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Sunday, November 4, 2012

New Britains FREE weekly newspaper

Vol. 3, No. 22

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Reared by Fear


E N e awareness of domestic violence has been raised but the tale is old and worn like a record. People lose interest and feel it is a hopeless cause or just dont think it will impact their home. e people battling it on the front lines think di erently. ese are the counselors and services that are acutely aware of the impact it has on our society as a whole. Battered womens shelters protect women from immediate danger and serve as a step in recovery. ey o er programs and insights for victims to reconstruct their lives. e statistics show that a woman will generally return to their abusive environment several times before they have the ability to function and prosper outside of abuse. Many outsiders looking at these women would say. I wouldnt put up with that crap from a man. ey should just leave. How did they wind up tolerating abusive injustice? is puzzling relationship women share with their abusers is due to a variety of complex reasons. Wanting to stay with a person that is clearly unhealthy for them is unfathomable to someone else while it is perfectly normal to women that need the highs and lows of heartbreak and adrenaline rushes in their veins from the drama. It makes them feel because their emotions have been trained to shut down by abnormal treatment and lack of proper nurturing from their parents and guardians. ey have been made to feel unloved as a child by either being neglected or treated badly. Abuse o en manifests in childhood. e impact abuse has on children affects them for life and is the template from which a child springs into a life of more abuse. It is not the results of just hanging on the streets with bad company. e origins are inherited from family traits, morals and values handed down generation a er generation. Some children are damaged by beatings or lashing words spit at their faces or molestations. Later in life it may be the cause of emotional eating disorders, traumatic stress disorders, bi-polar disorders, alcoholism, drug use, anger management disorders and a great amount of other anxieties and phobias. As the child grows up to be an adult the familiar feelings of their original home life are a drawing card to have a role in another dysfunctional household. eir hearts have to be jolted by shocks of inappropriate behaviors or violent acts to bring out feelings that have been numb and wrapped like a mummy for years. at is of course if they havent gotten addicted to drugs or alcohol to anesthetize their sensations. e abuse I was subjected to in my life was unknown to me as abuse because I knew no other lifestyle. My father ruled the house like a tyrant and treated my mother like a dog. She was a quiet woman who cooked and cleaned until

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MESSAGE FROM MAYOR OBRIEN

Contents
MESSAGE FROM MAYOR OBRIEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 COMMENTARY . . . . . . . . . . 3 FUN AND GAMES . . . . . . . . 4 HOROSCOPES . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SENIOR EVENTS . . . . . . . . . 5 HUMOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CITY BRIEFS . . . . . . . . . . . 10 NFL PICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 LOCAL FICTION . . . . . . . . 12 HARDWARE CITY LAW . . 13 ARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15

Mayor Tim OBrien Announces Community Garden Initiative


New Britain is looking for interested community residents, community organizations and leaders, who would like to assist in establishing local community gardens throughout our city. A community garden is a collaborative green space gardened collectively by members of a community. Fresh fruits and vegetables are grown in community gardens across the United States and all around the world. New Britain has numerous properties which could potentially be converted to a community garden. ese properties may include vacant parcels, city parkland, and common public areas. e rst location we are looking to establish a community garden is on the corner of Oak and North Streets. Were currently in the process of developing the details for the initiative and identifying a group of neighbors who are interested in using and maintaining our rst garden. Its important that members of each neighborhood get involved with the changes and new opportunities that take place within your community. is is a great way to do it. Community gardening o ers many bene ts to our neighborhoods including: providing a new opportunity for recreation, exercise and education reducing blight socializing with family and neighbors lowering the family food budget beautifying the neighborhood while preserving green space within the community If you have a question about New Britains Gardening Initiative, call Briggitte Brown at 860-826-3303. I would like to give special thanks to Rep. Rick Lopes, Rep. Bobby Sanchez, Rep. Peter Tercyak

and State Senator Terry Gerratana for their assistance in helping the city acquire additional properties for the future use of community gardens.

After School Programs Continue


New Britain school children were recently informed their adored a er school programs would not be eliminated. e Parks and Recreation Departments program which is in its eighteenth year has helped thousands of students in grades 3-8 and their families. Funding for the program which is held between 3pm and 6pm will be subsidized from the recently passed landlord ordinances, state funding and private donations. Studies have shown the peak times for juvenile crime and experimentation with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and sax are during the a er school hours of 3pm to 6pm. e free a er school programs provided by the New Britain Parks and Recreation Department have provided a safe and enriching environment for New Britain youth for almost twenty years, said Mayor Tim OBrien. e a er school program starts when school day ends and runs until 5:45pm, ve days a week. During this time, students eat a healthy snack, receive help with homework completion and then work on a variety of educational, recreational, and hands-on enrichment activities. Students have the ability to showcase their talents and re ne the skills they have learned during the school day. Because of the exible and social atmosphere, students are also provided di erent opportunities to learn and develop in ways that a structured school day is unable to o er. Registrations are accepted on a rst come rst serve basis. Registrations are available at the Parks and Recreation Ofce in City Hall, at the aforementioned schools and on the Parks and Recreation website at www.newbritainct.gov/ recnpark. If there are any additional questions or comments please feel free to call the o ce at 860.826.3360.

