Friday, August 7, 2020
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Volume 26, Number 19
CIAC lays out plan to play fall sports By Greg Lederer Record-Journal staff
Mia Camputo, 13, left, and Jen DeMass, 13, both of Newtown, reach the end of the Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze Friday, Jul 31. More than 350,000 red and yellow sunflowers are in bloom at the 14th annual maze. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Lyman sunflower maze has ‘Back in Space’ theme By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
MIDDLEFIELD — The more than 350,000 red and yellow sunflowers are in bloom and the 14th annual Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze is in full swing. The two-and-a-half acre maze opened for business on July 25 and has seen a steady flow of visitors on the vast grounds of Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road. John Lyman, executive vice president, secretary and treasurer of Lyman Orchards, said people seem happy to return to some normalcy, including the annual sunflower maze.
A bird's-eye view of the Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze. This year’s theme is “Back in Space” — featuring space facts, trivia and clues.
“People will find out a little bit about the U.S. Space Program as well as planets in our solar system,” Lyman said.
This year’s theme is “Back in Space” — featuring space The maze typically takes 20 facts, trivia and clues. to 30 minutes to complete.
“This is a different experience than the corn maze,” Lyman said. “Adults can see over the flowers. But it’s nice because you can see all of the flowers as well as yellow See Lyman, A9
Cross country, field hockey, soccer, girls’ swimming and diving, and volleyball Last Friday at noon, the squads will be allowed to Connecticut Interscholas- play 12 regular-season tic Athletic Conference put games, while football out a new plan for fall teams are being limited to sports. The packet provid- six. Football programs can ed a new timeline for ath- play once a week, while letes and coaches to com- the other sports will be alpete and safely deal with lowed to compete twice. the coronavirus pandemic. Cross country teams are The season will have a asked to end their regularthree-week conditioning season schedule by Oct. period, starting with ath29. Remaining sports will letes coming together in have an extra day. cohorts of 15 on Aug. 27. With full teams and conIf post-season tournatact, the first scrimmages ments can be run safely, can begin on Sept. 11 and contests will run from Oct. then all programs can 31 through Nov. 15. There start regular-season action on Sept. 24. See CIAC, A16
Lamont declares state of emergency Gov. Ned Lamont declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to widespread power outages caused by Tropical Storm Isaias. Meanwhile, Eversource officials warned customers should be prepared for lengthy outages.
officials so that we can move resources to where they are most needed at this time.”
Lamont’s declaration authorizes the governor to order certain actions that will help expedite the response.
Nearby, 11,000 outages were reported in Cheshire, and 9,500 customers were without power in Southington.
“With more than 700,000 customers experiencing power outages, we need to take several emergency steps that will facilitate restoration,” Lamont said. “I remain in consistent communication with municipal leaders and utility
“Eversource crews are working closely with community and public safety officials to clear roads and assess the extensive damage,” the utility said in a statement posted to its website.
As of noon Wednesday, Eversource reported 2,375 outages in Durham and 2,106 in Middlefield.
See Emergency, A10