town times march 1, 2013

Volume 19, Number 47 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, March 1, 2013

In this issue ...Calendar..........................4Government ....................8Schools.............................5Scouts.............................20Seniors...........................22Sports.............................16

By Mark DionneThe Town Times

While the spending in-creases in Superintendent ofSchools Sue Viccaro’s pro-posed 2013-14 school budgetamount to a 3.27 percent in-crease, a drop in revenue,primarily from state reim-bursements, makes the netschool budget increase 4.39percent.

Citing those decreases inGov. Dannel Malloy’s pro-posed budget, demographicchanges, curriculum imple-mentation and technologyneeds, Viccaro called thisbudget the hardest she hadever worked on.

“This budget is going to be

a budget of making choic-es,” said Viccaro during herpresentation to the Board ofEducation at its Feb. 20 meet-ing.

While salaries (at 56 per-cent of the expenses) andbenefits (at 18 percent) con-tinue to make up the bulk ofthe budget, the salary lineonly increases by .35 percent(one third of one percent).

Within this proposedbudget is the elimination ofone kindergarten teacher atJohn Lyman Elementary. Ly-man’s first and second gradeclasses also would be re-duced by one, with a retiringteacher not replaced. Theproposed salary line ac-counts for replacing seven

other retiring teachers andone retiring administrator.

A recently commissioneddemographic study pointedto future declining enroll-ment in the district. Viccaropointed to this study and“history” as a source for en-rollment projections that

School budget proposed with 4.39percent net increase

Cheerleaders celebrate breast cancer awareness by wearing pink ribbons duringboys basketball Senior Night at CRHS Feb. 20. See more photos of Senior Night onpage 17.

Town Times Photo by Mark Dionne

Permanent signs, gas station signs, and sandwichboard signs each have different regulations. A sub-committee of Durham’s Planning and Zoning is cur-rently revising decades old regulations.

By Mark DionneThe Town Times

At a Feb. 21 informationalhearing, small business own-ers told a Planning and Zon-ing subcommittee that signs,particularly temporary or“sandwich board” signs,were essential to their busi-ness success.

Members of P&Z solicitedopinions from the businessowners as they undergo areevaluation of the regula-tions governing signage.

“Sandwich boards for meare major,” said Brenda Eddyof Brenda’s Main StreetFeed. Eddy said she usessandwich boards to draw at-tention to items that peoplemight not be aware she sells,like roof rakes and shovels.“If we don’t have [the signs],we’re going to have emptybuildings and those aren’t go-ing to be pretty to look at ei-ther.”

Sandwich boards provide“a great, affordable way forme to advertise,” said Caro-

line Mormile, the owner ofMiddlesex Driving Academy.“My actual location is on theback of the building so it justdraws attention to what I do.”

Although regulations cov-er the entire town, all of thebusiness owners at the meet-ing represented Main Streetbusinesses.

Kim Terrill from Kim’sCottage Confections told thehearing of the difficulty own-ing a business at 16 MainStreet, where the businessare set back from the road orout of sight and have to relyon the shared Durham Vil-lage sign. “People get lost try-ing to read all those littlesigns.”

Town Planner GeoffreyColegrove agreed, saying toTerrill, “I don’t envy the loca-tion you’re in because there’sno happy solution.”

Current regulations allowtwo sandwich boards perproperty regardless ofwhether the property has one

Business owners makethe case for signs

See Budget, page 3

Blue and white — and pink

See Signs, page 3

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By Elisabeth KennedyThe Town Times

Memorial School’s stu-dent senate recently sug-gested a door decoratingcontest in honor of BlackHistory Month which takesplace during February.

“They come up with ideasand just do it,” explainedadvisor Anne Doyle.

During the course of theyear, students organized acoat drive, collected for ananimal shelter, raised fundsfor UNICEF, and conducteda book drive for victims ofHurricane Sandy.

In February, studentsmarked Valentine’s Day bycreating a large heart thatwas signed by all of the stu-dents, then delivered to theVeterans Hospital.

For the black history ex-

ercise, students researcheda notable group or individ-ual and created colorful andinformative displays cen-tered on the selected topic.

“The results are impres-sive,” said Principal KevinBrough, “and represent across section of differentAfrican Americans andtheir contributions to ourcountry.”

The project was fun forstudents and the kids wereproud of their effort, saidteachers.

The door motifs featuredtopics from the TuskegeeAirmen to Aretha Franklin.The displays were of well-known people such as MayaAngelou and ThurgoodMarshall to lessor knownpeople such as Willie O’Ree,who is known as “the JackieRobinson of hockey”.

Decorated doors highlight Black History Month

Photos by Elisabeth Kennedy

Memorial School stu-dents decorated doors inhonor of Black HistoryMonth.

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hibit one photo in the Connecticut Photographers & Illus-trators Showcase presented by the Connecticut Chapter ofthe American Society of Media Photographers & theAmerican Institute of Graphic Arts. The showcase will beheld at the Leif Nilsson Spring Street Studio & Gallery, 1Spring St., Chester, on March 7 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Thetheme of the exhibit is orange. LoGiudice’s photo was tak-en at the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association in Meri-den July 2012. LoGiudice is an occasional contributor toTown Times.

drop from 121 kindergartenstudents in the current yearto less than 100 in futureyears.

Next year’s 1-2 class forthe district, with a projectedenrollment of 244 students,is nine students less thanthis year’s level of 253.

The proposed budget in-cludes six new math and lit-eracy tutors to join the ex-isiting five and a half posi-tions. These tutors work 18hour weeks without benefits.

Benefits account for 29percent of the budget in-crease, with health insur-ance and worker’s compen-sation costs both rising.

A $75,000 building utiliza-tion study also is included inthe proposed budget. TheBOE has recently beenstudying how to most effi-ciently use the buildings inthe face of changing demo-graphics and safety needs.

On the reduction side,debt service was reduced byalmost that same amount,$75,468.

For the current year’sbudget, the state reimbursedthe district $282,257 fortransportation costs. Theproposed figure for 2013-14 is

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zero. “That loss of revenueadds a whole [percentage]point” to the budget in-crease, Viccaro said. “Itcould get back in, but wewon’t know until June.”

Beginning March 6, theBOE will meet everyWednesday in March at 7:30p.m. at Strong School.

business or multiple busi-nesses, like the Durham Vil-lage or the Carolyn Adamsbuildings. The Durham Vil-lage also lacks much in theway of street frontage.

“Sign regulations are themost difficult regulations inzoning ... Nobody’s ever hap-py totally,” said Colegrove,who noted that the currentsign regulations date back tothe mid 1970s.

Other P&Z members notedthe difficulty in clarifying orcreating regulation for prop-erties with different physicallayouts and relations to theroad. The current regula-tions are available on

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Durham’s town website. The sign regulations also

cover size, lighting, andplacement. “We have beenworking at it a long time ...We had some pretty lengthydiscussions about each of theitems,” said P&Z member JoePasquale.

The recommendationsfrom the subcommittee willbe voted on by the full P&Zcommission, which holds itsmeetings on the first andthird Wednesday of eachmonth.

“It has to be more of a giveand take,” said Terrill, whonoted that the Main Streetbusinesses often participatein local programs andfundraisers. “We have tocome up with a way to let thetown support the businessesbecause we support thetown.”

Flags around the worldSubmitted by Elizabeth Hadlock

First and second grade students in CaroleSibiskie’s class at John Lyman School shared in-formation about their ancestral country flags at arecent school-wide assembly. Pictured are ColinGlidden, Sullivan McCoy, Travis Pollard, KieranDriscoll, Hannah Nielsen, and Katie Grenier.

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March2 Saturday

Eagle project fundrais-er - Eagle Scout candidate,Brian Blake, has scheduleda pasta dinner fundraiserto fund his Eagle project forSaturday, March 2 at 4 p.m.at the Middlefield firehouse.Blake’s project is to refur-bish the area around theflagpole and create a path-way at the cemetery onJackson Hill Road.

