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Breakthroughs in understanding Alzheimer’s disease

By Patrick L. Sullivan to End Alzheimer’s on Oct. 4. chological conditions. expands. gating whether drugs approved
Hogan said confusion about Alzheimer’s is a cause. It Nationwide, 16 million peo- for other diseases, such as HIV
LAKEVILLE — Representa- Alzheimer’s and dementia of- accounts for the majority of ple, mostly family members, pro- or diabetes, can be used for Alz-
tives from the Connecticut chap- ten starts with the fact that the dementia cases. vide care, and do so without pay. heimer’s treatment.
ter of the nonprofit Alzheimer’s afflicted person does not appear Cusato said Alzheimer’s is not There is no cure at the mo- Christy Kovel, director of
Association came to the town to be sick at first glance. a typical or normal part of aging. ment. public policy, said the major
Grove in Lakeville on Sunday, There are 78,000 people diag- It does affect about 5.8 million The Alzheimer’s Association problems on the policy front are
Jan. 12, to talk about ongoing nosed with Alzheimer’s in Con- Americans, mostly above the is currently spending $167 mil- a lack of planning for the care
research into the disease and the necticut, she said, and 178,000 age of 75. lion on more than 500 research of Alzheimer’s patients; limited
group’s policy goals. family members providing care. That number is expected to projects in 27 countries. access to limited services; and a
Development Manager Tina Kristen Cusato, director of increase, to 14 million by 2050. Future therapies will include dearth of trained personnel.
Hogan also announced that Lime communications, explained The increase is due to Amer- medical treatment and lifestyle The Alzheimer’s Impact
Rock Park has chosen the asso- that “dementia” is a syndrome, icans living longer and to an interventions, Cusato said. Movement (a nonprofit organi-
ciation as its “charity of choice” an umbrella term for a set of increased number of diagnoses The latter involve decisions zation separate from the associ-
for 2020 and will host the Walk cognitive, behavioral and psy- as knowledge of the disease that relate to quality of life: ation) has had some success at
agitation, sleep disturbance, the federal level, with funding
psychosis, apathy and late-life for Alzheimer’s at the National
Trash disposal options get fewer, costs rise depression.
On the medical side, recent
Institutes of Health rising from
$448 million in 2011 to $2.8
research indicates that keeping billion today.
By Patrick L. Sullivan been made. blood pressure at about 120 “The increase we’ve seen in
It will cost some $330 million to fix the plant. helps. this political climate is astound-
SALISBURY — Salisbury First Selectman To help fund this, MIRA is asking Rand and the Lifestyle changes that can help ing,” she said.
Curtis Rand attended a presentation about the other 50 first selectmen and mayors to commit involve exercise, diet, cognitive Victoria Kozar is a volunteer PHOTO BY PATRICK L. SULLIVAN
Hartford waste facility last week, and came back to 30 years of disposal at $95 per ton. stimulation, cutting down on “ambassador” assigned to U.S. Tina Hogan from the Con-
with a sobering report. The alternatives are not promising either. alcohol consumption and quit- Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-5). necticut Chapter of the Alz-
MIRA (Materials Innovation and Recycling “Every regional landfill is either full or closed,” ting smoking. Every member of Congress is heimer’s Association shared
Authority) is a state agency that succeeded the Rand said in his office on Thursday, Jan. 9. Understanding of Alzhei- assigned an ambassador, whose news on the disease Jan. 12.
Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority in That raises the prospect of shipping garbage mer’s is improving. Cusato said role is, essentially, to keep Alz-
2014. MIRA runs a waste-to-energy plant in to Ohio or Virginia, which is contrary to state the diagnosis used to come too heimer’s issues front and center. bill requires dementia training
Hartford. Fifty-one municipalities use it, includ- policy and expensive in the bargain. Plus there is late — at the autopsy. Kozar, who plans to start for doctors and nurses.
ing Salisbury, Sharon, Cornwall, North Canaan no guarantee that Ohio and Virginia will continue Today doctors can use PET medical school this year, said that The assistance offered by the
and Falls Village. The municipalities are currently to accept waste from other states. scans and spinal taps. Research- Hayes has been receptive. Alzheimer’s Assocation is free.
committed to the Hartford plant through 2027. Rand noted that Don Stein, first selectman in ers are looking for a simple blood At the state level, Kovel said The help line, 800-272-3900, is
Rand said the immediate problem is that Barkhamsted, is chairman of the MIRA board, so test now. last year’s Public Act 19-115 was staffed 24 hours a day.
the plant is outdated. Needed repairs have not the Northwest Corner is well represented. Drug companies are investi- a major accomplishment. The The website is www.alz.org/ct.

We say ‘see you soon’ to a beloved editor, who retires this week
By Cynthia Hochswender
Most simply stated, here’s
what’s happening: Bernard A.
Drew, who is The Lakeville Jour-
nal Company’s senior associate
editor, retires as of this week, on
Tuesday, Jan. 14.
He is doing so in advance of
his 70th birthday, which will be
today, Jan. 16. For the record,
his birth date is nine days ahead
of the birth date of his favorite
poet, Robert Burns, known as the
Scottish national poet, who was
born on Jan. 25, 1759.
Alexander Wilburn will step
up as senior associate editor.
Alex first came to The Lakeville
Journal as an intern while he was
in high school; he returned after
college and a few years working
in publishing in New York City
and joined our newspaper as a
reporter. He was promoted to
associate editor in October 2017
and has worked closely with
Bernie since then.
Alex works on both The
Lakeville Journal and The Miller-
ton News; produces some of our
company’s supplement issues
such as Discover Salisbury; and
also writes for and helps edit the
Compass arts and entertainment
section.
Joining the staff as associate
editor is Courtney LeJeune of
Amenia, who will work here
part-time on both The Lakeville
Journal and The Millerton News.
As Bernie Drew had done during
his many years here, she will be
at the office on Mondays and
Tuesdays.
Writer, historian, journalist
Working part-time has always
suited Bernie. Being a newspaper
editor is only one small piece
of the many things he does. In
addition to writing our newspa-
per’s Nature’s Notebook column
twice a month, he is also a writer
of reference books and he is a
respected local historian (he’s
especially interested in industrial
lore and mechanical objects).
Bernie has also authored
reference books of writers in
various genres, such as mysteries
and black authors. In all, he has
published 54 books since 1979.
And he is an expert on civil
rights activist W.E.B. DuBois,
who spent his teen years in Great
Barrington (when he was known
as “Willie”).
Bernie also lives in Great Bar-
rington, although he was born in
northern New Hampshire.
“And then my parents ended
up in Massachusetts. My dad
worked on a 3,000-acre private
estate, so I had woods to roam
and cellar holes to explore when
I was growing up,” he said.
All that exploration fed his
love of hiking and of digging
for history, to the benefit of
Lakeville Journal readers who
have enjoyed his thoughtful,
laconic articles over the years
about things he’s uncovered in
the woods hereabouts and inter-
esting hikes our readers can take.
Our readers might not know
how many other parts of the
newspaper Bernie writes. As
part of doing the layout for our
front page every week, as well as
the letters page and various other
editorial pages, he often writes
pithy and amusing headlines and
photo cutlines.
Above all, Bernie is a writer
Two decades ago, type
was set on long scrolls
of photo paper, cut in
strips, rolled with wax
backing and placed
on the page — with a
prayer it would stick.
He would like to travel, maybe
to Scotland again.
“I have other history projects
already going on, and I expect to
find more.”
While we here at The Journal
can understand Bernie’s desire to
leave, we are certainly unhappy
to lose him.
“It’s time to let a new genera-
tion of people try their hand,” he
said last week. “It’s always been
a great bunch of people to work
PHOTO BY DONNA M. DREW with here, and a nice opportunity
Senior Associate Editor Bernard Drew will leave The for me to get out of the house
Lakeville Journal Co. after 23 years on staff. He plans to and interact with other people.
spend more time exploring the woods, writing books and Writing can be solitary work.”
traveling somewhere. A living history of the paper
and (the essential ingredient for Great Barrington and now live, Bernie has lived through quite
writers) he is a deep thinker. He is respectively, in Maine and in a few changes in his years here at
calm, thoughtful and observant. Washington state. the paper. When he began in the
He finds almost everything to be Jessie will be getting married fall of 1996, David Parker was
interesting. He uses interesting this year, so Bernie is of course the editor, and the company had
words; he taught me to use the planning a trip to the West Coast just been purchased from Robert
word “vigorous” in new ways, to to visit her. Also on the retirement Hatch by a group of private in-
describe for example opposition agenda is more writing. vestors from the area, led by and
at a town meeting. “Last year, I wrote a book including our former editor and
He has worked as a jour- about the estate that I grew up owner, the late Robert Estabrook.
nalist and newspaper reporter on, which was in Windsor, Mass.,” Dave Parker was followed by
and editor for most of his life, he said. “I’ll probably self-pub- Ruth Epstein, and then by the
since he went away to college at lish that this year. And last fall, team of myself as executive editor
Northeastern University. I began a short-term project for and Janet Manko as publisher
He also writes a column for his the Great Barrington Historical and editor in chief.
own local paper, The Berkshire Commission, surveying build- Back in those early days,
Eagle. He and his wife, Donna, ings and physical artifacts that Bernie recalls, the pages were
have two daughters, Darcie have changed or moved. It is 174 still laid out with hot wax and
and Jessie, who were raised in pages long.” X-Acto knives.
“We had Compugraphic
typesetters back then, and they’d
give us long sheets of text that
we’d have to cut to fit on the
page.”
The newspaper is now laid
out completely on the computer
and is shipped electronically to
our printer in Trumbull, Conn.
Back when Bernie started, we
still printed the newspaper in
the back print shop of our Lake-
ville office. We still took photos
with film cameras and printed
them on deadline in our tiny
darkroom.
“Those were the days when
you could smell the ink and
watch them make the papers in
the print shop.”
‘To Sir, With Love’
Bernie has been here in the
newsroom since I first started
as a Lakeville Journal reporter
in 1999. I’ve learned an immense
amount from him, about how to
write and how to edit and how
to treat your co-workers (always
kindly, patiently and with respect
and dry humor).
When I think of my time
with him, the title song from the
film “To Sir, With Love,” comes
to mind, sung so beautifully by
Lulu. He’s taken me and also
our newspaper almost literally
“from crayons to perfume,” or
rather from wax rollers to InDe-
sign templates. There is no way
to thank him for all he’s done.
And there’s no way to express
how much we’ll miss him, partly
because it would embarrass him
but also because it would just be
too sad.
So, we’ll just note that he has
many vigorous years ahead of
him and we expect him to come
back and write for us and visit
with us as often as he can.

