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Volume 21, Number 52 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, April 25, 2014

Durham’s egg hunt a tradition for families

Preparing for the arrival of a crowd Saturday, April 19, Durham’s Recreation Director Sherry Hill could not quite re-call when she started oversee-ing the Easter Egg Hunt.

Hill guessed that the Recreation Committee, which took over the event from the Lions Club, has run the annual Egg Hunt for 29 years.

The recreation team uses the same system each year. “We really got it down so it’s comfortable for people,” Hill said.

A team of volunteers met the Wednesday before Easter in the cafeteria kitchen at Strong Middle School. Hi-Land Farms donated 1,080 eggs, which were dyed in pinks, yellows, greens and blues in one evening.

Even working in batches of a few dozen eggs, gallons of water, a good deal of time, and several packages of dye go into producing that many colored eggs.

Days after the coloring, Recreation Committee mem-ber Sharon Criscuolo still had red dye on her fingers.

Early Saturday, volunteers

gathered again to section off parts of Allyn Brook Park for different age groups and hide the eggs.

Hiding over a thousand eggs, including the 25 golden eggs that are worth prizes, takes time so the volunteers began preparing the park 90 minutes before the egg hunt.

To help with the jobs, com-mission members have turned operations at the egg hunt into a family affair. Megan and Alyssa Szymaszek, were on hand to help their mother, committee member Lisa

By Mark DionneTown Times

Recreation Director Sherry Hill verifies a gold egg found by Ella Bodner, of Durham, during the annual Egg Hunt on April 19 at Allyn Brook Park. | (Mark Dionne\Town Times.) See Hunt / 6

Lloyd and Susie Blair buying chicks on Chick Day at Main Street Feed, April 17. | (Photo by Diana Carr.)

See Chicks / Page 16

It’s been a long time com-ing, this spring. It teases us with warm mellow days, then throws us back into nippy temperatures. But Chick Day, held at Main Street Feed, Durham, on April 17, gave us all hope. The owner of the feed store, Brenda Eddy, had ordered 400 chicks, all chirping away, awaiting good homes. All reminding us of life renewing itself.

Eddy has been hosting Chick Day for the past 30 years. She orders the chicks from a hatchery in Iowa, and holds them for a couple of days to make sure they’re healthy before placing them. The stress of being shipped, and outside temperatures, can affect them adversely.

People must buy a min-imum of six, to discourage buying them as Easter pres-ents for their kids. “I have a sign saying they’re not for your kids’ Easter bas-kets,” she said. “People think they’re so cute, but months

from now there will be lots of rabbits and chickens looking for new homes. Chicks and bunnies are a commitment for several years. They’re not presents.” Between pre-or-ders and walk-ins, she has never had any chicks left

over. Though chicks seem to

be synonymous with Easter (could it be all those peeps we ate growing up?), Eddy says there’s no connection.

‘Chicken guru’ holds chick day at farm storeBy Diana CarrSpecial to The Citizen

While the water level at Lake Beseck remains drawn down mostly to the mud to facilitate a dam re-pair project, the town of Middlefield has applied for a state STEAP grant to

monitor and improve the lake environment when the water returns.

Middlef ield has re-quested $395,000. The maximum possible for a STEAP grant, which stands for Small Town Economic

Middlefield applies for Lake Beseck grantBy Mark DionneTown Times

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Selectman Ed Bailey, who also serves on the Lake Beseck Ad Hoc Committee, told the Town Times he was “pretty confident” in Middlefield’s chances. Lake Beseck is a state-owned lake, but “unless the town gets in-volved, not much happens,” Bailey recently said.

According to the grant ap-plication, the money would go to control phosphorous levels and invasive aquatic plants, as well the fund-ing of a limnologist, or lake scientist.

“The decline in the wa-

ter quality of Lake Beseck threatens recreational, eco-nomic, and social activities ... Because Lake Beseck is such a valuable local asset, it is im-portant that water quality is managed and plant popula-tions are controlled,” reads the grant application.

