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middlebury Easter Egg HuntWhen: 1 p.m. What: Easter Egg Hunt for Middlebury children ages 3 to 10Where: Shepardson Community Center Field at 1172 Whittemore Road

town meeting to vote on tax incentiveWhen: 7 p.m. What: Vote on Shaker Automotive tax incentive applicationWhere: Shepardson Community Center Auditorium at 1172 Whittemore Road

middlebury annual budget hearingWhen: 6:30 p.m.What: Middlebury Board of Finance presentation of proposed 2013-2014 town budgetWhere: Middlebury Firehouse at 65 Tucker Hill Road

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By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

Le Bobadel, the New York-style delicatessen that opened at 819 Straits Turnpike in Middle- bury last December, is the joint venture of a mom, her husband, her daughter and her son-in-law. Chef Olimpia Cristaldo, who for many years was a chef and ca-terer in Larchmont, N.Y, moved to Waterbury four years ago. For four long years after the move, she drove back and forth to Westchester County to work.

“I was so tired, I decided to open my store with my kids,” she said. And so she sat down with her husband, daughter and son-in-law, and they drew up plans to open their own deli and ca-tering business close to home. The result is Middlebury’s own New York-style deli.

Olimpia brings to the busi-ness more than 30 years of ex-perience as a chef and caterer. She grew up in Portugal, and the deli name, “Le Bobadel,” comes from a place near Lisbon. Daughter Elizabeth, who usually can be found behind the cash register at the deli, said of Olim-pia, “Her passion is cooking. Saturdays used to be our family day. She would cook a feast at our house.”

Elizabeth formerly worked in medical records during the day, but over the years helped her mother at many catering events. Now she is working fulltime in food service, and she said she loves it. “I found a new love of food. I’m very close to my family, and I love working with them all day,” she said.

Olimpia’s husband, David, brings to the deli his experience as a butcher and meat depart-ment manager at supermarkets. He supervises meat and fish purchases, handles inventory control and pitches in wherever help is needed.

Son-in-law Aref Ahmed brings years of experience as a business manager at P.C. Richard & Son to Le Bobadel. At P.C. Richard, he oversaw as many as 50 people, and he helped open four Con-necticut stores for the company.

Le Bobadel serves breakfast, lunch and take-out dinners and caters events like parties, wed-dings and Seders. It is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast is available all day, and the break-fast menu features pancakes, waffles, eggs with home fries and toast, egg sandwiches and assorted rolls, bagels and muf-fins.

Lunch and dinner dishes in-clude Portuguese dishes like kale soup, paella, rice pudding and semi-frio along with deli hot and cold sandwiches and specialty salads. Quiches and individual and family-size chicken pot pies are prepared fresh daily.

Aref said their Dec. 19 open-ing was much later than initially planned. “Hurricane Sandy pushed us back about two months,” he said. Despite the late opening, they delivered two big catering orders just days later, one Dec. 24 and one on Christmas Day. Recently, they catered a Passover Seder for a New York synagogue.

With the first three months on his new job behind him, Aref said, “I like it. I’m still getting used to it. The best part is deal-ing with people and getting to know them.”

As the company’s business manager, Aref said, “When it comes to quality, we are not go-ing to negotiate.” He said that is why all their cold cuts are Boar’s Head brand. And the deli’s bread is delivered daily from a famous Italian bakery in Port Chester, N.Y.

Aref said the most popular sandwich is the Italian combo with four kinds of meat and pro-volone cheese. For breakfast, the bacon, egg and cheese on a roll has been a big hit. Post Univer-sity is across from the deli, and students are frequent customers. Aref said 40 Post baseball players recently stocked up on breakfast sandwiches to go before getting on the bus for an away game.

In addition to the eat-in or take-out food, Le Bobadel stocks specialty items such as Colom-bian coffee and imported jams, teas, cookies, pastas, mustards and olive oils. It also has a small section of gluten-free pasta. Brands include Piacone and Lensi from Italy and Esparguette from Portugal.

The family says its focus is on providing the warm and fuzzy feeling of a home-cooked meal for all of the deli’s customers. “Right now, our main goal is to have the community get to know us and trust us with their cater-ing needs,” Elizabeth said.

Business has been booming. “We’ve surpassed our expecta-tions,” Aref said. The location on a busy road has helped tremen-dously, he said, but the good cooking and good service they offer are equally important.

For more information on Le Bobadel, call 203-528-4061 or visit www.bobadelmarket.com.

Family runs new York-style deliFamily members, left to right, Elizabeth Ferreiri, Olimpia Cristaldo, David Cristaldo, Sebastian Cavada and Aref Ahmed stand in front of the deli counter at Le Bobadel in Middlebury. The family opened the New York-style deli last December.

Baked goods made by Chef Olimpia await purchase at Le Bobadel. (Marjorie Needham photos)

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM

Middlebury’s Board of Finance (BoF) will present the proposed 2013-2014 town budget to the pub-lic Wednesday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the firehouse at 65 Tucker Hill Road in Middlebury. The pub-lic hearing for the Region 15 School District budget, which also affects Middlebury taxpayers, is the same night, but at 7:30 p.m., in the AP Room at Pomperaug High School. Due to the changes in Middle-bury’s charter, Middlebury voters will vote on both the town budget and the Region 15 budget on the same day, Wednesday, May 8, this year rather than voting on separate days as was done last year.

With a $645,854 increase, the town’s $10.1 million budget is al-most 7 percent higher than the current $9.4 million budget. How-ever, the BoF has cut roughly $1 million off the budget initially pre-sented to it by the Board of Select-men.

Summary sheets of the pro-posed budget can be found in the public hearing legal notice on page 7 of this issue of the newspaper. Copies of the entire budget can be picked up at the Middlebury town clerk’s office.

BoF Chairman Mike McCor-mack said his board worked to create a town budget that would result in no tax increase. The town budget increase would have been more than offset by an expected $808,862 revenue increase in prop-erty tax and supplemental auto revenue. However, Middlebury’s portion of the Region 15 School District budget is expected to in-crease by $681,008 to $19.8 million from $19.1 million. McCormack said he anticipates the combined

budgets totaling $29.8 million will result in a tax increase of approx-imately 2.5 percent for Middlebury taxpayers.

McCormack said the $518,000 surplus from the 2011-2012 budget was applied to the 2013-2104 bud-get. “That was only right,” he said. “That was the taxpayers’ money.”

When it came to reducing the proposed 2013-2014 budget, Mc-Cormack said, “We moved $160,000 right out of the budget with the thought there were re-serve accounts to offset costs of roofing at Public Works and the Fire Department and general maintenance for the Historical Society building.”

He said the BoF also eliminated salary increases for part-time per-sonnel and lowered increases for fulltime personnel to 1 percent. “Most fulltime employees get lon-gevity increases of a half to one percent,” McCormack said.

First Selectman Edward B. St. John said Wednesday, “It’s always a difficult situation when you try to balance our needs against our ability to pay. There’s always a fine line there. We never get a budget we all are in love with.” He said this budget could be considered a starting point, and the town would see what happens at the public hearing next week.

St. John said he didn’t like to second guess the BoF, but he was concerned the board eliminated overtime from departments like public works. He said some de-partments have to respond no matter when a storm occurs. “There is a certain amount of lia-bility the town incurs if we are notified about a situation and we don’t respond,” he said.

middlebury budget hearing Wednesday

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE

The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commis-sion (EIDC) at its March 26 meet-ing reviewed its application expe-riences from the first two tax in-centive program submissions and discussed progress on the nascent Guidebook for Commercial De-velopment.

Co-chairman Michael Kenausis asked commissioners to discuss possible areas for improvement in Middlebury’s Tax Incentive Pro-gram for business attraction, re-tention and expansion. An Oct. 1, 2012, town meeting approved a tax incentive for Walling-ford-based Winchester Electronics to relocate to Middlebury, and an April 8 town meeting is set for vot-ers to decide on a tax incentive for the rebuild and expansion of Shaker Family Ford-Lincoln into the Middlebury side of property that is partly in Middlebury and partly in Watertown. The previous building was almost entirely in Watertown.

