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Volume 19, Number 34 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, December 26, 2014
The John Lyman School in Middlefield will be getting a little more colorful thanks to a grant from the state.
Grade 3 and 4 students will be working with art staff from Wes-leyan University on two murals this year, with more to come. The eventual goal is to involve every grade of the school, John Lyman Principal Thomas Ford explained.
“At Lyman we believe very strongly in the arts and in arts integration,” Ford said.
Ford said he has no idea what the murals will look like, as students will be directing the designs. One mural will be de-signed under the theme of re-
flecting the school’s core values, and the other will be designed as part of the social studies curric-ulum. Students will be involved in every step of the process, which will support the school’s interdisciplinary approach to learning. For example, students will need to measure spaces and draw a to-scale design before the mural is painted. Students will also write on the social studies topic of that mural.
“Every aspect of the curricu-lum will be covered in this proj-ect,” said kindergarten teacher and HOT schools site coordi-nator Sharon Berndt. The prin-cipal said that Berndt was “the catalyst and the spearhead” in obtaining the grant.
Berndt said John Lyman ap-proached Pam Tatge, director
of the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan. Tatge asked her staff if anyone would be interested in the project, and “as it turned out they have a woman named Kate TenEyck whose mother worked here as a teacher and Kate went to the school district here, so there was that great connection and she was thrilled to come to the school where her mom had taught,” Berndt said.
Gov. Dannel Malloy an-nounced Dec. 18 that Middle-field would be receiving $16,080 for the murals as part of a total of $250,000 in arts in education grants for Connecticut schools. Students from John Lyman’s Hello Chorus performed for the governor when the grant was
John Lyman receives $16K for muralsBy Charles KreutzkampTown Times
John Lyman’s Hello Chorus performs for Gov. Dannel Malloy in New Haven.
Coginchaug Regional High School seniors Erin Smith and Christian Alberico were recog-nized by the Board of Education on Dec. 10 as winners of the annual Superintendent Award.
Erin was nominated as an outstanding stu-dent especially dedicated to community ser-vice. Erin’s nomination, which was read by Superintendent of Schools Kathryn Veronesi, praised her ability “to balance her schoolwork, community service, and athletic interest with such ease.”
The long story of Durham’s polluted ground-water that began decades ago with the then-ac-cepted dumping of industrial solvents by two Main Street businesses added another chapter at a public hearing on Dec. 16.
The hearing, attended by approximately 40 members of the public and some 10 town, state and federal representatives in an official capac-ity, was held to discuss a proposed ordinance that would require residents in Durham’s Su-perfund site to convert to public water and abandon their wells.
Anni Loughlin, project manager of the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency, led a discussion on the background of the Superfund site, called “Area A” on maps related to the problem, and made a case for both converting to public wa-
Superintendent Award honors exceptional seniors
Polluted groundwater spurs push for public water
By Mark DionneTown Times
By Mark DionneTown Times
See Award / Page 6
See Water / Page 18
See Murals / Page 4
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VETERANS REMEMBERED
Boy Scout Troop 27 of Durham participated in the Wreaths Across America event on Dec. 13, an annual fundraiser which helps provide wreaths to veteran cemeteries across America. Troop members placed wreaths at the Veterans Cemetery in Middletown to honor the veterans.From left: Christopher Sokol, Shane Phenicie, Assistant Scout Master, Michael Phenicie, Stephen Phenicie, Jacob Fazzino, Matthew Garrett and leader Jason Sokol.
Cat Tales, a nonprofit res-cue, is seeking foster care volunteers to provide tem-porary housing for cats and kittens. Volunteers will pre-pare the cats for adoption
and prevent overcrowding in the shelter. Cat Tales will provide food, supplies, and medications, and all vet care. Volunteers will be respon-sible for daily feeding, play and attention, administering medications, following spe-cial dietary plans, handling the cat into and out of a car-rier, and transporting cats to veterinary appointments. Cat Tales is also in need of feral housing for managed fe-ral colonies. Anyone willing to donate or construct feral housing should contact Cat Tales. For more information: (860) 344-9043 or [email protected].
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Tot Time - MOMS Club of Durham/Middlefield has scheduled Tot Times for Fridays, 10 a.m., at the Mid-dlefield Community Center, 405 Main St. Durham and Middlefield babies, toddlers and children are welcome. No registration required. For more information, email [email protected].
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Murals
announced in New Haven.“This program expands
the way the arts and human-ities are taught in schools and school districts across Connecticut by giving our students access to a learning
environment outside of the traditional academic setting,” Malloy said in a statement.
The murals will be painted on moveable 4-foot by 8-foot panels to give the school flex-ibility to move and preserve them. Each mural will be formed from two panels.
