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Volume VIII, No. 17

Friday, April 27, 2012

Check your computer for DNS malware

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM A November 2011 FBI press release said seven people, six from Estonia and one from Russia, had been charged with an internet fraud scheme that infected more than four million computers in more than 100 countries worldwide. That included half a million U.S. computers.

Because disabling the criminals’ servers would have disrupted Internet service for the infected computers, the FBI put in place temporary “clean” servers to protect U.S. computer users whose computers are infected.

Most users were unaware of this.

On July 9, 2012, the FBI will turn off the clean servers, and those with infected computers may no longer be able to connect to the Internet. All computers, both PCs and Apples, need to be checked for infections. This can be done by going to www.dcwg. org. Also see the FBI March 12, 2012, update at www.fbi.gov/ news/stories/2011/november/ malware_110911.

The FBI said the criminals’ scheme was to get paid for clicks on online advertisements. They generated $14 million in revenues by infecting computers with malware. The malware secretly altered settings on the infected

computers so the criminals could highjack Internet searches and re-route computers to certain websites and advertisements that would generate payments to them.

The malware also prevented installation of anti-virus software and operating system updates, leaving computers and their users unable to detect or stop the malware and making them vulnerable to attacks by other viruses.

The scheme used “rogue” Domain Name System (DNS) servers and malware designed to alter the DNS server settings and reroute computers to the criminals’ servers. The criminals made money in two ways, by “click hijacking” and by “advertising replacement fraud.” See examples below.

While the criminals made money with their scheme, legitimate businesses lost money because of it. Website operators and advertisers lost money and advertising revenue. Also, search engines lost revenue because of click hijacking on their sponsored search result listings, advertisers lost money when they paid for fraudulent clicks, and the reputations of businesses were damaged when visitors clicked on their links and were directed to the wrong site.

Click hijacking examples • When the user of an infected computer clicked on a domain name link for Apple iTunes, the user was instead taken to a website for an unaffiliated business that purported to sell Apple software.

• When the user of an infected computer clicked on a domain name link for Netflix, the user was instead taken to a website for an unrelated business called “BudgetMatch.”

• When the user of an infected computer clicked on the domain name for the Internal Revenue Service website, the user was instead taken to the website for H&R Block.

Advertising replacement fraud examples • On the Wall Street Journal home page, an ad for the American Express “Plum Card” was replaced with an ad for “Fashion Girl LA.” • An Amazon.com ad for Internet Explorer 8 was replaced with an ad for an email marketing business.

• An ad on the ESPN website for “Dr. Pepper Ten” was replaced with an ad for a timeshare business.

Celebrating Earth Day Above: Ann Marie Niesobecki, left, and her daughter, Claire, brought along Lily the dog to help them as they picked up litter near Memorial Middle School Sunday.

At right: Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx, left, makes sure Geoff Stowell and his son, Chris, a member of Cub Scout Pack 6, are properly equipped to pick up litter during Middlebury’s Earth Day project to rid the town of litter.

(Janine Sullivan-Wiley photos)

Region 15 recognizes volunteers, learns about Common Core

By CRISTINA COMMENDATORE Region 15 Board of Education (BoE) members recognized volunteers and heard a presentation on Common Core State Standards during their Monday night meeting.

Every year, principals from each school choose volunteers who have gone above and beyond for their school and then honor them at a BoE meeting. Principals recognized 10 volunteers Monday: Cathy Winter, Anna Forino, Gabby Addison, Amanda Farrell, Yarel Marshall, Karen Critelli, Donna Klim, Renee Bogdanffy, Sharon Gustenhoven and Susan Isaccs.

Pomperaug Elementary School Principal Theresa Forish recognized Winter for her role as a room parent and for regularly volunteering in the media center.

She also commended Winter for chairing the 2009 “Evening Under the Stars” fundraiser, which raised $20,000 for interac-

tive SMART Boards at the school.

Middlebury Elementary School Principal Jack Zamary was up next to present Forino’s volunteer work. Forino is the PTO treasurer who runs the school’s email blasts and oversees the PTO website. She publishes the school’s directory, is a room parent, mystery reader and field trip chaperone, and she is a Coast to Coast Race Challenge volunteer.

Gainfield Elementary School Principal Matthew Salvestrini chose Addison as his volunteer of the year. She helped raise $20,000 for the school.

Long Meadow Elementary School (LMES) Principal Christopher Moretti chose two volunteers – Marshall and Farrell. Marshall assisted with book fairs, PJ Story Hour, PTO clothing drives and field day. She co-chairs the PTO’s ice cream social, author/illustrator visits and anthology committees. She also is the parent representative for the school’s

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Farrell has volunteered at LMES since 2002. She helps at book fairs, the adopta-book program, PJ Story Hour and field day. She also co-chairs the Yearbook Committee.

Memorial Middle School Principal John Sieller recognized Critelli and Klim (who was not present) for their dedication. Critelli coordinated the school’s Stop and Shop A-plus rewards program, which helped raise more than $10,000 for the school. Klim coordinates the school’s fall fundraiser and Year-End All School Picnic.

Rochambeau Middle School’s (RMS) volunteers, Gustenhoven and Bogdanffy, both serve on the PTO. Gustenhoven is the PTO president and volunteers for the school’s sandwich club, in which students make 300 sandwiches to donate to local soup kitchens. She also coordinates fundraising events that have allowed the

school to install 20 SMART Boards in classrooms.

Bogdanffy is the PTO treasurer who keeps track of fundraising checks. RMS Principal Anthony Salutari thanked her for the “countless hours she has put in helping the school.”

Pomperaug High School Principal Lorrie Rodrigue thanked Isaccs for serving as PTO president and coordinating school events. Rodrigue said Isaccs always is responsive to new ideas and fundraising strategies.

After the volunteer presentations, Assistant Superintendent Kelly Lyman told BoE members about upcoming changes to the curriculum under the new Common Core State Standards learning plan. Common Core is a stateled effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

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Region 15 Budget Referendum When: What: Where:

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Voting on Region 15 Budget Shepardson Community Center at 1172 Whittemore Road in Middlebury Southbury Fire House at 461 Main St. South in Southbury

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The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers and school administrators to prepare students for college and the workforce.

Lyman said 46 states adopted these standards; Connecticut adopted them in 2010. She will hold two more presentations at BoE meetings to inform members where Region 15 is in relation to Common Core and what will change in grading and professional development when Common Core is fully implemented in the school year 2013-14.

Lyman said Region 15 is in good shape, but some adjustments need to be made to the language arts and math curriculum. In language arts, schools will focus more on nonfiction texts with deep comprehension, something Lyman said the district has to work on with teachers. The curriculum also will include integration

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Conservation Commission deals with wetlands, swimming pools

Book Review “Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt’s Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York”

By Richard Zacks

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE

(Doubleday, $27.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox

The Middlebury Conservation Commission (CC) at its April 24 meeting approved a boardwalk at Abbotts Pond, two swimming pools, a Lake Quassapaug cottage restoration and a floating dock. It also accepted an application for sewer pump station upgrades, decided a wetlands permit was not required for a lot merger, and refused a restoration plan for wetlands at 79 Watertown Road.

The application by Justin Zinko to construct a 30-foot boardwalk across a swampy area at Abbotts Pond on Breakneck Hill Road was unanimously approved after commissioners walked the site. The boardwalk is part of a Boy Scout Eagle project that also will include cleaning up the area around the trail.

Construction of a 20- by 40-foot swimming pool at 460 Charcoal Ave. was approved 4-1 with the stipulation soil and erosion control measures protect the access road. A 15- by 30-foot pool at 192 Watertown Road was approved 3-2 after commissioners considered the small amount

Theodore Roosevelt was a force to be reckoned with, but not even he could tame New York City during the 1890s. During that decade, which would later be called the “naughty nineties,” the city was home to more than 40,000 prostitutes, countless brothels, gambling dens and all-night dives. There also were criminal rings and thugs of every type imaginable. Although Roosevelt admitted he knew nothing about police management, the future president became police commissioner in 1895 and made cleaning up the city his top priority.

Roosevelt immediately locked horns with the corrupt powers at Tammany Hall. He began making midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Rils so they could observe firsthand the lewd realities that seemed to lurk on almost every corner. As Roosevelt tried to persuade two million New Yorkers that wholesome family fun was more enjoyable than the sinful alternatives, he quickly learned the citizens of the city

loved sin more than salvation.

The 36-year-old Roosevelt had galloped into Manhattan vowing to drive out sin, only to find himself involved in a fight with streetsmart Irish cops, cunning madams and thirsty German beergarden lovers who rose up en masse when he tried to close saloons on Sunday.

Just as fascinating are the colorful, often outrageous characters featured in the narrative.

For example, the Rev. Charles Parkhurst, the minister of Madison Square Presbyterian Church, after being accused of knowing too little about vice, put on a disguise and personally toured some of the city’s more notorious dens, including brothels, saloons and even a transvestite club.

