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Volume 19, Number 52 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, April 5, 2013

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Community GuideInformation for Durham,Middlefield and Rockfall

This year’s theme:Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

By Mark Dionne Town Times

In an April 2 press re-lease, Board of EducationChairman Kerrie Flanaganannounced the resignationof Superintendent ofSchools Sue Viccaro. Theresignation, effective June30, marks the second highprofile withdrawal from theschool district in less than aweek.

Coginchaug RegionalHigh School principal An-dre Hauser announced hisdeparture March 28. He’staken a new job as principalof Waterford High School.Hauser has been at CRHS forabout 10 years serving as as-sistant principal from 2003to 2010, when he took over asprincipal. (See Hauser’sfarewell letter page 10 and

Waterford’s welcome an-nouncement page 10.)

Viccaro has been an em-ployee of RSD13 for 29 yearsin jobs that include teacher,pupil personnel director andas the district’s superinten-dent.

The search for a new su-perintendent began almostimmediately with Flanagancalling for a special BOEmeeting. She said comparedto finding a new principalfinding a new superinten-dent was “a much more ar-duous process.”

According to Flanagan,state law requires that theBOE serve as the executivesearch committee when hir-ing a new superintendent.Search committees for prin-cipals typically involve BOEmembers, teachers, staff,and parents.

Despite that restriction onthe superintendent search,Flanagan emphasized thatshe would seek out commu-nity opinion. “It’s importantto get input from the com-munity in filling these posi-tions.” Both positions,Flanagan said, could use in-terim hires during thesearches.

By e-mail, Viccaro wrotethat she is pursuing othersuperintendent positions.Looking back on her tenureas superintendent, Viccarocites the expansion of all -

day kindergarten, the for-mation of four strategicplans, the upgrade of tech-nology and technology offer-ings, and improved securitywith a Homeland Securitygrant as some accomplish-ments and changes of thattime.

Hauser will leave CRHS asof April 26. “This came upfaster than I thought,” hesaid of the job swap.

When asked to look backon his 10 years in the dis-trict, Hauser points to thework done by the entireschool to improve school cli-mate. “Anyone who entersfrom another school imme-diately comments on thepositive school climate.”

Hauser also noted his rolein the technological changesat CRHS, including hisBring Your Own Device poli-cy. “We’ve put a lot of effortinto bringing technologyinto the schools not just forbells and whistles but to ad-vance instruction.”

The facility also changeddramatically duringHauser’s time, most signifi-cantly with the athletic com-plex. “Every time I look at it,I’m impressed with what thecommunity did,” saidHauser, who points out thatmany students lobbied forthe complex even thoughthey would never be able to

Two top RSD13 leaders resign, search for replacements is on

See Resign, page 10

Hauser Viccaro

use it themselves. In a press release about

the new hire, Waterfordschools SuperintendentJerome Belair citedHauser’s work on school cli-mate, community outreach,Coginchaug’s “Bring YourOwn Device” policy, as wellas Hauser’s management ofthe building “during an ac-tive construction project,”referring to the athleticcomplex.

Waterford High School’sprincipal is retiring. Theschool has 850 students anda new building whichHauser called “state-of-theart”.

In his letter to faculty,staff, and parents, Hauserwrote, “Over the past 10years, I have been fortunateenough to work with andlearn from countless talent-ed and dedicated educators,students, and communitymembers. I leave Cogin-chaug now with wonderfulmemories of my time hereand a deep sense of sharedpride in the good work wehave all done together on be-half of the great kids atCRHS.”

With similar sentiment,Viccaro wrote to the TownTimes, “District 13 has anamazing staff that do greatthings for kids every day.”

Photos submitted by Nina Healy

Finn Healy, left, at-tends the Durham Co-operative NurserySchool. The school re-cently held a TeddyBear Tea Party. Finninvited his younger

brother Aidan to join in the fun with his classmates and some friendly bears.The children helped make flower arrangements, snacks, and decorated thetable cloth. “This allowed them the opportunity to practice their best man-ners,” said Nina Healy, the boys’ mother and co-president of the board for theDurham Cooperative Nursery School.

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IDS open houseThe Independent Day

School, 115 Laurel Brook Rd.,Middlefield, has scheduledan open house for Saturday,April 6, from 9:30 to 11:30a.m., for prospective studentsand parents.

For more information andto RSVP, call Robin at (860)347-7235 or visit www.inde-pendentdaysschool.org.

Open houseThe Middletown Agricul-

ture Science and TechnologyCenter, 200 LaRosa Lane, hasscheduled its annual openhouse for Thursday, April 11,with two sessions, from 9a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 8p.m.

The public is invited to at-tend the free event. The daysession is geared towardspreschool and elementaryage children.

The evening session is forthe general public. There isno admission fee or registra-tion required, althoughgroups of 20 or more are en-couraged to pre-register bycalling (860) 704-4599, ext.4594.

The open house is to show-case the Agricultural Sci-ence and Technology Center

through student displays,demonstrations and hands-on activities, highlightingkey curriculum areas ofplant science, animal sci-ence, agricultural mechanicsand environmental science.

The Middletown RegionalAgriculture Science & Tech-nology Program is availableto high school students fromChester, Clinton, Clinton,Deep River, Durham, EastHampton, Essex, Guilford,Haddam, Killingworth,Madison, Middlefield, Mid-dletown, Portland, RockyHill, Old Saybrook and West-brook.

The program is acceptingapplications for enrollmentfrom students with an inter-est in agriculture and its re-lated occupations for the2013-3014 academic year.

For more information, call(860) 704-4599, ext. 4594 or vis-it middletownschools.org .

Scholasticachievements

Kari Garvy, of Durham,received second honors at theCheshire Academy.

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Romeyn, Jordan Santtiago,Emily Sokol, of Durham;Justin Hall, Daniel Piscatelli,of Middlefield.

Rochester Institute ofTechnology, New York - An-drew Gucwa of Durham; Ste-vie Thompson of Rockfall.

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of Regional School District13 is scheduled to destroy theconfidential special educa-tion records of all formerstudents from the class of2006.

This action is allowed bystate regulations per authori-ty of the state of ConnecticutOffice of Public Records Ad-ministration and FederalRegulation 34 CFR 200.573.

Copies of these records areavailable following submis-sion of a written request bythe student before May 31.Letters should be sent toAmy Emory, director of pupilpersonnel services, RegionalSchool District 13, PO Box190, 135A Pickett Lane,Durham, CT 06422.

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The event features a 3.7 mile run/walk at 10 a.m. and akids ¼ mile run at 9:30 a.m. Registration is available a halfhour before each event.

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The Environmental Cogin-chaug Organization is agroup of Coginchaug Region-al High School students whoare passionate about the en-vironment and trying to im-prove it.

In addition to activitiessuch as cleanups of roadsand the school complex andrecycling bottles at theDurham Fair, ECO sponsorsan annual Hunger Aware-ness Banquet to raise fundsfor hunger relief at local,state, and international lev-els.

Nearly 925 million people(3.1 percent of the world’spopulation) are hungry.The Oxford English Dictio-nary defines hunger as the“uneasy or painful sensationcaused by want of food; the

exhausted condition causedby want of food; the want orscarcity of food in a country;or a strong desire or crav-ing.” The difference be-tween hunger and malnutri-tion is that a malnourishedbody does not have the neces-sary vitamins and nutrientsto grow or fight off disease.

