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Volume 19, Number 42 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, January 25, 2013

In this issue ...Calendar..........................8Devils Advocate ............13Faith...............................10Government ....................5Obituaries .....................30Schools.............................7Seniors...........................25Sports.............................22

Solar program was a successBy Patty Szczygiel

Special to the Town Times

Residents of the Town ofDurham have made a bigstatement about solar power.The final count on homes inDurham that have receivedsolar panels as part of Solar-ize Connecticut is 117, with30 more homes signing upwithin two weeks after thedeadline date was extendedto Jan. 14.

Solarize Connecticut, a pi-lot program of whichDurham was selected as oneof four pilot towns, aggregat-ed homeowners to offer dis-counted prices for residen-tial solar power.

With 117 homes on board,the Town of Durham had themost sign-ups of all the pilottowns, bringing Durham’skilowatts from 600 to 1,000 af-ter the New Year — almostdouble the amount of the pi-lot town with the secondhighest number of sign-ups,Fairfield, with 76. Westport

and Portland followed.Harsh Luthra, president of

BeFree Solar, the companyselected by the Town ofDurham to install the solarpanels, said he believes thereason Durham was so suc-cessful with the program isbecause the town picked a lo-cal company. “We’re righthere in Madison and we’vedone a lot with Durham be-fore,” Luthra said. “Othertowns chose out-of-state com-panies, but people seemed toreally respond to ours.”

Luthra said he is happythat Durham got a lot out ofthe program, but emphasizedthe effort that was put intothe entire process.

“It started with seven ornine towns applying for thisprogram,” he explained. “Af-ter we were picked as a com-pany (for Durham), we didour own research on homes— roof placements, wheretrees are located — and wentto about 600 homes ourselves.Some nights we would stay

up until 12 a.m. just lookingover applications. It’s takensome time. Certain homesthat applied in Septemberhad only received their solarpaneling last week, so it’sbeen a process. But the peo-ple of Durham really made agreat, thoughtful decision.They’re saving a lot on elec-tricity now.”

Even Middlefield, whichwasn’t a pilot town, was ableto benefit from the program.In early December, BeFreeSolar announced that, sinceDurham was having successwith the program, Middle-field residents were invitedto sign up at Durham pricesfor the duration of the pro-gram. Since then two homessigned up to receive solarpanels in Middlefield.

Durham First SelectmanLaura Francis and Middle-field First Selectman JonBrayshaw were unable to bereached for comment bypress time.

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Left: Lauren Trombetta and Jeffrey Giantonio receivedthe Superintendent Award. Right: Kathy Bottini, at right,with Sue Viccaro, was named Teacher of the Year.

By Mark DionneSpecial to the Town Times

At the Jan. 9 Board of Edu-cation meeting at John Ly-man School, SuperintendentSue Viccaro presented Cogin-chaug High School studentsLauren Trombetta and Jef-frey Giantonio with the Su-perintendent Award.

Viccaro praised the vari-ety of Lauren’s activities andthe success she has had withthem. “Lauren Trombetta isa highly intelligent, competi-tive and determined youngwoman who has experiencedgreat success academicallyand has been involved inmany different aspects of theCoginchaug High Schoolcommunity.”

While maintaining a highGPA, Lauren competes in soc-cer and both indoor and out-door track and is a schoolrecord holder in track. Lau-ren has also been a SpecialOlympics volunteer andhopes to create a reading tu-toring program in theschools.

Lauren is president ofboth the senior class and Na-

Superintendent awards,Teacher of the Year

presentedSubmitted by Patti Checko

Brewster School recent-ly held an Inaugural Galafor second grade students.Games and activities in-cluded the Electoral Col-lege Bowl, Make Your VoteCount, President Bingo,Guess the President’sHeight and dancing. Stu-dents dressed up for theInaugural Ball and had aphoto op with a PresidentObama stand-in.

Presidential Inauguration at Brewster

Alyssa Szymaszek and Gesami Vazquez pose for apicture with President Obama (Vicki Cummings) andhis security (intern David Piccolo).

tional Honor Society. She hasalso been involved in theModel U.N. “She attributesher experiences with ModelU.N. for teaching her how tobe a successful public speak-er and how to express herselfappropriately,” Viccaro said.

Jeffrey Giantonio has alsobeen involved with the ModelU.N. and his experiencesthere may serve him well lat-er in life. “Jeff aspires to be apolitician in the future andhas shown through both hisleadership roles and his classdiscussions that he has thesocial skills necessary to leadand the character and charmthat make people believe in

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The week-long effort ispart of the third annual Na-tional Drug Facts Week heldnationwide and sponsoredby the National Institute onDrug Abuse, part of the Na-tional Institutes of Health.

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push ideologies anymore —not like back in the ‘60s and‘70s: “Make Love not War”and “War is not healthy forchildren or other livingthings” come to mind. Al-though I have spotted a fewaround here: be kind to oneanother, honor all the world’sreligions, and treat the earthwell.

Some bumper stickersmake it a game to figure outwhat they mean. I used tobang my head on the dash-board when those oval “desti-nation” bumper stickerscame out. I could figure out“WV” — but “OBX”?

Just when I got the hang ofthose, here comes anotherbreed of sticker. What exact-ly is the “13.1”? Not beingmathematically inclined, Iasked my husband, Scott,who took all of two secondsto explain. “That’s the dis-

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It’s been said that you cantell a lot about a person by thekind of car they drive. But Isay you can tell a lot about aperson by the bumper stick-ers stuck on his\her car.(Have a look around this pagefor bumper stickers spottedin the area.)

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“Jeff Giantonio is a truerepresentation of ourschool’s core ethical values ofhonesty, respect, kindness,courage and responsibility,”Viccaro said.

Kathy Bottini was present-ed with the Teacher of theYear award for her achieve-ments as a social worker at

Strong Middle School andCoginchaug.

“Kathy has been instrumen-tal in bringing a variety of dif-ferent programs to bothschools. She is instrumental inworking with our students tohelp them develop leadershipskills,” Viccaro said. “Most ofher work is not seen.”

Bottini also took charge ofthis year’s CommunityRound Up in December. “Shedid it seemlessly,” accordingto Viccaro, who noted thatBottini was the administra-tive team’s unanimouschoice for teacher of the yearfor her impact on both stu-dents and their families.

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Sal Salafia, of Middletown,grew up watching the FoodNetwork and his relativescook in the kitchen. Interest-ed in creating his own dishes,Salafia taught himself howto cook by imitating what helearned over the years.

“My mother and grand-mother both come from Italy.I use to watch them cook thefood,” he said. “The simplici-ty of it with the attention toingredients and taste wassomething I always liked todo. It’s sort of a passion forme and I enjoy it.”

Putting his passion to real-ity, Salafia opened Santino’sRestaurant in Durham, at 325Main St., last November. Theestablishment is an Ameri-can-style breakfast restau-rant that Salafia said has “aterrific corn beef hash.”Breakfast is served all day.But what sets Santino’sRestaurant apart from otherestablishments in the area,Salafia said, is an Italiantwist when it comes to spe-cials and lunch. On a dailybasis, Salafia said he servesoff-the-menu Sicilian dishspecials that his mother in-spired him to cook.

Hours of operation are 6a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondaythrough Saturday, and 6 a.m.to 2 p.m. on Sunday. Salafiasaid all meals are made fromscratch in the kitchen. From

fries to burgers, everythingis done in-house.

“What I think sets us offfrom other restaurants is theattention we give to everysingle customer,” he said. “Ifthe food is not done correctly,it does not go out. We are verybig on having great food. It’snot a chain restaurant.”

The restaurant is namedafter his father Santo, whichtranslates to Santino in Ital-ian.

“I wanted to do somethingspecial for him and he’s hap-py about it,” Salafia said. “Heworked hard all his life. I lovehim, so this is just a littletribute to him.”

Salafia worked in corpo-rate America all his life, andsaid he was not happy withhis career path.

“Honestly, employment istough, especially with howthe economy is doing,”Salafia said. “I looked intodifferent businesses. I want-ed to do something on myown, something that I am re-sponsible for. Whether I failor succeed, I can at least lookback and say, ‘I worked mytail off.’”

Before Salafia opened San-tino’s Restaurant, he was acook for a year at Durham’sKitchen to see if he wanted toventure into the restaurantbusiness. When Durham’sKitchen closed, he said hehad his own ideas of how hewanted to run an establish-ment and took the opportuni-

ty to open his own restaurantat the same site.

“I wanted to stay at that lo-cation because of the close-knit community feel,”Salafia said. “The residentsof Durham have been reallysupportive. If you makegreat food, people will findyou. It’s a lot of hard work,but I’m enjoying everyminute of it.”

When Salafia opens hisrestaurant at 6 a.m., he saidmost mornings he is greetedby a group of six elderly cos-tumers. Salafia said he willcook himself a plate ofbreakfast when the cos-tumers order, so he can sitdown with his regulars for achat while eating.