Author Richard Zacks has written a witty, richly detailed account of one of America’s most colorful politicians and his attempt to clean up the seedy underbelly of New York City. If this story had a moral it would be a simple one, namely never try to take a beer away from a New Yorker. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Call Log Date Time Address/Incident 4/18/12 10:04 984 Southford Road. Activated fire alarm.

Pull station armed by 7-year-old child. Child was reminded by the fire department of the seriousness of such actions.

Middlebury Community Calendar Monday, April 30 Greenway Committee 7 p.m............................................................... Shepardson Room 26

Tuesday, May 1 AARP Chapter 4960 Meeting 12:30 p.m................................................ Middlebury Senior Center Land Preservation & Open Space 6 p.m...................................................Town Hall Conference Room Mental Health Support Group 6 p.m............................. Russell Place, 1F, 969 W. Main, Waterbury

Wednesday, May 2 Region 15 Budget Referendum 6 a.m. to 8 p.m...............................Shepardson Community Center Zoning Board of Appeals 7:30 p.m.......................................................... Shepardson Room 26

Thursday, May 3 Public Hearing - Torrington Health District 6 p.m..............................................................Middlebury Firehouse Public Hearing - 2012-2013 Proposed Town Budget 7 p.m..............................................................Middlebury Firehouse Planning and Zoning 7:30 p.m......................................................Shepardson Auditorium Calendar dates/times are subject to change If your organization would like your event included in the community calendar, please e-mail the information to beeintelligencer@gmail.com

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of non-wetlands on the five-acre property. Mike Cosmos of Connecticut Pool & Spa spoke on behalf of both installations, describing the pools as infinity type with cartridges that require no backwash.

A Lake Quassapaug cottage reconstruction by David Messina at 6 Lake Road was unanimously approved. Scott Meyers of Meyers & Associates said the cottage will be slightly farther from the lake with impervious coverage remaining the same. Two large trees will be taken down, and several hemlocks will be replaced by arborvitaes.

A seasonal floating dock at 246 White Deer Rock Road was unanimously approved. Owner Felix Panasci told commissioners the 32-foot dock will be pressure-treated wood over black foam floats secured to cement anchors and will require no excavation or dredging.

An application by the Town of Middlebury Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) to renovate sewer pump stations at Shadduck Road, Benson Road and Long Meadow Road was unanimously accepted. WPCA

employee Kenneth Long said underground storage tanks will be removed and replaced with above-ground tanks along with mechanical upgrades to existing facilities but no expansion of capacity.

Commissioners agreed the merger of two Burr Hall Road lots

by Joseph Ventura did not require a wetlands permit because less disturbance and impervious area will result.

In enforcement matters, Sofia Branco of 79 Watertown Road was told a restoration plan proposed by Naugatuck contractor Sergio P. Vieira was inadequate.

Branco and her husband, Fernando, were issued a restoration order March 28 for an overbuilt retaining wall. The order requires them to restore the wall within 60 days in accordance with wetlands permit #308 issued August 2010.

The modified order followed a proposal by Vieira to lower the retaining wall and utilize the concrete blocks to provide a terraced slope to the wetlands. He was instructed to provide a detailed engineering plan within 15 days showing the construction

sequence, soil removal plan, planting schedule, wetlands protection plan and debris removal plan.

Town Engineer John Calabrese recommended a separate bottom and top construction phase with an inspection between the phases, and Chairman Paul Bowler recommended attention to landscaping aesthetics in consideration to neighbors. At a special meeting April 3, the CC voted 4-1 to modify the restoration order and come back with a plan at the next regular meeting.

Branco and Viera were told to provide a wetland planting plan prepared by a wetlands consultant and certified A2 engineering diagrams and T2 topographical diagrams. Bowler set a May 8 special meeting date to review those plans.

An application by Quinnipiac Game Association to swap the phasing of dredging at Atwood Pond was withdrawn. Bowler said the original dredging plan would be followed.

The next regular CC meeting is Tuesday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Shepardson Center, Room 26.

Library Happenings Middlebury Friends Annual Book Sale The Friends of the Middlebury Library Annual Book Sale will be Saturday through Tuesday, May 5, 6, 7 and 8, at the Middlebury Public Library. Saturday and Sunday hours will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission is free except a $5 fee will be charged for a preview sale Saturday, May 5, from 8 to 9 a.m. Monday, May 7, all sales will be 50 percent off regular prices.

Tuesday, May 8, a bag sale with all bags supplied at the sale will cost $5 per small bag and $10 per large reusable bag.

The sale will feature thousands of books, including fiction and trade paperbacks, mystery and suspense, history and biography, cooking, crafts and hobbies, children’s books, and audio books along with CDs, DVDs, LPs, computer and video games, puzzles and games.

For more information, call the library or email friendsofthemiddleburylibrary@gmail.com.

The Middlebury Library is at 30 Crest Road in Middlebury. For information, call 203-758-2634.

Naugatuck Calling all Gardeners Saturday, May 5, at 10:30 a.m., the Naugatuck Garden Club will revitalize the library’s butterfly and bird garden. An impressive group of volunteers of all ages has signed up to help. If you are interested in rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty, leave your name at the Children’s Circulation Desk or call 203-729-4591.

Whittemore Book Club The Whittemore Book Club will meet Tuesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in the Main Reading Room to discuss “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson.

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The library is planning a future fundraising event featuring “old bags” – not just any old bags, but rather gently used designer handbags (i.e., Coach, Kate Spade, Vera Bradley, Prada, Gucci, Versace, etc.). The library

This Georgia Sheron photograph will be on exhibit at the Southbury Public Library starting Wednesday, May 2.

(Submitted photo) is asking you to help by cleaning out your closet, not emptying out your wallet.

Your donation is fully tax deductible, and the library will provide you with a form for tax purposes upon your request.

Drop handbags off at the library.

For more information, contact Gina or Marilyn at 203-7294591.

The Howard Whittemore Memorial Library is at 243 Church St. in Naugatuck. For information, call 203-729-4591.

Southbury “Spring Flowers” Photographs Exhibit Georgia Sheron color and black-and-white photographs of tulips, daffodils and roses will be on display at the Gloria Cachion Art Gallery Wednesday, May 2, through Wednesday, June 13. The still life compositions were photographed using available light. Some are on canvas; others were hand printed on watercolor paper. Sheron, a former Southbury resident, took the photographs of farmer John Ludorf that are in the library’s permanent collection.

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Pansies - Bowls, Baskets, Flats Petunias • Azaleas • Roses • Shrubs Vegetable Plants • Perennials

Strawberry Plants • Onion Sets • Seed Potatoes Mulch available by the bag or by the yard Bird Seed Headquarters Deer Corn • Livestock and Poultry Feed Local eggs. Fresh daily. $3 per dozen

library is at 100 Poverty Road in Alternatively, call 203-405Southbury (203-262-0626).

6087 and leave a message including your name, email address and phone number. Registration is free, but space is limited, so reserve your place early.

Woodbury

Garden Lecture

The final garden series lecture Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m., will be “Trowels & Tomorrow: Garden Stewardship” with Tovah Martin. Martin is an author and a perennial, heirloom, vegetable and cottage gardener of fanatical proportions, who has recently earned her accreditation from the Northeast Organic Farming Association as an Organic Land Care professional.

Register for the lecture by calling 203-263-3502.

DWYL Workshop: Doing What You Love Maureen Moreau will present a workshop, “Doing What You Love,” Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The workshop is intended to bring to light an individual’s path and purpose by identifying the true values s/he was born with and “meant” to apply and experience throughout life.

It will focus on revealing and confirming one’s true values as keys to personal fulfillment and happiness, identifying and determining how to eliminate obstacles that prevent one from living and working with their true values at the center, and creating an action plan for living one’s true values in businesses, careers and lives.

Register for the workshop by sending an email with your name and telephone number (in case of last-minute cancellation) to maureen@topresultscoach.com. Your information will be kept private and not be shared with anyone.

Children’s Gardening Program The Pomperaug Valley Garden Club will host a gardening program for children at the library Friday, May 11, at 4 p.m. Children of all ages are invited to create a special floral gift for Mother’s Day. All supplies will be provided.

This program is free and open to area residents, but registration is required. For information or to register for this program call the Children’s Department at 203263-3502 or visit www.woodburylibraryct.org .

Six Pack Art Collective Exhibit The Six Pack Art Collective, composed of six artist friends, will present “Natural Forms” in the library gallery from Wednesday, May 2, to Wednesday, May 30. A wine and cheese reception with the artists will be Sunday, May 6, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the library.

Artists in the group are Dorie and Peter Petrochko of Oxford, Martha and Ted Schwerdtle of Roxbury, and Joan and Bill Anthony of Woodbury. Works on exhibit will include paintings done in a variety of media, pastels, wood crafts (wood vessels and wood sculpture), stone and wood sculptures, colored pencil drawings, and fish created from palm tree seed pods decorated with metal fins and tails.

For information, call 203-2633502 or visit www.woodburylibraryct.org. The library is at 269 Main St. South in Woodbury.

