6 SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 22-23, 2015 / JOURNAL INQUIRER Aurora grant will help female Born on this day Aug. 22: Actress Valerie Harper is 76. Actress Cindy Williams is former inmates attend MCC 68. Country singer Holly Dunn is 58. Country singer Collin Raye is 55. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 54. Singer Tori Amos is By Joseph T. O’Leary to support a population that can benefit from educational support, 52. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 52. Actor Ty Burrell is Journal Inquirer Jordan-Reilly said. 48. Actress Melinda Page Hamilton (“Mad Men”) is 44. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 43. Singer Howie Dorough of the MANCHESTER — Women The program also helps provide new inroads for former prisoners to Backstreet Boys is 42. Comedian Kristen Wiig is 42. Guitarist Jeff being released from prison in Stinco of Simple Plan is 37. Connecticut have a new educational achieve success, including from the resource with the creation of a pilot CONNNTAC Educational Oppor- program connected to Manchester tunity Center, which provides free Community College. educational counseling and career The Aurora Foundation, which planning services to Connecticut LOTTERY students. supports women and girls in the CONNECTICUT Greater Hartford area, awarded a “Participants will attend work- $20,000 grant to launch the “Free to shops and receive one-on-one coun- Play 3 Day Play 4 Day Friday, August 21 Succeed” pilot program. seling,” said Ivette Rivera-Dreyer, 5 1 4 9 9 0 2 “Free to Succeed” is focused on MCC’s director of financial aid, in a Thursday, August 20 statement. “They may also quality 1 0 3 2 0 3 9 recently released prisoners who Play 3 Night Play 4 Night hold high school diplomas or the for small grants to cover bus passes Friday, August 21 equivalent and are looking to pur- for reliable transportation to cam- 9 0 9 0 6 2 7 Thursday, August 20 sue higher education at the commu- pus and work-study to cover other 3 0 3 5 8 2 3 nity college level, Michael Jordan- expenses. CASH 5 Friday, August 21 Reilly, MCC’s director of public “The need to increase education 5 1 8 10 17 22 relations, said. in prisons is especially acute for Thursday, August 21 MCC will provide support servic- women,” said Rivera-Dreyer. 9 12 13 22 23 5 CARD CASH es and mentoring to the women, “Statistics show that the inmates Friday, August 21 helping them become enrolled in who participated in correctional AH 4C 8H 3S 6S Thursday, August 20 associate degree programs much education programs are 43 percent JH 7D 8D 2S 3S faster. less likely to return to prison than POWERBALL PB Wednesday, August 19 The women can also pursue their inmates who did not.” 6 8 43 48 50 7 At MCC, the school’s Sister-2- John Tesh, 63, left, with daughter, Prima, 21, and wife Connie Sellecca, Saturday, August 15 education at Capital Community 3 13 17 42 52 24 College in Hartford, which is part Sister mentoring program will pro- 60, stepping out in Hollywood. of a larger consortium that was vide support to the women from LOTTO! Friday, August 21 awarded the grant. other students. This will help them 4 32 37 14 25 20 Tuesday, August 18 Trinity College, which provides to relate and acclimate to the col- Selleca hosts weekend radio show 13 17 26 33 34 35 education for inmates while they’re lege experience. Dear Stacy: What is Connie Sellecca “Insurgent” — which was recently LUCKY FOR LIFE serving their sentences, is another So far, Jordan-Reilly said, one doing these days, besides being married released on Blu-ray and Thursday, August 20 12 21 23 25 48 17 partner in the consortium. It’s student is enrolled in the program to John Tesh? She used DVD. She has also Monday, August 17 joined by Community Partners in for the fall, and “Free to Succeed” to be so big in the ’80s. Ask Stacy wrapped the third 22 23 25 30 37 14 Action, an organization dedicated will only grow from there. Jordan M., Ohio. with installment of the fran- LUCKY LINKS DAY to providing resources for people While the initial grant is small, chise, “Alleg-iant.” She Friday, August 21 Dear Jordan: 1 4 5 6 12 13 14 17 affected by the criminal justice sys- it’s a “seed for what could be a an Sellecca has been host- Stacy Jenel Smith and fiance and Thursday, August 20 tem, and the Judy Dworin important part of our programs ing the syndicated week- “Stalker” co-star 3 6 9 11 13 14 16 21 Performance project, an organiza- going forward,” Jordan-Reilly said. end radio show, “Intelligence for Your McDermott also have a LUCKY LINKS NIGHT — period adventure series they’re shopping Friday, August 21 tion