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Cheshire baseball coach

Mike Lussier steps aside

By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff

Mike Lussier spent a good chunk of his life in the Cheshire baseball program and, after stepping down as head coach recently, he re flected on his career.

“I’ve always lived my life that family is first, and I’m looking to spend more time with my family,” Lussier said. “I’ve been here since 1998. This is for the better. I left them in a good place and I hope they fill the job quickly. I will still be around if they need me for any thing.”

A 1983 Cheshire High grad, Lussier served more than 25 years as a coach in the Rams program. He was an assis tant for 21 years, first under Burt Leventhal and then un der Bill Mrowka.

Lussier spent the last four years as head coach follow ing Mrowka’s retirement. Mrowka and Lussier were teammates in their Cheshire High School days and played for Leventhal.

Citing the desire to spend more time with his family, Mike Lussier has stepped down as head coach of the Cheshire High baseball team. He

Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal

As coaches, Mrowka and Lussier guided the Rams to the Class LL state champi onship in 2018. “When I first started, I coached with my

Gaylord celebrates: Serving healthcare needs for 120 years

By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD The

“I think that really did help us with both the tubercu losis and the COVID pan demics because we always looked at the impact and how it helps the patient.”

patient it has really helped us make decisions about how to cure them,” said Tara Knapp, vice president of external affairs for Gay lord Specialty Healthcare.

Over the years, Gaylord has expanded to include more technology and more outpatient opportunities.

Gaylord has locations in Cheshire, Cromwell, North Haven and Madison.

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INDEPENDENT RUN

Cheshire resident Rob Hotaling is run ning for governor on the Independent Party line. A bank vice president and tech entrepreneur, Hotaling is promoting a message of political moderation and economic common sense.

Hotaling’s rivals are incumbent Demo crat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski. In Connecticut, 40 per cent of registered voters around 900,000 people are not aligned with either of the two major parties. On his website, Hotaling states, "I'm run ning to make Connecticut more business friendly and a much more affordable place to live, work and retire."

Read more about Hotaling at myrecordjournal.com.

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Gaylord Sanatorium was founded in 1902 at the height of the tuberculosis pandemic. A group of doc tors met to create the New Haven County Anti Tubercu losis Association. The group purchased an unused family farm in Wallingford from Dr. Charles Gaylord.

In 1904, the sanatorium opened to its first six pa tients. Eugene O’Neill, the first American playwright to win a Nobel Prize for litera ture, would be treated for tu berculosis at Gaylord in 1912.

“The City of New Haven had experienced what equals an average of one death per day for five years from tuberculo sis, so we were at a crisis not just in the City of New Haven and the county of New Haven but really globally. It was very much a pandemic,” Knapp said.

Knapp said at that time, the cure for patients with tuber culosis was fresh air, good food and exercise.

“Because we were on a farm, we actually were self-suffi cient,” Knapp said. “We were a working farm that had dairy and chickens and corn

and we were able to provide a lot of the healthy foods that our patients would con sume In the beginning, our cottages that were erect ed on campus had porches and our patients actually slept outside on the porches in the fresh air, even in the winter.”

With Wallingford and Meri den being known for the sil ver industry, Gaylord opened a silver shop that ran from 1923 to 1960 to give patients

the opportunity to work and make some money while they were recuperating. “If a man is a patient at Gaylord and he’s not working, his family doesn’t have any in come and he can’t send money home to them, but when he learned the craft and he could fashion jewelry or some spoons and serving pieces,” Knapp said, “we al lowed our patients to make money. ”

Florence Burgess, center,

director of nursing

assistant superintendent of Gaylord.

members of Gaylord.

Patient Mary Cassidy, of Norwich, is assisted by Bill Neidel, supervisor inpatient therapy, and Dr. Astou Seye, chief hospitalist during a strength training walk at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare in Wallingford, July 26, 2022.

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Prom fundraiser

The Cheshire High School Senior Prom Committee is sponsoring a Can & Bottle Drive Fundraiser Sunday, Oct. 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at CHS, 525 South Main St. Drop off empty plastic bot tles or cans at the front en trance during those hours.

