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Volume VI, No. 24
Parents dare
to discuss drugs
By CRISTINA COMMENDATORE
Volunteers greeted more
than 300 Region 15 parents, staff
and community members daring to discuss drugs at Pomperaug High School (PHS) Tuesday night. The Newtown Parent
Connection organized Tuesday’s
“Dare to Discuss Drugs” forum
and set up tables filled with
books, brochures and information packets about alcohol and
substance abuse in the hall outside the all-purpose room.
After grabbing the literature,
attendees congregated in the
school’s all-purpose room to
hear substance-abuse prevention and treatment counselor
John Hamilton speak about drug
and alcohol use in Middlebury
and Southbury, in the state and
around the country. Hamilton,
who has 29 years of experience
in the field, stressed the importance of family and community
to help with substance abuse.
“The family is the first level of
the community,” he said.
He discussed trends in substance abuse as well as the
correlation between adverse
effects on adolescent brain
development and substance
abuse. Hamilton said marijuana used to be the drug of choice
for adolescents and teenagers;
now it’s prescription drugs.
“It’s so pervasive, not just
here in Connecticut, but in the
rest of the country,” Hamilton
said. “If kids think something’s
safe it increases a drug trend.”
Hamilton said kids may
think prescription drugs are
safe because they see their
grandparents or parents take
medications or notice medications such as Oxycontin are
FDA approved. He also said
binge drinking is the most pervasive form of abuse among
youth.
He mentioned the increased
purity of heroin and marijuana.
Hamilton said 15 years ago heroin was 10- to 15-percent pure;
now it’s 91-percent pure. And
not only has the purity of marijuana increased, he said, but
now people mix it with crack
cocaine.
Flag Day June 14
Hamilton quoted statistics
from a University of Connecticut study that stated the average age when kids have their
first drink is 11.7, one out of five
children abuse prescription
drugs, and 38 percent of high
school boys and 19 percent of
high school girls believe it’s OK
to force sex on girls who are
drunk or high. The study also
revealed there are 70,000 sexual assaults on college campuses
in Connecticut a year, but only
one out of four is reported.
“What messages, if any, are
you giving your kids to lead
an alcohol-free life,” Hamilton
asked parents. “When was the
last time you held an alcoholfree party? Lead by example.”
Hamilton said human brains
don’t fully develop until age 24,
and adolescents are more susceptible to alcohol abuse than
adults. “From a physiological
standpoint, your kids can drink
you under the table,” he said.
“They need toxic levels of alcohol to get a buzz. Increased
exposure to any substance is a
risk. The more kids drink, the
less smart they’ll become.”
He suggested parents have
an open, forgiving and human
relationship with their children.
Too often, he said, parents try to
portray themselves as perfect,
which causes children to feel
more stressed and insecure because they feel they have to live
up to those expectations.
Hamilton told parents to
reward their children’s good
behavior. He said most kids respond to incentives, but never
to confrontation or control.
“Kids are willing to do whatever
it takes sometimes to not be
controlled,” he said. “Even hurt
themselves.”
During public questions,
Region 15 Board of Education
member Janet Butkus asked
Hamilton how the schools can
help. Hamilton said, “Schools
can help by hosting events like
this. Keeping our kids safe is
more of an attitude more than
a process.”
He also said there isn’t a
– See Drugs on page 4
June 2 ZBA decisions
By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
Controversy over whether a building permit should
have been issued for a lot on
the border of Middlebury and
Waterbury consumed most of
the Zoning Board of Appeals
(ZBA) June 2 meeting. Attorney Thomas Lynch represented
Waterbury property owner Gilda Rinaldi in a public hearing
appealing Zoning Enforcement
Officer (ZEO) Jean Donegan’s
failure to issue a cease-and-desist order in 2003 for occupancy
of a house at 210 Richardson
Drive in Middlebury owned by
Jeffrey McCasland. The same
property, known as 225 Forest
Ave. in Waterbury, has a driveway on that street adjacent to
Rinaldi’s property at 209 Forest
Ave.
Friday, June 11, 2010
In public comments, Michael Rinaldi, son of Gilda,
told commissioners the McCasland driveway, mailboxes
and parking create an unsafe
condition by making it difficult
for trucks and school buses to
turn around. McCasland told
commissioners the shape of the
road and traffic pattern did not
change with the construction of
his house, describing the way
vehicles turn around and the
way snow removal is done. He
also said he does not use the
Waterbury refuse service and
was not responsible for garbage
trucks going to the end of the
road.
Lynch said he submitted a
legal memorandum to Donegan
in November 2009 regarding
– See ZBA on page 4
The Continental Congress approved the design of a national
flag June 14, 1777. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag
Day June 14. Since then Americans have commemorated the
adoption of the stars and stripes by celebrating June 14 as
Flag Day. Congressional legislation designating that date as
national Flag Day was signed into law by President Harry
Truman in 1949.
(Marjorie Needham photo)
Middlebury radio vote Tuesday
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
Middlebury voters return
to the polls Tuesday, June 15,
to vote on $700,000 in bonding
for a radio communications
system upgrade that drew a
504 tie vote at a May 25 referendum. Following a recount,
the vote was still tied, and state
statutes require a second referendum three weeks after a vote
ends in a tie.
Voter turnout, which was
1,008, or about 20 percent, for
the May referendum may be
low Tuesday simply because
voters may not realize there is
a referendum. Publicity about
it was until recently limited to
a small sign in front of Dinova’s
and published legal notices.
The town website announced the June 19 rabies
clinic but said nothing about
the referendum. Information
about it was added to the town
website after this newspaper
asked why it was not there. In
March, preceding the vote on
the original $2.7 million proposal, the police union put up
large signs around town and
distributed flyers urging residents to vote for the upgrade. In
contrast, little has been heard
from the union for the May 25
or the June 15 referendum.
Union spokesperson Matt
O’Connor said Wednesday the
union supports the $700,000
upgrade, but it hasn’t been as
visible during the upgrade referendums because it is budget
season across the state and because the union’s resources are
devoted to a number of other
areas. “When it passes, it will
be a major improvement but
it won’t be the 95/95 coverage
that was on the ballot back in
March,” O’Connor said. “Anything above 50/50 is better
than 50/50.”
The current proposal results from Police Commission
Communications
Upgrade
Subcommittee efforts to take
components of the $2.7 million proposal voters rejected
in March and come up with an
improved but less expensive
system. Subcommittee Chair
Jordano Santos said Wednesday the system being voted on
Tuesday is a standalone system
that will work but doesn’t have
all the bells and whistles of the
system originally proposed.
“This is a working system for
now,” Santos said. “It nearly
doubles what we have now.”
He said it could be up and running in 90 to 120 days.
Although the $700,000 system has been referred to as
“Phase I,” Santos said there are
no plans to proceed with other
phases. He said further improvements might be considered if federal funds became
available in the future, noting
that a $215,000 federal grant
will help defray the cost of the
$700,000 system. Santos said
the town’s inadequate radio
system needs to be improved
to protect both the town’s officers and its residents.
The proposal on the ballot
Tuesday would achieve 90/80
coverage, meaning 90 percent
talk-out and 80 percent talkback compared to 95/95 or 95
percent talk-out and 95 percent talk-back in the original
proposal. It would not require
construction of a new tower
and would not support Public
Works, which would continue
using the incompatible lowband system.
The upgrade would offer better coverage than the
current system and would be
compatible with the fire department, but it would lack the
simulcast feature needed to
broadcast from multiple locations without causing interference. That capability would
have brought coverage to the
desired 95/95 level with the
power to penetrate buildings
and provide redundancy in the
event of failures.
The $700,000 system consists of a digital high-band
transmitter/receiver and antenna, two communication
consoles, 12 mobile radios,
15 portable radios, one motorcycle radio, a repeater at
Breakneck Hill, and provision
for a possible extra receiver on
Clubhouse Road if necessary
to achieve the 90/80 coverage.
The polls at Shepardson
Community Center on Whittemore Road will open at 6 a.m.
Tuesday and remain open until 8 p.m.
Rell vetoes 9-1-1 regionalization bill
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
Gov. M. Jodi Rell Tuesday
vetoed Senate Bill 312, “An Act
Mandating the Regionalizaiton
of Certain Public Safety Emergency
Telecommunications
Centers and a Study of Consolidation,” and returned it unsigned to Secretary of the State
Susan Bysiewicz. In a letter to
Bysiewicz, Rell said she supports regionalization to reduce
costs, but felt SB 312 “mandates
regionalization without sufficient forethought of exactly
how towns will achieve savings
and make costly infrastructure
changes.”
She said the law took a onesize-fits-all approach that did
not consider differing emergency services needs or obstacles to consolidation. Rell also
noted the study portion of the
bill would cost several hundred
thousand dollars that could be
spent elsewhere and said regionalization goals could be
accomplished through an incentive-based approach rather
than a mandate.
State Rep. Deborah Heinrich (D-101), a bill cosponsor,
said Wednesday a veto session
is coming up June 21. In that
special session, bills vetoed by
Gov. Rell will be considered
for a veto override, which requires a two-thirds majority in
both the House and the Senate.
Heinrich said the bill originally
passed with a 119 to 29 vote in
the House and unanimously in
the Senate, so it’s likely to get a
two-thirds majority. Heinrich
noted, however, that past bills
initially unanimously approved
by both the House and Senate
have failed to obtain the needed two-thirds majority.
Heinrich said there are regional dispatch centers in other
parts of the country that service
areas larger than Connecticut.
She said a good, efficient functioning system has the fewest points of reference, which
means the dispatcher who
receives the call immediately
contacts the appropriate first
responder.
