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A portion of Maple Road in Durham was closedThursday morning, Jan. 31, to remove a fallen treefrom the roof of a house. The overnight windstormresulted in multiple downed trees and branches. Theschools had a tw-hour delay, except for John Lyman,which had to cancel without power.

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Library Director Valerie Kilmartin shares a toastwith wine bar volunteers Martin French and RalphChase at the Taste of Durham on Feb. 2. For morephotos of the annual event, see page 6.

By Mark DionneThe Town Times

Middlefield’s 2012 grandlist changed only slightlyfrom 2011, with a net increaseof 0.64 percent.

The final grand list figureof $403,672,930 is based onthree taxable components —real estate ($353,916,500), per-

sonal property ($32,242,620)and motor vehicle($33,166,560) minus exemp-tions ($15,652,750).

The grand list by itselfdoes not determine tax in-creases or decreases. “Thesecond part of the equationis what the mill rate is,” asMiddlefield Tax AssessorSteven Hodgetts explained.

“That depends on the townbudget and the Region 13budget.”

The mill rate figure re-flects how much each taxpay-er owes per $1,000 of taxableproperty. Middlefield’s townwebsite lists the 2011 millrate as 32.15.

The sale of Powder Ridgeinto private ownership wasreflected on the grand list.“Exempt real estate wentdown because Powder Ridgebecame taxable,” Hodgettssaid.

Because the sale took placebefore the deadline in 2012,Powder Ridge Mountain Parkbecame taxable real estateand was given a 2012 gross as-sessment of $559,350.

Like Durham, Middlefieldhas experienced a drop off instate funds reimbursing thetowns for tax exemptions topersonal property, largelybusiness and manufacturingequipment. “We still have toexempt it, but we’re not get-ting the money back,” Hod-getts said.

Taxable real estate re-mained largely stable in Mid-

Middlefield grand list grows 0.64 percent

See Middlefield, page 7

By Mark DionneThe Town Times

The 2012 grand list for thetown of Durham increasedonly 0.75 percent despite alarge increase in the amountof personal property in town.

The net taxable amount onthe 2012 grand list is$737,958,996. This total comesfrom three areas — real es-tate ($646,428,194), personalproperty ($30,798,962), andmotor vehicles ($60,731,840).

As Durham Assessor JohnPhilip explained of the grandlist, “It’s the sum of the as-sessed value of all taxableproperty.”

The mill rate, or level oftaxation, for each town is de-termined by the grand listand the town’s budget. “Thetown is going to decide whatthey need to spend and themill rate is a function ofthat,” Philip said.

The mill rate for the 2011tax year in Durham was32.19, meaning that $32.19 isowed in taxes to the town forevery $1,000 in taxable prop-erty owned. The 2012 millrate can not be determineduntil the town budget ispassed.

The personal propertyline, which is the smallest ofthe three grand list compo-

nents and largely made up ofbusiness and manufacturingequipment, had the largestchange from 2011 to 2012. Thegross personal property linejumped over nine millionfrom $40,702,214 to$49,862,423.

However, the exemptionsfor this line increased by al-most six million, meaningthe net change in taxable per-sonal property is an increaseof only $3,184,788. So whileDurham saw an increase inthe personal property intown of around nine million,it will only receive the taxbenefit from a net increase of

Durham grand list grows 0.75 percent

See Durham, page 7

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Old Home DaysParade

The Old Home Days Pa-rade Committee is signing upmarchers and musical unitsfor its 2013 parade scheduledfor Saturday, June 8, at 10a.m.

The parade will step off atRogers Manufacturing, con-tinue through the center ofRockfall and Middlefield, andend at Peckham Park.

If your organization is in-terested in being part of the2013 Old Home Days Parade,contact Carrie Anderson at(860) 346-8954.

MCC open houseThe Middlefield Children’s

Center has scheduled anopen house for Saturday, Feb.9, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Families interested in en-rolling their children agesthree and four years old inthe pre-school’s programsare encouraged to attend.MCC is located at 390 MainSt.

Visit the open house tolearn about MCC’s extendedhours and meet the teachers.

MCC is a cooperative pre-school offering co-op and nonco-op opportunities for par-ents. To be eligible for fall en-rollment, students must turnthree by Dec. 31, 2013.

Women’s snowshoe hike

Women of the Woods hasscheduled an hour-long

snowshoe hike for Saturday,Feb. 9, at noon, in the High-lawn Forest in Middletown,as part of Connecticut For-est & Park Association’sWinter Trails Day celebra-tion. The group will hike thetrail if there is not adequatesnow.

A half-hour family hike isscheduled for Saturday, Feb.9, at 2:15 p.m., in the High-land Forests.

Free use of snowshoeswill be provided, if neces-sary, for both hikes. Thosewho plan to borrow snow-shoes should arrive 20 min-utes early.

For more information or topreregister, visitwww.WomenoftheWoods.orgor contact Lucy [email protected] (860) 395-7771.

Chili contest Church of the Epiphany

has scheduled a chili contestfor Saturday, Feb. 9, from 4 to7 p.m., in the parish hall at196 Main St., Durham. Prizeswill be awarded for the topthree winners in meatless,mild, hot and children’s (5-18)category. There is no entryfee but chili should bedropped off at the church at3:45 p.m. There will be an al-ternative meal for those whodo not like chili. Come andvote on your favorite recipe.A fee is charged.

For more information, call(860) 349-6533.

Free communitysupper

The Church of theEpiphany, 196 Main St.,Durham, has scheduled afree community supper forSunday, Feb. 10, from 5:30 to6:30 p.m., in the church hall.The main meal will be pre-pared by Epiphany’s parish-ioners. Members of NotreDame Church will providedesserts.

‘Awakening theDreamer’

Coginchaug Area Transi-tion will hold an Awakeningthe Dreamer symposium onSaturday, Feb. 23, from 9:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the com-munity room of the DurhamLibrary. This four-hour inter-active program seeks to pointthe way toward “an environ-mentally sustainable, social-ly just and spiritually fulfill-ing human presence onEarth.”

A light lunch is includedand a donation is requestedto cover the lunch and mate-rials, though no one will beturned away for lack offunds. Please also bring a do-nation for the local foodpantries and an inquiringand compassionate spirit.

Register by emailing SueVanDerzee at [email protected].

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Public comment at the Feb.4 Middlefield Board of Select-men meeting included impas-sioned pleas to terminate thetown’s relationship with Con-necticut Conference of Mu-nicipalities because of its re-cent stance on gun control.

In a Jan. 16, 2013 publica-tion, CCM announced legisla-tive initiatives to reduce gunviolence, including limitingmagazine capacity to 100 bul-lets or less. Resident PeterBrown provided the select-men with an 18-page handoutsupporting his request thatthe town terminate its mem-bership and association withCCM, proposing the town in-stead join Connecticut Coun-cil of Small Towns. Brown re-ported that COST, an advoca-cy organization committed togiving small towns (popula-tions of less than 30,000) astrong voice in the legislativeprocess, has not taken astance on gun control. Brownshared his resentment at histax dollars being used by CCMto lobby for this legislation.

David Lowry, a residentand victim of gun violence atHartford Distributors, alsospoke in favor of the move

from CCM to COST, saying“CCM is way out of bounds onthis.” Also speaking againstCCM was Bob Atwell, urgingthe selectmen to “not alignthe town with such a radicalposition.” The selectmenagreed to take the matter un-der advisement.

Homeland Security grantThe selectmen signed an

emergency management reso-lution to enter into a contractwith the Department of Emer-gency Management andHomeland Security to obtainfunds from a 2011 HomelandSecurity grant program.Emergency Management Di-rector Brian Dumas reportedthat the grant will provide $.50cents per capita (approximate-ly $3,000) this year. “Worth go-ing after,” Brayshaw said.

New chipperBrayshaw said he ap-

proached the Town ofDurham to apply for an IceGrant (joining together to ap-ply for a mutual need) to pur-chase a new chipper.

