By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx has been learning about Rett Syndrome in the year and a half since her grand- daughter Kaley, 4, was diagnosed with the disease. “I’m as new to this as anyone else right now,” she said. Proulx knows her granddaughter’s disease is incurable, but she also knows research will find a cure, and it will take money to support that research. That’s why she is spending the month of April, the month in which Kaley was born, asking donors to “plant a flower in our garden of hope.” It’s not an actual garden; it is a garden represented by cards with a flower image. When donors give a dollar to the fundraiser, their names go on the cards, which frame door- ways and trail along walls in the Middlebury Parks and Recreation Department office. Proulx posted about the fund- raiser on Facebook and said it has proven to be a wonderful way to let people know about the cards. She also tells everyone she runs into about them. “Anybody I see, I ask them if they want to buy a flower,” Proulx said. “I figured if I sold 100 (cards) the first time, I would be happy,” she said. Instead, she sold out of the first 250 cards and has started on the second 250 cards. “I cannot thank everyone who has donated enough. I am over- whelmed,” she said. She said em- ployees of Taft School, where Kaley’s “Poppy” works, and employees at Region 14, where Kaley’s aunt works, have been big supporters of the fundraiser. Cards are on sale in the Middle- bury Parks and Recreation office and also at Charlie Fenn’s Haircutters at 485 Main St. in Watertown. The cards are from Girl Power 2 Cure, (www.girlpower2cure.org), a non- profit started by the mother of a Rett Syndrome child. It is dedicated to making Rett Syndrome the first cur- able neurological disorder by raising funds for research on the disease. It also supports girls who participate in events that raise awareness and funds for Rett Syndrome research. A flyer from the organization says, “Together girls can move moun- tains!” The organization says it takes inspiration from the flower, which is “always in bloom with hope and positive energy, ready to grow any- where there is someone ready to join in our mission.” So what is Rett Syndrome? The Girl Power site and the International Rett Syndrome site (www.rettsyn- drome.org) say it is a debilitating neurological/movement disorder that primarily affects females. It is the leading genetic cause of severe impairment in girls. Most who have the disease cannot speak, walk or use their hands. It is as prevalent as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s dis- ease. A baby girl with Rett Syndrome is born every 90 minutes. Although the disease is genetic, it is not hereditary; it is caused by a single gene mutation that leads to underproduction of an important brain protein. It therefore is poten- tially reversible if the brain protein can be restored to a normal level. Girls with Rett Syndrome are nor- mal at birth, but between the ages of one and two they lose their ability to speak, walk, crawl or use their hands. Complications can include seizures, sudden death in their sleep and scoliosis. As grim as this sounds, research has proven the syndrome is reversible, and research to make that happen is ongoing. A number of clinical studies are listed on the Rett Syndrome website. Kaley’s parents are Proulx’s daughter Jenn, a 1998 graduate of Pomperaug High School, and her husband, Anthony Langzettel. They recently welcome a new addition to the family; daughter Evelyn was born March 14. They live in Pennsylvania. Proulx said Jenn and Anthony have done and continue to do all they can to optimize Kaley’s abilities. Because she has a vision problem, she can attend the Western Penn- sylvania School for the Blind. Before Kaley started classes there, thera- pists came to the house to adminis- ter physical therapy, occupational therapy and vision therapy. Proulx said, “Her parents didn’t just sit around and wait to see what would happen.” “The School for the Blind is an amazing place,” Proulx said. Kaley is in a class of six. In addition to physical and occupational therapy, her classes include swimming, mu- sic and gym. Although she isn’t ex- pected to be able to stand or walk, her muscle tone has definitely im- proved as a result of the school’s programs. Kaley doesn’t talk, but Proulx said she smiles whenever she sees her grandparents arrive, and she laughs a lot. “She knows us. I can talk to her, and you can see her responses,” Proulx said. Proulx explained, “Inside they (Rett patients) comprehend. They just can’t express it outwardly.” She said many learn to communicate through computers, and Kaley now has an iPad. Tears welling up in her eyes, Proulx said it’s hard to live so far from her granddaughter knowing how much is involved in her daily care. “I wish I lived closer, so I could do more for them,” she said. B EE I NTELLIGENCER B EE I NTELLIGENCER Informing the towns of Middlebury, Southbury, Woodbury, Naugatuck, Oxford and Watertown Volume IX, No. 16 Friday, April 19, 2013 A FREE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FREE Prst. Std. U.S. Postage Paid Naugatuck, CT #27 “There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet.” ~ Brooke Medicine Eagle Adoptable Pets ............... 8 Classifieds ...................... 7 Community Calendar...... 2 In Brief ........................... 4 It Happened in Middlebury ...8 Legal Notices ................. 7 Library Happenings......... 2 Nuggets for Life ............. 6 Puzzles........................... 7 Region 15 Calendar ....... 3 Senior Center News........ 3 Sports Quiz .................... 6 Inside this Issue Published weekly by The Middlebury Bee Intelligencer Society, LLC - 2030 Straits Turnpike, Middlebury, CT 06762 - Copyright 2013 Editorial Office: Email: [email protected] Phone: 203-577-6800 Mail: P.O. Box 10, Middlebury, CT 06762 Advertising Sales: Email: [email protected] UPCOMING EVENTS Send mail to P.O. Box 10, Middlebury CT 06762 203-577-6800 Visit us at 2030 Straits Turnpike, Suite 1 SUNDAY April 21 SATURDAY April 20 North Congregational Church Flea Market & Bake Sale When: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. What: More than 30 vendors sell goods; bake sale; free admission Where: North Congregational Church at 11 Main St. North in Woodbury Middlebury Earth Day Greenway & Parks Cleanup When: 1 p.m. What: Pick up litter along the Greenway and in parks Where: Meet at Meadowview Park to get gloves and garbage bags Join Middlebury Earth Day cleanup Page 6 By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE Alphabet soup lovers might enjoy the acronyms associated with the April 16 meeting between the Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) and the Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) to discuss the Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) and maps from the Council of Governments of the Central Naugatuck Valley (COG). The joint meeting was during a regular WPCA meeting, but it also was legally designated a special P&Z meeting since a quorum of P&Z mem- bers were present, and the meeting was not a reg- ularly scheduled P&Z meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to update the 2001 POCD with sewer-capacity information and color-coded maps from the COG. Town Planner Brian Miller told WPCA Chairman Robert Smith sewer capacity and availability was a critical com- ponent of the land-use plan. “The WPCA is really kind of a critical gatekeeper on development in the town,” he said. He asked for data on current capacity and whether additional capacity could be acquired from Naugatuck and at what cost. He also asked for a sewer-service map showing current and planned service, including lots in service areas not already connected. Smith said lots intended to be serviced were already subject to a sewer assessment and part of capacity calculations and reminded Miller of the Residential Sewer Avoidance Policy adopted under Department of Environmental Protection recom- mendations to preserve the limited Middlebury capacity for more desirable commercial develop- ment. WPCA employee Kenneth Long said two- year-old color-coded maps produced by the COG were up to date with the exception of about 10 parcels. Smith said he would refer Miller’s questions to WPCA Consulting Engineer Michael Angier, who was not present at the meeting. State statutes require the POCD be revised every 10 years, and work was begun in January 2011 after selectmen awarded a $66,000 contract to the Turner-Miller Group in De- cember 2010. The goal was to have it finished by year end, but legislation later in 2011 allowed a slip to 2013, and work on the document slowed down. Several workshops and visioning sessions were held, with the emphasis on defining a Middlebury Center Village District. P&Z Chairman Curtis Bosco told the Bee-Intelligencer the POCD would be ready for a public hearing after the WPCA information was received and a few more tweaks made to the Middlebury Center portion of the plan. The next regular P&Z meeting is Thursday, May 2. Additional POCD update meetings have not yet been scheduled. P&Z, WPCA review POCD Absentee ballots are available in the Middlebury town clerk’s office for the May 8, 2013, budget ref- erendum. Electors and property owners owning property assessed at $1,000 or more on the last completed grand list are eligible to vote. They also must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old. There are two questions on the ballot: Question 1: “Shall the 2013-2014 proposed Town of Middlebury Municipal Budget in the amount of $10,052,636 be approved?” Yes / No Question 2: “Shall the proposed 2013-2014 Bud- get of the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 in the amount of $61,952,264 be adopted?” Yes / No An application must be filled out before a ballot can be issued. Ballots will not be mailed. Applica- tions are available at the town clerk’s office at 1212 Whittemore Road or can be downloaded from the Secretary of the State’s website, www.sots.ct.gov, under Elections & Voting. Print the application form for referendum only. The Middlebury town clerk’s office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Additional information may be obtained by calling the office at 203-758-2557. Absentee ballots available Raising Rett Syndrome research money Kaley Langzettel, granddaughter of Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx, has Rett Syndrome, a debilitating neurological/ movement disorder that primarily affects girls. She is doing well in a special program at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind. (Submitted photo) Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx holds one of the “flowers” that frame the doorway to her office. She is raising funds for Rett Syndrome research by collecting donations of a dollar for each flower. (Marjorie Needham photo)
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Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx has been learning about Rett Syndrome in the year and a half since her grand-daughter Kaley, 4, was diagnosed with the disease. “I’m as new to this as anyone else right now,” she said. Proulx knows her granddaughter’s disease is incurable, but she also knows research will find a cure, and it will take money to support that research.
