11-11-2011 town times

By Stephanie Wilcoxand Cheri Kelley

Town Times

MiddlefieldA total of 1,487 residents,

or 40 percent of registeredvoters, came out to the Com-munity Center to cast theirvotes Tuesday night, fewerthan the 1,625 who came outfor the 2009 election.

Incumbent Jon Brayshawnarrowly defeated chal-lenger Lucy Petrella, 759votes to 714, for another termas first selectman. TheBoard of Selectmen is com-prised of the three highestvote-getters among the fourselectmen candidates. EdBailey will again be on theBoard of Selectmen withBrayshaw, joined by DaveBurgess, with 735 and 726votes respectively.

“I’m glad it’s over,”

Brayshaw said of the elec-tion. “It’s certainly a stress-ful time. I was disappointedin the overall numericalturnout. It’s always difficultfor people to run for officeand then to get a lowturnout. I'm thrilled that Ihad such a great runningmate, Ed Bailey. We’ll beable to help out with thecomplexity of the things fac-ing the town.”

Aside from RepublicansBrayshaw and Bailey, the

Volume 18, Issue 31 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall Friday, November 11, 2011

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In this issue ...Calendar...........................4Devils’ Advocate .......13-20Obituary.........................22Sports .........................30-31Town Briefs ...............11-12

Jenna Bascom: a special understanding of Alzheimer’s DiseaseBy Judy Moeckel

Special to the Town Times

Jenna Bascom has a spe-cial understanding ofAlzheimer’s disease: hergrandmother, Joan Otte(who, with her husband,ran the Morse & Otte gro-cery store in Durham formany years), died from thedisease in October 2009. Af-ter that happened, Bascomdecided to donate her tal-ent for photography to hon-or her grandmother’s mem-ory and to raise awarenessof Alzeimer’s in the com-munity.

“Jenna contacted theAlzheimer’s AssociationConnecticut Chapter(AACC) in December of2009,” says Christianne Kov-el, senior director of commu-nications. “For 10 months,Jenna traveled to all parts ofConnecticut from her home

in Brooklyn to photographindividuals with the disease.She also photographed theWalk to End Alzheimer’sevents in New Haven in 2010and 2011.”

Portraits of Alzheimer’s, acollection of 29 photographsof individuals withAlzheimer’s disease and

their caregivers, is a collabo-rative project between theAACC and Bascom. The pho-tos are straightforward andpoignant but not sentimen-tal. The collection, whichhas been displayed at theBristol Library and other lo-cations, will move to thecafeteria of the LegislativeOffice Building in Hartfordfor the month of January2012.

Jenna Bascom grew up inDurham and graduated fromCoginchaug in 2002. In highschool, she was editor andphoto editor of the Devils’Advocate. When she was 15years old, Marie Curtis, aprofessional photographerin Durham, saw a photo ofBascom’s that won an honor-able mention in the HartfordCourant.

“Marie jokingly asked mymom if I wanted a job... and

Durham’s Board of Selecmen

Middlefield’s Board of Selectmen

Jenna Bascom’s grandmother, Joan Otte

Jenna Bascom

See Alzheimer’s, page 24

Laura Francis John Szewczyk Steve Levy

Jon Brayshaw Ed Bailey Dave Burgess

See Election, page 11

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Day of the Deadrescheduled

Due to the power outage,the Day of the Dead could notbe celebrated in Durham onits originally scheduleddate. Longtime CoginchaugSpanish teacher MarilynHorn will now tell all about

this Mexican tradition onThursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m.at the Durham Activity Cen-ter. The public is invited tolearn about how the souls ofthose loved ones who havepassed on are rememberedwith joy and reverence.

This event is sponsored bythe Durham Senior CitizensBoard as part of the Conversa-tions with Local Talents se-ries offered to the community.

CRHS collegeforum

Juniors and their par-ents/guardians are invitedto attend the annual CollegeAdmissions Forum Night onTuesday, Nov. 29, from 7 to 9p.m. College admissions offi-cers from the University ofConnecticut, QuinnipiacUniversity and MiddlesexCommunity College willpresent an overview of theentire college admissionsprocess. The guidance de-partment will present theprocedures and format forCRHS students in the appli-cation process. Followingthe presentations, there willalso be a question and an-swer period.

The program will takeplace in the CRHS auditori-

um. Call 860-349-7221 for info.

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ThanksgivingProgram

Families or individualshaving difficulties are encour-aged to call Durham HumanServices at 860-349-3153 to ap-ply for a Thanksgiving basket.Donors can provide food giftcards in gift amounts of theirchoice and send them to Hu-man Services, ThanksgivingProgram, Town Hall, P.O. Box428 Durham, CT 06422. Pleasesend in gift cards by Nov. 18 ifyou would like to donate. Do-nations of turkeys will be ac-cepted on Tuesday, Nov. 22,from 9 to 10 a.m. at DurhamActivity Center. Volunteersare needed to help coordinatedistribution from 9 a.m. tonoon on Nov. 22. Call 860-349-3153.

CorrectionsWe strive to bring you

the most accurate infor-mation available eachweek, but if you see some-thing in Town Times thatisn’t quite right, give us acall at 860-349-8000, andwe’ll do our best to makethings right.

In the article on MaryBliss Parsons/witch histo-ry in the Oct. 28 issue, itwas Ithamar Parsons whobuilt/owned the Willetthouse on Rt. 147, not Sime-on, according to MaryJohnson, although his des-candants would also be de-scendants of Mary BlissParsons. The informationprinted in the article camefrom Durham’s Heritageby Milton H. Whited,which indicates that thehouse was built by SimeonParsons.

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During the last two Mid-dlefield Board of Selectmen(BOS) meetings, a concernedresident, Al Smith, raisedthe question about Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act(ADA) compliance at Peck-ham Park. This is a subjectarea that Smith is very pas-sionate about; his intereststems from the fact that helives close to Peckham Parkand says that he is concernedwith the prohibited parkingthat goes on at the small (old)entrance to the park locatedon Main Street.

According to Smith, thefire hydrant there is whatservices his home and manyothers in the case of a fireemergency. People who ille-gally park their vehiclesblock the hydrant and thearea that fire rescue workerswould need to access. Park-ing in unsanctioned spotsalso blocks the way for am-bulances to enter the park if

an emergency were to occurat the park itself. There isparking available for handi-capped individuals in thisarea and it, too, is not acces-sible due to these illegallyparked cars.

Smith said in an interviewwith Town Times, “I havecalled the police in the past,and sometimes, when our lo-cal police department an-

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By Sue VanDerzeeTown Times

They’re not committing toanything, but a potentialbuyer from the former teamof Alpine Ridge, LLC and aself-described “financialguy” spent an hour up atPowder Ridge on Friday,Nov. 4, with town officials,state legislators and the pressgoing over some options.

“This is not a done deal,”explained David Perry, the fi-nancial guy. “We have tocome back several moretimes and speak to investorsbefore we would make anydecision.”

Rick Sabatino was therewith Perry to view the “dia-mond in the rough.” Allagreed that it was very

rough, but First SelectmanJon Brayshaw, SelectmanEd Bailey, town planner Ge-off Colegrove and residentactivist Marianne Coronawere able to supply some his-tory and details of existingpermits and infrastructure,such as wells and septic sys-tems. Sabatino was part ofthe Alpine Ridge, LLC teamassembled by Dennis Ab-planalp, who abruptly pulledout of his deal with the townof Middlefield on Oct. 20.

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FRIDAY

November11Bridge Night

Come join in at the DurhamActivity Center every Fridaynight at 6:30 p.m. for a funnight of bridge with great peo-ple. If you are not sure how toplay, Jim will teach you. Youmay call Jim at 860-346-6611with bridge questions. CallDurham Recreation at 860-343-6724 with further ques-tions.

SATURDAY

November12Setback Tournament

Come to the K-Club annualThanksgiving Setback tour-nament at 168 Main Street inRockfall. From 9 to 10 a.m.,enjoy a free breakfast andsign up. Donations requested.

Middlefield FederatedChurch Holiday Fair

Come to the fellowship hallof the Middlefield FederatedChurch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.and get a headstart on yourholiday shopping with crafts,decorations, silent auctionitems, baked goods andtheme baskets. Breakfast andlunch, including homemadepies, are available for sale.The church is located onMain Street across from theCommunity Center.Durham/Middlefield Night

Come to the third annualDurham/Middlefield Nightat 771’s Crystal Ball Room;hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m., buf-fet dinner at 7:30 p.m. Musicprovided by the MontheiBrothers Band. Tickets avail-able at the lodge, or pleasecall Jeff Siena at 860-349-8031or Mike and Jo-Ann Siena at860-346-9771.

Holiday BazaarWestfield Ladies Aid Soci-

ety Holiday Bazaar is atThird CongregationalChurch (94 Miner St. in Mid-dletown) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Luncheon served starting at10 a.m. Crafts, bake table,Grandma’s Attic, Cookie Barand a sit-down lunch. Plentyof free parking.

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tion, learn how to design apersonal program for foodcombination and learn howthe times of day and seasonsaffect your personal constitu-tion and how to create a self-care system to keep you inbalance.Historical Societies’ Concert

The Durham and Middle-field historical societies areco-sponsoring a concert at theMiddlefield Community Cen-ter Auditorium at 7 p.m. TheAtwater-Donnelly Band willperform traditional Ameri-can folk music and dance, aswell as Celtic music anddance. Tickets available atthe door or by reservation.Call 860-716-5497 or [email protected] with questions orfor ticket prices and reserva-tions.

Harvest FairCome to the First United

Methodist Church (24 OldChurch St. in Middletown)for their annual Harvest Fairfrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., featur-ing: Bake Shoppe, SweetShoppe, Country Cheese, Sew‘n’ Sew, Second Hand Rose, ajewelry silent auction, BlueMoon Café and more. A pan-cake breakfast will be from 8to 10:30 a.m. For more infor-mation, please call 860-346-3689.

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10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Broad-way Dance Styles is taught byveteran Steve Scionti, seen onBroadway, at Core Club (350MainSt. inDurham).You willstart with a total body warmup, including technique andstretch, and end with a differ-ent dance combination everyweek. Jazz shoes required;this class is for ages 12 on up.

SUNDAY

November13Ukulele Club “Jam”

Middlefield Uke Club,sponsored by the MiddlefieldParks & Rec, is beginningtheir second year of ukulelemusic, fun and skill-building.The meeting will be from 9 to11 a.m. at the MiddlefieldCommunity Center (405 MainSt.). Bring your uke and a mu-sic stand. Contact Cindy DiLauro [email protected], andshe can send you the songs.

Notre Dame RaffleNotre Dame Church,

Durham, has rescheduledtheir raffle drawing for todayat 12:30 p.m. Parishionersshould return their raffletickets, both sold and unsold,before then. Tickets can bedropped off at the Rectorythis week, put in the offertorybasket on Saturday or Sun-day or turned in to the churchhall on Sunday before noon.All proceeds will go towardongoing church expenses.The bazaar will be held Dec. 3and 4.

MONDAY

November14Durham Senior Lunches

Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center, lo-cated at 350 Main St. Follow-ing the lunches on Mondaysis game time which includesbilliards, Wii and cards. Forpricing info and to make areservation, call Amanda As-tarita, senior café manager,at 860-349-3153.

MiddlefieldSeniorLunches

The Middlefield SeniorCafé is serving lunch threetimes a week, on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays.Reservations are required 24hours prior, and their month-ly menu can be picked up atthe center, Town Hall or atwww.middlefieldct.org.

Durham 60+

The Durham 60+ Club willmeet at noon for a potluckThanksgiving luncheon atthe United Churches ofDurham fellowship hall, lo-cated at the corner of MainStreet and Route 68. All mem-bers are asked to bring theirfavorite dish to share withothers.

Youth BasketballRegistration

Youth basketball registra-tion will take place from 6 to7:30 p.m. at the Durham TownHall. Registration forms areavailable online atwww.townofdurhamct.org,Recreation. Program is opento grades K-8, Durham andMiddlefield residents. Chil-dren must be registered byNov. 25. After this date, a latefee will be charged. Call 860-343-6724 for more info.

TUESDAY

November15Durham Flu Clinic

A flu clinic is scheduledfrom 12 to 8 p.m. at DurhamActivity Center. The vaccineshots are free and will be ad-ministered first come, firstserved. Supplies limited.Anyone over age two and ingood health is encouraged toreceive the vaccine. For moreinfo, call 860-344-3482.

Destination DurhamEvery Tuesday at 1 and 7

p.m. on Comcast Channel 19,Destination Durham will beaired for those living inDurham. DVDs are also avail-able at the Levi Coe andDurham libraries.Women’s Softball Meeting

There will be a meeting forall who played in thewomen’s softball league at 7p.m. at the Durham ActivityCenter. We will discusschanges, if any, for nextyear’s league. We will also becollecting any team equip-ment that has been boughtwith town monies. Pleasemark your equipment with apiece of tape. Call Sherry Hillat 860-343-6724 with any ques-tions.

WEDNESDAY

November16Healing Eucharist

Come to the Church of theEpiphany, Main Street inDurham, at 10 a.m. for theweekly Holy Eucharist withhealing.

