1-27-2012 town times

Volume 18, Issue 42 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall Friday, January 27, 2012

In this issue ...Announcements .............20Calendar............................4Town Briefs..............12, 14Sports..........................24-27

Brewster students show off their artistic skillsThe artworkfrom the StateCapitol ArtShow is begin-ning to deco-rate the walls atB r e w s t e rSchool. Whenyou stop by,please checkthe windowsaround the of-fice to see theamazing art thatstudents pro-duced. Picturedare two firstgraders fromMs. Stewart’sclassroom holding their sock monkey drawings: Allison Sambor and MichaelLimosani. Submitted by Patti Checko

Korn students celebrate scienceKorn School held its sciencefair on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 6p.m. Over an eight-week period,students researched, designed,tested and analyzed their ex-perimental question using thescientific method. Studentsfirst presented their projects totheir classmates. A panel ofjudges — Kevin Brough, princi-pal of Memorial; Scott Sadin-sky, principal of Strong; KristaBauchman, science teacher atStrong; Lorrie Martin, scienceteacher at Coginchaug; andRaymond Hubbard, formerteacher at Korn — and theclassroom teacher evaluatedeach student’s project. Duringthe evening, students sharedwhat they learned with parents,family and members of thecommunity. This year’s win-ners were Jason Salley, Katherine Burford, Paige Lampo and Sarah Venables.Congratulations to all the students who participated in this event!

Sarah Venables, Crazy Crystal CreationsSubmitted by Eileen Chupron

ART AND SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENTS

More photos on page 13

Durham town officialsmeet and share goals

By Stephanie WilcoxTown Times

Twice a year, the manycommissions and boards inthe town of Durham come to-gether to update each other ontheir latest activities so thateveryone is on the same page.On Jan. 11, a two-hour meet-ing of this nature took place atthe Town Hall. First Select-man Laura Francis recog-nized how the boards, com-missions, committees and de-partments have forgone newinnovations and projects theymight have attempted be-cause of budget challenges.She thanked them for this andpromised that the Board of Se-lectmen will work very hardin 2012 to take care of infra-structure, town buildings andfuture projects.

Since only a few membersof the public were in atten-dance, here is a rundown ofsome notable items discussedthat evening by the variousboards and commission:Conservation Commission

Bob Melvin reported thatWhite’s Farm is in need ofroad repair, split fence repairand tree replacements. Whenhe asked about the status ofAllyn Brook re-channeliza-tion, Francis noted that thetown was waiting for a pre-construction meeting to see ifany other permits are neededfrom the state or Army Corpsof Engineers before movingforward. The Allyn Brookproject was possibly eligiblethrough FEMA, but it may failthe cost/benefit analysis. Shealso noted that Senator Meyerwas looking for other discre-tionary funds that may beavailable to the town.Recreation Department

Sherry Hill and Julie Ray-mond from the Recreation De-partment noted that pro-grams, particularly for adults,are growing. Due to the in-crease, the department has

started to have the town clerkcollect and process programfees, and Hill thanked the em-ployees in that office for theircooperation. Hill also notedchanging demographics withchildren’s programs full butnot growing and adult pro-grams growing, including thefabulously successful andwell-attended senior lunchprogram and the growing useof the community center.Social Services

The town’s generosity washighlighted during AmandaAstarita’s update. The new so-cial services director said sheserviced 22 families atThanksgiving and 16 atChristmas. She is currentlyworking on energy assistanceand would like to develop newprograms. She also noted thesuccess of the lunch programand how it has grown beyondexpectations.Agriculture Commission

Fred Mastele and WarrenHerzig reported that the com-mission has created a newmap of the town’s open space.It was noted that the idea todevelop a community gardendid not get much attention. Alogo and website were devel-oped with the help the of townclerk Kim Garvis that will letresidents know what is beinggrown in town. AgricultureCommission members wouldlike to work with the Econom-ic Development Commissionto get local farms onto thewebsite. Lastly, the commis-sion has been working withPlanning & Zoning on revisit-

See Joint Meeting, page 14

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Index of AdvertisersTo advertise in the Town Times,call Joy Boone at 860-349-8026

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room at Brewster Elemen-tary School. All district four-year-olds and children turn-ing three by Feb. 3 are invitedto attend.

Parental permission andinvolvement are require-ments in the screening. How-ever, it is important for chil-dren to separate from theirparents during the screeningso that the team can get an ac-curate assessment. Parentswill complete a questionnaireprior to the screening andhave the opportunity to dis-cuss any questions or con-cerns about their childrenwith the school psychologistduring the screening.

If you would like yourchild to attend a screening,please contact Crystal at860-349-7208.

Chris Hurlburtto put on amagic show

On Friday, Feb. 3, theCRHS’s Project GraduationCommittee is thrilled to havelocal magician Chris Hurl-burt return to amaze us in theCRHS Auditorium. Doorsopen at 6:30 p.m., and theshow starts at 7 p.m. Single orfamily tickets are available.A magic kit will be raffled offat the end of the show, whichbenefits CRHS’s ProjectGraduation.

Preschoolscreening forRSD13

Regional School District 13(RSD13) offers a play-basedscreening for children ages 3and 4. The screening allowsparents the opportunity tohave their child observed by

district professionals in aninformal, fun setting to en-sure their child’s develop-ment is progressing at an age-appropriate level. Participa-tion is also a prerequisite fora child to be considered as arole model for the preschoolprogram.

The next screenings arescheduled for Feb. 3 at 9 a.m.and 11 a.m. in the preschool

CorrectionsWe strive to bring you the most accurate information

available each week, but if you see something in TownTimes that isn’t quite right, give us a call at 860-349-8000,and we’ll do our best to make things right.

FinancialFreedom Class

Join Victory ChristianChurch for a nine-week classon obtaining financial free-dom! Starting Jan. 30, thisweekly class meets from 7 to 9p.m. at Victory ChristianChurch in Middlefield. Thereis a minimal fee for materialsdue the first night of class.Seating is limited, so pleasecall the church office to pre-register at 860-346-6771 or 860-349-6581. Childcare is not pro-vided, so please arrange ap-propriately. This class is foranyone 18 years or older. Thisclass will transform your per-spective on money and setyou free.

Strong SchoolReads

Strong School studentsand parents are invited toparticipate in Strong SchoolReads, an annual book dis-cussion event that brings to-gether students, parents andvarious community mem-bers who split into smallbook discussion groups.

Our invited communitymembers act as facilitatorsfor their group, resulting in alively exchange of thoughtsand opinions regarding thebook. Students may countthe book as part of their read-ing log!

This year’s featured bookwill be Unwind by Neal Shus-terman, an examination ofabortion in a fictitious futurecivil war. You can find thisbook at Strong School, LeviE. Coe and Durham libraries.

For more information, con-tact Mike Klimas at [email protected] or JoanneBadin at [email protected] or call 860-349-8984.

Nanny available

Nanny seeking a part-time position inD u r h a m / M i d d l e f i e l darea. Reside in Durham,will come to your home toprovide care. Previouschild care experience aswell as post-graduate de-gree in related field. Ref-erences available. Call860-575-4785 if interested.

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Food, fun and friends come together for Taste of Durham festivitiesBy Stephanie Wilcox

Town Times

With temperatures drop-ping to cuddle-up-inside lev-els and the holidays behindus, there probably isn’t muchgoing on in your social lifethis time of year — unlessyou are signed up for the an-nual Taste of Durham on Sat-urday, Feb. 4. And if youaren’t signed up yet, here’swhy you should do so, andfast...

This festive PALS-spon-sored fundraiser has becomea part of Durham’s winter so-cial scene with all proceedsfunding those extra pro-grams and materials thatmake the library so special.The event, which is held atthe Durham Library from6:30 to 9 p.m., is in its 16thyear and is always a fun wayfor adults to get out of thehouse and mingle with folksin the community.

“It’s a great night out inthe middle of winter to get ridof the winter doldrums,” saidLaurie Stevens, PALS presi-dent and chair of Taste ofDurham. “From a cost point

of view, where can you go toeat as much as you can eatand have drinks for $30?”

The focus of the evening ison food, and the many restau-rants that are coming to thisyear’s event are making thatpossible. Stevens points out acore group of local restau-rants that have been at thisevent for many years. CozyCorner Restaurant & Pizza,Durham Market & Caterers,Lino’s Market & Caterers,Lyman Orchards Farm Mar-

ket and Time Out Taverneare the five that have attend-ed Taste of Durham everyyear since the beginning.Those that have been comingfor many years are: Brenda’sMain Street Feed (somethingspecial for the “family” athome), Kim’s Cottage Confec-tions, Little Rooster Liquor(a wine tasting), Perk onMain, Haveli India, TheWhole Enchilada, Sweet Har-

mony Café and Cold StoneCreamery.

“The focus is always goingto be on the food, but, as anorganizer, I believe in thevalue of change to keepthings fresh,” said Stevens“The change this year is livemusic — Deep Ellum — in theCommunity Rooms on thelower level in addition to

See Taste, page 19

Neighbors mingle while enjoying the delicious food atthe 2008 Taste of Durham.

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FRIDAY

January 27Bridge Night

Come join in at theDurham Activity Centerevery Friday at 6:30 p.m. for afun night of bridge with greatpeople. If you are not surehow to play, Jim will teachyou. You may call Jim at 860-346-6611 with bridge ques-tions. Call Durham Recre-ation at 860-343-6724 with fur-ther questions.Grace Lutheran PreschoolRegistration/Open House

Help Grace LutheranPreschool celebrate its 25thyear by enrolling your childin a classes. Grace Lutheranis a safe, licensed, Christian,early childhood program.Early drop-off and extended-day options are available tostudents ages 3-5. An openhouse will be held today andFeb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 12:30p.m. No appointment is nec-essary. New families can reg-ister for the 2012-13 schoolyear as of Feb. 1. The schoolis located at 1055 RandolphRoad in Middletown. Formore information, contactLisa Mentlick, director, at860-346-0766 or [email protected].

SATURDAY

January 28Majors Tryouts

Tryouts for boys’ or girls’majors will be held indoors atRushford at Stonegate (459Wallingford Rd. in Durham).Boys should arrive at 12:30p.m. and girls at 1:30 p.m.Wear sneakers and bring abaseball/softball glove. Noadditional tryout is requiredif you already tried out inspring 2011. For more info,contact a Coginchaug LittleLeague board member: Boys’Majors director Nick Faiellaat 860-575-0669 [email protected]; Girls’ Majorsdirector Bob Lane at 860-349-0939 [email protected].