That’s why she is spending the month of April, the month in which Kaley was born, asking donors to “plant a flower in our garden of hope.” It’s not an actual garden; it is a garden represented by cards with a flower image. When donors give a dollar to the fundraiser, their names go on the cards, which frame door-ways and trail along walls in the Middlebury Parks and Recreation Department office.
Proulx posted about the fund-raiser on Facebook and said it has proven to be a wonderful way to let people know about the cards. She also tells everyone she runs into about them. “Anybody I see, I ask them if they want to buy a flower,” Proulx said.
“I figured if I sold 100 (cards) the first time, I would be happy,” she said. Instead, she sold out of the first 250 cards and has started on the second 250 cards.
“I cannot thank everyone who has donated enough. I am over-whelmed,” she said. She said em-ployees of Taft School, where Kaley’s “Poppy” works, and employees at Region 14, where Kaley’s aunt works, have been big supporters of the fundraiser.
Cards are on sale in the Middle-bury Parks and Recreation office and also at Charlie Fenn’s Haircutters at 485 Main St. in Watertown. The cards are from Girl Power 2 Cure, (www.girlpower2cure.org), a non-profit started by the mother of a Rett Syndrome child. It is dedicated to making Rett Syndrome the first cur-able neurological disorder by raising funds for research on the disease. It also supports girls who participate in events that raise awareness and funds for Rett Syndrome research. A flyer from the organization says, “Together girls can move moun-tains!” The organization says it takes inspiration from the flower, which is “always in bloom with hope and positive energy, ready to grow any-where there is someone ready to join in our mission.”
So what is Rett Syndrome? The Girl Power site and the International Rett Syndrome site (www.rettsyn-drome.org) say it is a debilitating neurological/movement disorder that primarily affects females. It is the leading genetic cause of severe impairment in girls. Most who have the disease cannot speak, walk or use their hands. It is as prevalent as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s dis-ease. A baby girl with Rett Syndrome is born every 90 minutes.
Although the disease is genetic, it is not hereditary; it is caused by a single gene mutation that leads to underproduction of an important brain protein. It therefore is poten-tially reversible if the brain protein can be restored to a normal level.
Girls with Rett Syndrome are nor-mal at birth, but between the ages of one and two they lose their ability
to speak, walk, crawl or use their hands. Complications can include seizures, sudden death in their sleep and scoliosis. As grim as this sounds, research has proven the syndrome is reversible, and research to make that happen is ongoing. A number of clinical studies are listed on the Rett Syndrome website.
Kaley’s parents are Proulx’s daughter Jenn, a 1998 graduate of Pomperaug High School, and her husband, Anthony Langzettel. They recently welcome a new addition to the family; daughter Evelyn was born March 14. They live in Pennsylvania.
Proulx said Jenn and Anthony have done and continue to do all
they can to optimize Kaley’s abilities. Because she has a vision problem, she can attend the Western Penn-sylvania School for the Blind. Before Kaley started classes there, thera-pists came to the house to adminis-ter physical therapy, occupational therapy and vision therapy. Proulx said, “Her parents didn’t just sit around and wait to see what would happen.”
“The School for the Blind is an amazing place,” Proulx said. Kaley is in a class of six. In addition to physical and occupational therapy, her classes include swimming, mu-sic and gym. Although she isn’t ex-pected to be able to stand or walk, her muscle tone has definitely im-proved as a result of the school’s programs.
Kaley doesn’t talk, but Proulx said she smiles whenever she sees her grandparents arrive, and she laughs a lot. “She knows us. I can talk to her, and you can see her responses,” Proulx said.
Proulx explained, “Inside they (Rett patients) comprehend. They just can’t express it outwardly.” She said many learn to communicate through computers, and Kaley now has an iPad.
Tears welling up in her eyes, Proulx said it’s hard to live so far from her granddaughter knowing how much is involved in her daily care. “I wish I lived closer, so I could do more for them,” she said.
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“There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet.” ~ Brooke Medicine Eagle
Adoptable Pets ............... 8
Classifieds ...................... 7
Community Calendar ...... 2
In Brief ........................... 4
It Happened in Middlebury ...8
Legal Notices ................. 7
Library Happenings ......... 2
Nuggets for Life ............. 6
Puzzles........................... 7
Region 15 Calendar ....... 3
Senior Center News ........ 3
Sports Quiz .................... 6
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By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
Alphabet soup lovers might enjoy the acronyms associated with the April 16 meeting between the Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) and the Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) to discuss the Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) and maps from the Council of Governments of the Central Naugatuck Valley (COG). The joint meeting was during a regular WPCA meeting, but it also was legally designated a special P&Z meeting since a quorum of P&Z mem-bers were present, and the meeting was not a reg-ularly scheduled P&Z meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was to update the 2001 POCD with sewer-capacity information and color-coded maps from the COG. Town Planner Brian Miller told WPCA Chairman Robert Smith sewer capacity and availability was a critical com-ponent of the land-use plan.
“The WPCA is really kind of a critical gatekeeper on development in the town,” he said. He asked for data on current capacity and whether additional capacity could be acquired from Naugatuck and at what cost. He also asked for a sewer-service map showing current and planned service, including lots in service areas not already connected.
Smith said lots intended to be serviced were already subject to a sewer assessment and part of capacity calculations and reminded Miller of the Residential Sewer Avoidance Policy adopted under Department of Environmental Protection recom-mendations to preserve the limited Middlebury capacity for more desirable commercial develop-ment. WPCA employee Kenneth Long said two-year-old color-coded maps produced by the COG were up to date with the exception of about 10 parcels.
Smith said he would refer Miller’s questions to WPCA Consulting Engineer Michael Angier, who was not present at the meeting. State statutes require the POCD be revised every 10 years, and work was begun in January 2011 after selectmen awarded a $66,000 contract to the Turner-Miller Group in De-cember 2010. The goal was to have it finished by year end, but legislation later in 2011 allowed a slip to 2013, and work on the document slowed down.
Several workshops and visioning sessions were held, with the emphasis on defining a Middlebury Center Village District. P&Z Chairman Curtis Bosco told the Bee-Intelligencer the POCD would be ready for a public hearing after the WPCA information was received and a few more tweaks made to the Middlebury Center portion of the plan.
The next regular P&Z meeting is Thursday, May 2. Additional POCD update meetings have not yet been scheduled.
p&Z, WpcA review pocD
Absentee ballots are available in the Middlebury town clerk’s office for the May 8, 2013, budget ref-erendum. Electors and property owners owning property assessed at $1,000 or more on the last completed grand list are eligible to vote. They also must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old.
There are two questions on the ballot: Question 1: “Shall the 2013-2014 proposed Town
of Middlebury Municipal Budget in the amount of $10,052,636 be approved?” Yes / No
Question 2: “Shall the proposed 2013-2014 Bud-get of the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 in the amount of $61,952,264 be adopted?” Yes / No
An application must be filled out before a ballot can be issued. Ballots will not be mailed. Applica-tions are available at the town clerk’s office at 1212 Whittemore Road or can be downloaded from the Secretary of the State’s website, www.sots.ct.gov, under Elections & Voting. Print the application form for referendum only.
The Middlebury town clerk’s office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Additional information may be obtained by calling the office at 203-758-2557.
Absentee ballots available
Raising Rett syndrome research money
Kaley Langzettel, granddaughter of Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx, has Rett Syndrome, a debilitating neurological/movement disorder that primarily affects girls. She is doing well in a special program at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind.
(Submitted photo)
Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx holds one of the “flowers” that frame the doorway to her office. She is raising funds for Rett Syndrome research by collecting donations of a dollar for each flower.