Durham Senior LunchesEvery Monday and

Wednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center, lo-cated at 350 Main St. Bingostarts at 1 p.m. on Wednes-days. For pricing info and tomake a reservation, callAmanda Astarita, senior cafémanager, at 860-349-3153.

THURSDAY

November17Blood Drive

Notre Dame Church (272Main St. in Durham) is hold-ing a blood drive for theAmerican Red Cross todayfrom 1 to 6 p.m. Potentialdonors are encouraged to pre-register to ensure quick and

efficient processing, butwalk-ins are also taken. Go towww.redcrossblood.org/make-donation and use sponsorcode 1038a (or zip 06422) tosign up or call 1-800-RED-CROSS. Drink lots of waterand bring your blood donorcard or another form of ID.

Day of the DeadThe Day of the Dead has

been rescheduled for today at7 p.m. at the Durham ActivityCenter. (See page 2.)

FRIDAY

November18Tot Time

The MOMS Club of Durhamand Middlefield sponsors a week-ly Tot Time every Friday from10:30 a.m. to noon at PeckhamPark, or, if it’s rainy, at the Mid-dlefield Community Center. Thisopen-age playgroup is availablefor all residents and their chil-dren of Durham, Middlefield andRockfall. No RSVP is required.For more info, please contactAnn at [email protected].

Rockfall FoundationThe Rockfall Foundation

invites grant proposals fromnonprofit organizations,towns and schools to supportenvironmental education,conservation and planningprojects in Middlesex County.The deadline for receipt ofcompleted applications is to-day, and awards will be an-nounced in mid-February 2012.

Grades 5-6 Fun NightD u r h a m - M i d d l e f i e l d

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Annual Holiday FairCome to the Wadsworth

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An unorthodoxHalloweenRight, Austin Road resi-dents celebrated Hal-loween and the snowstormby gathering around a bon-fire to greet a few brave

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State Representative MattLesser and State Senator LenSuzio werealso onsite and as-sured theduo of thestate’s in-terest inthe re-opening ofthe skiarea be-cause of itspotential for job creation, avery desirable outcome asstate unemployment stub-bornly hovers around ninepercent. Lesser added that,in conversations with thecommissioner of the Depart-ment of Economic and Com-munity Development, thepossibility of further stateaid (beyond an approvedgrant of $500,000 for infra-

structure improvements)might be possible based onjob creation potential.

Perry noted that his aimwould be for year-round ac-tivity of some kind on thesite. “The worst thing is hav-

ing a busi-ness forfive or sixm o n t h sand thenhave to laym o s teverybodyoff,” hes a i d .“ Y e a r -r o u n d

seems like it could work here.This is a gorgeous place; wedrove through the orchardsand saw the pumpkin patch.And there’s golf. It’s just soNew England.”

Following their tour ofPowder Ridge, Sabatino andPerry were scheduled to at-tend an executive sessionmeeting of the Board of Se-lectmen and then spend an-

Powder Ridge(Continued from page 3)

other day or so touring otherlocal ski establishments suchas Mount Southington andSki Sundown. They will thenreturn to Ottawa, whereSabatino is based, for furtherdiscussions.

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Camaraderie abounds with Durham 60+By Cheri Kelley

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If you are a resident ofDurham or a surroundingtown and are at least 60 yearsold, you can be part of agroup that offers fun ways tosocialize, travel opportuni-ties and fundraisers for localneeds. The Durham 60+group started in 1968 and hascome a long way with vari-

ous trips and activitiesplanned throughout theyear. Recently, new officerswere elected. EleanorGolschneider had been thepresident for 16 years untilSue Giuffrida, of Middle-town, recently took over theposition. Giuffrida said,“(Eleanor) just got to thepoint when she couldn’t do itanymore, so I stepped up tothe plate. It’s a fun group;

they are really nice people.”The new vice president isMary Ellen Dontigney.

There are on average 35 to40 people at the meetings,which are held on the secondand fourth Mondays of themonth at 1 p.m. at the UnitedChurches of Durham hall onMain Street. But accordingto Giuffrida, there are up to50 for some of the largerevents like the pre-Thanks-giving potluck luncheon,which will take place Nov. 14at noon at the FellowshipHall. The group also has aholiday party scheduled forDec. 7 at noon at Violi’sRestaurant in Meriden and aValentine’s Day potluck. Af-ter the meetings, they have asocial hour with coffee, teaand goodies.

At the first meeting of themonth, the participants areusually treated to entertain-ment. In the next fewmonths, a magician, trum-pet player and Irish singerswill pay them a visit. Duringthe second meeting, there isa variety table raffle wheremembers bring in thingsthat they no longer have ause for but are still in good

condition for other folks’ en-joyment. The raffle ticketsare five for a dollar, andeveryone “really has a goodtime,” said Giuffrida.

The 60+ group goes onabout four or five trips ayear, one of which is anovernight trip for four orfive days. Last year thegroup went to the SmokeyMountains, and in the futurethey may plan a cruise ortwo. In addition, they ven-ture out on bus tours aroundNew England, and if thereare not enough people par-ticipating, they sometimescombine trips with the

Cromwell senior center.Durham 60+ is also

known for giving back.They have made cookiebaskets in the past for eld-erly homes but decidedthat donating to the localfood pantries would proba-bly be more beneficial.They have sponsored theblood mobile and stuffedmailers for the Red Cross.

The Durham 60+ group isalways looking for moremembers to join. Interestedpeople are welcome to cometo one of the meetings andsee for themselves what it usall about.

The Durham 60+ group’s 2011-12 slate of officers (l-r):Jeannette Fudge, secretary, Ellie Golschneider, out-going president, Sue Giuffrida, incoming president,Mary Ellen Dontigney, vice-president. Missing: Ra-mona Walmsley, treasurer. Submitted by Mary Ellen Dontigney


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EDGE group makes sure youth never feel aloneBy Diana Carr


Raising our offspring inthis day and age can oftenseem like a daunting task. Somany challenges, so manytemptations. But parents,you don’t have to go it alone.And you young folks — youdon’t, either.

A group called ExcellentDecisions Guiding Everyday(EDGE) is on hand to helpyou navigate those twistsand turns. With 30 membersfrom Coginchaug RegionalHigh School (CRHS), 20members from StrongSchool and three advisors(Jane Moen, the program di-rector of Durham/Middle-field Youth & Family Ser-vices; Christen Bertz, ahealth teacher at CRHS; andBecca Anderson, a mathteacher at CRHS), its goal isto steer our youth away fromsubstance abuse and towardmaking good decisions inevery aspect of their livesand to help parents realizethe important part they playin this.

“Health teacher Liz Walsh

started (EDGE) nearly 10years ago,” Anderson tellsus, “in response to the drugproblems in the high school.It’s part of a nationwide pro-gram called StudentsAgainst Destructive Deci-sions (SADD). EDGE is thename we gave our particulargroup.”

When Walsh retired in2009, Anderson and Bertztook over, and Moen came onboard this past year.

There are several topicsthe group tackles in order toensure our children’s safety.Two years ago, Andersoncreated an Internet safetypresentation whereby themembers of EDGE go to mid-dle schools and high schoolsaround the state (mostly inMiddlesex County) and edu-cate their peers regardingsuch things as the impor-tance of privacy settings forthe social networks and notposting personal informa-tion. The rules and laws ofcyber bullying and “sexting”are discussed, the latter in-volving the sending of illicitphotos and nude picturesthrough cyberspace. Says

Anderson, “A girl will sendnude pictures of herself toher boyfriend, and he thensends them out to everyoneelse. We also tell the studentsto be careful about what theypost. If they are talkingabout the party they went tothe night before — and thesmoking and drinking theydid — well, the colleges lookat that.”

A program called “Teensin the Driver’s Seat,” startedafter the loss of a student in acar accident two years ago,espouses safe driving habits.Three or four times a year,EDGE checks the studentsdriving to school to makesure they’re wearing theirseat belts. Those who aren’tget a friendly reminder andprintouts of statistics aboutdrunk driving and not wear-ing seat belts. “We tie thosetwo issues together,” saysAnderson.

EDGE Week takes placebefore the prom in May, withthe key theme being topledge not to drink duringthe prom and graduation.

See EDGE, page 29

EDGE members stand with the first selectmen andtroopers in Durham and Middlefield.

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Letters to the Editor

An open letterto Bob Schulte

It is the day before Elec-tion Day, and I join the otherpoll workers in doing whatwe do to prepare for a 16-hour workday. We preparefood for the other workersand for our families, go to thepolling place to set up and getsworn in, check our alarmclocks and try to get somemuch-needed rest. What isdifferent today is that I findmyself reflecting on theyears working with BobSchulte.

Until recently, BobSchulte was the RepublicanRegistrar of Voters. He andDemocratic Registrar KarenCheyney were an uncommonteam. They brought differentskills to the job and comple-mented each other seamless-

ly. They are both consum-mate professionals, and theymade our jobs easy. Theyalso kept the electorate in-formed by their frequent ar-ticles in the paper.

Durham is a town withmany talented and dedicatedvolunteers, and I trust thatBob’s successor will be well-qualified. Of course, Karenwill continue serving andbrings much needed conti-nuity to the Registrar’s Of-fice. But we will miss BobSchulte, and we wish himwell.

Ona McLaughlin, DurhamPoll Worker, 860-349-8415

swers the call, they come outand have people move theircars. But if it is transferred toTroop F down in Westbrook,they don’t do much.” Thisurged Smith to bring the issueto the attention of the BOS,where he said, “All I got waswords.” Smith said he wastired of it and contactedElanah Sherman in the officeof Protection and Advocacyfor Persons with Disabilitiesin Hartford. She told him thathe needed to file formal writ-ten complaints, and so he did.This was in October of 2009.He listed all the violations andwas frustrated that little wasdone long after the complaintwas filed. A year into theprocess, Assistant UnitedStates Attorney Lisa Perkinswas assigned to the case.

At the recent BOS meet-ings, and in a letter that wassent to the editor of TownTimes, Smith states, “Basical-ly, the town has done nothingto properly correct these vio-lations.”

First Selectman JonBrayshaw told Town Times,“I don’t micromanage thecommissions. The Parks andRecreation Commission is ful-ly functional. They are smartpeople with a vested interestin having the best park. We allwant the park to be ADA com-pliant and have done a greatjob working toward thatgoal.”

Also in his letter, Smithstated that Brayshaw violat-ed the condition of confiden-tiality during mediation.Brayshaw shared that themediation slowed at onepoint because the mediatorwas going through an illnessand sadly passed away. Dur-ing this mediation period,work was researched andplans were started at thepark. “I never broke confi-dentiality,” he said.

Amy Poturnicki, chairmanof the Middlefield Parks and

Recreation Commission, sentTown Times a full-page lettersharing what has been done tothe park. Poturnicki states,“The town has been willing todo what it takes to make ourpark the best it can possiblybe and has had the pleasure ofworking with assistant state’sattorney Lisa Perkins, whohas reviewed areas at Peck-ham Park that we could im-prove on. Together, we havebeen working on ideas and so-lutions for these areas, andthe state’s attorney’s officehas been pleased with our re-sults.”

The park has been in-spected by the state, and alist was made of what neededto be done. The inspectionwas in the fall of 2010, andduring that one year period,with a very small budget, thefollowing was completed to-ward the goal of ADA com-pliance: accessible parking,bathrooms, walking path,drinking fountain and play-ground access. To readabout how each of these iscompliant, visit www.town-times.com.

While sitting down withSmith, he agreed there hasfinally been some progress,but it is not complete. Ac-cording to Smith, the mo-ment anyone unlocks thedoors to the pavilion rest-rooms, they are no longercompliant. And the slope onthe ramp that was placed onthe entrance to the rest-rooms was not installed cor-rectly. Smith said he has alot of knowledge in ADAspecifications with his back-ground as a construction en-gineer at the Newington CTVA hospital where heworked before retirement.He says the specs are forevery 12 inches, and the in-crease is to be one inch. Hesaid the ramp needs to comeout about a foot longer.

His issue with what he

calls the “walking path tonowhere” is that folks inwheelchairs have to sit sofar from all the action on thefield. It may be technicallycompliant, but he thinks it isa waste of money unless it iscompleted.

The playground, he says,doesn’t have to be fixed untilnext spring but as far as theunits being compliant, hesaid, “Show me one ride thathandicap kids can do.”

An inspection was donerecently on the ice skatingpond and the beach at LakeBeseck, which, according toBrayshaw, were deemed okdue to the natural slope ofthe area from the beach tothe parking area, and be-cause of the very nature ofan ice skating pond, notmuch can be done. Smithsaid that there is a way to doboth the ice skating pondand the beach for accessibili-ty for observation. “It can bedone, and it is not a choice; ithas to be done.”

According to Brayshaw,“The only thing to be done, ifanything, to make it be real-ly great, may be, perhaps, toadd more features to theplayscape area of the park tomeet the needs of childrenwith various disabilities. Itis compliant as it is,though.” The town is alsolooking into creating path-ways with recycled rubbertire material to make wheel-chair accessibility easier.The wood chip currentlyused is ADA compliant, butthe town wants to go abovewhat is required to do thebest they can to make it agreat place. “We all have thesame goal: we want the parkto be ADA compliant so thatit can be enjoyed by every-one. This is not somethingthat happens over night. Ithink we have done a lot inone year.”

