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A look back at memorable 2014 happenings By Charles Kreutzkamp Town Times
The Town Times featured several memorable human interest stories in 2014, from a rapping job interview candidate to some heartwarming acts of charity. When a fire ruined the home of Jeff Siena’s neighbors, Karen and Ted Dyndiuk, Siena helped bring the community together to help the family through the difficult weeks that followed. A dinner held June 5 at the Middletown Elks club raised more than $6,000 to help with medical bills and “to help them rebuild their lives,” Siena said. “I was absolutely amazed,” Karen Dyndiuk said. “One of the nice things about the dinner was that most of the servers and workers were all our neighbors. I was just so surprised that so many of them wanted to help out.” Ted Dyndiuk is a veteran, and Karen Dyndiuk is active in the United Churches of Durham community, according to Siena. “I’m only 51, and I wouldn’t want to have to rebuild my whole life,” said Siena, expressing sympathy for what his 72- and 79-year-old neighbors are going through. “That’s our Jeff,” Karen Dyndiuk said. “He’s just the kind of neighbor who would do something like this … I keep telling him, you don’t have to do this, and he says, ‘but I want to,’” Dyndiuk said. *** In May, it was announced that the CoginSee 2014 / Page 2
At the Durham Fair Talent Show on Saturday, Sept. 27, Alex Woznyk danced her way to a first prize with her high-flying, tumbling routine to the Disney Creulla de Vil song “I’m Gettin’ Good at Being Bad.” | Mark Dionne / Town Times
The year in review By Mark Dionne Town Times
Since I’m in no position to make New Year’s resolutions for Durham and Middlefield, I’ll use the turn to 2015 to look back on some of the projects and events covered in 2014. Although the 2014-2015 winter so far can be described as “shorts in December weather,” heavy snow storms in early 2014 punished homeowners and the snow removal budgets of Durham, Middlefield, and District 13. You can plan for snow in 2015, and you can cross your fingers. The swing bad weather can cause in snow removal budgets and school schedules is nothing compared to the swing four sunny days can bring to the Durham Fair. After a string of fair week-
ends with at least one washout day, the fair has had two years in a row with beautiful weather. Instead of exchanging stories about getting towed out of a cornfield and feeling like the advance ride bracelet purchase is a risky gamble, fair-goers enjoyed a slightly overcast Thursday and then three days of beautiful weather and healthy crowds. Civic organizations running booths felt the impact. Instead of worrying about losing money at the fair, many civic organizations sold out of items. Middlefield First Selectman Jon Brayshaw said the Middlefield Republicans’ booth was down to its last tank of lime rickeys, which had never happened before. “We’ve sold a lot of lime rickeys,” said Brayshaw. “I’m tired of hearing the name.” Civic organizations were also busy outside of the fair.
The Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation held a “Flights of Fancy and Song” fund raising event, selling artistic birdhouses and creatively altered musical instruments. CVEF awarded 10 grants in 2014, their highest number yet. CVEF executive board member Betsy White Booz said of the grant winners, “It’s a good cross section of arts, [public] schools, private school, libraries, and towns.” Some of the projects from our civic organizations have become tradition, things we expect at certain times of the year. Go Far held its annual Go Far Go Fast race, the Public Association of Library Supporters drew in restaurants, caterers, and eaters to the Durham Public Library for the Taste of Durham, and See Review / Page 4
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chaug Cephalopods placed 10th out of 22 in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl teams in the entire nation at their first ever national competition in Seattle, Wash. The team was recognized for this astounding accomplishment by the Region 13 Board of Education at John Lyman School May 14. It all came down to “pulse-stopping five seconds at the end,” according to Cephalopods coach Lorrie Martin. “Coginchaug had
led the entire match and was winning by one point with five seconds left on the clock when Alaska just hit the button without even hearing the question, guessed and guessed correctly!” Alaska won by only two points, before going on to take third place overall. Boise High School from Boise, Idaho took top honors at the bowl which is hosted by Washington Sea Grant and the University of Washington. Coginchaug won three out of four round robin matches, defeating California, Texas, and Florida. Coginchaug lost to Virginia, which placed fourth overall. One of the members of the Virginia team said “Your team scared us like no other team has done so far,” according to Martin. In double elimination, Coginchaug defeated Wisconsin before their second loss to Virginia, and the final game against Alaska. “They did very, very well,” said Diana Payne, Education Coordinator with the Connecticut Sea Grant and former head of the National Marine Educators Association. In 17 years of competition, this is only the third time a team from Connecticut has gone to nationals, and the
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placement classes, in house PSAT Administration, a new K-4 technology teacher, a ninth grade Chromebook initiative, music equipment leases, professional development funding, and Connecticut Association of Boards of Education membership. On the night of the referendum, Veronesi said, “I’m thrilled. I went into this feeling confident of the outcome and very proud of the work
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Schools Kindergarten registration tend kindergarten in either the Contemporary Program or the Integrated Day Program. Parents need to choose the program for their child prior to kindergarten registration. The Contemporary Program serves children in grades
