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S E R V I N G R O C K Y H I L LFriday, October 5, 2012

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By ERICA SCHMITTSTAFF WRITER

Volunteers pulled a total of 1,720 pounds oftrash out of the Wethersfield Cove this pastweekend, as just one of many Connecticut Riverclean-up efforts going on the same day.Saturday’s 16th Annual Connecticut River

Watershed Source-to-Sea Clean-up was a col-laboration between the Metropolitan DistrictCommission and Hartford county residents,including more than three dozen who worked torestore the Wethersfield Cove.But the one-day event — coordinated by

the Connecticut River Watershed Council

— actually spanned the four states with river trib-utaries, including Connecticut, New Hampshire,Massachusetts and Vermont.The CRWC is a nonprofit advocacy organiza-

tion that works to conserve and protect water

Cleaningthe Cove

Chris Norwood

Corona�s Auto Parts and the state police dive team helped the Connecticut RiverWatershed Council remove two cars from the Connecticut River in the south endof Wethersfield that had been reported by nearby farmers. Up to nine additionalvehicles were identified that crews hope to remove in the future.

Thousand of pounds of trash pulled fromwater during 16th annual clean-up event

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quality, habitat and recreationalaccess across the river’s watershed.In the past 15 years, volunteershave prevented over 707 tons oftrash from continuing to pollutethe Connecticut River andits tributaries.This year’s Cove clean-

up yielded mostly smalldebris, ranging from fish-ing line to beer bottles,food wrappers to tires.“What was nice was

that there weren’t manylarge items, it was most-ly little trash,” explainedChristopher Shepard,director of the EleanorBuckWolfe Nature Center,which led the Cove clean-up efforts.Shepard was grateful to

the many volunteers whohelped out, but is always disap-pointed to see the amount of litterpeople leave in the town’s mostpicturesque waterway.“Seasonal floods always bring

more of that floating debris intothe Cove, along with litter thatcomes down from the highway,and trash users of Cove Parkleave,” he said Tuesday, adding,

“We were pleased and grateful foreverybody’s help.”At the same time, the CRWC

and Nature Center staff workedtogether to locate vehicles depos-ited into the river in the town’s

section.“The Connecticut State Police

DiveTeamwas able to verify long-standing resident reports of carsin the river near the south end oftown that had been dumped there20 years ago,” Shepard said.While many have been extract-

ed from the water over the years,the team still confirmed at least 11

in that location. With the help ofCorona’s Auto Parts of Hartford,who donated their services, theywere able to remove at least twoSaturday.And the rest?

“Unfortunately,” saidShepard, “many of theothers are too buried bysediment to be removed,but any flood may shift thatsediment and they could beremoved in the future,” headded.Since the Source-to-Sea

Clean-up is an annual event,there’s hope for the depar-ture of more rusted metalfrom the river bottom.In the meantime, peo-

ple can report sightings ofdebris being thrown intothe river’s waters, or areasalong the shoreline where

litter is in abundance, by visit-ing http://www.ctriver.org/action/scouting/index.html#report_trashor contacting the ConnecticutRiver Watershed Council at(413)-772-2020.

Erica Schmitt can be reached at(860) 225-4601, ext. 210, [email protected].

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WETHERSFIELD POST2 | Friday, October 5, 2012

Volunteers pull nearly a tonof trash fromriver

Chris Norwood

Volunteers fan out in Wethersfield�s Cove Park to pick up litter during theSource-to-Sea Clean-up.

Continued from Page 1

Chris Norwood

Julie McLaughlin of the Metropolitan District Commission, which hosted the local clean-up at Wethersfield Cove aspart of the Connecticut River Watershed Council�s Source to Sea Cleanup, welcomes over three dozen volunteers.

“Seasonal floods alwaysbring more of that floatingdebris into the Cove, alongwith litter that comesdown from the highway,and trash users of CovePark leave.We werepleased and grateful foreverybody’s help.”CHRISTOPHER SHEPARDDirector of the Eleanor Buck Wolfe Nature Center

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On a foggy morning earlierthis week, a small group took avery special ferry ride across theConnecticut River.The short journey on “The

Cumberland” from Rocky Hill toGlastonbury was labeled a voyageof unity, and it marks the begin-ning of a long friendship betweensome very similar individuals.They each work to further the

interests of businesses in theirtowns, as Presidents and ExecutiveDirectors of their respectiveChambers of Commerce.Wethersfield ExecutiveDirector

Ellyn Laramie and PresidentCarla Unwin met up withNewington Executive DirectorGail Whitney and PresidentTheresa Gogluicci, and along withRocky Hill Executive DirectorPaul Carr, the group boarded theferry and traveled to meet MaryEllen Dombrowski, Presidentof the Glastonbury Chamber ofCommerce.The meeting kicked off a col-

laborative effort between thetowns’ Chambers, one that willcontinue into the future with jointnetworking, business and socialevents.“I don’t think we’ve all ever really

been together in the same place,”explained Carr, who happens tobe founder of the not-for-profitFriends of the Connecticut RiverFerries Foundation, which heestablished last year to preserveand improve ferry operations.And that’s proof of the kind of

influence these individuals haveon their communities- workingwith many residents and busi-nesses, determining their needs,and striving to meet them.“We all drive commerce in our

own Chambers, so we’re going toshow the flag I suppose; it’s a showof unity,” Carr added.Although they’re not finished

planning for the entire year, one ofthese multi-Chamber events willbe “Speed Leads” happening inMarch. This is an opportunity forbusiness owners and employeesto “network their way to success”according to Laramie, who hopesthe collaborative efforts will inspirea more “vibrant community.”

“Especially on the Silas DeaneHighway and the Berlin Turnpike,which we share,” she explained.“The fact that we are three

small towns so close in bordersand we all have small businesses,it’s good exposure for everybody,”added Whitney.The group had not met

Dombrowski before Wednesday’sferry ride,and is hoping to keep herand the Glastonbury Chamber inthe loop with this collaboration.“I’m looking forward to intro-

ducing myself and opening upthe lines of communication,” saidGogluicci, before they all boardedthe boat and in turn, bound thealliance.Check the Chambers’ websites

for any updates on multi-chamberevents.Find them at RHChamber.org,NewingtonChamber.com,andWethersfieldChamber.com.

Erica Schmitt can be reached at(860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or [email protected].

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Erica Schmitt | Staff

Chambers of Commerce in the Central Connecticut region came together Wednesday morning on the RockyHill-Glastonbury Ferry. From left, Wethersfield Executive Director Ellyn Laramie, President Carla Unwin, NewingtonExecutive Director Gail Whitney, President Terry Gogluicci, and Rocky Hill Executive Director Paul Carr.

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A different part of “OldWethersfield”will have a turn in thespotlight soon. Not the charmingvillage surround-ing Main Street,but the centuries-old section oftown known asGriswoldville.Settled in 1684,

Griswoldville is thearea west of MapleStreet and southof Prospect Street,to the borders ofRocky Hill andNewington.Dec. 1 is the

140th Anniversaryof theGriswoldvilleChapel, which isknown affection-ately as “the heart”of this small, butproud community.Wethersfield Mayor Donna

Hemmann serves as the historianfor the chapel, built in 1872 aftera three-mile blustery winter trekto the congregational church onMain Street (now the First Churchof Christ) became too much forGriswoldville residents.Per a suggestion from the main

church’s pastor, the neighborhoodgot together on June 8, 1860 inthe home of Thomas Griswold todiscuss building their own chapel.Mrs. Rowena Morgan donated theland for the site and stones for

the foundation —originating fromthe Portland quar-ry — were hauledfrom Cromwell byoxen.Locals raised the

$3,000 to $4,000cost of erecting thebuilding for thesake of giving theirchildren a reli-gious upbringing.In doing so, theymade some honestsacrifices.“The neigh-

borhood raisedmoney by denyingthemselves thingslike butter, eggs,

clothes,” Hemmann said of theirefforts. They also did all the con-struction labor on their own, andthe chapel finally opened on Nov.30, 1872.The first service was held the

very next day, with 75 people inattendance.Years later, the Sunday School

library evolved into a community

library, growing to hold nearly 820books by the year 1880.The house of Thomas Griswold

—where that initial chapelplanningmeeting was held, happens to bethe very same one Hemmann grewup in. In fact, her father attendedSunday school at the chapel, hergrandfather served as minister forsome of the Sunday services andher grandmother played the organand piano.“When I was younger they had

chapelsuppersmonthly,”Hemmannremembers. “It was a traditionalNew England old-fashioned din-ner, with baked ham, baked beans,coleslaw, potato salad, and brownbread.”In the true spirit of Griswoldville

—wheremany current residents arestill descendents of the Griswolds,Hemmann continued to stay inter-twined in community life as shegrew up.“When I was first married and

the kids were little I was involvedwith the Ladies Aid Organization,”

she explained.Nowadays, Hemmann fond-

ly recalls her childhood inGriswoldville,butcurrentlyresidesinthe village area of OldWethersfield.She will be leading tours throughthe chapel when it opens for aspecial Mass Dec. 1. Along withother members of the EcclesiasticalSociety ofGriswoldville,Hemmannhopes to have a “Griswoldville Day”in the works this coming spring.“We’re trying to help the neigh-

borhood learn a little more aboutthe chapel,” Hemmann said, add-ing, “I’m sure people drive by itevery day and don’t realize the his-tory of that section of town.A lot ofour trustees and folks whomaintainthe chapel are older; we’re trying toturn the reigns over to the youngergeneration so we can preserve it.”The Griswoldville Chapel is

located at 176 Griswold Road.

Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860)225-4601, ext. 210, or [email protected].

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December 1 marks the 140th Anniversary of the Griswoldville Chapel.

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“We’re tryingto help theneighborhoodlearn a littlemore about thechapel. I’m surepeople drive byit every day anddon’t realize thehistory of thatsection of town.”MAYOR DONNA HEMMANN

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Two Rocky Hill residents are among the seven seniors at North-west Catholic High School in West Hartford who have been namedCommended students by the National Merit Scholarship Program,based on their exceptional performance on the PSAT/NMSQTs theytook in October 2011, when they were juniors. Ryan and Sean Murphyare among the 5 percent highest-scoring of the 1.5 million studentswho took the exam. Northwest Catholic previously announced thatsix students from the class of 2013 have been named National MeritSemifinalists � among the top 1 percent highest scoring studentswho took the exam.

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If you get a piece of mail from the town ofWethersfield this week, don’t throw it in the junkpile.Open it and indicate what has changed about your

property — whether it’s a home, business, or factory— since 2008.That was the last time the town assessor’s office

conducted a revaluation, which has determined resi-dents’ and business owners’ property taxes every yearsince. But right on time with the state-mandatedrequirement, the town is at it again five years later.They’ve hired appraisal firm Vision Government

Solutions to aid in conducting the process, whichwill determine the Dec. 2013 Grand List.Right now they’re in the first phase: sending the

data mailers out to verify information about proper-ties. This can be anything from the existence of abackyard shed, to the addition of a front porch ona home.Properties with any particularly substantial chang-

es since the last “reval” will require an inspection forverifying claims. This also applies to any propertieswhere building permits were issued and those thathave sold within the last year. Property owners willreceive notice before any visit, and staff will arrivewearing an identification badge.Then comes the market analysis – the real estate

market is analyzed by determining what is influenc-ing recent selling prices and specific neighborhoodsare placed at different levels of desirability. Theneach individual property receives its own estimatedvalue and this is checked and re-checked for accu-racy by field inspectors.After new assessments are mailed to property

owners, they have an opportunity to question theirevaluation in an appeal process. Then, drum rollplease…New tax bills come July 2014.So, the question everyone asks Town Assessor

Chandler Rose: “Do you think properties inWethersfield will see an overall increase or decreasein value since the last revaluation?”“I don’t have the answer to that, right now it’s kind

of hard to say,” he said Wednesday, adding, “I’m surethere are different neighborhoods in town that maysee a change in either direction but how big that isI don’t know. I probably will have a better idea ofthat next year.”In 2008, property values saw an 18 percent

increase across the board (including industrial, com-mercial and residential properties) from the 2003reval.For more information call the assessor’s office at

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As public transit ridershiphits all-time highs, agenciesare worried about the effects oferratic weather patterns and theincreasing number of extremeweather events on an aging transitinfrastructure.The nasty system of storms that

ripped through Connecticut twoweeks ago is a perfect example.Metro-North trains on the NewHaven Line began sliding on aslimy substance left by crushed,wet leaves on the tracks.The con-dition, known as “slippery rail,”caused severe congestion thatdelayed commuters for hours. Inaddition, 20 trees either knockedout power on the tracks or blockedthe paths of other trains.The delays are often unavoid-

able, said Howard Permut, the railagency’s president. Metro-Northspends more and more moneyeach year placing emergencymaintenance crews along the line,but when workers traveling to asite are caught in traffic backups

on I-95, repair work on the linecan be delayed for hours.“Sometimes you just can’t do it.

The systems get overwhelmed,”Permut said in an interview.Metro-North budgeted $5.88

million to dedicate 128,980 hoursof overtime to weather emergen-cies in 2012. The MetropolitanTransit Authority, which oper-ates Metro-North, along with theNew York City Subway Systemand other transit systems, bud-geted a total of $13.47 million for329,080 hours.Numbers for previous years

weren’t available, but Permut saidweather-related costs overall arerising. In July, trees came downon all of Metro-North’s lines infour separate incidents within atwo-week span. In early August,an 85-foot black locust tree fellon power lines over train tracksin Greenwich during a ragingwindstorm, causing the entiretown to lose power and forcingMetro-North to cancel serviceon some lines and use diesel-operated trains. (Amtrak’s Acelatrains were also affected.)

According to Metro-Northrecords, the rail agency’s cost perpassenger increased by 29 centsfrom 2010 to 2011, due in part toovertime during weather emer-gencies. Tropical Storm Irene wasa major contributor; the MTAfiled insurance claims totaling $65million after the storm, including$27 million in claims for Metro-North. And due to the harshwinter of early 2011, 13 percentmore rail employees were injuredcompared with the previous year.At the same time, Connecticut

Department of Transportationspokesman Kevin Nursick said hewasn’t seeing an upward trend incosts related to weather emergen-cies for the state.“Last year’s winter was nonex-

istent,” Nursick said. “We savedmillions of dollars and we wereable to use the money to purchasesome new trucks.” But the previ-ous winter “we got pounded,” hesaid.The DOT decides on a “win-

ter budget” for clearing snow offstate roads each year based on theprevious 10-year storm average.

That budget usually runs around$30 million, Nursick said. Twoyears ago, the state exceeded thatamount by about $6 million. Lastwinter, costs were down by a simi-lar amount.“Frankly, Mother Nature has a

way of evening things out fromyear to year,” Nursick said.Nursick added that increased

development, rather than moreweather events, may be increasingareas’ susceptibility to flooding.The linear mileage of town roadshas grown from 16,852 in 2000to 17,297 in 2010, according toa DOT inventory. That figuredoes not include 11,000 milesof state roads. And parking lots,which are not tracked, also playa big role.“When you have lots of big-

box stores, lots of parking lots,more impermeable surfaces pop-ping up all over the state, thatwater’s got to go somewhere, andit’s not going under the ground,”Nursick said.Whatever the reason for flood-

ing, it creates huge problems fortransit agencies. In preparation

for Tropical Storm Irene lastyear, Metro-North crews workedthousands of extra hours remov-ing rail cars from flood-proneareas, such as the train station inNew Haven.Nursick said the DOT and

the state Department of Energyand Environmental Protectionare just beginning conversationsabout new design standards forfuture roads and for transit infra-structure — keeping rising sealevels in mind.In New York City, officials have

appointedapanel to study the issueand make recommendations.The city’s subway system was

spared during Tropical StormIrene, but if the storm surge hadbeen 1 foot higher, subway tunnelscould have flooded, according toresearch by Columbia University’sSchool of International andPublic Affairs.This story originally appeared at

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a dragon, half-a-dozen farmers— even some famous faces haveset up lodging — everyone fromMiss Piggy and Kermit the Frogto Neil Armstrong.But they’ll only be sticking

around until the end of October,then skipping town beforeHalloween night to sidestep theghosts and witches.The Old Wethersfield

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scarecrows have indeed broughtmany visitors to OldWethersfield;some don’t even reside inConnecticut. One year, an indi-vidual who lived out-of-state evenentered the competition, as it isopen to anyone.


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The event began last Saturday,Sept.29 and runs until Oct.29.Rightnow there are already about twodozen scarecrows lining the businessdistrict on Main Street and peopleare still welcome to enter. Judgingwill begin next week unless there arelate entries.“Fill out an entry form and we’ll

find you a location,” said Spicer,who serves as treasurer of the OldWethersfield Shopkeepers, whichmost of the businesses in the villageare members of.The association sponsors the event

and donates prizes to winners, whichare judged in five categories: youthunder 14, youth ages 15-19, fami-lies, individuals 17 and older, andbusinesses or organizations. Therewill be 1st and 2nd place winners,with an anonymous judge looking atthe workmanship and originality orscarecrows.“We have an independent judge,

whohasanartisticbackgroundandaneye for creativity,”Spicer explained.Prizes are fine-tuned tomatcheach

winner. For example, Village Pizzamight donate a pizza party to a fam-ily or business winner,while Heart ofthe Country and Antiques on Main

might offer an individual adult win-ner one of their unique gifts.The Scarecrows on Main Street

Awards Party is Wednesday,Oct. 17,from 6 to 7 p.m. inside the WebbBarn, located at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, 211 Main St.Anyonewhoparticipated in the eventis encouraged to come,aswinnerswillbe announced and pizza and refresh-ments will be provided.Those still hoping to enter can call

Dana Spicer at (860) 257-0366 orvisit Heart of the Country, 169MainSt., or Neill Walsh Goldsmiths andGallery, 125 Main St., to pick up anentry form.

