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Tuesday is election day By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Tuesday, Nov. 4, is Election Day. Both Middlebury voting districts will cast their ballots at Shepardson Community Center between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Voters will choose candidates for local, state and federal offices and also will vote on two questions. The first question is a statewide question: “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to remove restrictions concerning absentee ballots and to permit a person to vote without appearing at a polling place on the day of an election?” The second question is a local question, “Shall the Town of Middlebury adopt the Code of Ethics, as approved by the Middlebury Ethics Commission and moved to ballot by vote of the Board of Selectmen on September 2, 2014?” The first question would allow anyone who wished to vote absentee to do so. Currently, to vote absentee, one must first fill out an application stating they are unable to vote at the polls for one of the following reasons: active service in the U.S. Armed Forces, being out of town when the polls are open, illness, religious tenets forbidding secular activity the day of the vote, duties as an election official at a location other than their own while the polls are open, or physical disability. Making a false statement on the application is a class D felony punishable by at least one year in prison, but no more than five years, and a fine of up to $5,000. The restrictions will no longer apply if question one passes. The second question addresses the Code of Ethics developed by Middlebury’s Ethics Commission over the past year or two. The town of Middlebury thus far has been operating without a code of ethics. Copies of the proposed code are available in the Middlebury town clerk’s office for anyone who

would like to read it before election day. The biggest statewide race is for governor and lieutenant-governor: Incumbent Dan Malloy (D, WFP) and his lieutenant governor, Nancy Wyman, are being challenged by Tom Foley (R, IP) and his running mate, Heather Somers, and Joe Visconti (PC) and his running mate, Chester Frank Harris. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D, WFP) is opposed by Mark Greenberg (R, IP) and John J. Pistone (PC). For state senator, District 1 will choose between incumbent Robert Kane (R) and Donato Orsini (D, WFP). District 2 will have three choices: incumbent Joan Hartley (D, IP), Karl D. Shehu (R) and Blair F. Bertaccini (WFP). The race for state representative is between incumbent Anthony J. D’Amelio (R) and Raymond E. Rivard (IP) Three candidates are running for secretary of the state: incumbent Denise W. Merrill (D, WFP), Peter Lumaj (R, IP) and S. Michael DeRosa (GP). Incumbent Denise L. Nappier (D,WFP) is being challenged for the treasurer spot by Timothy M. Herbst (R, IP). For comptroller, incumbent Kevin Lembo (D, WFP) has two challengers, Sharon J. McLaughlin (R, IP) and Rolf W. Maurer (GP). For attorney general, incumbent George Jepsen (D, WFP) is being challenged by Kie Westby (R, IP) and Stephen E. Fournier (GP). For judge of probate, Peter E. Mariano is unopposed on both the Republic and Democratic Party lines. Both Middlebury registrars of voters, Nancy S. Robison (R) and Thomas McCormack (D) are up for re-election and voters may choose only one of them. In parentheses: R = Republican, D = Democratic, WFP = Working Families Party, IP = Independent Party, GP = Green Party and PC = Petitioning Candidate.

Standing by the table holding Middlebury Food Pantry boxes built by Girl Scout Jillian Buckley for her Gold Scout Award project are, left to right, Buckley, Middlebury Social Services Director JoAnn Cappelletti and Girl Scout leader Carolyn Barbieri. (Marjorie Needham photo)

Girl Scout earns Gold Award By MARJORIE NEEDHAM It’s been 25 years since a Middlebury Girl Scout has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. It is equivalent to the Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouting. Now Jillian Buckley, 17, a student at Westover and a member of Troop 64202, has earned her Gold Award by building wooden boxes to hold donations for the Middlebury Food Pantry. Middlebury Social Services Director JoAnn Cappelletti said the boxes were to be placed at Dinova’s Four Corners, Bannon and Hebert, Woodside Heights elderly housing and Shepardson Community Center. The new boxes were to be in place by Nov. 1. After building the boxes, Buckley painted them white and then stenciled on lettering and a motif she and her sister, Lauren, 22, designed to represent the food bank’s needs. Gold sprinkles decorate the perimeters of the boxes. Buckley said the sprinkles represent the fact the boxes are a Gold Award project. Painted on one end of each box is a list of items the food pantry needs. To earn a gold award, a Girl Scout needs to pick a project that addresses a community issue and improves others’ lives. Buckley decided to address the issue of hunger by

building the sturdy wooden boxes to hold nonperishable foods donated to the Middlebury Food Pantry. Her project comes at a time when Cappelletti says there has been a large increase in the need for food pantry items in Middlebury. Buckley’s Scout leader, Carolyn Barbieri, has known her since she entered Scouting as a Daisy Scout, which is the Scouting program for students in grades K to one. She said Buckley is one of the few Girl Scouts to go through the entire program. Buckley, a senior, will go off to college next year. “I’m not sure where I’ll go, but I want to go to a school with a lot of community service because it’s been a big part of my life,” she said. In addition to her Scouting activities, Buckley will sing in Westover’s “Candlelight Concert” and will play the role of Queen Aggravain in the school’s production of “Once Upon A Mattress.” She also volunteers at the Palace Theatre. Buckley is the daughter of Karl and Ellen Buckley of Middlebury, who teach at Memorial Middle School and at Reed Intermediate School in Newtown, respectively. She will be honored next June at a Gold Award The end panel on the food pantry boxes ceremony held by the Girl Scouts of Con- lists needed items. necticut. (Marjorie Needham photo)

ZBA approves variance for new gas station By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at its Oct. 1 meeting unanAn artist’s rendering shows the east view of the proposed new Shell gas station at 520 Middlebury Road. imously voted to approve a setback variance for a new gas station on Middlebury Road. The larger building set farther back from the road will have five pumps and 10 gas dispensers. It will replace the Shell station at 520 Middlebury Road and extend across the vacant area formerly occupied by Vinnie’s Pizza and Johnny’s Dairy Bar, according to attorney Michael McVerry. McVerry represents Wesson Energy, owner of all the properties. McVerry said a land swap with St. John of the Cross church in August 2012 gave more room in the back for the The newspaper added the surrounding properties to the artist’s rendering of the west view of the proposed new building site, but the owner still needed Shell gas station at 520 Middlebury Road to give an idea of how it will appear. The original shows only trees and grass a variance for the front where regulations require a 75-foot minimum setback surrounding the gas station. (Terrence McAuliffe image)

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from the street. He told commissioners the hardship is the depth of property coupled with an additional buffer requirement from adjacent residential property to the north. He said the 75-foot setback requirement for Routes 63 and 64 is larger than that for other CA-40 properties and asked for a 42-foot setback to match other businesses in the area. This would make the new canopy less nonconforming than the current one. In approving the variance, Commissioner Ken Long pointed out the new layout of the building was doing exactly what the draft Plan of Conservation and Development is recommending for Middlebury Center. The other commissioners agreed the project would be good for the town and an improvement. The next ZBA meeting will be Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center.

