The Cheshire Citizen

Lights of Hope to stage its final event on Nov. 12

Citizen staff

Cheshire’s annual Lights of Hope event will call it a night once this year’s luminary lighting is done. The organization provides support for a wide variety of community activities and needs.

This year will be the 18th and final year for the local Lights of Hope luminary lighting tradition. The event is set for Saturday, Nov. 12. Organizers are calling it the “Grand Finale” and are seeking community help with the project.

In a message from Don Walsh, posted on the organi zation’s website, the Lights of Hope president wrote about what the tradition has meant to the community and why the LOH board of directors made the deci sion to end it. He wrote: “The simple act of gathering neighbors and lighting a luminary has had a signifi cant impact on our community. That is why it is with extremely mixed feelings that we have made the diffi cult decision to announce that this year’s luminary event on November 12, 2022, will be the final one for our organization.

“We have met with the Board of Directors and ex plained that the time commitment is incredible, and we feel that we have given as much as we possibly can to the organization.

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More HS graduates entering workforce

By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff

When it comes to a future after high school, graduates have a variety of options including attending a fouryear university, a two-year university, going straight into the workforce, joining the military or pursuing a trade. Area high school staff have no ticed an uptick in students going straight into the workforce, a trade or vocational school or attending a twoyear institution and a slim decline of those pursuing a four-year college or university degree.

According to a survey conducted by Intelligent.com, nationally, “48% of non-enrolled young adults joined the workforce instead of going to col lege,” with 34% of 18-24 year-olds who aren’t enrolled in an institution saying they cannot afford it. Around 29% of young adults “say it’s a waste of money.”

Michelle Catucci, chair of the coun seling department at Cheshire High School, said there have been fewer Cheshire graduates going straight in to a four-year college than in past years.

Last year, 81% of graduates went di rectly into a four-year university, while the graduating class before them saw 79% go into a four-year university.

In the past, however, the percentage was in the upper 80s.

“Usually it’s because students are ei ther going directly to work, they’re taking a gap year and then working while they’re in their gap year, things like that, rather than going directly to the four year college,” Catucci said.

Veteran educator honored

Citizen staff

At its yearly Convocation Cere mony in late-August, Cheshire Public Schools named Jo di Dutchyshyn Para-educator of the Year.

A former CCD teacher, Dutchyshyn, is an instruction al assistant at Doolittle School, working with 94 firstgraders in five class rooms. She began her career in the public schools as a substi tute in 2012, before moving full-time to her IA position at Doolittle.

Dutchyshyn and other instruc tional assistants help manage and support students with be havorial and academic needs. Dutchyshyn said she draws on her time working at Darcey School, with kindergarteners, to help her current students transition to the elementary school.

Also announced at the convo cation, Dawn DeMeo, a Cheshire High School English teacher, was named District Teacher of the Year.

Jodi Dutchyshyn, Cheshire’s Para-Educator of the Year. Submitted

A scene from the 2021 Lights of Hope event. Luminaries light up the Cheshire green.

In Brief

Trunk or Treat

The Cheshire Lions Club’s popular “Trunk or Treat” Halloween event will take place Saturday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m. to noon, at Bartlem Park. Put on your most ghoulishly enjoyable costume and come out for a morning of tricks and treats, and trunks, where children will wander from one deco rated car to the next collecting good ies. Powerstation Events of Cheshire has do nated a DJ to provide music for the event. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 30.

Pumpkin Patch

The “Community Pumpkin Patch” at St. Pe ter's Episcopal Church is open Monday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All profits donated to charity. “Kids Day in the Patch” is planned for Saturday, Oct. 8, noon to 4 p.m. Rain or shine. Events to include Halloween science experiments, pumpkin painting, and games.

Trail Trekkers

Cheshire CT Trail Trekkers’ events, designed for all ages. take place the first Saturday of the month, 9 a.m., with leisurely walking; and the third Wednesday, 4 p.m., for a brisker-paced walk. Check out the Trail Trekkers’ calendar on the Parks & Recre ation website.

Cheshire orchestra

The Cheshire Symphony Orchestra is com prised of approximately 50 musicians drawn from many communities. New members are welcome. Visit cheshiresymphonyorches tra.org or find the group on Facebook.

Run for The Cove

Run for The Cove will take place Sunday, Oct. 9 at Winding Trails in Farmington and Sunday, Oct. 16 at Hammonasset Beach in Madison. For more information, visit cov ect.org/race.

Newly-formed ARPA committee includes Cheshire’s town planner

By Kate Ramunni Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD — “Citizen Mike” lost a lot of potential future content for his public access show by the same name recently when he was elected chairman of the town’s newly formed Ameri can Rescue Plan Act Appli cation Review Committee.

