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Do they celebrate Mother’s Day in Peru? Is there wintertime in Portugal? These are the kinds of topics members of Wethersfield Library’s Time to Talk program discuss at their weekly meetings, while practicing their conversational English. A unique opportunity for local immigrants, the group gives English-language learners the opportunity to learn the meaning of idioms like “keep in touch” or “earn a living” — things that aren’t necessarily taught in their ESL classes. This past Tuesday, evening group members gathered to cel-
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Parents and school officials gathered Wednesday evening at the Wethersfield Schools Parent Council’s 16th Annual Volunteer Recognition Awards to honor those who have gone above and beyond, dedicating their time, to provide a variety of events, programs and services to students.
Volunteers honored for dedication to students, school programs By ERICA SCHMITT Erica Schmitt | Staff
Time to Talk group leader Carol Schulman and Fatima Almeira admire group member Yanni Li’s baby, Oliver.
ebrate their knowledge, diversity and connectedness at an annual potluck dinner. Since they hail from the Czech Republic, Portugal, Russia, France, Peru, See CONVERSATIONAL, Page 12
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Unbeknownst to some: festivals and book fairs, holiday celebrations and field trips don’t happen with the wave of a magic wand or on the clocked hours of a teacher’s paycheck. It takes lots of charitable time and effort of parents who are often balancing full-time jobs, housework and looking after their own children — but they do it because they care. The most giving of those individuals were recognized Tuesday afternoon among their fellow volunteers at the Wethersfield Schools Parent Council’s 16th Annual Volunteer Recognition Awards. Families and school officials, including Superintendent Michael Emmett and Director of Curriculum and Instruction Sally Dastoli, gathered inside the auditorium at Webb Elementary
School to honor nine volunteers. Most were presidents or cochairs of their respective school PTOs, but the WSPC also chose a local business that made particularly significant contributions. This year’s Community Award recipients were Kim Notaro and Annette Bowman, owners of Kim’s Flower Shop. The ladies are known for donating flowers to Wethersfield High School for senior day games, providing centerpieces and floral arrangements to school functions and offering financial support to different programs. Almost every speaker who shared his or her thoughts about the recipients was brought to tears along with every award winner. “I’m not surprised at all by the emotion we’ve seen today because I think those who volunteer know how personal it is to us,” commented Martha
Conneely, chair of the WSPC. Volunteers from each of the town’s seven schools were awarded. PTO President of Charles Wright Elementary Caroline Fazzina was the first. Co-president Hannah Granfield presented her with the award, calling Fazzina “a tireless advocate to making sure students are getting the same opportunities as all children in town.” Just one of many fundraisers she organized to help support the school’s PTO was a pasta dinner this past fall, attended by See VOLUNTEERS, Page 8
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Plant sale keeps RHHS botany program going strong By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Rocky Hill High School students are known for having green thumbs. Their families, teachers and town residents re-discover this every year at their Annual Spring Plant Sale, which was held this past week. One step inside the school’s greenhouses and visitors were met with a variety of greenery and blooms — everything from herbs to flowers to vegetables. There are few public high schools that offer a botany program; that’s usually ground covered by voca-
tional-technical schools. Former science teacher Conrad Zendzian started one decades ago and raised money to build the greenhouses. Current science teacher Kim Antol took over the botany class 16 years ago and has been running it ever since. The best part of the program — and the reason why it’s been able to continue all these years despite hard financial times — is that it is self-sustaining. “The kids figure out what they want to grow; set up a business plan and all of the sale’s proceeds go back into the program,” Antol
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explained. “So the students last year raised money for these kids, and this year’s students are raising money for next year’s. It’s like a payit-forward concept.” The seven students in this year’s class raised more than $1,600 at the plant sale, which will fund the projects pursued by the 22 kids who have signed up for the 201314 class. “The cost varies from year to year depending on how many students are in the class and what they want to order,” said Antol. “We just have to make sure whatever we order we can sell it to make back the money.” It all begins every August, when those who enrolled in the botany class — a science elective — begin raising hundreds of poinsettias for the holiday sale in December. This past school year, they grew more than 400 of the seasonal red-andgreen plants. They also learn how to decorate wreaths and make bows during the unit. After the holidays have come and gone, Antol provides them with seed catalogs so they can choose what they want to grow as spring offerings.
