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Students headed to college face new experience By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
restrictions.
Trevor Messina’s career as a University of Connecticut student started Monday; move in day. Messina, who just graduated from Southington High School, will not have a roommate, due to COVID-19
Nor will he start classes right away. He and other UConn freshmen will start their studies with a two-week quarantine period. Many classes will be online. Messina is majoring in music education. His French horn lessons —
at least for the first semester — will be conducted over video conference.
been to college. I’ve only heard it from stories. So I don’t have an expectation of what it’s going to be.
Like many other incoming college students, he has been told it’s not going to be the college experience he is expecting.
“I’m going to college. And whatever my experience is there, it is going to be my first experience so I’m not aware of what I’m missing out on,” he added.
He is quick to counter: “I’ve never
CIAC hits pauses on fall sports
Presence ‘bears’ close watching By Mike Roberts
With all the attention being paid to COVID-19, many things in our outdoor world are going unnoticed.
By Greg Lederer Record-Journal staff
The state’s black bear population is growing, with an estimated 800 now calling Connecticut home.
But there is another outdoor critter that has been popping up on the news every once in a while: the black bear. And, YES, we have some living right here in the Meriden area and surrounding communities.
necticut home. I have had reports of black bear sightings in the Meriden/Middlefield area, West Peak, the Chamberlain Highway and some in Cheshire.
Overall, the state’s black bear population is growing, with an estimated 800 now calling Con-
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member they are not the cartoon characters Yogi Bear and Boo Boo. Black bears are powerful creatures and can cause great bodily harm and, in the worstcase scenario, they could take your life.
On Friday, the road toward bringing back high school fall sports took another turn. A day after receiving a letter from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Board of Control had a meeting and announced that they would be pausing all inperson fall sports activities through Aug. 24. Coaches are allowed to promote virtual contact and conditioning. “During next week, we will take additional time to review and understand all of the recommendations made by DPH,” said CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini. “We
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Reunion canceled Due to the uncertainty and risks associated with COVID-19, the Plainville High School Class of 1970 has decided to cancel the annual Plainville All Class Reunion scheduled for September at the VFW. Organizers are hoping to have a reunion in 2021.
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West Cemetery announcement The public is asked not to place flowers or decorations on flush markers between April and November. They will be removed by the cemetery during the mowing season. Also, the trimming or removal of bushes/trees near and around the monuments continues. The planting of bushes or trees on lots or graves is no longer allowed (effective May 2016). Please do not place dirt/ branches into trash barrels. Leave dirt/branches near the barrels. For questions or special requests, contact the cemetery office at 860-747-2314.
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Make sure your voice is heard 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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Other than a Will, Advance Directives and a Durable Power of Attorney are necessary estate planning documents. Both documents are important during your life if you become incapacitated. In Connecticut, the Advance Directives includes the Living Will and appointment of a Health Care Representative. Look over the following documents to see if they may need updating:
Apple Harvest race announced to our community, with proceeds going to support individuals and families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA has announced that registration is open for the Y’s 41st Annual Apple Harvest Festival Road Races. This year, due to the pandemic, Southington’s hometown race will be held in a virtual setting. Participants of all ages can run, walk or hike.
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review their current plan, but the letter wasn’t received in time for the Aug. 12 meeting with fall sports committees, medical professionals, and school officials. “We greatly appreciate our partnership with DPH. The information they have provided us is very detailed,” said Lungarini. “I can’t say a bad thing about the department of public health.” In response to the DPH letter on Friday, the New Haven Department of Health banned games and practices for moderate and high-risk sports. Bridgeport also canceled football and volleyball in 2020. In the CIAC plan, the regular season is scheduled to start on Thursday, Sept. 24.
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Whether area students continue their studies at campuses that are less than a day trip away, or hundreds or even thousands of miles away, chances are their campuses are taking different approaches to quarantining and grouping students. Some schools will conduct COVID-19 tests more regu-
Fairfield University is about a 45-minute trek down Route 15 from Cheshire. Nicole Perugini is looking forward to moving in on Aug. 28. Fairfield plans to reopen with full in-person instruction. Students and faculty will need to wear masks in
classrooms. Instruction will be in-person until Thanksgiving break, when students will be dismissed and go remote for the remainder of the semester. Nicole’s father, Cheshire Board of Education Chairman Tony Perugini, noted the move-in days and times will be staggered to minimize congestion. High school didn’t end the way students may have wanted. But students like Nicole Perugini are hoping to turn that page in starting college. She represents the second generation of Peruginis to attend college.