Election Day

What: Registered voters cast their ballots for federal, state and local offices. When: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Shepardson Community Center (Both districts)

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Veterans Blessing Ceremony What: When: Where:

Veteran Wendell Deer with Horns will erect a tipi and perform a blessing ceremony for veterans. American Legion Post 195 and Parks and Rec are sponsoring this event. 10 a.m. tipi erection; 12 p.m. drumming, singing and dancing ceremony Town Green (In case of rain, inside Shepardson Community Center)

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Middlebury Lions Club Annual Turkey Dinner

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Traditional roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings, pumpkin pie, juice, tea and coffee. 5 to 7 p.m. Shepardson Community Center. The cost is adults $10; seniors and children 6 to 12, $8; and immediate family maximum of $35. Kids under 6 are free. Eat in or pay $1 more and take your dinner home instead. Proceeds support community causes.

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Library Happenings Middlebury Middle School Masterminds

Mystery Book Discussion Group

Today,” Tom and Vince will discuss how the financial aid system works, what types of assistance programs are available, and what aid families can reasonably expect to see. The program will cover various tips and pitfalls related to common college savings plans such as 529’s, EE bonds and UGMA accounts, as well as a discussion of how the economic meltdown has affected college investments, tuition cost and available aid.

The Mystery Book Discussion Group will meet Thursday, Nov. Middle School Masterminds 13, at 6 p.m. to discuss Linda for youth in grades five to eight Castillo’s “Sworn to Silence.” New will meet Monday, Nov. 3, at 3:30 members are welcome. p.m. to make edible creations to College funding share with their family and strategies friends. Please call 203-758-2634 or stop by to sign up. Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m., college funding experts Brown Bag Book Tom and Vince, The College Guys from Valark Financial SerDiscussion Group Brass City Ballet The Brown Bag Book Discus- vices, will speak about college performance funding strategies and financial sion Group will meet Wednesaid options. In this program tiDancers from the Brass City day, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m. to discuss “The Dinner” by Herman Koch. tled “How To Pay Less For Col- Ballet will perform scenes from lege, Strategies You Can Use their upcoming production, New members are welcome. “The Nutcracker,” Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. The Middlebury Public Library is at 30 Crest Road. The telephone number is 203-758By Rajan Khanna 2634, and the website is middleburypubliclibrary.org. (Pyr, $17) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell Edible creations

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“Falling Sky”

The surface of the Earth has become the domain of the Ferals – animalistic, zombie-like humans taken over by the mysterious virus known as the Bug. What’s left of civilization has taken to the air, building floating cities high above the chaos of the ground, for the Bug is highly contagious – every drop of Feral blood holds infection and insanity. Ben has lived his entire life amid the harsh, violent reality of the Sick, scratching out a hardscrabble existence as a forager and salvager. Aboard his family airship, the Cherub, he’s used to being on his own and choosing his own path. Lately, he’s signed on as a protector for a group of scientists who are seeking a cure for the Bug. They are led by Miranda, a determined and idealistic woman who inspires feelings in Ben warmer than he cares to admit. But a band of raiders has been rampaging through the floating cities, leaving destruction and death in their wake.

When they attack the scientists’ base, they make off with Ben’s beloved airship among their stolen booty. Stranded, Ben must navigate deadly terrain to get back to safety and come up with some way, any way, to get his ship back. Then Miranda unexpectedly reappears in his life, and Ben, who has always been concerned first and foremost with his own survival, now has to decide whether there’s something more important worth fighting for. Tales involving airships and mad science tend to be set in an alternate past, but this one shakes things up by taking place in an imagined post-apocalyptic future. It’s a fast-paced adventure loaded with fight scenes, secret missions, gory horror and even some sexy times. But deeper themes run underneath: the power of love, the point of life, and the place of faith and hope in a ruined world. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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This painting is by area artist Linda Leidel. Her work will be on exhibit in the gallery at the Woodbury Public Library this month. An artist’s reception will be held there Saturday, Nov. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. (Submitted photo) Nov. 11 and 25, a representative from Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s staff will provide services and distribute government information and publications. No appointment is required. Call 203-729-4591 for more information.

this free program; call 203-262- is a contemporary realist oil 0626, ext. 130. painter who lives in Southbury. He graduated from the Paier Election Day closing School of Art and evolved as an On Election Day, Tuesday, illustrator to become a fine artist. Nov. 4, the library will be closed He has illustrated several classic for regular library business so books, several hundred World Southbury residents who live in War II first-day covers and a colDistrict 2 can vote in the Kingsley lector’s series of paintings of the Room between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. first ladies. Daskum teaches still life oil The library staff will report to work for an in-service training painting classes at the Society of day. The public will be able to Creative Arts in Newtown and at access the library’s catalog at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists. For more information, call www.southburylibrary.org 203-262-0626 or visit www. southburylibrary.org. The library Wednesday movie The Nov. 13 movie stars Clive is at 100 Poverty Road in SouthOwen as an idiosyncratic prep bury. school English teacher and Juliette Binoche as an abstract painter new to the campus who spar from their first meeting. He TEAM BETA explains challenges her to a war between competition words and pictures and, in the Saturday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m., process, sparks an unlikely roNonnewaug High School’s mance. Movies are shown at 1 p.m. in award-winning robotics club, the Kingsley Meeting Room. Due TEAM BETA, will give a Powerto licensing and copyright agree- Point presentation on the FIRST ments, film titles cannot be listed. Robotics Competition and the The room has surround-sound CT Electrathon and will introtheater with a listening system duce their robotic creation, Mecavailable. Movies are free and caMurf. The team participates in the annual robotics competition open to the public. and also promotes science and technology to their community. Brew your own beer Learn how to brew your own This program is free and open to beer at the Home Beer Brewing anyone interested in robotics.

