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The Step Saver/ The Observer
Friday, October 4, 2013
SATURDAY OCT 5
SOUTHINGTON
CLASS OF 1983 REUNION.
At Hawk’s Landing.
Addresses of classmates
needed. Email shs1983classreunion@gmail.com
with
information.
SATURDAY OCT 12
SOUTHINGTON
CAN AND BOTTLE DRIVE. 8
a.m. to noon at Rec Park, 25
Maxwell Drive. Sponsored by
Junior Miss Southington
Haley Derwin, in association
with the Junior Miss
Southington Scholarship
Organization. All proceeds
will benefit Southington
Community Services and
Connecticut Children’s
Hospital.
MONDAY OCT 14
SOUTHINGTON
SHS CHEER CLINIC. 8:45
a.m. to 3 p.m. $40 per child,
includes shirt, lunch and a
snack. For grades 1-8, no
experience necessary. For
more info contact Lisa Mueller
at lisamariemueller1@cox.net.
SATURDAY OCT 19
SOUTHINGTON
ITALIAN NIGHT DINNER. 6:30
p.m. at St. Thomas School
cafeteria, 99 Bristol St.
Sponosored by the St. Thomas
Ladies Guild. Five course dinner.
$30 tickets. Contact Kathy
at 203-439-0105 or Jean at
860-628-7913.
Miscellaneous listings
SOUTHINGTON
CAR FIT. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Calendar House, 288
Pleasant St. Trained volunteers
will help senior drivers
find the best fit for their personal
vehicles.
SOUTHINGTON
BOTTLE AND CAN DRIVE. 9
a.m. to noon at Grace
Nursery School, 121 Pleasant
St.
SUNDAY OCT 20
SOUTHINGTON
CLASS OF 1950 REUNION.
Noon to 4 p.m. at the Back
Nine Restaurant, 150 Savage
Street at the Southington
Country Club.
TUESDAY OCT 22
SOUTHINGTON
FINANCIAL AID NIGHT. 7
p.m. at the Southington High
School auditorium. Carolyn
Karno, of Education Funding
Strategies, will present.
Aimed at grade 12 students
and parents, but all parents
and students of SHS welcome
to attend.
SOUTHINGTON
GENEALOGICAL SOCEITY
MEETING. 7:30 p.m. at The
Orchards in Southington, 34
Hobart St. Maryanne LeGrow,
of the French-Canadian
Genealogical Society of
Connecticut, will have brief
remarks.
WEDNESDAY OCT 23
SOUTHINGTON
TRAVEL TALK PRESENTA-
TION. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Benefit
for Bread for Life.
Presentation by Bill Lynch
from Largay Travels presents
Travel Talk. Even is held at
Cork and Brew Banquet
Facility, 26 Norht Main St. $5
donation. TO reserve a space
or for questions call 860-877-
4248 or emial bill@largaytravel.com,
no later than Oct. 16.
SUNDAY NOV. 3
SOUTHINGTON
MOHEGAN BUS TRIP.
Sponsored by the Wonx Tribe
#28. Bus leaves Riccio Way at
1 p.m. and the Mohegan
Casino at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
available by calling 860-628-
7535 or 860-621-4200.
SATURDAY NOV 29
SOUTHINGTON
SHS CLASS OF 1993
REUNION. For more information
go to the group’s
Facebook page, Southington
HS-Classs of ‘93-20th reunion-
11/29/13 or email southingtonhsclassof93@yahoo.com.
SATURDAY DEC. 7
SOUTHINGTON
HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE. 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church.
Holiday and general themed
items. Crafters are needed.
Contact the church at 860-
628-8486.
Real People: Life amongst the orchards
From page 13
Rogers Orchards employees
90 to 100 locals. “We work
with the Vo-Ag School in
town to find kids interested
in farming and plant science,”
Peter explained.
“They are strong employees
with an interest in what we
do. People who live around
here always know the time
of year to come down and
get applications. In fact, this
weekend is a good example
of our busiest time. The varieties
and fall favorites as well
as late season sweet peaches
are all ready.”
