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By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

Middlebury’s Bicycle Works is giving up its storefront home at 1255 Middlebury Road in the Hamlet today, Friday, March 8. But that doesn’t mean owner Matt Morris is going out of business. Morris said he will offer mobile ser-vices to his customers until he can find a new location for his business. To arrange bicycle pickup or to buy a bike, call Morris at 203-598-0005.

Morris opened the shop near the Mid-dlebury Greenway May 7, 2007, and thought by now the business would be doing very well. “I chose here because of the location,” Morris said. “I thought I would get some bike traffic off the Greenway, but I got none.”

Morris said the business grew in the first few years, and seemed on track to do well. In the end though, there simply wasn’t enough traffic through the doors to support his bicycle repair and sales business.

Sales increased through 2010, which he said was his best year. But sales declined in 2011 and again in 2012. In 2010 and 2011, Morris invested about $40,000 in expanding the store and adding snowboards, skis and bindings to his inventory and ski tune-ups and binding installation to his services. It seemed like a good idea at the time. It meant the business would bring in customers dur-ing the winter months when not a lot is happening with bicycle sales and repairs.

middlebury bike shop goes mobile

Bicycle Works owner Matt Morris stands by the bike repair rack at his storefront location in Middlebury. The shop is closing March 8, but Morris hopes to reopen in a new location in April. In the meantime, he is offering mobile bicycle sales and repairs.

(Marjorie Needham photo)

It didn’t work out that way, though. The first year, the new inventory did well, he said. The second year, he sold one snow-board, and this year none of the winter in-ventory sold.

“Visibility is a big part of the problem,” Morris said, noting his shop isn’t very visi-ble from the highway. The part of the build-ing Bicycle Works is in sets back a bit from Middlebury Road (Route 64) and is perpen-dicular to it, so although a lot of traffic passes by, drivers couldn’t easily see the business.

To compensate for the poor visibility, Mor-ris bought a small lit “open” sign for his win-dow. He soon found himself at odds with the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission, which found him in violation of the town’s sign ordinance. Eventually, after Morris paid more than $1,000 to go through the special exception process, he was allowed to put the sign up. Since then, Planning and Zoning has stopped enforcing the sign ordinance, and lit signs can be seen in the windows of many Middlebury businesses.

Morris said he hopes to open a shop in

a new location sometime in April. He hasn’t yet figured out where it will be. He said he has looked for possible locations in New-town, Fairfield and Shelton and also will look in Prospect. “You have to have a certain amount of square footage to operate (a bike shop) effectively,” he said. He estimates the minimum space needed would be about 1,400 square feet.

Morris is sad about closing his shop. “I wish I could make it work, but financially I can’t,” he said. When revenues dropped, he tried unsuccessfully to renegotiate his lease. Then he tried to obtain a bank loan. “I went to every bank in the area,” Morris said. None would give him a loan.

So, for the immediate future, he will be operating a mobile bicycle sales and service business. Mustering a smile despite the set-back for his business, Morris said, “I look at the bright side of things. The atmosphere and the quality of the work will be the same or better at the new location.”

For now, his dream of a successful store-front business has been postponed.

Members of the Regional School District 15 staff and com-munity are encouraged to fill out an online survey AND partici-pate in a focus group about the superintendent search. The Re-gion 15 Board of Education (BoE) hired Cooperative Educational Services (CES) to conduct a search for a new superintendent of schools after Dr. Frank Sippy announced his plans to retire. The survey and focus groups are designed to identify leadership characteristics and attributes the community finds important to the success of the new superin-tendent of schools.

A link to the online survey is at www.region15.org. The survey is open until March 15.

The focus group schedule is below. Superintendent Search Committee Chairperson Pat Perry said, “It is important for the Board of Education to hear from Region 15 citizens and the educational community about the desirable attributes of a new superintendent of schools.” Perry

encouraged all residents and school district employees to complete the online survey and attend a focus group. She said data from the two will help the BoE structure its screening of candidates to ensure the best match for the culture and needs of the school district.

CES will compile and organize the data from the survey and fo-cus groups, and their compre-hensive report will be published on the district’s website. CES consultant Tom Jokubaitis said, “Gaining a clear understanding of the Region 15 school district community’s expectations of its next superintendent is critical to the success of the search and the eventual success of the new su-perintendent.

The BoE expects to select a new superintendent this spring. For more information on CES, visit www.ces.k12.ct.us/searches. The page will give you more in-formation on CES and has a clickable link to the Region 15 search.

Region 15 seekscommunity input

Its time to Spring aheadDaylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 10Dont forget to set your clocks ahead one hour

Oxford High to present “How to Succeed”

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By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

Middlebury’s Board of Select-men on Feb. 4 approved a pro-posed $11.01 million budget for 2013-2104. This is a 17-percent increase over the current $9.4 million budget. However, the budget summary sheet shows the mil rate staying at its current 28.09 mils. A mil is $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in assessed value.

The mil rate is kept the same in part by making up a $1.8 mil-lion revenue shortfall by using $1.5 million from the unassigned fund balance. That, combined with $283,270 for an in-kind trans-fer from the Water Pollution Con-trol Authority, covers the shortfall.

Not taken into account in the initial budget is Superintendent Dr. Frank Sippy’s proposed 2013-2014 Regional School District 15 budget, which increases spend-ing by 4.54 percent. If Sippy’s proposed budget is not reduced during Region 15 Board of Edu-cation budget workshops, it will include a $981,283 increase for Middlebury taxpayers. That alone will increase the mil rate 1 full mil to 29.09.

First Selectman Edward B. St. John said Tuesday, “No matter

what the town does, the school budget propels a 1 mil increase.” He added, “We need to look at creative ways to lower the impact on taxpayers.”

St. John said the majority of the town budget increase is cap-ital expenditures. These are found in two categories: capital budget and capital budget – Town & Public Safety. Capital budget reserve expenditures for fire equipment, public works equipment, upgrades to town facilities and town infrastructure repairs total $1.13 million, a 297.8 percent increase. Capital expenditures for town and pub-lic safety increased 179 percent or $224,210, to $349,300 from $125,180. The largest increase in this account was a $197,000 in-crease for a fire pumper truck.

“We used to have a separate capital budget,” St. John said. Now capital costs are incorpo-rated in the town budget. St. John said the reserve accounts the Board of Finance has been eliminating used to be used for capital expenditures. He said monies that come in from tower rentals, for example, now go into

middlebury town budget taking shape

- See Budget on page 5

middlebury Boy scout troop 5 Bottle Drivewhen: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. what: All Connecticut deposit bottles, cans and plastics will be accepted.where: Village Square Mall at 530 Middlebury Road in Middlebury

middlebury Knights of columbus Annual st. patrick’s Day Dinnerwhen: 5 to 8 p.m. what: Corned beef, cabbage and more!where: Shepardson Community Center AuditoriumCost: $15 adults, $12 seniors, $8 youth, children under 8 free, family of five $40

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middleburyIn the Stacks

Stroll through the stacks with Lesley Wednesday, March 13, at 1 p.m.

Mystery Book Discussion

The Mystery Book Discussion Group will meet Thursday, March 14, at 6 p.m. to discuss “Look Again” by Lisa Scottoline. Books are available at the library. For more information or to sign up, contact Joan at [email protected] or call the library.

Ask Mike! Computer and Tech QuestionsAsk Mike will meet Tuesday,

March 19, at 3:30 p.m. Have a computer or e-reader question? Need a basic lesson? Sign up for Ask Mike! Spaces are limited. Please call the library to sign up.

DancemakersThis program will meet Thurs-

day, March 21, at 5:45 p.m. Are you curious about dance? The Brass City Ballet, in partnership with the library, presents “Dancemakers,” a series of FREE multigenerational, inter-ability dance composition workshops.

The workshops are open to the general public ages 5 and up, no dance experience is neces-sary, families are invited to at-tend and canes, walkers and wheelchairs are welcome! Please call the library to sign up.

