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B.udget woes force 

library to ax help 

By ROBIN L MICHI L Seven non-union Workers called 

staff vr/ter "pages," who assist staff members, first 

Though the public may not immedg had been verbally noafied of their lmmlately 

feel the impact of reduced hours at nent layoffs by Library Director Audrey 

the library, seven employees felt the effect Brown. Cut were Sco ...Avenll, Audrey 

of budget constraints when they received Godin, Mark Henne, Mary Kelly, George 

their pink slips last Friday. Kovka, Nicole Lavole, and Virgnma 

COST SET AT $90,000 

Swlatek All, except one, earned $4.27 per 

hour, and five were high school students. 

Town wants firm 

All had worked there for three years or 

leSS'Their primary dunes were to shelve 

to fiX f0u dati0n 

n 

books and help m the children's depart- 

ment, Brown said, adding that they each 

worked on the average of 15 hours weekly 

but not more than 19 

ByART SECONDO "We're lust concerned ruth connnuasr0aate 

e&tor ing on with the loss of these people," she 

A glowing mistake in the consn'uc- said 

tion of a new ultraviolet water porifica- Other library employees now have to 

tion system at the town's pollution con- add the pages' dunes, inelu&ng filing 

trol plant on Maxwell Drive could end up magazines and mahng library cards, to 

costing $90,000 to make the corrections, their own responsibilities. 

Voters approved $850,000 in last In addition to the cut In staff, the 

year's referendum for the new.system and hours of operaaon have been reduced. 

constroetion began earlier this year. The L*brary hours as of July I are Mondays 

town had approved the plan to upgrade through Fridays, 9:15 a.m.-9 p.m, except 

its present Trojan 3000 system to a Trolan on Wednesdays when the facility opens at 

4000 in order to meet a state reqmre- l p.m. The library will now be dosed on 

meat. the weekends year-round, not just dunng 

More than 400 Southington High School 

sen,ors graduated Saturday and-a maiorily 

of them finished the day by attm ding a 

gala All-Night Parly until 5 a.m. A large 

crowd" attended graduation ceremonies at 

the school field to honor the grads Kelley 

McGann, above, is happy about receiving 

her diploma See Page 9 for more graduation 

photos and articles 

R'4 0 

West Street 

group reaches 

end of road 

By KEN DIMAURO 

famdy lrvmg editor 

It was the end of the road for the 

West Street Study Committee last week 

See MISTAKE page 8 See UBRARY WOES page 8 See WEST STREET page 8 

Rubbing elbows the 'Fashion'-able way 

By ROBIN L. MICHEL 

Former resident is cheffor 

Barcelona, London, Milan, and 

Sunthington all have been recent stops on 

the travel itinerary of Southingmn native 

Barry DePaolo. 

As corporate chef for a New York 

restaurant, DePaolo, 32, finds himself living 

out of a suitcase quite often as he 

wavels the globe researching new sites for 

the Fashion Care and Mez lena restaurants, 

owned by Fashion World Co. 

The son of downtown merchant Gall 

DePanin and Town Councilman William 

V. DePaolo, Barry began his journey in 

the culinary field at the former Hkchceck 

Station, now Sam the Clam's Pub & 

Grill, in Milldale. His father, who owned 

the business at that time, was short a cook 

and asked Batty to fill in on an emergency 

basis. 

"He told me /ou're cooking,' " De- 

Paolo said. "I fell into it; the more I did 

it, the more I liked 

A 1982 graduate of Southington 

High School, he attended a college In 

Massachusetts where he studied business 

management. But DePaolo dec ded to 

work instead of studying. 

DePaolo, who never attended cubnary 

school, said he learned on the lob 

and used his skills in the Boston area by 

working In several restaurants. 

He was hired as the sons chef, or second 

in eharga, at the Hard Rock Cafe, 

one of the first theme eateries in the 

world. "I didn't think I'd like it," he said, 

adding his opinion soon changed. 

DePanlo's next job was serving as executive 

chef at Planet Hollywood in New 

York City. "I was completely in charge of 

running kitchen operations, overseeing 

the food quality, consistency, and all the 

details," he said. 

Though he was at first in awe of 

many of the major movie stars he met, in- 

trendy New York eatery 

See DEPAOLO page 8 

Barry DePaolo stands before a mural at 

New York Gly's Fashion Cab, at 51 

Rockefeller Plaza, where he is co poraM 

chef for the restaurant's parent company, 

Fashion Wodd Co. €' ., , , . ua, 

Residents oppose plan - 

for Jude Lane golf range 

By ROBIN L. MICHEL According to Attorney Anthony De- 

A golf range proposed near Jude 

Lane attracted dozens of residents who 

voiced their oppostnon to the prolect at 

Tuesday night's Planning and Zomng 

Commission meeang. 

K/B Fnterprtses LLC are seelong a 

special permit use to construct a golf dnang 

range within the I-2 industrial zone 

Dunng the public heanng, restdents 

spoke for more than two hours expressing 

their concern about traffic, noise, safe , 

and the protecnon of natural wfldhfe 

The heanng was connnued to July 16. 

- petition stgoed by 62 residents was 

submitted to the PZC by Jude Lane restdent 

Carolee Paolino About 10 acres of 

the 54 8 acre parcel would be used for 

the range as well as 120 parking spaces 

The Ftght-\hle R ver runs through the 

propertx and ddlffe mclu&ng deer, 

rurke and pheasants roam freely 

"I love t hke tt s," said resident Andre 

St Laurent of Jude Lane. If anything 

happens to this l'd be really upset." 

norfia who represented the applicant, the 

facflx " wnuld be tocat at least t,000 ft. 

from the nearest property line and would 

be lower than the smTounding lots. 

Though the business would be primarily 

a golf range and clubhouse, mmiatore 

golf and a barnng range would prnhably 

be added later. 

The driving range would be two 

nes tall 350-feet long, and Include a total 

of. 70 golf tees, half located on each level 

There would also be chipping, sand and 

pumng areas which would be used primanl.s 

dunng instrucnonal dass A 

3,500 sq ff clubhouse would include* a 

recepoon area, a small pro shop, wui ng 

room, snack area, sales office, bathrooms 

and a party room. 

The business would employ 24 people 

including two gtolf professtonais as 

well as full- and part-rune staff. 

Jude Lane resident Robert Cnsuno 

said the E*ght-Mde P ver ts a Class A 

Vote nears on aide for Tranquillo 

By ART SECONDO 

assooate editor 

Months of speculanon about hinng 

an asststant engineer for the town ts 

peered to come to an end at Monday 

evening's Town Council meenng 

The vote was tabled from the council's 

June 24 meenng over the oblecnons 

from the Democrats 

If the five ma on Republican members 

of the councd can get at least one 

vote from the Democrats, the new posttion 

will become effect *e as soon as possible. 

Republicans have Indicated they 

will vote to overnde the Finance Board's 

relecnon of the $45,000 request by Town 

Engineer Anthony Tranqudlo. 

Tranqmllo has lobbied for an assistam 

for several months, stannKhe cannot 

handle the town's upcoming road recenswucfio 

and sewer ptoleCts w thout additional 

help. Finance members went on 

record as saying Tranqodlo's request 

would mean $45,000 plus benefits and 

another town employee when tax mill 

rate just increased. 

Tranquillo co'npiled a cost-benefit 

analysis of hiring an assistant. He said the 

reconstruction prnFcts for Lining Street 

and South End Road will cost more than 

$3.5 million. 

"Outside costs of consulting engineenng 

tf contracted out to private from 

ts $286,440." Tranquillo said. He maintains 

that the town can save S200,508 

over a two-year penud If the projects 

were designed from Ms office. 

Bemdes Tranqmllo, Town Manager 

Jo,hn Welchsel has supported hiring an 

assistant, a postuon which was elinunated 

in 1991 when Democrats controlled the 

l'm not yet convinced we need to 

hire somebody lust for these projects," 

said Democrauc Councilman Wdliam V. 

DePaoin. 

Democrat Edward Malczyk noted he 

wasn't sure how he'd vote on the assis-' 

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The Observer, ,'l'hursda,/, Jul[ 4, 1996 

'Ambassadors' ro spreait go-odwiH ° 

Volunteers will visit 

new chamber members 

The Greater Southingtnn plain the chamber's'benefits and 

Chamber of Commerce has insti- services to them. 

luted a program of tratning some The members tnvolved in the 

of its members to serve as "am- ambassador program are: Mathr 

bassadors" n the community, ew Flanan of Abby Park; Connie 

Barbara Coleman, pres,dent Proll, American Express Finanand 

chief executive officer, an- cial adviser; Debra Descauh, 

. nounced that 18 members have Bristol Groep Credit Unio,n; Roz 

volunteered to participate in the Evans, Century 21, ,Apple Valley 

'A group of Chomber of Commercu members hove volunteered to serve new program. The group recent- Properties; James Zygmont, Em- Now m mber of the Chomber el Commerce will h their memberaa 

omlxzsmdors in o n w program which included on orientation meet- ly met and received logistical ployment Development Center; ship pol rs end plnqun pr ont l _by member of this group of 

ing. Barbara Coleman, pr iarent of the Greater Southmgton Chamber training from Coleman who said Nancy Dishereitis, First Insur- teer ambassadors. They are shown here during a recent semMar at the 

of Commerce, is shown outlining information about the program that the ambassadors will be used ance; Jeanne Alfieti, First Union chamber's North Main Street offices. 

.#' .,. ,.s.., . to greet new members and ex- Bank; Marc Pelletier, Marc C. 

Peiietier, CPA, Ray Difitasio, sauo wl. a, .........rr-'- .............. 

MediplexofCenwal Connecucut; tunery for them to expand thetr Eventually% tth the i t- 

Deborah Dionlzio, Meffo M6 .= 6wn cu __mmer bas b sha W-- -uindin l Ubli fiohs 

g- e Corp.; Paul Der , fo-r a on a u the r 3i an 6 'has pu i he ,, all paso'and 

Paul Deryninski Associates; and services they provide, Coleman pr ent membersfs wcll as' tiew 

Patrick McKeever, Primerica. said. She said the idea far the am- ones, will be aml 4ado an- 

Also, Lynette Roby, Roby bamadors came aher she attended selves," Baker sald: H sai the 

Appraisal Services; Daniel Daigle, a chamber conference in Peunsyl- chamber has a new im ge' 'd is 

Smith, Daigle & Company, vania. Other chambers in the becoming an efi tfve a oh be- 

CPAs; Dr. Albert Natelli, country, reported great success tween businesses ii h coin u- 

$outhingron Dental A ociatcs; "-' h the program, nity. ' 

Jim Carney, $outhington Oil; Mike Baker of Baker's Reli A follow-do orientation is 

Robert.Thomson, Thomson F gious Gtfis, helped coordinate th planned for the' ll for me ers 

| CPA. older business owners together to j ation can be obt ned by e ll g 

! r , .Parumpauon.. " of our ambas- rake advantage of the chamber's 628 '. 036., €. ...._[ . . 

t. e{t programs scrappeo; 

" School board passes 

budge 

By ROBIN L MICHEL adise. The other teache_rs, Paula stipend positions for f_a¢ uhy 

staffwr/wr K.*fight, Angela Marining, Joseph managers was reduced by $7,196, 

There are few educational Cippolini, and Patri ia I 'neficL and professional confi:renco'w,wopportunities 

avaihble for local will be cut from their Project el by$2,000. 

gifted and talented students as a Discover teaching positions, but The school board upheld 

UNUSUAL ARRIVAL result of school budget cuts final- have the tight to bump the st many other cuts made to the 

ized last week. senior person hired within their budget in June including the 

This horse-drown, whim weddingbug y wm slow{y c eling on South M in Street, also coiled Route 10, on Dnring the five-hour school certification and could return to elimination of I0 other teachi rs 

Sotordc /on ihv /to briog thebrideto the church on time ' ,,. , .s. u, board meeting, dozens ot reduc- a rebndarclassroom position, in the areas of physical educations 

totalling more than don, special education, art, tech- 

$400,000 were made to balance P&Y-FOR-PI. Y I FUSI:D nology, and clerical. The budget 

FIR NL WS the $4.7 million education bud- In a 6-3 vote, a pay far p_lay was unanimously adopted. 

. 'son has not been ruled out 

as the cause of at least one of the 

fires at Sprmg Lake "vqllage durmg 

the past week. Assistant Fire 

Chief R chard McDonough said 

investtganons may be concluded 

later thts week 

The first 911 call came to fire 

headquarters at 1047 pm on 

June 28 from a Spnng Lake 

lage resl Jent. One fire was to an 

etght-unlk. aatdang under c mstrocuon 

in Condominium 7, fire 

officials smd 

"One umt s a total loss," Mc- 

Donough said 

The damaged building, located 

on Village Drive, had been 

framed and sided. There was also 

slight damage to adjacent umts 

but the fire wall prevented the 

flames from spreading, offioals 

said 

"It's amazing how effective 

the fire ,.*'all was." said Joe Passanante, 

Spring Lake Compan. 

The vinyl stdtng buckled 

from the heat on several units 

across from the blaze Residents 

. t_v from .the kindergarten thro t/ } "- board. --. o................ ',, ," 

of nearby homes were evacuated 

for 30 minutes because fire offl- 

Cedis were concerned about the effect 

the blaze would have on nearby 

high tension hnes. according 

to offlc als 

F re fighters, ln¢ludmg two 

fire pobce. 10 men from headquarters 

and 10 from Co I. 

brought the blaze under control 

less than one hour later, officials 

said 

It was reported by police that 

bales of ha}, hlch had been 

stored reside the rage by a landseapmg 

company, may have been 

the ongm of the fire 

Passanante sa*d the etght 

umts m the buddmg had been 

sold and ere to be oecup*ed m 

-kugust The damaged portion 

dl be rebudt, the manager sa*d 

ne' spaper carrier spotted 

the setond fire at the development 

and called 911 at 4 ';8 a m 

on June I0 Fire fighters reportmg 

to the scene on H*ckorv Hdl 

found the exterior of a tree-stand- 

,ng garage ,n flames, offioa[s satd 

"It appeared the fire had been 

Chamber plans business after hours 

A business to business after 

hours recepnon ts planned for July 

16, from 5 to 7 pm. at Briarwood 

College, 2270 Mount Vernon 

Rtrad. 

All employees of Chamber of 

Commerce members are mwted to 

parnopate m the monthl, recep- 

nons. 

The e ent is free to chamber 

members and their employees 

Food and dnnks and door pr*zes 

will be a* adable 

8us*ne s after hours *s an opportumt 

for local businesses to 

promote their products and services, 

inter potennal ne chents, 

soc*ahze in an mformal manner. 

and mtroduce the*r emphwees to 

the business commtmt 

set," said Police Capt. Dominic 

Lombardo *n a statement to the 

However, Passanante sam he 

had heard reports that flammable 

liquids stored m the garage may 

have accldently *grated, causmg 

the blaze 

Damage occurred to the side 

mg and an automanc light sensor 

with little damage to the mtenor, 

McDonough satd A total of 13 

fire fighters from headquarters 

and 15 from Co 1 brought the 

fire under control m less than 

one-half hour 

"They are stall under nvesugatton," 

Assistant Fire Chief 

R chard McDonough said. 

CHILD FOUND 

F'tre department divers 

searched Recreation Park pond 

for a 6-year-old boy reported 

m ssmg on June 28 He had been 

at the park wlth his mother when 

he wandered aa ay 

Three divers. ncludmg fire 

fighters Mark Sauoer and Buddy 

Clark. were searchtng the water 

while two others prepared to enter. 

the pond when the child was 

found at about 5 35 p m m a park 

parking lot by Pohce Officer 

Bernard Mulhns. 

Members of Fire Co 3 assisted 

m the search of the park 

grounds for the chdd Pohee had 

called the fire department to the 

scene to search the x aters using 

d xers and a boat The boy was 

repqrtedlv m ssmg for about 90 

mmntes " 

An unoceu01ed unit d,.estroyed by fire on June 28 will be rebuilt at Sprin 3 lake, Village A fire wall stopped 

the blaze 'om tpreadmg to adjacent units 

,2,h-gradegiftedandralented Cam-'It would be an 

program, called Project Discover. bined, the 

Now, enhanced program- total had or.antza.;ona 

• -- • 

mmg only will be offered to gift- een proed 

students in grades four i cted ,o n:- -'mareign 

through eight only. The save as 

Southington school system was much as 

one of the last in the state whwh 

offered g hed programming for 

pupils tn every, grade, 

$100,000. 

"Pay-forplay 

would 

Oal 

Edward S. Pocock referrln 

to pay-for.play proposal 

In addition, tuition and open a 

transportat|on for $58,692, was whole aveliminated 

for out-of-town gifted enue of problems," Pocock said tendent Louis Saloom is to ex- 

• and talented programs. Local during the meeting. It would be am*ne the various programs ith 

students will no longer receive an organizanona] nightmare lust the school board during the next 

fanding or busing to the Satur- to manage it. I have a concern year. 

day morning Talcott Mountain that some people couldn't afford *When we look at next year's 

Academy, summer program at It." bndget we will be more ino 

Wesleyan University, or weekday formed," she said. 

classes at the Greater Hartford UBRARY BOOKS CUT The school board chairwom- 

Academy of Performing Arts. No new library books will be an satd she did not think any 

•We can't do everything," purchased which will save ditional money would be realize d 

sa]d school board member $J2,000 next year A proposal to either through bid savinga or r - 

Nicholas DePaolo. "Reality has reduce paraprofesstonal library ignations-befare school begins m 

to take over." staffing to half was denied. "l was the fall. *It just won't happen," 

School board member David more willing to cut the paras In McDonald said. 

Derynosh said he was not in fa- half and get the books," McDon- McDonald said she is disapvor 

of ehminating any pornon of aid said, after the meettog pointed with the changes set far 

the gifted and talented program. Board members questioned the schools next year, citing big- 

%Ve should provide services," he why $52,000 *n building costs are ger elms sizes, reduced programsa*d. 

*They have special needs paid from the school budget ruing, and no new library book . 

which need to be addressed." when the buildings are used by "There's not a kid in the system 

Board members Edward $. the Parks and Recreation De- who will not be affected," she 

Pocock III, Louis Perlllo, and partment and other organiza° said. 

Richard Montague were also in tions. She added, I don't think the 

favor of retammg all of Project Rental costs are paid hack to town has realized how the school 

D,scorer. the town, rather than the Board system has been pulled apart. If 

However, the 5-4 vote c t of Education, a policy wh*ch everyone understood, people 

the program. Students In high must be changed, board men- would be more understanding of 

school or grades k*ndergarten bets sat& the budget." 

through third grade will not have "I wouldn't hesitate to send Due to the length of the 

the opportunity to participate in them a bill tomorrow," said budget decisions, other items on 

Project Discover. school board Vice Chairman the agenda were held until the 

q'm sad gifted and talented Zaya Oshana. July I l meeting. 

was cut," school board Cha,r- McDonald sa*d it was sad They include a report on a 

woman Janice McDonald said af- that the school board had to look special education pilot pro.gram, 

ter the meeting. She was one of to look at small items such as an evaluation of "Writing to 

five board members who voted in considering eliminating the an- Write," and study reeommendafavor 

of eliminating the program, nual calendar in an effort to save tions for the 1997-98 school' 

School board member Joyce money, y ar. ." 

Kogut said the middle school Bottled water at a cost of 

years are the most important for $689 for three Iocauons, and cof- • " 

"The peer pressure i very colored copier paper for $1,716. 

great," she safd during the meet-- A 20 percent redu.ction in photo- High school senior 'M rib t 

ing. She suggested the program copies, saving $11,440, will also Megan MeGIoin was one of 

be examined and possibly re- be required, the top 25 students honored 

structured. It's very, very splin- Other cuts included $28,500, recently by the Southington 

tered. We need to take a good or 5 percent, from the Instrnc- Chapter,of ,UN . O x afianal. 

hard look at who we are servic- tional suppl;es account, and I-fe nante was'.] dv fly 

ing." S55,000 from the tuitions ac- 6mitfec ffdn] an Icle't l ic[ 

The three teachers in the count, ran in The O servef on June 

program are Robert Carbone, The legal fee account was re- 27. ' "' '" 

Donald Byrne, and Karen Par- duced by $$,000, middle school

, The Observer, Thursd ,Ju 4,1996 news- 

Potpourri of melodies attract hundreds to concerts = 


m cc/at* ed/t r 

The crowds are getting larger 

on the Town Green every 

Wednesday evening during the 

rammer end residents are saying 

that the music and atmosphere 

make for an outstanding combination. 

Fhe "Music On The Green 

€oaSts,sponsored by the Parks 

and Recreation Department, will 

continue through Aug. 28. The 

concerts are free and begin at 

6:30 p.m. each Wednesday and 

flllL am md 8:30 p.m. 

As an, additional bonus, just 

behind the main bandstand each 

week, are dozens of classic cars 

fi'om the 1940s up to muscle cars 

from the 1970s and SOs._ Thee 

cars are on display for the public 

-nd hhe Parks and Recreation 

The Elks Club is reportedly 

planning to .sponsor "pasta 

nights" on concert evenings. Actually, 

the request by vendors 

participate in the concarts was so 

overwhelming that the Park Department 

had to minimize the 

number so that there would be 

no pedestrian traffic congestion. 

The concerts have become so 

popuhr that each week, Cox Cable 

community programming 

videos the performance and 

broadcasts it throughout the 

Did anyone ever expect the 

average turnout to be about 

to 800 persons when the concert 

idea was proposed? 

"No, not at all," said William 

MascL, director of recreation. 

Masci recalled that the concert 

xrail began 24 years years ago 

Depa meneawarch -ophies each c e'a-banda-were red o perweek 

to specific cars and owners, form at Recreation Park twsce 

Automobile nostalgia replaces during the gammer. 

the musical memories during in- Whe,n town employee Jerry 

Limmer got involved with the 

Concert-goers don't have to concerts, Masci said the Town 

fret about t t :shmr,nts. Vendors Gruen then became a logical 

from Southingmn have been set- place for Limmer to perform. He 

ting up their portable stands and has been singing in his own band, 

selling ice cream, soda, hot dogs, The No Name Band, = for 

"It was about four years ago 

when we experimented with music 

downtown and it's iust taken 

off ever since," said Masci, who 

reported that in spite of two recent 

cancellations due to weather, 

a recent Sunday performance of 

the Middletown Stage Bend" attracted 

more than 700 people. 

Limmer has worked closely 

with Masci and the Park Commission 

and the rapport has resuited 

in Limmer becoming a 

main clog in securing top musical 

groups. 

It's been a tremendous proieet," 

said Anthony Denorfia, 

commission chairman. He 

plained that without the financm! 

support of more than 15 sponsors, 

the concerts probably 

couldn't have become a reality. 

Town Manager John Velchsel 

remembers when the concerts 

drew handfuls of people and were 

hardly an attraction But now 

they are excellent ... the series 

has quite a name for itself and 

gives people something to do," 

he s d. 

Besides prowding an average 

of $400 to $500 to sponsor a 

V-¢edn dayband, buxiness .. ..ers 

have come through w th o h- 

er donanons such as donating a 

truck storage shed for the tonceres 

and donating lumber and 

other materials. 

Tilcon Inc. ot New Britain, 

whose president and chief executive 

officer resides m Southmgton, 

donated more than $4,000 to 

help defray the cost of three police 

officers who are assigned to 

the Town Green during the con- 

The vartety of music and the 

number of mus ctans ary each 

week but the assortment adds to 

each week's exotement Hoge - 

er, without a doubt, he malonty 

of residents m the audience are 

the senior ctuzens who apparently 

enloy ust about any band ho 

is on the main stage 

JULY O 

Headhnmg the ente a nment 

fwr ,ty 10. rbe band "Expresso" 

and sbonld quahfv as a favortte 

among Soutbm on large Itahan 

pop anou. The b d b p yed num 

t tes at the Aqua Club 

music includes dance favorites as 

dl as adt.enal Irahan ballads. 

The Bank of Southing on reaches ]O-year milestone 

The Ba-k of Southington is 

celeb ng its lOth anniversary. 

end its thtrd president and chief 

executive office dining that'slien 

of time said he*s proud of the instirotion's 

growth in the past 

decade. 

Bryan Bowenmn on¢ caIIod 

the personal data system he t preseated 

fmtu Uuited Bank. l'bey 

never used my systems," he 

langhT That **as *fight ago. 

sy, Bowmnan dlr¢ the 

momentum of the o 

t of i o l ted 

on North Main Steer in a 

• b nk alga s'a rist l 

' d n 

"h ' 

b n 0n on a b n r e 

Pirate d idale om 

of town and Bowe an r lls 

t e m h a t of opd- 

€ 1 5 d m 

a cl I k at ou lm m 

see where we were headed and 

whm d m 

The Bank of Southingron 

1984 and lminated a er o 

e o g of im 

office in e historic building 

which fomerly was a neral 

home. In 1986, the bank had 

$16.5 mWiun mini . T 

day, e Bank of Southin on is 

fi r $1 o 

The first president was 

o ph E. L lume d o ce 

included El be Mile, sec - 

do dfi, p 

iden Ro d M p ident 

d l D' fim, 

y of e ofion di 

con nue to sere on the bank's 

a of di o . Auomcy Rw 

man Garbacik, one of the 

de h en of e 

eng Jm P r, 

lo, J n n, Philip Fe 

Joseph Calvanese Jr., Harold 

Cha , Nicho DePenh, d 

nia Rubin. 

Foun ng dire o included 

m of e a na end a 

Zi on D , Ralph Cfis no, 

Ralph Carbone, Martin Talley, 

Ron Se fino, d e late Louis 

Ma m. Carbone and Duma 

honon o . 

We continue to add more 

ndal a aod now ha 

The Bank d Soulhinglon obser €lits lOth anniversary with "Customer Appre .iati,o . Da,[" last Fnok /which 

included this birthday cake for emp oyeos and customers made by one of ds rounding directors, Ben Rubm, 

extreme left, of Nutmeg Ba__k_ery. Holding the cake is Philip Ferraro. also a founding director, left, and Pres,de 

t and Chi Executive Offic Bryan Bawerman. At the right is altomey Roman Garbacik, chairman of the 

board of diredors since the founding of th bank. 

50 full rime employees," Bowerman 

said. He said the bank is 

continuing to upgrade in-house 

equipment such as adding improved 

telephones, data programming, 

and E-Mail services. 

*AII the improvements we 

have detailed end enacted -- from 

staff additions to technology to 

expansion and new consumer and 

commercial programs -- are 

aimed at the goal of improved 

service7 Bowerman said. 

The bank began and continues 

to be a *community bank" 

said Bowerman, a veteran of the 

banking profession. *We'ru not 

complicated but we are responsive. 

He said he could appreciate 

the massive work involved in refm'bishing 

the V'g-torien house into 

a modern financial institution. 

Bowermen. a Bristol native and 

resident, noted he had continually 

kept a dose watch on the success 

of the local institution. 

Recent rumors that the bank 

was going to be bought out after 

its stock unusually lumped 

overnight and gained state notoriety, 

are unfounded, he sa,d. 

"We feel we are profitable, 

well capitalized, we have a good 

market and things are going well 

for us," Bowerman said. "There's 

no reason for us to be sold." 

The CEO added that there 

were no offers and we were not 

interested in offers." Even today, 

Bowerman said, bank officials 

have no idea why the stock rose 

so dramatically -- up to $19 per 

share, nearly double its previous 

Bowermen credits the "navtgation 

of the board of directors" 

over the years for helping the 

Ideal Forging slapped with EPA fine 

Ideal Forging on Center 

Street has agreed to pay the New 

England regional office of the 

U.S. Emaronmental Protection 

Agency $30,000 to settle the 

agency's recent enforcement action. 

Thc EPA allcged that the 

Try this summer's 

FRESHEST 

SALADS... 

starting at 

$499 

company, one of the oldest in 

Southingmn, had failed to have an 

oil spill prevention plen for its facility. 

Ideal Forging was closed this 

week for summer shutdown and 

officials were not available for 

comment. 

JULY 17 

Tbts Eufield group, "0 8 G 

Eaprrss." has ento amed Connectt- 

,ut re.dents ]br many years with 

their n..r of nmslc nt the 1950t 

and 1960s The Soutbm on Ltons 

Clnb a ell sponsor this band 

JULY 24 

For many years, "Shin Coxx" 

as the n:amstay poformer on Sund,ly 

aJternoons on the outdoor stage 

at Lake Compounce .4inurement 

Park Now bei booked Jot the T n 

Green and he'll haze bts ran.col 

arai'an wttb bent Shin tarted 

wttb a group called the "Down 

Home , "appearing a eek at Compoun 

m 194" Shin C xx t ntre 

to be eted ttb Ion qcbe cou- 

.d 'mg the n talgta qSoutbtn 

restricts who recaR bu 

of music The Sontbmgton 

Bank wit o or SI 

JULY 31 

The month ofJuly ends wtrb 

"Step Edna" coming to the stage 

The group features a blend of 

rbyrlm: and blues, mnL and cont - 

porary clarets It has rune members 

and reportedly rbakes the bandavand 

ICO Club Edna" are the Soutbmgton pohce 

and fi gbt ,mons 

bank get through some tough 

years durtng the late 1980s 

The bank recently added 

dr*re-up automated teller machines 

at *ts Southmgton and 

Bristol Iocauons. 

The Bank of Southmgxon became 

a member of the -kmencan 

Stock Exchange m 1993 and the 

common stock symbol s BSO. 

