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Gym owners discuss reopening By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
Phase 2 of Connecticut’s reopening plan went into effect in June, and gyms were one of the businesses allowed to throw their doors open once again. “We opened on the first day we could, on Wednesday, June 17,” said Jack Banks, co-owner of Powerhouse Gym of Berlin and Malibu Fitness in Farmington.
“Initially, it was a big rush to come back in. A lot of new members joined, a lot of enthusiasm. Since then the overall volume of people has been down.” Banks said the state’s reopening protocols “get a little bit ambiguous.” The rules include social distancing and mask-wearing.
Banks said. “It’s not as cut and dried as initially thought.” Banks said if a gym-goer isn’t complying with the mask protocol, they’ll be reminded of the rules.
“I’ve done that,” he said. “People are extremely understanding. They start out seven or eight feet apart and get closer. I went up to them and said, “You may be six feet apart, but (what ‘you have to put a mask on.’ There was no grief whatsoever. It’s more of if you) cross paths with someone. a reminder thing. People feel at It’s a fluid situation at the gym,”
Jason Perrone is co-owner of Revolution Fitness Club in North Haven. He said business has been steady since reopening. “I haven’t had a bunch of people cancel or quit. People are trying to wait and see a bit,” Perrone said. See Gyms, A2
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Q Chamber head says goodbye Dee Prior Nesti issued the following statement on her last day: “As most of you know this is my last day at the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce. I want to thank you for putting your trust in me these last 7 years as your ExecuNesti tive Director. It has been an honor to serve you. I could not have been successful though without a fantastic team and a hard-working and loyal Board of Directors. I am so grateful for your support. This is very bittersweet for me and what I will miss most is meeting so many wonderful people. I will be volunteering at events now and then so this is not goodbye but so long for now. Stay safe and stay well.”
home here, they are talking to someone they know. But there is a rule that applies to everyone, otherwise the whole thing would break down.”
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Dee Prior Nesti smiles as Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce members gather for a virtual retirement party Thursday, June 25.
School districts across the state and the two largest teachers unions are grappling to understand the details laid out in this week’s school reopening plan for fall. “The thought of returning to schools is daunting for many teachers, students and parents alike,” Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona wrote in an introduction to the plan. “The CSDE has engaged repeatedly with state and local, educational and public health experts to craft the following plan, keeping both the educational and public health needs of our students and educators in mind. Districts will be operating within their community and school buildings’ unique circumstances. As such, this plan provides districts with a road map — guardrails to operate
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“We were entering the busiest weeks of the season,” said Banks. “With summer coming, everyone wants to get in shape. Being closed cut a lot of revenue. Those three months were filled with the normal bills, mortgages, taxes and utilities. It’s fantastic to get open again.” From Banks’ perspective, going to a gym right now shouldn’t spook people. “We have 27,000 square feet. That’s a huge amount of square feet per-person, relatively speaking, compared to a Stop & Shop,” Banks said. “If they were going to a Stop & Shop in the height of a pandemic, it’s infinitely safer in a fitness center right now.”
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“My club was made sociallydistanced,” Perrone said. “We aren’t a traditional gym. Once you get settled, you grab what you need and you could do a whole body workout … well beyond six feet from anyone else. It’s closer to 12 feet. Members wear masks going in and get settled for their workout and keep their distance.”
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As a business owner, Perrone said he has experienced every emotion since the pandemic shut down the state in March. “Initially, it was fear,” he said. “We were trying to get different government assistance just to survive. We talked to landlords about payments. We weren’t sure we would come out on the other end. We are excited to be back. We think we can come back stronger and we are doing what we need to do to stay afloat.”
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pandemic back in mid-May.
