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Friday, September 12, 2014

Brian Falcone, pictured in June at the Coginchaug Regional High School Class of 2014 graduation, began his first school year as principal at CRHS. | Mark Dionne / Town Times

New principal starts at CRHS

By Mark Dionne Town Times

The first day of this school year also marked the first school year at Coginchaug Regional High School for new principal Brian Falcone.

Falcone, who began in July after serving since 2010 as principal at Terryville High School, has been walking the halls and stepping into classrooms to meet students.

The new principal is part of a wave of administrative turnover in recent years and that change, according to Falcone, will have an impact. “You have a new superintendent, a new athletic director, a fairly new assistant principal, and a new principal ... so with that, there’s going to be some changes that occur based on the vision that we all have to move our schools forward.”

In an interview with the Town Times, Falcone said, “We’re going to be evaluating and basically auditing things that have been going on at the high school for a long time. For example, the block schedule has been here for a long time ... There are concerns with regards to consistency in instruction” with the block schedule.

CRHS is only slightly larger than Terryville and, according to Falcone, the district’s CORE ethical values were similar to those at his former school. High community and student involvement at CRHS impressed Falcone. “The main thing that attracted me here was the community’s investment in education, in seeing the importance of it.”

Falcone stressed public support for the See Falcone / Page 5

Event organizer Lisa Davenport waves the white cowbell she received as a gift before the party. | Photos by Mark Dionne / Town Times

Diners spend ‘An Evening in White’

By Mark Dionne Town Times

An unusual gathering took place in Durham on the evening of Sept. 7. Ticket buyers for the outdoor dinner party, called “An Evening in White,” did not know where they would be going until getting a text message or e-mail at 2 p.m. that afternoon.

Like a slow-moving flash mob that focused on eating and drinking instead of dancing, the event came together quickly. In the afternoon, the lot at 281 Main St. in Durham was empty and at 6 p.m. it was filled with tables, chairs, the Jack Riotte and Friends band, and about 250 guests.

As instructed, guests wore entirely white. Some women choose simple white outfits or dresses. Others wore elegant white fashions and a few sported

Jack Riotte & Friends played jazz music during the dinner. white feathered boas. Men, a mi“When you look at the color nority in the crowd, were allowed white and see all of these people, to cheat with khaki pants, and many did.

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Plans begin for Middlefield’s sesquicentennial chair the sesquicentennial committee. Hurlbert told the Board of Selectmen at their Middlefield will celebrate Sept. 2 meeting that the celits 150th birthday as a town ebration would take place in the summer of 2016 and from June 2-12, 2016.

“That’s a Thursday to a folit’s not too early to start planning, said First Selectman Jon lowing Sunday, so we’ll have Brayshaw and Chris Hurl- two full weekends in there to bert, Parks and Recreation get stuff done,” Hurlbert said.

An undertaking of this size director.

More than 30 residents will consist of lead-up events, have come forward to help including fundraisers. Hurlplan the sesquicentennial cel- bert said volunteers have already investigated the posebration, Brayshaw said.

Hurlbert has agreed to sibilities of “a ball or gala”

out to different organizations,” said Hurlbert. “I want everyone to have an opportunity to put input into the event.”

“This is exciting,” said Brayshaw.

The event is far enough away on the calendar that even counting down to the event is in the planning stages. Hurlbert mentioned selling t-shirts and hats at the 2015 Durham Fair as a kickoff and fund-raiser. Brayshaw discussed town banners or

and an Oktoberfest to raise funds for the later celebration. Other fundraising possibilities included weekly raffles, an ice fishing derby and skating party, and a townwide tag sale.

Although the event itself is still far off, a picture of what it might look like can be drawn by some of the subcommittees formed — parade, entertainment, security, safety, food vendor, craft vendor, and commercial vendor.

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Thursday, Sept. 18, 6:30 to Library hours: Monday 7:30 p.m. Drop in.

Visit www.durhamlibrary. through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 org/kids/programs for a full schedule of events. a.m. to 5 p.m.

Library hours: Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed Fridays.

The library is scheduled to be closed Saturday, Sept. 27, Programs for Programs for for the Durham Fair.

