This year's entertainment will highlight the Valley-Shore YMCA's YArts programming -- affordable dance, music and arts programs for all. Traditionally known as places to learn how to do the breaststroke or make a jump shot, the YMCA is rapidly becoming the place where kids and adults learn to dance, play music, sing or act. Although 2009 marks the eleventh anniversary of arts and humanities as a national YMCA core program, the arts have been a part of the YMCA movement since its inception. YMCAs have actually been engaged with the arts and humanities from their earliest days, with their popular reading rooms in the 1850s, the Little Theater at the Harlem YMCA in the 1950s, and the first English as a Second Language and other adult learning classes in the 1960s. In fact, artists such as Walt Whitman, Cicely Tyson, Billy Wilder and Sidney Poitier, among many others, honed their crafts at YMCAs.

Entertainment for International Family Night 2009 will combine skits, intercultural artwork and dance performances by children in the Valley-Shore YMCA's School Age Program and a surprised showcase of dance from local performers. The evening is free of charge and open to the community. Please call the YMCA at (860) 399-9622 for more information on our 3rd Annual International Night. Valley -Shore YMCA -A Place Where You Belong.

Mora was famous in his lifetime, winning almost every medal and prize available to an American artist. He painted in styles ranging from Academic to the full light and palette of American Impressionism. He was not only a leading easel painter, he was also a celebrated portraitist, illustrator and muralist.

The exhibition includes 50 major works, and cases full of the artist's personal effects. This is the first comprehensive exhibition of Mora's work since 1926. Thirty-five museums across the U.S. and Canada have his works in their collections. The exhibition includes works from Yale University Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, other leading institutions, and private collections across the nation.

If you would like to join Lynne, please email baronart@comcast.net. Your children are very welcome to attend with you. Entrance fee to the museum is $5.00 for adults. There is no fee for children under 16 years old. The afternoon will be an autumn "Expression of Beauty" for all.

An Independent/Unaffiliated typically identify themselves with "issues" they see as important and choose a candidate based on a specific issue or group of issues.

Killingworth is a smaller size community. We have Republicans, Democrats, and Independents/Unaffiliateds. We understand the need for us to work together for the benefit of the "community." Our fundamental differences will always be there. They make up who we are; how we identify ourselves - Democrat, Republican, or Independent/Unaffiliated.

I was in Campaign 2009. I lost, this time... I want to congratulate the winners in Campaign 2009 and I look forward to working with all of you and the Killingworth Community!

Thanks to all those who voted for me!
Bill Romero

Katherine (Katie) Faust is this year's junior recipient of the Shoreline Superintendent's Award. Katie is the daughter of Carl and Ann Faust of Haddam. Always smiling, full of energy, and intelligent, Katie Faust is a valuable member of the Class of 2011. Katie has been selected for this recognition as a result of her ability to excel in the classroom and out. Katie earned Recognition in Spanish 5 Honors and Excellence in Biology last year as a sophomore. Academically, she has taken primarily all Honors level courses, where she demonstrates her strong intellect and desire to succeed. An avid swimmer, Katie has learned how to balance her passion and the rigorous schedule that accompanies it with her demanding academic course load. In the pool, not only is Katie one of our most talented swimmers, but she is also an up-and-coming leader. Katie has the unique ability to focus on her own improvements while providing encouragement and advice to her teammates. Both in the pool and in the classroom, Katie presents herself as a quiet leader among her peers. With leadership, academic ability, and a sense of commitment and community, Katie Faust is an excellent junior representative of Haddam-Killingworth High School.

Eric Gambardella is this year's senior recipient of the Shoreline Superintendent's Award. Eric is the son of Paul and Dorene Gambardella of Killingworth. Well-mannered, quiet, and devoted Eric has truly reached out to others while exploring his future career path. Having volunteered at St. Raphael's Hospital since his freshman year, Eric has certainly known for quite sometime that he would like to become a doctor. It is not everyday that we see such ambition, dedication, and ability in such young people.

