New Haven Register back issues from October 2006:
ART REVIEW: CAW exhibits are skillful pairing of faculty and guests
Oct 01, 2006; ... Do opposites attract? Do great minds think alike? I often wonder,when observing an exhibit in which artists select other artists toexhibit with them, exactly what motivates the inviter to select theinvitee. Judging from the current exhibitions at the Creative Arts Workshopin ...
One year later, gay couples celebrate and debate law; State of the Unions; Advocates say same-sex marriage is ultimate goal
Oct 01, 2006; ... Her eyebrows arched in disbelief, Linda Bray playfully correctsher partner, Carole Arnold, about the date of their civil unionanniversary. "Oh! I thought it was March 27," says Arnold, 73, onrealizing she had fallen into the old relationship forgetfulnesstrap. But a quick ...
Have some Faith: Radio personality honored for 25 years in the business
Oct 01, 2006; ... The Branford resident has two Peabody Awards that put her in elitecompany and she has attracted nine straight "Best Local Radio Talk-Show Host" nods from readers of Connecticut Magazine. But don'texpect dulcet-toned Faith Middleton to drop a big name from politicsor entertainment when ...
Long live O'Rourke's; Damaged diner, Middletown's heart and soul, seeks to rebuild
Oct 01, 2006; ... For 60 years, O'Rourke's Diner has been this city's heart andsoul, one of its most famed and far-reaching icons and one of thebest things ever to happen to its communal stomach. But in the monthsince an early-morning fire scorched the diner, which was uninsured,even some of its most ...
DOLLARS AND SENSE: Review life insurance in light of falling rates, increased competition
Oct 01, 2006; ... It's a buyer's market for term life insurance. Increasedcompetition courtesy of internet sales and longer, healthier lifespans have combined to slice the average cost of term life coverageby 50 percent or more during the past 10 years, said Steve Weisbart,economist with the Insurance ...
THE PERFECT JOB: Going into an interview cold can land you in hot water
Oct 01, 2006; ... The interview is where the job is usually lost, and lack ofpreparation is the leading cause. Know the company and know yourself. Anything short of those and you're sabotaging yourself. Of thetwo, the one most overlooked is knowing oneself. People figure the questions are about ...
TAKING care; Consumer-driven health plan put employee in charge
Oct 01, 2006; ... Recently Dr. Ayaz Madraswalla spent 25 minutes filling out about adozen prescriptions for a patient who is covered by a consumer-driven health plan, a new product being touted by insurancecompanies. "She is asthmatic and she wanted a prescription for everylittle thing: a humidifier, pads ...
Death notices
Oct 01, 2006 ... NOTE: See microfilm for death notices Allen, Letha Bell (photo) Broccoli, Patricia Wonneberger (photo) Bunting, Edna Louisa Middleton Conlin, Kim Anne (photo) Crisco, Vincent A. (photo) Crutchfield, Ke'Asia Shanae' (photo) Edmiston, Robert ...
Watch your back, Bartlett's, there's a new quote master in town
Oct 01, 2006; ... Wordsmith Fred Shapiro was fed up with snooty quotations booksstuffed with sayings by William Shakespeare and Lord Byron. Where, hewondered, were the great words of our modern heroes such as New YorkMets pitcher Tug McGraw ("You gotta believe"), Woody Allen ("80percent of success is ...
Missing stories
Oct 01, 2006 ... EDITION: BYLINE: DATELINE: HEADLINE: Regulation of gougers simply self-defense SECTION: Editorial COLUMN: Letter to the Editor ART: PAGE: b2 NOTES: See microfilm for letter written by Bill Colrus, Hamden EDITION: BYLINE: ...
Indian summer camp
Oct 01, 2006 ... Four hundred sixty five Boy and Girl Scout troops from acrossConnecticut headed to the Sikorsky plant ...
Santoro continues to make big impact
Oct 01, 2006; ... Yale's Steve Santoro continues to make the most of hisopportunities. Santoro, a sophomore free safety playing for theinjured John Coombs, came up with his second interception in as manyweeks. "He's really got a nose for the ball," Yale coach Jack Siedleckisaid. Santoro, who ...
Mind-numbing effort cause for concern
Oct 01, 2006; ... Because we care about the children, we'll disinfect DeonAnderson's naughtily accurate description of the Naval Academy's beatdown of the University of Connecticut football team at RentschlerField Saturday afternoon. "It was total mind-bleep on the wholeteam," said Anderson, UConn's ...
