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Volume 20, Number 23 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, September 20, 2013

This year’s Durham Fair, set for Sept. 26-29, will fea-ture much familiar to fair-goers of the past and some changes new for this version of the 94-year-old tradition.

T h e D u r h a m F a i r Association, which runs the fair, had a change of leader-ship including DFA President Dan Miramant. While few of the fair’s thousands of attend-ees will know or care who runs the thing, they will have a different experience be-cause of the new DFA.

The first change will be at the gate with lower ticket prices. For example, there is a new lower-priced junior ticket for children 12 and up — they previously paid the adult rate. Children under 12 will still enjoy free admission.

The town green —which once held the Craft Tent and recently hosted a car dealership — also will look different this year. As DFA Marketing Director Debbie Huscher explained in an e-mail, “[Y]ears ago the fair was held exclusively on the green and featured a Ferris wheel. We are bringing an old fashioned Ferris wheel to the green, something for the entire family. There will also be three other rides up there for younger kids. (Don’t worry, the Midway is filled with rides, games, and the big ferris wheel.)”

The green will also feature the Agricultural Tent and the return of the Green Stage for entertainment.

New this year on the green

and at the fair itself is the Connecticut Wine Festival. There will be a separate ad-mission charge to the tent on Saturday and Sunday (closed on Thursday) for those of le-gal drinking age. The wine festival features seven dif-ferent Connecticut winer-ies, including Connecticut Magazine “Best of CT” win-ners Jones Winery and Sunset Meadow Vineyards.

In a press re lease, Miramant said, “This festival is consistent with our focus on education in agriculture this year and we are proud to be hosting one of two State sponsored Wine Festivals at our Fair.”

There will also be wine ed-ucational classes and Cabot cheese tasting. Wines can be purchased to take home, but must be picked up after leav-ing the fair.

This marks a change to the traditionally dry Durham Fair. During the July 9 Durham Board of Selectman

Here in Durham, when the school year starts, kids and adults start The Fair Countdown. If you haven’t experienced the Durham Fair, it is sometimes hard to understand our little town’s excitement over the last full weekend in September. Today, I incorporated my training run through the fairgrounds as part of my seven mile route.

Going through the fair-grounds the weeks before the fair is very much like

what a child would expe-rience going on a tour of Santa’s Workshop the few weeks before Santa’s big trip. Today, I saw various venues up and ready: the big craft tent on Canfield Drive (which, I agree with my eldest, seeing little tents on the green rather than the craft tent is anti-climactic), the Center Stage on the bot-tom of the fairgrounds, the Kids Place area, the roller-coaster (which I, and many hate; it was added last year at a huge loss to the fair), and various booths newly painted and ready for cus-tomers. I saw the benches, stacked up outside the Commercial Building. (I al-ways thought they were up and present year round.)

As I ran through the empty fairgrounds, of course

I imagined all the smells and sounds that will begin in a mere few days: kettle corn over by the animal pull area, fried dough in the midway, the school kids screaming with delight on their spe-cial day off from school the Friday of the fair on wristband day on the rides, apple crisp at the Durham

Count down to the fair Mary LavadoSpecial to Town Times The fair brings

us together as a community. In those four days, we see friends, from town, and those who have returned after a move away.

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More on the fair inside.• Map

• Schedule

• Ticket information

Change and tradition at the 94th Durham FairBy Mark DionneTown Times

9/11 REMEMBERED

As “Taps” played, members of Middlefield’s Fire Department salute the flag, flown at half mast, during Middlefield’s ceremony to recognize the twelfth anniversary of 9/11.Middlefield First Selectman Jon Brayshaw speaks to the crowd at Middlefield’s 9/11 recognition ceremony. “Never forget what the men and women of our police and fire department did that day to try to save others,” Brayshaw said. | Town Times photo by Mark

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This summer brought its fair share of weather games to farmers in the area from heavy rain to even heavier heat.

Phyllis Naples-Valenti, sit-ting at her table at the farm market on the Durham Town Green, said the growing sea-son started out “crazy” but ended up to be “phenome-nal.” She said the humidity of July actually “pushed the egg-plant and tomatoes along.”

Steve Grozinsky of Midway Farm (the “Corn Guy” on Route 68) in Durham said the heavy rains in June—just when corn and other warm-weather crops were getting started—left water stand-ing in the crop rows, killing a lot of young plants. While things grew well the rest of the summer, he harvested fewer ears of corn, tomatoes and other vegetables this year.

Tony Grasso of t he Seasonal Shop in Durham focuses on flowering plants rather than vegetables . He said the rainy and cold Memorial Day weekend was problematic (that’s when many garden shops do a huge business), but June was bet-ter. He was thankful the heat wave in July was followed by cool weather in early August.

“The flowers revived,” he said, “especially the Cape Daisies. Pansies reseeded themselves and started up again. Cutting flowers (for bouquets) were great.”

Jim Zarella of Zarella Farms in Plainville said the heavy rain and cold nights resulted in a pretty bad yield. Particularly, he said toma-toes, peppers, cucumbers, and pickles “took it on the chin.” The tomatoes couldn’t even be used for canning be-cause they split so badly.

Zarella didn’t get any relief during the extreme heat, ei-ther. He said bees didn’t re-ally work when it got too hot, so a lot of the food didn’t set.

“Bees don’t work when it’s hot like that. They stay in the shade and nothing sets,”

Zarella said. “You get very poor yields that way.”

Interestingly enough, re-sults were quite different just across the town border in Southington, where Diane Karabin of Karabin Farms said the year was quite fruit-ful for her crops.

Karabin did say her farm was rather lucky considering some of the harsh weather conditions this season.

“We were at the mercy of Mother Nature,” Karabin said. “But that being said, we’re having a wonderful harvest, we’re very fortunate.

“We had the heavy rains, and then we had the extreme heat and so those are both ends of the spectrum that no farmer wants to deal with,” she added.

Flooding wasn’t an issue with the farm, and with the heat. She said it was just a matter of waiting it out.

