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Families across the state are taking in children from the inner city for a couple of weeks to communities including Middlefield, Ber-lin, and Newtown as part of the Fresh Air Fund, a non-profit dedicated to bringing New York City kids from low-income families who have never experienced life

outside the inner city free summer experiences with carefully vetted host fami-lies. The organization also runs summer camps.

This is the first year in the program for Tancy Gemza of Danbury. She said she’s excited to meet 5-year-old Sue-naya and 11-year-old Thaily, who will be spend-ing the next two weeks at her home.

Gemza said she plans

to take to the kids blue-berry-picking at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield – something the city-slickers have certainly never expe-rienced. Gemza said she knows one of the kids likes to bake, and hopes to enjoy making her grandmother’s blueberry tea-cake recipe together.

“I think it’s really great,”

Inner city youth see their first stars and suburbs

By Charles KreutzkampTown Times

A crowd gathered at a McDonald’s parking lot in Waterbury to meet the children they would be hosting for the Fresh Air program. |Charles Kreutzkamp / Town Times

See Suburbs / Page 15

At their regular meet-ing on Aug. 4, the Middle-field Board of Selectmen announced and formally ac-cepted a STEAP grant in the amount of $131,000 for the repair of the bridge on Miller Road.

STEAP grants come from the state of Connecticut in amounts up to $500,000. STEAP stands for “Small Town Economic Assistance Program.”

The grant, announced on July 21 by Gov. Dannel Mal-loy’s office, does not cover

Middlefield receives $131,000 grant By Mark DionneTown Times

See Grant / Page 13

Working in government isn’t quite like what you see on TV, but there are kernels of truth in television, accord-ing to Don Rawling, a for-mer Town of Durham intern and Coginchaug Regional High School graduate, who is headed to an internship in Washington D.C. after earning a Master of Public Adminis-tration degree from Columbia University.

Rawling has previously worked at the state capitol and served on the Town of Durham’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Task Force.

In 2007, only two years af-ter graduating high school, Rawling was an intern at the Durham Town Hall. “I got to work with Laura Francis, who was town clerk at the time – of course, now she’s first select-man,” Rawling said. After that, he worked with Kim Garvis, the current town clerk.

“He had a great head on his shoulders,” Garvis recalled. Garvis said that Rawling was a great help when Durham was working on bringing the town proceedings book up to date.

Garvis remembered Rawl-ing as a hard worker who was great both as a team member

Former Durham intern heads to D.C.By Charles KreutzkampTown Times

See Intern / Page 14

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Former Durham resident Dr. Tanya Feke will give a talk on Medicare at the Durham Public Library on Aug. 12 at 2:30 pm.

“There are a lot of things that people aren’t instinc-tively aware of and I feel that they’re missing out on a lot of opportunities to save money and opportunities to get bet-ter health care,” Feke said in an interview with Town Times.

Feke practiced family medicine in Durham before moving to Windham, New Hampshire near the Massa-chusetts border where she works as a hospital consul-tant. This experience work-ing with hospitals, Feke said, has given her experience with Medicare problems. “That’s where I learned a lot of the nitty-gritty.”

Feke said she misses di-rect patient care and plans to work in urgent care in the future.

According to Library Di-rector Trish Connelly, Fe-ke’s professional experience makes her a valuable speaker for the community. “With ex-perience caring for patients in the clinic and working be-hind the scenes with adminis-trators, she has learned tricks that can save money and im-prove the healthcare experi-ence,” Connolly wrote in a

press release.The talk, Feke said, “is

for anyone interested in the topic,” including Medicare patients and those caring for family members on Medicare.

According to Feke, one of the biggest misunderstand-ings concerning Medicare is the idea that it pays for everything. That can be a costly misunderstanding for patients.

As an example, Feke said, patients who do not sign up for their prescription drug benefits in the proper time frame can get hit with late fees. Other patients might not be aware of preventa-tive services they are eligi-ble for. Feke also said that a patient’s admission status to a hospital as in-patient or for observation can make a “tre-mendous” difference to the expense.

The talk is a simple pre-sentation with question and answer opportunities meant to empower people despite what Feke admits can be “alarming” subject matter.

