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New pizza shop tailors pies to customers, Page 2 Teens take stage in production of ‘Into the Woods,’ Page 9

Mayor Woods announces re-election bid; Beth DelBuono throws hat in ring, Page 4

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NHS student organizes charity fundraiser ahead of student leadership conference

By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

Her journey in leadership begins with collecting school supplies for needy children this weekend, but 10 years from now, 15-year-old Newington resident Kimberly Nguyen might just be saving the world.

Nguyen is one of only 30 students from across Connecticut selected to participate in the 2013 New England Student Volume 53, No. 27

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Leadership Conference next week, held at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass.

Nguyen, who will be a sophomore at Newington High School this fall, is required to conduct a community service project in preparation for the four-day event.

The National Federation of State High School Associations, which is hosting the conference, chose non-profit Cradles to Crayons as the charity students are to focus on.

Cradles to Crayons provides children from 12 and under, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive — at home, at school and at play. Families in Boston and Philadelphia benefit from donations.

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New pizza parlor suits pies to customers’ preferences Pizza & Pies set to open Monday on Willard Ave.

BY CAROLINE KRAWCZYNSKI and ERICA SCHMITT STAFF

Everyone has their favorite pizza joint, but what about the kind that evolves around the desires of its customers?

That’s the concept that Cromwell resident and veteran pizza man John Parkos is going with as he opens his newest eatery, Pizza & Pies, on Willard Avenue next week.

“I will groom it around the community … we try to satisfy the town and the people in the town,” said Parkos, who has been

in the pizza industry for 35 years and tailored all his restaurants around local desires.

This will be his 13th pizza parlor in Connecticut. He builds up the business before selling it off to a local resident and moving on.

“I got my first pizza place as a wedding gift at 21,” he remembers.

His menu consists of three different types of pizzas — deep dish, grilled, and New York style.

“They are all custom-crafted; we make it on the spot the way that you want it.”

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two different kinds of peppers and mushrooms, fresh seafood, larly unique; a large is five pounds Portuguese chorizo and asparaand an extra large is 10 pounds. gus — just to name a few. They They are priced according to their weight, not the number of toppings.

“We don’t charge for toppings for the deep dish because it’s based on volume,” he explains.

This is just one piece of the pie that will separate the pizza from competitors.

“We try to keep it simple. In the end, it’s just pizza — it won’t JOHN PARKOS be fun unless you put your own spin on it.” grill their own peppers and garlic Customers can choose from and the crust is brushed with 100 40 different toppings, including percent olive oil — a simple step

“I will groom it around the community … we try to satisfy the town and the people in the town.”

that’s important to Parkos. They also offer gluten-free variations and make a great white pizza.

In addition, the menu features grinders, salads, chicken wings, calzones, and spinach pies.

Pizza & Pies will be opening next Monday, July 15 at 1125 Willard Ave., at the corner of Robbins Avenue. It offers eat-in, take-out and delivery, as well as lunch and early bird specials. Hours: Seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (860) 667-0666.

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Cedar Hill Toastmasters Club member earns distinguished honor

Kevin Finn,a member of Newington Cedar Hill Toastmasters Club was honored with the Distinguished Toastmaster Award, the highest award in the Toastmaster’s program.

Finn joined Cedar Hill Toastmasters Club in 1999 and is one of the charter members. He joined this club to better his communication skills, which he felt were a crucial part of his career in computer sales.

He chose the Toastmasters path with hope that it would help him overcome his shyness and stutter. Finn served in many leadership positions within Toastmasters organization at the club, area and division levels. He has often contributed his time and effort to District 53 conference preparations and served as conference co-chair in 2006.

In addition to his leadership abilities, Finn is also an accomplished speaker. He has numerous speech contest successes under his belt. Most notably, he earned second place at 2012 Spring International Speech Contest for district 53. He admits that the experience was tremendous.

He defines it as “a great confidence builder.”

Finn is proud to say, “I learned how to speak with confidence in a pressure filled environment in front of a large audience. I also learned how to tailor speeches to touch my audience. Several people said my speech Joyce Boncal, Area 33 governor of the Cedar Hill Toastmasters presents touched them so that they cried. Now the Distinguished Toastmaster Award to Kevin Finn, Division B governor, that is inspiring!” president of Cedar Hill Toastmasters.

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Resident hosting reinvention workshop

By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

One local woman wants to teach you how to live a more inspirational life.

Newington resident Karen Senteio is hosting a workshop this October called, “The Stiletto Dialogue,” focusing on how to generate and take action on ideas in the pursuit of an exceptional life.

Born and raised in New Britain, Senteio moved to Newington with her family almost two decades ago. As a change manager at The Hartford for the last 29 years, she helps employees acclimate to new changes in the company. Being in this line of work has developed her passion for helping people, and when she retires at the end of this year Senteio will become a reinvention life coach.

“I’ve always been in positions where I was helping people develop their skills; I’ve always gravitated towards that type of work,” she explained.

It was seven years ago while attending a presentation with Toastmasters International, a nonprofit public speaking and leadership club, that she first heard a life coach speak and realized her own destiny.

Senteio immediately began learning about what it would take to turn her passion into an official designation. After training with the Coach U program she received her accreditation to become a certified life coach with the International Coach Federation. She is also a member of the Connecticut Collaborative of Professional Coaches, a Certified Oasis in the Overwhelm facilitator and holds Higher Ground Leadership Pathfinder certificaKaren Senteio tion.

“My focus, my niche — is really on inspirational living,” Senteio said. “I help folks navigate through change to create exceptional lives. That’s different for every person; it’s exciting helping people plan for change.”

This includes individuals and groups, as Senteio facilitates team-building workshops at area companies in addition to leading one-on-one coaching sessions.

Anyone can benefit from her upcoming workshop, but particularly

those considering creating a new career, those who wish to enhance their performance in a current position or people making a personal or family transition.

“When folks come to me, we sit down and we talk about what changes they need to make in their lives that would have the most positive impact,” said Senteio, who emphasizes that seeing a life coach is not the same as going to a psychiatrist.

“It is not counseling. It’s not about healing the past. It’s about planning for your future.”

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A trade group representing the firearms industry filed a federal lawsuit Monday using legislative procedural grounds to attack the lawfulness of the Connecticut gun-control law passed in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which is based in Newtown near the elementary school where 20 children and six educators were shot to death Dec. 14, accuses the General Assembly of bypassing normal legislative procedures in passing the emergency-certified bill.

