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Memorial Day Parade in Durham By Mark Dionne
at the start of the parade. The parade also featured Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Although the day started 4-H club, Little Leaguers, fire with rain and the parade trucks, and bands from three started late, sunny skies and different schools. Local veterans were honthe familiar sights of the Memorial Day Parade soon took ored on a specific float. After the parade, the town over Main Street in Durham. Durham resident and for- green hosted the traditional mer Air Force and Army Ser- Memorial Day ceremony Local veterans were honored at the Memorial Day Parade with a veteran’s float, a Boy geant William Hamma served and the Durham Middlefield as the Grand Marshal and Washington Trail 4K/10K Scouts’ tribute to fallen soldiers, and the traditional closing ceremony on the town green. | Mark Dionne / Town Times rode in the white convertible began. Town Times
Go Far chooses ‘Galactic’ theme for running event By Mark Dionne Town Times
Runners at the 2013 Go Far Go Fast event ran part of their course through sprinklers to keep cool. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Go Far, the non-profit organization promoting fitness and wellness in Durham and Middlefield, went to space to find a theme for its annual Go Far Go Fast running event. The race is scheduled for Saturday, May 31 at the Durham Fairgrounds. “Go Far Go Fast Go Galactic” is the title of the 5th annual race. Jen Schulten, Go Far’s founder and president, thought that a space theme would be a fun thing to do and give the fliers, T-shirts,
and trophies a good look. This year’s trophies feature a cheerful green-skinned alien astronaut. “I always look for what will give the trophies character,” Schulten said. “I like to think of them as unique as the kids running the race.” Go Far Go Fast Go Galactic will maintain Go Far’s orientation towards fun and non-competitive running. In the schools, students in the regular Go Far program run or walk at recess and have See Race / Page 6
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(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held in the Durham Library. Check the town website at www.townofdurhamct. org for updates.) Monday, June 2 Clean Energy & Sustainability Task Force, library, 6:30 p.m. Fire Department Trustees, Durham Volunteer firehouse, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 Planning & Zoning, library, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5 Durham Animal Response Team, library, 7 p.m. Monday, June 9 Board of Selectman, CRHS, 7 p.m. Inland Wetlands, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10 Conservation Commission, library, 7 p.m. Library Board of Trustees, library, 7:30 p.m. Durham Volunteer Fire Company,
Durham Vol. firehouse, 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 11 Commission meeting, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Board of Education, Brewster School, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12 Zoning Board of Appeals, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 Board of Finance, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Agriculture Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 Planning and Zoning, library, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19 DMIAAB, Middlefield Community Center, 7 p.m. Monday, June 23 Board of Selectman, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 24 Ethic’s Commission, library, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 Senior Citizen Board, Durham Activity Center, 1 p.m.
Middlefield (Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held in the Community Center.) Monday, June 2 Board of Selectman, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5 Parks and Recreation, 6:30 p.m. Economic Dev. Comm., 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 11 Planning & Zoning, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 Board of Selectman, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 Inland/Wetlands Commission, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19 DMIAAB, 7 p.m. Board of Finance, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 24 Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 Lower CT Valley RPA, 9 a.m. Thursday, June 26 Middlefield Housing Authority, 3 p.m.
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Obituaries ROCKFALL — Thomas “Big Time” Joseph Ogorzalek, 68, formerly of Sugarloaf Terrace, Rockfall, passed away peacefully at The Summit in Plantsville on Dec. 26, 2013, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Middletown, the son of the late Joseph W. and Stacia (Jagoda) Ogorzalek. Thomas served with the U.S. Air Force for four years. He was a gifted artist, enjoyed doing taxidermy and was an avid guitar and fiddle player. He was also a long-standing member of the Kosciuszko Club in Rockfall. He is survived by his brother, Lawrence Ogorzalek and wife, Lorraine, of Rexville, N.Y.; sister, Mary Ogorzalek, of Canisteo, N.Y.; nephews, Shane Ogorzalek, of Howard, N.Y., Christopher Ogorzalek and his wife, Kim, of Arkport, N.Y., Jason Ogorzalek and his wife, Rachel, also of Arkport, N.Y.; great-nephew and nieces, Krystian, Alaina, and Reaghan, of Howard, N.Y.; and his longtime friend, Juliet Benjamin, of Southington. The funeral liturgy will be held Saturday, May 31, at St. Colman Church, Hubbard St., Middlefield. Burial with military honors will be in the State Veterans’ Cemetery, Middletown.
