St. Bernard School second graders Emma Tedisky and Catherine Giordano playing “back to back balloons” Minute to Win it game during Catholic Schools Week.

In the wake of last weekend's blizzard, the fire departments of Enfield have issued these safety reminders:

• Make sure all smoke and CO detectors are working properly. If you need assistance with this, call your local fire station.
• Make sure to clear snow from all exit doors in your residence.
• Check to make sure all outside heating vents and chimneys are free of snow, especially for those heating appliances that are vented horizontally.
• Use caution when clearing snow from around underground propane and fuel tanks.
• Make sure to clear snow from around natural gas meters and use care not to damage the meter or piping when doing so.
• If using supplemental heaters; be certain they are UL listed and follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for proper use.
• When using generators; follow the manufacturer’s recommendations. Never use generators indoors or outside in proximity to doors or windows.
• Never use the oven/stove or charcoal for supplemental heating.
• The use of candles for lighting is not recommended. Use flashlights or other battery powered lighting.
• Make sure the number on your house is visible so we can find you in an emergency.
• Make sure the exhaust is clear of snow or debris before starting any vehicles that have been parked outside. Do not leave a vehicle running in the garage to warm it up.
• All downed wires should be treated as an electrical hazard.
• Check on your neighbors, particularly if they are elderly or disabled.
• If there is a fire hydrant near your house, help the fire department by clearing the snow from around it.

Keep in mind that road conditions may delay responses for emergency assistance.

The following public information from the Enfield Police Department is accurate as of Feb. 13, 2013. Items on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions. It is not the policy of Enfield Patch to omit any misdemeanors or felonies from this log.

Feb. 11

Anthony Gionfriddo, 21, of 13-B The Hamlet, Enfield, was charged with 3rd-degree assault and disorderly conduct, in connection with a domestic disturbance at The Hamlet, 11:16 p.m., Feb. 10.

Feb. 12

Timothy Moses, 42, of 416 Fernbank Rd., Springfield, MA, was charged with 2nd-degree robbery, 6th-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit 6th-degree larceny and 3rd-degree assault, on a 2011 warrant, 11:30 a.m.

Charles E. Davis, 30, of no certain address, was charged with interfering with an officer and violation of probation, in connection with a disorderly conduct call on Thompson Ct. and on an out-of-town warrant, 4:07 p.m.

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Jeff M. Hluchnik, 41, of 231 Woodside Crossing, Enfield, was charged with violating a protective order and 1st-degree criminal trespass, on a 2011 warrant, 5:45 p.m.

Guy W. Donahue III, 64, of 163 The Laurels, Enfield, was charged with 2nd-degree failure to appear, on a 2012 warrant, 9:10 p.m.

March for Change, an outgrowth of CT Against Gun Violence, is taking its message to the state capitol on Valentine's Day, to present a unified voice to push legislators to enact changes to Connecticut gun laws.

The organization was a response to the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting at Sandy Hook School that claimed the life of 20 first graders and six educators.

March for Change members will be joined at the rally by state legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, and shooting victims' families, gun violence survivors and clergy. Standing with them will be another newly formed grassroots group, called The ENOUGH Campaign.

ENOUGH grew organically out of a number of moms near the tragedy in Newtown who decided that they needed to take immediate action and mobilize their networks of friends, families, coworkers and acquaintances, according to a release from the group.

The weather forecast is calling for a few inches of snow overnight Wednesday into Thursday, Feb. 14, but organizers say the march will go on as planned — and more than 4,000 people are expected to show up.

Planning on Going? Document the Rally Through Instagram

This article is set up to automatically pull in your photos taken through Instagram using the hashtag: #marchforchange

So while you're there, score some pics, post them on Instagram using the hashtag and help document the March for Change.

As (I hope) you all know, President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

I, naturally, didn’t watch it. Though I was following my Twitter feed and evidently all that happened was Marco Rubio got a little thirsty during the speech.

Anyhoo, I think that this is the perfect opportunity to give a State of the Candy (Valentine's edition) address to all three of my readers. (I’d name who you are, but I don’t want to embarrass you.)

I want to thank Vernon Local Editor Chris Dehnel for the idea. Poor Chris is allergic to chocolate (no lie, evidently he blows up like a strawberry when he comes even remotely in contact with the stuff), so if you see a mustached man holding his nose while picking out a V-Day present, assume it’s the contents of the package and not how he feels about his wife.

Here are some quick missives about the state of candy around this manufactured day of love:

1. There are WAY more choices for Valentines than when I was a kid. I now have two stepchildren below the age of 10. The things they can now get their classmates are incredible. Prepackaged Blow-Pop Valentines, Star Wars Valentines (I am sure that Amy, the girl who I had a crush on in second grade, would be Mrs. Ted Glanzer if she ever got a Yoda Valentine from yours truly. What better way to say “I love you” than with a 2.5-foot tall, light-saber wielding, hairy-eared green man from the planet Degobah? Actually, Yoda would say, “Love you, I do. Yes.”)

In my day, you got lame Valentines that you filled out as quickly as possible so as to not ruin your dude-cred. Man, I hated giving those stinky girls Valentines.

I learned the hard way that the egalitarian method of Valentine’s Day (everyone gets a card! Even the stinky girls!) in elementary school was much less stressful than the Darwinian method of Valentine’s Day — only good looking, popular guys get Valentines from those not-so-stinky, kinda nice looking girls — in middle and high school.

Sigh.

