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Valerie Swiantek, winner of the Teacher of the Year Award, pictured with her 2015-2016 class. | Submitted photo
From above it looks like the Lyman Homestead. From within it looks like a maze.
Swiantek named History, charity at Lyman Corn Maze Teacher of the Year
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Valerie Swiantek, a first and second grade teacher at John Lyman Elementary School, has been named the RSD13 Teacher of the Year for 2016-2017.
The Corn Maze opened at Lyman Orchards on Saturday, Sept. 3 for its 17th season.
Swiantek is starting her 10th full year at Lyman and approaches teaching with the enthusiasm and good nature she is known for. “The best part of teaching is from 8:30 to 12:15 and then from 1:15 to 3:15 when the kids are in the room. It’s the learning from them and watching them grow ... It doesn’t get better than that,” Swiantek said.
Past images cut into the corn field at the intersection of Routes 147 and 157 in Middlefield have included Yankees and Red Sox logos, Pez Candy, and the Statue of Liberty.
Since graduating from Central Connecticut State University, Swiantek has made Lyman her professional home. Hired as a long term substitute in January of 2007, she was hired permanently as a “1-2 teacher” when the position became available and has even kept the same classroom for 10 years “which is really amazing,” she said.
In recognition of Lyman Orchards’ 275th year, the image in the 2016 corn field maze is the Lyman Homestead, which is also being used for the special anniversary logo.
The Lyman community of teachers made helped Swiantek get started in her profession. “It takes about 10 minutes to settle in at Lyman school. Everyone is so helpful and helpful where they mean it.”
“We were looking for something that would be recognizable as Lyman Orchards,” said John Lyman, executive vice president of Lyman Orchards. Before settling on the homestead, designers considered different ideas, like
As a more experienced teacher, Swiantek still sees the professional community at Lyman as helpful. “With the district changing in general we’ve had quite a few new people come on ... and the same kind of support is definitely there.” While teaching, Swiantek earned her masters in elementary reading at what was then St. Joseph’s College. That continuing education, she said, translated directly to her See Swiantek, A15
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Aerial photo of the Corn Maze. | Courtesy of Lyman Orchards
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IT’S ALL GOOD
Making friends with September By Diana Carr Special to Town Times
September is tip-toeing in, and it usually brings with it a bout of melancholy. I love summer so, and bidding it a fond adieu has never been my strong suit. Maybe it’s because, as I write this, the days are still in the 80s and my pool is still warm and
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summer isn’t done with us yet, but this year I’m okay with September. This year I think we shall be friends. The month really does have a lot going for it. The days are mellow. The birds are still singing. The winter garb hasn’t been dug out yet. I’m still barefoot. And maybe it’s from all those years of starting school this month, but I feel a rush of new beginnings. It’s my own personal New Year. In my mind the summer is for lolling about and squeezing every bit of juiciness out of life — and it is juicy — and not giving a great deal of serious thought to much of anything. Just going with the flow of these “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.” But September makes me stand up a little straighter, on the inside. Has me taking a reckoning of things. It’s time to get back in the game. To re-enter the world. To look ahead and see where I want to place my next steps on the path. The possibilities are titillating. During these past months I have had ab-
solutely no time to do this, of course, because summer has cast its spell on me, and my pool demands, in no uncertain terms, that I pay homage to it. Every day, and for hours at a time. But when my pool and I must finally part ways — and yes, that will be sometime this month — I am free to tend to things that need tending to. This September will be glorious, for so many reasons. For starters, my reunion (I won’t tell you which one, but suffice it to say we are now a gathering of grandmas and grandpas) is on Sept. 10, and I am so excited about it. For those few hours we’ll laugh — often and loudly — and we’ll reminisce and we’ll be 18 again, and it will do our spirits and our bodies a world of good. I imagine there will be a spring in all of our steps as we head out to our cars after the last hugs and goodbyes. And once again I will realize how lucky I am to have spent my growing-up years with these good people.
My older son’s birthday is Sept. 15. He has always told me that it’s more of a celebration for me than for him, and I think he’s right. I still get excited about my boys’ birthdays because all day long I really do think about how lucky I am to be their Mom. It will be a good day for me, and I hope for him, too. And when my pool has finally turned me loose (it really is very time consuming, this floating around for hours, reading and drinking green tea), I will have other things to fill the void. I’ll put my columns into a book and self-publish on Amazon, like I did last year. I want to comb the beach for driftwood, maybe decorating it when I get home. I intend to take up photography. I’ll be taking a class on how to make jewelry out of gemstones. And I’ll be looking forward to pumpkins and mums and brisk days and the upcoming holidays. And let’s not forget that all our shows are starting up
again. I do so love TV, and though all the “experts” warn us that it is not good for our minds or our bodies to spend countless hours in front of it, I’m going to risk it and hope that I am none the worse for wear at the end of the evening. I’ll nestle into my futon with assorted goodies and beverages next to me, wrapped up in a favorite blanket, with my rock salt lamps plugged in and my incense burning and my kitties curled up next to me, and I will think that Christmas has come early. So yes, summer is on the wane, but there is a lot of good still to be had, so I’m hanging tough. Well, at least until it’s time to put on shoes. Diana Carr, a resident of Durham, is the author of “Everyday Things: A Year of Reflection on Just About Everything.” This collection of her columns is available on Amazon. You can contact Diana at princessdi7@sbcglobal.net.