Bouchard nets first, lifts Yale
Oct 01, 2006 ... Andrea Bouchard, a freshman on the Yale women's soccer team,scored her first goal on Saturday afternoon, and it was a big one. With Mimi Macauley, the Bulldogs' leading scorer out with aninjury, Bouchard scored the game's lone goal to lift Yale to a 1-0win over Harvard in ...
Osiecki leads Seymour to win
Oct 01, 2006 ... Senior quarterback Ryan Osiecki threw five touchdown passesSaturday and was 9-for-11 for 245 yards to lead Seymour to a 49-21Naugatuck Valley League football win over Kennedy at Waterbury. Widereceiver Rob Moir caught five passes for 114 yards and twotouchdowns, and back Brian Stowe ran ...
Johnson back to dominating Huskies
Oct 01, 2006; ... There's no gray area for Paul Johnson when his teams play againstthe University of Connecticut football team. It's dominate or bedominated. Johnson was in charge at Georgia Southern when the Eagles defeatedUConn 52-30 in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs in 1998. In Johnson'sfirst ...
Sinking Ship; UConn powerless to stop Navy's attack
Oct 01, 2006; ... Fullback dive, pitch wide or quarterback run. The University ofConnecticut football team knew exactly what it was up againstSaturday in Navy's vaunted triple-option offense. On nearly every snap, Navy quarterback Brian Hampton would eitherhand it off for the fullback dive, pitch ...
Hyde survives scare from Windsor Locks
Oct 01, 2006; ... The tears from the Windsor Locks sideline said it all. A victoryagainst the defending Class S state football champions seemed to beso close, the Raiders could taste it. But too many missedopportunities turned out to be costly. And Hyde, which was nearlyhanded its first loss since ...
BETTING THE NFL: Unbeaten teams looking to stay red-hot
Oct 01, 2006; ... I can remember back in July -- seems like it was yesterday -- andmy Register colleagues and I were sitting around the editing deskinvolved in some sort of hot stove NFL debate, pining and yearningfor the 2006 NFL regular season to start. Now, seemingly in a blinkof an eye, here we are ...
I WAS THINKING: Pedro still deserves big contract
Oct 01, 2006; ... I was thinking: Is it not fair to ask now if the Mets made a wiseinvestment when they signed Pedro Martinez to a four-year, $53million contract prior to the 2005 season -- after the Boston Red Soxrefused to give Petey more than three years? Martinez, who all the king's horses and ...
FAITH MATTERS: Confession for the community on Yom Kippur
Oct 01, 2006; ... On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Jews numerous times repeat aprayer called a "Confession," a list of sins for which we askforgiveness. The sins are always stated in the communal "we" foreveryone in the world ultimately shares in one community, one fate. There are many versions ...
Area Business Roundup
Oct 01, 2006 ... Wilton man named executive director ROCKY HILL -- Frank A. Dinucciof Wilton has joined Connecticut Innovations as president andexecutive director, succeeding Chandler J. Howard. Dinucci has a 30-year career in finance and venture capital, mostrecently as managing director and ...
Police blotter
Oct 01, 2006 ... Dozens arrested in major drug sweep WATERBURY (AP) -- Dozens ofsuspects were arrested Friday in a major drug sweep after a lengthyinvestigation, authorities said. "I've been here for 27 years. It's the largest collaborative jointinvestigation I've seen," said Police Chief Neil ...
Nowakowskis' situation raising concerns of heart treatment for athletes
Oct 01, 2006; ... It may be a bit overdramatic to say that Lauren Nowakowski got anew lease on her soccer life, but she certainly celebrated like it. Just hours after getting medical clearance to resume her stellarscholastic soccer career, Nowakowski scored her first three goals ofthe season as ...
Good news about nerves; Research of Yale, VA scientists gives hope in dealing with injury, disease
Oct 01, 2006; ... Nerves are often compared to insulated copper wire and, fordecades, doctors sought ways to fix short circuits. Treating a spinalcord injury could simply be a matter of reconnecting the "wires" andreversing the nerve damage in multiple sclerosis might be akin toreplacing missing ...
CONGRESSIONAL ROLL CALL
Oct 01, 2006 ... Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major rollcall votes in the week ending Saturday. HOUSE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE: Voting 171 for and 217 against,the House on Tuesday defeated a Democratic motion for a closedsession to consider the latest National ...
