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Durham sets budget date, elects board members By Mark Dionne Town Times
In a brief and relatively uneventful Annual Town Meeting Monday, residents of the town of Durham voted to hold the Annual Budget Meeting on Monday, May 11, 2015 and elected members to three different town boards. At the Annual Budget Meeting, residents and tax-
payers have the opportunity to vote on the budget and other town business, such as transfers and board elections. Five Durham residents were nominated and elected to town board positions at the Oct. 6 meeting, attended by less than 20 residents. All nominees were unopposed and elected unanimously, with four of the five taking seats they already occupied.
Karen Otte was elected to serve on the Compensation Review/Personnel Policy Commission. Two years ago, Otte filled a vacant position on the commission. Nominated by Lisa Stafford, the commission’s current chair, Otte was elected to a full term ending in 2019. Kary Strickland, Shari Adams, and Jane Eriksen See Budget / Page 4
UNDER THE BOARDWALK Kathy Connolly will lead a seminar on the topic of meadows Oct. 18 at Connecticut Forest & Park Association, 16 Meriden Road, Rockfall.
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Five dancers from the Middlesex Dance Center performed in the Miss America “Show Us Your Shoes Parade” recently in Atlantic City, N. J. The group performed a routine to “Under The Boardwalk.” The parade route was the entire two-mile stretch of the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk. This is the second appearance of MDC Dancers at the event. Pictured, from left: Monika Malek, Jessica Carta, Savannah Ngo, Samantha Mierzejewski, Catherine Fay, and Director Toni-Lynn Miles.
Meadow — the word conjures up an image of Mother Nature at her finest, wearing all the colors of the rainbow, tall grass whispering in the wind, butterflies fluttering by. Kathy Connolly, of Old Saybrook, has expertise in meadow creation and will help homeowners who would like to establish this delight in their own backyards. She will lead a seminar on the topic Oct. 18 at Connecticut Forest & Park Association. “I get many calls from people wanting to establish
a meadow,” Connolly said. “They’re seeing it as beautiful native vegetation that is a viable form of landscaping. And the plight of the bees and butterflies has inspired them to do something in their own lives.” Connolly cites many reasons for having a meadow. This landscape feature supports the web of life and creates a garden zone that over time will require less and less maintenance. A meadow requires no herbicides or chemicals once established and with low water consumption it needs almost See Seminar / Page 4
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“The Probate Courts are always looking for ways to make access to the courts and participation in proceedings as smooth as possible for individuals with mental and physical challenges,” Probate Court Administrator Paul J. Knierim said in a statement. “By expanding and coordinating ADA resources, the courts have simplified the process for seeking an accommodation, which advances our commitment to providing full and equal access to justice for all who use the Probate Courts.” “We have always tried to make our courts as accessible as possible,” Russo said, but the changes include helping to share equipment between
will still take requests communicated by phone, but the form enables individuals to request what they will need. Court officials cannot always legally ask about special accommodations due to privacy See Probate / Page 12
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She loves helping people create meadows. “They’re a viable form of landscaping for a home or a community,” she said. “If people want to make a contribution to improving the health of their locale and the planet, this is one way they can do it. “A meadow is a mixture of grasses and flowering plants (mostly perennials with a few annuals), with the grasses dominating. The first three years is a bit of work to get it established, but after that it becomes relatively self-sustaining if you manage it well.” The first step is to clear the area completely, taking it down to the bare earth. This is best done in the fall. Between Nov. 1 and Jan. 1, broadcast the seed mixture by scratching it in with a rake. No rototilling. Usually the mixture is 40 to 60 percent grasses, the rest being annuals and perennials. (The natural precipitation of the fall, winter, and spring will help plants to germinate at the perfect moment in the spring.) Then, cover the mix-
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were elected to serve on the Library Board of Trustees for the Durham Public Library to terms ending in 2017. Adams and Eriksen both currently serve on the board, with Eriksen as chair. Strickland took an open seat. Residents elected Greg Hanks to a position on the Board of Trustees of the Durham Volunteer Fire Company. Hanks currently serves as vice chair of the board. At the 2013 Annual Town Meeting, several fund transfers were approved to balance budget items like snow removal and to make new purchases. No such financial activity took place at the 2014 meeting. One hour before the Annual Town Meeting, the Durham Board of Selectmen held the shortest BOS meeting in memory. Clocking in at less than four minutes, the BOS approved an agreement with Silver-Petrucelli and Associates for design services on the town-owned buildings at 51 and 37 Main Street. The buildings have been proposed as a new safety complex for the town.