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Teens in grades nine to 12 can make edible creations Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 3:30 p.m. Call 203-758-2634 or stop by the Teen Services desk to register. Meditation The Middlebury Public LiThe ongoing meditation pracbrary is at 30 Crest Road. The telephone number is 203-758- tice will meet Tuesdays, Nov. 11 2634, and the website is middle- and 25, from 6 to 6:45 p.m. in the reading room. This consists of burypubliclibrary.org. periods of meditation with time class Thursday, Nov. 13, from 6 for discussion. Please arrive by to 8:30 p.m. in the Kingsley Room. 5:50 p.m. as they start on time. Tess and Mark Szamatulski, owners of Maltose Express, will show Snacks and Shows Book club participants how to brew and for Seniors The Whittemore Book Club appreciate your home-brewed Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 1 p.m., the will meet Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7 beer. This workshop will cover library will host its monthly p.m. in the main reading room beer ingredients such as hops, Snacks and Shows for Seniors to discuss “The Sweetness at the grain, water and yeast, sanitizing, event for patrons who are at least Bottom of the Pie” by Allan Brad- fermentation, beer styles, history and more. Samples of different 50 years old and their guests. ley. The Howard Whittemore Me- styles of home brew will be Watch a 1999 drama about a woman (Meryl Streep) who morial Library is at 243 Church served. Tess and Mark started selling wishes to demonstrate the St. in Naugatuck. For informabeauty of music by teaching vi- tion, call 203-729-4591 or visit home-brewing supplies by mail in 1991. Since then their busiolin to inner-city kids. What will whittemorelibrary.org. ness, Maltose Express, has grown she do when the Board of Eduand they now have a cation gets in her way? Before 7,000-square-foot store in Monthe film, sample a delicious auroe, Conn., the largest store in tumn beverage: pumpkin pie Understanding the Northeast. They are the aujuice! Registration is required. To Medicare thors of two best-selling beer sign up, call the reference desk Margaret Foran Ackley, a li- recipe books, “Clone Brews” and at 203-729-4591. censed health insurance profes- “Beer Captured.” They also will The Karkowska Sisters sional, will present information be opening a micro-brewery in about the basics of Medicare (in- Monroe this year. in concert Participants must be 21 or cluding the different parts of the Sunday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m., the program, eligibility requirements older to attend. Registration is Karkowska Sisters return to the and enrollment windows) at a required. To register, call 203library to take you on a breath- free lecture at the library, Satur- 262-0626, ext. 130. taking journey with beloved clas- day, Nov. 1, at 1 p.m. in the Kingsics from all over the globe. The sley Room. Attendees will have Rick Daskam exhibit program will range from Gersh- an opportunity to ask questions Rick Daskam’s “Mostly Monwin’s Summertime, to the fire- about their coverage options and hegan Island” exhibit will be in works of Carmen Fantasy (Sara- how to find coverage that best the Gloria Cachion Gallery at the sate), to the patriotic Souvenir meets their health and financial library from Saturday, Nov. 1, d’Amerique (Vieuxtemps). This needs. Registration is required for until Sunday, Nov. 30. Daskam free concert is sponsored by Sar-

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Art Exhibit The November art exhibit features the work of Linda Leidel, a local artist. She will host a reception Saturday, Nov. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the library Leidel studied art education, art history and studio art at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. and received her master’s degree in art education at Southern Connecticut State University. She focused on portraits painted directly from life for this exhibit. Her models are from the area, and you may recognize a few. For more information, call 203-263-3502 or visit www. woodburylibraryct.org. The library is at 269 Main St. S. in Woodbury. To see library events for the remainder of the month, please look online at www.bee-news. com.

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Federal agency help Do you need assistance with a federal agency on topics like veteran’s benefits, Social Security, Medicare, immigration issues or others? On Tuesdays,

Make a brushbot Saturday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m., teens in grades 6 and higher can make a “brushbot,” a small, battery-operated robot. All materials will be supplied to make the erratically spinning bots, but space is limited and registration is required. Call 203-263-3502 to register.

Christmas fiction is arriving at the library

an you believe all the Christmas items in the stores already? They were on display before we even celebrated Halloween! The year is speeding along, but holly and tinsel in early October really does seem to be rushing the season. Soon we will see Christmas decorations in Stop & Shop in January … Not to be outdone by the crass reality of shopping, we at the library have started receiving Christmas fiction. We have four new novels but will look at only one today. “The Christmas Light” (VAN) by Donna VanLiere is a feel-good story centered on a nativity play. The participants are connected by strong ties, and each is facing his own particular struggle. This is the ninth Christmas-oriented novel for this author, so she knows just how to tug at your holiday spirit. Oops! Well, let’s also give a new Christmas author a look. Best-selling author Elin Hilderbrand usually writes about summer and the beach, so this is quite a departure for her. “Winter Street” (HIL) is a tale of a typical dysfunctional family gathering at the Winter Street Inn for the holidays. Owner Kelley Quinn is feeling like Happy Scrooge as each member arrives – until he finds his wife kissing Santa Claus. Hmmm. Actually, this story does have a happy ending – for the most part. Not to give anything away, but circumstances are changeable right to the very last word. This is a well-written Christmas tale readable in one sitting. Leaving the new Christmas books, Jodi Picoult’s latest book, “Leaving Time” (PIC), brings Jenna together with a psychic and a private investigator to help uncover the truth of what hap-

pened to her mother over 10 years ago. As a scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice left numerous journals for Jenna to read and scan for clues. Is Alice dead? Or in hiding? Weaving past and present seamlessly, Picoult leads us on a journey with many revealing twists – and one giant turn. Be prepared! Finally in fiction, let’s return to that lovely, homey town of Mitford. If you haven’t read Jan Karon’s series of novels featuring Father Tim Kavanagh and his wife (and let’s not forget some of the town’s kookier inhabitants!), you should start with the first, “At Home in Mitford” and read the other eight in order if you can. By the time you read the newest, “Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good” (KAR), you will have found a new friend and adopted a new town. Father Tim and Cynthia also return to Mitford in this tale to find new conflicts and old friends. It’s always a joy to read about such comfortable, familiar characters – Karon hasn’t lost her touch in engaging the reader completely. New holiday cookbooks also are arriving! Consistently one of the best names, “Taste of Home: 2014 Holiday & Celebrations” (641.5 TAS) makes merry with numerous recipes for any holiday. From simple to simply elegant, all the recipes look tempting and fairly simple. Specific instructions are included for each: For instance, you can learn how to create carrot curls to top your Three-Layered Carrot Cake on page 222. The only fault I can see is that carb and calorie counts aren’t included in the recipes – but for the holidays, who’s counting? If you have read “Killing Jesus,” “Killing Lincoln” or “Killing Kennedy,” you must be looking forward to “Killing Patton”

(355.0092 ORE) by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The book follows Patton during the final year of his life. Was Patton killed? Or did he die in an accident? Or was he killed after his car accident? Much controversy has surrounded the demise of this controversial character following the end of World War II. A most outspoken character, Patton may very well have been a target for assassination. “13 Hours; The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi”(363.325 ZUC) by Mitchell Zuckoff relates the events of Sept. 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the U.S. State Department Special Mission Compound and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya. This book is a personal account of what happened during those 13 hours to the six American security operators who fought the attackers. One man lost his life and two were severely injured protecting these two compounds and the people within. This is an action-packed story of real heroes – it sounds so trite, but as a real-life thriller, it can’t be beat. Our final nonfiction book looks like a fascinating biography written by Ezra Greenspan, “William Wells Brown: An African American Life” (B BROWN, WILLIAM GRE). Brown reinvented himself when he escaped slavery. A true renaissance man, he was an author and anti-slavery speaker who also practiced medicine and ran for office! At first illiterate, he educated himself to attain these amazing goals and was widely admired. As a fugitive slave, his accomplishments were truly incredible. Adult Services Librarian Donna Hine writes Library Lines once a month. If you have a topic you’d like her to cover, contact her at the library at 203-758-2634.