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Seniors in Rocky Hill High School’s Botany course, from left to right, Bradley Adams, Jess Caccomi and Matt Skrzypiec show off their offerings in the greenhouse during their annual Spring Plant Sale.
“I thought it would be fun to do vest her choices. After the May sale, potatoes,” said Jess Cacomi, who the students were even allowed to along with her classmates, learned take home some samples. “It’s a good life skill to have,” said about how to plant, grow and harsenior Emily Anderson. “It was a different kind of science class; I knew we’d be doing more interactive stuff, not just book work.” Their projects go beyond the greenhouse, too. Mrs. Antol taps maple trees in her own backyard in Middletown, brings in the sap and teaches students how to make maple syrup. They also do some cooking because culinary arts teacher Karen Redanz is kind enough to let them use her food lab kitchen. Using the eggplant, basil and tomatoes last year’s students planted in late spring of 2012, they made salads in the fall. They also maintain gardens on school grounds that are separate from the greenhouses. “The townspeople really support our program every year,” said Antol. “The Board of Ed members, faculty, parents are amazing, they all come to the plant sale.” A former student who is now a teacher in Norwich even stopped by the recent sale to pick up some plants for use in her own classroom. From all kinds of angles, the botany program at Rocky Hill High School represents the continuous circle of life. Erica Schmitt | Staff
From right to left, Johannah Venot, a junior, with seniors Jess Cacomi, Matt Skrzypiec and Emily Anderson, with Food Lab and Botany Teachers Karen Redanz and Kim Antol in the background.
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Newtown officials advised organizers to ‘look within own communities, find where gaps are’ By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
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When families in Wethersfield sought to extend goodwill and financial aid to the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, they were met with gratitude, but their financial offering was redirected. The Wethersfield Schools Parent Council recently decided the best way to honor those impacted by the shooting at Sandy Hook was to do their best to prevent a similar tragedy from occurring in Wethersfield. Per speaking with those representing Newtown families, town officials were advised to raise funds to protect children in their own town instead. “What we’ve been hearing from people who have family in Newtown is that they’re overwhelmed by all the money coming in, so they’re encouraging people to look within their own communities and find out where the gaps are,” explained WSPC Chair Martha Conneely. The planning of the WSPC will come to fruition this weekend at Wethersfield High School, when they will host “Wethersfield Walks in Honor of Newtown: Cultivating Solutions Within our Community.” All of the day’s proceeds will be donated to Wethersfield Public Schools to fund professional development opportunities for staff and district-wide programming dedicated to the development of healthy children, community connectedness and safety.
The decision as to how to use the funds raised by the event was arrived at after the WSPC consulted Wethersfield Superintendent of Schools Michael Emmitt and other school officials. The planned professional development will help staff to identify students who are struggling with mental health issues before they reach their breaking point. Then special intervention programs will help students by promoting positive connections with their schools and their community. “A lot of times those services kind of fall by the wayside when you have budget reductions,” said Conneely. The Wethersfield Schools Parent Council will present “Wethersfield Walks in Honor of Newtown: Cultivating Solutions Within Our Community” this Sunday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to noon at Wethersfield High School. An opening ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. at the school’s track, where walkers can begin their one-mile or 5K walk anytime between 9 a.m. and noon. Donations can be dropped off at the registration table or mailed in an envelope marked “Wethersfield Walks” to Wethersfield Walks, 12 Fairmont St., Wethersfield, CT 06109. For further information, to receive a pledge sheet, or get sponsorship information contact Barbara Bellas and Martha Conneely at WethersfieldWalks@gmail.com.
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Golf tourney benefits HSC’s adaptive sports camp By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Teeing off at the Wethersfield Country Club Monday was former tennis world champion Ivan Lendl, who partnered with New Britain’s Hospital for Special Care to help children living with disabilities experience sports. It was the 18th year of the annual tournament, which raises money for families to attend HSC’s Ivan Lendl Adaptive Sports Camp. For five days during the second week of August, the camp,
held at St. Joseph College, gives wheelchair-bound kids aged 6 to 19 the opportunity to play tennis, basketball, soccer and rugby, in addition to other team and individual sports. “We developed this fundraiser to provide free tuition for the 40 kids who participate,” explained Lyn Ricci, HSC senior vice president and chief operating officer. “The families love it,” she added. “Our biggest quest is to get it year round.” It costs $150 for each child to attend the camp for only one day.