Henrich said the Connecti-
cut Department of Public Safety
(DPS) must review and approve
all proposed regionalized communication centers, and the
centers must be as efficient or
more efficient than the existing
dispatch system. She said she
believed checks and balances
in the DPS would ensure calls
handled through a regional
center did not take longer to
dispatch.
Looking at the purchase of
radio communications system
equipment, Henrich said, “It’s
always wise to do things globally and not piecemeal.” She said
equipment purchases need to
take into consideration what
future systems will look like and
how the equipment will fit in.
Library Happenings...........2
Obituaries ........................5
Pet Adoptions...................8
Police Activity ...................2
Region 15 Calendar .........3
Senior Center News ..........3
Varsity Sports Calendar.....6
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MONDAY
June 14
FLAG DAY
Middlebury Communications System Referendum
TUESDAY
June 15
When: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. - What: Vote on appropriating and bonding $700,000 for a communications upgrade
Where: Shepardson Community Center
Cruise Night
When: 5 to 8 p.m. - What: DJ Seth Carly, trophies and prizes for show cars
Where: Golden Age of Trucking Museum, 1101 Southford Road, Middlebury
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Recent Middlebury
police activity
Ian Sutherland, 35, of White
Deer Rock Road in Middlebury
was arrested inside Ledgewood
Park for illegal possession of narcotics (heroin) and possession of
drug paraphernalia.
Thomas Murphy, 18, of 16
Fairfield Drive in Southbury
was arrested at his residence for
threatening in the second degree.
George Sakocius, 71, of 6
Maple Drive in Middlebury was
arrested at his residence June 4
for disorderly conduct following
a domestic dispute.
James Meehan, 39, of 293 Upper Grassy Hill Road in Woodbury
was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol and/
or drug following a motor vehicle
accident on Straits Turnpike.
Craig Collins, 19, of 78 Cross
Road in Middlebury was arrested
by warrant for larceny in the sixth
degree. After a lengthy investigation, he was accused of stealing
cigarettes from Wesson Shell station on Middlebury Road in October 2009.
Daniel Cusson, 45, of 1204
Bucks Hill Road in Southbury
was arrested by warrant for attempted burglary of a residence
and criminal mischief for kicking
in the front door of a residence inside Avalon Farms at 12:20 p.m.
Harold Beck Jr., 18, of 56 Kellog St. in Waterbury was arrested
for possession of under 4 oz. of
marijuana following a motor
vehicle stop on Country Club
Road.
Christopher Schirmer, 22, of
677 South St. in Middlebury was
arrested for illegal possession of
narcotics (heroin), three counts
of possession of a controlled substance (prescription pills), and
three counts of failure to have
prescription pills in proper pill
container following a motor vehicle stop on North Street.
Jean Isaac Auguste, 38, of 50
Manhan St. in Waterbury was
arrested for assault in the third
degree at Quassy Amusement
Park May 28 following a domestic
dispute.
May activity summary
Middlebury police stopped
217 motor vehicles in 31 days
and issued 75 written warnings,
73 verbal warnings, 53 infractions
and 16 misdemeanor summons
to court. The department also
investigated 28 motor vehicle accidents.
Motor vehicle stops included
speeding, not wearing seat belts,
following too closely, passing in
a no-passing zone, making an
improper turn, DWI, operating
with a suspended license, operating without auto insurance,
operating an unregistered motor vehicle, and operating a motor vehicle while using a cellular
telephone.
Animal control officers responded to 39 complaints, ranging from barking dogs, wandering dogs, ill raccoons and skunks,
to one dog struck by a motor vehicle.
The department also responded to 54 medical calls and
98 residential and commercial
burglar alarms.
Police are investigating larceny of tools from a garage on
Yale Avenue. Officers have a suspect, and an arrest is expected
soon. They also are investigating
a larceny from a garage on Regan
Road; three residential burglaries
– one on Charcoal Avenue, Burr
Hall Road and Colonial Avenue
– and have applied for an arrest
warrant on a suspect for the Colonial Avenue burglary and have
retrieved the stolen property;
two larcenies from parked motor
vehicles at Middlebury Racquet
Club; and a bad check complaint
at Town Hall.
Middlebury Community Calendar
Monday, June 14 – Flag Day
Police Commission
6:30 p.m. ........................................................ Shepardson Room 26
Tuesday, June 15
Communications System Referendum
6 a.m. to 8 p.m. .............................................................. Shepardson
Commission on Aging
9:30 a.m. ........................................................ Shepardson Room 26
Elderly Tax Relief Committee
Mental Health Support Group
6 p.m. ........................... Russell Place, 1F, 969 W. Main, Waterbury
Water Pollution Control Authority
7:30 pm .......................................................... Shepardson Room 26
Wednesday, June 16
Beautification Commission
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“The Girl Who Kicked
the Hornet’s Nest”
By Stieg Larsson
Reviewed by Mary Conseur
This long-awaited novel,
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Swedish author
Stieg Larsson, the final one in
the “Millenium” trilogy, was released to English-speaking audiences May 25.
Disguising his book as a spy
novel, Larsson continues his exposé of various abuses of power
and violations of human rights,
including physical abuse, sex
crimes, cyber stalking, abuse by
ruthless capitalists and government officials, abuse of power
by members of the legal and
medical professions, ethnic
cleansing, and violations of the
child labor laws. As Larsson
wrote, “This story is not about
spies and secret government
agencies; it’s about violence toward women and the men who
enable it.” (p. 514)
The central character in “The
Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s
Nest” continues to be Larsson’s
brilliant but hostile anti-heroine Lisbeth Salander, whose
whole life has been marred by
domestic violence and sexual
abuse by men whom she should
have been able to trust – her father, her psychiatrist, her legal
guardians. In this novel, she
takes a more passive role; she is
in a powerless position for the
first 446 pages of the novel, first
in a hospital because her father
and brother tried to murder her,
and then in a prison because
she is accused of attempted
murder of her father. Salander
doesn’t have the opportunity
to show her true colors until
her stunning grand finale in
the courtroom scene and in
the subsequent chapter on the
ingenious way she assumes
control in resolving the conflict
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Ottosson, Paulsson, Ricardsson,
Svantesson, Svensson, Thomasson and Torkelssohn – just to
name a few! A film version of the
novel probably would be easier
to digest because the viewer
could at least attach a face to
each name.
Infiltrating the main plot
are numerous sub-plots, so the
whole is like a vast matrix of
interconnected filaments. Deciphering all the elements is
about as challenging as decoding the human genome.
Obviously the author was a
brilliant man. He knows whereof he speaks because before
becoming a novelist his career
involved ferreting out neo-Nazi
extremists. He was very influenced by his grandfather, who
had been imprisoned in a Nazi
work camp for his anti-Nazi
leanings. Though Larsson had
envisioned six sequels to this
novel, he unfortunately died of
a massive heart attack in 2004.
Sadly, the reader must now
say farewell to Salander and
Blomqvist and to their cause
célèbre of protecting human
rights.
Middlebury
way as she prepares for an elaborate party and reminisces about
a past summer. Clarissa is interChildren’s Summer
rupted by the unexpected arrival
Programs
of a former suitor from that longSummer Story Times
ago summer. For more informaSignups continue for the fol- tion, call the library at 203-262lowing programs that begin the 0626.
week of July 6.
Chinese Dance
Moving and Grooving (12 to
24 months) will meet Thursdays,
Ensemble
July 8 to Aug. 12, at 9:30 a.m.
Chinese dances will be perOne plus One (Two-yearformed by the Butterfly Chinese
olds) will meet Thursday, July 8
Dance Ensemble Saturday, June
to Aug. 12, from 10:30 to 11 a.m.
12, at 2 p.m. in the Kingsley MeetStory-Time (Three- to fiveing Room. The Butterfly Chinese
year-olds) will meet for six
Dance Ensemble, founded in
weeks starting Tuesday, July 6, or
2003, is a non-profit, non-poWednesday, July 7. Parents may
litical, non-religious, performing
choose Tuesday or Wednesday
arts organization that specializes
sessions. Children ages three to
in Chinese classical dance, folk
five will meet from 10:30 a.m. to
dances and ethnic dances. To
11:15 a.m. and children five years
register please contact the library
and up will meet from 2:30 to
at 203-262-0626, ext. 130.
3:15 p.m.
Summer Reading Programs
Children’s Events
Reading with Sharks – All
Summer
reading program
elementary-school-age children
Registration
for the summer
can sign up during the month of
reading
program
begins SaturJune at the Children’s Desk.
day,
June
19,
at
9:30
a.m. and
Splash – Children ages 3 to 5
(entering kindergarten in August) must be done in person at the
may join this reading program. Children’s Circulation Desk. This
Parents/caregivers may read to year’s theme will be “Reading
Around the World.” It is open to
the children.
children of all ages.
Preschoolers and kindergarAdult Summer Reading
teners will receive stickers for
Program
each day they are read to and will
Learn about letterboxing
be given a small prize each time
Denise Belmont will explain they visit the library.
and demonstrate the basics of
Independent readers from
letterboxing etiquette and defini- grades 1-8 will be given a reading
tions Tuesday, June 29, at 7 p.m. ticket for each hour of reading
in preparation for the library’s and be allowed to take chances
adult summer reading program. on prizes and gift certificates. For
This is a fun family activity for more information, call (203) 262all to enjoy, and this summer 0626, ext. 3.
adults will letterbox within the li- Summer Storytime schedule
brary. Each week those who find
Storytime and Craft program
three designated books among registrations begin Saturday,
the stacks will be entered in two June 19, at 9:30 a.m. Paperwork
monthly drawings for fabulous must be filled out, so registration
baskets! To register or for more must be done in person.
information, please call the liPrograms are: Babies and
brary at 203-758-2634.
