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“Absolutely amazing,” is how Raising Berlin presi-dent Jennifer Czerwinski described the annual tree lighting ceremony held at Veterans Park Nov. 29. Czer-winski said turnout was ex-cellent and that the new vendors at the event were a hit, including Good Cause Gifts. Parking at the Stop & Shop Plaza was packed as the event drew crowds to see Santa Claus and a fire-twirl-ing show from Dancin’ With

Hoops, which was new for this year.

The Kensington Fire De-partment ran the Santa Ex-press Fire Truck, as well as offering a local child a ride on the truck with Santa as a fundraiser. Firefighters also helped put lights on the tree.

“It’s a great community event and it’s a great chance for firefighters to come out and interact with the public,” Chief Mark Lewandowski said.

UpBeat volunteers at the event handed out candy canes and reindeer food for

children to sprinkle on the lawn the night before Christ-mas. Five of UpBeat’s houses came to support the event.

“I enjoy it, it’s a great way to give back,” said volun-teer Morgan O’Connor. Fel-low volunteer Zoe Zimber said her favorite part of the event was the performance by Sound Express, an au-dition-only group of the best McGee Middle School singers.

“It’s fabulous to be here,” Good Cause Gift’s Wendy

‘Amazing’ tree lighting festivities delight manyBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

A performance by Dancin’ With Hoops warms attendees’ spirits on a cold night.| Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

See Festivities / Page 20

A proposed $20 mil-lion sports complex could be a hub, drawing visitors from around the area to Berlin for competitions, and even fishing. Plans to approach town commis-sions about building the complex were announced Nov. 25. The initial plan for the site is to integrate the nearly 60-acre design into existing wetlands, in-cluding the creation of a

fishing spot. A nature trail with access to an on-site stream that supports trout is part of the current plan for the complex. The plan also includes commercial space for a supplemental business, such as a sports-themed restaurant or phys-ical therapy facility. The site proposed for the facil-ity is on the Berlin Turn-pike, between Meadow Lane and Orchard Road, nearby Route 9.

$20 million complex on turnpike proposedBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

See Complex / Page 10

There’s good news for town bridges, as state Rep-resentative and local football coach Joe Aresimowicz, the House Majority Leader, an-nounced Nov. 19 that the State Bond Commission approved a $2,551,297 grant to the town to help finance renovations and improvements to bridges on Burnham Street and High Road.

The grant came from the

state’s Local Bridge Program, a $13.7 million series of grants expected to create or retain 560 construction jobs.

“This grant is crucial to the safety and economic vitality of the town of Berlin,” Ares-imowicz said in a statement. “When we invest in our roads and bridges, we honor our obligation to maintain a safe and efficient transportation infrastructure.”

Aresimowicz also an-

Bridge funding announcedBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

See Funding / Page 9

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Find the right tree this holiday season

Picking the perfect Christ-mas tree can be a tricky part of the holiday experience, but Berlin has a wide vari-ety of options for finding the right one.

Some folks prefer the convenience of getting an already-cut tree over the cut-your-own experience at a tree farm. For others, pick-ing the perfect tree directly from the spot it has grown is a unique holiday experience.

The Citizen asked area growers and sellers which type of tree they prefer.

Marilyn DeMaria of De-Maria Family Farm said she thinks the best variety of tree is, unequivocally, the concolor fir. These trees sport an attractive gray-blue color like the blue spruce, but are far less sharp. They also have a pleasant smell, one DeMaria described as being similar to citrus. “I would say they are the choicest variety,” she said.

“They’re all good,” said Ted Hrubiec of Hrubiec Farms in Kensington. He said options include con-color, fraser, and balsam fir, as well as blue spruce. “Those are the most popu-lar trees right now.”

The Kensington Garden Center carries fraser fir trees, exclusively, accord-ing to Kris Ellison. These trees are known to carry their needles longer than

any other variety. “Just by having those alone, it re-duces the amount of work we have to do to keep them fresh,” Ellison said.

All fir varieties are known to have softer needles than spruce trees, and some pre-fer their smell to spruce breeds. Warren Herzig of Herzig Family Tree Farm in Durham, however, said his family will be going with a blue spruce this year, due to the color and shape of the trees.

Spruce trees are also stronger, and thereby do a better job of holding orna-ments. “Everyone has their own idea of the perfect tree,” Herzig said.

For UpBeat Coordinator Alice Mitchell, the best tree money can buy is one that supports nonprofit efforts. “We’d really like everyone in town to buy their tree from the Kiwanis club, be-cause the money goes right back into the community,” Mitchell said.

