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Jocelyn Pannell is an art teacher in the Southington Public School system, working at Hatton and Thalberg elementary schools. Pannell said she loves working with young children and adds that they’re generally open and honest. She grew up in Cheshire, the child of a white mother and Black father. During the time of the Black Lives Matter protests last spring, one second grader asked Pannell if she was “sad about what was happening on TV.” See Couple, A10
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Rev. Anthony Federico makes a cross with a cotton swab while administering ashes to Desirae Whittle, of Meriden, on Ash Wednesday at Saint Bridget of Sweden Parish in Cheshire. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Large, saucer-sized snowflakes fell in the parking lot of Elim Park as the third and final COVID vaccine clinic got underway inside on Feb. 19. By the end of the day, the total number of vaccines given from all the clinics held at Elim Park totaled 1,014.
The clinics, run by Walgreens, were held in January and February and included residents from the Health Care Center and Elim Park Place Independent Living, as well as family caregivers, By Devin Leith-Yessian and volunteers and vendors said the Rev. Jeffrey Romans, pastor of now! on camRecord-Journal staff who are frequently St.Enrichment Bridget of Sweden inclasses Cheshire. are forming pus, said Cheryl Sheehan, Around 250Upcoming people attended Online two morn- Classes: Christians returned to church in newly Elim Park marketing and reinvigorated numbers for Ash Wednes- ing Masses at the church Feb. 17 and the communications director. afternoon worship was filled to capacity day, shortly after Gov. Ned Lamont reHusband and wife, Eleanor at 200 people, which was double the Tai Chi, Advanced French, Yoga, Meditation, laxed state pandemic measures to allow and Edward Kearney, both increased capacity at houses of worship. number allowed under the previous regCooking, Music Prep, Origami, in their early 80s, quickly ulations which cappedLessons, attendance at SAT the “It’s an important day for us as Catholics lower of 25 percent or 100 people. filled out their paperwork because it reminds us of God’s mercy,”Northlight Photography, Excel, Card Magic,
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“It’s one of those things where it’s a small change but if that’s what we need to do to keep our parish safe, then it's a no-brainer that we were going to do that,” he said.
“It’s all about hope and normalcy … faith is something we all have in different ways,” he said, adding that seeing the church community together again shows that “we’re all in it together.”
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To limit physical contact and comply with social distancing rules, Romans received permission from the Hartford Archdiocese to apply ash to worshippers with a cotton swab, rather than painting them on with his thumb as usual. Other local churches, such as Kensington Congregational Church, held drive through “AshesTo-Go” in the parking lots of their churches.
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before taking their place to receive their second and final shot of the vaccine.
“We supported residents with many helpful services, providing personal shopping, U.S. mail and surprise care packages,” she said.
The two tested positive for COVID over the winter. Eleanor has health issues and was eager to get the vaccine. After his first vaccination shot, Edward had chills. “I was shaking,” he said. He hoped the shot he was receiving Feb. 19 would not have the same, if any, side effects. Eleanor said she did not have any reaction to her initial vaccine. After receiving shots, everyone was moved into Nelson Hall Theatre, socially distanced, and offered a snack and water while sitting for a few moments. Outside of the vaccine station, resident Doreen Schiavo was relaxing in Elim Park’s spacious café space. The 84-year-old received her initial shot the first week of January and her second shot at the end of January. She had no side effects other than a little soreness at the injection side. “I was so lucky to get the shot,”
Elim Park held its final COVID vaccine clinic, carried out by Walgreens Pharmacy, Feb. 19. After receiving her own vaccine, Eleanor Kearney traded places with her 84-yearold husband, Edward, seated, as Susan Fehmel prepares him for the shot. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen
she said. “When you think about it, most people I knew couldn’t wait.”
“We were happy,” said Jim.
