8-5-2011TownTimes

I spy a lone sunflower...

...and a hot air balloonThe sunflower maze at Lyman Orchards, in theshape of a butterfly, opened on July 30, with 1,000people enjoying its three acres. One dollar fromevery ticket goes to the CT Children’s Medical Cen-ter. The maze, now in its fifth year, will be open untilAugust 28. A tethered hot air balloon gave a bird’s-eye view of the panorama to about 100 people onJuly 31 from 9 until 11 a.m. All proceeds from thiswent to the CT Children’s Medical Center. See moresunflower pictures on page 16.

Photos by Diana Carr

Volume 18, Issue 17 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall Friday, August 5, 2011

In this issue ...Calendar............................4Durham Briefs................15Middlefield Briefs...........14Obituary..........................20Sports..........................20-24

District 13 students excel on 2011 CMTsBy Mark Dionne

Special to the Town Times

The results of the Con-necticut Mastery Tests(CMTs), released in July andavailable online, show thatRegional School District 13(RSD13) continued to per-form well compared to theConnecticut average.

The CMTs score studentsin grades 3 through 8 in cate-gories of math, reading andwriting. Science is includedas a subject category ingrades 5 and 8.

Student scores in each cat-egory are reported in levelsas Advanced, Goal, Profi-cient, Basic and Below Ba-sic. One of the methods usedto compare schools and dis-tricts is the Goal range. Asthe Connecticut Board of Ed-ucation explains, “The Goalrange includes the Ad-vanced and Goal levels. Scor-ing in the Goal range is achallenging, yet reasonable,expectation for Connecticutstudents.”

Examining differentgrades and categories usingthe Goal range reveals D13students outperforming thestate average. For example,85.4 percent of grade 8 D13students reached the Goalrange in math, compared to

66.8 percent of state stu-dents. In reading, 86.5 per-cent of grade 6 D13 studentshit the Goal range, over 10percentage points higherthan the state average.

The district students alsotested well in the science cat-egory. Over 76 percent ofgrade 5 D13 students reachedthe Goal range, 16 percent-age points higher than thestate average. In grade 8, 84percent reached the Goalrange, over 20 percentagepoints higher than the stateaverage.

In a phone interview, Su-perintendent Sue Viccarosaid, “I’m never satisfiedwith where we are until 100percent are where theyshould be.”

Viccaro noted that onlyschool-wide, not individual,results have been released.“We can’t do an in-depth re-action until we get individ-ual results.”

The gap between D13 stu-dents and the state consis-tently grew larger in the old-er grades. A six-point differ-ence in writing for grade 3became a 22 point gap forgrade 8. These patternscould be read as the benefitsof a consistently high-quali-ty education in Durham andMiddlefield.

“As our kids move toward[grades] 6, 7 and 8, the scoresgo up,” Viccaro said. Typi-cally in D13, the older gradesscore around 85 percent inthe Goal range. Thosescores, Viccaro adds, are“not as high as I would likethem to be at the youngergrades.”

Viccaro also cites thereading subject category asan area of interest, noting along-standing concern withreading consultants at the el-ementary level and remedialreading help at the highschool level.

Acting commissioner forConnecticut’s Departmentof Education George Cole-man noted positive resultsat the state level, saying in apress release, “It is encour-aging to see that our publicschools are making progressby increasing the numbersof students who are movinginto the Proficient level ofperformance and from theProficient level into theGoal level.”

Connecticut’s Departmentof Education presents the re-sults from 2006 to the presentin one database. In 2006 theCMT requirement was ex-panded to include all stu-

DMIAAB announces composter projectDMIAAB currently has

funding for 25 of each Gar-den Gourmet and GreenCone style composters. Salesof the first units will con-tribute to the purchase ofmore, depending on demand.

By offering a deep discountto the residents of Durham-Middlefield, it is hoped thatDMIAAB can establish abroad-based program thatwill ultimately improve oursoil, reduce the amount ofmunicipal solid waste, andreduce the costs at ourshared transfer station,which will save tax dollars. Ifthe program expands, wewould like to make formsavailable for pre-sales, and apick-up site in Middlefieldwill be established.

First come, first served —must be picked up, mustshow proof of residency.Sunday, Aug. 7, at 11 a.m. atthe Durham Volunteer Am-bulance Corps building at205 Main St. The GardenGourmet, at $27.50, is a tradi-tional above ground bin com-poster; the Green Cone, at$47.50, is a digester thatprocesses meat, fish, bones,cooked vegetables, dairy,etc. in a chamber belowground level. Make checkspayable to DMIAAB.

See CMT, page 16

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Index of AdvertisersTo advertise in the Town Timescall Joy Boone at 860-349-8026.

Addy & Sons.......................... 16Adworks.......................................7Allan’s Tree Service ..................16APEC Electric............................16Assisted Living of Meriden ........12Berardino Company Realtors....23Berlin Bicycle Shop .....................6Binge, Bruce..............................18Black Dog ..................................11Boylin, William, MD .....................5Brockett Paving & Construction 20Cahill & Sons.............................21Carlton Interiors...........................3Carmine’s Restaurant .................3Celltell Communications............14Centurion Exterminating............17Classic Nails..............................16Conroy, John, DMD...................13Country Landscaping ................21CV Enterprises ..........................20Dean Autoworks........................11Drummonds Cleaning ...............18Durham Dental ............................7Durham Family Eyecare .............5Durham Market............................7Durham Naturopathic Health ....13Erba Landscaping .....................19

Executive Offices.......................19Fugge, David, M........................16Glazer Dental Associates..........15Grant Groundscapes.................19Griswold Plumbing Services .....19Home Works..............................18Hunters Pool and Spas .............14Huscher, Debbie .......................23Ianniello Plumbing.....................21Jay Landscaping .......................20JC Farm & Greenhouse ..............3Joel’s Detailing ..........................11Lema, William J., DMD................6Lyman Orchards..........................7Middlefield Remodeling.............21Middlesex Community College...3, 5Middlesex Dance Center...........15Middlesex Health Care Center..14Movado Farm ............................17Neil Jones Home Improvements..17New England Dental Health......24Orthodontic Specialist ...............10Palmieri Construction ................14Peaceful Healing .......................11Pet Sitting by Samantha ...........16Pizza King .................................15Prete Chiropractic Center............5

Raintree Landscaping ...............21

Raney, Jason, DMD..................12

Realty Associates......................23

Redwood Country Flea Market .10

Remodeling Durham Style ........17

RLI Electric ................................20

Roblee Plumbing.......................20

Rockfall Co ................................21

Rockwell Excavation & Paving..17

Roman Oil Co............................19

RSDL Home Improvements......18

Silver Mill Tours.........................22

Singles Alternatives...................15

Snow Services.............................5

T-N-T Home & Lawncare..........18

Therapeutic Massage................17

Tile Renovators .........................20

Torrison Stone & Garden ..........19

Uncle Bob’s Flower & Garden.....7

VMB Custom Builders...............21

Wesleyan University..................13

Whitehouse Construction..........21

Tell RSD13Adult Educationwhat you want

Our local Adult Educationprogram has been in opera-tion for over 20 years, and wewould like to update ourclasses with some new ideasand new instructors! Weneed your feedback to makesure the program is meetingthe needs of our residents.

1) What classeswould you like tosee offered in thefall, winter andspring programs?

2) Do you have anight or two you prefer for aclass?

3) Would you like to teacha class and what topic? Youdo not have to be a resident.

Please email your re-sponses to Susan CarrollNardine at [email protected], mail to SusanCarroll Nardine, 53 Mary-land Drive, Middlefield, CTor call 860-349-2232.

Lake Beseckbeach luau

Grab some friends, yourleis, kick up your heels and

get ready to eat, sing, danceand limbo at the LakeBeseck Beach Summer Luauon Sunday, Aug. 21, fromnoon to 5 p.m.! The event issponsored by MiddlefieldParks & Recreation and iscatered by Cyr BBQ. Therewill be live music, beachgames and more, and themenu will include Pig Roast-Cyr BBQ style, slow-smokedto perfection and servedwith apple cider BBQ sauce.There will also be roast beef,pulled pork, BBQ bakedbeans and corn on the cob.

There are only 100 ticketsavailable (adults-$18; chil-dren 12 and under-$9). Con-tact Amy Poturnicki [email protected] orChris Hurlbert at [email protected] for tickets.

Memorialorientation

Kevin J. Brough, princi-pal of Memorial MiddleSchool, announced that ori-entation will take place Fri-day, Aug. 19, at 1 p.m. in theMemorial School media cen-ter. The program will wel-come incoming fifth andsixth grade students who arenew to Regional School Dis-trict 13 and will provide in-

formation relating to Memo-rial policies and procedures,as well as giving new stu-dents an opportunity to getto know the school. The pro-gram will last approximate-ly one hour. Parents areurged to attend, and refresh-ments will be served.

Swimming poolsafety

In the state of Connecti-cut, pools that are designedto hold 24 inches of water ormore are required to have apermit and applicable barri-ers and safe guards.

Many of the pools you canbuy today for $179 requirethe additional expense ofbarriers and safeguards thatmay easily triple the origi-nal cost of the pool.

The pool that you havebeen using for months oryears may never have beensigned off by your localbuilding department. It mayhave electrical deficienciesand improper guards. Pleasecall and get a final inspec-tion for it and minimize yourexposure.

