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Adoptable Pets ............... 8

Book Review .................. 2

Classifieds ...................... 7

Community Calendar ...... 2

Fire Log .......................... 5

In Brief ........................... 4

Library Happenings ......... 2

Library Lines ................... 2

Obituaries ...................... 5

Puzzles..................................7

Region 15 School Calendar ...4

Senior Center Events ...3, 5

Sports Quiz .................... 6

Varsity Sports Calendar ... 6

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By TERRENCE S.MCAULIFFE

The Middlebury Conservation Commis-sion (CC) at its March 31 special meeting approved timber harvesting on South Street property owned by the Larkin family and, at its April 29 regular meeting, accepted applications for permit modification for a house on Christian Road, waterway altera-tions at Hop Brook, and field repair and a new shed on Lake Quassapaug. No action was taken on a permit for brush removal on Regan Road. New member Justin Scott Stan-ziale was introduced at the April meeting.

The March 31 special meeting was held to vote on the South Street timber harvesting

because a quorum was not present at the March 25 regular meeting. Commissioners unanimously voted to allow activity that certified forester Eric Hansen of Ferrucci & Walicki LLC said would remove mature and poor-quality trees, leaving behind about 40 percent of mostly mid-sized oak, maple and yellow poplar trees to regenerate. The per-mit, stipulating a fee of $20 per acre plus $200 for filing, allows logging on about 32 acres along Sandy Hill Road and eight acres along South Street, with the temporary con-struction of a bridge and a corduroy crossing.

Revisions to plans approved June 2013 for a single-family house with asphalt drive-way at 639 Christian Road were unani-

mously accepted for review. David Theroux told commissioners the proposed house would be more appealing to buyers if it were located farther back from Route 188 and offered more back yard room. He said the same amount of wetlands would be dis-turbed as in the original plan. The driveway remained the same; only the house footprint shifted.

Plans for the Town of Middlebury to cor-rect the course of a brook encroaching on sewer lines near the Hop Brook pumping station and remove accumulated silting were unanimously accepted for review.

conservation commission approves timber harvesting

vote on WednesdayThe polls will be open Wednesday, May 7, from 6 a.m.

to 8 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center in Middlebury for voters to cast their votes on the following three ques-tions:1. Shall the 2014-2015 proposed Town of Middlebury

Municipal Budget in the amount of $9,969,887 be ap-proved?

2. Shall the proposed 2014-2015 Budget of the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 in the amount of $64,228,446 be adopted?

3. Shall the Town of Middlebury adopt the Leash Ordi-nance, as moved to ballot by the Board of Selectmen on April 21, 2014?Those who own property assessed at $1,000 or more on

the last completed grand list are eligible to vote provided they are U.S. citizens and at least 18 years old.

Absentee ballots for electors who cannot vote in person at the May 7, 2014, referendum due to active service in the Armed Forces, absence from town dur-ing all of the hours of voting, illness, religious tenets forbid-ding secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an elec-tion official at a different polling place or physical disability are available in the Middlebury town clerk’s office at 1212 Whittemore Road in Middlebury.

The three questions on the ballot are the Town of Middle-bury budget, the Pomperaug Regional School District No.15 budget and the Leash Ordinance. Electors and property owners owning property assessed at

$1,000 or more on the last com-pleted grand list are eligible to vote. They also must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old.

Ballots may be obtained in person; they will not be mailed. An application must be filled out before an absentee ballot can be issued. Applications are available at the town clerk’s office or can be downloaded from the secre-tary of the state’s website at www.sots.ct.gov under Elections and Voting. Print the application form for referendum only.

The town clerk’s regular hours are Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call the town clerk’s office at 203-758-2557 with any questions.

Absentee ballots available

Todd Ruggere, through his Connecticut Pour Tour, is raising funds for pediatric cancer pa-tients at Smilow Cancer Center by drinking a beer in each of Con-necticut’s 169 towns and raising funds at the places he visits. He recently stopped at Pies and Pints of Middlebury and will return to the area Friday, June 6, for a fund-raiser at the Pies and Pints at 25 Leavenworth St. in Waterbury.

The Grafton, Mass., resident said he started his fundraising

by drinking a beer in each of the 351 towns in Massachusetts over a nine-month period. The $43,000 raised during that tour went to Dana-Farber Cancer In-stitute in Massachusetts. He’s already raised $20,000, or nearly half of what was raised in Mas-sachusetts, on his Connecticut tour. Ruggere said he started touring Connecticut’s towns Jan. 11 and thinks he will finish some-time in September. Learn more at ctpourtour.com.

Pies and Pints co-owners, Chris Gogas, left, and Theo Anastasiadis, right, flank Todd Ruggere of the Connecticut Pour Tour as they stand in front of his Pour Tour vehicle outside Pies and Pints during a recent visit. (Marjorie Needham photo)

pour tour visits middlebury

Beverly Dassonville of Middlebury said she is ready to start raising funds for the dog park she would like to see open up in Middlebury. The first big fundraiser will be an appearance by psychic spirit medium and paranormal researcher Lisa Lanno, Saturday, June 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Middlebury firehouse on Tucker Hill Road. Lanno will donate 50 percent of her pro-ceeds to the dog park. More information on the event and ticket sales will follow.

Dassonville has met several times with the Board of Selectmen and the Parks and Recreation Commission to discuss where the dog park might be located and how it can become a reality. She reports First Se-lectman Edward B. St. John has agreed to provide a piece of land (5 acres or more) if

the group can raise the funds needed to construct a dog park.

She has established a trade name, “Friends of Middlebury Dog Park” and reg-istered it at town hall. She also has put to-gether a small committee she will chair. She said the members are a volunteer group of Middlebury resident dog lovers who are joining forces to establish an official “off leash” dog park here in town. The commit-tee is taking responsibility for marketing, fundraising, park design, establishing park rules and advocating among the necessary town committees and constituents im-pacted by this project.

The dog park committee also will provide day-to-day oversight and sustain the park through financial support and volunteer

activity. Members will maintain the facility, erect signs and stock the dog bag dispens-ers.

Dassonville also is filing paperwork so the group can be recognized as a nonprofit organization. The group hopes to raise funds through grants and donations to pay for construction materials and ongoing maintenance of the park. The group also will place donation jars in businesses around town to make it convenient for peo-ple to donate.

Dassonville said the first major expense will be the fencing for the dog park. She has been talking with Dave from Colonial Fenc-ing of Middlebury, and she said he will be

Dog park project under way

– See CC on page 5

– See Dog Park on page 5

Brass city Ballet (BcB) Ribbon cutting and open HouseWhat: See the new studio and enjoy refreshments and a performance by BCB studentsWhen: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Where: 1255 Middlebury Road (the Hamlet) in Middlebury

Friends of the middlebury public Library Annual Book saleWhat: More than 40 categories of books, along with audio books, CDs and DVDsWhen: Preview sale ($5) 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday. Free admission 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; 10 am to 4 p.m. Sunday and Monday Where: Middlebury Public Library at 30 Crest Road in Middlebury

troop 444 Annual pasta DinnerWhat: Meal of tossed salad, Italian bread, pasta and meatballs with beverage and dessert is a fundraiser to support Troop 444 programsWhen: 5 to 7 p.m. Where: Middlebury Firehouse at 65 Tucker Hill Road Info: Ticket prices are $8 adults, $5 children, $4 seniors, $25 for family of four (two adults, two children)

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By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

Middlebury land records became avail-able online last week. Now title searches and other land record research can begin right at your own computer. How far one goes with the online program, uslan-drecords.com, may depend on weighing time versus money.

That’s because each page of information viewed or printed through the new program costs $2, and those using the program can’t choose to view or print just one page. If the

document they need is 20 pages long, they will have to pay for all 20 pages even if only three pages are of interest to them. Despite this, the system likely will be helpful to many who need to access Middlebury land records. Users can, for example, find out if the property next door sold just by going into the indexes without viewing or printing any of the documents.