Winter energy assistance

The Cheshire Human Ser vices Department is taking applications for the Con necticut Energy Assistance program, which provides fi nancial support to income eligible households in pay ing for a portion of their heating cost during the win ter months. All heat sources are considered, including oil, propane, electricity, gas and wood. Contact Kristen Schechter at 203- 271-6690.

Voter registration

Registrars of Voters' offices will take part in a statewide voter registration session

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. This will be the final regular session for admis sion of electors who have turned 18, become a U.S. cit izen or moved to Connecti cut before Nov. 1.

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 cos

tume and come out for a morning of tricks and treats, and trunks, where children will wander from one deco rated car to the next collect ing goodies. Powerstation Events of Cheshire has do nated a DJ to provide music for the event. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 30.

Pumpkin Patch

The pumpkins are back at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. The “Community Pumpkin Patch” is open Monday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All profits do nated to charity.

Boxes to Boots

Berlin non-profit Boxes to Boots creates care packages for military personnel serv ing abroad. Boxes to Boots is looking for everything from toiletries, to snacks, to books. Snack-wise, service members prefer items they can easily carry, 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.

Cheshire orchestra

The Cheshire Symphony Orchestra is comprised of approx imately 50 musicians

from many communities. New members are welcome. Visit cheshiresymphonyorches

or find the group on Facebook.

Lawn debris

The Town of Cheshire provides a container at 1304 Water bury Road for disposal of residential grass clippings and leaves. The container is accessible Mondays, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., through Monday, Oct. 31.

GREAT DAY TO BE OUTDOORS

Keeping your plans on track

order to continue delivery to your home or business, we need to have each resident or business

Members of the Cheshire Environment Commission, from left, Linda Blackburn, Karen Schnitzer and Albert Buell, at the 2nd Annual Sustainability Fair, held Saturday, Oct. 8 on

Church Green.

commission's focus

outdoor family fun, promoting

Up until the discovery and use of the antibiotic strepto mycin to successfully treat tuberculosis in the 1940s, Gaylord doctors were fight ing the disease and along the way, Knapp said realized they had the capacity to help people with other ill nesses.

“Leading up to that, we real ly started to notice as we were getting better care for people with tuberculosis that there were other types of chronic disease or ail ments and illnesses that we were well suited to address,” Knapp said. “... As we start ed to see fewer and fewer tuberculosis patients, we started to see more and more people who were suf fering from other chronic diseases.”

In 1948, Gaylord Sanatorium became Gaylord Hospital to address healthcare issues for people with chronic illnesses. “We realized that (Gaylord) had the expertise, the infras tructure, the campus, the knowledge, the know-how to transition itself to this new world of rehabilitation to take people, just as we have always done, who have long chronic diseases and work toward a better outcome, better quality of life, better health and do the same thing with this emerging field called rehabilitation,” Knapp said.

Today

Gaylord Specialty Health care has grown to have re gional and national experts in spinal cord injuries, trau matic brain injuries (TBIs), significant strokes, pul monary diseases and more. “We continue to be the experts in other medi cally complex cases, post surgical complications,” Knapp said.

And years after fighting the tuberculosis pandemic, Gay lord doctors worked through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“All these patients who were suffering from pulmonary disease and put on ventila tors, the sickest of those pa tients came to us from all the partner acute care hospitals around the state and even outside of the state to come to Gaylord to be weaned off of the ventilator, to be strengthened through medi cal management and physical and occupational and speech therapy and then returned to their homes and their lives and their businesses,” Knapp said.

Wallingford Mayor William Dickinson Jr. said Gaylord has had a positive impact in his community. “Over that time, people who have used their services obviously have come to know Wallingford in a very positive light,” Dickin son said. “That’s where they received their great care and were able to enjoy their lives far more than if they hadn't been here for the care that Gaylord provides.”

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“We spent a lot of time to gether,” Lussier added. “He’s like a brother.”

