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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.

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Farmers’ Market Thursdays, town green Whenever possible, bring a variety of bills so you can provide exact change. Vendors do sanitize between customers.

and Cheesery, Starlight Garden, Ungardening, Wave Hill Breads.

• Please do not come if you are feeling sick. Have someone else come to the market for you.

Entertainment was to return the first week of August.

Some things to know about the market (taken from townofdurhamct.org):

Storytime has been shifted to a self-guided story walk. Start at the crosswalk • You can now have food at by the library and follow the the market as long as the distancing guidelines are fol- story counter clockwise around the green. lowed.

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• Maintain distancing. Please allow 6 feet between you and others.

Al's Kettle Corn, Auntie Arwen's Spices, Bittersweet Farms, Chet's Italian Ice and Gelato, Dondero Orchards, Durham Soap Works, Forest City Farm, Franks Wood Fired Pizza, Hackmatack Farms- Maple Syrup (biweekly), Humblebee Honey, Kim's Cottage Confections, Lobster Tails Food Truck, MJ's Custom Jewelry, Mostly Nuts, Pan De Oro, Papa Spyros Olive Oil, Passionately Pasta, Silver Thistle Farm

Please follow the signs for parking. There is ample parking along the green and down Broadway into the Durham Fair grounds. Please follow the one way route going into the fairgrounds and you can park on the left side of the road in the fairgrounds. Please stick to the one road and come back up Canfield Lane. Also, United Churches has offered market patrons to park in their lots.

• Face coverings are strongly encouraged when coming to the market. Our vendors will be wearing face coverings. • While someone is at the booth, please wait behind the line until they are finished with their purchase. • All vendors accept cash and some accept card.

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September seems so far away

In Brief Walk, run fundraiser

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Cat Tales will hold its Annual Walk-a-Thon/Run on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the upper parking lot of Middlesex Community College. Register anytime between 8:30 and 10 a.m., then immediately begin your trek. For full

Well, the party is over. I had been dreading the day. Yep, I’ve gone through all four seasons of “Outlander” that are on disc, and now I am betwixt and between. It’s given me a little case of the doldrums.

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I thought I had at least two more discs coming, but then my son’s fiancé, Laura, broke the bad news to me. I told her where I had left off, and she told me that episode was the last one of season four. Oh, say it isn’t so!

Out of sheer boredom, for a while I was tuning into Ah, but there is a light at the CNN. I would say that I was end of the tunnel. I was able hooked. But it was a bad to order Season 5 from Ama- idea. The news is not exactly zon. It won’t come out until light-hearted, and I was Sept. 15, but at least it will waking up depressed in the be coming. Now if I can just morning. I do not like wakhang on until then! ing up depressed in the morning. So I had to go Laura said she will try to “cold turkey,” and not even find another series for me. sneak over to CNN during a Fingers crossed! (I think this commercial break. Because gives you an indication of every time I did they were how exciting my life is.) assailing my ears with noth-

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So I try to find something to watch on TV every night, and it’s not looking good. I’m not even finding reruns of my sitcoms that I watched last winter. The line-up on my Samsung every night is sorely lacking. I don’t watch Lifetime because somebody (and sometimes several somebodies) always bites the bullet. I do not care for violence, so that’s out. I’m not finding any shows that make me laugh. And you know how I love to laugh!

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Library

Durham Public Library, 7 Maple Ave. 860-3499544, durhamlibrary.org. Update. The library is open to the public Monday through Thursday, noon to 8 p.m., and from noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Curbside pick up is available by request.

Nailed It! Tuesdays in July. All ages, with an adult. Baking or ice cream challenges will be posted on Facebook, Instagram and on the library website. Send a photo of what you make to Miss Lauren at lredfield@ durhamlibrary.org to be entered to win a gift card. Zoom Dungeons & Dragons. Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Grades 7 & up. New and experienced players welcome. Register online.

