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Fair’s centennial plans are well underway By Everett Bishop Town Times
The 100th Durham Fair runs Thursday, Sept. 26 to Sunday, Sept. 29, and planning for the event has been ongoing since 2016, starting with the creation of the 100th fair committee.
At the Durham Farmers Market, Diane St. John, of NatureWorks, educates visitors on the life cycle of monarch butterflies and how to attract them. Photos by Everett Bishop, Town Times
NatureWorks brings butterflies to Durham Farmers Market By Everett Bishop Town Times
Visitors at a recent farmers market in Durham found produce, live music, lemonade and even a few monarch butterflies courtesy of NatureWorks of Northford. Suzanne Hauselt and Diane St. John, two NatureWorks employees, set up a table where visitors could see the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. In various trays, they had eggs, caterpillars and adult butterflies for people to view. “We don’t have any chrysalises because they’re a bit harder to transport,” said Hauselt. NatureWorks is a retail store and landscaping company that also teaches people how to create and care for their gardens without using harm-
One of the goals of the committee was to redesign The new logo to celebrate the fair’s logo for this year’s centennial celebra- the 100th Durham Fair. tion. “We had to think: ‘What do we want to do for our logo?’,” said Karen Conway, first vice president of the Durham Agricultural Fair Association. “We decided that we wanted to stick with our current logo theme. We wanted the 100th to be memorable to the folks involved with the fair and the patrons who go to the fair.” The final logo re-design reflects slight changes, keeping the emblem familiar, while giving a nod to the fair’s anniversary. Conway said an array of memorabilia has been made to celebrate the occasion, including pins, Tshirts and posters.
The monarch butterflies brought to the Durham Farmers Market by NatureWorks.
ful pesticides. The small exhibit was part of NatureWorks efforts to educate people on the importance of butterflies in their gardens and in the ecosystem. Butterflies act as a food source
for other animals and as a pollinator. “We like to show the life cycle of it because people really care about this butterfly,” See Market, A13
The committee also is working to create the Everlasting Tribute; a patio being constructed around the flagpoles at the fairgrounds. “We’re having a patio that is being done where people can sit,” said Debbie Huscher, marketing coor-
dinator for the fair, adding that a fundraiser for the project gives people an opportunity to purchase personalized bricks to be included in the patio construction. Conway said the tribute “provides permanence to the event.” Huscher said that the fair is “one of the largest, all volunteer fairs” in the country. This year, there could be as many as 1,700 volunteers doing their part. Huscher said the fair association expects about 200,000 people at the fair each year, and the anniversary turnout could be even greater. Some $100,000 in prize money is expected to be awarded to exhibitors. Huscher said there will be “special categories” to commemorate the centennial. Entertainment for the See Fair, A12
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The Durham Farmers Market takes place Thursdays from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on the Durham Town Green, rain or shine, until Sept. 12.
ties. For more information, contact Carol Bufithis at 860-209-8497, Joanne Nytch at 860-682-5375 or Nancy Winship Poole at 860-5391466.
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Coginchaug Area Transition As the Coginchaug Area Transition Giving Garden working group moves forward with the Durham-Middlefield Giving Garden at the Middlefield Community Center, all are invited to come to every-other-month open meetings to chart the way forward into more exciting programs leading to sustainability in our communi-
The Durham-Middlefield Giving Garden is bursting with produce and pollinator-friendly flowers. What we would like to encourage more of, however, is community visitors and volunteers. Working hours at the garden are Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon. We welcome any time you can give.
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To encourage visitors, we are hosting speakers at the 385r garden the first four Saturdays of August, at noon. The garden working group will supply drinks, and everyone is welcome to bring a sandwich and listen to local speakers.
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Library Levi Coe Library Lawn games: Stop by the library and check out a lawn game. Choose from bocce, cornhole, croquet, curling, Kan Jam, ladder toss, ring toss or Scoop Ball. Games circulate for 2 weeks. Ancestry Library Edition: You can now access Ancestry Library Edition at the Levi E. Coe Library. Simply sign in to one of our public computers. Labor Day: The library will be closed Monday, Sept. 2. Using Ancestry.com: Join us Saturday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. for Genealogist Edwin Strickland’s program on exploring the resources at Ancestry.com. Call 860-3493857 or stop by the library to register.