Middlefield’s chipper is 20years old and has been put togreat use in the last few years.Middlefield is the lead munic-ipality on the $106,000 grant,which was written for aBEAST 2680 valued at approx-imately $250,000. The select-

men approved a motion to ac-quire the chipper with thestate’s assistance. Brayshawreported that the state alreadyapproved the grant and iswaiting for the signed paper-work.

CL&P representativeJohn O’Toole introduced

himself to the board asCL&P’s community relationsspecialist for the town, pledg-ing to be accessible to the se-lectmen and hoping for opendialogue. He described CL&Pas “real caring, feeling peoplewho do not want people to goto bed cold,” and “proud to bethe second highest tax payerin Middlefield.”

O’Toole shared CL&P’s im-provements in technology,projects, and operating proce-dures following those storms.O’Toole committed to beinginvolved in town projects toensure the town uses all avail-able rebates and incentivesand to keep the town in-formed on tree trimmingplans. O’Toole entertainedquestions from the audience,which involved repair trucksassigned to the area and budg-et for preventative mainte-nance.

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A New Haven man died Friday morning, Feb. 1, af-ter falling 12 feet from a home on Cherry Hill Road inMiddlefield. Lamar Liddell, 35, was working at thesite with a few other individuals at the time of the ac-cident, according to Sgt. Sal Calvo. The accident waswitnessed by one of his coworkers.

State Police and Middlefield emergency personnelresponded to the scene where Liddell succumed tohis injuries.

The construction was being completed by NorthHaven company Luanci Construction LLC.

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Basketball - Coginchaugboys basketball has sched-uled family night for Friday,Feb. 8. The Blue Devils arescheduled to play the Pan-thers of Cromwell. JV gameat 6 p.m.; varsity game at7:30 p.m. A fee is charged.

Bridge Night - Comejoin in at the Durham Ac-tivity Center every Fridaynight at 6:30 p.m. for a funnight of bridge. If you arenot sure how to play, Jimwill teach you. You may callJim at (860) 346-6611 withbridge questions. CallDurham Recreation at (860) 343-6724 with furtherquestions.

Tot Time - The MOMSClub of Durham-Middle-field meets every Friday atthe Middlefield CommunityCenter at 10 a.m. Babies,toddlers and children of

Durham and Middlefieldare welcome. For more in-formation, email [email protected].

4C’s square dance - The4C’s Square Dance Club hasscheduled a dance for Fri-day, Feb. 8, from 8 to 10:30p.m., at Brewster School.The caller will be GeneKing; cuer will be Sue Lu-cibello. For more informa-tion, call (860) 349-8084 or(203) 272-7463.

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Ice Fest - Lake BeseckIce Fest 2013 is scheduledfor Saturday, Feb. 9, from 8a.m. to noon, at LakeBeseck in Middlefield.

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Valentine dance - TheMeriden Turner Society, 800 Old Colony Road, hasscheduled a Valentine’s Daydinner dance for Sunday,Feb. 10. A smoked porkchop dinner will be servedat 1 p.m. followed by musicand dancing to the Alpen-clumen Musikanten banduntil 6 p.m. A fee ischarged. For more informa-tion and reservations, call(203) 440-9624.

11 Monday

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.

12 Tuesday

Durham 60 Plus Club -The Durham 60 Plus Club isscheduled to meet Tuesday,Feb. 12, at noon for its annu-al Valentine’s Dinner at theDurham Activity Center,350 Main St. members areasked to bring a dish toshare. New members arewelcome.

13 Wednesday

TOPS meeting - TakeOff Pounds Sensibly meetsevery Wednesday at 6 p.m.at the Middlefield Commu-nity Center. Contact NaomiKlotsko at (860) 349-9558 orBonnie Olesen at (860) 349-9433 for more information.

14 Thursday

Garden club - TheDurham Garden Club isscheduled to meet Thurs-day, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. fol-lowed by a program at 11:15a.m., at Town Hall, 30 TownHouse Road. Designer Mar-cia Kalayjian is scheduledto demonstrate table set-tings and floral accompani-ments.

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Blood drive - The Ameri-can Red Cross has sched-uled a blood drive for Fri-day, Feb. 15, from 1:30 to 6:15p.m., at Brewster Elemen-tary School, 126 TuttleRoad. For more informationand to schedule an appoint-ment, call 1-800-RED CROSS(1-800-733-2767).

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A son, MasonWilliam Burke, wasborn on Friday, Oct. 26,2012, to William andKate Burke, ofDurham.

Maternal grandpar-ents are John and Su-sanne Palo, of Durham.

Paternal grandpar-ents are Bill and KathyBurke, of Middletown.

Mason joins his bigbrother, Gavin.

Durham RecreationFebruary Cooking Club -Bake Valentine’s Day cupcakes on Tuesday, Feb. 12,

from 2:15 to 5:15 p.m., at Strong School. Frades 7 and 8.A fee is charged. For more information, call (860) 343-6724.

Get Stitchy -Get Stitchy is an open event for quilters and sewers.

Get Stitchy is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 18, and Mon-day, March 18, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Durham ActivityCenter, 350 Main St. For more information, call Pam at(860) 349-0453 or email [email protected] orVicki at (860) 343-0879 or [email protected].

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The Durham CooperativeNursery School, founded in1957, is committed to allowingchildren to develop at theirown pace in an enriching en-vironment. Children are en-couraged to discover their en-vironment while learning torespect one another.

Registration enrollmentdates for the 2013-2014 schoolyear are as follows:

Current, active memberregistration will be heldTuesday, March 5, from 6 to

7:30 p.m. Alumni registration will

be held Wednesday, March 6,from 6 to 7 p.m.

Open public registrationwill held Wednesday, March6, from 7 to 8 p.m.

Registration will takeplace at the Durham Co-OpNursery School, in theDurham Village, 16 Main St.,Suite 307. Registration andinsurance fees and onemonth’s tuition are due atenrollment.

There will be an Open

House on Sunday, Feb. 24,

from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Co-op.

The 3-year-old program

meets Tuesday and Thurs-

day from 8:45 a.m. to 12.

The 4-year-old program

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and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12

with an option for extended

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Left: Chocolate slipperswere kept under glass atTschudin Chocolates’table, staffed by choco-latier Roberto TschudinLucheme.

Preparing fresh crepeskept Katie Hughes fromPerk on Main busy rightthrough last call.

Above: It can take a pianoto shelter you from thecrowd at Taste of Durham,as volunteer musicianBruce Schmottlachknows.

Left: The Taste of Durhamfills all the rooms of the li-brary, including the lowerlevel where attendeescould sample Asian noo-dles, spanakopita, wine,and pack up a true doggiebag from Brenda’s MainStreet Feed.

Right: Among other vari-eties, Kim Terrill of Kim’sCottage Confectionshanded out red velvet andwhite chocolate mousse“cake shooters.”

On Feb. 2, the Durham Public Library PALS organizationthrew the 2013 Taste of Durham to support library programsand new initiatives. The annual event was run this year byPat Murawski and Jane Erikson, after the death of longtimePALS volunteer Laurie Stevens. The crowd size, quantity andquality of food offered, and number of people still aroundwhen the lights were flickered, all indicated another success-ful Taste of Durham.

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Superfund Sitearound three million.

Companies are allowed tofile for exemptions for manu-facturing and biotech equip-ment. In Durham, saidPhilip, “Basically, it’s manu-facturing equipment.”

Both Philip and Middle-field Tax Assessor StevenHodgetts noted that the stateused to reimburse towns forthese tax exemptions butthose reimbursements haveall but vanished.

One company new to town,Above and Beyond Equip-ment Rental, created a signif-icant change to the personalproperty line. Their net addi-tion of $1,328,630 accounts for40 percent of the increase.

Covidien (formerly Tyco)also added an additional$1,497,280 of personal proper-ty to the grand list from its2011 figure.

