12-25-2009TownTimes

Volume 16, Issue 37 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall Friday, December 25, 2009

Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative ArtsStarts on page 9. Enjoy!

In this issue ...Calendar............................4Creative Arts...............9 -19Town Briefs ..............5 & 19Sports ........................20 - 24

Top left, BrewsterSchool loves ginger-bread! These are justseveral of the ginger-bread houses on displayat the school. Abovecenter, Elizabeth Carrollchatted with Santa dur-ing the Giving Tree pro-gram and holiday openhouse at the Levi Coe Li-brary in Middlefield.Above, also part of thefestivities, Elizabeth’sbrother, Ben, decoratedone of the gingerbreadmen donated by Kim’sCottage Confections inDurham.

Left, Middlefield Li-ons president BobLaptik presented amost welcome gifton Dec. 21 to Middle-field Senior ServicesDirector AntoinetteAstle. Two checks –$1,000 for the foodbank and $500 forthe fuel bank – weregiven by the Lions tothe town. “It’s some-thing we try and doevery year in thespirit of giving,” Laptik commented. “We’ve had a pretty good year, sowe wanted to give back, especially locally and especially to people inneed,” he said. Above, Astle received another gracious check fromGuidance counselor Beth Galligan and Coginchaug students, from left,Jack Bascom, Jaclyn Caturano, Alyssa Marone and Eddy Ruddy for$1,145 collected by volunteers during Community Roundup on Dec. 5.The other half of the money collected went to Durham.

Celebrating theseason: time for fun,family and giving

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Flu shot clinicThe next H1N1 flu clinic

sponsored by Mass Dispens-ing Area 36 (MDA 36) isscheduled for Wednesday,Dec. 30, from noon to 6 p.m.at the Fox Parish Center, St.Francis of Assisi Church, 10Elm Street in Middletown.The clinic is free of charge;however shots will be givenout by appointment.

People who have a severeallergy to eggs or are run-ning a fever should not re-ceive the vaccine. The H1N1vaccine is not effectiveagainst seasonal influenza.

More H1N1 flu clinics areexpected to be scheduled andare sponsored by MDA 36, in-cluding Middletown,Cromwell, Durham, Haddamand Middlefield.

For more information orto schedule an appointment,call 860 344-3474. To pre-regis-ter on-line go to: www.city-

ofmiddletown.com, thenclick on “H1N1 (Swine Flu)Tips and Free Clinic Infor-mation.”

WadsworthMansion NewYear’s DayOpen House

The 11th annual NewYear’s Day Open House atthe Wadsworth Mansion willfeature horse-drawn car-riage rides provided byCedar Knoll Farms and mu-sic by Amy Gallatin andStillwaters. Weather permit-ting, there will be guidedwalks on the grounds of the1908 estate. The Open Houseis from 1 to 4 p.m. atWadsworth Mansion,421Wadsworth St. in Middle-town. All activities are free.

The magnificent groundswere planted by Colonel

Clarence Wadsworth on landthat was traversed by indige-nous people and later clearedfor pasture, orchards andfarming by the early settlers.The renowned OlmstedBrothers and Charles W.Leavitt contributed to thelandscape design that is for-mal and classical near themansion with managedforests and pastures on theremainder of the estate. Thepalatial gilded-age mansionwill be open for tours, lightrefreshments and music.

Amy Gallatin and Stillwa-ters have taken the stage atsome of the most prestigiousvenues in the U.S., Canada,Mexico, and Europe. Their2009 tour of the Netherlands,

Germany, Czech Republic,Switzerland and Denmarkdrew enthusiastic crowds offans. They have twice hadthe honor of representing theUnited States as the featuredperformers at the EuropeanWorld of Bluegrass conven-tion in the Netherlands.

Amy Gallatin leads thegroup on vocals and guitar.She is backed by RogerWilliams on resophone,John Urbanik on acousticbass, and J.D.Williams onmandolin and guitar

The Open House is an ac-tivity of the Friends of LongHill Estate, whose mission isto promote the use of the es-tate as a public and commu-nity resource. For informa-tion on the event, visitwww.wadsworthmansion.comor call 860- 347-1064.

MILE: ForAdults 50+

All adults aged 50+ are in-vited to expand their horizonswith classes at MILE (Middle-sex Institute for Lifelong Edu-cation) during the winter ses-sion. Daytime mini-classeswill be held at Middlesex Com-

munity College (MxCC), 100Training Hill Road in Middle-town, from Jan. 11th throughFeb. 12th. Several sessions willbe devoted to the Civil War. Aspecial presentation on Thurs-day, Jan.14, will be given byHoward Wright taking the roleof Abraham Lincoln. This willbe followed by two classes onthe history of the Civil Warpresented by Dr. Richard Judd,past president of CCSU.

There will be five meetingson meditative exercise in-cluding Tai Chi and Chi Kung(Qi Gong). Gerald Kelly willexplain historical Jesus inthree sessions. In addition toa week of computer classes,there will be presentations onElder Law, piracy, civilrights, art and more. The for-eign policy discussion groupGreat Decisions will be meet-ing for four sessions as well.

Orientation for the winterterm will be held on Jan. 5(snow date Jan. 6) at MxCC inChapman Hall. Refreshmentswill be served at 12:45 p.m.with brief summaries of thecourses beginning at 1 p.m.All are welcome to come andlearn about the interestingvariety of classes offered forthe winter.

For more information or toreceive a brochure, call (860)343-5863 or check online atwww.mileonline.org.

NASCAR’s JoeyLogano atchamberbreakfast

The Middlesex CountyChamber of Commerce mem-ber breakfast will featureNASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesDriver and Middletown na-tive Joey Logano on Monday,Jan. 11, at the Crowne PlazaCromwell hotel. The break-fast is sponsored by WebsterBank.

The breakfast will be heldfrom 7:45 to 9 a.m. Tickets are$19 for Chamber membersand $29 for non-members. Formore information, or to makeyour reservation, call theChamber at 860 347-6924.

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Parents of children livingin Durham and Middlefieldwho will be five (5) years oldon or before Jan. 1, 2011 mustregister them to attendkindergarten in September2010 or apply for a waiver ofattendance. In Regional Dis-trict #13, children may attendkindergarten in either theContemporary Program orthe Integrated Day Program.Parents need to choose the ap-propriate program for theirchild prior to kindergartenregistration. School visitsand information available atthe schools will assist parentsin making their choice.

The Contemporary Pro-gram serves children ingrades K-4 and is housed atBrewster School for grades K-2 and at Korn School forgrades three and four. The In-tegrated Day program servesstudents in grades K-4 atJohn Lyman School. Whilethe two programs sharemany similarities, they alsohave some distinctive differ-ences that must be consid-

ered when deciding whichprogram is best for eachchild.

The best way to under-stand the differences betweenthe programs is to visit bothprograms. We urge prospec-tive parents to visit all threeschools and to view at leastone classroom at every gradelevel. Only by visiting canyou get the true flavor of thethree schools and the two in-structional programs.

Parents may visit theschools from Jan. 7 through29 to observe classes and todiscuss any specific ques-tions or concerns. Visits,which are designed foradults, should be scheduledahead of time to allow for op-timum opportunities to ob-serve the programs. Appoint-ments to visit can be made bycalling the individualschools. Parents may call Ly-man School at 860-349-7240 tovisit the Integrated Day Pro-gram. To visit the Contempo-rary Program, call BrewsterSchool at 860-349-7227 and

Korn School at 860-349-7210.Once parents have visited

both programs, they willneed to make a decision aboutthe program for which theywill be registering theirchild. According to Region#13 Board of Education poli-cy, this decision must bemade by February 1. Anychild not registered in a spe-cific program by that datemay not be able to attend theprogram chosen by his/herparents(s).