SUNDAY

January 29College Financial Aid

and PlanningAll Connecticut high

school students and others

interested in learning moreabout attending college areinvited to a free “CollegeGoal Sunday” event inWheaton Hall at MiddlesexCommunity College from 1:30to 4:30 p.m. Financial aidcounselors will be availableto help students and familiesfill out financial aid applica-tions. Spanish interpreterswill be available. For moreinfo, visit www.mxcc.comm-net.edu or contact CollegeGoal Sunday at 1-888-277-2270or [email protected].

MONDAY

January 30MCC Breakfast

Come to the MiddlesexChamber of Commerce mem-ber breakfast today from 7:45to 9 a.m. at 393 Main St. inMiddletown with Rece Davis,ESPN college basketball andfootball studio host andSportsCenter anchor/re-porter. For more info, call thechamber at 860-347-6924.Durham Senior Lunches

Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center (350Main St.). Following thelunches on Mondays is gametime which includes bil-liards, Wii and cards. Bingostarts at 1 p.m. on Wednes-days. For pricing info and tomake a reservation, callAmanda Astarita, senior cafémanager, at 860-349-3153.Middlefield Senior Lunches

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

Join the Coginchaug LittleLeague Board of Directors atthe first annual open housefrom 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mid-dlefield Community Center.This event is open to all play-ers and parents who are newto Coginchaug Little Leagueand all current players andparents who wish to learnmore about the volunteer or-ganization. Come and meetthe newly-elected boardmembers, learn about the lat-est little league news and see

what the plans are to contin-ue to improve the league. Youwill also learn about volun-teer opportunities, includingcoaching, serving on variouscommittees and assistingwith the concessions stand.Light refreshments will beprovided. Please visitwww.coginchaugll.org forquestions about this event.Financial Freedom Class

Come join Victory Christ-ian Church for a nine-weekclass on obtaining financialfreedom! Starting on Jan. 30,this is a weekly class thatmeets from 7 to 9 p.m. at Vic-tory Christian Church inMiddlefield, off Route 66.There is a minimal fee perperson for materials due thefirst night of class. Seating islimited, so please call thechurch office to pre-registerat 860-346-6771 or 860-349-6581.Childcare is not provided, soplease arrange appropriate-ly. This class is for anyone 18years or older. This class willtransform your perspectiveon money and set you free.

TUESDAY

January 31Town Hall Meeting

From 6 to 7:30 p.m., StateSenator Len Suzio will be atthe Middlefield CommunityCenter for a Town Hall meet-ing before the start of the 2012legislative session.

Talk With The AuthorA talk will be given by

Mary Donohue, the co-author(along with Briann Green-field) of A Life of the Land:Connecticut’s Jewish Farmers

at 7 p.m. at CongregationAdath Israel (8 Broad St. inMiddletown). The evening,sponsored by the MiddlesexCounty Historical Society inconjunction with the AdultEducation Committee of thesynagogue, will include abook signing by the author.The program is free and opento the public. The synagogueis handicapped-accessibleand parking is available onOld Church Street along theSouth Green. For furtherinfo, call the Historical Soci-ety at 860-346-0746.

WEDNESDAY

February 1CRHS Concerts

Let the CRHS Show Choirand Jazz Band Concert warmyou on a chilly night withmusic and dance at 7:30 p.m.No admission fee. Snow dateis Sunday, Feb. 5, at 4 p.m.

Suzio, Brayshaw and DEEP Meeting

Sen. Len Suzio, Middle-field First Selectman JonBrayshaw and a Departmentof Energy and Environmen-tal Protection (DEEP) repre-sentative will host a publicmeeting to address concernsabout Lake Beseck at 9 a.m.at Middlefield’s CommunityCenter. Suzio said he organ-ized the meeting in order forarea residents to get answersto questions residents haveabout the lake. Those whocannot attend the meetingcan e-mail Suzio their ques-tions [email protected] or callhim at 1-800-842-1421.

FRIDAY

February 3Special Needs Art Classes

Working with an adultrelative or caregiver, a spe-cial education teacherguides children throughmixed media art projects.This series develops finemotor skills as well ascounting, patterning, meas-uring and vocabulary. Class-es are today, Feb. 10 and 17and March 2 and 9. Make-update is March 16 from 1 to2:30 p.m. For more info andto register, call 860-663-5593or e-mail [email protected]. Visitw w w . a r t s c e n t e r k i l l i n g -worth.orgRSD13 Preschool Screening

RSD13 offers a play-basedscreening for children ages 3and 4. The screening allowsparents the opportunity tohave their child observed bydistrict professionals in aninformal, fun setting to en-sure their child’s develop-ment is progressing at anage-appropriate level. Thenext screenings are sched-uled for 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. inthe preschool room at Brew-ster Elementary School. Con-tact Crystal at 860-349-7208.

Magic Show

The CRHS’s Project Grad-uation Committee is thrilledto have local magician ChrisHurlburt return to amaze usin the CRHS Auditorium.Doors open at 6:30 p.m., andthe show starts at 7 p.m. Sin-gle or family tickets areavailable. A magic kit will beraffled off at the end of theshow, which benefits CRHS’sProject Graduation.

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February 4Dudley Farmers’ Market

The Dudley Farm winterfarmers’ market will be heldthe first Saturday of themonth from Februarythrough May from 9 a.m. tonoon in the Munger Barn.Goods for sale include: home-grown or handmade bakedgoods, crafts, eggs, fiber,honey and maple syrup, jamsand jellies, naturally raisedmeats, pickles, soap and veg-etables. In case of inclementweather, please visitwww.dudleyfarm.com or call203-457-0770 for update.

Taste of DurhamThis year’s Taste of

Durham will be held at theDurham Library from 6:30 to9 p.m. Space is limited, and itis always a sell-out, so getyour tickets early — they arecurrently available at theDurham Public Library. Ashuttle van will run continu-ously between Strong Schooland the library, so finding aparking space is no longer anissue.

Submissionreminder

The Town Times wel-comes submissions re-garding upcoming eventshappening in the commu-nity (e-mail [email protected] by Mondays atnoon). We do our best torun submissions at leastone time. However, due tospace constraints, we can-not guarantee a submis-sion will be published ona specific date. To ensureyour submission runs ex-actly as you would like itto, contact our sales rep-resentative, Joy Boone, at860-349-8026 or e-mail [email protected] a paid ad. Thank you.


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Crocs: Lessons in math and benevolenceBy Elisabeth Kennedy

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When asked in Novemberif I could bring crocs for the49 children at HELO, I hadmy doubts. A week or so lat-er, I was asked how a girlscout troop could help HELOthis Christmas, and “crocs”spilled out of my mouth. Thesame day, I was asked again,and I started to have hope.Soon, children throughoutMiddlefield and Durhamwere collecting or donatingcrocs. John Lyman Schoolneeded another challenge,apparently, and added soccerballs and art supplies to thatlist. I prayed we’d haveenough crocs and, especially,that they be the correct sizesfor the children in Haiti.

John Lyman School col-lected 45 pair of crocs. Stu-dents in Mrs. Francis’ classcounted them, lined them upand measured them, figuringout how many yards of crocsthey had, converted that intofeet and then into inches: 291

inches of crocs that stretchedall the way to Haiti!

From Girl Scouts toFrench Honor Society, li-

braries and schools, over 60pairs of crocs were collected,and nearly all were sizesneeded in Haiti; only threepairs had to be purchased(sizes that were missing). Aschildren’s feet grow ridicu-lously fast, the remainingpairs will soon fit someoneand make it to Haiti as well.Crocs are fantastic in Haiti;they are water- and mud-durable and actually seem tobe nearly indestructible! TheHELO family thanks you allfor their brightly-coloredhappy feet!

Mr. Moriarty’s class col-

Children in HELO’s first homeCourtesy of Cloe Poisson

John Lyman School studentsmeasure collected crocs.

Courtesy of Susan Francis

See Crocs, next page

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lected art and craft supplies,and both Moriarty’s andFrancis’ students collectedsoccer balls. Soccer bringssmiles and cheers all overHaiti, and soccer balls are al-ways in demand. HELO hostsa community soccer leagueon the soccer field on its land.

Soccer was played through-out our visit and will contin-ue thanks to the generosity ofso many in our community.

In this collecting, countingand measuring were greatlessons of compassion andbenevolence. Studentslearned about Haiti and thechildren of HELO, teachersrequested gifts of charity andsome students even wentwithout Christmas gifts to

Crocs (From page 5)

Sara, HELO Home 3, enjoys her new crayons.

Courtesy of Elisabeth Kennedy

Localchildrenenjoy agame ofsoccer.

Courtesy ofElisabethKennedy

make a donation to help chil-dren in Haiti. While wordsare inadequate to convey thegratitude of everyone atHELO, we hope sharing somephotographs will show thejoy of the children who re-ceived your wonderful gifts.

We are truly and richlyblessed in this community!Thank you, and may Godbless you each and every one!

Boy Scouts at Camp TadmaBoy Scout Troop 27

Durham (est. 1926) is callingall Webelo Scouts and inter-ested fifth and sixth gradeboys. It’s nearly time tocross over to a boy scouttroop; there are many op-tions and different troops tovisit. Boy Scout Troop 27 ofDurham would like to ex-tend an invitation for youand your parent(s) to spend aday with Troop 27 at the an-nual Klondike Camp Out onSaturday, Feb. 11, at CampTadma in Bozrah, CT. (Youmust RSVP for this event byFeb. 9.)

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Activity Center policy approved, special town meeting set in DurhamBy Stephanie Wilcox

Town Times

First Selectman LauraFrancis has one less thing onher desk now that the Boardof Selectmen (BOS) has final-ly approved the use policy,use application and key poli-cy for the Durham ActivityCenter.

“The use policy reflects alot of the concerns broughtup,” explained Francis at theJan. 23 meeting of the BOS,including closing procedures.The selectmen reviewed thepolicy, spending the longestamount of time conversingabout political organizationsmeeting at the activity center.Francis noted that other townbuildings are used for meet-ings of political organiza-tions, and the activity centershould be no exception. It wasultimately agreed that theseorganizations should be al-lowed to use the center formeetings, but the displayingof political information andpamphlets would not be al-

lowed at the center.Another discussion at the

meeting was of the health di-rector appointment. “I’m re-ally torn on this whole topic,”Francis said to the board. Theboard will receive a proposalat the next regular meeting,and in the meantime, will doresearch to make a decisionon what would work for thetown of Durham. The towndoes have the ability to hirethe Connecticut River AreaHealth District on an hourlybasis for those services thatmeet the statutory require-ments. One to four hours aweek are allowed, but townsanitarian Bill Milardo be-lieves that no more than onehour a week would be needed.There is currently no budgetfor the health director, andthus the conversation willcontinue into the next regularboard meeting set for Feb. 6.