Chili contest - Church ofthe Epiphany has resched-uled its annual chili contestfor Saturday, March 2, from4 to 7 p.m. in the parishhall, 196 Main St. Prizeswill be awarded. There is noentry fee for submissions.Come and vote for your fa-vorite recipe. A fee ischarged to attend. For moreinformation, call (860) 349-6533.

Farmers market - AWinter Farmers’ Market isscheduled for Saturday,March 2, from 9 a .m. tonoon, at Dudley Farm, cor-ner of Rt. 77 and 80. Bakedgoods, eggs, honey, maplesyrup and other handmade

crafts are featured. Formore information, call (860)349-3917 or visit www.dud-leyfarm.com.

Fundraiser - TheDurham Co-op NurserySchool has scheduled aZumbathan fundraiser forSaturday, March 2, from12:30 to 1:30 p.m., at CoreClub & 24/7 Gym, 350 MainSt. A fee is charged. Sign upat the Core Club or emailNancy at [email protected].

Free workshop - Cometo a free “Be the Change”workshop on personaltransformation: detachmentfrom old beliefs, pain,greed, addictions, inadequa-cy and poverty to live fromthe heart with love, joy, in-tuition, creativity, sover-eignty and abundance. Sat-urday, March 2, from 9 to 11a.m., at a private Durhamresidence. Call (203) 535-8601for more information. Addi-tional workshop days areSaturdays March 9, 16 and23.

3 Sunday

Open house - TheDurham Cooperative Nurs-ery School, 16 Main St., hasrescheduled its open housefor Sunday, March 3, from 1to 3 p.m. Meet the teachersand see the school. Formore information, call (860)349-9885 or email [email protected].

8 Friday

4C’s Square Dance - The4C’s Square Dance Club hasscheduled a dance for Fri-day, March 8, at 8 p.m. at theBrewster School. Caller isJohn Hendron; cuere is SueLucibello. For more infor-mation, call (860) 349-8084 or(203) 272-7463.

9 Saturday

Garden clubs - TheWadsworth Chapter Daugh-ters of the American Revo-lution is scheduled to meet,with the Durham GardenClub, on Saturday, March 9at 10:30 a.m. at the DurhamPublic Library. Memberswill discuss preparing yourgarden for the spring sea-son. For more information,[email protected]

10 Sunday

Community supper -The Church of theEpiphany has scheduled afree community supper forSunday, March 10 at 5:30.All are welcome. Boy ScoutTroop 27 will prepare themeal. For more informa-tion, call (860) 349-9644.

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Idol contest - DurhamAdult Idol Contest, for ages18 to 55 and 56 and older, isscheduled for Saturday,April 6, at 1 p.m., at theDurham Activity Center.Pick up an application atDurham Town Hall or attowjnofdurhamct.org Recre-ation. For more informa-tion, call (860) 343-6724.

May17 Friday

Golf tournament - TheMiddlefield Volunteer FireCompany has scheduled itsgolf tournament for Friday,May 17, at Lyman OrchardsGolf Course. The event is a9 a.m. shotgun start. A feeis charged. For more infor-mation, email [email protected].

19 Sunday

Pet fair - The 5th annualHelp Willy’s Friends PetFair is scheduled for Sun-day, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 4p.m. at Coginchaug Region-al High School, 135 PickettLane. The family event of-fers food and music, as wellas a variety of demonstra-tions and free pet services.For more information, call(203) 988-1718 or go towww.helpwillysfriendspet-fair.org.

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School recordsThe Pupil Services Office

of regional School District 13is scheduled to destroy theconfidential special educa-tion records of all formerstudents from the class of2006. This action is allowedby State Regulations per au-thority of the State of Con-necticut Office of PublicRecords Administration andFederal Regulation 34 CFR200.573.

Copies of these recordsare available following sub-mission of a written requestby the student before May 31.Letters should be sent toAmy Emory, director ofPupil Personnel Services, re-gional School District 13, P.O.Box 190, 135A Pickett Lane,Durham, CT 06422.

EnergizeConnecticutcontest

Energize Connecticut, inpartnership with Connecti-cut Light & Power and UnitedIlluminating, has announcedthe ninth annual eesmartscontest for students in gradesK-12.

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The fifth annual CHETDream Big! Competition, acompetition that encouragesConnecticut students ingrades K through 5 to sharetheir dreams about life aftercollege, is accepting entries,according to State TreasurerDenise L. Nappier. that Thecontest will award 96 stu-dents with a $300 contribu-tion to a CHET 529 collegesavings plan.

The CHET Dream Big!Competition includes twocategories: a picture submis-sion and an essay submis-sion. Students in grades Kthrough 3 are asked to draw apicture that answers thequestion, “What do I want todo after I go to college?”Fourth and fifth graders areasked to submit essays re-

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BriefsMiddlesex DanceCenter awards

The Middlesex Dance Cen-ter in Middlefield presentedthe American Academy ofBallet Performance Awardsrecently.

The event was open to thepublic and the group collect-ed nine bags of food for thelocal food pantry and eightbags of food for a local ani-mal shelter through admis-sion donations. This was thefourth year the studio partic-ipated in the program.

Gina Chiavelli, Artistic Di-rector of both the DutchessDance Theatre and PinewoodSchool of Dance, and on thefaculty of SUNY New Paltz,adjudicated the event. Theprogram is a series of dis-tinctive choreographic com-positions over 12 levels and istaught in ten countriesaround the world. Eachdancer performed a port de

bras, allegro, and solo dance,with higher levels adding al-legro and pirouette combina-tions. Savannah Ngo’s per-formance of the polka dance(level 5) was singled out forher entertaining presenta-tion.

Two dancers, PenelopeWickwire, 8, of Durham andKayleigh Crocetto, 15, ofMiddlefield, were awardedGold Medals with Distinction- the highest possible rating.In addition, the group earned14 gold medals, six silvermedals with double distinc-tion, four silver medals withdistinction, and one silvermedal.

Presenting grade one wereFiona Fay, Lauren Konefal,Molly Stoetzle, and ElenaTellez. Catherine Fay andPenelope Wickwire per-formed Grade Two. Dancinggrade three were Jessica Car-ta, Laura Colonna de Lega,Yazmin De Jesus, Anja Del-

l’Oso, Bridget Higgins, Is-abella Lenoce, SamanthaMierzejewski, and Emma Uf-ferfilge. Grade four wasdanced by Meghan Crocetto,Sarah Godbout, Grace Hig-gins, and Andrea Toussaint.Presenting grade five EmilyDell’Orfano, Savannah Ngo,and Alexandra Santiago.Emily Augeri, Lauren Badin,Lyndsay Crescenti, KaylaKeathley, and ElizabethRambhia danced Grade Six.Kayleigh Crocetto performedGrade Seven.

Registered votersThe Registrars of Voters is

conducting its annual updateof all registered voters inDurham. Every year, regis-trars review records to en-sure all registered citizens’information is accurate andcurrent.

Anyone who has moved intown, changed his\her namefrom how it was originallyregistered, have become anew citizen, or have not yetregistered to vote, are en-courage to fill out a new voterregistration card.

Residents who receive anotice from the Registrar’soffice are requested to returnit by May 1.

Mock trialparticipant

Calvin Carrasco, ofDurham, a member of theTrial Advocacy Team at theMassachusetts School ofLaw, helped the team win theThurgood Marshall MockTrial Competition for theNortheast Region of the Na-tional Black Law StudentsAssociation. The school wonthe competition for the sec-ond year in a row.

The Northeast region iscomprised of the 33 lawschools in New England, NewYork and northern New Jer-sey. MSL defeated SyracuseUniversity Law School tocapture the championshipwhile St. John’s UniversityLaw School took third place.

MSL now advances to theNational Finals, to be heldMarch 6-10, 2013, in Atlanta,Ga. MSL’s Advocacy Teamwill attend BLSA’s nationalconvention to compete for theNational Championshipagainst the winners from theother five regions in thecountry. MSL’s AdvocacyTeam advances to the Nation-al Finals for the fourth yearin a row and has sent fiveteams to the National Finalsin the last three years.