Do not assume that sinceyour backyard is alreadyfenced in, that it is in fact asuitable barrier for a swim-

ming pool.Summer is a great time to

play outdoors and in the wa-ter, so make your backyardas safe as you can for yourfamily and friends.

You should direct yourquestions to your local build-ing department. Pool regula-tions are the same for alltowns in Connecticut.

By Richard McManus,Durham Building Depart-ment building inspector

Composting 101at the DurhamFarmers’ Market

If you are a beginning gar-dener, or even one who ismore experienced, compost-ing is something you defi-nitely want to get in on. Com-posting involves mixing yardand household organic wastein a pile or bin and providingconditions that encouragedecomposition. The decom-position process is fueled bymillions of microscopic or-ganisms (bacteria, fungi)that take up residence insideyour compost pile, continu-ously devouring and recy-cling it to produce a rich or-ganic fertilizer and valuablesoil amendment. This can bedone on a small or largescale, indoors or outdoors.

Composting is smart for avariety of reasons. It pro-vides many benefits:

To your yard: Compost isrich in organic matter.Adding it to your soil helps it

retain water, reducing theneed to irrigate. A healthiersoil makes healthier plants,which require little or no fer-tilizer and pesticide.

To your wallet: A typicalhousehold of four couldmake about 500 pounds ofcompost each year from itsfood and yard waste. Pur-chasing the same amount ofcompost or potting soil froma garden supplier would costabout $40.

To the earth: Of the 31million tons of food wasteAmericans send to landfillseach year, only three percentis recycled. More compost-ing would reduce theamount of fuel it takes localgovernments to deal withthis mountain of waste.Well-managed home com-post also avoids the releaseof methane, a global warm-ing gas emitted by organicmatter decaying in the ab-sence of oxygen in landfills.And composting improvessoil quality, reducing needsfor water, fertilizer and pes-ticides.

On Thursday, Aug. 11,from 3 to 6 p.m. the DurhamFarmers’ Market will hostspecial guests from theDurham Garden Club. Theywill have general gardeninginformation on hand, as wellas literature on the digestersand composter program thatthe Garden Club and DMI-AAB (Durham/Middlefieldcommittee) are starting.Bring the kids by theDurham Farmers’ Markettent, where they can see,touch and learn about thecomposting worms that liveat Memorial School.

And, of course, you canshop for locally grown pro-duce and locally proudcedbaked goods, cheese, etc. Formore info, go towww.durhamfarmersmar-ket.org.

See you on the green!(Press release submitted by

Tina Hurlbert)

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

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The Town Times wel-comes submissions regard-ing upcoming events hap-pening in the community(e-mail us [email protected] byMondays at noon). We doour best to run submis-sions at least one time.However, due to space con-straints, we cannot guar-antee a submission will bepublished on a specificdate. To ensure your sub-mission runs exactly asyou would like it to, con-tact our sales representa-tive Joy Boone at 860-349-8026, or e-mail [email protected] for apaid-for ad. Thank you.

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Summertime: a fine time to recycle and repurposeBy Cheri Kelley

Town Times

Every week, we bring newthings into our homes in theform of groceries, clothingand home goods; in turn,much goes out to be disposedof. There is a choice that canbe made in our everyday liv-ing to make a conscious deci-sion to create less waste.Much can be learned from thewise women who lived dur-ing the Great Depression,many of whom had no choicebut to make do and be cre-ative with what they had.

During the Depression, itwasn’t unusual for women tohave sewing and knittingskills; not many young peo-ple today have sewing ma-chines available to them or aknitting teacher to give themthe basic knowledge. A cou-ple of hours in front of asewing machine can beenough to build a foundation,which could morph, in time,to brilliant designs thatwould cost a pretty penny at atrendy boutique.

With that creativity inmind,abeginnercouldrepur-posetextilesthattheyalreadyhave in their homes. Insteadofthrowingoutanadult-sizedshirt that may no longer be inusable condition for parentsto wear, child-sized clothingcanbemadefromtheunblem-ished part of the garment. Amen’s dress shirt could easilybe transformed into a child’sskirt or pants. The buttonsand zippers on the old attirecan be reused for new sewingprojects. To go even further,when the child has either out-grown or adorned their re-purposed clothing with nev-er-to-come-out grape juiceand grass stains, one couldtake that same clothing, re-work it and make it into dollclothes. Three separate func-tions from one purchase is agreat way to use less.

Another way to get moreuse out of well-worn kidsclothing is to use one of thosewashing machine perma-nent color dyes to camou-flage stains. A tie dye projectis also a way for kids to get inon the reusing-repurposingaction.

Here is an idea for both re-ducing the amount of pack-aging on groceries that comeinto the home and for creat-

ing a storage space for thosegroceries from repurposeditems. The first step is to pur-chase staple foods like rice,flour and oats in bulk. Thereare companies online thatsell bulk foodstuff at whole-sale prices. The packaging onbulk orders is typically muchless than when purchased in

smaller increments; the onlyissue is storing the largeramount once it is in yourhome. The solution: repur-posed one-gallon-sized picklejars. It’s so simple. Once youhave gotten your fill ofcrunchy dills, clean out theglass jar thoroughly and let itdry. Paint the non-food-touching side of the lid tomatch your décor, and thereyou go — an easy but beauti-ful way to showcase andstore food.

For those who are fans of

scrapbooking, this an ideathat is both sentimental anda great way to reuse cardsthroughout the seasons.When creating a scrapbookdedicated to the first year oflife for a new baby, the em-bellishments and stickerscan be very expensive. A wayto cut down on costs and pa-per waste is to save all thewonderful cards that newparents receive upon the ar-rival of their little one. Thetext and graphics on thecards as well as the hand-written messages can be cutout and layered on coloredpaper to give scrapbookingpages that added pop and per-sonal touch.

These ideas are only a fewamong the vast possibilitiesfor repurposing itemsthroughout our homes. Sum-mertime is a great time to dosome of the projects that re-

quire an easily cleanableopen space and ventilationbecause they can be doneoutdoors. See what you cando to repurpose and reusethis season.

Scrapbook creations.

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FRIDAY

August 5Baked Bean Supper

Take a break from the hotkitchen and enjoy an old-fashioned, home-cookedmeal without the cooking.Come to the baked bean sup-per held at the UnitedChurches at 6 p.m. in the air-conditioned FellowshipHall, located at 228R Main St.in Durham. All are welcome;call 860-349-3683 for pricesand more info.

4-H Fair at DurhamFairgrounds

The Middlesex and NewHaven County 4-H Fair isback! Come join Connecti-cut’s 4-Hers on Aug. 5, 6 and 7at the Durham Fairgrounds.The fair offers a wide varietyof farm animals, tractorpulls, enjoyable country-style entertainment and anarray of delicious fair foods.New this year is the firstever Just Jam Music Festi-val. Stop by Saturday after-noon to watch this awesomeevent. Local bands are invit-ed to participate; all types ofmusic are welcome. The fairis open Friday 5 to 10 p.m.,Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.For more information, visitf a c e b o o k . c o m / M i d d l e -sexandNewHaven4HFair.

SATURDAY

August 6Television Mass

Father John Gatzak, di-rector of the Office of Radio& Television of the Archdio-cese of Hartford, and staffwill be on location at St. Col-man’s Church in Middlefieldat the 4 p.m. Mass today. Fa-ther James Sucholet will becelebrant and homilist ofthis special Mass with Fa-ther John as Concelebrant.This special Mass will betaped today and aired tomor-row morning, Aug. 7, at 10a.m. on Comcast channel 11(WTXX).We ask members ofboth St. Colman’s and NotreDame to attend. The ORTVstaff asks that you please sitin the front and middle sec-tions so as not to interferewith the camera staff.Dudley Farmers’ Market

The Farmers’ Market atthe Dudley Farm, corner of

routes 77 and 80 in NorthGuilford, is held every Satur-day from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.through Oct. 29. Local and or-ganic produce, herbs, eggs,flowers, baked goods, honey,maple syrup, soaps, jewelry,knitted things, gift items andmore homemade and home-grown items are sold.

Chicken BarbequeCome to St. James Episco-

pal Church, located on thecorner of Route 81 and LittleCity Road in Higganum, fortheir annual chicken barbe-cue from 5 to 7 p.m. The din-ner will include chicken,corn on the cob, salads andhomemade desserts. Takeout dinners are available.For more info and pricing,pleasecontactWayneLePardat 860-345-4172.

Tag Sale & Flea MarketNotre Dame Church on

Main Street in Durham willhave their monthly tag saleand flea market, rain orshine, in their church hall,church garage, parking lotand lawn today from 8 a.m.to 1 p.m. A jewelry table and30 tag sale tables with thou-sands of items are set up inthe air-conditioned churchhall. Breakfast and lunch areavailable for purchase. A re-cycling box for cell phoneswill be available as a serviceproject by Mercy HighSchool students Sara andDanielle Richardson andAshley Scotto. Vendor spaceis available by calling Bob at860-349-0356. The next datesare Sept. 3 and Oct. 1.

