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By Diana CarrSpecial to the Town Times

Mistletoe and eggnog andtidings of good cheer. As thesong says, it’s the most won-derful time of the year. Andour community is makingsure that it is, for everyone.Thanks to the annual Com-munity Round-up, which al-

ways takes place the first Sat-urday in December, everyonewill have enough to eat overthe holidays.

The event enlists manyhands and many hearts. Heldthis year on Dec. 1, it startedoff with a committee, co-chaired by Kathy Bottini,Melissa Cook and Rebecca Si-nusas, doing the planning,

and students registering inteams with their schools. Onthe day of the Round-up, stu-dents from grades 1 to 12,teachers, parents and commu-nity members arrived atCoginchaug Regional HighSchool to get their folder con-taining their route and a map.

See Round-up, page 6

Technology takes offfor RSD13

By Mark DionneSpecial to the Town Times

At the Nov. 28 meeting of the Board of Education,Michelle Gohagon gave a presentation that highlightedthe changing technology of elementary education.

“The learning that we are used to is not the learningour kids are going to get at universities,” said Gohagon,a technology integration specialist for Regional SchoolDistrict 13 grades K-5.

Gohagon demonstrated classroom technology withembedded video, links and tweets to show how technolo-gy has already changed the way students get, absorb anduse information.

Annual drive helps local families in need

Food is unloaded and boxed at this year’s Community Round-up. Photos by Diana Carr

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Lyman Orchards makes$2,199 donation to students

By Stephanie WilcoxTown Times

On Nov. 30, Lyman Or-chards presented the Cogin-chaug French Honor Societywith a check in the amountof $2,199 for its volunteer ef-forts with the Corn Maze thisfall.

“It’s one of the great wayswe’re able to give back,” saidLymans Director of Market-ing Tim Burt in a phone callTuesday.

Since 2000, the first yearthe corn maze opened, FHSstudents have volunteered ascorn cops at the maze. This

year, they put in 267 volun-teer hours.

“They’re kind of a chartermember of the volunteergroups,” said Karen Augeri,Lymans marketing manager.

“The corn cops are suchan integral piece of the busi-ness in terms of the experi-ence for customers,” addedBurt. “Without them, we re-ally couldn’t do the cornmaze. It’s a great relation-ship we have with them.”

With the money they re-ceived, the FHS will continueto support a Haitian orphan

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The student work dis-played used a variety of soft-ware and apps. Gohagonshowed part of a sciencemovie done by first graders.The traditional research wasput through movie-makingsoftware and resulted in astick bug interviewing a la-dybug on the computer.

Gohagon cited the abilityof Twitter and Skype to

make experts available tostudents in the classroom.

Gohagon pointed out thattechnology is also being usedto bridge the school andhome divide. Students haveused eBooks to create workthat can be downloaded athome. Google Apps is cur-rently being used by RSD13students to work on projectsat home and at school on dif-ferent computers.

Fifth graders worked ontwo projects highlighted dur-ing the presentation. Someused video conferencing tocollaborate with students inIowa and Ontario on a Hal-loween story “A Nightmareon Elmo Street.” Other fifthgraders created book trailersfor local author Leslie Bul-

lion’s “The Universe of Fair,”which they shared during anauthor visit.

While some of the chang-ing technology simply re-flects a changing world, tech-nology in the classroom isalso a result of the new Com-mon Core standards. All test-ing done under CommonCore standards will be doneon computers. The CommonCore also emphasizes thatstudents should write andpublish in a variety of media.

BOE members discusseduneven use of technology indifferent classrooms andwhether Excel has been giv-en enough emphasis.

Making teachers and ad-ministrators comfortablewith the technology is part of

the task, according to Go-hagon, who recently taughtadministrators in RSD13 touse Twitter.

“I see a lot of progress,”said BOE chair Kerrie Flana-gan after the presentation.“We have to keep the pedal tothe metal on the objective.”

Raffaela Fronc attendedher first meeting as a mem-ber of the BOE. Fronc wonthe seat vacated by ElizabethGara. The next BOE meetingis Dec. 12 at Korn at 7:30 p.m.

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The Greater Middle-town Concert Associa-tion has scheduled amusical gala for Friday,Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m., atthe Wadsworth Man-sion in Middletown, tocelebrate its 45th an-niversary. Tickets in-clude h’ors doeuvres, abuffet dinner, cash barand a silent auction.For more information,call Gerry at (860) 347-5360 or email [email protected].

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Dec.7 Friday

Tot Time - The MOMSClub of Durham-Middle-field meets every Friday atthe Middlefield CommunityCenter at 10 a.m. Babies, tod-dlers and children are wel-come. For more informa-tion, email [email protected].

Bridge Night - Come joinin at the Durham ActivityCenter every Friday night at6:30 p.m. for a fun night ofbridge. If you are not surehow to play, Jim will teachyou. You may call Jim at(860) 346-6611 with bridgequestions. Call DurhamRecreation at (860) 343-6724with further questions.

Holiday party – ADurham senior holiday par-ty will be held Friday, Dec. 7,at the Durham Activity Cen-ter, 350 Main St., from noonto 2 p.m. Call Sherry at (860)343-6724 for reservations.Bring your favorite holidaybaked goods to share.

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Bus trip to casino -Durham Middlefield Fal-cons has scheduled a bustrip to Foxwoods Casino forSaturday, Dec. 8, to raisemoney for new, safer hel-mets. The bus leaves AllynBrook in Durham at 4 p.m.and returns at 11 p.m. Forprice information or to signup, contact Dan Wheeler at(860) 759-4402 or Carrie An-derson at (860) 301-7315.

Zumbathon - Core Club& 24/7 Gym, 350 Main St.,Durham, is an official drop-off center for Toys for Tots.There will be a ZumbathonSaturday, Dec. 8, from 10:30a.m. to noon, and the fee isa $15 toy or $15 donation forCore Club to buy the toy foryou. For more information,call (860) 349-9100.