According to Ford, current murals at the school are 25 years old and are in need of sprucing up. “We always had an interest in making a part-nership with Wesleyan Uni-versity, and when this grant came up we knew it was time,” he said.
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John Lyman Hello Chorus members pose with Gov. Dannel Malloy.
Family Centered Ser-vices of CT recently announced the appoint-ment of Susan M. D’Or-villiers as Development Officer. D’Orvilliers, who brings more than 20 years of fund raising, manage-ment and event planning to the position, will be re-sponsible for creating and sustaining an ongoing de-velopment program.
D’Orvilliers most re-cently served as the Chairman of the Ameri-can Diabetes TourdeCure in CT where she was re-sponsible for the implan-tation and coordination of the statewide initiative to raise $150,000 to support research, advocacy and education in the fight to find a cure for diabetes. Prior to that she worked
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Thinking about retiring early? Answer these questions firstWhile many retirees have
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Award
Erin’s volunteer work in-cludes working for three years for an urban outreach program in the Hartford Area. In the summer, Erin has volunteered locally at Mid-dlefield’s John Nerden RTC Camp for children and adults with special needs.
At CRHS, Erin is co-pres-ident of CRHS’ Best Buds group, a member of the Na-tional Honor Society and French Honor Society, and has played varsity tennis for three years.
Veronesi said, “Her kind-ness and dedication to her peers and community have sparked her interest in pur-suing a career in social work. Erin is an all around role model, which makes her the perfect choice for this year’s award.”
Reading Christian’s nom-ination to the board, Vero-nesi said, “His dedication as an athlete is quite evident in the many honors and awards that he has received,” includ-ing Shoreline Runner of the Year.
Appropriately enough, Christian missed the BOE’s recognition because he was at a track competition.
A winner of numerous cross country titles, Chris-tian won the MVP award for cross country two nights earlier. In announcing that award, Kris Nystrom joked, “Let’s try to pretend this one is a surprise.”
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Christian plans to run in college and pursue a career in international business. “His exceptional abilities and being the talented young man he is make him a perfect choice for this award,” Vero-nesi said.
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Board of Education Chair Kerrie Flanagan and Superintendent of Schools Kathryn Veronesi recognized senior Erin Smith with the Superintendent Award on Dec. 10.
| Mark Dionne / Town Times
Two nights before being recognized for the Superintendent Award, senior Christian Alberico accepted the boys cross country MVP honor. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
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With Santa Claus at the recent senior holiday party at the Durham Activity Center, from left: Sherry Hill, Amanda Pedersen, Lainy Melvin, Santa, Laura Francis, and John Szewczyk.
A group of Regional School District 13 students directed by music teacher Michael Meurs had the honor of per-forming with Grammy-win-ning musicians at John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts at Southern Connecti-cut State University on Dec. 6. The choral group sang an a cappella rendition of “Ru-
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I’m loud. So many people have told me that, and for so long, that I am beginning to think it’s not just a rumor. My animated conversations had the girls in my col-lege dorm banging on the pipes as a signal to please quiet down. When I’m on a plane, people from several rows away will swivel their heads around to see where that noise is coming from. On one flight a woman sit-ting behind me tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to lower my voice. On a plane, with a noisy engine! Lunch with a friend will of-ten see that friend shushing me when the conversation turns to personal matters, lest the entire restaurant will hear (They will). One time after a movie that I thought was hilarious, the women in front of me said they could tell that I thor-
oughly enjoyed myself; I knew they were talking about my raucous laughter. And people who are hard of hearing, aren’t when they are around me. They can hear me just fine without their hearing aids. A very kind friend tells me that I am a “big package person,” and it’s just that not every-one can accept such a large delivery. I like that.
So imagine my utter delight when I was re-cently having lunch with two friends, and a man in the booth next to us, upon getting up to leave, said he could tell we were having a wonderful time, and that he enjoyed listening to me. Of course, he singled me out! And he reiterated nearly the entire conversation to us, which I thought was funny
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State Rep. Noreen Koko-ruda (R-101) and State Rep. Vincent Candelora (R-86) will each serve on four com-mittees during the 2015 legis-lative session.
Kokoruda has been as-signed to the legislature’s committees on Education, Aging and Appropriations. Candelora has been assigned to the legislature’s commit-tees on Finance, Revenue and Bonding; Public Health, Reg-ulation Review and Judiciary. Both representatives will be-gin their two-year term on Jan. 7.
Kokoruda was appointed to House Republican Caucus Chairman by House Republi-can Leader Themis Klarides and Candelora was re-elected to his leadership position as Deputy Republican Leader.
