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Volume IX, No. 15

Friday, April 12, 2013

Middlebury to join self-insurance pool

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Following a Tuesday meeting attended by representatives from Middlebury, Southbury and the Region 15 School District, Middlebury appears to be on its way to joining Southbury and Region 15 in pooling the cost of self-insuring medical coverage. Middlebury declined to join Southbury and Region 15 last year, Middlebury Board of Finance Chairman Michael McCormack said, because last year’s pool covered health insurance premiums for existing health insurance. This year’s pool is different because the three parties will self-insure.

For Middlebury to join the existing pool, both Southbury and Region 15 had to vote to let it do so. Southbury First Selectman Ed Edelson said Wednesday the vote was contingent on approval from Middlebury’s Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance.

Edelson said, “Over the past year I have been working closely with First Selectman Ed St. John on various regionalization initiatives to help us both deliver better services at lower cost to our respective towns. I am pleased to hear of his strong support of having Middlebury join the regional medical pool created last year by Region 15 and Southbury. The initial savings will be significant. More important, I believe, is that with this regional approach both towns can be more effective at addressing health care issues of our employees. Healthier employees are the only sustainable approach to lower health care costs. I look forward to working with Ed on future regionalization initiatives in the near future.”

McCormack said the parties crunched numbers last year to see if Middlebury should stay separate, all three entities should join together or two of the three should pool their health care.

“Last year, the numbers didn’t make sense. It’s almost an actuarial thing. Our cost would have gone up a bit and wouldn’t have been offset by our share of Region 15’s savings,” McCormack said.

This year, he said, the numbers were based on self-insurance and they were favorable to everybody. He said of the expected contract, “I am thrilled. I think Southbury and Region 15 were very forward thinking in voting to have us join them. I think this is great for Middlebury to get control of our health care costs.”

McCormack said Middlebury’s health care costs increased 13 percent this year. At that rate, he said, health care costs would double in six years. He said the annual increase once Middlebury joins Southbury and Region 15 will be 2 to 3 percent.

McCormack said the agreement won’t produce a savings for Middlebury in the proposed 2013-2014 budget because of the need to fund reserves to cover health care costs. He said after the first 15 months of the agreement, he expects the town will save about $120,000 a year in health care costs. “The important thing is after we get this reserve filled, we step down our cost of insurance by about 20 percent,” he said.

Region 15 Director of Finance Keith McLiverty said the three entities have agreed to join a selfinsured health insurance pool.

Next, the agreement will be drafted and signed, and the three entities will become one group as of July 1, 2013.

Administration of the health insurance reserve funds will be governed by a committee of nine made up of three representatives from each of the entities, McLiverty said. “The good thing about this is it’s a statistical, actuarial-based fund. It’s pretty cut and dried and pretty clear.” He said the amount each entity will contribute is being finalized.

“Believe it or not, the towns have enough to fund their share of the reserves because they have a fund balance,” he said. He said Region 15 is not allowed to have a fund balance, so it will fund its liability over time.

McLiverty said the overall savings with Southbury and Region 15 in the pool was to be $892,000.

He said that savings drops to

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Left to right, Library Board of Trustees Chairman Joan M. King, Treasurer Rita H. Smith and Secretary Michele Paquet Finn kicked off the “Buy-A-Brick” fundraiser last week. Smith holds one of the brick pavers that can be engraved as donors wish.

(JoAnn LoRusso photo)

Library launches ‘Buy-A-Brick’ fundraiser The Middlebury Public Library launched its “Buy-A-Brick” fundraiser just last week, but a number of brick pavers already have been purchased. “They are selling like hotcakes,” said Michele Finn, Library Board of Trustees secretary. Board of Trustees Chairman Joan King said one business purchased four of the larger pavers at $175 each. “They want to support the library,” King said.

She said she tells everyone she meets about the program. “I stopped people going into church Saturday night and asked them if they’d like to purchase a brick,” she said.

She also got permission from the manager at Dunkin’ Donuts to put up a poster and an envelope there to let people know about the fundraising campaign.

King said she had seen pavers used in the memorial garden at Wilby High School. Her sister taught there, and after her death a paver was placed in the garden in her memory. King said the building committee came up with the idea of selling engraved pavers, and since Library Trustee Jim Greenwood had seen the bricks at the Southbury Public Library and King had seen the Wilby High School Memorial Garden, everyone thought a paver fundraiser would be a good idea.

The Middlebury Public Library building on Crest Road is undergoing renovations,

and King said funds from the paver sales will be used to purchase items the library needs that weren’t included in the renovation budget. For example, the new teen room has all the basics, but she said it likely will need some technical things, little extras to enhance the programs. “Wherever we see the greatest need is where we will use the funds,” she said. “There is always a need for items that aren’t part of the budget.”

King said it’s a wonderful way for community members to support the library and have something tangible to see for their donation. “It’s not a terribly expensive way to do something for the library,” she said.

King said pavers first will be placed on either side of the walkway to the front entrance. There also is room for pavers in the children’s garden, and in the future pavers could be used for a patio. “We won’t run out of space,” she said The pavers come in two sizes: A standard 4- by 8-inch brick sells for $100; a larger 8- by 8-inch brick sells for $175. Purchasers can have their name, the name of loved ones or the name of their business engraved in the pavers to show their support for the library.

Three lines of text can be engraved on the smaller pavers; six lines of text on the larger pavers. Text can honor people, pets or spe-

cial occasions like an anniversary or a birthday.

The brick pavers are laser-engraved on terracotta color brick paving stones and have a lifetime guarantee. Pavers provide the community an opportunity to honor loved ones or family members or to commemorate special occasions and for businesses to show their support. The bricks will help create memories and become a permanent part of Middlebury’s history.

The “Buy-a-Brick” campaign will be ongoing and will help fund needs at the library that arise after the construction work is completed. King said funds that aren’t used will go into the library endowment fund.

“We gave $825,000 from that fund to the building fund,” she said.

The library is temporarily housed at 199 Park Road Extension in Middlebury while the building on Crest Road is being renovated and enlarged. Forms for pavers are available at the library’s temporary location, Middlebury Town Hall and at the entrances to Four Corners Store and Dunkin Donuts Shop.

For additional information, call the library at 203-758-2634 or go to www.middleburypubliclibrary.org, where forms can be downloaded.

P&Z approves patio dining, Mobil Mart expansion

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its April 4 meeting unanimously approved alcoholic beverage service and outdoor dining at Whittemore Crossing and also accepted and then approved a Mobil Mart expansion on Straits Turnpike.

A permit for alcoholic beverages and outdoor dining at The Shoppes at Whittemore Crossing concluded more than a year of effort by Dr. Dean Yimoyines d/b/a 1365 LLC to expand from the limitedservice cooking school into a full-service restaurant.

“We inadvertently provided what people wanted,” Yimoyines told commissioners, “and then they (the people) said, ‘Could you do this also?’ We’re blessed that it’s gone this well because it could have gone the other way.”

In public comments, Middlebury residents Richard Gilbert, Richard Getnick, Garrett Moore, Linda Cappello, Robert Scholl and Maggie Stocker and letters from John Pelletier and Michael Quain commented favorably on approving the outdoor dining and liquor permit.

Attorney Michael McVerry, speaking for Yimoyines, noted that March 2012 plans for a 420-square-foot glass “Conservatory” addition and a stand-up bar had been dropped in favor of an uncovered patio and service bar for serving outside patrons.

McVerry responded to a letter from Town Planner Brian Miller saying zoning compliance must include a minimum 30-inch barrier around the patio and an outdoor seating capacity no greater than 50 percent of the indoor seating with adequate parking according to the regulations. McVerry said indoor dining will

seat 45 patrons, and the patio will seat 22 on six double tables backed with threefoot planters forming the required peripheral barrier. He also said 94 parking spaces were one more than the 93 required by parking calculations.