Books (ages 12-24 months)
– Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. July 6 to
Aug. 10; Stories and Crafts (ages
3-5) – Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
July 7 to Aug. 11; and Storytime
Wednesday Film
and More (2-year-olds) – Fridays
The second Southbury Public at 10:30 a.m. July 9 to Aug. 13.
Library film will be shown June
Drop In Storytimes will be
16 at 1:30 p.m. in the Kingsley Mondays at 10:30 a.m., and PJ
Meeting Room surround sound Storytime will be Thursdays at
theater with infrared listening 6 p.m. Both are intended for all
system available. A single day is ages and no registration is recovered in the film, which stars quired.
Vanessa Redgrave as Virginia
Open House Crafts are every
Woolf’s fictional Clarissa Dallo- Saturday all day for all ages and
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with her abusive brother.
Salander’s enemies are all
men in power positions; most of
them are armed and have connections to the underground.
But Salander has one ally, an
investigative journalist named
Michael Blomqvist who is convinced of her innocence. And
Blomqvist has weapons even
stronger than those of the enemy – a poison pen and a digital
Nikon, which he intends to use
to create a media frenzy and
sway public opinion in favor of
Salander.
Tackling any of Larsson’s
elaborate and action-packed spy
novels is an exciting and mentally exhausting experience. The
cast of characters is as daunting
as that of the “Ben Hur” movie.
It isn’t easy to even sort out the
good guys from the bad guys
because they often have similar
last names: Adamsson, Andersson, Carlsson and Karlsson,
Danielssohn, Eriksson, Faulssohn, Fransson, Fredriksson,
Gorannsson, Gustavsson, Hansson, Kapasson, Josefsson, Jonasson, Magnusson, Martensson,
Mortensson, Olsson, Osarksson,
Library Happenings
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Annuals • Perennials
Fruit and Ornamental Trees
Strawberry plants
Seed packets
Bird Seed Headquarters
Livestock and Poultry Feed
Local eggs. Fresh daily. $3 per dozen
Assorted mulches by the bag or by the yard
The Butterfly Chinese Dance Ensemble will perform Saturday,
June 12, at 2 p.m. in the Kingsley Meeting Room at the Southbury
Public Library. The ensemble specializes in Chinese classical dance,
folk dances and ethnic dances.
(Submitted photo)
no registration is required. Call colors. All art supplies are prothe Children’s Department at vided by the town at no expense
262-0626, ext. 3, with questions. to enrollees.
Adult Programs
Adults
Adult Summer
Reading Program
The adult summer reading program, “World Heritage
at Your Library,” began June 4.
Adults 18 and over can submit
book reviews and fill out reading
ballots to put in the weekly prize
box for the weekly gift certificate
drawing.
Participants also may fill out a
raffle ticket for a grand prize to be
awarded Friday, July 30, the last
day of the summer reading program. For more information call
203-262-0626, ext. 130.
Sirius Coyote
Music of the Americas
The Southbury Library will
present Giovanni Ciarlo of Sirius Coyote Thursday, June 17, at
7 p.m. in the Kingsley Meeting
Room. Ciarlo plays the guitar and
a wide assortment of percussion
instruments he makes or has collected from Latin America, where
he was raised. He will perform
musical renditions of original
and traditional songs from various cultures of the Americas.
Many of the instruments reproduce sounds occurring in nature: the wind, birds, animals,
waterfalls, oceans, the jungle and
deserts. Registration is required
for this program. Please call 203262-0626, ext. 130.
Watercolors exhibit
Watercolors by botanical illustrator Betsy Rogers-Knox are
on display at the Gloria Cachion
Art Gallery through Tuesday,
June 29.
The library is at 100 Poverty
Road in Southbury, 203-2620626.
Broadway Music
Tuesday, June 15, at 7 p.m.,
the Whittemore Library will host
Les Julian sponsored by the Naugatuck Arts Commission. He will
perform “A little bit of Broadway.”
For more information, call 203729-4591.
Author Discussion
Author Rose-Ann Chrzanowski will discuss her book ,
“Irises and Butterflies: Reflections of Grief,” Tuesday, June 29,
at 7:30 pm. in the Meeting Room.
For more information, call 203729-4591.
Naugatuck
Art Exhibit
Seniors Display Artwork
During the month of June,
members of the John Caskey Memorial Art Class will display their
artwork in the Whittemore Gallery on the main floor. The gallery
is open Tuesday and Wednesday
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Area senior citizens can enroll in the free Caskey class held
every Monday from 1 to 3 p.m.
at the Senior Center on Meadow
Street under the direction of noted local artist, Judy Jaworski. She
instructs students as they explore
a variety of mediums including
acrylics, oils, pastels and water-
Teen Events
Life-Size Candy Land
Tuesday, June 29, at 6 p.m.,
teens ages 12 to 18 are invited to
the Whittemore Library to play
Life-Size Candy Land, a live-action version of the classic board
game featuring real candy refreshments. Registration is required. To sign up, visit or call the
library at 203-729-4591.
Children’s Summer
Program
Registration is under way for
children’s summer programs at
the Howard Whittemore Library.
Please call 203-729-4591 to register. A list of programs is available
on the library’s web site at www.
biblio.org/whittemore.
The Whittemore Library is at
243 Church Street in Naugatuck.
Woodbury
Teen Programs
Summer Reading Program
“Teens Go Green” is the
theme for the summer reading
program for readers entering
grade 6 and up. The program
kicks off June 19 with plenty of
green fun for everyone who stops
in to the teen department to register that day. Visit the library or
the website for more information
or to register at www.biblio.org/
woodbury.
Teens Hang Out @ the Library
This ongoing program meets
in the library gallery Tuesdays
from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Drop in
and play with the library’s Wii,
play board games, or just hang
out. Snacks are provided.
All programs are open to area
residents and are free of charge.
For more information or to register for a program, call 203263-3502. Information also is on
www.biblio.org/woodbury.
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ATTENTION
MIDDLEBURY
TAXPAYERS
VOTE NO JUNE 15TH
Here are the reasons
1. The equipment being proposed for the
Police Department was designed in 1992.
Goodie bags for
cancer patients
2. The base stations will be discontinued by
Motorola in the 4th quarter of 2011.
Above: Harold Leever Cancer
Center chemotherapy patient
Irene Salvatore of Waterbury stands among girls from
Middlebury Brownie Troop
64076 after receiving a goodie
bag from them June 7. This is
the second year the troop has
made goodie bags filled with
snacks, puzzle books and notepads and dropped them off to
cancer center patients receiving
treatment. At right: Middlebury
Brownie Miranda Bueno, 9,
chats with Harold Leever Cancer
Center patient James Farnham
of Woodbury after giving him a
goodie bag from her troop.
(Cristina Commendatore photos)
3. The system being purchased piecemeal for
$700,000 is part of the same $2.4 million
system proposed before.
4. Newer lower cost, higher performance radio
systems are available. Why buy an Antique?
5. Did the Consultant, First Selectman and
Police Commission Chairman give the
correct information to YOU or to the Boards?
Senior Center News
Pilates
The next Pilates class will begin Monday, June 23, from 10:30
to 11:30 am. The cost is $30 for
eight classes.
Indoor Grilling Class
New Opportunities Senior
Nutrition Services will offer a
grilling class Friday, June 11, at
11 a.m. The class is on grilling
fruits and vegetables indoors using a dual-surface grill (George
Foreman). They will discuss the
nutritional benefits of this type
of cooking and will tie in with
fresh produce available at local
farmers’ markets.
This will be a demonstration
program with food sampling at
the end. Participants will receive
informational materials and
recipes. A raffle drawing will be
held for all participants (prizes
to be determined). The class is
free and should run about an
hour. Call the Middlebury Senior Center at 203-577-4166 to
reserve your seat.
Summer Cooking Class
Summer is on its way, along
with the need to eat lighter, simpler, and more colorful foods.
Chef Marianne De Silva will
demonstrate how to create a
delightful healthy summer meal
Friday, June 25, from 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Dishes will be salad
made with Campari tomatoes
and thinly sliced fennel tossed
with a red wine vinaigrette and
an Italian summer peasant pasta dish – pasta with pesto sauce,
green beans and potatoes featuring a pesto sauce made from
scratch. Dessert will be grilled
peaches with mascarpone and
honey.
Come join in this cooking adventure! Socialize with friends,
laugh a lot, get new recipes, great
tips, and learn to make, and get
to savor this complete meal at
the conclusion of the class. The
cost is $12 per person. Sign up
by calling 203-577-4166.
Bus Trips
The Painted Pony Luncheon
Senior Nutrition Services
is offering “Senior Dine Group
Lunch” Thursday, June 17, at
the Painted Pony in Bethlehem,
Conn. Reservations must be
made two weeks in advance by
contacting the Center at 203577-4166. All participants must
be registered Senior Dine members with active cards.
The cost will be $6 per person without transportation.
The cost with transportation
will be $7. Money is payable to
the Middlebury Senior Center
in advance.
Essex Steam Train
Take a bus trip to Essex,
Conn., Thursday, July 22, for a
sightseeing journey aboard the
only steam train and riverboat
connection in the country. The
2-½ hour narrated journey begins at the historic 1892 Essex
Station where you will board
vintage rail cars pulled by an
authentic steam locomotive.
At Deep River Landing, you’ll
be escorted onto the “Becky
Thatcher” riverboat for a 1-¼
hour cruise along the Connecticut River passing such sights as
Gillette Castle and Goodspeed
Opera House and enjoying
lunch on board. After returning
to Deep River Landing you will
board the steam train for the return trip to Essex.