Nearly 98 percent of world-wide hunger exists in under-developed countries lack ofnutrition and poor sanitationmake children and adultsmore vulnerable to illness.

This year’s hunger ban-quet participants will learnabout Haiti, the poorestcountry in our hemisphere.

Haiti has long struggled toproduce enough food, andover half of the food con-sumed is imported - includ-ing more than 80 percent ofthe rice.

Three quarters of Haitianslive on less than $2 per dayand half of the populationearns less than $1 per day,making it difficult, if not im-possible, to purchase import-ed food. Soil erosion contin-ues to wash away topsoil, acritical component for farm-ing, making crops harder togrow.

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Haitians at risk of starvation.Long term alleviation of

hunger is linked to the allevi-ation of poverty. Worldhunger is a symptom ofworld poverty. If efforts areonly directed at providingfood or improving food pro-duction/distribution, thestructural root causes thatcreate hunger, poverty anddependence will remain.

ECO will host its HungerAwareness Banquet, April 5,from 6 to 9 p.m., at the CRHScafeteria. Soup will be servedin hand-made ceramic bowlscreated by CRHS art teacherRyan Bothemley. Guestspeaker is ElizabethKennedy who will talk aboutHaiti. An admission fee ischarged and there will be adessert auction. All proceedsto hunger relief efforts.

Banquet will raise funds to help feed people in need

These Haitian youngsters live in the poorest countryin this hemisphere, says a local expert on the region.


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Frogs are the main at-traction at Friday pondoutings in Rockfall.This group is on thelookout for spring life.

Brush pick up scheduledThe Town of Durham Public Works Department has

scheduled its annual spring curbside brush pick up tobegin the week of April 15.

Strict guidelines must be followed.Brush should be less than 4 inches indiameter and not longer than 6 feetin length. Brush should be stacked atroadside in an open area, away frommailboxes, trees, telephone poles andother structures. Brush should bestacked perpendicular to the road-way, butt end toward the road. No leaves, stumps, woodor foreign matter will be picked up. Each household willbe strictly limited to one truck load during this collec-tion. In an effort to be more efficient, it is recommendedthat neighbors combine piles on property lines. Loadsshall not measure any larger than 4 feet high, 6 feet wideand 8 feet long, unless combined with a neighbor. If loadsdo not follow these guidelines, it will not be removed.

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For more information, call the Public Works office at(860) 349-1816.

The town is scheduled to pick up the north end oftown, Haddam Quarter Road, Maiden Lane, FoothillsRoad during the week of April 15.

Frog Fridays are scheduled for April 5,26, May 17 and June 7 at Highlawn Forest,Rockfall at 4 p.m. Observe pond life such as-frogs, salamander, amphibian eggs, tad-poles, and insect larvae. The program isfree of charge. Registration is required.

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Farmers’ MarketThe winter Farmers’ Mar-

ket is scheduled for Saturday,April 6, from 9 a.m. to noon,at the Dudley Farm, 2351Durham Rd., New Guilford.

Baked goods, eggs, honey,maple syrup, jams and jellies,naturally raised meat, pick-les, homemade arts andcrafts are featured thismonth.

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Boating safetyclass

A boating safety class isscheduled for April 9, 11, 16,and 18, at 6:30 p.m., at the Mid-dlefield Community Center.

A fee is charged. Partici-pants must have a “conserva-tion number” (ID number ona fishing or hunting license)and bring it to first class.

For more information andto RSVP, [email protected].

Durham FairFoundation

The Durham Fair Founda-tion has scheduled a series offree programs as follows:

Bees and Beekeeping,Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m.,at the Durham Library.

Town BriefsCanning, Saturday, April

13, at 1 p.m., at the MedicalBuilding at the fairgraounds.

Growing Giant Pump-kins, Saturday, May 4, at 1p.m., at the Medical Buildingat the fairground.

For more information, callLen Baginski at (860) 349-3305.

Chili tastingA chili tasting and judging

party is scheduled for Satur-day, April 13, from 6 to 9 p.m.,at Indian Springs Golf Club,Mack Road in Middlefield.

A variety of tasty chilieswill be available - includingchili with beef and beans,chili verde, venison chili, 3-bean chili, Basque lambchili, “I love my vegetables”chili, challenge chili, andbeer chili. Corn bread, fix-ings for the chili, desserts,

soft drinks and coffee will beprovided. A fee is charged,which includes entertain-ment.

Local political celebrities,including state Sen. DanteBartolomeo and state Rep.Buddy Altobello, have beeninvited to weigh in with theiropinions on the chili.

Proceeds support the Mid-dlefield Democratic TownCommittee and its activities.

Spring into SpringThe Middlefield Lions

Club has scheduled its sec-ond annual 5K and 10KSpring into Spring for Sun-day, April 14, at 8 a.m., atPeckham Park.

The event, a challengingrun through town, raisesfunds for the Lions charita-ble works.

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Bank is low on the followingitems: green beans, jelly, cornand pasta. Please do not do-nate expired, dented andrusted cans.

Items may be dropped offat Social Services, 405 MainSt., Middlefield, or left in thedrop box at any time.

For more information,contact Antoinette Astle at(860) 349-7121.

Talent ShowThe Old Home Day Enter-

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“He lived well and he diedwell,” said Cindy Schulte, aDurham resident, speakingof her husband, Bob.

That’s evident in his book,“Why Me? Why Not Me.” Cap-tain Bob’s Journey to HeavenThrough Surrender, whichshe had published this pastfall.

Bob Schulte became “Cap-tain Bob” when he got hiscaptain’s license in 1998. Hewas lead captain for the Es-sex Steam Train and River-boat Company and served asa liaison between the compa-ny and the U.S. Coast Guard.)

Bob passed away Dec. 24,2011, after a two-year battlewith cancer.

After he was diagnosed hisdaughter, Erica, told him

about a website called Car-ingBridge.org, which is avenue for people to get infor-mation about their illness,and to reach out to others.

Bob’s book is a compila-tion of his daily postings onthe website, which he beganas a way to keep his friendsand family up-to-date on hiscondition. People on the web-site had urged him to turnhis entries into a book. Afterhis passing, a woman fromtheir church contacted Cindyand told her she had a pub-lisher for her - and that thepublisher loved the book.

“This was a journeythrough experiencing the un-known,” Cindy said. “He hadto rely on his deep faith to getthrough it. He was funny, andhe wrote extremely well. Hewrote about his times ofgreat sadness, his fears andhow he moved through them,the scares, the times when wethought he was going to befine. His acceptance at theend is what gave the book itstitle.

“It’s an uplifting book. It’snot morbid at all. When yourealize that your days arenumbered, you begin to ap-

preciate your life, your fami-ly and friends. Bob showedthat this is what is importantin life. The cancer was awake-up call.

“This is an honest man’saccount, showing how he wasaccepting his life. You see hisheart through this book.”

An example of Bob’sstrength and courage are inthe words he posted on July15, 2011: “Life is good. Thegrandkids are great. My kidsare flying in for a week-longvisit this weekend, and thepool is open.