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Televangelists impact American religion By Ralph Lord Roy
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Back in the thirties, Grandma Roy made sure that we kept the Sabbath Day holy. After church and Sunday dinner we often would cluster near the radio to hear her favorite religious programs. She had especially enjoyed Seth Parker’s hymnfest from the fictional town of Jonesport, Maine. Seth Parker was the pseudonym used by Phillips Lord, raised in Meriden and son of Dr. Albert J. Lord, for years beloved pastor at the city’s First Congregational Church. Grandma’s maiden surname was Lord, and she would wink as she assured us that Phillips must be a distant cousin. We usually listened to thirty minutes of gospel music on “The Old Fashioned Revival Hour”, changing stations when Charles Fuller began his sermon. The favorite radio preacher of my parents was Ralph W. Sockman whose practical messages on faith were broadcast for many years on NBC’s “National Radio Pulpit”. This brings to mind a highpoint in my early days of ministry. In the summer of 1957 the Bishop sent me to a large Harlem congregation whose senior pastor wanted to ‘try out’ a white assistant. My job description included procuring speakers for special parish events, and an anniversary dinner was a few months away. I was young and naive, and suggested that we invite Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson and Dr. Sockman. Perhaps one of them would come. The pastor smiled indulgently. “Don’t count on it,” he mused. We were both stunned and elated when all three agreed to speak! This led to a long, glorious and memorable evening.. Today there are several hundred religious radio stations in the United States — about a dozen in Connecticut — but the advent of television created larger audiences
who watch televangelists. With enormous commitment and energy, Mother Angelica, now 91 and disabled by a stroke, pioneered the Eternal Word Television Network which reflects traditional and assertive Catholicism. Among its many programs, EWTN plays tapes of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, a leading Roy candidate for sainthood, whose “Life Is Worth Living” series on television attracted a huge following in the ‘60s. Brigham Young University sponsors BYU-TV, presenting the Mormon faith. Then there are the evangelical networks and stations — many of them. The networks that I am able to watch on my television include Trinity, Daystar, Inspiration, Word, Church, and SonLife. JUCE-TV, launched by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, seeks to attract youth as an antidote to MTV.
My choice of religious programs on television include the the “Joy of Music” with Diane Bish at the organ, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Gaither singers. Some of the preaching may lift spirits, such as that of Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, T. J. Jakes and Mark Jeske. Films of old Billy Graham Crusades are shown. Unfortunately, too many of the televangelists are avid fundamentalists who studied the scriptures with blinders on, and were never exposed to credible Biblical scholarship. The most popular are proficient showmen — Benny Hinn, John Hagee, Sid Roth, Jack Van Impe and others — who win followers by compelling rhetoric, claims of healing and other miracles, and/or generous portions of ‘end times’ prophecy that keep watchers on edge. Some appear to have fund-raising as their primary concern, promising that God will pour down blessings on those who send them generous checks. I can become annoyed because it is my religion that
various televangelists distort. Too often Christianity is presented as some sort of loony cult, crammed full of superstition, magic, and fantasy combined with arrogance and ignorance. Too many claim that God told them this or that. Frequently they get into partisan politics, or preach that a holocaust at Armaggedon is approaching. Most simply ignore the words of Christ: “Blessed are the peacemakers”. Maybe you’ve wondered where Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart are today, each seriously wounded by scandal that tarnished their ministries a generation ago. Both still are on television. After his release from jail, Bakker, now 74 and remarried, opened new headquarters in Branson, Mo., where he mixes religion with selling buckets of imperishable food, solar generators, radiation filters and other products needed to survive a worldwide disaster which, he warns, soon will come. Jimmy Swaggart, 79, still sings well, and he See Religion / Page 9
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Town Times 20th anniversary: Our readers react In which we shamelessly ask readers for praise and mostly receive it By Diana Carr
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Town Times turns 20 this year, and as many of us do on our birthdays, we’re taking stock. How are we looking? Do we need a nip and tuck here and there, or are we wearing our years well? We spoke to a few locals to get “the lay of the land.” Melissa Ronan works in the office at Coginchaug Regional High School. She said, “In the school office we have a bulletin board that’s called the Wall of Fame. When we get the paper I go through it and get school-related pictures of the students that I then put up on the board. When parents come in and are waiting for the students, they always look at the board and read about the school activities. And the students enjoy seeing themselves on the board. Town Times makes the bulletin board more informative and community-oriented. “I enjoy reading this paper. It gives us information about town meetings and what’s happening in town. I especially enjoy reading about the different opinions on town issues,” Ronan said. Walter Douglass is proprietor of the Durham Pharmacy. He said, “We’ve been ad-
CRHS Hall of Fame features Town Times stories. vertising with Town Times for the entire 20 years, and we’ve never had a problem. We were one of the original advertisers. “I’m a fan of Town Times. I read the whole paper, but I especially like the political things. And I always look at the ads. I don’t read any other paper; I get my news from the Internet. Town Times is a separate thing. It’s a culture. I save copies of the paper and send them to my kids, who
are no longer in town.” Holly Pearce Bisson said, “I like the local news. I’ve been missing that a little bit. Ever since Town Times moved, there’s more Meriden news. But I like to read about what’s going on in my town. I miss Clara’s Closet, which was a list of classified things, like what people were selling. I had listed a house I was renting out, and I got calls right away. Now Clara’s Closet is on the Internet. But
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a lot of older people don’t have computers, and they miss the classifieds.” Mae Spooner said, “I love reading Town Times, for many reasons. Most importantly, it reports many of our towns’ numerous activities, meetings, organizations, and sports events. Our towns have supported events for all ages for many years. As times have changed for me, so have my activities. But reading about all of the ac-
tivities brings back so many great memories of my 40 plus years in town.” Do you have a comment, memory, story or photo that reflects your experience with Town Times over the past 20 years? If so, why not share it with us, we’d love to see it. Send to news@towntimes.com and put Town Times @ 20 in the subject line.
