11-25-2011 town times

An “angel among us”

Carol Douglas was named an “Angel Among Us” atthe Elk’s Durham Middlefield Night on Saturday,Nov. 12, for her contributions to the Durham Fair, in-cluding volunteering her time and donations. Carolis pictured here with her husband, Walter Douglas.

Submitted by Karen Kean

Volume 18, Issue 33 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall Friday, November 25, 2011

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Two to four more weeksof road clean-upexpected for Middlefield

By Cheri KelleyTown Times

“It’s the mother-load ofwood chips,” MiddlefieldFirst Selectman JonBrayshaw said, describingthe resulting chips from allthe brush that has beencleared up in the aftermathof the two storms that hitConnecticut since August.

“One storm blended rightinto the other, and we havenever stopped the clean-upprocess. At this point,Brayshaw said that the towneasily removed 100 or moretruckloads. The truckloadsare converted into cubicyards because this is howFEMA requires it to be meas-ured. When FEMA pays mu-nicipalities, they typicallycontribute 75 percent of thecost; that cost is based onwhat they deem appropriatefor each expense. Accordingto Brayshaw, they are verycareful to not give moremoney than necessary. JoeGeruch, the finance directorfor Middlefield, and TerryParmelee, the emergencymanagement director, are

keeping track of everyminute financial detail.

Connecticut was declareda disaster area and is capableof getting funding fromFEMA, but the process isstill underway, and the townis still unsure if they will ac-tually be receiving a contri-bution. Either way,Brayshaw said that taxpay-ers should know that therewill be a cost to the town; theextent of what that means isstill unknown. He met withthe Board of Finance (BOF)last week to alert them topossible financial obliga-tions that the town mighthave.

The Public Works Depart-ment is made up of five peo-ple and has been workingvery hard to get the towncleared. They have gottencompletely out of sync withother public works projectsbecause of all the time dedi-cated to the clean-up.Brayshaw said that theyprobably won’t get back ontrack until the spring. Thecrew is using a payloader

In this issue ...Calendar............................4Christmas Trees...........16-17Obituary..........................27Sports..........................28-31Town Briefs ................10-13

Durham BOS has special meetingBy Elisabeth Kennedy

Special to the Town Times

A special meeting of theDurham Board of Selectmen(BOS) was held on Nov. 21.The board accepted the resig-nation of health directorBrad Wilkinson with grati-tude for his service.

There were no nomina-tions to the ConservationCommission. First Select-man Laura Francis indicatedthat the appointment can behandled next month becauseit is a 2011 appointment.

Francis reported there aretwo vacancies on the Recre-ation Committee. SelectmanJim McLaughlin nominatedArt DiNicholas to fill the 2012vacancy. Selectman JohnSzewczyk seconded the nom-ination, adding that DiNi-cholas will be a great addi-tion to the committee. Thenomination was approved.

Discussion of Durham Ac-tivity Use Policy was tabledas the policy is not complete.McLaughlin expressed dis-may that a recent town-spon-sored activity was held onprivate property and sug-gested the Recreation Com-mittee be required to obtainapproval from the Board ofSelectmen for town func-tions held on private proper-ty. Francis will check the lia-bility insurance policy to seewhat is covered.

Francis announced an op-portunity to nominate a resi-dent for the American RedCross Community of Heroescontest, indicating that nomi-nations must be in by Dec. 15.

The board discussed andgranted the request from thefamily of Jane Churchill toserve wine at a memorialservice to be held at theDurham Library on Satur-day, Dec. 17.

Francis read the Octoberfiscal analysis, expressinggratitude that departmentsare working hard to managetheir budgets. Overall ex-penditures are at 41 percentand revenues at 44 percentdespite two unanticipatedprograms (Work Place Al-liance and storms Irene and

Alfred). Francis is confidentthat reimbursement will bereceived for Work Place Al-liance, and the town shouldreceive 75 percent reim-bursement of storm-relatedexpenses from FEMA.

Options for a change inthe speed limit on MaidenLane were discussed and amotion to file an applicationwith the State Traffic Com-mission for said change wasapproved.

Francis provided updates

See BOS, page 7

Jack Hendley, a member of the Middlefield PublicWorks Department, is using a clamshell attachment toload brush into one of the trucks. Photo by Cheri Kelley

See Clean-up, page 18

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CorrectionsWe strive to bring you

the most accurate informa-tion available each week,but if you see something inTown Times that isn’tquite right, give us a call at860-349-8000, and we’ll doour best to make thingsright.

Regarding our Nov. 11election issue, Donna Gol-ub did not win over Kim-berly Schmalz for townclerk in Middlefield; Golubwon over VanessaSchmalz. It was Ellen Waffwho won over KimberlySchmalz for Middlefieldtreasurer.

St. Colmanbazaarrescheduled

The biannual St. ColmanLadies’ Guild holidaybazaar, originally Nov. 5, hasbeen rescheduled to Satur-day, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. This year’s CountryChristmas booths will fea-ture homemade candy, bakeshoppe, crafts, handsewn,knitted and crocheted items,soy candles, festive light bot-tles, jewelry, strawbooth, awhite elephant booth and akids’ corner for fun for the

whole family. Lunch will beserved. Please join us in thechurch hall at the corner ofHubbard St. and Cherry HillRd. in Middlefield.

NYC bus tripA bus to New York City

will leave the Durham TownGreen at 8 a.m. on Saturday,Dec. 10, and will return at 10p.m. Includes two stops:shopping and then dinner atForlini’s Restaurant in LittleItaly. Fee includes four-course dinner, unlimitedbeer and wine, tax and tip.Please contact Wendy at 860-539-7902 for fee info.

Living nativityHear ye, hear ye! Be it

known that on Dec. 16 and 17from 6 to 8 p.m., the Middle-field Federated Church (402Main St.) will present a Liv-ing Nativity in celebration ofthe birth of our Lord Jesus.Walk alongside Mary andJoseph as they step throughthis historic birth story.

Let live actors, real ani-mals and drama set the tonefor your Christmas celebra-tion this year! The entry feewill be a humble can of beansto support our ongoing mis-sion commitment to theAmazing Grace Food Pantry.

Everyone is invited!

Durham seniorholiday lunch

Come and join theDurham Senior Committeeon Friday, Dec. 9, from 12 to 2p.m. Lunch will be providedby our local restaurants.Join in on some holidaygames and meet Santa. Holi-day desserts are welcome.Bring a friend and join in onthe holiday spirit.

Turnout figuresfrom 2011municipalelections

Secretary of the StateDenise Merrill released vot-er turnout numbers from the2011 municipal electionswhich showed that overall,the statewide voter turnoutamong registered voters inConnecticut was 30.67 per-cent. A complete listing ofturnout among towns thatheld elections on Nov. 8 isavailable online atwww.sots.ct.gov.

Middlefield had 1,487

votes cast for the 3,152 regis-tered voters (or 47.18 per-cent). Durham had 2,229votes cast for the 4,988 regis-tered voters (or 44.69 per-cent).

“The devastating Octobersnow storm presented someserious challenges to elec-tion administrators all overthe state of Connecticut, andI think that shows up in thesomewhat lower turnout fig-ures compared to past mu-nicipal elections,” said Sec-retary Merrill, Connecti-cut’s chief elections official.“Despite the difficultiesposed by a lack of electricityand mobility and the dis-placement of many residentsinto shelters, I am proud ofthe way local elections offi-cial came together to makesure registered voters inConnecticut could cast bal-lots as scheduled on Nov. 8.Residents of our cities andtowns got to see firsthandhow the people elected tomunicipal government canhave great impact on theircommunities — especially ina time of crisis. There weresome communities wherecontested races clearly in-creased the voter turnout. Ihope in the future we canhelp all of Connecticut’s citi-zens understand the impor-tance of choosing the rightleaders in their communi-ties so we can see more peo-ple going to vote.”

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We owe much to the Native AmericansBy Trish Dynia


While the conquest of thecivilized empires of Peru andMexico was a notorioususurpation, colonies upon thecontinent of North Americamight, if done within just lim-its, have been entirely lawful.The people of those vast tractsof land rather roamed overthem than inhabited them.

— Emerich Vattel, 18thcentury theorist on interna-tional law.

The idea that NativeAmericans roamed aimless-ly about the land, barely sub-sisting on wild fruits andberries and seasonal gameand fish hunts, was a com-mon misconception untilvery recently. Advocates, ormore precisely apologists,for European colonization ofthe Americas, touted theseideas until the latter years ofthe 20th century when therewas a resurgence of interestin, and respect for, NativeAmerican culture.

As we celebrate Thanks-giving this week, please re-

member and honor the peo-ple who helped prepare thatfirst Thanksgiving feast andtaught the newcomers howto survive in a new land, notonly in Plymouth, MA, butthroughout settlements allalong the eastern seaboard.

Prior to first contact withEuropean settlers, the East-ern Woodland Tribes fromMaine to the MississippiRiver lived in large andsmall, primarily seasonalsettlements. The womenwere expert botanists whosystematically combed thefields and forests for fruits,vegetables and herbs for usein their daily diets and formedicinal purposes. Theyalso cultivated vast fields ofcorn, squash and beanswhile the men fashioned so-phisticated weaponry fromrocks and animal bones tohunt game and formed netsfrom deer sinew to harvestfish from the ocean and in-land waterways.

They often packed uptheir portable long house vil-lages to allow fields to regen-erate, seek shelter from the

Esther Beamont, known as “The last Indian inDurham,” poses in front of her Indian Lane home cir-ca 1890. Submitted by Trish Dynia

heat or cold or follow season-al game migration patterns.This ecologically sound useof the land sustained themfor thousands of years and of-ten created bumper cropswhich sustained themthrough cold winters andsummer droughts.

European settlers viewedtheir habits as lack of disci-pline, leadership and deter-mination and quickly pro-ceeded to attempt to “civi-lize” these poor natives. Iron-ically, what the newcomersdidn’t see clearly was that

See Native, page 14

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FRIDAY

November 25Toys for Tots Drop-OffCore Club is proud to an-

nounce that they are an of-ficial drop-off center forToys for Tots. They will becollecting toys from nowuntil the end of December.Join them and work offthat turkey dinner today at10:30 a.m. (350 Main St. inDurham) for a Zumba par-ty with Deb Cook. Admis-sion is an unwrapped toy.Deck the Mansfield House

Step back in time at theGeneral Joseph MansfieldHouse (151 Main St. in Mid-dletown) and help decorateit for the holidays. From 1 to4 p.m., children will be ableto make ornaments to put onthe tree, hear holiday storiesand enjoy cookies and hotchocolate at an old-fash-ioned open house as part ofdowntown Middletown’sHoliday on Main Street.Adults are welcome to viewthe exhibits. Tours will beled by costumed guides. Ad-mission to the open house isfree, and all are welcome.This event is sponsored bythe Middlesex County His-torical Society. Call 860-346-0746.

Saturday

November 26Santa and Snow Pony Join Santa and Snow Pony

at Five Star PerformanceHorses (280 Old Pent Road inNorth Guilford) today from11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Dec. 10from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fee in-cludes pony rides, picturewith Santa and Snow Pony,coffee, hot cocoa and snacks.Everyone will be entered ina raffle for free riding les-sons. Call 860-638-7421 or vis-it www.fivestarperfor-mancehorsesllc.com.

