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Each year, nearly 1 billion birds are killed flying into windows. That startling statistic comes from the Audubon Society’s Project Safe Flight initiative, one of
light of the stars and moon they would use to navigate, as well as barometric pres sure and the earth’s magnet ic field. So we build cities right underneath them and the light confuses them.”
Wednesday, Aug. 31 was a hot and humid day, but that didn’t stop local students from having a blast at Cogin chaug Regional High School’s back-to-school car Hostednival. by the school dis trict, and held on the CRHS campus, the carnival offered activities throughout the
Suchy, who did her time in the dunk tank, shared her fa
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a student researcher with the Yale Bird-Friendly Build ing Initiative; and Craig Repasz, who is affiliated with the New Haven Bird Club and the Connecticut Or nithological Association.
day; from contests and games, to karaoke and yoga. The National Guard inflat able obstacle course and a dunk tank manned by CRHS Principal Deb Stone and several teachers were popu lar stops as well.
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“Birds are migrating on routes that are millions of years old,” said Repasz. “They evolved migrating in darkness. It was only the
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al and cafeteria staff, local businesses that donated time and prizes, and parents who donated prizes and vol unteered to run events,” En glish teacher Rebecca Suchy said. “It was a day we really needed after the pandemic and all of the challenges over the last few years.”
struction and fragmentation, lighting is a major contribu tor to bird deaths.
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Reducing light pollution key to assisting migratory birds
Freshmen Finn Healy, Eric Samperi and Alex Augustine pose with Army National Guard Sergeant First Class Jose Quinones, Staff Sergeant Jeffrey Marte and Staff Sergeant Joshua Vinella at the Aug. 31 carnival.
Back-to-school carnival a celebration of normalcy
many bird strike tracking programs helping to raise public awareness and create steps to minimize such bird deaths. Getting the word out on a local and regional level is Lights Out CT. The group’s co-chairs are Meredith Barges, Yale Divinity School,
Freshmen Abigail Francis, Abigail Dunnigan and Ashleynn Pelletier take a “little” rideduringthecarnival.
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My mailbox is across the road and down a bit, and I feel like I am taking my life in my hands when I go to fetch its contents.
I used to think I had plenty of time to make my crossing, that the cars were far enough away, but I now know that was a fallacy. I would be in the middle of the road, with a car bear ing down upon me with alarming speed, and I would be hoping that the driver of said car was in a good mood that day and would not mind, too terribly much, slowing down and not run ning me over.
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Getting the mail, for me, is a laborious affair.
At some point I am home sick and start praying for a break, even a small one, in the oncoming traffic. I feel like there will never be one.
The reason being, that I live on Madison Road, which, I believe, is home to the Indy 500. It seems that any car going under 90 miles-perhour is just ambling along at a leisurely pace.
Collecting my mail is a harrowing event
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I just cannot muster, given the obvious perils, the courage to take my life in my hands and retrieve my mail on a daily basis. I usually let it sit there for several days.
finally made it, all in one piece, to the black mailbox sporting the num bers 3-1-9, and I have grabbed its not-so-exciting contents, I must now deal with the issue of returning Thehome.traffic has certainly not let up, not one bit. And the cars are so fast, and I am so slow, that I must wait until there is nothing whatsoever coming my way. Not even a dot on the horizon.
Okay, back to the matter at hand. After grabbing my mail, I am now faced with the task of, again, crossing the road.
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When I finally make the trek to the other side of the road, I am greeted by junk mail and bills. Which does not give me a great deal of moti vation to make this particu lar Now,pilgrimage.I’mnotproud of this, but sometimes I try to prey on the motorists’ sympa Ithies.throw my hands up in the air and shake my head, showing my obvious frustra tion, in the hopes that they
Now mind you, if I thought for one minute that news of a forthcoming fortune was waiting in that box, I would be happy to climb over the roofs of cars to get there. I am beginning to think, though, that the likelihood of that is nil.
Oh, and the huge volume of cars that go zinging by my house! Every day is like Durham Fair traffic. I try to determine the best time to make my crossing, but there doesn’t seem to be a best time. Apparently, all the people in the world have congregated on my road.
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Should I have brought a chair and a good book? A snack perhaps? A tooth brush?Should I have let fam ily and friends know of my whereabouts, in case they come looking for me be cause I am not answering my Perhapsphone?Icould put my time to good use and write my memoirs, which would be ti
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And if you can’t reach me by phone, don’t be afraid to come looking for me. You know where to find me. I am stuck on the other side of the road.