Veteran legislators Koko-ruda and Candelora are
grateful for the opportu-nity to again serve the resi-dents of Durham, Madison, North Branford, Guilford and Wallingford.
Gov. Dannel Malloy an-nounced a recent projected budget deficit of $44.8 million for the fiscal year 2015. Tack-ling the budget problems will begin next month. The legis-lature’s Finance Committee handles the revenue side of the budget, with jurisdiction over all matters related to fi-nance, capital bonding, fees and taxation.
Among matters under the legislature’s Appropriations Committee umbrella are the budgets of state agen-cies, matters relating to state employees’ salaries, bene-fits and retirement, teach-ers’ retirement and veterans’ pensions and collective bar-gaining agreements and ar-
bitration awards for all state employees.
The Judiciary Committee are courts, judicial proce-dures, criminal law, judicial appointments, and probate as well as matters related to the Boards of Pardons and Paroles, the Judicial Depart-ment, and the Department of Correction.
The Education Committee has cognizance of all matters relating to the Department of Education; local and regional boards of education and the substantive law of collective bargaining covering teachers and professional employees of such boards; vocational re-habilitation; the Commission on the Arts; and libraries, mu-seums and historical and cul-tural associations.
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Local politicians assigned to committees
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The InterviewThe recent news that Sony
Pictures had canceled the theatrical release of The Interview due to alleged
threats from North Korea has stirred worldwide debate. Did the film stu-dio make the right choice? Is Sony actu-ally protect-ing viewers? Or is the stu-
dio simply inviting outside forces to dictate how Ameri-cans express themselves?
The slippery slope is easy to see. Another film, Pyongyang, which was to be directed by Pirates of the Caribbean’s Gore Verbinski and star Steve Carell, has al-ready been canceled by New Regency. The film was based
on a graphic novel and fol-lows the story of a westerner living in North Korea. The film was to begin shooting in March 2015. Our creative voice is being squashed out of fear.
It is a shame. Not be-cause The Interview was going to be an amazing, ground-breaking film. Nope. Not because The Interview was going to inspire some random audience member to go to North Korea to try to assassinate Kim Jung-un. Puh-lease. From all appear-ances, The Interview is a ridiculous tongue-in-cheek spoof with no semblance to reality. It is meant as a com-edy! President Obama alone is mocked constantly by the media, but I do not see him shutting down television
programs and threatening harm to others over their critical commentary. Whew, Saturday Night Live!
American free speech needs to be just that, free. If we cower now, what comes next? More limitations to what movies we can see? Books? Music? The hack-ing scandal is a frightening precedent. Now that North Korea has hacked an Amer-ican film studio, what else will they try to hack? Are cyber attacks going to risk our American freedoms as a whole? I sure hope not. It is time to step up our cyber security.
Hunger Games: Mock-ingjay Part 1
It is not as if other films have not evoked, or even poked fun at, political agen-das. Even now The Hunger
Political agendas in The Interview and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
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– cue the raucous laughter. I said I know I’m loud and he said he is, too, and we would get along just great. I should make sure I sit next to him on planes.
But here’s the best part of that encounter, and the memory of which will live in me for a long time to come. After telling us he was 86 (he looked 20 years younger), he introduced us to his 88-year-old wife, whom he married 64 years
ago. 64 years! Can you imagine the stories they have to tell? The first time he laid eyes on her, he told us, he walked up to her and asked her to marry him. “I don’t even know you,” she replied. “It took me two years of hard work,” he said, “but I finally got her to say yes.”
As they stood before us, holding hands and smiling, their love for each seemed palpable. It felt like the “I would walk through fire for you, with not so much
as a second thought” kind of love that lights you up from the inside out and also lights up the people around you, and I was grateful to have stumbled upon it. Even now I keep seeing the be-atific expressions on their faces as they talked about their long life together.
So on that day I was happy to be a “big package person,” because it allowed me to meet another “big package person” who re-minded me that a life well-loved is a life well-lived.
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Committees
mittee has cognizance of all programs and matters relat-ing to the Department of Pub-lic Health; the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Developmental Services; the Office of Health Care Ac-cess; and all other matters relating to health, including emergency medical services, all licensing boards within the Department of Public Health, nursing homes, pure food and drugs, and con-
trolled substances, including the treatment of substance abuse.
The Aging Committee has cognizance of all matters re-lating to senior citizens.
The legislature’s Regu-lations Review committee examines the regulations coming out of Washington D.C. that apply to state agen-cies. However, the prime re-sponsibility of the committee is to make sure the state regu-lations that are written match the legislative intent.
