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Region 15, town budget hearings next week By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Region 15 budget hearing Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the PHS AP Room will be the last opportunity Middlebury and Southbury taxpayers will have to comment on the proposed school budget, which is $66.9 million, a 2.6-percent increase over the current year. Last year, taxpayers faced a 2.48-percent Region 15 budget increase. Tuesday, April 5, taxpayers can attend the Middlebury town budget public hearing, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the fire house at 65 Tucker Hill Road. At that hearing, the Middlebury Board of Finance will present the proposed 2016-2017 town budget of $10.4 million. This budget is 2.7-percent higher than the current $10.2 million budget. Last year, the budget increase was 2.1-percent. Readers can see the current and proposed town revenues and expenses in the legal notice printed on page 7 of this issue. That legal notice also estimates the new mil rate of 31.17 if the budget numbers for both the town and Region 15 do not change. However, the Region 15 number was lowered by $180,810 as of March 28, so the mil rate

may end up slightly lower than that. The 31.17 mil rate is 1.05 higher than the current mil rate of 30.12, which makes it a 3.5 percent increase. This compares to a .83 mil, or 2.8 percent increase last year. At a mil rate of 31.17, Middlebury property taxes will increase as follows. Taxes on properties with an assessed value of $175,000 will increase $183.75 to $5,454.57 from $5,271. Taxes on properties with an assessed value of $250,000 will increase $262.50 to $7,792.50 from $7,530. Taxes on properties with an assessed value of $500,000 will increase $525 to $15,585 from $15,060. Middlebury’s portion of the Region 15 budget is increasing more than $900,000 compared to the $664,463 increase in the current fiscal year. For a more detailed look at that number and at the way Middlebury’s share of the Region 15 budget is determined, please look at the article on the Region 15 budget that starts on this page. Middlebury and Southbury voters will head to the polls Wednesday, May 4, to vote on the Region 15 budget and their respective town budgets.

Region 15 budget increases 2.6 percent By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Region 15 Superintendent of Schools Regina Botsford presented her proposed 2016-2017 budget of $67.1 million, a 2.86-percent increase over the current $65.3 million budget, to the Board of Education (BoE) Feb. 29. Following three March BoE budget workshops, the budget now stands at $66.9 million, a 2.6-percent increase over the current budget. Before the budget is formally accepted by the BoE, taxpayers will be able to express their opinions on it at a public hearing Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pomperaug High School (PHS) AP room. The BoE budget vote will follow that hearing. Middlebury BoE member John Cookson said Tuesday, “I feel the budget is transparent. I feel the budget is fair in providing the type of education and the quality of education we are accustomed to providing in Region 15.” Cookson said BoE members agreed at the March 16 budget workshop to ask Botsford and Region 15 Finance Director Keith McLiverty to go back and look to see if there were areas where they could find reductions without hurting the budget. Botsford and McLiverty returned to the March 22 budget workshop with budget reductions totaling $180,810. The reductions were as follows. Certified salaries were reduced by $68,810 for one unpaid full-year leave of absence. In the Central

Office, $9,000 was cut from noninstructional supplies, and $5,000 was cut from the allocation for Central Office printers. Miscellaneous maintenance equipment for the district was cut by $25,000. Cookson said deferring purchases of new equipment to replace that currently being used made this reduction possible. Also deferred was replacement of the PHS gym doors, which saved $10,000. Another $10,000 was saved by obtaining a firm fixed price for the annual audit. A third item that provided a $10,000 reduction was changing fixed-asset inventory services to every other year instead of every year. District-wide publishing and printing was reduced by $37,000 through reducing newsletters to one a year and reducing outside printing. Finally, BoE meeting expenses and supplies were reduced by $6,000. The BoE also reallocated some funds from Botsford’s initial budget proposal to increase Botsford’s proposed $100,000 special education contingency fund to $300,000. This was done after Botsford reported Feb. 29 that unexpected increases in the cost of special education this year ran more than $900,00 over budget. For the second year in a row, Middlebury taxpayers will see an increase in the percentage of the budget they pay. This is because Southbury’s enrollment dropped by 66 students, to 2,589 from 2,655, while Middlebury’s enroll-

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LPOS gets bids for Fenn Farm roofs By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Land Preservation and Open Space Acquisition Committee (LPOS) at its March 2 meeting updated members on the status of Fenn Farm projects. Chairman Ray Pietrorazio told members the bid notice for replacing the Fenn Farm barn roof had been posted on the town website and on the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services bidding site. The deadline for submitting bids was March 22, 2016. Pietrorazio told the newspaper on March 29 that six bids were submitted. He said Public Works Director Dan Norton was in the process of setting up a meeting for Norton, Pietrorazio and First Selectman Edward B. St. John to review the submitted bids. That meeting may be the last week of March or the first week of April. At the March 2 meeting, member John Cookson said 10 bids were received for a previous farmhouse roofing project, but he expected fewer bids on the barn because it requires a highperformance bond. The work includes the large, historic cow barn passersby see as they’re traveling north on Middlebury Road as well as the much smaller corn crib and wagon shed that sit farther back on the property. Pietrorazio said the specifications highly detailed the materials to be used, including stainless steel nails, and samples of all materials are to be provided and approved before use. A member of the Public Works Department will be on site for all construction, and, after commencing, the work must con-

Dashed lines on this aerial view of Fenn Farm outline the buildings on the farm that are to be reroofed this year. (Submitted photo) tinue without interruption until it is done. The capital maintenance account, originally $200,000 and now down to $140,000, will provide funds for the project. Pietrorazio told members he wanted to investigate forming a 501(3)(c) nonprofit to raise funds for replenishing the maintenance account. Cookson said he thought this might have been done when Tom Gormley was first selectman and agreed to investigate. Member Kris Jacobi said lifetime farm resident Robert Fenn asked her if money held from tree preservation funds could be used for a large ash tree on

Charcoal Avenue. Removal of the diseased tree, which is now thought to be dead, was discussed in November. At that time, Cookson said the tree was treated two years ago. Jacobi said a preventative treatment might cost as much as $800. After some discussion, Jacobi agreed to contact an arborist to see if further treatment was worthwhile. In other matters, Pietrorazio said he spoke with town attorney Dana D’Angelo, who was to meet with First Selectman Ed St. John to discuss resolution of a proposed Revocable License Agreement between the town and the Middlebury Cemetery

Association (MCA). That agreement would allow gravesite preparation and burial vehicles to travel over a 15-foot strip of Fenn Farm property. It has remained unresolved since August because of disagreement about the role of Fenn in the license agreement, which the MCA wanted solely between themselves and the town. Pietrorazio reminded members this had nothing to do with LPOS, and he provided the status only as a courtesy to members. The next regular LPOS meeting will be Wednesday, April 6, at 6 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center.

Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust properties By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Each month, this column features a gem of land preserved in perpetuity by the Middlebury Land Trust (MLT). We also publish a picture of a mystery location on one of the MLT properties. Readers are invited to submit their guesses to see who is the first to correctly identify the mystery location. Land trust property can be used and enjoyed through passive recreation activities such as walking, hiking, birding, geocaching, photography and schools’ outdoor educational projects. Information on MLT properties and more is on the MLT website, www.middleburylandtrust.org. The February Spotlight article considered two of the larger of the Middlebury Land Trust holdings, Lake Elise (50 acres) and Fodder’s Folly (51 acres). The March focus was on one of the smaller ones, a 6.33-acre gem situated right in the middle of Middlebury, Bronson Meadow. Congratulations to Eric Olsen, the first to recognize it! Steve Savarese and Harold West Jr. also were among the eagleeyed. Bronson Meadow is on the north side of Route 188, Whittemore Road, just east of Pies

Send in your guess identifying the April “Can You Guess The Location?” mystery Middlebury Land Trust property. (Janine Sullivan-Wiley photo) and Pints. You might have driven past this field every day and never have guessed this pastoral scene will be preserved in perpetuity thanks to its status as a Middlebury Land Trust property. This parcel originally belonged to the Bronson family, who owned much of the land in that area. It was saved from potential development through the fundraising efforts of several Middlebury families. When it was deeded to the Middlebury Land Trust in 1977, Bronson Meadow be-

came the fourth property thus conserved. Unlike the previously described locations, there really isn’t enough land there to be hiked. Generally mowed for hay, it contains the wildlife that might be expected in such space, small mammals and field birds. Woodchucks and squirrels are the most likely to be spotted. Various land trust members and friends have spent many hours diligently removing invasive plants to keep the area in good condition so Middle-

bury residents can enjoying having this field, so near the green, for generations to come. The April mystery location, shown in the photo above, may be easier to recognize. As before, email your best guess to mbisubmit@gmail.com, and please put “Guess the location” in the subject line. If you missed earlier “Spotlight” articles, you can find them at www.bee-news. com. Find out in May who correctly identified this month’s mystery location.

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Hop Brook Pharmacy closes suddenly By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s local drugstore, Hop Brook Pharmacy at 900 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury, suddenly closed its doors Tuesday, March 8. This reporter learned of the closing when she called the Hop Brook number the following week for a prescription refill, and the call was answered by CVS. Thinking she had somehow misdialed the Hop Brook number, she hung up and dialed the number a second time. Again, the number was answered by the automated answering system at the CVS at 1279 West Main St. in Waterbury.

The recording instructed former Hop Brook Pharmacy customers to speak to a pharmacist. This meant going through the menu until reaching the “speak to a pharmacist” option and then waiting … and waiting ... and waiting on hold until a pharmacy representative answered. When we told the representative Hop Brook had not notified us of the closing, she said, “They didn’t tell their employees either.” When we caught up with Middlebury resident Matt Carrano, who worked as a pharmacist at Hop Brook Pharmacy, he said, “I was told on Monday, March 7, that we were closing on Tuesday.”

Carrano said he has helped others there find new jobs, but when we spoke with him he was still looking for another position. He said the owners sold this pharmacy along with their pharmacies in Newtown and Prospect to CVS. He was very matter of fact about the lack of notice given to the employees or to customers. “That’s just the way it’s done in the business,” he said. “I’m very thankful for the support of the community and the friends we have made,” Carrano said. In fall 2013, when Hop Brook Pharmacy opened, Middlebury once again had a local pharma-

cy after being without one for about six years. What’s more, it was staffed most of the time by Carrano, who told the newspaper at the time how happy he was to be working in the town where he lives. Sirisha Mallidi, a pharmacist and one of the owners, said at the time that the owners opened the Middlebury store because they saw the need here for a small hometown pharmacy. Carrano said the Middlebury location was busier than ever this year, but the owners said insurance reimbursement was very low, and the location had been losing money since January.

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All that remains of Middlebury’s Hop Brook pharmacy is empty shelves and this sign on the door. The store closed abruptly on March 8. (Marjorie Needham photo)

Library Highlights This column features library highlights, this month from only the Middlebury Public Library. For an extensive list of events at area libraries, please visit our website, www.bee-news.com, and click on “Libraries.”

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Benjamin Franklin was quoted in 1789 as saying, “... in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Patrick Tamburrino quoted Credit.com co-founder Adam Levin in a Memphis Daily News column on Feb. 3, 2016, as saying data breaches are now “the third certainty in life.” The latest high-profile example of this was the report that Los Angeles Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital was hacked earlier this month and lost control of its computer systems. The hackers had installed a virus that encrypted the hospital’s files, preventing personnel from accessing them. They were forced to resort to pen and paper to record patient data. This example of ransomware led them ultimately to pay off the hackers with

Monday, April 11, at 2 p.m., join us for a potholder sewing demonstration as part of our T.A.C.K. Room (Technology, Health lectures The Libraries Inspiring Fitness Arts, Creativity and Knowledge). Education program Friday, April Learn how to sew your own pot1, at 1 p.m. will be a lecture on holder during our sewing demhearth health with Michelle onstration; then book sewing By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE Smallidge, Ed.D., RD., an exer- time to make one yourself. Incise physiologist and registered structions and materials will be For years, Middlebury zoning dietician focused on cardiac re- provided, and an experienced regulations have forbidden both sewer will be available to assist. habilitation. drive-throughs and car washes. Registration required. That’s about to change. At its Great Courses March 3 meeting, the MiddleIrish dance lesson bury Planning and Zoning ComThe Great Courses DVD LecWednesday, April 13, at 2 p.m., mission (P&Z) meeting unaniture Series will begin a new topic Monday, April 4, at 11 a.m. the Horgan Academy of Irish mously approved an amendment During the month of April, the Dance will offer a free lesson to to the zoning regulations to allow topic will be “Learn How to look learn the famous and popular a commercial car wash as an acat and Understand Great Art.” Irish Jig. Adults and children are cessory use to an auto dealerEach Monday, enjoy one hour of welcome to enjoy the traditional ship. The amendment was requestlectures and light refreshments. and contemporary steps of Irish ed by Patrick Bayliss, d/b/a At the end of the month, par- dance. Line Carriage Inc., at ticipate in a group discussion Mystery Book Group County 2160 Straits Turnpike, formerly based on the month’s lectures. The Mystery Book Group will the location of a Suzuki dealermeet Thursday, April 14, at 6 p.m. ship. Attorney Michael McVerry Brown Bag Book to discuss Jennifer McMahon’s told commissioners the requestDiscussion Group “Winter People.” New members ed amendment was similar to The Brown Bag Book Discus- are welcome. one approved in 2009 for the sion Group will meet WednesGateway Industrial Design Disday, April 6, at 1 p.m. for a discusExercise lecture trict. He said the accessory use sion of Sue Monk Kidd’s “The Friday, April 15, at 1 p.m, Dr. was a natural addition to an Invention of Wings.” New mem- Randy Trowbridge will discuss auto dealership and would add bers are welcome. “Think You Know Exercise? to the grand list. Think Again!” The public is inThe car wash would be full Facebook basics vited to attend this free lecture service, not self wash, he said, Join us for Tech Talk: Face- on exercise and how it plays a and open to the public for vebook Basics Wednesday, April 6, critical role in one’s health. Reg- hicles of less than 5 tons gross at 11 a.m. Learn the basics of us- istration required. weight. Chairman Terry Smith ing Facebook such as finding said he was concerned about friends, posting updates and Teen program waiting vehicles lining up out sending messages. Please call Design your own 3-D key the library to register. chain to be printed on the 3-D printer Tuesday, April 12, at 2 Author discussion p.m. This program is for teens in Thursday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m., grades six to 12. author Janet Barrett will discuss For Middlebury Public Library her nonfiction book, “They events, please visit middleburyCalled Her Reckless.” When the publiclibrary.org. The Middlee are watching a disturbFifth Regiment’s Recoilless Rifle bury Public Library is at 30 Crest ing picture emerge in Platoon acquired a small Korean Road. The telephone number is the news concerning pony to haul ammunition to the 203-758-2634. concussions in football players. front lines, what they got was a To see more library events, “Concussion” (617.5 LAS) by aureal-life warhorse, the coura- please look online at www.beethor Jeanne Marie Laskas focuses geous and indomitable Reckless, news.com on this issue. In 2015, it was made who stood with her Marines for into a movie with the same title starring Will Smith. The book follows the struggle of Dr. Bennet Omalu to expose his forensic findings on the long-term effects of brain trauma suffered by footMiddlebury Road (Opposite the Shell Station) ball players in a time in which Open 8 a.m. to Dusk daily football rules Sunday. The book is a fascinating mix of Dr. Omalu’s Anthony Calabrese 203-758-2765 personal and professional lives and the effect this struggle has on both. A good companion book is “The Traumatized Brain: A Fam-

