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Volume 20, Number 17 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, April 4, 2014
DADS’ NIGHT AT SCHOOL
Noor Gonzalez and her father, Amin, explore a sensory table at the Durham Co-op Nursery school’s recent annual Dad’s Night. See more photos page 13. | Submitted by Mica Machnik
The proposed budget for the town of Middlefield puts the 2014-2015 mill rate at 33.61, up from a 2013-2014 rate of 33.24.
Middlefield First Selectman Jon Brayshaw presented the budget to the Board of Finance at a public hear-ing on March 27 at the Middlefield Community Center. While there were just about no members of the public there, Brayshaw and Finance Director Joe Geruch went through the 18 page budget and answered questions from members of the BOF.
The philosophy of the budget, ac-cording to Brayshaw, was “to get the most for the least.”
Much of the total budget figure of $17,030,225 is devoted to Middlefield’s portion of the school budget, $12,178,763.
The remaining funds from Middlefield are put towards town expenses ($3,629,047), debt service ($486,128), and capital fund ($736,287).
While the total budget figure rose 2.6 percent from the figure of $16,605,630
Middlefield mill rate proposed at 33.61By Mark DionneTown Times
See Middlefield / Page 2
The town of Middlefield has re-ceived three bids on a project to ex-cavate six areas of Lake Beseck while the lake remains drained for the near-ly-completed dam repair.
The excavation project will involved clearing accumulated sand and muck washed into the man-made lake from four outfalls and two tributaries. The outfalls collect runoff from roads and storm basins and have pushed a lot of the remains of winter sanding into the lake.
“By dredging these six locations, that’s taking some of the muck out of the lake,” said Middlefield First Selectmen Jon Brayshaw. “In theory you should do this every 15 years.”
The town has permission for the work from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and from the state, which owns Lake Beseck.
“We’re cleaning their lake. We’re ba-sically doing their work. Middlefield has been exemplary in doing this,” Brayshaw said.
Brayshaw called the steward-ship of the lake another example of Middlefield’s leadership in environ-mental causes.
Lake Beseck excavation plannedBy Mark DionneTown Times
See Beseck / Page 12
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in 2013-2014, Brayshaw said in his presentation that the aver-age homeowner with a home assessed at $165,350 would see no increase in the town portion of their tax burden.
According to their exam-ple, the town portion of the
tax burden on this average homeowner remained at $1,453.
For town employees, Brayshaw put in a 2 percent salary increase “pretty much across the board.” There were a few exceptions, such as the building inspector, who would receive a 4 percent in-crease because of a union contract.
The salary line for the res-ident state trooper jumped 7.5 percent, for a $106,000 ex-pense. “They’re getting their three year increases all in one year,” Geruch said.
Four days earlier, the Durham Board of Selectmen also discussed the increased cost of the resident state trooper program. Durham selectmen Jon Szewczyk suggested studying different ways to structure that town’s policing needs.
Proposed expenses for pro-fessional services went down in the Middlefield budget. Funds devoted to town, la-bor, and bond counsel and re-
gional planning all decreased. Of the professional services group, Brayshaw said, “Some of those are minuses. A lot of that has to do with Powder Ridge being behind us.”
Brayshaw did add $5,000 to the professional services ex-penses so the town could hire a consultant to review and “clean up” the town’s job de-scriptions. “I’d like to have a professional - not me - look at job descriptions,” Brayshaw said. “Everyone deserves it.”
The proposed 2014-2015 budget also contains a new line for the town web site, at $5,000.
The proposed capital ex-penses portion of the budget totals $768,980, with the se-lectman’s proposal matching the department’s proposal in each case.
The town budget has to be approved at a town meet-ing. In the past, Brayshaw has scheduled that town meeting in May after the approval of the school budget.
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SHOVEL WORK REWARDED
The Rev. Dr. Elven W. Riggles, Jr. presented Boy Scout Troop 270 with a Certificate of Recognition and Gratitude for its volunteer contributions to the United Churches recently. Scouts were recognized for removing snow from church sidewalks, steps and parking areas, cleaning church buildings, building a new storage shed on the property, hosting regular coffee hours and other volunteer projects to benefit the United Churches. Many Boy Scouts, scout leaders and parents were in attendance at the Sunday morning worship service. | Submitted by John Hogarth
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A Meriden man faces charges after police say he tried to evade state troop-ers and crashed his car into a house in Middlefield.