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Region 15 School Calendar Monday, April 30 Enrollment and Facilities Task Force.................. PHS Media Center .5 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 1 MMS Drama Dress Rehearsal.............................................. 3 to 6 p.m.

RMS Grade 8 Washington D.C. Field Trip BoE District Meeting......................... PHS All Purpose Room, No. 103 . 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 2 MMS Drama Production......................................5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

RMS Grade 8 Washington D.C. Field Trip GES Dads and Donuts................................................. Cafeteria, 7 a.m.

Region 15 Budget Referendum...............Shepardson Comm. Center . 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 3 MMS Talent Show Rehersal............................................ 2:45 to 5 p.m.

RMS Grade 8 Washington D.C. Field Trip

Friday, May 4 MMS Talent Show............................................................. 6 to 8:30 p.m.

PHS Spring Play.........................................Auditorium, 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, May 5 PHS Spring Play.........................................Auditorium, 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Region 15 website: www.region15.org

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Front, left to right, Jillian Campbell, Scarlett Broderick, Hannah Broderick, Sarah Belden, Olivia Zinno, Alyssa Lynch, and Erin Mulhall and back, left to right, Brittany McDonald, Adelaide Warinner, Walter Manuel, Kimberly Amelsberg, Ryann Collette, Lindsey McCormick, Angela Pesce, Meryl Bucciarelli, Molly Richardson competed in History Day. Missing are Emily Amarante, Niko Kotsaftis, Mathew Roper, Continued from page 1 Timothy Cohn, and Rebecca Hill. (Submitted photos) of technology and digital media.

For math, students will be required to understand how numbers work, and the most signifiTwenty-one Region 15 students competed Three-time History Day participant Recant changes will occur in the in the local History Day Contest at Wilbur becca Hill chose to create a website this year middle schools. Lyman said this Cross High School in March, and 11 of them – a change from her two years of creating a could be tricky for the students advanced to the Connecticut History Day documentary. now in middle school. So, high Competition this Saturday, April 28. Local “While there is a specific theme each year, school teachers have gone to the historians, educators, and other profession- History Day gives us the freedom of choice middle schools to help prepare als judged the students’ entries. to select how we want to present our project,” teachers, and middle school The annual competition engages middle said Hill. “Participating in History Day is a teachers have done the same at and high school students in researching and great way to help students prepare for school the elementary schools. Lyman interpreting a historical topic of their choice research projects.” said under Common Core, the related to an annual theme. This year’s theme Students who win at the state National district will have to revise its high is “Revolution, Reaction, and Reform.” Work- History Day contest Saturday will be eligible school algebra, geometry, algeing individually or in small groups, students to attend the Kenneth E. Behring National are encouraged to find primary and second- History Day Contest at the University of ary sources on their subject through research Maryland at College Park June 10 to 14. This in libraries and museums, interviews, and is where the best National History Day projvisits to historic sites. ects from across the United States, American The students may choose to present their Samoa, Guam, international schools and research in the form of a written historical Department of Defense schools in Europe There’s a website that rates gadpaper, live performance, documentary, web all meet and compete. gets just for us! Elder Gadget ranks design, or exhibit. The junior level is for midHistory Day is sponsored by the Connecticameras, computers and more dle school students in grades six to eight, and cut Historical Society, whose mission is to with an eye to how senior-friendly the senior level is for high school students inspire and foster a lifelong interest in history they are. Besides an overall rating, in grades nine to 12. through exhibitions, programs and Conit categorizes products in terms of Students who presented websites were necticut-related collections because exameasy to see, easy to use, easy to allowed to edit them before the state com- ining and understanding the past and con- PHS Freshman Tim Cohn won a first place hear and easy to understand. If petition, but the public could view them in necting the past with the present provides in the local history day competition for his that’s not enough, it even gives “Radium Girls” exhibit. Radium Girls were each item a Cool Factor number. their current state. For the websites, National a guide for the future.

History Day teamed with Weebly.com, and For more information about National female factory workers who contracted raIf you’re going to buy a gift for all students had to use the program, giving History Day in Connecticut and a list of all diation poisoning from painting watch di- a senior or want something helpals using paint containing deadly amounts ful for yourself, this might well be all students across the country an equal shot the state winners, go to ct.nhd.org. of radium. at the technology. a good place to check reviews for useful items.

How about a pair of reading glasses that comes with two tiny lights next to the lenses? No need for a flashlight if you need to look Junior Division - Memorial Middle School Senior Division - Pomperaug High School at something in a low-light situaJunior Group Exhibit Second Place: Lindsey McCormick, Angela Senior Group Documentary First Place: Niko Kotsaftis, Mathew tion.

Pesce, Erin Mulhall, Alyssa Lynch Roper What about a talking thermomProject: Airport Security Project: Branch Rickey: The Revolution of Baseball eter for when you’re cooking? You won’t need to squint at the tiny Junior Individual Documentary Second Place: Walter Manuel Senior Individual Exhibit First Place: Tim Cohn numbers on your digital therProject: Revolutionary Idea: The Silicone Chip Project: Radium Girls: Tragedy Leading to Industrial Reform mometer anymore.

Then there are the easy-to-use Junior Individual Exhibit Second Place: Kimberly Amelsberg Senior Individual Website Design Second Place: Rebecca Hill cameras; those with simple menus Project: Environmental Reforms for the Long Island Sound Project: The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Social and Structhat still have a whopping 12 tural Revolution megapixels to take really sharp Junior Individual Website Design Second Place: Ryann Collette Website: 37616344.nhd.weebly.com/ photos.

Project: Sacco & Vanzetti Trial And how about a small digital Website: 42380389.nhd.weebly.com/index.html emergency-alert radio? With a

Region 15 students enter history day competition

bra II, trigonometry and pre-calculus programs.

“Forty-six states are trying to do the same thing, so the wealth of information is huge,” Lyman said. “Resources can be shared by everybody. We are very fortunate we are well above the proficiency levels. Region 15 has not sat back.

We have less work to do.”

For more on Common Core, visit corestandards.org or sde. ct.gov.

The school budget referendum will be Wednesday, May 2, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Middlebury and Southbury. The next regular BoE meeting will be Monday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pomperaug High School All-Purpose Room.

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Students who advanced to the state competition

Senior Center News The next AARP Chapter 4960 meeting will be Tuesday, May 1, at 12:30 p.m. at the Shepardson Community Building in Room 26.

It will be an ice cream social. All are welcome.

AARP President Needed AARP Chapter 4960’s current president is retiring. If you are an AARP member and would like to serve as president, contact Vincent Cavalea at 203-758-2655.

Intergenerational Bingo Wednesday, May 2, the senior center is hosting a Bingo party for seniors and local school children following lunch, which is served at noon. Prizes will be given to winners.

Junipers Lunch The Middlebury Senior Center’s monthly luncheon at Junipers Restaurant will be Thursday, May 3. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat and get a ticket. You must have a ticket to be served.

The $10 fee includes the meal, tax and tip.

Stress Management Seminars The second stress management seminar will be Thursday, May 3, at 10 a.m. The topic will be

“Changing Thinking to Manage Basic Digital Computer Security Class Stress.” The third and final semiClass is one session either Photo Class nar will be Thursday, May 10, and Tuesday, May 8, or Tuesday, May This one-session class meets the topic will be “Mind and Body 15, from 10 a.m. to noon. Are your Stress Relievers – Let’s Practice!” Monday, May 7, and repeats on computer and information SEThe seminars are free. If you plan Monday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to CURE? Learn how to safeguard noon. Learn to download, edit, to attend, call 203-577-4166. organize and create online photo personal information. Learn to albums you can share with fam- detect and avoid nasty computer AARP Driver Safety ily and friends. Bring your cam- viruses. Credit card and online Program eras and laptops. The fee is $10 banking are safe if you follow these simple rules. The fee is $10 The next AARP Driver Safety per session. for each class. course will be Monday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the senior center. The nation’s first and largest driver refresher course uses new materials and new videos to present new defensive driving techniques, a refresher in laws Missed our fall testing dates? and regulations, new laws and We’re offering you another opportunity! regulations, how to deal with aggressive drivers, and how aging LATE ENTRANCE EXAM affects reaction time, vision and Tuesday, May 1st hearing.

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One of the best gadgets on the site is a temperature-control faucet light. If the water is cool, the color stays blue. Once the temperature rises above 89 degrees F, the light becomes red. No more putting your hands under water that’s too hot!

The best place to start exploring www.eldergadget.com is with the Find A Review drop-down list on the left side of the screen. It offers more than a dozen categories, including games, cell phones and laptops.

Matilda Charles regrets she cannot personally answer reader questions, but she will incorporate them into her column whenever possible.

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Stopping a leak from toilet base

In Brief Pasta Supper Location Changes Middlebury’s St. John of the Cross Mission Team’s 8th annual Pasta Supper Saturday, April 28, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. will be in the auditorium at Shepardson Community Center on Whittemore Road. Please note the new location. Dinner will be pasta with meatballs, bread, salad and dessert.