“A 139-page bill was assembled behind closed doors, bypassing both the public hearing and committee processes, and quickly sent to floor votes on the same day in both the House and Senate where legislators did not have adequate time to even read the bill,” said Lawrence G. Keane, the foundation’s senior vice president and general counsel.

The 11-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court takes issue with an increasingly common legislative tactic: designating a bill as “emergency certified,” which only requires the consent of the two top leaders, House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, and Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn.

An emergency-certified bill can go directly to the floor, bypassing a review by committees or the necessity for a public hearing.

The foundation notes in its suit that under state law Sharkey and Williams were supposed to attest to the facts that, in their opinion, necessitated an emergency vote.

“Our suit focuses on this abuse of process that has resulted in enacted law that does nothing to improve public safety, while resulting in adverse effects on law-abiding citizens, manufacturers, retailers and sportsmen’s organizations,” Keane said.

The foundation conceded in the suit that the leaders have broad leeway over what constitutes an emergency, since it is not defined by statute. But the failure to state any reason still leaves the law defective,

it said.

With emergency certification, a bill must be available for review by legislators for at least two days.

Getting around the two-day rule is a common reason for emergency certification of a bill that leaders wish to call for a vote.

If successful, the suit would call into question a broad range of laws passed, including the budget for the fiscal year that began July 1 and jobs legislation passed in special session in 2011.

If nothing else, the suit could make the leadership less willing to so easily rely on the so-called “e-cert” process.

While the emergency process bypasses the need for public hearings, often the emergency-certified bills contain provisions that were subject to hearings as elements of other bills.

In the case of the gun-control bill, a bipartisan task force held lengthy public hearings on the broad subject matter, though not the specifics of the bill.

The suit names Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Sharkey and Williams as defendants for their roles in passing the measure. It also names Attorney General George Jepsen, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane and Reuben Bradford, the commissioner of the Emergency Services and Public Protection.

“We’ve known for some time that groups opposed to the new gun violence prevention law would be filing suit against it,” said Andrew Doba, a spokesman for Malloy.

“We believe the bill improves public safety, and we will work with the Attorney General’s office to defend it.”

The retail sale of military-style semiautomatic weapons and largecapacity magazines became illegal in Connecticut the moment Malloy signed the bill April 4.

Other provisions, such as requiring permits to buy long guns and ammunition, took effect July 1.

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By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

Mayor Stephen Woods, 59, is seeking the Democratic endorsement for re-election this November, with a mission to continue the economic development projects he began in 2011 at the start of his first term.

Woods, 57, is a lifelong town resident and vice president of Stonehedge Landscaping, a family business he and his brother have run for over 40 years. He served on the Board of Education for 16 years before winning the mayoral seat two years ago.

Since then, Woods and fellow elected officials have secured $2 million in grant money to cleanup the blighted National Welding property at the corner of Fenn Road and CT-175.

He also takes pride in helping to sell the former Food Mart Plaza downtown, where New York-based grocery Best Market is expected to open by the end of summer.

“It’s really exciting; that was a phenomenal task. No other council was able to get that sold,” he said Tuesday, adding, “I want to make sure we get the National Welding site torn down, hopefully sold and back on the tax rolls.”

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The Republican Minority Leader of the Town Council, Beth Kinsey DelBuono, 44, is seeking the Republican endorsement for mayor after serving the town in many capacities for almost a decade.

The lifelong Newington resident served on the Board of Education for four terms and most recently, spent one term on the Town Council. She has a master’s degree in communication disorders and works for the Capitol Region Education Beth DelBuono Council as a speech and language pathologist. not a detriment — to Newington.

“I just think I have a lot to offer “I really think it’s important for the residents of Newington and it’s us to keep focus around the busway time for me to development,” take that next she explained. “It step in leaderis here, it is movship,” she said ing forward; we Tuesday, addneed to be coging, “I think that nisant of how it’s all of my years going to affect of experience residents, not in both bodies only those living of government near the stations will offer me but all residents. a unique perWe need to have spective on the close communibudget. We have cation with the a lot of families state and with living paycheck local developto paycheck and ers to make they really need sure we’re movour help. While KINSEY DELBUONO ing forward in a we try to mainway that fits the tain services we have to be cognitive needs of our community.” of what the taxpayer can afford.”

The individual elected mayor not Besides keeping taxes low, only serves as a town figurehead but DelBuono’s other priorities include they lead the Town Council, and ensuring CTfastrak is a benefit — that’s a role DelBuono would like to hold with the highest esteem.

“We need to make sure we are making decisions together at the table, with free discussion, and that things are not decided beforehand,” she explained, discontent when Council votes are split at party lines.

“I want to see people on the same page moving forward,” she added.

Newington’s Republican Town Committee Caucus will be held Thursday, July 18 in the Helen Nelson Room in Town Hall, 131 Cedar St.

“We have a lot of families living paycheck to paycheck and they really need our help.

While we try to maintain services we have to be cognitive of what the taxpayer can afford.”

we always have, as well as public safety, including fire ambulance and police.”

When he ran for mayor in 2011, CTfastrak wasn’t yet a reality. But now that it is, Woods wants to make sure Newington makes the best of the busway, which is bringing two bus stations to town.

“I’ll do everything that I can to make sure the busway for the town of Newington is a success; I think we need to embrace that,” he explained.

Newington’s Democratic Town Committee will announce its slate for the Nov. 5 municipal election on Monday, July 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Black Rose Tavern, 1076 Main St.

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“It goes to children who wouldn’t have the money to get these things, to make their lives a little bit happier,” explained Nguyen, who learned about the conference opportunity through being on the Student Council at NHS. “One of my advisors in my school suggested it, I applied for it and got in,” she added. “I’m really excited; I can’t wait. I thought it could help me get new ideas and meet other people who are just as motivated to help their communities as I am.”

In addition to being Key Club Secretary and social chair of the Student Council for the 2013-14 school year, Nguyen also plays JV Girls Tennis in the spring, is involved in the yearbook, French Club, Math Team, Chamber Orchestra, Book Club, CPEP, Drama, and the LEOs (in con-

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Nguyen will join other students from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont for next week’s conference. They will hear from guest speakers and participate in large and small-group workshops on and off the college campus, which is located right outside of Boston.

