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Volume 12, Number 52

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Libraries monitor rise in COVID-19 cases By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff

Area libraries are largely keeping existing COVID-19 safety protocols in place while monitoring the rising positivity rates in conjunction with local public health officials.

While Cheshire Public Library resumed some in-person programming in the fall, it has held off on bringing back activities for children due to the lower vaccination rates for the age group. “We are concerned about the fact

that children are a vulnerable population and not all the age groups are able to be fully vaccinated or have their booster shot yet,” said library Director Beth Crowley. “So with the current variant we want to make sure we’re not exposing anyone unnecessarily.”

Although mask mandates, plexiglass barriers and capacity limitations remain in place, she said the library’s operations are fairly close to the prepandemic level. Visitors have mostly been understanding of the safety See Libraries, A2

Hundreds expected for Sloper Plunge fundraiser The Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA announced the 17th Annual Sloper Plunge is set to take place Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 at 1 p.m. at YMCA Camp Sloper. Hundreds of individuals from the area are expected to “take the plunge” into Sloper Pond’s chilly water in an effort to raise $80,000. The proceeds from this event provide financial assistance to send children and teens, from Cheshire and Southington, to day camp in the summer. Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA CEO Mark Pooler said, “This is my favorite time of year. There is always a great buzz around this event and such wonderful community support

... Everyone seems to really rally around the cause of sending kids to camp, especially after the last couple of years and the challenges for kids with the pandemic.” The Sloper Plunge has been a staple fundraiser for the towns, particularly in Southington. Justin Hubeny, Outdoor Center Director at Camp Sloper, said, “all children deserve the opportunity to experience the magic of summer camp. The Sloper Plunge gives children the opportunity to come to camp who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford to.” Southington and Cheshire plunge teams are listed on the YMCA Sloper Plunge Event Page and those wish-

From left, Cheshire High School football head coach Don Drust, Brad Krutz and Nick DiDomizio, and CHS Athletic Director Steve Trifone take to the air during the See Plunge, A3 16th Annual Sloper Plunge. Photo courtesy of Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA

Microgreen farmer produces tasty, nutrient-packed product John Vojtek, of Cheshire, has launched a new business, Vitality Greens, producing as much as 250 pounds of microgreens each week. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

For those who make a commitment to eating healthier in the new year, John Vojtek’s Vitality Greens might help with keeping that resolution.

Cheshire residents, Vojtek and his wife, Cathryn, have three children. A registered nurse, Vojtek practices healthy, clean eating for himself and his family, in part, by growing his own microgreens. See Vitality, A4

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Library Director Clevell Roseboro II said most of the upcoming events in the coming weeks involved children — a demographic that has only recently been approved for vaccination and appears to be more susceptible to the omicron variant. Staff will likely re-evaluate bringing back in-person activities around the middle of January.

The library will remain open for all other normal services. Roseboro asked that patrons abide by the recommended safety precautions. “Please wear masks and if you’re not vaccinated, please consider getting vaccinated,” he said.

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few programs scheduled for the next few weeks, so while staff is monitoring the situation, they don’t have plans for any large gatherings that could spark concerns. “Safety is very important, but seeing as we don't have any major programming in the next couple weeks, we feel it’s safe to reassess then,” she said.

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The library will work with the Meriden Department of Health and Human Services and state regulatory agencies to create guidelines for future programming, Roseboro said. Until staff feel comfortable resuming in-person gatherings, they will explore ways of holding activities online. “As these things come, we have to look at the climate and make decisions that benefit safety … but we also want to provide services,” he said.

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protocols and staff anticipate they will be able to continue adult programming. Activities for children will be reevaluated in a few months.

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ing to donate can choose a team or individual to support. Thirteen teams comprised of hundreds of people from throughout the community are expected to take the plunge this year. The 2022 Feature Team is Team Brian – Making It Happen in Memory of Brian Goralski, a longtime plunger and former chairperson of the Southington Board of Education. The team will be led by his wife Cathy Goralski and his children Andrew and Jessica Goralski.