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Region 15 School Calendar Nov. 1 to 30, 2014

Iwo Jima Memorial to hold Veterans Day ceremony

Tuesday, Nov. 4, through Thursday, Nov. 6 - Elementary Schools Early Release for Parent Conferences Thanksgiving Recess: Early Release Wednesday, Nov. 26; No School Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28

The Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation will hold a Veterans Day ceremony at the National Iwo Jima Memorial on the Newington/New Britain town line Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. All are welcome to attend. The ceremony will begin with presentations by the Central Connecticut State University public history class led by professor Leah Glaser. The students have researched the 100 American servicemen from Connecticut who were killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima and who are listed on the face of the Memorial. The lives of many of the men will be presented through stories and photos and will become part of a permanent display at the memorial. Following the student presentations, the bell will be tolled for each of the servicemen killed in action. The City of New Britain and the Marine Corps League Hardware City Division will lay a wreath, give a rifle salute and play taps. Additional special announcements and presentations will be made following the formal ceremony. Members of the foundation will be on hand from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (weather permitting) to hand out information and answer questions about the Iwo Jima Memorial. Additionally, there will be World War II and Iwo Jima memorabilia on display. The event is free and open to the public. Onsite limited parking is available. The memorial is off Route 9, exit 29, at the intersection of Ella Grasso Road and Barbour Road in New Britain. For more information, visit www.SOSIwoJima.com or call 860291-9666.

Middlebury Elementary School

Tuesday, Nov. 11................... Veterans Day Activities Tuesday, Nov. 11................... PTO.................................................. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21...................... Spirit Wear and Crazy Hair Day Friday, Nov. 21...................... Movie - “Despicable Me 2”........6:30 to 8 p.m.

Long Meadow Elementary School

Friday, Nov. 21...................... PTO Clothing Drive.......................... 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22................. PTO Clothing Drive................ 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25................... Picture Makeup Day

Gainfield Elementary School

Tuesday, Nov. 18................... PTO.................................................. 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19............. Parent Lunches Gr. K, 3, 5..............11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20................. Parent Lunches Gr. 1, 2, 4..............11:50 a.m.

Pomperaug Elementary School

Monday, Nov. 3..................... Treats for Troops Wednesday, Nov. 5, to Friday, Nov. 7.........................................PTO Bookfair Tuesday, Nov. 11................... PTO.................................................. 9:30 a.m.

Memorial Middle School

Friday, Nov. 7........................ Grade 6 Social.....................2:45 to 4:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7........................ Grades 7 and 8 Dance.........6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Rochambeau Middle School

Monday, Nov. 3..................... PTO....................................................... 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7........................ Grades 7 and 8 Dance.........6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Pomperaug High School

Thursday, Nov. 6................... Financial Aid Night......................6:30 - 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7........................ Fall Play/Black Box Theater............... 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8................... Fall Play/Black Box Theater............... 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9..................... Fall Play/Black Box Theater............... 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14...................... Fall Play/Black Box Theater............... 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15................. Fall Play/Black Box Theater............... 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15................. CMEA at Foran High School............ 7 to 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 16................... Fall Play/Black Box Theater............... 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17.................. Fall Play Strike Day................................ 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20................. Student of the Month Breakfast........ 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20................. Pie pickup.............. Auditorium, 2:30 to 6 p.m. Find the Bee-Intelligencer on

The Newington Iwo Jimo Memorial is a replica of the original Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va., and was dedicated in 1995.

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Ray Rivard

71st District State Representative Candidate Independent/Republican

Ray and Arlene Rivard • Former President National Iwo Jima Armed Forces Memorial Park, Newington, Conn. • Ray is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served three years during the Korean War and was honorably discharged. • Former member of Middlebury Republican Town Committee • Former elected commissioner, Pomperaug Water Authority, six years, Middlebury. • Bachelor’s degree in science, Charter Oak College, interdisciplinary studies. • Master’s degree in education administration and supervision, 1991, Central Conn. State University • State of Connecticut higher education trustee, 10 years. • State of Connecticut vocational high school department head, retired 1996. • Substitute teacher, Pomperaug High School, five years. • Please watch Ray on Channel 96 Sunday, Nov. 2, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. • Ray and Arlene have four daughters, five adult grandchildren and a 2-year-old great-grandson. Paid for by Independent Party, Waterbury Town Committee, Elaine Yurchyk, Treasurer.

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Falls Avenue Senior Center Events Falls Avenue Senior Center events for area adults 55 and older follow. Most require reservations, which can be made by calling 860-945-5250. Please speak with a staff member when calling as the senior center does not accept voice-mail reservations. The center is at 311 Falls Ave. in Oakville, Conn.

Send cards to the troops Monday, Nov. 3, at 9:30 a.m., enjoy a cup of coffee or cocoa and write holiday messages to our deployed soldiers. Phyllis Schaar of VFW Post 7330 is providing the cards for this coffee, cocoa and cards event. Take a few minutes to let soldiers know they are not forgotten this Christmas. Reservations are not required.

Book club The center’s book club will review “The Dinner” by Herman Koch Monday, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m. Next month’s novel is “The Christmas Box” by Richard Paul Evans. That discussion will take place Dec. 1. Check the Watertown Library for the book. New members are welcome. Reservations are not needed.

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welcome to share their stories about their service to our country and enjoy the company of fellow veterans. Bring memorabilia to display. Refreshments will be served. Reservations are needed by Nov. 5.

Wednesday, Nov. 5, beginning at 9 a.m., Jim Dunn from the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging will help those who want to change their Part D Prescription Drug Plan or Medicare Advantage AARP driver course Plan during Medicare’s open enThe AARP Four-Hour Smart rollment period. Reservations for Driver Course for drivers 50 and a 30-minute appointment are older will be held Friday, Nov. 7, needed by Nov. 4. from 1 to 5 p.m. This four-hour course replaces the traditional Skin-care secrets eight-hour version. The cost is Maria and Cassie Santana from $15 for AARP members and $20 Pinup Hair will share their 50-plus for nonmembers. Payment, in skin- care secrets Wednesday, Nov. the form of a check payable to 5, at 1 p.m. Four lucky participants AARP, should be presented to the will have their names drawn for a instructor at class. The class is makeup session at the center fol- limited to 30 participants and lowing the presentation. There fills up early. Reservations are also will be chances to win gift needed by Nov. 6. certificates. Reservations are needed by Nov. 4. Veterans’ benefits

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Carl Stewart of the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging will present Veterans’ Benefits: What You Need to Know on Monday, Nov. 10, at 9:30 a.m. Stewart will discuss the Veterans’ Health Care Plan, pension, compensation and Home Care Program. Reservations are needed by Nov. 7.