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COMMENTARY

SPAMerica
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and spam, spam, spam, spam Originally a registered trade name for the pre-cooked spiced ham product introduced by the Hormel company in 1937, spam is now also defined by Merriam-Websters dictionary as unsolicited usually commercial e-mail sent to a large number of addresses. The co-opting of a brand name for canned, pre-cooked meat by the on-line community of the early 1990s to refer to the unsolicited electronic messages with no relevant or redeeming value that swamped electronic messaging and bulletin board systems of the nascent Internet may be attributed to the ubiquity, versatility and somewhat downscale reputation of the venerable luncheon meat. Perhaps, more accurately it may have originated from the BBC sketch comedy show Monty Pythons Flying Circus which famously featured luncheonette counter Vikings singing the praises of the seemingly infinite varieties of uses for the tinned meat. Whether its the terms likeness to the word scam or perhaps its just fun to say but spam and its verb form to spam have now firmly crossed over from geek subculture into wider general public use as more than just a quirky idiom for electronic junk mail. It can now accurately be applied to most instances of intrusive advertising. It seems in our modern times of hyper-media consumption and conspicuous consumer commerce there is no safe haven from the siren call of the advertiser. With astonishing facility, and aided by the digital technology revolution, advertisers find ever more niches and crevices in which to invade our peace of mind and tranquility with their special craft. We are subject to advertisements which typically are as shrill and pointless as the offers for generic Viagra, Nigerian lotteries or home-mortgage refinancing scams that clog our email inboxes. Whether you are pumping gas in your car or standing in line at the supermarket, even waiting in line at the DMV, there is nearly always a television screen near by to divert your attention, to intrude on your solitude by blaring their commercial wares incessantly. Internet browsing has become a veritable slalom through pop-up windows, animated flash objects that expand and contract in size or lay over advertisements that prevent you from viewing desired content until you patiently sit through an advertisers spiel. The explosion in the sizes of home television screens has produced excess screen acreage for the encroachment of even more advertising. What at first began with network logos appearing somewhat inconspicuously in the lower right hand corner of the screen has morphed into continuous crawls along the bottom of the screen, promoting upcoming programming (in some cases the crawls themselves have a distinct sponsor). Now even more intrusive swoop-in promos that disturb and distract us from the programs we are watching (though curiously the crawls and swoops stop once the program switches to advertising, it seems the only space free from advertising these days is advertising itself ). As it is now the political campaign season we are bombarded with political messaging which may best be described as Spam. It is almost always unwanted and certainly unsolicited. Its content and message is as insipid and vaguely false tasting as the congealed bits of pork shoulder bound together with potato starch pressed into a gelatinous mold-political platitudes, half-truths, distortions and nonsense shaped into a palatable and versatile concoction. And like spam, these are repeated incessantly and with such mock urgency that one wonders who, if anyone is swayed by these tactics. We sadly know it must be effective else we would not have to suffer through the deluge. Our nation has traditionally had a robust advertising culture. Societal norms towards outdoor and public advertising has ebbed and flowed over the years from the anything goes period of the late 19th century into the more restrained period of the 1960s and 1970s (where outdoor advertising increasingly was subjected to tougher community standards). It seems we are now once again in a period of unbridled advertising gusto as the interests of business predominant the public psychological (and physical) landscape and subsume the interests of communities.

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FUN AND GAMES


CROSSWORD SOLUTION FOR 8/31/2012
EACH LETTER CORRESPONDS TO A LETTER IN THE ALPHABET. FIND THE COR RECT CORRELATION TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE.

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SOLUTION FOR 9/10/12


Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. -Dalai Lama

ACROSS
1. 7. 9. 13. 14. 15. 17.

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Your natural Scorpio:will guide youintelligence well in an upcoming job interview. Use all your assets to make a great impression. promotion is Pisces: A work Keeping folong overdue. cused will help you nish what you start.

11/4 TO 11/10

Cancer: Your attention to detail will help with a new

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project at work. Stick to your social plans. Maintain a good work/ home relationship.

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in Sagittarius: Romance ison the cards. Your decision how or what route to take is vital. It is most important you use good judgement at this time.

time to Aries: Now is thethoughts channel negative

concerning your family into something positive. Make family ties closer.

trip is Leo:A short will be on the agenda. You able to relax and enjoy it with those closest to you. Make every minute count.

Your strong will Capricorn:resist bad dietary helps you one. habits. Stay close to a loved ey may need your help.

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SENIOR EVENTS
NEW BRITAIN SENIOR CENTER PEARL STREET NEW BRITAIN, CT PHONE: FAX: To leave message for Foot Clinic Nurse, contact Senior Center at 860-826-3553. Paris, the artist quarreled and omas Edison became a count - Jill Jonnes (Non- ction) e New Britain Memorial Sagarino Funeral Home will be presenting a informational seminar on the advantages of pre-arranging a funeral, including the bene ts and steps involved in the planning process. is is a topic that none of us like to think about, nevertheless, we should be proactive in this area so that our wishes and desires are known to others. e program will be conducted on Monday, November 5th and more information will be available in the November newsletter, so save the date.

SAVE THE DATE

Registered Nurse with 30+ years of nursing experience, 10+ years experience in foot care, Holds National Certi cation as Foot Care Nurse. Clinic to o er a ordable, high quality, routine foot care to clients at New Britain Senior Center on Mondays and occasional ursday. Fee: $30. Please note that RN unable to provide care for clients with: diabetes requiring oral medication or insulin, history of leg ulcers, painful / infected corns / calluses / ingrown toenails.

FOOT CLINIC

e Stanley Seniors Group is planning monthly bus trips to the Mohegan Casino. Listed below is the next dates: November 13, 2012 Call Richard Macchietto at 860-223-9144

CASINO TRIPS

e New Britain Senior Bowling League has starting on ursday, August 30th at 9:00 a.m. at Laurel Lanes located in Plainville. New bowlers are welcome and anyone wishing to join can call 860-223-6835.

