Lakeville relics
at auction
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A week of weirdly warm but delightful weather allowed a group of boys to cruise around the tubing park at Mohawk Moun-
tain Ski Area in Cornwall on Sunday, March 8, with no shirts on.
Our broken electoral system and how to fix it
By Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Polariza-
tion is nothing new in American
politics, said Wendy Schiller,
chair of the political science
department at Brown University.
And it is the result of a self-re-
inforcing system that inevitably
yields two choices.
Schiller spoke, very rapidly,
at Housatonic Valley Regional
High School on Friday, March
6, as part of the Salisbury Forum
series of talks.
She said that at the founding
of the United States, the country
was divided by region, religion,
language, economics, slavery
and philosophy.
There were stark, yes-or-no
decisions to be made, such as:
Should the Colonies split from
Great Britain? Should the new
states ratify the Constitution?
“So polarization is not a
surprise.”
The federal government has
grown to the point where it is
very difficult, if not impossible,
to control, she said.
It’s a tough time to be a tree trunk
I
t’s all about the maple syrup
right now, with most trees
producing oodles of the deli-
cious clear sap that will be boiled
down to a thick brown syrup.
Jody Bronson, Forest Manag-
er for the Great Mountain Forest
in Norfolk and Falls Village,
notes that, “Maple syrup produc-
ers are notorious complainers.
The weather is too cold or too
warm, the sap flow is intermit-
tent or we can’t keep up with the
overflowing tanks.
“For early March in this re-
gion, the sap flow has been strong
and the sugar content of the sap
is high — but can this continue
without snow cover and little
frost in the ground? I’ll complain
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Schiller pointed to the diffi-
culties President Barack Obama
had with Republican governors
who resisted his policies, and the
similar situation President Don-
ald Trump has with Democratic
governors and states.
Because the federal govern-
ment is so much larger today
than in, say, 1879, the impact
on ordinary citizens of conflict
between state and federal gov-
ernments is greater.
“It makes you feel it more.”
Other aspects of the Amer-
ican landscape have changed
as well.
Schiller said the media has
been partisan “for most of our
history.”
There was a period, roughly
between the 1930s and the 1990s,
when the press could claim some
measure of objectivity.
Schiller said this happened
because new media (radio in the
1930s, television in the 1950s)
provided live coverage of current
events, which made it harder to
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Nature's
Notebook
about it in April …”
In fact, he’d already com-
plained about it this week, on
Monday morning.
He also gave some maple syr-
up background, explaining that
“The North American standard
for maple syrup production now
has only three categories of table
syrup grading. These are: Gold-
en,which has a delicate taste;
Amber, which has a rich taste;
and Dark, which is robust. All
of these grades are 66.7% sugar
content. Buy local and support
the maple syrup producer in
your town!”
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D) spoke about the spiraling costs of
prescription drugs to a group at the McCall Center for Be-
havioral Health in Torrington on Friday, March 6.
How to fight ‘ridiculous’
pharmaceutical drug costs
By Cynthia Hochswender
TORRINGTON — Legisla-
tors in Washington, D.C., are
making efforts to force phar-
maceutical companies to stop
increasing drug costs, according
to U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (CT-
D) who made a mid-day stop in
Torrington at the McCall Center
for Behavioral Health on Friday,
March 6.
The audience of about 30
people was gathered in McCall’s
Carnes Weeks Center. Murphy
To assuage virus fears, call
211 — and get a flu shot
PHOTO BY PATRICK L. SULLIVAN
Brown University political science professor Wendy Schiller By Cynthia Hochswender
tried to explain the fractured American voting system at a
Salisbury Forum talk on Friday, March 6. What seems to be spread-
ing as quickly as the corona-
virus is incorrect information
about the disease and how to
respond to it.
The state of Connecticut
Updates from Horn on
top issues in Hartford
By Patrick L. Sullivan
SALISBURY — State Rep.
Maria Horn (D-64) reminded
everyone to sing the entire song
of “Happy Birthday” twice while
washing their hands, to protect
against the new coronavirus.
Horn gave a legislative update
at Noble Horizons on Tuesday,
March 3.
PHOTO BY LANS CHRISTENSEN
On the subject of the coro-
Trees are experiencing a lot of piercing at this time of year, navirus, which is similar to the
with sap taps in place on maple trees, see story at left, and with SARS and MERS viruses that
woodpeckers seeking sustenance. Lans Christensen spotted have caused outbreaks in the
a pair of woodpeckers on a tree in the woods around Bull’s past, Horn said that Sharon
Bridge in Kent; the one above is a downy woopecker.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020 $1.25
PHOTO BY CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER
was hosted by McCall Executive
Director Maria Coutant Skinner.
Also attending were state Rep.
Maria Horn (D-64) and state
Rep. Michelle Cook (D-65); and
Nora Duncan, the Connecticut
director of AARP.
The cost of prescription drugs
is rising about five times as fast as
wages for Connecticut workers,
Murphy said; and many retirees
with fixed incomes are strug-
gling to pay their prescription
See MURPHY, Page A7
now has a website with an
enormous amount of infor-
mation on everything from
symptoms of the virus to tips
for people who are traveling
domestically or internation-
ally.
See VIRUS, Page A7
Hospital recently had “a dress
rehearsal” with a patient who
had a different disease.
Horn, who is on the appro-
priations, judiciary and envi-
ronment committees, said the
hot topic on the Environment
Committee is the fate of the Ma-
terials Innovation and Recycling
Authority (MIRA) trash-to-en-
ergy plant in Hartford, which is
in need of some $330 million in
repairs and upgrades. Some 51
municipalities in Connecticut
See HORN, Page A7
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In The Journal this week
CORNWALL..................... A3
KENT................................ A4
SALISBURY...................... A4
FALLS VILLAGE.............. A5
SHARON.......................... A6
NORTH CANAAN........... A6
Three-day forecast
Friday........................................... Snow, high 57°/low 33°
Saturday...................................................Cloudy, 48°/28°
Sunday......................................................Cloudy, 46°/26°
Police Blotter: Troop B
The following information was
provided by the Connecticut State
Police at Troop B. All suspects are
considered innocent until proven
guilty in a court of law.
Traveling too fast
On Feb. 25 at approximately
6:30 p.m. on Route 44 in North
Canaan a 1993 Ford Ranger
driven by Theodore Edward
Wilkinson, 16, of Norfolk lost
control and struck an oncom-
ing 2015 Toyota Tacoma driven
by William Blanchard, 65, of
Sandisfield, Mass. No injuries
were reported. Wilkinson was
issued a written warning for
traveling too fast for the con-
ditions.
Improper passing
On Feb. 28 at approximately
9 a.m. on Route 7 in Falls Village
a 2002 Mercedes Benz E320
driven by Jennifer Shields, 38,
of Boston, Mass., attempted
to pass a 2013 Subaru Impreza
driven by Edward Devoe, 42,
of Woodbury, Conn., resulting
in a collision. No injuries were
reported. Shields was issued
an infraction for improper
passing.
Parking lot accident
Troop B is investigating a
report of an evading accident in
the parking lot of Sharon Farm
Market on Feb. 29 between 11:45
a.m. and noon. Anyone with
information is asked to contact
Troop B.
Traveling too fast
On Feb. 29 at approximately
1 p.m. on Route 44 in Salisbury
a 2002 Honda CR-V driven
by Cheryl Paulson, 62, of Falls
Village lost control on the icy
roadway and traveled into an
embankment. She was issued a
verbal warning for traveling too
fast for the conditions.
Harlem Wizards come to HVRHS
FALLS VILLAGE — The
Harlem Wizards basketball team
is coming to Housatonic Valley
Regional High School on Satur-
day, March 21, at 2:30 p.m. to play
a team of Region One teachers,
principals, administrators and
students.
The event is a fundraiser for
the travel clubs of all Region
One schools.
Any child or teen with a Wiz-
ards jersey can warm up with
the Wizards before the game.
Throughout the game audience
members will be asked to volun-
teer in different contests.
At the end of the game all
students are invited to come on
the court for a dance celebration
with the Wizards.
General admission tickets are
$15. Reserved tickets in rows two
to five are $22. Courtside Plus
tickets (first-row seating and
private meetings with Wizards
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Salisbury The young come to Norfolk to
Band season
learn the ancient art of curling
OBITUARIES................... A7
VIEWPOINT.................... A8
OPINION......................... A9
COMPASS.................A10-11
has begun
CLASSIFIEDS...........A11-12 By Sam Foley are formed based on experience, spiel,” brought people from all
SALISBURY — The not age, because curling is such over the East Coast. Ice tech-
Salisbury Band celebrates NORFOLK — Here in the a skill-based sport. nician and juniors coach John
its 92nd consecutive season Northwest Corner, there isn’t a Each team has four players: Barbagallo said, “We have 15
of spirited music-making shortage of experienced curlers. the skip, vice skip, second and different teams from five states,
with Monday night re- The “legends,” as some of the lead. The lead gently releases the including one from North Car-
hearsals from 7 to 9 p.m. senior athletes are known, meet stones, which are the rounded olina.”
in the Wardell Room of the and compete regularly at the and polished projectiles that Not much effort needs to go
Scoville Library. Norfolk Curling Club. weigh 42 pounds and have a into recruitment, Barbagallo said.
Players of all wind, brass, But new players must be re- handle on top. “The curling community is a
and percussion instru- cruited if the club (and the sport) After that, the second and very close-knit group. If we post
ments are needed and wel-
come, including: flute/pic-
colo, clarinet, saxophone,
are expected to thrive and grow.
And so on the weekend of
the lead sweep the ice, creating
friction and heat; they sweep
the dates of a tournament, it will
get spread around by Facebook,
Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, the club hosted when and where the skip tells e-mail and spoken word.”
trumpet, trombone, French its first junior tournament in them to. The skip is basically the The curling season in Norfolk
Traveling too fast horn, tuba, euphonium/
On Feb. 29 at approximately 2 25 years. quarterback of the team. lasts from October to April. Any
baritone, snare and bass Junior curling teams are The objective for each team youngsters interested in curling
p.m. on Route 44 in Salisbury a drum, cymbals, and mallet
2013 GMC Sierra driven by Clin- something of an enigma to is to get their stones within their can come to the junior prac-
percussion. There are some anyone not steeped in the sport “house.” At the center of the tices on Saturdays during the
ton Culleton, 62, of Millerton lost instruments available to
control on the icy roadway and (which is kind of enigmatic house is the button. Whichever season, from 10 a.m. to noon.
loan to members and pro- overall; it’s hard even to figure team is closest to the button wins Barbagallo’s e-mail is Jbarbag@
swerved into the oncoming lane. spective members.
A 2011 BMW 535XI driven by out the score in a curling match). that “end.” norfolkcurlingclub.org
For more information, One team in the developmen- Most junior level games There are also adult training
Kenneth Dempsey, 57, of Ashley contact Music Director
Falls, Mass., swerved to avoid tal division during the junior consist of six different ends. The programs.
David Gaedeke (860-379- tournament had a third grader number of ends increases as the The Norfolk Curling Club
the GMC and traveled into an 7888), President Catie Aak-
embankment. No injuries were competing against a sophomore team progresses in skill. The is at 70 Golf Drive in Norfolk.
jar (860-294-1548) or Lee in high school. Olympic level consists of 10 ends. Find it online at www.norfolk-
reported. Culleton was issued an Collins (860-435-0051).
infraction for traveling too fast Curling is a sport where teams This tournament, or “bon- curlingclub.org.
for the conditions.
Possession of narcotics
On March 1 at approxi-
mately 7 a.m. Troop B observed Family & Friends
a Honda Sedan blocking the
travel lane of Stop & Shop plaza
in North Canaan. The driver,
Orlando Rodriguez Velez, 32, of
Sharon Land Sign up for AMP summer camps
Springfield, Mass., was observed
to be slumped over the wheel.
Trust earns WINSTED — The American scale artwork to be installed on tration go to www.americanmu-
Following an investigation he
was charged with possession of
narcotics and possession of drug
national Mural Project (AMP) is offering
five different week-long summer
AMP’s property. Programs run
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
ralproject.org/summer.
The Digital Story Work in-
paraphernalia. He was scheduled
to appear in Torrington Superior
recognition camps for children ages seven to
12, two weeks of outdoor design
for students ages 12 to 16, and
3 p.m. Ages vary by program,
from 7 to 12. Cost is $275 per
week. Registration before April
ternship is a two-week, full-day
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older who are either attending
Court on March 2.
SHARON — Sharon Land a two-week digital story work 30 offers a $25 discount. school or who have entered the
Assault
Trust has renewed its land trust internship program for students Outdoor Design & Building, workplace, Monday to Friday,
On March 3 at approximately
accreditation as part of a network ages 17 and older. All programs June 29 to July 2 and July 7 to 10, June 29 to July 2 and July 7 to10,
6:15 p.m. Troop B responded to
of over 400 accredited land trusts will take place on AMP’s campus is ideal for teens who are aspiring 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interns will learn
a disturbance at a residence on
across the nation committed to at 90 Whiting Street in Winsted. builders, landscape designers, ar- the basics of video production
Route 63 in Falls Village. Fol-
professional excellence and to Summer @AMP offers five chitects, and artists. Participants and compelling storytelling
lowing an investigation, Bonnie
maintaining the public’s trust weeks of camps with different will work with craftspeople to by creating short documenta-
Spadaccini, 55, of Norfolk was
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charged with breach of peace in
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the second degree and assault in
extensive documentation and experiential learning. one or two weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 available. Each intern will re-
the third degree. She was sched-
was subject to a comprehensive Grow @AMP, July 13–17, is p.m., $225 per week. Registra- ceive a nominal stipend after
uled to appear in Torrington
third-party evaluation prior perfect for aspiring chefs, animal tion before April 30 offers a $25 completion of the internship.
Superior Court on March 4.
to achieving this distinction. lovers with nature-focused art discount. Open to ages 12 to 16. To apply online by May 18 go
The Land Trust Accreditation projects. For full program details, to www.americanmuralproject.
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Attn: Police Blotter, or send an
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now steward almost 20 million toys and wearable art.
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England region.
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PHOTO BY TOM BROWN

