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Book Review .................. 2

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Fire Log .......................... 2

In Brief ........................... 4

Library Happenings ......... 2

Nuggets for Life ............. 6

Obituaries ...................... 5

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Free concert at taft school What: Andrew Armstrong and friends perform classical music on piano, cello and violin.When: 7 p.m. Where: Walker Hall at Taft School in Watertown.Info: For more information, call 860-945-7898.

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HARTFORD — Department of Con-sumer Protection Commissioner Wil-liam M. Rubenstein, Attorney General George Jepsen and Department of Emergency Services and Public Protec-tion Commissioner Dora B. Schriro are advising residents to avoid responding to a letter claiming to be from Governor Dannel P. Malloy and bearing a replica of his signature, informing them that in return for a cash payment to cover state taxes, they will receive the Reader’s Di-gest Sweepstakes prize of $5 million and a Mercedes Benz vehicle.

“This letter is not from any office within the State of Connecticut, partic-ularly that of the governor,” Rubenstein said. “Rather, it’s a common example of a scam letter, replete with certain clues that easily give it away as such. We urge anyone receiving this communi-cation to ignore it, and certainly do not send money as requested. Loud alarm bells should go off anytime you are told you won a contest that you did not en-ter, or that you are required to pay money before receiving a prize. Those are telltale signs of a scam.”

“Scam artists use a variety of tech-niques – some simple and some more sophisticated – to attempt to obtain money or personal information,” said Jepsen. “This scam is particularly con-cerning because it uses the governor and the position of authority that comes with his office in an attempt to appear legitimate. All residents should use cau-tion when it comes to unsolicited phone calls, faxes, letters or emails.”

“Residents should be wary of any solicitation involving personal informa-tion or the transfer of any monies either

by credit card or wire transfer,” said Schriro. “We need to continue to be vigilant, as the perpetrators of these crimes know no boundaries.”

The fake letter was transmitted via “faxZero,” apparently a free facsimile transmittal service, but could also have been sent to residents via email and U.S. mail. Use of a free delivery service to communicate important information such as prize winnings may be a sign the sender is not legitimate.

Other signs identifying this as a bogus message are use of a free fax service, the

sender and email address are a mis-match, and the IP address is from Ja-maica.

“Becoming familiar with the signs of a scam are important in protecting your-self from fraud, and our SmartCon-sumer.ct.gov website offers more infor-mation under “Scam Signals” to arm yourself with,” Rubenstein said. “In the case of this particular letter, do not re-spond with a payment, or you will cer-tainly lose your money.”

Beware of scam using fake malloy letter

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

Middlebury Library Board of Trustees Chairman Joan King has been banned from entering the library except to attend the monthly library board of trustees (LBoT) meet-ings. In a letter served on King last Friday by a state marshal, Middlebury First Selectman Edward B. St. John told King he prohibits her, until further notice, “from entering the Mid-dlebury Public Library, except to attend meet-ings of the Library Board.”

He further prohibited her from making any contact, direct or otherwise, with Library Di-rector Jo-Ann LoRusso or any library staff. He specified there was to be no contact of any kind – letter, email, phone, direct or any other type of contact. He warned her that refusal to abide by the directive would be consider a trespass on town property and/or harassment and would be dealt with accordingly.

St. John’s letter said his action is in part a response to King’s refusal to consider a mem-orandum town attorney Robert Smith hand carried to the LBoT meeting Feb. 11. King did not add the letter to the night’s agenda. She said it would be considered at the trustees’ March meeting.

The letter said it also was in part a response to a Feb. 7, 2014, letter to St. John from LoRusso in which LoRusso alleged King is harassing her and interfering with day-to-day operations at the library. LoRusso said in her letter that in October she tried to stop King from inter-fering with daily operations at the library by discussing examples of such interference with her. From that time forward, LoRusso said, King was hostile and verbally abusive towards her.

LoRusso also said King told her in a Novem-ber meeting requested by King, “You are as good as done.” When King left that meeting, LoRusso said, King turned to LoRusso, pointed her finger, and said, “If I were you I would watch myself.”

King, a retired English teacher who has served on the LBoT more than 30 years, said Wednesday of the letter delivered to her Friday, “It is disturbing to receive a letter like this.” She said there are inaccuracies in the letter, but she doesn’t want to talk about them until she has discussed them with legal counsel.

She said St. John had met with her in No-vember. “It wasn’t any sort of a harsh conver-sation. It was a casual conversation,” she said. However, following the conversation, King said she never spoke to LoRusso again about any-thing to do with the library except at library board meetings.

King said she saw Smith at the library Tues-day night, Feb. 11, as she was walking through the library on her way to the trustees’ meeting in the Connecticut History Room. She said she greeted him and told him she was on her way to the meeting.

“Bob did not ask me to put anything on the agenda,” King said. “I said to him, ‘You’re not on the agenda. Is there anything I need to do?’” She said he didn’t say anything during the meeting, but he did hand out the memoran-dum to everybody. “I didn’t read it until I got home,” King said.

She said she didn’t read the memorandum earlier because the meeting was about to start. “I was not told I needed to address it or con-tacted by Ed at all. I have not talked to him since November. Ed never talked to me about any of this.”

The Feb. 11 memorandum, addressed to King with copies to the other trustees and to LoRusso, was submitted by Smith at the request of St. John. It was to address questions raised in the Jan. 23 joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and library trustees (King was ab-sent), complaints made to the first selectman and questions King raised in her letter to the editor published in this newspaper Feb. 7.

It said her letter revealed “a serious misun-derstanding of the authority of the library board,” a misunderstanding thought to have been resolved at the Jan. 23 meeting. It said her letter to the editor ignored both the expla-nation of the board’s authority given at the Jan. 23 meeting and also ignored the first select-man’s directive Jan. 23 that she have Smith attend the trustees’ Feb. 11 meeting to further explain the LBoT’s authority.

The letter reiterated that the LBoT is respon-sible for only general policy relative to the li-brary and has no authority in decisions on contracts with vendors or day-to-day opera-tions at the library. It noted the first selectman supervises the LBoT and the library director is a town employee.

The letter also noted the library board has no specific authority to adopt its own bylaws, as it has done, but the bylaws don’t become a problem as long as the trustees don’t interpret them to grant the trustees authority they do not otherwise have.

King said she had done a lot to help LoRusso as she stepped into her new role as library director. “My help was not unsolicited,” King said. “When the library moved back into its regular home (from the temporary quarters on Park Road Extension), the relationship changed because my help was no longer needed.”

Middlebury Public Library Director Jo-Ann LoRusso, center left, and Library Board of Trustees Chairman Joan King, center right, are shown during happier times at the ribbon cutting ceremony last November for the newly renovated library. (Marjorie Needham photo)

Board chair banned from library

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

Town Attorney Dana D’Angelo said Wednesday she expects Joseph Bernardi to appear before the Middle-bury Conservation Commission (CC) at its meeting next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center. Following Bernardi’s failure to appear at the Jan. 28 meeting regarding allegedly cutting down trees on wet-lands, the matter was referred to D’Angelo.

Bernardi, a principal in Brothers Tree Service LLC, is alleged to have cut down trees on wetlands at Lot 119 Regan Road without a required permit. It appears Ber-nardi owns a 50-percent share of the property where the trees were cut. D’Angelo said Bernardi told her he is trying to buy the other 50 percent.

That 50 percent was owned by the late David Johnson of 275 Porter Avenue, who died in 2007, and it is tied up in probate. Based on conversations at CC meetings, we have been reporting the property belonged to David. We apologize for not knowing David was deceased.

D’Angelo said Bernardi told her he didn’t appear at the Jan. 28 CC meeting because he is retroactively ap-plying for a permit and hadn’t yet gotten all the abutting neighbors to sign off on it.

In the meantime, because state statue considers all property owners liable, David’s widow, Jomarie, has also been sent violation notices and a cease-and-desist order.

Jomarie told us she saw Bernardi out on the property last fall operating a huge piece of machinery that was “devouring” trees. At that time, she didn’t know he owned any part of the property. She said she started running through the woods to tell him to stop, but she has a bad knee, so she had to get in her car and drive to Bernardi’s house on Regan Road to get him to stop.

“That man just took down everything,” Jomarie said. “I left that morning and came back and he was out there with a big machine that cut down everything … He went crazy cutting everything down.”

It was a Saturday, Jomarie said, and she had just come back from the store. She said Bernardi was back out there running the machine Sunday after church.

This newspaper called Bernardi, but he declined to comment on the matter.

Jomarie said until Bernardi started cutting down the trees she had no idea he owned any part of the property. Based on legal filings, it appears David and his first wife, Jean, owned equal shares of the property. They were divorced, and Jean sold her share to Bernardi in 2008.

Jomarie said the trees and brush before the cutting were so thick it gave her and the Perrottis, who live next door, privacy. “It was very dense,” she said. Now, when you drive down Regan Road and look behind the Ber-nardi residence, you can see clear through to the Per-rotti’s back yard. “He took down huge trees,” Jomarie said.

Wetlands Enforcement Officer Deborah Seavey said the original violation letters informing them they were cutting trees in the Hop Brook Wetlands Review Area were sent in August 2013. It is noted in the file that Jomarie responded to that letter by informing Seavey that Bernardi, a resident of 450 Regan Road, did all the cutting.

Seavey said state statute regulates wetlands and what can be done on them. Anyone wishing to make a change on wetlands is required to file a formal application and appear before the conservation commission before proceeding.