Lussier met with his team to give them the news of his re tirement face to face.

“Everyone was stunned, but they understood,” Lussier said.

great season in 2019 and winning SCC’s in 2011. We made states a lot; we made it to the semis a few times. We had some great teams.”

In a three-year span, Lussier led the Rams to a 41-26 record. In 2019, the Rams won 25 straight games and reached the Class LL semifi nals. Cheshire ultimately lost 3-0 to Staples and concluded the season at 25-2.

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Cheshire Athletic Director Steve Trifone said Lussier told him in August he was thinking about stepping down for family obligations before recently making it of ficial.

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“It was a really tough deci sion, very emotional,” Lussier added. “It’s been something I’ve done for 25 years. The second week of March I’m getting ready for tryouts. It’s going to be dif ferent this spring. I will still go back and watch the guys. But if you are doing it right, you are doing it all of the time, and I need to have family time. That’s how I was brought up.”

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Lussier said the biggest highlight of his career was the 1-0 win over Ridgefield at Palmer Field in 2018, when the Rams won the Class LL crown.

“Mike has been been a part of Cheshire baseball for a long time, starting as a play er and then a freshman coach, varsity assistant and then head coach,” Trifone remarked. “When I think about Cheshire baseball, I think about Mike and him being a part of it.

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“It was an unbelievable run,” Lussier said. “We also had a

“We’ve had successes with him as a head coach and as sistant in his years here, and we are going to miss him. I really appreciate all of the time and effort in his base ball program.”

Trifone added that Lussier always practiced good sportsmanship and it fil tered down to his team.

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“It’s something I’ve praised him for,” Trifone said. “He always practiced good sportsmanship regardless of the situation, and that’s what it’s all about.”

Cheshire will now look for its next baseball coach. Tri fone said the job is posted and he hopes to have a new head coach in place sooner rather than later.

Iceland the subject of Garden Club presentation

Submitted by the Cheshire Garden Club:

At its Oct. 3 meeting, the Cheshire Garden Club saw a PowerPoint presentation by citi zen scientists and nature photographers Pe ter and Barbara Rzasa. The Rzasas present ed a travelog of Iceland, featuring the coun

try’s native flora and fauna, glaciers and geysers, and landscapes. In addition to their PowerPoint presentation, the Rzasas dis played collections of Iceland’s volcanic rocks, woolen items, books, field guides, and small mythological figurines.

Peter and BarbaraRzasa, left, presented aprogram on Ice land to the Cheshire Garden Club on Oct. 3. The Rzasas are pictured with club president Inge Venus.

Prediabetic? Health district offers ‘Lifestyle Change’ program

Chesprocott Health District is offering a Lifestyle Change program. The district advis es that “taking tiny steps not giant leaps is the best way to get lasting results.”

Program time commitment is one year. During the first six months of the program, participants will meet once a

week in person, when safe. During the second six months, participants will meet once a month as a group.

Eligibility: must be able to commit to the full program; concern about current nutri tion and physical activity; have not been diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 dia

betes; have received a result of high risk for type 2 dia betes on the Prediabetes Risk Test; have had a recent blood test in the prediabetes range.

COMMITTED

Program goals are to in crease the individual’s quality of life. This will occur with an increase in physical activ ity and a loss of five to seven percent of body weight.

The program is scheduled to begin Thursday, Oct. 20, 1:30 p.m., at the Cheshire Com munity Y. To sign-up, email Kate Glendon at kglendon@ chesprocott.org.

The Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire recently honored MaryEllen Morgan for her 50 years of club membership. Throughout the years, Morgan has served as club president and on various committees. She was presented with a certificate, a bouquet of roses, and a Haworthia house plant propagated from one at least 50 years old. Pictured: Suburban Garden Club Pat Archibald, MaryEllen Morgan and club president Jeanne LeVasseur.