The 10th firefighters downhill ski race was held at Mohawk Mountain Ski Area on Sunday morning, March 8. Firefighters from Middlebury, Conn., above, came in second and third place.

A race to the finish in the bulkiest of skiwear

By Cynthia Hochswender
CORNWALL — There was
still enough snow at the Mohawk
Mountain Ski Area last weekend for
the 10th annual firefighters down-
hill race to be held as planned.
The fire volunteers suit up in
their full turn-out gear and make
their way on skis downhill, see-
ing who can safely make it to the
bottom in the fastest time.
This year’s race also raised
more than $1,000 for the Burn
Center at Bridgeport Hospital.
This year’s race results:
First place, Morris Fire De-
partment, 22.34 seconds
Second place, Middlebury
Fire Team 1, 28.71 seconds
Third place, Middlebury Fire
Team 2, 30.81 seconds
Fourth place, Kent Fire De-
partment, 32.83 seconds
Fifth place, South Kensington
Fire Department, 44.53 seconds
Sixth place, Morris Fire Team
2, 61.23 seconds
Seventh place, Burlington
Fire, 62.95 seconds

Cornwall looks for better

ways to get rid of trash
By Leila Hawken
CORNWALL — The Corn-
wall selectmen continued their
discussion of a projected fee
increase for getting rid of solid
waste at their meeting on Tues-
day, March 3.
Cornwall is one of the 60
towns who truck their solid
waste to the MIRA (Materials
Innovation and Recycling Au-
thority) facility in Hartford.
The facility there is overdue
for repairs and it could cost more
than $300 million to get the plant
up to speed. MIRA authorities
have approached area towns
asking for a three decade com-
mitment to taking their trash to
the burning plant there.
First Selectman Gordon
Ridgway said that over the next
two years, Cornwall will imple-
ment strategies to reduce the
amount of solid waste being sent
to the MIRA plant.
The town also remains com-
mitted to arriving at a regional ap-
proach to a solution. He said that
most area towns are interested in
developing that regional strategy.
Right now, the town is paying
$90 per ton for trash disposal.
The coming year will see an in-
crease to $93 per ton, Ridgway
said. And within three years, it
will rise to $145 per ton.
“That’s pretty much a whip-
lash,” Ridgway commented.
The Board of Finance will dis-
cuss the 2020-21 town budget
at their meeting on Thursday,
March 19, at the Town Hall, be-
ginning at 7 p.m. MIRA is likely
to be a topic of discussion.

Farms, businesses can

PHOTO BY TOM BROWN
Cornwall Consolidated School students celebrated a new life outside the confines of the Bronx Zoo in last weekend’s
school theater production of “Madagascar.” The show had record-breaking attendance.

get help with facelifts Seeking a few laughs and some sunshine
By Leila Hawken the first $10,000 of improvement

CORNWALL — If farms or
businesses want help with the
costs of sprucing up their exte-
rior appearance, state grants are
still available, as reported by the
Board of Selectmen at their regu-
lar meeting on Tuesday, March 3.
To date, $50,000 in funding
has been awarded, but $70,000
remains in the state STEAP
(Small Town Economic Assis-
tance Program) funds.
If approved for a grant, a farm
or business can receive 80% of
costs.
“It’s a pretty good deal for
people,” First Selectman Gordon
Ridgway said.
Projects need to be visible
improvements, Ridgway said,
and can include such things as
roofing, windows, painting, sig-
nage, handicapped access and
parking. The work needs to be
completed by the end of the year.
Additional information and
application forms are available
on the town website and at Town
Hall.
at the CCS production of ‘Madagascar’
By Cynthia Hochswender
CORNWALL — In March,
everyone dreams of escaping
and going to a place with a
warmer, more welcoming cli-
mate. Even zoo animals, appar-
ently — or at least, the fictional
zoo animals featured in “Mad-
agascar,” the popular Dream-
Works animated film that was
turned into musical theater and
performed at Cornwall Consol-
idated School on Friday, March
6, and Saturday, March 7.
“Madagascar” tells the story
of a lion and his captive pals
(including a quartet of cagey
penguins) who decide that
they’d like to leave the Bronx
Zoo and head for their native
lands.
Somehow they end up in
Madagascar. Trouble ensues
when the lion realizes that no
one is going to bring him steak
every night for dinner and that
he must now fend for and feed
himself (talk about a growling
stomach …).
Apparently Cornwall res-
idents and school staff were
also looking for a bit of escap-
ism over the sunny late-win-
ter weekend. There was a re-
cord-breaking audience on Fri-
day night with more than 200
people in attendance. Saturday
afternoon’s audience filled the
school gym more than halfway.