Feke also wrote a book, “Medicare Essentials: a Phy-sician Insider Explains the Fine Print,” to translate some of Medicare’s ways.

“Medicare is not transpar-

Medicare talk with Dr. Feke Aug. 12

By Mark DionneTown Times

Dr. Tanya Feke, author of “Medicare Essentials: A Physician Insider Explains the Fine Print,” will give a talk on Medicare at the Durham Public Library on Aug. 12 at 2:30 pm.

See Medicare / Page 18

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The children at the BASREP Summer Program were visited by “Mr. Gym” (Chris Keithan) during the “Opposite Olympics” week. Through songs and music, Mr. Gym taught the children about personal fitness and showed them how physical activity can also be fun.

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The Town of Durham has scheduled a public hearing for Monday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m., at the Durham Library.

The purpose of the public hearing is to present infor-mation, discuss, and provide an opportunity for public comment on(1) Proposed ordinance relative to the exemption of

horses and ponies from personal property taxation.(2) Discussion of Application for Medium Z-REC pro-

posal for Solar Farm on town owned property.The public is welcome. The hearing is accessible to

the handicapped.Any disabled persons requiring special assistance or

non-English speaking persons should contact Laura L. Francis, First Selectman, at (860) 349-3625 at least five days prior to the hearing.

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Two Coginchaug Regional High School graduates and alums of District 13 stages are members of the produc-tion team bringing “Legally Blonde, Jr.” to Connecticut for the first time.

Zach Martowski of Durham is the director and Joe Oblon of Middlefield is the musical director for the show, which is the third of four sessions at Meriden Youth Theater’s 2014 Musical Theater Camp.

“Legally Blonde, Jr.” is not the first time Martowski and Oblon have worked on a play together. That would be a 2002 production of “Annie” at John Lyman Elementary School where, as fourth and fifth grade students, they shared the role of Daddie Warbucks. That was the first play for Oblon, who also auditioned

to be an orphan, not realiz-ing that the orphans were all girls. Martowski, a year older, had already been in MYT productions.

Both continued perform-ing into high school. Oblon and Martowski were in “Once Upon a Mattress” together at CRHS in 2008. Oblon was

CRHS grads are bringing “Legally Blonde, Jr.” to state

By Mark DionneTown Times

At a “Legally Blonde, Jr.” rehearsal, director Zach Martowski (left) and musical director Joe Oblon stand with Caylie Whiteside of Berlin, who will be playing Elle Woods, and Zoey the dog, who will be playing Bruiser.

| Mark Dionne / Town Times

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A fond farewellTo the editor:Having retired from the Town of Middlefield, I would like

to say that it has been a pleasure to work for the town this past 15 years.

The Assessor is not normally the most liked person in a town, but Middlefield has proven to be somewhat of an exception.

I have worked with, and met many nice people who have generally been very supportive of my position.

I would also like to thank the many people who have stopped by the office to wish me well these past few weeks. I’m sure my successor, Dave Stannard, will continue to serve the town as I have.

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Feeling overwhelmed? May be time for a life coach

It happens to us all. One day you’re riding high, feel-ing like you’ve got the pro-verbial tiger by the tail, and the next day it all comes crashing down. You want to spend the day, or your life, in bed with the covers pulled over your head. What happened? Your thoughts are what happened. It’s not the events that cause us our misery – it’s the thoughts about the events. There’s

evidence of this all around us; like when two people in the same or similar circum-stances experience them differently. One grows from the experience and sees the gifts, while the other is down for the count.

So what to do on those “I don’t want to get out of beds days”? You detach from those thoughts that are holding you hostage. Are you absolutely certain that they’re true? Is there an-other way to look at things? Can you find examples in

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In the first of this series, re-porter Charles Kreutzkamp visits hidden treasures in loca-tions served by Record-Jour-nal weekly newspapers.

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This cache was placed to commemorate the owner’s first experience with voting, which happened during a budget referendum in 2003. He wrote that he was inter-viewed by a reporter on that fateful day.