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$17,000 in bitcoins, a crypto currency. A maker of automobile breathalyzers also was hacked. This company provides ignition interlock systems that require an individual to blow into the device before it will allow the engine to turn on. Data on the 70,000 devices installed in the United States were exposed. Tamburrino writes that “employee training is inexpensive but critical. Most hacking episodes occur when employees click on malicious links or websites. Security experts agree that education is the best defense.” You may believe that this could never happen to you. But, you could be surprised. In his book, “Hacked Again,” Scott Schober, a small business owner of an engineering corporation that ironically is in the security business, says the company has been

hacked not once, but twice in recent years. His chilling assessment: “Nothing is truly secure.” Cyber security has now become a 21st-century problem. TrendMicro, as reported in Barron’s by Timothy Summers, posits that 2016 “will be the year of online extortion. Cyber extortionists will devise new ways to target their victims’ psyche to make each attack ‘personal’ – either for an end user or an enterprise.” To address this problem, individuals, companies and organizations need to educate themselves. Create nontrivial passwords for every application and account. Change them regularly. Ensure the use and maintenance of antivirus software, firewalls and email filters. Back up all your data every day, and store a copy of it off site in a secure location. Look at the wide variety of in-

formation security training programs, and research and select one that meets your requirements, that tests your knowledge of the material offered and provides you a score. Also, make it a yearly condition of employment that all your employees do the same. Maintain an awareness of the current cyber security risks, and share that information with your suppliers and vendors. Unintentional actions or illinformed employees are the reason for most data breaches. In the Heritage Foundation’s Solution 2016 they state “cyber security threats are growing fast – in ways that are hard to understand. Reactions range from denial (It’s all hype) to panicked cries that the digital sky is falling.” Golden Technology Services, Inc. helps clients improve their cybersecurity. Contact us at 972679-9738 or info@gtscloud.com.

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Middlebury’s Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a car wash at this former Suzuki dealership at 2160 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury. (Marjorie Needham photo) onto Straits Turnpike and water from the car wash turning into hazardous ice on the road during cold weather. Bayliss said the car wash could serve 20 to 30 vehicles per hour but he did not anticipate that much demand. He also said the facility would recycle most of the

water and use a grit trap that would require twice-yearly cleaning. The zoning amendment was approved with the stipulation the car-wash design not allow stacking of vehicles onto the public right-of-way and not allow hazardous conditions such as ice on

the public right-of-way. Bayliss still needs to apply for a permit and provide a site plan for the car wash. The next regular P&Z meeting will be Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center.

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Read about concussions, the Nile, detectives ily Guide to Understanding Mood, Memory, and Behavior after Brain Injury” (617.4 RAO) by Vani Rao. Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winner for “Interpreter of Maladies,” has written a book in Italian. “In Other Words” (B Lahiri Jhumpa LAH)) is about that effort to immerse herself in a culture and language so that she could write in it fluently. Leaving the English translation to Ann Goldstein so that her Italian remained pure, Lahiri carries us along in her journey to truly master the language of Italian. The book is written bilingually, Italian on each left-hand page and English on the right – but it flows so beautifully that to read

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only the right-hand pages seems normal within a few pages! I have got to read the book by Levison Wood, “Walking the Nile” (916.204 WOO). Starting his trek in the middle of a forest in Rwanda, Wood followed the Nile over 4,000 miles through tribal lands, live war zones and many other treacherous obstacles to reach the Mediterranean coast. Elephants, camels, the Sahara desert, pyramids – all magical sounding and oh, so foreign and exciting … but dangers are everywhere: crocodiles and fire, very officious heavily armed officials, and heat. The heat of summer in the Sudan was the worst danger of all for one of the expedition. How do you top a trip like this?? Jacquelyn Mitchard is a bewitching and tempting writer. I wanted to curl up and read every word of “Two If By Sea” (MIT). “So many things happen when people can’t sleep” is such a poignant phrase and becomes a foreshadowing of an event that is usually not very pleasant. Her writing is so beautiful and perfect, though

– we watch Frank lose everything and find just one very important thing. But can Frank keep that one important thing safe? Do you remember the hardboiled detective stories of the ’50s? Mickey Spillane was a master of them, and Max Allan Collins has been invited to finish his many partially written Mike Hammer stories from his copious notes and half chapters. “Murder Never Knocks” (SPI) is the second book of this pairing, and though I seldom write about this specific genre, it was intriguing enough to catch my attention. Mike Hammer is targeted by a contract killer and manages to turn the tables on him. Somehow, it results in a security job detail for a Hollywood producer for Hammer and his lovely sidekick, Velda. Set in 1967, it is a look back at a simpler, grislier time in crime fiction. Middlebury Public Library Adult Services Librarian Donna Hine writes Library Lines. If you have a topic you’d like her to cover, contact her at the library at 203-758-2634.

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How healthy is it where you live? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has unveiled a new online mapping tool to show the levels of health in various parts of the country. Medicare beneficiaries are grouped by geographic location, race, health outcomes, sex, age and more. Eighteen health conditions are defined, as well as use of hospitals and emergency rooms, rate of re-admissions and mortality rates. The best feature is the mapping tool can even break data down to the county level in each state. While the map developers planned to use it to identify areas where there are problems (below-average health because of lack of access to health care, for This season’s Pomperaug baseball senior captains are, left to right, Grant Wallace, Connor Sullivan and Brian Dagostino. (Ken Morse photo)

Pomperaug baseball team hopes to get its swagger back By KEN MORSE The Pomperaug baseball team heads into the season looking to get its swagger back. The Panthers went 13-11 last season and saw a streak of five straight appearances in the South West Conference (SWC) championship game come to an end. Pomperaug defeated Bethel 4-3 in nine innings to win the quarterfinal round of the SWC playoffs last season. Next up was Masuk in the semifinals, and the Panthers were on top 4-0 in the fifth inning. Masuk came back to knock off the Panthers 6-5, ending a streak of five straight seasons playing in the league championship game. Grant Wallace spun six shutout innings, scattering six hits and striking out nine to lead Pomperaug to a 10-0 win over Torrington in the first round of the Class L state tournament. Brian Dagostino keyed a fiverun third inning as he went two for four with a double and three RBIs. Connor Sullivan made a diving catch in the outfield to preserve the shutout. Pomperaug saw the season end early, dropping a second-round game 6-4 to Hand. The Panthers lost eight seniors from last year’s team but come back with some strong leadership led by senior captains Wallace, Sullivan and Dagostino.

“The first goal is to stay healthy,” said Pomperaug head coach Mike Eisenbach. “Then we want to make the SWC tournament and qualify for the state’s. “One step at a time, one game at a time. We definitely have some good senior leadership. Our pitching looks to be solid, and that’s what we will build the season around.” In spite of the players lost to graduation, Pomperaug does bring back catcher Dagostino, a productive hitter in the lineup, along with All-SWC pitcher Wallace. Also taking a turn on the mound will be outfielder Sullivan. “We have a solid core of six or seven guys who will be fighting to earn some playing time. We have some spots to fill with graduation, but we do have guys who gained some experience last year.” Senior outfielders Matt Brophy and Sherman Mitchell will be in the mix, along with juniors Andrew Minchella and Josh McGettigan. Junior pitchers Nicholas Albano

Five Wishes Wednesday, April 6, at 10:30 a.m., Joyce Buccelli from Innovative Hospice Care VITAS will talk about the Five Wishes form. Many things in life are out of our hands, but this document gives you a way to control something very important – how you will be treated if you get seriously ill. The form lets you say exactly what you want. When it is filled out and properly signed, it is valid under the laws of most states, including Connecticut. Five Wishes is the first living will to address your personal, emotional and spiritual needs as well as your medical wishes. It also lets you choose the person you want to make health-care decisions for you if you can’t make them for yourself. It lets your family, friends and doctor know how you want to be treated, even when you can’t speak for yourself. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat.

