10/29/12

Prst. Std. U.S. Postage Paid Naugatuck, CT #27

“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween.” ~ Author Unknown

FR EE

Bee Intelligencer Informing the towns of Middlebury, Southbury, Woodbury, Naugatuck, Oxford and Watertown A FREE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

Volume VIII, No. 44

Friday, October 26, 2012

Police find tools, track thieves Middlebury’s Acting Police Chief Richard Wildman said officers have recovered stolen tools, are investigating car break-ins in parking lots by the Greenway and Hop Brook Dam and arrested a suspect in a break-in at the Shell Gas Station on Middlebury Road.

Greenway parking area near the small bridge.

Police continue to investigate.

Anyone who may have seen suspicious activity in these areas or has additional information is urged to call Middlebury Police at 203-577-4028.

Stolen Tools Recovered

Shell Station Break-in

As part of the ongoing investigation of the Oct. 11 Yale Avenue home invasion reported in last week’s issue, Middlebury Police executed a search warrant and recovered tools that may have been stolen from construction sites and parked vans. Some of the tools had names on them and those owners have been contacted.

Police informed area police departments and resident troopers about the recovered tools and sent a statewide teletype message about them. If you had tools stolen in the past four weeks, call the police department that is investigating your case or contact the Middlebury Police directly at 203-5774028.

Thursday, Oct. 18, at 3:18 a.m., Middlebury Police were dispatched to an alarm at the Shell gas station at 520 Middlebury Road in Middlebury. Upon arrival, police discovered a rock had been thrown through the front glass door of the business. Officers checked the business and did not locate anyone.

When gas station owner Wessam Ahmed arrived and reviewed the video surveillance, they discovered a person actually did enter the store and took some cartons of cigarettes. Police also were able to get a physical description, which they broadcast to law enforcement in surrounding towns.

Officer Kalvaitis was out checking other businesses when he found a subject matching the description riding a bicycle southbound on Route 63 near Maples Restaurant. Officers Deely and Kalvaitis approached the subject and discovered he was trying to hide several cartons of cigarettes in his hooded jacket.

The subject was identified as Edgardo Luis Martinez, 38, of Bridgeport, Conn. He was taken into custody without incident by Officer Deely. Martinez also had a visible cut, possibly from the glass door of the Shell gas station.

Middlebury Police treated the wound.

Martinez was charged with third-degree burglary and sixth-degree larceny and held on $10,000 bond until his arraignment in Waterbury Superior Court the next day.

Car Break-ins On Saturday Oct. 20, at approximately 4:15 p.m., a car owner reported to Middlebury Police that her vehicle parked in the Chase Road parking lot by the Greenway had been broken into. This was the third car break-in along the Greenway in the past few weeks.

A purse, money and an iPhone were stolen.

Police used a Connecticut State Police K-9 and tracked from the vehicle, which led over to the Fenn Road and Tucker Hill Road area of town. The dog led police to the iPhone, which was discarded.

Cars also have been broken into at the Hop Brook Dam parking area at Straits Turnpike and Route 188 (at 10:51 a.m. Oct. 16) and earlier at the Steinmann Avenue

Tools recovered by the Middlebury Police Department stretch along a wall at the police station. Anyone who has had tools stolen over the past four weeks is urged to contact the department investigating the theft or call Middlebury Police directly at 203577-4028.

(Submitted photo)

Pumpkins parade across the church lawn in front of the steps to the Middlebury Congregational Church and down the street across the church parsonage lawn. The church youth group is selling them as a fundraiser for mission work and community outreach projects. In addition, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the church will hold a pumpkin festival to celebrate the season while also raising funds for charitable works.

(Marjorie Needham photo)

BoE proposes new district boundaries

By KATHLEEN RIEDEL At Monday night’s Region 15 Board of Education (BoE) meeting, East Coast consulting firm Milone and MacBroom senior planners presented Enrollment and Facilities Task Force redistricting options related to the Region’s plan to implement full-day kindergarten. Of 169 Connecticut school districts, 87 already have implemented fullday kindergarten. But to compensate for declines in Region 15 student population, Region 15 first must undergo redistricting at elementary and middle school levels before it can implement a full-day kindergarten.

Rebecca Augur and Michael Zuba of Milone and MacBroom began their presentation with existing conditions for boundary changes. Without redistricting, each elementary school would lack the space to implement a full-day kindergarten program.

Other challenges without redistricting included unbalanced enrollments, uneven class sizes and the inability to preserve current kindergarten programming.

Without redistricting, Memorial Middle School would be operating at 102 percent of targeted capacity in the 2015–2016 school year, and Rochambeau Middle School would be operating at 78 percent of targeted capacity.

“We’ve taken existing enrollments and placed them in this new redistricting scenario as if this scenario had been in place,” Augur explained. “This redistricting helps

to redistribute enrollment decline so one school isn’t taking such a hit.”

Based on consultation from architects and transportation directors, the plan also improves facility usage and efficiency within the first five years. “We’re not only concerned about equity of instruction but also equity of instructional space,” said Region 15 Superintendent Dr. Frank Sippy.

Sippy supported the Option B proposition, saying it would eliminate disproportional instructional capacity and would encourage fiscal responsibility – a key parameter to the region’s strategic plan.

Students currently enrolled in elementary and middle schools would not have to move and would be grandfathered into the new district system. Incoming students, on the other hand, would adhere to new boundaries.

Fiscally, the district would save $150,000 in unemployment compensation as well as $250,000 in transportation costs for mid-day bus runs.

Addressing full-day kindergarten, Sippy said parents may be concerned about leaving children with teachers for a longer period, or children fatiguing in the latter part of the day.

He said he was confident kindergarten programs would keep students happy and excited about being in school.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are not going to be able to fulfill our obligations to educate preschool early literacy kids without the ability of a full-day kindergarten. We just have to have it,” Sippy said.

Also in support of the plan, BoE member

Pat Perry shared a story of her grandson’s positive full- day kindergarten transition.

“Kids are more resilient than we give them credit for,” she said.

During public comments, however, Middlebury and Southbury residents expressed concerns over the plan’s effect on their children.

“Kids are resilient, but it can be difficult,” said a Southbury father who was worried about his children being split between schools.

Another Southbury father thanked the board for their thorough presentation, but said he was not as concerned about the fiscal part of the plan. “Let’s take care of the kids,” he said.

“It would be an unusually hard adjustment for us as families, not just for students,” a Middlebury mother added. She said she and her husband are worried about a neighborhood divide as outlined in the new district boundaries.

BoE Chairman Janet Butkus assured the public the board will not act on the plan until Jan. 14, 2013. In the interim, parents will have the opportunity to express their concerns.

The first public hearing on both redistricting and full-day kindergarten propositions will be Monday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in All Purpose Room No. 103 at Pomperaug High School.

The next regular BoE meeting will be Monday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in All Purpose Room No. 103 at Pomperaug High School.

P&Z considers disciplining zoning enforcement officer

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z), at a special meeting Oct. 16, voted to authorize Chairman Curtis Bosco and Vice-Chairman Terry Smith to commence a study of the actions of Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO) Jean Donegan and proceed with actions to conduct a Loudermill Hearing on Donegan’s job performance. The vote came after a 45-minute executive session with Bosco and Commissioners Smith, William Stowell and Erika Carrington in attendance. Alternate Paul

Babarik sat in for absent regular member Matthew Robison. Donegan, who was informed of the meeting, did not attend.

A Loudermill Hearing, according to Wikipedia, is part of the due process requirement that must be provided to a government employee prior to termination or severe discipline. The hearing provides the employee an opportunity to present his or her side of the story before a decision on discipline is made.

Prior to the hearing, the employee must be given a “Loudermill letter” describing the charges being made and an explanation of the employer’s evidence

so the employee can provide a meaningful response and have an opportunity to correct factual mistakes in the investigation and address the type of discipline being considered. Bosco and former P&Z Chairman Smith were appointed to write the letter and prepare for the hearing.

Bosco told the Bee-Intelligencer Donegan had been a part-time employee since 1999. Board of Finance (BoF) budget cuts discussed at the July 2011 P&Z meeting reduced her salary $15,000 to $12,681 from $27,681. This forced the P&Z Commission to cut her

hours to 40 hours a month from 80 hours a month effective December 2011. She was instructed to use those hours only for sending written enforcement reports and also was instructed to stop attending P&Z monthly meetings as she had in the past.

Local land use attorneys reportedly objected to the salary cut at BoF meetings, but Bosco said he was told the cut was made because of the tough economy and lack of building activity. He said, however, that Town Planner Brian Miller and Town Engineer John Calabrese never had their bills questioned

and further remarked that fees associated with zone changes often ran to $1,000 or more, arguing against the BoF position.

A date for the hearing has not yet been set, and the charges, if any, will not be made public until Bosco and Smith have completed their investigation. Commissioners have complained Donegan overstepped her authority, and recent P&Z procedural amendments now require all commercial use changes to go before the commission. This makes the process lengthier for simple changes that previously required only Donegan’s approval.

Letters to the Editor...........4 Library Happenings............2 Nuggets for Life................6 Parks & Recreation............6 Puzzles.............................7 Region 15 Calendar..........3 Senior Center News...........3 Varsity Sports Calendar......6

Editorial Office: Email: mbisubmit@gmail.com Phone: 203-577-6800 Mail: P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762 Advertising Sales: Email: mbiadvertising@gmail.com

Upcoming Events

Inside this Issue Adoptable Pets..................8 Classifieds.........................7 Community Calendar.........2 Computer Tip....................8 Fire Log.............................2 Frugal Mummy..................5 In Brief..............................4 Legal Notices....................7

Trick or Trunk

When: 1 to 3 p. m.

What: Treats will be handed out to children from decorated car trunks Where: Chemtura parking lot on North Benson Road in Middlebury

saturDay

Woodbury hosts Trick or Trunk

Page 8

Oct. 27

Troop 5 Pasta Dinner

When: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

What: Italian meal prepared by “ Al Dente” and Troop 5 Boy Scouts Where: Shepardson Community Center in the auditorium

Our office is at

2030 Straits Turnpike, Suite 1

203-577-6800

Mail: P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762 Published weekly by The Middlebury Bee Intelligencer Society, LLC - 2030 Straits Turnpike, Middlebury, CT 06762 - Copyright 2012

The Bee-Intelligencer

2

Friday, October 26, 2012

Middlebury Community Calendar Saturday, October 27

Pies & Pints Celebrates Anniversary

Pumpkin Festival 10 to 4 p.m.............................. Middlebury Congregational Church Trick or Trunk 1 to 3 p.m....................................................... Chemtura Parking Lot Boy Scouts Pasta Dinner 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.........................................Shepardson Auditorium

Pies & Pints owners Theo Anastasiadis, left, and Chris Gogas, right, celebrate the restaurant's one-year anniversary Oct. 20. During the past year, the two have brought in a variety of microbrewery products, added new menu items and opened an ice cream shop at the former Perrotti's Pizza in Middlebury.