“That’s the neat part of it— the friends you make,” hesaid, “especially those guysin the morning who havelived in this community for-ever. It’s interesting to sitdown and talk with them.That’s my motivation; I lookforward to coming in becauseof the camaraderie that wehave.”

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Winter Craft Club - for grades K-2, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.Feb. 21, 29, March 7, 14, 21, at Brewster School. The Win-ter Craft Club will make keepsakes to take home. A fee ischarged. For more information, contact [email protected].

Valentine movie night - The 4th annual movie nightis scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8, at the Middlefield Com-munity center. Parents may drop off children for fun anda movie and have time on their own. RSVP at [email protected].

Lake Beseck Ice Fest 2013 - Saturday, Feb. 9, from 8a.m. to noon. A free family day. Bring a sled, snow shoes,fishing gear. The event will offer coffee, cocoa, camp fire,sledding, ice fishing demo and more. Park at the beach.The event is dependent on safe ice conditions.

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Bucknell University,Pennsylvania - Emily Shoe-maker, of Middlefield.

Clemson University,South Carolina - Drew Ca-vanaugh, of Durham.

Curry College, Massa-chusetts - Chelsea Wilson, ofDurham.

Keene State College,New Hampshire - SarahBaker, of Durham; HannahGoulis, of Middlefield.

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State College - CourtneyAcker, Paul Benjunas, EmiliaCaturano, Stephen Gueble,Amber Ryan, Carley St. Ar-mand, of Durham; KaseyCrompton, Jacob Doolittle,Mackenzie Hurlbert, EricaJones, of Middlefield;Kathryn Mitchell, of Rock-fall.

University of Connecti-cut - Andrew Brown, Makay-la Davis, Ethan Donecker,Samuel Frey, Erin Holden,Erica Mason, JeremyMewell, Brooke Sheridan,Alec Surprenant, MatthewVerderame, Deanne Wallace,of Durham; Alex Amarante,

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Open houseThe Independent Day School has scheduled an open

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The Independent Day School, 115 Laurel Brook Road,Middlefield, is a small, co-educational school for three-year-olds through eighth grade.

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

Tot Time - The MOMSClub of Durham-Middle-field meets every Friday atthe Middlefield CommunityCenter at 10 a.m. Babies,toddlers and children ofDurham and Middlefieldare welcome. For more in-formation, email [email protected].

Ice fishing - MiddlefieldPark and Rec will host aCARE (Connecticut AquaticResources Educate) familyice fishing class on Friday,Jan. 25, at the MiddlefieldCommunity Center audito-rium, 405 Main St., from6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Adultsshould accompany childrenunder 15. Pre-registration isrequired: www.middlefield-parkandrecreation.com.

Learn at the class andthen practice your skills atone of these upcoming fam-ily events:

Family Ice Fishing Derby– Jan. 26, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.,at Coventry Lake, 172 LakeSt., Coventry.

Winter Festival – Feb. 2,10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at BurrPond State Park, 384 BurrMountain Road, Torrington.

Lake Beseck Ice Fest 2013– Feb. 9, 8 a.m. to noon, atLake Beseck in Middlefield.

26 Saturday

Lyman homestead tour– on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 2p.m., come tour the Lymanhomestead and learn its his-tory. Space is limed and reg-istration is required at ei-ther Levi Coe or DurhamPublic Library.

Open house - GraceLutheran Preschool, 1055Randolph Road in Middle-town, has scheduled anopen house for Saturday,Jan. 26, from 10 a.m. tonoon. Come meet the staffand take a tour. GraceLutheran Preschool is a li-censed Christian programfor children ages 2-5. Earlydrop-off and extended dayoptions for ages 3-5 areavailable, and a summerprogram is offered for ages3-6. For more information,email [email protected], call (860) 346-0766 or visit www.grace-lutheranpreschoolmiddle-town.com.

28 Monday

Durham 60+ - TheDurham 60+ Club is sched-uled to meet Monday, Jan.28, at 1 p.m., in the DurhamActivity Center, 350 MainSt. A variety table and so-cial hour will follow themeeting. New members arealways welcome.

Durham Senior Lunch-es - Every Monday and

Wednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center, 350Main St. Following lunch onMonday is game time,which includes billiards,Wii and cards. Bingo startsat 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Forpricing info and to make areservation, call AmandaPedersen, senior café man-ager, at (860) 349-3153.

Middlefield SeniorLunches - The MiddlefieldSenior Café is serving lunch

three times a week, on Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fri-days. Reservations are re-quired 24 hours prior, andthe monthly menu can bepicked up at the center,Town Hall or at www.mid-dlefieldct.org.

29 Tuesday

Film viewing – On Tues-day, Jan. 29, at 6 p.m., atDurham Public Library,watch part two of the HBOadaptation of “EmpireFalls” and share dessertswith friends and neighbors.Don’t forget those recipes!Registration required at ei-ther Levi Coe or DurhamPublic Library.

30 Wednesday

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

31 Thursday

Open house – Cogin-chaug Little League hasscheduled its second annualopen house for players andparents for Thursday, Jan.31, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at theDurham Public Library. Formore information, contactMichele Wenchell at [email protected].

Feb.2 Saturday

Winter Market - TheDudley Farm Farmers’Market has scheduled itsfirst Winter Market of 2013for Saturday, Feb. 2, from 9a.m. to noon, in the Mungerbarn. Baked goods, eggs,fiber, handmade crafts, hon-

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Digital Summit - VinalTechnical High School’sFamily Engagement Teamhas scheduled a presenta-tion for the Digital Summitseries for Tuesday, Feb. 5,from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cyber-bullying: What FamiliesDon’t Know Can HurtThem. The program will ed-ucate and empower parentsto discuss and respond totheir children’s experienceswith cyberbullying.

After the presentation,the following workshopswill be held: Facebook101/Twitter 101; iPhones;Digital Photography andPowerschool for parentand/or students.

For more information orto register, call (860) 344-7100, ext. 309 or [email protected].

Strong School Reads -Strong School Reads isscheduled for Tuesday, Feb.5, at 6:30 p.m., in the schoollibrary. The featured bookis “Life As We Knew It” bySusan Beth Pfeffer.

Strong School Reads is anannual book discussionwhere students, parents andcommunity members read abook and then break intosmall discussion groups.Copies of the book areavailable at Levi E. Coe,Durham and Strong Schoollibraries.

For more information,contact Mike Klimas at [email protected] or KarrenCollins at [email protected].

9 Saturday

Winter Trails Day - TheConnecticut Forest & ParkAssociation has scheduledits 2nd annual WinterTrails Day for Saturday,Feb. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3p.m., at 16 Meriden Road,Rockfall. The free event fea-tures hikes, activities for

families and children,demonstrations, snowshoe-ing clinics, and more. Regis-tration is recommended.For more information, visitwww.ctwoodlands.org.

Valentines - WadsworthChapter Daughters of theAmerican Revolution isscheduled to make Valen-tines for area veterans onSaturday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m.,at Church of the Epiphany,196 Main St., Durham.Bring your creativity and

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

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ey and maple syrup, jamsand jellies, naturally raisedmeats, pickles, soap andwinter vegetables are fea-tured. The Winter Marketwill be held the first Satur-day of each month throughMay, but is subject to can-cellation due to inclementweather. The Dudley Farmis located on the northeastcorner of routes 77 and 80in North Guilford. Formore information, contact(860) 349-3917 or visitwww.dudleyfarm.com.

Taste of Durham - The17th annual Taste ofDurham is scheduled forSaturday, Feb. 2, from 6:30 to9 p.m., at the Durham Pub-lic Library. An admissionfee is payable in advance atthe library. Attendance islimited to adults. The partyis scheduled regardless ofweather. The entry fee in-cludes unlimited food tast-ings as well as three serv-ings from the bar. TheTaste of Durham is spon-sored by the Public Associa-tion of Library Supporters.Proceeds from past eventshave funded capital im-provements to the library,equipment and ongoingsupport of programs andmuseum passes. Shuttleservice is scheduled to runcontinuously from theStrong School parking lot,beginning at 6 p.m. For info,call (860) 349-8415.

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Submitted by Pauline Handy

Boy Scout Troop 270 helped 61 residents from Durham, Middlefield and Rock-fall by removing Christmas trees as part of the Scouts’ annual tree pick-upfundraiser.

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During the weekend ofJan. 3-6, pastors and mem-bers of Victory ChristianChurch on Route 66 in Mid-dlefield celebrated the 25thanniversary of the church.Guest speakers traveled longdistances to join the celebra-tion. Culminating the eventwas a reading of an officialcitation from the State ofConnecticut General Assem-bly, sponsored and presentedby Rep. Matthew Lesser. Thecitation was co-sponsored bySen. Len Suzio and wassigned by Sen. Donald E.Williams, Jr., president protempore, along with DeniseW. Merrill, Connecticut sec-retary of state.

Twenty-five years ago, thechurch was founded as Victo-ry Tabernacle ChristianChurch by Senior Pastors Pe-ter and Debbie Leal, whowere born and raised in thearea and returned to the re-gion after completing BibleCollege in South Carolina inthe early1980s.