2. There are TOO many choices available for Valentine’s Day candy. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I recently went into the Wal-Mart, and I walked straight into an aisle that can best be described as a red wall of death. My eyes exploded from all the options: heart-shaped Butterfingers, heart-shaped Sweetarts, heart-shaped hearts. No lie, there was a Valentine-themed section for Nerds. Fellas, if you’re getting Nerds for your sweetheart, she ain’t sticking around long. She’s gonna leave you for some guy who has a Nestle’s Crunch or a Snickers up his sleeve.

Actually, if you are over the age of 20 and shopping for Valentine’s Day candy at Wal-Mart, you may have some problems. Get yourself a nice box of Munsons or Godiva and put a smile on her face. 

Then wipe that smile right off by eating the entire box yourself. Not that I have ever done that.

3. Conversation hearts need to be more realistic. Seriously, what’s with the “Be mine” and “Text Me” and “Crazy 4 U?” What dudes want to see on their conversation hearts (though not me. I love you, honey! … honey?) is something like the following: “You don’t watch enough sports” “I want you to spend more time with your friends” “I won’t mind if you go to Vegas for the weekend.”

4. Putting out Easter candy at the same time that Valentine’s candy on major display is an abomination (see the photo in the gallery above). Pretty sure it’s in the Bible.

The country celebrated the 204th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth this week. Lincoln has been much in the news lately, with the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation last month and with the widespread popularity of Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated movie named after the 16th president.

Additionally, controversy now swirls around the inaccuracy of the votes cast by Connecticut’s congressional delegation in the movie — a fact that prompted Congressman Joe Courtney to write a protest letter to director Steven Spielberg.

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the fall of 1862 following the Battle of Antietam. Its issuance did exact a political price in the Congressional elections of 1862, as it cost his party 28 seats in the House of Representatives. This loss of Republican influence in the House would make passage of the 13th Amendment there very difficult, as Steven Spielberg's movie Lincoln dramatizes so well.

Passage of the 13th Amendment in the Senate, however, was much easier. In fact, Sen. John B. Henderson of Missouri submitted a bill on Jan. 11, 1863, for a constitutional amendment banning slavery. Henderson's colleague from Illinois, Connecticut native Sen. Lyman Trumbull, was given the task of drafting the amendment.

Lyman Trumbull was born on Oct. 12, 1813, in Colchester, CT. Trumbull spent his formative years in Colchester and was a graduate of Bacon Academy. In his early 20's, Trumbull moved to Georgia and then to Belleville, IL. He soon entered the political arena and became a state legislator, a judge, and then a senator from Illinois in 1854.

A member of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, Connecticut native Lyman Trumbull was largely responsible for drafting the language of the 13th Amendment. The amendment sailed through the Senate on April 8, 1864, by a vote of 38-6.

In addition to Lyman Trumbull, three other men in the Senate with strong Connecticut ties also voted for the 13th Amendment.

One of those men was a senator from New York named Edwin Denison Morgan. Morgan spent most of his formative years in Windsor, CT, later moving to Hartford. A successful grocer in Hartford by trade, Morgan then moved to New York City in 1836 and actively entered politics in 1850.

Morgan became the first national chair of the Republican Party in 1854, serving longer in that capacity (12 years) than anyone else in history. He also became governor of New York in 1859. He then served as a Major General in the Civil War from 1861-1863. Following his military service, Morgan was elected to the Senate, where he served one full term from 1863-1869.

It was in this capacity as senator from New York that Edwin Morgan voted for the 13th Amendment. Known as a generous man, Edwin Morgan died 130 years ago this week on Valentine’s Day in New York City. A cousin of Connecticut Gov. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Edwin Morgan lies buried in Hartford in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Another notable senator who is buried in Hartford’s Cedar Hill Cemetery is Sen. James Dixon of Enfield, CT. Born in Enfield in 1814, James Dixon was a graduate of Williams College. Beginning in 1837, Dixon served in the Connecticut House sporadically and became Speaker of the House there during his first term!

Eventually, Dixon was elected to the United States Senate in 1856. He served two terms in that capacity as a Republican. During his second term, Dixon was one of 38 senators who voted for the 13th Amendment on April 8, 1864. Although appointed to serve as minister to Russia in 1869, Dixon declined in favor of pursuing literary interests until his death at age 58 on March 27, 1873.

Connecticut Senator Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880) was born in Franklin, CT. He graduated from Brown University in 1828, taught school in Providence for a while, and then began the study of law. Settling in Norwich, Foster represented that city in the Connecticut House for over 15 years and was eventually elected Speaker of the House.

Additionally, Foster was the mayor of Norwich before being elected a senator. He represented Connecticut in the Senate for two full terms from 1854-1867; in fact, he was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate during the 39th Congress. It was during the 39th Congress that Senator Foster voted for the 13th Amendment. Following his career in the Senate, Foster taught law at Yale before becoming a state rep again. He was then appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1870, where he served with distinction until his retirement in 1876. Few people in Connecticut history can match the public service record of Lafayette S. Foster. Foster died in 1880 at age 74 and is buried in the Yantic Cemetery in Norwich.

Next week, in addition to examining the four Congressmen from Connecticut who voted for the 13th Amendment, we will also see how a Haddam native from Iowa and a Southington native from Michigan also cast critically important votes to put an end to slavery.

In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama pledged to “make high-quality preschool available to every single child in America.”

On Thursday, details began to emerge about what that pledge would actually involve. According to the New York Times, Obama is proposing that "the federal government work with states to provide preschool for every 4-year-old from low- and moderate-income families."

The Times cited a report that in 2010-11, state-financed programs enrolled about 28 percent of all 4-year-olds in the U.S.

Should preschool be available for every 4-year-old, or would the money — as some critics claim — be better spent elsewhere?

Take our poll and tell us in the comments.