During the quarantine period, Schiavo, an eight-year resident of Elim Park, said there were good days and bad days. Most days she was just thankful. “We didn’t have a thing to worry about,” she said. “The staff here and the president here were unbelievable.”
Carol commented on how well organized the clinics were run and how easy the whole process was. It’s been a tough year, Jim said, adding that the couple had previously been able to come and go as they pleased – travel, go to the theatre, and see their kids.
Jim Cangiano, soon to be 89, and Carol, his wife of 66 years, also stopped at the café. The couple received both shots in January. “Sign us up,” said Carol Cangiano when they first heard of the
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Sniffin’ out the story of the Cheshire Ice Rink Did you know the History Hound is also a Hockey Hound? While the Hound must hone his skills on local ponds, he was able to sniff out the site of the former Cheshire Ice Rink, which was referred to in a 2008 article in The Hockey News as “Cheshire Skating Academy.”
The rink was privately owned and in 1973, Jack Leetch moved his family from Texas to Cheshire to run it. At the time of the move, the Leetch family included a 5-year-old named Brian.
Property records for the building at 155 Schoolhouse Road show that the building was originally constructed in 1969, just as Bobby Orr and the “Big Bad Bruins” were igniting hockey fever throughout New England.
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sistant coach on Brian’s teams in the Cheshire Youth Hockey program, which was in existence in the 1970s and early 1980s. During those years, the Cheshire Ice Rink also attracted skaters from neighboring towns, such as Prospect, Bethany, and Meriden. Cheshire High School hockey coach Anthony Giusto is one of the program’s alumni.
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Around 1980, Jack Leetch left to take another job. The rink continued in operation for just a couple of years after that, closing in 1983. At that time, the owners offered the property to the Town of Cheshire, which opted not to purchase it. The owners then offered to sell the rink equipment to the town, which declined that offer as well. For awhile, the building was used as a warehouse by Worldwide Wines. It is now owned by Bozzuto’s.
And Brian Leetch? Well, he played hockey (and baseball) for two years at Cheshire High School before transferring to Avon Old Farms. After graduation, he attended Boston College for one year and played for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team. He then began a long career with the New York Rangers, playing a pivotal role in their 1994 Stanley Cup victory. Some may even remember when the Stanley Cup came to the Harmon Leonard Jr. Youth Center for a visit fol-
lowing that historic championship win. Brian Leetch retired from the NHL in 2006 and the New York Rangers retired his number – 2 – in 2008. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in 2009. In 2011, his display at the Hall featured his Cheshire Rams hockey jersey, front and center. Perhaps, on a cold winter day, if you squint just a little while looking at the School-
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Who knew that a winter afternoon spent drawing bigheaded squirrels and people with freckles could be the source of so many giggles and happy kids? Cartoonist Rick Stromoski made it happen as he led 18 youngsters in a drawing session, Feb. 11, during a Cheshire Public Library online presentation, called “Cartooning Workshop for Beginners.” Stromoski is the creator of the Soup2Nutz comic series. The nationally syndicated cartoonist and illustrator began his career while in his 20s. In addition to syndication, his work has also been published in various magazines and periodicals, including Woman’s World, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, McCalls, Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens. Stromoski also makes personal appearances and offers workshops. “I’ve been drawing since as long back as I can remember… before kindergarten. I was always interested in art, and drawing funny pictures especially. I used to draw pictures for my schoolmates. It would sometimes get me into trouble with teachers,” he said.