SUNDAY

November 27Flag Burning Ceremony

Members of the Middle-field/Rockfall VFW will beconducting a flag-burningceremony at 10 a.m. Raindate will be the followingweek. Residents of Middle-field may drop off usedAmerican flags that are no

longer serviceable — beingtattered, soiled or unsuitablefor display — at the Middle-field Town Hall or the Mid-dlefield Community Center.Collection boxes will beavailable at these locations.Today is the last day.

Open HouseThe Skin Care Studio will

hold an open house from 3 to7 p.m. at 454 Main St. inDurham. For more info,please call 860-349-2011.

MONDAY

November 28Durham 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. Forpricing info and to make areservation, call AmandaAstarita, senior café manag-er, 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 the month-ly menu can be picked up atthe center, Town Hall or atwww.middlefieldct.org.Durham Men’s Basketball

In-person registrationwill take place today andDec. 5 at Memorial Schooland tomorrow and Dec. 1and 6 at Strong School from7 to 7:30 p.m. each nightduring open gym. Theleague is open to men 18and older who are resi-dents of Durham or Middle-field. Registration formsare online at the town ofDurham website or on the“Durham Men’s League”page on Facebook. [email protected] more info or to register.Registration closes Dec. 7.

TUESDAY

November 29Destination Durham

Every Tuesday at 1 and 7p.m. on Comcast Channel 19,Destination Durham will beaired for those living inDurham. DVDs are alsoavailable at the Levi Coe and

Durham libraries.College Admissions

ForumJuniors and their par-

ents/guardians are invitedto attend the annual CollegeAdmissions Forum from 7 to9 p.m. in the CRHS auditori-um. College admissions offi-cers will present anoverview of the entire col-lege admissions process.The guidance departmentwill present the proceduresand format for CRHS stu-dents in the applicationprocess. Following the pre-sentations, there will also bea Q&A. Please call the guid-ance office at 860-349-7221 ifyou have any questions.

Free Computer ClinicIf you find yourself bang-

ing your keyboard or slap-ping the side of your CPU,your computer may betelling you something. For-tunately, help is here. Thestudents in the MxCC Com-puter Club, along with stu-dents of the Introduction toOperating Systems course,are hosting a free computerclinic where they will diag-nose and, if possible, repairyour laptop or desktop com-puter. The annual clinic willbe held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. inthe student lounge on theMxCC Middletown campus.

WEDNESDAY

November 30Middletown Flu ClinicA seasonal flu clinic is

scheduled for today from 12to 8 p.m. at Westfield FireDepartment in Middletown.The vaccine shots are freeand will be administered ona first come, first served ba-sis. Supplies are limited.Anyone over age two and ingood health is encouraged toreceive the vaccine. Theclinics are sponsored byMDA (Mass DispensingArea) 36. Call 860-344-3482.

Healing EucharistCome to the Church of the

Epiphany, Main Street inDurham, at 10 a.m. for theweekly Holy Eucharist withhealing.Holiday Shopping Spree

The Middlefield LionsClub will be presenting aHoliday Shopping Spreefrom 6 to 9 p.m. at the IndianSprings Golf Course (132Mack Rd.). There will be hol-iday greens and ornaments,

handmade craft items, jewel-ry and much more. Comeand enjoy wine tasting fromthe Little Rooster and holi-day camaraderie! For moreinfo, contact Jean Gay 860-638-8833.

THURSDAY

December 1Weight Loss SeminarLiving Lean, featuring

America’s fat-loss guruRob Nevins, will host a freeweight loss seminar at 6p.m. at 850 North Main St.Ext., Building #2, Suite 3Bin Wallingford. Feel free tobring a friend or familymember. For more info,call 203-294-9346, e-mail [email protected] or visitw w w . r o b n e v i n s l i v i n -glean.com.

FRIDAY

December 2Tot Time

The MOMS Club ofDurham and Middlefieldsponsors a weekly Tot Timeevery Friday from 10:30 a.m.to noon at Peckham Park, or,if it’s rainy, at the Middle-field Community Center.This open-age playgroup isavailable for all residentsand their children ofDurham, Middlefield andRockfall. No RSVP is re-quired. For more info, pleasecontact Ann at [email protected].

Bridge NightCome join in at the

Durham Activity Centerevery Friday night at 6:30p.m. for a fun night ofbridge with great people. Ifyou are not sure how toplay, Jim will teach you.You may call Jim at 860-346-6611 with bridge questions.Call Durham Rec at 860-343-6724 with questions.

SATURDAY

December 3Breakfast with SantaPartnership for Sharing is

sponsoring a Breakfast withSanta from 8 to 10:30 a.m. atThird CongregationalChurch (94 Miner St. in Mid-dletown). Photos with Santawill be available at a mini-mum fee. For more info, callRuth Kramer at 860-267-6580

or 860-301-5622.Awakening the Dreamer

This program includesvideo presentations, discus-sions and ways to become“part of the solution” for the21st century. Refreshmentswill be provided by raw foodauthors Bill and MeganPaglia-Scheff. Donationswill offset expenses, but noone will be turned away forlack of payment. Attendeesare encouraged to bring anon-perishable food item todonate to a local food pantryfollowing this fall’s storms.Register online at Awaken-ingTheDreamer.org. Formore details, contactMichael Harris [email protected] or860-873-8989.

Dudley Holiday MarketThe Dudley Farm Farm-

ers’ Market will hold its 16thannual holiday market from9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in theMunger Barn. Holiday treatsand treasures feature bakedgoods, crafts, eggs, fibers,fresh holiday greens andtrees, honey and maplesyrup, jams and jellies, natu-rally raised meats, picklesand soap. Contact 860-349-3917 or visit www.dudley-farm.com for more info andlast-minute updates.

Holiday BazaarThe Ladies’ Guild of St.

Colman’s Church holidaybazaar, originally scheduledfor Nov. 5, has been resched-uled to today from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. There will be crafts, abake shop, gift baskets,wreaths, jewelry, a whiteelephant table and kids’ cor-ner. Lunch will also beserved. For more info, callthe rectory in the morningsat 860-349-3868.

Community Round-UpFrom 9 a.m. to noon today,

teams of students, teachers,parents and communitymembers will be roving thetown in a scavenger-likefashion. Students will travelin teams of three or four fol-lowing assigned routes tocollect non-perishable items,canned goods and gift cardsthat will be distributed tothe needy. If you won’t behome, leave a bag by yourfront door. Those who preferto remain at the high schoolcan assist by sorting, count-ing and packing. For moreinfo, please contact BethGalligan at 860-349-7221.


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Being Ms. KuehnleIt’s 6:45

a.m. Amidstthe blindingmorning sun-light, I casu-ally sip my hickory coffeeand listen to weekend ac-counts from the eighth gradestudent in the passengerseat. Making sure that everystudent has a ride to school isjust one of the ways myschool embodies our valuesof unity, excellence, respon-sibility and courage. As wearrive, I wave good morningto my co-workers and pro-ceed down the elementaryschool hallway to room 108marked “Special Educa-tion.” Inside my room, I readover the week’s lesson plansand make some mental notes— Aubrynesha has a redteam meeting this morning;Destiny needs more nonver-bal communication methodsand I need to remind Raheemthat he is not allowed to callme “Ms. Ice Cream” againthis week. Welcome to a typi-cal Monday morning at Har-

riet TubmanC h a r t e rSchool.

One yearago, I happily

accepted an offer to be a 2011Teach for America CorpsMember in New Orleans,Louisiana. Six months later,I graduated from the Univer-sity of Connecticut, packedthe car with all of my belong-ings and moved my lifeacross the country, leavingbehind my family, friendsand a rural Connecticut col-lege town full of great memo-ries. After spending oneweek in the Big Easy, Itrekked off to Atlanta, GA,where I spent five weeksteaching fifth grade reading

Alex with some of herstudents on Halloween inher classroom, called“Loyola” because eachof the classrooms in theHarriet Tubman CharterSchool is named after acollege or universitythroughout the nation toaccompany their missionof getting every studentto college. Submitted

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at Teach For America’s sum-mer institute.

Three days after instituteconcluded, I found myselfsurrounded by 65 strangers,which made up the new staffof Harriet Tubman CharterSchool. Harriet Tubman wasabout to become the firstcharter takeover school inthe history of Louisiana,and, through the next sixweeks of professional devel-opment, I found myself in themiddle of an educational

movement that has taken thecity — and the country — bystorm. Since Hurricane Kat-rina in 2005, the charterschool movement explodedin New Orleans, notably un-der the direction of the Re-covery School District(RSD). Previously, whilepart of the RSD, Harriet Tub-man operated under AlgiersCharter School Association.This year, the state boardvoted not to renew the char-ter, which means, in New Or-leans, charter schools that donot meet their annual per-formance benchmarks areclosed after five years. Thatis how I found myself to be a

part of a new, high-perform-ing charter school, where 100percent of our population re-ceives free or reduced break-fast and lunch, and whereeach of our 550 students is atleast two to five grade levelsbehind in every academicsubject.

In my classroom, I in-struct elementary studentswith severe-profound dis-abilities, such as Autism,Down syndrome and intel-lectual disabilities, in gradeskindergarten through thirdgrade. For my students, thestakes are even higher asthey face additional chal-lenges on their path to col-lege or the equivalence of ex-cellence that college implies.Every minute of my stu-dents’ eight-hour school dayis spent celebrating smallwins, holding expectationshigh and instilling a cultureof achievement within myclassroom. Six months afterarriving in NOLA, I knowthat closing the achievementgap takes a tremendousamount of work, dedicationand willpower — but I alsoknow that closing theachievement gap is entirelypossible. I know that, whenDevin, who came to me inAugust not understandingthe concept of letters, mas-tered 23 out of 26 letters threemonths later, the achieve-ment gap stems not from lowincome communities or lazyparents but from lazy teach-ers.

This Thanksgiving week, Iam thankful to work at aschool that is paving thepath of excellence for ourstudents. I am thankful tohave grown up in a commu-nity that provided me withopportunities that my stu-dents will never have. Butmost of all, I am thankful tohave seized an opportunitythat has allowed me to ex-plore educational disparitiesthroughout America and tobe part of the solution. Everymorning, as I hear a chorusof our school song “Lean onMe” or “black team, blackteam, goin’ to college!” drift-ing down the hallway, I amreminded that we make thepath in light of this incredi-ble challenge. We make thepath by walking.

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Middle school and elementary special education stu-dents worked together to make a banner with an excerptfrom Harriet Tubman Charter School’s Unity Cheer as asymbol that all students, no matter what, will learn.


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Community Round-UpFood Drive

For information or to volunteerContact: Ms. Beth Galligan,Director of GuidanceCoginchaug Reg. High School(860) 349-7221

When: Saturday, December 3rdTime: 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Teams of students with adultswill visit your neighborhood tocollect food, grocery gift cards,or cash for turkeys.Leave food by the front door ifyou will not be home.

Join the “CRU” Food DriveIt’s a Neighborhood Thing!

