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14W Tech strikes gold FROM PAGE 1 Electrical, the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in English and Math, and the John F. Green Memorial Award. McConnell's bid for a gold medal did not come without some tense moments for both the student and her instructors. After competing in the first three criteria areas of her field - SkillsUSA Knowledge Test, she brings true meaning to the word champion." McConnell's status as a non- traditional student in Electrical also caught the attention of SkillsUSA organizers, who according to Bagni, were unsure whether McConnell is the first female to capture a Residential Wiring gold medal in the competition's 42-year his- tory. "There's nothing that Carrie TOWN CRIER - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2006 Long only had to look at their own families for inspiration. "All of us have younger sib- lings so we decided to put together a video game for ages two to seven warning of house- hold hazards," Bennett said. "We wanted to produce some- thing that could help the com- munity." Starting in September and working roughly 25 hours a week for ten months, the team Shawsheen Valley Technical High School senior Carrie McConnell, a senior from Wilmington works during the 2006 SkillsUSA Championships held last week in Kansas City where she captured a gold medal in Residential Wiring. Courtesy photo Electrical Knowledge Test where McConnell earned the highest score in the competition) and Job Interview (second-highest score), McConnell finished the grueling, six-hour Performance Test of wiring methcxls with just 20 seconds to spare in the allotted time. "At this level if you don't fin- ish on time, you don't win," said Shawsheen Valley Technical High School Lead Electrical Instructor and SkillsUSA Advisor John Bagni. "Carrie's always been a role model and an extremely eager learner. She is a deserving champion, and can't accomplish," added Bagni. McConnell will attend UMass- Lowell in the fall. For the Tech Prep team of Bennett, Versackas and Long, this year's gold medal was especially sweet after earning bronze at last year's nationals. "It was a surreal moment when our names were announced as the gold medal winners," described Bennett. "This was a perfect way to fin- ish my senior year." Looking for a product to mar- ket for the competition, Bennett said that he, Versackas and also produced an activity book to accompany the video game. Shawsheen Valley Technical High School's strong performance in Kansas City was part of a record-breaking performance by Massachusetts's vocational-technical students. In all, Massachusetts captured 55 medals in 27 contests - the third highest state total in the country. The Shawsheen Valley Technical High School District includes Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Tewksbury and Wilmington. Wilmington's delegation to the 2006 Massachusetts Student Government Day (from left to right) Rich Hersom, Representative James Miceli, Connor Moroney, Mathew Hackett. (courtesy Photo) Congratulations to Wilmington's Bill and Liz McNabb who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last week. Photo by www.chinappi.com Large and small parcels for residential and commercial development. Raw or permitted. Call or Write: Joseph A. Langone [Northeastern Development Corp 20 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington, MA 01887-2798 978-658-7188 ■1 The Board of Selectmen meeting was interrupted by a town-wide power outage on Monday night. But town crews jumped into high gear and set up generators and emergency lights to keep things moving- Photo by Stephen Bjork Outage hits entire town FROM PAGE 1 offered to bring in generators and emergency lights. Town crews arrived within moments after selectmen agreed to make the call. Generators powered emergency lights, the computer used for the presentation, and even the WCTV cameras and sound- board. Ironically, power was restored just moments after the presentation had resumed under emergency power. According to Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD), all of Wilmington lost Silver Lake FROM PAGE 1 This design also filters runoff before reaching the lake. Conventional paving surfaces, such as asphalt, only allow for stormwater to run off the sur- face, thus pooling together with pollutants such as lawn chemi- cals and goose droppings before making its way into the lake. In addition, bioretention cells have been created. These landscaped areas use soil and plants to temporarily reserve excess runoff from heavy rains. State Representative James Miceli was on hand for the unveiling of the project. "It goes a long way to abate the contamination in the lake," he said. Miceli stated that in recent years Wilmington has had neg- ative environmental publicity due to Olin Chemical Company, Maple Meadow Landfill, and the newest "disaster," according to Miceli, Transrail, which would allow for Wilimington to become the hub of all waste being shipped out. "This is a positive thing," said Miceli. Coinciding with the recon- struction of the parking lot is two planted swales at either end of the beach, replacing the drainpipes. The landscape in these areas filters stormwater from surrounding neighbor- hoods before it reaches the lftke. These areas are also less power at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Monday evening, though portions of Park