Book Briefs. Write a book review and send it to Miss Lauren at lredfield@ durhamlibrary.org. The library will share your recommendations on social media. Write Your Story. All ages. The library is creating a time capsule for the Local History Room. Document what quarantine has been like for you. Write a story or a few lines, draw a picture, or take a photo.

Email your work to Miss Lauren at lredfield@ durhamlibrary.org. Book discussion. Hoopla Book Club Discussion, Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Join us on Zoom to discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Orchardistâ&#x20AC;? by Amanda Coplin. Register online. See Library, A17

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Have you filled out your Census form? Over the next decade, lawmakers, business owners, and many others will use 2020 Census data to make critical decisions.

Currently, the national rate of response is 62.9 percent, while 66.7 percent of Connecticut residents have responded.

The results will show where communities need new schools, new clinics, new roads, and more services for families, older adults and children.

Non-response follow-up (a.k.a. door-knocking), has been postponed until midAugust. If you would prefer to avoid that knock, then fill out the Census. Respond at 2020Census.gov or call 844330-2020 for English and 844468-2020 for Spanish. Whether it is a lost ring, wallet or a Parrot named Oliver, a Classified ad can help track it down.

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The results will also inform how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding are allocated to more than 100 programs, including Medicaid, Head Start, block grants for community mental health services and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP.

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Fauci: Conn. is in ‘a good place,’ advises vigilance The state’s infection rate has remained around 1% in recent weeks, among the lowest in the country. “It is not inevitable that your numbers will go up” if the state continues to follow the

fundamental principles of preventing the spread of infection, said Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He was referring to things like social distancing measures, mask wearing, contact tracing and making testing readily available. “It is possible that you can use the favorable position that you are in now to keep the numbers down,” he said. “I urge you to utilize the advantageous position that you’re in, in Connecticut, with a very low baseline to try and keep it there.” Monday marked the first time Fauci has participated in one of Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s coronavirus briefing with reporters. Lamont has invited other medical experts, including former Food and Drug Administration Director Scott Gottlieb, to make presentations and answer questions from reporters. Fauci’s appearance comes as the state’s teachers unions continue to voice concerns about the safety of returning to the classroom, especially given reports of children becoming infected in other parts of the country and the world. The Connecticut Education Association has said it opposes any plan to reopen schools in the state at 100% capacity, especially without the necessary funding to ensure protocols from the Centers for Disease Control are met.

warrant in-school learning, a combination of in-school and on-line learning, or all online learning. Currently, Connecticut has had fewer than 10 cases per 100,000 residents, which Lamont said is appropriate for inschool learning. With a low infection rate, Fauci said “there’s very little chance of there being infection spread” in schools, so long as everyone is taking the steps needed to prevent spread of the coronavirus. “It’s always up to the final decision of the responsible parent to do what’s best for the child,” he said. “We can only show you that when the infection is low, at the level you’re seeing now, the risk is low. But if you do start to see infections, you may need to pull back ... You need to be very flexible, with the primary motivating force being the safety and the welfare of the children and the teachers.” Connecticut surpassed 50,000 positive cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, with an additional 252 positive tests since Friday. That’s out of an additional 35,173 tests performed since Friday. Meanwhile, there have been 4,4437 COVID-associated deaths, an increase of five since Friday. There were 56 hospitalizations.

help from the federal government to address the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, including the extension of the $600 a week supplemental unemployment benefit. He noted how the bond rating agency Moody’s Analytics recently cited Connecticut as one of the few states with enough reserves to handle a modest recession, with a current balance of more than $2.8 billion, but warned that significant federal help was needed to prevent more serious scenarios. “Without a significant investment from the federal government, those gains may slip away, and Connecticut families and businesses will suffer,” he said in a written statement. Lembo issued his monthly financial and economic report on Monday, predicting the 2020 fiscal year will end with a $128.1 million budget deficit. Connecticut has so far recovered more than 100,000 jobs lost at the beginning of the pandemic. However, Lembo said the state’s unemployment levels are still near record-highs and employment remains down 172,700 jobs compared to a year ago.

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Zoom exercise classes. Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Call 860-349-7121 to register.