Real estate, which makesup the bulk of Durham’sgrand list, changed littlefrom 2011. In 2011, the real es-tate was valued at$643,332,009. The 2012 real es-tate line represents a 0.48 per-cent increase in value.

Durham’s grand list waslast reevaluated in 2010,when it dropped almost 7 per-cent after the burst of thehousing market bubble. Thefive-year cycle of mandatedreevaluation puts Durham’snext complete reevaluationin 2015.

“The [real estate] changesbetween reevaluations arebasically from new construc-tion and demolition,” Philipexplained. “There’s very lit-tle new construction.”

The 2012 motor vehicle linealso remained relatively sta-

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ble, dropping 1.26 percentfrom 2011.

The top 10 taxpayers intown remained nearly thesame, with the addition ofCovidien (at #4) and MorganCrucible (at #8) to the list.The top 10 taxpayers from thegrand list are ConnecticutLight & Power, Hobson +Motzer Inc., Durham MFG,Covidien, Stonegate Springs,Tilcon, Durham Manufactur-ing, Morgan Crucible, CSKRealty, and Dinatale Rentals.

dlefield, growing to$353,916,500 from$351,749,300, a 0.62 percent in-crease. Middlefield’s lastreevaluation, which pro-duces more dramatic shiftsin the grand list, took place in2011 and is not mandatedagain until 2016.

The taxpayers with thehighest gross assessment, ac-cording to town records, didnot change much. The topfive did not change at all andthe next six shifted only onespot, if at all.

The taxpayers with thehighest gross assessment:Zygo Corp, Connecticut Light& Power, Lyman Farm,Rogers Manufacturing, T E TManufacturing, CooperAtkins Corp, United Hold-ings, Xenelis Construction,Ramar Hall/ KVF Realty,Meadowview Realty.

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EPA has reached a settle-ment with Merriam Manu-facturing Co., Aztec Indus-tries, LLC and the Estate ofAllan Adams for partial re-imbursement of EPA’s pastcosts in the remediation atthe Durham Meadows Su-perfund Site.

Under the terms of theConsent Decree, approvedby the Court on Jan. 15, 2013,the settling parties are obli-gated to make partial repay-ment of costs incurred byEPA during cleanup work atthe Durham site. Because ofthe parties’ limited abilityto pay, the Consent Decreeallows them to satisfy theirresponsibilities solelythrough payments from in-surance claims proceedsand the sale of real propertyat the Merriam Manufactur-ing Co. portion of the site.The total value of the insur-ance claims and real proper-ty is not yet determined.

The settlement also re-quires them to provide ac-cess and impose institution-al controls on the propertiesat the MMC Study Area inorder to ensure protection ofhuman health and the envi-ronment. The final settle-ment takes into considera-tion an evaluation of public

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comments received during apublic comment opportuni-ty on the proposed settle-ment.

The Durham MeadowsSuperfund Site includes theformer location of MMC at281 Main Street, and theDurham ManufacturingCompany’s currently-oper-ating manufacturing facili-ty at 201 Main Street. Dur-ing their respective operat-ing histories, both compa-nies used various solventsin the manufacture of metalcabinets, boxes, and otheritems. The companies’ pastdisposal of wastewater attheir facilities contributedto contamination that hasbeen detected in soil andgroundwater on both indus-trial properties, as well as in

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EPA performed cleanupwork at the MMC StudyArea, including excavationand off-site disposal of con-taminated soil. All contami-nated soil was removed fromthe MMC Study Area as ofMay 2012. The soil cleanupand the recording of institu-tional controls required un-der the Consent Decree willallow future reuse of theMMC property.

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TownOpinion8Town Times

Friday, February 8, 2-13

Government MeetingsDurham Government

Calendar(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are heldin the Durham Library. Check the town website at

www.townofdurhamct.org for updates.)Monday, Feb. 11

Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 12

Library Board of Trustees, Library, 7 p.m.Conservations Commission, Durham

Public Library, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 13Board of Education,

Coginchaug High School, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 19

Agriculture Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 20Board of Education,

Brewster School, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 21

Public Safety Facility Renovations Planning Committee,

Durham Volunteer Firehouse, 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 25Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 26Ethic’s Commission, library, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 27Board of Education Finance Committee,

Strong School, 5:30 p.m.Board of Education,

Brewster School, 7:30 p.m.

MiddlefieldGovernment Calendar

(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings areheld in the Community Center.)

Monday, Feb. 11Middlefield Housing Authority, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13Planning & Zoning, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 20Inlands/Wetlands Commission, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 21DMIA, 7 p.m.

Board of Finance, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 27

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m.

Goal: a drug free communityCommentary

Laura Francis, Durham

From The DeskOf The FirstSelectman

monthly meetings of the Lo-cal Wellness Council fromboth Durham and Middle-field, but we need more. Weare seeking individuals whohave talent and skills such asmarketing, public speaking,writing, health care, organiz-ers etc. to assist in coordinat-ing and implementing the de-liverables outlined in the

grant. The action plan wasdesigned to address issuesthat were determined fromtwo surveys taken by ourmiddle school and highschool youth in 2007 and2011. The survey identifiedhow well our youth possessthe developmental assetsthat help them lead produc-tive and healthy lifestyles. Italso identified the areas ofconcern that may lead torisky behaviors such as sub-stance abuse. While thegrant requires us to focus onreducing the use of drugsand alcohol, we can also pro-mote activities to develop allassets. There are 44 activitiesincluded in the grant. Twoexamples are: Review exist-ing school and communityathletic polices related tosubstance abuse, design andimplement a youth-led mar-keting campaign on the phys-iological, legal and socialrisks associated with alcoholand marijuana.

Recently I attended thefirst of many meetings to im-plement the action plan ofour federally funded, five-year Drug Free Communi-ties Grant, which we re-ceived this year through theeffort of the Local WellnessCouncil and the DurhamMiddlefield Youth and Fami-ly Services. The grant is for$125,000 each year for thenext five years to implementprograms that seek to changeour environment to one thatsupports a drug free communi-ty. Other towns in our regionhave achieved great resultswith this funding.

The grant is a communitycoalition grant that requiresinvolvement from the follow-ing sectors: Youth and Fami-ly Services, School Staff andAdministration, MunicipalGovernment, Law Enforce-ment, Media, SubstanceAbuse Council, Parents,Business Community, Youthand Civic Organizations. Wehave members of all of thesesectors represented at the See Goal, page 11

February’s grab bagholidays

By Olivia L. LawrenceNews Editor

February is home to anodd lot of holidays. We’llstart with the easy ones andget to the really tricky one ina moment.

My favorite of these mini-demarcations is Ground HogDay, which marks the mid-point of winter, halfway be-tween the winter solstice andthe spring equinox. The daysare getting longer as wemarch toward better days;hope is in the air — at leastnow and then. Historically,it’s been a big deal, with pa-gans celebrating Imbolc (afertility and weather divina-tion holiday) and Christiansmarking the event as SaintBrigid’s Day and CandlemasDay.

There’s no doubt, in thedays before four-wheel drivevehicles and freezers full offood, that facing down OldMan Winter and seeing himstart to fade away was acause for pure joy. Not solong ago, our ancestors usedthe midpoint as a time totake stock of food and fire-wood to see if there wasenough to last the rest of thewinter. Now we just put afrozen pizza in the oven andNetflix our way through.

Presidents’ Day is anotherone thrown in the mix of sor-ta-kinda holidays. I should beover it by now, the way weunceremoniously threw Abeand George W. (the original)

into the POTUS pile alongwith Rutherford B. Hayesand Chester A. Arthur. (Myapologies to all the Hayes andArthur supporters outthere.)

But whether or not hekilled any vampires (I havemy doubts), Lincoln oncehad a day of his own. (Do youremember his birthday? It’sFeb. 12, 1809.) The Father ofOur Country, George Wash-ington was born Feb. 22, 1732or Feb. 11, 1731. Check it outon Wiki. (Brief version: TheJulian calendar was used inEngland until 1752, makinghis birth date Feb. 11. Back inthe 1790s, Americans weresplit on which calendar touse “new style” or “old style”and some celebrated hisbirthday on the 11th, otherson the 12th.)