As the original congrega-tion increased from three

people in the Leal’s livingroom to about a 150 membersin the American Legion Hallin Cromwell, a search beganfor a bigger building to ac-commodate the growingnumber of people and min-istries. In 1998, the churchpurchased the building for-mally occupied by DattcoBus Company, and, after ex-tensive renovations, enjoyedits first worship servicethere in January of 2000.

The name of the church wassubsequently changed to Vic-tory Christian Church in2007.

VCC is a Biblically-based,contemporary church with ahuge “heart” to minister tothe people in this greater re-gion. Since moving to thenew location, the church hasgrown steadily to about 800members and is alive withover 60 active ministries

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Submitted by Pastor Geoff Scott

State Rep. Matthew Lesser from the 100th District, presented Senior Pastors Peterand Deborah Leal with an Official Citation from the General Assembly of the Stateof Connecticut honoring Victory Christian Church for 25 years of faithful service totheir community.

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If not paid by February 1, 2013 these taxes will be considereddelinquent and interest will be charged at the rate of 1.5% per month

from the due date, with a minimum interest charge of $2.00. Note:Feb. 2nd payment will be charged a 3% penalty. (Jan. & Feb.)

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LEGAL NOTICETown of Durham, CT

Faith news is welcome hereThe Town Times welcomes a wide range of

news from local churches, temples, meetinghouses, mosques and other religious organiza-tions.

In addition to notices about services and pro-grams, we know your organization is involvedin community life in numerous ways. And so weask, does your house of worship have a story toshare with our readers?

You may wonder, what are some of the topics of interest that we’d like to publish? Here are a few ideas. Has your church undergone renovations, received recognition,

offered a new program, or grown its congregation? Do you have a new pastor, organist,choirmaster or religion teacher? Have you undertaken a social or charitable mission ortraveled on behalf of your church? Have you written an essay or sermon that could in-spire a wider audience? Does the church have an anniversary or celebration it would liketo publicize? Are there traditions or practices you’d like the community to know moreabout?

All of these activities are newsworthy and we’d like to publish submissions of thiskind in our faith section. If you like to write and have a story to tell that involves yourfaith community, send it to [email protected] and put “faith submission” in the sub-ject line. In general, submissions should be no more than 500 words. Photos are welcome.Please include: your full name, a phone number, the name of your organization and inwhat capacity you represent it. Questions also can be sent to The Town Times email.

Submitted by Tammy Pereira

Sunday School children of the United Churches of Durham presented the livingnativity to the congregation in December.

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with the building being uti-lized close to seven days aweek. VCC endeavors to con-tinue to meet communityneeds through its weekly wor-ship services as well as ourvarious ministries such as Di-vorce Care, Financial Free-dom and Celebrate Recoveryministries each held weeklyhere at VCC.

VCC is also active interna-tionally, sponsoring leader-ship training conferencesglobally, as well as spearhead-ing projects involving feeding,clothing, prevention of humansex trafficking, business em-

powerment workshops inthird-world nations, medicaland youth missions, etc. VCCis currently involved in manycountries, including Bulgaria,Liberia, India, the SierraLeone, Latvia, Russia, Democ-ratic Republic of Congo andColombia.

For information about thechurch and the outreaches,classes and ministries pro-vided, visit vcconline.org orcall the church office at (860)346-6771.

Submitted by Pastor Geoff Scott

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Durham Public Libraryand Middlefield’s Levi Coe Li-brary have scheduled a seriesof talks and events to helpgenerate community inter-est, discussion and participa-tion in the two towns’ bookchoice for the 2013 One BookOne Community: “EmpireFalls” by Richard Russo.

In addition to talks on thebook itself, both libraries re-cently sponsored local histo-ry events to connect people tosmall town life and the his-toric areas that most live inwithout knowing what wasonce there and how the pasthas shaped the communities.

Durham On Saturday, Jan. 12, about

40 residents crowded into ameeting room at DurhamPublic Library as town histo-rian Fran Korn spoke aboutDurham’s early church histo-ry and a series of events thatmade Durham the box manu-facturing capitol of theworld.

Interesting tidbits gleanedfrom Korn’s talk include thefollowing:

- In 1711, the town hired itsfirst minister, the ReverendNathaniel Chauncey, whowas the first graduate of Yale

in 1702. Upon his death heleft his substantial book col-lection to the town, thus cre-ating one of the oldest lend-ing libraries in what was tobecome the United States ofAmerica, and providing a

pathway to Yale Universityfor young men who lived in orwere tutored in Durham.

- James Wadsworth wasborn in Durham in 1730. Heattended Yale, opened up alaw office in Durham, servedas town clerk for 30 years andin the Colonial State Legisla-ture for 21, before attendingone session in the Continen-tal Congress. Dubbed ‘OldWrong Head’ by Thomas Jef-ferson due to his oppositionto some wording in the newconstitution, he was instru-mental in Durham’s voteagainst ratifying the consti-tution with a final vote of 67against and only four in fa-vor.

- Merriam Manufacturing,the first box company intown, began using scrap met-al that landed on the shopfloor to make tin toys ratherthan sweeping it into thetrash. Originally a sideline,in recent years some of therare toys have been sold atauction for $18,000 to $41,000.

MiddlefieldOver many years, Ray

Hubbard, a retired District 13teacher, made copies of oldpictures provided by Middle-field residents before scan-ning technology was invent-ed. He then created overheadprojector transparencies tobring local history alive forthird graders in the schooldistrict. On Saturday, Jan. 19,Hubbard used this ‘old tech-nology’ during his presenta-tion of Middlefield’s historyat Levi Coe Library.

Some interesting factsfrom Hubbard’s talk:

- With ample water poweravailable on the CoginchaugRiver in Rockfall, and later atthe Ellen Doyle Brook creat-ed by the Beseck Dam, Mid-dlefield became a factorytown and home to numerousmills where buttons, paper,washing machines, cottonyarn and other implementsof daily life were manufac-tured. Before the dam wasbuilt in 1848, Lake Beseckwas just a boggy area wherefarmers grazed cows afterthe spring flooding ended.

- Contrary to popular be-lief, the stone structure thatoverlooks Wadsworth Falls

Photos from Ray Hubbard collection

The Metropolitan Washing Machine Company complex circa 1900, near what is nowBlackbird Tavern and the Fowler Building Complex.

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Ever since the tragedy at Sandy HookElementary, school o�cials have beendoing their best to make Coginchaug asafer place. A meeting with every sta�member in the CRHS Library took placeat 7:05 a.m the Monday after the shoot-ing. Some security precautions havebeen changed while others will receiveincreased enforcement. Students are be-coming accustomed to the new security,and have feedback about their safety.

“There’s a police o�cer parked atCoginchaug every single morningwho watches everyone as they comeinto school,” said sophomore MeganL’Heureux. Police o�cers have also been seenaround the other RSD13 campuses. Korn

Elementary School and Strong MiddleSchool have been spotted having morepolice security recently. Overall, Megan feels safe, but shestill thinks the school could use some increase in security.

“I think there should be more secu-rity guards, and they also should all bearmed,” said Megan. Freshman Micah Morris agrees withMegan, but he has something else toadd.

“I think they should be armed, buttheir weapons should be concealed,” hesaid. “I feel like security like that walk-ing around the building would make everyone feel more comfortable.” Sophomore Holly Longabardi says the

security doesn’t really a�ect her thatmuch anyway.

“I feel safe at Coginchaug, and I don’tthink that anything needs to be changednow.” she said.

There are mixed feelings and opinionsrelating to armed security from both thestudents and the faculty at Coginchaug.There has been no o�cial word that anychanges or improvements will be madein that area. Principal Mr. Andre Hauser con2rmsstudents probably won’t be seeingarmed security anytime soon.

“I think the only people who should be armed are law enforcement o�cers.Schools are safe places.” As for the police sightings at RegionalSchool District 13, Mr. Hauser explainedthat he doesn’t control it.

“The state police are assigning troop-ers at key times, especially in the morn-ing. Police were most sighted right afterthe Newtown incident, for about a week,” he said. In terms of how long we cancount on them being there, it is howeverlong the state police feel it is necessary. Mr. Hauser also explained thatCoginchaug is actually ahead of mostschools in terms of security. Assistantprincipal Mr. Brian Bodner is dedicatedto attending statewide security meet-ings that focus on improving security atschools. Many of the topics discussed atthe meetings are things that CRHS hasalready taken action on, like buzzers for the o�ce to let people in.

“Other administrators from otherschools were taking notes when Mr.Bodner shared his advice about security,”said Mr Hauser.

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Over the course of the past two yearsthere has been case after case of some-body, somewhere going crazy. It beganwith the supposed rapture, then it wasthe introduction of the drug bath salts,and mass shootings just before what wasassumed the end of the world, accordingto the Mayans. The world is going nuts.

In May of 2011 people believed that theworld was going to end and the rapturewas going to occur. Harold Camping whoruns the Evangelical network Family Ra-dio predicted that the world was going toend on May 21, 2011. He determined thisby a mathematical system that he createdbased on the stories and events that oc-curred in the Bible. The funny thing is thatthis “system”failed him once before whenhe thought the world was going to endon September 6, 1994.