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ily centered around children and youth. They also know that Brian was always ‘all in,’” said Cathy Goralski. “Our team’s hope is that donors will emulate the spirit of these two values, not only to honor Brian’s legacy but, most importantly, to generously donate to this amazing community effort that helps to send children to camp.” Community groups include: Southington YMCA and Cheshire YMCA; Southington police and fire; Southington public schools and Cheshire public schools; Southington politicians and Cheshire politicians; Southington High School football;

Team Lake Compounce; Leaping Ladies; and Hartford HealthCare. To join a Southington team contact Mark Pooler at mpooler@sccymca.org. To join a Cheshire team contact Doug Levens at dlevens@sccymca.org. Participants must be at least 18 years old by Jan. 18, 2022, be able to swim and receive $100 or more in donations. This year’s title sponsor is Maximum Sound and Security. According to owner, Ralph Campochairo, “The Sloper Plunge is one of my favorite events in Southington. It is a great cause. And

what is better than helping kids and families in need. I choose to support the event because I know the YMCA does good stuff for our community.” Other sponsors include The Fireplace Restaurant, All Waste, and East Coast Mechanical. The YMCA is currently looking to secure additional sponsors. Interested businesses can contact Julie Gianesini at jgianesini@sccymca.org.

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Vitality From A1

“I was growing them for our own consumption, but when friends and others began ask-

ing for them, I decided, let’s go for it, and started my own business,” Vojtek said.

local store that stocks his organically grown, non-GMO microgreens.

That was back in August. Since then, his Vitality Greens business has grown a full list of customers that includes a

“Tops Supermarket was the first supermarket. I went around to a lot of stores with samples,” Vojtek said.

Microgreens are different from sprouts. Sprouts are only grown to the germination phase and in moisture the whole time, said Vojtek. Microgreens are grown to the cotyledon stage, the stage past germination. These also are known as seed leaves. With some herbs, Vojtek lets the plants grow to the stage of true leaves that resemble the plant itself.

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This stage is also the point in the plant’s growth when it offers the most nutrient density. Vojtek said that two and a half pounds of broccoli would need to be consumed to get the same nutrient load from an ounce of broccoli microgreens. “I can’t eat two and half pounds of broccoli in a week,” he said.

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It only takes a tray of microgreens 10 to 12 days from start to finish. “My main focus has been farm-to-door,” said Vojtek, who estimates 80 percent of his business is to individual customers. “Delivered from farm directly to your door within 24 hours of harvest.” He delivers to customers free of charge. Vojtek’s current selection of microgreens, growing in a tray, resemble a farm field, only in miniature. “You don’t need a lot of space and there’s perfect humidity,” he said of his set up. Trays of greens are stacked on racks of shelves and hold pea shoots, purple radish, sunflower, kale, broccoli, and the herb borage, which Vojtek says tastes like cucumber. Vojtek orders his seed from specialty suppliers. “It’s a niche market,” he said, adding that most people don’t know about microgreens, how delicious they are and how nutritious. “Chefs love it. It makes the dish look beautiful with the array of colors, and that fresh robust flavor that you can’t really get from plain lettuce.” As his client list has grown, Vojtek now puts aside one day a week to deliver to customers and to Tops Supermarket. The peas and broccoli move quickly, and the microgreens sampler does well. Kale also is popular. Depending on the particular product, Vojtek can produce up to 250 pounds of microgreens weekly. The vision ahead for Vojtek is to continue sample events at local colleges and stores, going to seasonal farmers markets and getting out into the community more. The future may also see affiliates get underway. He would teach others how to grow microgreens. “Two years ago, I never grew a thing in my life. I’d been a nurse for eight years,” said Vojtek. “It’s the last thing I thought – to go from healthcare to farming.” To learn more about Vojtek and Vitality Greens, visit vitalitygreensct.com.

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Masks to continue to be required for all athletes Record-Journal staff

With COVID cases continuing to climb, the Connecticut Department of Public Health announced that all high school, recreational and youth athletes in Connecticut must continue to wear masks while competing this winter. The mask requirement was due to end Thursday, Dec. 23 in CIAC high school sports for vaccinated athletes. Those not vaccinated were going to be required to keep wearing them while playing. But on Wednesday, Dec. 22, the CIAC announced that everyone is back in the same boat. The change was made as COVID numbers spike due to the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant.

the guidance we have under able beyond health care prothe state Department of fessionals and people ages Public Health,” CIAC execu- 65 and older, the CIAC, in tive director Glenn Lungarini said last week. “We have monitored COVID every day and every week since March 10, 2020," Lungarini added. “We are watching it very closely and how the cases are coming in. With the data coming in, we are not seeing significant transmission through sport. The numbers remain a very low transmission risk in athletics, but we continue to monitor it with our Sports Medicine Advisory Committee on a regular basis.” Lungarini did note there have been more postponed winter events than in the fall. “We expected to see an uptick in the winter,” he said. “However, winter sports are much easier to reschedule.”