The curriculum will focus on respect, positive values, teamwork, community service and sportsmanship. The leadership training also includes a community service project in surrounding communities.

Kimberly Nguyen’s fundraiser for Cradles to Crayons will be held Saturday, July 13, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Lucy Robbins Welles Library, 95 Cedar St., Newington. People are asked to drop off items in the library’s community room, including new school supplies, as well as new and like-new children’s clothing, shoes, coats, socks and underwear.

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy denounces anonymous leaflets found Wednesday morning in Milford which claimed to claimed to represent a neighborhood watch group, supported by the Klu Klux Klan.

Malloy denounces leaflets claiming ties to KKK

By MARK PAZNIOKAS CONNECTICUTMIRROR

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman made a hastily arranged trip to Milford Wednesday afternoon to join local officials and clergy in denouncing anonymous leafleting claiming a tie to a new group with an old name, the United Klans of America.

The officials stood in the glare of the afternoon sun to speak against whomever delivered the fliers under cover of night, stuffed in plastic bags weighted with rocks and, police believe, hastily tossed from a passing vehicle onto 42 lawns and driveways in one neighborhood and seven in another.

It is unlikely that the odd leafletting under another name would have caused the governor and lieutenant governor to speed south from Hartford to stand on the steps of Milford City Hall, framed by white columns, joining others in stepping to a microphone to make brief statements of disgust.

Such is the historical resonance of the Ku Klux Klan, even though the new Alabama group using the Klan name has no apparent ties with a group known for racist rhetoric and violence.

Malloy said he initially questioned whether a press event only would give desired attention to someone who distributed about 50 block-watch leaflets.

“I thought at one point maybe we shouldn’t elevate this discussion any further, but it’s clear that it’s captured some people’s attention, so let’s be very clear: Klan

and Klan-affiliated organizations are not welcome in Connecticut,” Malloy said.

Malloy joined Wyman, Mayor Ben Blake, Police Chief Keith Mello, Ansonia-Milford State’s Attorney Kevin D. Lawlor and others on the steps of city hall for a brief public statement to a halfdozen television news crews and a few curious onlookers.

“I think you handled this issue very well, mayor. I want to add my voice to rejecting an outside group and its repugnant approach,” Malloy said.

It was a simple message. The event was over in 10 minutes.

Mello said police have not identified who distributed the leaflets, or what is their connection to the Klan. The leaflets claimed the group was organizing a crime watch.

“You can sleep well tonight knowing the UKA is awake!” read leaflets stuffed into plastic bags weighted with rocks.

Mello said the rocks indicated to him that someone threw them from a passing car.

The Rev. Carlton Giles, a retired Norwalk police officer who lives in Milford and once served on its police commission, was among the onlookers. He said the public event was appropriate.

This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.

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Thousands more Connecticut children getting free meals Officials struggle to feed kids during summer vacation

By JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS CONNECTICUTMIRROR

Thousands more children are showing up for school each year in need of a free- or reduced-priced breakfast and lunch.

And while 28,008 more students over the last 10 years are now being fed at free or reduced rates during the regular school year, state officials are trying to also boost the number of children getting fed during the summer vacation months.

Their motto: All children eat free.

The only requirement to get a free meal at any of the more than 400 locations is that the children are 18 years old or younger.

“We want to make sure that every child in the state of Connecticut can have a good meal during the summer,” Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told a roomful of about 30 children eating breakfast for free at an elementary school in Hartford Monday.

In Hartford, there are 78 locations for children to get free breakfast. In Bridgeport, there are 23 locations. New Haven has 51 locations.

“We want kids to be able to eat during the summer and not have to depend on the food pantries for

their meals,” said Lucy Nolan, the executive director of End Hunger Connecticut!, a statewide advocacy group.

Of the nearly 150,000 children from low-income families who received free- or reduced-price meals during the 2011-12 school year, only one-quarter would get meals from the federally funded program in the summer. This is one of the best rates in the nation, reports the Food Research and Action Center, an anti-hunger group that advocates nationwide.

But officials want still more children getting fed over the summer.

“We need to do better,” said State Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor.

State officials say getting these children in the door for breakfast is a great way to help keep students on track for when the school year begins again.

“It really keeps their mind going over the summer,” Nolan said, adding that while they are getting breakfast some type of education lesson is typically taking place.

Malloy said that students too often are showing up for the first day of school behind where they were academically on the last day of school the previous school year.

“We think that one of the reasons that that might be happening is the absence of good nutrition, good meals for children to have.

A full stomach allows you to learn better and remember better and

comprehend better. It also allows you to be in better shape and take care of yourself.”

This week, advocates and officials kicked off a campaign to get the word out to students that free and healthful meals are being served all over their communities.

“We are going to hit the streets to let people know about this,” said Neil Shilansky, a music teacher from East Hampton who planned on walking around the North End of Hartford Monday.

The number of children showing up for free meals over the summer has remained stubbornly the same at about 35,000 children in Connecticut since the 2003.

Meanwhile the number of children signed up for subsidized meals during the traditional school year has increased to almost 150,000 students, a 23 percent increase since the 2002-03 school year.

Officials are having trouble getting students breakfast during the regular school year as well.

Connecticut ranks dead last in the number of schools that provide breakfast, and in the middle when it comes to low-income students having access to free- or reducedpriced meals, according to the national advocacy group FRAC, or Food Research & Advocacy Center.

In an effort to address this gap, the state two years ago lowered the eligibility requirements for schools to qualify for state assistance to open programs. Nolan said the

Source Food Resource Action Center

effort is starting to pay off, with 68 schools adding breakfast programs between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years.

“It’s been working,” she said.

This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.

Federal officials offer little help for Connecticut’s high-speed rail project CONNECTICUTMIRROR

A U.S. Transportation Department official on Tuesday gave Connecticut little hope of advancing on a high-speed rail project that would connect New Haven to Springfield, Mass.

At a hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, asked witness John Porcari, deputy secretary of the Department of Transportation, for help that would allow the state to spend a $120 million grant for the high speed rail project.

But Porcari was not very helpful.

He said the Malloy administration’s proposal to combine other federal grants allocated the state with

the $120 million grant is a no-go.

