THROWBACK THURSDAY: Looking back at RJ photos from 25 years ago this month – January 1994

RJ file photo - Martha Miller of Cromwell says she is a regular customer of The Coffee Beanery Ltd. in Meriden Square, Jan. 5, 1994.

RJ file photo - Students at Platt High School in Meriden in hallways between classes Jan. 20, 1994.

RJ file photo - Gene Chmiel, graphic artist at Lardis McCurdy and Co. in Meriden, works on a Macintosh computer Jan. 28, 1994.

RJ file photo - Cynthia Damer of Guilford and Drew Draves of Wallingford practice "The Cuddle" at swing dance in Hamden, Jan. 9, 1994.

RJ file photo - Wanda Smith, a member of Wallingford's First United Methodist Church, tosses some unpleasant momentoes of 1993 into a fire set up outside the church Jan. 9, 1994. The Rev. Larry Dunlap came up with the idea, saying he wanted to help people purge memories of a bad year. Calendars, layoff notices and the like were fed to the fire.

RJ file photo - Rhona McKhann and her golder retriever Annabel visit the Rev. Paul Munson, a patient at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford Jan. 25, 1994. McKhann and her pet were honored recently for five years of volunteering.

RJ file photo - Michael Stample with a handful of Easter Seals snowmen sold at te KFC restaurant he manages in Wallingford, Jan. 21, 1994. Stample went through rehabilitation at Easter Seals following a motorcycle accident in 1990.

RJ file photo - Kate Fritzel, Stephanie Whithworth and Brynn Gannon, fourth graders at the Stevens School, eat a lunch that featured dinosaur-shaped Tater Tots Jan. 13, 1994.

RJ file photo - Debbie Futeran leads students in an Israeli dance class at Temple Beth Sholom in Hamden, Jan. 9, 1994.

RJ file photo - Choate students Veronica Bollow and Dylan Smith rehearse for the play "Baby with the Bathwater" Jan. 18, 1994.

RJ file photo - William O'Conner, of North Haven, has found spearheads and hearth stones that are more than 4,000 years old at the Meriden landfill, which is in Wallingford, Jan. 11, 1994.

RJ file photo - Michael Mazzetta, whose wife Cindy works at the Burger King on North Colony Road in Wallingford, was unable to determine his wife's welfare while police questioned witnesses inside. "Thank God" he said when police told him she was safe after a shooting at the restaurant Jan. 19, 1994.

RJ file photo - Cpatain Gene Letourneay and Firefighter Rich Wasilewski rescue swans trapped in the ice at North Farms Reservoir in Wallingford Jan. 27, 1994.

RJ file photo - Danny Berg-Johnson, 6, left, listens as tutor Peter Geer, 8, reads from a baseball book at Parker Farms School in Wallingford Jan. 6, 1994.

RJ file photo - Police confer outside the Burger King on North Colony Road in Wallingford Jan. 19, 1994 after Karen DeMatteo of Hamden was shot to death.

RJ file photo - Lisa Tomassetti will be a busy teacher as Cheshire Academy marks Martin Luther King Jr. day with an array of talks and presentations, Jan. 14, 1994.

RJ file photo - Republican Mayor William W. Dickinson talks about Wallingford's challenges after being sworn in Jan. 3, 1994 for his fifth term as mayor.

RJ file photo - Tina Lemay walks into A Shade Darker tanning salon in Wallingford Jan. 7, 1994.

RJ file photo - Jim Schoepfer with some of the eyes his comany imports and sells from a warehouse in an old barn in Cheshire, Jan. 20, 1994.

Three Kings Day at the Latin American Social Club in Meriden Jan. 6, 1994.

RJ file photo - Jessica Velez, 3, receives a present during Three Kings Day at the Latin American Social Club in Meriden Jan. 6, 1994.

RJ file photo - Joyce Saltman, feeding her cat Crystal, says humor can enhance learning, Jan. 4, 1994. She will mark her 10th anniversary in public speaking at a Cheshire talk this week.

RJ file photo - Daryl Smith is an AIDS counselor for the Meriden Health Department, Jan. 14, 1994. Part of his job is telling people the results of their HIV tests.

RJ file photo - Mark Ecke, left and Michael Gorman prepare for the Penguin Plunge into the Sound, Jan. 1994.

RJ file photo - U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd talks with police chiefs at the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden Jan. 13, 1994.

RJ file photo - The Reg. Roberto Rosario, pastor of Alpha & Omega Christian Church at 134 Springdale Ave. in Meriden Jan. 5, 1994.

RJ file photo - Home health care specialist Michelle Evitts and John Hogarth of the Meriden Senior Center speak with Larry Susskind, center, of Endispute Inc. at a meeting at Lincoln Middle School in Meriden Jan. 13, 1994.

RJ file phto - Megan Anderson, Greg Chester, Alicia Merrill and Seth Garbarsky are art of the performing Hi-Liters cast directed by Richard Fontanella in Meriden Jan. 24, 1994.