(Marjorie Needham photo)
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middleburyBook Nook ReadersThursday, April 25, at 4 p.m.,
Book Nook Readers for boys and girls in grades one through three will meet to discuss “Balloons over Broadway.” Books are avail-able at the library.
Pom-Pom WorkshopTuesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m.,
youth in grades four and up are invited to attend a pom-pom workshop. Pom-poms made from yarn, fabric and paper will be fashioned into creative de-signs. Materials will be provided. Please call to sign up for the pro-gram.
The Middlebury Public Li-brary is temporarily at the Mid-dlebury Timex Building at 199 Park Road Extension, Suite D, in Middlebury. Call 203-758-2634 or visit www.middleburypublic- library.org for more information.
naugatuckRotunda Restoration
CelebrationThe Rotunda Restoration Cel-
ebration will be Sunday, April 21, from 3 to 5 p.m. The Naugatuck Community Band’s Wind En-semble will play in the rotunda between 3 and 4 p.m. Brief speeches will begin at 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP by calling 203-729-4591.
Fundraiser April 27The library’s second annual
Bags & Bangles Fundraiser will be Saturday, April 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. in The Nellie Beatty Room. It will feature a silent auction and sale of new and gently used hand-bags and costume jewelry. Re-freshments will be served. Please call the reference desk at 203-729-4591 for more information.
April Art ExhibitThis month the library is fea-
turing the photography of Nau-gatuck resident Heather Testa. Currently a student at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Testa is scheduled to receive her bachelor’s degree in
photography in May. She works in both digital and film formats and specializes in portrait ses-sions.
This month’s exhibit features both black and white as well as color images. The show is Testa’s first exhibit outside of school, where her portfolio work has previously been displayed as part of a student exhibit. Her portraits and newborn photography can be viewed during regular library hours.
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 Film
The Wednesday afternoon movie April 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the Kingsley Meeting Room stars Clint Eastwood as an aging base-ball scout who loves the game too much to be benched. With his daughter (Amy Adams) as-signed to accompany him for what may be his final innings, the story encompasses not only fine points of America’s pastime, but also a dynamic and changing
family relationship.The room’s surround sound
theater has an infrared listening system available. For more in-formation, call 203-262-0626.
Greatest Hits of the Civil War
Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m., Rick Spencer will perform in “The Greatest Hits of the Civil War: America’s Earliest Profes-sional Songwriters” as part of library programming commem-orating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
The program consists of com-positions by four of the nation’s earliest popular songwriters – Dan Emmett, Stephen Foster, George F. Root and Henry Clay Work – who were known and loved by Americans on both sides of the war. These songs give remarkable insight into the character of the American people at the time of our country’s greatest and most divisive conflict. This program includes a discussion of the phe-nomenon of the American min-strel show and its cultural impact, both positive and negative, on our culture.
Spencer is best known as a re-searcher and singer of historical songs. He travels throughout the country presenting theme-based concerts and lectures for histori-cal societies, libraries, museums and music festivals. His programs are informative, entertaining and often irreverent.
This free program is open to the public. Register at the Refer-ence Desk or by calling 203-262-0626, ext. 130.
Jane Doe No More Program
During National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Jane Doe No More and the library are sponsor-ing an information session and panel discussion Tuesday, April 30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the li-brary’s Kingsley Room to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate the pub-lic about the crime. Featured speakers will include Lorraine Jolly, Michele Carella and Debbie Mitchell McCormack, volunteers who will share their personal sto-ries of survival and healing. Also, Louisa Printz from Safe Haven will talk about crisis counseling. A member of local law enforcement will speak and participate during the question-and-answer period.
Copies of Jane Doe No More founder Donna Palomba’s book, “Jane Doe No More: My 15-year fight to reclaim my identity: A true story of survival, hope and re-
demption,” will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to the public. Light refresh-ments will be provided by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. Registration is preferred but not required. To register, call the Reference Desk at 203-262-0626, x 130, or visit the library.
Civil War Medicine TalkDr. Robert Bedard will speak
on Civil War medicine Thursday, May 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Kingsley meeting room. Registra-tion is required. Please call the Reference Department at 203-262-0626, ext. 130, to register.
Tamara Oppel ExhibitA selection of Tamara Oppel’s
artwork will be on display in the Gloria Cachion Gallery in the Southbury Public Library until Sunday, April 28. Oppel, a Wood-bury artist, uses a variety of me-diums to express herself and has completed works in watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, scratch-board, oil and photography. She applies her artistic ability to por-traits of people, pets, wildlife and flowers. Her artwork has been accepted into several juried shows, and she has won awards for Best Watercolor Painting and Best Wildlife Painting in the Kent Art Association shows.
Check www.southburylibrary.org for more information. The library is at 100 Poverty Road in Southbury (203-262-0626).
WoodburyHijinks and Home with
Judy CookThursday, May 9, at 7 p.m., you
are invited to share in an eyewit-ness view of the Civil War through family letters and songs of the time as folk performer Judy Cook presents “Hijinks and Home: Camp Life and Home Front of the Civil War.” Cook brings a powerful voice, a great unaccompanied style and a deep respect for tradi-tion to her performances of a huge repertoire of (mostly) American songs and ballads. Her singing is marked by a command of narra-tive that pulls the audience in to really understand what the song is about.
A Maryland resident, Cook has been on the road since the early 1990s, making her own the songs and ballads of traditional Ameri-cana and the British Isles. She has family roots in Virginia and was lucky enough to be born into a family who loved music.
Cook has recorded four CDs: “If You Sing Songs…,” “Far From the Lowlands, “Tenting Tonight: Songs of the Civil War” and “Lin-coln’s America.” The program is free, but please call 203-263-3502 to register for it.
Ron Crowcroft ExhibitThe artwork of Ron Crowcroft
is on display in the Gallery. Crow-croft was born in Sussex, England, and went to art school in Leeds, England, at the time the most rad-ical art school in Europe.
Works in the show all are made with acrylic and oil-based paint markers on canvas. They are bio-morphic abstractions, with ab-original and ancient glyph-like elements. Viewers may associate some of the images with animals, fish, birds, heads, figures, eyes or internal organs.
For more information, call 203-263-3502 or visit www.wood-burylibraryct.org. The library is at 269 Main St. South in Woodbury.
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“Wool”By Hugh Howey
(Simon & Schuster, $26)Reviewed by Ealish Waddell
As long as anyone can remem-ber, there has been the Silo. A lone oasis in a toxic, uninhabit-able wasteland, the Silo contains everything its inhabitants could possibly need, from hydroponi-cally grown food to vast genera-tors that provide electricity to the levels drilled deep into the Earth. It’s treason to even think about the world outside. The punish-ment is getting to find out first-hand exactly what Outside is like – and die there.
But some do wonder. Sheriff Holston’s wife ventured Outside three years ago, leaving behind a cryptic message about conspir-acies and uprisings. When her heartbroken husband joins her soon after, it leaves a jagged hole in the fabric of power.
Enter Juliette, the fierce young mechanic recruited to replace Sheriff Holston. Juliette has made her home in the deepest levels of the Silo among the throbbing engines that keep it alive, and she has no interest in its upper floors, much less its exterior. But when she too stum-
bles into the enigma behind her predecessor’s disappearance, it sparks a chain reaction that will propel her Outside and onto an unimaginable path that will change the fate of everyone in the Silo ... and possibly even be-yond.
It’s difficult to describe too much about the plot of this grip-ping dystopian novel without hinting at conceptual and nar-rative surprises that are more satisfyingly encountered organ-ically. This is certainly a layered world, both literally and figura-tively. But even in the most ex-treme of circumstances, the characters and their actions, good and bad, remain recogniz-ably and intrinsically human.
“Wool” is a self-published sen-sation that became an e-book bestseller and is now available in print for the first time, a wel-come expansion of the audience for this engaging and powerful story.
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... Discover Westover!Seventh Grade Preview Program
Friday, April 26, 2013 3:00–5:00 pm
Westover School invites girls and their parents to learn more about Westover, meet with faculty and students,
tour our campus, and discover the advantages of an independent school education.
Pre-registration is required by April 23. To register, or for more information, please call
the Office of Admission at 203.577.4521
As a leading college preparatory school for young women located in Middlebury, Westover School provides rigorous academics within a collaborative community.
westoverschool.org
Westover Summer Programs in the Arts & Academics
for girls entering grades 7, 8, and 9
Thinking About High School Options?
