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Whether scanning the pro-duce section of the grocery store or strolling her local farmer’s market on a warm summer morning, Daniela Carpenter knows exactly what she wants, or at least what she definitely wants to avoid.

“For the last five years or so, it’s just been very import-ant for me to rethink what exactly I’m putting in my body or giving to my family, especially when it comes to fresh fruits and vegetables,” Carpenter said. “I’m willing to pay a little more if I know I’m not ingesting pesticides or any other harmful toxins.”

Carpenter isn’t alone. According to research by the Mayo Clinic, there are gen-erally three primary reasons

people are drawn to buy or-ganic foods, specifically or-ganic produce: significantly fewer pesticide residues, banned or severely restricted food additives and envi-ronmental concerns, with organic farms designed to re-duce pollution, conserve wa-ter and enhance soil quality.

“There’s something to be said for a little peace of mind,” Carpenter added. “Not to mention helping sup-port the local producers, and of course who doesn’t want something which just tastes better anyway?”

A report by The United States Depa r t ment of Agriculture states that con-sumer demand for organ-ically produced goods has shown double digit growth for more than a decade.

As co-owner of Star Light Gardens USDA-certified or-

ganic farm in Durham, David Zemelsky has had a front row seat to the organic move-ment’s rising tide of popu-larity over the last 15 years.

“Organic food has be-come more and more popu-lar as people become aware of the importance of eating food produced without the use of harmful insecticides, petroleum based fertiliz-ers and land steward prac-tices that harm the health of our soil rather than help build a healthy ecosystem in the soil that encourages healthy plants and a health-ier planet,” said Zemelsky, who, with his brother Ty, has co-owned and managed the family farm since 1999.

“There is a lot of research out there that concluded that organically grown food is

Organic movement has strong foothold locally By Keith HagartySpecial to Town Times

Visitors tour Star Light Gardens in Durham, a USDA-certified organic farm and member of the Community Support Agriculture linking farmers directly with “shareholders” in the local community for fresh produce, organic awareness and educational opportunities. | (Photo by Keith Hagarty)

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The 22nd Winter Olympics are ready to commence.

The 2014 games are scheduled, from Feb. 6 to Feb. 23, to take place in Sochi, Russia and also in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana.

In total there will be 98 events in 15 winter sports

areas. Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007 and will be the first Olympics in the Russian Federation since the breakup of the U.S.S.R.

Events will be held in two main areas. An Olympic Park was constructed in the Imeretinsky Valley on the coast of the Black Sea, with an Olympic stadium and indoor venues located within walking distance. Snow events will be held at Krasnaya Polyana.

Local interest in Olympics mixed By Diana CarrSpecial to Town Times

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Edith Fowler Trischman has seen a lot of birthdays come and go —103 of them, to be exact. Her latest one was Jan. 11.

Phyllis Congdon, of Middletown, credits her mother’s longevity to a life lived well, an agree-able disposition, no smok-ing, no drinking, no staying out all night, and healthy eating. “Everything was homemade, nothing was in packages, and we ate lots of vegetables from the gar-den,” she said.

After having spent most of her life in Middlefield, Trischman moved to Wadsworth Glen Health

Care and Rehabilitation Center, in Middletown, last July.

She had three siblings, was married for 61 years, brought two children into

Generous disposition brings 103-year-old many rewards By Diana CarrSpecial to Town Times

Edith (Fowler) Trischman, of Middlefield. | (Submitted by

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TASTE OF DURHAMOn Feb. 1, the Public Association of Library Supporters held its 18th annual Taste of Durham. Library supporters and food enthusiasts filled every room of the Durham Public Library. The annual event helps PALS support library programing and needs. |(Mark Dionne/Town Times)

Below left: Another returning favorite, Brenda Eddy of Brenda’s Main Street Feed, gave out doggie bags for the pets waiting at home. Top left: Volunteers, such as David Miner and Leslie Bulion, staffed tables serve food, beer, and wine. Above: Katie Hughes and Tina Hurlbert make gluten-free crepes at the Perk on Main table.

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outhouse. Her wardrobe consisted of Sunday church clothes. “That’s why closets weren’t big then,” Congdon said. “People didn’t have many clothes.”

When she was born, the family didn’t have a car and her father had to hitch up the horse to their sleigh and make the trek from their Middlefield home to Durham to fetch the doctor.

Congdon remembers her mother giving sandwiches to the migratory workers who walked along the railroad tracks by their Middlefield home, on their way to get work and housing at Lyman Orchards (where her father worked). There was a mark on the tracks pointing way-farers to her house.

Congdon surmised about

the changes her mother has seen in her lifetime, beyond the obvious (like electricity and cars for everyone, televi-

sion and electronics). “People were more family-oriented,” she said. “And honest. A man’s word was good— if he said he was going to do something, he did it. People looked out for each other. They didn’t have to lock their doors, and they left their keys in the car. You don’t see that today.”

Dick Benson, of East Berlin, would count his 103-year-old aunt as one of those caring folks.

“She and her husband,

So what’s it like being 103? “It’s just like being 100.”

—Edith Fowler Trischman, of Middlefield.

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the world, is the grandmother of three and the great-grand-mother of seven.

Congdon remembers her stay-at-home mom be-ing busy: she was on the Women’s Rifle Team at Lyman Gun Sight Company, winning medals and com-peting throughout the state; she was on the PTA; she sang in the church choir from the age of 14 until she was in her 80s; she was a member of the Ladies Aid Society of the Middlefield Federated Church; she took care of her daughter’s horses when her daughter went to college; she drove until she was 95.

“And she waited on us,” Congdon said. “I remember her changing her clothes and putting on lipstick before my father came home. She got all gussied up for him.”

Congdon recalled some of the stories her mother told of her life. She walked to school, where everyone drank water out of the dip-per that was used for the water tub. Everyone had an

From Page 1 Warren, had a farm in Middlefield,” he said. “She was such a great hostess and a great cook. Their house was filled with warmth and hos-pitality. It was a great house to be in, with lots of antiques, and skates hanging from the ceiling and the rafters.

Benson said, “I’ll always re-member her saying, ‘Honey, where’s your hat?’ I didn’t like hats but she wanted me

to wear one in the summer to keep my head from getting sunburned, and in the win-ter to keep warm. She was al-ways very caring. She always helped others. She never complained. We are honored to have her as a part of the family. We can all take a les-son from her.”

So what’s it like being 103? “It’s just like being 100,”

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Isabella Santoro from Durham, left, Emma Kennedy were chosen to represent Holy Trinity in Wallingford in the recent Central Connecticut Deanery All Star game. | (Submitted by Michele Santoro)

The Middlefield Board of Finance held a public hearing Jan. 30 concerning the financ-ing of the remaining town debt on the Powder Ridge property. During the hear-ing, held at the Middlefield Community Center, Bob Yamartino, a member of the BOF, led the small audience through the intricacies of the town’s Powder Ridge debt, which totals $1,390,000.

The interest paid by the town to the debt holder can be taxable or not-taxable, de-pending on the eventual use of the property. According to Yamartino and a BOF’s

handout, bond counsel has determined that $60,000 of that debt is taxable while $1,330,000 is non-taxable.

The BOF is recommend-ing that the $60,000 taxable portion of the debt be re-tired with money from the General Fund. According to Yamartino, if Middlefield were to pursue a single fi-nancing package for the en-tire debt amount, the entire $1,390,000 would become taxable.

Keeping the debts sepa-rate also contains extra costs, doubling the upfront costs of securing separate notes.

