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Volume IX, No. 12
Winter’s End?
Friday, March 22, 2013
Celebrate Earth Hour Saturday By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
A fresh coat of snow and sleet covers the Middlebury Greenway Tuesday. With the first day of Spring Wednesday, one might have expected snow to stop falling, but weather forecasters at press time were saying we may get even more snow before the weather warms up. (Marjorie Needham photo)
Easter Bunny breakfast Saturday Easter won’t arrive until Sunday, March 31, but the Easter Bunny will visit Middlebury Saturday, March 23, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., when the Middlebury Junior Women’s Club holds its annual Pancake Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at Shepardson Community Center. Families are invited to indulge in freshly cooked pancakes, bacon or sausage, coffee, tea and juice and assorted pastries. Be sure to bring a camera to take pictures of your children with the Easter Bunny! For this year’s Pancake Breakfast, the MJWC is adding a little something extra: Treats for Troops. This project offers community members an opportunity to give back to troops serving in Afghanistan. Bring donations of troop-requested items, and the MJWC will box and send them overseas. Troop requests include black knee-high socks, toiletries, gum, protein and snack bars, powdered drink mixes, snacks, magazines and more. No aerosols please. For more ideas, check out the MJWCs website, www.middleburywomen.com People also can “sponsor” a box. A donation of $50 will cover the cost of filling the box and mailing it. You also can sponsor a half box for $25 and a quarter box for $12.50. While at the breakfast, the children can write letters, color Easter photos and make thank-you cards to include in the box. Prices are $7 each for 6 and older and $5 each for 2- to 5-year-olds. Children under 2 eat free. There’s a $25 household maximum. The MJWC cannot guarantee a peanut-free environment, but they do their best to label anything with nuts. All proceeds from the event support the activities of the Middlebury Junior Women’s club including scholarships for Region 15 students. The MJWC is planning its Flag Day 5K race for Friday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. It’s open to both serious racers and pleasure walkers. Race time is 6:30 p.m., but registration opens at 5 p.m. at the Middlebury Volunteer Fire
Department at 65 Tucker Hill Road in Middlebury. The course starts uphill with a gently rolling climb on the Greenway to the town green and then downhill back to the Fire Department. Get an application on the website or contact Elaine Romano at eromanorunsfar@gmail.com. The Middlebury Junior Women’s Club is a group of local women who work to support their community through fundraising activities such as the Pancake Breakfast, the Flag Day 5K and networking. Profits from
Visiting with the Easter Bunny at last year’s Breakfast with the Easter Bunny are, left to right, Sam Crespo, the Easter Bunny and Natalie and Gunnar Miranda. (Submitted photo)
Inside this Issue Nuggets for Life.............. 6 Obituaries....................... 5 Puzzles........................... 7 Region 15 Calendar........ 3 Senior Center News......... 3 Sports Quiz..................... 6
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club activities go toward scholarships for Region 15 students, local organizations and nonprofits. The MJWC always welcomes new members. The only requirement is a desire to support the community. The next meeting will be Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center. The MJWC meets monthly on the first Wednesday except during July and August. Follow their activities on Facebook or at www.middleburywomen.com
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Earth Hour rolls around Saturday, March 23, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The event, with a motto of “Uniting People to Protect the Planet,” asks participants to turn off their lights for one hour. The website, earthhour.org, explains the event began in 2007 – in Sydney, Australia – with 2.2 million residents and 2,100 businesses participating. The event, a global environmental initiative in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, invites individuals, businesses, governments and communities to turn out their lights for one hour Saturday March 23, 2013, at 8:30 p.m. to show their support for environmentally sustainable action. In addition, Earth Hour’s “I Will If You Will” concept invites individuals and organizations to challenge others to an ongoing environmental commitment beyond the hour. Earth Hour began in one city in one country and by 2012 involved hundreds of millions of people in 152 countries across every continent in what some call “the world’s largest campaign for the planet.” At least one local business will participate. Middlebury’s Pies & Pints will turn off the lights for the hour. It also will offer acoustic music. Co-owner Theo Anastasiadis said he was aware of the event and thought it was worth participating. “I think people will enjoy having dinner by candlelight and listening to acoustic music,” he said. He noted this is another effort by the business to give something back to the community and, in this case, give something back to the Earth. This reporter has participated in the past and will participate again this year. Turning lights back on after an hour of candlelight was a jarring experience for us, and others may feel the same. In 2012, when the event had grown to include 6,950 cities and towns in 152 countries, organizers launched the “I Will If You Will” (IWIYW) campaign, with more than 200,000 individuals accepting a challenge at YouTube.com/EarthHour. IWIYW asks everyone around the globe to share what they are willing to do to save the planet and what they’d expect done in return. The action could be big or small; it might be a simple lifestyle change or something that leads to political change. It might require 10 people to do something, or 10,000. The point is that “I Will If You Will” allows anybody – from a kid in a classroom to a president of a nation – to become the inspiration to their friends, family, colleagues and communities by sharing what they’re willing to do to protect the planet. Examples of this year’s challenges are one person will stop
eating chocolates for a week if 50 people green their balconies, another will go paperless for the rest of the school year if 1,000 people will plant a tree and a third, two DJs, will do aerobic exercises in a park in Bangkok if 1,000 people will turn off their unused electrical appliances each day. Earth Hour CEO and cofounder Andy Ridley, speaking in February at the media launch of this year’s environmental campaign said, “Earth Hour has always been more than a lights off campaign, and we are now seeing some extraordinary environmental outcomes on the way to achieving our long-term vision.” An achievement he mentioned was the Russian parliament passing a law to protect the country’s seas from oil pollution after a petition signed by 120,000 Russians was presented to the government during the “I Will If You Will” campaign last year. Another achievement, this one in Africa, is an effort to plant an Earth Hour Forest to replace trees on deforested land in Uganda. In Botswana, the president has committed to plant a million trees. In the U.S., nearly 35,000 Girls Scouts took part in Earth Hour last year through the Save Energy Project and installed 132,141 energy-efficient light bulbs across the country. The impact is a staggering 75,392,654 pounds of CO2 emissions eliminated, equivalent to the CO2 sequestration from planting 7,286 acres of trees per year. “These outcomes both evidence the power of our collective action and the potential for future outcomes for the environment, generated by hundreds of millions of people coming together as part of the Earth Hour movement,” Ridley said. Ridley believes that in the face of the threat of an unsustainable future, the grassroots nature of the Earth Hour movement and the can-do attitude of its participants to mobilize action, are the tipping points helping to deliver real environmental outcomes, both big and small. “People from all walks of life, from all nations around the world, are the lifeblood of the Earth Hour interconnected global community. They have proven time and time again that if you believe in something strongly enough, you can achieve amazing things. These stories aren’t unique, this is happening all over the world,” he said.
