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Making a case for ‘the shot’ CIAC enlists student-athletes, state heavy hitters in vaccination push By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff

NEW BRITAIN — Gov. Ned Lamont mustered his best Hank Williams Jr. impression at Tuesday’s CIAC press conference at Veterans Stadium. “ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?” Then he got a little lost in the seasons. Levi E. Coe Library’s Heartstone Labyrinth will have its official unveiling on Saturday, Aug. 28, at 10 a.m.

40-foot walking labyrinth installed at Levi E. Coe library The newest addition to the Levi E. Coe Library in Middlefield is not a book, video or other item that may be borrowed. Yet it still provides an outlet for a safe and thoughtful activity. The Coe library’s Heartstone Labyrinth will be unveiled Saturday, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. The 40-foot maze-like struc-

ture, made possible by a generous donation from library patron Bernadette Basiel, is believed to be the first of its kind constructed at a Connecticut library. The idea for the installation was sparked as Basiel and her good friend, fellow library patron Claudia White, visited similar labyrinths

around Connecticut as a way to fulfill a safe and meditative activity during the pandemic. The health and fitness website VeryWellFit.com states labyrinth walking “is an ancient practice used by many different faiths for spiritual See Labyrinth, A2

“And some track?” He recovered to bring the main point home. “And volleyball” said the

governor. “We’re doing everything we can to make sure you’re going to be in school and you’re going to be on the playing field at the very start of the school year, right through the school year. “We’ve got a little of bit of work to do,” added Lamont, who also formally announced on Tuesday that his standing mask mandate for K-12 students will continue through at least SeptemSee CIAC, A3

School enrollment has been in decline By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times

Declining student enrollment is a top reason why Lyman Elementary School is being considered for closure, Regional

School District 13 Board of Education members and other locals officials said during an Aug. 11 public hearing. See Enrollment, A12

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ber. “I think you’ve heard a lot about vaccinations. Come on 12-to-15 year olds, come on 15-to-17 year olds: Step up. We really need you to. It’s for your safety. It’s for your team and so no one has to step off the field.” Lamont was one of the heavy hitters enlisted by the CIAC on Tuesday to further its push for Connecticut high school athletes to get vaccinated against COVID19.

The CIAC staged Tuesday’s event one day after football teams began conditioning and 10 days before all other fall sports start practice. As of now, all CIAC systems are a go for the fall season to start on time and be played in full, complete with state championships, including football. That said, the CIAC continues to hammer home its main message: the COVID19 vaccination is the best means of ensuring a full and safe 2021-22 academic and athletic school year.

“We want to ensure we not only have a full season, but a normal school year,” Kron

The CIAC is making its push as COVID resurges with the Delta variant — a variant

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The other fall sports were heavily cohorted and played a delayed, truncated season without state tournaments. Ditto for winter, which saw the cancellation of wrestling.

of COVID, has the same people who a year ago said it wasn’t safe to play football confidently calling, as Lungarini did Tuesday, “Play ball!”

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The heavier hitters, arguably, were the studentathletes from New Britain and Bloomfield who flanked the politicos, as well as incoming Xavier senior Drew Kron, who took a turn at the microphone.

“We educate on that,” said CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini. “We’re not mandating it, but we’re strongly encouraging it. We understand it’s a personal decision, but we do believe that’s the best strategy to keep our kids in the classroom and on the field.”

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Next to Lamont was Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, the acting state commissioners of health and education, Deidre Gifford and Charlene Russell-Tucker, Dr. Carl Nissen of the Connecticut State Medical Society, State. Rep. Bobby Sanchez of New Britain and the city’s mayor, Erin Stewart.

“To all my fellow studentathletes out there who have not been vaccinated yet, I encourage you sign up and stay in the game.”