“We appreciate the vision Connecticut has,” Porcari said. But “we simply can’t take three grants and combine them.” The high speed rail project would add 11 round-trip trains to the route between Hartford and New Haven, for a total of 17 trains traveling the line, compared to six today.

Esty also asked Porcari if the Federal Railroad Administration could help the Malloy administration move forward with the project.

“Our state staff is worried about not having the capacity for this oversight,” Esty said.

Porcari responded that the FRA was “strained right now” by budget cuts and “needs to husband its resources.” But he promised to

speak to Connecticut Transportation Commissioner “and explore ways to make it work faster.” The discussion of Connecticut’sr high speed rail project was held in the midst of an annual fight for Amtrak funding in Congress.

House Republicans wants the railroad to wean itself from federal subsidies by leveraging its physical assets -– like stations and rights of way — to generate revenue.

“When are we prepared to open up the Amtrak monopoly on passenger rail service and let the private sector compete in some of these routes?” asked Rep. John Mica, R-Fla. at the transportation hearing.

Mica called Amtrak a “Soviet-style train operation” and cited as proof of its poor operations the marooning

of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., for an hour and a half when he was traveling on an Amtrak train to Connecticut to visit Rep. John Larson, D-1st District.

The Senate and House appro-

priations committees last month approved very different budgets for Amtrak for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1: The House set the budget at $950 million, and the Senate at $1.45 billion. Amtrak’s current federal subsidy is $1.38 billion.

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Mothers who drop out of school rarely finish, study finds Children often adversely affected, but several non-profits look to break cycle

mance.

“We know from international research that the education level of a mother has a direct impact on

By ROBERT STORACE assistant. the outcomes of their child’s eduSTAFF WRITER Esquivel’s story is a familiar one cation,” said Merrill Gay, executive NEW BRITAIN — Mayra in New Britain, experts say. While director of the New Britain Early Esquivel dropped out of high Esquivel got her GED and is Childhood Collaborative. The colschool in New Jersey because looking forward to furthering her laborative published a community she was depressed and was going education, many of her peers are report card in September 2012 on through a lot of personal turmoil. not as fortunate. Once a pregnant the well-being of children, which “I got pregnant and I looked at the impact of didn’t want to go to school their mother’s education. with my big belly,” said The stats, Gay said, are Esquivel, who moved to alarming. In 2010, there New Britain two years ago. were 263 births to women Today, Esquivel has two in New Britain who had young children — and a not completed high school.

GED. For Esquivel, 25, Of that, 99, or more a life is looking up. third, of those births were “I got my GED in May,” to women 18 years of age she said. “I did it for my MERRILL GAY or younger. children. It was frustrating Executive director of the New Britain Early Childhood “In other words, pregthat I didn’t finish high Collaborative nancy interrupted the school. I knew not haveducation of only two out ing a GED would hold me back. young woman drops out of school of every five births to a mother It’s also important that my kids she takes on a lot of responsibility without a high school diploma,” graduate on time. That is my goal. and very often never returns to the report card stated. “The I don’t want them to make the finish her education, experts say. remaining three out of five births same mistakes I did.”

In addition, the education level were to women who had already Esquivel, who works in a gro- of a child’s mother is one of the dropped out and started a family.” cery store, is hoping to go to strongest overall predictors of a Esquivel was helped — in college and become a medical child’s future academic perfor- part — by New Britain-based

“We know from international research that the education level of a mother has a direct impact on the outcomes of their child’s education.”

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Mayra Esquivel and her 3-year-old daughter Naomi. Esquivel received her GED in May, in part, to show her two young children how important an education is.

Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut.

In a recent interview Darlene S. Hurtado, LVCC executive director, said 400 people are served at no charge though the non-profit.

Two-thirds of those served

by LVCC are women, including many who have young children and very little education, Hurtado said.

The agency’s goals, she said, vary depending on the needs of the client.

“Some women want to get their GED, but for others it is to become fluent in English,” Hurtado said, “A really big goal is to have kids enter kindergarten with literacy skills,” Hurtado said. “A lot of these kids would enter kindergarten without speaking English.

The big languages in New Britain are Arabic, Spanish and Polish.”

A national model for its work, LVCC was recently recognized by the Barbara Bush Foundation with a $65,000 grant. In recent years, the non-profit has put a strong focus on mothers with chil-

dren 8 years of age and younger.

“There are four types of classes,” Hurtado said “We have parenting classes; one called ‘parent and child together;’ there is an adult education piece and also a piece where we have children in class while the mother is also in class.

The program is making a huge difference for children and their mothers.”

Gay said the only way to tackle the problems of low literacy is to instill reading in children at a very early age.

“The biggest predictor of a child reading at grade level at third grade is how big the vocabulary is of a specific child at age 4,” Gay said. “The more words children know when they start kindergarten, the easier it is to read and comprehend what they are reading.”

Gay called Esquivel “a great success story. She is someone who realized the importance to finish her education so she could be helpful to her child who just started school.”

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Local teens take to NCTC stage for ‘Into the Woods’

Newington teens Sophia Ancona, David Karpf, Allison Madrazo, Haylee Morgan, Seann Morgan, Kira Mason, Christian O’Keefe and Ryan Turf take to the Newington Children’s Theatre Company’s stage in their upcoming production of Into the Woods, July 12-14.

Written by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, the story follows a baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to attend the King’s Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone’s wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results.

This stellar cast of teens bring this classic musical theatre piece to life on the NCTC stage, July 12-14

(Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm and Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm).

Tickets are $12 for adults ($15 at the door) and $10 for seniors, students and children ($12 at the door).

Performances will take place at the NCTC Performing Arts Theatre located at 743 North Mountain Road. For more tickets, call 860.666.NCTC or visit www.

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Danielle Sumoski, left, is congratulated by Wayne Smyth, the head golf professional at Indian Hill Country Club as she is presented with the 2013 TaschnerDoherty Scholarship.

Danielle will begin her junior year in September at the University of New Haven where she plans to major in graphic design. Her history of academic achievement, community service and love for the game of golf earned her the $2000 scholarship, which has been awarded annually since its inception in 1996.

The scholarship is offered by the Doherty family of Howard, Mass., in memory of Joseph and Jean Taschner.

Joe was a long time member of Indian Hill Country Club before his passing in 1989. The Taschner family truly loved the game of golf and were supporters of junior golf in Newington.