9 Sunday

Informational meeting- Come to an informationalmeeting to learn aboutBiggest Loser Pro Chal-lenge. The fifth season ofBiggest Loser Pro Chal-lenge at Core Club & Gymstarts Jan. 6 at 350 Main St.,Durham. Call (860) 349-9100for more information.Meetings are Sunday, Dec.9, at 4 p.m., and Saturday,Dec. 29, at 10 a.m.

Santa at Lyman Or-chards - Santa and Mrs.Claus will host four tradi-tional family-style brunch-es at Lyman’s family homeon Sunday, Dec. 9, and Sun-day, Dec. 16. Brunch will beserved at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.,1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Brunchis prepared by the AppleBarrel chefs and includesroasted turkey with cran-berry chutney, stuffed porkloin with apple compote,seafood Newburg, slicedsirloin, an omelet station,and menu selections justfor kids.

Yuletide Ukefest - TheMiddlefield Ukelele Club isscheduled to perform Sun-day, Dec. 9, from 2 to 3 p.m.,at Scranton Library, Madi-

son. The program featurestraditional holiday songs.Registration is required.For more information andto register, call the MadisonPublic Library at (203) 245-7365 or [email protected].

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Durham Senior Lunch-es - Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center,350 Main St. Followinglunch on Monday is gametime, which includes bil-liards, Wii and cards. Bingostarts at 1 p.m. on Wednes-day. For pricing info and tomake a reservation, callAmanda Pedersen, seniorcafé manager, at (860) 349-3153.

Middlefield SeniorLunches - The MiddlefieldSenior Café is servinglunch three times a week,on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays. Reservationsare required 24 hours prior,and the monthly menu canbe picked up at the center,Town Hall or at www.mid-dlefieldct.org.

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Vendor fair – MiddlesexHealth Care Center hasscheduled a Holiday Ven-dor Fair for Monday, Dec.10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at100 Randolph Road, Middle-town. There will be purses,makeup, jewelry, PamperedChef and more. For moreinformation, call (860) 344-0353.

11 Tuesday

Gingerbread decorat-ing - The MOMS Club ofDurham-Middlefield is dec-orating gingerbread housesat the Durham ActivityCenter, 350 Main St., onTuesday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m.All are welcome. Pleasebring a bag of candy to con-tribute to decorating. Hous-es will be provided. RSVPto [email protected].

12 Wednesday

TOPS Meeting - TakeOff Pounds Sensibly meetsevery Wednesday at 6 p.m.on the third floor of theDurham Town Hall. Con-tact Naomi Klotsko at (860)349-9558 or Bonnie Olesenat (860) 349-9433 for more in-formation.

What’s Cookin’ - A bookclub for foodies who lovecookbooks and love to cook.The club will discuss a se-lected cookbook; each per-son can choose one recipeto make and then bring toshare. The club meetsWednesday, Dec. 12, from 7to 8 p.m., at the DurhamPublic Library.

13 Thursday

Gingerbread houses -Join Sue Cummings inmaking gingerbread hous-es or cookie trains Satur-day, Dec. 15. This is forgrades 2-7. Three sessionswill be offered, and classeswill be held at the DurhamActivity Center, 350 MainSt. For more information,call Durham Recreation at(860) 343-6724. There is afee, and the registrationdeadline is Dec. 13.

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Santa party – There willbe a Cup Cake Blizzard San-ta Party Saturday, Dec. 15, atthe Durham Activity Center,350 Main St. Sign up for theholiday craft, meet Santaand enjoy a homemade cupcake.

For the Cup Cake Blizzardcontest: make a dozen cupcakes to be judged by San-ta’s Elves. Children’s divi-sion 12 and under; adult di-vision 13 and up. Awardswill be given. Call Durhamrecreation at (860) 343-6724 ifyou would like to bake andregister. Cup cakes may bedropped off at the DurhamActivity Center Dec. 15 fromnoon to 1 p.m.

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Selectmen discuss ordinance, Strickland lease and serversBy Stephanie Wilcox

Town Times

The Middlefield Board ofSelectmen has scheduled apublic hearing for Monday,Jan. 7, 2013, for residents tohear about a proposed ordi-nance that will add three al-ternate members to theParks & Recreation Com-mission. Over the course ofseveral meetings, the select-men have discussed a re-quest from the commissionto amend the town ordi-nance, the reasoning beingthat due to scheduling con-flicts, the commission has

found it difficult to make aquorum.

All three selectmen saidthey are in support of theproposal, and First Select-man Jon Bryshaw said atthe Dec. 3 BOS meeting thatTown Attorney Ken Antinhas provided the board witha resolution.

After the Jan. 7 hearing, atown meeting will take placeto vote on the new ordi-nance.Strickland Farm lease

Attorney John Coronarepresenting the DurhamFair Association, whichleases Strickland Farm in

Middlefield for fair parking,was in attendance at the Dec.3 meeting to address anyquestions regarding theStrickland Farm lease.

“At your last meeting, youasked for certain changes,”Corona said.

Brayshaw noted that hehas called for two parcels ofthe property to be kept out ofthe lease with the Fair Asso-

ciation in case the town de-cides to sell or lease downthe road. He described theparcels as three acres on theIndustrial Park Access Road,which is the last lot in the In-dustrial Park.

Corona said his only con-cern is that “removal of thelot means there is no physicalaccess to the lot (Stricklandproperty) from that side.”

ServersBrayshaw updated the

board and the public thatTown Hall servers are stilldown but will be installed andfully operational on Dec. 13.

“The server is going to bethe death of me,” he said,stating that the issue, as ex-plained to him, “is that thepipeline is full.”


