North Haven Citizen Oct. 2, 2020

Volume 15, Number 28

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CIAC finds alternative season for football

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By Greg Lederer Record-Journal staff

CHESHIRE — Back on Sept. 16, the state football community got disappointing news when the CIAC Board of Control announced it was canceling 11-on-11 football for the 2020 season.

At the time, CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini added that the board would consider moving the sport to a different season if it didn’t interfere with spring sports in 2021.

On Tuesday, the governing body followed through on that idea.

The Bakery Department at Stop & Shop in North Haven donated breads and desserts and the Knights of Columbus of North Haven delivered the goods to local soup kitchens and senior centers. Pictured are Knight Blaise Vece, Jay Nuzzo (Stop & Shop), Knight Rich Inzero, Patty Douglas (Stop & Shop), Sue O’Connell (Grace & St. Peters Church) and Knight Larry Esposito.

Saving garden treasures program As summer slips away, we have to embrace our gardens’ lasting treasures. Dried florals, seed pods and grasses, all with muted colors and unique textures, are ready for harvest.

Heather discussed the use of a flower press for drying flowers, leaves and grasses. She also explained how she uses a dehydrator for similar purposes. However, the two different drying techniques can produce a different result and apHeather Potter entertained members pearance so it is useful to become of the Daytime Gardeners of North familiar with both approaches.

Haven with a virtual demonstration Using inexpensive glass containers, of creative ways to reinvent dried Heather put together a design using and pressed floral classics. The fall garden is a treasure trove of materi- wax paper, pressed materials (ferns, petals, leaves), and spray adhesive. als that can be used in many ways for decorative designs and accents in your home.

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The CIAC announced an alternative season that would run from late February into the middle of April to accommodate football and any sport that doesn’t complete at least 40 percent of its regular season.

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Heather Potter shared her talents with the Daytime Gardeners of North Haven during a virtual program.

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State relaxes restrictions on nursing home visits HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont rescinded emergency orders Monday that had banned most visits at nursing homes amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the state’s Health Department issued new relaxed guidelines.

The move will allow indoor visits to resume with certain conditions on screening, social distancing and hygiene.

Dr. Deidre Gifford, the acting health commissioner, said the conditions, which include limiting visitors to one per patient at a time, are based on new guidance from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

“Making the decision to limit in-person visits at nursing homes is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do as governor, but amid the outbreak of this pandemic that is impacting the lives of so many people in our senior population, I

knew it was the right thing to do,” Lamont said in a statement. “Each facility is strongly urged to develop a visitation plan and strictly adhere to it to the greatest extent possible so that we can keep this virus from spreading and impacting our most vulnerable patients.”

The new visitation guidelines also allow increased access to nursing homes for health care workers, social workers, clerics, hairdressers and volunteers.

In other news related to the coronavirus pandemic:

Mask lawsuit A state Superior Court judge began hearing motions Monday in a lawsuit that alleges Connecticut’s requirement that children wear masks in school is harmful.

A group called the CT Freedom Alliance, which includes some parents of schoolchil-

dren, is seeking an injunction that would strike down requirements from Lamont and the state Department of Education.

Assistant Attorney General Darren Cunningham pointed out that Meehan has made money by advocating taking

sponsored nutritional supplements as an alternative to prevent the spread of the virus.

The plaintiffs argue that wearing masks is dangerous and damaging to the health, safety and emotional well-being of children and does not prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The state argues that it is following federal guidelines and that studies show masks are important in helping prevent the virus from traveling into the air and from one person to another.

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Readers’ Opinions Impressive candidate Editor : I am pleased to announce my support and endorsement for Paul Cicarella for State Senator for the 34th district. I am very impressed with Paul’s business background and how he has built his companies at such a young age. His experience in leading his companies, his ability to grow the top line revenue in his organizations and his understanding of how to properly manage the finances of his organization

children’s school. She always genuinely listened to concerns of parents and teachers and found creative, collaborative solutions, with limited resources.

Kathy will work hard for us First Selectman in Hartford, ensuring we fiMichael Freda nally have a voice in the Capitol. She will represent all of us, regardless of parOur voice ty, because compassion for in Hartford her neighbors is at her core.

Instead of being another Editor : talking head towing the parKathy Grant has devoted her ty line, Kathy will do the work to get things done.

20-plus years in North Haven to community serKathy for State Rep.! vice. We met when she was a PTA Board Member at my Lisa Leamon are exactly what we need in state government. I believe Paul will serve us well as our State Senator and I personally endorse him to represent us.

Backing Grant Editor : I am supporting Kathy Grant because of her stance on many issues; among them, tax relief.

Kathy supports reforming our system of property taxes to support middle class, working families.