Retiring the $60,000 por-tion of the debt, as recom-mended by the BOF, was not

Powder Ridge debt subject of Middlefield hearing By Mark DionneTown Times

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Fo r t h e r e m a i n i n g $1,330,000 debt, currently se-cured with short-term Bond Anticipation Notes, the BOF recommended switching to permanent financing of at least a seven year term.

Yamartino made a point of complimenting the Board of Selectmen and First Selectman Jon Brayshaw, who was in attendance, for selecting BANs for the ini-tial financing. Yamartino said that permanent financing with lower-interest tax-ex-empt debt would be compet-itive with BAN rates, while eliminating the risk of rate increases.

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Just a typical warm-up ses-sion for James Kaminski as the Middlefield resident tack-les another intense one-hour workout session courtesy of the CrossFit strength and conditioning program.

“It’s about self-improve-ment,” said Kaminski, add-ing that he wants “to be better, stronger than I was yesterday.”

Used for years by military, police training, martial art-ists, and elite athletes world-wide, CrossFit is a rigorous strength and conditioning program focusing on extreme one-hour workout sessions to enhance muscle, endurance and flexibility.

For Kaminski, CrossFit training is less about how much weight he can lift and more about the lasting benefits.

“I will set goals and num-bers, but those are more short term,” said Kaminski. “Long term it’s more my health and this community.”

Why is CrossFit soaring in popularity throughout Connecticut and across the nation with 7,000 affiliated gymnasiums, also known as “boxes,” embracing the train-ing program over the last decade? There are several reasons, according to Merle McKenzie, who co-owns Trimountain CrossFit in Durham with business part-ner Glen Perra.

“It works,” he said matter-of-factly. “It’s better than any other training system cur-rently known. Navy SEALS use it to improve their fitness. After that, what more can be said about its effectiveness?”

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CrossFit for all shapes and sizesJames Kaminski ,of Middlefield, works up a sweat training at the Trimountain CrossFit “box” in Durham during a recent workout session. CrossFit is an intense physical strength and conditioning program soaring in popularity across the state and worldwide. The method can be adapted to suit all levels of fitness and fit individual goals.| (Photo by Keith Hagarty)

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Now a veteran CrossFit member of two years, Kaminski, a member of Trimountain CrossFit, feels a sense of accomplish-ment when tracking his progression.

“When I first started doing some of these workouts, I was just drained and wondered, how are these people doing this, how are these pumping out these reps, especially in such high intensity work-outs?” he said. “It was really one of the first times I felt inadequate in any organized exercise.”

“But as I stayed consistent and committed to it, I got bet-ter,” he added, saying it’s been such a great experience for him, leading him to increase his training frequency from once or twice a week to now an average of five one-hour sessions per week.

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“It’s constantly varied, so you’re not always doing the same thing,” said Kaminski. “The program is different ev-ery day.”

Providing an enjoyable experience in an encour-aging environment is what the CrossFit experience is all about, according to McKenzie.

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Star Light Gardens is part of the state’s Community Supported Agriculture link-ing the consumer with the farmer, thereby eliminat-ing the middleman. In the CSA, participants can buy a share before the growing season of the farm’s crop. The membership program is designed to encourage sup-port of local farming, which adhere to sustainable prac-tices, while providing fresh, diverse, high quality produce and promote community en-gagement and educational opportunities

“Most of these individu-als are very concerned with getting locally, sustainably grown food because they know it tastes best locally,” Zemelsky said.

Having recently moved from New Hampshire to Cromwell, David Tressel said he believes it’s only a matter of time before organic produce is the new standard.

“We’re seeing what’s hap-pening all the time with these various growth hormone and unsavory substances and ad-ditives they’ve been qui-etly adding to our foods for years,” he said. “It’s a scary thought. Why can’t an apple just be an apple?”

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StatePoint – Losing weight to look good may be a great motivator. An even better motivator is to get healthier, as ex-cess fat tissue breeds in-flammation, which can contribute to many de-bilitating and deadly dis-eases. And according to many doctors, even just a modest amount of ex-tra weight can be dam-aging to your health.

When it comes to di-ets, if you’ve “tried them all” and failed, some ex-perts say that could be part of the problem.

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The hardest part of this project is peeling the paper off of the crayons. My kids are forever peeling wrappers, so I thought they would love this task. They did not. They complained, and quit after about three crayons, leav-ing me to grumble under my breath while I peeled, peeled, peeled. This year, I soaked the crayons in cold water for a few minutes, and the wrap-pers practically jumped off the crayons. The kids loved peeling wrappers off of the soaked crayons.

After peeling the cray-ons, break the crayons into smaller pieces. My kids were able to snap the nar-row crayons themselves, and I chopped the fatter crayons with a knife.

Then, the crayon bits went into a heart-shaped mold. There are many heart-shaped

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Food bank fullTo the editor:It’s January, and the food

bank is full. The Community Services Council funds have been replenished, and we’re ready to ride our the rest of the winter.

To say “thank you” to all doesn’t even begin to convey the gratitude and thanks from the Community Services Council to the many, many individuals donated this hol-iday season in the form of cash, check, gift cards, food and actual Christmas for families. I’ve always been in awe of the generosity of our townspeople, but this year it was especially striking given the current economic situa-tion and financial constraints many families are under.

It is not my intent to single out any individual or organi-

zation that donated, because all donations are equally ap-preciated. However, I do feel the need to say a special “thank you” to a town resi-dent who did her own food/money drive, then went and bought items we requested and brought in about $1,000 worth of goods to the food bank. She really went above and beyond.

No less thanks goes to all the individuals, families, and organizations that donated this year. The support enables us to provide assistance year-round to families in need.

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Durham government calendar

( U n l e s s o t h e r w i s e indicated, all meetings are held in the Durham Library. Check the town website at www.townofdurhamct.org for updates.)Monday, Feb. 10

Board of Selectman Budget Meeting, Town Hall 5 p.m.Board of Selectman, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Inland/Wetlands, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 11Conservation Commission,

Library, 7 p.m.Library Board of Trustees, Library, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 12Board of Education, Strong School, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 13Zoning Board of Appeals, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18Town Green Tree Design Committee, Town Hall, 5 p.m.Board of Finance, Town Hall, 6:30 p.m.Agriculture Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Board of Selectman Budget Meeting, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

Middlefield government calendar

(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held in the Community Center.)Monday, Feb. 3

Board of Selectman, 7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 6

Park and Recreation Department, 6:30 p.m.Economic Development Commission, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 12Planning & Zoning, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18Board of Selectman, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 19

Inland/Wetlands, 7 p.m.

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My kids always get new crayons for Christmas, so in

January I’m looking for ways to get rid of the piles and piles of broken crayons in our house. Last year, I found this cute and easy craft on

Crafty way to make old crayons shine again

Melt someone’s heart with this crayon craft.

By Amy FlorySpecial to Town Times

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(C.A.T. Chat features in-formation from members of the Coginchaug Area Transition a local group ded-icated to promoting a more thoughtful and sustainable, give-and-take approach to living on this planet. Look for C.A.T. Chat on a regular basis throughout 2014.)

Maybe your New Year’s Resolution includes eat-ing more healthfully. Or maybe, you always wanted to grow your own food but have a brown thumb, live in an apartment, are traveling across country in an RV. The time commitment a garden requires may be too much or you could be looking out your window at a landscape covered in snow. No matter — in as little as seven to 14 days, and an hour of your time, you can enjoy nutri-ent-packed microgreens at their peak of freshness in salads, sandwiches, or even in a stir-fry.