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The Community Round-upwas started seven years agoby Beth Galligan, who was theguidance director at CRHS atthe time, and is co-sponsoredby the Local Wellness Coun-cil. The Durham Women’sClub donates breakfast everyyear, and each Round-up seesat least 300 students volun-teering. Money collected issplit between Durham and

Middlefield Social Services,with the food going to fami-lies in the community, to bothtowns’ food pantries and to

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day’s tally showed a collec-tion of $2,383 in cash, $70 ingift cards, and 10,954 fooditems.

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makes a difference to somany families in our town,”she said. “Our programs areso successful because of yoursupport and generosity.”

Event co-chairs had this tosay:

“There have been mo-ments when this has broughttears to my eyes,” Cook said.“The generosity and the spir-it, it’s overwhelming.”

Sinusas added, “This daymakes me so proud to be partof the Durham/Middlefieldcommunity because every-one comes together to be partof it. It’s a tradition for manyfamilies.”

“It’s a great way to showholiday spirit and to teachthe kids about the joy of giv-ing,” Bottini said.”

Students involved spokehighly of the annual event.

Laura Ciarlo, a senior atCRHS, said, “I wanted to helpthe community, as well asearn community servicehours for school. This reallygets me in the Christmasspirit.”

Senior Melanie Defilipposaid, “I did this once before,in the eighth grade. It’s amaz-ing how it’s evolved. It’s blos-somed into a big communityproject, and it’s heartwarm-ing.”

Mara Figoras, a sopho-more, commented on how theevent has grown over theyears.

“It’s been like a chain reac-tion. It makes me feel like I’veparticipated in the town,”she said.

Strong School seventhgrader Nathan Lampo said,“This makes me feel good in-side because I know thatthere are a lot of people out

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Robin Fox, with the chil-dren’s nutrition program,summed it up.

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Letters to the Editor

TownOpinion8 Town TimesFriday, December 7, 2012

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Change our worldTo the editor:War is in the fabric of most

Americans — lost lives,medals, severed limbs, post-traumatic stress syndrome,poverty wages, monuments,rituals, mind control, holidays,parades, collateral damage —all in the name of freedom.

War is not about freedombut about invasion, control, re-source theft, greed, defense-re-lated industry and the NewWorld Order. At the very least,war is barbaric and uncon-scionable in a loving society,schizophrenic in a “Christian”nation.

Why do we need others’ oiland minerals so badly? Followthe money, which leads to deep

pockets of the one percent.There have been many patentsfor clean-energy technology,energy from “the void” andperpetual-motion machines,all of which have been secretedaway by the military orshelved and destroyed by largeenergy corporations.

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Be on guardTo the Editor:I have a 12-year-old dog

named Barney. He’s a LhasaApso with arthritis and dia-betes, missing most of histeeth and is overweight; hismobility is pretty limited. Hehad become almost blind, butin October had cataract sur-gery and regained sight in oneeye. He enjoys the outdoorsand his dog park friends (bothcanine and human), and goinghome to his favorite pillow.

Recently I was on the streetnear my house with Barneyand my other dog, Red. Aneighbor was walking homeafter his jog in the ParmeleeHill Road area. Barney alwaysbarks at him. I commented“good weather for a run,” towhich he responded “yeah.”He was backing up as Barneyapproached, and to my sur-prise bent down and struckBarney on the head with a bathe carries while jogging.There had not been any con-tact on Barney’s part, likejumping or biting. Barneycried and collapsed while theguy ran toward his house.

At Pieper Memorial Emer-gency Room, we learned Bar-ney’s eye was ruptured andmight have to be removed.Also, blood had seeped into thegood eye, the one that had re-cently been repaired. Barney’sophthalmologist diagnosedeye trauma and brain swellingbut thinks recovery is possible.Despite ongoing issues withboth eyes, we remain hopeful.

I called the police, and whilethis guy admitted he “overre-acted,” it turns out he can re-act that way if he claims hewas scared. Our animal con-trol officer went further bycontacting an anti-cruelty or-ganization, but they were un-able to help. The guy has notapologized or offered to helpwith medical expenses. That’sokay. I just hope Barney getsbetter and that our story willbe a warning to other dog own-ers to keep an eye out for thisguy and be on guard.

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About a year ago, Durhamresident Janet Morganti andher husband, Chris, werewatching Diane Sawyer’s“Made in America” serieswhen something clicked.

“It was an amazing story,”Morganti said about theepisode, where a person’shouse was cleared of every-thing that was not made inAmerica. What was left wasonly one American-madeitem.

“I like to support local arti-sans,” continued Morganti,

who works part-time atNotre Dame Church inDurham.

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Colors of The Wind at 360Main St., Suite E, in Durham,across the street from LittleRoosters Liquors.

“It’s going to, I hope, belike the Durham Fair crafttent year round,” she said.“That’s my vision.”

So far, Morganti said 11 lo-cal crafters are signed up tojoin her. Store patrons willfind jewelry, folk art, dolls,handbags, scarves, dog good-ies, soy candles, stuffed ani-mals made from remnants offabric, glassware and weav-ing and woodworking items.

“A lot of people do season-al craft fairs, so having a per-manent home for crafters is anice idea so they don’t haveto pack up,” said Morganti,who will run the shop withher husband.

She said there is a secondaspect to the business — con-signments from the home,such as giftware, furniture,women’s accessories, jewel-ry, purses, houseware, deco-rative items and kids cloth-ing (newborn to size 10).

“It’s the old and the newcoming together,” Morgantisaid, explaining the two as-pects of the business. Like-wise, it’s the meaning behindthe store name. “It’s ever-changing, the rebirth of anitem that maybe was loved bysomebody once before whodoesn’t have a need for it.Someone else can love it andmake it their own. It goeshand-in-hand with Made inAmerica and reuse and re-purpose.”