I learned, in my arduousresearch for this column,that over the years therehave been several bills to offi-cially create Presidents Day,but it never happened. Thedesignation is more of a ca-sual thing, a general consen-sus, tied to the 1971 shift (leg-islated in 1968 by the 90thCongress) to create Mondayholidays and, also the valueof Presidents Day as a mar-keting ploy.

So much for the historylesson and the minor holi-days you’re free to ignore ifyou like.

Valentine’s Day. That’s theringer, isn’t it? It’s evenworse than I thought.

I’ve been reading up onthis topic and learned thatpurchasing gifts or prepar-ing treats for one’s pet is agrowing trend.

Now in my house, Ithought every day was Valen-tine’s Day for my spoiled lit-tle bundle of dog. Then I findout I’m supposed to do some-thing extra-special for her on

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Legal NoticeTown of Durham

Board of Assessment Appeals

The Durham Board of Assessment Appealswill schedule property hearings beginning at7:00 PM on Thursday, March 14 and at 9:00 AMon Saturday, March 16, 2013. To be heard,taxpayers must submit a completed applicationfor appeal to the board on or before February20, 2013. Forms are available at town hall and atwww.townofdurhamct.org. Hearings will be atthe Durham Town Hall, 30 Town House Road.Motor vehicle hearings are in September.

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Where do we go from here?Are you worried and/or

angry about the directionthe world is heading?

If so, be assured that youare not alone, but anxietyand anger will take us onlyso far. To learn about anoth-er response to global crises,there will be a symposium,presented by local people,which will give you a newvantage point for respondingto the world and your fellowhumans.

That symposium is called“Awakening the Dreamer,Changing the Dream,” and itwill be held at the DurhamPublic Library in the Com-munity Room on Saturday,Feb. 23, from 9:30 to 1:30 p.m.,including a light lunch pro-vided by Perk on Main.There is a modest requesteddonation that includes ad-mission, lunch and refresh-ments, but nobody will beturned away for lack offunds. Attendees are also en-couraged to bring a non-per-ishable food product to sharewith local food pantries.

This program was heldtwice in the library last year,attended by 60+ people, someof whom went on to form theCoginchaug Area Transition

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Selectmen receive offer on Powder Ridge 19.67 acresCommentary

bor. As soon as we have ourducks in a row, we will hold apublic hearing to discuss theoffer and to solicit your input.It will not be sold without youvoting on a sale.

Bridge constructionHaving waited several

years, the Department ofTransportation has finallygeared up to construct a newbridge on Route 147. Work isscheduled to start aroundApril and will continue fortwo years. There will be a dis-ruption in traffic flow whileheading to the transfer sta-tion and into Durham.

Trash troublesResidents are reminded to

secure their dump load whenheading along Cherry HillRoad at supersonic speeds.

We all love the dump and look

forward to our weekly visits,

When we sold PowderRidge to Brownstone, the en-tire property was valued at $1million (the ski area was$700,000). The buyer did notneed all the land to accom-plish his goals, nor did wewant to sell him all the land.On a per-acre basis, we keptthe most valuable 19.67 acresvalued at $300,000. We couldeither hold onto it as openspace or sell it to help paydown the mortgage. When theproperty split was made, weput development restrictionson the 20 acres as we did forthe ski area, that being no“development” except for onehome.

This winter, the selectmenreceived an offer to purchasethe acreage from the neigh-

Jon A. Brayshaw

From The DeskOf The FirstSelectman

but neighbors along CherryHill Road and Route 147 aresick of picking up flying dia-pers in their front yards. If itflies out of your truck, stop,back up and pick it up.Thanks.

Alternates addedBecause of the increased

assortment of activities —and need for help on the Park& Recreation Commission —the town, in a rare move,adopted an ordinance thatwould add three alternatemembers to the P&R Com-mission. Now we’ll be able to“cover more bases.”

Strickland Farm leaseThe Board of Selectmen

signed an extension to an ex-isting lease on the StricklandFarm property with theDurham Fair Association forDurham Fair parking. TheFair Association pays about$14,000 per year and putsabout $10,000 per year intothe land to keep it productiveand looking its best. It’s not a

bad deal for three days. Dam projectThe Lake Beseck Ad-Hoc

Environmental Committee isin full swing. The water qual-ity has been deteriorating aspart of the lake has been silt-ing in. The game plan is todredge when the water is lowand the dam is being workedon, which should start latethis summer. This operationwill be costly, but what goodis a green lake 12 inchesdeep? We will need lots ofgreen to make this happen.

Open spaceOpen space is nice — we

have a lot of it. Money is nice— we have little of it, espe-cially when our elected folksin Hartford believe in moreand more mandates, moreand more taxation and lessand less reimbursement tothe towns. If the state doesnot get its act together intime for our local budget cy-cle, you may see a lemonadestand on the town green.

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group, or CAT. Positive re-sponse to the presentationwas overwhelming, and re-turnees are welcomed to thisslightly different presenta-tion.

Awakening the Dreamer,or ATD, is a powerful, inter-active multimedia presenta-tion that looks at where weare today, how we got here,

and how you can be part ofan “environmentally sustain-able, spiritually fulfilling andsocially just” human pres-ence on Earth.

To register and get a tinyglimpse of the program, go towww.awakeningthe dream-er.org, or register with SueVanDerzee at [email protected],(860) 349-0777, or Carol Bu-fithis [email protected],(860) 349-9314.

There is hope, and it canbegin to grow in your heartand mind as you participatein an ATD seminar.

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2013 Oscar predictionsCompare the Oscars to a

chocolate cake, both deca-dent and rich. The writersbring the eggs and flour, theactors the icing, and the di-rector marries them togeth-er into a final dessert mas-terpiece. The cake may havemany tiers, but the taste iswhat defines its sweet suc-cess. As Feb. 24 fast ap-proaches, let us see whatkind of treats are in store forthe 85th Academy Awardnominees.

Below are my selectionsfor who should win. For afull list of predictions, pleasego to www.diagnosislife.com.

Best Movie – “Argo”I cannot recall having as

visceral a response to a filmas I had to Argo. Its histori-cal retelling of American-Iranian relations was deliv-ered with such panache thatI was as giddy as a school girlgoing to a boy band concert.The acting, the costumes(and the hair!), the humor,the drama. Argo may just dothe near impossible — winBest Picture without havinga Best Director nominationto drive it to the big prize.The only picture to achieve

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By Tanya Feke, M.D.

Diagnosis:Movies

brainer. Daniel Day-Lewisdoes not portray Lincoln, heis Lincoln.

Number of nomineesseen: 5 of 5

Best Actress – JenniferLawrence (“Silver LiningsPlaybook”)

This category could mixthings up a bit. Jessica Chas-tain had been deemed theearly favorite as a femaleCIA operative set to takedown Osama Bin Laden in“Zero Dark Thirty”, but thefilm has waned under thescrutiny of its violent inter-rogation scenes. In the mean-time, Jennifer Lawrence hasbuilt up steam for her por-trayal of a sex addict strug-gling for a new beginning inthe oddest of ways —through a mediocre perform-ance in a dance contest. TheAcademy has a tendency todismiss comedy but her mul-tidimensional performancedeserves every accolade.


Best Supporting Actor –Christoph Waltz (“DjangoUnchained”)

Lincoln has been garner-ing more awards praise, butChristoph Waltz is absolute-ly mesmerizing the momenthe rides on screen in hisweapon yielding dental wag-on. His performance is oneto watch for its nuances ofdark humor and humanity, ablessed union.


Best Supporting Actress– Anne Hathaway (“LesMiserables”)

Unstoppable, the emotiveforce of Hathaway’s Fantinecannot be undone. She ismore than an angel when shecomes for Jean Valjean at theend of his life; she is genius.


