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SE RV I N G RO C KY H I L L Friday, September 21, 2012

Marriage history

Exhibit looks at evolution of wedding dresses, ceremonies, more in town

By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

Quish Zilinski was planning her own wedding last year, she decided to look for some dress inspiration in the society’s artifact collection, but was surprised to unearth a variety of gowns spanning the town’s entire history. This discovery served as the inspiration for the new exhibit, which drew in about 100 visitors on opening day last week.

“We wanted to represent

From namesakes of town landmarks and high-profile residents of late 19th-century Old Wethersfield, to those who donned the puffy 1980s sleeves, a new exhibit inside the Keeney Memorial Center reflects all eras and styles of Wethersfield nuptials.

“Wethersfield Weddings: Tying See EXHIBIT, Page 3 the Knott” just opened and will be on exhibit until March 2013, Volume 53, No. 33 50 Cents featuring 19 wedding gowns, a vintage Louis Vuitton trousseau and a receipt from a $110 gown purchased in the 1950s at G. Fox. When Wethersfield Historical Society Administrator and The exhibit, Wethersfield Weddings: Tying the Knot, which looks at the history and evolution of style relating to Collections Manager Rachel weddings in town, is on display through March 2013 at the Keeney Memorial Center.

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Council votes to establish trust fund for retirees, Page 4 Roaring Thunder Ride raises more than $5K for Speical Olympics, Page 5 Elementary, middle school students to learn financial responsibility, Page 2

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Elementary, middle school students to learn finance

Upcoming Junior Achievement program aims to lay foundation for financial understanding

making money what you do with that money,” explained Alyssa Griswold, program and development manFor the second year in a row, kids ager with Junior Achievement of from ages 6 to 13 in town will have Southwest New England, Inc. the chance to learn how to balance a budget and manage their finances.

What finances does a kindergartener have, you ask? Well, maybe none yet.

But Junior Achievement, an international nonprofit, has created age-appropriate curriculum for classroom use that parents and community members will be employing this October during a series of school workshop days.

The Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce will kick-off this program Oct. 12 in Silas Deane Middle School, where the seventh grade will be learning about credit cards, budgeting, insurance and making smart The day,which consists of five,onemoney choices.

“We will talk about everything hour sessions, will include interactive from finding a career that matches discussions, fun games and handsthe things you value and are good on activities focused on character at and if you have a career and are building and civics, entrepreneurship,

By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

Last year the organization brought these programs to more than 35,000 students in the state — outside of Fairfield County, which has its own program.

workforce readiness, business, economics, personal finance and career opportunities.

Although Junior Achievement starts its programs at the kindergarten level, they are not designed to foster miniature millionaires, as some suspect.

“It sounds crazy to be talking about it with that age level, but the purpose of our program isn’t to make little financial experts running round, it’s about laying a foundation,” explained Griswold, a Wethersfield resident.

Since they helped bring Junior Achievement to Wethersfield last year, the chamber is soliciting help from volunteers this year: parents, business owners, or any other community members interested in making a difference. All volunteers are trained beforehand and use a nationally-established curriculum to guide lessons, adding their own realworld experiences to help students make connections between education and success.

“It’s so much fun,” said Ellyn Laramie, the chamber’s executive director, who was assigned to a classroom at the middle school last year, where she talked with students about

how to develop their own businesses.

“Except we brought it down to their level, discussing how to start something like a school function,” Laramie added.

Last year, the organization brought these programs to more than 35,000 students in the state — outside of Fairfield County, which has its own program.

Charles Wright Elementary will welcome their “JA in a Day” Oct. 23, while fifth- and sixth-graders at Hamner School will be introduced for the first time later in the month.

Highcrest Elementary has decided to provide its sixth-graders with a unique opportunity — weekly classes throughout the 2012-13 school year that supplement traditional curriculum, with a focus on career readiness.

“It’s starting to really catch on in Wethersfield and I’m hoping principals, teachers and students are really seeing the value and enjoying it,”Griswold said.

Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or eschmitt@ newbritainherald.com.

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Exhibit looks at evolution in style of weddings Continued from Page 1

From the Wetzel-Wands wedding a “chuppah” — which couples in Jewish weddings marry beneath, based on 18th century embroidery. The ceremony was held in the Webb Garden.

to be an expense for your hus- Village Improvement Society and Historical Society. band,� Zilinski explained.

Zilinski is still requesting the The male presence is representpublic’s help in donating wedding photos, to be scanned and placed in the exhibit’s photo book. “It’s a way to engage the community and really brings you in to know this is your historical society and your story should be told,� she explained.

Anyone interested in lending an item to “Wethersfield Weddings: Tying the Knott� can call (860) 529-7656. The exhibit will be on display through RACHEL QUISH ZILINSKI March on the second floor of Wethersfield Historical Society adminthe Keeney Memorial Cultural istrator and collections manager Center at 200 Main St. ed by one piece in the exhibit — a waist coat worn by Gerald Butler Erica Schmitt can be reached at Standish, a notable resident who (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or co-founded both the Wethersfield eschmitt@newbritainherald.com.