But that’s only a tiny fraction of what it costs for them to actually engage in activities, which they can only do with the help of specially-designed wheelchairs that run their families upward of $3,000. Lendl, who currently resides in Florida but also has a home in Goshen, serves as a camp counselor. “I enjoy seeing the kids having fun and enjoying sports,” he said Monday. Janet Connolly, the hospital’s sports & community programs
manager, facilitates camp programs with the help of a volunteer staff and a team of Paralympic coaches who can understand the kids’ challenges because they are wheelchair-bound themselves. “Once their appetite has been wet, they don’t ever want to leave,” Connolly said, adding, “It’s a way for parents to give their child the unique opportunity they are certainly deserving of.” For Jonathan Slifka, whose parents founded the camp in 1991 after they saw the positive effect sports had on their son, camp is
his favorite week of the year. “Just to be involved with those kids every year, when you get to see it firsthand, there’s no greater feeling,” explained Slifka, who was born with spina bifida and now serves as a camp counselor. About 130 golfers played in the tournament and about 25 more attended dinner, helping to meet the hospital’s $120,000 fundraising goal. Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or eschmitt@newbritainherald.com.
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over 160 people. She and her husband even made their own tomato sauce, Granfield pointed out. Emerson-Williams President Martin Malicki was presented an award by co-president Paula Heinzmann. “He contributes his time to essential details without acknowledgement or credit,” she said, adding, “He takes initiative on important tasks others don’t have time for.” Hamner PTO Chair Kim Wolfe presented the award to Co-chair Melissa Hart, who also
happens to serve as PTO copresident at Silas Deane Middle School. “Despite having four children, Melissa planned and organized Hamner night at the Connecticut Whale; she has brought us unified sports … it’s special to me and I know, her,” said a teary-eyed Wolfe. Highcrest PTO President Leslie Esoian spoke on behalf of co-president Andrea Aglieco. They met when their two sons started kindergarten together in 2008 and have been friends ever since.
“She willingly and selflessly gives of her time — not only for her children, but for all children at Highcrest,” Esoian told the crowd. Webb recognized PTO Co-President Paula Buonopane, who chaired many school events including ice-skating, bingo night and movie nights. Buonopane also happens to be troop leader for both her daughters’ Girl Scout Troops and a tutor at Hanmer Elementary. The parent who introduced the Prime Time Reading Program to Webb Elementary, Lisa Stefano was chosen as Silas Deane Middle
School’s awardee. Despite her full-time job at The Hartford and even when her three kids were in three separate schools, that didn’t stop Stefano from volunteering at each. “We do this because we love our families and we love our community,” Stefano said, acknowledging her fellow volunteers and encouraging the younger parents to stay involved as their kids get older. Wethersfield High School’s awardee was Heather Ramsey Gingrave, who organized the fall festival attended by more than 1,500 people. She also hosted at her place of work the WHS Sparkle Squad, which brings together typical and developmentally-challenged students to cheer for the football and basketball teams. Mayor Donna Hemmann’s words for all of the school hon-
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Parents and school officials gathered Wednesday at the Wethersfield Schools Parent Council’s 16th Annual Volunteer Recognition Awards.
orees were, “Volunteers are the lifeblood of the community and we’re grateful for your work.” Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or eschmitt@newbritainherald.com.
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At left, a table of foods brought by members of the Wethersfield Library’s Time to Talk program’s annual pot luck dinner. Everyone brought dishes representing their respective nationalities. At right, from left, Diana Chavez, from Peru, Quili and her daughter Coco, who came from the same part of China as Yanna Li, at right.