Middlebury Town Clerk Edith Salisbury said she began looking into this type of software several years ago. “I didn’t want services to cost money, and I didn’t want

the town to lose revenue,” she said. By state statute, the town charges $1 a page for cop-ies of land records. Last year, those charges brought in more than $9,000. An online program that allowed users to view and print land records at no cost was not an option, Salisbury said, because the town couldn’t afford to lose that much revenue.

Since the town contracts with ACS/Xerox to microfilm and verify land record indexes (as state law requires), Salisbury said it

Middlebury Town Clerk Edith Salisbury points to online information about Middlebury land records that is now available to anyone with access to a computer and the Internet. The town recently started offering access to the records through uslandrecords.com.

(Marjorie Needham photo)

middlebury land records now online

– See Land Records on page 5

2 Friday, May 2, 2014The Bee-Intelligencer

By DONNA HINE

The calendar may have been turned to April when I was writing this, but three

inches of snow had just fallen, and it felt like November. May hopefully will be the turning point for the weather, and we finally will be able to enjoy the outdoors without wearing a heavy jacket (and boots and gloves and ...). Those few lovely days when the temperature skimmed 70 degrees were such a tease – but also gave us a taste for sunny days to come! We are especially hoping for sun-shine and good weather May 3 for the book sale by the Friends of the Middlebury Public Library!

In the meantime, we continue to get some terrific new books by your favorite authors – and you always can request a book if we don’t have your favorite. Few au-thors are as beloved – or as pro-lific – as Nora Roberts. I will admit to having read a few of her books – especially her trilogies – while on vacation. But don’t call me on that – her books are not meant to be deep-thinking literature, but a nice, relaxing type of escapism.

“The Collector” (ROB) is her newest stand-alone novel, and if

you want to read a light ro-mance-cum-mystery, you may want to pick up this one. The central character has a terrific job: She is a professional upscale house-sitter! She also is a free-lance writer, but while she is house sitting in Manhattan, Lila witnesses a possible murder-sui-cide, and her life is never the same. Ash is the brother of the suicide who refuses to believe he would kill anyone and is depen-dent on Lila as the eye witness for proof. Together, they travel from Manhattan to Italy among the wealthy collectors of the world in search of the truth.

Quirky? “Cold Storage, Alaska” (STR) by John Straley is the name of the slowly dying town Clive returns to after a seven-year stint in jail. The quirkiness is in the fact that Clive can hear animals talking to him – guiding him. Or is he going crazy? I was giggling by the end of chapter one – and looking forward to the rest of the story. Quirky also describes all the weird – sorry, quirky – inhab-itants of the town who seem to be waiting for something to hap-pen. Or will the town just slowly fade away into oblivion? Don’t worry, all the threads to every-

one’s stories are tied up in a neat bow by the end, but as with ev-erything in life, enjoy the journey, not just the end.

Nevada Barr’s “Destroyer An-gel” (BAR) is a much darker thriller. Anna Pigeon is back and taking a well-earned camping vacation with her friends. After a solo canoe trip, she returns to camp to discover her friends are being abducted and beaten by armed men. Staying hidden, she attempts to lure the bad guys away while protecting her friends and their teenage children. Tense and creepy, the tale takes place over one very violent day and winds up with a terrific and jus-tified ending. Great writing, as always – absolutely chilling.

“Seating Arrangements” (SHI) by Maggie Shipstead earned the author many “finalists” and prizes for her first novel, and de-servedly so, but “Astonish Me” (SHI) is just as breathtakingly beautiful. The tale has gorgeous, lyrical writing about Joan, a dancer who never will be a prima ballerina. She becomes involved with a Russian dancer, Arslan, when she helps him defect. The story juggles between that past affair and the present, as Joan’s son displays the gift of ballet and comes to idolize her former lover. Read this book, if only for the sheer joy of excellent writing.

Bruce Weber writes that “Life is a Wheel: Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America” (796.609 WEB) to chronicle his trek by bike across the upper part of the United States. While I was expecting more introspection, it was pleasant to read a more up-beat retrospective of his thoughts about his life to that point. Near-ing 60, he had been a writer for the New York Times (obituary). He chose to ride by himself. It is interesting to follow his route and meet the people he meets along the way as well as experience his anticipation of speaking with and seeing his girlfriend, Jan.

Spend a day “on the line” with Michael Gibney in “Sous Chef”

(641.59 GIB). From suiting up in chef whites and blacks (like “working in pajamas”) in the morning, we follow the author for a typical day at an upscale New York City restaurant. As a sous chef, or second-in-com-mand in the kitchen, the author takes us through the fast-paced lifestyle where one mistake (es-pecially if the New York Times food editor is eating there!) could mean a real problem. Find out just what goes into preparing that delicious meal you are eating the next time you choose to eat in a restaurant.

So, were they actually prosti-tutes? Or just women who made such an impact in finance and society that men felt a need to degrade them? These and many other questions are raised about Victoria Woodhull and “Tennie” Claflin, forward-looking sisters in Victorian-era America. The book is “The Scarlet Sisters: Sex Suffrage and Scandal in the Gilded Age” (305.42 MAC) by Myra Macpherson. After a child-hood spent one step ahead of the law as “spiritualists,” the sisters were, among other firsts, the first women to open their own bro-kerage firm. It’s a fascinating look at two women far ahead of their time.

Michael Lewis writes about the “Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt” (332.6 LEW), a small group of financial whizzes who uncover the fact that the U.S. stock market has been rigged to benefit insiders and also is con-trolled by the big Wall Street banks. No, this isn’t a new thriller by Cussler, but a true account about men at the highest levels in our financial system and how this small group of morally cor-rect financiers seek to right what they perceive as an unfair sys-tem.

Adult Services Librarian Donna Hine writes Library Lines once a month. If you have a topic you’d like her to cover, contact her at the library at 203-758-2436.

“Dark Eden”by Chris Beckett

(Broadway Books, $15)Reviewed by Ealish Waddell

The Family lives on a planet of darkness where the only light comes from the warm lumines-cence of the native plants and animals and the untouchable glow of Starry Swirl high above. Long ago, two travelers were stranded here, and generations later, their descendants are still waiting for rescue, content to live their small, orderly lives and wait obediently to be spirited away to the near-mythical homeland that none of them has ever seen: Earth.

But as food becomes scarce and the stagnant rituals of Fam-ily life seem more and more sti-fling, restless young John Red-lantern can’t stop thinking about what could be out there beyond the cold mountains that ring their little valley. Gradually, grudgingly, he nudges his people’s awareness out of its long complacency, opening up minds and hearts to dangerous ideas and daring possibilities, setting in motion a momentous chain of events that will change the Family for good.

With inventive language and interesting characters, “Dark Eden” is a compelling and thought-provoking tale of human survival in a starkly nonhuman world. The planet of Eden is a simply gorgeous construction, an exotic night world both beau-tiful and terrifying. The half-understood customs of the Family’s Earth heritage have been transformed in unexpected ways by this alien place. But their desires and hopes, their impulses and their regrets remain unmis-takably human in ways that echo through the centuries to another long-ago Eden.

There’s a deep shadow of sad-ness and loss, even a tinge of futility, overlying the story of these lonely castaways. Yet it’s countered by a growing flame of potential and promise. The reader can’t help but root for the Family to win its fight for survival – even, and perhaps especially, against those dangers that come from within.

(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

Library Happenings

Library Lines

terrific new books continue to arrive

Book review

Shepardson Community Center1172 Whittemore Road, Middlebury

Middlebury Congregational

Church’s Annual

TAG SALE

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Flea Market (free admission)......................9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Flea Market Early Admission ($10 donation) ......8:30 a.m.

Worship with us Sunday at 10 a.m. All are welcome!