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A4 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 12, 2020
Carolyn Piccirelli is the owner of the new Honeychurch Home
interiors and furnishing store on Academy Street in Salisbury.
European style comes to
Salisbury at Honeychurch
By Patrick L. Sullivan
SALISBURY — Honeychurch
Home owner Carolyn Piccirelli
showed this reporter around the
new home furnishings store at 10
Academy St. on Saturday, Feb. 29.
The shop is in the space
in Salisbury village that was a
restaurant for many years, most
recently as The Country Bistro.
Piccirelli said most of the
items in the store have never been
sold in the U.S. before, such as
Moroccan glassware, made from
seeded glass and available in 12
colors. Or a linen chandelier from
Italy. Or herbariums from Japan
that last for one year.
There’s a series of bowls, from
Tuscany, that are at least initially
candles — when their utility as
candles is exhausted, you’ve still
got a nice big bowl.
Ceramic artichokes, also from
Tuscany, come in large and small
sizes, and in a creamy white color
or green. A set of two, one big
and one small, is $100.
Cutting boards and utensils
Sharing stories at Kent Center School’s Read Aloud Day down to one lane for now
Tom Good read “Madeline Finn and the Shelter Dog” to a
classroom at Kent Center School on Friday, March 6.
Sue Vizzari read “AdoraBull” by Alison Donald.
Make macarons,
March 28
SALISBURY — Professional
chef and popular Zumba in-
structor PJ Birriel will lead a
workshop on making French
macaron cookies at Noble Hori-
zons on Saturday, March 28, at
11 a.m.
The class is free. Seating is
limited. To register go to www.
noblehorizons.org or call 860-
435-9851 by March 20.
PHOTO BY PATRICK L. SULLIVAN
are also imported from Italy and
made of olive wood.
Piccirelli said there is an olive
blight in Italy, so the trees are
being used to make things.
Smack dab in the middle of
everything is an antique Hun-
garian scale.
“It was the first piece I bought
for the store,” Piccirelli said.
Piccirelli and her husband,
Mark, moved to Salisbury from
Fort Collins, Colo., in July 2018.
“We love it here,” she said.“It’s
a beautiful area, and it’s close to
New York and Boston.”
She has a lengthy history in
retail sales. She’s been a manager,
a buyer, a product developer.
“I’ve done it all.”
The store opened Feb. 8.
Piccirelli said there will be
new products every six weeks or
so, and she plans to have Friday
night events on the patio during
the summer.
For more information on
Honeychurch Home go to www.
honeychurchhome.com or call
860-596-4381. Salmon Kill bridge is
PHOTOS BY LANS CHRISTENSEN
Easter Egg Hunt
will be April 4
KENT — Kent Park and Rec-
reation’s Easter Egg Hunt will be
on Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m. on
the lawn at Kent Town Hall. The
rain date is April 11. The hunt,
for Kent youngsters ages 10 and
under, features two age groups:
ages 5 and under and ages 6 to
10. Youngsters may bring their
own baskets, and bags will be
provided. For more information,
call 860-927-1003.
Kent/Salisbury
Rarities from Lakeville history go to auction
By Alexander Wilburn
SALISBURY — “I don’t know
why he couldn’t spell his own
name,” Adam Langlands said.
A rare book dealer living in
Lakeville, Langslands was show-
ing off a sixth edition copy of “A
View of the Internal Evidence
of the Christian Religion,” an
18th-century work by English
writer Soame Jenyns. There was
no error in the type, however.
Soame Jenyns’ name, however
odd it might appear today, was
spelled correctly.
Rather, Langslands pointed to
an ink inscription at the top of
the title page, where the owner
of the book had signed his name.
The book had belonged to Lot
Norton, a 19th-century member
of the Connecticut State Legis-
lature and a native of Salisbury.
Norton had spelled his first name
with two T’s.
“That’s slightly odd,” Lang-
slands reaffirmed.
He explained that, as far as
he knows,“Norton’s grandfather
was given one of the original
grants of land in Salisbury.”
So it’s fitting that his personal
copy of the book has returned to
Norton’s hometown. For Lang-
lands, who had a long career at
Christie’s London auction house,
the story behind the physical
copy of a book, as a singular
object with its own unique past,
can be just as fascinating as what
it contains.
“I’m interested in how this
book went on a journey. I bought
it from someone in the Midwest,
so how did it get there? It wasn’t
found in a pile at a local tag sale
here in town.”
The error in the signature
is a prized detail, giving the
book personality and owner-
ship outside of being simply a
well-maintained piece of pub-
lishing history.
By Cynthia Hochswender
KENT — Volunteers in five
of the six Region One School
District towns came to their
towns’ elementary schools on
Wednesday morning, Feb. 12, to
read stories to students as part of
national Read Aloud Day.
Kent Center School held its
own Read Aloud event on Friday,
March 6, the same day as Read
Across America.
The Northwest Corner Read
Aloud Days have been sponsored
for 29 years by the Northwest
Connecticut Chamber of Com-
merce, which works with area
library and reading specialists
to choose books that will be
read aloud to students at area
Peeps and culture at KML
KENT — It is once again the
season for marshmallow peeps,
on the shelves of area stores
but also at the Kent Memorial
Library’s Peep-O-Rama design
competition.
Contestants should create a
diorama featuring Peeps candies
that relates to something found
at the library (books, magazines,
movies, games). Entries are in
Chernobyl crisis in book series
SALISBURY — Hotchkiss
School instructor Keith Moon
returns to Noble Horizons on
Wednesday, March 25, to teach
his annual Russian book series.
This year’s selection is “Midnight
in Chernobyl,” a New York Times,
NPR and Time magazine Best
Book of the Year, and winner of
the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal
for Excellence.
Lakeville, Connecticut
There are rare book collectors
and sellers interested primarily in
owning rare copies of novels they
already love, prized items that
demonstrate their devotion to
an author (not to mention their
willingness to spend big). But
Langlands looks for the hidden
historical anecdote that makes a
collectible item one-of-a-kind,
something that adds a little
mystery.
Books, clues and mysteries are
tied to Langland’s home as well:
Shadow Rock Farm, which was
once the residence of Georges
Simenon, the Belgian author of
detective novels that famously
followed French commissioner
Jules Maigret. Simenon remains
one of the world’s bestselling
authors — more so than J.K.
Rowling, Dr. Seuss or Stephen
King.
Honoring the history of the
home, Langlands sells under
Shadowrock Rare Books through
Antiquarian Auctions, a South
African online auction house
founded by Paul Mills.
This March, Langlands will
help bring Antiquarian’s digital
collection of top sellers to Ameri-
can attention with a series of rare
book auctions designed to appeal
to collectors of American history.
The lot includes several
pieces of local interest, includ-
ing Norton’s copy of “A View
of the Internal Evidence of the
Christian Religion;” an 1853
wall map of Salisbury (“Maps
have always been fellow travelers
to books,” said Langlands); and
illustrations by Cornwall artist
Robert Andrew Parker.
“We’re inviting very selected
sellers to this auction, with a
focus on Americana — but
Americana in its widest sense. For
instance there’s a book that Edith
Sitwell did, and it’s a compiler on
English and American poets that
was inscribed by her as a gift to
elementary schools. The books
are purchased with money from
the chamber’s Draper Fund.
Each school finds volunteer
readers from the community.
Some are parents, some work
at businesses in town, some are
school board members or other
elected officials.
This year’s books were “Wake
Up, Color Pup,” by Taia Morley;
“AdoraBull,” by Alison Donald,
“Mommy Sayang,” by Rosana
Sullivan, “Madeline Finn and
the Shelter Dog,” by Lisa Papp,
“Papa Put A Man on the Moon,”
by Kristy Dempsey, “Nya’s Long
Walk,” by Linda Sue Park and
“The Girl Who Rode a Shark &
Other Stories of Daring Women,”
by Ailsa Ross.
two age categories: 14 and under
and 15 and up.
The diorama and entry form
should be brought to the library
before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 8. Entry forms and addi-
tional information are available
at the library and on the library
website. Voting is April 9 to 20
and winners will be announced
Wednesday, April 22.
Written by journalist Adam
Higginbotham, “Midnight in
Chernobyl” is the definitive, ac-
count of the Chernobyl nuclear
power plant disaster.
The series will run Wednes-
days through May 20, from 2
to 3 p.m. No class will be held
April 1. To register go to www.
noblehorizons.org or call 860-
435-9851.
• 860-435-0578
PHOTO BY ALEXANDER WILBURN
Rare book seller and Lakeville resident Adam Langlands will
bring a 19th-century map of Salisbury to auction this month.
the Queen Mother, with a letter more singular — and, likely, all
the more bid-worthy.
that says, ‘Marm, you might
For information go to www.
want to look at page …’. So yes,
antiquarianauctions.com. The
it doesn’t have to be about the
preview for the new American
Civil War to count.”
auction series headed by Adam
But how did a gift to the wife
Langlands will begin March 13,
of King George VI end up out
where all items will be visible to
of the hands of the British Royal
the public. Bidding will begin
Family? Langlands could only
on Thursday, March 19, and
call it “bizarre.”Another mystery,
conclude on March 26.
but it makes the book all the
By Patrick L. Sullivan will be one lane, with stop signs
on either end, to reduce the
SALISBURY — The bridge weight load on the bridge.
over the Salmon Kill will be Rand was optimistic that the
partly closed for an indefinite financial and repair process-
period, First Selectman Curtis es would be straightforward.
Rand reported at the Board of However, he did warn that “the
Selectmen’s regular monthly worst case scenario is we need a
meeting Monday, March 2. new bridge.”
The bridge on Salmon Kill Rand reported that Zoning
Road, near the junction with Enforcement Officer Nancy
Route 112, has structural prob- Brusie is retiring in the summer.
lems — specifically, corroding He said Ruth Mulcahy, who per-
abutments. forms a similar function for the
Rand said the state Depart- Conservation Commission, will
ment of Transportation has continue for the time being but
agreed to put the bridge in the that ultimately the two positions
federal bridge program. will be combined.
A ballpark figure for the And the selectmen appoint-
repairs is $2.5 million, which in- ed new people to the Board of
cludes $400,000 for engineering Assessment Appeals: Scooter
and inspection. The town would Tedder as a regular member, and
be responsible for 20 percent of Joe Woodard and Lenore Mallett
the cost. as alternates.
In the meantime the bridge
14th Colony art show March 27
SALISBURY — The opening reception for the 14th Colony Artists’
new exhibit and sale of small works will be held on Friday, March
27, 5 p.m., at Noble Horizons.
Founded in 2009, the 14th Colony is a collective of more than 125
painters, photographers, sculptors, clay artists, installation artists,
videographers and filmmakers from the Tri-state area.
The exhibit will run on weekdays through May 3 from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Enjoy free upcoming events:
Hotchkiss School instructor
Keith Moon’s returns with Midnight
in Chernobyl, New York Times, NPR and
Time best book of 2019. Wednesdays, 2pm;
March 25-May 20.
The 14th Colony Artists. Join us for the
opening reception on March 27 from 5-7pm.
The exhibit will be open weekends, 11am-
4pm through May 3.
Macaron Baking Workshop, March 28 at
11am. Welcome spring with host PJ Birriel for
this macaron baking workshop. All guests will
have some hands on time and will leave with a
gift bag of macarons!
To register for these FREE programs please call (860) 435-9851
or visit www.noblehorizons.org.
Senior living • Rehabilitation • Nursing • Memory Care
A nonprofit organization
17 Cobble Road, Salisbury, CT
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‘The Sound of Music’ opens at HVRHS this weekend
At a rehearsal last week, the Von Trapp children sang with their governess, Maria, in prepara-
tion for the Housatonic Musical Theatre Society’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
“The Sound of Music,” which will be performed this weekend, March 12 to 14.
At Kellogg, education outdoors
By Janna Siller
FALLS VILLAGE — About
once every five weeks, Lee H.
Kellogg students head outside
for an hour and a half of outdoor
education.
Former Kellogg Principal
Jenny Law developed the pro-
gram to integrate academic
priorities like math, science
and writing with the leadership
skills, inter-age collaboration
and confidence-building oppor-
tunities possible with outdoor
experiences.
Students in kindergarten
through fourth grade gather as
a group, as do students in fifth
through eighth grades, allowing
age-appropriate curriculum and
inter-grade pairings.
During the four outdoor ed
sessions that have taken place
throughout the academic year
so far, students have searched
for seeds around the school,
worked together on teams to
build snow forts and villages
populated with snow people,
calculated the height of a tree
using triangulation, observed
different characteristics of plants
to identify them, built a campfire
to study the meaning of the word
“fuel” and, in the case of the older
grades, learned to use a compass.
LHK dinner
FALLS VILLAGE — A lasagna
dinner to raise funds for the Lee
H. Kellogg School trip to Quebec
will be held this year on Friday,
March 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the emergency services center
on Route 7.Tickets are $15 for
adults and $8 for children ages
5 to 10; children 4 and under are
free. To order tickets or for more
information, email spelbos@
kelloggschool.org.
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Charlotte Olsen gathered pine cones and sticks for a campfire
during the February outdoor education session at Lee Kellogg.
A recurring request for more
outdoor time at Kellogg emerged
during two recent feedback ven-
ues, a community conversation
discussion and a school climate
survey. Many parents and com-
munity members pointed to
research demonstrating the
benefits of outdoor free play on
students’ capacity to focus and
perform academically.
In response, Principal Alex-
andra Juch approached Law last
year about creating an outdoor
Art opening at Hunt on March 14
FALLS VILLAGE — The D.
M. Hunt Library will present a
group exhibition, “Slate of the
Art 2020: Knowledge Transfer,”
from March 13 through April
3 with the opening reception
on Saturday, March 14, from 4
to 6 p.m.
A feature of the exhibition
will be works using slates from
the library’s original 1891 roof,
Falls Village
Theatre Society’s production of “The Sound
of Music” is this weekend at Housatonic Valley
Regional High School, with shows on Thursday,
March 12, 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.,
and two shows on Saturday, March 14, at 2 and
7:30 p.m.
assembled after school and received a solid 30
PHOTO BY PAMELA CHASSIN
PHOTO BY JANNA SILLER
ed program.
Law has extensive experience
in wilderness education and
jumped at the opportunity to
work with students on orienteer-
ing, nature studies, geocaching,
triangulation, animal studies,
and hiking.
“Many kids today suffer from
‘nature deficit disorder,’” she said.
“We need to teach them to be safe
and confident outside so they
can receive all of the benefits of
nature connection.”
created by art students from the
Lee H. Kellogg School.
The show will include works
by Danielle Mailer, Ken Mussel-
man, Lori Barker, Robert Cronin,
Amelia de Neergaard, Robert An-
drew Parker and Kathy Wismar.
For more information, call
860-824-7424 or go to www.
huntlibrary.org.
THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 12, 2020 A5
By Patrick L. Sullivan minutes of detailed instructions on lines, gestures,
postures and props from Production Manager
FALLS VILLAGE — The Housatonic Musical Lori Belter, Musical Director Michael Berkeley
and choreographer Amber Cameron.
Then they went to work.
On Friday, March 6, cast members and mem-
bers of the Crescendo choral group (directed by
Christine Gevert) recorded parts from the show
at Trinity Lime Rock Episcopal Church in Lime
At rehearsal on Thursday, March 5, the cast Rock. Belter explained the recordings will be used
to augment the nun’s “choir” in the show.
PHOTO BY PATRICK L. SULLIVAN
Lindsey Clark and Shane Stampfle are the 2020 scholar athletes at Housatonic Valley
Regional High School.
Scholar athletes chosen at HVRHS
By Patrick L. Sullivan bury Central School (where about law.”
her mother teaches), played Stampfle attended North
FALLS VILLAGE — Lind-
sey Clark of Hillsdale, N.Y.,
volleyball, tennis and basket-
ball at HVRHS.
Canaan Elementary School
and played baseball and ran
and Shane Stampfle of North Her favorite subjects are cross-country at HVRHS.
Canaan are the 2020 schol- English and history. His favorite subject is
ar-athletes at Housatonic She’s been accepted at history. He is hoping to go
Valley Regional High School Marist College and is waiting to Tufts University to study
(HVRHS), honored for their to hear from Brown, Colgate, international relations. He
ability to participate in sports Amherst and her top pick, has also applied to Hamilton
while maintaining high aca- Dartmouth. College, University of Con-
demic standards. She said she is planning on necticut, Gettysburg College,
Both will graduate this majoring in English — for the American University, Univer-
spring with the class of 2020. moment. “Something in the sity of Virginia and University
Clark, who attended Salis- humanities. And I’m thinking of St. Andrews in Scotland.
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A6 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 12, 2020

