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i .../*. .-I/.I-- .- .- -.. - '- .- 9 ... ".2-4, ...1, 4 j L.=.1- - - m ABS•-*4«At:Vf ., ,-.. I 11 . 8 news The Observer, Friday, November 23, 2001 1 ' ." , d OBITUARIES kllie* df S•thington; har bah- Susan S. Po111101• ' er-in-lan; Sranley Kulis of New Tragedy bolsters Britriin Jaimes A. time of renewal ' The Burritt Hill Funeral Plantsville School teach« . . * .1,2414. Home, 332 Burritt St., New Brimin, Me.Kay Therts a gicat deal of talk HARWINTON - Susan animals and their'•••St•'14•. was in charge of arragonents. A 1' 9 * P-Fr Mass 02 Christian Burial was held at Former locomotive these days about the ways our lives Frorn the Stakonis Polmon, 55, of 381 rouildings. .. have changed since St:pt. 11. You -a/-2 Pulpit Locust Rd.,. and forincrly of Besides her mother she is sur, Immaculate Conception Church. engineer hear it daily pn our news pro- -A. u, ' Southington, died on Nov. 15 at vived by her son, Scott Curtiss of Burial will be at the convenience of James A. McI
THE OBSERVER •An angel is •called home • Robin's Nest r R:'in ";chel With all the ter76•on Ainerican soil, war in Afghanistan, and rainine and persecution around tile world, we have become almost numb to the evening news, just to preserve our emotions. But last week's news of another plane crash in •ew York City pierced my heart when I heard of the precious cargo among the 260 people aboard. It was Pastor Jean-Luc Phanord, the -nian-who-stal:ted_ihe mission work in thtl Dominican Republic thathasbeenapart of my life for the past several years. To the shock of many of its, his name was on the passenger manifest. A Haitian by birth, he traveled to the Dominican Republic more than 20 years ago to help his fellow countrymen who are indentured on sugar plantations. His diligence and intense faith were the seeds thai matured.intathe.Good.Samaritan-Hospital that last year served 50,000 people, 30 or so churches, various schools, and inedical care, food and clothing distribution in the villages lm'own as batcys. In the ineantime he survived jail and seemingly insurmountable challenges to make his dreams a reality. First Baptist Church of Wallingford spearheaded the annual mission trips to LaRomana 10 years ago to work with Pastor Jean-Luc. First Baptist of Southington joined the efforts five surnmers agO. I went to the D.R. in ZOOO.· Pastor Jean-Luc was at the job sites at which we worked nearly every day k was because of this trip that I truly became aware of what it was to be a Christian and that our purpose in life is to serve others. I was in awe ofhim and his works. Yes, he was poor. Yes, his clothes were sometime threadbare but Communi School's courtyard have soinething to do during the day. and dog. She is a very good read of othefs they were immaculate and pressed. u ill ncir become depres•ed or destructive dogs in how she reacts and how quickly But more importantly there was an from licing left home alone. -1-he niajority she acclimates heiself to another dog," aura about him. His bearing was regal. He of dog owners, noted Gulley, ,does, no; Gulley said. .. was surrounded by God's grace. heas-pa:s-• Gcenter 3 of attention · Iford the tradition:11 iob hours of 9 a.in. to So far, all of Gulleyi clients have , ticolarly impressed to observe him one day 5 p.iii., which causes owners to feel guilty been pleased with the daycare. The servin the middle of a busy construction site at By NIKKI O'DONNELL "F036,ch year is different and each year about leaving their dog home alone and ice is recommendod for anybody who a school we were building. He was seated on a chair, peacefully in the shade ofone of . the only trees around. Open on his lap was his well-worn, beloved Bible ind a notebook Amid all the hubbub, he was preparing his scrinon. But he was human too. He was one of his pcpplc. Hc would not hesitate to take a concrete-laden wheelbarrow from an American to show them how to push it more easily. FIc showed some of uf how to effectively fill a concrete block foundation with more concrete to make it more solid while wc wcrc building the school walls. He walked around evaluating each teamk handiwork As I recall, I think he jokingly gave some guys a D+ while he gave the women an A. When I was getting overwhclmed by the heat on the last workday, he cautioned Ille to take it easy. Nothing ruffled his feathers, even when it was 150 people staying at his home after the hurricane several years ago. When the Rev. Bill Iluegel of the Wallingford church fell on the job site and impaled his .armpit on rebar, it was Pastor Jean-Luc who drove him over the dirt roads to the hospital tohavc surgery. "No problem," he would say. It was his answer for everything. When his wife and associates wfre in a near-fatal accident last fallit was his faith and attitude that sustained him while they recovered. Pastor Jean-Luc occasionally traveled to the United States to spread tile word about his beloved people. He and his wife Elsa were in Florida on Sept. 11 and we ' heard that his