Children young adults Volunteers are need for Preschool programs begin Super Smash Bros. Brawl the Levi E. Coe coffee booth League (ages 12 to 18). Every at the fair. Stop by or call the Sept. 15 - Drop in.

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Mother Goose Storytime 18). Saturday, Sept. 20, 3 to 4 College Admissions (walkers - 30 months). Mon- p.m. Registration required. days, 10:15 a.m.

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school and said he hoped the community would show up in large numbers for school activities like athletic events, band concerts, and plays. The high attendance at freshmen orientation, Falcone said, was evidence of a community involved with its schools.

In first meeting with the teachers, Falcone said he emphasized consistency in education and giving the students a “common experience” between classes, meaning the students taking the same class will have a similar experience even with different teachers.

“The vision is to be more consistent with regards to the academics we’re provid-

ing for our students,” said Falcone, who has been impressed with the staff. “The professionalism of the staff has been amazing. This staff is so committed to the kids and the town. There is such pride in the school.”

In the near future, the new principal would like to bring college partnership classes to CRHS. College partnership classes are taught by high school teachers with a master’s degree in their subject using a syllabus that aligns 80 percent with a college course.

The classes operate as regular classes, but students receive one high school credit and three college credits per class.

The college credits might have to be paid for. For exam-

ple, students in courses partnered with UConn have paid $35 per credit in the past. College partnership classes are different from AP courses in the variety offered. Many of them could be directed at sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are not on an AP track.

Terryville High School offered over a dozen classes that were partnered with UConn, Tunxis Community College, and Lincoln College.

“My goal is to have a number of those college classes in here,” Falcone said.

Of the Common Core, Falcone said that sometimes with change the transition is the hardest part, such as continuing a student’s education while they switch from one

curriculum to another.

“We don’t have control over whether the Common Core comes to us or not, we don’t have control over the SBAC testing, but we do have control over what our teachers are focusing on with our kids and how we’re preparing them for the real world,” Falcone said.

Change has been the theme in education in general and specifically in District 13 for a while and Falcone said this can also be a time for improvement. “It’s going to be a lot of hard work over the next few years but part of the vision to move us to the next level is taking departments and having them work together on reading and writing and math and science and

working together and collaborating to give the kids what they need and to show them and teach them in different ways.”

Currently living in Cheshire, Falcone grew up in Miller Place, New York and said he always wanted to be an educator. A graduate of Sacred Heart University and Southern Connecticut State University, he first went into elementary education in Stratford, Connecticut but discovered he liked high school administration more.

“We’re going to work hard to improve this school ... It’s a great school and we want to take it to the next level. What I ask for from the community is to come support our events.”

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Dinner From Page 1

it’s so elegant,” said Lisa Davenport of Durham, one of the event’s organizers.

“We were looking for a fresh new event,” Davenport said.

The dinner was inspired by a similar event in Paris, “Le Diner en Blanc,” and has spread across the United States as a different type of fund raiser.

Ticket purchases and food donations for “An Evening in White” benefited the United Church of Durham and the town’s food bank.

Davenport and Leslie Ozols of Durham had a seven-woman committee to organize the event, which relied on social media. “The hardest part was probably navigating the entries as they came in and getting the word out,” Davenport said. “I had a few bumps but the joy of planning this is navigating the bumps.”

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Welcoming guests to “An Evening in White” are, from left, Leslie Ozols, Lisa Davenport, Tony Terzi, Hans Pedersen, and Russ Donovan, who performed a blessing.

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Jill Thompson of Durham brought her German shorthaired pointer Vinny to and was greeted by multiple the dinner. ‘He fit the dress honking cars. “An Evening in code,’ Thompson said.

White” inspired more than a few ladies nights and several of these groups joked that the which included a party-wide passing cars were their hus- white napkin wave, both bands driving by. Only a few Ozols and event emcee Tony people joked about 281 Main Terzi said that this would be St.’s more common name, an annual event.

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When they welcomed ended after sunset with muguests and performed a toast, sic by DJ Hans Pedersen.

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State Foley testifies he hid Rowland campaign work NEW HAVEN — The key prosecution witness at John Rowland’s political conspiracy trial says he hired the former governor as a consultant for his wife’s 2012 Congressional campaign, but hid the deal in a consulting contract for his nursing home company.