Tickets at $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10 with a family maximum of $30 can be purchased at the door. Proceeds will go toward funding the 2012 Mission Trip.

“Go Raw! Preparing Whole and Raw Foods for Perfect Health”

ing young mothers; the Community Based Life Skills Program, a life skills education program for children in foster care; and a vocational training program, Stitch Together.

Tickets are $40 in advance or at the door. For more information, or to purchase tickets online, visit www.lisainc.org or contact winetasting@lisainc.org.

Q:

I read your advice to Christine H. about figuring out where a puddle of water at the base of her toilet was coming from. You said if no other source of the leak could be detected, such as from the inlet valve, she should contact a plumber to replace the seal at the base of the toilet. Why can’t she just tighten down the bolts on either side of MRTC Dinner the toilet base? This might fix the The Middlebury Republican problem and cost zero dollars.

Town Committee annual Italian – Kent C., Atlanta Night Buffet will be Sunday, April 29, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the MidThat’s certainly worth dlebury Fire House. Tickets for a try since it really the all-you-can-eat buffet are $10 doesn’t cost anything. in advance; $12 at the door, with But be careful the bolts (or really, a family of five maximum of $40. the nuts securing the bolts) For information, call 203-758- aren’t tightened too much, as 1769. they could crack the porcelain base, requiring a complete reHousatonic placement of the toilet.

If this doesn’t resolve the isFly Fishermen The monthly meeting of the sue, a plumber should come in, Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s As- at least in the case of Christine sociation (HFFA) will be Thurs- H. For hearty do-it-yourselfers day, May 3, at 7 p.m. at St Paul’s who have some experience reEpiscopal Church at 65 North pairing pipes or replacing fauMain St. in Wallingford, Conn. cets, replacing the wax toilet seal The May meeting will include a can be done in an afternoon or presentation on methods of tying less. And the quicker it’s done your own leaders used on fly lines. the better, as the leak isn’t just There also will be fly-tying causing an inconveniently wet demonstrations, both fresh- and floor; it also could be affecting salt-water types. The meeting is the subfloor and causing silent free and open to the public. Re- water damage. freshments will be served.

The HFFA is dedicated to preserving and protecting the Housatonic River as well as furthering the sport of fly fishing. Monthly meetings are held the first Thursday of the month from September through June.

Saturday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m., Healthy Attraction LLC owner Karen Ellis HHC, nutritionist and raw food chef, will host a workshop at her kitchen storefront studio at 33 Bullet Hill Road, Suite 202, in Southbury.

Ellis will teach participants how to easily prepare healthy whole and raw food dishes – everything from cashew dips to raw smoothies – and create healthy menus. Participants will taste freshly-prepared raw food recipes. The fee is $50 per person, and seating is limited to 25. Call Sky Watch – Observing Karen Ellis at 203-437-5140 or the Night Sky email her at karen@healthyatSaturday, April 28, at 11 a.m. in tractionllc.com to make reservathe Wykeham Room of the Gunn tions. Learn more at www.

Memorial Library, Washington healthyattractionllc.com. resident and astronomy enthusiast Ray Reich will demonstrate Fifth Annual Fine Wine, how to observe the night sky with Food and Beer Tasting a “2012 Star Gazer Almanac.” ReThe fifth annual fine wine, food ich, a retired physics and astron- and beer tasting event to benefit omy teacher, will demonstrate the non-profit Living in Safe Alhow to use the easy-to-follow ternatives Inc. (LISA, Inc) will be almanac, a unique tool that allows Sunday, April 29, from 1 to 4 p.m. you to track the planets, locate the at the Lily Lake Inn on Central moon and the Milky Way and Avenue in Wolcott. Guests will watch meteor showers. enjoy an afternoon of fine wines, It’s designed specifically for specialty beer and tasty appetiznaked-eye astronomy – no tele- ers and live jazz music with Inscope required – making it ideal dian Summer Trio. This year’s for beginners, children and back- event also will feature cigars from yard astronomers. Each partici- The SmokeEasy Cigar Parlor. pant will receive a “Star Gazer Attendees will be able to order Almanac” that shows all the major by the bottle or by the case for a night sky planets and stars for substantial discount, and a part 2012. of the proceeds will benefit LISA Registration is required to en- Inc., a private, non-profit orgasure adequate supplies. This pro- nization serving the needs of gram is free and open to the pub- abused, abandoned, adjudicated lic. Call 860-868-7586 or visit and neglected youth. Its pro- Selectmen’s Breakfast www.gunnlibrary.org for more grams include two group homes The Greater Tribury Chamber information. The Gunn Memorial for teenage girls; the Supervised of Commerce will present “The Library and Museum is at Apartments and Independent State of Our Towns’ Economic 5 Wykeham Road at Route 47, in Living Program for teens, includand Business Climate” at the seWashington, Conn. lectmen’s breakfast, Wednesday, May 9, from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Southbury. It will feature First Selectmen Ed St. John of Middlebury, George Temple of Oxford, Ed Edelson of Southbury and Gerry Stomski of Woodbury.

The cost is $20 per person.

Tables of 10 are $180. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Go to www.greatertriburychamber.org or call 203-2674466 to RSVP.

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By Samantha Mazzotta To replace the toilet seal, you’ll need a new wax toilet ring, some plumber’s putty and a strong helper.

Turn off the water at the shutoff valve, usually located on the wall behind and below the toilet tank. Flush the toilet and then remove as much water from the toilet bowl as possible, first using a small cup and then a sponge.

Next, detach the inlet tube from the shutoff valve and from the base of the toilet tank.

Unbolt the tank from the toilet base and carefully lift it off. Then, unscrew the nuts that attach the base of the toilet to the floor. With your helper, carefully rock the toilet base back and forth to loosen the seals and caulking around the base, and then lift the toilet base up.

Next, tilt the toilet base so you can access the bottom and wipe away all the old putty and wax.

Clean the floor and the area around the drainpipe as well, so it’s completely dry and free of putty.

Put the replacement wax ring on the floor around the drainpipe. Then place plumber’s putty around the foot of the toilet base – one way is to create a putty “rope” and press it around the perimeter.

With your helper, lift the toilet base and position it over the wax ring, drainpipe and bolts. Ease it into position by rocking and pressing the base down so the new ring sits tightly in place. Attach the nuts to the bolts on either side of the base and tighten carefully.

Reattach the tank to the base; attach the water supply line to the tank and shutoff valve, and turn on the water supply, checking to make sure the supply line connection doesn’t leak. Finally, trim away the excess plumber’s putty from the foot of the toilet.

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Does the toilet base need to be sealed to the floor? Yes, for a number of reasons, and because it’s required by building code in most states.

Letters to the Editor

“Flat” budget preserves salary increases

To the Editor: The Region 15 Board of Education (BoE) approval of the budget projected a state of accomplishment and relief. A zero percentage increase is appreciated by the taxpayer, but aren’t the BoE and other elected officials suspicious regarding how it was accomplished?

All school budgets are dominated by “contractual obligations.” These two words therefore need intense scrutiny because of budget impact. The budget presentation, done in sequential phases, was a blueprint on how a projected 4.59-percent increase was reduced to zero percent.

Phase I – projected foundation increase – salary increases totaled $1.3 million, generating a budget increase of 4.59 percent.

Phase II – first adjustment – salary increases still $1.3 million, generating a budget increase reduction to 3.41 percent.

Phase III – second adjustment – salary increases still $1.3 million, generating a budget increase reduction to 1.38 percent.

Phase IV – final adjustment – salary increases still at $1.3 million, but revenue adjustments reduce budget increase to zero percent.

The bottom line is economies were accomplished, but the sacrosanct salary increase of $1.3 million was absorbed without a budget increase. How? Good fiscal management? The planets lined up right again like last year’s zero increase budget?

Don’t we have any elected officials curious about how the

neighboring school districts cannot make the same claim. And it is not luck that has put us in the enviable position we are in today as a highly ranked, financially sound school district. It is competent, forward-thinking management. Decision-making is proactive, not reactive. A careful, planful approach is applied when considering potentially costly changes to staffing and curriculum. And opportunities for savings, revenue increases and cost avoidance are actively sought out.

Your BoE representatives are not complacent when it comes to insuring taxpayers’ dollars are well and necessarily spent, and neither am I. I assure you the BoE will take a critical look at every request for funding and consider every possible opportunity to cut spending.

This year we have a zero percent budget presented for your approval. I am asking for your support of this budget, and by extension, your support of the good work done on your behalf in Region 15.

Janet Allen Butkus Dear Middlebury Voters: Chairman, Region 15 Board As a Southbury resident and of Education chair of Region 15’s Board of Education (BoE), I wanted to reach out to you and ask for your support of the school budget scheduled for referendum vote Letters to the Editor Wednesday, May 2.