Karen Olson introducing new book
Oct 01, 2006 ... North Haven author Karen Olson, a former New Haven Registereditor, will introduce "Secondhand Smoke," the latest book in hermystery series featuring police reporter Annie Seymour. Olson will beat R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, Wednesay at7 p.m., phone (203) ...
BRIEFS
Oct 01, 2006; ... Eastern Company announces 3-for-2 split NAUGATUCK -- The EasternCompany announced a three-for-two stock split of the company's commonshares last week. Leonard F. Leganza, Eastern's president and chief executiveofficer, said the move "reaffirms our confidence in the ...
THEATER REVIEW: Rep's 'Eurydice' a stunning production of Ruhl's astute work
Oct 01, 2006; ... Sarah Ruhl's play "Eurydice" suggests that life without a lovedone is a living hell. Yet, the memories of a departed love also canpull one through the darkest existence on hell or earth. "Eurydice,"which receives its East Coast premiere at Yale Repertory Theatrethrough Oct. 14, is a ...
ELM CITY CLARION
Oct 01, 2006; ... COLUMBUS DAY PARADE NOTES The observance of Columbus Day comes alittle earlier this year. The Columbus Day Committee of Greater New Haven has planned aseries of events for the celebration culminating in a mammoth galaand colorful parade next Sunday. The venue for the parade ...
THE NATURALIST: Perish the thought; That we might be so close-minded as to ignore the facts
Oct 01, 2006; ... Fall began Sept. 22. It was the autumnal equinox, one of the twodays when we have equal daylight and darkness in our tilted, spinningannual trip around the sun. That is, if you believe that the Earthdoes travel around the sun. Galileo did. In 1632, he wrote an elegant book showing ...
A LIFE remembered: Cadillac lover dressed the part, no matter the occasion
Oct 01, 2006; ... Longtime New Haven resident Clarence Morgillo usually wore a suit,no matter what he was doing. "He always wore a shirt and tie, evengoing to a picnic and washing his car," laughed daughter Fran Raucciof East Haven. "Whenever we had 'family night' at Kmart, he woulddress up and go with my ...
Yale's a cappella elite Whim 'n Rhythm celebrates silver anniversary
Oct 01, 2006; ... Singing -- a cappella and otherwise -- is serious business atYale. There's even a Singing Group Council which oversees 15 officialgroups (of nearly a dozen more on campus) and their annual rushes,which are as aggressive in tapping singers as a Southern fraternityis tapping the campus ...
REGISTER RANKINGS
Oct 01, 2006 ... The Register's Bill Bernardi takes a look at football's contendersand pretenders: TEAM - PW - COMMENT 1. Indianapolis - 1 - Of note: Marvin & Reggie without TD thisyear. 2. Cincinnati - 2 - Chris Henry: menace on defenses, menace onpolice. 3. Seattle - 3 - Madden ...
GRAY MATTERS: Take a taste of galactic humble pie
Oct 01, 2006; ... ASSUMING Earth is the most average of average planets, the sun issimilarly unexceptional and the solar system is identical totrillions of others, it's reasonable to assume that "terrestrial"life is really universal. From earliest times, humans have assumedthat Earth is unique. People ...
Messers' 60th
Oct 01, 2006 ... Carol and Edward Messer of Woodbridge and Tamarac, Fla.,celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in March. The formerCarolyn Janice Rosenbaum and her husband were married in New YorkCity on March 31, 1946. They met during World War II when Ed wasstationed at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., and ...
SENIOR MOMENTS: We've got some good news and some bad
Oct 01, 2006; ... Among the many helpful programs sponsored by, and unique to, theGuilford VNA are its lecture series for professionals in the healthor senior care fields. I just attended an informative session givenby Beverly Kidder of the South Central Agency on Aging and waspleased and distressed by ...
Moth-bitten; Long Wharf's boss feels the heat preparing for his improv appearance
Oct 01, 2006; ... Gordon Edelstein is nervous. It's not the butterflies you'd expectthe Long Wharf Theatre artistic director might have as his new seasongets underway and his program gets its first public exposure. No,this is personal. This is the director identifying with the stomach-churning feeling one ...
Tickets available for free CAAS concert
Oct 01, 2006 ... Tickets are now available for the Connecticut Academy of Arts andSciences free family-friendly classical music concert Oct. 22. Theconcert features pianist Mee-Hyun Ahn and 20 artists from areasymphony and chamber groups and musical programs, including YaleSchool of Music, The Juilliard ...