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Regional
In The Journal this week Family & Friends
MILESTONES KENT................................ A8
IN BUSINESS............. A3-A5
SALISBURY...................... A5
OBITUARIES.............A2, A9
SPORTS............................ A9
Berkshire Taconic Foundation deadlines for students
FALLS VILLAGE.............. A6 OPINION....................... A10
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Berk- seniors who are residents of cipals or chief administrators for nonprofit CEOs or executive
CORNWALL..................... A6 COMPASS.................A11-12
shire Taconic Community Foun- Salisbury. are due Feb. 9. Nominees must directors who are responsible for
SHARON.......................... A7 CLASSIFIEDS...........A13-14
dation announced the first round The Karen Kisslinger Scholar- complete their applications by shaping the direction, mission
NORTH CANAAN........... A7
of deadlines for competitive ship Fund supports students of March 30. policies and major programs
grants and scholarships in north- Housatonic Valley Regional High Nonprofits of their organizations. The pro-
Three-day forecast west Litchfield County. Apply School (as well as Webutuck High The Crane Family Fund sup- gram is valued at $6,500 and will
Friday..............................................Sun, high 23°/low 14° at www.BerkshireTaconic.org/ School and Monument Moun- ports environmental nonprofit be held in July on the Harvard
Saturday......................................................Snow, 32°/26° Grants and www.Berkshire- tain Regional High School) who organizations that propose in- Business School campus in
Sunday.........................................................Snow, 30°/15° Taconic.org/Scholarships. have a demonstrated interest novative projects, particularly Boston, Mass. Applications are
Scholarships and passion for holistic, health for programs that connect at-risk due Feb. 21.
Scholarship applications are and wellness practices. Scholar- and low-income youth to the The Green Pastures Fund
due March 15 unless otherwise ships of $1,000 or more will be environment. Grants range from supports nonprofit organiza-
Police Blotter: Troop B noted.
The Margaret Derwin Schol-
awarded.
The Teddy Lee Drumm Me-
$1,000 to $4,000. Applications
are due Feb. 15.
tions or public entities that
encourage or preserve small,
arship offers a junior at Housa- morial Scholarship Fund awards Harvard Business School’s community-based agricultural
The following information was provided by the Connecticut State tonic Valley Regional High scholarships that generally range Strategic Perspectives in Non- ventures. Grants range from
Police at Troop B. All suspects are considered innocent until proven School up to $100,000 over four from $1,000 to $8,000 to resi- profit Management program is $1,000 to $3,000. Applications
guilty in a court of law. years for college tuition and dents of Sharon who have been an intensive one-week course are due March 1.
other costs, and up to $5,000 for accepted at an accredited college,
DUI an overseas community service university, vocational-technical
On Dec. 29 at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Route 63 in Cornwall
Troop B conducted a traffic stop after a report of a Honda Accord
program. Applications are due
Jan. 28.
or professional institute, as well
as prior Drumm recipients. LEGAL NOTICES
driving erratically. The operator, Benjamin Salamone, 34, of North The Andrea Wagner Women Travel, service and cultural
Canaan failed a standardized field sobriety test. He was charged with in Science Scholarship Fund programs
operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs (second awards $1,500 scholarships to The Alice and Richard Hen- Legal Notice that all claims must be presented
offense), speeding, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession riquez Memorial Fund and Notice is hereby given that to the fiduciary at the address
female residents of the Berkshire
of less than a half ounce of cannabis. He was scheduled to appear Youth World Awareness Program Arnoff Moving & Storage, Inc. below.
Taconic region who are currently
in Torrington Superior Court on Jan. 13. provides grants to students ages has a storage lien against the Failure to promptly present
enrolled at a four-year college
Failure to maintain lane 14 to 22 for international travel property owned by: any such claim may result in
and majoring in natural or
On Dec. 30 at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Route 63 in Falls and service. Grants range from Anthony DeBonis; the loss of rights to recover on
physical science or engineering.
Village a 2012 Nissan Rogue driven by Aida Tamay-Minchala, 37, $500 to $1,500 for individual Poughkeepsie, NY such claim.
The Ben Paley Scholarship
of Torrington lost control while negotiating a curve and damaged applicants; larger grants may be Joseph Helmany; The fidicuary is:
Fund supports seniors gradu-
a traffic roadway sign. Tamay-Minchala was transported to Sharon ating from public high schools considered for groups. Applica- Poughkeepsie, NY Kenneth Heverly
Hospital. She was issued a citation for failure to maintain the lane. in northwest Litchfield County tions are due Jan. 31. Patricia Johnson; c/o Paula Boa Sousa
Struck a deer and Berkshire County who The Simple Gifts Fund Poughkeepsie, NY Collins Hannafin, P.C.
On Jan. 2 at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Route 7 in Falls Village wish to study music at a two- or awards grants to young people Kris Ruger; Poughkeepsie, 148 Deer Hill Avenue
a 2006 Toyota Scion driven by Douglas Goodwin Elliot, 58, of Shef- four-year college or university. ages 13 to 19 for participation NY Danbury, CT 06810
field, Mass., struck a deer in the roadway. Elliot was transported to Scholarships of $1,000 will be in cultural or creative summer Peter Williamson; Megan Williams
Fairview Hospital. No enforcement action was taken. awarded. programs. Grants range from Poughkeepsie, NY Assistant Clerk
Forgery The Ferris Burtis Scholarship $200 to $800. Applications are All such properties will be 01-16-20
On Jan. 4 Ayden Zucco, 19, of Falls Village was charged with Fund sponsors graduating high due March 15. sold unless the lien is satisfied.
forgery in the second degree based on an outstanding warrant. He school seniors who have been Schools Such liens are claimed for NOTICE TO CREDITORS
is scheduled to appear in Torrington Superior Court on Jan. 21. accepted at a conservatory or The James C. Kapteyn En- occupancy charges, processing ESTATE OF HOWARD H.
school of music to pursue a career dowment Fund honors excel- fees, cleaning and miscellaneous GRAUEL, JR.
The Lakeville Journal will publish the outcome of police charges. in classical music. Scholarships lence in teaching with a $10,000 services of the total reasonable Late of Canaan (20-00001)
Contact us by mail at P.O. Box 1688, Lakeville, CT 06039, Attn: Police of $2,000 will be awarded. prize for study or travel. The value agreed upon price now The Hon. Diane S. Blick,
Blotter, or send an email, with “police blotter” in the subject line, to The George and Lucille Buter- successful candidate’s school due and owing and that a Judge of the Court of Probate,
cynthiah@lakeville­journal.com. baugh Scholarship Fund awards will also receive a $2,000 grant. detailed statement of such District of Litchfield Hills
$1,000 annually to graduating Nominations from school prin- charges, services and storage Probate Court, by decree dated,
with a statement of dates have January 2, 2020, ordered that all