“I have been counting myblessings, and they prettymuch are composed of mem-ories of families and friends,places I have sailed to, andthe one woman who has lovedme for 30 years this comingAugust.”

Cindy said getting thebook ready for publicationwas therapeutic for her, andshe felt as if her husband wassitting right beside her.

“I’m going to get it outthere,” she said, “to hospicesand libraries. This book canreally help people who are go-ing through this.”

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(Unless otherwise indicated,all meetings are held in theDurham Library. Check the

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Monday, April 8Inland/Wetlands, Library,

7 p.m.Board of Finance Budget

Hearing, Coginchaug Re-gional High School, 8 p.m.

Board of Selectman Bud-get Hearing, Coginchaug Re-

gional High School, 8 p.m.Tuesday, April 9Library Board of

Trustees, Library, 7 p.m.Conservation Commis-

sion, Library, 7:30 p.m.Durham Volunteer Fire

Company, Durham Volun-teer Firehouse, 8 p.m.Wednesday, April 10Board of Education,

Coginchaug Regional HighSchool, 7:30

Thursday, April 11Zoning Board of Appeals,

Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, April 18

Board of Finance, TownHall, 6:30 p.m.

Agriculture Commission,

Town Hall, 7 p.m.Wednesday, April 17Planning & Zoning, Li-

brary, 7 p.m.Thursday, April 18

Public Safety FacilityRenovations Planning Com-mittee, Durham Volunteer

Firehouse, 6:30 p.m.Water Commission, Town

Hall, 7 p.m.Monday, April 22

Board of Selectman,Town Hall, 7 p.m.

MiddlefieldGovernment

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Community Center.)Wednesday, April 10

Planning & Zoning, 6:30p.m.

Monday, April 15Planning & Zoning, 6:30

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Board of Selectman, 7p.m.

Wednesday, April 17Inlands/Wetlands, 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 18Board of Finance, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 23Zoning Board of Appeals,

7 p.m.

Old Home DaysMiddlefield/Rockfall Old

Home Days has vendoropenings for the June 8 cele-bration.

The event is hoping to addto the menu with foods thatpromote health and madewith natural ingredients.

For more informationand rates, call Carol

Schweitzer-Schilling at (860)346-5081 or email [email protected].

Old Home DaysParade

The Old Home Days Pa-rade Committee is signingup marchers and musicalunits for its 2013 paradescheduled for Saturday,

June 8, at 10 a.m.The parade will step off

at Rogers Manufacturing,continue through the centerof Rockfall and Middlefieldand end at Peckham Park.

Any organization inter-ested in being part of the2013 Old Home Days Paradeshould contact Carrie An-derson at (860) 346-8954.

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Town TimesFriday, April 5, 2013

By Laura Francis Special to Town Times

For the past 3 ½ monthsthe Board of Selectmen,Board of Finance, depart-ment heads and board andcommission chairmen havebeen preparing the FY 2013-14 budget for your review. OnApril 8, the Board of Financewill conduct a public hearingto discuss the proposed budg-et which will take place at 8p.m., at Coginchaug RegionalHigh School. At the hearing,you will be asked to reviewthe budget and make com-ments that the Board of Fi-nance will consider beforesending the final draft for ap-proval at the Annual TownMeeting on May 13.

You will find this budget tobe heavily focused on the fu-ture with the bulk of new in-vestment in items that arecapital in nature with longlasting affect. The operatingbudget is up by 1.68 percentbut the capital and reserveaccounts are up 62.9 percentfor a total of 7.78 percent in-crease over last year. The af-fect on the average home as-sessed at $200,000 is an addi-tional $116.39.

The increase in capital isattributable in part to salaryrelated accounts includingan additional five hours forthe social services coordina-tor so that office can be openfive days a week and an addi-tional five hours for the as-sistant assessor who hasbeen asked to do more fieldwork as well as other contrac-tual obligations (approxi-mately $44,000); an appropri-ation for special program-ming services from the Con-

necticut State Police for traf-fic enforcement, communityprograms (youth, seniors,crime prevention), special in-vestigations (narcotics, bur-glary, larceny, domestics, as-saults, fraud), DUI ( approxi-mately $22,000); DMIAAB(transfer station)(approxi-mately $22.000) and 10 per-sonal property audits (ap-proximately $5,000).

The decision to increasethe Resident State Trooperbudget for special program-ming versus an additionaltrooper was not taken lightly.After meeting with the chainof command at Troop F, itwas decided that the mostcost effective solution at thispoint was to first use tacticaldeployment of services to ad-dress our most pressingneeds before committing toanother resident state troop-er.

I received a very detailedreport that will help us as-sign police coverage to targetthe above mentioned areas in

a very strategic manner tomaximize results.

We are proposing an in-crease in the reserve and cap-ital budgets to begin to ad-dress infrastructure needs.In my first year in office, twoboilers blew and had to be re-placed. There was nothingset aside for this nor wasthere any expectation thatthey would fail. I vowed thatwe would do our best to re-duce those “surprises” in thefuture. Since then, we haveworked to create pretty solidcapital plans to include fleetreplacement, building main-tenance and infrastructure.We’ve also done building as-sessments and public worksand emergency complexbuild out plans. This budgetwill begin to put aside fundsfor such projects as renova-tion of town owned buildingson Main Street; replacementof 40 to 70 year old culverts;hardening of communica-tions network between andamong all town owned build-ings; conversion of the publicworks fleet replacement topurchase versus leased andvarious other capital and re-serve accounts.

There will be a detailedpresentation of all projects atthe budget hearing. Whilewe had many officials workon the budget, you have theultimate decision to make.We welcome your input onApril 8, at the budget hear-ing, and your participation atthe Annual Budget Meetingon May 13.

Proposed town budget is ready foryour review and input

Commentary

Laura Francis, Durham

From The DeskOf The FirstSelectman

This year’s community guide theme revolves aroundthe environment and the well-known slogan Reduce,Reuse Recycle.

One of our regular Town Times contributors, TrishaDynia, suggested the idea and we thought it was an excel-lent one. All three towns in our distribution area have tak-en great strides towards more Earth-friendly practices - ashave residents. Photos and stories in the guide, from Mid-dlefield, Rockfall and Durham, illustrate the many wayspeople have taken protection of the environment to heart.

The topic also is timely since the community guidecomes out in April, the month when Earth Day is cele-brated.

Monday, April 22, is Earth Day - but we like to recognizeEarth-friendly activities all month long (and of course, infact, every day is Earth Day.)

We invite you to send in your photos, essays, letters, po-ems, and news about your Earth Day activities. These canbe mailed to [email protected]. Please put “EarthDay” in the subject line.

The official organization that sets the theme for EarthDay is located at www.earthday.org/2013/.

This year, the group is looking at “The Face of ClimateChange.” In doing so, it’s inviting visitors to upload theirphotos which depict environmental changes they see intheir neighborhoods. If you do upload a photo, considersharing it with the Town Times, too.

Coming soon, Trish has written a story about how atti-tudes and practices that affect the environment havechanged over time. That story will be published in an up-coming edition this April.

Another of our regular contributors, Diana Carr, isworking on a series of stories that celebrate the “homearts.” While not directly about the environment, many ofthe topics she explores concern people who are taking anorganic approach to their lifestyle such as last week’s pro-file of Kathy Duffy, a bread baker who lives in Rockfall.Look for Diana’s upcoming exploration on the joys ofhanging out the laundry.