AUGUST 14 

Last .year. an estimated 1.000 

people turned out on The Green to 

see " obn Beardsley and bu Mystery 

Trasn" show The Eh'u :mpermnator 

bas tbmlled young and old wttb 

bts shaw whtcb features songs from 

the E ,u ef'a as well as tradtttoual 

musTc The Aqua Tnr] ts the sponsor 

AUGUST 21 

"Paro and tbe Guys" may not 

Pub & Grill 

Terryville's John Beardsley shakes 

his way through an Eiv,s Presle,/ 

routine during the largest attended 

concert last summer fieardsley 

and his band will be downtown 

sound likt a tmusdmld aame far a 

band but p Ika 

thu group as one of the best. Patrl 

knawn tbrougbo ,t the en.re East 

Coast fir brr per]'o n.'-.:, of polka 

mustc and the band should dehgbt 

the crowd Jack' D n r on Queen 

Street u the sponsor 

_UC jST , n 

feature Smokebouse wbtcb performed 

last year Pla,mg a spectal 

rand of counn7 a :'e. , ,.,,.,. 

the band on the 1996 .%'o bea 

"Too Hip For Sullivan" 

G.W Carl qP nt 'dle and I be 

Re - I the

PAGE 4 

SCHOOLS 

THE OBSERVER 

THURSDAY, JULY 4, ! 996 

Local Christian sci too|s: Alternative public education 

By The REV. JIM TOWNSLEY 

Central Bapttn Church 

hal:toe's note: Soulhtnglun ts lgc 

home to four prrvate scbooh offering 

Cbr*s.an education Provrding an 

ahernatrve to public educatmn for 

bundrtds of locat and area students, 

the Cbrtrtmn schools zndude Central 

Christian Academy and King's 

Academy, as well as two Cathohc 

s bo & St. Thomas and St. Dom:mc 

,..v,, s,u,,, ,,..,,y zu middle 

wb:lt others, including Central 

C rmmn and King's Academy pro- 

: de clo ts through b:gb school 

The Chrtsdan school movemerit 

is often misunderstood 

Havtng grown up in a pubhc 

school and attended a state untversify. 

I understand the workangs 

of the public sector of education 

However, 1 also attended a Chris- 

nan college, serve as prestdent of 

the Connecttcut A soctatton of 

Chnsuan Schools, and now past.t 

Ceotral Bapu t Church that 

has a Christian school with an enrolhoent 

oi about 200 students. 

A Chrisuan school may be a 

small counra school with only a 

few students tn each class, or it 

may be a large urban school with 

an enrollment of 2,500 and doma- 

naUng a csty m all sports including 

football, baseball and track. 

But one component of almost 

all Chnsuan schools ts that they 

emphastze educaUonal bastcs. For 

instance, reading ts taught wtth 

phonics rather than the awkward 

whole word method The Btble is 

the basis or tradtttonal spmtual 

values, and an emphasis is placed 

on the mdtvidual student. The 

Central Baphst Church o[' rs Christian 

A ad...=my. 1505 West 

goal of e*e (.host*an school is 

to braid a strong foundauon on 

uh*ch c chdd can b e the r t 

of h s hfe h) rca h th s goal, 

Christian schooN prowde a Iov- 

ng, d sclphncd 

where the s dentX mental, emotional, 

spiritual. d phys ca{ 

Classes are generall} taught 

using a tradmonal approach for 

grades K-12 Most Christian 

schools include a 11 proem of 

class offerings which include 

math up to mgonomet " and 

ence up through chem stD, as 

Standard,ted testing proves the 

levels a ve the nauonal avenge. 

This year, our school, Cent 

l Christian A demy, had five 

St Thomas School, 133 Bristol St, offers classes for ch,ldren n 

preschool Ihreugh s xth grade 

RELIGIOUS SERVICES DIRECTORY 

ASSEMBLY OF GOD 

Calvary Assembly of God 

Pastor The Roy Wdham A Tdley 

56 Dunham Rood. 747-6951 

Sund y School 10 a m 

/V ormng Wocsh p 1 I a m 

Evening Service 6 p m 

B,ble Sludies, Tues 1 I a m 

Wed 7 p m 

Musrc Rehearsals, Thurs 7 p m 

M*ss oneltos. Set t 0 30 o m 

BAHA'I 

Baha'i Faith 

836 Morion Avenue, Plantsvdle, 

628-7831 

F,resMes e ery other Friday Call for detods 

BAPTIST 

Faith Baptist Church 

of Southington 

Pastor The Rev Ronald Hardy 

243 Lanmg Street. 628-8147 

Sunday School 9 45 a m 

Sunday Mormng Worsh p 11 00 a m 

Nursery Care Prowded 

Sun Evemng Servtce 6 p m 

Central Baptist Church 

Pastor The Rev Jim Townstey 

1505 West Street, 621-6701 

Sunday School 9'30 o m 

Morning Worship I0 30 a m 

Evening Service 7 p m 

Wednesday Service 7 p m 

Free Bus Transportation avmlabie. 

nursery prowded or all services 

First Baptist Church 

Pastor" The Rev Dav,d C. Strosohl 

581 Meriden A enue, 628-8121 

Church School 

Pre-K to Adult 900-10 ISam 

Sun Worsh p Serwce 10 30 o m 

Chdd Care s prowded during war 

sh p hours 

CATHOLIC 

St. AIoysius Church 

Pastor The Rev John Btonchfield 

The Rev Donald O'Leary 

254 Burr tt Street PlantswHe 27 9208 

V,g,I Moss Sat 5 p m 

Sun Masses 8. 9 30 & 1 I o m 

Do,Iy Mass 6 25, 7 & 8 a m 

Confess,ons Sat 4-5 p m 

St. Dominic Church 

Pastor The Rev Walter F Geraghty 

1050 Flanders Rood 628 349 

Vigd Mass Sat 5 p m 

Sun Masses 830 IO& I1 30am 

Oady Mass 7 & 9 a m ,n chapel 

Con ess ons Sot 4.4 30 p m 

tConfess ons any hme by request ) 

Mary Our Queen Church 

Pastor The Rev Arthur J Dupont 

249 Savage Street. 

628-4901 (Rectory) 

Omly Mass M0n. T 's, Y d & Fri 9 o m 

V,gd MOSS SOt 5 p m 

Sun Mms . 9am,93Oam &ll o.m 

Confessions Sot 3 45-4 30 p m 

St. Thomas Church 

Pastor The Rev George F toureth 

Parochial V oor The Rev Joseph Keough 

99 Bristol Street, Southmgton 

628-4713 

Doily mosses 7 a m & 12 10 p m In opel 

Salurday 8 a m 

Saturday V,g,I Moss 5 p m 

Con|ess ons Sot 3 45-4 30 p m 

Sun. Mess 730. 9. I0 30am. 12pm 

education at its Central Christian 

grades m the top four percentile 

nationwide compared to all public 

and private schools on the Stan- 

ford achievement te t. There ts a 

low student to teacher rauo, cre- 

v dual. One *tri ng difference is 

the t-are and coneernffotmd m the 

famtly-hke atmosphere of the 

Christian school No tndwtdual ts 

left unnoticed. ,Vtth this .type of 

situation, each teacher is able to 

brtng out the full potenttal tn 

each chdd. Students ma. continue 

on to any college for further 

training 

For the fitst-tnne sasltor, perhaps 

the most striking feature ts 

the qmemess o| the halls. Chtl- 

dren are mannerly and welt-behz 

ad, A firstbaod ook at thetae- 

ulty wdt reveal their care and 

toncern for the chddren. It ts the 

desire of ever}' staff member to 

see the children succeed For the 

educational staff, their Involvement 

with the Chrtsuan school ts 

not merely a means of employment, 

but a hfe and a mmtstD. Of 

pr,_ lems, however problem with 

alcohol, drugs, sex, etc are almost 

unheard of m Christian schools 

Chrlstmn schools are widely 

"known to ha e high standards for 

die chddren and a dlsophned en- 

alwa 's an important aspect of the 

program Chddren are expected 

to pvaetree-good mannersT-C-ers- 

mg or foul language ss never tol- 

Police C i:er nk Bavaro r ads'to chddren at $1. Dominic SchooL' 

• during Cathol : Eddc t n Week 

K ngs Academy, located at Tabernacle Christian Church, 1445 West 

St, provides Chnshan schooling for students through semor high 

school 

Immaculate Conception 

Church 

The Rev Dav,d tewondowsk 

130 Summer Street. 628-2181 

Sat V,g,I Mass 5 O0 p m 

Sun Mass 730,9 15& 1030am 

Daffy Mass 8 a m . exceplWed S p m 

Con}ess ons Sat 4 p m 

F rst Fridays 7 30 a m 

Holy Days V gd Mass 5 30 p m 

Holy Day Mass 8am &530prn 

CATHOLIC NATIONAL 

Holy Trinity Polish National 

Catholic Church 

Pastor The Very Roy Joseph R Krus ensh 

200 S mmer Street Plontsv,lle 628"0736 

School o| Chnshon bvmg 9 o m 

Holy Mass I 0 a m 

Dady Moss as Announced ,n Bullehn 

CONGREGATIONAL 

First Congregational 

Church 

Orated Church of Chat/ 

The Rev Dr Gordon E Bibs, Pastor 

the Rev Mary Margaret Lepore Assoc Pest0r 

37 Morn Street O the Green. 628-6958 

Sunday Schedule 

Morning Worsh p 10 a m 

Chapel Commumon O 30 a m 

Church School & Nursery I 0 a m 

Coffee-Fellowship Hour 1 I a m 

Plantswille 

Congregational Church 

Pastor The Rev R chard A Koemg 

W Ma,n & Church sfs Ptomsv,lle 628-5595 

Chancel Cho z 9 15 o m 

Morning Worsh p I 0 o m 

IChdd Care Ava,lable) 

Church School 10 a m 

Fellowship Hour I a m 

Jr Youth Fellowship call church 

Sr Youth FeBowsh p 79 p m 

Bell Cho r Thurs 6 30 p m 

Sen*or Cho,. Thurs 7 30 p m 

EPISCOPAL 

St. Paul's Church 

145 Ma,n Street 628-8486 

Sunday Worsh p 8, 10 30 a m 

Chr,shan Educohon 9 a m 

FULL GOSPEL 

Tabernacle Christian Church 

Pastor Mark Castro 

1445 West Street. 

276-0400 

Sunday Worsh p Serv*ce 10 30 a m 

Sunday School 9 30 a m 

M d Week Serwce Wed 7 30 p m 

The Ark 

Full Gospel Church 

Pastor T,m McCorly 

1678 Met Wtby Rd M,ildo e CT06467 

628-6829 

Sun Worsh,pB, Sun School 1030am 

Evening Worlh p 6 30 p m 

B ble Study Wednesdays 700 p m 

L,wng Water Chr shan Bookstore 

Fodays& Saturdays 10om-3pm 

Pubhc Welcome 

Faith Living Church 

Pas'ars Ronold & Susan Thomas 

20 Grove Street, Plantsville, 

621-6452 

Sun Morn,ngWorsh,p 8& lOam 

Sun Chddren's Church 10 a m 

Serwces Interpreted for the Deal 

Thursday serv,ce mcled ng 

Jr & Sr Youth Groups 7pro 

Women of Worth 

Second Wed each month 7 p m 

Men ol Valor 

Last Wed each monlh 7 p m 

crated. Chddren are encouraged age the academic and spiritual 

to be kind and to respect their el- growth of the children. 

ders and to prefer others before 

theulsekes. These thmgs encour- See CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS page.5 

Youngsters recite Ihe Pledge of Allegiance during class at Central Chrishen 

Academy 

St Dom,nic Church and school are located at 1050 Flanders Rood 

JEWIStt 

Southington 

Jewish Congregation 

PO Box 777,621-2930 

coil the above phone number 

LATTER-DAY SAINTS 

Church ofJesus Christ 

of Latter-Day Saints 

Pastor B,shop Steven Curran 

Menden-Waterbury Rood 628-0617 

Priesthood Meehng 12 p m 

Sun School II 15am 

Sacrament Meeting 10 o m 

Aoron,c Pr,eslh od 

& Young Women Sun , 12 p m 

Primary Sun 11 15am 

Rehe[ Soc e y Sun , 12 p m 

Famdy H story Center open Man 10 

a m-2 pro. Thurs 10 a m 2 pm 

and 7-9 p m . Sat 8am.12pm 

LUTHERAN ,. 

First Evangelical 

Lutheran Church 

Pastor The Rev 

Dr M chael R Lohmann 

232 Bnstol St, Church Office - 628-9001 

Holy Communion 9 O0 a m 

Zion Lutheran Church 

P stor The Rev James Debner 

531 'v bodrufl St, Ch 'ch Ofhce 628-5759 

Church Hail & Nursery School 628-6007 

Saturday . . ....... 4p m 

Holy Communion .... Sun., 9 a m 

I st Sunday oF monlh 9, I I 30 a m 

Sunday School ...... 10.30o m 

Adult Education . l O 30 a m 

Nursery care evadable at 9 a m 

METHODIST 

Grace United Methodist 

Pastor The Rev Florence Eddms 

121 Pleasant Street. 628-6996 

Sunday Morning 

Worsh p Service 9 30 a m 

(Chdd Care avadable) 

PENTECOSTAL 

Bethel Church 

Pastor Kenneth M Gray 

594 West Center Streel, 628-5329 

Sunday School {oil Ages) 9 a m 

Sun Morn,no Worsh p 10 a m 

Sun Even,ng Worsh p 6 p m 

Thursday Evemng Serwce 7 p rn 

Fr,day Youth Groups 7 p m 

Speool Youth Achwt es. Men's and 

Lad*es Fellowsh,ps are also avadable

Observer, Thursday, July 4, 1996 

Louis E 

lectrocal Division 

Louts F. Barry Jr. of High 

wer Road died Thursday, June 

7, 1996 at Southington Care 

;enter. He was 76. 

He was born Oct. 10, 1919, in 

ak Park, II1., son of the late 

ouis E and Margaret Good Bar- 

Sr. 

Mr. Barry was employed at 

te Electrocal DIvlsmn Co. in 

outh Windsor During World 

ear II, he served in the U.S 

laW. He was a member of St. 

homas Church m Sourhln on. 

He is survived by a son, Tom 

: rr l l f Southmgton; two daughrs, 

Ellen Jean Carlson of Berlin, 

anne Barry of Southington, four 

randchlldren; a son -m-taw, 

.evin Carlson of Berlin; and a 

aughter-in-law, Karen Barry of 

outhington. 

The DellaVecchta Funeral 

{otoe v, as in charge of the arangemen.ts. 

Bnrlal was at St. 

"homas Cemetery. Memorial do- 

,ad ns to the American Cancer 

oci=ry, 2024 Easi Main St., 

:rbo.'3' 06 05 

ngela 

NEW BRITAIN -- Angela 

)eGennaro of New Britain died 

;unday, June 30, 1996. 

She was born in New Britain. 

qrs. DeGennaro was employed at 

i e YWCA of New Britain. She 

eas acuve in the Y'vVCA and was 

member of St. Ann's Church. 

She leaves her husband, Carhen 

S. DeGennaro St.; two sons, 

7armen S. DeGennaro Jr. of New 

Sntain, Anthony S. DeGe,nnaro 

.f Gt'anb a daughter, latW F: 

)eGennaro Veal of Winston 

.alem, N.C.; two brothers, Vinent 

Savoca of Bristol, Joseph 

gaxoca of New Brttain, two 

a'andchildren, Brian DeGennarn, 

.auren Angela Veal; several 

ephews and meces; a son-in-law, 

ohnny Veal of Winston Salem, a 

aughter-m-law, Michelle Deennaro 

of Granby and a sistera-law, 

Dolly Savoca of Bristol. 

The New Britam Memorial 

Funeral Home was in charge of 

the arrangements. Burial was at 

St. Mary Cemetery in New 

Brltam. Memorial dona,ons may 

be made to the Y VC.'L 22 Glen 

WALLINGFORD -- Florence 

C Kubeck Hunter, 84, of 

North Orchard St., died June 26, 

1996 at the Veterans Memortal 

Medical Center n Meriden. She 

was the widow of Gilbert J 

Hunter. 

She was born Sept. 14, 1911, 

in the Yalesvttle section of 

Wathngford. 

Prior to her renrement, Mrs. 

Hunter was employed at Choate 

Rosemary Hall in Walhngford. 

She previously was employed at 

the cafeterias of Moses Y. Beach 

School and Robert Early Jumor 

l-hgh School. 

She ts survwed by a son, 

Gdbe J. Htmter f W hn ord; 

_a daughter, Barite McGee of 

Walbngford; a brother, George 

Kubeck of North Haven, a sister, 

Mac Sbrana of bouth ngton, 10 

Larandchildren; many nephews and 

nieces, a son-m-law, Timothy J. 

McGee of Walhngford and a 

daughter-m-law, Kathleen Hunter 

of Wallingford She was predeceased 

by six brothers, Edward 

Kubeck, Edmund Kubeck, Henry 

Kubeck, John Kubeck, Edwin 

Kubeck, Theodore J. Kuback and 

three sisters, S. Gmltzuk. Helen 

Yanosh, and Kaye Monleon. 

The Walhngford Funeral 

Home was in charge of the arrangement,. 

Joseph 

Lagana Sr. 

MERIDEN -- Joseph Lagana 

St., 86, of Menden and Old 

Saybrook, died June 27, 1996, at 

Middlesex Memorial Center 

He was born June 10, 1910, 

in Pnolo, S*clly, Italy, son of the 

late Joseph and Mary Amenta Lagana. 

He lived in Menden for the 

past 40 years. 

Mr. Lagana was in business 

for more than 60 )ears in .Menden. 

He started working in 1934 

at Libert) Auto and later expanded 

the busmess to include furm- 

St., New Bntam or the Hospice of " tore. That busmess tas Imm n as 

Greater New Britain. Liberty-Lagana. He served one 

ternt on the Menden Ci W Council. 

He was a metober of the Men- 

Florence 

den Knights of Columbus. 

fle leaves his wife, Josephine 

Moretti Lagana; a son, Joseph La- 

C. Hunter 

gana Jr. of \Vethersfield; three 

daughters, Dr. Mary Louise Lagana 

of Vethersfi'eld, Loretta 

Bogdanskm of Old Saybrook, and 

Claudia Sabourin of Southw/ck, 

Mass.; a brother, Anthony Lagana 

of Southmgton, three s srers, 

Antoinette Bernard, Pauline 

Yother, and Nancy Foffa, all of 

and nieces, a son-m-law Mark 

Sabourln of Southwtck, and a 

daughter-in-law. Kathleen La na 

of Wethersfield. He was predeceased 

by two brothers, Santo Lagana 

and Salvatore I.agana, and a 

sister, Mary. Lagana. 

The Sm th-Ruzzo Funeral 

Home in Mertden was in charge 

Sacred Heart Cemetery in Meetden 

Memorial donarums may be 

made to the/unerican Cancer Society, 

15 Menden Road. RockfaH, 

06461 

Derti a C. 

Melesky 

retiredfrom 

Imperial Spring 

Co., Milldale 

Bertha C Melesky., 7L of 684 

Ledge View Court, died June 30. 

1996 at Ne Britain Genera, 

Hospital. She was the widow of 

Charles Chic" MeleskT 

She was born Dec 6, 1922, in 

Deer Isle, Marne. daughter of the 

hie Maynai'd and Cecih Picker- 

' ing Conary. She lived in Southmgton 

for the past 45 years. 

Prior to her retirement, Mrs. 

Melesky was employed at Imperial 

Spnng Co. in Malldale She was a 

member of the First Baptist 

Church and the Calendar House 

Senior Citizens Center She was a 

charter member of the American 

Associauon of Reured Persons. 

She leaves a son, Wa)ne 

.\lelesk) of Prince George, Va ; 

t,ao daughters, -Selene \lelesky 

and Lynn Potter, both of Southington, 

a brother, Vllfred 

Conary of Florida, t o sisters, 

Phyllis \Ioore and Murlel 

Billtogs, both of Marne, 10 grandchildren; 

x o grext-grandchddren; 

se tral nephe ss and meces, 

a son-ln-las , Ke th Pntter o| 

Southmgton, and a daughter-mlaw, 

Carok n Meleskv of Prince 

George She as predeceased by a 

brother, E erett Conan 

The DellaVecchta Funeral 

Home as m charge of the arrangements. 

Burial v, as at lnunaculat¢ 

Conception Cemeter in 

Southmgton .\lemonal donanons 

may be made to the Southmgton 

Visiting Nurse A 'soc=. t!on !!osr";".... 

Program, 80 Merlden , e , 

Southmgton 06489 

Mae 

McCandless 

NEW BRITAIN -- 

Chute McCand!ess, 85, of 

Tremont St., died Thursda), June 

27. 1996 

Born in Ne Britain, she 

graduated lrom New Britain High 

School. She v, as a member o! St 

Mary's Church and the New 

She leaves her husband, 

RobertJ McCandless St. two 

ons, Robert J McCandle Jr of 

Guilford and Leonard McCandless 

of Kensington, three daughters, 

Eleanor Seifel of Kensington, 

Maureen LeBrun of Southmgton, 

and Barbara Borden of 

Naperx le, Ill, a brother, Edward 

Chute qt ithlngton, 12 grandclddren 

four great-grandchil- 

,.ten. several nephews and nieces, 

t ree sons-in-law, -kl Seffel of 

k:ns'ng' m. Thomas LeBrun of 

¢,outhm,aton, and Leo Borden of 

Nap rvdle; and a daughter-indaw, 

Patncta.M .Candless, o Kensmg, 

ton She was predeceased by a 

daughter, Edeen Calonan 

The Carlson Funeral Home 

the arrangements. Burial v.as at 

St \lary Cemeter', m New 

Brnam \lemorla[ donanons may 

be made to St Jude Chddren's 

Hospital, 505 North Parkga), 

Memphis, Tenn 3817 

CHILDREN'S VACATION ST. THOMAS SCHOOL 

BIBLE SCHOOL OFFERED ACCEPTING APPUCATIONS 

AT MARY OUR QUEEN Registration apphcauon are 

k children's acatmn Bible being accepted at St Thomas 

school lll be offered at \lar. School for the 1996-97 school 

Our Queen Church from 1-3 30 >ear St Thomas School, located 

p m from Juk l -lq The pro- at 13t Bristol St, oilers Cathobc 

grant is tor children n rlng u ton en es 

kindergarten through fourth hnderga en through stx 

grade For more mformatmn, call the 

The theme for the program ts school o ce at 628-2485 

"Son Mountain," based on the 

B.ok of Proverbs (.hddren dl ST. O CEM ERY 

be able to parnctpate m games SO [ R[GO O 

songs, crafts, snatk , and hear St "lhomas Cemetery has 

Bible stones. There s a charge t,, several summer regulanons to 

attend tth a discount oftered toe maintain t appearance nfictal 

add tmnalslblm decorations are not permitted 

Xla Our Queen ('hutch is prd Ig- o 20 Ne sh bbeo 

located at 248 Savage bt For and ch ps are nOt permitted and 

more reformation or to register extstmg shrubs tll be removed 

caii Ma at 028-5742 hen the} betome o ergrown. 

Pe , sprm e , and ta n mowe 

B A'I FA are not permitted, nor are map- 

The nest meenng .f the Rt- products, mc: t urns, gi:gg 

ha'l Faith is scheduled l.r - 30 sOtlv¢ h tn. ,tr nal items are 

p.m on Friday, July g e pubht torbtdden 

swelcome. 

1eetrngs are held at 836 Io 

()n the upright monument 

theplanungofannualflowe 

Matron Ave m Plants dle F.r ts nltted onl} on e l0 Inch 

more reformation, call 

, bo,..s .... 8 78J 1 

Ras on the burial side of the monumerit 

erennlat oaers ate nut 

pertained On the flush mark 

CHRIS AN WOrN 

SPONSOR L ON 

lots. the plannng of lh ers 

prohibited 

The Farmtngton Xalle 

.hrtsoan X omc t Club "C. l- €IS C R 

tng MI Bas " lunche m : h d HO S SU ER P 

uled for noon-2 pm .nJuk 11 summer experience for 

Ihe feature presentan m 1tl be chddren is bcmg offered b) the 

va Ba* rnartan ht 11 tell Fran t -an Lt e Centet. 271 Finch 

g nts €*er tht.gthe, atii l* c on the lertden-( heshtre 

know about baseball, o amte m n line. for ug 5-9 (;roup 

said Musicians *tll be baritone toe 6-0 year okk and oup 2 

bydne) Van Leer w*th accompa tor 10 12 )ear olds "I he mp 

rest Mane Bouchard Guest held from 10 a m -3 0 p.m 

speaker wdl be Betts Bartelme Chddren 11 ha* e op tpresenting, 

*The Bargain to parnct ate m a . m tc. ant- 

Hunter" 

Rese 'aaons for e lunche-n 

mM care, rdenmg, 1 

xelhng, and ng 

ence. 

and free chtld care and caner There *s a charge to'attend 

nuns are requtred b Jul* 10 

There ts a charge to attend a* I 

rickets are pa)able at the door 

For more mfo anon, 

center at 2 " 80 

11 the hfe 

Fo more mfofl 

at 621-0088 

anoD, ca] * Diane 

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ERTAINS IN of the . hdi ¢of Haa rd 

HONOR OF PA R now eeklng ople who 

Guest musician and ocahst like to parnopate in e ne - 

Danton S Bankay of the Bronx, sion ,,l cla s h ul to n 

N Y, recendy pe ormed musical m September Parnctpants will 

selecnons during a o h p se - pu ue an mtenswe s dy vero 

ice at (;race L'mted Methodist the ennre Bible m o. o- ar 

Church Banka , ho was m 

q mtdad, has been It tng tn the Scse l kg'al stden mcludk'ntted 

States for the past three 

yea 

ngJudtth Ielesmamck and C thy 

S,m.ns are presentls attending 

rbe schtad 

the wo h p seduces as the e t ccordmg to acd tator Sr 

Steeple bells ring in response PROP|RW 'rlL&NSF|R$ ,he ,. 

of Betty Mare. lay member to Jegel Renna. th s s the second 

" d e e m the k rated Stat offerchurch 

burnings The following ,s a hst of Dn.e. for $153,000. Grace United Methodist (.hurch 

t0 recent properW transfers recently filed May3, Thomas Cardone During the set, tee, 'dhan ga, mg the c.u Class are offend 

at eTo Clerk office and PamelaCardoneofSouthmg- honored for h*s mmtstD to the o M.nda) and Thursday 

Aprd 22" John ' Smedberg ton. to Nma Ct hem of 5tco , church dunng hts past o )ea evening, and Fmdas mommy. 

e Sou in on Cler - Jr of Southlngton. to Laurie L a parcel of land located on the .f se tce The pastor as 'hed- I hc apphcarmn process mtafio 

h ked I t chu hes Smedberg of Southmgton. a par- southerly' side of Curttss Street. uled to conduct his last tce at ctudt an mre '*eg For more too 

nd toge er and show their 1 of land lo ted on the no er- for S150,0 the It al church on June t0 formatt.n contact r Renna at 

oncern for the recent rash of ly s de of Dayton Drive, for no lav 31 Daniel J Camdlen "tie ts ell respected and 

hu h bumin in e Sou . mone conslde mn of Southmgton, to Kenneth Io ed h oung and nld ahke." 

I thmk it s impotent that May 3 Sp ng Lake Compan) Bad¢ and . la Lou M 8adex o( larr d ile he as pastor at S . O SCH L 

es nd m lida thone an- ofSouthm on, toJ. Ma an Ste Sotohm on. a parcel o(la.d o- the church, Fdha. co.do t¢d * HO S BINOO EKLY 

ther e b ous mmum and Ru L. Ste of Sou m on, ted on e sterly s d¢of Xlen- 34 geek &sc ple course which de- 8mgo held e e 3uesday 

ff Sou m on," a on p s- a umt Io ted at Sp ng Lake Con- den enue, for S124,0 faded ea h b L of tbe B hle "tbs " t I h.ma. %ch d 

denL e Rev. Gordon E. Elhs, dommmm 7, for $126,871 May 3 outhm on Sa mgs gpmtuM gift dl he sadk m ed bx % l homa Home a.d h l 

aid n a leRer to fellow clerk. May 17. David D Desell of Bank. to J R R al " LLC of Mdb b the people of Grace Umted ss tat on The dex o n at 6 

At his request, church bells Sou in on. to Darlene Desell of dale, a umt I ted at R ham au ethod st Church, Ma added P m th mes nnmg at 6 45 

call rm8 as a call to prayer at Southm on, a parcel of land Io- aIl Condomm um, for Sg0,000 he cg pagu r, the cx FIo p m g cek prl es total mor¢ 

oon ¢ Fndayuntilthe bu - tedon e westerly s deofDun- May 31 Sou m .n Sa m fence Fddm . 11 be n I¢admg tha. 1 " h c.ndu ed m a 

n stop. The bells will be ng bam Road, r $1 and o er od Bank. toJ R. R I ' LLC of Mdb o h p o JUl 7 ( ract L rated mm smokmg 

race for eve church that has and luable cons de uon, dale. a second umt Iocared at ethod st Church s located at 

m ed. May 17 Das d D Desell of Rocham au Mall Condommmm, I 1 PIeagant S RRST BA S CHURCH 

A similar bell-ringing m- Sou in on, to Darlene Desell of for S;0.0 SE KINO C RS 

ai also has ¢no ni d by Somhm on, a parcel of land 1o- June (no date en) g lles- OUES PASTOR In pr paratmn for the 

he Menden Cler dafion. cared on the easterly s d¢ of a Ie I{old ng Inc. of N'eg Bntam. SUBStitUteS apnst ( hur hk ge cnth annual 

Ellis, who is the pastor of Connect,cut Power Compan) to Sheard Budde lnc, a parcel DURINO U MER har e ol raft scheduIed for 

i t n e fio al Church m right-of-way for S I and other of la.d located on the northerl "I hc Re , an mkham dl %cpt . rgam?crs are scck,ng 

outhington, added that local churches and their people, as g d and valuable cons de t on, and southeasrerl side of D¢er- be pro dmg pastoral ,,xerag at 

:hutch members are showing well as offermg financial uss s- May 30 Ronald P Lyons of brooke C rcI¢, for $78.000 Plants die Congrt ga mnal Pr.tetd trot the fair bcnefi 

heir suppo by p ng for the nce. Sou m on, to Jeanne M. Lyons June 4 ncent V Sumpter Church during the .ummcr church pr.grams and m ss on 

• • • Sl and more cons;deranon of land located on the no h est- se ct- at tnd 

May 31 Theodore S Stop- erb de of Heather Lane. for SI Scheduled are the Re F r.t Bapnst (hurth Is h atn 

u m page 4) meet the needs of these schools, koskt and Cecile Stopkoskt of and other aluable constderauon Charles Darts onJuh -. and be.It ed at ;Sl Xlertdcn xe For more 

Central Christian Academy ts a Southmgton, to RobertJ. Palko June ; Peter J Fannon of PaethonJul 21 Plantssdle(..n- mtormatmn on parnctpanng m 

Enr, Ilment is dependent member of the efican . socta- Jr. and rohn L. Palko of Gover- Southmgton. to Edeen Xl Fan- gregattonal Church ts located at the fa r tall the church office, 

tpon o basic requirements, tton of Christian Schools, a na- nor's Island, N.Y., a parcel of land non .f Soutfongton, a parcel ot IOq C u h St t 2 121 

7i t, e child must want to be tlonal organization for hrtsnan located on the southeasterly s de land located on the nonh esterk 

n €C sfian school and tofit schools, of Orchard Hill Drive, for side ot XXqnmet Road. for constdn 

e pin.am of learning. e C isttan school ts de- S20L 0 eran,,n pa,d CO ION CONS ON IS REMO 

econdly, the parents of the si ed to be a ilable and afford- May 31 Heritage Hdls Inc June E]ten XI Dlugos of 

:hild m t also want their chil- able to eve 'one who really wan of Cheshire, to Bernard C Dav s Southmgtnn. to Dana Se tz and 

ren attend. is q e ofa detoic and spiritual St. and Ltoda I.. Dads, of In&an Deborah Se tz. a umt of land Ioer 

the last 30yea , there excellen for their child n. e Spfin , Ohio, a parcel of land Io- cared .n.the north testerl) side of 

aas been a ve rapidrise in the r l issue of education lies not in ted on the easterly side of Holly Old Tur tke Road. toe S-0.000 

2hrisfian school movetoent. To- more money, but in Chrisnan Hill Drive. for $210,000. June Deborah Xl Senc o of 

lay there are many Christian quali . ile we do not believe May 3 1: Elaine S. Rich of Southm on, to Ronald S H rgel 

chools across e nation. Many that the Christian school is a Southington, to lohn N Wells and Fbs a k r l of Mdldale. a Da M . Du o r. 