Scheduling an appoint-ment for kindergarten regis-tration confirms programchoice. Kindergarten regis-tration for the 2010-2011school year will take placeMonday, Feb. 1, throughThursday, Feb. 4. Appoint-ments, for parent and child,will be available between 9a.m. and 3 p.m. daily withhours extended to 6 p.m. onone evening. Parents wishingto register their child for theContemporary Programshould call Brewster Schoolat 860-349-7227 for an appoint-

ment. To register a child forthe Integrated Day program,please call John LymanSchool at 860-349-7240 for anappointment. Once the regis-tration appointment has beenmade, the school will send aregistration informationpacket. This information willinclude a residency form andquestionnaire, a student in-formation/emergency form,a school entry health ques-tionnaire and a developmen-tal questionnaire, all ofwhich should be completedand brought to registration

along with a copy of thechild’s birth certificate.Please make sure that the res-idency form is complete andnotarized. If the family has achild already in district, theresidency form is not re-quired.

The child should attend theregistration appointmentwith the parent. Any parentof an eligible kindergartenchild who wishes to holdhis/her child out of school foranother year must sign aform at the office of the Su-perintendent of Schools.

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Town Times & Places Friday, December 25, 20094Friday

December 25Christmas Day Service at

10 a.m. at St. James EpiscopalChurch in Higganum, Route81 and Little City Road.

MONDAY

December 28Free Movie

Middletown Senior Center,150 William St., offers a freemovie each Monday at 12:30p.m. Today’s film is Food, adocumentary. Call the centerat 860-344-3513 for info.

Flu ClinicThere will be a seasonal flu

clinic from 2 to 6 p.m. open toDurham and Middlefield resi-dents age 18 and over at theEmergency Operations Cen-ter, Canfield Lane on the

Durham Fairgrounds. Bothseasonal flu vaccine and thepneumonia vaccine will beavailable. Registration is notnecessary. Bring your insur-ance cards, Medicare andMedicare supplement insur-ance cards and proof of resi-dency. Be sure to wear com-fortable short sleeved cloth-ing. If you have special needs,call Jan at 860-349-3153.

TUESDAY

December 29Anime

The Russell Library, 123Broad St. in Middletown, willplay Nausicao of the Valley ofthe Wind, an environmentalclassic set in a post-apocalyp-tic future. Refreshments willbe provided.

WEDNESDAY

December 30TOPS

Durham TOPS Club meetsevery Wednesday at 6 p.m. onthe third floor of the DurhamTown Hall. For more infor-mation, contact Naomi Klot-sko at 860-349-9558 or Bonnie

Olesen at 860-349-9433.H1N1 Flu Shot

Mass Dispensing Area 36(MDA 36) will hold an H1N1flu shot clinic from noon to 6p.m. at the Fox Parish Center,St. Francis of Assisi Church,10 Elm Street in Middletown.The clinic is free of chargeand will be given out by ap-pointment. People who havea severe allergy to eggs or arerunning a fever should not re-ceive the vaccine. The H1N1vaccine is not effectiveagainst seasonal influenza.For more information or toschedule an appointment,call 860 344-3474. To pre-regis-ter on-line go to: www.city-ofmiddletown.com, then clickon “H1N1 (Swine Flu) Tipsand Free Clinic Information.”

FRIDAY

January 1

Open House at theMansion

The 11th annual NewYear’s Day Open House atthe Wadsworth Mansion inMiddletown will featurehorse-drawn carriage rides,live music and guided walkson the grounds of the 1908 es-tate. The Open House is from1 to 4 p.m. at WadsworthMansion, 421 Wadsworth St.All activities are free. Formore information, visitwww.wadsworthmansion.com or call 860-347-1064.

TUESDAY

January 5MILE

The Middlesex Institute forLifelong Education will holdan orientation meeting atMiddlesex Community Col-lege at 12:45 offering a briefsummary of all the coursesavailable. All are welcome tothis event. For more informa-tion, call 860 343-5863 or visitwww.mileonline.org.

THURSDAY

January 7School Visits

The elementary schoolchoice visits begin this week.

DMYFSThe DMYFS board will

meet at 7 p.m. in the Middle-field Community Center todiscuss the future of theDMYFS program. Everyoneis encouraged to attend.

FRIDAY

January 8Play

The senior class dramaplay will be performed at 7p.m. in the Coginchaug audi-torium.

Owl ProwlThe Friends of Hammonas-

set will host an event at 6:30p.m. at the Meigs Point Na-ture Center at HammonassetBeach State Park. There willbe a a barred owl, a saw-whetowl and a great horned owl in-cluded in the presentation.Enjoy a tour to see owls in thewild. Call 203-214-2846 or 203-804-3453 for more info.

Town Times Movie Review

When “fine” just isn’t enough: Reviewing Everybody’s Fine By Tanya Feke

It hasn’t been an easyyear. As a physician, I wit-ness first hand the hard-ships of my patients. Jobloss. Illness. Loss of a lovedone. I unfortunately had theadded benefit of experienc-ing it first hand too. Forthose of you who don’tknow, my father passedaway eight weeks ago. Forthe first time, I truly under-stand what makes the holi-day season a challenge for somany, but I refuse to let iteat at my spirit, not whenthe Christmas season isupon us. I choose to be re-minded of what makes theseason bright – the smilingface of my three year oldson. That said, I pulled my-self off the sofa alreadyetched with the imprint of

my back side from weeks ofloafing and headed back tomy home away from home,the theater.

On the docket was Every-body’s Fine. With Robert DeNiro at the head, I thought Iwas in for a real treat. Afterall, this was the man whoplayed Travis Bickle in TaxiDriver and Vito Corleone inThe Godfather saga. Morecontroversy arises from hisattempts at comedy. All thesame, the man has been a ge-nius on the screen. Add to thatDrew Barrymore, Kate Beck-insale, Sam Rockwell, and thecast alone should havebrought this to a minimalthree stethoscope rating. If Ishould have been so lucky.Lackluster and utterly de-pressing, this so-called holi-day film is a schmaltzy bore.

Perhaps I was masochis-

tic to think I could sitthrough a film about a mancoping with the loss of hiswife during the holidays.Something inside of mewanted to know that I wasnot alone and that in the endfamilies reunite against allodds. I wanted the round ofinevitable love and warmfuzzies that overload suchmovies. Instead I got con-stant lying, a mugging, aheart attack and death to adrug overdose. To all my pa-tients out there, if your med-ication gets crushed on adirty subway platform,please do not pick it up andingest it. That alone givesme the heebie jeebies.

The shoddy script tries touse imagery to add signifi-cance where there is none. Acarry-on bag spins on an air-port carousel alone with no

one there to pick it up. Anewborn infant twitches herlips in peaceful sleep to thebackdrop sound of winepouring into a cup. The firsteffect should have been sad(not sadder than De Niro’scharacter not knowing howto pull the handle out of hiswheeled carry-on bag), thesecond perhaps even funny.Too bad they fall short.

Simply stated, ‘Fine,’ isnot enough. We deservemore. What ever happenedto George Bailey and ZuZu’spetals? Where is ourClarence? Buffalo Bill won’tyou come out tonight? I planto cuddle up in my red terrycloth robe with my son onone side, my hubbie on theother, as we watch It’s AWonderful Life on our televi-sion. That is what family isall about. Joy. Life. Belong-

ing. My heart goes out to allof you who have struggledthis year. I wish you all thewarmest thoughts as youfind ways to bring the bestout in the holiday season.Never settle for ‘Fine.’ I wishyou all a Wonderful Life.Happy holidays!

My rating: 1 stethoscope

Dr. Tanya Feke is a physi-cian at Middlesex HospitalPrimary Care - Durham andguest columnist for the TownTimes. She was press creden-tialed to the LA Film Festivalin 2009 and continues to pur-sue a love of film. Her reviewsare rated on a five stetho-scope scale.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

However, Molloy also notedthat the applicant will plantwhite pines once winter haspassed.

Another issue residentshave had with the site is on-site repairs and washing. Inresponse to this, Molloy pre-sented invoices for washingand repair at locations out-side of the Mountain Road lo-cation. As the invoices were

only from the past fewmonths, though, the commis-sion asked Molloy to retrieveany invoices going back towhen Cruise first alleged that

washing and repairs werehappening on the site. Cruisealso disputed the claim thatwashing wasn’t going on atthe site by stating that wash-ing occurred the night beforethe hearing.

To address dust problems,the applicant also agreed toput in millings on the drive-way, though the commissionlet Molloy know that she mayneed permission from the In-land Wetlands Commission.