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We’ve gathered enough data, we’ve gathered enough information and we know enough about it now that, as (CIAC medical liaison) Dr. Carl Nissen said, COVID is going to be with us, but we’ve learned how to safely mitigate that and play safely.” “Last year, obviously, we

didn’t have the public health tools that we needed to adequately protect the health and safety of athletes,” said Gifford. “Thankfully, this year we have an excellent tool in the COVID-19 vaccine. That can help us pave our way back to normal sports, normal schools and normal lives.” The benefits of the vaccine, Gifford and Lungarini noted, are multiple. Along with reducing the risk of contract-

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Obituaries Robert A. Mueller DURHAM- Robert A. Mueller, 66, of Durham, husband of Anne (Johnston) Mueller, died Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Hartford Hospital. He was born in Boston, MA, the son of the late Robert H. and Camille (Glossa) Mueller. He graduated from Marshfield High School in 1973 and from Wesleyan University with a BA in Mathematics in 1977. A forty-year resident of Durham, Bob spent most of his career with Middle Oak Insurance, retiring as a senior vice president with Middle Oak Insurance. He began a second career pursuing his passion for woodworking, co-founding Trees to Tables. As well as woodworking, Bob’s loves included music and sailing but most of all his sons and grandsons. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons, Stuart Mueller and his wife, Megan of Medfield, MA, Peter Mueller and his wife, Amanda of Poestenkill, NY, and Eric Mueller and his partner Ashleigh of Washington, DC; three grandsons, Oliver, Rowan, and Colin; brothers Mark Mueller (Lisa), Bill Mueller (Karen), and Tim Mueller (Phyllis); sisters, Gretchen Prendeville (John), Paula Pugila (John); and many beloved nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Funeral services

My Swedish grandson, Hayden, turned 11 on Aug. 18. And I imagine my son, his father, is wondering where the time has gone. I have never come up with an answer for that one. I have been asking the same question for years. Every time Hayden has a birthday I indulge in a bit of nostalgia. I visited that little cherub on three occasions – when he was two months old, 2 years old, and 4 years old.

will be held on Saturday, Aug. 21st, at 11 a.m. at Biega Funeral Home, 3 Silver St., Middletown. The family is requesting that those attending be vaccinated and wear masks. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. The service will be live streamed at https:// y o u t u . b e / 5 F1l 4 5 - l I U s . Those who wish may send memorial contributions to Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater, 128 Washington St., Middletown, CT 06457 or at https://www.flipcause. c o m /s e c u re /c au s e _ pdetails/MTEzNzA4 or to the Friends of Durham Library at PALS, PO Box 271, Durham, CT 06422 or at https://www. durhamlibrary.org/donatelibrary/. To share memories or express condolences online please visit www. biegafuneralhome.com.

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The first visit I cried as I held my grandchild in my arms. My baby had a baby. I know you grandparents out there know of what I speak. It was the cycle of life, which has always seemed a bit like magic to me.

So back to his birthday. In the past I would ask Ryan what Hayden wanted, and then do my best to find it. As the years ticked by my son couldn’t really come up with any ideas. Hayden was starting to enter those To be honest, though, I always found those in-between years. Not a little kid anymore, beginning months – dare I say it? – a tad but also not a teenager. boring. I wanted to play, and that little I remember those years with my own guys. tadpole, and my own little tadpoles all those years ago, did not seem to be up for They didn’t really fit into any category. But a couple of years ago I had the idea to it. They seemed to be more into sleeping. send Hayden crystals for his birthday and But I got to play on the second visit. Hayfor Christmas. I don’t know why. The subden was now two, and a bundle of energy. I ject of crystals had never come up. found him delightful in every way. We watched “Cars” on DVD (a lot). We danced. To my great delight Ryan said he loved Yup, like no one was watching. Perhaps this them. He called them his magic rocks and is just the grandma in me, but the little tyke would hold them when he was playing his was, and is, smart as a whip. He knew how video games. So now that’s what he gets, to play games on Ryan’s cell phone. And he every time. It makes things easy. And it makes me realize that, although we have kept me constantly entertained with the only seen each other three times, we are things he came out with. Again, this might connected at the heart. I, too, love crystals. be the grandma in me, but I thought he We definitely share some of the same was the most precious, beautiful child on DNA . the planet. On the third visit I brought him a Buddha Ryan keeps me posted on how our little guy (who is not so little anymore) is doing. figurine that glowed in the dark, and that He says that his son is so sweet and so became his best friend. He never let it go, happy, and I know that to be true. But and would even sleep with it. If for some when Hayden was younger, Ryan thought reason it managed to slip from his grasp, he became quite distraught. He would get he was quite a handful. I was laughing on down on his hands and knees and look for the inside. And sometimes on the outside. it under the chairs and the couch, calling Again, full circle, if you know what I mean. “Buddha. Buuudddda.” He didn’t have a And I’m pretty sure you do.