Eric has spent a significant amount of time in medical environments- two years where he volunteered at a local hospital, and the summer that he worked in an orthopedic surgeons' office. These experiences have helped to shape Eric's vision of his future. He sees himself as a young man with an interest in biology and a desire to help others. What better combination could lead to one of tomorrow's doctors? Eric has always enjoyed working with people; his patience and compassion have been fine tuned and utilized in his volunteer work at local church activities, tutoring a fifth grader, and providing help at Freshman Orientation and Open House here at H-K HS.

A four-year member of the football and wrestling teams, Eric has been a vital part of these two teams. It certainly seems that Eric is not only a team-player athletically speaking, but also in his co-curricular activities such as Really Big Things Club, International Culture Club, the Geo-Caching Club, and also in the classroom.

Academically speaking, Eric has pursued a very demanding curriculum over these past few years with more than seventy-five percent of his classes at the Honors level and one AP. A student who is sure to go above and beyond the classroom expectations, I believe that Eric would be a valuable asset to your classrooms next fall.

Eric certainly deserves this recognition after all of his hard-work and determination. Always a polite and compassionate young man, I believe that Eric is a great representative of Haddam-Killingworth High School.

In addition to changing your dialing procedure, all services, automatic dialing equipment, or other types of equipment that are programmed with a 7-digit telephone number will need to be reprogrammed to use the new dialing procedure. Some examples are life safety systems, fax machines, Internet dial-up numbers, alarm and security systems, gates, speed dialers, mobile phone contact lists, call forwarding settings, voicemail services, and similar functions. Be sure to check your business stationery, advertising materials, personal checks, and your personal or pet ID tags to ensure the area code is included.

Your telephone number, including current area code, will not change. What is a local call now will remain a local call regardless of the number of digits dialed. The price of a call, coverage area, or other rates and services will not change due to the overlay. You can still dial just three digits to reach 911. If 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711 and 811 are currently available in your community you will still dial them with just three digits.

If you have any questions, please call your local service company or wireless service provider or the Department's Consumer Assistance and Information Unit at 860.827.1553 or 800.382.4586.

Jerry Baron's letter is not one of co-operation. Mr. Baron needs to understand that committee's bring many resources and angles to the table. As time goes on and our lives get more complicated with more laws and regulations,and with more people, our problems cannot be solved by a dictatorship.

For all of us to live together in an ever complicated world, we need more committees, more people involved, not less. I thank Mr. Baron for his time and involvement in helping our town move forward. His expertise in finance has been a priceless resource for our town. I want to thank Cathy for her leadership, consideration, dedication and vision. Mostly, I want to thank my friends and neighbor's for making the right choice.

Sincerely, Jean Horner

Non-violent offenders who do not endanger our society should be subject to non-incarceration rehabilitation. The cost of those services is far less than the $40,000 cost per year of imprisonment and would make our society safer by the beneficial effects of rehabilitation. Incarceration makes little difference to an inmate with mental health disease or to a habitual drug user, and yet it carries an enormous budget cost. It is estimated that approximately one half of our 19,000 inmates are non-violent offenders. A new direction for them will save millions of dollars as well as make our society safer.

Wise economists are telling us not to waste a financial crisis. The current crisis can be used for constructive reform of the criminal justice system.

Cathy's campaign included repeated calls on Killingworth Today for more volunteers and for more committees. Cathy was elected First Selectman to make decisions, not to form more committees that would increase the size of Town government. We already have committees to study every possible aspect of our Town. Apparently Cathy's view of government is to recruit volunteers onto committees. I suspect they will need to sing Kunbaya with her, because during my brief experience with her, she has no interest in hearing a possible difference of opinion.

Our country was founded on minimal government intrusion and individual liberty. As Americans, we should wish for less government intrusion in our lives, not more. Killingworth citizens have acted in the best interests of the community for more than 300 years without the need for government to bring them together in committees. We have volunteers in Killingworth because taxpayers can not afford to pay them, and I proudly serve on one. We elect a First-Selectman to make decisions, not to create committees with the thinking that bigger government is better government.

When our First-Selectman Elect writes a letter to say that an argument ensued with a political opponent when I did not state one opinion or viewpoint, I cringe to imagine what would actually happen if Cathy actually took the time to listen to a possible difference of opinion. Would she characterize it as a "brawl?"

Jerry Baron