The Kiwanis have been selling trees in town and us-ing the proceeds to support good causes in the commu-nity, including UpBeat and scholarship funds, for over a quarter-century, Mitchell said. It’s a post-Thanksgiv-ing tradition that UpBeat peer leaders help to unload trees and set up, and after-wards, UpBeat houses or-ganize to divvy up shifts to assist in selling the trees.

“The kids love it, they just

really enjoy helping peo-ple pick out the trees and working with the Kiwanis,” Mitchell said. “It’s a wonder-ful community effort.”

Growing Christmas trees is more difficult than many people realize. “Most people think you plant the tree and then collect the money,” De-Maria said.

Not so. Trees need to be fertilized, monitored care-fully for signs of insects or disease, and a tree farmer must shear them regularly to keep them healthy.

During the off season, it’s important to clear out stumps and other debris. “My daughter trims our trees completely by hand,” DeMaria said.

Deer feeding on trees has also been an increas-ing problem. “There are so many deer around now,” DeMaria said. “When I was girl, if there was a hoof print in the snow we’d call our friends. Now, when we do hayrides at night we can of-ten see six or eight deer.”

One strategy some grow-ers use is to grow more blue spruce trees, which deer tend not to feed upon. An-other is to try to use fencing to keep deer away, but this isn’t always feasible.

“I think it’s a good use of the land,” said Herzig. Growing trees can be a great way to diversify and have a crop that is harvested in the winter, according to Herzig, and some fields are great for

growing trees but less than ideal for other crops.

The best part of growing trees, however, in Herzig’s opinion, is the community. “All the growers in town, we support one another. If I don’t have a tree someone is looking for, I send them down the street, and if they don’t have the right tree, they send them to me.”

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Second grade basketball

The Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled second grade girls basketball for Saturdays, 1 to 2 p.m., be-ginning Jan. 3, for 8 weeks, at Griswold Elementary School. The program is instruction, limited time set for games. Space is limited.

The Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled second grade boys basket-ball for Saturdays, noon to 1 p.m., beginning Jan. 3, for 8

weeks, at Griswold Elemen-tary School. The program is instruction, limited time set for games. Space is limited.

Men’s 31+ basketballThe Berlin Parks and Rec-

reation Department is accept-ing registration for men’s 31+ basketball. Play is scheduled for Tuesdays, 6 to 9 p.m., at McGee Middle School. A fee is charged. Teams are formed on a nightly basis. Drop-ins are welcome and must provide verification of eligibility.

Women’s 30+ volleyball

The Berlin Parks and Recre-ation Department is accepting registration for women’s 30+ volleyball. Play is scheduled for Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at McGee Middle School. A fee is charged. Teams are formed on a nightly basis. Drop-ins are welcome and must provide verification of eligibility.

For more information re-garding Parks and Recreation programs, call (860) 828-7009 or visit www.town.berlin.ct.us.

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Megan Leary and Margot Paul, of Berlin, are scheduled to participate in the Ballet Theatre Company’s production of “The Nutcracker.” The dancers will perform the roles of Spanish Choco-late, Snow and Flowers.

Performances are scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 20, 1 and 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 21, 1 and 4:30 p.m., at The Carol Autorino center for the Arts and Humanities on the University of Saint Joseph Campus, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford.

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Mother Goose on the Loose (ages birth to 5). Fri-days, Dec. 5, 12 and 19 at 10:30 a.m. Music, movement, nursery rhymes, instruments and books. No registration required.

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Fun@4 - Tuesday, Dec. 16, 4 p.m. Created a pop-up card. For grades K-5. No registration.

Early dismissal program - Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. Make a snowman ornament. For grades K-5. Registration is required.

Play For All (all ages). Sat-urday, Dec. 20 at 10:30 a.m. Monthly playgroup with toys,

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Library Land - Monday, Dec. 29, 1:30 p.m. Life-size, interactive game in the chil-dren’s department.

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Bubblemania - Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2 p.m. Bubblemania show with comedy, music and more. For families with children 4 and up.

Adult programsMonday, Dec. 8 - Easy Ideas

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Tuesday, Dec. 9 - Book Club, 7 p.m. “The Paris Wife” by McClain. All welcome.

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There’s good news for those dreading the cold this winter: Despite recent occur-rences of immense snowfall in Buffalo, New York, and a re-cord-breaking cold tempera-ture for the date recorded in Bridgeport on Nov. 19, there are some signs this winter may be less cold and snowy than originally predicted by the Farmer’s Almanac, which forecasts a winter snowier and colder than average.

According to Gary Les-sor, assistant director of the Weather Service at Eastern Connecticut State University, some long range computer-ized models of weather sys-tems are suggesting that this December, January and Feb-ruary will be warmer than av-erage in Connecticut.