Even tomatoes survived an early frost after Karabin said they took the risk of planting them early.

“There was some early frost and we were basically unaffected by it,” Karabin said. “We won that round.”

With summer being a suc-cess, Karabin said the out-look for the fall harvest is looking pretty good as well.

Ellie Tessmer, a member of the North Haven Garden Club, said the summer started cold, wet and then grew hot. As a result, dis-eases spread in her garden and she had to battle “crit-ters,” a.k.a. pests.

The Wallingford resident said her squash, cucumbers and tomatoes grew okay in her six raised beds, but the peppers didn’t fare well. In late summer, they are just beginning to flower.

She rarely gets powdery mildew on her squash, but this year, she was out in her garden spraying her plants with a mixture of baking soda, water and soap.

“You have to go with the weather. You can’t fight it,” she said.

Insects were also a prob-lem at Bart lem Park ’s Community Garden with zucchini, kale, and cab-bage, said gardener Jim Mertz. Aside from that, plots did “quite well,” accord-

ing to Mertz and Rajeevan Nallakkandi. Tomatoes came in later than normal; how-ever, the tomatoes did come in before the adjacent gar-dens produced, Mertz said.

Zinnias and beans were also a success, according to Mertz and he had a “terrific early lettuce crop until the hot weather caused them to bolt.”

Mertz has since replanted the lettuce and it is now ready for harvest as a fall crop.

Mertz expects the fall kale to give him a good yield. Raised beds helped him against the heavier rains of the season which did affect low-lying plots in the garden. One gardener “actually had frogs in the ditches.” That’s how wet it was at times.

“Overall the year was a success and my garden is still producing,” he said.

Larry Rosenfield, “master gardener” at Temple Beth David of Cheshire, called this year’s Mitzvah Garden at the Temple “spectacular.” The only issue this year was the excessive rain, he said.

“Overall, our yields were substantial with minimal in-sect damage,” he said.

This season the Cheshire Community Food Pantry broke ground and created its

inaugural garden. “With the help of the com-

munity, we were able to cre-ate and tend to a wonderful garden that helped provide fresh produce for our cli-ents,” said CCFP Director Patty Hartmann. “Even though we started late in the season, we had a bumper crop of eggplant and basil and several varieties of late season tomatoes.”

Herbs such as rosemary and sage did equally well. String beans were not as productive as hoped, perhaps due to the late start, she said. A team of volunteers watered during the July heat wave, to help ensure success of the first-year garden.

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In a somber and well-at-t e n d e d c e r e m o n y a t Middletown’s South District Fire Department, civilians, firefighters, police officers and state dignitaries dedi-cated a 9/11 Remembrance and Memorial Garden con-taining a steel piece of the World Trade Center to the memory of those lost twelve years earlier and those who rushed in to help.

Gov. Dannel Malloy, one of two keynote speakers, spoke of his memories of 9/11. As someone with ties to New York City, Malloy said, “I knew I would lose friends.” As mayor of a commuter city on that day, Mallow said, “I knew I would lose residents.”

Malloy spoke of his fam-ily’s ties to the Stamford Fire Department, thanked the South District Fire Department and said to the audience, “Thank you each and every one of you for remembering.”

Several speakers invoked the phrase “Never Forget.”

Middletown Mayor Daniel Drew said that the garden should be a reminder of first responders. “We have men and women who have de-voted their lives to saving others,” Drew said.

Mary Canty, sister of Michael Canty who died on 9/11, served as the second keynote speaker. Canty spoke of the memory of her brother and said that the scholarship in his name helped keep his memory alive.

The ceremony, held in scorching early morning heat, was paused for four moments of silence. The mo-ments of silence observed the impact times of the hijacked planes at the two towers, the Pentagon, and the field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The ceremony also used a firehouse bell to sound “signal 5-5-5-5,” the long time code used by the Fire Department of New York to alert the department of the death of a member in the line of duty.

The garden features an eight foot section of steel beam that was once part of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. According to a press release,

the piece is still owned by the Port Authority of New York, but the South District Fire Department will serve as the piece’s curator.

The garden features a walkway, benches, and a cir-cular, brick plaza to frame the steel artifact. Landscaping, lighting, and a flagpole are also part of the garden.

Local electrician Bob Isleib of RLI Electric donated the work to install the 16 LED lights, which were donated by FX Luminaire. Isleib, who attended the dedication, said that he designed the lighting “to pull your eye towards the focal point of the gar-den,” the steel beam, while still illuminating the other elements.

Isleib said that the garden would be lit every night.

Uncle Bob’s Garden Center of Middlefield was also a corporate donor to the gar-den, donating landscape elements.

The 9/11 Memorial Garden, located in the front of the firehouse at 445 Randolph Road in Middletown, is open to the public.

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Time of year to get a little squirrellyFor outdoor enthusiasts

September brings with it all kinds of good things, includ-ing the beginning of autumn Sept. 22.

September also marks the beginning of various hunting seasons in Connecticut be-ginning with gray squirrels, which opened the 2nd. The first part of the gray squirrel season will end Sept. 30 and then reopen on the open-ing day of the Connecticut upland game season (Oct. 19) and runs right through to the end of the year. Over the years I have noticed that hunting gray squirrels has waned a bit, and this only means that some hunters are missing out on some great hunting fun as well as some

super eating. Hey, those of you who have never tried squirrel in spaghetti sauce or any other squirrel recipes, don’t knock it.

Squirrel hunting is a great way to introduce a young-ster into hunting. My broth-ers, Pete, Dave, Paul and I, began hunting with our Dad, Mike, as soon as we were able to walk with him in the woods that surrounded our home in South Meriden.

As well as introducing us to a hunting experience, the gray squirrels also gave us some great eating at a time during the war years when meat for the family table was scarce.

Two of our favorites hunt-ing places were nut groves that the squirrels made their dens in. We would sneak si-lently into an area and then

just sit back and wait for the squirrels to start scur-rying about in the treetops. It would be a proud father and sons hunting team that would bring back a limit of gray squirrels for the family table.