Garden clubs tomeet

The Wadsworth ChapterDaughters of the AmericanRevolution is scheduled tomeet, with the Durham Gar-den Club, on Saturday, March9 at 10:30 a.m. at the DurhamPublic Library. Members willdiscuss preparing your gar-den for the spring season.

For more information,email [email protected].

Inspired RidesInspired Rides is a sum-

mer activity that is flexible,healthy, and fun.

In this week long campprogram, children exploreback roads surrounding Mid-dlefield and Durham, learn-ing bike safety skills, roadrules, and basic bike mainte-nance. Throughout July, fivesessions ranging in difficultyare available to children

within the recommendedmiddle school age group.

All proceeds from thecamp will be donated toWorld Bicycle Relief, a non-profit organization that sup-plies bicycles to students andentrepreneurs in poverty-stricken areas of Africa.

For more information, vis-it inspiredrides.tumblr.comor contact Clarity Huddle-ston at [email protected].

Communitysupper

The Church of theEpiphany, 196 Main St., hasscheduled a free communitysupper for Sunday, March 10,at 5:30 p.m. in the church hall.The meal will be preparedand sponsored by Boy Scout27. All are welcome.

For more information, call(860) 349-9644 or email [email protected].

Old Home DaysMiddlefield/Rockfall’s Old

Home Days has vendor open-ings for the June 8 celebra-tion.

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

For more information andrates, call Carol Schweitzer-Schilling at (86) 346-5081 oremail [email protected].

Chili contestrescheduled

Church of the Epiphanyhas rescheduled its annualchili contest for Saturday,March 2, from 4 to 7 p.m., inthe parish hall, 196 Main St.,Durham. Prizes will beawarded for the top threewinners in meatless, mild,hot and children’s (5 to 18)category. There is no entryfee but chili should bedropped off at the church at3:45 p.m. An alternative mealfor those who do not like chiliwill be available. Vote onyour favorite recipe. A fee ischarged.

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Lyman Orchards held its 41st annual WinterFest cele-bration on the weekend of Feb. 23 and 24. Crowdscame despite drizzly, warmish weather. Events includ-ed sampling food, tubing and snowboarding, as wellas dogsled rides.

Above: Charlotte Jacob-son, 7, from Deep River,made friends with one ofthe many husky dogs.

Right: One of the food vendors, RogerLaChance, gave awaysamples of locally madeproducts.

A sea dragon won the People’s Choice Award on Sat-urday.

Above: Ice sculpting tookplace on both days, withblocks of ice chain-sawedinto Transformer, pen-guin, rocket, jaguar andhowling wolf shapes.

Helping outSubmitted by Kirsten Anderson

Devin Anderson, a fourth gradestudent at the Independent DaySchool in Middlefield, hosted a din-ner to support the Don’t Walk Bycampaign in New York City. TheDon’t Walk By campaign volun-teers walk the streets of New YorkCity in February and offer shelter, ameal, and medical care to thehomeless. Devin became motivat-ed to help the campaign after visit-ing the city several times and see-ing homeless people on the street.

Letter to the Editor

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DedicatedTo the editor:I have spent the past sever-

al weeks serving with CRHSstudent athletes, parents,Board of Education memberNancy Boyle, coaches, andAdministrators on a self-study committee evaluatingthe CRHS Athletic Depart-ment’s compliance with Con-necticut Interscholastic Ath-letic Conference Standards.

Although everyone in-volved demonstrated a seri-ous commitment to thisprocess there are two peoplewho should be singled out forspecial recognition. VicePrincipal Brian Bodner wasappointed as the lead facili-tator for the self-study group.He did a remarkable jobkeeping everyone on taskand within our deadline.Athletic Director Ted Lom-bardo provided countlesshours compiling data, an-swering questions, and meet-ing with all five sub-commit-

tees to provide valuable in-formation necessary to com-plete our self-study reports.These reports will now beforwarded to the CIAC to as-sist them in formulatingtheir final evaluation of theCRHS Athletic Department.One of the most surprisingfindings for many membersof the self-study committeewas the fact that the athleticdirector for Regional SchoolDistrict 13 is only a part timeposition. Although therewere certainly areas identi-fied where best practicescould improve some aspectsof the Athletic Departmentthe Committee unanimouslyagreed that Athletic DirectorTed Lombardo has per-formed admirably fordecades providing full- timeservice for part-time pay. Thecommunity owes him ourgratitude for a lifetime ofservice.

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Commentary

As many of you alreadyknow, Old Home Days areJune 7 and 8, and the themeis Discovering Our Resource-fulness. This is an excitingtopic for our community, al-lowing us to showcase ourresiliency, learn differentways to become more re-sourceful and share ideasthat we have implemented inour homes and communitiesto become more self-sustain-ing.

Middlefield and surround-ing towns are just filled withpeople who garden, knit, cro-chet and quilt, who can veg-etables and make jellies, andwho are passionate abouthelping others and protect-ing the environment. TheCoginchaug Area Transitiongroup will have ongoing pre-sentations about gardening,recycling and composting allday at its interactive educa-tional tent. CAT is part ofTransition US, which is a re-

source and catalyst for build-ing resilient communitiesacross the United States thatare able to withstand severeenergy, climate or economicshocks while creating a bet-ter quality of life in theprocess. CAT will provide lo-cal opportunities to partici-pate in this worthwhile en-deavor.

The children’s activitieswill also have the theme ofresourcefulness incorporat-ed throughout the day. Ahighlight will be “Cryril TheSocerer,” who will arrivewith a creative presentationabout recycling in which awizard must save the day

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when ogres are creating toomuch garbage for a commu-nity to handle. You will findout how to be on Cyril’s sideof the equation rather thanbeing a trash-creating ogre.There will be art projectswith recycled materials,movement, live animals, andof course, an ice cream so-cial.

It will be a wonderful dayto come together for fun-filled sharing and learning.Remember, June 7 eveningand June 8 all day at Peck-ham Park, starting with a pa-rade on Saturday morning.Let’s get resourceful and re-silient together while wehave a blast.

For further informationabout CAT opportunitiesand/or OHD children’s activ-ities, email Carol Bufithis [email protected].

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

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Monday, March 4Historic District, library, 7 p.m.

Fire Department Trustees,Durham firehouse, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5Clean Energy & Sustain-

ability Task Force, library, 6:30 p.m.

Board of Education Communications Committee,

Superintendent office, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6Board of Education Fi-

nance Committee, StrongSchool, 5:30 p.m.

Cemetery Company, Town Hall, 7 p.m.


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CommentarySafety was priority during Charlotte

Reminiscing a bit overstorm Charlotte, it remindedme of the good old days.When I was a kid, in a Char-lotte-size storm we stuck itout and played board games.We couldn’t care less whenschool would resume. Snowblowers had not been invent-ed. We ate Kraft Macaroni &Cheese from a well-stockedpantry. We had a cozy coalfurnace.

Fast forward 60 years. To-day the state, in its infinitewisdom, helps us to “man-age” storm events… as if wecould manage such a stormwith the simple reading ofendless e-mails from state co-ordinators. The Charlottesnow was so deep and heavyour very powerful plowtrucks were almost useless. Iknow many readers had cab-in fever, but I want to remindyou that getting you toDunkin Donuts as soon asthe snow stopped on Satur-day was not our goal. Yoursafety and that of yourneighbors was. Thanks foryour understanding.

Two big lossesRecently we lost two

unique people in the world ofeducating and serving peo-ple. Karen Smith was ourlong-time Levi Coe librarydirector. One can not imag-ine the lives she touched inher years. Charlie Larsonwas the other. Charlie fedour hearts for 52 years. Somesay that he had a “birth de-fect” since he had Down syn-drome. I say no! He was per-fect just the way he was. He,like Karen, played a qualityof life roll in thousands oflives. Charlie never owned ahouse or drove a car, but hebagged groceries at the su-

permarket, served with theDurham Fire Company, at-tended RSD13 events and of-fered lots of hugs.