Many of you may not know this, but there are descriptions and photos of nearly 900 businesses and organizations on Enfield Patch.

Under the "Directory" heading at the top of our home page, you will find everything you need to know about restaurants, stores, civic organizations, churches and numerous other locations around Enfield.

Enfield Patch will feature a different listing daily. We encourage readers to submit reviews or comments; if you are the owner or manager of the business or group, we invite you to claim the listing as your own.

Stanley J. Buczacki, 94, formerly of Enfield, passed away on Monday Feb. 11, 2013.

A Senate Republican has proposed a bill that would limit bicyclists from riding side by side on Connecticut roadways.

Sen. Kevin Witkos, R-Canton, has proposed Senate Bill 103, in an effort to make roads safer for both cyclists and motorists. The measure would amend an existing  law that allows two bicyclists to ride abreast on a roadway. Witkos' change would require them to ride single file.

In the weeks following the bill's filing, Patch readers on both sides of the debate engaged in a mostly constructive dialogue with over 200 comments posted about the issue of safety on the roads. Witkos said he also received many comments from his constituents via email regarding his bill. As a result, he revised the original proposal to make the legislation more specific.

"I want to thank the public for your outreach and aiding me in the proposed substitute language," Witkos said in an email to Simsbury Patch.

The original Senate Bill 103 reads as follows:

An act requiring bicyclists to ride single file on a public road.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 14-286b of the general statutes be amended to require persons riding bicycles on a roadway to ride single file, rather than two abreast as currently allowed, in order to permit motorists to safely pass and yield three feet to the bicyclists as required by law.

The amended bill reads as follows:

CGS Sec. 14-286b. (b) Persons riding bicycles or skating or gliding on in-line skates upon a roadway shall ride, skate, or glide single file when being overtaken by a vehicle. Persons riding two abreast, as provided in this subsection, shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane. The operator of a vehicle must provide a safe distance of not less than three feet when overtaking and passing a person riding a bicycle.

Witkos' has said his main goal in proposing the bill was to clarify the existing state law which states that cyclists can ride two abreast as long as they do not 'impede' traffic and he requested an interpretation from the state's attorney's office about how 'impede' should be interpretated. The office responded by saying the interpretation of 'impede' would depend on the state's attorney handling the case.

"My hope is that the substitute language that I provided to the chairs of the transportation committee will allow everyone who uses the public roads to do so in a safe manner without ambiguity of the law in what 'impeding traffic' means," Witkos said.

"The substitute language still provides for cyclists, skateboarder, in line skaters to operate two abreast on a public highway dropping to single file when being overtaken by a vehicle which must still yield a three foot safe passage," Witkos said.

The transportation committee held a public hearing on the bill this week and now can either revise it additionally or send it along to the legislature for a vote.

On the two-month anniversary of the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown that claimed the lives of 26 people, hundreds gathered on the steps of the state Capitol in Hartford Thursday to advocate for changes to Connecticut’s gun laws.

The event, known as the March for Change, was organized by CT Against Gun Violence and included remarks by politicians, musicians, faith leaders and gun violence survivors and family members of others whose lives were cut short by gun violence, including several from the Sandy Hook shootings.

People came from all over Connecticut to be heard and express their views on the controversial subject of gun control, but Patch wanted to know the answer to one simple question:

"What brought you here today?"

The following students have been named to the second-quarter honor roll at John F. Kennedy Middle School.

GRADE 8

High Honors

Ashley Amoabeng, Jacob Audet, Kayla Baez, Sarah Baillargeon, Camille Balicki, Samuel Betancourt, Emma Blinn, Abigail Bosco, Kevin Breton, Leyden Brousseau, Corey Brown, Megan Callender, Monica Charubin, Kyle Chester, Claire Marie Collins, Matthew Coppinger, Nicholas Critz, Abby Cudebec, Kyle Dansereau, Collin DeBarber, Jocelyn Degray, Mackenzie Dillon, Cheyenne Ellis, Jake Ferrato, William Ferris, Jessica Follo, Kayla Gilbert, Kayla Gilbert, David Hamilton, James Hanna, Brandon Hosig, Dexter Hurlburt, Alex Jensen, Kurtis Kalagher, Chase Kaupin, Brianna Keenan, Olivia Laliberte, Jonathan LaPointe, Regina Leblanc, Miranda Lee, Melissa Lee, Erica Lovering, Sarah Macilvaine, Jessica Maier, Emily Malcolm, Alessia Manzi, Monique Marcano, Jack Mercik, Andrew Mesick, Carolyn Messenger, Melissa Murray, Matthew Nogas, Taylor Oates, Hana Obeidallah, Areti Panatsas, Joseph Partridge, Marykate Pestana, Katherine Piekos, Sara Prosinski, Ryan Radziewicz, Kristen Raffia, Justin Rankin, Lubna Rauf, Taylor Reedy, Steven Rinaldi, Grace Roy, Brian Ruel, Jessica Sackett, Alexander Salisbury, Ethan Shea, Parker Simpson, Rose Sliva, Madison Stone, Paige Tetro, Catherine Thomas, Spencer Walker, Alyssa Whitney, Hannah Yarum, Madeline Young.