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Movies
Games: Mockingjay Part I remains at the top of the American box office. The first in the two-part finale is ripe with themes of media’s power play. The rebels must use careful advertising cam-paigns to convince the Dis-trict citizens to fight against the Capitol. Is it truth? Is it manipulation? Is it propa-ganda? Though Panem is a fictitious place, many people have twisted those themes to meet their own ends.
Students in Thailand who have used The Hunger Games three finger salute have been arrested when they have protested against the current leadership there. Thailand now bans the sa-lute. Some Thai theaters even banned screenings of the film altogether.
Katniss Everdeen stands as a symbol in the film and to many in real life who feel that they are persecuted by their leaders. Her rise to power may inspire people to rise up against injustices, but the film is only meant to entertain. It is not a call to protest in Thailand or any country. It is a young adult novel that happens to have been brought to the silver screen. That is it. It becomes what you make of it. Banning it only brings more attention to its political themes and makes an issue out of some-thing that did not exist.
Sadly, Mockingjay Part I did not live up to the stan-dards of Suzanne Collins’ final book in The Hunger Games trilogy. The story is entertaining but never
reaches any satisfying cli-max. There was no believ-able chemistry or tension with either Gale or Peeta. Instead the film feels like one giant plateau, a pro-longed trailer to the real action that will take place in Part 2. It would have been far more satisfying to watch Katniss’ evolution with the energy and drive the full Mockingjay story is meant to embody. Even if the film ran long, it would have been a more fitting and exciting ending to the franchise.
It seems that Ameri-can movies anger foreign countries, but that does not mean that Americans of an appropriate age should not have access to them. Films may be banned in different countries. That is for the in-dividual country to decide, though I would argue that banning creative work in any form is unnecessary censor-ship. Even in our own coun-try, certain books had been banned from schools. Mark Twain? John Steinbeck? Vol-taire? Really?!! We’ll save those debates for another day.
Censoring our own ac-cess to creative works is one thing and a bad one at that. It is another thing altogether to restrict another coun-try’s access to art and free speech. Who is North Korea or any foreign country or any person to tell us how we should entertain ourselves? To tell us how to write our political satire? They may not find it humorous but their bullying tactics are even less funny. They are outright terrorizing.
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SEASON OF GIVING
The Middletown Rotary Club presents donations to the Human Services Departments of Middlefield ($445) and Durham ($85) from proceeds of its annual Liberty Bank/Rotary Club Thanksgiving Dinner Drive. The club raised a total of $10,829 and received matching funds of $2,707 from the Liberty Bank Foundation, for a total of $13,536. Other recipients included the Middletown Community Thanksgiving Project, St. Vincent DePaul Middletown, Cromwell Human Services, and the Portland Food Bank. From left: Middletown Rotary President Trish Witzy-Lambert; Joan Lombardo, director of Middlefield Human Services; Amanda Pedersen, director of Durham Human Services; and Sue Murphy, executive director of the Liberty Bank Foundation and a member of Middletown Rotary Club.
Durham Recreation has started its third successful year with a growing number of peo-ple playing or learning how to play bridge at the Durham-Middlefield community center every Friday at 6:15 p.m. Classes can adapt to any person’s needs or concerns. Call Jim Martinelli at (860) 346-6611.
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StateLawmakers voice support to cap electric bill fee
HARTFORD (AP) — A group of Connecticut lawmakers say they sup-port a proposal that would cap fixed residential charges imposed by the state’s largest electric utilities.
Monday’s announcement comes af-ter state regulators said Connecticut Light & Power could increase the cur-rent $16 a month charge to $19.25. The company originally sought a $25.50 charge, saying the money was needed to cover significant expenses.
The bill under consideration would cap future fees at $10. Proponents con-tend higher fixed costs discourage al-ternative energy usage.
Rep. Lonnie Reed, co-chairman of the legislature’s energy committee, said she hopes the bill encourages CL&P and United Illuminating to work with lawmakers on a compromise.
CL&P spokesman Mitch Gross said capping the fixed rate would nega-tively affect the utility’s ability to per-form upgrades and would ultimately
increase variable rates.
Irate customers confront Frontier over service
NEW BRITAIN (AP) — Fron-tier Communications officials have told utility regulators in Connecticut that they underestimated the need for more trained customer service em-ployees after they took over AT&T’s phone, Internet and UVerse networks in October.
Kathleen Abernathy, executive vice president of regulatory and govern-ment affairs for the Stamford-based company, told the Public Utilities Reg-ulatory Authority on Monday that les-sons have been learned and Frontier still has work to do.
Customers unhappy with poor ser-vice addressed their complaints to Frontier representatives. Some com-plained about outages, lengthy wait times to contact customer service and appointments missed by technicians. The company acknowledged that per-haps as many as 10,000 customers had
trouble with one of its services.Some customers praised Frontier
and William Henderson, president of Communications Workers of America union local, said Frontier did an out-standing job switching from AT&T.