Church of St. Leo the Great Indoor Flea Market & Tag Sale
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. What: 24 vendors, refreshments; to benefit church scholarship fund. Where: 14 Bentwood Drive in Waterbury (off Pierpoint Road). For directions, call 203-574-9761.
Good Friday Boy Scout Troop 444 Annual Flower Sale
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. What: Assorted potted flowers on sale Where: Shepardson Community Center, 1172 Whittemore Road, Middlebury
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Book Review
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“Etiquette & Espionage” by Gail Carriger (Little, Brown, $17.99) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is bold, adventurous and, in her mother’s own words, a “cracking great bother.” It’s not really much of a surprise she’d find herself sent to finishing school. It’s the school itself that defies expectation. To begin with, Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality is an airship suspended under giant balloons above the foggy moors. Its staff includes a vampire and werewolf. The schedule includes classes on not just dancing and deportment, but also deception, poison-making and knife-throwing. It turns out the students won’t be the only ones being finished around here. Sophronia loves it. She makes friends all over the ship, including a resourceful sootie from the engine room called Soap, and Vieve, a junior mechanical genius. But she makes enemies as well, like the vicious and cagey Monique, who seems to know something about the mysterious missing “prototype” that teach-
ers, pirates and shadowy government agents alike are after. A semester of schemes and secrets culminates in a covert battle at Sophronia’s first fancy ball, in which all her newfound skills of fan-waving, eyelash-fluttering and villain-vanquishing will be put to the test. “Etiquette & Espionage” shares the same setting as Carriger’s earlier “Parasol Protectorate” series: a pseudo-Victorian steampunky England where the supernatural coexists with the mundane. It’s an inventive and whimsical place populated by people with names like Mrs. Barnaclegoose and Lord Dingleproops and peppered with marvels like clockwork butlers, tiny steam-powered pet dachshunds and exploding wicker chickens. With relatable characters, daring escapades and a hint of young romance, this is the first book of a new series that promises to be a lot of fun. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
Middlebury Community Calendar Tuesday, March 26 Passover Begins Economic and Industrial Development Commission 6:30 p.m. ............................................Town Hall Conference Room Conservation Commission 7:30 p.m.......................................................... Shepardson Room 26
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Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Call Log Date Time Address/Incident 3/11/13 14:43 161 Algin Drive. Fire alarm activation. Workers on the scene. 3/12/13 05:05 78 Dorothy Drive. Smoke in the basement. Furnace problem. 3/12/13 12:13 95 Colonial Ave. Fire alarm activation. Workers on scene. 3/12/13 21:00 49 Birchwood Terrace. Water in the basement caused by sump pump. 3/16/13 07:18 11 Nutmeg Road, Apt. B. Fire alarm activation. False alarm.
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The Woodbury Parks and Recreation Department will host its 2013 Egg Hunt for children up to the age of 10 Saturday, March 23, at 10 a.m. SHARP at Hollow Park! Rain or Shine! Wear your prettiest or funniest spring bonnet, bring your basket and join the Easter Bunny at The Hollow! Take your child’s photo before the race to fill their basket with chocolate eggs hidden in the fields. The Easter Bunny arrives at 9:30 a.m. This is a free event, but optional monetary or non-perishable food The Easter Bunny, shown here at last year’s egg hunt, will attend Woodbury’s egg hunt donations for the Woodbury Food Saturday. Children can have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. (Submitted photo) Bank will be collected.
Holocaust survivor to speak Anita Schorr, a Holocaust survivor, will share the powerful story of her World War II concentration camp experiences Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in Westover School’s Chapel in Middlebury. The event is open to the public free of charge. Schorr is a survivor of the Terezin, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Among the inmates of Theresienstadt were some 15,000 children, most of whom were eventually
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would like you to remember what I told you here today, I want you to tell your children; tell your children to tell their children and their grandchildren.” Westover is a selective boarding and day school in grades 9 to 12 with 205 students from 16 states and 17 countries. It offers its students more than 20 advanced placement courses as well as signature programs in science, engineering, art history and music.
Middlebury Hospice Care Talk Hospice care nurse Laurie Barrett will present an informational seminar about hospice Tuesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. Learn a brief history of hospice, who is eligible, who pays, bereavement services and more. Come with your questions! For more information, call 203-758-2634.
Dancemakers This program will meet Thursday, March 28, at 5:45 p.m. Are you curious about dance? The Brass City Ballet, in partnership with the library, presents “Dancemakers,” a series of FREE multigenerational, inter-ability dance composition workshops. The workshops are open to the general public ages 5 and up, no dance experience is necessary, families are invited to attend and canes, walkers and wheelchairs are welcome! Please call the library to sign up.
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Nazi concentration camps. Schorr believes it is very important to keep the story of the Holocaust alive and feels that visiting people in person is much more effective than any history book can be. She has told audiences, “Why do I tell you this? Because of the 11 million people who were sent to concentration camps, six million were murdered. All lost voices. I am the voice of those innocent people who were killed, murdered. I
Library Happenings
The non-fiction book to be discussed by the book group Tuesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the library will be “The Zookeeper’s Wife” by Diane Ackerman. Please ask for a copy of the book at the circulation desk. The Middlebury Public Library is temporarily at the Middlebury Timex Building at 199 Park Road Extension, Suite D, in Middlebury. Call 203-758-2634 or visit www.middleburypubliclibrary. org for more information.