Letters To The Editor Economic development needed
How to pay the shortfall? Well, reserve funds for some big ticket items were reduced, including money set aside for To the editor: At a meeting of the Board a fire truck and for the Peckof Finance on May 16, the is- ham Park playground. One sue was how to balance the speaker lamented that costs Middlefield budget. The are always rising, and a propcost of school expenses had erty tax is an inherently unincreased by $144,000 due to fair way to raise money. The a glitch in the calculations. speaker was challenged to
suggest another way to increase revenue, and the answer was: the Economic Development Commission. The EDC could attract more businesses to available town property. Those present agreed that the EDC should be searching for more business revenue, and in fact extra funds were appropriated
for the EDC by the Board of Finance. Like a balloon that lost its gas, the EDC plan collapsed. A meeting of the EDC scheduled for May 29 was canceled. Why this delay? The EDC has met only sporadically in the last year. There are four people who have been appointed to the commission. Funds are
available to the EDC. People and funds are available. Even if the chair resigned, the EDC can continue its mission. The Middlefield Board of Selectmen should continue the important work of promoting business development in the town. Alma Edler Middlefield
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Meatless Mondays an old idea that’s a new trend By Dr. Deb Brown-Norko
Look for C.A.T. Chat on a regular basis throughout 2014.) Growing up Catholic, TGIF (C.A.T. Chat features information from members of the was not our mantra. Fridays Coginchaug Area Transition a represented that dreaded day local group dedicated to pro- when we were not allowed moting a more thoughtful and to eat meat. My father-in-law sustainable, give-and-take ap- would reminisce how he and proach to living on this planet. his buddies would hang out at Special to Town Times
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and his wife, Frances, son, Donnie, and grandson, Gabriel, all play major roles on his SonLife network based in Baton Rouge, La. As before, his ministry spends about as much time demeaning other expressions of faith as it does in promoting his own narrow credo. Some days I ask myself: is it any wonder that more and more Americans distance themselves from organized religion? Even so, there are thousands of clergy and houses of worship that serve
God faithfully, supply intelligent moral leadership, offer rational messages of hope, provide spiritual support and an extended family, help feed the hungry, and comfort the suffering and sorrowful. That they embrace diverse doctrines and rituals is secondary. May they cooperate together in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Ralph Lord Roy of Southington is a retired United Methodist minister. Email: Ralphlroy@aol.com
midnight at the local hot dog joint to eat their beloved meat at the stroke of Saturday. Now it seems that Catholics were actually ahead of their time. There is a movement afoot that is urging folks to participate in “ Meatless Mondays.” Meatless Mondays is an initiative of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in response to the Surgeon General’s recommendation in 2000 that Americans cut their dietary intake of saturated fat by 15 percent. Not eating meat on Monday almost meets that recommendation. It’s a reminder to all to make healthier decisions at the beginning of the week. Baltimore City Schools have adopted this effort and serve meatless meals to their school children on Mondays. San Francisco is the first US city to adopt a Meatless Monday resolution to encourage
its citizens to go meatless and have its local eateries provide meatless specials on the menu each Monday. But this is not a new concept. During World War I and World War II the US Food Administration urged families to reduce consumption to support the war effort. “Meatless Mondays” and “Wheatless Wednesdays” conserved precious resources and helped to feed troops and European populations. Which brings us to the other benefits of going meatless once a week. The production, raising and slaughtering of animals for human consumption requires vast amounts of resources and produces much waste and pollution. A 2006 UN report revealed that rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars and is responsible for wide-scale land degradation. Raising beef cattle on large
farms is also responsible for damaging the earth’s limited water resources. According to a 2012 PBS report, it takes 1800 gallons of water to create one pound of beef and a total of 6.5 pounds of greenhouse gases are released to produce a quarter-pound hamburger. On yearly baSee Chat / Page 10
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Brown” for its youth summer stock theater. Students entering grades 5 through 9 are welcome to register to participate. A fee is charged. Deadline to register is July 1. Summer stock dates are July 7 through 11 and July 14 through 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Performance dates are scheduled for July 18, 7 p.m.