Back then, squirrel season did not start until the third Saturday in October, when a good part of the foliage was already on the ground. This also made for better hunting because it was a lot eas-ier to spot the squirrels as they mover from tree to tree overhead.

I do realize that with the earlier opening day in September the trees still are heavy with green foliage making it harder to see old bushy tail as he darts about looking for tasty nuts and acorns to chomp on, but the patient squirrel hunter should be able to harvest enough squirrels for a tasty meal. The daily bag limit for gray squirrels is eight, with a

season limit of 40. The month of September

also brings with it the start of the archery season for whitetail deer and wild tur-key. Traditionally, the season usually starts on the 15th of the month, but because it falls on a Sunday this year, the archery seasons for deer and turkey will open on Sept. 16. Maybe someday those who we elect to our legislature will realize that Sunday hunting on private land will be a good thing for all concerned including our over-abundant deer herd.

Archery hunting has been one of the oldest forms of hunting deer in Connecticut and has grown into an even bigger event with the earlier bow seasons in Connecticut.

Private-land bowhunters in all zones can hunt deer from Sept. 16 this year until Dec. 31. Private-land bow-hunters in zones 11 and 12 can continue their hunting from Jan. 1-31, 2014.

Season bag lim-its for bowhunt-ing deer are four deer, two of either sex and two ant-ler-less, only with an addi-tional limit of one antler-less and one either sex in zones 11 and 12 in the Private Land January season.

Turkey hunting by bow-hunters is also under the same regulations and dates as deer hunters. However, be sure and renew your archery license in 2014 before hunt-ing deer or turkey. Bag limits for turkey hunting are two either sex on private land and one either sex on state land.

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It goes without saying that all of these various archery and firearms seasons, re-gardless if they are on state or private lands, require the proper licensing and permits.

It is in your best interest to check out your 2013 CT Hunting and Trapping Guide before any hunting venture.

September also gives wa-terfowlers an early opportu-nity to harvest those pesky Resident Canada geese.

I wonder why we call them Canada geese now when they never leave Connecticut any more?

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Nearly 100 people packed a conference room at the North Branford Town Hall for a forum held by state Rep. Vincent Candelora to explain gun control measures passed by the state legislature in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown last December.

The standing room only fo-rum reflected the intense in-terest in the topic. Candelora took questions from the au-dience as he went through a slide presentation and made it clear several times that he had opposed the new laws.

The slide presentation, like the one used at a recent legislative forum in Durham, bore the logo CT GOP.

“I was on the losing side of this battle,” said Candelora,

a Republican whose 86th district includes part of Durham. “Majority rules, unfortunately,” he later said.

While Candelora said sev-eral times that he wanted the forum to explain some of the complexities of the new bill, the politics of gun control were inescapable, especially from the crowd, which was clearly frustrated and angry at the new laws.

“Why are we being pun-ished?” asked one member of the audience.

“If you’re a criminal you don’t need to worry about it,” said another.

Many of the questions showed both the complexity of the new law and the com-plexity of the gun market. The new law expands the number of banned assault weapons, bans the sale and

transfer of magazines with more than a 10 round capac-ity, creates new requirements for long gun sales and loaded weapon storage, and creates a gun offender registry.

Many of the questions ex-plored the fine print and im-plications of the law. What if someone with a grand-fathered — but currently banned — assault weapon moves out of Connecticut and then back?

Some of the questions re-f lected the enormous ar-ray of guns available in the marketplace. If the adapter to attach an illegal silencer onto a gun is missing, is the gun itself still illegal? If a

gun manufacturer has al-tered a magazine blocking it from accepting more than 10 bullets, it can be sold in Connecticut. What happens to the magazine owner if those alterations break?

Some of the questions Candelora or a gun enthu-siast in the audience could answer, others were docu-mented by an aide for follow up. While calling himself one of the legislators who had, in fact, read the bill, Candelora emphasized that he did not want to give legal advice or answer questions he was not sure of.

Several times, the poli-tics of gun control pulled

Candelora away from the legal details and once into a curious metaphor. “This was passed four months af-ter Newtown. They struck quickly while the iron was still hot rather than allow-ing a cooling off period.” In some instances a “cooling off period” is required for gun purchases.

When asked where gun advocates could put pres-sure to overturn the new laws, Candelora responded that lawsuits currently in the courts offered the best chances to eliminate the bill.

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Durhamite Kara Mather, a senior at Coginchaug Regional High School, is feel-ing good about her summer. She established some strong bonds, saw the goodness of people firsthand, helped oth-ers, and did things she never thought she could do.

On June 29, she and 28 oth-ers from United Churches (in Durham), including Reverend Elven Riggles, hit the road. The caravan in-cluded two vans and two trucks pulling trailers loaded down with clothes, bedding, food, and tools. Their desti-nation? Bonanza, Ky., where they spent four days doing volunteer work repairing houses for the Low Income

Housing Coalition of East Kentucky. The women stayed in an old home that had been restored and do-nated for this purpose. The men stayed in a building that the group had built a few years ago, called The Durham Building. (Named after Durham, Conn.)

“There was a person on the site, overseeing our work and making sure everything was up to code,” Mather said. “One of the adults with us was a former building con-tractor, and it really helped having him there. This was my third summer, and I had learned how to do things from people who had done this before.”

The group put a tin roof on two houses, re-shin-gled a house, and put in a

new kitchen in a house af-ter gutting the old one. “We found that people who don’t have much themselves of-ten give what they do have to others,” said mom Cheryl Mather, who was also there. “The people to whom we gave a new kitchen, were very gracious. After we left in the evening, they and their friends did some of the work themselves, so that when we got there the next morning, we were ahead of schedule.”

