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March 12, 2015
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Honoring
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in the press
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proposal
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2015-16 budget recommendations to begin the process of
reviewing and modifying for
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budget proposal, Superintendent Tom Moore broke news
of funding recently awarded to
the district to create additional
preschool slots. PAGE 11
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show begins at 7:30 p.m.,
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and 19 at 7:30 p.m.
For opening night, a
pre-performance wine and
cheese reception sponsored
by Cabot Cheese, Edible Arrangements and West Side
Wine and Spirits will take
place Friday, March 20 at 7
p.m.
A talk back with the
cast will take place immediately following all Sunday performances. Tickets
range from $25-$35 for
adults. Students, seniors,
and Let’s Go Arts members save $2.50 per ticket, all seats reserved. For
more information, go to the
Playhouse on Park website
(www.playhouseonpark.
org), call by phone 860-5235900, ext. 10.
The popular song and
dance extravaganza is back
at Playhouse on Park, 244
Park Road. “Digits. Dig It!” is
the 12th original production by stop/time dance
theater, and opens Friday,
March 20 at 8 p.m. (with
preview shows Wednesday
and Thursday, March 18-19
at 7:30 p.m.) and runs thru
March 29. The annual toe-tapping, crowd pleaser features
Playhouse on Park’s resident dance company and
was conceived, directed and
choreographed by artistic
director Darlene Zoller, who
teaches at The Hartt School,
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Tuesday, March 24 from 7-9
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Chocolate & wine pairing class at the Noah Webster House
On Wednesday, March
25 from 7-8:30 p.m., enjoy a
wine and chocolate tasting
pairing workshop at the
Noah Webster House &
West Hartford Historical
Society, 227 South Main St.
The event was rescheduled
from Feb. 12. Steve Leon of
Bosnian rug weaver Fatima Vezgovic
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Demonstration & sale weaving together a new life
Come to the West
Hartford Art League clubhouse classroom, 37 Buena Vista Road, Saturday,
March 14 from 2-4 p.m. for
a loom weaving demonstration by Fatima Vezgovic, a Bosnian refugee living
in the Greater Hartford
area who is a member of
the Sewing Circle Project,
started by the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts
Program of the Institute
for Community Research
in 2007 to assist immigrant
and refugee women sustain their traditional textile
skills and help support their
families. The demonstration
will be followed by a sale of
woven rugs and an assortment of beautiful hand-knit
and crocheted items including baby hats, sweaters
and more. The event is free
and open to the public. For
more info, go to www.westhartford.org or call 860-2318019.
Wine Cellars 4, 68 Farmington Ave., Farmington,
and Mary Anne Charron
of Cocoa Chi will give a lesson on pairing the perfect
bottle with the perfect box
of chocolates.
Guests will try six
varieties of each over the
course of the evening.
These will include dark
and milk chocolate tastings featuring chocolate
with pralines, dark chocolate truffles and white
chocolate with raspberry
ganache. Wine pairings
will include Shiraz, Zin-
fandel, Port and Muscat
among others. The event
is $20 for museum members and Let*s GO Arts
members and $25 for the
general public. Visit www.
noahwebsterhouse.org or
call 860-521-5362, ext. 21
for reservations (required).
The Faithful Sky with Hugh Blumenfeld
Hugh Blumenfeld, a
New York City-born, Connecticut-based singer-songwriter, will be at the Sounding Board Coffeehouse at
The Universalist Church
of West Hartford, 433
Fern St., Saturday, March
14 at 8 p.m. Caught up
in the Greenwich Village
music scene in the 1980s,
he played the Speak Easy,
Folk City, Cornelia Street
Cafe and The Bottom
Line. The healing power of
music led him to become
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mental retardation, as
well as hospice programs
and group homes. Blumenfeld now practices
and teaches family medicine in Hartford. The core
of the band has been playing together for more than
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Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest
Pictured above is the Jazz Combo, just a few students who will perform.
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Pops ‘n Jazz Extravaganza opens March 13
The 57th annual production of Pops ‘n Jazz, featuring
Hall High School’s jazz bands,
dancers and singers, opens
Friday, March 13, with additional performances March
14, 19, 20 and 21 in the Hall
auditorium, 975 North Main
St. Doors open at 7 p.m. and
performances begin at 7:30
p.m. Pops ’n Jazz 2015 features more than 100 student
performers, the school’s Concert Jazz Band, Jazz Band,
Jazz Combo, Jazz Dancers
and Choraliers (jazz singers).
The program, which varies
slightly each night, offers an
array of American jazz clas-
sics from all eras, performed
in big band and combo settings, choreographed jazz
productions and featured
solo performances.
In addition to the student performances, invited
guests from the ranks of
professional musicians appear on selected evenings.
This year, featured guests
include Sheryl Bailey (guitar) on March 14, Hall High
alumnus Doug Perry (percussion) on March 19, and
Luis Bonilla (trombone) on
March 20. Showcasing upand-coming young talent
from King Philip Middle
School, there will be special performances by the KP
Singers (March 13 and 21),
the King Philip Jazz Band
(March 19) and Sixth Dimension (March 20). On March
14, special recognition will
be given to the Pops ’n Jazz
Elementary All-Stars, which
include students from Aiken, Whiting Lane, Bugbee,
Norfeldt, Morley and Smith
elementary schools.
Tickets are $16/$13 for
students. Tickets can be purchased at the Hall High box
office and online at www.hallhighjazz.com. For more information, call 860-929-5151.
The Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest will
take place March 12-22 and
include 19 films from 10
countries at seven venues
during the 10 days of the
fest. Opening Night is Thursday, March 12 at Infinity
Hall in Hartford. The closing night film, “Above and
Beyond – The Birth of the
Israeli Air Force” and reception will be Sunday, March
22 at 7:30 p.m. The schedule
of films through March 19 is
as follows:
Saturday, March 14 – “It
Happened in Saint-Tropez”
8 p.m. reception, 9 p.m. film,
Herbert Gilman Theatre,
Mandell JCC, West Hartford
Sunday, March 15 –
“Above and Beyond – Bruce
Sundlun’s Incredible WWII
by reel talk and Hartford
Stage preview, “The Pianist
of Willesden Lane” followed
by reception at Mandell JCC
Wednesday, March 18
– “Theodore Bikel – In the
Shoes of Sholom Aleichem
screening with “Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion” at
1 p.m. at the Mandell JCC;
“The Go Go Boys” at 6 p.m.
at Bow Tie Cinemas, Blue
Back Square, and “Dancing
Arabs” at 8:15 p.m. at Bow
Tie Cinemas, Blue Back
Square
Thursday, March 19 –
“Zero Motivation” at 6 p.m.
and “Berlin Calling” at 8:15
p.m. at Bow Tie Cinemas,
Blue Back Square.
For tickets, call 860231-6316 or email tickets@
mandelljcc.org.
Journey” 1 p.m. film followed
by reel talk and book/DVD
signing; “Havana Curveball”
screening with “Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion” at
4 p.m. followed by reel talk
and dinner at the Mandell
JCC; “Theodore Bikel: In the
Shoes of Sholom Aleichem”
4 p.m, “Zero Motivation” at
4 p.m., “Hanna’s Journey” at
7:30 p.m. and “The Farewell
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Hartford
Monday, March 16 –
“Deli Man” at 1:30 p.m. (nosh
follows film) and “24 Days
– The True Story of the Ilan
Halimi Affair” at 7 p.m. at
The Emanuel Synagogue
Tuesday, March 17 –
“Run Boy Run” at 7 p.m. at
the Mandell JCC followed
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and connect with the sacred
On Sunday, March 15,
Sacred Music at the Red
Door will present a concert
of Choral Music for the
Soul, featuring the youth
choir, adult choir and
chamber orchestra. The
concert will take place at 4
p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal
Church, 679 Farmington
Ave. Admission is free, but
there is a suggested dona-
tion of $20.
The St. John’s choirs
will present sublime choral works from Vienna,
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Rising Stars
Ly Dang
Senior, Conard High School
E
very student has
something to offer to their
school community, to the town
and to the world. For the third year,
The West Hartford Press asked the
administrators of the high schools
located in town to select one
male and one female student
leader who have made and continue to make an exceptional impact on the
world around them. Here we profile each student. We present to you our special
section highlighting West Hartford’s 2015 student Rising Stars.
Nick Hartman
Conard Senior Ly Dang has been on her school’s
tennis team throughout high school. This year she
serves as the team’s captain and will have earned
four varsity letters by the time she graduates. She
is also captain of the Math Team. In addition, Ly is
a tutor. Ly has been playing piano for 12 years and
teaches piano. She also gives tennis lessons when
not busy with her school activities. Academically, Ly
is a standout as well, and will have completed 11 Advanced Placement classes, 14 Honors and two college calculus courses by the time she graduates.
Ly was the only student from West Hartford
named a finalist for the Presidential Scholar Award. Ly has intentions of going to
medical school, perhaps becoming a doctor or working in the dental field. She said
her ultimate goal would be to work with an organization such as Doctors Without
Borders. Ly has been involved with the University of Connecticut Medical School,
completing the medical center’s Mini Medical/Dental Program and last summer
participated in the UConn High School Research Apprentice Program, where she
analyzed the effects of microgravity on protein expression. Ly credits her parents and
older sister as the biggest influences in her life and described her high school as being a diverse and welcoming place.