Co-chairman Gerry Matthews commented on several sections of the program that might be im-proved, including the list of factors commissioners take into account, the timetable for recommenda-tions and the conditions necessary to begin the tax abatement first year. Commissioner Ted Manello

commented on the program being applicable to businesses simply preserving jobs, and Commis-sioner Frank Mirovsky com-mented on whether EIDC’s pass-ing of completed applications to the board of selectmen should be considered a recommendation or simply vetting. Kenausis asked members to bring revision pro-posals to the next meeting for consideration in eliminating gray areas and better protecting the interests of the town.

Work on the Guidebook for Commercial Development con-tinued with a progress review of a draft document patterned after a similar guidebook from George-town, Mass. Members had been assigned areas to research at an Oct. 15 special meeting, with Kenausis taking on the Building Department, co-chairman Gerry Matthews doing P&Z, Commis-sioner Frank Mirovsky researching the Conservation Commission, Ted Manello doing the Water Pol-lution Control Authority, Mark Petrucci talking to the fire marshal and Joseph Salvini interviewing the town engineer. Commission-ers agreed to set workshop meet-ings in May to continue work on the guidebook.

The next regular EIDC meeting will be Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall conference room.

EIDc reviews tax policy

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By DONNA HINE

Yes, we all know April 1 is April Fool’s Day, but were you aware the first week in

April is Library Week? And April 16 is National Librarian Day! April is a good time to visit your local library and check out the many services we offer.

Take out a Kindle, download a book to your Nook, read a mag-azine, join one of our many book discussions, learn to knit with Ann, or ask about new books or DVDs – we would love to intro-duce you to our many amenities!

Turning to new arrivals, Da-nielle Steel has written yet an-other novel. “Until the End of Time” (STE) is a love story involv-ing parallel destinies decades apart. Does love truly cross time? Can you be in love forever? Do we have past lives? Hmmm. Many may find comfort in this premise, and those who do will enjoy the unfolding story of love and love again. Danielle Steel books usually are a great intro-duction to adult reading for young people, and this is no ex-ception. Although she has written many, many books, the formula is consistent and, as a love story, quite readable for many.

If you enjoy the timeless writ-ing of Agatha Christie’s Miss Mar-ple, you may enjoy a new sleuth: a first-grade teacher named Miss Dimple Kilpatrick. We don’t have

her first two adventures on our shelf, but her third outing is “Miss Dimple Suspects” (BAL) written by Mignon F. Ballard.

It is what is known as a “cozy” – a book you can read without worrying about horrific bloody scenes or graphic gruesome events. The setting is Georgia at the time of World War II, and the book addresses the stereotyping of Japanese-Americans; simply because she is Japanese, the companion of an elderly woman is thought to be the murderer when her charge is found dead.

The writing is a little choppy, but the characters and setting depict a simpler time of necessity instead of gluttony. Rationing is still practiced, and you will dis-cover the inventions of everyday people to just live day to day in wartime.

Charlaine Harris is well-known for her Sookie Stackhouse novels, but check out the next installment in her cozy series following librarian Aurora (Roe) Teagarden. In “Poppy Done to Death” (HAR), Aurora’s sister-in-law Poppy is murdered, leaving behind people who each knew only one facet of her personality. An engaging novel, this thank-fully leaves behind vampires and werewolves for the real human villains to be found in any small town. A perfect, early spring–storm type book to read in front of a roaring fire!

Next up is J. A. Jance’s “Deadly Stakes” (JAN). Another prolific writer with a loyal following, this eighth para-mystery featuring Ali Reynolds appears with mixed reviews. Reintroduction of famil-iar characters is great if one is starting the series with this book, but it tends to be repetitive for those who have read them all along. Once the story evolves,

though, it is an absorbing, fast-paced read …

Even better than the character Dirk Pitt is Clive Cussler’s Isaac Bell. Cussler teams up with Justin Scott to write this thrilling adven-ture series about a detective in the early 1900s. This one, how-ever, has its roots at the beginning of Bell’s career with Van Dorn and toggles between portraying Bell as a fresh, new detective in 1902 and his seasoned, married self of 1912. Always a rip-roaring, good adventure tale!

Let’s leave the light fiction reading behind and focus on some more meaty nonfiction for this month. If you live in Con-necticut, you will have watched at least one (if not many) UCONN girls basketball games. Some of their best matchups were against the Lady Vols of Tennessee coached forever, it seems, by Pat Summit. “Sum It Up” (362.19 SUM) co-authored by Sally Jen-kins, follows this legendary woman, who led the Vols from the age of 22 to a record amount of wins. Can’t you still see that glare and intense focus she main-tained during a game? This is a frank and revealing look at the private life of an incredibly strong woman facing the fight of her life against early-onset Alzheimer’s.

Do you have a cat? Or two? “The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do – and How to Get Them to do What You Want” (636.8 NAG) written by Mieshelle Nagelschneider offers many tips and hints on living with a cat – or two. Almost any problem you can imagine is offered a solution: Does your cat spray? Maybe he scratches your furniture – com-mon-sense answers are given to inhibit unwanted behavior and encourage correct behavior. Dis-cover the reasoning behind their

behavior, and live happily with your cat.

“Jimmy Stewart: A Wonderful Life” (791.43 COE) by Jonathan Coe is a chronicle of the life of a much-loved actor. Spanning more than 40 years and many movies, the career and personal life of Stewart are portrayed through anecdotes and many photographs. Stroll through pic-tures of his classic movies – you may discover one you haven’t watched, or maybe you’ll recall one you want to watch again. This legendary icon was involved in more than “It’s a Wonderful Life” or “Mister Smith Goes to Wash-ington.”

Adam Makos writes a compel-ling true story of a single, life-changing event during World War II: “A Higher Call” (940.54 MAK). The book is about one incredible moment when ene-mies stop being enemies and a tragic ending is avoided. Backed by an enormous amount of re-search, this book follows the very different lives of two men until they met in the sky as enemies – and meet again as friends as old men.

Books about our most popular and/or well-known presidents are almost always fascinating to read. Daniel Stashhower writes “The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War” (973.7092 STA) to re-late the events that unfolded as Lincoln traveled by train to his inauguration. Allan Pinkerton and the first woman private eye, Kate Warne, know the threat is very real to assassinate the pres-ident – but how to convince him? History and great writing make this and “A Higher Call” very readable for all – even those who have difficulty reading historical nonfiction!

Don’t you just love a book that forces you to think about some-thing completely outside your box? “Frankenstein’s Cat: Cud-dling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts” (616.02 ANT) by Emily Anthes explores the subject of how far biotechnology should go to improve the human condition. Is our taste in pets (teacup pigs are one example) changing the focus of science? And is that change for the better? The author remains optimistic for the future of technology and that we will grow with the betterment of not just mankind in our sights, but improvements for all life.

Adult Services Librarian Donna Hine is writing Library Lines for the newspaper once a month while the library is at its temporary location.

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Monday, April 8Police Commission6 p.m. .................................................Town Hall Conference Room

Town Meeting7 p.m. .......................Shepardson Community Center Auditorium

Tuesday, April 9Democratic 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, April 10Board of Finance7 p.m. ............................................................. Shepardson Room 26

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

Thursday, April 11Retirement Plan Committee1 p.m. .................................................Town Hall Conference Room

Parks and Recreation7 p.m. ............................................................... Shepardson Room 1

Calendar dates/times are subject to changeIf your organization would like your event included in the community

calendar, please e-mail the information to beeintelligencer@gmail.com

middleburyNon-fiction Book Discussion Group

The non-fiction book group will discuss “The Zookeeper’s Wife” by Diane Ackerman Tuesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Copies of the book are at the circulation desk.

Mystery Book Discussion GroupThe Mystery Book Discussion Group will

meet Thursday, April 11, at 6 p.m. to discuss “Justice” by Kaye Kellerman. Books are avail-able at the library.

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

naugatuckAuthor Paul Hensler Talk

Author Paul Hensler will discuss his book, “The American League in Transition, 1965 – 1975: How Competition Thrived When the Yankees Didn’t,” Tuesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Nellie Beatty Room. Call 203-729-4591 for more information.

Book Club The Whittemore Book Club will meet

Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Main Read-ing Room to discuss “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.