" 17 S a Drive 

gato do g vcrntog extra,m- cmc-all tur cw yon , toany ha c d Courmcy J. Wells of South- p el of land located on the CEMETERY[.E ERING So hln on, CT OM GNED 

tcular activk es and sporting und es¢s hools €a ¢r in,on, a panel of and Io ted on sou hcrly side of Par ew Drive, C NING 60 276 098 MEMO 

,vcn have also been started €o to ei edu onal needs, the n rtherly s de of C mbridge for SI2 ,000 ,

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The Observer 

An mdependem newspap open to all parties, influenced by none. 

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SECOND LOOK 

Sunrise -- 


assot tare edtt " 

CBS' "Prime Time" d*d a 

piece last week about notable 

either ruined or tempora D 

the start of a day or end of _fright 

not New York. ized sense, allows the individual m slowly 

The loud music lust reach his goal ... to lite.rally unwind and 

added to the euphoria. As the fresh a tired mind or body ... or so it is 

evenings ore on, the hquor wldelybelieved. 

did what it does best ... detain- Instead, mined with the nighthfe, hard 

lshes reality In most cases, liquor becomes like.a bhck hole, swallow- 

News & Editorial Advertising & Circulanon stalled because of drugs and people enloyed thentseh'es, ing all those who tread close to its perime- 

PO Box 648, 213 Spnng Street PO Box i48. 21 ; Spnng Street alcohol and sometimes both. went home or wherever, and tees. The lure of the ntghdife is that bore- 

Southmgton, CT 06489 Southmgton, C'I 06489 ,, This should not be a revela- went on with the other parts dom Is drowned out by the fascination of 

Telephone (860)621-6751 • Telephone (860)628- 64 non to those who know that of their lives. But the "buzz what could, be,. whate hould be, and the 

not all people live a sedate, never dissipated for others, who cares amtud. 

CAC &LDITED CIRCULATION PUBLISHED EVERYTHURSDAY OFTHE .R S Mr Rogers Neighborhood- .', - •t •• Many would extend the week- Physically, the human body is an 

m ma ; P P u oct.crto . w x' ,t. xo eea ss ssoc aTo tv e of life end arty into a normal part amazing ludge of what level of abuse it can 

"" The d nari about the show s* as the of their hves. Monday through Sunday. handle We _all rn l at nne time or 

sham'e ul ay the musical arosts admitted In the past elgl t years, three former another when our body and rmnd have had 

..... they blew g at opportunities not only to employees of mine have died. Their ages .enough. Those who read the warnings ad- 

e-- 

One ',=-ee 

, 

was 

retake be ter il og, but also to axpand 

the,r own capabilities 

During myhfeume, l have come to 

realize that the literally strong people usu- 

¢ange.d r mA8. t. hl. They' eni,"yecl li _ !,, t and cln , rh l: ak ol a tlapt 1 

whde It lasted but ,n regard to their re- their lives. Yet, there are so many who do 

specto-esltuauons, l noticed that each was not heedthewarnmgstostopandltis 

unable to cope with the realities and de- then that the tragedy of what could be and 

t9 h fo h allysurvweinth,smmul oussocien'we mandsofe, ervdaylife. Thetrlohada what should be is pmnfully realized. 

O muc r teac ers hvem. Theweaklusteantbandleltand combmed 21years working for me. Xttook l have expounded on this without' 

man nines there aren't an en le to ex- ears before I realized that they were con- some reservations, knovang full well tsar 

Its a shame that the Southington Education Association, the union- . Y. .. Y p p • . • ......... 

ized teachers' group, failed to extend a helping hand at the final crucml I', seen the "other side" of everyday and nobody outside of that land of envl- to understand the other balancing board of 

stage of the Board of Education budget wrangling. 

life In order to realize the time mvotved, 

t 

lifek seesaw. 

When the board asked the union to work 181 days and be paid for think back 14 years ago Seem hke a long Contrary. to the naivety of many older It ts a tough world for the weak at 

180, it was not an unreasonable request. Yet, the umon fired back that ,t 

nme: "Well, rhat' how long i spent m a 

business that entertained people by selling patrons enloy abusing drugs and alcohol. no inner human suffering wi ou¢being 

did not want to concede any further since *t had made concessmns in alcohol m the restaurant/bar business However, this mix v rtually made them pm ed by an a w, shot by a bulleL or 

the past. 

There ts always public conlecture about the salines that teachers 

earn in the state of Connecticut which rank at the top m the nauon. 

Some people like to refer to a bar owner as 

"r e zookeeper of a zoo: 

I've seen the morning sun come up 

without going to sleep and I've seen and 

"plastw" or like mummies ... weekend 

actually tallang w th, or if their outgoing 

* ,gge, e by whatever 

sm ing for f d, n have no idea what 

•e M#t ple endm. 

at I w m 14 long y 

AskmgSoudamgmn teachers to put one day aside for the benefit of their 

students, the school administration, and most of all, the fiscally trapped 

taxpayers, should have been a legitimate compromise and accepted. 

The statement by the president of the SEA that Southington teach- 

heard the ritual laughing uf patrons 

were intoxicated by alcohol. It wasn't a 

pretty, sight to watch some detent people 

depend on 52 party weekends for fun. To 

them, the names of "sex-on-the-beach" 

.Maybe it was the musm. 

I admit I wasn't always just a spectator. 

3,|y circle of friends included many who 

would later scourge themselves of late 

. o, M. .. 

e Iong-a i d 

tonal #m of er Mr fll 

le fimate bosm men, d men, selfemployS, 

d ddi nt mem n of 

ers would slip in the overall area salary ranhngs should have been a 

moot point. Statastical standings have no place in this situation. Teachers 

in Southmgton are not only well-paid but have plenty of logistics to go 

along with that nice paycheck. 

Schools m town are well-kept and have dedicated volunteer parent 

and "fuzzy. navels" were trendy liquor mixes 

to begin the mght To their parents, 

drink names were tradit*onally called 

whiskey sour, rye, and gingers. Singapore 

slings and Manhattan meant a drink and 

nights, hangovers, white .powder, and sour 

stomachs. Unfortunately for many, they 

had waveled too far into the dark side. The 

dark side encircles people with a taste of 

qal*e highs and bravado. Liquor, in a legale 

. 

Focally r e t 

eir liv ended and e m now 

e o ng of a t y im d of 

end of a long 

of 

groups. Teachers here are not overworked nor are they subjected to 

intense pressure from the outs|de world, =ncluding crime, poor school 

locations, and inner city problems. Furthermore, the money saved was 

slated for saxang jobs and programs. 

Teacher salaries and benefits make up more than 75 percent of the 

entare Board of Education's $44 milhon budget. That's a lot of money. 

In 1986, the Educat|on Enhancement Act boosted the salaries of 

new teachers by 18 percent. Salaries above the minimum were ncreased 

proportionately. Binding arbitration further increased the salaries and 

by 1988, teachers n Connecticut had risen to 29 percent. Unfortunate- 

ly, the mere threat of binding arbitrataon often forces school boards to 

reluctantly accept higher salary scales. 

The request to have the teachers work one day less would have saved 

the admimstratton more than $100,000. The relecuon by the SEA 

comes at a tame when local costs of educat|on borne by property taxpay- 

ers are increasing so much because cuts m state md w thout commensu- 

rable cuts n mandates force property taxes to ever-h gher levels. 

We menuon these points to illustrate that the teachers might have 

marketed themselves better and created some goodwill at the same nine 

by ass snng the Board of Educauon. 

Many programs and employees m the school .system will be affected 

by drastic cuts m the 1996-97 budget. The teachers should "know that 

even $100,000 or $200,000 would not save the day, but could have 

shown the taxpa. ang pubhc that teachers apprecmte where they are and 

want to give something back. 

At this stage, the SEA president's brief letter to the superintendent 

of schools outhmng concerns about the maximum salary rank in Hart- 

ford County. and m the state appear to enforce once again lUSt what the 

public generally feels about teachers and administrators .. that they are 

overpaid. 

FGrOM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 

Missing the fireworks what ,t was or,ginall, mtended mbe, a 

It seems hke a long ume ago ghen e could enloy Independence 

Day by driving to Mount Vernon Road to atch the annual fireworks 

&splay at Lake Compounce 

People from surrounding towns would add to the local crowds 

and squeeze the|r automobdes on the road shoulders from Mount Ver- 

non Road to Welch Road and beyond. 

Independence Day allows us the excuse to plcmC, make noise, 

and be lubdant. Unhke the solemn hohdays of Memorial and Veterans 

days, Mnerlcans are urged to observe July 4 with fanfare. 

But the local observance ofJuly 4 has been tempered with the 

absence of an open Lake Compounce. The Park Department in the past 

has struggled about sponsonng a townw de fireworks or ptcmc; but 

nothing has ever matenahzed. Other communmes have taken up the 

slack. 

Across the state, fannhes louk forward to the Stanley Quarter 

Park's fireworkg d splay in New Britain which are bo,ng held tonight 

(Thursday) and the Riverfest events in Hartford this weekend. Enfield 

celebrates July 4 as part of its town celebration senes from Friday 

through Sunday with a variety of events. 

Maybe someday, Southington can provide enough celebrauon 

events here so residents won't have o travel out of town. 

That's why we can't wait for Lake Compounce to return to its 

old glory so Old Glory can fly there on July 4, 1997, and the famed fire- 

works display can return. 

Welfare reform: targeting,vendor,fraud in,progr.ares 

By ANGELO FUSCO grams. The hard-working I ru i le 'actuai'g and set' i¢ s't ' l 

State Reprrs ntam e 

people of this state who pay fare recipients. Again, the message is 

No matter how success- 

for welfare programs have cleat-: we vail not tolerate fraud of any 

ful an.,, one legtslauve session 

every'right to expect and de- land in any welfare program. 

Is -- and this year's as very. 

producnve -- the best assessment 

of what the General Asmand 

that those programs 

ar free of fraud. Taxpayers 

h ve the right to demand 

Public Act 96-169, An Act Concern'ing 

Vendor Fraud m Public Assistance 

Programs, targets vendor fraud through 

sembly has accomphshed ts 

that tax dollars are spent as these pruvasmus: 

made o er time. ,rhat we do 

to address an immediate 

problem or concern may be 

important at the moment, 

intended, for all government 

programs, including welfare. 

The welfare reforms of 

last year are already paying 

• Defrauding the state can now face 

tough, specific penalties and can also be 

permanendy barred from dmng business 

vats the program for which they prmrtde 

but hat we do to address the 

underlwng cause of that problem or con- recipients 

off, both for taxpayers and goods or services. Anyone convicted of 

paytog a lackbaek can now be subjected 

cern usually proves to be of greater value We are reducing the welfare rolls and to penalties of up to five years in prison 

in the hmg run 

moving forward toward the goal of mov- and $5,000 m fines. 

One such issue ts welfare reform mg people off a life of dependence on •The act also increases the fines furl 

Dunng the past two legislative sessions, government programs to a life of inde- fraud against the ConnPACE program, 

e ha*e enacted malor mltianves to rependence and reliance on themselves. which helps senior citizens pay for preform 

the welfare system I beheve these nd although digital imaging has not scription medication and ts so important 

romances will not onl. tthstand the test been fully implemented, the imtaal indi- to so many of our elderly residents. It also 

of ume. but in the years to come cations are that this system, too, is increases the amount that a pbarmacast or 

prove to be among the most slgmficam ach*evlng the Intended goal of reducing , person enrolled in ConnPACE who com- 

acDons taken dunng the 1 95 and 19 6 fraud, and as such, the cost to taxpayers mits fraud can be required to repay the 

leg slat s'e sessions. 

for welfare. 

state. 

Last year, we enacted landmark leg s- As I stated earlier, our goal in the It reaffirms our commitment to relaoon 

to reform welfare benefits V 'e es- General Assembly must to be eliminate forming the welfare system to save taxtabhshed 

the nation's smctest nme hmtt all fraud from all welfare programs. As payers money and to see that welfare 

for recewmg benefits under the Aad to such, we pursued the issue of welfare re- goes only to those who truly need it and 

Families with Dependent Children form in th*s year's legtslaDve session, this who deserve it. Like the welfare reform 

(-kFDC) program, 21 months for most time talang specific aim at fraud by the initianves of last year, It wall serve our 

recipients What we declared with this vendors who do business with the state to state well for many years m come. 

legislation was that elfare should be 

program that helps people In need of TOWN MEETINGS 

tempora D assistance and not a way of 

life 

The followmg is a list of town meet- Wednesday, July 10: Fire Commis- 

-nother component of last year's tngs scheduled locally for the upcoming sioners, Fire Co. 3, 35 Clark St., 7:30J 

landmark legislation **as the estabhshment 

of dlgatal imaging, or "electronic Monda). July 8: Town Council, 

p.m. 

Thursday, July I 1. Police 

in : I 

fingerpnnttng This hlgh-technolo To n Hall, 75 Main St, council cham- sion, Police Department, ]51 

sx tem, which is no being implemented 

fi r pubhc assistance rec ptents throughbers, 

7 30 pm. 

Monda. , July 8 Board of Education 

conference room, 7 p.m. 

Thursday, July I h West S eet Study 

out Connecticut, utthzes the latest in finance committee, John ,: Pyne Meet- Committee, Town Hall, 75 Main St., 

modern technoJo to allow for posln e mg Center. 240 Mare St, 7 45 p.m. 

7 ]0 p.m. 

tdennfieauon of welfare recipients to pre- Tuesda.,,; Jub 9 Zoning Board of Ap- Thursday, July Ih Ambulance Overvent 

fraud through duplicate fihngs for peals, Town Hall, 75 Main St., councd sight Committee, Town Hall, 75 Main 

benefits 

chambers, 7 30 p m 

St., councd chambers, 9 a.m. 

The intention behind digital imaging Veednesdav, July 10: Board of Fi- Thursday, July I I Board of Educa-' 

as clear e vail not tolerate fraud of nance, To n I all, 75 Main St., council tion, John V. Pyne Meeting Center, 240 

am kind m our pubbc assistance pro- chambers. 7 p m Main St., 7:30 p.m. 

Town of Southington telephone numbers 

"lown Manager '16-62011 "lbwn Clerk 276-6211 Chief of Police 621-0101 

Town Engineer 276-6231 Recreation Dir. 276-6219 FireChief " 621-3202 

Town Planner 

Tax Collector 

276-6248 Parks Supt. 276-6218 Assessor 276-6205 

276-6259 Registrar of Voters 276-6268 Building Official 276-6242

€ 

TH OBSERVER, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1996 

LEYrERS TO THE EDITOR 

Inmate credits God 

for saving him 

(Editor's note: Tbe fillowmg letter was 

ten a local restdont incarcerated m a correclional 

center m New Hawen It has been 

edited md u being pubhsbed ttbout the perwn 

ilame wbub The Observer bus tarried 

for priva,'y. The letter was war to An Set,ndo.) 

To the edlton 

Since April, the only mail I received 

was a card and letter trom my mum and a 

reply from a former attorney in Hartford 

and a letter from a U.S. Distort Court 

Judge fro6/l' -¢wHaven. 

The same day that i wrote to you, I 

signed up for this outside group that 14sits 

us twice a week. It's called "Overcome.rsY 

It consists of 12 steps to overcome 

the wrong that put us here. It's Bible 

d' " SL' ce I s=rting .' d:ng the Bible 

I've turned to God. I now feel much better 

about royal-since ".happy" s been 

with me. Before, happy was lust a word. 

Now it has a meaning. It's a gund feehng 

inside me. 

i found through the devil, doing 

something evil, that being happy lasted a 

short time. Through the grace of God, he 

sees to it that I always remain aware of 

the thL, in h . 

It's really too bad i wasted all these 

yoa of my life living by the devd. I will 

go on to write because I know from the 

bottom of my heart I'm not some hypocritical 

convict writing a letter to seek my 

faeedom. 1 believe when my tame comes, 

God be the judge of that. 

Three weeks ago I asked God for his 

help. I am here to serve him. God is out 

to help all manhnd. God has saved me 

from the wtekedness of drugs and 

hoL S'mce I have been here I have not had 

any cigarettes to smoke. God has saved 

me. I never realized 1 ,a as slowly dying by 

coff nt. Later I began nnoking cigarettes 

and ull cigarettes ever did for me was 

calm my nerves but become more of a 

hindrance when it came to any physical 

workouts. All in all, cigarette smoking 

was slowly killing me. God is good. 

I have been working out with the 

weights. I can now pump out 400 pushups 

in less than 20 minutes. At one time 

it took me a whole day. God has given me 

the strength to stay alive, power to be 

strong in body, mind, and soul. I'm now 

motivated vath God's help and no longer 

deceived by the devil. 

One of my goals in life was to maintain 

good physical strength. God bus 

helped me to overcome the obstructions 

that all these years have prevented me 

from achieving that goal. When I first arrived 

here, I was placed in the west dorm. 

This was for holdovers or non-sentenced 

persons 

]Nest durra was hying hell J-,x about 

every person who had been brought in 

was recovering om being dop s/ekjust 

p-lain sick from crack cocaine. 

I know the feeling because I got addicted 

to the use of crack cocaine. I was 

not sick but I was down to 130 pounds 

when I should have been 165 pounds. In 

the west durra, between the sneezing 

from persons being dope sick, run-down 

and ready to just lay dog,'n ':d e. C - d 

was there to save them. They weten t arrested, 

they were rescued. 

Between the sneezing and the coughing 

spreading the virus in the air, you 

can't help to prevent b reathing in the 

germs and you can become sick. God was 

there for me and I did what he asked 1 

worked out, sweat all the ewl out of me 

that I put into myself over the years, and 

now i can prevent myself ft,om 

what's in the air 

Prisoners are brought into this fatality 

Monday through Friday, day in and 

day out. Some s y, some post bond, and 

some are sentenced. Until you are sentented, 

you remain in the west dorm. If 

you are one of the fortunate ones to land 

a job, you are moved to the east durra 

where I am now. 

On June 2 I, good things happened 

for no apparent reason. I was told to pick 

up my stuff because I was movang to the 

east dorm. I'm not and I haven't been 

It's now Sunday at 8:30 a.m ' 'v just 

returned from church. v'hHe I was in the 

west durra, I would awake at night wishing 

I had a way to put food in my stomach. 

For the very first rime in my life, I 

experienced the awful pains you get in 

your stomach from hungef. We are fed 

sufficaent amount of food three times a 

day. 

The compromise works like this -do 

a good workout, burn off the food you 

ate in the course of the day, escape from 

ll & "Skloea: Carlxirle (stonaing m trout oi' _l:lgrlt oencnl; uon awK ue ., 

: ,' ' ,' 7,1 Rich near tree; andlouie Gnmaldi, slriped shirt and silting on bench. 

$ " "r vi""t Ih" $id tt llk {or u]um flag holdlng cops are Pele .Santo.go,. 0.refn?nl, and, 

oi 'm io. h, former Oxhy Drug i, on the comer a..nd Se fino's ,.n, ih? background 

ak"u-'r _.... ,ak the A&P store. Thanks for. the ca s'and the.R ccio, photo collection. 

being sick with any vwus in the air or do 

not do any physical exercise and guaranteed 

you will become sick. 

In December 1995, I spent two 

weeks in this place before I was bonded 

out. I di not feel ambitious in worhng 

out. , got ,,reded out on Dec 30 and 1 

became o ick w th the flu wrus I had to 

pass on s! ending time with friends on 

New Year's Eve. I chose hunger over bemg 

sick. 

Read in the King James version of the 

Bible, I Connthians 7, on page 1,122. 

Something also happened on June 

21. I read about someone in the New 

Haven newspaper about a coliseum 

rapist. In 1973, I was sentenced to two to 

SiX )'ears in the maximum security prison 

at Somers. Of that, I served 18 months. 

While I was there we were told anyone 

interested in going to the law library 

could go. I signed up a few days later and 

was called. Little did we know that a pubfishing 

company for paperback books had 

donated over 1,000 books. 

Later when I was workdng out with 

some friends in the .gym 1 told them how 

this other guy tried to make me feel 

ashamed of myself. Believe it or not, they 

told me stay as I was and with the way I 

wanted to be. 

On June 21, something good also 

happened. I'm in a cube with all Italians 

except for one Spanish and a Black. They 

too, are upstanding persons. 1 got to 

know them when I was in the west durra. 

I guess, besides June 21 being my 

birthday, it means so much m me now. I 

was able to open up to God and get a lot 

off my chest, i'm happy to know that 

God still loves me in spite of all that I 

God is good. I will be special to 

someone, someday. Until that time 

comes, God ts very speoal to me. 

Thank ),on. 

Name withheld 

Family thanks 

residents 

for search 

To the editor'. 

l'am wnung this letter to express our 

thanks to all who helped in the search for 

our son, Christopher, on June 27, at the 

Recreanon Park. 

My son wes missing for about 1.5 

hours and as found in the parking lot 

within the ,' rk I wish e covld thank 

you all individually but that's an impossible 

task considering all of yun wonderfid 

people wbo took ume to gwe me support 

and time to search. 

Thanks to the police and fire departments 

for responding so quickly. We are 

very grateful he as found safe and 

sound. God bless . ou all. 'dth love. 

The Hotham Family 

Sonthington 

:1 

Southington PZC 

should be praised 

PAGE 7 

"Ib the editor:, applicants m a manner that ts not based 

I feel compelled to comment upon on the benefit to the economy. Their 

the article in The Observer dated June nusston is to apply the regulanons, and 

27, 1996, concerning the decision of a Io- not torture their interpretanon because 

cal business to select a Walllngford site the apphcanz may run,but€io our tax 

foraa {,hooting range_ 

die ttoro /for the bu 

.Th 

ne 

comment,,of 

s i pt d-d ai I wo Id not 

the %Vallingford Zoning Commission was Wallin ord's dfi m want m blend e 

to be praised for "bending over back- Phnmng Commt mn and &e nom c 

ward to approve the apphcauon and "we Development Comm ton. may do 

did not have to bring in sound experts m. We ould mmend our on 

and all that." The attorney concluded the for ns omu and probing 

"difference was lust amaung " 

lted m planmng r 

I have observed the South ngton at allo s pla on men and 

Planning and Zoning Commission for 

over 25 years They have consLstendy applied 

the regufanons of the town to all 

not on 

R 

P le 

POLITICAL BRIEFS 

Campaign focuses on 

photography contest 

A photography contest entitled, 

Pictures of Health, began this week as 

part of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of 

Connecticut's "Get Health Connec - 

cot" campaign 

The campaign was launched b} 

BCBS with the (,o ernor's Fitness 

Challenge, a program co-sponsored 

with Guy. John G Ro tland's comm ttee 

on ph.vs cal fitness to promote the 

benefit of regular exercise 

"The Governor's Fitness Challenge 

was a personal invitation to the 

people of Connecticut to get acnvel) 

involved in improving their own personal 

fitness and health." Rowland sa d 

"With more than 3.400 people 

statewld¢ taking the Challenge. we are 

very pleased lth this outstanding miual 

response " 

"The whole idea behind Get 

Health.,+ Connecncut is to get people 

more involved in maintaining and improving 

their o,. n and their famil','s 

health," said John F Crowcak, compan 

cha,rman and chief execuuve officer. 

"Summer s a great time to combine 

health awareness with artistic talent." 

Now through Aug 15. residents 

statewlde are m |ted to submit photographs 

representing their interpretation 

of a picture of health The top 

three winners, selected by a panel of 

photography and art experts from 

around the state, will receive gift cernficate 

to the Sports Authonty 

Twelve runners-ups will receive 

gift certificates The winning photos 

will be featured on WFSB-TV3 tn 

Hartford and Connectacut Magazine 

To enter the contest, entrants can 

marl color or black and white pnnts, no 

larger than 8-by-8. to Pictures of 

Health, c/o O'Neal & Prelle. PO Box 

l l;t0. 95 Elm St. Hartford 0614 A 

complete set of contest rules and prize 

information can be obtained b} calling 

1-800-641-3 I01 

Rowland signs fraud bill into law 

Guy John G Ro land on Monday 

signed into lag vendor fi'aud legtslanon 

in an effort to curtad welfare fraud in 

state public assistance programs The 

legislation was co-sponsored b.', Sen 

Stephen bo,,:ma, R-%Vaterhurv. whose 

distort includes Southington. 

"Public assistance vendors who defraud 

the state are now suhlect to termlnataon 

from the prog 'am for which they 

provide goods or set,aces," Summa said 

"This bill allows the state to revoke 

•endor's licenses after one convictaon7 

The legislanon also increases fines 

imposed against doctors, pharmacists, 

and other vendors who defraud the 

state It will create a special unit w thm 

the Chief State's Artoroey's Office to invesn 

ate and prosecute welfare fraud 

Prior to the legislation, endors 

convicted of fraud against the state 

would rcmtmue to participate in the 

program until they had been conwcted 

four rimes 

"Last year, we passed legtslataon to 

deal with the problem of fraud on the 

part of reoplcots but said we would res 

sit welfare fraud in the 1996 ]egislatave 

session to address vendor fraud," Summa 

said. "We keep that promiseY 

Summa estimated that the legislataon 

all save $12 million. 

'ii ,. t i

Tramluillo. . .... 

(continued from page !) "In order to obtain thee $3.5 

tant's position. 

"Then cost to hire an assistant 

for a two-year period at a 

base salary of $45,000 pins 

$1S,000 f benefits isSt20,O00," 

he said. "rl e town can realize a 

savings ofa. ,us $80,000 over that 

pea'ied by hiring an assistant." 

Tranquillo said, "Obvionsly 

the assistant town engineer can also 

provide additional design services 

on minor proiects as well as 

bettor efficiency of existing per- 

Tranqnillo fu her sought to 

sofidify his argument by pointing 

out that a $1 million pump station 

needs to be constructed this year 

million grants for both Laning 

Street and South End Road, we 

need to do the necessary design," 

Tranquillo said in his report. "If 

the design in done in-house, we 

are able to save significant monies 

as well as have better control of 

the design process." 

The vice chairman of the Finance 

Board, Philip Pomposi, 

said the panel had discussed the 

request at a lengthy meeting recendy 

but, that no action was 

taken. 

Pomposi said if the town hires 

an assistant engineer, it will not be 

able to release him after the projeers 

are enmpleted. There 

should be more accountability at 

could be designed by his office departments in Town Hall and 

cost the town about $100,000 time is counter to the message 

which can be saved with an assis- we've sent the taxpayers this bud- 

. ]he Observer, July 4, 199_6 

as the group handed over its sugastions 

for several new zones 

ong the thoroughfare to the 

Planning and Zoning Commission. 

The two.hour meeting,and 

public hearing sought to "gain 

some last-minute opinions from 

residents and business owners, but 

only three residents tendered 

some advice to the study group. 

Joe palfini, of 95 West Pines 

Drive, said that although he apprec/ated 

the several months the committee 

has ut into the study, he 

hoped the group would consider the 

needs of,the people whoop.re trying 

to make their home near West 

Street, and not st those who aro 

_n / g to property. 

Fred Serafino, chairman of 

the study group, said the report 

would be turned over tu the PZC 

W Oe8. of committee the enm hashed , outno many g dif- the 

* • ferent ideas and some he thought 

-- - - would make a difference in the fo- 

(continued from page I) 

• 

be cut. Town Manager John Weieb_ 

..! advL'- d the fibrary boa 

Just Murphy's opened in May on Ouee, Street where Conti's Res auran! hod been Iocaled. #.. , L c tare of the street from the Bristol 

line toJude Lane. 

the summer as in previous years, 

Howe-€ -, :n vm.r - -dfied 

that u i,'on people could not be 

d-offwhile noo-unmn employ- R . 