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deported to Auschwitz. Of those 15,000 children, 100 survived and Schorr is one who survived and thrived. Her story is one of courage, strength and hope. Now 81 years old, Schorr still has the number “71569” stamped on her forearm, a reminder of the seven years she spent as a prisoner of the Nazi regime. Her detainment began in 1939 when, at age 9, she and her family were taken from their home by the German Army to the first of three
Meditation Practice The next ongoing meditation practice will meet Tuesday, March 26, from 6 to 6:45 p.m. in the Reading Room. The group meets every second and fourth Tuesday It consists of periods of meditation with time for discussion. Please arrive by 5:50 p.m. as the group starts on time. For more information, call 203-729-4591.
Final Friday Movie The final Friday at the movies on March 29 will feature a film requested by you, the audience. Please call the Reference Desk at 203-729-4591 to find out this month’s selection. The Howard Whittemore Memorial Library is at 243 Church St. in Naugatuck. For information, call 203-729-4591 or visit whittemorelibrary.org.
Penguins will be featured in a Paul and Betsy McIlvaine talk Thursday, March 28, at the Woodbury Public Library. The McIlvaines traveled to Antarctica twice in the past three years. (Submitted photo) cuses on a literary “steal.” It’s a story about a writer at the peak of his success who discovers the steep price he must pay for appropriating another’s work. Three authors, played by Dennis Quaid, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Irons, figure in the twisty plot. The room’s surround sound theater has an infrared listening system available. For more information, call 203-262-0626.
Connecticut, Slavery and the Civil War As part of the library’s programming commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Dr. Matthew Warshauer will discuss the impact slavery and the Civil War had on Connecticut Wednesday, April 3, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Kingsley Room. Warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University. The author of three books, Warshauer is a specialist on 19th century political and constitutional history. His most recent book, “Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival” (2011), is a riveting account of the state’s remarkably often turbulent Civil War history. His forthcoming book, “Inside Connecticut in the Civil War,” is an edited collection that offers additional insights into how Connecticut struggled through the war period and its aftermath. This free program is open to the public. Register at the library’s reference desk or by calling the library.
knitter is on display in the Brinker Fireplace Room glass cabinet in the library. The 26 miniature yarn dogs and cats were knitted in memory of the 20 children and six educators.
PHS Art Work on Exhibit Region 15 is observing Youth Art Month again this year by displaying local student art work in the Gloria Cachion Gallery in the Southbury Public Library until Wednesday, March 27. The majority of the art will be two-dimensional paintings and drawings, but there also will be selected three-dimensional pieces, sculpture and photography. Region 15 has collaborated with the library for more than 25 years, displaying creative art work during Youth Art Month. Check www.southburylibrary. org for more information. The library is at 100 Poverty Road in Southbury (203-262-0626).
Woodbury Beatrix Farrand Rediscovered
Colleen Plimpton will give a dramatic, 45-minute first-person presentation of the life, times and work of the distinguished “landscape gardener” Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959) Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. Farrand was America’s first female landscape architect and a founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Though overlooked for decades, her work is being Wednesday Film Special Display rediscovered. Many of her garThe Wednesday afternoon This month, a memorial dis- dens, such as Bellefield in Hyde movie March 27 at 1:30 p.m. in play for the Sandy Hook victims Park, N.Y.; Hill-Stead in Farmingthe Kingsley Meeting Room fo- created by a Newtown resident ton, Conn.; and Garland Farm in
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Bar Harbor, Maine, have been restored. Plimpton spent 30 years in her first career as a clinical social worker with the chronically mentally ill. Her second career is that of professional garden communicator. Trained at the New York Botanical Garden, she has tended her sloping Connecticut acre for 20 years. She has been on TV and radio, writes a newspaper column for Hearst Media Group, coaches gardening, lectures widely and writes for various publications. Her garden memoir, “Mentors in the Garden of Life” was a finalist for the 2011 Connecticut Book of the Year in its category.
Learn about Penguins Thursday evening, March 28, at 7 p.m., travel to Antarctica with Paul and Betsy McIlvaine. Brookfield residents, the McIlvaines like to go to the extremes of the earth. Twice they have been to Antarctica within the past three years. They will give a talk based on their visits to the white continent. Besides the stunning mix of light and ice and mountain peaks, they will show life among the seven species of penguins that inhabit Antarctica, the Island of South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. Also included will be a visit to some of the sites associated with the ill-fated Shackelton Antarctic Expedition of 19141916. The talk will be in the Gallery. For more information, call 203-263-3502 or visit www. woodburylibraryct.org. The library is at 269 Main St. South in Woodbury.
