Volume 19, Number 26
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
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Friday, October 24, 2014
Split between two state House and Senate districts, Durham hosts more political contests than other towns but ends up, according to some, with less representation. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Multiple districts for Durham voting George Washington (Principal Kevin Brough) and his Cannon Master (Hans Pederson) stand with the Memorial School students picked to read their essays on the district’s Core Ethical Values. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Memorial School celebrates core values By Mark Dionne Town Times
Oct. 15, Memorial Middle School celebrated the district’s Core Ethical Values with an outdoor event punctuated by essay readings and cannon blasts. Each year, members of the district’s schools pledge to be guided by the Core Ethical Values of respect, responsibility, honesty, kindness, and courage. For each of the five values, a writer was selected from the fifth and sixth grades to read their essay or poem to the school community. George Washington, played by Principal Kevin Brough, hosted the event and commented on each value as well. Hans Pederson brought the cannon used to start the Memorial Day parade and fired a blast for each Core Ethical Abbey Brandt goes on tippy-toes to read her essay. Value, as well as a sixth big | Mark Dionne / Town Times blast for fun.
By Mark Dionne
sprouting up mostly indicate the multiple districts dividing the town. In 2011, Durham was split Numerous roadside political signs are often an indi- into two districts for both cation of a large election or the Connecticut Senate and contentious local contest or House. According to Durham ballot measure. For the run up to the Nov. 4 elections in Durham, the groups of signs See Voting / Page 16 Town Times
Church expects to name new leader soon By Olivia L. Lawrence
The interim minister will replace longtime minister The United Churches of Elven Riggles Jr., who died Durham expects to have an in May at the age of 55. He interim minister in place had headed the church for nearly 25 years. soon. Generally, when there is Co-deacon Tracy Morse said leadership is talking the loss of a long-term paswith several candidates tor, congregations will use with interim training and an interim minister in bewith two particular candi- tween appointing a new dates, in depth. There have permanent leader, Morse been Skype interviews with said. Legal counsel for the the church council and the intent is to name a new local head by Nov. 1. See Church / Page 18 Town Times