“A lot of these dresses would be passed down generation to generation; there’s a lot of motherdaughter connections with these gowns.�

Above, beside this unique gown is a trosseau, which was sort of a brideÂ’s dowry, filled with household items collected during childhood to bring into a marriage. Below, the various invitations, menus and other paper goods featured in the exhibit, keepsakes of Wethersfield residents.

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Zilinski said of the collection, which over the planning stages grew to include wedding invitations, menus and photographs donated by town residents young and old.

While modern marriage ceremonies have become affairs so outrageously extravagant that the planning process sometimes divides couples, it used to be a simple occasion.

One week beforehand, invitations were mailed out to only immediate family and one or two friends, ceremonies were held in a home’s front parlor, and brides wore their “best dress� — a gown of any color saved for special occasions. “A lot of these dresses would be passed down generation to generation; there’s a lot of mother-daughter connections with these gowns,� Zilinski explained.

It wasn’t until the late 19th century that the customary white dress emerged, with Queen Victoria setting the trend in her 1840 marriage to Prince Albert.

Then in 1924, Marshall Fields department store started the wedding registry and by the mid-20th century, the wedding industry had emerged with Hartford stores Sage Allen and G. Fox proving popular destinations for brides-to-be.

In the 1960s and ‘70s the sexual revolution brought a sense of independence to female culture and with diminished social and economic pressure, women could marry how and when they wanted.

The Historical Society’s exhibit spans all of these periods — from 1837 to 1967 — with gowns resembling lace table runners to those with such tightly-pulled corsets they seem fit for a doll.

A late 19th century resident of 120 Hartford Avenue, Wethersfield, Mary Strong chose a piece unique for any time, not just her 1880 ceremony.

Made of blue-striped silk tissue, it hangs beside Strong’s Louis Vuitton trousseau, a trunk that was later referred to as a “hope chest.�

Filled with textiles, clothing and household goods that girls gathered from an early age, it basically served as a bride’s dowry. “Initially these things were not

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Council votes to establish trust CCHD: Improperly packed lunches can lead fund for town, BOE retirees the best way to use it in the fund,” explained Town Manager Jeff Bridges, one of several town officials who will serve as a trustee, along with the mayor, superintendent of schools, finance director, the Budget and Finance Committee, and a handful of citizens.

The group will work together to develop a funding methodology, create an investment policy, and manage the fund, which both the town and employees will make contributions to.

“This is a crucial element to the long-term fiscal management of the town,” Bridges added. “It provides transparency into what our obligations are.”

Also, when bond rating agencies evaluate Wethersfield, this system will better fit review criteria. Without establishing the fund, the town’s liabilities would continue to grow exponentially and the town could risk losing its Aa2 bond rating.

A town’s bond rating is essential in determining its debt burden and can mean the difference between whether or not a bond is refunded.

Wethersfield’s current Aa2 rating signifies a solid financial position. This step will guarantee it stays that way.

By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

Forget trust fund babies, we’re talking trust fund senior citizens.

Town and Board of Education retirees, and those working their way toward retirement, will now receive pension and insurance benefits through an Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund the Town Council voted to establish at their meeting earlier this week.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board forced town governments to learn the actuarial costs of their retiree health care and OPEBs, which provoked the town to conduct a valuation.

This process indicated its liability for over $65 million based on its current agreement with town employees — including existing and future retirees. Therefore, officials determined a new funding plan needed to be developed in order to comply with GASB 45.

The town employees covered by this fund include all of Town Hall, the Public Works Department, police, library staff, Board of Education and school administration.

“We’ve been accumulating dollars for several years, and we will determine how to use this seed money to reach our annual required contribution Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, level, by analyzing what we have and determining ext. 210, or eschmitt@newbritainherald.com.

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Roaring Thunder Ride raises over $5K for Special Olympics

By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

The seventh annual Roaring Thunder Motorcycle Ride raised more than $5,400 for the Wethersfield Special Olympics. More than 180 people participated by riding and by attending the barbecue at Lucky Lou s after the ride.

and everybody really enjoyed hanging out for the day and supporting the cause,” Morrison added.

Those interested in joining Wethersfield’s Special Olympics programs can register with the Parks and Recreation Department at wethersfieldct.com.

Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or eschmitt@newbritainherald.com.

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Wethersfield’s Special Olympics program will see its biggest donation yet after $5400 was raised at the town’s 7th Annual Roaring Thunder Motorcycle Ride Sunday.

More than 180 people participated — some on bikes and others simply through attending the barbecue lunch at Lucky Lou’s that followed the ride, which began at Gengras Harley Davidson in East Hartford.

This year’s ride raised the most money of any in the event’s sevenyear history.