The Howard Whittemore Memorial Library is at 243 Church St. in Naugatuck. For infor-mation, call 203-729-4591 or visit whittemore- library.org.

southburyTamara Oppel Exhibit

A selection of Tamara Oppel’s artwork will be on display in the Gloria Cachion Gallery in the Southbury Public Library until Sunday,

April 28, 2013. Oppel, a Woodbury artist, has experimented over time with different forms of visual expression through fine art and illus-tration.

She now uses a variety of mediums to express herself and has completed works in watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, scratchboard, oil and photography. She applies her artistic ability to portraits of people, pets, wildlife and flowers. Her artwork has been accepted into several juried shows, and she has won awards for Best Watercolor Painting and Best Wildlife Painting in the Kent Art Association shows.

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

WoodburyExperience the

Enchantment of KoreaSaturday, April 6, at 1 p.m., a multimedia

presentation will bring to life Korea’s rich and unique cultural heritage, from colorful art to modern Korea. After viewing a presentation

including a documentary film and the reen-actment of a traditional Korean wedding, par-ticipants will enjoy a traditional Korean meal prepared by members of the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project. Works of art, in-cluding paintings, objects and costumes, will be on display. Call the library at 203-263-3502 to make a reservation.

Ron Crowcroft ExhibitThe artwork of Ron Crowcroft is on display

in the Gallery. Crowcroft was born in Sussex, England, and went to art school in Leeds, Eng- land, at the time the most radical art school in Europe. An art reception will be held Sunday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Works in the show all are made with acrylic and oil-based paint markers on canvas. They are biomorphic abstractions, with aboriginal and ancient glyph-like elements. Viewers may associate some of the images with animals, fish, birds, heads, figures, eyes or internal organs.

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

Details from “Ivy” by artist Ron Crowcroft. His creations are on exhibit at the Woodbury Public Library this month. (Submitted photo)

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hyacinths, hanging basketsBag mulches and top soil

region 15 school CalendarSaturday, April 6

Parent University (SMART, Inc.) ..................................................PHS

Sunday, April 7No Events Scheduled

Monday, April 8MMS National Spanish ExamMMS and RMS Drama Field Trip to The Palace TheaterBoard of Education Public Hearing ....... PHS AP Rm. 103, 7:30 p.m.Board of Education .......... PHS AP Rm. 103 following public hearing

Tuesday, April 9 to Friday, April 12PES Kindergarten Registration MES Kindergarten Registration

Tuesday, April 9MMS National Spanish ExamPES PTO ....................................................................................9:30 a.m.LMES Grade 4 Chorus ..................................................................7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 10GES Grade 5 Concert ...................................................................7 p.m.

Thursday, April 11PHS PLC-Advisory Day........................................... Delayed ScheduleMES Grade 4 Chorus Concert .....................................................7 p.m.RMS Tri-M Induction .................................................AP Room, 7 p.m.Middle School End of Third Marking TermMMS Tri-M Induction

Friday, April 12Middle School Fourth Marking Term Begins

Saturday, April 13No Events Scheduled

Region 15 website: www.region15.org

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start planning now for warmer weatherIt was a bad winter in many

parts of the country. Flooding, snow, storms – we’ve had it all. But spring and summer are com-ing! We need to start planning now to take advantage of all the warmer weather we’ll get.

Are you a gardener? Whether you plant flowers in pots outside your door, or have a full garden in the yard, or grow vegetables in the community garden, now is the time to start planning. Check your local area for garden-ing classes, even if your efforts are going to be on the small scale. If you have a plot in a community

garden, it often will have classes to let you know the condition of the soil this year and what addi-tives you’ll need to apply. Those classes are where you’ll find will-ing volunteers to help with weed-ing as the season goes on, if you can’t do it all yourself.

If you’re going to want to join a walking group, investigate now. In some areas, senior centers host walking tours around town or through the woods. For daily exercise, talk with neighbors and friends to see what you can put together. Check your gear: Are your walking shoes good for an-other year? Do you have a hat and sunglasses?

Once you get a group together, brainstorm for additional activ-ities you can do. Once-a-week croquet in the park? Bowling? Berry picking? Painting bird-houses for the land trust? Baking

pies for the food bank?If you live in a college town,

all those students will go home for the summer and leave many of their volunteer tasks undone. Where can you pitch in?

Enjoy your planning!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 email to columnreply@gmail.com.

(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

Middlebury senior Center News

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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.

Nondenominational Bible Study

New Hope Anglican Church offers a nondenominational Bi-ble study at the center three times each month. April’s ses-

sions are Monday, April 1; Friday, April 19; and Friday, April 26 at 10 a.m. Reservations are needed by the day before each session.

Craft ClubLyn Priestman leads the cen-

ter’s popular monthly Craft Club Friday, April 5, at 1:30 p.m. Meet other crafters and choose from a variety of projects.

Card-Making ClassJoin Barbara Paquin Tuesday,

April 9, at 9:30 a.m. for a card-making class that produces af-fordable and unique greeting

cards. Reservations are needed by April 8. The cost of the class is $5, and class size is limited to 10 participants.

Reiki SessionsReiki sessions are being of-

fered Tuesday, April 9, and Tues-day, April 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. Reiki is a safe, noninvasive, hands-on (or not, if recipient prefers not to be touched) form of alternative medicine. Reiki does not claim to heal or cure any diseases or illnesses. Its pur-pose is to bring on a sense of relaxation and well-being.

Trained Reiki Master Shirley Ramponi will conduct individual 30-minute sessions. Reserva-tions are needed by the day be-fore each program.

Larry Ayce Band to Perform

The Larry Ayce Band will per-form at the center Wednesday, April 10, at 2 p.m. Admission is a dessert to share. This event is sponsored by Home Health Aides. Reservations are needed by April 9.

Core ExercisesPhysical Therapist Jim

Jablonka and Orthopaedic Cer-tified Specialist Keith Havemeyer from Peak Physical Therapy re-turn to the center Friday, April 12, at 10 a.m. to teach core exer-cises that strengthen and stabi-lize the torso and pelvis. Reser-vations are needed by April 11.

Town Council Q & ASaturday, April 13, at 9:30 a.m.,

Watertown Town Council mem-bers will be at the center for a question-and-answer session. This program offers senior adults the opportunity to speak with town leaders about issues and programs affecting them. Reser-vations are needed by April 12.

Don’s Computer ClassesBasic Digital Photography – Tuesday,

April 9, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., learn the basics of how to take, manage, print and attach your photos to emails. The fee for this one-session class is $15.

Basic Computer Security – Wednesday, April 10, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., learn how to avoid computer bugs and attacks and protect your data while online. The fee for this one-session class is $15.

Basic emailing – Thursday, April 11 from 1 to 2:30 p.m., learn simple email tips and tricks. Open up the power and convenience of today’s advanced email programs. Learn email protocol and etiquette. Finally make your email work for YOU. The fee for this one-session class is $15.

Beginner Computer ClassThe “Beginner’s Computer Basic Class”

will meet for five weeks starting Wednesday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This class is for fairly “new” users who want to learn the beginning basics of using a computer. The class includes descriptions of parts of a computer, practice in using a mouse and the keyboard, basic word processing, basic “paint” fundamentals, and an introduction to the Internet and email. The class fee is $30 per person.

Reiki PresentationThursday, April 11, at 11 a.m., Reiki Mas-

ter Augusta Ozdemirer will give a free pre-sentation. Ozdemirer has been in the spiri-tual healing field more than 25 years. She

will share information and answer questions. Call 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat.

Donate Used Ink CartridgesDon’t throw your used ink cartridges

away. Instead, donate them to the Middle-bury Senior Center. They recycle.

Trips

Stew Leonard’sThe Middlebury Senior Center mini-bus

will go to Stew Leonard’s in Danbury Thurs-day, April 18, leaving the senior center at 10:30 a.m. After shopping, the bus will stop at the Blue Colony Diner for lunch. The transportation cost is $7 per person. Please call 203-577-4166 to reserve your seat.

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Miss Westbury’s Outstanding Teen, Margaret Luddy, left, and Miss Greater Watertown, Samantha Aquavia, right, will be special guests Friday, April 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Water-town Area Association for Special Citizens annual fundraiser at The Grand Oak Villa function hall at 550 Sylvan Lake Road in Oakville. For ticket information for the family-style dinner and raffles, call Rocco Calabrese at 860-274-9115.