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Generators: What to knowbefore you buy

What seemed un-fathomable twomonths ago, to experi-ence two whopperstorms in twomonths’ time, hasbeen bitten off and chewed by all ofus. The fragility of the grid is fullyrealized for Connecticut residentswho know firsthand what earlysnowfall and strong winds can do tohamper utilities.

Losing power is eye-opening, butnot as a test to my Yankee roots. Iknow what I’m made of; I know whatwe’re all made of. Apart from track-ing unusual weather patterns andunderstanding why untimely stormsare packing a punch, we need tolearn how to move toward energy in-dependence and make it a priority.

For now, many people have al-ready purchased generators or havemoved them to number one on theirholiday wish lists. While only provi-sional safeguards for power loss,generators are a relatively inexpen-sive insurance policy with a highlikelihood of payout. I know they re-quire fossil fuels to operate, but wehave entered a time period duringwhich utility companies haveproven unreliable.

There are a variety of generators,depending on your wattage needsduring a time of power loss. In manycases, generator owners cherry-picktheir energy needs during an outage,rather than duplicating normalwattage use. For example, you maydecide that fueling your refrigeratorand freezer, stove and hot waterheater are your biggest priorities.By calculating the related wattage,you can narrow your search for anappropriate generator for yourhousehold.

There are portable units of vary-ing sizes that can supply between3,000 and 10,000 watts. It is recom-mended that you have a transferswitch (manual or automatic) in-stalled at your breaker box by anelectrician to ensure a safer backupgenerator system and minimize theneed for extension cords. The cost ofportable units starts around $500with the most powerful generators

in this category cost-ing up to $3,000. Forinstallation by anelectrician or me-chanical contractor,expect to pay $700-

$1,000.Stationary units supply 10,000 to

15,000 watts and can cost as much as$10,000 with installation running$1,800-$3,000 for a standby system. Inthis scenario, your system is de-signed to supply your household en-ergy needs should power loss occur.

Of course, there are many consid-erations before buying a generator.Fuel type is a big one, and there aremulti-fuel units as well as units spe-cific to propane, gasoline, naturalgas and diesel fuels (emulsifieddiesel and biodiesel). Regarding fuel,you should think about things likefuel storage, flammability, odor,unit noise, fuel cost and access tofuel during times of emergency.

When evaluating any kind of in-surance, it is recommended that youdo your homework. Getting a reli-able, quality and professionally in-stalled unit sized appropriately foryour needs should be the goal. Andwhile you can find generators in avariety of retail hardware venues, itis a great idea to look for a commer-cial grade unit from a reputable gen-erator company that can provideservice to the generator to ensurecontinued peace of mind. For moreinformation to get you started, visitwww.generatorjoe.net. While a bitoverwhelming, this site provides aton of valuable consumer informa-tion, including frequently askedquestions, an amp rating chart and adetailed pros and cons chart evaluat-ing generator fuel types: www.gen-eratorjoe.net. Also check out the fol-lowing link from Consumer Reports,which provides a useful wattageneeds chart and other information:www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/safety-security/genera-tors/overview.

I hope the day will soon comewhen we can all achieve completeenergy independence from clean, re-newable sources. Until then, I’mbuying a generator.

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The 3 Cs: community,connectedness and climate

Strategy one of Re-gion 13’s currentStrategic Plan says:“We will continue todevelop and imple-ment plans to connectall students to theirschools in meaning-ful partnership with family and com-munity in order to best achieve ourmission.” Throughout the district, atevery school, efforts are made to en-sure that students feel a part of theirschool community.

So what might it look like whenstudents feel connected and safewithin their school? While it willhave a little different appearance or“feeling” at each site, you will ob-serve it in each of the schools in Re-gion 13. It’s a feeling you can getwhen you walk into a school; it looksand feels like a “community” whereall are committed to similar goals. Inthis article, I will address some ofwhat it looks like at John LymanSchool.

In the early weeks of the schoolyear, classroom discussions takeplace about how to create a goodlearning environment, includingthe district’s Core Ethical Values:respect, responsibility, honesty,kindness and courage. These con-versations serve as a springboard tothe creation of classroom constitu-tions by students and teachers, re-sulting in increased personal con-nectedness to and pride in the pub-lished classroom expectations. Oncea class completes a constitution, allmembers of the class commit to it bysigning it, and it is posted in theroom. The constitutions, with thecore values embedded, become a“living document” to which all ad-here. With a goal of students taking

responsibility fortheir learning and be-havior, students an-nually meet lifelonglearning benchmarksfor responsibility, re-spect, kindness andhonesty. While

courage might be a less tangible val-ue, most students can cite situationsin which they, or their peers, mighthave demonstrated courage. Clearlygood behavior school-wide is linkedto the students’ participation in cre-ating these documents and their“connection” to the expectationsthey had a part in creating!

Many opportunities exist for stu-dents to feel a real part of the school.For example, virtually every studentin first through fourth grade partici-pates in the Go Far program, inwhich students walk, jog or run lapsat recess time several days a week.Currently in its fourth year, Go Faris a popular recess choice that offersa “fit” way for many students to getexercise in fresh air while achievingmultiple marathon distances! Thesuccess of the Go Far programspeaks to the commitment and “con-nection” of parents to the schools, asparent Jen Schulten started the pro-gram at Lyman and has been instru-mental in recruiting parents atBrewster, Korn and Memorialschools so that children in firstthrough fifth grade can participate!

Third and fourth graders can par-ticipate in chorus, and fourthgraders who choose to take instru-mental lessons participate in band.Other connecting opportunities atLyman include Hello Chorus, writ-ing the yearly welcome song, senate,

Karen Brimecombe, principalJohn Lyman School

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If you are interested in adopting this cat, please call C.A.T.A.L.E.S. at860-344-9043 or e-mail [email protected].

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Web updateOur latest poll question asked, “Which service of the CRHS shelter did

you find the most useful during the blackout?” By press time, there were49 respondents. The results were as follows:

Hot meals: 12% Charging station: 10% Showers: 29% Beds: 0% Animal Shelter: 2% Other: 6% I did not use the shelter: 41%

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literary board, art board,tech crew, trail committee,participation in musicalsand designing and voting onthe t-shirt of the year. Stu-dents across the grades par-ticipate with parents andstaff in both fall and springclean-ups of the schoolgrounds and feel a sense ofpride in their accomplish-ment.

All of Lyman School gath-ers together on Fridays forour weekly assembly, whichfosters a wonderful sense ofcommunity. Assembliesdemonstrate student learn-

ing, democratic practice andconnection to instruction,providing opportunities forparents and the communityto see evidence of integratedlearning in action. Eachweek, one class takes a turnhosting. Two to three otherclasses share what they arelearning in their classroomsthrough a presentation theyhave developed as a group.The host class selects two orthree songs from our vastrepertoire of “favorites”which are sung with greatgusto, led by three of theclassroom teachers. Mem-bers of the Tech Board runthe lights, microphones,overhead projectors or EL-MOs and the screen through-out the 40-minute time-

frame. Each assembly endswith acknowledgement ofachievements in Go Far, stu-dents who have had theirwriting accepted to the Writ-ers’ Wall or children whohave published their firstbook of the year, as well asrecognition of and thanks tothe hosts of the week. (It’smy favorite time of theweek!)

Personal goal-setting is ahuge part of the IntegratedDay philosophy and can beseen through so many as-pects of Lyman life. Academ-ic and personal “dreams andwishes,” New Year’s resolu-tions and reviews and up-dates of constitutions alltake place at various timesthroughout the year. While

conferences are held twice ayear for all students, familyconferences — led by stu-dents in the spring of second,third and fourth grades —reinforce the shared part-nership and deep student en-gagement in their ownlearning, closely connectingeach child to the entirety ofschool life.

Parents often ask whatthey can do to help theirchild(ren) be an integral partof the school. Teachers sug-gest talking with a childabout the responsibilities ofbeing a member of a learn-ing community. Reviewingexpectations for generalschool, bus and playgroundsafety, as well as discussingwhat it means to be a mem-ber of a community, helpsstudents understand theirroles. These conversationsexplain parents’ high expec-tations for children’s behav-iors and underscore the part-nership with the school,thus helping to lay the foun-dation for respectful interac-tions, productive learning

and observation of the dis-trict’s Core Ethical Values.Understanding school andhome life helps each child totake increased responsibili-ty for learning and become anactive, productive citizen!

Staff members are keenobservers of student interac-tions. We are regularlywatching to be sure studentsare connected with otherstudents, with staff membersand to the school in a varietyof ways. Stressing kindness,staff operate under the un-derstanding: “If it’s mean,intervene!”

These kinds of activities,mindsets and efforts, evi-dent in various ways in eachRegion 13 school, dovetailnicely with implementationof PA 11-232: An Act Concern-ing the Strengthening ofSchool Bullying Laws, whichfocuses on the importance ofschool climate for safeschools. Connectedness,community and climate playan interwoven and integralrole in creating safe schoolsfor all children.

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7 p.m. — Board of Selectmen at Town Hallthird floor meeting room

7:30 p.m. — Inland WetlandsTuesday, November 15

7 p.m. — Board of Finance at Town Hall7 p.m. — Agriculture Commission at Town Hall

Wednesday, November 167 p.m. — Recreation Committee at

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Thursday, November 171:30 p.m. — Senior Citizen Board at

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rest of the ballots were wonby Democrats.

Donna Golub was reelect-

ed town clerk with 973 votes.Her challenger KimberlySchmaltz had 650 votes.

Anne Olszewski will holdanother term as tax collectorwithout opposition.

The Democrats won theBoard of Finance race withthe top three vote-getters be-ing Alice Malcolm, 819, MaryWolak, 799, and Jim Irish,914. Frank St. John had 688votes and Marie Benedettohad 653. Lucy Petrella willretain her seat on the Boardof Finance as her term was-n’t up.

Mark Myjak was reelectedto the Board of AssessmentAppeals with 743 votes toJean Gay’s 671.

Nov. 20 is the tentativeswearing in date for all of-fices.Durham

A total of 2,229 residents,or 44.7 percent of registeredvoters, casted ballots at KornSchool on Tuesday. Theturnout was less than the2007 election of 57 percent.Laura Francis will be

Durham’s first selectman foranother four years. She de-feated challenger RogerKleeman, 1,644 votes to 556.

“I feel great — relieved —and I feel grateful,” Francisstated. “In another fouryears, we have a lot to do.There is a lot going on, thereare a lot of things in theworks — things that we haveto finish and things that wehave to look into.”

Kleeman commented, “Wegave it the best we could, andthe people of Durham gotwhat they wanted — statusquo — nothing changes. Wegave it a good shot.”

Earning the second andthird highest vote totalswere John Szewczyk Jr.,1,442, and Steve Levy, 743.Szewczyk and Levy will joinFrancis on the Board of Se-lectmen.

“We are looming forwardto another great team (on theBoard of Selectmen),” saidFrancis. “I think (Levy)brings a lot of talent and ex-pertise and certainly a greatlove of our town to theboard.”

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Middlefield Government Calendar(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held in the

Community Center.)Tuesday, November 15

7 p.m. — Conservation CommissionWednesday, November 16

7-10 p.m. — Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Agency7 p.m. — Metacomet Regional Windfarm Committee

Thursday, November 177 p.m. — Board of Finance

7 p.m. — DMIAAB at the Durham Library

Unopposed Kim Garviswill fill another term astown clerk with 1,807 votes.

Wendy Pedersen will betown treasurer with 1315

Election (From page 11)votes to Craig Bradanini’s803.

Martin French will fillanother term as tax collec-tor in a close race againstchallenger Amy Green-backer, 1,137 votes to 1,051.

As for the Board of Fi-

nance, Rosemarie Naples,with 1,570 votes, and LaurieTuttle, with 1,248 votes,won the two seats. LaurieStevens had 1,004 votes.

The winner for Board ofAppeal is Matthew Thomp-son, with 1,155 votes. He de-

feated Pasquale DiNatale,who had 920.

Unopposed KatharineForline will be on theBoard of Assessment Ap-peals with 1,391 votes. Shefills a vacancy that will gointo effect immediately.

Republicans swept thePlanning & Zoning Commis-sion. Winners were RichardG. Eriksen, with 1,295 votes,Daniel Melnik, 1,234 votes,Frank DeFelice, 1,149 votes,and Steve A. DeMartino, 1114votes. Eugene Riotte received920 votes, James McLaughlin1,013, and David Foley 1,065votes. The seat for Planning &Zoning Commission alternatewas filled by Bonnie Ryder

with 1,609. Norman Jason had1,593 votes.

The seats of the ZoningBoard of Appeals will befilled by David Heer, 1,345,William LaFlamme, 1,343,and John Hogarth, 1,161.BJ Joyce had 922 votes. TheZoning Board of Appeals al-ternates are MichaelGeremia, 1,403, and MarkJungels, 1,292.

All positions will go intoeffect the first Monday in De-cember except for the townclerk and treasurer who be-gin the first Monday in Janu-ary. There will be a swearingin ceremony on Dec. 24 forall others besides the townclerk and treasurer.

Insurer may cover food spoilage Like most, you probably lost a refrigerator full of food

due to the power outages from Storm Alfred. Town Timesreceived a call from a resident encouraging folks to checktheir insurance policy as there may be only a small de-ductible, or none at all, for food spoilage.

Volume 17. Issue 2 Coginchaug Regional High School November 11, 2011

Billy Malcolm as the Blue Devil. Photo by Katie Hamilton

Coginchaug’s got the Spirit!By Kaitlin McKernan

Coginchaug showed its spirit theweek before the Homecominggame. Spirit week was the week ofOct, 17-21. The spirits went likethis: Monday was team color day(freshmen were red, sophomoreswere green, juniors were purpleand seniors were black). The ideaof this day was to wear that color.Tuesday was wear a college jer-sey or sports sweatshirt day. OnWednesday, the students worehats by paying $1 during home-room. Thursday was wear Cogin-chaug clothing, and Friday waswear blue and white.

Every day, the students had tocheck in with their advisory teach-ers during X-block to show thatthey had spirit that day.

The senior class won the week;the daily results went as follows:Monday — seniors, Tuesday —sophomores, Wednesday — sen-iors, Thursday — sophomores andFriday — sophomores. The juniorswon the food drive; the seniorswon the most spirited team; the

penalty kick competition pointswent to the freshmen, junior andsenior classes. In the pass recep-tion competition, the freshmen,junior and senior class got thepoints; and, finally, the tug of warcompetition was won by the sen-iors.

At the end of the day on Friday,the school hosted the annual peprally. This year, the MC was Eng-lish teacher Mr. Nystrom. A few re-porters from the school televisionproduction club and newspaperassisted with sideline reporting.

On Saturday afternoon, theHomecoming game took place onthe new turf field where the Devilsdefeated Old Saybrook/West-brook, making the Devils’ record 5-0. That evening, the Homecomingdance took place in the Cogin-chaug gymnasium from 7-11 p.m.The week was overall successful,and the school looks forward tonext year’s spirit week.

High School Investigating BrokenReading Room Windows

By Jen Siena

Custodians at Coginchaug HighSchool received a call on Satur-day, Sept. 30, telling them to comeinto work early. The custodians ar-rived to find that three of the read-ing room windows were smashedin. The trail of glass started at thereading room and ended over bythe couches on the other side ofthe library.

Principal Mr. Andre Hauser hasbeen busy working on what oc-curred and who is responsible forthe windows.

“We are continuing looking intoit, and if we figure out who’s re-sponsible, we’ll address that, butother than that we’re going to getthem fixed as quickly as possible,”he said. “I’m pretty disappointedthat it happened, and, honestly, I’dbe surprised if it was a studenthere.”

Students walked into the libraryand instead of seeing the win-dows, they saw wooden boardsand yellow caution tape coveringthe empty windowpane. Studentsare still in disbelief that this hap-pened and can’t seem to under-stand what would make somebodywant to do this.

“I think this really brought a hugeshock to the school,” said seniorKayla Dacunto. “It’s sad to thinkthat somebody would do this.”

“It’s kind of crazy someonewould do that; what would givethem a reason to? But luckily noone was hurt,” said senior EmmaLerman.

“I think that it’s sad that some-body feels like they have to do thatto our school; there are so manydifferent ways to make a point.”said junior Molly Fehon.

“I don’t understand, why some-body would do this; its not right.You should think of the other peo-ple and be considerate and takeresponsibility for your actions,”said sophomore Zack Stublarec.

Not only were students affectedby the event, staff as well weresurprised and saddened by thenews.

“I’m very sad that this happened,and I hope it gets fixed as soon aspossible,” said library media spe-cialist Mrs. Tracy Earnshaw.

Mr. Jeff Siena was one of thecustodians who was called to the

See Reading Room, page 15

The three boarded up windows in the library’s reading room.Photo by Jen Siena

How many times do you walk by agroup of people or talk with somefriends and listen as someone says“Don’t be such a retard” or “That’sretarded?” For me, each time is onetoo many.

Teenagers today seem to em-brace using such terms with nega-tive connotations and fail to realizewhat they are saying. Not only is theword “retard” politically incorrect, it’salso an outdated and rude way to re-fer to those who are mentally dis-abled. It gives a negative implicationto medical conditions that are genet-ic and can’t be helped by the affect-ed person. Using the word “retarded”in that manner suggests that peoplewho have mental disabilities are be-low everybody else (if something isbad, it’s “retarded,” and if someonemakes a simple mistake, then he orshe is a “retard”) when that just isn’tthe case. People who are mentallydisabled are in every way equal toordinary people — they just have dif-

ferent capabilities to perform tasks.

This issue especially hits home forme. I have three autistic cousinswhom I only see sparingly. I used tobe really good friends with one ofthem, and we played games at herhouse. In addition, when I was insecond grade, my best friend hadautism. I didn’t understand that shehad a genetic disorder, only that shelooked and talked differently fromme. Back then, it didn’t matter whoyou were or why. Everyone was ac-cepted.

With this mindset instilled in mefrom a young age, I cringe every timeI hear someone say “retarded.” Tome, it’s more than just a word. It’s astate of mind. It reflects outdated andincorrect views about people withmental disabilities and shows a dis-crimination against people who aredifferently-abled. So please, the nexttime you catch someone about to usethe word “retarded,” say something.

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Tick...tock...tick...tock. As werun through our daily scheduleshere on planet Earth, I’ve noticedthat we seem to constantly obsessover the time. High school is justone example out of many, but still,this is especially true.

I’m up at zero-dark-thirty everymorning. Jazz band starts at 6:45.First block begins at 7:25. We can’tbe one second late for fear of be-ing marked tardy. Each of ourblocks lasts precisely 83 minutes.Lunch is exactly 25, and our highlyvalued X-block is one minuteshorter. Four minutes are allottedbetween every block for travel timethrough the crowded halls. And fi-nally, at exactly 2:02 p.m. (not onesecond earlier or later), we are dis-missed.

Then the real fun begins. We runaround like mad, juggling work,sports, extracurricular activities,and completing homework — allon time, of course. Often, finishing

homework on time requires manylate nights, and if I’m really lucky, itwill spill into the wee hours of themorning.

As I lie in bed, waiting for sleepto finally come my way, I can hearmy precious seconds of rest slip-ping into oblivion as the clock onthe wall continues its never-endingbeat: tick...tock...tick...tock... In afew short hours, my alarm willsound to start the cycle all overagain.

We should not have to feel pres-sured by the clock day in and dayout. Where is the time for relax-ation? When do we really get tospend quality time with our friendsand family? Sometimes, it is betterto take a little break to chat withthem rather than working on home-work for 12 straight hours. Be-sides, does staying up until 2 a.m.really help us learn?

Sorry, but now I must go. I haveto be somewhere in eight minutes.

Mel’s Meanderings: PalmistryBy Melanie DeFilippo

Palmistry is the practice of con-necting the lines, shapes and tex-tures of the hands to predict andassess a person’s abilities and be-haviors. It’s more commonlyknown today as Hand Reading. Ithas been linked with fortune tellingand crystal ball gazing; however,the most reasonable use of palm-istry is not to predict but to evalu-ate. Given that our hands are softand malleable, nothing is perma-nently engraved in our flesh, somost of our hand’s condition is re-flective of our own habits, activitiesand behaviors. For example, by an-alyzing the fingernails for theirstrength, colour and length, we canconclude emotional toll and physicaltoil because abnormalities usuallypoint to health problems that couldbe linked to any part of our lives.

The main branch of palmistrygrew from the Greek method ofconnecting the several lines andfeatures on the hands to gods orgoddesses associated with theconnection the line has. Includedare the marriage lines which areunder the pinkie, most noticeablyby bending your pinkie toward thewrist and observing the short linesin the skin. These signify a strongconnection of a significant otherwith depth, length and number ofthe lines.

Under the line of marriage is theLine of Heart or the Mensal, whichextends across the hand and hasan upward curve. This describesthe condition of the heart and emo-tional relationship basis. The mainline under that is the Head Linewhich reveals mental health andabilities including stress, aware-ness and even insanity. The nextline arcs around the beginning ofyour thumb joint, called the LifeLine. It is relevant to vitality andstrength of being. Adding strengthto the Life Line is the shallowerlines that encircle your thumbscalled the Mars Lines. They maynot be present in all people.

The last two lines are two slant-ed vertical lines across the palm,the Fate and Success lines. Thelarger line closer to your thumb isthe Fate Line which describes suc-cesses in careers and endeavors.The Success Line, also known asthe Apollo Line or the Sun Line, isthe shorter line closer to thepinkies. If present, it is characteris-tic of creativity.

There are debates ongoingabout which hand to use, but it isgenerally accepted the hand youwrite with is the dominant handand will determine more conscioustraits, while the other is for uncon-scious ability and drive.

SSttuuddeenntt OOppiinniioonn

Editors-in-Chief: Adam Twombly, Katlin McKernan.Editorial Board: Kevin Onofreo, Collin Boylin, Alex Kovacs, Mike McShane.Contributors: Michael O’Sullivan, Collin Boylin, Adam Twombly, Kaitlin

McKernan, Jen Siena, Ross McCain, Sarah Brady, Eva Hanks, Dena Branci-forte, Meggie Andrulis, Melanie Defilippo, Carli Wallace, Melanie Frank,

Rachel Kowalski, Christopher Crandall, Audrey Biesak, Mike McShane, AlexKovacs and Sean Cavanaugh.

Production: Kaitlin McKernan, Collin Boylin and pizza from Carmine’s.Advisors: Mr. Nate Fisher, Ms. Stephanie Wilcox.

The Devil’s Advocate is the Coginchaug High School newspaper.These pages are the creation and expression of the students.

Talking with Twombles:As Time Goes By

By Adam Twombly

That One WordBy Carli Wallace

We’ve Got the Power, WaitBy Kaitlin McKernan

The first snow of the winter sea-son usually takes place in Novem-ber, but this year it snowed on Oct.29! With Halloween just a few daysaway, it was a constant wonderamong both kids and adults whatwould happen.

With the front porch lined with 16pumpkins waiting to be carved andparty invitations in the mail for theevening’s events, a decision had tobe made about teenager’s safety.Parties all around were canceledbecause parents didn’t want theirkids to be driving in what later wasmeasured out to be 12” of snow.

My house lost power at 12:17

a.m. on Sunday after the storm. Ihad two friends sleeping over thatnight for my birthday, and we werereminiscing over old cartoons onCartoon Network into the weehours of the morning; however, in-stead of going to bed and calling itan early night, we went outsideand played in the fresh-fallensnow.

Walking around in the snow as itfalls to the ground in the middle ofthe night is absolutely beautiful.One would never think that a littlesnow could do so much damage,

See Power, page 16

Ben Hanks will always be re-membered for his warm, welcom-ing smile, his loving personality,and his bodacious laugh. Ben wasa brother, a friend and, most im-portantly, a son. Anybody whoknew him was truly blessed andwill always remember the goodand fun times they experiencedwith him.

We will miss Ben for the rest ofour lives; we will remember his

presence and love for everyone.

Ben lived from Oct. 2, 1990 toOct. 8, 2011; he died at the age of21. Ben graduated from highschool in 2009. Ben’s family host-ed calling hours and services onSaturday, Oct, 15, at Notre DameChurch. The services were filledwith former teachers, friends, fam-ily and loved ones of the Hanksfamily.

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You’ll Always Be Forever YoungBy Kaitlin McKernan

Remembering JaneBy Melanie Frank

If you’ve ever been to theDurham Public Library, then youknow it has a vast array of books,numerous programs and the kind-est staff anyone could imagine.Sadly, on Monday, Oct. 17, the li-brary lost one of its own: JaneChurchill, a true gem.

Although she was both quiet andconservative, Jane’s presencenever went unnoticed. She alwayshad a smile on her face and wouldhelp a patron for as long as it took.Because she genuinely caredabout the library and the people init, she was beloved by many. Hercalming persona would ease thosewho came to the library after atough day at work or school.

“People couldn’t help but behappy when they were aroundJane. She exuded an enthusiasmfor life, and she never had a nega-

tive word to say,” one personshared.

I personally remember one timewhen I was returning books to thelibrary at night with my mom. Wearrived five minutes after closing,so it was too late to return ourbooks. Jane was just about toleave when she saw us and of-fered to bring our books inside sowe wouldn’t have to make anothertrip the next day. That’s just thekind of person Jane was. Even if itmeant taking a few extra minutesof her time, she would always gothe extra mile for people. WithJane’s sudden passing, the libraryis left with an immense gap thatwon’t soon be filled, for when youlose someone who has touched somany people’s hearts, they willnever be forgotten.

Where Are They Now?: Dr. WysowskiBy Adam Twombly

Seniors and juniors may remem-ber the booming voice and widesmile of Dr. Steve Wysowski as hewalked through the hallways atCoginchaug. A member of theCRHS community for 12 years, hefirst began in 1998 as assistantprincipal, soon becoming the prin-cipal until the end of the 2009-2010 school year. During thespring of 2010, he announced hisdecision to take over the positionof principal at Bristol Eastern HighSchool. I recently had the privilegeof meeting with “Dr. W.,” and I wasable to speak with him about hisnew job.