Big day for Rams’ Ciccone

By Frank LoGuidice Special to The Citizen

The Cheshire High School girls made a good showing at the Wickham Invitational cross country meet on Satur day, Oct. 8. The CHS varsity

team came in eighth with a score of 262, the JV runners placed ninth (223) and the Ram freshmen finished fourth (83).

“This was a really good day for us,” Coach Rob Schaefer

said. “Our race was stacked with seven of the top 12 teams in the state. We were missing one of our top run ners. When we get her back, we are going to compete

Cheshire’s Alexa Ciccone heads towards the finish line at the Wickham Invitational Cross Country Meet, Oct. 8, in Manchester. Frank LoGiudice, Special to The Citizen

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Ag-Tech students take part in local field work

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

Lyman Hall Ag-Tech stu dents got their feet wet in an experiential freshwater ecol ogy lesson in the Quinnipiac River in Meriden, Sept. 28.

Lyman Hall teacher Angel Santiago guided the students as they captured water sam ples, which were hauled down the rail trail to the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association headquarters.

QRWA Instructor Becky Martorelli instructed the youth in a "casual" bioassessment of the macroinvertebrates and oth er river critters captured in the collection.

The various insects can be an indicator of the health of the water course, Martorelli said.

As one group of students did bioassessments, others went to Hanover Pond to kayak with Lyman Hall teacher Emily Picard. The group learned kayak safety proto cols, along with an extensive session on aquatic and ter restrial invasives, and how they affect oxygen levels and soil health, as well as wildlife habitat.

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Picard also instructed stu dents to search out and identify a number of birds who make their home or mi grate through Hanover Pond.

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From left: Lyman Hall Ag-Tech students Adam Voccola, Ava Bandecchi and Dylan Shadow particpate in an ecology lesson at the Quinnipiac River. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen

Recognition arrives for local paraeducators

They may be called paraed ucators or instructional as sistants or related titles, but whatever the terminology used, the work these dedi cated individuals do to sup port students and classroom activities is amazing. As school began, area districts and even state officials recognized the outstanding contributions of paraeduca tors, noting the remarkable and constant care they pro vide.

Don Askew, a longtime paraeducator at Maloney High School, was recently honored as the state’s parae ducator of the year for 2023. Record-Journal re porter Michael Gagne cov ered the event and wrote that Askew works with some of Maloney’s highest needs students; and was selected from among some 20,000 paraeducators across the state.

Gagne reported that “local and state officials described Askew as tirelessly dedicated to his students and school.”

State Education Commis sioner Charlene RussellTucker also lauded Askew’s work and thanked all parae ducators. She said paraedu cators statewide are “critical players in our school ecosys tem. Across all grades, all content areas in Connecti cut, we find dedicated paraeducators who work tirelessly, as you heard of what Don has done, to help our students with different abilities to help them thrive.”

In honoring Askew, Shellye Davis, executive vice presi dent at the Connecticut AFL-CIO union, said that “paras have a different type of connection with their stu dents.”

In Wallingford, R-J reporter

Jessica Simms attended the school district’s award cere mony where Debra Remick, from Highland Elementary School, was chosen as paraeducator of the year.

Remick has worked in the Wallingford school district for 22 years and is currently a paraprofessional in a kindergarten classroom at Highland Elementary School.

“Mrs. Remick handles the stressful intricacies of man aging a kindergarten class room with composure and compassion without com plaint or criticism,” said Su perintendent of Schools Danielle Bellizzi.

The Cheshire Herald report ed on the Cheshire school district’s announcement of Jodi Dutchyshyn as its paraeducator of the year. Dutchyshyn is an in structional assistant at

Doolittle School, working with 94 first-graders in five classrooms. She and other instructional assistants help manage and support stu dents with behavioral and academic needs.

“I always try to make the connection with a child. I want them to know they’re OK,” Dutchyshyn told The Herald, adding that “the needs of the kids always come first.”

An interesting and related story in the Record-Journal comes out of Southington, where Susanne Vitcavage, assistant principal at Kennedy Middle School, was announced as the school’s new principal. One of her jobs earlier in her career was as an instructional associate at Nathan Hale Elementary School, in Meriden.