Sharon/North Canaan
Artistic inspiration all around at
year-old Berkshire Hills Design
By John Torsiello
NORTH CANAAN — Berk-
shire Hills Design is having a par-
ty during the month of March.
There are several reasons for
the festivities, explained Danielle
Stevenson, manager and bath
PHOTO BY DEBRA A. ALEKSINAS
and kitchen designer for the
Lynne Martin, chair of the Canaan Art Guild, and Kevin North Canaan business.
O’Connell, CEO of Geer Village, chatted at an art exhibit “We want to celebrate our
reception on March 5 at Geer. anniversary, and we wanted to
do something fun.”
is 10; it costs $40 per person to
participate.
Berkshire Hills Design offers
high-end kitchen and bath
designs as well as tiles, stone,
countertops and cabinetry. The
kitchen and bath design center
has sample layouts of kitchen,
bath, bar, island, home theater
and fireplace displays for po-
tential customers to look at and
walk around.
Business has been strong in

Art show of Still River Stevenson has a close friend

who hosts Paint and Sip fund-
raising events, where guests
work, at Geer Village drink wine while learning to
paint a simple scene with an art
instructor. And so the month of
By Debra A. Aleksinas
March is Paint and Sip time at the
kitchen and bath design shop in
NORTH CANAAN — Geer Village and the Canaan Art Guild
the center of town, across from
co-hosted an art reception on behalf of Winsted’s Still River Studio
the post office.
and Art Gallery on Thursday, March 5.
“We also wanted to give back
The event, featuring work by Gail O’Connor, Sharon Dougherty,
to the community,” Stevenson
Monica Rosenberg and Jane Hoben, drew about 40 visitors to the
said, “so any money we raise
opening reception. The exhibit will run through March.
will go to the Couch Pipa VFW
in North Canaan.”
There will be Paint and Sip
the store’s first year of operation,
said Stevenson.
“I think the market is at a
point where people are doing
things with and in their homes.
One of our strengths is that we
are a one-stop shop. We have so
many options to choose from.
Customers can find everything PHOTO BY CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER
Berkshire Hills Design is celebrating its first full year in busi-
here, from floors to fireplaces.
ness with Paint and Sip parties through the month of March.
“I believe another strength is
our 3D renderings. Some people
have trouble visualizing how backsplashes, two full shower showroom is at 14 Church St.
things will look in their homes, displays and three full kitchen in North Canaan. It is open
but on the computer I can move displays that customers can see. six days a week from 9 a.m. to

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parties every Saturday in March.
Rachel Ackerman will oversee the
party/painting workshops. The
maximum number of persons
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things around and actually show
them what the design will look
like when completed.”
For those who want “true 3D,”
the shop also has more than 24
tile floor set ups, four full kitchen
Stevenson said proudly that
the shop has its own in-house
installation team and that, “We
stand behind what we sell and
design.”
Berkshire Hills Design’s
4 p.m. and is closed Sunday.
The phone number is 860-824-
0209 and the website is at www.
berkshirehillsdesign.com. Call
the showroom to sign up for a
Paint and Sip.

