditional
triangular cookie made
for Purim), and a note
from Rabbi Jim Rosen
and Rabbi Ilana Garber
of Beth El.
UConn student Aaron Gladstein was very
appreciative of the package. “It felt great to be reminded in such a festive
way and feel the love of
the Beth El community.”
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John Frobel to marry Nicole Ferland
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ferland of Suffield are pleased
to announce the engagement of their daughter,
Nicole Marie Ferland, to
John Tuohy Frobel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frobel of
West Hartford.
The bride-to-be is a
graduate of Suffield High
School and Central Con-
necticut State University,
and is currently employed
at Lincoln Financial in
Hartford. The groom-tobe is a graduate of Conard
High School and Central
Connecticut State University. He is also employed at
Lincoln Financial.
A May 2015 wedding is
planned.
Aim Programs is a
501 C (3) nonprofit organization that has three
programs for teaching
social skills to teens and
young adults on the autism spectrum.
The programs – The
Middle School Social
Club, Company Keepers
(high school) and A Hire
Goal (young adult’s employment program) – use
the strong, positive trait
of imitation common in
autism to build up the
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of communication and
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only A Hire Goal is operational. A Hire Goal is
held Tuesdays from 3:305:30 p.m. at the Elmwood
Community Church in
West Hartford. Volunteer
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Hall High library hosts
‘Book Tasting’ event
Hall’s First Annual Book
Tasting event was held in the
school library Feb. 27 to promote literacy and independent reading. The event showcased
new books by genre and
Hall’s eBook collection, and
featured an eBook sign up, a
raffle to win Barnes & Noble
gift cards, and the chance to
sign up for a West Hartford
Public Library card and a
Connecticut State Library
card.
English classes attended the event throughout the
school day. Students were
each given a Book Tasting
“Menu” that encouraged
them to “taste” three books
in different genres by reading each one for four to five
minutes and recording their
impressions.
Menus were then
turned in to the library staff,
and students were given raffle tickets for a Book Tasting
drawing. More than $175 in
Barnes & Noble gift cards
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reading, social studies, and
the library media education
and technology departments. Additional raffle prizes included author-signed
new books donated by the
West Hartford Public Library and new books donated by the Hall Library.
More than 42 students
signed up for a new West
Hartford Public Library
card, and a number of students also signed up for a
Connecticut State Library
card.
“Walking around the
library, we listened to many
in-depth talks between students,” said English teacher
Melissa Roy. “The discussions and recommendations
among peers were refreshing
to hear. Additionally, many
students took advantage of
the opportunity to sign up
for a West Hartford Public
Library card. This event was
certainly appreciated both
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A few articles have been circulating in my social media newsfeed recently about Peter Pan at
Disney World and the caring way
in which he communicates with
Magic Kingdom guests.
He encourages them not to
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expect the resident of Never-Never Land to do – and reminds them
of the importance of childhood.
Adults are always encouraging children not
to wish to be older so frequently.
I remember hearing that all the time, and
I understood the principle, but it wasn’t until I
reached adulthood, of course, that I could fully
articulate the reasoning.
As children, we are naturally focused on ourselves and discovering who we are and what we
want to become. We ask kids what they want to
be when they grow up, where they want to go to
college, where they want to live and a whole host
of questions that require introspection and an
understanding of identity.
Too often as adults, we feel we’ve lost that
sense of self. The problem is, likely, because we
so rarely are just ourselves – we’re always somebody’s somebody.
Last weekend, shuffled in between split work
shifts that totaled 10-hour days both Saturday
and Sunday, I was able to clean the house, visit
my grandparents, visit my parents, have breakfast with friends and have dinner with different
friends who are in Connecticut briefly from the
West Coast.
When I arrived home from work Saturday
night at 9 p.m., I discovered a need to take my
dog to the emergency veterinary hospital where
we stayed until after midnight. (He’s doing fine,
so no need for concern.)
In one weekend I managed to be somebody’s
wife, dog owner, daughter, granddaughter, boss,
employee and friend. All in 48 hours.
I don’t share this because I think it’s an atypical accomplishment, I share it because it’s totally
typical.
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As adults, this is what we do, day in and day
out. We’re always somebody’s somebody.
The son of a friend of mine is undergoing
treatment for a rare form of leukemia and she is
balancing being a mom to him, as well as his siblings, and being a career woman every day.
Our local elected officials are, in many
cases, volunteers who are also parents and employed full time.
We all want to be there for our family and
friends in all the ways necessary. We work, we
volunteer and we do what we can to give back to
the community.
I was relatively proud of everything I did this
weekend until I walked into our guest bedroom
to grab a laundry basket and glanced at my keyboard covered in dust.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve had the
chance to play.
I’m guessing I’m a little rusty, so when I do
find time, I should do so utilizing the headphone
feature to avoid bothering the neighbors.
I used to think I’d be a novelist, but it’s been
quite some time since I’ve written anything that
wasn’t for publication in a newspaper.
It got me to thinking about where it is in our
journey that we start to feel a loss of identity and
as if things are heading off the tracks.
We talk about – and often joke about – midlife crises, but the reason I think they arise is different from what many believe.
It’s not that when we hit those middle-aged
years we feel as though we never lived up to the
big dreams of our younger selves, it’s that we’ve
forgotten those younger selves altogether.
It’s so easy to be defined by our jobs – and I’ll
be honest, I’m comfortable with the fact that, for
now, my job is mostly who I am – as well as our
roles as spouses, parents, daughters, sons, siblings and friends, that we lose sight of what made
us succeed in those descriptions in the first place.
You can’t be somebody’s somebody without
being somebody all on your own first.
