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Pandemic can’t shutter pantry By Nadya Korytnikova Special to The Citizen
By the time they arrive, staff brings Local food pantries have the assemincreased safety measures bled carts to during the pandemic, to the parking make sure people stay fed lot where and healthy, and the items can Plainville Community Food Woerz be convePantry is no exception. niently loaded into a car. After In a different time, the each use, employees disinpantry’s doors would be wide open and low-income fect the carts. Plainville residents would “It’s a whole different way come in and choose the we are doing everything products of their liking at now,” said Susie Woerz, the no cost. However, the pantry’s executive director. pantry suspended access to the building in an attempt The pantry adheres to to combat the spread of the strict safe food handling practices that are now envirus. hanced by regular temperNow, residents pick prodature checks, increased ucts from a menu and then cleaning frequency and adcall the pantry to leave ditional hand-sanitizing their order as well as make stations throughout the a pick-up appointment.
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building. Staff wears personal masks and gloves. In 2019 the food pantry gave out 7,986 bags of groceries. Although this year the number of donations has declined, Woerz is confident that “there is no one in Plainville who should be going hungry” thanks to increased free meal distribution. Plainville churches and traveling food trucks offer fresh produce while the school’s “Grab and Go” program ensures students have a balanced and nutritional diet.
“If there is anybody in Plainville who is in need of food or a holiday basket they can call us,” Woerz said. “We are here to help.” See Pantry, A12
On-demand bulk pick-up begins The current bulk collection will take place Mondays through Oct. 26. Eligible property owners must call CWPM at 860793-6721 to schedule a pick-up. When calling, you will need to leave the following information: your
name, address, phone number and a complete description of the items to be collected. Calls placed by 3 p.m. Friday can be scheduled for collection on Monday. See Bulk, A12
The Plainville Fire Department flew the stars and stripes during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Mission BBQ in Southington last week. Plainville FD Facebook
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New program manager at CFGNB ing all office operations and aiding the foundation in fulfillTabone graduated from Cening its mistral Connecticut State Unision. As proversity, where she majored gram managin psychology and minored er, she will Tabone in community engagement. be managing the ScholarBefore joining the foundaship Program as well as the tion, she worked in the dean’s office for the Carol A. grants program for the foundation’s supporting organiAmmon College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and zation, The Community Chest of New Britain and interned with the Prudence Berlin. Crandall Center. Tabone has been with the foundation since January 2019 and excelled in her role as office manager, oversee-
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Established in 1941, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain is “Where Good Begins” in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
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In Brief Blessing of the Animals Grace Lutheran Church, 222 Farmington Ave., has planned a Blessing of the Animals for Saturday, Oct. 3, 1 p.m., on the church lawn (weather permitting). All are invited. Please wear a mask. For more information, visit graceplainville.org, find the church on Facebook, or call 860-747-5151.
Grants available The Elizabeth H. Norton Trust Fund is accepting applications for grants to assist not-for-profit (501c3) organizations that promote the well-being of the citizens of
Plainville and neighboring communities. Application forms may be obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office in the Municipal Center, or at the library. The deadline for filing applications is Saturday, Oct. 31. Grant funding will be distributed in December.
GOP rally The Plainville Republican Town Committee will host a Republican Rally Saturday, Sept. 26, 1 to 3 p.m., at Norton Park. Local candidates William Petit, Jr., Henri Martin and David X. Sullivan will speak. Follow “Plainville Republicans CT” on Facebook for updates.
Shelter seeks assistance Prudence Crandall Center, the oldest domestic violence program in the state, has provided safe shelter to thousands of victims of domestic violence for nearly five decades. But nothing prepared the agency for the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, and the staggering number of those seeking help over the summer months. Financial contributions are needed to help the agency cover the extra costs incurred throughout the summer and the anticipated costs in the months ahead. Contributions may be mailed to 594 Burritt St., New Britain, CT, 06053. Donations may also be made online, prudencecrandall.org.
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A Klingberg Family Centers motorcar show will take place Saturday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Klingberg Family Centers, 370 Linwood St., New Britain. Entrance fees will be waived to avoid the exchange of credit cards and cash. For more information about the event, visit klingbergmotorcarseries.org.
Now posted on the historical society’s website is “Plainville Women Leading the Way: 100 Years of Local Women in Government.” Visit plainvillehistoricalsociety.com.