“The biggest difference [be-t w e e nB r i s t o lE a s t e r na n dC o g i n -chaug] isthe size oft h eschool; Ih a v e1,400 stu-dents inthe build-ing,” Dr.W. said.“I’m actu-ally re-sponsiblefor threes c h o o l swithin one BEHS building: we havethe regular high school, an alterna-tive high school and the specialeducation high school. We havemany more sports, so I’m neverhome. That’s all right with me,” headded with a smile,” and I know it’sall right with my wife.”

Along with a larger student bodycomes a larger staff, plus plenty ofoutside support from the city.“There are two assistant principalsand 13 department chairs,” Dr. W.continued. “There are assistantsfor the students and staff, so it’s alittle more extensive. From that re-spect, it’s far different.”

In terms of support, we havegreat community support and re-sources from the city of Bristol be-cause it’s such a large community.I’m dealing with a lot of outsideagencies more than I ever was atCoginchaug,” he said. In just oneexample, about 60 of Dr. Wysows-ki’s students are currently beingtrained by the United Way Boysand Girls Club, “which is a very ac-tive community member here.”

While it came as a surprise tosome in Regional School District

13, Dr. W.’s decision to take theposition at Bristol was not sudden.“I had a period of transition whichallowed me to meet a lot of the stu-dents well in advance, and I hadalready met the staff the year be-fore,” he said. “It wasn’t quite theshock you might imagine. Plus,there were some staff memberswho had worked with me before.For example, Mrs. Lowe, whotaught special ed at Coginchaug,is now working in Bristol. The staffalready knew of me; my childrenhad gone to that high school. I feltit was a smooth transition.”

The idea of a much shorter com-mute was never much of a factor in

departingC o g i n -chaug. “Inever re-alized thechallengeof thedrive — Ia l w a y sthought ofit as achance tor e f l e c t .Now that Ilive just afew min-u t e saway, Ithink tom y s e l f ,

‘How did I ever do that?’ I was nev-er really cursing the travel when Iwas at Coginchaug, though I mightcurse at the pump when I had torefill the gas tank,” he said with an-other grin.

Outside of his job at BEHS, Dr.W. keeps very busy working forarea universities. “I write graduatelevel courses and teach graduatecourses for Albertus Magnus Col-lege and the University of NewHaven,” he noted.

But no matter what time he getshome from school or how muchwork he has to do, Dr. W. findstime every day to visit his base-ment and play with his HO (1:87)scale model train layout. “I find itvery relaxing,” he said. “Some-times I’m up at all hours workingon a model or running trains. It’svery cozy down here.”

Dr. W. would like to send his bestto everyone he befriended andworked with in the Durham, Middle-field and CRHS communities.

I would like to personally thankhim for allowing me to interviewhim for this Devils’ Advocate fea-ture.

Dr. Wysowski stands proudly in the middle ofhis model train layout at his home in Bristol.

scene. The custodians have beenbusy trying to figure out what ex-actly occurred.

“As of right now, we have noleads to any suspects or how thedamage was done, but there wereno signs of entry,” said Mr. JeffSiena.

“We don’t know if it was a ran-dom attack or if the school was tar-

geted,” he added.While the school waits for the

windows to be fixed up, the read-ing room is still available for peopleto hang out in, but there are wood-en boards and caution tape hidingthe shattered glass.

Custodian Jeff Siena, quotedabove, is the father of Devils’ Ad-vocate reporter Jen Siena.

Reading Room (Continued from page 13)

Look for the next issue ofDevils’ Advocate on Dec. 2.

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The Votes Are In... Again!By Sarah Brady

The ballots for the freshmanclass elections have been count-ed. The freshman homerooms vot-ed on Oct. 5, and the next day theofficers for the class of 2015 wereannounced. The representativeshave something to say to you.

Michael O’Sullivan, president —“It’s going to be a great year.”Michael ran because he felt thathe could make freshman year bet-ter for everyone. As president thisyear, Michael intends to supportschool fundraisers and dancesand help the other class councilsin their endeavors. He also wantsto get involved with Durham andMiddlefield through communityservice.

Christian Alberico, vice presi-dent — “I’m looking forward to agreat year.” He’s planning someexciting fundraisers to add moneyto the prom budget. Also on theagenda, Christian wants to havethe gym open to students at X-block. With the class council, he is

hoping to finish some communityservice projects. All in all, Christianthinks this year is going to be fun.

Antonio Lockwood, secretary —As secretary this year, Antonio isadvocating for an open gym at X-block. Antonio wants to open upnew opportunities to the schooland his fellow classmates. With therest of the class council, Antonio ishoping to get in a lot of fundraisingand community service. He alsowants to support the other classcouncils to promote school unity.

John McLaughlin, treasurer —“Just tell me what to do. I have thepower; you tell me what to do withit.” With his compatriots, John hasa few ideas in the works, but hefeels that the class council shouldrepresent the freshmen. He’s pre-pared to work hard and makefreshman year good for everyone.

Coginchaug welcomes a newface down at the Guidance Depart-ment in place of guidance coun-selor Mrs. Beth Melillo, who is outon maternity leave.

“I’ve been raisingmy kids for the lastseveral years, but Ipreviously workedas a guidance coun-selor at FarmingtonHigh School forabout a year,” saidMrs. Leslie Stratton,the new intern in theguidance depart-ment.

A quality thatguidance coun-selors are known tohave is helpfulness,and Mrs. Strattonmade it clear sheloves being a part ofhelping kids makedecisions abouttheir future.

“I love helpingkids figure out what they want todo after high school, and meetingkids at this age and getting toknow them is a great experienceas well. The one thing I am wor-ried about most is making sure mystudents have a ‘safety school’and a list of appropriate schoolsthat fit them accordingly,” ex-plained Mrs. Stratton.

This is a stressful time for manystudents, parents, teachers andcounselors with the college appli-cation process in full swing. Mrs.

Stratton has had to jump right intothis college chaos.

“Yes, it’s been hard, but themain thing is to just get used to the

C o g i n c h a u gprocess. But, for themost part, it hasbeen very smooth;everyone in the of-fice has been reallyhelpful,” said Mrs.Stratton.

Multiple studentshave had to makethe switch to a newguidance counselor,and, for seniors, thiscould cause someproblems with thecollege process. Forsenior Justin Miller,that is not the case.

“I have gone downto guidance multipletimes, and Mrs.Stratton has beenvery positive andhelpful with my col-

lege process and other dilemmasin my schedule,” said Justin.“Overall, she is a great asset to theCoginchaug guidance team.”

Now a part of the guidance de-partment, Mrs. Stratton is alwaysright down the hall ready to help astudent out. She is planning to stayuntil mid-January, but there is alsopotential for her to stay longer.

Coginchaug is happy to haveMrs. Stratton for the period of timeshe will be here. We are lookingforward to a great year with her!

A New Face In GuidanceBy Audrey Biesak

Coginchaug’s Celebrity ofthe Month: Cody Aitken

Name: Cody AitkenNickname: CodsterFavorite movie: AnchormanFavorite book: TwilightFavorite saying: “You don’t knowwhat you got ‘til it’s gone.”Favorite color: BlueGoal in life: Move to California!Dream career: I want to be a teacherand eventually become a principal.

By Audrey Biesak

Michael O’Sullivan, president, working hard on a plan for the year.Photo by Sarah Brady

New guidance counselorMrs. Leslie Stratton stand-ing outside the guidanceoffice.

Photo by Audrey Biesak

but when we woke up the nextmorning, still having no power and100 percent of Durham still out, weknew there was an issue at hand.

Coginchaug was used as a shel-ter for one week; the shelter wasopen to those who lived in thetowns of Durham, Middlefield andRockfall. Anyone could go andshower, eat a meal, charge theircell phones or laptops and sleepwhere there was heat. For fourdays, the classes throughout thedistrict were canceled. On Friday,however, students returned toschool just to have the weekendwaiting for them.

During Friday, Coginchaug wasstill a shelter, but students werenot allowed to enter the back halfof the cafeteria and the gymnasi-

um. The gym classes were movedto computer labs for “study halls”for that specific day.

Some people were still out ofpower until Saturday or Sundaynight the weekend after the storm.I was lucky enough to get powerback on Wednesday afternoon,but we weren’t expected to get itback until Sunday, according toCL&P.

In the days following the storm,the weather went back to its warmand usual October self, in Novem-ber. If this is any indication of whatthe winter will be like, then we’re introuble. With it only being Novem-ber right now, we’re all wonderingthe same thing: what is the wintergoing to be bringing to us?

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CRHS Cares; SupportingBreast Cancer Awareness

By Meggie Andrulis

October is fa-mously knownfor being breastcancer aware-ness month,and Cogin-chaug hasn’tmissed a beat.Pink is filling thehalls of Cogin-chaug as thestudents aresupporting thecause.

The girls ofM i d d l e s e xDance Center inMiddlefield havebeen busy sup-porting theirteacher Ms.Toni Lynn Miles,who is fightingbreast cancer.They have par-ticipated in aw a l k - a - t h o n ,made pink t-shirts that theywear to school,bought pink-wa-ter bottles andhave donated$20 to a hair sa-lon to either diea streak of their hair pink orget a pink feather to supportthe cause.

“We wanted to show Ms.Toni we would support andlove her no matter what shegoes through or what shelooks like,” said seniorMelanie Badin.

Pink hair has been fillingthe halls, but so have pinkshoes. Math teacher Mr.Craig Bradanini has beenstrutting his stuff this monthwearing bright pink crocs.

“I’ve had several familymembers who have beenaffected by the disease,”said Mr. Bradanini. “[Thepink crocs] don’t go with awhole lot of stuff, but that’sokay; I’ll wear them any-way.” In honor of supportinghis family members andpeople around the world suf-fering from this unfortunatediagnosis, he will be wearingthem all month long.

The halls of the schoolaren’t the only place the pinksupport has been showingup. The girls’ soccer teamhas also been showing their

support out onthe field. A re-cent opponent,Morgan HighSchool, gavethe girls’ teambright pinksweatbands towear at theirhome game onOct. 8. Thegirls decided towear the pinkbands for therest of Octoberto show theirsupport.

“I think it’s agood idea, andit’s a good wayto support thecause and tomake peopleaware,” saidjunior KaylaVotto.

Coginchaugstudents alsoshow supportin the commu-nity. Approxi-mately 80 peo-ple gathered atDr. Elven Rig-gles’ house on

Wednesday, Oct. 5, to prayfor his wife, Jill Riggles, who isvery sick with breast cancer.Senior Tim Hayes attendedthe event. “It really does affectanyone who has any relationto you,” said Tim.

According to Tim, thisgroup of boys and girls gath-ered in front of the houseand started reading from aprinted-out prayer. John An-drulis then went throughscripture verses from theBible with related meaningto sickness. Then everyoneformed a chain, holdinghands around the house,and had five minutes ofsilent prayer. One by onepeople started saying amen,and gave Elven their hugsand support.

The students of Cogin-chaug have been showingtheir true color — pink, thatis — and supporting thecause of breast cancer.

John Andrulis, who partici-pated in Dr. Riggles’ prayermeeting, is the father of Dev-ils’ Advocate reporter MeggieAndrulis.

Mr. Craig Bradaninisports his bright pinkcrocs in honor ofbreast cancer aware-ness month.Photo by Audrey Biesak

Quiz Bowl meets from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday in Coginchaug’s library.They’re off to a great start this year with a victory against Haddam Killingworthin the year’s first match. See page 18 for Quiz Bowl article.

Photo by Katie Hamilton

Although the Durham Fair is pri-marily thought of as a time for re-laxation, fun, and, of course, abreak from school, some groups ofstudents and teachers still put ineffort to help out the school andcommunity. These members ofCoginchaug contributed tofundraisers, which were run by var-ious school groups. All of the mon-ey raised goes toward differentcauses, many of which benefit theschool while some help other or-ganizations.

The Scholarship Committee, ledby Spanish teacher Kate Ger-mond, worked at the banana

booth, where they sold goods suchas chocolate-covered bananas.“The money will go to help seniorsapply for scholarships,” she said.

POPS (Parents of PerformingStudents), headed by Lisa Larsen,worked at the fair selling treatswhich included candy apples,caramel apples, cotton candy andslurpees. Both students and par-ents contributed to the cause. “Weraised around $6,000, and all prof-its go to the music department forthings like instruments and fieldtrips,” said Mrs. Larsen.

Nancy Alberico, advisor of theSpanish Honor Society, worked atthe fair along with the students tosupport the Durham Co-op Nurs-ery School and sold barbequechicken. Unlike the other groupsthat contributed to the fair, themoney they raised all went to thenursery school. All members ofthe Spanish Honor Society andall inductees were required towork at least one shift for com-munity service.

Prior to and during the fair, anumber of seniors, includingCalvin Alderete, Mark Edwards,Kevin Ruffino and Robert Brooks,took part in the senior parking ac-tivity, which raised money for thesenior class.

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Eh, Cabaret!By Michael O’Sullivan

There’s just something aboutItalian food and a show that justseems to spell out a good time. OnFriday, Oct. 21, the Italian cabaret— hosted by show choir along withsolo performances from freshmanKatie Stevens, sophmore KaylaHolland, and skit appearances in-cluding junior Sam Gossner, sen-ior Mark Edwards, junior PatDaniels and sophomore GrantWillis — transpired in the cafeteria.The parents of the performers andhungry town folk looking for a goodtime enjoyed a catered meal pro-vided by Durham’s own KevinSmith.