. k " --a a,wa. , 

g g*gg 

,- 

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,- 

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rg' ' ' ' ' ba 

Serafmo and two other mem- 

Michad Riecio and Franas 

still have m come in to work even The Lthrary Board and the 

when the fibrary L% dosed. "The 

behind the scenes work still needs 

to get done," Brown said. 

The director said that the 

real cost savings from the layoffs 

and reduced hours has not been 

determi_ned yet. Employees and 

the pubhc wiff feel the impact 

from the toss of the pagm, she 

stud, while patrons will be the 

most deeply effected by the reduced 

hours. 

%Ve will know the impact 

betm" in a couple of weeks, 

Brown said. 

Library officials had announced 

that redncuons in hours 

and personnel were inevitable because 

budget funding was not restored 

by the Finance Board or 

Town Council. Seven union employeea 

had received notification 

last month that their hours would 

Mistake... 

(continued from pagn I) 

The malor adjustment was ordered 

by the state Depamnent of 

Environment ProteeUon last year. 

John DtGioia, water pollution 

control plant supervisor, told The 

Observer that when the foundation 

was poured, it was for the 

wrong system. If the 4000 system 

had been |nsmiled, the ulttavtolet 

bulbs would have been underwater," 

he said. 

Town Council members are expected 

to reee/ve a report from the 

town manager at Monday evaning's 

meenng about the suuanon. 

Town Manager John Welchsel 

said he did not want to comment on 

specifics until he met w th DiGiola 

and engineers from Weston-Sampson 

of Massachusetts, the firm 

which des|gned the roustruction. 

However, DiGioia pointed 

out that plant furcman, Rick 

Golf ran__ e 

(continued from page I) 

stream which allows for fishing 

and drinking. With 120 cars in a 

parking lot adjacent to the wetlands, 

the runoff could impact the 

river, he said. 

Others were concerned about 

the |mpact the 45-foot hghts 

would have on the surrounding 

areas. Rosemary Silkman said the 

area would also be disrupted by 

the building process. 

Denorfia told comm|ssioners 

that the land wall eventually be 

developed and thin will be the a 

good use of the area. The attorney 

explained other uses of the I-2 

zone could be umd for storage, 

drilhng equipment, blasting business, 

a power or sewage plant, 

garbage facility, asphalt business, 

or drop forges. Denorfia said the 

golf range would be "environmentally 

sensitive" and the most 

ompatible use." 

The traffic study which was 

,ubmitted to the town will be re- 

the next meeting. It was s ggested 

that an appraisal of the effect on 

he.by property values be cotopleted 

and submitted as well. The 

town manager met m execunve seasion 

to discuss the issue and budget 

during a meeUng in june. They 

then handed down the de" on that 

the non-ninon employees would not 

be cut but redueaons would be 

made m other areas. 

q' n approved 1996--97 lib ;-y 

budget is about $37,500 less than 

the 1995-96 budget which ended 

on June 30. Library board members 

have requested a meeting 

with the finance board to discuss 

emergency appropnanons but no 

date has been set. 

If necessary, the Library 

Board could go m the Town 

Counc|l and appeal fur additional 

funding. Several councd members 

have .toted that they would support 

re,ca ,ng some funds to the 

library so that it can retain its normal 

houri. 

leronimo, spotted the mistake. 

The supenntendent added that 

the fuundanon will have to be 

torn down and rebuilt at least 5feet 

higher 

Welchsel said the town s 

Iookang to have the engineers pay 

the $90,000 because of incorrect 

design and mod|ficanons. I expect 

them to pay fur those th|ngs 

wfuch were prec|pltated by the 

engineer's error," We|chsel sa d 

No matter what happens later, 

the town is responsible fur the 

work to the R. H. White Contractors. 

Town Attorney David Kelley 

sent a letter on behalf of the town 

to Weston-Sampson stanng they 

are holding the engineers responsible 

for the error 

Welchsel said DiGIma wdl be 

at Monday's meenng to explain 

the sttuanon However, the manager 

said. the town may have to 

share most of the cost. 

project would have to receive wetlands 

commission approval before 

the site plan could be passed. 

Town Planner Robert Nerney 

and Verderame said several snpolanous 

could be placed upon the 

speoal perrmt use approval to 

limit the development to a golf 

driving range 

Bnsinessmen Lawrence 

Kwiat and Thomas Brown 

stud they will be closing on the 

property m two weeks. "It's an 

improvement," said Brown, explaining 

v th the zomng they 

would be able to introduce indnstry 

to the area. 

Kwlat, who Is from Westchester 

County in New York sa d he 

and his partner are retiring from 

the|r investment careers and are 

seeking to start a business. 

The land offers multiple nses," 

Kwtat and. "I like golf a lot." 

He said the facf ts, would be developed 

to be a f,m €recreauonal 

center. Though there Is m|n|ature 

golf, a driving range and golf 

courses in the area, Kwlat said, 

the Jude Lane fadlity would offer 

golf lessons within a practice setring, 

a feature not offered by the 

other businesses. 

fin" The Observer 

as a rounder of the F rst Bank of 

West Hartfurd, Bill McDougall 

hked the dea of being in the 

restaurant briskness. 

"It's land of m the blood," he 

laughed. "My wife's famdy 

Greek and owned a restaurant In 

New York for 50 years. And we'd 

wanted a restaurant/pub for 

years." 

Come, dentally, McDougall 

added, he and his wife, Diana, had 

been fans of the Farnungton 

restaurant and pub, Murphy ard 

Scarletu's 

"In fact, ff you had asked me 

what hnd of restaurant I was going 

to open, I'd have said 'have 

you heard of Murphy and Scarletn's 

n Farmmgton?' Then we got 

the opportumty to buy It." 

Since tahng over the operauon 

In 199L McDougait sa d, his 

team -- mcluthng general manager 

Bryan Moffett and execuuve 

chef Saul Brown -- have conunued 

the restaurant's record of success 

Almost mnnedlately, he 

added, he started thlnkang of 

opening a second restaurant m the 

town where he has lived for more 

than 20 years. 

On May 28. that dream came 

true when McDougall and company 

opened Just Murphy's at 196 

Q cen St What he has there is 

far from a carbon copy of the 

otagmal restaurant, McDougall 

said 

We've set forth to estabhsh a 

first coustn of Murphy and Scarfeto's 

I've always wanted to have a 

restaurant that had all fresh food, 

ample quantity; the kind of food 

that you get at more expensive, 

DePaolo 

(continued from page 1) 

• • • 

cluthng Deun Moore, Bruce 

Wilhs, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, 

DePanfu said his star-struck 

atutude has vamshed. "A lot of 

these people are nice," he said. 

IRRESISTIBLE OFFER 

Last year, DePaolo was 

wooed away by Fashion World 

Co. w th an offer he couldn't 

Fashion Care, which had been 

the site of a former bank in Rockefeller 

Center, opened m April 

1995 and is owned by three of the 

world's most prestigious fashion 

models, Elle MacPherson, Naomi 

Campbell, and Claudia Schiffer. 

lt doesn't hurt to have gorgeons 

besses," he laughed. 

More than 85 people work in 

the kJtchen alone to create as 

many as 2,500 meals each day at 

250 tables during the 14 hours of 

operaUon. Several theme rooms 

make up the restaurant, including 

the blonde room, the Pans room, 

the runway room, and styling 

room. Once each week, fashion 

shows are conducted m the runway 

romn feamnng such events as 

grilled sandw|ches in addition to a 

variety of entrees, the menu features 

some of the best of Murphy 

and Scarlem's with a twist of tts 

own, McDougsll stud. 

"The salads are particularly 

popular, and we have eight different 

vaneue of the pub burger," 

he said. "We actually have a children's 

menu w th some of these 

d|shes too. So you can come tn 

and have a full dinner -- and 

there's not too many places you 

can get a full turkey dinner for 

$1095 " 

However, he said, mnst popular 

so far is the special recipe ribs. 

Key to the flavor o 0ae ' 

ts the effort of Brown, execunve 

chef at both restaurants, Mc- 

Dougall said. 

"I knew Saul when I was in 

banlang and he was the head chef 

at Wampanoag Country Club in 

West Hartford," he said. "As soon 

as you walked in the door, you saw 

Saul'S spec|als. And they're grnwmg 

to be very popular here too. 

He has specials that fit the season 

" 

Seasonal produce is one of his 

loves as a chef, Brown said. "We 

have here at Just Murphy's a fresh 

food concept." he stud "I thrive 

on that. And when the fresh produce 

comes m, we wdl be buying 

from local farms " 

"An expert|se of Saul's which 

we haven't even ntroduced yet Is 

his buffets," McDougall added. 

"We're starUng after Labor Day 

w th a Sunday brunch buffet from 

I 1 a.m. to p.m." 

Brown said the bus ness always 

wall have flesh fruits and 

the finals for Teen Magazine as 

well as charity funcUons. 

"I don't do as much cooking 

as I nsed to, DePanlo said, explaunng 

he primarily plans the 

meals and creates the recipes. The 

culinary selections are updated on 

the average of every six months 

though some favorite standbys are 

ma|nta|ned. Each dlsh is named 

for some aspect or person in the 

fashion industry, such as "couture 

catch of the day and "super model 

sorbet." 

"We serve a consistent, decent 

product," DePaolo said. "We 

want to give gnests a good expert- 

As corporate chef, he oversees 

all kitchen operations, including 

purchasing, for all the Fashion 

C.afe and Mezzaiuna reslanrants 

worldwide. He will be leaving 

New York City In August for 

three weeks In London where he 

will oversee the opening of one of 

the newest Fashmn Cafes. 

"It's incredible," DePaulo 

said, refet ng to the popularity of 

theme rest turants. Visitors love to 

visit the restaurants becanse they 

enjoy the fantasy and excitement, 

he said, as well as viewing the 

With the atmosphere set, Just 

Murphy's s setting its physical atmosphere 

to become a community 

gathering place. Finding the 

spot on Queen Street was a matter 

of luck, McDougall said. The 

former Midway restaurant and 

Conu's had been located there but 

Mrs Conu was looking to retire, 

McDougall said. 

He added that he is particularly 

happy with the space. "I 

think we're fortunate because this 

is on the Southington side of 

Queen Street," he said. 

Now, wit a 'Complete fadlift 

' ' 'ifichiding a'new'bar aril] 

hardware floor in it the addltion 

of booths to the dining 

room, and photos of historic 

Southmgton lining the walls, 

J.ust M,u,rphy's is r dy to becbme 

Southington s meeting 

p ace," McDougall said. 

"People love fresh food," he 

noted, "and I think that we attract 

diverse people. We have seniors 

who come in early, families who 

come m after church, and we're 

snll serving thnner at 11 at night. 

We have a little bit of something 

for everyone " 

The pub at Jnst Murphy's features 

entertainment Thursday 

through Satu'tday evenings. Dining 

room hours are from 4 to 10 

p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, and 

Wednesday, and 4 to 11 p.m., 

Thursday through Saturday. 

Pub hours are from 3 p.m. to 

1 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and 

Sunday; and 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. 

Thursday through Saturday. Just 

Murphy's is dosed on Monday. 

memorabilia such as clothes worn 

by Elton John or Jacqueline 

Kennedy Onassis. Pcople want 

to be entertained." 

DePaulo said he loves to travel, 

an experience he will be able to 

enjoy during the upcoming year. 

Restaurants proposed to open 

during the next year include locations 

in London, Barcelona, Indonesia, 

and Manila, with additional 

sites being considered in 

Paris, Australia, Tokyo, Singepore, 

Hong Kong, and Egypt. "I 

really want to see these places," he 

said. 

The Southington native said 

he tries to visit his parents as often 

as he can, and attended a local 

Democratic fond-raiser recendy 

held. 

"I think it's great my Dad is 

on the Town Council," DePanlo 

said. "He's doing a .fine job. Heb 

not afraid to speak his mind. He's 

very far, consistent, and makes 

good decisionsY 

In the future, the y ..unger 

DePzolo said he would like to 

open his own concept restaurant 

focosing on virtual reality teehnulogy. 

color-coded maps showing suggested 

zones. 

The group has offered the 

following changes for West 

• Bnsiness zones near the Bristol 

line and Welch Road become 

Bnsiness Limited Zones. 

• Indnstrial I zones off West 

Queen and Spring Street be 

tended to border West Street. In 

addition, the enterprise zone 

that allows tax breaks to businesses 

would be expanded as 

well. 

•.Bminem erlay Zones .set,up. 

on portiom.of the L,uhastrla t 

zone land fltat could be devdoped 

as support businesses for 

mdnstry, such as dry cleaners, 

fine restaurants, and the like. 

Bnsiness entities locating would 

be asked to be set further back 

on their lots to allow for more 

green space along West Street. 

• The Executive Park and vimnity 

would be rezoned and expanded 

to Indnstrial 2. No longer allowed 

would be tire storage fecilities. 

Encouraged would be 

research facilities, trade and 

computer schools, as well as 

tel and conference centers. 

• A large area of R-40 (residential 

lot with a minimum of 40,000 

square feet) would be left near 

Churchill Street. 

• A-R-12 limited zone would be 

established south of Hart Street. 

The properties, which would be 

developed to 12,000 square feet, 

would be for single and two. 

family homes, but no condo- 

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The.Ob rver, Thurs&iy, July 4, 1996 news 

out of harddip!areas 

but it wasn t until 

early. Sunday 

morning that hun- 

SHS seniors ended their Just clayl 

as high schoolers. The all-night graduation J 

parly at Ihe school wa a uge success 

ac:edrding to the dozens of volunteers who 

served as chaperones from 9 p m. to 5 

° cnoot graduates 

t was aturday for outh:ngon 

: O -r.... , 

Led by twin sisters Amie and 

Rebecca Giordano, both bound 

for Yale University, the 409 members 

of the Southington High 

School class of 1996 celebrated 

their successful completion of 12 

years of educauon Saturday w th a 

ceremony before hundreds of 

family and friends on the school's 

F0nt lua Field. 

Under cloudy bat rainless 

skies, the graduates were lauded 

in their a omplishment by school 

oflidals and representatives of the 

dgs", itl :lUdit a dlddi Itt ah" 

C , nd class pre idtnt Dashan 

San/lets. Ira their speeches, the 

smdent took the opportunity to 

reflect on the tenuousness of the 

moment. 

BUSINESS NEWS 

STEPHEN DELBUONO 

Rebecca Gmrdano, in "Questions:" 

exhorted her classmates to 

"cunstandy strive m ask questions 

about the foundations of our culture 

and way of hfe, quesuons 

about lusuc , peace and truth. We 

must not accept things sunply because 

they have always been. we 

must not assume that we ourselves 

are perfect simply because we 

have no desire m change." 

"Somettmes the problems m 

our world seem so overwbelmmg 

that we think our effor can mean 

nothing, Amie Giordano said. 

"We may get discouraged by huge 

cant. toaka .dtffe . 

give up trying, and remain 

wrapped up on our own concerns 

for the rest of our lives." 

And while she joined other 

speakers in wishing the class q{ 

NORTHEAST UTIUTIES 

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 

Stephen DelBuono recently 

received the Northeast Utilities 

volunteer of the year platinum 

award for his commitment to the 

development of young people m 

the YMCA's Indian guide pro° 

gram. DelBuono has been the federation 

chief for four years. He has 

been active in regional act viues 

and served as chatrman of a regtonal 

powwow. The platinum 

award is the Mghest recogmnon 

for Northeast Utilities' volunteer 

SSB appoints new 

assistant vice president 

Southington Savings Bank 

has announced the appointment 

of Duane Beale as assistant vice 

president, commercial banking 

ofiqcer. Beale will be responsible 

for managing the small business 

loan portfolio. 

Prior to ioming SSB, Bcale 

was employed" by Shawmut National 

Bank as an assistant vice 

president for commercial loan 

relationship manager. He has 18 

years of banking experience tn 

the areas of branch management 

and operations, credit and commercial 

lending. 

Beale received his bachelor's 

degree in management and science 

from the University of New 

Haven and has completed advanced 

studies in economics, statistics 

and financial planning. 

He has beeh active in leadership 

in his community through his involvement 

in scouting and pardcipating 

in youth gro ps. He is 

a farmer member of the board of 

managers for the Cheshire YM- 

DUANE BEALE 

SSB, a wholly owned subsidiary 

of Bancorp Connecticut 

Inc., is a $400 million fall service 

bank. SSB serves the seven town 

C¢ htralConnecticut area with 

retail and commercial banking, 

trust, and brokerage services 

through three allies, 

1996 success, Amte cauttoned, 

"When your hfe draws to a dose. 

your ac aievements and material 

wealth wdl become ms gmficant. 

but your gifts of kindness and 

compass,on wdl remain 1minor- 

Superintendent of Schools 

Lores D Salaam seconded Am e's 

emphases on the personal, warnmg 

students against the gro mg 

emphases on technology. "I behere 

greedy m the power of technology," 

he sa d "Yet 1 have my 

reservations. I beheve that technology 

can only advance us as a 

peol)le f t enhances ? u" byes as 

indi iduMs. ' ' 'd ', 

"You've bge dtra ed.m think 

for yourselves and make good dectsions," 

Salaam added. You 

know that there are human qualiues 

that exceed every, form of 

technology 

V 

Pnnctpal Jerome A - ucla r 

reflected on the 190 -96 school 

year a " barphy .v r t 

seemed that e e thmg that can 

go wrong d d go wrong," he 

laughed, membenng etght sno 

days, early d sm ssals, and late 

o mn , as well as e hll mplementat 

on of school testing and 

fire ala mal ntoons. 

"Some good comes from 

eye.thing, and life s ghat 

make t, he pointed out. cmng 

•e class of 1 6 as a succor, w th 

four s den slated to enter 

Um erstt and producers of the 

best year k ever." 

d tr add¢ ou vc old 

.khu ow ho to work 

hard, you know ho to care 

other, and }ou kno ho m en- 

IO hfe u are our st. ou are 

the st " 

Board of Edutat on Chart- 

,oman .lamce McDonald m her 

remarks sa d, %Vhen you see the 

n,ppoctalm '. don t t , 't 

stand there 

The graduates, m turn, d d 

not forget to 

the facult} and parents ho 

helped them g th their accomphshmen 

"qbda 's graduation would 

not ha e been possible tthout 

the care and contern }ou ha e 

sho n." class President Dashan 

Sanders d 

tie went on to refle on hts 

experiences as a bouthlngton 

l¢ tballpla}er, thanh e cam- 

all so generousl shogn for 

bouthmgton's sports programs 

and all at the extra rncular ac- 

tr.ngl ho benefioal the effect 

TEDDY BEARS GALORE 

H,gh school peer advocates Knsten Aver,/, left, ond Dana S,ngarella,' I 

CASEY'S CELEBRATES STH YEAR , d,splay some of he teddy bears collected for Heather's Teddy Bear Or- , 

Casey's Image Consu nis is celebral,ng ,Is fifth annbcersory The bus- , .,,, . 

nuss ,s kx:aL=d m the Marion Ma!l and ,s ovmed by Casey Modey, left gon,zot,on 

Judy Ames soot , is the solon s massage therapist and Teresa C 

serves as the makeup consullant M,ss,ng 'om photo is Lynn Fn ault. Stu dents collect 

massage therapist Cosey's provides hair care, perms, colors, nau, services, 

trea e.g.|" and skin ments.| 

" ' ' ' " " new teddy bear8 

Btll 

Ltttie, a 

veteran 

of the 

sensor 

and motion 

control 

ndustry, 

has 

joined 

Electric Bill UTTLE 

Ltd. on 

Spring Street as vice president of 

sales and marketing, announced 

President Rob Frats 

"Ltttle wdl he responstble for 

overall sales and marketing 

t*es, strategic planning, and 

tributor sales commun*catmn 

Prmr to iommg Baumer Flectnt. 

lartle was a v ce prestdent of 

hank Corp. a manufacturer and 

products Also, he was general 

sales manager w th Veedcr-Root. 

a leading provider of counter and 

nmer product . 

Baumer Electric s a Swtssbased 

manufacturer of prectsmn 

sensing devices. 

t, n Ihgh anti I)ePaolo Mtddle 

sthools collected I 0 tedd} bears 

h,r tteather's ledd', Bear Organtzatlon 

during the spnng All at 

the bea tll be donated to young 

children ht) are in aumattzmg 

methcal anons ,Mso, the a 

x tll be green to hospital erect- 

lance e aces to be dtsmbuted 

I'hc non-profit orgam tton 

as created b Arlene od to 

collect and dis thute new ddy 

bea to benefit chtld n and adolestent 

m unex cted emer n ' 

1) |temen'. a}, d,ed lUSt before ' 

her 1 th btrthdas XVhde sertousl} 

dl, the teen-ager " as comforted 

her andmo er's ted- 

(t} hear 

Peer advocate programs at 

both hools colle ed teddy a 

as e ce prolects H gh school 

student Dana qmgarella and' 

Kn ten er} were responsflle 

for promoting and coiling the 

teddy , At DePanlo. den 

y D cke an, Nixie P fie, 

Sa Speriale, Ja S n and" 

Justin X nneuman coordinated ' 

•e proem ere

I to capital to compete 

A local senior traveled to the 

nation's capital last week as one of 

the nation's top 25 winners in C- 

SPAN's $200,000 scholarship 

ompctidon. 

Elizabeth Donohue won a 

$I,000 scholarship toward her 

college tulnon at George VCashington 

University where she wall 

be attonding in the fall. She had 

be n named a w nner m the competition 

in March and was selected 

by her answer to the question, 

"What effect wdl C-SPAN programming 

have on my first presidential 

vote " 

C-SPAN ts the Cable Satellite 

Public Affairs Network wfuch 

provides live proceedings of the 

U.S. House of P presentanves. 

,C,-SPAN2 bmadmsts proc dmgs 

of the U.S.'Setagte. 

Entrants were evaluated on 

the basts of understanding of the 

poliucal programming, individual 

expression, and a demonstration 

of what they have learned in general. 

Some students submitted 

original artwork, musncal compositions, 

videos, audiotapes, World 

Wide Web pages, poems, and essays 

w th their entries A total of 

325 seniors were selected scholarshnp 

recnplents. 

Katherine Donohue said her 

daughter could only participate m 

two full days of the acn aues Because 

classes m Soutfung on end- 

ed on June 25 and ti e 

high school senior had to 

complete her final exams, 

she couldn't attend the 

first two day ofC SP .N 

In addR on, because 

graduanon was last Saturday, 

Donohue had to return 

home early to prepare 

for the event, her 

mother said You only 

have high school graduation 

once m your hfe, 

Kathenne Donohue said. 

Following tl e all-: zht 

graduanon part', the semor 

planned to travel to 

North Carohna to paracipate 

in a YMCA nanonal 

convennon, her mother sa d 

During Donohue' trip to 

Washmgton, D C, she and other 

students were featured in a live 

broadcast for a Washington Journal 

prngram featured on C- 

SP, N They were interviewed on 

the north lawn of the White 

House tollowmg a tour of the 

president's home 

Mso, Donohue was able to 

visit the new Holocaust .Museum 

and attend an honors banquet 

during her slt. Brian Donohue 

accompamed his daughter on the 

trip 

Donohue ;s infatuated with 

C-SPAN, her mother said ,Vfule 

lsltmg Russia for three weeks m 

February.. she would fa letters 

EUZABETH DONOHUE 

home lnqunrmg about (:-SPAN 

programnnng. She learned about 

the scholarship €ompeattonwhile 

watching the station and completed 

her ent prior to leaving for 

Russia 

Her essay, "The Informed 

Vote of 1996," focused on how C- 

SPAN enhances her knov.ledge of 

Mnenca's dlvers ts. 

" ,Vhen I step into the voting 

booth for the f rst t me this 

No, ember, I wall be C-SPAN 

prepared," Donohuc v.rote in her 

entrs "I will be a well-reformed, 

concerned cltazen casting my ballot 

for a true representauve leader 

of merlca who dl reform the 

problems of today with solutions 

Police plan sobriety checks 

Local police v.dl ht conductins 

sobriety checkpoint', m arnous 

areas of to ,n during the up 

coming July 4 eekend. pobcc 

said. 

Police Chnef X , lham B Perry 

said the departmem s working 

toward decreasing alcohol-related 

motor vefucle accidents amt tatahnes 

during the hohda per. d 

The Federal l-hghv a) Safet 

fund through the state's Depart 

meat of Transportat.m's ()ffice M 

, Highway afe . priorities fumhng 

for the sobrlet checkpoints 

In Connecticut amt throughout 

the natron, alcohol-related 

traffic tatalmes haxe been dccreas- 

POLICE NEWS 

mg during the past decade The 

trend s the result of several factors 

including legislation, pubhc 

mformatmn, and education as 

ell as selectee lay. enforcement 

In 19q4. 127 of 12 trathc 

deaths were alcohol-related, tompared 

to 2'02 deaths in 1982 x fuch 

erc related to drinking lmost 

60 percent of all crashe 

trom 6 p m , Frida. , It, 

\hmda. 

Pohce said tf a person s planning 

on drm'hng alcohol during 

the holiday weekend, plan ahead 

and appoint a designated dn er 

During the ,Xlemortal Dax 

weekend, 26 motorist\ ere dr- 

rested m town for a arlet ofvmlanons, 

including drt mg under 

the influence of alcohol Other 

charges were attributed to dtsobesang 

an officer's signal, failure 

to carry, an insurance identification 

card, emtsslon lolatlons, 

drnang an unre stered motor vefucle, 

and failure to ear safety. 

belts. 

Boy Scout qroop 32 of 

Southmgton tll be running a 

free coffee break for all travelers 

at the Southmgtm rest stop on 

Interstate 84 eastbound all-day 

Thursday through Sunday at 6 

p m -Xlso. past , hot dogs, and 

trult punch v, dl be available 

-Program eases 

to middle schools 

By ROBIN L MICHEL 

"Even though there's a bigger 

antount of kids, I don't feel like I'm 

.Making the transndpn front el- tgetting lost," said sixth-grader 

ementaty to rmddle schools is less Shannon Bourhard. 

tranmatnc for young students Stephen Nverlck a guidance 

thanks to a guidance department counselor at Hatton Elementary. 

progratn 

School, compiled the questions 

In a portion of the transufion which were asked durmg the ses- 

program, middle school students sion to the older students. 

return to their former elementary Some of the fifth-graders said 

school to tell fifth-graders about they were €onqernedabout deten- 

their experiences. "It blends the tion, suspensibns, finding their 

two levels," said Rose Fox, a De- classes on the first day, and lunch 

Paolo Middle School guidance procedures in the cafeteria. 

counselor who developed the pro- "You don't have as much freegram 

with fellow counselor Fran dom," said sixth-grader Andrew 

Strasdaz four years ago. 

Minoski 

The older °" 

; cu'Aty tn the orientation program how to read the schqol s.chedule 

+ 

From left, guidance counselor Stephen Nyenck discusses the transition to middle school with sixth-graders 

Andrew-MinmkiTMeghan-Atlreed, Shannor cha ar gu :mce ¢o'-' " " Fn Fnr s, rln ' y " 

graders return to their former elementary scho .Is to answer fi lh-gmders' queshons about the transff on 

held during the school year. FJementarv 

school chddren also tour 

-- __ 

the m ddle school oe or t 

make the transtuon. During their 

xshich outlines what courses they 

will have take duri_tlg.a_si..x da 

Also, the)' reviewed assign- 

meat books where the students 

sam to DePaolo, the fifth-g 'aders keep a record of homework. 

v.ere able to tour the school, meet Bouchard, Attreed, and Mi- 

the principal, and attend a pronoski, who are former students'at 

gram m the audntonum. 

Harton Elementary School, lead 

"Changing classes is the the session. "They were in the 

biggest difference," DePaolo Mid- same shoes last year," Julmu said. 

dle School sixth-grader Meghan "They know exactly what thty 

Atrreed, said dmang a r .x-m s - 

stun with Hatton Elementary Some ot the questions asked 

By ROBIN L MICHEL 

School youngsters. 

were. do people smoke in the bath- 

BURGLARIES CONTINUE 

Detectives are conducting au 

ous burglaries that ha e been occurring 

recentls throughout 

Southmgton. Pobce ('apt Domime 

Lombardo said 

" ,'e don't kno', tf the) are related," 

he said, adding that the 

methods used to enter the bmhlings 

ha e varied from case to case 

Southmgton ts a target for 

burglars, Lombardo st*d, because 

It is centrally located with eas) access 

from malor hngh avs 

On June 29, a Liberty Street 

resident reported that a MaD cassette 

recorder valued at $2 0 had 

been taken from hls living room, 

po!tce said. Pohce deternuned entry 

was made through an open 

window located on the westerl} 

side of the building. 

Mso on June 29. a \fount Vernon 

Road resndent rep ,rted that 

someone had cutered a locked 

shed located befund her htune, police 

said 

-k 1088 Suruki all-terrain eh - 

c . esnmated at SI.q)O. had been 

stolen, puhce saul 

The pax hou attica at \IC 

Camp Moper on East ' treet 

also burglarized during the x eekend. 

pohce saad 

Storage Callllltts cre damaged, 

and food as removed ftom 

the retngerator and throa n on the 

flour, pobce said Gang-related 

markings x ere made on the door 

of the refrigerator, pohce saat 

On June 2 r,. a Pondslex Dine 

resident reported numerous tems 

of le el had been stolen m the 

house, pohce sant "I he alue .! the 

stolen propertx i sail t : ng talhed 

Mso on June 2 . a \lount Vernon 

Road resident reported fi e 

chum a' s had becn taken frnm his 

cellar through the hatch ay. 