You may be scratching your head wondering what the heck microgreens are. Microgreens are bigger than sprouts and smaller than “baby” greens. The micro-green stage includes the opening of cotyledons (first leaves) and the appearance of two to four “true” leaves. Grown from vegetable or herb seeds, microgreens are popular among pro-duce-savvy chefs for their color, texture and the flavor — from mild to spicy — that they add to dishes.

Some microgreens are easier to grow. Beginners may want to try arugula, broccoli, purple cabbage, mustard, bok choi, peas or radish. I recommend peas; they continue to produce if snipped regularly.

To start, you might try re-cycling seven ounce “clam shells” from previously pur-chased greens or choose to improvise with what you have available. Shallow trays work best. Materials include: A sunny window or bright room, organic pot-ting soil, untreated, prefera-bly organic seed, clam shell, cardboard, unbleached nat-ural paper towels, water mister, sharp long-bladed scissors.

Instructions:1. Cut lids from clam

shells. Poke drainage holes in tray bottoms.

2. Fill trays with 1 1/2 inches of soil. Flatten the soil surface by gen-tly pressing with piece of cardboard. Avoid com-pacting soil.

3. Generously sprinkle seed evenly over soil (soil is visible between seeds). Gently press seed into soil.

4. Cover seed with paper towel. Mist towel with water until soaked.

5. Cover tray with clam shell lid. Microgreens don’t need light at this stage.

6. Check daily, misting as needed to keep towel moist.

7. After a few days the tow-els will lift off the soil, indicating the seeds have germinated. Remove the lid and place under the tray. Throw away towel in compost. Mist until soil is saturated. Dump excess water that col-lects in lid.

8. Check soil daily, mist or gently water to keep moist. Remember to dump excess water from lid.

9. When the greens have two to four “true” leaves you can start harvesting

what you need by cut-ting greens about one inch above the soil.

10. When the microgreens start to decline, dump the soil into a large pot, layer with alfalfa or kelp, keep moist. Once the roots have broken down, you can reuse the soil.

For more information and recipes, check out “Microgreens: A Guide to Growing Nutrient-packed Greens” and “Microgreens: How to Grow Nature’s Own Superfood,” both available at local libraries. Seed re-sources include: Comstock Ferre, bulk section at It’s Only Natural, garden cen-ters, Natureworks and online.

C.A.T. will co-sponsor a series of programs on Thursday evenings during February with the Joint Task Force on Clean Energy and Sustainability. Times, topics and places to be announced. To learn more about C.A.T. stop at Perk on Main any Wednesday starting Feb. 5 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. There will be a C.A.T. member avail-able to talk about ways to create a more environmen-tally sustainable and com-munity-minded future. For updates and interesting arti-cles, “Like” us on Facebook at Coginchaug Area Transition or check out the transition movement website at www.transitionus.org.

(Due to a communications mix-up, the Jan. 24 C.A.T. Chat column was credited incorrectly. The author of “The decision whether to live large or live well” is Dr. Deb Brown-Norko.)

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Delayed greetings from the Town Hall

It’s been more than a month s i n c e I wrote about the goings on in town. But first, before I begin, I am reminded of the honor it is to serve this town for an-other two years. Thank you. So, off we go with my over-due update.

First question (as usual) is how is Powder Ridge doing? If seeing hundreds of happy people careening down the slopes and TV camera crews, then all is well. Obviously, all the construction is not com-plete because of assorted delays combined with a con-siderable learning curve. Also, Mr. Hayes wisely does not want to mix construction activities with skiers. Aside from a few miscellaneous dealings all is well. In fact to-day, I received the final signed agreement on the $500K DECD Grant from the State. Keep in mind December 2014 is the contract deadline ... so, Sean Hayes is actually ahead of schedule. The town still needs to work out the financ-ing on the remaining debt. Most certainly a public hear-ing and town meeting will take place on the subject.

Also ahead of schedule is the dam repair at Lake Beseck. I ask, has the state ever been ahead of sched-ule? That “possible” fact has put a fire under the Lake Environment Committee to finish up plans to dredge four areas around the lake. We are waiting for the DEEP to ap-prove our plans and then get out of the way. This work is

not a cure for what ails the lake but it will help. At the same time we have been look-ing at ways to improve that water quality when the lake is refilled. And speaking of water quality, the Coginchaug River has issues. Sections are environmentally “stressed”. Enter one caring town and $40K to spend. In case you don’t have a detailed map, the Coginchaug is on the other side of the railroad tracks behind the Coe Library. The river has seen the buildup of sand, silt and cans that have washed down from a huge drainage area starting at the top of Jackson Hill Road. To capture the materials before they enter the river someone invented a “Hydrodynamic Particulate Separator”. So, that is what you saw in-stalled recently at the Town Green near where our dead Christmas tree use to be. The water that discharges into the river will now be cleaner and the fish happier.

And then you ask what is the story with our new fire truck? Last year we did order a new fire truck. Funny thing is that it is actually made in a bunch of pieces and then assembled in Connecticut. Soon, photos can be viewed on our web site. Speaking of which we have been convers-ing with a consultant about making improvements to our town’s web site. What we have now is free. Free is good but does not work when folks are screaming for more. More means more expense to tax-payers to expand and main-tain the site.

And finally, there is a cell tower behind the Town Hall. It’s been there for many years. Each year offers have been considered to lease or sell the tower. Our finance di-rector has been running the numbers. We are now at the point where we should step

Update overdue but on target with town doings By Jon BrayshawSpecial to Town Times

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CrossFit

quickly developed amongst CrossFit members, McKenzie spoke of how recently nine people each anonymously do-nate a month’s membership to a struggling woman they had never met before, just so she could afford to join the fa-cility’s CrossFit program and get a new lease on life.

A common misconception about the program is it’s ex-clusively for the young and fit, however nothing could be further from the truth, said McKenzie pointing to mem-bership ranks coming from all walks of life.

“Our clients come in all

shapes and sizes and ages,” he said. “Most of our mem-bers probably average 30 to 60 years old, and are tired of being out of shape, and bored with the regular gym routine. “

There’s an indescrib-able feeling, according to McKenzie, witnessing the dramatic transformation in an individual’s body, attitude and life thanks to the training, guidance and support they receive through the rapid training.

“This is the singular best aspect of my job,” he said. “I live for the moment when some 30 to 40-ish mother

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Becky Heinig of Durham, left photo, and Christine Andrade of Middletown, right photo, during a recent workout at Trimountain CrossFit.. | (Photo by Keith Hagarty)

of three earns her first pull up. When some 60-year old member pulls a near 400 pound dead lift, or when we help a high school student lose some weight and feel more confident amongst his or her peers.”

At the end of the day,

the motivation for getting in shape often leads to far greater rewards, according to McKenzie

“They come to reclaim their vitality and fitness,” he said of his members. “They stay because of the commu-nity and results.” T h e D u r h a m

His tor ica l Soc ie ty is looking for veter-ans from Durham who would be interested in being interviewed about their experiences in the service. The goal of the project is to record the oral history from these men and women and eventually publish these interviews in a book documenting Durham’s involvement in all wars. All video and/or audio recordings would also be available to the public at the historical society.

Veterans can be native to Durham or currently living in town and could have served at any point (World War II to the present). Family mem-bers of a deceased vet-eran are welcome to tell their story.

The Historical Society is also looking for volun-teers who would like to conduct interviews, edit video, or participate in other ways. For more in-formation, to participate or volunteer, contact Sarah Atwell at (860) 716-5497 or [email protected].