Session I: July 7-12 Session II: July 14-19 Choose from Drama, Dance, Choose from Drama, Ceramics, Photography, Creative Writing, Photography, Needle Arts, or Women In Science & Engineering or Historical Fiction Writing
Westover’s summer sessions are fully residential, giving campers enriching programs during the day and an exciting camp experience
in the afternoon and evening. Come for 1 week or stay for 2!
For more information about the 2013 Summer Programs, e-mail Camp Director Ruth Curzan at
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Folk performer Judy Cook will share an eyewitness view of the Civil War through family letters and songs of the time Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m., at the Woodbury Public Library. (Submitted photo)
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at Rochambeau Middle School in Southbury and at City Hill Middle School in Naugatuck. Both were organized and spon-sored by Hubbard-Hall Inc. of Waterbury, Conn.
Winners of the April 27 state competition will move on to
compete in the national “You Be The Chemist” challenge in Phil-adelphia June 24, where they will compete against state winners from across the country. The middle school students took a qualifying exam at their home school, and the top scorers from
each school then competed in the regional challenge. This is the fifth year students from middle schools in Middlebury, South-bury, Naugatuck and Newtown have competed in the challenge.
“‘The You Be The Chemist’ challenge is a wonderful oppor-
tunity for students to showcase their talents as not all students’ talents can be demonstrated on the athletic field or on the stage,” said RMS science teacher Diane Sirica. “We look forward to par-ticipating again next year!”
Region 15 students are spon-sored by Hubbard-Hall Inc., which provides everything for the local challenge. Based in Waterbury, Hubbard-Hall is a family owned
and operated chemical manufac-turer and distributor. Each partic-ipant in the challenge received a goodie bag from Hubbard-Hall Inc. and additional prizes donated by Edmond Town Hall, Denmo’s and Quassy Amusement Park.
For more information on this challenge and how to get in-volved, contact Michelle at Hub-bard-Hall at mlineweber@ hubbardhall.com.
Senior Investment Fraud
Learn about senior invest-ment fraud Wednesday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. This program teaches people how to avoid get-ting scammed or defrauded and raises awareness and visibility of investment fraud, the most un-der-reported fraud.
A 50-minute video will be fol-lowed by a question-and-answer session and conversation. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat.
Senior Dine LunchThe Middlebury Senior Center
mini-bus will go to the Painted
Pony Restaurant in Bethlehem, Conn., Thursday, April 25. Call the senior center at 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat on the bus.
PC ClassesGroup classes are one session
each from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on the date specified, and the fee is $15 per session.
One-on-one individual train-ing by advance appointment is available Monday, Wednesday and Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. for $15 an hour. Call 577-4166, ext. 711 for an appoint-ment.
Tuesday, April 23: Exploring the WWW (World Wide Web) –
See all the amazing sites and information available to you! Be ready to be surprised!
Wednesday, April 24: Cus-tomizing Your Computer – Learn how to customize your computer to your needs and taste, from scrolling family photos to putting all your favorite sites at your fin-ger tips.
Thursday, April 25: Windows 7 Tips & Tricks – Learn how to effortlessly navigate Windows 7. See and use the improvements built into this operating system.
Donate Used Ink Cartridges
Don’t throw your used ink cartridges away. Instead, donate them to the Middlebury Senior Center. They recycle.
Save the DateSunday, May 12, the Middle-
bury Lions Club will sponsor a Mother’s Day Breakfast in Shep-ardson Community Center.
Trips
Phoenix Stage TheaterThe Middlebury Senior Center
mini-bus will go to the Phoenix Stage Theater in Naugatuck Sun-day, April 28, for the 2 p.m. mat-inee of “Arsenic & Old Lace.” The bus will leave the senior center at 1 p.m. and will stop at Friend-ly’s after the performance. The cost for transportation and ad-mission will be $23 per person. Call 203-577-4166 by Monday, April 22, to reserve a seat.
There is an easier way to get answers from Social Security than sitting on hold on the phone.
Social Security’s website (http://socialsecurity.gov) has a long list of things you can do on-line after creating a My Social Security account: get your ben-efits verification letter, get your statement, apply for retirement or disability benefits, appeal a disability decision, estimate your retirement benefits, check your application status, and so much more.
The biggest concern, however, is that if you’ve done a Google search about the topic, you eas-ily could end up at a fake website that is not Social Security.
For example, replacing your card is free, but if you acciden-tally wander to a scam site, they’ll want to charge you as much as $50. Not only that, but they’ll have your Social Security num-ber when you type it in.
If you marry and want a card in your new name, you’ll need to contact Social Security di-rectly. Don’t fall for an online scam.
Even if you haven’t hunted online for information, yet you receive what looks like Social Security email, beware. Social Security will never send you
email asking for information such as your name or number. Any emails asking for that are from scammers. If you receive that kind of email, call the real Social Security Administration immediately at 1-800-772-1213 or the fraud hotline at 1-800-269-0271.
Do the same if you receive a phone call from someone pre-tending to be from Social Secu-rity. They might have excuses, such as their computer system went down or they need to verify your banking direct-deposit in-formation.
If you sign up online for a gen-uine My Social Security account, beware. Be sure what webpage you’re on. Remember to look for the “.gov” at the end of the ad-dress.
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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Monday, April 22GES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26LMES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26Personnel Policies/Curriculum Comm. ............. PHS Media Center........................................................................Conference Room, 6 p.m.Board of Education ......................... PHS AP Room No. 103, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23MES Spring Scholastic Book Fair April 23-25RMS Grade 8 Washington, D.C. Field Trip April 23-25GES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26LMES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26
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Friday, April 26GES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26LMES Kindergarten Registration April 22-26Region-wide Art Gallery ............................................... PHS, 6 - 9 p.m.MMS Grade 7 Field Trip to Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport
Saturday, April 27Region-wide Art Gallery ..................................... PHS, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Region 15 middle school win-ners of the local “You Be The Chemist” challenges are Eric Gao of Rochambeau Middle School (RMS) and Kevin Knowles of Me-morial Middle School (MMS). The runner-up spots went to Aidan Garrity of RMS and Tar-nishq Kancharla of MMS. They all will advance to the Connecti-cut “You Be The Chemist” chal-lenge Saturday, April 27, at Nau-gatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury. Joining them will be additional state qualifiers Ryan DeAngelis, A.J. Thammana and Terrance Du-moulin of MMS and Justin Call-anan, Nilay Ghatlia and Henry Hu of RMS.
In early March, middle school students from Middlebury, Nau-gatuck, Newtown and Southbury participated in the local “You Be The Chemist®” challenge, an ed-ucational and fun academic competition for fifth- to eighth-grade chemistry students. The competition was designed by the Chemical Educational Founda-tion, which is a part of the Na-tional Association of Chemical Distributors.
The March events were held
By KEVIN CONCANNON
In the midst of spring, it can be easy to forget those long, hot days of June, July and August. Even so, now is the time to start applying and planning to feed hungry children when the school year ends.
More than 21 million children in the country receive free and reduced-price meals during the school year, but when summer rolls around, only about 1 in 10 of those kids (3 million) get free meals through federal summer feeding programs. Clearly, there is a gap that needs filling.
Enter the United States De-partment of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program. Kids are at higher risk of going hungry during the summer months, and we are working to fill that void. The USDA alone,
however, cannot accomplish the important work of feeding our low-income kids. You and your organizations have an important role to play.
Faith-based, community and private nonprofit organizations are pivotal in the lives of needy children. And schools, churches, recreation centers, playgrounds, parks and camps all are eligible and encouraged to serve sum-mer meals in neighborhoods with a high percentage of low-in-come families. These locations, by their very nature, offer safe and familiar environments and are places children gather when school is out.
But feeding hungry young people requires commitment. Sponsors must provide a capable staff, managerial skills and food service capabilities. Sponsors may provide their own meals,
purchase meals through an agreement with an area school or contract for meals with a food vendor.
If you don’t want to be a spon-sor but still want to be involved, your organization can be a sum-mer feeding site. There are spon-sors in your area who can work with you to feed the children in your community. And don’t for-get to register your summer feed-ing sites for the National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-Hungry or 1-877-8-HAMBRE.
The most successful summer programs offer activities for kids. Children are much more likely to come out for a meal when there is an activity to keep them there. It can include anything from sports, tutoring, and arts and crafts to other creative ac-tivities with community partners. Developing partnerships with
other community organizations is often the key to being able to offer great activities.