Fx o burglaries ere reported 

to pohce on June 26 A resident of 

The Meadox s ¢ondomtntums reported 

that apphances had been 

stolen om a storage rnom at e 

complex The uems are alued at 

S1.0t0. pohce sa*d so m*ss ng 

1*,o r s*dcms of Berm Court 

reputed to pohce on June 26 

torage areas tn their apartment 

complex had been entered by remo 

ng chicken lre which separates 

the units, pohce said 

Stolen tas a small Si?e tele - 

a BB gun. tth a total alue 

S200 Uso. a p ece ot c stal 

ued at S O as broken 

The Observer, Thursday, July a, 1996 

YMCA program receives 

rooms? are the teachers mean? are 

sports fun there? how long does it 

take to get used tu finding your 

way around? 

"Most of the time the teachers 

are mee but m middle school they 

are more strict," Minoski said. 

"They treat you as young 

adults," At'treed said. "They till 

discipline you but like not kids or 

adults." 

Nyerick said some of the students 

wrote comments to him that 

they were eteited, dervous, and 

scared, and concerned if they 

would have the same classes with 

Al rh b A har nnld 

haEp_en_ if sqmeota "pi ked" an 

them or confronted them. "The 

nld 'r Idd¢ 

to the littler kids," Attreed said. 

"You should feel ner us and 

excited,* Fox told them. "But if 

you still feel seared or pressured 

after the first" week, come tell us in 

guidance.* 

Fifth-grade teacher Christne 

Julian said the iaint session is a 

wonderful way to alleviate stu- 

and anxious. she said. I-TMs reaiiy 

helps them." 

$5,000 grant from Travelers 


A $5,000 g ant from Travelers 

Insurance will provide fundmg 

for local children m the YM- 

CA's "st' In the Afternoon" outreach 

program. 

The st In the Afternoon program 

is conducted after school 

hours in the Darhng Street and 

Wheeler Village neighborhoods 

featuring free activates and 

tec tma.f .yom a rsstarted 

.several years ago and 

community campaign. "We bring 

the program to their neighborhood," 

said Lynn Rossmn, YMCA 

director of development. 

The application for the g ant 

was arranged through YMCA 

member Bcendan McLaughhn 

who is employed at Travelers Insurance 

in Hartford 

"When Brendan became 

aware of the Y In the Afternoon 

outreach program, he thought it 

would be a perfect candidate for 

funding," Rossln said. "We'd 

like to give Breadth the credit 

for helping us obtain this grant 

"The Travelers Foundation 

• to organizations that directly 

benefit the local community," 

Rosslm. said. "This funding 

means a great deal to the YMCA 

Y in the Mrernoon began in 

the fall 1994. YMCA Executive 

Director and Chief Executive 

Officer Leonard Romano had 

suggested the program afted obserxmg 

few recreanonal opportumiles 

fi r Darhng Street young- 

The concept s not new to 

the orgamzauon, he said, adding 

similar programs ere begun In 

cities as early as the 1800s. "The 

Y had the opportumty to meet 

community needs," he sat& when 

the program as first begun. 

ROBBERY SUSPECT 

CHARGED 

warrant as issued on June 

28 for a suspect connected to a 

rob'bet3. ,at the Umon 76 :M'nencan 

Eagle Truck Stop on April 18, police 

sand 

Michael Kalbon. 20. of ,Volcolt. 

was charged with first-degree 

aceessor to robber).; first-degree 

accessory to larcen. , first-degree 

conspnraey to cola, t robbe , and 

first-degrce conspiracy to conmnt 

larceny, police said. Police said the 

suspect was the driver of the getaway 

yah,tie used in the robber). 

According to police, two 

masked suspects dressed in black 

robbed a clerk at gunpoint at about 

12 36am on April 18. The) entered 

the budding at 1873 .Menden-Waterbury 

Turnpike through 

a d.ur near the fuel desk, lumped 

Celebrating the award oF a $5,000 grant from Travelers Insomnce 1o 

the YMCA's Y in the Afternoon program are, from left, Keith Anderson, 

Travelers Insurance vice president o corporate communications, Ed 

Kalat, YMCA campaign honorary chairperson, Lygn Re.ssini, YMCA dlrector 

of development, and Brendan Mctaughlin of Travelees Insurance. 

"We had a decision to make and 

decided to do It ourselves." 

Once the program was organized 

and funded, residents of 

the neighborhood became enthusiastic 

supporters and participants 

in the actwltles Children 

range In age from k ndergarten 

through m ddle school. "There 

was a need for those kids to have 

something constructive to do after 

school," YMCA Program Director 

John Myers saM. 

The focus of the aeuvmes Is 

sportsmanship and eooperauon, 

the counter, and demanded the 

keys for the money drawers from 

the clerk 

After several thousand dollars 

were removed from the register, 

the robber jumped back over the 

register and fired a shot into the 

ceiling, police said They fle l on 

foot toward Interstate 84. 

Police said the suspects are the 

same people responsible for sesen 

bank robberies throughout the 

state, including Webster Bank, located 

at 359 Queen St., which was 

robbed m March. 

I lhon was held on a $200,000 

bond and scheduled to appear in 

court on June 28, police said. 

GEORGIA RESIDENT 

ARRESTED 

• Georgia man was arrested 

on a warrant on June 27 In con- 

not competition. It provides opporttmities 

for children who do 

not normally have access to the 

YMCA facilities located on High 

Street. 

"The Y responds to community 

needs by providing positive 

role models, constructive activines, 

develop values, and provide 

preventative activities to get kids 

off on the right track," Myers 

said. 

YMCA officials hope to expand 

the outreach program to 

other local neighborhoods. 

nection v th Illegal activity involving 

four teen-age boys at a local 

motel. 

Darnel Richmond, 43, of 

Fayettevflle, was charged w th four 

counts of risk of inlury to a minar, 

four counts of delivery of alcohbl 

to a minor, ted two counts of 

fourth-degree sexual assault. 

Richmond was brought to 

Brrsral Superior Court from 

Brl .geport where he was being 

held on a $1 0,000 bond relating 

tu an incident in Thomasmn. 

According to police, four boys 

aged 14 and 15, had been brought 

to the tu0tel where they were sex'ually 

assaulted. The suspect allegedly 

passed aut from alcohol consumptiun 

and the juveniles escaped 

using the subject's car. 

The suspect was apprehended 

at Bradley International Airport.

THE OBSERVER 

-- -THURSDAY;--- - 

JULY 4, 1996 

TOWN Simone remains prou of long affiliation with Elks 

Ed:tor's note: The Benevolent Protect 'e 

Order of Elk 1669 is m the midst of celebrating 

Its 50th anniversary. MIchad ]. 

Stmone ts one of its last hvmg charter 

membox The Observer recently caught tip 

vttb the 87-year-old SImone to talk about 

b s mvoh,emrut m the Elks, long business 

care and sem'ue to the town. 

By KAREN A. AVITABILE 

editor-m-chief 

After more than 40 years, ,Michael 

j. Simone still considers a 14-karat gold 

medal with four diamonds one of his 

_mo t vM ahLt l ti¢ 0.ag 

That's because the medal - which he 

wears around his neck on a gold chain - 

was given m him by the Elks Club for 

serving as its exalted ruler at one die. 

"The medal means a lot to me," Stmane, 

87, said. "I earned it from the 

Elks." 

AJthough Simone now is considered 

a past exalted ruler, he is no longer acave 

m the club........ . . proudly 

of the or.o amzafion which has been an 

integral part of his life. 

Stmone is more than lust a member 

of the Elks Club. He and his brother 

were charter members of the Southmgton 

chapter, which is celebrating its 

50th anmver'g y m November 

! hap*:, that thLn_g tuna conanuoosly," 

Simone said of the Elks Club. 

*When you start something, you hate 

like anything to see it go down the 

robe." 

Simone's brother, the late James Simon€St., 

and other local men belonged 

to the Meriden Elks Club bm wanted to 

begin their own chapter in Southmgton. 

So Michael Simone helped the 

group form a club in Southmgtor l'Ie 

recalls the days when the Elks Club was 

considered a "very reserved, elite 

group." 

ties atld dress slacks. Retired to days off In the past, Simone spent many 

evenings at the Elks Club lodge on the 

Town Green. "1 used to be at the club 

every, night but l'm getting too old for 

that," he said. %Ve al ass had **omnnttee 

meetings. We'd go down there and 

meet the boys." 

Simone has held several positions in 

the organization, including see* mg as 

exalted.dee from 1952-53. He recet*ed 

the gold medal after his one-year term 

expired. 

Because his wife is ill and he must 

care for her, Simone said he doesn't 

have time now to spend at the rags 

Club. Also, beginning In October, he 

Idence In Florida but spend summers in 

Southington. The couple has been marned 

for 63 years. 

However, Smtone said, he's hoping 

to return to Southington to attend the 

Elks .,,.,,.,,'n- " anniversary celebration on 

Nov 2. "I'd love to go to that affair because 

it's somethmg we'll no*or see 

again," he said. 

met businessman m Sourhlngton. 

ured from Ideal Forging Corp., originally 

a tool and dye shop w ch he and 

h,s brother, James, first started in 1927 

but closed three years later due to the 

Depression. The pair restarted the business 

in 1959. 

Simone ":.' .' the chairman of the 

company's stockholders board Now, the 

company, which has diverged into forging 

and other related fields, ts owned 

stockholders, he said, but he holds the 

nile of chairman emeritus. Ideal Forging 

is considered one of the nation's 

leaders in the forging of stainless steel 

and other exotic metals. 

The company's stock remains in the 

family. Simune said His nephew, James 

Simone Jr., is currently president of Ideal 

Forging and had been in charge during 

his unde's frequent raps to Florida 

over the years. 

But 5tmone still enloys spending 

time at the compans where he usuali) 

can be found at least two mornings a 

•aeek "1 as dtmn there this morning," 

he sazd "I set k Ins nose In thetr of- 

Starting the business was hard work 

- buying equipment and getting the 

right people to operate tt. Simone said. 

adding he'd do It all over again 

........ ,o -ack b 

- - 

Mso, bimone was involved in civic 

affmrs He had been *ace president and 

member of the board of directors at the 

former Southlngton Sawngs and Loan. 

The local resident, who has lived on 

Delahunty Drive for 4 years, has alwa. 

loved living in Southington despim 

h*s u'avels halfway around the world. 

Vhen you come home, you 

breathe different," he so/d` 

clo s :' ife the old dress shoes m d ' he -" " ......... r 

bucH on the side that my wife's nephew, By KEN DIMAURO tslg. oana ancto,nao o, r o,oe . L . ne,- 

Jonathan used to call Uncle Ken's pil- fam:ly li mg editor . man, wno. wrl me e,l uy mumc cmgrim 

shoes7 They've been replaced by a Southington resident Ed Anderson umn for i ne uuserver, amo was pre .nt, 

soft leather comfortable and more reed- said he was glad,to see th big band mu- noung he wouldn't rmss a concert gwen 

ern-lOoking shoe. sic of the 1930s, 40s and arly 50s being by the Middletown group. 

.After enduring several weeks of the 

Spanish inquisition, "Boy, don't you look 

nice. Where are you going all dressed 

up?" the comments finally stopped and 

now they make a remark if they happen 

to see me going for a pizza or running 

some errands. 

• Good riddance to an annoying 

habit. OK, I'll admit it, I've plenty of little 

idiosyncrasies, which my wife or 

mother-in-law are happy to point out to 

thake me "a better person." For one 

thing, I'm very sarcastic I take great 

pleasure in ranting and raving at anything 

I doti't agree with while watching the 

evening news. 

My language also can be salty. I 

featured in one of the local Parks and 

Recreation Department's Music on the 

Green series. 

It was the music I grew up ruth, " 

Anderson said, noting he had gotten a 

good seat right in front of the fabricated 

bandstand. Anderson explained he had 

wanted to attend the concert that had 

been postponed because of rainy weather. 

The third time proved to be the 

charm for the 18-piece Middletown 

Stage Band. The concert went off June 

23 without any weather problems. 

Anderson said he was looking forward 

to heanng the big band hits of the 

World War II era, such as Glenn Vuller's 

"In the Mood and "Moonlight Sere- 

The Middletown Stage Band belts out 'In the Mood,' made famous by Glenn Miller, at 

a recent Music on the Groan concert ,n South*ngton center . .. -, ,= o , .. 

Sherman pointed to "Doc Lewne, 

who plays piano. "He's a cardiologist. 

That's why they call him 'Doe,'" he explamed. 

Salami said he emoys working in the 

band in his spare ome He ope tos the 

Regal Men's Shop in downtown Middleto 

n. ttowever, he sa*d he wanted to 

clan .fy something. He noted he said this 

was his second concert in Southmgton as 

part of the stage band. However, he used 

to perform here all the time at the former 

Old TImer's Restaurant on South 

Center St as one of the Jolly Gents 

band. 

swear tt lot. I don't dnnk and don't chase 

women, so I figure some colorful language 

makes up for a lack of vices. SometimeS, 

especially when you're really angry, 

it feels good to let loose verbally. 

But the first step m solving a cbatacter 

flaw is admimng the problem. I do try 

to cut down on the swcarmg. Dunng a 

recent Lent, I started a swearing lar. Every 

time I felt the need to be colorful, I'd 

put 50 cents or a dollar in the jar. At the 

end of the allotted time period 1 do 

something special with the money I admit 

I need to devote more attennon to 

It's all good music," Anderson sald, of the Middletown Stage Band, said the 

noting he doesn't like most of the music band's appearance was the second one in 

of today. 

Southmgton in two years In September 

Bristol resident Hal Lucas agreed 1995, the band ga e a concert at 

with Anderson, saying people In their 20s Southington High School to mark the 

and 30s would en oy listening to the hits 50th anniversary, of the end of World 

of bands led by Benny Goodman, Harry. Arar II. 

James, and the Dorsey Brothers. 

Salami said the band was estabhshed 

James S. Salonia, leader and founder seven years ago and is made up musicians 

BLAZING THE ANTIQUES TRAIL 

x*ho enlo} the mustt of the swing era 

He explamed Lake Compounce 

Amusement Park on the Bristol and 

South ngton hne *as one of the primary 

Iocatmns of beg band concerts Salami 

attl all the b g hands pla ed at c ballr 

m Et n the Icgcuda F nk Smat 

sang there hen he as atth one of the 

b g hands. 

"] he M ddletoan Stage Band has 

SOnlC connectl m to Southm on Conrad 

(,ozzo. former d rector of the 

Southmgton lhgh School Band, plays 

my swearing. 

•Try to be a better person in general. 

No matter how isolated or mdlwdualistic 

I feel, I try to consider others. This 

conflicts with my need for being honest. 

If that honesty hurts someone, then what 

has been accomplished Sometimes, it's 

better to bite your tongue. My grandmother 

used to havmg a favorite sa)ang, 

It's better to keep quiet and have people 

think you're a fool, mtber than open your 

mouth and remove all doubt." 

A helpful, more cheerful person is 

easier to work with than a dour curo udgeon. 

Even if it takes me a little out of my 

way to assist a person, I at least try to 

helpf-lowever, I won't abide laziness. 

Since |987, I've been the municipal histarter, 

tbr Southington. I will direct pea- 

:pie t6 historical sources or send them 

phot0 tatted materials or brochures, but I 

w0rPt tlo their work for them. For exampie, 

a ,/ omen recently wrote to me, asking 

for all materials that related to the 

history of Southington. I wrote back to 

Se ABOOT THE TOWN, page 1 a 

Collectors shouldn't lose their 

marbles over orbs' new popularity 

By JAYNE TL'REK 

for The Obsover 

As a gam.e, marbles have been 

around since the days of ancient Rome 

Available in America by the mld- 

18th century, marbles could be found in a 

variety of designs, materials and sizes 

Most of us remember marbles from our 

own chddhoods' the familiar tan pouch 

with its draw-string top, strung through 

the loop in our pants - so we could cart). 

them around. 

Marbles have many adult fans as 

well, who spend qountlcss hours and sit 

sums of money ih pursuit of these ageold 

objects. 

.As with most collecnbles, condition 

is eyeD'thing. Many people ho enjoy 

this hobb.¢ will at times buy less than perfeet 

marbles - possibly due to their vaneV. 

Some ssall bu. glth the intention of 

continually upgradmg and expanding 

their collections. 

To define "mmt" in t nus of marbles 

- it s ould mean it was x thout imperfecnon 

from the manufacturer - or lackmg 

general gear Mmt ould ha e no crackeng. 

chips, or ftosOng "lhts lesel of quahp, 

makes collecting espenstse and challengmg 

It it ell worth the effort hen you 

find that special treasure Mmt condition 

marbles could realize a price of three to 

five rimes the value at our next categor 

- Near mint" Near nunt marbles ould 

have minimal defects as mennoned abo* e 

- ,light ct'acks, or chtp and wear 

The term, good condmon," encompasses 

a much larger area. Large imperfections, 

fractures and the like cause 

"good condmon" marbles to be * alued at 

about one half of a smular near mint 

marble. 

This brings up the subtect of pohshmg 

marbles to enhance them. This is truly 

a matter of opinion - s hlch depends 

See ANTIQUES TRAIL, page 14 

(.aria mdttated he as dehgh d m 

be pla mg m tront ,,f a qouthtngton 

al.ma n,,trd that exeral membe 

at the group ha e pla ed pr tessmnally 

lrumpet pla er hke Xlarmo used to 

pcrtorm =th the (;lenn Xbller Orches- 

Jerr l ilnnlt.r a Parks and Recreattire 

Deparnncnt employee ho ct rdi- 

nares the Xlus t ,,n the Green series, said 

he s as happs t,, } t able t, b, ok such an 

out tandmg h H d 

Xlar onandl)axtdJ laP,, e Real state 

k b g band contert costs more an e 

atera tour or fi e-member r k 'n roll 

Mo tban 00 people hitched to the 

o-hour concert In addinon to "In the 

Mood`" h ch a the ape.rag and clnsmg 

number. %l,m a pres=ded as the 

members pla ed standards such as =I Get 

Semnoental O er ou." "That Old Black 

Xlag ¢.""M=s ." and " Irumpet alk " 

James S Salonia appears ready 1o conduct 

the Middlek wn Slage Band. 

Conrod Gozzo. o trombone 

bend, has a connection to 

For many years, he was dim(:lor 

Southmgton High School bond

12 -- living 

C 

Ronald P Grrszkauskas 

of Dunham 

Place have announced 

the engagement 

of their daughter, 

Heather J. 

Gr*szkauskas, to 

James J. ,Meyer, son 

of Josephine N. 

Meyer of Vernon 

and the late Albert 

B. Meyer. 

The future bride 

graduated m 1988 

from Southmgton 

High School. In 

(over 65)of the week. ake courtesy of 1990, she earned an 

.( Nutmeg del ree from Bay 

I Y I130 cn ^re., 

I ll Southington • 621-6714 Bake Shop I 

, 1910 

DavM Morse, 40, born. Jn/y , 

19 6 

pan2 Samuienas. 40. born July 

o, 19 6 

D reen S a do, 2L Imm 

6, 1971 

Nancy Hed, bem.jkdy 8 

Christopher .4vttabde. 6, born 

July IO, 1990 

Roxam e Slod2anskt, Imrn Ju 8 

BELATED BIRTHDAYS 

Also, a happy belated birthday 

to the folh,wmg However, persons 

listed here ,e not eligible for 

the cake. See below for eligibility 

week. 

Bruce Sarra, born n¢21 

BIRTHS 

EUJOTT 

A daughter, Taylor Lelgh, was 

born June 11 at 

New Britain 

General Hospital 

to New 

Britain restdents 

Richard 

and Cher}l 

Beauchene Flhott 

Jr 

LUNN 

-k daughter, 

Mar) Etleen. 

was born June 

19 at New Britain General |lospt- 

4nna and .€;te en. 

Celebrating their 31st anmversary 

on .l dy I0 are Art and Mane 

Secondo ef Planrrvdle The Secondos 

werr marned m 196 at St Thomas 

Church. 

In addition, happy fStb annn2mary 

to Kay and CILfford 

bo were marr ed Ju y 5, 1941 

The w nner of a bu'thday cake 

from Nutmeg Bakery for the week 

ofJuly 4-10 ts Mary Caeca\ha, 86 

years old' Congcatulanons from 

The Observer staff and management 

The certificate may he 

picked up from The Observer, located 

m The Step Saver bualdmg, 

21 Spnng St. 

tal to Southmgton residents John 

and Judy Regis Lunn 

uIS11tO 

A daughter, Hannah, was 

born June 12 at New Britain General 

Hospital to Farmtngton res - 

dents Brian and Bonme 

Whlteley Lustre. 

A son. Joshua 

Ryan, was born June 11 

at New Britain General 

ttospttal to New Britain 

residents Jesse and Carolyn 

Krar Maldes 

The Observer, Thursday, July 4, 1996 

Griszl auskas, Meyer .Hardy, Gioia 

Lois T. and Patrtcta An 

a bachelor's degree 

m political science 

from Central Connecticut 

State Umverstty In Ne 

Btatain. Gnszkauskas is employed 

JAMES J. MEYER 

Hardy and Thomas 

M. Gioia were unit- 

B ,in marriage May 

10 a.m., at Firs't 

aptist Church in 

Southington. The 

Rev. David Strosahl, 

pastor of the church, 

officiated at the cer- 

The former Patrtcia 

Hardy is the 

daughter of Judith 

Zeal of Berlin and 

the late Brian Hardy. 

Gioia is the son 

of Southlngton residents 

Amelia and Alfred 

Gioia St. 

The bride was 

presented rn mar° 

tinge by Rol w+ -- .. D . THO,MAS*aA.G!OIA 

llardy, her brother. 

Patrtcia Pattison 

served as matron of honor. 

Alfred Gima Jr. was the best 

man. Robert Hardy and Michael 

Trombley were the ushers. 

work applications tramer at the 

Connecticut Hospital Association. 

The groom is part owner of 

as a paralegal at Remer & Remer 

in Farmmgton. 

Eastern Connecticut State Umverslty 

in Willimannc. Meyer is 

employed as vice president and The bride graduated from AI Joy Tire Service In Southing- 

The future groom graduated marketing manager of Meyer Francis Maloney High School in ton. 

tn 1982 from Rockvtlle High Gage Co in South Win-dsor. Me,riden. She earned an associ- Fo,llowing a reception at An- 

School m Verno,n. In lu87, he A November wedd:ng s beares degree m management from Ebony s Silvertown Restaurant in 

earned a bachelors degeee men- tnl." planned. Telkyo Post University m Water- Mer den, the bride and groom 

- " bury. She ts pursuing a bachelor's lelt tar a wedding trip to the 

degree in management at Tt=ikyu u .u. , ,r, Pcnn;v,;=n,a. T.hey 

The Obso'ver perwd.all pubhsbe 

hterary contnbunons recetvedfiom - 

local elementar schools H*e thank 

the students and teachem f r tberr elfore 

and applaud their creatnWy. 

there he made sdver pl.t s. One 

time whde he was working on a 

drop plate he dropped the machine 

on two of his fingers From 

that da) on two of his fingers are 

missing He was a bttle embar- 

|a eouldn take the trip again She 

had been sick the whole trip and 

wasn't about to do it again. The). 

kept in touch with their families 

through letters and pictures. It 

had a sad ending but also a won- 

week m td she got bettc¢. The t 

of the family went on to New 

York City and she later lamed " 

them 

I Wally Kuper , 

KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL rassed about the whole thing but derful one They were Americans. 

1 chose "to write about my 

Grade 7, Teacher S Hughes he got used to tt 

tArhde working at the Sdver 

. Katbenne Ternccmno grandmother on my father's side. 

Her name *s Ellen Dunn. She was 

Cnmpar Grade 8 Teacher S Hughes born on April 2, Iq;0 m Lansing, 

he met 

Michigan. When she was young, 

l decided to rtte about ms 

great grandfather Roman Shemet 

He was born m Russia Roman 

was left by his real parents He 

was adopte by ' you,g 'e0Uple 

My grandma didn't know their 

names Roman h',ed on a farm In 

Russia where he took care of 

sheep for his neighbors Someames 

wolves would come so he 

would protect the sheep so the 

wolves wouldn't eat the sheep• 

One nine while he was watching 

the sheep a wolf came Roman ran 

to the house, grabbed his gun, and 

shot the wolf right before u got to 

the sheep. It almost hlled him 

He went to Mnenca to look 

for a better hfe and more opportumt}" 

When he arnved, he went 

to work at the Sdver Company at 

Boston, Mass g hen he worked 

his fu- My grandma Constance Mary 

ture tfe. Geraci used to live In Pirlo, Italy. 

H e r -// -- She lived on a farm w th her two 

n a m e older sisters, ,Anna (the oldest) 

'. 4a,sed 

fussed b) his two ' . " , . chickens. Her father almissing 

frngers, but " ' ' 1 so made w,ne m his 

Stella didn't seem to own wine cellar. They 

mmd Later on they got mar- decided to come to 

ned and had children Amertca I think 

because my 

that Roman definitely found a grandma's uncle albetter 

life n America Stella also ready hved her for two years and 

came o er from Poland to Amen- he satd America was okay. 

ca lookmg for a better opportum- They left Italy on May 24, 

ty and I guess they both found It. 1924 My grandmother was only 

y Cbrtrtme Sbanahan three. They came to America on a 

boat. The nap took about two to 

This is the story of how three weel . 

great-grandparents, Joseph and They staved In New York at 

Carmella, came to America from Ellis Island Their names were 

Naples, Italy They wanted to placed on the wall• My great 

come to start a new life. Even grandmother wasn't able to leave 

Ellen was put up for adoption. 

Ellen was a graduate of I 

Michigan State University. She 

became a music teac r after she' 

gr ] a )ed-.'tSlib ' layed ( 

and the English horn. M ' fi -° 

mother played ia a fe ' orchestras 

including the North Carolina. 

Symphony and the Rhode Island 

Phdharmomc Orchestra. 

In 1975, Ellen moved to Israel. 

She qmckly became some-. 

what of a celebrity because she 

was in a popular band. The band 

is called "The Natural Gathertng. 

Ellen made a few records 

and tapes while she was in the 

band 

My grandmother has been 

described as a spur of the moment 

person. Once she took a whole 

summer touring the U.S and. 

parts of Mexico with her kids..My ' 

dad says Ellen ts a free spirit 

VICA partieipat 

though they were leavmg behind 

a Each and prosperous ohve farm. 

they stdl wanted to come. They 

She was sick w th bronchms, they 

didn't know what that was back 

then, so she was detained for a 

and lives her hfe her own way no 

matter what anyone says 

• by Sarah Dunn ' 

were both from large famdtes and 

in state camp whogottt. 

The Southmgton lhgh 

School Vocational lndustr,al 

Clubs of Amemca recently part opared 

in the 19th annual htate 

Skill Champtoushtps at Fh Whitney 

Vocational Technical Sch,,ol 

tn New Haven 

Southmgton returned home 

with top honors. Brian Stramem. 

adviser. ndtcated he v, as pleased 

with the trade and leadership 

State champ;ons ere .",lark 

(: ,r. prepared speech. Rachel .\Ibets. 

human relatmns, and Trtc a 

Laptla, commercial photography 

becond place " ere Frm SAurphs, 

commercial photographs, 

Visiting nurse group 

plans busy month 

The Southmgton \ gtttng 

Nurse Assoctatmn x ll be bus 

during the month otJuN as the 

group has scheduled e eral 

blood pressure screcnmt dmtcs 

and meenngs 

Free blood pressure screenmg 

clinics wdl be presented at the 

following dates, t,nes and loca- 

• Wednesdas. Juk 10, I to 

1 30 p.m. at Pulask lettuce. corner 

of Main Street md Carter 

Lane. 

• Thursday, Jul) 11 and July 

18, I to 2 p.m. at Calendar 

House, 388 pleasant St 

• Monday, July 22, I to 2 

p.m., at Lincoln-Lewis Terrace, 

43 Academy St. 

• Friday, July26, I to I 30 

p.m., at DiCaprlo-Forglone 

housing complex for the elderly. 

408 Main St. 

Please note the blood pressure 

screening set h)r - to 8 p m. 

Juls 4, at the S\,'N \ Office, 80 

Merlden &re has been tanceled 

because of the hohda} 

In addition, the Mzheuner's 

Assoctatnm of Greater tlartford 

m ttes the pubbc to attend the 

Southtngton Famtl Support 

Group 

The group s open to ans-one 

concerned about a person with 

lzhemler's disease or another 

form of dcu,entta 

The meetings are facthtated 

by the Southtngton V stttng 

,' urse -kssooanon The next session 

wdl take place 7 p m . July 9 

at the Alrhetmer's Resource Center, 

South \lain btreet 

Plants\tile 

For more information on the 

aDhetmer's elent. 

628-q000 or 242-8182 

etition there 

Car n Johnson. lob skill demonstratmn, 

and Rachel Heal}'. human 

relations 

Placing th;rd ere Renee 

Maradra. commercial photographs. 

and .\lar Relnhard, occupational 

lob manual and lob mter- 

Fmabsts were Rachael K-roebet, 

Sandy (;off and Stacey Dart, 

commercial phot, grapM. M*ke 

Scabse. C .q" exam. \l ers and 

Tracex Rubm. oc upatmnal rob 

manual. Jdl \lckl,,on and Myers, 

extemporaneous speaking, and 

\hke %cah e. I,,b .nterx]c 

Team esent i Inners were 

\lsers. hcahse. Scott Walker, and 

Christ\ Verronneau. aho fimshed 

second tn team pr.blem sol,an\. 

I_apda. \lazadra. \lurphv, and 

Luiza Samczxnska ere finalists 

m team problem solving 

\lcSdoon. Kroeber. (;off. Jesslca 

" arden, and Calm Johnson. second 

place m the \-IC quiz bm l 

Strantert said the freshman 

team ofJole \larte Rtzzo, John 

Rover John R,,gso. and Samczv - 

ska perforvlcd well. Rtzzo and 

russo stere finalists m the freshman 

leadership series 

Chris KennedL Chris Cavaher, 

and Rachel Manna also performed 

ell. attordtng to 

Stramert The Southmgton Unsung 

Hero ard ent to \l ers. 

ahtle the president's auard , as 

were many arguments over 

toplck 

the best Finally man Joseph for the had lob so SENIOR CITIZENS" SCENE 

he p,cked his brother, .Mathony YMCA SENIORS TO MEET following trips, PolkaFest at 

kficr many tearful goodbyes. 