Bath salts are a drug originally fromEurope that is similar in appearance tococaine. This drug became popular in theUnited States in 2012 and, according tothe American Association of Poison Con-trol Centers, over 1,000 calls had beenmade to poison control by June. We no-ticed the outbreak rather quickly whenthe news started reporting on peoples’faces being eaten oD by naked peopleon the streets. There were a few friendsof mine that believed the zombie apoca-lypse was occurring and started forming

their teams, just as though they werecharacters on the television show TheWalking Dead.

Suddenly, as we got closer to December21, 2012, more and more people seemedto be “going crazy.” Tragedies becamemore apparent when mass shootingsstarted to occur. The shootings began ata movie theater in Chicago, during thepremiere of the Dark Knight in July. Massshootings stayed quiet for a little while,until there was one in a shopping mall inPortland, Ohio, on December 11, whereat least three were pronounced dead. Af-ter these two events the tragedy of New-town struck where 27 people, includingthe shooter, died. As of January 8, 695people have been killed by gunshot sincethe Newtown tragedy occurred.

The world is going nuts. What is causingall of this to happen? Was it the fact thateveryone thought the world was going toend, or is it just that the evil in this worldis Lnally showing through all the masks? It’s tragic that so many people have to dieon a daily basis and if setting up new gunlaws is the Lrst step to Lxing all that’s go-ing on then I say why not. We as the newgeneration of the world have the powerto stop all of the tragedies and hazardsthat we worry about daily. Let’s be thegeneration to help Lx the mess, not addto it.

Since 1935, the Orange Bowl has beenkicking oD the new year with a little col-lege football, but this year Coginchaugseniors Christine French and KorinneStockdale, and junior Kaitlyn Mentlick,members of Stage Left Dance in Middle-town, were picked to be a part of theexcitement, along with the rest of thestudio.

On January 1, Stage Left Dance Stu-dio performed in the Orange Bowl half-time show. The dance crew had a diDer-ent meaning behind the performancethough.

“We don’t dance just because we love it,”said Christine.

Being from Connecticut, Stage Leftthought that it would be a good idea toraise money for the victims of the New-town shooting that struck, not just Con-necticut, but the entire country last De-cember. The studio made ribbons to give

to the other dancers and band members.“Our studio ended up making close to

one thousand ribbons, that way all thedancers and all the band people couldwear one and then we had a few extrasto sell to help support Newtown,” saidChristine.

The studio raised close to $4,000 anddonated it all to the town of Newtown,not just the families of Sandy Hook El-ementary.

“All that money went to to the town of Newtown, not just the families, so thatway with people who still need counsel-ing from what happened, can get it,” saidChristine.

These dancers have made a big diDer-ence in the lives of those who were af-fected by the Sandy Hook shooting andhave proved that they do not dance justto dance and that anything you can docould help somebody in need.

If I had a dollar for every time I’d beenin a debate about what constituted a su-per hero, I’d have enough money for anew comic book. People have created acriteria for who is super and who is not.For example, someone might say Super-man and The Flash are both superhe-roes because they have super powers,but Batman or Iron Man aren’t becausethey weren’t exposed to gamma radia-tion or bitten by a spider. The thing is tobe super, one would simply have to dothings normal people could. They haveto be extraordinary. Iron Man might notshoot lasers from his eyes, but he’s moreintelligent than most of the humans inhis universe. The same is true for Bat-man. He might ultimately just be a manin a bat suit, but he’s more well trained inLghting than most in his universe and is,again, extremely intelligent. While moneyis a factor there, it isn’t fair to say they’resuperheroes by wealth. Using the mostrecent movies as an example, Tony Starkbuilt the Mark I in a cave with no moneyand very few supplies. Bruce Wayne waswandering around learning diDerentstyles of martial arts, everyone thoughthe was dead. Neither of them had moneywhen the hero was born. The money sim-ply gave them a medium through whichit took shape.

The other thing people all tend to no-tice very quickly about comic books isthat the characters tend to have “per-fect bodies.” They’re perfect models of

humans, all beautiful people with largemuscles, among other things. Before youRag this as inappropriate you must atleast understand the reasoning behindthe tight, revealing spandex suits. Whensuperhero comics took oD, they were es-sentially a study of the perfect human be-ing. Take Superman for example. Every-thing about him physically was perfect,he was the epitome of physical Ltness.And the comics carried on showing thatoD, but Superman was more than that, hewas a good person. He was selRess, kind,helpful, and was dedicated to protect-ing the planet. In a time where the worldwas looking pretty grim, people neededto remember what it was like to be thatkind to others. So we latched on to su-perheroes because they were everythingwe wished we could be. And as more andmore female supers joined the ranks, itwas only natural to continue to strive forthat “perfect image.”

In our world we need superheroes, butnot in the sense of needing someone ina cape who can Ry. We need the part of the superheroes who were always therefor other people, who were always will-ing to help, who would give their lives forothers. An invincible man doesn’t need togive up his fear of death in order to saveothers. The true heroes are each of us, ifwe strive to be better. In the end Super-man has nothing on a fragile human whorisks his life for others.

Science teacher Mrs. LauraFrancis and her husband Kyleare proud to announce the ar-rival of Lilliana Lezah Francis! She was born on Sunday,December 16, at 4:09 p.m.


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WISE is a special program CRHS pro-vides for seniors who wish to pursue an independent study of a personal interest. These self-motivated students put their own time and e!ort into researching a topic and completing a project that re-"ects their studies. Each student chooses a teacher or mentor who is a specialist in their chosen topic. They meet periodical-ly with their mentors to show them their progress and receive feedback. After they complete their #nal projects, there is a special showcase where each student presents their work. Mrs. Germond and Dr. Taber are work-

ing together as leaders for the twelve students completing WISE projects. They host monthly meetings to check up on everyone. The projects are going in all unique and personal directions. Some involve music, such as the ones Liz Harlow and Sam Gos-

Junior Timmy Rausch has decided to try a new sleeping habit to hopefully get more time and better sleep. “It worked for other people,” Timmy said, “And I’m only going o! the things they say.” Timmy is going to take one core 3 hour nap from 10pm to 1am and then he is going to take two 30 minutes naps from both 4:30

sner are doing. Liz will be directing a "ute ensemble with Strong Middle School students, while Sam is creating his own symphony. Courtney Silver, is currently working on a graphic novel. “It’s like a comic book, with a story and pictures to go along with it,” she said. “It’s all about the students,” said WISE director Mrs. Kate Germond. “They will continue learning about their interests, and see if it is something that they might like to pursue as a career.” Logan Porter, who is writing a novel as her WISE project, has decided that she would like to be an English major in col-lege. WISE presentations will take place on several di!erent dates in April. Teachers will judge them based on certain criteria including meeting with mentors, journal entries, bibliographies, and their overall project presentations.

am to 5:00 am and then he is up the restof the night. “its been going really wells,”Timmy said, “sometimes i over sleep andi get angry, but other than that its going#ne.” Timmy already is on a healthy diet but he hopes to try harder and eat a littlehealthier, “I guess people who do it say itseasier when you eat well” said Timmy.

Pictured above junior Katie Hamilton and senior Mallory Figo-ras relax in the school library. Pictured on the left, students put hard work towards their new year school resolutions. Photos by Jake Cunningham.

Pictured above is junior Timmy Rausch displaying his passion for quality sleep. Photoby Victoria Buonanni.


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Just one day before a gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, CRHS practiced the lockdown procedure that students and sta. will implement in case of a similar at-tack here. As the country debates how to make our school safer, students are ask-ing whether the procedures in place can keep them safe. “We have a Crisis Response Manual in place with procedures from experts and Mr. Bodner, our safety expert as Vice Prin-cipal,” said Principal Andre Hauser. “It is updated every year to ensure that it is safe and e.ective. Each teacher has one but it is in a place where students won’t

notice and teachers can easily get to it. It has every situation that could happen and what various people should do in case of an emergency, spelled out.” Even though our emergency plan is spelled out and updated annually, stu-dents opinions vary, some unaware of such procedures. “I think practicing them is good because we would know what to do, but I don’t think we do them enough,” said sopho-more Kelly Halligan, unable to recall do-ing a drill last school year. “The practice drills help but I don’t think in a real situation people would remem-ber what to do,” said junior Rue Strothers. “[Lockdowns] can be e.ective if they an-nounce it in time,” she said, remarking on a real lockdown. “I feel like they are more serious now because people used to take it as a joke,” said sophomore Holly Longobardi about the drills. “If someone came in then every-one would know what to do because of the procedures.” “We try to hold at least one [lockdown] drill a year. The idea is to tell you in ad-vance so you think about doing it right and we can tweak the procedure each time,” said Mr. Hauser. “After Newtown, we want to make sure that everything works. We were happy with the drills on Thurs-day, before Newtown. Everyone did what they were supposed to do.”

