cheshirecitizen.com
Volume 12, Number 27
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Cheshire Academy brings on new head coaches Cheshire Academy recently announced new additions to the coaching staff of its girls atheletic programs.
Girls basketball and volleyball Caroline Brasa has been named head coach of the Cheshire Academy varsity girls basketball and girls volleyball programs.
Brasa, who was most recently assistant coach of the Eastern Connecticut State University women’s basketball team, brings with her nearly a decade of knowledge in the fields of coaching and playing. Brasa started at the academy on July 1, and also will serve as a member of the
school’s teaching faculty. “I am so excited for the opportunity to coach and teach at Cheshire Academy,” said Brasa. “I’m looking forward to developing students both on and off the court.” See Coaches, A2
Cheshire resident and puppeteer Dick Smith.
He’s also involved with a new project, teaching a class at Elim Park, called “Acting Out.” This is an improvisational group and the goal is not to perform for audiences, sim-
ply to learn the art of improvisation. “I’m 88-years-old and still doing this,” Smith quipped. Over the years, Smith and his family, along with their puppets, have appeared as entertainers many times. Smith has performed with the Hamden and Torrington symphony orchestra productions of “Peter and the Wolf.” When Smith retired, he brought his
“go-to” puppet Big Red, along with many other puppets, out to do about 100 shows a year as Grampa’s Attic Productions. Retired from teaching art for 35 years, Smith worked in the Hamden school district for 42 years altogether. But aside from that formal career, from his earliest remembrances, Smith was smitten by the-
The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program has begun its monitoring of mosquitoes for the presence of viruses that can cause illness in people, including West Nile Virus (WNV) and the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus. The mosquito trapping and testing program, coordinated by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, (CAES) operates through the end of October. CAES reports, “There are currently 108 mosquito-trapping stations in 87 municipalities throughout the state.” Cheshire’s testing site is Lock 12. In Cheshire last year, 401 mosquitoes were tested, and were negative for mosquito-borne
See Smith, A4
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By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Now in his 80s, the Cheshire resident said he’s had many adventures, but his involvement with puppetry is one of the highlights of his varied experiences.
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Mosquito management plan begins
Entertainer discusses his adventures in puppetry Dick Smith learned the art of puppetry from some of the masters. Sheri Lewis and Jim Henson are two of the world-famous names he came to know and who inspired him.
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