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Americans love beef and eat about 25 billion pounds of it every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But depending on the quality and cut you buy, beef can be high in fat and cholesterol. Lentils can be a high-nutrition protein source that can go virtually anywhere you use ground beef, including burgers, meatloaf and taco filling. Naturally low in calories and fat free, lentils provide fiber, protein and potassium. Food swaps focused on increasing healthful nutriFOOD » PAGE 5

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As the new administration and Congress settle into office, many organizations are working hard to put America’s 21 million veterans at the top of the nation’s “to-do” list. “Veterans share a common thread - regardless of where they served or for how long they are driven to protect our country and ensure freedom for all citizens,” says DAV (Disabled American Veterans) National Commander Dave Riley. “At the same time, they face unique challenges, from health problems related to their military service to translating their job skills into meaningful employment opportunities. It’s our nation’s duty to support veterans once they return home.” The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reports that 20 percent of veterans who served since 9/11 are estimated to have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Twenty veterans take their lives every day, most of

whom never seek help from the VA, and many veterans struggle to find employment, often leading to homelessness. To help change the lives of countless veterans and their families, DAV has suggested three priorities for our country’s leaders in 2017: • Ensure veterans have access to quality and timely health care, including effective mental health services. Changes in the health care system for veterans are critical according to leading veterans service organizations like DAV and VFW, as well as bipartisan leaders in Congress. They all agree the best path forward is to create local, high-performing health care networks, led by the VA, which combine the best of VA with the best of community care. • Give needed benefits to the caregivers of veterans. While caregivers for veterans who served after 9/11 receive benefits and resources, caregivers of veterans who served in earlier

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From awards shows to politics and sporting events, the beginning of the year is packed with comment-worthy moments. Many of us take these opportunities to share what we think are the smartest, sharpest and snarkiest takes and project online to our friends and beyond. But as these major moments happen, are you really posting and reading content that’s worth your smartphone data? Follow this checklist from Straight Talk Wireless to ensure you’re delivering a dose of straight talk when it comes to the hottest trending topics on social media. 1. Politics. We all know social media is the unofficial debate stage and with the recent election you may have taken a stance yourself. Did you confidently craft your argument or did your post begin with, “Now, I don’t usually post about politics, but...”? If so, take a moment to question why not. Save yourself the long-winded debate with your distant relative and post a picture of a puppy instead. 2. Breakfast grams. Getting ready to post a shot of that delicious breakfast of yours? This one’s easy: don’t. No one really enjoys a photo of a soggy egg sandwich. Use your camera to capture something more meaningful instead - like the group of friends you’re out to eat with. 3. Sweet talk. Posting about your significant other is like an action movie with too many sequels. The first one was great, but after the second and the third we all just want to move on. Keep the romance to yourselves and save the public displays of affection for anniversa-

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TORRINGTON WELL MAINTAINED and recently remodeled 3 bedroom brick ranch on a level corner lot. Residential/commercial use, ideal for a home based business. Beautiful brand new kitchen with granite and stainless steel appliances. 2 year old roof. Attached 2 car garage. Charming breezeway with fireplace. Lovely outdoor gazebo and fire pit for entertaining. This lovely house will qualify for any type of government loan. $144,900. Call Lori LaMere at 860-605-3040

provements that can make your home more efficient and get you some cash back typically include: • Solar energy systems (such as solar panels) • Tankless water heaters • Solar-powered appliances • Energy-efficient windows and doors • Skylights and solarpowered blinds • Wood or wood-pellet stoves • Home wind turbines MANUFACTURER REBATES AND INCENTIVES

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Torrington- Charming updated colonial with lovely parquet wood floors. First floor has living rm & dining rm, large laundry rm with sink and shower. Upstairs is large w/totally new bathroom, 2 sinks, large tub & linen closet. Two car garage, carport and large rear yard. Lots to love. $114,900 Cathy Macias 860-307-6236

Canaan- Fantastic Main Street Commercial Space! Four separate spaces for offices, retail, warehouse, or most commercial uses. Main floor has two spaces, a loading dock, 2 restrooms and high ceilings that can accommodate a forklift, also has a 50 phone line capability. The Apartment has 2 beds with a separate entrance, currently rented. $254,600 Mary Reeve 860-480-8137

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Torrington- Well known retail space on corner lot of busy Highland Ave. Approx. 4000 sqft of retail space and 1600 of residential space. Best used as market or retail. 10 parking spaces and parking on one way street. Lots of possibilities. OWNER FINANCING AVAILABLE TO QUALIFIED BUYER. $160,000 Cathy Macias 860-307-6236