FALL BOWLING

Tuesday, September 18th 1:00 p.m. e senior center/public library Book Group will be meeting 1:00 p.m. here at the senior center. e book read September is Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey (Fiction). Hope you all will get reading and join us here at the senior center. Listed below is the book selection through December 2012. December 18 Ei els tower: and the Worlds Fair where Bu alo Bill beguiled

BOOK GROUP MEETING

e Senior Center in cooperation with the New Britain Resource Agency, is taking appointments for the state of Connecticuts Energy Assistance Program. Proof of all income from the month prior to applying must be available. is includes all pages of the latest bank statement on a checking or saving account. Copies of oil, gas or electric bills, a rent receipt or a property tax bill are also required. You may have up to $10,000.00 in assets as a home owner and $7,000.00 in assets as a renter to qualify. If you were ineligible in the past years, this may be the year to reapply for energy assistance. Call the Senior Center for an appointment or contact HRA at 860-223-2288 for more information. Appointments at the Senior Center are on Tuesdays and ursdays only.

ENERGY ASSISTANCE

SERVICES BY APPOINTMENT
At least a 2-day notice is required for rides to the Senior Center, medical appointments, shopping and other destinations at any time within the month. Call 826-3555 for an appointment. ere is a suggested donation of $1.50 each way.

DIAL A RIDE

Senior Specials
Monday: 10% o any egg sandwich 1 pancake or 1 french toast with Tuesday: small juice or co ee $2.50 1 pancake, 1 egg, 1 bacon or sausage Wednesday: and small juice or co ee $3.50 Mu n or bread with small juice or ursday: co ee $2.50 Cup of oatmeal with blueberries Friday: or strawberries and small juice or co ee $2.50

860-224-3772

e AARP tax preparation program is in need of volunteers to help with the program. ere are many kinds of volunteer opportunities available from Tax Aide Counselors to Greeters as well as Communications and Technology Coordinators. One opportunity might be right for you. For more information, visit http://www.aarp.org/taxaide. The Thursday afternoon Pinochle Group is looking for players to join them. e group meets at 1:00 p.m. each ursday, so hope you will stop by and check things out.

AARP TAX AIDE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Person seeking help in ling Medicare claims or appeals, interpreting medical bills and assistance in making decisions concerning Medicare supplemental insurance can make an appointment with Senior Center Sta by calling the Center at 860 826-3553. Advice on Living Wills and how to deal with advance medical directives is also available.

MEDICARE/MEDICAL INSURANCE INFORMATION

PINOCHLE PLAYERS WANTED

e Nurse from the New Britain Health Department is available on MOST days to meet with members and evaluate/ discuss health related issues. Blood pressures and some other screening are available so keep this great resource in mind and stop by and talk to our nurses.

FROM THE NURSING DESK

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THE WAR GOES ON FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS


A Mothers Account of her Son Come Home
his friends stare to the stare when he was thinking hard or watching a good movie. e stare into my eyes on this day was right through me like a sword going through me to a place I knew nothing about. It had visions of the war playing in his mind like a video and it was a private look at what I couldnt see. You just dont know. He continued. No, I dont is all I could say and my heart went from so and loving into a full salute of attention. Its hard adjusting to being here at home. I love being here and all, its just that much harder to leave once I get used to the lifestyle and then have to go back, he said. Besides Ma, the people around here make me sick the way they get picky about the kind of bottled water they drink, when in Iraq they dont even get a choice about anything. ey dont have sterile water to drink either, he added. I nodded in concern and belief while a dozen eyes opened up inside of me. eres a bond you get over there with the guys when you are huddled on a watch. Ya learn more about each other than you want to know about a person when a bomb goes o over your head. We just keep talking like nothing is up there, he shook his head several times as his voice dri ed o with, You just dont understand, Ma. I couldnt comfort him with any words and say I know or it will get better. It was worse than a going to a funeral because at least you can say a few words to the grieving person even though there is nothing to be done except to say; Sorry for your loss. My sons soul was lost at war and I grieved what he saw. His experience and his courage and bravery could only be understood soldier to soldier. Prepare for the worst and expect the best, were his last reassuring words that they taught him in the Marine Corps like a mantra and he recited it as he got up to leave. e hug goodbye could never be long enough or felt by anyone, except a mother of a soldier. It is a mother who cradles her son in her arms forever. It is a mother who waits vigilantly for any calls and jumps at the sight of a cruiser or o cial car that turns down her street. I didnt want the news of his missing in action or death at my door. How does one prepare for that? Whenever I saw a young boy playing in a playground, a lump would rise in my throat or when I read a story to children in my reading group at school, that same lump would evoke tears and I had to leave the room. I was angry when I saw trouble makers living free and not grateful for the pavement they walked on because my son was risking his life for them. All I could do was line my window sills with candles and baby pictures of him and write letters and send packages to all the guys in his platoon. My vigil was constant as I watched the news and prayed myself to sleep. A soldier is brave and I would have given my life to replace him on the front lines. e mothers that bore the soldiers have a piece of their heart taken away from the war because they know their son or daughter is forever changed. My son was a boisterous young man with lots of popularity and always laughing with high spirits. He carried himself with a strong stature and a feisty aura. I raised him with good morals, education and faith. His quick ight into manhood a er joining the Marines right a er graduation from high school prevented me from enjoying the fruits of my labor. Instead he got a new mother, the service, and I was fearful it would reprogram his beautiful mind. He had the girlfriends breaking his heart experiences yet to discover and college life to enter into. e service o ered him manhood at a vulnerable point in his life. I blamed myself for his desire to join because I L S He was on his thirty day leave a er his rst nine month tour of duty in Iraq during the onset of the war. It was down to the last hour before his return to the base when we had a talk. Not that I wasnt ready any day or night to listen to him spill his guts, but this conversation became a grave mission for him. He had to go back for another tour and he was like a Dad about to give a speech to his son. Only I was his mother and all he had in the world since there was no dad in the picture or a girlfriend to console him. is was going to be a real conversation and I saw his breath heaving in his chest and his studied looks into my face without any words. I braced myself in his silence for I knew there was to be honest reporting of how he felt. I stared at his du e bag which was bulging with clothes that had not been neatly packed military style. It leaned up alongside the kitchen door waiting to be thrown into his car for his trip back to base. My heart was still aching in the silence while I just looked at him. He was larger than life itself while he sat in the kitchen chair in his fatigues. I used to tie his shoes for school on that same chair when he was young and now the shoes were combat boots that had a serious set of laces that meant business. is day was another shi for him to make from his ties with his family and friends and back into the world of the war. He had spent two weeks on a leave catching up on movies, hanging out with school buddies, eating homemade meals, slipping into sleeping late and being in a home. Now it was back to the barracks regime which was to precede facing the horror that was already familiar. Mom, he spoke seriously with sullen eyes that had already transferred into lifelessness. I was used to all his stares; from an all-night bender with had an ugly divorce and his need for a strong father or someone to be proud of him was answered by a call to serve his country. He went back and trained for two more weeks and was sent o to the front lines as a grunt even though he had electronic background and training from boot camp. I received plenty of letters from him in boot camp but there was no calling or word from him now. My son joined the Marines and did his basic training in the month of August. Sept 11th came right around the corner and that was it. He was prime bait. I nally heard from him one day three weeks a er he went over at four a.m. in the morning. My body went limp with relief, but it was even more painful to hear his voice again because it made the situation more realistic. I had started to separate from the idea of him being in the war as a defense mechanism. Journaling for me was the only way any sane thoughts could come out of me. is was the second tour of duty he was on this time and you would think that I would have accumulated some kind of experience. ere is no such thing in grief. I did realize t that his brain had not been taken over and the same sentimental person was in there that I raised. It just had to keep company with the war imagery and the emotional pain if he had killed anyone the rst tour. at was something he would never tell me. My sons faith in God was shattered. He was emotionless by death or any disastrous incident like a car accident. I surmised the scenery of innocent dead children haunted his mind along with the blood stains and scattered remains of fallen soldiers he scrubbed o tanks. He did talk about that janitorial duty he had. Besides guarding, killing and