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and Jacob Coviello will be looked on to add depth to the mound staff. “It’s huge having a player like Grant Wallace back to provide senior leadership, and he has a lot of experience on the mound,” said Eisenbach. “Last year he wasn’t healthy all season, but we are looking for big things from him this year and to be a leader for us.” It will take a little bit of everything to get back to the glory days of 2010 when the Panthers won the Class L state championship. From 2010 through 2012, Pomperaug put together a stellar 65-8 record. Over the past three seasons the Panthers have gone 42-30 and will need equal parts of a stable defense and some timely hitting to go along with consistent pitching if they are to contend for an SWC title. The Panthers get the season Lunch and play under way on Monday, April 4, at Come join us Thursday, April Ridgefield and will have their first 14, at 11:45 a.m. for a delicious home game Friday, April 8, against lunch and some fun learning Danbury.

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Friday each month. You must have a Senior Dine card to participate. If you do not have a card, stop by the senior center office to get one. If you want to go to the Painted Pony, Hollywood film and talk call 203-577-4166 to reserve a Thursday, April 14, from 12:30 seat. to 2:30 p.m., Tom Rosa will show and discuss the movie, “His Kind of Woman.” This is a 1951 blackand-white film noir starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. The film features supporting roles by Vincent Price, Raymond Burr, and Charles McGraw. The movie was directed by John Farrow and Richard Fleischer. This film has developed a cult following and is sure to please film noir fans. Refreshments will be served; all are welcome. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat.

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March 31, 2016

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In Brief Box 166, Watertown, CT 06795. For information, Cactus and Succulent Show For the 33rd year, the Connecticut Cactus and call Deb at 860-945-0184, email QuiltsThatCare. Succulent Society is having a show and sale Sat- Deb@gmail.com or visit www.quiltsthatcare.org. urday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Brass City Ballet Gala April 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event includes Brass City Ballet (BCB) will celebrate its 30th a judged show featuring hundreds of cactus and anniversary Saturday, April 9, with a Spring Gala succulent plants from all over the world. at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. The event will Entrance is free, as is parking. Each day, 50 free showcase an original production of “Cinderella” plants, one per family, will be given away. Vendors featuring Brass City Ballet Company member will come from as far away as Florida and will sell Kendra Sperry of Woodbury partnered by guest a broad selection of plants and related gardening artist Mathew Ortiz from New York City. materials. Plant auctions will be held at least twice The show will begin at 6:30 p.m., and a chamdaily. Twenty-minute lectures will focus on growpagne reception will follow. Performance tickets ing and caring for the plants. Lecture topics inare $35. VIP tickets for the after party and the clude “Hardy Cacti for the Connecticut Garden,” performance are $60. All tickets are available “Soil Mixes for Succulents,” and “Growing Sucthrough the Palace Theater box office at 203-346culents Under Lights.” 2000 or online at www.palacetheaterct.org. Find the show and sale at Naugatuck Valley Community College at 750 Chase Parkway in WaLVGW dinner and auction terbury in the fifth-floor cafeteria of the Art and The Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury Music Center building. The show is handicapped (LVGW) annual Wine Dinner and Auction fundaccessible. See ctcactusclub.org. raiser will be Friday, April 17, at 6 p.m. at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville. This year’s theme is “Wines of Quilts that Care the World,” and guests will sample and savor a Quilts that Care, an organization that makes collection of wines from the award-winning requilts for people who undergo cancer treatment, gions of Spain. will meet Mondays, April 4 and 18, from 6:30 to 8 Chris Berman of ESPN will serve as the master p.m. at The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Cen- of ceremonies. The Boogie Boys will perform, and ter at 1075 Chase Parkway in Waterbury. It also there will be both a live and silent auction. Bob will meet Tuesdays, April 5 and 19, from 6:30 to 8 Sagendorf Jr. will be honored for his commitment p.m. at the Bristol Public Library at 5 High St. in to literacy in the community. Bristol and Wednesdays, April 6 and 20, at the Registration of $75 per person includes hors Litchfield Community Center at 421 Bantam Road d’oeuvres, dinner and dessert. Proceeds will ben(Route 202) in Litchfield. efit the educational programs of LVGW. For more An all-day quilt-making event with free lunch information on the event, including auction donaprovided will be held Saturday, April 9, from 9:30 tion and ad opportunities, call 203-754-1164. a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Harold Leever Regional Free breakfast Cancer Center. Admission is free. Donations of fabric shop gift cards, 100-percent Master’s Table Community Meals will host a cotton fabric, twin-size quilt backings, cotton flan- free breakfast Saturday, April 16, from 9 to 10:30 nel, quilting materials, and gallon Ziploc bags are a.m. at Assumption Church at 61 N. Cliff St. in being accepted. accepted. The donation of an 800 Ansonia. The event is open to the public, all are to 1,000-square-foot work location with storage welcome, and the facility is handicap-accessible. would be gratefully accepted. Quilters are espe- The meal is free, but donations are accepted. For cially needed. Monetary donations can be given more information, visit www.masterstablemeals. through PayPal at www.quiltsthatcare.org or at P.O. org or call 293-732-7792.

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) – Part 3 Over the last two months we have discussed the different types of IRAs, who is eligible for which type, factors to consider in deciding what your options are and what might be best for you, and, finally, some basic rules about taking money out of your IRA accounts. This month we will discuss some other related topics. Investing Your IRA Funds – Generally, your IRA funds can be invested in the traditional types of investments (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CDs, etc). It also is possible to invest in real estate and some other types of investments, but then the investment process is more complicated, since you generally have to have a third-party trustee handle your account. Other Types of Retirement Plans - In addition to Traditional/Roth IRAs, there are some other plans you might be able to take advantage of if you are generating a net profit in your own business. These include a simple IRA, SEP, and the more complicated profit sharing and defined benefit plans. Suffice it to say, if

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you have your own profitable business, then you might be able to take advantage of one of these plans in addition to any plans at your W-2 employer or traditional/Roth IRA. Investment Fees on IRAs Are they tax-deductible? - This is a common question from clients and is also the source of much confusion. If you pay investment fees on a non-retirement investment account, those fees might be tax deductible if you itemize your deductions on Schedule A of Form 1040 (subject to the 2 percent adjusted gross income limitation). With an IRA, there are two different scenarios. The most common one is that the fees are deducted from the IRA account and, in this case, no tax deduction is available since the fees are being paid out of pretax funds. But if you do pay the fees

out of non-retirement funds, then the fees are potentially deductible the same as discussed at the beginning of this section. Future Tax Rules - Last month we discussed the thought process you can go through to consider different types of IRAs. One of the key factors mentioned was tax rates. The only thing we know for sure is that our tax rules will change in the future, and nobody knows what future tax rules will be or what our tax rates will be. So all we really can do is to make today’s tax-savings decisions based on the current rules and our best guess for the future. Only time will tell if the best decisions were made. This three-part series about IRAs has been a very general summary. Each person’s particular situation can be unique. Always consult a tax professional if you are uncertain about how tax matters might affect you. Mark A. Burns, M.B.A., is a C.P.A. with Diversified Financial Solutions PC in Southbury. He can be reached at 203-264-3131 or Mark@DFSPC.biz.