K-4 and is housed at Brewster School for grades K-2 and at Korn School for grades 3 and 4. The Integrated Day program serves students in grades K-4 at John Lyman School. While the two programs share many similarities, they also have differences that must be considered when deciding which program is best. Parents are urged to visit all three schools and to observe at least one classroom at every grade level. Parental visits may be scheduled Jan. 7 through
Jan. 30. Appointments may be made by calling Lyman School at (860) 349-7240 to visit the Integrated Day Program. To visit the Contemporary Program, call Brewster School at (860) 349-7227 and Korn School at (860) 349-7210. Decisions about which program to register their child must be made by Feb. 1, according to Regional District 13 Board of Education policy. Children not registered in a specific program by that date may not be able to attend the
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months of school. Lake Beseck spent 2014 looking little like a lake. While the dam repair project that required the large draw down of the lake was essentially completed in 2014, Lake Beseck needs more rainfall to bring the water up to former levels. While the timing of the dam repair and the difficulty of the on-going weed issue at Lake Beseck drew concern from the public, a project that did not get out of the planning stages was the most controversial of the year. Durham First Select-
man Laura Francis and the Clean Energy and Sustainability Task Force planned a solar farm at the corner of Haddam Quarter Road and Brick Lane to use clean energy for some town facilities. Haddam Quarter Road residents, among others, objected at multiple meetings to both the location and process. Of course, 2014 was not long enough to contain many projects, which will spill over into 2015. Middlefield launched plans, including a celebration for the town’s sesquicentennial and a revision of the town charter. “You open Pandora’s Box when you reopen the charter,” selectman Dave Burgess said. Brayshaw
has stated that he would not seek re-election and indicated that starting a charter revision would be one way to “go out with a bang.” Several years ago, the BOE studied declining enrollment in the district and in 2014 they received a report with four school plans, three of which close at least one school. It has been over three decades since pollutants were detected in the groundwater underneath central Durham. The EPA plans to pipe public drinking water into the area as a solution. While that project’s most optimistic end date is 2018, planning, study, and one public hearing took place in 2014 and 2015 will likely see more on that project.
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Opinion Things are improving, but work remains Planes, trains and angels My son says I jinx the trains in Sweden, and he may be right. I just got back from visiting him and my 4-year-old grandson, Hayden, and oh yes, it was an adventure. Again. It’s the fourth time the trains have turned ornery on me. This time it was the tracks down yonder being crooked and going in the wrong direction, or some such thing (I’m having trouble even imagining this). It always means getting off the train with a suitcase that feels like it is filled with lead. What in heaven’s name did I put in there? Then finding a bus to take me to another town, where I must find another train going my way. I can always count on an extra three hours added to the trip. So let me tell you about this latest mishap, which actually turned into something
quite wonderful. The train station is in the Copenhagen airport, so after getting my ticket I went downstairs to the tracks, and I asked a woman if this is the place I need to be for the train going to Vaxjo. She said yes, and that she was going there, too. “Oh, good,” I said, “I’m going to follow you.” I do that. Her eyes widened in surprise as she offered a weak, “Okay.” To my credit, though, if I’m going to stalk someone, I feel like the only polite thing to do is give them a heads-up. Eva was her name, and she turned out to be my guardian angel. She took care of me from start to finish. We bonded while sitting on a bench waiting for the train, then sat next to each other when we boarded. We talked about deep things and silly See Carr / Page 9
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nated with the rest of their health As we wrap up the 113th Congress, care needs. Insurers, and the federal I’d like to thank you for the honor government, continue to make it of representing our great state in harder to get care for mental illness the United States Senate. My family than for physical illnesses. We can goes back generations in Connectido better, and I intend to introduce cut, and I wake up every day feeling legislation next year that will comso lucky to represent a state that has prehensively reform our broken meant so much to me and my family. system. As I wrap up my first two years in In addition to keeping up the fight office, I wanted to update you on the U.S. Sen. for sensible anti-gun violence legisissues and legislative fights that have Chris lation, I’ve been working hard over dominated my first two years in Murphy the last two years to make ConnectiCongress, and to ask you to continue cut an even more attractive place to to provide me with feedback on how grow a business and create jobs. Connectito serve you better moving forward. As we all remember, tragedy struck New- cut’s economy is growing and our unemtown just over two years ago. Since that day, ployment rate is inching down. To support I have done everything in my power to push these trends, I’ve introduced legislation to grow manufacturing jobs throughout the Congress to pass legislation that will help state. Specifically, I’ve introduced two pieces prevent gun violence in our schools, in our of legislation that will strengthen existing homes, and on our streets. While the legislation I’ve worked on with Senator Blumen- standards and prioritize the purchase