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One of the most troublingfeatures of America’s economicstagnation is the ever-increasingranks of the long-term unem-ployed. Almost half of current jobseekers have been out of work forhalf a year or more. Beyond serv-ing as an indication of the brutaljob market nationwide, it’s alsoraised concerns that millions ofAmericans could slide into a cycleof poverty and unemployment:After a few months on the unem-ployment rolls, skills stagnate andemployers aren’t willing to take onthose stigmatized by joblessness. Ifhe’d be such a good employee, whycan’t he get a job?Without downplaying the sig-

nificance of the uptick in long-termunemployment — job loss has asubstantial impact on lifetime earn-ings and indeedeven life expectancy— there’s at least some good newsfor the employment prospects ofthe Great Recession’s unemployed.A field study run by economists atthe University of Chicago, McGilland the University ofToronto findsthat employers are far less likelyto penalize the unemployed for

being out of work in communi-ties hammered by recession, sincethere’s less of a sense that job losssignals that an applicant is “dam-aged goods.”Given the many reports of the

brutal job market facing the unem-ployed, you wouldn’tthink we’d need a trioof economics profes-sors to prove that it’sharder to find a job ifyou don’t already haveone.But among job

seekers, there are allsorts of differencesbetween the recentlyunemployed and thelong-term unem-ployed that make acomparison of theirjob searches problem-atic. The latter groupmay fare poorly in the job searchnot because employers automati-cally discard applications fromanyone who hasn’t held a job in awhile, but because the long-termunemployed may not have thequalifications or skills that employ-ers are looking for, or may not exert

the same effort in their job search,sending out fewer resumes andshowing less initiative in follow-ing up on leads than the recentlyunemployed. If researchers don’tproperly account for these underly-ing differences among job seekers

— something that’s nearly impos-sible to do — they may incorrectlyconclude that unemployment hasa direct impact on job search suc-cess, when in fact none may exist.Because of the difficulty in track-ing these differences, the evidenceof the effect of unemployment

length on the chance of finding ajob has been described as “mixedand controversial” by Nobel laure-ate Thomas Sargent.This basic difficulty is why the

researchers — Kory Kroft, FabianLange, Matthew Notowidigdo —

didn’t look at realjob applicants at all.Instead, they sentfictitious applica-tions in response tojob postings aroundthe country, andrecorded whichones triggered callbacks for an inter-view. Such “resumeaudits” have beenused to examine theeffects of age, genderand race on employ-ment decisions. Theapproach allows

experimenters to control all aspectsof applicants’ resumes, keepingevery qualification the same, thenrandomly assigning some people toappear young and others old (basedon year of high school graduation);black or white (by setting the appli-cant’s name as, Lakisha or Emily);male or female. By comparing thecall-back rates of otherwise iden-tical resumes, audit studies canisolate the effect that race, genderor anything else has in securing ajob interview. (This research meth-odology isn’t without controversy.It wastes the time of employerslooking to fill job postings. Thereis, more generally, an active debateon if and when it is appropriate forsocial scientists to use deception inresearch.)Kroft and his coauthors’ assem-

bled 10 resume templates thatwould be appropriate for applicantsto entry-level positions in adminis-trative, service and sales positions,using material drawn from morethan 1,000 resumes pulled fromonline job boards. Each resumewas randomly assigned a length ofunemployment,which appeared onthe resume in the form of an enddate for the applicant’s most recentjob. One-quarter were assigned tobe currently employed, and theremaining 75 percent received anunemployment spell of one to 36months.The researchers sent morethan 12,000 resumes to 3,040 jobpostings in the 100 largest met-ropolitan areas in the country. Ineach region, they bought severalphone lines to field responses from

prospective employers, and waitedto see which resumes elicited call-backs.Consistent with conventional

wisdom, the call-back rate forapplicants with six months’ unem-ployment was 4 percent — a bitmore than half of that of appli-cants who had just lost their jobs.After six months out of work theeffect flattened out: Even afterthree years of unemployment, thecall back rate was still 4 percent.(Curiously, holding a job was aliability in this job market — only5.4 percent got calls, 2 percent lessthan newly unemployed applicants.Employers probably didn’t want towaste their time on applicants thatwere just playing the field.)More interestingly, the call-

back rates in cities that have beenhard hit by recession — placeslike Las Vegas,Miami and Detroit— were much less affected byunemployment status than in citiesthat prospered, relatively speak-ing, in recent years, for example,Boston, Washington D.C., andMinneapolis. And for high unem-ployment cities like Las Vegas,there’s scarcely any difference inthe callback rate for an applicantwhether he’s been out of work forjust a month, or for several years.That is, employers in dismal labormarkets recognize that long-termunemployment isn’t very reveal-ing about a prospective worker’sabilities.Of course, this is only mildly

encouraging news for the millionsof jobless Americans in stagnantand decaying cities — it doesn’tmuch help to be on even foot-ing in the job market if there’sstill no one hiring. But the studymay underscore the benefits ofencouraging jobseekers to leavehigh unemployment regions tolook for work in places where theeconomy is doing better.While thestudy never examined this questiondirectly, one could imagine thatemployers in Boston wouldn’t dis-criminate against applicants fromDetroit based on their employmentrecords — they would understandthat no one can find a job in theMotor City.

Ray Fisman is a professor of socialenterprise and director of the SocialEnterprise Program at the ColumbiaBusiness School. His next book, “�eOrg:�e Underlying Logic of the Of-fice,” will be published in January.

Nothaving a jobdoesn’tmake it harder to findone

Consistent with conventionalwisdom, the call-back rate forapplicants with six months’unemployment was 4 percent —a bit more than half of that ofapplicants who had just lost theirjobs. After six months out of workthe effect flattened out: Even afterthree years of unemployment, thecall back rate was still 4 percent.

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The rain held off Sunday forthe couple of thousand bikerswho zoomed around the regionin honor of Jennifer, Hayley andMichaela Hawke-Petit.It was the Petit Family

Foundation’s third annual Ride forJustice and Dr.William Petit, wholost his wife and two daughters inthe horrific Cheshire home inva-sion in 2007—was honored to seehow many supporters showed.“We’ve got great support from

the community to help us in ourmission,” he said before the largeprocession of riders left St. PaulCatholic High School a littlebefore noon, dodging the off-and-on showers lingering over the area.“It’s our biggest year so far for

donations,” added Petit, who rodeas a passenger on a friend’s bikealongside his new wife, ChristinePaluf, riding with another friend.“It’s not gonna rain; we always

have good luck with these events,”

said Paluf, standing among thecrowd of leather-clad supporterswho came from all across the stateto join in the cause.The Petit Family Foundation’s

fundraising efforts go to supportthose living with chronic illness,educational opportunities foryoung people, and those affectedby violence.And avid bikers are known for

their benevolence, some riding inmultiple benefit events throughoutthe year — rainor shine.Midd le town

residents Danand Lesa LePageare an example.“It’s our first

time in this par-ticular ride, butwe ride ben-efits at least acouple times ayear,” said Dan,whose Yamaha Star Venture is aluxury bike made for long tripsover winding country roads likethose the riders took Sunday— through Bristol, Terryville,Harwinton, Burlington, Wolcottand Plantsville.Newington residents John and

Jeanine Webb made the trip for

the second time in its three-yearrun, on a Harley Electric Ride.

“Dr. Petitwas my doc-tor years ago;it’s a really goodcause,” Jeanineexplained.Family friend

Ron Catuccicame up withthe idea for theride in 2009,before organiz-ing a committee

and kicking off the first annualevent in 2010.“We’ve got good food, good

entertainment, and good peoplecoming together for a good cause,”he said before getting on his bike.“There are three angels watchingover us, here to protect us on ourride; they cleared the skies for usand this is all in honor of them.”Coming up Nov. 4 the foun-

dation is sponsoring the NewEngland Air Museum’s eighthannual “Women Take Flight” andthen on November 17 it is hostingits own first annual: “An EveningHonoring Women in Science”— being held at the ConnecticutScience Center in Hartford.For more informa-

tion about the Petit FamilyFoundation and its efforts, visitPetitFamilyfoundation.org.

Erica Schmitt can be reached at(860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or [email protected].

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Jacob Reynolds, 12, of Bristol rideswith his grandfather Edgar Morin,also of Bristol.


Above, Gary McGee of Plainville looks out at the sea of motorcycles in theparking lot at St. Paul Catholic High School Sunday morning, the meetingpoint for the Petit Family Foundation Ride for Justice. Below, Jayne Wol-fradt of Bristol with husband, Gary, and grandchildren Aubrey, 7, left, andKylie, 9, among the sea of motorcycles.


Joelle Stairs, 12, of Bristol waitingwith her father�s motorcycle while,below, William Petit Jr. salutes thecrowd as he leaves the St. Paulparking lot.


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A new state law has significantlyreduced the number of studentsbeing suspended from school, butit has not diminished Connecticut’sracial disparity in use of the disciplin-ary technique.During the 2010-11 school year

— when the law went into effect— the number of out-of-school sus-pensions statewide dropped by 19percent, or 9,835 incidents, newlycompiled data shows.But Latino students are still twice

as likely to be suspended and blacksthree times as likely as their whitecounterparts, the data shows.School suspensions by raceAccording to the Connecticut

Department of Education’s newinformation, Latino studentsaccounted for 36 percent of suspen-sions in 2010-11 while making up19 percent of the state’s school-agepopulation.Black students accountedfor 39 percent of all suspensions, butcomprised 13 percent of all students.This disparity was highlighted in

a national report released last month.It put Connecticut at the top of thelist for its rate of suspending Latinostudents during the 2009-10 schoolyear, the most recent year for whichthe U.S. Department of Educationhas comprehensive data.And despitethe recent progress in reducing the

number of out-of-school suspen-sions overall, the state Departmentof Education reports that the num-ber of suspended minority studentshas stubbornly remained consistentlydisproportionate over the past severalyears.“When you look at who is being

suspended, it is quite shocking,” saidDaniel Losen, a researcher withUniversity ofCalifornia,LosAngeles’Civil Rights Project. Losen said this“alarming disparity” catches theattention of lawmakers and schoolofficials and spurs them to fix it.Nevertheless, the overall drastic

drop in suspensions is “an encour-aging trend,” said state EducationCommissioner Stefan Pryor.The culture is changing.Students who habitually skipped

class at Cromwell High School usedto be suspended from school for upto 10 days. That changed two yearsago when an in-school suspensionprogram was launched. Now stu-dents are sent home only if they posea danger or disrupt others. In the2010-11 school year, 535 studentswere placed on in-school suspensionand 68 suspended out-of-school.Waterbury Superintendent

Kathleen Ouellette said while“some incidents will still warrantsuspensions,” she’s deployed severalinitiatives to ensure that studentsare not being sent home for minorinfractions like dress code violations,

talking back to their teachers or skip-ping class.“We are trying to reach them

and intervene before it escalates tothat point,” she said, noting her highschools have a student support centerand counselors on staff. Studentswho merit in-school suspension aresent toan in-school-suspension roomwhere they are expected to completetheir classroom assignments.But Waterbury — like most

other districts — suspends Blackand Hispanic students dispropor-tionately to their enrollment rates.For example,while 28 percent of stu-dents in Waterbury are black, thesestudents account for 38 percent of allsuspensions. (See suspension rates bydistrict here and here)“I do believe there is more work to

be done,” said Ouellette.Joe Cirasuolo, the executive direc-

tor of the state’s superintendentsassociation, said he knows that thereis a huge disparity in who is receivingpunishments in schools across thestate,but needs more details to figureout what exactly is going on.“Is it a matter of discrimination?

