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Volume XII, No. 11

October 2016

EIDC recommends tax abatement

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its Sept.

27 meeting unanimously recommended a tax abatement for a Newtown company considering relocating to Middlebury. It also viewed the new EIDC website, discussed ways to help local businesses, and began efforts to clarify the tax incentive application documents and draft architectural guidelines.

A Tax Incentive Program application by O2 Concepts LLC for lease of a 24,076-square-foot space in the old Timex building at 199 Park Road Extension was unanimously voted pending receipt of proof of payment of personal property taxes. The vote is a recommendation to the Board of Selectmen (BoS) that the application conforms and complies with the town’s requirements for a tax incentive. The BoS can either schedule a special town meeting to vote on the incentive, return the application to the EIDC for more information or take no action.

The company, headquartered in Oklahoma, has run manufacturing and research and development operations in 8,471 square feet of leased space in Newtown since 2010.

The application states the new space will involve $200,000 in capital improvements and will eventually house $50,000 of eligible taxable personal property, potentially qualifying it for a three-year tax abatement of 35 percent the first year, 25 percent the second year and 15 percent the third year. The amount of the tax incentive is ultimately calculated by the Middlebury assessor.

The company has 36 fulltime and eight part-time employees. It estimates it will add up to 12 full-time production employees and up to eight professional personnel in the next two years.

Commission members viewed the new website promoting the town. See this issue’s page 1 article, “Middlebury EIDC launches website,” for details.

In other matters, members discussed ways of promoting local businesses, including a proposal from the Connecticut Economic Resource Center to hold an economic development tutorial for town officials and send a letter to Middlebury business owners soliciting suggestions for cooperative efforts such as a restaurant week or a fair. Chairman Terry McAuliffe agreed to follow up on the tutorial with a letter to town officials and board and commission members. He also agreed to draft a letter to businesses for review at the next meeting.

Commissioner Frank Mirovsky showed members a draft of New Milford’s architectural guidelines and suggested using them as a base for Middlebury’s guidelines. After discussion, McAuliffe agreed to send copies of the New Milford document to members for feedback and suggestions. Mirovsky also pointed out areas in the current tax abatement forms that need clarification and correction of typos. McAuliffe agreed to send the current forms to members for mark-up and suggestions.

The next regular EIDC meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Conference Room.

P&Z denies day care, continues car wash hearing

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE tinuance on a hearing for Maxxwell Sunshine LLC and County The Middlebury Planning Line Carriage owner Patrick and Zoning Commission Bayliss for a car wash at 2160 (P&Z) at its Sept. 1 meeting Straits Turnpike. He said a quirk denied a day care facility at the in calendar timings caused the Crossroads East plaza, contin- Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) ued a public hearing for a car to meet after P&Z, instead of wash on Straits Turnpike and before it. A variance from ZBA issued a sign permit for a 40 is needed because the proMiddlebury Road office. It also posed car wash would be 39.73 heard comments about build- feet from the road, but the zoning setback regulations in se- ing regulations call for a 75-foot nior residential districts and setback. The existing building cottage expansion rules at West is 59.41 feet from the road.

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McVerry said approval from the A day care facility planned Conservation Commission also for the upper level of the Cross- is needed. roads East plaza at 900 Straits The Minnella, Tramuta and Turnpike was denied. Chair- Edwards application for an man Terry Smith said the pro- oversize 5-by-5-foot cube sign posed 17.5-by-44-foot asphalt at 40 Middlebury Road was surface did not conform to the withdrawn. Attorney McVerry minimum half-acre grass play said the law firm decided to area in the zoning regulations. move the existing sign, formerAttorney Michael McVerry ly used by Kelley & Company, presented a letter to Chairman – See P&Z on page 5 Terry Smith requesting a con-

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Employees at Vaszauskas Farm in Middlebury put together this display of the fall items available at the farm. Pumpkins range from tiny table-top size to monsters like the 404-pound pumpkin shown to the right. Also available are specialty pumpkins, sugar pumpkins, large and small gourds, corn stalks, straw bales and mums in assorted sizes.

(Marjorie Needham photos)

Middlebury EIDC launches website The Town of Middlebury Connecticut launched a new website to promote the town as a great place to live and work. The website is middleburyeconomicdevelopment-ct.org.

Middlebury’s Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) developed the site, which provides information about living and working in the area, summarized in a “top ten”

list. Businesses considering relocating to or expanding in Middlebury will see it is ideally positioned along exits 16 and 17 on I-84, only two miles from Route 8 and only one mile from Waterbury-Oxford Airport, close to a large, highly skilled work force.

The town also offers top schools, low tax rates, nearby recreation, cultural and leisure destinations, and attractive

neighborhoods for families. The town has three beautiful parks, a seven-mile greenway for walking and bicycling and a townowned beach on Lake Quassapaug.

“Having an economic development website is important to sell the town, not only to potential businesses looking to locate here, but to also provide resources for businesses already located

in Middlebury that are looking to expand,” said EIDC Chairman Terrence McAuliffe. “Our hope is that providing all this information in one place will induce a developer to give our town a closer look.”

First Selectman Edward B. St. John, featured prominently on the site, said his door is always

– See Website on page 5

Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust properties

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Nobody guessed the September mystery photo – it was Turtle Pond. This Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) property is just over eight acres, two of which are the pond itself. The pond is in the southwest corner of the property formed when Route 188 makes a 90-degree turn south, and Tucker Hill Road begins. Immediately adjacent to it, on Wheeler Road, is the Miriam Camp Tract, which has another 9.9 acres. This will be described in a future article.

Turtle Pond is not a place for hikes as there is only one small trail linking the two parking pulloffs. It is a pretty stretch, though, moss-covered for much of it and bordered by mountain laurels that are beautiful when they bloom in spring.

The first small pull-off is right by the “Crossing traffic” sign. The second, larger one is just before Wheeler Road branches off and Whittemore Road (Route 188) makes another 90-degree turn.

At that point there are large boulders and a bench that overlooks the pond. The water lilies are still in bloom, and you are likely to spot a turtle slipping into the water from a rock. The pond itself

Send in your guess identifying the October “Can You Guess The Location?” mystery Middlebury Land Trust property.

