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Music festival entertains, informs about opioid abuse By Everett Bishop Town Times
The more that we can talk about this, the more that we can get together and brainstorm solutions, the Powder Ridge hosted “Bring It To higher likelihood that we’re going to The Light” – a music festival that make some progress in what is a aimed to entertain and educate on very difficult situation,” said Michael the dangers of opioid abuse. Kalinowski, project director for the The festival was held on Internation- Durham Middlefield Local Wellness Coalition. al Overdose Awareness Day on Saturday and featured speakers and Music was provided by American vendors who provided information Amnesia, Eight to the Bar and headand resources. “I think this is a wonderful concept.
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Eight to the Bar taking the stage at the Bring It To The Light music festival at Powder Ridge. Everett Bishop, Town Times
Campers at Middlesex County Camp got the chance to learn outdoor survival skills such as building fires, shelters and even how to purify water. Photo courtesy of Middlesex County Camp
Middlesex County Camp to close By Everett Bishop Town Times
in enrollment and the increased popularity of “specialized camps” that didn’t MOODUS — As of this year, quite fit the 4-H camp Middlesex County Camp in mold that the camp sought Moodus will be closing its to follow. doors after nearly 60 years “Our board has an incrediof offering summer proble devotion to the camp,” grams. said board president, AnThis decision comes after drew Becker. “Many have the camp’s board of direcbeen campers themselves tors noticed both a decline or even CITs or counselors
at camp.” The camp offered daytime and overnight summer programming over eight weeks in the summer. At their height, the camp could “maintain 600-700 kids” according to Becker. However, the camp’s enrollment had dropped to only half of that. See Camp, A14
Popular women’s golf program grew quickly By Everett Bishop Town Times
Lyman Orchard’s women’s golf program is the biggest in the state for both instruction and league players, according to John Dipollina, director of golf at the Middlefield facility. Dipollina said that it was all thanks to the direction of Marissa Kulig Crow, a PGA teaching professional who runs the women’s programs. “Many of these ladies grew into players through Marissa’s programming. We didn’t just open the door up and 160 women rolled in,” he said. “They rolled in because of her programming and then word of mouth through her programming. But it doesn’t happen without instruction.” The women’s program is held on Lyman Orchard’s
Apple Nine course which opened in 2012. The ninehole course has a par of 29 and is 1,600 yards which is in sharp contrast to the average 18-hole course which can be anywhere from 5,000 to 7,000 yards long and have a par around 69 to 72, according to Golfweek magazine. “When we built it we thought that it was going to be great for juniors and great for families,” said Jason Beffert, general manager of the Lyman Orchard’s golf club. “The program that took off the quickest and the biggest was the women’s program.” According to Beffert, the women’s program has led to 500 to 600 women golfing at Lyman Orchards for the past few years. This year, they topped that with 750 women golfers. See Golf, A10
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Library Durham Public Library Movie Matinees: Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. See durhamlibrary.org for the list of movies.
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Calligraphy: Join us for a six-week calligraphy class with Jean Little beginning Tuesday, Sept. 17, 6 to 8 p.m. (No class on Oct. 1). Ages 12 and up. To register, call 860349-3857 or stop by the library.
Monday Night Book Club: Join us Monday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. to discuss City of Thieves by David Benioff. Copies of this title are available at the library.
Lawn games:Stop by the library and check out a lawn game. Choose from bocce, cornhole, croquet, curling, Kan Jam, ladder toss, ring toss or Scoop Ball. Games circulate for 2 weeks.
Essential Oils 101: Join us Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. for Essential Oils 101 with Gina Sopneski. Call 860-349-3857 or stop by the library to register.
Ancestry Library Edition: You can now access Ancestry Library Edition at the Levi E. Coe Library. Simply sign in to one of our public computers.
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Pack 33 will meet for a Fall Joining Night on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Lake Beseck in Middlefield. Come learn the basics of fishing with certified Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education instructor Fred Monahan. All equipment will be provided, but prospective Scouts are welcome to bring their own fishing pole. Parents can meet with pack leaders and register their son or daughter for Cub Scouts during the event.
A cash mob is a group of people who assemble at a local business to make purchases. The purpose of these mobs is to support both the local businesses and the overall community.