The committee held its orga nizational meeting last week and chose retired attorney Michael Brodinsky as its chairman and Cheshire Town Planner and Walling ford resident Mike Glidden as vice chairman.

Brodinsky hosts the popular “Citizen Mike” show on WPAA-TV where he discuss es town politics and issues with his guests. “I will not be talking about ARPA, this committee or the business of

this committee on that show,” he said. “That is now off base and any communi cation would be through the committee.”

“ARPA is not going to be dis cussed, which robs me of content,” he joked.

The Republican-controlled, nine-member Town Council and Mayor William Dickin son Jr., a Republican, chose the 10-member application committee, with each coun cilor choosing one commit tee member and Dickinson choosing the 10th member.

The committee will spend the next several months re viewing applications for a portion of the town’s $13.1 million ARPA pot and decid ing who will get the funds.

Town Councilor Craig Fish bein, a Republican, opened the meeting last week as act

ing chair until Brodinsky was elected. Brodinsky, Chris Re gan and Rich Fitz each were nominated as prospective chairmen, and after three rounds of voting, Brodinsky, a former Democratic town councilor, got the required seven votes to take the seat.

“When the council created this group, it decided that all votes had to be by a sevenvote margin,” Fishbein said. “Normally a vote like this would be a majority. It’sa little unusual to have the seven votes, but because it is a body of 10 and the intent of the seven votes was to not have ties and have as much unanimous decisions among the group as possible.”

Brodinsky said his experi ence on the Town Council and as chairman of a school building committee that re

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Coat drive

Editor:

As the days are growing colder, we are beginning to organize our annual Winter Coat Drive. We provide a winter coat (hats, scarves and gloves are wel come additions but not nec essary) to each child who is a client of our services. We rely heavily on the generosi ty of our community to be able to provide these ser vices. If you are interested in sponsoring a child by shop ping for a winter coat, reach out to us via email at bts@ cheshirefoodpantry.org and include the following: full name, mailing address, phone number, number of children requested.

Letters to the Editor

When we receive your email we will match you with a child in need. We ask that all coats be delivered to the food pantry by Friday Oct. 21.

The Cheshire Community Food Pantry

Elect Fazzino

Editor:

I highly recommend Jack Fazzino for State Represen tative in the 83rd District. Jack is a breath of fresh air for our community! He is a highly-educated, energet

ic, Berlin native who under stands the responsibility of building a strong communi ty.

Jack is particularly passion ate about creating a more af fordable Connecticut for se niors.

Reducing taxes through property tax credits and working to improve our in frastructure are key issues for Jack, as is promoting quality education.

Jack Fazzino is my choice to represent the 83rd district!

Mark Chasse, Berlin

Letters to the Editor about the upcoming election are limited to 100 words. Non-political letters are lim ited to 300 words. Also, can didates are welcome to sub mit commentaries for publi cation of 500 words or less. Send submissions to news@ thecheshirecitizen.com. We print one letter/commentary per person each month. Submissions must be re ceived by 5 p.m. Friday to be considered for publication the following Thursday.

Fall safety tips from the Chesprocott Health District

Press Release

Chesprocott Health District offers these safety tips:

1. Be cautious of back-toschool traffic

School is back in full swing, which means that there’s more traffic on the roads in the morning and late after noon.

You might have noticed it takes a little longer to get to work now.

Be alert when you’re cross ing the street or driving in a school zone.

People can be absent-mind ed in the morning as they rush around trying to get their kids to school and make it to work on time.

2. Don’t be fooled by falling leaves

The fall is a gorgeous time of year; those green leaves turn to wonderful shades of brown, yellow, red and or ange and fall to the ground in those piles we love to jump in. But falling leaves can pose a hazard, no matter if you’re driving or walking. Leaves can be very slippery, which is a big trigger for au tumn slip and falls.

Jumping in piles of leaves can also be dangerous and lead to injury if you’re not cautious. You never

know what kind of garbage or debris ended up in that pile you just raked. This is especially important if you live on a busy street.

3. Get your fire safety up to speed

This time of year, when the temperature starts dropping, means we’re putting away our bathing suits and getting our boots out. It also means we’re starting to get back to our heating equipment.

Your furnace and heaters have been sitting untouched all summer long. Turning

them on at the first sign of chilly air without properly inspecting and servicing them can be a fire hazard. Be sure to get an inspection of your heating systems and anything else that hasn’t been used in a while.