A special town meetingwas set for Monday, Feb. 13,at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall forthe following purposes: togrant permission to the

Board of Selectmen to executethe proposed InterlocalAgreement between thetowns of Durham and Middle-field and to execute any docu-ments and perform such ac-tions as are necessary to en-ter into said Interlocal Agree-ment between the towns ofDurham and Middlefield; toaccept a gift of a one-acre par-cel of land on Old WallingfordRoad Parcel ID #C0046100,Map #45, Lot #18 and to ac-cept a gift of one half-acre ofland on Old Wallingford RoadParcel ID #C0046000, Map#45, Lot #17 from Bertha S.Clementel; to transfer $3,200from #9620 Reserve for FireTrustee – Building Mainte-nance to #6700-408 CIP – FireDepartment Maintenance forthe installation of a new airconditioner as recommendedby the Board of Finance attheir Jan. 17 meeting.

Under old/new business,Francis mentioned a jointgrant application with the Re-gional Energy Commissionthat was filed last week to

fund outdoor lighting with en-ergy-efficient fixtures. Shehopes the town of Durham isapproved to receive 27 lights.

The latest update on the re-location of the EOC (Emer-gency Operations Center) isthat the propane tank hasbeen installed and electricalwiring began. Emergencymanagement director FrancisWillett, who was in atten-dance, said he is hopeful thatthe generator will be movednext week, weather permit-ting. “All is going well,” Wil-lett said about the EOC relo-

cation.

Seven bids for chipping andremoval of the brush fromStorm Alfred were receivedand are being reviewed, rang-

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Letters to the EditorJust an idea

Thanks for the article re-garding full day kinder-garten. While that is an is-sue that’s been kickedaround awhile, I’d like toproffer an idea that’s at leastcontroversial but no less im-portant.

District 13 should consid-er switching school starttimes between the youngerand older students. Foryears, researchers of vari-ous studies have advocatedthat high school students inparticular would benefitfrom this arrangement. Theargument follows the obvi-ous biological differencesbetween teenagers andgrade school kids and at-tempts to prove later starttimes for older students arein sync with their bodies, asopposed to the system nowpracticed.

A confession: I do have achild who will enter highschool next year.

Still, for those interestedin both sides of the argu-ment, there’s one findingthat’s pro1 and one some-what con2 (scroll down to thefinal paragraph for thecaveats).

School boards across thecountry have grappled withtest scores and educationalresults for generations; weall know of the big-name ini-tiatives with half-baked re-

sults. Perhaps one bigchange of habit is one possi-ble path to greater schoolachievement — not thatwe’re doing at all badly,mind you.

Waiting for “Superman”continued the “excellence ineducation” conversationand its local popularity(many holds at the local li-brary) means people are in-vested in their public schoolsystem. I would like to seeour Board of Education tablea public discussion on thisidea and see what the re-sponse is. I am confident thata brave move toward a newtime standard will have apositive outcome for ouryoung students and teenagestudents.

Thanks for considering.Mac Parsons, Durham1. www.cehd.umn.edu/re-

search/highlights/Sleep2. www.psychologyto-

day.com/blog/sleepless-in-america/201102/do-later-school-start-times-really-help-high-school-students

Fundraisersuccess

Boy Scout Troop 270would like to thank all of thepeople in Durham, Middle-field and Rockfall who do-nated to our second annual“Christmas Tree Pick-Up”fundraiser. Your help was

greatly appreciated.Have a happy new year,

and we hope to see you againnext year. Thanks again!

The boys of Troop 270

A letter ofthanks

In the beginning of Octo-ber, our family experienceda period of medical difficul-ty concerning one of ourfamily members. This fami-ly member has multiple dis-abilities and is non-verbal.Early in the morning, onColumbus Day, at approxi-mately 6 a.m., we needed theassistance of the DurhamAmbulance Corps. Mereminutes after our call, SueWimler, an EMT and anoth-er paramedic were in ourdriveway ready to care forour family member. Unfor-tunately, in the midst of thiscrisis, we were unable to getthe names of the other indi-viduals.

While Sue gathered im-portant information fromus, the paramedic was ableto perform more medicaltesting on our family mem-ber in a matter of minutesthan Yale New Haven Hospi-tal did in the two weeks shewas there days prior to ourcall for the ambulance. Atthe point of us calling theambulance, our family mem-ber was in a dire state. Once

transferred to MiddlesexHospital, she was able to getthe true medical care sheneeded.

While at Middlesex Hospi-tal for several days, she wastreated with the dignity andrespect she deserved. Every-one at the hospital was won-derful with her. The physi-cians, nurses, patient caretechnicians, Reiki special-ists and everyone in be-tween were outstanding. Inaddition, these individualsalso took the time to explainher condition and the treat-ment she had to undergo indepth with our family. Thisallowed her to get the med-ical care she desperatelyneeded while easing our con-cerns.

Our family cannot thankSue Wimler and all the otherindividuals who helped care

for our family memberenough. Without everyone’sswiftness, expertise andwillingness to appropriatelyassess her medical condi-tion, we do not know whatthe medical outcome wouldhave been for her. In addi-tion, the compassion that allof these individuals had forour family member wasamazing. We will never beable to thank you all enough.

The Stannard Family,Durham

To Durham’scitizenry

First Selectwoman LauraFrancis, Second SelectmanJohn Szewczyk and Third Se-lectman Steven Levy havefailed the townspeople as

Letters policyThe Town Times intends to present a forum for the live-

ly exchange of ideas and issues. To facilitate the publica-tion of your contributions, several guidelines should befollowed. Letters to the editor must be signed, with aphone number included. The writer will be called to con-firm authorship. No anonymous letters will be printed,and letters may be edited for grammar or content. Contri-butions by any individual or group will not be publishedmore frequently than once a month. Every effort will bemade to print all letters received. However, the selectionand date of publication will be at the discretion of the edi-tor. Finally, the opinions expressed by our letter writersare not necessarily those of this newspaper. Deadline:Tuesday noon for Friday publication.

See Citizenry, page 18

Students show school spirit with crazy hatsOn Tuesday, Jan. 10,the students at KornSchool enjoyed aStudent Senatesponsored Crazy HatDay. Students andteachers were al-lowed to wear theircraziest hat toschool to showschool spirit. Someof the favorite hatswere sombreros,soccer ball-shapedhats, gold sparklytop hats and hatsshaped like the popular Angry Birds. Students are looking forward to the nextSchool Spirit day and are very excited to find out what Student Senate will pick!

Submitted by Eileen Chupron

Friday, January 27, 2012 Town Times Columns 9

Biggest Loser Challenge continuesBiggest Loser Pro

Challenge at CoreClub is off to a greatstart! Our first con-test was who tookthe most steps in one week. Lino wonby leaps and bounds, or should I saysteps, with 135,209 steps! Tina camein second place with 92,763 steps —way to go Lino and Tina! We havetwo teams: Blue Strong Team withRobin and Clinton, with a startingweight of 2557.2 lbs and 16 clients.Team Blue Strong’s overall weightloss in one week was 41.4lbs or 1.6percent of their total body weight col-lectively. Team Buff with Sheila andJanice had a collective weight of2633.4 lbs and 15 clients. They lost46.61 lbs or 1.77 percent body weight.Both Teams off to a fantastic start!The two winners of the step contestwill receive one free week at CoreGym. Team Buff won the first groupChallenge losing the most amount ofweight in one week. They will enjoy agroup training session with Sheilaand Janice. Stay tuned for nextweek’s results!

Lino being thewinner of our firstindividual challengehas this to say: “Fol-low the program, do

not give up, and there will be no letdowns. My energy level has alreadyincreased, and I lost 2 lbs in oneweek.”

Anne has had a very successfulweek losing 6.5 lbs! Here is what shehad to say at our meeting: “Followthe program to a T — it works! I amlearning so much. For example:green beans are not a vegetable, theyare legumes; also, I can still have awhite potato but it has to be YukonJack as it is lower in carbohydratesthan Russet!”Health tip of the week

Think Zinc. The current RDA forZinc is 15mg. Zinc is a mineral re-quired by the body for maintaining asense of smell, keeping a healthy im-mune system, building proteins, trig-gering enzymes and creating DNA.Zinc also helps the cells in your body

Tax season is hereThere is a

new face inthe Tax Of-fice. Bellaloves to makenew friends.

The officehas become very busy due to theJanuary tax season.

You should have your Real EstateTax bill from July with the secondhalf stub for January. If you havemisplaced your bill, call the office at860-349-7117 and request an amountso you won’t be delinquent.

If you recently re-mortgaged andare now paying your own taxes, youwill need to call the office to get anamount to pay. Most banks do not no-tify the office that they no longer es-crow your taxes. It is your responsi-bility to notify the tax office that youno longer escrow your taxes so I cansend future bills directly to you.

Supplemental Motor Vehicle taxesare due in full. These bills are for mo-tor vehicles bought after Oct. 1, 2009.As of Feb. 2, all delinquent motor ve-hicle bills will be reported to theDMV.

For those who recently sold a mo-tor vehicle: If you turned in the li-cense plate to the DMV, the assessorneeds a copy of the receipt you re-ceived. This is needed so the asses-sor will be able to adjust your bill ac-cordingly. If you switched platesfrom one car to another, you need donothing but pay the bills as they

come. Motorvehicle taxbills arebased on resi-dency as ofthe GrandList date of

Oct. 1, 2010. The DMV does not notifyus of any changes during the year.

You can pay your bills: by mail nolater than Feb. 1 postmark, or comein. No credit cards will be accepted.No personal checks will be acceptedfor anyone needing a DMV release toregister a motor vehicle. There willbe a $5 charge for a release printoutand no charge if you bring your reg-istration in with you.

Feb. 1 postmark is proof of pay-ment on time. The drop box is NOTproof of payment on time. The dropbox will be emptied at 4 p.m. for thelast time Feb. 1. Any paymentsdropped in the box after close of busi-ness on Feb. 1 will be considereddelinquent. Also for those who paywith an online service, the envelopeyour check comes in does not have apostmark on it. These payments willbe considered delinquent if I receivethem Feb. 2.

If you have any questions aboutyour taxes, call the office. I wouldrather you call with questions to getthe right answer than to think thewrong one and find out later thatyour taxes are not paid.

As always, it is my pleasure toserve you.