This weekend, I had a moment of realization
that the best somebody’s somebody you can be is
simply a somebody to you.
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Above: This corner of Hello Dahle features rustic, shabby chic items;
Right: Pat Dahle painted this uniquely shaped set of drawers with classic
cartoon phrases.
Hello Dahle combines unique retail, owner’s creativity
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
Walking into Hello
Dahle, it’s hard to decide
where to look first.
There’s the wall of
handmade jewelry and
purses, and the corner of
rustic, shabby chic décor.
Also included are sections
of antique toys, other vintage items, African jars,
throw pillows and a “man
cave.”
The space in the Shops
at 485 New Park, is filled
from floor to high ceiling
with items that interest
owner Pat Dahle, collected
from tag sales, flea markets and other such places.
Sometimes the items are
presented as is; other times,
she has upcycled it into
something new or embellished it.
Along with the retail
space, there is also a studio
area where Dahle works.
For the past 25 years, she
has been making high-end
pillows for Boston interior
designers that retail anywhere from $500 to $5,000.
She has made pillows for
private airplane hangars
and yachts.
Her love for crafting
and creating began when
she was a child.
Her mother taught her
the idea of being creative if
she didn’t have the money
to buy something. Dahle
recalls making her own
clothes and clothes for her
Barbies, too.
In college, she studied
fabric design in the realm of
interior design, but said she
was unable to focus solely
on that medium and found
herself dabbling in metalsmithing, weaving, jewelry making and anything
else she could think of.
“When people ask me,
‘What’s your favorite me-
dium?’ I say, ‘Everything,’”
Dahle said with a laugh.
After spending her day
creating luxury throw pillows, she would go home
and “make other stuff.”
“At some point, my
house got full,” she said, so
when it came time to look
for new studio space, she
thought to look for adjoining retail space as well.
She previously shared
space on Oakwood Avenue
with Gloria Delany, owner
of Dwelling, LLC, whose retirement prompted Dahle
to seek a new workspace.
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livelihood. The other is fun
stuff. The shop is a lot of
things I like.”
Dahle said when she’s
perusing tag sales or flea
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pick up an item with the
thought, “This is going to
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for it.
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of Hello Dahle have been
great, she said, and “so
much fun.”
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Capital Classics
Theatre Company
announces new board
members
As the Capital Classics Theatre Company celebrates its
25th anniversary in 2015, it
has announced the addition
of three new members to
its board of directors: Wil
Moses, Nancy Simonds and
Edwin Thrower.
“We are thrilled to expand our board of directors
with professionals who have
such passion for our mission,
our summer Shakespeare
festival and the works of
Shakespeare,” said board
President Herb Emanuelson. “These new board
members will add exciting
energy to our Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival.”
Capital
Classics
has built a reputation
for making Shakespeare
accessible to the thousands of fans that turn
out each summer with their
family and friends –and
picnic baskets – on the
grounds of the University of
Saint Joseph to enjoy outdoor “Shakespeare under
the stars.”
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Blood drive
There will be a blood drive at the University of
Hartford Konover Center, 200 Bloomfield Ave.,
Thursday, March 26 from 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.
org or call 1-800-733-2767.
Kindergarten registration
Kindergarten registration will be held Thursday,
March 26 at 6 p.m. at Wolcott School, 71 Wolcott
Road and 6:30 p.m. at Smith STEM School. For
those who have a child eligible to enter kindergarten in the fall of 2015 (5 years of age on or before
Jan. 1, 2016), plan on attending the orientation.
Senior Center events/programs
West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road,
860-561-7583
• Thursday Afternoon Movies at 1 p.m.: March
26, “This Is Where I Leave You” and April 2, “The
Million Dollar Arm”
• Adult Immunization Awareness Program Monday, March 30, noon-1 p.m. – game of “Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire” to learn about immunizations, sponsored by West Hartford Bloomfield Health District Program, pre-register
• April Fools’ Day Party Wednesday, April 1, 1
p.m., celebrate with the Troubadours and the
Dazzlers and special guest Walter Martin with
romantic songs, laughs, dances, lunch catered
by Atria Hamilton Heights, cost $10/$12, register
Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave., 860-561-8180
• Movies & Munchies Fridays, 1-3 p.m.: March
27, “And So It Goes”
• Trip: Architectural Highlights of Hartford with
Mike McGarry Wednesday, April 1, 10 a.m.-4
p.m., $48/$52/$53, including Colt Building, old
Hartford National Bank, lunch at Hot Tomatoes
Tickets for ‘Seussical’
Bristow Middle School’s production of “Seussical” will be Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m., and
Saturday, March 28 at 2 and 7 p.m., in the auditorium of the school, 34 Highland St. Reserved
seats are $12 each. Order tickets online at
showwtix4u.com.
Duncaster’s Great Courses
Duncaster in Bloomfield offers a Great Courses
seminar series to look at the lives of seven of the
greatest U.S. presidents that meets Fridays from
2-3:30 p.m. featuring the commentary of Professor Allan Lichtman. On March 27, the topic
will be Theodore Roosevelt – Patrician Reformer and Theodore Roosevelt – The Cowboy as
President. On April 3, the topic will be Woodrow
Wilson, American Visionary and The Professor as
Politician.
Duncaster has also been offering a Great
Courses seminar series on Great World Religions, Christianity. There will be a summary
discussion with guest faculty Monday, March 30
from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Meeting Room.
The courses are free and open to members
of the community, however, pre-registration is
required. For more information or to enroll, contact Fran Kent at [email protected] or call
860-380-5006.