The cost is $27 per person,
all inclusive. The bus will leave
the Middlebury Senior Center at 1172 Whittemore Road
at 10:30 a.m. and will return at
approximately 4 p.m. Call 203577-4166 to reserve a seat.
Titanic Exhibit
The June 10 Middlebury
Senior Center bus trip to the
“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” at Foxwoods Casino was
rescheduled to Aug. 12. Details
will be announced in July.
Get help with prescription drug costs
If you’re stuck in the Medicare “doughnut hole” drugcoverage gap (where your drugs
aren’t being paid for until you
spend a certain amount) or if
you have problems paying for
prescriptions because of low
income, there are programs
that can help you.
If you need prescription
drugs now and can’t pay for
them, contact your physician’s
office and ask for its help in
getting you signed up on Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) (1-888-477-2669
or online www.pparx.org). PPA
has brought together hundreds
of programs – including pharmaceutical
manufacturers,
doctors and advocacy groups
– to match low-income patients
with the free or low-cost drugs
they need.
Your doctor’s office will need
to sign your application and
give information about your
prescription; then PPA will look
at all the available programs to
check eligibility criteria. Or you
can call PPA first to determine if
you’re eligible for the drugs you
need.
Before you sign up for any
low-cost programs, call around
your area to see if there is a lower price available. Walmart, for
example, has generics for $4 for
a 30-day supply or $10 for a 90-
day supply. The drugs, however,
come in only the most common
doses and must be picked up at
the store, not mailed to you.
Beware of signing up for
a drug discount card before
you’ve checked the specifics
and decided you really will save
money. Some have an annual
fee on top of a monthly fee, and
you might have to pay shipping
charges, too.
Don’t be afraid to call a drug
manufacturer directly. There
could be a program you qualify
for straight from the manufacturer.
Doughnut-hole help is coming, with lower costs for certain
drugs being phased in over the
next nine years. But that doesn’t
help you right now. You can
help yourself by taking a look
at PPA.
Matilda Charles regrets she
cannot personally answer reader questions, but she will incorporate them into her column
whenever possible. Write to her
in care of King Features Weekly
Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send
e-mail to columnreply@gmail.
com.
(c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.
Region 15 School Calendar
Monday, June 14 – Flag Day
Personnel Policies/Curriculum Committee .......... PHS Conference
Room B, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
BoE .................................................. PHS All Purpose Room, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 15
Instrumental Recruitment Night ......... PHS Auditorium, 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday, June 16
Finance Committee ................... PHS Conference Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 18
Elementary School....................................... Report cards distributed
Middle School ..................................................... Marking period ends
Region 15 Web site: www.region15.org
6. Specifically, the Federal Cops Grant is good
until 2012.
7. The State grant for regional dispatch of
$250,000 is available to Middlebury. Your
Officials were told you were not eligible!
8. Why are the First Selectman, Consultant
and Police Commission afraid to hear the
competition’s proposals?
9. Why don’t they want to re-bid?
Here are some comparisons
Meriden
Police Dept
Weston
Police Dept
Middlebury
Police Dept
$1.9 million
$206,000
$700,000 piece
of $2.4 Million!
100 Mobile Radios
163 Portables
10 Repeaters
10 Microwave Links
6 Dispatch Consoles
22 Mobiles
18 Portables
2 Repeaters
4 Satellite Receivers
1 Microwave
12 Mobiles
15 Portables
1 Repeater
1 Motorcycle Radio
2 Dispatch Consoles
Is there something wrong with the math
or officials involved?
It is not about Marcus getting the sale,
it is about Middlebury residents getting
the truth and saving money!
VOTE NO AND
SAVE THE DOUGH!
Check the website info at
www.middleburyct.net
Call your elected officials
and demand the truth.
Tune in to SKYE TV MONDAY
June 14, 2010 night at 7:00 pm
(Paid for by Ray Rivard, Ken Heidkamp, Bruce Marcus)
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In Brief ...
Radio system vote
Middlebury residents can
vote on appropriating and bonding $700,000 for a communications upgrade Tuesday, June 5,
from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center.
Republicans seek
P&Z alternate
Middlebury
Republicans
interested in an alternate position on the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) may express their interest with a letter
to the Middlebury Republican
Town Committee, P.O. Box 1206,
Middlebury, CT 06702.
P&Z consists of five members
and three alternates appointed
by the Board of Selectmen to
perform the duties prescribed
in Chapters 124 and 126 of the
General Statutes. Members are
appointed for terms of five years
on a rotating basis as terms expire. Alternates are appointed for
terms of three years on a rotating
basis as terms expire.
For further information, email secretary@middleburygop.
com.
Cruise Night
The Golden Age of Trucking
Museum Cruise Night will be
Tuesday, June 15, from 5 to 8 p.m.
at the museum. The event in the
parking lot is free, and there will
be a reduced admission to view
the museum. Museum members
are free.
DJ Seth Carly will provide
music. Trophies and prizes will
be awarded to those with show
cars, and food will be available
for purchase.
The museum is at 1101 Southford Road in Middlebury. For
information, call 203-577-2181
or visit www.goldenagetruckmuseum.com or Facebook at GoldenAge TruckMuseum.
Stock the pantry
Brownstein Jewish Family
Service (JFS) is collecting highprotein foods such as tuna,
salmon, canned meats or stews,
hearty soups, beans and peanut
butter through June 21 to help
stock area food pantries. Non-
perishable food donations can
be dropped off at the Federation,
Jewish Communities of Western
Connecticut Inc. at 444 Main St.
North in Southbury.
For more information, contact Debby Horowitz, Brownstein
JFS director, at 203-267-3177, ext.
105.
price subject to change
Continued from page 1
specific program that will work
in schools. Rather, parents,
schools, law enforcement and
the community must cooperRabies clinic
ate. “You guys are way ahead of
A rabies clinic will be held in the learning curve because I’ve
Middlebury Saturday, June 19, been in communities with a lot
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center at 1172
Whittemore Road. Shots will cost
$20 cash only.
All dogs must be on a leash Continued from page 1
and all cats must be in a carrier.
One-year rabies certificates will her issuance of zoning permits
be issued unless the owner pres- in 2003 for the construction of
ents a valid certificate of a previ- the McCasland house. It claims
the lot illegal due to insufficient
ous rabies vaccination.
Dog licenses also will be frontage and insufficient area.
available for Middlebury resi- He said zoning regulations redents at a cost of $8 per spayed quire 60,000 square feet, but
or neutered dog and $19 per un- the 55,000-square-foot lot was
approved without any variancsprayed or unneutered dog.
es. Saying Forest Avenue ends
as a “T” and is not a cul-de-sac,
Troop 5 bottle drive
Lynch said the McCasland lot
Boy Scout Troop 5 in
is recognized as a rear lot that
Middlebury will hold a bottle
doesn’t meet the standards of
drive Saturday, June 19, from
Middlebury’s zoning regula9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Village
tions. The Rinaldis want McSquare Plaza. All Connecticut
Casland to get variances to
deposit bottles, cans and plastics
make the lot legal or complete
will be accepted. Those who are
unable to drop off bottles and
cans that day and need them
picked up can call Mike Zinko at
203-758-8599.
ZBA -
of hostility,” Hamilton said.
After questions, Donna DeLuca, a Newtown Parent Connection co-founder, said, “If you
are suffering, if you are in crisis,
please reach out by calling Dorrie (co-founder of the Parent
Connection) and our board.
No one needs to suffer silently.
There’s never any judgment.”
After the forum, Donna
Doyle, a Southbury parent with
three children in Region 15, said
she got a lot out of it. Doyle, who
has attended drug meetings at
Sacred Heart Church in Southbury with Father Joe Donnelly,
said, “I think it was a lot of great
information. It’s all good preemptive information for those
who have younger kids.”
For more information on
the Newtown Parent Connection and its support groups,
visit www.newtownparentconnection.org. In addition, Southbury-Middlebury Youth and
Family Services is re-activating
its local prevention council to
implement a substance-abuse
prevention strategy. To join, email yfspreventioncouncil@yah
oo.com, or call 203-758-1441.
the road to alleviate parking
problems.
Richard Merrill designed
the house for his daughter and
son-in-law. McCasland argued
the abandoned roads provided
additional frontage and the
date of zoning compliance was
the issuance of the building
permit in 2003. He said the Rinaldis knew what was going on
because they harassed the surveyors prior to construction.
Town Attorney Steve Savarese confirmed the issuance of
the building permit was the relevant date and said the Rinaldis
were aware of the construction
at that point and had 30 days
to take action. He reaffirmed
the actions of the ZEO were the
only thing being decided and
that possible solutions were not
the responsibility of the commission. Lynch disagreed with
Savarese and said he was appealing the decision of the ZEO
and had brought suit because
of her non-action on the ceaseand-desist order.
Commissioner
Dennis
Small said he could not make a
decision unless it was clarified
as to the relevant dates when
an appeal could be made. The
public hearing was continued
to July 7.
In other matters, an application by Lawrence McKernon to
convert a porch into a room at
1 Stevens Road was accepted
for public hearing July 7. An application by Angel R. Gaundo
for a variance on Lot 271 Stein-
mann Ave. was not considered
because the applicant failed to
appear. The subdivision public
hearing for Dean R. Meier of
24 Porter Road was continued
until July 7 because he had not
sent out certified letters as required. Two neighbors who had
seen the published meeting notice told Chairman Robert Bean
they attended the meeting not
knowing about the postponement. Donegan said certified
letters would be sent to all
property owners within 500 feet
of the Meier property using the
address on file with the tax collector.
The next ZBA meeting will
be Wednesday, July 7, at 7:30
p.m. at Shepardson Community Center Room 26.
cal transmit sites. There is no
magic bullet single site, one
antenna one radio to answer to
this problem.