of thal to reduce gun violence still needs to be American-made goods by federal agencies. My bills, the 21st Century Buy American Act passed, we’ve helped lead a national conand the American Jobs Matter Act, would versation to end our country’s gun violence close loopholes in federal law that allow epidemic. Just like the Newtown families, I the U.S. government to circumvent buying will fight with every ounce of my being, every minute of every day, to get gun violence American-made goods, ultimately leaving our hardworking manufacturers in the dust. legislation over the finish line. Congress The longer these loopholes exist, the more must reverse course and take action on likely we send jobs overseas. It’s time to common sense legislation, and I won’t stop update these laws so we can maintain and fighting until I see that happen. grow jobs here at home. One issue that I plan to do much more While I’ve been working hard on legislawork on in the upcoming session of Contion that will help people in Connecticut, gress is improving our nation’s broken system of mental health care. While improving I’ve also grown my constituent services mental health care will undoubtedly address office in Hartford. Helping people in Connecticut get what they are owed, or what the gun violence, it is important to rememthey need, from the federal government is ber that people with mental illness are far more likely to be the victim of violence than the most rewarding part of my job. Over the the perpetrator of violence. So this year I’ve course of the past two years, my office has saved or recovered millions of dollars for started convening roundtable discussions constituents across Connecticut. We have with mental health professionals, providassisted individuals in all parts of the state ers, and advocacy groups across Connecticut. Too often people struggling with mental with matters related to federal agencies illness have to wait in lines to receive care, and when they get it, it is often uncoordiSee Murphy / Page 9
Letters to the Editor A first-hand look at Cuba
Jan. 22, sponsored by Coginchaug Area Transition. We will focus on the organic agriculture movement at 7 p.m., and will be happy to To the editor: From Nov. 21 to 30, Allan and I were able stay on after to answer other questions people to visit Cuba, a trip sponsored by the Martin may have. It was fascinating to be there, and see for Luther King Center for Social Justice, based in a suburb of Havana. Cuba is now front and ourselves, what Cuba is. Nancy Winship-Poole center in the news. Middlefield We will be talking about our trip at the Durham Library on Jan. 15, with a snow date of
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A recent public hearing concerning the polluted groundwater under central Durham and a proposed ordinance to mandate conversion to public drinking water at the Superfund site has renewed attention on the water problem in Durham. The proposed solution – a $20 million project – and the proposed forced abandonment of approximately 110 private wells leads to the question: What’s in the water? Many pollutants have been detected at the Superfund site (sometimes called “Area A”), which occupies roughly Main Street and Maple Avenue from Talcott Lane to the Town Green. A “Record of Decision,” a lengthy document of facts, history, and remedies from the Environmental Protection Agency, issued on Sept. 30, 2005 details approximately 20 types of contaminants in the groundwater
and soil of the Superfund site. Many of the contaminants listed, such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and 1,4-dioxane, continue to be discussed at public hearings. Some others, even chemicals popularly known as dangerous, such as arsenic and mercury, are not discussed as often. Anni Loughlin, interviewed after the Dec. 16 public hearing, said, “TCE is definitely the most common contaminant in the Superfund site area and that’s the one that we typically show on figures.” Most of these contaminants at the site fall under the category of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). According to Loughlin, “These are contaminants that will evaporate quite readily when exposed to air ... they can pose risks a number of different ways to people.” Contaminants that evaporate quickly may sound like a good thing, but in some cases that volatility increases the risk of exposure through the air and
skin. One of the CT Department of Public Health fact sheets handed out at the public hearing focused on TCE and explained the risks. “TCE is a toxic chemical that can harm multiple organs and induce cancer. It is known to affect the liver, kidney and immune system. It can also harm fetal development, and so is a risk during pregnancy.” People can be exposed to TCE from drinking contaminated water, and also by absorbing it through the skin from moisture put into the household air from a shower or a dishwasher. Many wells within Area A have never tested positive for TCE while others have gone far over acceptable levels. The EPA has determined that the source of the pollution in Area A was solvents, paints, and degreasers from Merriam Manufacturing and the Durham Manufacturing Company. See Water / Page 10
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hugged me and kissed me and told me he loved me. If I left the room for any reason, he went looking for me, calling “Grandma.” That word is now, to me, the most beautiful word in the English language. Every time he said it, something inside me turned to mush. Those six days with Hayden have been tucked deep inside my heart, for safe keeping. And whenever things seem to look a little gloomy, I will take them out and polish them off, and the sun will be out again. When my son was putting Hayden to bed the night before I was to leave, he told him that I had to go home the next day, and Hayden said he wanted to go home with Grandma. Ryan explained that I live far away and had to take a train and a plane, and Hayden said he wanted me to stay with him for a million years. If only.