Holy Family retreats
Holy Family, 303 Tunxis Road, 860-760-9705,
will offer the following retreats:
• Men’s Weekend Retreat: Know Greater Joy,
Friday-Sunday, March 27-29 beginning with
dinner at 6 p.m., $295, more if you can, less if
you can’t
• Shawl Knitting Day Retreat: Hands to Work,
Hearts to God with Ruth Rolander Saturday,
March 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $65 includes lunch
• The Path of Transformation: Holy Week Triduum Retreat for Men and Women Thursday-Saturday, April 2-4, $295 for Thursday dinner thru
Saturday brunch, $325 to stay through Saturday
dinner and Easter Vigil
• Holy Week & Easter Sunday schedule: Holy
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
[email protected]
Thursday, April 2, 8 p.m., Commemoration of
the Lord’s Supper; Good Friday, April 3, 3 p.m.,
Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion, and at
7:30 p.m., Taize Evening Prayer Service; Holy
Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m., Easter Vigil followed
by reception; Easter Sunday, April 5, 10:30 a.m.,
Mass – all welcome, free-will offering
Pajama Jam Dance
There will be a Pajama Jam Dance with DJ
Paulie Friday, March 27, from 7-9 p.m. at the
Elmwood Community Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave. The dance is for special needs friends, high
school and older. Pajamas are the dress code.
Popcorn and pop will make this mini-slumber
party a blast. Pre-registrat at 860-561-8160.
Beth El Temple events
Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave., 860-2339696, will offer the following:
• PJ Shabbat and Kids’ Club Shabbat Friday,
March 27, 5:45-6:45 p.m., RSVP to Rabbi Howard Rosenbaum, 860-233-9891
• Shabbat Yoga Saturday, March 28, 10:30
a.m.-noon
• The Shabbat Zone Saturday, March 28,
11 a.m., grades 3-6
• Shabbat Family Experience Saturday, March
28, 11 a.m., grades K-2
• Tumbling with Torah Saturday, March 28,
11 a.m.
• Concert: The Music of Jewish Europe Comes
to America Sunday, March 29
At Blue Back Square, Webster Walk
• CCMC Injury Prevention event Saturday,
March 28 from 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Unified Theater Spring Tour Thursday, April 2,
1:30 p.m.
MUFON meeting
MUFON, Mutual UFO Network will celebrate
the coming of spring with MUFON Connecticut
and Chinese food Saturday, March 28, 11:30
a.m., at Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet, 52
Kane St. Everyone pays their own way. Attendees will discuss details on the upcoming
spring and summer public event schedule.
On Saturday, April 11, 11 a.m., at St. Catherine’s School, Room 102, 4 Riverside Ave.,
Riverside, the Connecticut Chapter of MUFON
will present author Linda Zimmermann on UFO
sightings in the Hudson Valley, N.Y. For info, call
203-637-9619.
Mandell JCC Passover events
Passover festivities continue with Spring Is
Here – Let’s Celebrate Sunday, March 29 at 2
p.m. at Roaring Brook Nature Center, 70 Gracey Road, Canton. Families will learn about and
touch animals that are getting ready for spring,
take a nature walk and make a Passover craft
to use during Seder.
Other Passover events include PJ Library
Passover Storytimes beginning Tuesday, March
31 at 11 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, The Shoppes
at Farmington Valley, Canton, and on Wednesday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes & Noble,
Blue Back Square, West Hartford and Thursday,
April 2, 10:30 a.m., at Barnes & Noble, Somerset Square, Glastonbury. For more information,
contact Elana MacGilpin, 860-231-6327,
[email protected].
WHSO choral concert
The West Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s “Orchestra & Chorus” concert will take place Sunday, March 29 at 3 p.m. at the Roberts Theatre
on the Kingswood Oxford School campus, Trout
Brook Drive. Guest soloists will be pianist Eric
Ouellette performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and soprano Emily Riggs performing “Song to the Moon” from Dvorak’s opera
“Rusalka.” Two works by Tchaikovsky will open
and close the concert. Following intermission,
the WHSO will accompany the ECSU Chorale.
At the Library
Noah Webster Library
Noah Webster Library,
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980,
• Comedy Thursday Film Series Thursdays,
1:15 p.m.: March 26, “The Bank Dick” and
April 2, “Road to Morocco”
• New Yorker magazine meeting Friday,
March 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., discussion
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of March 23 issue
• Spirited Touch Gourd Art Display by Marilyn Holt thru March 31 on the main floor
Edward Santos’ art/photography thru
March 31 in the gallery
• WeHa Artists Emporium’s art work of
children’s book illustrator/author J.C.
Philipps thru March 31 in the Children’s
Gallery
March 26, 2015
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the
door beginning at 2:15 p.m., or by calling 860521-4362 or online at www.whso.org.
Charity Art Open House
There will be a Charity Open House to benefit
the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford Sunday, March 29 at The Claypen, 997 Farmington
Ave. There will be an art show, live painting
demonstration, local student musicians and
painting. Donations and a portion of art sales
from featured artist will be donated to Charter
Oak in support of music and arts in the Hartford
community and schools.
Early Childhood PJ Party
Pre-school children along with their parents are
invited to an evening of crafts, storytelling and
hot chocolate Wednesday, March 30 5:30-6:30
p.m. at the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy, 53 Gabb Road, Bloomfield. It is a free program open to the community. For info, call 860243-8333 or go to [email protected]. On
Monday, March 30 at the Academy, there will be
a nursery and kindergarten interactive Seder at
9:30 a.m., a Passover program that will prepare
children and adults for the upcoming holiday.
West Hartford Regents meeting
On Tuesday, March 31, 1:30 p.m., at the Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain Ave., the
West Hartford Regents will have a speaker from
the Bridge Family Center. All retired men are
invited. For information, call 860-236-2704 or
visit www.whregents.org.
