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By Karla Record-JournalSantos staff On Wednesday, Aug. 10, Ecuador commemorated its 213th year of inde pendence from Spain and the Comité Cívico Cultural Ecuatoriano is plan ning a local celebration of the patriotic Accordingdate. to Vivian García, of Meri den, and who works with the organi zation, the event will take place Sun day, Aug. 21 at 1120 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven. It will include a parade, folkloric dance, artists and gastronomy, as a way to highlight traditions. The event welcomes everyone, not just Ecuadori ans, she added. In Ecuador, the commemoration of In dependence Day is held each year at the Palacio de Justicia and is attended by the president and other leaders. The event includes a parade, artists and Garciafolklore.saidpeople celebrate at home by putting out the flag and holding family reunions with traditional food and Othermusic.Ecuadorians take advantage of debforate

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A-MAZE-ING VIEW Devanshi Italiya, left, and Nery Avila walk a path through the Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze in Middlefield on Tuesday. The theme of the maze is “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” and it features 350,000 blooming yellow, red, and orange sunflowers. The maze is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. One dollar of every admission goes to support Connecticut Children’sCenterforCancer&BloodDisorders.

The Record-Journal recently polled area candidates run ning for state House and Senate for their views on the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade, as well as earlier passage of the state’s “Safe Harbor” law. Candidates were asked the 1.following:Wheredo you stand on the Supreme Court’s deci sion to overturn Roe v. Wade and why? 2. Do you agree or disagree Candidates for state House, Senate discuss abortion, Safe Harbor law See Abortion views, A8 See Ecuadorians, A4

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TownTimes|towntimes.comA2 Friday,August12,2022 Lyman Orchards and I go way back. Starting when my boys were just tadpoles, we would take advantage of all sorts of events there. Winter fests, strawberry fests, Easter apple hunts, hayrides. You name it, we were there. Not to mention all the apple picking and the blueberry picking and the strawberry picking and the peach pick ing. We were always picking Onesomething.ofmyfondest memo ries is of my younger son, Jordan, on one of those blueberry picking days, lying on his back underneath the bush, just munching away on these delectable treats, one leg crossed over the oth er. I guess he figured it was the best angle for picking that bush clean. That boy had his own way of strawberry picking, too. He would announce that he was going to do his picking down the row a bit, and off he went. When he returned his little cherubic face would be covered with strawberry juice. I don’t think a lot of strawberries made it into his basket, if any. Luckily, the la dy we paid just laughed when she saw him. Well, my boys grew up, as boys tend to do, but my love affair with Lyman Orchards continued. I supervised the Corn Maze for three years, and I had the time of my life. I was the Head Corn Cop, a title I wore proudly. The maze opened on Labor Day weekend, and I spent the few days before that learning all the “ins and outs.”

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I had to know that maze like the back of my hand, and I did. I knew those paths frontwards and backwards and every which way. This always amazed me. It was an intuitive thing. I just seemed to always know which way to go. Surprising, because in a car I am completely lost. It is a miracle that I find my way home every day. I do well with corn, not concrete. Every day I loved the fact that my “office” was a corn maze. You can’t be unhappy in a corn maze. You just can’t. I loved being in the great outdoors all day, meet ing the most delightful peo ple. And there were funny moments. Such as the time I was talking to one of the vol unteers and a bird flying over decided to use my head as a Porta Potty. The person I was talking to was trying not to laugh, and to look horrified, but I didn’t see how we could view this as anything but hilarious. She had two pieces of advice for me. One was to be sure to wash my hair when I got home. I think that was a nobrainer. The other was to take comfort in the fact that it was a heads-up (so to speak) that I was coming in to some good fortune. Actually, things did get bet ter after that, but I am think ing maybe the next time that the Powers That Be decide to smile upon me they could skip the bird poop. It’s just a Othersuggestion.funthings. (Well, that last one wasn’t particularly fun.) I got to zip around in a golf cart. You know, you can go pretty fast in those things, relatively speaking. Another perk I was never far away from the bakery that offered up those astounding cream puffs, of which I had many. I learned something valu able, too. There was a lot to do, and often I wished that I could clone myself. There were so many directions I needed to be going in. So I did the only thing that I could do, really. I just fo cused on what was right in front of me. Nothing else. And then I moved on to the next thing. That lesson would stand me in good stead over the years. Whenever I tend to get over whelmed, I ask myself what needs to be done now, in the moment. And then I deal with the next moment and the one after that. Things get Lymandone. Orchards, my boys and I have always loved you, and we always will. Thanks for the wonderful memories. I still can’t pass your corn maze without a good dose of nostalgia. be unhappy in a requester form at myrecordjournal. com/town-times-requester Or, you can call us at 203-634-3933 and we can mail you a paid postcard to fill out and return. Without the necessary requester of your Town Times to your home or business, will end.