Alleged tree-cutter expected at next

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middlebury7th annual

puzzle contest The library’s jigsaw puzzle

contest returns Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4:30 p.m., thanks to its sponsors, the Friends of the Mid-dlebury Public Library. Chal-lenge your friends and family to beat the five-time winning team, “Pick up the Pieces.” Light re-freshments will be available, and all will receive a small thank-you gift for participating.

Space is limited and filling quickly, so please register with Donna at the Circulation Desk if you wish to compete. More in-formation and the contest rules are at www.middleburypublicli-brary.org. The snow date will be Thursday, March 13, at 4:30 p.m.

February movie showings

Wednesdays at 1 p.m., the li-brary shows a documentary movie. Selected topics include engineering, travel and history. Please call the library at 203-758-2634 for specific information on which titles will be shown.

Fridays at 1 p.m., the library shows movies recently released to DVD. Please call the library at 203-758-2634 for specific movie titles to be shown.

The Middlebury Public Li-brary is at 30 Crest Road. The telephone number is 203-758-2634, and the website is middle-burypubliclibrary.org.

naugatuckLibrary seeks votesThe library is again participat-

ing in Ion Bank’s Community Awards Program. Patrons who bank at Ion are asked to remem-

ber the library when voting for a favorite charity. Bank customers can vote online at ionbank.com or at a bank branch.

The bank’s foundation will donate a proportional share of $50,000 to each nonprofit that receives at least 1 percent of the total votes. Voting will take place through March 31, 2014.

Story MakersTuesday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m.,

elementary school children are invited to join another meeting of Story Makers, a program de-signed to inspire imagination and storytelling. Using richly il-lustrated cards for inspiration, we’ll delve into inventing, writing and drawing stories of our own. At this meeting, we’ll explore “Quests and Adventures.”

New ladies’ book groupBooks for a new ladies’ book

group, Whittemore Women, are available to pick up at the library this month. The group will meet every two months, allowing plenty of time to read and digest the novel. The first meeting will be Wednesday, March 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s reading room, when the group will dis-cuss “Beautiful Ruins” by Jess Walter and select literature for future meetings.

Man’s best friends exhibit

The February art exhibit fea-tures the artwork of Middlebury resident ShawnaLee Kwashnak. She is a portrait artist who works in pencils, charcoals and oils. Her renderings of animals, in particular family pets, show her keen ability to capture her sub-ject’s spirit and personality.

She has supported local ani-mal rescue organizations and

local equestrian trails as well as advocated for animal welfare with her pet portraiture benefit-ing organizations such as the Danbury Animal Welfare Society and the Moore Humane Society of North Carolina.

The Howard Whittemore Me-morial Library is at 243 Church St. in Naugatuck. For informa-tion, call 203-729-4591 or visit whittemorelibrary.org.

southburyWednesday movie

The Wednesday afternoon movie Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. in the Kingsley Meeting Room brings a touching drama set in a seaside village in Scotland. The story concerns a mother who has been writing letters to her son pre-tending to be from his sailor father away on a ship to which she has given a made-up name. When a ship with that name ac-tually arrives, she must find a man to pretend to be her hus-band. Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Sharon Small and Jack McElhone are in the cast.

Due to licensing and copyright agreements, film titles cannot be listed. The room has surround-sound theater with a listening system available. This program is free and open to the public.

Jewish genealogy series

The third of a three-part series on the art and science of Jewish genealogy will meet Sunday, March 2, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Kingsley and Brown Room of the library. It will focus on the personal nature of Hebrew names, which link Jewish indi-viduals with their ancestors and

are the names by which they are blessed. Refreshments will be served.

Registration is required. Call the Reference Department at 203-262-0626, ext. 130, or Beth El synagogue at 203-264-4500 to register.

Drawpaintings exhibitA selection of Ron Crowcroft

drawpaintings is on display in the Gloria Cachion Gallery until Thursday, Feb. 27. Drawpainting is the process of using acrylic and oil-based paint markers on can-vas. The paintings are biomor-phic abstractions in which faces, figures, animals, birds, fish, eyes, internal organs and organic shapes may be seen embedded within the abstracted glyph-like forms.

For more information, call 203-262-0626 or visit www.southburylibrary.org. The library is at 100 Poverty Road in South-bury.

WoodburyTeen cocoa party

It will be a cocoa-licious day at the library Saturday, Feb. 22, from 12 to 4 p.m., when teens in grades six and higher are invited to a co-coa party. The event celebrates the founding of Hershey’s choc-olate in 1894. Drop in and make a cup, and top it with whipped cream, chocolate sauce and candy pieces. While you sip your delicious creation, get book rec-ommendations, chat about books or simply browse the collection.

For more information, call 203-263-3502 or visit www.woodburylibraryct.org. The li-brary is at 269 Main St. S. in Woodbury.

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(Zondervan, $15.99)Reviewed by Molly Ford

If you find yourself drowning in the everyday digital distractions of modern life, author Rachel Macy Stafford offers a lifeline with

her new book, “Hands Free Mama.” Without having to resign yourself to a life with no computer, phone or Internet, Stafford offers simple ways to still use technology without feeling ruled by it.

Divided into chapters like “Make Purposeful Connection,” “Choose What Matters” and “Take Pause,” the book combines per-sonal stories from the author’s

parenting journey – the triumphs and the mistakes – with her blog readers’ own tales of living life hands-free. There also are plenty of practical tips (for example, changing your computer or phone home screen to a picture that will remind you to re-evalu-ate if you need to be constantly checking the device) and catchy mantras woven into each chapter. These are supplemented with reflection questions the reader can use as a guide to ponder how to manage technology challenges. The questions also would work well for leading a book-club dis-cussion.

The book’s main message is to provide ways to encourage us to be more present for meaningful moments in our lives, which Staf-ford calls “sunset moments.” Al-though the book’s title references parenting, the nonparent will find plenty of ways to use the book’s tools to connect with the loved ones in their life, whether they are children or not.

If you want to find a way to bal-ance technology with “what really matters” in life, this is your read.

For more reviews by Molly Ford, visit SmartPrettyandAwk-ward.com.

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alarm activation. Zero readings measured.02-10 20:21 Route 188. Motor vehicle accident. Vehicle

off the road.02-14 17:55 48 Steinmann Ave. Fire alarm activation.

Technician installing alarm activated it. No problem at residence.

02-15 19:44 Routes 63 and 64. Minor motor vehicle acci-dent. Patient refusals.

Monday, Feb. 24, 2014Ethics Commission6:30 p.m. ...........................................Town Hall Conference Room

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014Economic and Industrial Development Commission6:30 p.m. ...........................................Town Hall Conference Room

Conservation Commission7:30 p.m. ....................................................... Shepardson, Room 26

Calendar dates/times are subject to change.If your organization would like your event included in the community calendar, please email the information to [email protected].

For the first time in a decade, the Wood-bury Lions Club will sponsor a U.S. military band in a free local concert. The Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors, “America’s Big Band,” will perform Tuesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at the Nonnewaug High School audi-torium in Woodbury.

As the premier touring big band for the U.S. Army, the Jazz Ambassadors travel thou-sands of miles each year throughout the nation and abroad. Since its formation in 1969, the Jazz Ambassadors have appeared in all 50 states and throughout North Amer-ica, Europe and Asia.

Programmed to entertain all types of au-diences, the Jazz Ambassadors’ diverse rep-ertoire includes big-band swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popu-lar tunes, Dixieland, vocals and patriotic selections written or arranged by members of the band.

“We want a full house,” said event Chair-man Lion Donald Heavens. “The performers on stage deserve that.” In the past, the free concerts have played to packed auditoriums. “It’s quite an honor to have a band of this caliber perform in town.”

The night of the concert, the doors will

open at 6:20 p.m., and the Lions are asking ticket holders to find their seats by 6:45 p.m. At 6:50 p.m., empty seats will be available to those without tickets.

Anyone interested in attending the con-cert can pick up free tickets at one of the following locations: Canfield Corner Phar-macy, C.L. Adams, Ion Bank, Naugatuck Savings Bank, TD Bank, Woodbury Drug Co. Woodbury Floral Design or the Woodbury Public Library.

Find more information about the concert and the Woodbury Lions Club at www.wood-buryctlions.org.

Army jazz band to performU.S. Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors (Submitted photo)

(Family Features) Despite her career as a scrub nurse for gen-eral cancer surgeries, a personal diagnosis of cancer still came as a surprise.

“It was a surreal moment to be on the other side of the sur-gery table and faced with a can-cer diagnosis,” said Sheila Brake, who was diagnosed seven years ago with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a common type of blood cancer. “It gave me a real appreciation for the confusion, fear and anxiety my patients feel at their time of vulnerability.”

Many people confronted with a new cancer diagnosis face un-familiar medical terminology and treatment decisions. Even as a scrub nurse, Sheila faced similar fears.

“It’s nearly impossible at first to get your head around the re-ality of a cancer diagnosis,” Sheila said. “I found it was crucial to educate myself about my dis-ease, the new terms, and to have an open, trusting dialogue with my oncologist to figure out the best treatment plan for me.”

CLL, the most common type of adult leukemia, is a chronic disease that typically affects older adults. Symptoms vary and may take years to appear.1,2,3

“I was lucky that I didn’t hap-pen to have pre-existing medical conditions,” she said. “In my case, we decided on the ‘watch-and-wait’ approach, where no active treatment was actually given until the disease and symp-toms got worse.”