If you have a wood burning fireplace, make sure you fol low the proper safety proce dures when using it. Keep the screen shut and make sure that the flu is clean, open and free from debris.

Fall is also a time when a lot

See Safety, A13

45 Independent Boarding & Day Schools (and counting!) will be in attendance, including:

Avon Old Farms School

Berkshire School

Canterbury School

Cate School

Cheshire Academy

Choate Rosemary Hall

Cushing Academy

Deerfield Academy

Emma Willard School

Ethel Walker School

Forman School

Frederick Gunn School

Governor’s Academy

Hamden Hall

Holderness School Hopkins School

Kent School

Kimball Union Academy

Kingswood Oxford School

Lawrence Academy

Loomis Chaffee School

Marianapolis Prep

Middlesex School

Millbrook School

Milton Academy

Miss Hall’s School

Miss Porter’s School

Northfield Mount Hermon School

Pomfret School

Proctor Academy

Putney School

Salisbury School

St. Andrew’s School (RI)

Stoneleigh Burnham School

Stuffield Academy

Vermont Academy

Watkinson

Westminster School

Westover School

Westtown School

Wilbraham & Monson Academy

Williams School

Williston

Northampton School

Winchendon School

Xavier High School

Shop (for free) at Toys ‘n’ Trimmings

Press Release

Looking for a way to pass along unwanted toys or holi day trimmings, or to pick some up for free? Cheshire’s Toys ‘ n ’ Trimmings event is your chance. It will take place Saturday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m. to noon, on the green in front of First Congregational Church.

The give-and-take event is free and open to all. It’sa perfect opportunity to do some pre-holiday closetcleaning. Anyone with used but still serviceable toys, sports equipment, or deco rations for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah or Christmas, may bring them to the green.

The rules: There is no need to offer something to receive something. Simply show up and give or take as you please. No exchange of mon ey is permitted and you must remove all unclaimed items that you brought. The church dumpster will not be available for discards. Donors may bring a card table or blanket to display their items. Parking is avail able both on Church Drive and behind the church.

Toys ‘ n ’ Trimmings is spon sored by the Environmental Justice Team of First Congre gational Church and its part ners in Cheshire Creation Care. For more information, call the church office at 203272-5323.

Voter registration

Registrars of Voters' offices in Connecticut will take part in a statewide voter registration session Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. This will be the final regular session for ad mission of electors who have turned 18, become a U.S. citi zen or moved to Connecticut before Nov. 1. Contact your lo cal Registrars' of Voters office for details.

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Don Walsh began his career in the jewelry industry over 40 years ago as a teenager. In 1982, after achieving a degree in Business Economics, he started at Michaels Jewelers. Within 2 years he received his Graduate Gemologist title from the Gemological Institute of America. He went on to became one of the first Certified Gemologist Appraisers in the country. During his career at Michaels, Don was the lead gemologist and managed the appraisal department and estate division as well as lead many management training seminars. He has built a strong reputation for honesty and integrity in all of his business practices. Because of his vast appraisal background, he has served as an expert witness for numerous cases for the state of Connecticut and various police departments. He was a guest lecturer on Estate Jewelry for the American Gem Society Conclave. He has spoken before a number of civic groups on jewelry, gemology, appraisals and selling your jewelry.

Community Focused

Don is also a civic minded individual. He and his wife, Jenifer, started the charity Cheshire’s Lights of Hope in 2005. Since its inception, this charity has raised over $1 million to help those in need within the Cheshire community. He also captain’s “Team Jenifer”, a WalkMS team started in 1999 to raise funds for multiple sclerosis. To date, this charity has raised over $400,000. Don served as an alternate on Cheshire’s Planning and Zoning Commission from 2018-2019. In 2019, Don was elected to serve on the Cheshire Town Council representing the 3rd District and was elected as Vice Chairman in 2021.

Family Oriented

Don and Jenifer have lived in Cheshire since 1996 and have 2 children, Cara and Patrick, as well

a dog named Sweet Caroline.

Mission Moment:

Where There's A Will, There's A Way

Mission Moment: Where There's A Will, There's A Way

"Will” was placed with numerous foster care families throughout his teenage years, but never found a place to call home. When he first came to LISA's SAIL (Supervised Apartments and Independent Living Program) in Meriden, Will struggled with personal boundaries, peer relationships, and advocating for himself in a positive way. His first year at community college was academically challenging and his only source of family support was his grandmother. The program staff welcomed him in, and helped him shape a more positive future outlook.