McVerry also said Yimoyines was aware of a letter from Fire Marshall Jack Proulx approving the facility with a limitation on the generation of grease-laden cooking vapors. Proulx said the current exhaust system did not meet the fire code for such use. Other letters from Fire Chief Paul Perrotti and from Torrington Health District Deputy Director Robert Rubbo approved the updated dining usage without conditions. The zoning permit was issued subject to issuance of a permanent or temporary certificate of occupancy for the building.

A site plan for Bruce Dessereaux d/b/a JBDK3D LLC for an expansion of the

Mobil Mart in Primrose Square at 750 Straits Turnpike was unanimously accepted and approved. Dessereaux said the 23-by-24 foot addition would use a salt box design to help beautify his business, allowing a private office and a place for a furnace and backup generator and removal of a storage shed. He told commissioners a setback variance had been received from the Zoning Board of Appeals for the dogleg-shaped property.

A request by Richard Atchison to demolish a house on 16 Jenson Drive was referred to Town Attorney Dana D’Angelo for comment. Atchison said he wanted to be assured a permit to rebuild the house on a better location on the nonconforming half-acre property was possible before he tore it down and offered the property for sale.

No action was taken on the evolving Plan of Conservation and Development.

Commissioners William Stowell and Terry Smith suggested Chairman Curtis Bosco consider a public hearing as a next step in the process.

In enforcement action, commissioners discussed internal reconstruction taking place at the site of the former L Restaurant on 564 Middlebury Road.

Commissioner Paul Babarik said he observed carpenters working inside and construction debris going into outside containers. Bosco said he didn’t think a building permit had been issued, and Smith said Zoning Enforcement Officer Jean Donegan should not have signed off on one without a P&Z review. Bosco said he would contact the building department and investigate.

The next regular P&Z meeting will be Thursday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center.

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Library Happenings.......... 2 Nuggets for Life.............. 6 Puzzles........................... 7 Region 15 Calendar........ 2 Senior Center News......... 3 Sports Quiz..................... 6

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Middlebury Community Calendar Monday, April 15 Board of Selectmen 6 p.m...................................................Town Hall Conference Room Public Works Commission 7 p.m................................................................. Shepardson Room 4

Tuesday, April 16 Commission on Aging 9:30 a.m.......................................................... Shepardson Room 26 Water Pollution Control Authority 7:30 p.m.......................................................... Shepardson Room 26

Wednesday, April 17 Beautification Committee 6:30 p.m.......................................................... Shepardson Room 26

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Book Review “The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era”

by Jessica Fellowes & Matthew Strugis (St. Martin’s Press, $29.99) Reviewed by Larry Cox “Upstairs, Downstairs” was a British television series set in a London townhouse in Belgravia during the early years of the past century. The 68 episodes depicted the lives of the servants, who lived downstairs in the house, and the wealthy Bellamy family, who occupied the upper floors. The series covered the period from about 1903 until the beginning of the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it was must-viewing both in the U.K. and America during the early 1970s.

Forty years later, a British TV series reminiscent of “Upstairs, Downstairs” has become one of the hottest programs on PBS. “Downton Abbey” also follows the day-to-day lives of servants and an aristocratic family in elaborate detail. There are differences, of course. Instead of being set in London, the story unfolds in the Yorkshire estate of Downton Abbey and follows a slightly later time, starting in 1912 in the post-Edwardian era.

A new book documents the first three seasons of the series with hundreds of photographs, closer looks at many of the colorful characters and behind-thescenes glimpses of the drama and other aspects that make the program so popular.

It is the authenticity to detail that makes this series so intriguing. There simply is not a single misstep as far as costuming and set designs are concerned. Even the music occasionally played on the family’s old gramophone is genuine.

This gorgeous book is filled with images in full color and other pieces of memorabilia that place both the estate and its period of history in context. Short chapters focus on each of the characters, examining their motivations, actions and inspirations to provide new depth for viewers.

An evocative combination of history, story and characters, this guide brings fans even closer to Downton Abbey and the people who inhabit the grand estate. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

The Mattatuck Museum will welcome Robert K. Newman, gallerist and print expert at The Old Print Shop in New York for a gallery tour and demonstration Tuesday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. In conjunction with “American Master Prints from the Collection of Dr. Dorrance Kelly,” on display in the museum through May 19, Newman will discuss the prints in the exhibition, his working relationship with Dr. Kelly and give some insight into how Kelly chose certain works and how the collection was formed.

Newman worked summers at The Old Print Shop during the 1970s and joined the staff after graduating from college in 1979.

He received a bachelor’s degree in photography, but spent most of his time learning printmaking and art history. He brought with him a keen interest in early 20thcentury artists and printmakers and set out to add this material to the shop’s collection. Today the shop is one of the leading galleries featuring early 20thcentury Americana fine art prints.

“American Master Prints” examines the work of six artists who rejected genteel and fashionable subject matter for scenes that reflected modern life, including George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper, Martin Lewis, Reginald Marsh

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Book Club The Whittemore Book Club will meet Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Main Reading Room to discuss “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”

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Book Sale The Friends of The Whittemore Library will hold a book sale Thursday, April 18, from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Nellie Beatty Room for a $5 admission fee; and Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for free admission. The sale will include fiction, nonfiction, adult and children, uncut paper dolls (70s and 80s), cut and assemble (80s and 90s) and NHS Yearbooks starting with 1934 up to 1996.

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and John Sloan. Cultural history comes alive in their visual firsthand accounts of topics as far-ranging as boxing, churchgoing, storms and floods, subways and country fairs. Important historical figures in art, literature, politics and sports are portrayed, and states of mind, emotions and records of urban alienation are evidenced.

Among the 110 works in the exhibition are iconic images such as Bellows’ “Stag at Sharkey’s” (1909), Hopper’s “Night Shadows” (1921), and Marsh’s “Bread Line “(1929). As first-hand accounts of popular culture, these prints bring history alive.

Admission to this gallery tour and demonstration is $7 for museum members and $12 for nonmembers. Join the museum to immediately qualify for member benefits. Please register in advance at www.MattatuckMuseum.org or by calling 203-7530381, ext. 110.

Visit www.MattatuckMuseum. org for more information on all of the museum’s adult and children’s programs, events and exhibits. The Mattatuck Museum is at 144 West Main Street in Waterbury. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Free parking is located behind the building on Park Martin Lewis, Under the Street Lamp, 1928, etching. Collection of Place.

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spiring drama focused on the final four months in the life of our great Civil War president (portrayed by Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis).

Impelled by the moral principle, he uses all his political wits to get the 13th amendment through a reluctant congress. Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and others in the cast also garnered praise for their roles.

The room’s surround sound theater has an infrared listening system available. For more information, call 203-262-0626.

over time with different forms of visual expression through fine art and illustration.

The Rotunda Restoration CelShe now uses a variety of meebration will be Sunday, April 21, diums to express herself and has from 3 to 5 p.m. The Naugatuck completed works in watercolor, Community Band’s Wind Encolored pencil, graphite, scratchsemble will play in the rotunda board, oil and photography. She between 3 and 4 p.m. Brief applies her artistic ability to porspeeches will begin at 4 p.m. traits of people, pets, wildlife and Light refreshments will be flowers. Her artwork has been served. RSVP by calling 203-729accepted into several juried 4591 by Friday, April 12. shows, and she has won awards for Best Watercolor Painting and Fundraiser April 27 Best Wildlife Painting in the Kent The library’s second annual Art Association shows.

Bags & Bangles Fundraiser will Jane Doe No More Check www.southburylibrary. be Saturday, April 27, from 1 to org for more information. The Program 3 p.m. in The Nellie Beatty Room.