Letters to the editor may be I realize this is an unusual re- mailed to the Bee-Intelligencer, quest from an unusual source. P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762 Historically, the majority of Mid- or emailed to beeintelligencer dlebury voters have voted against @gmail.com. proposed school budgets. I am Letters will be run as space perasking for your consideration in mits. Please limit letters to 500 changing that trend. words, avoid personal attacks, and If passed, this will be the third understand letters will be edited. consecutive year Region 15 will For verification purposes, please operate with the same bot- include your name, street address tom-line budget number. Our and daytime telephone number. budget increased $6.5 million since 2006/07? Do they know, in the same time frame, salaries and benefits increased $6.6 million?

Do the math! It’s obvious the entire budget increase of $6.5 million since 2006/07 has been for the exclusive benefit of the PTA Teacher’s Union members.

It’s not for the children, is it?

There is a solution. Eliminate contract negotiation by inadequate BoE members and recruit a professional negotiator to protect the taxpayers’ interests. This year’s budget is $60.25 million, of which 79.86 percent is committed to union salary and benefits. We’re way overdue to have a professional negotiation team confront the union’s professional negotiators on a level playing field.

Frank Pellegrini Southbury

Region 15 BoE members are not complacent

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Obituaries Gabrielle Mary Steele Granddaughter of John and Lois Sullivan

(Kathleen Brown-Carrano cartoon)

Gabrielle “Gaby” Mary Steele, 11, of Prospect, the loving daughter of Joseph R. Steele Sr. and Jacquelyn A. (Sullivan) Steele passed away with her family by her side after a brief illness Wednesday, April 25, at her home.

Gaby was born in Waterbury Jan. 15, 2001. Gaby had incredible physical challenges and disabilities for her entire life. She appreciated the very simple things in life and was a very happy little girl. Gaby enjoyed being outside on a windy day, the sound of birds chirping and the rustle of the leaves. Gaby liked many animals; her favorites were owls, ducks, squirrels and dolphins. Her favorite activity was playing musical instruments. She was so happy to

Last chance to see Gil Thorp cartoons locally The last Connecticut showing of cartoonist Jack Berrill’s original work for the comic strip “Gil Thorp” will be Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pomperaug Woods at 80 Heritage Road in Southbury. Following the exhibit, his work will move to its permanent new home, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum and Library at Ohio State University. Berrill’s widow Veronica, who lives at

Pomperaug Woods, is offering the public this retrospective of her late husband’s work.

See original “Gil Thorp” panels spanning from the ’50s into the mid-’90s, memorabilia associated with the strip and juvenilia and other works reflecting Berrill’s career as a cartoonist.

Veronica wrote that Berrill’s interest in cartooning started when he was a child in Brooklyn, N.Y. After graduating from the art

program at Brooklyn Technical High School, he was hired as a copy boy in the art department at the New York Daily News. During his second year there, his cartoons caught the eye of Martin Branner, creator of the cartoon feature “Winnie Winkle.”

Berrill wrote narrative for that strip until leaving to serve in the Army Air Corps for three years during World War II. When he returned, he resumed his collab-

oration with Branner and then, in 1958, sold his own comic strip, “Gil Thorp,” to the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.

The strip is about a high school coach and the students and teachers he encounters. From 1966 to 1976, Berrill also wrote and drew a Sunday News feature called “Teen Wise,” which offered gentle and humorous advice for teens.

Frugal Mummy high is you end up with it and end up taking it to Goodwill anyway.

3) Consider re-gifting items with tags on or giving to friends.

4) Take out sentimental items.

They’ll be too hard to sell and you’ll overprice them because subconsciously you don’t want to get rid of them!

5) Wash all clothes. Wipe down items.

6) Remove stained clothes and place in a “free” bin. I know if we see one stained item we move on as we figure maybe it all is stained.

7) Price everything or have an easy pricing system.

8) Sell food. Not only will this make you money, but it also will draw crowds, and crowds buy. Most places we see hot dogs, chips and pop for $2.

9) Place big, attractive items by the curb. That will draw in “drive-by” people.

10) Don’t have your sale two days running. If people see that in the paper, they’ll assume it’s picked over.

11) If you can, have it as part of a subdivision sale.

12) Presentation is the difference between people driving by and stopping. Use flags and balloons to draw attention.

13) Use already marked stickers you can buy cheap at the dol-

lar store to price your items easily.

14) Advertise well. I went to a subdivision sale once that wasn’t in the paper. Needless to say, they had hardly any visitors.

15) A few hours before closing (say noon) start to mark items down. We met some ladies who every 30 minutes were getting up and marking stuff down. They sold nearly all their stuff that way.

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When medicines fail to quell heartburn DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 25.

I have a serious case of GERD. I’ve been put on four different medicines. They aren’t working.

I also have palpitations throughout the day. I’ve been told by doctors and nurses there is nothing dangerous about them. I’d like to know if this true.

– J.C. ANSWER: Gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) is heartburn. It’s the upward spurting of stomach acid and digestive juices into the esophagus; the swallowing tube, a place that is not able to cope with these corrosive juices the way the stomach is.

Eliminate or go easy on foods that make GERD worse: citrus fruits; tomatoes; onions; carbonated drinks; spicy, fatty or fried foods; chocolate; peppermint; and caffeine. If you’re overweight, weight loss lessens GERD symptoms. Don’t lie down after eating. Don’t smoke. Sleep with your head, chest and stomach on a slope by putting 6-inch blocks under the bedposts at the head of your bed. That position keeps stomach acid in the stomach.

Don’t wear anything like tight pants or tight belts that constrict your stomach.

Medicines called “proton pump inhibitors” nearly completely turn off acid production.

Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec, Protonix, Aciphex and Dexilant are their names. If you still have heartburn while on these medicines, it’s OK to use an antacid along with them.

If medicines fail, other causes of heartburn need consideration, things like bile reflux or eosinophilic esophagitis. If these conditions aren’t found, then surgical treatment of GERD is an option that’s open to you.

Palpitations mean a thumping or racing heart. They can be felt as a thud in the chest. The cause is an extra beat – or more correctly, a premature beat – one that comes before it should. The beat after a premature beat is

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delayed. During the delay, the heart fills with more blood than usual and causes a thump in the chest when the heart empties.

Premature beats are almost always innocent and need no treatment. You can believe your doctors and nurses.

The booklet on GERD explains this common malady and its treatment. To order a copy, write: Dr. Donohue – No. 501W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Can you give me insight into the Hamman-Rich syndrome? My father passed away from it. – L.R. ANSWER: I can tell you only a little because only a little is known about it. It’s a lung injury that comes on suddenly, with damage to the lung air sacs (the

alveoli) and the spaces between the air sacs, the interstitium. The cause is unknown. Because of such destruction, oxygen cannot get into the blood. Patients are severely short of breath, have a fever and they cough. The only medicines are ones to keep the person going as best as possible.

There is no cure medicine. Even with a ventilator, death happens to more than 60 percent of these patients.

It’s an illness that reminds doctors they don’t have an answer for every malady. You and your family have my condolences.

Dr. Donohue regrets he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. (c) 201 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Joseph Tripodi

Father of Lucy Devino Joseph Tripodi, 78, of Waterbury passed away at Waterbury Hospital Monday surrounded by his loving family. He was the widower of Ida C. (Sapone) Tripodi.

Joseph was born in Trunca, Reggio Calabria, Italy, Dec. 3, 1933, son of the late Francesco and Fortunata (Sapone) Tripodi. He came to the United States in 1960 and worked for Century Brass for 30 years, retiring in 1998. He loved cooking, gardening, fishing, and sports, but most of all he loved spending time with his grandchildren. In 2008, he enjoyed a special trip to Italy with his children and grandsons to visit his birthplace. He was a communicant of SS. Peter and Paul Church.

Joseph is survived by a son, Frank Tripodi and his wife, Cathy, of Wolcott; a daughter, Lucy Devino and her husband, Frank, of Middlebury; a brother, Stefano, and two sisters, Teresa and Nicolina, all of Italy; four grandchildren: Paul and Lea Tripodi and Nicholas and Olivia Devino; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter, Nancy Tripodi.

Joseph’s funeral Thursday was followed by burial in Calvary Cemetery.

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Tips for a successful garage sale A friend and I are ardent garage salers. This year in Chicagoland the weather has turned nice quicker than usual, and garage sales are already popping up. I’ve only had a couple of sales myself, but as a weekly garage saler, I’ve become a semi-expert and have lots of tips for you if you’re looking to get rid of your items at a sale.

1) The ultimate goal of the sale is to get rid of as much stuff as possible. To do that you need to price low.

2) Take out anything you want to get more money for and consider selling it in your local paper’s classifieds, eBay or Craigslist. What usually happens if you price it too

have someone help her play the piano or the guitar. Gaby loved to go swimming with her dad and dancing with her mom. She loved to have her brother and sisters read to her and play Wii. Gaby had a beautiful smile and adorable giggle, and her bright blue eyes lit up the room. She spoke only a few words, but had a unique way of “talking” with her eyes and facial gestures.