"Will” was placed with numerous foster care families throughout his teenage years, but never found a place to call home. When he first came to LISA's SAIL (Supervised Apartments and Independent Living Program) in Meriden, Will struggled with personal boundaries, peer relationships, and advocating for himself in a positive way. His first year at community college was academically challenging and his only source of family support was his grandmother. The program staff welcomed him in, and helped him shape a more positive future outlook.

Through interventions and services such as life skills, weekly therapy, and goal planning and problem-solving sessions with his dedicated Case Coordinator, Will expanded his skill set and has become a more independent, confident young man. He changed his major at college to photography and his grades began to soar. Will shared, “Being at the program caused me to grow up and strive for what I want in life and realize everything isn’t handed to me.”

Through interventions and services such as life skills, weekly therapy, and goal planning and problem-solving sessions with his dedicated Case Coordinator, Will expanded his skill set and has become a more independent, confident young man. He changed his major at college to photography and his grades began to soar. Will shared, “Being at the program caused me to grow up and strive for what I want in life and realize everything isn’t handed to me.”

This budding photographer’s artwork was recently featured in his college’s annual art show where he earned an award for one of his pieces. His case coordinator proudly stated, “Will has developed skills that have helped him with communicating and advocating for himself in such a positive way that he was able to secure a job.”

Mission Moment:

Trail Trekkers: Walking just for the health of it

Cheshire CT Trail Trekkers promotes healthy lifestyles

all ages by providing a variety of interesting walking events in Cheshire with opportunities for education, social ization, and exploration. Organized by Breina Schain, some of the group’s walks

far have been along the Meriden

Gorge,

Mixville Park.

Where There's A Will, There's A Way

This budding photographer’s artwork was recently featured in his college’s annual art show where he earned an award for one of his pieces. His case coordinator proudly stated, “Will has developed skills that have helped him with communicating and advocating for himself in such a positive way that he was able to secure a job.”

"Will” was placed with numerous foster care families throughout his teenage years, but never found a place to call home. When he first came to LISA's SAIL (Supervised Apartments and Independent Living Program) in Meriden, Will struggled with personal boundaries, peer relationships, and advocating for himself in a positive way. His first year at community college was academically challenging and his only source of family support was his grandmother. The program staff welcomed him in, and helped him shape a more positive future outlook.

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This budding photographer’s artwork was recently featured in his college’s annual art show where he earned an award for one of his pieces. His case coordinator proudly stated, “Will has developed skills that have helped him with communicating and advocating for himself in such a positive way that he was able to secure a job.”

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Nominees sought for Community Diversity Award

Press Release

Liberty Bank is accepting nominations for its 22nd an nual Willard M. McRae Community Diversity Award. The application deadline is Friday, Oct. 21 and the re cipient will be recognized this fall.

Since 2001, Liberty Bank has presented the Diversity Award to individuals who have made outstanding and ongoing contributions to the cause of promoting and cel ebrating diversity, equity and inclusion in the communi

ties served by the bank. It is named in honor of the late Willard M. McRae, past chairman of the Liberty Bank Board of Directors and a founding member of the Liberty Bank Foundation Board of Directors.

A lifelong Middletown resi dent, McRae was known for his extraordinary commit ment to equal access and opportunities for all, regard less of economic status, race, background, disability, or other factors. His contribu tions to children’s mental health, education, and hu

man services made a posi tive difference for thousands of people.

“At Liberty, we value diversi ty as a strength that builds more vibrant communities and we envision a future where there are no barriers to success,” stated David Glidden, Liberty Bank Presi dent and CEO. “As a com munity bank and champion of diversity, we are commit ted to supporting and hon oring organizations that work to create a space where equal opportunities and eq uitable outcomes exist for

all. Our annual Diversity Award is one way of cele brating those outstanding contributions, which are helping to improve the lives of our customers, teammates and communities for gener ations to come.”

This year, Liberty Bank will recognize a nonprofit orga nization that is having a sig nificant impact on achieving equity, social justice, or eco nomic mobility for histori cally marginalized groups or economically disenfran chised individuals with a vi sion towards creating more

vibrant and inclusive com munities. For the award’s evaluation criteria and eligi bility requirements and to make a nomination for Lib erty Bank's 2022 Willard M. McRae Community Diversity Award, visit libertybank.com.

ATTORNEY LISA J. CAPPALLI

A ‘too loose’ divorce agreement can be worse than none

By Lisa J. Cappalli

It’s almost always better if the divorcing couple can agree on divorce terms rather than let a judge de cide. Their agreement can’t and shouldn’t try to cover every possibility and it’s un derstandable that both spouses would want to “get it over with” to save legal ex pense or avoid immediate conflict or difficult ques tions. The rationalization is that in the future “we will be able to work it out” or “that will never happen.” The re sult can be an agreement that is imprecise and useless when it doesn’t have an an swer to a situation that should have been anticipat ed.