Sponsored by: District #13 and the Durham/Middlefield Local Wellness Council

on the Public Works buildingand White’s Farm mitigationefforts; both projects are ingood shape. Francis contin-ues to work on a hazard miti-gation grant, which is due atthe end of December. She isvery hopeful but will put theBoard of Finance on notice incase the grant is not re-ceived. She reported that thestate bid for brush removalwas won by a Florida compa-ny, AshBritt, and she has re-ceived an estimate of $400,000to pick up and cart away thedebris caused by Storm Al-fred. She further indicatedthat she will not be asking forapproval on that contract butmay go out to bid as theTown’s Public Works De-partment is alreadystretched to complete roadprojects before asphalt com-panies shut down in Decem-ber and is hampered by twoemployees out due to work-related injuries. She willmeet with the Board of Fi-nance to discuss options as“it won’t be cheap.” She isseeking advice from the De-partment of Transportationand the governor and, ac-knowledging the urgency,hopes to start pick up by Dec.1. Francis further indicatedthat, with the president’sdeclaration last week, shewill also begin the FEMAprocess to secure reimburse-ment of some of these expens-es and has asked that RSD13and DMIAAB submit sepa-rate applications for their ex-penses, hoping it will makethe process easier. Francisexpressed pride at the levelof volunteerism and coopera-tion during the storm andsuccessful partnerships withthe school district and thetown of Middlefield.

Francis reported on theclean-up of the Merriam site,finding it a very impressiveoperation. The clean-up isslated to be complete by theend of December althoughFrancis is not convincedthey can meet that deadline.

A flu clinic was held, vac-cinating nearly 200 people.

Francis congratulatedSteve Levy, reporting thatCERT (Community Emer-gency Response Team) com-pleted their training despitebeing interrupted by Storm

Alfred. Asked if there wouldbe a graduation or ceremony,Levy indicated they will havea ceremony but a date has notbeen decided. Francis ex-pressed pride in these traineesas well as all town depart-ments — emergency manage-ment, first responders and allvolunteers who did a great jobduring the storm. “I am proudto live in Durham,” Francisproclaimed. Levy shared hersentiment, adding “there havealso been a lot of professionalswho volunteer in Durham;now we have a certified team.”

Francis reminded all thatthe swearing-in ceremonyfor elected officials will takeplace on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. at theDurham Library.

Francis thankedMcLaughlin for his years ofservice: two years as first se-lectman and four years onthe board. Szewczyk thankedMcLaughlin for his knowl-edge and support. Francispresented McLaughlin witha cake, and he moved to ad-journ the meeting, exclaim-ing, “Let them eat cake!”

BOS (From page 1) Dudley holiday marketThe Dudley Farm Farmers’ Market will hold its 16th an-

nual holiday market on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. in the Munger Barn. Holiday treats and treasures fea-ture baked goods, crafts, eggs, fibers, fresh holiday greensand trees, honey and maple syrup, jams and jellies, natu-rally raised meats, pickles and soap.

At 11 a.m., Buster Scranton presents a Maple candydemonstration in the Munger Barn. Also, visit the Farm-house for the chancre to see St. Nicholas.

The Dudley Farm is located on the northeast corner ofroutes 77 and 80 in North Guilford. Contact 860-349-3917 orvisit www.dudleyfarm.com for more information and last-minute updates.

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Letters to the Editor

Grateful forour neighbors

There is much to be thank-ful for this year, but the kind-ness of our neighbor DeniseFurano during the recent win-ter storm stands out. As theowner of Building BlocksLearning Center in Walling-ford, Denise invited the chil-dren and their families to stayat the center after closing tokeep warm and provided din-ner to those without power forthe duration of the outage. Asit was Halloween, Denise andher staff threw an impromptuHalloween dinner party andallowed the kids to trick-or-treat room-to-room so thatHalloween was not ruined!The kids were thrilled to wear

their costumes and receivetreats from their teachers. Weall became one big family overthe course of the week withneighbors helping neighbors.So this year, we are indeedthankful that we have suchcaring small business ownersin our community.

Ken and Lynn Boy,Durham

Thank you,neighbors

What an exciting pastthree weeks! As we nearedthe end of October, I was inthe home stretch of my firstforay in campaigning for anelected office in town. Thenext thing I knew, I took uptemporary residence in theEmergency Operations Cen-

ter along with other mem-bers of the Durham Depart-ment of Emergency Manage-ment as we worked togetherto recover from the record-breaking October snowstorm and power outage.And then election day washere, and, before I knew it, Iwas back in class completingtraining with Durham’s firstmembers of the CommunityEmergency Response Team(CERT). So please under-stand that I meant for thisletter to appear in lastweek’s edition.

I want to thank everyonewho supported me in my runfor a seat on the Board of Se-lectmen. I am so very happyto have been elected. Cam-paigning was a new experi-ence, and it was great to seeold friends and even some ofmy old patients as I wentdoor-to door. Durham is agreat place to live, and theopportunity to serve thecommunity is an honor. As Isay thank you to theDurham electorate, I alsowant to urge everyone tolook for a way to give back toour community. There aretown boards with vacanciesto fill, service organizationsthat will welcome new mem-bers and, as snow Storm Al-fred showed us, there is al-ways a place for a neighborto help a neighbor. Thankyou for your support and

confidence. I am eager tostart my tenure on the Boardof Selectmen and will do mybest for our community.

Dr. Steve Levy, Durham

Occupy whatfor?

I am writing in responseto the letters concerning the“Occupy” movement and tohopefully provide some in-sight into what it’s reallyabout.

So what is the 99 percentmovement really about?Well, I went to lower Man-hattan to the source to seefor myself, to talk to themand find out. It was inspir-ing; this protest is calling at-tention to a number of issuesunder a broad banner. In re-ality, it’s a lot like the TeaParty but without the hatespeech, racism, xenophobiaand guns.

The Occupy I saw is peace-ful, democratic and inclu-sive. It’s a backlash againstour illegal financial and po-litical practices of the last 30years.

It’s not about wealth butabout unbridled greed, ill-gotten gains and blatantfraud. It’s about the attackon people’s pensions, 401Ksand retirement in general.It’s about wars that neverend and aren’t paid for. It’sabout peace being more pa-

triotic than war. It’s aboutnot bigger but rather bettergovernment. It’s about so-cial inequity, inequality,morality and justice. It’sabout legalized bribery anda bought-and-paid-for gov-ernment. It’s about both po-litical parties being prettymuch the same and thosetwo political parties beingpretty much the only ones al-lowed. It’s also about an un-fair and regressive tax sys-tem, and most of all, it’s along overdue challenge toeconomic supremacy andhypocrisy. There is nothingun-American about it.

As BusinessWeek maga-zine noted this week: “Cen-sus data shows that, since1980, five percent of our na-tional income has shiftedfrom the middle-class to thenation’s richest households.This means that the wealthi-est households, just 6,000 ofthem in total, accumulatedan additional $650 billion be-yond what they would have,had the economic pie beendivided as it was in 1980.”The Bush tax cuts for thewealthiest just pushedthings even further, andanti-tax pledging politiciansand their phony debt crisesprotect this unfair systemand an economy that isrigged to favor the rich, and

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Help make a fourth graders dayWe love receiving mail at Town Times.

Usually we get items intended for publica-tion, like birth and wedding announcementsand letters to the editor, and we definitelyget our fair share of “junk mail” like every-one else — being a newspaper, we accumu-late press releases like you wouldn’t believe!But occasionally we open our post office boxto find a thank you card or compliment fromresidents or things that make for interestingreading material.

One letter came to us from Aviston, IL, re-cently, with UCONN HUSKIES dramaticallycolored across the back of the envelope incrayon.

Fourth graders at Aviston Elementary insouthern Illinois are learning about theUnited States and the different environ-ments, climates, resources and highlightsfound in each region. “The kids in the classthink it would be fun to receive postcards,souvenirs, resources or any information

about our great country from each of the 50states,” the letter read. “We hope that peoplewho read this letter will be interested inmailing our class items pertaining to theirstate.”

4th Grade @ Aviston Elementary350 South Hull StreetAviston, IL 62216The card is signed by the kids in the class-

room, their actual signatures photocopiedonto the letter! We thought the folks in ourcommunities might support a mission likethis and feel inclined to send somethingtheir way. It is, after all, the start of the holi-day season where we’re in the spirit of giv-ing and helping. Your contribution mightadd to their excitement about this learningprocess. And who knows, maybe they’lllearn a thing or two about Durham, Middle-field or Rockfall that could change their livesin some way!

Stephanie Wilcox, editor

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An ounce of preventionThe state is still re-

covering from theworst disaster to everhappen to our electric-ity distribution sys-tem. More than 85 per-cent of all householdsin the 13th Senate Dis-trict, including Mid-dlefield and Rockfall,lost electric power foras many as eight days.In fact, I did not haveelectricity restored tomy house until Sun-day night, Nov. 6,more than eight daysafter we lost power!Now that the disaster is over, weneed to focus on two big issues: (1)compensating people for lost servic-es and hardship and (2) preventing adisaster on such a scale from recur-ring again.

My office has had communicationwith Cox Communications, Comcastand AT&T regarding extendingcredit for service lost or unavailabledue to power loss. We have been as-sured that all these serviceproviders will extend credit to peo-ple who lost their electricity. Youwill have to contact your serviceprovider and provide information tothem regarding the availability oftheir services in your home. My of-fice has prepared e-mails with in-structions that we have been send-ing out to the more than 2,000 con-stituents already on my e-mail list.We have received dozens of e-mailsfrom constituents who have happilyconfirmed their receipt of creditfrom these companies! If you wouldlike to get on the e-mail list for thatcommunication and others like itfrom my Senate office, please visitwww.SenatorSuzio.com or call 860-240-8800 and ask to be put on the e-mail list.

Having endured the worst disas-ter to ever befall our electricity dis-tribution system, the question is,“What can we do to avoid such wide-spread and prolonged disaster fromever happening again?”

The complete an-swer will have toawait the findings ofan investigation bythe state. In themeantime, however,it is apparent that awoeful lack of main-tenance of the right-of-way around trans-mission, distribu-tion and servicelines was definitely acontributing factor. Iobserved this first-hand, not onlythroughout the dis-trict but in my own

backyard as well! Several distribu-tion lines run along the back of myhome property. During the 1980s and1990s, every few years a tree trim-ming crew would walk through ouryard and prune back any growtharound the lines. However, for per-haps the last 10 years, no one showedup anymore. When I awoke on theSunday morning after the storm, Icouldn’t believe how stretched thelines were to almost the breakingpoint.

As the old saying goes, “An ounceof prevention is worth a pound ofcure.” Simply maintaining a prun-ing program could have preventedmuch of the damage. This was rein-forced by the experience in Walling-ford, which lost service to only about22 percent of its households. The mu-nicipal utility pays for an ongoingtree trimming program that prunesbranches every fourth year. Thepayoff was the relatively low inci-dence of lost power, which affectedfewer than one quarter of Walling-ford households while the powerloss experience in the immediatelysurrounding towns was near 90 per-cent of all households. After the stateinvestigation is complete, I will re-port to you the results.

In the meantime, if you want tohear more frequent and direct newsfrom me, remember to visitwww.SenatorSuzio.com and sign upfor our regular e-mail news.

Sen. Len Suzio

From TheState Capitol

In Time a mixed offeringIn Time breaks

boundaries with athought-provokingpremise and an ingen-ious hook that rivalsmost sci-fi films. Howwould the world func-tion if time — not money — wereused as currency? Think about it.What do you value more?