Her family would like to thank the many dedicated and caring doctors, therapists and educators who have helped Gaby over the years. The love, care and compassion of her nurses will never be forgotten. We are very blessed to have a close and caring network of family and friends who have always been there to help us throughout Gaby’s life.

Besides her parents, she leaves a brother, Joseph R. Steele Jr., and two sisters, Kristyn L. Steele and Katelyn E. Steele, all of Prospect; her paternal grandmother, Sarah L. Steele of Prospect; her maternal grandparents, John R. and Lois A. Sullivan of Middlebury; and her maternal greatgrandmother, Concetta Fabian of Watertown. She was predeceased by her paternal grandfather, Kenneth M. Steele.

A funeral Mass to celebrate her life will be Monday, April 30, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Southbury. Family and friends are asked to meet directly at the church.

Christian burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Watertown.

There are no calling hours.

Memorial contributions in Gaby’s memory to help other children with special needs may be made directly to the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 7001, Prospect, CT 06712 or G I L Foundation, 34 Waterbury Road, Ste. 1, Prospect, CT 06712.

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Run for Rescue Saturday Animals For Life Inc., a local nonprofit animal rescue group is hosting its 10th annual “Run for Rescue, Inspired by Spotty” road race Saturday, April 28, at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting. The Run for Rescue is AFL’s most widely attended event. Last year, close to 300 participants and their families attended.

The run comprises three events: Humans may run solo in a USATF-certified 5K race, or run with their dog in a separate twomile race. Participants who prefer to walk may join in an untimed two-mile walk with or without their dogs. Registration begins at 8 a.m. the day of the event, and the first race is at 9:30 a.m.

Online registration is available at www.active.com, and registration forms also may be downloaded from the AFL website, www.animalsforlifect.org. The race is limited to 350 people.

Awards will be given to top finishers of each race, with canine award baskets provided by Pet

Aesthetics.

Connecticut K-9 will be present to offer obedience demonstrations, and artist Robbie Pelletier of Lavish Republic will be on hand to offer animal as well as human caricatures. Several pet-related vendors also will be present throughout the afternoon. Food and refreshments will be served at the concession stand.

The day also features a dog and cat adoption. Potential adopters will have the opportunity to interact with the animals in need, and applications will be available for those who want to pursue adoption.

Animals For Life has been a staple in the community since 1996, and its dedicated volunteers have rescued over 3,800 animals.

These animals are evaluated, vetted, and placed into loving homes. Volunteers and donations are always welcome.

For more information, contact Kathie at aflterriers5@yahoo.com or call Animals for Life at (203)758-2933.

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Annual Flea Market and Silent and Live Auction Saturday, May 5, 2012

(Events at Shepardson Community Center, 1172 Whittemore Road) Flea Market (free admission)......9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Flea Market Early Admission ($10 donation)...................................... 8:30 a.m.

Silent Auction and Auction Preview Party ($10 donation)...................................... 5:30 p.m.

Live Auction............................................... 7 p.m.

Seeking donations of antiques, collectibles, fine and gently used furniture, unique items, and items of historical interest.

Call Jeanine at 203-758-2671. Donations are tax-deductible, and pickup is available.

Dropoffs at the church (1242 Whittemore Road) Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. to noon Monday to Thursday, April 30 to May 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at Shepardson Center Friday, May 4, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Worship with us Sunday at 10 a.m. All are welcome!

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Earth Day - Part 2 So what will you do to honor the Earth, to show her you care and honor her worth? Earth Day passed last week with a blast, though every day is Earth Day, so let’s make it last. There are hundreds more days until the next Earth Day is here, so make it your joy to keep Earth Day near.

How will you do this as life takes over? Well, read on my friends; find your own four-leaf clover.

This week’s nuggets for life are to continue your good intentions and actions of last week’s Earth Day every day this year in small yet potent ways.

Recycle your clothes; get rid of the stuff that clutters your spaces and say enough! Turn off the water when brushing your teeth, and take cool showers for health and relief. Save on electrical use in your home and un-

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Boat Rack Lottery

Lottery requests for a boat rack at the Middlebury Recreation Area must be received in the Parks and Recreation office no later than today, Friday, April 27. The drawing

By CYNTHIA will be Wednesday, May 2, in the Parks and DE PECOL Recreation office. Those selected will be notified by email or telephone within 48 plug devices to spend time alone. hours after the lottery.

Make use of sunshine and naDIY Furniture Restoration ture’s fresh scents; hanging your sheets outside makes perfect Instructor Gordon A. Frohn will teach sense! Lower the thermostat, how to revive your treasures like a pro carpool to work, think of your Wednesdays, May 2 to 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. own ways to make earth year in Shepardson Community Center, Room 5. work!

Learn how to restore an existing piece of Happy National Poetry Month! furniture using ordinary household prodCheck out www.poets.org for ucts. Gordon Frohn has been in the business inspiration in your life. of restoring furniture since 1952. The fee is Cynthia De Pecol is a Yoga In- $37 for residents; $42 for nonresidents for structor, Reiki Master and Life five weeks.

Coach who lives in Washington, Conn. See lifecoachingllc.com or Pilates email lifecoach3@aol.com Instructor Carol Brunick will teach Pilates Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 8 to June 28, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Fridays, May 9 to June 29, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Shepardson Community Center. Pilates exercises help correct posture and improve April 27 to May 4, 2012 balance as well as heighten body awareness

Pomperaug High School Varsity Games Baseball

Friday, April 27............... Bunnell (A).................................................. 4:15 p.m.

Monday, April 30............ Brookfield (A)............................................... 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday, May 2......... Newtown (A)..................................................... 6 p.m.

Friday, May 4.................. Masuk (H).................................................... 4:15 p.m.

boats 19.5 feet or longer. Students should bring a pen/pencil to class. The fee is $62 for residents; $72 for nonresidents.

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and alignment. Focus on breath control promotes relaxation and release of tension.

Bring an exercise mat ¼-inch or thicker.

The fee is $82 for residents; $92 for nonresidents.

One-Day Safe Boating & PWC Certification Course This single session, eight-hour course taught by Professional Marine Education will be offered to those 12 and older Saturday, May 19, and Saturday, June 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 26 at Shepardson Community Center. It provides a certificate of completion as partial fulfillment of the requirements to obtain the Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation, which allows the operation of motorized recreational vessels up to 65 feet and sail-

Curtain Call Kids Theatre Company, which brought you “Seussical Jr,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Beauty & the Beast Jr,” and “Willy Wonka Jr.,” is planning its fifth production, “Wizard of Oz” (pending rights approval). The program designed for young actors ages 8 to 18 will meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday, May 21 to Aug. 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Center.

Performances Aug. 17 and 18 will be at the Thomaston Opera House.

Youth with a flair for drama who want to learn the ins and outs of being in a stage production will be instructed by theater veterans Deb McKenna, Rich McKenna and T.J. Thompson, who will teach them stage directions, voice instruction and acting techniques at rehearsals as everyone works together towards the final performance.

Children may audition for specific roles; however, everyone is guaranteed a part.

Curtain Call Kids is a way to boost a child’s self-esteem and help them with memorization, public speaking and time management. The fee is $150 for residents; $160 for nonresidents.

Pomperaug’s Cherry throws second no-hitter

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By STEPHEN DAVIS Monday, April 30............ Immaculate (H)................................................. 3 p.m.

Pomperaug High School seTuesday, May 1............... Bethel (A)......................................................... 3 p.m.

Thursday, May 3............. Oxford (A) (Tournament)................................... 9 a.m. nior David Cherry didn’t stop at one no-hitter. After pitching last Boys Lacrosse week’s no-hitter in Danbury Friday, April 27............... Trumbull (H)...................................................... 7 p.m. against the Immaculate MusTuesday, May1................ Watertown (A)................................................... 7 p.m. tangs, he duplicated his perforThursday, May 3............. Danbury (A)...................................................... 6 p.m. mance this week – this time with a 5-0 April 24 shut-out over the Girls Lacrosse Friday, April 27............... Watertown (A)................................................... 7 p.m. New Fairfield Rebels at PomperMonday, April 30............ Newtown (H)..................................................... 7 p.m. aug Park in Southbury.

During the game, Cherry Thursday, May 3............. New Milford (H)................................................. 7 p.m. pitched seven strong innings, Boys Outdoor Track walked one batter, and struck out Saturday, April 28........... O’Grady Relays (A)............................................ 9 a.m. seven Rebels. Throughout the Tuesday, May 1............... Notre Dame-Fairfield, Brookfield, Weston (H)..... 4 p.m. game, New Fairfield managed only two base runners. After a Girls Outdoor Track Saturday, April 28........... O’Grady Relays (A)............................................ 9 a.m. scoreless first inning, Pomperaug Monday, April 30............ Brookfield, Notre Dame-Fairfield, Weston (A)..... 4 p.m. scored first as Cherry smacked a double to left field that a diving Softball Jayson Joyal just missed.

Friday, April 27............... Bunnell (A).................................................. 4:15 p.m.

