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Property of the Watertown Historical Society .: watertownhistoricalsociety.org Vol. 54 No. • November 5,1998 PUBLISHED BY PRIME PUBLISHERS, INC. 36 Pages Price 75 cents living Watertown andOakville Since 1947 TION RESULTS e town voted idson Swill Polk Flaherty retains 68th (6S-01) (6*02) (6*03) (68-04) Total Governor •Rowland (R) 1892 1406 1232 1285 5815 by Susan Faber paid a visit to Republican head- DeLuca (R-Woodbury), who de- Kennelly (D) 433 303 301 319 1356 As the election results reached quarters to congratulate the win- feated Democratic challenger Ken Zdonczyk (CC) 32 22 24 24 102 GOP campaign headquarters on ner. "It was an experience. The Curran of Bethlehem. As of late Vare(L) 8 5 3 5 21 Main Street on Tuesday night. people have spoken. Who knows, Tuesday, local voters generally Scagllone (TL) 5 3 13 12 Republicans in town savored the in two more years, I may challenge went with all its.districtwide and United States Senator victory of their candidate, incum- him again. Ihave to thank the people statewide winners, except for sec- Franks (R) 1022 763 599 587 2971 bent state Rep. Brian J. Flaherty. on my campaign for their support" retary of state, where Democrat •Dodd(D) 1189 858 831 898 3776 Mr. Flaherty, who has served the Watertown and Oakville voters Susan Bysiewicz was expected to Koiak(CC) 41 32 24 32 129 68th district for five terms in the also supported state Sen. Louis C. defeat Republican Ben Andrews • Moore (L) 12 13 8 9 42 state legislature, defeated his chal- Grasso(TL) 19 11 11 17 58 lenger and Watertown resident U.S. Reoresenatlve (6th District) In Conaress Denise Russ by a wide margin. Town 9th in magazine category •Johnson (R) 1464 1121 910 901 4396 Koskoff(D) 691 487 481 549 2208 "I am tremendously grateful to by Susan Faber ington. Knlbbs(CC) 65 40 38 46 189 the voters of the district to give me Watertown has made a good The cost of living rate is based Polon (TL) 12 8 10 17 47 a chance to go back for two years," showing in the "Rating the Towns" on the median price of a house State Senator 132nd District) Mr.Flaherty said. "Republicans and issue of Connecticut Magazine, purchased locally between January Rest oT Democrats gave us a job to do. We ranking ninth outof34 Connecticut and June 1998; the local property District will work for the people who voted towns with populations between lax burden based on a typical resi- •DeLuca (R) 1512 1150 955 934 N/A 4551 for us and those who didn't. Run- 20,000 and 50,000. Watertown tied dent's ability to pay; and the per- Curran (D) 626 430 409 483 N/A 1948 ning is the means to the end of with Guilford in the survey that centage local taxes have increased Fitzgerald (L) 30 18 17 18 N/A 83 winning, and winning is a means to appears each year in the November over the past five years. Sfafe service." issue. Mld'by Watertown's tax mill rate Rep. Flaherty garnered 6,082 The goal of "Rating the Towns" dropped from 19.58 to 19.23 dur- •Flaherty (R) 1753 1348 1119 1129 743 6082 votes districtwide, which includes Russ(D) 520 310 328 391 176 1725 is to identify the areas "that most (Continued on page 9) Secretary of State a portion of Middlebury, to Mrs. people seem to think most impor- •Andrews (R) 1159 858 673 683 3373 Russ' 1,725. A surprising 58 per- tant when they judge the local Watertown teen Byslewicz (D) 965 697 673 716 3051 cent (7,401) of the 12,769 eligible quality of life," according to Con- Moshcr (L) 24 28 21 23 96 voters in Watertown and Oakville necticut Magazine editors. Munici- plans lawsuit went to the polls Tuesday. palities are judged in six catego- •Silvester (R) 1356 1035 826 801 4018 "I salute Denise," Mr. Flaherty ries, with a score of 1 as the best against officer Nappler (D) 731 485 481 560 2257 continued at Republican headquar- possible rating in any category and by Susan Faber Cl'cc'lo (CC) 19 18 26 31 94 ters. "It wasagrcat campaign. She's 34 as the worst rating. A Thomaston police officer Garofaio (L) 25 25 17 18 85 a great public servant and the race Watertown-OakvillerankedNo. responding to a reported sexual Comptroller was about the issues. Now it's time 2 in cost of living, and the low rate •Scalzo (R) 1250 934 753 752 3689 assault incident in August is being to get to work." boosted the town safely into the top sued by the Watertown teenager Wyman (D) 843 599 583 644 2669 "Win or lose, it was fun," said Edelman (L) 23 19 13 19 74 third of the survey, beating out a who was injured after the officer's Mrs. Russ, a Board of Education Attorney General 10th place New Milford and com- cruiser hit his jeep. Jeffrey D. Mendoza (R) 888 620 491 510 2509 member as she conceded defeat and ing in behind eighth-place New- (Continued on page 11) •Blumenf al (D) 1318 989 914 955 4176 Pober (L) 16 12 18 11 57 Sheriff •Zaharek (R) 1292 982 759 755 3788 Levy(D) 758 517 529 602 2406 Judae of Probate •Geghan (R) 1424 1068 829 851 4172 •Geghan (D) 702 479 496 540 2217 Reaistrar of Voters •Madeux (R) 1196 913 726 697 3532 •UMay (D) 966 658 608 724 2956 •Denotes winner locally only; candidate might have lost statewide. -Judge of Probate Carey R. Geghan endorsed by both parties. -One registrar from each party automatically wins. Jljiners gain new knowledge at Siemon Co. conference by Susan Faber design of cabling and specialized The Siemon Co.'s offices on topics, said Robert Faber, the Princeton Road took on an interna- company's educational services tional tone recently as the company manager. "Our job is to teach," Mr. hosted its International Training Faber said, and trainers congregate Conference. The company designs for the week-long session to absorb and manufactures the components new data and exchange ideas on of cabling systems used in the tele- developing and delivering quality communications industry. Head- educational programs. The pro- The Siemon Co. hosted an International Training Conference at the .company's Watertown headquarters in quartered in Watertown, it services grams offer training to installation October, bringing trainers from all over the world who met to share ideas and discuss new information. the world through offices in many contractors, design consulting Pictured seated left to right are Robert Faber of Watertown; Simon Nimmo of Sydney, Australia; Glen countries. firms, and their customers. Copeland of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Malcolm Wong of Singapore. Standing left to right are Igor Smirnov The training conference is held A total of 12 trainers arrived in of Moscow, Russia; Christine Klauck of Watertown; Mark Catrone of Watertown; Brian Shaw of San :very two years to share ideas about the United States on October 3 from Antonio, Texas; Dan Poirierof'Markham.Canada; John Kellow of'London.England; Bill GreenofDetroit, Materials used to teach installation, (Continued on page 8) Mich.; and Edward Guo ofBejing, China. Photo courtesy of the Siemon Co. 2 — TowPropertyn Times, November 5, 199 8of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.org:SS USJDJk CHOICE =zr ^WatertownV(' ^**- v • j BottoLIUL1U1mU Aj 0^ MeatCenteE ROUND ROAST$1.59. 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