Take, for example, a parent ing plan that says “ summers and holidays will be shared as agreed by the parties from time to time.” In evitably occasions arise

where one parent or the other

won’t agree. Now what? The agree ment

doesn’t help and the noncustodi al parent has to go through the ex pense of going back to court, and loss of time with the child that can’t be recouped, to get a judge to decide. A detailed agreed-upon sched ule would have solved the problem without taking away flexibility for cooperat ing parents to agree to changes.

Frequently, both spouses are on the mortgage of the fami ly home but only one spouse will end up owning it. The other wants to get off the mortgage because that lia bility has a significant im

pact on that person’s ability to finance another home or get other credit, such as credit cards or a car loan. The spouses can’t force the lender to give a release to one of them and the court can’t order it. So the house has to be sold or refinanced to pay off the mortgage. An agreement merely to refi nance or sell at some inde terminate time has great po tential to blow up and create more acrimony and expense than if the timing were ad dressed in the divorce settle ment agreement. The timing can, and should, accommo date each couple’s particular situation. For example, the house to be sold by a date that the youngest child is ex pected to graduate high school or when a spouse re marries.

An experienced divorce at torney or mediator can help a couple include the right

level of detail in the terms of their agreement. This is an investment that will save un told future time, expense, conflict and stress.

Lisa J. Cappalli is Of Counsel at Cappalli & Hill, LLC and Freed Marcroft LLC. She can be reached at lcappalli@cap pallihill.com or 203-271-3888. This column should not be

construed as legal advice or legal opinion by Attorney Cappalli, Cappalli & Hill, LCC or Freed Marcroft LLC. The content is intended for general information only. and you are urged to consult an attorney to advise you per sonally concerning your own situation and any specific le gal questions you may have.

Cheshire Police

Arrests reported by Cheshire Police:

Aug. 1

Darren S. Palmer, 34, 110 Prospect St., Bristol, sixth-degree larce ny, failure to respond to a payable violation, 12:15 p.m.

Aug. 3

Daniel Carrasco, 32, 37 Clifford St., Hamden, fifth-degree larceny, 3:35 p.m.

Aug. 11

Alyssa M. Caruso, 34, 199 Cook Hill Road, sixth-degree larceny, 1:29 p.m.

Matthew Northrup, 46, 199 Cook Hill Road, sixth-degree larceny, 1:20 p.m.

Aug. 14

Corey R. Dzienkiewicz, 26, 35 Barbara Drive, Shelton, risk of injury to a child, second-degree breach of peace, possession of a weapon on school grounds, first-degree threatening, 9:40 p.m.

Saiasia Swift, 21, 405 South 15th St., Newark, N.J., sixth-degree larceny, interfering with an officer, 4:55 p.m.

Kaiasia Swift, 21, 405 South 15th St., Newark, N.J., sixth-degree larceny, interfering with an officer, 4:55 p.m.

Aug. 16

Nicholas H. Fortunato, 18, 90 Copper Beech Drive, disorderly con duct, second-degree threatening, 7:53 p.m.

Virginia Hall, 32, 579 Cook Hill Road, disorderly conduct, 6:21 p.m.

Aug. 20

Jaxon T. Rivers, 46, 362 Pondview Terrace, Southington, violation of a protective order, 9:36 a.m.

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In Brief Boxes to Boots

Berlin non-profit Boxes to Boots creates care packages for military personnel serv ing abroad. A collection drive will take place Satur day, Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 28 Chamberlain Highway. Boxes to Boots is looking for everything from toiletries, to snacks, to books. Snackwise, service members pre fer items they can easily car ry, like granola bars, small bags of cookies and crackers, and beef jerky.

Volunteers will gather Satur day, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at McGee Middle School, 899 Norton Road, Berlin, to help get the care packages ready to ship.

To learn more about Boxes to Boots, visit boxesto boots.org.

ARPA

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placed 11 school building roofs taught him “a working knowledge of meetings, pro cedures, how the town func tions and the Freedom of In formation Act.

“I think the town is impa tient to get a result, to have this money distributed to the right people at the right time,” he said. “I appreciate that impatience but that has to be balanced with doing a thorough job. I want to posi tion this committee to make the best possible decision that it can.”

Brodinsky said he has fol lowed the ARPA issue since the spring 2021 when the federal program was ap proved. “I have done a lot of reading on it so I’m familiar with it,” he said. “I was inter ested in it right from the start.”

