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The number of teen drivers has decreased nationally for a variety of reasons, a trend noticed by officials at local driving schools. “These days, people are not motivated to get their li cense,” said Jay Alvarez, owner of Shield Driving School in Meriden. “The younger driver, they don’t want their license. They don’t want that responsibili ty. A lot of the parents are forcing their kids to get their license at 16 because they need them to get a job, they need them to go to practice, they need them to go to Theschool.”National Highway Traf fic Safety Administration re ported that out of the 228.2 million licensed drivers in the United States in 2020, only 11.6 million (5.1%) of them were considered to be young drivers, ages 15 to 20 years old. This is an 8.3%

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The Cheshire Citizen Lawn signs with the message “Residen tial Green Award” are popping up in Cheshire. The placards are being award ed to residents who work “to foster a healthier watershed for pollinators, mammals and humans.”

That’s according to Cheshire Pollinator Pathway co-chair Joanna deBear. The pollinator pathway group, along with the Mill River Watershed Association and the Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire, sponsor the local recognition. “It is a program acknowledging home owners who are being environmentally responsible,” deBear said. For the month of August, Residential Green Awards were installed at the Oak Ridge Drive home of Joanna Giddings and in the yard of Adele Kasinskas, on Redwood Drive. The awards are given to homeowners who are, first and foremost, actively "shrinking their lawns,” said MRWA President Ron Walters.

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Record-Journal staff Gov. Ned Lamont was in Cheshire, Aug. 2, to an nounce that $450,000 in state funds have been re leased to create an Emer gency Operations Center at Town Hall. The money was approved by the State Bond ing Commission July 26. Request for the EOC fund ing was in the 2023-2024 capital budget. However, the state allocation will allow for the project to move forward immediately. The town al ready has begun the design phase of the project.

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Joanna Giddings received a Residential Green Award for the natural landscape she has developed at her Oak Ridge Drive home. Giddings is pictured in her frontyardnativepollinatorgarden. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen

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Green Award focuses on natural, sustainable home landscaping

“With an increasing number of severe weather events happening on a regular ba sis, it is critical that towns have the resources they need for their local emer gency management teams to quickly respond to any kind of emergency situa tion,” Lamont said, in a statement. A11

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The last weekend of July, I walked the neighborhoods of South Meriden, just blocks from Meriden Markham Airport. Though the sun was begin ning to sink behind Dia mond Hill and the early evening shadows were grow ing longer by the minute, my energy was flagging from canvassing out in the mid-summer heat. As I walked through the neighborhood in search of some shade, I noticed a woman digging and planting in a large garden. Curious, I approached her, introduced myself as a candidate for the 83rd House District, and asked what issues were im portant to her. Before she hermesheanswered,walkedthroughgarden. It takes incredi ble den,kindgrowlousanddisciplinemeticucaretothisofgarsheexplained. thinking, common sense Fazzino See Camping, A3 See Fazzino, Edward Jones are reg stered pository Trust Corp (DTC) Bosmat Cohen Financial Advisor 100 Hinman St Ste 4 Cheshire, CT 06410 203-718-0001 1 year 2.95 $1,000 FDI-1916K-A © 2022 EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > edwardjones.com | Member SIPC We’re more than just a great rate. Call or visit your local financial advisor today. Minimum depositAPY* %Bank-issued, FDIC-insured * Annual Percentage can lose principal value FDIC insurance does not cover losses n market value Early withdrawal may not be permitted Y elds quoted are net of all comm ssions CDs requ re the d stribution of interest and do not allow interest to compound CDs offered through Edward Jones are issued by banks and thrifts nationwide A l CDs so d by Edward Jones are registered with the Depository Trust Corp (DTC) Bosmat Cohen Financial Advisor 100 Hinman St Ste 4 Cheshire, CT 06410 203-718-0001 1-year 2.95 $1,000 FDI-1916K-A © 2022 EDWARD