It’s go-time for the CT Elite Baseball Association, the independent league that’s been set up as a one-year stopgap to fill the breach for American Legion baseball. The CTEBA features a total of 82 teams across four age brackets. “There was a lot of work put into this to make this come off,” said Doug Wedge, coach of the Meriden Cobras. “The teams that are in this really want to play.” Wedge was among the first to talk about staging an independent league when the national and Connecticut American Legion organizations cancelled the 2020 season due to the coronavirus
The CTEBA is being overseen by former director of Connecticut American Legion baseball Craig Zimmerman along with fellow state Legion officials Tim Vincent, Jeff Clarke and Chuck Berry. That group started hosting weekly Zoom meetings in May to work out the wrinkles for the league that opens play this weekend. As Wedge said, “These four guys really took the ball and ran with it.” The CTEBA follows the Legion model. Along with employing the same rules, such as wood bats and pitch counts, the state is grouped into divisions that roughly mirror Legion zones.
Grouped in Division 1 are Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Cheshire, Meriden, Newington, Simsbury and West Hartford. Division 2 is Branford, East Haven, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford and West Haven. The season started this past weekend and teams will play into August, with a playoff tournament to cap the season.
ball had the green light to resume. Baseball will resume, however, following state-issued health and safety guidelines. In the CTEBA, players will wear masks whenever they’re not on the field. Benches and equipment will be sanitized before games.
Once Phase II of Gov. Ned Lamont’s state reopening plan went into effect in June, outdoor activities like base-
“Our kids are excited to be playing. For them, it’s a little bit back to normal,” said Chris Bishop, president of the Wallingford Cardinals, that town’s youth baseball umbrella organization. “Obviously, we still have restrictions on how we can do things, but at least it’s somewhat of a resemblance of normal. It’s definitely a different world, but not anything that is over the top at all.” Echoed Wedge, “In the big picture of it, it’s not a hard-
The age brackets are the traditional ones for Legion ball — U19, U17 and U15 — with a new U14 loop added to the mix.
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ship to do all this stuff to get a chance to go out and play baseball.” Wedge noted that the CTEBA season helps compensate for the lost high school season, especially for the senior players. It also provides a stage for underclassmen to be seen by college coaches. “You can tell they missed playing baseball. Something that might have been taken for granted in past years, they now have a full appreciation of it,” Wedge said. “They almost lost a whole season. It’s bad enough losing high school. They could have lost everything. We made sure that didn’t happen. As long as the virus kept cooperating — as much as a virus can cooperate — we would do everything in our power to have a season, and we did.”
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gistics on their own,” Mandancy said in an email. “In addition, many sections of From A1 the document refer to further guidance districts must within — while allowing disawait relative to certain artricts some flexibilities to Southington Associate Sueas so that may leave discreate reopen plans that will perintendent Steve Mandantricts with just as many most effectively serve their cy said the district is still re- questions compared to anunique communities.” viewing the document in its swers as we attempt to work entirety. Even though it’s on- through this.” The plan addressed safety ly 50 pages, there are several measures such as grouping Mandancy said the district is hyperlinks to other docustudents as much as possiments that require reviewing well positioned based on the ble, wearing masks, handto formulate a true picture of lessons learned during the washing, social distancing, spring closure and some forwhat is required. students and families who ward thinking as it conducts choose not to attend school “While we appreciate the preliminary work as it anticitemporarily, academics, flexibility the state is provid- pates some of what is within mental health, and reasons ing, the loose nature of the the state document. to cut back and/or shut guidance within is going to down if necessary. “In any event, we will work leave districts to sort out feverishly over the next sevmany of the details and loEducators statewide have eral weeks to develop a plan to submit by the July 24th deadline that complies with the requirements within and ensures the safety of our stuLandscaping & Tree Services, LLC dents and staff,” Mandancy We are affordable at any height! said. “Collaboration, flexibility and input from all parties • Landscape Design • New Lawn Installation • Property Maintenance involved is going to be cru• Lot Clearing • Stump Grinding • Brush Removal • 24 Hour Storm Service • Hazardous Tree Removal • Excavation cial here.” just weeks to absorb the requirements and prepare staff and buildings. District plans must be submitted to the state on July 24.