He said he knows there is a lot of public interest in the work the committee will be doing.

“We have a duty of trans parency to the public. The town of Wallingford and the resi dents are very curious as to what is happening and why and I think we are all mindful of that,” he said. It will be a lot of hard work and could be tedious at times, he warned committee members. “My vision for this is when we get rolling and organized, there may be a batch of applications and I would hope that everyone reads those applications in advance of the meeting. That helps speed the meet ing and get the money out the door.”

Brodinsky

ties. I was part of all ARPA meetings in Simsbury and have been to several train ings,” he said. He also brings his experience serving six years on the Wallingford Zoning Board of Appeals as chairman and as the vice president of the Connecticut Association of Zoning Offi cials.

The committee still needs to get its formal charge from the Town Council, Brodinsky said. He warned committee members about using per sonal email to discuss any committee business because it then becomes subject to the state Freedom of Infor mation Act, suggesting creat ing a separate email used just for committee business may be wise.

lax in my view, or something different? The last thing we want is an article in the pa per that a member of the committee has some entan glement with an applicant that may or may not violate the Code of Ethics. At the start of each application re view committee meeting, I will ask if there are any con flicts for this batch. “I think we can do better than the Code of Ethics,” he said.

Glidden said he is already well-versed in the ARPA pro gram as Cheshire’s town planner, and from his previ ous position in Simsbury.

“I have been part of ARPA trainings and ARPA meet ings with various communi

He also said he’d like to see the committee take a strong ethics stance possibly stronger than that outlined in the town Code of Ethics.

“Not a lot of people under stand it,” he said. “What standard do we want to live by? The Code of Ethics, which is kind of loose and

The town’s ARPA consultant, UHY Advisors, was sched uled to make a presentation at Tuesday’s Town Council meeting, but committee members said they preferred to meet directly with them so they could ask questions and interact better with them. That meeting will happen in the coming weeks.

Applications for the grant funds will soon be available on the town website, and are due later next month. In November the committee will begin considering awards and expects to wrap up its work in January.

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of people like to break out their candle collection and get cozy on a chilly evening. However, misuse of candles can cause house fires. Always make sure you blow out your candles before you leave a room. Never leave an open flame unattended.

4. Avoid slip and falls from the rain

In the fall, we get a lot of rain. And rain can often cause surfaces to be slippery, especially when it’s cold and takes the water longer to evaporate.

This is a recipe for harmful slip-and-falls that can leave you with serious injuries.

When you’re outside, double check everything before you use it or walk on it. For ex ample, if you need to clean out your gutters, examine the ladder before you climb it. The rungs could be wet and slippery, causing a po tential slip-and-fall.

Sidewalk grates are often slippery when wet, so take caution walking down the street. Walk with your hands free just in case you fall.

5. Be prepared for unex pected cold weather

Always be prepared if you’re going out for the night, espe cially if you’re going to be outdoors for any period. Make sure you have an extra jacket, scarf, or hat in case the temperature drops unex pectedly.

If you don’t have an emer gency car kit in your vehicle, now is a good time to make sure you have one in there

before winter starts.

6. Wash your hands, con stantly

While the fall brings back some of our favorite things, like pumpkin spice every thing, it also brings some thing we all hate cold and flu season.

If you’ve recently recovered from a major injury, like a traumatic brain injury, one cold or flu could set your re covery process back.

Wash your hands frequently and use hand sanitizer if you can’t wash them. Any time you touch a publicly-used item, like a railing, make sure you lather up and avoid touching your face.

Wash your hands to avoid ill ness.

7. Make sure your batteries are in order

Test your batteries and re place them if necessary. Make sure you have backups on hand in case of power outages or other emergen cies.

Make sure your smoke de tectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and other impor tant emergency devices are in working order and have fresh batteries.

8. Wear something reflec tive when walking at night

At this time of year, it’s start ing to get dark before we even get home from work, which doesn’t leave much time outside in the daylight.

Make sure you wear reflec tive clothing if you’re out at night. You should also put reflective materials on your dog’s collar or leash to make sure they’re visible to people driving by.

Catucci said COVID is still a factor for students consider ing a four-year university.

“The normal four-year col lege ‘experience’ is not the same experience that it would’ve been pre-COVID,” Catucci said.

Finances are also a reason, Catucci added.

“With family financial situa tions changing and students kind of thinking about the return on their investment, some are saying I either need to work to earn more

money so I can afford to go to college or there might be a different path that can get me to employment more quickly than a traditional four-year college,” Catucci said.

Another reason is students don’t know what field they want to study.