The Middlebury Public Library is temporarily at the Middlebury Timex Building at 199 Park Road Extension, Suite D, in Middle-bury. Call 203-758-2634 or visit www.middleburypubliclibrary.org for more information.

naugatuckLessen your stress

Brian Vaugh will teach “The Balanced Life: The Way to Live with Less Stress” Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The class will teach how to manage and lessen stress to achieve a more balanced lifestyle. Call 203- 729-4591 to register.

Snacks & Shows for Seniors

Tuesday, March 12, at 1 p.m., the library’s monthly Snacks & Shows for Seniors will feature the 1947 Academy-Award winner for Best Picture, the romantic drama, “The Best Years of Our Lives” star-ring Fredric March, Dana Andrews and Myrna Loy. Before the film, participants will make Peanut But-ter Dream Dip. This free program is open to patrons who are at least 50 years old and their guests. Reg-istration is required. To sign up, call the reference desk at 203-729-4591.

Meditation PracticeThe ongoing meditation prac-

tice will meet Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 6:45 p.m. in the Reading Room. Please arrive by 5:50 p.m. as it starts on time. Call the library for more information.

Book Club The Whittemore Book Club will

meet Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the Main Reading Room. The book to be discussed will be “The Reivers” by William Faulkner.

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

southburySpring Story Times

RegistrationRegistration is under way for

the Children’s Department’s six- week Spring Story Time sessions. The story time schedule is as follows:• Babies & Books will begin

Tuesday, March 19, at 10:30 a.m.

• Stories&Craftsfor3to5-year-olds will begin Wednesday, March 20, at 10:30 a.m.

• Stories&Morefor2-year-oldswill begin Friday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m. All story times include stories,

songs and crafts. Registration is not needed for Drop In Story Time and Crafts every Monday at 10:30 a.m. or PJ Stories and Crafts every Thursday at 6 p.m. Register by stopping in the Chil-dren’s Department or calling 203-262-0626, ext. 3.

Special DisplayThis month, a memorial dis-

play for the Sandy Hook victims created by a Newtown resident knitter is on display in the Brinker Fireplace Room glass cabinet in the library. The 26 miniature yarn dogs and cats were knitted in memory of the 20 children and six educators.

PHS Art Work on Exhibit

Region 15 is observing Youth Art Month again this year by dis-playing local student art work in the Gloria Cachion Gallery in the Southbury Public Library until Wednesday, March 27. The ma-jority of the art will be two-di-mensional paintings and draw-ings, but there also will be se-lected three-dimensional pieces, sculpture and photography. Region 15 has collaborated with

the library for more than 25 years, displaying creative art work during Youth Art Month.

Check www.southburylibrary.org for more information. The library is at 100 Poverty Road in Southbury (203-262-0626).

WoodburyThe Children’s Department is

offering the following programs free for area residents. Registra-tion is required unless otherwise noted. For more information or to register, call 203-263-3502 or visit www.woodbury-libraryct.org.

Arti Dixson Jazz - Families with children of all ages are wel-come to attend a special perfor-mance of Arti Dixson Jazz Satur-day, March 9, at 3 p.m. Audience participation is encouraged throughout this high-energy mu-sical program.

Special Story and Craft Hour Wednesday, March 13, at 3:30 p.m., children in preschool through grade 2 are welcome to attend a special story and craft hour hosted by the PR Literacy Club from Woodbury Middle School. Teens will read stories to children and provide assistance with a fun craft. Refreshments provided by the PR Club will be served. No registration is neces-sary; just drop in with your child.

Dog with Different Abilities A special dog with different abil-ities will visit the library Satur-day, March 16, at 10:30 a.m. Fam-ilies with children of all ages are welcome to join his owner, Trisha Malfitano, as she reads her book, “My Dog Kiefer,” which explains why Kiefer is different than other dogs and why his dif-ferences make him special.

Take an Armchair Trip to Southeast Asia

Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m., Dr. Ira Mickenberg will bring li-brary visitors to the ancient Khmer empire, now known as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Two years ago, Mick-

enberg and his wife visited this area that has been of critical po-litical and economic importance to the U.S. from the 1960s to the present. Current U.S. foreign policy is emphasizing a closer relationship with these Asian countries.

Photos taken on their trip will facilitate a discussion of the cul-tural, political and economic aspects of this region. Micken-berg is a retired physician who was a founding partner and prac-ticed with Southbury Medical Associates since 1971.

Beatrix Farrand Rediscovered

Colleen Plimpton will give a dramatic, 45-minute first-person presentation of the life, times and work of the distinguished “land-scape gardener” Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959) Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. Farrand was America’s first female landscape architect and a founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Though overlooked for decades, her work is being rediscovered. Many of her gar-dens, such as Bellefield in Hyde Park, N.Y.; Hill-Stead in Farming-ton, Conn.; and Garland Farm in Bar Harbor, Maine, have been restored.

Plimpton spent 30 years in her first career as a clinical social worker with the chronically men-tally ill. Her second career is that of professional garden commu-nicator. Trained at the New York Botanical Garden, she has tended her sloping Connecticut acre for 20 years. She has been on TV and radio, writes a newspaper column for Hearst Media Group, coaches gardening, lectures widely and writes for various publications. Her garden memoir, “Mentors in the Garden of Life” was a finalist for the 2011 Connecticut Book of the Year in its category.

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

Middlebury Community Calendar

Book review“A Cold and Lonely

Place”By Sara J. Henry

(Crown Publishers, $24)Reviewed by

Rose McAllister Croke

Freelance writer Troy Chance is taking photos of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival’s ice pal-ace, which is being built of frozen blocks cut from the local lake. Suddenly, the ice-cutting ma-chine abruptly stops, and a hushed silence falls over the working crew. Encased in the ice is the shadowy outline of a body – a local man known to the small group that is gathered.

Despite no evidence of foul play, the media descend on the Lake Placid, N.Y., town, and one of Troy’s housemates, who casu-ally dated the victim, immedi-ately becomes a prime suspect and the subject of small-town gossip. Troy is assigned by her editor to write an in-depth fea-ture on Tobin Winslow and his mysterious death. Was it more than a tipsy late-night stroll across a lake, on ice too thin, in weather too brutally cold?

Soon, it is revealed that Tobin was the privileged son of a wealthy Connecticut family, who moved to this remote Adiron-

dack village to escape a family tragedy that had haunted him for years. After Tobin’s sister arrives in town to learn more about her brother’s solitary life and a string of unsettling incidents occur, Troy doesn’t know who to trust or believe.

Through her investigation, she ultimately uncovers a story that threatens to shatter the tranquil-ity of the mountain town. She must decide which family secrets should be exposed, which truths should remain hidden and how far her own loyalty and profes-sional ambition can reach.

“A Cold and Lonely Place” pro-vides a strong cast of female characters, each of whom has her own reasons and agenda for taking up residence in a small town during an unforgiving and unbearably cold winter. It’s not a typical whodunit, but there are enough twists and turns in the plot that you’ll want to curl up with a cup of tea or hot chocolate and lose yourself for a spell.

(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

Library Happenings

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Monday, March 11Police Commission6 p.m. .................................................Town Hall Conference Room

Tuesday, March 12Democratic Town Committee7:30 p.m. ........................................................ Shepardson Room 27

Republican Town Committee7:30 p.m. ....................................................... Shepardson, Room 26

Library Board of Directors6:30 p.m. ................................................Middlebury Public Library

Wednesday, March 13Board of Finance7 p.m. ............................................................. Shepardson Room 26

Land Preservation & Open Space6 p.m. .................................................Town Hall Conference Room

Thursday, March 14Parks and Recreation7 p.m. ............................................................... Shepardson Room 1

Colleen Plimpton portrays landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959). Plimpton will appear as Farrand Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. at the Woodbury Public Library (Submitted photo)

The following events and pro-grams will be held at the Naug-atuck Historical Society at 195 Water St. in Naugatuck. Contact the society at 203-729-9039 or [email protected]. The website is www.nauga-tuckhistory.com.