The app pinpointed the cache within 30 feet, and I looked high and low for something the size of a film

canister or spice jar for more than 20 minutes. I did find two active wasps’ nests, and after a couple of dive-bomb attempts at my face, I aban-doned my search.

Every person has a right to a phobia, and mine is flying, stinging insects – so reluc-tantly I logged a “DNF” (did not find) on the Geocaching website for my first time out.

The next cache I sought

Hidden treasures abound

A geocache lies hidden somewhere at the American Legion, but all this reporter found was wasps’ nests.

| Charles Kreutzkamp / Town Times

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after, “Thank You Veterans,” was placed within walking distance at Veteran’s Park and was placed to “honor all service members, past, pres-ent, and future,” according to the listing.

I picked up a few bits of trash. Keenly aware that their hobby involves leaving ob-jects in the woods, Geocach-ers place a lot of emphasis on picking up litter, with the slogan “cache in, trash out.”

This cache eluded me as well, despite a frantic half-hour search, as did “What’s all that buzz about” at Sage Park.

“I pitched this to my editor as a series about Geocaches in our towns, not a series about a reporter wandering around unable to find any-thing,” I kept thinking.

The next day, my fiancée (code name: HisGirlFriday) accompanied me for another shot at finding a cache some-where in Berlin. Thinking we might have a bit more luck looking for a traditional in-the-woods cache, we went looking for “Cross Coun-try at Sage Park.” It all be-gan to seem hopeless as we stomped about in the woods, but once we returned to the path, we finally spotted bits of red showing under-neath black electrical tape wrapped around a spice jar.

We opened it, and gleam-ing inside were a few pieces of paper. We logged our vis-its under our Geocaching names with the date. Filled with the rush of victory, we went back for another crack at the three I couldn’t find yesterday.

My fiancée had no more luck than I locating those, but we struck gold again down the street at “Does anybody really know what time it is,” a very cleverly hidden cache located at Vol-unteer Park. The piece of

candy inside this cache re-minded us that another part of the treasure hunt is trad-ing items for something of equal or greater value.

We removed nothing, but added a Russian ruble to the container, which was dis-guised with camouflage tape.

We finished with another cache at Maple Cemetery. My fiancée, an Indiana native and a lover of history, was awed by the 1800’s-era grave-stones. An excellent hint led us to this cache, which con-tained a small heart-shaped pendant and a folded up playing card. We added a glass bead.

I’ll close with three pieces of advice for other first-tim-ers: one, read the rules and etiquette thoroughly. Two: some caches are easier than others, and size is a big fac-tor. A small or medium cache seems an easier first find than an extra small. Hiking trail caches seem easier than urban ones. Three: study a photo of the poison ivy plant before going, just in case.

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The first geocache this reporter found is in this stretch of woods at Sage Park. | Charles Kreutzkamp / Town Times

A large flock of geese near the American Legion Aug. 1. | Charles Kreutzkamp / Town Times

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Gren Wells succeeds in her directorial debut THE ROAD INSIDE not just be-cause of her amazing script,

but because she put all her heart into the film. When she introduced the film at the LA Film Festival, she showed everyone just that. First she asked if anyone in the audience ever swore. The

audience roared. Then she asked if anyone swore every day. The cheers continued but to a slightly lesser degree. Then she asked what it would be like if you had bursts of swearing at inappropriate times that you could not con-trol. This grounded the audi-ence to the realities of what they were about to see. THE ROAD WITHIN is not only a film about a road trip, it is a journey through Tourette syndrome.

Tourette syndrome is a neurobiologic disorder that affects as many as 3 in 1,000 Americans according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Depending on the study, international estimates range between 0.4 percent and 3.8 percent of the population. The condition is

characterized by tics, invol-untary movements and vocal-izations, that start to develop in childhood, often between 5 and 10 years old. The variant of Tourette syndrome known as coprolalia, known for its profanity and obscenities, has garnered the most public attention though it represents less than 10 percent of all cases. Tics tend to decrease in severity during adulthood. While medications are often used in an attempt to help manage (not definitively stop) the tics, their effects are rarely long lasting.