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Description: There will be live music, food trucks, beer and wine, crafts, a car show, and a laser show on Saturday. For more info, visit www.cheshirefestival.com.
With the start of September comes the kickoff of the fall festival season. The first area fairs start on the same day, Sept. 9, with the North Haven Fair and the Cheshire Fall Festival. North Haven will feature live music, pie eating contests, livestock, a craft beer garden, and more. As for the Cheshire Fall Festival, patrons can also enjoy live music and typical fair food along with a laser show on Saturday.
Here’s a list of nine local fairs in September and October:
Southington Apple Harvest Festival When: Sept. 30-Oct. 2 and Oct. 7-9. Time: 5-9 p.m., Fridays; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays. Noon to 7 p.m. Oct. 2 and noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 9.
When: Oct. 1-2. Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday; noon to 5 p.m., Sunday. Where: Downtown Wallingford, North Main and South Main streets.
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Description: On Oct. 1 there will be fireworks at 9 p.m. and on Oct. 2, there will be the Apple Harvest Parade at 2 p.m. There are also pie eating contests, live music, arts and crafts show, rides, and lots of apple fritters. For more information, visit www.southing-
When: Sept. 30 - Oct. 2.
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Berlin Fair Time: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday. Where: 430 Beckley Road, East Berlin.
Cheshire Fall Festival When: Sept. 9-10. Time: 5 to 9 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday.
Description: Enjoy live music, a classic car show, children’s workshops, food, arts and crafts vendors. For more information, visit www.celebratewallingford.com.
Durham Fair When: Sept. 22-25. Time: 4 to 10 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday. Where: Durham Fairgrounds, 24 Town House Road, See Festivals, A4
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Library hours - Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Friday and Saturday. The library is scheduled to be closed Saturday, Sept. 24 for the Durham Fair. Notary Public available, by appointment only. Chess with Roy - Thursdays, 5 p.m. All ages. Chess sets available, or bring your own. Story Times - Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Annual meeting - Wednes-
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The library is scheduled to be closed Sept. 22, 23, 24 for the Durham Fair. Programs for children Kids Movie. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2 p.m. for families with children of all ages. Bring a blanket and snacks. No registration, but space is
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Self-defense classes at the Durham Activity Center Durham Recreation schedules self-defense classes for youth and adults. Classes are scheduled month to month, on an ongoing basis. Self-defense training provides additional benefits such as self-confidence, physical and mental health and positive character development. Classes are scheduled as follows: Children - Mondays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., outside at Korn school; Thursdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center.
Mystery Book Discussion. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. “Murder of Fifth Avenue” by Victoria Thompson.
Adults - Mondays, 8:15 to 9:15 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center; Thursdays, from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center.
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>> Festivals Durham. Description: The 97th annual Durham Fair will feature a new monster truck rally, live music from Old Dominion and more, a performance by the Marvelous Mutts,
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COMMENTARY
Picking winners and losers is no long-term solution To do this, we have to create we never envisioned, which new opportunities. We need is why we have demanded For years Connecticut Reto stimulate the economy more accountability for publicans have called for by reducing taxes on busiyears. We sought to require policy changes to reduce nesses and individuals. We legislative approval for each business burdens. The less need to forge partnerships participating company and you tax a business, the more between new businesses we opposed the inclusion capital it will have to invest and local schools to create of certain businesses, such in growing services and the best trained workforces as the world’s largest hedge jobs. That growth translates possible with curriculums fund. But our protests were to more funding for the state tailored to local business ignored by Democrats, and through sales tax revenue, needs. We must encourage now the program has added income tax generation, and businesses to breathe life a damaging amount of debt individuals investing in their into our cities through a tax to our state, placing more local economies. exemption program open burdens on our families and to any business capable of children. The Democrats’ recent pubcommitting to brownfield licizing of job growth and The true absurdity is that to potential benefits of the First redevelopment. We need to defend their oversized procreate a stable and predictFive Plus Program actuable government so that em- gram, Democrats are now ally amplifies the Republilatching on to the very arployers don’t have to worry can philosophy of reducing gument they have shunned about what new taxes they burdens to create a more for years: in order to grow might get hit with in a bad vibrant economy. However, our economy we have to budget year. the big difference is that the reduce taxes, infuse capital Democrats have instead While many Republicans and encourage businesses pursued a strategy of picking initially voted in support of to flourish. But this rhetoric winners and losers, reducthe Democratic majority’s clashes with their calls for ing the burdens of a select First Five legislation, it has businesses to pay more, with few through tax credits and morphed into something their burdensome business grants while increasing burdens on the rest of the state to pay for their choices. In the typical hypocritical style of the Democratic majority, while promoting the First A Specialty Floral and Gift Boutique Five program, they also arOPEN HOUSE gue that businesses need to Saturday, pay more in taxes to make Saturday,September September10th 7th ••10–5 10-5 up their “fair share.” The Store is transformed for Fall
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Republicans have a different vision. We believe in creating an economy that incentivizes development by reducing burdens for everyone and moving government out of the way. We need to give every business large and small the same advantage. We have to show job creators that our state is dedicated to helping them succeed, not squeezing them for every penny.