June Ann Heckelman P&Z again delays decision on boarding houses

WASSAIC — June Ann Heck-
elman, 87, a longtime resident
of Wassaic, passed away
Feb. 28, 2020, at Sharon
Hospital.
Ms. Heckelman was
the head dietitian at
Bellevue Hospital. She
also worked at Queens-
borough College and
taught Home Economics
at Valley Stream High
School for 25 years, re-
tiring in 1995.
Born on June 2, 1932, in
Queens, N.Y., she was the daugh-
ter of the late Anna (Lane) and
Anthony J. Heckelman.
Ms. Heckelman was a for-
mer member of the Red Hook
Golf Club. She was on many
bowling leagues and was an
avid bird watcher. She loved
to paint and make toys with
Pam Dove
LAKEVILLE — Pam Dove
ran down the curtain and joined
the choir invisible on Feb. 27,
2020, after years of declining
health and just shy of her 28th
(or seventh, see below) wedding
anniversary.
Pam was born Ellen Pamela
Hoover on Oct. 29, 1949, in
Teaneck, N.J., and promptly
never went by her first name
again. Pam was a character
with a big personality. If there
was a way to be different, Pam
would find it, to the endless
mortification of her daughter.
Those ways included, but were
not limited to, getting married to
her husband, Gene, on Leap Day
1992, in a wedding officiated by
her daughter’s future junior high
science teacher, Fred Romeo; her
signature short hair/tail combo;
her love of biker gang-style cloth-
ing; her flying pig tattoo; and, if
we’re being honest, the volume
of her voice.
Pam was incredibly smart
and immensely funny, bestowing
nicknames on most everyone
she knew. She also always stood
up for herself and those she felt
needed sticking up for. Good or
bad, right or wrong, you didn’t
argue with Pam without a fight
(see “big personality,” above).
After finishing high school,
Pam attended secretarial school
and was a legal secretary for
several years.
She held var ious jobs
throughout her life and treated
each one like it was what she was
meant to do. This included an
assignment that was very special
to her: volunteering for many
years to drive seniors to their
medical appointments.
In her free time, Pam enjoyed
reading, writing, video games,
B movies, comedy (see first
sentence), sci-fi and fantasy
of all mediums, a good Taylor
ham sandwich, and swearing.
her companion. She enjoyed
spending time with her dogs and
relaxing to the sounds
of her birds.
Ms. Heckelman is
survived by one neph-
ew and five nieces.
She was prede-
ceased by her long-
time companion,
Jeanne L. Allen; and
a brother, Anthony J.
Heckelman Jr.
A celebration of
life will be held for both
Jeanne and June in the month
of June, time and place to be
determined.
Memorial donations may
be made to the Wassaic Rescue
Squad, Firehouse Road, Wassaic,
NY 12592. To send the family an
online condolence, go to www.
hufcutfuneralhome.com.
She would happily recite George
Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can
Never Say on Television” even if
no one asked.
Pam also loved animals, res-
cuing more than one dog or cat
and loving them wholly. At one
point, pets outnumbered people
in her house 2:1. All of this is to
say that she was cool, probably
cooler than she knew.
Pam was predeceased by
a husband, George (“Porge”)
Poidomani, and is survived
by her current husband, Gene
(the Bean) Dove; her daughter,
Jennie (the Amazing Rat Child)
Poidomani; and Jennie’s partner,
Mark (Mr. Yardini) Yard. She
is also survived by her three
younger siblings, Jim, Denise,
and David.
Out of respect for Pam’s
wishes, there will be no calling
hours or services. Instead, in her
honor, please be kind to animals
and others, laugh often and
loudly, and don’t take yourself
too seriously. And if you think
any part of this obituary was less
than normal, Pam would have
wanted it that way.
We are incredibly sad and will
love and miss her forever.
Thank you to Brian at the
Kenny Funeral Home in Sharon,
who was in charge of arrange-
ments.
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NORTH CANAAN — By
unanimous vote at their meeting
on Monday, March 9, the North
Canaan Planning and Zoning
Commission (P&Z) agreed to
postpone a decision on drafting
a change to existing regulations
to control the operation of
multi-renter houses, which they
are calling “boarding houses.”
The matter will be consid-
ered again at the commission’s
April meeting. Discussion of
the regulation has been ongoing
since 2017.
The new one-month delay
will allow commission members
to engage in further study of the
regulations, they said.
The members were in agree-
ment that the issue may be one of
enforcement of existing regula-
tions, particularly the provisions
for special permits and those
requiring adequate parking.
In their discussion the mem-
bers noted that boarding houses
are not the same as sober houses,
with P&Z Chair Steve Allyn not-
ing that the commission has no
jurisdiction over the operation
of sober houses.
P&Z member Michael O’Con-
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event, which benefited 15 local organizations. Also featured
was a raffle of gift items donated by local businesses.
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nor added that sober houses do
not need P&Z approval.
The April meeting will in-
clude a workshop on examining
the regulations to determine
whether current provisions are
sufficient.
The regulation as first pro-
posed in 2017 was designed to
control the proliferation of the
sober houses. It was the town’s
resident state trooper at the time,
Greg Naylor, who had suggested
the regulation early in the year; by
summer he had been promoted
and transferred to another post.
Resident state troopers are
regular Connecticut state troop-
ers who have been assigned to a
particular town at that town’s
request; the majority of their sal-
ary and benefits are paid for from
town taxes, and the trooper keeps
a closer and more consistent eye
on activities in their town.
It was Naylor who had noticed
that some houses in town were
being purchased and then con-
verted for use as sober houses,
where recent clients of area drug
rehabilitation centers could live
until returning to their homes.
Multiple small rooms were
being created in the houses,
Naylor said, and there was no
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oversight of the residents, whom
he feared could be preyed upon
by drug dealers looking for sus-
ceptible new customers.
Technically the town can’t
control whether or not a sober
house is erected and town offi-
cials can’t knock on the door of
a residence and ask to see what
activities are going on inside,
according to conversations had
at a 2017 meeting about the
proposed regulation.
At the 2017 P&Z hearing on
the boarding house regulation,
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lengthy discussions with the
AHA! administrators, at the
board’s regular meeting on
Monday, March 2.
First Selectman Charles
Perotti announced that the
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many people from town stood
up to say that they have, for ex-
ample, multiple family members
living with them, such as adult
children with their own families.
Tightening the boarding house
restrictions could endanger their
ability to give safe haven to their
children, they said.
In response to that hearing,
the town put a six-month mor-
atorium on boarding houses and
the P&Z began its study of the
regulations and how a change
might impact town residents.
The AHA! after-school pro-
gram will continue to receive
town funding for the 2020-21
academic year, Perotti said.
During that year, new AHA!
Program Director Patricia
Vanicky plans to restructure
administration of the program
by forming a board of directors
and finding a new financial
structure.
She intends to investigate
the possibility of nonprofit sta-
tus and new forms of financial
support.
Perotti said that the pro-
gram will be run separately
from the town beginning with
the 2021-22 school year.
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There is information on pre-
vention and treatment of the
disease; there are instructions
on what to do if someone in your
household gets coronavirus; and
there are web links to federal
government websites with the
latest updates.
To find the website, go to
www. portal.ct.gov/coronavirus.
The state has also partnered
with United Way to provide
information by phone. Dial 211
or text “CTCOVID” to 898211.
The governor’s announce-
ment stressed that this is a
general information line, and
that anyone who is experiencing
symptoms or is afraid they have
been exposed should check with
their own health-care provider.
The state and the federal
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention are strongly recom-
mending that anyone who has
OBITUARIES
Francis Joseph Gomez
LAKEVILLE — Francis Jo-
seph Gomez died peacefully on
Sunday, March 8, with his family
at his side. He was 92.
Born on Nov. 19, 1927, to
Florence Southwell Gomez and
Wesley Francis Go-
mez, he was raised
in Cornwall Bridge.
Industrious and en-
trepreneurial even
at a young age, he
attended Housaton-
ic Valley Regional
High School and was
working in the IGA
produce department
when he was called
as part of the National Guard to
serve his country in the Army
in 1950 and was deployed to
Germany in 1951.
He met his wife of 70 years,
Patricia Pattengell, in the bean
patch at her grandmother’s
summer home in Cornwall
Bridge. They were married at
her parents’ home in Rosedale,
N.Y., in September 1949. After he
was honorably discharged from
the Army in 1952, Francis raised
black angus in Cornwall with his
father-in-law, who then helped
them purchase the Quality Farm
on Wells Hill Road in Lakeville
in 1955, where he ran a Holstein
dairy and bull stud farm.
He was very active in the local
4-H club and on the cattle show
circuit for decades. Francis pro-
vided interstate cattle trucking,
had a 65-plus home snow plow-
ing business, sold Christmas
trees, and was an avid auction
attendee, transitioning from
cows to horses in 1974.
Simultaneously he partnered
with individuals internationally,
interested in breeding cows
overseas, which made him a
sought-after consultant and
buyer.
He was a member and past
treasurer of the Lakeville Hose
Co.; a member of the Blazing Star
Lodge #74 and a past master, a
member of the 32nd Degree of
Scottish Rites order of Masons; a
lifetime member of the National
Holstein-Friesian Association of
America.
A long time Rotarian, serving
as Salisbury Rotary president,
and District Governor in 1981-
82, he was also named a Paul
Harris Fellow. He was the mov-
ing force behind the Rotarian
Polio Plus inoculation program
in Nigeria in the 1980s, raising
more than a million dollars and
participating in the implemen-
tation program.
He was a host to exchange
students and led trips to Australia
and Finland for young business
leaders. He traveled extensively,
to 67 countries, to pursue these
myriad endeavors.
His diverse interests led
him to also open Carriage Step
Antiques in Lakeville, and he
became a buyer for other large
antique vendors in Canada and
Florida.
In 1987 Francis joined forces
with the Trelleborg builders and
built his first energy-efficient
Danish spec house. He was a
not yet had their flu shot should
get one if possible.
The Salisbury Visiting Nurse
Association said that at this point
they only have vaccine for people
65 and older, but anyone in that
age group who needs a shot is
invited to call at 860-435-0816.
The Walgreens Pharmacy at
Rite Aid in North Canaan has
small amounts of the vaccine
available for anyone 18 and over;
call 860-824-5481.
CVS Pharmacy in Millerton
has vaccines available, call 518-
789-3444.
The Kent Station Pharmacy
has vaccines for people over the
age of 65; call 860-927-3725.
Sharon Pharmacy has vac-
cines available for people ages18
to 65 but not the high-dose
vaccine for anyone over 65 or
with a particular health risk; call
860-364-5272.
volunteer SCORE consultant
through the SBA and the Cham-
ber, helping many fledgling
business owners.
Francis’ hobbies included
horse racing, jai-alai and any
kind of auction!
Francis entered the
American Academy
McAllister Institute of
Funeral Service in New
York City in 1973, then
purchased the Newkirk
Funeral Homes in North
Canaan and Lakeville
in 1974. He and his
daughter, Susan, ran the
business until he sold it
in 1990.
While semi-retired, he pur-
chased the Chevrolet auto busi-
ness and property in Millerton,
subsequently opening Stateline
Auto. Francis partnered with
his good friend Dan Lufkin,
owning more than two dozen
top Holsteins for breeding and
genomics. He enjoyed working
the security detail overnight at
Lime Rock Park and at Noble
Horizons.
Like a prism, he was multi-
faceted. He had many interests,
many relationships around the
globe, and many laugh-until-
you-cry stories. He valued hard
work and business acumen and
the value of the dollar and did
business on a handshake.
While at Noble Horizons the
last four years, he enjoyed TV
sports, local news, and politics,
and daily visits from family and
friends.
In addition to his wife, Pat,
he is survived by his children,
Susan Vreeland and her husband,
Richard, Sandra Oliver and her
husband, Peter, Mark Gomez and
his wife, Linda, Patti Majesky and
her husband, Michael, of Anso-
nia, Steven Gomez and his wife,
Robbin, and Anne Upson and her
husband, Edgar “Bud,” of Lakev-
ille, who remain to honor his
memory; and his grandchildren,
Matthew and Caroline Vreeland,
Rebecca Sherwood and Jennifer
Redmond, Stephanie Magyar,
Kirsten and Meghan Merritt,
Cameron and Justin Gomez,
Traci Grasso, Christopher and
Jonathan Ryan, Benjamin and
Sarah Upson, Madysyn and
Bryce Gomez. His great-grand-
children, Hailey and Addison
Grasso, Emma Ryan and Jackson
Magyar, will carry the stories
forever forward as legend.
He also leaves his siblings,
Robert Gomez and his wife,
Harriet, of North Canaan, Fred
Southwell and his wife, Jo, of Sara-
sota, Fla., and Consuelo Hunter
and her husband, Jeff, of Avon;
and two nephews and a niece.
Francis was predeceased by
his parents; his son, Michael
Francis in 2007; and his nephews
Robert and Richard Gomez.
The family held a private
Masonic service with Military
Honors.
Contributions in Francis’
memory may be made to the
HVRHS FFA program or the
Housatonic Musical Theatre
Society in Falls Village.
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add a partisan slant in print.
The advent of cable television
and 24 hour cable news brought
“a resurgence of partisan media.”
In the past, people relied on
exchanging views and opinions
when they met their neighbors
at church, in the workplace, or
within the extended family.
“Now everybody has an opin-
ion” and the means to express it
instantly, to much larger num-
bers of people.
And everybody’s an expert,
because they can look up any-
thing they want on their phone.
Schiller said it is increasingly
difficult to establish a widely
accepted set of facts.
“People feel confident enough
not to ask someone who might
know” the answer to a question.
“And then they only talk to
Horn
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send their trash to the plant, in-
cluding most Northwest Corner
towns.
Towns are balking at the pro-
jected $145 per ton tipping fee,
Horn said.
But the alternative — shipping
waste to out-of-state landfills —
isn’t very appealing either.
Horn said a “serious compost-
ing effort” on the part of towns
could reduce municipal solid
waste by as much as 25%.
Any proposals “will concen-
trate on changing behaviors.”
Another idea in the environ-
ment committee is a change to
the state’s bottle redemption
law. Horn said redemption is
down below 10% and said that
doubling the deposit, from 5 to
10 cents, would get the redemp-
tion rate back up and result in
fewer bottles and cans showing
up in the regular garbage, which
would reduce the cost of trash
disposal.
She also brought up creating
or reopening redemption cen-
ters, and expanding the deposit
to other beverages currently not
covered, such as bottled water
or iced tea.
From the Judiciary Commit-
Murphy
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costs for the many drugs they
take chronically. Of particular
concern are cancer drugs and
drugs and supplies for diabetics.
Murphy outlined some legis-
lation that is being proposed now
in Congress, including a bill that
would allow Medicare to set drug
prices that other insurers could
then use as guidelines.
He noted that drugs are often
much less expensive in foreign
countries than they are in the
U.S., and that pharmaceutical
companies feel they can charge
less abroad and make their mon-
ey here from sales to Americans.
About 80% of the money
being collected by these com-
panies is spent on lobbyists and
on advertising, he said, with the
industry as a whole spending
about $169 million on lobbying
in 2018 and $6 billion on ads.
About 20% is spent on research
and development of new drugs.
After his half-hour update on
the problems with Big Pharma
and possible solutions, he invit-
ed audience members to share
their own experiences and ask
questions.
Joe Pettricone, owner of the
Pettricone Pharmacy in Tor-
rington, said that it’s become
impossible for him to manage
the finances of his business
because the Pharmacy Benefit
Managers such as Humana will
often come back to him as much
as six months after a prescription
has been filled and change the
pricing retroactively. He called
these “clawbacks.”
Several people spoke about
specific drugs whose costs are
skyrocketing. One person not-
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THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 12, 2020
people who agree.”
When Schiller says “talk”
she really means some form of
electronic interaction.
“People will write things in
emails they would not say to your
face,” she said.
She said when she responds to
hostile emails with a suggestion
for a face-to-face meeting, the
result is “crickets.”
“It’s much easier to demonize
‘the other’ when you don’t inter-
act personally.”
Schiller had some suggestions
for improving the electoral
process, including reforming
the Electoral College. Not abol-
ishing it, or trying to impose a
national popular vote. Schiller’s
proposal is that states apportion
their electors proportionally, as
done currently by Maine and
tee, Horn said a “clean slate bill”
is likely to pass. The bill would
purge an individual’s criminal
records for certain misdemean-
or offenses after the person has
served his or her sentence and
stayed out of trouble for seven
years.
She said it was an issue of pub-
lic safety as much as ethics. “We
want people to return to society.”
Horn said the Appropriations
Committee has been “listening to
a lot of good causes” as the com-
mittee considers adjustments to
the two-year state budget.
She said that nonprofit orga-
nizations “that serve our most
vulnerable people” have not seen
an increase in state funding for
a decade.
Horn reflected on her experi-
ence during her first term in the
state House.
“Part of my job is convincing
people that there’s another 45
minutes of Connecticut beyond
Torrington,” she said.
Horn said she is a voice for
rural towns within the majority
(Democratic) caucus.
“They’ve gotten used to me
saying ‘Public transportation?
We don’t have any.’”
ed that there is still an opioid
crisis that no one seems to have
found a way to fix, with overdose
deaths caused largely by the use
of fentanyl.
Rep. Horn said that legisla-
tors in Hartford are working on
putting a cap on the cost to con-
sumers of insulin for diabetics.
Murphy thanked Horn and
Rep. Cook and their colleagues
for banning the “fake” insurance
companies that don’t warn con-
sumers up front that they don’t
cover medications.
Janet Carlson is a West Corn-
wall resident who has worked on
marketing for large pharmaceu-
tical companies. She moved her
company from New York City to
the Northwest Corner and has
since created a small volunteer
organization that helps area
residents sign up for affordable
health care.
She said that many towns in
Connecticut offer as much as
$250 a month to state residents
to help them pay their drug costs.
There are several other pro-
grams available that can help peo-
ple pay for their prescriptions,
including discount coupons.
“Your average person can’t
find them or figure them out,
but we can help,” she said. “Most
people never ask for help. They
never go to the social services
office in their town. There are