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Prepare for Street Sweeping

The Town of Middlebury Pub-lic Works Department will begin its town-wide annual street sweeping program Monday, April 15. Work will begin on the eastern side of town near Rte. 63 and con-tinue westward. The department estimates it will take seven to 10 working days to complete.

Residents are asked to sweep sidewalks and driveways to the street and rake property edges off before April 15. They also are asked to refrain from on-street parking until the street sweeping is complete. For more informa-tion, call Public Works at 203-577-4170.

Tree Maintenance (Pruning & Trimming)

The Woodbury Shade Tree and Sidewalk Committee is sponsor-ing the Annual Tree Maintenance (Pruning & Trimming) Seminar Saturday, April 6, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Shove Building Conference Room at 281 Main St. South in Woodbury. Learn the ins and outs of tree care and proper pruning techniques from the ex-perts. The seminar is free and open to all area residents.

 Presenter Harris “Bud” Neal of Neal Tree Service LLC is a certi-fied, licensed arborist and has a long line of credentials along with 47 years of experience in the tree

business. For more informa-tion, call 203-263-2141.

French Café The Alliance Française of

Northwestern Connecticut, Inc. will sponsor a café and conversa-tion on French folk dancing Sat-urday, April 6, at 10:30 a.m. at The Barn Club at 558 Main St. South in Woodbury. Dance master Patri-cia Campbell will present the topic in French, and attendees also will read related materials. Admission is open to the public with $5 requested of non-members. For information, call 203-266-5588, or email noelle113@charter.net.

Cactus Show This Weekend

The 30th annual Cactus and Succulent Show will be Saturday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the fifth floor cafeteria of the Art and Music Center at Nau-gatuck Valley Community College at 750 Chase Parkway in Water-bury. Admission is free. For more information, see www.ctcactus-club.com or call 860-489-8356.

Genealogy Club Newspapers ProgramThe Naugatuck Valley Geneal-

ogy Club meeting Saturday, April 13, at 1 p.m. at the Naugatuck Historical Society at 195 Water St.

in Naugatuck will start with a brief business meeting and then will feature speaker Marcia Melnyk presenting “Beyond the News: Using Newspapers for Research.”

Melnyk is a professional gene-alogist, lecturer and author who has taught all over the U.S. and Canada for nearly 15 years. She is the author of “The Weekend Genealogist,” “The Genealogist’s Question and Answer Book,” “Ge-nealogist’s Handbook for New England Research” and “Family History 101,” a beginner’s guide to finding your ancestors.

The public is invited, and ad-mission is free. Storm cancella-tions will be announced on radio WTIC-AM, TV WFSB and internet www.wfsb.com. For more infor-mation, visit the club website at www.naugatuckvalleygenealogy-club.org or call Dick Kreitner at 203-881-8181.

Parent UniversityParent University 2013, spon-

sored by Southbury and Middle-bury Acting Responsibly Together, Newtown Parent Connection, Inc. and the Brookfield Substance Abuse Coalition, will be Saturday, April 6, at Pomperaug High School. It will offer eight work-shops, from which participants may choose to attend two.

The workshops will be pre-sented by experts who will speak on topics of interest and applica-ble to parents of elementary-age children to grandparents parent-ing grandchildren! The event will include a free Kid University to care for children while their par-ents attend the workshops.

Details and registration infor-mation are at www.smartinc.org. Those with questions may call 203-788-5199.

Alzheimer’s Support Group

A monthly support group for friends and family of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias takes place the second Thursday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the Jewish Federation of

Western CT, 444 Main Street North. The next meeting is April 11.

There is no charge for this open and on-going group, whose pur-pose is to provide emotional, ed-ucational and social support for caregivers through regularly scheduled meetings. Patty Gibbs, a volunteer with the Alzheimer’s Association, facilitates the group. For more information, call Debby Horowitz, Brownstein Jewish Family Service director, at 203-267-3177.

Drug Addiction Talk“REBOUND,” an inspirational

talk on drug addiction and the road to recovery by former NBA player Chris Herren, will be Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the Brookfield High School audito-rium. Doors will open at 6 p.m.

Herren, a former NBA player, will speak to parents and students (age 11 and older) about his strug-gles with addiction and his cou-rageous road to recovery. In No-vember, Herren spoke to more than 1,000 Ridgefield parents, children and community mem-bers and received rave reviews from all participants for his rivet-ing presentation.

The talk is sponsored by the Newtown Parent Connection,

Inc., and Steps to Recovery and presented by Brookfield CARES (formerly BSAC - Brookfield Sub-stance Abuse Council) and the Brookfield Public Schools.

Spring Rummage SaleThe Women’s Fellowship of the

First Congregational Church in Watertown will hold its spring rummage sale Thursday, April 18, from noon to 8 p.m. in the Fellow-ship Hall. Among the quality items for sale will be clothing for men, women and children; household goods; small appli-ances; jewelry; toys; dishes; books and baskets. Especially fine items will be in Annie’s Treasures.

Friday, April 19, from 9 to 11 a.m., there will be a $3 a bag sale. Proceeds from the sale fund var-ious outreach programs. The church is at 40 DeForest St. in Watertown, 860-274-6737.

Easter Seals Walk in May

Saturday, May 11, hundreds of supporters will participate in the Easter Seals Family Fun Walk at Quassy Amusement Park in Mid-dlebury. Walkers will help raise money to support Easter Seals programs and services that change the lives of children and adults in the community who are

living with disabilities and other special needs.

Don’t miss out on this day of music, rides and entertainment to benefit Easter Seals. Win Quassy ride passes and other great prizes. Registration is re-quired. Call Mary Reid, events administrator at 203-754-5141, ext. 251, to sign up. Visit www.waterburyct.easterseals.com for more details.

Call for ArtistsThe Tribury Rotary Club seeks

artists for its 9th Annual Art Show, Sale & Silent Auction, which will be held from Saturday, June 15, to Saturday, June 29, at the South-bury Public Library. Funds raised from the event will be used to support philanthropic efforts in-cluding scholarships, literacy and youth leadership.

Individuals interested in dis-playing their framed art at this event should contact Art Show Chairman William Dreska at 203-510-5727 or Vice Chairman John Monteleone at 203-565-6100 to obtain an entry form. Space is limited, so interested parties should indicate their interest by April 15. Artists who have dis-played their art in prior years will be contacted.

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“A Week in Winter”By Maeve Binchy

(Random House, $26.95)Reviewed by Rose McAllister

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Beloved Irish author Maeve Binchy finished the manuscript for “A Week in Winter” days be-fore she died in July after a brief illness. Her final novel, published posthumously, shows Binchy at the top of her writing game. In a book set in a small, fictional Irish coastal town where everyone knows each other, Binchy intro-duces us to a plucky, resourceful middle-aged woman named Chicky Ryan, who works tirelessly

to fulfill her lifelong dream to buy the decaying Stone House man-sion and build it into a holiday resort.

To mark the resort’s opening, Chicky advertises a special deal – a week in winter on the west coast of Ireland. The first group of guests starts to arrive, and we learn all of them have different reasons for staying there. They include:

• An American movie star who misses a connecting flight and decides to take a brief holiday in Ireland. He wrongfully as-sumes he is incognito since his fellow guests don’t make a huge fuss over him;

• A retired schoolteacher who exudes negativity with each breath she takes, and criticizes everything and everyone she encounters;

• A young Swede, who must de-cide whether to head the family business or follow his heart;

• A mother and would-be daugh-ter-in-law who have been forced into taking a vacation together, with all the tension

and uneasiness that implies.• A married couple, both doctors,

who find themselves at a spir-itual and professional cross-roads, having witnessed far too much sickness and death.Binchy writes beautifully about

the importance of community and of people being restored to life, especially after their dreams and plans fail or when their wor-ries and fears consume them. “A Week in Winter” is a bittersweet read for Binchy fans, many of whom will savor her final book and lament all of her untold sto-ries. A literary treasure in the tru-est sense, Ms. Binchy will be missed.

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The Middlebury town clerk’s office said Public Act 12-57 al-lows permanently disabled vot-ers to apply for permanent ab-sentee ballot status. The status enables the elector to receive an absentee ballot for each election, primary and referendum in the municipality in which they are eligible to vote without filling out additional applications.