High phosphorous levels create problems in the lake. “Algae responds directly to phosphorous in the water column,” said Mark June-Wells in an interview with the Town Times. June-Wells wrote the grant application and is the limnologist cur-rently studying Lake Beseck for the town.

Runoff of fertilizer from the entire watershed area, the contents of the storm drains, and decaying plant mass in the water have contributed to high levels of phosphorous.

According to the applica-tion, Middlefield could use an alum treatment to deal with the phosphorous. June-Wells said that aluminum sulfate “binds directly to the phos-phorous and holds it strongly to the bottom of the lake ... It essentially harvests the phosphorous.”

The alum treatment is non-toxic, according to June-Wells, but risks of an alum treatment include pH swings in the lake water. “That can be mitigated through respon-sible practices,” said June-Wells, including staggered applications.

STEAP grants are aimed to help small towns make capital improvements and Middlefield has included the purchase of a $150,000 aquatic plant harvester in the application.

The plant harvester is a boat with a cutter and con-veyer belt to remove weeds from the water. “We could go out there and manage our own weeds,” said Amy Poturnicki, chair of the Lake Beseck Ad Hoc Committee.

The grant also requests $30,000 for maintenance and operation of the harvester. The harvester would likely be operated by a town employee, according to both June-Wells and Poturnicki.

Where to store the har-vester when not in use is still a question.

The third part of the STEAP grant application would pro-vide $50,000 of funding for five years of a Lake Manager. This would fund June-Wells as a town consultant, replac-ing his current contract with the town.

The third part also requests $35,000 for five years of wa-ter quality equipment and monitoring. “The purpose of that is so I can always have my finger on what I call the heartbeat of the lake,” said June-Wells.

The state will announce the grant recipients in waves until Sept. 15.

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Middlesex Dance Center members recently performed in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington DC as part of the All Star Tap Team. The seven member team joined over 600 tap dancers and perfomed a routine to a remix of ‘Gonna Fly Now,’ the theme from Rocky. The parade travelled down Constitution Avenue from the National Archives to the White House. It was televised live locally and is scheduled to be rebroadcast over the next few weeks. Pictured: Marianne Fallon, MDC Director Toni-Lynn Miles, Jessica Carta, Catherine Fay, Matt Wickwire, Penelope Wickwire, and Tracy Wickwire. | Submitted by Toni-Lynn Miles

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After a sparsely attended

public hearing on April 10 at Coginchaug Regional High School, the Board of Education moved the 2014-

2015 school budget towards a referendum on May 6, locking in a net 1.74 percent increase while allowing potential line item changes to address con-cerns over class size.

Board member Jeremy Renninghoff, of Middlefield, voted against moving the budget forward. After the meeting Renninghoff said he felt the district spent too much without results.

Superintendent Kathryn Veronesi described the bud-get as responsive to the com-munity. “You have told me, ‘We want to be great again. Our greatness will be based on our willingness to be cou-

rageous in programming, re-sources, and people.”

Overall, the proposed bud-get contains a net reduction of 10.2 positions, including one special education po-sition, four instructional assistant positions, and a part-time librarian position at John Lyman Elementary School. Even with the reduc-tions, the 2014-2015 salary and benefits line increased by 1.96 percent, from $20,562,141 to $20,964,453, reflecting con-tractually obligated increases.

Much of the public com-ment centered around the proposed cut of a third grade teacher at Korn Elementary

School and a fifth grade contemporary teacher at Memorial Middle School.