Thankfully, THE ROAD WITHIN did not rely on society’s preconceptions. The film reached out to the Tourette Syndrome Associ-ation (TSA) to learn more about the condition. Jaxon Kramer, Tourette syndrome speaker and advocate, met with director Gren Wells at

Café Gratitude. Wells de-scribed their meeting to me as follows: “He is amazing. I met him at a restaurant and he was so open and honest. He said “ask my anything.” Of course, he is ticking away. He used to have coprolalia; it phased out in his teens. He was ticking along with his face and some physical tics. At one point, I really looked in and said, “I am sorry that is so rude.” He said, “no, no, no, that’s why we’re here, for you to learn about this. The more you stare at me, the more the tics will come.” At one point he sat on his hands and I said “what is that for?” and he said so he doesn’t flip the table. Meanwhile, I am thinking, flip the table. I want to see what happens. It was fascinating to me.”

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We had a very nice camp-site with a shallow river that we could dip our feet in after those long hikes! Some of our scouts made Dutch oven din-ners for us and adult leader Mr. Toth demonstrated how to make a Thanksgiving tur-key dinner in a garbage can. Yum! Life scout William Stad-don recited the Gettysburg Address and explained its meaning to us.

We had a great time hik-ing, camping, exploring and learning together. We learned a lot while spending time with our friends.

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Levi E. Coe Library

Library hours: Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Fridays.

The library is closed Sat-urdays for the summer.

Museum passesLevi E. Coe Library has

museum passes. Multiple state parks and forests are available.

Summer Reading Program - Fizz, Boom, Read, In-per-son registration only.

Zinio - The Levi E. Coe Library subscribes to Zinio. Patrons may access over a dozen different magazines online.

Durham Public Library

Library hours: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Programs for kids:Foreign Language Work-

shops (ages 7 to 10). Tues-days, through Aug. 19, 4 to 5 p.m. Led by Coginchaug High School student Shaun Whitaker, the program uses games, songs, stories and crafts to appreciate and teach basic French and Spanish.

Farmer’s Market Storytime (all ages). Thursdays, 5 p.m. Stories, songs, movements activities on the Durham Green. Weather permitting.

Programs for teens:Teen end of summer party

(ages 11 to 18). Friday, Aug. 8, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Food, games, music and raffle prizes.

Teen Advisory Group Ice Cream Social (ages 12 to 18). Tuesday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m. Make you own sundae. Discuss how to improve the library. New members welcome.

Programs for adultsOscar Winner Movie Mat-

inees: Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Aug. 14 - Blue Jasmine. Aug. 21 - 12 Years A Slave.Learn the Essentials of

Medicare from Physician Dr. Tanya Feke - Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2:30 p.m. Feke is the au-thor of “Medicare Essentials:

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Marc Andre Breton ST. PAUL, Minn. — Marc Andre Breton, 56, of St. Paul, Minn., passed away

Monday, July 28, 2014, af-ter a nearly 3-year odys-sey with can-cer. He was born in Lew-iston, Maine, on July 14,

1958, to Joseph and Pau-line Breton. Marc grew up with his seven siblings in Durham, Conn., and gradu-ated from Coginchaug Re-gional High School. He was class salutatorian in 1976. Marc received a Bachelor of Science degree in chem-ical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then worked as a chemical and environ-mental engineer and trav-eled extensively. He grad-uated from the University of Minnesota with MA and ABD degrees in econom-ics. Marc married in 2001 and became a proud father in 2002. He worked for 15 years for the State of Min-nesota, where he was much appreciated by the staff he managed, and the peo-ple with whom he worked. Marc loved spending time with his family, camping, and visiting Cape Cod. He is survived by his devoted wife, Teri; his daughter and the light-of-his-life, Maddy; his stepson, Eliot; his fa-ther, Joseph; his brothers, Michael, Dan, Paul, and Leo; his sisters, Jeannine, Marie, and Cecile; and their spouses and chil-dren. He was loved by a large extended family and cherished by many friends and neighbors. A memori-al celebration will be held on Saturday, August 9, at noon at the Notre Dame Church hall, 272 Main Street, Durham, Conn. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Marc’s name to Pancreat-ic Cancer Action Network (www.PanCan.org); or di-rected to Elizabeth Breton for a memorial at the Audu-bon Society sanctuary on Cape Cod.