The house is owned by Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company Chief Peter Tyc.
Edwin Rodriguez, 29, of 281 Hanover St., Meriden, was charged with reckless driving, engaging police in pursuit, operating under suspension and failure to display marker plates.
According to police re-ports, a resident state trooper was patrolling in the area of Jackson Hill Road on Thursday night, March 27, when he saw a car without a rear license plate. The car turned onto Cedar Street, and the trooper followed and
turned on his lights and si-ren to pull the car over. The driver accelerated when the lights and siren were turned on, reaching speeds between 60 and 70 miles an hour.
The trooper tried to catch up to the car, but had to slow down because of a curve in the road. The car lost control while making the turn and drove through a set of trees, struck four parked cars and came to rest on its side in the driveway of 104 Cedar St. Rodriguez was identified as the driver and was taken to Hartford Hospital for treat-ment of minor injuries.
Rodriguez was released $1,000 bail and is due in Middletown Superior Court on April 11.
O n e o f t h e c a r s Rodriguez struck was a town-owned vehicle.
Police: Car crashes into fire chief’s Middlefield houseBy Lauren SievertSpecial to Town Times
Resident State Trooper Eric Kelly told the Middlefield Board of Selectmen at its March 18 meeting that some complaints from the Lake Beseck neighborhood weren’t reaching the police in time for the police to act on them productively if the complaints went only to the Crime Watch group.
Kelly is encouraging Lake Beseck residents to call po-lice first when they witness something suspicious. In ad-dition to 911 for emergencies, residents can reach police at (860) 349-9685. Calls to that number will always be an-swered, Kelly said, because they roll over to the barracks if they are not picked up at the Middlefield office.
The Crime Watch group, officially called Lake Beseck Crime Watch for Health, was founded in 2008, ironically enough because a number of crimes and small thefts went unreported to police.
In an interview with the Town Times, Crime Watch captain Amy Poturnicki said that the group serves multi-
ple functions in the neighbor-hood. Members, numbering over 100 households, get e-mail updates about activ-ity in the neighborhood. The group also serves as “an ave-nue so police are aware we’re getting a rash of this or that,” Poturnicki said.
“We’re all alert and aware of each other,” Poturnicki said. “If there’s something weird, we report it.”
The Lake Beseck Crime
Watch website says that the group will report incidents to the police for residents who feel uncomfortable talking to police.
It was this function of the group that concerned Kelly. “If they call us versus calling her, we go right away. If I get the e-mail a day later, the like-lihood of me finding the two individuals that someone was
Beseck residents encouraged to report suspicious activityBy Mark DionneTown Times
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Durham Garden Club plans Arbor Day dedication
The Durham Garden Club will dedicate six new-ly-planted native trees on Main St. and at Allyn Brook Park, Saturday, April 26, be-ginning at 10 a.m. and con-tinuing through 12:30 pm. The plantings continue a civic beautification program begun in 2000.
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will begin at 322 Main St., the West side of Main Street at the intersection of Talcott Lane, where two Amelanchier × grandif lora ‘Autumn Brilliance’ will be planted. One of the trees is planted in recognition of the 80th Anniversary of the Durham Garden Club, whose begin-nings date to March, 1933. The club just completed a year-long anniversary celebration. The second tree, funded by
the Durham Democratic Town Committee, is ded-icated to the memory of George Zeeb, the former long time chairman of the Town Committee and a volunteer on several town boards and commissions.
The ceremony will con-tinue to the East side of Main Street, at 307 Main, with the planting of a third Amelanchier grandiflora x, this one funded by the friends of Jim and Ona McLaughlin in recognition of their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
The ceremony will con-tinue across the street to Notre Dame Church where the club is planting two re-placement trees for trees
that were damaged during the devastating storms a few years ago. Two Cercis canadensis will be planted, one in memory of Greg and Kathleen Curtis and the other in memory of Catherine Orio. Both trees were originally funded by the respective families to honor their loved ones who were influential in the founding of Notre Dame Church.