Housewares, Electronics, Sporting Goods, Linens, Holiday Decorations, Toys, Furniture

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Treasure RoomAuction-Quality Antiques, Vintage & Collectibles

Old-Fashioned Tea Cup AuctionThe Sandwich Board - Grinders by the Inch

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Brown Bag Book Discussion Group

The Brown Bag Book Discus-sion Group will meet Wednes-day, May 7, at 1 p.m. to discuss “The Art Forger” by B.A. Shapiro. New members are welcome.

Mystery Book Discussion Group

The Mystery Book Discussion Group will meet Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m. to discuss “Death Angel” by Linda Fairstein. New members are welcome.

Lifelong Learners Book Discussion Group

The Library Lifelong Learners Book Discussion Group will meet Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand. On Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m., they can bring their lunch and see the movie. New mem-bers are welcome.

Book Nook Readers Boys and girls in grades 1 to 4

are invited to join the Book Nook Readers Thursday, May 8, at 4 p.m. as they discuss the book “Firehouse Light” by Janet Nolan. In this literature-based program, students read the same book, share ideas, create crafts relating to the book being discussed, and learn about the author and illus-trator.

A snack will be provided; please notify the group leader if a child has any food sensitivities. Pick up a copy of the book at the library. For more information, call the Children’s Department at 203-758-2634 or stop by the library.

Mental wellnessJoin Ron Clark, RN, MS, Fri-

day, May 9, at 11 a.m. for a pro-gram on mental wellness. Learn how to create your own mental wellness plan to enhance your golden years and take responsi-bility for your own destiny. Light refreshments will be served.

Registration is required; call 203-758-2634 or stop by to sign up. This program is made possi-ble by a grant from the Connecti-cut Community Foundation.

The Middlebury Public Li-brary is at 30 Crest Road. The telephone number is 203-758-

2634, and the website is middle-burypubliclibrary.org.

naugatuckFix your computer

Tuesday, May 6, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., fix your computer or laptop with the help of an expert from Tech Pro Services LLC. Bring your power cord, software, computer tower or laptop and get instruc-tions on how to eliminate your computer problems. For more information please call the refer-ence desk at 203-729-4591.

Support youth technology needs

The library asks you to support the technology needs in the li-brary’s Youth Services Department by donating to the library ($10 minimum) during the Connecticut Community Foundation’s Give Local campaign that runs from noon Tuesday, May 6, to noon Wednesday, May 7. Visit www.givelocalccf.org and search for The Howard Whittemore Memorial Library.

Social services assistance

Do you have questions, need assistance, or need to determine your eligibility for Medicare, SNAP, health care or other social ser-vices? Meet with Richard Wood of CHOICES, Connecticut’s social

services collaborative, each Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All discussions are free and confi-dential. Call the library for more information at 203-729-4591.

Young ReadersTuesday, May 6, starting at 4

p.m., Whittemore Young Readers for grades 4 and higher will meet to discuss “The Sixty-Eight Rooms” by Marianne Malone and Greg Call. Refreshments will be pro-vided, and the next book will be ready to take away. New members are welcome to drop in. Books are available from the library.

MeditationThe ongoing meditation prac-

tice will meet Tuesday, May 13, from 6 to 6:45 p.m. in the Reading Room. It consists of periods of meditation with time for discus-sion. Please arrive by 5:50 p.m. as they start on time.

The Howard Whittemore Me-morial Library is at 243 Church St. in Naugatuck. For informa-tion, call 203-729-4591 or visit whittemorelibrary.org.

southburySusane Colasanti

author visitYoung-adult author Susane Co-

lasanti will be at the library Thurs-day, May 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. to discuss the writing process, answer questions and sign her book, “Your Ideal Life.” Her presentation is for students in grades six and higher. Registration for the program is required.

Colasanti’s presentation is de-signed for teens. The goal is to motivate participants to identify their goals and then work toward achieving them. By maximizing positive energy, participants learn how they can improve their lives and the lives of those around them. Working toward goals while trying to make the world a better place is a synergistic approach to creat-ing a happy, productive life.

Colasanti is the author of a number of young-adult books. Call 203-262-0626, ext. 110, to register for this program.

Fiber art exhibitA selection of creations by

Karen Loprete, a contemporary

fiber artist, will be on exhibit Wednesday, May 7, to Thursday, June 12. Loprete has a formal education in art and years of graphic design experience. Her fearless nature guides her em-broidery, beading and machine needles over her fabrics. Her intuitive combinations of color and texture help to create truly unique artworks.

For more information, call 203-262-0626 or visit www.southburylibrary.org. The library is at 100 Poverty Road in South-bury.

WoodburyWalk across AmericaSaturday, May 17, at 2 p.m. Joe

Hurley will talk about his walk across America. The retired newspaper reporter spent most of his career at The News-Times in Danbury, Conn., where, among other things, he wrote the consumer-humor column “Shal-low Pockets.”

In 1999, Hurley came to the startling realization that he knew almost nothing about the other side of the state, even though Connecticut is small enough to fit in the back pocket of Colorado or Nebraska. That year, photog-rapher David Harple and Joe walked across Connecticut on Route 6, sharing their experience with News-Times readers. Then Hurley noticed Route 6 stretched all the way to California – it was one of the nation’s few coast-to-coast highways and remains the longest continuous highway in the country.

After retiring, Hurley walked that 3,600-mile road while pho-tographer Travis Lindhorst trav-eled along in the comfort of a car. Now they’ve published a book about the adventure, “Ten Mil-lion Steps on Route 6: A Fresh Look at America and Americans From Cape Cod to California.” Hurley will give an inside look at the walk and the book in his pro-gram. Hurley’s website is Route6walk.com.

For more information, call 203-263-3502 or visit www.woodburylibraryct.org. The li-brary is at 269 Main St. S. in Woodbury.

This fiber art creation by artist Karen Loprete will be among the works she will have on exhibit at the Southbury Public Library starting May 7.

(Submitted photo)

middleburyBook sale

The Friends of the Middlebury Library Annual Book Sale will be Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday, May 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Middlebury Public Library. The sale will feature thousands of books in more than 40 categories, along with audio books, CDs and DVDs.

A preview sale Saturday from 8 to 9 a.m. will cost $5; otherwise admission is free. Monday is 50-percent-off day. Tuesday fea-tures a bag sale. Fill a small plas-tic bag for $5 or a large reusable bag for $10. All bags will be pro-vided at the sale.

Sale proceeds benefit the Mid-dlebury Public Library and go toward services and programs outside the scope of the town budget. For more information, call the library or email Friends- [email protected].

Closings May 5 and 6The library will be closed

Monday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 6, so the staff can participate in a two-day extensive training session to learn the new book circulating system. The library will reopen at its normal time Wednesday, May 7. All fines will be waived for May 5 and May 6.

Readers’ Run event

The library will sponsor a Readers’ Run 5K race/walk this fall. Leading up to the event, par-ticipants will meet the first Wednesday of each month at 9 a.m. for a different fitness pro-gram. The first meeting, Wednes-day, May 7, at 9 a.m. will feature a 30-minute walk followed by a smoothie sampling. Please bring a smoothie for the group to sam-ple and your recipe written out to share. Please call or stop by the library to sign up.

Community CalendarMonday, May 5

Board of Selectmen6 p.m. .................................................Town Hall Conference Room

Greenway Committee7 p.m. ............................................................ Shepardson, Room 26

Wednesday, May 7Referendum Day - Vote on Budgets, Leash Ordinance6 a.m. to 8 p.m.. ............................Shepardson Community Center

Land Preservation and Open Space6 p.m. .........................................................Shepardson, Room TBD

Zoning Board of Appeals7:30 p.m. ............................................. Town Hall conference room

Thursday, May 8Parks and Recreation7 p.m. .............................................................. Shepardson, Room 1

Calendar dates/times are subject to change.If your organization would like your event included in the community calendar, please email the information to [email protected].