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Physician assistant students join Urban Service Track program Seven physician assistant students at Quinnipiac University have been selected to be scholars in the Urban Service Track, a University of Connecticut Health Centerbased program designed to produce a cadre of wellqualified health care professionals committed to serving Connecticut’s urban, underserved populations.

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Get registered to vote To participate in the general election, you must be a U.S. Citizen, resident of Connecticut and 18 by Nov. 3, 2020. The easiest way to register is online, using a CT driver’s license or another DMV-issued ID at voterregistration.ct.gov.

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Late summer garden tour Recently, North Haven Garden Club member Keith Lombardo opened his yard to members of the club for an informal tour.

Keeping social distancing in mind and wearing masks, members gathered on Keith’s expansive grounds, exchanged pleasantries and viewed all the beautiful gardens at his home. Each bed contains different plantings, and each garden is in the shape of a heart with a statue of an angel in the center.

All the gardens are outlined with beautiful pink begonias, a truly breathtaking site to see.

Keith is in the process of expanding his gardens and creating at least another two.

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That would entail moving up the winter season, running it from late November through late February, and pushing back the spring season from mid-April to late June.

“The start and end dates of the winter and spring seasons will be adjusted to accommodate the alternative season with minimal impact to winter and spring sports,” the CIAC stated in releasing the plan. “The following dates were suggested with the understanding that all plans remain fluid and subject to the latest COVID metrics and information.”

The CIAC’s new plan mirrors those drawn up previously in other states, such as neighboring New York and Massachusetts.

It also comes four days after the state Department of Public Health updated its risk assessments and recommendations for all sports, including youth and amateur leagues.

“We had looked at strategies for those (three) seasons,” Lungarini said Tuesday.

“Some of the (DPH) recommendations went into the winter months, so we felt that it fit for us to define those seasons going forward.”

“It (the plan) is all dependent on the weather and health situation,” said Cheshire Athletic Director Steve Trifone. “If we can make it work, we would love to get all of our sports in this year.”

For football, the plan calls for conditioning workouts from Feb. 22-26. Full-pad practices would begin on Feb. 27.

Teams would be allowed to have one scrimmage on March 6, March 12 or March 13 in preparation for a fivegame season that would run from March 19 to April 17.

There will be no postseason play.

“The FCIAC proposed that other sports could be moved to that category and they suggested that teams that don’t complete 50 percent of their regular-season games could be put there,” Lungarini said. “We’ve used the 40percent indicator in other things, so we decided to go with that. We will work with the leagues to establish the schedule.”

Back on Aug. 10, when the CIAC Football Committee voted 9-1 to recommend the football season be moved to the spring of 2021, Ledyard Athletic Director Jim Buonocore contacted SCC Commissioner Al Carbone about developing a spring option.

That’s the plan the ECC ended up submitting to the CIAC. With there possibly being a quick turnaround for athletes who play spring sports, Carbone said the best part of a February-April football season is that teams can decide how many contests they want to play and still get to have an experience with tackle football.

“I think it gives flexibility to schools who also want to prepare for the spring season,” Carbone said.

All dates outlined in the CIAC plan are subject to change based on the state’s COVID-19 situation.

At this juncture, the spring season would start conditioning April 11 and launch the regular season on April 23.

The last day for a game to count for the CIAC state tournament is scheduled for June 8. The postseason would then run from June 14-27.

the latest health information.

“I like the idea of pushing spring sports back because the weather will be better for sports like baseball, softball, golf, and tennis,” stated Trifone. “I hope that we will be able to play through graduation dates because right now our ceremony is scheduled for June 14.”

For the SCC, Carbone said the next step would be to have a board meeting about the winter season, but added that the football option would be brought up on Oct. 13.

“I want to make sure that everyone wants to go ahead with the plan and how many games they would want to play,” explained Carbone.

“After that, we can develop a schedule.”

The CIAC initially opposed moving football to an alternative season, arguing that the state’s low COVID numbers warranted playing football in the fall and might not be better come late winter or early spring. The organization tried on multiple occasions to move forward with football in August and September.

The Department of Public Health and the National Federation of High Schools, however, stuck to the classification of 11-on-11 football as high risk, prompting the CIAC to ultimately cancel the season.

“We still believe that now does appear to be a good time to play, but the recommendation from DPH and the Governor’s Office is that it (football) be played later in the year,” said Lungarini.

In creating an alternative season for 11-on-11 football, all team activities are now considered in the out-of-season category. The CIAC, however, is relaxing its tradiFor the winter season, condi- tional rules on out-of-season tioning dates would be Nov. and allowing football teams 23 to Dec. 5, setting up a reg- to conduct low- to moderular season to begin on Dec. ate-risk practices through 7. Teams would have until Nov. 21. Squads can practice Feb. 5 to qualify for states. for up to 120 minutes a day The tournament would go and use equipment as long from Feb. 8-21. as they follow safety guideThe CIAC stated these plans lines such as not having perwould be fluid and subject to son-to-person contact.