Wethersfield is unique in having its own Special Olympics program, which provides about 60 athletes year-round sports opportunities in basketball, bowling, snowshoeing, soccer, track and field, golf, even bocce and croquet.

The ride raises money for all of these programs, including costs for registration, equipment and uniforms.

Special Olympics can be quite costly for families, especially if athletes qualify for Nationals, which calls for traveling expenses too.

“We actually had four of our athletes in attendance this year,” explained Therapeutic Recreation Supervisor Natalie Morrison, who oversees the event with the help of a committee of athletes’ parents and other volunteers, including Patti Downes, Kathy and Chrissy Nemicas, Patti Silva, and Karen and Eric Chellstorp, whose 25-year-old son Robert rode with his dad Sunday.

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Walk-a-thon benefits Loretta’s Dream Foundation

Foundation $5K closer to goal of a pavilion in Mill Woods Park to memorialize breast cancer victim

By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER

A walk on the Wethersfield High School track and through Wintergreen Woods this past weekend accomplished much more than just burning a few calories.

The family, friends and former classmates of late Wethersfield resident Loretta Nakos Pemble are almost halfway to reaching their dream. Actually, it’s the dream of their beloved Loretta, who passed away of breast cancer in 2005 at the age of 34.

Before she died, she asked her family to do something in her memory, in her town, in her honor, that friends and family could remember her by. Upon her passing, they translated her last request into a plan.

As s landscape-architect, Loretta loved the outdoors.That’s why they decided to raise money to erect a pavilion in Mill Woods Park in the

name of Loretta. The cost of this is thinking of a dinner and/or golf project was estimated at between outing to help raise the remainder of the funding. $60,000 and $80,000.

“We are almost half-way to the estimated $ 60,000 - $ 80,000 figure,” he said, adding, “Loretta must be smiling and be happy, indeed.”

Nakos also spoke of how grateful he was to have so many supporters in town. Friend and former classmate Barbara Bellas coordinated Sunday’s walk-a-thon, with the help of Foundation members Mike Buonopane, Bill and Joan GEORGE NAKOS Haines, Bobby Tabshey, Christine Father of Loretta Nakos Pemble’s Sommers, George Nakos Jr., Just this past weekend, the foun- Priscilla and Peter Kokinis, Dawn dation hosted its biggest fundraiser Wynkoop, Apostol Laske and yet — a walk-a-thon that raised Barbara’s brother Joe. He also extended thanks out to almost $5,000.

This brought the grand total to his wife Donna Nakos,Wethersfield $30,000 and two more fundraisers Parks and Recreation staff members later this year may just make it pos- Kathy Bagley and Marty Sietler, sible for construction to begin in WHS Board of Education and school management and staff, and spring or summer of 2013.

George Nakos, Loretta’s father, local business contributors.

“We are almost halfway to the estimated $ 60,000 - $ 80,000 figure. Loretta must be smiling and be happy, indeed.”

Late Wethersfield resident Loretta Nakos Pemble, passed away of breast cancer in 2005 at the age of 34. Loretta s Dream Foundation was established to build a pavillion in Mill Woods Park in her honor.

If you would like to volunteer to be a part of Loretta’s Dream Foundation, call George Nakos, president, at (860) 529-2939.

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As demand grows, area food pantries struggle to feed hungry

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that providing food and clothing to those who need it during this down economy has been a balancing act.

“Funds have been cut drastically,” she says. “Families who used to be donors [to the food program] are now clients. The needs have never been greater.”

The pantry, a nonprofit outreach agency, provides food, energy assistance, clothing, crisis intervention and referral services to individuals in need.

Woerz says from January 2011 to January 2012 the pantry has experienced a 55 percent increase in new households being served.She cites the increase in unemployment as well as people running out of unemployment benefits. In the past year, the pantry took a $49,000 cut in funding. It’s now is trying to regain this amount through grants and fund-raisers.This October, the pantry is sponsoring a fundraising dinner-dance.

“In 2008, we gave out 68,000 pounds of food,” Woerz says. “In 2011, we gave out 117,000.”

Woerz says the usual summer slowdown didn’t happen this year. In Plainville, as in other communities, there was an increase in demand.

Since some food drives are run by schools while school was out, that source of food service dried up.Then, too,with kids not eating breakfast and lunch at school, families experienced greater financial strain.

“The community,though,has been supportive,” Woerz says. “In 2011, 75 percent of monetary and food donations were local — which was amazing.But,we’rescramblingtokeep our programs running. Everybody we talk to is facing some kind of budget problem. I’ve been here 23 years and I’ve never seen it like this.”

Woerz says the pantry needs soap, paper goods and children’s cereal.

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These days, Mary Sanders, executive director of the center, welcomes just about any Greek bearing gifts, especially if they help feed the growing number of families who rely on the center for their meals. On some days the center serves as many as 70 families.

“Fridays we get our big crowds,” Sanders said.“People worry about the weekend.”