To be eligible for permanent absentee ballot status, an elector must file an absentee ballot ap-plication together with a doctor’s certificate stating they have a permanent disability and are unable to appear at the polls. The absentee ballot application can

be downloaded from the secre-tary of the state’s website at www.sots.ct.gov or can be obtained from the town clerk’s office.

A permanently disabled per-son wishing to vote in a referen-dum with less than three weeks’ notice will have to fill out an ap-plication each time since by law ballots cannot be mailed, and a designee would have to be ap-pointed.

Please contact the Middlebury town clerk’s office at 203-758-2557 with any questions. The office in town hall at 1212 Whit-temore Road in Middlebury is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.

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To cut back on revenue losses, after weighing the pros and cons for years, the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail on Sat-urdays starting in August 2013. They expect to save $2 billion of the nearly $16 billion losses from last year.

Here are the ways it will affect us:• No mail will be delivered to

street addresses on Saturdays.• Packages, however, will con-

tinue to be delivered six days a week. This is due to an increase in package volume, likely be-cause of online purchases.

• Packages and mail will continue to be delivered to post office boxes on Saturdays.

• Post offices will stay open on Saturdays, if they currently do.Consumers will need to change

their habits. Birthday cards ex-pected to arrive on Saturday won’t get there until Monday. Netflix DVDs expected to arrive for the weekend won’t arrive until Mon-day. Time sensitive out-of-town newspapers will be delayed. Bills mailed with the expectation that Saturday is a working day may arrive late. If you vote by mail, you’ll need to mail earlier.

Over the past two years, the Postal Service has made numer-ous changes to try to bring down

its operating costs. Hours have been cut at smaller post offices, staff has been reduced and some post offices have closed com-pletely. In spite of these cost re-ductions, the price of a stamp has been raised to 46 cents.

If you haven’t used online bill payment in the past, this might be the time to investigate how it’s done and calculate your monthly savings.

If you’re printing out a multi- page document to mail, consider reducing the number of pages by expanding the margins slightly so more text fits on each page and reduce the font size slightly. The top and bottom margins are where you’ll get the most additional lines per page.

Listen for the next increase in the cost of stamps and stock up before the change goes into effect. Invest in postcards for short mes-sages. If you send quite a few pack-ages, investigate Click-N-Ship and save up to 16 percent by weighing your own packages, printing your

labels and paying with a credit card or PayPal.

The U.S. won’t be alone in this change. Canada, Sweden and Aus-tralia already deliver five days a week.

David Uffington regrets he can-not personally answer reader ques-

tions, but he will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Fea-tures Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send email to columnreply@gmail.com.

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Angelo RinaldiTimex Retiree

Mr. Angelo Rinaldi, 83, passed away Sat-urday, March 30, 2013. He was the husband of the late Mary (Rinaldi) Ri-naldi.

Angelo was born in Pontelandolfo, Benevento, Italy, March 6, 1930, son of the late Pasquale and Orsola (Rinaldi) Rinaldi. He came to Waterbury in 1950 and moved to Middlebury in 1953. He worked as a gyroscope team leader for Timex/Ben-dix until his retirement. He was a de-vout Catholic and a communicant of St. John of the Cross Church. He en-joyed working in his garden, engineer-ing things, but most of all spending time with his family.

He leaves one son, Angelo P. Rinaldi and his wife, Heidi, of Novi, Mich.; three daughters: Elaine Strobel and

her husband, George Jr., and Ursula Mobilio and her husband, John, both of Middlebury, and Mary C. Rinaldi of West River, Md.; 10 grandchildren: Paul Mobilio of Seattle, Wash.; Julie Mobilio of Boston, Mass.; Mark Mo-bilio of Middlebury; Dr. Nicole Mari-ano and her husband, Thomas, of Sacramento, Calif.; Anne Strobel of Middlebury; Lt. j.g. George Strobel III and his wife, Ashley, of San Diego, Calif.; Lance Cpl. Phillip Strobel and his wife, Tammy, of Okinawa, Japan; Jonathan Strobel of Arlington, Va.; Stephanie Rinaldi and Christopher Rinaldi, both of Novi, Mich.; and sev-eral nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his two brothers, Carmine and Fiorino Rinaldi.

The funeral was Tuesday at Chase Parkway Memorial/The Albini Family Funeral Home in Waterbury to St. John of the Cross Church for Mass. Burial followed at Middlebury Cemetery. To leave condolences, visit chasepark-waymemorial.com.

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The Clockwork Repertory Theater’s fourth and last show of its 35th theater season will open Saturday, April 13, with a curtain time of 8:15 p.m. It also will be presented Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20 and 26 and 27, May 3 and 4, and Saturday, May 11. The show, “Getting Sara Married,” is a romantic comedy by Sam Bobrick directed by Mitch Friedman.

Sara is an unmarried lawyer, who is much too busy with litigation to be bothered with a romance. Her Aunt Martha, however, de-cides to play the matchmaker and find Sara the perfect mate. Choosing among the men she knows, Martha settles on one prospective groom she admires. So she arranges to have her compatriot in this caper, Noogie Malloy, bop him on the head and “deliver” him to Sara’s apartment.

Unfortunately, Noogie’s method of deliv-ery is a little too rambunctious, and the groom cannot remember who he is or where he is from. Sara attempts to help him regain his memory, and as he does he confuses detail after hilarious detail until he realizes he is already engaged. Sara shares a sand-wich, tuna of course, and the groom finds out he is allergic to tuna the hard way and winds up stuck in the apartment again after the paramedics leave.

As time wears on, the prospective groom becomes more and more familiar with Sara, and his hilarious recounting as to what he really thinks marriage is about leads Sara to believe that marriage, after all, may not be all that bad!

So, will Aunt Martha’s persistence win out? Will Sara relent and finally find love? Best to come and see for yourself in this charming, poignant and very funny roman-tic comedy.

Reserved tickets are $18. Call the box of-fice at 860-274-7247 for tickets or more in-formation. The Clockwork Repertory Theatre is at 133 Main St in Oakville.

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Noogie (Mike Sacco) prepares to dump the unconscious prospective groom (Mike Reilly) into the lap of Sara (Jolian Cook) during a rehearsal of the romantic comedy “Getting Sara Married” at the Clockwork Rep opening April 13. (Submitted photo)

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Noel Federle of Southbury & Middlebury Acting Responsibly Together (smartinc.org) com-piled lists of the top reasons for parents and caregivers (including grandparents) to choose each of the workshops at Parent Univer-sity Saturday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Pomperaug High School in Southbury. One reason common to all the workshops is, “You want to talk directly with an expert versus reading a book that can’t answer back!”

SMART is sponsoring this event for those who wish to be proactive and learn positive par-enting strategies for raising chil-dren of all ages. SMART’s goal is to strengthen families and enrich the community. Those seeking a reason to attend may find one in Federle’s lists.

Top reasons to attend “Masked vs. Unmasked, Helping your Chil-dren Empower Themselves to Have Healthy Relationships.”1. You want your teen to view

themselves as important.2. You want your teen to under-

stand the traits of a healthy relationship.

3. You want your teen to have per-sonal integrity.

4. You value resiliency and how it is important in human devel-opment.

Top reasons to choose “Par-enting for your Child’s Success.”1. You want to learn how to build

positive attributes in your child.

2. You want to validate that your parenting style is helping and not harming your child’s de-velopment.

3. You want as many tools in your tool box as possible.

4. You know your greatest influ-ence on your child’s develop-ment is now!

Top reasons to choose “Un-covering You Child’s Natural Gifts: A Strengths-based Ap-proach to ADHD.”1. You think everyone is diag-

nosed with ADHD and want

to know what all the talk is about.

2. You want to know what “nor-mal” behavior is and what might be symptoms of a bigger issue.

3. You want to know what the strengths of ADHD are be-cause your child is driving you crazy!

4. You want all the strategies and options available to you to help your child succeed.

Top reasons to choose “Self-Destructive Behaviors Teen-agers Engage In: What to Look For and How to Help Your Teen!”1. You recognize that today’s

teens deal with things you never had to.