To learn more about the Sum-mer Food Service Program (SFSP) and opportunities to pro-vide summer meals, visit www.summerfood.usda.gov. Prere-corded Webinars there highlight the program, offer an under-standing of how SFSP works, detail sponsor and site roles and responsibilities, and provide out-reach tips and other resources to get started.
Together we can continue to tackle childhood hunger and ensure kids receive the nutritious meals they need in summer and throughout the year. We look forward to working with you to meet that goal.
Kevin Concannon is the USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutri-tion and Consumer Services.
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Region 15 students qualify for state chemistry challenge
Rochambeau Middle School students Nilay Ghatlia, Henry Hu, Eric Gao (first place), Aidan Garrity and Justin Callanan recently competed in the local “You Be The Chemist” challenge and now move on to the state competition. (Submitted photo)
Memorial Middle School students A. J. Thammana, Tarnishq Kancharla, Kevin Knowles (first place), Terrance Dumoulin and Ryan DeAngelis will compete at the state level in the “You Be The Chemist” challenge April 27. (Submitted photo)
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Flea Market & Bake SaleNorth Congregational Church
in Woodbury will host its Annual Indoor Flea Market & Bake Sale Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. More than 30 vendors will be selling a wide variety of goods, including white elephant, antiques, collectibles, house-hold, jewelry, toys, glassware, crafts and much, much more! Admission is free.
The church at 11 Main St. North at the intersection of routes 6 and 47 has ample park-ing. Proceeds from the event will help support missions, programs and projects within the church.
NAMI of Waterbury Support Group
The NAMI Waterbury general support group will meet Wednes-day, April 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 969 West Main St., lower level, in Waterbury. For more informa-tion, call 203-758-5844 and leave a message.
Earth Day Plant SaleThe Northwest Conservation
District’s annual Earth Day Plant Sale will be Friday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sun-day, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Goshen Fairgrounds at 116 Old Middle St., Rte. 63, in Goshen.
The sale is the conservation district’s major fundraising event, with all proceeds support-ing conservation, education and technical assistance. The sale features native shrubs, native and ornamental trees, fruit trees, berries, asparagus, bare-root ev-ergreen seedlings, perennials and many gardening displays and demonstrations. Check the website, www.conservect.org/northwest, for a list of plants.
Heritage Village Concert
The Heritage Village Concert Society spring concert Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. in Sarah Cooke Hall will feature the exceptional artistry of The Virtuosi Quintet with Joseph Trent, flute; Eliza-beth Condon, oboe; Larry Tietze, clarinet; James Jeter, bassoon; and Douglas Lyons on horn. They will present a diverse program with music by Bach and Mozart, Hungarian dances by Farkas and shanties by Arnold, Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite” and Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin.”
Tickets at $15 will be available at the door. The concert is open to the general public; there is ample parking and easy handi-capped access. Meet and chat with the artists after the recital.
Free Addiction Training
A free two-night training pro-gram for anyone desiring to sup-port and/or assist individuals and families who may be strug-gling with some form of addic-tion will be hosted by Word of Life Family Church Mondays, April 22 and 29, from 5 to 9 p.m. at St. George’s Episcopal Church at 393 Tucker Hill Road in Mid-dlebury. The “Congregational Assistance Program” (CAP) of-fers practical solutions and steps concerned individuals can take. CAP is top-notch training facili-tated by highly informed preven-tion professionals from around the state. A light supper (no fee) will precede the training.
The program, facilitated by the Central Naugatuck Valley Re-gional Action Council, teaches how to support and assist indi-viduals and families who may be struggling with some form of
addiction. For more information and to register, contact CAP Co-ordinator Hazell Kelley at 860-633-3272 or [email protected], or Rev. Christopher Caton at 860-426-0446, or [email protected].
Heart Health and Diabetes
The public is invited to regis-ter for “Heart Health and Diabe-tes,” a free program Wednesday, April 24, at 11 a.m. at the Jewish Federation at 444 Main St. North in Southbury. Sandra Micalizzi, APRN, CDE, the Heart Center of Greater Waterbury’s clinical nurse specialist, will discuss the risk factors, connections and ways to lessen the risks of these diseases.
“It is important for people to know that diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease,” said Mi-calizzi. “By preventing diabetes you can help prevent heart dis-ease.” Diabetes is a widespread health problem with more than 6.2 million people with undiag-nosed diabetes in the U.S. For more information or to register, call 203-267-3177.
Live Well Workshop Would you like to learn tech-
niques to help manage your on-going health condition and en-hance your quality of life? Area adults are invited to participate in a free six-week Live Well Work-shop that will meet Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 29 through June 10 at the Jewish Federation at 444 Main St. North in Southbury.
The Live Well Program em-powers people to take control of their health. It helps people with ongoing health conditions find better ways of dealing with pain, fatigue, difficult emotions, anx-iety and stress.
Learn easy exercises to im-prove strength and energy, how to eat better, the appropriate use of medications and how to talk effectively with family and friends. This program was devel-oped at Stanford University and is appropriate for people ages 18 and over with chronic health con-ditions, or for caregivers of those with chronic health conditions. Susan and John Monteleone will facilitate this workshop, which met with rave reviews from par-ticipants during last summer’s session.
There is no cost to attend, but participants must call 203-267-3177 to reserve a space (or for more information).
DAR Genealogy Workshop
The Trumbull-Porter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a DAR Ge-nealogy/Lineage Research Work-shop to assist women 18 years of age or older who are interested in joining the DAR and can prove a direct bloodline to a Revolu-tionary War patriot Tuesday, April 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Howard Whittemore Li-brary at 243 Church St. in Naug-atuck.
Those attending need to bring documentation collected thus far – birth, marriage and death certificates (where applicable) for their families and any other family documentation to show their lineage. Those who haven’t started collecting family docu-mentation can learn about the steps needed to document their lineage (their direct bloodline descent from their ancestors.)
Registrar Katie Gabrielson will open the workshop with a brief explanation of the application process. Members will be present to answer questions, assist with research and help with the appli-cation process. The Trumbull- Porter Chapter serves members from Watertown, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, South-bury, Waterbury, Thomaston and other communities.
Reservations are not required, but would be helpful. For more information, contact Gabrielson at 203-729-3349, Carol Bauby at 860-485-0772 or Freda Carreiro at 860-274-6219.
Acts 4 Ministry Thrift Shop
The Acts 4 Ministry Thrift Shop is open every Friday and the first Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shop at 1713 Thomaston Ave. in Wa-terbury accepts credit and debit card. All proceeds go to Acts 4 Ministry to serve those in need in the community. For more in-formation call 203-574-2287.
Middlebury Sweeping Streets
The Town of Middlebury Pub-lic Works Department street sweeping is under way. It began on the eastern side of town near Route 63 and is continuing west-ward. The department expects to complete the sweeping by April 29. Residents are asked to refrain from on-street parking until the street sweeping is com-plete. For more information, call Public Works at 203-577-4170.
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The tragedy at the Boston Mar-athon comes while we’re still reel-ing from the Sandy Hook tragedy. It seems as if the horror never ends, and at first it may seem as if evil is winning out over good. It’s hard not to think that when we look at the work of terrorists, be they do-mestic or foreign, and see the pre-cious lives they have taken and the severe injuries they inflicted on those who survived.
To help balance the despair we feel, we may find solace in the words of Fred Rogers – words in-tended to help parents explain such a tragedy to children. Those words went viral on Facebook shortly after the incident in Bos-ton. They are, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will al-ways find people who are helping.’”
Those words intended to com-fort children also may be comfort-
ing to adults struggling to deal with the most recent tragedy. Looking at the horrifying pictures from Bos-ton, we can see how many people rushed to help others. Some were first responders. Thank goodness they always rush in to help when an emergency arises.
But others were people like us, ordinary people who had gathered as we might have done, to watch a marathon on a beautiful day. After the bombs exploded, they didn’t run away. They ran to the scene and helped pull debris off the injured, give them first aid and load them into wheelchairs or onto stretchers and rush them to doc-tors and nurses.
Our faith in humanity is re-stored by watching the helpers – all the good people who did every-thing they could to save lives and aid the injured. It’s the helpers who will prevail in the end.
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The Naugatuck Historical Soci-ety Museum’s Fifth Annual Art Show is dedicated to Pam Bogert, who was an artist, children’s librar-ian and a friend of the society. Her dream was to have a juried show this year in Naugatuck. The ex-hibit’s opening will be Saturday, April 27, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Nau-gatuck Historical Society Museum.