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cies, is an important way to dedicate some of our land for pollination. Not enough native plants can lead to collapse.” The meadow seminar is scheduled for Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. until noon at Connecticut Forest & Park Association 16 Meriden Road, Middlefield. Afterwards there will be a sale of plants and other items such as books, DVDs, and seeds. To register for the seminar contact CFPA. For more information about Speaking of Landscapes, go to www.speakingoflandscapes.com.
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The Durham Public Library is offering a series of classes on computer basics for those with little computer experience, from Oct. 14 to Nov. 4. According to Trish Connelly, Durham Public Library Director, a survey of public interests led to the workshops. “An overwhelming majority wanted adult programming, specifically in technology,” Connolly said. The classes are designed for adults to be more comfortable with computers for personal use, job skills, or to keep in touch with distant family. Class instructor Adam DeLaura, who often instructs Connecticut librarians how to teach technology, will lead the classes. “He’s personable; he’s funny; he’s patient. Adults love him,” said Connolly. “He gets a good read on a group.” The first class, on Oct. 14, starts with basics such as computer controls and mouse and keyboard use. The second class, on Oct. 21, covers Internet basics like web browsers and search engines. The third class, on Oct. 28, does the same for e-mail. At the last class on Nov. 4, DeLaura will teach Facebook basics. Connolly said, “Facebook is pervasive and a lot
of people use it to communicate with their grandchildren. There were a lot of requests for that.” The Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation and the Peach Pit funded the classes. The classes will be taught on 10 new laptops purchased by the Peach Pit Foundation for the library. Those laptops will be controlled by computer mouses, eliminating the need for students to adjust to the touch pad. Each class has two time slots, 3:30 - 5 p.m. and 6:30 - 8 p.m., to accommodate different schedules. Registration is required and space in each is limited to 10 participants.
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other to see who wins. In addition, the camp offers computer merit badges like digital technology and robotics. Since computers are required for these merit badges, the camp has a computer lab called APEX where the badges are held. We had campfires at night at our campsites. One night, the camp brought around s’more supplies, so we were
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able to have s’mores that night. In the morning, if the scouts wanted to go swimming, they could go down to the waterfront and participate in Polar Bear Swim, an open swim at 6:30 a.m. in the early-morning, frigid lake. At the camp, the staff is very welcoming and encourages the attendance
By Dawn Amendola On the weekend of Sept. 5-7, families from Troop 270 headed to Twin Mountain, N.H., to hike Mt. Washington. We have been preparing for the hike since March with weekly practice hikes up Sleeping Giant and working out at the gym. The original plan was to hike on Saturday morning but weather was not looking too good in
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the afternoon; rain and thunderstorms, so we postponed the hike until Sunday morning which meant we needed to find something to do to keep us busy. The first stop we made was the Cog Railway, museum and gift shop. It was the first time many of us had been there and it was a sight to see the Cog travel up the mountain and learn some
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The scouts of Troop 33 from Middlefield attended a week-long summer camp at JN Webster Scout Reservation in Ashford, for the first time after attending camp Wakpominee, in New York for many years. The scouts took part in many fun and different merit badges such as small-boat sailing, lifesaving, and kayaking. They learned many good life skills in these merit badges and throughout camp that can help them later in life. The camp is run very well and has a myriad of new and different aspects to it; for example, the camp is split into four groups based on campsite, called tracts. These tracts collaborate with each other in different ways by having tract games, which is a series of games played by every tract against each
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very interesting facts about the Railway. Luckily, we had some families who have spent time in New Hampshire and recommended we take a ride to Clark’s Trading Post when we were finished visiting the Cog Railway. While at Clark’s, we took a train ride and encountered “Wolfman,” watched a bear show and even rode Segways. We all had a great time. Although it was getting later in the day (and it still wasn’t raining) we decided to take a short hike through The Basin on our way back to the campground. It was