The final issue Molloy ad-dressed was that outside stor-age was already happeningon the site. She told the com-mission that any roll-offs seenon the property are there topick up trash and didn’t re-main on the site otherwise.Again, this was disputed byCruise and other nearby resi-dents.

One item that the commis-sion brought up to Molloy waswhether the applicant plannedon instituting any hours of op-eration. Molloy replied that theapplicant did not, as hours are

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Durham P&ZCommission

The Planning and ZoningCommission held a publichearing on Wednesday, Dec.16, regarding the modificationof the site plan for GreenlandRealty’s property on 10 Moun-tain Road. This modificationwould allow for the storage ofoutside equipment and vehi-cles as well as the construc-tion of 4,000 gallon fuel tank.Representing the applicant,attorney Joan Molloy went onto explain that the tank wouldbe 50 feet away from the build-ing at the site and that itwould rest on a concrete pad.A fence and bollards wouldsurround the tank, while fireextinguishers would beplaced nearby. An emergencyshut off switch would also beinstalled. Molloy justified theinstallation of the tank bypointing out that a number ofnearby sites also have fueltanks.

As for why the applicantwants permission to store ve-hicles and equipment outside,Molloy explained that thecompany previously couldleave equipment at a worksite, but with the economicdownturn, the loss of workmeans there are fewer placesto leave the equipment.

Molloy also chose to ad-dress a few of the complaintsthat were brought against thesite at past meetings by resi-dent Diana Cruise. For one,Molloy informed the commis-sion that the arbor vitae plant-ed on the site for bufferingwas agreed upon by Cruiseand the applicant. The arborvitae have been a problem asof late due to the deer eating it.

not currently required on thesite nor in the Design Develop-ment District. With that said,the commission chose to con-tinue the hearing to their Jan.20 meeting.

Another hearing was heldregarding the request of a spe-cial permit for an automobileand equipment service busi-ness at 593 Wallingford Rd.

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Hopefully you didn’t have to leave your house during thisweekend’s snowstorm that dumped inches and inches ofsnow in this area of the state, but the town road crews wereout clearing the roads regardless.

The snow started falling around 9 p.m. Saturday inDurham and Middlefield, and it didn’t stop until the followingmorning. Pete Parker from the Middlefield Highway Depart-ment reported that the road crew’s five trucks were out forabout 14 hours.

Durham road foreman Kurt Bober said this storm was a lit-tle different because it had such intensity from the start withno break. His crew, in six large trucks and three small,worked nonstop for 12 hours plowing 8 to 10 inches of snow.With snow blowing horizontally, there was low visibility andat times they could only travel at a speed of 3 miles per hour.Extra temporary help had been called in to assist with build-ings and sidewalks.

Bober reminds everyone when you see a town truck 1) slowdown, and 2) don’t pass; it’s dangerous and causes more prob-lems for the crews. He also noted that the town crews enjoywhen people wave and thank them. Friendliness goes a longway when they’re plowing all night long for everyone’s safety.

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Kids in the kitchen over winter break — having fun!By Stephanie Wilcox

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Kids are home on schoolvacation for a week, and oneof the most fun, productiveand creative activities theycan do during this down timeis cooking, baking andpreparing meals. It will keepthem busy and challengethem with basic math skills,reading and comprehension.It will also give them practicefollowing directions and be-ing independent in thekitchen, and it’s the perfectopportunity to teach good nu-trition. Cooking is a great wayto create family memories,maybe even a lifelong passion,and it will give them somethingto be proud to talk about whenthey head back to school. Mostkids will be excited to cook,viewing it as an adventure.Wait until they see these greatrecipe ideas!

Breakfast: Baked Oatmeal

What you need:1/2 cup oil1/2 cup sugar2 eggs, beaten3 cups oatmeal (not instant)1/2 tbsp. baking powder1 tsp. salt1 cup milkWhat you do:In a medium-sized bowl, mix

together oil, sugar, and eggs.Add oatmeal, baking pow-

der, salt, and milk. Refriger-ate overnight or until milk iscompletely absorbed.

Bake at 350 degrees in a 8- x 8-inch pan for 25 to 30 minutes.

Serve with warm milk &brown sugar. Cinnamon andraisins are optional.

Lunch: Sandwich on a Stick

What you need:breadcheeselunch meat

grape tomatoeslettucepicklesoliveWhat you do:Cut up cubes of bread,

cheese, and lunch meat (weordered 1/2-inch-thick slicesof ham and turkey at the delicounter).

Slide the cubes onto askewer with other foods yourchild likes, such as a grapetomato, a piece of lettuce, apickle, or an olive.

Set out a side of mayo ormustard for dipping.

Dinner: Fresh Veggie Pizza

What you need:1 ready made pizza crust8 oz package cream cheese

at room temperature1 cup sour cream1 envelope powdered

Ranch dressing mix2 cup raw vegetables,

chopped fine, such as broc-coli, cauliflower, carrots, cu-cumbers and tomatoes

What you do:Bake the pizza crust, with-

out toppings, at 350 degreesfor 5 to 10 minutes, until light-ly browned.

Stir together the creamcheese, sour cream, anddressing mix. Spread this onthe crust. Top with vegetables

Snack: Snowman on a stick

What you need:BananasGrapesCarrotAppleBamboo skewersMini chocolate chipsPretzel sticksWhat you do:For each snowman, you

will need three thick slices ofbanana, a grape, a sliver ofcarrot, and a triangular pieceof apple. (Tip: Poke a hole inthe apple piece with a bambooskewer first to make assem-bly easier.)

Have your kids slide thefruit onto the skewer: ba-nanas first for the body, thenapple for the hat and thengrape for the pompom; thenuse the carrot slivers fornoses, mini chocolate chipsfor eyes and buttons, andpretzel sticks for arms.

Dessert: Baked Snowballs

What you need:12 vanilla or chocolate

wafer cookies or six 1/2-inch-thick slices of your favoritecake

6 scoops of your favorite icecream

3 egg whites at room tem-perature

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar1/4 cup sugar1/2 teaspoon vanilla ex-

tractChocolate syrup, sprinkles,

and Maraschino cherriesWhat you do:Break each cookie or slice

of cake into several smallpieces and divide them even-ly among six 3-inchramekins, pressing them intothe bottom of each. Fill eachramekin with ice cream, us-ing the back of a spoon tosmooth it level at the top.Place the ramekins on a cook-ie sheet in the freezer whileyou prepare the snow(meringue).

Heat the oven to 500º. Placethe egg whites in a medium-size bowl and whip them withan electric beater set at medi-um-high speed until they re-semble soap bubbles. Add thecream of tartar and continuebeating until soft peaks form(now it will look like shavingcream). While you continuebeating, add the sugar 1 table-spoon at a time and then thevanilla extract. Continuebeating until shiny, stiffpeaks form, about 2 minutes.Now you have your snow!

Remove the ramekins fromthe freezer and spread the snowmeringue over the top of eachwith a spatula, taking care tocompletely cover the ice cream.

This “blanket of snow” is whatinsulates the ice cream, keep-ing it cold in the hot oven. Bakethe snowballs on the cookiesheet until the tops are goldenbrown, about 1 to 3 minutes.Watch them carefully; theybrown quickly. Garnish thesnowballs with chocolatesyrup, sprinkles, and cherries,and serve. Makes 6.

You can find countless funrecipes at www.kids-cooking-activities.com or www.family-fun.com/recipes.

Other recipe ideas

Lainy Melvin has discov-ered many creative recipesover time that work well atDurham Cooperative Nurs-ery School. One she recom-mends for this season is ap-plesauce. Make it with thefamily and then divide it intopretty jars to give as gifts topeople if you have holidayparties and gift-exchangesstill to do.

You can also turn food intoarts and crafts, like orangeand clove pomanders thatsmell delicious. All you needis 1 lemon OR 1 orange, 5-6ounces of whole cloves, rib-bon, 2 tbsp orris root, cinna-mon, nutmeg and lemon ororange oil. Push the clovesinto the rind of your lemon ororange. Try to cover thewhole surface. Mix remain-ing ingredients in a smallbowl and roll the fruit aroundin the mixture. Wrap thefruit in tissue paper, cheese-cloth or netting and place in adrawer or hang in a closet.