Author talk: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m. – Meet Jerry Roberts, author of The Connecticut River from the Air: An Intimate Perspective of New England’s Historic Waterway. To register, call 860-349-3857 or stop by the library. Monday Night Book Club: Join us Monday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. to discuss City of Thieves by David Benioff. Copies of this title are available at the library. Essential Oils 101: Join us Thursday, Sept. 19, 6:30 p.m. for Essential Oils 101 with Gina Sopneski. Call 860-3493857 or stop by the library to register.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has named Nicholas Cumello and Connor Sullivan to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
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Local scouts, businesses team up on Giving Garden Our fifth-grade Girl Scout Troop 62092 earned our Bronze Award this spring by supporting the DurhamMiddlefield Giving Garden. We built raised garden beds and planted vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers and herbs. NatureWorks Organic Garden Center and Geremia Farms generously donated plants to our project. We are very grateful to them and to the Giving Garden committee who helped us throughout the process of earning our Bronze Award.
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Middlefield fire dept. sees improved rating By Everett Bishop Town Times
On Aug. 1, Chief Peter Tyc officially received the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company’s Public Protection Classification for 2019. The Insurance Services Office rates a department’s PPC on a 1-to-10 scale, with 1 being the best. This year, the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company received a rating of 4, which is an improvement. According to the Insurance Services Office report, across the nation, most fire departments included in this study recieved either a 4, 5, 6 or 9. The report is a complete evaluation of a department’s “structure fire suppression capabilities.” “We went down from one entire rating class, which is significant for anybody, but for a rural department that really is an accomplishment,” said Tyc. In order to determine a department’s Public Protection Classification score, the Insurance Services Office looks at how the department manages emergency communications, the department’s water supply and flow rate and the fire department as a
whole. These categories are then broken down into specific features and are graded on a point system. “They rate us on everything from how we investigate fires, how do we reach out to the public, what do we do for public education,” said Tyc. “Our equipment, how many people show up for calls. That is all factored in.” Moving forward, Tyc has established some areas where the department could improve. This includes implementing additional training for members, including certifying all members to the criteria for Firefighter 2. According to Tyc, the Firefighter 2 classification goes beyond typical firefighter training by providing firefighters with “leadership training, officer training and advanced skills.” “Being an entirely volunteer department puts us at a disadvantage,” said Tyc. “This is not something that’s for everybody. It’s not a once-amonth club. We ask a lot of people.” Speaking of the improved Insurance Services Office rating, Middlefield First Selectman Edward Bailey said, “It indicates a strong See MVFC, A11
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store for my week’s supply of vittles, etc., I believe I could just live in that lovely pool of From A4 mine. Maybe I could get delivery out there. And the kitthings than not having my ties could come out for a vispool for the summer. On it. Of course, I would not be good days I almost believed able to ever make it to a it. But my neighbor nevJust sitting there in lifeless dentist appointment, unless er gave up the faith. Not water was not at all the same he makes house/pool calls. I when the water was black. thing. I needed some acdon’t think he does. Not when the water was tion! So I gave my neighbor green. Not when the water an update on the pool situa- So the next time you see me was cloudy. Not when the jet tion, and bless his heart, he you may notice a certain stream would die down, very got to work on it right away. prune-like appearance of my quickly, to a trickle. He and his brother power skin, which, of course, washed the filter cartridge, comes from being waterSpeaking of that jet stream. and that did the trick. logged after some serious It would start off well The water was churning pool time. It may not be enough, apparently fully away again. all that attractive, but you’ll aware that it had an imporknow that all those hours I tant job to do. But then it got So now I am back to revolvlogged have made me haplazy and died down to aling my days, happily, around py, happy, happy. most nothing. Apparently my pool time. Truly, if it it decided the effort was just were not for the fact that I And now, of course, it’s pool too much. must work and go to the time. Catch ya later. I tried to make the best of it. I would hop onto my floaty chair, with my book and my tea. And just sit there. Dead in the water is not just an expression. I was
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No painting experience necessary. Youth ages 8-12 are invited to bake cupcakes and paint a simple image on canvas with step by step guidance. The fee is $15 perchild. No painting experience necessary. Participants will learn basic brush strokes, texture, color blending and also basic baking skills. Register no later than Friday, Aug. 9 at dmyfs.org/registration.html. For more information, call 860-3490258.