The two are now good friends. For those who have become too advanced for the Time To Talk group, there’s another group that meets with town resident Jeanine Berasi to build upon their learning. “Some of the younger professionals were stronger in English and needed more of a challenge,” Berasi said, adding, “We focus on current events. We bring in a newspaper article and discuss it along with the vocabulary and idioms.” They’ve used stories about gun control, women’s rights and other controversial issues. Rocío Incorvati, a Peruvian native
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Consistency is something that has defined the Wethersfield boys golf team this season. The Eagles have been consistently shooting in the 160s and giving themselves a chance to win, despite playing in a tough CCC North Division that includes state powers Glastonbury and East Catholic. “Glastonbury is very good, and East Catholic is always good,” Wethersfield coach Brendan Hallisey said during a May 9 match at Berlin’s Timberlin Golf Club against Berlin and Bristol Eastern. The Eagles started the season with losses to Fermi (Enfield) and East Catholic, then won five straight matches before a loss to Glastonbury and a 162-162 tie against East Catholic. Wethersfield hit a bump in the road in the May 9 match at Timberlin when it shot a season-high 175 in a loss to host Berlin, which had a season-low 153. The Eagles did beat Bristol Eastern, who had a 189. Hallisey said was pleased with what he has seen from his team this season. “It’s going pretty good,” Hallisey said as the players finished up at Timberlin. “We’ve been playing steady golf.” The Eagles graduated just one player from last season’s team. The lineup has consisted of five juniors and two sophomores.
“We’ve had four different players have the best score,” Hallisey said. “We are a very balanced team, no seniors.” In the match against Berlin and Bristol Eastern, Ben Goldman had the best score with a 4-over-par 40. Will DelMastro followed with a 43 while teammates Jack Murphy and Sam Baldwin each had a 46. Pat Murphy was just outside of the top four with a 47. Goldman, DelMastro, Jack Murphy and Pat Murphy have each had Wethersfield’s lowest score during at least one match this season. Jack and Pat Murphy each had a 40 during a 168-195 victory over South Windsor on April 22. Each of those four players has either been medalist or shared medalist honors at least once this season. DelMastro, Jack Murphy and Goldman had each done it twice. Through 11 matches (May 9), Wethersfield had a record of 6-4-1 and had only shot 170 over higher twice. With just one graduation, the Eagles are looking to be even better than they were last season. “Just improve over last season and become more consistent as a team,” Hallisey said. Even with plenty of tough competition left in the regular season, the goal for the Eagles is to get better and better. Given the consistent start to the season, there’s a chance Wethersfield could play even better golf.
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LAWN AND GARDEN MAINTENANCE PREMIER PROPERTy MAINTENANCE is offering Newington residents one free lawn cutting when you sign up for weekly lawn cutting service. Other services include seasonal clean-ups, mulching, rototilling, organic fertilizing, etc. Free quotes over the phone or email. Dependable owner does the work. Fully insured. Call Mike 860205-8761. Premierproperty@cox.net
PLUMBING POSITANO PLUMBING, INC. 31 years of serving Bristol and the surrounding areas. Specializing in all repairs. Plumbing & heating. Water heater replacement, boiler replacement. CT Lic #202691, 308931. For the best repair work in the area, please call: 860-584-0012, 186 West St., Bristol. ELI THE PLUMBER All Plumbing Services Bathrooms & Kitchens Remodeled. Toilets, sinks, hot water, garbage disposals. Will respond to all calls. Licensed & Insured. 860-548-0331. 10% Discount with this Ad REMODELING FULL SERVICE REMODELING Windows, bathrooms and kitchens. All
interior and exterior home or business remodeling and handyman service. You name it - I’ve done it! Excellent references and competitive rates with over 10 years experience. BBB Accredited. Call Mike 860-690-6505 or Kris 860-348-076 today for your free estimate. Fully insured and licensed. Lic #565969.
ROOFING LA RICH, LLC - Master Elite Roofing Contractor with over 500 satisfied customers. Our workmanship is warranteed for 20 years by shingle manufacturer. Best warranty in writing. “Quality you can count on for years.” We do roof repairs, vinyl siding, windows, seamless gutters. Honest, competitive pricing. No hidden costs. Free estimates. Fully insured. Written warranties. Clean and courteous installers. CT Lic #565709. GAFELK ME #11852. 860-622-9800 or 860-747-4427. www.larichroofing.com TREE SERVICE TOTAL TREE SERVICE & LANDSCAPING, LLC - Fall Cleanup & Lawn Maintenenace. Commerical & Residential. 75 ft. bucket truck. Chipper, firewood, land clearing, stump grinding, tree removal. Registration #608808. Fully insured. 860-529-8389 or 860-538-0980.
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