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Town Crier Friday, November 18, 2011
Annual ceremony held at Iwo Jima Memorial
Next a special tribute was paid to Iwo Jima survivor and Navy chaplain, the late Rev E. Gage On Veterans Day, about 40 peo- Hotaling. His son Kerry read pasple gathered around the Iwo Jima sages from the dairy of his father, Memorial on the Newington-New who oversaw 1,800 burial ceremoBritain line to nies after the honor both the battle. survivors and Members of the servicemen the Iwo Jima killed in the Memorial 1945 World Historical War II battle. Fo u n d a t i on The 16th as well as annual cerfrom those emony began the Survivors Friday, Nov. Association GARY ROY 11 with the sponsored the President of the Iwo Jima presentation event. They Memorial Historical Foundation of the Iwo also read the Jima Survivors names of the Student Scholarship Award, 100 servicemen who died in given to a Marine veteran attend- the battle and whose names are ing Central Connecticut State inscribed into the monument. A University. The scholarship was bell was rung for each. funded through the Survivors “We ring a bell in remembrance Victory Motorcycle Ride, held — to pay respect to the people in May. that didn’t come back,” said Gary Roy, president of the historical foundation. New this year, however, they also unveiled 100 American flags By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
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Young Marine Private 1st Class Alex Niemierowko, 8, salutes alongside Marine Corps League member Richard Wearne before laying a wreath at the Iwo Jima Memorial on the Newington-New Britain LINE on Veterans Day.
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has increased to more than 750 people and they enjoy much more then skiing, although that is the highlight. Over the years, they have become involved in a variety of civic and social activities. The club is not a seasonal organization as in the summer, members scale mountains not on skis but on hiking and biking excursions. Their ski trips don’t just take them to local mountains, either. Since the 1970ss, the club has been traveling to the western United States and even Europe. To learn more about becoming a Newington Ski Club member, go to its Open House Friday, Nov. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Polish American Club, 140 Wilson Ave., Newington.
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With the winter season fast approaching, snowy fun is on peoples’ minds and the Newington Ski Club is a popular avenue to sled down. The club is holding an open house Friday, Nov. 18 to recruit new members and reconnect old ones. There will be refreshments, a raffle and the opportunity to pick up ski trip tickets to popular resorts like Okemo, Killington, Sunapee, Stratton and more in bulk quantities. There will even be a fashion show featuring Wethersfield-based winter apparel store Alpine Haus. The Newington Ski Club was founded in 1946 with 14 members. Nowadays, membership
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Nonprofit ReCONNstruction Center moves to Newington By LIZ NEWBERG STAFF WRITER
Despite tough economic times, business is booming for the ReCONNstruction Center, a New Britain institution for more than six years that has moved just over the city line into Newington. The ReCONNstruction Center’s new home has doubled in size to 12,000 square feet,and for store manager Doug Janssen, the move means an expansion of the nonprofit’s mission to keep building materials out of landfills and opens the door for greater community involvement. “Something like 40 to 60 percent of landfills in the U.S. are full of building materials and we want to keep this stuff out of local landfills,” Janssen said. “We can take anything as a donation as long as it’s not hazardous and it’s in good enough condition for someone to use it again. We have everything from flooring to roofing and everything in between. We resell them back to the
public at reduced rates. Our store is run like a Goodwill or a Salvation Army but for building materials.” Their prices are like a tag sale, Janssen said, with everything priced to go. Contractor Pedro Santos came from New Haven to find windows to use for an addition he is building. Loading two nearly new windows into the back of his truck, Santos said the concept behind ReCONNstruction is a winning one. Reusing materials makes business sense as well as being the right thing to do for the environment, he said. “It’s cheaper for my clients and better to reuse something than just going to a Home Depot,” Santos said. Store regulars Lucky Kiermaier and Ray Michaud stop by every so often just to see what they might find. They have travelled to Springfield, Mass., to find similar stores and have heard of one in Burlington, Vt., but said they’re
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people] coming in,” Janssen said. “So many that we started to learn a few words of Polish.The diversity we see here every day is something.” Berlin resident Tim Eberhardt and his 6-year-old son River came to the shop recently to match a piece of siding for their home. While no match was made, Eberhardt did say that one of the best things about ReCONNstruction is
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Newington public housing to go smoke free
Rule goes into effect Jan. 1 By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
When the new year comes, public housing in Newington, including buildings owned by the Newington Housing Authority, will be going smoke-free. Last May,the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners voted to ban smoking from its 106 units of public housing beginning Jan. 1, 2012. This includes three apartment complexes classified as elderly and disabled housing. Two are on Cedar Street, one of which is behind the Senior Center; the third is on the corner of Willard Avenue and West Hill Road. The decision was made due to concerns about the health effects of second-hand smoke, accidental fires
and extra maintenance costs to units them of the financial, health and whose tenants smoke. Under what safety reasons that weighed into is being called Phase I, residents their choice. The authority’s priwill be permitted to smoke outside mary concern is the deadly effect until January of 2013. Then phase II would be considered, defined as no smoking on the property whatsoever. “For some people it is a hardship to have to walk off our property to smoke,” MELINDA HARVEY said Melinda Executive director of the Newington Housing Authority Harvey, executive director of the Newington of secondhand smoke. Air qualHousing Authority. “We’ve been ity studies in apartment buildings talking with some of the residents show that up to 60 percent of the so that phase is not set in stone air comes from other units in the yet.” building. Exposure to secondhand SinceMay,theHousingAuthority smoke puts other tenants, guests has been educating residents about and property management staff at smoking cessation and informing risk.