There were challenges. The days were long and hot and strenuous. The younger Mather was initially nervous about being on a roof. “The adults went into every site first, though, to make sure it was safe,” she said. “Safety was always first. I came to really enjoy the shingling. I hadn’t had a clue about how to do it, but then I got to a point where I could probably

show someone else how to do this. It was such a feeling of accomplishment.”

The heat, the rain, the heavy lifting, the sometimes-less-than-ideal working con-ditions of the sites-none of it dampened Mather’s enthusi-asm. “You know you’re help-ing people,” she said, “and the recipients of that help were so grateful. Even when the work was tough, you push through because you know you’re doing good.

“I enjoyed the teamwork. I saw how hard the other mem-bers of the group worked without complaining, and it made me want to work hard, too. I got to know a different side of people that I normally wouldn’t hang out with. We had each other’s back, and we all became really close-a bond that is still there now that we’re home.

“I learned just how much I can do. I never thought I could put on a roof,” said Mather, who plans on going back for several more years to come.

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Kara Mather, a senior at Coginchaug Regional High School, helped build house in Bonanza, Ky., over the summer. |Photo by Diana Carr.

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Letters policy for political season

For Letters to the Editor regarding any candidates or issues that involve the polit-ical season, Town Times will only accept and publish let-ters that are 100 words or less.

This policy is in keeping with the policy of the Record-Journal and will be in effect starting with the next edition of Town Times.

The last edition for which we will publish letters of a political nature is Oct. 24. We ask writers to focus on their candidate’s worthiness for of-fice and refrain from personal attacks on individuals.

As always, we reserve the right to edit letters or to not publish a letter. Letters should contain contact infor-mation, including, full name, address and phone number. Only your name and town will be published. If you have a specific role in politics or the political process, please include that information.

Letters on other topics will continue to be accepted up to a 300 word limit. Send let-ters to [email protected] or Town Times, P.O. Box 265, Middlefield, CT 06455.

Letters to the Editor

Final chapterTo the editor:Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, fol-

lowing nearly eight years of ups and downs, gives and takes, and many overwhelm-ing (unambiguous) votes of the people, the final chapter in the Powder Ridge story is now history. The clos-ing took place on the 19.67 acres on Powder Hill Road — one year to the date of the Powder Ridge Ski Area sale.

The people voted to buy and they voted to sell what had been the ski area for 50

years. The voters saw with clarity the need to save and restore one of the town’s prized occupants. They saw taxes; they saw jobs; they saw a financial nosebleed go-ing away; they saw fun; they saw open space; they saw ag-riculture; they saw spin-offs; they saw pride; they saw the town’s fabric restored and a new exciting chapter in our history book. On behalf of the administration I want to thank the voters for making their instructions clear at ev-ery turn.

We received exactly what the property was worth and we have already paid off nearly $800,000 of our loan. Taxes on the property will soon kick in and many of our folks will be driving to a real job in the morning. Let’s now let free enterprise pick up where we left off.

Jon A. BrayshawFirst Selectman

Middlefield

A fair perspectiveTo the editor:For anyone who knows

the towns of Durham and Middlefield, they know the last full weekend in September is, and always will be, Durham Fair week-end. Yet, for the first time in nearly 20 years, our last weekend in September will be free of French fries, steamed cheeseburgers, chocolate covered bananas, and warm sugar-covered mini doughnuts.

The purpose of our letter is not to spew some long-winded tirade about how we feel the Durham Fair has lost its ties to agriculture in favor of commercialism, car sales, and most recently, elephant shows. Our intention is to provide our thoughts about an alternative way to support our local organizations while still standing behind our dis-appointment in the Durham Fair Association and — with the exception of a mere 12 votes — its dismissal of a 3,000-signature petition in-troduced by a local resident.

We sincerely understand the significance the fair weekend holds for the or-ganizations of Durham and Middlefield, serving as their single largest annual fund-raising event. Although we have made a conscious de-cision to forgo the fair this year, we do not want to sac-rifice supporting the commu-nity organizations that give generously to our towns and us. Therefore, in lieu of fair spending, we will be sending donations in the form of per-sonal checks to all of the lo-cal organizations whose fair booths we regularly visit.

We know that while many people are welcoming the elephant show, we also re-alize that there are just as many people who feel the same way we do and are un-happy with recent changes and a stark shift in focus. We are not trying to discourage anyone from attending the Durham Fair, we are offering an equally effective way to support local organizations.

Contact information for local organizations can found at their websites or ask a participating member.

Tommy Ryan and Lindsey Ryan

Durham

Grateful for help To the editor:On behalf of the Kulpik

family, we wish to thank all the responders of the Durham Fire Department, ambulance, the husband/wife physicians (who were playing tennis) and Sue Eisner for their aid and TLC given to our mom/wife.

We are so grateful and ap-preciative for the wonderful care and support that was given to her. She has recov-ered and is doing great.

Thank you so much!John Kulpik

Durham

Exchange student To the editor:In an ever shrinking

world opportunities to meet people from different cul-tures are becoming more and more common, and Middlefield and Durham are no exception. Over the years, the Coginchaug High School community has had the opportunity to meet, befriend, and educate sev-eral exchange students from around the globe. The time that these exchange students have in our com-munity with their host fam-ilies, classmates, friends and teammates allow life-long memories to be created not only for the student, but also for the community. The shared connections show us all how people with diverse cultures can learn from and

benefit from understanding of one another to live more peacefully together.

This year Middlefield and Durham are lucky to have an AFS student from Austria. He is currently living with a short term family in the area. AFS is looking for a family in the Middlefield and Durham area to host this student for the academic year. If you are interested in having a unique cultural experience with this student, please call Stephanie at (860) 788-2745, email [email protected], or visit the AFS website (af-susa.org) to learn more about hosting and apply to become his host family. All types of families make great host families, from many children to no children, young or old, outdoorsy or not.

If now is not the time for you to host a student, but you are interested in open-ing your home to a student in the future or have a child that is interested in studying abroad, please visit afsusa.org.