Or is it a matter of behavior issuesamong certain populations? Eitherway, you still have a problem thatneeds to be dealt with,” he said.“When students are in school theylearn.We need to do everything wecan to make sure they are in that seateach day.”

ConnecticutVoices forChildren,aNew Haven-based education advo-cacy group, has reported on severaloccasions detailed studies showingthat those who are suspended faceincreased odds of dropping out ofschoolandcommittingactsofjuvenile

delinquency.This story originally appeared at

CTMirror.org, the website of TheConnecticut Mirror, an independentnonprofit news organization coveringgovernment, politics and public policyin the state.

By GRACE MERRITT©CONNECTICUTMIRROR

Police who arrive at the scene ofdomestic violence will now have achecklist to help them determine ifa victim is at imminent risk of seri-ous injury or death,under a programannounced Monday.Under the program being piloted

in 14 communities, officers will betrained to assess the situation andwarn victims if they are at high risk.The police will also call a domesticviolence counselor and encouragethe victim to speak to the counseloron the phone at the scene.“This is really creating a critical

response at the scene,” said KarenJarmoc, executive director of theConnecticut Coalition Against

Domestic Violence.The new approach should help

warn victims who are particularlyvulnerable to potentially lethal harmimmediately. Victims and thosearoundthemoftendidn’t fullyunder-stand or recognize critical risk factorsfor domestic violence homicides —triggers such as a breakup, divorceor child custody disputes, a recentreport by the Connecticut DomesticViolence Review Committee found.In fact, national statistics show

that only 4 percent of domesticviolence homicide victims reachedout for domestic violence services insimilar situations, said Joe Froehlich,law enforcement coordinator forthe Connecticut Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence.“If they are deemed at very high

risk, the officer will talk about highrisk, and tell the victim that maybeshe needs to go to a shelter or go toa family member’s home,” Jarmocsaid.The program is modeled after a

successful program inMaryland thatreduced domestic violence homi-cides 40 percent.“I think it will have a profound

effect. We’re talking about seriousintervention at a very critical time,”Jarmoc said.Connecticut, where an average

of 16 people are killed a year fromdomestic violence, is one of 10 sitesacross the nation involved in thenew Lethality Assessment Program.The federally funded program is a

collaboration between the CoalitionAgainst Domestic Violence and

the Connecticut Police OfficerStandards andTraining Council.“If we can get more victims

into these services, we’ll be able toreduce the numbers of these crimes,”Froehlich said.Initially the program will be

offered as a three-month trialthrough eight domestic violenceagencies and 14 police departments,including Hartford, Manchester,New Britain, Waterbury, Norwalk,New London, Greater New Havenand theNaugatuckValley.If success-ful, the program will be expanded toall 18 domestic violence agenciesaround the state next year.In addition to the new program,

an expanded domestic violence lawtook effect in Connecticut Monday.Among key changes, the law:

Expands restraining orders fromsix months to a year;Strengthens and expands the

definition of stalking to include elec-tronic stalking;Requires police departments to

appoint someone in a supervisoryposition to serve as a domestic vio-lence liaison, andImproves communication

between courts and domestic vio-lence victims, alerting the victimif charges are dismissed and if theabuser is put on probation or violatesprobation.This story originally appeared at

CTMirror.org, the website of TheConnecticut Mirror, an independentnonprofit news organization coveringgovernment, politics and public policyin the state.

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Losing a child is an experiencethat can only be understood bythose who have coped with thatvery event.More than 250 of these people

made their way down WillardAvenue Sunday evening, fromNewington Memorial FuneralHome to the West MeadowCemetery, where they found com-fort in each other’s company.Together they gathered

around a statue of an angel thatcomes from the internationally-acclaimed book, “The ChristmasBox” and is identical to hundredsof other statues in cemeteries allacross the country. Each serves asa place for bereaved parents, fam-ily and friends to reflect and findhope through their loss.When the procession of fami-

lies made their way to the statueSunday evening, there were othersawaiting their arrival. A releaseof white doves followed, and thenames of the children remem-bered were read.Hearts of Hope support group

founder Ann Starke, who lost herson, spoke at the gathering.Newington Memorial Funeral

Home Owner and FuneralDirector Diana Duksa Kurz calledthe walk “a chance for people tohonor and celebrate the specialmemories of children, and to helpthem to know that they are notalone.”With the help of theBurrittHill

Funeral Home in New Britain,

and Fisette-Batzner FuneralHome in Newington, NewingtonMemorial purchased the statue 12years ago.This is also the 12th year of the

Cherish our Children Walk, andMollie Wentworth’s 12th timewalking.“No one, except a person who

has lost a child, understands thatsuch a loss puts into questionevery aspect of life as you knewit,” said Wentworth, who lost her17-year-old son David Kennedy,and is grateful to have an annualopportunity to remember him andfind hope among other parentswho know the same grief.“It also allows you to be that

small light of hope for thosewho come after you. There isno road map for the journey

back to life after losing a child,”explained Wentworth, who, likethe other families, attends theevent “to be with others, to knowits survivable, to see hope, and to

be able to remember your childlong after they are not spoken ofanymore.”Newington Memorial Funeral

Home is located at 20 Bonair Ave.,

Newington, (860)-666-0600.

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Almost 2,400 people who receivedunemploymentinsurancein2009livedinhouseholdswith annual incomes of$1 million or more, according to theCongressional Research Service.The report was released after about

1.1 million people exhausted theirjobless benefits during the secondquarter of 2012,when more than 4.6million filed initial unemploymentclaims. Eliminating those paymentsto high earners is one idea being con-sidered as U.S. lawmakers struggle tocurb a projected $1.1 trillion deficitfor the fiscal year that ended Sept.30, with the nationwide jobless rateat 8.1 percent.“Sending millionaires unem-

ployment checks is a case study inout-of-control spending,” Sen. TomCoburn, R-Okla., said in an email.“Providing welfare to the wealthyundermines the program for thosewho need it most while burden-ing future generations with senselessdebt.”The 2,362 people in millionaire

homes represent 0.02 percent of the

11.3millionU.S.tax filerswhoreport-edunemploy-ment insurance incomein 2009, according to the Augustreport. Another 954,000 householdsearning more than $100,000 duringthe worst economic downturn sincethe Great Depression also reportedreceiving unemploymentbenefits.The reported benefits

may include those receivedby spouses or dependentsof people who made highincomes,or benefits receivedearlier in the year before ahousehold member got ahigh-paying job.Eliminating the federal

share of unemploymentbenefits for millionaires would save$20 million in the next decade, thecongressional researchers said in theirreport.Congress has expandedunemploy-

ment benefits that had been paid forby states and lasted 26 weeks. Thefederal money lengthened the maxi-mum period to 99 weeks, though theresearchers said in practice no statecurrently offers more than 79 weeks.Coburn introduced legislation in

February 2011 to prohibit federallyfunded unemployment benefits forpeople who had at least $1 millionin assets in the year before they fileda claim. The Senate voted unani-mously for his measure, the EndingUnemployment Payments to Jobless

Millionaires Act of 2011. It was lateradded to another bill, which hasn’tpassed the Senate.Coburn found that 18 households

reporting an adjusted gross incomethat exceeded $10 million receivedan average unemployment benefit of$12,333 in 2009.The average benefitfor74households earningbetween$5million and $10million was $18,351.The average household making $1million or more received $11,113, orabout 37 weeks of unemployment

benefits.Unemployment benefits, which

averaged about $300 per week in2011,are paid out of accounts fundedby payroll taxes and administeredby states. Like Social Security andMedicare,the federalhealth insurance

program for the elderly anddisabled, unemployment insur-ance has no income limits.TheInternalRevenueService

reported that 2,840 millionairehouseholds, or 0.03 percent oftax filers, received unemploy-ment benefits in 2008.Another816,700 beneficiaries earnedbetween $100,000 and $1 mil-lion in 2008, the report said.TheHouseofRepresentatives

lastDecemberpassedabill thatwouldhave taxed jobless benefits at 100 per-cent for single filers with an incomeof $1million ormarried filers earningmore than $2 million.The provision, part of a jobs bill

written by Michigan RepresentativeDave Camp, a Republican wholeads the House Ways and MeansCommittee, was dropped beforethe legislation was sent to PresidentBarack Obama for his signature.Lawmakers voted in February to

fund the $30 billion cost of extendingunemployment benefits by auction-ing public television airwaves andincreasing pension contributions bynew federal employees.The extensionexpires at the end of the year.Duringtherecoveryfromthereces-

sion, real unemployment, includingdiscouraged workers and part-timeemployees seeking full-time jobs,peaked at 18 percent in January 2010.The number of American work-ers who collected unemploymentbenefits topped out at 6.6 millionin May 2009, the highest season-ally adjusted number in more than30 years, according to the LaborDepartment’s Employment andTraining Administration.The average unemployed

American is out of work for nearly 40weeks, according the U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics. Even so, congressio-nal researchers said it’s possible thatIRS figures understate the numberof households that receive unem-ployment insurance because the first$2,400 in benefits wasn’t taxed in2009, although it is now.WithassistancefromChrisMiddleton

andRichard Rubin inWashington.

