Thursday, March 5, 2020
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Volume 23, Number 1
Timberlin golfers tee it up in Feb. for the first time By Everett Bishop The Citizen
For the first time in its 50year history, Timberlin Golf Course opened in February. Mild winter temperatures allowed the municipal course to open from Feb. 22 to 26. According to head golf professional Marc Bayram, the course had never opened before March. Timberlin’s official opening day is slated for Saturday, March 7, with a ceremony at 10 a.m.
Dry course conditions also contributed to the early opening, Bayram noted. A report on Golf.com states that golfers from “Ohio to New York” were able to play as early as December. “We sent an email out, put it on social media that we were opening and we sold out within 24 hours,” Bayram said. “We had 144 players … I had a wait list of 10 groups that I couldn’t do anything with.” See Timberlin, A17
A golfer takes a swing at Timberlin on Feb. 22, the earliest the municipal course has ever opened. Timberlin/Facebook
The newest members of the Berlin High School chapter of the Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society.
Social studies scholars honored By Jack Carroll Special to The Citizen
tinction, students must maintain a GPA of 3.5 on the 4.0 scale in their soLast month, a new group of cial studies courses. In adBerlin High School studition, students have to dents was inducted into maintain an overall GPA of the BHS chapter of the Rho 3.0 and must complete a Kappa National Social total of six semesters in the Studies Honor Society. social studies. As stated in its mission statement, “Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society is the only national organization for high school juniors and seniors that recognizes excellence in the field of social studies.” In order to earn this dis-
The newest members of BHS’s Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society are: Marissa Barile, Julia Bennett, Molly Brett, Tori Cascone, Kelly Chmielewski, Tyler Cloutier, Briana Dastoli, Sophia Ferraguto, Ting Fischer, Shannon Flaherty, Makayla Gorski, Luke Impelluso, Emma
Johnson, Kelly Kozlowski, Erica Lavoie, Timothy Lewis, Jacob T. Lindsay, Ryan McGowan, Julia Oakes, Maddie Palmese, Victoria Pietrucha, Noah Matthew Reed, Izabela Rockhill, Benjamin W. Roe, Daria Szarwacki, Matthew Tierney, Emily Wisniewski, Susan Wisniewski and Jenna Zup. As well as excelling in the classroom, the new inductees are also civicminded. At their induction ceremony, BHS Rho Kappa president Alexander Yeung See Scholars, A6
Annunziata leaves Police Commission, new member appointed By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
The Town Council recently appointed Melissa Urrunaga to fill a vacancy on the Police Commission. The vote to appoint Urrunaga, a Democrat, was unani-
mous. Councilor Michael Urrunaga, her husband, abstained. The new appointee replaces Democrat Joseph Annunziata, who resigned on Jan. 17 after some 15 years on the commission.
Urrunaga’s term runs until the next municipal election in 2021. She was not available for comment. Councilor JoAnn AngelicoStetson said she was happy to nominate Urrunaga, partly to bring diversity to the
all-male Police Commission. “She’s very well qualified, she’s a social worker with the Department of Children and Families, she serves with the court as a co-liaison. She’s well versed in respect to areas of criminal
justice and she’s got extensive experience in that field,” Stetson said. Police Commission Chairperson Paul Eshoo agreed. “She knows stuff about law so that’s good. She can be an asset,” he said.