2. You are the parent of a teen who doesn’t want to be naive to the dangers of teenage life.

3. You are not sure if your teen’s behaviors are typical “teenager angst” or a bigger issue.

4. You wonder if other parents are concerned about the same things you are. Top reasons to choose “Why

Do My Child and I Battle Over Homework (And Who Will Win The War.”1. You have no idea why your

child becomes so frustrated with homework.

2. You know your child is capable of better work but it isn’t hap-pening in school, and you don’t know why.

3. Your child becomes extremely oppositional at homework time.

4. You want to minimize the con-flict of “homework hell.”

Top reasons to choose “Happy Parent(s) = Happy Child(ren).”1. You forgot about “you” once

you became a parent.2. Your identity is intimately tied

to your child’s social/sports calendar.

3. The concept of “self care” is foreign to you.

4. You are frazzled but don’t un-derstand why your child is.

Top reasons to choose “Grand-parents Raising Grandchil-dren.”

1. You find yourself parenting or care giving ... again!!

2. You don’t understand the world in which your grand-child is living.

3. You have no idea what re-sources are available to you.

4. You need support from other grandparents in your position. Top reasons to choose “Par-

ents: You Matter. Drugs/Alcohol, Your Teen and You.”1. You know that there is a sig-

nificant drug problem with our youth.

2. You feel that knowing about drug/alcohol use is better than hoping it won’t affect your family.

3. You want to be prepared to intervene, if needed.

4. You want to be the primary educator to your child about the facts of drug/alcohol abuse.Advance registration has been

ongoing, but you also can register Saturday. Tuition is $10 per adult; $15 a couple for two workshops. A free kids’ program for children ages 5 to 11 will meet while par-ents attend the workshops. The program also includes a compli-mentary lunch. See www.smartinc.org or call 203-695-1226 for more information.

1. In 2012, Stephen Strasburg became the sixth ma-jor-league pitcher since 1900 to notch 200 strikeouts in fewer than 30 career games. Who else has done it?

2. Entering 2013, who was the last major-league pitcher with consecutive seasons of at least 20 wins?

3. Wisconsin running back Mon-tee Ball tied an NCAA record in 2011 for most touchdowns in a season (39). Who else holds the mark?

4. In 2012, Deron Williams set a Nets team record for most points in a game (57). Who had held the record?

5. Penguins g oaltender Marc-Andre Fleury in 2013 became Pittsburgh’s all-time leader in victories (227). Who had held the mark?

6. How many times has a de-fender been named MVP of the Major League Soccer Cup final?

7. Who was the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic judo medal?

Answers

1. Hideo Nomo (23 games), Kerry Wood (23), Dwight Gooden (25), Mark Prior (27) and Herb Score (29).

2. Houston’s Roy Oswalt won 20 games in both 2004 and 2005.

3. Oklahoma State’s Barry Sand-ers, in 1988.

4. Mike Newlin scored 52 points in a game in 1979, and Ray Williams did the same in 1982.

5. Tom Barrasso, with 226.6. Once – the Los Angeles Gal-

axy’s Omar Gonzalez, in 2012.7. Ronda Rousey won a bronze

medal in Beijing in 2008.

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try these three simple treasuresIt’s a time in human history in

which new cycles are rising up, and there are two distinct, inter-esting ways to go. There’s also a mixture between the two. Lately this difference has struck me to the extent that I’m revisiting choices in how to offer my gifts to the world. Conversations with colleagues, friends and family have prompted interesting and cool new thought forms. So here’s where I’m at so far.

There are the ways of tech liv-ing – the super-fast worldly, inter-connected information world that offers everyone everything with a simple click and endless 24-hour communication. With an ever-in-creasing amount of social media to choose from, new forms pop-ping up monthly it seems, and where you can position yourself to be your own expert at anything, you either go big or go home.

There are the ways of natural living – of the organic connection to the land, to living from the in-side out that offers everyone ev-

erything with a simple shift of thought, less content but more context and endless opportunity to connect with ease, flow and 24 hours of living in rhythm.

Fascinating times we live in for sure. I have deep appreciation for both ways and, as you know by now, totally connect with balance and harmony. So here’s some-thing else that came across my desk that resonated because it’s how we live.

U.S. Food Administration – 1917

1. Buy it with thought. 2. Cook it with care. 3. Use less wheat and meat.4. Buy local foods. 5. Serve just enough. 6. Use what is left.

This week’s nuggets for life are based around choice. Three sim-ple treasures to stay in the natu-ral essence of balance as life picks up its pace and choices abound.1. Stay close to the energy of the

earth because nature is heal-ing. It enhances our vitality and our connection to what we’re made of. Technology is awe-some, providing tools for rapid advancement of our world so the energy of the earth bal-ances us.

2. Try the U.S. Food Administra-tion’s six recommendations from 1917 for a week, and see if it becomes a treasure for how you feel, sleep and handle stress.

3. With thousands of thoughts entering and exiting our minds every minute of every day, try using the following words of wisdom to help you bring all of you to your every experi-ence. The words are: enjoy, pause, relax, simply do it, be friendly and calm with chance and change. Enough said. De Pecol is a yoga instructor,

Reiki master and life coach who lives in Washington, Conn. See lifecoachingllc.com or email life-coach3@aol.com.

By CYNTHIA DE PECOL

nuggets for Life

Chase Collegiate’s boys’ var-sity basketball team finished an outstanding season with top honors. Four players were named to the All-Hudson Valley Athletic League (HVAL) team, including junior Matthew Mc-Clain of Naugatuck, who was named to the First Team and Player of the Year.

Seniors Kyle Bonicki of Water-bury and William Billy Robinson of Naugatuck made Second Team, and Senior Ryan Shiel of Waterbury and Junior Charles McClain of Naugatuck made Honorable Mention.

Bonicki also was named to the First Team of the All-New England - New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Class D. Robinson was named to the Second Team, and McClain and Shiel were named to the Third Team.

In addition to the individual honors, the team finished with a 17-8 record and won the regular season and tournament HVAL Championships and was an NEPSAC Class D finalist.

Chase Collegiate varsity basketball players, back, left to right, Charles McClain, Matthew McClain and Ryan Shiel and front, left to right, Kyle Bonicki and Billy Robinson, finished their season with top honors. (Submitted photo)

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fun is all you need The Middlebury Seventh- and Eighth-grade Boys’ Travel Team finished a strong season by losing to Torrington 71-61 in the cham-pionship game. The final game featured the two top seeds, and the game lived up to expecta-tions.

The game went back and forth for the first half as Middlebury led 28-27 going into the inter-mission. Andrew Minchella had a strong second quarter, scoring 8 of his 14 points.

Torrington came out strong in the third quarter and finished the period up by 10 points. In the fourth period, Middlebury’s full-court pressure bothered Torring-ton, and Middlebury was able to tie the score at 50.

In the end, Torrington’s size, as they were bigger at every po-sition, overcame Middlebury’s determination and hustle. Matt Wynne scored 10 points, and Chase Belden had 32 in the team’s last game.

Middlebury had to win two other games the previous week-end to reach the championship game. In the quarter-finals, Mid-dlebury defeated Thomaston

50-37. Outstanding defensive pressure from guards Mike Atal-lah, Danny McNamara and Will McDonald made for poor shot selection for Thomaston. Mi-chael Kowalasky did an out-standing job rebounding.

Nine players scored for Mid-dlebury, including Minchella’s 10 and Wynne’s 9 points. Other scorers included McDonald (3), McNamara (1), Emmett Lytle (2), Atallah (4), Fran Barton (2), Kow-alasky (2) and Belden (17). The victory proved costly as Middle-bury lost one of its better shoot-ers when McDonald went down with a leg injury and was unable to play the remainder of the tour-nament.

In the semi-final game, Mid-dlebury defeated third-seeded New Hartford 61-43. McNamara played his best game of the sea-son, scoring 16 points. Belden led the way with 26 points. Minchella, back from an ankle injury, scored 12 points, and Bar-ton added 3 points.

The team finished the season with a record of 22 wins and five losses.