Sanders says staples are always in demand — pasta, beans, canned vegetables, fruits, powdered milk — any non-perishables: peanut butter, canned tuna fish.

Regional food banks are no longer receiving government surplus.

“Deliveries have been scaled back,” says Sanders. State and federal funds have been slashed from previous years.

“We just got a letter from the Department of Social Services saying we were being cut another $50,000,” Sanders says.

Last year, DSS gave the center an operating grant of $117,000.

As of Oct. 1, the center will receive $67,000.

Gwen Valencis, community development associate of the New Britain-Berlin YMCA, says the food pantries in New Britain “are in a dire state. Funding cuts have crippled the pantries’ ability to serve the public.

I hear more funding cuts are on the horizon.”

Valencis, who acts in a community outreach capacity for the Y, says the Spanish Speaking Center on Cedar Street has bare cupboards more often than not.

“All seven pantries in town are struggling,” she says. “[On Tuesday] one [food pantry] only had tuna fish on its shelves.”

Sanders says people often visit two or more pantries, but it’s still not enough to feed a family of four for a week. Families are allowed to visit most food pantries one day a month.

“Politicians tell us the churches should be donating food,” Sanders says. “But, the churches themselves are overwhelmed; some run pantries for their own congregations.”

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State’s economic picture grim as job losses reappear

By KEITH M. PHANEUF ©CONNECTICUTMIRROR

After hitting its lowest point this past spring since emerging from the the recent recession, the state’s economy might need until 2018 to recover all of the jobs it lost, the University of Connecticut is reporting today in its latest quarterly journal.

“At the current rate it will take nearly six more years to recover all the jobs lost in the last recession.

And we may not be even that lucky,” states the introduction to The Connecticut Economy’s Fall 2012 issue. “Economists expect tepid ... growth as far as the eye can see, which would translate into exceedingly sluggish job gains in coming quarters.”

Connecticut lost 4,000 jobs between April and June, representing 1/10th of all jobs it has recovered to date, as the growth in the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) -- the value of all goods and services produced -- slowed to just 1.7 percent.

“With growth so slow we shouldn’t have expected much in the way of new Connecticut jobs,”wrote economist Steven P. Lanza, executive editor of the journal.

The Nutmeg State lost nearly 120,000 jobs during what many economists have argued was the worst economic downturn since The Great Depression of the 1930s. And it had regained only one-third of those lost jobs, about 40,000, until it lost more ground during the second quarter of this year.

Government job losses Connecticut’s second-quarter job losses stem, in part, from local, state and federal governments’ curbing employment to control budgets and taxes. “The real impediment to recovery has been the absence of public-sector support for a convalescing economy, particularly nationally,” Lanza wrote in the report, released Monday morning.

Connecticut’s private-sector job recovery was outpacing its return from the recession of 2001-2003

until this past quarter, he added.

Two traditionally seasonal sectors of the economy also played a role in the second-quarter job numbers. Construction and retail trade both normally accelerate around April, but given the mild weather Connecticut experienced last winter, any gains from those sectors may have come early, in the first quarter of the year.

Further complicating matters, “neither households nor businesses have much appetite for spending,” Lanza wrote.

The consensus of nearly 50 economists polled by the Wall Street Journal projected national GDP growth will rise to 2.7 percent, but not until the end of next year. “But even that is an atypically slow pace of recovery,” Lanza added.

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Officials concerned: State on track for 46.5% obesity by 2030 Growing crisis will drive up medical costs drastically, officials say

By GRACE MERRITT CONNECTICUTMIRROR

If Connecticut remains on its current trajectory, 46.5 percent of adults in the state will be obese by the year 2030, according to a national report released today.

As the same time, hundreds of thousands of adults will develop diabetes,cancer,high blood pressure and other obesity-related diseases.

This will drive up Connecticut health costs by 15.7 percent, the 22nd highest increase in the country, according to the report, called “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2012.”

The report, released Tuesday, predicts that if Connecticut continues on its current track, by 2030 obesity could contribute to: ■ 1,014,057 new cases of coronary heart disease and stroke; ■ 412,641 new cases of type 2 diabetes; ■ 941,046 new cases of hypertension; ■ 597,155 new cases of arthritis; and

■ 147,883 new cases of obesityrelated cancer in Connecticut.

“The burden will be unbelievable on the health care system and on the employer trying to cover this and on the individual trying to seek health care,”said Christine Greene, a Hartford Hospital spokeswoman on nutritional issues. “But nobody wants to talk about it.”

There is some good news.

If these adults lost just 5 percent of their body mass index by 2030, it would prevent many of these diseases and save $7.3 billion in health care costs in Connecticut, according to the report put out annually by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For a 6-foot-tall man who weighs 200 pounds, that would mean losing 10 pounds.

“We know what to do. We just need to do it,” said Dwayne Proctor, director of childhood obesity programs for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Currently, about one in four adults in Connecticut is obese, according to 2011 data from the

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Still, Connecticut’s current obesity rate of 24.5 percent is relatively low compared with that in other states, ranking 41st out of 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Mississippi had the highest obesity rate, at 34.9 percent, while Colorado had the lowest, at 20.7 percent.