The Department of Motor Vehicles has announced the 7th annual Department of Motor Vehicles and Travelers teen safe driving video contest. “Steer Your Friends in the Right Direction,” is open to all Connecticut public and private high school students, including home schooled. The 25-second videos must illustrate two or more of the state’s teen driving laws. Deadline for submitting a video is Jan. 14, with winners announced in April. For information and rules, visit www.ct.gov/teendriving/contest. Prizes are awarded to the high schools of the students creating the top five winning videos.
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such as the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the Social Security Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security. Our work is focused on ensuring that constituents’ rights are respected, that they receive the benefits they are owed, and that any procedural errors they encounter are corrected. It’s the honor of my life to serve the people of Con-
necticut in the U.S. Senate, either by working on legislation, or helping constituents get the services they need. I hope you’ll stay engaged and continue to share your ideas for how we can make Connecticut and our country even better. I commit to you that I will bring continued passion and work ethic to my job each day in the year ahead. Thanks for a great two years. -- Press Release
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dependent Day School’s Home Enrichment Program is to deepen the experience of home schooling families with mixed age classes (Grades 1 through 5) provided by the skilled, professional and caring school faculty to include Spanish, technology, theater, music, art, science, design thinking and physical education. The Monday and Thurs-
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things and we laughed. And then we laughed some more. We talked about our life philosophies, and I really liked hers. She was such a beacon of light. And then it happened. The announcement, in Danish (thank heavens I had her to interpret for me, or I might still be sitting there), about the recalcitrant tracks up ahead, and the necessity for finding another train. As we schlepped along to the next train station, she even took care of my suitcase, dragging it behind her and lifting it on and off the trains. I imagine she was trying to put a little giddy-up in my step. For the life of me I can never seem to keep up with those Scandinavians. I have to trot to keep up with their leisurely stroll. Picture a Chihuahua trying to keep up with a Great Dane.
When we finally got to Vaxjo we hugged, and she said she wanted me to call her sometime during the week. She really was my Christmas miracle. Well, one of them. The other one, and an even grander one, was that sweet grandson of mine. Now I know this just sounds like a grandma bragging, so you may not take me all that seriously, but he is just beautiful, both inside and out. The face of an angel, with a heart and spirit to match. We played from the time he got up until the time he went to bed, and I don’t remember when I’ve been so happy. Even jet lag didn’t dare intrude. I was never tired. We played games every child knows, and we played games I remember from my own growing-up years, and we made up new ones. We danced – yes, like no one was watching. On a regular basis he
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The public discussion has combined these two sites into one plume. They can be mapped as two different plumes, although they share many of the same pollutants, such as TCE. At the Dec. 16 public hearing, Loughlin presented a graph showing the highest levels tested from bedrock groundwater. The four contaminants shown were all significantly over accepted levels. For TCE, which has a state action level of 1 part per billion, Durham has had bedrock groundwater tested at 2,500 ppb.
In shallow groundwater at the Durham Manufacturing site, meaning water not as deep as bedrock water or deep enough for a regular drinking water well, levels of TCE were tested as high as 66,000 ppb, which Loughlin called “extraordinarily high.” The chart displayed at the public hearing also showed 1,4-dioxane tested at 58 ppb with a drinking water limit of 3 ppb. First detected in June, 2004 in Durham, 1,4-dioxane requires different remedies than TCE. Loughlin explains, “The reason why it’s so problematic ... is because it’s not effectively captured by car-
bon filters which is the most popular way to try to address individual drinking wells.” Residents with wells where 1,4-dioxane has been detected or are considered at risk are using both carbon filters and bottled water. Durham residents and officials may be talking about different chemicals in the future as the VOCs break down. As with evaporation, contaminants breaking down may sound like a good thing, but the resulting chemicals can be just as dangerous or worse. Loughlin said that they have already started detecting breakdown products. “Vinyl chloride is a break-
down product ... and sometimes we tend to see the levels of vinyl chloride go up as TCE degrades. Vinyl chloride is actually generally-speaking more toxic than the other chemicals.” Vinyl chloride has a water limit of 2 ppb and has been detected as high as 18 ppb in
Durham. Given the chemical and physical characteristics of the site, Loughlin said, “We don’t necessarily think that time is going to solve this problem any time soon ... we do think that this plume is probably going to be around for hundreds of years, unfortunately.”