(Curtiss Clark photo) and its wetlands are part of the headwaters that drain into Hop Brook. Fishing is not allowed.

In 1930, Turtle Pond and its surrounding land were granted

by Gertrude B. Whittemore to Westover School, and thereafter

by Westover School to the MLT in 1981. Westover School still owns the wooded land to the west.

The pond has long been a favorite for winter skaters. Curt Clark shared some Turtle Pond memories with us.

He said, “I grew up on North Street back in the mists of time (50s and early 60s) when parents pretty much let their kids go feral

in the summer. My neighborhood pack ranged freely over an area that stretched from the Middlebury Cemetery and Fenn’s Pond to the candy counter at the Middlebury Store (now Pies and Pints), across the forbidden precincts of Westover School, where we did our best to avoid detection and inevitable ejection, down to Turtle Pond, where there were proper diversions for free-range boys, like catching frogs as our shoes filled with water and muck. In the winter, of course, there was skating at Turtle Pond for those not quite so hockey-hardened as the

Fenn’s Pond puck fanatics … It was a different time.”

Here are some clues for the October mystery photo. For help, use the map on the MLT website, middleburylandtrust.org. The mystery location is very near the border of a neighboring town and a main road. The MLT does not own the property but has a conservation easement on it.

Email your best guess of the location to mbisubmit@gmail. com, and please put “Guess the location” in the subject line. Next month we will name the correct email respondents; the first respondent is the winner. Good luck!

Annual Fenn Farm Fall Tour

Inside this Issue Classifieds...................7 Senior Center Events....3

Fall at the farm

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sunday

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What: Farm tours, hot dogs, apple cider, doughnuts, coffee When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: 55 Artillery Road in Middlebury

Panthers fall short against New Milford

Boy Scout Troop 5 Redeemable Bottle and Can Drive What: When: Where: Info:

Fundraiser to benefit Scout programs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Village Square Plaza at 530 Middlebury Road in Middlebury For bottle/can pickup before Saturday, Oct. 1, text Brian Rosenhein at 203-707-0255.

Please note Gatorade and Powerade bottles are not redeemable.

Middlebury Public Library Rockin’ to Read 5K Run/Walk What: When: Where: Info:

Run/walk to raise money for the library.

Registration at 9 a.m.; race at 10 a.m.

Middlebury Public Library at 30 Crest Road in Middlebury.

Preregister at the library for $20; pay $25 the day of the race

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Rescue to hold benefit dinner

Library Highlights This column features highlights for the Middlebury, Naugatuck and Southbury libraries.

Middlebury Cupcake Contest The 8th Annual Cupcake Contest will be Thursday, Oct. 6; judging will begin at 4 p.m. This year’s theme is “Literary Works.” Contest rules are at the Information Desk at the library. Preregistration is required. All ages are welcome.

Harvest Dinner fundraiser Join the Friends of the Middlebury Public Library for a Harvest Dinner fundraiser at the library Thursday, Oct. 13. There will be seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.

The dinner will honor library volunteers Dolly Carrington and David Cardona. Advance ticket sales only; no tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets at $10 for adults and $6 for children under 10 are available at the library.

Rockin’ to Read 5K The library’s third annual Rockin’ to Read 5K Run/Walk will be Sunday, Oct. 16, with registration at 9 a.m and the run at 10 a.m. Register now for $20 or the day of the run for $25. Visit the library or its website for more information.

The Middlebury Public Library is at 30 Crest Road. The telephone number is 203-758-2634, and the website is middleburypubliclibrary.org.

Naugatuck Medieval combat Laurel City Sword of Winsted will demonstrate authentic medieval fighting techniques and armaments Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m. All ages are welcome to see this exciting and educational demonstration of the methods of 14th century master fencer Johannes Liechtenauer. Registration required. Call Whittemore Library for more information or to register(203) 729-4591.

October 2016

Oktoberfest fundraiser

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

The Oktoberfest Fundraiser for the Whittemore Library will be Thursday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m. at the Crystal Room at 98 School St. in Naugatuck. Tickets are $25 each in advance, $30 at the door and may be purchased at the library.

Appetizers and a drink are included with admission. The Vagabonds will provide German music. There will be a basket drawing, 50/50 drawing and a silent auction. Show your support for the library by purchasing a ticket!

The group running the Cat Adoption Center in Southbury is operating under a new name – Whiskers Pet Rescue – and they will hold a major fundraiser Sunday, Oct. 23, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Colonial Tavern in Oxford. The event will feature a buffet dinner, Power Station DJ, a huge raffle and a silent auction. Tickets are $40 per person.

Call 203-525-4449 for information and tickets.

Since opening the adoption center in midMay, the group has placed more than 100 cats, kittens and other assorted pets.

Spokeperson Caroline Abate said they also

Free concert

have found homes for rabbits, guinea pigs and parakeets.

In September, the group also began showcasing cats at the PetSmart store on Bank Street in Waterbury. Adoptions there are Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 3 p.m., Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and by appointment.

The Cat Adoption Center in Southbury is

open from noon to 3 p.m. daily except for Monday and Wednesday and also by appointment. The number there is 203-586-1666.

The group has a new website, too, www. whiskerspetrescue.org. As is always the case with rescue groups, Whiskers Pet Rescue appreciates donations of money and supplies, people who can volunteer at either shelter and people who can foster animals in the program.

“We supply food and everything else for our fosters,” said Abate. “They just supply the love.”

In addition to donations of money, Abate said there is a need for white kitchen-size garbage bags and paper towels.

Read-alikes are great

The Jim Scianna Trio will present songs from the Great American Songbook Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. Hear classic American popular songs and jazz standards from the first half of the 20th century featuring songs popularized

by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.

The Howard Whittemore Memorial Library is at 243 Church St. in Naugatuck. Call 203-7294591 or visit whittemorelibrary. org.

This month we go beyond our book club picks with read-alike books to compliment them.

Read-alikes are a great way to find a new book that is similar to something you have already enjoyed. Whether it’s a similar author, subject or character, there are many options to choose from.