Sign up by phone for health care If you’re a combat veteran, you no longer have to fill out and sign papers to sign up for health care. As of right now, you can do it by phone. This is part of the Department of Veterans Affairs push to get all incomplete applications of combat veterans reviewed and reworked. There are currently 31,000 combat veterans with incomplete applications. Other veterans will be able to enroll this way as of July 5, 2016. This now makes three ways to enroll. You can do it online. You can do it on paper with the VA Form 10-10 EZ. And now you can just pick up the phone.

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If you want to know more, call the Health Eligibility Center Enrollment and Eligibility Division at 1-855-488-8440. Additionally, if you’re one of the 545,000 veterans who currently have incomplete applications If you’ve enrolled since July 1, pending, you now have a year to 2015, you’ve gotten extra good- complete the paperwork. (They ies. You got a phone call from the also discovered, while hunting for Health Resource Center for one those files, an additional 288,000 thing, welcoming you to the VA pending applications for veterans The Economic and Industrial Development Commission has approved Ceviche restaurant’s plans for and introducing you to all that’s who are now deceased.) As part of a patio in this area of the Village Square shopping center on Middlebury Road. available to you, as well as infor- the Veteran Enrollment Rework (Terrence S. McAuliffe photo) mation about resources and pro- Project, the VA is required to nograms. You got a personal letter tify you about pending and incomand handbook and help getting plete applications and to take anyour first appointment sched- other look to see if you should have uled. actually been enrolled already. The “one year” meter starts running once they contact you. Get the latest If you want to know more about By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE shield diners from parking lot sponses against the bid requirenews online 24/7 at VA benefits, you also can call activity. McVerry described pe- ments, and Commissioner Ar1-877-222-8387. The Middlebury Economic destrian flow through the existing mando Paolino recommended (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc. and Industrial Development sidewalk and stairs that will re- the matrix be tied directly to the Commission (EIDC) at its March main, adding that patrons would RFQ specifications. 22 meeting unanimously ap- first enter the restaurant and then A special EIDC meeting on www.nfda.org proved the appearance of a patio be seated in the patio by wait Tuesday, March 29 was to conI am an individual, who is part planned for the Ceviche Latin staff. The site plans still need to tinue the bid review. The entire Kitchen restaurant in the Village be approved by the Planning and project is estimated to cost about of a family and that is part of Square shopping center at 530 Zoning Commission (P&Z), $100,000 with $30,000 already apour community. I want my Middlebury Road. It also re- which must consider all pertinent propriated for the zoning regulafuneral to reflect that. viewed bids for streetscape and zoning regulations, including tion update. Selection of the windesign guidelines and brain- seating and parking capacity. ning bidder will be coordinated We know the things that are important to stormed a contest to help proCommissioners also infor- with P&Z and town selectmen. the families we serve. After all, they’re mote Middlebury as an attractive mally reviewed seven bids reIn other business, members the same values that guide our business location. ceived in response to the agreed to develop a contest with business... family, community, and Attorney Michael McVerry and Streetscape, Design Guidelines one or more prizes to capture the personal service. To learn more about owner Andrew Adames told com- and Zoning Regulations RFQ that emotion and spirit of why it is how we can help you and your missioners the proposed 26-by- went out in January. Those guide- great to live and work in Middlefamily create a meaningful 19-foot patio would be built in lines will be used by EIDC in con- bury. The contest will be open to funeral, please contact us. front of the restaurant in an area junction with a comprehensive residents, students, and business currently occupied by grass and update to the town zoning regu- owners in Middlebury and is exparking spaces. A 36-inch or lations to help improve building pected to be announced in April. higher block wall with field stone and site designs. Commissioner The next regular EIDC meeting veneer will surround the patio on Frank Mirovsky agreed to revise will be Tuesday, April 26, at 6:30 three sides in compliance with a draft decision matrix so it would p.m. in the Town Hall Conference zoning regulations and also help formally rate the submission re- Room.

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It Happened in Middlebury

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The old Middlebury cemeteries By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Cemeteries (from the Greek meaning “sleeping places”) have long been the subject of intense interest. Death and cemetery records have always yielded a great deal of information for genealogists and historians in general, and Middleburians are fortunate to have a number of highly informative resources connected with our two current cemeteries. For the sake of clarity, our town’s newest cemetery is the Lake Elise Cemetery; the older one is referred to as the “Old Cemetery.” During and in the aftermath of the Civil War, there was a much greater emphasis on monitoring public health and disseminating information about best practices, including the condition of cemeteries and the disposal of bodies. An act of the Connecticut General Assembly in 1884 mandated that sextons and caretakers of cemeteries in the state be registered with the town clerk of each municipality and that those caretakers provide a monthly report to the town clerk about interments, disinterments and transfers of bodies (called “removals”) from one municipality to another for burial. In the 1930’s “removals” were more accurately labeled as “transfers.” Our Town Hall has burial records going back to the late 1800s. Middlebury has had at least four cemeteries. According to Delia Bronson’s History of Middlebury, the first one served the town (then part of Waterbury) from 1703 to 1793 and was located “in the southeast corner of the second lot opposite and north of James Tyler’s house,” which would place it near today’s intersection of Tyler Crossing and Breakneck Hill Road. That cemetery is gone without a trace. About 1880, James C. Scovill, who owned the land at the time, took up the stones and plowed the field. A few stones were reportedly moved to the newer cemetery (on Cemetery Road to the west of Fenn Farm), and a peach orchard was set out on the land of the former cemetery. Dr. Ray Sullivan documented many of the stones that were removed in his recent book “Breakneck.” The oldest stone in the cemetery, dating to 1775, marked the grave of two-year old Ezra Burgess. The former cemetery land became part of the old McDonald farm in the 20th century, and in the late 1950s, while excavating this land, human bones were found. These were reportedly reburied in the grave of two young Bronson daughters in the Old Cemetery, but some witnesses reported seeing the bones in a box in various locations in town years after the supposed reburying. Will we ever know the complete story? The second cemetery that has disappeared was behind the “Poxe (or “Pest”) House” run by

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Continued from page 1 ment dropped by three students, to 1,233 from 1,226 for a total of 69 fewer students in the district for the upcoming budget year. Enrollment numbers for a fiscal year are the numbers as of Oct. 1 of the preceding year, so these numbers are as of Oct. 1, 2015. The enrollment changes shift a larger burden of the budget onto Middlebury taxpayers. For 2016-2017, they will pay 32.08 percent compared to their current 31.59 percent. Southbury’s burden drops to 67.92 percent from 68.41 percent. On Feb. 29, Botsford mentioned four cost-saving measures. One is the $1 million saved annually by the district self-insuring employees and staff. Because medical claims are low this year, the self-insurance cost did not increase in the proposed budget. The conversion from oil to natural gas at Pomperaug High School (PHS) and Rochambeau Middle School saves $50,000 a year, a wireless network grant saves $84,250 in the proposed budget, and 19 teachers have agreed to take early retirement at a savings of $390,000 in the proposed budget.