Though Morganti is still fi-nalizing store hours, she ex-pects to be open 11 a.m. to 6:30p.m. Tuesdays; 10 a.m. to 5:30p.m. Wednesdays throughFridays; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat-urdays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun-days; and closed Mondays.She plans to hold a soft open-ing Dec. 11 or 12, so stop by tosee if doors are open and totake a look around. Therewill be a grand opening inJanuary.

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A little bit of everything is going on in townWow, how quickly a

month goes by and ourthoughts of “hurricane”Sandy. One lingering memo-ry that needs to be shared ishow kind our fire depart-ment members were in host-ing and feeding the twocrews who came from Ore-gon to help restore our elec-tricity. The department’s ef-forts made the cold, nasty,wet and dangerous jobsmore tolerable during their(thankfully short) stay.Thanks, Chief Tyc andmembers, for your kind-ness.

Sandy also brought aboutthe use of our newly acti-vated emergency notifica-tion system. Every Middle-field and Rockfall phonenumber that is published inthe White Pages is in thesystem and will be calledduring an assortment ofevents. If you do not want to

be on the call list, you canopt out by calling me orEmergency Management Di-rector Brian Dumas or viathe link on the town web-site. You can also specifythat calls go to your cellphone or any other numberyou wish. You can also optto get text messages.

Every few weeks I make atrip to Powder Ridge to seehow things are progressing.I must say that work is look-ing great. Much has been ac-complished in the buildingsand on the site. Throughconversations with SeanHayes, his “open hours” atBlackbird Tavern haveproven to be just what isneeded in providing a neu-tral forum for interestedparties. You are welcome topop in from 4 to 6 p.m. everyTuesday afternoon.

In the world of restora-tion, I have spent the last

four to five years slowlyrestoring and repairing ourtown buildings. The mostrecent work involved in-stalling a new roof on theTown Office building withlocal contractor Ken Schif- See Town, page 14

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fert. Also the Augeri boysjust finished pointing theexterior brick masonrywalls that had been spallingdue to accelerated deterio-ration. Age has crept up onall of our buildings and,like most of us, needs someTLC every now and then.

I continue to stay in touchwith the design firm that ispreparing the bid docu-ments for the improvementsat the Lake Beseck dam.Seems like much of how thestate operates will play outwith the dam project. “Hur-ry up and wait” is quite nor-mal. The big issue for thosewho live on the lake itself iswhen is the best time tostart the actual work? Op-tion A is to wait until thesummer of 2013 is over. Op-tion B would have construc-tion start ASAP. I’ll keepyou posted.

I was honored to be a

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Finally, the Christmasseason is upon us. The“Norman Rockwell” Christ-mas scene, as I call it,played through once againas the town celebrated theseason with holiday songs,lighting of the town tree


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Donald H. ShipleyDonald H. Shipley, 90, of

Durham, beloved husbandof Agnes (Lemmon) Shipley,died Dec. 2, 2012, at Apple Re-habilitation in Middletown.

He was born in NewHaven, son of the late Johnand Emma (Pratt) Shipley.Don was a veteran of WorldWar II serving with the U.S.Navy. Prior to retirement, heworked as a pressman forNew Haven Board & Carton.In addition, he was a skilledcraftsman in furniturerestoration.

Besides his wife, Agnes,Donald is survived by sever-

al nieces and nephews.Services were Dec. 5, 2012,

at Biega Funeral Home, Mid-dletown. Entombment wasin All Saints Cemetery,North Haven.

Those who wish may sendmemorial contributions toCATALES, Inc. P.O. Box 901,Middletown, CT 06457 or tothe Branford CompassionClub, 2037 Foxon Rd, NorthBranford, CT 06471.

To share memories or ex-press condolences online,visit www.biegafuneral-home.com.

Warren H.Pendleton

Warren H. Pendleton, 90,of Middlefield, beloved hus-band of Pauline ‘Polly’(Skinner) Pendleton for 66years, passed away on Nov.27, 2012. Born on July 9,1922, he was the son of thelate Merritt Henry andLeonora (Fowler) Pendleton.After graduating from Mid-dletown High School, War-ren served his country dur-ing World War II from 1942 to1946 in the U.S. Army Can-non Company 354th InfantryRegiment 89th Division. On

April 27, 1946 he marriedPolly, the pretty R.N. he metwhile stationed in NorthCarolina. Together theybuilt their family home inMiddlefield.

Warren was employed byNew Departure of Meriden,Sanibel of Middletown, andCT Valley Hospital of Mid-dletown. Through theyears, his hobbies includedfishing, bowling, huntingand cards, but golf becamehis favorite pastime. Afterretiring as head chef ofMerritt Kitchen at C.V.H., heenjoyed his second career atIndian Spring Golf Course

in Middlefield. Warren wasformer Adjutant of theAmerican Legion Post 192, amember of the V.F.W., and alifetime member of the Mid-dlefield Federated Church.

Along with his wife, Polly,he is survived by his twodaughters, Paula Pendletonand her husband JosephSardinas, of Lady Lake,Fla., and Marcia Pendleton-Sacco and her husband Vin-cent Sacco, of Cromwell; twograndchildren, NicholasWarren Sacco and LindseyMarie Sacco; three nieces,

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and, of course, Santa’s ar-rival via a well-lit firetruck. Thanks to our Parks& Rec. Department and oth-er volunteers who made itsuccessful. I am convincedthat this type of event iswhy we all live here. It is aquality of life event thatmakes the Christmas sea-son all the more meaning-ful and enjoyable. Bestwishes.

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Lynelle Lakey Bennett, ofVermont, Pamela LakeyCrandall, of Ohio, and Su-san Skinner Frazier, ofNorth Carolina; sister-in-law Edith Lewis Skinner, ofNorth Carolina; and manygreat nieces and nephews,cousins and friends. Be-sides his parents, he waspredeceased by his sisterBarbara Pendleton Lakey.

The family would like tothank the staff of PilgrimManor at Covenant Villageand Hospice.