Andrew Reel got on base as Monday, April 30............ Lauralton Hall (H)......................................... 4:15 p.m.

New Fairfield pitcher Mike JamWednesday, May 2......... Newtown (A)..................................................... 7 p.m. ieson misplayed a sacrifice bunt, Friday, May 4.................. Masuk (A).................................................... 4:15 p.m. and the runners advanced to first Boys Tennis and third base. Max Calvert got Monday, April 30............ Brookfield (A)............................................... 3:45 p.m. the Panthers on the board as he Wednesday, May 2......... New Milford (H)............................................ 3:45 p.m. hit a line drive to left center, scoring two runs and giving the PanGirls Tennis thers a 2-0 lead. The Panther bats Monday, April 30............ Brookfield (H).............................................. 3:45 p.m. would be silenced for most of the Wednesday, May 2......... New Milford (A)............................................ 3:45 p.m. game until the fifth inning.

(H) Home (A) Away Mike Foley started that inning off with an infield single, and he eventually came around to score on a single by Cherry. Nick DeLotto scored next, and then Cherry scored from third base when Max Calvert was caught in a run down. This smart play by Pomperaug, seen many times

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last year, has been a great way for the team to score some runs.

The defense played a big role in preserving the no-hitter. In the top of the sixth inning, Mike Jamieson hit a soft ground ball down the third base line. Garrett DeLotto, knowing he had little time to field it with his glove, scooped the ball with his bare hand, and rifled a throw to his brother, Nick, at first base. Cherry recorded the final out when a soft line drive hit off his glove, but he calmly took his time, tossed the ball into Nick DeLotto’s glove, and he had his second no-hitter of the season.

After the game Cherry said, “It was much sweeter than the first one,” and, “It was nice to get back at them,” referring to Pomperaug’s loss to New Fairfield earlier in the season. Cherry also said he felt better against New Fairfield than he did against Immaculate, and the defense helped him because New Fairfield was able to put the ball in play often.

Cherry’s brother Adam was a stellar pitcher and second baseman for Pomperaug and was a member of the team that won a state championship in 2010.

Asked what he learned from his brother, Cherry said, “Adam told me to go to the weight room

more often.” He said he attended all of Adam’s games.

Matt Calzone, the Pomperaug senior catcher who caught his third no-hitter of the season, having also caught the no-hitter pitched by Andrew Reel against Weston April 20, said, “This one feels the same as all the other ones.”

Calzone also said, “Near the end of practice last night (Monday), I was talking with Coach (Andy) Cloutier and since he

wasn’t here the last few games, he had confidence in me.”

With the win, the Panthers improved their record to 8-1 as they headed into three away games. Wednesday they were traveling to Redding to face the Joel Barlow Falcons. This was to be followed by a matchup with the Bunnell Bulldogs in Stratford Friday before their road trip concluded Monday with them facing the Brookfield Bobcats at Brookfield High School.

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1. Who was the first major-league player from the Dominican Republic?

2. What major-league player had the most at-bats as a designated hitter?

3. Who was the first NFL running back to rush for consecutive 1,000-yard seasons?

4. Who was the last Harvard basketball player before Jeremy Lin to play in the NBA? 5. Who scored four goals to lead the U.S. men’s hockey team to the gold medal in the 1960 Olympics?

6. Name five of the nine NASCAR Cup drivers to have won at least three season titles.

7. How many times did Jimmy Connors play in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open?

Answers: 1. Ozzie Virgil played with the New York Giants in 1956.

2. Harold Baines, with 5,806 atbats as a designated hitter during his 22-year major-league career.

3. Joe Perry of the San Francisco 49ers, 1953-54.

4. Ed Smith played with the New York Knicks in 1953-54.

5. Roger Christian.

6. Richard Petty (7), Dale Earnhardt (7), Jimmie Johnson (5), Jeff Gordon (4), Lee Petty (3), David Pearson (3), Tony Stewart (3), Darrell Waltrip (t3) and Cale Yarborough (3).

7. Twice -- he won the title in 1974 and lost in 1975.

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY MEANS OF FINANCING - FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013 REVENUES

As of March 31 Actual Revenues Approved Budget Actual Revenues Estimated Revenues Proposed Budget FY 2010-11 w/ Amend FY 11-12 9 Months FY 11-12 for FY 11-12 FY 2012-13

Property Taxes............................................$24,697,934 ..........$25,431,466 ..........$25,253,608 ............ $25,350,000 ........ $25,453,753 Supplemental Auto........................................... 145,097 .................120,000 .................163,137 ................... 163,137 ............... 140,000 Prior Years Taxes.............................................. 363,924 .................270,000 .................402,456 ................... 402,456 ............... 270,000 Interest/Penalties.............................................. 168,888 .................120,000 .................183,679 ................... 183,679 ............... 120,000 Tax Collector Copies.....................................................-............................. -.........................229 .......................... 294 ...................... 250 Total Property Taxes..................... $25,375,843 ......... $25,941,466 ......... $26,003,109 ........... $26,099,566 ....... $25,984,003 State Grants..................................................... 364,692 .................285,410 .................167,145 ................... 285,410 ............... 288,706 Investment Income............................................. 55,131 ...................50,000 ...................24,552 ..................... 30,000 ................. 35,000 Assessor Copier Fees............................................. 658 ........................450 ........................558 .......................... 600 ...................... 450 Assessor Personal Property Audits...............................-..................120,000 .................105,260 ................... 120,000 ............... 120,000 Town Clerk........................................................ 123,342 .................125,725 .................107,912 ................... 125,725 ............... 148,400 Building Department......................................... 197,513 ................ 168,150 .................. 92,461 ................... 140,000 .............. 120,550 Donations / Tower Rental Revenues................ 241,542 ................ 182,335 ................ 149,367 ................... 182,335 .............. 197,937 Health Department............................................... 9,983 .................. 11,540 .............................-................................-........................... Water Commission............................................... 3,603 .................... 5,000 .................... 3,003 ....................... 4,000 .................. 4,000 Fire Department............................................................-............................. -........................ 947 ...................... 1,007 .......................... Police Department.............................................. 15,765 .....................8,400 .....................9,166 ....................... 9,500 ................. 10,100 Public Works Department/Sale Of Old Assets...............-......................6,100 .............................-........................ 5,982 .......................... Transfer Station Fees......................................... 53,054 ...................52,000 ...................30,133 ..................... 35,000 ................. 45,500 Park & Rec Self Sustaining Account................ 157,083 .................172,000 .................150,198 ................... 172,000 ............... 172,000 Park & Recreation.............................................. 52,249 ...................65,250 ...................13,396 ..................... 65,250 ................. 66,550 Elderly Program Revenue.................................. 16,900 ...................18,475 ...................10,888 ..................... 18,475 ................. 20,475 Public Library........................................................ 5,712 .................... 5,200 .................... 3,374 ....................... 5,200 .................. 5,200 Education Cost Sharing - State........................ 586,577 .................684,186 .................342,094 ................... 684,186 ............... 719,899 Reimbursement From Region #15................................-....................10,000 .............................-................................-........................... Special Duty Fund.........................................................-....................59,973 ...................44,980 ..................... 59,973 ............... 104,400 Capital Non Recurring Fund..........................................-....................17,200 .....................5,400 ..................... 17,200 ................... 7,200 Infrastructure Trust Fund...............................................-..................121,166 ...................38,628 ................... 121,166 ................113,552 Park & Rec Rev Fund....................................................-....................10,000 .............................-................................-.................. 10,000 Library Improvement Fund............................................-....................46,734 ...................32,524 ..................... 46,734 ................. 42,985 Total Revenues.................................... 27,259,647 ........... 28,166,760 ........... 27,335,093 ............. 28,229,309 ......... 28,216,907 Transfers From Sewer Fee & Assessment......... 75,659 ...................80,000 ...................37,830 ..................... 80,000 ............... 283,270 Total Means Of Financing................ 27,335,306 ........... 28,246,760 ........... 27,372,922 ............. 28,309,309 ......... 28,500,177 Town of Middlebury Appropriations Summary 2012-2013

Expenditures

As of March 31 Actual Expenses Adopted Budget Actual Expenses Estimated Expenses Proposed Budget For Fy 11-12 Fy 2012-13 Fy 2010-11 W/Revisions Fy 11-12 9 Months Fy 11-12