Another very significant factor is police dispatch is not exactly apples to apples with fire/
EMS dispatch. It is much more
active. Fire and EMS responders operate primarily in an onscene localized area communicating with each other. Police
officers work primarily alone
and depend on central dispatch
much more than fire/EMS personnel.
Finally, the town is exposed
to potential litigation if the inevitable comes to pass. We are
aware of the problem and cannot deny knowledge of it. We
have an obligation to take action to correct it. One such incident could far exceed the cost
of the upgrade.
As I close, I urge you once
again to get the facts and vote.
Robert C. Desmarais
Selectman
ernment back they must insist
they be fully informed honestly. It seems special interests are
more important to town government now, fleecing taxpayers with their plans. So again,
I’m voting “no” on both the
radio system and town budget.
Scare talk from town government should be ignored. Your
politicians are trying to wear
you down by coming back with
the same package not in your
interest as a taxpayer. Please
tune in to Channel 13 Monday,
June 14, at 7 p.m. to get more
honest information.
Ray Rivard
Middlebury
Verizon still have cell phone
dead areas. Recently, the police
were in the South Street area on
a call and were unable to use
their two-way radios, and cell
phone service was unreliable.
As a resident of this great
town, you should become
aware of the fact that if anyone
is hurt or should die due to a
loss of communication, we will
face a lawsuit the cost of which
will be far greater than the present upgrade we are proposing.
For your safety and the safety
of your loved ones, I urge you
to vote “yes” on Tuesday, June
15, for the present proposal to
upgrade our communications
system.
Frank Cipriano
Middlebury
Letters to the Editor
Bus trip
The Milford Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a bus trip
open to the public to Mackinac
Island, Mich., Sept. 19 through
25 (seven days, six nights). The
trip is $615 per person (double
occupancy) and will include a
guided tour of Mackinac Island
by horse and buggy, Kewadin
Sault Casino, Mackinaw Crossings, boat ride through the Soo
Locks, free time and sightseeing
in Sault Sainte Marie, admission
to Colonial Michilimackinac,
guided tour of Mackinaw City, 10
meals, transportation, lodging,
drivers and guide’s tip. For more
information, call John Benard at
203-877-2737.
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Get the facts
and vote
To the Editor:
Once again we are faced
with a choice concerning our
safety. We must resolve the politically charged issue concerning providing our police with an
adequate and functioning radio
system.
After the original $2.7 million proposal was rejected, a
new committee was formed.
Many concessions were made
and a much cheaper, yet effective project was proposed. The
result was a tie vote. On June
15, we will be asked to break
that tie. I encourage every voter
in this community to look at the
facts and vote.
The facts are quite simple:
The present system does not
work; our police officers deserve
portable radios that function as
radios, not clubs. Opponents
have raised a number of issues,
even claiming we should wait
for regionalization, which is being explored at a state level. The
reality of that concept is it does
not now exist; the legislative
proposal has a target date of
2016. Our officers cannot wait
five years for this upgrade.
There is no agency presently
staffed with adequately certified
dispatchers to use the sensitive
and heavily regulated police information systems. If an agency
were to bring itself to this level,
the increase in staff and certification would certainly translate
to increased cost.
Even if we were to regionalize today, the equipment would
still be required, along with lo-
Take back your
government
To the Editor:
Welcome to Middlebury
government and the Police
Commission. In two referendums the “no” votes prevailed
but no real changes happened.
The daily news taxpayers get
from The Republican is scaling
back the radio system cost from
$2.5 million to $700,000, but
this is not true because at the
end of phasing the cost is still
$2.5 million compared to the
$1.4 million offered by Marcus.
If taxpayers want their gov-
Vote “yes” on
communications
upgrade
To the Editor:
In recent newspaper articles
concerning the acquisition of
the upgrade to the police communications system, it has been
suggested that we wait until the
state regionalization of public
safety centers is put in place.
This would be a feasible solution if (1) the state were ready to
implement the system immediately and (2) if we were not in a
situation that puts everyone in
town at risk.
According to state statute
B312, an act mandating the regionalization of public safety
emergency telecommunication
centers does not take effect until 2016.
Before anything takes effect,
the office of statewide emergency telecommunication is to
study all the issues and submit
its findings by July 1, 2011. The
state is just beginning to study
regionalization. As we are all
aware, the state moves at snail’s
pace. Example; ask the people
who live next to the Oxford airport.
It is time for everyone to
consider the risk. Do I want my
family to suffer because a police officer was in a part of town
where the communications
system failed to reach them?
Unfortunately, both AT&T and
Triathlete
thanks town
To the Editor:
I participated in the Rev3
Triathlon June 6 at Quassy
Amusement Park. I was delighted by the warm welcome
and active volunteerism of your
town. I understand it is very difficult on the local townspeople
to have roads closed for those
of us who are racing. I know I
speak for all of us racers – we
greatly appreciate the sacrifice
you are making.
So thank you, Middlebury,
Conn., for your generous support of Rev3.
Margaret Robinson
South Hamilton, Mass.
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Financial Focus
Financial moves to help stay-at-home spouses
N
ot all households have
two wage earners. By
choice or circumstance,
either you or your spouse may
be out of the work force for an
extended period of time. But that
doesn’t mean you can’t make
progress toward joint financial
goals such as a comfortable retirement. It does mean, however,
you need to carefully review your
situation and make the right financial moves.
For starters, consider one
of the best retirement-savings
vehicles you have available: an
Individual Retirement Account,
or IRA. Even if your spouse isn’t
earning income, he or she can
open a spousal IRA to which you,
as the income-earning spouse,
can contribute. (Keep in mind,
though, you must file a joint
tax return if you contribute to a
spousal IRA.)
Depending on your income
level, you can designate a spousal IRA as either a traditional
IRA, which grows on a tax-advantaged basis, or a Roth IRA,
which can grow tax-free, provided your spouse has held the account for at least five years and is
at least age 59-1/2 before taking
distributions. And a spousal IRA
has the same contribution limits
– $5,000 in 2010, or $6,000 if your
spouse is 50 or older – as a traditional or Roth IRA.
Clearly, if you want to increase the cumulative opportunities for building tax-advantaged resources for both your
retirements, a spousal IRA can
be an attractive option. Furthermore, if your spouse allocates his
or her IRA funds to investments
that complement – rather than
duplicate – the investments in
your IRA, the spousal IRA can
prove to be a valuable tool for
diversifying your overall holdings. While diversification by itself cannot guarantee a profit or
protect against loss, it can help
reduce the effects of volatility on
your portfolio.
To help achieve this diversification between your IRA and
the spousal IRA, you may want
to work with a financial advisor.
Another move you can make to
help your stay-at-home spouse
is easy to accomplish but also
easy to overlook – namely, updating your beneficiary designations on your 401(k), IRA, other
investment accounts, life insur-
ance policies and all financial
and legal documents. This step is
particularly important if you’ve
been divorced or widowed, and
you want to be sure your stayat-home spouse comes into possession of all the assets you had
intended for him or her.
Of course, in this day and age,
stay-at-home status can change
quickly. If your spouse enters or
re-enters the work force, you, as
a couple, should consider adjusting your financial plans. Your
spouse can continue contributing to the spousal IRA you’ve
established, but he or she may
now have other opportunities in
which to save for retirement, such
as a 401(k) or similar employersponsored retirement plan. And
if your spouse has been out of
the work force for a while, it will
be important for him or her to
contribute as much as possible
to a retirement plan.
In any case, whether your
spouse stays at home or returns
to the work force, you’ll want to
be proactive in making sure he or
she doesn’t get left behind on the
road to financial security.
Submitted by Jay Palen of Edward Jones, 203-758-1396.
at Albini Funeral Home Inc., where
he worked until his retirement in
1990. He was very instrumental in
the design, approval process, landscaping and relocation of Chase
Parkway Memorial/The Albini Family Funeral Home.
He was a former member and
served on the American Italian Civic Club’s Board of Directors and assisted in the design and building of
the original pool built for members
and their children. He was a former
NEWPAC member and served on its
Board of Directors for many years
and was very instrumental in many
North End rehabilitation projects
and rebate programs. He was a longtime member of the Pontelandolfo
Community Club.
His main passion in life was horticulture. He loved working on landscape projects, flowers, gardening,
pruning trees and shrubs, and grafting fruit trees. His hobbies included
picking wild mushrooms and fishing in fresh and salt waters. He spent
many hours drawing, designing and
patenting a variety of different inventions. He was a member of the
Connecticut Mushroom Society.
He was a master at telling jokes and
speaking publicly throughout his
life and was master of ceremony for
numerous events and testimonials.
Besides his wife of nine years he
leaves a son, Dr. S. Mark Albini and
daughter-in-law, Rochelle “Shelley”
Albini of Middlebury; a daughter,
Gloriann Albini and her husband,
George Pudimat, of Derby; stepdaughter, Margaret Cherubini and
her husband, Donald, of Waterbury;
daughter-in-law, Wanda Sylvestre
of Waterbury; two brothers, Mario
Albini and Raymond J. Albini and
his wife, Patricia, of Waterbury; a
sister, Victoria “Vickie” Rinaldi of
Middlebury; seven grandchildren,
Lia Albini, Alexandria “Ali” Albini,
Mark Salvatore Albini, Alexis Gloria Pudimat, Layli A. Rose Pudimat,
and Louis and Isabella Sylvestre;
and many nieces and nephews. He
was predeceased by a stepson, Peter
Sylvestre.