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TownTimes|towntimes.comA4 Friday,August12,2022 the holiday to visit the His toric Center in Quito, filled with cultural events, while others prefer to enjoy the day at the beach. Veronica Barragán, of Durham, said Ecuadorian people enjoy sharing their culinary heritage with oth ers. The coastal region is popular for dishes that com bine seafood and coconut or peanuts, she said. In the highland region, dishes with potato and viscera meat are popular. People in the east ern region use leafs to make fish and cassava dishes. For Barragán, celebrating with Ecuadorian food while in the U.S. is important. Dur ing Holy Week, she prepares a traditional Ecuadorian soup called fanesca, which is made with 12 grains, repre senting the 12 apostles and fish, symbolizing Jesus. In November, for Day of the Diseased, she prepares the Ecuadorian drink “colada morada,” which is made out of purple corn flour, fruits and spices. She serves the drink with bread. Gianina Serrano, of Milford, said she teaches her chil dren to value Ecuadorian music, language and faith, among other traditions. She celebrates some of the Ecuadorian cultural and reli gious holidays and tries to teach others about her cul ture, she said. For Jefferson Ramones, of Meriden, Ecuadorian culture is diverse and its geographi cal location plays a role in certain elements that make the country unique. He said that in a few hours, someone in Ecuador can get to the Andes mountains, the Pacific Ocean and the Ama zon Ramonesrainforest.saidhe works with a lot of Latinos that are not Ecuadorian and when he has the opportunity, he tries to tell them about unique dishes and recently made an Ecuadorian dish for them.

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Meals program. The Mon day and Wednesday meals program will be held at the United Churches of Durham, 228 Main St., until Korn School is made available. Call Morgan Perry at 860349-3153 by Wednesday of each week. Knit2gether. Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. New knitters and crocheters welcome. Set-Back, Bridge. Set-Back, Tuesdays at 1 p.m.; Bridge, Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Food bank. Open Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., by appoint ment only. Dial-a-Ride. This is a curbto-curb service for people in our Thecommunity.costis$7for round-trip transportation. For more in formation, call Middletown Area Transit, 860-346-0212. Zoom exercise classes. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. For Middlefield/Rockfall se niors. Call 860-349-7121 to register.

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1. “Being a woman and a cancer sur vivor, I valuederstanduntheofbodilyautonomy.TheSupremeCourtdecisionmademebothangryandsad.Women should make decisions about their own bodies. The ruling will especially hurt in dividuals and families who do not have the money to travel hundreds of miles to a state that still respects repro ductive rights. The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade makes this country a more dangerous, less free place for all of us.”