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The unions called the plan an “anchor” rather than a lifeline and said it passed the buck for reopening buildings to local superintendents and board members who already face difficult budgetary choices. ”It’s incomprehensible for state officials to pursue such an approach on the same day they released survey results finding deep disparities See Schools , A7
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“At first glance it appears incomplete at best,” according to a joint statement from the Connecticut Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. “We have yet to find any reference to empowering local or regional districts with the resources clearly needed to The state’s two largest teach- implement the sort of iners unions were far more person learning plan outcritical of the plan, and what lined.” they called a lack of specifics
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for Connecticut’s highestneed districts during the pandemic,” the statement read. The statewide survey of 170 districts found that over 74% of all students (approximately 391,000 students) fully participated in the distance learning offerings of the district. Another 14 percent (approximately 76,000 students) partially participated, 8 percent minimally participated (approximately 40,000 students), and 4 percent have not participated (approximately 21,000 students).
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It also found that 10 percent of Connecticut students lacked access to the technology required to participate in online learning, about six percent lacked access to the Internet, and about 17 percent were living with family, health and trauma issues that impacted participation. The percentages were significantly higher in the state’s 10 Opportunity Districts and somewhat higher in its 23 Alliance Districts, which include Meriden.
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“The reality is that some districts have adequate resources for the kind of plan outlined here; those in highneed communities do not,” according to the union statement. “Parents in many of these communities lack access to paid leave and this plan would force them to make an impossible choice. They should not have to consider sending sick children to school during a global pandemic that health experts have said will still be with us in the fall. Further, nowhere in the guidelines do we see a plan for recruiting and deploying social workers or school counselors to deal with family, health and trauma issues experienced during this crisis.”
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Wallingford educators had previously reviewed the plans from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey and California. They found many elements are the same with varying levels of specificity, Menzo said.
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“We have nine teams addressing curriculum, health/ wellness, facilities, finance, food services, personnel, special education, technology, and transportation that have been working since April with representation from all unions in the district,” Menzo said. ” They will continue to be part of the discussion as we draft our plan.” The district’s goal is to have a draft plan by July 15 and to
offer feedback sessions for families and staff on July 16 and July 17. Then, the plan would go to the Board of Education on July 22 before being submitted to the State Department of Education on July 24, Menzo said. Meriden Superintendent Mark Benigni met with administrative staff Tuesday to review the plan and use its guidance to address the city’s needs. “Districts received funding from the CARES Act to support PPEs, cleaning supplies, and some additional staff support,” Benigni said. In response to union concerns about mask compliance, Benigni said mask wearing for students will require modeling, as well as instruction. “We will need to teach students the importance of wearing a mask to keep themselves and others safe,” Benigni said. “Built-in mask breaks when social distancing is available will happen in all schools. We appreciate the state providing requirements, as well as guidance. Communicating with families and staff, as well as creating a personalized Meriden plan are our next steps.”
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July’s Dog Days of summer may offer more of the same.
Record-breaking heat came in alongside the first official day of summer on June 20. It also kicked off the first heatwave of the season.
Irrigation systems are obviously wonderful to have, said Steve Walowski of Hillside Landscaping in Berlin. “Unfortunately, not everyone is fortunate enough to have them,” he said.
June will also be remembered for the lack of rain. The extended stretch of broiling hot days with no rain left lawns and plants devastatingly parched. Symptoms include wilting, curled leaves and crunchy brown grass.