The final tree to be dedi-cated is a Magnolia virgin-iana, to be planted at the flagpole at Allyn Brook Park, where the ceremony will end with refreshments. The magnolia is funded by the club in recognition of Marcia Kalayjian, a club member since 1975, who chaired the 80th Anniversary Celebration and has worked on club proj-ects for decades.
All of the trees are native, ornamental and have three season appeal. Amelanchier x grandiflora, commonly called serviceberry, has white blooms in April, berries in
June, and brilliant autumn color. Cercis canadensis, east-ern redbud, blooms pink in April and has autumn color. Magnolia virginiana, sweet-bay magnolia, blooms May to June with fragrant flowers and has showy berries in fall.
Bonnie Penders, Renee Kelley, Marge Stahl, Nancy Grenier, and Barbara Olsen of the club Civic Beautification Committee, chose the loca-tions and tree selections with the help of Jane Harris, the head of Middletown’s Urban Forestry Commission. Kurt Bober and the Public Works Department will be assisting the club with getting the trees planted.
The Durham Garden Club has planted scores of trees since beginning the project in 2000. Planting and tree maintenance are funded by the club through the yearly sale of holiday wreaths and sprays.
The club currently has openings for new members. Please phone Flo Flynn at (860) 349-0504, if you think you would like to help serve your community in this type of beautification endeavor or just to take advantage of the many programs and work-shops sponsored by the club.
The April 10 meeting at 10 a.m. at the library is open to the public and in-cludes a presentation by John Himmelman on Singing Leaves — the Stories & Songs of the Crickets and Katydids.
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the alter in the church, 7 p.m.; Vigil at the Altar of Repose in Bp William Room, 8 p.m. to noon on Friday.
Good Friday - April 18. Ecumenical Cross Walk from Notre DAme Roman Catholic Church to Epiphany, noon; Liturgy for Good Friday with Communion from the reserve Sacrament and the Solemn Collects, 7 p.m.
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We all have become so de-pendent on our smart phones, but they eventually break, be-come obsolete or we simply want the latest, greatest ver-sion. This leads to a prolifer-ation of e-waste. One website, www.govtech.com, estimates that 65.4 million tons of e-waste will be generated by 2017, with the USA the num-
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The parts are tiny, so I was
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CAT will sponsors a series of free programs on Thursday evenings with the Joint Task Force on Clean Energy and Sustainability. The next free program will be on Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. in the Durham Library. The topic will be organic lawn care with local resident Diane St. John of Natureworks providing tips on keeping your lawn looking good without harming pets, children or wildlife. The pro-gram is free and open to all; refreshments will be provided. For updates and interesting ar-ticles, “Like” us on Facebook at Coginchaug Area Transition or check out the Transition movement website at www.transitionus.org.
Voter registration effort underway in Durham
DURHAM — Are you registered to vote? If so, is your information up to date?
To ensure all town voter informa-tion is accurate and current, the Town of Durham’s Registrar of Voters has been mailing notice cards to regis-tered citizens as part of the town’s an-nual update of all registered voters. Notice cards should be mailed back to the office of the Registrar by May 1.
As of March 11, there are a to-tal of 5,044 registered voters in Durham, of which 1,360 are reg-istered Republicans, 1,215 regis-tered Democrats, 2,436 registered Unaffiliated and 33 classified as Other.
While the town has seen 111 new voter registrations over the past year, it has also had 205 voter registration removals during the same time pe-riod, typically caused by voters mov-ing out of town or deceased ranks. However on average, according to
Karen Cheyney, Durham Democratic Registrar of Voters, the overall regis-tered voter numbers in town remain consistent with previous years.
“I have been (Democratic) Registrar since 2008 and the number of voters has hovered between 5,000 and 5,100,” she said, noting one of the biggest increases in active new voter registration came between 2008 and 2009 when the town saw 408 new reg-istered voters coinciding with Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign.
“Interesting candidates or exciting campaigns lead to citizens registering to vote,” said Cheney.
“Durham is a more settled town, so most new registrations are people who have moved into town or people who attained the age or citizenship to register.”
Connecticut has the shortest regis-tration deadline in the country, with citizens allowed to register to vote up until one week before an election, compared to other states which typ-ically allow citizens up to 30 days to
register before an election. One of Durham’s more interesting trends over the past few years is the ability for citizens to register at town hall on Election Day itself.