OBITUARY Honors for Lindsey Clark

Jane Quintard Clark Byers
NORFOLK — Jane Quintard
Clark Byers, 94, of Hamden,
Conn., and Norfolk died
Jan. 2, 2020, at Yale New
Haven Hospital after a
brief illness.
Mrs. Byers was born
Dec. 19, 1925, in Great
Neck, Long Island, N.Y.,
the daughter of the late
Cyrus Clark II and Jane
Hayden Quintard. She
was a graduate of Great
Neck High School, The Brearley
School and Barnard College,
class of 1948.
Growing up, Jane spent many
summers at “Knollybrook,” the
summer house in Norfolk that
belonged to her great uncle,
Dr. Edward Quintard. While in
Norfolk, she met G.E.“Ted” Byers
Jr., whose family had a farm in
Canaan Valley. They married
in 1948.
Successfully balancing work
and family, Jane served as assis-
tant director of the International
Student Center of New Haven for
many years, and subsequently
became a popular ESOL teacher
there. Her students, from all over
the world, kept in touch with her
for many years.
She served on the executive
committees of the New Haven
Symphony Orchestra, the Foote
School Board of Directors, ISIS,
and as president of the Whit-
ney Center, as well as being
More obituaries appear on Page A9.
Blood drive at Noble on Jan. 20
SALISBURY — Noble Hori-
zons’ Red Cross Blood Drive in
the Community Room will be
on Monday, Jan. 20, from 11
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. One pint of
blood can save up to three lives;
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Lakeville Journal 1x2
a member of The North End
Club, The Fortnightly and of
the Garden Club of
New Haven for over
75 years. Long an
enthusiastic promot-
er of New Haven, she
wrote three editions
of the successful book
“Enjoying New Hav-
en,” with her friend,
Ruth McClure.
An avid and grace-
ful tennis player, she was also a
member of the New Haven Lawn
Club and the Norfolk Country
Club.
Mrs. Byers is survived by
her three children, Jeannette
Quintard Byers of Hamden, Geb
Byers III and his wife, Renée, of
Bronxville, N.Y., and Mary C.
Byers and her husband, Mac
McCoy, of Conway, Mass.; and
four grandchildren.
There will be a gathering
of friends on May 30 in Nor-
folk, where she will be buried.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the New Haven
Symphony Orchestra (www.
newhavensymphonyorchestra.
org or 4 Hamilton St., New Haven
CT 06511) or to The Evergreen
Woods Scholarship Committee
(88 Notch Hill Road, North
Branford, CT 06471).
Arrangements are with the
Hawley Lincoln Memorial in
New Haven.
tion is at 800-RED-CROSS or
www.redcrossblood.org. Noble
Horizons is at 17 Cobble Road
in Salisbury.
Millerton News 1x2
FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School
inadvertently omitted the name of one student from their academic
honors list for the first quarter of the 2019-2020 school year.
Lindsey Clark, a senior, received highest honors.
Collegiate academic honors
Madeline Kabasakalian of Kent was named to the dean’s list at
Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H. Kabasakalian is an
elementary education major at Plymouth State.
Apply now for Women & Girls grant
The Northwest Connecti-
cut Community Foundation
Women & Girls Fund invites
nonprofits to apply for grants.
Programs that serve women and
girls in the development of eco-
nomic self-sufficiency by means
of education, financial literacy
and social services are eligible for
grants. Applicants may request
up to $5,000 for programs and
capital needs.
The application deadline is
Feb. 29. Grant applications can
be completed and submitted
online at www.northwestcf.org/
womenandgirls.
Register to vote
in primary
To vote in the Connecticut
Presidential Preference Primary,
one has to be registered with
a party. One may not switch
parties less than 90 days before
the primary. Since the primary
is April 28, 2020, voters cannot
change parties after Jan. 28. This
does not hold for those registered
as unaffiliated. It is important
to note that Independent is a
party in Connecticut. Anyone
who does not want to be reg-
istered with a party is listed as
“unaffiliated.”
been previously mailed to the
said accounts by certified letters,
the said accounts are further
claims must be presented to the
fiduciary at the address below.
Failure to promptly present
notified that if said balance is any such claim may result in
not paid by Monday, January 20, the loss of rights to recover on
2020 at 12:00 p.m. The personal such claim.
property above described will The fidicuaries are:
be sold by United Country- Howard H. Grauel, III and
Absolute Auction and Realty Melissa A. Grauel
online at www.AARbids.com c/o Ellen C. Marino, Ellen
on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 C. Marino, 596 Main Street,
as provided under the Lien Winsted, CT 06098
Law of the State of New York Megan Williams
and the Lien Law of the State of Assistant Clerk
Connecticut. Please register to 01-16-20
bid under www.AARbids.com
if you wish to participate. TOWN OF CANAAN
The Women & Girls Fund was 01-09-20 AUDIT
established as a giving circle in 01-16-20 The municipal audit for the
1999 by a small group of women Town of Canaan (Falls Village)
who shared a concern for the NOTICE TO CREDITORS covering the period from July
real-life needs of local women ESTATE OF 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019, is on
and girls. The Fund has awarded RICHARD HEVERLY file with the Town Clerk and
more than $50,000 to organiza- Late of Sharon (19-00503) available for inspection.
tions that work to help women The Hon. Diane S. Blick, Mary M. Palmer
and girls develop skills, attain Judge of the Court of Probate, Canaan (Falls Village)
economic security, and improve District of Litchfield Hills Town Clerk
their quality of life. Probate Court, by decree dated, 01-16-20
December 31, 2019, ordered
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cially challenging in a rural
area like ours. Thinking of
starting up a small busi- Cemetery Monuments • On-Site Lettering • Bronze Veterans’ Plaques
Pet Markers • Cleaning & Repairs • Sand Blasting Service
ness? Take inspiration from Bruce Valentine, owner • Tel: 518-789-9497
the businesses listed here,
129 Years of the
ValentineMonument@hotmail.com • Park Avenue & Main Street, Millerton

important part of what whether they have been go-

makes the economy in the
Tri-state region work. So,
we are focusing this month,
as we have for years at this
time, on the businesses in
our area that would like
our readers to know when
they were founded, or some
other milestone they feel is
significant. They are mainly
ing for more than 100 years,
one year or somewhere in
between. Small businesses
like these give character to
our region and offer an al-
ternative to online shopping
and big box stores, which
get the job done, but not
with the fun of seeing your
neighbors and getting an
Canaan, Cornwall, Falls Village,BUYER
By Your Side for 116 Years! Strength of Relationships
HOME HEALTH • HOSPICE
HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICES
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for a healthy and independent bankofmillbrook.com
lifestyle - right at home. (860) 435-0816 (845) 677-5321
www.salisburyvna.org
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PRINTER:

404 Ashley Falls Rd CT Lic # 303263 • 203838 INSPECTOR:

Canaan, CT 06018 Phone: 860-824-5467 ORDER #

www.deckerandbeebe.com Fax: 860-824-1484

Celebrating 95 years!
Complete
Automotive Repairs
Including Engine Rebuilds,
Diesel Repairs, Tires
& Snowplows

Geer Village Nursing & Rehab • The Lodge at Geer Village Celebrating our 90th year in business
Geer Village Adult Day Center • Geer Village Physical Therapy
34 Railroad St., P.O. Box 185,
Falls Village, CT, 06031
860-824-5861 | jacobsgarage@att.net
Geer has served the Northwest Connecticut
community for more than 45 years, offering a variety
of residences, amenities, and health care services.
Finding the right senior living community takes
research and patience; but, when one
chooses Geer, the search is over!