“That’s when families are saying maybe we shouldn’t make this investment for you to go to a four-year school if you’re not 100% sure what you want to do as a career,” Catucci said.

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and innovation for Meriden Public Schools, said students can utilize personal learning experiences to find out what they may be interested in af ter high school. In personal learning experiences, stu dents design a credit earning course with their advisor.

“They can explore different areas, ” Haeffner said. “We do provide time for a structured exploration in a learning en vironment where students can see if they are interested in a career field. Sometimes they explore a learning envi ronment and they say, ‘I’m not interested.’”

Peter Civitello, Meriden su pervisor of data integration and post secondary plan ning, said at the end of ju nior year, students have a meeting with their counselor to plan senior year and de termine a career path.

Every year, Civitello said the district sees about 25% to 30% of graduating seniors lean toward joining the workforce or starting voca tional training.

“It’s been a pretty consistent number ... we do have some students that are coming right out of graduation now that are looking more at some of the trades or techni cal opportunities,” Civitello said.

At both Platt High School and Maloney High School in Meriden, there are career and technical education courses that highlight fields including manufacturing, medical and technology.

Cynthia Simone, a nursing teacher in the career and technical education depart ment at Maloney High School, teaches the certified nursing assistant program.

Students “can take this course in their junior or se nior year,” Simone said. “It’s a full-year course and at the end of the year, they can test for certification with the state of Connecticut. The night they pass both compo nents of that test, written and hands-on skills, they’re put on the Connecticut reg istry for CNA and they can go out that evening and get a job.”

Simone said some students continue as a CNA after high school instead of pursuing a college degree. Others utilize their experience and the money they earn to help them attain a college degree.

“I don’t see 100% going into the workforce as CNAs, but I see a high percentage, espe cially with the increase in salary and especially now that the COVID numbers are starting to relax a little bit,”

Simone said. “I’m seeing the students move forward out into the workforce.”

Aziz Nazari, 16, a senior at Maloney High School, passed his CNA certification and works at the Village at Kensington Place when he is not in school. Nazari will ap ply to attend an accelerated physician assistant program after graduation.

“I chose to do that not only to get a head start in my ca reer, I want to be a PA,” Nazari said. “A CNA job is more of working with your community than an actual job and so I really felt obli gated ... to assist my com munity anyway I could.”

Wallingford

Kimberly McLaughlin, col lege and career counselor at Sheehan High School, said she helps students under stand all options after high school. A point School Su perintendent Danielle Bel lizzi echoed at a recent Board of Education meeting.

“We have a career counselor at each of our high schools that does spend a lot of time talking with our students and helping them determine what their interests are and what the things are that they want to pursue after high

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Going into Saturday night’s home opener with O’Brien Tech, a team that runs multiple formations, including a solid dose of the single-wing, senior defensive end Connor Fletcher and the Wilcox-Kaynor Tech defense prepared, as Fletcher said, “for everything.” Preparation is all. Fired by Fletcher’s two quarterback sacks, the Indians allowed just one TD and stopped the Condors 3-and-out on eight of 10 possessions in a 30-7 victory

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It’s fun to speculate on just how expansive a career Brady Rossacci will have at Sheehan High School. For now, let’s account for what he’s already done. Only a freshman, Rossacci is starting at running back for the Titans and, after four games, has amassed 472 yards and six touchdowns on 74 carries. Rossacci had a season-best 167 yards (and second straight 100-yard game) in last Friday night’s 47-6 win over Wilbur Cross.

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MALONEY SWIMMING

The freshman who has literally made the biggest splash so far this school year? Easy: Addison Markoja of Maloney. Through the Meriden Co-op’s first five meets, Markoja won every individual race in which she swam. The distance freestyles are her forte — she’s 4-for-4 in the 200 and 5-for-5 in the 500 — but she’s also taken a crack at the 200 IM and won that. Her best times are 2:01.86 in the 200 free and 5:22.03 in the 500.

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CHESHIRE FIELD HOCKEY

Cheshire field hockey passed the midway point of the season at 7-2 driven by key wins over SCC rivals Branford and Guilford. Senior Gianna “Gigi” Ranoldo was a catalyst in both victories. She had the lone goal in last Wednesday’s 1-0 decision over Branford. Prior to that, she set up a late game-tying goal and then drove home the game-winner in overtime in a 2-1 triumph over Guilford, the reigning SCC and Class M state champ.