The artist firmly believes everyone is born with the creative gene. “It’s in our DNA,” he said, adding that the best time to learn is when we are young. “Children are enthusiastic about art because they haven’t been subjected to arbitrary criticism of their creativity yet,” he said. “If you go into a class of 5-yearolds and ask, ‘Who wants to finger-paint?’ you will get an enthusiastic and unanimous positive response. It takes a couple of years before they begin to be self-conscious of their creative abilities due to peer, but mostly adult criticism … I teach because I want them to know that being creative is the most human thing one can do, it’s where all innovation comes from and where all problems are solved and that by exercising one’s creative part of the brain, it applies to every other aspect of your life.” The award-winning cartoonist walked his audience through various exercises, experimenting with how to make happy, sad, and mad facial expressions using simple lines, half-circles and circles. He also told funny stories to go with each drawing lesson. “You wake up, you are in the mood for Cap ‘n Crunch cereal, but your brother just ate the last of it. You are kind See Cartoonist, A9
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“I knew what she meant. She recognized that I had dark skin,” Pannell said. The question caught Pannell off-guard. Skin color never came up in the course of her daily classroom work, no child had ever made a comment or appeared to notice. “It was random. I thought that was interesting. Also, I was very proud of her for asking,” said Pannell. “Maybe she was having that conversation at home; that it wasn’t right these things were happening.” Jocelyn’s husband, Titus Pannell, also is an artist. The couple have been married for almost five years and currently live in Wallingford. Titus works as a production coordinator for Elim Park’s Nelson Hall, in Cheshire. He also creates children’s books and graphic novels. Recently, he selfpublished a children’s chapter book, co-authored with his friend Travis Woronowicz, called “Return to Eden.” The Pannells described their different experiences growing up and how issues of race were handled in their respective households during their earlier years. Titus Pannell was raised by his single mother, Mammie Pannell. “Without my father to guide me, I had to learn what it meant to be a Black person and a man and bring the two together,” he said. He’s thankful to have been blessed with male mentors who helped guide him as best they could when he was growing up. He went on to serve in the Marine Corps and earned his master’s degree in traditional animation. He also has undergraduate degrees in biology and theology. He’s quick to explain that he, “is not looking for sympathy. I am not looking for racism in the world.” However, “Like most people, I came into the world thinking we are all equal. There are people who don’t feel
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Titus Pannell at work in his studio.
the same way and those people express themselves in very interesting and unique and subtle ways sometimes,” he said. At first, Titus Pannell questioned himself. “Was it me?” He’d try to change himself, things he said or the way he acted, or by not talking at all. When he kept seeing the same problems come around, he realized there was nothing he could do to change anything. “It was the people,” he said, although not everyone. Jocelyn Pannell was born in Cheshire and grew up there in 1990s, with a biracial couple as her parents. While she was aware she was different from most of her peers and noticed, “I am the only one,” that didn’t bother her at the time, she said. “For years it was the norm … you are always going to be the one who is different,” was the way adolescents thought about it. Her parents, Karen and Joe Pugh, never gave her reason to think twice about her ethnicity and Jocelyn recollects no in-depth talk about race
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through art,” she said, adding that at the age of five, she was allowed to take classes at Artsplace, a freestanding art school owned by the Town of Cheshire and affiliated with the Cheshire Public Library. Early on, when she was getting involved with the organization, art classes were held in the old firehouse building on Maple Avenue. She noted that Artsplace director Joan Pilarcyzk “has known me a long time.”
As an artist, Titus Pannell supposes it is in his nature to be sensitive. However, to be met face-to-face with racism, especially after Barack Obama was president and he had served honorably in the Marine Corps, is “disheartening.”
What pulls him back to a joyful place is his work, his art and his wife, who he calls “his anchor.” Titus Pannell also credits Jocelyn’s dad. “I didn’t have a father figure growing up, so I see him as When Jocelyn told her moth- my surrogate father. I cherer she wanted to be an artist, ish Jocelyn’s father,” Titus said. her mother remarked, “There’s a reason why they All of it encourages him and It was only when Jocelyn call them ‘starving’ artists, helps him to grow as an Pannell was older that she you know.” artist — and to do someheard about racism from It made sense to become an thing more positive in order older family relations and for people to find more hope art teacher. She’d enjoyed began to have insight into in the world today. her time working as a the significance of her herbabysitter in high school as itage. “My father was one of well as working as a nanny 14 children in his family, during college breaks. raised on a farm in the Putting art, teaching and south,” she said. “When the extended family got together, kids together, worked well. with my aunts and uncles, that’s when the stories would come out.” While she realized she was different, coming from a biracial family, it wasn’t a defining issue for her. Jocelyn can’t say for sure, but she believes that her brother was given more of an insight into racism and the need to be careful, while she was shielded from those realities.
