12-2-2011 town times

Volume 18, Issue 34 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall Friday, December 2, 2011

Thanksgiving dinner drive 2011 results

With a traditional Thanks-giving dinner costing about13 percent more* than lastyear, and the unemploymentrate still hovering aroundnine percent, many Con-necticut families are findingit difficult or impossible topay for a holiday feast. Liber-ty Bank and 27 Rotary Clubsthroughout central, eastern,and shoreline Connecticutteamed up to help them out,raising over $132,000 to pro-vide Thanksgiving food forlocal families who cannot af-ford it.

This year’s LibertyBank/Rotary Club Thanks-giving Drive collected$107,307 in donations fromemployees, customers, andthe public — a record totalfor the eight-year-old drive.The Liberty Bank Founda-tion provided $25,000 inmatching funds for a total of$132,307, which went to sup-ply Thanksgiving food in 33towns served by LibertyBank. During the weeksleading up to the holiday, theMiddletown Rotary Club andLiberty Bank’s Middlefield

branch collected $246 (in-cluding the foundationmatch). These funds were do-nated to Middlefield SeniorServices to supply Thanks-giving baskets for local fami-lies. The bank’s Durham of-fice collected $123, whichwent to Durham Human Ser-vices for the same purpose.

Overall, the MiddletownRotary Club and local Liber-ty branches raised $6,974 (in-cluding the funds forDurham and Middlefield),

Antoinette Astle (center),director of human servic-es for the town of Middle-field, receives a check forthe local proceeds of theeighth annual LibertyBank/Rotary ClubThanksgiving Dinner Dri-ve from Jim Brainerd,manager of LibertyBank’s Middlefield office,and Middletown RotarianLisa Santangelo.

See Thanksgiving, page 14

Selectmen approve planfor clean-up projectafter October storm

By Cheri KelleyTown Times

It’s hard not to notice thepiles of brush and debrisfrom the October Nor’easteralong roadsides in Durham.A special Board of Selectmen(BOS) meeting in Durhamwas held Nov. 28 to discussand obtain approval of thedebris management plan asthe clean-up project afterhopes of joining a state bidturned out not to be the bestplan.

First Selectman LauraFrancis said that the stateawarded a contract to a com-pany on which the towncould piggyback, but afterreceiving an estimate of$600,000 for the bid andknowing that FEMA will payup to 75 percent of the cost,they thought 25 percent of$600,000 was still too muchfor the town to pay. Francissaid, “We went back to thedrawing board and havecome up with a plan.” Fi-nance director MaryjaneMalavasi and director ofPublic Works Kurt Boberpresented the new proposal,

which would be in the formof three projects which are:brush pick-up, chipping andhangers and leaners.

For the hangers and learn-ers project, the town wouldwork with their current con-tract and their tree compa-ny. The town’s seasonalworkers would help assistwith this project. As far ashauling the brush, the townfeels that they don’t haveenough time to go out to fullbid. This process in itselfwould put the project backanother month; if they wereto do this, the town wouldrun the great risk of winterweather coming and causinga more dangerous situation.The town will reach out tothe local companies for anestimate so they can startthis portion of the project.

In this issue ...Calendar...........................4Obituaries..................15-16Sports .........................17-22Town Briefs................12-13

More twists and turns for Powder RidgeBy Sue VanDerzee

Special to the Town Times

I sometimes imaginethose road signs indicatingS-curves and switchbackswhen I think about the Pow-der Ridge story.

Several things are clear.Middlefield voters havetwice voted 9-1, at referen-dum and in town meeting, tofirst buy the property andthen sell it to a group whowould restore a ski area tothe 146+/- acres on PowderHill Road.

Ski areas in southern NewEngland are dicey business-es due mainly to unpre-dictable weather. This canbe exacerbated by manage-

ment issues and single sea-son focus.

Restoring a ski area atPowder Ridge is not for thefaint of heart.

All that said, the lastweeks have been normallydramatic — a few S-curvesand a new deadline to per-haps figure out next steps.

On Oct. 20, Dennis Ab-planalp of Alpine Ridge LLC,who was in the last stages ofcontract approval, abruptlytook himself out of the run-ning.

A week later, Rick Sabati-no, a member of Abplanalp’sAlpine Ridge group, indicat-ed that he would like to con-tinue on his own with a newset of investors. The Middle-

field Board of Selectmen,spinning a bit from the sharpcurves, agreed to let Sabati-no work from the almostcomplete Alpine Ridge con-tract and secure investorswith a deadline of Nov. 30 tofinish the job.

Sabatino and potential in-vestor David Perry subse-quently toured the site onNov. 4 with an entourage oftown and state officials andreporters.

Last Friday, Nov. 25,Sabatino reversed course be-cause, as he explained in ane-mail, his investors neededassurance of “a residentialcomponent,” i.e., time-

Mysterysnowman onDurham green

A mystery snowman and aneven more mysterious frog ap-peared on the town green earlierthis week. Durham First Select-man Laura Francis said, “Mr.Snowman and his merry anony-mous donor have created quite astir! While I am not sure it fits inwith the character of our historicMain Street, I am grateful that wehave someone in the holiday spiritalready. We are still searching forour secret pal.”

See Powder Ridge, page 5

See Dur BOS, page 21

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CRHS class of‘01 reunion

The Coginchaug class of2001 10-year reunion will beheld Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. at theMezzo Grille (106 Court St. inMiddletown). Tickets forclass members and guestscan be purchased atwww.brownpapertickets.com/event/213787 (by Dec. 15preferably). Contact JessicaSeible ([email protected])with any questions.

Help Willy’sFriends holidayfood drive

Everyone is welcome tojoin us this Saturday, Dec. 3,for the fifth Annual AgwayHoliday Food Drive. Ourfood drive will be held from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the follow-ing four Agway locations:Agway of North Branford,Agway of North Haven, Ag-way of Middlefield and Ag-way of Southington.

Agway has kindly markeddown certain brands of wetand dry dog and cat food forthis drive.

All donations are greatly

appreciated and accepted,but we’d like to mention thatwe have been receiving nu-merous requests from theRescue Organizations andShelters for dry food — espe-cially dry cat food — as thereseems to be a more desperateneed for their cat popula-tion.

RSD13Preschoolscreening

Regional School District13 offers a play-based screen-ing for children ages threeand four. The screening al-lows parents the opportuni-ty to have their child ob-served by district profes-sionals in an informal, funsetting to ensure that theirchild’s development is pro-gressing at an age-appropri-ate level. Participation isalso a pre-requisite for achild to be considered as arole model for the preschoolprogram.

The next screenings arescheduled for Dec. 9 from 9 to11 a.m. in the preschoolroom at Brewster Elemen-tary School. All district four-year-olds and children turn-

ing three by Dec. 9 are invit-ed to attend.

Parental permission andinvolvement are require-ments in the screening. How-ever, it is important for chil-dren to separate from theirparents during the screen-ing so that the team can getan accurate assessment. Par-ents will complete a ques-tionnaire prior to the screen-ing and have the opportuni-ty to discuss any questionsor concerns about their chil-dren with the school psy-chologist during the screen-ing.

If you would like yourchild to attend a screening,please contact Crystal at 860-349-7210.

Women’s hikeat Devil’sHopyard

Join Women of the Woods(www.womenofthewoods.org) for a two- to three-mileloop hike at Devil’s Hopyardin East Haddam (Devil’sHopyard State Park) onMonday, Dec. 5, at 9 a.m. Wewill visit the spectacularChapman Falls, take in theview from the lookout and

enjoy some pretty streams.There are some ups anddowns; a few are a bit steep.In addition to walking, wewill take the time to admirethe beauty around us, learnabout the flora and fauna,have some quiet time in thewoods and enjoy each other’scompany. Please contactLucy for more informationand directions [email protected] 860-395-7771.

Deerfield Farmholiday openhouse

Come to the DeerfieldFarm (337 Parmalee Hill Rd.in Durham) on Saturday,Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.There will be dairy productsand fresh eggs, milk soaps,milk bath, milk ‘n’ honeyface scrub and gift packages

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as well as live music from alocal musician. The JollyRangers will have a 4-H Clubdisplay. Tour and learnabout the farm, pet the cowsand visit the herd of regis-tered Jerseys. For more info,visit deerfieldfarm.org.

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Former officials honored, resident expresses interest in purchasingPowder Ridge and public comment time limit set by Middlefield BOS

By Cheri KelleyTown Times

The Middlefield Board ofSelectmen (BOS) honoredformer selectperson MaryJohnson and former treasur-

er Mary Hooper for theiryears of service and dedica-tion to the town of Middle-field during the BOS meetingheld on Wednesday, Nov. 23.Johnson was given an Amer-ican flag, which once flewover the Middlefield TownHall, and an engraved dis-play case. “That is beautiful;I am deeply touched. It wasmy pleasure to serve thetown as selectperson for thelast six years,” Johnsonshared.

Hooper was treasurer forthe town of Middlefield fromNov. 15, 1999, to Nov. 20, 2011— “Never missing even apenny,” First Selectman JonBrayshaw joked. Hooper waspresented with an engravedbrick with her name anddates of service on it, whichwill be added to the PeckhamPark walkway. Hooper said,

“I really enjoyed my time atTown Hall. I really had awonderful time.”

Also during the meeting,Brayshaw announced that

Mary Hooper with JonBrayshaw

Mary Johnson with JonBrayshaw and Dave

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there are four viable groupsthat have expressed interestin the Powder Ridge proper-ty. A resident, Jim Malcolm,stated during the meeting, “Iam here tonight to purchasePowder Ridge in its entirety.I have a serious intention ofpurchasing Powder Ridge.”Brayshaw agreed to meetwith Malcolm after theThanksgiving holiday. Aftermuch debate, the closingdate for the present contractwith Alpine Ridge was ex-tended to Dec. 31. (For moreinformation on Powder

Ridge, see article on page 1.)