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Sacred Heart celebrates scholars Each year, Sacred Heart Academy honors incoming freshmen with outstanding academic records who achieved the highest entrance exam scores by awarding them The Sister Antonine Signorelli ASCJ Memorial Scholarship. Claire Niesobecki of Middlebury was one of the 10 Sister Antonine scholars this year. The others are Jeanne Marie Cassidy of Bethany, Abigail Kelly of Shelton, Elizabeth Lamont of Hamden, Hannah Levesque of Wallingford, Jordan Meares-Garcia of New Haven, Sophie Park of Essex, Alicia Pekar of Branford, Toella Pliakas of Hamden and Corinne Wilklow of Fairfield. The scholars and their families recently attended a reception in their honor hosted by the admissions office and current Antonine Scholars. Established in 1993, the scholarship honors the life, philosophy and achievements of the academy’s foundress and first principal. Sister Antonine Scholars form a distinct group of young women who display strong academic success with promise for future accomplishment. They truly affirm the Academy’s motto, “Excelsior.” “Past recipients of the Sister Antonine Signorelli ASCJ Memorial Scholarship have gone on to further their education at some of the finest colleges and univer-
Holy Week Events St. John of the Cross Roman Catholic Church Whittemore Road in Middlebury Holy Thursday, March 28 Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m. Good Friday, March 29 Liturgy at 3 p.m. Holy Saturday, March 30 Blessing of the Food at 10 a.m. Great Vigil of Easter at 8 p.m. Easter Sunday, March 31 8 a.m. Mass 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Masses upstairs/downstairs
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church 247 New Milford Turnpike (Route 202) in Marble Dale Palm Sunday, March 24 Blessing and Distribution of Palms at 9:30 a.m. Eucharist Monday, March 25 Middlebury resident Claire Niesobecki, center, with Sacred Heart Academy Principal Sr. Maureen Flynn Fr. Max Myers joins Connecticut bishops and other clergy at the ASCJ, left, and President Sr. Sheila O’Neill ASCJ, Ph.D., right, at a reception for the Academy’s newly Holy Week Witness for Peace and Non-Violence at St. John’s Episnamed Sr. Antonine Signorelli ASCJ Scholars. Niesobecki, a Memorial Middle School student, will be a copal Church in Washington, D.C. member of the Sacred Heart Academy Class of 2017 this fall. (Dr. Elizabeth Christophy photo) Wednesday, March 27 sities in the United States and abroad,” said President Sr. Sheila O’Neill ASCJ, Ph.D., ’71. “Many of these graduates consider Sacred Heart to be an impetus for their success. Recent alumnae who are Sister Antonine Scholars currently study at the University of Leicester in Great Britain, Princeton University, University
of Notre Dame, Brown University, Tufts University, Yale University, MIT, U.S Naval Academy, Dartmouth College and Cornell University, among others. Several were National Merit finalists and Stage of Connecticut Governor’s Scholars.” Sacred Heart Academy, an independent Catholic college pre-
paratory school founded in 1946 by the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, successfully prepares young women in grades 9 to 12 for learning, service and achievement in a global society. Its current enrollment of 500 students hail from New Haven, Fairfield, Middlesex, Hartford and New London counties.
Scholarship deadlines approach The application requires applicant data, Deadlines for the following scholarships are approaching. Woodbury’s deadline is an applicant appraisal, transcript informaApril 1, and the Jewish Federation Founda- tion, student resume and essay and the tion’s deadline is April 30. FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). WSF bases its awards on a student’s scholarship, motiWoodbury Scholarship Fund vation and need. Most awards are based on The deadline for student applications for a combination of these factors with some the Woodbury Scholarship Fund is April 1, endowments and grants taking additional 2013. The Woodbury Scholarship Fund factors into consideration. Scholarships are presented at Nonnewaug (WSF) is a non-profit organization run by volunteers and dedicated to providing schol- High School Scholarship night. Last year arships to Woodbury residents to help sup- more than $87,000 was awarded to 67 Woodport their post-secondary education. Schol- bury students. The newly established Dawn arships are available to high school seniors Hochsprung Memorial Scholarship, manentering college in the fall and current col- aged by the WSF, will award its first recipient lege students who received WSF awards at this years’ ceremony. The Woodbury Scholarship Fund scholduring their high school senior year and will continue their college studies next year as arships are made possible through donations, fundraising and from established sophomores, juniors or seniors. The application can be downloaded at endowments. The generosity of many indiwww.wsfund.org or obtained at the Non- viduals, businesses and other organizations, newaug High School guidance office. Only has provided a source of valuable recognione application is required for all WSF schol- tion and encouragement for academic arships; a list of all scholarships and endow- achievement and community service to ments is available on the WSF website. Some talented Woodbury students. For more information, visit www.wsfund. endowed scholarships are available to Bethorg or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ lehem students. WoodburyScholarshipFundCT. Donations
can be sent to the Woodbury Scholarship Fund Inc., P.O. Box 716, Woodbury, CT 06798. As a volunteer organization, the fund is able to return almost all raised funds in scholarship awards.
Jewish Federation Foundation Scholarships The Foundation, Jewish Communities of Western CT, Inc. has announced applications are being accepted for college scholarships. Awards are between $500 and $3,000. Foundation scholarships are made possible by The William Finkelstein College Scholarship Fund, The Alan and Janet Hertzmark Scholarship Fund, The Shobhna Shukla and Roger Ginsburg College Scholarship Fund and the Ruth Kravitz Fund for Higher Education. Each scholarship has its own set of criteria (e.g., financial need, grades, residency requirements and/or involvement within the Jewish community). To obtain an application, visit www.jfed. net and continue to the Foundation page. For more information, contact Donna Albertario, foundation administrator at 203267-3177, ext. 309, or dalbertario@jfed.net. The application deadline is April 30.
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Thursday, March 28 Maundy Thursday traditional Biblical Dinner at 6 p.m. Holy Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar will follow. Friday, March 29 Fr. Myers joins other clergy and laity for a 3-hour service of scripture, hymns and prayer at St. John’s Church in Washington. The Great Easter Vigil also will be at St. John’s in Washington. Easter Sunday, March 31 Festal Eucharist for the Resurrection of our Lord at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome to join the congregation of St. Andrew’s at any of the services during Holy Week.
Region 15 School Calendar Saturday, March 23 No Events Scheduled
Sunday, March 24 No Events Scheduled
Monday, March 25 Snow Date String Festival Concert Grades 6-12............. PHS, 7 p.m. Board of Education.......................... PHS AP Room No. 103/7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 26 PHS PLC-Advisory Day........................................... Delayed Schedule
Wednesday, March 27 PES Incoming Kindergarten Parent Coffee..............................7 p.m. MES Kindergarten New Parent Orientation.............................7 p.m. GES Kindergarten New Parent Orientation..............................7 p.m. LMES Kindergarten New Parent Orientation...........................7 p.m.