Honors

Mohamed Adan, Jacqueline Antunes, Kailee Baez, Emilee Baker, Ryan Bialobrzeski, Angelique Bizier, Makenna Bower, Giuseppe Burgio, Joshua Buvelot, Beth Castle, Matthew Cavanaugh, Sierra Centrella, Kaitlyn Chappell, Katelyn Chickerella, Raith Cook, Tea Courchesne, Nicholas Culver, Mia Dibattista, Jason DiBiase, Amanda Diodonet, Paige Dowding, Ashley Egli, Jeffrey Falk, Charlie Farina, Mark Finnegan, Samantha Flynn, Travis Foxe, Julie Gifford, Ebony Greene, Jahmya Grier, Ashley Haluch, Layla Holmes, Tashana Holness, Ali Kafel, Jenna Kolodziej, Jordan Kopacz, Katherine Kusta, Megan Lapponese, Danielle LeBlanc, Matthew Legere, Nancy Lor, Dominic Maccini, Mykenah Marcotte, Justin Mark, Aariahn May, Colin Meunier, Emily Musumeci, Gypsy Negron, Trevor Nguyen, Rhianna Nieroda, BriAnne Nieroda, Gabriela Nolasco, Taylor O’Connell, Christian Osada, Kayla Otero, Anthony Pasquarelli, Taiya Patnode, Elissia Peralta, Christine Perdomo, Emily Porcello, Morgan Remington, Bailey Roberto, Pablo Rocha Nunez, Makayla Samuels, Jack Sherman, Alexandra Smith, Allison Smolenski, Amber Sosnicki, Cassandra Stacey, April Stone, Alexis Taupier, Alex Theriault, Andrew Thibodeau, Garrett Torres, Nicola Travali, Daniela Troya, Brandon Venditti, Melanye Villacis, Veronica Walker, Leah Wille, Savannah Williamson, Rebecca Ann Willoughby, Damien Zaharis.

GRADE 7

High Honors

Thayna Alicea, Maxwell Anderson, Alexandra Anderson, Sehar Babar, Megan Balesano, Rachael Bara, Andrew Barnes, John Barth, Nathan Bedard, Taylor Bergin, Delaney Bowles, Ethan Boyer, Alec Burkholder, Rachel Campanelli, Alexandra Capodicasa, Kaitlyn Cappiello, Megan Castoldi, Jason Chen, McKenna Choiniere, Julia Cimoch, Elizabeth Collins, Jeremy Comfry, Meghan Connery, Sean Cooney, Daniel Cosman, Kristen Couture, Kayliana Criscio, Brittanie Cruickshank, Cody Dang, Danielle Delano, Joselyna Delgado, Esperanza Diaz, Madisen Dilauro, Sean Donohue, Isabella Duarte, Valerie Eckenroth, Caterina Fonseca, Thomas Fountaine, Amanda Foy, Anthony Gaetani, Cameron Gaylor, Catherin Grant, Francesca Grimaldi, Rhiannon Grimmett, Nadeen Hammad, Alan Hanna, Isabella Harris, Alyssa Haskins, Tory Hatcher, Angelina Hipolito, Benjamin Iv, Jocelyn James, Megan Jamison, Connor Juhasz, Maxx Jutras, Lisa Lampro, Cameron Langevin, Kyla Larusso, Delaney Lawler, Brianna Legere, Kaylin Leggo, Meghan Lehouillier, Cara Lizotte, Madison Lumbert, Ariana Maggio, Sarah Malnicof, Sarah Marino, James Mark, Daniel Marsh, Robert Maticke, Stacey McCann, Cierra Menard, Margaret Mercik, Laurissa Montigny, Ashley Morace, Samantha Moreau, Elizabeth Mulligan, Jordan Murray, Jessica Muzzulin, Sydney Nash, Samuel Nash, Noah Nash, Grace O’Neil, Wilfredo Ortiz, Sarah Passmore, Michael Pellegrino, Marissa Picard, Richard Pierce, Connor Pingley-Bala, Kaylee Piotte, Jenna Porcello, Nijaya Preston, Garrett Ritchie, Laura Rocha Nunez, Eric Rogers, Jamie Santiago, Alaina Santos, Nicholas Shannahan, Nathan Shannahan, Rachael Silva, Kayla Simons, Kristen Slavin, Ashley Smith, Sanjay Sowrirajan, Kevin Stroiney, Jordan Therian, Alexander Underwood, Robert Vose, Kaitlyn Wentworth, Caroline Williams, Haley Woods.

Honors

Kianna Alli, Nana Amoabeng, Thalia Andino, Jennifer Attenello, Collin Atwood, Eric Baillargeon, Anthony Barnes, Arielle Beaudry, Kaitlyn Becker, Nicholas Biela, Matthew Blaisdell, Jakob Bode, Madison Brady, Matthew Brodeur, Sarah Brunetti, William Bryson, Colby Burgess, Trent Byers, Sarah Castle, Caitlin Ceniglio, Maria Concha-Sanchez, Frank Cospito, Katherine Courville, Tiffanie Cruickshank, Sara Cushin, Lauren Deni, Abby Depaolo, Cameron Dopp, Jacob Dubour, Mason Dumas, Alyssa Engelman, Rose Garrow, Taylor Geaglone, Yvonne Girard, Eric Glettenberg, Emma Gould, Joseph Goulet, Sarah Graham, Molly Henderson, Jonathan Higginbotham, Kaleisha Hite, Coty Holmes, Madelyn Holubecki, Madison Howell, Patrick Kane, Sean Kirkbride, Kailie Klose, Tre Kluczwski, Megan Labrecque, Tiana Lamontagne, Nathan Lavery, Jonathan Leduke, Alexa Liucci, Hailey Longo, Austin Lor, Madilyn Ludwick, Anthony Maiolo, Mikayla March, Nicholas Martin, Garrett Maxwell, Michelle Mendoza, Jordan Miller, Taylor Moxley, Victoria Mullen, Tyler Murphy, Katherine Musgrave, Morgan Nash, John Nelson, Kaylie Pease, Alyssa Rabida, Shane Reddell, Fabian Restrepo, Heaven Rich, James Rivera, Nicholas Romano, Ryan Rugani, Shaun Ryan, Tanner Sargent, Wyatt Scribner, Dominick Serignese, Madison Vene, Nicholas Vermette, Brittany Wagner, Jonathon Williamson, Theresa Winters, John Zirolli.