For St. Lucia day in Sweden, the Durham CooperativeNursery School made bread out of Pillsbury crescentroll dough. Each child rolled their own piece ofdough into a loaf, Lainy Melvin baked them in thetoaster oven and they were enjoyed for an afternoonsnack. Photo by Stephanie Wilcox


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Fruit Cake: I’ve done the research, and it’s not just a door stopBy Trish Dynia

Special to Town Times

I have discovered that come-dian Jim Gaffigan is wrong. Heinsisted that there is just onefruit cake in the entire worldthat travels around the planeteach year as unappreciative re-cipients re-gift it. And I believedhim until I did my own re-search. As it turns out, thereare many, many more of themout there. And despite all thebad press, this brick of ques-tionable contents has its de-fenders, and thousands ofrecipes to make one can befound on the internet.

A fruit cake type food is firstmentioned in early Roman his-tory. The durable concoctionwas made from pomegranateseeds, pine nuts, raisins andbarley mash, and it accompa-nied Roman Soldiers duringtheir European conquests. It issaid that the little cakes sus-tained them during long jour-neys, but fruitcake detractorsfirmly believe they were lobbedinto villages via the catapult inorder to knock natives uncon-scious.

The British began a tragiclove affair with the fruitcake inthe early 15th century whenthey added dried fruit and hon-ey imported from southern Eu-rope, and spices from the FarEast. By the 16th century, vari-ous recipes had spread through-out Europe, and farmers oftenbaked a ceremonial fruit cakeat the end of the nut harvest. Itwas preserved until the nextharvest and eaten the followingyear in order to obtain bless-ings for another fruitful year.

The dessert of chronicstomach ailments fell out of fa-vor during the 17th centurywhen all things “sinfullyrich,” such as dancing, de-bauchery, Christmas (and thefruitcake?) were frownedupon by the Puritan Revolu-tion against the CatholicChurch.

But folks in the Victorian Ageof the 19th century decided thatsome sinful riches were okay.Fruitcake, Christmas and danc-ing were in and table legs wereout. It was believed that the sightof a long, slim table leg would re-mind a man of the long slim legsof a woman. Therefore, the of-fending wooden appendages werecovered with elaborate clothes soas not to entice the men to com-mit unseemly advances towardthe womenfolk. So much for de-

bauchery.A Victorian Tea would not

be complete without finelinens, china and fruit cake,to compliment the savorysweet offerings of cucumberand watercress sandwiches,scones with clotted cream,and pickled celery. And themelting pot we sometimes callthe United States has not es-caped the importation of theubiquitous fruit cake.

This is the point in the arti-cle where you might expect to

find a recipe for the aforemen-tioned fruit cake. Perhaps itwould sound something likethis: “As ye are able, gatherdried fruit from the marketand mix with enough batterto form a cake. Add spices andcook in a moderate oven for

three hours…”But since I can be counted

among those who would opt forroot canal without novacaneover willingly ingesting fruitcake, I instead offer the follow-ing advice, once you have smiledsweetly and told Aunt Helen thatyou are looking forward to en-joying your fruit cake with yourmorning coffee:

Fruitcake makes a fantasticdoor stop. I live in an old housewith lots of drafts and unevenfloors. Can’t keep that bed-

room door closed? A properlyplaced fruit cake will keep it inplace during a hurricane.

Got mice? A well-placedfruit cake will not only lure thedirty little devils into the trap,it can kill them with one strate-gic blow.

A fruit cake placed on theroad in front of your housecan drop the transmissionout of any speeding car.

Fruit cake: the gift thatkeeps on giving and giving,and giving.

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Letters to the Editor

Big thank youDear Editor,

I just wanted to say thankyou to everyone at theDurham Post Office. Thistime of year is extremelybusy at our local post office.With long lines and longhours, our postal workersare always pleasant, helpfuland professional!

The Mancinelli Family, Durham

Who is toblame?Dear Editor,

I was shocked and dis-mayed by the recent quote inthe Saturday, Dec. 12, editionof the Middletown Press at-tributed to the football coachfor V/C football in which hereferred to the person appeal-ing the construction of thelighted football field as “a self-ish old lady” and her attorneyas “spiteful.” This is the re-sult of the tone set by, and theactions of, the superintendentand the members of the Boardof Education who appear per-plexed that a citizen would ex-ercise her constitutionalright under current law to ap-peal decisions of local com-missions for a school project.

Now I fully agree that thestate of the outdoor athletic fa-cilities is deplorable and hasbeen for years, but whose faultis that? As a former high

school athlete, I have empathyfor the students and their par-ents since athletics are an in-tegral part of education. Theyhave a right to and will haveexcellent facilities. What real-ly irks me is that I expected theBOE to understand that theminority also have certainrights. Isn’t that a principleworth teaching anymore?

I would ask the BOE to stopfanning the flames of discon-tent by blaming the appellantwhile absolving itself of all re-sponsibility for the delays. Re-member, it is years of neglectof the existing facilities andpoor planning (most projectsbuild in time, taking into con-sideration possible appeals)that got us where we are to-day. While I have no knowl-edge of the merits, if any, ofthe appeal, I do know we havecourts to protect the rights ofthe minority. As Chief JusticeWarren wrote: “A citizen’sconstitutional rights canhardly be infringed upon sim-ply because a majority of peo-ple choose that it be.”

Maybe its time for the BOEto have a civics lesson. It ap-pears they need one.

Vincent M. Marino, Durham

Letters Policy ... in briefNo more than one every

four weeks; must be signedand contain a phone numberso we can verify authorship;deadline Tuesday noon forFriday publication. Also,please keep it brief!

Durham’s new Code of Ethics explainedWhen Durham adopted a

Code of Ethics last month, itwas the culmination of aprocess that began in Novem-ber 2006. The adoption of a re-vised Town Charter includeda requirement that Durhamestablish an Ethics Commis-sion. It has been my privilegeto serve as chair during thisprocess and my pleasure towork with very smart, savvyand dedicated people, com-mitted to the goal of enhanc-ing town governance.

The Code will become effec-tive Feb. 1, 2010 and applies toindependent contractors andto all public officers, officialsand employees of the town ofDurham and members ofboards, committees and com-missions in the performanceof their duties.

The Ethics Commission iscommitted to assisting thoseunder its jurisdiction in com-plying with the Code and tominimize inadvertent viola-tions so as to devote preciousresources to situations de-serving of closer review.

To help facilitate this goal,the commission has been in-vited to make a presentationat the joint meeting of boardsand commission to be held atTown Hall on Wednesday,Jan. 13, 2010. The full text ofthe Code is available on thetown website (www.townof-durhamct.org) or from theTown Clerk’s office.

That presentation will fo-cus on those provisions con-tained in Section 3: Standardsof Ethical Conduct, and it isthose sections of the Code thatI will cover in this column.

As background, the State-ment of Purpose says, in part,that “The proper operation ofthe town government re-quires that public officers, of-ficials and employees be inde-pendent, impartial and re-sponsible to the people; thatgovernmental decisions andpolicies be made in the properchannels of governmental

structure; that public officeand employment not be usedfor personal gain; and that thepublic has confidence in theintegrity of its government.

The purpose of this code isto set forth standards of ethi-cal conduct for those whoserve or conduct businesswith the town of Durham;… toassist those parties under thejurisdiction of the EthicsCommission…in order tomaintain a tradition of re-sponsible public service;…”

The Statement of Purposeadvances the proposition thatmore open government is bet-ter than less; that more disclo-sure of private interest inmatters before the town is bet-ter than less; that more trans-parent government is betterthan less and that a positionin the public sector should notconfer any advantage beyondthat available to the public.

Keeping these basic princi-pals in mind will assist thosesubject to the Code in comply-ing with its provisions and as-sist the commission in apply-ing those provisions to specif-ic situations.

Now, the Standards of Ethi-cal Conduct:

Section 3.I, Use of Town As-sets, prohibits the use of townassets except as those assetsavailable to the public gener-ally or as provided by estab-lished town policies.