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Daily Campus student newspaper, has been among the group of student journalists following various developments — the shutting down of sports, school reopening plans, and more — and relaying that information to fellow students. “Normally our summers aren’t super busy. But there’s just been so much happening,” Gavitt said.
it’s not in-person?” Pannone said. Her daughter decided not to take a break and has a schedule filled with required classes. Meanwhile, Pannone’s other daughter is a senior in high school, and is in the college search process. She will be less able to tour campuses.
Gavitt previously had planned to complete an internship over the summer.
“I definitely think the quality of their education is going to be lower online. They will not have that whole experi“Then it was canceled outright,” Gavitt said. She wasn’t ence of being in the classroom, asking questions,” alone. Other students who were planning to intern this Pannone said. “Fortunately both of my kids are motivatfall also lost those interned.” ships. The majority of classes will be online.
Out-of-state students learned just days before move-in started that if they “If COVID wasn’t around, we are taking only online classes this semester they will not would be less nervous,” Pebe allowed to move back on rugini said. campus. That decision has Nicole Perugini is excited, infuriated many students. acknowledging the college experience will start off a bit “We generally agree that this decision should have been differently than she envimade months ago,” Gavitt sioned. said. “There are a lot of limitaAt the same time, she actions,” she said. knowledged that UConn adFor example, freshmen will ministrators have a tough task ahead of them. only be allowed to interact with other freshmen. Unlike some other colleges, she will “Obviously there are not going to be decisions made have a roommate. right now that please everyone,” she said. “I’m not going to be living by myself,” Nicole Perugini Wallingford resident Barbara said. Her roommate is from Pannone’s oldest daughter is Massachusetts. They have been texting and seem to be starting her junior year at California State University a good match. Northridge, located in Los She will be studying comAngeles County. puter science and engineering, with the hopes of enter- “She loves it there so much,” ing the field of forensics after Pannone said. graduation. She fell in love University officials there with Fairfield after visiting have opted to make most last year. classes online, save for some science, laboratory oriented “I love the engineering program. It’s well put together,” classes. Pannone described the decision as disappointshe said. ing. The family discussed For Courtney Gavitt, another their options. Cheshire resident, the sum“We talked about do you mer has been busy. Gavitt, take the semester off? Why digital editor for UConn’s should we pay full tuition if
Aizlyn Zupkus, 19, of Prospect, will fly south this week to New Orleans, Louisiana, to resume her studies at Tulane University. Numerous changes and precautionary measures await. “They will have temporary classrooms, temporary dining facilities. A lot of classes have been moved online,” Zupkus said, adding some campus facilities, like the gym and student center will be open to students on a reservation basis. “I definitely didn’t picture this when I had applied for Tulane,” Zupkus said. She is an economics major and a member of her school’s Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps program. “That requires extra studying,” Zupkus said. The semester will start early. Students will go home for Thanksgiving. After that, they will stay home, complete their final exams and finish their semesters remotely. It’s too soon to say what the spring 2021 semester will look like. Students like Zupkus are holding out hope. “I am hoping that it goes back to normal,” she said. mgagne@record-journal.com 203-317-2231 Twitter:@MikeGagneRJ
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A community with no local newspaper? That’s bad news What would my town be without a newspaper? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, perhaps it is time to consider just what the newspaper means to this community. Because the doleful fact is, too many small towns and midsized cities are losing their newspapers right now. An extensive study from the University of North Carolina released in January found that by last year, 2,100 newspapers had disappeared, or almost 25% of the 9,000 newspapers published in 2004. That translates to 1,800 communities that 15 years ago had their own newspapers that now have no original local reporting, either in print or digital. Note that this report was released just weeks before the coronavirus pandemic swept up newspapers in the same financial catastrophe that’s devastated businesses of all types and sizes and thrown millions out of their jobs and households into terrifying economic uncertainty. What does a community lose when it loses its newspapers? The most obvious is the community’s access to news about itself: The workings of its town hall; information about taxes and property values; the operation of schools for its children; the achievements, or the criminal activities, of local residents; the scores of local ball teams; schedules and reviews
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$450,000 — and the city manager of this municipality of just 37,000 souls was making nearly $800,000.