Strength, sculpt and tone The center’s free, 30-minute strength, sculpt and tone exercise class meets Tuesday and Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. While sculpting and improving strength and balance, participants work muscles to tone them and get some cardiovascular training at the same time. Reservations are not required. Participants should consult their physicians before participating in this or any other exercise program. The class is funded by a grant from the East Hill Woods Fund at the Con- Veteran Wendell Deer With Horns will erect this tipi on Middlenecticut Community Foundation. bury’s town green Saturday, Nov. 8, starting at 10 a.m. At noon, he will lead a drumming, singing and dancing blessing ceremony (Submitted photo) Grief and the holidays for veterans. Holidays can be especially difficult after a loved one dies. The center is sponsoring Surviving the Holidays After a Loved One Dies: Coping with Grief Over the Holidays Monday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m. Jenny Casey, LCSW, of Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut will facilitate this workshop. Participants will find a supportive environment to share thoughts and discuss strategies to cope with their grief and the intensified emotions holidays can elicit. Reservations are needed by Nov. 14.

For the first time ever, Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx said, the town of Middlebury will have a Veterans Day celebration. It will be Saturday, Nov. 8, at noon on the town green. Last Thanksgiving, Proulx, herself a Navy veteran, saw fellow veteran Wendell Deer With Horns, a Native American, perform a vetComputer classes erans blessing ceremony at the Openings are available at the Oakville American Legion Post center’s computer classes at 10 and 195. He erected a tipi and then led 11 a.m. Thursdays. Those who are a ceremony of drumming, songs interested are asked to call the center and leave their contact information. Phyllis Schaar, the center’s computer instructor, will respond to all requests for computer instruction.

The center offers a chair yoga class on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. The class incorporates gentle, slow arm stretches, knee raises, wrist rotations and shoulder rolls to invite better circulation and release stress. The cost is $8 for the next four-week session beginning Nov. 6. As with any type of exercise proBoosting immunity gram, the center recommends you Flu shots Registered Dietitian Paula consult your physician before parRite Aid is offering pneumonia Warncke from New Opportunities ticipating. Reservations are and flu shots Tuesday, Nov. 4, from will present Dietary Approaches needed by Nov. 5. 2 to 4 p.m. Please bring your Medto Boosting Immunity and Food icare card or insurance card. Cigna Awareness Wednesday, Nov. Honoring Our Veterans Safety insurance is not accepted. Consult 12, at 9:30 a.m. With cold and flu The center’s Honoring Our season upon us, learn how your your doctor before getting a pneuVeterans event will be Thursday, diet can affect your immune sysmonia or flu shot. Reservations are Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. All veterans are tem and how you can prevent airneeded by Nov. 3. borne illness through food-safety Bible study procedures. Reservations are New Hope Anglican Church ofneeded by Nov. 10. fers a nondenominational Bible study at the center each Friday at 10 Holiday floral craft a.m. Join other seniors for the study Make a holiday floral craft with and discussion. No reservations are Sandy Cruz from Felicia and San- required. dy’s Crafts Friday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. To see the events for the remainThe cost is $6. Reservations are der of the month, please look onneeded by Nov. 13. line at www.bee-news.com and search for “Falls Avenue.”

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and dancing to bless the veterans. “It was something that just impressed me,” Proulx said, “and I wanted to share it.” Fortunately, Deer With Horns has agreed to erect his tipi on the town green and perform the ceremony here. He will start erecting the tipi at 10 a.m. Proulx sent invitations to Middlebury veterans, and all are welcome to attend one or both events. In case of rain, the ceremony will move indoors at Shepardson Community Center.

Shingles vaccine not for everyone

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 66 and have multiple sclerosis. Should I get the shingles vaccine? On the one hand, I know it is recommended for everyone. However, I do have a compromised immune system, and it could be risky to inject a virus. Neither my family doctor nor my neurologist has an opinion – they say it is a toss-up. – D.E.P. ANSWER: There are two issues here: Could the shingles vaccine, which is a live virus, cause shingles? And secondly, can it cause your multiple sclerosis (MS) to flare? Both of these are somewhat controversial. The first question is less so. There is recent evidence that between the MS (or other autoimmune diseases) and its treatment, the immune system is still good enough to prevent any viral disease. The second question is more problematic, with MS experts divided in their opinions. Normally I would ask you to seek your doctors’ opinions, but since they haven’t been much help, I will just say that the risk of causing a flare of MS is theoretical and small, but the downside of shingles is so great that I would, in general, recommend the vaccine to someone in your position. People on high-dose steroids or other medications that sup-

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Middlebury Senior Center News Driver safety program

The Middlebury Public Library sixth annual Bake Your Best Cupcake Contest first-place winners, Abby Pfeiffer (left) and Samantha Gilbert (right), hold one of their winning cupcakes. They beat out 10 other entries to win a $50 gift certificate to the Hardcore Sweet Cupcake Company. Second place went to Eliza Ford, third place went to Maria Stack, and fourth place went to Rebekah Campominosi. (Submitted photo)

Middlebury Community Calendar Sunday, Nov. 2, to Saturday, Nov. 8 Monday, Nov. 3 Board of Selectmen 6 p.m...................................................Town Hall Conference Room

Tuesday, Nov. 4

proof of your last four weeks’ in- • Important dos and don’ts. What to do, who to call, where The next AARP Driver Safety come. Call 203-577-4166 for more information. to turn if you suspect financial course will meet Monday, Nov. abuse. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Veterans Day holiday To attend this free seminar, senior center. The course is the register by calling 203-577-4166. The senior center will be nation’s first and largest drivThere will be handouts and reer-refresher course. Using new closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, for the freshments. Veterans Day holiday. materials and new videos, the course covers new defensive Free hearing screening driving techniques, new laws and Commission on Aging This month’s free hearing The Commission on Aging will regulations, how to deal with aggressive drivers, and how meet Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 9:30 screening will be Wednesday, a.m. All interested persons are Nov. 26. Screenings will begin at aging affects drivers. 9 a.m., end at 11:30 a.m. and be Drivers who attend the class welcome to attend. in 15-minute increments. A will receive a completion certifPrevent financial abuse screening is a simple PASS/FAIL icate and may be entitled to a Thursday, Nov. 20, at 10:30 evaluation of a person’s hearing. discount on automobile insura.m., Webster Bank will present They also will clean existing ance (contact your insurance a free seminar on preventing fi- hearing aids during the 15 mincompany for details). AARP membership is not re- nancial abuse. From travel scams utes. If you have any questions, quired, and drivers of all ages are and phony lotteries to false call And How Hearing at 203invited to attend. The cost to promises, seniors often are tar- 754-2200. For an appointment, call the participate is $15 for AARP mem- gets of financial fraud and abuse. bers and $20 for nonmembers. At this free seminar, you’ll learn senior center at 203-577-4166 or All checks must be made out to how to protect yourself – or stop in at the center. “AARP.” Call 203-577-4166 to reg- someone you love – from becomThanksgiving Day ing a victim of financial abuse. ister. Topics will include: holiday Operation Fuel The senior center will be The last day to apply for Op- • What is “financial abuse?” Learn how to identify the dif- closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. eration Fuel is Friday, Nov. 7. ferent ways seniors can be 27 and 28, for the Thanksgiving This program is for utilities only taken advantage of financially. Day holiday. and does not include fuel deliv• Warning signs. Know the finanery. If you received a shut-off cial warning signs that can Medicare open notice or are more than one indicate fraud and abuse. month behind in paying your enrollment utility bill, you may qualify for • Scams to watch out for. Learn The Medicare open enrollabout the most common finanassistance. Eligibility requires ment period is through Dec. 7. cial scams and what makes you that you made four payments Check your medical plans to vulnerable to them. during the last 12 months and make sure they still fit your needs. Nancy Cimmino, insurance specialist, is available to help with Medicare enrollment on Wednesdays. For an appointment with Cimmino, call 203577-4166.