Strong community, strongpartnerships

Many of you haveheard me describeDurham as the centerof the universe, andmany of you agree. Iam so proud of ourcommunity and allthat we do. Our staff,volunteers and com-munity organizershave done things un-paralleled in townsmuch bigger and rich-er in resources. How-ever, we can’t let ourpride and enthusiasmlull us into believingthat we can exist as ifwe lived on an island.The partnerships wehave with other com-munities and entities are crucial andshould be strengthened. New al-liances should also be voluntarilypursued when beneficial. I empha-size voluntary because many Con-necticut legislators have been tryingfor years to regionalize many servic-es through the statutes. I believe suc-cessful collaborations can happen re-gardless if you share a geographicalborder and should not be mandated.Soon you will be asked to vote for sev-eral partnerships that are critical toour town.

For 40 years, the towns of Durhamand Middlefield have operated atransfer station under an interlocalagreement. That contract has ex-pired, and both towns need to vote attown meetings to continue. A taskforce was formed with representa-tion from both towns to craft the new

deal. After much dis-cussion and reviewby both boards of se-lectmen and bothtown attorneys, webelieve we have anew document thatshould be accepted.Language has beenupdated, and newcontrols have been in-serted.

The Durham andMiddlefield boards ofselectmen and boardsof finance will partic-ipate in a joint meet-ing with the RSD13Board of Educationon Feb. 6 at StrongSchool library 7 p.m.

to discuss the budget and other areasof mutual concern. As we provedwith the shelter operation andthrough mutual purchase programs,RSD13 is also a solid partner. Theremay be ways to partner on other is-sues that may save money and/or in-crease capacity and efficiency. Infact, more and more municipalitiesand school districts are combiningand sharing resources with greatsuccess.

As many of you know, we are partof the Midstate Regional PlanningAgency (MRPA) and the ConnecticutRiver Valley Council of Elected Offi-cials (CRVCEO). All members ofMRPA are members of CRVCEOalong with the down county townsrepresented by the Connecticut Riv-

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Healthy Living

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Middlefield TaxCollector’s Office

Laura Francis, Durham

From The DeskOf The FirstSelectman

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I’m about to motivateyou to read on; I’ll beginby admitting I waswrong. Still reading? I re-cently had a party at myhome for about 40 people. Now, par-ties at my home are never fancy orfussy affairs, but they do include atasty menu of some variety, whichrequires utensils.

During the party, I reminded myguests to toss their plastic flatwareinto my sink. As you might imagine,this triggered a response from justabout everybody. They thought itwas gross to consider reusing thestuff and asked how I planned towash it. I tut-tutted them, lettingthem know that the forks, spoonsand knives would be washed in mydishwasher. Then they asked mejust how many times had these plas-

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Three years of community suppers and going strongBy Judy Moeckel


Almost three years ago,Debbie Proctor and the Out-reach Committee at theChurch of the Epiphany pon-dered: how could they helptheir community where theyknew there were people inneed? They sensed that, in therural suburbs of Durham,Rockfall and Middlefield espe-cially where pride and the tra-dition of self-sufficiency arestrong, a traditional soupkitchen might not go over.

For many years, Epiphanyhoused the food pantry for acollaborative outreach effortby area churches. But runninga food pantry, especially nowa-days, requires a lot of hands aswell as a good understandingof food safety regulations. Be-sides, Amazing Grace, a pro-gram of St. Vincent de Paul in

Middletown, ran a large, well-organized food pantry servingMiddlesex County.

“We started the communitysuppers in March of 2009 andare coming up on our thirdyear anniversary,” says Deb-bie Proctor, Outreach chairwho handles the suppers.“They are as much for food ascommunity and sharing with

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tor says, Notre Dame Churchhas been a mainstay supporterof the suppers. Over time,United Churches joined the ef-fort, as did other organiza-tions, including the DurhamLions, Durham Boy Scouts,Durham Girl Scouts, theKnights of Columbus andTwin Maples.

Except when holidays inter-vene, the suppers are held onthe second Sunday of eachmonth from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Contributions (both financialand edible) are always wel-come but are not in any wayrequired. As in the “loaves andfishes” story in the Bible, therealways is plenty for everyoneto eat, and any leftovers arepacked up and given to atten-

dees. Over the past threeyears, the suppers have at-tracted a growing group of reg-ulars, including people fromDurham, Middlefield, Middle-town and beyond. As a result,new friendships and mutualsupport also have grown.

Judy Hurlbert, Outreach

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chair, says Notre Dame joinedthe initiative in 2009 whenDavid Young, then a Deacon atthe church, met Deb Proctor atthe Good Friday Cross Walk.“He thought the Christian Ser-vice Committee would be in-terested in helping out, and heespecially liked the ecumeni-cal aspect of the suppers,” shesays.

Initially, Notre Damebrought desserts to the sup-pers (the church has lots ofgood bakers and extensive ex-perience putting on large din-ners), but they soon beganhosting dinners themselves.This was especially helpfulwhen Church of the Epiphanybegan preparing for majorrenovations to its parish hall.

“For those who are hurting,the suppers are a ‘night out,’”Hurlbert says. “They offer fel-lowship, and lift people’s spir-its. It’s something we can dotogether.”

Rosie Magruder, who over-sees Outreach for UnitedChurches, says the churchMissions Committee as well asthe Deacons and congregation

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worked together to host twocommunity suppers in 2011.One was held on Palm Sundayat the Fellowship Hall; the sec-ond was held on Nov. 6 at theDurham Firehouse due to theearly snowstorm and resultingpower outage. In typical coop-erative fashion, desserts forthese dinners were providedby the Church of the Epiphanyand Notre Dame.

“We enjoyed participatingin these community-buildingevents that required the ef-forts of many people through-out the community,” Magrud-er says.

Mary Jo Griffin, a memberof the Church of the Epiphany,has been a key player in put-ting on the suppers there overthe past three years. In herwords, they have been a “hugesuccess!”

“We have big crowds, andthose attending feast on won-derful meals. I would like tothank our community part-ners who have made themonthly suppers possible thispast year, and a special thankyou to Deb Proctor for con-necting with these organiza-tions to help feed the hungryin our community.”

Griffin also has warmthanks for the help she re-

ceived in the kitchen whenputting on dinners atEpiphany (the names are notlisted here, so as to not acci-dentally overlook any of thecooks and kitchen helpers).

“We look forward to contin-uing and expanding our col-laboration in 2012. The nextcommunity supper will beheld at Notre Dame Church onSunday, Feb. 12, beginning at5:30 p.m. The Knights ofColumbus will host the din-ner, which is free and open tothe public.”

Future community supperdates:

Feb. 12: hosted by Knights ofColumbus at Notre Dame

March 11: hosted byDurham Boy Scouts atEpiphany

April 15: hosted by TwinMaples at Epiphany

May 20: hosted by theDurham Lions at Epiphany

June 10: chicken barbecue,hosted by the Vestry ofEpiphany at Epiphany

Please note: construction atChurch of the Epiphany maycause the location of one ormore dinners to be changed.You can call Debbie at 860-508-7233 to check for changes to theschedule, more information orwhat to bring.

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Senator EdMeyer to seekre-election

Senator Edward Meyer (D-Guilford) has declared thathe will seek re-election to the12th State Senate Districtconsisting of the towns ofBranford, Guilford, Madison,Killingworth, Durham andNorth Branford. “It has beena great privilege to representthe residents of the 12th Dis-trict in recent years, and I amexcited to continue this pub-lic service and try to makeConnecticut an even betterplace to live,” Senator Meyersaid.

Senator Meyer referred toseveral areas of his focus inthe next couple of years.“First,” he said, “I want tohelp build a Connecticut eco-nomic renaissance. Second-

ly, this is the time for educa-tion reform — raising ourteacher and student stan-dards and enhancing ourability to compete in a globalsociety where Americanschools are no longer rankedin the top 25 in mathematicsand the sciences.”

The senator also referredto “the priority” of settingperformance standards forour utilities in emergencyweather conditions. “Thecost to our small businessesand residents from exces-sively long power outagesmust end,” he said.

In a joint statement by Sen-ate President DonaldWilliams and Senate Majori-ty Leader Martin Looney,they stated that, “Ed Meyer isa leader in the ConnecticutSenate with a flair for origi-nal ideas, particularly in hiscapacity as Senate Chair ofour Environment Commit-

tee. We have urged him toseek re-election and are de-lighted that he wants to con-tinue his significant serv-ice.”

State Comptroller KevinLembo also indicated his“enthusiastic support” forSenator Meyer’s re-election.“As a Guilford resident, Iparticularly admire Ed’stenacity and true passion forpublic service — alwaysdemonstrating his ability tostand up and speak out withan independent voice.”

Senator Meyer not onlychairs the EnvironmentCommittee but he also servesas vice-chair of the Govern-ment Administration andElections Committee and amember of the JudiciaryCommittee. He has receivedmany awards for his legisla-tive achievements includingbeing named “Green Knight”by the Connecticut League ofConservation Voters. He andhis wife Patty Ann, a tennisprofessional, live in Guilfordand have six children, 13grandchildren and a dog

named Mo. Senator Meyerpreviously served as an or-ganized crime prosecutor inthe U.S. Department of Jus-tice.

Fasano an-nounce’s candi-dacy for re-elec-tion to the new34th State Sen-ate District

“Wallingford, East Haven,North Haven and Durhamresidents deserve to have aSenator who will stand up forthem in Hartford.”

State Senator Len Fasanoannounced that he has filedas a candidate for election inthe new 34th State Senate dis-trict and is seeking re-elec-tion to a sixth term in No-vember. He looks forward tocontinuing to work with thepeople of North Haven, EastHaven and Wallingford andmeeting with residents in thenewly-added town of

Durham. Fasano is excited towork toward securing a bet-ter future for all residentsand families in this new dis-trict.

“We have an opportunityin the 34th district to repre-sent new constituents.Though I am sad to see somehouseholds removed fromthe old 34th district — as a re-sult of mandated redistrict-ing — I look forward to beinga new voice for those in thetown of Durham,” saidFasano.

“Given the honor and priv-ilege of serving anotherterm, I will continue to makesure the 34th senatorial dis-trict has a strong presence inHartford,” Fasano added. “Iam especially committed tohelping those who live on theshoreline rebuild from thedevastation created by Tropi-cal Storm Irene.”

Fasano highlights hisrecord and his goals for the2012 and 2014 term including:

Voting against the largesttax increase in state historywhich was passed by a demo-cratic majority without onerepublican vote. I will con-tinue to vote against unnec-essary tax increases;

Fighting against nearly abillion dollars in spending bythe new administration in itsfirst year, I will continue tocall for the reduction in thesize of state government andfight to control state spending;

Aiming to help stabilizethe business climate in Con-necticut, the legislaturepassed a jobs bill in Oct. 2011which was a good first step;however the legislation did-n’t go far enough to helpsmall businesses. I will workto encourage changes to oursystem that will assist smallbusinesses and provide op-portunities to create jobs andgrow our economy.