Services on were heldDec. 7, 2012, at Biega FuneralHome, Middletown. Burialwas in the family plot at theMiddlefield Cemetery. Inlieu of flowers, memorial do-nations may be made in War-ren’s memory to the Middle-field Federated Church, 402Main St., Middlefield, CT06455 or the MiddlefieldVolunteer Fire Dept., 405Main St., Suite 1, Middle-field, CT 06455.

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and orphanage in Haiti.“They take our donation

and turn around for a greatcause,” Augeri said.

Lymans has given a dona-tion to the FHS every yearsince 2000. Burt said Lymanshopes to visit Sheehan HighSchool in Wallingford topresent a check to the MusicDepartment for being the topgroup in terms of volunteerhours.

Photo by Karen Augeri

Pictured above, John Ly-man III, executive vicepresident of Lyman Or-chards, center, with theCoginchaug French Hon-or Society.

Brubeck diesLast week Town Times

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February1 V Valley Regional at Valley Regional High School at 7 p.m. 1 JV Valley Regional at Valley Regional High School at 5:30 p.m. 2 FR Morgan at Morgan HS at 9 a.m. 5 V Old Saybrook at Old Saybrook High School at 7 p.m. 5 JV Old Saybrook at Old Saybrook High School at 5:30 p.m. 6 FR Old Saybrook at 7 p.m. 8 V Cromwell at home at 7:30 p.m. 8 JV Cromwell at home at 6 p.m.

9 FR Portland at home at 12 p.m. 12 V Morgan at Morgan HS at 7 p.m. 12 JV Morgan at Morgan HS at 5:30 p.m. 13 FR East Hampton at East Hampton High School at 7 p.m. 15 V Haddam-Killingworth at home at 7:30 p.m. 15 JV Haddam-Killingworth at home at 6 p.m. 16 FR Haddam-Killingworth at Haddam Killingworth HS at 10 a.m. 18 V Enfield at Enfield High School at 7 p.m. 18 JV Enfield at Enfield High School at 5:30 p.m. 20 V Valley Regional at home at 7:30 p.m. 20 JV Valley Regional at home at 6 p.m. 20 FR Hyde Leadership at home at 6:30 p.m. 23 FR North Branford at North Branford High School at 10:30 a.m.

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February4 V Old Saybrook at Old Saybrook Gymnasium at 7 p.m. 4 JV Old Saybrook at Old Saybrook Gymnasium at 5:30 p.m. 7 V Cromwell at home at 7:30 p.m. 7 JV Cromwell at home at 6 p.m. 11 V Morgan at Morgan HS at 7 p.m. 11 JV Morgan at Morgan HS at 5:30 p.m. 13 V Haddam-Killingworth at home at 7:30 p.m. 13 JV Haddam-Killingworth at home at 6 p.m.

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January5 V Shoreline Coaches Invitational at Floyd Little Athletic Centerat 10 a.m. 7 V Shoreline Conference Meet #1 at Floyd Little Athletic Centerat 4 p.m. 19 V HK Invitational at Floyd Little Athletic Center at 10 a.m. 25 V Shoreline Conference Meet #2 at Floyd Little Athletic Centerat 4 p.m.

February2 V Shoreline Conf Championship at Floyd Little Athletic Centerat 10:30 a.m. 9 V Class S State Meet at Floyd Little Athletic Center at 10 a.m. 16 V State Open at Floyd Little Athletic Center at 12 p.m.

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January3 East Hampton - Boys at home / Girls away8 Berlin - Boys at home / Girls away10 RHAM - Boys away/ Girls at home11 TEMS - Boys at home / Girls away14 Cromwell - Boys away/ Girls at home (no JV games)17 Woodrow Wilson - Boys away/ Girls at home23 Colchester - Boys away/ Girls at home24 East Hampton - Boys away/ Girls at home29 Berlin - Boys away/ Girls at home31 TEMS - Boys away/ Girls at home*Varsity games generally start by 3:30 p.m. Junior Varsity gamesstart immediately after varsity games.

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Durham Thunder moves onThe Durham Thunder fifth grade boys travel basket-

ball team dropped its home opener to Valley of Deep Riv-er. Chris Onofrio led the Thunder with six points, whileNico Kulpik and Justin Penney added four points each.Derek Grant and Max Temple showed great hustle on thefloor.

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Ackerman leads TOT to “B” Division softball crownBy Bob Dynia

Special to the Town Times

The Time Out Tavernemen’s 40 and over softballteam overcame season-longadversity, as rookie managerSteve Ackerman coura-geously guided the GrayWonders to their first cham-pionship in the MiddlesexCounty League this past sea-son, albeit in a lower divi-sion.

Things started out on aconfusing note, with manag-er Bob Dynia abruptly step-ping down from managerialduties in April due to person-al and work commitments.At first, Dave Oldhamstepped up to take over thereins, but ran into personaland professional responsi-bilities of his own and couldnot continue. Ackerman,ably assisted by Wills Evers,took over three weeks beforethe season started.

Throughout the cam-paign, TOT had trouble field-ing a full team. The reasonswere the same as in the past,with many players havingother obligations. The 2012season was especially prob-lematic, with Ackerman hav-ing to consistently jugglelineups and fielding posi-tions each game. The teamhad trouble all season scor-ing runs, averaging onlyabout five per contest. Theresult was a winless season,with several games being outof reach by the first few in-nings.