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When the season did commence, athletes were required to wear masks while competing in basketball, hockey and gymnastics. Swimming was held virtually, wrestling was cancelled entirely and indoor track was limited to some outdoor meets held in March.

The mask requirement continued in the spring with boys volleyball and in the fall with girls volleyball. With COVID numbers declining through the fall after the Delta surge of summer, the CIAC and DPH relaxed the mask policy heading into winter. While athletes, coaches, officials and fans were still required to wear masks in all indoor settings outside of

actual competition — such as in locker rooms and on buses and on the bench — the new rules required only unvaccinated athletes to continue wearing them while playing after Dec. 23. This drew opposition from some school officials and athletes who claimed the rule would reveal vaccination status, thus violating medical privacy, and stigmatize those who chose not to receive a vaccine.

That’s now a moot point. All basketball and hockey players and indoor track runners must continue wearing masks even while competing. Wrestlers, gymnasts and track jumpers/throwers do not have to wear them while competing. In those instances, masks are considered a safety issue. Swimmers, as was the case during the fall season, do not have to wear masks while in the water.

“Today’s modification will keep kids safely engaged in interscholastic and youth athletics,” Lungarini wrote to athletic directors on Dec. 22. “Any lack of adherence to COVID-19 mitigation strategies increases the potential of negatively impacting teams and potentially threatens the ability to complete a sports season. Let us all remain committed to providing opportunities for kids by strictly adhering to the amended guidance.”

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Panel to begin review of civil preparedness, emergency laws HARTFORD — A special commission plans to review Connecticut’s laws that govern public health and civil preparedness emergencies, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and make recommendations for how they might be changed. The five-member group created by the state’s Legislature met Tuesday, Dec. 21 for the first time. It includes a lawmaker, legislative attorneys, staff and others. Rep. Michael D’Agostino, DHamden, the panel’s cochairperson, said one of the

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COMMENTARY

A time to remember old friends By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

into the house with me. The three of us walked single file with George in the lead (and carrying a stick from a mop), looking in every room and closet. George then reassured me the incident was probably just a door not closed tight and not a burglar.

As we usher in the New Year, I’m taking time to look over my shoulder to the year behind. I am, in fact, looking to each and every year in my wake. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? I think not, as I fondly remember some good friends and neighbors. I remember all the wonderful people we had the pleasure to know right here on our little street in Cheshire. Our time here on the cul-desac began with a variety of ages and sizes. We enjoyed an amazingly closeknit group of neighbors on the street and I’d never experienced such a welcoming bunch before. There were families with lots of kids and some without

There was Verlie and Bob. Verlie was the lovely neighbor who crocheted knitted baby layette sets for our new any. However, senior citizens new month, to usher in good arrival. She also gave us an definitely seemed to eclipse luck. I love to remember her ornament for our tree. I still the others and some, who I now by using the phrase my- have that bauble. Bob, a forremember here, are no self. mer Navy man and ship’s longer with us. captain, told me wild stories Marie and George lived kitabout espionage on the high I remember my friend Laura ty-corner from us. They seas. Were they true or was Clementson, a former struck me, a much younger he just weaving a tale? columnist with The Cheshire version of myself then, as Doesn’t matter. solid, dependable people. Citizen as well as a neighbor. She told me about “Rab- Coming home one day to Mrs. M, a retired nurse who bit, Rabbit,” a phrase she find one of my outside doors lived up the street with her and her husband would say, wide open, this new homehusband Richard, was albefore uttering any other owner was frightened. It was ways on the go, out and George and Marie who came about. She was tall, very word, each first day of the

pretty, immaculately coiffed, not a hair out of place, with a touch of her signature red lipstick to finish the look. She and I would talk endlessly whenever we met up, usually in the dairy aisle of Stop & Shop, or as she walked with our neighbor, Pat. Pick a day and we would come across Pat on her motorized scooter, her dogs leashed to it and leading the way down to the end of the cul-de-sac. This group made quite the parade. I look forward to the new year and having time to spend with old friends and neighbors, to perhaps welcome new neighbors, and to meet new friends and have lots of new adventures. Rabbit, Rabbit. Contact me at jvanderlek@ record-journal.com.