Almost three years later, Sheila initiated her treatment regimen and feels lucky she was able to continue her work in the surgery room and day-to-day life along-side her husband and two dogs until she reached remission.

Since CLL is chronic and in-curable, many people require additional treatment due to the return of cancerous cells.1 Sheila said that while the possibility of relapse weighs on her some-times, she has hope for the fu-ture.

“My oncologist told me re-searchers are working on even more therapies, which is amaz-ing and will give folks more op-tions,” she said.

CLL Facts:• Acancerthatstartsintheblood

and bone marrow.3

•Morethan4,500deathsareex-pected in the U.S. during 2014.4

•Theaverageageofdiagnosisis71, and is rarely seen in people under age 40.2

For more information about CLL and other blood cancers like non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, talk with your doctor or visit the Leu-kemia and Lymphoma Society website at http://www.lls.org or the Lymphoma Research Foun-dation website at http://www.lymphoma.org.

References 1. Dighiero G and Hamblin T.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. The Lancet. 2008; 371:1017-1029.

2. National Cancer Institute. SEER Stat Fact Sheet: Chronic Lympho-cytic Leukemia. http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/leuks.html. Ac-cessed January 2, 2014.

3. Leukemia and Lymphoma So-ciety. Chronic Lymphocytic Leuke-mia: Disease Information & Support. http://www.lls.org/#/diseaseinfor-mation/leukemia/chroniclympho-cyticleukemia/. Accessed January 2, 2014.

4. Siegel, R., Ma, J., Zou, Z., & Je-mal A. (2014). Cancer Statistics, 2014. CA: A Cancer Journal for Cli-nicians, 1-22. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21208/pdf. Accessed January 7, 2014.

From nurse to patient (Family Features photo)

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Falls Avenue Senior Center events for area adults 55 and older follow. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 860-945-5250. Please speak with a staff member when calling as the senior center does not accept voice-mail reserva-tions. The center is at 311 Falls Ave. in Oakville, Conn.

Exercise classPhysical therapist Brian Rey-

nolds of Thunder Sports and Fit-ness in Watertown will lead par-ticipants in a free one-hour flexibility and core-training class Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 9 a.m. Partic-ipants will do a series of exercises to strengthen their bodies and reduce injury. Reservations are needed by the day before the class.

Author to discuss World War II memoirWednesday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m.,

Janina Nawarskas of Wolcott will discuss her recently published memoir, “A Child Lost: My Life’s Journey from War Torn Europe to Proud American.” It is the story of Nawarskas’ life being shat-tered by World War II. When the

Russian army invaded Lithuania in 1944, Nawarskas and her fam-ily fled to Germany. Her father was abducted at the border by the German army, and 8-year-old Nawarskas and her mother were sent to a German war camp where her mother died.

Nawarskas, now an orphan, wandered from camp to camp during the next four years. Her courageous story details her sur-vival in World War II, reuniting with her family and the struggles of living in America after the war. Her book will be available for purchase and signing. Reserva-tions are needed by Feb. 25.

Cooking classChef and wedding planner

Corky Plourde’s cooking class will meet Thursday, Feb. 27, at 9:30 a.m. Reservations are needed by Feb. 24.

Talk on agingFriday, Feb. 28, at 1 p.m., ther-

apist, educator and author Diane Lane will present “Feeling Young and Healthy While Aging – Live Life to the Fullest.” Aging is inev-itable, but Lane will discuss why it does not have to be associated with pain, disability or mental decline. Reservations are needed by Feb. 27. This program is spon-sored by a grant from the East

Hill Woods Fund at the Connecti-cut Community Foundation.

Bible studyNew Hope Anglican Church

offers a nondenominational Bi-ble study every Friday at 10 a.m. at the center. Join other seniors for the study and discussion. Reservations are not required.

falls Avenue senior Center Events

region 15 school Calendar

If you’re a senior with a com-puter, do you know the answers to these questions?

What is a keystroke logger?Why should your operating

system be set for automatic up-dates?

If you don’t know the answers, your computer could be at risk for a security breach.

Here are the answers: A key-stroke logger is a spy program that logs each keystroke you make and sends the information to someone else. Your operating system should be set up for au-tomatic updates because those updates will contain security features you need.

Your best bet: Take the com-puter to the store where you bought it (or to the Geek Squad at Best Buy) and have them do a little work on it. Your list of re-quests:1. Scan for viruses.2. Turn on your firewall.3. Get the latest operating sys-

tem updates and set it to au-tomatic.

4. Install a good virus-protection program.

5. Set your system to be very se-cure as you wander the Inter-net.Here’s why I suggest the Geek

Squad: If you buy the annual plan and something goes wrong, you can call them on the phone for advice. If it’s a complicated fix, you can give them verbal per-mission to get into your com-puter remotely.

Your next step is to find a teacher who can show you all the safety and security problems with the Internet.

In general, here are some ac-tivities to avoid online: Quizzes

(even if they offer prizes), giving your real name and any informa-tion about where you live, social networking sites, dating sites, clicking on links in email, and agreeing to sign up on sites like LinkedIn.

For more information, go on-line to aarp.org, click Home & Family, then Personal Technol-ogy.

Matilda Charles regrets she cannot personally answer reader questions, but she will incorpo-rate them into her column when-ever possible. Send email to [email protected].


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Friday, Feb. 21PES Celebration of Reading Kickoff ..........................................6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 22No Events Scheduled

Sunday, Feb. 23No Events Scheduled

Monday, Feb. 24RMS Intramural Basketball ............................................. 2:45 - 4 p.m.MMS You Be the Chemist ........................Media Center, 6:30 - 9 p.m.Board of Education ...............................PHS, AP Room 103, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 25RMS Intramural Volleyball .............................................. 2:45 - 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 26School Spirit/PD&J DayRMS Intramural Basketball ............................................. 2:45 - 4 p.m.RMS PTO Study Skills ....................................................... 3 - 3:45 p.m.Board of Education Budget Workshop ............................. CO, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 27RMS Intramural Volleyball .............................................. 2:45 - 4 p.m.PHS Senior Collage Workshop ............Southbury Library, 6:45 p.m.PHS Talent Show (Snow Date Feb. 28) ......................................7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 28PHS PLC ....................................................................................7:10 a.m.RMS Grades 6 to 8 CMEA Students Rehearsal ....................3:15 p.m.PHS Snow Date for Talent Show .................................................7 p.m.

Saturday, March 1Debate Tournament ................................................................7:30 a.m.RMS Grades 6 to 8 CMEA Students ......................................8:15 a.m.

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Free tax helpFree income tax assistance is

provided at the Middlebury Se-nior Center by the AARP Tax Aide program for low- to moderate-in-come taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to those 60 and older.

Call 203-577-4166 to obtain additional information or sched-ule an appointment with a cer-tified AARP Tax Aide counselor. You will need to bring items such as proof of identity, your Social Security number and previous tax returns with you.

Windows 8 helpIf you have a new computer

with the Windows 8 operating system from Microsoft, Sean Howard can teach you how to use it.

To make an appointment with him, call 203-577-4166, ext. 711, Tuesday through Thursday be-tween 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Howard charges $15 an hour, and each session is approximately an hour long. Please bring your lap-top with you.

File now for energy assistance

The Middlebury Social Ser-vices office is taking applications for the 2013 Energy Assistance program through March 15. Please bring with you all proofs of income, bank statements and a copy of your energy bill; also the number of persons in your house-hold and their incomes, Social Security numbers and dates of birth. If you have questions please call 203-577-4166, ext. 707.

Driver safety programThe next AARP Driver Safety

course will be Monday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the senior center. The course is the nation’s first and largest driv-er-refresher course. Using new materials and new videos, the course covers new defensive driving techniques, new laws and regulations, how to deal with aggressive drivers, and how aging affects drivers.

Drivers who attend this class will receive a completion certif-icate and may be entitled to a discount on automobile insur-ance (contact your insurance company for details).

AARP membership is not re-quired, and drivers of all ages are invited to attend. The cost to participate is $15 for AARP mem-

bers and $20 for nonmembers. All checks must be made out to “AARP.” Call 203-577-4166 to reg-ister.

Trips

St. Patrick’s DayEnjoy a St. Patrick’s Day cele-

bration with a meal and enter-tainment Tuesday, March 18, at the Aqua Turf Club. The Maclean Avenue Band and the Emerald Fire Dancers from New York will provide Irish music and River-dance-style dancers.

The meal will be salad, pasta, corned beef and cabbage, baked scrod, vegetable, potato, and dessert. A fee of $43 per person includes transportation, the meal and the entertainment. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat.

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An exhibition of paintings and a video piece by artist John O’Donnell entitled “STILLLIFE” is on display in Westover School’s Schumacher Gallery. A public reception with the artist will be held in the gallery Saturday, March 22, from 4 to 6 pm.

“STILLLIFE” is a title that re-fers not only to the category of painting but also to a calm re-flection on life and time. O’Don-nell’s process and materials are inspired by the history of paint-ing and contemporary abstrac-tion.

In the studio, he paints directly onto found objects and then at-tempts to replicate them on a burlap canvas with gesso and acrylic paint; sometimes he uses oil paint and spray paint to refer-ence different historical and con-temporary processes. The result is a casual but considered paint-ing loosely depicting an object through gesture and the liberal application of paint – often di-rectly out of the tube. Most paint-ings and objects are loosely re-lated, but certain pieces directly reference moments from art his-tory; an example is a piece entitled “Flag” that was directly influenced by the famous painting with the same title by Jasper Johns.