Section 3.II, Fair and EqualTreatment, prohibits thegranting or acceptance of anyspecial treatment or advan-tage to or from any person be-yond that which is availableto the general public.

Section 3.III, Conflicts of In-terest, prohibits engaging inany business, employment ortransaction, or having an in-terest which is incompatiblewith the proper discharge of

official duties or which wouldtend to impair judgment in theperformance of official duties.

Section 3.III also requiresdisclosure of certain interestin matters before boards andcommissions and discussesdisqualification from partici-pating in an agency’s consid-eration of these matters if theperson with the interest is amember of the agency.

Section 3.IV prohibits thedisclosure or use of confiden-tial information obtained inan official capacity for the pur-pose of advancing private fi-nancial or personal interests.

Section 3.V, Gifts or Fa-vors, prohibits the solicita-tion or acceptance of any giftfrom an independent contrac-tor as defined in the Code.

Section 3.VI, Use of Influ-ence, prohibits the solicita-tion of any business by peoplein supervisory positions fromothers over whom they haveany control or influence withrespect to supervision, tenure,compensation or duties.

Section 3.VII, Representa-tion of Private Interests, lim-its the circumstances underwhich a town officer, officialor employee may representprivate interests before agen-cies of the town, or in proceed-ings or litigation against thetown, when such appearanceor representation would be inconflict with or impair inde-pendence in the performanceof the official’s duties.

Finally, Section 3V.III,Committee Service by Mem-bers of the Ethics Commis-sion, prohibits members ofthe Ethics Commission fromconcurrently serving on anyother board, commission orcommittee of Durham.

The Ethics Commission isavailable to meet with townboards, commissions or oth-ers to discuss the Code. Again,one of our goals is to enhanceunderstanding in order toavoid inadvertent violations. Ican be reached at 860-349-1916.

Bob Fulton, Ethics Com. chair

Guest Column

‘Mind the light ...’The longest night of the year in our hemi-

sphere is falling as I write this small piece. Among our Jewish neighbors, the meno-

rahs have been put away, but a week ago theyfinished celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festi-val of Lights, honoring a miracle during whichone day’s worth of holy oil burned for a weekin the newly recaptured temple in Jerusalem.

The birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated byChristians this week, is full of images of light –angels arrive in a burst of glorious light, Magi

follow a particularly bright star to find thenewborn King.

Creation tracks light – witness the growth ofplants towards the light.

The light in the title phrase, however, issomething a little bit different. It’s a Quakerphrase meant to remind brethren to attend tothat within themselves that is good and light-filled, that comes from God the creator.

That’s our wish for you in this season –that as you journey along life’s sometimesbumpy road, may you find the light withinyourself and mind it joyfully. Sue VanDerzee


Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative Arts

By Alice Ochterski

By Audry Arcari

Sculpted fairy head by Emily Brown

You are what you eat: Creative Arts 2009We welcomed your submissions and, once again, we were gratified with

the outpouring of creative energy – food, cooking and otherwise – that we re-ceived for this and next week’s Town Times Creative Arts issues.

We chose this year’s theme of food, in part because food is fun, but per-haps in larger part because national news stories focusing on eating locally,creative food preparation, changes in the American diet, eating as a chal-lenge to health, etc. seem to abound.

We love the food “stuff” that we received! We love the recipes! Yourthoughts and concerns on the subject of food are flavorful and varied. Thepoems are great, too.

And, as you will see on this and the consecutive pages, the artwork is won-derful, varied and beautiful, particularly as we can bring it to you in glori-ous, living color.

So, sit back, peruse and enjoy. We thank you for your timely and thought-ful contributions.

Colored pencil drawing by Michelle Geary

Hot CocoBy Otto Wallach Grade 4Hot cocoa warms my body like a built-in furnace,Hot cocoa burns my tongue like fire,Hot cocoa is like melted chocolate in my mouth,I love hot cocoa!

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PolaskaBy Nick Koba

Some families have a traditional Christmas, butmy family and I have a Polaska. It feels like werestepping into Poland. Christmas is a family time tous because every year, a week before Christmasmy grandma, brother, cousins and I make manyperogies. Perogies are a Polish version ofdumpling; they’re filled with potatoes and cheese.After the perogies are sealed, we boil then fry themin onions and butter. The aroma lingers in thekitchen. It makes our taste buds tingle and ournoses crazy. We stay in the kitchen for hours andmake hundreds of perogies and other Polish foodsto prepare for Christmas Eve.

At the party, we have many foods like wildmushroom soup, a fish soup called pan fish chow-der, and cabbage rolls called Golabki. The foodmay sound different but it all tastes delicious.When the feast is done, we move on to the dancefloor.

My father and uncle play some traditional Pol-ish music for the whole family to do the polkadance. As the night goes on, we drift to the desserttable, which usually has Kolaczki, which are Pol-ish Christmas cookies and Polish doughnuts calledPaczki. The very last thing we do at a Polish Christ-mas is open the presents. Now you can see that atraditional Polish Christmas is like a present in it-self. The night never dies down. It’s a party fromwhen you walk in the door until you walk out.

Colored pencil drawing by Carly St. Armand

A Delightful ChristmasBy Katherine Chi

As many of us all know,the holidays are a wonderfultime to gather with our lovedones, and as a tradition,many of us love to eat withour family and friends at thedinner table. Almost every-body loves smelling thescrumptious crisp turkeywith warm gravy and a dashof seasoning, or the in-dulging golden apple pie witha soft internal bed of sweet-ness mother just baked. Inmy family, we always bakedelectable Christmas sugarcookies with a sweet hint of

lemon.We start out with a chunk

of thick ivory-colored dough.My brother and I will pressthe smooth surface of thecookie cutters onto thepasty-white mixture. Notonly do I have a weaknessfor baking, but I am alsofond of the quality time Ihave with my family. Theweek of Christmas is the mo-ment to inhale the aromasfor all of the luscious treats.I’m able to smile peacefullyand relax with the membersI love.

As we all sit down for din-ner, my nose is filled withthe wonderful scent of bakedpotatoes, glazed lip-smack-ing auburn turkey, and themouthwatering smell of ten-der roast, filling the room.When the cookies are donebaking, it’s time to coat themin a delicious glazed icingmade out of lemon juice,powdered sugar and eggwhites. It’s absolutely to diefor. Biting into the taste ofdelicious desserts is amaz-ing. These memories are ourperfect Christmases.

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M&Ms1 teaspoon1 tablespoon½ cup powdered sugar

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Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative Arts Creative ArtsA Man Full ofSweets

By Abby Eisner

He loved Twinkies, peanutbutter sandwiches and iced tea.His name was Jamie Leclercand he was my favorite teacherin the whole world.

It was toward the end of fifthgrade and we were in socialstudies class. We had a substi-tute, Mr. Callan, because Mr.Leclerc was in the hospital get-ting chemotherapy. At the be-ginning of class Mr. Callan said

“This’ll be a fun class!”But of course no one be-

lieved him. In the middle ofclass the door flung open.Everyone turned around andtime stopped. Someone yelled

“WHO WANTS ICECREAM!!!?”

He slowly crept through thedoor and everyone in the classscreeched with joy; it was Mr.Leclerc. Everyone gave himbig hugs and told him howmuch we missed him. We allenjoyed the tubs of ice creamand toppings he brought in.

He called Remi and me upto him and told us to close oureyes. We did and all of a sud-den, I felt sticky stuff on myface. I opened my eyes andboth Remi and I were coveredin whipped cream. We alllaughed hysterically includ-ing Mr. Leclerc and had agreat time until it was time forhim to leave. We hugged andsaid goodbye.

Unfortunately a little lessthan a year later he passedaway at only 31 years old. It wasthe worst day of my life.

Mr. Leclerc was like what weate: He was sweet like thewhipped cream, funny likeTwinkies, and nice like iced tea.Mr. Leclerc was an amazingteacher, father and most of all, agreat friend. Rest in peace, Mr.Leclerc.