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HUMOR

Normal Doesnt Exist


B M S O W stands for airs, trees, water and animals. T.J.: You fools. Charlies a psychotic. He masterminded the Tate-Labianca murders back in 1969. He brainwashed kids into believing in his schizophrenic dream! Bob: So I guess his theory about how the air we breathe being poisoned by fossil fuel and how our atmosphere is overheating and will cause a catastrophic payback by nature is just another manifestation of his psychosis? ere is no such thing as a normal person in my opinion. Ive never met one. Every person since the beginning of time has entered into a madness of reality from the moment of birth. I literally get sick to my stomach every time I go to the supermarket and actually glimpse the whole spectrum of our species. It is jam-packed every time I go, even at 11:00 am on a Monday morning. e old, the young, the middle aged, the wealthy, the poorest of the poor and even crying babies and runny-nosed infants are there. Do people actually call in sick from their jobs just to stock up on groceries? I have to wear mirrored sunglasses and double dose myself with anti-anxiety medication just to maintain some semblance of sanity before entering this surreal realm. I understand why the cashiers and baggers look as if they are su ering from never ending gin hangovers. Can anyone tell me with a straight face that your mother, father, sisters, brothers or even you can de ne normal? e easiest way to get into a brawl is to express a political or religious opinion or to debate whether a cat or a dog makes the best pet. Here is a conversation I overheard about someone who is as abnormal as it gets. Bob: Did you know that Charles Manson was warning everybody about global warming forty years before Al Gore started his dialogue about fossil fuel consumption and the depletion of the ozone layer? Lynnette: He started A.T.W.A. which not normal. Im a writer. My job is to become a phantom actor and write whats happening all around me. But Ive got to admit that sometimes I will stir up things just to get a column out. For instance all I have to do is tell someone that I am Mike Ostroski from the Hardware City Journal and then Ill usually have a blackout. e next day I will remember just enough to write my column. Other times I remember entire dreams of partying with e ree Stooges and Jackie Gleason trying to get a date with Marilyn Monroe were you. Marilyn: If you want hamburger then I cant help you baby. Why dont you go back to the supermarket? And thats when I wake up. Im no shrink but I think in my case the supermarket represents the total horror of our species as cattle. e dead eating dead animals and plants. It seems that everybody puts aside the fact that we are born to die and play games with each other in order to cope with the fact we are just a bunch of weird mutants on top of the food chain. Weve survived the evils of Hitler, Nixon, Stalin and Bin Ladin and weve survived silly string, television sitcoms, men on the moon and Sarah Palin. In this age when books are becoming extinct, the newspaper is a dinosaur and our fondest friends rely solely on the Internet can you say anyone or anything is normal? I didnt think so and I dont really care for that matter. I hope the sun blows up. Stay loose, Mike Ostroski Mr. Ostroski dropped o his column and informed us he was going to the supermarket and we should bail him out if anything strange happens. He then mumbled something about the meek inheriting the earth was just another way of saying the stupid shall persevere. en he put on his mirrored sunglasses and asked us if we could see ourselves in his eyes. Before anyone could answer to his gibberish Mr. Ostroski let out a blood curling scream and le . Mr. Ostroski apparently doesnt like to go grocery shopping.n

STAFF MEMO:

T.J. Now youre making me mad. Charlie is insane! Just because he had one moment of clarity doesnt interest me. I could have put my opinion into this conversation I overheard at the supermarket but like I said normal doesnt exist. Yes dear readers Charles Manson was saying and has been saying the same thing concerning global warming as Al Gore. So fact is stranger than ction and vice-verse. No sense makes sense and sense makes no sense. Im