(Submitted photo)

Monday, October 29 Economic and Industrial Development Commission 7 p.m...................................................Town Hall Conference Room

Tuesday, October 30 Mental Health Support Group 6 p.m............................. Russell Place, 1F, 969 W. Main, Waterbury Conservation Commission 7:30 p.m.......................................................... Shepardson Room 26

Thursday, November 1 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

Book Review “Thomas Jefferson’s Crème Brulee: How a Founding Father and his Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America”

By Thomas J. Craughwell (Quirk Books, $19.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox Thomas Jefferson was a complex man and one of our most intriguing Founding Fathers. In addition to drafting the Declaration of Independence and serving as U.S. president, he was a political philosopher, gardener,

naturalist and bibliophile. Lesser known, perhaps, is that he helped to redefine food in America by introducing and popularizing such dishes as French fries, pasta and even our quintessential comfort food, macaroni and cheese.

Jefferson was a free thinker when it came to food. During the 18th century, when most American supper tables were laden with meats, Jefferson preferred vegetables and served meat as a

condiment or side dish. While many thought tomatoes were poisonous, he used them in many of his meals along with other homegrown fruits and vegetables.

The big surprise in Thomas J. Craughwell’s fascinating new book, however, is a deal he struck in 1784 with one of his slaves, 19-year-old James Hemings, brother of Sally Hemings. According to Craughwell, the bargain was a simple one: If Hemings would accompany Jefferson to Paris and learn the art of French cooking, he would be granted his freedom. In a threeyear apprenticeship, Hemings mastered not only French cuisine, but the language as well.

While in France, Jefferson studied both agriculture and winemaking. When the two men returned to America, they brought with them champagne, designs for pasta presses, seeds and, of course, the recipe for crème brulee. What Jefferson learned abroad, he tried to share with his fellow Americans. His ambitions included seeing Arborio rice and olive groves flourish in South Carolina and producing our country’s first grand cru wines at Monticello.

A final thought: If you have a bottle of olive oil in your family pantry, you have Jefferson to partially thank.

Mystery Book Discussion Group

Appraisal Fair Fundraiser

Children’s Halloween Party

Do you enjoy reading mysteries, thrillers and detective stories?

Middlebury Library is forming a mystery book discussion group that will meet the second Thursday of each month. The first meeting will be Thursday, Nov. 8, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Sign up at the library or e-mail Joan at jarnold@biblio.org to join. The first book will be “Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder”

by Joanne Fluke. Chocolate chip cookies will be the featured refreshment. Each month, a new title will be chosen to read and discussed.

Books will be available at the Middlebury Library. No commitment is necessary. Check the library website to see which book will be discussed each month.

For more information, call 203-758-2634 or visit www. middleburypubliclibrary.org.

The Middlebury Library is at 65 Crest Road in Middlebury.

This event, co-sponsored by the Naugatuck Historical Society, will be Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Historical Society building at 195 Water St. in Naugatuck. It will feature antique appraisals by Nest Egg Auctions at a cost of $10 for one item and $15 for two items, with a limit of two items.

Register by calling the Naugatuck Historical Society at 203729-9039, Bridget Mariano at 203-578-5457, or Wayne Malicki at 203-843-4060. Limited space for walk-ins.

The Halloween Party for children ages 3 to 7 will be Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m. We will share stories, songs, a simple craft and a short film. Simple refreshments will be offered. Registration is required.

(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

Library Happenings Middlebury Weekly Programs

Jack-o’-lanterns at Woodbury’s Hurd House smile in anticipation Monday, Oct. 29, 10:30 a.m. of the visitors who will join them for the Halloween celebration to 12:30 p.m.: Travel DVD on githere Saturday evening.

(Submitted photo) ant screen with surround sound in Larkin Room: Joanna Lumley’s “The Nile.” Chess with Mike: beginners welcome.

2 p.m.: Special Halloween Woodbury’s Hurd House will some cider by the fire. Join in the movie, “Dark Shadows.” celebrate Halloween Saturday, scavenger hunt for some ghoulTuesday, Oct. 30, 3 p.m.: Ask Oct. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. at 25 ish fun. The Hurd House and its Mike! E-reader and computer Hollow Road in Woodbury. The inhabitants will be dressed for questions and instruction. Signevent is free and open to the pub- Halloween. Will you? up required. lic.

This is not a scary event. It’s 6:30 p.m.: Drop-in knitting Have fun celebrating Hallow- suitable for all ages. For more with Miss Ann. Chess with Mike. een at the Hurd House Museum. information, call 203-266-0305 Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1 p.m.: Bring the kids, come in costume, or email hurdhousect@yahoo. Stroll through the stacks with listen to a spooky tale and sip com.

Lesley.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m.: Ask Mike! E-reader and computer Tony’s questions and instruction. Signup required.

“Due to the current state of the USED TIRES Friday, Nov. 2, 10:30 a.m. to economy, YOU CAN’T AFFORD $ & up 12:30 p.m.: “Martha’s Classic NOT TO GO TO TONY’S TIRES!” Thanksgiving” video in the LarManufacturers’ Rebates Available kin Room. Chess with Mike: beWHEEL PACKAGE LAYAWAYS ginners welcome. s e ic “My prorth 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT 12:30 p.m.: Newest release w e $ ar !” our EVERYDAY LOW PRICE! e id r movie for adults. Bring a picnic e th lunch and enjoy the giant screen.

FREE Alignment w/purchase of 4 tires M-F 7:30-6 • SAT 8:30-3 If you have any suggestions for 2067 S. Main St. • WTBY 203-575-1350 movies, let us know.

Hurd House Halloween

TIRES & WHEELS 15

60

Busy Mom Book Club

Lessons | Sales | Repairs | Rentals

Right in your own backyard!

We offer lessons for guitar, bass, drums, piano and also have on site repairs for guitars and amps. We’re located on RT6 in Woodbury across from West Chevrolet.

Call 203-263-8232, email info@woodburymusicshop.com or visit our website woodburymusicshop.com.

Buy one lesson and get one free.

Offer good now through December 30, 2012: bring this coupon in for a free lesson when you purchase a lesson, please call 203-263-8232 or email info@woodburymusicshop.com to schedule yours today!

The library is launching a new book group for busy moms Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m. The Four Seasons Book Club will meet only four times a year, once each season, to read and discuss a novel and compare it to its related movie. Discussions will be accompanied by snacks and good company.

The November book will be “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”

by Lisa See. Books are available at the library. For more information, call Sue at 203-758-2634 or visit www.middleburypubliclibrary.org,

Preview Day – Monday, November 5th

Naugatuck Chair Yoga Experience this gentle approach to yoga from the comfort and safety of a chair every Wednesday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, 14 and 21, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Learn how continued yoga practice can lead to improved flexibility and an overall feeling of good health. The class is taught by Kathleen Greco, RYT, for adults. Donation is $20 per person.

Connecticut Travel Book Author to Speak Author David K. Leff will speak and sign copies of his book Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Nellie Beatty Room. Leff’s’ book is “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Deep Traveler Explores Connecticut.”

During his many years working at the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and writing about the state’s landscape, Leff, a resident of Collinsville, Conn., gained unparalleled intimacy while traveling its byways and back roads.

In his book, the inquisitive mind of the “deep traveler” sees much more than what is in plain sight.

Leff also wrote “The Last Undiscovered Place” and two volumes of poetry. The public is welcome to attend this free program.

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

academically and personally to get the most out of their college experience. At Westover your daughter will have opportunities to explore and discover her strengths through signature academic programs that allow for in-depth study in areas including Women in Science and Engineering, Global Exchanges, Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Online School for Girls. Here your daughter will grow both academically and personally within a collaborative community of students in grades 9 - 12 from 16 states and 17 countries.

fall preview day – Monday, November 5th To register, or for more information, please call the Office of Admission at 203.577.4521 or visit westoverschool.org by Thursday, November 1st.

Westover School • Middlebury, CT • westoverschool.org MBI Preview Day 2 draft 1.indd 1

10/15/12 11:43 AM

A selection of photographs by Rolf Anderson of Woodbury will be on display in the Gloria Cachion Gallery Thursday, Nov. 1, to Thursday, Nov. 29. In 2008, Rolf travelled to Sweden with other members of the Anderson family. The exhibit presents some of the photographs Rolf took during his travels from the southern end of Sweden to the far northern mountains above the Arctic Circle. Rolf’s nephew, Anders Vercelli, also will exhibit some of his photographs of Denmark and Iceland.

Check www.southburylibrary. org for more information. The library is at 100 Poverty Road in Southbury (203-262-0626).

Woodbury Make a Cigar Box Purse

A Cigar Box Purse Workshop for teens in grades seven and up and interested adults will be Friday, Oct. 26, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Master Crafter Vanessa Fasanella will instruct participants in creating their own purse to keep or use as a gift. She will provide a variety of helpful tips and will display several ready-made purses for inspiration.

Chair Yoga Fundraiser All materials, including the A Chair Yoga fundraiser will cigar boxes and a variety of patake place at the Whittemore Lipers and embellishments, will brary Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 6:30 be provided. The class is free, but to 7:30 p.m. Kathleen Greco, a it is limited to 12 adults, so call Wednesday Film certified yoga instructor, will lead The Wednesday afternoon 203-263-3502 to register or visit the class. The fundraiser will ben- movie Oct. 31, Halloween after- www.woodburylibraryct.org for efit the library’s programming. noon, features Harry Smith from more information.

A $10 donation is requested, the CBS Early Show serving as a “Trees” and registration is required. Any- guide through the 3,000-year one can attend – all levels of abil- history of how the customs for A Photographic Exhibit ity and disability, all ages, male this holiday evolved.