so beautiful, and just as we were headed to the cars the rain started. Perfect timing. That night we went to bed early because we were headed to the Ammounoosuc Trail bright and early on Sunday morning. By 6:30 a.m. we were on our way up the trail. We all stayed together up until Gem Pool, which is 2.1 miles from the parking lot and an elevation of 3,450 feet. We then decided to split up into three groups for the rest of the hike. The first group actually made it to Lakes of the Clouds hut (elevation 5,012 feet) so fast they were able to summit Mt. Monroe and come back to the hut before the second group
even arrived. Upon everyone’s arrival at the summit of Mt. Washington a total of 4.5 miles and an elevation of 6,288 feet, we had a bite to eat, our picture taken by the summit sign and a quick break to shop for souvenirs. It was now time for our 5.1-mile journey back down the Mountain on the Jewel Trail and our five-hour ride back home. It was a lot to do in one day but it was so worth it. The weather was absolutely perfect and the views were amazing. Some of the workers at the Summit told us to “take in the views” because it rarely gets as clear as it was that day.
ing very strict rules at the ranges. Another neat feature at the camp was the option to borrow a bike from the camp and ride it around until a certain time. Overall, the main purpose of scout camp is to help
scouts achieve the highest rank in scouting, Eagle Scout, while still creating a fun experience. The trip couldn’t have happened without the help of our adult leaders, Mr. Heath, Mr. Villwok, and Mr. Leary.
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Thursday, Oct. 16 - Coginchaug Music Department has scheduled a gold/silver buying event, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Café. Free. Friday, Oct. 24 - CRHS Choirs have scheduled Italian Cabaret at 6:30 p.m. Tickets must be purchased in advance. A fee is charged. Contact Lisa Larsen (860) 3498236, llarsen35@yahoo.com. Saturday, Oct. 25 - Clothing Drive for CRHS POPS, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring any kind of clothing (towels/sheets/ shoes/purses/yard goods) to the Strong School parking lot. Sunday, Oct. 26 - Clothing Drive for CRHS POPS, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring any kind of clothing (towels/sheets/shoes/ purses/yard goods) to the Strong School parking lot.
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Skip the vaccine? To the editor: In response to the letter, “Skip the vaccine,” as both a parent and a health care professional, I would urge those with questions about the safety and efficacy of vaccines to reference sources that rely on peer-reviewed, evidence-based research for objective information rather than an organization that indulges in speculation, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories. Anyone with a genuine willingness to avoid confirmation bias can apply their own critical thinking skills to the abundance of published data on this subject in order to distinguish the facts from the misconceptions, misinformation and mythology. Alternatives to the site mentioned in the letter could include: immunize.org, sciencebasedmedicine.org, and quackwatch.com among many others. Anthony J. Onofreo, DMD Middlefield
Holiday tree dedication To the editor: Durham’s new holiday tree will be dedicated to Carl and Helena Otte on Saturday, Oct. 18, 1 p.m., at the Durham Town Green as a part of the Durham Fall Festival hosted by the Durham Economic Commission. The previous holiday trees were removed after they had died. The new tree is being planted with funds from the Carl Otte Memorial Fund as part of the plan developed by the Durham Town Green Revitalization town committee. Carl Otte, nicknamed “Mr. Durham,” was a lifelong Durham resident who served as both first and second selectman, the director of the State’s Open Space Program, a member of the Durham Fire Department, and an active member of many town committees. His wife, Helena
Mayersak Otte, was a true partner to her husband and was a member of the Durham Day Homemakers Club, who planted the first holiday tree on the Durham Green. Carl, along with Helena, had the vision, energy, dedication, and a love of Durham that helped to make it the special place in which we live today. Tina Gossner Durham
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issues and will use his experience as a health care attorney to implement cost saving solutions. Ted will make sure that Durham’s issues will be heard in Hartford. I encourage you to join me in voting for him on Nov. 4. Martin French Durham
Support for Wilson To the editor: The State of Connecticut needs someone like Bruce Wilson, who created 150 jobs as a manufacturer and understands what state mandates and employer taxes do to the job market. Everyone in the legislature says “Let’s get business to pay for it!” – not really realizing what that means. Bruce knows first hand what a decision like paid family leave means. Bruce’s company competed in the medical device marketplace against companies from other states as well as foreign countries, including China. It is time we had people in Hartford that can help Connecticut rebound from our steady decline. Fred Raley Durham