Brian Foley testified Monday that Rowland understood the agreement, sending an email that read, “I get it.”

Foley also testified that to make the consulting deal look legitimate, he only publicly discussed with Rowland the health care consulting work he could do for the company, dealing with issues such as dealing with the state health care system and union contracts.

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Expert foresees foliage perfection NEW HAVEN — A horticulture expert says Connecticut could have a perfect fall foliage. Unless it rains.

The New Haven Register reports that Jeff Ward, chief scientist of Forestry and Horticulture for the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, says the leaves look pretty good so far. He says there’s been enough rain to keep them healthy with potential for a “spectacular fall.”

But that the colors could be dulled if it rains for several days or even if there’s a steady drizzle that leeches out the color.

The fall foliage cycle is on schedule in Connecticut with October the month for leaf-peeping. Ward says the

first week of October is peak for northwest Connecticut, the second week for the central area and the third week for the shoreline.

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servation Law Foundation to Maine utility regulators.

The environmental group says it urged expanding natural gas in the late 1990s and early 2000s as an alternative to oil- and coal-fired plants.

New fight erupts over It now says the argument is about whether ratepayers natural gas plan should subsidize gas pipeline HARTFORD — A new fight construction.

— Associated Press has emerged over efforts to shift New England from oil and coal to lower-cost nat- School on probation ural gas. Plans by New En- addressing issues gland’s governors and energy officials to expand natural gas NEW HAVEN — A school have drawn battles among that is among Connecticut’s energy companies, environmentalists and local and state officials.

Now, a Portland, Maine, lawyer who represents a pipeline company, manufacturers and two organized labor groups is accusing environmental advocates of abandoning their early support for cleaner energy and trying to block pipeline projects.

Anthony Buxton has taken his complaint about the ConHelping You Save

leading producers of teachers says it was addressing deficiencies before state officials put it on probation.

A three-year probation period for the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University was unanimously approved Sept. 3 by an 8-0 vote of the state Board of Education, which cited several deficiencies in the school’s teacher programs.

University President Mary Papazian says a probation period wasn’t warranted and See State / Page 9

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Op-Ed Lots of critters to love (for the most part)

By Diana Carr

liage and thickets and wildflowers. I love the wildness of it all. And so do the critters, My yard is a constant de- most of whom I also love.

There’s dragonflies and lalight to me, because I let Mother Nature have its way dybugs and butterflies and with it. There’s some man- birds and grasshoppers and icured lawn, but not much. crickets and some rather unThere’s woods and wetlands attractive bugs that I cannot, and a stream, and lots of fo- nor do I need to, identify. And Special to Town Times

Independent Party endorses Wilson Bruce Wilson, candidate for State Senate in Connecticut’s 12th District has received the official endorsement of the Independent Party of Connecticut.

Wilson, a long time resident of Madison, has already been endorsed by the Republican Party for the 12th Senate District comprising the towns of Durham, Killingworth, Madison, Guilford, Branford, and North Branford.

“I am honored to receive this endorsement from the Independent Party. This

demonstrates my ability to speak to issues that concern all of us in the 12th District and in the state, regardless of party affiliation,” the candidate said. “It is time for an independent-minded leader to stand up for the people.

We are overtaxed and it has to stop. I look forward to the debates scheduled for September and October where voters can see for themselves, my common sense approach to helping Connecticut get back on the path to success.”

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they all like to join me in my above-ground pool. I am forever fishing them out with a net, lest the poor things drown. I have saved many lives over the years.

And there’s the bees. I’ve made an agreement with them; if they leave me alone I will leave them alone. They

have not always held up their end of the bargain.

My favorite critter is the woodchuck that comes on a regular basis. I had never seen a woodchuck, so when I first saw him by my back steps my wild imagination immediately leapt to the conclusion that this was a

fisher cat. I’ve never seen one of those, either. But an Internet search warned me of their aggressiveness, so I spent a couple of days walking around with a big stick, in order to keep from being shredded to pieces. But when See Critters / Page 9

Letters to the Editor Dad would be proud To the editor: When the Town Times published a photo of the winning Minor League All-Star baseball team in front of the scoreboard at the Coginchaug Little League field this summer I began to think about everyone who has seen that scoreboard and wondered about Walter C. Burns, my father, and the man whose name appears on it.