Long term predictions are

tricky, but there are many indicators experts use to predict the weather trends, Lessor explained. “It has a lot to do with different oscilla-tions,” he said.

The Arctic oscillation, for example, may force cold air southward, and oscillations in the Atlantic and Pacific can also have a large impact on local weather.

Although the northeast may be in store for a milder winter according to some models, those same models also suggest a colder winter to the west. “There are some conflicting ideas out there,” Lessor said.

Colder than average weather should not be taken as evidence that global warm-ing – climate change – is not occurring, however, Lessor said. There is overwhelm-ing consensus in the scien-tific community that global

climate change is occurring, Lessor said, but increasing average temperatures doesn’t mean that the earth will not continue to experience ice ages, as it has in the past. If an ice age did occur, however, it may be warmer than it would be otherwise, Lessor said.

Although global warming has been shown to increase average temperatures and melt polar ice, with NASA data showing sea levels ris-ing nearly seven inches in the last century and with the rate of increase doubling in the past decade, climate change also generally increases the amount of energy in weather systems.

Lessor said this is why global warming can be re-sponsible for greater ex-tremes of both heat and cold. Although Connecticut has seen record-breaking cold temperatures on some days

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By Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

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The Berlin Historical Society, at the corner of Main and Peck streets, has scheduled its 22nd Holiday Open House and Fair, for Friday, Dec. 5, 5 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors are offered tables of homemade confections, baked goods, pet treats, decorations, jam, honey, spices, books, souvenirs, pottery, DVDs, jewelry, flea market treasures and raffle baskets on the first floor. The museum is decorated for the season upstairs. Proceeds help support scholarships, programs and displays.

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The East Berlin Fire Department, 80 Main St., East Berlin, has scheduled Christmas by the Grove for Sunday, Dec. 14, at 4 p.m.

The event, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the East Berlin Volunteer Fire

Company, features live holiday music, tree light-ing, children’s activities, refreshments and a visit from Santa Claus.

A non-perishable food donation to benefit the Berlin Food Pantry is appreciated.

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University High School of Science and Engineering an-nounced its first marking pe-riod honor roll.

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For more information, call Heidi Lupini at (860) 828-8975.

Flamingos - The 2015 All Night Graduation Party Fla-mingo Flocking fundraiser is available. For a fee, a flock of pink flamingos will appear on a lawn and will move along in 48 hours. Anti-flocking insur-ance is available for a fee.

For more information and to schedule a flocking, con-tact Judy Rozanski Schuler at (860) 538-0844, [email protected] or Ron Lam-ontagne at (860) 829-6025, [email protected].

Reunions

Berlin High School Class of 1994 has scheduled its 20-year class reunion for Satur-day, Dec. 27, 7 p.m., at Billy Tees, 150 Sebethe Drive, Cromwell. For more informa-tion and cost, contact Rose Wass Mongillo at [email protected].

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Students who host at least two high school blood drives throughout the year and achieve an annual participa-tion rate of at least 30 percent of age-eligible students are qualified to win a base schol-arship of $250, as well as an opportunity to win additional scholarships. For more infor-mation, visit mybobs.com/outreach/highschoolheroes.

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Hollywood” by Kellerman; “Murder 101” by Kellerman; “River” by Lewis; “Love Let-ters” by Macomber; “Desig-nated Daughters” by Maron; “Me Before You” by Mayes; “Gondola Maker” by Mo-relli; “Private Down Under” by Patterson; “Long Way Home” by Penny; “Divorce Papers” by Reiger; “Carrots Love Tomatoes” by Riotte; “The Heist” by Silva; “Wed-ding in Provence” by Suss-man; “All Fall Down” by Weiner.

Donations sought - The Berlin Free Library is look-ing for gently used puzzles, books, novelty cake pans and DVDs for its collection and weekly book sale.

Donations may be dropped off at the library Mondays and Fridays, 2:30 to 5 p.m.; Wednesdays, 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. or any time in the library book drop.

Book sale - Berlin Free Li-brary schedules a book sale for Wednesdays, 9 to 11 a.m. All are welcome.

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The Berlin Police Depart-ment set a field sobriety checkpoint Thursday, Nov. 20, on the southbound side of the Berlin Turnpike south of Deming Road. A total of 1,192 vehicles were directed through the checkpoint during the detail, where ve-hicles were briefly detained and interviewed by officers. Of the 1,192 vehicles, nine motorists were flagged by the contact officers for DUI

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Number of arrests and charges (8):

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• One (1) cited for pos-session of less than .5 oz of marijuana.