Ly’s school counselor said in a letter of recommendation, “When I think of Ly, I
think scholar. She is without question one of the brightest, self-motivated students
with whom I have ever worked.”
Senior, Conard High School
Senior Nick Hartman is a three-sport athlete,
playing on his school’s soccer, swim and outdoor
track teams. He is also an outstanding student
recently completing two independent study programs. The first involved creating electronic maps
of his school to give to the local police so they
would have an updated map of the school in the
event of an emergency. His second project was to
design and create a 3-D model of a computer lab
for the school in what had been an empty storage
room in the school library. The school received
funding in order to convert the space.
Nick is a very active Boy Scout and is in the
process of completing his project for his Eagle Scout Award. Nick is working to
revitalize Spice Bush Swamp, a place he said he spent a lot of time as a child.
Nick is hoping to study biomedical engineering in college and possibly pursue a premedical track. When time allows, Nick enjoys being in the outdoors
whether he is camping or hiking and has served as a Boy Scout patrol leader and
troop guide. His parents and his older sister, he said, are the biggest influences in
his life as they are the ones who taught him values and supported his interests.
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Junior, Hall High School
J.P. Cassidy keeps busy playing on the varsity
volleyball team and serving as student president
of his Eagle Scout troop, where he has recently
been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor a Boy Scout can achieve. For his project J.P. placed benches along the trail up to the
Heublein Tower.
He is interested in studying material science
or material engineering and said that parents
and family have been his biggest role models.
“J.P is a hard working student both in
and outside the classroom. He has a mature
self-awareness, regularly taking time to reflect
on what he is doing well and how he would like to improve. He is truly a rising
star among the juniors at Hall High School,” said school counselor Heather Alix.
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Rising Stars
Ilan Small
Apoorva Sajan
Junior, Hebrew High School of New England
Senior, Hall High School
Apoorva Sajan is secretary of her school’s
Chem 4 Kids club, where she visits area elementary schools in order to present scientific
demonstrations that spark an interest in science.
Chemistry teacher Johanna Foley is the
Chem 4 Kids adviser and said Apoorva was interested in coming up with clever and interesting
concepts to teach the younger students.
“She definitely has a love for science and
knowledge and projecs that to the younger students,” Foley said.
Foley also taught Apoorva in AP Chemistry
and said she never let the challenging concepts
deter her.
“She always had a really good, positive attitude, always had a good smile
coming into class,” Foley said. “She’s very hard working. She will go above and beyond to master and figure out the material. She works really well with
other students.”
Apoorva also works at Harry’s Bishop Corner and is a volunteer at St. Francis Hospital and will be attending the
final round of Quiz Bowl, a “Jeopardy” like competition for high schoolers.
Apoorva plans on going into medicine and credits her parents for their support.
Avigail Rockland
Sophomore, Hebrew High School of New England
Avigail Rockland is a sophomore at HHNE.
She is a true scholar-athlete, combining excellent
grades with participation on the soccer, basketball
and Ultimate Frisbee teams, according to information from the school.
Avigail is a member of the Israel Advocacy
Club and participates in the Chess Club, which
visits the Hebrew Home on a weekly basis. On a recent visit, Avigail took time to visit a neighbor who
was convalescing at the home, a normal action for
Avigail, but one that was extremely meaningful to
the neighbor.
Outside of school, Avigail pursues her guitar studies and is active in the National Council
of Synagogue Youth. On Saturdays, Avigail runs
a youth group at Beth David Synagogue. Avigail
spends her summers as a counselor at Wood Lake.
“As a sophomore in high school, Avigail is truly a rising star,” according to
schoool officials.
Ilan Small “is an outstanding student, one of
only nine in the school to earn high honors for
the second quarter, and one of six to have earned
high honors for both the first and second quarters this year,” according to the school.
Ilan is a member of the Israel Advocacy Club
and AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), and recently represented HHNE as a
member of the Model UN team, which competed
at the Yeshiva University National Model UN.
When Ilan is not studying or participating in
school activities, he finds time to pursue his piano studies and to volunteer at the Hebrew Home.
“This is truly a very special young man,”
school officials said.
Joseph Ravalese IV
Senior, Kingswood Oxford
The son of Joseph and Theresa Ravalese of West
Hartford, Joseph Ravalese IV ’15 is a proud third-generation Wyvern: his grandfather, Joseph Ravalese Jr.
’51, his dad, Dr. Joseph Ravalese III ’79, and his aunt,
Beverly Ravalese Yirigian ’80, came before him, and
his brothers Nicholas ’17 and James ’20 and cousins
Rachel ’14 and Robert Yirigian ’16 are part of the Kingswood Oxford family, as well.
A true Renaissance man, Joe is accomplished in
every arena – academics, athletics and the arts. He
entered KO with a Martin-Nicholson Merit Scholarship and has maintained a high level of academic
achievement throughout his four years. He is a consistent Honor Roll student, was named an AP Scholar as a junior, and is currently taking four AP classes (in addition to Greek and art).
During the KO Honors Assembly last May, he received the Trinity College book award
for the student who has “developed and practiced a true interest in the principles of
good government.” Joe also loves art, saying it relaxes him, and one of his pieces earned
an Honorable Mention in Painting in the CT Scholastic Arts Awards competition.
Joe plays lacrosse, soccer, and squash – where he serves as captain and plays at
the No. 1 position – and is also an associate news editor for the KO News; an executive
board member of Shield & Dragon, KO’s selective admissions tour group; and a senior
adviser, which means that he serves as a mentor to younger students.
He’s also active in community service, here and abroad. As a sophomore and again
this year, he traveled to Tobati, Paraguay, on a service-learning trip with KO’s signature group, Team Tobati, during Spring Break. Locally, he mentored Hartford students
through Capital Squash (a squash and literacy program) and volunteered with “Liz’s
Holiday Store” at M.D. Fox School in Hartford.
“Reserved, respected, highly independent, and self-sufficient” is how his college
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Narineh Torosyan
Senior, Kingswood Oxford
Narineh Torosyan, the daughter of John Torosyan
and Marine Sahakyan-Torosyan of West Hartford, is a
multi-talented young woman who transferred to KO
as a sophomore, but quickly became part of the fabric
of the community, thanks to her warmth, friendliness
and good will toward all.
An honor roll student, Narineh is mature, confident and “knows who she is,” according to her college
adviser – and her Armenian heritage is a big part of
that identity. It was the first language she learned to
read and write, and she and her sister return to the
country each summer and attend a camp called “Ari
Tun,” which means “come home” in English. She is also
very active in the Hartford-area Armenian community;
on April 24 of each year she participates in events at the state Capitol that commemorate the Armenian genocide.
As a sophomore, she traveled to Paraguay over Spring Break with KO’s signature
service learning group, Team Tobati. And more recently, she’s been active in “Petal Power,” a new KO community outreach group that delivers fresh flowers donated by Whole
Foods to local nursing homes, domestic violence shelters and soup kitchens.
Described by her volleyball and basketball coaches as the “energizer bunny,” Narineh is also a gifted singer and pianist. In fact, although she aspires to a career in medicine and plans to major in chemistry, she also plans to minor in music performance for
piano. “I don’t want to quit my favorite hobby,” she said.
“Her wide-ranging talents, her strong sense of identity, and her delightfully warm
and positive personality make Narineh one of the most highly regarded members of
Kingswood Oxford’s Class of ’15,” according to the school.
Senior Matthew Masciocchi has been a member of Northwest Catholic’s Swimming and Diving
team for four years, earning the Coaches’ Award
as a sophomore and serving as a team captain
in both his junior and senior seasons. He is also
strong academically – a member of the school’s
National Honor Society and the Model UN club. In
addition, Matt actively serves the community. He
volunteers each month for Manna Community
Meals, helping to serve food at the organization’s
soup kitchen in Hartford. Matt has been involved
with Manna Meals since he was 10 years old and
came with his older sisters, who were students at
Northwest Catholic at the time. As a senior, he
was selected to participate in Northwest Catholic’s ACTS (A Chance to Serve) class,
which encourages the development of leadership skills through service. “Matt has a
profound sense of the dignity of every human being,” said Northwest Catholic Campus Ministry Director Kristina Gillespie. “He is very open-hearted and can meet
people where they are, which makes him a good retreat leader. You feel good being
near him.” Matt plans to attend Union College next year.
Emma Barnes
Ethan Damokosh
Junior Emma Barnes is a very active member of
the Northwest Catholic community, participating in
the school’s Unified Theater program and Model UN.
This year, she also helped co-found the school’s new
student-run Republican Club. Emma is a Student
Ambassador for the school’s international students
and a member of the girls golf team. Her academic
record has helped her become a member of the National Honor Society and she was recently selected
to participate in the school’s HILL (Honors Institute
for Leadership in Life) course, which is open to only
a select group of rising seniors. She also serves the
greater community as a ConnectiKids tutor, helping
tutor elementary school students from Hartford each
week, and also as a Manna Community Meals volunteer each month. “She is extremely responsible, and though she is quiet and unassuming, she steps into a leadership
role when needed to accomplish whatever may need to be done,” said Northwest
Catholic religion teacher and ConnectiKids moderator Teresa Bournique. “She is exceptionally intelligent and hardworking and is always a pleasure to work with.” Emma
hopes to study either international relations or history in college.