Four seniors were inducted into the Na-tional Honor society on January 7. Char-acter, scholarship, leadership, and service are the four things engraved into these people. Senior Leah Slawinowski has been a four year participant in outdoor track, a two year participant in indoor track, and was elected co-captain for her senior year. Outside of school, she has been a member of Northern Middlesex YMCA Barracuda Swim Team for four years. And it doesn’t stop there, she is involved in Art Club and Quiz Bowl. “I was very excited and honored to get in this year because I was declined last year,” said Leah. “I’m really excited to be apart of the society now.” “Leah is a very enthusiastic person who deInes dependability,” said Latin teacher Mrs. Mary Sersanti. Melanie DeFilippo was very involved in co-curricular life at Coginchaug. She is a member of Show Choir and Pep Band. In addition, she is a member of Helping Hands, the Devil’s Advocate and a mem-ber of French honor Society. She com-monly performs acts of goodwill such as work at the Levi Coe library, as well as her participation and organization of volunteers at the Durham Co-op Nursery School are a few a examples. “Melanie impresses me with her per-sonality and ability to make work that is

innovative.” The next inductee was Caitlynn Chabot. She was a four year member of the Art Club, the Pep Band, and Outdoor Track team. She also is a three year mem-ber of French Honor Society, serving as co-president this year, and a two yearmember of the indoor track team. She leads her peers in a variety of ways thatinclude coaching a Little League T-ball team and acting as the Artistic Directorof the Music’s Department’s productionof Legally Blonde: The Musical and other drama productions. She also assisted an art teacher at Strong with murals for thepast three years. “I’m really honored to be apart of the society,” said Caitlynn Chabot. “I appliedjunior year and when I applied this year,I didn’t expect to get it.” “Caitlynn is a proactive president of the French Honor who has a high level of cre-ativity that sets her apart from everyoneelse,” said French teacher Mrs. Cashore Skyla Bradley has volunteered her time in a variety of capacities. She volunteeredas a park and recreation counselor for four summers and initiated a quest proj-ect that included observing, volunteer-ing, and teaching numerous hours in apreschool classroom at Gianelli School. “Skyla is a determined focused wom-an,” said Mrs. Sersanti, “with a caring andhelpful side.”

NHS Inductees (left to right) Melanie DeFillipo, Skyla Bradley, Leah Slawinowski, and Caitlynn Chabot. Photo by Mrs. Amy Jacques-Purdy

To the left is the buzzer all students, sta. and visitors use to get into the school Photo by Lindsay Artkop.

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The Boy Scout Law starts as “Ascout is…” and then lists a num-ber of adjectives, the twelveattributes to be exact. That listincludes words such as loyal,helpful, friendly, cheerful, andall of those words remind meof the collective group of boyscouts as well as eagle scouts.Most recently of course, is Mr.Douglas Hanley. Doug has beena good friend of mine and fel-low Cub Scout and Boy Scoutsince we joined Den six of Packthirty three nearly a decade agoand I am happy and honoredto say he’s now joined me inthe prestigious brotherhood ofEagle Scouts.

Doug’s Eagle project, thecornerstone of the Eagle Scoutrequirements, really started al-most two years ago, when thenew sports facility was begin-ning the long road of produc-tion. He realized the plan didn’tcall for a �ag pole on which toraise and lower a �ag duringgames. He dove into that rabbithole in true Boy Scout fashion:with his eyes focused forwards,high hopes, and absolutelyno idea what he was gettinginto. His project got caught inthe middle of a lawsuit and hestruggled to make any headwayin the chaos.

“Until the lawsuit was settledI didn’t know if the �eld wasgoing to be built, therefore Ididn’t know if I could have donethe project in the �rst place,”Douglas said. He did what hecould and stuck with his proj-ect through the whole ordeal.Eventually he grabbed a shoveland dug a hole. In New England.Proud farmers of rocks. On theday of the dig I arrived to helpand was pleased to see notonly so many of the scouts inour troop, but also scouts fromtroops 27 and 270 from Durhamand Doug’s friends and team-mates from soccer and track.After a lot of hard work chisel-

ing away at what seemed to bethe outer defenses of a Dwarvenkingdom, the hole was dug andhe was only waiting on the poleand its underground �xture.And we’re not saying there wereever small children inside thehole in the ground, but I don’tbelieve the Hanley family has re-leased an o�cial statement say-

ing there weren’t.

“I wanted to give back to theschool community that raisedme to be who I am today. I want-ed to make something great,like the new �eld, a bit better.”

The raising of the �agpole wasgreeted by a wonderful sunsetwhich gave everyone present asense of great accomplishment,especially Douglas. The �ag now�ies to the west of the track nearthe scoreboard.

“It really taught me how toplan and carry out a massiveproject, how to organize laborand materials, and how to getthe right approvals.”

His Eagle Ceremony took placeon January 6 and was attendedby State Representatives FirstSelectmen Laura Francis andJohn Brayshaw, the president ofthe Middle�eld Lions Club MaryRoberts, State Senator Ed Meyerand State Representative Nor-een Kokoruda. He also receiveda document from the Governorexpressing his congratulationsfor Doug. As well as those spe-cial guests, the ceremony wasalso attended by many mem-bers of the Veterans of ForeignWars Posts from both Durhamand Middle�eld. It was the VFWthat provided Douglas with hisfunding.

Whether he’s cleaning out thelatrine or teaching young scoutsor carrying an injured teammateto the bus, Douglas re�ects themerits of an Eagle Scout and Iam proud to call him my brotherin scouting and my friend.

teacher, is one of the many Dur-ham citizens participating in thisprogram. He’s had the solar pan-els installed on his house, andthey’re already up and running.It’s been cloudy, cold, and rainy...but he’s already cut his electric-ity bill by about 2/3.

“We had been thinking aboutgetting solar panels for a while,but we decided to get them be-cause of the Solarize Durhamprogram,” he said. The more resi-dents that sign up to install so-lar, the more the price decreasesfor everyone who participates,

Solarize CT is a program de-signed to encourage the adop-tion of solar panels in Con-necticut. Durham was chosen toparticipate in the pilot phase ofthis program. Durham residentshad the opportunity to not onlyhelp the environment by pump-ing out cleaner energy, but alsoto signi�cantly lower, or possiblyeven rid of their electricity bill.Many people in Durham havealready signed up for this pro-gram, and some of those peoplewe see everyday here at CRHS.

Dr. Matthew Taber, science

so that makes it much easier forpeople to make the decision toinstall solar panels.

There are currently over 100Durham citizens signed up to in-stall solar. This also includes Mr.Craig Bradinini, math teacher,and Ms. Lorrie Martin, scienceteacher.

When asked if he would rec-ommend solar to other resi-dents, Dr. Taber replied “Yes, it’sgood for the environment, re-duces your electricity bill, andreduces the need for fossil fuels.”

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The school bell rang at 2:02 and stu-dents rushed down the hallways with holiday gifts in their arms from friends, ready to get a start on their winter vaca-tions on Friday, December 21. Some students traveled to the hot-

ter climate and missed out on the local snowstorm. “I went to Florida,” said senior Christine

French. “I went to go and dance and do a workshop for dance.” She said she also enjoyed the warmer weather down south, rather than the cold up in Connecticut. On the other hand, some Coginchaug students traveled north, where they par-ticipated in winter sports. “I went to Vermont and snowmobiled,”

said junior Tori Salemme. “ I went to Vermont with my family and one of my friends,” said senior Kayla Votto.“We went snowmobiling, skiing, and out to dinner.” While Christine, Tori, and Kayla had a great time out of state, senior Conner Brennan experienced something com-pletely opposite at home.

“I broke my arm in three places,” said senior Conner Brennan. “I was running down a hill with my friends and fell.” Along with traveling places and social-izing with friends, comes the holiday and family portion of winter break. “I got to see everyone at Christmas thatI haven’t seen in a while,” said senior Mike Lisitano.

January 20 2013 Coginchaug students will travel to Okemo Mountain vermont for the day with health teacher Mr. Ba-joros and Math teacher Mr. Frashier. They will leave Coginchaug around 5:15 am. “The school has never done something like this before and i can’t wait to go

skiing with all the kids from my school because you never usually get to do that” said Sophomore Janelle Berry.

Pictured to the right is Okemo Mountain where students who chose to go on the trip will travel to ski and snowboard.Photo Courtesy Okemo’s Website

Everyone deserves a fresh start at the beginning of the year. 2013 is Hnally here, and at the beginning of the year many people make a commitment to one or more personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit... or a New Year’s resolution. CRHS students are setting goals for themselves at the beginning of the year as well, and not surprisingly, most of them are health related. Social Studies teacher, Matt Thompson, has been waking up at 5am every day to stick to his resolution “My resolution is to work out six days a week.” Many students had very similar resolu-tions, and this is the time of the year that local gyms really start raking in the cash. Junior Rue Strothers’ New Year’s resolu-tion was to “Go to the gym more, and just work out more in general.” Senior Christine French wants to “Eat more salad, and go to the gym more.” Senior Sydney Altschuler wants to “get better times in track this year.” Improving your academics is also another common New Year’s resolution.