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nounced a $2.1 million loan, approved by the bond com-mission, to local business AMCO Precision Tools to as-sist with acquisitions in con-nection with expansion of its facility. The loan was pro-vided with an interest rate of 2 percent for 10 years with prin-cipal deferment for five years. The company will also be el-igible for $1.6 million in loan forgiveness if job retention and creation goals are met. According to a press release from Aresimowicz, the com-pany is expected to retain 34 jobs and create 25 new jobs within six years.

“We appreciate the efforts of the Connecticut legislature, especially our Representative Joe Aresimowicz, to support the aerospace industry in Connecticut,” Aldo Zovich, president of AMCO Precision Tools Inc., said in a statement. “Our father started AMCO over 45 years ago right here in Berlin and we look forward to growing here for many years to come.”

According to Director of Public Works Arthur Simo-nian, Berlin has about 37 bridges, which were evalu-ated in 2010 and ranked to determine which must be ad-dressed for repair or replace-ment first. The bridge on Burnham Street is more than 50 years old and “good sized,” with four deteriorated cul-verts that must be replaced. The bridge is in “fair to poor condition,” Simonian said, and Public Works hopes to replace

it. The department also would like to see a sidewalk added as part of the new bridge.

Improvements to the cul-verts will improve drainage of the area. Because of the ge-ography of the area, flooding would continue to be an issue at times, but improved drain-age can help to mitigate the problem, Simonian explained. Though the cost of the project is largely unknown, as formal engineering plans have not yet been drawn up, Public Works has a very rough estimate of around $2.9 million, including design costs. The bridge sees traffic of approximately 6,000 cars per day.

Simonian said the bridge is not currently failing, but does need to be replaced.

The bridge at High Road carries approximately 400 cars per day and also needs to be repaired or replaced.

Public Works is planning on approaching the Town Coun-cil to approve appropriation to hire engineers to design solutions for both bridges.

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From left: Rich Zovich, vice president of AMCO Precision Tools Inc.; Gov. Dannel P. Malloy; Aldo Zovich, president of AMCO Precision Tools Inc.; and House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz at the Bond Commission meeting Nov. 19 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

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“Berlin is so excited to get this going,” said Mayor Ra-chel Rochette, adding that “2016 looks to be a great year,” with this project being developed and the Hartford Line commuter rail project entering service.

The project’s developers, Ernest Addi and Moustapha Diakhate of Addi Develop-ment Group LLC, said they are soccer enthusiasts and are excited about develop-ing a project related to their hobby. “This is our first pas-sion, mixed with our regular work,” Diakhate said. The plans for the building include two full-size soccer fields that

can be used for other sports competitions and training as well. The proposed facility can serve soccer, basketball, lacrosse, football, hockey and baseball players, and more.

In addition to the sports fa-cilities in the complex, there is space reserved for con-cessions, a 3,000-square foot health club, and a restaurant. Along with the indoor fields and playing courts, the pro-posed facility is to feature outdoor turf fields.

“Berlin is centrally located and I think it would be a great place for this sports complex we have in mind,” Addi said.

The mayor thanked the developers for choosing Berlin for this project and ap-

plauded them for stating their intention to organize infor-mational meetings with resi-dents nearby the property.

The project will need to be approved by Berlin’s In-lands and Wetlands Com-mission before proceeding to Planning and Zoning. The location selected is near a bowling alley, miniature golf, and two go-kart facilities.

“We really see this as a nice little recreational district that, when redeveloped and brightened, will be a real as-set to the community,” mem-bers of the development team said. Developers told town of-ficials the project could be a potential “economic magnet” for the area.

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Send us your news: [email protected] ObituariesJean Marble

FARMINGTON — Jean Marie (Carlson) Marble died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at age 84. She was prede-ceased by her beloved hus-band, Jud, in 2000.

She was the loving mother of Scott and his wife, Janice, of Medfield, Mass., Todd, of Kent, and Cathy King and her hus-band, Thad, of Essex. She was the adoring grand-mother of Warren King, Mitchell King, Mason King, Holden King, Reid Marble, and Tristan Marble; sister of Hilding Carlson and his wife, Gloria, of North Ston-ington; dear friend of Ron Griggs, of Berlin.

Jean was born on Jan. 12, 1930, to Hilding and Mary Carlson in New Britain. She was a long time resident of Kensington, where she

and Jud raised their family. She attended Berlin Public Schools and Teachers Col-lege of Connecticut. Her life was dedicated to edu-cating and caring for young children; she was a kinder-garten teacher in the New Britain Public School Sys-tem for over 35 years. She was a member of Kensing-ton Congregational Church, and Westbrook Congrega-tional Church. Upon retire-ment, she resided in Venice, Fla., and Westbrook, and spent a great deal of time visiting with her children and grandchildren.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers or dona-tions, please tell your fam-ily members you love them and do something kind for a child. The Swan Funeral Home, 1224 Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, is in charge of arrangements.