Stephanie DeckerMiddlefield

Talk to Lucy To the editor:Lucy Petrella is a candi-

date for Middlefield First Selectman and I support her. You may be lucky enough to have her knock at your door. One platform issue is the environment. Middlefield is blessed with several pieces of open space, and, if elected, First Selectman Petrella would strive to bal-ance several priorities, such as preservation of agricul-ture, maintenance of a rural atmosphere, recreation, and selected use of land for com-mercial purposes. It is not her intention to sell all the land, nor ruin neighborhoods with asphalt and traffic, nor to sell at a pittance that scoffs at the town debt. Talk with Lucy when you have the opportunity.

Alma ElderMiddlefield

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Support PetrellaTo the editor:We are fortunate to have

an excellent candidate for First Selectman this fall. She is dedicated to the princi-ple that every citizen and taxpayer in Middlefield/Rockfall should have their voices heard. I am proud to support Lucy Petrella as First Selectman.

Lucy is a retired school teacher and a wonderful re-source to have in these diffi-cult economic times. Having raised a family, she knows what it means to make ends meet. She also knows what it is to live on a fixed budget.

We need someone like Lucy who will try to keep costs down while maintain-ing the character of the town.

Connie DregaRockfall

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Last week, our family drove to Massachusetts to visit Old Sturbridge Village, the largest outdoor history museum in the Northeast. If you haven’t been, it’s a working village, set in the 1800s, complete with farms, working tradespeople and employees dressed in that period’s attire.

On over 200 acres, Old Sturbridge Village is made up of homes, a school, a working farm, a coun-try store, a pond, meet-inghouses, water-powered mills, a potter, a blacksmith, and more, so it takes a full day to see it all. There is a restaurant and a café for hungry bellies, and a gift shop for souvenirs.

The blacksmith talked us through his job while he forged metal for a tool he was making, and a woman worked a loom while ex-

plaining to my four-year-old that her job would have been sewing tea towels back in the 1830s.

In the kitchen, we learned about the practice of stick-ing one’s arm in the oven and testing temperature by seeing how many counts until the skin protested. Everyone’s pie count was different, but knowing your pie count allowed cooks to accurately calculate the ov-en’s temperature, and know when it was time to put the food in to cook. We also learned that pie wasn’t con-sidered a dessert; rather it was often served as a meal. Yes, please!

In the schoolhouse, we were told that the school year back then ended around Labor Day, to allow the chil-dren to help with harvest, and that during the school year, kids went to school Monday through Friday, and in the morning on Saturday. They didn’t have homework,

because they were busy with chores after school.

My six-year-old soaked up every nugget of information tossed his way, and he could have spent all day watching the tradesmen working. His younger sister was more in-terested in the farm animals, wool carding and the paper marbling craft. They both enjoyed the magic show, which they watched while eating our packed lunch.

Both times I have visited Old Sturbridge village, I no-tice more similarities be-tween then and now, as well as more differences. Being tied closely to the land and eating pie for breakfast is very appealing, but so is in-door plumbing and access to telephones.

Adding a bit of colonial flavor into our lives would be great for the spirit, and

I always leave the village considering taking up knit-ting or canning vegetables, but then I get online to goo-gle how to do those things,

and end up sidetracked by the modern world.

Old Sturbridge Village

A day spent in the 1800sBy Amy FlorySpecial to Town Times

Children watch a potter turn a bowl at Old Sturbridge Village. | (Submitted Photo)

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Teen Book Club (ages 12-18). Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie. Copies are available at the front desk. Preview October’s new books and get the first pick. Drop in, no registration required.

Afterschool Movies (ages 12-18). Every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Popcorn and water served. October movies are “Star Trek Into Darkness”, “The Croods,” “Iron Man 3”, “World War Z”, and “The Grudge”. Drop in, no regis-tration required.

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Middlefield/Rockfall tax collector reminds all Lake Beseck sewer users that tax assessments are due Sept. 1.

The office mailed bills in Apri l , bi l l ing two installments.

If you have lost or mis-placed your bill, call the office at (860) 349-7117.

Please note that banks do not escrow sewer bills.

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Credit cards will not be accepted.

If you have a problem with your bill and the solution cannot be fixed on time, a 1.5 percent pen-alty per month will be charged. An Oct. 1 post-mark is proof of payment on time. (The drop box has no proof of payment on time. The drop box will be emptied Oct. 1, at 4 p.m.)

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Several bear sightings were reported in the area throughout August . In Durham, a bear was spot-ted on Maple Avenue near Notre Dame Church. In still another Durham incident, a hunting camera captured a picture of a bear west of Tuttle Road. In Middlefield, a bear was videotaped try-ing to eat from a birdfeeder on West Street. More re-cently, a black bear was spotted investigating bird feeders in the back yard of a Pent Road home, in Durham, on the evening of Sept. 3, as seen in this photo.

T h e C o n n e c t i c u t Department of Energy and Environmental Protection advises that if you see a bear, you should advertise your presence by making noise

and waving your arms or walk away slowly. CT DEEP also advises against using bird feeders between March and November, storing an-

imal feed outside, and put-ting garbage out overnight.

Bear sightings can be reported to the Wildlife Division at (860) 675-8130.

A black bear checks out bird feeders at Pent Road home Sept. 3. | (Submitted by Betsy DuBois)

Bears abound in local towns Durham Fair ad-

vanced ticket salesDurham Fair advance

admission ticket sales are scheduled as follows:

Exhibitor admission ticket (only one ticket per exhibitor).

Saturday, Sept. 21 - Exhibit building, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 22 - Durham Fair Off ice Building, 24 Town House Road, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 - Exhibit building, 12:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 - Exhibit building, 3 to 9 p.m.

Student admission ticket (students ages 12 to 18 from Durham, Middlefield, and Rockfall only. School lists will be checked.)

College student ad-mission ticket (college students from Durham, Middlefield or Rockfall, ages 18 to 25 only. Proof of college attendance is re-quired, i.e., bill, schedule, picture ID, etc.)