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Durham Summer Concerts are held Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Durham Fairgrounds.
The Henry Whitfield State Museum in Guilford invites the public to get creative and bring someone a bit of happiness at its Kindness Rocks event on Sunday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The museum, located at 248 Old Whitfield St., will supply assorted small rocks, acrylic paints, and brushes for visitors to craft painted rocks. Once dry, they can spread kindness by placing their rocks somewhere on the museum grounds (or any place that’s special to them) for a stranger to find.
Nitefall will perform Aug. 15. Food trucks and children’s games are part of the fun.
Golf outing The Knights of Columbus Council 12289 will host a golf outing Saturday, Sept. 21 at Quarry Ridge GC, 9 Rose Hill Road, Portland. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m. with a scramble start at 1 followed by dinner in the QR Clubhouse. The fee is $125 per golfer. To sign up, contact Lou Battipaglia at 860-402-0848 or Dave Laducer at 860-3433273.
This activity is included with $6 admission to the 1639 Whitfield House, Visitor Center, and Education Building. The activity is free for children age 12 and younger, and $5 for seniors, age 60plus.
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Find great local eats - MenusCT.com Adelphia Café 476 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 203-535-0149 Family owned/operated. Former proprietors of the Neptune Diner in Wallingford. Extensive menu for all tastes. Breakfasts, luncheons and special dinners. All baking on premises.
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Weekly Fun Excursions (seniors): Tuesday, Aug. 13, brunch at Athenian Diner, shopping at Shop-Rite in Cromwell, pick-your-own blueberries and peaches, lunch at the Apple Barrel.
“The improvement in the ISO rating will perhaps result in a reduction in property insurance premiums for businesses in town,” Bailey said. “The better the rating the more favorable the premium.”
Middlefield & Durham Senior Bus: Note that 48 hours notice is required for medical trips. Call Middletown Area Transit at 860346-0212, press 2. Medicare Boot Camp: Don’t let signing up for Medicare scare you. Register for the Medicare Boot Camp on Tuesday, Sept 17. Call 860349-7121
Community celebration The Annual Westfield Community Celebration will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, 9
sources necessary to avoid any water supply issues. “We do have money set aside for installing water sources for emergency purposes. In some instances that can be, for example, installing a pipe in a pond,”
a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 22, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., at Third Congregational Church, 94 Miner St., Middletown.
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said Bailey said, who pointed out there is such a pipe at Lake Beseck, as well as several underground tanks available for the fire department to access.
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However, Bailey believes that the town has the re-
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Left: Plans for the Everlasting Tribute on the fairgrounds.
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100th fair includes Little River Band on Friday, Big & Rich on Saturday and Connecticut talents Braiden Sunshine and Presley & Taylor on Sunday. In order to create excitement for the fair, Huscher said volunteers will visit area towns handing out tickets as part of a “Random Acts of Tickets” initiative.
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Despite all that’s going on, there’s one surprise that Huscher is most excited about. “We wanted to have something like a fireworks show or something, but there are some logistics with the town, and we have animals, so we wanted to be respectful of all of that,” said Huscher. “So we’re actually going to have a big laser show. That’s going to happen Friday and Saturday night on the center stage.”
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scientists predict that the butterfly could go extinct in the next 20 years.
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The monarch butterfly is nearing closer to extinction with numbers dropping by as much as 90 percent in some parts of the U.S.
said St. John. “If they plant for this butterfly, in turn they help a million other pollinators in their yard too. So that’s why we like to teach about it.”
“Everything harms them. If I touch the leaves with sunscreen on my fingers and the caterpillar eats the leaf, the caterpillar dies. Every kind of product kills them,” said St. John. “We try to get people to rethink their property. If you’re planting native plants, they’re not suscepti-
Native plants that attract the monarch are milkweed and asclepias, but St. John said that butterflies will generally be attracted to any nectar flowers that are planted in your yard. If nothing is done to help the species recover,
ble to diseases and pests and you won’t need to spray,” said Hauselt. “Can you tolerate maybe some fungus growing on your plants? Can you focus on creating a whole healthy ecosystem and not ‘Oh what’s this brown spot on the leaf?’”
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