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS Tiffany Ekstrom of Newington Veterinary Science. made Dean’s List and Chancellor’s List for the spring semester at The following local students have the University of North Carolina– been named to the Marist College Greensboro.

Dean’s List for the spring semester: Matthew Algiere, Kensington, is a Nearly 1,300 students gradu- member of the Class of 2013 and is ated from Western Connecticut majoring in Psychology; Katharine State University this spring to Craven, Southington, is a member join the workforce or move on to of the Class of 2014 and is majorgraduate school. Kai-Dee Beach ing in Computer Science. Bryan of Newington earned a degree Estey, Newington, is a member of in Music; Katherine Marsan of the Class of 2013 and is majorNewington earned a degree in ing in Political Science. Caitlyn Music Education (K-12); Eric Flynn, Southington, is a member Nunes of Newington earned a of the Class of 2015 and is majordegree in Music Education (K-12). ing in Communication. Hannah Furlong, East Berlin, is a member The following students were of the Class of 2013 and is majornamed to the Becker College ing in Business Administration.

Dean’s List for spring: Jonah Katherine Roper, Plainville, is a Jacquo of New Britain, who is member of the Class of 2013 and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in majoring in Biomedical Sciences.

Interactive Media Design; Michael Evan Van Dam, Newington, is a Mortillaro of Newington, who is member of the Class of 2013 and pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in is majoring in Computer Science.

Interactive Media Design; Brianne Natalie Zaleski, Newington, is a Lamontagne of Newington, who is member of the Class of 2015 and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in majoring in Communication.

Gun industry group pulls support for park, citing gun control laws

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(AP) — A national gun industry association based in Connecticut is withdrawing its support for federal legislation that would establish the Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford, citing recent passage of the state’s new gun control law.

In letters to the state’s congressional delegation and governor, Lawrence G. Keane, the senior vice president and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said the industry is “offended by the hypocrisy of our elected officials in Congress and the state government” to advocate for legislation paying homage to the firearms industry and the iconic Colt firearms factory while pursuing gun control legislation.

“As major contributors to the state’s economy, we find it unacceptable for lawmakers to propose banning our products and hindering our ability of Connecticut companies to grow their businesses, create more goodpaying manufacturing jobs, and contribute hundreds of millions in taxes,” Keane wrote in the letters released Tuesday.

He called the state’s legislation “job-killing” because it bans many of the most popular and commonly owned firearms that the foundation’s members manufacture.

Current and past delegation members have pushed for years for the National Historical Park designation at Coltsville, an area named after Samuel Colt, who designed a revolver that revolutionized personal firearms. The area includes manufacturing facilities and employee housing that his Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. began building in 1855.

Coltsville was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2008, a step toward the national park designation.

U.S. Rep. John Larson, a Democrat who represents Hartford and a chief proponent of the national historical park designation, said the site is of national historic significance and “anyone who understands the significance and importance of Coltsville gets it.” He said the location was and will remain the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, the site of precision manufacturing, assembly line production and interchangeable parts.

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Conn. death penalty case Malloy signs two landmark energy bills boosting gas, hydro delayed pending appeal ASSOCIATED PRESS

By STEPHEN SINGER ASSOCIATED PRESS

HARTFORD — Even before Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed key energy legislation into law on Monday, Connecticut’s three regulated natural gas companies and a Houston energy company asked regulators to OK expansion plans that anticipated the state’s new push for natural gas.

One measure the governor signed expands the state’s natural gas distribution system. The states regulated natural gas companies have already filed a joint proposal outlining how they would connect 280,000 customers over 10 years.

“Obviously, I’d like as much of that done today as possible,” Malloy said soon after signing the new law.

Connecticut Natural Gas, Southern Connecticut Gas and Yankee Gas presented state regulators with a rare joint proposal last month asking the state to approve a new rate plan to finance the massive project hooking up hundreds of thousands of natural gas customers.

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Gov. Dannel Malloy, center, signs the Comprehensive Energy Strategy at the state Capitol Monday.

is advancing a preliminary plan to expand its Algonquin Gas Transmissions to build and replace about 44 miles of pipeline in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island, install a new pipeline to span the Hudson River in New York and build compressor stations to boost gas flow. It cited the natural gas expansion in its application to federal regulators.

The second bill that Malloy signed rewrites the state’s renewable

energy policy to boost Canadian hydropower — a measure fought by environmentalists who demanded the state use the clout of its renewable energy portfolio to help promote locally generated solar and wind power.

By increasing availability of natural gas as an alternative to costlier oil energy and relying more on hydropower from Canada, Malloy said Connecticut is putting downward pressure on energy prices.

HARTFORD (AP) — A West Hartford death penalty case won’t move forward until after the state Supreme Court decides whether Connecticut’s repeal of capital punishment last year is constitutional, a judge ruled Monday. Hartford Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander postponed proceedings in Eduardo Santiago’s case and scheduled a status conference in October.

Santiago, 33, was sentenced to lethal injection in 2005 for the murder-for-hire killing of 45-year-old Joseph Niwinski in West Hartford in 2000. But the state Supreme Court overturned the death sentence and ordered a new penalty phase last year, saying the trial judge wrongly withheld key evidence from the jury regarding the severe abuse Santiago suffered while growing up.

The Supreme Court ruling came two months after the state abolished the death penalty for murders committed after April 24, 2012, leaving Santiago and the 10 other men on death row still facing execution.

The Supreme Court, in another appeal brought by Santiago’s lawyers, is now deciding whether the death penalty repeal for future murders violates the constitutional rights of the 11 death row inmates. A ruling isn’t expected for at least several months.

Santiago, dressed in a yellow prison jumpsuit, watched the brief court hearing on Monday from prison via video conference It has never been clear whether Santiago killed Niwinski. Two other men, Matthew Tyrell and Mark Pascual, pleaded guilty in the killing and are serving life in prison. Santiago and Tyrell were in Niwinski’s home at the time of the fatal shooting, but both pointed the finger at the other.

Prosecutors said Pascual ordered the murder because he was infatuated with Niwinski’s girlfriend, believed Niwinski was abusing her and wanted him dead. Santiago denies being promised a broken snowmobile in exchange for killing Niwinski.