During National Sexual Assault library is at 100 Poverty Road in It will feature a silent auction and Southbury (203-262-0626). sale of new and gently used Awareness Month, Jane Doe No handbags and costume jewelry. More and the Southbury Public Refreshments will be served. Library are sponsoring an inforPlease call the reference desk at mation session and panel discusFilm on Nazis 203-729-4591 for more informa- sion Tuesday, April 30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the library’s Kingsley tion. in Southbury Room to raise public awareness The Woodbury Democratic about sexual violence and to edApril Art Exhibit Town Committee (DTC) will ucate the public about the crime.

This month the library is fea- Featured speakers will include sponsor a viewing of the docuturing the photography of Nau- Lorraine Jolly, Michele Carella mentary film, “Home of the gatuck resident Heather Testa. and Debbie Mitchell McCormack, Brave: When Southbury Said No Currently a student at Western volunteers who will share their to The Nazis,” Tuesday, April 16, Connecticut State University in personal stories of survival and at 7 p.m. in the Gallery. This docDanbury, Testa is scheduled to healing. Also, Louisa Printz from umentary tells an important loreceive her bachelor’s degree in Safe Haven will talk about crisis cal history story about the citiphotography in May. She works counseling. A member of local law zens of Southbury standing up in both digital and film formats enforcement will speak and par- to the American Nazi Party when and specializes in portrait ses- ticipate during the ques- they attempted to purchase sions. property and establish a camp. tion-and-answer period.

This month’s exhibit features Southbury First Selectman Ed Copies of Jane Doe No More both black and white as well as founder Donna Palomba’s book, Edelson will be in attendance color images. The show is Testa’s “Jane Doe No More: My 15-year and will moderate a discussion first exhibit outside of school, fight to reclaim my identity: A true about the documentary. There where her portfolio work has story of survival, hope and re- is no charge, and everyone is previously been displayed as part demption,” will be available for welcome to attend. Contact Lesa of a student exhibit. Her portraits purchase. The event is free and Peters, Woodbury DTC chair, at and newborn photography can open to the public. Light refresh- 203-232-8231, or visit www. be viewed during regular library ments will be provided by the woodburydems.org for more inhours.

Friends of the Southbury Public formation.

The Howard Whittemore Me- Library. Registration is preferred morial Library is at 243 Church but not required. To register, call Ron Crowcroft Exhibit St. in Naugatuck. For informa- the Reference Desk at 203-262The artwork of Ron Crowcroft tion, call 203-729-4591 or visit 0626, x 130, or visit the library. is on display in the Gallery. whittemorelibrary.org.

Crowcroft was born in Sussex, Tamara Oppel Exhibit England, and went to art school A selection of Tamara Oppel’s in Leeds, England, at the time artwork will be on display in the the most radical art school in Wednesday Film Gloria Cachion Gallery in the Europe. An art reception will be held Sunday, April 14, from 2 to The Wednesday afternoon Southbury Public Library until 4 p.m.

Sunday, April 28.

Oppel, a Woodmovie April 17 at 1:30 p.m. in the Works in the show all are Kingsley Meeting Room is an in- bury artist, has experimented made with acrylic and oil-based paint markers on canvas. They are biomorphic abstractions, with aboriginal and ancient glyph-like elements. Viewers may associate some of the images with animals, fish, birds, heads, figures, eyes, or internal Date Time Address/Incident organs.

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Region 15 students to compete in BandJam Element, a Region 15 middle school rock band, is one of four middle school bands chosen to compete in BandJam at the Ridgefield Playhouse Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m. At Ridgefield BandJam 2013, the best middle school and high school bands around will perform before a panel of industry professionals for the title of BandJam Winner!

The event, which began as a charity event for The Playhouse has become a much-anticipated competition for middle school and high school students.

Members of the Element are Chris Papallo of Southbury (guitar and bass), Chris Potz of Southbury (guitar), Ryan Spath of Southbury (guitar), Sierra Sutherland of Middlebury (vocals and keyboard) and Westwood Sutherland of Middlebury (drums).

Element band members, left to right, Ryan Spath, Chris Papallo, Sierra Sutherland, Westwood Sutherland and Chris Potz, will compete in BandJam at the Ridgefield Playhouse April 28.

Middlebury Senior Center News PC Classes

salad and lemon roll dessert. A $4 donation Donate Used Ink Cartridges Group classes are one session each from is requested to go toward the cost of the food.

Don’t throw your used ink cartridges 1 to 2:30 p.m. on the date specified, and the Call 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat. away. Instead, donate them to the Middlefee is $15 per session. bury Senior Center. They recycle.

Commission on Aging One-on-one individual training by adThe next Commission on Aging meeting Save the Date vance appointment is available Monday, Wednesday and Thursday between 8:30 a.m. will be Tuesday, April 16, at 9:30 a.m. All who Sunday, May 12, the Middlebury Lions Club and 1 p.m. for $15 an hour. Call 203-577-4166, are interested are welcome to attend. will sponsor a Mother’s Day Breakfast in Shepext. 711 for an appointment. ardson Community Center.

Free Hearing Screening Tuesday, April 16: GOOGLE VOICE - The The free hearing screening will be future of telecommunications is now with Google Voice. It’s a FREE telephone from Wednesday, April 17. Call 203-577-4166 for your computer with your own telephone an appointment.

Stew Leonard’s number, phone answering service and a The Middlebury Senior Center mini-bus Senior Investment Fraud phone manager built in. This is one of the will go to Stew Leonard’s in Danbury Thursbest apps on the web today, not a rinky dink Learn about senior investment fraud day, April 18, leaving the senior center at program for kids Wednesday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. This proWednesday, April 17: SKYPE - You may gram teaches people how to avoid getting 10:30 a.m. After shopping, the bus will stop know what SKYPE is. Now learn how to use scammed or defrauded and raises awareness at the Blue Colony Diner for lunch. The it for yourself. This class will get you signed and visibility of investment fraud, the most transportation cost is $7 per person. Please call 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat. up on SKPYE so you can make free computer under-reported fraud. to computer video calls to anyone near or A 50-minute video will be followed by a Phoenix Stage Theater around the world. question-and-answer session and converThe Middlebury Senior Center mini-bus Thursday, April 18: PC COMPUTER sation. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat. will go to the Phoenix Stage Theater in NauCHECK-UP - Learn how to schedule, maingatuck Sunday, April 28, for the 2 p.m. matSenior Dine Lunch tain and keep your PC safe and up to date.

Learn to back up data and settings. Learn to The Middlebury Senior Center mini-bus inee of “Arsenic & Old Lace.” The bus will recover data you thought was corrupted. will go to the Painted Pony Restaurant in leave the senior center at 1 p.m. and will stop Bethlehem, Conn., Thursday, April 25. Call at Friendly’s after the performance. The cost Mystery Chef Monday the senior center at 203-577-4166 to reserve for transportation and admission will be $23 per person. Call 203-577-4166 by Monday, Monday, April 15, at 11 a.m., Chef Heidi a seat on the bus.

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fluences and hope to pursue our love of music both as a band and individually for years to come.”

In the April 28 event, Element will compete against Apollo’s Legacy, Funky Neon and Marmalade Sky. Comedian Christine O’Leary will be master of ceremonies. Element fans are encouraged to call the Ridgefield Playhouse at 203438-5795 for tickets to the event, which has sold out in past years.

Let the ticket office know you are going to support Element. Tickets also can be ordered at www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org. Also, be on the lookout for notices of the band playing at local venues.

Free social service screenings being offered Because of the number of people in the area facing food insecurity, two free social service screenings for food stamps and other programs will be held, one Thursday, April 18, and the other Thursday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jewish Federation at 444 Main St. North in Southbury. The Federation’s Brownstein Jewish Family Service has teamed up with Stay Well Health Center to continue offering these free monthly social service screenings, by appointment, for a dozen work support/basic needs programs, including SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps), HUSKY, Medicaid and Charter Oak insurance.