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CITY BRIEFS
clude a silent auction for great prizes, including a South African photo safari for two; two tickets to e Late Show with David Letterman; dinner for 12 hosted by CCSU President Jack Miller and his wife, Barbara, in the Presidents Dining Room at CCSU; a private tour for 20 at the New Britain Museum of American Art; an autographed Celtics basketball; a Waters Edge Resort and Spa weekend stay; and much more. Ball tickets are $150 per person and also include dinner and dancing to the music of the Silver Streaks Band. Proceeds from the Ball and auction also will support the hospitals new cancer center. For information, and tickets for the ra e and Chrysanthemum Ball, please call (860) 224-5502. Social Connections is a social club for singles in Connecticut and we have non-pro t 501(c) status from the IRS. Our goal is to give singles the opportunity to meet new people, have fun, and network. NOVEMBER 9 (Friday) SINGLES HAPPY HOUR at the Wood-N-Tap, 1274 Farmington Avenue, Farmington at 5 pm. Join us a er work for a super time! Its a nice way to end the week and to mingle and make new friends. ere is no charge. For info, call Gail 860-582-8229. Sponsored by Social Connections. NOVEMBER 16 (Friday) SINGLES MOONGLOW DANCE at Nuchies, 164 Central Street, Bristol from 8 pm to 12 am. Be sure to come for a fun night and bring all of your friends. Well dance the night away to the music of our DJ - Tasteful Productions. erell be a delicious bu et from 8 to 9:30 pm for you to enjoy. Dress to impress, and door prizes. Members $12, Guests $17. For info, call Gail at 860-582-8229. Sponsored by Social Connections. NOVEMBER 25 (Sunday) SINGLES WALK & LUNCH. Meet at Farmington Canal Trail, Cornwall Avenue, Cheshire at 11 am for a lovely walk. See the old gate locks that were used to raise and lower water level. is is a lovely area and a great place enjoy on a Sunday morning. A erward, well go nearby for a delightful lunch. No charge for walk. For info, call Gail 860-582-8229. Sponsored by Social Connections. DECEMBER 7 (Friday) SINGLES HAPPY HOUR at Tools Bar and Grill, 136 Main Street, New Britain starting at 5 pm. Come join us a er work and relax with old and new friends. ere will be live jazz at 9 pm. ere is no charge. For info, call Gail 860-5828229. Sponsored by Social Connections. DECEMBER 15 (Saturday) SINGLES HOLIDAY HOUSE PARTY at Gails, 35 Anthony Drive, Bristol at 7 pm. We always have a fantastic time at our holiday parties! Dress to impress, optional $10 grab bag gi , and BYOB. Bring either an appetizer or dessert to share. Members $5, Guests $10. To reserve, call Gail at 860-582-8229. Sponsored by Social Connections. DECEMBER 23 (Sunday) SINGLES WALK AND LUNCH at the Collinsville Trail, Main Street, Collinsville at 11 am. is is a great place to take a Sunday walk. e town paved an old RR track and made a delightful walk area. A erward, well eat lunch nearby. No charge for walk. For info, call Gail 860-582-8229. Sponsored by Social Connections. DECEMBER 31 (Monday) SINGLES NEW YEARS POTLUCK PARTY at the home of Gails, 35 Anthony Drive, Bristol from 8 pm until we ring in the new year! Join the festivities, have fun, and party with us. Lets celebrate together, have a great time, and maybe even dance! Dress to impress, BYOB, and dish to share. Members $5, Guests $10. To reserve, call Gail 860-582-8229. Sponsored by Social Connections.

New Britain e Hospital of Central Connecticut (HOCC) is one of two hospitals in Connecticut and one of 40 nationwide participating in the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), a national organization designed to improve patient outcomes through data collection on total joint replacement procedures. Data collected through this registry will help improve patient follow up and intervention and provide more comprehensive knowledge of the orthopedic devices patients receive. It will also support doctors decision making about patients timing of total joint procedures and rehabilitation to enhance their outcomes. e AJRR serves as an information clearinghouse about joint replacements performed at hospitals and medical centers nationwide that participate in the registry. e AJRR aims to monitor the arti cial joint throughout a recipients lifetime in a database containing information about the patient, his or her surgeon and the facility where the replacement took place. All registry data are con dential to protect patient privacy. More than a million hip and knee replacements are performed annually in the U.S. Most are successful, o ering patients years of trouble-free use. But according to 2006 gures, about 7.5 percent of patients experience problems following surgery and require arti cial joint replacement. AJRR registry data will help doctors more quickly identify poorly performing joints, and

HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT JOINT CENTER JOINS NATIONAL REGISTRY

help doctors match patients, procedures and devices to ensure every patient has the best experience possible. Joining the AJRR will help us continue to provide patients with the best care possible, said Robert Carangelo, M.D., medical director, HOCC Joint Center. By participating with other hospitals in sharing information about arti cial joint performance and physician and patient experiences, we can help joint replacement procedures become safer nationwide, while optimizing our own patients experiences. For information about joint replacement surgery please call, HOCCs Joint Center, 860-224-5186.