In this brave new world, you areborn with a guaranteed 25 years tolive. When you hit your 25th birth-day, you no longer physically age,but you only have one more year togo. Each month, week, day, hour,minute and second ticks off on a ge-netically-engineered clock thatglows neon green from your arm.The only hope to extend your life is toearn extra time through work, crimi-nal activity or otherwise hope for acharitable donation. As if that werenot stressful enough, you must nowstart to pay for everything in tempo-ral units. A cup of coffee costs fourminutes, a bus ride two hours. Imag-ine paying for rent, utilities and(gasp!) gasoline with time. With thecost of living on the rise, how longwill it take before your time runsout? What does it take to survive?

Justin Timberlake plays WillSalas, a hard-working 28-year-old liv-ing in the ghetto. He barely survivesday-to-day — literally — until awealthy man from another TimeZone hands him a hundred years be-fore running down his own clock.With time a precious commodity andsuicide unheard of in this dystopianfuture, the police, called “time keep-ers,” suspect Will has stolen thetime. Enter Cillian Murphy whotakes the reigns as time keeper Ray-mond Leon, a man who lives byblack-and-white laws despite a dis-tinctly grey past. He delivers histype-cast bad guy performance withverve, though you actually grow toappreciate and understand his char-

acter’s moralstance…for a while atleast.

Reminiscent inparts of Casino Royaleand Blade Runner, InTime shows Timber-

lake in his prime, a true superstar,believable and honest. His Will be-comes a hero for the masses even ashe becomes a fugitive from the law. Itis when he learns the truth about“time” — wealthy men have geneti-cally-engineered humanity this wayas a means of population control —that he uses his own time to rightthat wrong. With Amanda Seyfriedas an unlikely sidekick, In Timeevolves into an elaborate cat-and-mouse game. Unfortunately, Timber-lake and Seyfried have minimalchemistry together, mainly due toSeyfried’s bland performance. Per-haps an argument could be madethat she effectively channeled theelitist boring life her character so of-ten complained about, but I suspectthat silly wig on her head had some-thing to do with her acting more likea robot than a warm-blooded womanon the lam.

A sci-fi Robin Hood tale, In Timefound a clever time for cinematic re-lease. Without making any commen-tary regarding the Occupy move-ment, Americans are more alerted todisparities in wealth. I am both sur-prised and not surprised that thefilm has not reached a more criticalsuccess. Surprised because the prin-ciples are so haunting and engaging;not surprised because the film playsa bit flat in its delivery. The opening30 minutes are jam-packed with im-ages and concepts that had me indeep thought. Unfortunately, the restof the screenplay could have usedmore “time” in development.

My rating: 2 stethoscopes

Tanya Feke

Diagnosis:Movies

Paws Place: MaribelleHi, my name is Maribelle! As of Aug. 5, I am

about two years old. Aren’t I such a gorgeouscalico? I have tested positive for feline AIDS.Don’t worry, you (humans) cannot catch itfrom me, and neither can dogs. It is also very,very difficult for other cats to catch it. I hopethis doesn’t change your mind about adoptingme! I was found in the Washington Arms on Washington Street in Middle-town. I recently gave birth to three healthy kittens, and I am now ready fora forever home of my own! I love to be petted, and I like attention once Iknow you. I do need a patient person who will give me some time to adjust tomy new home and to my new owner. I am a big sweetheart and would love aforever home and all of the love and affection I deserve. Please adopt me!

If you are interested in adopting this cat, call Catales at 860-344-9043 or e-mail [email protected].

Web updateOur most recent poll question asked, “How will you do your holiday

shopping this year?” There were 27 votes by press time, and we were dis-appointed to see that nobody will be shopping locally, unless the 52 percentwho said “A combination” are including local retailers in their shoppingplans.

Big box stores: 4% Local retailers: 0% Online shopping: 37% Other: 7% A combination of the above: 52%

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Community Center.)Monday, November 28

11 a.m. — Middlefield Housing AuthorityTuesday, November 29

7 p.m. — Zoning Board of AppealsThursday, December 1

7-10 p.m. — Economic Development CommissionMonday, December 5

7 p.m. — Board of Selectmen, with annual town meetingTuesday, December 6

6:30 p.m. — Parks & Recreation Commission7:30 p.m. — Midstate Regional Planning Agency at 100

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MiddlefieldBOF

The agenda for the Nov. 17Board of Finance (BOF)meeting in Middlefield wasamended to table the auditpresentation until the nextmeeting.

First Selectman JonBrayshaw and emergencymanagement director TerryParmelee reported on dam-age, costs and reimburse-ments resulting from stormsIrene and Alfred. Parmelee

explained that the first se-lectman must declare a stateof emergency to afford himthe opportunity to pay emer-gency expenses necessary toget through a severe storm.After the heavy snow stormsearly this year, the town sub-mitted $15,000 in expenses toFEMA but was denied reim-bursement. After Irene, ex-penses of $58,000 were sub-mitted, and this time FEMAapproved 75 percent reim-bursement of those expens-es. Parmelee explained that,in order to be eligible for re-imbursement, the first se-lectman, governor and thepresident must each declarea disaster. However, FEMAeligibility is determined bycounty, not by town, and al-though Middletown, Middle-field and Durham were hardhit by Alfred, other towns inthe county were not.Brayshaw expressed confi-dence that the town will beeligible for 75 percent reim-

bursement “because FEMAofficials would not waste somuch of their time drivingaround town, collecting dataand working on numbers.”Parmelee cautioned thatthere is no guarantee, but hecontinues to gather data forsubmission. Fortunately,news that the president haddeclared the state of Con-necticut a disaster area wasreceived while this meetingwas taking place.

Parmelee reported thatFEMA calculates brush re-moval by cubic yards — $20per eight cubic yards. Basedon that calculation,Parmelee will submit ex-penses of $168,000 for brushremoval related to Alfred. Inaddition, the brush will needto be chipped (at an estimat-ed cost of $5,000 to $6,000 perday for four to five days). Headded snow removal costs ofapproximately $4,000 and

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shared expenses for theemergency shelter at Cogin-chaug. If approved, FEMAwill also reimburse for gen-erators used to run thewarming center, sewerpumps, etc. Parmelee did nothave final numbers butwanted to alert the BOF tothe high cost of this storm inanticipation of a significantimpact on the budget.

Parmelee expressed pridein the town’s response to thestorms, thanked all who vol-unteered their time at theshelter or warming centerand thanked RegionalSchool District 13 staff whoprepared meals and kept thebuilding clean and warm. Heindicated that 2,300 mealswere served, 1,400 showersprovided and 80 people spentat least one night at the shel-ter. He was pleased with thecooperation and felt havingone shelter worked well andis more cost-effective thanopening two.

The board thankedBrayshaw and Parmelee forthe information and gavethem a round of applause for

handling the emergency sowell, with care and concernfor residents.

A lengthy discussion en-sued about ways to handlethese expenses, both to allowBrayshaw to continue to paybills on an emergent basis,and the many expenses yet tobe paid as FEMA reimburse-ment may take months, if itcomes at all. Motions weremade, revised and ultimate-ly approved to pay emergentbills out of the contingencyfund with the condition thatthose funds be replacedwhen and if FEMA funds ar-rive. Most of Irene expenses($50,000-$60,000), were attrib-utable to line items and paidaccordingly. The board ap-proved payment of approxi-mately $1,900 not attributa-ble to a line item out of thecontingency fund, to be re-funded when reimburse-ment is received fromFEMA.

With regard to Storm Al-fred, there are insufficientfunds in the contingencyfund to cover the expenses. Amotion was made to create anew line item under Emer-gency Management forstorm-related expenses (esti-

mated $168,000 transfer fromthe fund balance), contin-gent on any reimbursementreceived from FEMA beingput into this line item for ac-curate tracking of these ex-penses. Because any transferout of the fund balance mustgo to a town meeting for ap-proval, accurate numberswill be collected and a townmeeting scheduled when fig-ures are finalized.

Brayshaw took advantageof public comment to alertnew and old members of theboard of a joint meeting ofthe boards of selectmen andboards of finance of bothtowns and the Board of Edu-cation to be held on Dec. 7 atStrong School. Brayshawalso updated the board onPowder Ridge developments.

There were no transfersand no new business. Rebec-ca Adams thanked boardmembers for their serviceand presented gifts to all:Frank St. John was present-ed with a baseball signed bythe “team” for being a“pintch hitter” in acceptingan appointment midstreamdue to a resignation. St. John

thanked fellow board mem-bers: “It’s been a pleasure toserve the town of Middlefieldand a privilege to serve withthis board.” Jeremy Renning-hoff was presented with a dogbowl filled with his favoritecandy; Adams jokingly re-ferred to him as their “junk-yard dog.” Renninghoff alsothanked board members: “It’sbeen a lot of fun; it’s nice to seethe acrimony end. I hope itstays this way.”

Remaining board mem-bers were presented with lifesavers, a calculator (becauseJeremy was taking his withhim), plastic swords “to sol-dier on” and a calendar withthe board’s meeting dates.Renninghoff moved to ad-journ, picked up a plasticsword and declared, “Maythe force be with you!”

(Elisabeth Kennedy/In at-tendance)

Durham P&ZThe Planning and Zoning

Commission (P&Z) returnedto BSD Real Estate’s site planreview for construction of anindustrial building on Com-

BOF (From page 10)merce Circle. John Coronaand Patrick Benjamin ad-dressed the commission;Benjamin presented the siteplan for a 200-foot buildingwith five to 10 units and de-scribed the proposeddrainage system designed in

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Durham Library. Check the town website at www.townof-durhamct.org for updates.)Monday, November 28

7 p.m. — Board of Selectmen in Town Hall third floormeeting room

Tuesday, November 297 p.m. — Ethics Committee

7 p.m. — Economic Development CommissionThursday, December 1

7 p.m. — Public Safety Facility Renovations PlanningCommittee at Durham Volunteer Firehouse

7 p.m. — Durham Animal Response Team (D.A.R.T.)

conjunction with the townengineer. Benjamin reportedthat all setback and lot cover-age requirements are met.Jan Melnik read a letter de-tailing the town engineer’sreview and recommenda-tions to members (drainageeasement to the town, main-tenance program for thedrainage system, curbing todirect surface runoff). Ben-jamin confirmed that he hadaddressed the town engi-neer’s recommendations andanswered questions of othermembers. Town planner Ge-off Colegrove reported thatcost sharing for drainage

P&Z (From page 11)changes and maintenancecontinues to be discussedwith the town; Corona con-firmed that he has been nego-tiating with Halloran & Sage(representing the town ofDurham) on the easementand maintenance issues.BSD’s site plan was ap-proved, with the conditionthat the final document besubmitted to town counsel.

Louis Sasso also returnedbefore the commission forsite plan approval for a two-story addition to GraphiteDie Mold, located at 18 Air-line Drive. Sasso reportedthat he obtained approvalfrom Inland Wetlands contin-gent on placement of an oilseparating catch basin.

Richard Eriksen explainedthat, due to the proximity ofthe loading dock to wet-lands, the Inland WetlandsCommission requested acatch basin to collect oilfrom trucks at the loadingdock. Eriksen further ex-plained that the site plancannot be approved withoutthe town engineer’s reviewand approval of the plan.Site plan approval wastabled to the next meeting,pending a report from thetown engineer.