Judy Moeckel, also a Town Times contributor, is work-ing on a gardening series that will take her around thetowns to find out what kinds of gardens people are puttingin and what their secrets to success are.

We think these kinds of topics add to the spirit of EarthDay and hope you do, too. If you’d like to suggest a topicfor our writers, send your idea to [email protected].

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I remember those collegeadmission days. The appli-cation process, the tirelessessays, the interviews.Back then, getting in equatedto success or failure, and get-ting in to the school was arite of passage. It becomessobering as an adult to real-ize that what school youwent to matters far less thanyou once thought. It ismore about what you chooseto take from the experience.In its own quirky way, Ad-mission attempts to resur-rect that high school mindset only to squash it againwith the Rolling Stones reali-ty of “You Can’t Always GetWhat You Want”.

Tina Fey plays PortiaNathan, an admissions offi-cer at Princeton, the secondbest school in the country (arunning joke throughout thefilm). Wound tighter than acorkscrew, she decides thefate of thousands of appli-cants every year. A simplecheck box on “deny” sendspleading applicants to fallthrough an imaginary trap

door into oblivion. Until Je-remiah. Portia learns froma college acquaintance thatJeremiah may well be theson she gave up for adoptionall those years ago. Thatnews delivering acquain-tance so happens to be theadorable but too-good-to-be-true John Pressman (PaulRudd), Jeremiah’s teacherfrom an alternative highschool.

The producers must havebeen rubbing their hands to-gether in giddy anticipationon casting. Tina Fey isbeloved for her comedic tim-ing and her take charge spir-it both on screen and off.Paul Rudd has embodied theever lovable and handsomelove interest from Cluelessto This is 40. But the out-right lack of chemistry be-tween these usually hilari-ous stars, not to mention adrab screenplay, leads to abig fat deny.

Altogether, Admissionfails, more so because of itsshameless billing as a ro-

mantic comedy. The studiosimply did not know how tomarket the film so why nottarget the ladies? A showerscene where Rudd sends Feya playful kiss. Fey andRudd out to dinner. Feysneaking out of Rudd’shouse with rumpled clothes.Need I go on?

Romantic comedies shouldbe easy. Take a story linethat brings together twocharacters under unusualcircumstances, toss in somechemistry, add a dilemmathat tears them apart, bringthem back together, andvoila! As they say in Sleep-less in Seattle, “magic”.

There have been manysuccessful rom-coms tobreak the formula ((500)Days of Summer), but thetruth is there has not been adecent rom-com in years.

Looking to the greats, it isnot difficult to see why. TomHanks and Meg Ryan,Richard Gere and JuliaRoberts. Katharine Hep-burn and Cary Grant.

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Diagnosis:Movies

Their chemistry sizzled withevery scene, the story hardlymattered. In Admission,the sizzle comes from one-liners delivered by ancillarycharacters, specifically Por-tia’s randy mother played byLily Tomlin. All that Portiareally has to offer is the real-ization that Princeton maynot be the end all be all. Theschool of life is much moreinteresting.

Admission: 2 stethoscopesDr. Tanya Feke is a physi-

cian at Middlesex HospitalPrimary Care – Durhamand guest columnist for TheTown Times. She has beenpress credentialed to the LAFilm Festival and continuesto pursue a love of film. Herreviews are rated on a 5stethoscope scale. Follow herblog www.tanyafeke.com ,Facebook page Diagnosis:Life, or twitter @tanyafeke .

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I am pleased to announce that Andre Hauser has been appointed Principal of Wa-terford High School and will join us on May 13, 2013.

Mr. Hauser brings more than 17 years of professional experience in education andin journalism to his new position. He holds a 6th year degree in Educational Leader-ship from the University of Connecticut, an M.A. in Teaching from Sacred Heart Uni-versity, Fairfield, and a B.A. in Journalism and English from University of North Car-olina, Chapel Hill.

Employed by Region 13 since 2003, Mr. Hauser is currently Principal at CoginchaugHigh School and has had significant experience with improving instructional qualitythrough effective supervision. School climate has been a primary focus of his leader-ship. Mr. Hauser brings strong oral and written communication skills that have assist-ed in building a strong community outreach approach with non-profits and civic or-ganizations. Coginchaug is piloting Bring Your Own Device as well as tablet-based in-struction in U.S. History classes. He sees technology as an integral part of the teachingand learning process in the 21st century.

From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Hauser served as assistant principal at Coginchaug HighSchool in Durham-Middlefield. In 2008, Andre was recognized as the Connecticut As-sociation of Schools’ Principal of the Year. As the Assistant Principal at CoginchaugHigh School, he developed a strong transition program for 8th graders into the highschool through a year-long middle school to high school transitional program. Heworked diligently with the staff to improve school climate and student behaviorthrough proactive student engagement approaches. During his tenure, he restructuredthe Region 13 crisis management plan and coordinated the high school’s response tocrisis events. In addition, he managed building operations during an active construc-tion project.

From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Hauser was employed by the Enfield Public Schools, servingas the English Dept. Chair. As a teacher, Mr. Hauser taught grades 10 through 12 Eng-lish classes. He also taught English from 1995 to 2000 at Palmer High School in Massa-chusetts. Andre through-hiked the Appalachian Trail (Georgia to Maine), a 2,150 milesolo backpacking trip, in 1994.

Please join me, Assistant Principals Becky Amanti and Gene Ryan and the entireWaterford High School staff in welcoming Andre to his new position in Waterford. An-dre resides in Madison with his wife and two sons.

Hauser announces resignation in letter to school community

March 28, 2013 Dear Coginchaug Faculty, Staff, Student, and Parents: I am writing to inform you that I will be resigning from my position as the principal

of Coginchaug Regional High School, effective Friday, April 26, 2013, to pursue a newprofessional opportunity as the principal of Waterford High School.

I send you this letter with a mix of gratitude and fondness for the entire Region 13and Coginchaug community. Over the past 10 years, I have been fortunate enough towork with and learn from countless talented and dedicated educators, students, andcommunity members. I leave Coginchaug now with wonderful memories of my timehere and a deep sense of shared pride in the good work we have all done together on be-half of the great kids at CRHS.

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Business Manager RonMelnik left the district in2011, also for a position inWaterford, before returningafter his successor, PamMangini, left within a year.

The BOE chair alsochanged during this time,from Tom Hennick to Flana-gan in July of 2012.

Of the turnover, Hausersaid, “I can really onlyspeak to one of them. Forme, it’s the right opportuni-ty at the wrong time. It was aquestion of going for itwhen it was available.”

Asked about theturnovers by e-mail, Vic-caro wrote, “While I do be-lieve these are tumultuoustimes in public educationwith many mandates andinitiatives happening, I

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It was fitting to return toour roots and have a celebra-tory meeting at the library.The meeting began with ahistory of Durham presentedby Sarah Atwell. LauraFrances presented TheDurham Garden Club with aProclamation from the Townof Durham thanking the clubfor all of its service and dedi-cated members. RonnieSchoelzel, president of TheFederated Garden Clubs ofCT, spoke about all the won-derful projects that the stateand national clubs have beeninvolved with followed by alovely luncheon at Time OutTavern.