The October photographic art or female. Learn some basic The room’s surround sound exhibit, “Trees,” features the principles of yoga movement. theater has an infrared listening works of Steve Eazarsky. Trees You may observe or participate. system available. For more in- dot and beautify our hills, help Please call 203-729-4591 to reg- formation, call 203-262-0626. clean our air and mark the pasister. sage of time through seasonal change. Eazarsky presents trees as they’ve never been seen before. Eazarsky is a self-taught photographer from Watertown, Conn. Half of all proceeds from the show will be donated to the Arbor Day Foundation for trees Date Time Address/Incident to be purchased and planted. His 10/14/12 00:40 835 Whittemore Rd. Activated fire alarm. website is www.ulteriorphoto.

10/17/12 00:41 199 Park Road Ext. Activated fire alarm. com.

Faulty sprinkler jockey pump.

The library is at 269 Main St. 10/18/12 04:49 545 Whittemore Road. Smoke in the build- South in Woodbury. To register ing. Overloaded kitchen cord. for programs or for more infor10/18/12 15:21 Long Meadow Elementary School. Fire mation, call 203-263-3502 or alarm activation. visit www.woodburylibraryct.

10/19/12 07:52 121 Tyler Crossing. Electrical smell in house. org.

Faulty microwave oven.

10/20/12 ---- 763 Straits Turnpike. Elevator rescue.

Southbury

Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Call Log

Westover School, a leading preparatory school for young women, is known for its graduates – confident young women prepared both

Sweden: Going Home

The Bee-Intelligencer

Friday, October 26, 2012

Middlebury Senior Center News Don’s Computer Classes Exploring the WWW (World Wide Web) will meet Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. See all the amazing sites and information available to you! Be ready to be surprised. The fee for the one-session class is $10.

Customizing Your Computer will meet Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Learn how to customize your computer to your needs and taste, from scrolling family photos to putting all your favorite sites at your finger tips.

The fee for the one-session class is $10.

Windows 7 Tips & Tricks will meet Thursday, Nov. 1, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Learn how to effortlessly navigate Windows 7. See and use the improvements built into this operating system. The fee for the one-session class is $10.

Senior Helpers Information Thursday, Nov. 1, at 12:15 p.m., Marie Sturdevant will talk about Senior Helpers. She will speak after lunch and will provide a lovely dessert. Call 203577-4166 to reserve a seat.

AARP Driver Safety Program The next AARP Driver Safety course will be Monday, Nov. 5, 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 and regulations, new laws and regulations, how to deal with aggressive drivers, and how aging affects reaction time, vision and hearing.

Drivers who complete this class get a certificate that may entitle them to a discount on automobile insurance (contact your insurance company for details).

AARP membership is not required, and drivers of all ages are invited to attend. The fee is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. Make checks out to “AARP.” Veterans can take the class free of charge through the AARP Veterans’ Program. They

just need to fill out a coupon that will be provided.

You must register before the class begins by calling 203-5774166 or going to the Senior Center Office in the Shepardson Community Center at 1172 Whittemore Road in Middlebury.

Understanding Medicare Medicare specialist Jeffery Gomulinski will give seminars on Medicare Friday, Nov. 2, and Friday, Nov. 30, at 10 a.m. at the Middlebury Senior Center.

Medicare Annual Open Enrollment The Medicare 2012 open enrollment started Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 17, 2012. During this time, Medicare recipients may choose among a wide range of health and drug plan options available, including original Medicare.

Most people with Medicare can choose a “Part D” plan to help them pay for prescription drugs.

And people who have chosen to enroll in a “Part C,” Medicare advantage plan for their basic health care services have the option of staying in that plan, choosing a different plan, or going back to the original Medicare program (unless their current plan is among those that will not be offered in 2013). Plans can change from year to year, so these choices should be made with care.

If you need information or help deciding what is best for you, you can make an appointment with an insurance representative by calling 203-5774166.

Veterans’ Luncheon Nov. 16 Middlebury will honor its veterans Friday, Nov. 16, at 12:30 p.m. with a free buffet and musical entertainment in the auditorium at Shepardson Center in Middlebury. All U.S. Veterans are welcome regardless of residency!

Please RSVP by Thursday, Nov. 1, to 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat and be sure there will be adequate food for all! This event is proudly sponsored, staffed and funded by the Middlebury Senior Center.

Fake pharmacies lurk online It can be tempting to look for cheaper sources of prescription drugs, but going online to hunt for your drugs is not the answer.

The risks of dealing with online pharmacies are serious. If you get a fake drug, it will contain the wrong ingredients, and they’ll likely be harmful to you. You might get a bad reaction that sends you to the hospital. If nothing else, your condition could worsen since you won’t be getting the medicine you need.

Drugs from a fake pharmacy might not have any label at all and no instructions on how to take them. You’ll have no contact with a local pharmacist who can track your prescriptions for adverse interactions. In short, you’ll receive the medicine (real or not) and nothing more.

The signs of a fake online pharmacy are: No prescription required. Prices are cheap. It ships anywhere in the world. You get spam email. It’s not in the U.S. It’s not licensed. Remember: Anyone can put up a website that looks genuine.

To learn how to avoid a rogue online pharmacy, the Food and Drug Administration has a new website, BeSafman launched working for families eRx (www.FDA.gov/BeSafeRx).

Go online, and watch the short

videos. Call the FDA at 1-888463-6332 for more information.

The Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) is one way to check whether an online pharmacy is legitimate (www.nabp.net). You can check out the pharmacist by going to the BeSafeRx website. Click on Know Your Online Pharmacy.

Click on the map of the state and search for the company and the pharmacist to make sure both are licensed.

Update: The FDA has just ordered the operators of 4,100 websites to stop selling unapproved medications. But there still are more out there.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but she will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail. like com. yours H (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

Region 15 School Calendar Monday, October 29 Elementary Parent Conference..........Elementary Early Release day

Wednesday, October 31 RMS Book Fair

Thursday, November 1 PTO Advisory Council.............................................................9:30 a.m.

RMS Book Fair

Friday, November 2 Prof. Dev. Half Day......................................Early Release for Students RMS Book Fair Region 15 website: www.region15.org

3

Warner Theatre raises funds The Warner Theatre in Torrington is raising funds with its annual wine and food tasting and with the sale of donated treasures. The 11th Annual Holiday Wine & Food Tasting will be Friday, Nov. 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. VIP admission will be at 5:30 p.m. In the second fundraiser, Abeling Enterprises is selling donated items to raise funds for the Warner.

For the last 10 years, the Warner Theatre’s wine tasting fundraiser has drawn crowds of wine lovers from throughout Northwest Connecticut and beyond. Last year, more than 700 wine lovers came to the Warner to experience fine vintages from more than 30 distributors and delectable samplings from many of the area’s premier restaurants.

Tickets to the event, which is presented in association with Tony’s Drive-In Package, are $25 in advance, $30 at the door and $75 for VIP admission, which includes admittance to the VIP tasting room featuring premium wines, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment. For more information, call the Warner box office at 860489-7180 or go to www.warnertheatre.org.

In its second fundraiser, the Warner welcomes donations of unwanted treasures that have potential value on eBay and Craigslist from those who are redecorating or simply have too many treasures. The best-selling items include antiques, collectibles, furniture, jewelry, watches, coins and stamps, electronics, cameras, musical instruments and cars and boats. Items must have a starting value of $100 or more. For more information, contact the Warner Theatre at 860-489-7180, ext. 189, or dmarconi@warnertheatre.org. Paul Abeling at Abeling Enterprises in Torrington (860-485-4904) makes it easy for people to donate.

Shown at Middlebury Town Hall are back left, Middlebury First Selectman Edward B. St John, and Long Meadow Elementary School Cub Scout Pack 15, Den 1, members, front left to right, Nicholas Welton, Joshua Fromowitz, Alex Bearz, Seth Fromowitz, Aidan Gilchrist and Daniel Nittardi and back left to right, Ben Escedy and Andrew Widlar. They hold citizenship certificates received during their Town Hall visit earlier this month. (Submitted photo)

HOLY CROSS

HIGH SCHOOL

Different Where It Counts

On the Field

In the Community

In the Classroom

OPEN HOUSE

ENTRANCE EXAM

Sunday, October 28th 2pm-4pm

Saturday, November 3rd 8:30am

D'Amelio-Beead3_D'Amelio-Beead2 10/18/12

Dare 2 B Different 587 Oronoke Road • Waterbury, Connecticut 06708 • (203) 757-9248 www.HolyCrossHS-CT.com 4:47 PM Page 1

Re-Elect

Anthony J. D’Amelio Proven Leadership by Someone Who Understands

The Facts About The Democrats’ One-Party Rule

l $1.8 Billion tax hike and CT is still in deficit

The Republican Common Sense Commitment 3 Spend no more than you make.

3 Borrow only what you can afford to pay back.

l Connecticut was ranked the worst, 50 out of 50 states, in managing its finances and balancing its obligations against revenue.

– Barron’s Weekly Magazine l Looming tax hike next year!

– CT Mirror, 9/25/12 l Moody’s Investor Services downgrades Connecticut’s credit rating.

3 If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But if it’s not working, get rid of it.

l Connecticut’s unemployment rate in August jumped from 8.5% to 9%, the single highest monthly increase in 36 years.

– Department of Labor

3 The more government tries to do, the less it does well.

l Each taxpayer’s share of Connecticut’s tax burden is now $49,000!

– Institute for Truth in Accounting, 2012

3 We should have all the government we l No net new jobs created! need, but only the government we need. l $600 Million Busway!

Vote D’Amelio H 71st District H Middlebury H Waterbury Paid for by D’Amelio 2012, Erika Carrington, Treasurer. Approved by Tony D’Amelio

The Bee-Intelligencer

4

Friday, October 26, 2012

Bee Intelligencer

in•tel•li•gencer: n. One who conveys news or information The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed.

Issued every week by: The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer Society LLC Bee-Intelligencer Staff: Editor-In-Chief/Publisher: Marjorie Needham Contributing Writers: Mary Conseur, Terrence S. McAuliffe, Kathleen Riedel Art & Production: Mario J. Recupido Advertising Sales: mbiadvertising@gmail.com - Submit press releases in person, by mail or email The Bee-Intelligencer welcomes news, press releases and advertising from all surrounding communities Editorial Office: 2030 Straits Turnpike, Suite 1, Middlebury, CT 06762 Direct mail to P.O. Box 10.