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All-new 2017 Compass points to Jeep’s future Jeeps used to be tough, no-nonsense trucks: built to climb hills, haul dirty things and do it without whining. Today’s Jeeps still can get those jobs done, but now they do it with style and, gasp, comfort. One might be able to use the word sophisticated about Jeeps crossovers. But even more significant is that this all-American nameplate is seeking a global market. The Compass will be assembled in Brazil, China, Mexico and India, for will be sold in more than 100 countries around the world. Jeep’s new-for-2017 Compass is based on the same platform as Jeep’s smaller Renegade, but there’s a world of difference between the two. Frankly if you’re doing a comparison, it would be more accurate to look to the Cherokee, which is Jeep’s next size up. The Compass has the honor of competing in the most competitive class of car or crossover, and one that is fast growing. Even more than others among its competition, the Compass eschews the cute and quirky crossover look that dominated the segment’s looks until the current generation. From a distance the first thing you notice is how sophisticated the Compass looks. Its stance is planted, but a slightly raised wheel well and macho wheels make it look quite off-road capable. Its face frankly has SAN ANTONIO, TEX. >>

All-new 2017Jeep Compass has the honor of competing in the most competitive class of car or crossover, and one that is fast growing. more of the Cherokee’s dynamic chin out looks, but for some reason the area below the grille as well as the front diffuser seem to move its overall impression back from the edge of the envelope. The side lines are sweeping from above the wheel well rising slightly as it moves from the front fender to the rear shoulders. The roofline is reasonably horizontal, descending slightly behind where the rear seats are, just as the shoulder line of the car rises slightly. They meet gracefully at a vertical line at the back of the greenhouse. The car’s rear is pure sport ute, with a big hatch, high and horizontal taillights and a sturdy diffuser below the bumper line. The sum of the parts is a sophisticated yet confident looking car, capable of climbing the crags of suburbia or the real ones away from the concrete.

The interior is modern, and even attractive. Chrysler and Jeep products have a reputation – even among proponents – of having rather average interior quality and design. This car’s interior looks good, with a good feel to the surfaces. More than that, the seats are comfortable and on the Limited and Trailhawk models which I drove were nicely adjustable. There was enough leg room in the rear seat, but frankly it is a space for occasional use by big folk and a greater focus on children – in car seats or not. The features that are highly desired by customers of this category of vehicle are there – a standard back-up camera, for instance. There is also Bluetooth, Chrysler’s U-Connect in three different versions, a decent stereo and Apple Play and Android Auto for safe and efficient telematics. Its instrumental panel

is well laid out and controls on its dashboard are well laid out. Color choices are nice, and the interiors line up to models much further up the food chain. The back seat is big enough for adults, and that means it handles all types of car seats without a problem. The cargo area will carry most strollers and still have space for all the accouterments of early parenthood. It, frankly, has a more parental look. Must be that the automotive world thinks that Millennials are growing up! That is the primary group the Compass is aimed at. This is a car for carrying out the daily tasks of raising kids, then hopefully having some fun on the weekends. It is priced to appeal to those who are reasonably new to the “family” business, and want to do it correctly. The model lineup starts with the Compass Sport with an MSRP of $20,995. Next comes the Latitude beginning at $24,295. At the top of the heap are the “trailrated” Trailhawk starting at $28,595 and the wellequipped Limited starting at $28,995. The Compass is on sale now. All models of the Compass use Chrysler’s 2.4-liter Tigershark four-cylinder engine which generates 180-hp. and 175 lb.-ft. of peak torque. It is mated to one of three transmissions: a nine-speed automatic transmission for 4x4 models, a six-speed manual transmission for 4x2 and 4x4, and a six-speed auto-

matic transmission for 4x2 some Compass models There are choice of two innovative driveline systems. First is Jeep’s Active Drive with fully automatic one-speed power transfer unit. This system uses twowheel drive as much as possible for fuel efficiency but will switch to all-wheel drive seamlessly when necessary. The second system is the Jeep Active Drive Low, which allows for a 20:1 crawl ratio and five-mode Selec-Terrain system that customizes the traction levels depending on what kind of terrain you are driving across. It also will spend most of its times only powering two wheels, again to improve efficiency. The second system is available on the off-road focused Trailhawk model. This model uses different front and rear fascias to increase approach and departure angles, and the model

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is also raised an inch from the base model, and uses specific wheels and tires. It also sports tow hooks front and rear, and they aren’t merely decorative. Jeep Compass is a decent off-road performer, but in its class – compact crossovers – that makes it magnificent. The Compass is perfectly happy to climb rocks- even getting one wheel 18-in. in the air doesn’t seem to fluster it. The point here is that anything named Jeep needs to be good at driving where the roads don’t go. Even though this isn’t a truck, because it has a unitized body and a car’s independent suspension, it will go more places than its owners probably are ever going to demand of it. While it may not be up to the standard of Jeep’s Wrangler, it will fulfill probably 90 percent of the offroading needs and desires of the driving public. Clip & Save