Gwen Wirger said the fifth grade class size average of 23.7, the result of one posi-tion’s elimination, was too high. Wirger, who said she moved to Durham 10 years ago from a town with lower taxes, told the audience, “I’m fine with paying taxes for what I’m getting... I’m on board with returning to greatness and what it takes and I don’t feel that cutting a third and fifth grade teacher is going to help us return to

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(As Town Times reaches its 20th year of publication, we asked past and present staff and contributors to write a few words about their experiences working for the newspaper. We kick off this series of occasional columns with Diana Carr. Diana is one of Town Times regular contributors and her feature stories often celebrate life in the towns.)

Happy Birthday, Town Times —I think you and I will be growing old together. And let me say, you don’t look any older than the day I met you. Actually, you have improved with age. If you want to re-turn the compliment, I’m all ears.

Writing for you has been an absolute delight, for you have given me the great priv-ilege of getting to know the people in these two towns — and they are spectacular. I’m no longer the waif standing outside in the cold, looking through the window at the folks inside gathered around the fire. The townsfolk have brought me inside, set me down by the fire, and poured me a lovely cup of tea. I’m

home. I have done stories on

countless people, and there’s not been a dud in the bunch. I show up at their door, laptop in hand, and they welcome me like I’m an old friend. They offer me tea, and some-times goodies, and as we sit around their kitchen table, I am so honored that they are sharing their stories with me, that they trust me enough to do that. It’s a gift that I do not take lightly. For that short pe-riod of time they pull me into their lives, and I am happy to be there. I’m with them as

they wrote that book, painted those masterpieces, rode their horses into the forest to clean up the trails. And as anyone who has been inter-viewed by me knows, it’s a real social event for me. We end up swapping stories, and there’s usually no shortage of laughter. By the time I leave I know I have made a friend. And I’ve been carved deeper.

And it’s not always a kitchen table we huddle around. I’ve done interviews in barns and greenhouses and on front porches. The barns are my favorite because I so love the horses and the cows.

Then there’s the writ-ing of the story. I love the creative process. When I’m writing a story I am in it all the way-the rest of the world is gone-and for that period of time I am all yours. I be-long to the person I am writ-ing about, turning their story this way and that, making sure the gem of it is apparent for all to see, making sure I have gotten to the heart of it, keeping that person’s essence intact. I want the readers to see what I see in this person.

So Town Times, I’m rais-ing my glass to you. Thanks for bringing me home. I hope we can celebrate many more birthdays together-yours and mine. Here’s looking at ya, Kid!

Writer finds welcome mat is out

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20th Anniversary

When not on assignment and when the temperature allows, Diana Carr prefers to go barefoot. “It’s my trademark,” she said.| (Photo

by Diana Carr.)

Jason Bateman does bad so good. In his directorial debut for Bad Words, the Arrested Development star plays mid-

dle aged Guy Trilby with a chip on his shoulder, a chip so big it threatens to squash the Golden Quill National Spelling Bee. Thanks to a loophole that

contestants must not have graduated 8th grade by a certain date (and nope, he didn’t), he is eligible to participate in the tourna-

ment. Why a grown man would want to compete against the likes of sweet, if gull-ible, children and their controlling parents, you will have to watch and see. But Bad Words is definitely one to see.

Bateman brings us on a journey. His snarky wise-cracking foul-mouthed char-acter will make you smirk even if behind his childish behavior lurks some very adult issues. What makes the film special is that it does not pander to conventions of the buddy comedy. Yes, Guy makes “friends” with

‘Bad Words’ and ‘Divergent’ leads try to find a place in this world By Tanya Feke M.D. Special to Town Times

Letters to the edior

Corporate role To the editor:Corporations, being artifi-

cial entities, do not pay taxes; instead, customers, employ-ees (including officers) and/or stockholders pay the taxes. Thus, corporations are really tax collectors for local, state, and federal governments. As such, corporations catch blame for the cost of these ex-actions, which censure should be di-rected to elected, legislative and executive politicians.

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Fields are fixedTo the editor:I couldn’t agree with Mrs.