Offer on Powder Ridgeparcel

On Feb. 21, the Board ofSelectmen voted unanimous-ly to accept an offer on the19.67 acre parcel in front ofthe Nerden Camp on PowderHill Rd. The offer made byneighbors Vogel/Brown is$300,000. Since Sean Hayes(Brownstone) has the rightof first refusal to buy theproperty, we will need tohold off for his answer. Fol-lowing that, we will hold apublic hearing to answeryour questions before we goany further. Then the ques-tion to sell or not will be thesubject of a town meeting.You can then vote yes or no. Ican tell you that, as usual,the state is playing theirshell game with their pay-ments to Middlefield. Itwould be great to get the$300K for lots of reasons. Itwill help to mitigate tax in-creases.

Tax relief ?You, no doubt have heard

of the governor’s “MiddleClass Tax Relief.” It involvesthe elimination of the cartax. The car tax makes upabout 7 percent of our GrandList. The loss of that 7 per-cent must be made up — bywho, you ask? You the tax-payer. The loss of the car tax

will cause a tax shift ontoour home tax and onto ourbusiness community.

The homeowners that willbe hurt the most are thosewho have old cars with littleproperty tax levied on them.They may save a few buckson their car tax but theirhouse tax, more than likely,will increase more than thecar tax saved. It is true thatour tax collector will buyfewer stamps and it does re-duce her workload a bit.

Also, the governor is offer-ing a $25 Sales Tax exemp-tion on clothing purchases.That’s very generous, exceptthat I buy my clothes atSavers, Good Will and Salva-tion Army so I won’t be look-ing for the $25 tax exemptionoffered.

BudgetFinance Director Joe

Geruch and I will present ahypothetical budget. Joe andI do the heavy lifting andthen gladly turn it over tothe Board of Finance. If youwant to keep your taxes incheck, you need to help.

Jon A. Brayshaw

From The DeskOf The FirstSelectman

Board of Education,Strong School, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 7Public Safety Renovations

Planning Committee,Durham Volunteer

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

Community Center.)Monday, March 4

Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.Tuesday, March 5

Board of Education, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, WPCA, 7 p.m.Thursday, March 7

Parks and Recreation Com-mission, 6:30 p.m.

Economic DevelopmentAuthority, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 13Planning & Zoning,

6:30 p.m.

Tax-AideFree AARP Tax-Aide is available every Tuesday

through April 9, by appointment, at the Middlefield SeniorCenter. The free tax help is for taxpayers with low and mod-erate-income, with special attention to those age 60 and old-er. Bring all forms of income and all 1099 forms, as well aslast year’s income tax returns.

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By Caitie Casey-Leonard

Editor’s note: Caitie Casey-Leonard is a seventh gradestudent in Nancy Earls’ classat Strong School. Studentswrote editorials on topics oftheir own choice, researchingthe facts and statistics ontheir own. The only require-ment was that it was some-thing they felt strongly about.

I bet you would ratherride a bike, motorcycle, orskateboard without a hel-met; maybe because yours isbroken, doesn’t fit, or youcan’t find it. Maybe you likethe feeling of wind in yourhair. That is until you gethurt.

Many people go to the ERor die every year because ofnot wearing a helmet. Themost serious injuries are tothe head. Ninety-one per-cent of people killed ridinga bike in 2009 weren’t wear-

ing helmets. Helmets reducethe risk of head injury by 85percent.

Twelve percent of motor-cyclists killed in crashesweren’t wearing helmets instates with universal helmetlaws; 64 percent in stateswith partial helmet laws;and 79 percent in states withno helmet laws.

Similarly, each year, in-juries from skateboardingcause about 50,000 people togo to the ER and about 1,500people to be hospitalized.Sixty percent of injuries areto people under 15 and themost common reason is thatthey didn’t wear a helmet.

Head injuries can causedeath and disabilities.

Now that you know therisks of not wearing a hel-met, I hope you rethink yourdecision. Go out and buy anew helmet.

Helmets: more importantthan you think

Student Commentary

Aubrey Figoras

Editor’s note: Aubrey Figo-ras is a seventh grade studentin Nancy Earls’ class atStrong School. Students wroteeditorials on topics of theirown choice, researching thefacts and statistics on theirown. The only requirementwas that it was something

they felt strongly about.“Retweet if you love our

soldiers!” “Repost if yousupport our troops, ignore ifyou don’t!” Almost everyonehas seen one of these com-mands on Twitter or Face-book, right? And what do youdo? You repost it. But do youreally love America’s sol-diers? Do you support themlike you support your fa-vorite football team? Keep inmind the things we can do asI explain how our soldier’sdon’t get as much credit andrecognition as they deserve.

You might think yourroom is pretty nice and spa-cious for just yourself, buttry to imagine sharing itwith five other people. Thisis how it is in the MizanForeword Operating Base inAfghanistan. Soldiers areworking without hot show-ers, running water, and In-ternet. They have limitedphone and electricity time.With soldiers packed intohallways, crannies, and evena bathroom that’s out of or-der, the men sleep at least sixto a room. This particular

compound has a makeshiftkitchen without a fridge, andno real showers. But theseeveryday necessities aren’tthe only things a soldier hasto deal with.

A regular Army deploy-ment to Iraq andAfghanistan is 12 months.Now, that’s not only 12months of risking your lifein the dangerous mountainsof Afghanistan, its 12months spent in harsh livingconditions, 12 months fight-ing for your country, and 12months without family. I’msure many of you have trav-eled away from your familyfor a week or so, whether itbe to camp, or maybe on abusiness trip, but can youimagine working in anothercountry 6,652 miles awayfrom your loved ones for 12months? Our troops are de-voted enough to do that forus. Don’t you think witheverything a soldier enduresfor us, they deserve morecredit and recognition thanthey get?

Most soldiers you meet arehumble about the servicethey provide our country.They work with valiance andrefuse to back down untiltheir operation is complete.“The 33,000 additional forcesthat I ordered to Afghanistanserved with honor. Theycompleted their mission,”said President Barack Oba-ma in an announcementabout our soldiers.

I decided to survey Strong

Learn the names of these heroes Middle School on how manypeople can name a U.S. sol-dier currently fighting inAfghanistan. I asked a totalof 75 students and teachersthe same three questions:Can you name a pro footballplayer? Can you name a sol-dier currently fighting in thewar? Do you think there’smore we can do to spreadrecognition of soldiers?

Eighty-seven percent (65people) could name a profootball player; 22 percent (17people) were able to name asoldier currently fighting inthe war; 88 percent (66 peo-ple) thought there was morewe could do to spread recog-nition.

As you can see, more peo-ple were able to name a foot-ball player, than a soldier. (Idon’t even watch football,but I still know the names ofEli Manning and Tom Brady)But what if we had a worldwhere the names of our sol-diers were just as wellknown as the names of foot-ball players? Think aboutthis: The average incomeacross the NFL is approxi-mately $1.4 million per year,whereas an American sol-dier earns an average of$15,600 per year. (However,keep in mind the living con-ditions and other expensesare already paid for.) A foot-ball player twists his ankle,and is taken out of the game.A soldier is expected to keepfighting, no matter howmany injuries he might sus-tain. A football player is re-sponsible for taking the ball,and running across a field. Asoldier is responsible for thesafety and welfare of hiscountry. A football playerdisappoints us every season.A soldier makes us proudeveryday.

With a little awareness, weall might get to know thenames of our soldiers just aswell as we know the names offootball players, and hopeful-ly everyone will support ourtroops as much as they sup-port football.


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Student Commentary

By Hailey Byrne

Editor’s note: Hailey Byrneis a seventh grade student inNancy Earls’ class at StrongSchool. Students wrote edito-rials on topics of their ownchoice, researching the factsand statistics on their own.The only requirement wasthat it was something they feltstrongly about.