Flavors of ConnecticutThis temporary exhibit featur-

ing artifacts from Avery Soda, the oldest soda company still bottling

in Connecticut ; Nardelli’s Grinder Shoppe, featured on the Travel Channel; and Fascia’s Chocolates, a family owned and run business for generations, will be available for only two months. Explore the history of other local flavors such as Peter Paul and the Naugatuck Creamery through the artifacts of the society’s archives. The fee is $2 a person, $5 a fam-ily or free for members. Call or email for group tours.

naugatuck Historical society EventsHave a Banner

St. Patrick’s Day Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m.,

rediscover your Irish heritage. Make Irish banners to decorate your home for St. Patrick’s Day while listening to tunes from the Emerald Isle. This is a Colette’s Crafts program. The cost is $2 a child or $5 a family. Registration is recommended, but not re-quired.

The Great EscapeJoin the society for a Sunday

Series program March 10 at 1 p.m. as they step back in time with local author Chris Pagliuco. He will lead in the story of Ed-ward Whalley and William Goffe and The Great Escape. Explore

the lives of these heroes as they hide out in Connecticut and other New England states. Dis-cover the forgotten history of the English Civil Wars and the his-tory of the founding of the New England colonies.

This program is free for mem-bers and students and $2 for all others. Light refreshments will follow the presentation.

Yarn Egg SurpriseIn another Colette’s Crafts

program, this one Saturday, March 30, at 11 a.m., make your own Easter eggs with a candy surprise in the middle. Registra-tion is recommended, but not required. All are welcome. The fee is $2 a person or $5 a family.

Please tell our advertisers you saw their ads in the Bee-Intelligencer!

House Fire

The Middlebury Volunteeer Fire Department and Middle-bury Police Department responded Wednesday night to this house fire at 381 Lakeshore Drive in Middlebury. Wind con-tributed to spread of the fire, and a lack of fire hydrants meant the fire department had to use tankers full of water to fight the fire and cool a propane tank on the premises.

(Middlebury Police Department photo)

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Sometimes brochures and cards that come in the mail look like something real and legiti-mate. I received a card that at first glance appeared to have come from Social Security. It in-vited me to send back the card (postage paid) to receive a free brochure entitled “New Social Security Changes and Benefits.”

It was only when I looked at the very bottom at the fine print (and yes, I had to use a magnify-ing glass because it was so tiny) that I learned the sender was not affiliated with the government: It was a sales pitch! When I traced down the person named on the card, it turned out he’s selling investments.

I found the same card on a marketing site on the Internet. Marketing companies sell the cards as a direct-mail piece, part of a lead-generation program for salespeople. Somehow they got my name and address and hoped I’d fill out even more information on the card (date of birth, home phone number and email ad-dress) and mail it back to them. With that information, they could start calling me to push whatever they’re selling.

I found a similar website, one that deals with promotional mailers, with this banner stream-ing across the top: “Social Secu-rity Leads are HOT ... mailers pulling 5 percent-plus.” That means that one in every 20 peo-ple who receive the mailing piece will respond.

The lesson in all this is to hes-itate before you fill out some-thing you get in the mail, even if it appears to be legitimate. Get out your magnifying glass and look carefully. You might find a line or two of the truth at the bot-tom.

Matilda Charles regrets she cannot personally answer reader questions, but she will incorpo-

rate them into her column when-ever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


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Don’s Computer ClassesGoogle Voice - Tuesday, March

12, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., learn about Google Voice. The future of tele-communications is now with Google Voice. You’ll get your own exclusive telephone number and a personalized phone manager – free! This is one of the best apps available. The class fee is $15.

Skype - Wednesday, March 13, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., find out what Skype is and how it works. Sign up for free video calling to friends and family both near and far. The class fee is $15.

Computer Checkup – Thurs-day, March 14, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., learn how to schedule, maintain and keep your computer safe and up to date. Learn to back up your data, settings and programs and how to recover data you thought was corrupted, damaged or lost. The class fee is $15.

Diabetes and nutrition talk

Tuesday, March 12, at 11:30 a.m., Erica Burdon, a nutritionist from New Opportunities will be at the senior center to talk about

diabetes and nutrition. No res-ervation needed. Please plan to attend.

Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

The Middlebury Knights of Columbus will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Wednes-day, March 13, at 5 p.m. Tradi-tional corned beef and cabbage with side dish, beverage, coffee or tea and dessert included. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 for youth, and children 8 and under are free. A family dinner ticket for a maxi-mum of five is $40. Tickets are available at the door.

St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon

Monday, March 18, at 11:30 a.m., the senior center will serve a St. Patrick’s day luncheon in the main dining room at Shep-ardson Community Center. On the Menu are corned beef and cabbage and the works in the authentic Irish tradition. The cost is $10 per person. The dead-line for reservations is is Wednes-

day, March 13. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat.

AARP CT Tax AideFree income tax assistance is

provided at the Middlebury Se-nior Center at 1172 Whittemore Road in Middlebury by the AARP Tax Aide program for low- to moderate-income taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to those 60 and older. Call 203-577-4166 for more information or to schedule an appointment with a certified AARP Tax Aide coun-selor.

Daffodil Days Fundraiser

Daffodil Days the week of March 18 is one of the American Cancer Society’s oldest and most beloved fundraising programs. To the Society, the daffodil rep-resents the hope for a future in which cancer is no longer a life-threatening disease. Buy some daffodils, and help fund American Cancer Society re-search. Call 203-577-4166 to place your order.

Saturday, March 9No Events Scheduled

Sunday, March 10No Events Scheduled

Monday, March 11Personnel Policies/Curriculum Committee......................................................PHS Media Center Conf. Rm., 6 p.m.Board of Education ......................... PHS AP Room No. 103, 7:30 p.m.MMS Auditions for Talent Show March 11-15

Tuesday, March 12PES PTO .........................................................................................7 p.m.MMS Auditions for Talent Show March 11-15

Wednesday, March 13PHS PLC-Advisory Day........................................... Delayed ScheduleMMS Auditions for Talent Show March 11-15

Thursday, March 14MMS PTO .......................................................................................7 p.m.MES PTO ...................................................................................9:30 a.m.Elementary Parent Conference ................Elementary Early ReleasePHS GradNite at Nardelli’s

Friday, March 15Elementary End of Second Marking PeriodGES Father and Daughter Square Dance ........................ 6-6:45 p.m. Grades 1 & 2GES Father and Daughter Square Dance ........................ 7-7:45 p.m. Grades 3-5MMS Basketball Blowout at PHS ........................................... 6-8 p.m.Elementary Parent Conference ............... Elementary Early ReleaseMMS Auditions for Talent Show March 11-15

Saturday, March 16PHS Marching Band in NY City for St Patrick’s Day Parade

The cast of Oxford High School's musical are, left to right, Erin O'Brien (ensemble), Rachel Camarra (Smitty), Tori Bogen (ensemble), Kaitlyn Speaker (Rosemary), Nathan Seibert (Bud Frump), James Kostka (Finch), Tyler Panek (J. B. Biggley), Nicole Maksymiw (ensemble), Kristen Lovell (ensemble), Ashley Sanders (ensemble), and Maggie Palys (ensemble). Front is Katelyn Wentz (Mr. Twimble). Missing are Travis Pyka (Bratt), Ashley Veltri (Miss Jones), Jean Marie Winger (Hedy), and Kayla Buypal (Miss Krumholtz) and others from the ensemble. (Submitted photo)

Falls 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.

Book ClubThe senior center is establish-

ing a book club for adults 55 years of age and older. Joanne Pannone is coordinating the group. Please call 860-945-5250 to register. Dates and times will be scheduled based on the level of interest.

Card-making ClassThe center’s card-making

class taught by Barbara Paquin will meet Tuesday, March 12, at 9:30 a.m. Individuals interested in creating spring-themed cards should register by March 11. The cost is $5.