Junior Taylor Meeker’s resolution was a bit more simpliHed, “Go to school.” Usually New Year’s resolutions are pretty self-centric, but Freshman Michael O’Keefe said he wanted to “Be nice to people.” “But you are a nice person!” replied gym teacher Mr. Robert Nemphos. “There are people that annoy me that I’m not nice to, and I want to be nicer to them,” Michael responded Mr. Nemphos has a very diPerent take on New Year’s resolutions. When asked if he had a new years resolution, he Hrmly replied “I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. If you have to wait for a certain time of the year to make a resolution, you prob-ably won’t be successful.” He went on to say “Do it when you make the decision or when you know when a change needs to be made.”

Students pictured to the right and below show their exitement for the new year.Photos By Jake Cunningham


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Memorable, Monumental Moments from 2012 Athletics

Throughout the course of the 2012 year, there were basketballs being dribbled, baseballs and softballs being hit, track and �eld athletes competing at very high levels, and football players getting physi-cal. Whenever a team wins a champion-

ship, it is something extremely special. The 2011-2012 Girls’ Basketball team took home the Class S state championship. In their journey, they defeated St. Bernard, Hyde Leadership, Morgan, and Capital Prep for the title. The ladies beat Capital Prep 58-48 at Mohegan Sun. In outdoor track, there were numerable athletes that made it to the state open meet held in New Britain, Connecticut. Bailey Maus participated in the 100 me-ter hurdles with a time of 17.16. The girls’ 4x400m team, consisting of Megan Sirois, Bailey Thayer, Liz Harlow, and Bailey Maus �nished with a time of 4:30.24. Jeremy Brown ran the 2 mile race, known as the 3200 meter in track, ran a 9:53.85. Senior Wolfgang Wallach �nished in 4th in the 400 meter run with a time of 49.98, and then placed 6th at New England’s with an identical time. This gave Wolfgang the

honor of all New England’s. “I was surprised more than anything else,” said Senior Wolfgang. “Standing there and receiving a New England’s medal was something I had dreamed of for a long time, and I was truly just sur-prised that I had done it.” As for the �eld events at the state open, Sam Baker jumped 5’10”, Shawn Dono-van pole vaulted 12’, and Ethan Donecker jumped 41 feet, 6 1/2 inches in the triple jump. Sam also went to New Englands and jumped 6 feet their. For the football season, the most no-table game was the grand �nale. The Devils’ took on Cromwell and lost 36-22. You may have thought, how was this a notable game if they didn’t come out on top? Cromwell was a very solid team that �nished with a regular season record of 8-2 and Coginchaug stayed with them until the very end. “It was Thanksgiving day against one of our biggest rivals,” said junior football player Christian Adams. “They are one of the best teams in our conference and we held our own.” “It was probably one of the best games

I’ve played in,” said senior football player Conner Thrall. “The atmosphere was crazy and it was just a great game.” Coming into the 2012 baseball season, the team was faced with losing multiple seniors and coming oH a 5-14 season the previous year. The team in 2012 doubled its win total, improving to 10-10 in the regular season. “The 2011 team had more overall talent, but it was more of a collection of good players rather than a good team with a single goal,” said senior baseball player Evan Rand. “This year’s junior class has re-ally matured and that helped a lot to the 2012 success.” On the Kip side, the softball team won not a single championship, but two in the same season. They coasted to win the Shoreline Conference Championship and took that momentum into the Class S State Tournament. The softball team took down Academy of the Holy Family, Lyman Memorial, Mor-gan, and Saint Bernard with a score of 6-0 in the state championship game. To only give up two runs throughout the course of four state games is an incredible ac-

complishment. The boys’ soccer teams best game atthe very end of the season against Foran. “Foran scored in the �rst half to make it1-0,” said junior soccer player JeH Perac-chio. “In the second half, (senior) Kyle Du-pre scored two goals, including the game winner with 35 seconds to go.” The girls’ soccer squad had a solid sea-son, and had an astounding game againstthe Cromwell panthers at their �eld. “We went to Cromwell and were having a bad �rst half,” said junior soccer player Victoria Buonanni. “Cromwell scored two goals on us. During halftime, everyonethought the game was over. Coach Kava-naugh motivated us to not give up and we scored two goals to go into overtimeand win.” Freshman Amy Araci scored the gamewinning goal in overtime to give theteam a 3-2 victory. Erikson Wasyl and Audrey Biesak, both 2012 graduates, achieved the accom-plishment of scoring 1,000 points. The 2012 season was �lled with multi-ple championships and incredible games that will go down in Coginchaug history.

Marielle Handley, Marissa Puchalski, and Lauren Esposito hold the state championship trophy. Photo courtesy of Lauren Esposito

Newly inducted members of the 2012 1,000 point club. Photo courtesy of Audrey Biesak Senior Ian Augur pumped up after a sack on North Branford

quarterback Brandan Basil. Photo courtesy of Max Preps Junior Bailey Maus in the 110 meter hurdles in outdoor track.

Photo by Tara Dandelski

The 2011-2012 Girls’ Basketball team celebrating a state champion-ship at Mohegan Sun. Photo by Jennifer Schulten

Senior Wolfgang Wallach competing at the state open champion-ship in the 400m race. Photo courtesy of Durham Patch

Andrea Braga and Jessica Solomon pumped up at the CT Class S state championship. Photo by Jennifer Schulten


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Over winter break the boy’s and girl’s indoor track teams traveled to the Floyd Little Athletic Center at Hillhouse High School in New Haven to compete in the Hillhouse Winter Relays. The meet was strictly running and �eld relays making it truly a team e�ort to compete well. Senior throwers Marco Rondinone, Will Neri, and Conner Brennan banded to-gether to take the shotput relay gold with a combined mark of 114-05.00. “Will Neri came out of nowhere” said ju-nior Christian Adams. Seniors Melissa Handy, Christina Pen, and Leah Slawinowski placed sixth as a team in the girls shotput relay with a combined mark of 70-06.00.

The boys 4 by 200 meter relay team consisting of seniors Wolfgang Wallach, David Trombetta, captain Evan Rand, and junior Christian Adams �nished 6th over-all with an impressive time of 1:41.40. “It wasn’t our best time but we are look-ing to improve.” said Evan. The school record breaking senior sprint medley relay team returned Wolf-gang, Evan, and David with Mike Mc-Shane stepping in for the 800 meter leg. Finishing in 9th place overall they ran to a time of 4:09.46. “Mike McShane stepped up and ran well,” said Evan. “We were missing key 800 meter runner Ben Taber.” Senior Liz Harlow, sophomore Bailey

The football team had their annual ban-quet on December 16. Coach John Bozzi talked about every person on the team while giving out varsity letters to those who earned them. After this Coach Bozzi gave out awards. The MVP award went to Ian Auger and the Foundations of Honor to Sean Harp-er. “I felt honored to be rewarded with

MVP,” said Ian Augur. “And be recognized for my work throughout the season.” Jake Nickel won the Bonnie Curlin

award, which is given for courage and commitment. This was given to Jake be-cause he agreed to play less time in the new defense. He had no problem with that and prepared for every game, every week just like he was starting. “I worked hard in the o�season,” said

senior Jake Nickel. “So this showed me all the hard work payed o�.” The Rookie of the Year award was

given to two people, Carlos Benitez and Jake Ober. This award is given to the �rst year varsity starters that make the big-gest impact on the team. “I am very honored,” said sophomore

Jake Ober. “I was striving to get that award, it was my goal. Having this goal accomplished, it really completed my season.” “It meant a lot because I just moved

here,” said sophomore Carlos Benitez. “I just went out there and tried my hardest playing the game I love.”

Photo by Lori Sbona. Pictured above, left to right, are freshmen Jacob Ober, seniors Sean Harper and Ian Augur, sophomore Carlos Benitez, junior Ty Kartiganer, and se-nior Jacob Nickel posing with their awards during the football banquet.

Thayer, and juniors Bailey Maus and Me-gan Sirois sprinted to a time of 4:39.80 placing 7th overall. Freshman Alec Bogen and senior Ben Kelly jumped to 6th place overall and a combine mark of 10-10.00. “Bogen did really well,” said Evan. “He was surprising and Ben Kelly as well.” In the triple jump relay the senior duo of Kristen Ciarlo and class president Lau-ren Trombetta placed 2nd overall with an outstanding combined mark of 60-00.00. “I was pretty impressed that we did well against the big schools at the meet, especially in shot put,” said Evan. “Our al-ternates stepped up and did well. It was a pleasant surprise.”

Photos by Sydney Altschuler. Pictured above is senior Michael McShane run-ning the sprinted medley relay along with senior Wolfgang Wallach, picturedbelow. Michael McShane is a member of The Devil’s’ Advocate.



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was not built for the conven-ience of tourists. It is in factthe base of an old mill thatonce stood there. The lastitems to be manufacturedthere were automobilebrakes, and the hillside adja-cent to the Falls is full of as-bestos which was used in themanufacturing process.