By Joy VanderLek The Citizen I hate camping. As a child, my parents would load us into the VW camper and head onto the roads of America. My sibling and I never knew where we were going, but we were both terrified. All our vacations were camping vacations. There was no motel, no pool, no ice ma chine, no television not even a massaging mattress bed for a quarter. When we lived in Arizona, our adventures included excursions to Mexico. You haven’t lived until you’ve had a “nature moment” on a sand dune in the vast nothingness of the desert outside of OurNogales.family vacations often featured side-ofthe-road rest stops along a busy highway or in the woods. Our usual camping spot wasn’t even a campground. It was a pullover to the side of the road plot, almost always next to dark and scary woods. That’s one reason why I grew to hate camping. To this day, I am scarred from a camping in cident along the Skyline Drive in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park. After tucking me into the bed in the pop-up camper, and my brother into a canvas bed that bridged the driver and passenger seats, my parents went for a walk. Someone should have pulled their parenting credentials right then. What the heck were they thinking? It was dark. It was late. There were noises all about. For sure, I thought my brother and I would be mauled by a woodland creature or Soworse.much for camping being peaceful and Someenjoyable.folks enjoy camping. I knew someone who went “glamping” with her family. Glamping is where you play all day and peo ple who you hire do the cooking and tent set-up and take-down. It’s glamorous camp Mindying. Otlowski and her family decided to camp at Housatonic Meadows State Park timing it perfectly for what was, at that time, a 100-year storm. Their tents collapsed from the torrents of rain. Mindy insists they had fun anyway, but I’m not so sure. However, I’ve collected many stories that align with my own experience. Deborah Anastasio won’t soon forget her camping experience. She recalled: “I was on an herbalist training retreat and they had us set up our tents. We were raided by warthogs because we were under the nut trees.” She said the wild animals made “horrendous, bone-crunching noises,” and grunted menacingly. The whole ordeal was so scary, Deborah said it chased campers out from their hiding place in the outhouse.

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Ron Gagliardi had quite the camping experience. He and his wife have only gone camping once in their 53-year marriage. The ad venture he describes could be Somewhy.years back, the two ac cepted an invitation to go camping on a friend's farm in Watertown. “We helped unfold his ‘insect proof’ tent and were treated to an extensive crop of the dead insects,” leftover from the previous season. “Later that afternoon, while tramp ing through his fields, we were treated to the ‘music’ of bullets whizzing past our ears from the rifles of some very careless rabbit hunters.” “We survived that scare and later settled down to roast marshmallows over a crack ling fire, partially fueled by an old stump,” Ron recalled. “Unfortunately, to add to our memories, an entire colony of carpenter ants made an emergency exit from their soon-to-be, hellfire stump house, crawling in waves to ward us campers seated in their escape path around the Ronfire.”and his wife made “a hasty retreat” to their car and drove “the bullet-free miles home to our rabbitfree, ant-free home.”

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Caitlin Legere Fitzpatrick tells of the time she and her 20-something friends decid ed to go camping in the Catskills, on land a friend owned. One of her friends announced she was bringing a mystery guy her dad knew. “Honestly, I was pretty up set,” Caitlin said. “I didn’t know this person. I was an noyed, and a little freaked out that she would invite some ‘random’ guy.” To make matters worse, the mystery guy arrived late, af ter they’d set up camp and were eating s’mores by the Caitlinfire. was thinking the worst, “a stranger arriving in the middle of the night, in the woods …” But as soon as she heard him say, “Hello,” Caitlin was head over heels "It was love at first sight.”

Caitlin and Brian the “mys tery man”– will celebrate their 14th wedding anniver sary this fall. Caitlin now says it was the “best camping trip ever.”

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A one-size-fits-all brand of leadership is not what our District deserves. I’ma lawyer and a Town Coun cilor. Using creative thinking, common sense, and painstaking patience, I work with my colleagues to solve problems for my con stituents and clients. I repre sent real people with real concerns, and I’m expected to formulate real solutions. As I walk our District, my fo cus is not directed toward Texas, Washington, D.C. or Chicago. It’s directed toward my friends and neighbors in Meriden, Berlin, and Cheshire and what I can do to make their lives better. Our District faces real chal lenges. Rising costs have de terred new families from moving into our com munity and have forced longstanding residents out. Burnout and signifi cant mental health needs have burdened our students and teachers. Our familyowned, middle class busi nesses are feeling the finan cial squeeze as they navigate tremendous economic un certainty. Our law enforce ment professionals and community service organi zations require more sup port in their efforts to keep our neighborhoods safe. Gridlock and partisan namecalling continue to stifle meaningful, results-driven progress in our political in Itstitutions.isonmy generation to find solutions to these problems. And as a 27-year-old leader in my District, I challenge my fellow young people to From

Every plant is different. Ev ery plant requires various levels of attention. And be cause her garden is so var ied, she has to tend to it ev ery single day. She worked so hard to build this garden. And I, like many others in the neighbor hood, appreciated the dedi cation and sacrifice it took for her to create it and share it with others. I grew up in the 83rd Dis trict, and I’m proud to call it my home. Our community is an incredibly diverse one. From the pristine open spaces by the Linear Trail, Hanover Pond, and Bicen tennial Park to the dense, ur ban blocks of East Main Street, every neighbor hood has unique character, needs, and concerns.