During this pandemic and in spite of their deep financial troubles, newspapers continue to provide the unique local news and information about COVID-19 — from testing spots to restrictions and openings to dining options — unavailable from any other source.
Losing a local newspaper, another study found, can also lead to more political polarization — something no community, nor our nation, needs now.
But the less obvious losses when a newspaper disappears may be the most devastating to a community. Researchers in 2018 found that when a local newspaper closes, municipal borrowing costs — and therefore residents’ taxes — go up. Why? Losing a paper, the study said, creates a “local information vacuum.” It turns out that lenders depend on local reporting to judge the value of government projects — and the officials in charge of them. Without that information, lenders tend to charge higher rates. Communities without newspapers are also more likely to be victims of corruption petty and grand, local incidents the national media will never uncover. The most glaring example comes from the small California city of Bell, where — without the eyes of a local newspaper on them — the city council engineered passage of a virtually unnoticed referendum to get around a new state law capping council member salaries. Within five years, council members were taking home a cool $100,000, the police chief was being paid
Fortunately, there are steps you can take to avoid becoming another “news desert.” For one thing — subscribe. But there is also pending bipartisan legislation that deserves your support. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (H.R. 7640) provides for tax credits that support the three pillars of trusted, fair and accurate journalism: people who subscribe to newspapers or other local media; businesses that advertise in local newspapers; and newspapers that staff their newsrooms with journalists who cover the community. The tax credits aren’t permanent and sunset after five years. In a nutshell, this bill would provide every taxpayer tax credits up to $250 a year to spend on subscriptions to qualified local newspapers. It would give businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees tax credits of up to $5,000 the first year and up to $2,500 for the next four years for advertising in local newspapers or local media. And it would give local newspapers a tax credit of 80% of its compensation to journalists in the first year and 50% for the next four years.
five years. But this legislation provides a lifeline for everyone affected by the pandemic: local readers, local businesses, local news providers. Asking your legislators in Washington to support the Local Journalism Sustainability Act is a simple step you can take to help your community from becoming yet another news desert.
There’s a simple way to take that step, too: Just go to usa.gov/elected-officials for contact information for your legislators. Your right to fair and trusted local news and information is worth the effort. Dean Ridings is CEO of America’s Newspapers. On behalf of its approximately 1,500 newspaper and associate member companies, America’s Newspapers is committed to explaining, defending and advancing the vital role of newspapers in democracy and civil life. We put an emphasis on educating the public on all the ways newspapers contribute to building a community identity and the success of local businesses. Learn more: newspapers.org.
Obituaries Francis A. Pratt PLAINVILLEVisitation will be held on Friday, August 28, 2020 from 5 to 7 PM at Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad Street, Plainville, with a service in celebration of Francis’ life beginning at 7 PM. A committal service with full military honors will be held on Saturday, August 29 at 9 AM at the CT State Veterans’ Cemetery, 317 Bow Lane, Middletown. Family and friends attending the services are required to wear facial coverings and are expected to follow all guidelines from the CDC. The staff at Bailey Funeral Home extends their appreciation to the Pratt family for their trust. For more information or to leave online expressions of sympathy, please visit www.BAILEYFUNERALHOME.com.
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Municipal pool info Due to time slots filling and the daily waitlists growing at Elizabeth Berner Pool, for the remainder of the season, the Plainville Recreation Department will no longer offer the option to purchase a season pass. Pool information: Residents age 3 & up must have a pool pass to enter the facility. No guest passes will be issued this year.