When he’s not busy studying his favorite
subject of science, Renbrook ninth-grader Ethan
Damokosh is involved with several singing and
performance activities, on and off campus.
“I’m involved with Connecticut Men’s Choir
outside of school, and at Renbrook, I am a member of the Boy’s Choir, Renaissance Singers, and I
just played the lead role in the school production
of ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,’” Ethan
explained.
Balancing his time between activities and
schoolwork isn’t difficult for Ethan, who credits
his parents’ support and has a time-management
plan already in place. “My parents have helped
me out a lot. They keep me on track and are always there for me. Also, I write
down all my appointments, assignments and rehearsals on a daily calendar,” he
said.
Looking toward the future, Ethan has his sights set on the medical field. “I
know I want to work in psychology or neurology. I’m extremely interested in the
brain, human nature and human emotions,” he said.
Junior, Northwest Catholic High School
Matthew Masciocchi
Senior, Northwest Catholic High School
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‘Vines of March’
D
ozens of people showed up for
the the West Hartford Rotary
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wine tasting and live auction event
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Student seeks support for ‘global leadership adventure’
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
A Hall High School sophomore is presenting a circus to support her upcoming service trip to
Thailand.
Camryn Borman will hold
Camryn’s Circus Fundraiser Saturday, March 28 at Covenant Congregational Church. Children of
all ages are invited to help families
across the world while enjoying
face painting, balloon twisting,
clowns, stilt walkers, a magician
and special guests Elsa and Olaf.
Camryn will be traveling to
Thailand for 21 days starting July 1.
While there, she will be doing community service, including
teaching children English, playing
with children in orphanages, helping women living in shelters and
refurbishing homes.
Her trip is part of a program
sponsored by Global Leadership
Adventures, an organization that
enables its participants to explore historic and natural sites in
different countries while learning the local language and history, and serving the community
through volunteer efforts, according to GLA’s website.
“My good friend in Maine,
where I used to live, did a program
with them going to Peru. She really enjoyed it and said it was a really rewarding experience, so I want
to try,” Camryn explained.
This will be the first service
trip she has gone on, and said
she’s most excited about playing
with the children.
She said she loves children
and babysits all the time at home,
so she’s interested to get to know
the children in the orphanage
who live such a different lifestyle.
“I’m hoping I can take away
something from them and learn
about how they live, and, hopefully,
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Courtesy photo
Camryn Borman will hold a circus-themed fundraiser March 28 to support
her upcoming service trip to Thailand.
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Staff Writer
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On Monday, March 2 and Tuesday, March 3, children at Lollipop Tree Nursery School celebrated Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
The celebration included fun arts and crafts projects and stories read aloud by teachers and parent volunteers. The annual event was created to
promote literacy and reading awareness.
The Board of Education received the superintendent’s 2015-16 budget
recommendations to begin
the process of reviewing
and modifying for adoption.
Before giving a presentation to the board on the
budget proposal, Superintendent Tom Moore broke
news of a grant recently
awarded to the district.
“As we introduce the
budget, it would be inappropriate not to mention the news yesterday
that Gov. Malloy has announced 14 communities
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Program teaches parents to help children learn through Love & Logic
By Alicia B. Smith
Staff Writer
Laura Wilson and Carolyn
Cass of Parenting Partners are not
only good friends, but also facilitators of Love & Logic workshops,
courses teaching parents new
skills to help them have a better
relationship with their children.
The workshops focus on
parents helping their children to
solve their own problems.
The two facilitators will be
teaming up once more for a fourth
installment of their workshop this
academic year, which will begin
March 26 and meet at Duffy Elementary School.
Love & Logic is described as
“a common-sense approach, providing parents with easy-to-learn
skills that create respect, responsibility and good decision-making
in kids.”
The two women first brought
their program to town in 2011 and
have continued offering workshops through the town’s LifeLearn adult education program.
They have gone on to develop a 90-minute refresher course
following requests by parents
who have taken their original six-
week program.
The facilitators bring their
different, but complementary,
backgrounds to their work.
Wilson is a middle school
counselor and Cass has a background in corporate training. The
two created their own business,
Parenting Partners.
“We all have ongoing situations with our kids, and parents
typically come to the Love and
Logic classes looking for answers,”
Cass said.
“A
little
patience
is
needed
to
not
get
all
solutions in the first or second
class, but participants
quickly see how the concepts build on each other
and find their answers along
the way.”
Cass said, too, that one
of the first lessons parents
will learn is how not to engage in a power struggle
with their child or children.
She has heard from parents coming to their second
class that after trying some
Photo by Alicia B. Smith of the techniques used in
Carolyn Cass and Laura Wilson of Parent- the first class, they had
ing Partners will facilitate the Love & Logic
parenting program starting March 26.
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LOGIC
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already seen a difference.
Cass warns, however, that
change takes time.
“Learning the techniques
does take practice and takes time,”
she said.
“We share with parents that
‘it takes a month to change a behavior for every year that it has
existed.’ That can sound daunting
ADVENTURE
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they can learn from me as well,”
Camryn said.
The trip will cost more than
$5,000, which is why she and her
family are turning to the community to help raise funds. Working with
“We share with parents that ‘it takes a month
to change a behavior for every year that it has
existed.’ That can sound daunting until they begin
to see that six weeks from now, things at home will
be better, and that in six months, real, meaningful
changes can occur.”
–Carolyn Cass, facilitator of Love & Logic
Kaleidescope Art & Entertainment,
she set up the circus fundraiser,
with which she hopes to raise the
majority of her expenses.
Camryn said there will be
raffles going around, and she will
receive $5 per ticket after 100 are
sold.
“My daughter has so much
to give,” her mother, Jill, said in a
press release. “She wants to give
up her summer to volunteer with
orphans and homeless families,
and we want to do everything we
can to support her.”
Although her trip is still four
until they begin to see that six
weeks from now, things at home
will be better, and that in six
months, real, meaningful changes
can occur.”
“It is always a good time to
take the Love and Logic course.
No matter where you are with
your parenting skills or how old
your kids are, there is always more
to learn,” said Wilson. “Even today, with my daugh-
ter at college, I have many opportunities to practice what I
preach. Spring will be a much better time to get out of the house.”
The next session of Parenting
the Love & Logic Way will run on
Thursday evenings from March 26
through May 7 at Duffy Elementary School.
Spouses are invited to join
the group free of charge. To register, visit www.whlifelearn.org.
months away, Camryn said she is
“definitely” interested in doing another service trip.
“I’m very interested in Africa
and Peru as well. It’s important for
me to feel like I’ve done my part
[to help people].”
Camryn’s Circus Fundraiser
will be held at Covenant Congregational Church, 1 Westminster Drive.
Event times are 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
and 1-2:30 p.m. Tickets for children
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awarded funding to create
416 additional preschool
slots. We are one of those
14 communities, and we
received one of the largest
grants ... almost $300,000,”
Moore said. “To get that
funding is excellent, and it’s
very helpful as we go into
next year and look at next
year’s budget.”
The 2014-15 budget was
$146 million. The West Hartford school district employs
1,650 people, making it one
of the 75 largest employers
in the state of Connecticut.
With 9,804 students, West
Hartford is also the ninth
largest school district in the
state. As such, the district
works to transport 5,200 students every day and to provide 3,900 lunches daily.
The budget also helps to
maintain a total of 17 buildings, spanning 1.8 million total square feet.
“That’s about the exact
same size as the Louvre in
Paris, as far as space goes,
that are cleaned and maintained every day,” Moore
said.
After breaking down
those facts, Moore shifted
focus to discuss the students
and faculty that are directly
affected by this budget.
“We’re a people organization, and this budget is a
people budget,” Moore said.
“Eighty-five percent of our
budget goes for salaries and
benefits, and, of the salaries,
85 percent are for direct service employees right there
with the kids every day.”
Of those roughly 9,800
students, Moore said that
1,964 come from homes
where English is not the primary language, with over 70
languages spoken.
The budget also works
to provide for the 2,074 stu-
dents, roughly 21 percent,
who receive free or reduced
lunches.
“We see that number has increased over the
years, and sometimes we
just throw the term ‘free
and reduced lunch’ around
not knowing exactly what it
means,” Moore said. “A student is eligible if their family
earns less than $43,658 for a
family of four per year.”
In terms of the budget,
Moore said an important
number to consider is the
per pupil expenditure each
year.
Currently, West Hartford ranks 125th in per pupil
expenditure out of the 169
cities and towns in Connecticut.
With the present budget, net per pupil expenditure averages $13,971, which
Moore says is lower than
both the state average and
the average of the other top10 school districts of comparable size. The comparison
group state average holds
the per pupil expenditure at
$15,181.
“If we spent to the state
average, we’d have to increase the budget by almost
$12.4 million,” Moore said.
To match what the other top-10 districts in the state
are spending, Moore says the
budget would have to increase by $16.6 million.
“We’re getting a great
education. People are still
moving to this town for a
great education, and we are
doing it in ways that are efficient,” Moore said. “We’ve
gone through this trying to
find more and more efficiencies, and there’s not a whole
lot there.”
During his presentation,
Moore expressed concern for
a funding gap in Education
Cost Sharing, a government
program that provides addi-
tional funding to school districts in the state.
“The total gap since the
1996-97 year is $300 million
shorter than what the allocation should be based on the
state’s own formula. Over the
past three years, we’re talking
about $100 million,” Moore
said. “If you look at the gap in
2014-15, it’s now over $3,000
per student.”