LNG terminal is safe for Sound; Coast Guard concludes safety and security concerns are manageable.
Oct 01, 2006 ... Among the objections opponents have raised to the proposed liquidnatural gas terminal in Long Island Sound have been its safety, itsvulnerability to terrorist attack and its presence leading to theindustrialization of the Sound. A Coast Guard report directly rebutsthe first two concerns ...
Art workshops scheduled for Killingworth
Oct 01, 2006; ... The Arts Center at Killingworth is offering a wide variety ofclasses and workshops for all ages. Adult workshop topics includewriting memoirs and working with stained glass, while children andteens can enjoy classes on ...
Workshop offered for aspiring children's book authors
Oct 01, 2006; ... The Shoreline Arts Alliance and Barnes & Noble Booksellers aresponsoring a free workshop from 7 to 8 p.m. Oct. 11 on how to writeand prepare children's literature for publication. The workshop willbe offered at Barnes & Noble, 470 Universal Drive, North Haven. Both groups also ...
ARTS NOTES
Oct 01, 2006; ... PLAYWRIGHT RUHL NAMED MACARTHUR FELLOW Playwright Sarah Ruhl,whose current play, "Eurydice," is at the Yale Repertory Theatrethrough Oct. 14, has been named a 2006 MacArthur Foundation Fellow.Her 2004 work, "The Clean House," which had its world premiere atYale Rep, was a Pulitzer Prize ...
TV PREVIEW: If 'The Bachelor' has any taste, he'll pick the New Haven woman
Oct 01, 2006; ... The latest edition of ABC's "The Bachelor" will open its doorsMonday night with a New Haven woman among 27 vying for the attentionof Italian Prince Lorenzo Borghese, who also has ties to Connecticut.Ellen DeMaio, daughter of local businesswoman Fran DeMaio, will beone of 25 competitive ...
Actors' Ensemble takes a hiatus
Oct 01, 2006; ... Longevity can be a tricky thing for community theaters, butActors' Ensemble seemed to have reached it. That's why it wassurprising when the New Haven-based theater group announced that itwould not have a season this fall. Twice voted best local theater byNew Haven audiences, Actors' ...
Bernabuccis 50th
Oct 01, 2006 ... Nelson and Louise Bernabucci of Branford celebrated their 50thwedding anniversary recently. The former Louise Distasio and herhusband were married July 7, 1956, at St. Michael's Church in NewHaven. Their children and spouses, Carol Ann and Paul Gangi andJoseph and Mary Bernabucci and ...
Parretts' 50th
Oct 01, 2006 ... Richard and Ruth Parrett of North Haven recently celebrated their50th anniversary. The former Ruth Anton and her husband were marriedon June 16, 1956. The couple celebrated the occasion with a gatheringof family and friends at the New Haven Country Club. Wedding vowswere ...
Hayward laments wayward travels; Former UConn center's life in turmoil, facing multiple counts of sexual assault
Oct 01, 2006; ... His 300-plus pounds amble at the speed of unhurried, a pace atwhich Eric Hayward is neither able to outrun the past, nor quickenough to reach a brighter place. He works through the night in aconvenience store, a quarter mile by amble from his Broad Streetapartment, and he sleeps by day ....
McLeod's 3 TDs power Bulldogs
Oct 01, 2006; ... The Yale coaching staff kept telling each other it was going tohappen. Each time Mike McLeod touched the ball, they felt he had theability to break a long run. Facing third and 5, McLeod broke a runat the most opportune time, scoring on a 45-yard run to put Yaleahead by 10 points with 5 ...
Community policing isn't what it once was; City police on defensive as complaints, crime rise
Oct 01, 2006; ... The question has dogged the police department with increasingfrequency in recent months. "What is the state of community policingin the city today?" asked East Rock resident Josh Venter during arecent community meeting at Celentano School. Moments earlier, Alderwoman Alfreda ...
Hamden police unit makes difference
Oct 01, 2006; ... A new police unit has already made a dent in crime and helped withquality of life in town, Police Chief Thomas J. Wydra said. Since itsinception Sept. 7, the street interdiction team has made 43 arrests,mostly drug and liquor offenses, as well as threatening, interferingwith a police ...