Senior A.J. Ganaros lead off thenight with his rendition of “RazzleDazzle” from the musical Chicago.Junior Jeff Giantonio followed A.J.with an acoustic version of the FiveFor Fighting hit single “Superman.”

“I think everyone did a reallygreat job!” said Jeff after the show.“It’s so great to see everyone dotheir own thing, as opposed toeveryone singing together like inshow choir and chorus.”

Danielle Drop sang “SomeoneLike You” from the Broadway Mu-sical Jekyll and Hyde. FollowingDanielle, Brian Blake, Richard Chi,Eric Peters, Sam Gossner, GrantWillis, Pat Daniels and Mark Ed-wards performed a hilarious MontyPython comedy sketch.

“I just went up there and tried tohave a great time!” said sopho-more Richard Chi.

Erin Blecha sang a Rascal Flattsoriginal titled “Unstoppable.” EricPeters shredded out the song“Mother” recorded by Pink Floyd.Ben Plant and Sierra Manningbelted out a duet to “Take Me orLeave Me” from the musical Rent.After the show, I caught up withBen who had this to say in regardsto the nights performances:

“Everyone did a fantastic job! Iwas very pleased with how Sierraand I performed.”

Everyone chimed in to the clas-sic Italian favorite “Eh, Cumpari.”Katie Stevens crafted an Adelesingle into an acoustic rendition of“Someone Like You.” Following upKatie’s performance, Michael O’-Sullivan performed a Bruno Marsoriginal favorite “Just The WayYou Are.” Kayla Holland performeda song entitled “The Way I Am”recorded by Ingrid Michaelson

The Coginchaug High SchoolShow Choir finished off the nightwith arranged performances of “21Guns” by Green Day and theBroadway original “Dancin’ in theStreet,” arranged by Mac Huff.

On the way out to their cars, au-dience members, pleased with theperformance they just witnessed,couldn’t help but smile when it wasall said and done. There’s justsomething about Italian food thatsays bon appetite!

Helping Out at the FairBy Ross McCain

Bonjour! Hola!By Sean Cavanaugh

In the beginning of October, theFrench and Spanish honor soci-eties held their induction cere-monies of new members. TheFrench and Spanish honor soci-eties are for students who excel ineither French or Spanish. Theclubs do different fundraisers forcharity events.

To be accepted into the soci-eties, you must have at least an Aaverage in class for the year andnothing lower then a B in any ofyour other classes. In Spanishhonor society there are 50 mem-bers; 22 of them were inducted thisyear. There are about 35 studentsin the French Honor Society.

“French Honor Society is an ac-ademic club as well as a serviceclub,” said Madame DonnaCashore, French teacher and di-rector of FHS.

Both honor societies do a lot ofcharity work. They both do differ-ent kinds of fundraisers, and someof the money they raise goes to

helping out a child in an orphan-age. The FHS supports a Haitianorphan and her orphanage, andthey also exchange holiday cardswith the orphanage folks. The SHSsponsors two students in Mexicoand their education.

“It’s a service organization; thestudents who get involved in thisand get inducted agree to offertheir volunteer services for severaldifferent causes,” said Mrs. NancyAlberico, Spanish teacher and di-rector of SHS.

The date of the induction cere-mony was Oct. 6 at Coginchaug.During the induction, the new in-ductees of the Spanish Honor So-ciety take an oath in Spanish andthen light a candle off of a big can-dle that represents the honor soci-ety. During the French honor soci-ety induction, the current memberslight a new member’s candle thenwelcome the new members andrecite the French honor societypledge.

Quiz Bowl Starts the Seasonwith a Win!By Dena Branciforte

Coginchaug won their very firstQuiz Bowl match by 25 points, fora final score of 115-90 againstHaddam Killingworth. This wasCoginchaug’s only home match.

“I think we have what it takes towin a Shoreline championship,”said sophomore Kevin Bjarnason.

English teacher Ms. Donna Mat-tei read the questions about Eng-lish, science and history with aburst of energy. She kept every-one on their toes, making all thecontestants feel less stressed out.

“There aren’t a lot of freshmen,but there is a strong base of previ-ous members who now know whatto expect,” said junior Carli Wal-lace. “Quiz Bowl is challenging, butin a good way! I love when we canbuzz in, it makes a more interac-

tive atmosphere,” said Carli.

“Quiz Bowl is awesome,” saidsenior Rebecca Weir. “It’s chal-lenging, but not as impossible asmost people think. It’s really fun!I’m excited to report that we wonour first match on Oct. 6, and ournext one was Oct. 27 (away). Thisseason, we’re determined finally toget the Shoreline plaque, whichwe’ve always been so close to win-ning. But this year’s the year.”

The club meets from 6 to 7:30p.m. every Wednesday in Cogin-chaug’s library. Members feel thatQuiz Bowl is difficult, but if you dowell in one area, you can focus onanswering those questions. Thereare quite a few members, but thereis always room to join!

Students hard at work in theCRHS library.

Photo by Ross McCain

Friday, November 11, 2011 Devils’ Advocate Sports 19

Athletic Baking Tradition BannedBy Collin Boylin

Anyone attending a varsity CRHSfootball game has watched thecheerleaders inspire the footballplayers and crowds, but what youhaven’t seen on the field is the re-cent controversy students havebeen discussing in the halls of thehigh school over the prohibition of along-standing athletic tradition. For10 years now, it has been one of thecheerleading team’s activities tobake cookies or brownies for an in-dividual football player beforegames. Over the objections of someseniors on the two teams, this tradi-tion has been banned after a parentcomplained about the practice.

Senior Katelyn Hill, co-captain ofthe cheerleading team, was presentat a meeting with members of thecheer squad, athletic director Mr.Ted Lombardo and assistant princi-pal Mr. Brian Bodner. “After a parentcomplained about the practice, Mr.Bodner met with a few of us andsaid that the school believed the tra-dition was too inconvenient and ex-pensive, so he prohibited the tradi-tion from continuing,” said Katelyn.

“In my opinion, our tradition is nota sexist one because the cheerlead-ers can choose not to bake if theydon’t want to, and if that’s the case,a few other cheerleaders will volun-teer to bake more so that none ofthe football players are left out,” saidsenior Frank Posca, a varsity mem-ber of football team. “Even if this tra-dition is sexist, I don’t understandwhy it’s taken so long to prohibit thepractice; it’s been around for 10years already.”

Mr. Bodner said that during themeeting, he was clear that his deci-sion to prohibit the practice hadnothing to do with sexism. “If the tra-dition was the other way around andthe football team was baking foodfor the girls, the administrationwould still have said that this prac-tice cannot continue because it’s amatter of convenience for students,”he said.

In an attempt to accommodateeveryone on the team, before theban went into effect the cheerlead-ing team had already changed thetradition to be in accordance withthe administration’s wishes. “Thisyear the team decided to only bakebefore all of the big games becauseof the effort and cost involved, andwe didn’t want to inconvenienceanyone by forcing them to bake,”said Katelyn.

But despite the team’s internalreformation of their tradition, the ad-ministration still felt it would cause

an overload to some of the cheer-leader’s already hectic schedules.

“Like all CRHS students, on anynight members of the cheerleadingsquad may have homework assign-ments to complete, papers to write,tests to study for and projects to pre-pare; requiring students to fit in bak-ing for members of another teamdoesn’t seem appropriate,” said Mr.Bodner in an e-mail.

“One cheerleader still makes mefood anyways; a lot of them do. Allthe guys really appreciate it, we saythank you, and never once have weput someone down because theycouldn’t bake since they just didn’thave time,” said Frank.

“Personally, I believe I have theright to bake food for the footballplayers if I have the time and wantto, and all the guys love it,” saidKatelyn. “Not only were the teamsupset by the change, but I believethat in today’s modern society, it’ssexist to tell girls they can’t bake forthe guys.”

Mr. Bodner provided an explana-tion for the reason behind the prohi-bition of athletic teams bakinggoods for other teams through an e-mail:

“Whenever we review group prac-tices or traditions, we do so throughthe lens of whether the practice is inalignment with the CRHS missionand the role of the organization orteam. Within this role, as a schoolwe did not see how requiring mem-bers of the cheerleading team tobake for another team supportedthe group’s function. We recognizethat the practice was well-inten-tioned and appreciated by thosemembers of the football team whoreceived baked goods from thecheerleaders, but did not feel thatsupporting the team needed to goso far as asking another team tofeed them,” said Mr. Bodner.

“Not being able to have food was-n’t a big deal to me, but the fact thatmy girlfriend is a cheerleader andshe likes to bake for me and can’t dothat anymore is upsetting. This tra-dition runs deeper then just bakingfood,” said senior Tyler Doherty, avarsity starter on the football team.

“This tradition has been runningfor 10 years,” said Frank. “All thevarsity starters loved getting thefood, and sometimes it makes thegames more fun. My solution is thatthe two teams take turns going backand forth between baking for eachother. Maybe that will solve some ofthese problems.”

As the football team came intotheir Homecoming game on thebrand new turf field, the Devils helda 4-0 record and have been a teamto be reckoned with. The officialribbon-cutting for the new complextook place on Saturday, Oct. 22,before the one o’clock game. Manypeople were involved in the wholeprocess of having this top-of-the-line facility at Coginchaug, andthey were recognized before thegame for their hard work and dedi-cation to the project.

One o’clock struck, and the Dev-ils were firing on all cylinders andshowing why they were an unde-feated team coming into the game.Old Saybrook/Westbrook was hav-ing trouble holding up Cogin-chaug’s offense as they put up 35points in the first half. Senior run-ning back Alec Corazzini had avery solid game, racking up yardson the ground throughout thegame.

The relentless Coginchaug de-fense shut out Old Saybrook/West-brook in the first half, and only al-lowed one touchdown in the sec-ond half. As Mr. Nystrom was an-nouncing the game, he would sayevery once in a while, “Did youknow...?” followed by an interest-ing fact about the new complex atCoginchaug. What Mr. Nystromshould have asked during thegame was, “Did you know theCoginchaug defense has given upthe least points of any high schoolteam across the state of Connecti-cut?” No, that isn’t a misprint.

Senior Ethan Donecker had a

solid game on defense, intercept-ing two passes throughout thecourse of the game. The defensedidn’t get the fourth shutout of theyear but held Old Saybrook/West-brook to just a single touchdown.Starting off the season 5-0 andshutting out three of their oppo-nents is still very impressive.

“I think we’re all a little upset,”said Ethan. “In the second half theycame out strong. They got moreyards than we wanted them to, andthey got a touchdown, which we areall pretty angry about.”

The standards for the Cogin-chaug defense are very high forthis year. They only allowed onetouchdown, but the mindset for theteam is that it could have been ashut out if they worked harder. Thecoaches told the team that if theyshutout the other team and forcethree turnovers in one game, theywould get the players pizza. This isjust an extra push and more of areason for the team to work hardduring the 2011 football season.

“We got to work hard and getready for them,” said Alec in re-gards to preparing for their nextgame against Valley Regional HighSchool. “We need to practice long,hard, and really focus this week toprepare.”

The Blue Devils traveled to Val-ley Regional on Friday, Oct. 28.Both teams hit the field with unde-feated records, but Coginchaugtook a hard defeat with a 32-0 vic-tory to Old Lyme.

I’m Coming HomeBy Mike McShane

The New Kid in TownBy Alex Kovacs

For a long time in Coginchaug’shistory, the only sports practicingafter school in the fall were thesoccer and cross-country teams.As of last year, however, the previ-ously combined Vinal/Coginchaugteam split and Coginchaug footballbecame its own entity. The teamhas had a great start, with a 7-3record last year and a very strongseason so far this year. Integrationinto the school has been difficult,however, and it has been a chal-lenging road for football. The pro-gram has had difficulty securingfunds for its incredibly expensiveequipment.

Football is unlike other sportsbecause it costs so much. For ex-ample, one tackling sled can costthousands of dollars. The Bench-

warmers, an umbrella-type organi-zation that supports the entire ath-letic program, “did not include foot-ball in banquets or other means offunding,” said Mr. Gary Paxton,head of the Coginchaug FootballClub (CFC) and father of twomembers on the team. The Bench-warmers has, however, supportedthe football team indirectly throughthe purchase of the scoreboardused at varsity games for all appli-cable sports. Realizing the teamneeded to be self-sufficient, it cre-ated the CFC last year as a boost-er organization.

The CFC hosts car washes,fundraisers and has a booth at theDurham Fair. Also, it publishes ar-

See New Kid, next page

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The Shoreline Comes to CoginchuagBy Rachel Kowalski

An event over a decade in themaking — cross country Shore-lines was finally held at Cogin-chaug for the first time in 11 years!Thursday, Oct. 21, brought 12schools, 24 boys’ and girls’ teamsand a fierce competition to theCRHS campus. The 3.1-milecourse was mapped out in two-and-a-half simple loops to help ac-commodate runners, said the girls’varsity and junior varsity coach,Mrs. Vigue. “In the past, some run-ners have been confused by theloops, so this year we kept it sim-ple, used markers and tried to in-corporate as much of the oldcourse as possible,” she told us.