safety nets.”
Carlson spoke again at the end
of the meeting and said, “The rest
of the world has figured this out.
It’s just ridiculous that we can’t.”
To contact Carlson, email
janet.carlson@oneeleven-group.
com.
Nebraska. Schiller said there is no
need to amend the Constitution
to accomplish this: The states
already have this power.
“That would make every state
competitive. Candidates can’t
just target large states, or swing
states.”
Asked if she is concerned
about the expanding power of
the executive branch, Schiller
said because the federal gov-
ernment has some 4.1 million
federal employees (2.6 million
non-military employees), “it’s
impossible to track.”
It’s also difficult to fire federal
workers, or otherwise reduce the
workforce.
The result is that the executive
branch and the president “suck
up all the space.”
Worship Services
Week of March 15, 2020
The Congregational
Church of Salisbury, U.C.C.
30 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
Serving the Lord with Gladness
We bid you warm welcome to come
worship with us Sundays at 10 am.
All are welcome!
Moving music,and Christian fellowship
in a historic 19th C. Meeting House.
Sunday School & Nursery Care
The Rev. Dr. John A. Nelson
(860) 435-2442
www.salisburycongregational.org
St. John's Episcopal Church
12 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
Rev. Marilyn Anderson
Rev. Paul Christopherson
SUNDAY SERVICES
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I) Said
10:00 a.m. Eucharist with music (Rite II)
WEDNESDAY HEALING SERVICE
At Noon – with Eucharist
www.stjohnssalisbury.org
860-435-9290
North Canaan
Congregational Church, UCC
Joyfully opening our hearts
and doors to all God's people
Pastor Savage Frieze
172 Lower Rd/Rt. 44, East Canaan CT
Worship services Sundays at 10 am
AT THE PILGRIM HOUSE
30 GRANITE AVE, CANAAN:
FISHES & LOAVES Food Pantry and
CLOSETS for clothing, Wednesdays 9-11
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North East Baptist Church
Historic Meeting House,
Main & Maple Millerton, NY
God's word is always relevant!
A Warm Welcome Awaits You
SUNDAY SERVICES
Family Bible School - 9:30 AM
Morning Worship - 11:00
Evening Service - 6:00 PM
WEEKDAY MEETINGS
Weds. Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM
at Parsonage 33 S. Maple Ave.
Sat. Bible Studies
for Men & Women 3:00 PM
FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON
First Sunday of each month
after AM services
Pastor Henry A. Prause
518-789-4840
The Sharon United
Methodist Church
112 Upper Main Steet,
North End of Sharon Green
Touching Lives - Lifting Spirits
10:45 a.m. Worship Service, Nursery Care
No Sunday School in Summer
The Rev. Margaret Laemmel
860-364-5634
sharonumc5634@att.net
Canaan United
Methodist Church
2 Church St., Rte 44, Canaan, CT
11 a.m. Worship Service
“Open Hearts – Open Minds – Open Doors”
Rev. Lee Gangaware
860-824-5534
canaanct-umc.com
canaanctumc@gmail.com
Promised Land
Baptist Church
29 Granite Ave., Canaan, CT
Where you will find: A Warm Welcome!
Helpful Bible Messages, A Place to Grow!
Sunday School - 10am
Sunday Worship - 11am
Wednesday Bible Study
and Prayer Meeting — 7PM
(860) 824-5685
VISITORS WELCOME!
www.promisedlandbaptist.org
The Chapel of All Saints,
Cornwall
An intimate Episcopal service every
Sunday
9:00am Holy Eucharist and sermon
Chapel at Trinity Conference Center
West Cornwall, CT
WELCOMING ALL
SAINT KATERI
TEKAKWITHA PARISH
860-927-3003
The Churches of
Sacred Heart, Kent
St. Bernard, Sharon
St. Bridget, Cornwall Bridge
MASS SCHEDULE
9 AM – Sacred Heart
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday & First Friday
SATURDAY VIGIL
4 PM - St. Bridget
SUNDAY MASSES
8 AM - St. Bernard
10 AM - Sacred Heart
The Smithfield
Presbyterian Church
656 Smithfield Valley Rd.
Route 83, Amenia, NY
Services every Sunday 10 a.m.
21st Century Theology
in an Historic Building
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Congress has become so en-
feebled it no longer attempts to
create budgets, instead relying on
massive continuing resolutions.
“It’s a self-reinforcing phe-
nomenon.” If Congress and the
president, or different factions
within Congress, can’t agree on
a continuing resolution, “they
just threaten to shut down the
government.”
“The Founders would be
spinning at warp speed if they
saw the executive branch today.
Nobody has control over it.”
Schiller had one suggestion,
however: Increase the term of
U.S. representatives from two to
three or four years.
“If the House was elected ev-
ery three or four years they’d be
able to exert more power.”
All Saints of America
Orthodox Christian Church
313 Twin Lakes Rd., Salisbury, CT
Sat. Vespers at 5:00 p.m.
Sun. Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.
Rev. Fr. John J. Kreta
860-824-1340
www.allsaintsofamerica.us
Falls Village
Congregational Church
16 Beebe Hill Road, Falls Village
10:00 a.m. Family Worship
11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour
A Friendly Church with
a warm welcome to all!!
860-824-0194
Christ Church Episcopal
in Sharon
9 South Main, Sharon CT
Sunday Holy Eucharist at 9:00 AM
Rev. Dr. Martha Tucker
All welcome to join us
860-364-5260
www.christchurchsharon.org
Greenwoods
Community Church
355 Clayton Road, Ashley Falls, MA
Sunday Service 10:30 AM
Kidz Konnection
K-6th grade (during Sun. Service)
Nursery Care All Services
Pastor Trip Weiler
413-229-8560
www.greenwoodschurch.com
St. Thomas
Episcopal Church
40 Leedsville Road
Amenia Union, NY
SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:30
followed by refreshments
All ages welcome!
Rev. Dr. Robert D. Flanagan
www.stthomasamenia.com
845-373-9161
Trinity Episcopal Church
484 Lime Rock Rd., Lime Rock
Sun. 8 & 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Nursery Care/Sunday School 10:20 a.m.
“Offering companionship along the way”
Rev. Heidi Truax
(860) 435-2627
trinity@trinitylimerock.org
www.trinitylimerock.org
Unitarian Fellowship
of NW CT
Cobble Living Room
Noble Horizons
The next meeting will be
Sunday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m.
CHOICE
All are Welcome
For information call 860-435-2319
The Lakeville United
Methodist Church
319 Main St., Lakeville, CT 06039
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
“Open Hearts - Open Minds - Open Doors”
The Rev. Margaret Laemmel
860-435-9496
Lakevillemethodist@snet.net
ST. MARTIN OF TOURS
PARISH
Immaculate Conception,
4 North Street, Norfolk
St. Joseph, 4 Main Street, Canaan
St. Mary, 76 Sharon Road, Lakeville
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil 5 pm, St. Joseph Church
Sunday 9 am, Church of St. Mary
Sunday 11 am,
Immaculate Conception Church
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE
Wednesday 6pm
St. Joseph Chapel or Church
Thursday 8am
Immaculate Conception Church
Friday 8am
Church of St. Mary
ALL ARE WELCOME!
For information,
please call 860-824-7078
UCC in CORNWALL
Congregational
Worship Sunday, 10 am
Cornwall Village Meeting House
8 Bolton Hill Rd, Cornwall
Outstanding Church School (10 am)
Mission Opportunities
Warm Fellowship following Worship
860-672-6840
FB - UCC in Cornwall
Rev. Micki Nunn-Miller, Minister
Welcoming all - including the
LGBTQ Community
Sharon Congregational
Church
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Which old, white guy will
be our next president?
H
aving devoted my last
column to the many rea-
sons Michael Bloomberg
was likely to win the Democratic
presidential nomination, I’d like
to start this one by thanking you
for reading this far.
Yes, I picked the wrong old,
white guy, but unless there’s an
intervention at the Democrat-
ic National Convention, the
November election will still
be between two of the species.
Maybe we’ll get to choose be-
tween two, old, white left and
right wing populists who yell a
lot. Or maybe it will be an old,
white male known for his senior
moments against an old, white
male who acts like a name-calling
high school kid. Not necessarily
an inspiring field.
So, given my record and
without knowing what happened
Tuesday in Michigan, Missouri,
Washington, Idaho, North Da-
kota and Mississippi, I probably
have no right to make the follow-
ing assumptions, but here goes.
Biden’s incredible revival
convinces me Democratic voters
don’t want a revolution, don’t
want to convert to socialism
and don’t even want free stuff.
They just want to beat Donald
Trump and they want that more
than anything. And based on the
way they transformed Joe Biden
from a piece of toast to America’s
oldest comeback kid last week,
they’re turning to the establish-
ment, to the often-maligned
elites, to do just that.
However, the race for the
Democratic presidential nom-
ination is far from over. Biden
could make a mistake or two or
three or Sanders could suddenly
convince enough voters he could
really make us the best educat-
ed and healthiest people in the
world while not also making us
the poorest.
Or, the Democratic con-
vention delegates could decide
that it isn’t especially good for
the country to have an election
between two men who’ve been
around for eight decades and
look for someone younger. At the
moment, the only Democratic
candidate fitting that description
is 37-year-old Tulsi Gabbard. (I
had to look up the spelling of her
name, after having just mastered
We are hardwired for political outrage
T
he extreme polarization
we are experiencing today
is the inevitable result
of our passion for outrage and
titillation. Or is it? Inevitable?
We are all hardwired to seek
out confirmation of our biases
and eschew evidence to the con-
trary. It is human nature. Who
doesn’t like to be on the right
side? But this tendency has been
exploited to such a degree that we
are now living in echo chambers
where all we hear is our own
opinions parroted back at us.
We are living in an age of
outrage. I am outraged on a daily
basis. I am outraged by politics,
injustice and willful ignorance. I
am outraged by conspiracy the-
ories and those who mindlessly
retweet them.
I am especially outraged by
the power of the internet and
social media to use our data
against us. The internet is a world
wide web and the spiders who
spun it sit there feeding on our
data; funneling us into narrow
and narrower subdivisions: the
better to sell us stuff. Algorithms
remove all serendipity from our
If You Ask Me
Dick Ahles
the spelling of Buttigieg.) But the
wings are filled with others.
The Republicans do have an
alternative to Trump — former
Massachusetts governor William
Weld, but he’s two years older
than 73-year-old Trump. And
Republicans are in no mood to
turn on the greatest president
since James Buchanan.
All this means that we may
be stuck with these men of a
certain age, as in, certain to be
beyond their mental and physical
peaks. This makes the selection
of each candidate’s running mate
considerably more important
than usual.
It could even inspire our
healthiest president ever to give
some thought to how voters may
react to four more years of the
lacking in luster Mike Pence.
There’s been speculation that
Trump made Pence czar of the
anti-coronavirus program to
give him a reason to boot him if
the effort fails. The replacement
would most likely be Nikki Haley,
a strong choice.
Some of the former Dem-
ocratic candidates would be
popular VPs, most notably Amy
Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg,
suitable choices for Biden or
Sanders. Warren, at 70, might
not make the age cut. Gabbard,
37, fresh off her second place
finish in American Samoa, is
the right age but the wrong ev-
erything else.
Gabbard hasn’t qualified for
a debate since November and
Warren must have been tempted
to stay in the race through the
March 15 debate because she
proved more than once to be a
better debater than the others.
(There is one more debate in
April but the date and place
haven’t been announced at this
writing.)
The many Democrats run-
ning for president this time got
out early enough to let voters see
the two survivors face off against
each other in a debate or two.
wanderings and all exposure to
others’ ideas. Each click sets off
a chain reaction of mathematical
formulas deciding what to show
us next. The result is polarization.
That polarization has gotten
out of hand. The divide between
Republicans and Democrats,
between conservatives and lib-
erals has fissured into a yawning
chasm. It is no longer enough to
be right, now we must believe the
other side is evil.
How did this happen? We
have always been drawn to the
shocking. That is why tabloids
are so popular. The mundane is
boring. Mainstream news sourc-
es have been forced to chase the
more extreme “news” to keep us
from wandering away to more
exciting spots.
Think about what you click on
(aside from cute pet videos.) You
click on the surprising, the horri-
fying, the outrageous. Before the
internet we all shared a limited
number of news sources who
vied with each other for ratings,
but within the limits of what was
agreed to be “news.” We expected
the truth from those sources.
Snowdrops: Will they see snow?
Viewpoint
But if Biden is to ride his
comeback to the nomination, not
to mention victory over Donald
Trump, he will have to make a
forthright statement about son
Hunter’s lucrative deal as a gas
company director in Ukraine
while his father was in charge
of investigating corruption there
for President Obama.
As columnist David Ignatius
wrote in The Washington Post,
Biden did nothing wrong in
the investigation of a crooked
prosecutor but it’s clear to many
Republicans and Democrats that
“Hunter Biden should have quit
the Burisma board or his father
should have withdrawn from the
lead role on Ukraine. The two
didn’t mix.”
We know how far Trump went
to get damaging information on
Biden in Ukraine and there’s no
doubt he’ll enjoy reviving the
smelly Hunter Biden director-
ship throughout the campaign.
That’s why Biden should do what
Trump never does — admit he
was wrong — and do it very soon.
Simsbury resident Dick Ahles
is a retired journalist. Email him
at rahles1@outlook.com.
A moment to celebrate: Money isn’t
everything and decency may still count
S
uper Tuesday has happily
forced me to drop my
growing cynicism about
the power of billionaires to
make their own rules and buy
elections. At the same time, my
waning hope is renewed that de-
cency on the part of a candidate
— and trust on the part of voters
— can still make a difference to
an election.
After four lackluster pri-
maries, Joe Biden limped into
South Carolina with a famously
diminishing ability to raise
money for his campaign. Yet
his astonishing win (48.4% of
the vote) was prompted not
by money, but by the heartfelt
endorsement of South Carolina
Representative James Clyburn,
the highest-ranking African
But Then
Again ...
Lisa Wright
Now there are dozens, hundreds
of news sources who vie for our
eyeballs by giving us only what
we want to hear: vilifying the
enemy. The more outrageous the
accusations the better.
u u u er of salt beside your computer.
But we are more than our
political identities. It is hard to
remember that during election
years. We each belong to myriad
groups of like-minded people.
We are humans, Americans,
Northeasterners. We are par-
ents or childless, cat people,
dog people, animal-lovers in
general. Some of us are makers
while others love to shop. Some
garden or cook while foodies
prefer the eating to the growing
or cooking. Sports fans have their
teams and readers have their fa-
vorite authors. All of these other
American member of Congress,
who at the perfect moment called
Biden “a good man.” Biden had
spent a total of $16 million on
radio, TV and digital advertising.
By contrast, the two billionaires
in the race at the time, Michael
Bloomberg and Tom Steyer, had
spent $560 million and $210
million respectively, and were
nowhere near the end of their
expressed willingness to spend
from their own accounts. Yet
Bloomberg, who had decided to
sit out the first four states, wasn’t
even on the ballot, while Steyer,
who was on the ballot, received
merely 11.3% of the vote. He was
unable to rack up a single dele-
gate. Steyer quickly dropped out.
Going into Super Tuesday, the
Democrats were down to one
identities transcend politics.
The people you know within
these groups are not evil even if
they belong to a different political
party or come from a different
background or have skin that is
a different color. Within these
groups we get along because we
don’t have cynics and politicians
shouting in our ears. Mets fans
come in all shapes and colors.
How can you counter this
onslaught of outraging disin-
formation?
I recommend keeping a shak-
Broaden your news sources to
include more neutral or even
opposing viewpoints. Fight
against the urge to click on the
salacious and hateful. Let your
common sense overcome your
outrage when deciding what is
true. And take a grain of salt with
every story.
Lisa Wright divides her time
between her home in Lakeville
and Oblong Books in Millerton
where she has worked for more
than 35 years. Email her at
wrightales@gmail.com.
PHOTO BY JANET MANKO
On Reflection
Carol Ascher
billionaire: Michael Bloomberg.
Amidst regular complaints about
President Trump’s scorning
of our country’s “rule of law,”
Bloomberg was making up his
own rules for getting into the
campaign, skipping months of
grueling televised debates to
which candidates were allowed
entry by Democratic Party rules,
and instead plastering every me-
dia with ads claiming his fitness
for president. Despite criticisms
of his stop-and-frisk policy as
three-time mayor of New York,
for which he repeatedly apolo-
gized, as well as consent decrees
with several women, his name
recognition had increased, as had
his favorability in the polls. With
Bloomberg having spent more
than all the Democratic candi-
dates, the power of his money
appeared overwhelming. Axios
predicted that, “There’s nothing
stopping Bloomberg from top-
ping $2 billion.” As important,
a number of Democrats seemed
to believe that only another bil-
lionaire, and one far richer than
Trump, could defeat our current
president. Although I was afraid
that these Democrats might be
right, I also feared another death
blow to the simple one-person-
one-vote without which we lose
all semblance of a democracy.
Super Tuesday’s results of-
fered more — quite a bit more
— in the way of evidence that,
even in 2020, money can’t buy an
election. Though voters beyond
the borders of South Carolina
may not themselves have been
moved by Jim Clyburn’s en-
dorsement of Biden as a “good
man,” they suddenly sensed his
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potential electoral strength along
with his promise of stability, and
they were willing to vote for
the candidate who would beat
Trump.
Having spent a paltry total of
$2.2 million on the six Southern
Super Tuesday states (even less
than Elizabeth Warren and a fifth
of what Bernie Sanders spent),
Joe Biden was the undisputed
winner. Michael Bloomberg,
who had outspent the other can-
didates by an obscene margin,
accrued a total of 56 delegates on
Super Tuesday. In Texas alone, he
had spent $56.7 million. Some-
one with more patience than I
calculated that he had purchased
each vote with $1,200.
Suddenly inspired to notice
decency in our elections, I also
took notice of decency in the rap-
id winnowing of the Democratic
field following the results of
Super Tuesday. Within 24 hours,
Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar,
and — most important, because
he easily had the money to go
on — Michael Bloomberg, had
all bowed out, at the same time
as gracefully handing their man-
tels to Joe Biden in the hope of
granting, in Bloomberg’s words,
“a victory for our country.”
I wasn’t among those at ease
with the status quo before Don-
ald Trump began making this a
rich white men’s paradise with a
wall along our Southern border.
But, if the argument among
Democrats moving forward
becomes Biden’s assurance of
decency and stability versus
Sander’s promises of widespread
change, I will join those who suf-
fer from Trumpian exhaustion
to vote for a four-year pause in
the turmoil of conflict-ridden
politics.
Carol Ascher, who lives in Sha-
ron, has published seven books of
fiction and nonfiction, as well as
many essays and stories.
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The challenges of
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard
that Sweden incinerates most of
its trash. Why don’t we do more