Saturday, Sept. 21 - Exhibit building, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 22 - Durham Fair office build-ing, 24 Town House Road, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 23 - Durham Fair office build-ing, 24 Town House Road, 3 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 - Exhibit building, 12:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 - Exhibit building, 3 to 9 p.m.

Payments may be made

by cash or check only. No tickets will be sold at the schools. No students or ex-hibitor tickets will be sold after Wednesday, Sept. 25.

Volunteer informationTo volunteer at the

Durham Fair: Gate volunteers (ticket

sellers, ticket takers, hand stampers): Sherri at (860) 788-2891, email [email protected].

Gate managers: Donna at (860) 349-3656 or (860) 559-6019, email [email protected].

Souvenirs: Donna at (860) 349-3656 or (860) 8 6 0 -5 5 9 - 6 0 1 9, e m a i l [email protected].

Information Booths: Maggie at (860) 349-1303, email [email protected].

On grounds courtesy shuttle carts drivers: Tom at (860) 262-0145.

Public Safety (parking, security, lighting, signs, etc.): Joe at (860) 982-8646, email [email protected] or Pat at (860) 349-2249, [email protected].

Maintenance: (build-ings, grounds, equipment, fencing): Hans or Amanda at (860) 916-2457, email [email protected] or [email protected].

Entertainment: Wendy at (860) 538-1221, email [email protected].

Livestock exhibi ts : Kathy at (203) 237-0637, email [email protected].

Reminder: Volunteers get free parking and admission to the fair.

Fair

meeting, Miramant and DFA Entertainment Coordinator Wendy Manemeit assured the BOS that the event was only scheduled for one fair and had been considered because of its local, educational, and agricultural orientation.

While alcohol at the fair would normally be a much discussed new element, this year that distinction belongs to Elephant Encounters. Two trained elephants, belonging to Bill Morris of Elephant

Encounters, will perform three shows daily during the fair.

The decision to bring an elephant show to the fair sparked a protest and pledges by some to boycott the fair. The announcement was removed from the fair’s Facebook page after approx-imately 300 largely negative comments. Rachel Mann of Durham started a petition, eventually signed by over 3,000 people, asking the DFA to cancel the show and spoke at a DFA meeting. The DFA

decided to continue with the show with a 59-12 vote of its directors.

The elephants will be lo-cated east of the Crafts Tent, off of Canfield Lane, and will be visible in a fenced enclo-sure during the fair.

Headerliners at the fair include country musicians Justin Moore performing Friday night and Josh Turner taking the Main Stage on Saturday.

There also will be local musicians performing on the fair’s multiple stages, in-

cluding Jackson Hill at 5 p.m. Friday on the Main Stage and Kings of Karma at 5:30 p.m. Friday on the Green Stage. The CRHS Jazz Band and Show Choirs as well as the local a cappella group Unaccompanied Minors will perform multiple days throughout the weekend.

Other local talent will take the Center Stage at noon on Saturday for the 10th annual Talent Show including eight year old Zoe Geyser, last year’s People’s Choice Award winner.

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Middlefield Youth and Family Services booth, the cut French fries and their aroma carrying over the Women’s Club Chili booth, when I worked as a volun-teer for many years. And my favorite, a signature of our town: the cow flops in the cow barn, and the vari-ous vocalizations of all the animals.

As I ran, I replayed the many memories over the years, from my childhood, and now, during my chil-dren’s childhoods. Some are the same from gener-ation to generation. The dreaded rainy fair days, walking through the heavy mud, in rain boats, and push-ing strollers. The naps the kids would take in those strollers while the adults watch the digital slide show. The wonder and delight in the children’s eyes as they saw all the animals: cows, horses, chickens, goats, racing pigs, and the llamas. The feeling of fear when separated from friends and family. Watching the vari-ous shows on the different stages. Watching my daugh-ter as a young girl in awe of Coginchaug High School’s Show Choir and saying: “I want to be in that show when I’m a big girl!” Then

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two years ago watching her fulfill that dream. The pride of seeing one’s exhibit with a blue ribbon attached to it; and better yet, seeing your child have that very experience.

The fair brings us to-gether as a community. In those four days, we see friends, from town, and those who have returned after a move away. It is the largest agricultural fair in the state totally staffed by volunteers. We work at various booths, take tick-ets, and buy our food from our local schools, churches, and civic groups. There is something for everyone,

and I, as a Durhamite, invite you all to our Christmas. It has changed throughout the years, due to the eco-nomic climate: higher ticket prices, having to pay for parking (unless you volun-teer for the fair), the need to be shuttled in versus paying even more for space in someone’s driveway on Main Street. But we still love it. It is fun, and it sup-ports our town. Most of all, it shows the world how awe-some Durham is.

The fair runs Sept. 26 to 30. For more information check the website: www.durhamfair.com. Come on down — we hope to see you


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Col. William Nelson of Durham was selected as the Coginchaug football team’s Honorary Captain for its sea-son-opening game Thursday, Sept. 14.

Col. Nelson is the grand-father of Blue Devil Jesse Nelson , a sophomore linebacker.

Col. Nelson graduated as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from the University of Connecticut’s ROTC pro-gram in 1952.

Following graduation, he trained at Fort Dix in New Jersey and Fort Benning in Georgia.

In 1953 he was deployed to Japan where he served with a heavy mortar company at-tached to the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division on the island of Hokkaido.

While in Japan, Col. Nelson trained for a variety of combat roles including ski trooper, mountain infantry and air cavalry.

Col. Nelson returned home

from Japan in 1954. When his active duty obligation ended, he enlisted in an Army re-serve unit based in New Haven.

During his time in the re-serves, Col. Nelson graduated from the Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where he was trained to lead Army units involved in interagency, intergovernmental and multi-

national operations.Col. Nelson retired from

the reserves in 1980, ending a 30-year military career.

Col. Nelson and his wife, Barbara, moved to Durham in 1958 and have lived in Middlefield since 2000.