Gertrude (Schmidt) Hatteyer

KENSINGTON — Ger-trude (Schmidt) Hatteyer, 93, of Kensington, widow of Ludwig Hatteyer, died early Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, at St. Mary’s Hospital Vitas Unit in Waterbury.

Born in Erfurt, Germany, daughter of the late Franz and the late Martha (Voigt) Schmidt, she was em-ployed at Fafnir Bearing Company until her retire-ment, and was a member of St. Paul’s Church.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Rudolf and Michelle Hatteyer, of Bristol; two grandchildren,

Melissa Korduner and her husband, John in Louisi-ana, and Nicole Cook and her husband, Daniel, of Bur-lington; and a great-grand-son, Logan Cook.

A memorial Mass will take place Friday, Dec 5, at 10 a.m. directly at St. Paul’s Church, 479 Alling St., in Kensington. Burial will fol-low in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to VITAS Hos-pice Care, 628 Hebron Ave., Suite 300, Building 2, Glastonbury, CT 06033. Porter’s Funeral Service in Kensington is assisting her family.

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KENSINGTON — Kather-ine Louise (Bacon) Genoni, 96, of Kensington, passed

away peace-fully on Sun-day, Nov. 23, 2014, at the Je-rome Home. S h e w a s the widow of Charles Genoni. She

and Charles shared the same birthday, March 27, and were married on March 27.

Born in East Berlin, she was the daughter of the late Almarion and Emma Jane (Nye) Bacon. Kath-erine was a resident of East Berlin before moving to Kensington. In addition to managing the account-ing for her husband’s con-struction business, she enjoyed baking goods for St. Gabriel Church in East Berlin, making all the spa-ghetti sauce for the Church booth at the Berlin Fair, go-ing to auctions in Vermont, and entertaining family and friends with her husband Charlie.

Surviving are her daugh-ter, Katherine Petitpas and her husband, Albert, of Kensington; two grand-children, Benjamin and Tobin Petitpas; and a great-granddaughter, Emma Grace. She was pre-deceased by her daughter,

Linda; her brothers Allie, Charles, Robert, Arthur, and Richard; and her sis-ters, Eva Rybhogel, Lillian Stimpson, and Hazel Slater. During her last few years, Katherine, who was known as Kate, looked forward to her special friendships with her friends at Bingo, par-ticularly Linda, Joan, and Chin, and attending the Cabaret with her nieces, Sherri, Amelia, and Anita.

Kate also wanted to say a special thank you to her neighbor, Tina Adams and Andrea Giannota, for their many kindnesses over the years; and her niece, Bar-bara for being such a reli-able Bingo chauffeur. Kate’s family also extends their gratitude to the care staff at the Jerome Home for their understanding and support in Katherine’s final hours.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Nov. 29, at St. Gabriel’s Church in East Berlin. Burial took place in Wilcox Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Friends of Humanics Schol-arship, Springfield College, 263 Alden St., Springfield, MA 01109. Please share a memory with the family in the online guestbook at www.ericksonhansen.com.

Rosaline V. Ierna

BERLIN — Rosaline V. Ierna was born on Aug. 2, 1934, in New Britain,

Conn. , to her parents, Michael and Rosaria (Salafia) Veneziano, and passed a w a y o n Tuesday, N o v. 1 8 , 2 0 1 4 i n

Cape Coral, Fla.Roz is survived by her

daughter, Janice Catalano; son, Thomas (Machelle) Ierna Jr.; grandchildren, Al-lison and Jeffrey Catalano; brother, Michael (Beverly) Veneziano; sister, Carrie (Mark) Anderson; Joseph Veneziano, brother; and nine nieces and nephews, along with best friends, Mike (Barbara) Filosa. She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Ierna Sr., and her parents.

Roz lived in Berlin, Conn. most of her life and retired

to Fort Myers, Fla. Roz worked for Stanley Works as an administrative sec-retary for many years and retired from the New Brit-ain Public Library. Roz had a great love for the the-ater and music. She was wonderful pianist and en-joyed playing her beloved piano given to her on her first wedding anniversary from her parents. She had a great love of books and was an avid reader. While living in Florida, she en-joyed going to the beaches of Fort Myers, Sanibel, and Captiva with book in hand, walking the shores, hunting for sea shells.

A celebration of Roz’s life took place at the Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm St., Rocky Hill, CT 06067, on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Interment followed at the Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a donation in memory of Roz would greatly be appreciated to Hope Hospice, 9470 Health Park Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33908.