The screenings have helped many Connecticut residents who are falling through the cracks and having a tough time making ends meet. People who are struggling to put food on the table, families

where one or both parents recently lost their jobs and health insurance, and seniors in their 80s all have been assisted.

The public is welcome to call to learn about income guidelines for SNAP and other programs for which they may be eligible. For example, the gross monthly income for SNAP eligibility is $1,723 for a single person and $2,333 for a family of two. You can own a home or a car, and its value is not counted as an asset, and you can have a bank account, too. During the past year, dozens of local residents have been found eligible for food stamps during the screening.

Reservations are required for the one-hour screening, which is given by Daedly Pierre, SNAP outreach worker at Stay Well. To RSVP, call Brownstein Jewish Family Service Director Debby Horowitz at 203-267-3177, ext.

310. All calls are confidential.

Region 15 School Calendar Saturday, April 13 No Events Scheduled

Sunday, April 14 No Events Scheduled will lead a strength-training and balance class Thursday, April 18, and Thursday, April Monday, April 15 25, at 9:30 a.m. Participants may stand or sit.

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Falls Avenue Senior Center events for area adults 55 and older follow. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 860945-5250. Please speak with a staff member when calling as the senior center does not accept voice-mail reservations. The center is at 311 Falls Ave. in Oakville, Conn.

They are students of music teacher Ed Kadziewicz, and though the band has undergone several personnel and name changes, a few of the original band mates have been playing together for more than three years.

The band plays mostly cover tunes by artists such as Wolfmother, The Strokes, Hole and Ozzy Osbourne but have lots of musical genres in their repertoire.

In their band bio they state, “We play a style made up by others, but try to add our own flair to every song we play. We have many diverse musical interests and in-

A free Reiki session is being offered Tuesday, April 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. Reiki is a safe, noninvasive, hands-on (or not, if recipient prefers not to be touched) form of alternative Tuesday, April 16 to Friday, April 19 medicine. It doesn’t claim to heal or cure Spring Recess Districtwide - No classes Jane Doe Sponsors diseases or illnesses. Its purpose is to bring “Escape Alive” on a sense of relaxation and well-being.

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In a bad mood? Skip junk food An interesting study from the University of Pennsylvania shows that eating “comfort food” to help a bad mood actually can worsen the mood the food was supposed to alleviate. In a paper presented recently at the American Psychosomatic Society conference in Miami, researchers revealed that positive moods didn’t change one way or the other before or after eating comfort or junk food, but negative moods were made worse.

While the study wasn’t about seniors, and they used women participants who were much younger, the way they conducted the study makes me believe it easily could apply to seniors. Instead of having subjects appear at the clinic once a week to report on what they’d eaten and how

us have smaller appetites than before. Maybe it’s because food doesn’t taste like it did, or maybe a medication we’re on has reduced our appetite. Many seniors are at risk for malnutrition even if we’re never hungry, because the types of food we eat they felt, they were equipped don’t support good nutrition. If with handheld computers to in- we turn to junk food, we might put their moods and foods mul- not have enough appetite left to tiple times per day, especially just before and after eating.

In a study last year in the Public Health Nutrition journal, researchers revealed that people who ate junk or comfort food were more likely to be depressed – by 51 percent. The more junk food, the more depression.

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Why I voted “No” on the gun control bill

By SEN. ROB KANE In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, Connecticut legislators faced the daunting task of passing laws which respond to that horrible tragedy and which make our communities safer. My focus has been on what can be done to prevent what happened in Newtown from ever happening again.

My wife, who is a clinical psychologist, was assigned to help the victims in Newtown Dec. 14.

She has provided counseling and support to children, teachers, families and first responders during the weeks and months that have followed that tragic day.

I educated myself on the issues of gun control, mental health and school security. I took an open-minded approach, holding several meetings in communities throughout my district and listening closely to the viewpoints of area residents before reaching a decision.

One of the main things I have learned is that, in Connecticut, we need to do a better job of enforcing the laws we currently have. Many crimes are committed by people who do bad things and who are bad people. The crimes are not committed by law-abiding citizens who simply want to better protect their families and protect their rights.

I was proud to serve on the bipartisan task force that addressed flaws in our mental health system. We heard hours and hours of testimony, yet in

the final bill that was created, we created a task force to study the issue. I was disappointed in that product. I felt we did not adequately tackle the problem of mental health in our society. We need to be funding more mental health programs in order to prevent individuals from falling through the cracks. Instead, we are looking to cut those programs.

In preparing to vote on the gun control bill, Senate Bill 1160, the last thing I wanted to do was to cast a vote that would give the people of my district a false sense of security. The thorough review of the bill before me led me to conclude that its passage would not have prevented future Newtowns, future Columbines, or future Virginia Techs. I voted “no” on Senate Bill 1160. I voted “no” because I feel we need to be looking at society as a whole.

Unfortunately, the bill before me did not do that.

As your state legislator, my job is to listen to all sides and then use my best judgment to vote one way or another on every bill. I have taken my response to Newtown very seriously in trying to find effective, workable solutions. Our prayers will continue to go out to the families of the Sandy Hook victims.

Going forward, I will continue to do my best to do right by them to make our communities as safe as they can possibly be from gun violence and from those who have violent tendencies with intent to harm.

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Prepare for Street Sweeping The Town of Middlebury Public Works Department will begin its town-wide annual street sweeping program Monday, April 15.

Work will begin on the eastern side of town near Rte. 63 and continue westward. The department estimates it will take seven to 10 working days to complete.

Residents are asked to sweep sidewalks and driveways to the street and rake property edges off before April 15. They also are asked to refrain from on-street parking until the street sweeping is complete. For more information, call Public Works at 203-577-4170.

Genealogy Club Newspapers Program The Naugatuck Valley Genealogy Club meeting Saturday, April 13, at 1 p.m. at the Naugatuck Historical Society at 195 Water St. in Naugatuck will start with a brief business meeting and then will feature speaker Marcia Melnyk presenting “Beyond the News: Using Newspapers for Research.”

Melnyk is a professional genealogist, lecturer and author who has taught all over the U.S. and Canada for nearly 15 years. She is the author of “The Weekend Genealogist,” “The Genealogist’s Question and Answer Book,” “Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research” and “Family History 101,” a beginner’s guide to finding your ancestors.

The public is invited, and admission is free. For more information, visit the club website at www.naugatuckvalleygenealogyclub.org or call Dick Kreitner at 203-881-8181.

NAMI of Waterbury Support Groups The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Waterbury will offer its NAMI CAN (Children and Adolescent Network) Support Group Wednesday, April 17, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 969 West Main Street, lower level, in Waterbury. For more information on the NAMI CAN Support Group, call Kim at 203578-5447.

The NAMI Waterbury Spousal Support Group will meet Monday, April 21, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 40 Deforest St. in Watertown. For more information, call Beverly at 860-2745841.

The general support group will meet Wednesday, April 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 969 West Main St., lower level, in Waterbury.

For more information, call 203-758-5844 and leave a message.

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Heritage Village Concert The Heritage Village Concert Society spring concert Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. in Sarah Cooke Hall will feature the exceptional artistry of The Virtuosi Quintet with Joseph Trent, flute; Elizabeth Condon, oboe; Larry Tietze, clarinet; James Jeter, bassoon; and Douglas Lyons on horn. They will present a diverse program with music by Bach and Mozart, Hungarian dances by Farkas and shanties by Arnold, Grieg’s “Per Gynt Suite” and Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin.”

Tickets at $15 will be available at the door.

The concert is open to the general public; there is ample parking and easy handicapped access. Meet and chat with the artists after the recital.

The Naugatuck Garden Club will hold a major fundraiser Wednesday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. at the Crystal Room in Naugatuck.

It will help finance the 19 beautification spots they plant and maintain in the town. The featured speaker will be Bill Graham of Salem, Mass., a leading New England floral designer, educator, lecturer, motivator and humorist. It also will include a luncheon and a raffle of baskets created by club members.