SUNDAY

August 7Composters for Sale

DMIAAB currently hasfunding for 25 of each Gar-den Gourmet and GreenCone style composters. Salesof the first units will con-tribute to the purchase ofmore depending on demand.First come, first serve —must be picked up, mustshow proof of residency.Sunday, Aug. 7, at 11 am atthe Durham Volunteer Am-bulance Corps building at205 Main St. Make checkspayable to DMIAAB.CT Ballet in Middletown

Middlesex CommunityCollege welcomes the CTBallet to its campus for thefirst time this summer for afree outdoor caravan per-

formance of classic, dramat-ic and cutting-edge ballets.The special program, whichis part of the CT Ballet’s 30thanniversary celebration,will begin at 5 p.m. today at100 Training Hill Rd. in Mid-dletown. The rain location isin Chapman Hall on campus.In addition to a picnic,guests are invited to bringblankets and lawn chairs toenjoy this free event. Therewill be a CT Ballet souvenirtent, and food and beverageswill be for sale throughoutthe performance. Parking oncampus is free.

MONDAY

August 8Durham Senior Lunches

Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center lo-cated at 350 Main St. inDurham. Following thelunches on Mondays is gametime which includes bil-liards, Wii and cards. Bingostarts at 1 p.m. on Wednes-days. For pricing info and tomake a reservation, callAmanda Astarita, seniorcafé manager, at 860-349-3153.Middlefield Senior Lunch

The Middlefield SeniorCafé is serving lunch threetimes a week, on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays.Reservations are required 24hours prior, and theirmonthly menu can be pickedup at the center, Town Hallor at www.middlefieldct.org.

Sportime CampSportime Camp with Alex

Edwards is today throughAug. 12. Edwards is ateacher in District 13 whomakes learning and exercisefun. He teaches kids the fun-damentals of many teamsports and how to be “goodsports.” The camp meets atPeckham Park in the morn-ings. Please call Alex Ed-wards at 860-632-0510 withany questions.

TUESDAY

August 9Destination Durham

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

available at the Levi Coe andDurham libraries.

Sexual HarassmentPrevention Training

The Middlesex Chamberof Commerce, 393 Main St. inMiddletown, are holding twocourses at 10:15 a.m and 12p.m. called Developments inSexual Harassment Preven-tion Training. This sessionmeets the state of Connecti-cut’s requirements for twohours of sexual harassmenttraining for supervisors andmaganers. For more info andfees, call 860-347-6924. To reg-ister for the business afterwork or seminar, please e-mail [email protected].

WEDNESDAY

August 10Durham Senior Lunches

Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center lo-cated at 350 Main St. inDurham. Following thelunches on Mondays is gametime which includes bil-liards, Wii and cards. Bingostarts at 1 p.m. on Wednes-days. For pricing info and tomake a reservation, callAmanda Astarita, seniorcafé manager, at 860-349-3153.

Cowboy DocumentaryA free showing of the doc-

umentary Sweetgrass by Il-isa Barbash and Lucien Cas-taing-Taylor will be held atthe Henry Carter Hull Li-brary in Clinton at 6 p.m.Sweetgrass presents a rivet-ing and poetic portrait of theAmerican West just as one ofits traditional ways of lifedies out. Shot amidst thegrandeur of Montana’s Ab-saroka-Beartooth Wilder-ness, the film follows the lastmodern-day cowboys to leadtheir flocks of sheep up intothe breathtaking and oftendangerous mountains forsummer pasture. Registra-tion not required. More in-formation about this docu-mentary, including a pre-view, is atwww.pbs.org/pov.

TOPSJoin the TOPS meetings

every Wednesday at 6:30p.m. in the Durham TownHall third floor meetingroom. For more info, call

Naomi at 860-349-9558 orBonnie at 860-349-9433.

THURSDAY

August 11Summer Concert

The Humblebees and theMiddlefield Ukulele Clubwill perform tonight at 6:30p.m. at Peckham ParkPavilion.

Farmers’ MarketThe Durham Farmers’

Market is every Thursdayfrom 3 to 6 p.m. on the towngreen through Sept. 8. To-day’s theme is composting101. Visit www.durhamfarm-ersmarket.org for more info.Summer Christian Institute

Cross Street A.M.E. ZionChurch, 440 West St. in Mid-dletown, is holding a three-session free institute for allages — children, youth andadults. The theme is “21stCentury Christians: Restor-ing the Mission.” Todayfrom 5:15 to 8 p.m., tomor-row from 5:15 to 8 p.m. andSaturday from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Includes Saturdaybreakfast, lunch, snacks andworkshops in arts andcrafts, drill team, martialarts, computer lab, publicspeaking, music and more.Call 860-344-9527 to registerfor this free program, opento all.

FRIDAY

August 12Tot Time

The MOMS Club ofDurham and Middlefieldsponsors a weekly Tot Time.It is held every Friday from10:30 a.m. to noon at Peck-ham Park, or, if it’s rainy, atthe Middlefield CommunityCenter. This open-age play-group is available for all res-idents and their children ofDurham, Middlefield andRockfall. No RSVP is re-quired; just feel free to comeon down and join the fun.For more info on the MOMSClub, please contact Ann atm o m s d u r h a m m i d d l e [email protected].

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Middlefield native now a restaurant entrepreneurBy Cheri Kelley

Town Times

There must be somethingin the area that inspires thelove of good food becauseDurham and Middlefieldhave put forth many chefsand restaurateurs. One ofthe success stories is noneother than Middlefield’sMark Lacz.

Lacz grew up in Middle-field, and his parents andone of his brothers still livein town. He credits the inspi-ration for his interest in culi-nary entrepreneurship tothe time that he worked at Il-liano’s Ristorante & Pizzeriain Middletown. VinnieScileppi, the owner of Il-liano’s, inspired Lacz towant to open his own restau-rant. Lacz watched the wayScileppi operated his busi-ness. “I would work almostevery day when I wasn’t do-ing a sport. I was working fora good organization andgood people and I learnedgreat people skills. Heworked a lot, but he loved do-ing it,” Lacz stated about

Scileppi and his experiencesthere.

After high school, Laczwent to the University ofConnecticut School of Busi-ness, where he majored inentrepreneurship. Duringcollege, he learned aboutmarketing, accounting andthe foundations of building agood business. He alsoworked at Willington Pizzaduring college, which gavehim another insight into piz-za-making, this time in aGreek-style restaurant.

After graduating, Laczhad job offers in sales and fi-nance but that wasn’t wherehis passion was. He calledScileppi and asked if he hadany work for him. It just sohappened that Scileppi wasopening a new restaurant,and Lacz was the perfectcandidate for the job. “He letme run his Meriden restau-rant for him for two years. Ilearned as much as I couldand gained front-of-the-house experience,” Laczstated.

In order to get more culi-nary experience to round

out his knowledge for open-ing up his own restaurant,Lacz worked at DavidBurke Prime at FoxwoodsCasino. At David BurkePrime, Lacz met his even-tual partner Kyle Beau-soleil who was a sous chef.They worked there for ayear and a half and becamegood friends. When they de-cided it was time for themto venture out on theirown, they brainstormedideas and, using both oftheir skills, decided to mixfresh pasta and pizza for anew Italian Americanbistro and gourmet pizzarestaurant. And so, CasaDella Luce in Westerly,Rhode Island, was born.

“I took a little bit fromeverything — classroom andworking experience. Afterbeing open for a year, I real-ized that this was the right

path for me. I get toutilize mystrengths andskills,” Lacz said.

Lacz is a youngman who had a vi-sion for himself; heworked towardthat goal even be-fore graduatinghigh school. Deter-mination anddreaming provedsuccessful for thisMiddlefield native.

Mark Lacz, for-merly of Middle-field, is now co-owner of a new

restaurant inRhode Island.

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Memories made in MaineBy Sue VanDerzee

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Like several of the storiesrecently published here byTown Times’ staffers, hayplays a significant part in mychildhood memories of sum-mer. The notion of taking afamily trip to see sights of in-terest was apparently for-eign in my family, but almostevery summer, we did take atrip to visit family friends inMaine who were first friendswith my grandparents whenmy mother was a teenager.

Uncle Ed and Aunt Mar-sha, and later Uncle Ed andAunt Roberta (when AuntMarsha passed away and Un-cle Ed married the widownext door) lived on a farm incentral Maine, in HamptonHighlands, near Bangor.They did not have an indoortoilet or central heating.Aunt Marsha turned out de-

licious farm meals on a huge,black wood-burning stove.They had a rain barrel and aporch.

They also had a hayloft inthe barn, which was attachedto the house by a series oframshackle sheds and pas-sages, as is customary inMaine farm construction,presumably to keep thefarmer from having to go out-side in the winter — a trulywise idea. In one of thosesheds closest to the housewas the outhouse.

But the hayloft was wheremy brothers and I climbedand jumped and swung (andsneezed in the golden motesof dust falling around us).

At night, tired from bring-ing Buttercup, the lone cow,down from the pasture to getmilked, scratched andstained red from hours in thewild raspberry bushes,sprouting hay cowlicks fromadventures in the hayloft, wechildren would be put to bedon gloriously puffy feath-

erbeds into which we wouldpromptly sink, giggling.There were no baths becausethere was no bathtub. (Pre-sumably Uncle Ed and AuntMarsha solved this dilemmaas they never appeared orsmelled unwashed in anyway, but for us kids duringthat magical week in sum-mer, the pump kitchen sinkand a swim in the pond werejust fine, thank you.)

As soon as parental foot-falls descended the stairs, wekids would climb out of ourfeathered nighttime nestsand gather around the gratesstrategically placed in the

room so that heat from thewoodstove in the kitchen orthe fireplace in the livingroom could rise, and listen tothe adult conversations be-low while jostling and shush-ing each other. It was as ex-citing as only surreptitiouslistening can be, and it wasthrough those grates that wefirst learned a few family se-crets.