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Torrington Ford Lincoln Has A New York State Of Mind Torrington It’s not often a car dealership gets such attention on the newswire when discussing something other than the vehicles they sell or the services they provide. In most cases, these stories tend to be ones concerning a dissatisfied customer, or the recall of a particular vehicle model. Otherwise, car dealerships are primarily seen toward the back of a newspaper in the automotive sale section. This is not the case when it comes to the new paradigm shift at Torrington Ford Lincoln, in no other than Torrington, Connecticut. What has been known as Auto Row Anthony Vultaggio Jr. of the west corner of Connecticut for decades, Torrington Ford Lincoln on East Main St. has been one of many choices for consumers when purchasing Torrington Ford Lincoln strives to be the most successful Ford dealership in the state of Connecticut. By doing things or servicing their vehicles. Like all the dealerships on “the right way,” Anthony Vultaggio Jr. demonstrates the East Main, Torrington Ford Lincoln has seen their share work ethic instilled in him by his father, showing that hard of good times and, unfortunately, bad times, too, during work and good business is not a thing of the past. poor economies. As a former industrial town, Torrington tends to be underestimated as a prosperous location cheat, don’t steal, and always respect people.” Anthony for aspiring businesses. A young man by the name of went on to say further, “As a kid, I just thought he was Anthony Vultaggio Jr, however, is determined to change talkingaboutourfamily.LittledidIknow,hewasteaching this mindset, once and for all. me everything I would need to know in business.” When speaking to local residents and store owners, With some good old-fashioned family values in his the name Anthony Vultaggio Jr. may not be overly back pocket, Anthony Jr. has decided to bring his show familiar, but as the new owner of Torrington Ford on the road to Torrington Ford Lincoln. “I believe that Lincoln this will soon we can offer more than “It would be easy for me to stay in New just great prices. Everychange. Why, you ask? Because Anthony Vultaggio York and work for my father, but I want one expects that, but if we Jr. not only plans to sell bring a level of true family to take our family’s secret for success - o w n e d - a n d - o p e ra t e d America’s favorite brand of vehicles in Torrington but to places where people can know that values to the dealership, change the way people see with a red-carpet hard work and good business is not a coupled car-buying, and the town treatment for all customthing of the past.” — Anthony Vultaggio Jr. ers, we will be the most of Torrington, forever. Anthony Vultaggio Jr.’s successful Ford dealership family has a history of doing things the right way, which in the state, simply by doing the right thing.” many would consider the hard way. In this day and age, Hard work is something from which Anthony this type of business style is commonly perceived as a Jr. is careful to never shy away. In an industry that lost art. Father, Anthony Vultaggio Sr., started in the sees many second-generation auto dealer owners car business in the New York area some 30 years ago. reaping the benefits of their family’s labor, Anthony With a passion for the business, Anthony Sr. worked his Vultaggio Jr. looks to make his own mark right here way through management and eventually purchased his in Torrington. own dealership in Queens, New York. Instilling hard“It would be easy for me to stay in New York and work working family values into his son, Anthony Jr. mirrored for my father,” Anthony Jr. stated, “but I want to take his father’s work ethic. our family’s secret for success to places where people When speaking with Anthony Vultaggio Jr., he can know that hard work and good business is not a said, “Growing up, my father told me, don’t lie, don’t thing of the past.”

At any time of day or night, you can see Anthony doing everything from moving cars in the lot to helping a customer personally with their car-buying needs. Lou Battistoni, a long-time partner and fixture at Torrington Ford Lincoln, told us this: “I knew the moment I met this young man that there was something special about him. It’s not about money with Anthony. He genuinely wants to take care of people.” Lou Battistoni went on to say that the thing he loves the most about Anthony is his desire to add jobs to the community. Being a longtime resident of the area, as well as a business owner, one of the most important things to Battistoni is that the dealership was not overtaken by some automotive conglomerate. When asked, Anthony Jr. said, “These people, who have been a staple in the community forever, have families. They depend on their jobs to feed those families. I would be foolish to take anyone that wants to work and replace them simply because I bought the store. As long as they understand that the customer is the most important commodity to our business, those employees will have a long and happy career.” Referring to the multi-million-dollar renovation to the old dealership, which will soon be a state-of-the-art facility, one long-time employee said, “You know this man is serious about what he says, just based on what he is doing with the building.” If you can believe it, Anthony Vultaggio Jr. actually has a life outside of the dealership. He is the proud father of two beautiful children: Anthony, 5, and Ava, 3. Anthony likes to think of himself as a small-town guy, based on the warm and friendly neighborhoods where he grew up in New York. “When I met my wife, she was a waitress, and I was working at my father’s dealership in the service department. I knew we would be a great team the minute I met her, and now we are ready for the next chapter in our lives…Torrington Ford Lincoln.” It is worth noting that, in closing our interview, we asked Anthony Vultaggio Jr. if he had to sum up his number one goal with Torrington Ford Lincoln, what would it be. His answer: “Satisfy every customer, every minute, of every day, of every month of every year, now and forever.”

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