Monthly Archives: April 2014

Cappella Cantorum Presents Durufle’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Sunday

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Barry Asch

Barry Asch

Cappella Cantorum’s 45th anniversary celebration begins April 6 with a performance of Maurice Durufle’s ” Requiem” and the Easter section of Handel’s “Messiah,” under the continuous musical direction of co-founder Barry B. Asch.  The concert will begin at 3 p.m. at John Winthrop Middle School, 1 Winthrop Road, Deep River (exit 5 off Rte. 9.)

Durufle’s “Requiem” reflects a haunting and spiritual Gregorian chant influence, while Handel’s “Messiah” is uplifting and inspiring in true Easter fashion.

Simon Holt, artistic director of Salt Marsh Opera, will be organist for the Durufle “Requiem” with Chamber Orchestra, and Deborah Lyon will be organist for the Easter section of the “Messiah.”

Tickets are $25 and may be purchased on www.CappellaCantorum.org or by calling 860-767-8452 or at the door.

Lyme Land Trust Program on Honey Bees, Sunday

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A honey bee goes quietly about his essential work.

A honey bee goes quietly about his essential work.

The Lyme Land Conservation Trust will present a program on “Our Friends, the Honey Bees,” on April 6, at 2 p.m. at the Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Road.

John Pritchard and Kiernan Wholean, Directors of the Lyme Land Trust, will present the program.

Honey Bees are our most interesting, important and challenged insect helpers.  One mouthful in three of our diet benefits from honey bee pollination directly or indirectly.  But bee colonies have been collapsing at an alarming rate in the past two decades for unknown reasons.

Pritchard and Wholean, both beekeepers and bee enthusiasts themselves, will describe the rudiments of how to start a beehive and explain the fascinating life cycle and abilities of the honey bee, their importance to our food supply and the threats they face today.

This program is not intended for small children but should be of interest to teens.

Raising the Flag in Old Lyme for ‘National Donate Life Month’

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Around a dozen people gathered outside Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall on Tuesday morning, April 1, to acknowledge and celebrate the start of ‘National Donate Life Month’ (NDLM), which was instituted by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003.  Celebrated in April each year, NDLM features an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate those that have saved lives through the gift of donation.

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Old Lyme First Selectwoman Bonnie Reemsnyder welcomed everyone and then led a moment of silence prior to the flag being raised.  Tom Kasprzak from East Lyme  (left in photo above), who is a Community Relations Specialist for CL&P, lost his daughter Mary (aged 15) nine years ago.  He and his wife, Joanne, donated Mary’s organs to other people, thus saving the lives of five people who received her organs.

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Lymes’ Senior Center Coordinator Stephanie Lyon (pictured left in photo above) noted her mother received a new heart five years ago.  The procedure changed her mother’s life and she now regularly swims for up to one and a half hours each day.

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The “Donate Life” flag will fly at the town hall throughout the month of April.  Kasprzak said, “By raising the flag we honor the thousands of donors who have saved the lives of countless others through their simple acts of kindness and compassion.”

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Church

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A long-time resident of Old Lyme set off early on Sunday morning from her home on Nottingham for Christ The King Church, but decided as she was traveling along Mile Creek Rd. to turn left down Cross Ln. to join Rte. 156 rather than take her more usual route along Mile Creek itself.

Although Phyllis Shepherd-Tambini saw the water in front of her under the Cross Ln. railroad bridge, there were no barriers or cones present at the edge of the water.  She continued driving under the bridge, but the water was much deeper than she anticipated and almost immediately her PT cruiser stalled.

Shepherd-Tambini watched helplessly as the water began to rise within her car, but she remained composed and called 911 on her cell phone.  When the water was roughly up to her waist, she was rescued by members of the Old Lyme Fire and Police Departments, who used a canoe to transport Shepherd-Tambini to safety.

Shepherd-Tambini told LymeLine, “I’m just glad I’ve lived through this story … I never thought I was going to die,” adding, “I knew where the air bubble would be in the car.”  She expressed her deep appreciation to everyone involved in her rescue.

Click here to view a  story and video about Shepherd-Tambini’s unfortunate incident broadcast March 31 on News Channel 3 Eye Witness News.

 

 

Death Announced of Leon Machnik, Founder of Machnik Brothers

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Leon Machnik

The death has been announced of Leon Machnik of Old Lyme and Hobe Sound, FL. He died on March 31, 2014, in Middletown.

Son of Polish immigrant parents Jozef and Paula (Makera) Machnik, Leon was born on Grassy Hill Road in Lyme on January 7, 1925. The family moved to what is now known as Mile Creek Farm in Old Lyme, where Leon lived his life and raised his family with his wife Eleanor (Spooner) who died in 2008.

Mr. Machnik attended Colby College and was a veteran of World War II. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and was a B-24 pilot. He and his brother Tony founded Machnik Bros. Inc. General Contractors, in 1957. Together with his wife, they built Witch Meadow Lake Campsites, a family campground in Salem, CT

Mr. Machnik is survived by his children Judi Hahn and her husband Alan, and Todd Machnik and his wife Becky, all of Old Lyme. His cherished grandchildren Kristen Hahn, Abby Lynn Farmer and her husband Drew, Tom Machnik and his fiancee Kathleen Mathews, Kevin and Peter Machnik. He was predeceased by his siblings Helen Grimes, Mary Connors, Mildred McGowan, Julia Elliott, Tony Machnik and Paula Smith.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday April 4th at 11am in Christ The King Church, McCurdy Rd., Old Lyme. Burial with military honors will be in Duck River Cemetery.

To sign the online guest book, visitwww.fultontherouxoldlyme.com.