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MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION Screened Topsoil $25/ per yd; Sand-$15 per yd; Millings-$10 per yd; Screened Millings $30 per yd; Clean Fill $8 MACHINIST per yd: $100 minimum BUYING TOOLBOXES - Tools delivery. No pickup truck & tooling, contents of service. Minimum 16 yd machine shops, home pickup at our yard. Call workshops and small Jim @ 860-982-4819 for lathes. Call anytime delivery 860-985-5760
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$25/yard delivered, Performs responsi3 yd, $100 min. delivery ble office work in the Call Jim 860-982-4819 processing of all general Autos Wanted Top Soil, Compost government payrolls FOR SALE. Catering to and maintain all payroll small deliveries. Call Bob records. The position (203) 415-0723 requires a H.S. diploma or G.E.D, plus 5 years of Sporting Goods and experience in responsiHealth ble office work involving typing, accounting, PISTOL PERMIT - Cerbookkeeping, data entry tification, for groups of 4 or less, masks req’d, and payroll processing. 1 session only, $140. $25.72 to $30.87 hourly CASH PAID For any (203) 415-1144. plus an excellent fringe Toyota any condition, benefit package. Apply: running or not, crashed Wood Fuel Heating Department of Human okay. Will take other Equipment Resources, Town of Wallmakes and models. ingford, 45 South Main TREE LENGTH (203) 600-4431. Street, Wallingford, CT FIREWOOD Motorcyles and 06492. The closing date CALL FOR DETAILS ATVs will be the date that the 203-238-2149 30th application form/ WILL PAY CASH - For old resume is received, or motorcycles, mini bikes & go carts. Gary, (860) August 26, 2020, whichWanted To Buy 558-5430. ever occurs first. EOE 1,2,3 Items or an Estate $$$ CASH $$$ Apartments For Rent LOOKING FOR A NEW RIDE? Todd Shamock Best Selection of Used Vehicles! MERIDEN - 5 rms., 3rd fl., Estate Sale Service off st. prkg., gas stove, Costume Jewelry, fridge, dishwasher & Antiques, Dolls, Toys, Classified Section heat incl., w/d hkp, no pets or smkg., walk-in Paintings,Meriden Items TRUCK 203-494-1695 closets. 203.213.0905. DRIVERS Geremia Greenhouse is A1 “I PAY TOP CASH looking for customer Furniture For Your Grandma’s friendly individuals to Costume Jewelry drive a 26’ box truck to 2 TABLES - Good conStash” Vintage, Anmake deliveries of live tique, Napier, Costume dition. FREE. Call 203plants. A valid driver’s Jewelry Lots Wanted. 284-3740. Must pick license and clean drivJulie 203-443-9602. up. ing record is required. CDL is desired but not FILE CABINET - 4 draw- AARON’S BUYING required. If interested, ers, $99; Folding table, Old Machinist Tools, 6’, $25; 2 lamps, $20; please visit our Main Lathes, BenchTools, Rocking chair, solid Office, Mon.-Fri., at 415 Hand Tools & more. maple, fresh upholstery, Barnes Road, Walling$99. 203.235.1154. (203) 525-0608. ford, CT, 9-12 p.m.
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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: AnWANTED Individual tiques, Collectibles, firearms, collections & Old/ Vintage Toys, Musical Instruments (Sax- estates including military ophones, Trumpets, Vi- & related items.Federally olins, Flutes, Clarinets, licensed firearms dealer. Trombone & SO MUCH Gunsmith, appraisals, MORE) Advertising Richard Pleines, (860) Items, Wristwatches 663-2214. (Broken or Not), Pocket Watches, Tools (MaPet Services chinist, Woodworking, & MORE) Doorstops, Clocks, Oil Paintings, ATTENTION DOG Old Signs, Old PhoOWNERS! tographs, Old PostObedience Classes cards, Brewery Items, Starting July 27th Hunting & Fishing, PEZ MONDAY Evenings at Dispensers, Costume Cheshire Park & Rec. Jewelry, Broken Jewel8 wk class-$125-$135 ry, Gold & Silver JewelBeginners - 6:15pm ry, Gold & Silver Coins, Novices - 7:15pm Military Items, Swords Pre-Reg online or call & Bayonets, Helmets & Chesh. Park & Rec at Patches, Medals & Uni203.272.2743 9-4 forms, Pocket Knives, AFTER 5pm Call Lighters & Pipes, FounINSTRUCTOR tain Pens, Mechanical Bruce 203-715-1489 Pencils, Fraternal Order Items, Religious Items, 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. Grassy Hill Auctions 203-868-1816 - Grassy HillAuctions.com
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