“The jobs bill did expandopportunities for small busi-nesses who hire veterans andthose who are unemployed.But there is a lot more we cando. I look forward to makingsure our state government isworking for the people, notagainst them.”

I plan to meet with asmany residents as possible tohear your concerns andstrive to make Connecticut abetter place for all of us towork and raise our families.

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Two students representingMemorial Middle School re-cently won highest honors inthis year’s WordMastersChallenge — a national lan-guage arts competition en-tered by approximately220,000 students annually,which consists of three sepa-rate meets held at intervalsduring the school year.

Competing in the difficultBlue Division of the Chal-lenge, six graders NicoleMurphy and Claire Sorensen

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Memorial students are “wordmasters”

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Monday, January 309 a.m. — Public Safety Facility Renovations

Planning Committee9 a.m. — Public Works Building Oversight Committee at

Town Hall Conference RoomTuesday, January 31

7 p.m. — Ethics Committee7:30 p.m. — Economic Development Commission

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ing from $19,000 to $66,600.During public comment atthe close of the meeting, resi-dent Roger Kleeman asked ifthe town of Durham will payDMIAAB to handle the chip-ping, rather than contractout, as the town of Middle-field has done. Francis ex-plained that Middlefield con-tracted with DMIAAB to chiptheir storm debris, whichthey were able to store atPowder Ridge, and will be re-sponsible for the removal ofthe chips. To their advantage,Middlefield may be able todisperse the chips at PowderRidge, and they also took ad-vantage of “demoing” a chip-per. As for Durham, the de-bris was hauled to a site that,when it is all chipped, willneed to be hauled away from.Francis did visit the PowderRidge operation and notedthat she was concerned that ifthe tub grinder somehowfails/breaks, it would not bereimbursable with FEMAfunds. However, she has notruled out using DMIAAB yeteither.

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ing regulations and the planof development, as well as re-channelization of AllynBrook and a possible Right toFarm ordinance.Clean Energy Task Force

Sue Michael’s update was adisappointed report of lack ofparticipation by members.Public Safety Facility Ren-ovation Committee

Inland Wetlands approvedthe installation of curtaindrains in the rear of the fire-house that will eventually al-low a septic to serve any ex-pansion of the firehouse. Thecurrent septic system is locat-ed on the Durham fair-grounds across Main Street,and expansion of that systemwill not be allowed. Town offi-cials should know by the mid-dle of the year if the curtaindrains will work well enoughto allow expansion of the facil-ity. Until then, the committeeis pretty much on hold.Administering Board for

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Property Tax Relief forEMS volunteers

John Szewczyk said theboard met last year and islooking at language to allow atax credit for fire and Emer-gency Services volunteerswho meet certain strict crite-ria for length of service andparticipation. He also saidthat education on the re-dis-tricting was very important.Historic District Commis-sion

Chairmanship will be tran-sitioned from Duncan Milne toTom Woodson, who said hewould like to start a Facebookpage and develop a notifica-tion form. He also mentionedworking with the garden cluband others on a holistic planfor Main Street that Milne isworking on. Under this com-mission’s report, Francis saidthe superfund site will be com-pleted by the end of Februaryand was not sure whether toput a fence up or not. She willcontact the Durham GardenClub for their opinions onfencing as well as what mightbe most attractive to plant onthe site.

Economic DevelopmentCommission

Alana Simlick reportedthat an online directory hasbeen developed on the townwebsite, and people are sign-ing up. They, too, would liketo start a Facebook page andalso mentioned doing anotherbusiness expo. The commis-sion is finalizing a video ex-tolling Durham as a fine placeto do business, and they willhave a list of properties avail-able.Library Board of Trustees

According to library direc-tor Valerie Kilmartin, the li-brary received a grant and ad-ditional funding from PALSto run 29 programs for the200th anniversary of the CivilWar in October and Novem-ber. The programs had awhopping 345 participants.

There was an extraordi-nary use of the library duringthe hurricane and winterstorm, Kilmartin reported.This spring, they will be do-ing a One Book/One Commu-nity project.Inland Wetlands

Dick Eriksen noted thatWhite’s Farm has been the

biggest issue for the commis-sion this year and noted thatPublic Works protected thepublic water supply on theproperty from the ravages ofthe two fall storms.Planning & Zoning

While there is not much

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Middlesex County youth to experience homelessness for a nightYoung people from across

Middlesex County are expect-ed to brave January’s coldand sleep outdoors on Satur-day, Jan. 28, as part of a pro-gram to educate people aboutthe existence and conditionsof homelessness in the com-munity.

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Following an openingprayer by South Congrega-tional Church’s Rev. Mary-beth Marshall and her intern,Marilyn Kendrix, Middle-town Mayor Dan Drew willaddress the participants andthen the young people willvisit three stations in thechurch; one to learn about thecounty’s Ten Year Plan, a sec-ond to discuss connectingfaith with homelessness anda third where the teens willexamine their perceptions ofwho the homeless are and dis-cuss what they would carry ifthey had to squeeze all theirpossessions into a backpack.

The teens will hear first-hand about the ordeal ofhomelessness from severalvolunteers who are currentlyor formerly homeless and beable to ask questions. Afterthis, a simple soup and breaddinner will be served, andPastor Dale Azevedo of theMiddlefield FederatedChurch will offer a closingprayer.

“The biggest thing (youth)take away is that these home-less people are real; they arejust like them,” said Jim Ta-bor, youth ministry coordina-tor for St. Joseph’s, whichthis year will have 10 teensjoining the sleep-out. “Therewere circumstances thatdrove them to homelessness;some within their control andsome not. And they learn justhow difficult homelessnessis.”

Youth participants thenwill disperse to their homechurches to spend the nightoutside. In the past, some ofthem have chosen to sleep in

their cars without heat, buildcardboard shelters or justspread their sleeping bags ontarps on the frozen ground.

Despite some positivesigns, homelessness in Mid-dlesex County increased from2010 to 2011, due largely to theongoing recession, and is af-fecting new segments of thepopulation. According to fig-ures from January of 2011,there were 248 people includ-ing 159 single adults and 37families with 52 children inMiddlesex County experienc-ing homelessness, a 15 per-cent increase over 2010.

Out of the 248 homelesspeople, 43 percent had neverbeen homeless before. In Mid-dlesex County, almost half —43 percent — of adults in fam-ilies cited domestic violenceas a contributing cause of

homelessness, while 25 per-cent of families reported rentproblems or eviction as thereason they left their last resi-dence. Ten percent of the totalincluded chronically home-less people — adults with dis-abling conditions who hadbeen homeless for a year ormore or who had at least fourepisodes of homelessness dur-ing the past three years. Theremaining 90 percent experi-enced situational homeless-ness caused by a crisis suchas job loss, foreclosure or ill-ness and typically return topermanent housing within 30days of becoming homeless.

The Middlesex CountyCoalition on Housing andHomelessness was formed inlate 2007 to execute the TenYear Plan to End Homeless-ness. Over the past year, 56

“Housing First” supportivehousing units were created tohouse formerly chronically-homeless individuals and 170households (including morethan 230 children) have beenhelped through the flexiblehomelessness preventionfund.

Through the creation ofpermanent supportive hous-ing, the operation of a Home-lessness Prevention Fund,the development of outreachand education programs tohelp homeless people find andretain jobs, and improving co-ordination of services for thehomeless, the coalition is ded-icated to achieving its goal of“An End In Ten”— eradicat-ing the tragedy of homeless-ness from our communitiesby 2018.

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Web UpdateThis week, we asked our

online readers, “When itcomes to your birthday,how do you celebrate?”Here are the results:

-I’m a “paint the town inmy party hat” kind of per-son: 18 %

-I celebrate on a smallscale but I don’t go all out:48 %

-Don’t even talk to meabout my birthday: 33%

Be sure to vote in our nextpoll at www.towntimes.com!

the Middlesex Ten Year Planto End Homelessness, visitwww.AnEndInTen.org or followon Facebook at An End In Ten.


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Nutmeg 2012 at Night Gameshow: Join us onWednesday, Feb. 8, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (grades 4-6) and7:30 to 8:30 p.m. (grades 7-8) for the annual Nutmeg booknominee team program for grades 4-6 and grades 7-8! Par-ticipants must have read three 2012 nominees to register.Registration can be done at Korn, John Lyman or Memori-al schools, Durham Library or Levi Coe Library. For moreinfo, please call the Durham Library.

Durham boy continues birthday fundraiserWhen Lex Sorrell, of Durham,learned about the work hisgrandfather, a doctor, did inIndia for 18 years helpingmany less fortunate people,Lex became inspired to recy-cle and work toward raisingmoney for Polio Plus and oth-er environmental causes.Three years ago, Lex startedraising money instead of get-ting birthday gifts. And itwasn’t just a flash in the pan!This year, for his 14th birth-day, Lex raised a grand total of $1,598 and collected $175 from his recycling proj-ects. Here is what Lex had to say about Rotary: “Rotary is everywhere. I have spo-ken at Rotaries all over the USA, St. Thomas, St. John. My goal is to speak at theRotary International Convention in Sydney, Australia in 2014 on kids giving back.I have seen poverty in places, like the slums of Peru and the places tourists don’tusually go in the Dominican Republic and St. Lucia. Rotary is the ideal organiza-tion to make sure funds collected go to where they are supposed to go. It is rec-ognized in almost every country in the world. Not only people like Bill Gates cangive back...everyone can, and every penny counts to eliminate diseases and makea difference. I just fundraised $210 to give to the music program in the AmaniChildren’s Home in Tanzania. We can all make a difference.” In photo, Lex Sorrellpresented the Meriden Rotary Club banner to guest Laura Francis, first selectmanof Durham. Photo submitted

Xavier auction will have Mardi Gras flavorThe theme for Xavier High School’s 20th annual auction this year is a Mardi Gras cele-

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“Hey, Mom, can I drive?”This question is posed to par-ents as soon as they receivetheir learner’s permit. Mid-dlesex Driving Academy,LLC provides quality driver’seducation to Durham, Mid-dlefield, Killingworth, Mid-dletown and surroundingtowns to prepare new driversfor the rite of passage knownas the driver’s license.

Local resident CarolineMormile is excited to openher doors with a $399 specialfor driver’s education, whichincludes eight hours of be-hind-the-wheel instruction!Driver’s education is avail-able for students, seniors andeverybody in between. “I be-came a Durham residentabout 14 years ago beforemoving to Middlefield justover a year ago,” statesMormile. “My children beganschool at the Durham Co-Opand are now teenagers andgetting close to driving ages.Driving is an exciting andscary privilege, and I am pas-

sionate about providing theeducation that is needed tocreate conscientious drivers.Knowing the new and exist-ing laws of the roads is vitalfor new drivers. I am workingvery closely with DMV andthe state police to make surethe information my studentsreceive is as up-to-date as pos-sible.”