The mission of TheDurham Garden Club is, “Topromote interest and activityin all forms of gardening, toencourage education thatwill lead to keener apprecia-tion of the advantages of gar-den development, and whenpossible to use this knowl-edge for the betterment ofour homes and our communi-ty.”

The first club project fo-cused on the removal andelimination of the MillBridge dump. Since that time,the club’s main focus hasbeen Civic Beautification.

The Durham Garden Clubhas maintained a high levelof activity and visibilitythroughout the years. Someof the most recent awardwinning projects include TheTriangle landscaping at thejunction of Routes 79 and 17,Project 2000, The Greening ofMain Street( which involvedreplacing diseased treesalong. Main Street, The Hill-side Project, Blue Star Mark-er and Gardens at the TownHall, Daffodil Days Projects,and their efforts to eliminatevisual pollution by partici-pating in Adopt-A-Road andeliminating unsightly bill-

boards. Their awards are ondisplay this anniversarymonth at The Durham Li-brary along with a new floralarrangement or plant everymonth. Their brochures areavailable at the circulationdesk.

The floral decorations dis-played at Strong School Step-Up Day, District 13 Gradua-tion and Memorial Day pa-rade are also provided by TheDurham Club. The ArtisticDesign Committee partici-pates in various floral compe-titions throughout the yearincluding Festival of Treesand Fine Art and Flowers atthe Wadsworth Athenaeumin Hartford.

The Durham Garden Clubraises revenue for all its proj-ects from various events in-

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cluding Standard FlowerShows, Silver Teas, plantsales, as well as annualwreath sales. It gives it backto the community by provid-ing quality programs involv-ing lectures, school pro-grams, and workshops aboutfloral design, landscaping,horticulture, birding, andconservation. It donatesbooks and media to theDurham Library and hasbeen involved with theirlandscaping as well. A gener-ous scholarship is also givento a local graduating highschool senior who can fur-ther the aims and interest ofThe Durham Garden Cluband The Federated GardenClubs of CT.

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“green gardening” wheneverpossible by reusing, recy-cling, and using earth friend-ly products.

The Durham Garden Clubis a member of National Gar-den Clubs, Inc., The Federat-ed Garden Clubs of Con-necticut, Inc., and The NewEngland Region of NationalGarden Clubs, Inc. It meetson the second Thursday ofevery month except for Julyand August. The public is al-ways welcome to attendmeetings. This is a great

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Banquet - The ECO hasscheduled is annual HungerAwareness Banquet for Fri-day, April 5, at 6 p.m., atCoginchaug High School.For a fee, participants willreceive a handmade bowland all the soup and breadthey can eat. ElisabethKennedy is scheduled tospeak about HELO Haiti.All proceeds benefit hungerrelief efforts locally andglobally. For more informa-tion and reservations, con-tact Susan Michael at (860)349-7215, ext. 235.

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Dixieland jazz band -The First Church of Christ,Congregational, 190 CourtSt., Middletown, has sched-uled the Heartbeat Dix-ieland Jazz Band for Satur-day, April 6, from 2 to 4:30p.m. The public is welcome.A fee is charged. For moreinformation and to pur-

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Meatloaf supper - Unit-ed Churches of Durhamhas scheduled its meatloafsupper for Saturday, April6, at 6 p.m., in the Fellow-ship Hall. Menu includesmeatloaf, macaroni andcheese, salad, corn and cup-cakes. Musical entertain-ment by Zach and Kara Duois planned. The event isboth a fundraiser and anopportunity to honor thepeople who maintain andrepair the church buildingsand grounds. The public iswelcome. A fee is charged.For more information, callLiz Cipollina at (860) 685-0207.

Farmers’ Market - Thewinter Farmers’ Market isscheduled for Saturday,April 6, from 9 a.m. to noon,at the Dudley Farm, 2351Durham Rd., New Guilford.Baked goods, eggs, honey,maple syrup, jams and jel-lies, naturally raised meat,pickles, homemade arts andcrafts are featured thismonth. For more informa-tion, call (860) 349-3917 orvisit www.dudleyfarm.com.

Idol contest - DurhamAdult Idol Contest, for ages18 to 55 and 56 and older, is

scheduled for Saturday,April 6, at 1 p.m., at theDurham Activity Center.Pick up an application atDurham Town Hall or attowjnofdurhamct.org Recre-ation. For more informa-tion, call (860) 343-6724.

Falcons - Durham-Mid-dlefield Falcons has sched-uled football and cheerlead-ing registration for the 2013season for and Saturday,April 6, from 9 to 11 a.m., atthe Middlefield CommunityCenter. All boys and girlsbetween 7 and 14 are wel-come. A fee is charged. Formore information, call KenParrilla at6 (860) 657-5637 [email protected] or visitwww.dmfalcons.com.

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Pasta supper - An Eaglescout pasta supperfundraiser is scheduled forSunday, April 7, from 4 to 7p.m. at the Middlefield Fed-erated Church. Proceedshelp Alexander Staddon toraise funds to create an out-door classroom at thechurch. Tickets are avail-able at the door, by calling(860) 349-3895 or visit thechurch office.

Open house - Colors ofthe Wind open house isscheduled for Sunday, April7, from noon to 4 p.m., at366 Main St. Refreshments,raffle to benefit Willy’sFriend’s. For more informa-tion, call (860) 788-2514.

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Durham 60+ Club - TheDurham 60+ Club is sched-uled to meet Monday, April8, at 1:30 p.m., in theDurham Activity Center,350 Main St. A varietymeeting and musical enter-tainment by the HumbleBees is scheduled after themeeting. A blood pressureclinic is scheduled for 1p.m. New members are al-ways welcome.

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Parents forum - A par-ents forum is scheduled forTuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m.,at the Coginchaug RegionalHigh School. The agenda in-cludes discussion of a newprincipal search, RSD13budget, NEASC evaluationand more.

10 Wednesday

TOPS meeting - Take OffPounds Sensibly meetsevery Wednesday, at 6 p.m.,at the Middlefield Commu-nity Center. For more infor-mation, contact NaomiKlotsko at (860) 349-9558 orBonnie Olesen at (860) 349-9433.

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The Cheshire-WallingfordLeague of Women Voters’ re-cently held a forum in honorof Women’s History Month.The event, held at theCheshire Town Hall, deliv-ered a message of empower-ment. Three successful, localbusinesspersons were fea-tured speakers, includingCarol Wallace, president andCEO of Cooper Atkins inMiddlefield, a company thatmanufactures digital prod-ucts for industrial use.

Wallace said, “My pathwas different, in that it beganback in 1865 when my familystarted manufacturing silverin Wallingford. So I’ve beenblessed to continue a her-itage.”

Wallace knew that she hadto make her own way beforeshe reconnected with her fa-ther and the family business.She was a woman in manu-facturing, “a man’s world,”she said. Her path was not al-ways smooth.

She worked at Dunn andBradstreet after graduationfrom college, then on to thefamily business for a short-term. After which, she wentto Boston to work at a smallcomputer company. “I had toearn my own stripes, and notrelying on my own family,”she said.