While residents are strongly en-couraged to register early so as to avoid any crowds or last-minute ob-stacles, Cheyney believes providing citizens with a convenient option to register and cast their vote right away can only be a benefit.
“This allows people who moved into town but forgot to register to vote to still vote in the election,” said Cheyney.
In her first term as Durham Republican Registrar of Voters, Pam Lucashu takes great pride in helping any citizen, regardless of age or polit-ical affiliation; take those first steps in the voter registration process.
“I believe voting is a privilege we often take for granted in America,” said Lucashu. “If we want to keep our freedoms we need to be involved in the process.”
Lucashu and Cheyney are excited to be involved in the town’s annual voter registration drive scheduled to take place in May at Coginchaug Regional High School.
“Last year my Democratic counter-part (Cheyney) and I began teaching a basic civics course in conjunction with that event, and held a mock elec-tion in the presidential year,” said Lucashu, noting the two have also set up voter registration tables during the spring and summer months at The Durham Farmer’s Market.
“This gives us a chance to talk to citizens about any upcoming voting events and answer registration ques-tions, and our plan is to continue these efforts,” Lucashu added. “It is so much fun when a new voter is ex-cited about voting.”
Cheyney agreed, saying a partici-patory democracy requires all of its citizens to vote, which in turn re-quires they first be registered.
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Tuesday, April 22 - AARP Safe Driving Course. A fee is charged. Registration re-quired at (860) 349-7121.
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The Meriden-Wallingford Summer Campership Fund will begin its annual fund-raising drive Sunday, April 6. The Campership Fund is in its 39th year of offering campership awards to boys and girls in Meriden and Wallingford. This year’s goal is $60,000 and awards will be $130 per child.
Last year, $55,000 was raised. This made it possible to award 405 camperships
to youngsters to attend two weeks at a local, nonprofit camp. All money raised goes directly to fund camperships. Applications for campership awards have been distributed in Meriden and Wallingford schools. The completed ap-plication should not be re-turned to the Meriden Youth Services office. Applications and proof of family income must be brought to the camp office of choice. Families ap-
plying must submit a DSS budget sheet or completed 2013 income tax form. The number of awards will be determined by the amount raised during the campaign. Call the camp phone num-ber on the list of camps on the second sheet of the ap-plication to check on office hours. For more informa-tion contact Youth Services at www.meridenhealth.com and click on Youth Services. Camperships will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
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complaining about are slim to none.”
Both Kelly and Poturnicki acknowledged that some peo-ple do not feel comfortable talking to police.
BOS members speculated on other reasons residents might hesitate to call po-lice in addition to discom-fort around law enforcement, and those reasons matched up with reasons listed on the Lake Beseck Crime Watch web site - the belief that the crime or suspicious activity is probably minor, the thought that the police won’t be able to help, and the concern about “bothering” the police.
“They need to call us. They can be anonymous. We don’t need names, we don’t need numbers,” Kelly said. “I’d rather go up there 100 times and find someone that’s sup-posed to be there ... then not go up there the one time and that’s when someone’s house gets broken into.”
BOS member Ed Bailey said that residents might not be aware of the number for routine police calls: (860)349-9685. This number is for con-cerns that do not rise to 911 emergency levels. Bailey sug-gested putting the number for routine calls on the neighbor-hood Crime Watch signs.
Poturnicki said she in-cludes the routine police number in her e-mail up-dates and encourages resi-dents to call police first. With a sentiment similar to Kelly’s, Poturnicki said, “The police would rather come out 100 times for nothing then not be called when needed.”
The Crime Watch group will continue, Poturnicki said, to keep residents alert and informed and communicate with police. “Every neighbor-hood needs a Crime Watch,” Poturnicki said.
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Government Meetings
Durham(Unless otherwise indicated,
all meetings are held in the Durham Library. Check the town website at www.townofdur-hamct.org for updates.)
Monday, April 7Clean Energy & Sustainability
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Board of Education Budget hearing, Coginchaug Regional High School, 7 p.m.
Fire Department Trustees, Durham Vol. Firehouse, 7 p.m.
Board of Selectman Budget hearing, Coginchaug Regional High School, 8 p.m.