Col. Nelson worked as a Department Superintendent at the Allegheny Ludlum steel mill in Wallingford for 30 years. He retired in 1985.

Col. Nelson named Honorary Captain

STRONG OUT OF THE GATE

The Coginchaug football team bested visiting SMSA/University 48-38 last week in its season-opener. | Photos

by Rita Van Steenbergen

CHEERS TO THEM

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Durham/Middlefield Falcons 0: Unfortunately for the Falcons, their offense never seemed to be on the same page, as they failed to find pay dirt all afternoon.

Despite the final score, several strong performances were turned in by the Falcons. Tucker Carroll had a solid day under center, hooking up with receivers Derek Grant and Colin Sheehy on multi-ple occasions.

On defense, the Durham/Middlefield squad was led by Aidan Scarcia, Dante Aparo, and Chris Ulizio, who recov-ered a fumble in the second half.

Strong special teams per-formances were had by the Falcons’ punter/kickoff spe-cialist Giovanni Aparo and long snapper Bryce Fleck.

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Durham/Middlefield Falcons 14: The Falcons were forced to play catch up all afternoon.

Early on, it was all Vipers, as they scored early and often to surge ahead 18-0.

The Falcons began to show signs of life as Donovan Mumback returned a kickoff 60 yards to help ignite the Durham/Middlefield offense.

Later in the drive, running back Drue Fleck rumbled into the end zone, putting the first Falcons points on the board.

The Falcons picked up where they left off on their next possession. Quarterback John Palo called his own number and carried the ball 71 yards for a score to bring the Falcons to within striking distance.

But the Vipers would not be denied.

Aside from Palo, Fleck and Mumback, the Falcon offense was led by Jake Manning, Ryan Grant, Mark Melillo, and Justin Garretson.

The Durham/Middlefield defensive unit was anchored by Blake Santor, Ryan Wirger, Kevin Lee, Ben Pitruzzello, John Legge, Tyler Doyle and Matthew Bradanini.

Youth football: Falcons bit by Vipers

Community submissions

The Town Times welcomes news and scores from all sports leagues in Durham and Middlefield. Submissions.

Send information and photos to: Town Times, 11 Crown St., Meriden, CT 06450 or email to [email protected].

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The PSAT is sched-uled for Saturday, Oct. 19, from 7:45 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Coginchaug High School.

Deadline to register for the test is Thursday,

Oct. 10. A fee is charged. Payment may be made by cash or check.

For more information, call the guidance office at (860) 349-721.

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Classes for Kindergarten through ninth grade are of-fered. Sunday School be-gins Sept. 22 celebrated in conjunction with the Family Picnic.

There are no prerequisites to join classes. For more infor-mation, call (860)349-9644 or Karen Otte at (860)349-3631.

Community ‘Blessing of the Animals’ in Durham - The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment, is Oct. 4. The church will commem-orate The Feast of St. Francis on at noon on Sunday, Oct. 6, with a Community Service of Blessing of the Animals. The event will be held rain or shine.

Community SupperThe Church of the

Epiphany, 196 Main St., has scheduled a free community supper the second Sunday of the month (except on conflicting holidays) from September through June. Many local churches and or-ganizations host, assist, or sponsor the event. All are welcome.

Ladies Guild of St. Coleman Church

The Ladies Guild of St. Colman Church, Middlefield, has scheduled its Christmas Holiday Fair for Saturday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Holiday Fair in-cludes crafts, games, a White Elephant Table, refreshments and other attractions.

A limited number of ven-dor space is available. A fee is charged for table rental and space.

Members and parishioners meet Thursday evenings in the parish hall to ready items for fair. Parishioners who are not Guild members are invited to bring their skills to these sessions and learn more about the ministry of the Ladies Guild.

For information, call (860) 349-3868 or (860) 349-3058.

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The doctor’s note should be on letterhead. There is no prescribed form - the doc-tor’s note and the absentee ballot application would sat-isfy the requirement of the law.

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In January of each year, the Registrars of Voters will send written notice to each elector with permanent ab-sentee ballot status to deter-mine if the elector continues

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ence member, and that was not the only time the idea of revolutionary use of the guns came up. When Candelora made a mocking reference to State Senator Ed Meyer’s idea to limit guns in Connecticut to those with one bullet ca-pacity, an audience member said “As soon as the govern-ment uses those guns we’ll use those too.”

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Yes, I know that September hunting can be a bit on the warm side at times, but have you noticed that ever-so-slight change in our foliage as we get ready for fall and cooler weather?

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Bee Happy CompanyNed Farrell, bee keeper, is

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CalendarFriday Sept. 20

Coginchaug Boys Soccer: 6 - 9 p.m. Portland High School, 95 High St. CRHS vs. Portland

Coginchaug Football: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Valley Regional

High School, 256 Kelsey Hill Rd, Deep River. CRHS vs. Valley Regional/Old Lyme

Coginchaug Girls Volleyball: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Coginchaug Regional High School, 135 Pickett Lane. CRHS vs. Hyde Leadership

Saturday Sept. 21

Middlefield hike: 3 - 6 p.m. Wadsworth Falls State Park, 721 Wadsworth St. Lucy Meigs will lead the one-mile tree identification hike for adults and teens. For information and to register,

call Lucy at (860) 395-7771 or email to L u c y @ e v e r y o n e o u t s i d e . o rg .

Monday Sept. 23

Coginchaug Girls Soccer: 4 - 7 p.m. Coginchaug Regional High School, 135

Pickett Lane. CRHS vs. Old Lyme.

Coginchaug Girls Volleyball: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Coginchaug Regional High School, 135 Pickett Lane. CRHS vs. Old Lyme.

Durham Blood Drive: 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Durham Public Library, 7 Maple Ave. Schedule an appointment by calling Christina Kursawe at (860) 788-2104, the Red Cross at (800) 733-2767, or online at www.redcrossblood.org . Donate Life CT will be at the event. www.redcrossblood.org

Tuesday Sept. 24

Coginchaug Boys Soccer: 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Coginchaug Regional High School, 135 Pickett Lane. CRHS vs. Old Lyme.