Library Programs
Levi E. Coe Library Library hours: Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed Fridays. Levi E. Coe Library is scheduled to be closed Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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Calendar Friday, Jan. 2 Tot Time - MOMS Club of Durham/Middlefield has scheduled Tot Times for Fridays, 10 a.m., at the Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main St. Durham and Middlefield babies, toddlers and children are welcome. No registration required. For more information, email momsdurhammiddlefield@ gmail.com. Boys basketball - CRHS at Hale Ray, 7 p.m. Girls basketball - CRHS at Hale Ray, 5:30 p.m.
Ice hockey- CRHS at Brookfield/Bethel/Danbury (Danbury Ice Arena), 5:30 p.m.
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Thursday, Jan. 15 Boys basketball - CRHS at Cromwell, 7:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, Jan. 14 Ice hockey - CRHS vs. Hall/Southington (Veterans Memorial Rink), 7:30 p.m.
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Saturday, Jan. 17 Boys basketball - CRHS vs. Haddam-Killingworth, 7 p.m.
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A special town meeting of the electors and citizens qualified to vote at town meetings of the Town of Durham is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m., at Town Hall. According to First Selectman Laura L. Francis, the meeting will discuss: 1. To transfer a total of $105,700 from the Reserve Fund as recommended by the Board of Finance at the Dec. 16, 2014 meeting: Up to $33,400 from #9200 Building Maintenance Reserve to the following accounts: $5,800 #6700-473 Town Hall Building Maintenance $10,000 #6700-496 Ambulance Building Maintenance $12,600 #6700-497 Library Building Maintenance $5,000 #6700-508 Fire Company Building Maintenance Up to $12,000 from #9210 Unanticipated Building Maintenance and $58,000 from #9645 Library Roof Reserve to #6700-497 Library Building Maintenance. Up to $2,300 from #9630 Fire Dept. Equipment Reserve to #2568-452 Facilities Building Maintenance. 2. To transfer up to $30,000 from #9580 Apparatus Reserve to #6700-474 CIP-Fire Apparatus for the purchase of 4,600 feet of 5” supply hose. Funds to be returned to the reserve fund upon reimbursement for hose returned to Mercedes Textiles. As recommended by the Board of Finance at their Dec. 16, 2014 meeting. 3. To transfer $7,006 from #9150 Ambulance OSHA Gear Reserve to #6700-493 Ambulance CIP for the purchase of rescue coats and pants as recommended by the Board of Finance at their December 16, 2014 meeting. 4. To adopt a Resolution of Endorsement and Authorization for Uniform Chart of Accounts.
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The Durham Public Library has been awarded a $1,360 grant from the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation. The project will bring a teacher from the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven to the Durham Public Library to conduct a series of hands-on workshops for children age 8 to 12 years. The Eli Whitney Museum promotes experiential learning and teaches via experiments that encourage creativity and innovation. The workshops offer children the opportunity to learn important science and engineering skills by experimenting with building and design in a fun and creative environment. Each workshop focuses on a different scientific area, such as force and motion, electricity, magnetism, and sound and light. Each project will also teach practical building skills and tool use. Registration is open for the first program, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17, 1 to 2:30 p.m., to make a pinball machine game. To register, call (860) 3499544, ext. 1. Additional programs are scheduled for Feb. 28, May 28 and April 25. Visit www.durhamlibrary.org/ kids/programs for details.
2014, the two VITA sites in Middletown helped more than 530 Middlesex County area residents file their taxes for free and returned $767,781 back to taxpayers. Those who filed with Middletown VITA sites had an average Adjusted Gross Income of $19,676 and received an average refund of $1,706, money they have earned. This impacts not only those who filed their taxes, but also their families and the local economy. For more information, contact David Morgan at dmorgan@wesleyan.edu or (860) 346-1522.
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So you want to start a small business? The United States is home to millions of small businesses. While many thrive, there are certain risks and challenges that often accompany operating an independent company. If you’re thinkJeff Jolly ing about starting a small business, keep these considerations in mind.
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