Selectman Dave Burgesssuggested that the boardcome up with a time limit forthe public comment sectionof the BOS meetings.Brayshaw asked the audi-ence if they would feel cheat-ed by imposing this limit,and the audience respondedwell to the idea. People willstill be able to comment oneach agenda item, and thelimit is only for the publiccomment section. The newlimit is for five minutes perperson per subject.

Town Times & Places Friday, December 2, 20114

FRIDAY

December 2Zumba for Giving TreeDurham Fitness is hold-

ing Zumba® for theDurham/Middlefield GivingTree today at BrewsterSchool. The sponsors areDurham Fitness and theBrewster/Korn School PTA.

Registration is from 5:30to 6 p.m. Zumba® for adultsis 6 to 7 p.m. Zumbatomic®for kids is 7 to 7:30 p.m. Akids’ movie will be shownfrom 6 to 7 p.m. Register atDurham Fitness; anyone canparticipate — men, women,children. Donation of an un-wrapped toy or $20 will begiven to the Durham/Mid-dlefield giving trees and hol-iday meals. For more info,call Kristen 860-349-2480 or e-mail [email protected].

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 860-267-6580or 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. Suggesteddonation is $20 to offset ex-penses, but no one will beturned away for lack of pay-ment. Attendees are encour-aged to bring a non-perish-able food item to donate to alocal food pantry followingthis fall’s storms. Registeronline at awakeningthe-dreamer.org. For more de-tails, contact Michael Harrisat [email protected] 860-873-8989.

Notre Dame BazaarNotre Dame’s bazaar is to-

day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. andtomorrow from 9 a.m. tonoon.

Dudley Holiday MarketThe Dudley Farm Farm-

ers’ Market will hold its 16thannual holiday market from

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in theMunger Barn. Holidaytreats and treasures featurebaked goods, crafts, eggs,fibers, fresh holiday greensand trees, 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.Help Willy’s Friends Drive

Help Willy’s Friends ishaving a food and supplydrive to benefit pets in localanimal shelters today from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ag-ways in Middlefield, NorthBranford, North Haven andSouthington. Food, toys andtreats will be collected atthese locations. For ques-tions, please contact HelpWilly’s Friends at 203-988-1718 or [email protected]. For moreabout Willy’s cause, visitwww.helpwillysfriends.org.

Holiday BazaarThe Ladies’ Guild of St.

Colman’s Church bazaar,originally scheduled forNov. 5, has been rescheduledto today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.There will be crafts, a bakeshop, gift baskets, wreaths,jewelry, a white elephanttable and kids’ corner.Lunch will also be served.For more info, call the recto-ry in the mornings at 860-349-3868.

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

teams made up of students,teachers, parents and com-munity members will be rov-ing the town in a scavengerhunt-like fashion. Teams fol-lowing assigned routes willcollect non-perishable items,canned goods and gift cardsthat will be distributed tothe needy. Those who preferto remain at the high schoolcan assist by sorting, count-ing and packing. For moreinfo, please contact BethGalligan, chairperson, at theCoginchaug Regional HighSchool’s Guidance Depart-ment at 860-349-7221.

A Country ChristmasThe United Churches of

Durham (228R Main St.) willhold its annual CountryChristmas fair from 9 a.m. to1 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.The bazaar features countrycrafts, Christmas orna-ments, baked goods (thevery popular cookie bas-

kets), jams, jellies and pre-serves, gift baskets, raffles,jewelry and more. Items arehandmade and of excellentquality, so come and dosome Christmas shopping —prices are very reasonable.

Wreath SaleThe Middletown Garden

Club will be selling decorat-ed wreaths and center-pieces, crafted from locallygrown greens at theWadsworth Mansion Holi-day Craft Sale, from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. at the Mansion (421Wadsworth St.). The salealso includes potted bulbsand plants and gift certifi-cates to a June 2012 Houseand Garden Tour. Childrenare free; donations appreci-ated for adults. Door dona-tions will be dedicated toconservation projects at themansion. For a complete list-ing of vendors, visitwww.wadsworthmansion.com or call 860-347-1064.

Holiday WreathsThe Durham Garden Club

decorated wreaths at thefirehouse, most of which arebought by pre-order, but theclub makes some extraswhich will be sold from atruck from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. atthe Strong School parkinglot.

Holiday Tree LightingPlease join the Durham

Recreation Committee onthe Town Green for the an-nual tree lighting at 4 p.m.Rain or shine. Hot chocolate,cookies and Santa will bethere. Sing along with theCRHS brass band.

SUNDAY

December 4Holiday PerformanceEnjoy music sung by the

Sound of New England Cho-rus in their free holiday con-cert at 3 p.m. at the FirstCongregational Church (10Wintonbury Ave. in Bloom-field). Come hear your fa-vorite holiday classics sungin four-part a cappella har-mony, including two newsongs that our new Gleemembers will perform withus. A non-perishable fooditem would be appreciated,which will be donated to theCT Food Bank.Tree Lighting & Caroling

Come be a part of Santaand Mrs. Claus’ highly antic-ipated arrival at the Middle-

field Town Green from 5 to 7p.m. Register your childrenfor a chance to light the treewith Santa. Immediately fol-lowing, please join us forcomplimentary refresh-ments served inside theCommunity Center. Takepictures with Santa andMrs. Claus. Bring your cam-eras and flashlights. Pleasebring non-perishable itemsto support Middlefield Com-munity Service Food Bank.Rain, snow or shine!

MONDAY

December 5Durham Senior Lunches

Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center(350 Main 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 theirmonthly menu can be pickedup at the center, Town Hall,or on their website:www.middlefieldct.org.

Women’s HikeJoin Women of the Woods

for a two- to three-mile hikeincluding pretty streamsand a waterfall at 9 a.m. atDevil’s Hopyard State Parkin East Haddam. In additionto walking, we will take thetime to admire the beautyaround us and enjoy eachothers’ company. For info,visit www.womenofthe-woods.org or contact Lucy [email protected] 860-395-7771.

WEDNESDAY

December 7Durham Senior Lunches

Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center(350 Main St.). Bingo is can-celed today. For pricing infoand to make a reservation,

call Amanda Astarita, sen-ior café manager, at 860-349-3153.

FRIDAY

December 9Tot 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.

Bridge NightCome join in at the

Durham Activity Centerevery Friday night at 6:30p.m. for a fun night of bridgewith great people. If you arenot sure how to play, Jimwill teach you. You may callJim at 860-346-6611 withbridge questions. CallDurham Rec at 860-343-6724with further questions.

Holiday ConcertThe Middletown Sym-

phonic Band (MSB), underthe direction of conductorMarco Gaylord, will cele-brate the joys of this mostfestive season with its 2011winter holiday concert to-day at 7 p.m. at WestbrookHigh School (156 McVeaghRd.) and on Sunday, Dec. 11,at 2 p.m., at South Church (9Pleasant St. in Middletown).Both concerts are free andopen to the public. Call 860-214-8609 or visit www.middle-townsymphonicband.org. forinfo.Durham Senior Holiday

LunchCome and join the

Durham Senior Committeefrom noon to 2 p.m. at theDurham Activity Center.Lunch will be provided byour local restaurants. Joinin on some holiday gamesand meet Santa. Holidaydesserts are welcome. Bringa friend and join in on theholiday spirit.

Snowflake DanceThe 4 C’s Square Dance

Club will hold their“Snowflake Dance” from 8 to10:30 p.m. at the BrewsterSchool in Durham. Thecaller will be Bruce McCueand Sue Lucibello the cuer.For more info, call 860-349-8084 or 203-272-7463.


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shares, in order to go for-ward. He held out a slimhope because of talks sched-uled on Monday, Nov. 28.

This week, the MiddlefieldBoard of Selectmen voted togive Sabatino until Dec. 31 toput together an offer basedon his previous involvementin the Alpine Ridge contract,though not necessarily iden-tical to it. Discussion at themeeting centered onwhether to allow Sabatino 60days to complete his due dili-gence and revisioning.

First Selectman JonBrayshaw noted during thediscussion that there were atleast three other interestedparties out there, each withtheir own quirks and ideas.At the meeting, resident JimMalcolm announced his in-tention to purchase PowderRidge, creating a fourth pos-sibility.

With Brayshaw arguingfor speed and new selectmanDave Burgess arguing forgiving Sabatino more time, a30-day, Dec. 31 compromisedeadline was agreed upon.

Brayshaw, who hadtoured the site four weeksago with Sabatino and Perryand been in contact regular-ly since, was surprised bythe emergence of a “time-share issue.”

“I don’t know where thatcame from,” he said. “Theynever mentioned it whilethey were here, but that’swhat Perry’s company does,so it might be logical. I justkeep telling them that that’s

not in the current contractand would have to be negoti-ated with the boards andcommissions in charge.”

On Monday, Sabatino e-mailed that he had “rekin-dled interest with the in-vestor because there is a pos-sibility of time-shares.”

Town planner Geoff Cole-grove, in a phone interview,said that he had talked toSabatino about the time-share issue. Agreeing withBrayshaw, Colegrove said itwasn’t raised at the site visitbut that the investors saw itas a way to even out revenueand staffing, and “that’s whatthey (Perry’s company) do,so that’s what they knowabout.”

There are two issues, Cole-grove explained. “I don’t ex-pect Sabatino to want to ad-here to the existing AlpineRidge contract, so there willhave to be a town meeting toaccept or reject any new

plan,” he said. “Then, ifthere is provision for time-shares in the new contract,Sabatino will have to go atleast to the Planning andZoning Commission for ap-proval.”

Colegrove’s feeling is thatthe town would not be inter-ested in anything that wouldadd significantly to town ex-penses, particularly educa-tional expenses. Thus, theidea of permanent housingbeyond a very limited num-

ber of accomodations forstaff (set at four in theAlpine Ridge contract)would not be acceptable.“However, time-shares donot impact the schools,” heexplained.

Colegrove has also ad-vised Sabatino that anyplan, including a residentialcomponent, would be moreacceptable if it didn’t im-pinge unduly on open space.“I told them that denselyclustered time-shares would

be the most likely to be ac-cepted,” he continued.“What the time-share con-cept does is make multi-sea-son use less dependent on at-tracting the public in largenumbers, which has alwaysbeen a neighborhood con-cern. The facilities would bemainly for the time-shareowners as I understand it.”Colegrove added that he hasnot talked about numbers atall with Sabatino.