One summer, Uncle Edproudly showed us theirnewest modern advance-ment – a chemical toilet in acloset just off the livingroom. Eventually the pumpsink sprouted faucets, but in

every significant way, “go-ing to Maine” remained thesame each year – there wasalways the long trip (inter-rupted by a stay at a motelhalfway from our home onLong Island), the excitementof first spying the house, thecomfort and joy of UncleEd’s welcoming hugs for allof us, the delicious food, andthe discreet depositing ofperhaps $50 on the dresseras we left our bedrooms onthe last day of the visit. I re-alize now that this small to-ken of our thanks perhapssustained our Maine friendsfor quite awhile in what wasessentially a cashless house-hold where almost every-thing they needed wasraised on the farm or home-made.

So strong was the attach-ment that when I married,my husband and I returnedto Maine – not every sum-mer but often enough so thatour children retain clearmemories of Uncle Ed andAunt Roberta. Every yearwe helped with farm chores.By that time, Buttercup andthe chickens were gone, butUncle Ed’s newest projectwas making cedar shingles,and our children carriedwood to “help.” My husbandBob was persuaded one sum-mer to drive the old tractorfrom the woods with a loadof wood for the small shinglesawmill. As he started down-hill, Uncle Ed shouted

Buttercup and I: Buttercup doesn’t seem too anxiousto return to the barn!

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Eventually, they sold thefarm and moved into seniorcitizen housing in nearby OldTown, in a refurbished oldmill along the Penobscot Riv-er. There Aunt Roberta point-ed out with pride the commu-nity gardens she tended,filled with flowers trans-planted from the farm. Thereour youngest daughter Katierode her first “elligator” (orelevator). And there we final-ly bade farewell to a traditionas first Uncle Ed, and thenseveral years later AuntRoberta, went to their reward –which for befriending a “citi-fied” family from New Yorkover three generations – mustcertainly be considerable.

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poll question asked, “WithAugust now here, haveyou accomplished thegoals you set for yourselfthis summer (read abook/relax more/visitfriends)?” By press time,10 people responded. Fiftypercent said “Yes”; 50 per-cent said “No.” We hopeyou take the last fewweeks of summer to getthose things done!

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Paws Place: Lil’ MissButterscotch

Lil’ Miss Butterscotch is a two-to three-year-old Staffi/Terri mix.She loves people and is great withall dogs. Petite, generous and veryloving, she likes to jump up gentlyand hug you (which might be toomuch for children 10 years oldand younger). Butterscotch is very eager to be with peopleand wants to do everything right. She is always alert to herperson and always gives and seeks out affection. She loves toplay and romp around in the back pen, but she is also quitecontent to lay in the grass, settling down very quickly.

Butterscoth is good on a leash; she is small and easy to con-trol. Butterscotch would not only be a stunning family mem-ber with beautiful markings on her face, but she would alsobe a loyal and devoted one. Will you rescue Butterscotch?

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Letters to the Editor

Thank youThe Coginchaug girls’

cross country team wantedto say thank you to CarolynAdams Country Barn andWild Wisteria for allowingus to hold our annual carwash fundraiser in theirparking lot. Their generosi-ty toward our team for thepast several years is greatlyappreciated. As a thank you,we just want to encourageeveryone in town to supportthese local businesses —stop in and see the greatitems they have for sale!

We also want to thank allthe community memberswho donated or got their carwashed last Saturday. Ourcar wash was a huge successand helped us to raise money

for the 2011 season! Thankyou for the support you showfor our team, we all appreci-ate it!

Rachel Viccaro andMelanie Badin (CRHS girls’cross country team captains)

Error found inJuly 22 coverstory

The front page story on7/22 “Ordinances head totown meeting” has a grosslyinaccurate statement. At theend of paragraph one, lastsentence...”or into some-thing that connects with asewer system along Route 66or around Lake Beseck.”

Our storm drains do notconnect into the sewer sys-

tems. Waste drains fromhomes; toilets, sinks, show-ers and washing machinesare connected to the sewersystem, and folks should not,of course, flush anythingdown them that is not a waterwaste material, including hy-gienic wipes, oils, antifreeze,etc. The new ordinance con-cerns the whole town and thestorm drain system. Ourstorm drains connect direct-ly into the various brooksand river system, EllenDoyle Brook and CoginchaugRiver, which ultimately endup in the Connecticut Riverand on to Long Island Sound.

When the Lake Besecksewer system was installed, apart of that project was to up-grade the storm drain systemin the area, but again theyare totally separate systems.In cities such as Hartford, thestorm drains do connect intothe sewer systems and createproblems when there areheavy rains that overwhelmthe ability of the sewer treat-ment facilities to process theextra water.

The ordinance prohibitsany contaminants from be-ing dumped into the stormdrain system, whether di-rectly or indirectly.

Mary E. Johnson,

Middlefield Selectman

Jake from the Lake a.k.a. the Ice DogI’ve waited quite a while to

tell this story. Maybe becauseI am still pinching myself thatwe have a dog. Maybe becauseI was afraid Jake’s originalowner would suddenly wanthim back. Or maybe becausethere’s been lots of other newsto write. But I’ll tell you aboutit now.

Have you heard about theIce Dog? This past winter, oneof the most extreme wintersin years, the Lake Beseckcommunity and many kind-hearted neighbors came out oftheir warm, cozy homes tohelp “capture” what appearedto be a lost dog on the frozenice of Lake Beseck. There wasfriendly banter through e-mail about whether this four-legged animal was a coyote,coy-dog or lost German shep-

herd. He had no collar andhad taken up residence in themaze of snowmobile trackson the snow-covered ice. Hewas surviving off of dinnerleftovers and dog treats leftout for him (when the snowmelted in the spring, severalblankets and dog bowls wereunearthed).

We printed a photo on theTown Times website andFacebook page, but no oneknewanythingaboutthisdog.Throughout the weeks that heroamed the lake, not a soulcould get within his reach.

Until one Thursday after-noon. My mom and I saw himmingling near some ice fish-ermen. We brought out left-over chicken from the night

before and got a closer lookourselves. The fishermenwanted to take him home,and it almost looked like theycould have. The ice dog waswarming up to humans forthe first time since we’d seenhim. Soon enough, our toesbecame frozen and we headedback to the house, partingways with the fishermen. Toour surprise, the “Ice Dog”followed. The rest is history.Turns out no one came for-ward saying it was their dog,and the announcement weput in the local papers and onTV went unanswered. But Ithink if you ask “Jake fromthe Lake,” (another neighbor-hood nickname for this pup),he is happy to be a part of ourfamily now.

I tell this story because thispast weekend at the LakeBeseck parade, I stood in mydriveway with Jake, andmany people passing in theparade shouted, “Hey, the icedog is famous! He should be inthe parade!” It reminded meof everyone who helped getthis lonely dog off the ice andinto a loving home.

I also tell it because thereare many lovely animal res-cue stories out there. You’llnotice our new weekly “PawsPlace” where we feature dogs(and cats) that need homes.We hope that, through theTown Times, these pups canhave a happy ending too, justlike the Ice Dog.

Stephanie Wilcox, editor

Above, Jake living on theice. Below, comfy athome with my family.

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Signing off for now…Town Times editor

Stephanie Wilcox justgave me the word thatI’m to move into mycave and begin mythree months of edito-rial hibernation. In away, I enjoy writingmy Town Times blurbeach month but do un-derstand that duringthe political season,fair play is in order.So, this is it until thesmoke clears.

As we all know,finding summer jobsfor our youth is next toimpossible. This year,the issue was hit head-on by Middlefield andDurham with the re-sult being that wefound summer employment for 24kids from age 14 to 18 with the townsthemselves and with local business-es within the towns. The kids werescreened and chosen by the Guid-ance Department at RSD13. Thewages are completely reimbursed bythe “Workforce Alliance” program.The kids learn valuable employmentlessons, and we get jobs done thatneed doing. We all win.

On August 16, we will be holding atown meeting to vote on three “ordi-nances” (required by the state). Themain issue deals with illicit (illegal)discharges into the town’s stormdrainage system in the road. Whatgoes into the storm drains ends up inour streams, rivers, lakes and even-tually our iced tea...which is notgood. Copies of the ordinances areavailable at the Town Hall or on ourwebsite, http://middlefieldct.org.

As you may recall, we purchased 47acres of industrial land behind ZYGOseveral years ago. Our Economic De-velopment Commission has been look-ing into a possible deal with a develop-er to build out some of the industriallots. Stay tuned. It may happen and itmay not. The land on Hubbard Streetis not included at this point.

I do want to formally thank ChrisHurlbert and our Parks & Rec Com-mission for putting together a sum-mer to remember for many of our cit-izens. With 130 kids enrolled in theSummer Camp program at Memori-al School, the beach programs, theSaturday morning farmers’ and flea

market and the mu-sical evenings andtrips, there is some-thing for every age.Thanks!

Today as I typethis blurb, I have tobeat my fingers intosubmission to typethe words PowderRidge. Suffice it tosay that the closingon the sale is movingat a snail’s pace. Fol-lowing the 90-daydue diligence period,Alpine needed to lineup their financing,and the town neededto tend to the waterdiversion permit. Ihave the permit inmy desk, and, ac-

cording to Dennis Abplanalp, theyhave their financing in place. Eachparty has been very careful not tostub a toe while rushing to a closing.Be patient. At the rate we’re going,the closing on the DECD $500K grantwill take place before the actual saleclosing to Alpine. That’s okay be-cause I like money at any time.