Nearly 2,400millionaires tookunemployment benefits in 2009

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A coalition advocatinglegalization of marijuana nation-wide predicted Tuesday thatConnecticut’s new statute allow-ing palliative use of the drug willbecome a national model that willhelp achieve its goal.

“Medical marijuana is some-thing we really need to look hardat from a national perspective,”said Thomas Leto, president ofthe Washington, D.C.-based U.S.Medical Marijuana Chamber ofCommerce during a press confer-ence on the Capitol’s north steps.The measure Connecticut law-makers enacted last May “showswe are still moving forward,” hesaid.

Leto, who said his group rep-resents about 560 businesses androughly 10,000 individuals, citeda 2009 commentary by FraserInstitute economist Stephen

T. Easton, who estimated totalnational spending on marijuanaranges from $45 billion to $110billion per year.

Were all those funds exchangedlegally, and subjected to taxationby the states and federal govern-ment, “the economic benefitsare astounding,” Leto said. Andthough legal marijuana sales couldbe more than a year off due tocomplications in implementingthe new law, “I think you’re goingto open up seven or eight newindustries.”

As more states legalize pallia-tive use alone, he said, demandgrows for various goods and ser-vices including hydroponics andother products to help cultivatethe drug; pipes, vaporizers, rollingpapers and other goods connectedwith use of the drug; and medicaland legal services.

Though Connecticut’s law tookeffect on Monday, Leto acknowl-edged it could be a year before the

drug cultivation and dispensingsystems are up and running. Thestatute calls for the Departmentof Consumer Protection todevelop regulations to oversee allprocesses.

And while Leto said that poten-tial economic activity has attractedsome disreputable cultivators anddispensers in other states, he isoptimistic about how Connecticutwill regulate its system, and par-ticularly producers of marijuana.

The statute sets a limit of nomore than 10 marijuana producersat one time. It also sets a $25,000non-refundable application fee fora license and requires all applicantsto show a theft-control plan.

“I think Connecticut is clearlygoing to be [a] model,” addedErik Williams, director of theConnecticutchapterofNORMAL,the National Organization toReform Marijuana Laws. “We’redoing this right.”

A resident of California, where

palliative marijuana use is legal,Leto said he relies on the drug torelieve pain caused by a ruptureddisc in his neck and related spinaldamage.

“I’ve found that medical mari-juana helps me tremendously,” hesaid, adding that it spares himfrom the opiate-based pain kill-ers he must use when he travelsto states where palliative mari-juana use isn’t allowed. The use ofopiate-based medications alsomeans unpleasant side effects suchas sluggishness and withdrawalsymptoms, he added.

But Connecticut HouseMinority Leader Lawrence F.Cafero, R-Norwalk, one of thelegislature’s most vocal opponentsof legalizing marijuana use, saidthe potential for new economicgrowth and state tax revenue is nota compelling argument.

“Can we use that argument forheroin?” Cafero said.

Connecticut and many other

states defend rapidly escalatingcigarette taxes on grounds thatthey discourage tobacco use andpromote public health, he said,and not that they grow the state’seconomy.

The Norwalk lawmaker alsorejected Leto’s argument thatmarijuana is a less dangerous orharmful drug than legal alterna-tives such as tobacco or liquor.

“I’ve seen hundreds and hun-dreds of lives ruined by the use ofmarijuana,” said Cafero, an expul-sion officer for the last 22 years inthe Norwalk school system. Youngteens who started using the druginfrequently all too often devel-oped use habits that grew to threetimes daily, leading them to dropout of high school, he said.This story originally appeared at

CTMirror.org, the website of TheConnecticut Mirror, an independentnonprofit news organization cover-ing government, politics and publicpolicy in the state.

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By ANA RADELAT©CONNECTICUTMIRROR

The price of a gallon of milk could top$7 soon, and if that happens Congresswould be to blame, the nation’s milkproducers say.

The reason the price of milk and otherdairy products could skyrocket is that thetwo federal programs that help regulatedairy prices expired Sept. 30 becauseCongress failed to reauthorize a five-yearfarm bill.

“We’re facing a ‘dairy cliff,’” said ChrisGalen, spokesman for the National MilkProducers Federation.

The Senate did approve a new farmbill, on a bipartisan basis, earlier this year.

That bill would scrap the old dairy pro-grams in favor of a new one that wouldprovide farmers a subsidy when prices arelow and cost of production — includingfeed, fuel, labor and shipping — is high.

The bill would also allow dairy farmersto increase their financial protection bybuying new federally subsidized insur-ance coverage that would pay out whenprofit margins dip.

Connecticut’s $1 billion a year dairyindustry backed the bill.

But the House failed to approve itsversion of a farm bill because conservativeRepublicans said it did not cut enough

money from farm subsidies and foodstamps; and liberal lawmakers, includingRep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, saidit would cut too much from the foodstamp program.

So Congress recessed last month with-out reauthorizing billions of dollars infederal farm programs. Lawmakers mayreturn to Washington after the Nov. 6election for a “lame duck” session, butnothing has been scheduled.

“Without government help, the priceof milk explodes,” said Rep. Joe Courtney,D-2nd District, a member of the HouseAgriculture Committee.

That explosion isn’t likely to comeuntil after New Year’s Day, when a 1949law would allow dairy farmers to accountfor the cost of production in the price ofmilk.

According to the National MilkProducers Federation, the farm price ofmilk would rise to about $3.44 per gallon.If the current 100 percent retail markupholds, the price of that gallon of milk atthe supermarket could rise to almost $8.

That’s almost double the current priceand high enough to affect consumption.

“We’ve never been in this positionbefore, so we don’t know what will hap-pen,” said Galen of the National MilkProducers Federation.

There are about 150 wholesale dairies

— located on a total of about 70,000acres — in Connecticut.

Predictions of a “dairy cliff ” may bemotivated in part to pressure lawmakersto approve a final farm bill in a lame ducksession.

Courtney hopes farmers and consum-ers will persuade lawmakers to act.

“The external pressures will be nuclear,”Courtney said.

House Speaker John Boehner has indi-cated there may be a vote on a farm bill inthe lame duck session of Congress.

But he did not say whether it would bea one-year extension of the current farmbill or a new, multi-year authorizationthat includes the new dairy program.

Courtney said Boehner “didn’t eventry” to muster enough votes for a farm billin the regular session.

A vote on a farm bill will add to analready busy agenda that’s expected in apost-election session.

The lame duck Congress will likelywork on a deal on a series of expiring taxcuts and a bill to offset a scheduled $110billion in cuts that would disproportion-ately affect the defense budget.This story originally appeared at

CTMirror.org,thewebsiteofTheConnecticutMirror, an independent nonprofit newsorganization covering government, politicsand public policy in the state.

Failure of Congress to reauthorize farm billis reason for rising milk prices, dairymen say

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’soffice is confirming Charter CommunicationsInc. is relocating its corporate headquartersfrom St. Louis to Stamford.

Details of the deal between Charter and thestate of Connecticut will be unveiled at a newsconference plannedTuesday in Stamford.Malloy’soffice said project is expected to create 200 jobs.

The project is part of the governor’s “FirstFive” initiative, which offers incentives to com-panies looking to expand in the state or movehere.

Malloy: Charterrelocating to Conn.

U.S. District JudgeKravitz dies at 62

HARTFORD — U.S. District Judge MarkKravitz, a prominent New Haven appellate lawyerwhoascended to the federalbench in2003andover-saw a variety of high-profile cases in Connecticut,has died after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease. Hewas 62.

KravitzdiedSundaynightathishomeinGuilford,where he continued to work on cases over the pastmonth as the disease progressed rapidly, fellow fed-eral Judge Alvin Thompson said Tuesday.

“Judge Kravitz was a wonderful colleague and avery dedicated and able jurist,”Thompson said.“Heloved the work of judging.I think it was his intellect,his temperament and the fact that he enjoyed everyaspect of the work.”


By ASHLEY HALSEY IIITHE WASHINGTON POST.