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In Brief Composting program Coginchaug Area Transition received a grant from the Coginchaug Valley Educational Foundation to pilot a program in which 100 local households will be recruited to compost food waste and related items as an educational experiment. Composting kits include a kitchen collection basket with bag liners and a fivegallon garage collection bin which can be taken to the transfer station twice a week.

Kits are $25 and can be purchased at the Durham Farmers Market and the Middlefield Community Center, at the Building Office. Details about the composting pilot program are available on the Durham and Middlefield municipal websites. Email questions to compostpilot@gmail.com.

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After being sidelined in 2020 due to safety concerns related to COVID-19, Middletown’s Saint Sebastian’s Church Festival is set to return.

Levi Coe Library is hosting a Community Conversation book discussion Thursday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming is the autobiography of her childhood, told in verse. She reflects on growing up as an African American in South Carolina and New York in the 1960s and 70s with the vestiges of Jim Crow and the influence of the Civil Rights movement as she finds her passion for writing. The discussion is open to all. To sign up, email levicoejess@gmail.com.

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After the mass the “I Nuri” enter the church saying “E Chiamamulu Paisanu! Primu Diu E Sammastianu!” (He’s one of our own! First God and then Saint Sebastian!). The “I Nuri” then carry a statue of Saint Sebastian around downtown Middletown.

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Saint Sebastian’s Church has invited local and state dignitaries, as well as representatives from Saint Sebastian’s Church in Melilli, to attend the festival.

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Saturday night, at 9, a 20minute laser show will take place in front of the church featuring a pictorial history of the festival and other church events.

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The district has conducted enrollment projections three times since 2012. According to the most recent report, districtwide enrollment peaked in 2004-05, at 2,179 students, and has declined 31 percent since. The report shows high, medium and low projection models based on different assumptions. In each model, RSD13 is “running slightly lower than the mid-

point, more towards the worst case,” Board of Education member and Middlefield selectman Robert Yamartino said.

many, many towns that are in the same boat, that are going down this path, because of the declining enrollment trend.”

“If you compare the current enrollment to the enrollment 16 years ago, in 2004, one out of every three students in the school district is no longer in the district,” Yamartino said.

RSD13 enrollment projections were calculated based on demographic and housing trends in Durham and Middlefield. The report showed the local population declined slightly over the past decade. In 2010, the total population in Durham and Middlefield was 11,836. By 2018 it decreased to 11,575.

The district enrollment decline is a “Connecticut issue,” not just a “Durham/ Middlefield” issue, BOE member Christine Geraci said. “There have been

Durham and Middlefield averaged about 60 housing permits per year, total. Over the past five years, that number dropped to an average of 10 per year. “New housing has a huge effect on enrollment,” Yamartino pointed out. The local birth rate has dipped as well. Between 1999-2008, Durham-Middlefield births averaged 117 per year. Now, 77 births per-year is the average.

Also, the report found that between 1999 and 2007,

Olive & Henry Fine Foods in Cheshire is hosting a dog adoption event Saturday, Aug. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Watch Factory Shoppes parking lot in front of the Olive & Henry storefront. Companion Pet Rescue will bring about 20 dogs to the event. To be considered for a pet placement, individuals should fill out an application ahead of time by visiting cprdogs.com/adopt/ adoption-application/. Questions regarding the event can be directed to Caroline Dircks at 203-806-1450.

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The fate of Lyman Elementary School will be decided by residents via a November referendum.

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School officials say closing John Lyman School would save taxpayers $1.5 million in operating costs while avoiding $4.25 million in capital expenses. If Lyman is to remain open, the school would need about $2.8 million in repairs.

The Connecticut Gold Star Families Memorial Monument will be located at Veterans Memorial Park, 51 Lower Lane, in Berlin. To donate to the memorial, visit woodywilliams.org/monuments/ct-monument.html.

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The cameras also will allow emergency responders to instantly verify the location and severity of accidents and other mishaps reported by 911 callers.

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Three new message signs also are operational. They are located at Route 66 westbound in Middlefield, east of I-691 exit 13; I-691 westbound in Meriden, west of exit 5; and I-691 eastbound in Cheshire, east of exit 3.

The electronic overhead variable message signs cost about $13,340,470.

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The new cameras open blind spots in the state’s traffic camera network on Interstates 91 and 691 and Route 15 in Cheshire, Cromwell, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown and Southington.

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