And finally, as we closed out thebooks for last year, we ended with asurplus in excess of $200K. A surplus isgood, contrary to what Hartford tellsus. As for next year’s taxes, put in per-spective, Mr. and Mrs. “Average”homeowner will pay $5,418 for theirproperty tax. This is an increase of$143 over last year’s tax. The town op-eration budget is holding at about $4million, the school at $12 million.

And finally, finally, the town’s de-livery of services met up with a realsnag when both finance director JoeGeruch and my secretary Fran Pacmet up with unexpected issues thatkept them out of the office part of thesummer. The adage that you neverknow the value of someone untilthey’re gone is so true. We as a townand me as your administrator areblessed to have such people workingfor the town. Both wear many hatsevery day, some of which you willnever know. But let either of them beabsent, and you learn real fast.

So, in ending, if the world comes toan end in August, September or Oc-tober, I’ll let you know in early No-vember when I exit the cave. Untilthen, signing off.

Jon Brayshaw, Middlefield

From The DeskOf The FirstSelectman

Making info available andeasily-accessible to the public

At a time when weare working to cutstate spending, thissummer a new, easy-to-use tool is giving thepublic unprecedentedinformation about howyour tax dollars are be-ing spent.

The new website,transparency.ct.gov,allows anybody to fol-low literally every dol-lar spent by everyagency in state govern-ment. You can searchsalaries, contracts orbrowse state agencybudgets — all in sec-onds. Every time thestate cuts a check,whether it is to a per-son, business, town or non-profit, itgoes on the website.

For decades, we have seen scandalafter scandal involving politically-connected contractors — now any-body can find out for themselves whois getting contracts and grants andwhere money is going without wait-ing for a whistleblower or an inves-tigative reporter.

This website is the result of a newlaw, Public Act 10-155, I co-sponsoredlast year. We were frustrated thatthe state was collecting reams of in-formation but not making it avail-able to the public, at least not in aneasily accessible way.

Even better news? We were able tohave the legislature’s independentOffice of Fiscal Analysis produceand host the website at no additional

cost to taxpayers.As House vicechairman of theLegislative Com-mittee, which over-sees governmenttransparency pro-grams, I believe thatthe late SupremeCourt Justice LouisBrandeis was rightwhen he said that“sunlight is the bestdisinfectant.”

The overwhelm-ing majority of stateemployees are hon-est, hardworkingfolks. But for thefew who are not, allthe evidence sug-gests that they are

much more likely to keep to thestraight and narrow when theyknow the public is watching. Ofcourse, this should build public con-fidence, too.

As you read this, the state’s inde-pendent watchdogs, which overseethe freedom of information act,ethics, contracting standards andcompliance with election laws,among others, are being merged tocreate an independent super agencycalled the Office of GovernmentalAccountability (OGA). This willsave taxpayers money on overhead.

My priority going forward? Ensur-ing that the OGA remains strong andpolitically independent so that tax-payers can feel confident that stategovernment is working for them, notthe well-connected.

State Rep. Matt Lesser

From TheState Capitol

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On Saturday, July 23, TFC Gunnof Troop F in Westbrook investigat-ed a larceny from a motor vehicle lo-cated on Fox Lane inDurham. The victim no-ticed his beverage coolerwas missing. The victim in-ventoried his vehicle andthen checked his other twovehicles. At this time he no-ticed that his assigned,state-owned Dodge Stratuswas unlocked. The victim stated thecenter console lid was in the open po-sition and personal items were miss-ing. TFC Gunn conducted a neigh-borhood canvass which was metwith negative results. Anyone whomight have witnessed any suspi-cious activity are asked to contact

Trooper Gunn at 860 399-2100.Please remember to lock your cars

and refrain from storing valuablesinside your car. If you notice anysuspicious behavior in this area,

please call 911.This message was sent out

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- Upon arrival to the Durham Mid-dlefield transfer station on CherryHill Road in Middlefield after thelong Independence Day holidayweekend, workers found illegallydumped trash on the grounds of the

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Only one month left for summer pleasure readingBy Michael Torelli

Special to the Town Times

It’s August, and, with thesun forcing heat across Con-necticut, sometimes the onlything to do is to stay inside inan air-conditioned room.What is there to do, asidefrom going on the internet,watching television, andsleeping? There are alwaysbooks to be read!

Both Levi E. Coe and theDurham Public Libraryhave plenty of novels foradults and kids, and somehave been pretty popularthis summer.

According to librarianVicki Berry of Levi E. Coe Li-brary, any book written byRick Riordan has been on re-quest. The Lightning Thiefseries, for example, has beena huge interest for kids this

summer. Jeff Kinney’s Diaryof a Wimpy Kid series hasalso been on demand.

There are also the Nutmegnominees. According toBerry, who works in the chil-dren’s section, these are 10books nominated by chil-dren in grades four throughsix. There is also a teen set.Kids are able to read thebooks from February untilJanuary of the next year, atwhich time they vote fortheir favorites.

This year, some of thebooks that were selected areThe Lemonade War byJacqueline Davies, No Talk-ing by Andrew Clements andSwindle by Gordon Korman.

“There are a lot of avidreaders,” Berry said. “I thinkthere is a lot of talk amongthe kids recommendingbooks to each other, which isvery exciting.”

The same can be said forDurham’s library. Accord-ing to librarian Valerie Kil-martin, the June stats, circu-lation and gate count werehigher than 2010’s data.

In Durham, they havebeen putting on many pro-

grams for people of all ages.The theme, according Kil-martin, is “One World, ManyStories,” which incorporatesinternational themes.

Events this year have beensplit up by age groups: chil-dren, teenagers and adults.Children can experienceorigami, book discussionsand Cajun storytelling.Teenagers can attend a WestAfrican drumming class, in-ternational movie nights andinternational cuisine nights.Adults are able to learn bellydancing and seniors can ex-perience Tai Chi. Everyonecan tell a story throughmovement and creativity.

The Lunch Bunch kids’discussion has recently cov-ered books such as Home ofthe Brave by Katherine Ap-plegate and A Long Walk toWater by Linda Sue Park.For teens, The Whale Riderby Witi Ihimaera and Trip-ping by Heather Waldorfwere novels that were dis-cussed last meeting.

Working together withMemorial Middle School,both Levi E. Coe andDurham libraries put togeth-

er a “Nutmeg Game Night,”which is accessible to chil-dren who have read three ormore nutmeg books. Triviaquestions are asked aboutthe books, and everyone isable to have fun.

Last year’s game nightwas at Durham Library,which had recentlyoutgrownthe space provided atMemorial, due to too manykids, Berry said.

There are always newbookscoming out and a wholelot more available at yourpublic library. With the num-ber of kids reading, it’s goodto take time out of a day toread a chapter or two, and ex-pand into the world of imagi-nation. And if it’s not too hotand humid, take that readingoutside on the hammock.

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hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Mondays through Thursdaysand 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridaysand Saturdays. Visitwww.durhamlibrary.org tosearch the catalog, reviewyour account, register for aprogram or renew your mate-rials online. For informationor to register for a program byphone, call 860-349-9544.

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

DPL Book Talk: Partici-pate in the library’s new blogabout all things book! Justclick on the DPL Book Talklink on the library’s website.

Art Display: Durhamartist Emily Newton will dis-play her artwork in the Ac-tivity Room during July.

Summer Reading 2011:One World, Many Stories:The library’s annual sum-mer reading program beganMonday, June 27. Children,young adults and adults areencouraged to join — weeklyprizes are included!

Book Lovers’ Circle: TheBook Lovers’ Circle willmeet on Wednesday, Aug. 3,at 7:30 p.m., when The Wid-ower’s Tale by Julia Glasswill be discussed. All are wel-come. Copies of the book areavailable at the library.

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(Continued from page 10)Mystery Book Discussion:

The Mystery Book Club willmeet on Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m.,when The Big Dig by LindaBarnes will be discussed. Allare welcome; copies of thebook are available.

KIDS and FAMILIES:Afternoon Story Adven-

tures: Join us for stories,songs and a craft on Fridaysat 1:30 p.m. Ages two and up.

Summer Reading Cele-bration: Ed Popielarczyk’sMagical Moments, with re-freshments, on Monday,Aug. 1 at 6:30 p.m.

New Britain Rock Cats:Baseball read-aloud. Tuesday,Aug. 2 at 10:30 a.m. All ages.

Denis Waring, FromTrash to Tunes: Thursday,Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. for families.Registration required.

TEENS:Volunteens: We need

teens 12 and up to run theSummer Reading Desk! Reg-ister patrons, track statis-tics, and prepare craft kits.Volunteer for six hours andget a t-shirt and celebrate ata pizza party at the end of theprogram! Sign up at the cir-culation desk.

Teen Book Club: Tues-day, Aug. 30, at 7 p.m. Regis-tration required.

Bubble Rockets: Makerockets that use the power ofbubbles to launch. Tuesday,Aug. 3 at 4:30 p.m. Registra-tion is required.

ADULTS:T’ai Chi for seniors with

Tom Cushing: Tuesday,Aug. 9 and Monday, Aug. 15.All classes start at noon. Reg-istration is required.

Levi Coe LibraryHours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday through Thursday;closed Friday and Saturday.Visit www.leviecoe.com orcall the library (860-349-3857)for info or to register for aprogram. You can renew, re-serve and check your libraryrecord online.

Book Donations: The li-brary is accepting items ingood condition for our No-vember book sale. We do notaccept textbooks or maga-zines. Thank you.