Workshop attendance is limited to 12. Call Sue VanSince the Durham EDC does Derzee at 860-349-0777 or not want to single out indiJoanne Nytch at 860-349vidual businesses to “mob”, 9713 by Tuesday, Sept. 10 to it has come up with business reserve a spot. categories. Saturday, Sept. 14 – Restaurants, Food & Beverages.
Vocal Chords If you like to sing, consider joining the Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords. All that’s needed is a love of music, singing and a commitment to rehearse every Tuesday night. New members will be accepted until Tuesday, Sept. 17. For more information, visit vocalchords20.org, or call Joyce Ghent at 860-3423120.
Singers interested in joining the chorale may participate in open rehearsals on Tuesday, Sept. 10, before scheduling a private "singerfriendly" audition.
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Voters and Town Clerk will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the Town Clerk’s office in Durham Town Hall at 9 a.m. to have a drawing which will determine the order of names as they will appear on the ballot for the upcoming Municipal Election to take place Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. The public is invited to observe.
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Antique car show All eyes at the Middlesex County Historical Society’s 34th Annual Antique Car Show and Flea Market will gravitate to this year’s featured car, a 1966 Ford Mustang retractable hardtop designed and built by chief Ford engineer Ben J. Smith. The Mustang will motor to
the show located at Palmer Field adjacent to Washington Street, Route 66 in Middletown on Sunday, Oct. 6. Car registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Judging starts at 11:30 a.m., with trophies awarded to the top vehicles at 2:30. General admission is $3. Children 12 and under enter for free. Car registration is $10. Flea market spaces are $15. The market opens at 7 a.m. For more information, call Deborah Shapiro at 860344-0033.
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The garden working group will supply drinks, and everyone is welcome to bring a sandwich—or not—and listen to our fascinating local speakers. These programs are free, open to all and Farmers market should last about an hour. All programs will be held The Durham Farmers Marrain or shine; in the garden ket takes place Thursdays if it’s not raining and in the from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on the Durham Town Green, rain or adjacent Middlefield Community Center if it is. shine, until Sept. 12. Material must be appropriate for all ages. Songs with swearing or negative lyrics will not be allowed.
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Giving Garden programs The Durham-Middlefield Giving Garden is bursting with produce and pollinatorfriendly flowers. To encourage visitors, we are hosting
On Sept. 14, Dave King, of the Old Saybrook version of the Giving Garden, will present a program on composting. Call Sue VanDerzee at 860349-0777 for further information.
Golf outing The Knights of Columbus Council 12289 will host a golf outing Saturday, Sept. 21 at Quarry Ridge GC, 9 Rose Hill Road, Portland. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m. with a scramble start at 1 followed by dinner. The fee is $125 per golfer. To sign up, contact Lou Battipaglia at 860-402-0848 or Dave Laducer at 860-343-3273.
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On Sept. 7, Durham musician Susan Peak will present Songs in the Garden.
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Friday Forest Fridays (Ongoing Playgroup): Sept. 6, 10 11:30 a.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Sept. 6, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield.
Saturday Huge Tag Sale: Sept. 7, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Notre Dame Church, 272 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Sept. 7, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Lyman Orchards: Harvest Music Festival, Food Trucks and Craft Beer Fest: Sept. 7, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield.
Sunday Gongs & Himalayan Singing Bowls: Sept. 8, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Soulshine Salt Cavern, 352 Main St. Durham.
Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Sept. 8, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Sunday Mountainside Market: Sept. 8, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort, 99 Powder Hill Road, Middlefield.
Monday Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Sept. 9, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield.
Tuesday Aroma Freedom Drop In: Sept. 10, 7 - 8 p.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Sept. 10, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Nature Playgroup: Twosday (Ongoing): Sept. 10, 10 a.m. 11:15 a.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham.
Wednesday Finding Unity Within: Sept. 11, 6 - 7:15 p.m. Soulshine Salt Cavern, 352 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn
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Some of the vendors set up at the festival. Vendors sold jewelry, handmade soap and candles, clothing and more. Photo by Everett Bishop, Town Times
Thursday Crystals & Oils: Sept. 12, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham. Durham Farmers Market: Sept. 12, 3 - 6:30 p.m. Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Sept. 12, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Nature Playgroup: Infant/ Toddler (Ongoing): Sept. 12, 10 - 11 a.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St, Durham.