Best Adapted Screen-play – “Silver LiningsPlaybook” (David O. Rus-sell)

The quick wit and snappystyle of this screenplayharken back to the glorydays of “Good Will Hunt-

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this feat in the 84 years ofOscar was “Driving MissDaisy” in 1989.


Best Director – David O.Russell (“Silver LiningsPlaybook”)

I am disheartened that thetrue winner is not listedamong the nominees. Ben Af-fleck deserves this one handsdown, but all things consid-ered, I will offer this one toDavid O. Russell for depict-ing psychological dysfunc-tion with such simplicityand raw appeal in “SilverLinings Playbook”. In theend, however, Steven Spiel-berg’s momentum for “Lin-coln” will take home the ac-tual prize.


Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”)

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Almost half of youth whostart drinking before the ageof 14 will become alcohol de-pendent at some point in theirlife. More than five times thenumber who start drinkingwhen they are around the ageof 21. In Durham/Middlefield,the average age youth startdrinking (according to thesurvey) is 13.1 years. Alcoholdamages the developing ado-lescent brain. Youth who usealcohol have learning prob-lems, affecting their growthand development over thelong term. This is particularlya problem with binge drink-ing. In 2011, 4 percent of sev-enth graders and 34 percent of12th graders reported “gettingdrunk in the last two weeks.”Researchers discovered thatalcohol drastically suppresses

the activity of specific chemi-cal receptors in the hippocam-pus, the part of the brain thatis crucial for learning andmemory. Alcohol use negative-ly impacts a youth’s brain in-ner communication network,affecting the brain’s ability tomaster higher brain functionsand limiting future potentialin our youth. Alcohol is theno. 1 factor associated withsexual assaults, whether theyinvolve youth or adults.

Marijuana use is also aconcern, particularly nowthat the State of Connecticutis a medical marijuana state.Marijuana is addictive. Chil-dren and teens are six timeslikelier to be in treatment formarijuana addiction thanfor all other illegal drugscombined. Marijuana usenegatively impacts academicachievement. Youth whousually get D’s and F’s inschool were more than fourtimes as likely to have usedmarijuana in the past yearthan youth who usually getA’s. In 2011, the number ofDurham/Middlefield youthreported using marijuana inthe last month ranged from2.4 percent of seventhgraders and 31.1 percent of

12th graders. Twenty per-cent of crashes in the U.S.are caused by drugged driv-ing. The Colorado DOTfound that after passing“medical marijuana” legisla-tion in the state, drivers whotested positive for marijuanain fatal car crashes doubledbetween 2006 and 2010. Mari-juana use also negatively im-pacts and changes youthbrain development.

As I have stated in this col-umn before, all families aretouched by substance abusein one way or another, in-cluding my own. We owe it toour youth and our communi-ty to do whatever we can toprovide our youth with nec-essary skills to become hap-py and productive adults. Iurge you to call my office,Jon Brayshaw or Betsy Deanat DMYFS and get involvedin this very worthwhile proj-ect. Offer up any talent youmay have. Also, please markyour calendars. Thursday,April 25, the will be a com-munity discussion about thegrant and activities at theDurham Public Library from6:30 to 8 p.m.

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ing”, though the Academy ismore likely to honor a nomi-nee founded on a historicalrendering, likely “Lincoln”or “Argo”.


Best Original Screen-play – “Django Un-chained” (Quentin Taran-tino)

You have got to give theman credit for being fearlesswith his characters. A storyabout a dentist-turned-boun-ty hunter who takes a slaveas an apprentice to rescuesaid slave’s wife from an im-moral plantation owner isunique, yes. Crazy, more so.Entertaining, definitely.Though the visual tellingcould have done away with abit of the vintage Tarantinocarnage, the story has meat,if not heart, all over it.


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Boy Scout Troop 27 re-cently visited the DurlandScout Reservation in Put-nam Valley, New York.

The scouts hiked Candle-wood Mountain and in theprocess of climbing, theycollected litter from the trailto honor the “Leave noTrace” motto. StevenPhenicie carried the bag of

trash for the entire five-milehike up and down the roughterrain.

The troop searched forscavenger hunt items .Leonid Funaro and StevenPhenicie won the scavengerhunt.

During the hike, scoutsalso successfully followed di-rections for geocaching, ahunting game using a GPSto find a hidden treasure.

Scouts hiked aroundClear Lake and found a

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Cooking was a big part ofthe weekend and for break-fast scouts cooked eggs andCanadian bacon outside us-ing propane griddles. Fordinner, Steven and ShanePhenicie made a venisonstew over a fire using adutch oven. The venison wasfrom a deer Steven had shoton a hunting trip.

During game night scoutsplayed board games andcards. Christopher Sokoland Joey Venables slept out-side in their tent on the sec-ond night trying to earntheir Polar Bear badge, butthe weather did not cooper-ate because the temperaturestayed just above freezing.Everyone enjoyed the winterweekend.

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Venture Crew 169visits New York

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Rachael Foley, left, andKatie Mckernan view namesengraved a the 9/11 memo-rial in New York.

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Last October, St. Vincentde Paul Middletown sent outa press release and email ap-pealing to faith communitiesfor help furnishing apart-ments as part of its “Hous-ing for the Homeless” cam-paign. Intrigued by the pressrelease, Durham residentSusan VanDerzee called RonKrom, executive director ofSt. Vincent de Paul, who sug-gested the Middlefield Feder-ated Church partner withNotre Dame Church inDurham to furnish one ofthe 10 apartments. Van-Derzee brought the idea tothe missions committee,where it was met with greatenthusiasm.

Joyce Dowling, chairper-son of the committee, said,“After two and a half years ofbringing supper once amonth to the Eddy HomelessShelter (in Middletown), itwas a joy to be able to part-ner with Notre Dame

Church to furnish an apart-ment for a woman who hadlived at Shepherd Home (inMiddletown) for two years.”Dowling further explainedthat “24 months is the maxi-mum stay [at the ShepherdHome]. It is sometimes amerry-go-round: Eddy Shel-ter to Shepherd Home andback to Eddy Shelter becauseliving-wage employmentwas not found. So manyEddy Shelter/ShepherdHome residents do have jobs,just not jobs that allow themto pay a monthly mortgageor rent.”

Krom suggested the part-nership with Notre Dame asthat congregation had priorexperience with the “Hous-ing for the Homeless” pro-gram. According to JudyHurlburt, point person atNotre Dame, the apartment,furnished in December, isthe third Notre Dame hasfurnished in the last fiveyears, partnering with Mid-dlefield Federated Church,

the Neighborhood Preschool(a fully licensed, nonprofitchildcare program in Mid-dletown), and Church of theEpiphany in Durham. Hurl-burt said, “It is an areawhere we, as churches, canwork together on a commonmission forgetting our dif-ferences. Parishioners andthe community-at-large havebeen most generous in theseprojects.”

In February 2008, St. Vin-cent de Paul received fundingfrom the State of Connecticutfor the Next Steps SupportiveHousing Initiative, and addi-tional funding through HUDSupportive Housing Pro-gram through the MiddlesexCounty Continuum of Care.This funding enabled St. Vin-cent de Paul to make 15 apart-ments available to chronical-ly homeless individuals (peo-ple who have been homelessfor multiple years due to is-sues such as addiction, men-tal illness, and poverty). St.Vincent De Paul, as part of

the Middlesex County Coali-tion on Housing and Home-lessness, is determined to re-orient Middlesex County’ssystem from one that man-ages the homeless to one thatprevents and ends homeless-ness.

In 2008, the coalition adopt-ed the Housing First model,finding that emergency shel-ter and short-term servicesare necessary interventionsfor those in crisis, but they donot address the complexproblems that many home-less individuals and families

face. Since 2008, 35 peoplehave been housed in 30 differ-ent apartments.

In 2012, Notre Dame andMiddlefield Federated joined10 other faith communities inMiddlesex County to supportthe Housing for the Homelessprogram. Together, Kromsaid these faith communities“practically accomplished amiracle.” They furnished 10apartments between Nov. 15and Dec. 22, 2012, providing“walk-in, livable homes” to 12formerly homeless people.