Street and one or two other isolated areas reported not experienc- ing any outage. RMLD reports also that a majority of customers in Reading were affected by the outage, which has been blamed on faulty equipment at NSTAR's Dragon Court Substation in Woburn. Only one of the two transmission lines owned by NSTAR, which feed RMLD's Gaw Substation in Reading, was operating at the time of the outage; the attractive to geese, whose droppings are believed to be a major culprit of bacteria in the lake. "We're very excited to see these low-impact development techniques applied in an area where the water quality improvements and ttfe ground- water recharge benefits are both so critical," said DCR Commissioner Stephen Burrington. "The increased recharge from these kinds of techniques not only helps keep the Ipswich River flowing during dry times, but also reduces the kind of flash flooding prob- lems that have been so serious recently." The Ipswich River has been designated the third most "endangered" river in the United States. Across the lake a second project has also been completed on Silver lake Avenue and Dexter other was out of service for rou- tine maintenance when the fault occurred. "NSTAR crews worked on the lines which are normally very reliable," said RMLD Engineering and Operations Manager Pete Dion. "Most customers in both communities had their power restored at 8:45." The NSTAR transmission line runs between Winchester and Tewksbury and services many of the communities in the area. The outage also affected NSTAR customers in Woburn, Burlington and Stoneham. Street. "Rain gardens" and pavers like those in the parking lot at the beach have been installed along the street. These landscaped areas allow for the stormwater to soak into the ground, recharging the water table. This process also allows for the reduction of stormwater running into the ' lake by redirecting runoff from roofs and driveways to these areas, rather than to the storm sewer system. "This is a special natural resource to us that provides a great deal of enjoyment," said Caira. 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Eawn$k€tm E-MAIL: JAMIE@Y0URT0WNCRIER.COM St John's Prep pitcher now heading to Marist College WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2006 Wilmington Peterson finishes all scholastic season, career Bv MIKE IPPOLITO Sports Correspondent It's been said on many occa- sions that great players have a way of stepping up their game when the pressure is at its greatest and when the stakes are at their highest. Curt Schilling of the Red Sox is a great example of this, as he has been a great pitcher for most of his career, but has been at his dazzling best in the post season, leading two teams to World Series championships. While nobody is ready to put Wilmington resident and St. John's Prep star pitcher Steve Peterson in Schilling's class just yet, the senior lefthander recently showed that he also has a knack for stepping up his game when it matters most as well, leading the Eagles to the state championship game before they fell to Algonquin. During the post season run, Peterson allowed two earned runs in 23 innings pitched, while striking out 26 and walk- ing just two. The Boston Herald All Scholastic earned a pair of victories in the Eagles run, including a nine inning no hitter against Newton North in the Section semi-finals and a 6- 3 win over Lincoln Sudbury in the first round, a game in which he retired the first 22 batters he faced. To wrap up his remarkable season, Peterson pitched three scoreless innings of relief in the Eagles win over BC High in the state semi-finals, and two more scoreless relief innings against Algonquin in the title game. "It wasn't so much I felt like I had to step up my game, but I knew how important the playoffs were to our team." Peterson said. "Everyone wanted the state title. Everyone had such high expectations for us this year and we had such high expectations for ourselves." If one wanted to nitpick had Peterson's reputation as a great big game pitcher, about the only argument that could be made is that he is so consis- tently outstanding that it would be difficult to say that he actu- ally improves in the playoffs. The regular season stats for the Marist bound Peterson were, after all, incredible as well. He posted an 8-0 record with a 1.00 ERA, with 87 strike- outs in 70 1/3 innings pitched. Opponents batted just .149 against him for the season. But the playoffs were in fact even better, as opponents batted just .065 against him in the post season. There may not have been two better efforts all season than the wins over Lincoln-Sudbury and Newton North, but Peterson treated the games as if they were just another step toward the team's ultimate goal of a state title. "I just wanted to go out there and throw strikes and hit my spots and that's what I was able to do in both games," Peterson said. "I had great command of my fastball, curveball and my changeup, and I did not get down in many counts which helped a lot." As business like an approach as Peterson takes when he steps on the mound, he is still able to enjoy the thrill of his outstanding performances, as he did in the no hitter against Newton North. "It was just unbelievable to be able to throw a no hitter in that kind of environment in the sec- lional semi finals." Peterson said. "To go out there and beat such a go
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