Under zoning enforce-ment, Colegrove reported onhis on-going work on photo-graphing non-compliantsigns which are sent withletters to property owners,indicating he is makingprogress. He has investigat-ed complaints of a chop shopon Maple Avenue, a pavingcompany on Route 79 and areport of hazardous materi-als on a Higganum Roadproperty.

Under the town planner’sreport, Colegrove indicatedthat he is working on revi-sions to the Plan of Conser-vation and Development.

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Superfund site updateMaterial is finallybeing hauled outof the superfundsite on MainStreet inDurham. Therewas a large de-lay in the proj-ect, according toFirst SelectmanLaura Francis,because site ap-proval wasneeded for thespace wherethey are bring-ing the material to. Because of this major delay, crews will be working on Satur-days to try to get back on track. Francis said, “If it turns out to be too disruptiveto neighbors, we might reconsider this.” So far there has only been one com-plaint throughout the time of the project, and it was taken care of. “Other thanthe delays, it is going well. We are still hoping to complete everything by the endof the year,” Francis shared. Photo by Cheri Kelley

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Under miscellaneous,Eriksen asked members andthe public to note GeorgeEames’ years of service onP&Z, emphasizing that mostin attendance were not bornwhen Eames began histenure on the commission.Eames was presented with acake, a gift and certificate ofrecognition for over a halfcentury of dedicated service.

Eames thanked members:“It’s been great,” he ex-claimed, thanking membersfor their hard work andwishing them well, assuringthem that “things will go on,and probably be even better!I love the town of Durham;it’s been very rewarding.”

First Selectman LauraFrancis thanked Eames forbeing a “good example ofwhat we need in town: an ex-cellent public servant androle model.” Second Select-

P&Z (From page 12)man John Szewczyk alsothanked Eames for alwaystreating him well: “As a kiduntil today, thank you; youtaught me so much!” Cole-grove took members downmemory lane, sharing storiesof the many years of serviceand friendship. Eames wasassured that his legacy of re-spect for residents and mem-bers alike will long be re-membered.

Eames declared his lastmeeting adjourned to re-sounding applause.

(Elisabeth Kennedy/In at-tendance)

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they had come to this coun-try in search of natural re-sources that had been deplet-ed in Europe through non-sustainable use and abuse,and although they viewednative farming techniques asancient, those techniquesare what kept a good portionof white settlers from starv-ing during their first yearshere.

In Connecticut, the aver-age person today would tellyou that there are very fewsigns that indigenous peoplelived here before the Englishbegan settling in earnest dur-ing the 1600s. And theywould be right.

Archaeological evidenceobtained over the last 100years indicates that smallbands of humans arrived inConnecticut about 11,000years ago. They lived prima-

Native (From page 3)rily along the shoreline andinland waterways such asthe Connecticut, Quinnipiac,Housatonic and Thamesrivers.

The Institute for Ameri-can Indian Studies in Wash-ington, CT, has many arti-facts on display that werefound in Middlefield andDurham. The items on dis-play, such as arrow headsand ceramic shards, indicatethat there were no “perma-nent” settlements here, butrather, Durham and Middle-field, especially in theBeseck Mountain, LymanMeadows, Coginchaug Riverand Haddam Quarter Roadareas, were used as seasonalhunting and fishing groundsby the Wangunks who livedalong the Connecticut Riverin present-day Middletownand Portland.

In 1672, prominent nativesof the Wangunk tribe signeda treaty giving the land

known as Mattabesett(meaning: the land betweentwo rivers) to early Englishsettlers of Middletown. Amonument at the north endof Middletown near theRoute 9 overpass, behindO’Rourke’s Diner, commem-orates this event. It is inter-esting to note that the plaque

indicates that several femalemembers of the Wangunkssigned the pact and theirnames appear on the plaque.The English settler’s plaqueonly shows the names ofmale settlers.

Beseck (as in BeseckMountain and Lake Beseck)is an Algonquian term for

“at the water place,” and ac-cording to Middlefield Cen-tennial, 1866 to 1966, “Thearea appears to have beenused for hunting and battlegrounds.” The Lyman mead-ows area at the south end oftown was used by the na-tives for hunting large andsmall game and harvestingfish from the CoginchaugRiver. (Coginchaug is an Al-gonquian term for “at theplace where they cure fish.”)

When the first settlerscame to Durham in the late1600s, they signed a treatywith Middletown’s Mat-tabesett Indians, whoclaimed ownership of theland because they used it forhunting and farming. A His-tory of Middlesex County,CT, published in 1884, states,“There is a piece of land onthe north end of Tibbals Hill,just east of the town proper,and known also as Old Field,said to have been so calledbecause of its former use bythe Indians as a corn field.”According to local residentand civil land surveyor BobBascom, he has heard only ofTibbals Swamp, which waslocated on the south side ofHaddam Quarter Road notfar from its intersectionwith Main Street. So itseems reasonable to pre-sume that the corn field waslocated in this general area.Arrowheads and potteryshards have also been foundin the White’s Farm area,

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Map of CT Tribes. Durham and Middlefield fall within the Wangunk section.Submitted by Trish Dynia


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which indicates that thiswas a popular seasonal hunt-ing and fishing ground.

History of Durham, 1662 to1866, by William ChaunceyFowler, also makes refer-ence to the land agreementsigned by early settlers withthe Wangunks of Middle-town. Durham’s Heritage, byMilton Whited, was pub-lished in 1976 and is primari-ly an architectural history ofDurham. The book containsa picture of a tombstone ded-icated to Ann Cornelius, “anIndian girl who died on De-cember 9th, 1776, aged 19years.” No other informa-tion is known about theyoung woman. Two Durhamhistory books, Durham Con-necticut 1866 to 1980, and Im-ages of America, DurhamConnecticut, have a pictureof Esther Beamont, circa1890, “who was known as thelast Indian living inDurham.” Appropriatelyenough, she resided on Indi-

an Lane and was a basketweaver who walked to Mid-dletown to sell her goods. Shedied in 1893 at age 86.

Many early roadways inpresent day Connecticutwere well-worn ancientpaths utilized by NativeAmericans for commerceand seasonal travel. Today,those paths are Route 95 onthe coast, Route 44, throughnorthern Connecticut andpresent day routes 79, 77 and17, which converge at thesouth end of Durham.

An obvious question youmight ask, and I did alsowhile researching this arti-cle, is, “How many werethere?” There are no defini-tive answers. Many localtown histories begin withEnglish settlement and allbut ignore the people wholived here before. Nativepropensity to move aroundas the seasons changed alsomade it difficult for Euro-pean bean counters to pin-point their numbers, as didthe fact that the borders oftheir tribes did not end at thestate line with Rhode Island,

Massachusetts or New York,nor with the border betweenthe United States and Canada.

Suffice it to say that Con-necticut, before Europeancontact, was home to severalthousands of Wangunks, Pe-quots, Quinnipiacs, Mohe-gans, Nipmucks, etc. On anational level, estimatesrange from 1.5 million to 5million. Counting the na-tives in present day UnitedStates before contact is alsoexacerbated by the fact that,soon after initial contact, na-tives died in droves from dis-eases, such as Small Pox,brought here from Europe.Many of those deaths hap-pened before permanent set-tlements in Connecticut andwere due to earlier contactwith Dutch and French furtraders.

As you celebrate Thanks-giving, a time when NativeAmericans saved early set-tlers from starvation, don’tlook for a corner stone on alarge building or even a his-toric sign stating, “The Wan-gunks Were Here.” Theirlegacy is a whisper in the

wind, a gentle touch on theland, a chance meeting withwild berry bushes at full har-vest and the seasonal migra-tions of land and sea crea-tures.

We had much to learnfrom Native Americans butdismissed them as uncivi-lized heathens. Maybe it’stime to pay attention againby learning to utilize ourland in sustainable ways.

Ann Cornelius’s grave-stone at the southwestcorner of the old DurhamCemetery. Non-Christianswere buried at the edge ofthe cemetery.

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Dumas Tree Farm, 190Little Ln., Durham

Find your Christmas treeon more than 35 acres of TomDumas’ farm, open the dayafter Thanksgiving up untilChristmas. The Dumas farmoffers Fraser, Canaan andDouglas firs and blue andwhite spruce, all for $15 andup. There are some pre-cuttrees and table top trees for$10 and up. Wreaths, gar-lands and swags, as well ashot cider and cookies, are allavailable for sale. Saws andrope are provided, and treesare bundled. Dumas said hetries to discourage taggingbut reluctantly allows it. Nodogs or chainsaws are al-lowed. The farm is openweekdays from 12 to 5 p.m.

and weekends from 9 a.m. to5 p.m. Call 860-349-3636.

Uncle Bob’s, 191 Meri-den Rd. (Route 66), Mid-dlefield

This year the full-serviceflorist offers fresh-cut bal-sam trees from three to 12feet tall, starting at $20.Cemetery boxes, decorativeroping, boughs, kissingballs, swags and poinsettiasare just some other holiday-inspired items Uncle Bob’soffers. You can also findplain and decorated wreathsfrom 10 to 48 inches. Call 860-704-8414.

Maplewood Farm, 175RTuttle Rd., Durham

Using a tag and cut sys-tem, Charlie Leigus’ 70-acrefarm will be open from thedays after Thanksgivingthrough Christmas. Thefarm is open during daylighthours and offers Fraser fir

and white spruce. All treesare cut-your-own, and youcan bring a saw or use onethat is provided. Be sure tobring rope to bundle and tieyour tree. No chainsaws areallowed. Call 860-349-8267.

Miller Tri-MountainTree Growers, 301 Tri-Mountain Rd., Durham

This farm, owned bybrothers Seth and BobMiller, offers over 40 acres ofChristmas trees. The MillerFarm opens the day afterThanksgiving and will beopen seven days a week from8 a.m. until dusk. The farmoffers many different speciesof Christmas trees includ-ing: white, Colorado blueand Norway spruce, Canaan,balsam, Fraser and con-col-or fir, as well as assorted ex-otic varieties. Saws, twine

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Durham Tree LightingPlease join the Durham Recreation Committee

on the town green for the annual tree lighting onSaturday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. Rain or shine. Hot choco-late, cookies and Santa will be there. Sing alongwith the CRHS brass band.

Middlefield Tree LightingHelp light the town tree on Sunday, Dec. 4, with

the Middlefield Women’s Club at the town green at5 p.m. Enjoy refreshments, caroling, kiddie goodiebags and a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. TheCoginchaug High School brass ensemble will beperforming. Extra help is needed this year to en-sure the event runs smoothly. The CommunityCenter needs to be decorated in full holiday regalia,song books must be stapled and goody bags are tobe assembled. If you have some time to spare, con-tact Maureen at 860-349-1211.

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and a bailing service are pro-vided at this cut-your-ownfarm. All trees are $45.Wreaths, swags and garlandare available in the farm’sChristmas shop, and hotchocolate, cider and buttercookies are complementary.Miller Farm allows taggingand dogs but does not permitchainsaws. Call 860-349-9511.