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By Nora Khalil By Lauren Melchionne On December 5, 2013, the world mourned the loss of an admirable revolutionist. On this day, Nelson Mandela suffered from a respiratory infec-tion and suddenly passed in his home at Houghton Estate, South Africa. Coun-tries worldwide paid trib-ute to the deceased leader, uniting in remembrance of his stunning legacy and promises of freedom. Nelson Rolihlahla Man-dela was born into the Thembu Royal Family of South Africa on July 18, 1918. During Mandela’s childhood, apartheid plagued the communities of South Africa. Racial segregation, racism, and inequality were apparent between the white and black population. Growing up, Mandela demonstrated a thirst for knowledge, and was the first in his family to attend school. Mandela later studied law in Fort Hare University and University of Witwa-tersrand, where he learned the skills needed to begin his journey of revolu-tion. It was through his schoolings that he became interested in anti-colonial

politics. He soon became involved in the African National Congress (ANC) and served as a member of its Youth League, the youth wing of the African National Congress. During his career as a lawyer, Mandela was frequently arrested for his involvement in rebellious movements. Mandela was unsuccessfully convicted in the Treason Trial. (1956-1961) In the Rivonia Trial (1963-1964), ten leaders of the African National Congress were persecuted, including Mandela, who

was arrested by officials and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela received four charges: drafting per-sons for training in devel-opment of explosives and guerilla warfare in prepa-ration of a hazardous revolution and committing acts of rebellion, collud-ing to commit these acts and to assist other mili-taries when they invaded the Republic, conspiring to increase objections of communism, and solicit-ing money for these acts for sympathizers of South Africa.

For thirteen years Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for Civil Rights across America through peaceful protest. Every year, on the fourth Monday of January, we celebrate all he was able to achieve during his years as a civil rights activist. From the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 to the March on Washington, Dr. King fought for equal rights across the country until his assas-sination in 1968. “He changed the world in a posi-tive way and will always be remem-bered for having a huge impact on Civil Rights,” said sophomore Lauren Badin. In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgom-

ery, Alabama. Later the Montgomery Improvement As-sociation was created in objection to her arrest, with Dr. King as their spokesman. For 381 days, African Ameri-cans walked to any place they needed to go instead of using the public buses. Throughout these days, Dr. King was arrested and had his house bombed; however, that didn’t stop him from protesting peacefully. “When his house burned down, he stopped African Americans from creating violence towards stopping segregation,” said freshman Troy Willis. Later in 1963, Dr. King led the March for Jobs and Freedom, also known as the March on Washington. Many people will remember this march for Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech; he was later named Man of the Year. One year later in 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards Civil Rights. At 35 years old, King became the youngest ever to receive the award. “He deserved it for his efforts to bring about peaceful change in the United States of America,” said freshman Seth Azevedo. (continued on page 6)

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LetterToTheEditor

2013 was declared the year of the selfie. Selfie Olym-pics is trending on Twitter. Selfies are everywhere, but a negative stigma still surrounds selfies. People see selfies as proof that millennials are all self-absorbed brats who need attention 24/7. I disagree. I’m a huge supporter of selfies. To me, Selfies are about self-expression and body positivity. How many times a day do people think about all the little things they hate about their face, hair, and body? Getting over all of those things and putting a picture of yourself on a site where people are definitely going to see it takes a lot of confidence. Not everyone puts herself at the mercy of her peers like that, and I applaud those who do. The best part of selfies are the comments, though. Your friends, or people you don’t know, might see your selfie and be so overcome by your greatness that they have to comment. Every positive comment or like on a selfie is like a little high five for you. I know that when people tell me I look nice in real life, I walk a little taller, so why shouldn’t the same be true on the Internet. Some-times it seems like everything you hate about yourself is what people like about you, and hearing those nice things about you can give you that little boost you need to be more confident. People who take selfies might not be in it for the comments, but with negativity coating the world like a life-sucking smog nowadays, a little positiv-ity and light is definitely welcome. That being said, I still think that everything is best in moderation. So post those selfies. Celebrate yourself. Just leave enough room for other people to celebrate themselves, too. So my wonderful selfie-taking readers, have a nice Feb-ruary; I’ll see you next month.

Dear Editor, I read with interest Erin Hassman and Emily Carroll’s editorial about teachers using Twitter. I understand their concerns about teachers encroaching on their privacy. Most district teachers using Twitter do so to communi-cate with students, parents and the district community about the great things happening in their schools and classes. It can be beneficial for students and parents to follow teachers and other district personnel to stay in-formed, but students have no obligation to accept teach-ers as followers. They can easily limit who can follow them and see their content using the privacy settings on their accounts. Being able and willing to manage one’s social media presence and control who sees what is an important 21st century skill. Twitter and other social media sites are great communi-cation tools and I hope more teachers, students, parents and community members will embrace what they offer.Sincerely,William Kurtz, RSD 13 Technology Integration Specialist

Sports, clubs, jobs, home-work and school consume the modern teenager’s life. With barely enough time in the day to breathe, it is no wonder stress levels are rising to record highs. Ac-cording to the American Psychological Association’s 2010 Stress in America sur-vey, nearly 1/3 of children and teens reported experi-encing symptoms that are associated with stress. So what’s causing all this add-ed stress? Let’s take a look at a typical Coginchaug teen’s schedule, my own. With six clubs and sports year round, along with two jobs to juggle and a WISE proj-ect to complete, finding free time in my day to day schedule is difficult for me and other students to do. Seemingly endless home-work, meetings, and work to tackle are miniscule in comparison with the added burden for seniors to apply to colleges and scholarships with dead-lines approaching quickly. I feel that adults have an extremely difficult time understanding what this does to us. Anxiety and other physical symptoms are a real problem teenag-ers are facing today from this added workload. So you’re probably won-dering why students like myself overrun themselves with activities. The reality is, colleges in this day and age are extremely competi-tive. Being well-rounded is basically a requirement, but at the same time you need to complete your ap-plication before it’s too late. Another issue is that meetings and practices tend to overlap, so how do you choose which club or sport to be more commit-ted to? It can be hard to please everyone, and this feeling can deter students from doing what they are truly passionate for. Stu-

TooMuchStressdents commit themselves to things that they may not be able to commit to, in the hopes of benefitting their application to college. Homework is also a huge issue. The rising rates of homework put a HUGE amount of pressure on al-ready stressed students. Teachers in America are overall assigning more and more homework each night. A 2004 University of Michigan survey of six-teen- to seventeen-year-old children found that time spent each week on home-work had increased from 2 hours 38 minutes to 3 hours 58 minutes since 1981. I can say from per-sonal experience that I have much more than 4 hours of homework each week, and I’m sure many other stu-dents would agree. If you think about it, students are spending 6 to 7 hours at school working, plus 2 to 4 hours each night on home-work. If you add all of this up that’s a 45- to 50-hour week spent just on school work! This doesn’t even in-clude the amount of hours teens spend at their own jobs. Overall, stress is a plague infecting the halls of high schools across the nation. I think we all need to take a step back and realize our own health is much more important than the push to do more and more. Colleg-es and high schools need to come together and realize rooting for “more” is not the appropriate action. The way the trend is going now, students will be getting less sleep and will have more stress-related psychologi-cal issues. They should be pushing students to do what they are passionate about, while leaving them with necessary free time. Without this, I’m afraid to know what lies ahead for children in the future.