To the editor: Tom Foley gives Connecticut the best chance of economic recovery. Unlike Governor Malloy, Foley has more years of executive experience and is much more likely to reduce wasteful spending and lower taxes. If we don’t, Connecticut’s businesses and jobs will continue to move to other states. Tom Foley opposes mandating Common Core in our public schools. Malloy supports Common Core. By overwhelming numbers, teachers and parents oppose Common Core. If Malloy is reelected, Common Core will be the new curriculum in every school in Connecticut. Tom Foley will bring change to the way Connecticut’s government does business, and more business and jobs to Connecticut. To the editor: Robert S. Poliner As a veteran legislator and Durham House Chair of the Children’s Committee, I was incredibly lucky when freshman Senator Dante Bartolomeo became Senate Co-Chair of the Children’s Committee. She hit the ground running and To the editor: Ted Kennedy, Jr. will be has never slowed down! Together we have moved a strong voice for Durham in the State Senate. Ted is legislation that has been raising his children in Con- stuck for years. She is tenanecticut and will work with cious, smart, savvy and reads teachers, parents and towns every bill and report that to improve our schools. As comes across our desks. Her district and the state of a small businessman, he understands the need for fiscal Connecticut are both better responsibility, accountabil- off with her in office. I urge ity and transparency. He is her constituents to send her passionate about health care back to the Senate.
She is making a difference. Rep. Diana Urban 43rd District House Chair of the Committee on Children
NIMBY is not a solution To the editor: As a former owner of the Town Times I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when I read letters from people who use phrases like “without giving townspeople any chance for input or discussion,” when, in truth, there was a hearing and they just missed it. Or “rammed down the throats of citizens,” when in actuality, the clearly established legal process allows input, discussion, and involvement to anyone who is paying attention. These whimpering, pleasehave-pity-on-the-victim quotes elicit sympathy, certainly, but let’s look at the facts of the situation: Carbon fuels are dirty in extraction and burning. Connecticut is acknowledging the need for pollution-stopping technology by giving towns free money. Durham’s Clean Energy
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and Sustainability Task Force is working hard, and for free, to make our town cleaner (i.e. solar panels on homes and 5.44 tons of compostable waste removal from the last two Durham Fairs.) Two public hearings have already taken place to allow public comment – and there has been much. If you weren’t there, of course you wouldn’t know. Our world has been disastrously affected by naive use of public resources, and the greed of profiteers. This is what will be left to our children if nothing is done to alter greed and naiveté. Unfortunately, NIMBY (not in my back yard) doesn’t tend to look beyond its nose. NIMBY does not even want to look at the solutions posed to filthy fossil fuels. Selfishly, the stance is all too often, “I want the problem addressed, just not near my address.” It is true that closing one’s eyes to problems and throwing verbal temper tantrums actually does work in many cases. But, what does this say about who we are as educated, compassionate keepers of the future of our children’s world? Marilyn Keurajian Durham
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Opinion Coginchaug Area Transition plans exciting year Well, the Durham Fair is over. That means, in our towns, that “real life” can begin again. It also means, of course, that we’ve just had a wonderful community bonding experience marked by – can you believe it? – three days of sunshine! Keeping that lovely community feeling in our hearts, Coginchaug Area Transition (CAT) is pleased to offer up once a month free programs for the public to help advance our towns on the journey towards sustainability and resilience. Katie Hughes of Perk on Main and a former member of DMIAAB, the transfer station management board, will talk trash on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7 pm at Perk on Main. Specifically, she’ll talk about the program at Perk that aims to greatly reduce its trash footprint and how you can do that in your own home. She’ll also talk a bit about statistics, and how much trash we actually recycle in our towns and how the transfer station deals with that. Refreshments provided; come and learn to talk trash at home! Also in October, we hope to have a table on the Durham