GRADE 6

High Honors

Roman Alves, Jason Baillargeon, Alexis Baker, Grace Bauman, Charles Beas, Emily Bensley, Timothy Benton, Bethany Bleakney, Liza Boivin, Madeline Borowski, Kaitlyn Bourque, Alexis Bowley, Sarah Boynton, Trevor Brookes, Samantha Brown, Sarah Burt, Matthew Campo, Benjamin Carleen, Timothy Carlton, Coady Cavanaugh, Nicole Chartier, Thomas Charubin, Andrew Cherry, Victoria Chorvat, Emily Christie, Jackson Congdon, Jenna Cormier, Alexia Cox, Jacquelyn Daigneau, Rachel Davis, Marissa Demers, Lillian Diamond, Michael Dibattisto, Elizabeth DiPiero, Shane Donaghy, Kobe Dunne, Gwenyth Dyer, Monica Esten, Alicia Fernandes, Carlie Flanagan, Patrick Fleming, Abigail Formus, Brittany Gaetani, Jamie Galovich, Tori Geaglone, Allen Griffin, Victoria Grigaitis, Amilea Gunther, Benjamin Hart, Zachary Healy, Abdullah Ilyas, Emma Jamison, Sierra Jansen, Lilli Johnson, Rachel Justice, Youssef Kafel, Shawn Keeler, Emma Ketchale, Christopher Koenig, Spencer Korona, Alexander Krawiec, Caroline Landry, Zachary LeBlanc, Marissa Longo, Sean Lovering, Jacob Madrigal, Spencer Mailhoit, Eric Maloney, Olivia Mannette, Maggie Marquardt, Kailee Martin, Katie Marullo, Emily Marullo, Olivia Mas, Laura Mason, Madison McGinnis, Sydney Medina, Katelynn Menaker, Sean Messina, Emily Miner, Madison Moore, Kara Morin, Matthew Olesen, Emma Olsen, Amber Olson, Danielle Orr, Abby Parkman, Christian Pasini, Anastasia Patetsos, Ashley Patrie, Michael Pawlowski, Emily Pease, Abby Pelligrinelli, Duy Pham, Hannah Phelps, Valerie Pino, Bayleigh Piorek, Katherine Platt, Morgan Post, Owen Racette, Julia Radziewicz, Rebecca Ravens, Brett Reedy, Justin Reid, Carrington Ruffin, Lilliana Sarju, Madyson Schulz, Logan Segal, Dylan Sherman, Daniel Shermer, Jonathan Silvestri, Hannah Smith, Quinden Starks, Skylar Steele, Nicholas Steele, David Stefaniak, Taylor Strevel, Stephanie Stuffer, Katelyn Suggs, Kaylee Tatavitto, Ella Tennis, Jake Timme, Cassandra Urso, Elizabeth Vandal, Hannah Vincent, Carly Wallace, Connor Walsh, Rachel White, Bryce Wille, Nolan Wyse, Jasmine Xiong, Jeremy Young.

Honors

Aimee Alvarez, Rebecca Angelica, Kyle Bak, Johnathan Beebe, Blake Benvenuto, Brian Bleakney, Andrew Burke, Gabrielle Burns, Miranda Cadena, Matthew Cain, Heaven Canales, Andrew Carlson, Maxwell Carson, Zulimar Casiano, Allison Cherry, David Chittick, Jack Colagiovanni, Francis Crowley, Sara Daddario, Walter Davidson, Brendan DeBarber, Faith DesRocher, Andrew Diaz, Shakira Downer, Giulliano Duarte, Cameron Easley, Gillian Easton, Sydney Falcone, Adrianna Fangman, Marissa Fernandez, Samantha Ferrato, Susavonne Gray Khen, Savannah Griswold, Alyssa Hamilton, Monica Harding, Jillian Hubbard, Madison Jarvis, Nicholas Jensen, Craig Kammerer, Mary Kibbe, Benjamin Kingsbury, Delsin Koduah, Kyanna Kohler, Blake Korpusinski, Anna-Renee Labak, Jessica Landry, Jason Lavoie, Cameron Leblanc, Vincent Lindquist, Austin Luke, Kamerin Martinez, Kiera Maslow, Nathan Mason, Mariah McBride, Patric McGlynn, Kyle Menaker, Mackenzie Menard, Tyler Nadeau, Matthew O’Connell, Ashley Parmenter, Elizabeth Pawlowski, Samantha Peros, Chase Piepul, Evangeline Post, Nicole Prosinski, Daniel Rock, Tanner Rush, Derek Severini, Rosalynn Silva, Lindsey Stover, Sean Stroiney, Garrett Sylvester, Alyssa Taravella, Jeremy Targonski, Megan Torres, Danney Tran, Jack Tweeddale, Cheyenne Underwood, Alexis Vega, Jillian Willoughby, Samuel Wishart, Daniel Woodward, Kenya Wright.

The following students have been named to the second-quarter honor roll at Enrico Fermi High School.