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There’s a sentimentsweeping the country: buyAmerican. And though itmay take a little sleuthing,you’ll find that you can doyour Christmas shopping inyour own backyard. TownTimes has even done thesleuthing for you.

Eighty percent of theitems in Carolyn AdamsBarn (located on Main Streetin Durham) are American-made, and owner CarolynAdams would like to bringthat up to 100 percent. “A lotmore people are looking forAmerican-made,” she tells

us. “They want to get theeconomy going. They realizehow much importing thingsis hurting us and how it’sputting people out of work.When people come into thestore, we point out that ouritems were made in thiscountry; 75 percent of themreally care about this.”

Customers can choosefrom a plethora of American-made items, like most of thefurniture, some Christmasitems, pictures, candles, pot-tery and gift items.

In addition to helping theeconomy and giving peoplejobs, another reason Adamscites for buying American-made is the superior quality

of workmanship. Onewoman told her she has hadher Clayton Marcus sofasince 1962.

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handiwork (from American-made materials) of co-ownerCathy Grasso. There you’llfind the Kissing Balls shemakes (from an assortmentof greens and ribbon),Christmas centerpieces,decorated cemetery logs andthe poinsettias that she buyslocally. And while you’rethere, don’t forget to pick upyour Christmas tree (someare grown in this countryand some are from Canada).

Robert Cerrito is proudthat his family’s 70-year-oldbusiness has always madetheir furniture on theirpremises. “It’s important tobuy American,” he says,“because the imports areputting people in this coun-try out of work.” Thoughbuying someone a sofa orsofa bed or chair or ottomanfor Christmas may not bewhat you have in mind, youmay want to treat yourselfby stopping at Cerrito Fur-niture (located in Branford).

Or you may want to mo-sey on down to SaybrookCountry Barn. “We’re most-ly a furniture store,” saysowner Keith Bolles, “and 90percent of our furniture ismade in this country.” Hesays a lot of people give fur-niture as gifts, but there aremany other options in the45,000-square-foot store. Youwill find Byers Choice Car-olers (those well-known fig-urines of carolers, made inPennsylvania), handmadewooden cutting boards andsalad bowls, a full candleshop, mirrors, framedprints, lamps, custom-madewindow treatments, indoorand outdoor lighting (someof which are period repro-ductions, like early 18th cen-tury scones), a fireplaceshop, handwoven table-cloths and placemats andnapkins, glassware and aline of jewelry called Alexand Ani. All made in thiscountry.

“There really is a differ-ence,” says Bolles. “It’s inwhat you can’t see. Othercountries can cover a multi-tude of sins with veneer, orthey can put a cloth on a sofathat is of poor quality. Whatyou can’t see is very impor-

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Perroti’s Country Barnand Christmas Shoppe (inMiddlefield) also has somewonderful things in store foryou. There’s the ByersChoice Carolers, Silks by Lu-cia (a silk scarf line made byLucille Scelfo, of Guilford),Stormy Mountain candlesfrom Meriden, WestminsterWhimsy Connecticut pot-tery (made and painted bySandra Soucy, ofPlantsville), Down to Earthpottery (out of Colorado, andmade from recycled glass),

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“People come in and ask ifwe have anything made lo-cally,” says Bob Perroti. “Iwant to support things madelocally. When I sell a product,I talk it up if it was made inConnecticut or in the U.S.

“We’re going back to grassroots. Something so small,like starting on the local lev-el, helps the state, whichhelps the country. This is im-portant. It’s good for all of us,and it’s good for the econo-my. My dad was a farmer,selling produce from hisland, so I’ve been involved inAmerican-made productsfrom the get-go.

“If you take care of thingson the small level, things willbe taken care of on the na-tional level. We need to makethis happen,” he concludes.

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Carol and Walter Douglass recognizedThe “Angel Among Us”

award is given each year bythe Middletown Elks atDurham/Middlefield Nightto someone who makes ourcommunity a better placeand may fall under the radar.

This year, the award wentto Carol and Walter Douglassbecause:

1. They continue to donatea significant amount of pre-scriptions for missions workcompleted by Dr. Good andDr. Wilkinson.

2. They donated cookingand kitchen gear to theCoginchaug POPS for theirfundraisers.

3. They continue to donatesignificantly to Project Grad-uation.

4. They volunteer as coor-dinators of Kids’ Place at theDurham Fair each year anddonate significant toys andgames.

5. Walter volunteers manyhours of grueling work as asoda hauler at the DurhamFair on behalf of the Ex-change Club.

6. They will deliver medi-cine in the middle of thenight, after store closinghours, to folks who need it.

7. They have deliveredmedicine to folks who can’tdrive and have been knownto thrown in an extra specialsurprise in the delivery.

8. They have lent wheel-chairs and such to folks whocan’t afford it. Submitted byWendy Manemeit

Carol andWalter Dou-glass re-ceive theiraward fromDurham/MiddlefieldElks.

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

ly exchange of ideas and issues. To facilitate the publica-tion of your contributions, several guidelines should befollowed. Letters to the editor must be signed, with aphone number included. The writer will be called to con-firm authorship. No anonymous letters will be printed.Contributions by any individual or group will not be pub-lished more frequently than once a month. Every effortwill be made to print all letters received. However, the se-lection and date of publication will be at the discretion ofthe editor. Finally, the opinions expressed by our letterwriters are not necessarily those of this newspaper. Dead-line: Tuesday noon for Friday publication.

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Letters to the EditorSocialism isshared misery

In response to “OccupyWhat For?” by James Davis,all I can say is, “heaven helpus.” First, if I’m looking for ajob, the first place I’m goingto go is under a bridge to finda homeless man. Maybe thehomeless man can hire me,you know, because billion-aires don’t create jobs. Sec-ond, we are not in this to-gether, even though most ofus want the same things. Butyou know what you reallywant, deep down in yourheart like the rest of us, Mr.Davis? You want more mon-ey. You really don’t wantequality or justice or the endto war or a health care for alland a system of total fair-

ness. No, you are no betterthan anyone else. You wantmore money, just like I do.Now why do I want moremoney? Because if I havemore money, I can be evenmore generous. I can makemore of a difference if I’mwealthy. I’d be the best bil-lionaire in the world. I couldcreate a lot of good jobs forpeople.

Socialism, Mr. Davis, isshared misery. Please findme an example of a socialiststate, in all of human histo-ry, that actually worked.You can’t. You know why?Because socialism works un-til you run out of someoneelse’s money. Good oldgreedy American capitalismworks best. And there hasn’tbeen a more generous orGod-sent nation in all of hu-

man history than the UnitedStates. We do more good inthe world than we do bad.We are the best thing thathappened to the world in allof history. And you want tolook to Canada? Why don’tyou move to Canada? Greedis good. Greed works andputs people to work.

So stop whining, take abath and look for a job, Mr.Davis. I hope you work yourway up to the top one per-cent. I’d be happy to driveyour limo for a paltry fiftythousand a year, right past aTea Party gathering, wherethey have toilets, no arrestsand pistol permits.

Mark J. Czaja, Middletown

Scholarship inmemory offormer CRHSgrad

In April of this year, I losta dear friend, and our com-munity lost a valuable anddedicated volunteer.Heather MacDonald, whohad been a volunteer on theCrafts and Collections Com-mittee at the Durham Fairfor many years, passed awayunexpectedly at the age of 28.Heather and I grew up to-gether and graduated fromCoginchaug in 2001. She had

just become a licensed clini-cal social worker prior toher death, and she was avaluable employee at theCromwell Children’s Home.

This fall, I contacted theCRHS Scholarship Founda-tion to establish a scholar-ship in memory of Heather.A graduating senior fromCRHS who is interested inbecoming a social worker orwho will pursue a degree inpsychology or a related fieldwill be awarded the scholar-ship. I know that many of usare focused on holidayspending, but for those whoknew Heather, please con-sider making a donation inher memory. If you wouldlike to make a donation (inany amount), a check can bemade out to CRHSSF, Inc.with Heather’s name in thenotes or memo and maileddirectly to the scholarshipfoundation at P.O. Box 120,Durham, CT 06422. Please in-clude your e-mail address (ifavailable) so the foundationcan e-mail your acknowl-edgement, which helps to re-duce their costs. Thank you.

Sarah Atwell, Durham

It’s time we allstood up forwhat is right

I just finished reading

possibly the very best letterto the editor I have ever readin my life (“Occupy WhatFor?” by James Davis in theNov. 25 edition of the TownTimes). If you didn’t read it,I urge you to rescue yourcopy of the Town Timesfrom the recycling and readthis wonderful summary ofwhat’s wrong with ourworld today.

There has to be somethingfundamentally wrong withour government when agroup of greedy bankers can(1) sell mortgages to peoplewho they know can’t possi-bly meet the payments, (2)dump these mortgages intomortgage-backed-securitiesthat are bought by unsus-pecting investors becausethe credit agencies havebeen paid to rate them AAA,and (3) then these samegreedy bankers who sold thebad mortgages are allowedto bet against the very mort-gages they sold. Thesebankers should all be in jail,but instead they made bil-lions of dollars on this evilmaneuver, thanks to the USgovernment bailout. Mean-while the entire world econ-omy is in a tailspin as a re-sult of this. Both the Democ-ratic and the Republicanparties had a hand in letting

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Bone marrow registry driveBrenna Zettergren was first diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) at

age 3 and recently relapsed and is in need of a life saving bone marrow transplant. Therewill be a bone marrow drive in honor of Brenna on Sunday, Dec. 18, from noon to 3 p.m.Please save the date. The location is still being finalized but will most likely be at one of theschools in Durham or Middlefield.

The process involves a cheek swab and then addition to the National Bone Marrow Reg-istry. There is no charge to participate in the drive. We are asking for donations to help off-set the cost to the National Marrow Donor Program, which is about $100 per participant.Participants need to be between the ages of 18-60. More info, including the location and thedonation website, will be forthcoming in a future issue of Town Times or visit marrow.org.