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

New Britain, Conn. e Hospital of Central Connecticuts New Britain General campus Auxiliary is selling $20 ra e tickets to help raise money for the hospitals new cancer center. First prize is a gi certi cate for rental of the Confetti Big Red Catering Truck, including BBQ catering services for up to 40 people (value $1,200); second prize: Lenovo T430 laptop (value $1,022); third prize: NEC E422 42 LCD TV (value $649); fourth prize: Apple iPad 3 (value $499). Some restrictions apply. Winners will be drawn at the Auxiliarys 2012 Chrysanthemum Ball, Saturday, Nov. 3, 6 to 11:30 p.m. at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. Winners need not be present. e Chrysanthemum Ball will also in-

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY TO HOLD RAFFLE, AUCTION TO BENEFIT CANCER CENTER

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e Oscars were held twice in 1930. ere was no ceremony at all in 1933. e Pink Floyd album, Dark Side of the Moon, stayed on the top 200 Billboard charts for 741 weeks (or 14 years). e Pony Express didnt use ponies, they used horses. e practice of manicuring nails is more than 4,000 years old. e Roman word for secretary meant one who keeps a secret. e Sargasso Sea does not have a coastline, because it is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. e shoestring was invented in England in 1790. Prior to this time all shoes were fastened with buckles. e spots on dice are called pips. e sweet potato is a member of the morning glory family.

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warding o near death attacks, he was doing the morose job of cleaning up the blood and guts of his fallen and fellow soldiers o equipment. I did hear him talk about how he witnessed friends from his platoon getting killed during one night on his leave when he was in a drunken stupor. His tears spoke the rest of that story. He always and still feels guilt that he wasnt the one killed instead of them. Guilt for being alive is what eats at him even seven years later. e habits he acquired like chewing

Senior Events

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students will talk about questions to ask your pharmacist and how over-thecounter medications that seem harmless may be interacting with prescription medications you take everyday. ese young pharmacists-in-training cant wait to share their knowledge with YOU. A er the presentation there will be a question and answer session to answer all your burning medication questions!!

War

tobacco to stay alert during watch stayed with him and drinking bootleg liquor to numb the intolerable pain became companions long a er the war. He will never extinguish that sorrow. Well ma. Im going to head back early. We have to get ready for the Memorial Service well be having. I have to get my dress blues ready. I had packed a dozen cookies and hid them in his du e overnight while he was sleeping and I knew he would be sad when he found them and yet sad if he didnt. at is the war to me-love that has no remedy.

LOCAL FICTION

In the Town that Grass Built


Part 5: Bird Watching
B A W
When July came a heat wave was predicted to hit the town for two weeks. It was already in the mid- eighties and was expected to reach into the upper nineties later that day. is was not a good omen for growing grass. When the temperature escalates to over ninety degrees with no rain, grass slows its growth by up to eighty percent. is meant the town would be at a standstill. On the outskirts of town beyond Babayagas house was a vast expanse of wild terrain ranging from swampland to thick forests and mountains. During the summer months Mr. Needlesworth and Nate would ritualistically frequent the wilds in hopes of spotting a magpie. It was said that to see one brings the onlooker a life-time of good luck and fortune. It was seven a.m. and hot when Needlesworth spotted something entirely unfamiliar. It was an enormously large unclassi ed species of humming bird. With a twelve inch wingspan it buzzed around them before ying away. ey followed it to a stream where they came across oddity a er oddity of extraordinarily large creatures and plant life. e humming bird drew nectar from a Lilian Super bum that hung downward with astronomical proportions. In the stream huge sh, frogs and snakes competed for space as Needlesworth quickly collected a water sample to analyze when he returned home. What do ya think is going on here? asked Nate who looked in awe. Something supernatural, answered Mr. Needlesworth, as he put the sample into his back pack. High above them perched on a branch of a tall oak tree a magpie observed the outsiders from a distance. Oddly enough it was the only creature in the forest that had not been a ected by abnormal growth. He was out scavenging for shiny objects to adorn his nest when he spotted them. Like Mr. Needlesworth the bird knew something was very wrong with what was happening to the animals and pla of the forest. When they arrived back in town the sun was high in the sky and the temperature soared into the upper nineties. To their dismay the grass appeared to be growing even faster than before reaching towards the heavens. Lawn mowers all over town could be seen broken down unable to keep up with the heat and daily demands. Across town, Mr. LongLawn stood in his air conditioned o ce with his hands behind his back looking upon a killing eld of broken down mowers. Behind him a team of scientist walked through the door. Wellwell...well you boys did good our new products far exceeded the expectations of what we had anticipated, he said very pleased. Its a marvel of modern science, we could not have asked for better results, said the head scientist from behind thick hornrimmed glasses. Meanwhile, Mr.Needlesworth entered his laboratory and took out the water sample he collected from the stream dripping a couple of droplets on to a glass slide before placing it below a microscope. What he found was a small amoebic life-form that had the ability to separate itself into smaller globules. Just as fast as it separated it accumulated the smaller globules back unto itself, swi ly moving through surrounding organisms leaving parts of itself behind to live in hosts. is could be seen as the micro-organisms turned from clear to black. Soon a er he poured some of the Going Green lawn enhancement solution into a test tube and lit a Bunsen burner to gradually heat it up. When the liquid reached a hundred degrees it turned from green to black. When he introduced water to the solution it began to expand rapidly bubbling out of the test tube where he collected a black oozing liquid into a large jar and quickly sealed it as it tried to escape. It made a long moaning sound as he placed it in to the freezer to keep it suspended.