Coginchaug Cross Country: 3:30 - 6 p.m. Valley Regional High School, 256 Kelsey Hill Road, Deep River. CRHS at League Meet 1

Wednesday Sept. 25

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Congress failed to act on a farm bill before its summer recess, Connecticut’s dairy farmers lost their federal assistance.

Connecticut farmers re-ceived about $1.2 million last year in payments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Milk Income Loss Program, or MILC, and much, much more during years when milk prices were lower.

But the MILC program was phased out Sunday, Sept. 1, a month before all other farm programs are set to expire be-cause Congress has failed to pass a new, five-year farm bill.

“There is no safety net now, and milk prices are ex-pected to fall,” said Peter Orr, owner of Fort Hill Farms in Thompson. “I am very concerned.”

The MILC program gave Connecticut farmers a sub-sidy when Northeast milk prices dipped below $16.95 a hundredweight and/or feed

Ana RadelatThe Connecticut Mirror

prices spiked.But Congress has been un-

able to agree on a new farm bill that would keep subsi-dies to dairy producers –- and other farmers -– flowing.

The Senate was able to ap-prove a farm bill earlier this year. But Republicans in the House were split on how much to cut the food stamp program, a big component

of the farm bill. The House ended up passing a bill that would reauthorize all farm programs –- making a major change in the dairy title -– and did not include any nu-trition measures.

The House balked at trying to negotiate a final farm bill with the Senate, so nothing was done before Congress left for its August break.

The big question now is: Can a final farm bill be ap-proved when Congress returns?

The food stamp program is an entitlement, so it will be funded at last year’s level if Congress does nothing. But the other programs need re-authorization to continue.

“A five-year farm bill al-lows farmers to plan their

business, but right now we are in limbo,” said Orr, who milks 200 dairy cows.

Henry Talmage, executive director of the Connecticut Farm Bureau, said the uncer-tainty is hurting all farmers.

“We really don’t know what is going to happen,” he said. “It’s really a crapshoot

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as to where it all will end up.”Congress could decide to

“kick the can down the road,” as it did last year when it could not agree on a farm bill, and approve an extension of the legislation set to expire at the end of the month.

But Connecticut’s dairy farmers oppose that. They’re hoping that the new farm bill will replace the MILC pro-gram with one that is more

market-oriented.The “Dairy Producer

Margin Protection Program” would give participating farmers a payout when there’s a large gap between milk prices and feed costs. Dairy farmers could also buy addi-tional “insurance” to increase the amount of their margin payments.

In the Senate bill, all dairy farmers who sign up for the margin program would au-tomatically be enrolled in

a “stabilization program,” which pays farmers to pull back productions when prices fall too low.

“The general consensus in the dairy community is we welcome the new program,” Orr said.

The House bill does not contain the stabilization pro-gram. That’s another con-tentious issue that must be debated if the House and Senate agree to negotiate a final farm bill.

Re p . Jo e Co u r t n ey, D-2nd District, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, blames House Republicans for the quagmire.

“Everybody knows the Senate passed a comprehen-sive farm bill farmers would be happy with,” he said.

Since proposed food stamp cuts were the hang-up in the House, Rory Cooper, spokes-man for Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., said he ex-pected the House to try again.

Cooper said the House would take up a nutrition bill in September that “makes much-needed reforms to the food stamp program, that adds work requirements for able-bodied adults, ends abuses and protects it for the children, seniors, disabled, and families that most need it.”

But tightening eligibility re-quirements to cut the amount of money in the food stamp program would lose the sup-port of most Democrats and some Republicans who ei-ther oppose the cuts or think they aren’t deep enough. That means a fight over food stamps could continue to stall approval of a final bill.

Ben Freund, owner of Freund Farm in East Canaan, is frustrated by Congress’ inaction.

“We’re a long-term busi-ness,” he said of dairy farm-ers. “We can’t deal with this uncertainty.”

Freund also said dairy farmers benefit from the USDA’s conservation pro-grams, which provide incen-tives for ecological farming practices. Funding for the conservation program will end Sept. 30 unless Congress acts.

Freund, whose 800-acre farm contains 270 cows, said Congress, and the American public, don’t care about the farmers’ plight.

“People take for granted consistently good food pol-icy,” he said.

But consumers could take a big hit if the farm bill issue is not resolved soon.

If not settled by the end of the year, the nation will fall over what’s been called the “dairy cliff,” and prices for milk and other dairy products could double.

Without a farm bill, all fed-eral farm programs would return to a 1940s-era law that would nearly double the price of milk. Those laws would put prices at $38 for 100 pounds of milk, compared with about $20 for 100 pounds of milk farmers currently receive.

This story originally ap-peared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent, non-profit news organization cov-ering government, politics and public safety in the state.

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R e p . J i m H i m e s , D-Greenwich, who has ex-pressed opposition to the use of military force, issued a statement Tuesday night, Sept. 10, confirming that view. ”I remain deeply skep-tical that a military attack will improve the situation on the ground, quiet the conflict, or improve our national secu-rity,” he said.

Another opponent of a military strike, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told re-porters after the speech that he believed that the ”risks of military intervention still outweigh the potential bene-fits to the United States,” but he acknowledged that it was a ”close call.” Murphy, a mem-ber of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voted against a resolution authoriz-ing a military strike,

Murphy also said he ”has never seen the people of Connecticut as plugged into an issue” as they are to the Syrian situation.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., indicated in a state-ment that he was tilting against a military option and criticized the pending Senate resolution as ”too broadly written,” lacking interna-tional support and ”risks entangling us in Syria’s pro-tracted civil war.”

Two House members — Reps. Elizabeth Esty, D-Cheshire, and Rosa DeLauro, D-New Haven — said they continue to be un-decided about a military strike.

Rep. John B. Larson, D-East Hartford, applauded Obama for seeking a ”diplomatic and international answer to the problems in Syria.”

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