nation whether they want abortion to be legal or not and they kicked it back to the states. That was the deci 2.sion.”“So if you’re for state rights on the first part of the question, you have to be for state rights in the second part of the question. What do I mean by that? So, right now they are saying some states are going to hold peo ple criminally liable or as criminals for going across state lines to have an abor tion. Connecticut has a rule, Safe Harbor Law, that says that we will not help other states in prosecuting these people or an investigation that can lead to prosecution. So again, if I’m all for state rights and Connecticut’s right is to have an abortion, then yes, I agree with the Connecticut State Harbor BecauseLaw. if Connecticut is taking it upon ourselves to say yes, you can have an abortion here, whether I agree with that or not, doesn’t matter. If it is the state law here, again, other states, I respect your law, you will respect our’s … If we’re going to respect state law and the right for each state to make their own de cisions, I don’t expect anoth er state like Texas or Alaba ma or Mississippi or any thing to dictate to Connecti cut what we can or cannot do. And if people want to come to our state for any reason because if you started with abortion, where does it end? Immigration? Gun laws? It’s a slippery slope. So yes if abortion is legal in the state of Connecticut, it is no other state’s business what we do here. Just like I don’t want to dictate to other states how they run their state and what they can or cannot do or what they de cide to do or do not do.”

2. “I voted in support of House Bill 5414 because it seeks to further protect and uphold our Connecticut laws and aims to ensure that no other state dictate policy in CT. I always strive to repre sent the voices of my con stituents and I hear from families everyday about the challenges they are facing here in our state - from record breaking inflation to concerns over public safety. It’s clear that Connecticut’s Roe v. Wade protections are settled law, but what re mains unsettled in our state is how CT is helping all resi dents struggling to make ends meet. My focus in the legislature continues to be

2. “I strongly support Con necticut being a safe harbor state for women seeking abortions, and I’ll continue to vote for those freedoms when I’m in the State Sen ate. Connecticut should be at the forefront in the fight for women’s rights. Women should know that their deci sions about their bodies will be honored here.”

34th Senate (Wallingford, North Haven, Durham, East Haven) Alida Cella, Democrat 1. “Pro-life activists have spent decades focused on taking away a woman’s right to fightlives,aboutwasnancy.endchoosewantanwhyratherchoose,thanawommighttotoapregIfthisreallysavingtheirwould have focused on that. If there was universal access to birth control without a pre scription; if there was uni versal maternal care, and it didn’t cost upwards of $10,000 to have a baby if you are uninsured or underin sured; if there were universal day care, so mothers could continue their schooling or careers after their baby was born and maintain their earning potential; if the min imum wage were raised to a true living wage level so that a single mother with no skills could afford to support her family on her ownthese would absolutely re duce the number of abor tions sought. Instead, this ruling has determined that women with the resources or support who want an abortion will still be able to get one, albeit cost them more; and women and their families without, will be ei ther seeking potentially un safe alternatives, illegal al ternatives, or be subscribed to a continuing spiral of poverty that will be ever harder to escape from - for themselves and the children they are being forced to Ihave.don’t believe pro-life claims and their morality story that they are saving lives; they don’t actually care about those lives. If they did, they’d be interested in help ing the living choose to give life, and not just with fake women’s health clinics cre ated to deceive and con vince women to go to term, and then abandon mothers after the baby is born. They do nothing beyond maybe a few diapers and some for 2.mula.”“Soyes, we need safe har bor laws, privacy laws, and everything else to protect those who want to choose for themselves and deter mine their own future, and not allow that decision to be made for them. I support all laws that protect a woman’s right to choose, to seek help in other states, but even more so, I support all poli cies and laws that would help a mother want to choose life - universal healthcare, universal day care, and higher wages.”

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Abortion views

Hochadel Vollano Cella Cicarella See Abortion views, A11

TownTimes|towntimes.comA8 Friday,August12,2022 with the state’s Safe Harbor Law, which blocks state agencies from assisting in interstate investigations that could hold someone crimi nally or civilly liable for re ceiving abortion services in Connecticut, and why? Here are some responses (Asterisks indicate incum bents): 13th Senate (Meriden, JanMiddletown,Middlefield,Cheshire)Hochadel,Democrat

1. “The Supreme Court’s re cent decision does not change a woman’s right to choose in the state of sanovercodifiedv.tionstheConnewillnecticut,Connorit.Incticut,protecinRoeWadewerewithwhelmingbipartisupport as state law in 1990. This law is not changing in CT, as has been stated and reaffirmed by our state’s Democratic and Republican leaders alike. This is a deeply per sonal and emotional issue and I understand the con cerns we are seeing across the country. Unlike many other states, here in CT pro tections are settled law.”