SoaringBy Ivy

The landscape is hilly, likesomeone poured flour over it

– a curious recipe,Vultures glide in circles

over a single white house,standing alone,

No one lives there now,The trees extend their

boney fingers up to the sky asif mourning something that

happened long ago,The birds are mournful,

too, gliding over the whitehouse,

The wind breezes by ingusts,

One single feather dropsdown, down onto the roof of

the house,An offering from the birds.

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DziadziBy Brian Blake

We have a tradition in myfamily that for the men onmy mother’s side make thekielbasa from scratch. Formost of my life my Dziadzi,that’s Polish for grandfa-ther, would make it for East-er dinner. I can rememberabout three years ago I actu-ally took the time to watchDziadzi and my UncleRichie make the kielbasa.

My uncle was learningfrom the master; my Dziadziwas a great cook; he mademost of the food for all of ourfamily dinners and gather-ings.

The freshly seasonedmeat parts were all laid outon the chopping block. Themetal grinder was right be-side it. It was an old onewith a hand crank whichmade it all the more fun touse.

The first thing that Dzi-adzi did was tie up one endof the intestines to hold themeat. He placed the otherend of the intestines on theend of the grinder. He putthe meat into its mouth. Heturned the crank and thenewly grinded meat filledthe intestine making itwriggle like a snake. Whenthat was all through hewould place it in the ovenuntil it was perfect.

Come dinner, the two dif-ferent kinds of kielbasa, onereddish in color the otherwhite were laid around theplatter with the larger redone, on the outside and thesmaller white, on the inside.They both would be slicedinto easy to steal off the plat-ter pieces.

This is one of my fondestmemories of my Dziadzi.Now with him dead it’s veryimportant to keep these tra-ditions alive. Thankfullymy uncle is now in charge ofthe making of the kielbasa.He does a pretty good job ofit, but it’s not the samethere’s no ingredient miss-ing, just the cook. Soon thetask of making the kielbasawill be given to me for I amthe only male left to make it.

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Back Homeby Morgan Manning

There are more than justwonders in that bread

There are memoriesIt may come out of a boxBut to me it is more than

that…Having to mix and fold as

carefully as possibleMaking sure the ingredi-ents don’t just pour out

Shaping the breadPutting an x in the middle

for bakingLaying the metal sheet

down in the oven gentlySmelling the aroma of good-

nessAnd hearing my grand-

mother say“I feel like I am back home

in Ireland.”

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Creamy, thick, white, fizzybubbles,

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Ravioli by JennaUlizio

Ingredients: Cheese andbutter

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Serves: 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5people

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Oatmeal by FrankiePapa

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MilkDirections: Put the oat-

meal and the milk in the fastoven. Push the numbers thatare your phone number andpress START. Then it cooks.It does this, “Beep, beep,beep.” And it’s done. Stir itand then eat it.

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Turkey by DavidKalinowski

Ingredients: 80 lb turkeyDirections: Set the oven to

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Ingredients: water, flour,and more flour

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Pastel by Sarah Oppelt

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My StoryBy Owen, grade three

I was in my grandparent’sdriveway in a golf cart. I waswith my cousins, Clare andTom, and my friend, Baylor.Baylor and Clare were in thefront. Tom and I were cling-ing onto the back. We weregoing to where the fireworkswere being set off. We took ashortcut that wasn’t on theroad so the whole way it wasbumpy and I didn’t havetime to buckle in. When wefinally got there, my momand my aunt and my littlebrother Simon were alreadythere. They had taken thecar. Clare stayed with them.Baylor, Tom and I went onthe dock. As we got closerand closer to the fire nearthe dock, the air smelledmore and more smoky. Someof my mom’s friends were

setting off fire works. Theair swirled above me like itwas going to pick me up andthrow me into the water be-low. Then a firework camedown so low that I had tojump on the pontoon boat bythe dock. It was like green,blue and yellow snakes spi-raling above my head. Istayed on the boat just incase it happened again. Af-ter a few more fireworkswent off, one tipped over andwent all over, shooting outtoward us. My mind wasrushing with pictures of fire-works exploding every-where. Then a fireworkwhizzed over my head. Myfriend jumped onto the pon-toon boat. He barreled meover. I hit the seat. Theneverything was still andsilent. I got up. I like fire-works.

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“Mmmmmm! Mmmmmm!My gram’s turkey roasting

smells so good,” I murmuredout loud. My eyes widened as

I spotted the vast pumpkinpie. “Yum,” I said. The airwas filled with the smell ofnice, juicy cheese cake. Mymouth was watering more

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scooped it into my mouth

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filled most of the air. My mouthwatered just thinking about acolossal, double decker choco-

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Julianna Milidantri“Grandma’s famous stuff-

ing is ready,” mom shoutedfrom the bottom of the stairs.“Oh good,” I exclaimed. Theair was filled with the aroma

of delicious turkey shapedcookies. I closed my eyes andcould almost taste the mouthwatering apple pie. It was hardto ignore the sound of the chil-dren screaming, “When do weeat?” I glanced around at thesplendid mashed potatoes. Icould not wait to eat it all.

Page Lampo“Yum, yum, yum, Gram-

my’s apple pie smells deli-cious!” I stated as I walked

into her cozy house. I jumpedfor joy when I spied the juicyturkey on grammy’s diningroom table. As I tasted thefresh buttery mashed pota-

toes my taste buds were tick-led. In the distance I could

hear the bubbling water cook-ing the creamy gravy in the

pot. Ding, ding, ding went theoven when the sweet apple

pie was done baking.Isabel Milardo

“Yum, yum!” I shouted as Ispied the delicious Christ-mas tree cookies that mom

displayed on our diningroom table. I jumped for joy

as I noticed my favorite food,turkey with mashed potatoes!I cupped my ear and heard the

sizzling pot that laid on thestove. The aroma of the juicy

turkey with gravy that satupon a platter filled the air

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“Hurray, we’re at grand-

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aroma of the immense turkeytickled my nose as I ap-

proached the warm kitchen. Igot a good whiff of Linda’s

turkey and star sugar cook-ies. My eyes widened as I

spotted her lawa red cranber-ry sauce. Off in the distance Iheard people saying grace be-

fore dinner. My mouth wa-tered just looking at the petite

crescent rolls sitting on thedining room table. “Time to

eat! Yeah.” I shouted out loud.

Carmine Andranovich“Yum, yum.” I smelled the

colossal pot of sweet potatoes.“When’s dinner?” I exclaimedas I walked into Aunt Carol’swarm kitchen. I looked close-ly at the vast juicy hot turkeyas my eyes popped out of myhead. I shivered when I spot-ted the steaming applie pie.

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Vroom! Vroom! went my car. We were going to Niagara Falls for vacation for three days. It’s beensix hours and we’re almost there. I can’t wait.

Yay! We’re here. I saw Niagara Falls. I rolled down my window and it was loud. We parked ourcar and a man with a funny hat asked if he could take our bags, so we gave him our bags and we said,“Thank you.” When we got in the hotel we saw a Starbucks, fancy chairs, a buffet upstairs and acheck in desk. We quickly checked into the big beautiful hotel and took the elevator to Level 7 andwent to Room 306. When we got in the room my face was stunned with amazement. I ran to the win-dow and saw Niagara Falls again. We were right next to it! In the morning we went on a boat thattakes you right next to the waterfalls. I saw a whole bunch of rocks that were in front of the Cana-dian Falls.

“They should really move those rocks,” I said. When we got near the Horseshoe Falls I was get-ting so wet. We had to wear raincoats and it was s o loud. All of a sudden a big bump hit the boat.“Whoa!” I said. And then I noticed that we had pulled up to the dock. On our way back to the hotelwe stopped at the butterfly museum. There were 2,000 butterflies in a gigantic room. There was asmall waterfall and a lot of fruit and flowers there. A nice boy let me have his butterfly.

“Thank you,” I said to the nice boy. “You are very lucky,” said my mom.When we got out of the butterfly room we went out of a door that led to the gift shop. We bought

my friend, Kelly a pink lizard key chain. I whined about the key chain and said that I wanted it. “Iwant it. I want it. I want it!” Everyone was looking at me and I was embarrassed a lot. After that wewent back to the hotel and hung out at the room. We watched a movie about Niagara Falls. Then wewent to a really colorful city that had lots of stores and restaurants. We walked by a scary hauntedhouse. I closed my eyes when we walked by. After that we ate dinner at Burger King. I had somechicken and some apples.

