Volume 23, Number 23
Friday, September 6, 2019
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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.
See Festival, A8
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