St. Vincent de Paul foundthe apartments, matchedthem to a homeless individ-ual (or couple), negotiatedleases, arranged for securitydeposits, and matched themup to faith communities for“adoption.” Krom explainedthat individuals were chosenbecause “they had beenhomeless the longest, and/orbecause they were amongstthe most vulnerable of Mid-dletown’s chronically home-less population,” adding that“we believe in the humanright to safe and affordablehousing, and that from theposition of having their ownapartment, each will have anopportunity to address someof the challenges they face inimproving the quality oftheir health and lives.”

Hurlburt explained, “Theapartments are part of a“housing first” philosophythat is a non-judgmental ap-proach to providing servicesto those in need. Other wraparound services are avail-able through this programto the residents that helpthem remain housed. Theprogram has been very suc-cessful. Some of the resi-dents have become em-

Area churches join hands to end homelessness

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Photos submitted by Elisabeth Kennedy

The apartment that NotreDame, with the help ofMiddlefield FederatedChurch, furnished in 2011.

ployed and connected tomedical and psychiatriccare. This has resulted in re-duced use of emergencyservices, saving money fortaxpayers while providinghousing and services withdignity for the recipient.”

VanDerzee also spokeabout dignity — “everyonehas the right to a home” —and said that so many peo-ple are a few paychecksaway from homelessness. “Itcan be bad luck, chronic ill-ness, sometimes mental ill-ness or addiction” that canbe the cause of losing one’shome, she said. VanDerzeelikes this program as “thereis no judgment; St. Vincentde Paul provides an apart-ment and the support to en-sure the people can staythere.”

Krom is very pleased withthe coordination, coopera-tion, and assistance re-ceived. “Think about all thehomeless who are in theirown beautiful apartmentson these cold days andnights of winter,” wroteKrom in his letter of thanksto participating churches.

Each month Joyce Dowl-ing speaks with Eddy Shel-ter residents during supper.“I remind them we’ll beback next month,” she said.


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“But our prayer is that moreapartments will becomeavailable for us to furnish.We hope that we won’t seethem the following monthfor chili.”

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Amy Sorensen’s first and second graders sharedscenes from a favorite book they read in classcalled “My Father’s Dragon” at John Lyman’sweekly assembly. Pictured is Simon Cordes.

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Ellie Cooper, of Middle-field, was one of 14 TeenTrainers in the ConnecticutAnti-Defama-tion League’sConfrontingA n t i - S e m i -tism programwho wereh o n o r e damong the topMovers andShakers of2012. This isan annual honor bestowed bythe Connecticut JewishLedger that highlights topJewish leaders from acrossthe state.

The teen trainers rangefrom 12 to 18 years old and at-tend public and privateschools throughout Connecti-cut.

The CAS program was de-veloped in response to a sur-vey of Jewish youth in theNew England area. The sur-vey results showed that mid-dle and high school studentshad experienced anti-Semitictaunts, epithets and graffitiin the classroom, in schoolhallways, on the playgroundand in neighborhoods. Thelatest trend in anti-Semitismis cyberbullying.

The CAS program address-es these issues by allowingparticipants to acknowledgetrends of anti-Semitism local-ly, nationally and globally;gain awareness about thetypes of incidents Connecti-cut families are encounter-ing; understand the impact ofanti-Semitism on Jewish fam-ilies; address the concerns ofparents, teens and educatorsand engage in a forum for dia-logue; and develop strategiesfor support, advocacy andleadership.

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York - Rachel Viccaro, ofMiddlefield.

Salve Regina University,Rhode Island - Jocelyn St.Pierre, of Durha.

Tufts University, Massa-chusetts - Colleen Chausse, ofDurham.

University of Rhode Is-land - Kathryn L. Carria, Di-ana Della Rocco, of Durham.

Wake Forest University ,North Carolina - MatthewGueble, Jacob Teitelbaum, ofDurham.

Worcester PolytechnicInstitute, Massachusetts -Jeffrey Ducki, of Middle-field.

Scholasticachievements

Alice Ochterski, of Mid-dlefield, and Molly Breen,Flannery Keenan, CaitlinMcAuliffe, Gabrielle Pa-keeh, of Durham, were re-cently inducted into theMcAuley Chapter of the Na-tional Honor Society at Mer-cy High School.

Warren C. Hadley, Jr., ofDurham, was named to thefist semester honor roll atKingswood Oxford School.

School recordsThe Pupil Services Office

of regional School District 13is scheduled to destroy theconfidential special educa-

tion records of all former stu-dents from the class of 2006.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, P.O. Box190, 135A Pickett Lane,Durham, CT 06422.

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Energize Connecticut, inpartnership with Connecti-cut Light & Power and UnitedIlluminating, has an-nounced the ninth annualeesmarts contest for studentsin grades K-12.

The eesmarts program is aK-12 energy efficiency andclean, renewable energy edu-cation initiative that annual-ly invites Connecticut stu-dents to showcase their “en-ergy smarts” about savingenergy, efficient and renew-able energy technologies,and sustainability throughvarious media forms.

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el specific prompts regardingenergy efficient and renew-able energy technologies andsustainability in the form ofa poster, limerick, news arti-cle, song lyrics, persuasiveessay, public service an-nouncement script, speechand a small business propos-al for energy efficiency.

Finalists for each gradelevel will be honored at a spe-

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First place winners ingrades K-11 will also beawarded prizes.

The contest is open to allstudents in Connecticut.Deadline for entries is April26. For more information,visit www.eesmarts.com/con-test.

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“Rocky” of the New BritainRock Cats signed autographsand posed for photos with LittleLeague players at the Jan. 312nd annual Open House Nightof the Coginchaug Little LeagueBoard of Directors. Parents andplayers met board members,learned about the volunteer or-ganization and registered forthe spring season and upcom-ing clinics. To register, visitwww.coginchaugll.org and click“Register Online.” Opening Dayfor the spring 2013 LittleLeague season is April 27.Opening ceremonies begin atnoon. It also will be individualand team picture day.

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This week, we asked our onlinereaders, “Do you think tablets shouldreplace textbooks in the classroom?”Here are the results:

Yes: 27 percentNo: 64 percentWhat is a tablet? 9 percent

Be sure to vote in our next poll atwww.towntimes.com.

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Feb. 14. That’s a lot of pres-sure, finding just the righttreat, planning a magicalwalk, picking up a littlesomething in the toy depart-ment. Oh yes, there’s a wholeline of pet toys just forValentine’s Day, like theHeart Throb; a plush talkingheart chewie for your fa-vorite pup.

Also, in my Internet trav-els, it was revealed that thereare a number of anti-Valen-tine’s groups out there, peo-ple who’d rather go to thegym or who plan a “girls’night” with romance-gone-bad movies as the main at-traction. I also discoveredscads of lame ideas abouthow to get creative and spiceup this lovey-dovey daywhich has a history goingback at least to the RomanEmpire. Here’s one: inviteyour spouse’s parents out todinner with you. Or howabout this: scatter rosepetals on your bed. I havejust one question - who’s go-ing to clean up that cliche?

In any event, I hope yourfavorite February holidaywas a good one and HappyValentine’s Day, Mr. Presi-dent.

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available every Tuesdaythrough April 9 by appoint-ment.

This free tax help is fortaxpayers with low andmoderate-income, with spe-cial attention to those age 60and older. Call the centeronce you have received allforms of income and all 1099forms. Also bring last year’sincome tax returns.

For more information andto schedule an appointment,call Antoinette at (860) 349-7121.

Knitting andcrocheting

Knitters and crochetersmeet every Thursday morn-ing at 9:30 at the MiddlefieldSenior Center for coffee andknitting. Bring your unfin-ished project or learn a newone. The group also makesafghans for the MiddlesexCancer Center and the Mid-State Cancer Center. Yarnand needles are available.