Walter Burns lived on Indian Lane and loved calling Durham his home. He was proud to march in local parades Walter as a World Burns War II veteran of the U. S. Navy submarine service and as a member and past commander of Durham’s VFW Post 10169. He loved the Durham Fair and could be found every day of the fair serving up hot dogs and steamed cheeseburgers in the VFW booth. He loved exhibiting his garden vegetables and creative crafts at the fair every year, and he never went home with fewer than a dozen first-place ribbons.

My father loved Durham’s small town charm and the wholesome values of its citizens. As the father of eight and grandfather of 17, he thought Durham was a wonderful place for children to grow up. He enjoyed cheer-

ing on the young people of Durham and Middlefield at their athletic events, and was especially proud of the Coginchaug Little League organization. During his lifetime he and the other members of VFW Post 10169 worked hard to raise the funds necessary to purchase the first electronic scoreboard for the Little League field.

In 1995, a year following his death, the electronic scoreboard you see today was installed. A gift from Post 10169, it was dedicated to the memory of Walter C. Burns, a proud member of the post until his death.

Walter Burns would have been honored and humbled to know that his memory has lived on in a way that held such special meaning for him.

Alice Burns, Durham

Our current task force needs motivated individuals to aid in benchmarking our municipal electricity usage, refreshing a mural on one of our town buildings, planning a potential solar farm on industrial property, deciding whether or not to participate in the next “Solarize” program, and encouraging homeowners to take advantage of state programs such as “Home Energy Solutions,” Smart-E Loans, CT Solar Loans, and CT Solar Leases.

Please contact me, Jen Huddleston, at jen.e.ren10@ gmail.com to find out more.

If you are from Durham, please contact Tom Kannam at tkannam@gmail.com for more information on the Durham task force as well.

Thanks, Jen Huddleston, Middlefield

Task force seeks members

Forget the horse tax

To the editor: Please consider joining the Middlefield Clean Energy Task Force. We are considering a number of exciting new initiatives that will make a positive impact on the Middlefield community and the planet. Our goals are to save the town money while at the same time, adopt cutting edge programs and technologies that will encourage energy conservation and move us away from fossil fuel consumption.

We need your help!

To the editor: For the liberally-minded living in Durham and Connecticut in general, a horse tax makes sense. Sure, tax anything and everything and grow the government.

The government is a legal extortionist.

By why stop at horses?

What about rabbits?

What about hamsters and parakeets?

I had a parakeet once that was worth a million dollars to me. Why wasn’t my parakeet taxed?

Mark J. Czaja, Middlefield

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Critters I sent a picture of my visitor to my then-editor, she told me it was a woodchuck. Breath out, stick down! I count on Woody’s visits now. (Yes, I put a lot of thought into his name! It was between Woody or Chuck.) Every day – several times a day, actually – you can find me going to the back door, looking for his chubby brown body to come waddling out of the brush. He sits on his haunches and sniffs the air for something invisible to me. He roots around in the ground. His presence comforts me. I don’t know how he feels about our relationship, but I consider him a dear friend.

Oh, but sometimes there’s trouble in paradise! I am referring to – and the very word makes me reach for the smelling salts – snakes. There’s an abundance of them here, and every one strikes terror in my heart of the most dire proportions. I am beyond a phobia.

Seeing one nearly requires the services of an EMT. Screaming, racing heart, hyperventilation. It isn’t pretty. I have a small tool shed that apparently they think of as their gathering place, and I cannot describe what I went through every time I opened the doors to get my lawnmower out. I banged on the doors (at this, a woman visiting my next door neighbor, not knowing of my predicament, expressed concern for my mental faculties), which I hid behind and opened ever so slowly, and yep, there would be one of the beasts. So no mowing the lawn that day.

I now have a push lawnmower, the kind with the blades and no engine, and it lives in my hall closet. As do shovels, rakes, hoes, a weed whacker, clippers, etc.

There’s no more need to go into the tool shed, or down into my crawl space, another hot spot for the beasts. They like to curl up on the top step, and my banging on the cellar doors first doesn’t seem to faze them in the least. They just lounge there like they own the place. Once when I was in my crawl space I saw a five-foot snake skin draped over one of the rafters. Which means the previous owner of

the aforementioned garment had outgrown it. Aggghhhhh!

