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»,Rek B B * . " . 1 I i 1 1 4. 1 * .. e - news Scouts camp with local troop... (continued from page 1) and had been teaching them a few was less fluent with English but things about their country. 'lili- that did not stop him from speak- Taiwan. UA very prepous friend- wan is almost 14,000 square ing to the Americans. ship bound us togsher through miles, not even three times larger Each time the two groups scouting," Alfred explained. The than Connecticut. Located 80 would meet, Alfred would stir up trip of more than 10,000 miles ·miles off the southeast coast of enthusiasm with American songs was expensive but well worth it, China, the republic is composed such as "The More We Get To- he continued. "Friendship is of the main island of Taiwan and gether" and a clapping cheer most priceless: several smaller islands. The popu- often heard as a rally at hockey Steve Vinisko, assistant lation is estimated at 22 milhon games. Such singing American Scoutmaster ofTroop 32, with six with three main languages spo- boys might regard as corny. But Scouts from the American troop, ken, the official language being they were drawn in by the spirit also attended the Seventh Na- Mandann Chinese. The Taiwan and camaraderie. Kevin Sylvester, n"r ir+Fhp-1.1'1' lonal Ja, 03661(c IIt i £&ALJ- r--Se it-Wm·e-fr .. -- 4--ree:¥tled---with-amusemenskindness and overwhelmmg hos- ital city in the north, and P'ing- hearing the Taiwan boys sing "It's pitality they were shown. The rung in Ihe south. Children there a Small World" at the top of their Taiwanese opened their homes attend schools five and one-half lungs while riding up the mounan 1/ hearts. "They couldn't do days each week. When classes are t:lin chair lift at Lake Compounce enough for us," he recalled. As a completed following a nine-hour Amusement Park. His mother, result, he and a Taiwan family day, the students clean their Maureen Sylvester, commented now regard each other as adopted school building. that the family has loved being relatives. Since they first met, he Several of the visiting teens hosts and they have shared many The Observer, Thursday, July 29,1999 and Johnson have cononued to nurture the relationship halfway spoke English quite well while others knew only a few essentials laughs. Several of Southingtont civic 1 1' 51' hs' 'Ft' 41 32 -7 AL , i : 1:.1·1 :Bi41·,E,w.) 1,_', 4 ,#-t 464:-+:*- :' _ , gili| -1. 1-. -. around the world, correspondmg regularly with Scout and personal such as, hello, good-bye, and thank you. Scouts from both na - organizations also made the visiting ' Scouts feel welcome On New stop signs will, blinking liphts have been installed at the in ersection of Prosped and West streets. Police news tions relied heavily on hand-held Wednesday, the visitors and their Chief William Perry said he believes the signs are more cost-effective than a stop light. p.60,0 4 Kn rn 71 442* Vinisko was glad that the electronic translators. The boys host families were treated to a FLMA 4 '13;f.bri.:1+T- 036 n-·+r-%=1,· 11 .':rr-R. - -4%*4 , -1 El 15, 4-74*-AL br -J 'Lf*#= -1, 1 1 -1 -6 -T 1 , L-Ij 036'I W':41* · - r.'' /'= 0-.DI=i..._.. 44=n./.8/mir-Tram 42 1$04, ,I .-Tr - ducs.t,-7. -4-2..1169-, 0 2-" . »03 »711 1111,7 '1 ·41,-f»_ell Z Ii- r 8 I ' *!I IP# 4;*1,kii,I 036 , -lL6 1 _ 11'. -2, I I I -r-2/4-11-3-:r, =r ,' I : 4 1 TI ' I I, Il I, ,Il E,- , , A'h'-4.211-21,26-1.ili'l-Q" 4 -1'PliMTAIT -9*
THE OBSERVER B. FI -Vr -V- THURSDAY, L VI-- F-'1 F:1.7 REM". JULY 29, 1999 N44*--' 4,4/ Taking flight: A man and his missions By RUTH K WAGNER day and, as such, time management is of I'm not sure that I'd be able to rational- ning a marathon ( comprising a little wholeheartedly. In the mid 19605 after StaffWriter considdrable importance to this local ize the cost of aviation," Schumann said. more than 26 miles ) in under three receiving his first pilot's license, he made What drives inihl, ra enter his first son- Schumannh 518 milliQrtzaz) ad)1 - hours, as Schumann has done, is one a decision to let it expire because he nia-thon it egf f n anA nin .hp rni,rqe _ Schumann-ifthe-founllg and CEO ness manufactures and sells to compa- way. The conditioning involved in didilft have the financial- means then to with such physical and mental intensity of· PQ Controls, located jliinverthe . nies-Guch-46-CaterplliaL-5£hu- preparing for a marathon, Schumann de- fly on a regular basis. If he couldn't fly that when he crosses the finish line, he Southington line in Bristol, a mann's wife of 33 years, cided, required running 45 miles a week. regi *;-hrbelic vcJ,-he-eeuldn't bc o intentionally aims his exhausted body- manufacturing Noreen, is PQ's vice president That's a lot of time to devote to the pur- proficient pilot. literally willing his lanky frame a few of finances. suit of making oneself physic2lly fit. Following the plane crash, Schumore yards - toward a se- Noreen Schumann Health experts highly recommend a 30- mann purchased his second jet- a twin mi-secluded spot holds a bachelor of science de- to 45-minute workout every other day to instead of a single engine plane. He has- wfiere he promptly gree in education from achieve optimum cardio-vascular well- the highest rating a pilot can have, an collapses in a heap of saturated, overheated limbs? The determina- 1911: I _2 n - ' '' e J..:· ''»' 1-_ ' bit _ . 