By Abigail Eisner

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Facing life imprisonment, Mandela was a living representation of the fight for justice. To the courts, Mandela delivered his famous “Speech from the Dock” on April 20,1964, preaching the importance of racial equality. His words gave hope to a hopeless society: “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free soci-ety in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportuni-ties. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” During his imprisonment, campaigns worked tire-lessly for his release. As protests and civil con-flicts broke out, followers pushed for his freedom. In 1990, after serving 27 years in prison, Mandela was granted his freedom. Soon after his release, Nelson Mandela pushed to end the white minor-ity rule, his time in prison only increasing his deter-mination. In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the African National League President. In 1993, the civil rights activist earned the Nobel Peace Prize. On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first democrati-cally elected President and in April 27, 1994, he voted for the first time in his life.

Continued from page 1Mandela At CRHS, most of the students are oblivious to the struggles that Man-dela and South Africa has faced. When I questioned 18 students about their opinion of Mandela’s efforts and successes, I received blank, confused stares. “Who is he?” “What’s apartheid?” “South Africa didn’t face segregation. It’s in Africa.” “Who is Nelson Man-dela?” I faced a disappoint-ing realization. As the students dismissed my questions and turned back to their iPhones, it dawned on me that most of the students didn’t have an interest to learn about the struggles within different countries. How can you possibly live for 14-18 years without ever once paying attention to the name Nelson Mandela? Only then did one student satisfy my questionings. “Mandela was a revolu-tionary man the likes of the which the world will never see again,” Han-nah Amirault replied. She demonstrated a vast knowledge about the fight to end apartheid in South Africa. After little success with most students, I interviewed Mrs. Lagace, CRHS’s global studies teacher. “I’d have to say I have a great deal of respect for Nelson Mandela in terms of his ability to look at what was a very difficult situation in South Africa and not respond to it in the traditional way of us-ing violence against the

opposition and instead, actually flipping that on its head and approaching the situation with nonvio-lent means,” Mrs. Lagace states,“After apartheid ends and he is elected president of South Africa, he really focuses on the idea of reconciliation and not retribution against whites in South Africa. I think that speaks even more volume than what existed prior to his elec-tion.” Nelson Mandela’s strug-gle for justice has created a legacy all on it’s own. To live without fear of oppression and depriva-tion is a goal that hu-

manity longs to achieve. Freedom is an ultimate happiness that all living things have the right to pursue. Nelson Mandela chal-lenged the South Africans to abide by this principle of freedom. He pleaded the segregated population to dream of a world where the shackles of savagery and brutality could not detain the hands of the oppressed and those who opposed oppression. “I think Mandela’s actions are so important because he sort of reframe the debate in terms of ‘how should we respond to ad-versity or to problems?’”

Mrs. Lagace continues. “He provided a model, it wasn’t the first time it was used but certainly a very public model of how conflict can be resolved through a nonviolent means. I think we should think about that as a way to look at and address all problems in the world.”

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The New York Times bestselling author, Ki-ersten White, captivates readers with The Chaos of Stars. In this stunning tale, White shapes a world that displays the beauty of Egyptian mythology and modern times, entangling the past and present to create a spectacular read in which White challenges readers to redefine the significance of family and one’s persistent search for love. In Isadora’s household, she is nothing special. But

that is expected when you are a mortal born into a family of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Convinced she is easily replaceable, Isadora is eager to leave her Egyptian family behind and travel to a place where she can make something of herself. When she is given the choice to move to San Diego with her brother, Isadora plunges into the life she has always envisioned. Without the drama of gods, Isadora quickly adjusts to her newly found freedom.

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While Isadora believes she has finally escaped her confining role as the mor-tal daughter of Isis, her family’s past slowly begins to resurface, and it warns of danger in the future.Trapped between a suffo-cating life as mortal child and the life that she is determined to live for her-self, Isadora must choose her path and choose it soon. Because something is coming, and it wants re-venge on Isadora’s mother.

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“...be happier.”Senior Danielle Drop

“...have a 4.0 GPA.” Sophomore Stephanie Tang

“...eat healthier.”Senior Rachael Judson

“...wake up earlier.”Sophomore Shaun Whitaker

“...work out at least twice a week for track.”Senior Chris Brooks

“...be nicer to people.”Freshman Cali Dills

“...try to understand Calculus more.”Senior Kim Romanoff

“...get my license.” Junior Lily Elliott

“...make up a better New Year’s resolu-tion.” Freshman Kelly Jo Gullage

“...not procrastinate.”Anonymous Freshman

“...be nicer to people.”Junior Jenn Crandall

“...make new friends.”Junior Margaret Bossie

“...do more sports.”Sophomore Johann Dennermaier

“...be a better person.”Sophomore Lauren Badin

“...exceed the fitness test in soccer.”Freshman Nora Khalil

“...be friends with underclassmen.”Junior Sarah Durand

“...not have to take as many finals as I can.”Senior Kaitlyn Mentlick

“...be nicer.”Junior Eric Sbona

“...make more friends.”Freshman Seth Azevedo

“Why wait until the beginning of the year to change something when you can do it any day.”Sophomore Abbey Coogan

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TextileArtswithMs.BBy Abigail Eisner

Fabrics, thread, and yarn are only a small number of materials you will find when you enter a textile arts class here at Coginchaug. Whether the students are knitting, crocheting, sewing, or latch-hooking, you will be amazed at what can come out of just some seemingly basic components. Ask any student tak-ing the textile arts class here at Coginchaug what their favorite part of the class is, and I guarantee they will mention the large amount of freedom they receive. Students in a textile arts class sit at a table and create. In the past, the creations ranged from scarves and hats to pillows and baby booties. Now, however, students are moving on to more difficult tasks. Hannah Moore, a freshman taking the class, is now sewing a stuffed owl. The students search the internet and books to find patterns that satisfy their creativities. Projects can be anything that students feel they can create. Students accumu-late skills over time. For example, as a student in the class, at the beginning of the year, I did not know how to knit at all. Now, at the end of the semester, I can knit, purl, and crochet. Mrs. Bowman, the textile arts teacher, is excited about what her students have created.

“I am wicked proud of them. They went from having little experience and stepped it up. They showed how even with only a little bit of knowl-edge in a subject, you can create so much. I loved how they used each other’s experiences and knowledge to help one another.” One project that the en-tire class focused on was tie-dye. The students used a pattern book and made shirts, socks, and leggings. I even created a sheet for my bed. Mrs. Bowman reflected on the experience, “I loved the tie-dye unit. Everyone was proud of what they created, and most of all, it was fun.” With a new semester and a different textiles class coming in, Mrs. Bowman is looking forward to a fresh start. “Seeing everything that this class has created is making me excited to see what the new students are capable of,” Mrs. Bowman said. Students will start the se-mester with a new project, sewing reusable grocery bags out of old t-shirts. It’s safe to say that textile arts is a great way for stu-dents to express their cre-ativity and develop skills they sometimes never knew they were capable of.

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Mr. Ryan Bothamley teaches Ceramics, and in his class, the students make artistic projects. Some students use the clay for functional pot-tery on the wheel. They also have the option to do hand-built sculptures and tiles. For the tools, anything can be a tool with clay because different objects can be fun tools. There are different ways of putting on glaze by

dipping, pouring, spraying, brushing, and sponging. “Glazing with different colors can be really excit-ing because the results can be really surprising. The different chemicals in the glazes react in unexpected ways. It is not like paint. Last month, the students created their own tea party. They each designed and made three tea cups. They each varied the cups for the people that they

invited to the tea. This month, the students are working on their final project. For their final project, they get to make whatever they want. Paraprofessional Mrs. Yura said, “I especially like making an impression of a doily on the rolled flat of clay by using a rolling pin. From there I can form it onto a round object like a large plate. The texture created is very appealing.”

Senior Abby Eisner shows off her tie-dyed sheet she

made in textiles.

Students in Creative Writing display their work at the annual Coffee House.