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The Susan G. Komen More than Pink Walk will take place Oct. 22 at Bushnell Park in Hartford. Register at komen.org/connecti cutwalk. Susan G. Komen is the world’s leading nonprofit breast cancer organiza tion, working to save lives and end breast cancer.

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The Cheshire High School Class of 1987 is looking for alumni in lead-up to its 35th year reunion, planned for Saturday, Aug. 20. The event is set to take place at the Back Nine Tavern, 150 Savage St., Plantsville, from 6 to 9 p.m. For tickets, call Pam Guglielmino at 203-232-8305.

The Town of Cheshire provides a container at 1304 Waterbury Road for disposal of resi dential grass clippings and leaves. There is no charge. Disposal by commercial opera tions is not permitted. The container is ac cessible Mondays, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., through Oct. 31 (excluding holidays).

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Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging welcomes Sandy Gifford, M.B.A., as a resource coordinator in Previously,Cheshire. for four years, Gifford served as the Department Coordinator for Hart ford HealthCare Center for Healthy Ag ing. In that role, she was responsible for researching and coordinating incoming referrals, organizing community educa tion events, tracking team marketing events and surveys, supply chain procurement and accounts payable docu “ments.Iamreally looking forward to expanding our reach in the Cheshire area and New Haven County,” said Gifford. Gifford received her M.B.A. in marketing from Suffolk University and carries over 20 years of experience work ing with the elderly population. As a resource coordinator, Gifford will help assess and identify the needs of seniors and connect them to re sources, assist in educating and training programs for caregiver and family members, build and maintain posi tive relationships in the community with hospitals, so cial service agencies, senior centers and physicians, and coordinate visits, meetings and senior related events. Gifford Red Cross A Red Cross blood drive will take place Tuesday, Aug. 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Cor nerstone Church, 1146 Waterbury Road. Donors can schedule an appointment using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, by visiting RedCrossBlood.org or by calling 1-800-7332767.

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Memory Café Memory Café offers an easy and fun way to socialize with others who have a shared experience. The virtual class, facilitated by a Hart ford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging Dementia Specialist, takes place the first Monday of the month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Registration required. Call 1-855-442-4373 or go to tualCHartfordHealthCare.org/Virlasses. Call-in support Fridays from 2 to 3 p.m. talk to a professional about ques tions and concerns you may have regarding dementia. Join the call at 860-972-6338 (Meeting Room: 19623#). What Alzheimeris’s? Thursday, Aug. 11 from 6 to 7 p.m., learn more about the different types of dementia, identifying different symp toms, and the importance of knowing the diagnosis. Fa cilitated by a Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging Dementia Specialist. Registration re quired. Call 1-855-4424373 or go to eHealthCare.org/VirHartfordtualClasss.

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Dianelucky.”Stanley owns Hig ganum-based Crossroads Driving School, which teaches drivers in various towns, including Wallingford and North Haven. Her school is busy this summer, but she said restrictions on 16 and 17 year old drivers are prompting many teens to wait until they are 18. According to the Connecti cut State DMV Center for Teen Safe Driving, 16 and 17-year-olds can’t get their license until they have had their driver’s permit for at least four months. They also have to complete an eight hour Safe Driving Practices class, a two hour parent/le gal guardian training and 40 hours of practice driving. Once they obtain their li cense after passing a road test and vision test, 16 and 17-year-olds can’t drive alone with friends their own age for a year and can’t drive between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. “I think you are seeing some students waiting until they are 18 so they can just drive without restrictions,” Stanley Insaid.Connecticut, the number of teens getting their learn er’s permit has mostly stayed even in recent years, about 25,000 per year, said Tony Guerrera, deputy com missioner of the state De partment of Motor Vehicles. However, he did notice a slight dip in 2020 when 23,693 teens received a learner’s permit. From A1 Teens See Teens, A12

decrease from the young li censed drivers in 2011 and a 4.7% decrease from 2019. Alvarez said the average age of his driving students is mid to late twenties. He has also noticed the number of stu dents in his classes has de creased. “When I first start ed, I was averaging about 20 to 30 kids per class per ses sion,” Alvarez said. “I’m now like 10 to 15, maybe 20 if I’m

