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Raising Rett Syndrome research money By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx has been learning about Rett Syndrome in the year and a half since her granddaughter Kaley, 4, was diagnosed with the disease. “I’m as new to this as anyone else right now,” she said. Proulx knows her granddaughter’s disease is incurable, but she also knows research will find a cure, and it will take money to support that research. That’s why she is spending the month of April, the month in which Kaley was born, asking donors to “plant a flower in our garden of hope.” It’s not an actual garden; it is a garden represented by cards with a flower image. When donors give a dollar to the fundraiser, their names go on the cards, which frame doorways and trail along walls in the Middlebury Parks and Recreation Department office. Proulx posted about the fundraiser on Facebook and said it has proven to be a wonderful way to let people know about the cards. She also tells everyone she runs into about them. “Anybody I see, I ask them if they want to buy a flower,” Proulx said. “I figured if I sold 100 (cards) the first time, I would be happy,” she said. Instead, she sold out of the first 250 cards and has started on the second 250 cards. “I cannot thank everyone who has donated enough. I am overwhelmed,” she said. She said employees of Taft School, where Kaley’s “Poppy” works, and employees at Region 14, where Kaley’s aunt works, have been big supporters of the fundraiser. Cards are on sale in the Middlebury Parks and Recreation office and also at Charlie Fenn’s Haircutters at 485 Main St. in Watertown. The cards are from Girl Power 2 Cure, (www.girlpower2cure.org), a nonprofit started by the mother of a Rett Syndrome child. It is dedicated to making Rett Syndrome the first curable neurological disorder by raising funds for research on the disease. It also supports girls who participate in events that raise awareness and funds for Rett Syndrome research. A flyer from the organization says, “Together girls can move mountains!” The organization says it takes inspiration from the flower, which is “always in bloom with hope and positive energy, ready to grow anywhere there is someone ready to join in our mission.” So what is Rett Syndrome? The Girl Power site and the International Rett Syndrome site (www.rettsyndrome.org) say it is a debilitating neurological/movement disorder that primarily affects females. It is the leading genetic cause of severe impairment in girls. Most who have the disease cannot speak, walk or use their hands. It is as prevalent as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease. A baby girl with Rett Syndrome is born every 90 minutes. Although the disease is genetic, it is not hereditary; it is caused by a single gene mutation that leads to underproduction of an important brain protein. It therefore is potentially reversible if the brain protein can be restored to a normal level. Girls with Rett Syndrome are normal at birth, but between the ages of one and two they lose their ability

Friday, April 19, 2013

P&Z, WPCA review POCD By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE

Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx holds one of the “flowers” that frame the doorway to her office. She is raising funds for Rett Syndrome research by collecting donations of a dollar for each flower. (Marjorie Needham photo)

Kaley Langzettel, granddaughter of Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx, has Rett Syndrome, a debilitating neurological/ movement disorder that primarily affects girls. She is doing well in a special program at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind. (Submitted photo) to speak, walk, crawl or use their Kaley’s parents are Proulx’s hands. Complications can include daughter Jenn, a 1998 graduate of seizures, sudden death in their sleep Pomperaug High School, and her and scoliosis. As grim as this sounds, husband, Anthony Langzettel. They research has proven the syndrome recently welcome a new addition to is reversible, and research to make the family; daughter Evelyn was born that happen is ongoing. A number March 14. They live in Pennsylvania. of clinical studies are listed on the Proulx said Jenn and Anthony Rett Syndrome website. have done and continue to do all

they can to optimize Kaley’s abilities. Because she has a vision problem, she can attend the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind. Before Kaley started classes there, therapists came to the house to administer physical therapy, occupational therapy and vision therapy. Proulx said, “Her parents didn’t just sit around and wait to see what would happen.” “The School for the Blind is an amazing place,” Proulx said. Kaley is in a class of six. In addition to physical and occupational therapy, her classes include swimming, music and gym. Although she isn’t expected to be able to stand or walk, her muscle tone has definitely improved as a result of the school’s programs. Kaley doesn’t talk, but Proulx said she smiles whenever she sees her grandparents arrive, and she laughs a lot. “She knows us. I can talk to her, and you can see her responses,” Proulx said. Proulx explained, “Inside they (Rett patients) comprehend. They just can’t express it outwardly.” She said many learn to communicate through computers, and Kaley now has an iPad. Tears welling up in her eyes, Proulx said it’s hard to live so far from her granddaughter knowing how much is involved in her daily care. “I wish I lived closer, so I could do more for them,” she said.

Alphabet soup lovers might enjoy the acronyms associated with the April 16 meeting between the Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) and the Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) to discuss the Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) and maps from the Council of Governments of the Central Naugatuck Valley (COG). The joint meeting was during a regular WPCA meeting, but it also was legally designated a special P&Z meeting since a quorum of P&Z members were present, and the meeting was not a regularly scheduled P&Z meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to update the 2001 POCD with sewer-capacity information and color-coded maps from the COG. Town Planner Brian Miller told WPCA Chairman Robert Smith sewer capacity and availability was a critical component of the land-use plan. “The WPCA is really kind of a critical gatekeeper on development in the town,” he said. He asked for data on current capacity and whether additional capacity could be acquired from Naugatuck and at what cost. He also asked for a sewer-service map showing current and planned service, including lots in service areas not already connected. Smith said lots intended to be serviced were already subject to a sewer assessment and part of capacity calculations and reminded Miller of the Residential Sewer Avoidance Policy adopted under Department of Environmental Protection recommendations to preserve the limited Middlebury capacity for more desirable commercial development. WPCA employee Kenneth Long said twoyear-old color-coded maps produced by the COG were up to date with the exception of about 10 parcels. Smith said he would refer Miller’s questions to WPCA Consulting Engineer Michael Angier, who was not present at the meeting. State statutes require the POCD be revised every 10 years, and work was begun in January 2011 after selectmen awarded a $66,000 contract to the Turner-Miller Group in December 2010. The goal was to have it finished by year end, but legislation later in 2011 allowed a slip to 2013, and work on the document slowed down. Several workshops and visioning sessions were held, with the emphasis on defining a Middlebury Center Village District. P&Z Chairman Curtis Bosco told the Bee-Intelligencer the POCD would be ready for a public hearing after the WPCA information was received and a few more tweaks made to the Middlebury Center portion of the plan. The next regular P&Z meeting is Thursday, May 2. Additional POCD update meetings have not yet been scheduled.