GRADE 12

High Honors

Jacob Alaimo, Joseph Annis III, Kelsie Atiyeh, Olivia Baillargeon, Abigail Balint, Daniel Barile, Sara Barksdale, Holly Beaudoin, Nicole Berozsky, Marijan Bojic, Victoria Bombardier, Gabrielle Boucher, Rae-Ann Brodeur, Larissa Brown, Alyssa Caplette, Lizzette Ceballos, Gabriel Colin, Hannah Combs, Kevin Connolly, Jennifer Cote, Haley Cotnoir, Sarah Coughlin, Brittany Crabtree, Amanda Crane, Jordan D’Angelo, Kristen Dansereau, Ashleigh DeLeon, Jessica DellAquila, Michael DellAquila III, Alan Derench, Jason Dubour, Shanyn Dudley, Lucas Flanaghan, Taylor Foote, Emily Gahr, Creya Garbacik, Samantha Geissler, Michelle Giustina, Conor Glettenberg, Tyler Gorman, Allie Griffin, Garett Guimond, Rebecca Henderson, Amber Johnson, Timothy Kertanis, Leanna Klezos, Katherine Lagasse, Danielle Lavender, Joshua Liebla, Rebecca Locke, Audrey Loos, Jillian Maker, Serena Manzi, Courtney Marquardt, Eric Mazzarella, Kaylee McAvoy, Kyle McCarthy, Kaleigh Miller, Megan Moody, Heather Murray, Rachel Murray, Anthony Netkovick, Shannon O’Toole, Mykela Orifice, Sara Page, Michael Pellegrino, Haley Porcello, Nicole Pulyado, Emily Quail, Daisy Rainville, Lavdim Rexhepi, Rebecca Rinas, Michelle Rivera, Christian Rodriguez, Elizabeth Rogers, Kimberly Rohrbacher, Brian Roy, Stanley Rozalski Jr., Justin Rush, Michael Sagan, Audra Sferrazza, Theresa Solenski, Olivia Sroka, Holli Stankiewicz, Megan Stearns, Brooke Strevel, Amy Sullivan, Emily Sweetman, Aaron Valle, Richard Villeneuve, Lindsay Vose, Mason Welch, Stephanie Wence, Katrina Wermter, Caitlin White, Jacob Wright, Alex Zachary, Jackob Ziolkowski.

Honors

Jared Avery, Logan Beck, Katherine Bertrand, Rachael Cantalini, Travis Clark, Andrea Colca, James Conlon II, Des’ree Davis, Jason Despard, Morgan Dominguez, Tyler Ferrante, Alyssa Fetridge, Danielle Flaherty, Olivia Florian, Ruthie Guhne, Crystal Hamilton, Jacquelynne Hines, Justyce Jenkins, Amalia Kajdan, Steffanie Kraucunas, Brett Kroh, Kristin Lavoie, Bryan McCarthy, Kevin Miller, Joshua Murphy, Joseph Nai, Kaitlyn Nieves, Christine Ogrodnik, Jason Ouellette, Nicole Panella, Joseph Petrone, Timothy Pisano, Patrick Quinn, Nicholas Ruel, Dustin Sroka, Rachel Testoni, Tyler Timpone, Cole Tryon, David Tucker, Danielle Turgeon, Mark Williams Jr., Jessica Wittig, Matthew Yetsko.

GRADE 11

High Honors

Sara Aube, Bria Barnes, Rachel Beiler, Tiffany Blas, Ernest Bouthiette, Samantha Busiere, Gabrielle Campanelli, Peter Carcia, Karla Colley, Samantha Delconte, Connor Desmarest, Anthony Dipace, Kristen Ehrhardt, Brooke Ellis, Aaron Embacher, Cecilia Gillen, Ava Goncalves, Zackary Hallquist, Jeremy Hart, Thomas Heroux, Zachary Isabelle, Samantha Jackson, Amy Jacques, Nicole Johnson, Austen Juhasz, Brandon Keeler, Samuel Kelly, Brenna Kennedy, Casey Lamotte, Kevin Lampro, Alyssa Lenares, Taylor Letourneau, Marci Macsata, Colin Martin, Stephanie Mendelson, Cortney Mendoza, Jacob Mikullitz, Armando Molina, Logan Mollison, Robert Ollari, Anthony Partyka, Paul Pasquarelli III, Morgan Pierce, Jacob Pizzuto, Carolyn Polis, Mathew Polis, Peter Polis, Alexander Purdue, Julie Pyrcz, Alexandra Renna, Rilind Rexhepi, Jessika Robbins, Daniel Salisbury, Katherine Saltzgiver, Zachary Schupp, Abigale Shaughnessy, Amanda Smolenski, Christopher Steele, Nikki Strickland, Kristen Tolo, Mackenzie Vermette, Garrett Zorda.

Honors

Olivia Balicki, Nicole Bigda, Christine Caccamo, Tyler Carlson, Sean Coffey, Beverly Colon, Kellie Conneen, James Defranzo, Matthew Dwyer, Adam Gowdy, Joshua Keegan, Kaley Kennedy, Danielle Kuhn, Angeline Laroche, Gabrialle Marocchini, Hunter McCauley, Jason Menaker, Matthew Mercier, Jonathan Mesick, Bryan Ortiz, Hannah Raftery, Michael Reilly, Courtney-Lyn Rizzuto, Hannah Smith, Molly Smith, Alyssa Stauffer, Desirae Willett.