Protect Against Financial Exploitation

Elder Financial Exploitation and Abuse will be the topic Tues-day, March 12, at 2 p.m. Attorney Amy Orlando of Czepiga Daly Law will teach participants how to protect themselves or others from this form of abuse and will outline the process to follow with

law enforcement officials. Please register by March 11.

Stretching for SeniorsPhysical Therapists Jim

Jablonka and Keith Havemeyer from Peak Physical Therapy will lead a Stretching for Seniors class Friday, March 15. at 10 a.m. Please register by March 14.

Vocal PerformanceBob Lupe, one of the center’s

most popular singers, is perform-ing Friday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Admission is a dish of appetizers to share. Please register by March 14. Apple Rehab of Watertown is sponsoring this musical event.

The Oxford High School Wol-verine Players will present the musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, and Saturday, March 16. This musical is a satire of big business and all it holds sacred. “How to Succeed” follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called “How To Succeed In Business

Without Really Trying” to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggres-sively compliant “company man,” the office party, backstab-bing co-workers, caffeine addic-tion and, of course, true love.

The Wolverine Players are in their sixth year and have many awards and recognitions from

previous shows including “Into the Woods,” “Grease,” “West Side Story” and most recently “Guys and Dolls.”

“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” is based on the 1952 book, “How To Suc-ceed In Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune,” by Shepherd Mead. It was written by Abe Bur-rows, Jack Weinstock and Willie

Gilbert with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.

Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, performances will be at 7:30 p.m. and the Saturday, March 16, performance will be at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at www.showtix4u.com or by calling Ox-ford High School at 203-888-2468.

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A violence control proposalTo the Editor:

People on both sides of the gun debate have valid arguments. One point seems to be misun-derstood or forgotten, however. When the Constitution was drafted by our founding fathers, it did not include the right to bear arms. The Constitution was rat-ified and then changed. The Sec-ond Amendment was added; that is why it is called an amendment.

What makes our nation great and free is that we have the power to change laws with which we don’t agree. So if we can change the Constitution to include the right to bear arms we are just as free to change the Constitution to take it away. (Whether or not we should is another debate.) Defending our inalienable right to change the Constitution is as sacred and patriotic as the doc-ument itself.

That notwithstanding, I offer a proposal that may reduce gun violence without impinging upon the second amendment.1. Eliminate gun permits. In-

stead, require anyone wishing to own a gun to first become licensed. Licensure requires the completion of a course on gun safety and usage.

2. All ballistic weapons (includ-ing shotguns and rifles) must be registered to a licensed buyer at the time of purchase whether at a retailer, gun show or personal sale.

3. A valid gun license must be presented when purchasing ammunition.

4. No carried weapon may be concealed at any time.

5. Possession of a weapon not registered to the possessor carries a mandatory mini-mum sentence.

6. If a gun is possessed during the perpetration of a crime, an automatic charge of con-spiracy to commit murder is imposed with a sentence of 25 to life.

7. The person to whom a gun is registered, when used in the perpetration of a crime, re-ceives a mandatory minimum sentence unless the gun was previously reported stolen.

Mario Fusco Jr.Middlebury

Region 15 Budget WorkshopsTo the Editor

Region 15 workshops, suppos-edly designed for voter input regarding the 2013-2014 school

budget, started in February. The consensus result will be almost exclusively from individuals with a direct stake in the results. They have children in the school sys-tem, think they won’t have the resources needed or the curric-ulum isn’t generating enough free college credits (AP). The workshop is conducted by fac-ulty, questions are “stacked” to arrive at a conclusion that repro-duces the Board of Education objectives and forecasts what level is acceptable. It’s a win-win budget situation!

The budget will go to referen-dum in May. If rejected, an in-significant reduction will occur, and we will go to referendum again. The end result is the Board of Education will attain at least 85 percent of their original ob-jective. The parents, PTO and faculty will be placated.

Meanwhile, the catalyst for budget increases is ignored. Eighty percent of the budget will directly benefit certified person-nel. In January, the Board of Ed-ucation signed off on a three-year contractual agreement that dictates substantial budget in-creases through 2016-2017. This commits the taxpayer to 14-per-cent salary increase and 24 per-cent for benefits.

So here’s my dilemma! We ig-nore workshops on union con-

tracts. These contracts are acces-sible after they become legal documents. Voter input doesn’t exist. Workshops could level the playing field. Previous contract analysis would provide a snap-shot of what the union accom-plished and how inept the Board of Education performance record is. It’s a matter of comparing the public sector with the private sector and negotiating to a bal-anced agreement. A union con-tract workshop would result in a taxpayer manifesto directing the Board of Education exactly where to attack extravagance.

I’ll volunteer and recruit vol-unteers to make it happen.

Frank PellegriniSouthbury

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Boy Scout Bottle DriveMiddlebury Boy Scout Troop

5 will hold a bottle drive Satur-day, March 9, in the parking lot at Village Square (530 Middle-bury Road) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All Connecticut deposit bottles, cans and plastics will be ac-cepted. If you need bottles and cans picked up, please call Mi-chael Zinko at 203-758-8599 be-fore March 9. The Boy Scouts thank you for your donations.

Fundraiser for Rescued Dog

Drop in for the Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m. Yoga beginner class at Tula Family Enrichment Center, and your $10 class fee will go towards vet care for Pre-cious, a puppy being cared for by Waterbury Animal Control and its vets. The dog has a severe case of mange and chemical burns that may be the result of an attempt to treat the mange. Tula is at 489 Middlebury Road in Middlebury (behind Dunkin’ Donuts).

Program about Studying Cemetery

“Residents” The Naugatuck Valley Gene-

alogy Club will meet Saturday, March 9, at 1 p.m. at the Nauga-tuck Historical Society at 195 Water St. in Naugatuck. After a

brief business meeting, Jolene Mullen, a member of the Con-necticut Professional Genealo-gists Council, will present “A Prosopography of a Cemetery,” regarding how to do a study of the “residents” of a cemetery. The public is invited, and admis-sion is free.

Check radio WTIC-AM, TV WFSB and internet www.wfsb.com for storm cancellations. For more information, visit the club website, www.naugatuckvalley-genealogyclub.org or call Dick Kreitner at 203-881-8181.

Lenten ServicesThursday evenings through

March 31, from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m., Hillside Covenant Church at 100 Hillside Avenue on the west side of Naugatuck will host Lenten soup suppers and a special Len-ten program.

Pastor Rev. Liz Leggett and the church deacons will facilitate a DVD-based program entitled “What Wondrous Love: Holy Week in Word and Art” that will engage the visual senses with masterpiece illustrations by John August Swanson shown on a large screen. The program also will include video commentaries by Evangelical Covenant Church member Dr. Tim Johnson, long-time chief medical correspon-dent for ABC News, along with theological commentary by Thomas Long, Jan Love and

Carol Newson. In addition, each week a familiar Scripture passage will be discussed. For more in-formation, call 203-729-2444.

Elder Living Maze TalkAssisted Transition Senior

Care Advisor Wendy Seiler of Newtown will present “Navigat-ing the Elder Living Maze” Wednesday, March 13, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Phys-ical Therapy at 51 Sherman Hill Road, Building A, Suite 201, in Woodbury. Admission is free.

Seiler helps families explore senior care and senior living op-tions in Connecticut. She aids families with finding assisted care and independent living fa-cilities, continuing care provid-ers, skilled nursing and home care, legal and financial re-sources and more.

Attendees will be eligible for a complimentary needs analysis for a family member who is be-ginning to require assistance with their daily activities. Re-freshments will be served. To reserve seating or learn more, call Cornerstone Physical Ther-apy at 203-263-3104.

Alzheimer’s Support Group

The monthly support group for friends and family of people with Alzheimer’s disease and re-lated dementias will meet Thurs-day, March 14, at 10:30 a.m. at the Jewish Federation of Western CT at 444 Main St. North in South-bury. There is no charge for this open and on-going group, whose purpose is to provide emotional, educational and social support for caregivers through regularly scheduled meetings.