Joseph came alone He had to estabhsh 

a home and make enough 

mane} for Carmella to come over 

tie stepped onto Elhs Island tn 

1004 after a long. hard trip He 

came on an old battered sh*p for 

t o months He worked m a factory. 

to make enough money my 

great-.m'andmother to come over 

&fEet 0 months he had saved 

enough, so she came over They 

both had only brought their most 

prized possessions so they had to 

start all over again tn America 

\Vhen Carmella came oser she 

was onl} 22 Joseph was 27 

.fter they were settled they 

had eight chddren o er a period 

of I )ears \Vhen their oldest 

daughter was 10 she started to 

teach Joseph about the consratutmn 

and the government. A 

had been passed the year before 

stanng that ff }'our husband was a 

ctttren tt dtdn°t automatically 

mean that you could become a 

clt ren So Carmella never became 

an American cmzen Sh," 

didn't want to learn all the things 

that c tizens needed to know It 

asn't important to her Ever} 

year she had to go the post office 

to get her finger stamped. 

Whale Joseph knew fluent 

Enghsh, Carmella only knew a 

few sords So all their children 

had to learn halian They never 

returned to Italy because Carmel- 

The YMCA Senior Citizens 

Club will meet and host a luncheon 

and bingo game at noon, 

July 8 at the YMCA Hall, 29 

High St. 

The pubhc ts nv ted 

BUSY TIME FOR 

CALENDAR HOUSE 

Calendar House Senior Citizens 

Center wdl sponsor the humanmes 

course, Women and the 

Sea Ptrates', Adventurers' and 

Skippers' Aqves, on three consecume 

Fridays, July 12, 19, and 26 

at the center, 388 Pleasant St. 

The course s open to men 

and women who are semor citizens 

For more mformauon, call 

621 -g014 

The Calendar House will 

host a membership meetmg at 1 

p.m.. Jul} 25, at the center, 388 

Pleasant St. 

Tickets are on sale this 

month for an international night, 

slated for 5 p m., Aug. I, at the 

center. The buffet dinner will be 

made v, of foods from everal 

countries. 

Those attending should bring 

a cherished item or photo that 

represents )'our nationality. There 

is a charge to attend. 

The annum Calendar House 

picnic is scheduled for Sept. 19. 

Members are asked to make note 

of that day on their calendar. 

The center will sponsor the 

Hunts Lanthng, July 24, Hawaiian 

Luau, Sunrise Resort, Aug 14, 

and the Eastern States Exposmon, 

Spmgfleld, Mass, Sept. 18 

ELDERLY HEALTH 

SCREENING SET 

The Elderly Health Screenmg 

Service will be tn Southmgton 

from 9-45 a.m to 2"45 p m ,July 8 

The service offers prevennve 

health screening and educauon to 

persons aged" 60 and over on an 

annual basis. Sponsors of the tests 

are the state Department on Aging, 

the North Central Connecticut 

Agency. on Aging, local cammissions 

on aging, and St. Mary's 

tlospital. 

There s a charge to attend 

For more mformatmn, call 621- 

3014 

AARP SPONSORS TRIPS 

The Apple Valley Chapter 

4943 of the American Associanon 

of Rented Persons has scheduled 

the following trips. 

• July q, Crnss Kland adventure 

cruise and visit to Orient 

Point, lunch at Sound View, and 

tour and sampling of wines at the 

Pindar Winery. 

•Aug. 8, a lobster feast at the 

Quindnessett Country Club in 

North Kingston, R.l. Entertainment 

will be featured. 

For more information about 

the trips, tall 628-43 6.

NEW STUDENTS MAY 

REGISTER AT KENNEDY 

The guidance offÉce at John 

F. Kennedy ..M.iddle School in 

PIamsville wdl be open during 

the summer to assist parents and 

students in preparation of the 

1996-97 schoolyear. Jack Dunn. 

the guidance director, will be on 

band July 24, 25, 30, 21, Aug. 1, 

6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 and 19-23. 

Parents of students new to 

Kennedy must register their 

children before school opens m 

ensure appropriate placement 

and adjustment planning. Srndents 

must have educational and 

health records at time of Fegtstration. 

Appointments may be 

made by calling 628-3261. 

LU¢/ V S ACHIEVE- 

C_A eryl Buyer Lucas. daughter 

b / r. itiilWtrs. DoiialffH. 

Buyer and granddaughter of 

MaW Sasawice, has been named 

a United States National Collegiate 

Award winner in nursing by 

the U.S. Achievement Academy. 

A spokesman from the award 

, '.-.- .,n.ittee i.- ice*--"d "A the honor i 

a prestigious one given to less 

than 10 percent of collegu stuaM,-x 

. Lucas, who g..- du:ted 

hated by one of her professors. 

Her name will appear in the U.S. 

Achievement Academy's Official 

Collegnate Yearbook. 

OPE TO HE DE S 

The guidance office at 

Jo ph A. DeP Middle 

1 ll o n d g e 

er m ist n d 

d in p fion of e 1 

97 school year. The idance 

stuff 11 on band July 5, 8-11, 

22-2 , and Aug. 1, 2, 5, 6, 16, 

d 19-2L 

Paren of s den new to 

D aolo m t ter e c id 

h l o m m ens 

appropriate pin.meat and 

adjus ent planning. Appoint- 

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED 

TO SHS GRADUATES 

The Isabella Council 15, 

Kmghts of Columbus has awarded 

5500 scholarships to Rhonda 

Saucier and Mark Cyr, graduating 

seniors from Soothington 

High School. Both received their 

diplomas Saturday. 

Saucier, daughter of Jnseph 

and Monique Saucier of Old 

Turnpike, is a member of the St. 

Thomas Church parish. She w ll 

attend Central Connecticut State 

University in New Britain in the 

fall. 

Cyr, son of Alan and 

MaryAnn Cyr of Thistle Lane., is 

a member of St. Thomas 

Church parish. In the fall, he 

will be attending Hopkins Unirersity 

in Baltimore, Md. 

POPULAR BOOKS 

Ed:tor's note; Once a month, 

The Obwrva" wtll publish the mess 

popular books loaned by Soutbhtgton 

l tblic l.dbrary The list war contpded 

Ire the adult aradatton and cbddren 's 

dep rrments and s based on infir- , 

marian tlmmgb mid- June. 

MOST POPUIJU! FICtiON 

I) Moonlight Becomes You 

by Mary Higgins Clark 

2) RunawayJury 

byJohn Gtisbam 

3) Malice by Danielle Steele 

4) That Camden 

by La rrle Spencer 

5) Her Oum Rules 

by Barbara Taylor Bradford 

6) Pimary Colors 

by Anonymoas 

7) Five Days in Paris 

by Danielle Steele 

8) Spring Collection 

byJudith Kzantz 

9) Contagion by Robin Cook 

10) Intensity by Dean Koontz 

MOST POPULAR 

NON-FICTION 

1) In Con.tempt 

by Christopher Dardan 

withJess Walter 

2) Blnod Sport 

byJames B. Stewart 

3) The Search forJustice 

by Robert L. Shapiro 

4) It Taken a Village 

by Hillary Rodbam Clinton 

S) Emotional Intelligence 

RICCIARDONE HONORED 

Claudia Ricclardone of Sauthington 

wos honored recently at Saint 

Joseph College in West Harlford. 

Ricciardone received a plaque 

ed the requirements of the honors 

¢o 

um-l 

rom. She gmd -, d magno 

ude ,H I . -: 

ing a bachelor oF ar de ree in 

NEW STUDENTS MAY 

.REGISTER AT SHS 

Svdden new to €.....k .,. 

ton in grade rune, 10, !i, and 12 

who have not yet registered at 

¢ ..ok; ..High € l.... 

do ..... A . n 

Cortinne/L Locenzet, midance 

director, will be availah e by 

appointment only for those sinden. 

who have not registered. 

Students are asked to bring transenp 

r pon cards, and health 

records, including proof of immunizauon. 

.Appointments are necessary. 

and should be made by calling 

the guidance office at 628-3238 

or 628-3244. No students will be 

registered on Aug. 28, the opening 

day of the 1996-97 school 

SOCCODATO HONORED 

AT QUINNIPIA¢ COLLEGE 

Michael J. S codam, mn of 

Clyde and Diana Soccodato of 

Hamden. 

Soceodato is studying for a 

health-science master's degree in 

the pathologist assistant program. 

He earned hts bachelor of 

arts from St. Ansdm College. 

WOODING NAMED TO 

XAVIER HONOR ROLL 

Southington resident Mark 

S. Wooding was named to the 

honor roll for the fourth marking 

permd at Xavier High 

School in Mtddletown. 

KENEFICK EARNS DEGREE 

FROM COLLEGE 

Francis J. Kenefick Ill, son 

of Franc|s and Pamela Kenefick 

of Plantsville, received a bachelor 

of science degree in mechanical 

engineering from Western 

by Daniel Coleman 

6) Men Are from Mars, 

Women Are from Venes 

byJohn Grey 

7) How Could You Do That? 

by Laura Schlessinger 

8) I'm Only One Man! 

by Regis Philbin 

with Bill Zehme 

9) Rush Limbaugh 

is a B*g Fat Idiot 

by Al Franken 

I 0) Enter Whining 

by Frsn Drescher 

CHOICES FROM THE 

CHILDREN'S DEPARTMEN 

FICTIONt 

I) This is Our Earth . 

by Laura Benson 

2) In .M. Own Back Yard 

by. Judi Kuriian 

3) Poor Monty by Anne Fine 

4) A hlk tn the V qld 

by Lorraine Vthrd 

) Star of Fear, Star of Hope 

byJo Hoesdandt 

NON-FI ION: 

1) Little Red Riding Hood: 

A New-Fangled Prairie Tale 

by Lisa Ernst 

2) Space Camp " Anne Baird 

3) Knights in Shining .Armor 

by Gall Gibbons 

4) i ollt Kids Can Make 

by Sheila McGrsw 

5) Yankee Doodle 

by GaW Chalk 

New England College in Springfield, 

Mass 

Kenefick. received his degree 

enm laude. I,Vhile at the 

college, he was a member of the 

varsity football team and the 

American Society of Mechantcal 

Engineers. In addition, he was 

inducted into the Sigma Beta 

Van Engineering Alumni Honor 

Sooetv. 

CRISPINO ON DEAN'S UST 

AT MILrfARY ACADEMY 

Eric Crispino, a sophomore 

at the U.S. Military Academy at 

West Point, N.Y., was named to 

the dean's list for the spring 

semester. 

After completing his duty at 

Camp Buckner in New York and 

Fort Benning in Georgia, 

Crisplno "i|! be n exchange 

cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy 

in Anapol Md. for the fall 

Crispino graduated in 1994 

front Southington H gh School. 

NINE RECEIVE DEGREES 

AT SAINT JOSEPH 

The following Southington 

siden earn.ed de ,es at Saint 

Joseph College in West Hartford 

-- Christine Richardson Cal- 

...... Lauren Meli¢ Th.eres= 

.O .r, ,,' :..ster of erts; Judith H. 

Blomenthal, Jill Elizabeth Hol- 

Icy, Aimee Alexis LeBrun, 

jacquelyn M. Kassey, bachelor of 

science; and Kandice M 

Lamidns and Claudia J. Ricciardone, 

bachelor ofarts. 

Riceiardone recetved her degree 

magna cure laude. 

RESIDENTS ON DEAN'S 

UST AT QUINNIPIAC 

Officials at Quinnipiac College 

in Hamden have announced 

the names of Southington residents 

on the dean's list for the 

spring semester -- Tommy 

Boucber, Erik Chupron, Heather 

D'Aunno, Kimberly Kizilski, 

Scott Messina, Kelly Sameslski, 

and Rebecca Sulhvan. 

School is now registering 3-and- 

4-year-old children for the fall. 

The program for 3 year olds 

runs Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 

to 11:30 a.m. The program for 4 

year olds runs Mondays, 

Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9 to 

11:30 a.m., as well as 12:15 to 

2:45 p.m. For more information, 

call Diane Morton at 621-4120 

or leave a message at 678-6958. 

RESIDENTS ON ..EAN'S 

UST AT FAIRFIELD 

Officials at Fairfield Universay 

have announced the names 

of Somhington residents on the 

dean's hat for the spring semester 

-- Melissa Albano, Kate IL Don- 

Ion, Scan D. Donovan, 

Lisamarie Grasso, and Dtana 

Ricoardone 

To be selected for the list, a 

student must attain a gradepoint 

average of 3.5 out of a possible 

4.0. 

STRONG PTO SEEKS 

CRAFTS, ARTISTS 

The William Strong School 

Parent-Teacher Organization is 

seeking crafts people and artisans 

to display their work at the 22nd 

annual holiday craft show on 

Nov. 2 at the school on Marion 

Avenue in Plantsville. 

Those interested in receiving 

an application may send a 

self-addressed, stamped envelope 

UONS CLUB AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS 

The local chapter of the Uons Club reconfly awarded scholarships to five of Southi_ngton High 

g," l' ,, 'ofi:ng s,, io. . In frent row, l, _h, Kc ino L Telke, Christina R Peny, Healer RR. 

hack row, from left, Joseph Z. Krajewski, chairman of the scholarship committee for the Uo s 

Sershen, and David J. Cyr. 

to: o,g.... Bennett, 

Wilbur St., Plants alle 06479. 

SUMMER THEATER 

PROGRAM FILLED 

The Youth Summer Theater, 

sponsored by the Parks and 

Recreanon Department, is filled. 

The program, which is for 

Southmgton student 

grades seven to I I, wdl present 

the musical "Bye Bye, Birdte on 

Aug. 8 at South ngton High 

School. 

STUDENTS PRODUCE 

COOKBOOK 

In response tn cnstomer requests, 

the Corner Care, the student-run 

restaurant at Southington 

Htgh School, has produced a 

cookbook featunng 100 specml- 

HrS. 

P.r ceeds from the.sale of 

the book wdl be used to fund 

Future Homemakers of America 

and Home Economic Related 

OcculYauon clubs acuvines. 

The books may be purchased 

at DePaolo's Fme China 

on Center Street or by calbng 

M ke at 621-7633. 

CLASS OF 1941 

PLANS REUNION 

The Lewis High School 

Class of 1941 s searching for 

several classmates for ns 551hyear 

reunion on Aug. 9 at Gene's 

Corner House Restaurant lu 

Plantsville. 

If anyone knows the addresses 

of the following, call Gert 

Hubeny Bafuma at 628-7852 

Willie Allen, Clayton Balch, Helen 

Buchas Moroz, Jane Muus 

Gates, George Messmer, and 

Norman Way. 

SCHOOLS REQUIRE 

HEALTH EXAMS 

Students entering kindergarten, 

seventh, and 11th grades 

at the start of school on Aug 28 

are required by state law to have 

a complete physical exammat,m 

Thts examination must tnclude a 

vtston test, hearing test. blood 

pressure, postural screening, 

hemoglobin or hematocrtt, tuberculin 

skin test and an.,, immuntzanons 

update to be Verified 

a doctor. In addition, all students 

entermg the seventh grade must 

show p-' M of*e.. :v/.ng.z se o.nd 

tmmunization agatnst measles. 

Proof of the phystcal examsnorton 

must be submitted on the 

health assessment record which 

may be obtained from the school 

nurse or faro,I) doctor Parents 

or guardians must fill out the 

first page and sign the bottom of 

the form. The faintly doctor tll 

complete and stgn the second 

page. The ph.vstcal examanatmn 

must have been done after Sept 

1 m order for tt to be sahd 

If the physical examtnatton 

records are not on file prmr to 

Aug. 28, students utll be sent 

home. For more mformatmn. 

contact the nurses m local 

schools. 

CENTER TO CONTINUE 

NUTRITION PROGRAM 

The Margaret C. Griffin 

Chdd Development Center of 

Southington s continuing to 

part|cipate n the federally-f nded 

child and adult care food program, 

according to a center 

spokesperson 

Under the program, the center 

prowdes meals and snacks at 

pants enrolled in the centert 

coted at Walter A. Derynosil 

ementary School, 240 Main St. 

The meals and snaei ore 

provided to all participants regardless 

of race, co!or, n . _' -- l 

ongan, se , rehgion, h'. " m. p 

age. the spokesl rson sald'. 

BINGO GAMES 

SLATED 

The St. Thomas Home and 

School Association sponsors bingo 

games 6.'45 p.m., Tuesday 

at the school, 133 Bristol St. 

Doors open at :45 p.m. There 

s a charge'to attend. 

1-800-279-3899 

" Auto * Boats 

•Motorcycles 

NancyLee Dishereits, President 

Formerly of Tacinelli Agency, Inc. 

FROFESSl01ML SERVi( & 

LEGAL NOTICE , 

OFFICE OF 

TAX COLLECTOR 

FIRST INSTALLMENT TAXES

e 14 -- livin l 

In the abov photo, Ihe counlry and western group Backwoods performs 

at a recent Music on Ihe Green series presen by Ihe Parks and 

Recreation Depadment. Cindy Gagliardi, ftont, second from left, hem 

o t a number. In Iho olher photo, Lynne. Flanders leads a line dancing 

lesson. By the end of he evening, some of the folks were proficient at 

Ihe Te -: Two-S p. 1he concur w s si msorcd by-&.e Kiw-onis Club. 

CONCERT TO B NEFIT 

e u n L om CJu 

which 11 s or e M ic on 

July 17, h a o e e nt 

roll Mnefit Sou in n d t 

Jona an Bt , 2, who agnosed 

as having a minor on his 

Membe of e Liom Club 

U on h d d g e n 

mte mn to fidt donafio 

r e dl , wbo m unde g 

o e . e m d 

y m 

& O.B.G. w - 

of e Par and R fioo Department's 

weekly summertime 

BURNS EXHIBITS WORK 

AT PUBUC UBRARY 

?u'nst Diane Burns wall exhibit 

her watercolors at Southington 

Public Library at 239 Mare St. 

durmgJuly and Augest. 

The event is part of the W/rut 

Around Town" series sponsored by 

the Southlngxon Arts Councd. A 

resident of Southbury, Burns 

works as a me&cal technologist at 

Antiques trail. 

(enndnued from page 11) 

on the owner and the marble itself 

Pohshtng is not expenmve 

and can sometimes turn a very 

plum fair quahty marble into a real 

beauty. 

The varmties of marbles are 

many, the transparent sw*rl, the 

lutz, peppermint sw*rl, Ind*an 

swirl, omon skins, clay ranches. 

pottery, china, agate and sulphides 

In the early 1920s and Iq3Os, 

character marbles became popular, 

featunng the pnnted mages 

of Orphan Annie, Skeeztx, Sands', 

Betty Boop and others H el e 

different characters m all which 

made up a set. S ze on these was 

five-e ghths which s tnportant to 

know mnce newer hke - marbles 

that are being produced today are 

apprommately se en-e ghths or 

larger. 

Some of the most beaunful 

and popular marbles are the sulphldes. 

They can be tdennfied by 

the white ammals you can see encased 

in clear glass Sulph*des can 

also have colored figures and mageS. 

The figures made the marble 

were made rn many des*gns - 

probably more than 50. mcluding 

animals of all varieties, children 

involved in a host of act*vlt es. 

our famous Santa Claus and even 

figures of holy origin. 

In the '20s and '30s, marbles 

were used as game pieces. Manufactured 

by the Girard Toy Company 

- one such game - the 

American Marble Game -- was 

quite popular, as was .Akro Soil- 

Waterbury Hospital. Since 1990, 

she has focused on watercolors. 

PAIUCS AI ., tiAYiOH 

OFpEAES TRIP TO 10 C 

The Parks and Recreation 

De ent l r amp m 

see e Chfis show at Radio 

Ci Mmie ll Nov. 16. e p 

dud e I0 a.m. show d 

afternoon to shop and see the 

There is a charge to attend, 

which ,ncludes motor coach b 

transportation, and reserved 

ndstand seanng. The bm ll 

I 6-45 a.m. m New Britain 

Transportation on Woodlawn 

Road m Berhn and leave New 

Y k 5 p. fiom g 

a epted on a first-come, firstat 

e P and Ra - 

afio Department or by calhng 

27 219. Chec ould de 

ble m e To of Sou ing- 

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 

OFFERING WORKSHOPS 

The Youth Employment Services 

at the $outhington Youth 

Services will sponsor classes and 

workshops for youths ages 12 to 

15 who have signed up for summer 

lobs 

•July 8 and 9, 9 a.m. to I 

tary Checkers. made by the Akro 

Agate Company Without a game 

board, most k ds knew how to 

shoot marbles and many made up 

games of thetr own. 

v'hen Popeye had his heyday 

- a set came out featurmg this 

pupular character. It contamed 15 

In-colored marbles wnh th*s saymg 

prated on the box "I Yam 

What I Yam, I Yam a Marble 

Shooter, ARF!" 

Pr*ces for marbles m*ght 

amaze you for they can range 

from a couple of cents at a tag 

sale to several thousand ($2,800 

for a I-3/4" Peppermmt Sw*rl 

*th m,ca). Clay marbles are 

more reasonabls priced from 50 

cents to m and around $45 

VVhfle some conuc marbles of 

the 20's and 30's coimnand $ 0 to 

$200 while a rare "Ibm M*x Com- 

*c marble will cost about $2,000 

Sulph*des begm at about $125 

and escalate up to $L500 If you 

love gla s, the tomcat' and quahty 

of these on. objects of art will 

amaze you, for they are trnlv outstandmg 

In order to get an educanon 

on what these different 

types of marbles look bke, I 

strongly recommend the guide. 

"Ant*qne and Collectable Marbtes." 

writ'ten bs Fveret Grist 

This boo includes clear, 

beautrful photographs on iust 

about each of *IS 93-pages and a 

guide to help w*th pr*cmg and 

,dent fic-at on. 

Quest*ons concerning annques 

or collecnbles can be directed 

to Ja.,,ne Turek, c/o The 

Observer, PO Box 648, 

Southtngtnn 06489 

p.m., baby-sirting certification 

course, to be held.at Bradley 

Memorial Hospital. Class size limited 

to 2 participants. There is a 

charge m attend. 

•July 15, 9 a.m., pet care tips. 

instructed by Krtsta Cugno, professional 

pet sitter. 

•July 23, 9 a.m., lawn mower 

safety class. 

Pet care and lawn mower 

classes will take place at the Dr 

George Gura Building, 92 Mare 

St. 

OPENINGS AVAILABLE 

FOR PLAYGROUND 

There are still openings in tl3e 

Parks and Recreation Department's 

summer playground program's 

session IV,, slated 9 a.m. to 2 

p.m. for one week, Aug. 12-16, at 

South End School, next m Recreation 

The program includes arts, 

crafi fnff anieS, w,4mming, and a 

field trip. Transportation ts not included 

and the program is open to 

any Southington child entering 

grades one through five. 

Interested parsons may register 

at the Parks and Recreation 

Deparunr.nt m Town Hall. Cost is 

$15 per child and payable at regastratioa. 

The be_ no s;. - - 

at the school. Spots are available 

on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Proof of residency and birth certificate 

are required at regismation. 

For informanon, call 276-6219. 

. JL. ..g_ 'S UNE DANCE 

CLASS CANCELED 

The chddren's line dancing 

class scheduled by the Parks and 

Recreation Department at 

Wilham Hatton School has been 

canceled because of insufficient 

enrollment 

PARKS AND RECREATION 

OI IL O SARATOGA 


Depa tment wall sponsor amp to 

the Saratoga Race Track m New 

York on Aug. 4. 

There ts a charge to attend, 

which mcludes motor coach bus 

transportation, and reserved 

grandstand seating..The, hgs w ll, 

leave 8 a.m. from New Bntam 

Transportauon on Woodlawn 

Road in Berlin and return after the 

last race. Reservanons are being 

accepted on a first-come, firstserve 

basis at the Parks and Recreanon 

Department or by calhng 

276-6219 Checks should be made 

payable m the Town of Southmg- 

JAYCEES TO HOST 

PLAY, 'ALADDIN' 

The Soudungton Jaycees will 

host a benefit performance of the 

play, Aladdm" at 7 p.m., on July 

25 at the SoutMngton High 

School Free Arts Center Auditorium. 

720 Pleasant St. 

Tickets will be avadable at the 

door for a small donatmn. The 

play, performed by the Traveling 

Children's Playhouse, wall last 

about an hour 

UBRARY OFFERS 

HF.NffH RESOURCES 

To prowde up-to-date tnformauon 

on medtcal eondmons, the 

Southmgton Pubhc Library has 

added the Health Index. 

The Health Index offers current 

reformation on diseases, 

drugs, me&cal treatments and advances, 

fimess, nut]anon and more. 

Consumer-oriented magazmes, 

newsletters, profesmonal iournals 

and health-related references from 

thousands of other magazmes and 

newspapers are mdexed. Some citanons 

offer full text of an amcle 

vath the touch of a keyboard. This 

data base ts accessed on the same 

computers used to locate books, 

magazmes, and other reference dam 

bases 

Searchmg the data base is free. 

Residents may access thts data base 

at the hbrary dunng normal hours, 

Monda.v-Thursda. , 1 a.m m 9 

p.m, and Friday, 9 15 a.m. to 5 

p.m. For remote access vath a personal 

computer, call up the ConnecC 

menu cho*ce ".\hgazane and 

Journal Indexes" at 589-5561. 

For more mformanon about 

the new data base and others, call 

the reference department at 628- 

0947 

CHORALE SEEKS 

NEW MEMBERS 

The Greater Southlngton 

Festisul Chorale has begun weekly 

rehearsals on Mondays at 7:30 

p.m., at the First Lutheran 

Church, 232 Bristol St., for its annual 

spring concert. 

The John Ratter "Requiem" 

and Heinrich Schutz's "Magnificant" 

will be performed, Openings 

are available for all voices. New 

members should arrive at 7:15 

p.m, There are no dues and no auditions. 

For more infortnation, call 

Helen Kenny at 621-2946 or 

Sharyn Pliska at 628-2215. 

SUMMER READING 

PROGRAM AT UBRARY 

"Explore New Worlds" is the 

theme for Southington Public Library's 

summer reading program, 

slated to begin soon. 

Children can now register for 

the program. Books may be read 

for all s hool summer reading programs 

as well. For every 10 books 

read and recorded, children will 

receive one free dessert from the 

Vendy RestaUrant on Queen 

Street as long as supplies last. Participants 

also will receive a ticket 

to Showcase Cinemas. All books 

mat be read and recorded by Aug. 

14. 

For students entering sixth, 

seventh and eighth grades, the 

program will rma July ! dwoagh 

Aug. 19. Middle schod readers 

may join the program. For every 

book read and recorded at the library, 

names will be entered for a 

gift certificate at Strawberries. For 

every five books read and recorded, 

participants will get a 6-inch 

sub from Subway. The top three 

readers will receive a gift certificate 

6ore Another Video. 

A special program for the 

readers at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 22 

will feature Judy Buch, a ventriloquist. 

Pamcipants in the program 

will receive a certificate. 

LOC HOST FAMIUES 

SOUGHT FOR STUDENTS 

Local host famihes are sought 

for French students through NordAmenca 

International. The students 

vail be staymg in Southing- 

mn from July 9-30. The goal is to 

president of the Step Saver Inc., or 

his son, Anthony J. Urillo, exeendye 

vice president, at 628-9645. 

FEE REQUIRED FOR 

€ONNPACE APPUCANTS " 

The stare will require all ConnPace 

applicants to pay a $25 yearly 

registration fee, according to oftlcials 

at Calen.dar House senior 

duzans center. 

Beginning Aug. 1, first-time 

applicants to the program will be 

required to pay the fee. Participants 

already in the program will 

be required to pay the fee when 

they renew their benefits. 

The $12 co-pay for each prescription 

purchased remains the 

same. Income guidelines are 

$13,800 a year for a single petson 

and $16,600 for a married couple. 

Apphcauon forms are available 

at Calendar Home-, 388 Pleasant 

St. 

VOTERS SEEKS 

NEW MEMBERS 

The Ideal chapter of the 

gee of Women Voters, a nonpar 

sun politica| organi don, is 

seeking new membe 

The group encourages pa dpacion 

of ciri ns in government 

and influences public policy 

through education and advocacy. 

The group is dedicated to 

helping its membets and other residents 

in becoming involved in 

shaping a better community. Local 

i ues include environmental enncerns, 

public education, affordable 

housing, crime, and economic development. 

The Obm r, Thursday, July 4, 1996 

Anyone 18 and over can I 

come a member. Each member 

participates as time permits, in 

election night reporting, voter regismation 

drives, fund-raising, citizen 

education, public forums, and 

For more information, all 

Darlene Schnittker at 276-9021 or 

Gall DelGiudiee at 747-5482. 

CIRINCIONE PART OF 

HONORS BAND 

Southington resident Karen 

Clrincione has been selected to 

perform with the Metropuliren 

District Honors Band during the 

A junior at the Greater Hartford 

Academy of the Performing 

Arts, Cirincione will phy the clarinet 

with the band made up of ore- 

from the MDC's eight-member 

municipalities. She was nominated 

fo fli hq ror by Gene Bozzf, the 

academy*s band director. 

- Under the direc on of Da d 

P. Burgess, the MDC honots band 

will kick off eight free outdoor 

concern starting 7 p.m., July i I at 

the W'mdsor Town Green. 

Other performances will be 

1l:30 a.m., July 

Parka East Ha ford; 7 p.m.,July 

16 at Elm Ridge Park in Rocky 

HBI(7 p.m., juiy i7 az'Cove Park 

in s, /ethemfield; 7 p.m., July lg, 

Bloomfield Town Green; 7 p.m., 

July 22 at the MDC Reservoir in 

West Hartford; noon, July 3 at 

the Main Street Market in Hartford; 

and 7 p.m., J :ly 2 at the 

Mill PondGaze 

Volunteers find home at facility 

By RICHARD JOI-INS'K)N 

for/'be Oburver 

The Connecticut Humane 

Society is "home to thousands of 

animaLs a year, at least temporarily 

until homes can be found for 

is impossible to spend enough 

animal. 