Connecticut offers $50,000 reward in 2009 homicide
HARTFORD (AP) — The state of Connecticut is offering a $50,000 re-ward for help with the investigation of a 2009 shooting that left a man dead in Hartford.
Thirty-eight-year-old Timothy Coleman was shot multiple times on Sept. 2, 2009.
On Tuesday, the state announced the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the homi-cide. It was authorized by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy at the request of State’s At-torney Gail Hardy.
Hartford police have not developed enough information to make an arrest, and investigators believe the reward could help resolve the case.
Government Meetings
Durham(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held at the Durham Library. Check the town website at www.town-ofdurhamct.org for updates.)Tuesday, Dec. 30Ethic’s Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6Compensation Review/Personnel Policy Board, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 7Planning & Zoning, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 12Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Inland/Wetlands, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 14Board of Wetlands, Memorial School, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 15Water Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 20
Town Hall, 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 21Planning & Zoning, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 20Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 28Senior Citizen Board, Durham Activity Center, 1 p.m.Board of Education, Korn Ele-mentary School, 7:30 p.m.
MiddlefieldMonday, Jan. 5Board of Selectmen, Middlefield Community Center, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 7WPCA, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 14Board of Education, Memorial School, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 27Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 28Board of Education, Korn School, 7:30 p.m.
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50+ Travel: Tips on choosing the perfect tour or cruiseFor many baby boomers,
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Organized tours and cruises are among the top choices for vacation among boomers, and the good news is that there are hundreds of options to choose from with both. Clay Buckley, vice president, lifestyle, at AARP Services, Inc., a taxable sub-sidiary of AARP, says boom-ers should consider many factors when deciding on the perfect trip.
“Some travelers over 50 may prefer a relaxing itiner-ary among people their own age, while others want to be on the go with people of all ages,” says Buckley. “Luckily, the options in cruises and tours are vast enough to suit any style, budget and need.”
Buckley recommends boomer travelers consider the following when planning a cruise or tour:
• Trip activity level: Trav-elers should determine ob-jectives for their trips. Is it to rest and relax? Learn? Enjoy lots of activities? Tours and cruises often have themes and all have set itineraries, so it’s important to know what to expect before you go.
• Dest inat ion: Some cruises and tours head for far-reaching places and lit-tle-known ports of call, while others stick to more mainstream destinations. Others combine the two. Travelers should consider the appeal of all legs of their trip. Some also like to take trips that enable them to add on other destinations or more days to the end or be-ginning of the trip.
• Timing and budget: Prices for tours and cruises may be lower in off seasons such as spring and fall, and may also help travelers avoid weather extremes. Also, sin-
gle travelers should be aware that some trips charge for lodging based on double oc-cupancy. In addition, the cost to get to and from the
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• Physical limitations: Travelers with physical lim-itations or special medical needs should assess their ability to engage in the trip itinerary. They should also check whether medical care is readily available or acces-sible while on the trip.
• Discounts: Vacationers should remember they can save on their trip by seek-ing out available discounts. For example, from cruises to rental cars, a variety of travel discounts are available to AARP members.
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SchoolsMIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
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Kindergarten registrationDurham and Middlefield
children who will be five (5) years old, on or before Jan 1, 2016, must be registered to attend kindergarten in Sep-tember 2015 or apply for a waiver of attendance. In Re-gional District 13, children may attend kindergarten in either the Contemporary Program or the Integrated Day Program. Parents need to choose the program for their child prior to kinder-garten registration.
The Contemporary Pro-gram serves children in grades K-4 and is housed at Brewster School for grades K-2 and at Korn School for grades 3 and 4. The Inte-
grated Day program serves students in grades K-4 at John Lyman School. While the two programs share many similarities, they also have differences that must be con-sidered when deciding which program is best.
Parents are urged to visit all three schools and to ob-serve at least one classroom at every grade level. Parental visits may be scheduled Jan. 7 through Jan. 30. Appoint-ments may be made by call-ing Lyman School at (860) 349-7240 to visit the Inte-grated Day Program. To visit the Contemporary Program, call Brewster School at (860) 349-7227 and Korn School at
(860) 349-7210.Decisions about which pro-
gram to register their child must be made by Feb. 1, ac-cording to Regional District 13 Board of Education policy. Children not registered in a specific program by that date may not be able to attend the program chosen by parents. Scheduling an appointment for kindergarten registration confirms program choice.