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by decreasing the financial and regulatory restraints on employers large and small we can foster sustainable economic growth and job creation. Democrats may finally be seeing the value in Over the past two years we that message for those busihave seen Democrats call nesses they want to help, but business complaints about their approach forces more being overtaxed “overtax increases on all the rest blown” and “childish.” We’ve of us. It adds to the problem. heard them mock GE to the Picking winners and losers point where they up and is no long-term solution. left. We’ve watched them The writer serves as Senate pass budgets that ignored the concerns of job creators. Minority Leader and represents the towns of North That’s not how you grow Haven, East Haven, Wallingjobs. ford and Durham. Republicans believe that policies, and with the insults Democrats have lobbed at businesses who dare to question state budgets that starve businesses of much needed capital.
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Advance tickets available for fair Tickets for the Durham Fair are available at the advance ticket sale booth on Saturday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 18, noon to 4 p.m.; and Monday, Sept. 19 through Wednesday, Sept. 21, 3 to 8 p.m. Only cash or checks will be accepted during advanced ticket sales. No tickets will be sold at the schools. Student, exhibitor, and advanced tickets will be sold until Sept. 21 and only at White’s Gate Ticket Booth. Ride bracelets are available in advance or during the fair for the same price. Student admission ticket, (4 day ticket) for students age 12 to 18, from Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall only. The fair has school attendance lists. Cost is $10. College student admission ticket (4 day ticket) for college students, age 18 to 25 only, from Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall only. Parent or student must show proof of college attendance. Cost is $15. Exhibitor admission ticket (only one ticket per exhibitor). Cost is $20. Four day admission ticket. Cost is $32. Four day unlimited entry parking pass. Cost is $10. Ride bracelet are available for Thursday, Sept. 22 and Friday, Sept. 23 - $25 not including roller coaster; $30 including roller coaster.
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First day of school at Brewster Students in Durham and Middlefield returned to school on Wednesday, Aug. 31 as Regional School District 13 schools opened for the 2016-2017 year. For some kindergarteners it was their first time at John Lyman or Brewster (pictured here). — Text and photos by Mark Dionne
School staff members greeted students as they were dropped off or got off the bus.
Brewster principal Nancy Heckler helped get students off the bus and sorted by grade.
Physical education teacher Alex Edwards greeted students on the Brewster playground.
Girls play in the playground during their first day at school.
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First day of school at Brewster
A staff member greets a student after he gets off the bus.
Kindergarten teacher Mary Kate Brand keeps an eye out for her new students getting off the bus on their first day of school.
Above: There was plenty of time to play on the first day of school. At left: Kindergarteners waited with their teachers while older students started their first school day on the playground.
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New pastor to begin work at United Churches of Durham
Durham 60+ Club and Travel activities The Durham 60+ Club and Travel is scheduled to meet Monday, Sept. 12, 1:30 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St.
Rev. Jeanette Cooper Hicks plans to celebrate her first service as pastor of The United Churches of Durham on Sunday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.
Members may participate in a bake and produce sale and a blood pressure clinic will be available to the public at 1 p.m. All seniors from surrounding town are welcome. Dues are collected for local charitable donations, entertainment, etc. The club meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month, September through June. Activities include pot luck luncheons, musical entertainment and guest speakers and travel opportunities throughout the year.
Hicks is a graduate of Vassar College and was a teacher for many years. In 2007, she began her studies at Union Theological, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, and Boston School of Theology. She was ordained by the United Methodist Church and has served congregations in Kentucky, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She also practices as a Spiritual Director, companioning individuals in their spiritual journeys. This autumn, she plans to host “Java with Jeanette,”
For more information, contact President Sue Giuffrida at 860-346-0724 or Vice President Mary Ellen Dontigney at 860-349-3718.
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In addition to the 10 a.m. service at the United Churches of Durham, Hicks plans to participate in the 9/11 Memorial Service on the Durham Green at 6 p.m.