Patty Gibbs, a volunteer with the Alzheimer’s Association, fa-cilitates the group. For more in-formation, call Debby Horowitz, at 203-267-3177. In case of a school delay or cancellation for Region 15, the support group will not meet.

Donate a Prom DressSupport “Princess and the

Prom” by dropping off a prom dress at Defining Moments Salon and Barbershop at 344 Middle-bury Road by March 15. In April, the “Princess and the Prom” nonprofit organization will pro-vide prom dresses and accesso-ries to any area high school girl who might not otherwise be able to afford one.

Those who donate a dress will receive a salon voucher for $10 off a special occasion updo or $15 off a wash, cut and style. For more information, call 203-758-8899 or visit www.definingmo-mentsct.com.

Music Program for Kids

Soulshine Arts invites parents or other caregivers and their in-fant, toddler and preschool chil-dren to an open house Saturday, March 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tula Family Enrichment Center at 489 Middlebury Road in Middlebury. See demonstra-tion classes of Music Together®, a parent/child music and move-ment program developed by the Center for Music and Young Chil-dren in Princeton, N.J.

Call 857-998-0780 to schedule a demonstration class time. En-joy refreshments, door prizes and enter the grand prize draw-ing for $100 off tuition.

The registration deadline for the spring semester of Music To-gether classes is April 5, when classes begin. Classes will be held at Tula Family Enrichment Center. Call Leslie Pratt at 857-998-0780 for more information or visit www.soulshineartsct.com.

Indoor Flea Market & Tag Sale

The Scholarship Committee of the Church of St. Leo the Great in Waterbury will have an indoor flea market and tag sale featuring 24 vendors Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds will benefit the Scholarship Fund.

The church is at 14 Bentwood Drive in Waterbury (off Pierpoint Road). For directions, call 203-574-9761.

PHS 5K RunThe Pomperaug High School

(PHS) Class of 2015 is sponsoring the first “Run with the Panthers” 5K race Saturday, March 30, at PHS. Registration will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m., and the race will start at 10 a.m. The $25 entry fee includes a race tee-shirt. The 3.1-mile course will begin and end at PHS. All participants will be entered in a raffle. Should cancellation be necessary, it will be posted on the PHS website.

For more information, contact Maegan Bollin at [email protected] or Marlanea Elsdon at [email protected]. For a sign-up form or a sponsorship form, go to www.region15.org and then to the PHS page.

Pet-Assisted Therapy with Kitties

Is your kitty calm and confi-dent? Does your kitty love people? Maybe your kitty has what it takes to become a member of Jerome Home’s Pet-Assisted Therapy Program. The home is offering complementary sessions Thurs-days at 6:15 p.m. beginning April 25 to help prepare feline lovers to become part of its feline pet ther-apy team. The sessions will en-hance a handler’s understanding of basic feline behaviors as well as provide simple, gentle training techniques to prepare for regis-tration through “Love On A Leash” – The Foundation For Pet-Provided Therapy.

Sessions will be facilitated by Terri Jennings, certified cat trainer, and will run for five weeks. Space is limited, so please RSVP to Rita Nadeau-Breive at 860-356-8236 or [email protected].

Vote for Middlebury Senior Center

The Middlebury Senior Center received funds from the Nauga-tuck Savings Bank Foundation last year based on votes cast for it. This year, it is again asking peo-ple who have accounts with Nau-gatuck Savings Bank to cast a vote for the Middlebury Senior Center.

Pick up a ballot at the Middle-bury Senior Center or any Naug-atuck Savings Bank location, or vote online at naugatucksavings-bank.com. Ballots can be re-turned to the bank or to the senior center or mailed to Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation, 251 Church St., Naugatuck, CT 06770 by March 31, 2013.

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the general fund instead of being held in a separate account as they once were.

The $525,000 surplus from 2011-2012 also went into the general fund, St. John said. He said the Board of Finance re-quired it be put there.

St. John said the unassigned fund that is the proposed source of $1.54 million for the budget is currently at 14 percent of the combined town and Region 15 budgets and using that money would not take the fund below the 8 percent minimum required by the town’s charter. “Most towns are even lower,” St. John said.

“Ours is close to $4 million,” Chief Financial Officer Lawrence Hutvagner said.

Hutvagner said at last week’s Board of Finance (BoF) meeting BoF chair Michael McCormack said the town budget needs to be lowered by $400,000 in operating expenses and $400,000 in capital expenses. McCormack also said the Region 15 budget needs to be $550,000 lower.

Reached by phone in Florida Wednesday, McCormack said he wasn’t surprised to receive a budget with a 17-percent in-crease from the BoS. He said he and St. John had discussed some of the things St. John wanted to accomplish when they were bonding the library renovations and sewer improvements.

However, McCormack said the BoF has had a goal for four to five years now to lower the per-per-son cost of running the Town of Middlebury. “We were at $1,500 per person while towns in our peer group were at $1,000 per person,” he said. “We’ve whittled it down now to about $1,275 per person.” He said if the budget were left unchanged, the per-per-son cost would jump up to about $1,475.

To keep that from happening, the BoF laid out the following suggestions at its Feb. 27 meet-ing. Operating expenses will be reduced by $400,000, and capital expenses will be reduced by

$400,000. In addition, Region 15 will be asked to reduce its pro-posed budget.

“I’ve met with Keith Mc-Liverty, chief financial officer for Region 15,” McCormack said. “We discussed areas Region 15 may consider to try to reduce their budget. We would hope Region 15, which calls for a 4.54-percent increase, will come in at no more than 2.5 percent.”

He said the BoF believes it can trim the town budget enough that if the region comes in with a 2.5-percent increase, the town can use the $525,000 surplus from last year’s budget to come in with a 2-percent overall bud-get increase. The town budget would be flat.

The BoF also suggested reduc-ing raises for elected officials (except selectmen, who were given none in the proposed bud-get) and appointed officials to 1 percent from 2 percent, elimi-nating raises for part-time em-ployees and deleting all overtime except for some that is needed in public works, the police de-partment and the finance de-partment.

Asked why the raises were re-duced, McCormack said wages paid in Middlebury are right at the highest levels for towns un-der 10,000 residents in data pub-lished by the Connecticut Coun-cil of Municipalities. He said if you look at towns with 10,000 to 20,000 residents, Middlebury

wages are still in the top 15 to 20 percent.

“We could do one of two things – either reduce salaries paid to department heads or solve the problem over time by giving either no raises or reduced raises until we get more where we want to be,” McCormack said. “We probably need to be in the top third rather than the top 20 percent.”

The BoF also suggested in-creasing employee contributions to the health savings account deductible. The town has been paying the $1,500 for single em-ployees and $3,000 for married employees since that plan began several years ago. The BoF sug-gested employees pay half of their respective deductibles.

McCormack said of the Feb. 27 meeting, “Basically, at the first meeting we had, I asked mem-bers of the board to come up with ideas of what we might do. We laid out the ideas.” He said at the Wednesday, March 13, meeting the BoF will further define the budget. “It’s totally reasonable to cut $1 million from this bud-get,” he said.

Two weeks after the March 13 meeting, on March 27, the BoF will vote on the budget.

That vote will allow time for a town meeting on the budget be-fore it goes to the voters along with the Region 15 budget Wednesday, May 8.

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The Federal Trade Commis-sion recently completed the fifth segment of its ongoing study about the accuracy of consumer credit reporting by the Big Three: TransUnion, Equifax and Expe-rian. Here are some of the things the FTC discovered:

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check for someone else’s name on your report. This information often is at the very end under an “Also Known As” section. If your name is Thomas J. Smith and you’ve never opened a line of credit with “TJ Smith” or “Tom Smith” and you see an alternate name on your re-ports, beware that someone might have been using your credit or there might be a conflict between files.

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This "mystery" photo is likely from the 1930s. If you can name anyone in it, send responses to [email protected], or call Middle-bury Town Historian Bob Rafford at 203-206-4717. (Middlebury Historical Society photo)

Charles H. “Tex” Anderson Sr.