And then there’s the bold fellow who had the audacity to come into my house. It was right around the time we had Tropical Storm Irene. I was sitting at my computer when I saw out of the corner of my eye that my cat (who doesn’t go outside, so we can’t blame any of this on him) was tugging on something. It was a snake! I got out of the chair so fast that I knocked it over, got my dear kitty out of the room, and stuffed towels under the door in case the creature got it into its little reptilian head to check out the rest of the house. I called my friend, who said I was hyperventilating and needed to breathe into a paper bag. Later my neighbor came over and did a thorough search, to make sure it had gone back to its own abode.

For days I was scared to go into that room.

And now the latest insult.

Let me preface this, so that you will understand how truly horrific the situation is, by telling you that I live for my above-ground pool.

Friends and family know this is not an exaggeration. Every afternoon you can find me swirling ‘round and ‘round, reading, drinking my tea, slipping into the water when I’m hot. My days revolve around this, mind you. So imagine my dismay when I was filling the vacuum hose up with water by holding it to the jet stream, and lo and behold, there was a snake in the pool about a foot away from me. I had no idea I could move so fast. I have an image of myself with arms and legs flailing wildly, like I was a cartoon character.

I spent the day on the phone, telling my tale of woe to everyone. I wanted sympathy, and lots of it. When I finally got up the nerve to check out the situation, with a friend on the phone with me, the creature was gone.

A mixed blessing. Glad he was gone, but thinking that if he could hoist himself out, he could also hoist himself back in. I finally realized that he must have crawled into the hose, and the jet stream flushed him out. So now I have duct tape across the opening of the hose, and I had my neighbor mow the

surrounding tall grass. But every time I’m in my pool, my head swivels around at regular intervals, just to make sure there’s no intruders.

So my summers are a mixed bag. I constantly delight in the wonders of nature. And I am constantly on the lookout for the you-know-whats, always keeping my eyes on the ground. And though I truly love this time of year, I have come to appreciate winter, with its dearth of serpents.

It feels good to finally be able to look up again!

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the issues with teaching programs should be resolved within a year.

The probation was imposed after a visit in March by a team of state education officials and representatives from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The national council said the school was meeting its standards, but state officials said the school wasn’t meeting state standards.

— Associated Press

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Calendar uled for Saturday, Sept. 13, 6 to 9 p.m., at Arrigoni Winery, Portland. A fee is charged.

Proceeds benefit Cat Tales Non-Profit Rescue. Seating is limited. For more information and tickets, call (860) 344-9043 or email ctracy15@ aol.com.

Farmer’s Market - Dudley Farm Farmer’s Market has scheduled a Fairy Festival for Saturday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children, accompanied by an adult, can follow the Fairy Trail, build a fairy house, decorate a wand or create a crown. Call (860) 349-3917 or www.dudleyfarm.com.

Friday, Sept. 12 Cross country - CRHS at Blue Dragon Invitational at Veteran’s Park, Middletown, 3:30 p.m.

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Shredding event Durham and Middlefield residents can participate in a free paper shredding event, Saturday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m. to noon, at Middletown Water and Sewer Department, 82 Berlin St. No businesses.

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Historical Society - The Durham Historical Society is scheduled to be open to the public, Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Religious persecution targets Christians, others Obituary A good religion is one that helps provide the believer with courage in time of trial, comfort when sad, faith to meet the challenges of daily life, a supportive community and a moral code of ethics to live by. As for doctrine, I respect just about every form of spirituality, including mainstream Islam.

I take serious issue, however, Ralph with any exLord Roy pression of Commentary religion that promotes arrogance, prejudice, cruelty and/or persecution. We’re witnessing all that today, and especially from Islamic extremists - militant Muslims who regard as enemy “infidels” any who disagree with them. Much of the bitter conflict in the Middle East today is between Sunni and Shia Muslims, foes since Islam split back in the late 7th century Early Christians faced severe persecution, but once they became a majority they often showed little tolerance. Recall the deliberate

slaughter of the Albigensians, the terror of the Inquisition, pogroms aimed at Jews and the shameful religious wars following the Reformation. Even the brilliant saint-philosopher, Thomas Aquinas, advocated the execution of heretics lest their heresies lead others into the fires of hell.