In the R-J coverage, Vitcav age notes that skills she de veloped as an IA and in oth er roles along the way have remained valuable as an ad ministrator.

These are a few of the stories about paraeducators found in recent news. There are a multitude of others that will never be told but that unfold in the lives of the children who benefit every day from the care of these dedicated classroom helpers.

It’s great to see this recogni tion of their work.

Cheshire Police Blotter

Arrests reported: Aug. 29

David G. Vitali, 58, 183 Man sion Road, second-degree breach of peace, second-degree threatening, 6:20 p.m. Aug. 30

Martha Schutte, 68, 5439 Win ford Circle, Katy, Texas Sept. 6

Steven P. Kenney, 54, 18 Williamsburg Drive, disorderly conduct, 2:38 p.m. Sept. 8

Charles W. Dayoff, 62, 72 Cherrywood Circle, violation of a protective order, 4:04 p.m.

Ardit Kabashi, 26, 10 Bluefield, Court, disorderly conduct, 6:45 a.m.

Matthew I. Torres, 20, 39 Farm Hill Road, Meriden, reckless driv ing, 6:54 p.m. Sept. 9

Jose M. Montelongo, 25, 27 Cutlery Ave., Meriden seconddegree breach of peace, 7:50 p.m. Sept. 11

Christopher A. Simansky, 42, 349 Pondview Drive, Southing ton, disorderly conduct, seconddegree reckless endangerment, 12:01 a.m. Sept. 14

Joshua K. Policastro, 26, 181 Hilltop Road, disorderly conduct, 8:40 p.m. Sept. 15

Danielle M. Broccoli, 34, 90 Forest Lane, fifth-degree larceny, 8:01 a.m.

Jorge J. Rivera, 41, 236 Madi son St., second floor, Waterbury, fifth-degree larceny, 6:01 p.m. Sept. 18

Peter J. Luft, 33, 36 Quarry Vil lage Road, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 9:54 p.m. Sept. 26

Keith Erickson, 65, 118 Harri son Road, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 7:35 p.m.

Charles W. McClary, 52, 10 Rek Lane, Prospect, sixth-de gree larceny, 3 p.m. Sept. 27

Phillip Lin, 23, no address giv en, first-degree malicious wound/kill an animal, 7:47 a.m. Sept. 28

Jason R. Grandpre, 24, 44 Williams St., Apt. 31, Waterbury, second-degree breach of peace, 5:20 p.m.

Tina R. Paradis, 41, 322 W. Main St., Apt. C, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 5:30 p.m.

Elise C. Samson, 42, 80 Himan St., operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 7:32 p.m. Oct. 2

Matthew McGill, 40, 39 Jill Lane, disorderly conduct, 9:29 p.m.

PEYTON PULASKI MALONEY VOLLEYBALL

Maloney volleyball found its groove last week, going 3-0 to get over .500 at 6-5. The catalyst was Peyton Pulaski. The senior outside hitter piled up a combined 36 kills in matches against East Hartford, Wilcox Tech and Avon, including a season-high 16 against Avon. In that same match, which Maloney won in five games, Pulaski collected 10 digs for a double-double. She leads the Spartans in kills with 91 on the season.

ALEXA CICCONE CHESHIRE CROSS COUNTRY

It was only a matter of time before reigning SCC and R-J Runner of the Year Alexa Cic cone turned up here. After another quad-meet win? After winning the SCC Housatonic/ Oronoque divisional meet? How about right now, after winning the Wickham Invitational? Ciccone didn’t just capture the Large School race at the state’s most prestigious regu lar-season meet Saturday, she posted the best girls time on the day with an 18:57.

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SOUTHINGTON FIELD HOCKEY

One of the growing stories of this fall season is Southington field hockey. Since falling 4-3 in OT to Simsbury in Game 2, coach Erin Lud dy’s Lady Knights have gone 6-0-1 and risen to the top of the Central Connecticut Confer ence. Among the many contributors has been Ava Coppola. The senior scored five goals in the team’s three previous games heading into this week, including two in Friday night’s 6-1 win over Windsor.

