STAR-SPANGLED START -- Almost 2,000 Cheshire area residents stepped out at the Travelers Walk MS at Cheshire High School Sunday, May 4. Cheshire resident Stacey Perrone-Petta sings the national anthem as Dr. Bill Petit, (left) member of the Precious Petits Walk MS team; Walk MS spokesperson and Wethersfield resident Ciara Rivera; Lisa Gerrol, president of the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter; and Jenifer and Don Walsh, leaders of Team Jenifer, pause to give homage just before the cutting of the ribbon. Team Jenifer was among the top family team fundraisers statewide last year, raising almost $16,000.