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trainings that predispose a young girl to be the perfect victim. at was my pattern of abuse which established itself as a lifelong pattern and the reason my choice for a husband was the same type of man. Until I awoke with enlightenment and learned about abuse from a support group I remained in an abusive relationship for seventeen years. I took care of my children and the house just like my mother did only I read to mine and tucked them in at night with love. ey were not part of the chore list. My doubts and fears of my mean husband got folded with the laundry and pressed out with the bed sheets every day. I buried the pain in emotional covers just as I had done throughout my childhood. I had been my own parent for so long that I thought I had my little girl all taken care of. She didnt feel bad. She didnt feel anything. C .

her hands were raw. When he wanted to teach the family a lesson he threw one of his daughters across the kitchen to keep the rest of us in line. She was nowhere to be found. His morals were unscrupulous when he wore pajamas without bottoms on his way past our rooms or made fun of our character traits in front of relatives and friends. Family secrets were just part of our daily life. We knew that he would be angry if we told a teacher or an uncle or aunt any of our uncertainties because he used his st to pound when he talked and stared at us with long looks like a snake. I knew he was wrong, but packed it away in a secret place in my heart. It was painful and felt like a hard lump. Living with a beast for a father and a timid mouse for a mother is one of the

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HARDWARE CITY LAW


Dear Attorney Baron: I do not know where to turn. My live in boyfriend is a good guy but when he drinks he occasionally hits me. It is usually my fault. I have decided to end the relationship. Is there anything I can do to make sure he does not come near me. Anonymous Dear Anonymous: Your question brought me much concern. It hardly sounds like your boyfriend is a good guy. ere is never an excuse for him hitting you. If he does, I strongly recommend you call the police. You also have the option of ling for a restraining order in family court. e Application for Relief From Abuse is form JDFM-137. You can nd it on the judicial website or pick one up at your local court house. If you are also seeking temporary custody of your kids, you should also ll out an additional A davit Concerning Children (form JD FM 164). A er you ll out the forms, give them to the court clerk. You must sign them in front of the clerk, a notary public or an attorney. You do not have to pay fees to le the Application and service is paid for by the judicial branch. e form asks you why you are seeking the order. A judge will review your application. A er the judge rules on your application, the court will give you two certi ed copies and an order and notice of court hearing form. While you wait for the hearing, the protective order will be in e ect for no more than 14 days. At the hearing this time can be extended. e order will also be forwarded to the police. You have to make sure your boyfriend received a copy of the restraining order and the date of the hearing. It must be delivered to him through a state marshal or other proper o cer. e clerk will have a list of marshals. You may actually nd one hanging out in court. Your boyfriend needs to receive these forms at least ve days before the hearing date. Once the marshal delivers the forms, the original must be returned to the clerks o ce. If your boyfriend has a gun, he will have to turn in his weapons. If the judge believes there is cause to order the restraining order, it will probably be for a period of six months. Before the order runs out, the o ce of Victims Services will contact you to remind you that the deadline is approaching. If you want to extend the order, you need to le a Motion to Extend. I recommend doing this at least 2 weeks before the order runs out. If he violates the order, call the police. I hope this helps. In my opinion, no guy is worth getting hit over. It is good you are ending the relationship with this creep. Attorney Adrian Mark Baron is a nationally recognized award winning legal writer who was recently named to the 2012 Superlawyer New England Rising Star list, a distinction given to less than 3% of attorneys in the state. A partner in the New Britain law rm of Podorowsky ompson & Baron, Adrians unique background includes work as an aide to Robert F. Kennedy Jr and as chair of the Ethics Commission for the City of New Britain. e preceding column is provided for informational purposes only. Always consult with an attorney before proceeding. For more information, please visit him on the web at hardwarecitylaw.com or contact him directly at abaron@ptblegal.com. Podorowsky ompson & Baron is located at 202 Broad Street, New Britain.

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NEW BRITAIN YOUTH THEATER OFFERING PRODUCTION AND DESIGN WORKSHOPS FOR TEENS
New Britain, CT anks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, New Britain Youth eater is o ering a low-cost series of eater Production and Design Workshops to ages 12 through 18. e eight-week series began on October 13, and a ten-week series will begin in January. e workshops are a way for teens to learn more about directing, producing, set and lighting design, costume design, make-up e ects, and more about all of the elements that go into getting a show on stage. Topics will cover script analysis to produce, direct and design for the stage; use of color, pattern and style to create a mood, time and place; and collaborating with a production team to create integrated and appealing stage pictures. Although design, production and technical theater are must-know subjects for anyone interested in directing, producing and work behind-thescenes, a little knowledge also gives actors an edge whether theyre working with community theaters or going on to professional careers on stage, said NBYT Executive Director Darren Farrington, who himself taught the rst weeks workshop in producing and budgeting. e workshops will be o ered on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Trinity-on-Main in downtown New Britain. Cost for the eight-week series is only $40 when prepaid. Individual workshops may also be taken at $10 for a single class in directing, makeup or lighting; two-week workshops in set design and costume design are o ered for $15. Following is the schedule of weekly topics: Directing (October 20); Makeup Design (October 27 just in time for Halloween); Lighting Design (November 3); Set Design (November 10 & 17); Costume Design (December 1 & 8). Each individual workshop will include some script analysis (using an upcoming NBYT production or another of each students choice), a little discussion about what goes into each project, and a lot of hands-on activities. Anyone with a little knowledge or none at all about theater is welcome to attend. For more information and workshop registration, please call 860-515-8115 or email info@nbyt.org. More information about New Britain Youth eater and its programs is also on the companys website at www.nbyt.org.

ABOUT NEW BRITAIN YOUTH THEATER


New Britain Youth eater was founded in 2010 to provide a er-school programming to the Consolidated School District of New Britain, to produce a season of performances by and for children and young adults, and to o er drama classes and summer programs.

e theater reaches children and their families in Greater New Britain, Greater Hartford, the Farmington Valley, and throughout Connecticut. NBYT is dedicated to enriching the lives of children and young adults by encouraging creative thinking, fostering self-con dence and self-esteem, and developing general life skills through involvement in low-cost programs in the performing arts. NBYT maintains its administrative o ce at Trinity-onMain Performance Center in downtown New Britain, and operates programs throughout Greater New Britain. New Britain Youth eater is a 501(c) (3) nonpro t organization.