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Health district highlights immunization awareness Press Release Marked in August, National Immunization Awareness Month highlights the impor tance of getting your recom mended vaccines through out your Accordinglife.to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven tion, many children and adults get sick each year from diseases that vaccines can Vaccinationsprevent. are the first and most important line of defense in preventing respi ratory Anotherdiseases.reason why August is deemed National Immu nization Awareness Month is to make sure children get caught up on missed wellchild visits and receive their recommended vaccines. Likewise, adults need to keep their vaccinations up to date because immunity from childhood can wear off, and over time, adults can be at risk for different diseases. Adult vaccines can vary due to age, health history, and/or occupation. Some adult vac cinations include those for: influenza, COVID-19, DTAP, shingles, Hepatitis B, and pneumonia. Vaccination is a key public health priority; because it not only protects the vaccinated person, but also prevents the spread of disease in the community. This is especially vital to those most vulnerable to se rious complications: infants and young children, the el derly, and those with chron ic conditions and weakened immune systems. For more information visit chesprocott.org or cdc.gov.

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Less turf grass lawn equals less water use. Water conser vation is important year round, but especially with the current drought condi tions throughout Connecti cut, Walters said. Less turf lawn can also mean less lawn chemicals, exhaust emissions and noise levels created by motorized land scaping equipment, said de TheBear.overall aim of the Resi dential Green Awards pro gram is to highlight proper ties within the Mill River wa tershed that incorporate sus tainable landscaping. The program also promotes storm water management, such as rain gardens, rain barrels, and downspouts di rected to lawn areas. “In the end, everyone wins, because it helps in main taining cleaner water and a healthier watershed for all of us,” said deBear. Send “Residential Green PattAward”nominaionstoCheshirePollinatorhway@gmail.comorviaSustainableCheshire.org.

Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen From A1 Award “By partnering with Cheshire on the creation of a new Emergency Operations Center, the state is able to help ensure that the town has the tools they need to support their residents,” Lamont said. The EOC will be set up in the basement of Town Hall, in a 600-square-foot room currently used as storage space. The space will be ful ly-equiped, giving the town’s Emergency Management Team a central space in which to work during a cri sis. At this time, emergency operations are run out of the training room at the police Accordingdepartment.to Town Manager Sean Kimball, the equip ment needed for a townwide emergency response is currently inadequate. Fur thermore, when officers are responding to calls and emergency personnel are working a crisis, this can cause logistical problems at that location. The funds will cover the installation of equipment, such as display monitors and audio and vi sual equipment.

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Cynthia Luca, owner of EZLern Driving School in Meri den, said the cost of driving is prompting some teens to “wait.Getting a license, that’s not the major cost,” Luca said. “It’s what happens when you get the license. The au tomobile, the gas, the insur Lucaance.”said that she has seen an increase in students be tween the ages of 19 and 21. Older students only have to take an eight hour course. “They come in, they have some driving experience,” Luca said. “We’re just more or less checking them out, making sure that they are ready to take a test …” Brandon Dufour, founder and chief executive officer of The Next Street driving school, said the number of 16 and 17 year old driving students has steadily de creased over the past 10 years. Next Street has loca tions throughout New Eng land, including in Walling ford, Southington and “Cheshire.Theaccess to social media and ability for young adults to communicate without having to be together makes a car and license less need ed,” Dufour said. Guerrera said teens now have many more transporta tion options, including Uber and Lyft. “Things that weren’t avail able like ten years ago,” Guerrera said. “I think they could be waiting (to drive) a little bit longer and just not concerned about it because they are able to get to point A and point B through dif ferent modes of transporta tion.”While the change in student demographics hasn’t im pacted revenue, Dufour said Next Street has had to From A10 Teens See Teens, A17

“People were scared to get into vehicles with other peo ple because of COVID,” Guerrera said. The number of licensed 18year-olds in the country has decreased from 80.4% in 1983 to 61% in 2018, accord ing to Statista. The number of licensed 16-year-olds has gone down as well. In 1983, 46.2% of 16-year-olds were licensed, but in 2018, only 25.6% of this age group had their driver’s license.