Avoid using drug copay coupons

Election Day If clipping coupons keeps 6 a.m. to 8 p.m..................................... Shepardson (Both Districts) some money in our pockets, Water Commission we’re all for it. But there’s one 7 p.m.............................................................. Shepardson, Room 26 type of coupon you don’t want to use  drug manufacturers’ Wednesday, Nov. 5 coupons to save you money on your drug-plan copays. You see, Land Preservation & Open Space 6 p.m................................................................ Shepardson, Room 7 it’s illegal. It’s part of the anti-kickback laws. Zoning Board of Appeals And while the drug companies 7:30 p.m..............................................Town Hall Conference Room are the ones at fault, there’s recent news that you, the coupon Thursday, Nov. 6 user, could be implicated if you Planning and Zoning use those coupons in conjunc7:30 p.m......................................................Shepardson Auditorium tion with your Medicare Part D. Here’s how this works: Drug Sunday, Nov. 9, to Saturday, Nov. 15 companies give copay coupons to entice you to buy their brandMonday, Nov. 10 name drug instead of the generic one your drug plan offers. This Police Commission is illegal because it encourages 6 p.m...................................................Town Hall Conference Room people to purchase drugs that are paid for by a government Tuesday, Nov. 11 health-care program such as Veterans Day Holiday - All town offices, library, transfer station Medicare Part D. And why should you care (beclosed sides the fact that it’s illegal)? Because in the end it will cost Wednesday, Nov. 12 you money. Here’s how: If you Board of Finance buy a drug that costs $100 and 7 p.m.............................................................. Shepardson, Room 26 has a $20 copay and use a coupon for $10, you pay only $10 out Thursday, Nov. 13 of pocket. The Plan D program then pays the balance. However, Retirement Plan Committee 1 p.m...................................................Town Hall Conference Room the Part D plan might have a contract to purchase a generic of the Parks and Recreation drug for $40. By purchasing the 7 p.m................................................................ Shepardson, Room 1 more-expensive drug with your $10 coupon, you’ve just made Sunday, Nov. 16, to Saturday, Nov. 22 your Part D plan pay a larger amount. Monday, Nov. 17 Ultimately your drug-plan costs will go up … as well as taxes. Board of Selectmen 6 p.m...................................................Town Hall Conference Room How could you be implicated in this? Read the tiny print on the Police Commission 6:45 p.m..............................................Town Hall Conference Room coupon itself. It may say the coupon can’t be used for drugs covPublic Works Commission ered under a federal health-care 7 p.m................................................................ Shepardson, Room 4 program. That information also might be buried on the drug company’s website. If the company is caught, it will point to the Commission on Aging 9:30 a.m......................................................... Shepardson, Room 26 small text it provided. Library Board of Directors 3 p.m.......................................................Middlebury Public Library Water Pollution Control Authority 7:30 p.m......................................................... Shepardson, Room 26 Democratic Town Committee 7:30 p.m......................................................... Shepardson, Room 27 Republican Town Committee 7:30 p.m......................................................... Shepardson, Room 26

Matilda Charles regrets she cannot personally answer reader questions, but she will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

Energy Assistance program The Middlebury Social Services office is taking applications for the 2014 Energy Assistance program. Please bring with you all proofs of income, bank statements and copies of your energy bill, along with the number of people in your household and their income, Social Security numbers and dates of birth. For more information, call 203-5774166, ext 707.

Trips Christmas Tree Shops Travel to the Christmas Tree Shops in Orange, Conn., Thursday, Nov. 13. The bus will leave the senior center at 10:30 a.m. Following the shopping, the bus will stop at a lunch spot. For reservations, call 203-577-4166. The transportation-only charge will be $7 per person.

Painted Pony restaurant As part of the Senior Dine lunch program, the minibus will go to the Painted Pony restaurant in Bethlehem Friday, Nov. 21. This trip normally is on the fourth Friday each month, but is a week earlier this month due to the Thanksgiving holiday. You must have a Senior Dine card to participate. If you do not have a card, stop by the senior center office to get one. If you want to go to the Painted Pony, call 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat.

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The Right Choice for Middlebury! Tony D’Amelio knows that our State must do better for its citizens. He has fought against the crippling taxes and policies coming out of Hartford. He wants to go back to keep up that fight and bring some common sense back to our state government.

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Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Day Holiday - Town offices, library and transfer station are closed Calendar dates/times are subject to change. If your organization would like your event included in the community calendar, please email the information to beeintelligencer@gmail.com.

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In Brief Girl Scout cookies It’s election time, and that means Girl Scouts will be selling cookies so people can buy them for the holidays. Middlebury Senior Girl Scout Troop 64146 will sell cookies at Dinova’s Four Corners Grocery store Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cookies are $4 a box and donations for Heroes will be accepted. The Cookies for Heroes program enables Girl Scouts to send cookies to our veterans and active duty military members at home and overseas as well as to local community heroes. Girl Scouts across the state will host statewide cookie booths at a variety of locations starting Nov. 1 and running through Election Day to Sunday, Nov. 9. Find other locations by going to www. gsofct.org and clicking on the “Looking for Cookies?” button.

Duke’s Men of Yale The Duke’s Men of Yale Concert will be Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Woodbury Senior/ Community Center. Sponsored by the Friends of the Woodbury Senior/Community Center, The Duke’s Men of Yale free concert will offer a refreshing take on a cappella music to delight concert attendees of all ages. For more information, contact Sharon Sherman at 203-266-9051.