The exhibition also includes a video piece created by O’Don-nell, who was inspired by a mu-sical composition written and produced by Seattle-based mu-sician Jean Chalant.

O’Donnell associates his pro-cess and ideology with the New Casualists, a movement defined by the painter and critic Sharon L. Butler in 2011. He lives and works in Connecticut, is a mul-tidisciplinary artist and has cre-ated performance pieces for the Museum of New Art in Detroit, Proof Gallery in Boston, Flux Space in Philadelphia, and SOHO20 Gallery in New York City. His prints are a part of many collections, including the Kohler

Library Collection, the Polish Fulbright Foundation, and the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. His work was recently fea-tured in Kolaj Magazine, a pub-lication based in Montreal. He is an adjunct professor of studio and digital arts at University of Connecticut, Gateway Commu-nity College and Eastern Con-necticut State University.

The Schumacher Gallery in the school’s Louise B. Dillingham Performing Arts Center is open

Mondays through Fridays from noon until 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. whenever West-over is in session; it is closed on Sundays. Westover will not be in session from Feb. 27 through March 18, so the exhibition will be open to the public through Feb. 26 and then will reopen March 19 to 28. Visitors may ac-cess the gallery by coming to the school’s main entrance, which faces the Middlebury Green.

Brendan McCarthy, a senior at Pomperaug High School, has committed to attend and play lacrosse for the Catholic Univer-sity Men’s Lacrosse program beginning this fall. Head Coach Brooks Singer said the Catholic University of America is thrilled that Brendan chose the Cardinals over a number of other strong college programs, and they look forward to welcoming him to Washingon, D.C., in the fall.

In addition to lacrosse, McCa-rthy also is on the boys’ swim team at Pomperaug, is a peer minister at St. John of the Cross Church in Middlebury and is a Boy Scout. He lives in Middle-bury with his parents, Anne-marie and Chris, a brother, Conor; and a sister, Clara.

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These works by artist John O’Donnell are among those on display at Westover School in Middlebury. The exhibit is open to the public. (Submitted photo)

Art on display at Westover

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Middlebury Baseball LeagueRegistration is open for the Middlebury

Baseball League. Register online at middleburybaseball.baberuthonline.com. Registration will close after Friday, Feb. 28, 2014.

Middlebury SoccerOnline registration for Middlebury Soccer’s

spring season is open. If you want to participate, do not delay as some registrations close Feb. 28. Please pay close attention to the dates to avoid late registration fees and insure a spot on a team. The dates are different for different age groups this season. To register, go to www.middlebury-soccer.com and click on the “REGISTER NOW” button on the opening page.

Chicken barbecueThe Harwinton Congregational Church’s

52nd Annual Classic Chicken Barbecue is tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 22, at Harwinton Congregational Church at Route 4 and North Road in Harwinton. Seatings will be at 4:45 and 6 p.m. Take-out will be from 4:45 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $14; $8 for children under 12.

Dinner includes half a barbecued chicken (one-quarter for children), coleslaw, baked potato, roll, pie and beverage. For reservations and information, call 860-485-9308.

Carnival at Jewish FederationJoin the Mattatuck Museum and The

Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut for an afternoon of carnival fun Sunday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 444 Main St. N. in Southbury. Join teaching artist Renee Bascetta to prepare for Purim with a story and by creating colorful masks and hats with paper, markers, feathers and other fun art materials.

Also explore how Italy and Brazil celebrate carnival. The event is open to the public for children ages 5 to 12 and their adult caregiver. Admission for children 5 and older is $5; adults and children 4 and younger are free. Registration is required. Preregister by Feb. 21 by calling 203-753-0381, ext. 114.

Carnival Fun is the first of three events that are joint projects of the Mattatuck Museum and the Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut. The other two are Express Yourself through Music and Dance Sunday, Feb. 23, at Mattatuck Museum and Silly and Strange Sunday, April 6, at the federation. For information and to register, call the museum at 203-753-0381, ext 114.

Taft School concertThe next performance in the “Music for

a While” 2013-14 Taft School Performance Series will be Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Walker Hall. Andrew Armstrong and Friends will perform classical music on piano, cello and violin. For more information, call 860-945-7898.

Cat lovers’ groupAn informal group is forming in the

Waterbury area for people who want to learn more about the care, behavior and training of cats. Facilitated by Certified Cat Trainer and Therapy Cat Training Instructor Terri Jennings, the group will meet once a month. The next meeting will be Saturday, March 1, at 2 p.m., and the topic will be “Feline Body Language and Communication.” For more information, call Arthur or Jane Portnoy at 203-695-9993.

Death Café Rabbi Dana Z. Bogatz, the chaplain for

Brownstein Jewish Family Service, will be the coordinator/facilitator for the two March meetings of the Death Café. The first one will be Monday, March 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Jewish Federation of Western

Connecticut at 444 Main St. N. in Southbury. The second will be Tuesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. at The Watermark at 611 East Hill Road in Southbury.

The Death Café provides a safe, nurturing place and community in which to discuss people’s interest, questions and concerns surrounding death. Its goal is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. Light refreshments will be served.

There is no charge for this program and it is open to all adults, but seating is very limited, and participants must preregister, even if they have come to a previous Death Café. Registration is first-come, first-served. To make a reservation, leave a message for Rabbi Bogatz at 203-267-3177, ext. 334. Please state “Federation” or “Watermark” in your message to get signed up for the correct date and location. Participation is limited to 10 people in order to keep the conversation open.

Alzheimer’s watercolor workshop

An innovative watercolor workshop for individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer’s or related dementias and their caregivers will meet Thursday mornings, March 6, 20 and 27 and April 3 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Southbury. “Expressing Yourself with Watercolor” will be led by Ival Stratford-Kovner, a professional artist with decades of teaching experience. Hosted by Brownstein Jewish Family Service in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, Connecticut Chapter, this free four-week program will meet at the Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut at 444 Main St. N. in Southbury.

The workshops demystify watercolor techniques and encourage joy through individual creativity. The full program, dedicated to both new and experienced artists in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, welcomes loved ones to join as well. The class size is limited; to register, call Rebekah Gemza at the Alzheimer’s Association at 860-308-3458.

Theater auditionsThe Community Theatre at Woodbury,

in association with The Woodbury Arts and Cultural Commission, will conduct auditions for their talent showcase, “That’s Entertain-ment!” Sunday, March 9, from 3 to 6 p.m. and Wednesday, March 12, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Parks and Recreation Building at 7 Mountain Road in Woodbury. The show will feature dancers, singers, musicians and dramatic readings. Performances are sched-uled for Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April 13.

This is a musical-theatre-themed show, and they are looking for variety numbers that are complete and ready to go. Auditions are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, call Maureen Denver at 203- 405-3855. If you do not schedule an appoint-ment and wish to audition, please drop by on the audition dates and they will schedule you in as time permits.

Free mental health, addiction training

The Cheshire Human Services Committee is sponsoring a free program on understanding and recognizing the warning signs of addictions and mental health issues. The Community Awareness Program is a two-part, six-hour training funded by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. It will meet Wednesdays, March 19 and 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the First Congregational Church at 111 Church Drive in Cheshire, Conn. (across from Town Hall; park behind the church).

The program is designed to educate the community as well as individuals and

families struggling with understanding and recognizing the warning signs of mental illness, substance abuse and addictions such as gambling. The training, given by mental health professionals, will cover topics such as community resources, support and treatment options. Food and refreshments will be provided.

The program is for adults only, and reservations are required. To make a reservation, call Deb Kelleher at 203-640-5627 or email [email protected].

Church seeks vendorsThe Church of St. Leo the Great at 14

Bentwood Drive in Waterbury is seeking vendors interested in renting floor space for an indoor flea market Saturday, March 22. Rentals are $25 and $30. The event is sponsored by the church’s scholarship committee. For more information, call 203-879-5900.

Naugatuck elderly housing The Naugatuck Housing Authority is

accepting applications for elderly housing at The Robert E. Hutt Congregate Complex at 480 Millville Ave. in Naugatuck. All efficiency units are single occupancy and include heat, hot water and electricity in the rent. Also included are one meal a day, light housekeeping once a week and 24/7 onsite security guards.

To qualify, you must be 62 or older with an annual income under $45,100. Applications are available at the housing authority office at 16 Ida St. in Naugatuck Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You may call 203-729-8214 to have an application mailed to you.

North Church seeks vendorsNorth Congregational Church in

Woodbury is seeking vendors for its annual church indoor flea market, which will be Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. A single space is $35, and a double space is $60. Bring your own table or rent one for $6. For reservations and information call 203-263-5920.

Located at 11 Main St. N. at the intersection of routes 6 and 47, the church has ample parking, and admission to the flea market will be free. Proceeds from the event will help support missions, programs and projects within the church.

Hospice trainingVITAS Innovative Hospice Care® of

Connecticut is recruiting hospice volunteers to take training classes in March. All it takes to become a hospice volunteer for VITAS is compassion and a little time. VITAS is looking for people who can listen carefully to the hearts and feelings of terminally ill patients and their loved ones.

VITAS volunteers give their time to terminally ill patients and their caregivers during a critical time. All VITAS volunteers receive training in end-of-life-care. In orientation classes, they are trained in listening skills, family dynamics and the right words to say to patients and their loved ones at the end of life.

