Thursday, March 5, 2020
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Volume 6, Number 21
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SWIMMING
Fast kids off the blocks Cheshire, Meriden Co-op seal winning dual-meet seasons Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — Now that’s a finishing kick. Both the Cheshire and Meriden Co-op boys swimming and diving teams capped off winning regular seasons with dual-meet victories on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Not long after Meriden beat Bulkeley/HMTCA 88-86 in a CCC South meet Hartford, the Rams ripped Shelton 101-77 in a SCC Division I engagement at Cheshire Community Pool. The Co-op returned home with a record of 8-6, the best in program history. Cheshire signed off at 10-3. Meriden was paced by Joe Peralta and Alex Flynn. Each
won two individual events and teamed with Spencer Studley and Sam Hurlburt to capture the 200 medley relay (1:53.66) and 200 freestyle relay (1:46.71). Peralta swept the distance freestyles. He touched in 2:02.88 in the 200 and 5:35.71 in the 500. Flynn had the fast times in the 200 IM (2:16.29) and 100 backstroke (1:04.49). See Swimming, A3
Sam Hanke and the Cheshire boys swim team capped off a 10-3 dual-meet season with a 101-77 victory over Shelton at Cheshire Community Pool, Feb. 25. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Elim Park donation supports police, fire departments Elim Park Place Retirement Community recently presented Cheshire police and fire departments with a check for $390,000. At St. Bridget School, from left: Interim Principal Marilú G.Rochefort; Nilan Kathir, 7th grade student; Assistant Principal Judith Rowninski; Joseph Gurerra, 7th grade home room teacher.
St. Bridget student wins honors for pediatric medicine tracking app Nilan Kathir, a Cheshire resident and seventh grader at St. Bridget School recently won the 2019 Congressional App Challenge from Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District. Nilan created the
Ped Med Interaction Finder App which helps to predict and prevent risky drug interactions for pediatric patients when prescribed multiple medications.
The U.S. House of Representatives hosts a district-wide Congressional App Challenge for highly motivated middle school and high See Student, A2
The monetary gift is offered annually to the two departments as a way to thank them for services provided to Elim Park throughout the year. As a religiously affiliated organization, Elim Park does not pay taxes to the Town of Cheshire, however, police and fire personnel do respond to emergency calls at the Elim community. The funds are meant to help the departments supplement their operating budgets for the fiscal year. In the past, both departments have used the money to purchase new equipment or fund training programs. — Press Release