Herzig Family TreeFarm, 310 Maiden Ln.,Durham

Starting the day afterThanksgiving, the Herzigfarm, owned by Warren andCarol Herzig, and fatherWalter, will be open Thurs-days and Fridays from 1 to 5p.m. and on weekends from 9a.m. to 5 p.m. for tree cutting.Blue and white spruce areavailable, with some stand-ing 14 feet tall and plenty be-tween eight and 10 feet tall.All trees are $40, and help isavailable for cutting thetrees and bringing themdown the hill. There are pre-cut trees available also. Net-ting and bundling is provid-ed for free, and tagging is al-lowed. Delivery within 20miles is available for a fee.The farm has some undeco-rated wreaths tied with a redbow. Candy canes and stick-ers are given to children ofall ages. Dogs are allowedbut must be on a leash. Call860-349-1275 or 860-301-0901.

Holiday Gingerbread House Join Sue Cummings at the Durham Activity Center in

making gingerbread houses. This craft is open for grades 4-7. Two sessions will be offered on Saturday, Dec. 17. Sessionone will meet from 10 a.m. to noon. and session two willmeet from 1 to 3 p.m. Fee for this program is $10. Registra-tion forms may be found at the Durham Town Hall or atwww.townofdurhamct.org.

Cupcake blizzard Santa PartyHave you heard of the cupcake wars? There is a Cupcake

Blizzard coming to town! Join the Recreation Committeeand Santa Clause at the activity center on Saturday, Dec.17, from 12 to 2 p.m. for a holiday afternoon with music anda Cupcake Blizzard contest. Take pictures with Santa andenjoy a homemade cupcake and hot chocolate. Make adozen cupcakes to be judged by Santa’s elves. Children’s di-vision: 12 and under. Adult division: 13 and up. There willbe a variety of cupcake awards. Call Durham Recreation at860-343-6724 to register. Cupcakes may be dropped off at thecenter on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Help families with gift cardsThis holiday season, the Middlefield Social Services De-

partment and the Middlefield Community Services Councilwill be collecting holiday gift cards for families in need inMiddlefield and Rockfall. Gift cards from Walmart, Target,Destinta Movie Theatre, Wendy’s and Friendly’s are need-ed. Those wishing to donate can drop the cards off Mondaysthrough Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 1p.m. (by Thursday, Dec. 15) at the office that is located inthe Middlefield Community Center. Also, to help with thefood baskets, grocery gift cards are needed from Stop &Shop and Price Chopper in any denomination. Please con-tact Antoinette if you have any questions at 860-349-7121.

Holiday Shopping SpreeThe Middlefield Lions Club will be presenting a Holiday

Shopping Spree on Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. atthe Indian Springs Golf Course (132 Mack Rd.). A portion ofevery sale goes toward our community. There will be holi-day greens and ornaments, handmade craft items, jewelryand more. Enjoy wine tasting from the Little Rooster andholiday camaraderie! Call Jean Gay 860 638-8833 for info.

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Split Endz unisex hair sa-lon in Durham, located at 16Main Street, wel-comes a new styl-ist, Maria El-ishia Rosario.She has been inthe hair industryfor 27 years andis trained in allareas of hair de-sign. She is a col-or and texturespecialist who ison the cuttingedge of style andcreative and in-novative de-signs. Maria Elishia is alsoexperienced in men’s bar-bering and grooming. Otherservices are color correc-tion, dimentional color, suchas high and low lights, and

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business life to re-establishherself in the communitywhere she makes her home.

Maria Elishialoves working inthe beauty in-dustry. She said,“I love being aday-maker. Ilove helping totransform lives,helping peopleto feel good bymaking themlook good,” shesays. She enjoysworking withpeople andwants to get to

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Many folks have broughtin pick-up trucks filled withbrush to the transfer station,which is appreciated. Thestation has a tub grinderthat works for smalleramounts but is not largeenough for the huge amountof brush left after the twostorms. Brayshaw encour-

ages folks, who have themeans, to bring their brushto the transfer station to helpspeed the process along. Healso encourages residents totake wood chips for free asthe town would like to getthe chips out of its posses-sion to avoid combustionproblems that other townsand cities are facing. A re-minder from Brayshaw isthat the clean-up is only forbrush, not logs and trees.

One of the problems thatthe road crew is encounter-ing is that they clear a streetof all the brush and then afew days later there is morepiled up, so they need to re-peat the streets that have al-ready been done.

“The good news,” accord-

ing to Brayshaw, “is thatMiddlefield is way ahead ofother comparable towns indealing with the aftermath.This is attributed to the Pub-lic Works Department, Ter-ry Parmelee and JoeGeruch.”

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The following studentshave made the first termhonor roll at Xavier HighSchool for the 2011-12 schoolyear. From Durham: highhonors went to Gregory D.Brown, Matthew J.DeKoeyer, Geoffrey M.DeVille, Andrew P. Gonza-lez, Akshay Vig, Victor C.Wu, Joseph A. Braun,Ryan J. DeVille, James R.Rosborough, Eric S. Lee,Connor M. Marszalek andTimothy S. Morris; honorswent to Connor J. Landers,Michael F. Mastroianni,Ryan P. Murphy, Jake T.Whalen, Christopher D.Fusco, Tushar Vig, Sean P.Doyle, Laurence J. Hill,Lawrence H. Bourland,Patrick McCann, Christo-pher J. Peach and JosephF. Prifitera. From Middle-field, high honors went toMichael R. Scherer; honorswent to Robert Cocchiola,Patrick A. Booth andJustin P. Legere.

Three students either tiedor beat the school records forthe one-mile run: Alec Bo-gen (grade 8) tied the schoolrecord at 5:18; he is now theproud owner of the new sev-enth grade record estab-

lished last year (old 5:29; new5:24). Jessica Drop (grade 8)beat the old record of 6:18with a new record of 6:04.Marissa Poulin (grade 7)beat the old record of 6:20with a new record of 6:09.

The Middletown branch ofWashin-ryu Karate-do per-formed exceptionally at the45th annual Washin-ryu In-vitational Karate Tourna-ment and Festival held inEndicott, NY, on Saturday,Nov. 5. Lead by instructorMike Moan (seventh degreeblack belt), the Middletownstudents competed against100 competitors from aroundthe country and captured 24medals including six firstplace medals. JUNIORS —11- to 12-year-old advanced(brown and black) division:Matthew Malek, ofDurham, fifth Kata/first Ku-mite; 13- to 14-year-old ad-vanced division: NateGraichen, of Durham,fourth Kata/fourth weapons.ADULTS — Brown BeltWomen: Sarah MarieGraichen, of Durham, thirdKata/second Kumite/firstweapons; Black Belt Men:Patrick McCann, ofDurham, executive second

Kata/second Kumite andMichael Haines, of Durham,open fourth Kata/fifth Ku-mite; Black Belt Women:Michele Haines, ofDurham, fourth Kumite;Team Kumite(brown/black): second place,Connecticut Killers (SteveBallachino, of Essex;Michael Haines, ofDurham; and Patrick Mc-Cann, of Durham).

Meghan St. Amand, ofR o c k f a l l ,was award-ed a schol-arship to at-tend theTradition inTap work-shop honor-ing SarahPetronio inNew YorkCity onNov. 12-13.

Meghan was extremely hon-ored to be one of the few stu-dents selected to perform inthe Showcase presentationon Saturday night, Nov. 12,at the Manhattan Movementand Arts Center where sheshared the same stage andbilling with many profes-sional dancers. Here,

Meghan is pictured with Ms.Petronio after class.

Penelope Wickwire, asix-year-old dancer at the

M i d d l e s e xDance Cen-ter, has beencast in theConnecticutBallet’s 2011production ofThe Nut-cracker, danc-ing the part ofa baker. Thiswill be Pen-

ny’s second appearance inThe Nutcracker, directed byBrett Raphael. Perfor-mances will be Dec. 11 at theUConn Jorgensen Theater.Penny will also be perform-

ing in the Youth Theatre ofConnecticut production ofTo the Glory of the King,where she has been cast witha solo dance part. This per-formance will be Dec. 3 and 4at the Thomas Edison Schoolin Meriden.

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Korn School celebratedtheir second Spirit Dayon Monday, Nov. 14.Student Senate mem-bers voted on a Mis-Match Day where stu-dents would be mis-matched from head totoe. Korn students willbe celebrating a SpiritDay once a month, sobe on the lookout forour next spirited day.

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Levi Coe LibraryHours: The library is

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Speaker: Donald Hub-bard, author of 100 ThingsPatriots Fans Should Know& Do Before They Die, will bediscussing and signingcopies of his book at the LeviE. Coe Library on Saturday,Dec. 10, at 1 p.m.

Durham LibraryHours: Regular library

hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Mondays through Thurs-

days and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Fridays and Saturdays. Visitwww.durhamlibrary.org tosearch the catalog, reviewyour account, register for aprogram or renew your ma-terials online. For informa-tion or to register for a pro-gram, call 860-349-9544.

Facebook: Receive dailyupdates on library news andevents by becoming a fan onFacebook. Click on the Face-book link on the library’swebsite.

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Russell LibraryHours: The library is

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tique: The library offers con-fidential resume critiquingand in-depth interviewcoaching appointments twoSaturdays each month withJeff Thierfeld, Business Pro-fessional and Consultant.Please call 860-347-2520 tosign up for a 45-minute ap-pointment. If you need tocancel, please give at least 48hours notice.

Career Coaching: JamesKubat, an associate directorof the Wesleyan Career Cen-ter, gives private, confiden-tial career coaching throughappointments. Please bring aresume (if you have one) tothe appointment. You mustregister and/or cancel at theInformation Desk or by call-ing 860-347-2520. You will re-ceive a reminder call prior tothe appointment.

Propane drillPictured at right are theMiddlefield firefighterswho participated in a livepropane drill. Rockfall resi-dent Ralph Zanellin hasconstructed a propanesimulator that enables fire-fighters to practice fighting a live propane fire all while being safely controlledfrom a distance away. The simulator uses a tank with burners and valves in-stalled to control a propane leak, propane fires and relief valve activations. Alsoincluded in the class were many cut-aways of actual propane cylinders and var-ious types of valves to shut off the supply of propane gas. With the heating sea-son just beginning, this training is a valuable resource showing real-life condi-tions that may be encountered. The department wishes to thank Mr. Zannelli forhis instructions and also Propane GasServices of South Windsor for this pres-entation. Submitted by Chief Peter Tyc

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The 99 percent movementis about changing the con-versation, and amazinglythey have no leader. It’s notabout “something for noth-ing.” It’s about the future,not the past. It’s about Amer-icans looking to changethings for the better. It’sabout the super banks beingtoo big and powerful.

Our current economy isn’tthe result of the actions ofthe poor or the unemployedor the old and the sick. It’sabout the rich and powerful;it’s about accountability, op-portunity and patriotism. Ihad a 72-year-old man nearZuccotti Park tell me that it’sbeen so long that Americansdon’t know how to protestanymore. We are soft and un-willing to challenge the sta-tus quo, and we care moreabout the Kardashians thanwe do about our governmentand economy! I talked to vet-erans hoping to end our de-structive wars. I talked to apriest who said he was thereto be a buffer between policeand demonstrators. He toldme that greed is sin, and do-minionism is blasphemy.

Maybe we should look toCanada. They actually regu-lated their banks and havesurvived quite well. Theirbanks didn’t screw their peo-ple over. In fact, their banksare here buying up ourbanks, and their people arehere buying American realestate for pennies on the dol-lar! But they do things differ-ently there. They providehealthcare, they keep reli-gion and government sepa-rate and they don’t fight end-less wars. And, yes, they aresocialists.