Helmedach more (Letter to the Editor, Town Times, April 18) that our kids deserve “top of the line areas to do their sport.” This is why we have again made a significant in-vestment to improve the girls’ fields that happened before your letter published. Every year, Coginchaug Little League spends thousands of dol-lars and numerous volunteer hours to make fields playable. CLL is fully responsible for the maintenance of the Atwell and Herzog fields, however the Varsity and JV fields are man-aged by the school district.

This hasn’t stopped us from taking care of the fields or making large capital upgrades such as the pre-cast concrete

dugouts we donated to the JV field that totaled $25,000 or the loads of infield mix we’ve purchased over the years and paid to have graded. During the winter we assessed the needs of all fields. The var-sity field required an invest-ment of $4,000, we also paid to have the JV field graded and all fields rolled including the Varsity baseball and Babe Ruth fields. We fixed the girls’ batting cage, purchased a new net for $2,000, and bought a drag tractor dedicated to the girls’ fields.

Every year we ask the schools to contribute money towards these efforts and some years they do, but this year and last year no money was bud-geted. CLL uses these fields for three months in the spring and two months in the fall whereas the school, Shoreline Sting and Women’s Softball use them throughout the entire summer. In my opinion what-ever the district brings in from renting these fields should go towards annual maintenance. CLL takes pride in the fields our children play on regard-less of who the care-keeper officially is. We do our share and then some to keep them this way. CLL has 11 fields to manage between Durham and Middlefield with a finite amount of money.

Tom WenchellPresident Coginchaug

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Ed Meyer to be honoredRetiring State Senator Ed

Meyer is scheduled to be rec-ognized for his years of ser-vice to Durham and the 12th Senatorial District at Jazz in the Firehouse, Saturday, April 26, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Durham Firehouse.

Senator Meyer has been a frequent visitor and effective advocate for Durham since taking office in 2004. He noted at a recent Democratic Town Committee Meeting that his career in politics began 50 years ago with his appoint-ment by Robert F. Kennedy as a Federal Prosecutor in the US Department of Justice. Robert Kennedy’s nephew Ted Kennedy, Jr., who is seek-ing the nomination to run for his 12th Senatorial District seat, is expected to attend.

The event is sponsored by the Durham Democratic Town Committee and con-tinues a committee tradition of featuring local musical tal-ent. Jack Riotte and Friends - Miles Livolsi, Michaela Coppola, and Andrew Fermo

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36th AnnualMeriden Daffodil Festival

April 26 & 27

2014 SPECIAL EVENTSMUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 26 SUNDAY, April 27

Silver ForkFood Tent

Stop by and support the area’s non profit groups. All proceeds go back into the community. Enjoy the great foodand friendly atmosphere while listening to continuous music on the food tent stage.

FESTIVAL HOURS:Saturday, April 26

10:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Sunday, April 2710:00 AM to 5:00 PM

FREE ADMISSIONFREE PARKINGFREE SHUTTLE

TICKETS:Tickets valid for food and amusements must be purchased at the ticket

booth sites in the park. Dates and times are subject to change.

Parking Locations:Westfield Meriden - JC Penney/Sears Deck

Platt High School - Coe AvenueThe Hub - State & Pratt Streets

Shuttle Bus Service:Saturday 8:00 am - 8:00 pm (buses will leave Hubbard Park after the fireworks)

Sunday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Handicap Parking:Westfield Meriden-Chamberlain Highway entrance

Handicap accessible vans will bring you to the center of activities. Buses and vans from health care facilities with multiple riderswill be allowed access into the park. All events are handicap accessible.

There is no parking in Hubbard Park during the weekend of the Festival.Illegally parked vehicles are subject to towing/fines

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the local community These dollars support the efforts of their organizations throughout the year.

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The shuttle drops you off in the center of all activities!So, bring the family and enjoy all that Meriden’s 36th Annual Daffodil Festival has to offer!