of professional artists who use He hopes “Free To Succeed” will Health” and as of Sept. 15 she will 2 4 9 12 13 18 20 21 arts to catalyze social change. draw additional students and grow be co-hosting a syndicated television to the cable networks called “Red Flag,” Thursday, August 20 Veronica DeLandro, the Aurora in the near future. show, “Intelligence for Your Life” with in which she would play a Chinese pros- 2 4 11 12 14 16 18 21 titute who becomes one of the most suc- Foundation’s incoming executive “We are pleased to be part of this Tesh and with her son Gib Gerard (from MEGA MILLIONS MB director, said the program’s collab- effort to reach out to a group that her first marriage, to actor Gil Gerard). cessful pirates in history, and he would Friday, August 21 The Teshes have been out there with play an American revolutionary. 13 15 21 41 72 1 orative efforts give “Free to has traditionally been left behind,” Tuesday, August 18 their “Intelligence for...” brand for a Oscar-winning “Gladiator” writer-pro- 2 7 33 39 53 9 Succeed” a larger overall impact. said Dr. Gena Glickman, the presi- ducer David Franzoni came on board to while. Check for local airings via their MASSACHUSETTS The new program reflects “the dent of MCC, in a statement. website. Sellecca and Tesh married in write and produce the swashbuckler they core of our mission,” Jordan-Reilly “The ‘Free to Succeed’ program is 1992 and have a daughter, Prima, 21. intend to begin shooting in Malaysia this Mid-Day Evening said, as “Free to Succeed” supports a valuable opportunity for us to help Dear Stacy: Whatever became of fall. Hawaii native Q is the daughter of a Friday, August 21 people who need opportunities to provide an education that will give Vietnamese mother and an American 7 9 4 2 2 7 1 0 “Angel” Shelley Hack? I never see her Thursday, August 20 pursue higher education and whose these women a chance to improve in the stories about “Charlie’s Angels.” father of Polish, Irish and French 8 2 1 0 0 5 8 6 lives can benefit from it. their lives and make positive contri- Barbara B., Carson, California. Canadian descent. MEGABUCKS The school is pleased to be able butions to our communities.” Dear Barbara: Hack retired from act- Dear Stacy: Is Loretta Swit still with Wednesday, August 19 us? Did she ever marry or have chil- 7 11 35 37 39 47 ing in 1997. She then established her Saturday, August 15 ‘Tavern Trot’ for cancer research set for Sept. 20 international Shelley Hack Media dren? Len C., Indio, California. 2 14 28 30 32 40 Dear Len: The former “M*A*S*H” Consultancy company, which undertook MASS CASH By Journal Inquirer Staff Aug. 31 will pay the early entry fee projects such as aiding the transition of series costar, 77, has been busier with Friday, August 21 of $25. The adult fee from Sept. 1 Bosnian state television into a public her animal causes than her acting in 2 17 18 22 31 — Thursday, August 20 WINDSOR The Union Street to Sept. 9 at noon will pay $30. broadcasting entity. She worked on a recent years — including selling prints 8 9 25 30 33 Tavern, at 20 Union St., will host the Those registering the day of the campaign for Turkish-Armenian recon- of her painting titled “The Rookie,” a ninth annual Tavern Trot on Sept. 20 race will pay $35. Children ciliation through print and television. puppy being considered as a future res- For earlier at 12:30 p.m. with a 3½-mile road and between the ages of 10 and 18 may Now, she and her husband, Harry Winer cue dog, as a fundraiser for search dog winners trail race through Windsor Center. pay $15, while children under age are busy full-time producers. training. The actress, who has no chil- Connecticut Lottery The race will occur rain or shine, 10 are admitted free of charge. Dear Stacy: What is Maggie Q up to dren, was divorced from actor Dennis Information Center: Holahan in 1995 after 12 years of mar- 860-713-2000 and all proceeds will go toward A free T-shirt is guaranteed to all nowadays, besides being engaged to On the Web: riage. She has no children. www.ctlottery.org Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, runner and walkers age 10 or older who Dylan McDermott? Also, what is her Dear Stacy: What was the outcome Massachusetts Lottery a national charitable foundation for register before noon Friday, Sept. 11. ethnic background? JNO4. Information Center: childhood cancer research. To register online, visit Dear JNO4: The “Nikita” actress is “Ask Stacy” is written in Hollywood 781-848-7755 in the sequel to “Divergent” — On the Web: Participants to register before www.unionstreettaven.com by columnist Stacy Jenel Smith. www.masslottery.com