Cheerleading is an activitythat has been increasing inpopularity. Every year mil-lions of girls and even someboys have been gaining in-terest in this activity. But didyou know that most peopledo not consider cheerleadinga sport? They reason thatyelling and clapping does nottake any skill. What theyaren’t realizing is thatyelling and clapping is just afraction of what cheerlead-ers do. Cheerleading involvesskills such as flexibility, tim-ing, gymnastics andstrength.

Look up the word sport on-line and the definition is“any activity involving phys-ical exertion and skill inwhich an individual or teamcompetes against another orothers.” Cheerleading in-volves physical exertionwith tumbling and lifts.Many cheers involve flips,handsprings and other gym-nastic-like abilities. Cheer-leading also requires itsmembers to lift teammatesand support them duringmounts and stunts. All of

these practices can be de-scribed as requiring physicalexertion.

Competitive cheerleadingalso involves a team compet-ing against many otherteams. Competitions are tak-en very seriously in thecheerleading world. Theycan last up to several hourswith many months of prac-tice.

Cheerleading closely re-sembles the Olympic sport ofGymnastics. In order to beconsidered for the cheerlead-ing squad in high school, youneed to have gymnasticsabilities such as being able todo flips. Many cheerleadersjoin other sports such astrack just to stay fit forcheerleading.

My cheerleading coach Fe-licia Potvin said, “The warmups and stretches that mycheerleaders do are no differ-ent than what I see in a soft-ball or basketball practice.”

All of the millions of

cheerleading stunts that areperformed daily most cer-tainly involve both physicalexertion and skill; unfortu-nately they also result in in-juries. The American Acade-my of Pediatrics recently re-leased a report requestingthat cheerleading be consid-ered a sport.

If it were considered asport, cheerleaders couldhave the benefit of moremedical coverage, practicetime would be monitoredand limited, and coacheswould need to be qualified.According to the NBC Night-ly News report that airedOct. 22, 2012 there are about3 million girls involved incheerleading and 26,000 ofthem get injured each year.NBC Nightly News also stat-

ed that there were 37,000cheerleaders in the Emer-gency Room in 2011. Alsoshocking is cheerleadingcauses 66 percent of cata-strophic injuries amonghigh school girls.

Laura Jackson, a formercheerleader who was para-lyzed from the neck downwhen doing a back tuck,said, “Who ever would havethought cheerleading wouldhave killed someone or bro-ken their neck? We were do-ing things that we didn’tthink were dangerous be-cause we are kids.”

If we do not qualify cheer-leading as a sport, the num-ber of injuries will continueto grow as the popularityand the difficulty of thecheers increase.

Cheer for a sport

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Camp call-inGirl Scouts of America

has scheduled camp call-innight on Monday, March 18,Thursday, April 18, and Tues-day, May 14, from 5 to 9 p.m.Scouts interested in learningabout summer camp or regis-tering by phone are encour-aged to call (860) 922-2770.

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.

Any organization interest-ed in being part of the 2013Old Home Days Paradeshould contact Carrie Ander-son at (860) 346-8954.

ApplicationsThe Assessor’s office at

Town Hall is accepting newand/or renewal applicationsfor the CT Elderly Homeown-er and Totally Disabled TaxRelief Programs and theDurham Senior Tax ReliefFreeze and Deferral Pro-grams. The filing period forall Tax Relief Programs runsthrough May 15.

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

For more information, call the Assessor’s Office at(860) 343-6709 or go towww.townofdurhamct.org.

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.


Third grader Josh Lesniak measureddifferent materials for electrical con-ductivity and found Jell-O was a sur-prisingly efficient conductor of elec-tricity.

Kaiden McArich, another third grader,found that a chemical reaction inlemons, limes, and potatoes could pro-duce electricity.

The rules of magnetism, as demon-strated by third grader Jenna Ulizio,propelled toy cars around the stage.

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On Feb. 21, students from Brewster and Korn schools joined together for ScienceNight. Using multiple rooms and hallways at Brewster School, students displayedand explained the awesome power of science at work in their experiments.

First grader Riley Biro, with help fromher seventh grade brother Cameron,showed her collection of turtles, whichincluded a Red Eared Slider, Pink Bel-lied Side Neck, Eastern Painted,African Side Necked, and a DiamondBacked Terrapin.

Making musicSubmitted by Susan Peak

A showcase of student talent was presented recent-ly at Perk on Main. Guitar and bass students of allages gathered to perform for family, friends, andrestaurant patrons. Each student performed songswith vocals, accompanied by bass guitar and elec-tronic drums. Pictured, Joe Venables tunes his gui-tar before performing.

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Durham’s First Select-woman Laura L. Francis re-cently signed a pledge torecommit the town to theClean Energy Communitiesprogram, an Energize Con-necticut initiative that incen-tivizes Connecticut munici-palities to improve energy ef-ficiency and promote the useof clean and renewable ener-gy.

Energize Connecticuthelps homes and businesssave money and use clean en-ergy. It is an initiative of theEnergy Efficiency Fund, theClean Energy Finance & In-vestment Authority, the state,and local electric and gasutilities, with funding from acharge on customer energybills.

Since February 2008,Durham has been a statewideleader in promoting energyefficiency and clean energyuse. Under the expandedClean Energy Communitiesprogram, Durham pledges toreduce its municipal build-ing energy consumption 20percent by 2018, and to volun-tarily purchase 20 percent ofits municipal electrical needsfrom clean, renewablesources by 2018.

Through participation inenergy-saving and renewableenergy programs, Durhamcan earn points toward re-wards. For example, whenresidents or businesses inDurham install a clean ener-gy system, enroll in the CT-CleanEnergyOptions pro-gram, or sign up to receive aHome Energy Solutions as-sessment, they earn pointsfor the town.

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Durham has demonstrat-ed leadership in clean energythrough its participation andcommitment in other CEFIAprograms, including SolarizeConnecticut, in which 117Durham homeowners signedcontracts for solar photo-voltaic systems and the Com-mercial Property AssessedClean Energy program. Theprogram provides long-termlow-cost financing to com-mercial and industrial con-sumers for clean energy proj-ects. The Town of Durhamearns points for its supportof clean energy programs.

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Anna Gargamelli of Durham asked for animal sup-plies for Help Willy’s Friends instead of gifts for her-self on her recent eighth birthday. She is picturedwith her rescued dogs and her gifts for HWF.

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Attorneys Ken Antin andJohn Corona were in atten-dance at the Feb. 19 Middle-field Board of Selectmenmeeting to present an offeron the 19.67-acre parcel onPowder Hill Road.

First Selectman JohnBrayshaw explained that theparcel, which is at the frontentrance of Powder Ridgeand south of the NerdenCamp, was held from the saleof Powder Ridge to Brown-stone.

Antin reported that an ap-praisal values the parcel at$300,000. Corona submittedan offer signed by neighborLori Vogel-Brown with a$50,000 deposit toward thepurchase of the parcel.

“We have a real offer,”Brayshaw said.

“An unsolicited offer,”Bailey added.

Antin explained thatthere are no broker fees withan unsolicited offer, whichmeans significant savings tothe town. Discussion ensuedon whether restrictions onthe Powder Ridge propertytransfer to the smaller par-cel (i.e. no development).Corona indicated that the re-strictions do not apply to the

free-standing parcel, whichis a single building lot,meaning only one structurecan be built.

Town Planner Geoff Cole-grove explained restrictionsplaced on the lot to ensurethe vista remains the same(any building will be at theback of the property). Coro-na indicated that the buyerhas no intent to build, butwants to open up her proper-ty to allow more space totrain horses.

Brayshaw outlined thetown’s three options: 1) keepthe parcel as open space; 2)sell the parcel with no build-ing restriction (reduces thevalue); and 3) sell the parcelwithout restrictions.

He proposed scheduling apublic hearing to set outthose options, but an appar-ent omission in the contractwas deemed an oversightand it was proposed the con-tract be revised.