Friday Forest Fridays (Ongoing Playgroup): Sept. 13, 10 11:30 a.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St, Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Sept. 13, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield.
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liner B Reaney Blues. The frontman of BRB, Bill Reaney, came up with the idea for Bring It To The Light. Reaney experienced problems with opioid addiction with his son about eight years ago. “The main goal of this whole thing is to get people to come out of the dark age about the opioid crisis, about being an addict,” he said. The festival also offered mountain biking, tubing and different yard games. Vendors sold items such as jewelry, soap and candles. Food was supplied by Powder Ridge. “People need to be more fully aware of this,” said state Rep. Arthur O’Neill who was in attendance. “We need to raise public awareness and that’s something that needs to be done at every level: government, private.” O’Neill’s wife, Ruby, a previous congressional candidate and tenured psychology professor, was a speak-
er at the festival. Having dealt with substance abuse with her exhusband, she knows firsthand how devastating it can be. “I lost everything and I found myself a single mom with two kids; in a pickle without a nickel,” she said. “It’s just eating up our communities. It’s sucking the life and the love and the soul right out of our communities.” O’Neill said that she likens overcoming addiction to “slaying the dragon.” “It gets everyone,” she said. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the CDC, over 70,000 people died in 2017 from some form of drug overdose and the culprit in over 40,000 of those cases was opioids. Reaney said that he was looking forward to seeing more people come as the day continued. “Even if we only reach two or three people, that’s all that matters,” he said. ebishop@record-journal.com 203-317-2444 Twitter: @everett_bishop
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Consciously uncoupling: The new divorce? By Atty. Renee C. Bauer
Breaking up. Splitting up. Dissolving the marriage. Each phrase exudes destruction and the death of a marriage. Perhaps a change in perception can change the course of the divorce for a couple who does not wish to spiral into the chaos of litigation. Consciously uncoupling was a term associated with the divorce of the famous couple Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin a few years ago. While they may have brought a certain notoriety to the term used to describe their amicable break-up, the concept of undoing the “I do” with dignity and respect is not a new one. It’s been around since the 70s when sociologist Diane Vaughan coined the “uncoupling theory.”
gether so intricately that there is no way to determine where the beginning of each individual plant begins. That is marriage. Uncoupling slowly and methodically disentangles these vines so they once again become separate and solo organisms from which they initially started. The process is gentle and the untangling is deliberate. No one is jerking the roots to free themselves from the other.
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“Marissa did such a good job and the women are so attracted to her style and her fun way of teaching,” Beffert said. “Now we’re adding another instructor and it’s just kind of taken off from there.” Beffert said that the women’s program was built to
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just playing nice with each other. Uncoupling requires individuals to recognize that the marital undoing is a result of a dynamic between two people who individually are not perfect people. The partners are choosing to acknowledge and accept their spouse for all of their shortcomings. But how can one do that when they have been so wronged in their marriage? Would anger and resentment catapult the couple from uncoupling amicably to divorcing disastrously?
Kulig Crow said that she was initially nervous about teaching this program. A resident of western Massachusetts, she knew that she would need to help See Golf, A13
Attorneys can provide support, sympathy and encouragement to their clients or they can escalate the confrontation and heighten the discord and drama the couple is already experiencing. Mutual respect between parties and counsel helps pave the way to a resolution that is emotionally fulfilling.
An emotionally fulfilling divorce sounds a bit like a contradiction for a time in one’s life when they may feel despair, anxiety, and uncertainty about the future. However, when children are left in the wake of a dissolution, the parties’ efforts to move forward amicably is unequivocally in the children’s best interest. away knowing that their children will not be victims to conflict. They can be certain that their children will never feel caught in the middle of an impossible choice. They can be assured that just because they will no longer be so intricately entwined with their spouse, they still have enough respect for that person that they can move forward and co-parent in a healthy manner.