After six years of decline tooktraffic deaths to the lowest point in60 years, they increased dramaticallyin the first half of 2012, federal datashows.Highway safety experts were at

a loss to explain why, but mostspeculated that rebounding eco-nomic confidence may have putmore people on the roads.“Traffic deaths

drop in a reces-sion, sometimess igni f icant l y, ”said Russ Rader,spokesman forthe InsuranceInstitute forHighway Safety.“People who losetheir jobs or areworried they maylose them don’ttake as manyoptional trips, likedriving at nightor on weekends,or going to parties or the bars.Oncethe economy improves, that drivingcomes back.”The number of roadway fatalities

jumped by 13.4 percent in the firstthree months of this year, and thetotal for April, May and June was5.3 percent higher than in 2011.Forthe six-month period, 16,290 peo-ple were killed, 1,340 higher than inthe same time frame last year.Although the recession has been

seen as a factor, the decline in trafficfatalities began before the economicturmoil. After 43,510 people werekilled in 2005, the number droppedeach year until it reached 32,310last year.Increased use of seat belts, great-

er awareness of drunken driving,better highway design, installationof air bags and other auto safetyimprovements were given credit forthe decline.Barbara Harsha, executive direc-

tor of the Governors HighwaySafety Association, said the jump infatalities was cause for concern, butshe cautioned that half a year’s datadidn’t constitute a trend.“If there are increases over a

three- or five-year period, then it’stime to take a second look at what isbeing done and retool,”Harsha said.“It’s extremely difficult to maintainsteady decreases over time, and theincrease is not unexpected.”She shared Rader’s assessment

that people do more discretionarydriving and get into more accidentsas the economy improves.“However,since [the totalnumber

of miles people are driving] went uponly 1.2 percent,the economy isn’tthe whole answerto the puzzle,”Harsha said. “Thewarm winter mayalso have con-tributed to theincrease, becauseit meant a lon-ger riding seasonfor motorcyclists,more walking andbiking.”Lynda Tran,

s p o k e s p e r -son for the

National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration, which compiledthe data, pointed out that the 9 per-cent increase in fatalities for the firsthalf of this year is in comparisonwith 2011, when there were fewertraffic deaths than any year in thepast six decades.If the number of fatalities for all

of 2012 were to increase by 9 per-cent, the total still would be morethan 2,200 fewer than in 2008.“If there is an increase,total fatali-

ties will likely be less than they wereten years ago,possibly even five yearsago,” Harsha said. “That’s becausethere have been effective programsfor changing driver behavior, safervehicles and improved roadways.”NHTSA collects traffic accident

information from state law enforce-ment agencies.The data for the firstsix months of this year is prelimi-nary and subject to revision by thetime NHTSA’s annual report ontraffic fatalities for 2012 is releaseda year from now. The preliminarystatistics did not include the state-by-state breakdown and analysisthat will be contained in the finalreport.

Traffic deaths jumpafter 6-year decline

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Calling it a form of chemicalrestraint, Sen. Richard Blumenthaland advocates for the elderlyTuesday blasted the practice ofprescribing antipsychotic drugsfor dementia patients in nursinghomes and other long-term carefacilities.“It is a form of elder abuse.

It’s chemical restraint — no lesspernicious and insidious thanphysical restraintof patients —and it shouldbe stopped,”Blumenthal said.During a

press conferenceat the Capitol,B l u m e n t h a lannounced thathe has introduceda bill to crackdown on theoverprescriptionof these off-labeldrugs. At thesame time, healthcare advocatesand advocates forthe elderly announced that theyhave formed a statewide coalitionthat aims to reduce this type ofoff-label antipsychotic drug use inConnecticut by 50 percent.Both Blumenthal and the

coalition are trying to combatthe practice of giving agitated orconfused dementia patients antip-sychotic drugs, such as Risperidone,Quetiapine and Olanzapine, tocalm them down.This type of “off-label” use has

not been approved by the FDA.These drugs can cause excessivesedation and unresponsiveness andcan increase the risk of stroke anddeath in fragile, elderly patients,Blumenthal said.Connecticut nursing homes use

off-label antipsychotic drugs 24percent to 65 percent of the time,while the national average is 23.9percent, said Nancy B.Shaffer, stateombudsman for the state’s office oflong-term care.“We have some work to do,”

she said.The practice is also costly for tax-

payers.An InspectorGeneral report

last year found that 83 percent ofMedicare claims for antipsychoticdrugs for nursing home patientswere for off-label conditions.Blumenthal introduced the

bipartisan bill along with Sens.Herb Kohl, D-Wis., and ChuckGrassley, R-Iowa, last month in aneffort to crack down on the abuseand misuse of the drugs.The bill requires consent from

family members if these drugs aregoing to be used on patients. It alsowould create education programs

to train prescrib-ers and nursinghome staff. Inaddition, nurs-ing homes wouldhave to producea monthly reporton the use ofan t i p s ycho t i cdrugs at theirfacility.New groupIn addition

to the bill, orga-nizers of a newC o n n e c t i c u tcoalition calledthe Partnershipto Improve

Dementia Care in Nursing Homessaid they are hoping to spreadthe word about the practice. Theirgoal is to reduce the use of thesedrugs in state nursing homes by50 percent.The coalition is sponsored by

QUALIDIGM, the Medicarequality improvement organizationin Connecticut. The diverse group,which includes nursing homegroups, public health employ-ees and pharmacist groups, willtry to spread the word about theproblem.Rather than using these drugs

as a first line of defense, nursinghomes and long-term care facilitiescould try other techniques to calmagitated patients, such as music ortouch therapy or getting to knowthe patient’s routines to make surethey are not disrupted, elderlyadvocates said.This story originally appeared at

CTMirror.org, the website of TheConnecticut Mirror, an independentnonprofit news organization cover-ing government, politics and publicpolicy in the state.

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“It is a form ofelder abuse. It’schemical restraint— no lesspernicious andinsidious thanphysical restraintof patients —and it should bestopped,”SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL.

By MARK PAZNIOKAS©CONNECTICUTMIRROR

The U.S. Senate campaignsof Democrat Chris Murphy andRepublican Linda McMahonplayedcat-and-mouseWednesdayover Social Security, Medicareand personal character.Thirty minutes before Murphy

told residents at a nursing homethat McMahon’s election wouldbe a threat to their benefits,McMahon released a pre-emptivead attacking Murphy’s veracity.“Chris Murphy attacks Linda

on Social Security and Medicare,”her new ad says, then quickly piv-ots to this attack: “But Murphydidn’t tell us the truth about whenhe was sued in court about notpaying his rent.”The two campaigns are talking

past each other, responding to theother’s gibes by trying to redirectthe press and public: Murphy onMcMahon’s positions on SocialSecurity,McMahon on Murphy’sattendance record and financialmiscues.“Linda McMahon is scared to

death of a campaign that is talkingabout the issues,” Murphy said.

“She knows that she loses thiscampaign if voters are focused onthe differences between her and Ion Social Security, Medicare andwomen’s health.”The two candidates will face

each other for the first timeSunday in a debate televised liveon WFSB at 11 a.m., the first offour debates. In the meantime,the candidates face the mediaonly in carefully chosen settings.McMahon’s only public cam-

paign events this week wereappearances Monday in Danburyand Norwalk with Arizona Sen.John McCain, where she onlybriefly took questions. She is alsoscheduled to meet Friday withthe Hartford Courant editorialboard.Murphy campaigned ear-

lier Wednesday at an aerospacecompany in Glastonbury, but theonly event publicized by his cam-paign was his stop at GenesisHealthCare in Meriden. He tookquestions for eight minutes, thenwas led away to an unidentifieddestination.So goes campaigning in 2012,

when the candidates rarely talk tovoters in the presence of the press.

The most visible aspect of eachcampaign comes in 30-secondbursts on television.According to a report released

Wednesday by the WesleyanMedia Project,McMahon broad-cast 2,024 commercials fromSept. 9 to 30, while Murphy andgroups backing him aired 1,564spots over the same period.Murphy campaigned

WednesdaywithU.S.Sen.RichardBlumenthal, the Democrat whodefeated McMahon in the 2010race for the seat then held by theretiring Chris Dodd. He was alate substitute for Max Richtman,the president of the NationalCommittee to Preserve SocialSecurity and Medicare.The senator and the congress-

man-who-would-be-senatoreach told seniors that McMahonis willing to consider dramaticchanges toMedicare and a phase-out of Social Security unless theretirement program is reformed.This story originally appeared at

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Drawing & Painting the Portrait, In-troduction to Atelier, will be taught bySandra Wakeen. Atelier Basic Draw-ing is where the principals of compo-sition, perspective, light and shade,etc. will be taught by Doug Gillette.There will also be a Atelier TeenPortfolio Development taught by JackMontmeat. All classes are six-weeksessions. The very popular YouthProgram continues with Nick Frasco

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ITALIAN FILM SERIES: La PrimaCosa Bella, 1010 (in Italian with Eng-

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14th ANNUAL MIKEY’S PLACE 5KFAMILY RUN, WALK & ROLL: OnSunday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. the 14thAnnual Mikey’s Place 5K Family Run,Walk & Roll will take place to benefitthe preservation of the wheelchair ac-cessible playground built in memoryof Michael James Daversa. Mikeypassed away just before his thirdbirthday from the neuromuscular dis-ease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. In theFall of 2000, hundreds of communityvolunteers united to help the Dav-ersa/Huffman families construct the25,000 square foot playground de-signed for children of all abilities. Thisyear’s participants will be helpingto continue a scholarship fund withWethersfield’s Dollars for Scholarsprogram which was created in 2003.A portion of the proceeds will also behelping to create Loretta’s Dream, apavilion to be located in Mill WoodsPark, in memory of Loretta NakosPemble. Loretta passed away at theage of 34 from breast cancer. Shewas a 1989 graduate of WethersfieldHigh School. For more informationabout Loretta’s Dream, visit: www.lorettas-dream.org. All individuals(men, women AND children!) areinvited to participate in this wonderfulcommunity event. The Run, Walk andRoll will begin at Mikey’s Place onGarden Street in Old Wethersfield. Itis a flat course suitable for wheelchairparticipants. There is an entry fee,however, runners and walkers are be-ing asked to take pledges. The entryfee is waived for any entrant whoraises a minimum of $15 in pledges.Registration will take place from 9:30to 10:30 a.m. in the Hanmer SchoolGym. There will be division awards

and a professional timing service willbe on hand to record times at the fin-ish line.If you would like to volunteerto help on the day of the race or toobtain a pledge form, contact theDaversa family at (860) 529-2711.Pledge forms are also available at Vil-lage Pizza, Premier Cleaners, Shop-Rite Hardware, The Run In, Mikey’sPlace and in The Rare Reminder aswell as via Facebook — search forMikey’s Place.