Furthermore, the CIAC recommended that member schools not play full-contact football in any capacity this fall. The governing body also cautioned school districts about opening themselves to liability if they loan equipment to student-athletes to compete in anything other than CIAC activities.

“We are not excited about the lack of preseason training and believe that increases the risk of injury,” stated Lungarini.

While the CIAC doesn’t support doing both school and independent football activities, it did concede decisions on dual-participation is up to individual school districts.

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Along with teams looking at independent and club options for football, conferences have come up with 7on-7 activities and linemen challenges for players to participate in this fall.

Violating Connecticut’s distracted driving laws can be costly. Drivers who are ticketed for this violation can be fined $150 for a first offense, $300 for a second offense and $500 for third and subsequent offenses.

On Tuesday, Carbone said the SCC had a proposal approved by school principals in the league. Schedules will be announced on Oct. 5 and activities would begin on Oct. 13.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2018, 2,841 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers.

“We are checking on what schools want to participate and then we will come out with that information,” said Carbone.

Cross country, field hockey, soccer, girls swimming and girls volleyball teams were scheduled to start the regular season Thursday.

“We are really excited for that opportunity to start on Thursday. We are also encouraged by the Governor’s Office moving to Phase 3 of the ReOpening plan (on Oct. 8),” said Lungarini.

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The Massachusetts firm that planned Connecticut’s reopening strategy amidst the coronavirus pandemic will conduct a sweeping overhaul of state government operations designed to reduce costs by as much as $500 million a year — and potentially eliminate thousands of state jobs.

Gov. Ned Lamont tapped the Boston Consulting Group late Friday afternoon, Sept.

25 to conduct the $2 million study, which will be completed next February and is timed to take advantage of a projected surge in state employee retirements over the next two years.

It’s been 10 years since the last major state workforce study, the governor noted, and since then Connecticut has gone through a sluggish economic recovery, two major state employee concessions packages, and a pandemic that is far from over.

tract earlier this year to BCG to coordinate state government’s response to the pandemic and create a phased strategy to reopen businesses, schools and other institutions.

House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, who also questioned the need to spend Connecticut dollars on a out-of-state business, raised a second concern.

The Senate’s top Republican, Len Fasano of North Haven, criticized Lamont for that deal in May for crafting a strategy with outside consultants rather than developing one in coordination with legislative leaders.

The top House Republican suggested the contract award— which stems in part from GOP legislators’ demands almost three years ago — is designed to make Lamont’s fellow Democrats in the legislature’s majority look fiscally frugal at the best possible time.

Last Friday’s announcement prompted more criticism of Lamont, including from one of his fellow Democrats.

Sen. Cathy Osten, DSprague, co-chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, said she was disappointed to see an out-of-state firm get the contract.

“I’m concerned that the top talent in the state of Connecticut is not being used to help the state fashion its future,” she said.

“The timing of this announcement is curious,” Klarides said.

“It comes on a late Friday afternoon, a little more than one month before the election on Nov. 3. What do you think Democrats will propose on taxes and spending if they continue to control all the levers of state government?’’

Faced with a huge projected deficit in 2017, the Democrat-controlled legislature and then-Gov. Dannel P. Malloy struggled to adopt a

new state budget, ultimately needing nine months — and Republican votes — to get the job done.

That budget mandated several steps, including a new state study panel, to streamline government.

Malloy had struck a major concessions deal with unions earlier that year that tightened retirement benefits in several areas — with many changes taking effect in July 2022. Not long after, analysts began to project a See Downsizing, A16

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“We need to dig deep into our state agencies and learn more about what to anticipate, and how best to use this challenge as an exciting opportunity to ensure our government is serving our state as effectively as possible,” Lamont said.

“I’m not criticizing the job they have done,” she said.

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Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo says 12,540 people — roughly 25% of the workforce — would be eligible for retire-

ment two years from now.

That doesn’t mean state officials expect all of those potential retirees to step down in mid-2022. But most agree it does mean state operations are in for a substantial change.

The efficiency study’s roots also trace back to the 2018 recommendations of the Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Com-

petitiveness, a panel of business and state government leaders charged with crafting a holistic plan to revitalize public services and Connecticut’s economy.

Legislators passed on many of the panel’s recommendations, including those advocating cutting state taxes and imposing electronic tolls on state highways. But lawmakers did embrace a proposal to analyze state government — and particularly its workforce — in light of the anticipated surge in retirements in the early 2020s. The analysis is supposed to produce savings worth $500 million per year, which represents about 2.5% of the current fiscal year’s General Fund.