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126 Middletown Ave North Haven, CT 06473 203-239-3515 giuliospizza.com Your hosts, the Gagliardi Family, welcome you. Proudly serving pizza, sandwiches, appetizers & dinners. Enjoy a drink at Top Shelf Lounge, adjacent to Giulio’s!
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combining elements of the Middlefield institution into one image of pies, apples, golf, and history. “That gets too complicated. Too much stuff going on,” said Lyman.
Lyman Orchards uses the Corn Maze as a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society, donating $1 from each admission and raising more than $500,000 over the past 16 seasons.
The maze will be open until Sunday, Nov. 6, weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m., and on weekend and holidays from
“We’re working on our second half million,” said Lyman of the 17th Corn Maze. When
Lyman spoke at the opening of the Corn Maze, he talked about the work of the American Cancer Society, noting that it funds research, prevention, and early detection, but also services for families dealing with cancer.
family in American history, also spoke at the opening.
McCain told the audience, “The Lyman story is an amazing saga of what I call a New England grassroots dynasty. The constant throughout has been the land, which genDiana Ross McCain, author eration after generation has of the new novel “Thy Chilcultivated, making its bounty dren’s Children” based on and its beauty available to five generations of the Lyman others like us here today.
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>> Swiantek Swiantek found out she was the Teacher of the Year on the last day of the 2015-2016 school year, during a routine meeting with Principal Tom Ford and Superintendent of Schools Kathyrn Veronesi. The news left her humbled and surprised. “I walked back to my classroom shaking, smiling and half-crying all at the same time.”
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Swiantek’s speech at the convocation had the theme of “Find the Fascination.” She developed the theme while at the summer’s H.O.T. School’s Institute and witnesses performers and lecturers approaching their ideas with passion. Lyman is a H.O.T. school and sends teachers to the institute each summer.
Starting her 10th year with enthusiasm, Swiantek says if she had to go back and start her entire education over, she would become a teacher again.
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Swiantek does not know who nominated her.
Back in her same room for the 2016-2017 school year, Swiantek has not told her current class about the
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Even a few months later, Swiantek has a hard time describing why she thinks she was chosen for the honor. “I’m so humbled by it. It’s such an incredible honor, especially because in our district it starts when someone in our district writes a letter .. so that’s even more humbling because someone I work with wrote it.”
In pursuit of those moments, Swiantek likes to think of herself as a facilitator in the classroom, encouraging students to do more of the talking and figuring out than the teacher.
award, thinking it’s an awkward topic to bring up. She says the only reason to bring it up in the classroom would be to talk about delivering the convocation speech despite being afraid as an example of the Core Ethical Value of courage.
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Board of Assessment Appeals, Town Hall, 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12
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Ethic’s Commission, library, Recreation Committee, 7 p.m. Durham Activity Center, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 Planning and Zoning, library, 7:30 p.m. Senior Citizen Board, Durham Activity Center, 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26
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Voters urged to be alert of pre-election scams The bureau warns local residents to expect calls from polling firms, charities and political parties and said the situation is further complicated by exemptions to the “Do Not Call” registry rules. Charities, politicians and pollsters are exempt from the registry, which can allow criminals to pose as callers from those three categories, the organization said.
Officials warn that election laws prevent telephone voting and those conducting political polls are not able to offer rewards.
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In recent scams, criminals have been able to scam customers through phony fundraising efforts by asking for donations and providing immediate “donate now” options. Other scams
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“Politics and passion often go together, and criminals know that when passion is involved, we tend to let down our guard,” Howard Schwartz, executive com-
Election Day registration is planned for Nov. 8, although registering in advance ensures a quicker, smoother process.
The organization warns that caller ID can be faked, so it is difficult if not impossible to discern with any degree of certainty exactly who is on the other end of the telephone asking for money or information.
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The bureau is urging area residents to be alert for potential election-related frauds that have been increasing on a national level since the start of the Republican National Convention in mid-July.
Police have not reported any local election-related cases so far this season, but cautioned that residents should be alert to possible scams. The BBB said several cases
have been reported in Connecticut, however.
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The 2016 presidential season is heating up — and with it, the Connecticut Better Business Bureau is warning that criminals are using voter registration as a premise to obtain personal and financial information through a variety of telephone calls specifically targeting potential voters.
munications director for the Connecticut Better Business Bureau, said in a press release. “The run-up to Election Day offers fertile ground to con artists, who use email and telephone calls to obtain victims’ personal and financial information.”
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Calendar Friday, Sept. 9 Football - CRHS vs. Cromwell/Portland at Cromwell, 6 p.m. Boys soccer - CRHS vs. Morgan at CRHS, 3:45 p.m. Girls soccer - CRHS vs. Morgan at Indian River Complex, 3:45 p.m.
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