South Canaan Road Canaan, CT

860-824-2600 • www.geercares.org Founded in 1932
1 Gay Street Sharon, CT 06069
Mention this ad and receive
Residential, Commercial & Industrial
Dylan
Doors, Baker
Electric telephone
Operators, Radio Con- 860-364-5760
Mention this ad and receive
Since 1945
trols, Sales & Service for any budget.
$50 off single door or $50 off single door or The world’s first and finest addiction
Residential, Commercial & Industrial
$100 off double door recovery center founded on 12 Step
William
$100All off J. Cole Agency, Inc.
double MADSEN door$50 offpurchase
single door &
Doors, Electric Operators, Radio Con-

orinstall
trols, Sales & Service for any budget.
Mention this ad and receive

Lines Of Insurance principles Residential, Commercial

OVERHEAD DOORS $25 off a new electric
$100 off double door & Industrial Doors,
purchase & install MADSEN
Contractor Liability • Commercial Auto
Personal Auto • Home • Renters • Farm
OVERHEAD DOORS
purchase
$25 off a
& install too!
operator,
new electric
Located in Kent, CT
Fast,the
Serving friendly
since
service
Tri-State
1954
Region
Electric Operators,
Radio Controls, Sales &

$25 off518-789-4657 a new electric

VICKI BENJAMIN operator, too!
for over 65 years
Fast, friendly service
since 1954
860-927-3772
valid now for
Services
valid now through July 31, 2016
through July 31, 2016
any budget.

operator, too!
vickibenjamincoleagency@gmail.com
1 John Street, Millerton, NY 12546
Phone (518) 392 3883
info@madsenoverheaddoors.com
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Celebrating 63Years in Business

2020 SEASON
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Saturday, January 25th
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8 p.m. - Bok Gallery
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Over 50 Years in Business

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS
Millerton Auto IN MILLERTON!
& Truck Supply

1965 — 55 years 845-373-8309 / 518-789-4603

Lakeville, CT - 349A Main St (behind The Boathouse) www.alrci.com

1976 — 44
42 years Millerton Auto
Millerton Auto Millerton
MiA
Truck Supply
& Truck
& Supply & Truck Supp
& T
Serving the community for over 40 yearS.

Everything for your car and more

NAPA brand quality parts • Foreign & Domestic
Brakes • Shocks • Mufflers
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A4 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 16, 2020

Celebrating Milestones in Business

1875 - 2020 and Beyond
Congratulations on all the years of doing business in our communities

CARLSON CARLSON For over 45 years

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. PROPANE
EYEGLASSES CONTACT LENSES
Complete Design Tank Sales Or Lease & &
Installation Residential ACCESSORIES SUNGLASSES
& Service Commercial
Fine Wines & Liquors
Specializing In: Competitive Pricing And
Gas Warm Air Systems Convenient Payment Plans Open Seven Days a Week (518) 789 3535
Reliable Automatic Delivery Monday-Saturday: 9:00-7:00 Route 44

SHARON OPTICAL
Central Air Conditioning
Sunday: Noon-6:00 Millerton, NY 12546
Heat • Hot Water
An Independent Dealer
Pools • Generators
CT Lic. 302776 MA Lic. 023709
CT Lic. 278010 MA Lic. 30167
CT Lic. 1113 MA Lic. 912
Division of Carlson Heating
& Air Conditioning, Inc.
Since 1983 -Celebrating 37 years! 37 Years!
CT HOD # 1002 CT HOD # 1002
1983
Carlson… for Customers
who insist on Safety & Quality 26 Hospital Hill Rd. Carl Marshall
Serving Northwest Corner Since 1979 Sharon, CT. 06069 Proprietor
Tel: 860-364-0878 Licensed Optician
79 Pike Rd. Sheffield, MA Fax: 860-364-2284 sharonopticalct.com
800-542-2422 • www.carlsonpropane.com

Celebrating 35 Years in Business Celebrating 33 years

north east Muffler inC.
Custom Bending Up to 3 Inches
Tires • Brakes • Mufflers •New York State Inspections

Open Monday - Friday 8 to 5; Saturday 8 to 1

4228 Route 22 Wassaic, NY 12592 (518) 789-3669 Route 22, Millerton, NY
www.jacksautoservice.com
845-373-9757 John Heck Cindy Heck

MILLERTON SERVICE CENTER Lakeville

52 S. Center St., Millerton, NY • 518-789-3462 Wine & Spirits
Celebrating 30 years!
We’ve been servicing Subarus in Millerton for over a quarter century!
860-435-2600
Subaru parts delivered twice daily. 336 Main Street
Adam M. lyman & Michael d. Lyman PO Box 1837
Seest! us Master Technicians
Lakeville, CT 06039 Since 1993
fir “Not Your Average Service Center”

Rick’s Wine& Spirits

Dave Wheeler, Wine Merchant
david.rickswine@gmail.com
(860) 364-5768 (store) • (845) 505-3993 (mobile)
12 Gay Street Sharon CT 06069
1993 – 27 Years!!! 22 years and growing!
Monday – Friday: 9 to 5:30 Saturday: 9 to 4
333 Main Street, Lakeville CT • (860) 435-8833

The Studio Custom • Screen Printing • Embroidery • & More!

(518) 592-1777

at sal.tshirtfarm@gmail.com
22 Main Street, Millerton, NY 12546

41 Gay Street www.TshirtFarmNY.com

Serving the community for over 20 years

Sharon, CT 17 Years!

Pilates mat & machine

spin • group classes • personal training • yoga

860-364-9350 | helen@studioat41.com theboathouseatlakeville.com

Proudly serving 29 towns throughout CT, MA and NY

since 2004 Lakme Three Dimensional Coloring
Soy-Based Color
Proudly serving 29 towns throughout CT, MA and NY

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 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 16, 2020 A5

Celebrating
Salisbury
Milestones
in Business
Black Rain Computer Services, LLC
Since 2014
Local onsite tech support
for desktop, mobile and server
845-366-8743
www.blackraincomputers.com
Microsoft and CompTia certified

SINCE 2016
SUNDAY – THURSDAY 11AM – 9PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY 11AM – 10PM PHOTOS SUBMITTED