Board of Finance, Coginchaug Regional High School, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 8Conservation Commission,
Library, 7 p.m.Board of Educations Budget
hearing, CRHS, 7:30 p.m.Library Board of Trustees, Li-
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Wednesday, April 9Board of Education, CRHS,
7:30 p.m.Thursday, April 10Board of Education budget
hearing, CRHS, 7 p.m.Thursday, April 11 Zoning Board of Appeals,
Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Monday, April 14Board of Selectman, Town
Hall, 7 p.m.Inland Wetlands, Town Hall,
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The Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords recently celebrated its 24th year of singing as a family. The group has grown from 25 to 90 members. Recipients of tokens of appreciation were given to: first row John Lomartra (20 years);second row, from left: Cathy Clayton (5 years), Louise Fortier (5 years), Jean Bonnier (20 years), Joann DiModica (20 years): third row, Kathy Cameron (5 years), Martha Blake (5 years), Fred Spallone (20 years), Janina Eddinger (5 yeyrs);back row, Corinne Trebbe (15 years), Kate Porch (20 years), Ed Parker (10 years). | Submitted by Sandy Zajac.)
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Lake Beseck Ad-Hoc Committee Chair Amy Poturnicki said the collection of sand is part of a “natural process” that still needs to be addressed.
“It’s basically filling in our lake,” said Poturnicki, who noted that the lake was not as deep as it used to be. “Over time your lake becomes a swamp.”
Two of the outfalls are on either side of the Lake Beseck beach area.
According to Brayshaw, Middlefield budgeted for the project. The bids received
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At the March 18 Board of Selectmen meeting, Selectmen Ed Bailey cited the amount of road sand as approximately 1,400 cubic yards.
Soil from the lake is cur-rently being inspected by the state for contamination. If the soil is clean, Brayshaw said, the town will find uses for it. “Some we’ll keep for ourselves. We can always use fill.” The material may also be sold for construction or used by residents.
After the soil is tested, the town will award the project to one of the three interested companies. The project will take between two and four weeks, largely depending on how dry the ground is.
The DEEP wants the proj-ect to finish by the end of April, which is usually the date given to begin refill-ing Lake Beseck. If neces-sary, “we’re going to prevail upon the state to keep that water down for a little bit,” said Brayshaw at the March 18 BOS meeting. Brayshaw said he expected the town to award the contract during the first week of April.
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The dry lake bed of Lake Beseck reveals years of accumulated road sand and other run off. The Middlefield Board of Selectmen have approved an excavation project to remove approximately 1,400 cubic yards of what First Selectman Jon Brayshaw termed “muck.”
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SCOUTS PASTA SUPPER A SUCCESSBoy Scout Troop 27 hosted a community supper at the Church of the Epiphany in Durham recently. Approximately 70 members of the community attended. The pasta dinner was made and served by the scouts. Members of the congregation provided dessert. | Submitted by Andrew Nizen
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5. Spend quiet time search-ing your soul for the answers to what you want/need to do to simplify your gardens- it’s hard work.
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While you’re at it, DuBrule-Clemente says, cut back on lawn. It does very little for na-tive critters and is a pain to take care of. “Hardscaping,” such as walkways and patios, can provide access to hard-to-reach parts of the garden, and is less work to maintain than mulched or grassy paths.
She offered a creative, prac-tical idea, especially if you are older, and things have gotten overgrown. Example: You planted some pretty tufted, striped grass a number of years ago; it has spread ev-erywhere, and pulling clumps of it up is the only solution. Solution: Pair up with a young, inexperienced gar-dener, or someone with a new, naked property that cries out for plantings. Bestow your “largess” on them. They will be thankful, and so will you.
Both the Manchester Garden Club (and many other clubs) and DuBrule-Clemente agree one of the best things you can do with your garden—one that will bring you pleasure while helping sustain our planet—is to encourage diverse flora and fauna. Cultivate native plants and plants and flow-ers that attract pollinators like bees and butterflies; also, provide an inviting habitat for birds and other animals by giving them the things that they need such as shelter, food (including that found on plants), water and nesting material. More information can be found on the web-sites of the National Wildlife Federation and National Audubon Society. Strongly recommended is the book, ”Bringing Nature Home,” by Douglas Tallamy and Richard Darke. It’s a classic among gardening and conservation people.