disposing of our trash

of this in the U.S., given that we’re
running out of landfill space?
—
­ Oscar Gentry, New Bern,

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N.C.
veryone wants their garbage picked up, they just
don’t want it put down again, especially anywhere Sweden does burn the vast ma-
near where they live. This is a well-known ad- jority of its trash—only one per-
age in trash removal circles, often quoted by longtime cent of the country’s waste ends
up in landfills—and even makes
transfer station planning volunteer Bob Palmer. But a profit by importing trash from
the current situation with the 21 towns of Northwest neighboring countries to process
Hills Council of Governments (NW COG) needing to in its high-efficiency, low emis-
decide whether to sign on for 30 year commitments to sion incinerators. And it makes
the MIRA (Materials Innovation and Recycling Author- a lot of sense, given the huge toll
ity) waste-to-energy plant in Hartford is a good case in landfills take on the environment,
point that continues to prove the truth in it. leaking liquids into surrounding
As each of the Northwest Corner towns evaluates its soils and polluting groundwater
while sending huge amounts of
options, it becomes clear there are few alternatives. The methane, a potent greenhouse
MIRA plant is now operating at around 75% capacity gas, into the atmosphere.
rather than the 93% it should be at, according to its Burning waste in an uncon-
president, Thomas Kirk, who spoke at at NW COG trolled setting is undeniably ter-
meeting Feb. 13 that was covered for this newspaper rible for the environment, given
by Patrick Sullivan. Kirk was clear that MIRA needs to the huge load of carbon diox-
raise $330 million to bring its facilities up to par, and ide, dioxin and volatile organic
part of that initiative is to ask the towns to agree to a compounds sent skyward. But
in a modern waste incineration
cost of $145 per ton of trash. Now, the cost is $90 per facility, excess gases left over
ton, and several towns have asked that $95 per ton be after the trash is burned un-
agreed to as the highest cost. But the realities of dispos- dergo a thorough filtering and
ing of garbage are unforgiving, and wishing the cost of scrubbing process that complies
that process to be less will not make it so. with stringent environmental
What, then, should the towns do? Cornwall officials, standards (delineated in the
even if only fleetingly, talked about shipping their refuse Clean Air Act here in the U.S.
PHOTO BY CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER and by even stricter rules across
directly to Ohio, bypassing the Connecticut facility. But
the European Union). Further-
they agreed the environmental repercussions of trans- Crocuses peek through more, incinerating trash reduces
porting the garbage across all those miles are hard to its volume by 87 percent, which
justify, and the cost would still be high. They may come directly translates to an equiva-
to a regional solution, where Northwest Corner towns lent reduction in the amount of
jointly compromise with MIRA to keep costs down. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR space required for landfills.
Falls Village asked the rate be kept at $95 per ton. If all At this point, much of the
the 21 towns in the NW COG sign on, there is specula- world has adopted waste-to-en-