“Sure, Connecticut’s doing better than the nation, but the nation’s not doing well,” Proctor said. “Every state now has over 20 percent obesity rates.”

The state Department of Public Health reports that adults with lower household incomes continue to have the highest overall obesity rates.

Greene said she is particularly concerned about obesity in children, some of whom are on track to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.

“There are 7- and 8-year-olds out there that weigh 120, 130 pounds,” she said.

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obesity epidemic is complex and inter-related. Over time, studies show that portion sizes offered have become much larger than in the past, and foods with the least nutritional value have become more affordable. In addition, there is a more sedentary lifestyle in many areas, Proctor said.

In many places there are fewer sidewalks, discouraging people from walking or biking in busy streets. There are also fewer parks and open areas for recreation, and some communities are not safe, so children stay inside, he said.

The report recommends investing in obesity prevention programs and policies to address the epidemic.

In Connecticut, the state Department of Public Health is working with other state agencies, local health departments, community leaders and residents to launch and support statewide obesity reduction effort. Last year, the department won funding through the Affordable Care Act to transform five Connecticut counties by building infrastructure to increase physical activity and

improve access to healthy foods, department spokesman William Gerrish said.

The report suggests fully implementing standards for school meals and updating nutrition standards for snacks and drinks in school.

It also suggests making physical education and physical activity a priority in school and supports nutrition in federal food programs.

It also encourages people to make full use of preventative health care services.

There is reason for optimism.

Many states are setting up fresh food financing initiatives to help public and private concerns secure supermarkets and healthy food markets in “food deserts,” Proctor said.

In some areas, such as Massachusetts, New York City, California, Philadelphia and even Mississippi, childhood obesity has gone down, Proctor 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.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS Rachel Anne Godbout of Wethersfield was a recipient of the Dean’s Award for academic excellence in the spring term of their senior year at Colgate University. To be eligible for the Dean’s Award, a Colgate student must achieve a 3.30 or higher average while enrolled in four courses. Godbout is a graduate of Northwest Catholic High School. At Colgate, Godbout concentrated in Molecular Biology and Asian Studies.

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The following area residents were among 150 students in Providence College’s Class of 2016 who spent their first days of college participating in the College’s 22nd annual Urban Action program Aug. 26 and Aug. 27: Tegan Crean of Wethersfield, and Stephen Kozak of Rocky Hill. The freshmen, along with 25 upperclassmen leaders, volunteered at an historic park in Providence, and at sites in Kent and Newport counties in Rhode Island.

The following students graduated from the University of New Haven in August: Tyler Prado of Wethersfield received a B.A. in Liberal Studies, and Anne Brady of Wethersfield received a B.S. in Criminal Justice.

Kevin Clements of Rocky Hill received a Masters in Public Administration from the University of New Haven, Aug. 25.

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She attended the University of Massachusetts and graduated from the Chamberlain School in Boston. In 1941 she married Frederick J. Watson, who predeceased her 29 years ago. They were married for 42 years. She lived in Wethersfield, Conn., for 30 years, where she was a banker at Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. She was also a member of the Wethersfield United Methodist Church, the Methodist Women’s Society, the CBT Alumni Club and NAF of YMCA Retirees.

Jerry is survived by four children, a daughter, Carol Copithorne (Ken) of Amelia

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Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum set for Witches and Tombstones Tours Annual tour details town’s macabre past The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield will offer an up-close and creepy examination of all things macabre during its annual Witches and Tombstones Tours on two weekends, Oct. 20 and 21 and Oct. 27 and 28.

Saturday tours leave from the Webb-DeaneStevens Museum at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday tours leave the Museum at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per person.

Tour numbers are limited and reservations are strongly recommended. The one-and-a-half hour tours begin with tales from the notorious Wethersfield Witch Trials — which preceded the Salem Witch Trials by 30 years — in the Buttolph-Williams House, home to the characters portrayed in the Newbery award-winning book, “The Witch of Blackbird Pond,” by Elizabeth George Speare.

In the 1660s a number of Wethersfield women, and at least one man, were accused of

witchcraft during a four-year inquisition that included several executions.

The second stop on the tour is the Wethersfield Ancient Burying Ground, where, among other gruesome details, visitors will hear details of Connecticut’s first mass murder and learn how gravestones warned the living of their own impending peril.

Back at the Isaac Stevens House, visitors will step back in time and view a room fully prepared for a wake, replete with coffin, draped windows and mirrors.

Guides will explain 19th-century mourning practices, how illnesses were treated in the Isaac Stevens House, and discuss how the living dealt with fears of being buried alive.

For reservations, call (860) 529-0612, ext.