RJ Editorial: School bus drive helps food pantry There were loads of holiday giving drives going on around the towns, but one particular effort falls in the heavy-weight category when it comes to putting some muscle into seasonal sharing. As reported in The Cheshire Herald, last month Cheshire High School students collected 6,700 pounds of food and personal care donations for the Cheshire Food Pantry. That’s tons of goods, 3.5 tons in all.

The drive was run by the National Honor Society and peer health educators, an elective class that focuses on leadership and community service. Teachers Donna Carbone and Holly Skrzyniarz advise the NHS, while Dan Lee teaches peer health. Honor Society members Mantra Narayanan and Anna Pociu organized the food drive with peer health.

The logistics of pulling in this haul unfolded as follows. Starting in late OctoThis was just the second ber, food drive organizers year for the food drive, orga- reached out to the food nized by CHS students, and pantry to find out what they yet they collected 1,500 needed. Two lists were depounds more than last year. veloped in order to get a variety of food and personal This outcome can be attributed to several factors, all items. Students received a list of streets from the of which point to some impressive organizational skills Cheshire’s Lights of Hope Club and then split up to along with a spirit of volunteering that attracted interest cover the town. A spreadsheet of people signed up for across a wide range of conthe drive ensured operations tributors.

ran smoothly. Bags were dropped off at residences on Nov. 10. With so many streets in town, senior Jenna Stickney went outside the peer health class to recruit volunteers to put out bags. The bags included all the information people might need to be encouraged to contribute. “I feel that it served as an incentive to donate,” said Nadia Bauco, one of the seniors involved. “I think that helped us to get more food.” A week after dropping off the bags, street captains went back to pick up donations. Boys basketball, soccer, lacrosse and golf teams, as well as softball teams and other athletes, came out to help on Nov. 20. They unloaded cars and helped fill up a school bus. DATTCO contributed the bus as a fun and practical way to trans-

port all the donated items to the food pantry. It also took the “stuff a bus” idea from concept to reality. On collection day, people could drop off donations at CHS, too. After the bus was packed, volunteers drove to the food pantry. The CHS Food Pantry Club came to help with unloading. “People did a good job of following the lists, so that we could restock the shelves over there at the pantry,” said Lee. “It feels amazing to help out people in need,” said Stickney. “In the time of the holidays, it is good to know that people had food.” Seniors involved with the project hope the food drive becomes an annual tradition at the high school. “One of

our biggest things was to make sure that our junior leaders understand how everything works and it (the project) becomes a staple in the future,” said Grace Downing, a senior. New holiday traditions are difficult to establish, but this one appears built on a strong base and with literally tons of support. Previously published in the Record-Journal.

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Democrats oppose GOP’s call to replace redistricting expert By Susan Haigh Associated Press

Democratic members of the bipartisan redistricting commission submitted a legal brief on Monday opposing Republican efforts to have the Connecticut state Supreme Court reconsider its choice for a special master charged with redrawing the state's congressional district boundaries. The court-appointed expert became necessary after the redistricting panel could not reach agreement on how to redraw the congressional districts and ultimately missed its deadline. The top four Democrats in the General Assembly said Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford University law professor, is “eminently qualified" to serve in the role. They called him ”one of the nation's “preeminent scholars on election law, election administration, voting rights, and redistricting” and that the court's con-

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tioned publicly by Democratic Senate President Martin Looney as someone the Democrats would recommend to the court. Ultimately, the Democrats did not submit any names. The Democrats, however, said the mention of Persily in a news article is not the same as formally submitting his name for consideration.

fidence he'll be impartial is “well-founded,” despite concerns raised by the GOP. Hours after the court last week announced Persily as the special master, the four Republican commission members issued a brief calling for him to be replaced with two special masters — one recommended by the Republicans and one by the Democrats — in order “to preserve the public’s confidence in the fairness of the redistricting process.”

Democrats also pushed back on GOP claims that Persily would be “partial to abiding by his prior work” as Connecticut's special master back in 2011, the last time lawmakers couldn't reach agreement on a new congressional district boundaries. They noted that both parties proposed Persily that year to serve as a neutral special master.

The court has not yet responded to the GOP's motion for reconsideration. The Republicans noted that Persily’s name was not on the list of three possible special masters they had submitted for the court to consider. However, he was men-

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