On January 15, Coginchaug’s senior and junior Creative Writing class held a Coffee House in the school library. Each student in the class chose a piece of writing he or she is proud of and pre-sented in front of family and friends. English teacher Mrs. Michelle McClintick, who teaches the Creative Writ-

ing course, said, “They spent all semester creating different types of writing.” The Coffee House was also part of the seniors’ fi-nal project in the class. At the event, they discussed the writing process as well as the individual works; family and friends were able to give feedback to the students.

“Creative Writing is a class where I can express myself.”

-Senior Emma Roth


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Happy Valentine’s Day to our favorite runner!Reach for the stars and run to the sun!Te queremos,Mom & Dad

Chers élèves de français: Vous savez bien que je vous adore. Amusez-vous ce jour de Ste Valentin!

-- Madame

By Lauren Melchionne

The presentation came about as a result of having to cut down a white ash tree in their front yard. Mrs. Michael explained, “The large branches were falling and rotting. It did not produce as much fo-liage this year. It could have been treated, but it wouldn’t have been around much longer. Damage to others’ cars was a concern, and damage to my son’s room was a possibility as well.” Mrs. Michael then met Thomas Wordley at an En-virothon workshop on for-estry. Both were thrilled at the idea of milling the tree for a demonstration.

During the years of 1965 to 1968, King held many peaceful protest towards national and international peace. The Poor Peoples Campaign was a way to bring all races together towards a common goal, economic change. The Vietnam War was another focus of his protest. On April 4, 1968, Dr. King went to Memphis, Tennes-see, to aid sanitation work-ers in a protest. He was standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel when he was assas-sinated by James Earl Ray, a fugitive of the Missouri State Penitentiary. It wasn’t until December 8, 1999, that Ray was prosecuted. “Martin Luther King jr. was a strong supporter and

Photos by Susan Michael

Mrs. Michael even kept the wood that was milled. She plans on making a table with some of the wood, just so she can keep the tree around.

ValentineMessages:CRHSSpreadingtheLove

Eco! To my garden-ers, recyclers, stewards of Earth, Much praise and adoration for put-ting Earth first! Happy Valen-tine’s Day! -Mrs. Michael

Envirothon Team! Explorers of forests, aquatics, wildlife, and soils Developing friendships, en-joying field trips, lunches and toils Happy Valen-tine’s Day! -Mrs. Michael

Dear Science Department, Globes, maps, flasks and more Students, labs, and materials to store Teaching classes that stu-dents adore -Mrs. Michael

Lauren Fairchild, Sometimes you smell nice, and I like the way you eat your apples. Pointy is your elbow ointment. -Anonymoose

Happy Valentine’s Day to the best co-work-ers around! <3 -Ms. Wagemaker

To the rest of the Fab Five, I love y’all. Stay Fab. -S

activist of civil rights for his fellow African Ameri-cans. His dreams of an equal society was conveyed by his ‘I have a dream’ speech. His ideas of free-dom are still supported and respected around the world.” said sophomore Angela Koerber.

continued from page 1

W.K.Even though you may not think so, you are a special valentine!Your Special CRHS Friends

What is the scientific name for the fear of ev-erything? If you think you know the answer, you should consider joining the Coginchaug Quiz Bowl team. Senior captain Sarah Brady describes the Quiz Bowl contests as a mix between Jeopardy! and the Academic Decathlon. Two schools compete against each other, each with four students at a time ‘buzz-ing in’ to answer academic and trivia questions. The

questions generally regard topics you learn in school, but they also involve books, sports, and music. The CRHS Quiz Bowl team prevailed against eight other school teams in last year’s Shoreline Championship. This year’s team, attempting to repeat last year’s win, has an undefeated record with just four games left in the regular season. The start-ing team for all matches this year consists of senior

captain Sarah Brady, senior Kevin Bjarnason, junior Nathaniel Weir, and junior Ryan Gossart; however, the team subs in different players halfway through and at the third quarter so that members get many chances to hone their skills. How can you join? Captain Sarah Brady invites you to “come to a practice and try it out for yourself! We always wel-come new members.”

CRHS Cheer,I am so proud of you! Keep work-ing hard. Happy Valentine’s Day. <3 -Ms. Suchy


Boys Indoor Track

Photo By Tara Dandelski

Girls Indoor Track

Karen and Michelle DeFilippo with teammate Maddy

With only two more meets to attend, Shorelines Feb. 1 and States Feb. 8, the girls team is succeeding as a whole, especially with a very strong 4x8 team and 4x4 team. As a whole, they are really hoping that they will be able to place in the top five in Shore-lines. Everyone found a place on the team, either competing or cheering on teammates in their events. All the girls improved in their own way and are really excited to com-pete in Shorelines and States with a hope of a strong run. The upperclassmen helped keep the intensity up at practices and meets to make sure everyone reached their full-est potential. Junior Clarissa Backus stays positive even when injured: “I’m glad to see others’ success, as well as our whole team.”

With the season coming to an end, there are only two remaining meets--Shorelines on Feb. 1 and States Feb. 8. By the end of the season, there was a large improvement in the team and individuals. There ended up being double the number of original jumpers and throwers, as the upperclassmen helped the underclassmen find their place and interest. Many underclassmen and upperclassmen have new personal records. Many upperclassmen took the underclassmen under their wing and helped boost their confidence with speeches and team dinners. Throughout the season, the team really bonded and grew as a whole.

HockeyWith the season coming to an end, there are only two re-maining meets--Shorelines on Feb. 1 and States Feb. 8. By the end of the season, there was a large improvement in the team and individuals. There ended up being double the number of original jumpers and throwers, as the upperclass-men helped the underclassmen find their place and interest. Many underclassmen and upperclassmen have new personal records. Many upperclassmen took the underclassmen under their wing and helped boost their confidence with speeches and team dinners. Throughout the season, the team really bonded and grew as a whole.

CRHS SPORTS

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CRHS

Sports

With a new coach, new playing strat-egies, and a huge amount of team spirit, the girls basketball team is proving to their fans that they have the courage and determination to make an impact this 2014 season. “We have what it takes to make both Shorelines and States,” says captain Kim Romanoff. “Despite big adjustments, everyone's putting in a lot of effort, and I think if we keep working we’ll be successful in the end.” The girl’s record is cur-rently 6-1, and they have already played some of their biggest rivals including Cromwell and Valley. Ev-eryone is looking to the girls team to bring Coginchaug a title this year, and from what we have seen of them already, there is a big chance we can see both a Shorelines and States banner hung up this season.

The boys basketball team is show-ing nothing but heart and determi-nation this year. They have proved that they can beat four of the stron-gest teams in the Shoreline confer-ence and showed that they are nev-er going to give up their chance to enter and win States. "One word to describe my team would be hard-working," says shooting guard Zach Terrill. "We're all out!" Despite the fact that the boys only have three se-niors, strength and skill is not lack-ing at all. Coginchaug sophomore and varsity starter Cam Powers is hoping to one day have his name on the 1000 points banner hanging in the gymnasium. With only 66 points, he still has a long way to go to reach his goal, but the determination he has, just like the whole varsity team, will push him to attack this feat. The boys have already shown us how they can truly play and accomplish their goals with their first four wins; with the heart they have for their team and the game, we can be sure to see a lot come from them this season.