wife was petrified to get on a . plane when the time came to return home , once air traffic continued. But PastorJean- • Luc was unafnlid. "God ncvcr takes anyone · a day sooner than theyare supposed to go," , was reportedly another of his mottos. · · For reasons we do not understand, God decided Pastor Jean-Luc's work was complete here on earth at age 49.1-Ie leaves 1 behind his wife and three children. This 1 huml,le pastor was rich in God and set the ; foundation for others .to continue, 2 till • order for us to follow. May wc not let him i down. . My last memory of Pastor Jcan-Luc i was on the last day ofthe mission trip *hen :,wc stopped at a large gift sh® so Americans could bring home souvenirs. He was standing beside the bus talking. Before I bdarded I pressed in his hand my remaining pesos to give to his people. I ncvcr expected that tile next time I pressed cash into someone's hiand, it would be to pay for Pastor Jean-Luc's funeral. · gbe emiter, a former editofin-rbief of Tbe Observer, is a Soiii61;i•E;IW;ident.) ·h:&4:43*/ e . .- Al#*#difilgikff:• .*64,/.*·*./042m ti IVING V- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2001 PAGE 9 At new dayeare, dog days not so bad By NIKKI O'DONNELL , -' il --'·-'·-'*"" ,-",- ·- .u036W·•·, ·-,-..' · ., - - '-r-' -14 f Because there are no set rules for a dog StaffWriter •t;••71 --'i-1 - '•A*•i 'te•-t ':_ : ' , 11-1 - - 7:-!.Arlf,_.ilh. daycare business in tile state, said Gulley, I 1 -1.jillill'll'll'll/,i- -0, 1 L 1- 1 -5,1 ir -,t 1 1 - -11 -35:- the business is licensed as a kennel. Cr:lies care' 036;anteb036, frieunc••ooiod•g•fed:y: *;7134,1,•=,0•. I- 1- - --I• I,i ----1 L Ik I F- • I__ , '-'' 113,•• or spac036 mus, he provided for even" sinreason to stay at home alone. 11 Ill 4 16 -1 -1 t 11 -1 --. 1111.2-. gle dog in the daycare. The facilitv must Penny Gulley, owner of Paw Play -'11 riz, 1 1-ttl '71 ;ill. 111:i• -11411 ,_•11 24:-1 -_ - , 4_F- f _-1--1- •|,11 aiso be kept clean. have hot wate•, and be S:Rreveforb•ongs•:atdatidnogn•e db•yr• •,•1•-••,•'•-•-&•Ytt/'1• 521-4, ,••1'.::,•, 31, 1/,- ' 4 ,•1-11-152,j-,5•I,#. ••3- 042,ell ventilated. Mostly, she added, the 2- 4, - -1 state is concerned thar the dogs have a 1 Ir :; T4..r' around the state. The concept for such a r *11 474•,- - .9.1 k 1 11 - 1-1 1 -4 place to be housed if the daycare owner business first began in 1998, she said. - 1 - 1 1- r 1- - 7;i 51-Ii.11:trN•;i• has to leave the building in the event of an "I have a friend who owns ond in :•6 1••!f 1 - '&,4.It - ' -1---•1' ' , ,1 3 1'1·L •4•- - eme•gency. Massachusetts. When I used to live there, ·*7/4.,AJ. • 2- _- ' i- - --49••••·. ' facilities around Connecticutio areas such combination for (;ulle>·. •,ff io daycare; it's .1 service and it is sup- Following that, both dog and onliers as West Hartford, Manchester, Although she 15 :1 re,ident of Durh.1111, posed to be a ftin .ind convenient thing fur meet with Gulley for an Interview. At thar Bloomfield, and Mystic. Gulley felt that S•iIithington 036as an icleal , yoti because you know your dog is having time, she talks with the potential clients, "I spent a lot of time at those places location fc,r her businegs liccaiise of the socialization, ind crercise. 1 looked even'- noting how their dog behaves around and got to know more about how every- busy nature of Queen Strce, .ind the pri036- whose, and one cl:iy we found this build- them. Atone point dunng the interview. body ran their daycare, and how different iinity of the hitilding to inrerst:itc 84. it ing. it was exactly what I wanted." Gulley takes the dog back to mingle uith every place was, and experience it from #vas the over:ill (xillitio•ition of the build- |rcg those who have not had the her weimaraner. Sadie, as a judge of the there," she said. ing, hi,wever, th:it lcd Gulley to believe it opportunity to experience a doggie cia>·- dog's tempenment. With experience and a location under w:is the perfect place for dop tc, spend the care, the service gives dogs a chance to "I call my dog the guinea pig because hcr belt, Gullcy next had the difficult task day. have c\erci•e and offers •ociali•ltion with she is very social, yet she's dominant to other Lic,gs. Cirootiiing is also offered at the point where she won't step down from the facility. By going to daycare. dogs • ill other dogs, but she won't go after another StaffWriter our students change, so I think 1 see dif- unattended. · works long hours and has to leave their 1, John E Kennedy Middle School stu- ferent groups working on it each year, According to (;ullcy. in centuries past dog home alone. "It is really for the peodents have really been 'digging' their Sniedherg snicl. "Although our kills are clogs were born and I,red to work on fanns pie who don't have a lot of free time, but schoolwork lately. with us through sixth, seventh, :ind eighth as pack animals, and were crpected to love their dog and want their dog to have As part of the Schoo-1-to-Career gr:Ide, you coulll actually have •cinie of the hunt as well as protect. Daycare