Walter H. Michalke Jr. MIDDLEFIELD — Walter H. Michalke Jr., 84, loving husband of Eda (Schwanke) Michalke, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2014 at Middle-sex Hospital. He was born March 14, 1930 in Meriden to the late Walter and Ag-nes (Beal) Michalke Sr. Walter proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, was a parishioner of St. John Lutheran Church in Mer-iden, and a member of the Meriden Masonic Lodge No. 97 and the Middlefield VFW. He worked for INSIL-CO Co., retired from MRM Industries, and served as a town constable in Middle-field for 12 years. In addition to Eda, his wife of 62 years, he is sur-vived by two sons, Walter (Sheila) Michalke, of New Jersey; and William Mi-chalke, of Middlefield; two grandchildren, Allison and Douglas; two brothers, Gerald and Kenneth Mi-chalke; and a close friend, Barbara Brothers; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were private. The Beecher & Bennett-Flatow Funeral Home, 48 Cook Ave., Me-riden, was in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to the American Lung Associa-tion, 45 Ash St., East Hart-ford, CT 06108.

Richard DiLauro MIDDLEFIELD — Richard DiLauro, 67, of Middlefield,

beloved hus-band of Cyn-thia (Thomp-son) DiLauro, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at Middlesex Hospital sur-rounded by

family and close friends. He was born in New Ha-ven, a graduate of Hamden High School and served in the U.S. Army. He was the son of Henrietta (Borkows-ki) DiLauro of North Haven and the late Edward DiLau-ro. Prior to his employment at Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort, Richard worked at Beavex Inc. for over eight years. Besides his wife of 20 years, Cynthia (Cindy/Deede), he is survived by his sons, Damien Ed-ward DiLauro, of Chester and Justin John Thom-as DiLauro and his wife, Genevieve, of Meriden; as well as daughters, Heather Jean Scionti and her hus-band, Dave, of Glaston-bury and Holly Anne Ian-

nucci, of Coconut Creek, Fla.; grandchildren, Emon-nie, Eva, Nathan, Madelyn and Christian; as well as his sister, Paula (DiLauro) Rob-inson and her husband, Le-land; and brother, Robert DiLauro and his wife, Rich-ard was actively involved as a volunteer in the Town of Middlefield and the Lake Beseck neighborhood and will be missed by close friends and family who en-joyed his robust personality and willingness to contrib-ute his efforts for the good of the community in various ways. Funeral services were privately held graveside at Middlefield Cemetery. Doo-little Funeral Home, 14 Old Church St., Middletown has care of the arrange-ments. A wonderful Cele-bration of Life was enjoyed by family and close friends at Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort, Middle-field (see www.moodogpress.com) “A Man and His Mountain (Powder Ridge)”. To share memories or ex-press condolences online please visit www.doolittle-funeralservice.com.


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Notre Dame ChurchNotre Dame Church, 280

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

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CalendarSaturday, Aug. 9

Farmer’s Market - The Dudley Farm Farmer’s Mar-ket is scheduled every Satur-day through October, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 2351 Durham Road, North Guilford. Local and organic fruits and veg-etables, flowers and plants, baked goods, eggs, naturally raised meats, arts and crafts, maple syrup, jams and jellies, pickles and more. Subject to cancellation due to inclement weather. For more informa-

tion, call (860) 349-3917 or www.dudleyfarm.com.

Artisan event - Colors of the Wind Artists’ Emporium & Consignments, 360 Main St., has scheduled a trunk show event for Saturday, Aug. 9, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Meet featured artist Rose Muo-lo-Carrano of Durham. For more information, call (86) 788-2514.

Sunday, Aug. 10Open house - A Place

Called Hope, a rehabilita-tion and education center for birds of prey, has scheduled an open house, fundraising event, for Sunday, Aug. 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 154 Pond Meadow Road, Killingworth. The outdoor event features live birds of prey, tag sale items, aviary tours every hour. Bring a camera. In the case of rain, the open house will be cancelled. For more information, call (203) 804-3453 or (860) 575-9791.