Former Naugatuck Police Officer

Charles H. “Tex” Anderson Sr., 73, of Prospect passed away unexpect-edly Sunday March 3, 2013, at his home. He was born in Austin, Texas, Jan. 18, 1940, son of Erma (Muller) Girourd.

Mr. Anderson had lived in Pros-pect for the past 29 years, and he retired from Risdon Manufacturing after 30 years of service. He also was a police officer for the Borough of Naugatuck for more than 9 years. Charles served his country in the U.S. Air Force.

He leaves a son Charles H. An-derson Jr. of Naugatuck; a daughter, Lori Anderson of Torrington; and his three grandchildren: Taylor, Odin and Clara.

A graveside service was held Thursday at Old Calvary Cemetery at 2324 East Main St. in Waterbury. The Naugatuck Valley Memorial/Fitzgerald Zembruski Funeral Home at 240 North Main St. in Naugatuck is assisting the family with arrange-ments. To send an on-line condo-lence, visit www.naugatuckval-leymemorial.com.

Mario GuerreraFather of Robert Guerrera

Mr. Mario Guerrera, 69, of Waterbury, passed away, Fri-day, March 1, 2013, at St. Mary’s VITAS Innovative Care Unit surrounded by his loving family.

He was the husband of Carmela (Gugliotti) Guerrera.

Mario was born in Pontelandolfo, Benevento, Italy Aug. 13 1943, son of the late Rocco and Maria Grazia (Man-cini) Guerrera. He moved to Water-bury from Italy in 1962. Shortly after settling in Waterbury he joined the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Local 3 of Wallingford. He became a skilled concrete craftsman and worked for various concrete con-tractors, including Albini Construc-tion, Ultimate Concrete and Water-bury Foundation. He and several associates formed Brass City Concrete and Pumping Co. that they success-fully operated for five years before returning to Ultimate Concrete.

He was a proud member of the Pontelandolfo Community Club and volunteered his time for many of their annual feasts. He was an avid gardener, enjoyed making homemade wine, playing Bocce and traveling, especially to the “Old Country.” He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, who took great plea-sure in spending time with his family.

Besides his devoted and caring wife of 45 years he leaves two sons, Rocco “Rocky” Guerrera and his wife, Cam-ille, of Waterbury and Robert Guerrera and his wife, Mary Beth, of Middle-bury; a brother, Paolo Guerrera of Montreal, Canada; five sisters: Maria Guerrera and her husband, Antonio, of Montreal, Canada; Rita Paternostro of Waterbury; Antonietta Longo and her husband, Armando, and Carmela Paternostro and her husband, Vito, all of Montreal, Canada; and Vittoria Guerrera and her husband, Francis, of Oakville, Conn.; a sister-in-law, Nicolina Guerrera of Oakville; two granddaughters, Isabella and Eva Ma-rie Guerrera of Middlebury; and sev-eral nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his brother, Pasquale Guerrera of Waterbury, and a sister-in-law, Orsola Guerrera of Montreal, Canada.

The family would like to sincerely thank the VNA Health at Home of Wa-tertown; Dr. Daniel DiCapua, Neurol-ogy, of Yale Medical Group; Dr. Franco Galasso, Internal Medicine of Water-bury; and Dr. Zhang, Pulmonary As-sociates of Waterbury, for the care given to Mario during his illness.

The funeral Monday was from Chase Parkway Memorial/The Albini Family Funeral Home in Waterbury to St. Lucy’s Church for Mass. Burial fol-lowed at Calvary Cemetery.

Contributions may be made in Mar-io’s memory to ALS Association (Amy-otrophic Lateral Sclerosis), 1275 K Street NW – Suite1050, Washington, DC 20005.

For more info or to send e-condo-lences, visit www.chaseparkwayme-morial.com.

Colleen R. (O’Brien) West

Mother of Harold F. West

Mrs. Colleen R. (O’Brien) West, 90, of Middlebury died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Waterbury Hospital after an extended illness.

She was the widow of Harold F. West Sr., who died in 1997.

Colleen was born March 5, 1922, in Naugatuck, the daughter of the late Morgan P. and Colleen R. (Horn) O’Brien. She was a graduate of Salem High School in Naugatuck and Perry Business School.

A longtime Middlebury resident, Colleen was a certified dental assis-tant with Dr. Bergin for many years and then was the business manager for A.D. Bowan Inc. of Middlebury. She and her family were the founders of CH Computerized Services of Mid-dlebury, a firm that specialized in home computing.

Colleen was a longtime member of the board of directors of the Mid-dlebury Historical Society and also served as its treasurer for many years. She was a loving wife and mother who will be dearly missed by her son, extended family and friends.

Colleen is survived by her son, Harold F. West Jr. of Middlebury. She also leaves her nephew, Morgan J. O’Brien and his wife, Joan, of Litch-field as well as several grand nieces, nephews and cousins. She was pre-deceased by her brother, Morgan J. O’Brien.

Funeral services for Mrs. West will be held today, Friday, March 8, at 11 a.m. at Eastside Memorial “A Casey Family Funeral Home & Tribute Cen-ter” at 1987 East Main St at South-mayd Road in Waterbury. Burial will follow in New Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterbury.

Memorial donations in Mrs. West’s memory may be made to Mid-dlebury Volunteer Ambulance Corp, Middlebury Fire Dept., Middlebury CT 06762. To extend on-line expres-sions of sympathy to the family, light a memorial candle or for additional information, visit www.eastsideme-morial.com

Children 7 and younger and their families are invited to a spe-cial session of Beth El Syna-gogue’s Shabbat Shalom pro-gram called “Torah and Me” Saturday, March 9, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Beth El sanctu-ary at 444 Main St. North in Southbury. During the program, everyone will parade with the baby Torah and help dress the Torah before returning it to its home in the Ark.

Led by Cantor Sharon Citrin, Shabbat Shalom is a unique Shabbat experience that includes activities like singing, dancing and story-telling to engage chil-dren in the wonder and joy of Shabbat. Juice and healthy snacks are served. Parents and grandparents are especially en-couraged to participate in the family activities, including the blessing of the children.

Shabbat Shalom is a program of the CHAI Center for Jewish Learning, and student volunteers from the school will assist. Shab-bat Shalom is free and open to the community. The final pro-gram of the winter-spring season will be Saturday, April 13.

Space is limited, so please sign up in advance indicating the number of children attending and their ages. For reservations, call 203-264-4500 or email [email protected].

Funded in part by the Jewish Federation Foundation of West-ern Connecticut, the CHAI Cen-ter for Jewish Learning is a “cre-ative, holistic, alternative and intergenerational” school and educational initiative for chil-dren and adults started by Beth El Synagogue in September 2012.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My 13-year-old son went to camp for five days. On day three, he had terrific stomach pain and started to vomit. The instructors were alarmed and took him to the lo-cal hospital, where doctors diag-nosed appendicitis. We had to give phone permission for him to have an operation. Everything went fine, and he recovered quickly.

My wife and I have a few ques-tions. Could he have eaten some-

thing that caused appendicitis? What does not having an appen-dix do to people? No one in my wife’s or my family has had such an operation. We’re ignorant about all this. – G.G.

ANSWER: The appendix dan-gles from the first part of the co-lon in the lower right side of the abdomen. It looks like a slender worm, and has an average length of 3 inches (8 cm). The function of the appendix isn’t clearly de-fined, but it might have a role in body immunity. Life without an appendix goes on as normally as life with one.

The appendix has a hollow core, which is lined with lym-phoid tissue, the same kind of tissue found in lymph nodes. Bacteria from the colon can in-vade the hollow core and cause the lymph tissue to swell. Swell-ing cuts off blood supply, and the appendix begins to disintegrate – appendicitis. Undigested food or hard fecal material also can block the appendix’s core and lead to the same situation. Noth-ing your son ate is likely the cause. All the other campers ate the same food, but he was the only one to develop this prob-lem.