We need to stop believingthe bull served up by corruptpoliticians. Billionairesdon’t create jobs. Corpora-tions are not people. Moneydoesn’t trickle down. Andthe biggest myth I discov-ered is that the people can’tchange things. Yes, they can;I saw it with my own eyes!

Inequality hurts our econ-omy and dooms us to a futureof stalled growth, high em-ployment and continued

struggle. I don’t want a“Clockwork Orange” future.I am proud to see young peo-ple and others speaking upfor change and a better fu-ture.

Power without honorneeds to be rejected. Basical-ly, we are all in this together,and most of us want the samethings — we just have towork out the details. Whatabout solidarity?

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Sec. 23-65. Posting or dis-tributing advertisements.Removing, pruning, injuringor defacing certain trees orshrubs. Restoration. Dam-ages. Regulations. Permit forcutting or removal. (a) Anyperson, firm or corporationwhich affixes to a telegraph,telephone, electric light orpower pole, or to a tree,shrub, rock or other naturalobject in any public way orgrounds, a playbill, picture,notice, advertisement or oth-er similar thing, or cuts,paints or marks such tree,

shrub, rock or other naturalobject, except for the purposeof protecting it or the publicand under a written permitfrom the town tree warden,the borough tree warden,city forester or Commission-er of Transportation, as thecase may be, or, without theconsent of the tree warden orof the officer with similar du-ties, uses climbing spurs forthe purpose of climbing anyornamental or shade treewithin the limits of any pub-lic highway or grounds, shallbe fined not more than fiftydollars for each offense.

(d) The removal, pruningor willful injury of any shrubor ornamental or shade tree,or the use of climbing spursupon any ornamental orshade tree without the con-sent of the tree warden or ofthe officer with similar du-ties or the affixing of anyplaybill, picture, notice, ad-vertisement or other similarthing concerning the busi-ness or affairs of any person,firm or corporation, to apole, shrub, tree, rock or oth-er natural object, within thelimits of any public way orgrounds in violation of theprovisions of this section byan agent or employee of suchperson, firm or corporation,shall be deemed to be the actof such person, firm or cor-poration, and such person,or any member of such firmor any officer of such corpo-ration, as the case may be,shall be subject to the penal-ty herein provided, unlesssuch act is shown to havebeen done without hisknowledge or consent.

Matt Lesser weighs in:“The only exception I’m

aware of is if the notice is forthe purpose of protecting thepole or the public, and then ithas to be under license fromeither the town or the state.For example, the pole couldbe about to fall over, and inthat circumstance a noticeon the pole to warn people tostay away would be legal.”

The law has been in effectsince 1949.

Explaining the state posting lawRidge plans‘putting along’

According to MiddlefieldFirst Selectman JonBrayshaw, his office is in fre-quent contact with David Per-ry, who is working with RickSabatino to line up investorsto purchase the town-owned246-acre former ski area.

Sabatino, who was involvedwith a proposal put togetherby Dennis Abplanalp, decidedafter Abplanalp pulled out togo forward on his own withthe help of Perry and new in-vestors.

“We’re in the due dili-gence phase and movingahead,” said Sabatino. “Weexpect to make a second visitto the site in the next severalweeks.” By Sue VanDerzee

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Churchill saw the sunny side to everythingBy Diana Carr


“There’s a huge holehere,” says Melissa Alvin,referring to the recent pass-ing of her colleague, JaneChurchill. “We all feel such aloss, and so do our patrons.She was such a special per-son.”

Certain words keep crop-ping up when people speakof Churchill, who worked atthe Durham Public Libraryfor 30 years — optimism,selflessness, cheerfulness,empathy, dedication, calm-ness and kindness. A personwho only saw the light inlife, never the dark.

“This has affected thewhole staff,” continuesAlvin. “She was so graciouswith the patrons, and mod-est. She never wanted todraw attention to herself.

“She saw the beauty in

life. It was the simple thingsin life that mattered to her,”recalls Alvin. “We’d walkout at night, after closing thelibrary, and I’d be thinkingof a million things, and shewould make me take thetime to look at the stars. ‘Is-n’t it a beautiful evening?’she would say.

“She was always calm,and she was always verykind to everyone whowalked through these doors.When someone asked for abook, she could go right tothe shelf and find it and nev-er even look at the computer.

“She was always smiling,and she was radiant withhappiness when she wastalking about her childrenand grandchildren. She wasso happy and proud to be amother and grandmother.She would read what hergrandchildren were readingin order to keep up with

their interests.”Another colleague, Cyndi

Shirshac, echoes Alvin’ssentiments. “Everyone whocame in knew her. Shewould always greet peoplewith, ‘Isn’t it a beautifulday?’ Even if it was rainingor snowing, it was a beauti-ful day if someone came intothe library.

“Whenever you neededhelp, she gave you her indi-vidual attention. And shewas tenacious. She didn’tgive up. She’d call people aweek later and say, ‘I justthought of this. Do you thinkyou could use this?’ Shewanted you to leave withsomething, even if it wasn’tthe exact thing you werelooking for. She’d find yousomething.”

She loved walking on thebeach, and she loved nature.Continues Shirshac, “Weboth drove in from Middle-

town, and she would say,‘Did you see the swans onDooley Pond?’”

She is remembered for herlove of the arts. “She lovedgoing to museums, art gal-leries, concerts and plays.She was very independentand went to these things byherself.”

Shirshac also feels “thehole.” “She had accumulateda lot of knowledge about thelibrary. She was our ‘go-to’person. We lost a great per-son and a great resource,and we miss her so much.We’re grieving, but we’realso consoling our patrons.People are coming in crying.She was such a visible partof the library.”

First Selectman LauraFrancis also remembers hercheery disposition, her kind-ness and her dedication toher job. “She was alwayspleasant, never angry or irri-

tated. She had such an evendisposition.

“She took the time toknow her patrons, and if sheheard that someone neededhelp, she would pop up andsay, I can help with that.’And she never forgot any-thing. She knew what youliked, and she would helpyou find it.”

She was always extendingher heart to others. SaysFrancis, “She had an uncan-ny way, if you tried to helpher, of turning it around sothat she was helping you.You’d be concerned for her,and she would turn it aroundand be concerned about you.For instance, last winter Iasked her how she was doingwith all the snow, and shewas saying how tough itmust be for me.”

Jane Eriksen, the chair-man of the Library Board,knew Churchill for 30 yearsand also remembers hersmile, her concern for oth-ers, her dedication, her loveof the arts and her selfless-ness. “She was always readywith a smile. She was ex-tremely empathic and con-cerned for others. She was adedicated employee and wasa role model for people be-cause of her work ethic. Shewould come to the libraryearly and stay late. We’llmiss her sense of selfless-ness.

“She was a very culturedlady and was one of thestrongest promoters of thearts that our community willever see. When there was aprogram that had to do withmusic or literature, shewould promote it on herown. When someone cameup to the desk, she wouldsay, ‘You need to see this.’ Ifsomething was going on atthe library, she would put amarker in the books thatpeople checked out so thatthey would know about it.

“She loved the library andshe loved the people sheworked with. You’d go intothe library and she wouldask you, ‘How are you do-ing?’ and you’d say, ‘Well,you know, it’s raining,’ andshe’d say, ‘Isn’t it gorgeous,the raindrops on the win-dow?’ She turned things

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Donald E.Isaacson, Sr.

T h eService ofR e m e m -b r a n c efor Mr.Donald E.Isaacson,Sr., age63, of Flo-ral City,FL, washeld onSaturday,Nov. 19,

at the Inverness Chapel ofHooper Funeral Homes withRev. Brian Baggs officiating.Interment followed at OakRidge Cemetery, Inverness,FL. The family receivedfriends at the chapel.

Online condolences maybe sent to the family atw w w . H o o p e r F u n e r a l -Home.com. Mr. Isaacsonwas born Dec. 20, 1947, inMiddlefield, son of the late

Carl and Myrtle (Brooks)Isaacson, Sr. He died Nov. 15in Inverness, FL. Mr. Isaac-son was the previous ownerof Isaacson Construction,Isaacson Excavating, D.E.I.and M/D Isaacson and wasmost recently employed as adriver for F.D.S. He movedto Citrus County from NewPort Richey in 1979. He waspreceded in death by his par-ents and a grandson,William. Survivors includehis wife Maureen R. Isaac-son of Floral City, FL; twosons, Michael Shane (An-gela) Isaacson and Donald E.(Lee) Isaacson, Jr.; twodaughters, Mary Elizabeth(Michael) Shawhan andKathie Mae Isaacson; broth-er, Carl R. Isaacson, Jr.; twosisters, Donna Marie John-son and Diane MaeSurkamer; eight grandchil-dren, Hannah-Jo, Kayla,Kendra, Nora, Brittany, Tay-lor, Gina, and Danielle;g r e a t - g r a n d d a u g h t e r ,Lilyan; niece, Terri; and ex-

wife, Alice M. Noble.

ShirleyConnors Habel

Shirley Connors Habel,age 84, of Durham, formerlyof Bridgeport, widow ofSteven Habel, passed awayon Sunday, Nov. 13, at Mid-dlesex Hospital in Middle-town. Mrs. Habel, a retiredbookkeeper for Laidlaw BusCompany, was born in Tul-sa, OK, to the late Frank andDorene (Barnes) Connorsand has been a lifelong arearesident.

Survivors include hersons, Steven A. Habel andhis wife Beverly of Trumbulland Gregory Habel and hiswife Sherry of Texas; son-in-law Michael Koritko ofDurham; five grandchil-dren, Tammy Socci and herhusband Joseph, JenniferPenney and her husbandScott, Jill Chesmar, KatieNash and her husband Johnand Stevee Habel; six great-

grandchildren, Joseph,Hunter, Justin, Jayson, Ro-man and Ryelyon; and twonieces. In addition to herbeloved husband and par-ents, she was pre-deceasedby her daughter KathleneKoritko.

Funeral services and in-terment were private andentrusted to the Adzima Fu-neral Home (50 ParadiseGreen Place in Stratford). Inlieu of flowers, those desir-ing may make donations tothe Kathlene Koritko Schol-arship Fund, P.O. Box 120,Durham, CT 06422. For moreinformation or to make anonline condolence, pleasevisit www.adzimafuneral-home.com.

around. Things we’d com-plain about, she would seethe beauty in them. She al-ways looked at the positive.”

Patti Holden worked withher at the library for the pasttwo years and, like so manyothers, cherished her posi-tive outlook. “I loved that shewas always so cheerful andpositive about everything.Even during the winter,when it was so awful outside,she always tried to find some-thing nice about the day, andit made you feel better.

“She really loved art, andshe loved hearing abouteveryone’s kids and wouldalways ask me about mine.

“When I first started here,she was very helpful when Ididn’t understand how to dosomething. I could alwaysask her anything.”

Diana St. Pierre, anotherco-worker, remembersChurchill most of all for hergood heart. “She neverthought badly about anyone.She always had a good thingto say about you, no matterwhat, and she always stuckup for people. If a patronturned in a book really late,she’d say that maybe it wasbecause they were sick. Shewas a kind soul.”