Keeping employment
local isn’t the only thing
Rogers does in this way. “We
are huge advocates of buying
local,” Peter said. “We
practice what we preach. If
you can buy it local, you
should and many of our customers
do. We buy other
farms’ produce that we don’t
grow and have many partnerships
in and around
Southington where we turn
Free collage workshop for kids
There will be a free children’s
Collage Workshop
sponsored by Southington
Arts and Crafts Association
on Saturday, Oct. 12, from
10:30 a.m. to noon. The
event will be given by Joan
Shackford and held at the
Orchards Community Room,
34 Hobart Street,
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Life on an orchard in
the fall was always busy for
Peter and his siblings. “The
work we do in the fall represents
the whole year,” Peter
said. “We always have to
make sure that we’re picking
at the right times. As a little
kid, coming up here with
everyone we had to observe
how things worked. Even
when we were young on
school vacations, we learned
how to do what was needed
around the farm and store.”
Being all grown up now
and able to look back and
reflect on his own happy
memories of the orchards,
Peter appreciates hearing
everyone’s positive associations.
“When I’m in the store
it’s great to hear about others’
traditions. They always
talk about coming in for
whatever it is they love…
cider, donuts, petting the
bunnies… The traditions of
coming to Rogers Orchards
has been in their families for
Southington.
Using materials such as
torn or cut paper, children
will have fun creating their
own colorful images without
worrying about having
drawing skills. Participants
are welcomed and encouraged
to bring some favorite
cut out images or copies of
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decades much like mine and
people can recall coming
down with their grandparents.:
My personal tradition
was always to leave church
in the fall in New Britain and
drive to the orchard for a
bag of apples and a cup of
cider from the machine,
which was perilously guarded
by honey bees.
Around the home, Peter
said the family has heard all
the recipes and tried them
too. “There are always people
trying new things,” he
said. “It’s constantly open for
debate which apples make
the best pastries and pies.
It’s fun to interact with customers
and experiment. My
favorite apple is the Macoun
because of the flavor and
great crisp snap when you
bite into it.”
Neighbors of the
orchards have largely lived
there for generations as well
and raised their families in
the countryside areas of
town. The open air spaces
photos to include in their
collage piece. Materials will
be provided free of charge.
Wear old clothes or bring a
smock.
Contact Joan Shackford
at 203-699-9497 or at
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sign up for this workshop.
Enrollment will be limited.
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Here at The Observer
we are thankful for the
chance to cover the
reunions and thank the
families for allowing us to
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draw families, Peter said.
“The area is really beautiful.”
And good neighbors are
important, as sometimes
normal homestead activity
can take a back seat to the
orchard operations. “You
know it’s busy season when
the grass on the front lawn
goes unkept,” Peter said,
laughing. “But it’s overlooked
in favor of the beautiful
fall foliage and special
feeling around the
orchards.”
The neighborly feeling
extends outside the immediate
reach of the orchard too.
There are restaurants in the
area that use Rogers’ apples
in their cooking and apple
wood to flavor in their
ovens. Schools from all
around take advantage of
the learning opportunities
on Friday field trips to pick
apples in the fall.
In the many decades
Rogers has been in operation,
not a lot has changed
aside from some technological
conveniences. “It’s a real
hats off to the older generations
who started this business,”
Peter said. “They
taught us to be cautious,
especially in leaner years, so
that we can withstand. It’s a
great model. We hope each
season that there’s no huge
surprises, but you can’t predict
the weather. Regardless,
we’ve withstood economic
hazards. We stick to the varieties
we know and feel that
being conservative, traditional
will keep us going
strong like it has for over 200
years.”
After working 70 to 80
hours a week in the peak fall
season, Peter said it’s a huge
sigh of relief to pick and
store that last apple. “Fall is
full of long days for everyone
here,” he said. “It’s really nice
to accomplish all the hard
work and have many varieties
stored late into the season
for people to enjoy
later.”
Current fall favorites
like Macoun, Empire, Red
and Golden Delicious and
Granny Smith are coming
out now. Picking is available
at both locations on Fridays
and weekends and both
orchards have a store and
bakery on site. If by some
chance you haven’t made
memories at Rogers
Orchards, like Peter and
myself and so many others,
make sure you get there this
fall. (And no, I’m not a paid
spokesperson for the
orchard, I just truly love it
that much.) Happy picking!
Visit
RogersOrchards.com or one
of two locations in
Southington: 336 Long
Bottom Rd., Southington
(860) 229-4240 and 2975
Meriden Waterbury Tpke.,
Southington (203) 879-1206.
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join in for these emotional
reunions. We hope families
in Southington and
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to enjoy these reunions
as our troops come home.
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