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Family activities welcome the season By Everett Bishop Town Times
Durham recreation is embracing the newly arrived fall season by bringing the community together for some autumnal fun.
Relatives of past Durham Fair presidents stood side by side to participate in the ribbon cutting at the opening ceremony of the 100th annual fair. Photos by Everett Bishop, Town Times
A good crowd and lots of fun at Durham’s 100th fair By Everett Bishop Town Times
First Selectman Laura Francis said events like the ones on tap make Durham Coming right up, residents a place where people want can look forward to several to raise families. events. A S’mores Family “The creative aspect is atNight is set for Friday, tracting people of all ages Oct. 18, 4 to 7 p.m., at Aland finding activities that lyn Brook Park; the Fall are appealing to them,” Farmers Market is schedshe said. “We welcome uled for Thursdays, feedback and are looking Oct. 10, 17 and 24; and a to explore more programScarecrow Building Conming.” test will take place Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m. to 1 For more information p.m., on the town green. about upcoming events in Durham, visit Durham “I think it's important to recreation’s community have events like this so residents can meet others calendar at durhamct.recdesk.com/Communiin our town to not only ty/Calendar. create new friendships,
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After months of planning and anticipation, the 100th annual Durham Fair kicked off Thursday, Sept. 26. While opening day included a bit of rain, the weather didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits. During an opening ceremony, descendants and relatives of past Durham Fair presidents cut the ribbon signaling the start of the fair. The ceremony then moved into the fairgrounds where the Everlasting Tribute was officially commissioned. This new venue consists of a patio, seating and flagpoles to recognize the support of the community. Brick pavers and some seating is engraved with personal messages from donors.
but also bring old friends together out of our busy, everyday lives,” said Jon Scagnelli, market master of the farmers market.
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With some help from the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation, the Durham Senior Citizens Board is preparing to run a series of health seminars for local seniors.
A huge cake in the commercial exhibit barn recognized the fair's 100th birthday.
State Sen. Christine Cohen gave a celebratory citation to the fair from the Connecticut General Assembly. “This fair is all about volunteerism, which is wonderful,
and bringing community together,” she said. “I’m excited to be a part of its 100th birthday this year.” See Fair, A3
“We would hope that they enjoy themselves and go home feeling uplifted,” said Lainy Melvin, senior citizens board chair. Previously, the senior board has put on a program on bird rehabilitation in Killingworth, a hoe down potluck lunch and square dance and a holiday program in December where the RSD-13 jazz band dined with the seniors and played carols for them.
The seminars the CVEF grant money will fund will include a Tuesday, Oct. 22 presentation from a specialist in geriatric medicine titled “Are You Aging Successfully?” Other seminar topics will include “We think by hosting these events for seniors it is a the Aging Brain, Getting Outdoors for Better Health wonderful way to keep and The Blue Zones.
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East Putnam resident Gene LaRiviere broke a Durham Fair record last week with a pumpkin that weighed 1,769 pounds. That weight bested the previous fair record by 2.5 pounds. LaRiviere said he was “totally thrilled” about setting the new record.
pick it (sooner) and other friend growers told me ‘Just save it, save it. It will be fine.’ I saved it; I guess I made the right decision.” The Durham Fair ran Thursday through Sunday last week. LaRiviere said he started growing the pumpkin in early April. But this recordbreaker isn’t even the
biggest pumpkin that he has grown in the 17 years since he started. “Last year I lost one that was 2,031 lbs,” he said. “Would’ve been the first in Connecticut for 2,000 pounds.” Unfortunately, LaRiviere’s 2,000-pound pumpkin had a soft spot, and when he went to pick it up, it fell apart.
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Ryan Cleveland, left, helps carry in an exhibition entry at the Giant Pumpkin exhibit's weigh-in night.
symmetrical pumpkin. This year, they also took home second place. The Howard Dill prize went to Norm Gansert, a grower from Rhode Island.
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Last year, the Cleveland’s won second place for their pumpkin, as well as the Howard Dill prize, awarded to the prettiest, most
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“It has been a good season, we’re really happy with it. It’s got a really great color to it, it’s got a fun shape,” said Cleveland’s wife and fellow exhibit coordinator, Chelsea.
Lloyd Blair, a grower from Middlefield, brought his pumpkin to be weighed “just to see what it looks like.” Though he didn’t enter the weigh off, Blair walked away with a pumpkin that ticked in at over 600 pounds and had “a good color and decent shape.”
Denise Funaro and her husband have volunteeried at the fair for the last 10 years and returned to help out again this year from their home in North Carolina. “I love seeing all the little kids especially,” she said. “I love it. I’m excited to see the band and we saw the fireworks, which were great.”