That's where the voitmt ers 

come in. 

The job is tim, but there are 

promote cross-cultural under- them. ,bhinteets also have a home some restrictions. F'ush the vohinstandmg 

thro gh, tela ational e. t-+, at the socie.ty; their .nfission. ' I 

ramzers. shelter animal to family pet. mgsmess hours oro,-a. ,n: .t ' P ,' I 

--For more reformation, call We are looking for more re- Monday through Friday. The 

Diane Morton, the program local 

organizer, at 621-4120. 

SAFE HOMES PROJECT 

DIRECTORY ANNOUNCED 

The Southtngton Safe Homes 

Prolect membership hst ts a directory 

of 500 local residents who 

have pledged not to allow unsupervised 

parUes m their homes, 

serve underage guest alcohol, and 

allow youngsters to consume 

hquor or use drugs in their homes 

and on their properties. 

To loin, call 276-6283. The 

hst is updated in December and 

June. Also, parents may call the 

hot line to see tf a family is on the 

sponsible men and women to help 

with on our mission. Our volunteers 

all have one thing in common: 

they love animals. 

If you do too, we can use you. 

V 'e have a variety of programs 

staffed n part by volunteers, rangmg 

from pet-facilitated therapy 

trips to local nursing and convalescent 

homes, to our pets to vets 

program, where volunteers dm,e 

elderly or handicapped pet owners 

and their pets to local veterinary 

appointments. Currently however, 

we have a greater need. 

We need volunteers in each of 

our shelters, located m Bethany, 

Newington, Stamford, Waterford, 

and Westport, to help socialize the 

number of hours and days per 

week ts totallyflexible, but it is difficult 

for many people to find 

enough time during the worlcda 

The other problem is that all 

volunteers must first re ive a rabies 

vaccination. We know that 

isn't the most pleasant experience 

m the world, but it is a precaution 

which we must take. It is for your 

The rabies epidemic seems m 

be slowly abating in Connecticut, 

and there has never been a case of 

a society staffer or volunteer gutting 

rabies, but it is not worth taking 

any chances, eather. 

If you are willing to work 

wishm these two parameters, we 

BULKY WASTE 

animals. 

The transition from shelter to 

would love to have you. You will 

surely find the work enjoyable and 

SCHEDULE SET 

The Bulky Waste Transfer 

Stauon on Old Turnp&e Road vail 

home can often be a difficult one; 

our socialization volunteers help 

ease that transition. They walk the 

rewarding; the only problem you 

may encounter is the desire to 

bring all the animals home with 

be open each Saturday throughout 

the summer from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 

dogs, play with the kittens, help 

feed the puppies, and handle the 

cats The attention they give is in- 

you. 

If you have any questions, 

please do not hesitate to contact 

valuable to the animal. The pet our Volunteer Coordinsmr, Susan 

learns what rat's hke to be around 

people, and that there ts no need 

Biella, at 666-3337, ext. 506. We 

all look forward to heating from 

to be afraid. 

you. 

Many of our animals are Richard Johnston is president 

brought to the society shortly after of the Couneencut Humane Soci- 

b rth, or are born in our shelters. ety. The society is a private, non- 

They have never lived m a home, profit organization with beadq ar- 

and have never been exposed to ters located at 701 Russell Road, 

people They need more atxention 

than we are able to give. With 

Newington 0611 I. It operates animal 

shelters in Newington, 

hundreds of animals in each shel- Bethany, Stamford, Waterfurd, 

ter at a tame, and a limited staff, it and Westport. 

RESIDENTS MAY RECYCLE 

OIL AT FIRESTONE 

The Conservation Commlsstun 

and Inland Wedands Agency 

has announced that Ftrestone Tire 

of Southmgton, at 288 Queen St., 

has joined J ffy Lube, at 86 Queen 

St., m the town's waste od reeychng 

program. 

Remdents may drop-off waste 

od In dear plastic or glass enntamers 

between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m , 

Monday through Saturday No 

chemical bottles vail be accepted. 

People must take their container 

back home with them. 

Materials may be delivered 

only dur*ng worktng hours at 

those businesses. Fige gallons per 

person per day ts the limit. No anufreeze 

or batteries vall be accepted 

ELKS CLUB SEEKS HELP 

IN COMPIUNG HISTORY 

The Elks Club s preparing a 

pecial celebration later this year 

to mark its half century role in 

Southington. In preparation for 

the event, the Elks are seeking indwmduals 

who were involved with 

the organization since its founding 

in 1945. 

Individuals with any general 

or historical information are asked 

m call the Elks publicity committee 

Chairman Anthony L. Utillo, 

About the town... 

(continued from page 11) 

her, asking her to be more specific, 

became there are several books on 

Southlngton and countess newspaper 

amcles. I sent her a general 

history brochure and a set of postcards 

I did for the Southingron 

H storical S a:iety. 

Another person wanted m 

borrow my historical photos for a 

brochure he was doing. I don't 

loan out my collection, because 

over the years I have lost too many 

valuable photos and postcards. 

Once I loaned a businessman my 

negatives and photos I took to 

create the color pestcards of First 

Congregational Church for the 

Central Connect/cot Tourism Dis- 

trict. He promised he'd take good 

care of them. Later, I learned he 

lost or misplaced them. 

However, I am agreeaMe to 

make a copy of an old photo and 

charge the person for the new 

print. Then, if that photograph is 

lost or damaged, it's no big deal. 

In resolution, looking back 

over the first half of 1996. I think 

I've done pretty well, batting 

about .500 in obtainable goals. 

Sure, I still have more work to do/ 

but that's the reason.forJuly I, Introspection 

Day. Actually( for the 

halfway point of the year, tt s ms 

app.ropriate for ha!f the. li to remare 

u.ndone. Bemdes, tt gwes me 

semethmg to shoot for each New 

Year's.

Couvention banquet honors Fontaua 

SHS Coach receives coveted award 

By SI'W_.RR[ KULAS 

More titan 900 coaches from around 

the countr attended the 31st annual National 

High School Athletic Coaches Assoeiar;on 

awards banquet on June 28 at 

the Aqua Tusf Chib. 

John Fontana, past President of 

NHSACA, Connecticut High School 

Coaches #- -soeiation and Southmgton 

High School's head baseball coach and 

guidance counselor, received the highest 

hooorkno n.asahe Dwight Keith wa . 

The award recogtozes an m&v dual who 

has made an outstanding conu'ihntion m 

coaching and to high school sports. 

The Dwight Keith Award was created 

expressly to honor people in non-coaching 

roles. They may be an active coach, 

but the work for which they are being 

honolz 1 must be of a non-coaching 

rare. People given this award must have 

demonstrated high distinction in service 

letics and the coaching profession. 

Joe Newton, president of the 

NHSACA who presented the award to 

Fontana, said "John's the main man in 

Cormecticut." "He roceived a legacy from 

Fontana has been execunve director 

of the Connecticut High School Coaches 

Associanon for the past eight yeaxs and 

was the chairman of the National Baseball 

Assooatmn from 198 -|988. As SHSb 

baseball coach, Fontana's record to date 

542-133. • 

Notable honors that Fontana has received 

in the pa i include the UTqiCO 

Club "Gold Medal of Honor," 1995; 

American Baseball Coaches Association 

Co eh of rl e Ye ; yCoh etiVuT 

Sports Writers Alhance Gold Key Recipient 

,1989; Connecticut High School 

Coaches Hall of Fame, 1988; and the National 

High Schoo Coaches Association 

Coach of the Year, 1983. 

"I feel honored to receive the award," 

Fontana said. "But more important to me 

is making sure that the convention rum 

smoothly and eve.%yr_hing g es as 

uled." 

the convention and the banquet, said, 

wasn't sure how many would attend 

cause of the weather this year. Many 

schools wer t to a later closing date. But 

we went fi'om having about 350 registered 

a£ :c -m ago alrn t-a 1, 0 

"He necer &- pped the baton. Heb a man pie. 

of acS n and is lmown forgetting thifigT .....The c6nvehfi fi was a weeHbfig event 

AMY MURAWSKI BRENDAH MCKEON 

that kicked off June 22, at the Radlsson 

Hotel in Cromwell. A week of lectures 

and seminars enhanced the week with 

such notable guest speakers as Lou Hohz, 

head football coach from Notre Dame 

Umversity, and Gov, John G. Rowland. 

Fontana's uncle, Joseph J. Fontana, 

who is now deceased, previously had been 

the exeeuuve director of the Connecucet 

High School School Coaches Kssocmuon. 

Joseph J. Fontana was inducted into the 

NHSACA Hall of F me as its fi,' t m- 

three sport coach and athleuc director. 

Joe Fontana was awarded this honor 

for his contribution and 30 years coaching 

football, baseball, and basketball with a 

record of 631-145. 

"He had an outstanding w|n-toss 

record, but Joe was more than that," said 

Larry McHugh. chairman of the Conec. 

cut No_float1 I-l_ l! of Fame. He 

cared, he taught, he disciplined, he gnid- 

, m dveted, ..d -e i.P. !!ed spir/t 

and desire tn each of us as we moved 

through the days of our lives. He was an 

example to each of us what a coach should 

be. 

I'm glad they're inducting my uncle 

Joe," Fomm u& "When McH oh told 

me, I was happy because he was a great 

Boudreau: 'My studies are 

the priority, then baseball' 

By SH RR.I KULAS just on baseball "That's all I really wantrtaff 

writer ed to play." he sa,d "I played basketball 

For Ryan Boudreau, college and lust to keep m shape for baseball, but ms 

studies are the priorities on the agenda grades were hurting so I ga e tt up " 

'fotvfllL He will be attending Mitchell After hurting his arm In the 10th 

mta cho P- "g d6 Boudreiid' ov d tO eente field 

ship and plans to play baseball, to play junior varsity at Southington 

"School work will be the priority High School• I really wanted to pitch 

w th me, first and foremost, then base- but I couldn't get my arm back into 

ball." Boudreau said. My field of study shape." Boudreau said. 

will be along the lines of the criminal The 18-year-old Boudreau made 

justice program. Maybe in corrections or varsity in the I Ith grade as center fielder 

Murawski, McKeon and continued playing that position m 

As a versatile baseball player, his senior year He also as co-captain 

Boudreau will be playing outfield or for the 1996 season H s batting average 

wants to try out for first base. l ean play was .340, 18 hits, 19 runs. t home run, 

PAGE 15 

9 S College is a Division IIl school and In junior high school. Boudreau ]as D---- 

Boudrean hopes to transfer to a Division a member of the student council In 

I school after his two years at Mitchell. high school, I needed to concentrate on 

Heisman Awards Boudrean has been playing hasebal, my studiesandbasebaH."hesaid "I math shllstoconstder,amator,ncolsince 

he was 8 for the town little leagues thought it best not to molve myself in lege " 

He then went on to play at Kennedy anythmgother than baseball " & friend and neighbor of 

Middle School where he played center .Mthough Boudreau didn't actively Boudreau's s a detecnve and that is what 

Amy Murawski and Brendan McK- City, recognizes academic achievement, field and pitched, loin any dubs in high school, he is noted has respired him into the criminal justice 

con, seniors at Southington High School, community service, and athletic aceom- Basketball was not a stranger to as being the high school eatherman program, he said It drew my attention 

have been nounnatcd for the third annual plishments of high school senior men and Boudreau as he played for Kennedy and lt's a hobby of mmef he said I follo and we frequenth have discussions about 

Wendy's High School Heisman Award, women, the traveling basketball program for the the weather. I track all the storms and what he does. Boudreau said. I plan on 

announced Jerome Auclair, principal of "These remarkable scholar-citizen- town leagues. But his love for baseball some of the area notable weathermen working hard because I defimtely plan 

Southington High School. athletes are true role models for Ameri- won over and he decided to concentrate are friends of mine I don't have the on transfemng to a Division I school." 

The national awards program, creat-ca'syouth,"Auclairsatd."Weareproud Lady Eagle fll h mldefeated 

ed by Wandy's, the National Association to recognize Amy and Brendan and are season 

of Secondary School Principals, and the honored to have them serve as amhas- 

Downtown Athletic Club in New York sadors for Southington High School." The Kennedy Meddle School softball Smedle added "I am 

Testa named to t|mm conchided with a perfect season over verv proudofallthese 

Lincoln Middle School of Meriden, on fine oung ladies and 

May29, witha 19-1 record, w sh our e ghth-grade 

medical team for outscored A cordingtoSmedley, their compention, h s176-4.1, lady Eagles over graduates at the high much schoa l ,uccess " 

their 12-0 season. Eighth-grade p tcher The I.ad) Eagtes 

summer 

Nicole deFau hurled 108 strika outs, averagmgg"K's"pergumeandfinishedthe 

season with an E.R.A. of.4. 

The Lady Eagles rewarded deFau's 

were represented b. 

dra Baron,. Darc. 

Blaszcz k. Meghan 

Blaszcz)k, kndrea Cart, 

Local massage them#st Rmhard Tesefforts 

by scoring an average 14.7 runs per 

game vs. the opponents 3.4," Smedley 

Ashle) Cola ant,, Nicole 

deFau, .Noer ll DeFeo. 

ta has been named to the Medical Services 

Team for the 1996 Summer 

Olympics in Atlanta. Go., according to 

said. The infield ofJesstca Wilson. Ashley 

" 

Colasanto, Lisa Mazzone, and Susan Rac- 

Sarah Dupre I mdsev 

Fish. Dma Gtanntnt, The Kennedy tody Eogles, fi'om tefi, [font row, Meghon 

Virginia Anthony, president qf the Amer- cio, supported by the outfield of Jesslca 

Salwatore, Sarah Dupre, and Andrea Can" 

Stephame Helchel. IJsa- 

Marie .\lat .ne, J ll 

8loszczyk ond Andrea Corr, m ddle row, Jennihr 

Melliso Robhng, Audro 8oronL Sg,phome HeicheL Lmdsey 

ican Massage Therapy Association. 

Testa, an ANITA member and certifled 

professional massage therapist for 

seven years, ,was one of about 130 mashelped 

shut down any threat the opponen 

hit at our kids." " 

The goals the girls set for themseh'es 

Oparoush. ;usan R ccto. F sh, D,no G onmm, Nooryll DeFeo, ond hhco e deFou; 

Melhsa Robhng, Jess[ca hock row, Jesstco Solvotore, 5oroh Dupre, Jess co Wilson, 

Salvatore. Jesstca Wilson. Ash[e/Colosan o, tooth Bob Smedley, Suson cao, htosage 

therapists named. He was selected this ear were to play as a team. encourage and managers Jennifer Mor Mozzone, Jdl Oporoush, and D rcy 81oszczyk. Missfrom 

a field of 1,500 applicants who will one another, and mo t impor ant m reahze DiBlaso, -km (,harlton. tn [rom the p cture ore monogers Amy Chorhon ond 

provide sports massage therapy to athleres 

for the first time as an official 

Olympic medical service. He has been as- 

that the game is lust that .. a game." and Heather Mbnght 

Olore Sld non 

Heather Albn9ht 

at Fenway Park 

signed to the tennis venue. 

We com -asulate Rachard on being The ConneCticut Senior H gh qchool nc pqnt r, h, a home nm , ver the Fen- play r, d, trwt I through IV state 

chosen to par cipate in what we consider All-Stars defeated Massachusetts. 2-1, at way Park's green monster." Jim De- games held at Fontana F eld in Southingto 

a momentous occasion for massage Fanway Park in Bnsmn onJune 17. scha ne of Bristol Eastern singled home ton. 

therapy and sports massage," Anthony Kevin Olore pitched a hitless fifth Bob Acabbon o Notre Dame of West SevenW-two ingh school seniors ware 

said. 'Indced, massage therapy has come and sixth inmngs wlule striking out three Haven. x ho had earlier tripled, to score selected m these prestige,ms games. Olose 

o£age, gaining increasing recog .i.tion .as a Rob Skinoon started at second base and Connecucut's secured run pitched fi,ur scoreless innings and Skinhea.lth 

care practi,ce o.n par w m other played the first five innings, making three Olore and %annoo, ho played this non belted a double and had a RBI single 

mamsu'eam health senates. As for sports spectacular defensive plays that saved two past season at q,,uthlng on High School as well as making several fine plays in the 

massage, a massag,e therapy technique, we 

age pleased o se" |t earo tts place as .a val" " 

runs. 

Skinnon finished as game MVP runand 

are currentls pla. mg for the 

Southmgton &merlcan Legion Post 72 

field to warrant thelr selecnons. 

Ol i'e will be attending Marist Col-I 

ued component offimess and tr minl R| h' rd l'ogKI net up to Cheshire's Aaron Meyer who team. ere among I pla. ers chosen lege in New York and ;kinnon, the Uniprograms 

for world-data athletes," .h, , became the first high school ,Ml-Star par- throughout the state based upon their versity of New Hampshire in the fall. ,

16 -- sports The Observer, Thursday, July 4, 1996 IT 

janis captures U lC )tour ament- 

Randy Jams captured the 

UNICO Club's 28di annual John 

L. Jtggs" DICaprlo memorial 

golf tournament for the fifth 

straight time at the Southington 

Country Club on June 26. 

On a windy and sunny day, a 

total of 91 golfers participated m 

the shotgun event m raise funds 

fur local charitable programs. The 

9 a.m. shotgun start allowed players 

to sample the UNICO food 

booth for lunch as well as hawng 

an earher dinner at the Aqua Turf 

Club. 

Prizes were awarded to the 

mp lO golfers in each of the low 

gross and calloway categories. 

Awards went to the winner closest 

to the pin on all par three's and 

two prizes for thetongeardnve. 

" Are have a good following," 

72 followed by Steve Phelps-78, 

John Salerno-79, Joe Mauco-79, 

Mark Ierardl-80, Jim Barley-81, 

Dennis Kane-81 Brian Bowerman-81, 

Die Carbone-82, and 

Frank Izzo. 

Winners of th6 low net were 

Charley Cianciolo-66, David AlfanG-67, 

Pat McFadden-68, Art 

DellaVeccfua-68, Howard Yalen- 

68, Steve Daddon'a-68, Mark 

Cianciolo-69, Bill Perry-69, Joe 

LaPorte-70, and John DiNello- 

71. 

The top 10 m the calloway 

division were- Mane Portera-71, 

Michael Daddona-72, Jeff 

Gagnon-73, Bill Malls-73, Dave 

Dtneno-74, AI Cervero-74, Dave 

Gtneo-74, Dan LaPorte-75, Jeff 

Jalowiecki-75, and Robert Yalen- For the fifth straight year, Randy 

"" " 

/ . -- Jan s ;,, 

Pnze vere n en to five par 

ncipants for closest to the pin: 

said tournament Chairman hole #3, Frank lzzo, 72 inches; PamJuliono, te t, eyes her ne t shot whiln Cindy Hazen pmpares to putt Julianowonthnlodieslongestdnve. 

Domenic Lombardo. "A lot of hole #7, Steve Phelps, 13-feet-4; feet-4. 

our following is business support- hole #12,Joe Sabadosa, 19 inches; Gary Asel won the men's 

ersandwe are very appr iative." hole #15, Jim Bail.e..y, 9-feet-ll, longest drive whdc PamJuhano 

Janis won the low grow with a hole #17, Charley Cianciolo, 18- won the ladies longest ,dr ve 

bynmastlcs Olympiad _. .,__ 

comes to Southington 

Trumpets sou,nded and the LL L 4 

Olympic music Glared as the .$ 7young 

athletes marched bearing Brittany Joht son - balance 

American flags and Olympia beam, 8.4, 5th place. 

torches. AGE 9 

The stands were filled w th Elyse Rchy - all-around, 30 4. 

parcnt friends, and lanves. The Kathryn Keller - all-around, 

Olympic flame was lit signifying 28.35. 

the begmning of the games. AGES 10-1 1 

Athletes ranging from 3-14 Gaht Kaunttz - all-around. 

partaclpated in the Gymnastics 32.2. 

Olympiad at the Southtngton Y'M- Sarah Rosmski - all-around. 

CA Gymnasncs Center 30.2 

"There were no losers," said AGES 12 PLUS 

gymnastics Director Liz Cornish. 

"The kids participated in noncompetitive, 

fun event ." 

Three-to-5-year-olds participatecLm 

modified etmn as. 

Io balance beam and small bars. 

All children parnctpated in all the 

Olympic events which include 

vault, bars, beam, and floor as well 

as trampoline. As an added attracnon. 

the young 8ymnasts even had 

choreographed routines on every 

All of the children received 

awards for their parnc pauon "Every 

child was a winner," Cornish 

said. "That the idea. Hem at our 

.gym we stove to help the chddren 

feel better about themselves. We 

tD to brig out the champion in 

every child we work wnh " 

:The Gymnastics Olympiad 

was as authentic as possible The 

torches and flame were made out 

of crepe paper, but the spirit in the 

gym was real The purpose was to 

make the children more aware of 

the Olympics and create a chance 

to show off their slalls and to feel 

like a champion. 

%&s a child achieves slalis, he 

or she will gain self-confidence 

that extends far beyond the Gymnastics 

Olympiad or gymnastics 

class," Cornish said. "The benefits 

of gymnastics as a sport include 

flexibility, su'ength, and coordmauon. 

All around fitness is something 

many of today's children lack 

and through gymnastics, we can 

teach young children a fun way to 

keep fit." 

REGIONAL 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The Southington Y\I(' 

gymnastics team hosted the 1006 

regmnal championships May 

at the University. of Hartford 

More than 800 gymnasts competed 

m the three-da e ent 

Teams from Connecnoat, Maine, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

New Hampshire, and Rhode Island 

competed 

Andrea Nelson - bars, 7 65. 

lOth place; all-around, 29 25 

LEVEL 5 

GES 9-11 

Jillian McEnery 

30.8. 

Lara Dahdowttz - bars, 8.6, 

8th place, beam. 8 7, 7th place; 

floor, 8.5, 8th place; all-around, 

3405. 

Michelle Duchemm - allaround, 

30.55. 

Stephame Wade - all-around. 

28.35. 

AGES 12 PLUS 

Catherine Shaw - all-round, 

30 77q 

M chelle Plourde - bars, 7.9, 

8th place, all-around. 30 95 

L 3/ L 6 

Team placed 4th in the event. 

AGES 8-11 

KelN Berkmoes - all-around, 

28 75. 

Jenna Jankogsla - all-around. 

02 

Allison Godbout - vault. 8.4, 

10th, bars, 7 gS, 10th place, beam 

8.15, 10th place, floor, 90, 4th 

place, all-around, I, 10th 

Myson Pierce - bars, 7 6. Oth 

place; beain. 8 35, 7th place, floor, 

9 O. 4th place; all-around, ; L 8th 

place 

Koran Cydylo - vault. 8 g, 8th 

place, bars, 8.0, 7th place, floor, 

895, *,th place, all-arouml. q, 

7th place 

LEVEL 6 * AGES 12-14 

Mison Keller - all-around, 

0 

Frm Carabetta, all-around. 

tl 15 

Krtstm Paradts - ault. ;q 6, 

9th. bars, 70g, 6th place, allaround. 

1 4*, 

Ksla (hannelh - ault. 8 7. 

"th. bars. 8 0. qth, all-arour d, 

2 65. oth place 

Rebekah I.e m - ault. 8 6, 

0th place, floor, 8 8, 4th place, allaround. 

2 I 

0ilmen win again; F&F drops pair 

Southington Oil's bocce team 

keeps on winning whde the rest ot 

the teams in the bouthmgton 

Bocce League eonunue to beat up 

on one another. In Tuesday's 

games, the Oilmen won another 

three games as they defeated the 

Redmen runnmg their record to 

24=3. 

Second place F&F stumbled, 

losing two out of three to the 

ATM Stallions, Third l lace Belle 

(.ampcr t, , a pair from the 

of Ital but \lulherrs 

moved into a tie for t lrd with 

Belle by whipping Fran's "I%: 

Southing on Oil 24-3 

F&F 18-9 

Belle Camper 15-12 

Mulberry I 5-12 

ATM 12-15 

Fran's TV I I - 16 

Redmen 8-19 

Sons of Italy 5-22 

Isabella Palumbo demonstrates 

vou[hn ] ,n the recent C vmnoshc 

C ympmd at the Soulhmgton YM- 

Chr,shne Hedden carr,ed the 

Olympic torch to kick off the 

LEVEL 7 

AGES 8-1 1 

%hasna Nadeau - anlt. 8 8, 

Ist place, all-aroumL 2 q 

Be k ( lark - all ar.und, 

11 

AGES 12-14 

Karm Nil ,,n mh I. allaround, 

2- og 

h nm)n Pmer(e - floor. N I. 

rdpl. cc. all-] )und 2' - 

AGES 15 P S 

o o. I plate 

LEVEL 8 

' am tr.ph h,r ;rd plate 

AGES 8-1 1 

.l-d, I eBe.lu - a,h s o . r,I 

pla(c, hars. X I 2n,I pl (c, he.nn. 

AGES 12-14 

}'rico B rnc - h)-, 1. 4th 

place, all-around, gO 

Kelh l.eBeau - bars, 8 . 2qd 

plate, beam, N 6, 7th place, allaround, 

2 . "th plait 

AGES 5 PLUS 

n,la ( ha x" - th.,r X 4-L 

pl:l( t' ,ll ,irl)llUd, ](} 

.).t ( h.lllun - I).lr , 7 6. 4th 

i)l)(t d,,)r. N . Nth i)lacc, all- 

[] 

On June 10, the Kennedy standing this )'ear, as coach Bob hanski was recognized by his cursports 

awards party for all 126 "Red l) g" Smedley gelded the rant playersand the coachin staff 

athletes who paetatt atxd In ot' " *j ung ladies to ¢i tlln ls"ea.sBnuLqtor his 27 s ..cc ,fu}. 

.or more of the seve g t man a .'ttt soccer and baskethallfh3ddtfi 4_ he 

this year was held m the school's ished with an undefeated 12'-0 Kohansk is,st pping down as 

cafeteria softball team baseball coach but will remain the 

All sixth-or-seventh-grade 

participants were awarded curtailcotes 

and eighth-grade students 

were given the traditional four 

inch full block chenille letter 'K" 

The garls program was out- 

Scholar athletes announced 

this year were Chris Jesudowlch 

and Ntcole deFau ho combined 

acadetmc excellence with leadership 

and athletic slalls 

Baseball coach Kenneth Ko- 

boy's soccer coach. 

A special thank you went out 

to Mrs. Darmafol who has directed 

die successful Kennedy cheerleading 

program but is leaving 

this position. 

Blasc qualifies for tournament : 

Erek Blaschke, who lll be a 

senior at Southington High 

School m the fall of'06, has qualthud 

for the Jumor Natronal 

Freestyle and Grace-Roman 

tournaments to be held at the 

North Dakota Svate Umverslty in 

Fargo, N.D., July 5-13 

Blaschke, who wrestles m the 

171 pound weight bracket, qualified 

on the basis of performances 

tn a ser es of meets through 

April He will represent the state 

as a member of USA Wresthng- 

Connecncut 

This marks the 22nd Junior 

National team Connecticut ts 

sending to the National Championships 

and the second time m 

three years Blaschke has quabfled 

"I"he tournament is the stogie 

largest wresthng tournament 

in the world 

USA "O,'resthn g-( on nect cu t 

has held a number of tournaments 

throughont the state 

These tournaments began at the 

conclusion of the regular h,gh 

sch.ol season and our final tournament 

was held at Fast Cathohc 

}hgh School, kprd 20 

I he purp.se of these tourna- 

Erek Blaschke gets the upper-hand over his opponent in a season match 

over Amily H,gh School 

high scho()l age athletes to parttctpate 

at thc Junror National 

Freest)le and (;reco-Rmnan 

Tournaments helng held at 

North Dak.ta State Unlscrsl 

In the )ears past, there has 

been .see 2,800 participants 

front all over the United States. 

including tlawall and Alaska. 

Most of our Olympic ,Vrestlers 

are former participants in this 

progrant. 

Donations for the team will 

be accepted. For further information, 

contact state chairman of 

the USA team at 

The Reds take over the North LL lead 

By CHUCK LAROSE 

fo, I I,r Ol,.'t-, er 

cstrl, Mike Kcllchcr, 

Sohts, I)an Settler" Justul "l dly. Giants 2; Reds I0. Braves 0. 

R.J S1 .1 . Mike Ih)r.l nski. 

and .karou I.ati,m.L 

0-10 %car ()hl 

< oles H, I billies 4: &ngels ,. 

Chiero. J'eff Welt,m. l-e 

Mongillo, Paul Sasso, Kvle .. . ' 

Andersnn. Jonathan XVar er, 

Jordan Ca arclla, kennv 

Paign, "l vl.r Johnson, . larc / 

rduram , latt (;ottowala. l t 

Jon carto, tU%'U Zawilinskl. ( / 

nl Kvlc Sauslng. 

SCORE5 6/11 - 16 

Wlntc q.x II. lh)dgcrs 7, 

ite qo 2 

SCORES 614 - 9 

Phillies 10. Vhit¢ 

I|rates 2, Oriolt s I: Angels 

4, Roils 2; Dodger 

H. (;iants 

Braves 6: I)hillie .6. 

Red 4. D,dgers ; and 

While Sos I 

3

l ieOl server, Thursd Ju 4,1996 sports-- 17 

JUNE 7 

SS EXPRESS 21, 

IUVERStDE AUTO 6 

Dan Sayball hit for the cycle 

and was four-for-four with 3 

RBI. Mike Suprynoyicz had 4 

hits, RBI, nd ) doubles, and 

Tony Caunatelli was -for-3 with 

2 runs scored. 

COLONIAL SPIRITS 14, 

SAM THE CLAM 2 

Brian Bernard pounded out 4 

hits and Chris Brnmn had 2 hits 

including a homer, Lou Gianacopnlos 

earned the win. 