After completing the class, volunteers may provide respite for caregivers, offer companionship for the patient, participate in devotional readings and spiritual care, and help in small but meaningful ways. They work in private homes, in nursing homes that partner with VITAS or at VITAS inpatient hospice care unit at Saint Mary’s Hospital. Assignments and schedules are made according to the volunteer’s preferences and location.

For more information or to attend an orientation class, contact Volunteer Services Manager Karen A. Hale at [email protected] or 203-437-3127.

By LEE H. HAMILTON

In his State of the Union speech to Congress last month, President Obama drew wide-spread attention for pledging to use his executive authority to advance his priorities. He in-sisted he intends to act with or without Congress and listed well over a dozen actions he plans to take by executive order. “Wher-ever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to ex-pand opportunity for more American families,” he said, “that’s what I’m going to do.”

Plenty of people were happy about this. The speech was ap-plauded by pundits who have given up on Congress and believe the only way to move forward is by strengthening the presidency. Our political system, they say, is weighed down by too many in-terest groups, too many checks and balances, and too few ave-nues for circumventing a Con-gress that is both polarized and highly susceptible to the wishes of its donors. The present gov-ernment is paralyzed, they be-lieve. A stronger presidency would get Washington moving again.

As you’d expect, others are alarmed by this approach. The president, they say, is trampling on the constitutional separation of powers, grabbing powers for himself that were meant to be shared with Congress. They point out that the Constitution gives Congress a primary role in mak-ing policy.

The problem with this debate is that it’s missing a key part of the equation. Yes, our system needs a strong presidency. But it also needs a strong Congress. We are best off as a nation when the two consult, interact and work together as powerful branches.

In truth, every president in recent memory has expanded the power of his office and been ac-cused of a power grab. They’ve had plenty of motivation to do so. The modern world demands quick, decisive action. Americans tend to support presidents who act forcefully. Congress is com-plex, convoluted, and hard to work with; it is far easier for an administration to act on its own. Even members of Congress often defer to the president, counting on him to address issues they don’t want to tackle or can’t agree upon.

And presidents have wielded executive orders to great effect. Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipa-tion Proclamation, FDR’s Works Progress Administration, John

Kennedy’s Peace Corps, affirma-tive action under Kennedy, Lyn-don Johnson and Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan’s enshrining of cost-benefit analysis as the key to regulatory review — all came about through executive orders.

Yet there are limits to this ap-proach because, in the end, there is no substitute for legislation. Presidents cannot write a budget, raise the minimum wage, or re-form entitlements by themselves. Because executive orders lack the permanence and force of law, they can be hard to implement and can be summarily canceled by a later president. They are more subject to legal challenge than legislation. And most im-portant, executive orders are a unilateral exercise of power and do not benefit from a process of consensus-building and consul-tation with voices independent of the president’s.

Consensus-building can’t happen in a vacuum, however. Without a strong Congress able to find its way effectively through the thickets of lawmaking, this president and his successors surely will continue to address the nation’s challenges on their own. The question is, how far down that road can we go before Congress becomes irrelevant, with too much power — and too much potential for the abuse of power — in presidential hands? Like our founding fathers, we should be skeptical of the con-centration of power.

Politico recently detailed a spate of executive orders planned by this administration that would affect everything from how power plants operate to how we com-mute to how the environment will be regulated. Taken together, they will “push deeply into ev-eryday life” for Americans, the article noted.

Whether a president oversteps his authority with these and other executive orders is inevitably col-ored by whether you agree with the proposed order. But my point is different. It is that the march toward presidential unilateral-ism, whether the president is a Democrat or a Republican, dan-gerously undercuts our constitu-tional system. Before we give up on the separation of powers, let’s try strengthening Congress. This may not be the easy route, but if we don’t take it, representative democracy itself is in doubt.

Lee Hamilton is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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It Happened in Middlebury

If the information stolen from millions of credit cards over the holidays is any indication, this is going to be a banner year for scams and thefts.

One way to stay safer is to sign up for a free email newsletter from ScamBusters (scambusters.org). Each week or so, you’ll get an email with links to current scams, as well as need-to-know information on older scams that haven’t gone away. Here are a few from recent ScamBuster emails:• Ifyouusearemotekeytolock

your car, check to be sure it engaged – especially if your remote also activates an alarm. Thieves have figured out how to sit nearby and use a device that keeps your remote from working. Once you leave, they have access to your car.

• Ifyou’reonFacebookandgetwhat looks like a duplicate friend request, beware. It could be a scam to get in and set you up in some way by pretending

to be your original friend. Maybe it would be an ID theft or possibly an “emergency” situation where you’re asked to send money to help a friend.

• Ifa“nurse”showsupatyourdoor asking to check your pre-scriptions, slam the door and call the police. You could end up with your medications sto-len or replaced with fakes if the scammers get into your house. Seniors are particularly at risk.ScamBusters also provides

links to other helpful informa-tion. Learn about phishing, ur-ban legends, identity theft, stop-ping spam, credit-card fraud and viruses, even the little-known poetry scam. You also can access ScamLines, up-to-the-minute scams sent in by people all over the country.

Besides using ScamBusters to stay current on the latest scams, search online for what’s new by putting the month and year in the search engine. Bookmark the sites that seem particularly promising.

And here’s a cautionary tale: After the massive credit-card thefts, Target sent out an email warning to cardholders. Unfor-tunately, so did the thieves. The letters looked nearly identical to the ones Target sent out. Instead of opening the mail, go online to the Target site to read it. If you opened the email and filled in any personal information (the Target letter didn’t ask for any, nor will it), check your bank accounts ev-ery day and put in a fraud alert with the big three credit reporting agencies.

David Uffington regrets he can-not personally answer reader questions, but he will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].


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ObituariesMargaret H. Coe

Wife of Richard D. Coe

Mrs. Margaret “Marge” (Hanna) Coe, 77, of Middlebury passed away Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at the Middle-bury Convalescent Home. She was the

wife of Richard D. Coe.Mrs. Coe was born in West Addison,

Vt., Nov. 29, 1936, a daughter of the late J. Howard and Calista (Pecue) Hanna, and was educated in the local schools. Marge was a graduate of Ver-gennes Union High School in Ver-gennes, Vt. and Bouve College in Bos-ton, with a degree in physical therapy and had been employed at Waterbury Hospital and later at Waterbury Ex-tended Care Facility in Watertown.

She was a member of the Middle-bury Congregational Church. She had been an avid skier and enjoyed rug hooking, sewing and knitting. Marge was proud of her family and enjoyed and treasured the time spent with them. She will be remem-bered as a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff at the Middlebury Convalescent Home for their loving care and attention to Marge while she was a patient there.

In addition to Dick, her husband of 55 years, she leaves a daughter, Katheryn C. Moran, and her hus-band, Kevin, of Torrington; a son, William S. Coe, and his wife, Mary Ellen, of Watertown; and five grand-children, Richard F. Moran and James D. Moran of Torrington and Melissa N. Coe, Sarah H. Coe and Megan C. Coe of Watertown.

A memorial service was held Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Middle-bury Congregational Church. Burial will be in Middlebury Cemetery at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to the Alz-heimer’s Association of Connecticut, 2075 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 100, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. Arrangements were entrusted to the Alderson Fu-neral Homes of Naugatuck. For more information or to send an online condolence, visit www.aldersonfu-neralhomes.com.

Amelia (DelGaizo) DalyLongtime Middlebury

Resident

Amelia (DelGaizo) Daly, 99, died at her home in Middlebury Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, just 70 days shy of her 100th birthday. She was the widow of

Robert V. Daly.Mrs. Daly was born in Waterbury,

a daughter of the late Piedro and Rosina (Antonelli) DelGaizo, and educated in local schools. She was a retiree of the Chase Brass & Copper Co., a longtime Middlebury resident, an avid golfer, and a communicant of St. John of the Cross Church.

Amelia is survived by her nieces and nephews: Peter J. Clarke and his

wife, Rita, of Fairfax, Va.; Ellen Clarke Braun and her husband, George, of Greenwich; Elizabeth Molleur of Wolcott; Shawn Zelek; Sarah Zelek; Henry Zelek; Brittany Clarke Finch; and Andrew J. Clarke. She was pre-deceased by a sister, Katherine D. Clarke, and two brothers, Joseph P. DelGaizo and Carmine L. DelGaizo. She leaves a close circle of very kind and loving friends.

A funeral Mass will be held today, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at 10 a.m. at St. John of the Cross Church in Middle-bury. Private burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery in Norwich. There were no calling hours. The Murphy Funeral Home at 115 Willow St. in Waterbury was in charge of arrange-ments. Visit www.murphyfuneral-homect.com for more information or to send an online condolence.

Martin J. LaVorgnaBeloved Father, Grandfather,

Great-Grandfather

Mr. Martin J. LaVorgna, 97, a long-time resident of Middlebury, passed away Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, at Bethel Health Care surrounded by his loving family.

Martin was born in Waterbury Jan. 1, 1917, a son of the late Domenico and Victoria (Regis) La-Vorgna. He was a graduate of Crosby High School and was proud of hav-ing had perfect attendance while a student there. He was a graduate of the University of New Haven with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Martin was an engineer and was the assistant planning commissioner for the City of Waterbury for 30 years before his retirement.

He leaves his daughter, Sandra Tagliaferro, and her husband, Mi-chael; grandchildren, April, Audra, Larisa and Darren; great-grandchil-dren, Alexis, Sascha and Martin; brothers, Robert and Dr. John LaVor-gna; and several nieces and neph-ews.