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WETHERSFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR WETHERSFIELD ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS FALL SCHEDULE: Wethersfield Academy for the Arts announces its Fall 2012 schedule of Atelier Classes and StudioArts Workshops. At the Academy, the skills and ideas from the classical world of the Italian Renaissance and today’s professional artists are passed on to serious students and art enthusiasts. The Atelier Program will include Drawing & Painting the Portrait, Introduction to Atelier, will be taught by Sandra Wakeen. Atelier Basic Drawing is where the principals of composition, perspective, light and shade, etc. will be taught

by Doug Gillette. There will also be a Atelier Teen Portfolio Development taught by Jack Montmeat. All classes are six-week sessions. The very popular Youth Program continues with Nick Frasco and is available twice a week. The workshops this fall begins with Gaining Control of Watercolor II by Jeremiah Patterson Sept. 21-23; Still Life and the Business of Art by Qiang Huang Oct. 24-26; and The Figure in Pastels by Margaret Dyer, Nov. 1-3. For more details, visit wethersfieldarts.org For a brochure: 860-436-9857 or info@ wethersfieldarts.org INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE PARTY: International folk dance party where Rakiya will play dance music from the Balkans, including Roma music. Join us for a high energy evening! Come to Always on Sunday, Sept. 23, from 7 to 10 p.m.

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Always on Sunday International Folk Dance — dance to the world’s music every Sunday. No partner or experience needed. Warm-up and beginner instruction from 7 to 8 p.m., general dancing until 10 p.m. Wear comfortable, clean-soled shoes.

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COTTONE BOYS REUNION: There will be weekend reunion honoring the memory of former Bulkeley High ’34 athlete and Wethersfield High Football Coach (1958 to 1973) Joe Cottone Sept. 28 with a tailgate get together at Wethersfield High from 4 to 6:30 p.m. before the 7 p.m. game with Fermi High. A catered barbeque and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided at a cost of $20 per person.

On Saturday, Sept. 29 there will be a dinner at the Wethersfield Country Club with a cash bar Social Hour from 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m., followed by a slide show presentation of the years of Joe’s coaching career. A History of the Cottone Years of Wethersfield Football will be available to all attendees. Cost for the dinner is $30. Mailings have been sent out, but we haven’t got contact info on a lot of you, so pass the word. For more detailed information, email oldtown82@aol.com and

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14th ANNUAL MIKEY’S PLACE 5K FAMILY RUN, WALK & ROLL: On Sunday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. the 14th Annual Mikey’s Place 5K Family Run, Walk & Roll will take place to benefit the preservation of the wheelchair accessible playground built in memory of Michael James Daversa. Mikey passed away just before his third birthday from the neuromuscular disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. In the Fall of 2000, hundreds of community volunteers united to help the Daversa/Huffman families construct the 25,000 square foot playground designed for children of all abilities. This year’s participants will be helping to continue a scholarship fund with Wethersfield’s Dollars for Scholars program which was created in 2003. A portion of the proceeds will also be helping to create Loretta’s Dream, a pavilion to be located in Mill Woods Park, in memory of Loretta Nakos Pemble.

Loretta passed away at the age of 34 from breast cancer. She was a 1989 graduate of Wethersfield High School. For more information about Loretta’s Dream, visit: www. lorettas-dream.org. All individuals (men, women AND children!) are invited to participate in this wonderful community event. The Run, Walk and Roll will begin at Mikey’s Place on Garden Street in Old Wethersfield. It is a flat course suitable for wheelchair participants. There is an entry fee, however, runners and walkers are being asked to take pledges. The entry fee is waived for any entrant who raises a minimum of $15 in pledges. Registration will take place from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Hanmer School Gym. There will be division awards and a professional timing service will be on hand to record times at the finish line.If you would like to volunteer to help on the day of the race or to obtain a pledge form, contact the Daversa family at (860) 529-2711. Pledge forms are also available at Village Pizza, Premier Cleaners, Shop-Rite Hardware, The Run In, Mikey’s Place and in The Rare Reminder as well as via Facebook – search for Mikey’s Place.

ENERGY FAIR: Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Purchase energy efficient lighting and save money with discounted prices at the Dutch Point Credit Union, 195 Silas Deane Hwy. No registration required. Shred Day, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon, Dutch Point Credit Union will host a free Shred Day at its Wethersfield Branch. Bring up to five file sized boxes of papers for free, confidential and secure shredding. Shred Day will take place rain or shine. This is a community event. No registration is required. Credit Reporting Basics Seminar, Oct. 23, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dutch Point Credit Union will host a free Credit Reporting Seminar at the Wethersfield Branch. Preregister at (860) 563-2617 ext. 266 or http://www.dutchpoint.org/dutchpoint/Events.asp