Finally we went back to the hotel room. I ran to my bed and fell asleep and dreamed that I fell overthe falls and I quickly woke up and realized that it was morning. “Good morning, Honey,” my momsaid. Dad said we had to pack up to go home. “Why do we have to go home?”

The busy cityBy Nikki, grade 4

I observe the light, shiny sky.The sounds of sirens haunt me as I stare.All different people crowd the sidewalk.

A biker zooms across like lightning.The tremble of the train awakens the birds on the

post,The ground starts to shake and then stops really

fast.I hear a crash then a drip of water.

Whoosh, the silky wind rubs across people’s faceswhipping their hair around.

It’s dark and faded in the sky. Towers tower overme as I walk in the dark.

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“Look at that turquoisewater!” I screamed. We werein Aruba and I could hear thewater crashing against therocks. My hands rubbedagainst the golden smoothsand. My eyes grew biggerevery time I looked at the see-through water. “This islandis fabulous!” I whispered.

“It’s time for the jeep ride,”my mother shouted. Mybrother and I hopped in thejeep. My dad was drivingwhile my mom was helpingdad follow the director. Thelast stop was the beautifulbaby beach where you couldsnorkel.

My brother and dad set offsnorkeling. Then my brotherhad a brilliant idea that wecould play sea tag. “You’reit,” I screamed to my brother.My dad and I swam off in themagnificent ocean and weseparated.

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The one comment on theproposal came from residentTerry Peters, who pointed outthat DiNatale Rentals has 80units at the location. Petersfelt that a potential of 80 autorepair businesses was prob-lematic and felt such a busi-ness shouldn’t operate out of astorage warehouse. The com-mission chose to leave thehearing open until at leasttheir Jan. 6 meeting.

During the commission’sregular meeting, Town Plan-ner Geoff Colegrove pointedout that the state will likelytighten up its grant require-ments. As such, he suggestedthat the town may want to re-vise its Plan of Developmentto better fit with the standardsof the state.

The commission also dis-cussed how some of the fueltanks near Mountain Roadmay not be permitted by thesite plans for the various loca-tions. However, Colegrovestated that if the commissionis going to look into one site,they need to check on all ofthem. (Chuck Corley)

Middlefield IWAThe first order of business

at the Dec. 16 Inland Wetlandsand Watercourses Agencymeeting was to address a vio-lation for filling within 100feet of a wetland review areaand filling of wetlands at JimMalcolm’s property, 369 Bai-leyville Road. Attorney Coro-na said filling was broughtonto the site last fall and someof the material from the exca-vation was placed around thedwelling on the property neara stone crossing the brook.The crossing had been dam-aged by vehicles and Malcolmplanned to fix it. Corona said

Durham (Continued from 5)Malcolm should have comebefore the commission re-garding the crossing, thoughhe has a right to maintain it.

There was also materialplaced near the channel, butCorona did not believe anywas placed in the channel;and some of the material con-tains asphalt, which Coronafelt was a clean fill. All of thematerial was delivered by acontractor and a majority of itwill be removed, he said.

A plan of restoration wasrequested by the commission,and Corona noted that Mal-colm understands he is not tobegin cleaning up without ap-proval from the commission.

The second item was a pro-posed construction of ahouse, well, septic system anddriveway within 100 feet ofwetlands on Stowe Street andJackson Hill Road for MarkGribko. Pat Benjamin, repre-senting Gribko, noted that re-quested revisions have beenmade, including the additionof a conservation easementand a rain garden, since the

proposal was first broughtforward. There was a discus-sion about maintaining a 50-foot buffer around the wet-land. Marianne Corona notedher opposition because it wastoo close to the buffer, butGribko said the buffer zonewill not be impacted exceptfor a piece of the drive. Thehouse is 51 feet away from awetland, the septic systemand driveway are both 50 feetaway. Benjamin suggestedthe biologist who flagged thewetlands be asked to reviewthe plans and give his evalua-tions. There were suggestionsto move the driveway to thewest, which will be lookedinto as well.

The commission approvedthe permit to rebuild the firedamaged house at 24D Rose-mary Lane for Thomas Per-relli. They also approved apermit for 35 Levesque Roadfor deposit of fill within 100feet of a wetland for Bill Kru-peck. A proposal by RandyBernotas to repair a seawallwithin the lakebed at 257 Bai-

leyville Road was briefly dis-cussed without Bernotas inattendance. Members thendiscussed regulating thedocks and seawalls in the lakearea and what the commis-sion and state DEP should beoverseeing. The town of Mid-dlefield was granted approvalby the commission for remov-ing excess soil within 100 feetof a wetland at town beach, 56Lake Shore Drive. MarianneCorona will contact DEP to at-tend a meeting to discussLake Beseck.

The commission talkedabout Calvanese and KastnerLLC proposed various regu-lated activities with 100 feet ofa wetland at 31 Powder HillRoad. Wetlands officer LeeVito reported that Zygo prop-erty had issues with kidsbuilding a fort in the woods,complete with a wood stove,which causes fire concerns. Acontractor installed an apronoff the street, which was over100 feet from the wetlands,but Vito received many calls.Middlefield Fire Department

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Vito discussed a few prop-erties he looked into since thelast meeting and noted thefirst public hearing for HappyAcres will be at the next regu-larly scheduled meeting inJanuary.

During the chairman’s re-port, Darin Overton said theBoard of Selectmen reap-pointed Marianne Coronaand Irene Angiletta to thecommission. Melissa Kowalhas resigned. (From min-utes/Stephanie Wilcox)

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Benchwarmers recognize the scholar athletes for the fall sports seasonThe Benchwarmers begin

recognizing scholar athletesof the fall season with thesethree atletes. The second setof three will be featured innext week’s Town Times.

Taylor Edinger.Senior Taylor Edinger, #6,

playing center mid-fielder forcoach Tim Shuler, completedher final season for the girls’soccer team. Honored herefor the second year in a row,she has been an importantpresence at her positionwhich she describes as“where a lot of the action is.”

The signature game inleague play was the second

win against East Hampton, asweep for the season. “Peopleweren’t expecting a lot fromus, it felt like we had to provethem wrong. I think we didthat.” The Blue Devils fin-ished the regular season atsix wins, seven losses, threeties, and were seeded 20th outof 22 teams in the class S tour-nament.

The team played well in thestates. In the first round, theybeat the 13th ranked EastGranby squad 1-0. They pre-vailed once more by upsettingthe fourth ranked Terryvilleteam 1-0. Luck ran out for theladies against St Bernard’s inthe quarterfinal game. Taylorand mates were defeated 2-0.She was placed on the all-con-ference team at the fall sportsbanquet.

Taylor is starting at thenumber four spot on the var-sity girls basketball team, asthe quick, athletic Blue Dev-ils are off and running with a3-0 record to start the season.

Other than club soccer, Tay-lor does not compete in thespring. Admitting that shefeels too busy with her stud-ies right now, she is still“knuckling down” and hasn’tcaught “senioritis” as yet.

With applications in toUConn, Springfield, Va Techand East Carolina, Edingerhopes to major in physicaltherapy. Before she begins,she will work this summer ata bakery on the Jersey shoreagain. Her thoughts on set-tling down after college, “Idon’t know yet; I’m just goingto see how it goes.”

Makayla Davis

Makayla Davis, senior, hascompeted in girls Cross Coun-try for coach Lavinia Viguefour years, becoming a varsi-ty runner as a sophomore.Initially urged on by a friendand neighbor as a great wayto work out, Davis found ithard as a freshman, but want-ed to improve.

“From then on, I got better.This year was definitely mybest. I was typically the num-ber two finisher throughoutthe year, and finished in theupper fifth in the conferencemeet. My teammates gave methe “100 percent Award” formy effort.”

Unfortunately, althoughthe ladies were invited to thestate class championship,they were not allowed to par-ticipate because they couldnot field enough runners. Theflu was the reason, andMaykayla was one of thethree that suffered from it. “Iwas looking forward to thatrace, my last for the team.”