The funeral Mass was Wednes-day, Feb. 19, at St. John of the Cross Church. Burial followed at New St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Waterbury. For more information or to send e-con-dolences, visit www.chaseparkway-memorial.com.

Mariangela “Anne” Modeen

Former Middlebury Resident

Mariangela “Anne” (Garafano) Modeen, 97, formerly of Middlebury, a resident of Cheshire House in Wa-terbury, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Cheshire House. She was the loving wife of the late Alfred Victor Modeen.

Mrs. Modeen was born July 2, 1916, the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Jacaruso) Gara-fano. She was predeceased by her four brothers, Edward Garafano of Naugatuck, Dominic and Joseph Garafano of Pasadena, Calif., and John Garafano of Waterbury.

Anne graduated from Waterbury Catholic High School and attended

Hofstra University and Post College. She retired from the Internal Reve-nue Service in 1975 after 37 years as a tax auditor. After her retirement, Anne volunteered for more than 25 years at St. Mary’s Hospital, Water-bury Hospital and Easter Seals and transcribed for the blind.

She was a devout Catholic and active parishioner of St. John of the Cross Church in Middlebury. She was the president of the Resident Council at the Village at East Farms and a member of the Sunshine Com-mittee and the Village Chorus. She was an avid reader who “read an article” on just about everything. She enjoyed travel, especially her trip to Italy, her many winters in Florida, the theater, and her trips to the ca-sino with her son.

Anne is survived by her son, A. Thomas Modeen, and his wife, Bar-bara, of Watertown; three grandchil-dren, A. Thomas Modeen Jr., and his fiancé, Ashlea Scarabin, of Norman, Okla.; Jessica L. Nunez, and her hus-band, John, of Seymour; and Chris-topher T. Modeen of Watertown; a great-granddaughter, Alexis N. Mod-een of Middletown; a daughter-in-law, Karen Mancinone, and her husband, Dan, of Bristol; and her extended family, the residents and staff at the Cheshire House and the Village at East Farms in Waterbury, with whom she made her home since 2004.

Anne will be lovingly remem-bered by all as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and a trusted friend and confidant to all whose life she touched. Always wise beyond her years, she was a mentor to many and throughout her life espoused the phrase “there’s always room for one more at the table.”

Her family wishes to thank all her caregivers at the Cheshire House and the Village at East Farms for the love, kindness and patience shown to her while under their care.

A funeral Mass was held Saturday, Feb. 15, at St. John of the Cross Church in Middlebury. Burial will be in Lake Elise Cemetery in Mid-dlebury at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made in her name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hos-pital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. For more information or to send e-condolences, visit www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com.

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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD

One of the great treasures of the Middlebury Historical Society is the “Benson Scrapbooks.” These wonderful black volumes filled with stories and pictures of Middlebury’s intriguing past were mentioned in the Feb. 7 issue of the Bee-Intelli-gencer. There are eight books in all; some cover Middlebury’s unique history from 1702 through the 1950s, while others show a general history of Connecticut.

The compiler was a Middlebury resident, Helen Hickcox Benson. Benson was born in Waterbury April 2, 1889, the daughter of Frank M. (1863-1936) and Annie (1862-?) Hickcox and the eldest of six chil-dren. In 1917, Helen married Ern-est William Benson (1888-1966), also the eldest of six children, from an extended farming family in Mid-dlebury. Helen was certainly proud of her community and state, and, with her younger contemporary, Delia Bronson, she merits a great deal of praise for collecting and preserving some of Middlebury’s history to share with all.

The scrapbooks are fully in-dexed and were loaned to the Middlebury Library when the his-torical society underwent renova-tion about 12 years ago; they have been in the restricted Connecticut Room there ever since. The li-brary’s hours provide the public

with much greater access to Mid-dleburians. The series has been an invaluable asset to those re-searching Middlebury’s history, including Rachel Carley, whose displays at the Mattatuck Museum during our bicentennial celebra-tion seven years ago and her sub-sequently published architectural history of Middlebury drew on the material in these volumes.

Helen’s daughter, Helen Ben-son Relyea, lived in Wolcott for many years and, following the community-mindedness of her mother, recently sent a number of items of historical interest to the Middlebury and Wolcott historical societies.

The scrapbooks are of great sig-nificance in part because the ma-

jority of their material is from a period of Middlebury’s history when we were undergoing the greatest growth in our infrastruc-ture, from the addition of Route 64 bisecting our town in 1928 to the further division of our town by In-terstate 84 in 1963. In addition, our population growth spurt was the greatest during that period, from 1,067 in 1930 to 4,785 in 1960. The scrapbooks also contain many per-sonal facts about Middleburians during a time when local newspa-pers carried generous descriptions and photographs of sporting and other group events with names of participants in a way that modern newspapers do not.

Because of their fragility, the books are no longer accessible to the public. However, the Middle-bury Historical Society recently embarked on a project to scan all the volumes. Book One has been fully scanned, and the scans will be made available at a later time. We need help scanning these volumes, so if anyone would like to volunteer to scan them, please contact me.

Bob Rafford is the Middlebury Historical Society president and Middlebury’s municipal historian. To join or contact the society, visit MiddleburyHistoricalSociety.org or call Bob at 203-206-4717. Your membership would be a valuable addition.

Helen Hickcox Benson

Benson scrapbooks trace middlebury history

Helen Benson filled scrapbook pages like this one with newspaper clippings, photos, postcards and other records of events in Middlebury’s history. (Robert Rafford photos)

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have extremely dry skin. Is there any-thing I can take orally for it, rather than applying moisturiz-ing lotions? – J.ANSWER: I don’t know any oral medicine for dry skin. I can give you some tips on how to lessen your skin’s dryness.

Dry skin becomes a problem for many people in the winter, when furnaces are pushing out hot, dry air. Those people, and possibly you, benefit by increas-ing the humidity of the house to between 40 percent and 60 per-cent with a humidifier.

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Don’t take long baths or show-ers, and keep the water temper-ature warm but not hot. After bathing, pat yourself with a towel, but leave the skin some-

what damp. That’s the time to use a moisturizing product. Pe-troleum jelly is cheap and effec-tive. If a moisturizer leaves your skin greasy, first rub a small amount between your hands and then apply it to the skin.

It’s not so much a matter of oil returning to your skin as it is wa-ter. Your skin needs hydration.DEAR DR. DONOHUE: When I was a little girl, my mother used to warn me about chilblains. I think it was her way of frighten-ing me into dressing the way she wanted me to dress for winter.

These days I never hear that word. What are chilblains? Did my mother make up the word? – D.G. ANSWER: “Chilblain” is a real word. It’s a cold-weather injury that most often strikes the toes and less often the fingers. It comes about from intense and prolonged spasms of blood ves-sels. Blood circulation is greatly decreased. This mostly happens when weather is cold but not freezing.

Skin changes might not occur until 12 to 24 hours after expo-sure. They consist of purple patches on the toes. They itch or give rise to burning pain. Warmth gets rid of them. Women be-

tween the ages of 15 and 30 are the ones most susceptible to this kind of cold injury.

Chilblain has another name, “pernio.” I never hear either word mentioned. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 79 years old. I take Fosamax for os-teoporosis. I also take one 500 mg calcium tablet daily. Is it nec-essary for me to take both? – D.S.ANSWER: Yes, you have to take both.

Fosamax works by slowing down the body cells that gnaw on bones. They’re supposed to do that. It’s the way the body con-stantly renews bones. The bone destruction is followed by bone buildup. In older ages, bone de-struction outpaces bone buildup. Osteoporosis is the result. Fosa-max prevents this from happen-ing.

However, for the bone cells to build new bone, they need cal-cium. Without it, they can’t get the job done. Older women should be getting 1,200 to 1,500 mg of calcium every day.

You also need vitamin D, a vitamin many of the elderly are deficient in. Vitamin D is essen-tial for calcium absorption. You need all three – Fosamax, cal-cium and vitamin D.

Dr. Donohue regrets he is un-able to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853–6475.

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ances.4. Ralph Sampson (1984), David

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As February draws to a close, we are reminded to gracefully accept the power of nature. If we pay attention to the positive things about our New England winter, we’ll understand it’s nat-ural to have many snowfalls and weeks of cold weather. If we flow with its forces and receive it as it is, we are nourished by what it offers.

It offers the chance to get ex-ercise outdoors by shoveling, playing on ice and making snow angels. We can learn to relin-quish some control over circum-stances beyond our control and take advantage of closings. It’s a luxury to stay home in snow-storms with little to do but relax, read, sit by the fire, watch TV and chat with each other. It’s a treat to eat grilled cheese sandwiches, a 12-bean soup or any home-made soup, sip hot tea or cocoa, and bake yummy, fragrant herb- infused healthy breads.

If we push against the weather, complain, try to force it to be something it isn’t, through con-versation and thinking, we feel unhappy and as if our lives are

interrupted. If we understand its gifts and powerful, playful ways, we can feel calm and smile.

This week’s nuggets for life are to enjoy the week and go with the flow. Cuddle up with warm blan-kets. For a long winter’s sleep, enjoy hot soaks in a tub sprinkled with lavender oil and Epsom salts. Make an effort to look for the bright side, the silver lining, the rainbow around February weather. Find time to look up and appreci-ate cold, clear nights when a full moon appears and winter constel-lations offer a chance for magical moments. Celebrate these winter gifts every day.

