Thursday, November 19, 2020
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School district expands free meal offerings Per the U.S. Department of Agriculture, free breakfast and lunch is available for Plainville students through June 2021. Additionally, the Plainville Community Schools Food Services Department has expanded the breakfast and lunch program to include weekends. Each Friday, families can pick up meals outside Plainville High School (flag pole entrance area) between 9:15 and 10 a.m. Weekend meals include two breakfasts and two lunches. All children under the age of 18 qualify. The meals are frozen.
The Food Services Department will also be offering free meals to children under age 18 for the Thanksgiving break. Pick-up will be Tuesday, Nov. 24, from 4 to 5 p.m. Families can pick up four breakfasts and four lunches. Families interested in the holiday meal program can sign up via flyers distributed to students. Director of Finance and Operations, Sam Adlerstein, said “Don't lose out!” “Many Plainville students are already having free, great-tasting, nutritious breakfasts and lunches each day. If your student is not, please give it a try, at least for a few days,” Adlerstein said. “Your participation will also help our program maintain its funding.” For more information, contact Ashley Onion: 860-860-793-3234, oniona@ plainvilleschools.org. — Press Release
Young author’s debut bends fantasy genre in new ways By Camila Vallejo Special to The Citizen
Author Spencer Steeves has a vivid imagination and a unique way of looking at the world. But the Plainville native, just 20 years old, says he never imagined he would be a published author before becoming a college graduate. Steeves, who says his imagination always ran wild growing up, puts that trait to good use in his new book, “Everything Under the Sun.” Published by Covenant Books, in North Carolina, the novel immerses readers into a medieval magic world
following two women battling for their kingdoms and ultimately their fate. As a longtime fan of fantasy, Steeves says his book creates a “controversial world build” relying heavily on the characters’ thoughts as opposed to the world around them. “For me fantasy has always been a sense of escapism, a way to see a different world,” he said, adding, “Everything I’ve done up to this point has worked out and it feels really nice.” He remembers coming up with See Author, A13
Plainville is in coronavirus hot spot Plainville remains in the coronavirus red zone. The color coded status for cities and towns represents two weeks of cases. The trigger for red status starts at a rate of 15 cases per 100,000 people per day. The state’s most recent report, issued Nov. 12, showed 63 positive cases in Plainville. That works out to an average of 25.5 daily cases per 100,000 people.
Plainville first shifted to red status on Nov. 5. The following day, in a press release, the Plainville Southington Health District stated: “Now, more than ever, it is important to wear masks appropriately, maintain social distance, and practice good hand hygiene in order to slow the spread of this contagious virus.” In that press release, Plainville Town Manager Robert Lee said
“everyone should remain vigilant in adhering to the prevention measures” and he encouraged residents to visit the municipal website to find updated information regarding COVID-19. One hundred Connecticut communities are in red status, including most of Plainville’s immediate neighbors. The changes See Coronavirus, A10 R233461
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