On the bright side, she expectsgood things in the comingyears for the young harriersbecause only two will gradu-ate this spring.

Playing second base for theperennially excellent District13 softball team, she looks for-ward to yet another seasonwith great potential. “Otherthan our starting pitcher andleft fielder, our team is intact.”Davis mentioned that she alsohas been dancing for 15 years,a life long interest. She doestap, jazz and hip-hop.

An excellent student, Davisis a member of and presidentof the National Honor Society.She has also participated inEco, the Class Council andEDGE, the group that doespeer advocacy concerningdrugs and drinking. Admit-ting that she does “homeworkall the time” she still findstime for fun with friends,shopping and “going out toeat. I’ll always love that.”

Makayla is considering a ca-reer as a chiropractor. In col-lege, she would like to major inSports Biology or Kinesiology,with Northeastern her favoritechoice. “I’m kind of excited tomove on” she said. Althoughlooking forward to continuedstudies, she is also thrilled tobe going to Costa Rica with afriend just after graduation.

Nick D’Aquila.Senior Nick D’Aquila has

just finished competing in anexciting, best-ever seasonwith the V/C Hawks. Wearing#33, D’Aquila ran the ball forcoach John Bozzi and staffscoring eight TD’s and run-ning for 995 yards this season,averaging over six yards percarry. He was humble abouthis performance in describ-ing the success of the team.

“I don’t care so much aboutthat;the team is what mattersto me. First of all our coach

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TToowwnn TTiimmeess SSeerrvviiccee DDiirreeccttoorryydid a great job trying newthings, fitting the best play-ers in the right positions.During summer workoutswe knew we were goingsomewhere and needed to berespected. We worked reallyhard.”

The Hawks outscored op-ponents through the first tengames 300-163, roughly dou-ble. They were the numberone ranked team in MMmuch of the year. With bigtargets on their backs. TheCromwell game would loomlarger now. It was an excit-ing, competitive game thatCromwell won 24-20 in a bat-tle of huge momentumswings and freakish playsthat affected the outcome.

No doubt the Hawks wereoutclassed by the East Lymeteam in the playoffs. Nick feltthat playing them was like“playing an L school, withbig, hard hitting players.They made big plays againstus while we fell apart, at leastmentally.”

Winter finds D’Aquila inthe gym lifting and also play-ing indoor tennis in prepara-tion for the spring season.Nick has been competing atthe #2 singles position andexpects to move to the #1 slotin his final season. He is look-ing forward to a winning sea-son with eight seniors pro-viding a solid core.

An honor student, Nickhas been accepted to the Uni-versity of New Haven as wellas CCSU. He will major inConstruction Management,wanting to establish himselfin a larger city and work onbigger projects. For now hewill content himself over thesummer by detailing boatsbefore he pushes forward,“trusting his blocks.”

Benchwarmers(Continued from page 20)

The Coginchaug Devils basketball team rises again in 2009By Tim Rizzo

Special to the Town Times

This year will be a very in-teresting year for the Cogin-chaug Blue Devils basketballteam, one that could be con-sidered a rebuilding year,but the players see it as justanother season. After losinggraduating seniors MattBiesak, James Carmichaeland Mike Markowski to col-

lege, the team looks to buildoff their 16-4 regular seasonrecord from last year. Theteam hopes to improve ontheir opening round exit toOld Saybrook in Shorelinesand their respectable secondround loss to Stafford instates.

Senior power forward andvarsity starter since hissophomore year, Jeff Tiede-mann feels the change. “Ourteam’s a lot faster and willapply a lot more pressureand is more excited on the

court then last year. He said,“this is a different style teamand we still have a lot of tal-

ent and chemistry.” Jeff re-mains optimistic for thisyear’s team and rightfully so

under head coach Todd Sal-va who has led the team tothe State tournament thepast three years.

To get to that gloriousending of winning a stateand shoreline championshipthey will have to face thesame rough schedule ofteams such as North Bran-ford, Cromwell and HydeLeadership among manyothers. The success of thisteam could very well rely onknowing one another andtrusting each other on the

court. As senior guard BenShoudy says, “Can we learnto play as a team? We’ll govery far if we can, but with-out that cooperation we’regoing to have a rough year.”

Sounds like this team’ssuccess could very well relyon one teammate knowinganother like the back of hishand. Look for the Blue Dev-ils to have another solid yearunder Coach Salva’s wing.These fast-paced players willmake some noise this year,for sure.

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Local Coginchaug SoccerClub players are at it againthis winter with the help oftheir sponsor Lino’s Mar-ket. This year Lino spon-sored two teams in two agegroups.

Last year’s UltimateSports Champions havemoved up and are playing ina more competitive, U10league at CFC in Hamden.They are playing againstteams from Milford to Meri-den. The age difference hasbeen very challenging forthis U9 team, but the playersare as excited as ever.

A new group of Cogin-chaug players (mostly firstgraders) are practicing andplaying at Ultimate Sportsin their U8 league. It is agreat location for this agegroup with a small field anda very friendly staff. WithMVP designations eachgame and the ultimate prizeof a three-foot high trophy,these little ones are highlymotivated to succeed. At 2-1,it is shaping up to be an ex-citing and successful sea-son.

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Seniors steady in win at North Branford for first gameBy Alan Pease

Special to the Town Times

Gong into this season, Iwondered where the Cogin-chaug boys would get the scor-ing to make up for MattBiesak’s departure and the re-bounding to make up forJames Carmichael’s absence,both lost to graduation. Thepicture seemed to come intofocus on Wednesday, Dec. 16,as the Devils visited the Thun-derbirds of North Branford.

All five starters had solid ef-forts, but the seniors in thatgroup, Jeff Tiedemann andEric Hewitt, each put up dou-ble digits in both scoring andrebounding. More important,they kept their composurewhen the game was on theline, coming from five pointsdown with three minutes leftto tie the game in regulation.Sophomore Erikson Wasylgrabbed an offensive reboundnear the foul line with just sec-onds left and dropped in theput-back going down the laneto ensure the continuation ofthe game at 55–55. Coginchaughad trailed by seven after oneperiod, went ahead by three atthe half, faded in the third pe-riod to trail by 6, then cameback for the tie with Wasyl’sbucket.

The Blue Devils kept theircomposure and the Thunder-birds did not, resulting in a 72-61 win for the visiting Devils.

Both teams committed twofouls in the overtime period,but both of North Branford’sfouls were followed by techni-cal fouls, resulting in a total ofeight foul shots by Cogin-chaug, with five of those con-verted (three by regulationhero Wasyl). The seniors dom-inated the overtime effort,with Tiedemann hitting allthree of his shots in the period(he was 8 for 10 for the game, 5of 6 from the charity stripe),and Hewitt dropping in twobaskets and grabbing three re-bounds in the extra period.

There were two notablestats for Coginchaug – they

out-rebounded the home teamby a 40 to 20 margin, but theysurrendered that advantagein the turnover department,with 22 turnovers comparedto seven for North Branford.The game was marred with 47fouls, resulting in 56 foulshots, resulting in a very longand late game.

Tiedemann led Coginchaugwith 21 points, 12 of those inthe last seven minutes of thegame, including overtime. Healso earned 11 rebounds,three assists and a steal. He-witt scored 16 points, added 11rebounds, a steal and an as-sist. Wasyl rounded out the

double-digit scoring with 11points, and also had five re-bounds, four assists and asteal. Tommy Ryan scorednine points, three reboundsand added a steal and an as-sist. Andrew Markowskiscored seven points, pulleddown four rebounds and hadtwo assists.

Ethan Donecker provided abig spark off the bench, scor-ing the Devils first two fieldgoals at the four minute markto keep things close, and end-ing with six points, four re-

bounds, an assist and a steal.Ed Ruddy scored two pointson a rebound put-back as timeexpired in the first half, giv-ing the Devils a three-pointlead and a boost going into thelocker room. He also had a re-bound and an assist. EJLuther had an assist and a re-bound. Ben Shoudy alsoplayed.

The Devils played theirfirst home game on Tuesdayvs. Morgan, and will have amake game on Monday, Dec.28, at Valley Regional.


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