Absentee ballots available Absentee ballots are available in the Middlebury town clerk’s office for the May 8, 2013, budget referendum. Electors and property owners owning property assessed at $1,000 or more on the last completed grand list are eligible to vote. They also must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old. There are two questions on the ballot: Question 1: “Shall the 2013-2014 proposed Town of Middlebury Municipal Budget in the amount of $10,052,636 be approved?” Yes / No Question 2: “Shall the proposed 2013-2014 Budget of the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 in the amount of $61,952,264 be adopted?” Yes / No An application must be filled out before a ballot can be issued. Ballots will not be mailed. Applications are available at the town clerk’s office at 1212 Whittemore Road or can be downloaded from the Secretary of the State’s website, www.sots.ct.gov, under Elections & Voting. Print the application form for referendum only. The Middlebury town clerk’s office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Additional information may be obtained by calling the office at 203-758-2557.

Adoptable Pets................ 8 Classifieds....................... 7 Community Calendar....... 2 In Brief............................ 4 It Happened in Middlebury....8 Legal Notices.................. 7

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

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Book Review

Friday, April 19, 2013

Library Happenings

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Thursday, April 25, at 4 p.m., Book Nook Readers for boys and girls in grades one through three As long as anyone can rememwill meet to discuss “Balloons ber, there has been the Silo. A over Broadway.” Books are availlone oasis in a toxic, uninhabit- bles into the enigma behind her able at the library. able wasteland, the Silo contains predecessor’s disappearance, it everything its inhabitants could sparks a chain reaction that will Pom-Pom Workshop possibly need, from hydroponi- propel her Outside and onto an Tuesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m., cally grown food to vast genera- unimaginable path that will youth in grades four and up are tors that provide electricity to the change the fate of everyone in invited to attend a pom-pom levels drilled deep into the Earth. the Silo ... and possibly even be- workshop. Pom-poms made It’s treason to even think about yond. from yarn, fabric and paper will It’s difficult to describe too be fashioned into creative dethe world outside. The punishment is getting to find out first- much about the plot of this grip- signs. Materials will be provided. hand exactly what Outside is like ping dystopian novel without Please call to sign up for the prohinting at conceptual and nar- gram. – and die there. But some do wonder. Sheriff rative surprises that are more The Middlebury Public LiHolston’s wife ventured Outside satisfyingly encountered organ- brary is temporarily at the Midthree years ago, leaving behind ically. This is certainly a layered dlebury Timex Building at 199 a cryptic message about conspir- world, both literally and figura- Park Road Extension, Suite D, in acies and uprisings. When her tively. But even in the most ex- Middlebury. Call 203-758-2634 heartbroken husband joins her treme of circumstances, the or visit www.middleburypublicsoon after, it leaves a jagged hole characters and their actions, library.org for more information. good and bad, remain recognizin the fabric of power. Enter Juliette, the fierce young ably and intrinsically human. “Wool” is a self-published senmechanic recruited to replace Sheriff Holston. Juliette has sation that became an e-book made her home in the deepest bestseller and is now available Rotunda Restoration levels of the Silo among the in print for the first time, a welCelebration throbbing engines that keep it come expansion of the audience The Rotunda Restoration Celalive, and she has no interest in for this engaging and powerful ebration will be Sunday, April 21, its upper floors, much less its story. from 3 to 5 p.m. The Naugatuck (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc. exterior. But when she too stumCommunity Band’s Wind Ensemble will play in the rotunda between 3 and 4 p.m. Brief speeches will begin at 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP by calling 203-729Tuesday, April 23 4591. Economic and Industrial Development Commission 6:30 p.m. ............................................Town Hall Conference Room Fundraiser April 27 Conservation Commission The library’s second annual 7:30 p.m.......................................................... Shepardson Room 26 Bags & Bangles Fundraiser will be Saturday, April 27, from 1 to 3 Calendar dates/times are subject to change If your organization would like your event included in the community p.m. in The Nellie Beatty Room. calendar, please e-mail the information to beeintelligencer@gmail.com It will feature a silent auction and sale of new and gently used handbags and costume jewelry. Refreshments will be served. Please call the reference desk at 203-7294591 for more information.