Art teacher Warren Prindle’s students at Housatonic Valley Regional High School designed illustrated covers in the style
518.592.1900 of The New Yorker. Among them, Ella Hewins’ cover, left, and Esra Akgul’s, right, are on display at The White Hart inn.
53 MAIN STREET MILLERTON NEW YORK 12546
Illustrated magazine covers and the
wonders of a New England winter
e Canaan
Lakevill Cantina + Restaurant
By Cynthia Hochswender Lefferts, Karen LeSage, Robert
Andrew Parker, Susan Rand, John
artist.
The final project for the class
main up at several locations in
Salisbury until the 94th annual
SALISBURY — The North- E. Scofield, Lilly Woodworth and was, naturally, for the students to Salisbury Winter Sports Associ-
2016 west Corner is famously a haven Warren Prindle. design magazine covers for The ation Jumpfest weekend, which
for artists whose work appears in Prindle is not only an artist in New Yorker. will be Feb. 7 to 9.
Open 7 days a week Monday - Saturday: 11am - 10pm
Lunch and Dinner Sunday: 11am-9pm
The New Yorker magazine, either his own right, he is also the long- When the Wonders of Winter The locations are Salisbury
Full liquor license Reservations suggested
as cartoons or as covers (or both). time art teacher at Housatonic Art Committee saw the students’ Association’s home, the Acad-
Reservations suggested
860.453.4313 One of the most famous of Valley Regional High School. work, “We decided the commu- emy Building at 24 Main St.,
860.596.4225 those artists was Northwest He was inspired by the show nity should have an opportunity and at Johnnycake Books, NEO
499 Ashley Falls Road (Rt 7)
227 Main Street Lakeville, CT 06039 Canaan, CT 06018 Corner resident Arthur Getz. (which also features work by Be- to see these wonderful paintings,” Restaurant & Bar, William Pitt/
And one of the most lovely of his atrix Sagendorph, who did many said committee member Sarah Sotheby’s International Realty,
Catering Our 2nd store in Canaan is now open! covers is included in a show of covers for Yankee magazine, of Morrison. Sweet William’s Coffee Shop &
Free delivery
Go to www.picantescanaan.com artwork now on display in Salis- which she was a co-founder) As of the end of this week, Bakery and The White Hart.
Wednesdays for menu, reservations
for schools $5 Margaritas! and meals to go bury called Wonders of Winter. to have his students do a study the 20 student covers should be To permit greater access to
The show highlights winter unit on magazine art and covers. mounted and on display at The works on display at the Academy
scenes painted by artists from Another inspiration was the White Hart in Salisbury. Com- Building, the Salisbury Associa-
Our 3rd restaurant around the world — and around presence nearby of the Norman munity members are invited to tion extended its regular hours.

coming soon in Chatham! Connecticut, including Getz,

Allen Blagden, Sandra Boynton,
Eric Forstmann, KK Kozik, Terre
Rockwell Museum, featuring
many iconic magazine covers
by the Berkshire County master
view them and then vote on their
favorite. Voting will continue
until Friday, Jan. 31, at 6 p.m.
To view the artwork by theme,
artist or location, or for other
information, including business
The winner of the compe- hours, go to www.salisburyasso-
tition will be given a framed, ciation.org, and click on View the
Proudly serving Litchfield
County since 2017
Deciding the fate of Lakeville’s signed drawing of the Salisbury
Ski Jump created by Salisbury
Exhibition.
A portion of the proceeds
former Chinese restaurant artist Allen Blagden. The image
was created for the brochure of
from sales will benefit both
the Salisbury Winter Sports
By Patrick L. Sullivan the Wonders of Winter show. Association and the Salisbury
Wonders of Winter will re- Association.
FREE In-Home Consultation
Lutron, Hunter Douglas,
SALISBURY — The first meeting of the Salisbury Board of
Shutters, Blinds & More Selectmen for 2020 was dominated by a freewheeling discussion of
John & June KinsKy the fate of the former Chinese restaurant building on Main Street
860.619.2811 Budget Blinds of litchfield county
www.budgetblinds.com jjkinsky@budgetblinds.com
in Lakeville.
An Independently Owned & Operated Franchise
budgetblinds.com/litchfieldcounty First Selectman Curtis Rand said the deadline for receiving pro-
HIC#0648748 posals to handle the application for a state housing grant has been
extended to April (from February).
Rand said that for the last few years he has been hoping that pri-
vate citizens with available capital would step up and do something
Presents In Collaboration With FilmWorks Forum
with the property.
Breakfast all Day & Lunch
Now serving alcohol
But if the town takes the lead and eventually buys the property,
the only way to get “real help” in terms of state funding is to proceed PARKLAND
RISING
& Lunch Box Meals! with converting the property into affordable housing, he said.
A group of citizens, including Ward Belcher and Susan Galluzzo,
Catering and Free Delivery expressed reservations about “affordable housing” on the site.
A discussion of what constitutes “affordable housing” followed. A film by Cheryl Horner McDonough
It was inconclusive.
9 Sharon Road Lakeville Ct. • 860-596-4580 Rand said that the town isn’t going to commit to anything until A documentary
www.greencafelakeville.com the funding situation is clarified. tracing the journey
In the meantime, Belcher said a group of private citizens has been of students at
formed to try and come up with ideas for how to proceed.
Marjory Stoneman
Rand and Selectmen Chris Williams and Don Mayland all indicat-
Since 1897 ed they would be happy to find a solution involving private capital.
Douglas High School
in Parkland, FL from
Returning to the subject of affordable housing, Rand said, “I’m
The Lakeville Journal Company not doing this to ram affordable housing down anyone’s throat. I’m
doing it because everyone wants something done about the building.”
shooting victims to
national activists
against gun violence.
FOSTERING DEMOCRACY
and an
ATMOSPHERE OF OPEN COMMUNICATION ‘Uprooting Addiction’ Jan. 19 SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2020
Without a local media presence, there is much that would SALISBURY — The documentary film, “Uprooting Addiction,” 11:30 A.M.
by filmmaker Tory Jadow and featuring the work of Hope Payson, Q&A With The Filmmaker
go unnoticed and unrecorded, and a sense of cohesion in a
and Parkland Students Following
place like the Tri-state region could disappear. will be shown on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. at the Congregational
We found out this year that our readers agree Church of Salisbury parish hall, 30 Main St. All are welcome. The Moviehouse
wholeheartedly with that assessment. Many of you
48 Main St., Millerton, NY
became contributors to the new membership model for Signs of an ailing brain, on Jan. 23 FREE ADMISSION
this company, and for that we thank you and continue
to welcome anyone who would like to support local
journalism to become members.
SALISBURY — Jennifer a follow-up medical exam is www.salisburyforum.org
LaBrie from Hartford Health- recommended.
To become a member, send a check to The Lakeville care’s Center for Healthy Aging
Journal Company, PO Box 1688, Lakeville, CT 06039; or go

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To share ideas for coverage, send them to the for maintaining a sharp mem-
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between normal age-related
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going forward into the future. may warrant a deeper look. She to benefit their community.
will be at Noble Horizons on
Thursday, Jan. 23, at 11 a.m. Read ‘Inside Scoop’ in
Following her free program,
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are scheduled by appointment
(call 860-435-9851, ext. 190).
The screenings do not diagnose
“Filming ‘Uprooting Addiction’ was intense and
The
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P.O. Box 625, Millerton, NY 12546 illness, but can indicate whether too, a willingness to work through the painful Documentary Filmmaker,
experiences and not let a rocky past define one’s present.” West Cornwall
A6 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 16, 2020

