Mike Mathieu (pronunciation undetermined)

Born in 1972, Mike Mathieu is the younger of two sons unleashed onto Southington by Roger and Sandra (Cerrone) Mathieu. He grew up on the streets around South Plains road, where he once tossed apples in Audrey Brown's pine tree. To the shock of educators (Bob Brown included), Mike graduated from Southington High in 1990. He then began studying sports medicine at CCSU, only to receive a B.A. in East asian Studies.

In 1994, Mike received a scholarship to study in China. In order to pay for the rest of the trip, Mike goofed off at Southington Country Club and Nyren's Florist. Bob Potrepka's son even paid Mike to operate power equipment. In 1995, Mike began wearing a tie (and shirt) at Pratt & Whitney. It was there, next to the Xerox machine, that he met his future wife, Rita.

In 1997, Mike gave Rita's family a boatload of cash and two live chickens in exchange for her hand in marriage. Chicken-less and broke, Mike and Rita fled the country to work at Pratt & Whitney's joint venture in Singapore. There they saved enough money to return to Southington and buy a house on Spring Lake Road. Although there were no chickens, turkeys frequented the yard.

In 2000, Mike flew under the radar of the admissions office and was offered a scholarship for for graduate studies at Yale. He graduated with an M.A. in East Easian Studies, but no chickens. In 2001, the CIA made Mike an offer he could refuse, so he did the next logical thing and opened a monument shop on Meriden Avenue.

Mike enjoys Chinese film, the Beatles, the Red Sox 2004 season, eating caramels and experimenting with different facial hairstyles. He dreams of one day living under a thatched roof in Tahiti with his wife and some chickens.

It's Joe DePaolo's fault that Mike is a member of Rotary.