The Middlebury Cemetery, commonly called the Old Cemetery, is on Route 64 (Middlebury Road) in Middlebury. (Middlebury Historical Society photo) Dr. Abel Bronson. Visitors to the Middlebury Historical Society will remember a Poxe (or Pest) House door on display. It came from the infirmary building used by Dr. Abel Bronson in the late 1700s to provide inoculations against smallpox, and some patients’ names were carved in it. Under Bronson’s care, citizens were inoculated and had to remain quarantined in the house for several weeks. Not everyone who undertook this ordeal survived, and some were buried behind the Poxe House located off Burr Hall Road. Those gravestones eventually disappeared. You can read more about the Poxe House in Dr. Sullivan’s “Breakneck.” The third cemetery (“Old Cemetery”) was established in 1793 on a half-acre of land obtained from Marcus and Rebecca Bronson. According to Delia Bronson’s History, “[t]he cemetery was owned and cared for by the town until 1928 when the Middlebury Cemetery Association was incorporated and took over the management.” Notes attributed to Artison S. Clark (1849-1937) in 1907 in Delia Bronson’s history tell us that Fred

S. Chamberlain (b. 1851) was a cemetery sexton for many years and that in 1831 the Old Cemetery was only one-fourth as large as it is today. In Middlebury, the church bell was always rung when a death occurred, designating the sex and age of the person (I don’t know what the code was, but perhaps someone out there does?). Our latest cemetery is the Lake Elise Cemetery. It’s name came from nearby Lake Elise, a manmade lake built in honor of Elise Myers Bristol (1879-1924), the wife of inventor William Bristol (1859-1930), who lived nearby. The Bristols loved to sit on the porch of their home on Bristol Drive and view the scenery, including this lake. The cemetery was established from land given by the town in 1989. Those seeking records of graves will find most of the burials at the Middlebury (“Old”) and Lake Elise cemeteries online at FindaGrave.com, complete with photographs of the stones, indexes to our honored veterans’ graves and more. Other Web sites include rays-place.com, in addition to the commercial Ancestry. com.

During the W.P.A of the1930s, personnel at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford conducted an inventory of over 2200 cemeteries across the state and created an index of names and dates from gravestones, newspaper death notices and others under the supervision of Charles R. Hale. It is called the Hale Collection. This index has proved to be of utmost help to genealogists for over 80 years. In 1981, Jeffrey Lutz, a Middlebury Boy Scout, compiled a thorough index and list of those buried in the Middlebury Cemetery that stands us in good stead even today. It is complete with maps available from the Middlebury Historical Society. Don’t forget, we’re open yearround every Monday from 2 to 6 p.m. and other times by appointment. Join us! Bob Rafford is the Middlebury Historical Society president and Middlebury’s municipal historian. To join or contact the society, visit MiddleburyHistoricalSociety.org or call Bob at 203-2064717. Your membership would be a valuable addition.

Staffing decreases in the proposed budget are 3.2 fewer full time equivalent staff while increases of one special education teacher and .4 PHS school psychologist (this restores a prior cut) yield a net reduction of 1.8 positions. Noting that prior years didn’t always keep up with technology, Botsford said the district needed $73,000 for technology for the 2016-2017 budget year. The overall technology improvement program calls for 718 unreliable desktops and laptops to be replaced by refurbished ones that will be leased for a total of $173,620. Replacement of switches and other components will cost $66,000, and server replacement will run $7,000. Technology costs will benefit from a $84,250 grant for upgrading the district’s wireless network. While these costs total more than $73,000, Botsford said the leased items (desktops and laptops) will have no dollar impact for the 2016-2017 budget. Neither will the grant for the wireless network. She said $73,000 is the budgetary impact from the switches and servers. Math textbooks for grades four and five will cost $62,835. Math textbooks for grades six through eight will cost $80,000.

The new social studies course at PHS does not require textbook purchase. The course will cost $1,477. New textbooks are needed, however, for AP Biology, and they will cost $8,018. Botsford said the current text is more than 10 years old and does not meet current standards for AP biology. New lab equipment for chemistry and physics at a cost of $5,588 will allow more accurate probe readings, data collection

and display and will allow lab data to be transferred to computers and cell phones. Botsford said the wrestling practice mats are more than 10 years old and need to be replaced so they can be properly cleaned for health reasons. The cost for new mats is $12,000. The public hearing and adoption of the budget will be Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the PHS AP Room. The referendum will be Wednesday, May 4.

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Dr. John P. Elser Dr. John P Elser, 84, of Naugatuck peacefully passed away after a long illness on Saturday, March 26, at the Glendale Center in Naugatuck surrounded by his family. Dr. Elser was the husband of the late Rosanne (Doherty) and the late Lorraine (DePasquale) Elser. Dr. Elser was born Dec. 23, 1931, in Bronx, N.Y., the son of George and Laura (Wendling) Elser. Dr. Elser graduated high school from Fordham Preparatory School in 1949 and continued his education at Fordham University, class of 1952. He then graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1956. Shortly after, he began his internship and residency at Waterbury Hospital. Dr. Elser served in the medical corps of the U.S. Army for two years after completing his residency and was stationed in both San Antonio, Texas and Portland, Maine. He settled in Naugatuck in 1960 and opened his private practice on Meadow Street in the specialty of family medicine. He was happy when his son, J. Michael Elser M.D., joined him in the practice of primary care medicine in 1986, and they were able to practice together as part of the Medical Associates of Naugatuck on Church Street until his retirement in 1996. Dr Elser was on the staffs of Waterbury Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital. He was a very active member of the Waterbury Hospital community and served as Chief of Staff from 1994-1996, when he retired after practicing for 35 years. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Elser served many roles in the medical community, including assistant state medical examiner and town health officer, and he also assisted in establishing the first renal dialysis facility in the Waterbury area. He was the first medical director of both Beacon Brook Health Center and the Glendale Center (of which he was one of the original owners) and remained in these roles until his retirement. Dr. Elser was a dedicated communicant of St. John of the Cross Church in Middlebury, Conn., and was deeply rooted in his faith. He enjoyed helping others in the community; he was a founding member of the St. Francis School Foundation in Naugatuck and volunteered at the St. Vincent DePaul Shelter in Waterbury. His most enjoyable volunteer involvement was as a greeter at the Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center in Waterbury, where he had the opportunity to help patients smile and laugh. Dr. Elser was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and cherished spending time with his family. He enjoyed traveling the world and entertaining his friends. He had a tremendous sense of humor and will be greatly missed by those who knew him. Dr. Elser is survived by his children, Jeanne Chenier and her husband, Matthew, of Holyoke, Mass.; Dr. J. Michael Elser and his wife, Sheila, of Middlebury; Dr. James J. Elser, Ph.D., and his wife, Monica, of Polson, Mont.; Jacqueline Hoey and her husband, Paul, of Brandon, Miss.; Jayne Welch, Esq. and her husband, David, of Brandon, Miss.; and Joan-Marie McCasland and her husband, John, of Naugatuck; 16 grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, April 1, at 1 p.m. at St. John of the Cross Church at 1321 Whittemore Road in Middlebury. The family will receive friends at the Parish Hall of the church Friday from noon until the start of Mass. Burial will follow in St. James Cemetery on Cross Street in Naugatuck. Calling hours will be held Thursday, March 31, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Naugatuck at 201 Meadow St. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John of the Cross Church, 1321 Whittemore Rd., Middlebury, 06762; Holy Cross High School Fund, 587 Oronoke Road, Waterbury, CT 06708, or St. Vincent DePaul Society, 38 Willow St., Waterbury, 06710. For online condolences, or to share a story or a photo, please visit www. fordfh.com.