Her travels took her tomanufacturing at HughesAircraft in California, andthen on to the Midwest,where a client asked for herhelp in finding “the guy”they needed for a particularposition. As it turned out,“the guy” did not work out, soshe suggested the companyhire her. It did—for a lesseramount of money than hadbeen offered to the male ap-plicant.

Today, Wallace has set herown course and is now chair-man, president and CEO ofCooper-Atkins. “I had 13years of working with my fa-ther, learning from him andgrowing the business togeth-er.” Among many accom-plishments, Wallace serveson the board of the Connecti-cut Water Company, as wellas Zygo Corporation and

Sandstone Group, LLC ofMilwaukee, Wisconsin.

The two other honoreeswere Cheshire residentMaura Esposito, current di-rector of health for the townof Killingworth and SylviaNichols, a well-knownflorist, businessperson andTown Council member; andEsposito has a bachelor de-gree and a master of publichealth degree. Her commu-nity and service work in-cludes sitting on the execu-tive board of the town-widePTA.

“I am honored to be heretoday,” Esposito said.“Where did we come fromand where are we going...Weprobably have a commonthread.” She went on to giveappreciation to female fami-

ly members in her past,along with teachers and oth-er mentors.

It was not until Espositotook a mandatory class on“public health” class in col-lege that she found herself.“I called my mother andsaid, ‘I figured it out! I knowwhere I am supposed to be.’”

Sylvia Nichols is a nation-ally recognized floral in-structor, designer andspokesperson. She ownedher own business in townfor more than two decades,was a past Cheshire Cham-ber of Commerce president,and is a current Town Coun-cil Member, as well as man-ager for a local flower shop.Nichols agreed with Esposi-to about positive commonbonds, but also brought up

the travails women haveshared as society slowlyevolved to where it is today.

In the late1950s, Nicholssaid, “Women were not en-couraged to do a lot in thebusiness world at that time.”In high school, guidancecounselors suggested she bea secretary or a teacher. How-ever, Nichols said she alsohad great mentors and teach-ers. She wanted to be a physi-cal therapist, but with limit-ed funds, decided to get herdegree at a state college.When growing up in the1940s and 50s, Nichols’ familylife, included a mentally chal-lenged sibling and that influ-enced her decision to becomea special education teacherin Meriden.

Later, married and want-ing start a family, Nicholswas required to leave theteaching job she was proud tohave. “The rule was you leftafter three or four months—goodness anyone knew that

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Nichols had been involvedwith the community throughGirl Scouts, volunteer work,and with a vocational train-ing school for design andmanagement, operated inconjunction with the Con-necticut Floral Association.

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At a lengthy meetingMarch 27, the Board of Edu-cation made additional cutsto the proposed 2013-2014school budget before approv-ing it for the public hearingscheduled for April 10.

The BOE trimmed another$288,000, including a large re-duction in health and dentalinsurance payments($113,786), the elimination ofone bus, and multiple person-nel cuts. Including the cutsmade at the March 20 meet-ing and $170,000 in additionalrevenue, the proposed 2013-2014 school budget has a netincrease of 2.29 percent overthe current budget.

Since its original proposalwith a 4.39 percent increase,the budget has been reducedby $715,851.

Personnel CutsNew staff reductions come

from different buildings andpositions, including two part-time secretaries at CentralOffice, one part time socialworker and half time kinder-garten aid at John Lyman,three proposed tutors at theelementary grade level, andone half time special educa-tion teacher at CoginchaugRegional High School.

At the March 20 meeting,

Superintendent of SchoolsSue Viccaro, asked by theBOE to find spending reduc-tions, proposed the elimina-tion of one contemporary sci-ence teacher at MemorialMiddle School, three interns,and one-fifth of a scienceteacher at CRHS. The BOEaccepted each proposal.

The original budget alsoeliminated one kindergartenteacher and one 1-2 teacher atLyman and one fourth gradeteacher at Korn.

Some, but not all, of the

cuts come through attrition.Two of the cuts that gener-

ated much of the discussionwere among the less expen-sive lines - the three tutors at$29,970 total and the one-fifthscience position at $15,553.Halfway through the meet-ing, BOE chair Kerrie Flana-gan proposed using capitalreserve funds to preservethose positions, but the ideawas not accepted.

According to several BOEmembers, the tutors werepreviously recommended byprincipals as a low cost wayto increase academic per-formance. The proposedbudget keeps three new tu-tors, who will be used atStrong and CRHS.

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Like other schools in the district, Memorial MiddleSchool will face staff changes under the proposed2013-2014 budget. The Board of Education accepted asuggestion to eliminate a science position at theschool.

During public commentSusan Michael, science de-partment chair at CRHS,spoke against eliminatingthe science position. Accord-ing to Michael, without theposition more students willend up in study halls insteadof desired classes. “Please re-turn the 0.2 position to thescience department and re-turn seats in science classesto our students,” Michaelasked.

The board maintained thecut, citing assurances fromCRHS administration that in-creased class sizes wouldmaintain the science offer-ings. According to Viccaro,the CRHS administration“took a look at current capson classes and increased capsand are running a new sched-ule based on increased classsizes. We know that we’ll beputting more kids into class-es.”

Class sizes were a focus atthe meeting as the boardlooked to use declining en-rollment and increased classsizes as a way to cut the budg-et. The 3-4 enrollment at Ly-man was examined but it wasdetermined that eliminatinga 3-4 classroom there wouldput each class at the maxi-mum and over the class sizepolicy limit for third grade.

Special EducationThe size, expense, and val-

ue of special education in-structors were also a focus ofthe meeting, with much ofthe public comment sectionsdevoted to the topic.

“If you look at the specialed budget relative to thebudget as a whole in the dis-trict,” BOE member RobertFulton said. “The increasesin special ed are higher thanthe district as a whole, andhave been for three years.”

BOE member Jeremy Ren-ninghoff was blunter. “Iknow some people are goingto be very upset, but I have topoint it out ... we challengedAmy [Emory, pupil personneldirector] to come back withsome reduction ... we askedfor reduction in expendituresand that’s what we expect.”

The BOE accepted the re-duction of a half positionspecial education instructorat CRHS, with only memberJoseph Ochterski votingagainst it.

One of several parentswho spoke in favor of specialeducation, was Fran Paulsonfrom Rockfall. Of her 10-year-old-son, she said, “Be-cause of his special ed teach-ers, he talks today ... Andhe’d tell you something ifyou cut special ed because headores all his teachers and Iadore them because theywork wonders.”

The $34,870,608 budget willgo before a public hearing onApril 10 at the CRHS audito-rium at 7:30 p.m. The BOEhas one last opportunity af-ter the public hearing tochange the budget before put-ting it up for referendum.


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Lunch Bunch Book Dis-cussion (Grades 4 through 6):Saturday, April 6, from 12:30to 1:30 p.m. Bring your lunch;dessert provided. The book isThe Silver Bowl by DianeStanley.

LEGO Club (6 to 12 years):Thursday, April 11, 6:30 to 7:30p.m. LEGOs provided.

Young AdultsTeen Knitting Club -

Tuesday, April 9, 7 to 8 p.m.New members always wel-come. Bring your own proj-ects or come and learn how toknit. Needles and yarn avail-able. Ages 10-18, drop in.