Kindergarten registra-tion for the 2015-2016 school year is scheduled for Tues-day, Feb. 3 through Thursday, Feb. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with hours extended to 6 p.m. on one evening. Once the reg-istration appointment has
been made, the school will send a registration informa-tion packet that includes a residency form and question-naire, a student information/emergency form, a school entry health questionnaire and a parent questionnaire, which should be completed and brought to registration along with a copy of the
child’s birth certificate. Chil-dren should attend the reg-istration appointment with you.
Parents of an eligible kin-dergarten child who wish to hold his/her child out of school for another year must sign a form at the Of-fice of the Superintendent of Schools.
The Independent Day School has scheduled a Home School Enrichment Program to supplement the home school families’ curriculum.
The goal of The Indepen-dent Day School’s Home Enrichment Program is to deepen the experience of home schooling fami-lies with mixed age classes (Grades 1 through 5) pro-vided by the skilled, pro-fessional and caring school faculty to include Spanish, technology, theater, music, art, science, design think-ing and physical education. The Monday and Thurs-day morning offering will provide a snapshot of the enriching programs pro-vided to our own students. Classes are hands-on, expe-riential and fun.
The Home School Enrich-ment program is planned for Jan. 22 through March 19 (no classes the week of Feb. 16), from 8:15 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
For more information, visit www.independentday-school.org.
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The Middletown Rotary Club recognized Andrew Conway, of Durham, as Student of the Month for December. Conway is a technology of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning student at Vinal Technical High School. He is active in a variety of school clubs as well as serving as vice president of the Diversity Club, President of National Honor Society, and recently was elected treasurer of Skills USA. Conway is also a member of the rifle team, Explorer at the Durham Volunteer Fire House and volunteers at the Durham Fairgrounds. From left: Middletown Rotary Club President Trish Witzky-Lambert, Andrew Conway and Middletown Rotarian Joseph Marino.
Senior Happenings
Durham Senior Board activities
Monday, Dec. 29Senior Hot Lunch, noon, at
the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St., for ages 60 and over with spouses. A donation is welcome.
For reservations, call Amanda Pedersen at (860) 349-3153. Dial-A-Ride is avail-able for transportation, call Albert at (860) 347-3313.
Tuesday, Dec. 30Durham/Middlefield Bus
elderly and Senior Bus Trip - Yankee Candle and Kris Krin-gle Candle, Deerfield, Mass. Pickups are scheduled at United Churches and Mauro Meadows with times deter-mined by the driver.
For more information and reservations, call St. Luke’s Transportation at (860) 347-5661.
Wednesday, Dec. 31The Durham Activity Cen-
ter is scheduled to be closed Wednesday, Dec. 31.
Art courseThe Durham Senior Citi-
zens Board has scheduled an art course in colored pencil techniques for seniors and adults. Local artist, Aleta Gu-delski, is scheduled to teach the class. Classes are sched-uled for Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Durham Activity Center, for five weeks, begin-ning Jan. 9 to Feb. 6. A fee is charged.
For more information, call Sherry Hill at (860) 343-6724 or (860) 788-3337.
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For more information, call Joan at (860) 349-7121.
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Levi E. Coe Library
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Volunteers are needed for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to help low-to moderate-income households prepare and file their taxes to ensure they get back the money they have earned.
VITA is a national pro-gram of the IRS, and vol-unteers are trained and certif ied to ensure that working families and indi-viduals are filing for all of the appropriate tax credits. The program also helps peo-ple avoid costly fees associ-ated with tax preparation and rapid refund loans.
The program is looking for volunteers for two VITA sites located in downtown Middletown to provide free tax preparation assistance for eligible taxpayers. Tax preparation assistance is of-fered Jan. 24–April 11, 2015
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All-conference players Kim Romanoff and Morgan Kuehnle are gone, along with starter Caryn Sibiskie, and substitutes Alison Luther, Katelyn Williams, Olivia Cora-zzini, and Sydney Trusty, all of whom were lost to graduation.
This figures to be a rebuild-ing year for the Lady Blue Devils.
That lack of experience manifested itself on Dec. 10, as the Devils traveled to face the Cromwell Panthers and suf-fered a resounding 54-27 defeat at the hands of the defending Shoreline Conference champs.
Coginchaug scored only seven points in the first half, and it wasn’t until two minutes into the second half that Lar-issa Cade finally broke double
digits for the visitors, scoring her tenth and eleventh points on a rebound put-back.
After trailing by a 31-7 score at the half, the Devils managed to keep the remaining quarters close, as they were outscored by one in both the third and fourth period.
The bright lights for Cogin-chaug were Naomi Rinaldo, with 12 points and eight re-bounds, and Cade, with 11 points and three boards. Mi-kayla Wyskiel grabbed five re-bounds and scored two, and Audrey Arcari scored two. Bridget Turecek pulled in four rebounds, and Alana Beckert scored one point.