Thursday, March 28 GES Women In History Celebration
Friday, March 29 Good Friday................................................. Schools are not in session
Saturday, March 30 No Events Scheduled
Middlebury Senior Center News Good Friday Closing
Morning Prayer at 9:30 a.m.
Region 15 website: www.region15.org
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Keep local businesses alive The importance of supporting local businesses cannot be overstated. If we fail to spend our money at local businesses, they will close one by one. And then we will be forced to drive to the nearest big box store and spend our money in other communities. Our small, local mom-andpop businesses, currently an endangered species, will be extinct. Think of how many small local businesses have disappeared over the past 10 years. In Middlebury alone, a partial list includes a dress shop, a pharmacy, a coffee shop, a woman’s spa and a nail and tanning salon, along with a restaurant or two. So what, you might say. It’s not my fault the businesses failed. Or is it? If you supported those businesses, if you made sure you went to them and spent your money there instead of in a larger business in another community, we have to agree it’s not your fault. But if you chose to spend your money elsewhere, aren’t you at least partially to blame for those businesses closing their doors? To use the pharmacy as an example, it is tempting to forego spending money at a local pharmacy when they may be unable to sell you three months of a generic drug for $10 as a big box
store such as a large chain pharmacy or a large grocery store, or even a discount store these days, can do. But many of the small, locally owned pharmacies can match or come close to the prices offered by the big box stores despite the fact they don’t have the same buying power. If they even come close to the big box store price, it’s a waste of gas money at $4 or so a gallon to drive 10 miles one way and back to get the discount. When you spend your money at local businesses, you help them, but you also help yourself by helping the local economy. The business owner may well be your neighbor. And he or she may in turn spend their money at local businesses, thus keeping the money circulating in your community. Here at the newspaper, we make a point of purchasing from those who advertise with us. Their money is helping us stay in business, so the least we can do is help them in turn. We hope you support our advertisers, too. Without them we could not bring you this free weekly paper. The next time you go to make a purchase, whether it will cost hundreds of dollars or just a buck or two, we hope you will support our local economy by spending your money at a local business.
Senator and police chief testify State Sen. Rob Kane (R-32) and Middlebury’s Acting Police Chief Richard Wildman testified before the state legislature’s Public Safety Committee March 14 on behalf of a proposal that would require the State Police to use the Connecticut Statewide Police Emergency Radio Network (CSPERN) to notify all local police departments of any ongoing shooting incident at a school, shopping mall or another heavily populated location. “We want to make sure that all local police agencies are notified when there is an active shooter anywhere in the state,” Kane said. “It’s a common-sense idea, and it was very well received by both Republicans and Democrats on the committee.”
The bill came at the request of Chief Wildman, who noted the proposal would enable local departments to send resources to the affected town and also increase security at heavily populated locations in their own communities. The proposed legislation should not come at an extra cost to taxpayers since all local police departments already have CSPERN. “Chief Wildman did an excellent job in his testimony, and we appreciate him coming to Hartford to do so,” Kane said. “His idea may lead to a new state law which will better protect the public.” Kane’s website is www. senatorkane.com.
In Brief Lenten Services Thursday evenings through March 28, from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m., Hillside Covenant Church at 100 Hillside Avenue on the west side of Naugatuck will host Lenten soup suppers and a special Lenten program. For more information, call 203-729-2444.
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The Scholarship Committee of the Church of St. Leo the Great in Waterbury will have an indoor flea market and tag sale featuring 24 vendors Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds will benefit Young Professionals the Scholarship Fund. Event The church is at 14 Bentwood Young Professionals of Water- Drive in Waterbury (off Pierpoint bury Region (YPOWR) will host Road). For directions, call 203a networking social Wednesday, 574-9761. March 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Rickert to Speak on at Post University at 800 Country Club Road in Waterbury. “Give Emergency stay informed all week long! Back While Building Your Own Preparedness FOLLOW US at Experience” will be the theme. Barry Rickert, fire marshal/ www.twitter.com/ The cost will be $25 for not-yet emergency management direcYPOWR members and $15 for mbinews members. To register, visit www. tor for Southbury and a deputy keep up to date with breaking news, ypowr.org, or contact Courtney fire marshal for Goshen, will weather alerts, traffic advisories and more. Ligi at info@ypowr.org or 203- speak to members of the Tribury Rotary Club about “Emergency 757-0701. Preparedness” at the club meetMusic Program for Kids ing Thursday, March 28, at 12:15 p.m. at Junipers Restaurant in Soulshine Arts classes’ Music Middlebury. Together®, a parent/child music Rickert has served more than FREE DELIVERY and movement program devel- 40 years in the fire service. StartBagels • Sandwiches • Green Mountain Coffee oped by the Center for Music and ing in 1970 as a volunteer fireYoung Children in Princeton, fighter in the Citizen Hose ComHomemade Soups • Specialty Salads N.J., will start Friday, April 5, at pany No. 6 in Danbury, he went Tula Family Enrichment Center on to become a career firefighter 1625 Straits Tpke. 1044 Main St. Middlebury Watertown in Middlebury. Call Leslie Pratt in the Danbury Fire Department T: 203-577-3900 T: 860-274-4900 at 857-998-0780 for more infor- three years later. He retired from F: 203-577-3901 F: 860-274-9044 mation or visit www.soul- Danbury in 2008 as their fire shineartsct.com. Open Mon - Fri 7 am to 5 pm • Saturdays 7 am - 1:30 pm
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Middlebury’s Acting Police Chief Richard Wildman (left) and State Sen. Rob Kane (right) testify before the state legislature’s Public Safety Committee March 14. They spoke on behalf of a proposal to require State Police to use the Connecticut Statewide Police Emergency Radio Network to notify all local police departments of ongoing shooting incidents at schools, shopping malls or other heavily populated locations.