Joseph Vollano, Republican 1. “The Supreme Court did not necessarily overturn Roe versus Wade. This was an other case that they were taking up about in Alabama and in order to rule correctly on that, Roe versus Wade’s decision had to be erased. So that being said, I do sup port the Supreme Court’s decision and again it’s not based on trol.onItonIttheWadeRoetion.aboutanythingaborSotakeversusoutofequation.couldbeanything.couldbegunconWe could put anything in there that the states have the right to decide on. This was not a case about abortion. This was a case about the consti tution and the states’ rights to make a determination about whether or not abor tion is legal in their state. That’s what this case was all Soabout.again, take out abortion and put any other subject you want in there. My agree ment is the same with the court’s. It is not the federal government’s responsibility If the Congress wants to go pass a bill saying abortion is legal across the board, go do it. Go do it. Democrats had the theSupremeSupremeeralstatedid,themselvesmaketion.bodythatnowhereformakecidedSupremeInstead,tbutwantedandthreewastunityRepublicansandtheynityDemocratsopportunity.hadtheopportuunderObamawhenhadallthreesidestogodothis.Theydidnot.hadanopporwhenGeorgeBushinofficeandhadallbranchestogoaheaddothisandsaytheyabortionbanned,noneofthemhavedonehat.in1970,theCourtwronglydethattheyweregoingtothelawtomakeitOKabortionwhereitisintheconstitutiongivetherightofanytositthereforaborIfthestateswanttothisdeterminationforlikeConnecticutthatisfine.Thisisaissue.ThisisnotafedissueandthatisalltheCourtsaid.TheCourtsaiditisnotfederalgovernment’sresponsibilitytomakethisdeterminationandthatitisuptoeachandeverystatetositthereandmakeadetermi

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David Bedell, Green Party 1. “I don’t really know about the constitutional argument but certainly I thinkthaveotherlawscontrolbeshould2.aboraccessshouldwomenhavetotion.”“Onestatenotabletotheinanstate.Ibeenhinking about this. For example, be fore same sex marriage was legal nationwide, I was a jus tice of the peace performing same sex marriages here in Connecticut for people com ing from out of state. I was never sued by another state for performing a service for their citizens. People can travel now from one state to another where marijuana is legal in one state but not the other one. I don’t see that there is a basis to stop peo ple from traveling to another state to do something that is legal in the other state.”

2. “Yes, I agree with CT’s Safe Harbor Law, and I will work to protect it as State Rep. CT is a role model when it comes to protecting women’s right to choose and reproductive rights. Howev er, we cannot take this for granted. We must vote in pro-choice candidates. My opponent is actively working to undermine abortion rights. He is the lawyer for an Arizona organization su ing our state in an effort to chip away at women’s rights. That is terrifying. We must actively seek to protect women in CT, including those who come here for our help. That starts with voting the right people into office.” Republican Craig Fishbein, the incumbent, did not re spond for comment.

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90th House (Wallingford, Middlefield) Rebecca Hyland, Democrat 1. “SCOTUS’s decision to overturn Roe is disastrous. It ers,Moreaborandpredangliveswillmoreguaranteeswomenlosetheirthrougherousgnanciesunsafetions.mothdaughters,sisters,andwives will be irreparably harmed by this decision. Even more aggravating is the fact that this will disproportionately affect the middle and lower classes, as well as minorities. This Court is not a democra cy in action, and we must continue to fight against it.”