Overall, though, Jocelyn’s path was clear and unencumbered by issues of race. It was Jocelyn’s grandmother, Virginia Doucette, who inspired her to develop her skills as an artist. When her grandmother retired and began to paint, Pannell would sit and paint next to her. “That’s how I got my itch
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A monetary incentive sparks motivation this year’s health insurance plan. The health insurance company refers to it as a perk of our family’s coverage.
Turns out, this person, Nan- After giving her all my percy, my health coach, is a sonal information, things I present that came along with wouldn’t tell my husband or best friend, my new health coach gave me an ultimatum. She said I have to make some changes. For one, I should not eat anything after 7:30 p.m. That might be tough as I often have Zoom meetings, from 5 to 7 p.m. or later. I guess it could be done. I would just have to adapt to Floridian senior citizen dinner times. What is that—3:30 p.m.? Okay. I guess I could also go with-
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sentially chop off up to $1,000 from what we pay. You don’t have to ask me twice. So here I am wearing a groove into my street with my daily “walkabouts.” As the hubby is working from home, I try to pry him off the official home office, which is to say the “dining room table” (hey, it’s a small house). So far, I have not been successful. Oh alright, once he came for a stroll, on his lunch break. I couldn’t believe that I was walking faster than he was. I usually struggle to keep up with him. We walked to the top of the street and turned around to start back to the house. Now he was like a stable horse. You know what that is, right? The rental horse at the stable whines, complains and dawdles all along the trail, that is until your allotted time is up and you take hold of his reins and turn him back home. Whoa, Nelly – that’s when the stable horse gallops on back to the stable at the speed of light. That was the hubby that day. Just a blur on the street. I never did catch up to him. Even my standbys, my pals, have forsaken me. I call them and they conveniently have scheduled a root canal or oil change, or they have to sort out their kitchen junk drawers. It ends up that I am walking solo. Luckily, I still have my iPod. It’s outdated, isn’t it? It does have all my music on it though, so I will See Joy, A14
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Three wins in a span of four days, including on the road against previously undefeated Middletown, has the Maloney boys basketball team flying at 5-0. The steady hand at the wheel belongs to Vincent Martinez. The senior point guard put up 19 points Friday night against Newington, 9 on Saturday afternoon against Rocky Hill and then 14 on Monday night in Middletown. Martinez is leading Maloney with 14.6 points a game.
How pumped were the Lady Rams to welcome junior guard Grace Lurz back to the fold last week? Making her season debut on Wednesday night at home against Guilford, Lurz racked up a career-high 19 points to lead Cheshire to a 46-40 victory over the Grizzlies. It was the first head coaching win for first-year Cheshire skipper Angelica Ariola. Lurz went on to score 14 points in Saturday’s 42-32 loss in Shelton.
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Coach Ed Heath’s co-op squad made it 2-for2 last week with a 97-87 upset of the Bristol Co-op. Mehdi Moumen was the spark. The Platt sophomore swam the lead leg on the first-place 200 medley relay. He led off another winning relay, the 200 freestyle, before capturing the 100 backstroke. Moumen also had fast times in the backstroke and butterfly, plus a win with the medley relay, in Meriden’s opening win over Lewis Mills.
Coming off her All-Record-Journal season a year ago as a junior, Livvy Pizzitola remains the catalyst of Southington girls basketball at point guard. The senior put up a team-high 16 points and dished six assists Saturday as the Lady Knights KO’d previously unbeaten Bristol Eastern 65-44 to improve to 3-1. Heading into Tuesday’s game at Avon, Pizzitola was averaging 11.3 points, 5.3 assists and 3.3 steals a game.