The pain of appendicitis most often starts in the area of the na-vel (bellybutton) and works its way toward the lower-right cor-ner of the abdomen. Tempera-ture rises. Vomiting is common,

and sometimes diarrhea is part of the picture. A doctor, by what he or she hears from the patient, along with the examination of the abdomen, usually can make the diagnosis. In confusing cir-cumstances, an ultrasound is most helpful.

Millions of people worldwide live without an appendix. They do quite well. So will your son.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Can hand sanitizer kill all harmful bacteria? – D.D.

ANSWER: By “hand sanitizer,” do you mean waterless hand cleaners? Most of them incorpo-rate ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol. They kill many bacteria, but not all harmful ones. Nothing short of sterilization does that.

Frequent hand-washing with

soap and water for 20 seconds is an effective way of eliminating many germs, including cold and flu viruses. You don’t have to use soap that has antibacterial agents in it. The water doesn’t have to be hot; cool water is fine. Dry your hands with a paper, dispos-able towel, and turn off the fau-cets in a public restroom with a paper towel.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: When is the better time to take medi-cines: a.m. or p.m.? Is it better to take them with water or juice? I have been told conflicting an-swers. – S.R.

ANSWER: If the prescribing doctor or the pharmacist hasn’t specified a particular time, you can take medicine when it’s most convenient for you.

You’ll never go wrong taking medicine with water.

Dr. Donohue regrets he is un-able to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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Life is still good without an appendix

Daylight saving times begins Today is International Wom-

en’s Day, and on Sunday daylight saving begins. Two special days to celebrate! International Wom-en’s Day has been observed since the early 1900s and though its reasons for celebrating over the years offer different variations, it’s a time for showing respect, love and appreciation for women and their achievements.

Men, take a little no-fuss time to acknowledge and appreciate how the strong, lovely ladies around you enhance your life. Maybe you can sit with your wife with no cell phone in hand or TV on and ask her about her day. Or offer to make supper for the fam-ily. Maybe you can draw her a special bath, telling her to relax and unwind while you put the kids to bed.

You could give your mom a surprise call just to chat, or take

your daughter out for ice cream and let her talk about what’s go-ing on in her life. You could thank your female coworkers for a job well done.

Women, why not take a half hour from the flurry of daily re-sponsibilities to relax with your favorite cup of java, stop for a half hour chair massage on the way home or journal about the pride you feel at how you contribute to your family, community and the world at large.

Contemplate how you’d like to make a difference this year to refresh your own life and those

of the women who mean the most to you. Focus on connect-ing with the part of you that rep-resents your highest values, and feel proud of the gifts and talents you offer everyone in your life. Compliment the women in your life, and hold sacred their friend-ships. Do something to uplift yourself today and feel great be-cause you are spreading positiv-ity to those around you! Whether you’re a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother, mentor, friend or teacher, notice how our lives as women are interwoven in very interesting, special and wonderful ways! Thanks to the men for indulging me this mo-ment.

This week’s nugget for life is to enjoy daylight saving time, often referred to as “Summer Time.” Remember to set your clocks forward one hour Sunday

and spring forward into life by getting outside every night this week to enjoy the extra hour of daylight in the evenings. Take a long walk. Dust off the bike and take a spin around the block. Run around the yard with your ani-mal friends. Crack the windows open and let the cool breezes blow winter away. Fill the bird feeders at this time of day and look around to see where you might plant the first spring flow-ers. Replace the healthy comfort foods of winter with lighter fare and jumpstart your internal spring cleaning! Ah, spring is in the air – breathe deeply – can’t you just feel it?

De Pecol is a Yoga instructor, Reiki master and life coach who lives in Washington, Conn. See lifecoachingllc.com or email [email protected].

By CYNTHIA DE PECOL

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1. Who holds the pitching record for most consecutive batters struck out?

2. Name the last major-league team before the 2011 Phila-delphia Phillies to win more than 100 games in the regular season and not reach the World Series.

3. When was the last time before 2010-12 that Notre Dame won at least eight games for at least three consecutive seasons in football?

4. Who was the last NBA rookie before Detroit’s Brandon Knight in 2012 to have at least 20 points and 10 assists with no turnovers in a game?

5. How many times has Pitts-burgh’s Evgeni Malkin been the runner-up for the Hart Memorial Trophy (NHL MVP)?

6. Who was the last NASCAR Cup season champion to drive a Dodge before Brad Keselowski in 2012?

7. Who was the last teen to win a singles title in a Grand Slam women’s tennis event?

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Middlebury Soccer registra-tion will be ONLINE ONLY. Reg-ister at www.middlebury-soccer.com. Participants must have been four years old by Dec. 31, 2012. All new travel players must submit a copy of their birth cer-tificate and a current 1-inch by 1-inch photo to Middlebury Soc-cer Association, P.O. Box 357, Middlebury, CT 06762.

Easter Egg HuntThe Easter Egg Hunt this year

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The next session of LIVE-STRONG at the YMCA will run Monday, March 11, to May 31, 2013, at the Greater Waterbury YMCA, and only a few spots are available.

The main goal of the program is to help each survivor return to their “old normal,” and when the smiles on their faces return as they achieve things they didn’t think they were capable of post-treatment, the program has achieved its purpose. In addition to offering a FREE 12-week exer-cise and strength training pro-gram, LIVESTRONG at the YMCA also helps survivors ad-dress:

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LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is available to ALL survivors regard-less of income, ethnicity or back-ground FREE of charge.

As part of a pilot program, YMCA LIVESTRONG instructors have been meeting with a group of eight cancer survivors twice a week on Tuesdays and Thurs-days, and the survivors are al-ready stronger. Each participant has a different type of cancer and has opened up to the group about their experience with this dis-ease. The group is supportive and

spends their workout sessions joking around with one another in a relaxed atmosphere.

Participants have done strength workouts, cardio inter-val workouts, Tai Chi, Zumba and even spinning classes. In addi-tion to being stronger, they have reported less back pain, less knee pain, less shoulder pain (all ail-ments mentioned during their intakes), noticed improvements in their flexibility and say every-day tasks such as walking up stairs are easier. In fact, a pancre-atic cancer survivor reported she is officially in remission and her doctor said all tests came back “perfect!” – good cholesterol,

blood pressure, blood sugar and all clear of cancer!

Participation in the program is 100 percent FREE to the survi-vor and one support person. For the duration of the session, both the survivor and their supporter have full access to the YMCA as well as the twice-weekly orga-nized program.

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I read a column of yours some months ago that said if you reseed bare patches

of grass before the first winter frost, the seeds will sprout in early spring. I did not get around to doing that. Is it still possible to reseed? – Gladys in Knoxville, Tenn.

Yes, it’s very possible. In fact, with the winter-time pre-seeding

method, the bare spots still usu-ally need a bit more seed the following spring to completely fill them in.

Try to match the new grass seed with the type of grass that makes up your lawn. (You may need to take a sample of the sod

to a professional landscaper or garden center.) Also, note how much sun the bare patch gets. You’ll want a seed that performs well in the available sunlight. Or, you can just pick up a sun-and-shade seed mixture.

To reseed, clear the bare spot of debris and rake out loose or dead thatch. Use a pitchfork to puncture the soil, then spread the new seed according to pack-age instructions. Be careful not

to overseed as that can lead to rot. Water the spot, but don’t flood it. Tamp the soil to press the seeds in, then scatter straw or grass clippings on top to keep birds from eating all the seed.

Another option is to com-pletely re-sod a bare spot. If the spot is fairly large with a lot of underlying thatch buildup, de-thatch the area so you have clear ground underneath. Purchase sod that matches the surround-ing grass (this is where taking a sod sample into the garden cen-ter comes in handy).

Measure the height of the new sod against the depth of the de-thatched bare spot. If the spot is too deep to ensure an even lawn, fill the bare spot with soil, tamped down firmly, until the difference is made up. Add a lit-tle more soil so the new sod sits about a half-inch higher than the surrounding lawn; it will settle in the next few weeks. Lay the new sod pieces, packing them tightly together. Tamp them down lightly, and poke a few holes with a pitchfork so the soil stays porous. Keep the new sod moist for the next two weeks so the sod grows in well.