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Traumatic. Difficult. Painful. Those are words that can apply to downsizing when the time comes for a senior to move to a smaller living space. At the same time, it can be exhilarating.

There are numerous websites about senior downsizing, but they all seem to agree on one thing: Get started early. Beginning months in advance to make the move a gradual process will keep stress to a minimum.

Here are a few hints to help:Write it down: If you plan to give

certain treasures to others, make notes about who gets what, or give them the items now. If you’re going to hire others to help with the eventual packing and moving, make your intentions clear, espe-cially if your things are going in a number of directions. Label every-thing so there is no confusion about whether things get packed or if they’re going to be picked up.

Declutter: If you had children who moved out without taking all their gear, it all needs to go, either to the child, a charity or the trash. Your own belongings need to be sorted into categories: definitely keep (heirlooms, expensive jew-elry), donations (items in good condition such as clothing and

furniture), give to relatives (keep-sakes and heirlooms) and throw away (things with no real value that you don’t use). Label your piles and boxes so there are no mistakes with valuable items being thrown away by accident.

When you absolutely can’t de-cide: Put those belongings in one special box and hold on to them. You can decide later, once the hub-bub of the move is over.

Here are a few websites with helpful information on downsiz-ing:

One is the National Association of Senior Move Managers at www.nasmm.org/index.cfm.

Caring.com has a number of tips for clearing out.

Or Google “senior downsizing.”Matilda Charles regrets she can-

not personally answer reader ques-tions, but she will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].


get an early start on downsizingFalls Avenue Senior Center

events for area adults 55 and older follow. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 860-945-5250. Please speak with a staff member when calling as the senior center does not accept voice-mail reserva-tions. The center is at 311 Falls Ave. in Oakville, Conn.

Strength, sculpt and tone

The center’s free, 30-minute strength, sculpt and tone exercise class meets each Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. While sculpting and improv-ing strength and balance, partici-pants work muscles to tone them and get some cardiovascular train-ing at the same time. Kimberly Johnston of Fitness at the Edge in Middlebury teaches this class. Please register by the Monday be-fore each class. A grant from the Connecticut Community Founda-tion sponsors this class through April 2015.

Book clubThe center’s book club will re-

view “Deadline” by Sandra Brown Monday, May 5, at 10 a.m. Next month’s novel will be “The Longest Ride” by Nicholas Sparks, and that discussion will be Monday, June

2. Check the Watertown Library for the book. New members are welcome.

Band to perform The Larry Ayce Band will per-

form Wednesday, May 7, at 2 p.m. The Village at East Farms sponsors this event. Reservations are needed by May 6.

BocceAdults interested in playing a

friendly game of bocce at the cen-ter are invited to meet Thursday, May 8, at 9:30 a.m. to decide on days and times for matches. There are no formal teams.

Home care for elders Thursday, May 8, at 3 p.m., learn

about the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders. The program provides a range of home health services to help elders and adults with disabilities remain in their homes. Find out about eligibility requirements for this state-funded program managed by Connecticut Community Care Inc. Reservations are needed by May 7.

Circus tripTravel on the senior bus to the

XL Center in Hartford for a two-hour Ringling Bros. & Barnum and

Bailey Circus performance Friday, May 9, leaving the center at 8:30 a.m. for the 10:30 a.m. show. The cost is $13 for a circus ticket and $5 for bus transportation.

Sack lunches are allowed at the XL Center. The bus will not stop for lunch after the show. Please make your reservation in person by May 5. Payment is required when making your reservation. This trip is limited to 20 adults.

Beautiful baby coffee hour

Paradigm Healthcare of Water-bury is sponsoring a “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” coffee hour Monday, May 12, at 9:30 a.m. Bring your baby or toddler photo to the center by May 11; then re-turn May 12 for coffee, treats and fun as we try to identify the persons in the photos. Reservations are needed by May 9.

Rides for votersThe center is providing rides to

the polls for the Watertown budget referendum Tuesday, May 13, from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Reservations are needed by May 12.

Patriotic craft Tuesday, May 13, Susan Reznak

from Treasured Moments will help

participants make a patriotic craft. The cost is $6. At least nine partic-ipants are needed for this class to occur.

AARP driving course

Take the four-hour AARP Smart Driver Course for drivers 50 and older Friday, May 9, from 1 to 5 p.m. The course replaces the old eight-hour course. State law man-dates a minimum discount of 5 percent off liability insurance for two years for people 60 or older who take a safe-driving course.

The cost is $15 for AARP mem-bers and $20 for nonmembers. Payment, in the form of a check payable to AARP, should be pre-sented to the instructor at the class.

Preregistration is required. Call the center at 860-945-5250 for res-ervations. The class is limited to 30 participants and fills up quickly, so those interested should register without delay.

Bible studyNew Hope Anglican Church

offers a nondenominational Bible study every Friday at 10 a.m. at the center. Join other seniors for the study and discussion. Reservations are not required.

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Letter to the editor

Region 15 school budgetTo the Editor:

Once again the Region 15 school budget referendum is upon us, and once again it brings with it the standard increase; this year it comes in at 3.6 percent.

In reviewing the pertinent fig-ures since the 2005-06 budgets (a 10-year period), these results caught my attention:• The studentpopulationde-

creased 13.6 percent (4,544 to 3,927).

• Theschoolbudgetincreased25 percent ($51,292,823 to $64,228,446).

• Thecostperstudentincreased44.8 percent ($11,288 to $16,355).

• TheCOLAincreased25per-cent, yet the teachers’ salary and benefit package has in-creased 40 percent.These increases are due solely

to the increases in staff salaries and benefits and the huge amount spent on the administra-tion (more than $5,000,000). The only way this budget line item can be controlled/reduced is by renegotiating the current con-tracts. With the grip that unions have on all levels of government, that will just never happen. This brings to mind the long-unheard phrase “confederacy of greed.”

The total population of South-bury and Middlebury is 27,452. The projected student popula-tion is 3,927. Therefore, about 70 percent of our towns’ budgets will be spent on 14 percent of their population.

The importance of education cannot be overstated. However, it is a well-documented and oft-repeated fact that there is no correlation between the cost per student and the quality of an ed-ucation.

As the Region 15 slice of our towns’ budgets grows, the town services slice gets smaller and smaller. With this information in mind, I cannot rationalize voting for this budget on May 7.

Heidi SheaMiddlebury

Iran – the last powder keg?To the Editor:

During the American Revolu-tion, Thomas Paine said, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

Once again these are indeed trying times for freedom and peace. Although the world has a profound history of war on which to draw a stratagem of peaceful co-existence, we nonetheless are faced with the dilemma of pos-sible preemptive war. My con-cern is this: Could a preemptive strike on Iran trigger World War III?

Testifying before the U.S, Sen-ate Foreign Relations Committee April 8, 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry stated repeatedly that, before going to war with Iran over its nuclear program, President Barack Obama has an obligation, as a matter of leader-ship, to pursue a peaceful solu-tion to the crisis.

In the same committee hear-ing, Senator John McCain spoke of President Theodore Roosevelt’s endorsement, “speak softly, but carry a big stick,” reportedly a saying of West African origin. President Ronald Reagan advised “trust, but verify.” Both these te-nets, however, must not be con-fused with negotiation tools.

In my view, in the case of Iran, there is no room for error by ei-ther side. We must ensure that our leaders – religious, political and military – act with wisdom and understanding (but not ap-peasement). We should negoti-ate at every opportunity from a position of great strength and determination, with the greatest determination being the avoid-ance of war.

The cold war between the two great superpowers (the U.S. and the Soviet Union) taught us that a full nuclear exchange would be more devastating to humanity than all past wars combined. No winners! Such a conflict would not pit young men against each other for the will of old men; it would be mass human annihi-lation and carnage from nuclear fallout for decades after the last bomb explosion, not a world war but truly a civil war because we are all brothers.