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Boy Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 41 is scheduled to meet Thursdays, 7 p.m., at Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St. For more infor-mation, call Scoutmaster K.C. Jones at (860) 829-1148 or email [email protected].

Garden Club - The Kens-ington Garden Club has scheduled its annual holi-day luncheon for Thursday, Dec. 4, noon, at Sans Souci Restaurant. Members should bring at $10 grab bag gift with a flower, gardening or cooking theme.

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Let’s figure it out

To the editor:Was I wrong? I don’t think

so. As I drive along Farming-ton Avenue, I see construc-tion – or rather destruction – of the former Kensington Furniture building, the pro-posed site of a new, modern police HQ.

As I recall, just a couple of weeks ago, the voting public voted against spending $21 million on this project. Of course, we already bought the land, so we are sort of stuck. Now I know that, as I have said, we are in need of a new, up-to-date police building, but I am told that there are many things that can be cut from the plans that could reduce the cost by at least $3 million. Cuts that will not effect services.

I’m not sure if $3 million is enough to satisfy the tax paying public, but it is a start. Of course, the fact that it is planned for the busiest street in town, that could possibly have been used by someone who would pay taxes, is another draw back.

When I was on the Police Commission, two things come to mind: First and foremost, the cost back then (2003) was $9 million. The second thing is the location.

The commission was split on the former Knights of Columbus area, which we al-ready owned, and the former and now current Schaller Auto dealership on Wood-lawn Road. Either location would have brought the cost down.

Of course, the fact that the council sat on their hands for 10 years did not help the cost. All in all, it appears to be too late to change locations, but if the Police Commission works with the chief, and together they work with the council, and do not keep it a secret from the taxpayers, we may still get a new, 21st cen-tury, state-of-the-art police headquarters.

Richard A. RamponeBerlin

Back to the drawing board

To the editor:As a tax payer in the town

of Berlin, I admit I wasn’t happy with the facts on the new police station. Hav-ing family who were police officers, I feel our officers should have nothing but the best to protect themselves and our town.

I totally disagree with the

Deputy Mayor’s statement that he felt people weren’t against the location. Wake up, Bill. I travel Farmington Avenue several times every day. The traffic is crazy and trying to get out of a busi-ness, especially to go against the flow of traffic, is like driving in Manhattan. The police station would have been a good idea, at that time, in the closed Saturn dealership; its location was out of congestion and close to Routes 9 and 5 and 15 and the town roads, with plenty of room for expansion.

I do feel the police sta-tion is cramped and needs to be updated. Problem is, with the cost of the new high school, many seniors living in this town on Social Security and not many busi-nesses providing tax money, the money isn’t here at this present time. Cost of living just keeps going up, people out of work. A line has to be drawn.

So now, it is up to the Town Council and Police Commission to come up with a different approach that will satisfy the vot-ers with cost, location and timing.

Ron KokofskyBerlin

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Monday, Dec. 8Economic Development Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Board of Education, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 9Conservation Commission, Town Hall, 6:30 p.m.Veterans Commission, American Legion Post 68, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 10Berlin-Peck Memorial Li-brary, Board Room, 7 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 11Parks & Recreation Com-

mission, Community Center, 7 p.m.Planning & Zoning Commis-sion, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Public Building Commis-sion, 238 Kensington Road, 7 p.m.Youth Services Advisory Board, Town Hall, 4 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 16Town Council, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Water Control Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 17Worthington Fire District, 1400 Wilbur Cross Hwy., 5:30 p.m.

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rated and open for viewing. Refreshments and shopping. For more information, call (860) 828-5114.

Racing show - Racing Ac-tion Today, hosted by Berlin native Larry Mongillo, airs ev-ery Friday, 6 p.m., on Com-cast cable channel 5.

Saturday, Nov. 6Historical Society - The

Berlin Historical Society, 305 Main St., has scheduled the museum open house and fair for Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is decorated and open for viewing. Refreshments and shopping. For more informa-tion, call (860) 828-5114.

Sunday, Dec. 7New Britain Symphony -

The New Britain Symphony has scheduled its fifth annual Holiday Brass Quintet and Organ Concert for Sunday, Dec. 7, 3 p.m., at St. Marks Episcopal Church, 147 W Main St., New Britain. The concert is free and open to the public. A free will offering, to benefit St. Mark’s Church food pantry and the NBSO mini concert series, will be accepted. For more infor-mation, call (860) 826-6344 to visit www.newbritainsym-phony.org.