- Happy Acres, once a pop-ular resort on Powder HillRoad with beach frontage onLake Beseck, was opened inthe 1930s by Capt. Jack Sibleyas a fresh air camp for citychildren. Later it became adestination for tri-state arearesidents who wished to es-cape the cities and relax at aquiet resort in a quiet town.It closed in the late 1970s onceair fare to more exotic beach

front locations became moreaccessible to the average trav-eler. Hubbard noted that Sib-ley’s son, Peter, recentlylaunched a Facebook pagecommemorating the resort.Facebook members can enjoyold time photos of the resortby typing in ‘Happy AcresFamily Resort’ on theirhomepage.

After his retirement, Hub-bard provided cd’s and book-lets containing his photos

and synopsis of Middlefieldhistory to both of the towns’libraries, as well as to theMiddlesex Historical Societyand Godfrey Genealogy Li-brary in Middletown.

Both towns have substan-tial collections of local histo-ry items on display at theirrespective headquarters. TheMiddlefield Historical Soci-ety is located at the Middle-field Community Center, andthe Durham Historical Soci-

Photo from Ray Hubbard collection

An early, state-of-the-art Metropolitan washing machine.

ety is on Town House Roadadjacent to the town hall.

The Middlefield HistoricalSociety does not currentlyhave regular hours, but youcan call the society at (860)349-0665, or contact Chair-man Ken Twombly at (860)349-0618 to make an appoint-ment to view their collec-tions.

The Durham Historical So-ciety meets on the second Fri-day of each month at 7:30 p.m.Exhibits will be open to the

public on the second Satur-day of each month, 10 a.m. to2 p.m., from April throughNovember, or you can contactthe chairwoman, SarahAtwell, by logging onto theirwebsite, durhamhistoricalso-ciety.net, or by calling (860)716-5497 to set up an appoint-ment.

Both organizations pro-vide tours to individuals andgroups, and new membersare always welcome.

20-9 lead after one period, and43-18 at the half, ultimatelyrolling to a 61-37 win over theCoginchaug girls basketballteam. The Lady Devils shotthe ball better than they havein recent games, at 31 per-cent, but it was nowhere nearenough to overcome the over-all 60 percent shooting (83percent in the first half) bythe Huskies, in the lop-sidedloss.

Normally, the Devils canextend its defense to an ag-gressive press, but theHuskies’ ball-handling wastoo good for this to be effec-tive, depriving Coginchaug ofits normal allotment ofsteals and easy baskets, giv-ing an enormous advantageto the visiting Huskies.

Audrey Arcari was theonly double digit scorer forCoginchaug with 10, addingthree rebounds and three as-sists. Kim Romanoff addednine points and four re-bounds, and led the team insteals with two. MorganKuehnle was the leading re-bounder with six, also gar-nering six points.

Slow start dooms boyswith Morgan

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, theCoginchaug boys basketballteam hosted Morgan, butcould manage only eightpoints in the first period, toMorgan’s 21. Despite a furi-ous 12-0 run mid-waythrough the final period thatbrought Coginchaug withineight points at 52-44, the teamultimately succumbed toMorgan in a 61-50 loss.

Coach Todd Salva alwayssays that winning gamescomes down to free throws,rebounds and turnovers. TheDevils did OK in only one ofthose areas — turnovers,with only eight give-aways toMorgan’s 12. But they gotbeat on the boards by 30 to 23,and at the charity stripe by12, 18-6, with the free throwdifference being more thanthe ultimate losing margin.

Mike Bongiorno led theDevils with 16 points, whileboth Jackson Doyle andDevin Rodrigue added 13. Ro-drigue was also the Devils’leading rebounder witheight, while Alex Kotradyadded five boards.

Girls overcome slowstart at Portland

On Thursday, Jan. 17, thegirls visited the PortlandHighlanders, and despitetrailing 20-16 at the half,ramped up the defense in thesecond half for a 47-32 victo-ry.

The girls came out afterhalf-time rededicated toplayed tenacious defense tokey the win. In the crucialthird period comeback, KimRomanoff had 10 points, foursteals and two assists, whileAudrey Arcari had foursteals and two points, as theytook the period by a 20-5mark. The Lady Devils coast-ed home with an 11-8 marginin the fourth period for theeventual 47-32 victory.

Kim Romanoff led Cogin-chaug with 16 points, alsoleading the team in stealswith seven and assists, alsowith seven. Morgan Kuehnledropped in 12 points, addingfive rebounds, two blocks andtwo steals. Jessica Solomonwas the leading rebounderwith eight, adding six pointsand three steals. OliviaCorazzini had six points andthree rebounds, while Mikay-la Wyskiel grabbed six re-bounds.

The girls are 9-4 overall, 8-3in the Shoreline conference.They play at North Branfordon Monday, Jan. 28, at 5:30p.m.

Fast start propels boysat Portland

The boys visited Portlandon Friday, Jan. 18. On thestrength of some hot first pe-riod shooting by JacksonDoyle, who scored 10 in theperiod, the Devils jumped outto a 19-9 lead. At the end ofthe first half, Jack Grangertook the inbounds after aHighlander bucket with onlyseconds remaining, andlaunched a three-quarterscourt shot from near thePortland three-point line,and banked it off the back-board for a long-range three-pointer, and a commanding36-19 lead at the half.

Portland did manage tooutscore the Devils in thethird period, 16-14, but Cogin-chaug more than made up for

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Akerley, a two-timewomen’s rowing A10 cham-pion, also brought home thegold medal twice at the DadVail Championships. She

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Durham ThunderThe Durham Thunder fifth

grade boys travel basketballteam travelled to Old Say-brook on Sunday, Jan. 20, andwalked away with a thrilling37-34 win. Durham took athree-point lead with eightseconds remaining and heldon for the win. Chris Onofrioled the way with eight points,while Hugh Barrett and MaxTemple added six pointsapiece.

The Thunder takes thecourt on Sunday, Jan. 27, at3:15 p.m. at home vs. Water-ford #2.

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that by surrendering only asingle two-point basket in thefinal period, pulling away forthe 65-37 victory.

Sophomore Devin Ro-drigue led the Devils in scor-ing with 15, and steals withfive, and tied Alex Kotradyfor rebounds with seven. Ko-trady also added six pointsand three steals. JacksonDoyle scored 13 points,adding four rebounds. MikeBongiorno rounded out thedouble digit scoring with 11,adding six rebounds and fourassists. Jack Granger was theleading assist man with five,adding three each of points,rebounds and steals. JeffGrumm scored six, addingfour boards. Conor Doylescored five, and Josh Smith,Mike Decker and TaylorSapia each scored two.

The boys are 4-6, all in theShoreline conference.

Submitted by Alan Pease

Little league openhouse

Coginchaug Little Leaguehas scheduled its second an-nual open house for Thurs-day, Jan. 31, from 6:30 to 8p.m., in the lower level of theDurham Public Library.

This event is open to allplayers and parents who aresigning up for CoginchaugLittle League for the firsttime or who would like toknow more about the organi-zation. Meet the newly-elect-ed board members, hearplans to improve the league,and learn about volunteer op-portunities.

Light refreshments will beserved. “Rocky” from theNew Britain Rock Cats isscheduled to make an appear-ance.

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

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sports leagues in Durham and Middlefield. Informa-tion and photos can be sent to: Town Times, P.O. Box265, Middlefield, 06455. Information also can be faxedto (203) 639-0210, or emailed to: [email protected].

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Coaches Rocco Christiana and Donta Johnson led the Middlefield Magic girlsbasketball team to a championship victory over St. Paul School in the 2013Martin Luther King Basketball Tournament.


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Beginners are encouragedto attend and explore the artof water color. Intermedi-ates are also welcome. Stu-dents work at their own pace.

Class is limited to 10 stu-dents. A fee is charged and ispayable in advance. Formore information and to reg-ister, call Sherry Hill at (860)343-6724.

Senior CafeThe Middlefield Senior

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For more information, callAntoinette at (860) 349-7121.

Knitting andcrocheting

Knitters and crochetersmeet every Thursday morn-ing at 9:30 at the MiddlefieldSenior Center for coffee andknitting. Bring your unfin-ished project or learn a newone. The group also makesafghans for the Middlesex

Cancer Center and the Mid-State Cancer Center. Yarnand needles are available.

Blood pressurescreenings

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

Durham seniorlunches

Senior lunches are offeredevery Monday and Wednes-day at the Durham ActivityCenter, 350 Main St. The El-derly Nutrition program isdesigned to provide nutri-tional meals, at a low cost topersons ages 60 and over andtheir spouses. To cover thecost of the meal, a suggesteddonation is welcomed. Tomake lunch reservations,call Amanda Pedersen, sen-ior cafe manager, at (860)349-3153. Bingo is offeredevery Wednesday at 1 p.m.following the luncheon.