Town Green for the Fall Fest on Saturday, Oct. 18, featuring copies of our calendar of programs and hints for “green holidays.” In early December (This counts as our November program), Wednesday, Dec. 3 to be exact, CAT will be sponsoring a public book discussion of Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. Kingsolver is a contemporary American novelist and essayist whose books include, The Poisonwood Bible, The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven and Animal Dreams, as well as Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a non-fiction book following her family’s attempts to eat a sustainable, locally-sourced diet. Flight Behavior is a work of fiction based on an errant migration of Monarch butterflies and the reaction of the family on whose farm they alight as well as the scientific, religious and media communities reacting to the odd spectacle. The program will be held at Perk on Main at 7 p.m.; all welcome; refreshments provided. Kathy Weber and Joanne Nytch will lead the discussion. On Thursday, Jan. 15, Nancy Winship-Poole will present a program on her visit this fall to Cuba to learn about their
Voter registration Oct. 18 The Durham registrars of Voters has scheduled a Saturday Voter Registration session for Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the Town Green during the Fall Fest. The preliminary registry list will be revised as new voters are enrolled. Residents of Durham should appear in person, with identification. All mail-in registrations for the November election must be postmarked by Oct. 21. The last day to register in person is Oct. 28.
community agriculture. The program is free and open to all and will be held at the Durham Library at 7; refreshments provided. On Saturday, Feb. 14, CAT will hold their second annual fruit tree pruning workshop led by arborist Allan Poole at his orchard on Jackson Hill Road in Middlefield. The program will be hands-on and begin at 9 a.m. Hot chocolate provided. Finally, on Saturday, March 28, CAT will host a celebration whose theme will be “Springing into our Future,” in honor of the beginning of spring, that will hopefully engage many members of our communities to begin or continue working for increased sustainability and resiliency through whatever means captures the imaginations of those who attend and participate. Mark this date, if you’re interested in a thriving future for our towns! Exact time and venue will be announced later. Coginchaug Area Transition is a two-and-a-half yearold citizens’ group working
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Opinion Skipping vaccines an unwise decision By Marybeth Ellison, MD, FAAP
this critical time of year, communities, especially young children and the elderly, are I am truly concerned re- prone to serious complicagarding a recent letter pub- tions from an Influenza inlished in the Opinion section, fection. There are significant “Skip the Vaccine.” During bodies of evidence delineat-
ing the vectors of infectious disease, prevention of many of these illnesses, as well as treatment. All of these findings are codified and verified via the scientific method. All of the technology that most people enjoy without a thought, everything from cell phones and Wi-Fi to jet air travel are based on a body
of mathematic and scientific discoveries and applications which have been accrued by the geniuses of humanity over the last millennia. It seems beyond absurd, to embrace technology when it serves our whims, yet deny the rigor of scientific methodology if its conclusions collide with our distorted
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world view. This most often seems to arise in the area of climate change and vaccines and the prevention of disease. Most people are ignorant, in the true sense of the word, of the ramifications of avoiding immunization. The names of diseases are polysyllabic, faroff, abstract terms which have no context for most people, thanks to the very success of the immunization programs that they eschew. I have had the privilege to work in West Africa earlier in my career and see children die of preventable causes such as Measles, Varicella, and Meningococcemia. The risk from infections from any given preventable disease must be weighed against any potential risk from the vaccine. Parents need to make these decisions with their
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Weekly drop-in programs for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Visit www.durhamlibrary.org/kids/programs for a scheduled of events. Passes, Zinio Kids in the Kitchen (8 to 11 Levi E. Coe Library has years). Wednesdays, Oct. 15 museum passes. Multiple and 22, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Regisstate parks and forests are tration required. Register for one session only. available. Saturday Science Club (8 to Zinio - The Levi E. Coe Library subscribes to Zinio. Pa- 11 years). Saturday, Oct. 18, 2 trons may access over a dozen p.m. Hands-on program. Registration is required. different magazines online.