A student art show began Thursday, April 18, and will con-tinue through Thursday, April 25. The StudenART Show features budding artists from the area. NaugARTuck Day (a free commu-nity art day) will be Sunday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. The StudenART Show can be seen during regular museum hours and is open to all Pre-K to grade 12 students.
Widely acclaimed muralist and portraitist Tony Falcone of Cheshire is one of the judges for the art show, along with artist and art historian Anne Siefert. Siefert works in The Hudson Building, one of the his-toric buildings in downtown Nau-gatuck. Falcone and Siefert will be at the opening reception to speak with the artists and art aficionados.
Falcone has been a professional artist for almost four decades. His art has been displayed in univer-sities, museums and galleries
throughout Connecticut, and his portraits, paintings and murals hang in the homes and businesses of collectors throughout the East Coast. His giant mural of racing horses on the Sports Haven build-ing at Long Wharf can be seen from I-95 in New Haven.
Falcone said, “I’m aware of Nau-gatuck’s magnificent collection of buildings designed by world-fa-mous architects like Henry Bacon, who designed the Naugatuck rail-road station as well as the Lincoln Memorial, and the numerous buildings designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White. Driving through Naugatuck’s downtown is like visiting an art gallery for build-ings.” Falcone said he applauded the board of directors and the art show committee for their efforts to bring attention to the abilities of artists from Naugatuck and sur-rounding towns and was honored to be one of the judges.
The reception will include live music by the Woodwind Ensem-ble, wine and cheese, a silent auc-tion and artist award presentation. Admission to the reception is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Donations will be ac-cepted for Bogert’s daughter’s college trust fund.
The Federal Trade Commis-sion has released a report with new information about identity theft. While it’s generally be-lieved that seniors are the most likely victims of this type of fraud because they’re assumed to be more vulnerable, the report shows that’s not the case.
The Consumer Sentinel Net-work, the database used in the report, is available only to law enforcement personnel and in-cludes information input by a long list of agencies and organi-zations, including the Better Business Bureau, the FBI’s Inter-net Crime Complaint Center, the U.S. Postal Service, and even the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
During 2012 alone, 2 million complaints were logged, broken down as follows: 52 percent fraud, 18 percent identity theft and 30 percent other types of complaints, such as debt collec-tion, banks and lenders, prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries, and impostor scams.
Government documents and benefits were the most common type of identity theft, followed by credit cards and phone or utili-ties. Florida, Georgia and Cali-fornia have the highest per capita rate of identity theft. The average dollar loss per fraud victim was $2,350.
In the Consumer Sentinel Net-work Data Book, it appears that the older the age group, the higher the percentage of overall fraud victims, until reaching the seniors.
20-29: 15 percent30-39: 16 percent40-49: 19 percent50-59: 23 percent60-69: 17 percentOver 70: 9 percentHowever, when it comes to
actual identity theft, the numbers are reversed:
20-29: 21 percent30-39: 19 percent40-49: 18 percent50-59: 17 percent60-69: 11 percentOver 70: 8 percentHow does this happen? Scam-
mers pretend to be from govern-ment agencies or credit-card companies and call to ask for personal information. Twenty-
somethings, raised on electronic gadgets, give it to them.
If you’ve become a victim of identity theft, contact your bank and credit card companies. If you think your information has been compromised, put a freeze on your credit information at all three credit bureaus.
Order copies of your credit reports, and study them carefully to make sure all the information is correct.
File a complaint with the FTC (www.ftc.gov) and the police. The information you add to the database will help law enforce-ment in their investigations. To learn more about the Sentinel Network, go to www.ftc.gov/sen-tinel.
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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Girls in seventh grade and their parents who are considering op-tions for high school are invited to attend a seventh-grade preview program at Westover School Fri-day, April 26, from 3 to 5 p.m.
“We are inviting girls currently enrolled in seventh grade and their parents to learn more about Westover, meet with faculty and students, tour our campus and discover the advantages of an independent school education,” said Laura Volovski, director of admission and enrollment man-agement at Westover.
Preregistration for the pro-gram is required by Tuesday, April 23. To register, or for more information, please call Westov-er’s Office of Admission at 203-577-4521.
Westover is a selective board-ing and day school in Middle-bury with 205 students in grades nine to 12 from 16 states and 17 countries. The school offers its students more than 20 advanced placement courses as well as signature programs in science, engineering, art history and mu-sic.
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Woolworth Building turns 100
Wednesday, April 24, the Woolworth Building in New York City will turn 100. It was designed by Cass Gilbert, the architect who also designed Waterbury City Hall. In celebration of the cen-tennial of Gilbert’s masterpiece, a series of events open to the public are planned for “Wool-worth Week” from Monday, April 22, through Thursday, April 25. Helen Post Curry and Chuck Post, two of Gilbert’s great-grandchildren, have arranged lectures, tours, exhibitions and dinners with the help of Gilbert authors Barbara Christen and Gail Fenske.
Included among the events is a forum on the preservation and adaptive reuse of Cass Gilbert buildings Thursday, April 25, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Waterbury City Hall. The forum, which is open to the public, will feature a panel discussion by five experts on different Gilbert restoration projects. Alan Plattus, professor of architecture and urbanism at Yale, will be the moderator.
Bob Grzywacz, the architect for the Waterbury City Hall res-toration, and Andrew Martelli of the Waterbury Development Corporation will discuss that project. Owner and developer Peter Levenson will discuss the repurposing of the 90 West St. Building in New York City follow-ing the devastation of 9/11. Speaking about the much- needed renovations to the Min-nesota State Capitol in St. Paul will be Nancy Stark, executive secretary of the Capitol Area Ar-chitectural and Planning Board. Roy Suskin, vice president of development for the Witkoff Group will share his insights into the ongoing maintenance of the Woolworth Building and the im-pending reuse of its tower. Forum tickets are $20 either by preregis-tration at www.Woolworth100.com or at the door.
When the Woolworth Building was completed in 1913, it achieved instant renown as the tallest skyscraper in the world. Gilbert’s design was hailed by critics for its Gothic silhouette and its commanding central tower that soared to the unprece-dented height of 792 feet. It was named a National Historic Land-mark in 1966 and a New York City Landmark in 1983.
Frank W. Woolworth, chief executive of the F. W. Woolworth Company and owner of 318 five-and-ten-cent stores across the U.S., Canada and England, com-missioned Gilbert to design the Woolworth Building as the com-pany’s headquarters on a site at Broadway and Park Place. Gilbert had recently completed his U.S. Custom House, Broadway Chambers Building and West Street Building, all in lower Man-hattan. Woolworth, known as one of the largest importers of European commodities in the U.S., frequently visited the Cus-tom House, but he also admired the skyscraper Gothic design of Gilbert’s West Street Building, which fronted the Hudson River just a few blocks away.
Gilbert (1859-1934) is known for his monumental, elegantly proportioned and richly orna-mented Beaux-Arts designs. The scope of his work includes every major type: residential, ecclesi-astic, commercial, industrial and civic buildings. Three of his best loved are the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul (1895-1905), The Woolworth Building in New York City (1910-1913) and the U.S. Supreme Court in Washing-ton, D.C. (1928-1935).
Information on other events can be found at www.Wool-worth100.com, where reserva-tions also can be made. For more information, contact Curry at [email protected] or 203-966-9663.
The Woolworth Building in New York City turns 100 next week. Its architect, Cass Gilbert, also designed Waterbury City Hall.
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Pomperaug High School Varsity Games
1. When was the last time Wash-ington had a major-league baseball team in the playoffs before 2012?
2. Name the last player to win a major-league batting title without hitting a home run in that season.
3. Who was the last Florida State running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season?
4. Who was the last NBA player to be on a title-winning team after leading the league in minutes played during the regular season?
5. Who was the last NHL player before Anaheim’s Teemu Se-lanne in 2013 to have a four-point game at age 42?
6. In 2012, Brad Keselowski be-came the second driver to win NASCAR’s Cup season cham-pionship after having won a title in the Nationwide Series. Who was the first?
7. Earlier this year, Serena Wil-liams became the oldest player (31) to hold the No. 1 ranking in women’s tennis. Who had been the oldest?
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1. The Washington Senators went to the World Series in 1933.
2. Rod Carew, with the Minne-sota Twins in 1972.
3. Warrick Dunn, with 1,180 yards in 1996.
4. Norm Nixon, with 3,226 min-utes in the 1979-1980 season for the Los Angeles Lakers.
5. Tim Horton, in 1972.6. Bobby Labonte, in 2000.7. Chris Evert was not quite 31
when she was the No. 1 player in 1985.