The November Brown Bag book discussion will be about “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng. The story centers on a Chinese-American family livDinosaurs in Connecticut ing in a 1970s small town. Lydia Learn about Connecticut’s in- is Marilyn and James Lee’s favortriguing past in this presentation ite child, and her parents are

by Brendan Hanrahan Saturday, Oct. 29, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Kingsley Room of the Southbury Public Library. With intriguing slides, animations, and video, Hanrahan’s presentation takes audiences on a tour that reveals

By JUSTIN GOLDEN how continents collided to build local bedrock, when our region Those of us of a certain age was flooded with molten lava, and where dinosaurs prowled im- remember a television commercial in the hazy past where the mense lakes.

Registration is required. Please announcer would intone, “It’s 10 call 203-262-0626, ext. 130, to reg- p.m. Do you know where your children are?” While this quesister.

For more information, call 203- tion has been parodied countless 262-0626 or visit www.south- times since its inception in 1967, burylibrary.org. The library is at it bears repeating in view of the 100 Poverty Road in Southbury. almost daily news of another To see more library events, computer hack, ransomware please look online at www.bee- demand, or report that penetration of a government or corporate news.com. network has been discovered.

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determined to give Lydia a life that will enable her to fulfill her dreams as well as theirs. When Lydia’s body is found at a local lake, the Lee family tumbles into a world of chaos. This book is a heartfelt portrait of a family and their secrets.

If you liked “Everything I Never Told You,” read “Arrowood” by Laura McHugh. Arden Arrowood inherits her family home in a small American town on the Mississippi River in Iowa. It is where she witnessed the kidnapping of her sisters some 20 years earlier.

Upon returning, Arrowood deals

with this childhood memory and the secrets that surround this small town.

The Mystery Book Group is reading “The Good Girl” by Mary Kubic for their November discussion. Mia Dennett, an inner-city art teacher, is from a wealthy family, her father a prominent Chicago judge and her mother a socialite. She goes to a bar one night to meet her on-again offagain boyfriend. When he doesn’t arrive, she leaves with a complete stranger, and he kidnaps her. Her abductor takes her to a cabin in rural Minnesota.

Mia’s mother and Detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find her. This is a psychological thriller that shows one’s family isn’t always what it appears to be.

If you liked “The Good Girl,” read “Little Mercies” by Heather Gudenkauf. In it, we learn that one small mistake can have lifealtering consequences. The book tells a powerful and emotionally charged tale about motherhood and justice that occurs when the lives of a social worker, Ellen Moore, and a 10-year-old homeless girl, Jenny Briard, collide.

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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and it bears repeating to you, your colleagues and employees to be careful using the Internet and exchanging confidential customer and personal information online.

The BBC reported this week that “malware-infected USB sticks were posted to Australian homes.” Hopefully, your first reaction to finding a USB stick in your mailbox would be like your reaction in the movie theater when you see the protagonist in

a darkened home with background noise sounding sinister as they reach to open the door to the basement in a long-abandoned home. You are saying to yourself, “Don’t do it,” but you know they will.

People took the unmarked USB sticks that were left in their mailboxes and plugged them into their computers! This triggered fraudulent media-streaming service offers and other malware. Cyber security experts have called the technology critically flawed. Any USB device could be

used to infect a computer without the user’s knowledge.

Another variant of this scheme is receiving a spoof email from a supposedly recognizable organization telling you that you need to do something. The Statesman Journal in Oregon reported a financial planner there received an email from “FedEx” about a missed delivery. He clicked on the attached invoice and afterwards found himself having all his documents, databases and

– See Golden on page 3

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PHS club eager for new members

By MARISSA MATOZZO

PHS students are work on this year's raxas, a collection works by students.

“Art and writing have always deeply interested me,” said Pomperaug High School (PHS) senior Carsen Godfrey, “I love this club because we get to review submissions from Pomperaug’s very own artists and writers.”

The club, Abraxas, centers around the annual publication of Pomperaug’s literary magazine. The earliest edition of the magazine dates back to the 1980 needed to school year when it was known copy of Ab- as “Telos.” The name Abraxas was of creative derived from a literary favorite, “Demian” by Hermann Hesse.

“The editors who join the club collectively vote to decide whether a piece of art or writing is published in the magazine at the end of the year,” said James Randall, an English teacher at PHS who is the teacher adviser for Abraxas. “The most important aspect is that I remove the artist or writer’s name from the work when it is reviewed so that the students only analyze the piece and not who created it,” said Randall.

The students meet every Tuesday from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. in the school’s library media center conference room. “At the end of

the school year, I gather the work the students voted to publish in the magazine.” It is then that the artist or writer’s name is published along with their work.

“Our goal is to analyze literature and art and encourage students to submit their creative ideas and work,” said Godfrey, “All artistic and literary works are welcome for submission including poems, short stories, drawings, sketches, and photography.”

PHS students interested in joining Abraxas can contact Mr. Randall, Godfrey or senior editor Marissa Matozzo.

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takeaway from an end-user (customer) perspective is that although many organizations maintain your personal information within databases, nearly 80 percent admit that they’re incapable of detecting unauthorized data access.”

Be careful when you are dealing with companies online. Remember, don’t open that door to the basement in that darkened house.

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Middlebury Senior Center Events Columbus Day closing

creased energy; and improved flexibility, at 2 p.m. and the Southbury Senior Center The Middlebury Senior Center will be strength and balance. Call 203-577-4166 to at 561 Main St. S. in Southbury the third Friday of the month at 11 a.m. closed Monday, Oct. 10, for the Columbus register.

Day holiday.

Flu Shot Clinic

Flu shots will be available at the center Hollywood film and talk Monday, Oct. 17, from 1 to 3 p.m. To avoid Thursday, Oct. 13, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., overcrowding and unnecessary waiting time, Tom Rosa will show and discuss the movie, please call the Senior Center at 203-577-4166 “Union Station.” Rosa, a retired art teacher, for an appropriate time. is an expert on old Hollywood movies.