Car show - Cat Tales, Inc. has scheduled its first annual “The Fast and the Furri-est” Charity Car Show” for Sunday, Aug. 10, 10 a.m. to 3p.m., at Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane. All cars, trucks, motorcycles

welcome. For more informa-tion, email [email protected].

Tractor Cruise-in - The Durham Fair Foundation has scheduled the 12th annual Tractor Cruise-In for Sunday, Aug. 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Durham Fairground, Rt. 17. Tractors, antique cars and trucks are welcome. Food will be available. Free parking. A fee is charged.

For more information, www.durhamfairfoundation.org.

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County Historical Society has scheduled a book signing fundraiser, Nails: The Story of the Modern Manicure, for Tuesday, Aug. 12, 7 p.m., at the Wadsworth Mansion, 421 Wadsworth St., Middletown.

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In 2012, Middlefield was awarded a $250,000 STEAP grant for the same project but was unable to find a bid-der to do the work for that price.

“We actually rebid the thing once and rebidding was not successful ... we thought someone would go after it,” said Middlefield First Se-lectman Jon Brayshaw. The grants will be combined for the project. The administer-ing agency for the project is the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.

Marianne Corona asked the selectmen to pursue grants to fight the invasive plant situation at that site at the same time. Selectman Ed Bailey, who is also on the ad-hoc Lake Beseck Committee which often deals with inva-sive species, said that the ad-ministration for those grants is not yet set up.

Middlefield has also ap-plied for a $395,000 STEAP grant for Lake Beseck proj-ects. That request, which has not been awarded, would fund phosphorous manage-ment, water quality monitor-ing, a Lake Manager position, and a plant harvester to help with underwater weeds. STEAP grants are announced

in waves until Sept. 15.In 2013, Durham accepted

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Durham Recreation has scheduled Get Stitchy, an open sew event for quilters and sewers, for Tuesday, Aug. 12, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St. Get Stitchy is a time in-tended for participants to work on projects, ex-change tips and ideas. Bring your project ma-terials, sewing machine and extension cord.

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Rawling said that shows about government, such as Parks and Recreation and House of Cards, are “drama-tized to a certain extent, but the plotlines do come from a lot of truth. That’s the fun part of being and working in government: you get to work with a lot of different personalities.”

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It all started for Rawling when he took A.P. U.S. Gov-ernment with Coginchaug teacher Julie Selberg. That class included an assignment to work on a campaign, and Rawling got his “first taste of what government was about” working on the cam-paign to elect State Rep. Ray

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There are great opportuni-ties available for high school students, including in the state capitol, Rawling said.

The last piece of advice Rawling has is true in any field, whether “in the private sector or for non-profits… People make a lot of emphasis on how important networking is, and it’s totally true.”

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Once the relationship is established, families can keep in touch with the kids they host throughout the year, even inviting them to visit and go sledding in the winter.

These kids are amazed by things “we take for granted,” Carroll-Fischer said.

Marie and Dave Athans are co-chairs of the Newtown Friendly-Town (as the orga-nization calls its regions) for the Fresh Air Fund host fam-ily program. Marie Athans said it’s an amazing sight when kids come off the bus, “adrenaline shooting, and they see all these posters and balloons” held by the host families, some of whom are excitedly re-welcoming visiting kids for consecutive years.

“The little ones on the bus sometimes ask, ‘are we going to a castle?’ That’s how they envision someone’s home,” Marie Athans said. It is ex-pensive to live in the city, and ownership of a free-stand-ing home seems amazing to some of the children, who ask whether their host fam-ilies are rich. “I wish,” Marie Athans quipped.

Kids can be first timers from ages 6 to 12, Marie

Athans explained. According to the couple,

many kids have never had the opportunity to leave the city before. Some even have difficulty sleeping, having never experienced the quiet people living outside the in-ner city take for granted.

Although this is, for many of the kids, the first time they’ve seen the stars in person, according to Marie

Athans, they are most ex-cited by seeing wildlife by the road, including raccoons, possums, and deer. The kids also enjoy catching fireflies and visiting farms where they have the opportunity to see livestock in person.