George Henry Long George Henry Long of Middlebury died peacefully at home on Thursday, March 24, 2016. He was born in Naugatuck, Conn., March 9, 1928, to Isabelle (King) Long and Walter Henry Long. He was predeceased by his wife, Leone (Halstead) Long. George lived most of his life in Middlebury, He was a constable for the Middlebury Police Department in the 1940s and 50s. From his late teens until 1951, he drove trucks and heavy equipment for George Richards, the Peterson family and, lastly, Steve Malione. He drove a school bus in Middlebury for Tom Judd from 1951 to 1953, when he purchased the Bus Company, which he owned until 1956. He was a Middlebury volunteer fireman from the 1940s until 1957, when he retired as a captain and honorary member. He worked at Westover School in Middlebury, first as an assistant superintendent and then superintendent from 1956 until 1973. He then worked for LF Powers Mobil, driving an 18-wheeler oil tanker until his retirement in 1990. He was an avid bowler who participated in the Middlebury Mixers for many years and enjoyed camping with his family, especially on Hermit Island in Maine. He was active in the Lions Club for many years. He also enjoyed singing and participated in a choral group and in variety shows. He loved to whistle and sing traditional hymns at church and was a proud longtime member of the Middlebury Congregational Church, having joined in 1946. He spent his retirement years in Englewood, Fla., and Dennisport, Cape Cod, prior to returning to his beloved Middlebury. He is survived by two daughters, Deborah Long Pope and her husband, David Pope, of Watertown and Sheryl Long of North Carolina and a son, Kenneth Long and his wife, Shari Thompson Long, of Middlebury. He also is survived by two granddaughters, Rachel Pope of Watertown and Rebecca Pope of Kennebunkport, Maine, and by his loving companion, Theresa Casella. He loved spending time with her family, especially her two grandsons, Mitch and CJ. His funeral was March 29 at Middlebury Congregational Church. Burial was to follow in Middlebury Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Middlebury Congregational Church, Book of Remembrance, 1242 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, CT 06762. Online condolences may be made through www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.

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Pomperaug softball hopes to contend in SWC The Pomperaug High School softball team has the pitching and the hitting to be a contender in the South West Conference (SWC) this season. The Panthers went 13-7 last year during the regular season and 14-9 overall. Pomperaug reached the SWC semifinals and fell in the first round of the Class L state tournament last season. The team is looking to take it a few steps farther this year. Just two years ago, Pomperaug posted its highest winning total in over 25 years, going 17-3, and a couple of those key players are still in uniform looking to get back to those heights. The Lady Panthers will be led by these captains: senior Annabella Pastorok, junior All-SWC and All-State Laurel Williams and junior All-SWC pitcher Ashley Antonazzo. Pomperaug graduated a couple of big bats, losing Erin Ruggiero, a .400 hitter with four triples and two home runs, and two-time All-Colonial Division Brianna Antonazzo, a .303 hitter who led the team with 18 RBIs, two triples and two home runs. The biggest loss coming into the season is senior Rebecca Meyer, who is out for the season

with an ACL injury. Meyer hit .412 last year and led the team with 21 runs, 18 RBIs and four home runs. “We lost some key bats, but we have a good solid core coming back,” said Pomperaug head coach Paul Masotto. “Ashley on the mound, Annabella at third, Laurel was All-State at second base and our other senior, Annie Yacavone. “Even with those players back, we do have a young squad. But a lot of them produced and gained some experience last year.” The key for the Panthers’ success is three-year pitcher Ashley Antonazzo, who went 14-5 last year with a stingy 2.31 ERA, striking out 132 batters in 127 innings. She also carried a productive bat at the plate, batting .357. Williams led the team in batting with 33 hits and a .434 average and scored 20 runs. Pastorok was just as effective with a .328 average on 20 hits and 12 runs scored. One of the young players coach Masotto was talking about is sophomore Samantha Wisnefsky, who batted .362 last season on 22 hits and 14 RBIs. Sophomore Caley Ruggiero proved to be a solid bat and a stable defender in the infield. Pomperaug is looking to freshman catcher Kaitlin Flood to carry the load behind the plate.

This season’s Pomperaug High School softball captains are, left to right, senior Annabella Pastorok, junior Laurel Williams and junior Ashley Antonazzo. (Ken Morse photo) Freshman Breanna Quinn also will see time in a utility role in the infield and outfield. Yacavone brings the leadership that you expect from a senior and will play outfield and first base with junior Gillian Stiber also lending some experience to the mix. Sophomores Hailey Latta, Natalie Kelly, Emily Winfield, Brooke Anderson and Em-

ily Ostar also will be looking to take on expanded roles this season. “We are looking for a lot of these younger players to contribute to the team,” said Masotto. “We have a nice combination of experienced players and a good solid group of younger players who are ready to step up. “Kaitlin is a young player, and

we are looking for her to fit into her role as catcher and hopefully help us to get to the next level. A lot of our players can play multiple positions, so you will see players at different positions from time to time.” Pomperaug will get the season started Monday, April 4, at Ridgefield and will be at home on Friday, April 8, against Danbury.

The power of a compliment Most everyone appreciates receiving a sincere compliment. That’s because a compliment communicates a distinct expression of praise that can make the person receiving it feel valued and admired. Compliments are powerful, unexpected verbal gifts which convey that the recipient is worthy of recognition in a particular way. Most of all, receiving a compliment makes a person feel good. Mark Twain once said, “I can live two months on one good compliment.”

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Giving compliments is a great way for developing interpersonal effectiveness, and the results can be significant and immediate. Compliments often generate an atmosphere of social positivity, which can facilitate the flow of conversation and enhance receptivity and rapport. Furthermore,

focusing on and noticing the favorable actions and characteristics of the people around us can give our own outlook a boost. Recipients of compliments almost always respond positively from knowing that they are noticed and valued, and this can be a powerful motivator of behavior. Compliments can stimulate people to persist in a particular behavior because they tend to want to continue doing those things that inspire others’ approval. Consciously and subconsciously, people

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Town Of Middlebury Means Of Financing - Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Revenues

Actual Revenues Adopted Budget Fy 2014-15 Fy 15-16

Actual Revenues Estimated Revenues Proposed Budget 9 Months Fy 15-16 For Fy 15-16 Fy 2016-17 thru 3/18/16

Property Taxes..................................................$26,605,111 ............$27,830,193 ............ $27,584,434 ...............$27,830,193 ......... $29,038,347 Supplemental Auto................................................ 215,395 ...................160,000.................... 233,250.......................235,000..................180,000 Prior Years Taxes................................................... 309,819 ...................230,000.................... 234,603.......................235,000..................300,000 Interest/Penalties................................................... 221,948 ...................120,000.................... 124,635.......................125,000..................150,000 Tax Collector Copies.................................................... 279 ..........................200........................... 145..............................200.........................200 TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES........................... $27,352,553 ............$28,340,393 ............ $28,177,067 ...............$28,425,393 ......... $29,668,547 State Grants.......................................................... 348,120 ...................362,388.................... 276,401.......................362,388..................326,138 Investment Income.................................................. 13,339 .....................12,000........................ 8,147.........................12,000....................18,000 Assessor Copier Fees.................................................. 659 ..........................300........................... 323..............................350.........................300 Assessor Personal Property Audits.............................. 218 .....................20,000............................... 0.........................20,000....................10,000 Town Clerk............................................................. 149,619 ...................165,500.................... 114,813.......................165,500..................160,600 Building Department.............................................. 165,790 .................. 218,050 .................. 168,388 ..................... 218,050 ................ 233,550 Donations / Tower Rental Revenues..................... 185,162 .................. 194,687 .................. 135,144 ..................... 173,687 ................ 195,188 Water Commission.................................................... 3,003 ...................... 4,000 ......................... 901 ......................... 4,000 .................... 4,000 Fire Department........................................................... 300 .................... 25,240 ......................... 120 ............................ 240 ....................... 300 Police Department................................................... 48,975 .....................50,200...................... 28,424.........................50,200....................50,920 Shepardson Room Rental................................................. 0...............................0........................ 1,760...........................2,000......................4,000 Transfer Station Fees.............................................. 39,975 .....................47,850...................... 19,728.........................29,592....................24,800 Park & Rec Self Sustaining Account..................... 151,231 ...................213,600.................... 149,430.......................213,600..................195,000 Park & Recreation................................................... 42,184 .....................71,350........................ 5,910.........................71,350....................65,500 Elderly Program Revenue....................................... 13,709 .....................20,000........................ 9,653.........................20,000....................20,000 Public Library............................................................. 2,514 ...................... 2,500 ...................... 1,533 ......................... 2,500 .................... 2,500 Education Cost Sharing - State............................. 738,899 ...................735,195.................... 407,318.......................735,195..................738,899 Reimbursement From Region #15.................................... 0...............................0............................... 0..................................0.............................0 Special Duty Fund................................................. 164,295 ................... 112,615...................... 97,823.......................112,615..................112,615 Infrastructure Trust Fund......................................... 45,470 .....................39,762........................ 5,626.........................39,762....................38,614 Library Tenant Rent........................................................... 0......................10,000............................... 0..................................0....................10,000 Fema....................................................................... 71,575 ..............................0............................... 0..................................0.............................0 TOTAL REVENUES........................................ $29,537,591 ............$30,645,630 ............ $29,608,509 ...............$30,658,422 ......... $31,879,471 Transfers From Sewer Fee & Assessment.............. 99,767 .....................84,703...................... 84,703.........................84,703....................85,000 Transfers From Unassigned Fund Balance....................... 0...............................0............................... 0..................................0.............................0 Medical Insurance Reserve............................................... 0......................40,000............................... 0.........................40,000.............................0 TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCING.................... $29,637,358 ............$30,770,333 ............ $29,693,212 ...............$30,783,125 ......... $31,964,471

