Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Volume 22, Number 19
Door-knocking begins in August
50 YEARS OF MEMORIES
Over the next decade, lawmakers, business owners, and many others will use 2020 Census data to make critical decisions. The results will show where communities need new schools, new clinics, new roads, and more services for families, older adults and children.
Photos by Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Timberlin celebrates milestone By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
who has held the post since 2011.
Timberlin Golf Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and there is plenty to toast.
“I look forward to continuing the many traditions that has made Timberlin such a special place for 50 years,� Bayram said.
The course opened on July 1, 1970, and has been under the watch of just three head golf professionals over the half century. It all began with the inaugural pro Lindsey Hansen (1970-2006), followed by Jeff Coderre (2006-2010) and current pro Marc Bayram,
The course host matches for the boys and girls Berlin High School squads. The Redcoat boys have won nine state titles and the girls have garnered four.
Timberlin also boasts strong men's and ladies club orgaTimberlin has produced nizations, as well as a topsome of the best players in notch Junior Golf program. the state, including four-time Bayram was honored as the Connecticut Open champirecipient of the 2015 Youth on and Connecticut amateur Player Development Award champ Kyle Gallo as well as because of the strength of Cody Paladino, also a CT the junior golf program. Open and state amateur champion.
See Timberlin, A12
In short, your response matters. Currently, the national rate of response is 61.9 percent, while 65.3 percent of Connecticut residents have responded. Meanwhile, Berlin is well ahead of the national and state rate,
as 78.4 percent of residents have responded to the census. Your answers are so important that the Census Bureau will come knocking on your door to count people living in your household. Because of the pandemic, the Census Bureau is adapting or delaying some operations to protect the health and safety of staff and the public while still making sure the population is counted. According to the original schedule, non-response follow-up, (a.k.a. door knocking) was due to begin midMay. It will now be postponed until mid-August. What does this mean? If you would prefer to avoid that See Census, A14 R232002
Southington residents Jon Rustek, left, and Peter Anop reminisce about Timberlin Golf Club as they wait to tee off Friday, July 3. Timberlin is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
The results will also inform how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding are allocated to more than 100 programs, including Medicaid, Head Start, block grants for community mental health services and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP.