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Talk of the Towns returns Saturday Talk of the Towns is a lively, TED Talks-inspired event in which four members of the community, speaking for 10 minutes each, share with the audience a passion, a skill, or an experience. This year, local doctor Matthew Huddleston plays the didjeridu; costume maker Bert Hamelin shows us how she makes corsets for the cast of Hamilton; ESPN content producer Steve Buckheit describes his quirky journalistic niche; and Jenny Lussier tells us how libraries have changed. Talk of the Towns takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Indian Springs Golf Course in Middlefield.
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Trunk or Treat comes to Middlefield By Mark Dionne Town Times
On the night of Saturday, Oct. 29, the Middlefield Park and Recreation Department held a Halloween Spook-fest and Trunk or Treat event at Peckham Park. The event was a first for the town. “I wasn’t expecting this many people,” said Park and Rec Director Hannah Malcolm. The idea for a Trunk or Treat, with trick-or-treaters going from vehicle to vehicle in a cordoned-off area of the parking lot, had been around, said Malcolm, who is new in the position. About 20 vehicles handed out candy to a large costumed crowd. “We want to make it as big as possible,” said Malcolm. The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company brought a fire truck and Sparky the Dog. Despite rumors to the contrary, the event was not sponsored by a political party. Middlefield RepubSee Trunk, A25
Members of the Sass family, from left, Charlie, Tatum and Julie, from Rockfall, created steampunk costumes for Halloween. | Mark Dionne, Town Times
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Appetizers are provided, and there will be a cash bar. Space is limited.
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The doors open at 6:15; arrive early to get a seat.
Coginchaug Regional High School hosted the first ever Shoreline Conference Unified Sports Soccer Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 1, bringing four high school teams to the CRHS soccer fields.
Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation (CVEF), established in 2008, seeks to promote educational excellence, innovation, and creativity for the Durham/Middlefield community. Their grants provide funding and other resources for public programs which encourage, recognize, and facilitate people who initiate innovative and creative learning projects. — Connie Brown
Unified Sports is a program bringing together kids with and without disabilities onto a team to train and play together. The program has existed at CRHS for two years with soccer in the fall, basketball and bowling in the winter, and volleyball and track and field in the spring. As a relatively new program, tournaments have only just started. Last See Unified, A12
As host, Coginchaug Regional High School brought together four soccer teams for the first Unified Sports Shoreline Soccer Tournament. | Mark Dionne, Town Times
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86th District: Candelora, Mase on the ballot Vincent J. Candelora * Party: Republican Age: 46 Residence: North Branford Occupation: Owner of Connecticut Sportsplex
Candelora
Education: B.A. from Connecticut College; Law degree from Penn State University
Platform: Balancing the budget, job creation
Other: Endorsed by Republican Party and Independent Party. Former North Branford town councilor, volunteer youth sports coach, Boy Scout Scoutmaster, married with three children.
Education: B.S. from Southern Connecticut State University, Law degree from Quinnipiac University
Vincent J. Mase
Other: North Branford Democratic Town Committee, AFL-CIO. President of Branch 19, NALC Member of AFL-CIO and member of the New Haven Central Labor Council AFL-CIO. First time running for public office. Married with three children, eight grandchildren.
Party: Petitioning candidate Age: 66 Residence: North Branford
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Platform: Job creation, increasing the minimum wage.
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Candelora: Candelora said the key to improving the economy is increasing consumer confidence, citing that 30 percent of residents claim
they are likely to leave the state within five years. “That’s awful we have half our population that doesn’t want to invest in Connecticut, they want to leave and those are our small businesses so we need to bring certainly to the process so stop raising taxes on anything we can think of,” Candelora said. “We have to lock arms with residents and the business community and just have an open and transparent dialogue to try and bring certain back to the process and increase consumer confidence.” Mase: Mase believes the state’s economic growth depends on raising the minimum wage. “We need to progressively increase the minimum wage in Connecticut in order for low income and middle income families to sustain life in Connecticut and not have them move to southern states where living is cheaper,” Mase said. “Minimum wage increases are essential to our economic growth.” Education See 86th, A3
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Candelora: Candelora is in favor of increasing state spending on education to decrease the burden on municipalities.
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“We have to put more money to education,” Candelora said. “The education dollars are primarily funded locally, which is putting an incredible burden on property taxes and the state really in order to close the achievement gap. The state needs to step up to the plate and fund it the way it is suppose to be funded, which is through income tax rather than through our property tax.” Mase: Mase said education needs to be properly funded. “The state has to provide quality education as well as to ensure that the school teachers of CT are provided with the necessary tools to meet the demands of that Court decision,” Mase said. “I am sure that many of the school teachers spend monies out of their pocket in many situations in order to give to their students a state
Candelora: Candelora is against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Second Chance Society initiative, saying that the state needs to put more emphasis on treating mental health issues to prevent those with mental health issues from becoming incarcerated. “Connecticut already gives multiple chances to convicted criminals and I would say loosening up our criminal laws doesn’t make us safer, so I certainly would continue to oppose that legislation.” Mase: Mase made police training a priority, stating officers need to be trained in alternative modes of defense to be able to subdue criminals without the use of deadly force. “Police need more training when dealing with situations that their safety is instantly in danger before they react by shooting,” Mase said, in addition to psychological train-
ing to recognize if a person is mentally ill or under the influence.
Candelora said the state needs to take a hard look at the businesses impacted before changing packaging laws.
Transportation Candelora: Candelora said he is against the implementation of a mileage tax, stating that the state cannot afford to push another tax onto residents. “People have to travel far to their jobs, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they have the income to pay a mileage tax,” Candelora said.
“In the quest for greater efficiency and recycling, we need to be careful we don’t put business livelihoods in jeopardy, so rather than taking the heavy handed approach of banning certain types of packaging, we should be bringing in all of the industries and making it ma more cooperative type of
program.” Candelora said. Mase: Mase expressed appreciation for the work of other legislators when it comes to the environment. “One of the attributes I possess is to recognize when someone has more talent than yourself and to work alongside them to learn from them and to support their endeavors,” Mase said. “So I acquiesce to the experts in this area and will certainly work with them to improve the environment.”
Mase: Mase said implementing border tolls could be a way to raise revenue. “It is only fair that out of state travelers who use our highways help us pay for the cost of upkeep and repairs,” Mase said. “We have to pay tolls in our neighboring states so I think it would be fair and reasonable to have border tolls for Connecticut.” Environment
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12th Senate: Wilson seeks to unseat Kennedy Bruce H. Wilson, Jr.
Party: Democrat
Party: Republican
Age: 55
Age: 53
Residence: Branford
Residence: Madison
Occupation: Healthcare attorney Education: Wesleyan University; Yale University School Kennedy Jr. of Forestry and Environmental Studies; University of Connecticut School of Law. Platform: Analyze budget line items to maximize efficiency; Create more business-friendly environment; Fix crumbling bridges, railways, and roads; Ensure economic well-being of women/families; Protect environment. Other: Served on President Ronald Reagan’s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities; Worked with the bipartisan coalition of organizations in fighting for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act; Son of the late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Occupation: Senior Vice President, New Haven Chlor-Alkali Education: BS Chemistry, Bates College
Kennedy: We need to analyze every line item within the budget to maximize efficiency and to ensure that Connecticut taxpayers are receiving the biggest bang for their buck. We also need to reform the flawed budget process. Voting on the budget in the final hours of the legislative session is not good government. Businesses and the public need more predictability and time to anticipate the way the budget will potentially impact them.
gaining contracts account for the lion share of our spending, yet the legislature never votes on them. They take advantage of a loophole that says if the contract is not voted on, it passes. This is wrong. Taxpayers deserve to know what is in these agreements and how their representatives are voting on them. Economy
Kennedy: Creating a more business-friendly environment is the most critical Platform: Fiscal responsiAs a regulatory attorney for issue facing our state. Conbility and accountability; over 20 years, I understand Create business-friendly, how certain laws and regula- necticut needs new ideas job-friendly environment; tions can help or hinder eco- to build our economy and improve our competitiveStay in touch with people’s nomic growth. ness. Preparing for the jobs needs; Improve transportaWilson: The best place to of the future also means tion infrastructure by prostart is to create a budget modernizing our transportecting funding, opposes tation system, keeping Contolls/mileage tax; Recognize that uses a realistic revenue forecast. The budget should necticut’s young, educated problems facing one school workers in the state, and demay not be the ones faced in be the first thing addressed by the General Assembly, not veloping more targeted voanother. last, as is the current praccation and technical training Other: Rockland Preserve tice. The budget needs to opportunities. Commission, Madison Board cover a longer time frame. of Education; Board of SeThe current practice of a two- Also, Kennedy said it is important to encourage better lectman; Madison Historical year budget with no vision Society. to the future has contributed collaboration between govto our current situation. This ernment and business in order to streamline regulais the equivalent of manThe issues: agement running a business tions and develop knowhow in sectors where the demand quarter to quarter to please State budget for skilled labor is expected Wall Street. Collective bar-
Wilson
to increase and continue to reduce spending and improve operational efficiencies in our state government. Wilson: The budget and the economy are inseparable. Connecticut is last, or near last, in the nation on numerous fronts with regards to business climate. I have worked in manufacturing companies my entire career. For the last 10 years, I have been successfully leading businesses in Connecticut. We are blessed with a great location and one of the highest-trained work forces in the country, but the state has to stop being a predator and start being a partner with businesses. We can create a business-friendly, job-friendly environment in Connecticut like other states have already done. Education Kennedy: The education of our children is the single best investment that we can make as a state. Every student in every community in Connecticut deserves to receive a high-quality education. In consultation with my district’s school superintenSee 12th, A5
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>> 12th dents, teachers, parents, and local boards of education, I will work towards finding a more appropriate allocation of state revenues without placing an undue tax burden on local residents.
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Kennedy: The 12th District lies along one of the busiest Public safety transportation corridors in the U.S., where antiquated Kennedy: We should all be rail and road networks make grateful to our communifor constant traffic and frety’s outstanding firefighters quent accidents. We must fix and police officers. Our first our crumbling bridges, railresponders risk their lives ways, and roads. Infrastrucevery day to keep us safe and ture investment connects protect our freedoms. Let workers with good jobs and us never forget their bravery business with new marand sacrifice. I’m proud to be kets, and it creates well-payendorsed by the Uniformed ing construction jobs in the Professional Firefighters. process. Wilson: We are at a turning Wilson: My commute takes point in this nation. There is me over the Pearl Harbor tremendous distrust of auMemorial Bridge in New Hathority among many Amerven every day, so this topic icans. I don’t have all the is always on my mind. For answers, but we must find years we have robbed transa place of common ground portation funding to pay for for this discussion. The best other general fund items. place to start is treating evThe result is an infrastruceryone with respect.
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ture beyond crumbling and way over capacity. The place to start is to stop taking these funds. If it takes a constitutional amendment to do that, then I would support that. What I cannot support is the mileage tax or tollbooths. Those are both examples of the tax-and-spend leadership we have grown to expect for the last 38 years of a oneparty legislature. Environment Kennedy: A clean environment is key to our health, economic prosperity, and quality of life. Our region has some of most beautiful coastline, open space,
parks, and farmland in Connecticut. Kennedy said he will continue to work hard to better protect, manage, and utilize these critical natural resources and fight to protect Long Island Sound, support local farms, increase recycling efforts, improve state parks, promote affordable renewable energy, and monitor toxic chemicals and pesticides. Wilson: Our natural surroundings have always been important to me. I joined the Rockland Preserve CommitSee 12th, A6
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Wilson: During my time on the Board of Education, I really came to appreciate the challenges local school districts have in Connecticut. In response to the education gap, the state has adopted a senseless, irrational funding scheme with the noble goal of fixing the problems in our urban schools. In the process, they are treating every school district as if it were failing, and trying to impose a one size fits all policy on every town. We need to create an entirely new mindset in public education. We have some of the best schools in the country. They need to be our source of management and teaching policy. We need to recognize that the problems facing one school may not be the ones faced in another. We can hold teachers and administrators accountable for their profession, but we need to be transparent in that accountability and we need all of the stakeholders
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Calendar CRHS holiday fair - The Coginchaug Band will host its 40th annual Juried Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the high school gym. The event includes a bake sale, raffles, homemade soups, sandwiches, live music and more. For more information, contact Lynn Stanwood, parent volunteer, at 860-490-9538; chopsnzoe@comcast.net. Talk of the Towns - Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation’s Talk of the Towns event takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Indian Springs Golf Course in Middlefield. The price of admission is $10 — pay at the door with cash or a check. Appetizers are provided, and there will be a cash bar. Space is limited. The doors open at 6:15; arrive early to get a seat. Meet & Greet - The Durham Democratic Town Committee has scheduled a Meet & Greet with state Sen. Ted Kennedy, Jr. on Saturday,
Nov. 5, noon to 1:30 p.m., at campaign headquarters, 454 Main St. The community is welcome. Christmas Fair - The annual St. Pius X “Sleigh Bells Ring” Christmas Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., at St. Pius X Bill Fortin Memorial Hall, 310 Westfield St., Middletown. Admission is free. For more information, call 860-347-4441. Christmas Bazaar - Notre Dame Church, 272 Main St., has scheduled its Christmas Bazaar for Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jewish coffee cakes, candies, cookies, pumpkin and apple pies, knitted and crochet items, Chinese Auction, jams, relishes, baked goods, Christmas crafts and more. Breakfast and lunch available. Football - CRHS vs. Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby at Windsor, 1 p.m.
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Dame Church, 272 Main St., has scheduled its Christmas Bazaar for Sunday, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. to noon. Jewish coffee cakes, candies, cookies, pumpkin and apple pies, knitted and crochet items, Chinese Auction, jams, relishes, baked goods, Christmas crafts and more. Breakfast and lunch available.
Friday, Nov. 11 Football - CRHS vs. Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton, away, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12 Comedy for a Cause - The Durham Lions Club has scheduled “Comedy for a Cause” for Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m., at the New Haven Raccoon Club, 853 New Haven Road. A fee is charged. Adults only. The event includes dinner, BYOB and raffles. For more information, call Kevin 860-349-0755.
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improve its income by doing more to promote the growth of Party: Democrat high-paying jobs, particularly in bioscience and advanced manAge: 47 ufacturing. Bartolomeo says Residence: Meriden her support for the creation of Occupation: State CTNext, a new subsidiary of Connecticut Innovations Inc., senator approved as part of May’s budEducation: B.A., get adjustments, is part of a key psychology, Colby part of a larger effort to support College entrepreneurs. Platform: Put constituent needs first; Create Bartolomeo good-paying job opportunities through expanded job training; support first responders and public safety; confront opioid crisis. Other: Co-chair, Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee; Co-chair, Committee on Children; Fought to keep Meriden branch of Middlesex Community College open; Former Meriden city councilor; Endorsed by Working Families Party. Defeated current challenger in last two elections.
Len Suzio Party: Republican Age: 68 Residence: Meriden Occupation: Owner GeoDataVision, banking consultant
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Education: B.S., economics with concentration in finance, University of Pennsylvania
Platform: Control taxes; Economic growth and jobs; Crime reduction, end early release program; honoring campaign commitments. Other: Endorsed by Independent Party, Connecticut Business & Industry Assoc.; Formerly held 13th Senate seat after winning 2011 special election. Narrowly defeated by current incumbent in 2012 and 2014. Former Meriden Board of Education member. The issues: State budget Bartolomeo: The state needs to
Bartolomeo also was an opponent of the Board of Trustees for Higher Education’s plan to close Middlesex Community College, and the board opted not to follow through, partly because of a program at the school that prepares students for manufacturing. She says supporting sectors that produce higher-paying jobs will help stabilize the state’s tax base, avoiding deficits that have plagued the budget in recent fiscal years. Suzio: Suzio says the state’s budget problems, highlighted by recurring deficits, are due to an inability to control spending. He pledges to oppose any increases in taxes and said the legislature instead needs to find cuts within the budget, notably in the area of employee benefits for newly hired state employees. He says the state can use practices employed by private businesses to restructure some costs, relieve pressure on the budget for a few years. If lawmakers want to attract more businesses to the state, though, they are going to have to get spending down and stabilize the budget, he added. Economy Bartolomeo: Bartolomeo says the state needs to take advantage of its highly educated workforce by supporting sectors that will keep recent college graduates in the state. She says she began doing so when she voted for funding for the Jackson Laboratory of Genomic Medicine at the University of Connecticut’s Farmington Health Center. Bartolomeo says she has continued to support programs that offer training for industries seeking employment, particularly advanced manufacturing classes at community colleges while serving as the Senate co-chair of the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
this past session. She says she has also worked with businesses individually when they need help and has secured millions in grants and bonding, particularly for flood-control work to revitalize commercial development in downtown Meriden. Suzio: Suzio criticized Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s aid to businesses, notably the “First Five” program, calling it “corporate welfare.” He points to $22 million that the State Bond Commission, which Malloy chairs, approved for Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, to expand its offices and create 750 jobs. Suzio says the state needs to instead offer more support to small businesses, and he pledges to re-introduce his “First 5,000” plan to offer loans to thousands of employers. He also says the state needs to reduce regulation and have a better tone when talking about employers.
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A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out.
Bartolomeo: Bartolomeo says that improving education is how she got into politics, and was co-chair of both the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee and Committee on Children, and a member of Education Committee this past session. She wants to continue to push for increased access to educational opportunities, particularly for adults looking to learn new skills. She also says Connecticut routinely ranks among the best school systems in the country.
A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
Suzio: Suzio says the state Department of Education has implemented policies under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that have taken control away from local boards of education. He says that, in turn, has hampered the ability of local school officials to respond to the individual needs of their school systems.
In 18 months two rats could have over a million descendants.
Suzio, who served on Meriden’s school board for 14 years, says he wants to restore local control. He also criticizes magnet schools for failing to improve diversity in school systems by not drawing enough suburban students to inner city schools. Public safety See 13th, A9
People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops. There has never been a reported case of an ostrich burying its head in the sand. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. If you try to suppress a sneeze you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze you might pop an eyeball out.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 35 percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married. 23 percent of all photocopier problems are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their backsides. Most lipstick contains fish scales. Everyone’s tongue print is different. Money notes are made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without See Carr, A24
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Government Meetings Durham
sion, library, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 8
Monday, Nov. 7
Fire Department Trustees, Durham Volunteer Firehouse, 7 p.m.
Economic Development Commission, Durham Activity Center, 7 p.m.
Historic District Commis-
Conservation Commission, library, 7 p.m. Library Board of Trustees, library, 7:30 p.m.
Durham Volunteer Fire Company, Durham Volunteer Firehouse, 8 p.m. See Meetings, A11
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budget. He is also critical of efforts to expand public transportation, saying population density in most parts of the state means such systems aren’t financially viable. As an example, Suzio says the subsidy for CTFastrak bus services shows the state hasn’t seen enough success for the initiative, which centers on the $570-million New Britain-Hartford busway. The project was partially funded by a $400 million federal grant.
furniture that contains toxic flame-retardant chemicals. She has also been endorsed in the past by the Connecticut League of Conservation voters. Suzio: Suzio says he supports conserving the environment and points to his perfect voting record while in the legislature, according to the
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oritize projects based on safety, and is concerned that Bartolomeo: Despite being cuts for social services are from the same political party, too deep in order to free-up Bartolomeo has opposed funds for infrastructure or criticized some of Gov. projects. She says her votes Dannel P. Malloy’s biggest against two separate deficit criminal justice reforms. Afmitigation plans, to address ter Malloy’s administration budget shortfalls last fiscal adopted its risk reduction year, were largely because earned credit program for she felt too much money was inmates, Bartolomeo supcut from social services in ported 2013 legislation that order to preserve transportarequires inmates convicted tion allocations. of violent crimes to serve Suzio: Suzio agrees on the at least 85 percent of their need to upgrade the state’s sentence. She has also suproads and bridges, but ported failed efforts to prohibit those convicted of Class doesn’t think the state needs additional funding streams A and B felonies from obto do so. He supports the taining credits. Bartolomeo creation of a so-called “lock also voted against Malloy’s proposal to reclassify simple box” that would prevent future legislators or governors drug possession as a misdemeanor, and was opposed to from diverting funds from the Special Transportation a proposal this year to raise the age of the juvenile justice Fund to the General Fund system.
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Obituary Jennie (Mrozowski) Raczka karz) Mrozowski. Jennie worked as a bookkeeper for J.C. Penny, and then later owned and operated Raczka Electric with her husband, Al. Jennie was a lifelong member of the Kosciuszko Club in Rockfall. Besides her husband, Jennie is survived by her
daughters, Mary Butler and her husband, Ernest, of Ocala, Fla., Victoria Daly and her husband, Timothy, of Somers, Susan Axon, of Meriden, Justine Moore and her husband, Michael, of Simsbury; two sisters, Theresa Bolton, of Middlefield, and Ann Satagaj, of Middlefield; four grandchildren, Michael Axon, Jennifer Sessions and her husband, Bruno, Chelsea Moore, and Colby Moore. The family would like to thank Dr. William Preske-
nis for the wonderful care he provided to Jennie over the years and the hospice staff of Masonicare for their support. Also Marlena Kaczoyowska and Teresa Ramotowska for their friendship and support. Her funeral liturgy was held on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at St. Colman Church, 145 Hubbard St., Middlefield. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family at Calvary Cemetery. Those who wish may send memorial contributions to
Masonicare Home Health & Hospice, c/o The Masonic Charity Foundation, P.O. Box 70, Wallingford, CT 06492. Biega Funeral Home has care of the arrangements. To share memories or express condolences online please visit www. biegafuneralhome.com.
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year, CRHS hosted a Unified Sports Track and Field tournament. Tuesday’s Shoreline Soccer Tournament brought CRHS, Cromwell, Haddam-Killingworth, and Valley Regional together. “We have agreed to host all three [Shoreline] tournaments this year for Unified Sports, so we’re hosting soccer, we’re going to host basketball and we’re going to host track and field again,” said Rob Bajoros, who teaches the Unified Sports class. “Our athletic
director [Nick Barbieri} offered to take on that challenge of hosting all three tournaments.”
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The class meets three times a week and trains after school, but the activities go beyond the classrooms as the students develop friendships and skills that they bring to the rest of the school and onto the playing fields. “They’re a team and everyone supports each other,” said the mother of one team member. “She’s loving it. She loves to be with all the kids. She has a genuine friendship
When her freshman daughter, who had been hoping to get into the Unified Sports class, found out that she got one of the spots, “it was like she hit the lottery,” her mother said. “It’s a great leadership opportunity for kids,” said Bajoros, who runs the classes and the games with Special Education Teaching Assistant Wilda Castro. “It’s also an opportunity for kids who might not be able
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child in Unified Sports, “He loves it. The camaraderie with the team is positive. He’s making friends ... it’s a completely different social group.” In addition to combining students with and without a range of difficulties, Unified Sports brings different grades together as well. “He’s made friends with different kids he wasn’t usually in school with.” Unlike some programs, which carefully partner mentor students with special needs students, the language of Unified Sports is different. Organizers and parents of Unified Sports teams at CRHS consistently avoid those labels. “They’re teammates,” explained one parent. “They all learn from each other.”
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The Post-War Battle By Jack French
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OPINION: Shadows of Pacifism By José Cadena
One of the longest armed conflicts in Western history would have virtually ended on Oct. 2; however, the Colombian plebiscite that sought to put an end to this war between the forces of the FARC and the Colombian State answered “No” to the Havana agreements signed earlier on September 26. This would have been indeed a historic moment, comparable to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. So it seems irrational to foreign eyes, even to its Latin American neighbors, that 52 years of pain do not have an ending imposed by the people themselves. More
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than 220,000 dead, more than 25,000 missing, more than 30,000 kidnappings, more than 5.7 million victims of forced displacement. What made the voters say no to the peace? Reviewing the History: In the early decades of the 20th Century, there were conflicts between landowners and proletarians, polarizing the nation between conservatives and liberals. On April 9, 1948, liberal party presidential candidate Jorge Gaitán was killed, leading to years of political and economic unrest, plus social discontent which turns violent in a short time,
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followed by a barbaric dispute of power, known as the Bogotzo, that left thousands deceased. In 1964, the left-wing group formed the Republic of Marquetalia, a Marxist nation not recognized by the Colombian State or the United Nations, which came to be constantly bombarded by the conservative government. Later that year, the army attacked the independent Republic, killing the greater part of the farmers. The survivors joined on May 30 to officially create the Forces Armed Revolutionary of Colombia (FARC, its Spanish acronym), a guer-
Problems with the Veterans Administration, specifically the Veterans Health Administration, have been a constant source of discontent for veterans and a key talking point for most presidential candidates for many years. A congressional commission called the Commission on Care details concerns with the Veterans Health Care Delivery System in a report published in June of 2016. The issues include the long waits that Veterans have in, as the report puts it, “areas of high demand,” where there are numerous veterans seeking care for physical or mental ailments. Politicians frequently promise that they will
reform the system and take care of US veterans; Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both released their plans for reforming the Veterans Administration. Trump has commanded many headlines for his determined stance on the issue. On his website, he says he will shorten the waiting time at hospitals, give the option of private health care providers and create a “commission to investigate all the fraud, cover-ups and wrong-doing.” Clinton also proposed many reforms but clarifies that she will not privatize the VA because she thinks it would downgrade the quality of the care. Her plan
rilla group. With Marxist-Leninist ideals, they had the purpose of establishing a Socialist State in Colombia. They were considered a terrorist group by the United States, the government of Colombia and the European Union, among others. Using kidnappings, military attacks and aggressions on the civilian population, they managed to gain territory and increase their economic power. They used the Soviet Union as national model, although unlike other guerrillas in different places of Latin America, they did not receive significant economic
or military support from any Communist power. In 1984, after two decades that left thousands dead, the government of Belisario Betancur made the first attempt at a peace process, with mixed reactions due to the controversial fact that the FARC would receive a large territory without major interventions by the federal government. The treaty established a temporary truce and bequeathed a political party, the Patriotic Union (UP), composed by members, civilian sympathizers of the left and trade
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includes similar goals as Trump’s such as shortening wait times. This is a rare situation when Trump and Clinton have similar policies and ideas; however, there are certain differences to be considered by voters. Clinton’s goal for helping PTSD victims is “timely and high quality care” in an effort to decrease veteran suicide rates. According to her website, she will raise federal funding for suicide prevention and “promote early diagnosis and intervention.” In an interview at the Retired American Warriors PAC in early Oct., Trump declared how he would help veterans and stated that he would “have a very, very robust—very, very robust — level of performance having to do with mental health.” He soon after discussed the horrors of war and how they won’t have too much of an effect if “you’re strong and can handle it.” This implies that PTSD victims simply are not strong enough to “handle” the experience of war. His lead adviser and former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has since made excuses for the statement and accused the media of portraying his remarks as out of context as part of “the propaganda arm of Hillary Clinton.” Trump has made other comments regarding war veterans, including his remarks about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of Captain Humayun Khan, an American soldier who was killed by a car bomb while serving in Iraq in 2004. He saved hundreds of soldiers from the explosion and was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star after his death. Khizr gave a speech
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at the Democratic National Convention in which he denounced Trump’s plan to ban all Muslims from the US and said that Trump has “sacrificed nothing and no one.” Trump responded by implying that Khizr’s wife Ghazala wasn’t allowed to speak during the convention because of their Islamic faith and that he has made the same sacrifices as the Khan family. This wasn’t the first time the media highlighted Trump’s disrespect of veterans. After Senator John McCain said Trump was bad for the Republican Party and attracting “crazies” with his extreme views on immigration, Trump said, “McCain’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” McCain spent five years in a prisoner of war camp in Hanoi, Vietnam after his plane was shot down and he was captured by the Vietnamese. The Trump campaign has made attempts to excuse his comments; however, they have had an effect on undecided voters like 67-year-old Navy veteran Larry Fountain who was quoted in Bloomberg Politics saying, “I’m undecided now. I was leaning for him, but the last few days, what he’s been saying about that soldier and his parents, he’s made several comments I don’t like.” Many veterans appreciate Trump’s very vocal commitment to improving the VA, and for the past several months, he has been steadily projected to win the majority of veterans’ votes. Clinton supporters appreciate her similarly strong commitment to helping veterans despite it being less publicized, as it
El Cajon, California: Unarmed, unaware, and black, authorities gunned down 38-year-old Alfred Olango in broad daylight earlier this month. (The San Diego Union-Tribune) Chicago, Illinois: In hot pursuit, officers exercise lethal force on 18-year-old Paul O’Neal, an unarmed black man, in early August of this year. (CNN) Tulsa, Oklahoma: Terrance Crutcher leaves his vehicle unattended in the middle of a street, blocking traffic. When authorities arrive, and Crutcher fails to cooperate, an officer open fires on the unarmed, middle-aged black man, killing him on the spot. (KTLA 5) The mistreatment of black individuals by police has long been an issue in the United States and has repeatedly jolted race relations within the nation. Repeatedly, police violence has risen to the forefront of national attention, and, as history suggests, it has done so again. According to the Washington Post, 991 people were murdered as a result of an officer using lethal force in 2015. Thus far in 2016, 761 people have been fatally shot by police officers. In 25 percent, or 188, of those fatal shootings, the victim was black. Sixteen of them were completely unarmed. Across the nation, activist groups have taken notice, and taken action. However, look outside your window in the Northeast, and all seems fine.
Here in Connecticut, we have seen but four fatal police shootings this year, and not one of the victims was black, according to the Washington Post. Even in New York state, home to the largest city in America, there have been only 14 shootings by police that have resulted in fatality, and seven of those victims were black. However, look beyond the Northeast towards the rest of the nation, and things look very different. In California alone this year, 107 people have been shot and killed by police, 62 of whom were black or Hispanic. Texas has had 63 deadly police shootings and Florida 44. With numbers like these, it’s hard not to refer to this recent surge in police killings as a pandemic. However, not to go unnoticed or underappreciated are the thousands of men and women who throw themselves into harm’s way time and time again in order to protect others. Each day, countless police officers place their own lives in danger, and as a result of the dramatic increase in police killings, many innocent servicemen and women have lost their lives in the line of duty. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 46 police officers have lost their lives in a firearm related incident so far this year: up 48 percent from 2015. Tragically, these officers often had no af-
filiation with the shootings which have caused these violent protests. Thus, they became the collateral damage of a cause so desperate for justice. There are many places in the country where students are afraid to walk home after school because of the violent riots that have engulfed their town. Protests in San Diego, Oakland and other major California cities threaten the safety of young people in the streets. Black rights activists and thousands of protesters fight day and night, seeking justice for the wrong that they feel has been done to them. It is something we, as students in Connecticut, are fortunate enough to not have to experience so close to home. Be that as it may, it is not to say that Connecticut has been necessarily silent either. Following the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, peaceful ‘Black Lives Matter’ rallies emerged earlier this year in cities such as West Hartford, Bridgeport and New London. They were small, quiet and controlled, but protests nonetheless, and a way for people in those communities to calmly and appropriately speak out about the injustice they’ve witnessed. This orderly and nonviolent approach is a stark contrast to other places in the nation.
isn’t as much of a cornerstone of her campaign as it is Trump’s. Additionally, Clinton has been very supportive of the Khan family, including calling their fallen son “ best of America.” Kh-
izr has begin campaigning for Clinton saying, “There comes a time in an ordinary citizen’s life when you stand up against tyranny, against un-American hate.” All citizens, veterans or
not, have a decision to make on Nov. 8 regarding the future of their country and what kind of policies and political rhetoric are representative of someone who is truly American.
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Shadows of Pacifism unionists. The government and the FARC failed to fulfill the process of peace, which was also worsened by the involvement of drug cartels. The war continued and more than 5,000 members of the UP were killed, including two presidential candidates and eight congressmen. In this decade, the FARC, that originally was opposed to the drug trafficking, entered in it, through charge taxes to the traffic, earning a fortune of more than $20 million. In César Gaviria’s presidency (1990-1994), FARC formed the Simon Bolivar Coordinator Guerrilla who tried, without success, to negotiate with the government under the mediation of Mexico and Venezuela. In August 2010, Uribe Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos, came to power and had a different approach that focused on education and culture. In 2012, he announced new peace efforts, and although he originally said that it would take some months, negotiations took until September 2016. Santos established a plebiscite that took place on Oct. 2. The results were extremely polarized; contrary to the poll predictions, the “No” triumphed with 50.21 percent, although it seems that the real winner was the abstentionism, a total of 13,065,025 abstained votes of 34,899,945 possible (37 percent). In the early hours of Oct. 7, 2016, the Nobel Committee announced that Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. If was Colombian and I was old enough to vote, I definitely would have voted “Yes” in
favor of the plebiscite, but I don’t have the moral authority to protest against those who voted“No”. And of course the “No” won not because Colombians reject peace but because of the immense displeasure that there is about the process. The treaty was criticized harshly by a large number of independent international organizations; for example, José Vivanco, Director of Human Rights Watch, called it “a pinata of impunity.” Let us remember that the FARC have attacked human rights: recruitment of minors, abduction, sexual abuse, rapes of female members and subsequent forced-abortions, among others. Yet, the sanctions applied to members of the armed conflict are way less severe than is expected. To be more specific, if a FARC member admitted to committing crimes, promised to repair the damage and swore never to commit such felonies again, he would receive eight years of freedom with limitations, without stepping in jail. If the treaty had passed, FARC members could have been sentenced to eight years in prison, if they cooperated; if they did not cooperate with the processes of jurisdiction and guilt was proven, they could be incarcerated for up to 20 years. Although accepting the treaty would be a great sea of impunity, it would also be a gift with regards to political participation. The FARC would get 26 seats in Congress, making them the political party with the highest income (without democratic support) and a centre
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The gravity of this situation is dramatically influenced by where you live. A student in Durham may not receive the same information about the topic as a student in California, and as a result, their perception of the issue can be greatly distorted. Whether that be for better or worse, the numbers do not lie, and no matter where you live, perhaps the biggest call for change starts with being informed. Read the articles,
analyze the numbers and listen to the news; the information is out there. It is up to us as a society to interpret it appropriately and act accordingly. To see the numbers, read the cases, and understand the story, visit the Washington Post’s data base at the link below https://www. washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2016/
November 4, 2016 of thought paid for by taxes to support television/radio frequencies. It should also be remembered that the FARC has a patrimony estimated $10 billion, according to The Economist. Because of the impunity and the political participation, there is a great unhappiness with the dialogues; for many, there is an unfair lack of Justice. Former President Uribe (main sponsor of the “No” in the plebiscite) claimed, “Peace is exciting; the Havana Treaty is disappointing.” But I question the moral legitimacy that Uribe has to claim the process. Wasn’t it he who demobilized paramilitaries without further punishment to all their members? He justifies his actions by calling them self-defense groups, such self-defenses that happen to be involved in the drug trade. And if we look for reasons, didn’t the FARC have enough reasons to take weapons? Certainly the violations against humanity that both groups committed can’t be denied, but for Uribe, it is OK to forgive those who identify more with his right-wing ideology. Those ‘No’ voters argue that the state should have put far more pressure on the guerrillas and not let them make decisions in government; however, we must be realistic with regard to the possibilities of the state. Despite the numerical weakness of the FARC, their dejected economic situation and the enormous popular disapproval, the FARC have ideological roots, and an ideology is extremely difficult (if not impossible) to exterminate; in the eyes of many historians, the guerrillas would become martyrs of socialism and the government would carry out terror of state. Destruction of Marxism should be primary in order for a group of this nature to not resurface; it is useless and inhumane simply to try to eradicate the members, although that was promised by Uribe since the beginning, as he said in a speech in 2003, “...to these bandits, it has arrived the time of the total defeat.” Yet, you have to undermine the Marxism. Colombia has fought a war that can’t be won with brute force. Wars must have a goal; they should not be adopted as an existential purpose
3 or force people to get used to the pain of it. As former Uruguayan President Pepe Mujica said, “If Colombia says, ‘No,’ they would give the impression of being a schizophrenic people who cling to the war as a way of life.” Colombia’s middleaged residents have lived their entire lives in war and don’t know peace. The treaty has been an opportunity to amend this because the Colombian people deserve and should have progress; a strict justice has been searched for for five decades and has failed to be discovered. Despite the valid criticisms of opponents, someone sooner or later has to ease up; even if the treaty gives forgiveness to crimes against humanity, it is naive to believe that the FARC will accept peace without any conditions. As president of the newspaper El País, Antonio Caño said prior to the treaty, “To finish [the war], there shall be efforts, shall be sacrifices... You have to make concessions…[it] is undeniable that if the peace does not interest the two parties, it is not going to last.” Choosing “yes” or “no” is reduced to choosing between peace and justice. Is it ethical that a kidnapper spends eight years in a village, painting schools as payment to society? Or acceptable that someone who murdered dozens of people spends eight years in prison while someone who laundered money serves time almost twice as long? What is in play here is the common good: repair a society destroyed by violence. It is not just a grotesque degree of impunity; thousands of people and future generations will have to suffer the consequences of human stupidity. Diana Uribe, Colombian historian and philosopher said, “The truth and the reconciliation gives us a rung more in the [ladder] of the spiritual advancement of humanity, as a species because it proposes an output to the more atrocious conflicts.” Peace is an opportunity that should not be passed over; countries such as South Africa, Ireland, Lebanon and Rwanda have exemplified reconciliation as a solution, which in some points of view is irrational but effective. Peruvian writer and Literature Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa
said, “The air of time is no longer for guerrilla adventures that, in the 1960s, only served to fill Latin America’s bloody and corrupted-to-thecore military dictatorships.” The truth is that all parties in the conflict live in a surreal universe. Perhaps the agreement that is currently being negotiated has the conviction that will be approved and accepted by the population. However, the news that surprised me wasn’t that the “No” triumphed but that Santos has won the Nobel Peace Prize; this award is always controversial, and the definition of “peace” is often problematic. Historically, there have been serious failures on part of the Nobel Committee, including Henry Kissinger in 1973, who supported dictatorships in South America, Yasir Arafat in 1994, whose efforts to get peace between Israel and Palestine failed and are overshadowed by his quasi terrorist actions, or surely the case of current US President Barack Obama in 2009, a leader who has been very militant regarding Iraq and Afghanistan. I seem to compare the Nobels of Santos and Obama: both awards are subject to “intentions” rather than results. Santos promised negotiations that would last months, and they lasted years, so the FARC knew that a president was so vain that his role in history was competing with instilling peace in his country. I do not think that he deserves it until the conflict has an efficient and sustainable ending. His Nobel Prize does represent a symbolic opportunity for the ongoing government, as well as for the opposition and rebels to collaborate in order to achieve reconciliation. The failure of the treaty was resulted from a weak negotiation from the government and feeling of revenge from the citizens. The media sale of the agreement makes it more difficult to progress; the international community doesn’t knows how to intervene, the members of the FARC are in a limbo and there is a constant risk of them returning to war. Santos won an unfair Nobel Prize that can be added to the list of the Norwegian Committee’s disappointments. Those who suffer the most risk of continuing to lose blood are the Colombian people.
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10 Outrageous Interview Questions with Mrs. Archer By Elizabeth Whitaker
Mrs. Emily Archer is an English teacher who teaches UConn English, Psychology and Literature, and Reader’s Workshop. She works at Coginchaug part time; she took a few years off to be with her kids, and she returned after Ms. Donna Mattei retired two years ago. I decided to ditch the conventional interview style and interview Ms. Archer in a unique way to reflect her bubbly and humorous personality. I researched the most outrageous questions asked in legitimate job interviews and asked Ms. Archer to take on the challenging questions. Would you be able to answer these curveball questions while maintaining composure during a job interview? Q: We finish the interview and you step outside the office and find a lottery ticket that ends up winning $10 million. What would you do? (Quora) Photo by Jenna Isleib A: “If I won $10 million dollars, I wouldn’t move or anything like that. I wouldn’t want a mansion. What I would do, is make my house amazing with cool additions and things like that. I would also take my kids to Disney World, and I would go to Bali. I would go on multiple vacations a year, and get a weekly massage. And I would also donate a portion of my money to St. Jude’s charity.” Q: If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not, living or dead, real or fictional, with whom would it be? (Brain Games) A: “I would trade places with Oprah because that’s the life!” Q:Is it better to be perfect and late, or good and on time? (Hubspot) A: “Perfect and late.” Q: Which superpower would you like to have? (Urban Outfitters) A: “The ability to breathe under water.” Q: What is your favorite quote? A: “I’d have to say, ‘Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.’-Dr. Seuss. As a teacher in a high school I meet so many teenage girls who care too much about what other people think, that they lose themselves in the process.” Q: How would people communicate in a perfect world? (Apple) A: “People would communicate respectfully, calmly, and kindly.” Q: You can invite only three guests, living or dead, real or fictional, but not family or a love interest to a dinner party. Who do you invite? (Google) A: “I would invite Sylvia Plath, Steve Jobs, and Ellen Degeneres” Q: What did you want to be when you were 10 years old? (FlexJobs) A: “I wanted to be a veterinarian/dolphin trainer. I realized that those dreams were crushed when I found out I was allergic to most animals. I decided I wanted to become a teacher later in life.” Q: What would you do if you had a time machine? A: “I would travel back to the 1950s because I love the movies from that time and how elegant and refined people were. Or I would travel back and be a suffragette and advocate for the vote because that would be an exciting time.” Q: Would you rather fight 1 horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses? Why? (Whole Foods Market) A: “Definitely one horse-sized duck because 100 of anything is just way too much.”
Environmental Club Composts, Keeps Durham Fair Green Information submitted by CRHS French teacher Ms. Donna Cashore The Coginchaug ECO-Club composts at the Durham Fair with a goal to reduce waste and protect the environment. The official mass of compost that was taken out of the waste stream this year was 4.96 tons, or 9,920 pounds.
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Freshman Friday By Kyle Fontaine For many students, freshman year seems like it happened a lifetime ago, but for Evan Hempel, ninth grade is new territory. Having just graduated from Strong Middle School, Hempel was somewhat nervous to enter high school. He was thrown for a bit of a loop by the adjustments he had to make, saying, “The first weeks were kind of challenging at the beginning and it was kind of hard getting to know where I needed to go for classes.” After some time, however, he got the hang of it, stating, “it became like second nature.” The new schedule and school weren’t the only
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things that unnerved Hempel, though. “Everyone kind of talks about how the classes are hard and some of the teachers are hard,” he said. He debunked these claims fairly quickly, however, and said his classes and teachers have made the transition smooth and easy, especially Mr. Donecker, a business teacher at CRHS, who is one of Evan’s favorite teachers, and Mrs. Jacques, who’s the teacher of his favorite subject, social studies. Being an avid soccer player, Hempel joined the school team and quickly found his footing, playing for the varsity side as a freshman. He also said he wants to run indoor track and hopes to join the DECA business club. High school was a daunting institution for almost every student, but Evan has quickly adapted to the changes and immersed himself in the Coginchaug culture. Like many other wide-eyed freshman, he has a long way to go, but he is excited to see what comes next in his high school career.
“The ECO Club at CRHS volunteers every year the the Durham Fair to help minimize the impact of the waste. Helping recycle materials in addition to collecting the compostable material goes a long way to saving tons of material from ending up in a landfill.” -Ms. Donna Cashore
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CRHS Singers Grace the Main Stage
By Jeremy Orozco On Sept. 28, the CRHS Oceanography classes went to Block Island. The students, along with Mrs. Francis, Ms. Wagemaker, Mrs. Michael and Mrs. Durfee, took the ferry to Block Island, where Mrs. Martin joined them for their day of activities. The students first met Bryan Wilkinson, the founder of the first offshore wind farm. Joey Longobardi, one of the students who went on the trip, said “In my opinion Bryan Wilkinson talk on the offshore wind farm was the most interesting part because it showed the future of renewable energy.” Students learned about how his project would give Block Island its renewable energy source rather than burning one million gallons of diesel in generators. Ms. Wagemaker, one of the chaperones on the field trip, said “ The most fascinating part of the field Photo by Mrs. Laura Francis trip was learning about the offshore wind farm. I didn’t know it was the first project of its kind and we were fortunate to meet Bryan Wilkinson and have him speak about this project.” The offshore wind farm will produce an average of fifteen megawatts of energy every day, however Block Island only needs one megawatt of energy to power the island everyday. Because the wind farm produces extra energy, Block Island is able to sell its energy to Rhode Island to be more economically and environmentally friendly. They also got a tour of the southeast lighthouse, learning the history and the science of how the lighthouse works, while Mrs. Martin gave lessons about the geology of the island. The next stop was the beach where students learned how to do shore profiling, a way to tell how much the shore has changed over time. In addition, they learned about how they could take simple steps to be more environmentally friendly like reusing water bottles and plastic bags. The trip continued to a marsh where students walked around, trying to find sea creatures. There was a large array of wildlife that was found including crabs, snails, oysters, and much more. Their last stop was the Block Island Historical Society where they learned about Block Island’s history and the Native Americans that lived there.
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The CRHS Show Choir and a Capella groups joined the headline band Foreigner onstage to sing the encore number “I Want to Know What Love Is” Saturday, Sept. 24 at the 97th-Annual Durham Fair. The groups had not gotten a chance to rehearse with the band before the performance; however, they were prepared for their “moment of glory”, as lead singer Kelly Hansen put it, after months of practicing to recordings of the band. Despite nerves from performing in front of the largest crowd of their lives, the group was excited to have the opportunity to sing with such a well known band. “It was surreal,” said senior MaryGrace Fiondella.
As the group went to leave the stage after the song, Hansen called them back to thank them for singing with the band and for their love of music. “I want everyone to look up here and see how beautiful your future looks!” he shouted to the crowd. “Because you already got to see how beautiful your future sounds.” Photo by Marissa Bizzario
Global Citizens Festival NYC By Taylon Fay Thousands gathered on the Great Lawn in NYC’s Central Park on Sept. 24 to see what one could call “the concert of the ages.” The Global Citizens Festival, an annual festival held by the Global Citizen organization, brought over 60,000 people together to listen to great music and inspire change across the world. “Global Citizen is an innovative online platform and mobile application that tracks and rewards activist action through a point-scoring system,” according to their website. “Accumulated points are used as a currency to bid on live entertainment experiences like tickets to great concerts and a host of other entertainment events.” With a goal to eradicate poverty by the year of 2030, the concert unified the citizens of Manhattan to symbolize a unification of all cultures around the globe. With such an impressive goal came an equally
impressive concert lineup. Headliners including Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Metallica, Demi Lovato, and Major Lazer brought together people with all different tastes in music and gave thousands of people a different incentive to participate. To pair with these huge names came another phenomenal lineup of celebrity guests and hosts. The entire show was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, Hugh Jackman and Priyanka Chopra along with special appearances from Bill Nye the Science Guy, Olivia Wilde, Chris Rock and Forest Whitaker. The celebrities chosen were certainly not random: all artists and hosts regularly donate significant amounts of time and money to charitable organizations. Kendrick Lamar is an active partner with the American Red Cross and has donated thousands of dollars and charity concerts to those in need. Metallica has
donated thousands of dollars to the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) as well as Bridge School, an organization created to benefit students “with severe speech and physical impairments.” All profits of the event including ticket, food and drink sales went directly to the Global Citizen organization; since 2012, the organization has raised over “$25 billion in contributions from governments, private businesses, transnational organizations, and individuals to go toward fighting the causes of extreme poverty.” A special visit from a UN official as well as a live video interview from First Lady Michelle Obama symbolically unified the United States and the rest of the world in their quest to eradicate poverty and hunger. Hopefully impactful events such as these can help catalyze positive change around the globe for years to come.
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Final Stretch for Girls Soccer
Boys Shoot for States
By Chris Solomon
By Camden Stockdale
The girls soccer team has reached their final five games of the season, and despite a rough start to the season, they hope to finish their last games on a positive note. On Thursday, October 20th, the girls faced Westbrook for their first meeting this year. The Devil’s came into this game with a record of 1-9-1, while the White Knights entered the game with a record of 4-9-1. They knew this was going to be a difficult fight but they were not prepared to lose. Throughout the game the girls put up a strong offensive front against the Knights very aggressive defense. For every time the girls got
knocked over they stood up and continued fight. After a long and brutal fight, the girls managed to finish on top against Westbrook 2-0. Following the girls big win over Westbrook, the girls traveled to Portland High School on Monday, October 24th for yet another big game. In their previous meeting, the Devils lost a close matchup of 1-2 to the Highlanders. Not preparing for another loss, the girls fought back from trailing 2-1 to tie the game at 2-2 on the Highlanders senior night. Though it wasn’t a win, the girls were able to carry on without another loss to their record.