Events at Tunxis Community College
The community is invited to the following free
events at Tunxis Community College in Farmington.
• Panel discussion, “Diverse Perspectives on
Our Criminal Justice System,” Wednesday, April
1, 10-11:20 a.m. in Founders Hall
• Public Safety Career Fair Thursday, April 2, 10
a.m.-1 p.m., in the 600 Building hallway (860773-1646)
• Gallery exhibition, “Still Lifes: Echo/Shadow/
Reflection” by Janette Maxey thru April 9, in the
Barnes-Franklin Gallery, open Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. ([email protected])
Miracle League registration
Teams are now being formed for the 2015
Spring Miracle League of Connecticut season.
The league is open to boys and girls (ages 4+)
who have physical or cognitive challenges.
League play begins in late April and concludes
in mid-June. For more information or to register
a child, visit www.miracleleaguect.org. Register
by Wednesday, April 1 for the spring season.
Applications for Early Childhood Site
for School Readiness
The town of West Hartford is now accepting applications from early childhood sites to participate
in the School Readiness program for July 2015June 2016. The town is currently seeking applicants that can offer families full-day/full-year
experience. In order to be considered for participation, programs must complete an RFP and
submit by Wednesday, April 1 to mary_stone@
whps.org.
Bishops Corner Neighborhood
Association meeting
The Bishops Corner Neighborhood Association’s
evening meeting titled “Highlights & Happy Hour”
will be held April 7 from 6-8 p.m. at the Bishops
Corner Senior Center. The event is rescheduled
from March 3. To RSVP by April 3, call 860-2066975. Hear the latest developments in Bishops
Corner followed by a networking social hour.
Learn how to become involved with the BCNA
and its committees. Light fare will be provided by
local grocery stores, and Maximum Beverage will
sponsor a wine tasting.
Special Easter celebration
Calvary Fellowship, which meets at Conard
High School, 110 Beechwood Road, will launch
a new study called “On Your Mark” on Easter
Sunday, April 5. Bill LaMorey, lead pastor, will
help bridge the gap between the 2,000-year-old
text and today by showing it is just as exciting
and relevant as ever. Easter Sunday will also
feature the annual Easter egg hunt. Children
are invited to attend Sunday School then later
collect eggs. There are two Easter services, at
8:30 and 11 a.m. The egg hunt will follow each
service. Registration is required to participate in
the Easter egg hunt by calling 860-231-9957.
Rockledge Club open to women golfers
Membership in the Rockledge Women’s Club
is open to all residents of West Hartford and
Arts & Events
“Digits. Dig It” final performances Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m., Friday and
Saturday, March 28 and 29 at 8 p.m., and
Sunday, March 29 at 2 p.m., at Playhouse
on Park, 244 Park Road, West Hartford, tickets range from $25-$35, 860-523-5900,
ext. 10
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St., Collinsville, 860-693-9762: March 26, 8 p.m.,
Don Ross; March 27, 8 p.m., Tom Chapin;
March 28, 8 p.m., Comedy: John Fugelsang; March 29, 7 p.m., The Steel Wheels;
April 2, 8 p.m., Carolyn Wonderland w/special guest Shelley King
At the Hartt School, 200 Bloomfield Ave.,
West Hartford, 860-728-4428: An Evening
with Guitar, Thursday, March 26, 8-9:30
p.m., Berkman Recital Hall, with students of
Richard Provost and Christopher Ladd performing solo and ensemble works for classical guitar; Performance 20/20 Prism Concert
Sunday, March 29, 2-3:30 p.m., Berkman
Recital Hall; Kevin Gray Scholarship Benefit
Concert Sunday, March 29, 7-9 p.m., Millard
Auditorium; Annual Piano Monster Concert
Sunday, March 29, 8-9:30 p.m., Bliss Music Room; Stratosphere Flute Choir Monday,
March 30, 8-9:30 p.m., Berkman Recital
Hall; Hartt Orchestra Thursday, April 2, 7:3010:30 p.m., Lincoln Theater
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro:
20 Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk,
860-542-5531: March 26, 8 p.m., The
Levin Brothers; March 27, 8 p.m., Marc
Cohn; March 28, 8 p.m., Jefferson Starship;
March 29, 7:30 p.m., Jim Brickman
32 Front St., Hartford: March 26, 7:30 p.m.,
The Priests; March 27, 8 p.m., Heritage
Blues Orchestra; March 28, 8 p.m., Marc
Cohn; March 29, 7:30 p.m., Southern New
England Jazz Fest
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main
St., Hartford:
• Italian Film Weekend March 26-29 with
opening night reception and film “Human
Capital” Thursday, March 26, 6 p.m.; Friday,
March 27, 7:30 p.m., “Long Live Freedom”;
Saturday, March 28, 1 p.m., “The Mafia
Only Kills in Summer”; Saturday, March 28,
3 p.m., “Big Night”;
• Gallery Talk, “The History of the Carousel,” Friday, March 27, noon, with Andrew
Miller of the New England Carousel Museum discussing Europe’s first carousels, free
with admission, meet by the museum shop
• Talk & Book Signing Wednesday, April 1,
6 p.m., “Coney Island 40 Years” with photographer Harvey Stein discussing the work
in his book, arrive between 5 and 6 p.m. to
view “Coney Island” exhibit, free and open
to the public
• First Thursday, “Call of the Wild” Thursday, April 2, 5-8 p.m., $5, live music by
The Kenn Morr Band, a “3 in 30” talk in the
galleries focusing on artwork depicting nature, a reading of poems from Daniel Wolff’s
“The Names of Birds” and screening of film
“Wild,” at 8 p.m.