Not all Iranians are religious extremists, and I contend most believe in peaceful coexistence with the rest of the world. There-fore, is it righteous to strike a sovereign country preemptively under such conditions? True, the Iranian leadership has made threats, to both Israel and the U.S.; but are these threats ample reason to move the entire world to a nuclear precipice?

Should Iran gain and try to use nuclear weapons, then it will cause its own demise. The free world must be fully prepared to respond. Iran must know that, once it achieves a nuclear weap-ons capability, it becomes a tar-get unlike any it has ever been before. We must maintain the strength to counter any attack

from Iran and cause its failure. This is what President Ronald

Reagan envisioned. Eternal vig-ilance is the price of freedom, and freedom certainly is not free. To strike preemptively, however, is wrong. It is bad enough to have to retaliate to an attempted or successful attack. God will be displeased with our human lot; but imagine his wrath if we strike first! We should remember our nation’s motto, formally adopted in 1956 and prominently dis-played on our currency, “In God we trust.”

Here’s what a great American, J. William Fulbright, had to say about preemptive war: “A pre-emptive war in defense of free-dom would surely destroy free-dom, because one simply cannot engage in barbarous action with-out becoming a barbarian, be-cause one cannot defend human values by calculated and unpro-voked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend.”

Another of our presidents, John F. Kennedy, left us with many very notable quotes, one of which goes to the heart of this issue, “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.”

Yes, these indeed are times that try men’s souls!

Raymond PietrorazioMiddlebury

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region 15 school CalendarFriday, May 2

Teacher Appreciation WeekMES Author Visit (Matt Tavares)MMS Talent Show ....................................................................6:30 p.m.PHS Spring Play .......................................................................7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 3PHS Spring Play .......................................................................7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 4PHS Spring Play .......................................................................2:30 p.m.

Monday, May 5PHS AP Exams ..............................................................................7 a.m.MES Coast-to-Coast ........................................... Playground 8:10 a.m.

Tuesday, May 6MMS Spring Book FairPES Arithmetickles Assembly ...............................................9:30 a.m.Board of Education District Meeting ......... PHS AP Rm. 103, 6 p.m.MES Grade 5 Band and Strings Concert ...................................7 p.m.RMS PTO Meeting ........................................................................7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 7Region 15 Budget ReferendumMMS Spring Book FairGES Dads and DonutsMES Coast-to-Coast ........................................... Playground 8:10 a.m.

Thursday, May 8LMES PTO Plant SalePES PTO Plant SaleRMS 7th Grade Boston Field Trip ..............................................7 a.m.RMS PTO After School Tennis .............................................. 3 - 4 p.m.MES PTO ........................................................................................7 p.m.RMS/PES Band and Orchestra Concert ..........................RMS, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 9GES PTO Mother’s Day Plant SaleLMES PTO Plant SalePES PTO Plant SaleRMS - AP Room in Use ..................................................8:14 - 8:55 a.m.Student Government Social ....................................... 2:45 - 4:15 p.m.RMS Student Council Dance ...................................... 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 10No Events Scheduled

Clothing DrivesMES PTO Clothing Drive Ongoing with POD on PremisesRMS PTO Clothing Drive starts Friday, May 2LMES PTO Clothing Drive starts Saturday, May 3

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Raimo awards dinnerThe Middlebury Democratic Town

Committee will honor Fran and Ruth Barton and, posthumously, Joseph Salvini with the Gerald M. Raimo Award at a Sunday, May 4, social from 2 to 4 p.m. in Father Fanning Hall at St. John of the Cross Church in Middlebury. The social is a fundraiser for the scholarship awarded in Raimo’s name. The cost is $20 per person, and all proceeds will go to the scholarship fund.

The Gerald M. Raimo Award is given to citizens who provided exemplary service to the community. The Bartons have long served the Middlebury community as volunteers and in numerous ways. Salvini was long active in the areas of conservation and development for the town.

For more information, contact Robert C. Desmarais Sr. at 203-758-9956.

Spring walks at FlandersMembers of the Pomperaug Valley Garden

Club will lead public guided strolls along Flanders’ award-winning Botany Trail Sunday afternoons, May 4 and May 11, at 2 p.m. The trail is approximately one mile long and features gentle terrain suitable for any age level. It features more than 250 species of native perennials, trees, shrubs and ferns.

The walks are free, but donations are welcome. The group will meet in the Flanders Sugar House parking lot, which is off Church Hill Road (1/4 mile east of the intersection of Flanders and Church Hill Roads in Woodbury).

In the event of rain that day’s walk will be canceled. For more information, call 203-263-3711, ext. 10, or visit www.flandersnaturecenter.org.

Cat club meetingThe next meeting of the 9 Lives Club will

be held Saturday, May 3, at 2 p.m. in Middlebury. The topic of the meeting will be “Prep for the Vet” with information to help you get your cat comfortable with the carrier, the car ride to the vet and the visit with the veterinarian. The discussion will be facilitated by Certified Cat Trainer and Therapy Cat Training Instructor Terri Jennings. For further information, call Arthur or Jane Portnoy at 203-695-9993.

Petco grand openingPetco in Waterbury has moved to 235 Union

St. and will have its grand opening Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4. The event will include pet adoptions, giveaways and a variety of activities to introduce the new store and its team to the community. Guests also are invited to bring their furry friends to the event.

Choir benefitA spaghetti dinner to benefit the Naugatuck

Community Choir will be held Saturday, May 3, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at St Hedwig’s Roman Catholic Church Hall at 32 Golden Hill St. in Naugatuck. The menu will be homemade sauce, meat balls, sausage and peppers with garlic bread, Caesar salad and dessert. There

will be a fancy basket raffle. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10. Learn more about the choir at www.naugatuck-communitychoir.org.

Fundraiser for charitiesThe Connecticut Community Foundation

will have a special fundraising event for local charities between 12 noon Tuesday, May 6, and 12 noon Wednesday, May 7. In addition to your donations, charities will be eligible for matching funds and prizes. Donors may visit www.givelocalccf.org to participate. Charities we know are participating are the Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden, the Connecticut Choral Society and the Howard Whittemore Library. Please go to the website, find your favorite charity, and donate during the special fundraiser.

Home for women veterans benefitA fundraiser spaghetti dinner for the

Bridgeport home for homeless female veter-ans will be held Friday, May 16, from 12 to 7 p.m. at Le Bobadel at 819 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury. A salad, spaghetti and meatballs dinner will cost $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors and will be free for children 7 and younger.

Homes for the Brave provides homeless female veterans with the support and skills training they need to become gainfully em-ployed. All proceeds will be donated to the program. For more information, call Elizabeth at 203-528-4061 or Jim at 203-723-9833.


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Middlebury Parks & recreation

obituaries

Many parts of the country have experienced a bad winter with snow, ice and below-average tem-peratures. As a result, you may have more to do now than you would during an average spring.

How does the outside of your house look? Snow, wind and ice likely have taken their toll on your siding, painted surfaces (like win-dow trim or shutters), and your roof and eaves. Draft up your to-do list as you find battered caulk-ing, broken screens and driveway cracks. And how did your shrubs fare?

If you’re on a budget plan and pay monthly for your fuel or elec-tricity, there’s a good chance you got a bad surprise recently when you realized your monthly pay-ments aren’t going to cover your fuel for the year. Many folks are having to scramble to come up with the cash to pay off the bal-ance before the next budget plan begins, likely in June. Once the fuel company determines your new monthly payment, send ex-tra every month. If next winter is mild and it appears you’re paying ahead, contact the company in the spring and ask about not mak-ing that final payment.

If you live in snow country where the roads are plowed and spread with sand and salt, get your vehicle to the car wash as soon as it opens for the season. This is not the time for a do-it-yourself wash with the hand wand at the open-air car wash. You need the drive-through that includes an under-carriage spray wash to get all the salt off the bottom of your vehicle before rust and corrosion set in, as well as cause damage to brakes and fuel lines. Before next winter, have the undercarriage sealed. The same applies if you live near the sea: Overspray and salt in the air can damage your car if they are left on. Scrub and vacuum your floor mats too.