Craig and Shanna Crockett and son, Carter, 7, of West Hartford, take in the view from a deck overlooking the Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze.

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masks can be removed. It’s the same policy Lyman Orchards has for its “pick your own” activities.

finch’s and butterflies. It’s also located in the orchard so you can look out into the hills. It’s a really nice setting and a fun activity for the family.”

“Weekends are busier,” Lyman said. “If the schedule allows it, come during the week. Monday through Thursday are typically slower days.”

The maze is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and $1 of each admission is donated to Connecticut Children's Medical Center. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 4 to 12. Children under 3 are free. Last entry into the maze is at 4:30 p.m.

Lyman said the maze averages 12,000 to 13,000 visitors while it is open. However, last year was a record year with 25,000 guests. This year’s Sunflower Maze closes on Aug. 30.

Lyman Orchards has donated more than $132,000 since 2007. Masks are required when you can’t keep six feet away from other groups. However, once you are in the maze and maintaining space,

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On purpose, if you can imagine such a thing! They wanted their son to expand his horizons, grow his mind. At first I thought it was a form of child abuse, this no TV thing. But I gradually came to see their point. Their son, not sitting in a trance in front of the TV every night, had time to develop a number of skills and talents. I’m glad my family didn’t go for it, though.

District 13 will destroy any and all special education/504 records of students who graduated or would have graduated with the Class of 2014. These records may

So I get bored at night, now that “Outlander” no longer fills my evenings. I don’t knit or read or paint or learn a new language. No, I get on the phone and call every friend I can think of. A heads-up, my dears. You may be getting a call from me if there is nothing good on TV that night. I’m guessing that there won’t be. You’ll only have to put up with me until Season 5 comes out in September.

Wellness checks. The Middlefield Senior Center staff conduct wellness check-in phone calls. Call 860-3497121 to register.

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Quiros said despite historically low inmate numbers, he is recommending the state not close any prisons, because he believes space could be needed to properly socially distance inmates should another wave of COVID-19 hit the prisons.

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“Once the federal reimbursement is no longer in effect, we’re going to still have to test the offenders upon release, upon entry, so I think there is going to be a cost there for the testing and a cost there for the medical assistance to carry out the testing at all 14 correctional facilities,” he said.

Movies run Friday through Sunday at $8 per adult or $5 per child and seniors. There is also a discount night each Tuesday at $4 per person.

The company is taking everything week by week and there’s no immediate plans to open the indoor theater. The drive-in movies continued this past week with “The Matrix,” “Despicable Me,” “Twister” and “La La Land.”

via newsletters and answer questions via email and the responses have been overwhelmingly positive,” Naylor said. “We give our guests the opportunity to suggest movie titles which has fostered a fantastic rapport within the community. Operating the Drive-In Movie Experience has given Picture

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ment. “In order to stay connected with our guests and show movies that are desirable to our audience, we regularly reach out for recommendations via the theater's Facebook page. Guests have been extremely pleased when their suggestions are used in the film lineup. The wide variety of movies shown has brought in many different movie lovers to see films such as the Indiana Jones series, cult classics such as “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ” and “The Neverending Story” and newer blockbuster hits like “Wonder Woman”, “The LEGO Movie” and “Trolls.”

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The Town of Wallingford Electric Division is seeking a highly skilled supervisor with strong administrative and leadership skills to oversee the utility’s overhead and underground line installation, repair and maintenance functions. The utility serves 25,000 customers in a 50+ square mile distribution area with a peak demand of 130 MW. The position requires an A.S. degree in electrical, civil, or mechanical engineering plus eight (8) years of progressive experience in the construction, maintenance, and operation of utility-grade electric distribution facilities, or an equivalent combination of education and qualifying experience substituting on a year-for-year basis. One (1) year experience as a supervisor is preferred. Must possess and maintain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator License. Salary: $92,405 - $118,227 plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply to: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Phone #: (203) 294-2080; Fax #: (203) 294-2084. The closing date will be the date the 50th application or resume is received or September 2, 2020 whichever occurs first. EOE

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