To the Editor: The annual cost to educate a student in Region 15 has climbed from $10,859 five years ago to $13,546 today, per the state Department of Education. The resulting 25-percent cost increase over five years suggests a letter grade of no more than a “D” on the report card for the Region 15 Board of Education. Very truly yours, Lewis S. Clark Middlebury
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on topics of interest and applicable to parents of elementary-age children to grandparents parenting grandchildren! The event will include a free Kid University to care for children while their parents attend the workshops. PHS 5K Run Details and registration inforThe Pomperaug High School mation are at www.smartinc.org. (PHS) Class of 2015 is sponsoring Those with questions may call the first “Run with the Panthers” 203-788-5199. 5K race Saturday, March 30, at Easter Seals Walk PHS. Registration will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m., and the race will in May start at 10 a.m. The $25 entry fee Saturday, May 11, hundreds includes a race tee-shirt. The of supporters will participate in 3.1-mile course will begin and the Easter Seals Family Fun Walk end at PHS. All participants will at Quassy Amusement Park in be entered in a raffle. Should Middlebury. Walkers will help cancellation be necessary, it will raise money to support Easter be posted on the PHS website. Seals programs and services that For more information, contact change the lives of children and Maegan Bollin at mbollin@re- adults in the community who are gion15.org or Marlanea Elsdon living with disabilities and other at melsdon@region15.org. For a special needs. sign-up form or a sponsorship Don’t miss out on this day of form, go to www.region15.org music, rides and entertainment and then to the PHS page. to benefit Easter Seals. Win Quassy ride passes and other Yarn Egg Surprise great prizes. Registration is reParticipants in The Naugatuck quired. Call Mary Reid, events Historical Society’s Colette’s administrator at 203-754-5141, Crafts program, Saturday, March ext. 251, to sign up. Visit www. 30, at 11 a.m., will make their waterburyct.easterseals.com for own Easter eggs with a candy more details. surprise in the middle. Registration is recommended, but not Call for Artists required. All are welcome. The Tribury Rotary Club seeks The fee is $2 a person or $5 a artists for its 9th Annual Art family. For more information, Show, Sale & Silent Auction, call 203-729-9039, email nauga- which will be held from Saturday, tuckhistory@sbcglobal.net or June 15, to Saturday, June 29, at visit www.naugatuckhistory. the Southbury Public Library. com. The society is at 195 Water Funds raised from the event will St. in Naugatuck. be used to support philanthropic efforts including scholarships, Parent University literacy and youth leadership. Parent University 2013, sponIndividuals interested in dissored by Southbury and Middle- playing their framed art at this bury Acting Responsibly To- event should contact Art Show gether, Newtown Parent Connec- Chairman William Dreska at 203tion, Inc. and the Brookfield 510-5727 or Vice Chairman John Substance Abuse Coalition, will Monteleone at 203-565-6100 to be Saturday, April 6, at Pomper- obtain an entry form. Space is aug High School. It will offer limited, so interested parties eight workshops, from which should indicate their interest by participants may choose to at- April 15. Artists who have distend two. played their art in prior years will The workshops will be pre- be contacted. sented by experts who will speak
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Obituaries Eugene “Gigi” Edmund Nowacki Timex Retiree
It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of our beloved Eugene “Gigi” Edmund Nowacki, 89, of Wolcott, who passed away Monday, March 18, 2013, at Waterbury Hospital. Loving husband of Barbara for more than 62 years, he was born in Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 13, 1923, to Stanislaus (Steve) and Constance (Goliembeska) Nowacki. Eugene graduated in 1941 from Leavenworth High School in Waterbury. Accepted to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Eugene instead chose to serve his country during World War II and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served for three years in the Pacific Theater on a submarine chaser as a gunner’s mate second class, participating in the invasion of Okinawa and earning several ribbons, including the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon One Star and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon One Star. Graduating from the Porter School of Machine and Tool Design in 1951, Eugene worked as a tool designer at Colt Fire Arms in Hartford and at Pratt and Whitney in Southington before becoming employed with Timex Corporation in Middlebury as a tool designer and tool design department
supervisor, where he worked for 28 years until his retirement in 1983. Sought after for his technical skill in retirement, Eugene worked on various short-term projects for Duracell of Waterbury and for Perkin-Elmer of Danbury with one project involving the Hubble Space Telescope. Eugene was a talented athlete, and he excelled in a variety of sports throughout his lifetime, from his position as center on the Leavenworth High School (LHS) varsity basketball team to being honored by the U.S. Bowling Congress for bowling a near-perfect 299 game in a men’s sanctioned bowling league. Eugene additionally played varsity baseball all four years at LHS as first baseman and continued to enjoy this sport over the years, playing on a variety of recreational baseball teams. He enjoyed golf and earned a hole-in-one at Island Green Country Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he and his wife enjoyed many pleasant stays over the years at their retirement home. Travel was another great pleasure, and Eugene and Barbara enjoyed extensive sojourns throughout the U.S. and abroad. Eugene was a 4th Degree Knight of Columbus formerly affiliated with both the Santa Fe and Pius X Councils and a member of the Wolcott American Legion and the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation. Eugene will be remembered for his kind and caring nature, his deep generosity, his robust sense of humor, his love of music, his rich singing
voice, his swanky jitterbug and his uncanny ability to repair almost anything. He was completely and totally dedicated to his family, always there to assist and support at a moment’s notice. He will be missed well beyond our capacity to express in mere words. In addition to his wife, Barbara, he is survived by two daughters: Deborah Lemieux and her husband, David, of Glastonbury and Christine Knight of South Glastonbury; his three grandchildren: Cristin Lemieux Pullis and her husband, David, of New Britain; David Lemieux Jr. of Windsor and Kathleen Knight of South Glastonbury; and his two great granddaughters, Celeste and Natalie Pullis; as well as several nephews, nieces and great nieces and nephew. Eugene was predeceased by six older siblings, his sisters Ann Nowacki Pigut, Frances Nowacki Brym and Pauline Nowacki May and his brothers Raymond, Vincent and John Nowacki, all of the Waterbury area. A Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Waterbury was followed by burial in Calvary Cemetery in Waterbury with full military honors. Donations may be made in Eugene’s name to the Waterbury Police Activity League (PAL), 64 Division St, Waterbury, CT 06704. Arrangements were by the Naugatuck Valley Memorial/Fitzgerald Zembruski Funeral Home in Naugatuck. To send an online condolence, visit www.naugatuckvalleymemorial.com.