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY MEANS OF FINANCING - FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014REVENUES

Actual Revenues Approved Budget Actual Revenues Estimated Revenues Proposed Budget FY 2011-12 w/Revisions FY 12-13 9 Months FY 12-13 for FY 12-13 FY 2013-14Property Taxes .............................................25,449,967 ..........$25,453,753 ..........$25,220,394 ........... $25,453,753 ....... $26,376,555 Supplemental Auto ...........................................168,892 .................140,000 .................153,885 .................. 140,000 .............. 160,000 Prior Years Taxes ..............................................504,818 .................270,000 .................166,504 .................. 270,000 .............. 230,000 Interest/Penalties ..............................................234,743 .................120,000 .................104,317 .................. 120,000 .............. 120,000 Tax Collector Copies................................................378 ........................250 ........................194 ......................... 250 ..................... 250 TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES .................... $26,358,798 ......... $25,984,003 ......... $25,645,294 .......... $25,984,003 ...... $26,886,805

State Grants .....................................................282,735 .................288,706 .................168,478 .................. 288,706 .............. 340,587 Investment Income .............................................28,542 ...................35,000 ................... 11,991 .................... 35,000 ................ 20,000 Assessor Copier Fees .............................................817 ........................450 ........................764 ......................... 450 ..................... 450 Assessor Personal Property Audits ....................72,791 .................120,000 ...................13,498 .................. 120,000 ................ 25,000 Town Clerk ........................................................137,064 .................148,400 ................. 116,949 .................. 148,400 .............. 148,400 Building Department .........................................143,798 ................ 120,550 ................ 126,773 ................. 120,550 ............. 130,050 Donations / Tower Rental Revenues ................199,090 ................ 197,937 ................ 149,926 ................. 197,937 ............. 197,937 Health Department ....................................................................................................................................................................................Water Commission ...............................................3,003 .................... 4,000 .................... 3,932 ..................... 4,000 ................. 4,000 Fire Department....................................................1,007 .............................. ............................................................................................Police Department ..............................................16,310 ...................10,100 ...................10,539 .................... 10,100 ................ 10,100 Public Works Department/Sale Of Old Assets ......5,982 ................................................... 3,655 ............................................................Transfer Station Fees .........................................47,570 ...................45,500 ...................20,274 .................... 45,500 ................ 44,000 Park & Rec Self Sustaining Account.................157,725 .................172,000 .................156,325 .................. 172,000 .............. 172,000 Park & Recreation ..............................................52,957 ...................66,550 ...................10,419 .................... 66,550 ................ 66,550 Elderly Program Revenue .................................. 14,711 ...................20,475 ...................10,146 .................... 20,475 ................ 20,475 Public Library ........................................................4,341 .................... 5,200 .................... 2,056 ..................... 5,200 ................. 5,200 Education Cost Sharing - State ........................684,186 .................719,899 ................. 357,118 .................. 719,899 .............. 740,030 Reimbursement From Region #15 ............................................................................................................................................................Special Duty Fund ..............................................59,973 .................104,400 ...................13,461 .................. 104,400 .............. 124,000 Capital Non Recurring Fund .................................7,200 .....................7,200 .....................2,400 ...................... 7,200 .................. 7,200 Infrastructure Trust Fund .................................. 113,423 .................113,552 ...................73,710 .................. 113,552 ................ 30,000 Park & Rec Rev Fund ........................................................................10,000 .................................................... 10,000 ................ 10,000 Library Improvement Fund ............................... 41,734 ...................42,985 ...................32,239 .................... 42,985 ................ 42,985 TOTAL REVENUES ................................... 28,433,757 ........... 28,216,907 ........... 26,929,948 ............ 28,216,907 ........ 29,025,769 Transfers From Sewer Fee & Assessment .........75,659 .................283,270 .................141,635 .................. 283,270 .............. 283,270 Transfers From Unassigned Fund Balance .................................................................................................................................. 518,000TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCING ............... 28,509,416 .......... 28,500,177 ........... 27,071,583 ............ 28,500,177 ........ 29,827,039

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY ANNUAL BUDGET HEARINGWednesday, April 10, 2013 - 6:30 P.M.

Pursuant to the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, The Board of Finance of the Town of Middlebury, will hold a PUBLIC HEAR-ING on April 10, 2013 at the Middlebury Firehouse, 65 Tucker Hill Rd, for the presentation of the Proposed Operating Budget and Federal Revenue Sharing Appropriations for the FISCAL YEAR ending JUNE 30, 2014

Submitted by the Board of FinanceMichael McCormack

Vincent CiprianoStephen Ruccio

David CappellettiMichael Kenausis

Edward AsselinPeter Trinchero, AlternateThomas Proulx, AlternateKen Heidkamp, Alternate

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY 2013-2014 Actual Expenses Adopted Budget Actual Expenses Estimated Expenses Proposed BudgetExpenditures Fy 2011-12 W/Revisions Fy 12-13 9 Months Fy 12-13 For Fy 12-13 Fy 2013-14Board Of Selectman ........................................ 133,442 ..............$136,071................$102,418 ................. $136,071 ............. $135,530Finance Department ........................................ 258,224 ................243,060..................190,616 ................... 243,060 ............... 217,801Town Treasurer .................................................... 4,490 ....................4,491......................3,401 ....................... 4,491 ................... 4,582Assessor .......................................................... 202,802 ................180,909..................122,298 ................... 180,909 ............... 186,779Tax Collector ...................................................... 94,520 ..................87,945....................66,952 ..................... 87,945 ................. 94,255Town Clerk ....................................................... 112,737 ................112,749....................88,400 ................... 112,749 ................114,729Registrar Of Voters ............................................ 36,347 ..................58,029....................23,827 ..................... 58,029 ................. 41,265Board Of Finance .............................................. 31,766 ..................32,529....................31,387 ..................... 32,529 ................. 32,029Board Of Assessment Appeals ............................ 2,673 ....................1,000.........................271 ....................... 1,000 ................... 1,550Legal ................................................................ 131,583 ................125,000..................124,756 ................... 125,000 ............... 125,000Probate Court ...................................................... 7,769 ..................15,000.............................0 ..................... 15,000 ................. 10,000Town Hall ........................................................... 75,631 ..................73,530....................60,586 ..................... 73,530 ................. 73,532Building Department ........................................ 110,504 ................116,574....................84,624 ................... 116,574 ............... 120,914Payments To Other Jurisdictions ....................... 64,263 ..................45,671....................45,163 ..................... 45,671 ................. 48,608Planning And Zoning ......................................... 26,098 ..................21,999....................16,666 ..................... 21,999 ................. 22,400Zoning Board Of Appeals .................................... 6,455 ....................6,305......................3,688 ....................... 6,305 ................... 5,805Conservation Commission................................. 12,622 ..................11,769......................8,343 ..................... 11,769 ..................11,871Economic Development Committee ....................... 475 .......................750.........................550 .......................... 750 ................... 1,500Beautification Committee..................................... 1,475 ....................1,475.............................0 ....................... 1,475 ................... 1,475Insurance ......................................................... 301,129 ................340,484..................329,608 ................... 340,484 ............... 394,157Historical Society ................................................. 4,140 ....................3,900......................3,284 ....................... 3,900 ................... 3,900Water Commission ............................................ 82,304 ..................86,456....................82,942 ..................... 86,456 ................. 87,976Fire Department............................................... 217,271 ................223,284..................139,040 ................... 223,284 ............... 217,100Civil Preparedness .............................................. 1,500 ....................1,500......................1,134 ....................... 1,500 ................... 2,000Fire Marshal......................................................... 9,996 ..................11,530......................7,494 ..................... 11,530 ..................11,735Police Department ........................................ 1,207,755 .............1,243,318..................960,318 ................ 1,243,318 ............ 1,243,633Communications Center .................................. 294,788 ................212,401..................221,821 ................... 212,401 ............... 214,000Engineering ....................................................... 27,813 ..................20,000......................9,312 ..................... 20,000 ................. 17,000Buildings And Grounds .................................... 248,553 ................247,819..................181,196 ................... 247,819 ............... 275,877Shepardson Community Center ........................ 43,245 ..................43,525....................30,076 ..................... 43,525 ................. 48,342Public Works ................................................. 1,380,544 .............1,417,043...............1,170,302 ................ 1,417,043 ............ 1,435,622Waste Removal ............................................... 326,753 ................315,517..................269,566 ................... 315,517 ............... 318,977Park & Rec Self Sustaining Account................ 172,035 ................161,000..................127,693 ................... 161,000 ............... 161,000Park & Recreation ........................................... 240,732 ................233,106..................176,282 ................... 233,106 ............... 244,794Youth & Family Services .................................... 45,000 ..................45,000......................3,750 ..................... 45,000 ................. 25,000Social Services .................................................. 43,624 ..................43,315....................33,219 ..................... 43,315 ................. 43,770Elderly Services ................................................. 72,668 ..................72,543....................52,541 ..................... 72,543 ................114,622Public Library ................................................... 400,065 ................395,271..................316,572 ................... 395,271 ............... 407,624Employee Benefits........................................ 2,007,287 .............2,039,754...............1,649,266 ................ 2,039,754 ............ 2,200,804Contingency Fund .......................................................0 ...................50,000.............................0 ..................... 50,000 ................. 10,000Information Technology ..................................... 52,477 ..................60,000....................63,396 ..................... 60,000 ................. 75,908Debt Service .................................................... 405,569 ................250,000..................235,240 ................... 250,000 ............... 292,194Refund Of Taxes ................................................ 13,689 ..................15,000....................13,753 ..................... 15,000 ................. 15,000Capital Budget-Town / Facilities ...................... 287,198 ................285,003..................208,490 ................... 285,003 ............... 636,141Capital Budget-Town / Public Safety ..................45,300 .................125,180....................64,847 ................... 125,180 ............... 244,510Extraordinary Items ..............................................5,624 ...................38,625......................2,212 ..................... 38,625 ................. 38,625Capital Non-Recurring Fund ...............................12,619 ...................14,200................... 10,352 .................... 14,200 ................. 14,200Municipal Infrastructure Fund ...........................127,154 .................127,154................. 123,131 .................. 127,154 .......................... 0Library Improvement Fund .................................44,247 ............................0.............................................................. 0 ............................Park & Rec Revenue Fund ...................................9,125 ...................10,000......................9,550 ..................... 10,000 ................... 8,500TOTAL TOWN APPROPRIATIONS ..............9,444,080 ..............9,406,782...............7,470,334 ................ 9,406,782 .......... 10,052,636DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ................18,677,886 ............19,093,395.............14,929,023 .............. 19,093,395 .......... 19,774,403TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS ......................$28,121,966 ..........$28,500,177...........$22,399,357 ............ $28,500,177 ........ $29,827,039