Please join us at the drive to help find a match for Brenna or someone else in need. Wecan’t think of a better gift to give during this holiday season than the gift of life.

Team Brenna and the Zettergren family thanks you.

Creative Arts reminder #2Here’s another reminder to encourage you

to send in poems, artwork, photographs,songs, essays, photos, etc. of anything havingto do with HOPE for our creative arts issueson Dec. 30 and Jan. 6.

Hope can be interpreted in dozens of ways.We’re all hopeful for something — a brighterfuture for our youth, a healthier planet,

speedy resolutions to issues both local andglobal. So show us what hope means to youand e-mail creative art to us at [email protected], mail to P.O. Box 265 in Middle-field or drop off at 488 Main Street in Middle-field. Stephanie Wilcox, editor

Here’s an example below of hope in ourcommunity...

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Food for thoughtLike many of us, I

struggle with our col-lective human prac-tices, but I haven’tdone much aboutthem. For instance, on the subject ofanimal rights, I own a leather couch,wear leather shoes and eat a varietyof meats. Since I was a child, I havehad no trouble eating beef, pork, fishand fowl. Yet I am highly food-aversewhen it comes to less mainstream of-ferings such as raw fish, baby ani-mals, including lamb and veal, andthings I deem exotic like crawfish orsquid — laugh!

I am weakly principled when Iconsider something too young to eator too gross for my personal taste.But it wouldn’t take much for me toavoid meat altogether simply be-cause I have a conscience. For now, Iremain ignorant. For years, I haveflatly avoided all books on the sub-ject of slaughterhouses and animaldeath for human gain. And that’swhy the next book I plan to read iscalled Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs,and Wear Cows: An Introduction toCarnism by Melanie Joy, PhD. Seri-ously, this one, among others, is onmy Christmas list. Check out the re-views on Amazon.com.

I’m not an activist on any level,but I want 2012 to be my year to digbeneath the status quo, at least whenit comes to animals. I want to readthings that will make me cry, butmore importantly, stir something in-side me that evokes personal change.I’m not promising to embrace vegan-ism, but I can do better than I have sofar. I serve many meatless dinnerssuch as potato latkes, pasta, vegetari-an chili and pizza and expand my of-ferings every week.

My revolution will encompassmore than just the food I feed myself(and my family). I often buy pre-owned clothing and shoes, but I ameasily seized by desire when theright pair of this year’s tall leatherboots catches my eye. During a quick

stop at Marshalls inMiddletown to buywinter boots for mydaughter, I convincedmyself that I needed a

pair of exquisite ankle boots in lodengreen. I had a moment of weakness,but the box is in the car and the re-ceipt is in my purse — they’re goingback to the store. I honestly confrontmy contradictions, but it doesn’tmake them easier to live with. As astopgap, I bought a used pair ofleather boots for $12 at consignment.Clearly taking baby steps…

The American meat industrybrings much shame with regard tohow animals are treated. Inade-quate management of disease,overcrowded transport facilitiesand conditions, rough handling byunskilled attendants and brutallyinhumane killing practices shouldcompel meat eaters to think twiceabout where they buy their meatand how much they buy. In thislight, locally grown meat is an at-tractive alternative, as is huntingand eating less meat.

More than 60 billion animals arekilled each year to feed Americans.And if I don’t change my habits, I’mon track to have the blood of 15,000 ofthem on my hands alone during mylifetime. Consider the chickens,turkeys, pigs, cattle and fish. AndHeaven help us, think about the costin sheep lives to perpetuate the long-standing fashion trend UGG boots.Shearling is not sheared wool butrather “skin from a recently shearedsheep or lamb that has been tannedand dressed with the wool left on,”according to Merriam-Webster Dic-tionary.

I’ve touched on the environmentalimpacts in other Earthwise columns,and there are enough of those to goon about for days. I challenge readersto join me and remove our blindersso we can make intelligent, compas-sionate decisions about the role ofanimals in our lives.

Claudia O’Connell

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Web UpdateThis week, we asked our online readers, “When do you put your

Christmas tree up?” By press time, 34 people responded. Here arethe results:

-Right after Thanksgiving: 26%-Right before Christmas: 15%

-Whenever it happens: 41%-I don’t put up a Christmas tree: 18%

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Paws Place:Benny

Benny Gold is a 10- to 12-month-oldmale pit-bull, small to medium sized,compact but muscular and beautiful-ly athletic. He is a total sweetheart.He is all about people and lives to bewith you and please you. He is smartand responsive, knows basic com-mands and is good on the leash.While he would always need regular

exercise to keep him happy and well-behaved, once he gets a walk in, hesettles down quickly and is very mellow.

Benny likes other dogs and lived with a small dog at one time. Childrenunder 10 are not recommended due to Benny’s strength.

Benny is a puppy who has spent the majority of his short life at thepound. Not only are his coat and eyes golden, but so is his heart. This is aspecial boy.

Please give him a chance — Will you rescue him?For more information about this dog, please e-mail

[email protected], call 203-235-4179 or go to Petfinder.com. The MeridenCT Animal Control, located at 311 Murdock Ave. in Meriden (right offEast Main St. exit on 691), has public viewing hours every day from 3 to 4p.m., or you can call for an appointment.

It’s good to be back!It is so wonderful

to be able to commu-nicate with youagain. While I believeit is good policy forthe Town Times todiscontinue the firstselectman columnduring the politicalcampaign, I sure didmiss it! First, thankyou again for the voteof confidence. I amblessed to serve insuch a great town andwork with so manytalented people in-cluding staff, electedofficials and volun-teers. We haveworked together tofurther your best interests. Howev-er, don’t underestimate the role youplay. Please attend meetings, readour minutes and participate whenyou can, especially when your vote isrequired. If you have time and a par-ticular interest, please call my officeto see if there are opportunities toserve on our many boards and com-missions. As they say, it takes a vil-lage.

This week, I will be attending yetanother mandatory kick-off meetingto begin our third FEMA applicationin 18 months. Had Middlesex Countynot been declared ineligible for theJanuary 2011 storm, it would havebeen our fourth. Simply stated, wehave been in storm response and re-covery for almost two years. While I

can’t say that practicemakes perfect, I cansay practice makesbetter. You should beas proud as I am ofyour officials, volun-teers, emergency re-sponders, staff andneighbors for all thework that was done tokeep you safe duringthese storms. We willcontinue to reviewand revise our emer-gency operationsplan, but I would liketo share some of thethings we havelearned with you atthis time.

Our public worksdepartment and emergency respon-ders did a great job assisting theCL&P crews by clearing roads andidentifying hazards. As a matter offact, we were able to give our liaisona list of roads and houses to addressboth during and shortly after thestorm. As someone who helped dis-patch at the emergency operationscenter, I can attest that this wasmade more difficult, more time-con-suming and sometimes impossiblebecause so many of you do not haveproper reflective house numbers.Please put up reflective, obvioushouse numbers as soon as you can. Ifyou would like to order one of theblue markers sponsored by our

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emergency responders, callJen in the building depart-ment at 860-349-8253 or down-load a form from our website.We will even send one of ourfire explorers out to install itfor you if you’d like. If wecan’t find you, we can’t helpyou.

It’s been reported that, inthe Hurricane of ‘38, the stateof Connecticut lost 30 percentof its trees. Since then, wehaven’t had a major stormthat was even close to thatlevel of devastation. In fact, itis estimated that, in the Octo-ber Nor’easter, the state lostonly one percent. As a result,our state is very heavilyforested, and we should ex-pect to incur major damagestime and time again. Not onlydoes the town have to rampup our tree clearing/trim-ming operations, but I en-courage all property ownersto do the same. Please assessthe trees on your propertyand trim or remove any thatwould potentially fall onwires either coming in fromthe street or connected toyour house. This is especiallyimportant because our treeshave been substantiallyweakened by the last twostorms, which may result infurther damage in years tocome.

Lastly, we are determinedto put the town hall on a gen-erator — something that wasnot done during the renova-tions. Although we have suc-cessfully conducted ouremergency operation centerat the medical building onthe fairgrounds, it does notallow any continuity of gov-ernment operation during ex-tended power outages. Ourchiefs of service and our fa-cilities manager have beenworking on a plan to install agenerator that would makethe town hall fully opera-tional. There are some physi-cal challenges to overcome,but this project is critical toour emergency response.

Stay tuned for more infor-mation on preparedness andresponse as we begin anotherwinter season. I wish you alla safe, healthy and happy hol-iday season!

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Levi Coe LibraryHours: The library is

open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.Mondays through Thurs-days, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.on Saturdays and closed Fri-days. The library will beclosed for the holidays onMondays, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.Visit www.leviecoe.com orcall the library at 860-349-3857 for information or toregister for any program.You can also renew, reserveand check your libraryrecord on the website.

Annual GivingTree/Open House: Booksare on display and available

to purchase for the Chil-dren’s Room and YoungAdult Collections. How doesGiving Tree work? The li-brarians choose a selectionof books that would benefitboth collections. Parents,teens and children browsethe books to determinewhich ones they would liketo donate. Patrons pay fortheir donations, take themhome, and wrap them up.The books are then broughtback to the library on Thurs-day, Dec. 8, during our Giv-ing Tree Program/HolidayOpen House and, for theyoung ones, presented toSanta Claus as a gift to the li-

brary. A bookplate will beplaced inside each donatedbook in appreciation for thepurchase. The GivingTree/Open House will be from5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday,Dec. 8. Join us for buildinggraham cracker houses, lis-tening to carolers and a spe-cial visit from Santa. Sign upby stopping by or calling theChildren’s Department at 860-349-3857 ext 2.

Russell Librarytech upgrade

Public computers at Rus-sell Library will be tem-

porarily out of service onTuesday, Dec. 6, andWednesday, Dec. 7. The par-tial shutdown is necessaryas library staff install a ma-jor software upgrade. In ad-dition, staff will replace com-puters in Children’s Ser-vices.