The ECS funding gap in
West Hartford is the highest
of any district in the state.
With all of these factors
taken into consideration,
Moore presented his proposal for the 2015-16 school year.
The roll forward budget,
which Moore said “keeps
most things the same,” calls
for an additional $1.94 million for salaries, which is a
2.02 percent raise in wages.
Moore said that medical
expenses for the district have
decreased by $1.64 million
due to a decline in claims
since January 2014.
Also included in the roll
forward budget are pension
expenses increasing by $.09
million as well as tuition
expenses increasing by $.81
million, and other expenses
including utilities and transportation increasing by $1.35
million.
In total, the roll forward
proposal calls for a $2.55 million increase, or 1.75 percent.
In addition to the roll
forward budget, Moore proposed additional budget
needs for the schools. This
includes high school enhancements such as the Advanced Placement Capstone
course and stagecraft courses, which will add $59,000.
This portion of the
budget also covers changes
in faculty and administration, including the addition
of an assistant principal at
Charter Oak, elementary instructional coaches and two
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special education teaching
positions. Moore’s budget
also calls for a full-time position in assistive technology
and a position with the high
school’s STRIVE program,
which works for students
who would otherwise be
outsourced to other districts
at what Moore says would be
a much higher cost.
The additional budget
needs call for a $.14 million
increase, or 0.09 percent.
In total, the proposed
budget is set at $148.58 million, a 1.84 percent increase
over this year’s budget.
“We’ve got to prepare
students for the world they’re
going to be entering,” Moore
said. “West Hartford is still
the greatest bargain in the
state of Connecticut when it
comes to education.”
With the budget formally proposed, the Board
of Education will review and
make amendments.
The board will hold budget workshops March 11, 12
and 25 with a public hearing
on that final date. The board
will adopt the budget April 7
with a Town Council vote to
be held April 28.
“The key element here is
that we’re still funding kids,
we’re still funding class sizes that we find acceptable,”
Moore said. “This is what we
need to go forward. There’s
not a fake number here.
There’s not a million dollars
waiting to be found. There’s
nothing to be found left.”
Board fills officer slots
left by Gilchrest’s resignation
By Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
The Board of Education held elections during
its most recent meeting for
vacant officer positions.
Board of Education
member Jillian Gilchrest
recently announced her
departure from the board
to accept the position of
legislative director with the
Connecticut
Permanent
Commission on the Status
of Women, a non-partisan
arm of the state’s legislative
branch that works to improve the lives of Connecticut women.
“With the absence
of our colleague Jillian
Gilchrest, who has taken a
position in government and
is unable to maintain her
position here on the board
because of conflict of interest rules, we are adjusting
officers,” board Chairperson
Mark Overmyer-Velazquez
said. “We have a deep
bench, so we are happy to
shuffle with ease.”
During the regular
Board of Education meeting March 3, Overmy-
er-Velazquez called for nominations to fill Gilchrest’s
now vacant vice chairperson position, at which time
member Terry Schmitt
nominated board member
Tammy Exum. With no
further nominations given,
Exum was voted into the
position unanimously.
Exum’s new position
left an immediate vacancy
for the position of financial
examiner for the Democratic Party. Board member Jay Sarzen, who holds
the role on the Republican
side of the table, nominated
Schmitt for the role.
“He’s served in this role
in the past, he knows his
way around the table, and I
think he would do a fine job
as my co-financial examiner,” Sarzen said.
With no other nominations given, Schmitt was
also unanimously voted
into the position.
For both Exum and
Schmitt, the new positions
were effective immediately.
The empty board seat
should be filled by midMay, according to Overmyer-Velazquez.
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A round of applause for ‘Rising Stars’
Our communities are lucky in that there are
so many young people who take on leadership
roles in their lives, seeking to better their world
on a small and large scale.
While we have recognized a select few in our
paper this week, we are fortunate to have schools
filled with young adults who want to make a difference.
The timing was perfect to honor these students, compiling these profiles throughout the
month of February – Youth Leadership Month
–a month dedicated to celebrating young people
who take on leadership roles.
Students lead in varied ways, from sports
to music to humanitarian clubs. The differing
interests of these students converge in one common goal: to leave the world better than how one
found it.
This year’s group was particularly diverse:
some working to raise school spirit, some working to help those in foreign lands and some working to help their peers.
They are strong students who display the
characteristics of honesty and integrity.
While these students celebrate their own
successes, they also take time to thank the individuals who have inspired them – something that
shows their wisdom gained at an early age.
They understand their achievements and
accomplishments did not occur in a bubble;
they acknowledge family, teachers and friends as
mentors in their endeavors.
They are true to themselves – looking ahead
to careers that range from theater to politics to
science.
They are afforded these bright futures because of the opportunities they create for themselves every day.
They have made the most of every moment
spent in high school halls, dedicating themselves
to activities that will not only help them achieve
their dreams, but to positions in those activities
through which they may help others do the same.
Who knows? Future Nobel winners, Oscar
winners and United States presidents may be
among this group we recognize.
More importantly, one thing is known for
certain: individuals who will define the future are
among these students.
These outstanding youths should not just be
lauded, but also be looked to as an example for
their fellow young people.
Every student, no matter his or her interests
or personality, should seize the opportunity to
join a club, team, musical group or other activity.
It’s true that extracurricular activities look great
on a college application, but what’s gained from
participation goes far beyond a few words.
Life lessons are learned and imprints are left
on school communities for the better.
All students should note the importance of
making sure – once that mark has been left and a
person heads for new horizons – that they pause
for a moment to remember where they came
from and thank the ones who helped them along
the way.
We at The Valley Press are proud to recognize these Rising Stars this week. We congratulate them and thank them for their contribution
to our towns.
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Old Guard begins 50th year
Old Guard President
Dale Richter feels the Old
Guard, having started its
50th year in February, “is
having an incredibly successful year for the organization.”
“Our officers have had
an outstanding roster of
weekly presenters all lined
up from our first scheduled
meeting in September to our
final in May of this year, our
membership chairman has
had a very successful year
introducing new members,
and our activity chairs have
scheduled hours of volunteer
activities delivering Meals on
Wheels and guides at the
Courtesy photo
Old Guard President Dale
Richter addresses the group
at the beginning of Old
Guard’s 50th year.
UConn Health MARB facility in Farmington. We have
delivered Meals since 1976
and worked at UConn since
the MARB facility opened,”
he said.
“Members of the Old
Guard have been instrumental in the rejuvenation
of the Seniors Job Bank, an
outstanding resource to area
communities and supported by West Hartford town
government. The Old Guard
was also recognized recently
as one of the largest donors
to the West Hartford YMCA,
the entity which sponsored
creation of the group and is
also a regular contributor to
the West Hartford Food Bank
and Foodshare.”
The Old Guard was
started when a group of retired men approached the
director of the YMCA for
support. The Old Guard was
formed and quickly grew
to 300 members, retired executives and professional
men. It continues today with
over 250 members from 19
local towns and meets at
Westminster Presbyterian
Church.
Visit oldguardct.org. to
learn more.
Courtesy photo
Manuela Canales, Clare Taylor and Bepsie Perry
Hello! West Hartford
receives 501(c)(3) status
After four years of
community events and cultural activities, the Hello!
West Hartford grassroots
cultural organization announced its official nonprofit, tax-exempt status.
According to a press
release, the process of
obtaining the 501(c)(3)
wouldn’t have been possible without the support of
Matthew Dallas Gordon
LLC and Attorney Jeff Brine.
Fours years ago,
founder Elizabeth Perry
took the simple idea of
greeting neighbors with
hello in their own languages and created a townwide
movement.
A governing board was
the
formed and Perry took the
role of president, Manuela Canalas became vice
president/secretary
for
community outreach and
Clare Taylor became the
communications director
and treasurer for the group.
Other board members include Richard de Meij, Teresa Lerner, Sujitno Sajuti,
Dahlia Fauzia Sajuti, Erica
Bloch, Lena Tan and Lisa
Benet.
The Hello! West Hartford organization has produced 21 videos teaching
residents how to say hello
in different languages. Each
year, two students in the
high schools are honored as
Global Ambassadors.
YMCA program supports
adult literacy
The West Hartford
YMCA is currently at 57
percent in the third week of
its 2015 Annual Campaign,
having raised $49,000 of
a goal of $85,000. Donations to the West Hartford
YMCA support the Greater
Hartford YMCA and all its
programs, including the
YMCA Read to Succeed
Literacy Program.
The YMCA Read to
Succeed Adult Literacy
Program is a comprehensive individualized reading
program especially designed to help adults who
have consistently had difficulty with reading, spelling
and writing throughout
their lives.
Read to Succeed offers
the hope of a better, more
productive life to the students who, with the help
of highly professional and
dedicated staff and volunteers, unlock the keys for
reading and writing. About
65 percent of the YMCA’s
students are currently employed; however, due to
their lack of reading skills
they are often under employed, working at a job
requiring little reading or
writing skills. Read to Succeed improves the literacy
skills for adults in the program, which enables them
to enter a GED or certificate/college program.
Those who know
someone who has difficulty learning are strongly encouraged to contact Read
to Succeed at 860-5224183, ext. 2322 or karen.
[email protected].