The 2014 basketball games would not be as exciting and thrilling to be at if it were not for the two cheerleading squads. The colors white and blue are the two Coginchaug colors, but they mean a little more when it comes to cheerleading. The white and blue squads perform at almost every bas-ketball game, home or away, and bring the Coginchaug spirit along for the ride. With the blue squad at 15 members and the white squad at 7, our cheerleading team is small but our spirit is mighty. A strong will carries with them a huge sense of pride and spirit. “With the talent we have this year, our competition team will have no problem making an impact in the tournament,” says senior cheerleader Amy Stankiewicz. The fliers have been improving a lot this year, along with the whole squad being able to stick all new stunts for an amazing competition routine. We have already seen what both squads have to offer for the fans at our basketball games, but now it is their time to show what they have to offer for their school.

Basketball

Cheerleading

GymnasticsGymnastics overall has been going really well for our two gymnasts Michelle and Karen DeFilippo. They com-pete on a co-op team with girls from H-K, Valley, Fitch, Guilford and Old Saybrook. There is a total of 9 kids on the team. They are able to compete every Thursday with practices on Wednesdays. Karen and Michelle represent Coginchaug at the meets, while at the same time they’re competing for a private gym called The Nutmeg Twist-ers. The high school team will go until the end of Febru-ary. It was at first an awkward situation, but all the girls came together, united by their passion of wanting to compete for their high school teams. They get scored on only individual scores rather than a team score. Gymnast Michelle DeFilippo says, “To me high school gymnastics isn’t completely about the scores but instead the experi-ence of competing with different teams and new people.”

The blue squad will compete in the NECA tournament at East Haven High School March 1 and States at Hillhouse March 8.


Update

back and rethink the latest offers. At this point we are at $325K plus an attractive per-centage of the take.

On other financial matters, we have been looking at fi-nally settling in on how to fi-nance the amount we owe on Powder Ridge. As you may recall we have been going with short term notes since we bought the property. In doing so we saved $200 to $300K in interest charges compared to a long term mortgage instrument.

In closing, I would be re-miss if I did not make note of the unexpected passing away of several who called Middlef ield home. Ken Leavitt being one and Austin Mazo the other. Ken Leavitt was most certainly an entre-preneur who owned and op-erated Powder Ridge Ski area. Austin Mazo, a local 19-year-old (who attended Vinal) was killed in an auto accident. How do you explain God’s timing?

Jon A. Brayshaw is first selectman for the town of Middlefield.

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Senior Happenings

Senior Center visitRegional District 13 Board

of Education has scheduled a visit to the Middlefield Senior Center for Wednesday, Feb. 12. The board, with Superintendent Dr. Kathryn Veroneso, plans to share information about the dis-trict’s utilization plan for the schools and to obtain input from Middlefield/Rockfall seniors.

The BOE has already had two workshops and will share information gathered from those meetings.

The program is scheduled for 1 p.m. No reservations are required.

For more information, call (860) 349-7121.

Durham 60+ ClubThe Durham 60+ Club is

scheduled to meet Tuesday, Feb. 11, at noon, for the an-nual Valentine’s dinner at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St. Members are asked to bring a favorite dish. Brian Gillie will provide musical entertainment. New mem-besr are welcome.

Middlefield senior events

The Middlefield Senior Center, 405 Main St., has scheduled the following events:

Friday, Feb. 14- No Need for a Valentine - Valentine’s Day Party, 1 p.m. Sharing and Valentine’s Day and history. Valentine’s for everyone. Wear red.

Senior Exercise Class meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 7:45 a.m. Class is free to those 60 years of age and older. (No class on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 17.)

Friday, Feb. 28, at 1:00 – Fe b r u a r y B i r t h d ay Celebration to celebrate February Birthdays.

Free blood pressure screening

The Middlefield Senior Center has scheduled free blood pressure screenings for the first and third Wednesday of each month at 12:15 p.m. No appointments are required. For more information, call (860) 349-7121.

60+ Club day tripsThe 60+ Club has sched-

uled the following day trips. Wednesday, March 12 -

Ronan Tynan of the Irish tenors at Venus De Milo, Swansea Mass.

Thursday, April 10 - Newport Playhouse $ Cabaret “My Husbands Wild Desires”.

Wednesday, May 28 - Frankie Valli and 4 Seasons Tribute at the Aqua Turf.

Wednesday, June 11 - Doris Duke Estate walking tour.

Tuesday, July 8 - All You Can Eat Lobster at Delaney House.

Wednesday, July 23 - Naut ical Newport Inc Newport Slots, Harbor Cruise.

Sunday, Aug. 17 through 23 - Mackinac Island.

Thursday, Sept. 4 - Hidden Treasurers of New England.

Tuesday, Oct. 14 - Jimmy Sturr at the Log Cabin.


to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call

Dial-A-Ride (MAT) at (860) 347-3313.

Senior Center Programs

The Senior Center offers a knitting group, a card group, a bridge group, an exercise group, a yoga group.

AARP tax aideAARP offers free tax-aide

to Durham and Middlefield low and moderate income taxpayers, especially those 60 and older.

The program is sched-uled for Feb. 4 through April 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main St., by ap-pointment. If tax counselors do not have adequate knowl-edge or a return is too com-plex, participants may need to seek another qualified coun-selor or paid tax assistance.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Joan at (860) 349-7121.

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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.

Boys basketball - CRHS vs. Valley Regional at CRHS, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 10Girls basketball - CRHS

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Saturday, Feb. 15Tree pruning -

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Torrison Stone 67, Carmines 28: Despite only playing with five guys, Torrison Stone coasted to victory.

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G r a d e A H o m e Improvement 52, Around The Clock 37: It was a tale of two halves as Grade A set a five-year men’s league record for largest halftime deficit overcome. Around The Clock led 26-15 at halftime but only managed to score 11 points in the second half.

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Allstate Fire Equipment 63, Carmines 49: Allstate breezed to its second consec-utive win, hitting on 25 field goals.

Allstate had three players finish in double figures, led by Ryan Ahlquist with 12 points.

Ryan Ronan continued his strong inside play, leading Carmines with 17.

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Town TimesService Directory

Great stretch for Lady Blue DevilsLast week, the Blue Devil

ladies traveled to East Hampton and then hosted Westbrook, winning fairly easily each time.

East Hampton did take a brief 7-5 lead early, but two Kim Romanoff free throws tied the game, and a Morgan Kuehnle bucket put the

Devils on top for good.The Devils led 14-7 at the

end of the first period, and allowed the Bellringers to get close by halftime, 21-18.

But the locals would ex-tend their lead to 35-26 en-tering the final period and coasted to a 40-28 win.

Kuehnle led the team in scoring with 19, rebounding with seven, and steals with five. Romanoff added nine

points, and led the team in assists with four to go along with four steals. Caryn Sibiskie had five rebounds, two points and two blocks. Audrey Arcari contributed five rebounds, and added three points, three steals and three assists. Naomi Rinaldo had four rebounds, three points and two steals. Allison Luther and Sydney Trusty each added two

points.The Westbrook game

was a wire-to-wire win for the Devils, as they led 40-11 entering the final period against a White Knight team that had problems finding the bottom of the net.

C o a c h N i c k Economopoulos cleared his bench in the final period, which allowed Westbrook to finally get some scoring in,

resulting in the final score of 49-26.

Kuehnle was again the top scorer, with 17 points, and the top rebounder with eight. Luther and Larissa Cade each scored five points, as a total of 12 different Coginchaug players graced the scoring column.

With the rout, Coginchaug improved to 1 1-3 (10 -2 Shoreline Conference).

By Alan Pease

On Jan . 28 , the Coginchaug boys trav-eled to East Hampton and were drubbed 84-40.

The Blue Devils kept the first period com-petitive, allowing only one 3-pointer, and with scores from beyond the arc by Cam Powers and Conor Doyle, and twos from Powers, plus an-other bucket inside the arc by Devin Rodrigue, the score was 12-12.