De Pecol is a yoga instructor, Reiki master and life coach who lives in Washington, Conn. See lifecoachingllc.com or email [email protected]

By CYNTHIA DE PECOL

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1. Who was the first ma-jor-leaguer to have 40 or more steals and 30 or more home runs in his rookie season?

2. How many times did Rickey Henderson steal four or more bases in a game during his 25-year major-league career?

3. Which college football team has played in the most Orange Bowl games?

4. In 2013, Portland’s Damian Lillard became only the fourth unanimous selection as NBA Rookie of the Year. Name two of the first three to do it.

5. How many NHL players have tallied at least 155 points in a season?

6. In 2013, Chris Horner became the oldest cyclist (41) to win a Grand Tour event. Who had been the oldest?

7. Who is the only male golfer to win all three Australian ma-jors in the same year?

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By KEN MORSE

The regular season is winding down, and teams are jockeying for position to gain a spot in the postseason. The Pomperaug girls are in a logjam in the Colonial Division of the South West Con-ference (SWC). Four teams sit tied in first place at 9-4 in the division, making this week’s match-ups all that more impor-tant in deciding who is in and who is out of the playoffs.

Lauralton Hall, at 13-0 in the Patriot Division, and 11-2 Kolbe Cathedral already have locked up the first two seeds in the SWC playoffs and will host quarterfi-nal match-ups this coming week-end. Immaculate, at 8-5, appears to have qualified for a spot, with Notre Dame of Fairfield having an outside shot depending on this week’s outcome.

The Colonial Division has the usual suspects with Pomperaug, Masuk, Newtown and New Fair-field all at 9-4, making this week’s Lady Panthers game at New Fairfield Tuesday a differ-ence maker. New Milford at 8-5 and Barlow at 7-6 also are in the mix as the final week of the reg-ular season shakes things out with the playoffs looming in the future.

“We have rebounded from a couple of tough losses, and things are really starting to come

together for us,” said Pomperaug head coach Joe Fortier.

Pomperaug left a few games out on the court in tough losses to Kolbe Cathedral 62-59 and a real heartbreaker 63-62 to Notre Dame of Fairfield. Two weeks ago, the bottom dropped out when Lauralton Hall hung an 18-point loss on the Panthers by a wide margin of 63-45.

Since then, the Lady Panthers have been hard at work estab-lishing all the pieces that will fit to go along with their all-around go-to player and leading scorer, Hannah Metcalf. The results have been four straight victories, and each one has shown just how far Pomperaug has come.

The Panthers have shown they can have a presence in the paint in a 52-41 win over Newtown. Katelyn Perrotti led the way with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Pom-peraug easily won the battle on the boards as sophomore Rachel Bonnanzio set a career-high 17 rebounds to go along with nine points. Metcalf came through with 11 points, but it was the all-around game of sophomore Lau-ren Rubinstein, who just missed a triple-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, that proved the Panthers have all the tools in their shed.

“A lot of the younger girls now have a full season under their belt, and they are no longer play-

ing like younger players,” Fortier said. “Rachel has really devel-oped into a force under the boards, and Lauren is becoming a very multitalented guard.

“The key is we are limiting our mistakes and gaining a lot of ex-perience and confidence along the way. Teams can no longer look at us as a one-dimensional team. They can’t just focus on stopping Hannah, because we have developed so many other weapons.”

Metcalf led the way in a 71-60 win over Immaculate, throwing down 23 points, adding nine steals, seven rebounds and seven assists. Perrotti has established herself as the No. 2 scorer, knock-ing down 18 points and hauling away 13 rebounds. Another key piece of the puzzle has emerged with Caly Farina coming away with 11 rebounds and eight points as Pomperaug pulled away to victory.

The Lady Panthers made it four wins in a row, improving to 14-5 on the season as they thor-oughly handled Stratford by a wide 62-39 margin. This game showed that, as strong as the starting five are, the depth of the Panthers is just as effective.

Metcalf led the way with 24 points on the strength of five three-pointers. Pomperaug got a lot of support off the bench with senior Gabby Penzetta (six

points), sophomore Allison Ostar (six points) and senior Jen Catuc-cio (four points) all finding their way into the score book.

“Our rebounding has im-proved dramatically, and we are now limiting teams to just one shot at the basket, and that has translated into a stronger defen-sive presence,” added Fortier.

“And as our defense has im-proved, it has created more op-portunities for us on offense. The guards are getting used to dou-bling down to give us an added advantage on the boards, and overall, as a team, we are playing with a lot more confidence.

“We are coming into the play-offs around the third seed, and I like the way we have been play-ing over the past two weeks. We are looking to sustain that kind of effort going into the playoffs and carry it as far as it will take us.”

The SWC playoffs begin Sat-urday with quarterfinal match-ups scheduled for 5 and 7 p.m. at Lauralton Hall and Kolbe Ca-thedral, respectively. Tuesday, at Bethel High School, the semi-final match-ups will take place at 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday, at Ma-suk High School, the SWC Cham-pionship game will take place at 7:30 p.m.

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Westover School’s varsity squash team placed third at the High School Nationals in Phila-delphia on Feb. 9. The team ex-ceeded expectations, having gone into the tournament seeded 15th out of the 16 teams competing.

“After waking up early on Fri-day, February 7th,” said coach Kate Wymard, “we headed south with our eyes set on beating whichever team we were matched up against for the first round.”

The high energy from the car ride, she added, was carried di-rectly onto the courts as the Wild-cats started off strong against their first opponents, Episcopal High School from Virginia, to win 4-3.

The team put forth the neces-sary first-round effort to advance into the quarterfinals against Blair Academy from New Jersey on Saturday, Feb. 8. Even though Westover won 5-2, Wymard said, each match was incredibly close, including two nail-biting wins by Joana Pacheco ’17 and Lindsay Rogers ’15.

“The team was lucky to be able to play on Saturday afternoon instead of having a second match on Friday night,” Wymard said.

However, the second match on Saturday, their third of the week-end, did not go in Westover’s fa-vor. Phillips Exeter from New Hampshire came out very strong Saturday night and earned the victory, but the Wildcats still won two out of the seven matches.

“They used that match to refo-cus as they still advanced to the semifinals,” Wymard said.

On Sunday morning, the Wild-cats battled against The West-minster School from Georgia to win the third-place position. Westover came back for a tie after being down 0-3, and the Wild-cats’ lone freshman, Pacheco, played the deciding match. With this title and the three wins over the weekend, the team improved to 7-4.

“All in all,” Wymard said, “the Westover team showed tremen-dous maturity on and off of the court. They had a huge desire to win and left everything on the court each match. Senior co-cap-tains, No. 1 Jocelyn McKenzie and No. 2 Stuart Lemay, both went 2-2 for the weekend. No. 3, Ashley Sanchez ’15, had four wins and made this tournament the week-end of her squash career thus far

The 2014 Westover Varsity Squash Team, left to right, Ashley Sanchez ‘15, Afuah Nsiah ‘15, Co-Captain Jocelyn McKenzie ‘14, Co-Captain Stuart Lemay ‘14, Lindsay Rogers ‘15, Victoria Rousseau ‘14, Joana Pacheco ‘17, Davis Lemay ‘16 and Coach Kate Wymard enjoy earning third place at the High School Nationals. (Submitted photo)

Westover squash team in top three

and earned Westover’s Wildcat of the Week honors for her unde-feated performance.”

Pacheco went 3-1, Afua Nsiah ’15 was 1-3, and Davis Lemay ’16

went 2-2. Rogers pulled out a win when it really counted and senior No. 8, Vicky Rousseau, came close to winning her exhibition match, Wymard said.

“The team has worked hard since Nationals,” Wymard said, “and is looking forward to con-tinued success at New Englands Feb. 21st and 22nd.”

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This has been a winter of unusually stormy and snowy weather, and it looks like my

house isn’t holding up too well. After noticing a water stain on an upstairs ceiling, I went into the attic and found water stains on several boxes and a general damp smell. Trouble is, there is still ice and snow coating the rooftop, and I don’t feel safe go-ing outside. How can I deal with this? – George in Virginia

Climbing onto the roof is definitely not safe in the midst of ice and

snow, but you do need to stop water from entering, of course. You can set up a temporary patch from inside the attic, but keep in mind it is very temporary – you’ll need to check it frequently until warmer weather comes and the roof can be properly repaired.

In the attic, trace the water leak to its source. A leak can oc-cur farther up a pitched roof and trickle down the rafters to drip elsewhere. If the water stains follow a path, trace that path up-ward to where the water marks end and check that area of the roof’s underlayment for damage, holes or apparent water entry points.

Sometimes as the sun melts the ice and snow on the roof, you will be lucky (or unlucky) enough to see water actually dripping through.

Now that you’ve located the leak (or leaks), you need to control

the direction of the drip so it no longer runs down the rafters but instead into a bucket to catch the water. Do this by placing a large nail in the center of the leak and tapping it through the roof ’s sheathing until it reaches the shin-gle outside.

“But Sam,” you say, “I’m trying to fix the leak, not create one!” True, but the damage is already done. For now you need to contain it until a better repair can be made.

Underneath the nail you just punched through the underside of the roof, place a bucket to catch drips. Now the water isn’t running all over the attic.

Next, put on a dust mask and cut away water-damaged insula-tion from around the hole. This clears the area you need to patch and helps prevent mold growth.

Let the area dry for a day or two; hopefully much of the ice and snow will melt from the rooftop during this time. At any rate, you need the underside of the roof to be fairly dry so a patch will hold. Once the area surrounding the hole is dry to the touch, you can patch it.