Universalist Church’s UU Players’ musical comedy “Honk! Jr.” Friday, March 27
non-residents as well. The group’s season runs
from April to October, with the traditional opening meeting Monday, April 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
in the Board Room, mezzanine level, at 20 South
Main St. For membership form, visit www.golfrockledge.com. For more information, contact
Sandy Gifford at 860-716-8290.
April Vacation Science Camp
The New Children’s Museum’s Vacation Science
Camp is a program for children entering grades
one-five. Each camp day features a unique theme
with activities, games and crafts aligned with the
subject. The schedule is as follows: Monday, April
13, Framed – The Science of Art; Tuesday, April
14, It’s a Tiny, Tiny World; Wednesday, April 15,
Animal Spring Awakening; Thursday, April 16, All
Charged Up; Friday, April 17, Scaly Friends. To
sign up, call 860-231-2824, ext. 44.
at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, March
28 and 29 at 1:30 p.m., at the Universalist
Church, 433 Fern St., West Hartford, tickets
$12/$6 available at the door or by calling
860-233-3669, ext. 309
Mark Twain House Museum Center, 351
Farmington Ave., Hartford, 860-280-3130:
• “Brian Dykstra: Selling Out” Friday, March
27, 7:30 p.m., at The Webster Bank Museum Center
• Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours Friday and
Saturday, March 27 and 28, tours stepping off at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., tickets
$22/$17/$15, call 860-280-3130
• “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court” performed by The Acting Company
Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m., in Hoffman
Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph,
1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford, tickets
$30/$25/$20, order by calling 232-5555 or
www.usj.edu/arts
• Book/Mark events: “A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a
Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress,
and a Young Dictator’s Rise to Power” with
author Paul Fischer Wednesday, April 1, 7
p.m.; “Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away” with author Rebecca
Goldstein Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m.; both
events in Lincoln Financial Services Auditorium, reservations recommended
• CLUE Tours – The “April Fools” Edition
Wednesday, April 1, 7-10 p.m., “Clue Meets
the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” featuring comedy troupe Sea Tea Improv as the suspects,
tours every 15 minutes, reservations required, tickets $22/$17/$15 – a new twist
on the game
Friends of Northwest Park music series
featuring Nashville-based quintet Nora
Jane Struthers and The Party Line Saturday,
March 28, 7:30 p.m., at Northwest Park,
Lang Road, Windsor, 860-285-1886, www.
northwestpark.org – traveling Carnival of
Appalachian – roots - rock
Simsbury Light Opera Company’s Gilbert
and Sullivan’s “Trial by Jury” and SLOCO’s
Greatest Hits Saturday, March 28 at 7:30
p.m. and Sunday, March 29 at 2 p.m. at
Eno Memorial Hall, 754 Hopmeadow St.,
Simsbury, tickets at 860-217-0052 or at
SLOCO.org
Baby Grand Jazz Series featuring Alvin
Carter Project: Confluence of Influence
Sunday, March 29, 3-4 p.m., in the library
atrium of the Hartford Public Library, 500
Main St., Hartford – Carter on drums, Emery
Smith on piano and Vishnu Wood on bass
CONCORA’s BACH! Sunday, March 29, 4
p.m., at Immanuel Congregational Church, 10
Woodland St., Hartford, with guest conductor
Charles Bruffy, tickets $10-$50, 860-2930567 – Bach program in concert with HSO
Arbeat 2015, student exhibit sponsored
by West Hartford public schools and
West Hartford Art League, running thru
April 2 at the WH Art League, 37 Buena Vista
Road, West Hartford, gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (860-231-8019)
Mah Jongg Tournament
The Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Israel,
701 Farmington Ave., will hold a Mah Jongg
Tournament April 26, 9:30 a.m. Cost is $25
per person and includes lunch. Reservations
by April 19. For more information, contact
Andrea Labinger at 860-233-6516 or Sandi
Robbin at 860-242-0168.
Tickets on sale for NWC Jazz Cabaret
Tickets are now on sale for Northwest Catholic’s Jazz Cabaret Night May 9. All tickets
must be reserved in advance and only a limited number are available. Tickets are $20
for adults and $10 for students and senior
citizens. Visit www.NorthwestCatholic.org/
JazzNight to make seat reservations.
PRESSSports
NW Catholic schooled by Capital Prep
Gray
“Can you learn a better lesson?”
– NWC coach Sean O’Brien
By Scott Gray
Photos by Brendan Driscoll
Northwest Catholic senior Haley Connors makes a three-pointer
in the fourth quarter of the Class L state final, but the Indians came
up far short to Capital Prep and settled for the runner-up plaque
and medals.
By Brendan Driscoll
Correspondent
There are worse ways to finish the
season than losing in a state championship
game.
There are worse places to play your final high school basketball game than in a
professional arena.
The Northwest Catholic girls basketball team was somewhat of a surprise participant in the Class L state tournament
final. There was a fortunate draw in the
bracket, a dramatic comeback in the second round, and the next thing the Indians
knew they were playing on a reservation for
a state title.
The final challenge would be the biggest one for Northwest Catholic, the toughest by far than any of their previous games
this winter. And it
showed right from
the opening tip.
Hartford’s Capital
Prep was much bigger and a lot better.
The Trailblazers wasted little time
showing why they were ranked No. 16 in the
nation, according to the USA Today poll,
and Northwest Catholic could not keep up.
Northwest fell behind by double-digits
in the opening minutes and went on to lose
87-59 March 22 as Capital Prep won its third
straight state championship in its fourth
consecutive trip to Mohegan Sun Arena.