In both cases, protect a newly seeded or sodded spot by mark-ing it with stakes and string around the perimeter so people stay off it while the lawn regrows.

Send your questions or home tips to [email protected], or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.


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in the area facing food insecurity, a free social service screening for food stamps and other programs will be held Thursday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jew-ish Federation at 444 Main St. North in Southbury. The Feder-ation’s Brownstein Jewish Fam-ily Service and Stay Well Health Center teamed up to continue offering free one-hour social ser-vice screenings, by appointment, for a dozen work support/basic needs programs, including SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition As-sistance Program, formerly food stamps), HUSKY, Medicaid and Charter Oak insurance.

Call 203-267-3177, ext. 310, to learn about income guidelines for SNAP and other programs. For example, the gross monthly income for SNAP eligibility for a single person is $1,723 and $2,333 for a family of two. During the past year, dozens of local res-idents have been found eligible for food stamps during the screening.

Reservations are required. To RSVP, call Brownstein Jewish Family Service Director Debby Horowitz at 203-267-3177, ext. 310. All calls are confidential.


Middlebury Girls Travel Basketball

The Middlebury Girls Sev-enth- and Eighth-Grade Travel Team split in its final two games of the regular season. Earlier in the season, Middlebury defeated Thomaston Travel to reach the finals in the preseason “Turkey” tournament at the Courtside Sports Center in Harwinton by a score of 45-39. But Friday night, March 1, a stronger, more-orga-nized Thomaston team came to Memorial Middle School and pressured Middlebury from the opening tap.

Their physical play and length presented problems for Middle-bury at both ends of the floor, resulting in an early 13-0 lead. Middlebury made several runs in the second and third periods, narrowing the gap to as few as 6

points, but could not catch Thomaston. In the end, it was Thomaston 43, Middlebury 32.

Lauren Stango led Middle-bury with 12 points followed by Ashleigh Whitten with 7, Lauren Pelosi and Allie Orsini with 6 each and Juliana Yamin with 1.

Sunday March 3, Middlebury hosted Northwest at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Waterbury. With the fifth seed in the Western Connecticut Girls Basketball League up for grabs, and with Friday night’s loss fresh in their minds, Middlebury played one of their best games of the season. Pelosi went to work early, scoring 10 of her game high 18 points in the first 14 minutes of play to give Mid-dlebury a 23–14 lead at the half. In the third, the two teams traded baskets before Middlebury went on an 18–9 run (in the fourth) to

win the contest 53–35 and finish the regular season 15–5 (9–4 in league play).

Orsini and Stango finished with 10 each followed closely by Yamin with 9, Ciara Connelly with 4 and Grace Bollard with 2.

Up next for Middlebury is the Western Connecticut Girls Bas-ketball League Championship where Middlebury will meet a very talented Watertown team in the first round at Thomaston High School Saturday morning, March 9, at 8:20 am.

Middlebury Boys Travel Basketball

The Middlebury Boys Sev-enth- and Eighth-Grade Travel Team defeated Litchfield by a score of 49-30 Friday evening at Memorial Middle School. Mid-dlebury came out very aggres-sively on defense. Danny Mc-Namara, Will McDonald and Mikey Atallah took turns guard-ing Litchfield’s high scorer and limited him to just 4 first-half points. This helped Middlebury take a commanding half time lead of 31-11.

The team cruised to an easy win in the second half behind the scoring of Matt Wynne, who had 9 points. Michael Kowalasky added 6 points, and Fran Barton contributed with 5 in the victory. The team plays New Hartford this weekend in a game in which both teams have two losses in league play.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I met my neighbor coming up the walk with her dog this morning. When I reached out to pet “Sassy,” she growled and nipped at me. My neighbor apologized and ex-plained that Sassy cannot see well. I’m not sure that’s a good enough answer. She should have better trained her dog to respond in a friendly way to people. Don’t you agree? – Stung in San An-tonioDEAR STUNG: No, I don’t agree. Dogs with vision or hearing problems can be startled easily and often react instinctively with a warning growl and even a nip.

Even if you know a dog well, when you meet, always greet the owner first, keeping your hands in a relaxed position by your side. If you want to pet the dog, ask

the owner if it’s OK to do so. If the owner tells you to go ahead, call the dog’s name first to get its attention, then slowly present the back of your hand and let the dog sniff it. If the dog stays calm, gently scratch along its jaw line and behind the ears. Don’t pat the dog on the top of the head, which can be seen as threaten-ing.

Owners should keep their dogs leashed at all times during walks. If someone asks to pet

your dog, you can say no – you don’t have to explain why.

There’s a growing movement to attach yellow ribbons to a dog’s leash to indicate to others that a dog needs space. YellowDog, which started in Sweden, now has a U.S. branch. You can find YellowDogUSA on Facebook.

Another good resource is DI-NOS (Dogs In Need of Space), which gives more details on what kinds of dogs need a wide berth, how to approach dogs and so on.

Send your questions or com-ments to [email protected], or write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. For more pet care-related advice and information, visit www.pawscorner.com.


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The American Lung Associa-tion of the Northeast is sponsor-ing a Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) Tobacco-Free Meme Contest. Why? Because Kick Butts Day is this month! Kick Butts Day is a day that “empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco.”

Teens Against Tobacco Use works year-round to educate and empower teens to inform their peers about the costs of using tobacco, but the association is stepping up the effort this month to raise awareness about the se-rious issue of tobacco use. The association wants teens to create a meme that embodies the to-bacco-free message. (Not sure what a meme is? See informa-tion below.)

The winners of the contest will receive an iTunes gift card and have their memes recognized publicly. Memes that are submit-ted will be used in ongoing to-bacco-free efforts, such as being on the association’s Facebook and Tumblr pages.

Rules for the T.A.T.U. Meme Contest

1. Memes must promote a to-bacco-free message.

2. Memes must maintain a PG-13 rating (or less) and should not contain profanity or other obscenities that could not be shown or posted on the Amer-

ican Lung Association of the Northeast’s website or Face-book.

3. Students are encouraged to be creative and use humor and other innovative ap-proaches to the topic area.

4. Entries must be submitted by Connecticut residents only. Any Connecticut resident aged 12 – 22 is eligible to sub-mit an entry.

5. Entries will be screened by T.A.T.U. staff and volunteers to ensure they are appropri-ate.

6. People’s Choice Voting will occur on the Teens Against Tobacco Use Facebook Page from March 25 to 29. You can “like” more than one meme on the Facebook page.

7. The top three winning meme creators will receive iTunes gift cards and also will be rec-ognized publicly. Winners will be determined by ranking from T.A.T.U. staff and volun-teer judges as well as the number of likes received on the Facebook page.All entries submitted to the

meme contest may be used in Teens Against Tobacco Use/American Lung Association’s promotional materials. In enter-ing the contest, students grant this permission, and the memes become the property of the American Lung Association of the Northeast.

Submission Guidelines• Deadline:Memesubmissions

should be emailed to Ruth Perry at [email protected] by 12 midnight EST Sunday, March 24.

The email must include the following information:

• JPEGorPDFfileofthememe• Student’sname,age,emailad-

dress and phone number (if student is under 18, parental permission for submission also must be included).

• Nameofstudentgroup,schoolor community program repre-senting, if any.Not sure how to go about mak-

ing a meme? Here’s an article to links to lots of meme-making tools: webtrends.about.com/od/reddit/tp/Meme-G enera-tor-Tools.htm. Please be careful in reviewing these materials. Some are not always moderated for PG content. Remember, all submissions must be age-appro-priate for teenagers. No crude or inappropriate material will be eligible.

Questions/concerns? Contact Ruth Perry at [email protected] for more information.

Want to know more about Teens Against Tobacco Use? Visit the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TATUCT; the Tumblr, tatuct.tumblr.com/; or the website, lungne.org/pro-grams/tatu.

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