HENRY MURPHY

LYMAN HALL CROSS COUNTRY

Henry Murphy extended Lyman Hall’s hold on Wallingford’s cross country rivalry by running a first-place time of 17:31 last Tuesday at Wharton Brook State Park. The junior also extended a family tradition, following in the footsteps of his older brother Jack, who won the LH-Sheehan meet in 2020. Henry, fourth at this year’s SCC Housatonic/Oronoque divisional meet, will compete in the SCC Championships on Oct. 19.

NICO CARDONA SHEEHAN SOCCER

We first came across Nico Cardona this summer, when he helped the Wallingford War riors capture the U16 championship at TWIST. Knowing he was going into what loomed as a breakout junior season at Sheehan, we snapped his picture, figuring he’d be in the Athlete of the Week spotlight sooner than later. Sure enough, there he was on Friday, scoring the winning goal in Sheehan’s 1-0 victory over Career/Hillhouse.

BRANDON ALVARADO

WILCOX TECH FOOTBALL

Platt has Vito Church, Maloney has JoJo Gonzalez and Wilcox-Kaynor has Brandon Alvarado. Just like those Athlete of the Week nominees who preceeded him, Alvarado is a dynamic Meriden playmaker in all phases of the game. On Friday, the senior had all four touchdowns in a 28-21 OT win at Cheney Tech: three rushing, including an 80-yarder, and one on a 30-yard strip-and-go at safety.

He finished with 184 yards rushing.

COMMENTARY: Approve early voting in Connecticut

By Diane Hoffman and Janice Elliott

This Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, Connecticut voters will see a question on their ballot asking them to ap prove a change to our State Constitution which would allow for early voting.

The question will be: Shall the Constitution of the State

be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting? A “ yes ” vote will give the 2023 legislature the authority to start writing the laws to implement early voting. Early voting could then be an option for voters as early as 2024.

The League of Women Vot ers supports expanding vot ing options for everyone,

Submission Policy

Letters to the Editor about the upcoming election are limit ed to 100 words. Non-political letters are limited to 300 words. Also, candidates are welcome to submit commen taries for publication of 500 words or less. Send submis sions to news@thecheshirecitizen.com. The Oct. 20 edition of The Citizen will be the final one in which political sub missions will appear prior to the Nov. 8 election. Submis sions must be received by 5 p.m. Friday to be considered for publication the following Thursday.

and encourages a “ yes ” vote on the ballot question. With early voting, Connecticut voters would have the op tion to vote in-person at des ignated locations in advance of Election Day. This would provide voters with more flexibility to cast their ballots without worrying about whether or not they can make it to the polls on Elec tion Day due to challenges such as inflexible work schedules, lack of childcare or transportation, or in clement weather. More broadly, it can increase over all voter turnout by provid ing for more days when vot ers can vote in person and make lines shorter at the polls on Election Day.

Connecticut is one of only four states that do not have early voting. Millions of vot ers throughout our country already have the right to cast their ballots early by voting in the days leading up to Election Day. The experi ence of these states has

shown early voting to be safe and secure. The early votes are securely recorded, counted and stored, with the same checks and balances as those cast on Election Day.

Early voting is not the same as absentee ballot voting. Connecticut voters can only vote by absentee for very specific reasons, written in our State Constitution. Early voting would allow any voter to vote in person on a day besides Election Day for any reason. Absentee voting also involves additional steps for voters, first to complete and

return a ballot application, and then to submit the bal lot itself.

States throughout our coun try are experiencing the ben efits of providing affordable, additional voting days, and so can Connecticut. The League of Women Voters urges residents to vote “ yes ” to increase access to the bal lot box for all eligible voters in our state.

Diane Hoffman and Janice Elliott are writing on behalf of the League of Women Vot ers of Hamden/North Haven.

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with many of the best in Connecticut this year. It is very exciting.”