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Southbury Wednesday Film The Wednesday afternoon movie April 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the Kingsley Meeting Room stars Clint Eastwood as an aging baseball scout who loves the game too much to be benched. With his daughter (Amy Adams) assigned to accompany him for what may be his final innings, the story encompasses not only fine points of America’s pastime, but also a dynamic and changing

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demption,” will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. Registration is preferred Greatest Hits of the but not required. To register, call the Reference Desk at 203-262Civil War Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m., 0626, x 130, or visit the library. Rick Spencer will perform in Civil War Medicine Talk “The Greatest Hits of the Civil Dr. Robert Bedard will speak War: America’s Earliest Professional Songwriters” as part of on Civil War medicine Thursday, library programming commem- May 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the orating the 150th anniversary of Kingsley meeting room. Registration is required. Please call the the Civil War. The program consists of com- Reference Department at 203positions by four of the nation’s 262-0626, ext. 130, to register. earliest popular songwriters – Dan Tamara Oppel Exhibit Emmett, Stephen Foster, George A selection of Tamara Oppel’s F. Root and Henry Clay Work – who were known and loved by artwork will be on display in the Americans on both sides of the Gloria Cachion Gallery in the war. These songs give remarkable Southbury Public Library until insight into the character of the Sunday, April 28. Oppel, a WoodAmerican people at the time of bury artist, uses a variety of meour country’s greatest and most diums to express herself and has divisive conflict. This program completed works in watercolor, includes a discussion of the phe- colored pencil, graphite, scratchnomenon of the American min- board, oil and photography. She strel show and its cultural impact, applies her artistic ability to porboth positive and negative, on our traits of people, pets, wildlife and flowers. Her artwork has been culture. Spencer is best known as a re- accepted into several juried searcher and singer of historical shows, and she has won awards songs. He travels throughout the for Best Watercolor Painting and country presenting theme-based Best Wildlife Painting in the Kent concerts and lectures for histori- Art Association shows. Check www.southburylibrary. cal societies, libraries, museums and music festivals. His programs org for more information. The are informative, entertaining and library is at 100 Poverty Road in Southbury (203-262-0626). often irreverent. This free program is open to the public. Register at the Reference Desk or by calling 203-2620626, ext. 130. Hijinks and Home with

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During National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Jane Doe No More and the library are sponsoring an information session and panel discussion Tuesday, April 30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the library’s Kingsley Room to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate the public about the crime. Featured speakers will include Lorraine Jolly, Michele Carella and Debbie Mitchell McCormack, volunteers who will share their personal stories of survival and healing. Also, Louisa Printz from Safe Haven will talk about crisis counseling. A member of local law enforcement will speak and participate during the question-and-answer period. Copies of Jane Doe No More founder Donna Palomba’s book, “Jane Doe No More: My 15-year fight to reclaim my identity: A true story of survival, hope and re-

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Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m., you are invited to share in an eyewitness view of the Civil War through family letters and songs of the time as folk performer Judy Cook presents “Hijinks and Home: Camp Life and Home Front of the Civil War.” Cook brings a powerful voice, a great unaccompanied style and a deep respect for tradition to her performances of a huge repertoire of (mostly) American songs and ballads. Her singing is marked by a command of narrative that pulls the audience in to really understand what the song is about. A Maryland resident, Cook has been on the road since the early 1990s, making her own the songs and ballads of traditional Americana and the British Isles. She has family roots in Virginia and was lucky enough to be born into a family who loved music. Cook has recorded four CDs: “If You Sing Songs…,” “Far From the Lowlands, “Tenting Tonight: Songs of the Civil War” and “Lincoln’s America.” The program is free, but please call 203-263-3502 to register for it.

Ron Crowcroft Exhibit The artwork of Ron Crowcroft is on display in the Gallery. Crowcroft was born in Sussex, England, and went to art school in Leeds, England, at the time the most radical art school in Europe. Works in the show all are 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 organs. For more information, call 203263-3502 or visit www.woodburylibraryct.org. The library is at 269 Main St. South in Woodbury.

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Region 15 students qualify for state chemistry challenge Region 15 middle school winners of the local “You Be The Chemist” challenges are Eric Gao of Rochambeau Middle School (RMS) and Kevin Knowles of Memorial Middle School (MMS). The runner-up spots went to Aidan Garrity of RMS and Tarnishq Kancharla of MMS. They all will advance to the Connecticut “You Be The Chemist” challenge Saturday, April 27, at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury. Joining them will be additional state qualifiers Ryan DeAngelis, A.J. Thammana and Terrance Dumoulin of MMS and Justin Callanan, Nilay Ghatlia and Henry Hu of RMS. In early March, middle school students from Middlebury, Naugatuck, Newtown and Southbury participated in the local “You Be The Chemist®” challenge, an educational and fun academic competition for fifth- to eighthgrade chemistry students. The competition was designed by the Chemical Educational Foundation, which is a part of the National Association of Chemical Distributors. The March events were held

Memorial Middle School students A. J. Thammana, Tarnishq Kancharla, Kevin Knowles (first place), Terrance Dumoulin and Ryan DeAngelis will compete at the state level in the “You Be The Chemist” challenge April 27. (Submitted photo) at Rochambeau Middle School in Southbury and at City Hill Middle School in Naugatuck. Both were organized and sponsored by Hubbard-Hall Inc. of Waterbury, Conn. Winners of the April 27 state competition will move on to

compete in the national “You Be The Chemist” challenge in Philadelphia June 24, where they will compete against state winners from across the country. The middle school students took a qualifying exam at their home school, and the top scorers from

Rochambeau Middle School students Nilay Ghatlia, Henry Hu, Eric Gao (first place), Aidan Garrity and Justin Callanan recently competed in the local “You Be The Chemist” challenge and now move on to the state competition. (Submitted photo)

each school then competed in the regional challenge. This is the fifth year students from middle schools in Middlebury, Southbury, Naugatuck and Newtown have competed in the challenge. “‘The You Be The Chemist’ challenge is a wonderful oppor-

tunity for students to showcase their talents as not all students’ talents can be demonstrated on the athletic field or on the stage,” said RMS science teacher Diane Sirica. “We look forward to participating again next year!” Region 15 students are sponsored by Hubbard-Hall Inc., which provides everything for the local challenge. Based in Waterbury, Hubbard-Hall is a family owned

other community organizations is often the key to being able to offer great activities. To learn more about the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and opportunities to provide summer meals, visit www. summerfood.usda.gov. Prerecorded Webinars there highlight the program, offer an understanding of how SFSP works, detail sponsor and site roles and responsibilities, and provide outreach tips and other resources to get started. Together we can continue to tackle childhood hunger and ensure kids receive the nutritious meals they need in summer and throughout the year. We look forward to working with you to meet that goal. Kevin Concannon is the USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services.