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heed to notice and water deep and as long as possible,” said Walowski. “When you water deeply, it protects better and the roots benefit. When you give plants or grass frequent, short-duration watering, it creates shallow roots. You need the deep water to create deep roots so the grasses and plants can survive.” Grass lawns that look dead may actually be in a state of dormancy. This is a stress reaction during periods of extreme dry weather. According to CTDEEP, “Lawns may turn brown and dormant during periods of drought but will turn green rapidly when moisture in the soil is replaced.” Northeast Organic Farming Association of CT promotes several ideas for lawncare, including these steps to fight dry stretches and drought: Add drought resistant clover
Set your mower height to three or four inches. Homeowners who are concerned about their plantings can also pick up tips from Lucinda Perry of the Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire. Perry said her family is being “mindful of wasting water.” Her landscaping choices are flowers and shrubs that can pretty much take care of themselves, she said. “I don’t like a fussy-looking garden anyway, so it’s sort of survival of the fittest.” When it comes to the vegetable garden, however, Perry said it’s a different story. “Too much work has gone into it to let it go,” she said. “We give each individual plant a good deep watering, no overhead watering of the whole garden, every other day or so, and they are holding up OK,” she said.
Walowski agrees with Perry’s technique of watering at the base, and recommends it any time of year. Watering a plant overhead with a garden hose or watering can produce spots on the plants, he said. Finally, a big mistake some homeowners make is to water at night. “The blades do not get a chance to dry out and the result can be fungal diseases that will tiptoe from blade to blade,” he said. Watering early in the day is Walowski’s advice for a healthy, disease-free lawn.
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will go to vote. There are two primaries on Aug. 11 – one for the Republican Party and one for the Democratic Party— but Connecticut is a “closed” primary state so that only those registered in those two parties may participate. If you are already registered
in a party (and this includes the Independent and Working Families parties) it is too late to switch parties. Voters registered as “Unaffiliated” for at least three months may affiliate before the primary but should do so as soon as possible, preferably online, since many town and city halls have limited office hours, and mail-in changes may take additional time. — League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven
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Happy Independence Day! Unlike Veterans Day and Memorial Day — solemn occasions for Americans — Independence Day is a time of pure celebration. It has been that way for 242 years. According to History.com, in the summer of 1776, some colonists celebrated the birth of independence by holding mock funerals for King George III as a way of symbolizing the end of the monarchy’s hold on America and the triumph of liberty. The celebrations continued during the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence, beginning immediately after its adoption. Concerts, bonfires and parades were held. Cannons and muskets were fired. History.com states that even George Washington got swept up in the merriment. During the Revolutionary War, in 1778, Washington is said to have issued double rations of rum to all his soldiers to mark the anniversary of independence. Fast-forward to present day, and the revelry continues on the Fourth of July, our most patriotic holiday. There are parades, barbecues and fireworks, and lots of flagwaving. Independence Day is a celebration, just as it was in 1776, so enjoy the festivities today, but take a moment to remember why we celebrate. Who better to encapsulate why that is than one of our Founding Fathers? Ten days be-
fore he died, on July 4, 1826, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter declining an invitation to attend the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Declaration of Independence, which had been written largely by him. In the letter, Jefferson stated: "The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God. These are grounds of hope for others. For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them." Happy Independence Day! This editorial was originally published in the Record-Journal on July 4, 2018.
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‘Leaders and Achievers’ recognized with scholarship Comcast NBCUniversal announced it has awarded $45,000 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year to 18 Connecticut students, including Mary Elizabeth Butler from North Haven, as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. Students are selected for their outstanding community service, academic performance and leadership skills. The award, funded by the
Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, is a one-time, $2,500 scholarship to be used toward undergraduate education-related expenses. Butler will be studying business at St. John's University. “Completing various community service activities has had such a profound effect on me,” Butler said. “It is very empowering to know that my actions can have a positive impact on others, even if it's just in a small
way. Showing kindness and compassion to others really does make a difference.” Since 2001, more than $34 million has been awarded to about 30,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers program, including $800,000 to nearly 670 students in Connecticut. “We are honored to recognize the amazing achievements of our Leaders and Achievers scholarship win-
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Said Gov. Ned Lamont: “Congratulations to the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship award winners. I appreciate that this scholarship recognizes academic achievement, leadership and community service, as these are important principles for success in college and beyond. I wish these students all the best on their journey.” — Press Release
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