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learn
more
about the Y’s cause, visit
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Anthem Blue Cross data breach steps to take
Unfortunately,
Anthem Blue Cross
was the victim of
hackers, and the
personal data of
80 million people,
including my own,
was breached. If you
are not a current or
John W. Eckel
former Anthem Blue
Cross customer you can stop reading
this, but if you, like me, are one of the
unfortunate 80 million, I hope this offers
some guidance.
This was not an ordinary data
breach since it includes names, dates of
birth, Social Security numbers, health
care ID numbers, home addresses, email
addresses, employment information
and income data. With that information, you may become a target of identity theft, which can be very time consuming to address and correct.
While this is very serious, it is unlikely that your investment or bank
accounts are in danger since that was
not information to which Anthem Blue
Cross has access.
Anthem has provided information
on its website: anthemfacts.com/ that
details how you can sign up for free
identity theft repair and credit monitoring services.
In addition, you may find the fol-
lowing article informative and useful in
addressing what additional steps you
can take, such as freezing your credit reports, tracking your IRS refund and not
clicking on links you are not absolutely
certain about: www.cleveland.com/consumeraffairs/index.ssf/2015/02/steps_
to_take_to_combat_the_an.html.
Alternatively, go to: www.Cleveland.com and search for Anthem Blue
Cross (look for the Feb. 9 article).
One of the most important suggestions in the article is to initiate a credit
report freeze with each of the three credit reporting agencies.
This locks up your credit report, but
lets you control access. It is a stronger
step than a fraud alert and will block a
financial institution from accessing your
credit reports if it receives an application
for a loan or credit from a thief using
your Social Security number.
This will result in the lender turning down the applicant. Credit freezes
do not affect your current credit, nor do
they affect your current lenders’ ability
to report information about your accounts to the credit bureaus.
If you are married and both spouses
are Anthem Blue Cross customers, the
safest approach is to freeze the credit
reports of both.
I personally decided that I wanted
the added protection of a credit freeze.
It took me about an hour to freeze my
credit reports with a cost of $10 per
credit reporting agency (total of $30) in
Connecticut. I did it online and it went
relatively smoothly.
In the Internet age, it is becoming
more difficult to keep our personal information private. However, it is vitally important that we not become defenseless
victims. While it is unfortunate that we
need to spend our time defending ourselves against these attacks, not taking
action may prove more costly in the long
run.
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People on the move
Delauriers leading
EMAP charge
Casa, Dom, La Maison, or in whatever language you call “home,”
Connecticut’s Emergency
Mortgage Assistance Program may be the key to
help you keep it.
Amid a sea of “home”
signs at the Community
Renewal Team office in
Hartford Norbert J. Deslauriers, interim executive vice
president of Connecticut
Housing Finance Authority, Hartford Mayor Pedro
E. Segarra and Wethersfield
Mayor Paul Montinieri
announced that the Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority is accepting applications for Connecticut’s
Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program. EMAP
loans are available to city
and area homeowners
who are facing foreclosure
or having trouble making
their mortgage payments
due to a temporary financial hardship.
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West Hartford resident Deslauriers is leading
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“Our goal is to help
Connecticut homeowners
threatened by foreclosure
to stay in their homes,” said
Deslauriers. “Loans from
the Emergency Mortgage
Assistance Program help
keep families together, keep
children in their schools,
stabilize neighborhoods
and reduce the number of
foreclosed properties on
the market.”
A loan from EMAP
can help cover past due as
well as a portion of current
monthly mortgage payments for up to five years to
eligible Connecticut homeowners facing foreclosure
due to a temporary financial hardship beyond their
control, such as job loss,
health or family financial
hardship. An EMAP loan
is secured by a fixed-rate,
second mortgage on the
homeowner’s residence.
To qualify, applicants
must be able to resume
mortgage, loan and interest
payments after the assistance period.
Since the program was
launched in 2008, EMAP
has helped 1,349 families
stay in their homes.
“EMAP is not a handout but, hopefully, a way
out,” Deslauriers said.
EMAP eligibility requirements will be explained to those homeowners
who
request
information from CHFA’s
Customer Call Center at
877-571-CHFA (2432). Visit CHFA’s website at www.
chfa.org to learn more.
PRESSSports
Gray
Matters
By Scott Gray
Photos by Brendan Driscoll
Above left: Northwest Catholic sophomore Lauren Murphy eyes the basket as she goes in for a
layup in the closing seconds that gave the Indians a 66-64 win over Bristol Eastern in the second
round of the Class L state tournament March 5. Right: Northwest junior Mackenzie Tibball
dribbles past Bristol Eastern’s Kianna Brooks. Bottom right: Northwest coach Sean O’Brien
screams in jubilation as his players celebrate the improbable comeback win over the Lancers.
Northwest Catholic girls stun Bristol
Eastern in Class L tournament
By Brendan Driscoll
Correspondent
The Northwest Catholic girls basketball team trailed by nine points with 2
minutes remaining in the game and seemingly its season. The deficit appeared too
big to overcome against a team that had
lost just two games in the regular season.
Sensing the urgency, Northwest Catholic reached down deep and dug in defensively. Sean O’Brien’s team forced six turnovers in the final 120 seconds, and pulled
out a 66-64 win over Bristol Eastern March
5 to advance to the Class L state tournament quarterfinals.
Northwest, the No. 11 seed in the
tournament, finished the game with a 12-1
run capped by Lauren Murphy’s layup in
the closing seconds, stunning the No. 6
Lancers on their own floor. When the final
horn sounded, O’Brien ran over to Haley
Connors and gave his senior captain a big
hug.
Connors scored 11 of her team-high
20 points in the fourth quarter and Murphy finished with 14. Junior Mackenzie
Tibball and Elysia Calloway each scored 10
points as Northwest (17-6 overall) avenged
a season-opening loss to the Lancers (21-4
overall).
The improbable comeback may not
have been possible without O’Brien passionately letting his team know what was
at stake during a timeout with 5:10 remaining in the third quarter. Northwest
was trailing 41-26 at that point.
“It reached a fever pitch,” O’Brien said.
The message to his team was pretty
simple, but a tirade and a spike of a clipboard would help prove his point. O’Brien
made it very clear to his team that its season was about to end if they didn’t start
playing with some heart and passion.
“That definitely pumped us up,” Tibball said. “It made us really want to work
hard and not end the season like that.”
Tibball took the message to heart.
Following the timeout, she drove to the
basket and made a layup, absorbing a
hard foul that sent her to the floor. Tibball
missed the free throw, but immediately
attacked the ball on defense and intercepted a pass. She drove again down the
lane and drew another hard foul.
Tibball’s refuse-to-quit attitude was
contagious. By the end of the third quarter, Northwest had cut the deficit to 46-42
after going on a 16-7 run.
“Mackenzie is so tough and she lies
to me. She says she’s fine when she isn’t,”
O’Brien said. “I saw her getting on the
bus tonight and I asked her if she wanted
to see the trainer. She said, ‘No.’ I asked,
‘is that because he can’t help you, or because you feel well enough to play?’ And
she said, ‘Because he can’t help me.’ She is
tough as nails.”
See NWC GIRLS on page 18
Conard is top seed in D-II state tournament
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Photo by David Heuschkel
Conard junior Jordon Fongemie skates over
the blue line and avoids a poke check by
South Windsor’s Daniel Ostrowski in the
second period of a 4-1 win by the Chieftains.
The Conard High boys ice hockey team
didn’t have the highest winning percentage
or even the second highest of the 16 teams
that qualified for the Division II state tournament. In fact, three of the 16 teams had a
better percentage.
But when the single-elimination tournament began this week, the Chieftains (146) were the top-seeded team and appeared
to be a legitimate contender to win their first
state championship in nearly two decades.
While it has been said that being No. 1
is not easy, Conard coach Greg Raymer was
thankful his team was not the No. 2 seed.
The Chieftains held that spot after a 7-1
loss to the Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks
(SGWL) co-op last week.
By beating the Chieftains March 4,
SGWL took over the top spot in the CIAC
playoff rankings and knocked Conard back
to second. However, it was only temporary.
The next day, the teams flip-flopped positions when Conard beat South Windsor 4-1
on the final day of the regular season.
That meant the top-seeded Chieftains
Two weeks ago, I analyzed the seasons
of the UConn and University of Hartford men’s
basketball teams, comparing the different standards by which success or disappointment is
measured. At the time, UConn had an outside
chance at accumulating 21 wins prior to the
tipoff of the American Athletic Conference Tournament this week at Hartford’s XL Center. As
I pointed out, minus a conference tournament
championship, 21 wins probably wouldn’t be
enough to get the defending national champion Huskies into the NCAA tournament, an
indictment of their conference and the effect
the league schedule has on their power rating.
Any season, even a 20-win season, without a
chance to defend a national title must be considered disappointing.
The disappointment is already in the books
for Hartford, following a first-round ouster
from the America East Tournament that left
the Hawks with below .500 records both in the
league and overall. For coach John Gallagher
that can only represent a lost season for the
most talented senior class in program history.
For the Hawks, whose only hope for an invitation to the NCAA tournament required a conference tournament championship, there will be
no postseason.