Energy chief seeks to double electric vehicle charging stations ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIDDLETOWN (AP) — Connecticut is seeking to more than double the number of electric vehicle charging stations by the end of the year, the state’s top environmental and transportation officials said Tuesday.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Department of Transportation are making $200,000 available to install charging stations. Funding will be awarded to proposals that provide the most matching money, are most accessible to the public and place charging stations in geographically diverse areas.

The money is from a settlement agreement negotiated by the state with Northeast Utilities last year when it bought NStar in Boston.

The goal is to increase the number of charging stations from 81 now to 200 by the end of this year. The cost to install a charging station is up to approximately

$1,000 and an additional $5,000 for the station itself, Energy Commissioner Daniel Esty said.

The state is seeking to spur installation of charging stations at colleges, shopping centers, supermarkets, parking garages and other public places, he said. The intent is for electric vehicle owners to be no more 10 to 15 minutes from a charging station to avoid what’s known as “range anxiety,” Esty said.

“One hundred years ago, it was the same fear with gas stations,” he said.

Of the 3 million vehicles registered in Connecticut, 296 are electric, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles.

Most electric vehicles can go about 100 to 200 miles before recharging while gasoline-powered vehicles run more than 300 miles before refueling, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

A study by the Congressional

Budget Office last month said operating costs are lower for electric vehicles, but they are more expensive to buy. A Chevy Volt, for example, costs about $32,000.

Federal tax credits of between $2,500 and $7,500 help reduce the cost of buying electric vehicles, but the subsidies do not offset the higher lifetime cost of driving electric vehicles, the report said. The CBO study assumes that the tax credits are responsible for about 30 percent of electric vehicle sales.

Brian Wynne, president of Electric Drive Transportation Association, a trade group in Washington, said most public initiatives to boost electric vehicle sales are at the municipal rather than the state level.

The model for electric vehicles’ acceptance by consumers, he said, is the hybrid vehicle, which operates on electricity and gasoline.

Hybrids account for 3 percent of all vehicle sales, Wynne said.

A car recharges at the GE charging station in Plainville.

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Justin Pratte, 18, of 18 Theodore St., was charged June 20 with reckless driving and third-degree criminal mischief.

Angela Cianfaglione, 43, of 18 Lincoln St., East Hartford, was charged June 22 with operating under suspension, and operating an unregistered motor vehicle.

Peter Romero, 38, of 35 Willow St., Meriden, was charged July 2 with third-degree assault and breach of peace.

Krista Zimmer, 29, of 199 E. Main St., Meriden, was charged July 2 with third-degree assault and breach of peace.

Joshua Rodriguez, 20, of 76 Seventh St., was charged July 3 with third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary, thirddegree burglary; third-degree conspiracy to commit criminal mischief; third-degree criminal mischief; conspiracy to

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commit third-degree larceny, third-degree larceny and risk of injury to a minor.

Gladymar Colon, 27, of 417 Church St., New Britain, was charged July 4 with firstdegree criminal trespassing.

Anthony Pignone, 19, of 353 Main St., was charged July 9 with third-degree criminal trespassing, and criminal attempt to commit third-degree criminal trespassing.

Joshua Rodriguez, 20, of 76 Seventh St., was charged July 9 with third-degree criminal trespassing, criminal attempt to commit third-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary.

Dalton Roy, 20, of 124 Benson St., New Britain, was charged July 9 with third-degree criminal trespassing, and criminal attempt to commit third-degree burglary.

NEWINGTON EVENTS CALENDAR OPEN MIC: The Central CT Acoustic Musicians Society Meetup will sponsor an open mic from 7:30 p.m. until closing Friday, July 12 at The Newington Knights of Columbus, 171 Pascone Place (entrance in rear). This will be a monthly event held on the second Friday of the month. For additional information, direction and/or other council activities. Visit the K of C’s website www.kofcnewington.com.

CONTESTANTS SOUGHT FOR MISS POLONIA CT 2014 PAGEANT: Contestants are sought for the Miss Polonia CT 2014 Pageant. All woman ages 17 to 27 of Polish descent are encouraged to register at www.misspoloniact.org or in person at the MPCT Office in Plainville.

Appointments can be made by calling Bogusia or John Gladysz, state coordinators at (860) 883-2277 or email short bio with a recent photograph (headshot) to misspoloniact@gmail.com. The pageant will take place Oct. 12 in Hartford.

The winner will represent the state of Connecticut at the Finals Miss Polonia USA in New York City.

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“5TH ANNUAL “BRING-A -TOY CAR SHOW” COMES TO NEWINGTON: Connecticut Street Legends car club presents the 5th Annual “Bring-A-Toy Car Show” to benefit Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. This family friendly car enthusiasts event will be held Sunday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain date: July 21) at the former Newington Children’s Hospital that is now Hartford Hospital’s Newington Campus, 181 Patricia Genova Drive (off Cedar Street) Newington. Last years event contributed more than 1,500 toys and $4,850 to Connecticut Children’s — all of which was proudly delivered at the end of the show to the medical center by a parade of street rods, classics, antiques, muscle and new muscle cars. Over the past four years the Connecticut Street Legends have raised $15,850 and collected more than 4,500 toys for the Department

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Through your generosity we can make a difference in the life of a child. Show car participants entry is a new unwrapped toy $10 value (boy or girl) any age or $10 donation. Dash plaques given to the first 200 show cars. Additional trophies will be awarded. No cut-off year. All invited.

Listen to oldies music and food is available on the premises. For additional information, call Chet@860-568-1836 or visit: www.connecticutstreetlegends. org. Spectators are free, however, donations are accepted. Spectator parking is available.

TEENS TAKE TO THE NCTC STAGE IN “INTO THE WOODS,” JULY 12-14: The Newington Children’s Theatre Company will present “Into the Woods,” July 12-14.

The story follows a baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to attend the King’s Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone’s wish is granted, but the consequences of their

actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results. Join this stellar cast of 19 teens as they bring this classic to life on the NCTC stage, July 12-14 (Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.). Tickets are $12 for adults ($15 at the door) and $10 for seniors, students and children ($12 at the door). Performances will take place at the NCTC Performing Arts Theatre located at 743 North Mountain Road in Newington. For more tickets, call (860) 666-NCTC or visit www.NCTCArts.org.