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Giant Pumpkin Exhibit Coordinator Ryan Cleveland entered a pumpkin that weighed in at just over 1,000 pounds.
The event ran through Sunday, Sept. 29, and over the weekend, the response from all corners was positive as folks came out to enjoy a range of fun activities such as fireworks, a laser light show and the Great Lakes Timber show, which included chainsaw carving, axe throwing and log rolling. Musical performances included Little River Band, Big & Rich, Presley and Taylor and Braiden Sunshine.
Aimee Jackson and her family – two kids and husband, Brent – came from Massachusetts. “The kids are loving the rides, the food is great and all of the tents have had some really cool stuff in them,” Jackson said. “The kids are also really excited about the tractor pulls."
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Letters to the Editor Thanks for the support Editor : The Durham Economic Development Commission would like to thank everyone who participated in the Local Weekend Warriors shopping events the past two months. The Economic Development Commission sponsored this summertime initiative to help fight the battle to keep our local business-
es alive and well during a typically slower shopping time of year. Feedback has been so positive that we will probably do something similar again in the late winter or early spring. The idea was taken from the book, “This is Where You Belong” by Melanie Warnick, which is the focus of the One Book, One Durham program (see the Durham Public Library website for more details).
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In Brief CAT meeting The next bi-monthly gathering of the Coginchaug Area Transition group (CAT) will take place Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Middlefield Community Center. Meal and socializing, 6 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a report on the Giving Garden and discussion of upcoming events, including the applesauce workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12, tool library proposal, gift/toy swap proposal, Sustainable Connecticut, and the upcoming One Book, One Durham program at the Durham library.
The gathering is open to all who are interested in a more resilient, caring and sustainable community. Bring your own reusable place setting. For more information, call Sue VanDerzee at 860-3490777.
5th grade boys & girls: 6 – 7:15 p.m.; 6th grade boys & girls : 7:30 – 8:45 p.m.
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60+ Club and Travel The Durham 60+ Club and Travel will meet Monday, Oct. 14, 1:30 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center, second floor, 350 Main St. Officers will be installed for the upcoming year. Following the meeting, refreshments will be served. Bingo will be played at $1 per-card (open to the public). Seniors from surrounding towns are welcome to join this social, active, travel club. For more information, contact Sue Giuffrida at 860346-0724.
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was among the top five towns with the largest decrease in its mill rate for the fiscal year.
Middlefield’s Board of Selectmen met in September to discuss the state of several Middlefield’s mill rate is the lowest it has been in town projects as well as the seven years. town’s financial standing. “We had a very good year,” said First Selectman Edward Bailey. “Between revenue and expenses we’re over half a million dollars in the black. The financial health of the town, as far as I can analyze – and the board of finance has analyzed – we’re in superior financial health.”
Bailey also took time to talk about an initiative he is planning that would include signs being posted around town urging drivers to slow down. He said that residents’ biggest complaints are high taxes and speeding cars.
Bailey said he attributes this to the town’s ability to lower property taxes by 6 percent.
Said Bailey, “Citizens have been in my office and they’ve seen the signs and they say, ‘Can I take one of those?’” Also, at the Board of Selectmen meeting, it was
According to Fire Chief Peter Tyc, this process has taken more than four years. “The tower has our transmitter in it for fire-ground communications. It is the only antenna in our area, next closest is on Blue Hills Road in Durham,” Tyc said. “This will improve our paging coverage, as there will be nine similar locations around Middlesex County.” ebishop@record-journal.com 203-317-2444 Twitter: @everett_bishop
As Halloween begins to creep up, Durham recreation is prepared to fully embrace the season with a brand new event: a trip to see more than 5,000 illuminated jack-o-lanterns. The Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, RI, gives guests the opportunity to see such a sight. Recreation director Sherry Hill said this was a new idea she thought would be fun for residents. The Saturday, Oct. 26 trip includes transportation and entrance to the event and a meal at Trattoria Zooma Restaurant.
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“It’s fun with your friends or family. You don’t have to drive. Events are planned for you,” said Hill. “It’s a fun experience where you can take pictures and make memories.” Pick-up for the event will be at 2:30 p.m. at Strong school. Attendees will be taking a coach bus and should expect to return around 10 p.m. Tickets are $108 for adults and $105 for children (age 2 to 12). Register for tickets at durhamct.recdesk.com/ community/home. For more information, call the department at 860-3436724. ebishop@record-journal.com 203-317-2444 Twitter: @everett_bishop
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Cop: Charity, other scams are ‘quite common’ “Don't give money on the spot to anyone who approaches you, calls you, or emails you,” Anderson cautioned. “Be wary of any charity representative that is unwilling to answer your questions, or can't get [you] an answer. Always take time researching which charities to donate to, it's important to look at multiple sources. Organizations like Guide Star, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Give.org are great places to start. If a
charity is soliciting in the state of Connecticut, they must be registered with the Department of Consumer Protection, and you can verify their registration at www.elicense.ct.gov.” Charity scams are not the only problem. Another scam making the rounds involves a call from someone who claims to be from the Social Security Administration and who threatens to See Scams, A15
Vaping program highlights the risk to young users By Everett Bishop Town Times
at Yale during her Wednesday, Sept. 18 talk.