In the varsity race, Cheshire junior Alexa Ciccone bested the field with a time of

18:57. The CHS varsity slate was rounded out by Emily D’Souza, 21:03; Ava Ciccone, 22:14; Jocelyn Grace, 23:45; Samantha Mudry, 24:04; and Eva Curran, 24:14.

Schaefer said, “What a won derful win for Alexa ... this firmly establishes her as one of the top runners in Con necticut this year. She ran an exceptionally intelligent race. She was not winning in the beginning, but by the end, she passed a few oppo nents to secure the top spot.” Aside from Cic cone’s performance, Schae fer called D'Souza's 20th place finish “the best race of the day” and declared her “one of the top freshman runners in Connecticut.”

For the CHS JV team, Abby Cortigiano finished 15th in 24:27, followed by Alexandra Palladino, 24:33; Lydia Ghal ly, 27:41; Megan Rossi, 27:49; and Eileah Berkowitz, 28:32.

See Ciccone, A16

More recently, Gaylord has partnered with the Universi ty of Connecticut to launch the first and only residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The first four residents be gan the program in July at UConn and Hartford Health Care. For the next three years, they will rotate through Gaylord, where “they will learn about physi cal medicine and rehabilita tion, which is also called physiatry,” Knapp said. “ We are working on educating tomorrow’s doctors today.”

In June, Gaylord also launched a certified nursing assistant (CNA) academy, “where we are teaching the next generation of certified nursing assistants,” Knapp said. “We’ve done a June class and an August class and we are full for the De cember class. This was im portant to Gaylord because as a hospital, we are called LTAC, which stands for longterm acute care hospital and the CNA programs don’t al ways address the more com plex patients that we see.”

Gaylord is also working on getting into research through the Milne Institute, which in cludes in-depth training “in the ‘heart of listening,’ a vi sionary approach to cran iosacral work,” according to its website

“We like to talk about re search that’s not bench re search, but bedside re search,” Knapp said. “We’re really looking at ways that we can impact the experi ence for the patients, have better outcomes and how to be innovative and to be that place where perhaps others can come to Gaylord and work with us and do beta testing of equipment or new approaches to care.”

Community

Rep. Mary Mushinsky now has a personal tie to Gaylord after her father received treatment there after falling while doing home mainte nance. Mushinsky also helped raise funds for Gay

lord to help the staff mem bers upgrade the health care records system.

“Wallingford and the state are very lucky to have a world-renowned specialty care hospital like Gaylord lo cated here,” Mushinksy said.

“They are skilled at rehabili tation of patients with trau matic injuries, strokes and spinal cord damage. I have seen the remarkable restora tion of function in brain damaged people.”

Gaylord was a partner in the Wallingford 350+2 Jubilee celebration’s business and agriculture day and worked with the Quinnipiac Cham ber of Commerce to put on a series of events that day, said Ray Andrewsen, executive director of the chamber.

Andrewsen said the setting of Gaylord is an aspect that makes it special. “It’s sur rounded by nature, you’re surrounded by a natural component that makes it re ally lovely,” Andrewsen said.

“If you are going to rehab, it’s nice to be in a place like that.”

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Eva Morse, 25:40; Sara Danese, 25:41; and Madeleine Tessier, 26:39, paced Cheshire in the freshmen race. “I'm very proud that we have at least five runners in each race,” Schaefer said. “A lot of schools don't have five

freshmen or JVs. We were able to compete on all three levels. That says a lot about our program.”

Looking ahead, Schaefer said, “What I hope will happen is that we finish the regular season unde feated, compete for the SCC title, run well at the state Class L meet, and qualify for the State Open.”

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Todd Hamel, owner of Cheshire-based Kom Construction, LLC, right, caulks around a window frame as brother Kurt Hamel, left, paints the exterior of Happy's Indoor Golf, a new simulated golf business at 22 Center St. in Southington, Sept. 28. Happy’s plans to open its doors in November, with operating hours of 1 to 9 p.m Monday through Friday, and8a.m.to9p.mSaturdaysandSundays.

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