Furthermore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists smoking as the leading cause of residential fire and the number one cause of fire deaths in the United States — accounting for 26 percent of those in multi-family buildings. Additionally, apartments where smokers have lived can cost up to five to seven times as much to clean and prepare for the next owner due to smoke residue on walls, appliances, counters, fixtures, floors and carpeting. Before making its final decision, the Housing Authority attended an informational session held by the Mobilize Against Tobacco for Connecticut’s Health Coalition to gain more knowledge regarding
“The majority of the residents that are non-smokers are happy about this. We’ve had three people quit [smoking] since we made the announcement. Some of the smokers are not thrilled that they’ll have to go outside to smoke but many of them are already starting to adapt.”
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the benefits of going smoke-free. MATCH works with small businesses, landlords of multi-family housing and housing authorities to educate them on the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and provide guidance as they work through a smoke-free policy. Fifteen percent of Newington’s public housing residents are smokers, according to Harvey. So far, most people have been cooperative in preparation of the coming change. “The majority of the residents that are non-smokers are happy about this,”Harvey said.“We’ve had three people quit [smoking] since we made the announcement. Some of the smokers are not thrilled that they’ll have to go outside to smoke but many of them are already starting to adapt. A couple people have decided to live elsewhere.” For more information,contact the MATCH Coalition at (860) 8384379 or the Newington Housing Authority at (860) 521-8396.
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Rotary Club holds food drive Two truckloads of donations collected By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
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the store to do their own shopping, ent Newington Human Services Rotary volunteers handed them Director Ken Freidenberg with “cheat sheets� of ideal items they a check to benefit the food bank. were looking Then next for. In return, We d n e s d a y, when shopinstead of pers walked having their back out of weekly meetthe store, they ing, the Rotary donated nonClub will BOB NEWBOLD perishables like donate the Newington Rotary Club president peanut butter, money they cereals, macausually spend roni and cheese, on lunch soups and canned goods. (about $300) to Human Services “It went really well,� said as well. Newbold. “People were very genThe Newington Rotary Club erous.� welcomes new members. Also new this year was the club’s “We’re trying to grow the club,� partnership with the new Liberty Newbold said. Bank on Main Street. In all towns So who is a good candidate? that the bank has branches, they Business owners and professional collaborated with Rotary clubs leaders with benevolent spirits. to help feed families in need this “People that have control of Thanksgiving. For the last month, their schedule, can take the time the Newington Rotary has been off for the lunch meeting and collecting monetary donations want to give back to the commuthat Liberty will match in a 25 nity,� Newbold added. percent grant Saturday. For more information, go to Tuesday, the Rotary will pres- Newingtonrotary.org.
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to represent those who died. “The most impressive thing is how this park was built by Iwo Jima survivors, raising $400,000 themselves,� Roy said of the park, which is privately owned and open to the public. Families of those who perished in the action were among those who attended the ceremony. There were also six survivors also in attendance as well as state Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
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BOOSTER CLUB TO HOST DANCE: The Newington High School Music Booster Club will host a fundraising dance from 7 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the French Model Council Club, 1375 East St., New Britain. The dance is open to the public (adults only) and will feature the music of Tileen. Admission to the dance is $15 per person and all proceeds benefit Newington
High School’s music programs. Participants are invited to bring an appetizer and beverage — alcohol is permitted. FAMILY PHOTO DAY: Newington Parks & Recreation has announced its first annual Family Photo Day! The Family Photo Day will take place Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 20 in the Mortensen Community Center, 131 Cedar St. Photo sittings are available mornings and afternoons on both days so schedule early to ensure your spot. The sitting fee of $19, (paid when registering) will be applied to any photo purchase. Family Photo Day is a wonderful opportunity to gather your family together for that long overdue professional portrait — grandparents and pets are
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HS students take on Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
“We’re calling it fantastical, farcical and fun,” said Tom Connolly, Newington High School’s drama director, as he described his students’ take on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The curtain goes up on the show this weekend. If you don’t remember the story — one of Shakespeare’s best comedies — imagine ancient Athens as the backdrop, star-crossed lovers as the players, and some fairy mischief to incite a bit of conflict. This is Connolly’s third year leading the high school Drama Club. He has put a lot of consideration into his show selection. “We’ve had a bit of a progression,” Connelly said. “The first year it was light fare, the second year we had something more dramatic, and this year we wanted to do something funny that really challenged the actors.”