NORTH HAVEN – With vaping-related deaths becoming a hot button issue, North Haven Memorial Library hosted a seminar on the topic led by Tricia Dahl, a senior research assistant at Yale.
“In 43 years, from 2017 to 2018, we have never seen such an increase in substance use in adolescents that we’ve seen,” Dahl said.
Dahl shared research and findings completed by TRY, Tobacco Research in Youth,
One misconception that Dahl addressed about vaping is that people are releasing water vapor when they exhale. However, e-liquids used in vape pens or eci-
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It was the beginning of September when Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas causing widespread destruction and loss of life. As is often the case with these events, some people are using this tragedy as a means to get rich – and not legally. Phone and email
“So charity scams, as are all email and phone scams, are quite common,” Durkee explained. “We receive several complaints a week in regards to these types of The town of Cheshire has had scams.” its fair share of complaints regarding these types of scams Charity scammers make soand others according to Lt. licitations via emails, phone Mike Durkee of the Cheshire calls, text messages, and Police Department. even social media. This concerns Lora Rae Anderson, director of communications for the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. scammers are targeting people’s generosity with fake charities with no intention of helping island victims of the storm.
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Apple cannons debut at orchards By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
MIDDLEFIELD — Lyman Orchards has added apple cannons to its agricultural attractions.
People talk about their bucket list. I’m not sure that I have one. Of if I do, it seems to be holding precious little. come to fruition. I’ll see how it goes.
Though nobody seemed to be using the term when I was in my youth, I think I I have long thought that a kind of had one back then, ride in a hot air balloon in the days of yore. would be fun. Again, there is the little matter of not I had such grandiose loving heights. And that dreams. Like climbing a basket looks really small. mountain, skydiving, sav- Years ago I talked my ing the world, backpackfriend and her husband ing around Europe, and into doing this with me. going to Australia. I have We tried five times to pull done none of those things, this off, but the wind was nor do I want to. not right and it was a nogo. And five times I was At this stage of the game beyond relieved. But the thought of climbing a maybe I’m braver now. mountain is preposterous. I can barely make it up I’ve always had the notion Sand Hill Road. I that I need to write a don’t know whatever pos- book. I really do think I sessed me to think I have a book in me. would go skydiving. I am not a lover of heights. I re- Preferably a bestseller. But ally don’t know how to I have racked my brain for save the world, but I am years and can’t seem to hoping that holding doors come up with any ideas for people and letting cars for one. I keep waiting for get in front of me count something to just plop for something. Backpack- down from the ethers and ing through Europe? Yeah, seep into my head. Like I just try to get me off my will wake up in the middle couch. It would take a of the night and exclaim, bulldozer and a crane. “By jove, I’ve got it.” And Going to Australia? Nope, I will rush to my computer nada. Much too long of a and type furiously away, plane ride for me. construing this wonderful gift to the world. So now that the road in front of me is considerably The only time I wake up shorter than the road bein the middle of the night hind, I feel it is time to is to go to the bathroom. give a little thought as to what to plunk down into Learning Swedish. That my bucket. I feel like I one is doable. I’m trying should have something in to find the motivation. But it. At least maybe fill it instead of dragging out the part of the way. At first I books and the CDs for a drew a blank. What, no study session, I end up sitgoals? ting outside every afternoon, in the warm weathNothing? Just stay mired er, reading. And those in the status quo? But I fi- books are in English. I nally managed to grab on- need to get crackin’ on to a few things. this. I have a Swedish grandson who, I imagine, They may or may not
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The cannons were installed in the sunflower maze parking lot last weekend. “We thought it was another new activity — to come out to the farm and shoot apples at targets,” said John Lyman III, executive vice president.
People try out Lyman Orchards’ new apple cannons in Middlefield on Sept. 30. Photos by Bailey Wright, Record-Journal
Here are three things to know before you go.
1. Where and when The cannons are in the sunflower maze parking lot on State Street, directly across the street from pick-yourown pumpkins. It’s $5 for a bucket of eight apples. The cannons are open weekends and Monday holidays. Lyman said they are considering opening the attraction on Friday afternoons as well.
Declan Keating, 10, of Darien, turns to his family in triumph after hitting a target with his last apple at the Lyman Orchards’ new apple cannons.