An NIT bid likely awaits UConn if the Huskies fail to win the AAC tournament, their run at
it beginning as the sixth seed with a Thursday
game against last place South Florida, third
seed Cincinnati awaiting the winner. Ironically, while 21 wins without an AAC title probably wouldn’t have been enough to vault UConn
into the NCAA, even taking the defense of their
championship into consideration, now 21 wins
is exactly what they need. They need to win
four games in Hartford.
There are already four AAC teams with at
least 21 wins. The league’s RPI isn’t likely to
earn it more than two berths, possibly three if a
team other than those four wins the conference
tournament. SMU claimed the regular season
title with a final day win over Tulsa, SMU finishing with 24 wins, Tulsa with 21. Tulsa would
have claimed the regular season crown with
a win in that game. National bracketologists
speculated that Tulsa could win the regular season title and still not be assured a berth in the
NCAA tournament. Cincinnati, meanwhile, went
to the final game of the season against Memphis with a 21-9 record and was considered
a “bubble team” at best. Temple is the AAC’s
other 22-win team, but, as the fourth seed for
the conference tournament with a 13-5 league
record, the Owls aren’t likely to be selected as
a fourth team from a league in which the only
nationally ranked team, SMU, is outside the top
20. Three teams might be a stretch.
It’s that indictment of the AAC that works
against UConn. The Huskies had a chance to
improve their situation going to the final two
games of the regular season by generating a
strong finish, part of an overall body of work
See GRAY MATTERS on page 19
See TOP SEED on page 19
March 12, 2015
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All-CCC Girls Team
Girls hockey at NWC
Northwest Catholic will join the ranks of high school
girls ice hockey in the state. The school announced it
will form a co-op program with Mercy of Middletown
and compete in the Southern Connecticut Conference
starting next winter.
Northwest Catholic athletic director Matthew
Martorelli said the team is looking to play home games
at a rink central to the two schools, with arenas in
Newington and Cromwell as possible locations.
Mercy/NW Catholic will become the 12th team in
the SCC. There are nine teams that compete in the
Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference.
All-Star
Photos by David Heuschkel
Photo by David B. Newman
Kingswood Oxford sophomore Kayla Glemaud has
been named to the Class B West All-Star team by the
New England Preparatory School Athletic Council. She
averaged 12 points, seven rebounds, two assists and
two steals a game.
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Team. Clockwise from top left: Northwest Catholic senior Haley Connors, Conard junior Nicole Kradas, NW Catholic
junior Mackenzie Tibball and Conard senior Michelle Rodgers
NWC GIRLS
from page 17
Tibball has been recovering from an elbow
injury that forced her to
wear a pad over the past
six weeks. In a 77-50 win
over North Haven in the
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to her tailbone that forced
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next day.
“I just want to do
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Eastern.
Others did their part
as well. Trailing 63-54,
Connors started the comeback with two free throws.
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trimming the lead to five.
Murphy hit a close-range
shot, making it a threepoint game. And with
40 seconds left, Connors
made a layup to cut it to
one.
Bristol Eastern’s Jamilla Shoultz made one of
two free throws, making it
64-62. On Northwest’s ensuing possession, senior
Madison Boroweic had
the ball behind the threepoint arc. She faked a shot
and headed for the basket, moving past 5-foot10 Khadaijia Brooks and
scoring to tie it with 17
seconds left.
Northwest got the ball
back when Shoultz, driving
to the basket, got tied up
with 11 seconds remaining. The possession arrow
was in Northwest’s favor.
The inbounds pass went to
Photo by David Heuschkel
NW Catholic senior Haley Connors dribbles out the clock, and fellow
senior Mackenzie Collyer (5) applauds after an 86-58 win over
Kennedy that sent NWC to the Class L state tournament semifinals.
Murphy, who wasted little
time heading up court. She
went straight for the basket
and made a layup with 6
seconds remaining. Northwest then forced a travel violation on Bristol Eastern.
“I think we can compete with anybody if we
play our best, but that’s a
big if,” O’Brien said. “We
have been up and down
recently. Tonight for three
and half quarters we were
horrible. I’m going to ride
with my team, but we
have to give everything we
have.”
All-CCC Boys Team
TOP SEED
(14-6) played their first round
game against the No. 16 Rockville/Bolton/Coventry/RHAM
co-op, a team Conard beat 7-0
in the regular season. By falling
to No. 2, SGWL (15-5) drew No.
15 East Haven in the opening
round.
“I didn’t want to play East
Haven in the first round,” Raymer
said. “Also, if you’re the 2 seed, you
end up [potentially] playing Fairfield and Branford on that side of
the bracket. We didn’t want anything to do with those two teams,
at least early. If you got to play
them, we’ll play them in the final.”
The final is March 20 at Yale’s
Ingalls Rink. The last time Conard
played in a state championship,
Raymer was a freshman on the
E.O. Smith hockey team and the
Whalers were still in Hartford. In
what some considered a sizable
upset, the Chieftains beat East
Haven 6-2 in the 1996 final at the
Hartford Civic Center.
East Haven, the No. 3 seed,
was considered a strong contender because the Easties played the
majority of their regular season
Photos by David Heuschkel
Four basketball players at West Harford high schools were selected to the Central Connecticut Conference Team.
Clockwise from top left: Conard sophomore Aidan Maloney, Hall sophomore Dan Brocke, Northwest Catholic junior
Connor Daly and NW Catholic senior Christian Thomas
GRAY MATTERS
from page 17
that impresses the selection committee. Wins
over Memphis, at Gampel, the Tigers without
their top player, and Temple in Philadelphia
would have given them a chance to make a
statement just by reaching the AAC final, with
21 wins, a late winning streak and the NCAA’s
desire to keep the defending champion involved.
The Huskies lost both games, reducing
their tournament hopes to one. Failing that, even
with an NIT bid, like Hartford, UConn will have
had a disappointing season.
But better days should be coming for both
programs. Despite the loss of an impressive senior class, Gallagher’s recruiting of ensuing classes has been consistently impressive and, with
freshmen John Carroll and Jack Hobbs already
primed to assume leadership roles as sophomores, Hartford’s next generation may outperform this season’s underachieving seniors.
UConn’s senior class is guard Ryan
Boatright, the most important piece in this season’s disappointing puzzle, so Kevin Ollie should
return Boatright’s entire supporting cast. While
a number of NBA scouts requested press row
seats for the Memphis game, primarily to assess sophomore triple threat Amida Brimah
and freshman Daniel Hamilton, those scouts
are likely to use the level of competition against
which both compiled their stats against them
and project them in draft positions that probably
won’t tempt them to opt for early outs.
The Huskies still have one hope left - win
four games in four days in Hartford. They’ve
pulled off similar runs before, in more hostile environments, on the way to improbable national
championships, and Boatright has much of the
same makeup as Kemba Walker and Shabazz
Napier, the senior guards who led those runs.
Ollie isn’t one to give up, but he’s also not one
to understate the situation, saying after the loss
to Temple, “If we’re not tougher, we’re not going
anywhere.”
That’s not completely accurate. Even with
just 17 wins, as defending NCAA champs, they’d
go to the NIT. Unfortunately, in UConn parlance,
that’s how you spell “disappointment.”
from page 17
games against Division I powers in the Southern Connecticut
Conference and went 16-2.
This year, Conard played 11
of its 20 regular season games
against the strongest northern
Division I schools, going 6-5 in
those games and 8-1 against
D-II and D-III teams. With a
.700 overall winning percentage,
Conard accumulated 80 points
– and the No. 1 seed – in large
part because of its tough schedule, while SGWL (.750), Branford
(.725) and North Branford (.725)
wound up with the Nos. 2-4
seeds, respectively. Teams earn
more points by beating teams in
higher divisions.
“We played some tough
competition,” Raymer said. “Like
any team, you’re going to have
your ups and your downs, but
you just got to keep showing up
and keep working.”
Since the CIAC went to a
three-division format for the
state tournament in 2006, only
one No. 1 seed – Amity in 2010 –
has won it all.
“It’s not going to be an
easy tournament,” Raymer said.
“You’ve got to show up every day.”
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West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel
Road, 860-561-7583
• Thursday Afternoon Movies at 1 p.m.: March
12, “Tammy” and March 19, “Gone Girl”
• Northern National Parks Tour presentation
Monday, March 16, 10 a.m., by Tracy O’Neill
from Collette Tours
• Connecticut Valley Garden Club’s Conservation Committee, “Green Night Out,” a partnership event, Tuesday, March 17, 5:30-8:30
p.m., registration required – alternative for St.
Patrick’s Day with reception 5:30-6:30 p.m.
with organic tastings and environmental documentary film showing 6:30-8 p.m.
• Sports Talk Wednesday, March 18, 1 p.m.,
with Ned Skinnon, $3/$4, tickets needed in advance – March Madness and a baseball preview;
includes pizza, chicken wings, salad and drink
• Trips: Young at Heart Norwich Spa Thursday,
March 19, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m., $209/$219/$220
one service, $299/$309/$310 two services
• Jewish Cultural Celebration Sunday, March
22, 1-3 p.m., $18/$22, reservations
• Free IRS-certified tax assistance program,
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Mondays at Fellowship Housing (change of location), call to
schedule an appt.
Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave., 860-561-8180
• Movies & Munchies Fridays, 1-3 p.m.:
March 13, “Waking Ned Devine” and Friday,
March 20, “Boyhood”
• Wearin’ O the Green Tuesday, March 17,
5-6:45 p.m., cost $14/$16
• Trip: Hall High School’s Pops ‘N Jazz annual matinee concert Wednesday, March 18, 2
p.m., $2/$3/$4
• Jewelry with Jan Thursday, March 19, 1-4
p.m., $15/$17/$19, pre-register
• How to Zentangle Friday, March 20, 10
a.m., register
• Mindfulness Meditation, Yoga open house
Friday, March 20, 10-11 a.m., free introductory session, registration required
• Hot Hula Fridays, March 20-May 8, 10-11
a.m., low impact workout with gentle movements to Polynesian drum beats and other
island music, cost $35/$40/$42, pre-register
• Free IRS-certified tax assistance program,
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Thursdays, call to
schedule an appt.
Holy Family retreats
Holy Family, 303 Tunxis Road, 860-760-9705,
will offer the following retreats:
• Men’s Weekend Retreats: Know Greater
Joy, Friday-Sunday, March 13-15 and March
20-22, begins with dinner at 6 p.m., $295,
more if you can, less if you can’t
• Women’s Evening Retreat: What Would You
Have Me Do For You? Wednesday, March 18,
6-9 a.m., with Sr. Eileen Dooling and Joan Linley, $40 includes dinner
Beth El Temple events
Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave., 860-2339696, will offer the following:
• Shabbat Across America Friday, March 13,
6 p.m., includes two services at 6 p.m., a
Shabbat dinner at 7 p.m. for $12 by March
12 with reservations, performance by Kaskeset, Binghamton University’s Jewish a capella group, RSVP to [email protected]
• Shabbat Family Experience Saturdays,
March 14 and 28, 11 a.m., grades K-2
• Junior Congregation (grades 3-6) Saturday,
March 14, 11 a.m. – student service reading
from the Torah, students of all ages can participate, if interested, contact Rabbi Howard
Rosenbaum at 860-233-9891
• Tumbling with Torah Saturdays, March 14
and 28, 11 a.m.
• JCL Special Needs Shabbat Service Saturday, March 14, 10:30 a.m.
• Into the 20th century – Music University Series Wednesday, March 18, 7 p.m. – “Into the
20th century: Schoenberg’s Music Revolution
& Music of the Theater,” free and open to the
public, reserve seat
Newcomers Club events
The West Hartford Newcomers Club’s monthly bunco dice game for female members will
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
[email protected]
be Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. $10
buy in and four winners will split the pot. The
monthly Guys Night Out, March Madness, will
be Thursday, March 19. For more information,
go to [email protected].
Duncaster’s Great Courses
Duncaster is offering a Great Courses Seminar
on Great World Religions, Christianity moderated by Helen Gettemy Mondays from 3 - 4:30
p.m. in the Meeting Room at Duncaster in
Bloomfield. On March 16, Lecture 9 will be
Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Lecture
10, Christianity and Politics. Advance registration is required by contacting Fran Kent
at [email protected] or by calling 860380-5006.
Hartford Jewish Film Festival
The Mandell JCC’s 19th annual Hartford Jewish Film Festival will be March 12-22, and feature big names such as Sophie Tucker, Theodore Bikel, Nancy Spielberg, Kara Sunlun and
Darko Tresnjak. Opening night will be Thursday, March 12 at Infinity Music Hall & Bistro in
Hartford. For tickets, schedules, trailers and a
festival brochure contact 860-231-6316, visit
www.hjff.org, or call 860-236-4571.
Shabbos Across America
Agudas Achim Congregation, 1244 North Main
St., invites the Jewish Community to celebrate
Shabbos Across America. Enjoy the holiness
and camaraderie of this special day, Friday
March 13. Mincha at 6:30 p.m., with a deluxe
four-course dinner thereafter. $15pp and $40
family cap. Reserve early. RSVP 860-2336241, or [email protected].
Registration for Youth Baseball League
In-person registration for West Hartford
Youth Baseball League’s spring 2015 season will take place Saturday, March 14 from
9:30 a.m.-noon, at the Elmwood Community
Center, 1106 New Britain Ave. Boys and girls
ages 5-12 are eligible to register. To register
online, go to www.whybaseball.com, click on
the “Register Now” button, select the appropriate age division and complete registration
process.
Mindfulness training for mental health
professionals
Copper Beech Institute, 303 Tunxis Road,
will offer a weekend retreat on mindfulness
for mental health professionals, “Living in
the Present Moment of Clinical Work,” Friday-Sunday, March 13-15. Participants will
explore core mindfulness skills that can
have value with client interventions, while
also protecting the caregiver’s own well-being. Seven CE credit hours are available for
LCSWs, LPCs, licensed marriage and family therapists, and certified holistic nurses.
Retreat leader will be Arnie Kozak, Ph.D., a
clinical assistant professor in psychiatry at
the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Tuition is $250 plus accommodations.
The retreat also includes yoga classes and
meditation practice. To learn more, visit copperbeechinstitute.org.
WIN workshop
Women’s Independence Network will offer a
workshop, “Divorce and Beyond,” Saturday,
March 14, 9 a.m.-noon at the West Hartford
branch of the University of Connecticut Student Center, 85 Lawler Road, Room 126.
Attendees will hear presentations from professionals, including an attorney, financial
adviser, therapist, mortgage counselor, real
estate agent, health educator and life coach.
Cost is $45. Participants can pre-register at
www.allaboutwin.com or pay at the workshop.
For more information, call 855-200-4946.
Main Stage Monday
Monday, March 16, 6-8 p.m., will be Main
Stage Monday at A.C. Petersen’s, 240 Park
Road. Enjoy one’s favorite meal and/or ice
cream and be entertained by performers from
past productions at Playhouse on Park. The
performers will sing their favorite show tunes
while helping to wait on tables.
At the Library
Noah Webster Library
Noah Webster Library,
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980,
closed Sundays until Oct. 19:
• Comedy Thursday Film Series Thursdays,
1:15 p.m.: March 12, “His Girl Friday” and
March 19, “Bringing Up Baby”
• West Hartford Fiction Writers meeting
Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m.
• New Yorker magazine discussion Fridays,
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.:
March 13 to discuss March 9 issue and
March 20 to discuss the March 16 issue
• Minecraft Building Competition Saturday,
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Week, register at 860-561-6996
• Les Francos a la Biblio Tuesday, March 17,
6:30 p.m., “Un Secret” by Philippe Grimbert
• Free tickets that are required for Family
Concert with Gigi and the Lend Me a Hand
Band March 21 now available
• 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, meet the artist
March 15, 2-4 p.m., bring phones and tablets for clinic at 3 p.m.
• WeHa Artists Emporium’s art work of children’s book illustrator/author J.C. Philipps
thru March 31 in the Children’s Gallery
March 12, 2015
Wearin’ O the Green
Come wearin’ green Tuesday, March 17,
5-6:45 p.m., to the decorated Ernest St.
Jacques Auditorium, Elmwood Senior Center,
1106 New Britain Ave., for an evening that
will have everyone’s Irish eyes smiling. Costumed dancers from The Shamrock School of
Irish Dance will entertain as attendees dine
on corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots
and Irish soda bread catered by Effie’s Place
Family Restaurant. Coffee, tea and ice cream
roll with crème de menthe will be served
for dessert. Cost is $14 members/$16
non-members.
Music University Series
Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave., will present the third in a four-part series about the
influential impact of Jewish composers on
the artistic culture of the 19th and 20th centuries Wednesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at the
temple. The presentation will examine the
pivotal and uncompromising influence of Arnold Schoenberg on a generation of his contemporaries compared to popular music of
the theater and cinema of Jewish composers. The discussion is free and open to the
public. To reserve a seat, call 860-233-9696.
Family Concert
Elmwood Community Center will present a
Family Concert with Banana Baron Friday,
March 20, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Bring the entire
family to this musical blast of fun wrapped up
in wonder and whimsy and grand expeditions.
Audience participation adds to the fun. Tickets
are $7 per person. Children must be accompanied by a paying adult. Program #373103A.
Save $1 per ticket and get reserved seating
with group ticket purchases of 15 or more. To
purchase tickets, call or visit Elmwood Community Center, 1106 New Britain Ave., 860651-8160
Pysanky workshop
The West Hartford Art League will hold a
three-hour workshop in the art of Pysanky
Saturday, March 21 in its clubhouse classroom, 37 Buena Vista Road. The fee is $50 for
Art League members and $75 for non-members. Register online at westhartfordart.org/
classes/ by clicking on workshops, or call
860-231-8019 with credit card.
Fashion Show, Auction and Champagne
The Mandell JCC will host its own Fashion
Show, Auction and Champagne reception to
benefit Adult Special Needs Programming
Tuesday, March 24, from 7-9 p.m. in the
Chase Family Gallery at the Mandell JCC
Zach’s Campus, 335 Bloomfield Ave. To register, contact Ilene Schloss, 860-231-6355
or [email protected] by Wednesday,
March 18.
Love and Logic course
The Love and Logic six-week course,
“Parenting the Love and Logic Way,” will begin a new session Thursday, March 26 from
7-9 p.m. Love and Logic is a common-sense
approach, providing parents with easy-tolearn skills that create respect, responsibility and good decision making in their kids,
guaranteed to change how one experiences
parenting. Registration is now open online
under Personal Development at www.WHLifeLearn.org.
Miracle League registration
Teams are 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 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 2015-June 2016. The funding through a
grant from the state provides an opportunity for low income families to attend an early
childhood experience. 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 April 1 to
[email protected].