This month’s film is a 1950 film noir crime Commission on Aging drama directed by Rudolph Mate. It features The Commission on Aging will meet TuesWilliam Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy day, Oct. 18, at 9:30 a.m. All who are interOlson, Jan Sterling and Lyle Bettger.

This police thriller takes place in Chicago’s ested are welcome to attend.

Union Station. A passenger reports to a poMedicare advice liceman that she overheard two men taking Medicare open enrollment is Oct. 15 about a kidnapping and a ransom plot. Tension mounts as the policeman and inspector through Dec. 7. A Medicare specialist, Nanrace against time to find the kidnappers and cy Cimmino, will be at the Middlebury Senior Center to explain coverage changes bring them to justice.

Refreshments will be served; all are wel- every Wednesday in October, November and come. Call 203-577-4166 for reservations. December at 9:30 a.m.

You can make an appointment with CimFree dance for health program mino to review your medical plan to make A&B Homecare Solutions is sponsoring sure it still fits your needs. There is no cost a free dance program for seniors that will to have her review your current coverage. meet Mondays, Oct. 17 and 24 and Nov. 7 and 21 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Dance is a won- Connecticut Mobile Food Pantry The Connecticut Mobile Food Pantry ofderful way to keep moving. A 21-year study of senior citizens by Albert Einstein College fers food to anyone who needs it. The truck of Medicine in New York City showed the comes to two locations near us: First Conmany health benefits that dance has to offer gregational Church at 40 Deforest St. in Wainclude reduced stress and depression; in- tertown the first Wednesday of the month

Driver safety program

The next AARP Driver Safety Course will be Monday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the senior center. The course is the nation’s first and largest driver-refresher course.

Drivers who attend the class will receive a completion certificate and may be entitled 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 cost to participate is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. All checks must be made out to “AARP.” Call 203-577-4166 to register.

Trip Kent foliage trip Sign up now for a fall foliage trip through Kent Falls Park Thursday, Oct. 13, leaving the senior center at 10 a.m. The main attraction is the falls, obviously, but at this time of the year, you get the best of both worlds, the falls surrounded by beautiful fall foliage.

After a relaxing ride, we will stop at the Charcoal Chef restaurant for lunch. If you are interested, please call the Middlebury Senior Center at 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat.

Why hospitals need seniors-only wards Supposedly we go to the hospital to get better. Too often, however, we come out in much worse condition than when we went in.

Kaiser Health News has written a series about the impact of hospitals on seniors, and one of the articles has a frightening headline, “Elderly Hospital Patients Arrive Sick, Often Leave Disabled.” The article describes the chaos of being in the hospital with noisy wards, interrupted sleep, strange food and germs that make patients sicker than they were.

Research shows one-third of hospitalized seniors over age 70 will end up disabled even after the original illness or condition is treated. It proposes a plan of focusing on daily living skills, mobility and cognition while the seniors are in the hospital so those skills won’t deteriorate.

The most important to focus on is mobility.

Some hospitals around the country are setting up seniorsonly wards called Acute Care for Elders (ACE) wards with staffers who are experts in taking care of the elderly. Again, mobility is the big thing. Seniors are encouraged to move around and eat in

Go online to khn.org/topics/ aging and click through the various articles about seniors and hospitals. If you’re a caregiver for a senior, be sure to read through these as your senior might not come home in the same physical a communal dining area instead condition after hospitalization, of staying in bed 24 hours a day. and adjustments will need to be At this point there are only 200 made.

Check your local hospitals in such wards.

advance in case you or a family member ever need to be hospitalized. Is there a seniors’ wing?

Determine, too, if your local hospital has a geriatric emergency room. The care there will be targeted toward seniors, which means better patient screening. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Heart disease can have few or no symptoms DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently went to my family doctor complaining of left-arm pain and heartburn-like pain in my throat area. He said that he could admit me to the hospital for two days of testing or that it could be a pinched nerve in my neck. It was my choice not to go to the hospital, so he recommended meloxicam for a possible pinched nerve. As it turns out, my symptoms later became so uncomfortable that I decided to go to the ER three days after seeing my doctor. It was a serious blockage of a main artery to my heart, and emergency surgery was performed to put a stent in.

I am lucky to have made it in time.

I realize that it was my decision to not be admitted – I guess I was in denial. I never thought to ask him if he could have given me an electrocardiogram there in his office, and some people, including my intensive-care nurse, asked why he didn’t. Because he didn’t offer to test me in his office, I am considering changing doctors. I like him and he has always given me good care in the past, so I’m not sure what to do. I feel that had he done the ECG that day, my problem could have been diagnosed much sooner and possibly prevented my heart attack.

Why wouldn’t he have checked my heart function right there with the electrocardiogram? He did check my blood pressure and listen to my heart, but those seemed to be normal.

Can you give me your opinion on this? I am a 64-year-old male.

– F.M. ANSWER: Without being there, I can’t give an opinion on whether your doctor should have insisted on your being admitted to the hospital, but I am printing your letter to once again emphasize that heart disease, even serious blockages, can have minimal or no symptoms. It sounds like your doctor did suspect heart disease, and I bet he now regrets not insisting that you be admitted. It’s a judgment call, and you

have to consider not only the symptoms, but also the risk factors. Just being a 64-year-old man is a risk factor; if you had other risks, such as elevated blood pressure, cholesterol, a history of smoking or a family history of heart disease, that would make heart disease more likely.

The electrocardiogram is not a perfect test, and although it might have been abnormal at the time, it also is possible it could have been perfectly normal. In hindsight, I wonder if your knowing your EKG was normal would have kept you from going to the emergency room when you did.

To me, this isn’t so egregious that I would suggest you find a different doctor, but only you can decide whether you still have confidence in him.

READERS: Heart disease remains the No. 1 killer. The booklet on clogged heart arteries explains why they happen and what can be done to prevent clogging. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach – No. 101W, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando FL 32803. 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.

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In Brief Blessing of the Animals Churches in Middlebury and Roxbury will bless animals this month. In Middlebury, St. George’s Episcopal Church’s blessing will be Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, rain or shine. The event will include face painting, vendors, rescue groups, a raptor demonstration, clown and pet treats. Admission is free.