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Embrace Earth Day with Enthusiasm
Spring is sprung, the grasses are green, and Earth Day is April 22. How exciting to partake of the festivals, special classes, conver-sations and all kinds of activities around all things Earth! It’s the one time a year to really celebrate and be aware of her many boun-tiful gifts.
Take full advantage. Keep her close to your heart by spending more time outside planting flow-ers and seeds in her soil, mowing and tilling her land right in your own back yard, and soaking in her ambrosial fragrances as warm air and ground release the scents only springtime can. Wake up powerfully appreciative of her daylight and, just before you fall asleep, look outside up at the night sky and smile at how the dark hours gift you with rest.
This week’s nugget for life is to get out and enjoy Earth Day in a way you haven’t before. Try something different this year, or add on a few extra outings to cel-ebrate this amazing God-given gift of ours! Get outside and pic-nic for Earth at your local park, waterfall or nature conservatory. Donate your time to helping a
kids’ project and paint, draw or collect earth materials and make something cool to honor Mother Earth.
Visit a senior center and ask to sit together outside with some-one who is alone. Make Earth Day Earth Week instead by bring-ing your focus of appreciation onto all the ways she supports you every day. Eat her food from the local farmers’ market and maybe purchase a “share” so you get to revisit the farm every week, tasting and infusing your body with nutritious, delicious bounty – different every week depending on the crop that’s up. All hands on Earth, I say!
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Varsity Boys’ GolfTuesday, April 23 ................. New Milford (A) .................................... 3 p.m.Wednesday, April 24 ............ Brookfield (H) ....................................... 3 p.m.Thursday, April 25 ................Masuk (H) ............................................ 3 p.m.
Varsity Boys’ LacrosseSaturday, April 20 ................ Hamden (H) ......................................... 2 p.m.Monday, April 22 ................. Bethel (H) ............................................ 7 p.m.Thursday, April 25 ................ Immaculate (A) ............................... 4:15 p.m.Saturday, April 27 ................ Trumbull (H) ......................................... 6 p.m.
Girls’ LacrosseSaturday, April 20 ................ Lauralton Hall (H) ............................... 10 a.m.Monday, April 22 ................. Amity (A) .............................................. 4 p.m.Wednesday, April 24 ............ Southington (H) .................................... 7 p.m.Friday, April 26 .................... New Fairfield (H) ................................... 7 p.m.
Varsity SoftballSaturday, April 20 ................ New Fairfield (A) ............................12:30 p.m.Monday, April 22 ................. Bunnell (H) ...................................... 4:15 p.m.Wednesday, April 24 ............ Lauralton Hall (A) ............................ 4:15 p.m.Thursday, April 25 ................ Newtown (H) ................................... 4:15 p.m.
Boys’ TennisMonday, April 22 ................. Brookfield (H) .................................. 3:45 p.m.Wednesday, April 24 ............ New Milford (A) ............................... 3:45 p.m.Friday, April 26 ....................Weston (H) ...................................... 4:15 p.m.
Girls’ TennisMonday, April 22 ................. Brookfield (A) .................................. 3:45 p.m.Wednesday, April 24 ............ New Milford (H) ............................... 3:45 p.m.
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Middlebury Parks & recreationEarth Day
Greenway & Park Clean-up
Help celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up the Greenway and Middlebury parks Sunday, April 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. Meet at Meadowview Park Pavilion, and join your friends to help keep Middlebury clean. The contact for this project is Janine Sulli-van-Wiley, 203-598-3176, of the Middlebury Community Wom-en’s Club.
ZumbaInstructor Shelagh Greatorex
will teach Zumba to those ages 14 and older Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 30 to June 27, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at Shep-ardson Center. There will be no classes June 6 and June 11.
Zumba is a fun and effective form of cardiovascular exercise moving and dancing to Latin music. The fee for eight weeks of classes is $50 for residents; $60 for nonresidents.
Middlebury Recreation Area (MRA)
MRA beach passes are on sale. Residents and property owners must provide a copy of their car registration and proof of resi-
dency or real estate. A photo ID is required.
Fees are $125 for a family, $20 for a senior, $68 for singles and $10 per additional sticker for family or single-pass holders. Seniors 65 and older are eligible to receive ONE pass for $20. Only household residents age 65 and older are eligible to use this pass. There is a $125 charge per extra car sticker per senior.
Those who want to enter the boat rack lottery will find entry forms online and in the Parks and Recreation office. Racks cost $50 and can accommodate Sun-fish, Sailfish, windsurfers, kayaks and canoes. Six spaces are avail-able for standard-size rowboats.
The limit is one rack per fam-ily. Requests must be received in the Parks and Recreation office no later than Friday, April 26. The lottery will be Wednesday, May 1, and boat racks must be paid for by Wednesday, May 15, or they will be offered to the next person on the wait list. Residents must have a valid MRA pass be-fore renting a boat rack.
Wooden Storage Lockers – A limited number of lockers are available to MRA pass holders on a first-come, first-serve basis for a fee of $50. The limit is one locker per family. Phone reser-
vations will not be accepted.
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Men’s League (Modified Pitch)
The Middlebury/Southbury Men’s League is open to Middle-bury/Southbury residents and/or men employed full time in either town and/or Pomperaug High School alumni who are 18 or older. The league plays in Mid-dlebury/Southbury Mondays and Wednesdays. Contact Tony Pereira at 203-509-4199.
Ladies’ Softball LeagueThe Ladies’ Softball League is
open to Middlebury/Southbury residents and/or women who are employed in or attend school in either town and are 18 or older. The league plays in Southbury Tuesdays and Thursdays. Con-tact Margaret Vagnini at 203-598-0870
Escape Alive™ Survival Skills
Jane Doe No More and East Coast Training Systems will pres-ent this free self-defense class for females Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Mid-dlebury Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment fire house at 65 Tucker Hill Road in Middlebury. The Escape Alive™ Survival Skills program is designed to give women and girls a fighting chance in the face of an attack.
An “academic” component is combined with physical training and skills practice. Participants learn awareness tips; escape strategies; and kick, strike and blow techniques designed to disable assailants and enable escape.
Participants must be 15 or older; those 17 or younger must be signed in by an adult. Visit www.janedoenomore.org to reg-ister, or to find other dates and locations.
By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY
Young, old and in between, please join us – rain or shine –Sunday, April 21, at 1 p.m. for the ninth annual Middlebury Earth Day cleanup. Meet at Meadow-view Park, and choose your sec-tion of the Greenway, or a park or local road, for litter pickup. The first participants to arrive will get a free t-shirt donated by the Middlebury Parks and Rec-reation Department.
Begun in 2005, this annual event has become a popular way for Middlebury residents to pro-vide an extra bit of loving care to our community and our world. Started by the Middlebury Junior Women’s Club, the event has included Scout groups, land trust members and plenty of families.
If you can join us, wear long sleeves and long pants (there is poison ivy in areas along the Greenway). Large garbage bags and gloves will be provided. For more information, contact Tanya Pistawka at 203-565-5336 or [email protected], or Janine Sullivan-Wiley at 203-598-3176 or [email protected].
If you can’t make that day and time, stake out a section of road or open space, and let Pistawka or Sullivan-Wiley know what corner of Middlebury will receive your attention. This is a great way to show Mother Earth we care and for all Middlebury residents to showcase their civic pride. Let’s go, Middlebury!
Kent Sullivan-Wiley of Middlebury doesn’t let the pouring rain stop him as he picks up trash along the Greenway during last year’s Earth Day cleanup. (Janine Sullivan-Wiley photo)
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 79 and have congestive heart failure with some high blood pressure. Please give the information you have on my illness. – F.W.ANSWER: Congestive heart fail-ure is a common illness in older people. Up to 10 percent of those older than 65 have it or have had it. “Congestive heart failure” means the heart has become so weak it can’t pump enough blood to support all body organs and tissues. You can call it just heart failure. The “congestive” word confuses people.
The signs of a weakened heart are breathlessness when trying to do even relatively easy physi-cal tasks, along with a feeling that all energy has left the body. A third sign is swelling, most often of the feet and ankles. The lungs also fill with fluid from backed-up blood, and that adds to the breathing difficulty. The lungs are congested with fluid.
Clogged heart arteries, heart-valve problems, a previous heart attack, a former viral heart infec-tion and uncontrolled high blood pressure are some of the causes of heart failure. Aging is a major cause. The heart is beginning to wear out.