Telephone: 203-577-6800 • Email: beeintelligencer@gmail.com Advertising Information: Telephone: 203-577-6800 • Email: mbiadvertising@gmail.com Deadlines: Display Advertising: 5 p.m. Friday preceding publication Classified Advertising: 5 p.m. Monday preceding publication

Editorial/Press Releases: Noon Monday preceding publication Copyright © 2012 by The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer Society, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

(Kathleen Brown-Carrano cartoon)

In Brief Woodbury Lions Club 22nd Annual Haunted Hayride Calling all goblins, ghouls and ghosts! The Woodbury Lions Club’s 22nd Annual Haunted Hayride with Haunted Barn will be Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, with the first ride leaving from Mitchell Elementary School at 7 p.m. each night.

Ride on a hay wagon through the haunted fields and cemeteries of Woodbury meeting the ghosts of Woodbury’s Civil War veterans and other town residents, various

pasta dinner Saturday, Oct. 27, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center in Middlebury. Last year, it was an honor to support Middlebury during Storm Alfred. This year, you are invited to support Troop 5 and the future of its Scouts.

Tickets will be available at the door at prices of $5 per ticket for seniors, scouts, and children 12 and under and $8 for adults, with a limit of $25 per family. Come enjoy an Italian meal prepared Troop 5 Pasta Dinner by “Al Dente” and the Scouts Boy Scout Troop 5 of Middle- from Troop 5. bury will host its seventh annual Portrait Painting denizens of the dark, assorted ghouls and, of course, zombies.

Stop at the Haunted Barn, which features illusions that seem to hang in the middle of space, creatures that seem to jump out at you, and a hallway that seems to go on forever.

Ticket sales begin at 6:30 p.m. each night, and the last scheduled ride is at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12.

Drug prevention training

Demonstration

Portrait artist Scott Bricher will give a live demonstration Saturday, Oct. 27, at 11 a.m. in The Central Naugatuck Valley the training is to recruit and in- the Wykeham Room at the Gunn Regional Action Council invites form potential new prevention all community members to Local council members representing Prevention Council “101” Train- key community stakeholders from ing Thursday, Nov. 1, from 7 to 9 Middlebury and Southbury. p.m. at South Britain Congrega- Members of communities will tional Church in South Britain. potentially form a newly revised The program is for former council Local Substance Abuse Prevenmembers and others concerned tion Council, fine tuning efforts about substance abuse and re- for this coming year and beyond. To the Editor: lated behaviors in Southbury and This training will teach parents, In less than 2 weeks, voters Middlebury. teachers, officials, youth and will be asked to elect someone What’s the difference between other community members how with the opportunity to turn this a “council” and a “coalition”? to become a smarter coalition country around or to re-elect a What are prevention strategies, faster. Members will work to- habitual campaigner/fundraiser and are some more effective than gether to help the group serve as who needs a GPS to find the others? How do we make an im- a catalyst for reducing local sub- White House. pact and create lasting changes stance abuse rates and improving The day after our ambassador around substance use, violence, resiliency and protective factors to Libya and three other Ameriand other risky behaviors and ac- in youth and across the lifespan. cans were killed in that country, tivity? And where do we get the For more information and to President Obama jetted off to Las funding, volunteers and guidance RSVP for this call to action, con- Vegas for another fundraiser, to make these things happen? tact Jennifer DeWitt at 203-578- foregoing an intelligence briefing The Council will answer these 4044 or jdewitt.fic@sbcglobal.net on the tragedy while members questions and more. The goal of of his administration misled the public on the cause of it. That’s some leadership. Evidently a fundraiser takes precedence over the loss of American lives.

Obama’s goal over the past Middlebury Road (Opposite the Shell Station) four years has been to take this Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily country towards the socialisticAnthony Calabrese 203-758-2765 style government he so champions. None of what he campaigned on in 2008 – lowering the unemployment rate, cutting the deficit in half, creating hunMums - All Sizes dreds of thousands of green jobs – ever came to fruition. What we Tomatoes • Peppers • Winter Squash and more! got was higher gasoline prices, Specialty Pumpkins • Gourds • Shrubs • Corn Stalks more than $5 trillion in addiMulch available by the bag or by the yard tional debt and disdain in the eyes of the world. He blames all Bird Seed • Deer Corn • Livestock & Poultry Feed his failures on the Republicans and those in his own party who Local eggs. Fresh daily. $3.50 per dozen don’t agree with his socialist

Memorial Library in Washington, Conn. Bricher’s work is on view and available for purchase in the Stairwell Gallery of the Library. In addition to being a portraitist, Bricher is an illustrator, animator and instructor.

The program is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended. Light refreshments will be served. Call 860868-7586 or visit www.gunnlibrary.org for more information.

Easter Seals Annual Ladies Night Out Event The 5th Annual Ladies Night Out to benefit Easter Seals will be Friday, Nov. 9, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott at 63 Grand St. in Waterbury.

Tickets are $40 per person. Seating is limited, and reservations

are required. Tables of 10 will be reserved. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Ladies will enjoy an evening of exceptional vendor shopping, a fabulous dinner and a variety of scrumptious desserts provided by the area’s finest bakers, chocolatiers and restaurants. Live entertainment will be provided by the popular and intriguing Certified Hypnotist Heidi Vollmer. Prizes, special drawings, and raffles galore will be going on all evening while guests share many laughs and support the wonderful programs for infants, children and adults with special needs and disabilities within the greater Waterbury, central and northwestern Connecticut area.

Call Mary Reid at 203-7545141, ext. 251, or visit www.wa-

terburyct.easterseals.com for more information.

3. First president to preside over a double reduction in the credit rating of the U.S. government.

4. He has not passed a federal budget since he took office 3½ years ago. It has been defeated unanimously in both the House and the Senate.

5. He has declared “there is no war on terror.” Our relations in the Mideast have deteriorated dramatically, and defense is the lowest priority of his yet-to-be-passed budget.

6. The Bengahazi, Libya, massacre: cover-up or screw up.

7. The Fort Hood massacre is still classified as “work-place violence.”

8. Since Mr. Obama took office, the average annual income in the U.S. has decreased by $3,800.

9. Since Mr. Obama took office, the cost of gas has increased about 110 percent. The Social Security increase is 5.3 percent.

10. While in the Illinois Senate, he not only voted against a ban on partial birth abortion but also voted to allow babies who survived the procedure to die.

11. He is against enabling states like Arizona and New Mexico to control the influx of illegal immigrants into their states, even though the safety of their residents is severely compromised.

12. He has vilified the successful entrepreneurial spirit in this country, especially those who are successful and make a profit.

13. Women do not need the government to pay for reproductive wants. It is demeaning and the feminists should be in an uproar.

14. He does not support voter ID. An ID is required to buy liquor, medicine, banking, receiving benefit checks and even using a library. No voter ID enables voter fraud.

15. He is eroding the first amendment of the Constitution by forcing the Catholic Church to compromise a major tenant of its religion.

16. He granted a government-backed loan of $500 million to Solyndra (Obama campaign donors.) Shortly thereafter, Solyndra went bankrupt, just one of many “green energy” loans that failed. That is our money.

17. He found the time for a visit to the DJ “Pimp the Limp,” but did not have time for a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu.

18. The unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent (which does not include those who have given up job hunting or have part-time jobs) after billions invested in the stimulus package.

19. Mr. Obama whispered to Medvedev: “After my re-election, I will have more flexibility.”

Sincerely, Heidi Shea Middlebury

School of Nursing Reunion The First Christmas Reunion of ALL graduates of the Waterbury Hospital School of Nursing will be Sunday, Dec. 2, at noon at the Country Club of Waterbury. A social hour with a cash bar will be followed by a luncheon. Please exchange information of this event with your classmates. It is hoped this will become an annual affair, Graduates who need more information on entree selection and cost can contact Ginny Allen at 203-758-4007 or Jo Ann Truelove at 203-759-0682.

Letters to the Editor

Voters need to focus on real issues

Apples: Macoun, Cortland,

Rome, Crispin, Golden Delicious

Come See Scot Haney Saturday, October 27, 1 - 5 pm

Come dressed in costume and get your picture taken with Scot!

Sample candy and fudge from our New & Improved Candy Shop!

ideas. Yet he believes he’s doing a good job, the true sign of a narcissist and egomaniac.

Voters need to stop listening to the attack ads from both parties, locally and nationally, and focus on the real issues facing the country. We are rapidly moving away from capitalism, which is what made this a great country.

It’s time for a change, and only voters can do it. Democrats say they’re for the working class.

How has that been working out for you in Democrat-controlled Connecticut? We have the dubious honor of being number one in almost every negative aspect of daily life.

If the country continues down its present path you will soon find yourself in a “what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine” society.

Sincerely, Richard Dews Middlebury

19 reasons to not vote for Obama To the Editor: I recently came across a list of 10 reasons to vote for Barack Obama. I decided to compile a list of 10 reasons to NOT vote for Barack Obama. With great difficulty, I was able to narrow my list to the top 19 reasons.

1. National debt of $16 trillion.

The US borrows $3.88 billion/day.

2. Energy: large percentage of our energy money goes to Mideast for oil, yet although he pledged to make us energy independent, he put a stop to drilling on federal land and halted the development of the Keystone Pipeline.

Best Costume

Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor may be mailed to the Bee-Intelligencer, P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762 or emailed to beeintelligencer @gmail.com.

Letters will be run as space permits. Please limit letters to 500 words, avoid personal attacks, and understand letters will be edited.

For verification purposes, please include your name, street address and daytime telephone number.

wins a free gift basket.

20% off Halloween Decor

THE SHOPPES AT WHITTEMORE CROSSING 1365 Whittemore Rd., Middlebury, Ct

203-528-0130

www.middleburyconsignment.com

Monday to Saturday 10 am - 5 pm Sunday 11 am - 5 pm

ic Authent arbecue B Texas

160 Rubber Avenue, Naugatuck, CT 06770

203-729-2222

Open every 11 am to 9 day pm

2 OFF ANY PURCHASE OVER $10

$

Bring this coupon to receive special - Expires 11/30/12

The Bee-Intelligencer

Friday, October 26, 2012

5

PHS senior hand stitches theatre costumes

By KATHLEEN RIEDEL Learning to sew was an incentive for Pomperaug High School (PHS) senior Natalia Riedel – her mother’s reward for cleaning a messy room. Her first project was a bandana dress for the Fourth of July.