GRADE 10

High Honors

Amanda Balesano, Maxwell Balint, Nicholas Bergstrom, Zachary Boyer, Myria Brockington, Alex Brown, Destiny Brown, Patrycja Bugajska, Tyler Burk, Garrett Choiniere, Shannon Connery, Zachary Cormier, Sarah Crowley, Elizabeth Donovan, Kayleigh Droney, Christopher Giottonini, Christopher Glettenberg, Lexi Grabon, Paige Hebert, Gina Holmes, Daniel Hurlburt, Kyle Kalagher, Blake Kamerer, Keiona Khen, Alec Korpusinski, Amber Kovacik, Elizabeth Lagasse, Marina Lajoie, Jillian Lapponese, Lisa Lusardi, Tuan Ly, Benjamin Magnuson, Cole Magnuson, Andrew Maxwell, Dylan Mazzarella, Jennifer Messina, Emily Miclon, Jessica Miclon, Britney Milotte, Maily Nguyen, Brianna O’Neill, Aubree Phillips, Megan Phillips, Christopher Piekos, Lauren Pierce, Gillian Power, Alexandra Prose, Donjeta Rexhepi, Brian Riley, Therese Rinaldi, Joshua Robert, Kyra Robinson, Diana Root, Julie Rotatori, Stacie Rotatori, Andrew Rudnik, Christopher Salcedo, William Salcedo, Collin Senez, Elizabeth Shermer, Karissa Simons, Matthew Stroiney, Andrew Sulewski, Lindsey Taupier, Hannah Townsend, Sarah Tremblay, Bonnie Trinks, Ismoni Walker, Lauryn Wille, Stephenie Zavatsky.

Honors

Kyle Bourne, Savannah Butler, Michaela Ceppetelli, William Comette, Ryan Cuoco, Kayla Despard, Jonah DiPietro, Nargiza Dorosidze, Kelly Dubreuil, Tristen Duperre, Rachel Framarin, Emily Garwacki, Quinn Gaston, Spencer Gebhart, Ryan Haraghey, Kevin Huther, Momin Ilyas, Brenden Jordan, Angela Keene, Gregory Kraucunas, Thomas Long, Taylor Lee Merritt, Megan Murray, Alexander Oliver, Andrea Olko, Victoria Picard, Abigail Pignataro, Hannah Quinn, Olivia Quinn, Trenten Rutherford, Meghan Saxton, Darby Scott, Emery Smith, Haley Soltys, Kevin Tanguay, Anna Taylor, Luis Tirado, Ann White.

GRADE 9

High Honors

Andrea Ainsworth, Rachel Aston, Haley Bensley, Dax Brockington, Justin Carey, Joshua Carroll, Olivia Chase, Andrew Conlon, Cadin Connor, Paul Daunis Jr., Nicholas Droney, Charles Fields, Thomas Foy IV, Matthew Gillette, Kaylee Godfrey, Lauren Halsey, Kirsten Hart, Matthew Johnson, Emma Kertanis, Hannah Kibbe, Anna Kusta, Rachele Lajoie, Shannon Lamontagne, Chase Larusso, Samantha Lindquist, Dean Lukacs, Ashley MacGregor, Alexis Marston, Casey Martin, Alec Mason, Jocelyn Mazur, Brianne Mikullitz, Kristen Mitton, Sarah O’Neil, Rebecca Rogers, Noah Scavetta, Hannah Simons, Joseph Sternal, Caitlin Stolpinski, Gabriela Stolpinski, Andrew Stroiney, Michelle Such, Fallon Sweeney, Marissa Swols, Alexis Tallis, Samantha Tracy, Chen Tsou, Thomas Vose, Tori Weatherwax, Tiffany Yueh, Emma Zorda.

Honors

Sean Babula, Eric Barnes, Matthew Beiler, Afua Boadu-Ansah, Kyle Brackett, Jasmine Canini, Taigan Chabott, Andrew Cicoria, Andrew Crane, Alyssa Davis, Miranda Dorsey, Joseph Dufour, Matthew Evans, Nydiah Fisher, Kelly Fletcher, Andres Friebus, Zachary Gilbert, Keegan Gomeau, Tatiana Griffin, Rebecca Haluch, Spencer Holt, Breauna Jurkowski, Avery Ketchale, Steven Kinneair, Madeline Laramee, Chumeng Lor, Elias Lux, Allison Mannette, Brooke Meehan, Michael Middleton, Vanessa Mullen, Dorothy Mulligan, Dakota Murray, Christopher Panatsas, Joshua Pasini, Amber Prose, Lucylle Rainville, Alexis Schacht, Ryan Smith, Thomas Vella, Kiley Vermette, Jakob Young, Samuel Young.

Task forces abound at the state Capitol this year, many of them a response to the tragic school shooting that left 26 students and educators dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14.

The Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention & Children's Safety is the most prominent of the new task forces. When the group's school security subcommittee met this week, members heard testimony and discussed options such as classroom doors with bullet-proof glass and threat assessment teams, among others, according to The Hartford Courant.

In the meantime, children get on school buses every day and attend school across the state.

Do you consider your child's school safe? If not, what should be done to make it safer?

Take our poll and tell us in the comments.

A Friday morning crash involving three vehicles slowed traffic to a crawl on one of Enfield's busiest roadways.

The accident happened just after 9 a.m. at the intersection of Hazard Ave. and Broad Brook Rd. in the Scitico section of town. Initial police dispatches indicated a possible head-on collision, but that was not immediately confirmed.

A maroon SUV and a work van from Aiello Home Services came to rest in front of 524 Hazard Ave., while a maroon Ford Taurus was found further east on Route 190, in front of the old Marquis Texaco building.

The operators of all three vehicles were seen standing in the street giving statements to police. No injuries were reported.

Personnel from the Hazardville Fire Department assisted in clearing debris from the scene.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Many of you may not know this, but there are descriptions and photos of nearly 900 businesses and organizations on Enfield Patch.

Under the "Directory" heading at the top of our home page, you will find everything you need to know about restaurants, stores, civic organizations, churches and numerous other locations around Enfield.