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S.M.A.R.T writes with heavy heart

Ziploc bags. Quilt finishers are especially needed. For information, call Deb at 860-945-0184, email To the Editor: QuiltsThatCare.Deb@gmail.com It is with a heavy heart that I or visit www.quiltsthatcare.org. write to you to encourage your participation in S.M.A.R.T. Inc., Love and Knishes our Local Prevention Council. Autumn winds may be blow- Recently, I attended a celebration ing, but guests will be warmed of life for a Pomperaug High by the friendly atmosphere, de- School graduate whose life was licious food and live entertain- cut way too short due to an acciment at two Love and Knishes dental overdose. Sadly, this is not lunches during November. Ca- the first funeral service I have attered by Bonnie Douglas of Cre- tended for a young person in our ative Events by Bonnie, the three- community, but I hope it is the course lunch at 12 p.m. in the last. social hall at the Jewish FederaSeveral weeks ago, the Middletion of Western Connecticut at bury police department (along 444 Main St. North in Southbury with other law enforcement agenis followed by a concert at 1 p.m. cies) made a huge heroin bust at On Wednesday, Nov. 5, Willie Dunkin’ Donuts, the very place and Jan Nininger will present our middle-school students flock their Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul to on their half days from school. and Mary Tribute. This vocal/ The drug culture is pervasive, guitar duo will perform part two deadly and in our towns. of their very popular Pete Seeger It is our responsibility as comtribute as well as selections by munity members and leaders to the harmonic trio Peter, Paul and address this culture in an effort to Mary who, like many others, spread awareness, prevention, were inspired and influenced by education and intervention serPete Seeger’s work. vices. The greater the diversity of On Wednesday, Nov. 19, Helen membership on the council, the Falcone and Jenny Li will be the greater the impact we all can have featured performers. With a in our spheres of influence. Our combination of vocals, piano, council will be most effective if percussion and flute, these two the decision-makers, leaders, parclassically trained musicians will ents and key stakeholders are share their talents with an eclec- sitting at the table and involved tic mix from their repertoire, in the process. including light opera, classical I would like to ask you to conand pop. sider making this once-a-month Lunch reservations should be commitment for our kids, families made by noon Monday for that and communities. The meetings week’s program. All programs are are held the fourth Tuesday of open to the public, and there is a each month from 7 to 9 p.m. at the suggested lunch donation of $7.50 for adults age 60 and older. To RSVP, call 203-267-3177.

The Middlebury Registrars of Voters will hold an enrollment session for those wishing to vote Nov. 4, 2014, on Monday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This session is limited to those whose qualification as to age, citizenship or residence was attained since Oct. St. Rose Bingo 28, 2014. The session will be held Friday, Nov. 7, will be “Player in the registrars’ office at 1212 Whittemore Road in Middlebury. Appreciation Night” at St. Rose bingo in the Msgr. Weiss Gathering Hall at St. Rose School at Quilts that Care 40 Church Hill Road in Newtown. Quilts that Care, an organiza- The doors will open at 5:45 p.m., tion that makes quilts for people and bingo will run from 6:30 to who undergo cancer treatment, 9:30pm. The per-person admiswill meet Mondays, Nov. 3 and 17, sion fee of $17 covers all regular from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at The Harold games. Leever Regional Cancer Center at Chili and hot foods will be for 1075 Chase Parkway in Waterbury. sale at the concession stand, It also will meet Tuesdays, Nov. 4 along with the usual homemade and 18, at the Bristol Public Library dessert treats and complimenat 5 High St. in Bristol. tary coffee. The evening also will Quilts are donated to seven feature an expanded free raffle Connecticut hospitals. Volunteers with more prizes and goodies! are needed, as are donations of Mark your calendar for upfabric shop gift cards, 100 per- coming Friday Bingo nights on cent-cotton fabric, cotton flannel, quilting material, and gallon – See In brief on page 7

Southbury Town Hall. Our Oct. 28 meeting focused on our Community Conversation initiatives. Please email me (noelfederle@ msn.com) to let me know if you will be joining us on the Local Prevention Council for Southbury/Middlebury. Noel Federle, Chairman S.M.A.R.T. Inc

Middlebury … You can make a DIFFERENCE To the Editor: On Tuesday, Nov. 4, again we are faced with the “Most Important Election of our Lifetime.” You may have heard it before, but I am going to agree with that infamous statement this year, because there is no doubt we are in serious trouble in the state of Connecticut. While many states around the country have rebounded from the Great Recession, Connecticut continues to lag behind. Governor Malloy’s policy of introducing new taxes across the board has only diminished our economy even more. Can you honestly say you are better off with a “ONE PARTY RULE” in our state? The Democrats control the House, the Senate and the governor’s office. We need new leadership in our state; we need leadership that will attract new business and create an environment that will allow for businesses to flourish and create jobs. Moving businesses from one town to the other is not an economic development plan for the

state. Tom Foley will bring the leadership we desperately need. Tom Foley only lost the election by roughly 6,300 votes in 2010. How many voters stayed home on that day in 2010 and could have made the difference? Tom Foley needed only 38 more votes per town to have won the election. In Middlebury, Tom Foley won (2,219 – 1,206) by 1,013 votes. Could we have done better? As of September, Middlebury had 2,416 registered Republicans and 1,722 unaffiliated voters. Middlebury can easily make a difference and carry 10 to as many as 20 towns if we can get out the vote. We need at least a minimum of 75 percent of this block of voters. If Scotland can turn out 90 percent of their voters, we can turn out at least 75 percent. Our small town of Middlebury can play a huge role in this year’s election, but WE NEED TO VOTE!!! We can make a difference this year in the “Most Important Election of our Lifetime.” Tom King, Chairman Middlebury Republican Town Committee 203-592-5461

tax delinquency and how the issue was exposed, is a glaring example of why Waterbury has such a bad reputation and image. The two whiners are, it seems, in favor of allowing tax delinquents to stay in political office. Are they also in favor of allowing convicted felons to be a candidate for political office? I do not feel, as an Independent/Republican candidate in our 71st District, that tax delinquents or convicted felons should be allowed to seek political office and, if elected, I will try to make it Connecticut Law. As a state representative, D’Amelio gets a salary, so it’s not that he does not have an income to pay off the tax delinquency. If the two D’Amelio supporters who wrote the letter wish to know, I have a long, long list of volunteer work I have done over the past 18 years that D’Amelio has been in office, but I am up to date in paying taxes. Ray Rivard Middlebury

Tax delinquents should not hold office

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To the Editor: On Oct. 21, a letter to the editor against me and the Republican-American was published. The behavior of the writers, whining about State Rep. D’Amelio’s

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November’s elections won’t resolve much of anything By LEE H. HAMILTON Members of Congress are home now, campaigning for the upcoming elections. Their messages are all over the map, and for a good reason: They have very little to brag about. The Congress that just recessed until after the elections makes the 80th – the one that Harry Truman blasted as “do-nothing” – look like a paragon of productivity. This year’s members did manage to avoid a shutdown, but that’s about all. Congressional leaders spent the better part of the year avoiding tough votes. www.nfda.org