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take the abuse of being called hipster, Luddite or maybe, that cool lady rockin’ it up the block. My street is about threetenths of a mile long. The slight incline in the street is wicked deceptive. I am winded. Was there ever a time when this street didn’t have me breathing hard, I wonder. As I go along, it is interesting to check out what each neighbor is doing with their homes. It’s winter, so there are no gardens, but a snowman or two cheer me on along my way. There are a few neighbor changeovers on the street, so I don’t know each and
everyone as I used to. When I do see someone new, someone out in their yard, I do wave and smile. They don’t recognize me, as I am fatter than I was pre-COVID and wearing a mask. I also wave to those driving past, although for all I know they might be delivery drivers or burglars.
In Brief Marion Road subdivision approved A 13 lot subdivision on a former tree farm on Marion Road has been approved by the town.
What I do know is that if I do not eat dinner ever again and if I can run, walk, skip or crawl up this darn street another 365 days, I may lose some pounds, and for sure I’ll get a nice discount on our healthcare plan. Contact me at jvanderlek@ record-journal.com.
The subdivision will have a registered homeowners association that all future residents must join. The applicant has addressed all fire department concerns.
Earlier this month, the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved plans for the subdivision at the site of the former McKinley Christmas Tree Farm. McKinley Estates, which is being built by PABCO, Inc., will have 13 residential lots, including one house that is already on the property. Each lot will be roughly 40,000 square feet or larger.
Commissioners Matt Bowman and Earl Kurtz III, who serves a chairman, recused themselves from the public hearing, and were replaced by alternates Robert Anderson and Tom Selmont. The applications passed unanimously.
The subdivision will be located at 1415 Marion Road. In addition to approving the application for a special permit, PZC members also approved a waiver of sections 3, 9 and 11 of the Cheshire zoning regulations which deal with earth filling, removal, or regrading per-
At the last two Public Safety Commission meetings, the idea of establishing a multitown trail safety group has been proposed to help address issues that may arise along the Farminton Heritage Trail and to make related improvements.
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The safety group would cover Southington, Cheshire, and Plainville sections. Officials said this is an early stage of the planning process. At the commission's Jan. 13 meeting, the general idea was introduced. This includes establishing a volunteer-based group to address possibilities such as: installing lighting, adding speed bumps and stop signs at points along the trail where it makes its way through all three towns. Currently, there is minimal lighting and no safety or call boxes along the walk. At the Feb. 10 meeting, the commission discussed how it might go about forming the group and how the effort would be coordinated with other towns. For now, the commission will wait until members put together a list of their requests for improvements on the trail.
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Proposal delayed During the most recent School Modernization Committee meeting, members decided to push the deadline for presenting a proposal to the Town Council from March 1 to June 1. The decision came after multiple members expressed concern over the pace of the committee’s work and a lack of information over the past few months. While the meeting agenda included a possible discussion on the town acquiring a parcel of land to potentially build a new school building, it was brought to the committee’s attention that an error had been made in calculating the appropriate enrollment numbers for each school, and that the design firm of Milone and MacBroom would have to recalculate the numbers. The committee had created previous project scenarios based on numbers for capacity, not enrollment. Chuck Warrington, a representative of Colliers International, the project manager hired by the committee, explained that capacity and enrollment are not a one-toone ratio. Milone and MacBroom is the engineering firm hired by Colliers to collect data needed to generate the plans.