In racing out to a 13-0 lead, Capital
Prep looked every bit as strong as the team
that won the Class L championship last
winter and the Class S title two years ago.
The score was 30-9 at the end of the first
quarter and 48-25 at halftime.
“I was thinking for the first couple
minutes we needed to get our bearings with
us,” Northwest coach Sean O’Brien said. “I
can’t say I’m shocked by the first two minutes, but they just kept coming and coming.
... They are tremendous.”
O’Brien added, “Our speed and our
toughness is what got us here. We were
going to rely on that – win, lose, or draw.
Today it was ‘lose,’ but that’s who we are
and we certainly aren’t going to change our
identity when the chips are down.”
See NW CATHOLIC on page 18
Holt hoping to serve up a winner with Hall boys
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Photo by David Heuschkel
Jim Holt, the new boys volleyball coach at
Hall, will hand out the same instructions and
implement the same system he used to turn
the girls program around.
When Jim Holt took over the girls volleyball program at Hall High in the fall of
2013, he didn’t know any of the players or
how long it would take to teach them his
system. The new coach didn’t expect the
turnaround to happen quickly, and it didn’t.
When the Warriors won 11 matches
last fall, it ended a string of five straight losing seasons. Athletic director Betty Remigino-Knapp was so impressed that when the
job as head coach of the boys team opened,
she already had her man.
“Betty was really happy. She was just
surprised that I was able to turn it around
quickly,” Holt said. “Two years is a pretty
quick turnaround.”
As the new boys coach this spring,
Matters
Holt is facing a similar scenario. The team
has gone 15-60 over the last four seasons
and last qualified for the state tournament
in 2008, the same year the girls last made it
before qualifying in the fall.
But coaching the girls team for two
years, Holt is a familiar face to the boys. He
said two players helped him with the girls
squad, working as a team manager, and he
watched a few boys matches last spring.
Previously, Holt coached the South
Windsor boys team for 11 years. In 2004,
the first varsity season, the Bobcats went
5-13. The following year, the team went 13-5
in the regular season and won a first-round
match in the state tournament. South
Windsor won back-to-back CCC East titles
in 2012-13 under Holt, who stepped down
following the second title.
See HALL BOYS on page 18
March 26, 2015
I open with a trivia question. How many teams from
UConn’s league, the AAC, reached the Sweet 16 of the
men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament? Answer at the
end of the column.
First, another question. How many Major League
Baseball players know who Curt Flood is? Trick question. fifty percent may know the name. Those who understand his role in securing today’s multimillion dollar
salaries is probably closer to 1 percent. In 1969, after
12 years as the center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals,
Flood refused a trade to the Phillies and challenged baseball’s reserve clause, which bound a player to one team
for life, or until he was traded. The challenge went all the
way to the Supreme Court, where Flood lost. He played
only 13 more games in his career, in 1971, for the Washington Senators. Four years later two pitchers, Andy
Messersmith and Dave McNally, influenced by Flood’s
challenge of the reserve clause, won their own challenge
by playing for one year without contracts, bringing about
the term “free agent.” A year later, A’s pitcher Jim “Catfish” Hunter broke the bank as a “free agent” signee with
the Yankees and the contract rules of major league baseball were changed forever, too late for Flood to reap the
benefits, but every player since is in his debt, though the
vast majority don’t realize it.
Fifty years from now, National Football League players may be just as ignorant when asked, “Who is Chris
Borland?” By then he may be just a footnote. On the
other hand, he may be as important as Curt Flood is
in baseball. Last week, Borland took an unprecedented step in raising awareness of an ongoing problem in
the NFL. After just one season with the San Francisco
49ers, the 24-year-old linebacker announced his retirement, citing studies of the relationship between football
and neurodegenerative disease. He’s more concerned
about the effects of concussions on his quality of life
after football than the money on the remaining three
years of his contract.
“It’s not a cash grab,” he said of playing one year
and walking away, proving as much by returning threefourths of his signing bonus, his first year salary and
prorated bonus totaling just $575,000.
Borland disclosed he suffered a concussion as the
result of a hit in training camp but didn’t report it. “It
wasn’t a cataclysmic hit,” he told CBS News last week.
“It just changed the way I played the game.”
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he
was an All-American linebacker and Big Ten Defensive
Player of the Year as a senior, Borland said he’ll pursue
an advanced degree and a career in business. He said
even if his decision does lead the NFL to assess the
safety of its game, he isn’t sure they can make it safer.
“Brevity might be a good idea,” he told CBS, possibly
platooning players more so they’re “Just playing a
shorter amount of time” in each game.
“There are enough former players who have suffered
already and too many future players who face the risk,”
said Borland. “The dangers are inherent in football. Everything can go right, and you can still get hurt. I don’t
know if they can make the game safer.”
The question isn’t just if the NFL can make the game
safer, it’s if it can be done without turning away the most
important element in an equation of overwhelming profits, generations of fans who may now have an insatiable
appetite for a weekly menu of violence.
Ironically, one week after Borland’s announcement
former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Chuck Bednarik
died. For more than half a century, Bednarik, known for
aggressive play, has been a symbol of the violent nature
of the game. His 1960 hit that nearly ended the career,
and life, of Giants star Frank Gifford, is regarded as one
of the, if not the, most violent in history. That hit did
lead to one adjustment, ironically one Borland alluded
to, reduced playing time. Gifford was the NFL’s last twoway player, the last to play both offense and defense.
Borland wasn’t just another player. In his second
start, he recorded 18 tackles, the most for a single
player in a single game last season. In his fourth start,
he recovered an overtime fumble to set up a win over
the Saints. He was the week 11 Defensive Player of the
Week and the Defensive Player of the Month for November. The NFL is losing a potential marquee name.