The fun and modern ap-proach of Middlesex DrivingAcademy, LLC will educatestudents in a relaxed environ-ment with online tools as wellas textbooks. “I have de-signed class times in a con-venient three-week schedule,with hours ranging from 2:30to 4:30 p.m. or 5 to 7 p.m. or7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Being a moth-er of two active children, I un-derstand busy schedules. Iwanted flexible class times tocapture students after schoolas well as those with after-school commitments.”

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Courtesy transportationcan be arranged for after-school pick-up from CRHS.

Open house registrationwill be held on Saturday, Jan.28, from noon to 6 p.m. withappetizers and beveragesserved. Stop in to register forthe $399 Driver’s Ed special,or just to say hello and have asnack. Classes expected to be-gin Jan. 30.

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The Women of the Woods (www.womenofthe-woods.org) snowshoe walk to Wadsworth FallsState Park. REI wonderfully donated the use of theirrental snowshoes for the outing. The next WoWsnowshoe walk is Feb. 6. Two of the participantswere from Durham, the rest from nearby towns.

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demonstrated in their offi-cial second meeting lastmonth wherein they chose torepresent their own inter-ests, rather than look out forDurham’s residents, as per-tains to the newly-draftedcontract proposed for theDurham Middlefield Inter-local Agreement AdvisoryBoard (DMIAAB) operation.

Durham pays approxi-mately two-thirds of the costsfor the transfer station, withMiddlefield covering the re-maining one-third of thosesame costs. Why, then, in therevisions for the new propos-al,doesDurham’sBoardofSe-lectmen decide to allow for anequal number of representa-tives to serve on DMIAAB

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from each town? It was an is-sue not even raised by Select-woman Francis in the initialmeetingwithFirstSelectmanJon Brayshaw, Middlefield.However, it was then, and isnow still, a matter of concernwhich was requested for dis-cussion by several taxpayers.

They (BOS) are sayingonce again that they want tohear from their constituents,but they really don’t. They(BOS) want to avoid politicalstrife. They (BOS) ignore tak-ing responsible action to en-sure the proper make-up forDMIAAB’s board — six mem-bers from Durham, fourmembers from Middlefield —to succeed in fair recognitionfor all the residents involved.If the plan moves forwardwith the current design, theone thing Durham’s taxpay-ers will get is this: taxationwithout representation.

DMIAAB’s spending inDurham’s municipal budgetis the second highest cost toresidents, coming after theDepartment of Public Works.Even without such a largeexpense, it would be in thebest possible interest to havean agreement aligned withthe existing conditions forthe towns involved.

As currently proposed,DMIAAB’s new contractwould be a disservice to thepublic at large. Further, a ref-erendum on this matter wasdenied. (Officials, can youhear us and, maybe, even lis-ten to help benefit everyone?)

There will be a vote at thetown meeting on the abovedescribed proposal atDurham Town Hall on Mon-day, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. Pleasetake notice and protect yourrights as citizens.

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1. To grant permission to the Board of Selectmen to executethe proposed Interlocal Agreement between the Towns ofDurham and Middlefield and to execute any documents andperform such actions as are necessary to enter into theInterlocal Agreement between the Towns of Durham andMiddlefield.

2. To accept a gift of a one acre parcel of land on OldWallingford Road Parcel ID #C0046100, Map #45, Lot #18and to accept a gift of a one half acre parcel of land on OldWallingford Road Parcel ID #C0046000, Map #45, Lot #17from Bertha S. Clementel.

3. To transfer $3,200 from #9620 Reserve for Fire Trustees ñBuilding Maintenance to #6700-408 CIP ñ Fire DepartmentMaintenance for the installation of a new air conditioner asrecommended by the Board of Finance at their January 17,2012 meeting.

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the merging with othertowns/joining the estuary re-gion to create a Council ofGovernment as opposed to be-ing mandated by the state tojoin the Hartford or NewHaven region. There are 17towns in the Lower Connecti-cut Valley Council of Govern-ments, and 11 have to vote“yes” for the region to become“official.” “These towns aremuch like us with Middle-town and then Clinton as thecities and including townsfrom Cromwell and Portlandto the north down to Lyme andOld Lyme,” said Eriksen.Registrar of Voters

Pam Lucashu noted thatunder the re-districting, thetown of Durham could end upwith five different ballots. Thebudget could skyrocket andthere might be a need for morepolling places and certainlyfor additional workers andmachines.Sanitarian

The purchase of generatorsare up, according to sanitari-an Bill Milardo, but folks don’trealize they require mainte-nance, shelter and protectionfrom critters as he has spent alot of time explaining this toresidents who believe you canjust buy one, set it up and useit when the power goes out.

The EPA is hosting theHGTV property makeover

edition at the former Merri-am Manufacturing site.Large volumes of contaminat-ed soil are being removed andreplaced with clean fill.

There are polluted wells onTuttle Road.Town Clerk

Property Check is a pro-gram that notifies homeown-ers when documents are filedrelative to their land recordsand can now be accessed onthe town’s website under “on-line services,” according totown clerk Kim Garvis.

There is a new law regard-ing Permanent Absentee Bal-lot Status for disabled citi-zens who are unable to go tothe polls. As of Jan. 1, the vot-er is now required to com-plete the regular applicationfor an absentee ballot and at-tach a doctor’s note statingthat the voter is unable to goto the polls because of a dis-ability. The town clerk willthen automatically send anAbsentee Ballot Applicationfor all referendums and elec-tions to the voter. An annualrenewal letter is required toconfirm voter status.Emergency Management

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Acoustic duo Deep Ellumplays an “Americana” mix ofblues, old jazz, folk music,bluegrass and oldies. The tal-ented guitarist Rich Johnsonplays 6- and 12-string as wellas Dobro and sings harmonyvocals. Jon Swift, of Durham,plays the upright bass in ad-dition to guitar and is an ac-complished lead vocalist.

“This event is truly a com-munity effort,” said Stevens.“It takes a lot of people totransform the library on aSaturday afternoon into aparty venue for 20 restau-rants and caterers and 350patrons for Saturday nightand then come in on Sundaymorning and put everythingback in place so that the li-brary opens as usual Mondaymorning. We are not an ex-clusive group; anyone whowants to lend a hand simplyhas to sign up at the library!We want people to come andhave fun.”

“It’s definitely our favoriteevent of the year,” said KimTerrill, owner of Kim’s Cot-tage Confections and an en-thusiastic supporter of Tasteof Durham. “It’s so high-spir-ited, and everyone who’sthere has a great sense ofcommunity and support forthe library. We catch up withold friends, enjoy the town —and also the food. It’s superwell-attended, and peoplelook forward to it in thesnow, in the freezing coldweather and in the rain.Everyone turns out, and

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restaurants want to put theirbest products out. It’s such agood feeling to give back tothe library in that way. Theevent really transforms thelibrary. I just love it.”

“I do really enjoy the eventmyself,” added Katie Hughes,owner of Perk on Main, “andI think that it’s because youhave about 400 neighbors to-gether in the library, and ittransforms into a wonderfulparty. You’re out for theevening for a wonderfulcause. The people who put onTaste of Durham are so won-derful, appreciative and posi-tive. It’s a blast! Last year, Imade 226 crepes in almostthree hours, so I am definite-ly working really hard whenI’m there but having fun.”

So get your tickets now forthe 16th annual Taste ofDurham that will take placeon Saturday, Feb. 4, from 6:30to 9 p.m. at the Durham Li-brary. The entry price forthis popular event is $30 perperson and is paid at regis-tration. Tickets are availableat the Durham Library.

For easier parking, a shut-tle van between StrongSchool and the library willrun continuously, starting at6 p.m.

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Volunteeropportunitieswith the ArtsCenterKillingworth

Help implement eventslike Jazz NightOut (Feb.18), organize marketingmaterials for fundraisingand promotional mailingweekends, assist at Cre-ative Birthday Parties,model for ongoing drawingand illustration classesand workshops or use yourphone skills for weekendphone marathons. Sum-mer Fashion Week campcounselors also needed.Teens earn communityservice credits. For infor-mation, call 860-663-5593 ore-mail [email protected]. Visitour volunteer page atwww.artscenterkilling-worth.org.

A new law became effec-tive Jan. 1, 2012, making elec-tors with permanent disabili-ties eligible for PermanentAbsentee Ballot Status. To beeligible for Permanent Ab-sentee Ballot Status, an elec-tor must file an absentee bal-lot application together witha doctor’s certificate. This re-quires: 1) a completed absen-tee ballot application by theelector, and 2) doctor’s notestating you are permanentlydisabled and unable to ap-pear in person at the polls.Please note the “PermanentAbsentee Ballot Status” pro-vides for the mailing of the“absentee ballot application”

only. All other rules regard-ing absentee ballot votingstill apply.

Each year, in January, theregistrars will send the elec-tor a notice to determine con-tinuing eligibility for the Per-manent Absentee Ballot Sta-tus. The notice must be re-turned to the registrars with-in 30 days. Failure to returnthe notice will result in re-moval of the elector from thePermanent Absentee BallotStatus list.

Please call your townclerk’s office for more infor-mation.

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Town Times welcomes new citizen!Ryan and Jessica Poetzsch, of Middlefield, are proud to announce the birth of theirfirst child, daughter Addison Marie, born on Feb. 11, 2011, at Middlesex Hospital.Addie weighed in at 6 lbsand 15 oz and was 18.5inches. Relatives includematernal grandparentsEdward Lilley, of Middle-field, and Donna Lilley, ofMaine; paternal grand-parents Norman Poet-zsch, of Florida, and Mar-cia Hart, of Plainville; ma-ternal great grandparentsGuy Champagne, ofCheshire, and Theodoreand Florence Lilley, of Middlefield; paternal great grandparents Juan and PaulinePoetzsch, of Farmington, and Ellen Stannard, of New Britain. Mom, dad and babyare doing well! Submitted photo

Brown and Kilroy to wedTim and Rosanne Cox, of Durham, and Tom and Jane Brown, of Meriden, are pleasedto announce the engagement of their daughter Courtney Mae Brown to Keven WilliamKilroy, son of Tom and Di-ane Kilroy, of Middlefield.The bride-to-be is a 2000graduate of CoginchaugRegional High School and2007 graduate of St. Vin-cent’s College. She is em-ployed as a registerednurse in the IntensiveCare and Labor and Deliv-ery units at the Hospital ofCentral Connecticut.Her fiancé is a 1999 gradu-ate of Coginchaug Re-gional High School and2003 graduate of the Uni-versity of Connecticut. Heis employed as a business analyst/project manager at One Beacon Insurance. Thecouple will be married in September 2012. Submitted photo

Danczuk and Regan to wedChristine Danczuk of Durham and MykolaDanczuk of Durham would like to announcethe engagement of their daughter DeliaDanczuk to Sean Regan, son of David andCathy Regan of Durham. Delia is a graduateof the NEAG master’s program at the Univer-sity of Connecticut and is now teaching inEast Hampton as an English teacher. Sean isa graduate of Southern Connecticut StateUniversity with a master’s from the Universi-ty of Massachusetts Boston. Sean is work-ing in District 13 as a special educationteacher. The pair recently moved back to thearea from Boston and will be married thisJune at the United Churches of Durham.