The boys soccer team started their season being ousted On Wednesday, October by Morgan but bounced back with wins against Crom26th, the girls will hosted well and East Hampton. Senior captains Seth Azevedo their last home game of and Adam Doolittle have helped solidify the back with the season and also their their talent, experience and communication. Senior senior night. Despite the high hopes the girls unfor- captain Kenny Sung-Cuadrado has been injured all season but continues to lead the team from the sidetunately lost 3-0. lines. He commented, “The season didn’t turn out how The girls final two games we wanted to, but we still have a great chance to make of the season are away States on our last game.” Senior starter Jeremy Orozco games against Hale Ray has tallied 13 of the Devils’ 26 goals on the season and and Jonathan Law. The girls currently sit at 2-10-2 continues to lead the team from the front. The team had a rough mid-season stretch going 2-7-1 but had and the CIAC states that teams with a .400 win per- an intense victory on senior night on Monday, Oct. 24. centage will make playoffs. With a current record of 4-9-1, the varsity boys soccer team is eager to take the pitch for their last game away If the girls win their final against Foran Tuesday, Nov. 1. With States quickly aptwo games, there would proaching, they need three points on Tuesday to make be a very slight chance to make playoffs. If not, they it into the tournament. managed to play strong throughout all of their games this season despite their record.
Soccer gaolie Kyle Roberts blocks a shot during a Sept. Game at home. Photo by Camden Stockdale.
Volleyball Digs Pink By Chris Solomon
Grirls soccer goes through their pre-game ritual. Photo by Robert Coogan
Volleyball Prepares for Post-Season By RaAnna Kurek The Coginchaug volleyball team recently ended their regular season with a record of 12-8, ending fifth in the Shoreline Conference. Recently, the team beat Morgan for the second time this season, and in the school’s history, on the Devils’ senior night. This time, they beat them in only three sets with scores of 28-26, 25-10 and 25-22. Sophomore Gabriele Kozik ended the game with six kills, two aces and three blocks. Senior Sydney Brant had three kills and one block. Senior captain RaAnna Kurek had five
blocks and three kills. The Devils had an exciting win against No. 3 Valley Regional on Oct. 24 in four sets with scores of 25-22, 22-25, 25-15 and 25-21. Senior captains Danielle Quinley, Kurek and Megi Zaclli had a great game. Quinley had four kills, Kurek had six kills, and Zaclli had 20 digs. Their regular season ended with an exciting win against Lyman Hall in four sets. The scores of the sets were 29-25, 25-19, 23-25, and 25-21. Zaclli had four aces. Sophomore libero Bailey Zettergren had 33 digs and 2 aces.
The girls volleyball team hosted their third annual Dig Pink game against East Hampton on Saturday, Oct. 8. The girls battled through the full five sets, but unfortunately came short by 1 point in the final set, falling 3-2. Although it was not the girls were hoping for, the coming together of the two teams that night for the fight against breast cancer is one that will not be forgotten. That night, through bake sales and raffles, the girls were able to raise roughly $530 that they donated to the Side-Out Foundation for breast cancer research. That night the girls may have lost, but they helped fight in the ongoing battle against breast cancer.
At the time of production, the volleyball team was preparing to take on Cromwell for the first game of the Shoreline Conference Tournament on Monday, Oct. 31 at Cromwell High School. Their first game of the Class S State Tournament will be on Monday, Nov. 7; opponent will be released Friday, Nov. 4. Coach McKeon talks to the team during a time out.
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Girls Cross Country Update By Megan Decker, Lauren Fairchild & Paige Copeland The girls cross country team made their mark in the beginning of the season, having top place finishers at all of their meets. Although the team overall has worked to their potential, some of the key runners were Allie Alsup, Ashley Dana, Kate Schulten, Adriana Wimler, and Emma Bournival. Winning four out of five invitationals, the team as a whole has outperformed many schools including some of their Shoreline rivals. They received first place at the Blue Dragon, the Going to the Sun and the Bellringer invitationals, coming in
second at the Portland Highlander Invitational and fifth at the CT River Valley Invitational. At Shorelines on Oct. 20, the girls clinched second place, losing to H-K by only a few points. While the season ended for most of the girls, the varsity team competed at States on Oct. 29 at Wickham Park. Wickham is one of the most dreadful and painful courses out there, but the girls came through and secured fourth place overall. The top 15 runners make it to State Opens. For Coginchaug, two of
the top runners made it: Allie Alsup and Ashley Dana. Alsup came in tenth overall while Dana came in eleventh. State Opens will be held on Friday, Nov. 4 at Wickham. Alsup, the top runner on the team, states that the team has high hopes and high standards for themselves: “We will work our hardest to win Shorelines and States, but with competitive teams both in our conference and out of conference including H-K and Old Saybrook, we’re going to have to fight.”
Boys Cross Country Update By Paige Copeland As the winter air rolls in, the season will come to an end for the boys cross country team who have had a phenomenal season. According to senior captain Matt Woznyk, “We had a great season, winning a lot of important meets, and the rest we took sec-
ond place.” As for the Shoreline Championships, the boys were not able to win it all like they wanted to, but they all ran hard and pushed themselves to the max, Woznyk said. As the end results came in, the boys were able to clinch fourth overall.
The boys placed fourth at States, while Pete Schulten placed sixth overall Cross Country photos by Jen Schulten and Sean McMaster placed tenth. State Opens will be held at Wickham Park on Nov. 4. Although fourth By Griffin Murphy place was not what they were hoping for, the team For the fall season, the cheerleading team made it was proud of how they ran. a priority to cheer at least one game for all the fall sports. “We went to the Unified Sports game Wednesday on the nineteenth at the lower field,” said senior captain By Griffin Murphy Marissa Bizzario. “Four teams met there to compete in a number of soccer games against one another.” Our cheerleaders were also in attendance at the cross After a rough game country meet last Thursday, as well as both the boys against co-op Cromwelland girls senior nights for soccer. Finally, the volleyball Portland, Coginchaug was Dig Pink game had a huge turnout, with the cheer team able to come back in the helping to fill the stands to the top. They maintain their second game to beat Nonregular schedule, cheering at home and away football newaug 44-14. The boys games and are “looking forward to competition seawere not able to spark a son,” Bizzario said. streak from this win and look to turn the season around with a win this Saturday, Nov. 5. Junior QB Ryan Cross says, “Ricky Sorensen is having a hell of a year with I think seven TDs.” Cross also calls this year’s football team “a very young team that is getting experience every game [they] play.”
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“We are 1-5. We’ve played Cromwell, Nonnewaug, SMSA, H-K, Old Saybrook, Gilbert-Memorial so far, in that order,” said senior captain Brendan Wiknik. “For sophomores, Ryan Genest, David Skelps, Terry Lockwood and Justin Gagner are learning well and also playing pretty well. Anthony Curry is stepping up [week seven] as QB because Ryan Cross is out with a concussion. Ryan was making really big strides learning QB from coach. Kevin is being a savage as usual at safety, and we just got Gage Davis cleared to play..., and he works real hard in practice. For seniors there’s Ricky; he’s a savage RB. Josh A. is learning defensive end well. Bryan Shields has a lot of receiving yards as a tight end. I’ve been playing better; I got a couple of TFLs in the last game.” -Senior captain Brendan Wiknik
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Coginchaug Hosts Unified Soccer Tournament
By Brendan Sirois and Megi Zaclli
In the second year of the Unified Sports program, the team played their first soccer game on Wednesday, Oct. 19. After a successful first year in the Unified Sports program, the team got off to a strong start in their first event this year, hosting a soccer tournament against three other schools: Daniel Hand, Valley Regional and Middletown. The girls and boys soccer programs as well as our cheerleading squad participated in the event, supporting our hard working players. Even though scores are not kept in unified events, all teams did a good job of participating and making the event a fun and enjoyable experience.