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Help feed hungry kids By KEVIN CONCANNON In the midst of spring, it can be easy to forget those long, hot days of June, July and August. Even so, now is the time to start applying and planning to feed hungry children when the school year ends. More than 21 million children in the country receive free and reduced-price meals during the school year, but when summer rolls around, only about 1 in 10 of those kids (3 million) get free meals through federal summer feeding programs. Clearly, there is a gap that needs filling. Enter the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program. Kids are at higher risk of going hungry during the summer months, and we are working to fill that void. The USDA alone,

however, cannot accomplish the important work of feeding our low-income kids. You and your organizations have an important role to play. Faith-based, community and private nonprofit organizations are pivotal in the lives of needy children. And schools, churches, recreation centers, playgrounds, parks and camps all are eligible and encouraged to serve summer meals in neighborhoods with a high percentage of low-income families. These locations, by their very nature, offer safe and familiar environments and are places children gather when school is out. But feeding hungry young people requires commitment. Sponsors must provide a capable staff, managerial skills and food service capabilities. Sponsors may provide their own meals,

purchase meals through an agreement with an area school or contract for meals with a food vendor. If you don’t want to be a sponsor but still want to be involved, your organization can be a summer feeding site. There are sponsors in your area who can work with you to feed the children in your community. And don’t forget to register your summer feeding sites for the National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-Hungry or 1-877-8-HAMBRE. The most successful summer programs offer activities for kids. Children are much more likely to come out for a meal when there is an activity to keep them there. It can include anything from sports, tutoring, and arts and crafts to other creative activities with community partners. Developing partnerships with

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My Social Security

There is an easier way to get answers from Social Security than sitting on hold on the phone. Social Security’s website (http://socialsecurity.gov) has a long list of things you can do online after creating a My Social Security account: get your benefits verification letter, get your statement, apply for retirement or disability benefits, appeal a disability decision, estimate your retirement benefits, check your application status, and so much more. The biggest concern, however, is that if you’ve done a Google search about the topic, you easily could end up at a fake website that is not Social Security. For example, replacing your card is free, but if you accidentally wander to a scam site, they’ll want to charge you as much as $50. Not only that, but they’ll have your Social Security number when you type it in. If you marry and want a card in your new name, you’ll need to contact Social Security directly. Don’t fall for an online scam. Even if you haven’t hunted online for information, yet you receive what looks like Social Security email, beware. Social Security will never send you

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email asking for information such as your name or number. Any emails asking for that are from scammers. If you receive that kind of email, call the real Social Security Administration immediately at 1-800-772-1213 or the fraud hotline at 1-800-2690271. Do the same if you receive a phone call from someone pretending to be from Social Security. They might have excuses, such as their computer system went down or they need to verify your banking direct-deposit information. If you sign up online for a genuine My Social Security account, beware. Be sure what webpage you’re on. Remember to look for the “.gov” at the end of the address. Matilda Charles regrets she cannot personally answer reader questions, but she will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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MES Spring Scholastic Book Fair April 23-25 Phoenix Stage Theater GES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26 RMS Grade 8 Washington, D.C. Field Trip April 23-25 The Middlebury Senior Center LMES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26 mini-bus will go to the Phoenix Stage Theater in Naugatuck SunFriday, April 26 day, April 28, for the 2 p.m. matGES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26 inee of “Arsenic & Old Lace.” The bus will leave the senior center LMES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26 at 1 p.m. and will stop at Friend- Region-wide Art Gallery................................................ PHS, 6 - 9 p.m. ly’s after the performance. The MMS Grade 7 Field Trip to Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport cost for transportation and adSaturday, April 27 mission will be $23 per person. Call 203-577-4166 by Monday, Region-wide Art Gallery...................................... PHS, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Region 15 website: www.region15.org April 22, to reserve a seat.

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Look for the helpers The tragedy at the Boston Marathon comes while we’re still reeling from the Sandy Hook tragedy. It seems as if the horror never ends, and at first it may seem as if evil is winning out over good. It’s hard not to think that when we look at the work of terrorists, be they domestic or foreign, and see the precious lives they have taken and the severe injuries they inflicted on those who survived. To help balance the despair we feel, we may find solace in the words of Fred Rogers – words intended to help parents explain such a tragedy to children. Those words went viral on Facebook shortly after the incident in Boston. They are, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” Those words intended to comfort children also may be comfort-

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ing to adults struggling to deal with the most recent tragedy. Looking at the horrifying pictures from Boston, we can see how many people rushed to help others. Some were first responders. Thank goodness they always rush in to help when an emergency arises. But others were people like us, ordinary people who had gathered as we might have done, to watch a marathon on a beautiful day. After the bombs exploded, they didn’t run away. They ran to the scene and helped pull debris off the injured, give them first aid and load them into wheelchairs or onto stretchers and rush them to doctors and nurses. Our faith in humanity is restored by watching the helpers – all the good people who did everything they could to save lives and aid the injured. It’s the helpers who will prevail in the end.