Museum Passes: The li-brary has the following mu-seum passes (free or reducedadmission): Beardsley Zoo,CT State Parks & ForestsDay Pass, Mystic Aquarium,Wadsworth Atheneum Mu-seum of Art and CT’s OldState House. Call the libraryfor more info.

Children’s August Pro-grams: The summer readingprogram may be over, butthere are other library pro-grams going on in August.Register in person only. Callthe Children’s Departmentfor more details at 860-349-3857 ext. 2.

Aug. 10, 2:30 p.m. Family

Nesting Craft.Aug. 15, 11:30 a.m. Craft

Stick Project.Aug. 22, 2:30 p.m. Coil Pots.Aug. 25, 1 p.m. Ice Cream

Social.Aug. 30 at 10:30 a.m. Back

to School Storytime.Children’s Story Times:

Lyman Orchards and Levi E.Coe Library present a storytime with a craft at the AppleBarrel in Middlefield. Regis-tration is optional. Please feelfree to call the Levi E. Coe Li-brary at 860-349-3857 or join usat the Lyman Apple Barrel.

Aug. 20, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.“Sunny” story time & craft.

Nov. 19, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.“Gobble” & craft.

Dec. 10, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.“Snowy” story time & craft.

Wish List Books: Pleasedonate: Kill Me If You Can byJames Patterson and Mar-shall Kar. If you choose to do-nate a book, you will get to bethe first one to check it out.We will also add a bookplateto acknowledge your kind do-nation. Call or stop by the li-brary for further details.

Russell LibraryResume Review and Cri-

tique: Confidential resumecritiquing and in-depth inter-view coaching appointments,two Saturdays each month,with Jeff Thierfeld, businessprofessional and consultant.Call 860-347-2520 to sign upfor a 45 minute appointment.

If you need to cancel, pleaseallow 48 hours notice.

Practice Job Interviews:Improve your interviewingskills and get the job youwant. Bob Carlson will assistyou by conducting and eval-uating your practice inter-view, either by phone or atRussell Library. Videotap-ing the session is optionaland confidential; 45-minutesessions are available. Call860-347-2520 to sign up.

Career Coaching: JamesKubat, associate director ofthe Wesleyan Career Center,gives private, confidentialcareer coaching through ap-pointments. Bring a resume(if you have one) to the ap-pointment. Register at the

Information Desk or call 860-347-2520. You will receive areminder call.

Computer Classes: Class-es introduce beginners tocomputers and provide afirst session on the Internetor Microsoft Word. Ad-vanced classes are offered onprograms such as MicrosoftPublisher and Excel. Thecomputer classes are offeredon a first come, first servedbasis. Make sure you havethe experience necessary totake the class. Come to theInformation Department onthe date and time that thesession is being held. If youhave any questions, ask atthe Information Desk or call860-347-2520.

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Durham resident creates recording studioBy Cheri Kelley

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Music and craftsmanshipare two things with whichJohn West, of Durham, sur-rounds himself every day.His home started as a smallcottage built in the 1940s.While living with his wife,Christine, in the small origi-nal space, West built aunique magical home fromthe timber found on the landthat has been home to threegenerations of his family.

In that home is a high-endrecording studio called WestEnd Recording Studioswhere West gets to enjoy hismusical interests. The stu-dio portion took five yearsto complete; it is a comfort-able space for small groupsand can fit six or eight musi-cians. The control room iscompletely sound-proof; itwas built on rubber padsand has double walls withsuspended insulation to ab-sorb any sound or vibration.

The room contains record-ing equipment not easilyfound outside of an artisticmetro center. Twenty-fourdifferent tracks can berecorded at the same time,giving West the ability tocontrol each layer of the mu-sic. Generally, he willrecord the foundation first,then vocals are added in lay-ers. There are full talk-backcapabilities in the controlroom as well.

West End Recording Stu-dios was meticulously de-signed for proper acousticswithout any interferencefrom electrical sources forthe recording process. Thestudio is decked out with anarsenal of instruments, fromguitars and West’s grandfa-ther’s banjo, to a piano anddrums and many things inbetween. This is a benefit tomusicians who come anduse the space as the time toset up the instruments andthe microphones can bedaunting. Artists are cer-

tainly welcome to bringtheir own instruments, butit is not required.

West has always had alove for music; he startedclassical piano lessons at agesix under the instruction ofNel Larsen, and he loveddrums and percussion in-struments. “I would beat onmy mother’s tables and any-thing that was around,”West shared. He then movedon to learning multiple in-struments, including theguitar and harmonica.

West was in a number ofbands over the years, onecalled Heartland, whichopened for country artistslike Rascal Flatts and BillyRay Cyrus. His currentband, CJ West and the Down-town Train, is a mix of coun-try, classic rock and rhythmand blues. For more informa-tion on the band and to seewhere they are playing,check out their websitewww.downtowntrainmu-sic.com.

West and the band prac-tice in the studio space, andhe started recording friendsand then friends of friends,and now works with musi-cians throughout the area.He works either by thehour, song or session, de-pending on what is needed.

West also has the abilityto do musical transfer work.He can convert any media,such as cassettes and eighttracks to a more updatedform. West has been able tocreate a lifestyle where hecombines all his passions:he has brought his love forthe outdoors in with thebeautiful woodworkthroughout his home; healso finds music and record-ing to be a peaceful part ofhis day. He is very thankfulto be able to fulfill his cre-ative side on a daily basis.

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Meet theTown Times’sales represen-tative JoyBoone. As thesales rep, Joy’sjob is to sell dis-play advertise-ments to ap-pear in TownTimes. Becausethis weekly pa-per is free to allresidents andbusinesses inDurham, Mid-dlefield andRockfall, it’ssupported bythe local adver-tisers who ad-vertise their businesses in the paper.

Joy has worked in advertising sales in this community forover 30 years. She has worked for the Record Journal, theTown Times’ parent company, since 2002 and worked for theTown Times three years prior to that.

Joy enjoys spending time with her four grandchildren aswell as playing tennis and gardening. She has lived inDurham for 35 years but is originally from Kentucky. Youcan contact Joy at [email protected] or by calling860-349-8000.

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Community Center.)Wednesday, August 10

7 p.m. — Water Pollution Control AuthorityTuesday, August 16

7 p.m. — Board of SelectmenWednesday, August 17

7-10 p.m. — Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Agency7 p.m. — Metacomet Regional Windfarm Committee

Thursday, August 187 p.m. — Middlefield Board of Finance

7 p.m. — DMIAAB at the Durham Library

Food bankdonationsneeded

The Middlefield FoodBank is very low on soup, jel-ly and cereal. These itemscan be dropped off at the So-cial Services office in theCommunity Center duringbusiness hours Mondaythrough Friday or left in thebox next to the office any-time. Please call AntoinetteAstle at 860-349-7121 for moreinformation.

Summer BBQCome to a summertime

barbeque at the MiddlefieldSenior Center on Friday,Aug. 19, at noon. Enjoy hotdogs, burgers, potato salad,baked beans and watermel-on. The sounds of summerand patriotic songs will beplayed by John Valerio on hiskeyboard. It promises to be alazy, hazy end of the summer

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P&Z reviewsagriculturalregulations

While the Planning andZoningCommission(P&Z)in-tended to review a requestfrom resident Lori Vogel-Brown to reduce the setbackrequiredfornon-animalfarmbuildings, the applicationwas withdrawn before thecommission’s July 27 meet-ing. Though the request waswithdrawn, town planner Ge-off Colegrove felt the commis-sion should still look at theiragricultural regulations.

Colegrove pointed out thatMiddlefield does not current-ly differentiate between pub-lic and private agriculturaluses and thought the com-mission should consider

making a distinction be-tween the two. Colegrove ex-plained that Vogel-Brownowns a private horse ridingarena on Cherry Hill Roadand that there is anothersuch arena on Peters Lane.He stated there is a signifi-cant difference betweenwhether a facility is publicor private, as a public facili-ty has to deal with traffic andparking in a way that pri-vate facilities do not. Be-cause of the increasing popu-larity of such facilities in thestate, he recommended thecommission review currentregulations in other parts ofthe state to discuss at thegroup’s next meeting.

The commission also dis-cussed changing the regula-tions for the Industrial Dis-trict by putting in a usetable. Currently, the indus-trial regulations in Section06 allow any use which isn’thazardous. Colegrove ex-plained that the request for achange comes from First Se-lectman Jon Brayshaw.Colegrove said Brayshaw’sconcern is that the industri-al regulations are “so broadthat it becomes arbitrarywhat’s appropriate [to thezone].” Further defininguses would better portraywhat is and is not appropri-ate to the zone.

To refine the use table,Colegrove recommended thecommission consult the usetables for the CommercialDistrict and the Design De-velopment Districts, whichcontain very specific tobroader categories of use.

A letter also came beforethe commission, with Parkand Recreation directorChris Hurlburt informingthem that while the Peck-ham Park Farmers’ Markethas not been performingvery well, he still would likeit to run through August.The commission felt that theletter was not requestingpermission to continue themarket, but instead statingit as a matter of fact. Com-mission members took issuewith this, as they understoodthat Hurlburt would not runpast July without seekingpermission from the com-mission.

While the commission de-cided not to take action,Colegrove stated that Park

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MiddlesexUnited Wayfunds two localprograms

Middlesex United WayBoard of Directors recentlyapproved fund distributionsin the amount of $964,304 forfiscal year 2011-12. Thisamount is $45,000 more thanwas allocated in 2010-11.