Board Of Selectman........................................$133,680 ...............$136,971..................$96,368.................. $136,971.............. $136,071 Finance Department......................................... 251,057 .................262,466..................181,255.................... 262,466................ 243,060 Town Treasurer..................................................... 4,402 .....................4,491......................3,367........................ 4,491.................... 4,491 Assessor........................................................... 147,704 .................205,459..................153,840.................... 205,459................ 180,909 Tax Collector....................................................... 86,016 ...................93,683....................73,438...................... 93,683.................. 87,945 Town Clerk........................................................ 110,228 .................112,749....................83,513.................... 112,749.................112,749 Registrar Of Voters............................................. 37,442 ...................53,549....................21,266...................... 53,549.................. 58,029 Board Of Finance............................................... 31,543 ...................32,729....................31,300...................... 32,729.................. 32,529 Board Of Assessment Appeals............................. 1,051 .....................5,099.........................639........................ 5,099.................... 1,000 Legal................................................................. 129,971 .................125,000..................105,074.................... 125,000................ 125,000 Probate Court..................................................... 16,020 ...................17,000......................7,769...................... 17,000.................. 15,000 Town Hall............................................................ 75,467 ...................67,861....................56,808...................... 67,861.................. 73,530 Building Department......................................... 107,810 .................110,740....................80,082.................... 110,740.................116,574 Payments To Other Jurisdictions.......................... 9,459 .....................9,494......................9,474........................ 9,494.................. 45,671 Planning And Zoning.......................................... 32,815 ...................27,209....................19,917...................... 27,209.................. 21,999 Zoning Board Of Appeals..................................... 4,574 .....................5,229......................4,700........................ 5,229.................... 6,305 Conservation Commission................................. 14,672 ...................14,469......................8,556...................... 14,469...................11,769 Economic Development Committee........................ 708 ........................475.........................475........................... 475....................... 750 Beautification Committee..................................... 1,629 .....................1,475.............................0........................ 1,475.................... 1,475 Insurance.......................................................... 307,701 .................329,771..................300,712.................... 329,771................ 340,484 Historical Society.................................................. 3,718 .....................3,410......................2,427........................ 3,410.................... 3,900 Health Department............................................. 60,243 ...................62,647....................44,931...................... 62,647........................... 0 Water Commission............................................. 79,707 ...................81,597....................57,018...................... 81,597.................. 86,456 Fire Department............................................... 230,827 .................222,789..................141,582.................... 222,789................ 223,284 Civil Preparedness............................................... 1,212 .....................1,500......................1,482........................ 1,500.................... 1,500 Fire Marshal....................................................... 10,421 ...................11,420......................7,796...................... 11,420...................11,530 Police Department......................................... 1,161,275 ..............1,195,665..................903,024................. 1,195,665............. 1,243,318 Communications Center................................... 306,436 .................307,925..................228,391.................... 307,925................ 212,401 Engineering........................................................ 22,428 ...................30,000......................4,038...................... 30,000.................. 20,000 Buildings And Grounds..................................... 247,415 .................246,142..................184,340.................... 246,142................ 247,819 Shepardson Community Center......................... 41,355 ...................43,525....................33,433...................... 43,525.................. 43,525 Public Works.................................................. 1,425,782 ..............1,406,445..................955,068................. 1,406,445............. 1,417,043 Waste Removal................................................ 315,659 .................316,061..................225,610.................... 316,061................ 315,517 Park & Rec Self Sustaining Account................ 176,334 .................177,300..................131,925.................... 177,300................ 161,000 Park & Recreation............................................ 257,067 .................240,593..................162,338.................... 240,593................ 233,106 Youth & Family Services..................................... 48,475 ...................45,000....................45,000...................... 45,000.................. 45,000 Social Services................................................... 41,956 ...................43,268....................33,005...................... 43,268.................. 43,315 Elderly Services.................................................. 67,612 ...................73,443....................53,799...................... 73,443.................. 72,543 Public Library.................................................... 416,811 .................395,271..................301,965.................... 395,271................ 395,271 Employee Benefits........................................ 1,846,157 ..............2,000,994...............1,692,792................. 2,000,994............. 2,039,754 Contingency Fund........................................................0....................37,789.............................0...................... 37,789.................. 50,000 Information Technology...................................... 52,926 ...................27,477....................24,000...................... 27,477.................. 60,000 Debt Service..................................................... 547,207 .................442,000..................405,569.................... 442,000................ 250,000 Refund Of Taxes................................................. 10,119 ...................25,000......................8,989...................... 25,000.................. 15,000 Capital Budget-Town / Facilities....................... 205,988 .................287,053..................177,083.................... 287,053................ 285,003 Capital Budget-Town / Public Safety............................0....................45,300......................4,800...................... 45,300................ 125,180 Extraordinary Items.............................................42,283......................4,025......................3,094........................ 4,025.................. 38,625 Capital Non-Recurring Fund................................14,263................... 14,200 .................. 11,259 ..................... 14,200.................. 14,200 Municipal Infrastructure Fund..............................81,171................. 127,154 ................ 127,154 ................... 127,154................ 127,154 Library Improvement Fund..................................39,763................... 46,734 .................. 27,982 ..................... 46,734........................... 0 Park & Rec Revenue Fund....................................9,983................... 10,000 ............................0...................... 10,000.................. 10,000 Total Town Appropriations...............9,268,542...............9,587,646...............7,238,448................. 9,587,646............. 9,406,782 Department Of Education.................17,927,638.............18,677,886.............15,756,665............... 18,677,886........... 19,093,395 TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS.......................$27,196,180...........$28,265,532...........$22,995,113............. $28,265,532......... $28,500,177

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Adopt a Rescue Pet

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 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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PET OF THE WEEK Sid lives with the Lonie family in Waterbury.

Is human remedy safe for dogs?

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Our dog, “Kerry,” has pigmentary keratitis, and our vet prescribed tacrolimus and gentamycin solutions, which are very expensive.

Instead, we are trying Similasan dry eye relief in Kerry’s eyes. Is this safe to use? It seems to be working. – C. Tobias DEAR C.: Pigmentary keratitis can be difficult to treat and often is chronic in many dogs. According to vision4pets.com, this clouding of the cornea is caused by chronic inflammation stemming from a number of possible issues such as constant irritation from hairs, decreased tears, an incomplete blink reflex, abnormally shaped eyelids or very

prominent eyes – such as those seen in pugs and other shortfaced breeds.

Because it’s chronic, Kerry likely must be treated with eye drop solutions like the ones you mentioned, and they are indeed often expensive.

Using Similasan may be one option. According to justanswer. com’s veterinary section, while

this dry-eye treatment is normally for humans, it can be applied to your dog’s eyes two or three times a day. The website didn’t find Similisan to be very effective, but if it’s working for Kerry, then it’s worth a try. Just be sure to tell Kerry’s vet you’re using it so he can monitor its effectiveness and make sure it’s safe for your dog.

As far as using it long term, definitely consult the vet. Treating pigmentary keratitis properly is important, because it not only makes your dog more comfortable, it also slows or prevents the pigmentation of the cornea, which can cause vision loss.

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Dexter is a young male Blue Tick Beagle recently rescued from a local pound. He is laid back and friendly, and he enjoys the company of people as well as other dogs. In the short time he’s been with Animals For Life, Dexter already has made several canine friends he loves to play with. He hopes his new home will have a fenced-in yard where he can run and play with his family. Like most Beagles, this fellow loves to go for walks and explore, so a secure fence will keep him safe! Please visit him at the AFL shelter during adoption hours.

JAKE Jake is a 5-year-old American Bulldog. He has an all white coat with little brown markings on his ears. This pup is smart, likes to please and has a GREAT SMILE. Jake is a joy to train and lives to learn. He also likes to go for rides in the car, enjoys long walks and often can be found relaxing outside in the sun. If you want a trusting canine who will adapt quickly, please call Animals For Life about Jake.

For more information on these pets, call 203-758-2933 or visit Animals for Life at the Middlebury Transfer Station on Rte. 63 at the corner of Woodside Ave. Adoption hours this week are Monday and Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 3 p.m. The adoptable animals also will be at Quassy Amusement Park Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the AFL Run for Rescue.

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Peggy Sue is sweet girl who will need just a week or two to get acclimated to a new home because she learned the hard way not all people are nice!

She has the best manners and is very sweet, but because of her shyness, she will need a quiet home to call her own. She is fine with other cats, but is afraid of dogs.

You will get a lot of smiles as well as love from this beautiful guy!! This is Gizmo. He was in a foster home and is now back for adoption. He will need an understanding, loving person to call his own. He does not like a lot of activity in the home, so we are looking for a quiet home where he can be loved and adored!!

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.

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You will need a tool, such as a

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Select a key on the keyboard that is hardly used to test and practice removing the keys and putting them back on. One suggestion is the pause/break or insert keys. Set the tool under one corner and gently pry off the key. I use a towel under the keyboard to “catch” any flying keys. Then try to put the key back on. If it goes on easily, then continue to remove all the keys.

NOTE: Take a picture or use another keyboard as a template to use when putting the keys back on in the right sequence. Take all the keys and wash them in warm water, soap or alcohol. Place them on another towel to air dry. Use a can of compressed air to blow away dirt from the board itself. Be careful around the areas where the keys attached, as there may be small clips that can “blow” away.

Next, take a soft cloth and wet it with alcohol (do NOT spray or pour onto the keyboard), and wipe off the keyboard surface. After a few minutes, the keyboard should be dry, as should the keys. Pop each key back into place using your template as a guide.

Plug it in or put the batteries back and test the keyboard.

Should be like new!!

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