offers other experiences during the week other Program, students have been working to sixth-graders ;r ho would be doing it for dogiI,the opportunity to do those kinds of than just staying home," she said. revitalize the ovcrgrown center courtyard tlirce yearc, :ind then the new kids come thinp, she 52id, 1,>· enabling them to Gulley hopes that Southington dog at the South Main Street school, The in. So we woultl always be adding licw stii- interact and carn· on •ocially with other owners will take advantage of her doggie project, which was kickedofflast spring by dents to the group. Pretty mitch all of the dogs of different breeds. daycare. "This is a new opportunity for students and paraprofessionals Toni students have had their hand in it, not on ''The concept of daycare is fun pet care for the owners of Southington: Standalc and Ann Manware in Lauren n daily basis,'but lthink nli of our studelits I,ccausc there :irc not many facilities like There are 3,100 dogs in this town, which Bernier's and Laurie Smedberg's classes, have actually been out therc working at this out thcrc. except in major cities such means there are a lot of dogs that stay had both students and teachers raking, one time or another this fall." as Boston," she said. A daycare offers a home, that don't haye the exercise and the stumping, trimming and weeding the area, F.ightii-gracie student Kyle Borowy veritable cage-frec environment where socialization that they need. So I think which they say was in desperate nced of said that even though his ioli was remov- dogs can play with each other. Many own- this is an opportunity for a lot of people repair. 036, ing tree stumps, he brill had flin working ers drop off their dogs for the day so that who are worried about their dogs to be Bernier said both she and Smedberg outside. Fellow eighth-grnde sttident John they can h,ive the ibility to play, be social, able to know their dog is somewhere started' the project to enable students to Zappulla eclioed Borowy's sentitnents, get fresh air, and rough house with other local, to know that it is convenient. that it participate in something that they would stating that he was happy to help out with dogs, said C;zillcy. is a nice place, and that someone is taking feel good about while exposing them to the project. Six-grader Andrew Fernandes *'I'hc Inost unique part of the.busi- care of thcir dog," explained Gullc>: the landscaping carccr. It helped that and seventh-grader Melissa Curtis also ness is that I mn not separating the dogs. "My goal is tO love evcry dog like niy many of the students had expressed an worked with other students.to rake and They are not coming here just to be in a own, and that is how I approach my busiinterest in working outside. water plants. cage, because owners don't want to Icave ness, and I hope that's what draws people "We thought this was one way that we "I liked raking and watering the plants them in a cage at home," she said. in. Their dog is going to be well takcn .could get them to see if this is the type of and helping out. 7'he courtyard looks bet- Although dogs arc in the same envi- care of during the day, just as if he were at career they would like to do, working at a ter• said seventh-gr:ide student' 'Ashley ronment with one another, certain state home. He is getting the exercise, and the nursery or landscaping," Bernier said. Grasso. "1 want to acid more flowers and laws must also bc followed to ensure safe- sbcialization with other dogs and other "A goal of the project is to have the put drnaments oil the trees for ty for both dog and daycare provider. people, and he is getting to enjoy theday." students start thinking about occupitions Christnias." that they might or might not bc intcrcstcd Eighth-grade student Tracy Weiss , in, so it is a good way to try things and sce. feel S that the newly rejuvenated courtyard .••i.,. T •_'t'ft#*--.•.:MiV•fLAYS•#.•-•t"BriUR,2-•--. Most of them have expressed that they currently looks much. better now than it i kra c ky re'• 71«67*««•5//12ingiple'Aile/.i':: • s I might want to join Vo-Ag at the high looked in its previous, unkempt stat'e. B'Dodadll flk:.--A•rnvi:2-**",rr-94 school, so wc arc seeing a numbcr of nice Anderson Was pleased when -'--F VY...5*.*-0/AL,0.,.9...•...0-'.,W... 4/ »44 ·- ·.--,t-9,-•,1. 64,43#44*4*4*90*,44*2*·©ki•.•1,At ., outcomes. Smedberg and Bernier approached·.her to Together with School-to-Career discuss pl:inning out the courtyard project. 'er 5-19,1£*b•;•h=ii -•skjf•%.f,%#R7#kU79U**1hMAHAV4h#547 Coordinator Debbie·Anderson, the tcach- "'l-his is what wc attempt to do, to tic .,t'..:,tje•I*ate254D.*pi•,i-,•augaa*•,•.-,d ers were able to secure grant money from school-to-careerinto all curricula:indinto :I ·•:S'-1»Ii...32:-'..c :- «•2:9:1.•..fp•bt:.6.•i#2,4•"41(*itU••:th,£&592 'ti,it-#i: ... 3.'tht»'999:4*, #'00 Ibv* swam:,AL,&1:0•,in.,•i,» tile program and purchase gardcning sup- all classes," said Anderson. "This fit in ·#4•0,#3611*t•.,.•-•u••.:•4•Lyk
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