The church is on Tucker Hill Road in Middlebury.

The Roxbury Congregational Church Blessing of the Animals will be Sunday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. on the front lawn of the church. There will be prayers, a brief meditation

by Rev. David Peters, the church’s minister and then individual animal blessings.

The church will provide water and trash cans. Please have your animals leashed, crated or otherwise secured. Those who wish can bring a can of pet food to be donated to the Animal Welfare Society in New Milford. All are invited to attend. The church is at 24 Church St. in Roxbury.

Fly fishing The Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s Association (HFFA) monthly meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at St Paul’s Episcopal Church at 65 N. Main St. in Wallingford, Conn. The HFFA is dedicated to preserving and protecting the Housatonic River as well as furthering the sport of fly fishing. It meets the first Thursday of each month from September through June.

Meetings include featured speakers on various fly fishing subjects, fresh- and saltwater flytying demonstrations, as well as door prizes. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Membership applications will be available for those who want to join the HFFA. Refreshments will be served.

Life after loss “Finding the New Normal: Life After Loss,” a free six-week group for any adult who is coping with the death of a parent, spouse, sibling, other family member or friend will start Thursday, Oct. 6, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at the Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut at 444 Main St. N. in Southbury.

Led by Jenny Casey, LCSW of Regional Hospice, this short-term professionally facilitated bereavement support group will continue meeting Thursday afternoons through Nov. 10. The group is supportive in nature, www.nfda.org

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This skeleton crew will be part of an extensive Halloween display at the Hitt residence in Middlebury.

(Dan Hitt photo) providing a safe environment for sharing with others who also have been touched by loss. The size of the group is limited, and registration is required. To register, call 203-702-9152 or email jdenicola@regionalhospicect.org.

Steel Magnolias Community Theater at Woodbury will present “Steel Magnolias” Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8 and Oct. 14 and 15 at 8 p.m., and Sundays, Oct 9 and 16, at 2 p.m. General admission is $20; $16 for seniors/under 18. All shows are performed at the Woodbury Historic Town Hall at 5 Mountain Road in Woodbury. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.ctaw-ct.org or call Woodbury Parks and Rec at 203-263-3113.

Hitt family Halloween For Halloween, the Hitt family at 533 Three Mile Hill Road in Middlebury will once again transform their front yard into an elaborate Halloween display that merits two trips by, one in the daytime and one after dark. They ask those who come by to bring a nonperishable donation for the Middlebury Food Pantry. A donation bin will be out front from Sunday, Oct. 23, through Monday, Oct. 31.

Antiques and Design Show The 2016 Washington, Conn., Antiques and Design Show will take place Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 7 to 9, at Washington Primary School at 11 School St. in Washington Depot. It will open with the traditional preview night cocktail party Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Jazz standards will be enjoyed during this opportunity for advance buying and browsing from an impressive assortment of exceptional antiques and contemporary collectibles.

The Young Collectors Party will

be held Saturday, Oct. 8, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Music will be provided by a DJ. The show is one of the primary annual fundraisers for Gunn Memorial Library Inc., the town’s public library.

Reservations for the Friday and Saturday evening parties are highly recommended and can be made by visiting gunnlibrary.org.

Entrance to each party begins at $125 per person. Daytime show hours are Saturday, Oct. 8, from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Daily admission to the show is free this year in honor of 30 successful years. For more information, please contact the Gunn Memorial Library at 860-868-7586 or gunndevelopment@biblio.org.

Jewish Film Festival The Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut will show “Wunderkinder” Sunday, Oct. 9. at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Hotel at 522 Heritage Road in Southbury.

The community is invited to attend this last film in the 4th Annual Jewish Film Festival Series.

“Wunderkinder” is about three musically talented children whose hopes for the future crumbled when Germany and Russia enter into war. Set in 1941 during World War II in the Ukraine, Wunderkinder tells the story of three exceptionally talented children who have to learn to use their musical skills, their undying friendship and all their courage to survive in the face of a grown-up world gone mad.

Admission is $8 and reservations are recommended. Call 203-2673177 or email rsvp@jfed.net for reservations.

St. Rose announces Bingo dates St. Rose of Lima in Newtown is offering the following Friday night Bingo nights this season: Oct. 14 and Nov. 4 in 2016 and Jan. 6, Feb. 10, March 10, April (TBD) and May

5 in 2017. In addition to cash prizes, St. Rose Bingo offers raffle giveaways and concessions.

Games take place in the Msgr.

Weiss Gathering Hall at 40 Church Hill Road in Newtown. Doors open at 5:45 p.m,, and games run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The per-person admission fee of $17 covers all regular games. For more information, call the St. Rose of Lima School administrative offices at 203-426-5102.

Spa for the Cure 2 Sunday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Viso Bello Day Spa at 900 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury, Conn., will open its doors to the public to help in the fight against breast cancer. Last year, with your help, in one day Viso Bello raised nearly $5,000 for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer!

The Viso Bello Day Spa staff will again donate their time and 100 percent of the proceeds on this day to help the American Cancer Society save lives. Call 203-5987525 today to schedule your Oct. 16 service and be part of this fight.

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Free meals Master’s Table Community Meals will host a free breakfast Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and a free community dinner Sunday, Oct. 30. This month, the dinner will be a costume party with dancing and awards. Dinner will be served from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The first 25 people to call 203-732-7792

by Oct. 16 and leave their name and number can participate in pumpkin decorating from 3 to 4 p.m. These events are at Assumption Church at 61 N. Cliff St. in Ansonia. They are open to the public, all are welcome, and the facility is handicap-accessible.

The meals are free, but donations are accepted. For more information, visit www. masterstablemeals.org or call 293732-7792.

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Trinity Health-New England has named Joseph T. Connolly of Middlebury as regional vice president of marketing/communications and Connecticut government relations. Connolly has been a member of the Saint Mary’s Hospital management and leadership teams since 2003 and served most recently as vice president, administration and chief experience officer. He and his wife, Paula, have three daughters.

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onto the lawn, eliminating the need for a new permit.