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Every year there are thousands of festivals in North America where artists, artisans, and craftspeople display and sell their work. The 36th Annual Meriden Daffodil Festivalwith over 600,001 daffodils blooming is the site of “New England’s Most Beautiful Craft Fair!” As a juried craft fair, the Meriden Daffodil Festival selects it’s exhibitors for their

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Meriden YMCA Theater Group 11:00amValentin Karate Show 12:00pmSteve Elci & Friends(@ the Welcome Stage) 1:00pmTony the “Magic Man” 2:00pmDancin’ with Hoops 3:00pm

~ ALSO ~Facepainting with Fantasy Faces by Ruth 11:00am-3:00pmDefender the Sport 11:00am-4:00pmIce Sculptor Larry Siragusa 12:00pmDancin’ with Hoops 12:00-2:00pmTemporary Tattoos by Jerry Russ 12:00-4:00pmMunicipal “Touch-A-Truck” 12:00-4:00pmBalloon Animals by Bogus the Clown 1:00-4:00pmSpiderman “Meet & Greet” 2:00-3:30pm

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CalendarFriday, April 25

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.

Theater - Students from grades one through eight are scheduled to present “Wizard of Oz” on Friday, April 25, 7 p.m., at the Coginchaug Au-ditorium. Tickets are available at showtix4u.com. Back sec-tion, general admission seat-ing available at the door.

Saturday, April 26Pot roast dinner - Partner-

ship for Sharing has sched-uled its annual pot roast dinner for Saturday, April 26, 5 to 7 p.m., at Third Congre-gational Church, 94 Miner St., Middletown. All you can eat, take out available. A fee is charged.

Clothing drive - POPS (Parents of Performers) has scheduled a clothing drive fundraiser for Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Strong School parking lot.

Proceeds benefit the CRHS Music Department.

Theater - Students from grades one through eight are scheduled to present “Wizard of Oz” on Saturday, April 26, 7 p.m., at the Coginchaug Auditorium. Tickets are avail-able at showtix4u.com. Back section, general admission seating available at the door.

Pest House hike - The Durham Historical Society has scheduled a community hike to the Pest House for Saturday, April 26, at 9 a.m. Gather at the Historical Soci-ety, 38 Town House Road. For more information, call (860) 716-5497.

Dudley Farm - Dudley Farm, at he corner of Rt. 80 and Rt. 77 North Guilford, has scheduled a tag sale for Sat-urday, April 26, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain date May 3. For more information call (203) 457-0047 or (293) 457-0770.

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Sharon M. Graichen MIDDLEFIELD — Sha-ron M. (Merriam) Graichen, 74, of Middlefield, wife of the late Richard Graichen died Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at Hartford Hospital after a courageous battle with can-cer. She was born in 1940, on New Year’s Day, the daugh-ter of the late Archer and Marjorie (Otte) Merriam. She was employed as the office manager at Malloves Jewel-ers of Middletown for over 25 years. She was an avid New York Yankee fan and loved UConn basketball. Sharon is survived by two daughters, Diane Graichen, of Durham, Christine Graic-hen, of Middlefield; three sons, Richard Graichen, of Colorado, Donald Graic-hen, of East Hartford, David Graichen, of North Branford; two brothers, Ronald Merri-am, of Northford, George Merriam, of Tennessee. She has eight grandchildren, April who she raised as her own daughter, DJ, Amanda, Sarah, Nate, Noah, Joshua, Jillian; and one great-grand-child Lexi; as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sis-ter, Patricia Berten. Sharon’s family would like to thank Middlesex Oncolo-gy Center, especially nurse Robin, for all their care, compassion and support. Funeral services will be Monday, May 5, at 10 a.m. at Middlefield Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to Middlefield Fire Department, 406 Jackson Hill Road, Middlefield, CT 06455 or to the Wallingford Animal Control and Shelter, 5 Pent Road, Wallingford, CT 06492. To share memo-ries or express condolences online please visit www.bie-gafuneralhome.com.