Remove the nail from the hole. Make sure the area is very dry.

You also might want to warm the area slightly with a hair dryer if it’s a cold day, so the patch ma-terial adheres.

Fill the hole with roofing ce-ment or roof patch compound (available at home-improvement stores – you’ll need just a small amount) and smooth out to the sides. In some cases, with spring coming, this small plug is all you need. But some DIYers add a lit-tle insurance by cutting a thin sheet of plywood into a square that extends a couple inches be-yond the hole on each side, and tacking that tightly against the hole using roofing cement (not nails).

Mark the patched area with brightly colored chalk or some other easy-to-see material. When the weather warms, you or a roof-ing professional must inspect the roof to locate and repair the dam-age, as the patch will give you only a few months’ reprieve. The roof may be damaged in other areas, or there could be unde-tected water problems as well.

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Clockwork Repertory Theatre in Oakville will hold its fourth open auditions of the season Saturday, March 8, from 12 to 4 p.m. at the theater at 133 Main St. in Oakville. In case of inclem-ent weather, auditions will be held the following Saturday, March 15, from 12 to 4 p.m. The auditions are for “Baggage” by Sam Bobrick.

Two difficult single people, Phyllis Novak and Bradley Naughton, both trying to heal from their respective disappoint-ing relationships, get their lug-gage mixed up at the airport. After a very disagreeable first

encounter, the two decide to help each other get over their heart-aches by forcing a friendship that eventually leads to the two dis-covering that, while they may be too difficult for everyone else in the world, they may be just right for each other.

This is a very humorous ro-mantic comedy containing some very funny dialogue and situa-tions. The director will be looking for actors who are lighthearted, witty and somewhat sarcastic and who match well as a cast. • PhyllisNovak–Asharp,well

groomed, self assured profes-sional in her late 20s to 40s.

• BradleyNaughton–Amoodyand sometimes cranky IRS at-torney in his late 20s to 40s.

• Dr.JonathanAlexander–Apopculture therapist and author quite full of himself, in his 30s to 50s.

• MitziCartright–Threetimes-divorced friend to Phyllis still looking for a long-term rela-tionship; in her late 20s to 40s.Actors cast are paid a fee to

help with expenses. For addi-tional information or special requests, call Mitch Friedman at 203-910-9070 or the Theatre at 860-274-7247.

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A large contingent of volunteers helped Flanders staff tap more than 300 trees on a snowy day in January, and now the time has arrived to boil down the sap gathered from these trees to make it into maple syrup. Everyone is welcomed to drop by on the Saturday and Sundays of March 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. as Flanders staff and volunteers will demonstrate turning sap into syrup with an entertaining mix of science, stories and humor. There is a $3 per person donation suggested, which will go to support Flanders future maple sugar programming. The demonstrations will take place at the Flanders Sugar House at 5 Church Hill Road in Woodbury.

Then on Sunday, March 2, Flanders will hold its annual pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon at the Woodbury Emergency Services building on Quassuk Road in Wood-bury. The menu will feature all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, coffee, orange juice and Flanders very own maple syrup. The cost for the breakfast is $7 for adults, and $5 for children ages 5 to 11. Children under 5 are free.

Local merchants New Morning Market and Daly Ex-press Mart both of Woodbury, Southbury Stop and Shop and Adams of Watertown have made donations to help underwrite the costs, and all proceeds from the breakfast will benefit Flanders’ education programs. For more information on any of the Flanders adult or children’s programs, call 203-263-3711, ext. 10, like them on their Facebook page or visit www.flandersnaturecenter.org.

Pitchers like this will be overflowing with fresh maple syrup as the sap from tapped sugar maple trees is turned into syrup at Flanders Nature Center in March.

(Submitted photo)

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Re-cently, an elderly relative was moved to a full-time care facility because she was unable to care for herself or her two dogs. We gladly took in Sadie and Tasha, both small, mixed-breed adult dogs. I think they’re very under-weight, though – their skin just hangs off of them. What is the best way to help them gain weight quickly? – Jerry S., via e-mailDEAR JERRY: First, take them to a veterinarian for a complete checkup. While they may very well be underweight, make sure this is the case, as some dog

breeds have somewhat loose skin. The vet also can determine their approximate age, check for any underlying medical condi-tions and test for specific nutri-tional deficiencies.

From there, work with the vet to put together the best diet for the dogs. It likely will include a

mix of dry and wet dog foods, in specific amounts, for a certain number of feedings each day. I would not be surprised if they need to be given a nutritional supplement. The vet may be able to sell these to you or recom-mend where to buy them. And, if needed, the dogs may be given medication. It’s very important they take any prescribed medi-cines as directed.

If Sadie and Tasha do not have up-to-date vaccination records, the vet will give them the vacci-nations they need.

While healthy dogs generally need to return to the vet just once a year, Sadie and Tasha likely will need to be seen more frequently so the vet can monitor their weight gain and health, and ad-just their diet if needed.

I commend you for becoming Sadie and Tasha’s new family – it sounds like they will be well cared for.

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Middlebury Garden Club members and helpers, left to right, Gerry Perrella, Patty Goode, Linda Barone, Beth Small, Linda Amarante, Lynn Gilland, Cian Flanagan and Michele Rowell Finn display more than 50 goody bags filled with vibrant primroses, toiletries and other goodies distributed on Valentine's Day to homebound neighbors through Watertown’s Visting Nurse Association (serving Middlebury, Woodbury, Southbury, Naugatuck, Oakville, Waterbury, Thomaston and Wolcott). Not pictured: Paula DeZinno, Corrina Flanagan, Sophie Kelley, Mary Anne McCormack, Lois Mulhern, Anne Reilly and many garden club members, who donated a wealth of items to share. Learn more about the club at www.middleburygardenclub.blogspot.com.

HARTFORD — Regina Round-tree, founder of Connecticut Black Republicans and Conser-vatives (CT-BRAC), announced that Dr. Alveda King, the niece of famed civil rights leader Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr., will be speak-ing in New Haven Saturday, March 1. She will speak at Yale University and also will be the keynote speaker at the “Women Of Fire” awards dinner at Antho-ny’s Ocean View.

A former college professor who served in the Georgia State House of Representatives and is a strong conservative voice and staunch defender of unborn children, Dr. Alveda King was the recipient in 2011 of the Life Prize Award, the Cardinal John O’Connor Pro-Life Hall of Fame Award from the Le-gatus organization, and the Civil Rights Award from Congress of Racial Equality. Dr. King is the

full-time pastoral associate of African-American outreach for the Roman Catholic pro-life group, Priests for Life, and once served as a senior fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank. She is the founder of “King for America” and the author of five books on a variety of issues.

“Dr. King is a black Republican and a civil rights activist,” said Roundtree. “Her presence in Connecticut as Black History Month ends and Women’s Month begins is a statement by the Con-necticut Republican Party that it’s serious about rebranding its im-age.”

Saturday, March 1, King will speak at a “Conversation on Civil Rights … Then and Now” on the campus of Yale. The talk is free and open to the public. That eve-

ning, Dr. King will keynote the Connecticut Black Republicans and Conservatives’ “Woman of Fire” awards dinner at Anthony’s Ocean View.

Those to be honored at the “Woman of Fire” event include Crystal Wright, editor and pub-lisher of the blog “Conservative Black Chick,” and Pat Longo, who served as vice-chair of the Con-necticut Republican Party for 14 years and is the Connecticut na-tional committeeman to the Re-publican National Committee (RNC) and a delegate coordinator to the RNC for Connecticut.

Information and tickets for both events can be found at www.ctbrac.org. For more information contact CT-BRAC President Re-gina Roundtree at [email protected] or 860-593-8483.

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(StatePoint) With so much junk food available on store shelves these days, it’s important to take a step back from time to time to evaluate what you feed your fam-ily. Snack time in particular is when a lot great parents serve up some not-so-great offerings.

Here are a few ways to make sure you’re providing your family with some crucial vitamins and minerals during snack time:

Vitamin CVitamin C is important for

strengthening immunity. When-ever kids gather in large groups, such as in the classroom, at after-school, activities, or on the mon-key bars, germs have a tendency to travel. But a regular dose of vitamin C can help keep kids cold and flu-free.

With that in mind, hydrate kids with orange juice or lemonade instead of soda. For snacks, try kiwi, citrus fruits and slices of bell pepper.

CalciumIt’s almost impossible to cut out

all sweets and treats, particularly when kids are involved! So rather than saying “no” to something delicious, ensure the sweet treats

you serve your family offer some nutritional benefit.

For example, Snack Pack pud-ding cups contain as much cal-cium as an 8-ounce glass of milk (30 percent of your needed daily value) and are 60-120 calories per serving, which won’t break the calorie bank. With more than 20 flavors, including sugar-free and fat-free varieties, kids won’t get bored, so it’s easy to keep lunch or snack time fresh.

ProteinProtein is tricky because there

are so many foods that contain a good dose of protein, but aren’t necessarily the most healthful options.

Limit sources of protein that are high in saturated fats, which can raise cholesterol and contrib-ute to obesity. Instead, opt for healthful snacks like unsalted nuts and seeds. A trail mix is a satisfying way to up your kids’ protein intake, and is a great on-the-go option.

Ensuring kids’ snacks are nu-tritionally beneficial is a great first step you can take to ensure they’re getting the vitamins and nutrients they need each day.

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