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lotte Meigs added, “It’s fun,we learn new words!”

The school’s studentswere coached in preparationfor the challenge by their In-tegrated Day teachers. TheWordMasters Challenge isan exercise in critical think-ing that first encourages stu-dents to become familiarwith a set of interesting newwords (considerably harder

than grade level), and thenchallenges them to use thosewords to complete analogiesexpressing various kinds oflogical relationships. Thestudents will participate intwo more WordMastersmeets, and medals and cer-tificates will be awarded inJune to those who achieveand/or improve the most inthe course of the year.

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All-State achievers

Three Durham boys were recognized at the All-State Football banquet on Sunday, Jan. 22, at AquaTurf. Pictured left to right are Mike Mastrionni, AlecCorazinni and Ryan Murphy. Mike and Ryan attendXavier, and Alec is a Coginchaug student.

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Through this effort, we haveconducted energy audits onour town buildings and haveapplied for a CL&P programthat will help us make capitalenergy saving improve-ments. We have also identi-fied several regional projectsthat hopefully will be imple-mented. The first is a grant toreplace outdoor lighting ap-pliances with energy-effi-cient units. We will know ifwe receive that grant in mid-February. The other projectaddresses street lighting.More information on thiswill be disseminated duringthe budget season.

There are many other al-liances that have beenformed in other areas such aspublic safety, library servic-es, youth and family servic-es, jobs programs and more. Iam very appreciative of thegenerosity of our partnerswho willingly share expert-ise and resources and helpmake our town stronger.

Clean (From page 9)cleaned for reuse again.

There are, however, recy-cling options for some plasticutensils. Utensils made frompolystyrene, while notbiodegradable, are thermo-plastics and can be meltedand remolded repeatedlythrough recycling. If they arerecyclable, a code #6 shouldbe indicated through eitheran imprint on the plastic it-

self or on the packaging. Cur-rently, the Durham Middle-field Transfer Station ac-cepts plastics coded #6.

Keep in mind that theprocess of recycling poly-styrene is difficult and ex-pensive and, depending onwhere you live, may not bewidely available. A betterstrategy is to use plasticutensils as a last resort, for agraduation party or largefamily reunion. For modestgatherings, why not collectan assortment of mis-matched cutlery that can bewashed and reused foryears? Pre-owned reusableforks, spoons and knives canbe purchased inexpensivelyonline at ebay.com or at tagsales, flea markets, consign-ment stores and donationcenters such as Goodwill andSalvation Army.

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Free throws sink Coginchaug boysagainst Panthers

By Alan PeaseSpecial to the Town Times

On Friday, Jan. 20, theCoginchaug boys hosted thePanthers of Cromwell. TheDevils started the day in firstplace at 8-0 while Cromwellwas right behind at 8-1, losingonly to Valley Regional.

Unfortunately, I was notable to attend this game, but Iwas able to glean some detailsof what went on from a chancemeeting with Coach Todd Sal-va at the Durham Market onSunday.

Coginchaug started outtrailing 12-2 after missing theirfirst six free throws but wereable to close the gap to 12-8 bythe end of the first period.

The second period was morefrustration for the Devils asthey were again outscored,this time by three, to go intohalftime with a 22-15 deficit.

They were successful in mak-ing up a bit of the deficit,outscoring the Panthers 11-7 inthe period, but they still trailedby a 29-26 score.

The Devils had trailed forthe entire game but managedto get within one point at 36-35with less than a minute left.Figuring that they would notbe able to get an open shot forWasyl, they got an open lookfor Brock Hoyt, and, althoughthat missed, Ethan Doneckertipped the ball home to give theDevils their first lead at 37-36with less than 15 seconds left.With five seconds remaining,Cromwell connected on one oftwo from the line to send thegame into overtime.

In the overtime period,Cromwell connected fourtimes from the charity stripe,making Wasyl’s last-secondthree-pointer too little too late,giving the Panthers a 41-40 lead

and uncontested first place inthe Shoreline conference.

By the time you read this,the boys will have played atMorgan on Wednesday, andthey will host Portlandtonight, Friday, Jan. 27. NextFriday, Feb. 3, they will travelto Cromwell for a key rematchwith the Panthers. I under-stand that Cromwell had agreat turnout at Coginchaug —let’s see if we can return the fa-vor and hopefully help the Dev-ils retake first place in theShoreline Conference, assum-ing they get past Morgan, Port-land and Westbrook.The house was rockingBy Michael Doyle

The Cromwell Pantherstraveled to Coginchaug HighSchool this past Friday nightto take on the CoginchaugBoys’ Blue Devil BasketballTeam. The Pep Band was rock-ing and there was literally astanding room only crowd.The Cromwell Panthers camein with one league loss whilethe Blue Devils entered thegame undefeated in the Shore-line Conference. It could nothave been a more excitinggame. The score was tied at theend of regulation at 37 apiece.Cromwell did prevail in over-time 41-40 but this was certain-ly a game that had no losers.

At halftime there were greatperformances by the Cheer-leading Squads and thefifth/sixth grade boys from theDurham Basketball Associa-tion (DBA) played a six-minutescrimmage. There were 14points scored in the scrim-mage and the crowd really en-joyed it. The DBA would like tothank Coginchaug athletic di-rector Ted Lombardo for all hisefforts in coordinating thishalftime event. The playerswho participated had the thrillof performing on the varsitycourt before a great hometowncrowd.

The undefeated Lady BlueDevils lead the league, and theboys are now tied for first placein the Shoreline Conference.We are close to halfwaythrough the season, and thereare many more exciting homegames left before the ShorelineChampionships and StateTournaments. If you have notcaught the excitement of BlueDevilbasketball, it istimetogeton board. You won’t regret it.

Durham Demons lose toHamden

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You know it is a rough-and-tumble game of basket-ball when a player loses atooth. That’s exactly whathappened to one DurhamDemons player as the teamfell to a tough Hamden Fa-thers squad 49-29 during itsgame on Sunday as theteam’s shooting (30 percent)and turnover (26) woes con-tinued. Perhaps moretelling is that the team onceagain took a while to get go-ing.

“You guys are capable ofplaying against anyone,”coach Mike Grenier told theteam after the game. “Butyou’ve got to come out readyfrom the start.”

The Hamden team — big-ger, faster and stronger —quickly turned a 2-0 deficitinto an 11-0 run taking acommanding 11-4 lead afterRyan Vynalek’s basketclosed out the first quarter.The seventh grade travelteam was held scoreless inthe second half as Hamdenhit a plethora of three-point-ers and took a 27-4 lead intothe half. But the Demonsfailed to be discouraged andended up winning the thirdand fourth quarters byoutscoring Hamden. PatrickPiscatelli rounded out thethird quarter by pulling theDemons to within 17 pointsby stealing the ball and mak-ing a lay-up and then nailinga three-pointer to cut the

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Lady Devils overcome early Portland slowdownBy Alan Pease


On Thursday, Jan. 19, theCoginchaug girls hosted theLady Highlanders of Port-land. Portland had only twoin conference losses, to OldSaybrook and Hyde, whileCoginchaug had one. Add inthe fact that the Highlandershave always given the Devilsfits and you were looking at apretty interesting game.

And interesting, if some-what slow, it certainly was.Portland’s strategy was basi-cally to make each possessionlast as long as possible, takingvery few shots, and usuallypretty good ones. The High-landers took only seven shotsin the period but hit on four ofthem, one a three-pointer. Inthe meantime, the Devilsseemed to be anxious abouttheir offense, hurrying theirshots, hitting only once fromthe field (a Sam Mancinellitwo-pointer) out of 10 shots,plus three from the charitystripe, two from AudreyBiesak and one from LaurenEsposito. It made for apainfully slow but tension-packed period and a 9-5 leadfor the visiting Highlanders.

The second period was, ifanything, worse than the firstfrom a pace standpoint. Port-land scored one from the linea minute in, and, three min-utes and three Coginchaugmisses later, the Devils final-ly answered with one of twofrom the line by Biesak. Twominutes after that, Kim Ro-manoff also connected on oneof two from the line, and itwas 10-7 with Portland stillahead. In the final minute ofthe half, Portland hit on anold-fashioned three-pointplay, and, after an Espositotwo-pointer, hit on a two-pointer themselves to makethe halftime score 15-9, withthe Highlanders still on top.

It had been a miserable 16minutes of basketball for theDevils, but the positive sidewas that they trailed by onlysix points, after going two for16 from the field for the half.

I’m not sure exactly whatCoach Rett Mancinelli toldhis team at the half, but it cer-tainly was effective. It wasstill a slow-down game, butPortland was not getting anygood looks at the basket, took

only three shots in the periodand hit only one of these, atwo-pointer. Meanwhile, Ro-manoff scored on one of hernifty little drives that the de-fense doesn’t see coming,Biesak dropped in a three-point ball and Espositodropped in two from the line.Finally, with about 20 secondsleft in the period, JessicaSolomon scored the bucketthat gave the Devils the leadthey would not relinquishand made the score 18-17 en-tering the final period.

Twice more to start thefourth, Romanoff had thoselittle drives to make it a 22-17game, then Solomon assistedon an Esposito basket tomake it 24-17. Portland didnot score until the period wasmore than half over, finallygetting a basket with threeminutes plus left, then goingsix for seven from the line inthe last three minutes. But an

Esposito-assisted basket byRomanoff, and a Mancinellibucket, plus a seven-for-sev-en performance from theline, three from Mancinelliand two each from Espositoand Biesak, allowed the Dev-ils to pull away and post a 35-25 win.

Mancinelli led the Devils inrebounding with seven, andadding seven points, foursteals and a block. Romanoffshared scoring honors withnine, led the team in stealswith five and also had threesteals. Esposito also sharedscoring honors with nine,adding five rebounds, twosteals and an assist. Biesakscored eight points andgrabbed two rebounds.Solomon grabbed fourboards, scored two points andadded a steal and an assist.