Due to the proposedchange, a special meetingwas scheduled for Feb. 21, toact on the revised contract.Antin reminded the boardthat Brownstone’s SeanHayes has the right of firstrefusal and must be notifiedof the offer and allowed 30days to accept or refuse theright to buy the parcel under

the same terms. Editor’s note: On Feb. 21,

the Board of Selectmen votedunanimously to accept an of-fer on the 19.67-acre parcel.The board still needs to holdoff on moving forward untilHayes responds.

Storm responsePublic comment earlier in

the meeting came from firedepartment representativeswho stressed the importanceof snow removal at the fire-house, making a publicworks vehicle available dur-ing medical or fire emergen-cies, and the fire chief ’s abil-ity to contact town officialsduring a crisis. Brayshaw

explained that storm re-sponse and procedure issueswill be the topic of discus-sion at a “Lessons Learned”session to be held with po-lice, fire, public works andfirst selectmen. Also to bediscussed is having a vendorlist of companies in townwho have equipment/vehi-cles like plows, bulldozers.

CCMPeter Brown addressed

the board again regardinghis request that the towncontact the ConnecticutConference of Municipali-ties regarding its legislativeinitiatives to reduce gun vio-lence. Brayshaw read a let-

ter drafted to CCM, whichwas discussed by the board.Selectman David Burgesssuggested the letter be re-worded to request the infor-mation from Brown (basisfor CCM’s 13-point conclu-sion) and eliminate rhetoric.

Brayshaw reported thatthe town could not termi-nate its membership and as-sociation with CCM at thistime. Selectman Ed Baileyadded that the contractwould end at the end of thefiscal year. He asked thatBrayshaw inquire if CCM’scharter allows it to take sucha position.

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Durham Thunder fifth grade boys basketball team. Pictured, front row, from left:Ben Mariani, Max Temple, Justin Penney, Sean Carroll, Derek Grant, AdamCopeland. Back Row: Coach Copeland, Noah Kleczkowski, Hugh Barrett, NicoKulpik, Chris Onofrio, Del Cade, Jacob Haglund, Coach Penney.

Durham ThunderThe Durham Thunder fifth

grade boys travel basketballteam played on the big courtat Sheehan High School andcame away with a win. TheThunder played great de-fense right out of the gateand did a good job on the

boards. Derek Grant, MaxTemple and Hugh Barrett allhad four points, AdamCopeland, Noah Kleczkowsi,Chris Onofrio, Ben Marianiand Del Cade were tied withtwo.

The Durham Thunder fifthgrade boys travel basketballteam played their last regu-

lar season home game with awin vs. Old Saybrook. TheThunder jumped out to a 5-0lead and never looked back,wining their second game ina row. Leading the way forthe Thunder was Max Tem-

ple with 11 points, includingfour free throws in the fourthquarter. Chris Onofrio hadfive and Justin Penney, DerekGrant, Nico Kulpik, HughBarrett, and Del Cade wereall tied with four. Things are

really coming together forthe team just in time for theend of the season tourna-ment.

The Thunder will travel toMilford to play in the CTHoopfest tournament. Sub-mitted by Scott Penney

Coginchaughoops

Coginchaug girls ad-vance to semis, lose toCromwell

On Monday, Feb. 18, pow-ered by 22 big points fromMorgan Kuehnle, the girlsadvanced past Hyde to thesemi-finals of the Shorelinetournament. Kuehnle scored16 of her points in the secondhalf, allowing the Devils toovercome a 22-25 half-timedeficit and get to a final vic-tory margin of 51-43. I wasunfortunately not able to seethis game, being in Enfield tosee the boy’s valiant effort upnorth, so I have no furtherdetails, but bravo to Morganfor an outstanding game.

On Thursday, Feb. 21, theLady Devils were the visitorin their own gym, as the

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Boys basketball Senior Night was held at Cogin-chaug High School Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Coginchaug cheerleaders wait for the basketballteam to enter the gym before the Senior Night game.Seniors Jeff Grumm, Alex Kotrady, Jackson Doyle

and Mike Bongiorno with their families.

Coginchaug facility was hostfor the tournament, but thefourth ranked Devils had toplay the top seeded Panthers,making the Panthers thehome team.

Cromwell was a team thatwas undefeated, and hadbeaten the Devils twice al-ready, first by 15, and most re-cently by 27 points. WithCromwell’s two big girls,Janelle Harrison and Lind-say Langenauer figuring todominate inside play, andguards Emily Appleby andKelly Flanagan leading theoutside attack, it figured tobe a long and difficult nightfor the Lady Devils.

The thing is, Coginchaughad a plan. They played op-pressive defense, forcingCromwell to take awkwardshots, and were deliberate onoffense, keeping the numberof possessions down for bothteams, and allowingCromwell less time to weardown the Devil’s defense.And it worked pretty darnwell. The Panthers missedtheir first five shots, whileKim Romanoff opened thescoring with a two.Cromwell finally connectedon a trey to go ahead at thefour minute mark, but aftersome more deliberate of-fense, Jessica Solomon againput Coginchaug up with abasket. Another three-point-er from Cromwell gave thema 6-4 lead after one period.

The second period againstarted slow, as the teamstraded baskets over the firstthree minutes, with Ro-manoff scoring for the Dev-ils, when there was a smallflurry of baskets over thenext three minutes. Ro-manoff tied the score at 8,then after a Cromwell buck-

et, Audrey Arcari again knot-ted the score with a steal andbasket. Cromwell was againable to answer, but Romanoffdropped in still anotherbucket. With three minutesleft in the half, the Panthersagain surged ahead, but theycommitted their seventh foulon a Mikayla Wyskiel re-bound, and Mikayla droppedin both ends of the one andone to knot the score at 14 all.Neither team could get in thescoring column for the re-mainder of the half, leavingthe halftime score at a whop-ping 14-14.

The third period saw acontinuation of the very de-liberate pace by the Devils,but Cromwell had a bit moreluck in getting the basketballto fall, as they scored elevento the Devils seven, with Ro-manoff dropping in five ofthose, and Morgan Kuehnlegetting the other two. So en-tering the final period, thePanther led by four points,25-21.

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Coginchaug re-committedthemselves to defense tostart the fourth period, shut-ting Cromwell out for betterthan four minutes, while Ro-manoff scored a bucket, andJessica Solomon dropped inone of two from the line tomake it a one point game.The top-seeded Panthersstarted to get back on track,as they scored a two, and af-ter an Olivia Corazzini buck-et again made it a one pointgame, knocked in both endsof a one and one try from thecharity stripe. Kuehnlescored off of a Romanoff as-sist to again make it a onepoint game, with Cromwellahead 29-28 with two minutesremaining, but with aturnover and a missed shotfor the Devils, Cromwell rat-

tled off three straight bas-kets plus an “and one” on thelast to lead by eight, 36-28,with one minute remaining.In that final minute, Ro-manoff made things closerwith two quick baskets and afree throw, along with a sin-gle free throw from KatelynWilliams, but Cromwell con-nected on three of six fromthe charity stripe which wasenough to salt away the 39-34victory.

Kim Romanoff was bril-liant in a losing cause, doingthe majority of the ball han-dling in the deliberate of-fense, and still scoring 20 ofCoginchaug’s 34 points. Shealso tied for the reboundinglead with four, and has asteal and an assist. MorganKuehnle was the other top re-

bounder with four, also scor-ing four points, stealing aball and blocking a shot. Jes-sica Solomon scored three,grabbed three rebounds andblocked a shot. OliviaCorazzini had three re-bounds and two points. Au-drey Arcari had two points,two rebounds, and a steal.

Off the bench, MikaylaWyskiel scored two andgrabbed one rebound, andKatelyn Williams scored oneand had a steal.

The loss knocked the Dev-ils out of the Shoreline con-ference tournament, withCromwell taking the Cham-pionship game against Mor-gan by a 44-33 score.