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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 “Peer Gynt Suite” and Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin.” Tickets at $15 will be available at the door. The concert is open NAMI of Waterbury to the general public; there is Support Group ample parking and easy handiThe NAMI Waterbury general capped access. Meet and chat support group will meet Wednes- with the artists after the recital. day, April 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free Addiction at 969 West Main St., lower level, in Waterbury. For more informaTraining tion, call 203-758-5844 and leave A free two-night training proa message. gram for anyone desiring to support and/or assist individuals Earth Day Plant Sale and families who may be strugThe Northwest Conservation gling with some form of addicDistrict’s annual Earth Day Plant tion will be hosted by Word of Sale will be Friday, April 19, from Life Family Church Mondays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, April April 22 and 29, from 5 to 9 p.m. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sun- at St. George’s Episcopal Church day, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 393 Tucker Hill Road in Midat the Goshen Fairgrounds at 116 dlebury. The “Congregational Old Middle St., Rte. 63, in Goshen. Assistance Program” (CAP) ofThe sale is the conservation fers practical solutions and steps district’s major fundraising concerned individuals can take. event, with all proceeds support- CAP is top-notch training faciliing conservation, education and tated by highly informed preventechnical assistance. The sale tion professionals from around features native shrubs, native the state. A light supper (no fee) and ornamental trees, fruit trees, will precede the training. berries, asparagus, bare-root evThe program, facilitated by the ergreen seedlings, perennials Central Naugatuck Valley Reand many gardening displays gional Action Council, teaches and demonstrations. Check the how to support and assist indiwebsite, www.conservect.org/ viduals and families who may be northwest, for a list of plants. struggling with some form of

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Woolworth Building turns 100 Wednesday, April 24, the Woolworth Building in New York City will turn 100. It was designed by Cass Gilbert, the architect who also designed Waterbury City Hall. In celebration of the centennial of Gilbert’s masterpiece, a series of events open to the public are planned for “Woolworth Week” from Monday, April 22, through Thursday, April 25. Helen Post Curry and Chuck Post, two of Gilbert’s greatgrandchildren, have arranged lectures, tours, exhibitions and dinners with the help of Gilbert authors Barbara Christen and Gail Fenske. Included among the events is a forum on the preservation and adaptive reuse of Cass Gilbert buildings Thursday, April 25, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Waterbury City Hall. The forum, which is open to the public, will feature a panel discussion by five experts on different Gilbert restoration projects. Alan Plattus, professor of architecture and urbanism at Yale, will be the moderator. Bob Grzywacz, the architect for the Waterbury City Hall restoration, and Andrew Martelli of the Waterbury Development Corporation will discuss that project. Owner and developer Peter Levenson will discuss the repurposing of the 90 West St. Building in New York City following the devastation of 9/11. Speaking about the muchneeded renovations to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul will be Nancy Stark, executive secretary of the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board. Roy Suskin, vice president of development for the Witkoff Group will share his insights into the ongoing maintenance of the Woolworth Building and the impending reuse of its tower. Forum tickets are $20 either by preregistration at www.Woolworth100. com or at the door.

When the Woolworth Building was completed in 1913, it achieved instant renown as the tallest skyscraper in the world. Gilbert’s design was hailed by critics for its Gothic silhouette and its commanding central tower that soared to the unprecedented height of 792 feet. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966 and a New York City Landmark in 1983. Frank W. Woolworth, chief executive of the F. W. Woolworth Company and owner of 318 fiveand-ten-cent stores across the U.S., Canada and England, commissioned Gilbert to design the Woolworth Building as the company’s headquarters on a site at Broadway and Park Place. Gilbert had recently completed his U.S. Custom House, Broadway Chambers Building and West Street Building, all in lower Manhattan. Woolworth, known as one of the largest importers of European commodities in the U.S., frequently visited the Custom House, but he also admired the skyscraper Gothic design of Gilbert’s West Street Building, which fronted the Hudson River just a few blocks away. Gilbert (1859-1934) is known for his monumental, elegantly proportioned and richly ornamented Beaux-Arts designs. The scope of his work includes every major type: residential, ecclesiastic, commercial, industrial and civic buildings. Three of his best loved are the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul (1895-1905), The Woolworth Building in New York City (1910-1913) and the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (1928-1935). Information on other events can be found at www.Woolworth100.com, where reservations also can be made. For more information, contact Curry at hpc@Woolworth100.com or 203966-9663.

The Biggest Targets for Identity Theft The Federal Trade Commission has released a report with new information about identity theft. While it’s generally believed that seniors are the most likely victims of this type of fraud because they’re assumed to be more vulnerable, the report shows that’s not the case. The Consumer Sentinel Network, the database used in the report, is available only to law enforcement personnel and includes information input by a long list of agencies and organizations, including the Better Business Bureau, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, the U.S. Postal Service, and even the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. During 2012 alone, 2 million complaints were logged, broken down as follows: 52 percent fraud, 18 percent identity theft and 30 percent other types of complaints, such as debt collection, banks and lenders, prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries, and impostor scams. Government documents and benefits were the most common type of identity theft, followed by credit cards and phone or utilities. Florida, Georgia and California have the highest per capita rate of identity theft. The average dollar loss per fraud victim was $2,350. In the Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, it appears that the older the age group, the higher the percentage of overall fraud victims, until reaching the seniors. 20-29: 15 percent 30-39: 16 percent 40-49: 19 percent 50-59: 23 percent 60-69: 17 percent Over 70: 9 percent However, when it comes to actual identity theft, the numbers are reversed: 20-29: 21 percent 30-39: 19 percent 40-49: 18 percent 50-59: 17 percent 60-69: 11 percent Over 70: 8 percent How does this happen? Scammers pretend to be from government agencies or credit-card companies and call to ask for personal information. Twenty-