The installation of thesoftware upgrade and relat-ed public computer shut-down will not affect use ofthe library’s wireless net-work. The wireless networkprovides Internet access tomembers of the public whobring their own laptop com-puters into the building. Call860-347-2528 for details.

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Great-grandmother: Nel-lie Brizitis of Manchester

The Morrissey family an-nounces that Richard Mor-rissey, of Naugatuck, andCaroline J. Connor, of Nau-gatuck, married on Oct. 1,2011. The service was officiat-ed by Mary Kelly. The bridewas given in marriage by hergranddaughter, EmilyOllero, of Harwinton. Thebest man was grandson TylerSgrott, of Wolcott. Receptionfollowed at Carmen Antho-ny’s in Woodbury. Mr. and

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Community Center.)Monday, 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

DeKoven Dr., MiddletownThursday, December 8

7 p.m. — Board of FinanceWednesday, December 14

7-10 p.m. — Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Agency6:30 p.m. — Planning and Zoning Commission

7:30 p.m. — Board of Ed at Lyman SchoolThursday, December 15

7 p.m. — DMIAAB at the Durham Library

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Lake BeseckAssociation

Sewer issues were dis-cussed at the Oct. 18 meetingof the Lake Beseck Associa-tion (LBA). Grinder pump re-pairs totaled $65,000 last yearand members are looking forways to spread the wordabout proper use of the sys-tem. Items deemed “flush-able” are not really flushableand can damage the system,like disposable wipes. Femi-nine products get lodged inthe system, and grease hascoated the float that tells thepump when to kick off, caus-ing the pump to run until itburns out. A repair wouldcost $2,500, so residents areurged to pour grease into acan and properly dispose ofother non-flushable items.Sand from the beach or car-pet shampoos was alsobrought up as an issue as wasgarbage disposals because

bones and egg shells can dam-age the rubber stator.

Also discussed was the useof illegal sump pumps. Ifcaught, these homeownerswill be charged double theprice of usage fee, and it is de-tectable without home in-spection by the amount of liq-uid to Meriden doublingwhen it rains. Also, somegrinder pumps supposedlyhave a significant increase ofgallons per day when it rains,and new technology allowsconnection to electric metersthat can be watched via smartphone to observe electric us-age during rainy spells.

Ultimately, the message ofwater conservation needs tobe spread. For example, sim-ply fixing a leaky toilet orfaucet can help significantlyand keep expenses down.

Another conversationabout cost-savings came upwith the cost of printingnewsletters. The idea wasconsidered to have electronic

versions of the LBA newslet-ter sent out rather than snailmail to save money. In addi-tion, a new LBA website, as-sembled by Dick Boynton andhis brother, features photosthat are too costly to go out toprint, as well as pictures forweed control, local news, his-tory of Middlefield and thelake and a chat section.

(Stephanie Wilcox/Fromminutes in LBA newsletter)

Home Invasionin Middlefield

Jeremy Murphy, 21, of 39Levesque Drive in Middle-field, was arrested andcharged with first-degree un-lawful restraint, risk of in-jury to a minor, first-degreesexual assault, first-degreeburglary and home invasion.State police came and foundthe suspect within the area ofthe home after a sexual as-sault call was made just after3 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26.State police stated that thiswas not a random act. Mur-phy was arraigned in the Mid-dletown Superior Court onNov. 28; he was held on a$500,000 bond. (Cheri Kel-ley/wtnh.com)

Residentsentenced

David B. Fein, UnitedStates Attorney for the Dis-trict of Connecticut, an-nounced that Kerry Marshall,52, of Main Street, Middle-field, was sentenced by Unit-ed States District Judge JanetC. Hall in Bridgeport to 71

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months imprisonment, fol-lowed by five years of super-vised release. On May 13, 2011,following a four-day trial, ajury found Marshall guilty of20 counts of bank fraud andone count of fraud using anaccess device.

According to the evidencepresented during the trial, be-tween July 2005 and June2006, Marshall obtained blankcredit card checks, alsoknown as “conveniencechecks,” without the accountholders’ knowledge. Accord-ing to court testimony, all ofthe account holders lived inthe vicinity of Marshall’s for-mer residences in WestHaven and New Haven. Mar-shall then made the checksout to himself or to Truth BeTold Publications, a businessassociated with Marshall,forged the account holders’signatures and then depositedthe fraudulent checks intovarious bank accounts heheld. Marshall then withdrewthe funds in cash or usedthem to make debit card pur-chases.

Judge Hall ordered Mar-shall to pay $90,572.85 to thevictims of his fraud.

This case was investigatedby the United States Postal In-spection Service. The casewas prosecuted by AssistantUnited States AttorneysDavid J. Sheldon and Christo-pher W. Schmeisser. Submit-ted by Tom Carson, Public In-formation Office

Giving TreeFor many years, a Christ-

mas “Giving Tree” has beenpart of the community inDurham. The Giving Tree islocated on the first floor inTown Hall in the first select-

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

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

Monday, December 57 p.m. — Fire Department Trustees at 41 Main St.

7 p.m. — Durham Volunteer Fire Company at 41 Main St.7:30 p.m. — Clean Energy Task Force

8 p.m. — Historic District CommissionTuesday, December 6

6 p.m. — Special Board of Finance meeting at 5 p.m.6:30 p.m. — Public Safety Committee

7:30 p.m. — Midstate Regional Planning Agency at 100DeKoven Dr. in MiddletownWednesday, December 7

6:30 p.m. — Durham Volunteer Ambulance Corpsat 205 Main Street

7:30 p.m. — Planning and ZoningThursday, December 8

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

man’s office. Our secondgrade Brownie Troops makeornaments to decorate thetree. On the tree are tags thatsymbolize an item of need fora disadvantaged family. Thetags contain information on

each gift recipient, such asage and needs. Names are notlisted or given to donors. Re-cipients receive a donor giftfrom a wish list of items.

Residents, service organi-zations and businesses that

wish to donate a gift maycome in and pick a tag of theirchoice. After purchasing agift, the donor returns thepurchased item to the GivingTree. Gifts are distributed toindividuals and families.Monetary donations can bemade payable to Durham In-terchurch Assistance and bemailed to Town Hall, P.O. Box428, Durham, CT 06422 ordropped off at the Town Hallfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondaysthrough Fridays.

Volunteers will gather atthe Durham Activity Centeron Dec. 20 to pack basketitems. Distribution will befrom the center on Wednes-day, Dec. 21. Call Amanda at860-349-3153.

Swearing-inDurham will have a swear-

ing-in ceremony for electedofficials this Sunday, Dec. 4,at 1 p.m. at the Durham Pub-lic Library. All are invited.

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most of which went to buy 100Thanksgiving baskets thatwere personally delivered toMiddletown residents by Ro-tary Club members. Foodbanks in Cromwell and Port-land also received donations.

“It’s inspiring to see that,even in this poor economy,people are willing to give sothat their neighbors canshare in the traditional holi-day feast,” said Sue Murphy,executive director of the Lib-erty Bank Foundation.“Thanks to the generosity ofthe public and the hardfundraising work of our Ro-

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tary partners, we’ll be able tosupply almost 27,000*Thanksgiving meals tohouseholds throughout Lib-erty Bank’s service area.”

During the eight years thedrive has been conducted,close to $600,000 has beenraised. Some Rotary Clubspurchase and deliverThanksgiving baskets them-selves; some distribute gro-cery store gift cards, and oth-ers donate the funds to a lo-cal human service agencythat supplies Thanksgivingfood to local residents.

Rotary is a worldwide or-ganization of more than 1.2million businesses, profes-sional and community lead-ers. Members of RotaryClubs provide humanitarian

service, encourage high ethi-cal standards in all vocationsand help build goodwill andpeace in the world. There are33,000 Rotary Clubs in morethan 200 countries and geo-graphical areas. Clubs arenonpolitical, nonreligiousand open to all cultures,races and creeds. As signi-fied by the motto “ServiceAbove Self,” Rotary’s mainobjective is service — in thecommunity, in the work-place and throughout theworld.

Since its inception in 1997,the Liberty Bank Founda-tion has provided almost $6million in grants to nonprof-it organizations within Lib-erty Bank’s market area. Thefoundation seeks to improvethe quality of life for peopleof low or moderate incomeby investing in the areas ofpreventive programming forchildren and families, afford-able housing and non-profitcapacity building. In addi-

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Rockfall, wife of the lateStanley Jay, died on Sunday,Nov. 20, at Wadsworth GlenHealth Care.

Born in Rockfall, she wasthe daughter of the late Peterand Anna Sophie (Grzech)Varhue. Prior to retirement,she was employed by RogersManufacturing and Ray-mond Engineering. She wasa communicant of St. Maryof Czestochowa.

Sophie is survived by ason, Kenneth Jay and hiswife Sheila of Middlefield;two brothers, Joseph Varhueof Middlefield and WalterVarhue of Middletown; twosisters, Bernice Mucha ofDeep River and Evelyn Lenof East Haddam; two grand-children, Tara Jay and Ali-cia Evans and husbandStephen; four great-grand-daughters, Hannah, Emma,Samantha Anderson andScarlett Evans; and severalnieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by ason, Richard Jay; a brother,Frank Varhue and two sis-

ters, Ida Pokorny and MaryMcKenna.

The Funeral Liturgy washeld at St. Mary of Czesto-chowa. Burial followed inCalvary Cemetery in Middle-town. Friends called at BiegaFuneral Home (3 Silver St. inMiddletown).

Those who wish may sendmemorial contributions to St.Mary of Czestochowa, 79South Main Street, Middle-town, CT 06457. To share mem-ories or express condolencesonline please visit www.biega-funeralhome.com.

Robert IversonRobert Iverson, 89, of

Cream Pot Rd., Durham, for-merly of Portland, belovedhusband of Helen (Pehota)Iverson, died Monday, Nov.28, at Middlesex Hospitalsurrounded by his lovingfamily.