On Dec. 12, the Devils trav-eled to Bethel for a non-confer-ence game with the Wildcats. Unfortunately, this resulted in another loss for the Blue Dev-
ils as they fell, 44-30.Coginchaug kept the game
close for much of the way, trailing by only one point (18-17) at the half. Despite falling behind by 10 after three quar-ters (32-22), they pulled back to within five points with just a few minutes to go. Yet they could not put the ball in the basket down the stretch, and ultimately lost by 14.
Making baskets was a prob-lem throughout the game, ac-cording to first-year coach Christopher Watson, as they shot only 12 percent from the field, and were 11-of-23 from the charity stripe. Cade led the Devils with 13 points, in-cluding nine points on three shots from beyond the three-point arc.
Coginchaug is 0-2, 0-1 in conference play.
New-look Lady Devils struggling earlyBy Alan Pease
I hope Santa is good to you this holiday, but I guess the old elf isn’t in charge of New En-gland weather.
While we received rain this past weekend, Minne-sota picked up two feet of new powder.
So far this season Odin does not favor the east.
I was in Vermont last week to spend some time with the UConn ski team at Okemo Mountain. The racers were training hard and getting in a lot of gates on good firm snow under a gray sky.
While the snow hasn’t fallen hard here in Connecti-cut, there is good, deep, ma-chine-made cover on Eastern ski mountains.
“We have a very talented group of freshmen joining last season’s very successful team and are looking forward to another championship run,” UConn coach Larry Gianatti said.
Joining Cheshire’s Kelsie Carlette, now in her second season at UConn, and co-cap-tain Macenzie Ingenito, a se-nior, are freshmen Samantha Feinberg from Greenwich, Ra-chael Lafebvre (Gunstock, New
The calm before the collegiate storm
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Members of the UConn ski team practiced at Okemo Mountain in Vermont recently to ready themselves for what’s sure to be an eventful season. | Dave Mongillo / For Town Times
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The UConn men’s team has two newcomers joining the group. Luke Gatti and Roger Hueglin, from Wilton, are joining last season’s fourth place finishers in the National Championships.
“Both the men’s and wom-en’s teams are young, but ex-perienced racers,” Gianatti said. “The new athletes have all been racing for several sea-sons, and were members of their high school ski teams last season. They are training well and are encouraging each other to go faster.”
“We’ll be training at Okemo until we go home for the hol-idays,” said Gianatti. “Then we’ll be back here for the open-ing race on Jan. 8.”
“Our goal for the season is to qualify for the Nationals,” said Carlette, speaking on be-half of the women’s team. “We missed making the cut by less than one second last season, and we won’t let that happen again.”
Carlette was injured in the last race of the regular season in 2014, and has spent the en-tire off-season rehabbing and trying to get stronger before the snow falls. “I’m ready to go,” she said, “and I want to win the opening slalom to show the other teams we are stronger than last year.”
Gianatti expects good things from his racers in 2015, but we’ll have to wait until the end of February to see if the UConn ski team will end the season as the big dogs on the mountain.
Enjoy the rest of the holiday season, get in some good runs, be careful, safe and happy.
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The Middlefield Scarlet O’Hatter’s visited the governor’s residence recently. Back row, from left: Naomi Klotsko, Gov. Dan Malloy, Bonnie Olesen, Millie Simonzi, Netta O’Connor. Front row: Carol Carta, Georgene Smith, Donitta Griffith, Venessa Schmaltz.
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ter and abandoning wells in the area.
The Superfund site roughly consists of the Main Street and Maple Avenue properties between Talcott Lane to the north and the Town Green to the south.
This area ’s pol luted groundwater, called a plume, and first discovered as pol-luted in 1982 and declared a Superfund site shortly there-after, makes Area A “one of the worst sites that we’ve ever seen in the state of Con-necticut,” according to Pat Bowe of Connecticut’s De-partment of Energy & Envi-ronmental Protection.
Within Area A, 50 wells currently use filters as a cor-rective device and 10 of those properties also use bottle wa-ter because of an additional detected contaminant called 1,4-Dioxane. An additional 17 wells are regularly monitored either because of their prox-
imity to the plume or because of past detected pollutants. There are approximately 110 wells in Area A.
The plume is not dissipat-ing and, according to health officials, may be getting more dangerous as the volatile or-ganic compounds (VOCs) such as Trichloroethylene (TCE) break down.
Loughlin said, “It’s not pos-sible for us to clean up this groundwater and, despite the fact that these companies have not disposed of any of these solvents into the land for many years, the plume is just as robust as it was ... and in fact it has spread a lit-tle bit.”