Holy Cross High president honored On March 14, the Association of Catholic Admissions and Advancement Professionals of New England (ACAAP) presented Holy Cross High School President Tim McDonald the William A. MacNeill Award at their annual conference at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. The William A. MacNeill Award is presented to a current ACAAP member whose contribution to a member organization and/or to the profession encompassed by the membership reflect honor on ACAAP, its mission and its purpose. The recipient will have served in the advancement or admissions profession for a reasonable length of time and be honored for a pattern of service and performance rather than for unusual success in a single event. The award honors William MacNeill, the first president of the organization, formerly known as New England Association of Catholic Development Officers (NEACDO), for his 30-plus year commitment to Catholic school advancement and for the inspirational example of leadership and knowledge he has embodied to all in the profession. The award was presented to McDonald by David Erwin, president of ACAAP and director of development at Cambridge Montessori School, who said, “Our recipient has served the students, faculty, staff and families of Holy Cross High School for more than 40 years. Known throughout the 40-year history of Holy Cross by many titles and capacities, our recipient leads Holy Cross today as their president, more importantly, as the fiber that connects the people and programs of Holy Cross. He provides the living example, inspiration and spirit of the school’s mission to all who are
Holy Cross High School President Tim McDonald, left, receives an award from ACAAP President David Erwin. (Submitted photo) served and touched by Holy Cross.” McDonald has served as president of Holy Cross since July 2007. After he began his teaching career at Waterbury Catholic High School in 1968, McDonald joined the Holy Cross High School community in 1971, serving as a member of the faculty, coaching staff, dean of students, principal and vice president for advancement. In addition to ACAAP, McDonald holds a variety of member-
ships with local, state, regional and national organizations, including the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Catholic Education Association, the Connecticut Association of Schools, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the National Association of School Boards of Education and the Connecticut State Board of Education.
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The Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden in Woodbury will open to visitors in May, well after the snow has melted and the trees again have leaves. It is looking for volunteers to serve as docents, shopkeepers and gardeners. (Submitted photo)
Museum seeks volunteers The Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden, a Woodbury nonprofit educational institution, is looking for a few new volunteers. As it begins its 88th season, it seeks volunteers who are excited about engaging people of all ages and backgrounds in exploring and experiencing the history of the community at the 18th-century house and garden. The museum provides the community with many innovative and lively programs and events for children and adults and attributes its success to the volunteers who contribute time, effort and spirit to it and make it a pleasant place to work and visit. This year there are openings for docents, shopkeepers and gardeners. Volunteers assist in a variety of capacities at the Glebe House. The most visible jobs are at the information desk, working in the museum gift shop, taking visitors on guided tours and helping in the world-renowned Jekyll Garden. Other volunteers help at summer day programs for children or with special events such as All Hollow’s Eve, Colonial Fair, Christmas Holiday Festival, History Day for fourth-grade Woodbury children and special events in the garden. Volunteers have opportunities to visit other museums and historic sites and attend volunteer-only lectures, workshops and events. Monthly meetings of the “Friends of the Glebe House” provide volunteers the chance to get acquainted with one another and share ideas for making their volunteer experience satisfying. This is an opportunity to try something different, to share the skills you have or to learn new ones and have some fun along the way.
Glebe House was built around 1750 by the Hurd family, who settled in the Hollow in the 1670s. Offering a glimpse of life in Revolutionary War-era Connecticut, the house is furnished to represent the life of the Marshall family in the 1770s and 1780s, when they lived there, and reflects Woodbury as a prosperous hub of agricultural and commercial activity. Later, it became the home and place of work for silversmith Gideon Botsford, who lived there for the 64 years. The old-fashioned garden was designed by famed English horticulturalist and writer Gertrude Jekyll. The museum is open for tours May through November, Wednesday through Sunday. Educational
programs, lectures and workshops for school-age children and adults are available throughout the year. Family events are held on the grounds during the season. The volunteers are ambassadors for the museum and for Woodbury, who make history come alive and inspire visitors to become stewards in preserving their history. If you are interested in learning more about local history and the life of 18th-century people, or love gardening and have an interest in historic gardens and you are interested in being part of the museum’s future by becoming a volunteer, call 203-2632855 or email ghmgjg@snet.net to register for training.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
New technology aids the deaf
Undefeated League Season
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) encourages everyone to not only recognize, but also celebrate Deaf History Month, which began March 13 and ends April 15. Each historical event celebrated during the month, from protests to the establishment of schools for the deaf, represents game-changing advancements for deaf and hardof-hearing people in the U.S. The latest advancement is wearable notification devices. In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandated a nationwide system of telecommunications relay services, making the telephone network accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Until then, the deaf community was deprived of modern technologies, which heavily relied on hearing abilities. Before the days of TTYs (typing devices that allow people separated by distance to comThe Middlebury Fifth- and Sixth-Grade Girls Travel Team, front, left to right, Jaclyn Capalbo, municate with each other) and Abbie Pfeiffer, Miranda Bueno and Allie Brown and back, left to right, Delina Belica, Hannah text messaging, the hearing imBrown, Colleen Worgan, Jacalyn Pugliese, Julia Dzinski and Isabella Genovese, concluded its paired could communicate only season with its second straight win in the championship game of the Northwest District League. via letters or in person. This not The final game score of 30-15 left the team undefeated in league play with a record of 13-0 and only hindered communication, an overall record of 27-4. Not shown are Anna Koziol and Jayde Zainc. (Submitted photo) it was frustrating as well. Given the latest advances in smartphones that allow for video chat and sign language, more doors have opened for this community, including wearable technology It is said that how we do anybreaths throughout the day as that offers a rich communication thing is how we do everything. you commit to doing one thing Our society is fast-paced, asking at a time fully aware of what you