Prudence Crandall 2020 Census In August, the U.S. Census events Bureau announced it would October is domestic violence awareness month, and Prudence Crandall Center is kicking off its first annual virtual Light the Way 4K Walk/Run/Dance/Move fundraiser in September to encourage the community to “get moving” to help end domestic abuse. The agency’s annual Silent No More Candlelight Vigil, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21, will also be virtual this year.
end all counting efforts for the 2020 U.S. Census on Sept. 30 – a month earlier than the previous Oct. 31 deadline. This includes critical door-knocking, collecting responses online, over the phone and by mail. Connecticut stands to lose approximately $2,900 for every person undercounted. Visit 2020Census.gov.
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Absentee ballots The Secretary of the State’s Office began issuing absentee ballot applications to all registered voters on Tuesday, Sept. 8. If you are interested in voting by absentee ballot, complete the application and return it to the Town Clerk. The application can be returned via U.S. Mail or by dropping it off in the See Briefs, A16
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to lower the risk of playing football, the state Department of Public Health, noting that the effectiveness of those strategies is not yet known, reiterated its stance that football is high-risk and would be better played in the spring.
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Gifford and Paul Mounds, chief of staff to Gov. Ned Lamont, also pointed to last week’s rise in state COVID-19 numbers, particularly among the 10-25 demographic.
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Eversource customers frustrated: ‘Please do something’ NEW BRITAIN (AP) — Electricity customers lashed out again against Connecticut’s largest utility for large increases in their bills — some hundreds of dollars higher — following a rate increase earlier this year that took many by surprise.
second hearing via videoconference Thursday, Sept. 10 as it revisits a rate increase it approved for Eversource that took effect July 1. The agency suspended the increase on July 31 after a flood of complaints by customers.
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Utility assessing, removing trees As Eversource continues to remove stormed-damaged trees and branches following last month’s powerful storms, the energy company urges customers to inspect trees on their own property that could pose a risk to the electric system and to support the energy company’s tree-trimming and hazard tree removal program. More than 10,000 trees toppled during Tropical Storm Isaias and the late-August microburst in Branford and surrounding communities.
Since those violent storms, Eversource has identified and removed hundreds of additional storm-damaged trees that threatened electric reliability. “Trees are the number one cause of power outages and removing these trees is critical, especially with fierce storms happening more frequently. Roughly 60 percent of Connecticut’s landscape is forested, with many large, mature trees located over or near power lines,” said Eversource Vegetation Manage-
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would tell people out Contribute if you can “I there to always donate to Despite the pantry’s regular your local food pantry beoperation, Woerz is concause your junk can be cerned about funds and food someone else’s treasure,” supplies. Due to the pandem- said Danielle Davis, a ic, major fundraisers such as Plainville resident who, prior Wings & Wheels and the anto the pandemic, had donatnual golf classic have been ed clothes to the Plainville cancelled and the Roaring Community Food Pantry for ‘20s Hanger Party was the past five years. rescheduled for next spring. “They don’t make profits off At this time, the pantry is not of your stuff, they give it to accepting clothing donations those in need. Organizations like that have purpose for but still welcomes monetary our community and keep and food donations. Those our town going for those in who wish to donate food are need.” asked to leave items in a bin outside, along with their Another Plainville resident, name and an address, in orMichael Parker, believes that der to receive a thank hunger is a “challenge in you card. both high-income and lowincome countries” and that “We are functioning, but it food banking “is a proven has been really, really hard to solution” to ensure people keep up with everything. We don’t go hungry. have not been able to do any Plainville’s food pantry is lofood drives so we have less cated at 54 S. Canal St. and food coming in than before,” can be reached at 860-747Woerz said. “It has been a 1919. Those who wish to challenge.” make a monetary donation Business Owner / Service Provider? can send a check to: P.O. LIST YOUR SERVICE Box 233. 54 South Canal St., In Our Business / Service Directory Plainville, CT 06062.
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At last Friday’s meeting, which was called by Lamont after approximately 1,200 people showed up for a “save the season” rally at the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 9, CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini submitted new safety options. These included using face masks and face shields on helmets, limiting the number of people on sidelines, personal water bottles and designated areas for players to take their helmets off and have a breath.
By Jeffery Kurz
It’s hard not to sympathize with the young people, many wearing their team jerseys, who went to Hartford last week to protest the decision to cancel high school football this fall. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the consequences to the lives of young people have been disheartening. They had to give up the things we all took for granted, like going to the prom, or a typical graduation, or even being in a Sheehan’s Jason Villano speaks at the Connecticut State classroom in the physical Capitol during a rally trying to reinstate a football season presence of a teacher. on Wednesday, Sept. 9.