The Naugatuck Historical Society Museum’s Fifth Annual Art Show is dedicated to Pam Bogert, who was an artist, children’s librarian and a friend of the society. Her dream was to have a juried show this year in Naugatuck. The exhibit’s opening will be Saturday, April 27, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Naugatuck Historical Society Museum. A student art show began Thursday, April 18, and will continue through Thursday, April 25. The StudenART Show features budding artists from the area. NaugARTuck Day (a free community art day) will be Sunday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. The StudenART Show can be seen during regular museum hours and is open to all Pre-K to grade 12 students. Widely acclaimed muralist and portraitist Tony Falcone of Cheshire is one of the judges for the art show, along with artist and art historian Anne Siefert. Siefert works in The Hudson Building, one of the historic buildings in downtown Naugatuck. Falcone and Siefert will be at the opening reception to speak with the artists and art aficionados. Falcone has been a professional artist for almost four decades. His art has been displayed in universities, museums and galleries

throughout Connecticut, and his portraits, paintings and murals hang in the homes and businesses of collectors throughout the East Coast. His giant mural of racing horses on the Sports Haven building at Long Wharf can be seen from I-95 in New Haven. Falcone said, “I’m aware of Naugatuck’s magnificent collection of buildings designed by world-famous architects like Henry Bacon, who designed the Naugatuck railroad station as well as the Lincoln Memorial, and the numerous buildings designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White. Driving through Naugatuck’s downtown is like visiting an art gallery for buildings.” Falcone said he applauded the board of directors and the art show committee for their efforts to bring attention to the abilities of artists from Naugatuck and surrounding towns and was honored to be one of the judges. The reception will include live music by the Woodwind Ensemble, wine and cheese, a silent auction and artist award presentation. Admission to the reception is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. Donations will be accepted for Bogert’s daughter’s college trust fund.

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The Woolworth Building in New York City turns 100 next week. Its architect, Cass Gilbert, also designed Waterbury City Hall. (Submitted photo)

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Girls in seventh grade and their parents who are considering options for high school are invited to attend a seventh-grade preview program at Westover School Friday, April 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. “We are inviting girls currently enrolled in seventh grade and their parents to learn more about Westover, meet with faculty and students, tour our campus and discover the advantages of an independent school education,” said Laura Volovski, director of admission and enrollment management at Westover.

Preregistration for the program is required by Tuesday, April 23. To register, or for more information, please call Westover’s Office of Admission at 203577-4521. Westover is a selective boarding and day school in Middlebury with 205 students in grades nine to 12 from 16 states and 17 countries. The school offers its students more than 20 advanced placement courses as well as signature programs in science, engineering, art history and music.

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Embrace Earth Day with Enthusiasm Spring is sprung, the grasses are green, and Earth Day is April 22. How exciting to partake of the festivals, special classes, conversations and all kinds of activities around all things Earth! It’s the one time a year to really celebrate and be aware of her many bountiful gifts. Take full advantage. Keep her close to your heart by spending more time outside planting flowers and seeds in her soil, mowing and tilling her land right in your own back yard, and soaking in her ambrosial fragrances as warm air and ground release the scents only springtime can. Wake up powerfully appreciative of her daylight and, just before you fall asleep, look outside up at the night sky and smile at how the dark hours gift you with rest. This week’s nugget for life is to get out and enjoy Earth Day in a way you haven’t before. Try something different this year, or add on a few extra outings to celebrate this amazing God-given gift of ours! Get outside and picnic for Earth at your local park, waterfall or nature conservatory. Donate your time to helping a

Nuggets for Life By CYNTHIA DE PECOL kids’ project and paint, draw or collect earth materials and make something cool to honor Mother Earth. Visit a senior center and ask to sit together outside with someone who is alone. Make Earth Day Earth Week instead by bringing your focus of appreciation onto all the ways she supports you every day. Eat her food from the local farmers’ market and maybe purchase a “share” so you get to revisit the farm every week, tasting and infusing your body with nutritious, delicious bounty – different every week depending on the crop that’s up. All hands on Earth, I say! De Pecol is a Yoga instructor, Reiki master and life coach who lives in Washington, Conn. See lifecoachingllc.com or email lifecoach3@aol.com.