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They didn’t pass an annual budget. They made no pretense of weighing U.S. policy against ISIS or, really, any other foreign or defense policy issue. They didn’t tackle immigration reform, climate change, tax reform, the minimum wage or domestic surveillance. They passed fewer bills than any other Congress in 60 years. In the 3-½ months between the beginning of August and mid-November, they’ll have been in session all of 10 days. Small wonder that voters are in a sour mood when it comes to Washington. They want to see our elected leaders tackling issues that confront the country. They want less partisanship. They don’t understand government’s frequent failures and crave more competence. On every front, the people they’ve elected have disappointed them. This may be why there is no dominant theme in this year’s elections: Voters seem more focused on a variety of issues than on one dominant issue. Apathy is high, and we are headed for low voter turnout, even by the standards of mid-term elections. Voter outrage at Congress is not translating into a message of rejecting incumbents. This has made the tone of the election rather interesting. Candidates appear to have picked up on voters’ dislike of mean-spirited campaigning and for the most part are showing restraint. The deeply partisan politics we

saw in 2010 and 2012 has abated. Where a couple of years ago there was heated talk of storming the gates in Washington and potentially shutting the government down, that kind of campaigning is just a memory this year. Candidates may not be embracing Washington, but they’re not attacking it as they once did. There’s even talk of bipartisanship and building bridges, sentiments that were nearly invisible in recent years. Given President Obama’s lack of popularity, there’s a general sense among members of the political class that Republicans have an edge in the election and may well take over the Senate. A battle to control the Senate can have significant consequences, yet it’s unlikely that much will change on Capitol Hill in the near term. Mid-term elections are usually about the president, and Republicans are largely content in this election to attack him, while Democrats are content talking about anything but the president. Even if the Senate majority changes hands, it will do so only narrowly. Given that a party needs 60 votes there to accomplish much of anything, whoever controls the Senate will be able to maneuver only on the margins; resolving tough issues head-on will be difficult, maybe impossible. Unless the recent election talk of bipartisanship and finding common ground

becomes a reality, in other words, the dysfunction and lack of productivity that have become defining characteristics of Congress in recent years are likely to continue. This is ironic, because large amounts of money are being poured into the fall elections, especially in races for the Senate. You’d almost think transformational policies were at stake. In truth, though, these elections are more of a run-up to the presidential race in 2016. And even then, the attention on the Senate is probably misplaced. Polls are showing that a number of gubernatorial seats are likely to switch hands in both directions, and if anything this year’s 36 gubernatorial contests will have more of an impact on politics two years from now than what happens in the Senate. In short, whatever happens on Election Day this year, it’s unlikely that much will change in its wake. This may hardly be the most important election of our lifetimes, but the business that Congress left unfinished is still waiting. The nation needs an elected leadership capable of rolling up its sleeves and meeting our challenges head-on right now, not a few years hence. Lee Hamilton is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

The Bee-Intelligencer

November 2014

Help needed with photo IDs

Identify a house; win a prize!

By Dr. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Many years ago, the Middlebury Assessor gave the Middlebury Historical Society about 550 photographs of most houses that existed in town in about 1940. The names of the owners of the houses at that time were written or typed onto the photographs. The location of the houses was not recorded, but we have used several sources attempting to locate at least the street where those families lived at the time. We have identified over 300 houses, including many that were torn down, but there are still over 200 unidentified photographs. Your help will be invaluable in identifying these photographs. If anyone can identify where these houses are today or tell us if they were torn down, we would appreciate hearing from you. If you can identify one or more of the houses, you may have your choice of a Middlebury Bicentennial DVD or Bicentennial Medallion. Thanks to all who contacted us after the first group of houses was shown last May. We were able to identify two of them. One, the Alisauskas house (now replaced), was on Long Meadow Road opposite the pump station. Bob Rafford is the Middlebury Historical Society president and Middlebury’s municipal historian. To join or contact the society, visit MiddleburyHistoriMiddlebury houses with their owners’ names in about 1940 are, top, left to right, Antonio Biemon and Joseph Bioski, and bottom, left to right, Jen- calSociety.org or call Bob at 203-206-4717; your memnie Brophy and Herman Brown. The Middlebury Historical Society is trying to determine the current status of these structures. (Submitted photos) bership would be a valuable addition.

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www.WaterburyChorale.org or Hobart St. in Southington. For from members of the chorale. The more information or to RSVP, call evening will feature seven wine 860-628-5656. Continued from page 6 vendors, food, holiday shopping French cuisine class Jan. 9, Feb. 13, March 13, April opportunities and entertainment. The Alliance Francaise of 24 and May 15. For more inforThe Orchards open Northwestern Connecticut (AFmation call 203-426-5102. NWCT) will offer a class in houses Waterbury Chorale The Orchards at Southington, French cooking Sunday, Nov. 9, fundraiser an independent and assisted-liv- from 12 to 3 p.m. at a private The Waterbury Chorale wine ing community, will host two home in Watertown. Participants tasting and silent auction will be open houses on Saturdays, Nov. will prepare and enjoy a French Saturday, Nov. 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 8 and 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. meal of melon ball hors d’oeup.m. in Waterbury City Hall. The Edesa Ciscar, retirement coun- vres, pate feuillete (puff pastry presenting sponsor will be Mid- selor, will facilitate the event, and with ham, cheese, and mushdlebury Fine Wine and Spirits. coffee will be served. The Or- rooms), boeuf Bourgignon (beef Tickets at $25 each are available at chards at Southington is at 34 in Burgundy sauce), rice, and buche de Noel (a traditional holiday Yule log cake.) Participants who want wine with their meal may bring their own. The public is invited; fluency in French is not required. Vocabulary related to French culinary art will be introduced; participants can bring a pen and Date Time Address/Incident paper. The program costs $30. 09-29 06:32 775 South St. Activated fire alarm. False Reservations are required bealarm. cause space is limited to 10 par10-02 10:06 147 North Farms Road. Fire alarm activa- ticipants. Checks should be tion. Alarm set off by workers on the scene. made out to AFNWCT and Alarm was to be reset at 17:00 hours. mailed to AFNWCT, 1 Pomper10-02 10:19 1320 Whittemore Road. Activated fire alarm. aug Office Park, Suite 301, SouthAlarm caused by faulty smoke detector. bury, CT 06488. For information, 10-03 16:16 120 Tranquility Road. Illegal burn. Large reservations, and directions, call pile of brush in stone-enclosed structure. 203-707-0710 and leave a mesThe homeowner was advised to put the fire sage, or email afnwct@afnwct. out and to obtain a burning permit next time. FD remained on scene until the fire org.

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