This funding includes sup-port to 49 programs in Mid-dlesex County, the installa-tion of multiple Born Learn-ing Trails on Day of Caringon September 7, two futurerequests for proposal in Edu-cation and Housing and$30,000 for new opportunitiesthis fall that will help UnitedWay reach its Five YearGoals for the Common Good.

Programs in Durham andMiddlefield supported byMiddlesex United Way are:Regional School District 13receives $12,500; andDurham-Middlefield Youthand Family Services re-ceives $9,000.

One of United Way’s part-ners in the School Readinessinitiative is Durham-Middle-field Youth & Family Ser-vices (DMYFS). Betsy Dean,executive director, says,“Durham Middlefield Youthand Family Services, withsupport from the MiddlesexUnited Way, is able to pro-

P&Z (From page 14) Durham Government Calendar(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held in the

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

Monday, August 87 p.m. — Board of Selectmen in the Town Hall

third floor meeting room7:30 p.m. — Clean Energy Task Force

7:30 p.m. — Inland Wetlands8 p.m. — Public hearing on Public Works salt shed propos-

al at Town HallTuesday, August 9

7:30 p.m. — Library Board of Trustees7:30 p.m. — Conservation Commission

8 p.m. — Durham Volunteer Fire Company at the DurhamVolunteer FirehouseTuesday, August 16

7 p.m. — Board of Finance at the Town Hall7 p.m. — Agriculture Commission at the Town Hall

vide asset-building and lead-ership programs to middleschool and high school stu-dents in our district. DMYFSworks with high school stu-dents to become peer leaders,and this year they presentedprograms on healthy rela-tionships and mentoringeighth grade students as theyprepare for high school. TeenPower is a substance abuseprevention program run byteens for peers in theirschool. The students planevents around substanceabuse prevention with thesupport from DMYFS staff.There is a lot of positive ener-gy around what we do, andwe could not do it without thesupport of the United Way.”

Leading the program re-view and fund distributioneach year are CommunityImpact volunteers who bringexperience and expertise inhealth and human services.Four volunteer teams, basedon the four focus areas, meetregularly throughout theyear, evaluate program per-formance and financialhealth and analyze programresults. United Way’s Com-munity Impact Council thenmakes funding recommenda-tions to the full board of di-rectors for final approval.

Kevin Wilhelm, MiddlesexUnited Way executive direc-tor, notes, “This hard work isdone by dedicated individu-als who volunteer their timeto make important decisions.They have a passion for giv-ing back and strengtheningour community.”

If you are interested in be-coming a Community Impactvolunteer or would like tovolunteer on Day of Caring

on Sept. 7, please contactMiddlesex United Way at 860-346-8695 or visit www.mid-dlesexunitedway.org andclick on “Volunteer.”

Middlesex United Way ad-vances the common good bycreating opportunities for abetter life for all. The focus ison education, income, healthand housing — the buildingblocks for a good quality oflife. United Way recruits peo-ple and organizations whobring the passion, expertiseand resources needed to getthings done. You are invitedto be part of the change bygiving, advocating and vol-unteering.

Middlesex United Wayserves the towns of Chester,Clinton, Cromwell, Deep Riv-er, Durham, East Haddam,East Hampton, Essex, Had-dam, Killingworth, Middle-field, Middletown, Old Say-brook, Portland and West-brook.

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dents in grades 3-8. The re-sults are also used at the fed-eral level to comply with theNo Child Left Behind law.

The database allowssearching by district,school, year and grade. Theresults are not publicly sepa-rated by Contemporary andIntegrated Day programs.Filtering the results by JohnLyman and Korn schools re-veals that the programswere close in math in 2011with scores within two per-centage points of each otherfor grades 3 and 4.

The Integrated Day pro-gram scored higher on threeof the four comparisons pos-sible in the other subjects,including percentage pointdifferences of 10 and 16 ingrade 4 writing and reading,respectively.

On comparing schools,Viccaro said, “I would neverencourage parents to dothat.” Noting that every yearis different, she added, “Idon’t think you can use onevariable to look at the effec-tiveness of a school system.”

“I think it’s one indicator.I don’t think it’s the be-alland end-all,” Viccaro said.

While parents have beenknown to look at test scoreswhen choosing a school sys-tem, Viccaro recommendsusing the CMTs on an indi-vidual level and bringing ar-eas of concern to a teacher orprincipal’s attention.

Standardized testing hascaused controversy amongparents and educators by oc-cupying weeks of schooltime and by reducingschools and students to a testscore.

Parents of students whotook the CMTs in 2011 will bemailed individual results inSeptember. The database isavailable at www.ctre-ports.com.

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On July 30, the sun-flower maze opened atLyman Orchards, andthe weather was per-fect for a nice strollthrough the maze. Ahot air balloon carriedpeople into the skiesto get a look at the de-sign below: a butterfly.

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For all those pet lovers outthere who never know whatto do when they have toleave their furryfriends behind fora period of time,there is a newbusiness in thearea, Pet Sittingby Samantha.Owner SamanthaDiVito providespet sitting servicesof any nature, in-cluding daytimevisits while youwork, full-time va-cation coverage,overnight stays, exercising,obedience and bathing.

“I have been pet sittingsince I was a young girl andhope to teach animal biologyat the college level some-day,” said DiVito. “I wouldalso love to rehabilitate ani-mals professionally. I am amember of Bikers AgainstAnimal Cruelty and love theopportunity it provides torescue and care for ani-mals.”

DiVito was born inDurham and has lived hereher entire life. She is a re-cent college graduate with aBS in Animal Biology fromTexas A&M Corpus Christi.She is currently getting hermaster’s in education at theUniversity of New Havenand is working as an educa-tion intern at CoginchaugRegional High School — “Ilove kids as much as I loveanimals,” DiVito shared.

She has years of experi-ence working with numer-ous types of animals, evencompleting an internship atConnecticut’s Beardsley Zoowhere she worked withwolves, buffalo, prairie dogsand pronghorns. While inTexas, she helped rescue seaturtle nests along theseashore and cared for in-jured dolphins, pelicans, seaturtles and sea gulls. DiVitoalso did an independentstudy where she helped re-build the local zoo. Most re-cently, she was a camp coun-selor at The Dog Cabin inMiddletown, where shecared for up to 50 dogs at onetime in a communal space.

“Needless to say, I have alot of experience with ani-mals of all kinds and have an

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An enthusiastic line-up of old cars,floats, boats and walkers paradedthrough the Lake Beseck neighborhoodfor the annual parade on July 30.

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Residents and state and localdignitaries showed up full ofspirit for the parade, whichended with a picnic at thebeach, featuring brief speech-es at the microphone and lotsof fun and sun.


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Three young parish-ioners, students at MercyHigh School, will be con-ducting an ongoing serviceproject. Sara and DanielleRichardson and AshleyScotto will be collectingused cell phones and theirattachments. A box will beplaced at each Notre DameChurch tag sale, as well asin the “cry room” of thechurch, to collect donateditems. Please place cellphones, chargers, batteriesand other attachments in aplastic bag and place in oneof the boxes. If you thinkyour donation has a mone-tary value, you can alsoleave your contact infor-mation (including phonenumber), and a church re-ceipt will be made out toyou for the value of yourdonation. Items deemed ofno value will be recycled ina green manner. Thankyou for supporting thisgreen initiative! Collectionboxes are also available atCarmine’s, the DurhamMarket and Mercy HighSchool.

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Born May 3, 1916, in Meri-den, Marie was the daughterof the late John J. and Bessie(Semivan) Stopko. A long-time Meriden resident, sheattended local schools andowned and operated theCloverleaf Restaurant withher husband Walter until1968. Marie relocated to Mid-dlefield in 1961. In 1983 Marieretired from New Departurein Bristol after 37 years ofservice. During her retire-ment, she volunteered at St.

Stanislaus Church in Meri-den and St. Colman’s Churchin Middlefield. Marie wasknown for her pierogis andbabka bread for fundraisingevents and her devoted de-sire to help others in theirtime of need. She spent thelast five years as a resident ofAshlar Village in Walling-ford. Marie had a passion fortraveling and spending timewith her loving family, espe-cially her grandchildren.

She is survived by hersons: Walter F. Michalowskiand his wife Ann of Meriden,Richard C. Michalowski andhis wife Dorothy of SanDiego, CA, William J.Michalowski and his wifeMichele of Middlefield andRobert P. Michalowski andhis wife Elaine of East Haven;a brother, John Stopko ofMeriden; 11 grandchildren:Chris Michalowski and hiswife Pina of East Hampton,Amy Gortz and her husbandKen of Norfolk, VA, TimothyMichalowski and his wife Al-lison of Putnam Valley, NY,

Richard Michalowski ofOceanside, CA, MichaelMichalowski and his wifeKendra of Middletown, TaraMichalowski of Wallingford,Jessica Michalowski of Mid-dlefield, Craig Michalowskiand his wife Dyanne of NorthBranford, Ryan Michalowskiof North Branford, AshleyRoss and her husband Kevinof Branford and Cathy Woodsof Old Lyme; six great-grand-children: Grace and ConnorMichalowski of East Hamp-ton, Elley and Jack Gortz ofNorfolk, VA, Nicola andQuinlan Woods of Old Lyme,3 special nieces: Shirley Grif-fey of Richmond, VA, PatriciaEdwards of Mechanicville,VA and Lynne Stopko ofRocky Hill. She was prede-ceased by a brother FrankStopko.