Atrocities found in the scriptures have always troubled me, too, most of them attributed to God. These include the Great Flood, when the Lord decided to drown everybody except Noah and his family, God’s command to Moses to kill every Midianite (except virgins), his order to Joshua to murder the people of Jericho (except a prostitute collaborator and her family), and his insistence that Saul slaughter all surviving Amalekites. Such horrendous Bible stories almost kept me from entering seminary. How could they be compatible with a loving, merciful and just God? I still wince when I read Psalm 137:9.

Muslim extremists are convinced that their faith is the one under assault. Decades of European colonialism, and the more recent invasions of Afghanistan and

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Girls volleyball - CRHS vs. Cromwell at Cromwell, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 23 Boys soccer - CRHS vs.

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Wednesday, Sept. 24 Girls soccer - CRHS vs.

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Girls volleyball - CRHS vs. Two Rivers Magnet at CRHS, 3:45 p.m.

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Girls volleyball - CRHS vs. Old Lyme at Old Lyme, 5:30 p.m.

Iraq have tapped into deeply-rooted resentment. Rapid and radical cultural changes, coming out of the West, have angered many devout Muslims as they have many devout Christians.

When practiced as prescribed, Islam invades daily life in a way that few other religions do. Consider the requirement that Muslims stop all other activity five times each day to prostrate themselves in prayer. This keeps their religion front and center, and can help develop a very strong bond between the believer and his faith, sometimes leading to an inflexible and aggressive fundamentalism.

Among tragic stories is the familiar one out of northern Nigeria concerning Boko Haram and its kidnapping of 276 teenage girls, most of them affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. Boko Haram means essentially “western education is evil,” pinpointing the conflict between modern education and imperious Islam, especially its views on women. This vicious organization continues killing, kidnapping, and burning, convinced that it’s doing Allah’s will.

An even more threatening development has been the emergence of the brutal ISIS (Islamic State of Syria and Iraq) which has seized territory in Syria and Iraq, intent on recreating a Sunni Caliphate throughout the Middle East and beyond. This group has especially targeted Christians, Shia Muslims, Kurds, and the Yazidis - the last falsely accused of ‘devil-worship.’ Non-Muslims are forced to convert, leave the area, or be murdered, causing thousands to flee. The advance of ISIS recently has been slowed by increased military resistance on the ground assisted by American aircraft overhead.

Even a small number of such crazed fanatics could do

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enormous damage anywhere in the world, including the United States.

Christians have been targeted in various other Muslim countries. Ironically, Iran, viewed for decades as an implacable foe by many Americans, now seems aligned against ISIS. Also ironic is that Saudi Arabia, generally seen as a strong American ally, enforces Sharia law with a special vengeance, and considerable support for radical Islam has come from wealthy Saudis, including the late and infamous Osama bin Laden.

Among grievous consequences of this persecution could be the permanent displacement of various ancient Christian communities in parts of the Middle East, some affiliated with such autonomous churches as the Assyrian Church of the East, others under the jurisdiction of the Vatican, still others Eastern Orthodox. Pope Francis, the World Council of Churches and various Muslim leaders have joined in sharply condemning this heinous oppression.

There is mistreatment of Christians in many other countries. North Korea has been rated the most hostile to all religion. While China permits religious observance, it tries to keep churches under government surveillance and control.

Many eyes are on India where there has been sporadic rioting against Christians and Muslims. The Hindu-related political party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), won in the last general election.

Ralph Lord Roy of Southington is a retired United Methodist minister. Email: Ralphlroy@aol.com.

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Ruth Naomi (Rose) Kowalski ROCK FALL — Ruth Naomi (Rose) Kowalski, 87, of Rock Fall, wife of the late Stanley Kowalski, passed away peacefully, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, at Wadsworth Glen in Middletown.

She was born in Patterson, N.J., a daughter of Reuben and Helen (Blake) Rose.