At the end of the presen-tation, we were left with a great question: “Does my gar-den really have to be perfect? The answer: probably not — it’s up to you.
Now that spring is upon us, look for plant sales (many run by non-profit organizations), where you can purchase na-tive plants and other things for your garden. The Manchester Garden Club holds its sale Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Community Baptist Church in Manchester.
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I lived in the Hamptons for seven and a half years. I know a snub when I see one.
Scheduling the Class L girls basketball final involv-ing undefeated and No. 1 Capital Prep for 10 a.m. on Saturday morning? That was a diss, a little back-hand slap to a charter school with an outspoken operator and an outspoken girls basketball coach.
And the tip to a larger is-sue, of course.
Look, I have no prob-
lem with charter or mag-net schools. The private business model is probably the best educational option for Connecticut’s big cit-ies. Outside of them, public schools are sound. Inside of them, public schools too of-ten fail.
And I have no problem with the CIAC basketball committees. Truly. They run the best state tournaments in Connecticut high school sports, as this year’s brack-ets, capped by the week-
end finals at Mohegan Sun, proved once again.
But when it comes to dealing with the “schools of choice” issue, I’d really like to see the basketball committees — all of the CIAC, for that matter, in every sport — strip every-thing down to the common denominator to solve the problem, which is only go-ing to grow as more of these schools continue to sprout.
No more mind-bending math, no more multiplying
and dividing enrollments. Bag, too, the “success in
tournament” system ad-opted for the current year, in which a school of choice was classified based on how many state basketball quar-terfinals it had reached in the three previous season. (That’s how Capital Prep, after winning Class S a year ago, got bumped up two di-visions to Class L.)
Please, no more digs in the frozen food aisle. Just make like a smart grocer. Put
apples with apples, oranges with oranges. Separate the parochi-als and the charters and the mag-nets from the public schools.
Schools that draw from a de-fined geo-graphic area here, schools that draw beyond geographic boundar-ies there.
Mind you, this would just be for the CIAC tour-naments. Fruit cocktail is fine for the regular season. Conferences are well-es-tablished. No need to upset those apple carts, as it were.
Keep the long-standing rivalries. Keep the divisions that conferences have taken pains to devise.
Spare the extra travel and expense that separate “all-choice” conferences would incur (though, it could be argued, the vo-tech schools have long been criss-cross-ing the state for the sake of playing fellow birds of a feather).
This certainly isn’t a knee-jerk proposal, one fed by watching choice schools win championships at the ex-pense of the publics (though I confess delight in watching Fairfield Prep squander big halftime leads in both the Class LL football and bas-ketball finals to Southington and Bridgeport Central).
The choice schools are always big players in the postseason, particularly in basketball, but they haven’t cornered the market yet. Seven of this year’s eight state hoop finals featured a choice school. Three of them — Lauralton Hall, Sacred Heart and Capital Prep — won a title.
Last year, six of the 16 state basketball finalists were choices. Two were crowned. Dating back five years, 41 percent (33 of 80) of the state finalists were choice and 35 percent (14 of 40) were champions.
Small potatoes for some,
CIAC should adopt separate ‘schools of choice’ division for postseason
Bryant Carpenter
Special to Town Times
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Town Times | towntimes.com Friday, April 4, 2014 A17
GETTING WARMED UPTwenty players from Coginchaug Little League attended a softball clinic at Middletown High School on March 22. Coaches and players from the MHS softball team provided instruction to players. In addition, specialty sessions were held for more experienced players to improve in specific areas. Directors from CLL softball stated that the clinic was both fun and informative. | Submitted
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For me, it’s an easy fix, with entertainment value to boot. (Hey, more tourna-ment tickets for the CIAC to sell.)
I don’t mean to be flip. The CIAC has a good thing going with basketball. Mohegan Sun Arena is prov-ing a great site for the finals. A pro atmosphere that’s just the right size. A destination that provides a some of that “going to states” vibe en-joyed in the larger domin-ions of the Lower 48.
If you still find exposing young’uns to the beeping neon allure of the casino a problem, well, you prob-ably aren’t on Twitter or Instagram. Young people cast their eyes upon far worse every day, for hours a day, but that, my friends, is another issue for another morning.