“The sign that’s there is legal nonconforming,” agreed Smith, “so now they take it and move it to the front of the building. I don’t see an issue with that.”

Commissioner Erika Carrington agreed the existing special exception “ran with the land,” and members also agreed with Smith that making the sign double-sided didn’t change anything. Zoning Enforcement Officer Curtis Bosco was instructed to approve the new sign.

In an informal discussion, Frank Perrella of 25 Edgar Road told commissioners he was concerned about the building setbacks permitted in the senior residential district in Section 24.7.2 of the zoning regulations.

“The way it’s written is of great concern to me,” said Perrella, “No building may be placed within 20 feet of an existing property line or within 100 feet of an existing dwelling on an adjacent parcel as determined at the time of application.”

Perrella said he was looking for guidance, for himself and his neighbors, to change regulations

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he called ridiculous. “Right now I have no one looking in my window,” he said, “but if this is built – they will.”

Chairman Smith advised him to hire an attorney to see if he could seek a zone change on someone else’s property.

In another discussion, Eileen Woods, representing the West Shore Homeowners Association, told commissioners she wanted them to be aware of a “Cottage Unit Alterations Rule” being considered by cottage owners. She told Smith, “We feel they might fit inside the zoning board’s regulations.”

In comments from commissioners, Carrington questioned whether lines on the map were minimum setbacks and Smith questioned the waiver section.

Woods said waivers addressed both very large and very small lots, allowing a footprint increase beyond 30 percent. Smith told her he wanted commissioners to digest the material and would put the matter on the Oct. 6 agenda. He also told her the footprint calculations needed to be clarified as to what was counted.

The next regular P&Z meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center

It Happened in Middlebury

Fenn family has long Middlebury history

By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD The Fenn family has lived in Middlebury since the late 1700s when Samuel (ca. 1766-1852) and Concurrence (Miles) (ca. 17701848) Fenn bought property on the south shore of Lake Quassapaug. The family subsequently moved to the area known to Middleburians as Fenn Farm about 1887. The farm the Fenn family operated there was known as Brookdale Farm.

Another branch of the Fenn family, Asa and Sarah (Hickcox) Fenn, had an ax factory on Hop Brook off what is now Fenn Road.

An ax head used for hewing wood that is on display at the Middlebury Historical Society (MHS) was manufactured at that mill, and Robert Narkis of Middlebury gave it to the MHS. Asa Fenn also was a highway surveyor when our town began in 1807. Joseph Regan bought the mill about 1867 and manufactured files there; it later became a cider mill.

One of Samuel and Concurrence Fenn’s sons was David Miles Fenn (1799-1862), who married Tabitha Tuttle (1803-1870). They in turn had a son, Samuel Sylvester Fenn (1840-1910), who married Sarah H. Camp (1839-1896).

They were the great-grandparents of Rob Fenn (Robert Miles Fenn II), the current resident of Fenn Farm, and his sister Ellen. Sarah’s father, Robert Camp, foreclosed on the Julius Bronson farm and transferred the land to his daughter and son-in-law Samuel.

In 2006, the Town of Middlebury purchased Brookdale Farm from the Fenn family. Combined

Fenn Farm is seen looking across Fenn Pond before the pond’s most recent dredging.

(Middlebury Historical Society photo) with Fenn Pond, this spot is one of the most picturesque in our area and perhaps all of New England. Protected by a conservation easement, “Fenn Farm” (as it is known to most of us) will be preserved in perpetuity.

The entire area around Fenn Pond was once a farm owned by Hiram C. (1830-1909) and Frances (Johnson) (1836-1902) Vail. After Hiram’s death in 1909, the land was acquired by the Middlebury Land and Improvement Company, a local group interested in preserving open space. One of the directors was Middlebury resident, professor William H. Bristol (1859-1930).

Bristol, an educator, manufacturer, and the inventor of sound motion pictures, among many other improvements, provided

Middlebury with Fenn Pond. He dammed up Goat Brook and another small stream that used to supply a tannery that stood where Middlebury Garage stands today.

He also dammed up Longmeadow Brook to give us Lake Elise in honor of his wife, Elise (Myers) Bristol (1879-1924). The lake could be seen from their house, which is still standing.

Fenn Pond, originally called “Little Lake,” was originally much larger, but when Route 64 was built in 1928, the pond was narrowed to its present size. Curiously, the Fenn family never owned the property the pond occupies.

Ice was cut from the lake by hand and hauled to an ice house on Brookdale Farm. Robert (Bob) Clark Fenn (1901-1995), present-

Diversified Tax Tidbits

By MARK A. BURNS

funds or assets to each other with no gift tax implications.

Charitable Donations Although these donations are often referred to as “gifts,” they are not considered “gifts” in the context of the gift tax rules. Of course, charitable donations may be deductible on your income tax return.

Political Contributions These are not considered “gifts,” nor are they income taxdeductible.

Certain Loan Transactions - If you make a loan to someone and then forgive part or all of that loan so the other party does not have to repay that portion of the loan, then the forgiven part may have to be treated as a gift for gift tax purposes. Similarly, making an interest-free loan to someone, or using an interest rate below the current rate, could trigger gift tax implications.

Gift Splitting - As mentioned in our discussion last year, a married couple can effectively give a total of $28,000 to someone and still be within the $14,000

Obituary Teresa J. (Rafferty) (Church) Berg Loving mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt Mrs. Teresa J. (Rafferty) (Church) Berg, 92, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at River Glen Health Care Center in Southbury. She was the widow of Patrick Church and Carl Berg.

Teresa was born in County Louth, Dundalk, Ireland on March 28, 1924, a daughter of the late James and Catherine (McMahon) Rafferty, and moved to the United States in 1948.

She settled in Waterbury with her beloved sister, Mary Hartigan; her husband, Patrick; and Teresa’s beloved nephew, Patrick. One of her proudest accomplishments was becoming a United States citizen in November 1952.

She was educated in Ireland. Teresa worked as an inspector at Century Brass and Scovill Manufacturing in Waterbury for over 30 years before retiring. She was an active resident of Woodside Heights, where she lived for 13 years, and enjoyed exercise class, playing cards, Bingo,

weekly sing-along and the rosary.