RJ file photo - Meriden Parks and Rec employees Ken Parkin and Mike Wyskiewicz groom a cross-country ski trail at Hunter Golf Course Jan. 5, 1994.

RJ file photo - Confesor Malave breaks up ice on Union Street in Meriden Jan. 24, 1994.

RJ file photo - Sal Barone and Tim Jennings are executives at Harper Surface Finishing Systems in Meriden, which makes industrial buffing and polishing machines, Jan. 13, 1994. Barone and other area executives are on a trade mission to Asia.

RJ file photo - Officials inspect Cathole Mountain for unmapped wetlands Jan. 28, 1994.

RJ file photo - Hat Day at St. Joseph School in Meriden Jan. 21, 1994. In the front row, from left, Joseph Evola and Dylan McNulty. In the back row, Emily James, Zachary Latham and Patrick King.

RJ file photo - Ian Hunter reads to his 3-year-old daughter, Kit, in the children's room at the Meriden Public Library Jan. 3, 1994. Hunter said he takes his daughter to the library every week, and each time she picks out several books that she'd like her father to read to her.

RJ file photo - The Rev. Alvan N. Johnson Jr. at the ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr./Albert Owens Scholarship breakfast in Meriden Jan. 17, 1994. Johnson is the pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Hartford.

RJ file photo - Rhudean Raye sits at her kitchen table with a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 5, 1994.

RJ file photo - Karen Askew, a mother of three, holds her grandson 14-month-old Henry Rhodes. Her son Kyle Doucette, 6, is at left. January 1994.

RJ file photo - Platt students help out at John Barry School by painting a mural that will be used to encourage reading, Jan. 27, 1994.

File photo - Platt High School teacher James Ieronimo walks the halls to his classroom Jan. 20, 1994.

RJ file photo - Platt students Ben Michaud, Frank Scotto and Jeff Prescott work out a popcorn problem in applied mathematics class Jan. 24, 1994.

RJ file photo - Michael Stolzman thanked students from Bettie Biederman's second-grade class at Benjamin Franklin School Jan 11, 1994. About 20 students sent letters to Stolzman while he served with the U.S. Army in Somalia.

RJ file photo - The Holy Angels kitchen crew from left, Rita Pouliot, Ed McCray and Halen Maslar dish up lunches at the Soup Kitchen in Meriden Jan. 24, 1994.

RJ file photo - Andrew Hayward of Meriden speeds down the slope on some fresh snow at Hunter Golf Club Jan. 3, 1994.

RJ file photo - Holy Angels Church Volunteer Helen Speltz cuts pieces of cake to add to lunches to be served by Ruth Kupfer at the Meriden Soup Kitchen at teh Salvation Army Jan. 24, 1994.

RJ file photo - Students at St. Joseph School in Meriden enter the Fire Safety Theater, which stopped at their school Jan. 29, 1994.

RJ file photo - Josh LaFrance, 2, wails after getting a close look at one of his TV wrestling heroes, the Undertaker, at the Meriden Square Mall Jan. 19, 1994. Holding Josh is his mother, Pam LaFrance. "He loves to see them on TV, but when he sees them in person he cries," she said.

RJ file photo - Mark Perrin of Meriden found time - and warmer temperatures - to clean his truck at C&C Car Wash Jan. 25, 1994.

RJ file photo - Raymond Gloade, 4, plays a game called Fighter Pilot at the Time-Out arcade in the Meriden Square mall Jan. 6, 1994. His father, Bill Gioade of Bristol, offers some navigational advice.

RJ file photo - Peter Wodatch, the bartender/mailman at Mauri's in Meriden, will be retiring after 7 years on the job, Jan. 20, 1994.

RJ file photo - Southington letter carrier Tom Wallenta delivers mail to a home on his North Main Street route Jan. 21, 1994.

RJ file photo - Gabe Ravizza, Michael Pooler and Marc Pooler work on the inside of a snow fort on Hanover Street in Meriden Jan. 7, 1994.

RJ file photo - Southington letter carrier Tom Wallenta delivers mail to a home on his North Main Street route Jan. 21, 1994.

RJ file photo - Kathy Deroun, Darla Lawson and Nora Carvalho, who work at the Women's Center at Bradley Memorial Hospital in Southington, sports their Red Hot Mamas T-shirts while looking at x-rays from mammograms Jan. 7, 1994.

RJ file photo - Marie Porier whips up a chocolate delight at a demo for the Southington Library Jan. 11, 1994.

RJ file photo - Dana Brown, 6, holds Snickers, the class gerbil, at Kelley School in Southington Jan. 20, 1994.

RJ file photo - Mitchell Welch, 6, left and his friend Mark Theriault, 10, both bundled up against the frigid cold, race through the fields at Mitchell's grandfather's house on the corner of Flanders Road and Flanders Street in Southington Jan. 20, 1994.

RJ file photo - Paul Lemart bites into a man-size burger during lunch at DeLuco's bar in Southington Jan. 14, 1994.

RJ file photo - Stacey Napolitano, left, and Jenn Goodman, both of Wolcott, are swept off their feet by the ski lift at Mount Southington Jan. 2, 1994.

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