Volleyball Makes History By RaAnna Kurek
The Coginchaug Unified Sports team led the banner-breaking run onto the field at their four-school soccer tournament on Oct. 19 at CRHS. Photo by Kara Roxbee
The Importance of Out-of-Season Leagues By Griffin Murphy and Jack Murphy
Working out in the offseason is very important for athletes, as that is the deciding time of what type of season they will have. If your off-season work ethic is poor, then your in-season performance will mirror that same effort. Playing in “real game” situations is the best way to prepare for an upcoming season. So in the off seasons, varsity sports teams can independently play in separate leagues. For summer training, the varsity basketball captain(s) organize a team that plays in a seven-week league at the Wallingford Recreation Center two days a week. “The summer and fall leagues have good competition with higher level schools which will help us prepare for the upcoming season and get the ‘kinks’ out and develop our team chemistry,” said senior power forward Brandon Johnson. After a winning 7-3 record the team was able to make their way to the championship game against
Cheshire, a size L school. The team had lost to them twice over the summer and then again for the championship. Fall is a very important time for basketball players because this is when they get prepared for the regular season. With winter basketball right around the corner, the athletes need to get in shape and get back in their groove. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, Coginchaug players had their first recreational fall league game against Farmington, where after trailing by 10 at the half, the boys had a great comeback to lead by one with 30 seconds left. After trading baskets until there were 1.7 seconds left on the clock, Farmington was up by three and the Devils had one last chance to keep the game going but couldn’t capitalize. In addition to basketball, soccer also has an out-of-season league. Camden Stockdale, a senior at Coginchaug, plays soccer year-round
On Sept. 28, the Coginchaug volleyball team defeated Morgan for the first time in history. Morgan took the first and third sets while Coginchaug took the second, fourth and fifth sets. Sophomore setter Gabriele Kozik had 13 assists. The team had 25 kills, 10 aces and 12 blocks, led by senior captain RaAnna Kurek with six blocks and four kills. “It was really exciting,” senior Sydney Brant said. “All of the current seniors have been wanting to beat Morgan since freshman year. They have always been a great team and the team to beat.” In past years, Morgan has always defeated Coginchaug, most often in close games. Morgan has won the Shoreline Championship for 22 consecutive years (19922014), while Coginchaug has yet to win one.
for the Oakwood Soccer Club. Oakwood is represented by athletes from various towns in Connecticut and one town in Massachusetts. After a winning 2015-16 winter season of 16-4-6, the team made it to the North East Division title in June and after beating New England Revolution U16, Oakwood clinched their spot as the champions. They also made it to Texas to play in the national playoffs but got knocked off early in The volleyball team hugs after their win against Morgan, the first round by losing the first win over Morgan in CRHS volleyball history. one game and tying two. Photo by Jennifer Zettergren “I was excited just to have qualified for the national season, playing about 15 applies to all sports. Not tournament,” said Stockgames. Consisting of play- just those in this article. dale. “And even though we ers from Haddam-KillingPlaying out of season is lost early, it was a great worth, MIddletown, Xavier the best way to prepare experience, and hopeand Coginchaug, they won for the regular season. fully we can improve next the league championship By playing games with season.” on Monday, Oct. 24. One referees against teams Sophomore Connor Rulplayer, Keith Lechance, a that are supposedly better nick plays in a fall baseball college student, had the than your own, you are league for the Middletown best batting average of the bettering yourself and American Legion Post 75 team with a .517, which is your team. Games will U19 team. Peter Onofrio, a very high batting averhelp teams create better Cole Niedmann, and Cal age for players under 21. chemistry within the team Pitruzello also play on that Rulnick batted .500. and show the players what team. The team only lost The reasons for playthey need to be working one game in their 10-week ing out of season sports on to succeed.
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Chess with Roy - ThursThe library is scheduled to close Wednesday, Nov. 23 at days, 5 p.m. All ages. Chess 1 p.m., and reopen on Satur- sets available, or bring your own. day, Nov. 26, 10 a.m. Food for Fines - Levi E. Coe Spanish Story Time Wednesday, Nov. 16 and 30 Library plans to collect canned goods and non-per- at 6 p.m. ishable items to decrease or Family Craft - Saturday,
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Bailey and state Sen. Dante Bartolomeo, along with Brayshaw, judged the costume contest and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro attended with family.
licans set up a table for Halloween bag decorating and the Middlefield Democrats gave out ice cream and glow sticks for trick-or-treating safety.
The event also featured a haunted hayride, bounce house, a magic show by former Park and Rec Director Chris Hurlbert, and pumpkin and cookie decorating contests.
Near his family’s pick up truck decorated with jacko-lanterns, Middlefield selectman Jon Brayshaw said, “Look at what you see out there – a bunch of happy people.” Middlefield’s small population, according to Brayshaw, made the event possible. “The size is perfect. We couldn’t do this in a town of 50,000 people.”
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The John Lyman Parents Association worked a concession stand in the park pavilion. Trunk or Treat events have grown in popularity, especially in areas where trick-ortreating on the roads is not always safe.
Other politicians participated in the Spook-fest. Middlefield First Selectman Ed
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Welcome to On The Menu. Let us help you find the perfect place to eat.
Whether it’s a celebration, date night, or just grabbing a bite to eat, this list of local restaurants is sure to satisfy your taste buds.
Find great local eats - MenusCT.com Himalaya Restaurant 1211 Farmington Ave, Berlin, CT 06037 860-505-0812 thehimalayacuisine.com Offering All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet, Dinner by Menu. Please check website for times. Every dish is prepared individually for the best dining experience and to ensure it’s unique taste.
Jake’s
179 Center Street Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 793-1782 jakes1pub.com Casual pub style dining. Happy Hour daily 4-6. New menu & lounge. Craft beers on tap. Signature martinis. Entertainment Thurs-Sat.
Minervini’s Pizzeria
Ridgeside Tavern
Soga Sushi
Wood & Smoke Country Barbecue
73 Quinnipiac Street Wallingford, CT 06492 203-793-7801 minervinispizza.net Ken & Diane have been using family pizza recipes since 1939. Family owned/ operated serving authentic apps, soups, salads, sub & More!
170 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 203-239-3355 www.sogasushi.com New owner! Authentic Japanese and Asian cuisine. New style, great service, more surprises! Check out our menu and like us on Facebook to see our specials!
99 Powder Hill Road Middlefield, CT 06455 (860) 852-5444 www.fireattheridge.com Causal neighborhood dining with beautiful mountain views. Craft beers/ cocktails specials, weekly live music and tap takeovers. There’s always something special going on inside the Tavern!
1 Lorraine Terrace (Rt. 66) Middlefield, CT 06455 (860) 358-9163 facebook.com/woodandsmokebbq Smoked Meats-brisket, pork, ribs and wings, with all your favorite country sides. Take out or eat out. Open year round, with seasonal outdoor seating.
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Welcome to On The Menu. Let us help you find the perfect place to eat.
Whether it’s a celebration, date night, or just grabbing a bite to eat, this list of local restaurants is sure to satisfy your taste buds.
Find great local eats - MenusCT.com Adelphia Café 476 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 203-535-0149 Family owned/operated. Former proprietors of the Neptune Diner in Wallingford. Extensive menu for all tastes. Breakfasts, luncheons and special dinners. All baking on premises.
AJ’s Oasis Café
142 Hanover Street Meriden, CT 06451 203-634-4912 facebook.com/ajsoasiscafe Family owned, operated. Daily Lunch specials serving American Cuisine. Recipient of Record-Journal’s Peoples Choice award Best Wings. Kitchen open M.-Sat. 10 - 10, Sun. 11-10
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Colony Diner
Dino’s Seafood
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540 Washington Ave North Haven, CT (203) 239-5548 www.dinosseafood.com Dino’s, a family business has the highest quality seafood at reasonable prices. We offer eat-in or take-out and a private banquet room for any occasion.
124 Church St. Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 265-9431 www.facebook.com/pages/Duchess -of-Wallingford/119682821380599 Celebrating Over 25 Years in Wallingford! Our Success comes from dedication to quality,freshness & variety! Breakfast cooked to order. Open 7 days for breakfast lunch & dinner.
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Giulio’s Pizza
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Henry’s Restaurant
320 Washington Ave, North Haven, CT 06473 203.239.0663 www.athena2diner.com Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Serving breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Accept Q Cards. Serving North Haven for 30 years. Daily specials and full liquor available.
950 Yale Avenue Wallingford, CT 06492 203-697-9365 fratellipizzarusticact.com Catering for ALL OCCASIONS! Graduations, bereavements, bridal showers/weddings, corporate events, christenings. Private banquet room. Daily specials. Fresh caught wild fish.
Town Line Square Shopping Center 477 S Broad St., Meriden, CT 06450 (203) 379- 0927 greenolivediner.com Green Olive creates a memorable dining experience for each guest. This comes from great cuisine, fine wine, comfortable ambiance and impeccable service.
611 N Colony Road Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 269-9507 colonydiner.com Wallingford’s place to go for old-fashioned breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Proudly serving up delicious and hearty meals daily. Voted Best Diner 4 years running by Record Journal. Open seven days. Breakfast served all day.
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!
337 North Colony Road Wallingford, CT 06492 203-741-9405 henryswallingford.com Henry’s is a family owned restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Featuring Home style cooking and our selection of homemade pies. Our Catering Menu is available for any occasion. 54931-01
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