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Join Middlebury Earth Day cleanup By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Young, old and in between, please join us – rain or shine – Sunday, April 21, at 1 p.m. for the ninth annual Middlebury Earth Day cleanup. Meet at Meadowview Park, and choose your section of the Greenway, or a park or local road, for litter pickup. The first participants to arrive will get a free t-shirt donated by the Middlebury Parks and Recreation Department. Begun in 2005, this annual event has become a popular way for Middlebury residents to provide an extra bit of loving care to our community and our world. Started by the Middlebury Junior Women’s Club, the event has included Scout groups, land trust members and plenty of families. If you can join us, wear long sleeves and long pants (there is poison ivy in areas along the Greenway). Large garbage bags and gloves will be provided. For more information, contact Tanya Pistawka at 203-565-5336 or tbhipson@yahoo.com, or Janine Sullivan-Wiley at 203-598-3176 or kswiley@sbcglobal.net. If you can’t make that day and time, stake out a section of road or open space, and let Pistawka or Sullivan-Wiley know what corner of Middlebury will receive your attention. This is a great way to show Mother Earth we care and for all Middlebury residents to showcase their civic pride. Kent Sullivan-Wiley of Middlebury doesn’t let the pouring rain stop him as he picks up trash along Let’s go, Middlebury! the Greenway during last year’s Earth Day cleanup. (Janine Sullivan-Wiley photo)

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Saturday, April 20................. Hamden (H).......................................... 2 p.m. Help celebrate Earth Day by Monday, April 22.................. Bethel (H)............................................. 7 p.m. cleaning up the Greenway and Thursday, April 25................. Immaculate (A)................................ 4:15 p.m. Middlebury parks Sunday, April Saturday, April 27................. Trumbull (H).......................................... 6 p.m. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. Meet at Meadowview Park Pavilion, and Girls’ Lacrosse Saturday, April 20................. Lauralton Hall (H)................................ 10 a.m. join your friends to help keep Monday, April 22.................. Amity (A)............................................... 4 p.m. Middlebury clean. The contact Wednesday, April 24............. Southington (H)..................................... 7 p.m. for this project is Janine SulliFriday, April 26..................... New Fairfield (H).................................... 7 p.m. van-Wiley, 203-598-3176, of the Middlebury Community WomVarsity Softball en’s Club. Saturday, April 20................. New Fairfield (A).............................12:30 p.m. Monday, April 22.................. Bunnell (H)....................................... 4:15 p.m. Zumba Wednesday, April 24............. Lauralton Hall (A)............................. 4:15 p.m. Instructor Shelagh Greatorex Thursday, April 25................. Newtown (H).................................... 4:15 p.m. will teach Zumba to those ages Boys’ Tennis 14 and older Tuesdays and Monday, April 22.................. Brookfield (H)................................... 3:45 p.m. Thursdays, April 30 to June 27, Wednesday, April 24............. New Milford (A)................................ 3:45 p.m. from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at ShepFriday, April 26..................... Weston (H)....................................... 4:15 p.m. ardson Center. There will be no classes June 6 and June 11. Girls’ Tennis Zumba is a fun and effective Monday, April 22.................. Brookfield (A)................................... 3:45 p.m. form of cardiovascular exercise Wednesday, April 24............. New Milford (H)................................ 3:45 p.m. moving and dancing to Latin (H) Home (A) Away music. The fee for eight weeks of classes is $50 for residents; $60 for nonresidents.

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Ladies’ Softball League 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

ment 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.

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When the Heart Has Become a Weak Pump DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 79 and have congestive heart failure with some high blood pressure. Please give the information you have on my illness. – F.W. ANSWER: Congestive heart failure is a common illness in older people. Up to 10 percent of those older than 65 have it or have had it. “Congestive heart failure” means the heart has become so weak it can’t pump enough blood to support all body organs and tissues. You can call it just heart failure. The “congestive” word confuses people. The signs of a weakened heart are breathlessness when trying to do even relatively easy physical tasks, along with a feeling that all energy has left the body. A third sign is swelling, most often of the feet and ankles. The lungs also fill with fluid from backedup blood, and that adds to the breathing difficulty. The lungs are congested with fluid. Clogged heart arteries, heartvalve problems, a previous heart attack, a former viral heart infection and uncontrolled high blood pressure are some of the causes of heart failure. Aging is a major cause. The heart is beginning to wear out. This sounds hopeless; it isn’t. Plenty can be done. For one, reduce the amount of salt and salty foods that you eat. Salt causes

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1. The Washington Senators went to the World Series in 1933. 2. Rod Carew, with the Minnesota Twins in 1972. 3. Warrick Dunn, with 1,180 yards in 1996. 4. Norm Nixon, with 3,226 minutes in the 1979-1980 season for the Los Angeles Lakers. 5. Tim Horton, in 1972. 6. Bobby Labonte, in 2000. 7. Chris Evert was not quite 31 when she was the No. 1 player in 1985.

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The cost of certain home improvements can be deducted on your tax returns, but not all of them. And the rules for such deductions can change, so the deduction you are eligible for one year may not be available the next. Some of the more compelling deductions are energy tax credits. For example, if you install solar panels or a solar water heater, geothermal heat pumps, a small wind turbine, or fuel cells in your existing or new home, you may be able to get a onetime, 30 percent tax credit on the cost of such systems (including labor and installation costs). If you install energy-efficient

By Samantha Mazzotta windows and doors, you may be able to take a one-time credit of 10 percent. Installing new insulation or putting on a new roof also can qualify you for the credit, if the materials meet specific energy-efficiency guidelines. These are detailed by the Internal Revenue Service; you can visit the IRS website (irs.gov) or talk with a tax preparer to learn more. If you make home improvements for medical reasons – such as installing wheelchair ramps and handrails, lowering cabinets, etc. – you may be able to deduct those improvements as medical expenses. Be careful about what

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Send in your pet photos Your pet could be featured as “Pet of the Week” in this picture frame. Send us your pet’s photo by email to mbisubmit@gmail.com or by regular mail to P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762 along with your pet’s name, your last name and your town.

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Ethel Townsend Noakes – Part II of II Descendant of Middlebury’s First Town Clerk By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD

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Akelia has spent a great deal of her life here at our shelter. She is cautious around new people, but once she gets to know you she will come around – it just will take time. She has a few best friends here (just in case you would like two). For more information on her and others at our shelter, please email us at meridensociety@sbcglobal.net.