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trusted health care provider; hopefully, one that is actively practicing and a member of an accredited body such as the AAP, AAFP, etc. For parents who are concerned, please look at reputable sources such as the American Academy of Pediatrics: www2.aap.org/immunization/families/deciding, or, the Center for Disease Control, CDC, http://www.cdc.gov/ vaccinesafety/index. There are many facets of vaccine administration that have been well –documented, include all potential adverse sequelae through the VAERS [Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System] established by the CDC and the FDA. I work professionally with children with a myriad of developmental delays, and the one area that we are quite clear on, is that there is no increased incidence of autism associated with vaccine administration. Even the original Pediatric Gastroenterologist in the UK who started the controversy, eventually recanted his position, and the journal that published it printed a formal retraction due to flawed methodology. A large new
meta-analysis shows no link whatsoever between autism and any vaccine, including the MMR [Measles, Mumps, Rubella]. Unfortunately, once a concern has been raised, no matter how spurious or unsubstantiated, it is hard to put “that genie back in the bottle.” As humans, it is good to question, to strive to improve things, to create better solutions, to consider all possibilities. All of the discoveries and recommendations regarding vaccines come from factual, objective data, data that is derived from the scientific process and, usually, millions of doses of vaccines. On this particular issue, the data is clear. The benefits of almost all vaccinations far outweigh the possible negative adverse reactions. For the few vaccines that are more potentially reactive, they are for diseases that are more serious and lethal, and are not part of the routine recommendations, such as Yellow Fever. The risk of disease must be weighed against any potential risk from the vaccine in all cases, but the data to base your decision on should be real, reproducible, verifiable, not anecdotal, or an observation not held to the
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Historical Society - The Durham Historical Society is scheduled to be open to the public, Sunday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Artist event - Colors of the Wind Artists’ Emporium & Consignments, 360 Main St., has scheduled a trunk show/meet the artist event for Saturday, Oct. 11, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Artisan Joy Balsamo is scheduled to be featured. For more information, call (860) 788-2514. Cross country - CRHS at Wickham Invitational. Girls volleyball - CRHS vs. Morgan at CRHS, 5:30 p.m.
Community supper - The Church of the Epiphany, 196 Main St., has scheduled a free community supper for Sunday, Oct. 12, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call (860) 349-9644 or email office@epiphanydurham.org.
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Girls volleyball - CRHS vs. Cromwell at CRHS, 5:30 p.m.
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Blood drive - The AmerSaturday, Oct. 18 ican Red Cross has scheduled a blood drive for Chili cook-off - Church Thursday, Oct. 16, 1 to 6 of the Epiphany, 196 Main p.m., at the Middlefield Fed- St., has scheduled a chili
present “Meadows Large and Small” for Saturday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to noon at the Connecticut Forest & Park Assoc., 16 Meriden Road, Rockfall. A fee is charged. Space is limited. Early registration is recommended. For more information, visit www.ctwoodlands.org/ MeadowSeminar. Harvest Day - Harvest Day is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Dudley Farm, 2351 Durham Road, North Guilford. The Dudley Farm Museum and the Farmers’ Market have planned a celebration with food, music, activities for children and See Calendar / Page 17
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ers, for Tuesday, Oct. 14, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St. For more information and to sign up, contact Pam Carey at (203) 349-0453 or carey_ clan@sbcglobal.net. Boys soccer - CRHS vs. Morgan at CRHS, 3:45 p.m. Girls soccer - CRHS vs. Morgan at CRHS, 4 p.m.
