Busy month on tap at museum

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The Barnes Museum, 85 North Main Street in Southington, has announced the opening of its new exhibition, "Be Mine: Victorian Valentines." These dainty and delicate hand-crafted works of paper art are timelessly beautiful. They reveal that Valentine's Day is not, in fact, a fabricated holiday, but a long-honored tradition of showing loved ones affection. Included in the exhibit are examples of vinegar valentines. In the opposite spirit of Valentine's Day, these undesired notes, often known as "comic valentines," were occasionally harsh and always a little emotionally hurtful. The exhibition will be on display throughout February.

Tickets are $30 for two; $50 for four.

Treat your Valentine to an exclusive evening at the museum Friday, Feb. 10, at our Prohibition Era Mocktail Hour. Tickets are $15 and include mocktail tasting, light refreshments from The Lab @ Kraftwich, and live music. Also, this event will feature never-before-displayed items from the collection, including several prohibition-related pieces.

Celebrate with us on Saturday, Feb. 11 from noon to 2 p.m. at our Valentine's Day Tea.

On Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m., join Barnes Museum curator and historian Christina Volpe at Witchdoctor Brewing Company, 168 Center St. in Southington, for "History Pints," a program about the history of the Factory Square building, Southington Cutlery Company and the town's industrial past. Select items will be on display. This is a free program..

Southington Parks and Rec.

Girls volleyball

The Southington Recreation Department will hold an instructional volleyball program for girls in grades 3 through 8 (Southington residents only). The program will take place Tuesdays, March 7 through May 9

(no classes April 11 and 18) at the Derynoski Elementary School gymnasium, 240 Main St. The fee to participate is $70. Space is limited; advance registration and payment are required.

See Parks and Rec., A17 still be approved before the regular session ends in early June.

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“This bipartisan agreement to extend the bond covenants and associated guardrails for the next decade sends a strong signal to our residents, businesses and rating agencies that Connecticut is committed to continuing the fiscal discipline that has been a hallmark of the past few years,” Lamont said Tuesday. “Setting these guardrails into place will ensure that the progress we have made over the past five years continues. ”

Those “guardrails,” as the governor calls them, include: A spending cap that keeps growth across most sections of the budget in line with changes in personal income or inflation, whichever is larger.

A $1.9 billion annual cap on the total value of bonds state government can issue to finance municipal school construction, renovations to state buildings, open space and farmland preservation, and various community projects supported with state borrowing. The cap does not apply to borrowing for transportation projects or for the capital programs at public colleges and universities.

A “volatility adjustment” that restricts legislators’ ability to spend quarterly income and business tax receipts in excess of a $3.2 billion threshold. These funds, which are tied heavily to capital gains and other investment earnings, historically have fluctuated greatly from year to year.

A revenue cap designed to stop legislators from creating budgets with little fiscal room for error, a periodic problem in the past. For example, the 2009 legislature approved a $17.4 billion General Fund for the 200910 fiscal year with a built-in cushion of just $2.1 million, a margin of less than 1/80th of 1%.

And the rainy day fund now can hold an amount equal to 18% of General Fund expenditures, an increase from the current 15%. In the context of the current budget, that would allow the $3.3 billion rainy day fund to be expanded to roughly $4 billion.

Lawmakers initially enacted the first four guardrails as part of a bipartisan compromise in the fall of 2017, following nearly a decade of state budgets mired by frequent deficits and modest revenue growth.

To prevent future legislatures from tampering with these controls, the 2018 General Assembly agreed to guarantee them contractually.

Read the full version of this story on the website of The Connecticut Mirror, www.ctmirror.org.

Makhai Anderson

PLATT BASKETBALL

One half of Platt’s Dynamic Duo with Anthony Nimani, Makhai Anderson is averaging 22.8 points a game as the Panthers head down the homestretch ranked No. 4 in the CIAC Division III playoff points at 12-3. The 6-foot-5 junior forward had consecutive double-doubles last week, collecting 25 points and 14 rebounds vs. Eastern and 21 points and 10 rebounds vs. Southington.

Drew Depodesta

CHESHIRE HOCKEY

The Cheshire Rams aren’t just winning hockey games these days, they are winning in dramatic fashion. The recurring script has been the comeback capped by the late game-winning goal. A leading star has been Drew DePodesta, who in one stretch had the game-winning goal in three straight games, including two in overtime. The junior forward now has six goals on the season.

Gabe Mohr

SOUTHINGTON HOCKEY

Did the Southington Co-op really start the season 0-11? Seems hard to believe given the last three games for the Blue Knights, who beat Rocky Hill, Milford and Wilton by a combined score of 19-8. Senior forward Gabe Mohr factored into the offense in all three victories. He got the win streak rolling with a hat trick vs. Rocky Hill and followed with single goals vs. Milford and Wilton.

Skyler Burke Maloney Basketball

Like a number of freshman girls basketball players this winter, Maloney’s Skyler Burke made it clear starting on opening night she was ready for varsity prime time, scoring 15 points vs. RHAM. Over the ensuing two months, Burke has only gotten stronger. The guard matched her season high when she hit for 27 in Monday’s 52-24 win over Platt. She’s now averaging 15.1 ppg.

Callie Chordas

LYMAN HALL BASKETBALL

You’ll notice that photo of Callie Chordas isn’t from basketball. It’s from softball. But it works, because Chordas is a Trojan for all seasons. Now in the midst of a 9-8 basketball campaign, the senior forward is a big part of Lyman Hall’s imminent return to the CIAC state tournament. On Friday night, Chordas notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against Career.

Susie Hotaling Sheehan Basketball

In this remarkable Season of the Freshmen, add another remarkable rookie to the list: Sheehan’s Susie Hotaling. A starting forward since Game 1, Hotaling has been making steadily increasing contributions. Last week, she hit the go-ahead basket in a 44-40 win over Lauralton Hall, scored a team-high 13 points vs. Canton and had a 14-point, 13-rebound outing at Guilford.

Winners will be posted here as well as your next group of nominees.