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The Cheshire Art League will host a presentation on Nuno Felting by guest artist Linda Garcia, Sept. 7, 6:30 p.m., at the Cheshire Public Library. Nuno Felting is an environ mentally-friendly, wet felting process that uses water and goat oil soap. Designs are created by adding merino wool, vintage silk and other natural fibers. This demon stration is free and open to the public. Run for The Cove Run for The Cove will take place Oct. 9 at Winding Trails in Farmington and Oct. 16 at Hammonasset Beach in Madison. Now in its 25th year, Run for The Cove supports the Cheshirebased Cove center’s free programs. For more infor mation, visit covect.org/race.

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TheCheshireCitizen|cheshirecitizen.comA14 Thursday,August11,2022 Cheshire Police Explorers spent a week in July at the Waterbury Explorer Police Academy. "They shuffled between PT at Hopbrook Park, lectures and class work at POST University, and hands-on training at Fulton Park," the Cheshire Police Department stated in a social media post. "A fun, informative, and immersive way to dive into police work and see what it’s all about." Cheshire PD, Facebook EXPLORER ACADEMY Matt’s Pro Plumbing www.mattsproplumbing.com 860-922-9976 • Fast, dependable, friendly service • Full plumbing & carpentry service • Free estimates over the phone! NO SMALLTOOJOB Includes demo, haul away, plumbing,sub-floor,Kohler fixtures, installations of Kohler tub or shower enclosure, fiberglass units+$3,499Licensed&Insured, Lic# 2 82931 The Bathroom Remodeling Specialist We offer tub and shower conversions If you need a tub or shower replaced, CALL MANTUBTHE 247152 SUDOKU ANSWER CROSSWORD ANSWER v2R247964 Latoya Santos Beauty Welcome To Your Signature Make Up Experience Bridal, Head Shots, Events & Lessons What is a Signature Makeup Look? Call Us Today for A Free Beauty Consultation (203) 600-9570 | latoyasantosbeauty.com R252934

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TheCheshireCitizen|cheshirecitizen.comThursday,August11,2022 A17 dedicate their energy, expe rience, and attention as we fight these issues together. Public service, like garden ing, requires tremendous dedication, stamina, and Oursacrifice.District needs re silient, open-minded leader ship that will work every day to uplift people. These are the values I learned growing up in this community. These are the values that will encourage me over the next three months as I campaign to be your next state representa tive. These are the values we need in Hartford. Jack Fazzino is a Town Councilor in Berlin and the Democratic Party’s nominee in 83rd House District. From A5 Fazzino Next Street has had to change its curriculum to better suit older students. “Teaching a 22 year old re quires a different approach than teaching a 16 year old, and so we are constantly evolving our curriculum and our staff training...” Dufour said. Driving safety Ira Caplan, co-owner of Lib erty Driving School in Meri den, said the lack of younger students has not changed the way he teaches. Howev er, he has made his students more aware of the dangers of reckless driving. “There’s more reckless drivers out there right now,” Caplan said. “I think due to COVID there were less peo ple on the road and people were driving worse without any consequences. I am see ing more and more of that right Caplannow.”said he stresses the importance of defensive driving.

In 2020, there were about 189,950 young drivers in car crashes, according to the NHTSA. Young drivers, which are 15 to 20 years old, account for 8.5% of all drivers involved in fatal acci Thedents.Flood Law Firm, which is based in Waterbury, post ed on its website that the three types of crashes that teen drivers get in the most are rear-end collisions, road departures and left-turn col lisions. More than 68% of all teen crashes are caused by distracted driving. Drivers between the ages of 16 and 19 are three times more like ly to be in a car accident than someone 20 and over. However, in Connecticut, drivers between the ages of 21 and 25 are more at risk of being in a fatal crash. The percentage for this age group is 12.95%, while the percentage for 16 to 20 is 7.95%, according to statistics posted on The Flood Law Firm’s website, which cites data from the Connecticut Crash Data Repository. “I’m constantly warning the kids practically every class...this is what I saw a driver do that they shouldn’t be doing,’” said Risa Caplan, co-owner of Liberty Driving School. Alvarez said that he tells his students that it is important to be “aware of your sur roundings at all times.” “Don’t rely on technology, rely on your eyes,” Alvarez said.

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