Enfield Patch will feature a different listing daily. We encourage readers to submit reviews or comments; if you are the owner or manager of the business or group, we invite you to claim the listing as your own.

Want to go to a tanning salon? If you're under 18 you might need a doctor's note for that.

Want to visit daddy in prison? There's a proposal afoot that would require taxpayers to fund a child's transportation to visit a parent incarcerated in a Connecticut prison.

Now that you can buy booze on Sundays, why not go hunting as well? One state lawmaker wants to permit hunting on Sundays.

Those are just a few of the seemingly quirky and offbeat bills currently pending before Connecticut's General Assembly this legislative session, according to this rundown provided by the Hartford Courant.

Other proposals currently pending include bills to make the polka the state dance, mandate the teaching in public schools of the humane treatment of animals and require cell phones to carry warnings about how to safely use them.

This year's regular legislative session started last month and runs through May.

The following real estate transfers were recorded in the Enfield Town Clerk's office through Feb. 14, 2013.

2 Woodbridge Drive - $225,000
Buyer: Sylvie Hall
Seller: Estate of Jaunetta Klucznik

16 Bass Drive - $152,000
Buyers: Anne Taylor-Dorsch and Edward Dorsch
Seller: Margaret Lemek

16 Sidor Drive - $154,800
Buyer: Thomas Walter
Seller: Jessica Pivin

9 University Place - $132,000
Buyer: Gretel Jugl
Seller: U.S. Bank Trust National Association

7 Fair Street - $164,900
Buyers: James and Norma Pare
Seller: David Redekas

10-12 Hartford Avenue - $152,500
Buyer: Peter Paluch
Seller: Sheila Reardon 

Ashley Doris Wilson, who now goes by the name Ashley Doris, didn't set out to be the first Connecticut woman to be featured as a centerfold model in Playboy. She didn't even plan to attend a casting call for the magazine at all.

The 23-year-old West Hartford native was in Las Vegas last summer, competing in a "Miss Hawaiian Tropic" bikini contest, when a friend convinced her to go to the Playboy casting being held at the same hotel. Doris was selected to pose for Playboy.com, and then was asked to attend a Playmate casting call.

"Heff [Hugh Hefner] himself had to point me out," Doris said Wednesday from San Diego, where she has spent most of her time since she finished up her centerfold shoot at the Playboy Mansion in December. Playboy gets as many as 15,000 applications a month for the opportunity to be a Playmate, Doris said. "The fact that they randomly chose me is crazy."

She didn't tell many people at first – not even her mom. On day 19 of 21 at the mansion, she said she texted her mother. "At first when I texted my mom she said, 'What? Playmate?' but then she said, 'OH WOW, CONGRATULATIONS!' all in caps in the text when she realized," Doris said.

Doris was surprised to learn that she was the first Playmate from Connecticut, since the magazine has been around since 1953. "I wasn't thinking about that until an interviewer told me I was the first. It was a huge surprise," she said.

Modeling was not part of Doris' career plan when she graduated from Hall High School in 2007. She was a dedicated dancer, a member of Hall's Jazz Dancers, and studied ballet and other forms of dance for 15 years with Miss Estelle Jones and the Hartt School in West Hartford.

"I graduated at 17, I was thinking about college and working," Doris said. She was attending Central Connecticut State University and working at Lane and Lenge Florists on Park Road in West Hartford when her first modeling opportunity arose.

"She came to work for me right after high school. She was a good worker, and always very pleasant to our patrons. I wanted to promote our wedding work, and asked her to pose for me as a bride in an ad," said Lane and Lenge owner Bob Dinucci.

The photos turned out beautifully, and he told Doris, "You really should be modeling."

Dinucci contacted his close friend Gerard Barrieau, whose daughter-in-law had been a top model and was working on growing her photography business. Cheyney Barrieau created a portfolio for Doris — free of charge — and made some introductions.

"She started to get quite a bit of work," Dinucci said.

Doris is not tall — only 5'5"— and she knew she couldn't make it as a New York model. She did a lot of work in the Boston area, while continuing to work at Lane and Lenge when she could.

Doris has appeared as a young mother in ads for Toys R Us and Coppertone. She has modeled for Adidas and Reebok. In an ad which will appear for CVS this spring she plays a pharmacist.

"It's kind of weird how it's all so varied. Pharmacy is very different from Playboy," Doris said, laughing.

Right now she isn't seeking any more commercial work and said she has a packed schedule of appearances for her role as Miss March. She's hosting the Miss Hawaiian Tropic World Finals in a few weeks — the contest she was trying out for when she attended the Playboy casting call.

"It's kind of cool how it came full circle," she said.

Doris said she is "absolutely, 100 percent glad" that she was chosen for Playboy, and said her friends are excited for her, too.

As for the part about posing nude, Doris said after a little while she wasn't uncomfortable. "On the set there were 15 people. They've all done this so many times, I had to pretend I'd done it many times, too. Within 10 minutes, I felt like I had." She said after years of modeling and posing to get the best angles, it's really all the same.

The theme for her centerfold spread was based on flowers — all peonies, roses, pinks and pastels. "They took the cue from my florist days," she said.

Doris' family is still in West Hartford, and she was back home for Christmas and New Year's, she said. She'll definitely be back this summer when she will appear as the first Playmate from Connecticut at the Summer Nationals vintage car show at the Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, CT.

Doris said she loved her work at Lane and Lenge and hopes to be able to help them out during their busy seasons if she is in town. "It gets crazy busy there. They'll be swamped right now for Valentine's Day. I was so used to doing a dozen red roses with a ribbon," she said.

Dinucci said, "She's more than welcome to come back, although the pay scale will be very different." He said Doris would have been a great help this week.