Wash winter coats, gloves and boots now, while it’s easier to get the grime off. Refresh with another wash when winter comes again.

If you need to cut back on ex-penses to cover winter repairs, consider buying only generic

store brands for one or two months. You might discover some of those items are just as good as brand name ones and thereby cut your bills on a permanent basis. Consider generic for milk, flour, cleaning products like detergent, children’s cereals, juice, eggs, bread, pain relievers and allergy medicines (compare the ingredi-ents), shampoo and soap.

And keep an eye on The Old Farmer’s Almanac for next winter. It predicted this past winter quite accurately.

David Uffington regrets he can-not personally answer reader questions, but he will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].


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Middlebury senior Center newsDriver safety programThe next AARP Driver Safety

course will be Monday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the senior center. The course is the nation’s first and largest driver-refresher course. Using new materials and new videos, the course covers new defensive driving techniques, new laws and regulations, how to deal with aggressive drivers, and how aging affects drivers.

Drivers who attend the class will receive a completion certificate and may be entitled to a discount on automobile insurance (contact your insurance company for de-tails).

AARP membership is not re-quired, and drivers of all ages are invited to attend. The cost to par-ticipate is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. All checks must be made out to “AARP.” Call 203-577-4166 to register.

Aide devices demonstration

Charlene from the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging will be at the senior center

Thursday, May 8, at 10 a.m. to demonstrate various aide devices that help with daily activities. She also will try to answer any ques-tions people have.

Nutrition classesStarting Monday, May 12, from

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., staff from Brass City Harvest of Wa-terbury will teach nutrition edu-cation and healthy cooking classes every Monday for a month. The classes are free, but they are limited to 20 partici-pants.

Nutrition education will ad-dress behavior modification techniques as they relate to diet and nutrition; meal planning; nutrition for special medical top-ics such as those suffering from heart disease, diabetes, osteoar-thritis, high cholesterol and physical disability (lack of phys-ical activity); interventions for those on certain heart, blood pressure and kidney medica-tions; and interventions that will be useful for older adults who eat alone.

All participants will receive a take-home package based on that week’s lesson, recipes and at least one food item. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat in the class.

Memorial Day luncheon

Celebrate Memorial Day early with a luncheon Wednesday, May 14, at 11:45 a.m. at the Middle-bury Senior Center in Shepard-son Community Center. There will be entertainment and raffles, and any veteran who brings in a military item such as a hat, jacket or shirt will receive five free raffle tickets.

The menu will be cucumber and tomato salad, chef’s special meatloaf with gravy, mashed po-tatoes with gravy, gourmet broc-coli, rolls and butter, and choco-late cake. The cost is $8 per per-son. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve a seat.

Chair yogaThis new program meets Mon-

days from 9 to 10:15 a.m. in Room 28 at Shepardson Community

Center. The class is led by Joyce Picker and costs $25 for six weeks. Chair yoga employs modified yoga poses that can be done while seated on a chair.

Computer classesSean Howard from the Mid-

dlebury Senior Center’s com-puter lab gives classes on Win-dows 8. Students who wish to learn Windows 8 are asked to bring their laptops.

Sean also teaches basic to ad-vanced personal computer skills for Windows 7 and 8. He can be reached from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To make an appointment, call 203-577-4166, ext. 711.

There is a $15 hourly fee. Or you can sign up for four classes for $25. Each class is approxi-mately one hour long. You don’t have to be a senior citizen to take advantage of these classes.

Table tennisJoin Rene Cunningham for

some table tennis at Shepardson Community Center every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no charge.

Date Time Address/Incident04-20 01:50 578 South St. Small fire of building materi-

als. Extinguished fire.04-20 11:17 578 South St. Small demolition fire. Discov-

ered fire was being caused by spontaneous combustion from oily rags in black garbage bag.

04-22 11:42 Glenwood Ave. Tree on wires. CL&P noti-fied. Closed road until hazard mitigated. Two police officers standing by.

04-22 23:15 Kelly Road. Found fully involved motor ve-hicle. Extinguished with bumper turret.

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Raye Virginia RealeBeloved mother

and grandmother

Raye Virginia Reale, 69, of Mid-dlebury, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 20, 2014, in the VITAS Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital. Raye was born Dec. 18, 1944, the daughter of the late Hollis R. and Mildred (Gray) Ackley.

She was employed as a dispatcher for many years at Eastwood Towing in Waterbury. She was an avid Red Sox fan, a former Girl Scout leader and a member of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Auxil-iary. Raye’s hobbies included read-ing, music, girl’s field hockey and listening to her grandchildren laugh. She was an animal lover above all else.

Mrs. Reale is survived by a daugh-ter, Susan Reale and Dennis Young of North Reading, Mass.; two sons, Russ Reale and his wife, Syndi, of Temecula, Calif., and Daniel Reale and Sara Iadarola of Middlebury; her son-in-law, Mark Wither of Prospect;

her grandchildren: Alex Kindle of Bethlehem; Spencer, Rylie and Nicholas Reale of Temecula, Calif.; and Christian and Kyleigh Favale of Middlebury. She was predeceased by a daughter, Nancy Reale Wither. She also leaves behind her beloved cat, Malarky.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. at the Pros-pect Memorial Funeral Home at 72 Waterbury Road in Prospect. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Calling hours will be held at the funeral home Sunday, May 4, from 2 to 3 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 1075 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708; H.S.U.S., 2100 L St., N.W., Washington, DC 20037; Defenders of Wildlife, 1130 17th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; AS-PCA, 424 E. 92nd St., New York, NY 10128; or American Diabetes Asso-ciation, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312. To place online condo-lences please log on to www.prospectmemorial.com.

Smoothie and juice workshop

Cheryl Albino, an American Association of Drugless Practi-tioners-certified health coach, will demonstrate making smoothies and green juices Thursday, May 8, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Shepardson Community Cen-ter.

Those interested in learning how to make healthy, quick, nu-tritious smoothies and green juices will have a hands-on op-portunity to sample tasty smoothies and green juices. Par-ticipants will learn about the benefits of smoothies and juicing to support optimal health. The workshop will include handouts with delicious, healthy recipes to take home. The fee is $40 for residents; $50 for nonresidents.

Pee wee summer campPee Wee Camp for 3- and

4-year-olds will meet Monday to Friday, June 9 to 20, from 9:30 to

11:30 a.m. at Shepardson Com-munity Center. Please note the start date is a week later than originally announced. Resident registration is open; nonresident registration will begin May 5. The fee is $75 for residents; $85 for nonresidents.

Host families neededHave you made your summer

plans? Would you think about hosting a Fresh Air Fund child from New York City? This sum-mer, The Fresh Air Fund needs more host families to carry on its great summertime tradition of sharing the joys of suburban and small-town life with youngsters from New York City – picking berries straight from the vine, chasing fireflies for the first time or walking barefoot through a grassy meadow. For more infor-mation on how you can volun-teer this summer, contact Heather Roy at 203-758-1351 or [email protected] or visit www.freshair.org.

Kenneth Long, representing the Water Pollution Control Author-ity, said rip-rap boulders were the most effective long-term way of stabilizing the eroding bank. Wetlands Enforcement Officer Deborah Seavey agreed boulders had worked well on past projects. Long said the silt would be re-moved at the same time as con-struction, and disturbed areas would be restored with seeds and hay.

Correction of drainage issues on grassy fields at 317 Tranquility Road and proposed construction

of a 14-foot-by-20-foot farm shed near the Lake Quassapaug shore-line were unanimously accepted for review. Curt Smith of Smith and Company told commission-ers erosion through the fields had been occurring for years. He said interceptor drains could replace existing failed French drains and route rainwater to a nearby small wetlands area he described as a rain garden.