Falls Village/Cornwall
Digging in records for history of forest
By Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE­­­ —­ Con-
sulting ecologist Michael Gaige
revealed his methods for un-
covering the history behind
the farm that was at the site of
the Yale Forestry Camp at a talk
at the Center on Main in Falls
Village Saturday, Jan. 11.
The talk was part of the Great
Mountain Forest lecture series.
The Yale Forestry Camp at
the Great Mountain Forest was
built in 1940.
“Everyone knew there was
a farm there,” said Gaige. But
not much was known about it
or about the people who lived
there.
Gaige showed a photograph
of the site labeled “Chattle-
ton Farm 1906.” It showed a
farmhouse, outbuildings and
bedsheets on a line.
Gaige’s investigation ran on
two tracks. By observing in the
field, he could make an educated
guess as to how the farm was
arranged.
He could then check archival
records to see how they com-
pared to the field observations.
He started with deeds in the
towns of Canaan (Falls Village)
and Norfolk (the farm straddles
the line between the towns).
Town tax records were “a
jackpot of information,” he
continued.
He also looked at federal
agricultural census data, the reg-
ular federal population census
and local sources — historical
society records and the Great
Mountain Forest archives.
In the field, Gaige noticed
“massive amounts of stone
walls.”
“The way they were arranged
made perfect sense to some-
body.”
He looked for areas where
the ground was smooth (indi-
cating plowing) or undulating
(indicating no plowing).
Trees offer clues as to what
happened in a given spot. For
instance, birch trees come in
after a field has been used and
then abandoned. Between the
birch and the smooth ground,
it’s a pretty good bet the field
was plowed.
The stone walls were created
to keep farm animals out of crop
fields. None of the stone walls
is very long — the longest is
about 700 feet ­— but there are
a lot of them.
There are also piles of rocks,
sometimes on boulders, called
“clearance cairns.”
This was just what it sounds
like — rocks that were in the
way of the plowing.
And if there was an unmov-
able boulder in the middle of
a field, the farmers piled the
nuisance rocks on top.
PHOTO BY PATRICK L. SULLIVAN
Michael Gaige
A 225-year-old white oak
with strong horizontal growth
(as opposed to vertical growth)
indicates a tree that grew in
cleared land.
The documentary evidence
started with records from Falls
Village: a 1795 deed to buyers
Elisha and Joseph Mansfield.
Gaige said deeds help estab-
lish the vegetation present at
the time. The descriptions of
boundaries — the “metes and
bounds” — often run along the
lines of “start at the black oak
and go to the white oak and …”
Gaige looked at the tax re-
cords in Falls Village, which go
back to 1848, to see what kind
of animals were listed.
He found cattle, oxen, sheep,
poultry and the occasional
horse.
Census records indicated
two “free colored persons” in
the Mansfield house. Gaige
speculated these were colliers
who perhaps stayed on after
the charcoal business faded out.
The federal agriculture cen-
sus showed crops such as corn,
oats, potatoes and hay.
Gaige said he was surprised
to see a zero under the heading
“maple sugar.” PHOTO BY PATRICK L. SULLIVAN
He wondered if the farm
was producing maple syrup Geography Bee winners at LHK
and decided that didn’t count
as maple sugar. FALLLS VILLAGE — Blaine Curtis, at left in photo, a sev-
Gaige said he figured out that enth-grade student, won his second straight Geography Bee
the farm produced 1,300 cords at the Lee H. Kellogg School on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
of cut wood in 1879. Eighth grader Joshua Crump, center in photo, placed second
Why so much? and Silas Tripp (grade six) emerged from a three-way tie to
“They paid back their mort- take third place.
gage debt” with the money they Because other Region One School District schools have not
made from selling the wood. yet held their Geo Bees, the questions cannot be revealed here.
By the late 1800s the farm However, readers may be assured the questions required not
consisted of a house, barns, five only good overall knowledge but the ability to listen carefully
acres of crops, hay fields and to the questions and respond accordingly.
about 60 acres of pasture.
The Tracy farm, on the Nor-
folk side, remains mysterious.
Gaige found a 1771 deed in
the name of John Tracy and an
earlier (1762) deed in the name
of Captain Daniel Lawrence, but All of your Freedoms, All of the Time
apart from those documents and Find us at lpct.org
a cellar hole, that was it.

Housing forum and a townwide email system proposed

By Leila Hawken
CORNWALL — The filling
of two town positions was an-
nounced at the regular meeting
of the Cornwall Board of Select-
men on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
The meeting also brought for-
ward a proposal for a townwide
communications network and
the announcement of a housing
forum planned for the spring.
After a search that attracted
an impressive pool of candidates,
First Selectman Gordon Ridgway
announced that Jon Berry has
been chosen as clerk and admin-
istrative assistant at Town Hall.
He will replace Joyce Hart, who
steps down on Jan. 16.
“His family has roots in our
rocky soil that go back several
generations,” Ridgway said.
Also starting in January will
be Ted Cheney, who will join
the town highway department
as a maintainer. Cheney grew
up in Cornwall and is presently
working in Alaska, but he and his
family will be moving back soon.
While the town had been
notified of its having achieved
a Bronze Award from the state-
wide SustainableCT program
(www.sustainablect.org), Kate
Freygang officially presented the
award plaque to the town during
the meeting.
Freygang thanked the select-
men and the many residents and
organizations who contributed
to the success of the town’s in-
volvement in the program. She
reviewed numerous local action
initiatives cited by SustainableCT
as worthy of commendation. As a
result of the town’s achievement,
organizations and individuals
are eligible to apply for grant
funding through the program
to continue the progress.
Email info options
In an effort to create a town-
wide communications system,
Casey Cook and Gary Steinkohl
of the Cornwall Association pro-
posed the creation of a “robust”
Cornwall database to use in
promptly communicating with
residents about announcements
when town-wide messages
would be useful.
“There is neither a goal nor an
agenda,” for the proposal, Cook
and Steinkohl emphasized, and
residents would be free to opt in
or out at will. “How it would be
used is yet to be defined,” they
said, but they are seeing it as a
potential benefit.
“As long as it’s voluntary on
an organizational and personal
level,” Ridgway said about the list
development. Cook said that he
has culled the old database and
arrived at a list of 500 addresses
so far.
A town-wide email system
is being proposed by Selectman
Marina Kotchoubey, who would
like to see a selectmen’s newslet-
ter offered to subscribers who opt
to receive it. Her proposal would
utilize Mail Chimp, which offers
service at no cost to small-vol-
ume entities.
Kotchoubey envisions a town-
wide newsletter presenting
what’s going on in town, up-
coming events, promoting local
businesses or notifying residents
about vacancies on town com-
mittees for which they might
volunteer. An advantage, she
said, would be that announce-
ments would happen in real time.
Ridgway said that he would
check with the town’s infor-
mation technology expert to
determine whether the present
system would support the addi-
tional load.
“We want to do it properly, so
that it goes well,” Ridgway said.
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 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 16, 2020 A7