In order to present someparity in the seven-teamleague, the league commis-sioner decided to break theplayoffs into two divisions.The top four teams (MadMurphy’s, Café 66, Deep Riv-er and United Concrete)competed for the “A” Divi-sion title, with TOT, Hig-ganum and Killingworth leftto play for the “B” champi-onship. As agreed to, theCoginchaug Elders arrivedat Higganum’s “Brickyard”ball field ready to play onSunday, Aug. 26, finding thatthe other teams did not both-er to show up. By forfeit,TOT was anointed “B” Divi-

sion champions.In assessing available

scorebook recordings for theyear (*), the team had arecord low .377 batting aver-age for the year, with an on-base percentage of .412 and aslugging percentage of .429.Charlie Mather (.583) andKen Judson (.516) were theonly regulars batting over.500. Evers managed a .432average, the only other regu-lar to crack .400. In limitedaction, Dave Oldham batted.579 (11 hits in 19 at bats),with Bruce Bisson hitting.571 (8 for 14). Mather led theteam with 21 hits; Evers andJudson had 16, followed byRuss Harrison and Steve Di-Martino with 12. Judson hadthe team’s only home run.His two triples were tops for

TOT, with DiMartino andOldham slamming one each.Six different batters had adouble apiece during the sea-son. Judson scored ninetimes, DiMartino eight andEvers seven.

As in the past, Wayne Hub-bard and Bob Edwards sharedpitching duties. Veterans JackCarr and George Miller joinedthe parade of fielders playingvarious positions during theyear. Dynia and fellow old-hand Jon Cote were able tomake a few games during theyear.

“It was really difficult thistime, worse than in the past,with the lack of players com-ing to each game,” Acker-man said. “The ironic thingwas that the one game thatwe had everyone show up

was the playoff game that noother team came to.”

The team, as always,thanks Time Out Taverneowners Gary Carmichaeland Jack and Karen Cas-tiglione for their supportthis past season, as well asthe core fans who came toeach game to cheer them on.

We look forward to gettingout again next year.

* - Writer’s Note - Due tothe lack of players duringthe year, records could not bekept for all games; statisticsabove represent player’s per-formances for 11 of 12games.


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In the annual Madison ThanksgivingTournament, the seventh grade DurhamDunkers topped Madison to win the champi-onship with a final score of 29-22.

Madison came into the championshipgame undefeated while Durham came intothe game as the lower seed, after three verycompetitive games against Cheshire,Cromwell and Madison.

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Coginchaug Little Leaguewas recognized with Honor-able Mention for 2012 ‘League

of the Year’ as awarded byKyle Muncy, district adminis-trator for Connecticut Dis-trict 9 Little League. District9 includes leagues through-out Middlesex County along

with Madison and Guilford. The award is based on a

combination of successes onthe field during district andstate tournament play, andcontributions by the leaguein support of hosting tourna-ments and other district ac-tivities.

District 9 had one of itsmost successful years in tour-nament play with threeteams advancing to Section 2championship games andone team reaching the Con-necticut state finals.

Coginchaug had a particu-larly strong year. The juniorssoftball team, coached by He-len Larkin, won the District 9title, and the 11-year-old base-ball team, coached by KenVallone, captured both Dis-trict 9 and State Section 2championships. Overall,Coginchaug teams finished25-10 (0.714 pct) combined intournament play during sum-mer all-stars. Coginchaugalso placed two teams in themajors District 9 fall tourna-ment quarterfinals and oneadvanced to the semi-finalgame out of 30 teams overall.The combined records ofCLL teams in the fall majorstournament was 7-4 (0.636pct).

CLL was offered host du-ties for three all-star tourna-ments in 2012, including poolplay for 10-year softball, 11-year baseball and 12-yearbaseball levels, along withdistrict semis and finals forthe 10- and 11-year-olds. A to-

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tal of 31 games overall. CLLalso hosted a total of 16 fallmajors and minors baseballtournament games.

It can be a real challenge tohost so many tournamentgames in just a two-week win-dow in early July. The taskgot harder in late June whenDistrict 9 moved the 10-yearsoftball tournament fromEast Hampton to Durhamdue to a repaving of the lot atEast Hampton School whereSeamster Park fields are lo-cated. Suddenly there werefour games to host each nightinstead of two. Fortunatelythe 10-year softball team keptit exciting, going 4-0 in thepool play before losing a closeone in the semifinals 8-7 toGuilford.

Scott Strang is VP of base-ball for Coginchaug Little

league.

League(Continued from page 18)

Perk on Main recognizedPerk on Main in Durham was a recipient of the Department of Energy and Environ-

mental Protection’s GreenCircle Award. This award recognizes businesses, institutions,individuals and civic organizations who have participated in energy conservation, trans-portation, pollution prevention or recycling related activities or projects that promotenatural resource conservation or environmental awareness.

According to the café’s website, Perk on Main buys fairly traded, organic and/or localproducts whenever possible; purchases 100 percent wind energy for its long-term sus-tainability; uses compostable and recyclable materials wherever possible; turns foodwaste into mulch.; provides filtered water to decrease the need for bottled water and do-nates coffee grounds to local gardens and farms; among other things.

Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity AwardWomen who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and seek financial as-

sistance to go back to school can obtain applications for the Women’s Opportunity Awardfrom Soroptimist International of Connecticut River Valley. The Soroptimist Women’s Op-portunity Award provides women with financial resources to offset costs associated withtheir efforts to attain higher education or additional skills and training. The award can beused for tuition, books, childcare, transportation or any other education-related expense.The applicant must be enrolled in a vocational or undergraduate program.

The CT River Valley club provides a $500 cash grant to its award recipient, who will thenadvance to the Soroptimist Northeastern Region level, where one recipient will receive$5,000. The program culminates with three finalist $10,000 awards at the Federation level.

Applications are available by contacting Betty Wyskiel at (860) 347-6712,[email protected] or www.soroptimist.org/Programs. Applications are also available atMiddlesex Community College. Completed applications must be returned by Dec. 31, 2012.

Communitysupper

Church of theEpiphany, 196 Main St.,Durham, has scheduleda free community sup-per for Sunday, Dec. 9,from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., inthe church hall. Themain meal will be pre-pared by Epiphany’sparishioners. Membersof Notre Dame Churchwill provide desserts.