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Calendar
Friday, April 4 Spamalot - Coginchaug Regional High School has
scheduled “Spamalot” for Friday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
A fee is charged. Tickets are available at the door.
Casual bridge - The Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St., schedules casual bridge every Friday at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call Jim Martinelli at (860) 346-6611.
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Spamalot - Coginchaug Regional High School has scheduled “Spamalot” for Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. A fee is charged. Tickets are available at the door.
Winter market - The Dud-ley Farm Winter Market is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Munger Barn, 2351 Durham Road, North Guilford. The market features baked goods, eggs, arts and crafts, honey, maple syrup, jams, jellies, naturally raised mates and sundries. Call (860) 349-3917 or visit www.dudley-farm.com.
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CAT - Coginchaug Area Transition has scheduled a free program for Thurs-day, April 10, 7 p.m., at the Durham Library. Diane St. John is scheduled to discuss organic lawn care. The public
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Voter
“As registrars, we are pas-sionate about fair elections,” she said.
Citizens who have moved in town, changed a name, be-come a new citizen, or have not yet registered to vote, are encouraged to fill out a new
voter registration card. Additional upcoming town
voter registration drives in-clude state-mandated voter registration sessions the second Saturday before the November election, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and all day registration on Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Friday, April 11Square dance - The 4
C’s square dance club has scheduled a square dance for Friday, April 11, 8 to 10 p.m., at the Brewster School. Caller is Dayle Hodge; cuer is Sue Lucibello. For more information, call (860) 349-8084 or (860) 828-5978.
Saturday, April 12Easter egg hunt - The
Middlefield Lion’s Club has scheduled its annual Easter egg hunt for Saturday, April 12, 1 p.m., at Peckham Park. The event is intended for pre-school children through grade 4. Refreshments and jelly bean contest.
Meeting - The Durham American Legion Post 184 is scheduled to meet Saturday, April 12, 9:30 a.m., at the Durham Library. All veterans are welcome.
Presentation - Durham Fitness, 339 Main St., has scheduled a health and well-ness presentation for Satur-day, April 12, 9:30 a.m. Call (860) 638-8781 or email [email protected].
Sunday, April 13Community supper - The
Church of the Epiphany, 196 Main St., has scheduled a free community supper for Sunday, April 13, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., in the church hall. All are welcome. Call (860) 349-9644.
From Page 19
Museum passThe Levi E. Coe library
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Book sale
Levi E. Coe Library has scheduled its book and bake sale for Friday Preview Day, April 4, noon to 4 p.m. (a fee is charged) and Saturday, April 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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The Durham Public Library schedules Classic Movie Matinee for Thursdays, ,1:30 p.m., beginning April 10. The film series is free and open to the public.
April 10 - “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953) star-ring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.
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The Honorable Joseph D. Marino, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown, announced his intention to seek re-election for an eighth term. The Middletown Probate District serves the towns of Cromwell, Durham, Middlefield and Middletown. The Middletown Court is also a par t o f the Central Connecticut Regional Children’s C o u r t i n Meriden where Judge Marino presides over cases involving custody, guardian-ships and termination of pa-rental rights.
Marino, a Democrat , is a past president of the Connecticut Probate Assembly and has been a member of numerous com-mittees within the probate system and is currently serv-ing on the Budget Committee which sets the staffing level, employee compensation and budgets for all the courts in the State. He is a member of the Middletown Rotary Club, the Middlesex County NAACP, the Italian Society of Middletown, the Solnit Children’s Center Advisory Group, the Italian-American Civic Order and is on the Board of Directors for the Middlesex County Bar Association. He is the recipi-ent of the Community Service Award from the NAACP and the Paul Harris Community Service Fellowship Award from the Middletown Rotary Club.
Marino is a graduate of Xavier High School and holds bachelors degree in political science from John Carroll University, Ohio. He earned his law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Judge Marino seeks re-election
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April 17 - “High Noon” (1952) starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly.
April 24 - “Vertigo” (1958) starring James Stewart and
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May 8 - “12 Angry Men”
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May 22 - “Singin’ in the
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May 29 - “To Kill A Mockingbird” (1962) starring Gregory Peck.
June 5 - “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961) starring Audrey Hepburn.
June 12 - “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964)
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