2. The experience As the cannon operators will warn you, once you get started, you’ll probably want to keep shooting apples all day. You first enter a fenced-in area, where an employee shows you how to load the apple. You then aim with the help of a scope and try to hold the cannon still as the apple is fired into the field with a loud pop.
Lyman Orchard’s John Lyman III attempts to hit targets with their new apple cannons.
“It’s quite satisfying,” Lyman said.
and cheering each other on. He shot the final apple, successfully hitting the 150-foot target sign to a round of applause.
For 10-year-old Darien resident Declan Keating, the cannons were a blast.
3. Making it a fall weekend
“I thought it was loud … and it was really fun because when you were aiming … you had to get the scope lined up with the target,” he said. Keating visited the orchards with his family, who all took turns trying the cannons
The apple cannons are just one more thing you can do at Lyman Orchards this fall. Other activities include pick-your-own apples and pumpkins, exploring the market and getting some produce or baked goods, golfing and getting lost in the corn maze.
“There’s plenty for the whole family to do,” Lyman said. The corn maze’s theme is NASCAR this year, celebrating a Middletown native and NASCAR champion, Joey Logano. The maze is open through Nov. 3. from 3 to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 4 through 12. The orchards also often offer pony rides and horse-drawn wagon rides on weekends and holidays.
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I always thought going to California sounded good. I have an image of the people being so free out there. I like being free. But, of course, there’s still that little matter of getting me off the couch. The prospects for this one aren’t too good. Every time I watch river dancing, I vow that I will learn it. I just think it’s the most awesome thing ever. So a long time ago, when my knees were still my friend, I got a DVD that would teach me. That did not work out as planned. I didn’t have two left feet, I think I had three left feet. And none of them were doing what they were supposed to.
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Okay, I’m going to let my imagination come out and play now. I would dearly love to have a lead – a lead, mind you! – in a play or a movie. Whenever I go to Goodspeed Opera, which is once a year, I envy the folks up there on that stage. I feel like they are living my life. Well, as long as there is no river dancing involved. I am, at heart, a thwarted actress. Now this is not a big-time dream, but I think it would be really cool to know how to juggle. It’s a skill I have always admired.
To have, or be part of, an animal rescue. I cannot abide any animal suffering. And I always love the commercial where an oil-soaked duck is being washed with See Carr, A15
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Color my hair red. I think red hair is so pretty. I don’t know if I will ever have the courage for this one, though. Many years ago I colored it with something that promised red highlights, and I emerged from the cap looking like a carrot. Not red, but orange hair. I was Ronald McDonald having a bad hair day. And you can only imagine what that looks like.
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But the one chemical Dahl is One of the issues that may not be reversible is somemost worried about among one’s natural ability to crekids is nicotine. ate dopamine because of “Nicotine is a stimulant and nicotine’s ability to produce it’s also addictive,” she said. nicotine in the smoker’s or
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Durkee added: “The best way for the public to protect themselves is to do their research and verify a charity is legitimate before sending out any type of payment or giving out their information.”
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3rd EEE death confirmed; situation called unprecedented Connecticut public health officials say a third person has died of Eastern equine encephalitis. State Epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Cartter announced Tuesday the East Haddam resident died during the third week of September. It was confirmed Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the unnamed resident had tested positive for the rare mosquito-borne illness.
trict reported a mosquito trapped in nearby Bethany was among those positive tests. Town officials, at the urging of local health officials, have restricted all outdoor activities, including school district-sponsored and other organized activities, on town-owned property after 5:30 p.m. “until further notice to minimize risk of exposure,” read a news release issued Tuesday. In Meriden, the city’s Department of Health and Hu-
man Services reported on Tuesday that mosquitoes so far trapped and tested in the city have not tested positive for either EEE or West Nile Virus. The Wallingford Health Department issued a similar announcement that tests of mosquitoes trapped at the town’s trapping site on South Elm Street have so far been negative for both viruses.
avoid outdoor activities between dusk and dawn, and urged residents, when outdoors, to wear long pants and shirts with long sleeves.
PSHAD Health Director Shane Lockwood, in a statement, said though mosquito activity usually begins to decline at this time of year, “residents still need to remain vigilant in removing In a news release issued late standing water on their property and practicing prelast week, the PlainvilleSouthington Regional Health vention measures.” District urged residents to
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The CDC also confirmed Tuesday that a resident of Colchester who became ill during the third week of August tested positive for the virus. That person, who is between the ages of 40 and 49 years, remains hospitalized. Cartter says the number of human cases in Connecticut has been unprecedented.
While Meriden, Wallingford and Southington have not restricted outdoor activities on public grounds in those communities, health officials are urging residents to take precautions against mosquito exposure, including the application of mosquito repellant spray on any potentially exposed skin before heading outdoors.
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