Since then Riedel has sewn many articles in her own wardrobe. Her Brother sewing machine and collection of 1950s patterns are the means to handmade Christmas and birthday presents for her family. She spends free blocks and after-school hours in the high school’s costume room.

Her craft is sewing, cutting patterns and fitting cloth to body. It is a means of self expression – her translation of purpose and meaning to the world.

This year Riedel is creating 13 hand-stitched costumes for the upcoming PHS production of “The Learned Ladies,” Theatre Director Paul Doniger’s fall Black Box Theatre selection. The Molière piece is a Tony Mooney translation from French. Doniger has always liked Molière. After acting in several of his plays and directing “The Imaginary Invalid,” Doniger said he always has wanted to do another.

“He is very poetic, but funny,” Doniger said. “All of the lines are in rhyming verse and iambic pentameter.”

To counter Molière’s linguistic formality, Riedel wanted to add a whimsical element to her costuming. Using her “Encyclopedia of World Costumes” for reference, she chose 17th-century-in-

spired patterns appropriate for the play’s context. After several hours in JoAnn Fabrics, she chose elaborate prints in yellow, orange and blue.

Riedel said, “I wanted the costumes to mimic each character’s personality. Because the language is a bit heavier, I wanted the costumes to be lighter and more whimsical.”

While professional costumers assist with the spring musicals, fall production costuming is left to the creative judgment of the costume mistress.

“Want to know how the costumes are character indicative?”

Riedel asked, pointing to her swatch board. Colorfully printed fabric swatches are pinned in clusters on a hanging piece of white cardboard. Above each is the name of a character. After reading the play and assisting with casting, Riedel gained a fuller impression of the play. “I feel it’s important to know who the characters are in order to costume them.”

Fellow crew member Melissa Hampton spreads the patterns on the floor to cut each piece before Riedel sews them. They hold a completed polka dot bodice up to the mirror, then against themselves to judge its size.

Each male character will wear a long coat, complete with tails and a ruffled collar, vests and knickers pants. Female characters will wear full-skirted dresses and dried hydrangea flower wigs.

“And they’re all wearing fake eyelashes,” Riedel said, raising her eyebrows.

Boys should be ready for a surprise because they’re wearing them, too – feathered green- and pink-tipped lashes glued to the tops or bottoms of their eyelids.

“We’re teasing their hair, too,” Riedel said.

Doniger, with Riedel and Hampton’s direction, ordered men’s pilgrim shoes and women’s witch shoes, all of which the girls will embellish with feathers and frills.

“Doniger didn’t really have a choice,” Hampton said. “Natalia told him what we were doing and if he didn’t like it, well then, no costumes.”

Doniger comes in periodically to check on their progress. When Riedel double-checks the date of the full dress rehearsal, Doniger jokes, “Tomorrow. Tomorrow at three o’clock. That okay?”

He said he will miss the girls next year after they graduate. “I don’t know what we’re going to do without Natalia. No one else knows how to sew,” he said.

Costume Mistress Natalia Riedel works on one of the costumes she is hand stitching for Pomperaug “I can just teach someone be- High School’s Black Box Theatre production, “The Learned Ladies.” Riedel is sewing 13 costumes for fore the end of the year,” Riedel the show, which will be staged the second and third weekends in November. said. “It’s not a big deal.”

(Kathleen Riedel photo)

“The Learned Ladies” “The Learned Ladies” will run the two weekends prior to Thanksgiving, Nov. 9 to 11, and Nov. 16 to 18, in the Black Box Theatre at Pomperaug High School. Performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Admission is $5 for students, seniors and Region 15 staff and $10 for regular admission.

Seating is limited to 85 per show, so make arrangements

early. Tickets will be sold at the door as seating permits. Presales will begin in early November during school lunch periods in the cafeteria.

Phone and email reservations also may be made. For more information, or to reserve tickets, visit www.region15.org/ subsite/phs/page/about-ptc-8988, or call the Black Box Theatre box office at 203-262-3247.

Frugal Mummy

Obituary Policy

Helping you save on holiday shopping With the holidays just around the corner, most of us are looking for ways to stretch our budget and get more bang for our buck.

This holiday season I want to help you spend less money on holidays and more time enjoying your family. Here are four great ways to help you earn money while shopping.

Ibotta is a free mobile app that rewards users with cash for learning about their favorite products before they go shopping. This holiday season, Ibotta is going to become the hottest app around.

Download it for smart phone or tablet.

Shopkick also is an app for your smart phone. It works when you walk into a store. When it opens, it takes a moment to locate you and then pulls up a list

of nearby stores. You can earn “kicks” by simply walking into the store. “Kicks” add up and can be redeemed for gift cards from Target, Starbucks and other stores. You also can earn “kicks” for scanning products.

Swagbucks is an online search engine that rewards you for choosing them. I’ve been a member for more than two years and, during that time, have redeemed the “swags” I earned for a stroller, airline tickets and countless other benefits.

Upromise is free to join and allows you to earn money for college by shopping online through the Upromise site, by purchasing specific products or from certain stores or when you use your credit card. Members direct their spending to Upromise partners

Credit and debt myths and truths There are a half-dozen myths about credit and debt that can get consumers into trouble: Myth 1: It’s easy to fix bad credit. Truth: Negative information can stay on your credit report for as long as specified by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. A simple delinquency on a credit card can stay on your credit report for a whopping seven years, and that starts 180 days after the account first becomes delinquent. A bankruptcy will stay on your credit report 10 years.

Myth 2: Bankruptcy gets rid of all your debts. Truth: Student loans, child support, alimony and any taxes you owe that are less than three years old are not discharged by bankruptcy. Additionally, not everyone is automatically approved for bankruptcy. Since 2005 you’ll have to pass a “means test” to see if you qualify for bankruptcy or will receive a repayment plan instead.

Myth 3: A debt collector can’t contact other people such as your neighbors or family. Truth: They’re allowed to call others to try to determine where you live and work and what your phone number is. Additionally, they can call you at work unless you notify them you don’t want calls there.

Myth 4: A divorce decree will relieve you from your debts.

Truth: Since the creditor didn’t have input about how the divorce settlement was written, they depend on the original contract to determine who pays what and when. No matter what the divorce decree says, if you don’t

adhere to the terms of the original contract, the creditor can report you delinquent if you don’t pay.

Myth 5: Creditors can’t change your interest rate. Truth: With just 45 days notice, a creditor can make significant changes to your account agreement, including raising your interest rate. This can happen if your credit score drops, even if you’ve continued to make payments correctly to that creditor.

Myth 6: Once your car is repossessed, you don’t have to worry about it anymore. Truth: That depends whether there is a balance due after the car is sold at auction. If the car doesn’t sell for enough to clear the whole amount due, you are obligated for the balance.

Before you sign up for credit, learn about your rights and obligations. Go online to credit.com for information on consumer credit.

David Uffington regrets he cannot personally answer reader questions, but he will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475, or send email to columnreply@gmail.com. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

— including more than 600 online stores, 8,000+ restaurants, and more — and earn money for college. It’ll make you feel better about holiday purchases!

One sure way to save money while shopping online is to use coupon codes, and this year I will be making sure you get all the coupon codes out there. Find

them at mummydeals.org/category/online-codes/ or visit my Pinterest board for holiday ideas: pinterest.com/mummydeals/ clair-s-holiday-showcase/ Join Clair Boone and thousands of other savvy shoppers at www.facebook.com/mummydeals.org or read her other tips at www.mummydeals.org.

Please ask your funeral director to send obituaries and photos to us at beeintelligencer@gmail. For more information, call 203-577-6800.

The Bee-Intelligencer runs obituaries and their accompanying photos free of charge. We do this as a community service to honor the deceased and the family and friends who love them.

stay informed all week long!

FOLLOW US at www.twitter.com/ mbinews keep up to date with breaking news, weather alerts, traffic advisories and more.

Ernest Brunelli for State Representative

71st District “Our district deserves a legislator with a positive vision who is committed to building a brighter future for our families and small businesses. Like you, I want our community to move forward.”

- Ernest Brunelli

As your State Representative, Ernest will support efforts like …

Comprehensive economic legislation that invests $180 million in job creation, expands tax credits for hiring unemployed workers and CUTS the Business Entity Tax in half.

The Small Business Express Package, which will help small businesses grow by providing funding through incentives, grants and loans.

Keeping local taxes down and helping our students by getting more funds for district schools through state Education Cost Sharing grants.

Protecting our seniors and people with disabilities, as with legislation that ensures they will be able to continue to use the Medicare Savings Program to help pay their Medicare co-pays and deductibles.

Pairing education and business leaders to create curricula that prepare our students for today’s competitive workforce.

A HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY A lifelong Waterbury resident, private investigator and retired Connecticut Police Sergeant.

3 A military veteran with U.S. Army Police training and a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.

3 Member of the Waterbury Board of Aldermen since 2009 and the Waterbury Zoning Commission since 2004.

3 Aldermanic liaison to Waterbury’s Good Jobs and Charter Revision commissions and the Waterbury Board of Education.

3 Member of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, VFW, AMVETS, American Legion and Elks Lodge 265.

3

Contact Ernest at 203-592-1119 or brunelli2012@yahoo.com Paid for and authorized by Brunelli 2012, Paul Nogueira, Treasurer. - Approved by Ernest Brunelli.

The Bee-Intelligencer

6

Friday, October 26, 2012

Middlebury Parks & Recreation 2nd Annual Trick or Trunk Middlebury Parks and Recreation’s 2nd Annual Trick or Trunk will be Saturday, Oct. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Chemtura’s parking lot off North Benson Road in Middlebury. Car decorating will be from 12 to 1 p.m.

Those handing out candy should plan to stay at the event until 3 p.m. For more information, contact the Parks and Recreation office at 203-758-2520 or email bproulx@middlebury-ct. org.

Southford Falls Quilters

Panthers chalk up another win

By TIM O’DONNELL The Pomperaug Panthers seem to be getting their season back on track. A dominating 420 victory over visiting Immaculate last Friday gives the Panthers two wins in the last three games.

“They’re starting to see what it takes to play varsity football, what it means to play Pomperaug football,” Head Coach Dave Roach said.

It was obvious right from the get-go that things were changing for the Panthers (2-4). Led by sophomore quarterback Wade Prajer making his first start of the season, the Panthers offense scored three times before the first quarter ended. “We were clicking on all cylinders. From the kicking game to the blocking game, it all

went well for us,” Roach said.