Smith said the free-standing wood shed was similar to one approved by the commission at Long Cove and would be sup-ported by cinder blocks, not a foundation, and would not have electricity, water or septic. He said the shed would be about 20

feet from the shore, and con-struction would include grading and widening a two-foot berm to provide about 18 feet of sand area. Owner Jean Peterson said the shed would provide a secure place to store plastic beach chairs and kayaks, and the berm grading would make it easier for her to pull the kayak up from the lake.

An application by Joseph Ber-nardi of 450 Regan Road for a permit for brush removal on Lot 119 was not addressed because Bernardi did not attend the meet-ing. He had been informally told to see Seavey for a permit when he appeared March 25 and no quorum of commissioners was present.

Chairman Thomas Proulx wel-comed new member Justin Scott Stanziale, who was appointed by the Board of Selectmen April 21 to fill the seat left open when for-mer Chairman Paul Bowler asked not to be reappointed in October 2013. Proulx said busy schedules made it difficult to obtain quo-rums, and he thanked Stanziale for volunteering his time.

The next regular CC meeting will be Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 26 at Shepard-son Community Center. The meeting will start with a review of new wetlands regulations in what Seavey called a “house-keeping session.”

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working with the group to esti-mate how many feet of fencing will be needed and what it will cost. Once the fencing is in place, the dog bag dispensers, garbage cans, signs, picnic tables and so on will need to be purchased and installed.

After the park is up and run-ning, the group expects to in-clude “Buy a Brick” and “Per-sonalized Plaque” campaigns in

its fundraising. The personalized plaques would allow residents to create a lasting tribute to their beloved companion pets or just make a fun statement declaring their love of dogs and support for the dog park.

Dassonville said she hopes Middlebury residents will share and help support her dream for a wonderful recreational area for dogs and their owners. Those who would like to support the project can contact Dassonville at [email protected].

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made sense to have them provide the service. “They have the in-dexes from 1807 to the present,” Salisbury said.

We asked how current the records are, and Salisbury went online to check. On April 30, doc-uments recorded in the town clerk’s office April 28 were al-ready online.

Salisbury noted there has been some confusion about in-dexes and images. The indexes list all land transactions back to 1807. They contain a lot of infor-mation about the transactions, but don’t necessarily offer im-ages of the documents them-selves. Currently, images are available for land records dating back to 1999.

Older images will become available as scanning of them is funded through state library grants. This is an ongoing project begun three years ago. In three years, 10 years of images have been added to the records.

Salisbury said title searchers find the online records helpful because they can look at the in-dexes and gauge the amount of time they will have to spend at town hall based on the number of records associated with the property they are researching. Even if the images are available online, they probably still will come to town hall, she said, be-cause they will save a dollar a page if they do so.

Salisbury said people often need only the first two pages of a mortgage and the signature page, so at town hall they would pay $3 for those pages. If they

view or print the same document through the online site, they will have to pay $2 a page for every page in the document, whether they need it or not. For a 20-page document, they would pay $40.

Genealogists also may find the online site helpful for their re-search. And while it would seem likely someone out in California doing genealogical research might choose to pay $2 a page to print a document, if they aren’t in a hurry they can send a check to Salisbury to cover the pages they need, and she will mail the pages to them. She said she han-dles a lot of requests for copies by telephone and by mail.

The online site is uslandrecords.com. Once there, click on Connecticut on the map of the U.S. That takes you to the next screen, where you can choose Middlebury in the box that says

“Select a city/town.” That takes you to a page where you can en-ter your search criteria, searching by name, document or volume and choosing the date range and types of documents you would like to search for. When the re-sults come up, you will have ba-sic information for that record – filing date, the person’s status (grantee or grantor), the record number, the type of record, the number of pages and the volume and page in the town hall land record books. Clicking on the preview button will give more information on the property.

To go farther, even just to look at the documents, you will have to pay $2 a page. However, as mentioned earlier, you can go to town hall and pay $1 a page for copies, or you can mail your check to Salisbury, and she will make copies and mail them back to you.

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By KEN MORSE

The Pomperaug softball team swept a doubleheader Monday at Treadwell Town Park in Newtown, while the Panthers baseball team earned a split in a doubleheader with the Nighthawks at Fairfield Hills Complex.

The Lady Panthers pulled out an edge-of-your seat, 2-1 cliff-hanger in the opener in a game that saw a few defensive gems that could have made an ESPN high-light reel. The Panthers made it a sweep, taking the second game 6-3 behind solid pitching and timely hitting.

The Pomperaug baseball team rode the pitching of Cooper Moo-ney to win a 5-1 decision in game one but dropped a tough one in the nightcap as Newtown escaped with an 8-6 eight-inning victory.

Lauren Reilly went the distance for the Lady Panthers in game one, scattering five hits and strik-ing out eight, including the final out in six of the seven innings in the pitcher’s circle.

“We pulled out a tough one, but we got solid pitching and some great defense to back it up,” said

Pomperaug head coach Paul Masotto. “We got our bat on the ball, but we did run ourselves out an inning or two.”

Reilly got all the help she needed in the field when left fielder Annie Yacavone back ped-dled and managed to pull down a shot that was heading for extra bases in the sixth. One inning later, third baseman Rebecca Meyer wrapped the leather around a vicious blast, robbing the Newtown batter of a hit and paving the way for Reilly to seal the deal.

Newtown got on the board first in the top of the third inning when Karlie Kuligowski singled to cen-ter, went to second on a wild pitch, and advanced to third on a ground out to short. Katie Laaksonen drove a two-strike, two-out single into left field to put the Night-hawks on top by a 1-0 margin.

Pomperaug didn’t waste any time getting back in the game as Reilly smashed a single to center in the bottom of the frame. Erin Ruggiero followed with a single to left, setting the table, and a passed ball had runners at second and third with one out.

Newtown pitcher Gillian Ga-lante struck out the next batter and was almost out of the woods when a wild pitch brought Reilly charg-ing down the third-base line. The relay throw arrived before Reilly, but she managed to slide under the tag to tie the game at 1-1.

Pomperaug mounted a threat in the fourth, sacrificing Laurel Williams to second base. Jess Eisenbach made solid contact, but her bid for a hit was stopped in the hole at shortstop as Galante got out of the jam.

Pomperaug was putting their bat on the ball, and it was only a matter of time before they would cash in. Kaela Harris led off the sixth inning with a walk. Ruggiero planted a bunt out in front of the pitcher’s circle, but the throw got past the first baseman and the Panthers were in business.

Anabella Pastorok hit a single over the head of the second base-man as Harris raced home with the eventual winning run. Pomp-eraug couldn’t add to the advan-tage and held a 2-1 lead with New-town coming up for its final at bat.

Meyer snared a hot smash down the line, and Brianna An-tonazzo fielded a hard grounder up the first base side. Reilly, who had struck out the final batter in five of the six innings, ended the

game by striking out the final bat-ter in the seventh inning. She walked off the mound having struck out the final batter in six of the seven innings she pitched.

“The girls are playing well, and we have a lot of younger players out there making some big plays,” added Masotto.

The Lady Panthers won the nightcap 6-3 with Ashley An-tonazzo earning the victory in the pitcher’s circle, scattering seven hits and striking out four. Ruggiero led the attack going three for three at the plate and scoring two runs. Meyer added two hits with a triple and two runs scored.

Pomperaug at 8-1 will host New Milford today, Friday, May 2, at 4:15 p.m. and will have Stratford, Bethel and Notre Dame of Fair-field on tap next week.

In the boys’ games at Newtown, the Panthers were hanging on to a slim 2-1 advantage in the fifth inning when they erupted for three runs to put away the Night-hawks in game one of the double header Monday at Fairfield Hills Complex.