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Nine houses of worship are banding together to host a “Unity in Faith” food drive for Master’s Manna, a food pantry which serves resi dents from Wallingford, Meriden, Durham, Middle field, Cheshire, East Haven, North Haven, West Haven, Camden, North Branford and Northford. The drive will take place Saturday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m. to noon. Drop off do nations at these Wallingford congregations: First Congre gational Church, Faith Bible Church, First Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church, Most Holy Trinity Parish, St. John the Evange list Episcopal, St. Paul’s Epis copal Church, Wallingford SDA Spanish Church and Zion Lutheran Church.
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The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company invites the public to a ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11 to remem ber the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony will be gin at 6 p.m. at the memorial adjacent to the firehouse at 406 Jackson Hill Road. At tendees are welcome to say few words.
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The Durham Fair Needle work Department is asking the crafty community to help support our local chari ties. There are opportunities as an individual or group to make an Art Bra to support
a family member who had at tempted to die by suicide, as well as a family member who experienced pervasive harass ment based on disability with in the school setting, and also considered ending their life.
September is National Sui cide Prevention Awareness Month. As a volunteer advo cate with the American Foundation for Suicide Pre vention, I am calling on my members of Congress to pass legislation to prevent sui cides and support crisis care.
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The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline must be sustainably funded so that confidential, voluntary services by trained counselors are accessible. H.R.7116, the 988 Implemen tation Act, would provide federal funding and guidance to states for 988 crisis ser vices across the nation.
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After the Storm, Inc., or to make a quilt block square that will be made into a Quilt of Valor. Also, there are patterns to make knit or cro chet sensory mitts which support Alzheimer’s patients and autistic children. We al so have patterns to make zippered bags and pillow cases to be given to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, and
Visit the Needlework page on the Durham Fair website for patterns and more infor mation. The information is also located at the Durham, Middlefield and Wallingford libraries. You can also con tact Debbie Bellemare for details at 860-395-7125 or bellemareda@comcast.net.
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Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, has awarded Jarod Castro a de gree in enviromental studies and economics.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y., has awarded Zachary Lemieux a bachelor’s degree in music.
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An alternative to 911 for mental health crises, 988 connects callers to Lifeline centers. These centers de-es calate 98% of crisis calls without dispatching emer gency services. Well-re sourced crisis support sys tems can connect callers with local resources, includ ing someone to talk to (call centers), someone to re spond (mobile crisis teams), and somewhere to go (crisis stabilization centers).
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Adrienne Serra, Wallingford
For more information, go to Joinafsp.org/988.meinurging Congress to take action to #StopSuicide!
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We must ensure that every state has the capacity to pro vide comprehensive crisis response services to help save lives.
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., awarded Calista Dills a bachelor’s degree at commencement in August.
Schools
I had an opportunity to speak with Rebecca Hyland, Democratic nominee for the 90th House District. I was very impressed with her knowledge of the law, based on her work as a public de fender; and with her dedica tion to education reform and providing the resources teachers need. Also, I was happy to hear she has a lifelong interest in advancing the needs of the disabled.
When it comes to following her passion, Rebecca has a proven record and will use that force in Hartford to im prove our communities, pro tect our democracy and fight for rights that are threat ened, or which have been taken away.
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University of St. Joseph, W. Hartford, awarded Ashley Mason a degree in nursing at commencement in August.
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A 2019 Science Journal arti cle found one out of four birds have been lost since the 1970s and that many North American birds are facing serious conservation Repaszthreats.said another study determined that shutting off lights in 50 percent of a building has a measurable effect on decreasing bird fa talities. He added that bird fatalities also come from them hitting home windows at a second- and third-story level. To make those win dows visible to birds, the American Bird Conservancy counsels homeowners to paint them, or use decals or other specialty products.
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“The EPA has reported that 90 percent of lighting use in the U.S. today is not need ed,” Meredith Barges said. “This means that we need to rethink our relationship to lighting, especially given the outsized threats to wildlife, human health and the envi Thereronment.”are148 species of birds that breed in or mi grate through Connecticut, including finches, warblers, sparrows, woodpeckers, and some blue jays. While blue jays are in the state yearround, some may migrate to Virginia or Pennsylvania to spend the winter, Repasz Rightsaid.
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“The last few years have been rough, and I wanted the kids to be able to view school as a positive place to be. I believe the carnival ac complished that and more.”
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Family Consumer Science teacher Jamie Bowman, Spe cial Education teacher Kristi Ullman, and science teacher Lindsay Callahan.
to connect with each other, their teachers, and the com munity as well as have a fun day at school,” Ullman said.
vorite part of the carnival: “Halfway through the na tional anthem, the seniors started singing and swaying together. It brought me to tears,” she said. “To see these young people who have had a normal high school experi ence taken from them actu ally get to bond, to hug, to play, to laugh together all day was pure magic.”