The main beneficiary of that was Dylan McAllister, who recorded all three first-quarter touchdowns on runs of 12, 3 and 5 yards. “Our line was blocking great. I was hitting 10 yards a carry. It was good,” McAllister said.

But Prajer wasn’t about to let McAllister have all the fun. Prajer hit Josh Le bron for a 29-yard touchdown pass midway through the second quarter. And then, with 1:29 left before halftime, Prajer showed why Roach put him in. Prajer took the snap and raced into the end zone from 5 yards out.

“It just gives us another dimension besides passing the ball, but also running the ball,” Roach said. “It makes that other

Pomperaug High School Varsity Games Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, 2012 Cheerleading

Friday, Oct. 26...................... Brookfield (H)........................................ 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 2........................ New Fairfield (H).................................... 7 p.m.

Boys’ Cross Country

Friday, Nov. 2........................ CIAC Champ., E. Hartford (A)............ 9:45 a.m.

Girls’ Cross Country

Saturday, Oct. 27................. CIAC Class L Champ. (A).................. 9:15 a.m.

Friday, Nov. 2........................ CIAC Champ., E. Hartford (A)............ 2:45 p.m.

defensive end stay at home and gives us another option where they’re watching for (McAllister) or the passing game. Now they have to watch out for the quarterback running out of the backfield, too.”

McAllister and Prajer combined to rush for 107 yards in the first half; the only half they would play as Roach pulled most of his offensive starters at halftime when the team was up 35-0.

While McAllister and Prajer were running wild on the Mustangs (0-6), the Panthers’ defense was suffocating the Mustangs.

They didn’t cross midfield until there was 3:47 left in the third quarter. But that drive stalled at the Panther’s 36-yard line, the deepest the Mustangs would get into Panther territory the rest of the game.

“Our defense is picking up every single week, and I think we really came together this week,” McAllister said.

The Panthers capped the scoring early in the fourth quarter when Bobby Tzepos broke free on a 58-yard touchdown run.

The Panthers will try and win consecutive games for the first time this season when they host Brookfield tonight, Friday, at 7 p.m.

Advanced Babysitter Safety 102

A CPRO Heart, LLC instructor will teach this class for youth ages 13 to 15 Saturday, Nov. 10, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Shepardson Community Center. It is for those with a sincere interest in advanced concepts and skills of first aid, including CPR certification. Prerequisite is Babysitter Beginner Babysitter Safety 101 within the past 360 Safety 101 days. The course requires written A CPRO Heart, LLC instructor and skills testing to be awarded will teach this entry-level course an American Heart Association for youth ages 10 to 15 Saturday, two-year certification. Included

Football

It’s that time of year again – when the ghosts, goblins, costumes and candy craze can fill senses and empty wallets. Parties; yummy, creepy cupcakes; and tricks and treats can fill time and empty energy reserves.

Whether it’s school parties, endless treats at the office, pumpkin carving, haunted mansion visits or spooky hayrides, we just love Halloween.

In just a few days, you can trick your kids into giving up the candy and choosing a treat that is healthier and more fun, thus saving you the effects of a massive sugar rush and crash. We used to start the evening with a delicious, healthy supper so their tummies were full before we took the kids out to trick or treat. We ended the evening by sorting

Nuggets for Life

By CYNTHIA DE PECOL through the candy with our kids and asking them to choose 10 pieces to keep and enjoy and to let go of the rest in favor of something they wanted more than candy. At that time, it was a family trip to the park, zoo or movies; a new book or video game; or something relating to ballet or basketball that were the treats they chose!

Another way to enjoy this time of year differently is to set aside a few hours to create a costume together, sharing quality time

Alzheimer’s is no. 1 cause of dementia

Friday, Oct. 26...................... Brookfield (H)........................................ 7 p.m. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please Friday, Nov. 2........................ New Fairfield (H).................................... 7 p.m. give me information on Alzheimer’s disease. I am very active. I Boys’ Soccer would appreciate anything you Saturday, Oct. 27................. SWC Quarter-Finals (H)......................... 7 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 29................... SWC Semi-Finals (H)............................. 5 p.m. can tell me about this illness. – Thurday, Nov. 1..................... SWC Championship (A).................... 4:30 p.m. H.N. ANSWER: Alzheimer’s disease is Girls’ Soccer the No. 1 cause of dementia. DeSaturday, Oct. 27................. SWC Quarter-Finals (H)............................. TBA mentias are illnesses that lead to Tuesday, Oct. 30................... SWC Semi-Finals (A)............................. 5 p.m. progressive loss of mental funcThursday, Nov. 1................... SWC Championship (A)......................... 7 p.m. tion. With Alzheimer’s disease, memory loss is prominent, espeGirls’ Swimming Tuesday, Oct. 30................... SWC Diving Champ. (A)........................ 6 p.m. cially loss of memory for the reSaturday, Nov. 3................... SWC Championship (A)......................... 4 p.m. cent past and a loss of the ability to retain new information in the Girls’ Volleyball memory bank.

Monday, Oct. 29................... SWC Quarter-Finals (A)............................. TBA Alzheimer’s patients have Thursday, Nov. 1................... SWC Semi-Finals (A)........................ 5:30 p.m. great difficulty finding even simSaturday, Nov. 3................... SWC Championship (A)......................... 7 p.m. ple words to express themselves.

(H) Home (A) Away They become lost in familiar places. As the illness progresses, they find it difficult to perform M-SAT 11am-12am • SUN 12pm- 11pm simple tasks like dressing themselves. Judgment becomes poor.

In summer, they might wear clothes suited for winter. Numbers lose all meaning to them.

Frequently, they become confused and suspicious. They no FRIDAY, OCT. 26 - 7 TO 9 PM longer recognize the faces of Featuring Black Chocolate Stout close family members.

The brains of those with Alzheimer’s shrink because brain cells are lost. With microscopic M-SAT 11am-12 am ♦ SUN 12 pm- 11pm

Tap Takeover Brooklyn Brewery

HALLOWEEN PARTY VISIT OUR NEW Friday, Oct. 26

ICE CREAM SHOP

DJ starting at 9 pm

examination of an Alzheimer’s brain, deposits of amyloidal, a protein material, are seen. They look like lumps of lava from a volcano, and they presumably kill off brain cells and block communication among them. Tangles of another protein called taut also are scattered through the brain. What leads to the formation of these proteins is as yet unknown.

No medicine cures Alzheimer’s disease, but some medicines slow its progress. Three medicines increase the brain’s supply of acetylcholine, a chemical messenger that permits brain cells to communicate with each other. Those medicines are Aricept (donepezil), Exelon (rivastigmine) and Razadyne

Advertise in the Bee-Intelligencer Your advertisement in the Bee-Intelligencer reaches more than 7,000 readers in Middlebury and surrounding towns

Now Open on Lower Level

Ladies’ Special Delicious Flavors

$1 well drinks for ladies � in Sundaes Shakes Premium costume 9 - 10:30 pm Iced Coffee Best Costume Awards DAILY SPECIALS

“Voted the best pizza r& burgers in Middlebury 2012” –Patch Readers

e

e MON B special special nd! FRI est B A nDraftsro...u....$2 TUESleSelected o i t c Se Buy one flatbread SAT

Happy Hour 3-6 pm Half Price Appetizers After 9:30 pm 1/2 Price Pizza, Wings & Flatbread Dine-In Only Happy Hour 3-6 pm Get Appetizers 1/2 Price

Get One 50% Off WED Ladies 9 pm ‘til close ........$1 Well Drinks SUN Buy one pizza - Patch Readers Get One 50% Off with drink purchase at bar THUR Martinis & Margaritas....$5 Buy one burger, Get One 50% Off

Voted best pub in the Tribury area!

Homemade ice cream!

One Store Road, Middlebury

One Store Road, Middlebury

203.598.7221

203.598.7221

FIND US ON

203-577-6800 • mbiadvertising@gmail.com

fun is all you need • $5.00 weekday Open Play • All-new party packages starting at just $179.99 • Create & Play weekly preschool playgroup • Friday Family Fun Nights

Over-30 Men’s Basketball Over-30 men’s basketball for Middlebury residents only will meet Mondays, Nov. 5 to April 8, from 8:30 to 10 p.m. at Pomperaug High School. No gym Dec. 24 and 31, Jan. 21 and Feb. 18.

The fee is $30.

Co-Ed Volleyball Strictly recreational play for persons 18 and older will be Tuesdays, Nov. 6 to April 9, from 8:30 to 10 p.m. at Long Meadow Elementary School. No gym Dec. 25 or Jan. 1. The fee is $20 for residents; $30 for nonresidents.

Bus Trip Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Leave Shepardson Community Center Thursday, Nov. 22, at 6 a.m. and Southbury Parks and Recreation at 6:30 a.m. for a trip to New York City to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The bus will return by 2 p.m. The fee is $30 per person, tip included.

Here’s to Halloween

Field Hockey

Saturday, Oct. 27................. Immaculate (A)..................................... 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 30................... SWC Semi-Finals (A) ............................ 5 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 1................... SWC Championship (H)......................... 7 p.m.

are a CD book, handouts and a rescue shield breathing barrier device. The fee is $55 for residents; $65 for nonresidents.

Get all the details and coupons at

funfactorusa.com

Fun Factor of Middlebury 950 Southford Road 203.528.0118

(galantamine). Namenda (memantine) is a fourth medicine that works in a different way.

The booklet on Alzheimer’s disease discusses this prevalent illness in detail. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue – No. 903W, 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: As a child, my mother made me drink eight glasses of water every day.

She said water flushed out poisons. Does it? – B.D. ANSWER: No, it doesn’t. The average, healthy person can let thirst be the guide to the need for fluid. All fluids count, not just water.

I am positive I will hear from people who say I should mention the diuretic effect of some fluids, but there actually is a net gain of fluid to the body even from drinks that encourage urine production.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I read your article on osteoporosis, as I have it. I was put on Actonel (risedronate) by my former doctor. My new doctor had me switch to Fosamax (alendronate) when it came out as a generic. This doctor says you must take vitamin D and calcium also. Are they necessary? – B.G. ANSWER: They are necessary.

They work hand in hand with osteoporosis medicines. Calcium is the mineral needed for strong bones. Vitamin D enhances the absorption of calcium from the digestive tract into the blood. Not having a supply of these two is like trying to build a sandcastle without sand.