an upscale restaurant. Co-owner Enzo Beskovic and business partner Fico Cecunjanin aim to open in mid-March, pending the approval of a liquor license and the finishing touches on about $700,000 in renovations to the building. The interior renovations and a new patio expected to be completed in the summer will allow up to 500 to be seated. They’ve brought in new kitchen equipment and built a bar. The facility will offer a wine room with an inventory of 200 wine options, as a start; and a banquet hall for large gatherings. Both Cecunjanin and Beskovic have a long history in the restaurant business. They grew up together in Montenegro and moved to the United States as
teenagers in 2001 to work in their families’ restaurants. Cecunjanin opened Red Fox Restaurant in Middletown with his brother, Alex Cecunjanin, in 2015. They expanded seating capacity from 80 to 300 within a few years of opening. He also now runs Fox on the Green in Portland with his brother. The food and atmosphere at Bone In Prime will be comparable to the Red Fox Restaurant, which has a menu centered around steaks, seafood and Italian dishes. Though this will be Beskovic’s first time as an owner, he has worked in the restaurant business for decades and plans to create his own recipes and sauces. He specializes in steaks and fish.
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Ongoing series Reflections Café A virtual café that will be our social gathering place for persons with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer’s or other dementia along with their family and friends to share an hour of exploring positive topics such as cooking, art, music, poetry, movies, show & tell, and more. Enjoy Reflections Café from the comfort and safety of your own home or comfortable place. The group will be led by Andrea Sidoruk, MSW Intern. The program will be held Mondays, March 8 and 22, and April 5 and 19 from 5 to 6 p.m. Call 203-272-8286 or email lgravel@ cheshirect.org to register.
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Mindful functional movement sequencing is a mindbody class tailored to performing the activities of daily March events living and helping older individuals maintain their inBingo dependence. Zoom Bingo with Sahal will This movement and breath- be held Tuesdays, March 9 based exercise class will and 23 at 1 p.m. Prizes will meet weekly via Zoom Mon- be mailed to winners. days from 1 to 1:45 p.m. For registration and Bingo through May 17. This class card pick-up, call 203-272will create focused se8286 or email lgravel@ quences and movements cheshirect.org. with breath components Lymphedema program to strengthen muscles, and improve endurance and Thursday, March 11 at 10:30 body awareness. Sequences a.m. via Zoom. Learn about will include getting up from the causes and effects of the floor, mindful walking lymphedema or chronic and breathing, and balancswelling and ways to maning. age it. Presented by Theresa Participants will be asked to complete a pre-activity survey and a final evaluation which will be reviewed by the mindful movement instructor.
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Thursday, March 18 at 1 p.m. Please read “The Adventure of The Lions Mane” by Arthur Conan Doyle for discussion via Zoom. Contact Andy Tranquilli at tranquilli@hotmail.com if you wish to attend. New members and guests are always welcome. Understanding Truckers Thursday, March 18 at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Presented by Fran Mayko, AAA Northeast. Truckers have their own language and they play a critical role in our nation’s economy. In this presentation, learn how to safely share the road with our good buddies. Call 203-272-8286 or email lgravel@ cheshirect.org to register.
Community yoga Friday, March 19 at 1:15 p.m. Join Stefanie via Zoom for Gentle Flow Yoga (chair modifications available) to benefit the Cheshire Community Food Pantry. The “cost” is a monetary donation made directly to the pantry. Call 203-272-8286 or email lgravel@ cheshirect.org to register. Book club Tuesday, March 23 at 10:45 a.m. via Zoom (note date change.) Book choice for this month is “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders. Call 203-272-8286 or email lgravel@cheshirect.org to register. Sit down with Stefanie Thursday, March 25 at 1:30 p.m. You are invited to this informal Zoom meeting with Stefanie, where she will answer any questions that you may have regarding the Senior Center. Call 203-2728286 or email lgravel@ cheshirect.org to register. Cocktails, coloring
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Thursday, March 25 at 5 p.m. Join us via Zoom for Adult Coloring and Cocktails Happy Hour. The Senior Center will provide a coloring kit if needed, or you may use your own materials. You provide your cocktail. Email lgravel@cheshirect.org or call 203-272-8286 to register and reserve your kit.
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