Jake Wilson had singled and doubled, scoring both of the Pan-thers’ runs with Sam Rubinstein hitting an RBI single and Cooper Mooney belting an RBI double. Pomperaug upped the ante with

RBI singles from Luke Frering and Rubinstein along with a run-scor-ing double by Nate Zappone to extend the advantage at 5-1.

Mooney went five and two-thirds innings on the hill, scatter-ing seven hits and striking out three. Jon Bedard and Justin Mayer closed out the win in one and a third innings of relief.

Frering started the second game of the doubleheader and surrendered five runs in the fourth inning as Newtown put together a rally. Virgil Procaccini did the damage, belting a bases-loaded triple.

Frering battled to get his team back in it, slamming a two-run homer to left in the bottom of the fourth and then hitting a two-out, two-run double to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

Mayer pitched four innings of relief, and Newtown was able to scratch across two runs in the eighth to pull out the 8-6 white-knuckle win. Frering had a double, a home run and four RBI to pace the Panthers attack, and Mooney had two hits, two runs and two RBI.

Pomperaug at 5-5 will host New Milford today, Friday, May 2, at 4:15 p.m. with games next week against Stratford, Bethel and Notre Dame of Fairfield.

Pomperaug High school Varsity Games

1. The San Diego Padres.2. Detroit’s Bill Gullickson

(1991) and New York’s Andy Pettitte (1996) and David Cone (1998).

3. Florida. Florida State played in the first three, and Miami the next two.

4. The Washington Bullets beat the Sonics in Seattle in 1978.

5. The 1967-68 Montreal Cana-diens.

6. He was 46 when he won the Pocono 500 in 1981.

7. Fourteen.


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2. Three pitchers during the 1990s led or co-led the A.L. in wins for a season without tossing a shutout. Name two of them.

3. Of Florida, Florida State and Miami, which was the only college football team to not play in at least one of the first five BCS national champion-ship games?

4. When was the last time an NBA Finals team won Game Seven on the road?

5. In the 2013-14 season, the Anaheim Ducks became the second team in NHL history to win 18 times in 19 games. Which was the first?

6. How old was driver A.J. Foyt when he won his last IndyCar race?

7. How many consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals did tennis star Novak Djokovic make before losing in the Aus-tralian Open quarterfinals in 2014?

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Pomperaug’s Lauren Reilly slides under the tag at the plate to score the tying run in the third inning Monday night. (Ken Morse photo)


DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 88 years old and in good health except for a small stroke I had a year ago with no lingering deficiencies. I have had an enlarged prostate for most of my adult life, but a biopsy showed no cancer. I have had problems with urgency. I tried a medication, doxazosin, with poor results, if any. My last visit, they recommended nothing more than medication. Is remov-ing the prostate not advisable because of my age? What’s the reason they don’t remove it com-pletely? – C.W.S. ANSWER: Symptoms of an en-larged prostate in men without cancer are common, and the condition is called benign pros-tatic hypertrophy. BPH can be treated with either medication or surgery. For most men, medica-tion works well. Saw palmetto is used by many men, but well-done trials have shown it to be no better than a placebo.

Medications like doxazosin, including tamsulosin (Flomax), often are the first ones tried and usually work pretty well, but fin-asteride (Proscar) and du-tasteride (Avodart) are effective as well. A combination is proba-bly most effective of all. However, even that doesn’t work for some men.

The most common prostate surgery nowadays is a TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate). This is far less invasive and has fewer risks than the old

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Age in and of itself does not necessarily preclude surgery. However, a history of stroke does make surgery a bit more risky. I don’t recommend surgery lightly, and since you haven’t reported giving finasteride or dutasteride a chance, either alone or in com-bination, I would recommend a good trial of those before con-templating surgery.

The booklet on prostate en-largement and prostate cancer deals with these common male problems in detail. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach – No. 1001W, Box 536475, Or-lando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and ad-dress. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband has numerous skin tags under both arms. Now he’s starting to get them around his neck and on his eyelids. We’ve been told to tie a string around them, or a der-matologist he saw told him to get a good pair of cuticle scissors and cut them off, but there are way too many to do that. Is there any-thing else we might try? – R.L.ANSWER: Skin tags are benign growths that are very common on the neck, armpits, groin or other places where skin rubs. They are harmless, and nothing needs to be done about them unless they are cosmetically im-portant. The best way to remove them is to have a dermatologist or other expert remove them di-rectly. I don’t recommend trying to remove them yourself with scissors, since I have occasionally seen them bleed enough after removal to require a stitch.

The last time I wrote about skin tags, several readers wrote to recommend Tag Away, an over-the-counter product. It may be worth a try, although the re-views about this product are somewhat mixed.

Dr. Roach regrets he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Read-ers may email questions to To- [email protected].

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The fastest way to re-duce those scratched areas by the front door

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Without an idea of how bad the scratches and scuffs are, I can’t say exactly how you should resolve the problem. So I’ll tell you how to deal with a few scratches and how to deal with a bigger problem.

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A second method, particularly if you’re worried about ruining the floor finish, is to cover the dent with wood putty and stain it to match. Apply the putty one small amount at a time, smooth-ing it completely into the depres-sion, until it’s filled and flush with the surrounding floor. Then use a stain marker in a color matching the wood – either apply directly to the putty or blot a cloth with the stain and dab or rub it into the putty and sur-rounding area. Allow the area to dry undisturbed for at least a day.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My golden retriever mix, Benny, seems to be drinking a lot more water lately. Every time we’re near a water dish or a running tap, he is lapping water like crazy. This doesn’t seem normal, even though the weather is now much warmer. What could be wrong? – Lane Y., Columbia, Md.DEAR ANITA: While it could be just excess thirst due to the hot weather, anytime you feel some-thing is not right with your pet, you should act on that feeling. I recommend taking Benny in to see the veterinarian as soon as possible.

A number of health issues can cause excessive water drinking among dogs and cats. I’m not going to speculate about Benny’s health, because he could be just fine. Diseases like diabetes can make pets thirsty, as can emer-gencies like bloat (which can occur in dogs that eat too much at once and must be dealt with immediately by a veterinarian). A number of other conditions can cause excessive thirst, too.

The vet will check for any im-mediate causes of concern, and may do blood tests to determine if anything systemic is going on. If Benny seems OK, he will tell you to keep monitoring his water intake. You may want to keep a journal – carry around a small notebook or use your smart-phone’s note-taking app – to jot down the time and place Benny takes a drink and how long he drinks. You also might want to note any changes in Benny’s coat, his behavior (overly excited or lethargic), or even if every-thing seems normal.

If Benny’s excessive drinking continues or worsens, his overall condition worsens or if you still just don’t feel right about how things are going, contact the vet again to continue testing and monitoring him.Send your questions or comments to [email protected].


SUNSHINESunshine is a wonderful 3-year-old girl who

just longs for the family that will adore her and keep her safe. The best family fit for her would be one that would cater just to her, as she really does want to be your one and only. This cat has a lot of love to give and deserves the same in return.

For more information as well as a time to meet her, please email the shelter at [email protected].

Q-TIPThis is Q-Tip. What a character she is. Q-Tip is

about 3 years old, and she runs the place. She does not bother with the other residents at the facility. Instead, she made herself right at home in the middle room and will not leave. She is content and loves her alone space. She would love a less active home where she can do her thing and live life comfortably.

Students of Dean Meier, a certified fifth-degree master instructor in the Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan, are shown in this photo. Meier’s Middlebury Martial Arts Academy grand opening is today, Friday, May 2, at 6 p.m. at 1255 Middlebury Road in the Middle-bury Hamlet complex. The community is invited to come and watch an exciting demonstration and enjoy complimentary refreshments. One lucky at-

tendee will receive a certificate for a free month of classes.

The karate studio will be open six days a week with afternoon and evening classes for students ages five and older. It will offer classes and private lessons for children and adults of all ages. There also will be self-defense clinics for women as well as tour-nament preparation classes and weapons training.

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