She will be missed by her many friends at Woodside. She was a member of Saint John of the Cross Church and an active member of the Irish community in Waterbury.

She leaves a son, James Church, and his wife, Jacqueline, of Hamden; two daughters, Catherine Cincogrono and her husband, Peter, of Middlebury and Patricia Ragaglia and her husband, Brian, of Watertown; four grandchildren: Dominic Cincogrono, Matthew Cincogrono, Steven Church, and Kimberly Church; and several nieces and nephews, both here and in Ireland and England. She was predeceased by eight brothers and sisters: John, James, Bridget, Kathleen, Margaret, Eileen and Annie Rafferty and Mary Hartigan.

Teresa’s family thanks the staff at River Glen as well as VITAS for the kindness, care and compassion extended to Teresa and her family during her stay.

The Mass of Christian Burial was Sept. 22 at Saint John of the Cross Church in Middlebury. Burial was to follow at Calvary Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 For more information or to send e-condolences, visit www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com.

List of Camp Lejeune illnesses may expand The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering adding eight new presumptives to the Camp Lejeune toxic chemical exposure list, and it invites your input.

This proposed rule would add eight service-related illnesses for those active duty, reserve and National Guard members who served at Camp Lejeune for a minimum of 30 days between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987.

Those illnesses are: adult leukemia, aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Parkinson’s disease.

Camp Lejeune was found in the 1980s to have toxic chemicals such as dry cleaning fluid, benzene and vinyl chloride in its water supply. The Hadnot Point and Tarawa Terrace wells had been used since the 1950s and affected tens of thousands of service personnel and their families.

Veterans have suffered with Parkinson’s, multiple cancers (including kidney, breast, prostate), scleroderma, arthritis, respiratory illnesses, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and much more.

The damage hasn’t been limited to those who lived at the base:

occupant Rob’s father, speculated the name probably came from the family’s ice-cutting and the fact that they owned a barn close to the pond to store hay and leased part of the area as a night pasture for his cows.

We thank Rob Fenn for his contributions to this article.

Readers are urged to contact the Middlebury Historical Society if they have news articles, photographs or other historical information to help us compile a complete town history.

Bob Rafford is the Middlebury Historical Society president and Middlebury’s municipal historian.

To join or contact the society, visit MiddleburyHistoricalSociety.org Continued from page 1 or call Bob at 203-206-4717. Your membership would be a valuable open to personally discuss busiaddition. ness opportunities.

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Making Gifts – Part 2 Last year we provided an overview of some of the tax implications of making gifts. This month we delve into this topic in more detail.

As a reminder, bona fide gifts generally are not subject to income taxes for the recipient, nor are they income taxdeductible for the donor. Also, as long as the annual exclusion amount of $14,000 is not exceeded, there generally are no gift tax implications, including no requirement to file a gift tax return.

Some additional thoughts: Tuition or Medical Expenses - This is a very nice exception to the general gifting rules. If you wish to pay someone else’s educational or medical expenses, you may do so in any amounts you wish, and these payments do not count as “gifts” for gift tax purposes. But you must make sure the expenses are paid directly to the educational institution or the medical provider. Also, the recipient can be anyone you choose to assist in this manner – e.g., the recipient does not have to be a child or grandchild.

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Children born later have had multiple health problems as well as serious birth defects.

The VA wants to think about the additional presumptives and set up a 30-day comment period that will end Oct. 10, 2016. To add your comment, go here: www. regulations.gov, and put Camp Lejeune in the search box. Look for ID: VA-2016-VBA-0021-0001.

To learn more about the Camp Lejeune water history, go here: www.tftptf.com.

On another note, if you need a routine hearing or vision appointment, by the end of the year you’ll no longer need to be referred by a primary care provider. The audiology and optometry departments will make your appointment directly. This program started as a pilot last year and was apparently successful enough that they’re bringing it to all VA medical centers by the end of 2016. (c) 2016 King Features Synd. Inc.

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Trampled Underwood

a warm welcome. For one thing, unless you are a fan of the Patriots and Cardinals or had to spend your entire day working, chances are you haven’t been waiting all day for the game. (Yes, we know you fantasy footballers have a stake in the game, too ... we know this because you won’t ever SHUT UP about your starters.)

Then there’s the part about the “gang.” I don’t know if my brother-in-law and I can really constitute a “gang.” We were in fraternities in college, and I’m a member of the Optimist Club, but I can’t say I’ve ever been in a gang. Also, I can’t recall ever using the term to describe me and a bunch of friends. Like, when the wife calls and asks where I am, never once did I say I was with “the gang.”

Anyway, Underwood is acting sassy all over the place ... in front of team buses, through men’s locker rooms, in the tunnel, on the field. She brushes past Eli Manning, who looks confused as always ... she tosses a helmet at Clay Matthews, points at a sponsor’s sign and shows us her legs before launching fireworks. I’m thinking to myself, I’d just rather be listening some more to Al Michaels or watch the cheerleaders.

Who really needs this opening segment? Then my sister came in the room. “Oh, did I miss the Carrie Underwood part? Can you rewind it?”

Well, I guess it beats an FBI warning.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Pomperaug’s Joe Lacava, No. 40, shown here in the game against Barlow, led the way, scoring a third-quarter touchdown to cut the Panthers deficit to 21-19 against New Milford Sept. 23. The final score for this tough game, 28-19, put Pomperaug at 1-2 on the season. (Ken Morse photo)

Panthers fall short against New Milford

By KEN MORSE Pomperaug fell behind 14-0 to New Milford Sept. 23 before battling back to make a game of it. But the Panthers were the victims of the long touchdown all game long.

The Panthers’ Joe Lacava bulled his way into the end zone to cut the deficit to 21-19 late in the third quarter, but it all came undone when Kendall Greene ran back a kickoff 84 yards for the deciding score, dealing Pomperaug a 28-19 loss.

“We gave up some big scores,” said Pomperaug head coach James Reed. “We also missed some opportunities. But this is the best our line has looked, and we were able to run the ball, so that was encouraging.