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the 12-8 Lady Tigers ofBullard Havens Tech in thestate class M tournament,played Tuesday, Feb. 26. Ifthey get past that game, theywould travel to Notre Dame-Fairfield, or host NorthBranford in a second roundgame at 7 p.m. on Friday,March 1.

Tough loss at Enfield

On Monday, Feb. 18th, theCoginchaug boys travelled toEnfield to take on the 14-3Raiders. It figured to be agame that Coginchaug wouldhave difficulty being compet-itive in.

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ing off of a Jackson Doylefeed. After an Enfield buck-et, Rodrigue hat a single freethrow to put the Devils up 45-40. But the Raiders went on a8-1 tear, with only a singleAlex Kotrady charity hit in-terrupting the onslaught,putting the Devils behind bya 46-48 count with three min-utes remaining. After trad-ing missed baskets, JackGranger made a steal, anddrove the length of the courtto tie the game at 48 with 90ticks left on the clock. En-field worked the clock ontheir next possession, thentook a three with 45 secondsleft, that missed the mark,and Jackson Doyle managedto corral. At the other end,Jackson took the ball hard tothe basket, and though itrolled off the rim, it lookedlike Rodrigue had a goodchance for the rebound, butJackson was called for a trav-el on the drive, giving theRaiders another possession.

Enfield got the ball to theirend in good shape, but theDevils gave them trouble ingetting an open look at thebasket. Finally, just beforetime expired, Paul Lima ofEnfield took a step-backthree-pointer that swishedthrough the net as the buzzersounded, giving Lima a gamehigh 18 points, and theRaiders a 51-48 win.

I had Devin Rodriguedown for 16 points to lead theDevils in scoring, but the of-ficial scorebook had both Ro-drigue and Jackson Doyle for13 points. Rodrigue addedfive rebounds, two assists, ablock and a steal, whileDoyle added four rebounds,three assists and two steals.Alex Kotrady led the team inboth rebounding with seven,and steals with four, also con-tributing five points, a blockand an assist. Mike Bon-giorno led the team in assistswith five, adding six points,three steals and a rebound.

Jack Granger scored tenpoints, adding three steals, arebound and an assist.

Off the bench, JeffGrumm grabbed two re-bounds, blocked two shotsand had a steal, and JoshSmith scored a point.

Devils fall to ValleyOn Wednesday, Feb. 20, the

Devils hosted the Warriors ofValley Regional, who enteredundefeated in Shoreline con-ference play, and left unde-feated as well.

Coginchaug startedstrong, forcing Valley to missshots, and ended the first pe-riod with a 7-7 tie. But fromthere on, it was all downhill.Valley scored 23 points in thesecond period, while Cogin-chaug managed only a singleDevin Rodrigue basket in theperiod, giving the Warriors a21 point lead at the half. Val-ley extended the lead by ninepoints in the third periodand 13 more in the fourth, forthe final score of 71-28, with

Valley firmly and resound-ingly on top.

With no post season playpossible, this was the finalhurrah for this year’s sen-iors, Mike Bongiorno, Jack-son Doyle, Alex Kotrady andJeff Grumm. This being sen-ior night, Coach Salva gaveGrumm the start, and hadhis seniors start the final pe-riod as a group, along withjunior Jack Granger. Withfour minutes remaining,Coach pulled his starters fora final time for a passing ofthe torch to the next class.Next year’s leaders, JackGranger and sophomoreDevin Rodrigue, along withinjured sophomore JoshSmith and the seniors, satand watched as the playersthat will vie for time nextyear got their shot. JuniorsAlex Markoski, Mike Deckerand Taylor Sapia, along withsophomores Conor Doyleand Zach Terrill and evenfreshman Cam Powers willbe in the mix for playing timenext year, which will see amore experienced, and hope-fully more successful boysteam.

Jackson Doyle led the Dev-ils in scoring with eightpoints, adding three steals,three assists and a rebound.Alex Kotrady led in rebound-ing with seven and blockswith two, also scoring sevenand getting a steal. JackGranger scored three, hadthree steals, and grabbed arebound. Jeff Grumm hadfour rebounds, two pointsand an assist, while MikeBongiorno had two re-bounds, a steal and an assist.

Off the bench, Devin Ro-drigue has three reboundsand two points. Both AlexMarkoski and Taylor Sapiahad two rebounds, a pointand a steal. Conor Doyle hadtwo points and a steal, MikeDecker scored two, and ZachTerrill stole the ball once.

The boys finished the sea-son at 6-14, 6-12 in the Shore-line conference. Only threeof those losses were by morethan 15 points, so some hardwork in the off-season wouldmake next year much moreinteresting.

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The 3 pointers fell. The de-fense frustrated. The clutchfree-throws were sunk. Thestars aligned. The YoungGunz executed a nearly flaw-less game plan en-route to a52-48 upset victory over Tor-rison Stone and Garden. Yes,Durham Mens League is justa recreation basketballleague, but among those whoplay and follow the league,this was big news. Bandwidthwas at a premium at 9:20 p.m.on Thursday night as textsand tweets about the upsetwent out in a frenzy.

For a little perspective,Torrison Stone had wonevery league regular seasonand playoff game for 5straight years, a run of over45 games, and had won all 8meetings between the twoteams during that span withan average margin of victoryof 14 points, the closest beinga 6 point loss late in the 2010season. Typically the Gunzwould challenge early, andright about halftime Torri-son would open up a big lead.Not this time.

Torrison dressed just sixplayers, and a pair of earlyfouls put Pete Lynch on thebench for a good portion ofthe first half. Lynch was theLynch and Adam Poturnickiled Torrison with 9 and 7 apiece in the half. The Gunzgot a good start from MikeBaranoski, who had 8 firsthalf points, but entered half-time trailing 24-23. Foul trou-ble hit Torrison hard afterhalftime. Lynch, Dave Ben-nett and Tyler Gerry allpicked up their 4th foul withover 8 minutes remaining,with Gerry eventually foul-ing out. Meanwhile the Gunzstuck to a aggressive man-to-man defense that frustratedTorrison. Most teams give upon man-to-man due to a sizedisadvantage, but the Gunzstuck with it. Greg Bereskihit on a series of 3 pointers,and the Gunz took their finallead with about 4 minutesleft. Foul shooting would bethe deciding factor for theGunz, and Bereski would

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throw up an ugly miss beforegoing 5-5 from the line therest of the way to seal the vic-tory, finishing with 22 for thenight including 10-14 fromthe foul line..

Mike Baranoski would endwith 13 while Alex Schadecontributed 9 for the win-ners. Lynch would lead Tor-

rison with 15 while Poturnic-ki and Mark Pfister finishedwith 11 and 10 each. TheYoung Gunz hit on 8 threepointers to zero for Torrison.

In other games the pasttwo weeks:

Allstate Fire Equipment75, Hitchin Post Tavern 55-Joe Davis set a 5 year high for

Durham Mens League pointsas he poured in 36 points in-cluding seven 3-pointers tolead Allstate (2-4) to a 20 pointwin. Allstate opened thegame with a 17-4 start andnever looked back. MikeBertrand added 12 for All-state. Ryan Donecker had 19for Hitchin Post (0-7)

Young Gunz 55, DurhamDental 48–After a slow startfor both teams, the YoungGunz overcame an 18-17 half-time deficit to defeat DurhamDental. Greg Bereski led theGunz with 20 and AlexSchade followed with 13. DanPease scored 14 of Dental’s 30second half points to finishwith 17 in the loss.

Timeout Taverne 55,Connecticut Sign 51–PeteDoering scored 26 and Time-out Taverne (4-2) went 14 of

21 at the foul line in the 2nd

half as they held off a latecharge by Connecticut Sign(3-3). Preston Beverly was thetop CT Sign scorer with 18.