Town Of Middlebury Appropriations Summary 2016-2017 Actual Expenses Adopted Budget Fy 2014-15 Fy 15-16

Winning Ways Continued from page 6

While we should continually be on the lookout for opportunities to offer compliments, we should also understand the best way to accept them – graciously, with a smile. We should never try to appear modest by dismissing or minimizing a compliment by saying something like, “Oh, it was

nothing really.” Such a response only diminishes the complimenter’s intent. A better approach would be to respond to a compliment with a compliment. You might answer, “Thank you, it was very gracious of you to say that.” Never underestimate the power of a compliment. The assurance that someone receives when you notice them may help that person to make the best possible use of his or her talents and abil-

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Actual Expenses 9 Months Fy 15-16 thru 3/18/16

Estimated Expenses For Fy 15-16

Proposed Budget Fy 2016-17

Board Of Selectmen............................................ $139,885................. $139,074.................... $99,273.................... $139,074................$141,044 Finance Department.............................................. 217,311................... 222,986.................... 151,310...................... 222,986..................228,786 Town Treasurer.......................................................... 4,714....................... 1,981........................ 3,252.......................... 1,981......................4,814 Assessor................................................................ 157,250................... 164,174...................... 90,828...................... 164,174..................166,546 Tax Collector............................................................ 95,370..................... 95,156...................... 66,824........................ 95,156....................95,790 Town Clerk............................................................. 119,008....................119,849...................... 83,540...................... 119,849..................121,901 Registrar Of Voters.................................................. 32,611..................... 39,525...................... 23,397........................ 39,525....................44,422 Board Of Finance.................................................... 33,327..................... 33,060...................... 30,944........................ 33,060....................33,092 Board Of Assessment Appeals.................................. 1,729....................... 1,550........................... 893.......................... 1,550......................1,925 Legal.......................................................................111,919....................115,000...................... 87,370...................... 115,000..................115,000 Probate Court............................................................ 2,661....................... 3,000............................... 0.......................... 3,000......................3,000 Town Hall................................................................. 85,286..................... 77,392...................... 52,870........................ 77,392....................63,702 Building Department.............................................. 124,020................... 126,942...................... 83,849...................... 126,942..................129,619 Payments To Other Jurisdictions............................. 50,375......................51,118...................... 50,069........................ 51,118....................51,107 Planning And Zoning............................................... 38,302..................... 40,400...................... 18,034........................ 40,400....................30,665 Zoning Board Of Appeals.......................................... 1,158....................... 3,505........................... 824.......................... 3,505......................3,505 Conservation Commission...................................... 10,793..................... 10,836........................ 7,374........................ 10,836....................13,437 Economic Development Committee................................. 0....................... 1,000............................... 0.......................... 1,000......................1,000 Beautification Committee............................................. 344....................... 1,475............................... 0.......................... 1,475......................1,475 Insurance............................................................... 409,241................... 464,178.................... 453,637...................... 464,178..................489,652 Historical Society....................................................... 6,655....................... 4,750........................ 2,175.......................... 4,750......................4,000 Water Commission.................................................. 83,490..................... 91,167...................... 58,964........................ 91,167....................94,000 Fire Department.................................................... 289,403................... 240,038.................... 138,419...................... 240,038..................227,232 Civil Preparedness.................................................... 1,295....................... 4,000........................ 3,060.......................... 4,000......................4,000 Fire Marshal.............................................................. 9,977......................11,961........................ 7,178........................ 11,961....................11,575 Police Department.............................................. 1,414,752................ 1,435,151................. 1,070,127................... 1,435,151...............1,503,107 Communications Center........................................ 280,201................... 251,251.................... 253,480...................... 251,251..................258,500 Engineering............................................................. 12,670..................... 17,000........................ 8,932........................ 17,000....................15,000 Buildings And Grounds.......................................... 333,903................... 287,173.................... 209,352...................... 287,173..................425,688 Shepardson Community Center.............................. 47,913..................... 48,342...................... 29,041........................ 48,342....................33,999 Public Works....................................................... 1,474,697................ 1,405,646................. 1,019,271................... 1,405,646...............1,461,741 Waste Removal..................................................... 296,082................... 323,788.................... 202,645...................... 323,788..................333,074 Park & Rec Self Sustaining Account..................... 161,011................... 182,000.................... 109,490...................... 182,000..................182,000 Park & Recreation................................................. 255,705................... 267,014.................... 188,310...................... 267,014..................281,842 Social Services........................................................ 42,748..................... 44,594...................... 30,881........................ 44,594....................45,182 Elderly Services....................................................... 80,036..................... 96,804...................... 59,220........................ 96,804....................99,706 Public Library......................................................... 421,299................... 427,903.................... 263,576...................... 427,903..................407,522 Library Tenant Utilities & Maint......................................... 0.............................. 0............................... 0................................. 0....................10,000 Employee Benefits............................................. 1,953,969................ 2,163,321................. 1,593,986................... 2,163,321...............2,180,389 Contingency Fund............................................................ 0..................... 10,000............................... 0........................ 10,000....................22,421 Contingency Fund Snow And Ice Removal............. 50,000..................... 50,000...................... 30,673........................ 50,000....................15,000 Information Technology........................................... 80,438..................... 78,352...................... 60,005........................ 78,352....................80,000 Debt Service.......................................................... 295,436................... 277,936.................... 180,736...................... 277,936..................271,576 Refund Of Taxes...................................................... 10,703..................... 15,000........................ 6,308........................ 15,000....................12,000 Capital Budget-Town / Facilities............................ 528,219................... 549,388.................... 346,891...................... 549,388..................537,938 Capital Budget-Town / Public Safety..................... 116,900................... 130,900...................... 50,784...................... 130,900..................141,000 Extraordinary Items................................................. 14,293....................... 4,000........................ 3,261.......................... 4,000......................4,000 Dog Pound.............................................................. 13,418..................... 14,200..................... 10,348 ....................... 14,200....................14,200 Park & Rec Revenue Fund...................................... 10,824..................... 10,000........................ 5,010........................ 10,000....................10,000 Fema....................................................................... 95,434.............................. 0............................... 0................................. 0.............................0 Total Town Appropriations................................. 10,016,776.............. 10,153,880................. 7,246,408................. 10,153,880.............10,427,174 Region #15 Education (Not Final For 2016-2017)....19,951,990................. 20,616,453..................16,170,104....................20,616,453............... 21,537,297 TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS........................... $29,968,766............ $30,770,333............. $23,416,512............... $30,770,333...........$31,964,471

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