Graham’s program, “The Little Black Dress,” features him transforming little black dress outfits with accessories, jewelry, hats and whimsical items, along with floral arrangements to complement each outfit.

Graham’s program begins at 11:30 a.m.; the Free Addiction Training luncheon will be served at 1 p.m. The cost A free two-night training program for anyis $35 by reservation only. For information and reservations, please contact Judy at 203- one desiring to support and/or assist individuals and families who may be struggling 758-4172 no later than Monday, April 15. with some form of addiction will be hosted

by Word of Life Family Church Mondays, Spring Rummage Sale The Women’s Fellowship of the First Con- April 22 and 29, from 5 to 9 p.m. at St. gregational Church in Watertown will hold George’s Episcopal Church at 393 Tucker its spring rummage sale Thursday, April 18, Hill Road in Middlebury. The “Congregafrom noon to 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. tional Assistance Program” (CAP) offers Among the quality items for sale will be practical solutions and steps concerned clothing for men, women and children; individuals can take. CAP is top-notch trainhousehold goods, small appliances, jewelry, ing facilitated by highly informed prevention toys, dishes, books and baskets. Especially professionals from around the state. A light supper (no fee) will precede the training. fine items will be in Annie’s Treasures.

The program facilitated by the Central Friday, April 19, from 9 to 11 a.m., there Naugatuck Valley Regional Action Counsel will be a $3 a bag sale. Proceeds from the reaches how to support and assist individsale fund various outreach programs. The church is at 40 DeForest St. in Watertown, uals and families who may be struggling with some form of addiction. For more informa860-274-6737. tion and to register, contact CAP Coordinator Hazell Kelley at 860-633-3272 or capEarth Day Plant Sale The Northwest Conservation District’s conference@aol.com, or Rev. Christopher annual Earth Day Plant Sale will be Friday, Caton at 860-426-0446, or pc@wordct.org.

April 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Goshen Fairgrounds at 116 Old Middle St., Rte. 63, in Goshen.

The sale is the conservation district’s major fundraising event, with all proceeds supporting conservation, education and technical assistance. The sale features native shrubs, native and ornamental trees, fruit trees, berries, asparagus, bare root evergreen seedlings, perennials and many gardening displays and demonstrations. Check the website, www.conservect.org/northwest, for a list of plants and to pre-order.

Easter Seals Walk in May Saturday, May 11, hundreds of supporters will participate in the Easter Seals Family Fun Walk at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury. Walkers will help raise money to support Easter Seals programs and services that change the lives of children and adults in the community who are living with disabilities and other special needs.

Don’t miss out on this day of music, rides and entertainment to benefit Easter Seals.

Win Quassy ride passes and other great prizes. Registration is required. Call Mary Reid, events administrator at 203-754-5141, ext. 251, to sign up. Visit www.waterburyct. easterseals.com for more details.

Letter to the Editor Why does tower fund still exist?

To the Editor: This is in response to the April 6 Republican-American letter to the editor “Middlebury Fund: Many Questions Demand Answers,” wherein the writer refers to an article in a previous issue “Town’s fund lacks oversight.”

The writer seems not to be at all concerned with the $150,000 spent this fiscal year from the fund and the further $80,000 in

outstanding purchase orders, but only with the person who installed the firehouse generator with money from the fund and whether it was put out to bid.

The town’s website shows there were eight bidders for the generator, including installation, and the chosen company had a total bid of $13,100 less for the generator and $5,575 less for installation than the next lowest bidder.

Why is the installation cost being questioned when some of the other installation bids were

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In a small town like Middlebury, conflicts of interest arise all the time with employees, officials, people on commissions, etc., doing business with the town. As long as town officials are aware of any conflict and don’t deem it to be detrimental to taxpayers’ interests there shouldn’t be a problem.

The bigger question should be: Why is this fund (the tower rental fund), an account off budget, still in existence? It should have been voted out at a town meeting at the time the Board of Finance directed all revenue

from the tower rental to the general fund instead of letting it spend down with no apparent oversight or accountability.

First Selectman Edward B. St John said he wasn’t aware of some of the expenditures or who authorized them, but defended the overall management of the tower fund. During his previous reign as first selectmen, he also defended his unauthorized spending of almost $1 million, most of which taxpayers likely will never recover. As this saying relates to some voters, “There are none so blind as those who cannot see.”

Richard Dews Middlebury

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Cantor’s concert to honor Shem Tov recipient Irene Fishman has but album, “Whatever been chosen to receive Swings,” was named best Beth El Synagogue’s 2013 jazz album of the year. He Shem Tov Award. This has performed at the Monprestigious award will be treux Jazz Festival in Switpresented at Beth El’s zerland and toured in Eu59th Annual Cantor’s rope. He also is the leader Concert Sunday, May 5, of the klezmer ensemble, at 3 p.m. at the Heritage Steel City Klezmorim. As a Hotel at 522 Heritage composer, he has written a Road in Southbury. The number of film scores for doors will open at 2 p.m. award-winning documento begin bidding on the tary and independent silent auction. Auction films. items can be previewed Cantor Sharon Citrin on the Beth El website, will sing some solo selecbethelsyn.org. tions from the Yiddish theThe Shem Tov (Good atre and Broadway. Citrin Name) award is prehas served as Beth El Synsented to a Beth El memagogue’s cantor since 2009. ber whose actions are She was the lead vocalist Irene Fishman, Shem Tov recipient (Submitguided by personal integfor 10 years with Nefesh ted photo) rity, compassion, moral Klezmer Band, which enresponsibility and human joyed popularity performethics. The recipient possesses in part by the Connecticut Com- ing in concerts and fundraising profound humanitarian qualities munity Foundation. events at many local venues and derived from the sacred heritage This year’s concert features a in the greater New York area and and has shown a dedication to musical extravaganza of Swing produced the CD, “Nefesh Unfurthering the mission of syna- and Klezmer, promising an after- plucked.” gogue life.

Accompanist Jenny Li is the noon of great singing, dancing Award recipient Irene Fish- and tremendous fun. Featured accompanist for the Heritage man has been a member of Beth performers Peter Sokolow and Singers, a choral group in SouthEl Synagogue since moving to Henry Shapiro share a wealth of bury, and organist and choir diWaterbury from her native Bos- ability, experience and apprecia- rector at St. Gregory the Great ton in the 1960s. During the past tion for the authentic style and Church in Danbury, as well as the several decades, Fishman has sound of the Swing and Klezmer First Church of Christ Scientist in served numerous leadership eras.

Southbury. A native of Taiwan, roles at the synagogue, most esSokolow is a legendary klezmer she won “The Young Star Scholpecially as a long-time dedicated pianist and acknowledged icon arship for the Arts” and arrived in president of the Sisterhood. and master in the field of klezmer New York City to earn a post-gradFishman enjoyed a 20-year music. Having performed regu- uate diploma from the Brooklyn career as a teacher at the elemen- larly with many of the klezmer Conservatory and a master’s in tary and university levels, teach- greats of the past, he serves as the arts from New York University. ing third grade at Tinker Elemen- link between the older generation A special highlight of the contary School in Waterbury and and the young revivalists. He has cert will be swing dance perforthen at the University of Con- recorded more than 30 albums of mances by dance instructors Annecticut, where she taught study Jewish music and has appeared nie Rockhill and Jesse Stanley of skills to incoming freshmen. on TV and film and with violinist the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of After retirement, Irene became Yitzchak Perlman in concert at Southbury. Rockhill started dancan active volunteer in the com- Lincoln Center. He’s also per- ing at the age of two, a passion munity, providing services for formed at Carnegie Hall, Town that led her to study and compete education and literacy, victims’ Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Brooklyn Pro-Am in Ballroom Dancing and rights and the homeless.