Senior BusThe Durham/Middlefield

Senior Bus is available fortransportation to activitieson Tuesday and Wednesday.There is no fee for this serv-ice. Planned trips include:The Christmas Tree Shopsin Manchester and Orange,Yankee Candle in Deerfield,Mass., IKEA, Mohegan Sun,Foxwoods, Evergreen Walk,WFSB Better Yet Connecti-cut, Stew Leonards, FootPrints, Maritime Aquarium,Mystic Village and theThimble Islands, to name afew. The bus schedule can befound at various establish-ments in Durham, such asthe library, the Durham Ac-tivity Center, Town Hall andonline at www.townof-durhamct.org. Call (860) 347-5661 Monday through Fri-day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to makea reservation.

Dial-A-RideDial-A-Ride provides

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Senior exerciseSenior exercise is offered

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

St. Luke’sEldercare

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The Middlefield SeniorCenter is located in the Mid-dlefield Community Center at405 Main Street. If you haveany questions or would like tosign up for any programs orfor lunch (monthly menuscan be picked up at the seniorcenter or Town Hall) in theSenior Café (serving on Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday),contact Antoinette Astle at(860) 349-7121.

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

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DurhamLibrary

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The Durham Library is adrop-off location for Toys ofHope, which is providing toysto the victims of Sandy.Please leave new, unwrappedtoys for children of any agein the Toys of Hope box in thelibrary hallway.

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cussion (Grades 4 to 6): Sat-urday, Feb. 16, from 12:30-1:30p.m. Bring your lunch;dessert provided. The bookthis month is “Running Outof Time” by Margaret Peter-son Haddix.

LEGO Club (6 to 12 years):Thursdays, Feb. 14, 6:30 -7:30p.m. LEGOs provided, justbring your creativity!

Young Adults:Mardi Gras Masks:

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7-8 p.m.Join in for making your ownMardi Gras mask. All sup-plies provided, ages 10-18,please register.

Teen Knitting Club:Tuesday, Feb. 12, 7-8 p.m. Newmembers always welcome.Bring your own projects orcome and learn how to knit.Needles and yarn available.Ages 10-18, drop in.

Candy Pixel Art: Satur-

day, Feb. 16, 2-3 p.m. UsingSkittles and M&M you willmake pixilated art that youcan eat. Ages 10-18, pleaseregister.

Teen Book Club: Tuesday,Feb. 26, 6:30-7:30 p.m. For themonth of February, read“Delirium” by Lauren Oliver.Grab a copy of the book atthe front desk. Ages 12-18,drop in.

Adults:Mystery Book Discus-

sion: Tuesday, Feb. 19, at7:30 p.m.; “A Beautiful BlueDeath” by Charles Finch willbe discussed. Copies of thebook are available at the Li-brary. All are invited.

Book Lovers’ Circle:Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7:30p.m.; “The Orphan Master’sSon” by Adam Johnson willbe discussed. Copies of thebook are available at the Li-

brary. All are invited.After Life Presentation:

Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m.;Sydney Sherman will dis-cuss her book, “You Are NotAlone.”

Levi E. CoeLibrary

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Hours: Mondays-Thurs-days 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Satur-days 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ClosedFridays.

Holiday closingsThe Levi E. Coe Library is

scheduled to be closed Mon-day, Feb. 18 for PresidentsDay.

Valentine cards - Satur-day, Feb. 9, 20:30 a.m. MakeValentine’s Day cards for

Library Briefsyour family and for theWadsworth Chapter of theDAR for the Veterans Homein Rocky Hill.

Russell LibraryRussell Library, located at

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

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Toni-Lynn Miles, directorof the Middlesex Dance Cen-ter in Middlefield, is sched-uled to appear on Broadway,at the Helen Hayes Theatre,on Sunday, Jan. 27, at thematinee performance, in awalk-on role in the musicalRock of Ages. She will per-form in three scenes of theshow and perform with thecast in the show’s finaleDon’t Stop Believin’.

High schoolorientation

Parents of eighthgraders are invited toCoginchaug RegionalHigh School’s orienta-tion meeting for stu-dents entering in thefall of 2013. A broadoverview of the courseselection process willbe presented, and youwill meet with depart-ment heads. Please planon attending on Thurs-day, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m.,in the CRHS auditori-um. Snow date isThursday, Feb. 14, 2013.

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This year’s other re-cipients are Sen. SteveCassano, Rep. LindaGentile and Rep. CraigMiner.

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John Rinaldi, Jr.John Phillip Rinaldi, Jr.,

68, a long-time resi-dent of Mid-d l e f i e l d ,died unex-p e c t e d l ywhile sur-rounded byhis lovingfamily onJan, 18, 2013. He was born inHartford, and was the son of

the late John and Althea(Morin) Rinaldi, of EastHartford.

John worked for DB Martas a service technician for 30years prior to his retire-ment. He also worked at All-state Conveyor Services.John will be remembered byus mostly for his heart ofgold and willingness to helpanyone at any time and nev-er expecting anything in re-turn, his wonderful sense ofhumor, and million dollar

smile. He loved to dance andentertain. To know him wasto love him. The world hastruly lost one of its best.

He was inseparable andthe beloved husband to hiswife of 45 years, Janet(Schreier) Rinaldi; with twodaughters, Brenda (Rinaldi)Rigano and her husbandJoseph, of Middletown, andElaine (Rinaldi) Diaz andher husband Miguel, of Mid-dlefield. John also has twobrothers, Nicholas Rinaldi

and wife Cheryl, of RockyHill, and Roger Rinaldi andDana Ugbinada, of Middle-town. He enjoyed playingwith his six grandchildren,Gabriella, Brianna, Olivia,and Sofia Rigano, of Middle-town, and Johna and Izabel-la Diaz, of Middlefield. He issurvived by several niecesand nephews.

Services were held Jan.23, 2013 at Middlefield Feder-ated Church. Rev. Dr. Dale H.Azevedo officiated. Burial

Obituarieswill be at the convenience ofthe family.

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Kenton PostKenton Darryl Post, of

Durham, husband of CherylPost, passed away on Jan. 14,2013 at his home. Born inAmityville, Long Island,N.Y., he was the son of thelate William and Harriet(Hackett) Post.

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Along with his parents, hewas predeceased by his sis-ter, Justine DeNicola.

Kent will be forever re-membered for his care andkindness on Midway Farmand to the Grozinsky familyin his giving freely and gen-erously of his God-givenskills, gifts, and talents.

Many thanks to PatriciaCarter, Roseann Marchetti,and Robin, the RN’s who vol-unteered their time givingcomfort and care during histime of great need.

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Wallingford in 1965. Theyfounded Monitor Controls,Inc. where she worked as thebookkeeper and self-pro-claimed social director. Shewas a member of SS Peter &Paul Roman CatholicChurch in Wallingford. Inher spare time Patty enjoyedscrapbooking, crosswordpuzzles, shopping, theocean, and going for Sundayrides with her husband.

It was the simple thingsaround Patty that she nevertook for granted, comment-ing daily how fortunate andthankful she was. Above all,Patty was absolutely devot-ed to her husband, childrenand grandchildren. She al-ways involved herself inevery detail of her family’slives and supported, respect-ed and loved her husbandunconditionally. She was awoman of strong faith, be-lieving in the power andstrength of Jesus Christ’slove and the beauty andpeace that would await herafter her passing.

She will be sadly missed

by her husband and her twochildren, John W. Yusza, IIIand his wife, Kathryn(Lynch), of Middlefield, andDeborah Sokol and her hus-band, Jason, of Durham.Patty’s pride and joy wereher six grandchildren, Emi-ly, John IV, Christopher,Anna, Faith and Nicole, whowere the center of her uni-verse and will deeply misstheir Grammy. Patty willalso be missed by her sister,Barbara Smith and her hus-band, Gary, of Thomaston,Peter Slavinski and his wife,Dawn (Atwater), of Meri-den, Joseph Slavinski andhis wife, Beverly, of MyrtleBeach, S.C., and her sister-in-law, Mary Slavinski(Kruczek). Patty was prede-ceased by her brother, Fran-cis “Butch” Slavinski. Pattywas blessed with severalnieces and nephews whomshe loved dearly and spokeof often, Lori, Lisa, Linda,Kelly, Kate, Joey, Randi andSarah. Besides her immedi-ate family, Patty was ex-tremely close to her cousin,Pam Tanguay, of Seminole,Fla.; and her best friend,Charlotte Czerwonka ofScottsdale, Ariz. Her family

finds peace knowing thatPatty will be with her mom,dad, brother, beloved Trap-per and her grand animalsin Heaven.

Funeral services wereJan. 19, 2013, from TheWallingford Funeral Homefollowed by a Mass of Chris-tian burial at SS. Peter andPaul Church. Interment wasin St. John Cemetery inWallingford. Pallbearerswere John Yusza IV, Christo-pher Sokol, Gary Smith,Paul Tanguay, Jack Fiora,Tanner Pederson and SebMonarca.

Gifts in her memory maybe sent to St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital,501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,TN. 38105, Wallingford Ani-mal Shelter, 5 Pent Road,Wallingford, CT 06492 orSimply Smiles, 1771 PostRoad East, Westport, CT06880.

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