Tuesday, Dec. 9Pasta supper - American

Legion Post 68, 154 Porters Pass, schedules a pasta sup-per for every Tuesday, 5:30 to 7 p.m. A fee is charged. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots and receive a discount for supper. The public is welcome. For more information, call (860) 828-9102 after 5 p.m.

Boy Scouts - Boy Scouts Troop 256, chartered by the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, 880 Farm-ington Ave.

For more information, call Scoutmaster Ed Alicia at (860) 828-8693.

Boy Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 44 is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St. For more information, call Joann Saw-yer at (860) 828-7767.

Sunrise Rotary Club - The Sunrise Rotary Club of Kens-ington-Berlin is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., at Town Hall, 240 Kensington Road. For more information, call Gwen Va-lencis at (860) 229-3787, ext. 139 or visit www.kensington-rotary.org.

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Wednesday, Dec. 10VFW Post 10732 - The

Berlin VFW Post 10732 monthly membership meet-ing is scheduled for Wednes-day, Dec. 10. 7 p.m., at the Post Hall, 152 Massirio Drive.

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Christmas by the Grove - The East Berlin Fire De-partment, 80 Main St., East Berlin, has scheduled Christmas by the Grove for Sunday, Dec. 14, at 4 p.m. The event features live hol-iday music, tree lighting, children’s activities, refresh-ments and a visit from Santa Claus. A non-perishable food donation to benefit the Berlin Food Pantry is appreciated.

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The fifth annual Christmas Eve Luminaria Display, or-ganized by Doug and Chris Rose, is looking for volun-teers. Luminaria bags are scheduled to be assembled Thursday, Dec. 18, 6 p.m., at

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The gauntlet that is the reg-ular season for high school football has come and gone, and the Redcoats have es-caped nearly unscathed.

The team’s near perfect mark of 10-1 was good enough to capture a playoff spot in the Class M Small Division.

All that stands between top-seeded Berlin and a state championship are two more wins, one of which the Red-coats can secure this Saturday when they host Cheney Tech (8-3) at Sage Park. Kickoff will commence at 2 p.m.

“Our goal was to win the conference title, which we did, qualify for the playoffs, which we did, and get a home play-off game, which we did,” said coach John Capodice. “So now that we’re in the playoffs, we have an opportunity to com-pete for a state championship.”

After starting their season 10-0 (and finishing 4-0 in the

CCC East III Division), the Redcoats lost their only con-test of the season in a tough 7-0 battle with New Britain

Tuesday, Nov. 25.Despite the blemish, the

Football: BHS to host Beavers SaturdayBy Nate BrownThe Berlin Citizen

There’s no way around it; last year did not prove to be a rather successful sea-son for the Lady Redcoats on the hardwood.

“It was an extremely dis-appointing year, no lie,” said coach Sheila King in regards to the team’s 2013-’14 campaign.

Aside from the frus-trating 5-15 record, play-ers struggled to get on the same page with one an-other, as they tried to re-place four starters from the season before.

This year, the Berlin girls basketball team will look to make sure those unde-sirable factors won’t affect

them again anytime soon.“It’s certainly not a year

we want to ever see re-peated with Berlin basket-ball,” King said. “It hurt us deeply, and we’ve gone about our business build-ing for the future, and the girls, to their credit, have put in a lot of work in the offseason and we’re not going to see them repeat it again, ever.”

With only two seniors on the squad last season, the door was opened for plenty of underclassmen to gain valuable playing time. Un-fortunately, that early play-ing time didn’t translate to wins, but will help this year as the team looks to get

Lady Coats’ hoops primed for new yearBy Nate BrownThe Berlin Citizen

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See Hoops / Page 17 Quarterback Alec Norton leads the Berlin High School football team into the playoffs this week. The top-seeded Redcoats are in search of their second state championship. | Matt Leidemer / For The Citizen

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back to its winning ways.“Their growth has been tre-

mendous. So we’ll be young once again but with some ex-perience in our book. As far as leadership this year, we have four outstanding seniors in the process of mentoring the young players and build-ing some great team chemis-try,” King said.

Those seniors – guards Al-yssa Germano and Abby Un-derwood, forward Samantha Bilinsky, and the versatile Danielle Varley – will play a vital role in the team’s game plan this winter. Germano and Underwood were regu-lar contributors last season and could be called upon to carry a larger load on the of-fensive end.

While the team has been able to take part in five scrim-mages (at press time), a set rotation or offensive game plan has yet to be put in place.

“Players have been bet-ter in each game. There are no spots that are set in stone

and it’s evolving, so we’ll see where it takes us,” said King, entering her 10th season.

One thing that is set in place is the team’s mindset. Although eliminated from postseason contention due to a lackluster record last winter, the girls continued to practice after their regular season came to a close until the state tournaments began – as long as the CIAC would allow.