Roger Liddell on exploring the
images and frontiers of the cosmos
By Cynthia Hochswender
SHARON — One area in
which progress is indisputably
being made is astronomy and our
understanding of the celestial
and planetary world beyond.
On Sunday, Jan. 26, at 4
p.m. Sharon resident Roger
Liddell will lead a guided tour
through some of the highlights
of astronomy in 2019, in a talk
illustrated by the extraordinary
images from the Hubbell Space
Telescope and other imaging
systems, including space probes
within our solar system.
Liddell describes himself as
having “a nearly lifelong interest
in astronomy. I got my first tele-
scope when I was 12 and I have
continued to be fascinated by it
since then.”
Fascination seems to be too
mild a word for the pull that the
cosmos can have.“Mesmerizing”
is perhaps a better word. In this
internet age, astonishing images
can be found online, notably at
the NASA Astronomy Picture of
Exquisite drawings of churches at
Sharon Historical Society, Jan. 25
SHARON — The Sharon
Historical Society and Museum
will present Steeples of Litchfield
County, a new exhibition of
Sharon/North Canaan
the Day website at www.apod.
nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html,
where the images are accom-
panied by pithy two or three
sentence explanations of what’s
happening in the photos.
Similarly, Liddell will show
images released as late as the
end of 2019 (many gathered
from the APOD website, which
he passionately recommends),
and he will explain what the
images show and why they are
important.
“The images themselves are
stunning,” he said. But they also
“include major breakthroughs in
the history of science.”
“The iconic image that will
live on in history is from last
April showing a black hole,” he
said in an interview last week.
“Of course, you can’t see the
black hole. Light can’t escape
from it. But we see the event
horizon around it, as dust and
gases from stars that fall into
the vicinity of the black hole are
being pulled down. We see the
radiation escaping from them
detailed illustrations in conjunc-
tion with historical photographs
and other related objects from
the permanent collections of
as they drop into the hole. That
image is one of the most import-
ant ever compiled, confirming
what Einstein had postulated a
century ago.”
If the IT gods smile upon
him, Liddell hopes to also show a
3-dimensional image of the Crab
Nebula, which is “a gorgeous
planetary nebula, a star that
went super nova and ejected its
outer layers from the force of the
explosion. In recent weeks, I’ve
found a 3D image so you can see
its structure.”
And in our own solar system,
Liddell will share “images com-
ing back from space craft which
have explored all our planets –
and beyond. One of the best is
Jupiter’s north pole taken from
the Juno space probe. It shows
a huge super cyclone over the
pole, surrounded by eight other
super cyclones.”
To help explain what’s hap-
pening in the tempestuous
atmosphere of the fifth planet
from the sun, he referred to
“the Great Red Spot on Jupiter,
which is a storm that’s been
around at least since it was first
observed 400 years ago. It’s still
spinning away and is larger than
the size of Earth. The winds are
whizzing around and it’s all of
Dance, humor & more on Jan. 25
intense interest to scientists,
who are trying to understand
how gas giant planets have
evolved.”
One of the newest images
he’ll share shows “a plume of
radiation being blown out from
April’s black hole. The speeds of
the material being ejected are
something like .99 the speed
of light.”
Anyone who gets addicted to
seeing literally mind-expand-
ing images of space can check
the APOD site daily. But for
those who are content to look at
the sky the old-fashioned way,
Liddell has offered to update
Lakeville Journal readers every
couple of weeks on what to look
for in the night sky.
On Friday, Jan. 10, he ex-
plained that “the bright object
in the southwest at dusk is
Venus, which is brightening
every day and moving toward
us and catching up with us. It
will get brighter and brighter
in the next few months, then
pass between us and the sun and
then pop out on the morning
sky just before sunrise.”
Register in advance for Lid-
dell’s Sunday, Jan. 26, 4 p.m. talk
by calling the Hotchkiss Library
of Sharon at 860-364-5041.
Road race and AHA!
in town’s future
By Leila Hawken
NORTH CANAAN — During their first meeting of the
new year, on Monday, Jan. 6, the North Canaan selectmen
gave progress updates, approved a major event and an-
nounced appointments.
Under the guidance of Director Patricia Vanicky and
her small group of volunteers, space at the North Canaan
Elementary School is now ready to welcome participants
in the AHA! after-school and summer camp program.
First Selectman Charles Perotti described the work effort,
including junk removal, cleaning, painting and supplying
the room to ready it for the youngsters.
“The program is underway,” Perotti announced.
Vanicky will be assisted by three teachers. High school
students are now being interviewed to serve as part-time
support, Perotti said.
Praising community support, Perotti added that snacks
will be provided for the children, and said that Vanicky plans
to ask local businesses to add their support for the program.
“She’s done wonders in the past month,” Perotti said
of Vanicky.
In other action, the selectmen approved plans for a 5-mile
run to be sponsored by the Great Falls Brewery and to be
held on Saturday, March 28.
Presenting plan details was Will Graustein of Greystone
Racing in Harwinton, Conn., who said that this year orga-
nizers are hoping for 100 registrants for the race, which will
start and end at the Brewery in the town’s historic Depot.
The race will start at 11 a.m.; the last runner is expected
to cross the finish line at about 12:30 p.m. The race will be
officially timed by Greystone.
Selectman Craig Whiting noted that no road closures
will be needed as runners can safely complete the course
running alongside traffic.
The town has a new tax assessor as the selectmen voted
to approve the hiring of Jennifer Dubray.
“It took a while, but it finally came through,” Perotti said.

sketches by architect Steven M.
Goldberg.
The show opens on Saturday,
Jan. 25, and will remain on view
through Saturday, April 25. This
unique exhibition explores the
beauty and variations of histor-
ical ecclesiastical architecture in
northwestern Connecticut. Cu-
the Sharon Historical Society &
Museum.
On Saturday, Jan. 25, from
2 to 3, co-curators Alexander
Ellis and Goldberg will give the
opening lecture about the exhib-
it, at the Sharon Congregational
Church, 25 Main St.
From 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. there
SHARON — In “Confessions of an Un-Natural Blonde” Paige
Turner answers the question “Do blondes have more fun?” and more
in a madcap evening at the Sharon Playhouse on Saturday, Jan. 25.
The pre-show cocktail hour begins at 8 p.m. and the performance Start the New Year
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begins at 9 p.m. Admission is $35 for cash bar, $55 for open bar.
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he has produced architectural
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churches across the Northwest
Corner.
This exhibition serves as a
celebration of the masterworks
located in this region. This re-
consideration of the enduring
religious and cultural presence
of Litchfield County’s churches
will showcase Goldberg’s highly