Is conscious uncoupling easy work? Most certainly not, especially when uncoupling involves one spouse An emotionally fulfilling dibeing forced into the undovorce sounds a bit like a ing of their former marital contradiction for a time in one’s life when they may feel life. despair, anxiety, and uncer- Can it be done without astainty about the future. sistance? Probably not. In However, when children are conjunction with supportive left in the wake of a dissolu- counsel, some couples may tion, the parties’ efforts to need some additional theramove forward amicably is py to assist with communiunequivocally in the chilcation and co-parenting. dren’s best interest. Conscious uncoupling is What type of fulfillment can emotional work. It won’t a divorcing couple take from obliterate the sadness and this process? They can walk guilt one may feel but then
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Is conscious uncoupling a bit over idealistic? Perhaps. But there are couples that do it. It doesn’t mean they didn’t experience pain or grief over the loss of their marriage but it does mean they chose something different for their family. It also doesn’t mean that conflict never arises following the divorce. Uncoupling does mean that as each new challenge arises, the couple figures out how to work through it and unravel the vines. Arguably, a conscious uncoupling can lead to a more peaceful and supportive re-coupling of blended families. I’ve seen couples embrace their uncoupling in this way through mediation, through the collaborative process, and through the traditional adversarial process. It’s not the method that matters but rather the players involved. Litigation begets litigation.
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When I wake up in the night, roll over to look at the time, and see that there is still a lot of the night left for my sleeping pleasure. When I haul out the summer clothes from their hiding place and they still fit – that’s a big one. When I go to the dentist for a check-up and he doesn’t find any cavities. Also a big one. I am not a fan of the drill. Is anybody? When a song comes on that is an oldie but a goodie, and it whirls me back to the days of yore and what I was doing then, and how good it all
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at the end of October, when I can go barefoot again. Hugs. Love ‘em. Anywhere, anytime, from anybody. When I get the temperature of the water in the shower just right. Usually the water is so hot that I am being scalded or so cold that my lips turn blue. The in-between times of the year when there is no mowing of the grass or shoveling of snow. I do not enjoy either activity.
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“People elsewhere go in expecting to learn the grip, the swing and then go through build this program and a the motions more or less,” new following in Con“They grew with me,” she Kulig Crow said. “But we necticut. said. “I love helping them make friends and we have a improve. We have somelot of fun. It’s still a male “The first season it was thing really unique and dominated sport. If I can just basically getting a feel different here.” make them feel comfortable for the facility and how and give them that confithings work and then I just Their program is so dence, then they’re good. I tweaked what was here “unique and different” that care about them.” and I just kept adding,” she courses such as Saratoga said. “Adding more classes Springs in New York are Classes go from $149 to and different levels.” copying the principles set $359. For more informain place by Kulig Crow, acKulig Crow said that it was From A10
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Opioid settlement would divide money based on local impact By Geoff Mulvihill and Andrew Settlement, Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The multibillion-dollar settlement that the maker of OxyContin is negotiating to resolve a crush of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis contains formulas for dividing up the money among state and local governments across the country, The Associated Press has learned.
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and the local governments in it would get a total of $975,000 for every $1 billion in the settlement. Philadelphia would receive $6.5 million. The talks are being overseen by a federal judge in Cleveland. But Purdue wants any settlement to apply to all claims against it, according to a person familiar with the talks but not authorized to discuss them publicly. That would include the nearly 2,000 lawsuits in federal court and the hundreds of other local government and state lawsuits filed in state
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Saving the pollinators But pollinators are still threatened by pesticides, which is why the FWS urges people to avoid or limit pesticide use: “Pesticides can kill more than the target pest. Some pesticide residues can kill pollinators
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Great examples of community service, these commendable local efforts to provide safe habitat for helpful creatures can mean fun and educational opportunities for both adults and children, and are helping keep crucial pollinators alive and thriving in our area.
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That’s why the FWS is encouraging people to build pollinator gardens and establish pollinator pathways — and that’s just what’s happening in Southington and elsewhere in this area.
In Middlefield there’s now a pollinator patch in the Giving Garden, which was built last year by Coginchaug Area Transition. The Quinnipiac River Watershed Association has a butterfly and bee garden on Oregon Road in Meriden. And the North
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This warning comes from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which tells us that some of the hummingbirds, bats, bees, beetles and butterflies that help pollinate over 75 percent of our flowering plants and food crops are endangered. Without them, we would miss many fruits, nuts and vegetables because they all depend on pollinators.
Haven Garden Club maintains two pollinator gardens, one at the Historical Society building and another at Todds Pond.
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