He was born in FloralPark, Long Island, the son ofthe late Ole Martin and Gun-da Iverson. Robert was a vet-eran of World War II servingwith the U.S. Army AirCorps where he flew 35 mis-

sions as a side gunner on a B-29 in the Pacific, whichearned him numerous mili-tary commendations, in-cluding two Purple Heartsand the Distinguished Fly-ing Cross. Prior to his retire-ment, Robert was a carpen-ter. He was a member of theZion Lutheran Church inPortland, the PortlandGrange and the St. John’sMasonic Lodge No. 2 in Mid-dletown.

Besides his wife, Robert is

survived by two sons, RobertIverson and his wife Karenof Ellington and their chil-dren Daniel Iverson, AnnieIverson, Ryan Orszulak andRachael Iverson, MartinIverson and his wife Nancyof Durham and their chil-dren Krista Vazquez and herhusband Alec, Sarah Iver-son, and Rebecca Iverson;two daughters, Janet Laneand her husband Alan ofMiddletown and their chil-dren Aimee Skene and her

husband Kyle and JessicaSantos, Francene Bransfieldand her husband Peter ofSouth Glastonbury and theirdaughter, Laurel Bransfield;four great grandchildren, Is-abella Santos, Ceszar San-tos, Colin Skene, and TroyVazquez; three sisters, Mil-lie Rose of Higganum, AliceStemmler of Portland andHelen Gustafson of Portland;several nieces and nephews

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and many extended familymembers. He was prede-ceased by two brothers,Willie and Henry Iverson.

Funeral services will beheld Saturday, Dec. 3, at 9:30a.m. from the Biega FuneralHome (3 Silver St. in Middle-town), followed by a serviceat 10:30 a.m. at Zion Luther-

an Church (183 William St. inPortland). Burial with militaryhonors will be held in the StateVeterans Cemetery, Middle-town. Friends may call at Bie-ga Funeral Home on Friday,Dec. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Thosewho wish may send memorialcontributions to Weiss Hos-pice Unit c/o Dept. of Philan-thropy, 28 Crescent St., Middle-town, CT 06457. To share mem-ories or express condolencesonline please visit www.biega-funeralhome.com.

Raymond H.Flynn

Raymond H. Flynn, 82, ofDurham, died Tuesday, Nov.29, at the Hospital of SaintRaphael’s. He was thebeloved husband of NormaSmith Flynn for 52 years.

In addition to his wife, heis survived by his children,Tracey Flynn of Durham;Raymond Flynn and his wifeMelissa of Andover, MA, andtheir children, Maddie and

Colin; James Flynn and hiswife Kathy of New Braun-fels, TX, and their children,Sam, Abby and Hannah;David Flynn and his wifeKathy of West Hartford andtheir son, Brian; AllysonRiedel and her husbandKevin of Kensington andtheir daughters, Meghan andKiera; his sister and brother-in-law, Ethel and PeterLorusso of Wallingford; hissister-in-law, Eileen (Mrs.Lou) Sturm of Wheat Ridge,CO; and several nieces and

nephews in Wallingford andMetro Denver, CO. He waspredeceased by his in-laws,Alton and Dorothy Smith ofNew Haven and Denver, CO.

Ray was born in NewHaven on March 28, 1929, theson of the late James H. andIrene Tripp Flynn, and was agraduate of Hillhouse HighSchool, New Haven class of1947, and the University ofNew Haven. He was a lifeBoy Scout and served 20years in the CT NationalGuard 118th Medical Battal-ion, 43rd Infantry Division.He was deployed to Munich,Germany, during the Kore-an War and retired withrank of Captain. Ray was aCommunicant of NotreDame Church in Durham for45 years and a lifetime mem-ber of the Knights of Colum-bus in Wallingford. He was aproduction planner and ma-terials manager for 22 yearswith Lewis Engineering inNaugatuck and past presi-dent of the American Pro-duction and Inventory Con-trol Society (APICS.). Raytaught as an adjunct profes-sor at University of NewHaven and Post Universityin Waterbury. He was adecade-long supporter ofUConn athletics and theBoston Red Sox.

Ray was always ready tovolunteer. Until recently,Ray actively volunteeredwith the Knights of Colum-bus in Wallingford as coordi-nator and chairman of thescholarship fund, the Ameri-can Cancer Society where hewas the 2007 Volunteer of theYear, the American RedCross in Farmington wherehe was the 2009 Volunteer ofthe Year, a 14 year instructorfor AARP Driver’s Educa-tion Safety Course for sen-iors, a board member of theMilitary Officers Associa-

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CRHS Boys’BasketballDecember

3 V at North Haven(Scrim.), 2 p.m.

5 V vs. Branford (Scrim.),5:30 p.m.

7 V vs. Branford (Scrim.),6 p.m.

9 V vs. Jamboree, 5 p.m.10 V vs. Somers (Scrim.),

12 p.m.14 V at Valley Regional, 7

p.m.14 JV at Valley Regional,

5:30 p.m.17 FR at East Hampton, 9

a.m.19 V vs. Old Saybrook,

7:30 p.m.19 JV vs. Old Saybrook, 6

p.m. 21 FR vs. Westbrook, 6:30

p.m.22 V vs. Enfield, 7:30 p.m.22 JV vs. Enfield, 6 p.m.27 V at Hyde Leadership,

7:30 p.m.27 JV at Hyde Leadership,

6 p.m.28 FR vs. Haddam-Killing-

worth, 11 a.m.January

2 V vs. North Branford,7:30 p.m.

2 JV vs. North Branford, 6p.m.

4 FR at Hyde Leadership,4:30 p.m.

5 V at East Hampton, 7:30p.m.

5 JV at East Hampton, 6p.m.

7 FR vs. North Branford,12 p.m.

9 V vs. Haddam-Killing-worth, 7:30 p.m.

9 JV vs. Haddam-Killing-worth, 6 p.m.

11 FR vs. Valley Regional,6:30 p.m.

12 V at Old Lyme, 7:30p.m.

12 JV at Old Lyme, 6 p.m.14 FR at Old Saybrook,

10:30 a.m.

17 V at Hale Ray, 7 p.m.17 JV at Hale Ray, 5:30

p.m.18 FR at Morgan, 4 p.m.20 V vs. Cromwell, 7:30

p.m.20 JV vs. Cromwell, 6 p.m.21 FR vs. Portland, 12 p.m.25 V at Morgan, 7 p.m.25 JV at Morgan, 5:30 p.m.25 FR vs. East Hampton,

6:30 p.m.27 V vs. Portland, 7:30

p.m.27 JV vs. Portland, 6 p.m.28 FR at Westbrook, 9

a.m.31 V vs. Westbrook, 7:30

p.m.31 JV vs. Westbrook, 6

p.m.February

1 FR at Haddam-Killing-worth, 5:30 p.m.

3 V at Cromwell, 7 p.m.3 JV at Cromwell, 5:30

p.m.4 FR vs. Hyde Leadership,

12 p.m.7 V vs. Morgan, 7:30 p.m.7 JV vs. Morgan, 6 p.m.8 FR at North Branford, 7

p.m.10 V at North Branford,

7:30 p.m.10 JV at North Branford,

6 p.m.11 FR at Valley Regional,

10:30 a.m.14 V at Haddam-Killing-

worth, 7 p.m.14 JV at Haddam-Killing-

worth, 5:30 p.m.15 FR vs. Old Saybrook,

6:30 p.m.17 V vs. East Hampton,

7:30 p.m.17 JV vs. East Hampton, 6

p.m.18 FR vs. Morgan, 12 p.m.20 V vs. Valley Regional,

7:30 p.m.20 JV vs. Valley Regional,

6 p.m.22 V at Old Saybrook, 7

p.m.22 JV at Old Saybrook,

5:30 p.m.

22 FR at Portland, 5:30p.m.

CRHS Girls’BasketballDecember

3 V vs. Guilford (Scrim.),3:30 p.m.

5 V at Loomis ChaffeeSchool (Scrim.), TBA

8 V at Valley Regional, 7p.m.

8 JV at Valley Regional,5:30 p.m.

13 V vs. Old Saybrook,7:30 p.m.

13 JV vs. Old Saybrook, 6p.m.

16 V vs. Hyde Leadershipat Truman School, 6:30 p.m.

16 JV vs. Hyde Leader-ship at Truman School, 5p.m.

20 V vs. North Branford,7:30 p.m.

20 JV vs. North Branford,6 p.m.

23 V at East Hampton,7:30 p.m.

23 JV at East Hampton, 6p.m.

27 V vs. Thomaston, 7:30p.m.January

3 V vs. Haddam-Killing-worth, 7:30 p.m.

3 JV vs. Haddam-Killing-worth, 6 p.m.

6 V at Old Lyme, 7:30 p.m.6 JV at Old Lyme, 6 p.m.10 V at Hale Ray, 7 p.m.10 JV at Hale Ray, 6

p.m.p.m.13 V vs. Cromwell, 7:30

p.m.13 JV vs. Cromwell, 6 p.m.16 V at Morgan, 7 p.m.16 JV at Morgan, 5:30 p.m.19 V vs. Portland, 7:30

p.m.19 JV vs. Portland, 6 p.m.23 V vs. Westbrook, 7:30

p.m.23 JV vs. Westbrook, 6

p.m.26 V at Cromwell, 7 p.m.26 JV at Cromwell, 5:30

p.m.28 V vs. East Longmead-

ow (MA) at Emmanuel Col-lege, 4:15 p.m.

30 V vs. Morgan, 7:30 p.m.30 JV vs. Morgan, 6 p.m.

February2 V at North Branford,

7:30 p.m.2 JV at North Branford, 6

p.m.6 V at Haddam-Killing-

worth, 7 p.m.6 JV at Haddam-Killing-

worth, 5:30 p.m.9 V vs. East Hampton, 7:30

p.m.9 JV vs. East Hampton, 6

p.m.13 V vs. Valley Regional,

7:30 p.m.13 JV vs. Valley Regional,

6 p.m.