“We continued to get to-gether in that time and have intersquad scrimmages and we got some things done,” King said of her squad, which displayed strong team chem-istry this preseason. “They weren’t ready to put their shoes away. They kept play-ing right up until March.”

The team also wore shirts during a recent one-day tour-nament that featured their new motto: “Never Again.”

“These girls do not want to experience a 5-15 season ever again,” King said, “and they’re going to work hard to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

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More than 40 Berlin High School Interact students donated their Saturday morning to volunteer at the Central Connecticut Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event recently. Feed My Starving Children is a nonprofit organization dedicated to hand-packing meals specifically formulated for malnourished children and shipping those meals throughout the world. BHS Interact raised $500 to help sponsor the cost of the meals. By the end of the weekend, more than 178,800 meals were packed and ready to ship.

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A son, Dean JosephMeagher, was born Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. in Hospital of Central Connecticut to Isabel (Puzio) Meagher and Doug Meagher, of East Berlin. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 20 and three quarter inches in length.Maternal grandparents are Stan and Lila Puzio, Berlin.Paternal grandparents are Don and Susan Meagher, of Kensington.Dean joins his big sister, two year old Annabelle Pearl.

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Earl and Jean Wicklund, of Kensington, celebrated their 60th wed-ding anniversary on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. A family luncheon will be held to celebrate their anniversary. Earl and Jean are blessed with four children; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. All of us want to thank them for their endless love, caring and support. Love “Your Stick Family”

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Faith Briefs

East Berlin United Method-ist Church: Annual Christ-mas Bazaar - Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 139 Main St., East Berlin. Crafters, baked goods, Christmas cookies and more. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more informa-tion, call (860) 828-5450.

Bethany Covenant Church: Christmas Concert. Sunday, Dec. 14, 4 p.m. For more in-formation, www.bethanymu-sicseries.net.

Kensington Congregational Church: Parent/Child Play-group - Tuesdays, 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. The group meets weekly, on a drop-in basis, in the Reeves Educational Cen-ter, 185 Sheldon St.

Playgroup is open to all who care for children, from infants to preschoolers.

Bethany Covenant: Fall schedule - Worship at 8:30 and 11 a.m. “Life Together” classes for all ages at 9:45 a.m.

Berlin Congregational Church: Tot time - Thursdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free program includes play, crafts, snacks. Drop-in.


Kensington United Meth-odist Church: Concert – The annual Christmas Concert will be held Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. Donations of gently worn jackets for the Warm Our Neighbors Jacket Drive and a freewill offering will be collected to benefit the Salva-tion Army. The concert will feature The Elements Saxo-phone Quartet, the Jazz Gui-tar Duo of Jim Schribert and Mark Cote, Pianist Michael Lamoureux and The KUMC Choir and Friends.

Taize service - Tuesdays, 7 to 7:30 p.m. Special Taize/healing music service on the third Tuesday of each month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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loss brought with it very few setbacks, as the team re-mained locked into a postsea-son bid and still maintained the number one seed in the Small Division.

The locals are also making sure to get ready rather than dwell on things they cannot change.

“To be honest with you, our conversation with New Brit-ain is so far in the past. Right now, we’re just focused on the playoffs,” said Capodice.

The Redcoats have played strongly in three aspects of the game Capodice deems vitally important to a teams’ success: running the ball, blocking in the trenches, and defense.

The team has collectively run for over 1,800 yards this season with senior Anthony Sisti, junior Owen Taylor, and senior Eric Garcia all rush-ing for 400-plus yards each. The blocking for the trio of backs has been strong thanks in part to the hogmollies up front. Seven different play-ers have recorded 15 or more

pancake blocks this season to keep the running lanes open and senior quarterback Alec Norton on his feet. Norton has kept defenses honest with his arm strength, throwing for 1,239 yards and 11 touchdowns to balance out Berlin’s offen-sive attack.

Yet the team’s bread and butter this season has been its defense. Led by Taylor (82 tackles) and senior Jer-emy Eliadas (70), the team has racked up an astounding 101 tackles for loss including 37 sacks. The 12 interceptions

and 13 fumble recoveries have all helped to keep opponents off the board, and the Red-coats winning. The defense has allowed only 57 points the entire season (5.18 points al-lowed per game).

“Our defense has been out-standing. They have flown to the ball all season, they’ve tackled very well, and defense wins championships,” said Capodice.

Only two more wins stand between the Redcoats and proving that the well-known adage still holds true.

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An ice sculpting demonstration was among various entertainment at the tree lighting.| Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

Area children gave their gift wishes to Santa at the Veterans Park gazebo.| Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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