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) 2012 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

and creating memories for a lifetime. Or you can support your local farm by buying a couple bags of apples and giving each kid a fresh, crunchy, healthy apple when they come to your door to trick or treat.

How about building a new tradition of sharing story time around the history of Halloween to help your kids understand it?

Offer them worldly knowledge through articles on Halloween around the world, the history of the jack-o’-lantern or facts about ghosts in American history.

This week’s nugget for life is to enjoy Halloween in a more natural, organic way rather than buying into the commercialism of it all. Just for this year, try something new. Implement a new tradition or two so that your family can look back and laugh at some of the unusual and unique ways you enjoyed Halloween!

Cynthia De Pecol is a Yoga teacher, Reiki master and life coach who lives in Washington, Conn. See lifecoachingllc.com or email lifecoach3@aol.com.

1. True or false: Cal Ripken Jr. is the Baltimore Orioles’ alltime leader in career home runs.

2. Name the last National League pitcher to complete at least 10 games in a season.

3. When was the last time before 2011 the Detroit Lions made the NFL playoffs?

4. Name the last team to go undefeated for the regular season in men’s Division I college basketball.

5. How many consecutive seasons have the Detroit Red Wings tallied at least 100 points in the standings?

6. When was the last time before 2012 the U.S. finished 1-2 in the men’s Olympic decathlon?

7. Who is the only PGA golfer since Tiger Woods to win at least one tournament in each of his first five years out of college?

Answers:

1. True. He had 431 homers. Eddie Murray is second, with 343.

2. Randy Johnson had 12 complete games for Arizona in 1999.

3. It was 1999.

4. St. Joseph’s went 27-0 in the 2003-04 regular season; then lost in the Atlantic 10 conference tournament.

5. Twelve seasons.

6. It was 1956 (Milt Campbell, gold; Rafer Johnson, silver).

7. Dustin Johnson (2008-12).

Pomperaug Panthers’ sophomore quarterback Wade Prajer looks to pass during his first start of the season last Friday in the team’s game against Immaculate. Prajer threw four touchdown passes and ran one in himself, all in the first half of the game.

(Tim O’Donnell photo)

New and experienced quilters in the Southford Falls Quilters meet at 7 p.m. the first Friday of each month from September to June in the Shepardson Community Center auditorium. The next meeting will be Friday, Nov. 2.

Members of this nonprofit organization are interested in sharing the art of quilting and doing charitable works using their skills. For more information, call Yankee Quilter at 203-888-9196.

Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center.

The course teaches age-appropriate skills necessary to care for children of all ages using team babysitting, mother’s helper and individual babysitting concepts. The course focuses on safety with an emphasis on prevention. Basic first aid and obstructed airway management for a conscious choking adult/child and infant will be covered. Other topics include hand washing, diapering, bottle feeding, personal safety, interview skills and many more topics.

A CD book, handouts and babysitter safety certificate of completion are included. Please bring a snack. The fee is $55 for residents; $65 for nonresidents.

(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

The Bee-Intelligencer

Friday, October 26, 2012

7

Classified Ads

Classified Advertising Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday Classified Advertising Cost: $10 per week, up to 40 words. 25¢ each additional word.

Submit ad with your name, address, telephone number, and payment to: Mail: Bee-Intelligencer, P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762 Email: mbisubmit@gmail.com Office: 2030 Straits Turnpike, Suite 1 This publication does not Flea Market knowingly accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent, or which might otherwise WOODBURY ANTIQUES & FLEA MARKET open Saturviolate the law or accepted days year-round 7:30 a.m. to standards of taste. However, 2 p.m. Rte. 6 and Rte. 64 in this publication does not warWoodbury, Conn. 203-263rant or guarantee the accuracy 6217. of any advertisement, nor the quality of the goods or serFor Rent vices advertised.

Readers are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made WARM WEATHER IS YEAR in any advertisements, and ROUND In Aruba. The wato use good judgment and ter is safe, and the dining reasonable care, particularly is fantastic. Walk out to the when dealing with persons beach. 3-Bedroom. Weeks unknown to you who ask for available. Sleeps 8. $3500. money in advance of delivery Email: carolaction@aol.com of the goods or services adfor more information. vertised.

Autos Wanted CASH FOR CARS: Any Make, Model or Year. We Pay MORE! Running or Not, Sell your Car or Truck TODAY. Free Towing! Instant Offer: 1-800-871-0654

Contractors

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION

The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Middlebury will hold a public hearing at Shepardson Community Center, 1172 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, at 7:30 P.M. on November 1, 2012 on an application of Middlebury Land Development LLC for approval of a Section 64 excavation and grading special permit, such a permit having been previously approved for Middlebury Land Development LLC, and originally granted in the name of Timex Corporation, for work related to a planned residential development now under construction called Benson Woods for 79 homes, a 1200± sq. ft. community building, and related roads, drainage and utilities, for property described generally as follows: Property situated at North Benson Road on the east and west sides thereof and also bounded on the north by Judd Hill Road, in part, and in part by land now or formerly of Francis M. McDonFOR SALE ald, et al, which Benson Woods property is shown as Parcel 001 on Middlebury Tax Assessor’s Map No. 7-6.

ACR METAL ROOFING/SIDMaps depicting the project are on file in the Middlebury Town ING DIST. Quality Products, Hall in the Office of the Zoning Clerk.

My roommate says we Low Prices, Metal Roofing and Trims. Complete GaMIDDLEBURY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION need to clean the lint rage & Barn Packages, Curtis Bosco, Chairman filter on the dryer after Lumber, Trusses. Delivery every cycle, while I available. Free literature.

Town of Middlebury think it should be cleaned only 1-800-325-1247, www.

Legal Notice acrmetal.com when it’s full. Can you settle the Warning of November 6, 2012 Election

Dryer fires tied to lint buildup

Q:

HAS YOUR BUILDING SHIFTInstruction ED? Contact Woodford Bros., Inc. for straightening, leveling, foundation and wood frame LANGUAGE TUTOR: English, French, English as a second repairs at 1-800-OLD-BARN, language, SAT, PSAT, and www.woodfordbros.com, TOEFL preparation. MiddleMAHIC#155877; CTHIC# bury: 203-758-1888 571557; RICRB#22078 PIANO LESSONS: Patti Maher (203) 596-0556. ExpeEducation rienced. References available. SIGN UP NOW! AVIATION MAINTENANCE

TRAINING Financial Aid if Music qualified. Job Placement Assistance. Call National Aviation Academy Today! MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CLARINET/FLUTE/VIOLIN/TRUMFAA Approved. CLASSES PET/Trombone/Amplifier/Fender STARTING SOON! 1-800Guitar, $69 each. Cello/Upright 292-3228 or NAA.edu Bass/ Saxophone/French Horn/ Drums, $185 ea. Tuba/ Baritone Horn/ Hammond Organ, Others 4 sale.1-516-377-7907

stay informed all week long!

FOLLOW US at

The Electors of the Town of Middlebury are hereby warned to meet at their respective polling places in said town on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, for the following purposes: 1. To cast their votes for Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, State Senator and State Representative.

2. To vote on the following question: “Shall the proposed revisions to the Town of Middlebury Charter, as recommended by the Charter Revision Committee and approved by the Board of Selectmen on September 4, 2012, be approved?”

The full text of the revised Charter is available at the Town Clerk’s office for public inspection or on the Town of Middlebury’s website www.middlebury-ct.org . Notice is hereby given that the location of the polling places is as follows: Shepardson Community Center, 1172 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, CT 06762 District 1 Downstairs District 2 Upstairs Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location: Shepardson Community Center, 1172 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, CT 06762 Voting Tabulators will be used. The polls will be opened at six o’clock in the morning (6:00 a.m.) and will remain open until eight o’clock in the evening (8:00 p.m.).

www.twitter.com/ mbinews keep up to date with breaking news, weather alerts, traffic advisories and more.

Butkus Plumbing

P1-204815

(Kathleen Brown-Carrano cartoon)

INSURED

• Free Estimates • Jobs Big & Small

Including: Water Heaters/Well Tanks Boiler Changes/Frozen Pipes

Joseph D. Butkus owner/operator

Your Business Ad Could Be Here

203-264-0559 Cela’s Masonry

Landscape Plus, LLC. *Affordable Prices* • Lawn Maintenance • Spring-Fall Clean-up • Trimming-Mulch • Snow Removal

• Stone Walls • Walkways • Patios • Chimneys • Fireplaces • Roofing • Tile Floors Commercial and Residential • Stone & Brick Siding Licensed & Insured • Brick and Block Works CT LIC/REG • Old & New Construction #0607918

Adrian Cela Co-owner

*FREE QUOTES*

Cell 203-568-5645 • 203 573-0366

Middlebury, CT 203-518-2170

celaadrian@gmail.com Free Estimates celasmasonry.com

Residential • Licensed/Insured

Dated at Middlebury, Connecticut, this 26th day of October, 2012.

Edith Salisbury Town Clerk of Middlebury

argument? – Flo in Harrisburg, Pa.

A:

This one is pretty easy to settle. Clean the lint filter after every cycle.

Why? Because a buildup of lint in the dryer – even just in the lint filter – can become a fire hazard.

Dryer lint is alarmingly combustible and causes some 15,000 laundry-room fires each year.

Even though the lint filter screen traps a good deal of lint from clothing, some lint particles still pass through the screen and out of the dryer vent. Over time, these particles accumulate in corners and bends along the path the dryer’s exhaust takes.

So it’s not unusual to find lint buildup in places like the junction of the exhaust outlet and the hose attachment, or in the bends and folds of a longer piece of flexible vent hose.

By Samantha Mazzotta So, in addition to cleaning out the filter after every load, you should clean behind the dryer and clean the vent connections all the way out to the outside vent at least twice a year.

To do this, unplug the dryer and, with a helper, carefully slide it out away from the wall enough so you can reach behind it. You may need to shift the washing machine as well if the units are in a tight space (and it seems as if they always are).

Purchase a lint brush at your home-improvement store. This can be used to clear built-up lint from the area beneath the lint filter, something you can do more frequently if this seems to be a problem.

Clean the vents and hose by detaching the vent hose from the

back of the dryer. Use the lint brush and, if possible, a shop vacuum to clear lint from the vent and the hose. Carefully brush or vacuum out the vent hose. Then clean the exterior vent – from the outside in if need be. Make sure to reconnect the hose securely to the vents on either side.