CRHS IndoorTrackDecember

13 V vs. Shoreline Devel-opmental at Little AthleticCenter, Hillhouse, 4:30 p.m.January

7 V vs. Shoreline CoachesInvitational at Little Athlet-ic Center, Hillhouse, 10 a.m.

9 V vs. Shoreline 1 at Lit-tle Athletic Center, 4:30 p.m.

21 V vs. HK Invitationalat Little Athletic Center,Hillhouse, 10 a.m.

27 V vs. Shoreline 2 at Lit-tle Athletic Center, Hill-house, 4:30 p.m.February

4 V vs. Shoreline Champi-onship at Little AthleticCenter, Hillhouse, 10 a.m.

10 V vs. Class S at LittleAthletic Center, Hillhouse,4 p.m.

18 V vs. State Open at Lit-tle Athletic Center, Hill-house, 12 p.m.March

2 V vs. New EnglandChampionship at ReggieLewis Center/Boston MA, 5p.m.

Strong Boys’and Girls’ Bas-ketballDecember

8 RHAM; boys home, girlsaway

13 Portland; boys home,girls away

14 Rocky Hill; boys away,girls home

19 Cromwell; boys home,girls away

22 Rocky Hill; boys home,girls awayJanuary

4 Colchester; boys home,girls away

6 East Hampton; boyshome, girls away

10 Berlin; boys home,girls away

12 RHAM; boys away,girls home

17 Cromwell; boys away,girls home

20 Portland; boys away,girls home

23 TEMS (Meriden); boyshome, girls away

24 Colchester; boys away,girls home

26 East Hampton; boysaway, girls home

31 Berlin; boys away,girls home**Varsity games generallystart by 3:30 p.m., JV gamesat conclusion of varsity game

* These schedules aretentative and may changeprior to the start of theseason. Please visitwww.casciac.org for thelatest CRHS sports sched-ules andblogs.rsd13ct.org/klar-son for the latest Strongsports schedules.*

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The Benchwarmers’Fall Sports Banquet washeld at Coginchaug onMonday, Nov. 28, and hon-ored most fall season ath-letes. Note: the footballbanquet will be held onSunday, Dec. 11.

Girls’ Cross CountryMost Valuable Player

Emily HalliganOur most valuable runner

this year closes out four solidyears representing herschool out on the roads andfields. She has dominated thenumber one positionthroughout her career andhas grown as an athlete alongthe way. This season, we saw

the culmination of all herhard work at the ShorelineConference meet where sheplaced an impressive thirdoverall. She learned this sea-son how to use the power ofher track legs to close out hercross country races. Emilyhas set the bar high for theother girls on the team andfor those to come down theroad. She has shown us whathard work, determinationand speed can do, and I ap-preciate all of her efforts.

Coach Lavinia Vigue

Girls’ Cross CountryMost Improved Player

Anna FerrariOur most improved ath-

lete for this season is a younglady who has found her innerathlete. Last year she ran onthe team right in the middleof the pack, finishing mostraces as our 10th runner. Sheran comfortably but wasmore interested in chattingand being social than racinghard. This year, she took offafter having an excellenttrack season last spring andnever looked back. She wasconsistently our third run-ner. Very consistent. I couldalways count on her to bethere to pull her teammatesalong and set a great exampleto follow. She worked hard inpractice and listened to theadvice she was given. I knowthat she has much more inher, and I look forward to twomore years.

Coach Lavinia Vigue

Boys’ Cross Country

Most Valuable PlayerJeremy Brown

By vote of his peers, the

most valued player was ourtop runner all year, JeremyBrown. He was first team All-Shoreline and placed 10th inthe Class SS state meet. Hewas a major contender in allthe invitational meets inwhich Coginchaug compet-ed. We expect great thingsfrom him next year.

Coach Marty Roberts

Boys’ Cross CountryMost Improved Player

Jimmy MalcolmLast year, I told this run-

ner that there is a goodchance that he would not runvarsity this year. He ran allsummer, and he came back

in shape. He ran in all varsityraces this season. Last year Itold him his major job is lead-ership, and he was an excel-lent leader as captain thisyear. By vote of his peers, themost improved player is Jim-my Malcolm.

Coach Marty Roberts

CheerleadingMVP

Katelyn Hill

This cheerleader has a loveand passion for Coginchaugcheerleading. She has attend-ed all practices and games.She leads the team with re-spect, patience and energy.She is willing to help otherswho need more help in cheersor dance. She was the creatorand teacher of this year’shalftime routine. She is al-ways searching out new ma-terial to bring to the cheer-leading program. Her goal, asone of this year’s tri-captains,is to help Coginchaug cheer-leading be fun and competi-tive. Voted by her teammem-bers, Tri-Captain KatelynHill is this year’s most valu-able football cheerleader.

Coach Sherry Hill

CheerleadingCoach’s Awards

Alyssa Tiedemann This cheerleader’s respon-

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sibility on the team was to de-velop team spirit within hercheerleading team as well asfor the football team. She cre-ated team spirit within theteam by organizing spiritdays. She also was in chargeof spirit for our football team.She was the team organizerwhen the cheerleading teambaked spirit goods for thefootball players. She has beena pleasure and positive rolemodel for four years — Tri-Captain Alyssa Tiedemann.

Coach Sherry Hill

CheerleadingCoach’s AwardsStephanie White

This cheerleader was incharge of conditioning theteam and team workouts. Shewould lead the team in run-ning, stretching and jumping.She was the organizer of ourbow ordering. She wouldmake sure all would receiveinformation of any gamechanges or bus time change.She also has been a pleasureand positive role model forfour years — Tri-CaptainStephanie White.

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FootballMost Valuable Player

Ethan DoneckerEthan Donecker started at

tight end and safety each ofthe past two seasons. Thisyear on offense, he led theteam in receptions, receivingyards, touchdown catchesand scoring. He accomplishedall of this despite being theprimary focus of most of thedefenses Coginchaug faced.When Ethan wasn’t catchingpasses, he was a tough and ef-

fective blocker for the Cogin-chaug running backs, and itwas evident to the entirecoaching staff that Ethantook more pride and satisfac-tion in his blocking than hedid in his pass catching.

Ethan’s true value, howev-er, cannot be measured bystatistics. When an early sea-son injury to the startingquarterback thrust a sopho-more into that key position,it was Ethan’s calming pres-ence in the huddle and on thefield that allowed that sopho-more quarterback to make asmooth transition to thestarting role. Ethan aided theyoung quarterback’s growthand confidence by being asteady and reliable target forhis passes. The young quar-terback knew he could al-ways throw it to Ethan, andmore times than not, Ethanwould come through. The en-tire offense functioned moresmoothly thanks to Ethan’sleadership.

Ethan also assumed a lead-

ership role on the defensiveside of the ball. He was a for-midable pass defender, but,as on offense, his intellectualcontributions overshadowedhis talents. Ethan was re-sponsible for recognizing theopposing team’s formationsand making the proper passcoverage calls. The entire de-fense relied on and benefitedfrom Ethan’s intelligenceand quick thinking.

Ethan Donecker’s intelli-gence and athleticism andhis determination to use bothto the fullest for the benefit ofthe team make him the 2011Football MVP.

Coach John Bozzi

FootballMost Improved Players

Ryan Bogen, Sean Harper& Evan Rand

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caught the attention of thecoaching staff. Ryan earnedspots on several specialteams, and he started threegames at defensive back latein the year. Opposing teamstargeted Ryan because hewas the “new kid” in the line-up, but they soon learnedthat he was not the weak linkthey expected. Ryan’s steadyimprovement and consistentperformance earned moreand more playing time as theseason progressed.

Sean Harper missed all ofhis sophomore season due toinjury, so 2011 was his firstyear with the varsity team.The coaches expected Sean tocontribute at running back,but when it became evidentthat the team needed help on

the defensive line, Sean ac-cepted the challenge of play-ing defensive tackle. Sean’snatural ability quicklyearned him a starting spot,but he refused to rely on abil-ity alone. He always reportedto practice early to work onextra drills so he could per-fect his technique. Sean be-came one of the team’s mosteffective defensive linemenand routinely bested biggerand stronger players.

Evan Rand joined the foot-ball team this year as a jun-ior. Since this was his firstseason playing football, nei-ther he nor the coaches knewwhat to expect from him, butEvan’s willingness to learnnew skills transformed himfrom a football novice to avaluable member of theteam. In addition to being theJV team’s leading receiver,Evan served as the varsity’spunt-snapper. Evan’s statuson the team grew from week

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to week thanks to his strongwork ethic and attention todetail. Evan is expected to getvarsity playing time nextyear at both receiver andpunt-snapper.

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Boys’ SoccerMost Valuable Player

Mark KellyIt was very clear three

games in who this year’smost valuable player was go-ing to be. Through his hardwork and dedication to thesport, he has developed into agreat all-around keeper,making save after outstand-

ing save to keep us in gamesand doing it with the maturi-ty of a keeper twice his age.He is one of the main forcesbehind the success of ourprogram. This year’s MVP,voted for by his teammates,and a true animal in net isMark Kelly.

Coach Chris Cap

Boys’ SoccerCoach’s AwardErikson Wasyl

The coach’s award thisyear goes to one of the mostcomplete players I have evercoached. His natural athleticability, leadership and loveof completion have made himone of the best players in theShoreline. Even though soc-

cer is not his first sport ofchoice, he is a four-year let-terman, second leading scor-er his junior year and hasbeen recognized by theleague three years in a row. Ithas been a privilege to havecoached him these past fouryears.

Coach Chris Cap

Girls’ SoccerMost Valuable Player

Sam MancinelliSometimes you get one of

those “All-Everything” play-ers. Sam Mancinelli is thatplayer. She is a two-time All-State selection, a four-timeAll-Shoreline performer,two-time All-Area for two dif-ferent newspapers, a Senior

Bowl selection and has alsobeen nominated for the All-New England team. We couldchange our formation be-cause we had Sam. We couldexperiment with players be-cause we had Sam. We couldbe champions because wehad Sam as a member of ourteam. However, despite all ofher personal accolades, Samalways puts her team firstand deflects the praise fromherself. That is the measureof a great player. She is a trueteam player while still know-ing at times that she wouldhave to put her team on hershoulders. Her teammates of-ten would watch in amaze-ment at the grace and poiseshe played with. A natural onthe ball and a leader in theback, Sam is truly deservingof the girls’ soccer Most Valu-able Player award.