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One of the relatively unknown good things that flows from the Durham Fair is the donation of unclaimed produce and baked goods to the St. Vincent DePaul soup kitchen in Middletown. Thanks are due to the Vegetable and Baking Departments, the entrants who donate their entries and the volunteers who pack it up and bring it to Middletown. According to St. Vincent DePaul director Ron Krom, staff
St. Vincent dePaul Middletown and the Amazing Grace Food Pantry have scheduled the kickoff of the Amazing Challenge, for Thursday, Oct. 23, 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the parish center at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 10 Elm St., Middletown. The event features a soup supper and the famous South Fire District chili as well as serving as a thank you to the volunteers and donors to Amazing Grace throughout the year. For more information, call (860) 614-6814 or email cathieg1968@yahoo.com.
and patrons alike look forward to the Tuesday after the Durham Fair and the goodies that await. “Everything is used and appreciated,” Krom said. Some of the specially decorated cakes are frozen and brought out for children’s birthdays. Perhaps this year, with a Christmas theme in the Baking Department, there will be a holiday party with cakes from the fair! | Photos by Sue VanDerzee
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Faith Missionaries and their efforts to quash Ebola virus funeral pyres of their husbands, battled cannibalism in places like Borneo, and sown seeds of democracy in other societies. A few at our seminary who embraced a narrower evangelical theology focused on souls saved from eternity in hell. Other students were critical of most missionary efforts. How frequently they had accompanied European colonialism, exuding an air of superiority. Too often they had demeaned indigenous customs and observances. An inspiring example of missionary work, of course,
was that of Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to the destitute in Calcutta. When she found the sick abandoned on the streets, of any age or faith, she and her Missionaries of Charity would gently care for them. Even she came under fire. I remember an article describing Mother Teresa as a well-meaning enemy of progress in India. Why? As a devout Catholic, she denounced artificial birth control, which, that critic charged, condemned many innocent babies to lives of utter misery. Two American-based mis-
commendable, but serious errors of judgment have been made by its current president, Frank Graham, son of Billy Graham. Among them was his description of Islam as “evil” and “wicked.” Such reckless public statements are exploited by Muslim extremists as proof that Christians are out to destroy their religion. Another major blunder was during the 1990-1991 Gulf War when Samaritan’s Purse boldly suggested that the United States military help distribute Arab-language New TesSee Missionaries / Page 18
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Twenty years ago, in 1994, I was attending a dinner in B ombay (Mumbai), India. Seated on my left was a Zoroastrian couple. Zoroaster was a spiritual leader in anRalph cient Persia, Lord Roy and some scholars claim that the religion he established was the first to espouse monotheism and had a major influence upon Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Zoroastrians faced severe persecution and most of them fled to India, where they are known as Parsii (Persians).Their priests are called Magi, highlighted in the Christmas story. The couple was well-informed. What sticks in my mind was a question asked by the Zoroastrian woman: “Why do Christians work so hard to proselytize?” She pointed out that adherents of different religions have their treasured beliefs and traditions, and that some missionaries are ignorant and bigoted in the way they view other faiths. We had discussed this issue in seminary, both in class and in dormitory bull sessions. There were those who pointed to countless schools and hospitals established by missionaries, how they had helped rid India of suttee, the evil practice of widows throwing themselves on the burning
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The Child Development classes at Coginchaug Regional High School have scheduled free playgroups for area children, ages 1 year to 4 years old. The program is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 27 through Friday, Dec. 19. Two sessions are scheduled. The afternoon session is scheduled for Monday through Friday, 12:40 to 1:40 p.m. Morning session is scheduled for 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on specific dates. For more information, contact Christen Bertz at (860) 349-7215 or email cbertz@rsd13.org.