Blood pressurescreenings

Free Blood PressureScreenings are held everyfirst and third Wednesday ofeach month at noon at theMiddlefield Senior Center.No appointment is neces-sary.

Durham seniorlunches

Senior lunches are offeredevery Monday and Wednes-day at the Durham ActivityCenter, 350 Main St. The El-derly Nutrition program isdesigned to provide nutri-tional meals, at a low cost topersons ages 60 and over and

their spouses. To cover thecost of the meal, a suggesteddonation is welcomed. Tomake lunch reservations,call Amanda Pedersen, sen-ior cafe manager, at (860) 349-3153. Bingo is offered everyWednesday at 1 p.m. follow-ing the luncheon.

Senior BusThe Durham/Middlefield

Senior Bus is available fortransportation to activitieson Tuesday and Wednesday.There is no fee for this serv-ice. Planned trips include:The Christmas Tree Shops inManchester and Orange,Yankee Candle in Deerfield,Mass., IKEA, Mohegan Sun,Foxwoods, Evergreen Walk,WFSB Better Yet Connecti-cut, Stew Leonards, FootPrints, Maritime Aquarium,Mystic Village and the Thim-

ble Islands, to name a few.The bus schedule can befound at various establish-ments in Durham, such asthe library, the Durham Ac-tivity Center, Town Hall andonline at www.townof-durhamct.org. Call (860) 347-5661 Monday through Friday,9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to make areservation.

Dial-A-RideDial-A-Ride provides curb-

to-curb transportation forthe elderly and disabled. Thisservice can be used for med-ical appointments, shopping,banking and other places,and is available five days aweek. Call (860) 347-3313 for areservation. There is a fee.

Senior exerciseSenior exercise is offered

Monday, Wednesday and Fri-

day at the Durham ActivityCenter. Two classes are of-fered: 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.There is no cost for Durhamresidents 60 and over.

St. Luke’sEldercare

St. Luke’s supports suc-cessful aging and independ-ent living serving veteransand elders. Free services pro-vided are friendly visiting,out-of-area medical trans-portation, transportation forelderly veterans to VA hospi-tals, grocery shopping serv-ices, minor home repair, in-formation/resource referral,individual case manage-ment, education/advocacy,The Gatekeeper Program,Access4Care and St. Luke’sApartments on Broad Streetin Middletown. For specificinformation on their servic-

es, call (860) 347-5661. St.Luke’s is located at 760 Say-brook Road in Middletown.

The Middlefield SeniorCenter is located in the Mid-dlefield Community Center at405 Main Street. If you haveany questions or would like tosign up for any programs orfor lunch (monthly menus canbe picked up at the senior cen-ter or Town Hall) in the Se-nior Café (serving on Monday,Wednesday and Friday), con-tact Antoinette Astle at (860)349-7121.

The Durham 60 Plus Clubmeets at the Durham ActivityCenter the second and fourthMonday of each month, Sep-tember through June, at 1:30p.m. The next meeting is Oct.22 at 1:30 p.m and newcomersare most welcomed.

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Durham ThunderThe Durham Thunder fifth

grade boys travel basketballteam visited Mystic on Fri-day, Feb. 1, to play Groton.The Thunder played great,coming up short in the finalseconds dropping a 27-25 de-cision. Leading the way forthe Thunder was Justin Pen-ney with nine points, includ-ing 3-3 from the charitystripe; Max Temple addedfive and Chris Onofriochipped in with four. SeanCarroll played great defen-sively, shutting down theleading scorer in the fourthquarter. Nico Kulpik andHugh Barrett were great onthe boards.

The Durham Thunderhosted Portland on Sunday,Feb. 3, and got off to a coldstart, allowing Portland torun out to a 15-0 lead. The

Thunder played great therest of the way but couldn’tovercome the early deficitand ended up losing 29-24.Three Thunder playersscored five points apiece,Chris Onofrio, Justin Penneyand Max Temple, while NoahKleczkowski added four.Adam Copeland and JacobHaglund played great defen-sively, and Nico Kulpik wasgreat again on the boards.

The Thunder travel overthe bridge for a rematch atPortland Saturday, Feb. 9, fora 12:30 p.m. tipoff.

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p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 16,from 9 a.m. to noon, at theMiddlefield Community Cen-ter. The league is for boys be-tween 13 to 15 years old as ofApril 30. A fee is charged.Babe Ruth is played on the of-ficial size 60 - 90 foot field.

For more information oran electronic registrationform, contact Steve Huveldtat [email protected].

The league is also interest-ed in hearing from youngmen, age 16 or 17, who mayhave an interest in partici-pating in a new senior pro-gram that would start at theend of the school season. Formore information, contactMike O’Sullivan at [email protected].

Deadline for sign-ups isMarch 4, after which time alate fee will be charged.

Coginchaug Boys The Coginchaug boys

played games on Wednesday,Jan. 30, at North Branford,and on Friday, Feb. 1, at Val-ley Regional, losing both.

North BranfordAt North Branford, the

Devils managed to stay closethe entire way, but only man-aged a brief 14-13 lead earlyin the second period. Theytrailed 10-13 after one period,and 24-28 at the half. Cogin-chaug tied the game 28-28 latein the third period. Thatmeant that the Devils hadshut the Thunderbirds out inthe period to that point, withless than a minute left in theperiod, and had scored onlyfour points. But they trailed28-30 by periods end. The lastperiod saw Coginchaug sur-render only a single basket,but a six for nine perform-

ance from the charity stripewas more than enough to pro-pel North Branford to a 38-31win, since the Devils couldmanage only a single freethrow from Alex Kotrady anda Devin Rodrigue bucket inthat final period, for a total ofseven points in the entire sec-ond half.

Mike Bongiorno led theDevils with 10 points, addingtwo rebounds. Rodrigue wasthe leading rebounder withseven, also scoring eightpoints and blocking a shot.Jackson Doyle also scoredeight, plus stealing the ballfour times, grabbing three re-bounds, and assisting twice.Jack Granger had a full statline with four points, threeassists, three steals, two re-bounds and a block. Kotradyhad three steals, two re-bounds and a point.

Off the bench, Josh Smithpulled down three rebounds,Jeff Grumm stole the balltwice, and Conor Doyle had asteal and an assist.

ValleyAt Valley, the Devils man-

aged to keep the game com-petitive early, trailing 13-15after one on a late three fromJack Granger, and 24-33 at thehalf. They kept things closeuntil early in the second half,when a basket by JackGranger, then a three fromDevin Rodrigue pulled Cogin-chaug with six points at 29-35.But the defending class Schampions went on a 10-0run, and led 49-34 after threeperiods, and pulled away inthe final period for a 75-48win.

Coginchaug shot 39 per-cent for the game, but 22turnovers, along with a 47percent shooting perform-ance from Valley, did them in.

Rodrigue scored 18 points,and also grabbed six re-bounds. Mike Bongiornoscored 11, adding two assistsand two steals. Granger tiedfor the lead in rebounds withseven, also scoring 10 andadding four assists and twosteals. Alex Kotrady grabbedsix rebounds, and JacksonDoyle grabbed five rebounds,adding three points and twoassists.

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Grumm tied for the rebound-ing lead with seven andscored two, while ConorDoyle scored four andgrabbed two boards.

Coginchaug is 5-8, 5-9 inthe Shoreline conference.

Coginchaug Girls The Coginchaug girls

played two games, at NorthBranford on Tuesday, Jan. 29,and at Valley on Thursday,Jan. 31. After a bit of scareearly against the Thunder-birds of North Branford,where the Devils trailed intothe third period, and a moreserious scare at the end ofthe game, when MorganKuehnle was taken downfrom behind in an intention-al foul, that proved to be“only” five stitches on herchin, after most of the fansand coaches feared muchworse, Coginchaug pulledaway for two relatively easywins.