Academy of Music, Metropolitan International Latin. Stanley is a A brief Shem Tov Award cer- Museum of Art, the Jewish Mu- national champion in his dance emony will take place at the con- seum, Museum of Modern Art, specialties of Lindy Hop and cert. All are invited to attend the Symphony Space and on many Blues. concert and congratulate Fish- college campuses as well as interTickets purchased by April 26 man as she receives her award. national tours. cost $20 for adults and $10 for The Beth El Annual Cantor’s Cantor Shapiro is one of the children 12 years and younger and Concert has a long tradition of premier guitarists forging an au- can be ordered by calling the Beth offering exceptional musical en- thentic klezmer sound on guitar El office at 203-264-4500. At the tertainment for the enjoyment today. Often called the “King of door, tickets will cost $25 per adult of the greater Southbury-Water- Swing” and “Prez of Klez,” he is and $12 for children. A dessert bury area and is a well-attended conversant in many traditional reception will follow the concert. event. The concert is sponsored and world musical styles. His de-

Holocaust remembrance Sunday The Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, will be Sunday, April 14, at 2 p.m. at 444 Main St. North in Southbury. Following a short service and candle lighting ceremony, the featured speaker will be Menachem Z. Rosensaft, general counsel of the World Jewish Congress and vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants.

With the number of Holocaust survivors dwindling, Rosensaft will discuss the task of preserving

their legacy and transmitting their stories of survival into the future. As he says, “The children and grandchildren of survivors must serve as the bridge between two worlds.”

Born in the displaced persons camp of Bergen-Belsen and the son of two survivors of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, Rosensaft has long been a leader in Holocaust remembrance activities. He teaches courses on the law of genocide and war crimes trials at the law schools of Columbia, Cornell and Syracuse universities.

In 2010, President Obama ap-

pointed him to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. He also is a former national president of the Labor Zionist Alliance and was president of the Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan from 2003 until 2008.

This free program is open to the public, but due to limited seating, reservations are requested by April 12. Call 203-2673177 or email rsvp@jfed.net with your name and phone number.

This program is made possible by the Jewish Federation Foundation’s Fay and Max Katz Yom HaShoah Memorial Fund.

Making your neighborhood safer (Family Features) How safe

your home alarm sysdo you feel in your neightem. Shut and lock gates borhood? Unfortunately, and garages to reduce residential crime haphiding places. And keep pens more often than you ladders in a locked gamight think, which leaves rage or shed. many homeowners feel5. Get to know the police. ing uneasy. But there are Make an effort to meet steps you can take to proyour neighborhood oftect your home and your ficers. Report questionneighborhood. One of able behavior or activity the best preventive meain your area. Attend or sures you can take is to help organize an event, simply get to know your like National Night Out, neighbors. that strengthens ties beA national poll by Nexttween police and residoor.com, a free and pridents. vate social network for Nearly 10,000 neighborneighborhoods, found 67 hoods nationwide are uspercent of homeowners ing Nextdoor to create a feel safer in their home virtual neighborhood and neighborhood bewatch to alert residents cause they know their about suspicious activity, neighbors. In addition, 76 share safety tips or send percent said they thought urgent alerts about critical (Photo courtesy Getty Images) issues, like a break-in or their neighborhood would be safer if they communihouse fire. bors in emergency situations cated more with neighbors.

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Getting to this agreement has taken time. McLiverty said negotiations began about 2-1/2 years ago. “We saw, and I still see, opportunity for us to save money by pooling wherever we can. This was the first example. It turned out to be the most complicated, but we are starting to work with the towns to pool consumer pur-

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McLiverty said this was a great partnership and example of working together to save money for everybody. “Working with the towns has been a pleasure. It has been very collegial, everyone has

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6. Consider asking your local property assessor to reappraise your home for property tax purposes. If you’ve owned your home more than five years, it could be worth a lot less now than what you paid for it, which means you may be paying too much in property taxes.

7. If you’re getting a raise this year, commit to depositing half of it into your savings, paying down debt or building a college fund for your children.

Since you didn’t have that money last year, it’s added income this year, and you should be able to commit some of it to your longer-term financial goals.

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PHS senior receives CCSU athletic scholarship

April 13 to April 20, 2013 Varsity Baseball

Monday, April 15.................. Weston (H)....................................... 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17............. New Fairfield (A)............................... 4:15 p.m.

Friday, April 19..................... Joel Barlow (H)...................................... 1 p.m.

Varsity Boys’ Golf

Tuesday, April 16.................. Newtown (H)......................................... 3 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17............. Joel Barlow(A)....................................... 3 p.m.

Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse

Saturday, April 13................. Southington (A)................................... 12 p.m.

Tuesday, April 16.................. Stratford (A).......................................... 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 18................. Brookfieldl (A).................................. 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 20................. Hamden (H).......................................... 2 p.m.

Girls’ Lacrosse

Saturday, April 13................. Joel Barlow (H).................................... 10 a.m.

Thursday, April 18................. Masuk (H)............................................. 5 p.m.

Saturday, April 20................. Lauralton Hall (H)................................ 10 a.m.

Varsity Softball

Monday, April 15.................. Weston (H)....................................... 4:15 p.m.

Friday, April 19..................... Joel Barlow (H)................................. 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, April 20................. New Fairfield (A).............................12:30 p.m.

Boys’ Tennis

Monday, April 15.................. Immaculate (H)................................ 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17............. New Fairfield (A)............................... 3:45 p.m.

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Wednesday, April 17............. New Fairfield (H)............................... 3:45 p.m.

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By CYNTHIA DE PECOL This week’s nugget for life is to go on an “information diet” by decreasing the amount of information you take in rather than accumulating more. It’s the little things done consistently that yield great fruit. Leave your cellphone inside when you go out to play. Make a choice, when you have leisure time, to do something organic and new that requires you move outside your comfort zone.

Instead, understand that everything you need is already inside of you. Gift yourself a balanced break. In the words of Lao Tzo, “To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

Can you?

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Standing behind athletic scholarship award winner Brittany Mendelson, front, are, left to right, Coach Steve Prajer, Tracy Mendelson, PHS Principal Lorrie Rodrigue and PHS Athletic Director Joseph Velardi. Mendelson is among the 1 percent of high school students who receive college athletic scholarships.

(Submitted photo) junior year and led the team to the State Open race for the third consecutive year.

An injury plagued her in the fall of 2012, yet she continued to encourage her teammates from the side lines, helping them win their first SouthWest Conference championship in the school’s history. She also became the first runner in PHS history to earn Allstate honors for four years and led the team that year to their

fourth consecutive State Open race.

“Brittany was selected as captain of her cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams based upon her exceptional leadership skills, her determination toward self-improvement and by setting a good example for her teammates,” Velardi said.

As a senior leader this year, Mendelson has worked with the younger athletes to help improve

their athletic skills and has developed workout routines designed to improve team performance.

“Brittany Mendelson is a selfless leader who puts the needs of her team and fellow teammates above those of her own,” said Velardi. “Pomperaug High School is fortunate to have such a fine young woman as Brittany as a student athlete, and we wish her well at Central Connecticut State University.”

they will be offered to the next person on the wait list. Residents must have a valid MRA pass before renting a boat rack.

Wooden Storage Lockers – A limited number of lockers are available to MRA pass holders on a first-come, first-serve basis for a fee of $50. The limit is one locker per family. Phone reservations will not be accepted.

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for this project is Janine Sullivan-Wiley, 203-598-3176, of the Middlebury Community WomA CPRO Heart LLC instructor en’s Club. will lead this course Saturday, April 13, from 9 to 11:45 a.m. at Middlebury Recreation Shepardson Community Center.

Area (MRA) The course is for youth ages 13 to MRA beach passes are on sale.