The course went over well; with-out any major course or organiza-tional issues, the meet went on asplanned. What wasn’t planned washow well the Coginchaug teamswere represented. Boys’ varsityplaced seventh out of the 12teams, led by Jeremy Brown com-ing in seventh overall, followed byChristian Alberico, TommySchock, Wolfgang Wallace, SeanCavanaugh, Jimmy Malcolm andMike Behling. The girls’ varsityteam placed fifth, led by Emily Hal-ligan coming in third overall. Emily

was followed by her sister Kelly,Anna Ferrari, Natalie Swanson,Baily Thayer, Natalie Charette andAmanda Presutti. Many of the girlson Mrs. Vigue’s team creditedmuch of the success to her hill andpace training leading up to theShoreline Conference, and one ofthe highest placements in severalyears.

As far as future meets go,Coginchaug will still house variousinvitationals and dual meets in up-coming years but will have to waitto host another Shoreline event.There are 12 teams in our Shore-line Conference, so unless anotherteam drops out, it may be a 12-year rotation until we hold thisevent again.

Special thanks from Mrs. Vigueand the team go out to Mr. TedLombardo for completing the mon-strous job of traffic control, parking,helping with the new timing systemand creating an overall qualityevent. This event could not havebeen possible without the work ofMrs. Vigue, Mr. Roberts and Mr.Bellmare, as well as the many par-ents and volunteers.

Fall Sports Bring New Lifeto Campus

By Christopher Crandall

Coginchaug athletics has en-tered the 2011 fall season for bothgirls’ and boys’ programs with ex-tremely high hopes. All sportsteams have been working strenu-ously since mid to late summer inpreparation for the season.

The hard work is paying off inmany ways for the Blue Devils thisfall as the girls’ soccer programhas just clinched the number oneseed in the state tournament. Thegirls’ soccer program is currently10-2-1 and is at the top of theShoreline Conference.

“I think the team has really goodchemistry with 12 seniors. Know-ing we all played together through-out the years, I feel we all are de-termined to go out with a bang,”said senior captain Andrea Braga.

The boys’ soccer program hasstruggled during the majority of thesoccer season as it currently re-mains toward the bottom of theShoreline Conference with a 3-9-0record.

“This season has been simplydisappointing,” assistant coach Mr.Matt Thompson said as he shookhis head. “The beginning of theseason, we lost a few close gamesthat we just shouldn’t have lost.The team really needs to gel to-gether better, both on and off thepitch.”

Entering its second year on itsown, the boys’ football programhas really taken its game to thenext level as it improves to 5-0.The Blue Devils have pummeledall their opponents so far this sea-son, beating all teams by morethan two touchdowns. Senior start-

ing quarterback Tyler Dohertywent down with an injury after alate hit during the second game ofthe season.

“My injury has impacted theteam pretty significantly,” saidTyler. “It directly impacted under-classmen because they now haveto step up and play bigger roles.”

The girls’ volleyball team hasgotten off to a sluggish start thisseason. Losing five seniors fromthe 2010 season, rebuilding theteam was definitely on the agendafor head coach Kara Neidhart.

“I think we are all trying to staypositive and really push ourselvesin practice,” said junior captainKatie Bednarz. “[Sophomores]Sydney Trusty and Hayley Brantare really stepping up and playingto their potential as they both areworking hard day in and day out.”

Along with the girls’ soccer andthe boys’ football teams’ success-es, the cross country team is ex-celling in Shorelines this fall. Ju-nior Jeremy Brown and seniorEmily Halligan were both named tothe All Shorelines first team thispast week. Both runners have ex-celled on the course so far thisyear for the Blue Devils.

“These four years have beengreat,” said Emily with a smile.“I’ve learned that it takes a goodteam and a good group of girls toget motivated and inspired in orderto help you run. I feel that we im-proved over the last two or threeyears because the coaches are re-ally pushing us in practice and ourwork ethic is truly paying off.”

ticles in the Town Times giving up-dates on the team.

“Football is the new kid, and peo-ple aren’t used to it,” said Mr. Pax-ton. “It never had to compete withthe other sports.”

Soccer, which has always en-joyed uncontested use of the mainfields, has had to give up some of itsprivileges. On the majority of after-noons, however, soccer still hascontrol over Coginchaug’s fields.“We’ve had to practice at the StrongSchool fields for every single prac-tice except for game days when wewould go to the Falcon Field or thenew facility if it was open,” said sen-ior Frank Posca, member of thefootball team.

The soccer teams are having a lit-

tle difficulty getting used to the newcompetition for the fields but willlearn to cope. Mr. Matthew Thomp-son, assistant coach and an alum-nus of the boys’ soccer team, said,“While I have no resentment towardfootball and the coaches are veryfriendly, I miss the days when therewere 150 people at each soccergame and the majority of kids whowanted to play a contact sportplayed soccer.”

Football’s addition to the school isan adjustment for everyone. Peoplearen’t used to having a team, but inthe end it may be beneficial.

“Friday night football draws bigcrowds which helps provide moneythat all sports benefit from,” Mr. Pax-ton said.

New Kid (Continued from page 19)

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And so my sister, who alsoshares my joy in “sensibleshopping,” signed us up for acoupon class at the Rocky Hilllibrary. It was very enlighten-ing. Gina Juliano, who teach-es the classes, is the womanbehind the www.gi-naskokopelli.com website.The class theme was basedaround couponing for the hol-idays. It wasn’t just clippingcoupons — there was muchmore to the ways that shesaves money around gift-giv-ing and even through thesearch engine she uses.

The first thing that Julianodoes is keep three large Rub-bermaid totes in her base-ment for Christmas presentsthat she shops for throughoutthe year. On the inside lid ofeach of the totes, she tapes alist of the names of the gift re-cipients and adds whatevershe purchases under that per-son’s name as the year goeson. Juliano keeps a duplicatecopy of these lists in her pock-

How to be a successful couponer (and save big bucks)et book so that she can doublecheck who still needs whatwhen she is out.

Christmas shopping for Ju-liano starts Jan. 1 because ofthe deep sales that typicallyfollow the holiday season, andshe shops right from homewith all the online deals.Throughout the year, she col-lects all the goodies for herkid’s stocking for free. Yup,that right, free. She uses CVSbucks and the like from vari-ous drug stores to purchaseitems like makeup, nail polishand candies. Juliano said thatif she purchased the contentsof the stocking without theCVS bucks, they would costanywhere from $75 to $150.That in itself is a great sav-ings. The initial expense ofbuying something with theCVS bucks attached is well

worth the money, she says. “Inever pay for toiletries orbeauty products anymoreever. I just keep rolling thebucks from week to week.”

Another great way to savefor the holidays is using theswagbucks.com search en-gine site. Once you sign up forthe site, which you would usejust like any other search en-gine, you collect swagbucksfor each search. The amount

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Peter Tobey Heyl, 84, ofDurham, loving husband ofEtzie (Scott) Heyl for 59

years, passed away peaceful-ly at home surrounded by hisfamily on Oct. 30. Born inNew Rochelle, NY, he wasthe son of the late ArthurFisher Heyl, MD and Caro(Combs) Heyl.

Peter attended the For-man School in Litchfield,CT. He was drafted in 1945and served in the UnitedStates Navy aboard the USSFranklin D. Roosevelt until1949. He then attended andcompleted his undergradu-ate studies in chemical engi-neering at Johns HopkinsUniversity in 1955. He start-ed his career with Pratt &Whitney Aircraft that sameyear with their nuclear divi-

sion in Podunk, CT. In 1957he and his wife spent sevenmonths in Idaho Falls, ID, atthe national nuclear reactortesting facility. Upon com-pletion of this aspect of hiscareer, he and his wife re-turned to Middletown, CT,and in 1959 the family settledin Durham. Peter remainedemployed by Pratt & Whit-ney Aircraft as an assistantproject engineer until his re-tirement in 1992.

In addition to his wife Et-zie, he is survived by his twodaughters, Barb A. Heyl ofScarborough, ME, and Kim-berly Heyl Baker and herhusband Eugene E. Baker ofSomis, CA; his grandson Er-ick Russell Heyl and daugh-

ter-in-law Rebecca Heyl Min-shell of Poway, CA; hisnephews Chip Carr and hiswife Kathi, childrenMichael, Christopher andMolly of Severna Park, MD,as well as Jean A. Bicks andDana S. Bicks.

Along with his parents,Peter was predeceased by hisson, Scott Fisher Heyl, andhis sister, Diana Heyl.

The Heyl family wishes tothank Dr. Robert Levy,Kevin, Denise and the wholestaff from the MiddlesexHospital Cancer Center. Wewould like to thank HospiceServices and let CherylSmith know that her supportthe last week of his life wasgratefully appreciated by his

whole family.There will be a memorial

service for Peter on Friday,Dec. 30, at noon at the UnitedChurches of Durham (228Main St.). Immediately fol-lowing the church servicethere will be a celebration ofhis life at the Lyman Home-stead (Route 157 in Middle-field). The burial will be aprivate gathering at MicaHill Cemetery.

There will be no callinghours. In lieu of flowers, do-nations can be made in Pe-ter’s memory to MiddlesexHospital Cancer Center, c/oMiddlesex Hospital, 28 Cres-cent St., Middletown, CT06457.

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that’s how my career began,”Bascom says. “I learned a lotfrom Marie — she’s amazingat making people look betterthan their best, and her workand love of photography hasalways inspired me. We’re

still very close, and she defi-nitely taught me a lot. I stillwork for her occasionally.”

Since 2002, Bascom hasbeen living in New YorkCity, where she works as afreelance photographer andphoto editor (magazines,books, calendars). In May2006, she received a BFA inphotography from the Schoolof Visual Arts. Her work has

appeared in Smart MoneyMagazine, Barron’s Newsand Financial Weekly, ChildMagazine, Generation T: Be-yond Fashion, The FilthyRich Handbook, the calen-dar “Nuns Having Fun” andin other books and calen-dars. Bascom also does por-traiture and shoots charitybenefits and other specialevents. You can see some ofher work at www.jennabas-com.com.

“I started photographingmy grandmother when shewas diagnosed withAlzheimer’s,” says Bascom.“My grandmother and Iwere always very close, andseeing her start to lose hermind was so sad. I pho-tographed her interactingwith our family to capturethe changes she was goingthrough. This helped medeal with the emotions andexperiences that came withthe disease. Looking back, Iwish I had spent even moretime shooting her picture,but I wasn’t thinking of it asa project at the time; it wasjust a way of capturing myexperiences of her. Whilethe images of my grand-mother are gentle, they arealso honest — her diaperdraped over the chair, hervacant looks, her being con-nected to machines.

“A coupleof months af-ter she died, Ireached out tothe New Yorkand Connecti-c u tAlzheimer’sassociationsto volunteermy photogra-phy services.At the time, Iwas thinkingI would beshooting theirevents, butthen ChristyKovel and Icame up with the idea of vis-iting people withAlzheimer’s and taking por-traits of them and their care-givers. We gave prints to thefamilies.”

She says she loved meet-ing the patients and hearingtheir life stories. The care-takers, although strugglingwith their responsibilities,were very much involvedand were “there” for theirloved ones.

After this, the two womenrealized they had somethingto share and decided to do atouring exhibit to bring at-tention to the disease andthe association.

Bascom says that the mostchallenging part was work-

ing with the early onset pa-tients.

“These people were at thetop of their game profession-ally, and then the diseaseslowly made it so they couldno longer work. We typicallythink of the disease as an oldperson’s disease — ourgrandparents, great grand-parents — not somethingthat could affect our parents(mine are in their 50s) or ro-mantic partners. There is alot of denial about the realityof the disease, especiallywhen someone is first show-ing symptoms.”

The photographs of hergrandmother and other peo-

See Alzheimer’s, next page

Alzheimer’s(Continued from page 1)

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ple with Alzheimer’s dis-ease, Bascom says, bring outa variety of emotions: de-pression, loss, confusion,love…and the strength ofthe human spirit.

“Looking back on the mo-ments is so special to me,”she said. “I am allowed thetime, through the frozen im-age, to understand the in-tensity of the moment in agreater way.”

She says a photo of hergrandmother crying whenthe family brought her acake for her birthday gaveher family a deeper under-standing and appreciation ofwhat was happening.

“Here she is, on what wenow know was her lastbirthday, crying as we bringher the angel food cake thatwe’ve had for her birthdayfor years and years. Why isshe crying?”

Bascom continued, “Thedoctor who diagnosed mygrandmother believed thatshe had the disease for along time but was able tohide the signs early on.

“She was always forget-ful, but my family didn’tthink much about it. But itreally caught our attentionwhen my mom brought mygrandmother to Dress Barnto help her find a dress. Thesales woman rememberedmy grandmother, who haddriven herself to the storethe day before, and pickedout the exact same outfit.My grandmother had no rec-ollection of the event.”

Bascom says ultimatelythe family decided to placeher in a care facility andthat Joan died about a yearafter her diagnosis. She saysthat, while her grandmotherwould have days when shewould be completely “out ofit,” she would also have mo-ments of total clarity.

Some families might ben-efit from having a documentof the progression ofAlzeimer’s disease, Bascomfeels. She would like to talkwith anyone who is interest-ed in having her make aphoto journal of their lovedone.