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Haley Weiner is Athlete of the Week material. Don’t just take our word for it. The American Volleyball Coaches Association just named Southington’s senior setter player of the week for the state of Connecticut. Weiner is riding a string of three straight 30-assist outings: 38 at Conard last Wednesday, 31 the next night vs. Platt and 34 more in another win over Conard on Monday. Her season-high is 58 in a 5-set ter with Glastonbury.

school,” Bellizzi said at the meeting. “I do think it is a nice mix, whether it is going to college or in this case, providing opportunities for them to have the skills to go out into the workforce if that is something they choose to do.”

Kaitlyn Kopylec, college and career counselor at Lyman Hall High School, said col lege and career counselors create relationships with military recruiters, college admissions staff and em ployers to help students learn more about different paths after high school.

“I feel our College and Ca reer Center counselors have done a great job establishing relationships,” Kopylec said.

The percentage of Lyman Hall and Sheehan graduates who pursued a four-year de gree after high school was 62% in 2022. This is an in crease from 58.8% in 2021. But the percentage of Lyman

Hall and Sheehan graduates who pursued employment right after high school has more than tripled from 4% in 2019 to 14.8% in 2021 and 14.5% in 2022.

“More students are choosing to attend technical colleges or enter into apprenticeships in fields that have many po sitions with high rates of pay and long-term benefit,” ac cording to the district’s an nual report.

The percentage of students pursuing technical schools, trades, military and appren ticeships stayed at 5.9% in both 2021 and 2022, which is an increase from 4.8% in 2020.

Southington

Jennifer Discenza, Southing ton director of school coun seling for grades six through 12, said that the number of students pursuing trade and vocational schools has in creased over the years from 3% for the 2018-19 Southing ton High School graduating class to 5% for the 2021-22 class. The 2022-23 class is projected to have 6% go to a

trade/vocational school.

“They’re a very viable field where people can make good money,” Discenza said. “I think we are strengthening our connections with com munity businesses.”

From middle school on, Dis cenza said Southington stu dents get to pursue various electives that can help spark interest in a future career.

“Especially with our in creased graduation require ments that the state imple mented a couple of years ago, kids are now being able to explore some of those elective areas that they may not have prior,” Discenza said.

The percentage of students pursuing a two-year degree is projected to increase slightly from 16% for the 2022 graduating class to 17% for the 2023 graduating class.

Through thePledge to Ad vanct CT(PACT), the federal government is providing stu dents free education if they go straight to a community college.

Medical Careers 2 student Ellie Lopez, 15, performs a partial bed bath on a medical mannequin during the CNA program at Maloney High School in Meriden.

Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

“We’ve seen a lot of students choosing to go to communi ty college versus the four year because they go there first and then they’ll transfer into a four year university or college afterwards,” Discenza said.

Catucci said Cheshire High School has also seen this trend.

“I think that we’ve been good about talking to stu dents more about that they need to be on their individu al path rather than the ex pected path,” Catucci said.

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“It is a challenging decision because we are concerned about the organizations we have been supporting for many years and who rely on our grants so they can help those they work with. It is our hope that other individ uals or groups will step up to continue to support these worthwhile organizations.”

In 2021, LOH raised $85,000. Over the past 17 years, the group generated more than $1,085,000. The money is used to support organiza tions such as the Cheshire Community Food Pantry, Cheshire Youth and Social Services Department, The Petit Family Foundation, The Cheshire Food Drive and funds for Cheshire High School scholarships.

Walsh thanked the commu nity, businesses and volun teers who have made the event a success. He wrote: “We never expected to have this impact on our commu nity and hope we can leave a lasting legacy of volun teerism.”

Help needed

The first order of business is the recruitment of Lights of Hope street captains, whose work is a vital component of the event. Over the past 17 years, many have volun teered as street captains to distribute flyers to their neighbors with information about the event. Then they take orders for the luminary kits and collect the $12 for

each kit, which contains 10 candles, cups, and paper bags.

After collecting the orders and contributions for their street, the captains forward the orders to the committee. When the orders are deliv ered, the street captains dis tribute the kits and the sand to prop up the candles.

Also, Lights of Hope is seek ing sponsors for the event.

Last year, 60 businesses and professionals sponsored the luminary display. Such con tinued support is needed from sponsors and the com munity.

The luminary purchases are not the only way to support the event. Funding and inkind donations are also needed.

Several levels of sponsor par ticipation are available: Plat inum at $1,000; Gold at $500; Silver at $250 each; and Friends and in-kind at $250 each.

For more information, con tact Sponsorship Committee Chairperson Kelly Pappas at sponsors@cheshireslight sofhope.com Contact Jenifer Walsh or Jennifer Denne at Captains@lightsofhope.com to volunteer or to determine if your street already has a cap tain named.

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