ENERGY FAIR: Oct. 18, from 10a.m. to 2 p.m.: Purchase energyefficient lighting and save moneywith discounted prices at the DutchPoint Credit Union, 195 Silas DeaneHwy. No registration required. ShredDay, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon,Dutch Point Credit Union will host afree Shred Day at its WethersfieldBranch. Bring up to five file sizedboxes of papers for free, confidentialand secure shredding. Shred Daywill take place rain or shine. This isa community event. No registrationis required. Credit Reporting BasicsSeminar, Oct. 23, from 4:30 to 6:30p.m. Dutch Point Credit Union willhost a free Credit Reporting Seminarat the Wethersfield Branch. Pre-register at (860) 563-2617 ext. 266 orhttp://www.dutchpoint.org/dutchpoint/Events.asp William Raveis RealEstate 4th Annual Business AfterHours, * Thursday, Oct. 4th, 5:30 to7:30pm, 1206 Silas Deane Highway,Wethersfield. Join this great group asthey host a “BAH” with a super SilentAuction to benefit the William RaveisBreast Cancer Research Fund. BuyRite Liquors has arranged a terrificwine tasting and you will be able topurchase wine at special pricing dur-ing the event. Great food, networkingand fun at this “BAH”. William Raveishas opened this “BAH” to our cham-ber friends at Newington and RockyHill Chambers. Register with theWethersfield Chamber of Commerceat [email protected] or(860) 721-6200.


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The employees of Dutch Point Credit Union, “go casual” and support Miracle Jeans Day.Miracle Jeans Day is a donation program designed to raise money for local children’s hospi-tals in the Children’s Miracle Network of Hospitals.Employees support the cause by wearing jeans and making a $5.00 donation.Dutch Point Credit Union took this concept of Miracle Jeans Day a step further to allow

staff to wear jeans throughout the entire month of August on Fridays.Through their efforts, employees were able to raise $370.00 to benefit Connecticut

Children’s Medical Center. “There was great enthusiasm from the staff to be able to par-ticipate in this event” said Elizabeth Mumford, vice president of marketing and publicrelations.”Helping local hospitals care for the children in our community is right in line with our

mission.”Dutch Point Credit Union actively donates money to various local charities and causes

in their ongoing effort to give back to the community. For more information on DutchPoint Credit Union and their services, please visit www.dutchpoint.org or contact BarbaraGunterman at (860) 257-5203.

Dutch Point Credit Union employeesraise hundreds through ‘Miracle Jeans’MERIDEN—State and federal officials have announced $121 million in federal

funding for a high-speed rail project between New Haven and Springfield, Mass.The 62-mile project calls for service every 30 minutes during peak periods and every60 minutes at other times.Speeds would reach up to 110 miles an hour.Gov.DannelP.Malloy’s office projects 1.26 million riders annually by 2030.The $121 million will be combined with $174 million in state bond financing.

The funding brings to $191 million the federal commitment to the project. In total,$365 million in state and federal funding has been committed to the Connecticutportion of the New England rail system.Service is expected to begin in 2016 when service aboard 12 trains a day will be

increased to 34, or 17 round trips.Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said that although Congress must figure out

how to reduce the federal debt that totals more than $16 trillion, funding for NewEngland high-speed rail should be exempt from spending cuts because the regionalrail system promotes economic development.“There’s no question that federal spending has to be restrained but this project

is multi-year and multi-use and is a wise use of federal funding to support a criti-cal transportation system that benefits the entire New England region,” he said. “Itdeserves priority.”

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WETHERSFIELD LIBRARYCLOSED FRIDAY, OCT. 5: Wethers-field Library will be closed to the pub-lic Friday, Oct. 5 This closure is nec-essary to allow maintenance of thedata system, which will require that allcomputer systems be shut down. Thelibrary will be open Saturday, Oct. 6,from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday,Oct. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. The library willbe closed Monday, Oct. 8 for the Co-lumbus Day holiday. At any time, thelibrary may be reached on the internetat www.wethersfieldlibrary.org whereyou may search the catalog, use theonline databases, download an au-diobook, ask a reference question, orrenew, reserve or request a book.

WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY OPENSUNDAYS BEGINNING OCT. 7: Thelibrary will be open from 1 to 5 p.m.Sunday afternoons again, beginningOct. 7. The library’s regular hours are10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesdayand Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

FRIENDS OF THE WETHERSFIELDLIBRARY PRESENT AUTHORANNE KELLEHER: Author andwriting coach Anne Kelleher will bethe featured speaker at the 2012annual meeting of the Friends of theWethersfield Library at 7 p.m. Tues-day, Oct. 9 in the Community Roomat the library. The public is cordiallyinvited to join members of the Friendsat this event. Kelleher is the author of“How David Met Sarah” and “How Da-vid Was Surprised.” Inspired by, andwritten for, the author’s 36-year-oldbrother with Down Syndrome, bothbooks are content and reading levelappropriate for adults with limitedreading skill and have been endorsedby the National Down SyndromeSociety. Written in simple language,the books can be read and enjoyedby the developmentally disabled, theirfamily members, teachers and anyonewho is interested in gaining insightinto the lives of others. Copies of thebooks will be available for purchaseand signing. Born and raised in NewJersey, Kelleher holds a B.A. fromJohns Hopkins University and studiedEnglish Literature at the University ofConnecticut. Currently, she attendsthe Graduate Institute in Bethany.Besides being a sister to David she isthe mother of four and grandmother oftwo. She resides in Canton. This event

is free and open to the public.

ORGANIZINGYOUR FAMILY:Wethersfield Library will offer a pro-gram titled “Organizing Your Family”with Kimberly Bobin, Thursday, Oct.11, at 7 p.m.You will learn how simpleroutines and checklists can help kidsand parents to stay organized. Toolsand suggestions will be providedto help parents raise self sufficient,organized children. Whether you usea planner, computer or smartphone,this course will offer valuable ideasyou and your family can benefit from.The program is free and open to all.Registration is suggested. For moreinformation or to register, call theAdult Services Information Desk at(860) 257-2811.

SECOND SATURDAY CINEMA:Wethersfield Library’s Second Sat-urday Cinema classic film programcontinues Oct. 13 with a 1:30 p.m.showing of “Mr. Blandings Builds HisDream House.” Directed in 1948 byH.C. Potter, the film stars Cary Grantand Myrna Loy. When the Bland-ings decide they can afford to havea house in the country built to theirspecifications complications arise.Other films in the Second Saturdayprogram are: Nov. 10, “Now, Voyager,”and Dec. 8, “The Shop around theCorner.” Second Saturday CinemaClassic films are free and open to thepublic. Registration is not required,but seating is limited. Light refresh-ments are provided by the Friends ofthe Wethersfield Library. For informa-tion call the library at (860) 257-2811,or visit the library.

OCTOBER COMPUTER CLASSES:The library will offertwo computerclasses Monday, Oct. 15. “Introduc-tion to Microsoft Publisher (2010)”meets at 2:30 p.m. See the wonderfulpossibilities of this desktop publishingprogram. If you want to create cards,brochures or flyers then this is theclass for you. At 7:00 p.m. “Introduc-tion to Photo Editing” meets. Learnhow to improve and edit your photos.The library will offer two more classeson Wednesday, Oct. 17. Introduc-tion to the Internet” meets at 1:30p.m. Learn the basics of surfing theinternet. Discover what a browser isand how it works. No computer skillsare required. At 3 p.m. “Facebook &More” will meet. Learn the dos anddon’ts when signing up for Facebook.

Get a thorough tour of Facebookand a brief look at some other socialnetworking websites. A fifth class “SoYou Want to Buy a Tablet Computer?”is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29, at7 p.m. Kindle Fire or iPad? Nook orGoogle? Let us explain the pros andcons of the many choices available toyou. These classes are conducted ina lecture format. Registration is sug-gested.You may register in person atthe Wethersfield Library or by callingthe Adult Services Information Deskat (860) 257-2811, or email registra-tions to [email protected].

WHEN WETHERSFIELD WRES-TLED WITH WITCHCRAFT PRO-GRAM: “When Wethersfield Wrestledwith Witchcraft: Historical Contextand Contemporary Lessons,” with Dr.Frank Kirkpatrick, will be presented atthe library Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m.Kirkpatrick will discuss the historicaland religious context during colonialtimes when, given the beliefs of thetimes, it was reasonable to suspectsome people of witchcraft. He willdiscuss the colonial legal proceed-ings used, and the role of the clergyand governmental leaders. These17th century events and proceedingsprovide perspective in dealing withstrangers and aliens in our currenttimes. A long-time Wethersfield resi-dent, Kirkpatrick has taught religion atTrinity College, Hartford, since 1969.A graduate of Trinity College (major-ing in Religion), he has a Master’sDegree in Comparative Religionfrom Columbia University and UnionTheological Seminary and a Ph.D. inReligious Studies from Brown Uni-versity. The program is free and opento all. Registration is suggested.Youmay register in person at the library orby calling the Adult Services Informa-tion Desk at (860) 257-2811, or emailregistrations to [email protected].

BOOK DISCUSSIONS WITH DR.BJ SMITH: Dr. BJ Smith returns tothe Wethersfield Library to lead thesecond discussion in the “Truth — Inthe Eye of the Beholder” series. Joinus Monday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. for adiscussion of “Life of Pi”, Yann Mar-tel’s 2002 Man Booker Award winningnovel. Possessing encyclopedia-likeintelligence, unusual zookeeper’sson Pi Patel sets sail for America, butwhen the ship sinks, he escapes on

a life boat and is lost at sea with adwindling number of animals until onlyhe and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.Smith will lead a discussion of IanMcEwan’s “Atonement” Monday, Nov.26. All discussions will begin at 7 p.m.Copies of the books will be availablefor check-out at Wethersfield Libraryapproximately one month before thediscussion date. All discussions areheld at the library. These programsare free but registration is suggested.Call (860) 257-2811 to register orfor further information.You mayalso email registrations to [email protected].