North BranfordFor the first half in the

North Branford game, theDevils could not seem to geton track, as they trailed 8-9 af-ter one period and 13-17 at thehalf. However, early in thesecond half, they put on a 16-0run, with two free throwsfrom Kuehnle putting themon top for good, and with bothOlivia Corazzini and Kim Ro-manoff contributing both atwo and a three during therun, and Audrey Arcari drop-ping in two three’s for the pe-riod, resulting in a 32-22 leadentering the final period.

That final period saw acloser competition betweenthe two teams, but the Thun-derbirds were never able toget closer than eight, at 35-27,before the Devils put it awaywith a 5-0 run. The game end-ed with a big scare for BlueDevil fans, as Kuehnle fell tothe floor after the intentionfoul with a loud crack that si-lenced the crowd. Manyfeared that she had landed onher elbow, and the crack wasa bone breaking, but fortu-nately her chin breaking herfall. After about a 10 minutepause to tend to Kuehnle andget her on her way for med-ical attention, the NorthBranford coach waved off thelast 55 seconds of the game,as Coginchaug took a 43-31

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victory.Kim Romanoff led the Dev-

ils with 13 points, and also insteals with seven. Kuehnleled the team in reboundingwith nine and assists withfour, also stealing the ballfour times and blocking shotstwice. Arcari scored nine,and grabbed four rebounds.Jessica Solomon scored sev-en points and added six re-bounds, while Corazziniscored five.

Off the bench, Naomi Ri-naldo scored two, and Mikay-la Wyskiel score one point.

ValleyThe Valley game on Thurs-

day was highlighted by Mor-gan Kuehnle’s return to thecourt with a bandaged chin –with apparently no impact onher willingness to play hard.The Devils jumped out toleads of 16-2 after one period,27-13 at the half, and led 35-13three minutes into the sec-ond half when Coach RettMancinelli let the benchplayers take over for the rest

of the period, resulting in aneven score for the rest of theperiod, and a 39-17 lead afterthree periods.

The starters stretched thelead to as much as 45-19, withscoring all of the Blue Devilpoints, before the bench wascleared. The Valley mini-runat the end was meaningless,and Amy Arcari did manageto get the bench on the board,as she scored off of an AlanaBeckert assist at the end ofthe game, which made the fi-nal score 47-28, with the Dev-ils on top.

Kuehnle proved what atough player she is by leadingthe team in scoring with 15,and in rebounding with ninedespite having stitches in herchin, a couple of taped fin-gers, and an impressivebandage-type thing on onearm. Kim Romanoff scoredeight points, adding seven re-bounds, four steals and threeassists. Jessica Solomonpulled in seven rebounds,also scoring four points and

blocking a shot. OliviaCorazzini scored six andgrabbed five boards, whileAudrey Arcari pulled in sixrebounds and scored twopoints.

Off the bench, CarynSibiskie had an impressiverebounding performancewith seven, and scored two.Sydney Trusty scored four

points and added two re-bounds. Mikayla Wyskielstole the ball three times andgrabbed two rebounds, whileLarissa Cade, Naomi Rinaldoand Amy Arcari each scoredtwo points.

Coginchaug is 12-4, 11-3(fourth place) in the Shore-line conference.

Submitted by Alan Pease

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Nursery School, 16 Main St.,has scheduled an open housefor Sunday, Feb. 24, from 1 to 3p.m. Meet the teachers andsee the school.

The 3-year-old programmeets Tuesday and Thursdays from 8:45 a.m. to noon The 4year-old program meet Mon-day, Wednesday, Friday from9 a.m. to noon with an optionfor extended day to 2 p.m.

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residents are welcome to theadult education walk-in en-rollment scheduled for Tues-day, Feb. 12, and Thursday,Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon,at 398 Main St., Middletown.

Many programs are of-fered free of charge. Day andevening classes are available.

For more information, call(860) 343-6048 or visitwww.maect.org.

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welcome to join MiddlesexInstitute for Lifelong Educa-tion. An orientation programis scheduled for Thursday,Feb. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. (Snowdate is Monday, Feb. 18.)

The spring eight-weekterm is scheduled to beginMonday, March 4. A series ofpresentations on the geo-graphic origins and diffusionof Judaism, Christianity andIslam as well as a series onChina and its rulers is of-fered. There are also several

sessions on technology in ad-dition to programs on music,exercise, history, food,health, literature and more.The ongoing discussion se-ries Great Decisions will con-tinue.

Most programs meet atMiddlesex Community Col-lege, 100 Training Hill Road,Middletown.

For more information or toreceive a brochure, call (860)343-5863 or visit www.mileon-lione.org.

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Relay For Life The Greater Middletown

Relay For Life has scheduledits “Survivor Celebration”for Thursday, March 14, forlocal cancer survivors andfamily caregivers.

The event is sponsored bythe American Cancer Societyand is scheduled from 6 to 8p.m. at the Bethany LutheranChurch, 50 Court St.,Cromwell.

The greater Middletownarea includes Middletown,Portland, Cromwell, EastHampton, Middlefield andDurham. A complementarylight dinner, dessert and bev-erages will be served.

For more information andto RSVP by March 1, callSandy at (860) 635-1102 oremail [email protected].

ApplicationsThe Durham Assessor’s of-

fice at Town Hall is acceptingnew and/or renewal applica-tions for the CT ElderlyHomeowner and Totally Dis-abled Tax Relief Programsand the Durham Senior TaxRelief Freeze and DeferralPrograms. The filing periodfor all Tax Relief Programsruns through May 15.

Failure to re-file will resultin the removal of this benefitfrom the July tax bill. Late fil-ing is not acceptable.

For more information, callthe Assessor’s Office at (860)343-6709 or visit www.townof-durhamct.org.

Pet fairThe fifth annual Help

Willy’s Friends Pet Fair isscheduled for Sunday, May 19,from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., atCoginchaug Regional HighSchool, 135 Pickett Ln.

In addition to food and livemusic, a variety of caninedemonstrations are planned,including search and rescue,agility and husky mushing.Children’s activities are alsoscheduled.

For pets, a variety of freeservices will be available. Ra-bies vaccinations and micro-chipping is scheduled for afee.

The event also features a“Parade of Stars” featuring aparade of adoptable dogs.

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Crafters wantedLocal crafters and small

businesses in Middlefield,Rockfall and Durham are in-vited to be part of the Mid-dlefield/Rockfall Old HomeDays on June 7-8.

For more information, callCrafter/Business Committeeco-chairs Jean Gay at (860)638-8833 or Louise Tosetti at(860) 349-3905, or email [email protected]. A let-ter and application will besent. A fee is charged forbooth space. Deadline for en-rollment is April 1.

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We do our best to runa submission at leastone time. However, dueto space constraints, wecannot guarantee a sub-mission will be pub-lished on a specific date.To ensure your submis-sion runs exactly as youwould like it to, contactour sales representativeJoy Boone at (203) 317-2313.

March 8, at 7 p.m., at StrongSchool.

Teams of up to five mem-bers can take part. The Triv-ia Bee features team cos-tumes, judges, and emcees.Mike Klimas and DonnaMattei will preside.

Winners of the schoolspelling bees, to be held atJohn Lyman, Korn, Memori-al and Strong schools, willreceive their awards at theTrivia Bee.

Entry forms can be foundon the CVEF website,www.coginshaugvef.com.For questions, [email protected], or

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A home with style, charm and character.This 4 bedroom post & beamContemporary has vaulted ceilings, wideplank floors, exposed beams, fieldstonefireplace and separate studio space.Great open floor plan perfect forentertaining. It’s a departure from theordinary at $399,000.

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First and second grade teacher Amy Sorenson andher fourth grade daughter, Noelle, dressed in match-ing Pittsburgh Steeler clothing for John LymanSchool’s recent Sports Spirit Day.

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To prepare for a special Dr. Seuss Day celebration, second graders in Joel Bern-abeo’s class at Brewster School read “Green Eggs and Ham.” The studentsidentified the author’s message to try new things. Students invented new typesof fruit. Why not try a zebra banana or a polka dot apple? The discussion wasextended to make the connection not to judge a book by its cover.

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