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“ence.[I]t’s really nice to be able to give these kids a sense of normalcy and fun at school,” teacher and carnival orga nizer Lindsay Callahan said. “We want our kids to love school, and after the last couple of years, they desper ately needed a day like to day; to just be kids again.”
The indoor-outdoor event included a photo booth and airbrush tattoos, a pep rally and a pie-eating contest won by senior Tyler Warn
CRHS freshman Alexandra McInvale said, “I hope to do this Threeagain.”teachers helped orga nize the carnival event
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Robert Bajoros, district Teacher of the Year, echoed that sentiment. “It was a su per fun day,” he said. “It was great to see so many un masked, smiling faces.”
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MERIDEN Suicide Pre vention Awareness Month take place in September to create alertness and prevent the public health concern responsible in the U.S for 45,979 deaths, in 2020, ac cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
The medical director said the risk of dying by suicide is “greatly increased” for those with access to legal means. “In the United States, the
“ocurs.Butwhat’s often seen is that after the crisis is over, the residual damage to the social infrastructure, the psychological infrastructure, even the healthcare infras tructure, creates a rebound
Craig Allen, medical di rector at Rushford and chief of psychiatry at Midstate Medical Center, explained that nation wide, the highest rates of suicide deaths occur in American Indian and Alaskan natives. The next largest group is the non-His panic white people followed by Blacks and then Hispan ics. Allen noted the ethnic rates change across the country when looking at sui cide attempt for high school students. He said that in 2019, the Youth Risk Behav ior Surveillance System re ported that in Connecticut high school students, the rate of attempt to suicide was 10 per 100,000 for His panics and Latinos, 5.8 per 100,000 for Blacks, and 5.7 per 100,000 for whites.
Nationally, over 50% of sui cide deaths occur by fire arms; in Connecticut that number is 30%, Allen added. He noted once someone thinking about committing suicide has a gun, the per son has less time to recon sider and less room for error.
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Crisis as a trigger
According to Allen, suicide is one of the main topics ad dressed in the behavioral health practice. In the U.S. suicides have increased by nearly 40% between 2000 and 2018, Allen said. He not ed that in Connecticut, more people die from suicides than in homicides and car accidents. “It is a very signif icant public health issue,” he
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there is a trend associ ated to a decrease in sui cides after a national crisis
September is National AwarenessSuicideMonth
Suicidal risk factors can be found in individuals who are talking about dying, who are having a dramatic change in the way they behave, be coming socially isolated, in creasing their use of sub stances and becoming more introverted, Allen said.
Suicide
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention re ported that in 2020, suicide was the 15th leading cause of death in Connecticut and the third leading cause of death for people age 10 to 24. According to the organi zation the number of people who died from a suicide in Connecticut in 2020 was 364. Allen said connecticut ranked 45th as a state in terms of suicide deaths. “It’s good to be low, but it’s tragic whenever anyone dies of suicide,” Allen stressed.
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and a higher rate of mental health issues including sui cide after those crisis have leveled off or been resolved,” Allen said.
Preventive factors include access to behavioral health care, strong connections with family, friends and so
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Art Mongillo, Public Infor mation Officer at the State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Ser vices, explained it is impor tant to look for signs, for ex ample, people threatening to hurt themselves and those seeking access to pills or weapons. Mongillo suggests busy parents to stay con nected and to have a conver sation about suicide with their children. Knowing what is happening in their life, relationships, school life and anything that could be causing them stress, can help parents keep an eye on red flags. If an individual has suspicions about another person wanting to commit suicide but the person de nies their intentions, Mongillo said speaking to a professional about it can “help.Don’t
wait until it becomes a bigger issue,” Mongillo said.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers a chat, for those who are un comfortable talking on the
cial groups, problem solving and coping skills, involve ment in various activities such as sports, volunteering initiatives and living life with purpose and meaning.
The board is responsible for various state wide initiatives including the National Sui cide Prevention Lifeline and the Zero Suicide initiative.
phone. They can chat at 988lifeline.org or text NAMI to 741-741 to be connected to a free, trained crisis coun selor on the crisis text line. The website nami.org also offers resources in Spanish.
Mongillo said that other Support services in Con necticut include the Nation al Alliance for the Mentally Ill and The Connecticut Mental Health Association.
Mongillo explained that among the crisis interven tion resources the state of fers is the Connecticut Sui cide Advisory Board, which has a focus on prevention, intervention and the promo tion of health and wellness.
For more information, visit preventsuicidect.org and rushford.org
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In Connecticut, mental health emergencies and sui cides can be addressed by calling 988 or 211. Either the person in crisis or someone on their behalf can call. The crisis text line 741-741 can also be contacted for help.
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