us to multitask and fill our days are doing. Think of ways that to the brim with a thousand help you remember to take care By CYNTHIA and slow down through conthings, then flop into bed exDE PECOL scious intention. hausted with a “to do” list that’s not quite done. Busy, busy, busy Make a meal in the slow DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have are the ways of the day. notice how quickly and effi- cooker. Create a practice of stop- had sciatica for two and a half However, there’s a movement ciently things get done as well as ping yourself if you realize you’re months. Even though I am better taking place around the world how much extra time there is by checking texts while in a conver- than I was at first, I am taking that has to do with the slow and being in less of a hurry. sation with someone on the forever to fully recover. I have steady embrace of the less hurSharpening your focus in this phone or in front of you, and had chiropractic treatments and ried, more joy-provoking, more way actually frees you to accom- choose which thing you want to physiotherapy. passion-filled way of doing the plish more in less time. Now you be doing. Finish it; then go on to My doctor tells me it will go same things that actually saves have space to build feelings of the next. Be encouraged to prac- away on its own. Books I have time, builds health and provokes satisfaction and emotional con- tice active relaxation for 10 min- read say most recover in six passion. I’m talking about getting nection by hanging out with utes at the end of your day, re- weeks. It’s going on three months more done than you can imagine friends, associates and family. connecting fully with your body, for me. by simply shifting your perspec- Slowing down to accomplish mind and spirit to prepare for I also had vasculitis (Henochtive. tasks, responsibilities and ac- restful sleep. Join the many who Schonlein purpura). I haven’t Make a conscious decision to tions in the day keeps you closely know this ancient secret of slow, experienced any symptoms for put your full attention on each attuned to your true hunger sig- to keep you in the positive, calm a couple of years. I have been thing you do in order to embrace nals, exercise needs and feelings. loop of life. feeling nauseated and have had a mindful way of experiencing You can live in a more wise and Cynthia De Pecol is a Yoga in- loose BMs and the odd stomachyour life. Become time rich by wonderful way. structor, Reiki Master and life ache. 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He’s been patching up leaks in the roof by just slapping a couple of shingles over problem spots as they crop up. Yesterday he called and said when he tried to spot-shingle yet another leaky section, his hand went right through the roof. When I went into the attic to check it out, I found the sheathing is mostly rotted. What are his options? He’s on a fixed income, and this repair looks expensive. – Rick in Portsmouth, N.H.
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Lorraine was living outside and was pregnant at one point and delivered four kittens. All of her babies got adopted very quickly, but here sits Lorraine waiting for her chance at a new life. Since Lorraine has lived outside for the majority of her life, she is unfamiliar with people interaction. She is scared of people, but with the correct strategies of socialization she will come around and make a great cat for someone.
Charlie is approximately 2 to 3 years old and weighs around 10 lbs. He appears to be a Jack Russell/Affenpinscher mix. He is very smart and determined, so you need to be one step ahead of him. He is an escape artist and very quick and agile. He might have been a circus dog in another life! Charlie is very friendly and gets along great with the other dogs in his foster home.
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.
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.
Pet charities DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I gave some money to a pet charity a couple of years ago, and now I am contacted several times a month, by mail and by phone, by this charity asking for more money. Are all pet charities like this? Is there another organization I can donate to, or even just volunteer for? – Jerry C., San Diego DEAR JERRY: If the calls and letters are annoying, you should be able to contact the charity and ask
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Gina is a member of the Salvador family in Middlebury. It’s likely that whatever charity you give to will begin sending you regular mail, at the very least, since that is an effective method of reminding supporters to donate again. It’s sort of an occupational hazard. There certainly are other ways to contribute to causes that help animals. Some people have more time than money, or feel that just throwing money at a charity isn’t enough. Helping out at pet shelters is one of the first options people think of, but each shelter has different rules about volunteers. Most will not allow new volunteers to work directly with shelter animals for safety reasons. However, they do try to put volunteers into other supportive roles, and some offer periodic training sessions to initiate new volunteers into their programs. (Volunteers often are needed to help with fundraisers – perhaps annoying to some, but direct funding is important.) Your first step is to look up local pet charities, shelters or clinics, and contact each to find out if it has volunteer programs. The local newspaper, your municipality’s website, or the yellow or white pages are among resources available to find these programs. Send your questions or comments to ask@pawscorner.com, or write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. For more pet care-related advice and information, visit www. pawscorner.com. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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strategies that will save time bagging, hauling and disposing of yard debris. And better yet, implementing this strategy will save money and time spent buying and transporting soil amendments, since it will be created right in the back yard. Start by leaving grass clippings on the lawn. The short clippings break down quickly, adding organic matter, nutrients and moisture to the soil. Grow trees suited Be Water Wise to the growing conditions and Save money on the water bill, available space. That means less time spent watering and this pre- pruning and fewer trimmings cious resource, water. Start by that will need to be managed. growing drought-tolerant plants suited to your growing environ- Make Compost at Home ment. Once established, they will Recycle yard waste into comneed watering only during ex- post. Put plant waste into a heap tended dry spells. Mulch with and let it rot. Yes, it really is that shredded leaves, evergreen nee- simple. The more effort put into dles, woodchips or other organic the process, the quicker the rematter to conserve moisture, sults. reduce weeds and improve the Do not add insect-infested or soil as they decompose. diseased plant material or perenFertilize with a low-nitrogen nial weeds like quack grass, anfertilizer like Milorganite that nual weeds gone to seed, or inpromotes slow steady growth vasive plants. Most compost piles instead of excessive greenery that are not hot enough to kill these requires more water. Plus, it pests. And do not add meat, dairy won’t burn even during drought. or bones that can attract rodents. Put rainwater to work all seaManage Pests in son long by using rain barrels to capture rainwater off your roof Harmony with Nature or directly from the sky. A healthy plant is the best de-
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