Ruth was retired from Valley Oil, where she worked for 45 years. She was an active member in the community as well as the Democratic Town Committee. She was a volunteer at the Middlefield Community Center for many years and will be greatly missed. Ruth leaves behind a sister, Ada Hill, and her husband, Earl, of Portland; several nieces and nephews, along with their families; and her “adopted” sister and best friend, Connie Drega, of Rock Fall. She is also predeceased by sisters, Jenny Roddy, Helen Stevenson, and Doris Harnois; a brother, Kenneth Rose; and a niece, Susan Hill.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m., at the Middlefield Federated Church, 402 Main St. Middlefield, CT 06455.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Ruth’s memory may be made to the Middlesex Hospice and Palliative Care, 28 Crescent St., Middletown CT 06457; or to the Middlefield Federated Church.

In Brief New website for Durham Fair The Durham Fair Association has launched an all-new website for the Durham Fair.

Completely redesigned, the site provides simpler navigation and enhanced content.

Listings for entertainment acts are organized by location and show time. Updates on announcements and parking are included. Visit www. durhamfair.com.

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Expressway that bisects the city of Chicago from south to north. Driving this DemCHICAGO — I survived olition Derby is required if getting around the city is an the Dan Ryan.

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This is a great town. It has two baseball teams, one supported by masochists (Cubs fans) the other by realists (White Sox fans). The Cubs fans turn out day after day in big numbers. Oh, not sellout numbers, but big numbers nonetheless.

White Sox fans stay home, even though their team is marginally better than the Cubbies.

I took in the Orioles vs. Sox game at US Cellular Field. The Orioles, streaking towards the playoffs, beat up on the Sox 5-1 in front of 13,300 mildly interested fans. US Cellular is right on the Dan Ryan and I have no idea if that’s good or bad. The park is actually very nice, albeit antiseptic.

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Vocal chords The souvenir shops do a brisk business. In many ways, the Cubbies are a national team. Everybody knows about the Cubs. Everybody knows they are awful. Everybody loves them.

An American Mystery.

Parking for a Cubs game is an experience. Three blocks from the park I was waved down by a woman who signaled the price was $25. Reasonable, I figured.

She passed me on to another person and he ran ahead, waving me down this alley as I followed. He finally had me park behind a line of three- and four-story buildings, by a garbage can. I figured the odds of my car still being there at the end of the game were about the same as the Cubs winning, but what

the heck, I have insurance.

I paid my money and when I returned, all was well.

I bought a Wrigley Field T-shirt, kind of because I felt I had to. The people were friendly without exception, in the bars, on the streets and in the park. Actually engaged me in conversation everywhere. A tad different than in the Bronx. It may be a big city, but it’s the Midwest and well, the folks are just different.

On the day I left for Iowa to visit friends and on to Minneapolis to see the Twinkies, I listened to the Cubs actually beat the Orioles. I wondered if the radio voice would end the game as I had heard said voice does at game’s end. The voice did.

Cubs win!

It made me smile. Maybe

some day, the Cubs really will win. Hey, it’s been only 106 years.

Jim Bransfield is a longtime contributor to Record-Journal weekly publications. A retired teacher, Bransfield’s loves include road trips and writing about Connecticut high school sports.

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Fenway has charm. Oh, it’s a dump, with some genuinely awful seats, but it has quirks, charm and character. US Cellular reminds me of a hospital.

Clean, efficient, boring.

Across the street is a wonderful new sports bar, but otherwise the place is smack in the middle of a parking lot. As Gertrude Stein said of Oakland, “there is no there there.”

It doesn’t help that the team is not very good.

The city, however, is fabulous.

I took a day to take an architectural cruise on the Chicago River. The narration of the spectacular architecture of the amazing city was firstrate. The city is stunningly beautiful, especially from the river, around which the city is now focused. Staring up at the Sears Tower from water level, and staring up at the new Trump Tower from water level is, well, magnificent.

And so is Wrigley Field. Oh, I know, the park is 100 years old (It opened three years before my Aunt Marion, now 97, was born) and it looks it. But the concourses are wide, the seats are comfortable -- I had a good one behind the Cubbies dugout -- and the ivy on the wall, the inning-by-inning scoreboard of every game in the bigs and the live singing of Take Me Out to the Ballgame is just amazing.