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FreemarketThe Middlefield Federated

C h u r c h h a s p l a n n e d “Freemarket” to celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 26. People may bring a table full items to the church at 8 a.m. The church will supply the tables. People may take or trade wheat they want free of charge. items include clothes, toys, tools, housewares, etc. For more information, call Marilyn Keurajian at (860) 349-9984.

Tag and craft fair The United Churches of

Durham, 228 Main St., has scheduled a tag and craft sale for Saturday, May 3, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Proceeds benefit the annual summer mis-sion trip. Crafters are welcome.

Vendor rental space is avail-able. For more information, call (860) 349-3683.

Notre Dame ChurchNotre Dame Church, 280

Main St., has scheduled its monthly flea market and tag sale for the first Saturday of each month, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., be-ginning May 3 through Oct. 4. The tag sale will be located in the church hall, rectory garage, parking lot and lawn, rain or shine. Breakfast and lunch will be available. Vendor space is available for purchase. For more information, call Bob Smith at (860) 349-0356.

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6 to 9 p.m., at the Durham Firehouse. The family-friendly event includes food. A fee is charged. For more infor-mation, call Karen at (860) 349-3468.

Sunday, April 27Pancake breakfast -

Middlefield Explorer Post 082 has scheduled its an-nual pancake breakfast for Sunday, April 27, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Middle-field Firehouse headquar-ters, 406 Jackson Hill Road, Middlefield.

Clothing drive - POPS (Parents of Performers) has scheduled a clothing drive fundraiser for Sunday, April 27, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Strong School parking lot. Proceeds benefit the CRHS Music Department.

Sunshine Kids 5k - The fourth annual Sunshine Kids 5k and Walk & Kids Run is scheduled for Sunday, April 27 at Lyman’s Orchards. Pro-ceeds benefit The Sunshine Kids Foundation, an organiza-tion dedicated to helping kids with cancer. For more infor-mation, visit sunshinekids.org.

Theater - Students from grades one through eight are scheduled to present “Wizard of Oz” on Sunday, April 27, 2 p.m., at the Coginchaug Au-ditorium. Tickets are available at showtix4u.com. Back sec-tion, general admission seat-ing available at the door.

Pizza fundraiser - Help Willy’s Friends has sched-uled a fundraiser for Sunday, April 27, at Frisco’s Pizza, 383 Forbes Ave., New Haven. A percent of proceeds ordered from noon to 9 p.m. benefit Help Willy’s Friends. For more information, contact Mark at

(203) 988-1718 or visit www.helpwillysfriends.org.

Monday, April 2860+ Club - The Durham

60+ Club is scheduled to meet Monday, April 28, 1:30 p.m., at the Durham Activity center, 350 Main St. Variety table, with social to follow. New members welcome.

Saturday, May 3Tag & craft fair - The

United Churches of Durham, 228 Main St., has scheduled a tag and craft sale for Satur-day, May 3, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Proceeds bene-fit the annual summer mission trip. Crafters are welcome. For more information, call (860) 349-3683.

Craft & Artisan Fair - Col-ors of the Wind Artists’ Em-porium & Consignments, 360 Main St., has scheduled an outdoor craft and artisan fair

for Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more informa-tion, call (860) 788-2514.

Dudley Farm - The final winter market at he Dudley Farm is scheduled for Satur-day, May 3, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Munger Barn, 2351 Durham Road, North Guilford. Baked goods, eggs, handmade arts and crafts, honey, maple syrup, jams and jellies, meats and sundries are featured, as well as other ven-dors. For more information, call (860) 349-3917 or visit www.dudleyfarm.com.