Compromise need not be a satanic activity

ergy (WTE) technologies, with
tion that the critical mass will keep costs down to that almost 800 facilities around the
level. But if some find other methods of disposal, that world. In the EU, there are about
could make costs rise. 400 WTE facilities currently in
Each town will need to evaluate its own ability to pay Ah! Remember those days cred sub rosa process might just ing perniciously jabbed at the
operation. In the U.S., however,
of yore when our elected gov- suffer a punishment of eternal bald eagle on our nation’s great
for the services of MIRA, and its commitment to keep- ernment officials, in the throes damnation. Ipso facto — hand seal, jostling loose from the claws
there are only 77. This is some-
ing disposal of trash within its own state. The MIRA what surprising, especially given
of cobbling together some piece to hand combat with the devil —not those 13 arrows represent-
plant needs renovation, and it needs it soon, or there that landfills are America’s third
of legislation that required both over lawmaking was best left to ing military readiness, — but the
is a greater likelihood that it will need to go offline for largest methane emitter. Addi-
sides to swallow their party pride the political pros. olive branches representing the
tionally, America is one of the
maintenance and interim repairs and create a situation — would compromise? And, Heavens to Betsy, one won- desire for peace, and replacing
largest waste producers in the
where the trash has to be sent out of state to be dealt while negotiating (secretly), ders how any democratic re- them forthwith.
world, both as a nation, and per
with. One would hope that working together on this, would always cautiously remind public like ours could have ever It appears, as well, that our
capita. Why not convert all this
the towns can support the need for upgrades and con- us constituents that, in matters of gotten anything done at all, pols and population at large
waste into energy?
congressional deal-making that with just a single devil to be on have developed an ever increas-
tinue with MIRA. “the devil is in the details.” the lookout for. What a quaint ing hankering for that timeless-
But WTE has faced many
Or, the state could spend about double the $330 stumbling blocks in the U.S.
That phrase always carried old-fogey kind of sensibility. ly dependable and supremely
million and have the latest technogical industry inno- Public stigma against WTE has
such singularly preternatural Don’t-cha-think? Just look at well-tested, pungently aromatic,
played a significant role in pre-
vations. But where will the state find that money? And gravitas. Something about link- how far we’ve progressed near ancient spice: salted sulphur. It’s
venting widespread adoption of
will Hartford exact an unsustainable price to keep the ing our fear of Satan, the su- the ending of this first score of the new political spice du jour. It
this technology here. It seems
plant there? preme evil of the hereafter, with years of the 21st century. Nowa- makes everything you sprinkle it
Americans just can’t accept the
It helps if consumers with the towns become very the complicated and pesky nit- days, you can’t swipe your smart- on taste just right ... or is it left?
idea that burning trash could
picky particulars of the present phone, listen to the car radio or For as we all well know, the
aware of what they are using week to week and consider actually be a good thing for the
caused us all to nod our heads as peruse the TV news to see what quickest route to the deepest part
how it can be disposed of safely and responsibly. But it’s one and say “Ahh.” That phrase our duly elected officials are up of our primal brain, the political/
environment or public health.
not that easy to change habits, the Northwest Corner While this attitude is understand-
proclaimed that only the special to without stumbling through reptilian, is through that cathe-
towns are already among the best at sorting their trash able, it would likely fall apart if
initiates to the sacred high order a smoldering battlefield littered dral of olfactory splendor — the
more of us knew the facts.
and the need to deal with the mitigation of the trash is (in both political parties), had with the splintered remains of nasal passages. Now, are we wise
You can help facilitate the
immediate. the acumen to comprehend the political-pitchforks. to continue to look down our
transition to WTE by encour-
Still, if we all find ways to cut down the amount of timeless other-worldly principles From sea to shining (and noses at our political opponents
aging local officials to consider
waste we generate, it will help that end stream of trash and finances involved. rising) sea, a super-freighter’s by adopting this “devil may care”
it as a viable option for expand-
And, that those souls with worth of Lucifer’s tines (made attitude about working construc-
shrink in the long run. That will make it less of a mon- the temerity to violate that sa- in the U.S.A.) are constantly be- tively? Or, dont’cha think that
ing waste management capacity
umental challenge for those responsible for disposal to given the shrinking amount of
maybe there is sound wisdom in
make it happen efficiently — no matter where that trash landfill space available to mu-
The deadline for letters is 10 a.m. Mondays. encouraging our pols to sit down
nicipalities everywhere and lack
is put down. (every once in a while ) and have
Biden never
of other good options for getting
a nice cold brew with Beelzebub?
rid of our garbage.
Michael Moschen
voted to go to Cornwall Send questions to question@
off Page Road in Falls Village to earthtalk.org
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MOVIES: KATE HOCHSWENDER

As South Korean Film Enters Mainstream,

Here Are Three Directors To Watch
T
he film “Parasite” you are daunted by having to
made history this year, read subtitles, you can make PHOTO COURTESY MIT PRESS
winning numerous a first foray into his work Ainissa Ramirez will talk about eight
Academy Awards and Gold- with the English-language mechanical inventions that changed the way
en Globe Awards, including film “Stoker” (2013), starring we live, on Saturday, March 14, at the Scoville
the 2020 Oscar for Best Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Memorial Library in Salisbury, Conn.
Picture — the first foreign Kidman.
language film ever to do so Park’s most recent Korean
— as well as the Palme d’Or feature film is “The Hand- BOOKS: CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER

at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film’s director, Bong
Joon-ho of South Korea,
invited audiences to expand
their world view when he
accepted the Golden Globe,
saying, “Once you overcome
the 1-inch barrier of subti-
tles, you will be introduced
to so many more amazing
films.”
South Korea has been
producing innovative,
beautiful and narratively
complex films for years now.
For American cinephiles who
want a taste of what they’ve
been missing, I recommend
BOONDOCKS TO SCREEN ‘TOKYO!’
A film with work by Bong Joon-ho, director of
“Parasite,” will be shown on Thursday, March 19, at
a private club in Torrington as part of the ongoing
Boondocks Film Society screenings. The film is
called “Tokyo!” and also includes work by Michel
Gondry and Leos Carax. To get tickets, and for more
information, go to www.boondocksfilmsociety.org.
Tae-ri Kim in Park Chan-wook’s “The Handmaiden”
these three quintessential
South Korean directors; sev-
eral of them have work that
is now available on stream-
ing services.
PARK CHAN-WOOK
Park Chan-wook’s film
“Oldboy” (which won the
Grand Prix at Cannes in
2004) is a visceral, operatic,
revenge tale that Quentin
Tarantino and Spike Lee
have included on their lists
of favorite films. But more
than just provocative, “Old-
boy” is mesmerizing, inge-
niously shot and beautifully
scored.
Park’s films are like noth-
ing you’ve ever seen before
— gripping, and drowning in
style. Every single shot is in-
teresting to look at, with lush
set pieces and a meticulous
attention to composition.
If you don’t think you can
handle the extremes of “Old-
boy” (teeth are pulled; an
octopus is eaten alive); and if
Lakeville Annie LG Ad.qxp_Layout 1 2/19/19 11:45 AM Page 1
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Lyrics by: CAROLYN
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Originally directed,
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maiden,” which has U.S. dis-
tribution through Amazon
streaming. A headline in The
Vulture calls it “The Korean
Gothic Lesbian Revenge
Thriller That’s Captivated
Cogs That
Cannes.” Like all of Park’s
films, it is both gorgeous and Make Us Human
S
grotesque, full of despair ometimes you in England).
and full of hope, and I would read a book and Ramirez has a long
without hesitation call it a think, “Boy, it’d and impressive bio:
life-changing watch. sure be fun to talk to Among many highlights,
KIM KI-DUK that author!” Such is she is a graduate of
Kim Ki-duk is the first the case with Ainissa Brown and Stanford,
South Korean director to win Ramirez’s “The Alchemy a former professor of
prizes at the Venice, Cannes of Us,” which despite its Mechanical Engineering
and Berlin film festivals. title is not a novel about at Yale University and a
Kim was a factory laborer, relationships — at least, former visiting professor
then a Marine, who after not traditional relation- at MIT. She describes
his military service moved ships. Her new book, herself as a science com-
to Paris and at age 30 saw published by MIT Press, municator.
a movie for the first time in will be released on April Certainly it’s a coup
his life. He had never been to 7, and it focuses on eight that she will begin her
a theater before. The movie mechanical inventions national speaking tour
he saw was “Silence of the that changed the way here at Salisbury’s grand
Lambs.” Three years later he humans interact with little public library.
moved back to Korea and the world and with each But really what
began writing screenplays other. makes this such an en-
and in 1996 released his first She will do a pre-re- ticing event is how fun
film. lease book talk at the her book is. It’s about
His film career began and Scoville Memorial science, but it’s mostly
often relapses into extremist Library in Salisbury, about people, and how
cinema meant to shock more Conn., on Saturday, they use machines and
than entertain. But what is March 14, at 4 p.m. how machines change
perhaps the most shocking (mere weeks before she the way we live. It
part of his filmography is the does a talk at Google careens from one topic
contrast between those films and then appears at the to the next, with short
and the ones he has received Oxford Literary Festival bits of information that
roll into other short
Continued on next page bits and then roll back
to the main topic. This
is a book with momen-
tum that is framed so
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more acclaim for, which are
the complete opposite of his
other work: subversive in
their tranquility.
The most famous of these
quieter films is “3-Iron,” about
a young man who breaks into
and lives in empty apart-
ments while their owners are
on vacation. Things change
when he breaks into a house
where he is watched by the
wife of the homeowner — a
domestic abuse victim so
silent he doesn’t realize she’s
there at first. An unlikely love
story unfolds.
In the minimalist and
often silent world of “3-Iron,”
every touch and every move-
ment of the eyes becomes
significant— an ambiguous
glimpse into the complex
emotional world of two lost
souls.
LEE CHANG-DONG
Lee Chang-dong is
probably the South Korean
director most similar tonally
to Bong Joon-ho. His films
are political but personal
and dip between hyper-re-
alism and expressionism.
When Lee made his first
feature film he was already a
celebrated novelist in South
Korea and had served as the
country’s minister of culture.
His most recent film,
“Burning,” is a psychological
thriller based on a short sto-
ry by Japanese author Haruki
Murakami. Very loosely, it’s
a story about a mysterious
and wealthy playboy whose
hobby is burning down
greenhouses.
“Burning” unveils slowly,
like a long-burning fuse.
Every scene is so layered
with metaphor that it can
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‘SOUND OF MUSIC’ BY HMTS MARCH 12-14
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