It's heartening to see a peaceful protest, and the points the players were making were well made. About 1,200 gathered at the rally at the State Capitol, and the crowd included coaches and politicians as well (state Rep. Joe Aresimowicz, House Speaker, is both politician and coach, as in football coach at Berlin High).
faces without remorse. The lack of a true football season and its repercussions is something that will be felt by myself and my fellow football players across the state for the rest of our lives.”
“We came into today’s meeting with some new strategies to hopefully further mitigate the perspire of droplets,” said Lungarini. “We presented them to the Commissioner and look forward to her feedback.”
Football cannot be played with the precautions that have helped Connecticut fare relatively well during the pandemic. You can’t stay six feet away from somebody you’re tackling, for one. So, what options remain? Nobody likes replacing the 11-on-11 player game with a 7-on-7 game, for the simple reason that it’s not the same game.
Lungarini said the Governor’s office and DPH were very open in their discussions and added that they were gracious with their time. While DPH didn’t give a specific time on when to expect feedback, Lungarini feels the response time will be relatively short given the fact that teams are practicing right now. “They recognize that their is urgency to this (process),” he said. Lamont has said that the decision to play football will be made by CIAC, but Lungarini has stated on multiple occasions that it is important for member schools to have a plan that aligns with DPH, so that school superintendents don’t have to choose which recommendations to follow. In the current fall plan, all sports teams are allowed to practice in non-contact cohorts of 10 athletes through Sept. 20. At that point, the CIAC believes there will be enough data from in-person school instruction to see if the process can move to fullteam practices starting Sept. 21. The regular season would begin on Oct. 1. See Football, A14
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So I have no serious argument with some of the points made at the recent rally, as in this one by Sheehan High School’s Jason Villano: “Without a true season, the doors that symbolize opportunity and hope are being slammed in our
thing you want to see is facts and evidence buckle under political pressure — something that has not served us well on the national level.
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Except the part about remorse. I’ll take that as a rhetorical flourish, and a pretty good one at that. Of course there’s regret; you’d So there certainly was supbe hard pressed to find anyport. Four players who one who wanted there to be helped organize the rally were also on “Fox & Friends” no football this fall. that morning, which some As the Record-Journal remay consider a dubious ported, the rally succeeded achievement — but, as they in spurring action, or at least say, they were making their a meeting. Gov. Ned Lamont voices heard. announced he’d meet with the Connecticut InterI always get a little uneasy scholastic Athletic Conferwhen people talk up footence and the state Departball, probably because my science fiction-addled brain ment of Public Health. The CIAC canceled the fall footgets caught up imagining ball season last week. such enthusiasm being diverted to something like, The DPH has been resolute let’s say, science. But I about football, and the last played high school football, and still regard it as one of the great experiences of my Licensed & Insured life. It was, quite simply, a HIC#0654032 challenge and a thrill you got to experience with others.
The CIAC also discussed the idea of making changes to kickoffs and punt rules. The CIAC will now await a formal detailed response by the DPH before making its next move.
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“The latest date we would like to have a (football) plan would be Sept. 20, but we
hope to hear back sooner than that from DPH,” Lungarini said.
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Delaying football to late winter or early spring is a tack 18 other states have taken, including neighboring New
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The CIAC’s rationale: with Connecticut’s COVID-19 numbers so low, now is the best time to play because the health metrics may not be as good later in the school year.
Once we know what sports are going to be affected in the winter and spring, there will be time for proposals. I’m sure that our board would give their due diligence at that time.”
“We talked about that a little bit today, too,” Lungarini said Friday.
While he did not attend the football rally in Hartford, Lungarini saw footage of the event on TV and said that he recognizes the passion for the sport among its players.
“We expressed the concern that our board had in making a decision like that now.
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“I want to commend the kids on the way they spoke and handled themselves,” said Lungarini. “They talked not about wins and losses, but what the game means to them and being around each other.”
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tee that things will be better by the spring, but a delay at least holds out hope for a return of the real thing. And consider that on the same day of the rally it was reported that two Connecticut schools had temporarily shut down, with staff and others sent home to quarantine. Valley Regional High School in Deep River, which also includes students from Chester and Essex, shuttered after two students were diagnosed with the virus. After a staff member in a pre-kindergarten class at Somers Elementary School tested positive, that school shut down. And, as the AP reported, other schools across the state have remained open despite there being positive test results. Clearly, a step-by-step approach is needed, with the first step being to see whether just-opened schools can remain open. The best option for football is to wait for spring. It’s the season of hope, after all. Reach Jeffery Kurz at 203317-2213, or jkurz@ record-journal.com.
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