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Volume 20, Number 44
Thursday, November 4, 2021
A more normal winter sports season
PORTRAIT PIONEER
Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — CIAC leaders met with high school athletic directors Friday to discuss fall tournaments and the upcoming winter season. According to a preview shared by the CIAC, the winter sports season is expected to start on time, all sports are a go, and vaccinated student-athletes will not be required to wear masks while competing.
Plainville Community Schools’ Portrait Pioneer for the month of October is Ryan McMahon. The Linden Street School Special Education teacher was nominated by faculty member Chelsea Tep, and was recognized at the Oct. 12 Board of Education meeting. The Portrait Pioneer program was launched to recognize school staff who model and embody core qualities of the district’s “Portrait of the Graduate” framework. Colleagues, students, parents and other community members can nominate a member of the school district staff for the award. The nomination form is available on the school district website.
Unvaccinated athletes will have to wear masks except in sports, such as gymnastics, where a face covering could pose a safety risk. When not actively competSee CIAC, A3
A day to thank veterans for their sacrifices Veterans Day is Thursday, Nov. 11. The following article, dated Nov. 5, 2018, and posted to the U.S. Department of Defense website, defense.gov, lays out some important facts about the holiday.
ans’ Day,” but they’re wrong. The holiday is not a day that “belongs” to one veteran or multiple veterans, which is what an apostrophe implies. It’s a day for honoring all veterans — so no apostrophe needed.
Veterans Day does not have an apostrophe.
Veterans Day is not the same as Memorial Day.
A lot of people think it’s “Veteran’s Day” or “Veter-
A lot of Americans get this confused, and we’ll be hon-
est — it can be a little annoying to all of the living veterans out there. Memorial Day is a time to remember those who gave their lives for our country, particularly in battle or from wounds they suffered in battle. Veterans Day honors all of those who have served the country in war or peace — dead or alive — although it’s largely intended to thank liv-
ing veterans for their sacrifices. It was originally called Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I. World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. However, the fighting ended about seven months before that when the Allies and
Germany put into effect an armistice on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, was largely considered the end of “the war to end all wars” and dubbed Armistice Day. In 1926, Congress officially See Veterans Day, A9