They can’t afford for this to become a growing trend.
Chris Borland makes concussions an issue they have to
address more aggressively. Fifty years from now, NFL
players may be asked if they know who he is. See the
percentages above regarding Curt Flood.
As for my first question. The answer is none. Hopefully, the invitation to the Big Ten is forthcoming.
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Photos by Brendan Driscoll
Left: Northwest Catholic sophomore Lauren Murphy goes up for a layup with Capital Prep’s Kiah Gillespie trailing the play. Right: NWC senior Madison Borowiec drives to the basket past
Capital Prep freshman Desiree Davis guarding.
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from page 17
As the No. 11 seed, Northwest Catholic
(20-7) was the lowest seeded team to advance to the Class L final since East Lyme
went to the 2008 state championship game
as a No. 17 seed.
Capital Prep was the No. 4 seed, which
was misleading given the Trailblazers were
ranked No. 1 in the Connecticut state poll
all season. The only loss by Capital Prep (251) was to Eastside of Paterson, N.J.
“Can you learn a better lesson? I don’t
know if you can,” O’Brien said, “playing the
best team in the state in probably 20 years.
We had a chance to experience what this
level is when we got here. So, outside of a
win, it’s the best thing we could ask for.”
For the past month, Northwest Catholic (20-7) had been practicing in an auxiliary gym after a pipe broke at the school,
shutting down the team’s regular gym. The
small auxiliary gym, where the walls are
only a few feet from the sideline, didn’t exactly compare to the 10,000-seat arena that
is home to the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun.
“This is like night and day,” O’Brien
said. “We got here really early [about two
hours before the tip] to shoot. You can
get out here and do layup lines and take
jumpers, but then you have a 6-foot-2inch person covering you and everything
changes.”
Northwest Catholic never saw a player like Capital Prep senior Kiah Gillespie,
a McDonald’s All-American who will play
at Maryland. She finished her high school
career with three state titles in four state
championship appearances.
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bounding Northwest Catholic 53-20, and
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boys basketball players to help simulate the
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Capital Prep has six players on its roster listed as 5-10 or taller. Northwest Catholic sophomore Lauren Murphy (5-9) is the
tallest player on the Indians.
“I thought about asking [boys] to come
in, but I did that last year against Ledyard
and it almost distracted us,” O’Brien said.
“We got so caught up in strategic stuff, we
almost forgot to just play. If they had Gillespie out here alone with more average sized
players, then maybe. But if you focus on
Kiah only, then Elmore kills you.”
Seniors Haley Connors, Madison
Borowiec and Mackenzie Collyer played
their final game for Northwest. Connors
scored 12 points, eight of which came in
the fourth quarter where Northwest outscored Capital Prep 22-17. Borowiec had
five steals and four points. Collyer scored
three points.
“My heart breaks for the three seniors
because they won’t get another bite at this
apple, but we have a lot of underclassman
that are going to benefit from this experience. Hopefully, it pays off,” O’Brien said.
Connors and Borowiec both agreed
that finishing their high school careers at
Mohegan Sun was the highlight of their
time at Northwest Catholic.
“It has always been a dream,” said Connors, who will play basketball at Bryant.
Northwest had five players score in
double figures. Juniors Erin Feeney scored 12
points and Elysia Calloway added 10. Murphy scored 10.
“It’s every team’s dream to finish here,”
Collyer said, “and having the privilege to play
here was amazing.”
to improve.
There’s not a big difference between
Holt said he was able to turn around the coaching boys and girls, Holt said. So, he’ll
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Hoop honors
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of Conard High School, was named honorable mention to the New
England Collegiate Conference Women’s team as an honor. She
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Coach is ‘Master’ of energy
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
an assistant for the football team
for the last dozen years, working
under former coaches Joe Grace
and Jeff Osborne, who resigned as
head coach over the winter.
When Osborne stepped
down for family reasons, Masters
didn’t want to step away from the
team. So, the 45-year-old decided
to apply for the job. He was hired
earlier this month.
“I don’t want to leave foot-
done it my whole life. It hasn’t
subsided. I get fired up talking
about it.”
Between his teaching job at
Though baseball and football
King Philip Middle School in West
are different sports, Masters will
Hartford and two head coaching
have the same general coaching
jobs at Simsbury High, Dave Masphilosophy. He wants players to
ters has been a busy guy the last
improve every day and have a
month.
“bulldog” mentality. The mission,
With the high school baseball
he said, is for players to strive to
preseason underway, Masters is
make a positive impact on the
preparing for his fifth season with
school community.
the Trojans. As the re“Success is makcently appointed new
ing sure the kids have
head coach of Simsthat progression every
bury’s football team,
day and all day, and
he has more tasks than
build on that progresever.
sion,” he said.
Masters joked that
“I don’t believe
he had more meetings
kids will follow a teachto attend than there
er if they don’t underwere hours in the day,
stand that the teacher
but he wasn’t comor leader cares about
plaining. To the conthem. People aren’t
trary, the two-sport
going to care of what
high school coach was
you say unless you care
attacking his hectic
about them. The kids
schedule with loads of
are going to know I care
energy and zero cafabout them and know
feine.
what’s best for them.”
“I don’t need cofMasters said his
Photo by David Heuschkel
fee. I’ve been this way
ultimate goal is to build
my whole life,” Masters David Masters, the former baseball coach at Hall, now a consistently winning
wears two head coaching caps at Simsbury. He was program that has a
said.
recently named the new football coach and will resume
positive impact on the
His check list inhis duties as baseball coach of the Trojans.
school community. He
cluded hiring a coaching staff, including offensive and ball in Simsbury, and I really feel wants to establish a stronger condefensive coordinators. There passionate about the program,” nection with the youth program so
were candidates to interview for Masters said. “I’ve invested a lot kids will want to play in high school.