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Results ofDurham Rec'sFun Run #5

Sunny summer skies al-lowed fun running for allage groups on Tuesday,August 2. Here are the re-sults:

Ages 0-4 years (one lap):first Lucas Edwards, 2:22;second Aaron Wickam,2:30; third Cooper Wood-ward, 2:40; fourth AllisonVigue, 3:15

Ages 5-7 years (one lap):first Alyssa Woodward,1:38; second Chris Hoyes-ki, 1:44; third LucStankewich, 1:45; fourthMaya Oumsou, 1:50; fifthGage Rovelli, 1:57; sixthAllyson Woodward, 2:07;seventh Julian Volenec,2:14; eighth Mark Edward,2:21

Ages 8-10 years (twolaps): first Tyler Wood-ward, 3:16; second ParisStankewich, 3:37; thirdAlexis Oumsou, 3:31;fourth Hayden Rovelli,3:38; fifth Ashley Wood-ward, 3:59

Ages 11-14 years (0.9mile course): first Saman-tha Vigue, 5:10; secondJackson Volenec, 6:06,third Jill Taber, 6:35

Adults (note that time isfor new 3.5 mile course):Lavinia Vigue, 24.33; PaulCieniewicz, 24:58; KarenWoodward, 26:25; GuyPulino, 28.38; Scott Ely,30:36

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Return of the Durham Rec Track ClinicBy Dave Bellemare

Track Clinic Director

Despite last week’s oppres-sive heat and humidity, al-most 20 athletes, rangingfrom fourth to ninth grade,braved the conditions to at-tend Durham Rec’s Track &Field Clinic, which was heldat the new Coginchaug trackand athletic facility.

The athletes were groupedroughly according to age andthen coached throughevents, such as shot put,javelin, discus, high jump,long jump, hurdles, sprint-ing/running and relay races.The new track and facilitiesafforded each athlete the op-portunity to immediatelypractice what they had beentaught. The athletes werecoached by select membersof the Coginchaug boys’ andgirls’ track teams.

On the final night of theweek-long clinic, a mocktrack meet was held where50-meter hurdles, shot put,long jump, and 8x100 meterrelay events were contested.While no team winner wasdeclared, each athlete got todemonstrate their individ-ual talents and their compet-itive spirit.

Successfully completingthe clinic were Jessica Stan-wood, Tucker Fowler,Francesca Andranovich,Emily Christenson, EmmaAxelrod, Alex Wyskiel, Con-nor Zolnik, Ryan Gossart,Jared Anderson, Kate An-necchino, Eric Debrum, SamTitus, Allie Alsup, AllisonMachnik, Kyle Strang, Ash-leigh Halligan and AlexBoothroyd.

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Coginchaug Football Club goes a long way for Blue Devil playersBy John Bozzi

CRHS football coach

The Coginchaug FootballClub (CFC), comprised most-ly of the parents of currentand former Coginchaug foot-ball players and cheerlead-ers, has made a significantcontribution to the footballprogram. The club’s missionis to support and promotethe Coginchaug football andcheerleading programs.

Club president Gary Paxtonexpects 2011 to be an historicseason. “The new athleticcomplex has generated an in-credible amount of energy inthe community,” Paxton not-ed. “It’s going to be an unbe-lievable year to be involvedin the football program.”

In a little over a year sinceits founding, the CFC has do-nated over $15,000 worth ofathletic equipment to theschool. The club has focused

on providing necessaryitems for the team that theschool’s athletic budgetdoesn’t cover. The donatedequipment includes a five-man blocking sled, a one-man tackling sled, a dozenblocking dummies, threelineman chutes, 60 practicejerseys, game-day coaches’headphones, a water wagonand a 40-foot storage trailerto keep it all in.

But it’s not just footballplayers who benefit from theefforts of the CFC. The clubhas also provided severalthousand dollars worth ofequipment and upgrades tothe high school’s weightroom, equipment that everystudent at Coginchaug isable to use. Club donationsinclude a new squat rack,lifting bars, speed boxes, astep-up station, benches and1,000 pounds of olympicplates. “By purchasing thesenecessary items for the

school with privately-raisedfunds, the club both savestaxpayers money and freesup athletic departmentfunds for other sports,” ex-plained club vice presidentHans Pedersen. “Althoughwe’re motivated by the foot-ball program, our efforts re-ally benefit the entire com-munity.”

When cheerleading coachSherry Hill saw a dramaticincrease in the number ofgirls who signed up forcheerleading at Coginchaugthis spring, she sought andreceived permission fromschool administrators to ex-pand the football cheerlead-ing squad. The approval,however, came with the con-dition that the school wouldnot pay for uniforms for theadded cheerleaders, so Hillturned to the football clubfor help. At the club’s Aprilmeeting, coach Hill’s re-quest for funding for the five

new uniforms was unani-mously approved. “Thecheerleaders want to thankthe Coginchaug FootballClub for purchasing the ad-ditional uniforms,” coachHill said. “This gives thecheerleading team a total of20 girls who can enjoy cheer-ing while having fun sup-porting the team.”

The club also providessome “little extras” for BlueDevil football players andcheerleaders. The CFC paysthe team’s summer passingleague fees, provides post-game snacks and drinks,hosts the team’s season end-ing awards banquet and pur-chases graduation gifts forsenior players and cheer-leaders.

The club’s most ambitiousand far-reaching projectmay be its creation of a $500college scholarship. Scholar-

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ship candidates, who must befour-year football players,are judged on their records ofacademic achievement, par-ticipation in extracurricularactivities and communityservice. The scholarship’s in-augural recipient was JosefDanczuk. “Josef was an out-standing candidate who ex-celled on the field, in theclassroom and in the commu-nity,” stated scholarship se-lection committee memberBob Corazzini. “His involve-ment with the Boy Scoutsand his record of communityservice made him a deserv-ing recipient.”

Danczuk, who won varsityletters as a sophomore, jun-ior and senior, was named tothe 2010 All-Pequot Confer-ence team as an offensivecenter. The Coginchaugcoaching staff presentedJosef with the 2010 “Founda-tions of Honor Award”which is “presented to thatfour-year football player whodemonstrates the best quali-ties of scholarship, citizen-ship and leadership.“Danczuk’s career 3.8 GPAearned him the recognitionof graduating with “Honorsand Distiction.” He was alsoa member of the NationalHonor Society and the LatinNational Honor Society.

Danczuk will attend theUniversity of Marylandwhere he plans to major incivil engineering. “Thescholarship is a great hon-or,” he stated. “It’s great toknow that all the time and ef-fort that the parents, coachesand players put into theCoginchaug Football Clubgoes not just for footballgear, but also into helpingplayers in college.” Danczukplans to put the scholarshipfunds to good use. “It willprobably go straight towardmy tuition bill,” Danczuk

surmised. Next year the clubplans to create a secondscholarship that will beawarded to a football cheer-leader.

A wide variety of fundrais-ers bankroll the club’s activi-ties. Players and cheerlead-ers hold car washes and solic-it pledges to run in the Wash-ington Trail road race. Mem-bers sell ads for the team’sprogram books and organizethe season-opening “tail-gate” party. Food booth salesat the Durham Fair, youthfootball clinics and the sale of“Coginchaug football” ap-parel also help fund the club.But perhaps the club’s mostvisible fundraiser is Melyn-da Granger’s ‘Big C” projectwhere for $25, you can showyour support for all Cogin-chaug athletes by having athree-foot tall white “C”painted on your driveway.

The fundraisers and sup-port activities are staffed en-

tirely by volunteers. “Theclub’s success is a result of theefforts of its members,” Pax-ton explained. “By working atthe concession stand, or apancake breakfast, or selling50-50 raffle tickets or in any ofa hundred other ways, youcan become a part of the foot-ball program. There is noth-ing more rewarding thanknowing that you helped theteam achieve victory.”

Because it is an approvednon-profit 501-3C organiza-tion, donations to the Cogin-chaug Football Club are taxdeductible. Donors may spec-ify that their donations go to-ward the scholarship fund,the purchase of athleticequipment, or for general op-erating expenses. Anyone in-terested in more informationabout the football programshould visit the club’s web-site, www.coginchaugfoot-ball.com. To join the club,contact Gary Paxton at gpax-

[email protected] or 860-349-6953. “We have a lot of fun,”Paxton noted. “Whetheryou’re able to volunteer a

few hours a week or a fewhours a season, the Cogin-chaug Football Club has aproject for you.”

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On June 26, the Triple Threat Dance Company, whichhas studios in Durham and Wolcott, participated inthe Starpower national competition held at MoheganSun. Over 52 dance studios were represented at thecompetition. Local residents placed second in theBattle of the Stars and won the showmanship awardwith their small group tap number, Coffee in a Card-board Cup. Four other dances placed in the top five oftheir divisions. Their large tap line, Commander, wasgiven the Entertainment Award for the competition.Triple Threat has been ranked the number one dancestudio in Connecticut and a top 20 studio in the North-east by the Federation of Dance Competitions (FDIC).Triple Threat senior lyric number, Rock Your Soul,was chosen to represent the entire Northeast in Dal-las, Texas. In photo is the Coffee in a Cardboard Cupgroup, which includes Durham residents HannahPakech, Gabby Pakech and Nikki Woznyk. The dancewas choreographed by Rob Merante.

Submitted by Nancy Pakech

Dance group takes home trophy

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