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Luca, owner of EZLern Driving School in Meri den, said the cost of driving is prompting some teens to “wait.Getting a license, that’s not the major cost,” Luca said. “It’s what happens when you get the license. The automo bile, the gas, the insurance.”

By Jessica Record-JournalSimmsstaff The number of teen drivers has decreased nationally for a variety of reasons, a trend noticed by officials at local driving schools. “These days, people are not motivated to get their li cense,” said Jay Alvarez, owner of Shield Driving School in Meriden. “The younger driver, they don’t want their license. They don’t want that responsibili ty. A lot of the parents are forcing their kids to get their license at 16 because they need them to get a job, they need them to go to practice, they need them to go to Theschool.”National Highway Traf fic Safety Administration re ported that out of the 228.2 million licensed drivers in the United States in 2020, only 11.6 million (5.1%) of them were considered to be young drivers, ages 15 to 20 years old. This is an 8.3% de crease from the young li censed drivers in 2011 and a 4.7% decrease from 2019. Alvarez said the average age of his driving students is mid to late twenties. He has also noticed the number of stu dents in his classes has de creased. “When I first start ed, I was averaging about 20 to 30 kids per class per ses sion,” Alvarez said. “I’m now like 10 to 15, maybe 20 if I’m Dianelucky.”Stanley owns Hig ganum-based Crossroads Driving School, which teach es drivers in various towns, including Wallingford and North Haven. Her school is busy this summer, but she said restrictions on 16 and 17 year old drivers are prompting many teens to wait until they are 18. According to the Connecti cut State DMV Center for Teen Safe Driving, 16 and 17-year-olds can’t get their license until they have had their driver’s permit for at least four months. They also have to complete an eight hour Safe Driving Practices class, a two hour parent/le gal guardian training and 40 hours of practice driving. Once they obtain their li cense after passing a road test and vision test, 16 and 17-year-olds can’t drive alone with friends their own age for a year and can’t drive be tween 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. “I think you are seeing some students waiting until they are 18 so they can just drive without restrictions,” Stanley Insaid.Connecticut, the number of teens getting their learn er’s permit has mostly stayed even in recent years, about 25,000 per year, said Tony Guerrera, deputy com missioner of the state De partment of Motor Vehicles. However, he did notice a slight dip in 2020 when 23,693 teens received a learner’s permit. “People were scared to get into vehicles with other peo ple because of COVID,” Guerrera said. The number of licensed 18year-olds in the country has decreased from 80.4% in 1983 to 61% in 2018, accord ing to Statista. The number of licensed 16year-olds has gone down as well. In 1983, 46.2% of 16year-olds were licensed, but in 2018, only 25.6% of this age group had their driver’s Cynthialicense.

Luca said that she has seen an increase in students be tween the ages of 19 and 21. Older students only have to take an eight hour course. “They come in, they have some driving experience,” Luca said. “We’re just more or less checking them out, making sure that they are ready to take a test.”

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Number of teenage drivers is decreasing

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Ira Caplan, co-owner of Lib erty Driving School in Meri den, said the lack of younger students has not changed the way he teaches. Howev er, he has made his students more aware of the dangers of reckless driving. “There’s more reckless drivers out there right now,” Caplan said. “I think due to COVID there were less peo ple on the road and people were driving worse without any consequences. I am see ing more and more of that right Caplannow.”said he stresses the importance of defensive Indriving.2020, there were about 189,950 young drivers in car crashes, according to the YoungNHTSA.drivers, which are 15 to 20 years old, account for 8.5% of all drivers involved in fatal Alvarezaccidents.saidthathe tells his students that it is important to be “aware of your sur roundings at all times.” “Don’t rely on technology, rely on your eyes,” Alvarez said.

Guerrera said teens now have many more transporta tion options, including Uber and Lyft. “Things that weren’t avail able like ten years ago,” Guerrera said. “I think they could be waiting (to drive) a little bit longer and just not concerned about it because they are able to get to point A and point B through dif ferent modes of transporta tion.”

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