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We are known for being a nation of diversity, and that goes for our eating habits as well. Is it meat and potatoes that lure you to the dinner table? Or is it a plate of multihued veggies that makes your heart sing? Are you never happier than when you are cutting and chopping and stirring? Or do you skedaddle out of the kitchen as fast as your legs can carry you? Town Times talked to a few locals, just to see where they fall on the spectrum. Karen Augeri: “My grandmother, who lived alone, had a big dinner every day at noon, and a light supper. Popcorn was always a treat for her, and that was her supper on Sunday nights.” Bonnie Makarewich: “I’m a vegetarian, and so I eat a lot of veggie soups and pasta dishes. I used to be a big-time cook, but not anymore. There are two kinds of people-those who live to eat and those who eat to live. I’m the latter. I eat whatever is available to munch on and that will keep me going.” Malcolm Pearce: “We eat out a lot. If the kids come over, we call out for pizza. My son doesn’t like meat, so when he comes over we have salmon. Not eating meat has kept his waist the same size as when he was in high school.” Helen Pearce (Malcolm’s wife): “I’d rather bake than cook, any day. I cooked for so many years-in October we will be married for 63 years. I’m tired of cooking. A lot of times we cook together. He’ll do the main dish and I make the salad, set the table, and clean up.” Marilyn Horn: “I travel to Mexico a lot, and that’s where I learned to love papaya and mango. My favorite breakfast is papaya and mango with yogurt and granola. And I eat really good dark chocolate every day. “I used to cook a lot, but I don’t now that I am retired and have a different schedule, though I do like cooking for company. My husband, Robert, and I have different tastes
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On Sunday May 18, with beautiful spring weather, Help Willy’s Friends hosted the 5th annual Pet Fair at Allyn Brook Park. Help Willy’s Friends is a non-profit organization founded in Durham by Mark and Sharon Paturzo dedicated to improving the lives of shelter animals and promoting their adoption. In addition to the many pet visitors, adoptable dogs were at the fair. As is traditional now at the Pet Fair, adoptable dogs were signified with bandanas. Many animal welfare groups were set up on the park grounds, often with their animals. The fair also featured agility contests, raffles, food trucks - including the debut of Perk on Main’s food truck - and music courtesy of The Grateful Friends. The Pet Fair got lucky with the weather, and also with the road. Pickett Lane, which runs through the Pet Fair, was originally scheduled to be closed for a large culvert repair project, potentially moving or hindering the fair. That project, however, was delayed until the end of the school year.
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Superintendent of Schools Kathryn Veronesi and Korn Elementary School hosted seniors from Durham and Middlefield at a “Spring Back to School for Seniors” event May 16. The hot dog and hamburger event, with ice cream dessert, was part of a continued outreach by Veronesi to the public and specifically senior citizens of District 13. Since starting in January, Veronesi has met separately with senior groups from Durham and Middlefield and also held a public meet and greet hosted by the Durham Women’s Club at Perk on Main. At the Board of Education meeting on May 14, Veronesi said that the luncheon was part of “opening our schools to the seniors.” Veronesi welcomed the seniors, served food, and checked in on the visitors. Close to 60 residents were in attendance at the event, which was also coordinated by Sherry Hill and Durham’s Senior Board. The guests held contests in categories such as youngest, oldest, and most great-grandchildren. The guests were also presented with cards from the students written in cursive, a stlye of writing some seniors feared had disappeared from the schools. Many of the seniors commented that they had not been in the schools at all recently except to vote. “I don’t come very often,” said Morgan Daniels of Durham, a former teacher in Middletown. Daniels did say he would come back for another event. “Absolutely. What’s not to love?” Students from Elizabeth Shoudy’s Life Skills Class at Coginchaug Regional High School also attended the luncheon and introduced themselves to the other guests.
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