“A lot of times, we getlost in the moment, but the

photos allow us to processthe disease,” says Bascom.“They show the reality ofthe experience and may inthe end make the whole dis-ease seem less overwhelm-ing. It’s life — I feel reallystrongly about being awareand awake to the human ex-

perience.”

Christianne Kovel saysthe Portraits of Alzheimer’sexhibit has helped theAlzheimer’s Associationraise awareness about theprevalence of Alzheimer’sdisease in Connecticut andthe programs and servicesthat the Connecticut Chap-ter offers.

Says Kovel, “Jenna hasbeen such an asset to us, vol-unteering her time and tal-ents to support the missionof the organization. We’revery lucky to have her!”

For information onAlzeimer’s Disease and onthe Portraits of Alzheimer’sexhibit, call the Alzheimer’sAssociation at 860-828-2828or contact Christy Kovel [email protected], which is Nation-al Alzeimer’s DiseaseAwareness Month, also isNational Family CaregiversMonth.

Alzheimer’s(Continued from page 24)

Jenna’s portrait of Charla

A spooky cast of charactersThe Durham Park and Recreation Committee heldits annual Halloween Parade after Halloween thisyear thanks to the October storm. For many of thecostumed children, the Nov. 6 event was their firstchance to wear their costumes and celebrate Hal-loween. Volunteers ran a limbo game, a costumecontest, decorating tables and distributed Hal-loween candy at the Durham Activity Center. In pho-

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Rep. Lesser calls for a gas stationin every town

A member of the GeneralAssembly’s Energy Commit-tee, State RepresentativeMatt Lesser announced thathe is planning to introducelegislation next year thatwill ensure that, in the eventof a power outage, everytown will have at least oneworking gas station.

“This isn’t about conven-ience,” Lesser said. “This isabout public safety.”

Lesser, who representsDurham, Middlefield andMiddletown in the Connecti-cut General Assembly, citedlong lines and confusion im-mediately after WinterStorm Alfred and HurricaneIrene. When gas stationslose power, they are nolonger able to pump gas.

“Everywhere I went afterthe storm, people asked me ifI knew where an open gasstation was,” Lesser said.“Without gas, they couldn’t

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Lesser’s proposal wouldprovide an auction mecha-nism where gas stations ineach town could bid againsteach other for an emergencygenerator.

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Christmas at Notre DameNotreDameChurchcraftgroup isbusilypreparingfor theirannualChristmasBazaarand bake

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State Senator Len Suzio visits MiddlefieldAt a “Senator on YourSidewalk” event onOct. 19 at the Middle-field Senior Center,State Sen. Len Suziospoke with taxpayersand heard theirthoughts and com-ments about state tax-es and spending, trans-portation, public safetyand a whole host of is-sues. “It was a pleasureto visit with Middlefieldresidents and heartheir concerns aboutthe tax hiking andwasteful spending that is going on in Hartford,” Suzio said. “I share those con-cerns and will continue to speak out against high taxes and bloated govern-ment. For those who could not make it to the senior center, please contact Suziowith your thoughts and comments at [email protected] or 800-842-1421.Pictured here, State Sen. Len Suzio (center) listens to taxpayers at the Middle-field Senior Center. Submitted by Adam.Liegeot

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Third and fourth gradersparticipated in thisyear’sfourth annual CVEFSpelling Bee. The top

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There is a seat belt check, aswell as statistics and postersspread around the school. Aspeaker, someone who is apositive role model, comes into talk about such things asdrinking and driving, sub-stance abuse and emotionalwell-being. Hard Truth, anassembly that comes to theschool for one day and issponsored by MothersAgainst Drunk Driving(MADD), brings in peoplewho lost family members todrunk drivers, or someonewho went to prison for drunkdriving.

To further make the point,there’s a mock crash, with asmashed-up car, and seniorsacting out the various piecesof the accident — kids “freak-ing out,” one is hurt, one isdead, there’s an ambulance,the drunk driver is okay butthe other drivers are killed.“It’s very powerful,” says An-derson.

Red Ribbon Week, whichtakes place from Oct. 21-28, isone of the highlights of theyear. It’s a national campaignto get the kids to pledge to besubstance-free, and thatmeans all substances, includ-ing prescription drugs thatare not theirs. Red RibbonWeek received generous fi-nancial support from theDurham Middlefield LocalWellness Council. The day be-fore the pep rally that pre-cedes the football game thatSaturday, red ribbons, signi-fying that they have takenthat pledge, are given to thestudents. The athletes wearthem during the game, and allthose who attend the game re-ceive one.

Anderson spoke at the peprally on Friday, Oct. 21, andexplained what the upcomingweekwasallaboutandpassedout brochures at the game.These brochures gave somehard facts about adults givingalcohol to minors. Even intheir own homes, they can befined or jailed. The week sawpostersaroundtheschool,cit-ing substance abuse statis-tics. EDGE members made ahuge banner that sported thepledge. Students who signeditreceivedabraceletthatsays“I choose to be drug-free,” andthe banner was hung in thehigh school at the end of the

week. This was also done atthemiddleschool.AndonFri-day, Oct. 28, in keeping withthe spirit of the week, the stu-dents were asked to wear red.The homeroom with the moststudents donning that colorwas treated to a doughnutparty.

Twice a year, the membersof EDGE participate in afundraiser for MADD bywalking a 5K (called WalkLike Mad). “MADD is likeour mom,” says Anderson.“They really help us out andsupport us.”

Moen gets students to talkabout safe dating and what atypical date should be andhow there should be noabuse. “Sometimes someoneis in a violent relationshipand doesn’t know how to getout of it,” says Anderson. Thehigh school members ofEDGE give a presentation onthe subject at the healthclasses at Strong School.

The information thatEDGE works so tirelessly todisseminate is sobering (we

hope). For instance, teenswho begin drinking alcoholbefore the age of 15 are four tofive times more likely to de-velop problems with alcoholthan those who start drink-ing after the legal age of 21. Ayoung person’s brain doesnot stop developing untilthey are in their early to mid-20s; during this develop-ment, alcohol negatively af-fects all parts of the brain,but especially coordination,thinking, decision-making,eye-hand coordination,speech and memory. Adoles-cent drinkers perform worsein school and have an in-creased risk of social prob-lems, depression, suicidalthoughts and violence.

“But we’re making a dif-ference,” says Anderson. “Alot of parents are thankingus. If a kid thinks, ‘I shouldnot have this drink or drivehome because I’m under theinfluence,’ or ‘I’m not goingto smoke pot,’ we’ve done ourjob. If we get in their headsand make them think twice,

w e ’ v edone ourjobs.

“I’m soglad I’minvolvedin this.It’s won-derful tobe a partof theirlives andw a t c ht h e mgrow andlearn. It’sinterest-ing to seea shy freshman growthrough this program and be-come more confident by thetime he’s a senior. With thisprogram, communicationskills are tested. They’retalking to their peers abouttough issues.

“The kids love being inthis. It’s a good avenue forkids who don’t drink. And Iwant to add that it’s a miscon-ception that everyonedrinks. The majority of kids

don’t,” she said.Anderson has witnessed

concrete evidence of the val-ue of this program. “EDGEdid a presentation on Inter-net safety at Strong School,and the next day a studentwent to the guidance coun-selor and reported a cyberbullying issue that was goingon. Often kids think, ‘I don’tknow what to do. I’m alone. Idon’t have anyone.’ Yes, youdo,” Anderson concluded.

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The Coginchaug girls’ soccer team earned its first-ever Shoreline ConferenceChampionship with a 2-0 victory over North Branford on Monday evening, Nov.7. Congratulations girls!

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Falcons A-Team final runBy Walter & Lisa TregoningSpecial to the Town Times

The table was set for an in-tense playoff between twowell-matched teams, theDurham Falcons A-Teamagainst the Raiders of Sims-bury. The captains for theFalcons were Justin Saks,Brendan Rushford, JamesPeters and Connor Salva.The long layoff from practicedue to the week of no electric-ity did not stop the Falconsfrom being intense and confi-dent. The Falcons startedwith an onside kick and re-covered, but all was lostwhen the referee said the balldid not go far enough. TheRaiders started with greatfield position. With the Fal-con defense flying around,they plucked the ball awayfor Salva to recover. Unfortu-nately, during the next seriesof plays, the Falcons gave itback with their own

turnover. The Raiders werethe first to strike with atouchdown, making thescore 6-0. On the next posses-sion, the Falcons gave theball to Adam Berlutti for a 30-yard run, setting up a shorttouchdown run for Wes Ben-junas, ending the first quar-ter with a score of 6-6.

In the beginning of the sec-ond quarter, Salva got theball for a hard run-dodging,turning, stopping and goingfor 30 yards. It looked like theFalcons were going to takethe lead but could not punchit in. They came away withno points. The half ended 6-6,but the Falcons would get theball in the third quarter.

The first possession wasvery devastating for the Fal-cons. The Raiders got a quicksix, which created a deficit of12-6. That was devastating,but not as bad as what hap-pened next. On a tackle,Saks, the Falcons’ quarter-back, went down with agame-stopping injury that re-quired medical attention.With that devastating blow,the offense could not get ontrack until late in the fourth,but it was too little, too late.The hits were often and hardin this game, and the Falconsplayed their heart out all dayand all season. It was a pleas-ure seeing this team come to-gether and become fiercecompetitors. This is the teamto watch next year enteringhigh school! Way to go, Fal-cons!

Women’ssoftball meeting

There will be a meetingfor all who played in thewomen’s softball league onTuesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m.at the Durham ActivityCenter. We will discusschanges, if any, for nextyear’s league. We will alsobe collecting any teamequipment that has beenbought with town monies.Please mark your equip-ment with a piece of tape.This includes bats, hel-mets, first aid kits, score-books and balls, etc. CallSherry Hill at 860-343-6724with any questions.

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Falcon cheer squads impress at CTYFL cheer competitionBy Jennifer Dragan


On Saturday, Oct. 22, allfour Durham-MiddlefieldFalcons’ cheerleadingsquads participated at theannual CTYFL Cheer Com-petition, which took placethis year at Berlin HighSchool. All four teamsdanced and cheered theirhearts out. Not only do thegirls need to learn cheers forthe football games on Sun-days, they also need to learna 2.5-minute routine madeup of cheer and dance for thecompetition.

The first Falcon cheersquad to take the mat wasthe C-Squad, made up of 27nine- and ten-year-olds.Paula Murphy is the headcoach for this team and is as-sisted by Amy King-Painter,Danielle Dell’Oso andFrancine Harris. With somany girls on the team, itwas very rare that the wholeteam was at a practice. Thegirls performed at their bestand pulled off an amazingroutine.

The A-Squad took the matimmediately following the C-Squad. The A-Squad is madeup of 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds;there are 12 girls on the

squad this year. DaneenSaks is the head coach, andshe is assisted by LynnEtheridge and KrystynManzione. These girls put alltheir energy into perfectingthe routine. When they tookthe mat, they were nervousyet excited and performedbeautifully.

Now that both teams hadgone, it was a long wait whilethe rest of the teams took themat for their 2.5 minutes ofglory. While the squads werewaiting, they took some timeto rest in the cafeteria and tomeet up with the footballplayers who came out to sup-port them. Once all squadshad gone, everyone wascalled back to the gym for theawards ceremony. The sec-ond division to receiveawards was the C-large,which is the division thatour C-Team competed in.The C-Team won the spiritaward! Then came time forthe A-small division awards;this is the division in whichour A-Squad competed. TheA-Squad took second place!There were many tears of joyfrom the girls, coaches andparents as it sunk in thatthey had placed second.

The afternoon session be-gan at 2:30 p.m., which is thesession where we would seethe B-Squad and the MightyMites take the mat. The B-Squad is made up of 11- and12-year-olds, and the headcoach for the B-Squad thisyear is Cindy Arnold, assist-

ed by Gina Layman. The B-Squad was the eighth team totake the mat. With only ninegirls on the team, they pulledoff a spectacular routine.

Right after the B-Squadperformed, it was time forthe Mighty Mites to take themat. This team has nine girlsranging in age from six toeight years old. This year,Missy Fisher stepped up tobe head coach, assisted byGia Gulino. All of these girlscheered and danced with thebiggest smiles on their faces.For most of them, this wasthe first time any of themhad performed in front of somany people.

After every other squadhad performed, it was finallytime for the awards ceremo-ny. The Mighty Mites wereawarded a participationaward. The next division toreceive awards would be theB-small division, which isthe division in which the B-Squad competed. The B-Squad won the coordinator’saward!

All of the girls on each ofthese squads deserve a biground of applause for alltheir hard work and dedica-tion to their teams. Thesegirls performed in front ofcrowds of 1,200+ people. Wayto go, girls!

The A, B and C-Squadswill all be competing at theYouth State Cheer Competi-tion on Nov. 19 at BerlinHigh School. The B and C-Squads will be competing in

the morning session, whichstarts at 9 a.m., and doorsopen at 8:10 a.m. The A-Squad will be competing inthe afternoon session, whichbegins at 2:30 p.m., and doorsopen at 1:40 p.m. For anyone

who would like more infor-mation about this competi-tion, please contact the Fal-cons’ cheer director Jen-nifer Dragan [email protected].

Youthbasketballregistration

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