15 with a sincere interest in advanced concepts and skills of first Residents and property owners aid, including CPR certification. must provide a copy of their car The prerequisite is Babysitter registration and proof of resiSafety 101 within the past 360 dency or real estate. A photo ID is required. days.

Fees are $125 for a family, $20 Building on the entry-level for a senior, $68 for singles and skills, objectives for this scenario-based, expanded course in- $10 per additional sticker for clude additional first aid con- family or single-pass holders. cepts, adult/child and infant CPR. Seniors 65 and older are eligible Written and skills testing are re- to receive ONE pass for $20. Only quired to be awarded an Ameri- household residents age 65 and can Heart Association two-year older are eligible to use this pass. certification. The course includes There is a $125 charge per extra CD-book, handouts and a Rescue car sticker per senior.

Those who want to enter the Shield breathing barrier device.

The fee is $55 for residents; $65 boat rack lottery will find entry forms online and in the Parks for nonresidents. and Recreation office. Racks cost $50 and can accommodate SunEarth Day fish, Sailfish, windsurfers, kayaks Greenway & Park and canoes. Six spaces are availClean-up able for standard-size rowboats.

Help celebrate Earth Day by The limit is one rack per famcleaning up the Greenway and ily. Requests must be received in Middlebury parks Sunday, April the Parks and Recreation office 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. Meet at no later than Friday, April 26. The Meadowview Park Pavilion, and lottery will be Wednesday, May join your friends to help keep 1, and boat racks must be paid Middlebury clean. The contact for by Wednesday, May 15, or

Adult Softball Men’s League (Modified Pitch) The Middlebury/Southbury Men’s League is open to Middlebury/Southbury residents and/ or men employed full time in either town and/or Pomperaug High School alumni who are 18 or older. The league plays in Middlebury/Southbury Mondays and Wednesdays. Contact Tony Pereira at 203-509-4199.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I recently got into a discussion about circumcision with my granddaughter, who recently gave birth to our great-granddaughter. She mentioned that if her next child were a boy, she would choose not to have him circumcised. She claims her husband made a study of the procedure and says it is mutilation, the same as is practiced on women in some countries. She states it is a religious ritual only.

Is circumcision of males considered the same as mutilation of females? – P.H. ANSWER: The debate on male circumcision is one that generates heat on both sides. It is not the same as female circumcision.

That is truly a mutilating procedure.

Male circumcision for cultural and religious purposes is one thing, and I’m not talking about the procedure in those circumstances.

The benefits of male circumcision include a reduction in urinary-tract infection in infancy. It is said to reduce the transmission and acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases. It has been shown convincingly to decrease the transmission of the HIV virus, the virus that causes AIDS; the male acquisition of herpes virus; and the transmission of human papillomavirus, the cause of genital warts in men and women and

cervical cancer in women. If readers want a reference for these claims, they can find it in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Oct. 5, 2011, page 1,479.

The arguments against male circumcision are that it is unnecessary, doesn’t markedly affect the health of men or women in developed countries and can lead to serious complications, rare but possible. The actual complication rate is 0.2 percent to 0.6 percent, and most of the complications are minor. Furthermore, some feel strongly that it is a mutilating procedure. It is not on a par with female circumcision.

I believe the parents of infant boys are the ones to make the decision.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What does the gallbladder do? I’m going to have mine out. How does losing it affect life? – J.M. ANSWER: The gallbladder is 3 to 4 inches long and holds about an

Jane Doe No More Inc. and East Coast Training Systems will present this free self-defense class for females Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department fire house at 65 Tucker Hill Road in Middlebury.

The Escape Alive™ Survival Skills program is designed to give women and girls a fighting chance in the face of an attack.

An “academic” component is combined with physical training and skills practice. Participants learn awareness tips; escape strategies; and kick, strike and blow techniques designed to disable assailants and enable escape. Participants must be 15 or older; those 17 or younger must be signed in by an adult.

Visit www.janedoenomore.org to register, or to find other dates and locations.

The Ladies’ Softball League is open to Middlebury/Southbury residents and/or women who are employed in or attend school in either town and are 18 or older.

The league plays in Southbury Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact Margaret Vagnini at 203-5980870.

The debate over circumcision

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Pomperaug High School (PHS) senior Brittany Mendelson, 18, of Southbury received a Division 1 athletic scholarship to Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), where she will be enrolled in the fall. Brittany is a leader for the PHS cross country and track teams and will be running for the CCSU track team.

The scholarship she received is based on the athlete’s performance and ability in the sport.

Approximately 1 percent of high school athletes receive scholarship money to play a sport in college.

“Brittany certainly fits the criteria for what Central Connecticut is looking for in their track and field program,” said PHS Indoor Track Coach Steve Prajer.

Mendelson joined the PHS cross country and track and field teams as a freshman. That year, as an All-state runner, she helped bring the PHS girls’ cross country team to their first State Open appearance in 10 years.

“Her positive attitude and strong work ethic set an example that elevated everyone’s performance on the team,” said Region 15 Athletic Director Joseph Velardi.

In her sophomore year, Brittany led the cross country team to their first Class “L” championship and their first qualification to the New England championships.

She recovered from some injuries to win the Class “L” cross country championship in her

ounce of bile. Bile is a product of the liver. The gallbladder lies beneath and close to the liver on the right side of the abdomen.

When people eat a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts to shoot a stream of bile into the small intestine to aid in the digestion of fat. Without a gallbladder, bile drips into the small intestine directly from the liver. Fat digestion goes on almost as it did with a gallbladder.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: After 18 holes of golf, the tendons on the back of my heels hurt. What should I do? – C.K. ANSWER: The likely cause is inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the tendon of the calf muscle. It attaches to the heel. Don’t play golf for two weeks. Take Aleve if there’s no reason for you not to use it. Put warm compresses on it for 15 minutes three times a day. Try heel inserts, obtainable in every drugstore. When you start playing again, ice the tendon for 10 to 15 minutes after you’re through playing.

Dr. Donohue regrets he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible.

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1. Name the two players who have hit home runs in a game seven of the World Series three times each.

2. In 2004, Andy Lopez became the third baseball coach to take three different teams to the College World Series.

Name the first two.

3. Who was the first 1,000-yard rusher in AFL history?

4. The 2012 NCAA men’s basketball tournament saw the biggest comeback in its history, as BYU came from 25 points down to win. What had been the biggest rally?

5. Who was the last Buffalo Sabres player before Thomas Vanek in 2013 to tally five points in a game?

6. Carmelo Anthony set a USA Basketball record in 2012 for most points in an Olympic game (37). Who had held the record?

7. Who was the oldest golfer to play in the Ryder Cup?

Answers 1. Bill “Moose” Skowron and Yogi Berra.

2. Larry Cochell and Ron Polk.

3. Cookie Gilchrist ran for 1,096 yards for Buffalo in 1962.

4. Duke came back from 22 down against Maryland in 2001.

5. Drew Stafford had five points in a game in 2008.

6. Stephon Marbury tallied 31 points in 2004.

7. Raymond Floyd was 51 years old when he played in the Ryder Cup in 1993.

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Spring is a great time to take a break from the deluge of information that comes at us from every angle, everywhere, all the time, 24/7, 365. Texts, tweets, TV and YouTube, blogs, vlogs, Google and Bing; Instagram, Pinterest, Webinars and seminars; workshops, drop box, Facebook and more – all keeping us on information overload.

It’s unlikely you go a whole day without getting information from sources on this list. Me neither.

With the warmth of spring air touching your skin when you walk outside; with brightly colored pansies being placed just so in pots, planters, around mailboxes and in yards; with sounds of the birds prepping for nesting; and the feel of bare feet on the growing grass, why not choose to fill your senses with all this and leave the techno stuff alone for a couple of hours every day for the next week? See how enthusiastic, engaged and lit up by your surroundings you can become when you stretch outside this electronic world of ours for a spell in favor of being truly balanced from the inside out.