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WETHERSFIELD CALENDAR Continued from Page 12 WEIGHT WATCHERS LOSE FOR GOOD FOOD DRIVE: Weight Watchers will host its fifth annual Lose For Good campaign through Oct. 20. Over the last four years, as its members have shed pounds, Weight Watchers® has donated $4 million to its charitable partners, Share Our Strength® and Action Against Hunger, to help fight hunger here and around the world. Again this year, its goal is to donate $1 million to these life-saving organizations. On a local level, Weight Watchers meeting room members have donated over 5.6 million pounds of food, during the past five Lose For Good campaigns, to help fight hunger in their own communities. This year, as part of the Lose For Good campaign, Weight Watchers will hold a one-day food drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the Sept. 15 LFG Open House, 26 Fenn Road, to benefit the Connecticut Food Bank. Join om for this very special one-day-only offer with prizes, refreshments, recipes and more. Remember to bring a nonperishable item to donate. If you have ever wanted to find out more about Weight Watchers and contribute to an important community service organization like the CT Foodbank, there has never been a better time to come in. To get more information on how to get involved, visit www.weightwatchers.com/losefor good.

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“CHERISH OUR CHILDREN WALK” IN NEWINGTON: On Sunday, Sept. 30, all Connecticut residents are invited to participate in an event that offers parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends the chance to stand together and remember the babies and children of all ages whom they love and have lost. The 12th “Cherish Our Children Walk” will be held rain or shine, starting at Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave. Registration will begin at noon, and the walk will begin at 1 p.m. The “Cherish Our Children Walk” is sponsored by the Duksa family and staff at Newington Memorial Funeral Home, Burritt Hill Funeral Home in New Britain, and Fisette-Batzner Funeral Home in Newington. At 1 p.m., a bagpiper will lead participants less than a mile from Newington Memorial Funeral Home through Newington Center to the nondenominational “Cherish Our Children Angel Statue” at West Meadow

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People will be handed a white flower that they may leave at the angel statue, along with a personal note of remembrance. A brief program will be presented including music, a reading of children’s names to be remembered, comments by several bereaved parents, and a release of doves. When the walkers return to the funeral home, complimentary refreshments will be provided at the nearby Newington Masonic Temple. There is no fee to participate in the “Cherish Our Children Walk”, but donations are encouraged to help support the endowed care of the Cherish Our Children angel statue and the memorial site. For more information about th “Cherish Our Children Walk”, call Newington Memorial Funeral Home at (860) 666-0600 or visit www.duksa.net.

“MOVING FORWARD” GROUP: Trying to move on with your life after divorce, or a relationship breakup. There is a “Moving Forward” group at First Congregational Church, 355 Main St., Cromwell, that will meet Friday, Sept. 21, at 6:30 p.m. Come down and find out what the discussion is about and what

others are doing to move on. Call Mark at (860) 517-6688.

FREE DENTAL CLEANING CLINIC FOR ADULTS AGE 60 AND OLDER: With funding from the North Central Area Agency on Aging, The Central Connecticut Health District, in collaboration with Apple Rehab of Rocky Hill, will offer two free dental cleaning clinics Sept. 21 from 8:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. each day at Apple Rehab, 45 Elm St., Rocky Hill. All patients registering must reside in the following towns: Berlin, Newington, Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield. There is a limit of five patients per day, so reserve your spot by calling Hilary Norcia at (860) 665-8571.

GOING THROUGH, IN THE PROCESS, OR THINKING ABOUT GETTING A DIVORCE?: There is a “Divorce Support Group” to help you get through this major life-altering event with very caring, sensitive people who have been where you are. This group meets at First Church of Christ,, 250 Main St.,Wethersfield, on the second and fourth Fridays of the month at 7 p.m. Next meeting is Sept. 28.

LIBRARY CALENDAR AUTHOR MARK GRANATO AT LIBRARY: Wethersfield author Mark Granato will discuss his book “Of Winds and Rage” at Wethersfield Library Thursday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m.

“Of Winds and Rage” chronicles two storms, one human and one weather, depicting an escaped criminal’s path as it intersects with the path of the Hurricane of 1938. Granato uses extensive research as well as local settings in his novel, creating interest and suspense. He is a former journalist and corporate communications executive. Books will be available for purchase and signing.This program is free and open to the public, but registration is suggested. Call (860) 257-2811 to register or for further information, or email registrations to library@wethersfieldlibrary.org.

CUPCAKE DECORATING DEMONSTRATION FOR TEENS: Teens! Join us at the library for a cupcake decorating workshop and learn the secrets of how to make beautiful customized cupcakes. Donna Bartlett, owner of The Kakery will be on hand Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 3 to 4 p.m. to demonstrate the basics of decorating with traditional butter cream icing. We’ll supply the cupcakes and decorations, you bring the creativity. Design delicious works of art and take home three beautifully decorated cupcakes.

Registration is required. This program is for teens only. You may register in person at the library, by calling the Adult Services Information Desk at (860) 257-2811, oremail registrations to library@wethersfieldlibrary.org.

TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: Join us Tuesday night Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the library for a free showing of “Bernie” rated PG-13. The film stars Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black. In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she’s alive. Tuesday Night

Movies are free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but seating is limited. Light refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Wethersfield Library. For information call the Library at (860) 257-2811, or visit the library.