Epiphany has spon-sored the free supperssince March 2009 as anoutreach program. Sincethen, other local church-es and organizationshave joined Epiphany inhosting or sponsoringthe monthly event,which is open to the pub-lic.

For more information,call (860) 349-9644.

Creative Artsreminder

This is a reminderthat you have two weeksto send in your submis-sions for Town Times’annual Creative Arts is-sues scheduled for Dec.28 and Jan. 4. Like everyyear, we need your helpfilling the pages of thosetwo issues with your po-ems, essays, photo-graphs, paintings,recipes and more. Thisyear’s theme is travel,but we’ll take creativearts submissions on anytheme if you’ve got it!Email your content [email protected] mail to P.O. Box 265Middlefield, 06455. Dead-line is Thursday, Dec. 20.We can’t wait to see yourcreative arts this year.Thank you in advancefor your contribution toTown Times.

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Coginchaug Regional High School, honor roll, quarter 1High honors

Seniors - Lindsay Artkop,Connor Bates, MichaelBehling, Michelle Berry,Skyla Bradley, CaitlynnChabot, Kristen Ciarlo, ,Melanie DeFilippo, AmandaDiVicino, Jackson Doyle,Kyle Dupre, JustinEtheridge, Mallory Figoras,Annalee Forline, Jeffrey Gi-antonio, Nicole Godbout,Samuel Gossner, JefferyGrumm, Melissa Handy,Elizabeth Harlow, SeanHarper, Kelsey Jacques,Mackenzie Kane, BenjaminKelly, Rachel Kowalski,Jonathan Levine, Anne Lin-den, Abby Lohmann, EmoryManguilli, ColleenMcLaughlin, Michael Mc-Shane, William Neri, JacobNickel, Kevin Onofreo, Vic-

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Juniors - Philip Anderson,Jesse Azevedo, Kevin Bjar-nason, Sarah Brady, HayleyBrant, Kristen Burtt,Richard Chi, Olivia Corazzi-ni, Martin Daniels, MorganDickson, Danielle Drop,Mikaela Dumont, AbigailEisner, Lara Ellison, AnnaFerrari, Carolyn Fetchel,Melanie Frank, KatherineHamilton, Mara Hintz, Mor-

gan Kuehnle, Alison Luther,Alexander Markoski, Jef-frey Peracchio, DeannaPuchalski, Kimberly Ro-manoff, Amy Stankiewicz,Jack Temple, Samantha Tur-ley, Emily Tuttle, LukeWhalen, Kasi Whitaker,Katelyn Williams, HannahZobele.

Sophomores - ChristianAlberico, Audrey Arcari,Janelle Berry, MarissaBerry, Erin Blecha, JuliaBowles, Dena Branciforte,Catherine Brennan, NatalieCharette, Joshua Collins,Conor Doyle, Kyle Farrell,Sarah Fede, Anna Flaws,Alyssa Gambardella, Caro-line Gervais, Ryan Gossart,Jessica Hendley, ElenaHuntington, Noelle Khalil,Arthur Koba, Jillian Kopcik,

Megan L’Heureux, Zoe Ler-man, Holly Longobardi,Caitlyn Lowry, AleksanderMarczuk, Tyler McDonald,John McLaughlin, JacobOber, Kristina Pascarelli,Rachel Plant, Megan Quin-ley, Hayley Quirk, CaelynRadziunas, Erin Smith,Joshua Smith, Sarah Spitz-macher, Meghan St.Amand,Katherine Stevens, KayleighStruchowski, Zoe Stublarec,Tiffany Tang, Bailey Thayer,Olivia Tubis, Zachary Val-lone, Courtney Votto,Nathaniel Weir, MikaylaWyskiel.

Freshmen - Kyle Adams,Ava Altschuler, Amy Arcari,Saige Avery, Lauren Badin,Kyle Borbas, KayelynnBranciforte, Jacob Brunelle,Larissa Cade, Abigail

Coogan, Andreana Coviello,Michelle DeFilippo, IsabelleDeFlippo, Jessica Drop,Samantha Drop, Emily Fore-man, Daniel Gavrilovic,Olivia Haglund, EmmaHintz, Patrick Holden, KyleJudson, Angela Koerber,Caitlyn Kranich, AbigailLaVigne, Sadie Leiler,Michael O’Keefe, Mary Oblon,Jordan Olivieri, Hannah Rea,Matthew Sawicki, CaitlynSibiskie, Emily Smith, JordanSolis, Stephanie Tang, SamTemple, Yanai Velazquez,Gunther Wallach, ShaunWhitaker, Nicole Woznyk, Lil-ian Zhou.

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Jacquelyn, Michael Bon-giorno, Dina Canalia, SeanCavanaugh, Laura Ciarlo,John Crandall, JonathanDalo, Kayla Dandelski, Ali-son Doolittle, ChristineFrench, Shelbie Gallagher,Connor Gibbons, LaurenHarris, Cody Hendley,Nicole Ianniello, GarrettJudson, Robert Jungels, Flo-riana Manna, Patrick Mc-Dermott, Kaitlin McKernan,Kylie Pascarelli, KendraPashley, Logan Porter,Kaylee Powers, Sabrina Pri-fitera, Jerrod Ravid, SydneyRea, Marco Rondinone,Matthew Schock, AlexanderShoudy, Margaret Stanley,Natalie Swanson, JoshuaVilla, Wolfgang Wallach,Caroline Whitaker, MaryYale.