What a big beauty this girl is! She is right at home here, strutting herself around and loving the laundry room! Hazel is a lovable, quiet cat that would like for the same in a home. Give her a bed, a window and some food, and she will love you forever! No small children please, as she does need her naptime.

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.

Is Heartworm Testing Really Necessary? DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My vet tells me my dogs have to be tested for heartworm every two years, even though they take heartworm medication regularly. Why? It’s expensive – one test times three – and I don’t see why it’s necessary. Seems like a way for the vet to make money. – Dog Mom in New York DEAR DOG MOM: It’s a valid question, but there really is a good answer for why the veterinarian insists on testing your dogs for heartworm. Monthly heartworm medications, while billed as “preventative,” work by killing off the microfilariae (heartworm larvae)

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Gloria (Nixon) Clark (19221998) was the president of the Middlebury Historical Society in 1976 when she compiled the stories of 10 Middlebury residents, all of whom have since died. One resident was Ethel Townsend Noakes, who died in 1996 at the age of 92. She was the great-great granddaughter of Larmon Townsend, Middlebury’s first town clerk. Part I of Clark’s interview with Ethel Noakes was published here March 29, 2013. Here is part II: In 1754, Ara Ward undertook to make a millpond of Toantic Swamp and stopped up Toantic Brook. He diverted the water into an artificial channel and brought it to a mill site on Long Meadow Brook. Nathaniel Gunn bought it from Ara Ward, and he and his sons, Enos and Abel, added a reservoir at Long Meadow, creating Long Meadow Pond. Ara Ward retained his share of the mill and had started building a new house when the dam gave way at the head ditch. The frame for his house was buried in mud, and so much of the highway was washed out that a new one had to be laid out. “The order of arrangements in the vicinity was changed materially.” Nathaniel’s son, Jobamah, with the Gunn penchant for owning land and thinking he was the largest landowner in Waterbury, took his tax list to the assessors and heard that someone else owned more land than he did. Immediately buying the first land he could find for sale, he was, indeed, the largest landowner in Waterbury. He owned 10,000 acres and carried on all the business of the times. But, then, in 1794, he apparently was having financial difficulties and was assessed for only 603 acres of land and declared 277 pounds. He owned one of the 15 watches in the area and one of the six brass clocks. Searching for the old cemeteries where the Gunns are buried, Ethel found Pine Hill Cemetery and the grave of Nathaniel Gunn; he was buried there in 1769. Gunntown Cemetery yielded the grave of Sarah Smith Candee, Nathaniel’s second wife, who died in 1797. Success sparked her interest still more, and she found that in 1771, a committee was appointed

Weathered by time, the 1777 gravestone of Sarah Brownson (sic) stands in the Middlebury Cemetery. (Submitted photos) to find a convenient burying place in the west part of the First Society (a division of the Church parish); their selection was Middlebury’s first cemetery. It was in the area across from the intersection of Tyler and Breakneck Hill Roads. At least two stones escaped the fate of an abandoned cemetery; someone moved them to the present cemetery so Captain Isaac and Mary Brackett Bronson’s two daughters would be remembered. One girl died in 1776 and the other in 1777. When we visited the present cemetery last summer on a late, long-shadowed afternoon, we went into the part of it where the thin, old gravestones stand. Drawn to two small stones placed between others, we found them to be of sandstone, their shapes blunted by erosion. The light was almost gone, and moss had almost filled the letters, but they said that two Bronson girls died two hundred years ago, one year apart. In 1794, Eli Bronson asked for a proper burying ground in Middlebury Society, and on Jan. 27 it was voted to grant his petition. Then, in 1828, with Larmon Townsend on the committee, the cemetery was laid out systematically in 91 lots; this left 28, because 63 were in use. Paying $100 an acre, the grounds were enlarged in 1841.

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In her research into the past, Ethel found the story of the marriage of Sarah Gaylord to Thomas Judd in 1688. They could not find anyone to marry them in Waterbury, so they had to take one of the early roads that passed over the summit of Three Mile Hill and down Wolf Pit Hill to Woodbury to a branch of Hop Brook, now in Middlebury. The Reverend Zachariah Walker of Woodbury performed the ceremony but could not legally do so outside his own parish. The story speculates that Sarah and Thomas must have met the minister at the brook so as to be in Woodbury for the marriage ceremony. As a result, the brook became known as “Bride’s Brook.” There is more than one “Bride’s Brook” in Connecticut, perhaps named for the same reason. Two years after Thomas and Sarah were married, Thomas’s father became a justice of the peace in Waterbury, perhaps spurred on by the inconvenience caused his son. Ethel also found the story of Dr. James Porter, who settled at Hop Swamp around 1725. His house was at the foot of Bissell Hill (later called Westview Heights, containing Yale Avenue, White Avenue, etc.) and west of the present Mary I. Johnson School (Hop Swamp School). When his house was being built, the workmen would not spend the night in the area due to fear of the Indians. They came from the center in the mornings and returned in the evening. In later years, when the house was torn down, it was found that a new house was enclosed under the same roof with the old one, the two houses appearing as one building; two independent frames were set together. The work was unique; so a drawing was made of it for future inspection. On her own initiative, Ethel found her ancestor of “sturdy New England stock.” This chapter was reproduced with the kind permission of the Clark family. Rafford is the Middlebury Historical Society president and Middlebury’s municipal historian. To join the society, visit MiddleburyHistoricalSociety.org or call Rafford at 203-206-4717.