8 Friday, April 5, 2013The Bee-Intelligencer

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My son, 57, salts most every food in his diet. He told me his doctor said, “Eat all the salt you want.” I looked him in the eye, and it was hard not to believe him. I did say I found it hard to believe. My son gets regular checkups every five years.

Personally, there’s no salt on my table. I eat very little pro-cessed foods. Please set my son straight. – P.ANSWER: Most doctors for most of the recent past have told their patients to go easy on salt. Offi-cial medical advisory commit-tees composed of the most knowledgeable scientists – The American Heart Association is one example – have and still do recommend our intake of salt (sodium) should be limited to 1,500 mg a day. In some in-stances, an intake of 2,300 mg is permitted. This is far lower than our present salt use.

Most of our dietary salt comes from processed foods like pizza, meats such as corned beef (500 mg of sodium in two ounces), hot dogs (more than 500 mg of

sodium in one hot dog), com-mercial soups, frozen dinners, breakfast cereals, some breads and baked goods. People have to become readers of the nutri-tion labels put on all foods.

Reducing the intake of sodium lowers blood pressure and re-duces the chances for a heart attack and stroke.

I have to add that a few voices have been raised recently to champion diets with no limita-tions on the amount of salt. These researchers say that low-salt diets are not healthy. I am sticking with the authorities who recommend salt reduction until the majority of nutritional ex-perts change their minds. I don’t think that’s going to happen.

You sent a little item on potas-sium. Potassium, unlike sodium, lowers blood pressure. We’re told to get 4,700 mg of it a day. It’s found in baked potatoes with skins, sweet potatoes, bananas, orange juice, milk, kidney beans, cantaloupe, avocado and prunes. Salt substitutes are usually po-tassium. They can be used by most people if they’re not taking blood pressure drugs like ACE

inhibitors and ARBs, angiotens-in-receptor blockers.

The booklet on sodium and potassium discusses these two minerals and their uses. To order a copy, write: Dr. Donohue – No. 202W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipi-ent’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for de-livery. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: In a prior column you advocated drinking a daily amount of water that would satisfy one’s thirst, not a set amount of water as some peo-ple believe. I agree with you.

However, when I travel to Col-orado, I am urged to drink glass after glass of water to allay the effects of altitude. Do you think this is valid advice? – D.K.ANSWER: I do.

Mountain air is dry. Altitude makes a person breathe more rapidly than normal. Fluid is lost from the lungs when a person breathes fast. You can become dehydrated if you don’t increase your fluid intake. After a few days of acclimatization, you can ease off on your water intake.

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My neighbor walks his dog every day and routinely allows his beloved pet to elimi-

nate on my front lawn. He al-most never picks up the dog’s droppings – it’s something I’m left to do when I get home from work. When I confronted him about it, he said that he was do-ing me a favor because the drop-pings will fertilize my lawn. How can I get him to stop? – Carlos G., Phoenix

It sounds like you’ve talked to him already about it, and gotten a

pretty unapologetic answer. For the record – and you probably know this already – dog drop-pings and urine are not good lawn fertilizer; they can cause dead spots or yellowed grass.

Many cities have ordinances about picking up after dogs; some will issue tickets to pet

owners who are caught in the act of not cleaning up. In other municipalities, enforcement varies.

At any rate, don’t get confron-tational or pick a fight. Ask him politely one more time to stop leaving dog droppings in your yard. If he doesn’t stop, check your options. If you belong to a homeowners association, check its rules or bylaws regarding pets. Check with your city’s an-imal control office or visit its webpage to learn what recourse you have in stopping the daily visits.

Causing a nuisance like let-ting one’s dog soil a neighbor’s yard is generally frowned upon. I have a feeling the law will be on your side with this. Stay calm, do your homework and you should be able to resolve this little dispute.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My mother’s dog “Berry” has been scratching and itching at her back legs and stomach for weeks now. I put a monthly flea treatment on her regularly, and I can’t see any fleas. Why is she itching? Some of the areas are looking very raw. – Barbara in Tampa, Fla.DEAR BARBARA: Topical flea treatments are pretty effective for pets, but double-check that Berry does not have fleas. Rather than trying to spot the fast-moving critters, look for tiny flecks of brown-black “dust” in her fur or on her skin. These are flea drop-pings, and seeing them means there’s still an infestation.

If you spot evidence of fleas, find out what dosage of the top-

ical flea treatment is being given. These are typically sold in pack-ages that specify the type of pet (cat or dog) and its weight range. Large dogs need a different dose than small dogs or cats.

If there is no evidence of fleas, or if Berry is getting the correct dosage for her weight, take her to the veterinarian for a closer look at her skin. She may have an allergy – either to something in

her environment, to a medication she’s taking or to a food she’s eat-ing. She could have a parasitic infection other than fleas, or she could have another skin ailment. Her vet can check for a number of possibilities and can prescribe medication to ease the itching. Treatment might include corti-sone, which should be used only for a limited time, if possible.

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Brass City Ballet, in partner-ship with the Middlebury Public Library, will present its fourth and final workshop of “Dance-makers” Thursday, April 11, from 5:45 to 7 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center at 1172 Whit-temore Road in Middlebury. “Dancemakers” is a series of dance composition workshops that are free and open to the gen-eral public age 5 and up. They are facilitated by certified dance therapist and Connecticut cho-reographer Judith Ehrman-Sha-piro.

The workshop is open to all levels of abilities, and canes, walkers and wheelchairs are wel-come. No previous dance expe-rience is necessary. “Dancemak-ers” workshop attendees create their own dance compositions by means of dance improvisation and discussion. Assisting Ehr-man-Shapiro are members of the Brass City Ballet Company, a semi-professional company that includes students enrolled in Brass City Ballet School’s

pre-professional program. At-tendees are not required to par-ticipate in the workshop and are welcome to observe if they so choose.

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Judith Ehrman-Shapiro, far left, leads a “Dancemakers” workshop at the Middlebury Public Library. Free “Dancemakers” workshops have been open to those of all abilities ages 5 and older.

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