1. Southern Connecticut State being. University in New Haven; He is a handsome man - tall and two master's degrees, one in blade thin, with the .palest of blue eyes library administration from barely visible behind his glasses. His Airline Transport Pilot - or ATP - rating, which pilots must have in order to fly commercial jets. When he purchased his latest iet, he don needed to participate in marathons and triathlons is the same energy Doug Schumann · 3-- ' j i ' . 4» . ..its -- -+ - 1 E C . z.... SUNY of Buffalo, and the other in business management from Rensselaer of Hartford. Doug Schuvoice is carefully regulated, no highs or lows in altitude. The only turbulence is at least one of his legs bouncing up and down throughout the ennre interview. decided to take the two-week mechanic's course offered to him by the jet's builders. -rechnically, he is certified to repair applied to saving his life - - /1 \ mann graduated from tile Both Schumanns share a love of his own plane, he added, but believes it when his plane crashed --1 1 \ 1 University of New family. In 1972, Doug had already start- is-more prudent to allow the experts to in December of 1993. IL 1 1 -1 1 4 Haven with a bachelor's ed their business in the cellar of their make any necessary mechanical or elec- The why behind the sin- degree in mechanical upstate New York home, and by January trical adjustments. gular motivation pro- - ' 1 -- - 1 ' ", · 1) :' * engineering. of 1980, Doug and Noreen were ready Schumann fits the profile of a c- «.4.2·S Both Schu- to transfer the business to Connecticut, cessful baby boomer: he works hard, pelling this 54-year-old ..ftr entrepreneur forwerd is ,6 11 1/- - I manns are articulate where the three Schumann children - plays hard, and has a lot of disposable more complex. ruI,14&.. . 1 _ business people whose David, Keith and Heidi - could grow income. ,. 7-1 It was on a business flight to Maine when Schu- --- . -7 - 1 ' r 1 - . 1. I 4 individual skills complement each other. Doug is up having both sets of grandparents close by. But there is the other side, the side that says, "Remember, I'm the product mann's plane malfunctioned. _3.4 I 1 111 com- the innovator; he comes up with the Noreen and Doug both grew up in of a blue collar environment... just be- He made tile decision to try -tr-,7 pany that designs and ideas and, with the company's engineer- Southington, come cause you wanted something didn't and land his single-engine produces electronic controls for ing staff- which until recently included from blue-collar mean you got it tf you really need- plane on a snow covered field. mobile machinery. Think of a joystick their oldest son, David (who recently left working families, ed it and you could Calculating that he had only 3 minutes that operates a bulldozer's ability to PQ to embark on a second career as a are Southington 4 afford it, to find level land, Schumann glided the move up or down, faster or slower, and patent attorney) - develops them to High School " .. then disabled aircraft on to a small, short you've got an idea of PQ Control's prod- produce a viable product. graduates, and you field. Pressing down heavily on the ucts. "I'm not your typical inventor; I'm baby boomers. 1: 1\ .' 1 036 got it: plane's left rudder, while his body's mo- Flying by commercial airline sched- more of a person who identifies oppor- Following , - 2 . mentum continued toward the right, he ules was a waste of his valuable time, tunities in a market ... it is a customer's in his father's «S» *- What is steered the plane hard to the left hoping Schumann concluded. There are the need which causes us to develop some- fo otste p s, 3't' 1' the answer for some of its velocity would diminish in flight reservations to be made, then the thing," Schumann explained. David Sraduat- .'* r the man . the turn. It did, and he climbed out of actual drive to the airport and the park- Noreen manages the financial aspect ed from the ,«1' the fuselage with facial abrasions and a ing of his vehicle. Perhaps he'll need to of the undertaking. She is also on the University of ..4 if r who, on bloodied mouth. The bruising left Schu- catch a shuttle bus to the concourse. national board of the YMCA of the New Haven
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