Scott Tax Group 65,Durham Dental 56-DurhamDental couldn’t overcome avery slow start and fell by 9points to Scott Tax (6-1).Chris Staab and Keith Fergu-son led Scott Tax with 21 ad15 respectively. Chris Hay-wood hit on five 3-pointers tofinish with 18 and MarkCrayton added 13 for Dental,who fell to a 3-4 record withthe loss.

Scott Strang

CLL softball clinicCoginchaug Little League

has scheduled pitching clin-ics for softball players, leagueage 8-12 for the 2013 season.Instruction will be providedby Ashley and Nicole Thody.

The clinics are scheduledfor Sundays, March 10, 17, 24and April 7 at Lake GroveGym.

Experienced (pitched atmajors level) are scheduled

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Most are thinking aboutcurling up with a blanket infront of a warm crackling firewhen the temperature plum-mets below freezing. However,during this time the Boy

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work, as it is meant to chal-lenge their skills in a harshwinter setting as they performa variety of difficult outdoortasks such as equipment res-cue, triage first aid, hypother-mia treatment and more.

The 2013 Klondike Derby,held at Camp Webster in Ash-ford, was constructed with anAmerican Revolution theme.It was meant to recreate the1776 Siege of Boston, an eventof superhuman accomplish-ment. Prior to the siege,American troops hauled an as-tounding 60 tons of artilleryincluding cannons, on hand-made sleds for over 250 milesthrough the harshest of win-ter conditions to drive theBritish out of Boston. It was achallenging and successfulmission.

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Cub Scouts from Packs 27 and 33 travelled to the Hig-gins Armory Museum in Worcester, Mass. in Decem-ber. Scouts saw armor that was 500 years old andweapons from around the world. They learned abouthistory and culture, as well.

The group went to theGreat Hall for supperwhere it learned the Mid-dle Ages customs. It wasa traditional English mealof baked chicken, pota-toes and carrots. Therewere demonstrations thatincluded knights, armorand weapons.

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Russell LibraryRussell Library, located at

123 Broad St. in Middletown,is open from 9 a.m. to 8:30p.m. Monday through Thurs-day, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fri-days, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. onSaturdays.

DurhamLibrary

Hours: Regular libraryhours are Mondays throughThursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,and Fridays and Saturdays,10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitwww.durhamlibrary.org tosearch the catalog, reviewyour account, register for aprogram or renew your mate-rials online. For informationor to register for a programby phone, call (860) 349-9544.

The Durham Library is adrop-off location for Toys ofHope, which is providing toysto the victims of HurricaneSandy. Please leave new, un-wrapped toys for children ofany age in the Toys of Hopebox in the library hallway.

Pre-SchoolMother Goose (18 to 30

months) Mondays at 10:15a.m.

Time for Tots (2 1/2 to 31/2) Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m.

Preschool Storytime (31/2 to 5) Tuesdays at 10:15a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Bedtime Storytime (2 to 4)Mondays at 7 p.m. (wear paja-mas)

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(18 to 30 months) Mondays at10:15 a.m. Bedtime Story-time (2-4 years) Mondays at 7p.m. Wear your PJs!Time for Tots (2 1/2 to 3 1/2years) Wednesdays at 10:15a.m.

Preschool Storytime (31/2 to 5 years) Tuesdays at10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

To register, call the libraryat 860 349-9544.

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Pitching clinicRegistration is now open for Coginchaug Little League’s four-week baseball pitching

clinic from March 9 through April 6. The clinic, instructed by Sal Santanello, is open to all Farm, Minors, Majors and In-

termediate players from league age 8-13. Three separate skill levels are available to helpgroup players by ability so that they get the most from the instruction.

The clinic runs four Saturdays (clinic not held during Easter weekend) for 30 minutesper week at the gym at Lake Grove/Rushford School on Route 68 in Durham. A familymember is required to come and catch for the player. Both should bring a glove. Base-balls are provided. There is a fee.

This clinic is for first-time pitchers to start off with good fundamentals, and for moreexperienced pitchers to improve technique. To register your son, visit www.cogin-chaugll.org. For more information, contact Scott Strang at [email protected].

Little League scholarship Coginchaug Little League is accepting applications for a scholarship for graduating

seniors attending college or trade school this fall. Applicants must have played forCoginchaug Little League for at least three years. Other eligibility, criteria, and re-quirements can be accessed online by downloading an application at coginchaugll.org.Students can also inquire at their guidance office. All applications and required mate-rials must be postmarked by April 6, 2013. For more information, call Tonya Little at(860) 349-8678.

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A parent/adult is requiredto catch when their daughteris participating in the clinic.

For more information, con-tact Michele Rulnick at [email protected].

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St. Patrick’s Daylunch

The Middlefield SeniorCenter has scheduled a tradi-tional St. Patrick’s Day lunchfor Wednesday, March 13, atnoon. Menu includes cornedbeef, boiled potatoes, carrots,cabbage, Irish soda breadand a shamrock cookie. A feeis charged. Reservations arerequired by March 11. For

more information, call (860)349-7121.

Musical lunchThe Middlefield Senior

Center has scheduled a musi-cal for Friday, March 15, atnoon. Menu includes NewEngland clam chowder,cheese ravioli, Italian blendvegetable and dessert. A feeis charged. Entertainment bythe Valley Shore Acapella

Sweet Adelines Spare Time,is planned. Reservations arerequired by March 15. Formore information, call (860)349-7121.

CPR classThe Durham Activity Cen-

ter has scheduled a CPRtraining class for seniors onThursday, March 21, fromnoon to 2 p.m. Hands-ontraining and booklets are

provided. A fee is charged. For more information, call

Amanda Pedersen at (860)349-3153.

Tax-aideFree AARP Tax-Aide is

available every Tuesdaythrough April 9 by appoint-ment.

This free tax help is fortaxpayers with low and mod-erate-income, with special at-

tention to those age 60 andolder. Call the center onceyou have received all forms ofincome and all 1099 forms.Also bring last year’s incometax 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 necessary.

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 andtheir spouses. To cover thecost of the meal, a suggesteddonation is welcomed. Tomake lunch reservations, callAmanda Pedersen, seniorcafe 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, Yan-kee Candle in Deerfield,

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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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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 for theelderly 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.

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Children in the play areaof the Durham Public Li-brary can’t see the picturebooks on the other side ofthis wall. A recent grantwill help make the areamore kid-friendly.

By Mark Dionne The Town Times

The Durham Public Li-brary recently received agrant to help improve thechildren’s play and picturebook area. A $2,000 grantfrom the Community Foun-dation of Middlesex Countywill provide part of the fund-ing for the project.

According to Children’s Li-brarian Christine Michaud,the project will open up thechildren’s area. Currently, alarge part of the picture bookcollection is out of sight ofthe children’s play area,around the corner andblocked by the back of someshelving.

Michaud discovered that adisproportionate number ofpicture books filed in A to Bor W to Z are checked out be-cause they sit on the more ac-cessible shelves. Many pic-ture books are almost tuckedaway from patrons lookingfor them.

The library will replacethe felt board wall with lowershelves to open up morebookshelves to the youngestlibrary patrons. The feltboard and puppet theater willsurvive the reorganization

Grant to help Durham Library update children’s area

by being moved to the emer-gency exit corner. “It shouldimprove the sight lines quitea bit,” said Michaud.

Low bins, reaching into theplay area, will offer picturebooks at an appealing heightfor children to browse andwill provide an additionalconnection from the stacks tothe play area.

“These funds will enableus to open up the preschoolarea of the children’s depart-ment and encourage childrento browse for books that en-gage their interests, which inturn helps children to devel-op a love of reading,”Michaud concluded in apress release.

The grant also providesfunding for the purchase ofadditional early conceptbooks, such as alphabet andcolor books.

The new layout also should

improve the library experi-ence for older children,Michaud points out. To makespace in the children’s area,the shelves for new releasesaimed at elementary agedchildren will be movedaround the corner to join the

rest of the elementary fictioncollection.

Michaud hopes to have thebulk of the work done in mid-April with the project fin-ished by mid-May, but the ex-act reorganization schedulehas not been set.

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