But Connolly’s not stealing any of the spotlight. He credits the school’s Assistant Drama Director Becky Olson with directing this show on her own. Olson is a 2003 graduate of Newington HS, with a degree in theatre from Western Connecticut State University. “This is her first opportunity as a director to take charge of the show,” Connolly said. “I’ve been a producer and a mentor.” This particular story was chosen by both Connolly and Olson. It is one of her favorites. They held auditions and formed a cast last May. The 33 students worked on their lines over the summer and have been in rehearsal since they returned to school in September. There are also about 15 students working on the technical aspects of the show behind the scenes. The “four lovers” are being played by freshmen Nick Sousa as Demitrius, Seann Morgan as Lysander, and Alexis Fiore as
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Mistakes, turnovers doom Newington against Conard By EVAN MACY STAFF WRITER
WEST HARTFORD — A disastrous first half spelled doom for the Newington Indians football team Saturday, as they were downed 61-13 by undefeated Conard. Everything that could go wrong went wrong during the game’s first 24 minutes, as the Indians ran 33 plays and gained a total of just 15 yards. In eight first half drives, the team turned the ball over four times and punted four more. “Point blank it was,” Newington head coach Roy Roberts said of his team’s first half being the worst of the year. “It was one of those days where things just didn’t go right. We’re going to keep working to get better. We have a week and a half left in the season, we’re going to go back and turn this thing around and
do the best thing we can do and get ready for Wethersfield.” However the team looked a bit more like itself early, as quarterback John Snyder came out of the gate fiery, going 4-for-4 for 68 yards and a touchdown on the opening drive. The Indians recovered an onside kick and Snyder threw another scoring strike, a 18-yard screen pass to running back Eric Ryan. But the Indians still trailed 41-13. “I don’t give magical speeches,” Roberts said. “I just went in and said, ‘let’s go back and do the simple things that we practice and let’s be the most physical team on the field.’ Those are two things that we tried to do in the third quarter, and you saw some of it.” After forcing Conard to punt early in the game,a reverse pass went awry, with the Chieftains’ Anthony Lugo taking a Freddy Burgos pass
to the house to take a 7-0 lead. Conard added another score just two minutes later, and a third a minute after that to lead 21-0. “We had a few opportunities early in the game,” Roberts said, “That may not have been visible to the naked eye, that we just didn’t capitalize on.” With Newington looking to stop the bleeding, a Snyder fumble was turned into points by the Chieftains to give the team a 27-0 lead after an ugly first quarter. “Give it up to Conard,” Roberts said of his Week 9 adversary. “They’re a good football team. I don’t take anything away from them, hats off to them.” Newington kept Conard at bay for a stretch in the second, but the Chieftains broke through on a 47-yard drive to make the score 34-0.
“Defensively we came out and did a few things right,” Roberts said, “but we need to continue to get better.” Conard would add an interception return for a touchdown to post a 41-0 halftime lead. The loss and massive score discrepancy is not necessarily reflective of the talent and potential on the Indians sidelines. Unfortunately for the young team, a slew of injuries and off field issues have messed with the consistency and chemistry on the field. “This has been the most injury plagued season I’ve ever been a part of,” Roberts said. “That’s why the weight room, and our offseason will be of utmost importance. That’s the difference between us and these other teams, they’re in the weight room as you can see. We need to really use the weight room to come
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back after these injuries and be a better team next year.” The season is not over yet, however. A week from Thursday the Indians will take the field for the last time in 2011, facing Wethersfield as part of the teams’ Thanksgiving rivalry. The time off is just what the Indians need to regroup. “We get a chance to heal up, but we’re still going to practice and do everything we normally do,”Roberts said.“We’re going to do some things to try and put ourselves in position to win on Thanksgiving.”
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