Off the bench, Andrea Bra-ga had a steal, and both sheand Olivia Corazzini put in

some solid minutes on de-fense.

Coginchaug continues tobe undefeated at 12-0, 11-0 inthe Shoreline conference.They are already guaranteedspots in both the Shorelineand State class S tourna-ments, and they look poised tomake deep runs into each,though the loss of MorganKuehnle to a leg injury couldbe a blow. By the time youread this, they will have host-ed Westbrook on Monday andtraveled to Cromwell onThursday for what should bea tough and important Shore-line match. On Saturday, Jan.28, the girls travel to EastLongmeadow to take on theSpartans, who are currently8-2, with one of their lossescoming against national pow-erhouse Christ the King.

Pay attention to what thesegirls are up to this year — it’sworth your time.

score to 33-16 before Hamdenscored to make it a 35-16 ball-game. But the Demons endedup outscoring Hamden 12-8 inthe third. Trevor Morris andAidan Doyle led the team inthe fourth quarter as theDemons again outscoredHamden, 13-12.

The Demons were led byDoyle’s 11 points. Vynalekadded six, and Morris andPiscatelli scored five pointseach. Vynalek was the lead-ing rebounder with six re-bounds.

The Demons also dropped aclose contest in Portland, 31-24, last Friday as the teamwas again hurt by poor shoot-ing and turnovers. Vynalekled all scorers, with six pointswith Owen Gonzalez and SamMarteka adding five pointseach. Morris was the leadingrebounder with five.

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Lady Devils edge past MorganBy Alan Pease


On Monday, Jan. 16, theCoginchaug girls traveled toClinton to play the MorganHuskies. Coginchaug was 9-0in conference and in firstplace, while Morgan was 6-3and tied for fifth, looking toget back into the conferencerace with an upset of theDevils.

Coginchaug got off to agood start, with AudreyBiesak converting a steal intotwo points and SamMancinelli connecting oncefrom the line. But theHuskies scored three straightbuckets to take the lead at 6-3.Morgan Kuehnle knockeddown a short jumper on aMancinelli assist, but theHuskies answered with a bas-ket to go ahead 8-5. Mancinel-li assisted on another Kuehn-le hoop, then Biesak scored

twice from the line to put theDevils ahead. Morgan againpulled ahead with a two, butwith Mancinelli assistingagain, Biesak hit a shot frombeyond the arc that gaveCoginchaug a lead at 12-10.

The Huskies did tie thegame one final time at 12,scoring the first basket of thesecond period, but a basketfrom Mancinelli put the Dev-ils on top for good at 14-12.An old-fashioned three-pointplay from Romanoff gave theDevils some breathing room,with a single free throw byMorgan making the score 17-13. Over the final three min-utes of the period, each teamscored nine points, withCoginchaug’s points all in-volving Mancinelli, whofirst assisted on a LaurenEsposito bucket, then on aBiesak shot from beyond thearc. Mancinelli then scoredtwo baskets herself, with the

result being a 26-22 lead atthe half.

In the third period, the Dev-ils clamped down a bit on de-fense, surrendering onlythree field goals and two fromthe charity stripe. Mean-while, Mancinelli continuedto control the offense, assist-ing on baskets to Kuehnle, Es-posito and Kuehnle again.Then after hitting a singlefree throw herself, she assist-ed on back-to-back buckets byEsposito, resulting in a 37-30lead for the visiting Devils.

The fourth period openedwith a bit of bad news forCoginchaug — about a minuteinto the period, Kuehnle fellto the floor in obvious pain. Itseems that she suffered a highankle sprain and will likely belost for at least the rest of theregular season, with no guar-antee she will be ready forpost-season play. This is a realhit to the Devils benchstrength, with Morgan evenhaving several starts to hercredit. Here’s hoping that sherecovers quickly.

Mancinelli resumed her of-fensive control, assisting ontwo baskets by Kim Romanofffor a 41-30 lead. The Huskiesscored, but Romanoff re-sponded with a nifty drive tothe hoop for a 43-32 lead.Mancinelli hit one from thecharity stripe, and the hometeam connected on a shotfrom behind the arc to finishthe scoring, giving Cogin-chaug a 44-35 win.

Mancinelli got an unusualdouble-double with 12 re-bounds and all 12 assists thatthe Devils recorded, just miss-ing the triple double withnine points. She also had ablock and a steal. Espositoscored eight points, addingthree steals and three re-bounds. Biesak had 10 points,two steals and a rebound. Ro-manoff had six points, twosteals and a rebound. JessicaSolomon started but playedonly a couple of minutes be-fore physical problems forcedher to the sidelines for the re-mainder of the game.

Off the bench, Kuehnlemade significant contribu-tions before her injury with 11points and two rebounds.Olivia Corazzini had a re-bound and a steal, while bothAudrey Arcari and AndreaBraga put in some nice min-utes on defense.

Davis leads Snowservicesto first Men’s League win

By Scott StrangSpecial to the Town

Times

Snowservices, 53; All-state Fire Equipment, 44:Following a 7-7 record in the2011 season and an appear-ance in the league champi-onship, Frank DeFlippomade a few minor tweaks tohis Snowservices roster for2012, and the addition of JoeDavis is paying off quickly.Davis delivered 21 points,including two big secondhalf three-pointers, to helpSnowservices (1-1) pullaway from Allstate for theirfirst win. After a relativelyslow-paced first half, inwhich Snowservices led 27-21 at the break, the secondhalf became a rough physi-cal contest in which players

on both teams had some is-sues with the officiating asjust eight fouls were calledin the entire half. DaveDeRosa had his best game ofthe season for Allstate, scor-ing 15 and helping to keep itclose. Matt Thompson alsoadded 11, and Eric Francisput in nine for Allstate (0-3).Dave Torres tallied sevenpoints for Snowservices.

Torrison Stone, 58;Shadow Room, 41: GregBereski had his thirdstraight game scoring indouble figures, but, after anearly Shadow Room lead,Torrison Stone (2-0) tookover and rolled to anotherwin. Shadow Room led 15-12early when Pete Lynch ledTorrison on a 19-0 run that

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Coginchaug Boys finally top Noisesin fourth

By Alan PeaseSpecial to the Town Times

On Tuesday, Jan. 17, theCoginchaug boys visited theLittle Noises of Hale-Ray inMoodus. Hale-Ray was 2-7,and the Devils 7-1 enteringthis contest, so it figured tobe an easy win for the visi-tors. Hale-Ray did not agreewith that assessment.

The teams started fairlyeven, with the Devils trail-ing by 11-10 midway throughthe period. Erikson Wasylhad four, and Ethan Doneck-er and Kevin Gawron eachhad three at that point. Hale-Ray scored to make the score13-10, but Sam Baker scoredback-to-back baskets, thefirst a two-pointer assistedby Wasyl, and the second athree-pointer assisted by Do-necker for a 15-13 lead. ThenWasyl assisted on a AlecCorazzini three-pointer andscored a basket himself tomake the first period score20-13 with the Devils on top.

The home team scoredfirst to open the second, butthe Devils answered with athree from Wasyl and a Bak-er-assisted bucket by Bog-danski. A single free throwfrom the Noises was an-swered by two charity hitsby Wasyl, but Hale-Rayscored the next five to cut thelead to six at 27-21. Over thefinal four minutes of thehalf, the Devils could man-age only three free throws,

all from Jake Tietlebaum,while the Noises scored six,leaving Coginchaug stillahead, but only by three (30-27) at the half.

Hale-Ray scored the firsttwo buckets of the secondhalf to go ahead (31-30).Gawron gave the Devils thelead back by hitting twofrom the line, but the hometeam tied with a single freethrow, then took the lead ona rebound put-back at 34-32.A Tietlebaum-assisted buck-et by Wasyl knotted thescore again, but the Noisesresponded in kind to go backon top 36-34. With two min-utes left in the third period,Corazzini rebounded a Wa-syl miss and kicked it out toWasyl beyond the arc. Wasyldropped the ball through thecords to give Coginchaug alead that they would not sur-render at 37-36. A free throwby Bogdanski made the scoreentering the final period 38-36, with Coginchaug on top.

The fourth period finallydemonstrated that the Devilshad a much better recordthan the Noises. Hale-Raywould score only one of eachtype of basket — a two-point-er, a three-pointer and a sin-gle free-throw in the period.Meanwhile, Doneckerscored nine, Tietlebaum sixand Wasyl five in the period.The signature moment forthe Devils came with justover five minutes remainingwhen Donecker stole the ball

in the defensive end, droveahead of the field and literal-ly threw the ball downthrough the hoop for two. Itdidn’t look like your typicaljam because Donecker didn’teven touch the rim, to saynothing of hanging on therim. It was a great momentfor the team and the fans andmade the lead 45-38 at thatmoment and was the middleof an 11-0 run by Cogin-chaug. So Coginchaugoutscored Hale-Ray 20-6 inthe final period to make thefinal 58-42 for the Devils.

Wasyl led Coginchaugwith 21 points, adding fourrebounds, three assists andtwo steals. Donecker scored12 points, was the top re-bounder with six and hadthree steals and two assists.Corazzini nabbed five re-bounds and added four as-sists, three points and an as-sist. Tietlebaum scored nine,adding two rebounds, twosteal and an assist. Gawron,starting in place of the in-jured Brock Hoyt, had fivepoints, two rebounds and anassist.

Off the bench, Baker hadfive points, two reboundsand an assist, and Bogdanskihad three points, three re-bounds, a steal and an assist.

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lasted into the second half.Then Dave DeSanti con-nected on five jumpers(four of them three-point-ers) in the second period tohold off a late ShadowRoom effort to get backinto the game. DeSantiended with 19, and Lynchhad 17 on the night. Beres-ki’s 20 and Jason Williams’10 led Shadow Room (1-2)in the loss.

Laser Engraving Ser-vices (LasEngS), 58;Around the Clock (ATC),50: Matt Quinn again post-

ed a solid 22-point perform-ance, and the surprisingLasEngS team moved to 3-1for the season with a winover Around the Clock.Mark Fong hit on threethree-pointers in the firsthalf and finished with 15 forLasEngS. The game wastied at 27 at halftime, butQuinn became a real prob-lem for ATC, hitting onwide-open long-distancethree-point shots and alsohitting five straight freethrows. LasEngS went 8-8 atthe line on the day whileAround the Clock (1-1) wasjust 8-15 on free throws.Steve Markoski and RyanDonecker led ATC with 16and 13 points each.

Baseball sign-upsBabe Ruth Baseball (age 13-15) sign-ups will be held at

the Middlefield Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 4,from 8 to 10:30 a.m. and Thursday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m.Contact Tim Mack of 47 Chalker Road in Durham at 203-627-2751 with any questions.


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