Teen Advisory Group -Saturday, April 13, 3 to 4 p.m.Share your ideas for how toimprove the library for teensand enjoy a snack. We willalso be decorating the YA areafor spring at this meeting.Ages 12-18, drop in.

Belly Dancing Class:Tuesday, April 16, 3 to 4 p.m..Learn the basics of bellydancing with Gina. Ages 16

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CSI Murder Mystery inthe Library - Saturday, April27, 2 to 4 p.m. Use crime sceneinvestigation techniques todetermine who the murdereris. Examine the crime scene,fingerprints, DNA, possiblemurder weapons, and even in-terview witnesses. Ages 11-18.Registration is requested.

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Bees and Beekeeping -The Durham Fair Foundationwill sponsor “Bees and Bee-keeping.” Learn the impor-tance of bees, the basics oftheir care. Mark Shadle is thepresenter. Thursday, April 11,at 7 p.m.

Author Talk - MarinaDutzmann Kirsch will dis-

cuss Flight of Remembrance,a World War II Memoir ofLove and Survival, her ac-count of her parents’ travailsduring World War II and theirsubsequent lives in the Unit-ed States. Saturday, April 13,at 2 p.m.

Author Talk - Former CTCongressman, Robert Steeleis scheduled to discuss hisbook, The Curse: Big-TimeGambling’s Seduction of aSmall New England Town - aNovel. The factional story,based on real events, de-scribes how gambling casinoscame to Southeastern Con-necticut. Thursday, April 25,at 6:30 p.m.

Mystery Book Discus-sion - Tuesday, April 16, at7:30 p.m. Last Refuge by ChrisKnopf will be discussed. Allare invited.

PALS Annual Book Sale -Saturday, May 18. Open at 9a.m. for special, preview ad-mission and 10 a.m. for gener-al admission. Donations ofgently used books, DVDs and

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Fun & Games Day -Thursday, April 18, 3 to 4:30p.m. at the Levi E. Coe Li-brary. Bingo, Twister, andmore. Prizes will be awarded.Paint a tile to be permanentlydisplayed in the Levi Coekitchen. A fee will be chargedfor each tile, proceeds benefitthe kitchen renovation.

Paperback Book SaleSaturday, May 4, from 8

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Meatloaf supperUnited Churches of Durham has scheduled its meat-

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No. 8 Around the Clock59, No. 9 Hitchin Post 57-Tied at 57 with 6.3 seconds re-maining, Hitchin Post got aquestionable foul call on aSteve Markoski defensive re-bound, and Markoski hitboth shots to lead Around theClock to victory. A ScottRogers layup to tie the gamemissed as the buzzer sound-ed. Markoski and Pete Do-necker would both go on tolead ATC with 24 each.Jonathan Gibbs had 12, RyanDonceker scored 11 and MattThompson added 10 forHitchin Post.

No. 5 Connecticut Sign69, No. 4 Young Gunz 55-The Young Gunz came out fir-ing, taking an early 23-13 leadin the first 6 minutes of play,but fell cold the rest of theway, as Preston Beverly ledCT Sign to an upset win. Bev-erly hit on five 3 pointers inthe first half, and by halftime,CT Sign had regained a 40-36lead. Jason Williams had astunning opening half for theGunz, scoring 18 points in-cluding a pair of 3 pointers tostart the game. But CT Signtightened up defensively, andthe Gunz didn’t see any openjump shots for the final 30

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Sean Harper was selectedto receive a Scholar-AthleteAward from the NorthernConnecticut chapter of theNational Football Founda-tion & College Hall of Fame.He is one of only 23 seniorsfrom the 60 high schoolsthat comprise the NorthernConnecticut Chapter to re-ceive this recognition. Theaward is based on footballtalent, academic achieve-ment and community serv-ice. Harper follows in thefootsteps of former Cogin-chaug player Alec Corazzini(Wesleyan University) whoreceived the Scholar- Ath-lete Award in 2012. Sean andhis parents will be honoredat a banquet at the Aquaturfin Southington on SundayMay 19 at noon.

Harper, who started at

fullback and defensive endfor the Blue Devils, wasnamed the 2012 winner ofthe Coginchaug football“Foundations of Honor”award which is presented tothe four-year senior whobest exemplifies the quali-ties of scholarship, leader-ship and citizenship. Hewas also named to the Pe-quot League’s 2012 All-Acad-emic team.

Ian Augur has been se-lected to play in the Hall ofFame Classic All-Star Foot-ball Game. The game will beplayed at Rentschler Fieldon Saturday, June 29, at 4:30p.m.. The game replaces theGovernors’ Cup game thatfeatured Connecticut all-stars against Rhode Islandall-stars. Augur was select-ed following a tryout that

was open toevery highschool senior inthe state.

Augur hadpreviously beenselected to theA l l - P e q u o tLeague teamand, by a vote ofthe state’scoaches, to theC o n n e c t i c u tHigh SchoolFootball Coach-es Class S All-State Team as afirst-team center. This is thethird consecutive year aCoginchaug player has beennamed to the All-State team.David Wheeler, 2010 defen-sive tackle, and Alec Corazz-ini, 2011 linebacker, repre-sented the Blue Devils in

Hall of Fame representative PaulCosgrove, left, with Sean Harper.

Coginchaug football captains collect post-season honors

prior seasons. Augur also re-ceived the 2012 Coginchaugfootball team’s Most ValuablePlayer Award for his play atoffensive center and defen-sive tackle.

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No. 3 Timeout Taverne50, No. 6 Durham Dental48 (OT)-Despite going just 4-9at the foul line in the secondhalf, Pete Doering hit a pairof shots in overtime, andTommy Ryan and Jason Con-nelly added some free-throwsas Timeout overcame a 5point halftime deficit, and de-feated Durham Dental in aphysical and sometimes chip-py contest. Durham Dentalcommitted a league record 27fouls, as Scott McGuinessand Mark Hodges both fouledout while Timeout commit-ted 17. And more could cer-tainly have been called. Doer-ing finished with 16 to leadTimeout, with Scott Chesmeradding 12 and Ryan finishingwith 11. McGuiness endedwith 20 and Mark Craytonscored 15 in the loss forDurham Dental. Timeoutshot a league record 36 freethrows on the night, hittingon just 22. .

No. 2 Scott Tax 75, No.7Allstate Fire Equipment59-Joe Davis scored 16 firsthalf points for Allstate, wholed 38-36 at halftime, but Kei-th Ferguson and LelandMcKenna both had big sec-ond halves to lead Scott Taxto the 14 point win. TrevorHanson hit on five 3-pointersfor Allstate, and finishedwith 24. For Scott Tax Fergu-son tallied 27 and McKennafinished with 23. Scott Taxwent 12-19 down the stretch atthe foul line to hold off a lateAllstate comeback effort.

No. 1 Torrison Stone 76,No. 8 Around the Clock 53-

Torrison jumped out to a 38-22 halftime lead and rolled toa 23 point win in the onlygame of the week that wasn’ta tight contest. Pete Lynchdropped in 13 first half pointsand 17 overall, matched by 17from Jeremy Lobo to leadTorrison. Dave Bennett,Mark Pfister and Adam Po-turnicki also reached doublefigures scoring in the win.Steve Markoski and Pete Do-necker both finished with 18and Tim Egan had 10 forAround the Clock.