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The Child Development classes at Coginchaug Regional High School has scheduled playgroups for area children, ages 1 year to 4 years old, Oct. 27 to Dec. 19. The program is free of charge. Afternoon sessions are scheduled for Monday through Friday, 12:40 to 1:40 p.m. Morning sessions ares scheduled for every other day from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. beginning Tuesday, Oct. 28, meeting only on specific dates. For more information, contact Christen Bertz at (860) 349-7215 or cbertz@rsd13.org.
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taments. This drew a rebuke from Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and showed how little Graham’s group understood both America’s separation of church and state and intelligent evangelistic work in the Muslim world. The other missionary group, SIM, was founded in 1893 by three young men, two of whom died of malaria
the next year. SIM originally meant “Sudan Interior Mission.” As its work expanded and it merged with other groups it has come to mean “Serving in Mission.” Today SIM sends 1,600 missionaries to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Nancy Writebol, 59, was the second Ebola patient to be flown to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She and her husband were work-
ing with SIM in Liberia after thirteen years of serving orphans and widows in Ecuador and Zambia for Rafiki, another Christian missionary group. Like Brantley, she too, recovered from Ebola. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, from central Massachusetts, also with Samaritan’s Purse, was the third Ebola patient flown to the United States, this time to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Most Americans, it appears, have not objected to bringing these courageous humanitarians back to the United States as long as they are carefully isolated during their recovery. One sharp critic, however, is Donald Trump who loudly trumpeted his view that it is “absolutely crazy” to allow Ebola-infected people into the country. Perhaps the Donald should stick to real
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Fair served up some good, clean fun By Mark Dionne
To jump into the mud pit, created just for the Redneck Games, competitors dressed in fairy wings, tutus, and The Mud Pit Belly Flop Contest bikinis. The female competitors wore drew a dozen men and women to the more reserved costumes. Audience applause and volunteer Redneck Arena at the Durham Fair to judges determined the winners. compete, and many more to watch. Town Times
Eventual winner on the men’s side, Bruce Picard of Middletown, said he would turn 55 in a month, which put him a couple of decades older than the other competitors. The emcee of the event called him “Mr. A.A.R.P.” When asked what got him into the
competition, Picard pointed to his wife. “She did.” Picard said he has experience playing around in mud as a frequent participant in Middletown’s popular mud volleyball tournament, which raised money for epilepsy research.
Bruce Picard of Middletown was named the winner of the first Mud Pit Belly Flop Contest at the Durham Fair. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
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Despite the inclement weather, Coginchaug downed Lewis Mills this past Saturday, 46-0. Jake Ober scored three times behind a strong performance from the offensive line. On the defensive side, Joe Prifitera recovered a fumble and scored. Tailback Cam Powers added two more rushing touchdowns for the Devils, followed by a Zach Valone score to complete the onslaught. Next up for Coginchaug is a clash of the Pequot Leage titans, as the undefeated Devils take on Morgan Friday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Peters Complex in Clinton. Of note: Due to the weather, the Golf Ball Drop was postponed until after the team’s game against Enfield on Oct. 18.
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Senior Services for the Towns of Durham and Middlefield and St. Luke’s Community Services of Middletown are partnering in recruiting volunteers who would like to help local elderly individuals remain at home and maintain a good quality of life by providing visitation, grocery shopping or transportation to out-oftown medical appointments. Volunteers can choose to help one or more individuals for just a few hours a month, as there is no minimum time requirement. An orientation session is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 22, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Middlefield Senior Center, 405 Main St., Middlefield. Volunteer candidates must register at least one week in advance of orientation. For more information and to register, contact Cassandra Aronson at (860) 999-1683 or cassandra@stlukeshome.org.
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