He plans on changing the
other positions on his football of time in it and I care so deeply
offense, taking a more balanced
staff. He was in the weight room about it.”
at 6 a.m., supervising the lifting
Masters was an assistant approach. Simsbury ran a veer opprogram of players. He’s mapped football coach at Hall from 1993- tion offense under Osborne, who
out the summer strength training. 99 and head baseball coach at the took over for Grace in 2007.
“We’re starting to meet as
There is always a film to watch.
West Hartford high school from
When the football preseason ’99 through 2010. He took a break a group,” Masters said last week.
officially begins in late August, from coaching football for a few “We’re starting to progress. We’ve
Masters will have less-than-zero years after he and his wife started got the summer mapped out with
down time. He’s used to it, though. a family in 2000. He returned to strength training, done some good
He was already fully invested into the sidelines at Simsbury as a staff things so far to get started. We
have a good, positive direction.
Simsbury High athletics.
member under Grace in 2003.
Masters, who has two teen“It takes a lot of energy, which The kids seem really excited about
age sons, has been the head base- I have, and I’ve got a lot of passion it. They’re fired up.”
Just like the new coach.
ball coach since 2011. He has been for the sport,” Masters said. “I’ve
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860-402-2168
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HALL’S MARKET
Black Angus
Ground Sirloin
or Meatloaf Mix
American Cheese
2.99
$
ESTABLISHED 1935
WWW.HALLSMARKET.NET
3.99
$
Pre-sliced
lb. 1 lb. min.
Apple Cranberry
Stuffed Pork Chops
Fresh
FREE
Buy One
Get One
Center Cut Pork Chops Thick Sliced Slab Bacon
2.49 lb.
3.99 lb.
$
$
Pork Ribs
1.99 lb.
$
Beef
Chuck Roast
4.99 lb.
$
Ten 1”
Filet Mignon Steaks
59.90 ea.
$
Extra Tender
Great for
Pot Roast
Skirt Steaks
9.99 lb.
$
Beef
Corned Beef
Tenderloins Briskets
CUSTOM CUT AND FREEZER WRAPPED
FREE OF CHARGE
9.99
$
Great for
Fajitas!
lb.
5.99
$
lb.
While Supply Lasts!
SEAFOOD
5.99
$
lb.
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Gourmet Sandwich
Italian Meatball
$3.99 ea. +tax
with peppers, onions & provolone
March 26, 2015
10lb bag
Fresh All Natural
Boneless Skinless
Chicken
Breast
17.90
$
ALL WHITE MEAT CHICKEN SALAD .......$4.99/lb
HALL’S MACARONI SALAD....................$3.99/lb
HALL’S EGG POTATO SALAD..................$3.99/lb
HALL’S FRESH MOZZARELLA &
TOMATO SALAD....................................$5.99/lb
HALL’S GARLIC BROCCOLI RABE ..........$7.99/lb
HALL’S TUNA SALAD ............................$6.99/lb
BUY 1 GET 1 FREE
ALL FROZEN PREPARED
MEALS & SOUPS
$2.99 ea. +tax
Convenient parking in the rear & our lot to the east of Hall’s
lb.
lb.
PREPARED FOODS
Grinder of the Week
Ham Grinder
331 Park Road, West Hartford, CT • 860-232-1075
3.99
$
Fresh from Hall’s Kitchen,
March 26th - April 1st
$1.99 ea. +tax
$2.99/gal
Original,
lb. BBQ, or Buffalo
Extra Thin Hand Sliced
Chicken Cutlets
3 lbs. or more
Half Price!
Sandwich of the Week
Cooked Salami Sandwich
Mountain Dairy
Chicken Tenders
5.99
$
3.49
HALL’S STORE MADE ALL
NATURAL ROAST BEEF .........................$8.99/lb
OVEN ROASTED TURKEY BREAST.........$6.99/lb
HORMEL ALL NATURAL DELI HAM ........$5.99/lb
HONEY HAM............................................$5.99/lb
COOKED SALAMI .....................................$4.99/lb
Salmon Fillets
Hormone Free
Skim or
1% milk
only
5 lbs
lb. or more
DELI
Fresh Atlantic
While Supplies
Last! Sorry no rainchecks.
FREE
79
Fully Cooked
Meatballs
$
Buy Two
Get One
¢
Oops! We made too Buffalo Chicken or
much. Flat Cut
Chicken Parmesan
USDA Choice
Whole Peeled
FREE
Fresh All Natural
Chicken Leg Quarters
• Hall’s Famous Easter Kielbasa
• Morrell E-Z Cut Hams
• Spiral Hams
• Fresh American Lamb
Legs, Racks, Loins
• Crown Roasts of Pork or Lamb
• Prime Rib Roasts
Ribeye Steaks
Buy One
Get One
Spinach Feta
Turkey Burgers are back!
Reserve your
Easter Meats Early!
Hand Cut - Bone-In
Fresh Country Style
3 lbs or more
lb.
Fresh from Hall’s Kitchen, March 26th-April 1:
Rigatoni with Chicken & Broccoli
Sausage & Peppers over Penne
Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin
with Apples & Roasted Vegetables
Chicken Cordon Bleu with
Dijon Sauce Over Rice Pilaf
Cheese Manicotti in Marinara
Prices good from March 26th
through April 1st
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 8am to 6pm; Closed Sundays
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