COMPUTER 18, 

BANK OF SOUTHINGTON 9 

Outstanding play by Steven 

Hills and B,,;, x ..,..._ x ;L. 

Dagata was the winning pitcher. 

R OOgg|NO'$ DEn 15, 

GAI 'SPUBO--- -- 

No information available. 

ACTION TOOL 12, 

TERESA'S RESTAURANT 11 

Winning pitcher had 4 hits 

including the game-winning hit 

while Dave Nichols rapped out 3 

hits including a homer. Bryan 

SPORTS 

I NNIS TOURNEY 

SPON$GREb 


Department's townwide tennis 

tournament will be held July 7 to 

Aug. 2. M.a,, ,e ;dll rake place at 

the Recreation Park, Memorial 

Park, and Souchington High 

School. The tournament, which is 

for adulm, is open to Southmgton 

residents only. 

Men's and women's singles 

will take place from July 7-12, 

men's and women's doubles and 

mixed doubles from July 14-19. 

In the overdO divtsion, men's 

and women's singles will be held 

from July 2 i-26 and doubles will 

take place Jnly 28 to Aug. 2. Registration 

deadline is July 12 at 

noon.. 

A fee is required' erp!ayer 

upon registration. Checks are 

made payable to Town of 

Southrugton. The Parks and 

Recreation- Department reserves 

the right to cancel any event that 

does not have entrants. For more 

information, contact the department 

at 276-6219. 

SCHEDULED 

In conjunction with the Parks 

and Recreation Department, the 

Southington Diamonds will conduct 

its 1996 softball camp at 

Panthoru Park &om July 8-12. 

The camp is open to any girl 

between the ages of 10-14 and 

will be held daily from 9:30 a.m.- 

2:30 p.m. Instruction wdl stress 

basic fundamentals and progress 

to more advanced skills as the 

week goes on. 

Pitchers will get individual 

work each day and also be involved 

in other camp activ/ties. 

Registration forms may be obtai 

e at Panthoru Park or the 

Parks Department. For more information 

or forms, call Jim 

Lindsay at 621-3029 or John Betdiet 

at 62 I-7 47. 

THE ROCKCATS COME 

TO SOUTHINGTON 

Southington Savings Bank 

will be visited by the Hardware 

City Rock'cats players and mascot 

through the month ofJuly. 

The baseball players from the 

Ntw Br/tain-based Rockcats will 

be at Willow Brook Park on July 

23 in conjunction with the bank's 

evening with them. 

The players and mascot 

be visiting each branch from I I 

a.m.-I p.m. signing autographs 

and handing out baseballs to the 

first 200 fans at each location. 

They will be visiting the main ofrice, 

at 121 Main Street, on July 

the South End Office, at 921 

=Southington will host games 

starting in 1997% Ro Millerte 

was Incorrectly named as the 

Chamber of Commerce volunteer 

project coordinator. Mil-_ 

lette ¢olunteers her time for 

the Connecticut Senior, 

Ollanpics as'Ouu'each Cunrdinator 

and not for the Chambtr. 

The.ObserveT.regrets the error. 

Mecearillo, Tom Porter, and Spider 

Valley combined for 6 hits. 

FIDDLER'S GREEN 

DEFEATED MANGIA BENE 

No score given. Stun 

Prushinski picked up the victor3: 

MILO & DENORFIA 

CONSTRUCTION 1 1, 

PRALINE'S OF 

SOUTHINGTON 5 

John Rogalski and Bill 

Knowgel collected 3 hits m support 

of wining pitcher Tom Horanzy. 

JUNE 9 

JJ RAn 14, 

VOLPE'S MOBIL 7 

w;,,i,,, p:tcher Dave 

Capoblanco got support from 

Mike Capobtanco who pounded 

out 4 hits including a home run. 

Pd RS!D[ A n'O O 

Mike Capobianco and winnmg 

hurler Dave Capobianco 

clubbed 2 home ns ch to ,d 

u who aim t m 

from Jeff Rau and Don M hy 

3 h ch. 

Meriden Waterbury Turnpike, on 

July 16; and Queen Street, 900 

Queen Street, on July 17. 

Soccer Ext me no i 

summer m July 1-$, 8:$0 

a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Master's 

h k S b Ju 12, 8:30 

a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Choate R e- 

ry, Wallingfocd; Jnly 15-19,July 

22-26 and July 29-Aug. 2, Premler, 

Residential Day at Miss 

Porter's, Farmington; Aug. 5-9, 

Aug. 12-16 at St. Margaret Mc- 

Teman, Waterbury. 

] or more informanon, please 

call 759-1131. 

TRIP, TO NEWPORT 


Department is sponsoring a trip 

to Newport on July I to the 

Rosecliff Mansion and Flower 

Show. The Rosecliff ballroom will 

display a txilogy of scenes recreated 

from famous parties of the 

The trip will also include 

rime to do-your-own-thing shopping 

in the Brick Market Square 

The bm will depart from the 

New Britain Transportation Co 

m Berlin at 7:30 a.m. and will 

leave Newport at 5 p.m. Reservations 

will be accepted by 

telephone or lettlr accompanied 

by a check on a first-come, firstserve 

basis. Checks should be 

made to Town of Southiugton. 

For further information or 

reservations, contact the Park and 

Recreation Department at 276- 

6219. 

TANGUAY POOL 15, 

FIDDLER'S GREEN 14 

Kevm McGlone rapped out 

4 hits ,neluding the game-winnmg 

home run to back the pitch- 

Ing of Jim Gleason m the eightinmug 

game. 


TIME ON THE TOWN 16 

The hea .." hitters were Matt 

Stanton with 4 hits mchidmg the 

game-winnmg home run, Tony 

Cannatelli with 4 hits and Mike 

Casey with 2 hits mcluding a 

homer. 

SYSTEM AIRE SUPPLY 15, 

TOM D'S CAVEMEN 9 

Tom Sncca led the offense 

with 4 hits and RBI while Mike 

Laloika added 3 hits and I RBI. 

AM COMPUTER 10, 

HOLM CORRUGATED 7 

Steve Hills and B,au Molusis 

contributed 3 hits apiece to 

back up the pitching of.Mike Dag'ata. 

MT SOUTHINGTON 

CAFE 21, 

EMPIRE CONSTRUCTION 7 

Kevln Miller sparked the 

winners with 4 hits including a 

home run Adding to the offensive 

effort were Mort Shot and 

Dave Murphy who each homered. 

JUNE 10 

Games rained out. 

JUNE 11 

THE OBSERVER 22, 

JeffSymoln got the win. GABY'S CAFE 2 

ffieavy hitters were Lee Dib- 

Ai=4g-Or. .... be[ -ff,ith Vhks Tony Urt']lo with 

SOUTHINGTON 23, 

BODO_rtr AUTO 3 

Rich Renehan cranked out 2 

home runs and Steve Renehan 

and Matt Gutowsld 2 home run 

each. Barry Weichsel rapped out 

4 hits and Dave Scarfo 3 hits. 

3 h ts including a homer and Run 

Wygonowsk with 3 h ts. Dick 

Tully was the v nning pitcher. 

THE OBSERVER 12, 

ALL FIVE TOOL 0 

Tony Urillo homered and 

back unnmg hurler Dick Tully. gala was the winning pitcher 

_n£n THREADED 

COMPONENTS 20, 

TOTAL AUTO CENTER 19 

John Lobb knocked in the 

mnmg run m r e Bdx mm.txg to 

beat Total Auto .Mare Ingnselh 

and Bruce Paskiewlcz collected 3 

hits each. 


VOLPE'S MOBIL 8 

XVmmng pitcher Bob Casey 

aided his cause ath 3 hits and 2 

RBI along with James McCabe 

and Dan Sayball added 2 hits. 

CO 2/GW CAFE 19, 

H&R CLEANING 17 

Rob Duucette clubbed a 

homer , hde Chrl Buche!e 

added to the offense with 4 hits 

and Tony Delgado tth t I tts. 

Ron Buchde e-a ¢dthevtctor 

TOOTH FACTORY 5, 

COLONIAL SPIRITS 2 

Nick Veltrl had 3 h ts and 

Ra) Fredrlckson and Dan Del- 

Buono had 2 hits each to back 

the pitching of Tom Feeney. 

JUNE 12 

ALL FIVE TOOL 18, 

TERESA'S RESTAURANT 6 

Heavy h tters for All Five 

were Wayne Stearns with 4 hits . 

mcludmg a homer, winning 

pitcher Tom Dorsey with 4 hits 

and Ken Kosmsb with a homer. 

ALL FIVE TOOL 19, 

SAM THE CLAM 7 

John Basil and Aaron Ruth 

collected 3 hits apiece. Tom 

Dorsey got the win 

MANGIA BENE 10, 

FALCON'S NEST 6 

John Alagata had 3 hits and 

Steve Tosta and Jeff Furrier 

dded m the offense effort with 2 

hits each Joe Vernlh picked up 

the victory.. 

ACtioN IOOL 1& 

GABY'S PUB 6 

The offensive effort was led 

by Run Lavoie and John Mahun 

who had 3 hits including a 

homer Bryan Mcccariello also 

chipped m with 3 hits. Mark Sur- 

Steve Rowe was the winning Bob Roper and J m McAloon prenant was the winning hurler. 

hurler. h pped in with 2 hits apiece to FIDDLER'S GREEN 12, 

ANOTHER VIDEO 3 

Il P [ ! [] wtth 3 hits and wmn,ne p,tcher - - - 

iI[ II[] Stan Prush,nsk and Tumid Baker I 

i Ji i E chipped in with 2 hzts :p,ece. " " "" "'" " 

Presenting Csinci, Jeff with her DI S IEC J H S mpl us - m 

C,n ri . l ge lpful. but not 

' "" v ° rrMike - lfB " n 

UPDATE ' '' '* 

HOMETOWN , ,m m 

ndi S i¢ .dandier a r. y, De ch d d 

Southlngton resident Terry cum laude in chemistry from 

Sk ec and Lau Mu y of he t 11 . Du.ng Ms se- 

Michi n, h med her nine- nior y r, he om a ms nd , [ 

de i le er on the ck Anal mg Rough Sur ces Inteam 

at Canton High School in ce Gm of SKI ) 

nton, Mich. DeLoach, a goaltender, had 

Sk ypiec is also the nd- ou mnding rumor mason. He 

daugh r of Sou in n iden grabbed 263 saves and allowed 

Mr. and M . Vernon A un d only 98 als for a 72.9 ve r- he n on'e I 

LilS . centag¢ and a 6.68 goals a mst o n a sh - 

ave . He among e naoon m S p by d l on of 

CSINCI HONORED AT CCSO top four li tn e r- pmen d 

A C QU ccota and ls a@mst a e.ge 

Central Connecticut State 

Umvers=ty's ass=srant business OR P E D 

manager, Ktm Cs=nct, was hun- F ILYAW D 

o d at the Cen l Connecd t Tn M. or received the 

S te Uni i A leuc r - Marnn Welt '54 mily awaM 

non thnner on May 10. at Unt m R mon Do) m 

nci r t d a spmal r- fil at Cla n Uni m 

uficate of appreoadon a rd at mor, a semor malonng m 

•e nqueL " m ts a d i d, tnterdtsciplina en neenng and 

e ctent, and e ve employee, management, is the daughter of 

whotsapl mhave pa Mr and Mrs. Paul Armor of 

of our staff," Athletic Director utht n. 

HOLY CROSS SOCCER Charles =CJ." Jones said 

CJhMP SCHEDUI gD 

Holy Cross College in DELOACHNAMEDUglLA 

Vorcester, Mass., will be hosnng SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICAN 

its annual soccer camp for day and 

overuight campers the week ofJuly 

14-19. 

The camp will be available 

for day campers, boys and girls, 

aged 6-17 and m'ernight campers, 

aged 10-17. Male and female programs 

will be held separately. The 

director of the program is Elvis 

Comne. head coach of hen's soccer 

at Holy Cross. 

For further information, 

please contact the Holy Cross 

Soccer office at 508/793-2726. 

Amherst College senior Ellion 

DeLoach of Glastonbury has 

been named USILA, for United 

States Intercollegiate Lacrosse 

Association, scholar All-American. 

DeLoach Is the grandson of 

Mrs. Stephen K. EIhott and the 

late Judge Stephen K. Elliort of 

Southington and the son of Mr. 

and Mrs. W Cary DeLoach Jr of 

Naperville, III. 

Although DeLoach wa not 

an All-American, he was recog- 

BLACK CARPEHTER AHTS 

CAH OAMAOE YOUR HOME 

Two awa s a pr ented 

nuaJly to ou nding ,mmer,I ml 

one for the men's t m and one 

for the women's team based on 

overall performance and leadership 

wtthln the program and dedlcanon 

to swimming. 

University Recognmon Day, 

sponsored by the members of 

Phalanx, Clarkson's highest honorary 

society, recognizes scholastit 

achievement as well as outstanding 

leadership in extracurncular 

actnaties and athlencs at the 

college 

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LEGAL NOllCES 

LEGAL NOTICE 

NOTICE OF MEETING 

TOWN COUNCIL 

TOWN OF SOUTHINGTON 

Them will be a rnealJng at me Town 

day, July 8. 1996 t 7:30 p.m. in the 

Town Coundl Chambem. To n Hall, 75 

Main Street, Southlngto , Gonneatlcol, 

1.Awan:l of Cu odlal rude - Town Hall 

and Gum Bu 

2Anvestment Committee Report- let 

qumler, 1996. 

3. Status of Unro-Vto t Projec 

S.App ' 'n t - t A .rr,E to Zcr.3ng 

tg97 

7.Appothtment - 4 members CATV 

C nml tu Ju y. lgg8 (2 yro torero). 

8.Suc aurar bu nese a shall be appropda 

to €omebefo e 

9. So.lane. 

Supodand mawr 

Ix Re rnalt 

DeLed et Southlngton, Connectteut, 

Town ut Scoe Can 

(s) Jchn Walc 

'OTICE TO Cfd DITORS 

ESTATE OF 

g' - O R. MORSLLI 

1996, ordered that all c alms must be 

below Failure to promptly present any 

Dm d M. Mon 

Jeen P , 

Clerk 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 

ESTATE OF 

AMEUA LAJOIE 

ala MF . AMEUA M L.AJOIE. 

AMELIA M. LAJOIR, AMEUA LAJOIE, 

MRS. ROBERT H. LAJOIE 

Deseasml 

The Hen. Cld J. S owsld, Judge of 

the Court of Probate, Dtatflct of 

Boutt Fee, m a haa g held an JU Y 2. 

1996. ordered that all dalms must be 

below Failure to promptly present any 

such claim may resuif In the lose at 

416 Woodn Slmet 

Jean P Pa.'z,F , 

C,ark 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 

ESTATE OF 

JOSEPH S ZYS 

Deceased 

The Hen. Glenn E Knierim, Acting 

Southtngton, at a hearing held on June 

21, IgCJ , o ered U1at all dagx rm,i be 

presented to the fiduc des at 

sent any such claim may result In 

loss of dghts to rscover ee suc dalm- 

Jann P Parma, 

C e 

o'o Danial O. Tully. E l 

K] bourne & Tuay, P.C 

120 Leurol Street 

Bristol, CT 06010 

Barbare B z 

'o Danlal O. Tugy, Esq. 

K3boume & Tuly, P-C. 

Bristol, CT 06010 

NOTlCE TO CREDRORS 

ESTATE OF 

MILDRED C. WALKER 

Deceased 

The Hen. Cad J. Sokokmmki, Judge of 

the Court of Probate, District of 

below. Failure to I:m mpUY present shy 

Such claim may result in the loss of 

dght to recover an such dalm 

Jann P Parzy , 

C ork 

Dana e. Hau 

c/o Ric u'd M. Krezel. Esq 

100 Q een Street 

PO Box 1039 

NOTICE TO CREDff'ORS 

ESTATE OF 

ANNA SEITZ GORMLEY 

D oeazed 

The Hen. Cad J okolo d, Judge of the 

at aheadng held on June 27, lg96, or- 

to the fiduciary at the eddmes below 

Failure to promptly present any such 

Jann P Pmz ch, 

Oennb M. Gamey 

c/o Mark J. Sdote, FJq. 

E lot $tanek, Mazzaccero & Sdote 

: NOTICE OF HF_4RING 

ESTATE OF 

NIGHOLAg ARRO 

Pursuant to an order of Hen Carl J 

Sokolowskl, Judge, e heanng will be 

held on an application requesUng el- 

IowwIce of the Rnal Account of the fiduciary 

and en order o! distnbuben, as in 

said application on tile more fully ap- 

Probate Court 

for It Dlstdct of Southmgton 

75 Main Street 

P,O Box 16 

SoWhington, CT 06489 

on July 15, 1996 al 2 30 PM 

All persons having an interest m ald 

m ter may appear and be heard at that 

time. 

Cad J. Soko owskt, Judge 

NOTICE OF HEARING 

ROSE D!CAPR|O 

Deceased 

Pumuant-lHn-o r of C r J. 

Sokolowskl, Judge. a hearing will 

pl b U U a ri 

to g d vey ld pr edy [o 

himself, as In ld 8pph tlon on hie 

te u 

75 M 

P.O x 1 

t , 9 

J 15. 1 st 45 PM 

All ns vtng an interest In said 

or y he at t 

d J , J e 


ESTATE OF 

DOROTHY PILOT 

Deceased 

Pursuant to 8n order of Hen Carl J 

Sokolow,skl, Judge, e hoanng will be 

held on an appllcauon request rtg alinwance 

of the Final Account of the fidu- 

C and an o(der at d str0 ube of sa d 

estate, a.s in said applm.ation on file more 

Probate Court 

ta¢ D of Southmgton 

75 Main Street 

P.O. Box 165 

Seethington, CT 06489 

on July 18, lg96 at 2:30 PM 

All bersans having an interest zn stud 

ma er y Bpp ar and be heard at that 

Cad J SokolowSkl, Judge 


ESTATE OF 

WILLIAM R PILOT 

Deceased 

Pursuant to en order of Hen Csrl J 

Sokolowskl, ,tudor, ng-wilLieheld 

on an eppllUa ion r q estir BEk:mmn< 

of the F'ir Account of the fidLP 

daty and an o er el dmtribWian of sa d 

estate, an in said application on I e morn 

my appears, at 

Probate Court 

for the DIsmct of Southmgton 

75 Ma Street 

PO BOx 165 

Sou mgton, CT 06489 

on July 18, lg96 at 2"45 PM 

All persons having an interest m sa d 

manor may appear and be heard st that 

me 

Cad J SokolowskL Judge 

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APPLIANCES 

FO Air co dihoner v ite Westing 

9000 BTU, fits eih er wall or 

v ndow, exc cond $125 621-5523 

SALE: Moytog washer good cond 

$35. Hand h- k-ta carry Ih,ngs $10 

583-4056 

FOR SALE: Microwave oven Sharp 

Carousel R6460A, excellenl condihon 

$50 584-2061 

FOR S ME: G E Trash compactor $35 

or best offer 583-5722 

FOR SALE: Dishwasher under the 

counter, top of the hne, block glass 

front, two years left on warranlee 

$250. Call 272-1592 

SALF.J 30" Holpoint Eled c range 

matching Almond color, excellent 

€:o dition$125 628-6515 

FOR SALE: Air condrt,oner for wall 

sJ 10,000 8TU's, shll under warrentee, 

used 2 mordhs, pa d $600 will 

sacrifice for $300 Cell 276-9264 

leave message 

gcod oond. $50 583-6390 

FOR : Air conditioner GE 5,000 

BTU Purchased summer 1995 Used 

two months. $275 272-3360 

AUTOMOTIVE 

FOR SALE: 84 Mazda B2000 SE pick- 

O. 5 KJ, So /slemo, Recent wSnite 

lires, wind,told, brakes exhaust, 

dutch, and shocks. Well maintained 

No rud. $1,500 abe. 272-8431. 

• FOR SALE: 1988 Chevy Eurosporl, 

€ ,.'t run, r ls o r pair. 

and nterior good $500. or 80 747- 

6431. 

FOR SALE: 83. Pontiac Grand Prlx 

Brougham, V-6, AT, loaded, 92K miles 

S/ 

Runs excellent, but needs a lilde welding 

$350 238-0262 or 272-5662. 

FOR SALE: Saturn SC 92, 5 ocl, 2dr, 

loaded $8,500. or best offer. 203- 

879-2320 

FOR SALE: 1986 B ic Century, AC, 4 

dr, 6 cyl., ANVFM cosseffe, xce lent 

condition $1,950. 620-0505. 

FOR SALE: 1978 and 1979 Triumph 

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FOR SALE: 1985 Mercury Marquis, 

77,500 m , new barfs/, brakes, muf- 

Rer, fires, rims excegent $1,300. B.a. 

S E: 1978 Toyo long-bed kep 

sck $450. 583-2025 k, ve map 

sage 

FOR SALE: 86 ManEs Coda exc. cand., 

81K, PW, PL, A/C, asking $2,550. 

628-4138 

r-OR 86 Feed Cam,............... //7 pau. 

,,an, roof raises, o p, *,er, idge, . nk, 

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BO. 582-8874. 

80 El Cosine Tu : 350, 

305 CID, 4 V, air, p/windows, cruise, 

tilt, gouge po

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FOR SALE: Pentlum 120,' 16 . , - ,550. 7-- Ji 'l l bed-oak "flooring -wwv visionfmedom o'm-SutsifactPo C REJ4T.'soothington € t., _2ml--young-t PeBv excellent-nderences AW 582.6996 . 

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FOR SALE. 4B6/DX4 100 PC, 8Mb, • $oulhington. For anyone concerned 30 - $250, 30 x 30 - $325. Set up. Kindergarten lhru 8th grade offering days a week. Weekdays and some 

, l_Gb disk, CO RaM, speakers, printer FOR SALE. Baby grand piano, older, abontan mr'sdrinking. $84.1625 extra help m alll SUblect areas 621- evenings free 276-8785 leave mes- 

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9:30 p.m. in the downstairs o'f, f. 6ul's house, furnished, small boat, screened FOWERWASHING BY Fireside Houses, WANTED: Older used r ding lawn 

FOR SALE: Oak changin¢l table FOR SALE: Nordic Track Pro ier has Episcopal Church, 145 Main St., parch, W/D, available some , eeks July sidewalks, decks, deck sealing, fully in- mower & snow blower also pro volley 

"w/door & 2 thebes $60. 585 8140. eLoctronic package. Price $400. or best Southington. For any teenagor con- and August. Call 621-9458. outed. Free estimates, satisfaction guar- ball net, marble & wooden chess 

/FO,R. ME: White glid.e.r rocker with 

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Imss nmor used. 628-4294. 

'FOR SAIl:: Century 565 infant car 

so.at/carrier $20., Groco open-tap 

sw t g $40, Evenflo Exessau

20--news 

The Observer, Thursday, July 4, 1996. 

STOP program aims to end a M purchases by minors 


In an effort to prevent liquor 

sales to minors, the Drug Task 

Force has instituted a program to 

inform retailers how to eliminate 

the problem 

Operanon STOP is a cooperattve 

effort revolving liquor merchants, 

police, town officials, 

Drug Task Force members, parents, 

and youth, organizers said 

The program could increase 

the awareness of high s .hool sindents 

and the commumty that 

drugs and alcohol are a problem, 

said h gh school ]unmr Leshe 

Homer "This could sase a lot of 

kids from the pitfalls of abuse," 

she added 

Operation STOP was lnmated 

at the Valley Substance Abuse 

." .cmm Coff in central Con- _ 

nectlcut n March 1993, Through 

the program, youthful customers 

are asked to sign a form providing 

documentation of their age and 

dentlw 

The e orms are filed at the 

store and checked b) the clerk 

prior to the sMe Minors often 

wait until mmed ately before the 

8 p m closing to purchase hquor, 

hoping merchants l] be too 

bus} to check identification, pchce 

said 

L quor retaders are asked to 

s gn a merchant agreement pledging 

to ab de by the reqmrelnents 

of the program based on comphante 

with the existing state laws 

Sellers will reqmre two forms of 

photo ldenuficauon, not a college 

,denttf catlon card, to *ahdate 

that the buyer IS 21 }'ears old 

"It's important that the .Mds 

Members of the Prime Plus Red Hot Mamas walking group gather 

around organizahon founder Karen G blin front row center, dunng the 

filming of a CNN News program The women, except for Gtblin, are lo- 

cal residents 

Red Hot lVfamas 

filmed for CNN 

By ROBIN L MICHE.L 

It was lights, camera, and 

"walk" for a group of Southmgton 

women who ere filmed last week 

for a news prelim scheduled to 

be telev d on CN ' News later 

•ts summer 

The omen. ho are members 

of the menopause support 

group. Prune Plus Red ttot Mamas, 

iomed or mzatum founder 

ren G bhn fi r the filming and 

bu ' Inn Wearing red 

sfu promoung e orgam non. 

the 0 alkers armed up w th 

s etcfung exeroses and circled the 

a a a the meras rolled 

"It as vet) positive." said 

Flame Green. director of nursing 

at Bradley Memorial Hospital and 

•e I al chapter ct rdmator 

Following the filming. mctpan 

stayed fur a lec re presented 

b) (hbhn and Dr &nthom I u- 

General Hospital ('enter f.r Fer 

td t anti Reprodu tt t Fnth 

nnolo & pomon el tbe lecture 

-as also filmed for broadcast 

Prime Plu Red }lot Mamas 

as founded four ears ago b 

Rtdgeficld re dent karen (hbhn 

ho had underg.ne a h terectu- 

zauon appeared in a national 

contacted by CN whmh was interested 

m fdmmg a program 

a ut the sup oup 

The Southmgton chapter of 

Red Hot Mamas gan m Januao 

1904 and meets monthls at 

B dle Memorial ttosp tal burmg 

meeting, lectures b} me&cal 

onnel are presented fughhghtmg 

armus aspec and health concerns 

of menopause The alkmg 

group. fuch as orgamzed 

promote exercise and health 

menopausal women, ts one of a 

handel h*ch ns m conlun mn 

* e Prime Plu Red Hot 

X alkmg group coordinator 

b the ( NN tele**ston reporter 

portent to help the heart and 

sent "Pe )ple need to get rote a 

(hbhn and o er pamctpants 

Ne people can tom the 

Prime Plus Red ttot Mamas Men 

or other famd members are 

there ts never a charge to attend 

For more tnformatmn, call the 

Bradle Memortal I Io p*tal XVomen', 

('enter at 276-q2 0 

CALL 621 .-.3891 

If you know an.yt,h.,ng about 

gang acfiwty. 

knm e'll m' to keep them from 

getting alct,hol," Liquor Outlet 

permlttee Peter Rlera said 

Patncta Kenefick, who ts cochalrwontan 

at the Drug Task 

Force alth Harold Kane, said 

many local retailers reported that 

they take fake idenuficauon cards 

nto their possessmn each week. 

Area hquor permlttees are 

asked to strlttl.s comply with state 

lags regarding the sale of liquor 

to minors %Ve'll do anything to 

stop underage children from getnng 

alcohol," sa d ,qlham Petu. 

m ner of the Liquor Outlet, at 

400 North \lain St "V,'e hope 

this prograln s successful " 

Adults and parents are 

urged to adhere to the lay, and 

tons der their liability if thc 

ser e liquor to minors at an} 

time "The b gger problem is older 

peopl tli t r smd- 

Pohce Officer Lowell DePalma 

said students have told fum 

that alcohol is the drug of choice, 

following cigarettes In the past, 

police ha e arrested local underage 

residents who purchase or 

possess alcoholic beverages. 

If people see a minor purchasing 

alcoholic beverages, it is 

often the retail outlet that is targe 

ed rather than the person, De- 

Future Business Leaders of :kmerica 

"*ill travel • Washington, 

D C, tfus summer to participate 

m the FBL .'s nanonal conference 

La' rence Dunn wdl be compenng 

tn the \It Future Business 

I eider e ent b,le Carohne Jamk 

will be compeung in the Ms. Furore 

Business Leader event Jaclyn 

%chtenda will be in the FBLA 

principles and bylaws compeuuon 

Also, the'high school chapter 

will submit two busin reports- 

I)unn authored the annual business 

report and Suzanne Recto 

v, rote the community service re- 

Gathering at L or Outlet, 400 North Main St in honor of the installation of the Operation STOP program, 

are members he commundy, schoo system and DrugTask Force. From left are, Patricia Kenefick, Bil[Petit, 

the Rev. David Strosahl, Harold Kane, Jessica Jankowski, Peter R era, Leslie Homer, Police Chief William B. 

Perry, Sarah Strosahl, Dale Riedinger, and Councilwoman Victoria Triano 

officer added 

Seven New England regions 

have implemented the program 

.nd dtscuss on began in June 

1995 to expand the program in 

Ing Connecticut as FBLA state 

president 

Voting delegates Stephen 

Mlynick and Ste en Palasek will 

be attending the conference too 

The National Leadership 

Conference ts held each summer 

to conclude the year's activities 

and to set the stage for the upcoming 

school year. 

At the conference, students 

will be revolved in business-related 

and leaders l dec'telopmertt 

workshops, pamclpate in compenme 

e enrs, and elect national offi- 

eels. 

non STOP include Bristol, New 

Britain, and Piamwile. 

Kane said members of the 

force will be vtstung the more 

than 80 local retailers who sell alcohol 

to distribute the mtormanon 

and educate the merchants 

about Opemuon STOP 

"These arc important issues 

and take a team effort," said Date 

Rledtnger, the school system's 

health and science coordinator. 

-['or this one we need every- 

body." 

St\ member of the Southm ,,ran High School's chapter of Future BumheSS 

Leaders of . maerica will attend a national conference in Washington, 

D.C, this summer In the front row, from left, are Lawrence 

Dunn, Caroline Jamk, Jadyn Schienda, and Stephen Mlynlck. In the 

back row from left, are Suzanne Rocco and Steven Palasek. 

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