To address this problem, the EPA plans to pipe public drinking water from south-ern Middletown into central Durham. Residents do not have to pay for hook-up and well abandonment, but do have to pay for water usage once they are on the public system.
“We’re looking for a more long term solution,” said Loughlin. “We feel that this problem is going to get worse before it gets better.”
At the last public hearing to discuss this plan, in June of 2013, EPA and CT DEEP officials said that residents could refuse public water. Residents were warned at the last hearing that by refus-ing the public water remedy they would give up all bene-fits provided, such as filtered and bottled water, monitoring and testing, and free hook-up to public water.
If passed, the ordinance would now make the public water mandatory in the area. According to the proposed ordinance, “no groundwater shall be extracted, consumed or utilized from the ground at that property” located in what it calls the Groundwa-ter Management Zone, which is Area A. Violating the ordi-nances carries a $250 fine per day.
According to Loughlin and other officials, abandoning the wells in the area is the best method to prevent both cross-contamination from a property hooked up to both a private well and the pub-lic system and future use by a different owner.
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Anni Loughlin of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency detailed the history of Durham’s Superfind site and the plan for a public water remedy. The Superfund site is outlined on the map of Durham in the background. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
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Cost estimates for the proj-ect have also changed. What was projected a few years ago as a $10 million project was estimated most recently as a $20 million project. The EPA funds 90 percent of the cost with Connecticut responsible for the remaining 10 percent.
The change to mandatory public water in Area A and the increase in the cost of the project caused some negative comments at the hearing.
Two wells not covered by the ordinance also caused concern and confusion at the hearing.
In addition to an agricul-tural exemption, the pro-posed ordinance exempts Durham Manufacturing, one of the companies respon-sible for the original pollu-tion, and allows the company to continue using a well for industrial, non-potable, use. Loughlin admitted this was a difficult decision for the EPA and said it was made in part because of the unknown impact of disposing a large quantity of piped in water into the ground.
Jing Chen of the CT DEEP clarified that Durham Manu-facturing could continue to use its private well for indus-trial purposes but the water then had to be trucked away and its disposal controlled off-site.
Wells used to provide water to the Durham Fair-grounds also drew a lot of attention. Although they are outside of the region cov-ered by the proposed ordi-nance, the fairground wells are in the inferred path of the plume as it spreads. A large map displayed at the hearing projected the contaminated water spreading to the south-west of central Durham.
“We think that because the fairground wells are be-ing used constantly now, that they may be drawing contam-ination in that area, and this concerns us greatly,” said Loughlin.
The Durham Fairground wells, which are currently not contaminated, are on town property and the town also has an agreement to provide potable water free to the fair.
“This is a fairly new part of this project,” Durham First
Selectman Laura Francis said at the hearing. “To be frank with you, we’ve only been talking about this part of the solution for the past two months. All of those details aren’t ironed out yet ... The good news is when this proj-ect was sized, it was designed to address that if necessary.”
The design of the public water system will make it possible to add certain other areas of Durham that also have bad water.
The next Durham Board of Selectmen meeting is sched-uled for Jan. 12 and Francis told the audience that they would discuss the ordinance over the next BOS meetings and schedule a town meet-ing for a vote when they felt comfortable with the issues and questions.
Loughlin said that the proj-ect would take two years of construction and put 2018 as the most optimistic starting date for water service.
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Town Times11 Crown Street
Meriden, CT(203) 317-2313
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Midstate Tractor562 So. Main St.Middletown, CT(860) 347-2531
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AM. Salesperson:825 Tag Line:DON'T DRINK & DRIVE Color Info:FULL 1270199 - Composite
59492R
Drinking and Driving: A Disaster Waiting to HappenWhen you head out to celebrate this New Year’s Eve, use your head.If you plan to drink alcohol, you can avoid a disaster by appointing
a designated driver, calling a cab or using public transportation.
Durham AutoCenter
428 Main StreetDurham, CT
(860) 349-2273
Glazer DentalAssociates
16 Main Street,Suite 303
Durham, CT(860) 349-3368
Perma Treat74 Airline Drive
Durham, CT(860) 349-1133
Micheli’s UnisexSalon and Middlefield
Barber Shop193 Strickland Road
Middlefield, CT(860) 349-8220
DurhamHealthmartPharmacy
321 Main StreetDurham, CT
(860) 349-3478
Wild Wisteria354 Main Street
Durham, CT(860) 349-1550
Lino’s Market472 Main Street
Durham, CT(860) 349-1717
Town Times11 Crown Street
Meriden, CT(203) 317-2313
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(860) 349-5335
Midstate Tractor562 So. Main St.Middletown, CT(860) 347-2531
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