Juniors - ChristianAdams, Jenna Barton,Chelsea Blackwood, CiaraCasanova, Daniel Cham-pagne, Hunter Courchesne,Mary D’Orvilliers, JessicaDontigney, Dana Foley,Samantha Foley, MatthewFontaine, Brenna Goldberg,Nathaniel Graichen, JackGranger, Leandra Hylton,Ty Kartiganer, Kayla Keath-ley, Molly MacDuff, KaraMather, Taylor Meeker,Tyler Meeker, KaitlynMentlick, Emily Norton, Ju-lia Orosz, Gabriel Oshana,Bryan Paxton, AlexanderPreneta, Timothy Rausch,Emma Roth, Caitlyn Rug-

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Brewster School’s resident storyteller, Barbara Kiesel, visited the school re-cently to entertain kindergartners with Native American tales.

Scholastic achievementsLauren Davis, of Middlefield, was named to the first

semester honor roll at Sacred Heart Academy. Kari Garvy, of Durham, was named to the first

quarter honor roll at Cheshire Academy.

Mercy honor rollMercy High School has announced the names of the

following students as honor roll students for the fistmarking period.

High honors: Molly Breen, Catherine Kannam, Jen-nifer Kennedy, Kendra Landy, Olivia Marran, AshleyMason, Caitlin McAuliffe, Gabrielle Pakech, SaraRichardson and Cassandra Santoro, of Durham; Victo-ria Conroy, Delia Ernst and Alice Ochterski, of Middle-field; Alexia Mazzotta and Mikayla Mazzotta, of Rock-fall.

First honors: Madeleine Dumas, Kerry Egan, Flan-nery Keenan, Jane Landy, Madison Marone, IsabellaO’Keefe, Nina Peach, Brianna Sawicki and MackenzieScotto, of Durham; Tiffany Mangiameli, StephanieMangiameli, Mary Neidhardt and Elizabeth Smith, ofMiddlefield.

Second honors: Kelly Brennan, Allyson Gelinas,Emily Houchin and Ashley Scotto, of Durham; MeganRowe and Presley Termini, of Middlefield.

giero, Megan Sirois, IanStewart, Sydney Trusty.

Sophomores - ClarissaBackus, Amelia Bianchi,Kelley Blake, AlexandraBonin, Margaret Bossie, Ja-cob Burt, Marguerite Busey,Jeremy Cannon, Amy-ArielChoplick-Ward, Eli Chris-tenson, Jennifer Crandall,Kayleigh Crocetto, KevinCrompton, Alexandra Da-cunto, Cooper Dahlman,Jared DeFlippo, Kelly Halli-gan, Emily Harlow, AutumnIanniello, Monica LaRosa,Diana Martinez, MatthewQuick, Devin Rodrigue, EricSbona, Heather Scherer,Jennie Smith, EricSolomon, Alexander Stad-don, Annalise Staneika,Zachary Terrill, AndrewTirado, Nicholas Tyc,Daniel Wilson, WilliamWitecki, Hamzah Yaghi.

Freshmen - Emma Acker-man, Christopher Andrews,Carlie Annecchino, Christo-pher Backstrom, WestlyBenjunas, Alec Bogen, Jere-my Boughton, Timothy De-Baise, Krista DeFilio, KarenDeFilippo, Kyle DeGennaro,Zachary Devers, Gilia Jose,Andrew Light, Chiara Man-na, Isabel Mastrangelo,Daniel Meskill, TymbreNorthup, Melissa Parsons,Charley Pietrzyk, Christo-

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Town Times Service Directory Christmasluncheon

The Middlefield SeniorCenter has scheduled the an-nual Christmas Luncheonfor Wednesday, Dec. 19, atnoon. The menu is chickencordon bleu, mashed pota-toes, beets, dinner roll, andcheesecake and strawber-ries for dessert. Come earlyfor the eggnog, cheese andcrackers, and fellowshipwith friends and neighbors.A donation is accepted.Reservations are requestedby Monday, Dec. 17. Call An-toinette at (860) 349-7121.

BingoBingo games are played

every third Monday of eachmonth at 1 p.m. at the Mid-dlefield Senior Center. A feeis charged. The next game is

scheduled for Dec. 17.

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Center has scheduled a bookdiscussion of Richard Rus-so’s novel, “Empire Falls”for Monday, Jan. 14, at 1 p.m.at the Senior Center.

The book, chosen for thisyear’s One Book, One Com-munity, chronicles life in asmall town in upstate NewYork. Several copies of thebook are available at the sen-ior center.

For more information orto register, call the Levi E.Coe Library at (860) 349-3857or the Middlefield SeniorCenter at (860) 349-7121.

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

town website at www.townof-durhamct.org for updates.)

Monday, Dec. 10Durham Volunteer Fire

Company, Durham Volun-teer firehouse, 8 a.m.

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

Inland/Wetlands, 7:30p.m.

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Trustees, 7:30 p.m.Conservation Commis-

sion, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 12

Recreation Committee,

Activity Center, 7 p.m.Board of Education, Korn

School, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 13

Zoning Board of Appeals,Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.

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Community Center.)

Wednesday, Dec. 12

Planning & Zoning Com-mission, 6:30 p.m.

Board of Education, KornSchool, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 13

Board of Finance, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 19

Inland/Wetlands Commis-sion, 7 p.m.


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Small distiller moves out of DurhamBy Laurie Rich Salerno

Special to the Town Times

Elm City Distillery, a craftproducer of spirits that start-ed in Durham, has moved toWallingford.

Eric Kotowski, a 30-year-oldwho runs the “grain-to-grassdistillery” as a one-man show,is hoping to start producingand distributing his two mar-quee liquors, Velocipede Vod-ka and Nine Square Rye, at the

new 53 Capital Drive, Walling-ford, location.

Kotowski founded Elm Cityin 2009 and started producingin late 2010 after taking classesand going through some trial-and-error to get the process

down and the flavor right.The new location gives the

company more space and abetter water supply for the dis-tilling process, Kotowski said.The previous location hadwell water and the company

had to bring in water from theoutside, but can now hook upto the town water supply inWallingford. The new space isabout 2,100 square feet, nearlytwice the 1,200 square feet Ko-towski had in Durham.

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