His June 8 funeral was followed
by burial with full military honors
in Calvary Cemetery. Memorial
contributions may be made to Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center,
1075 Chase Parkway, Waterbury,
CT 06708, or St. Mary-St. Michael
School, 14 Seymour Ave., Derby,
CT 06418. For school contributions,
please post date check to July 1,
2010.
For more information and online
condolences, visit www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com.
for more than four years. He moved
to Waterbury in 1956 and continued
to teach engineering courses at the
University of Connecticut (Waterbury branch) and at the Waterbury
State Technical College for many
years.
He also worked at the Uniroyal
Chemical Company. He worked as
an R&D manager with the Power
Transmission Company, and as a
senior research scientist with various Uniroyal Chemical divisions.
While at Uniroyal, the former U.S.
Rubber Company, he was granted
two patents and was published in
many periodicals. He was a consultant for rubber and plastic extrusion
and designed rubber bleeds from
recycled tires for use in all-weather
running racks, tennis courts and automobile brake pads.
He was a member of the Holy
Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in
Waterbury and served many positions on the parish council, including president. He was a member of
the Order of AHEPA, was chosen
as Father of the Year, Greek Mayor
of the Day in Waterbury, and won
the Seniors of Connecticut Cooking
contest.
Besides his wife, Ramona, of 60
years, Mr. Lainas leaves a daughter, Constance Carrington and her
husband, Mark, of Waterbury; two
sons, Gregory Lainas and his wife,
Mary Ann, of Plantsville and George
Lainas and his wife, Alicia, of Fairfield; a brother, Constantine Lainas
and his wife, Pauline, of Potomac,
Md., a brother-in-law, Alexander
Harisiades and his wife, Katherine,
of Manhassett Hills, N.Y.; and several
nieces and nephews. The joys of his
life were his seven grandchildren,
Elena Carrington of Alexandria, Va.,
Michael Carrington of Milford, Kristen, Karen and Katherine Lainas, all
of Plantsville, and Peter and Catherine Lainas of Fairfield. No one was
a more loving “Papou” than Ted.
The family would like to acknowledge the kind, compassionate
care Ted received from Dr. Charles
McNair and his staff. The family is
especially grateful Ted’s last days
were made more comfortable because of the wonderful care provided by the Greater Watertown VNA,
especially his nurses and his aides,
Dorothy and Joan.
His June 9 funeral was followed
by burial with full military honors in
New Pine Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Ted’s memory
may be made to Holy Trinity Greek
Orthodox Church, Burn the Mortgage Fund, 937 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708.
For more information and online
condolences, visit www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com.
Obituaries
Lauretta E. Accuosti
U.S. Time Retiree
Lauretta (Zello) Accuosti, 96, of Watertown
passed away peacefully
at home June 5. She was
the widow of James Accuosti, to whom she was married
more than 60 years.
Mrs. Accuosti was born Jan. 14,
1914, in Waterbury to the late Francesco and Maria (Marcella) Zello.
Lauretta attended Mary Abbott
School, where she played on the
basketball team. She was an avid
swimmer, an excellent baker, and
also enjoyed bowling and cards with
her husband and friends.
Mrs. Accuosti retired from U.S.
Time (Timex Corp.) after 37 years
of service, where she was a member of the Waterbury Watchworkers
Union. Before relocating to Watertown, she was a parishioner of St.
Lucy’s Church in Waterbury.
She will be greatly missed by all
in her family, especially her daughter, Judi Doubek and her husband,
Lt. Col. Thomas Doubek (USAF, Ret)
of Hampton, N.H.; her son, Thomas
Accuosti and his wife, Linda, of
Watertown, with whom she made
her home; grandsons, Christopher
Doubek of Austin, Texas; Ltc. Gregory Doubek (USA) and his wife,
Cory, of Annapolis, Md.; and James
Accuosti of Watertown; and a granddaughter, AmyLin Pflaum and her
husband, Gregory, of Ridgefield. She
was the great-grandmother of Dean
and Dana Doubek and Anderson
Pflaum, whose company she greatly
enjoyed; and she also leaves several
nieces and nephews. Lauretta was
predeceased by five sisters, Victoria,
Florence, Rose, Adele and Sylvia;
and four brothers, Albert, Michael,
Angelo and Harry.
The Accuosti family would like
to thank the hospice staff, with special thanks to Shelley Guerrera, of
VNA Health at Home in Watertown
for their compassionate care and
much needed support.
Her June 9 funeral was followed
by burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Memorial donations in Lauretta’s
name may be made to the charity
of the donor’s choice. For more information and online condolences,
please visit www.maioranofuneralhome.com.
Salvatore Albini
Father of Dr. S. Mark Albini
and Brother of Victoria Rinaldi
Mr. Salvatore Albini,
87, of Waterbury died
June 3 at Saint Mary’s
Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband
of Livia (Rosa) Sylvestre-Albini. He
was the widower of Gloria (Cucolo)
Albini, who died May 25, 1997. He
and his first wife, Gloria, spent their
winters in Hallandale, Fla., after his
retirement.
Sal was born in Waterbury Dec.
4, 1922, a son of the late Pasquale
and Maria Grazia (Pesce) Albini.
He graduated from Leavenworth
High School, class of 1940, where
he played football. He was a World
War II U.S. Army Air Force veteran.
He attended Northeastern University in Boston for two years to study
engineering. He then transferred
to Iowa State University, where he
graduated magna cum laude with a
bachelor’s degree in horticulture.
He opened his own landscaping business, Albini Landscaping,
and worked for the City of Waterbury Parks Department for several
years. He then pursued a career in
funeral service and attended McAllister School of Embalming, where
he graduated cum laude in 1955. He
served his apprenticeship for Weinstein Funeral Home in Hartford. He
then joined his two brothers in 1957
Telemahos G. Lainas
Former Uniroyal Employee
Mr. Telemahos “Ted”
G. Lainas, 86, of Waterbury passed away peacefully at his home June 5,
surrounded by his loving
family. He was the husband of Ramona (Harisiades) Lainas.
Mr. Lainas was born in Brooklyn,
N.Y., April 21, 1924, a son of the late
Constantine and Angela (Gabriel)
Lainas. He was a U.S. Navy veteran,
who served during World War II on
the LST 491 for more than 30 months
in Europe and the Pacific. He was in
the Normandy Invasion in Southern
France, and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. He was awarded the
Good Conduct Medal, a Bronze Star,
the American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle
Eastern
Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific-Campaign Medal, and the World
War II Victory Medal. On the 50th
anniversary of D-Day, he returned
to France with his family for a very
moving visit.
Mr. Lainas received a degree
from the Polytechnic Institute of
Brooklyn, N.Y., and taught in its mechanical engineering department
PAGE 5
My interview with Principal Zamary
By THOMAS THORPE
Recently I spoke with Mr.
Jack Zamary, principal of
Middlebury Elementary School
(MES). I asked what his job was
before becoming principal. He
was the head of the Region 15
Music and Arts Department.
Prior to that he was the high
school band director.
I inquired if he liked his job.
I learned that he likes working
with teachers and students. He
feels that the school could use a
little more space for classrooms.
I asked about what has
changed since he’s been at MES.
He said that the technology has
really improved and he talked
about the use of SMART Boards
in the classrooms.
I learned that he feels the
students’ behavior is good overall. I was curious if any small
problems had gotten bigger. Mr.
Zamary replied that he tries his
hardest to avoid it.
Lastly, I asked about the
school’s security system. He said
that it has been helpful in making the school safer.
In addition to running MES,
Mr. Zamary has run the New
York City Marathon twice. When
asked how he got interested
in running Mr. Zamary said
that he’s been running since
high school. He also was a high
school track coach.
I enjoyed my interview with
Mr. Zamary and learned some
new things about my principal. I
hope you enjoyed this article.
Editor’s note: Thomas
Thorpe is a third-grade student at MES who hopes to be a
journalist.
Debt settlements rife with fraud
With more and more people
falling behind on bills, it makes
sense the number of debt settlement companies is on the rise.
Unfortunately, the incidence
of consumer fraud from those
companies also is increasing.
The Government Accountability Office investigated debt
settlement companies and reported:
• Consumers are being told to
send payments to the debt
settlement company instead
of the credit-card company
– even on accounts that are
still current. This destroys the
consumer’s credit rating even
more than it already is.
• Consumers are being guaranteed the debt will be reduced
or go away or that lawsuits will
stop. Credit-card companies,
however, don’t like working
with debt-settlement companies.
• Upfront fees are required, and
most of that money doesn’t go
toward the debt.
• Fewer than 10 percent of
consumers who enter into a
monthly payment agreement
will finish it.
• Consumers often end up in
worse financial situations and
much farther in debt.
There’s no reason you can’t
call your debt holders yourself.
If you’re truly in a financial hole
and they see that you won’t be
able to pay the debt as originally
agreed, they might agree to settle for less and reduce your payments.
Warning: If you do get a
credit company to settle for less
than the original amount owed,
that money could become a tax
liability to you. In other words,
if the forgiven debt is more
than $600, it becomes taxable
income. (This applies unless
you are truly insolvent – your
debts are greater than your assets. Other situations apply, so
research yours before you agree
to settle a debt.) In most cases,
you’ll get a 1099-C tax form in
the mail at the end of the year,
and the Internal Revenue Service will get a copy of that same
form. It’s expected you’ll add the
forgiven amount to your income
for that year.
Senators Charles Schumer
(D-New York) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) have sponsored The Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act of 2010
in the hope of reining in debt
settlement companies that are
abusing consumers. In part, the
legislation asks for more disclosure for consumers, a limit
on the fees the companies can
charge and more enforcement
at the state and federal levels.