Roofers finish job in 1 day at famed Derby opera house
Oct 01, 2006; ... The historic, long-neglected Sterling Opera House opposite theDerby Green took a major step toward eventual renovation Saturday as50 roofers climbed out through one of its cupolas to install a newroof to protect it from the elements. The new roof was installed onthe city-owned building ...
East Haven pair arrested on drug charges
Oct 01, 2006; ... Police arrested a Cosey Beach Avenue couple Friday on drug chargesafter allegedly discovering marijuana plants and hallucinogenicmushrooms while responding to a domestic dispute at their home,police said. Officers were sent to 150 Cosey Beach Ave. at 9:13 a.m.Friday, police Sgt. Joseph ...
Kids grapple with self-image, health and other weighty issues
Oct 01, 2006; ... Don't think it's easy. When you're 13 years old, 260 pounds and atrisk for diabetes, it's not easy to decide to lose weight and get inshape. And once you've made the decision, it doesn't get any easier.There are constant temptations: Lay's Cheddar & Sour Cream potatochips ....
Seymour awaits OK on turf funds
Oct 02, 2006; ... Town officials are banking on some green to replace the heavilyused football field at Seymour High School with artificial turf.First Selectman Robert Koskelowski said he expects to hear any daynow whether the town is successful in securing a $500,000 grant thetown applied for earlier ...
Neighbors oppose plans for gravel pit
Oct 02, 2006; ... Residents in northern Hamden are drumming up support to stop thegravel pit that is being proposed by longtime landowners who nolonger live in town. They fear that the two-year sand and gravelmining operation proposed for 40.4 acres will cause inordinate trucktraffic, unnecessary dust, ...
Clinton signs on for participation in 'UConn Husky Trail'
Oct 02, 2006; ... Coaxing selectmen into town participation in the "UConn HuskyTrail," a new fund-raising effort styled after the famous "CowParade" statues, turned out not to be such a difficult task for JohnKelly. As it happens, the mascot for sports teams at The MorganSchool is the husky. Also, ...
MONEY MONDAY: One step back; Area economy hits a rough spot
Oct 02, 2006; ... After plodding ahead for several months, the economy of GreaterNew Haven slid backward a bit in August, according to the RegisterEconomic Scorecard. However, economist Donald L. Klepper-Smith, whocompiles the monthly report, said he believes it's a temporaryslowdown and the economy ...
City's Overflow Shelter opening today
Oct 02, 2006; ... Before winter weather sets in, homeless men may seek refuge in theOverflow Shelter, which opens today. This shelter houses up to 75 mena night, providing them with basic provisions. "We have beds, two meals a day - breakfast, dinner - and clothes,"said Alison Cunningham, executive ...
9th Ward Dems back Lemar
Oct 02, 2006; ... In anticipation of a resignation letter from East Rock AlderwomanElizabeth Addonizio, the Democratic Ward Committee in the 9th Wardhas endorsed Orange Street resident Roland Lemar, a former City Hallstaffer. By a 20-13 tally, the ward committee selected Lemar over thegroup's co-chairman, ...
Judge tosses firefighter bias suit
Oct 02, 2006; ... A federal judge has thrown out a civil rights lawsuit filed by agroup of 20 mostly-white firefighters claiming they were deniedpromotion because of reverse discrimination. In a 48-page decision,U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton has granted a request by cityattorneys for a summary ...
Death notices
Oct 02, 2006 ... NOTE: See microfilm for death notices Barnes, Betty A. "Gay-Gay" Crisco, ...
Preventive Medicine: Let's get the trans fat out of foods
Oct 02, 2006; ... When NYC Health Commissioner, Dr. Thomas Frieden, recentlyproposed a ban on the use of trans fat in restaurants city-wide, itmade national headlines. Is getting this particular fat out of ourfood really such a big deal, and if so, why the heck did we add it inthe first place? The answer ...
Oven gone cold, dryer all wet; Even a lukewarm refrigerator may be an appliance fix you can do yourself
Oct 01, 2006; ... Sometimes, it's just a dusty coil. Say what you will about thesophistication of modern technology and the infuriating complexity ofcertain consumer goods, the fact remains there are still plenty ofsimple fixes to various household gadget problems. Primarily, these would involve ...
Is it torture to put your brain on a rack? Word!
Oct 01, 2006; ... I saw a "Colbert Report" on cable TV the other day in which he wastrying to remember a word that was really important for Americans toponder. He talked of other things while waiting for the word to comeinto his head. I'm really trying to remember that word now. But Iwrack my brain about ...