Save the date – May 9 – for Mayor’s
Charity Ball 2015
Mark the calendar for the gala event of the
year, The Mayor’s Charity Ball, to take place
Saturday, May 9 under the grande tent, West
Hartford Town Hall. Max Catering will cater,
with music by the Metropolitan Players and
students of the Jackie McLean Institute, as
well as performances by Playhouse on Park.
Tickets are on sale now; early registration
special to buy 10 tickets for the price of 9
ending April 9. Visit www.themayorscharityball.org.
Arts & Events
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St., Collinsville, 860-693-9762: Thursday, March
12 at 8 p.m., The Royal Southern Brotherhood; Friday, March 13, 8 p.m., John Gorka;
Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m. Comedy Night:
Ross Bennett; Sunday, March 15, 7 p.m., The
Danielle Nicole Band; Thursday, March 19, 8
p.m., 6-piece jazz ensemble Carte Blanche
At the Hartt School, 200 Bloomfield Ave.,
West Hartford, 860-728-4428:
• Spring Choral Concert: Spring Is in the Air
Thursday, March 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Millard
Auditorium
• Hammerklavier Thursday, March 12,
8-9:30 p.m., Berkman Recital Hall
• Hartt Wind Ensemble and Hartt Symphony Band Friday, March 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,
Lincoln Theater
• Hartt Community Division Adult Recital
Series Sunday, March 15, 2-3:30 p.m., Berkman Recital Hall
• Connecticut Youth Symphony Sunday,
March 15, 3-5 p.m., Millard Auditorium
• Hartt Community Division Parents Night
Wednesday, March 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Millard Auditorium
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro:
20 Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk, 860542-5531: March 12, 8 p.m., Hot Club of
Cowtown; March 13, 8 p.m., Richie Furay;
March 14, 8 p.m. Soul Sound Revue – 30th
Anniversary Dance Party; March 15, 1, 4 and
7 p.m., Southern New England Jazz Fest;
March 20, 8 p.m., Eight to the Bar
32 Front St., Hartford: March 13, 8 p.m.,
Jorma Kaukonen; March 14, 8 p.m., Tommy
Emmanuel with special guest Richard Smith
(sold out); March 19, 8 p.m., Damn The Torpedoes – The World’s #1 Tom Petty Tribute
Show
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main
St., Hartford:
• Gallery Talk, artist DAZE, Thursday, March
12, noon, talking about his works featured
in the “Coney Island” exhibition, free with
admission
• Film, “Rube and Mandy at Coney Island,”
Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Second Saturdays March 14, 10 a.m.-1
p.m., “Circus Dreams,” free admission –
listen to hand-cranked organs playing authentic Coney music, watch the film “Rube
and Mandy,” enjoy magic show by Professor
Phineas Feelgood’s World of Magic and more
• Food & Film, “Babette’s Feast,” Saturday,
March 14, 5 p.m., tickets $45/$40/$35, reservations by March 12 at the wadsworth.
org/event/food-film-babettes-feast
• Gallery Talk, “Behind the Scenes in MATRIX,” Sunday, March 15, noon, with Andrea
Miller-Keller
• Jazz Brunch, Goza Latin Jazz Sunday,
March 15, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $35/$25, call
860-838-4076 for tickets
• Film, “Through A Lens Darkly,” Thursday,
March 19, 6:30 p.m.
Tavern Night: A Taste of Ireland Friday and
Saturday, March 13 and 14 with sittings at
6 and 8 p.m. at the Noah Webster House &
West Hartford Historical Society, 227 South
Main St., West Hartford, tickets $35 per person/$30 museum members, reservations
at www.noahwebsterhouse.org, or at 860521-5362, ext. 10
Farmington Valley Stage Company’s “Critic’s Choice” performances Fridays and Saturdays, March 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m.
and Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m., in the auditorium at Canton Town Hall, Market Street,
Collinsville, advance tickets online $20/$18 at
www.FVStage.org, $22/$20 at the door
• TRANScribing: Gender Identity, Creativity and Self-Expression, a discussion with
Joy Ladin, Tobias Davis and Dr. Joe Wenke
Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 p.m. – Ladin,
first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution; Davis, a transgender activist, playwright and young adult novelist; Wenke, writer, social critic and LGBTQ
rights activist
• Opening major exhibition, “’Travel Is
Fatal to Prejudice’: Mark Twain’s Journeys
Abroad,” Thursday, March 19, 5:30 p.m.,
free wine and cheese reception in Webster
Bank Museum Center, $6 fee
• “Brian Dykstra: Selling Out” March 27,
7:30 p.m., at The Webster Bank Museum
Center
The Stanley-Whitman House’s annual
St. Patrick’s Day concert with Cead Mile
Failte Saturday, March 14, 7-9 p.m., in the
Hoppin Gallery of The Barney Library, 71
Main St., Farmington, tickets $12 at 860677-9222 or www.stanleywhitman.org
Friends of Northwest Park’s an evening
with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Saturday, March 14, 7:30 p.m., at Northwest Park
Nature Center, Lang Road, Windsor, 860285-1886 – Appalachian melodies, Cajun an
Celtic fiddle tunes, Civil War classics, songs
from golden age of swing and country,
waltzes and original works
Michelle Canning & Rough Edges Sunday,
March 15, 10:30 a.m., part of Music and the
Arts at Center Church in the meeting house,
675 Main St., Hartford, free, donations accepted – banjo player Canning and her band
offering bluegrass, contemporary ballads
and original material
Red-Headed Flying Daredevil, a re-enactment program, Sunday, March 15, at 11:30
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the New England Air
Museum, Windsor Locks (860-623-3305)
Family Sundays at the New England Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave., Bristol,
March 15, noon-2 p.m., Carousel Cookie
Creations, $6/$5/free (860-585-5411)
Baby Grand Jazz Series featuring Joshua
Breakstone Sunday, March 15, 3-4 p.m.,
in the library atrium of the Hartford Public
Library, 500 Main St., Hartford – Breakstone
on guitar and Noah Baerman on piano
Special matinee performance for senior
citizens of Hall High School’s Pops ‘n Jazz
2015 Wednesday, March 18, 2-3:30 p.m., in
Hall auditorium, 975 North Main St., West
Hartford (860-570-0103)
“Digits. Dig It” March 18-29 at Playhouse
on Park, 244 Park Road, West Hartford, with
preview shows Wednesday, March 18 and
Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m., opening night Friday, March 20 at 8 p.m. with
pre-performance wine and cheese reception
at 7 p.m., tickets range from $25-$35, 860523-5900, ext. 10
Kindergarten parent orientation
Kindergarten parent orientation nights at elementary schools will be held in March and
April. Schools holding them in March are:
March 19, 6:30 p.m., Whiting Lane School,
47 Whiting Lane, 860-233-8541, and March
26, 6:30 p.m., Smith STEM School, 64 St.
James St., 860-236-3315. April dates will
be announced in April calendars where applicable. Contact the appropriate school so
a child’s name can be added to the list of
incoming kindergarten students.
“Gypsy” by Connecticut Theatre Company March 13-22 at The Repertory Theatre,
23 Norden St., New Britain, Fridays and
Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.,
tickets $25/$23 at www.connecticuttheatrecompany.org or at the door
“At Home in Noah’s House” exhibit at the
Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, 227 South Main St., West Hartford, thru March – art work from the tablet
tour including paintings by Monica Vachula
as well as from the book, “Noah Webster:
Weaver of Words” by Pegi Dietz-Shea
Mark Twain House Museum Center, 351
Farmington Ave., Hartford, 860-280-3130:
• An Evening of Celtic Magic with Daniel
GreenWolf Friday, March 13, 7:30 p.m., in
the Webster Bank Museum Center, tickets
$20/$15
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)
YMCA recruiting participants for
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West Hartford YMCA is currently in the midst
of its 2015 annual campaign, having raised
$39,000 of a goal of $85,000. The YMCA
offers the LIVESTRONG program to help
cancer survivors feel alive again. The 12-
week program is designed to help survivors
overcome the effects of fatigue and deconditioning from treatment and the disease. To
sign up for the Y’s LIVESTRONG program, to
learn more about how one can support the
Y’s cause, contact Shawn Fongemie, executive director, at 860-521-5830.
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Beef Tenderloins Chicken Breast
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Chicken Salad
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Cream of broccoli
Tuesday:
Creamy Tomato Basil
Beef Stew
Wednesday: Cream of Potato & Bacon
Pasta e Fagioli
Thursday:
Sausage & Kale
Chicken & Rice
Friday:
New England Clam Chowder
Minestrone
Saturday:
Soup du Jour
** We have Dave’s famous chili
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Prices good from March 12, 2015
through March 18, 2015.
Fresh from Hall’s Kitchen,
this week’s features:
TRADITIONAL
CORNED BEEF &
CABBAGE DINNERS
Customer Favorites, Available Daily:
Meat Lasagna, Chicken Parmesan with
spaghetti, Chicken Picatta with linguini,
Chicken Marsala over egg noodles,
Chicken Enchiladas, Eggplant
Parmesan, Macaroni & Cheese,
Pork Roast, Spaghetti & Meatballs,
Spoon Roast with potatoes &
asparagus, Chicken Pot Pie
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 8am to 6pm; Closed Sundays
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