This sounds hopeless; it isn’t. Plenty can be done. For one, re-duce the amount of salt and salty foods that you eat. Salt causes
fluid retention in the body. Water pills (diuretics) remove excess body fluid, and they’re a constant part of treatment. Drugs called ACE inhibitors not only regulate blood pressure, but they also ease heart failure. This is only a sample of the drugs used to treat this condition.
Once under treatment, you ought to be breathing with ease and feel a return of pep. An ex-ercise program is then possible for treatment. The program should be devised by your doc-tor. Walking is an excellent way to strengthen both body and heart muscles.
The booklet on congestive heart failure provides detailed information on the condition and its treatment. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Do-nohue – No. 103W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the
recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My eyes are dark brown. I am a 57-year-old female. Around the edges of the brown area of my eyes is a blue border – something new. The eye doctor said it means my cholesterol is high. My family doctor said the blue border is fine, and it happens with age. Have you heard of this? What causes it? – D.E.ANSWER: I believe you’re de-scribing an arcus senilis. It’s an off-white (bluish or gray) circle looping around the colored iris. Actually it’s a deposit of fat and cholesterol in the cornea, the clear covering that lies over the iris and pupil. At one time, it was thought to indicate high blood cholesterol; it doesn’t.
It’s one of those many adorn-ments of aging that come for no obvious reason. If you start look-ing at the eyes of older people, you’ll find you are far from the only one with arcus senilis.
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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Some of the more compelling deductions are energy tax cred-its. For example, if you install solar panels or a solar water heater, geothermal heat pumps, a small wind turbine, or fuel cells in your existing or new home, you may be able to get a one-time, 30 percent tax credit on the cost of such systems (including labor and installation costs).
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windows and doors, you may be able to take a one-time credit of 10 percent. Installing new insu-lation or putting on a new roof also can qualify you for the credit, if the materials meet spe-cific energy-efficiency guide-lines. These are detailed by the Internal Revenue Service; you can visit the IRS website (irs.gov) or talk with a tax preparer to learn more.
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The husband and wife duo of David Baranowski and Jennifer Marshall will join the Kent Sing-ers for concerts Sunday, April 21, at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church at 1 North Main St. in Kent and Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church at 5 Main St. South in Bridgewater. Marshall is a prize-winning soprano who is equally comfortable perform-ing classical and contemporary works. Baranowski is an accom-plished classical performer and conductor who spends his sum-mers touring Europe as a rock musician. Baranowski will join the Kent Singers’ new accompa-nist, Sarah Sung Lee, in the piano four-hand pieces.
The program features Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Walzer” for chorus and piano four hands, “Cantata No. 196” by J.S. Bach with Mar-shall as the soprano soloist and Copland’s “The Promise of Liv-ing,” also for chorus and piano four hands.
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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURYNOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 25, 2013 – 11:00 a.m.Town Hall Conference Room
Notice is hereby given to the Electors of the Town of Mid-dle-bury that a Special Town Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Middlebury Town Hall Confer-ence Room, 1212 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, CT to vote on the following question:
Shall the Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Budget Referendum be held from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Shepardson Commu-nity Center?
The Board of Selectmen voted, pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, that the vote on the questions be removed from the call and adjourned to a referen-dum vote to be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. As a result the April 25, 2013 Special Town meeting will be held only to discuss the item above and not to vote on it.
Dated this 17th day of April, by the Board of Selectmen.
Edward B. St. John, First SelectmanElaine M. R. Strobel, Selectman
Ralph J. Barra, Selectman
8 Friday, April 19, 2013The Bee-Intelligencer
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Gloria (Nixon) Clark (1922-1998) was the president of the Middlebury Historical Society in 1976 when she compiled the sto-ries of 10 Middlebury residents, all of whom have since died. One resident was Ethel Townsend Noakes, who died in 1996 at the age of 92. She was the great-great granddaughter of Larmon Townsend, Middlebury’s first town clerk. Part I of Clark’s inter-view with Ethel Noakes was pub-lished here March 29, 2013. Here is part II:
In 1754, Ara Ward undertook to make a millpond of Toantic Swamp and stopped up Toantic Brook. He diverted the water into an artificial channel and brought it to a mill site on Long Meadow Brook. Nathaniel Gunn bought it from Ara Ward, and he and his sons, Enos and Abel, added a res-ervoir at Long Meadow, creating Long Meadow Pond.
Ara Ward retained his share of the mill and had started building a new house when the dam gave way at the head ditch. The frame for his house was buried in mud, and so much of the highway was washed out that a new one had to be laid out. “The order of ar-rangements in the vicinity was changed materially.”
Nathaniel’s son, Jobamah, with the Gunn penchant for owning land and thinking he was the larg-est landowner in Waterbury, took his tax list to the assessors and heard that someone else owned more land than he did. Immedi-ately buying the first land he could find for sale, he was, in-deed, the largest landowner in Waterbury. He owned 10,000 acres and carried on all the busi-ness of the times. But, then, in 1794, he apparently was having financial difficulties and was as-sessed for only 603 acres of land and declared 277 pounds. He owned one of the 15 watches in the area and one of the six brass clocks.
Searching for the old cemeteries where the Gunns are buried, Ethel found Pine Hill Cemetery and the grave of Nathaniel Gunn; he was buried there in 1769. Gunntown Cemetery yielded the grave of Sarah Smith Candee, Nathaniel’s second wife, who died in 1797.
Success sparked her interest still more, and she found that in 1771, a committee was appointed
to find a convenient burying place in the west part of the First Soci-ety (a division of the Church par-ish); their selection was Middle-bury’s first cemetery. It was in the area across from the intersection of Tyler and Breakneck Hill Roads. At least two stones es-caped the fate of an abandoned cemetery; someone moved them to the present cemetery so Cap-tain Isaac and Mary Brackett Bronson’s two daughters would be remembered. One girl died in 1776 and the other in 1777.
When we visited the present cemetery last summer on a late, long-shadowed afternoon, we went into the part of it where the thin, old gravestones stand. Drawn to two small stones placed be-tween others, we found them to be of sandstone, their shapes blunted by erosion. The light was almost gone, and moss had almost filled the letters, but they said that two Bronson girls died two hun-dred years ago, one year apart.
In 1794, Eli Bronson asked for a proper burying ground in Mid-dlebury Society, and on Jan. 27 it was voted to grant his petition. Then, in 1828, with Larmon Townsend on the committee, the cemetery was laid out systemat-ically in 91 lots; this left 28, be-cause 63 were in use. Paying $100 an acre, the grounds were en-larged in 1841.
In her research into the past, Ethel found the story of the mar-riage of Sarah Gaylord to Thomas Judd in 1688. They could not find anyone to marry them in Water-bury, so they had to take one of the early roads that passed over the summit of Three Mile Hill and down Wolf Pit Hill to Woodbury to a branch of Hop Brook, now in Middlebury. The Reverend Zach-ariah Walker of Woodbury per-formed the ceremony but could not legally do so outside his own parish.
The story speculates that Sarah and Thomas must have met the minister at the brook so as to be in Woodbury for the marriage cere-mony. As a result, the brook be-came known as “Bride’s Brook.” There is more than one “Bride’s Brook” in Connecticut, perhaps named for the same reason. Two years after Thomas and Sarah were married, Thomas’s father became a justice of the peace in Waterbury, perhaps spurred on by the incon-venience caused his son.
Ethel also found the story of Dr. James Porter, who settled at Hop Swamp around 1725. His house was at the foot of Bissell Hill (later called Westview Heights, containing Yale Avenue, White Avenue, etc.) and west of the present Mary I. Johnson School (Hop Swamp School). When his house was being built, the workmen would not spend the night in the area due to fear of the Indians. They came from the center in the mornings and returned in the evening.
In later years, when the house was torn down, it was found that a new house was enclosed under the same roof with the old one, the two houses appearing as one building; two independent frames were set together. The work was unique; so a drawing was made of it for future inspection.
On her own initiative, Ethel found her ancestor of “sturdy New England stock.”
This chapter was reproduced with the kind permission of the Clark family.
Rafford is the Middlebury His-torical Society president and Mid-dlebury’s municipal historian. To join the society, visit Middlebury-HistoricalSociety.org or call Raf-ford at 203-206-4717.
The gravestones of Nathaniel and Sarah Gunn date to the 1700s. They are in the Oak Street Cemetery in Naugatuck.
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