NEWINGTON DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE SLATE: The public is invited as the Nominating Committee of the Newington Democratic Town Committee announces its slate for this November’s election and presents it to the Town Committee for their endorsement Monday, July 22, at 6:30 p.m. at The Black Rose, Main Street, Newington.

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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter offers more than 30 support groups throughout Connecticut. These groups bring together people who share a common life experience as it relates to MS and its effects. For more information, contact Charlie at (860) 667-1314 or Tom at (860) 236-2751.

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NEWINGTON LIBRARY CALENDAR GOTTA SING — GOTTA DANCE! Monday evenings in July and August, 6:30 p.m.

Join Bob Larsson for the screening of four classic movie musicals. Popcorn and lemonade provided.

July 22 — “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1954) starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel. A backwoods farmer decides to go into town and find himself a wife. When he succeeds, his six younger brothers decide to follow his lead and kidnap wives for themselves.

Aug. 12 — “Blue Skies” (1946) starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Joan Caulfield. Songs by Irving Berlin. A singing nightclub owner and a dancer compete for the same girl. The singer wins but then loses her. How can he win her back?

Aug. 26 – “Lovely to Look At” (1952) starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Red Skelton and Marge and Gower Champion. Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Otto Harbach. An American inherits half interest in a Paris fashion house. When he and some friends go to Paris, they find that the salon is in financial trouble and decide to stage a mammoth fashion show to solve the problem.

MOVIES AND MORE AT THE LIBRARY: “Les Miserables” Tuesday, July 16, 1 p.m. Enjoy the musical version of Victor Hugo’s epic tale of love and sacrifice.

Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway. Please pick up your free ticket at the Adult Information Desk. Refreshments will be served.

Rated PG-13. Running time is 157 minutes. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

FREE EBOOKS & EMAGAZINES: Tuesday, July 16, 6:30 p.m. Do you wish you could get John Grisham’s latest book or Good Housekeeping magazine on your device for free? The library has thousands of eBooks and 65 eMagazines.

Come see how easy it is to download any of them to your computer, iPad, NOOK, Kindle, Android or smartphone.

THE EDDY FARM: NEWINGTON’S OWN FAMILY FARM: Wednesday, July 17, 6:30 p.m. Learn more about this treasure of Newington! Owners Haley and Andy Billipp will give a brief history of the Eddy Farm, tell how they came to own the farm, and explain their organic farming methods. Register at the Adult Information Desk or call (860) 665-8700.

TECH TROUBLESHOOTING WITH TEENS: Thursday, July 25, 6:30 to p.m. Attention all adults! Drop by with the gadgets that drive you crazy and let our teen techies help you.

ZOMBIE MAKEUP WORKSHOP: Friday, July 26, 4 to 8 p.m. Get ready for the gore! Using professional stage makeup and some very ordinary items, you will begin the process of changing into a zombie. Follow along with makeup artist Caroline Wilcox who will demonstrate the special effects techniques. This is a hands-on workshop. Then, put your new look to use as a zombie character for a special children’s program. Dinner will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

TEEN PICTIONARY TOURNAMENT: Monday, July 29, 6 to 8 p.m. Do you

have mad drawing skills? Come in from the heat for a fast and furious game of Pictionary! Don’t know what Pictionary is? Come by to check it out! Snacks and prizes will be available. Call the library at (860) 665-8700 to register.

MOVIES AND MORE AT THE LIBRARY: “The Impossible,” Tuesday, July 30, 1 p.m. Tracking one family’s harrowing experiences, this gripping drama depicts the chaos generated by the massive 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia. Starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor.

Please pick up your free ticket at the Adult Information Desk. Refreshments will be served. Rated PG-13. Running time is 114 minutes. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

THE CASEY FAMILY SINGS! AND MORE! Tuesday, July 30, 6:30 p.m. Bring the whole family and neighbors, too!

Delight to the many styles and songs of the Casey Family. Music teacher, bandleader and jazz pianist Chris Casey and his wife Jennifer, a Suzuki violin teacher, have been performing with their daughters for nine years. The five girls, ranging in age from 9 to 16, sing and play drums, piano, violin and guitar alongside their parents. You’ll hear many favorites from this incredibly talented family. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

PHOTOGRAPHY, ARTWORK EXHIBIT: Through July 30, Newington resident Pat Moore will display his photographs and drawings in the Community Room of the Lucy Robbins Welles Library, 95 Cedar St. In addition, Moore will host an Artist’s Reception Saturday, July 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend. Moore is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, a former TV meteorologist, skydiving instructor, college professor and professional recruiter. He runs an eCommerce business devoted to online sales of ski and cycling gear and also produces tech tips for seniors on the website GoldenYearsGeek.com. Moore’s earliest photography was devoted to sky diving more than 40 years ago.

Today, his focus is on travel, sports and abstract subjects. In addition to his photographs, Moore will also display his drawings, a medium he took up just three years ago. In addition to photography and drawing, Moore is an avid ski racer, snowboard racer and unicyclist.

He’s the 2008 Age Group NASTAR National Ski Racing Champion, and eight-time Age Group NASTAR National Snowboard Champion. Artistic awards include BytePhoto.com Photo of the Year, 2010; Kodak Picture of the Day, Aug. 7, 2011; and DPNow.com Picture of the Day, Dec. 9, 2010. His work has also been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines. The exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours when the room is not in use for a scheduled program. Viewers are encouraged to call before coming to make sure the room is free. Library hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is free. (860) 665-8700.

EVENING BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Thursday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m. This month’s book is 11/22/63 by Stephen King. All interested readers are invited to attend.

TECH SANDBOX: Monday, Aug. 5,

6:30 p.m. Children in grades 1 and up are invited to bring their own device or just stop in to our computer lab to learn about our website. Databases introduced will be PebbleGo, Power Kids, Tumblebooks, Tumblebook Cloud, BookFlix, and PBSKidsGo. Learn how to download audio books and e-books from the library. Please call (860) 6658720 to register beginning July 22, and most importantly, bring your library card and device, if you have one, to the class.

DIGGING THROUGH HISTORY: ARCHAEOLOGY AND RELIGION FROM ATLANTIS TO THE HOLOCAUST: Monday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m. Dr. Richard A. Freund, author of eight books and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, will discuss his latest book which explains archaeological mysteries from the ancient city of Atlantis, to one of the newest — excavating an extermination camp abandoned during the Holocaust. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Registration is necessary. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

READ, RATTLE AND ROLL! Tuesday, Aug. 6 and 20, noon. Welcome to a music and movement program for 3 and 4 year-olds featuring books that “sing” and lots of music! Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register.