David Uffington regrets he
cannot personally answer reader
questions, but he will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in
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Connecticut celebrates anniversary
Connecticut residents are
invited to join the state’s 375th
anniversary celebration Saturday, June 12, for the sixth annual Connecticut Open House
Day. Participants include museums, galleries, historic properties, theaters, farms, vineyards,
amusement parks, nature centers, shops and lodging accommodations.
It is sponsored by The Hartford Financial Services Group,
Inc. and coordinated by the
Connecticut Commission on
Culture & Tourism. Visit www.
ctvisit.com for information on
specials and hours of operations and a full list of events.
Here are some of this weekend’s events by town:
Middlebury
One Tank Travel Expo Sunday, June 13, from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. at Quassy Amusement
Park. Discover the many family activities and overnight accommodations available this
summer at the outdoor expo
stationed along the walkways of
the park. Admission is free with
$5 parking fee. Call 203-7582913 for more information.
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum Arts
and History Center summer
programs begin Saturday, June
12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with
Connecticut Open House Day.
The museum and all its features will be free for everyone.
Children’s programs, including
painting, creating a Popsicle
stick castle, going on a button
treasure hunt, and exploring
the interactive history exhibit
will be from 10 a.m. to noon.
Visit www.mattatuckmuseum.
com or call 203-753-0381 for
more information.
People also can visit participating Open House Day arts organizations in Waterbury such
as the Palace Theater and Seven
Angels Theatre.
New Haven
International Festival of
Arts & Ideas June 12 through 26.
Various locations in and around
New Haven. Call 888-278-4332
for times and schedules. Festival featuring world-class artists,
thinkers and leaders who engage with the audience to celebrate and build community.
Most events are free.
Hartford
Tom Sawyer Day Saturday,
June 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the Mark Twain House
and Museum. The museum has
lined up guests artists including HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford Opera Theater, Hartford
City Ballet, Hartford Children’s
Theater, Hartford Symphony
Orchestra and many more.
One of the day’s highlights will
be a “Stretchers” lying contest
hosted by the Hartford Public Library. Activities are free;
Mark Twain House tours will be
available for regular admission.
Call 860-247-0998 for more information.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Birthday (Garden Party) Celebration Saturday, June 12,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center at
77 Forest St. Celebrate Stowe’s
199th birthday. Tour Stowe’s
Region 15 Sports Calendar
Pomperaug High School Varsity Games
Gothic Revival home, explore
the grounds in a horse-drawn
carriage, chat with costumed
historic interpreters, view the
plein air painting in the garden, play croquet on the Stowe
Center lawn with the Elizabeth
Park Croquet Club, listen to
readings from Stowe’s “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin” under the pines
and enjoy Inspiration to Action
crafts. Don’t miss the birthday
cake and lemonade. All activities are free. Call 860-522-9258
for more information.
Birthday Celebration: The
Connecticut Science Center
turns one! The Science Center
will offer a half-price birthday
celebration Saturday, June 12,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 860724-3623 for more information.
“CHANGE” juried exhibit of
visual art created by artists with
disabilities June 11 through
Aug. 20, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the gallery at One Constitution Plaza, second floor. Closed
state holidays and between exhibitions. The exhibit features
the artwork of 18 Connecticut
visual artists with disabilities. It
was organized by the Connecticut Commission on Culture &
Tourism and Young Audiences
Arts for Learning Connecticut,
an affiliate of VSA, the international organization on arts and
disability. Admission is free.
Call 860-256-2800 for more information.
Statewide
Blue Star Museums program through Sept. 6 (Labor
Day). Free museum admission
for active-duty military members and their families. Visit
bluestarfam.org for a list of participating museums.
June 12 to 19, 2010
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Naugatuck Police Officers Mike Wawrzyniak, left, and Andre Moutela, right, flank Connecticut
Northwest Region Special Olympics Director of Development Sharon Pelkey during a Special
Olympics fundraiser at Irving Xpress Mart in Naugatuck Saturday. They collected donations
to benefit the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics. This is the first year Connecticut participated in the annual event.
(Cristina Commendatore photo)
Westover recognizes athletes
Westover School recently inaugurated an Athletic Association Hall of Fame that includes
graduates
throughout
the
school’s 100-year history who
are outstanding female athletes and athletic role models.
Among those inducted in the
Athletic Hall of Fame was one of
the country’s groundbreaking
female golfers – Debbie Massey,
class of 1968. Massey was an
amateur and LPGA Golf Champion and PPGA executive committee official.
Massey attended Westover
during a time of growth in women’s athletics. During the summer after college, she played in
her first national amateur tournaments and won the Women’s
Western Amateur Championship. From 1972 to 1976 she
won 11 major amateur titles (including the Canadian Amateur,
Western Amateur, and Eastern
Amateur), made the Curtis Cup
(her record is an unequaled 50) and World Amateur teams in
1974 and 1976, and was ranked
as the No. 1 woman’s amateur
golfer for three of the four years
she played before becoming a
professional golfer in 1977. That
year she won Rookie of the Year
honors.
She won the 1977 Mizuno Japan Classic, the 1979 Wheeling
Classic, the 1990 Mazda Japan
Classic and the 1980 and 1981
Women’s British Open. She also
served as vice captain of the
Solheim Cup in 2000.
Massey started her own
business, Opus 1, a sports marketing firm representing LPGA
players. She has served on
many committees including
president and vice president of
the LPGA Executive Committee, the USGA Implements and
Ball Committee, the National
Advisory Board of the Women’s
Sports Foundation, the National
Advisory Board of the Executive
Women’s Golf Association, and
the LPGA Hall of Fame Committee. Massey received the Golf
Digest Founders Cup Award
for her humanitarian contri-
Westover alumna and golfer
Debbie Massey
(Submitted photo)
butions to the American Heart
Association, the Red Cross and
the Burn Foundation. In 2002,
Massey received the Westover
Award for her accomplishments
and leadership in athletics.
Middlebury Parks & Recreation Offerings
MRA Open
Office” under “Shepardson,” Parks and Rec Bus Trips
The Middlebury Recreation and look for the form link beRed Sox versus Texas
Area (MRA) full season begins low the CodeRed logo on the
Sunday, July 18, a bus will
June 12 and runs through Labor right side of the page.
depart from Shepardson about
Day. It is open weekends from
8 a.m. for a 1 p.m. game beAdult Programs
10 a.m. to sunset and weekdays
tween the Red Sox and Texas at
Golf Basics - Adult
from 11 a.m. to sunset. The
Fenway Park in Boston. The $96
Tom Keslow of the Connect- fee includes transportation and
beach opens for swimming at
10 a.m. on weekends and noon icut School of Golf will teach a ticket to the game. Buses usuon weekdays. The MRA will those age 13 and older the ba- ally arrive back in Middlebury
close for the day if it is raining sics of golf Wednesdays, June 23 about 8 p.m. Middlebury and
to July 21, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Prospect are sharing the bus.
at noon.
Season passes are on sale at at Hop Brook Golf Course. The Call or drop by Parks and Rec to
fee is $65 for residents and $75 reserve a seat.
the Parks and Rec office.
for nonresidents.
Red Sox versus Toronto
Youth Programs
Family Activities
Sunday, Sept. 19, a bus will
Summer Program
depart from Shepardson about
Middlebury Day
Registration
8 a.m. for a 1 p.m. game beQuassy
Amusement
Park
Registration is under way for
Middlebury day will be tween the Red Sox and Toronto
summer playgrounds and summer sports camps. Registration Tuesday, June 29, from 5 to 8 at Fenway Park in Boston. The
forms can be printed off the p.m. at Quassy Amusement $96 fee includes transportawebsite or obtained at the Parks Park. FREE rides will be avail- tion and a ticket to the game.
and Rec office. For the online able for Middlebury residents Buses usually arrive back in
form, go to www.middlebury- with proper identification. Middlebury about 8 p.m. Call
ct.org, click on services and Town organizations will sell re- or drop by Parks and Rec to reserve a seat.
then on “Parks and Recreation freshments in the pavilion.
Shedding light on tanning
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Recently, my daughter attended
a sweet-16 birthday party for
one of her best friends. She is a
beautiful girl. When my daughter showed me pictures of her
friend, I was shocked. Her face
and arms were deeply tanned.
I have no idea how many hours
she must have spent under a
tanning machine. I am very
concerned about her. Would
you write about the dangers of
tanning? – Anon.
ANSWER: Ultraviolet light, the
kind of light we don’t see, has
powerful effects on the skin. Ultraviolet A rays constitute 95 percent of the UV light that makes
its way to earth. UV A rays do not
burn and tan skin as much as UV
B rays, but they do damage skin.
They cause skin wrinkling; they
dry skin; and they produce age
spots (liver spots). And they also
add to the risk of skin cancer.
Ultraviolet B rays are more
destructive. They are the burning rays, and they have a greater
effect on skin cancer production. Both A and B reduce the
skin’s innate immunity.
Exposure to both UV A and
UV B injures the skin cells’ DNA,
and that’s what sets the scene for
future skin cancer. Humans have
learned to cope with UV light by
tanning. A tan offers some protection against further damage.
UV light activates melanocytes,
and they pass their melanin
– a dark pigment – to other skin
cells. That has the effect of providing an umbrella for the skin.
However beneficial that might
be, the fact remains that in obtaining a modicum of protection
with a tan, skin-cell DNA has
been dealt a major blow.
No tan can be considered
healthy. Sun exposure in adolescence might be the most
dangerous time for ultraviolet
damage. Tanning booths and
tanning beds are considered a
threat equal to the sun for promoting future skin cancer.
People of all ages should
protect their skin from exposure
to UV light. Such exposure happens every time a person goes
outdoors. Cloud cover is a poor
absorber of UV rays and offers
little skin protection. Sunscreen
application should become a
habit.
