PhoenixPhoenixBristol eastbayri.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 VOL. 178, NO. 9 $1.00 Drug-sniffing dogs sweep into high school School leaders invite state 9:15 a.m., and parents and stu- tol Warren Regional School Dis- have been used as a preventative environment, students cannot police canine unit into dents were not notified before it trict. "It sends a very strong mes- measure at Mt. Hope, Ms. Thies access a quality education. Due to Mt. Hope High School took place. At no time did the dogs sage to students that we're watch- said. an increase over a three-year peri- have contact with the students. ing over them and protecting The results of the sweep were not od in the number of disciplinary Citing an increase in disciplinary them." readily available. If the dogs did incidents at Mt. Hope High School BY CHRISTINE O'CONNOR actions at the high school over the In a press release posted to the find anything, school administra- that involve students being sus- [email protected] past three years, school adminis- school district's website Wednes- tors would follow the district's dis- pended from school for being Drug-sniffing dogs from the trators along with the Bristol Police day, Ms. Thies said there had been ciplinary protocol, which can be under the influence or in posses- Rhode Island State Police Canine Department and the Rhode Island an increase in students being sus- found in the school's handbook. sion of controlled or illegal sub- Corps swept the interior of Mt. State Police Canine Corps, con- pended at the high school "for The entirety of the superinten- stances, the high school adminis- Hope High School Wednesday ducted the sweep as part of the being under the influence or in dent's letter is below: trative team, the superintendent, morning, checking lockers and the administration's action plan to possession of controlled or illegal "The Bristol Warren Regional and the Chief and Deputy Chief of corridors while students were in address the problem. substances." School District’s first priority is the the Bristol Police Department have class. "It's a deterrent," said Melinda This is the first time in the health and safety of its students. The sweep was conducted at Thies, superintendent of the Bris- school's history that drug dogs Without an optimum learning See DRUG SWEEP Page 9 Sold! Every little bit counts Bristol's $5.25 million view Poppasquash home is priciest transaction in town's history A large home at the end of Poppasquash Road may be the most expensive house ever sold in Bristol. Newport's Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty just sealed the deal on a four- bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath- room home at 458 Pop- pasquash Road for $5,250,000. The sale is the second-most expensive in Rhode Island this year, and the most expensive sale ever recorded in Bristol, according to the Multiple List- ing Service. This sale is second to a $6.8 million home sold in Newport by the same agency. The home was sold by Hous- ton couple David and Cindy Megnas, to Thomas Roberts and Susan DaSilva, as trustees for the DaSilva Roberts Family Trust. RICHARD W. DIONNE JR. The gated home is situated Guiteras lunch volunteer Shannon Rozea helps kindergartner Toby Richard recycle and throw away trash after lunch into a new receptacle made by Bristol businesses. SEE PAGE 3 FOR FULL STORY. See SALE Page 8 Making music Twenty-five students at Mt. Hope to compete at All State Festival PAGE 4 Page 2 Bristol Phoenix February 27, 2014 At 100, ‘What’s the fuss?’ Bristolian slows down to celebrate milestone birthday BY ERIC DICKERVITZ [email protected] On Saturday, Feb. 22, Jean (Pagano) Marszalek sat among 25 friends and neighbors from her North Farm community who threw a party at Redlefsen’s restaurant in her honor. “This is my third party,” she said. “I have another on Thurs- day, then three more. Don’t for- get, I’m a 100.” But, she said, she doesn’t con- sider herself a “party girl.” “That’s my sister,” she said of her 81-year-old sibling. “She’s the baby.” Jean Marszalek (right) gets a hug from friend Joan Crowley. While lately she’s more likely to be found playing bridge or reading novels, sometimes “a Teixeira, she was an Honor She settled in Florida for sev- BRISTOL WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT book a day” she said, written by Society member and liked to eral years, but moved back to KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 2014-2015 some of her favorite authors – dance. Bristol when the North Farm The Bristol Warren Regional School District will begin registering age-eli- Nicholas Sparks, James Patter- “I had forgotten all that,” she development was being built. gible children for kindergarten. Any child who will be 5 years old by son and Kristin Hannah among said after Mr. Teixeira read a And although she has witnessed September 1, 2014 is eligible to attend kindergarten in September. All them — the flurry of get-togeth- page from her high school year- many changes over the course kindergartens are full day programs. ers is not without reason. On book. of her life, she has kept up with Thursday, Feb. 27, the vivacious Over the span of her 100 it all, including her new cell NEW THIS YEAR! Interested families may go online to Pre-Register & download a registration packet. Please visit our website: Bristolian celebrates her 100th years, Ms. Marszalek looked phone she keeps for emergen- www.bw.k12.ri.us for instructions & links. You will be able to access the birthday. back for a moment to share her cies when she drives. Pre-Registration form and registration packet online from Monday “When they realized I was get- experiences, first as a junior “It’s changed,” she said of February 24, 2014 - Friday March 7, 2014. You will have until Friday ting old, they figured it was high school teacher at Guiteras society. “You change along with April 5, 2014 to return the registration packet and all supporting documen- time, I guess,” she said. School, then in her days spent it.” tation in person to 151 State St. Bristol, RI 02809. In 1914, the centenarian was traveling the world. But she had no advice to give born inside her grandmother’s “I’ve been to Italy twice, Lon- on longevity or keeping a posi- In addition to completing the registration packet, all parents should plan to house on Wood Street, “across don, Paris, Germany, Turkey, tive attitude. For her it’s just attend the kindergarten orientation session where you will receive valuable from St. Elizabeth’s," before Jerusalem, Egypt, Greece, China natural. information from District Administrators about the kindergarten program. moving to Cooke Street in town. and Alaska,” she recounted. “If I knew, I’d write a book and The kindergarten orientation session is from 6:15 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Ms. Marszalek recalled fondly “I’m glad I did what I did.” make a lot of money,” she said. April 10, 2014 at Hugh Cole School, 50 Asylum Road, Warren. Child her days in the high school Her North Farm condo is dec- “What’s the fuss? Old age isn’t activities will be available by sign up only. Class of 1931 where, according orated with paintings and all it’s cracked up to be. It is to a proclamation presented to needlepoint done by her in the what it is. You put up with it,” Questions regarding kindergarten registration should be directed to Taylor her by Town Administrator Tony years past. she joked. Jenkins at 253-4000 ext. 5104. NEWS BRIEF WARREN TIVERTON 137 Child Street, Warren, RI 492 Main Rd, Tiverton, RI MS Society sets May TOM’S MARKET 401-289-2852 401-816-0862 Check out our ad on our website road race in Bristol www.tomsmarket.com Fresh. Local. Exceptional. Open 8-8 Monday-Saturday; 8-7 Sunday The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is looking for runners for CUSTOM CUT FRESH MEATS DELI SEAFOOD the Rhode Island Chapter’s sixth Super Lean $ 99 Kretschmar Colby Jack annual Run MS: 5K Rhode Race. 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