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Volume 23, Number 28
Friday, October 11, 2019
NASCAR star gets the corn maze treatment By Everett Bishop Town Times
Kathleen Erikson ran over dirt paths lined with corn, turning to her friends every now and then to yell out “This is the way! I promise.”
Students from Coginchaug and Tongji high school broke bread at a community potluck dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Photo by Everett Bishop, Town Times
Chinese students visit as part of school partnership By Everett Bishop Town Times
A total of 22 students and two educators from China stayed in Durham and Middlefield recently as part of a partnership with Coginchaug High School. The students and faculty members from Tongji High School in Ningbo lived with host families.
“Part of our mission is really to help prepare our students to be thriving and contributing local citizens,” said Regional School District 13 School Superintendent Kathryn Veronesi at a community potluck dinner welcoming the Tongji students on Oct. 1. “What we realized is, unless our students have some authentic experience with students from around the world then we’re really
For the past 20 years, Lyman Orchards has been creating corn mazes with designs taken from national or regional headlines. This time, the honor went to NASCAR star and Middletown native Joey Logano. “It had been awhile since we did a sports theme. And we thought, well, NASCAR is one of the top spectator sports, and
thought it might have a wide appeal,” said Executive Vice President John Lyman III. “The fact that Joey Logano was born in Middletown and happened to be the NASCAR Driver of the Year last year, it was a great local tie to a national sport.” Lyman also said that the maze gave Lyman Orchards a chance to promote the Joey Logano Foundation, which has invested $3 million in community organizations across the country, according to the foundation’s website. See Maze, A15
limited in our ability to achieve that.” Veronesi, Board of Education Chair Robert Moore, Board of Education Secretary Norm Hicks, Coginchaug Principal Brain Falcone, and World Language Teacher Kate Germond visited Ningbo last December with a consultant from ACES International to facilitate the partnership. See Students, A17
A tribute to 2018 NASCAR Champion Joey Logano was the inspiration for the 20th annual corn maze at Lyman Orchards. Photo courtesy of Lyman Orchards