“LET’S TALK MURDER” MYSTERY DISCUSSION GROUP: Marge Ruschau returns to the library to lead “Let’s Talk Murder” a threebook discussion series this fall. Join us Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. for a discussion of “Christine Falls” by Benjamin Black. Detective Inspector Quirke investigates the death of a young woman named Christine Falls, he comes up against some very well guarded-secrets of Dublin’s high Catholic society, among them members of his own family. A New York Times Editor’s Choice, The Village Voice’s Top 20 Books of 2007, Seattle Times Best Crime Fiction of 2007.“A Bad Day for Sorry” by Sophie Littlefield is the Nov. 8 selection and “House of Silk” by Anthony Horowitz will be discussed Dec. 6. Ruschau is a librarian and former newspaper journalist who loves mysteries and is the facilitator of several mystery discussion groups in Connecticut.

Copies of the books will be available for check-out at Wethersfield Library approximately one month before the discussion date. All discussions will begin at 7 p.m. at the library. The book discussions are free but registration is suggested. Call (860) 257-2811 to register or for further information or also email registrations to library@ wethersfieldlibrary.org.

WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY CLOSED FRIDAY, OCT. 5: Wethersfield Library will be closed to the public Friday, Oct. 5 This closure is necessary to allow maintenance of the data system, which will require that all computer systems be shut down. The library will be open Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday,

Oct. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. The library will be closed Monday, Oct. 8 for the Columbus Day holiday. At any time, the library may be reached on the internet at www.wethersfieldlibrary.org where you may search the catalog, use the online databases, download an audiobook, ask a reference question, or renew, reserve or request a book.

WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY OPEN SUNDAYS BEGINNING OCT. 7: The library will be open from 1 to 5 p.m.

Sunday afternoons again, beginning Oct. 7. The library’s regular hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

FRIENDS OF THE WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY PRESENT AUTHOR ANNE KELLEHER: Author and writing coach Anne Kelleher will be the featured speaker at the 2012 annual meeting of the Friends of the Wethersfield Library at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 9 in the Community Room at the library. The public is cordially invited to join members of the Friends at this event. Kelleher is the author of “How David Met Sarah” and “How David Was Surprised.”

Inspired by, and written for, the author’s 36-year-old brother with Down Syndrome, both books are content and reading level appropriate for adults with limited reading skill and have been endorsed by the National Down Syndrome Society.

Written in simple language, the books can be read and enjoyed by the developmentally disabled, their family members, teachers and anyone who is interested in gaining insight into the lives of others. Copies of the books will be available for purchase and signing. Born and raised in New Jersey, Kelleher holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and studied English Literature at the University of Connecticut. Currently, she attends the Graduate Institute in Bethany.

Besides being a sister to David she is the mother of four and grandmother of two. She resides in Canton. This event is free and open to the public.

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ORGANIZING YOUR FAMILY: Wethersfield Library will offer a program titled “Organizing Your Family” with Kimberly Bobin, Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. You will learn how simple routines and checklists can help kids and parents to stay organized. Tools and suggestions will be provided to help parents raise self sufficient, organized children. Whether you use a planner, computer or smartphone, this course will offer valuable ideas you and your family can benefit from.

The program is free and open to all.

Registration is suggested. For more information or to register, call the Adult Services Information Desk at (860) 257-2811.

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25. Storytime for 3-5 year olds. This program is designed to help develop pre-reading skills and to enjoy theme based stories, fingerplays, songs and games.

Registration is required.

SECOND SATURDAY CINEMA: Wethersfield Library’s Second Saturday Cinema classic film program continues Oct. 13 with a 1:30 p.m. showing of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.” Directed in 1948 by H.C. Potter, the film stars Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. When the Blandings decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications complications arise.

Other films in the Second Saturday program are: Nov. 10, “Now, Voyager,” and Dec. 8, “The Shop around the Corner.” Second Saturday Cinema Classic films are free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but seating is limited. Light refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Wethersfield Library. For information call the library at (860) 257-2811, or visit the library.

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PIZZA & PAGES: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25. For fourth through sixth-graders. Nutmeg Award Book Discussion series with a light supper.

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WEE READ: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 28. Storytime for 22 to 35 months. Exciting program where toddlers begin to appreciate longer stories and participate in group activities. Parent participation is key.

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MAD SCIENCE WITH MISS MELISSA: 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

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EVERY WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m. to noon, Drop-in Playtime and 11 a.m., Short & Sweet Storytime: all ages.

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EVERY FRIDAY: 10 a.m. to noon, Drop-in Playtime and 11 a.m., Short & Sweet Storytime: all ages. Drop-in family fun with a story and a song.

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COMING ATTRACTIONS: October, Mother-Daughter Book Club Planning Party; Annual Pumpkin Judging Contest and Parade.

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