Monday, May 5Cinco de Mayo fundraiser

- A fundraiser to benefit Oax-aca Streetchildren Grassroots and its sister organization in Oaxaca, el Centro de Espe-ranza Infantil is scheduled for Monday, May 5, at Perk on Main. A Mexican mar-ket and a silent auction will begin at 3 p.m. From 5 to 8 p.m, an admission fee will be charged at the door to cover a quesadilla dinner and a do-nation to Oaxaca Streetchil-dren Grassroots. There also

will be a salsa bar, and wine and Mexican beer to taste. Please RSVP to Marilyn Horn ([email protected] or (860) 349-8464 for the dinner. There is no charge between 3 and 5 p.m.

Friday, May 9Historical Society - The

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The most important things to remember regarding care of the chicks, Eddy says, is to give them heat, water, food, and do not handle them a lot.

Eddy herself has 20 chickens behind her store. “Chickens are great,” she said. “You name them, they come to you, they’re personable. They become pets.”

Lloyd and Susie Blair, of Middlefield, bought 12 chicks on Chick Day. “We have nine old girls at home,” Susie said, “who have seen better days.” They have chickens for the eggs. “They’re better for you than store-bought eggs,” Susie said. “They’re fresher, rich-er-tasting, they have a brighter color,” Lloyd said. “Eggs can be up to 60 days old in the supermarket.”

“This is only my second Chick Day,” Susie said. “Before that I had never seen a chick. They’re so small and fluffy. If they could stay babies they’d be my best friends.”

“It’s exciting to come to Brenda’s and see all the chicks,” Lloyd said. “We’re al-ways wanting to learn more about them, and wanting to raise them to their full poten-tial. Brenda gives us a lot of helpful information. She’s the chicken guru of Durham.”

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Past committee member Ann Figorus, was on hand with her daughter Aubrey to help.

“My kids have been doing this since the day they were

born,” Figoras said. “It’s part of what we love about Durham, the community spirit.”

Coginchaug Regional High School student John

McLaughlin, son of past commission chair Kate McLaughlin, volunteered in the morning and was recog-nized by children from the recreation summer program, where he works as a counselor.

After all the work, the egg hunt was over quickly, as the crowds of children scoured the park and returned with eggs to show their parents or, in the case of the gold eggs, to exchange for prizes.

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Paperhouse Productions debuts with Oz

“The Wizard of Oz” is com-ing to town as a play being put on by JLPA Theater and PaperHouse Productions. It’s the first play put on by this non-profit community theater group formed by Durhamites Mark Dionne, Heather Kannam, and Chris Baley. The organization’s sec-ond play, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, will be a sum-mer camp for kids, at Durham Middlefield Youth and Family Services.

Kannam, the director of Oz, was in her first play when she was 7-years-old, performing in a theater her parents built for her in their garage. She has a masters of fine arts in play-writing from the University of Iowa and had worked in-ternationally as a playwright. “As my kids grew up I wanted to be more involved with cre-ating theater experiences that they could share with me,” she said. “Community the-ater was so important to me when I was growing up, and I wanted them to have the same opportunity.”

Balay, the technical direc-tor of this play, studied techni-cal theater in college and has an extensive background in this discipline.

“My theatrical background is just about non-existent,” said Dionne, the play’s pro-ducer. (Dionne also is a re-porter for Town Times.) “I coached a lot of different sports, I was a board member for Parks & Recreation for six years, and I was the past president of the John Lyman Parents Association. All this helped give me the skills for being a producer. My kids love theater, and I just kept volun-teering time to help, and here I am.”

There are 104 members of the Oz cast , five also are part of the stage crew. The cast is in grades one through eight, with different leads for each performance. “We have so many talented kids and we wanted to give everyone an opportunity. They all au-ditioned so that we could put them in roles where they could grow and be really suc-cessful,” Kannam said

Volunteers have been in-strumental to the production. “We have the best volunteers in the world,” Kannam said. “Some don’t even have kids in the show. They made a lot of our props, and I’m blown away by what they have carved and sown and woven. We could enter our props in the Durham Fair, they’re so beautiful.”