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It was announced lastmonth, that beginning in2020, wrestling will no longerbe part of the Olympics. TheInternational Olympic Com-mittee cited the sport’s globalparticipation and popularity– or lack thereof – as reasonsbehind the decision.

Area wrestling fans aregrappling with the news thattheir favorite sport is being

removed from the Games.“I was speechless when I

read that this morning,” Mal-oney High School assistantwrestling coach Ozzie Ramossaid. “It took a lot out of me.It’s unbelievable. It’s one ofthe oldest sports and one ofthe original Olympic events.I’m surprised because thesport has grown so much inthe last 20 years, includingthe growth of femalewrestling.”

Ramos is a former Maloneyhead coach. He said he be-

lieves “The InternationalOlympic Committee is out oftouch with what the averageman is doing.”

Southington YouthWrestling founder DaveKanute was blindsided by theannouncement thatwrestling was being removedfrom Olympic action.

“I can’t believe it,” Kanutesaid. “There are more frivo-lous sports out there that aregetting more recognition be-cause of television attrac-tion. Wrestling is a slower-

moving sport.”Kanute has deep wrestling

roots. The Southington resi-dent has headed SYW for 30years. The program currentlyhas 96 children.

The man who benefits fromKanute’s handy work everyyear is Southington HighSchool wrestling coachDerek Dion, who was also hithard by the news.

“I think it’s the worst thingI heard about wrestling in along time,” Dion said. “It’sagainst the spirit of the

Olympics. I will never watchthe Olympics again. For theIOC to do something like thatis unfathomable. It’s an origi-nal Olympic sport. And nowthere is four nights ofwomen’s beach volleyball.

“For wrestlers, theOlympics is their pinnacle,”he added. “They train theirentire lives for that moment.”

Count Berlin High Schoolwrestling coach Jim Dayamong those stunned and dis-appointed with the decision ofthe IOC.

“I would not have beenshocked if they removed Gre-co-Roman wrestling, but keptfreestyle. That has been ru-mored for quite a while. Butthe fact that they’re droppingboth Olympic styles; I hadhad a thought that theOlympics had lost its missionand its direction for a while,with some of the decisionsthey’ve made, with sportsthey’ve added, being driven fi-nancially as opposed to tradi-tion and history. This just so-lidifies that opinion,” Daysaid.

“Wrestling was not a mon-ey loser for them; they’re justlooking for greater profits.That’s kind of scary.”

Plainville High Schoolwrestling coach Rusty Spenceechoed that.

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“I just think the Olympicsare doing a bad thing drop-ping a sport like wrestling,”Spence added.

Meriden resident and Trin-ity College coach StevenMakien said he appreciatesthe outrage by the wrestlingcommunity, but said it’s prob-ably too late.

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Caps on,everyonewrestling to someone. That

hurts us.“I have a long freestyle

background as a wrestler anda coach,” Makien continued.“We knew Greco was going tobe eliminated from theOlympics. We hoped theywould bring back moreweights to freestyle.”

Makien said the IOC’s deci-sion could mean the betterwrestlers will venture intomixed martial arts.

Former Maloney headcoach and current Trinity as-sistant Matt Banas doesn’tthink the drop from theOlympics will have an imme-diate impact on the highschool or collegiate levels.

“It’s popular because theyouth and high school levelsare different styles ofwrestling,” Banas said.“There are more kidswrestling than there werefive years ago. In the shortterm, wrestling in the U.S. isgoing to be OK. Long term,who knows?”

Kanute said wrestling is agreat equalizer and diehardswill rally around the sport.

“Everyone has an equalchance,” Kanute said.“Whether you’re 41 or 171pounds, you wrestle peopleyour size. In youth, you keepit to the age and ability. Youcan wrestle on a team thatdidn’t win a game all year, butyou can be a state champion.The little guy can be a star. It’san individual sport, but also ateam sport. When you are outon that floor there is nowhereto hide. It’s you and the otherguy. No other sport really hasthat.”

It appears the tradition anduniqueness of the sport isn’tenough to preserve its spot inthe Olympics, however.

“I’m hoping that the deci-sion is taken back,” said Day,“but the only thing that’s beenconsistent about theOlympics is that they are pri-marily concerned with mon-ey; like having professionalsplay basketball. I’m startingto see the Olympics startingto lose its luster, and I thinkthese decisions will comeback to haunt them. But I’mnot real hopeful about themturning the decision around.”

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They will exchange vows this upcoming August in Col-orado Springs, Colo.

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Consideration for contest-ants is not taken lightly.Every performance will beevaluated with your talentand hard work in mind. As aselection committee, thefirsts priority is to entertainthe Old Home Day audience.

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Scene from ‘Annie’Submitted by JoAnn Rider

Middle school students from The Independent DaySchool in Middlefield recently staged a perform-ance of “Annie”. From left: Shraya Poetti, Rhya Sin-nappen, Charlotte Meigs of Durham; MattinaBenedetto of Middlefield; Luke Brennan, VincentSalabarria, Tim Halvorsen, Derek Socha, David, Lar-ry Hennessy of Middlefield; Madison Combs, OliviaHaouchine, and Rose Esselstyn.

Fine musicSubmitted by JoAnn Rider

Musicians at the IndependentDay School in Middlefield recentlyperformed at the Connecticut Mu-sic Educators’ Southern RegionMiddle School Music Festival. Stu-dents were selected to participateby audition. Eighth grade student,Sam Houle, of Durham, placed firstchair trumpet in the orchestra andperformed a solo at the festival.

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JokeDON’T LET CONNECTICUT OFFICIALS REMOVE

YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW FROM THE NEWSPAPER.

Visit www.ctdailynews.com to contact your legislator today

Pending legislation may remove your right to readpublic notices in newspapers, moving them from thepublic domain to government controlled web sites.We’re concerned. And you should be, too.

Public notices are an important tool in assuring aninformed citizenry. They have helped developAmerica into a participatory democracy for hundredsof years and where it counts the most: how your taxdollars are spent, how policy is made and how ourfutures are charted.

They are located in easy-to-find sections of yournewspaper. And they are fully accessible to everyone- unlike the internet, which is not accessible toeveryone.

Less than 10% of the U.S. population views a local,state or federal government website daily, accordingto the May 2009 release of U.S. Census Bureau,Annual Estimates of Resident Population.

This means more than nine out of ten people maynever see a given notice.

This compares dramatically to the fact that 83% ofadults read a community newspaper every week,according to the National Newspaper Association.

Furthermore, a public notice printed in thenewspaper produces a permanent record. The internetdoes not, nor does it assure timeliness. And anewspaper is archived for years; not subject tocomputer crashes and hackers.

Newspapers are easily verifiable, fully transparentand represent a secure third party who has nothing togain from any notice.

Connecticut’s recent ethical lapses shed a glaringlight on the full meaning of this problem. It’s likeputting the fox in charge of the hen house.

Every public notice, which runs in a Connecticutdaily newspaper, is automatically uploaded to thatnewspaper’s web site and CTPublicNotices.org.

Newspapers are your watchdogs. Don’t let thatrole be changed now. Voice your opinion.

To keep your notices in the newspaper, contactyour local legislator to oppose Senate Bill #1112 - AnAct Concerning the Publication of Legal Notices byMunicipalities.

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