Oh, the Cubbies lost to the Giants 8-3. The game was over in the first inning as the Giants scored four times, but guess what? Most people stayed for most of the game. It’s not like losing is unexpected here.

I have seen travel guides that say one must visit Wrigley and, “after the Cubs lose....” suggest other things to do in America’s Second City.

Surrounding Wrigley, which is in a residential neighborhood, are some of the best baseball bars and souvenir shops anywhere. Murphy’s Bleachers, behind the center field fence, is off the charts great. I dunno what it is, but the layout -some bars inside, some outside, tables by the elevated train roaring overhead -- all combine to make this a one of a kind place.

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The group rehearses Tuesdays, 6:45 p.m., at the St. Francis Msgr. Fox Hall, 10 Elm St., Middletown. Call (860) 3423120 or visit www.vocalchords20.org.

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Volunteers can choose to help one or more individuals for just a few hours a month, as there is no minimum time requirement.

Scheduling is flexible, but consistency and reliability is important. All volunteers are background checked, trained and bonded.

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using nine members, who have yet to be appointed, for a charter revision commitThe committee to review tee. Because of the politically and revise Middlefield’s town sensitive nature of the charcharter, the document that ter, committee members will legally creates the town and be divided between political details its government, took parties.

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In the words of First Selectman Jon Brayshaw, “We need some R’s, some D’s, and some U’s.”

Brayshaw has cited mess-

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Brayshaw said he was not interested in changing the BOS or the BOF. “Never were, never are, never will be,” Brayshaw said.

At the end of the review the committee will make a recommendation, which the BOS can accept or reject, but not edit. The BOS planned to officially make the resolution at its Sept. 16 meeting and appoint committee members within 30 days of that date.

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What are you waiting for?

Mix up some homemade stain remover, and spray the spot on the front of that one shirt you haven’t been able to wear since you dripped Buffalo wing sauce on it.

After that, go buy yourself a coffee with the money you’re saving.

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Pamela Sawicki-Beaudoin Broker/Owner

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Experience Makes the Difference!

Open House Sun. Sept. 14th 12-2 64 James Rd. East, Durham

Immaculate Colonial features 3000 SF with 3BRs, 2.2 Baths, finished LL, pool, 2 sheds, deck, patio & front porch. Wood stove. Set on 2.79 acres at the end of the cul-de-sac. Great horse property! Offered at $459,900. Dir. Rt. 17 to James Rd. to James Rd. East. Visit with Carrie Howland 203-214-1033

NEW LISTING $294,900! If you are looking for a home with a fabulous yard, difficult to come by here in Durham, you must see this new offering! The kitchen was recently expanded and walks out to the private, open park-like grounds. Be the first to visit, call today!

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Gorgeous Colonial home built in 2011 features 4000 SF, 5BRS, 4Baths, many fine finishings, C-air, HW, granite counters, resort-like rear yard with large patio & in ground pool. Layout is great for entertaining. Offered at $709,900. Call Pam Beaudoin for more info. 203-623-9959

950 Yale Ave. Wallingford, CT 06492 www.viewCThomes.com 203-678-4447

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NEW LISTING $175,000. Beautiful year round views of Lake Beseck can be yours from this cozy home. The floorplan is wide open and the ceilings are vaulted making it feel much larger than it looks. If you desire easy, maintenance free living at the Lake, come take a look!

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SOFTBALL CHAMPS

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100% Financing Available 6 Months NO Interest

Durham Fair advanced ticket sales Advanced tickets for the Durham Fair are available at the Canfield Gate Ticket Booth only. Cash or checks only. No tickets will be sold at the schools. No students or exhibitor tickets will be sold after Sept. 24.

Tickets are available as follows: Saturday, Sept. 20 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 21 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 23 - 12:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 24 - 3 to 9 p.m.

Exhibitor admission tickets are $20.

(Only one ticket per exhibitor). Student admission tickets are $10, for four days, for students 12 to 18 years old, from Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall only. College students admission tickets are $15, for four days, for students 18 to 25 only. Proof of college attendance is required.

Four-day admission ticket is $32. Four day unlimited entry parking pass is $10.

Wrist ride bracelet for Sept. 26 only (not including the roller coaster) is $20. Wrist ride bracelet for Sept. 26 only (including the roller coaster) is $30.

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