HALS Academy Purchases 34 New Guitars for Music Department


New Britain New Britains HALS Academy, (House of Arts, Letters and Sciences) has purchased 34 new acoustic guitars for the schools music department, thanks to several student fundraisers. e guitars 30 righthanded and four le -handed were purchased from Tom Baxter Music in New Britain. e guitars replaced several older instruments at HALS that were beyond repair. HALS is the districts school for gi ed and high-achieving students, and puts much emphasis on the arts. e students, led by music teacher Kevin Hebert, Principal Leona Clerkin and parent volunteers, raised the money through school fundraisers, selling wrapping paper, holiday gi s, cookie dough and pie. Each guitar cost $100, so $3,400 needed to be raised. A portion of the fundraising money collected by eighth graders will go towards their eighth-grade eld trip in the spring. Clerkin said it was quite an achievement for the HALS community. Im so proud of our students, she said. Its obvious how much they care about HALS Academy and music education.

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The Overture
theatrical productions and without a space of their own to continue that practice they decided to put on a production of William Saroyans e Time of Your Life in Pacos small bookstore and invite folks to come watch. It was an appropriate play for this group lots of drinking, hanging around, philosophizing. So on a June evening in 1972, a production of e Time of Your Life opened on Oak Street in the little store. e only lights were the overhead xtures, Ray Shinn directed the show, and no admission was charged. Instead, a er the audience (they could only t about 18 of them) enjoyed the performance and prepared to depart they were asked to make a donation to the group, a practice that became known as the pitch. e momentum continued in August 1972 with a production of Spoon River Anthology. A er that the theater found its rst real home at 284 Allen Street, fortuitously just across the street from the Brown Derby which quickly became the theaters local bar. Only the rst of many, as beer drinking and doing theater were considerably intertwined throughout the theaters existence. Hole in the Walls Allen Street location was on the bottom level of a residential building. Seating was generally a maximum of 25 people in the audience and the actors were virtually in the lap of the audience at times. Spotlights created with co ee cans were the primary source of light and pierogies were served at intermission courtesy of Florence, the owner of the building. Despite these shortcomings, Hole in the Wall was able to produce 21 main stage shows from 1972 to 1975. e passion of its founders for making live theater available to all people was immense. No one was to be paid and the theater was to be run democratically by all members. Known as the General Meeting they made all artistic, philosophical and business decisions of the theater. Most importantly these productions were to be available to all members of the public regardless of their ability to pay via a suggested donation policy - pay what you can. is mission was born early and still remains a powerful one in the theaters philosophy although now a set admission is charged. And unlike most community or local theaters, the method of choosing productions was very di erent. Rather than voting in a season and then nding directors to direct them, Hole in the Wall relied and still does, on directors bringing their ideas to the General Meeting and pitching a show that the General Meeting would hopefully vote in. Using a complicated but democratic voting procedure the General Meeting then chooses those plays it wanted to produce. is unusual approach has led to many edgy, dynamic and at times provocative productions which is something the theater is rightfully proud of with the tradition continuing today. Productions of e Hostage, several Shakespeare plays, virtually unheard of in community theater, Of Mice and Men, and several musicals were performed on Allen Street. A er three years the theater was ready to move on and the next step was Arch Street in the basement of South Church. New Britains best kept secret, Hole in the Wall eater was on the move again. And just to clarify things - no, it does not show movies. Hole in the Wall is an all live, all lively, wonderfully alive New Britain institution that has grown, thrived and blossomed in its forty-year life. Next stop: Arch Street.

Where to begin? When an organization as amazing, creative, adventurous and sometimes downright crazy as Hole in the Wall eater hits its 40thbirthday there are so many stories to tell its hard to know where to begin. Hole in the Wall has been so many things to so many people over the years live theater, a source of creativity and artistic endeavor, a home away from home, an extended family, party central, occasionally a place to sleep, (d) all of the above. As the theater celebrates its 40th year, lets look back in time and check out its remarkable origins. Legend has it, and there are many legends at Hole in the Wall, the theater got its start when Ray Shinn and Ted Guhl, two of the founders were discovered in rehearsal at the New Britain Rep drinking beer and smoking cigarettes with their arms draped around a lovely 17-year old girl. While perfectly normal for them this did not sit well with the Reps founder. Out they went, and decided to start their own theater. Another legend has it that Hole in the Wall grew naturally out of regular Friday night drinking gatherings of a circle of friends which included Ray Shinn, Ted Guhl, Paco Robida,( another founder) and their pals, drinking buddies, spouses and partners. Both stories have truth in them. Paco ran a little bookstore on Oak Street in New Britain called the Hole in the Wall Bookstore and it was indeed a hole in the wall. Having enjoyed working together in other

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Fighting for us
State Senator Terry Gerratana has successfully fought for:
Terry Gerratana supported the CT Dream Act which grants in-state tuition to students who reside in the state and complete four years of high school and graduate with their diploma. This historic measure help make a college degree more accessible and a ordable for students.

Terry secured an additional $2.6 million dollars for our local schools. She also increased readiness slots for preschoolers by 1,000 slots, funded initiatives to improve early reading success and provided extra resources to help improve New Britains lower performing schools.

Terry helped pass the rst in the nation employee paid sick leave bill to let workers earn time o without fear of losing pay or their job if they or their child are ill and need care. This landmark bill will help prevent the spread of disease at restaurants, daycare centers and within the workplace for both employees and the public.

Terry voted to expanding the job creation tax credit for hiring the unemployed, disabled or veterans to $900. She also supported legislation that increases access to capital so businesses can create and grow new jobs here in Connecticut.

Tuesday, November 6th, Row B


Paid for by Gerratana for State Senate. Michaek Beczewski Treasurer. Approved by Terry Gerratana.

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