Dr. Donohue regrets he is unable 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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The question to be voted upon at the referendum shall be
stated as follows:
“Shall the resolution entitled ‘RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $700,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO TOWN-WIDE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUE OF $700,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN TO MEET SAID
APPROPRIATION AND PENDING THE ISSUANCE THEREOF
THE MAKING OF TEMPORARY BORROWINGS FOR SUCH
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notice that at the regular meeting held on Thursday, June 3,
2010 at 7:30 p.m., in the Shepardson Hall, 1172 Whittemore
Road, Middlebury, CT the following decisions were made:
Post University – application for a Special Exception for
sign on the Army Corps of Engineers property at Country Club
Road & Straits Turnpike pursuant to Section 52.10.10 of the
Middlebury Zoning Regulations – Public Hearing was continued to 7-1-10
1625 Straits Turnpike – request for a Special Exception
pursuant to Section 66.3 of the Zoning Regulations for a liquor
permit – Application was added to the agenda and a Public
Hearing was scheduled for 7-1-10
Dated this 7th day of June, 2010
Curtis Bosco, Chairman
House painting
My brother and I
share ownership of a
house and have decided to save money
by painting the outside of it ourselves. We’re having a disagreement about how much paint
we’ll need. I say we should buy By SAMANTHA MAZZOTTA
more than we think we need,
but he doesn’t want leftover paint for an exterior job:
paint lying around after the job. • Measure the square footage
of the exterior walls (length x
What’s your recommendation?
height) and the square foot– Clark F., Griffin, Ga.
age of the soffit panels (the
horizontal panels underneath
You should purchase
the roof eaves). Add those tosomewhat more paint
gether.
for the job than you
think you’ll need – there’s al- • Add a 15-percent waste allowance (this is where your extra
ways the unexpected element in
paint comes in).
home improvement to consider
– but your brother also has a • Next, measure the square
footage of the doors and wingood point about too much leftdows.
over paint lying around. Though
you’ll probably want to keep a • Subtract the doors/windows
measurement from the total.
can for later touchups after the
Next, head to the paint store
job, having several cans left is
a waste of money – you either to pick your color and type of
have to give them away or dis- paint. Bring the measurements
pose of them through your city’s with you. Once you’ve decided
hazardous materials center, what kind of paint you need,
which in some cities costs an you’ll need to figure out how
much you need. Here’s the next
additional fee.
Luckily, math can fix this part of the equation:
problem. Here’s how to estimate • Check the paint coverage rate
A:
of the type of paint you selected. (This is on the label, or the
paint-store sales rep can find
it out for you.)
• Divide the total square footage
of your exterior by the paint
coverage rate.
And there you have it: The total number of gallons you need
for the job, plus a little extra.
Send your home repair
and maintenance questions to
[email protected],
or write This Is a Hammer, c/o
King Features Weekly Service,
P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL
32853-6475. Remember, when
in doubt as to whether you can
safely or effectively complete a
project, consult a professional
contractor.
Oil-based or latex
paint? In the past,
one couldn’t be
painted over the
other, but many latex paints
today adhere well to oilbased paint. Ask the salesperson at your local paint
store for the best type of
paint for the job.
Entertainment Listings
Southbury
Main Street Ballet’s “Giselle”
Sunday, June 20, at 3 p.m. at
Pomperaug High School. Featuring Southbury’s Elana Siegel
as Giselle and Mikayla Sapack
in the Peasant pas de deux;
Woodbury’s Eva Janiszewski as
Myrta- Queen of the Wilis, Boston guest artists and area residents.
“Giselle” is about a village
girl falsely wooed by a prince.
When she discovers he is engaged to a princess, she goes
mad and dies of a broken heart.
During the second half of the
ballet she roams the forest
at night as one of the ghostly
Wilis (all young women who
have died of broken hearts),
who take revenge on any man
who wanders into the forest by
forcing them to dance to their
deaths.
Reserved seat tickets are at
203-263-5107, or get tickets at
the door. Mainstreetballet.com.
Main Street Ballet dancers, left to right, Mikayla Sapack, Elana
Siegel and Emily Merklen perform a scene from “Giselle.”
(Submitted photo)
Water music of Debussy and
Ravel with pianist Timothy
Alexandre Wallace Saturday,
June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Studio
59. Vast range of color in sound
that Impressionist composers
Debussy and Ravel used in solo
piano compositions about water. Lakes, rivers, streams and
fountains will be portrayed.
Tickets are $25 single, $40
for two and $12 students.
Phone or e-mail reservations
required at 860-482-6801 or
Torrington
[email protected]. 59
The Impressionists’ Palette: Barber St.
priced ticket at the box office
June 10 through June 13.
Tickets are $29/$37.50 at
203-757-4676, or online at sevenangelstheatre.org. 1 Plank
Road.
Bethlehem
Willie Nininger with John Kuhner and Ken Melton Thursday,
June 17, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the
Painted Pony.
Reservations at 203-2665771. 74 Main St.
Waterbury
“Swing!
Swing!
Swing!”
through Sunday, June 27, at
Seven Angels Theatre. Songs
and dance styles of the period,
including “Chattanooga Choo
Choo,” “Minnie the Moocher,”
“Don’t Sit Under the Apple
Tree,” and “A Tisket, A Tasket.”
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ANIMALS FOR LIFE: ADOPTABLE PETS
Military vehicle show
For more information, please call 203-758-2933 or visit the shelter. Adoption hours at the
shelter are Thursdays from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 3 p.m. The shelter is at the Middlebury Transfer Station on Rte. 63 at the corner of Woodside Ave.
For more information about the adoption process, please visit the “Adopting A Pet” section of the
website, www.animalsforlifect.org.
Attendees check out a 1951 Jeep M38 at the Golden Age of Trucking Museum’s military vehicle
show last weekend. The other vehicles, left to right, are a 1965 Kaiser Jeep M35, a 1941 half
truck, and a Marine Corps truck.
(Cristina Commendatore photo)
Train a cat? It’s possible
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Can you
train a cat? – Janice in Wheeling,
W.Va.
DEAR JANICE: Sure, although
I’m of the opinion most cats train
you. Seriously – they learn pretty
early on what “buttons” to push
to get you to give them food or
treats, let them out, pet them or
stop typing a pet column and pay
attention to them.
But you can have the last
laugh and train your cat to respond to commands or signals.
Remember, cats are very different than dogs in their approach
to the world and in how they
respond. In fact, you’ll want to
somewhat mimic the way your
cat learns to train you: They observe you quietly, then test a few
different methods of getting what
they want and adopt the most
successful one.
It’s also important to note
cats don’t respond well to negative reinforcement. You can
shake a can of pennies at them
or hiss or yell “no!” when a cat is
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doing something you don’t want
it to do, and that might work in
the short term, but mostly their
response is to run away.
If you’re training a cat to specifically do something on command, you need to use positive
reinforcement almost exclusively. This is rewarding the cat with
a treat, a stroke or a kind word
immediately after it responds to
the movement you’re trying to
teach. The cat needs to develop
a positive association with the
activity.
Keep training sessions short
and somewhat spontaneous.
Most cats don’t last more than
five or 10 minutes per session.
And don’t get discouraged if
your cat doesn’t get it after days
or weeks. Instead, be patient and
look for new ways to make the
connection with your cat.
Send your pet questions and
tips to [email protected], or
write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King
Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box
536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
Find more pet advice and resources at www.PawsCorner.com.
DUKE
This handsome male Beagle is another victim
of the poor economy – his family gave him up reluctantly when they lost their home. Poor Duke
was living in the family’s house by himself for a
few weeks while his family searched for someone
to take him in. He’s an older gentleman – about 8
years old – and is a sweet and laid-back companion. He’s put on some weight over the past year,
but we’re pretty sure that will take care of itself
now that he’s getting out for regular exercise. If
you would like to meet Duke, you can visit the
Animals For Life shelter during adoption hours.
CHIANNA
Her gorgeous red- and cream-colored coat
and stunning blue eyes are hard to resist! This
dog is strikingly beautiful! Chianna is a purebred Husky who ended up without a home very
recently. This special girl loves everyone she
meets! She has lived with other dogs and with
children and loves them equally. Chianna has a
wonderful disposition and seems to take everything in stride. Chianna will need regular brushing, particularly during the spring and fall, as
this breed does shed liberally. If you would like
to meet Chianna, you can visit the Animals For
Life shelter during adoption hours.
Chapin’s Computer Tip
Identity theft revisited
Passports: If you love to
travel abroad you know to have
a passport. This vital document
is necessary to cross the border
into and out of most countries in
the world. New passports have a
tiny ID chip embedded in them
that allows the border officers to
wirelessly transmit data to their
terminals. Security personnel
have discovered that, with some
basic computer skills, a few hundred dollars of over-the-counter software and an ordinary
laptop, hackers can access that
embedded chip on the passport
and steal your identity. This was
proven when security personnel drove down a city street and
were able to download and access personal information from
two passport holders in 20 minutes!
To resolve this issue the traveler needs to wrap their passport
in tin foil. Simple answer. When
you think about it, how often do
you really need to use your passport? Wrapping it up in tin foil
should not be a hassle at all.
Online Searching: Did you
know Google keeps data files
on everything we do on the Internet? The information may include search terms, maps, contacts, e-mail, chats and visited
sites. If the government wants
that data and comes with a sub-
poena, Google will turn it over.
However, the government is not
the only one interested in your
data. Hackers are, too.
To fix this issue you can go to
the Google dashboard (Google
the term Dashboard), and find
out what data you are sharing
and then adjust your settings
accordingly. You should change
your easy-to-hack password to a
more complex one and set up a
series of passwords you can rotate monthly.
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