STEAMPUNK JEWELRY: Tuesday, Aug. 6, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Grades 6 to 12. Learn how to make custom jewelry pieces using unusual items. Steampunk jewelry combines parts of antique timepieces, skeleton keys, small locks, cogs, gears and compass parts. Guys are welcome to attend, too! Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

FREE EBOOKS & EMAGAZINES: Thursday, Aug. 8, 11 a.m. Come see how easy it is to download free eBooks and eMagazines to your computer, iPad, NOOK, Kindle, Android or Smartphone.

SKATING PARTY: Thursday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m. to noon Let’s go ice skating! Join us at the Newington Arena for a skating party. Entrance fee is $5 and ice skates may be borrowed for free. Please bring your own skates if possible to ensure availability. No registration is required.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

MURDER MYSTERY: Friday, Aug. 9, 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Fog creeps in … rain starts to fall … thunder cracks… and lightning illuminates a DEAD BODY! Join us for an after hours murder mystery. Come out for a meal, have fun and possibly solve a mystery! Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

SUMMER JAZZ STANDARDS: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. Join jazz singer Shenel Johns and pianist Sam Parker for an evening of jazz standards. Both performers recently graduated from the Hartt School where Sam now works accompanying jazz vocalists and often performs with Ed Fast and Conga Bop, Steve Davis and Shawnn Monteiro and others. Influenced by Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter, Shenel has been performing around New England since the age of 14 and has opened for Sheila Jordan, Hank Jones and Harold Mayburn and has also toured interna-

tionally. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

ADULT SUMMER READING FINALE — GROUNDBREAKING READS! Friday, Aug. 16, 6:30 p.m. In the library under the atrium. Join us for refreshments and prizes for adults registered in the summer reading program. The drawings for the grand prizes begin at 7:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS SUMMER GARDEN CLUB EVENT: Friday July 12, 2 p.m. We will plant in regular pots and in “cowpots.” Which will grow faster and bigger? Join this activity by call (860) 665-8720 to register.

SUMMER SATURDAYS: Stop in anytime on Saturdays and check out our Maker Space. Create a craft or cool gadget.

READ, RATTLE AND ROLL! Tuesday, July 16, noon. Welcome to a music and movement program for 3 and 4 yearolds featuring books that “sing” and lots of music! Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register.

GARDEN WIGGLERS; Mondays, July 15 to Aug. 19, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Stories, songs and playtime for children 9-24 months, siblings and their caregivers.

T-REX TWO’S: Wednesdays, July 17 to Aug. 21, 10:15 to a.m. Stories, songs and playtime for children 24 months and older, siblings and their caregivers.

READER RABBITS: Thursdays, July 18 to Aug. 22, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Storytime for children ages 3-6.

LUNCH BUNCH: Wednesdays, July 17 to Aug. 14, noon. Children entering kindergarten through grade 2, are invited to bring their lunch and dig up some big fun with us each week. A detailed is available at the library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

AFTERNOON HEAT: Thursdays, July 18 to Aug. 15, 2 p.m. Join us for an hour filled with fun and creative activities. Children entering grades 3-6 may call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register beginning two weeks prior to each program. A detailed flyer is available at the library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

FAMILY STORYTIME: Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Stories, songs and more for the whole family all year ‘round. No registration is necessary.

PLAY WITH US! Tuesdays, through Aug. 27, 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Join us for this program geared for families with young children who have special needs. Meet with birth to three-year-old resource professionals and socialize with your peers. All are welcome. No registration necessary.

CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, July 23 and Aug. 13, 2 p.m. Like to play chess? We will set up our program room for all who want to play chess. Bring a friend or find one here. Sets will be available to use here and check out for use at home. No registration is needed. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

GARDEN CLUB: Schedule of events is available in the Children’s Department.

We’re starting a Garden Club for fami-

lies and gardeners who will help run the library garden. Call the Children’s Department to register at (860) 665-8720.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. The garden will be planted with donations from the Eddy Farm, Home Depot and Frink Garden Center. The programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

DIG INTO READING — Children can help us kick off a great summer of reading!

Sign up for our online summer reading program, play games with D.J. Bob, go crazy in the Bouncy House, and more!

Sign up for summer reading online at www.newingtonct.gov/library or come down to the library to register.

GROUNDBREAKING READS — Teens can sign up for summer reading on computers that will be available for this special occasion. Teens who register at the kick-off will receive two prize tickets they can use in weekly prize drawings and the grand prize drawing. Sign up for summer volunteer opportunities at the teen table. Adults are welcome to register for the reading program if they haven’t done so already.

SUMMER POOL PARTY! Monday, July 15, 5 to 8 p.m. Mill Pond Pool (Newington residents only) At 5 p.m. BYO picnic dinner and at 5:30 p.m. We’ll dance with DJ Bob and librarians; then join us for a free pool party from 6 to 8 p.m.

Play games with the DJ, enjoy refreshments and most of all, swim, swim, swim! No registration is necessary but bring your Newington ID for entrance to the pool. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

READ, RATTLE AND ROLL!: Tuesday, July 16, noon. Welcome to a music and movement program for 3 and 4-yearolds featuring books that “sing” and lots of music! Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register.

ANNUAL BUDDY BAKE-OFF: Wednesday, July 31, 6:30 p.m. Children, grab your apron and an adult! Grownups, grab your apron and a child! Pair up and bake your favorite goodie and bring it to the library along with one copy of the recipe for us to keep. Taste all the entries and help pick the winning teams.

Prizes awarded!! Entry fee is a nonperishable food item for the Newington Food Bank. Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register your team beginning July 17. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

ZOMBIE SCHOOL 101: Friday, July 26, 6 to 8:30 p.m. It’s now accepted that we live among zombies. What better way to create peaceful coexistence than to learn about each other. Register for dinner, classes and a panel discussion with zombies. Students entering grades 4 to 7 may register by calling the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

TECH SANDBOX: Monday, July 29, 6:30 p.m. Children entering grades 1 and up are invited to bring their own device or just stop in to our computer lab to learn about our website. Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register beginning July 15, and most importantly, bring your library card and device, if you have one, to the class.

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