Kannam says she loves the creativity of the kids. “We take their ideas seriously,”

she said. “They have fabulous ideas that improve the show. For instance, right now we are using stuffed legs for the Wicked Witch of the East, for the part when the house falls on her, but we have kids who want to use their own legs. We haven’t figured that out yet, but we will. With live theater you figure things out in the moment. Things are different every time. That’s part of why it’s so exciting.”

Kannam and Dionne said

participants not only have the time of their lives, but learn important life skills. “With live theater you never know what is going to happen,” Kannam said. “We teach them to problem solve when things go wrong. They learn about community and teamwork. We’re building a family, with a huge range of ages, skills and experience, and they support each other. The play doesn’t work unless we have each oth-er’s backs.”

Dionne said, “We put them in a position where they can shine. A good feature of a big show, is that kids with little experience are learning from kids with a lot of experience. These kids are doing things that are really impressive. Performing in front of a lot of people is not an easy thing.”

“The Wizard of Oz” will be at Coginchaug High School on April 25 and April 26 at 7 p.m., and April 27 at 2 p.m.

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ways other than headcount. Fulton showed a slide that depicted class sizes within the BOE guidelines even after

reductions. The classrooms shown were all under the maximum, with the exception of 2014-2015 third graders at

Korn, at 22.3 with a recom-mendation of 22.

The fifth grade class under discussion, with the contem-porary class projected at 23.7, has a BOE class size guideline of 21 to 25.

Aimee Brown, of Durham, told the board that both third and fifth grades were transi-tion grades in the contem-porary program, with larger classes making that more of a burden.

District business manager Ron Melnik said there were variables in the cost of hiring a teacher. The price could range from $45,000 to $70,000 depending on the teacher’s experience and insurance impact.

When the BOE reconvened after the public hearing, Brewster Elementary School Principal Nancy Heckler told the board the size of the classes and the change were concerns for parents and that the increase, while still within the guidelines, was significant.

Before the board voted to move the budget forward, Chair Kerrie Flanagan di-rected the administrative team to search for a way to address those concerns. Any adjustments proposed in the coming weeks will involve cuts, as the board is commit-ted to a figure of $35,178,402.

BOE member Merrill Adams summarized the ma-jor initiatives in the budget, including more Common Core training for teachers, additional advanced place-ment classes, in house PSAT Administration, a new K-4 technology teacher, a 9th grade Chromebook initia-tive, music equipment leases, professional development funding, and Connecticut Association of Boards of Education membership. That last item has been in and then removed from multiple bud-gets in recent years.

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Durham(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held in the Durham Library. Check the town website at www.townofdurhamct.org for updates.)Tuesday, April 29Ethic’s Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Wednesday, April 30Durham Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 205 Main St., 6 p.m.Thursday, May 1Durham Animal Response Team, library, 7 p.m.Monday, May 5Clean Energy & Sustainability Task Force, library, 6:30 p.m.Fire Department Trustees, Durham Vol. Firehouse, 7 p.m.Board of Education District, CRHS, 8 p.m.Tuesday, May 6Town Green Tree Design Commit-tee, library, 5 p.m.Clean Energy & Sustainability Task Force, library, 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 7Planning & Zoning, library, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, May 8Zoning Board of Appeals, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Monday, May 12Board of Selectman, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Inland Wetlands, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Annual Budget meeting, CRHS, 8 p.m.Tuesday, May 13Conservation Commission, library, 7 p.m.Library Board of Trustees, library, 7:30 p.m.Durham Volunteer Fire Company, Durham Vol. Firehouse, 8 p.m.Thursday, May 15DMIAAB, 7 p.m.Monday, May 19Board of Selectman, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Tuesday, May 20Agriculture Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Wednesday, May 21Planning & Zoning, library, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, May 27Ethic’s Commission, library, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 28Senior Citizen Board, Durham Ac-tivity Center, 1 p.m.Board of Education, Memorial School, 7:30 p.m.

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