According to Dave Athans, one of the most powerful ex-periences for the kids can be touring the local police station.

“In New York City, the po-lice have a tough job, and they can be very tough,” Dave Athans explained. Kids from the inner city may fear police officers, and meet-ing friendly officers who are there to protect and serve the public can be a transfor-mative experience.

It’s the first time out of the city for Javen, who is approx-imately 10 years old. The

biggest difference he’s seen so far between Connecti-cut and New York City is all the trees. Javen will be stay-ing with the Athans, who are taking in older boys this year – the least sought-after de-mographic. The most sought after, Marie Athans said, are younger girls.

“Hopefully more fami-lies will get on board,” Car-roll-Fischer said.

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Auditions are sched-uled for Saturday, Sept. 6 at the United Churches of Durham. Professional performers are excluded.

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ent, which is a huge part of the reason I thought it would be helpful for patients and the public to put this book together,” Feke said. “In the office, you’re helping people one on one, but with a book, you’re helping on a more global scale.”

Feke also writes movie re-views for Town Times and said she is excited to return to Durham and visit friends.

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also in “A Funny Thing Hap-pened on the Way to the Fo-rum” in 2010 and Martowski was in “Beauty and the Beast” in 2006.

Outside of school, they spent time at MYT, shifting from performers to assistants to counselors. “I’ve been with MYT pretty much my whole life,” Martowski said.

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risqué jokes, characters, and story lines have been cut or reduced, including the crowd-pleasing courtroom production number “There! Right There!”

“That one hurt,” Martowski said.

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versions.For a cast of grades 7-12, Ob-

lon said, “we pick a show that is challenging and a little ma-ture ... they’re ready now and it’s their turn to do the show.”

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Both Oblon and Martowski plan to teach. Oblon has a B.S. in Education and a B.A. in Bi-ology from UConn and will pursue a Fifth Year Master’s in Education from UConn with plans to be a science teacher, teaching theater on the side.

“We come to work every day to work on the show, but that’s just the vehicle to teach confi-dence, teamwork, respect, and responsibility,” Oblon said.

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Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. public performance of “Legally Blonde, Jr.” on Aug. 8 at Mountain Mist Camp at 576 High Hill Road, Meriden. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door.

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story when I interviewed him at a later date. “Anxiety is the number one offender.” The tics, always involuntary, may be more pronounced in stressful situations. That being said, THE ROAD WITHIN set must have been on the opposite end of that spectrum. Kramer goes on to describe a “close” and “in-timate set.” His relationship with Robbie Sheehan who plays Vincent in the film, be-gan on Skype and continued as roommates in preparation to filming. “We shadowed each other’s daily lives. It was natural. Robbie is such a close friend of mine now.”

The genetic connection is evident when we learn that Kramer’s father and older brother also have the condi-tion. He himself remembers walking somewhere with his mother around the age of 7 years old and saying, “my body does things my mind doesn’t want it to do.” His family instantly knew he too had the disorder. This has never been a limitation for them. Kramer and his family have dedicated themselves to teaching the public about the disorder through the TSA. “It is our duty to educate.”

At the world premiere of THE ROAD WITHIN, Shee-han asked Kramer to stand

in the audience. The honest depiction in the film could not have been possible with-out him. Kramer described watching the final film as “surreal” even though he “was more critical behind the scenes.” For example, a scene that discussed copro-lalia had been cut from the film despite his request it be included. Wells states it will be included in the DVD. Also, the doctor used language asking Vincent how he would best like to control his tics, an unrealistic expectation according to Kramer. “There is no control. At best, you can manage.” His favorite scene occurred “on the boulder, when he climbed up to the top looking out onto that ex-pansive view and appreciat-ing it. He ticked but was okay with it.”

That moment in the film says it all. Vincent accepts his situation and himself for who he is. Tourette syn-drome, while debilitating at times, does not have to be the end-all-be-all for those who have the diagnosis. Peo-ple with Tourette syndrome can lead very functional and productive lives. Kramer is the perfect example. His aim is to educate people about the condition. I only hope, as a physician, I can help to expand his reach to another audience.

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