However, from there, it was all downhill for the local boys.

In each of the re-maining periods, East Hampton scored a min-imum of 22 points, with at least four treys in each frame, while the best the Devils could manage was 13 points, with only five points coming in the third period.

East Hampton fin-ished 14 of 30 from 3-point range, and from inside the arc shot an astounding 16 of 19 (84 percent).

Matt Booth led the Bellringers with 21 points on seven treys. He was followed by Marvin Gorgas (16), Colin Parks (14), Jake Vickey (12) and Matt Vasquenza (10).

The only double-digit

Coginchaug hoopsters get bell rungBy Alan Pease

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Week. Through the centu-ries, many composers, in-cluding Pergolesi, have been inspired by the text of the Stabat Mater, which reflects on the meaning and impact of the events of the last days of Jesus known as the Passion of Christ. This version is called “dolorosa” because of its poi-gnant nature.

Like Mozart after him,

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was a very talented com-poser who left the world way too soon. At only 26 years of age, in 1736, he died of tuber-culosis near Naples in Italy, shortly after composing this Stabat Mater.

Anita Duffy, president of the New England Chamber Choir, lives in Durham with her husband Joe, also a NECC member. As one of the en-semble presenting this work,

she encourages people to at-tend, even if they have never heard classical choral music before.

“Many composers have set the Stabat Mater, but the Pergolesi version is arguably the most well-known and the most beautiful. Its 12 move-ments describe the sorrow and anguish of Mary as she watches her son Jesus die on the cross. The music is highly emotive, with soaring

melodic lines and beautiful ornamentation. It is a medi-tative work that draws listen-ers into the sense of sorrow and love that marked the scene as Jesus was dying on the cross. We hope that this performance will bring peo-ple closer to examining the mysteries of death and sor-row, and to a more introspec-tive place during this time in the liturgical year.”

The New England Chamber

From Page 20 Choir’s music director, Richard Wm. Donohue, said that, in this work, Pergolesi shows his gift of using a min-imum of notes but the right notes. “This Stabat Mater is very expressive and pro-found, yet the listener can grasp it on the first hearing. Pergolesi does the unex-pected thing, beautifully and with great clarity.”

From Judy Moeckle:As one of the ensemble for

the February 16 concert, I was unfamiliar with this piece. When I opened the music at our first rehearsal, and heard the first bars, I knew this was going to be something special. To put it simply, the Pergolesi Stabat Mater is just plain gorgeous. I am one who tends to get into and fall in love with what many call heavy or rather “inaccessi-ble” music, and I sometimes write off music that seems too “easy.” But this work is neither; indeed, it is a gem.

I have been a member of the New England Chamber Choir for more than 20 years, and in this time have had the opportunity to perform works from across the sacred choral music repertory, rang-ing from Gregorian chant to classically-inspired contem-porary music. I have been impressed by the talents of my fellow NECC members; most have extensive choral experience, and among our ranks are professional mu-sicians and teachers of mu-sic, as well as students of voice and various musical instruments.

The unique composition of NECC, along with the su-perb leadership of our mu-sic director, Richard Wm. Donohue, creates an atmo-sphere of musicianship, re-spect and passion. It is truly a joy and an honor to sing with this distinguished group.

For information about the New England Chamber Choir, go to newenglandchamber-choir.org, or contact Judy Moeckel at [email protected] or (860) 663-2703.

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The New England Chamber Choir is sched-uled to present the Stabat Mater of Giovanni Pergolesi on Sunday, Feb. 16, 4 p.m., at the Church of the Epiphany, 196 Main St.

The 12-movement piece, written for devotional use on Good Friday, describes the sorrows of Mary as

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Telecommunications, elec-tric power, and transportation infrastructures have all been upgraded in the region. The original budget for the games was $12 billion, however that amount has expanded to over $51 billion, the most expen-sive Olympics in history.

While some local folks expressed an “eh” attitude about the games, others are

looking forward to nestling into their favorite overstuffed chair with a bowl of popcorn, rooting the U.S.A. on. Town Times spoke to a few locals to see where they fall on the spectrum.

Brenda Eddy: It’s not a conscious thing for me to go home and put on the televi-sion and watch the winter Olympics. It’s not like a good NFL game that you plan on watching, but if I’m home and

there’s nothing better on, I’ll probably put it on. I’ll watch the opening and the closing ceremonies, to see what kind of spectacular show they have, and I’ll watch the figure skating, the speed skating, and the bobsledding.

I myself don’t do winter sports. Doing anything on my feet like that-no way. If I did anything, I’d want to be inside a bobsled.

Karen Augeri: I watch

the opening and the closing ceremonies, and I like watch-ing the skating, the skiing, and the curling. (Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area that is segmented into four concen-tric rings.)

I like watching them prob-ably because I can’t do any of these things. I like seeing the teams from each country parade in for the ceremonies,

From Page 1 carrying the torch.I’ve enjoyed watching the

Olympics since I was a kid, but because of time conflicts I don’t watch as much as I used to. I’m not rooting for any particular athlete, just for the Americans.

Holly Pearce Bisson: I like the winter Olympics be-cause everything goes faster than the summer Olympics, which can drag on. Events are over sooner and you move on to another event. And the ath-letes are doing faster things, like skiing down a hill, so you get the results faster. I don’t get bored.

I like the snow and the pretty scenery. I like the downhill skiing, snowboard-ing, and figure skating. With the skating, I like the cos-tumes, and how the couples coordinate their costumes.

I don’t do winter sports anymore. I used to dog sled.

I don’t know who will be in the finals. If Shawn White, a gold medalist for snowboard-ing, is in this year I’ll watch him. And of course, I’ll be rooting for the Americans.

Malcolm Pearce: I’ve al-ways loved the Olympics. I like the downhill skiing, the speed skating, and the bob-sledding because they are fast-moving. And if they show it, I like the skiing and shoot-ing, which involves the ath-letes carrying a rifle on their back as they ski, and stopping and shooting at targets. They rarely show it because it’s not a sport we get involved in; it’s mainly a European event.

As for winter sports for me, my wife Helen and I used to ski at Powder Ridge, and we used to do cross country ski-ing. Not anymore, though. I’m 85 and my bones are brittle.

There’s a lot of tension this year because of threats from Chechen militants who do not want the Olympics being held in their city. But assum-ing that nothing happens, the Olympics will be great.

(This story contains sup-plementary background in-formation from the Olympic organization at www.olym-pic.org and other internet re-sources about the event.)

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With the loss, Coginchaug fell to 6-4 (5-4 Shoreline Conference).

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Middlefield Selectman Ed Bailey, who was also in atten-dance at the meeting, said the debt represented a valuable purchase made by the town.

“The town has an asset at Powder Ridge to this day and that asset is the development rights,” Bailey said.

Marianne Corona asked about other financing options and also asked if the develop-ment rights forever belonged to the town. Yamartino an-swered essentially yes but added, “Anything done by the town can be overturned by the town.”

The long term financing, according to Yamartino, also locked up the development arrangement for the length of the financing.

Middlefield residents ap-proved the town’s purchase of the Powder Ridge property in December 2008 for $2.55 mil-lion. The sale was approved for the use of recreation and open space. After strip-ping certain development rights from the property, it was sold in two parts. First to Sean Hayes’ Brownstone group for $700,000 in August of 2012. The remaining prop-erty was more recently sold to Middlefield resident Lori Vogel for $300,000. Both sales, like the potential refi-nancing of the debt, required town approval.

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