RESUME AND COVER LETTERWRITING: The library will offer ajob support program Thursday, Oct.25. at 6:30 p.m. titled Resume andCover Letter Workshop. Join us for atwo-hour seminar about crafting theperfect resume and cover letter. Busi-ness professional Jeff Thierfeld leadsthis workshop and will demonstratehow to develop a polished resume,which focuses directly on capturingthe attention of target employers.Teams will share experiences anddraft custom/tailored resumes andcover letters that showcase specifictalents and proficiencies. This instruc-tional event offers great opportunitiesto any job seeker: college gradu-ates seeking full time work, adultslooking for new job within their field,career changers, or anyone seekingpart-time or temporary employmentopportunities. Presenter Jeff Thierfeld,has led similar workshops for Middle-town Adult Education, the PortlandEconomic Development Commission,the Jewish Community Center inBloomfield, and the Russell Library inMiddletown. Funding for this programhas been provided by the Friends ofthe Wethersfield Library. The programis free and open to all. Registration issuggested. Register in person at thelibrary, by calling the Adult ServicesInformation Desk at (860) 257-2811OR email registrations to [email protected].

ZOMBIFICATION WORKSHOPFOR TEENS: Teens! Join us at thelibrary for a zombification workshopMonday, Oct. 29, from 3 to 4 p.m.Using stage makeup and some veryordinary household items, we willshow you how to transform your-selves into zombies! Each participantwill get their own makeup for hands-

on practice creating burns, wounds,scabs, bruises and more. Come andhave some gory fun! Caroline Wilcox,professional face painter, will be onhand to share her “zombification”techniques.You will leave gruesomelytransformed! Registration is required.This program is for teens only. Reg-ister in person at the Wethersfield Li-brary or by calling the Adult ServicesInformation Desk at (860) 257-2811,or email registrations to [email protected].

CHILDREN’S EVENTS — WEEKLYANDYEAR-ROUND

WEE READ: 10:30 a.m. Thursday,Sept. 28. Storytime for 22 to 35months. Exciting program wheretoddlers begin to appreciate longerstories and participate in groupactivities. Parent participation is key.Registration is required.

MAD SCIENCE WITH MISS ME-LISSA: 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept.28. First grade and up. Excitingexperiments and hands-on activities.Registration required.

EVERY WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m. tonoon, Drop-in Playtime and 11 a.m.,Short & Sweet Storytime: all ages.Drop in family fun with a story and asong.

EVERY FRIDAY: 10 a.m. to noon,Drop-in Playtime and 11 a.m., Short& Sweet Storytime: all ages. Drop-infamily fun with a story and a song.

EVERY SATURDAY: 10:30 a.m.Saturday Stories: all ages. Drop-in funwith books, songs and movement forthe whole family.

WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY’SPUMPKIN JUDGING CONTESTAND PARADE: The WethersfieldLibrary will hold a special PumpkinJudging Contest and Parade forchildren and their families Thursday,Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m. Registrationis required for this program. Comedressed in your Halloween costumewith a pumpkin decorated as yourfavorite book character. Receive tricksor treats as you parade around thelibrary. Registration is required forthis program. For more information,or to register, visit the library, www.wethersfieldlibrary.org/kids.htm or callthe Children’s Department at (860)257-2801.

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EVENTS CALENDAR“MOVING FORWARD GROUP:Trying to move on with your life afterdivorce, or relationship breakup.There is a “Moving Forward” groupat First Congregational Church 355Main St., Cromwell, that will meetFriday, Oct. 5, and Friday, Oct. 19, at6:30 P.M. Come down and find outwhat others are doing to move on.For more information, call Mark at(860) 517-6688.

DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP: Go-ing through a relationship breakup?Already divorced? In the process,or

thinking about getting a divorce?There is a “Divorce SupportGroup” to help you get through thismajor life altering event,with verycaring,sensitive people who havebeen where you are. This groupmeets at First Church of Christ, 250Main St. Wethersfield, every Fridaynight from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

SINGERS WANTED! The FirstChurch of Christ in Wethersfield hasannounced its season schedule andis inviting experienced singers tojoin for the concert series. The Can-tata Singers rehearse Thursdays

from 8:15 to 9:45 p.m. This groupjoins the First Church Choir whichrehearses earlier the same night.Concerts are set for Sundays, Dec.9, Feb. 24, and Good Friday, March29. The choral works of Bach, Han-del and other classical composerswill be featured. The December andMarch concerts are accompaniedby orchestra. For more information,contact David Spicer at (860) 529-1575, ext. 209.

REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR THELEARNING CIRCLE PRESCHOOLPROGRAM: The Wethersfield Parks

and Recreation Department isnow accepting registration for TheLearning Circle Preschool Programfor the 2012-2013 school year.The TLC Preschool Program is astate licensed program designed tofoster individual growth in all areasof development with emphasis onschool readiness skills. Parentalinvolvement, community outreachand family activities are included.Three-year-olds meet two morningsa week and 4-year-olds meet eitherthree or four afternoons a week.For further information, refer to theParks and Recreation brochure or

call the Community Center at (860)721-2950 or (860) 721-2957.

A, B, C’s AND D’s OFMEDICARE:Seniors, having dif-ficulty understanding Medicare? Itdoes get confusing. You’re invited toan informational only meeting for allseniors to discuss the A, B, C’s andD’s of Medicare. Open enrollmentis Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 and is gettingcloser, so it’s imperative you knowyour options. Join us Tuesday, Oct.16 and Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 11a.m. in Wethersfield at the PitkinCommunity Center. All are welcome.

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*105. Hunan Pork 8.15

*106. Hunan Chicken 8.45

*107. Hunan Shrimp 9.35

*108. Hunan Beef 8.75

*109. Szechuan Pork 8.15

*110. Szechuan Chiken 8.45

*111. Szechuan Beef 8.55

*112. Szechuan Shrimp 9.35

*113. Ta�in Chicken 8.25

*114. Hot & Spicy Shredded Beef 8.75

*115. Hot & Spicy Shredded Pork 8.35

*116. Shrimp in Hot Spicy Sauce 9.15

*117. Kung Bo Chicken w. Peanuts 8.25

*118. Kung Bo Chicken w. Peanuts 8.25

*119. Curry Chicken 8.55

*120. Scallops w. Garlic Sauce 9.75

*120a. Jing Jang Shredded Pork 8.15

COMBINATION PLATTERS(SERVED WITH PORK FRIED RICE & EGG ROLL)C 1. Chicken w. Chow Mein 6.25C 2. Shrimp Chow Mein 6.75C 3. Pepper Steak w. Onion 6.95C 4. Beef w. Snow Peas 6.95C 5. Moo Goo Gai Pan (Chicken) 6.75

*C 6. Hunan Beef (or Chicken) 6.95C 7. Shrimp w. Broccoli 7.15C 8. Chicken Lo Mein (or Pork) 6.35C 9. Shrimp w. Cashew Nuts 7.15C 10. Sweet & Sour Chicken (or Pork) 6.65C 11. Barbecued Spare Ribs (or Boneless) 7.45

*C 12. Chicken w. Garlic Sauce 6.65C 13. Roast Pork w. Chinese Veg. 6.55C 14. Roast Pork Egg Foo Young (or Chicken) 6.25C 15. Shrimp w. Lobster Sauce 7.15C 16. Beef w. Broccoli 6.95C 17. Chicken w. Broccoli 6.65

*C 18. Sesame Chicken 7.45C 19. Teriyaki Beef & Chicken Wings 6.95

*C 20. General Tso’s Chicken 7.45

*C 21. General Tso’s or Sesame Tofu 7.45

Brown Rice (Pt.) 1.75 (Qt.) 2.75White Rice (Pt.) 1.50 (Qt.) 2.25Fried Noodles 1.00Fortune Cookies 0.60

$5.2534 LUNCH SPECIALS!

ORDER ONLINE:MINGMOONNEWINGTON.COM

HUNAN & SZECHUIANSPECIALTIES

Can Soda 1.002 Liter Soda 2.50Extra Duck Sauce (8 oz.) 1.00

SIDE ORDERS

Purchase over $15Get 1 Qt. Wonton Soupor 1 Can Soda FREE

With coupon for Take Out ONLY (Lunch Special NotIncluded). Cannot be combined with other coupon.

Purchase over $20Get 1 Pt. Roast Pork FriedRice or 2 Egg Roll FREE

With coupon for Take Out ONLY (Lunch Special NotIncluded). Cannot be combined with other coupon.

Purchase over $25Get Small Order Tso’s

Chicken or Crab Rangoon FREEWith coupon for Take Out ONLY (Lunch Special NotIncluded). Cannot be combined with other coupon.

Purchase over $30Boneless Spare Ribs

or Golden Finger FREEWith coupon for Take Out ONLY (Lunch Special NotIncluded). Cannot be combined with other coupon.

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Each served with roast pork fried rice or whiterice. Free soup of the day or soda until 3 pm.($.75 extra a�er 3pm and without soup)

(ORDER BY PHONE &ITWILL BE READYWHEN YOU PICK IT UP!)

* HOT & SPICY DISHES CAN BE ALTEREDTO YOUR TASTE!


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