A final tip: If the exhaust hose or pipe is made of white vinyl, replace this material as soon as possible with flexible metal pipe.

Vinyl in particular is no longer permitted for dryer exhaust in building codes.

Send your questions or comments to ask@thisisahammer. com, or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

Wash your dryer’s lint filter in warm soapy water every few months to clear built-up fabric softener from the screen.

Chittenden Chittenden Group insuring your evolving financial needs™ insuring your evolving financial needs™

Group Specializing in Auto, Specializing in Auto, Home &Life Insurance Home &Life Insurance m o S t C o m p e t i t i v e r at e S m o S t C o m p e t i t i v e r at e S

Visit our website www.ChittendenGroup.com Visit800-723-7447 our website or call Visit our website www.ChittendenGroup.com info@chittendengroup.com www.ChittendenGroup.com or call 327 CHURCH STREET • NAUGATUCK, CT or call 800-723-7447 800-723-7447 327 ChurCh Street • naugatuCk, Ct 327 A ChurCh Streetand • naugatuCk, Progressive InformedCt

Approach to Tree Care and Removal

Daniel Weise 203-527-6487 • Pruning • Cabling

• Fertilizing • Inspections

Fully Insured • Arborist Lic. # S-5338 • Pesticide Reg. # B-2383

Accurate Electrical Contractors

We’ve moved!

Come visit us at 129 Main Street in Oakville, Conn.

Small jobs are our specialty Commercial • Residential www.accurateelectricalcontractors.com

Please note our new telephone number

Fully Insured Lic. # E1-189172

www.preferredpellet.com

203-509-7027

Glenn Sartori, proprietor

860-274-2409

Call 203-577-6800 For Information

Residential • Commercial Maintenance • New Construction

Serving The Area For 25 Years Full Service Electrical Contractor 24 Hour Emergency Service

203-758-2444 Mark Donofrio - Middlebury

Insured Lic# 121960 • markelectricllc.com

• Openings • Closings • Weekly Service • Repairs Call now for a free in-home consultation and free design plan.

203-598-0185

Open Mon to Fri 2 to 6 pm; Sat 9 am to 6 pm Closed Sun

Call 203-577-6800 For Information

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT PART-TIME The Bee-Intelligencer has an immediate opening for a part-time editorial assistant to help produce our weekly community newspaper. Prior newspaper experience preferred.

We need someone who is a fast typist and has excellent computer, spelling and grammar skills. Most tasks involve using a computer.

Familiarity with AP style, proofreading and proofreading marks, newspaper deadlines and newspaper production preferred.

WordPress knowledge desirable.

Applicants may send an email with “Newspaper Job” in the subject line to beeintelligencer@gmail.com. Include contact and availability information, and attach a resume.

The Bee-Intelligencer

8

Friday, October 26, 2012

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

Costumed youth are shown at last year’s Trick or Trunk event in Hollow Park in Woodbury. Snow from last year’s unseasonal snowstorm Alfred lingers on the ground.

(Submitted photo)

Your pet’s photo could be here PET OF THE WEEK

Adopt a Rescue Pet

Woodbury hosts Trick or Trunk The Woodbury Parks and Recreation Department’s 2nd Annual Trick or Trunk Event will be Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 6 p.m. at Hollow Park. Bring your carved pumpkin and maybe win one of the incredible prizes!

Transform your trunk into a Halloween scene, being as creative as you wish. Let the kids join in, and hand out candy from the back of your car to all the children!

Come in costume. Adults and kids will go from car to car with their friends, filling their goodie bags with lots of treats while seeing their friends

and having a blast! Music, skits and lots of spooky surprises await! This community event is fun and safe for everyone, young and old! Fabulous prizes for the best-decorated trunk and the best-carved pumpkin: Maybe you will be a winner!

Please bring a nonperishable food item for admission, and remember, if you are coming to decorate your trunk, arrive between 5 and 6 p.m.

Trick or treaters should arrive at 6 p.m.

For more information go to www.woodburyparksandrec.org

Chapin’s Computer Tip

Print from a mobile device Need to print from your iPhone, iPad or another mobile device? You can use Apple’s Airprint technology, which does work well, but you need a printer that is compatible with Air Print.

What if you have a printer that is not compatible?

FingerPrint allows you to print to any printer connected to your PC or MAC. Go to Collobos. com and download the appro-

priate version. A trial is available and if your experience is a good one, you can purchase it for about $20 – a relatively cheap solution to a big headache.

For FingerPrint to work, both devices need to be on the same wireless network. Your DT or LT needs to be on the same wireless connection as the iDevice. For example, if your DT is wired and NOT wireless, it will not work.

COPPER Copper is a sweet 3-year-old Tuxedo cat who is looking for a home that is on the quiet side. She does not love her life at the shelter, but she is sure to come around once she’s in a stable home. Her favorite hobby in her previous home was bird watching. This sweetie will curl up in your arms and loves to get head rubs. She would do best as the only cat in the house. Please visit her at the Animals For Life shelter.

SKY

Sky is a happy, friendly dog who is patiently To print from your iDevice, waiting to be adopted from the Animals For Life go to a printable document such shelter. She enjoys playing outside with the tennis as an email, select the Reply arball and is very respectful of the other dogs. She row and then select Print at the is a good girl who is about 1½ years old. Please bottom of the screen. Your device come by the shelter to meet her and throw the should find the printers listed on ball. She’d love to play with you! your wireless DT or wireless LT. For more information on these pets, call 203-758-2933 or visit Animals for Life at the Middlebury Print to test the connection.

For more tips, visit chapin- Transfer Station on Rte. 63 at the corner of Woodside Ave. Adoption hours are Mondays and Thursbusiness.com. For answers to days from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sundays from 12 to 3 p.m. For more technology questions, call 203- information about the adoption process, visit www.animalsforlifect.org.

262-1869. We’re here to help.

When couple splits, who gets the pets?

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My boyfriend and I called it quits last month after six years together.

While we lived together we adopted two beautiful dogs, “Gelly” and “Robie.” We both love the dogs but aren’t sure what to do. He wants to keep them, and so do I. Any suggestions? – Janice H., Providence, R.I. that when a relationship breaks DEAR JANICE: Pets are so much down, custody of those pets can a part of our families these days cause as much acrimony as a P UZZLE SOLUTIONS:

I was working a couple of different jobs just to make ends meet. I’ve always loved so aI decided to go to NETTTS I wasdriving working couple of and now I’m enjoying the benefits of being a professional different jobs just to make CDL driver. Thank you NETTTS, you changed myends life!

Change yourmeet. life!I’ve always loved driving so Call NETTTS today!

I decided to go to NETTTS and Keonn Vines CDL A and B Classes Starting Now now enjoying the benefits of Financial Aid Available ForI’m Those Who Qualify Job Placement Assistance

being a professional CDL driver.

For consumer information, please HTTP://WWW.NETTTS.COM Thank visit: you NETTTS, you changed my life!

(800) 923-8028

struggle for custody of children.

To many people, pets are their children. So settling on who gets the dogs can be a difficult process.

Even if you can’t cooperate on anything else, strive to cooperate on creating a plan for both of you to spend time with the dogs. I have friends who have set up visitation rules for their pets – one person gets the pets for a week, the other person gets them for another week. Another ex -couple decided after several months of sharing that one would keep their three dogs all the time and the other would visit each weekend.

In a breakup, pets can suffer quite a bit of stress. The dynamics of the household have changed, patterns of their humans’ behavior have changed and one human isn’t around anymore. This alone can cause noticeable behavioral changes in your dogs, so pay close attention to them. Gelly or Robie may seem more active or hyperactive, or eat less and not be as active.

Both you and your ex need to give them plenty of encouragement and love during this time.

Send your questions or comments to ask@pawscorner.com.

If your question or comment is printed in the weekly column, you’ll receive a free copy of “Fighting Fleas,” the newest booklet from Paws Corner!

BONNIE MAMA Mama is a darling, sweet girl who had once been horribly abused and tossed aside only to be left alone in an apartment to die! She has been here for quite some time and has learned people are not all bad and some of them even will give you the snacks you love! She has come a long, long way and realizes she adores the companionship of other cats as well as lying on the bench outside!!

Sadly, this poor, sweet, dear girl has been in our shelter all of her life! She was dumped at the shelter in a carrier and needed a whole lot of love as well as vet care. Bonnie is a charmer, a cat who, on her own terms, would be a good companion.

She is content to be left alone to watch everyone and everything. You cannot ask too much of her, that is until she meets you, gets to know you and your home. She needs a person with love, guidance and patience to make her life complete.

For the month of October, the adoption fee for all adult cats 9 months and older is just $25!

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.

Subscription Information The Bee-Intelligencer is available by mail to those outside our delivery area or in need of extra copies. Mail delivery costs $40 a year for each subscription. Send a check and the mailing address to Bee-Intelligencer, P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762. Call 203-577-6800 for rates for shorter periods of time.

(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

Keonn Vines Norwalk, CT

Ferrari’s Appliance

CHANGE YOUR LIFE TODAY!Family Enrichment Center

CDL A and B Classes Starting Now Financial Aid Available For Those Who Qualify Job Placement Assistance

Yoga • Zumba Martial Arts for all ages

CALL US NOW! (888) 612-1103 For consumer information, please visit:

Halloween Zumba Master Class - 90 minutes!

Sunday, Oct. 28 (Doors open 1:30 pm; Class starts 2 pm) $10 advance; $15 at the door. Children welcome!

Prizes for best Halloween costumes

HTTP://WWW.NETTTS.COM

Holiday Shopping Extravaganza Saturday, Nov. 3, 5 to 8 pm Get an early start on your holiday shopping!

Please bring a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots

Tae Kwon Do starts in November. Sign up now!

203-527-7324

Check our schedule on Facebook: TulaFEC

489 Middlebury Road in Middlebury (behind Dunkin' Donuts)

1255 Middlebury Road (the Hamlet)

Offering beer, wine & distilled spirits Beer tastings Thursdays 5 - 7 pm Wine tastings Fridays, 5 - 7 pm & Saturday afternoons

10% case discounts on wine* *Not to exceed State of Connecticut minimum pricing

203-527-6651 Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Sunday 12 to 4 p.m.

We Sell & Service All Brands 160 Rubber Ave. Naugatuck, CT

(203) 723-7230