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The Middlebury Planning & Zoning Commission hereby gives notice that at the regular meeting held on Thursday, April 4, 2013 Saturday, April 27, from 8 a.m. providing extra protection for wet- stay in their cars at all times. at 7:30 p.m., at the Shepardson Community Center, 1172 Whitteto 2 p.m. will be Household Haz- lands and waterways.

Trained waste handlers will remore Road, Middlebury, CT the following decisions were made:

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Examples of wastes that will be move materials from the cars.

1365 LLC-Application for Special Exception Use for alcoholic Day for the towns of Beacon Falls, accepted include thermometers Unacceptable materials will be beverages @ restaurant/patio pursuant to Section 66.3 of the Bethlehem, Middlebury, Naugaand thermostats containing merreturned or left in the vehicle, and Regulations-Public Hearing was closed and the application tuck, Oxford, Southbury, Thomas- cury, drain and oven cleaners, up- information will be given on how was approved per conditions

ton, Waterbury, Watertown and holstery cleaners, oil or lead-based to dispose of them. For more in-

JBDK3D LLC/Primrose Square 750 Straits Turnpike-Ap- Woodbury. Hazardous waste will paint (alkyd), wood cleaners, strip- formation, contact your town repplication for Site Plan Review-Application was accepted and be collected at the Southbury Town pers and varnishes, pesticides, resentative listed below: approved

Hall at 501 Main St. South. The poisons, pool and photo chemicals, Beacon Falls:

Dated this 8th day of April 2013 collection will start promptly at 8 automotive cleaners and fluids, (203) 729-6978 - Eddie Bea Curtis Bosco, Chairman a.m., and there is no need to line grease and rust solvents, aerosols, Bethlehem:

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There is no charge to residents.

Proof of residency such as a driver’s license, tax bill or other identification will be required for entrance.

The event is sponsored by the Council of Governments of the Central Naugatuck Valley and participating towns.

Household hazardous wastes are any wastes in the home that are poisonous, flammable, reactive or corrosive. These wastes are harmful to human health and the environment if not disposed of properly. The goal of the program is to keep potentially hazardous waste out of local landfills and sewers,

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Items that will not be accepted include LATEX PAINT (waterbased), auto batteries, motor oil, propane tanks, compressed gas cylinders, asbestos, smoke detectors, explosives, radioactive or medical waste, grout, joint compound and empty containers of any kind. The contractor reserves the right to reject additional materials.

Up to 50 lbs. of residential waste per vehicle will be accepted. Residents should leave materials in the original container whenever possible. When arriving at the collection site, residents are asked to

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They’re related in the You’ll probably read plenty of sense that your garage warnings on the Internet about door probably needs attempting to replace them yoursome overall maintenance, but self. Since the coils are under the two issues are otherwise tension, especially when the galikely not from the same cause. rage door is closed, removing Having to mash the remote them can be dangerous. operating button several times I don’t have enough space to could indicate that the garage tell you how to do it safely, but if door’s sensor eye is dirty or mis- you’re interested in what it takes aligned. Or, the battery on the to change these out, a detailed remote might need changing. description can be found at DDMThe door’s slow opening GarageDoors.com. DIY’er Richard speed indicates a more serious Kinch provides even more good problem. One of the door’s tor- info in “How I Replaced Deadly sion springs – a pair of large coils Garage Door Torsion Springs and straddling the horizontal bar at Lived to Tell the Tale,” found here: the top of the door that helps www.truetex.com/garage.htm. control opening and closing – If you decide against repairing may be broken or on its way out. the door yourself, contact a li-

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Shadow is not yet at our shelter, but he needs a home ASAP. Due to problems with a neighbor, Shadow’s owner has determined it is in his best interest to find him a new home. He gets along great with kids and shows no aggression with food or toys. Shadow is up to date on all his vaccinations and is even neutered. If you would like to make an appointment to meet this handsome man, please email meridensociety@sbcglobal.net.

Ranger was adopted by a wonderful family whose other dog has become extremely dominant over him. For his safety, they feel he should find an appropriate home, a better home than they have to offer to him. They have come to us for assistance, and we are asking for yours. If you can foster or adopt him, please email us as soon as possible. It is not fair to Ranger to have him exposed to another family dog that will not accept him.

For more information on these animals, as well as others at Meriden Humane Society (MHS), email meridensociety@sbcglobal.net. MHS is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m., and volunteers can be available to meet with you through an appointment. MHS is at 311 Murdock Ave. in Meriden.

It’s my mother or the dog DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My mom keeps complaining that she wants to visit me at my new apartment, but that my dog, “Frankie,” sheds too much and causes her allergies to flare up.

Frankie is one of those “no-shed” breeds of poodle, so I don’t know why she thinks he’s the culprit.

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shed much hair are not really “allergen-free.” Dander, which grows close to the dog’s skin, can still be shed and can cause allergies to flare up.

Other environmental issues in the apartment can contribute to your mother’s allergies. In winter, dust can build up, and mold spores and pollen can enter even the cleanest apartments through heating air ducts.

Reduce the amount of allergens by dusting and vacuuming frequently. Wash and dry area rugs before your mom’s visit.

During days with high pollen

color. Try to schedule outdoor time during the early morning and evening, which are often the coolest part of the day.

Allergies. In many areas, seasonal allergies are another challenge for parents to contend with in regard to outdoor play. Experts say, in addition to any allergy medications recommended by your pediatrician, there are steps you can take to help allergic kids enjoy the outdoors. Encourage kids to go outside in the early morning and evening when pollen counts are lower. Cool shades or sunglasses can prevent aller-

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If she still insists the dog is the culprit, consider boarding Frankie for the day or two your mother is visiting, or having a friend keep him during that time.

You shouldn’t have to give up your pet just so your mother can drop in occasionally, but you probably can come to a compromise that will enable her to visit.

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keep a running list of rainy day activities, crafts and games to keep kids indoors when the forecast is soggy. But if your kids have never dodged rain drops, built a snowman or enjoyed a lazy summer afternoon outside, they’re missing out on something wonderful.

Weather was cited as the biggest barrier to getting kids outdoors by 61 percent of parents recently surveyed by the National Wildlife Federation. But the outdoor activities kids love, such as running, jumping, climbing, playing games with friends and taking nature walks, are a great strategy for keeping children healthy and happy.

“Children are safe to play outside in most kinds of weather barring the extremes,” said Lindsay Legendre, manager of the National Wildlife Federation’s “Be Out There” movement. “Regular outdoor play is so important to kids’ healthy development, and a little rain shouldn’t stop them from being out there. Parents might enjoy puddle jumping again themselves.”

Bring on the Rain. Rain can sometimes be blamed for causing children to catch colds or flu, particularly when their hair or feet get wet. However, rain cannot make you sick. Dress children in waterproof hats, boots and raincoats to keep kids from getting too soggy. If storm conditions develop, get out of any body of water and seek shelter in a nearby building. Prepare for mud and splashes in advance by keeping a heavy mat and dry towels by the front door.

How Hot is too Hot? When temperatures climb, make sure to have plenty of water available, and take precautions such as applying sunscreen and wearing loose clothing that is light in

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Have them shower and wash their hair once they come back in.

Baby, It’s Cold Outside. Many moms and dads are reluctant to send kids outside when temperatures drop. The American Academy of Pediatrics urges parents to dress kids in several thin layers to keep them dry and warm, including warm coats, boots, gloves and hats. It’s also important to set reasonable time limits on outdoor play and have children come inside periodically to warm up. And don’t forget the sunscreen, as sunlight, especially reflecting off snow, can cause burns.

“Kids should get at least 60 minutes of exercise every day, and it’s great if they can do so outside for the fresh air and more room to play,” said Dr. Jennifer Shu, a pediatrician and author of Heading Home with Your Newborn.

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