Coach Megan Kavanaugh

Girls’ SoccerCoach’s Award

Melissa Conway

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Coach Megan Kavanaugh

VolleyballMost Valuable Player

Taylor BurtonThe Most Valuable Player

award is being presented to ayoung woman who led theteam through her disciplineand intensity. This athletemade Honorable MentionAll-Shoreline. When shestepped up to the service line,her opponents occasionallyducked rather than receive




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serve. This player is capableof playing any position on thecourt; halfway through theseason, when she was movedto the setter’s position, sheran the offense. She is a giftedplayer with an unrivaledknowledge of the game. Thisseason, she amassed 33 acres,51 kills, 45 assists, 67 digs andeight blocks. However, num-bers do not depict the im-measurable impact this play-er had on the CRHS team thisseason. Her determination towin and sheer willpower ledher teammates to several vic-tories. In short, she often ranthe show.

Coach Clare Matasavage

VolleyballMost Improved Player

Kelly DonovanThe first award goes to a

young woman who, despitethe fact that this was her firstseason as a volleyball player,brought transferable skills tothe volleyball court. Her ath-leticism allowed her to catchon quick. In addition, shemanaged to amass some im-pressive statistics. Shedemonstrated a calm, respect-ful demeanor but was also afierce competitor. She wasnever one to complain and al-ways put the team before her-self. She was a role model forpositive team attitude.


VolleyballMost Improved Player

Nicole DeBaiseThe second award for most

improved player goes to ayoung woman who steppedonto the court with fire in hereyes the first day of the sea-son. At the start of the season,she struggled to serve the ballover the net, and by the end ofOctober, her jump serve wasa veritable threat. She was apleasure to coach and was al-ways striving to do better. Forher, good was not goodenough. Given her progress


Pictured here is Alec Sklutovsky, third grader atKorn school, at Bay State Championship, a shorttrack speed-skating competition in Wallpole, MA.He won a gold medal in Pee Wee division (ages 7-8),setting a couple of meet records for his age group.It is an annual event for all East Coast skaters of allages and abilities.

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this season, it is a shame shewill not be back amongst theranks of the Lady Devils nextseason. By the end of the sea-son, she amassed 16 kills and13 total blocks in addition tonine service aces and 38 serv-ice points.


Editor’s note: Not picturedin the Benchwarmers’ sportsbanquet coverage are NicoleDeBaise and Evan Rand.

Local boy wins gold medalin speed-skating

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project takes three weeks,the estimate is for $119,280and $154,040 for four weeks.These are true estimates andwill change, but they aremuch less than the $600,000for the state contract. Thetown will still be eligible forFEMA funding up to the 75percent.

Francis and Bober bothstated that homeowners whohave taken truckloads ofbrush to the transfer stationon their own have been a bighelp. Even DMIAAB hasbeen hammered with theamount of brush that hasbeen brought in. “They havebeen chipping three days aweek, and the pile doesn’tseem to get any smaller,”Bober said.

The motion passed forPublic Works Department tonegotiate legitimate suppli-ers for the proposed brushclean up project.

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CRHSPowderpuffgameThe annual Powder Puffgame, senior girls againstjunior girls, took place onWednesday, Nov. 23, on achilly afternoon beforethe Thanksgiving holiday.The seniors won 32-12.Clockwise from top left:both teams in action; thecrowd bundled up inblankets with pep bandmusic sounding from thetop of the bleachers; an-other action shot with theball being passed off; thejunior team in a huddle;the senior team in a hud-dle. Photos by Stephanie Wilcox

Boys’ recreationbasketball

Boys’ seventh andeighth grade basketballwill start Dec. 10. Boys inseventh grade will meet atStrong from 9 to 10:15 a.m.,and boys in eighth gradewill meet from 10:15 to11:30 a.m. for team place-ment. Please register atthe Durham Town Hall ifinterested in boys’ basket-ball. Call 860-343-6724.

Sen. MeyerSenior Fair

State Senator Ed Meyerwill host his annual SeniorFair on Dec. 7 from 9 a.m.until noon at the GuilfordCommunity Center, 32Church Street.

Attractions will includefree health screenings,advocacy and informationprovided by CHOICES,health insurance advocacyand information providedby the state Office of theHealthcare Advocate andcounseling about federaland state veterans’ benefitsby the state Department ofVeterans’ Affairs.

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this happen. However, in myopinion, the Republicans area lot worse than the Democ-rats. To quote Will Rogers,we have the “best politiciansthat money can buy.” It’stime this country woke up tothe fact that most govern-ment decisions are nowbased on what favors the su-per rich. That includes theunfunded wars in which weare currently engaged. Asthe former president of anaerospace company, I per-sonally know how profitablewars can be. But is it rightthat thousands of peopleshould die in order forwealthy businessmen to geteven richer?

So how do we change ourgovernment into one thatmakes decisions based onthe health of our nationrather than the wealth of afew individuals? Unfortu-nately we are up against avast propaganda machinethat has been shaping publicopinion for many years. Taxbreaks for the wealthy don’tresult in more jobs. I’m in fa-vor of reducing governmentwaste and bringing govern-ment salaries in line withthe private sector, but wedon’t need an austerity pro-gram right now; we need alarge investment in our in-frastructure to jump startour stagnant economy. Andmost of all, we need to throwout the politicians who be-lieve that the earth is 6,000

years old and that globalwarming doesn’t exist. Tomanage our great nation, weneed the most intelligent,best educated people we canfind, and people who are will-ing to risk the wrath of thesuper rich by making theright decisions for our na-tion.

Richard Boynton, Rockfall

Book/bake salea success

Levi Coe Library in Mid-dlefield recently held its an-nual book and bake sale. Itwas only six days after thesnowstorm that devastated

our state. We were thankfulto have heat and electricityand therefore went forwardwith the sale.

Despite the hardships andstress that people were fac-ing, the sale was an over-whelming success! It waswell-attended and enjoyed byall. Visitors came from nearand far with storm storiesand gratitude for the warmthof our beloved library.

I wish to express thanks toeveryone who donatedbooks, the sorters, staffersand bakers who made thesale happen. Thank you tothe loyal “friends of LeviCoe” who worked hard be-

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hind the scenes before andafter the book sale.

To all the readers who leftwith stacks of books to helpthem through the winter: en-joy! Thank you for your sup-port, and I hope to see younext year.

Chris Zawacki, Middlefield

Dear neighbors

I would like to ask you toplease consider participat-ing in this year’s Communi-ty Round-Up taking place onSaturday, Dec. 3. Studentsfrom District 13 schools willbe out and about in the Mid-dlefield-Durham communi-ties starting about 9 a.m. tocollect non-perishable food

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Bus driver appreciation

The Durham Woman’s Club baked goodies for all thebus drivers and the six schools in District 13 for Na-tional Education Week. Ashley Schuetz and KatelynCummings give bus driver Mrs. B. a bag of treats.Submitted by Susan Cummings

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For some of our friendsand neighbors, it has been atough year, so I ask those ofyou who can to please give tothis worthy cause. TheRound-Up will help peoplehere in the towns of Middle-field and Durham. We will beassisting over 20 families inDurham this year as well asreplenishing the Middlefieldfood bank and the AmazingGrace Food Pantry in Mid-dletown. Besides non-perish-able food, toiletries (such astoothpaste, toothbrushes,shampoo, etc), paper towels,toilet tissue, facial tissues,cleaning supplies, laundrysupplies and pet food areneeded. Monetary donationsin the form of cash, check(made out to “CRU” LocalWellness Council) or giftcards are also appreciatedand will be given to people inthe towns of Durham and

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give whatever you can to thestudents who come to yourdoor on Saturday morning,or leave items on your frontsteps for the students to take(label them CommunityRound-Up).

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Thank you areabusinesses!

The 2011 Connecticut 4-HHorse Bowl Team would like tothank the following generouslocal sponsors for their mone-tary donations toward ourtravel expenses to the EasternNational 4-H Roundups Com-petition in Louisville, KY, onNov. 5. They are: Brenda’sMain Street Feed, Carmine’s,Carolyn Adams, Cozy Corner,Curtis Studios, Dean Au-toworks, Durham Fair Foun-dation, Durham in Bloom,Durham Manufacturing, Grip-po’s, Kim’s Cottage Confec-tions, Lino’s Market, LittleRooster and Wild Wisteria. Wewould also like to thank our

family, friends, the 4-H HorseAdvisory and UConn whomade donations as well. Fi-nally, we would like to extenda special thank you to Rose-marie Querns, owner of Any-thing Goes, for embroideringour team jackets on very,very short notice due to thepower outage! Without yoursupport, we could not havetraveled to Kentucky to repre-sent the state at this event!Please look for the correspon-ding article in an upcoming is-sue of Town Times for our re-sults!

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tion of America (MOAA)Nathan Hale Chapter, theNotre Dame Church’smonthly summer tag sale,the Middlesex United Way,the American Diabetes Asso-ciation and the Literacy Vol-unteers.

His family will receive rel-atives and friends at TheWallingford Funeral Home,

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809 N. Main St. Ext. inWallingford, on Friday, Dec.2, from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeralservices will be held on Sat-urday, Dec. 3, at 9 a.m. fromthe funeral home when thefuneral cortege will proceedto Notre Dame Church inDurham, where a Mass ofChristian Burial will be cele-brated at 10 a.m. Intermentwill immediately follow in

Mica Hill Cemetery inDurham. Anyone wishing tohonor Ray’s life can make amemorial contribution tothe Knights of ColumbusScholarship Fund, PintaCouncil #5 c/o J. Houle, 67Elika Road, Wallingford, CT06492 Attn: Flynn scholar-ship, or the charity of one’schoice. (www.walling-fordfh.com.)

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