And Valerie Kilmartin,the director of the library,says it all. “What impressedme the most was her intelli-gence, her compassion andher discernment. She knewwhat was good and beautifuland she kept fast to that. Shewas never condescending inany way, but you knew shehad this extraordinaryknowledge, all combined in asweet, kind, thoughtful, pa-tient and cheerful person. Itwas a really amazing mix ofqualities. She was quite ex-ceptional and of the morememorable people that Ihave ever known.”

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Durham DefendersThe fifth grade Durham Defenders girls’ basketball team is offto a great start. The girls are 2-0 in league play and recentlyparticipated in the Devon Rotary Knights basketball tourna-ment at Laurelton Hall in Milford. The Defenders took homesecond place in a hard-fought loss to Amity in triple overtime. Top row: Coach Scott King, Hayley Esparo and Coach StacyToriano. Missing from picture: Coach Mike Grenier.Middle row: Jess King, Kailey Lipka, Sara Smith, Alex Grenier,Michaela Grenier and Raina DeFrance.Bottom row: Ali Durand, Alessandra Fronc, Sarah Gavin, Bai-ley Zettergren and Lindsey Lipka.

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Time Out Taverne softball round-up for the 2011 seasonBy Bob Dynia


There’s a chill in the air. Wehave been anxiously followingthe exploits of Coginchaugfootball and volleyball, as wellas the various travel squadteams. Durham and Middle-field have gone through theringer with not one but twomajor power outages due to ahurricane and snow stormwithin two months. We lookforward to greeting family andfriends during the upcomingholiday season. What bettertime to talk about “old man’ssoftball.”

The Time Out Taverne’s(TOT) mens’ 40 and over soft-ball team suffered throughtheir own version of Irene andAlbert during the 2011 season.The team ended the year with arecord of three wins and 11losses; however, two of thewins were forfeits over a new-ly-formed team that quicklydisbanded early in the season.

TOT struggled out of thegate, generating little offenseagainst most of their oppo-nents. The Coginchaug Elderslost their first nine games onthe field, most under the mercyrule, where they were down byat least 15 runs after seven in-nings. The team finally scoreda dramatic, ninth-inningcomeback win over Killing-worth late in the year to avoid awinless campaign (discount-ing the forfeit wins).

Manager Bob Dynia’s earlyoptimism of a competitiveteam was quickly diminished,having to deal with under-manned squads for manygames. “We have quality play-ers at each position but could-n’t get them to show up asmuch as I would have liked,”Dynia said in a recent up-close-and-personal interview. “Onceagain, work and other person-al commitments have takenprecedence over our games.While it’s frustrating, I under-stand that softball takes a backseat to other, more importantthings.” A full team probablywould not have made a differ-ence in some games, however.Dynia continued, “You’ve gotthree teams in this league thatare stacked. They have ‘young’guys (if that is possible in a 40and over league) who drive theball pretty much whereverthey want. We got a lot of exer-

cise chasing down liners toand through the gaps.”

Mad Murphy’s of Middle-town finished on top of the reg-ular season standings. Due tothe destruction caused by Hur-ricane Irene, playoff gamescould not be scheduled in a rea-sonable time frame, so the For-rest City squad was namedleague champion for 2011.

Through the losses, howev-er, the team kept their headshigh and played hard. Bob Ed-wards did the majority of the

team’s pitching, taking overfor longtime stalwart WayneHubbard, hobbled by off-sea-son surgery. Hubbard was ableto make three appearances.Russ Harrison returned from aseveral-year hiatus to catchand take a few turns at thirdbase. Bruce Bisson also toiledbehind the plate and filled in atsecond base. Jack Carr playedmuch of the year at first, with ashort stint in the outfield. Bill“Doc” Lema and Jon Cote didthe yeoman’s work at second.

Rookie Steve DeMartino wasthe primary shortstop, thoughhe missed several games due topersonal and professionalcommitments. Ken Judsonmanned the “hot corner,” alsofilling in at short. Wills Eversspent most of his time in leftfield, with a game at shortstop.Fighting through nagging in-juries, Charlie Mather onlymissed one game as he pa-trolled left-center and left field.Daryl Edwards was the pri-mary right-center fielder, also

getting some starts in left-cen-ter. Dynia was the only playerto play one position for the sea-son, stationed in right field.Steve Ackerman, last year’steam MVP George Miller andChris Flanagan alternated asutility men in the field as wellas designated hitter. “Boston”Mike Mills did a great job in hisrole as DH. TOT acquired DaveOldhamlateintheseasontofillin at right-center.

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Offensively, the teamcould only record a .416 bat-ting average. Judson led full-time players with a .583 aver-age, with Evers (.528) andHarrison (.500) the only oth-ers hitting .500 or above. Old-ham and Mills each went fivefor eight for the season, whileBisson went five for nine.Evers led the team in hitswith 19, followed by Dynia,Mather, Judson and Harri-son with 14 each. TOT hitfour home runs in 2011; oneeach by Evers, Judson, Old-ham and Mills. Harrison andFlanagan led the team withtwo doubles each, with Jud-son’s two triples topping thatstat. Dynia made the most ofhis hits, leading the GrayWonders with nine runs bat-ted in; Judson was next witheight, with Harrison and Old-ham driving in five apiece.Evers (nine), Dynia (eight)and Judson (seven) led theteam in runs scored.

As always, the team wish-es to thank their generoussponsor, Time Out Taverne,and owners GaryCarmichael and Jack andKaren Castiglione for theirsupport. Thanks to our rabidfans, especially Charlotte,Nina, Carrie, Carolyn, MaryBeth and Molly, for provid-ing support and consolation.Personally, I want to thankmy wife Trish; while notmaking it to as many gamesas in past years (due to othercommitments), she providedpsychological services aslosses mounted and helpedin finding ways to writeabout them. I also need tomention the rest of my fami-ly for their support: mydaughter Lauren and her fi-ancée Ken Morello, my step-daughter Samantha and herfiancée Lee Sawyer, grand-daughters Sadie, Natalie,grand-son Ben and my step-son David. I look forward toa huge rooting section nextyear. Finally, I wish to ex-press my gratitude to theTown Times and all the read-ers of this column. I hopeyou all had fun perusing thearticles as much as I didbringing them to you. HappyThanksgiving, MerryChristmas, happy Chanukahand a healthy 2012 to all.

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Durham Demons weekend game summaryBy Melissa MartekaSpecial to the Town

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A 3-1 record to start theseason would be a prettygood accomplishment. If youhave that record after aweekend of basketball andget a trophy, that’s an evenbetter accomplishment.

Although the DurhamDemons would have been ec-static with a 4-0 record andfirst-place trophy in the De-von Rotary/Devon Knightspre-season basketball tour-nament, the team took homea second-place trophy afterlosing to Wilton 32-27 in aclose final game.

Prior to that game, theseventh grade travel teamdefeated Stratford 37-18 in atournament game Saturdayand a Milford team 31-13 in aSunday tournament game toadvance to the champi-

onship with Wilton. In be-tween those two games, theDemons raised its regularseason record to 2-0 after de-feating Wolcott 42-21 atStrong Middle School.

“The boys had a greatweekend, playing fourgames in 24 hours,” coachMike Grenier said. “KyleFontaine set the tone for usagainst Wolcott, with greatdefense and a solid game onthe offensive end.”

Fontaine helped theDemons preserve its un-blemished regular seasonrecord as Durham took con-trol of a tightly contestedgame in the second half withsome great teamwork andpassing. Patrick Piscatelliled all scorers with sevenpoints. Fontaine added sixpoints and led the team withthree steals. Sam Martekaand Cam Stockdale alsoadded six points each, with

Ryan Vynalek and TrevorMorris adding seven and sixrebounds respectively.

During Sunday’s semi-fi-nal tournament game, it wasKyle Grenier’s turn to leadthe team as he pumped ineight points to defeat a Strat-ford team. Vynalek added sixpoints and led the team withsix rebounds. Owen Gonza-

lez added five points to pacethe team. During the finaltournament game, Wiltonpulled away from a 21-21fourth-quarter tie to win thechampionship. Trevor Mor-ris led the team with sevenpoints with Aidan Doyle andGonzalez added six pointseach. Vynalek and Morrisadded five rebounds each.

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Coginchaug Little League Fall Ball 2011 seasonMichele Wenchell

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The Coginchaug LittleLeague District 9 Fall Ballseason began in Septemberwith 72 players making up atotal of six teams. The fourteams in the Majors divisionincluded Jose Dental man-aged by Tom Wenchell, Fu-turecom managed by LouGarofalo, New Haven Dentalmanaged by Steve Huveldtand Connecticut Sign man-aged by Scott Strang. Thetwo teams in the Minors di-vision included HamptonInn and Suites managed byBill Biro and Personal AutoCare managed by JasonSokol. These six Coginchaugteams began practice priorto the start of the school yearin August and played a totalof 10 games during the regu-lar season. Other teams com-peting in the District 9 FallBall season included Killing-worth, Cromwell, Old Say-brook, Westbrook, Deep Riv-er, Middletown, Chester andEssex.

Following the regular sea-son, both minors teams com-peted in the first round oftournament play on Sunday,Oct. 16. Hampton Inn andSuites beat Deep River andPersonal Auto Care beatWestbrook for both teams toadvance to the second roundof the District 9 minors tour-nament. Hampton Inn andSuites came up with a bigwin in the second round ofthe minors tournament

against Old Saybrook toguarantee them a spot in oneof the semi-final games. Un-fortunately, they came upshort, losing to Middletownknocking them out of theDistrict 9 minors champi-onship game. Both teamsand their coaches showed agreat deal of talent through-out the tournament and welook forward to watchingthese boys as they advanceinto the majors division ofCoginchaug Little League inthe future.

Three of the four Majorsteams advanced followingthe first round of District 9tournament play on Satur-day, Oct. 22. New HavenDental beat Westbrook, Con-necticut Sign beat Killing-worth and Jose Dental beatCromwell to advance intothe second round. The fol-lowing day, both Connecti-cut Sign and Jose Dentalcontinued to advance intothe quarterfinals of the Dis-trict nine majors tourna-ment. Due to the unexpectedsnow storm during the lastweekend of October, the re-mainder of the District 9tournament was postponedand ultimately canceled. De-spite the cancellation of thetournament, these playersand coaches showed amaz-ing talent and a willingnessto work together as a team.In an effort to make up forthe canceled tournament,both Connecticut Sign andJose Dental met on Satur-day, Nov. 19, to play one fi-nal scrimmage to end the

season. Despite the bittercold and wind, several play-ers from each team bravedthe elements to show theirlove of playing the game ofbaseball.

The Coginchaug LittleLeague served as host for theDistrict 9 Fall Ball seasonthis year due to our well-maintained fields, our newconcessions stand and thehard work of our parent andlittle league board volun-teers. Board members ScottStrang and Dan Munro tooklead roles in organizing andrunning a successful and en-joyable tournament for bothplayers and family mem-bers. All six teams had agreat Fall Ball season and“were very competitive withthe other towns,” accordingto Scott Strang. In addition,the concessions stand whichis located in the Atchersonbuilding behind home plateof the boys majors field inDurham, made approxi-mately $4,000 in revenuethroughout the entire FallBall season. The concessionopened in the spring of 2011and will continue to serve awide variety of food and bev-erages to the little leagueand overall community inthe seasons to come.

Players and coaches from both Connecticut Sign andJose Dental at their Nov. 19 end-of-season scrimmage.

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