“But the kickoff return was the dagger. That is something that needs to be fixed. I know we can cover better than that, and we will need to with Bunnell coming up this week.”

Pomperaug had opportunities that they couldn’t cash in on, missing three field goal attempts from 23, 29 and 24 yards out, along with an extra point kick.

But after a tough game the week before against Masuk, the Panthers did show the ability to stay

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New Milford ran a gutsy offense that called for them to go for it on fourth down instead of punting the ball away. That almost backfired in the first quarter when they were pinned down near the goal line.

Faced with a fourth-and-16 from their own 19-yard line, quarterback Tyler Sullivan got a pass over the top of the Pomperaug defense, and Greene hauled it in and took it 81 yards for a touchdown.

That opened up a 14-0 lead before the Panthers battled back.

With sophomore Troy Harwell in his first start as quarterback, Pomperaug began to move the chains. Senior Mike Murgatroyd got the Panthers on the board, scoring on a 29-yard run, but the missed extra point had Pomperaug trailing 14-6.

Senior Jake Harwell scored on an eight-yard touchdown run.

The two-point conversion try came up short, but the Panthers had closed the gap at 14-12.

New Milford lost their quarterback, Sullivan, to a knee injury only to have sophomore Gabriel Reyes come off the bench and connect with Greene on his

first pass for a 64-yard touchdown to give the Green Wave a 21-12 lead at the half.

“We need to do a better job at keeping our heads,” said Reed.

“We had a couple of personal foul penalties that had a huge impact.

A 15-yard penalty in football might as well be a mile.

“We did make progress. The Masuk game was a blip on the radar. We know how we need to respond to stay in a game and having a little more composure will keep us out of personal fouls.”

Late in the third quarter, Pomperaug put together an 11-play drive, and senior Joe Lacava barreled in from three yards out.

Senior kicker Alfredo Mondragon-Velazquez booted the extra point to make it a 21-19 game.

On the ensuing kickoff, Greene scored his third long touchdown of the game, taking it 84 yards to the end zone for the game-deciding touchdown that made the score 28-19.

Pomperaug was to be back in action Friday, Sept. 30, in Stratford where they take on the Bunnell Bulldogs at 7 p.m. The Panthers will be off the following week before returning home Friday, Oct. 14, for a 6 p.m. showdown against the Stratford Red Devils.

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1. In 2014, pitcher Matt Shoemaker set an Angels record for most victories by a rookie (16). Who had held the mark of 14?

2. Who are the only two Japanese pitchers to toss a nohitter in Major League Baseball?

3. Name the last team before the Seattle Seahawks (2012-15 seasons) to lead the NFL in fewest points allowed for at least four consecutive seasons.

4. North Carolina’s Ty Lawson set a record in 2009 with eight steals in the NCAA Tournament championship game in men’s basketball. Who had held the mark of seven?

5. Florida’s Jaromir Jagr (44) set an NHL record in the 2015-16 seasons for most goals (27) and points (66) by an NHL player 43 years old or older.

Who had held the record?

6. How many Olympic medals has the U.S. won in table tennis?

7. In 2015, golfer Jordan Spieth won five events during the PGA season, becoming the youngest player (22 years old) to do so since whom?

1. Dean Chance (1962), Marcelino Lopez (‘65) and Frank Tanana (‘74).

2. Hideo Nomo (1996, 2001) and Hisashi Iwakuma (2015).

3. The Cleveland Browns did it for five consecutive seasons (1953-57).

4. Mookie Blaylock of Oklahoma (1988) and Tommy Amaker of Duke (1986).

5. Mark Messier had 18 goals and 43 points for the New York Rangers in the 2003-04 season.

6. None.

7. Horton Smith was 21 when he did it in 1929.

I once knew a kid whose favorite part of watching a video – any video – was the FBI warning screen. It was so weird an affliction that if he was out of the room making, say, microwave popcorn, he would beg us to rewind back to the screen upon his return. Apparently his dad or uncle was in the FBI or something. I was reminded of this as I watched Carrie Underwood sing the opening theme song for the Sunday Night Football game.

I know this puts me in a tough spot, so before any of you Carrie Underwood fans get upset, I am not making fun of her ... just the spot she is in. To set the scene, my brother-in-law and I are sitting down, ready to watch the Cardinals lose to the Patriots.

There is a brief introduction from Al Michaels, and then all of sudden, you’ve got Carrie Underwood in a sparkly cocktail dress shimmying through locker rooms, singing some peppy song, telling us there’s a game and the Cardinals and Patriots will be the participants.

We didn’t even have a bet on the game (though I was insistent that New England would win), but we did have an argument about Carrie Underwood that escalated into a wager. For one thing, we didn’t know it was Carrie Underwood. I’m a countrymusic fan, but I’m into Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash, so every new female country singer is Miranda Lambert as far I know. My brother-in-law disagreed. “It’s Shania Twain,” he insisted. We came to a loose agreement that it could be Taylor Swift.

The words to the song start as follows: “America’s game, been waiting all day / the best of the best have come to play / the gang’s all here, let’s turn it up / it’s the NFL, can’t get enough!”

I have a few issues with this seemingly innocuous beginning of what is simply supposed to be

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For success in any undertaking, there are usually four or five critical factors that must be mastered. Proficiency in only one or two factors generally will not do it. True momentous achievement requires a high level of proficiency in all of the critical success factors that are key to a particular endeavor. However, while few of us generally achieve or strive to achieve such a high level of performance, many of us are, nonetheless, held back because we are deficient in at least one of these important areas.

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Unless you can identify and effectively define a limiting factor, you will be oblivious to the fact that it is holding you back and won’t be in any position to do anything about it. This is why we should always be receptive to feedback and continually seek it out.

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Such an exercise may help surface a limiting factor that might otherwise remain hidden.

Once you are able to identify a limiting factor, you will be in a much better position to take decisive action toward attracting abundance into your life. Recognizing and understanding our limiting factors is essential for productive living. We ignore them at our peril.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I was at the park across the street the other day and saw my neighbor there. Get this: She was walking her cat. With a collar and leash.

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