Lawmakers initially charged that consultants be invited to bid to conduct the study

by July 2018. But Malloy, who was not seeking re-election, argued the matter should be deferred until the next governor took office in early January 2019.

The 2018 legislature also did not authorize any funding for the study, making it easy for the Malloy administration to defer action on the project.

Lamont has insisted since before he took office in 2019

that the “silver tsunami” of retirements presents an opportunity not only to save money, but also to improve delivery of state services.

Max Reiss, Lamont’s communications director, said the hiring of Boston Consulting Group is simply about good government.

“The bipartisan budget of 2017 directed the governor to hire a ‘national consultant’ and the administration executed a competitive RFP [request for proosals] process to identify a firm with vast experience and skill in this area,” Reiss said. “As lawmakers who supported that budget agree, this review is critically important for the state’s future, as this work will identify ways to modernize and streamline the state of Connecticut’s operations.”

Lamont inherited a network of agencies that often relies on fragmented and outdated information technology systems.

For example, when the coronavirus pandemic struck in March, the Department of Labor’s computer network — which used a COBOL programming language that dates back to the 1980s — was swamped by hundreds

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Lamont administration officials say this initiative, if done properly, can enhance many state services and programs.

But state employee union leaders argue the venture is inherently flawed.

“It is disappointing and rather perplexing that in an effort to save money the state would needlessly spend money,” Jody Barr, executive director of Council 4 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told the CT Mirror during an early September interview. “Once again, the state ends up hiring outside consultants rather than partnering with workers to find savings and plan for the future.”

Barr said the coronavirus pandemic has reminded Connecticut that “government is not a business and thus cannot be run as one.”

Many state agencies were able to maintain critical services specifically because they employed sufficient staff who adapted quickly to find solutions to new challenges, Barr added. “Connecticut was able to rely on its strong and resilient workforce that’s connected to the communities they serve.”

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GRASSY HILL AUCTIONS, - an Estate Sale, Liquidation, Attic & Basement Cleanout Company is Always Buying and providing services all over Connecticut. These are just a FEW of the things we are looking for: Antiques, Collectibles, WANTED Individual Old/ Vintage Toys, Mufirearms, collections & sical Instruments (Saxophones, Trumpets, Vi- estates including military ANTIQUES - Always olins, Flutes, Clarinets, & related items.Federally buying old; Toys, Trombone & SO MUCH licensed firearms dealer. military, jewelry, art, MORE) Advertising Gunsmith, appraisals, watches, musical Items, Wristwatches Richard Pleines, (860) instruments, signs, (Broken or Not), Pocket 663-2214. arcade games, Watches, Tools (Macameras, pre 1970 chinist, Woodworking, Pet Services sports memorabil& MORE) Doorstops, ia, plus more. One Clocks, Oil Paintings, item or entire estate Old Signs, Old PhoATTENTION DOG contents. Call 860tographs, Old PostOWNERS! 718-5132. cards, Brewery Items, Obedience Classes Hunting & Fishing, PEZ Starting Sept. 28th Dispensers, Costume MONDAY Evenings at Jewelry, Broken JewelCheshire Park & Rec. ry, Gold & Silver Jewel6 wk class-$90 ry, Gold & Silver Coins, $100 Non-Residents Military Items, Swords Beginners - 6:15pm & Bayonets, Helmets & Novices - 7:15pm Patches, Medals & UniPre-Reg online or call forms, Pocket Knives, Chesh. Park & Rec at Lighters & Pipes, Foun203.272.2743 9-4 tain Pens, Mechanical AFTER 5pm Call Pencils, Fraternal Order INSTRUCTOR Items, Religious Items, Bruce 203-715-1489 Industrial Items, Winchester Items, Sikorsky Items, Pratt & Whitney Items, Colt Items, Native American Items, Vintage Electronics, Slot Cars, Toy Trucks, Matchbox & Hotwheels, Barbie’s, Folk Art, Statues, Bronzes, Trains, Cameras, Mid Century Modern Furniture, Straight Razors, Shaving Items, Political Items, Comic Books, Sports Cards & Autographs…& THE LIST GOES ON! So please give us a call at your earliest convenience.

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(203) 525-0608.

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ALWAYS BUYING CASH PAID Vintage Electronics, Musical Instruments, Amps, Ham Equipment, HiFi, Radios, CB, Guitars, Audio Equipment, Antiques.

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Friday, October 2, 2020

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Handyperson

Junk Removal

Landscaping

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Service LLC All Phases of Electrical Work. 24 hr. Emergency Service.

Small Jobs Welcome.

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Gutters

Specializing in roofing, siding, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, basement remodeling.

Senior citizen discount Insured. Free est.

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JIMMY’S MASONRY Over 28 years of exp.

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203-945-1808.

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