Real Estate
Transfers
NORTH CANAAN — The
following property transfers
were recorded in 2019:
Feb. 14, property at 15 Fur-
nace Hill Road from Francis W.
Perotti and Jean M. Perotti to
Mary N. Perotti for $130,000.
Feb. 20, property at 29 Church
St. from Salisbury Painting and
Decorating, LLC to Melissa Pis-
citello for $115,000.
Feb. 25, property at 8 New
High St. from Marilyn J. Cross
and Mark E. Root to Christopher
D. Dean for $200,000.
Feb. 26, property at 54 Barlow Lucas Meira Benchaya, MD Sarah Benchaya, MD Sabra Becker, PA Hugh Cahill, MD, PhD
St. from 54 Barlow St., LLC to Neurology Neurology Neurology Neurology
Barlow, LLC for $900,000.
Areas of Interest: Areas of Interest: Areas of Interest: Areas of Interest:
March 25, property at 27 East • Neuromuscular Disorders • Epilepsy • Migraine Headache • General Neurology
Main St. from Brian M. Ohler • Motor Neuron Disease/ALS • Electroencephalography (EEG) • Neuropathy • Stroke
to Joseph A. Quattrocchi for • Myasthenia Gravis • Intractable Epilepsy • Stroke • Multiple Sclerosis
$180,000. • Polyneuropathy • Neurostimulation Therapy • Headache
April 22, property at 45 High • CIPD/Guillain Barre Syndrome • Epilepsy in Pregnancy
St. from Salvatore C. Caruso and • Muscular Dystrophies
Lisa C. Caruso to Little Wing • Electroneuromyography/EMG
Exp., LLC for $145,000.
May 9, property at 15 Honey
Hill Road from Daniel P. Miller
and Mary E. Miller to Anne
Dekker for $157,000. Accepting New Patients
May 21, property at 401 Nor- 538 Litchfield Street, Torrington 860.626.8232
folk Road from Mary L. Hassan
and Howard L. Hassan Jr. to
Bobby Fox for $158,800. The Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute’s expert team of neurologists uses a
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A8 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 16, 2020
Cellular tower balloon tests set for Jan. 18
By Cynthia Hochswender
KENT — Important steps are
being taken this month as plans
to build a new cell tower in town
move forward.
On Saturday, Jan. 18, a crane
will be raised and a balloon will
be floated at the two proposed
cell tower sites, giving town
residents an opportunity to see
what the visual impact would be
if a tower were built at either of
the two locations.
If the weather is inclement,
especially if it’s extremely windy,
the tests will be moved to the
following day, Jan. 19.
The tests are expected to take
four to five hours.
Two proposed tower sites
Homeland Towers, which
would build the towers for AT&T,
has proposed putting either a 175
foot tower on Richards Road or a
154 foot tower on Bald Hill Road.
At a public information
meeting at Town Hall on Dec. 13,
residents had expressed strong
Last week, during a quiet week in the Northwest Corner, we looked back in our archives and admired the way our towns
looked 50 years ago. Perhaps these photos of Kent’s Main Street in 2020 will inspire similar reflection 50 years from now.
Real Estate
Transfers
KENT — The following prop-
erty transfers were recorded at
Town Hall in 2019.
May 7, property at Ore Hill
Road from Jane E. Brown and
Richard A. Hibbard to David Utz
for $1,500,000.
May 16, property at Upper
Kent Hollow Road from Michele
Klimczak to Samuel Thomas
Mazza for $105,000.
May 17, property at Stone
Fences Lane from Ernest U.
Famiglietti and Shaun A. Fami-
glietti to Jennifer R. Murphy and
Bruce T. Carroll for $374,500.
May 28, property at Railroad
Street from Kent Station Square,
LLC to Michael V. Caporizzo for
$340,000.
May 31, property at Mountain
Road from Steven Hochberg and
Hillary Hochberg to 109 Moun-
tain Road, LLC for $3,100,000.
June 4, property at Chimney
Rock Road from Nikolle Lizana
and Markus Kuehnert to Con-
stance M. Crespin for $254,080.
June 7, property at Elizabeth
Street from David R. Cashner
and Christopher D. Jordan to
Birgitt Pajarola for $192,000; and
property at North Main Street
from Tanya L. Horgan to David
R. Cashner for $210,000.
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antipathy to the tower plan,
primarily citing concerns about
the negative aesthetic impact.
The positive comments in
favor of a tower noted that there
is little to no cell coverage near
a particularly curvy downhill
section of Route 341/Segar
Mountain Road, where motor
vehicle accidents often occur.
Another point in favor of
new towers: AT&T would allow
the town’s emergency services
organizations to put antennas on
the tower at no cost. This would
be done as part of the national
FirstNet program.
Kent seeks time, party status
The Kent Board of Selectmen
held a special meeting on Thurs-
day evening, Jan. 2.
The proposed tower was at
the top of the meeting’s agenda.
The selectmen agreed that it is
important to support the town’s
fire and ambulance volunteers.
They feel that another location
might be more attractive or less
offensive to town residents.
Kent’s Main Street today
Kent town meeting Jan. 16
KENT — The Kent annual town meeting will be held at
Town Hall on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. The town report
and audit for last year will be presented for approval; the
Five-Year Capital Plan will be presented; and five members
will be appointed to the Park and Recreation Commission.
June 19, property at Kent
Hollow Road from Leon Wolf
and Ricci Wolf to Caitlin Hag-
erman and Michael Hagerman
for $550,000.
July 2, property at Segar
Mountain Road from Gail Halst-
ed Lovig to Brians House, LLC
for $218,000.
July 3, property at Tamshell
Drive from Megan Boswell Mal-
izia and Orett Lloyd Boswell to
Billy Roberts for $300,000.
July 9, property at Woodin
Road from Maria C. Moats to
Robert Bach for $520,000.
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They voted to ask Homeland
for more time to seek other pos-
sible locations for a tower.
They also voted to file with
the state Siting Council for “party
status” as hearings on the pro-
posed tower go forward.
The Siting Council decides
The town of Kent itself does
not get to decide, ultimately,
whether or where the tower will
be built. The Siting Council is
a state agency formed in 1981
that has oversight of where
infrastructure projects such as
cell towers and power plants
can be built.
Its mandate in part is to sup-
port the federal Telecommunica-
tions Act of 1996, which decreed
that cellular phone service is as
essential as electricity and that
towns cannot forbid construc-
tion of towers.
Towns can have input on
where the towers will be.
Kent is seeking party status,
which is the highest level of inclu-
sion in the process of approving
July 11, property at Kelley
Drive from Benjamin L. Kelley
to Philip Heimlich and Lesley
Heimlich for $43,750.
July 15, property at Kent Road
from Amici Homes, LLC to Er-
nest Smith and Perry E. Smith
for $390,000.
July 17, property at Davis
Road from Amici Homes, LLC
to Paul Yagid and Angela Yagid
for $50,000.
July 22, property at North
Main Street from Bruce N.
Bosserman to Susanne P. Edg-
erly and Nicholas W. Wilks for
$200,000.
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Women’s March for all, on Jan. 18
KENT — The fourth annual Women’s March in Kent will start
at noon on Saturday, Jan. 18. Marchers are asked to bring signs and
a tower. Lower levels of partici- meet at Golden Falcon Field at 20 N. Main St. in the center of town.
pation are intervenor status and Marchers will proceed up and down Main Street and return to
limited appearance status. congregate at Golden Falcon Field. The event should last about 45
The Siting Council will decide minutes.
whether or not the town qualifies The Kent March, whose theme is “We the People, Showing Up
for party status, which would for Democracy,” will coincide with the national Women’s March in
allow the town to participate in Washington, D.C., and sister marches planned for the same day in
evidentiary hearings and even cities across the country and around the world.
to cross-examine witnesses, The main themes of the national Women’s March are to hold
according to the Siting Council government accountable, to protect the planet and to fight for
website at www.ct.gov/csc/cwp/ human rights.
view.asp?a=947&Q=247610. Official hosts are Kent residents Jane Zatlin and Patricia Oris. For
Road safety more information, email zenfashion1@gmail.com with “Women’s
The Board of Selectmen sent March” in the subject line.
out a notice by email, which is
also posted on the town website
at www.townofkentct.org, of the
two tests.
Talk by sculptor Woytuk Jan. 18
“As members of the public may KENT — Peter Woytuk, a Asia. Woytuk sculptures are
be in the area to view the boom sculptor known for his massive displayed in such collections as
and balloon, please keep in mind animals cast in bronze, will give a Dean Witter Reynolds in New
the safety and privacy of others, talk at the Kent Memorial Library York, Diane Von Furstenberg in
noting that both sites are on pri- on Saturday, Jan. 18. New York, Grounds for Sculpture
vate property,” the email warned. The talk will begin immedi- in New Jersey, The Hotchkiss
“Most importantly, please ately following the Kent Library School in Lakeville (where his
maintain situational awareness if Association annual meeting, resting bulls greet visitors to the
driving in the area, and stay alert which begins at 2 p.m. at Kent main buildings on the campus),
to other vehicles and possible Town Hall. The snow date for Kenyon College, the North Caro-
foot traffic.” both is Saturday, Jan. 25. lina Zoological Park in Asheboro,
Woytuk was born in 1958 in the Weisman Museum at The
St. Paul, Minn. He was raised in University of Minnesota in Saint
Massachusetts and graduated Paul and Texas Tech in Lubbock.
from Kenyon College in Ohio in Woytuk now lives and works
1980 with a degree in art. in Thailand but was for many
After college he had an ap- years a Kent resident.
prenticeship with sculptor Philip The talk is free and open to
Grausman in Connecticut, where the public. All attendees will
he learned the techniques of have a chance at winning a Peter
modeling clay, mold making and Woytuk bronze. To register or for
bronze casting. more information call 860-927-
By 1995 he was well-estab- 3761; email kmlinfo@biblio.org;
lished and exhibiting throughout stop by the library; or go to www.
the United States and parts of kentmemoriallibrary.org.
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Dorothy (Brown) Bundschuh
SALISBURY — Dorothy
(Brown) Bundschuh,
86, of Rye, N.Y., and
Millerton died Jan. 12,
2020, at Noble Hori-
zons in Salisbury. She
was the loving wife of
the late John J. Bund-
schuh Jr.
Dorothy was born
March 1, 1933, in New
York, the daughter of
the late Lillian and
Walter Brown. She graduated
from the Ursuline School in New
Rochelle and then from Trinity
College.
Upon graduation, Dorothy be-
came engaged to John Bundschuh
and was married on Feb. 11, 1956.
They shipped off to Frankfurt
in the Army Reserves almost
immediately, an experience that
both reflected on as fun and for-
mative in their young marriage.
Dorothy was a model for Saks
Fifth Avenue after college and
fashion was a lifelong interest.
She enjoyed joining voices in
song and sang in many chapters
of the Sweet Adelines barbershop
chorus throughout her life, a
group that performed competi-
tively and once gave a concert in
Carnegie Hall.
Dorothy and John lived in
Westchester, and in 1966 — driv-
en by John’s interest in all things
agrarian — they bought a farm
in Millerton, which they enjoyed
Peter Sherwood
LAKEVILLE — Peter Sher-
wood, 70, of Lakeville passed
away at St. Francis Hospital in
Hartford on Jan. 4, 2020.
He was born in Bridgeport,
Conn., on Feb. 8, 1949. He
was the son of the late George
“Dutch” and Dorothy (Larney)
Sherwood.
Peter graduated in 1968 from
Housatonic Valley Regional High
School, where he lettered in
football and basketball.
He was a decorated Vietnam
Army veteran who served from
1969 to 1971.
Peter died of complications
related to his exposure to Agent
Orange.
Peter retired from SNET after
30 years. After his retirement, he
obtained his pilot’s license and
worked at Lindell’s in North Ca-
naan for several years. He was a
member of the VFW in Lakeville
and the Northwest Rod and Gun
Club in North Canaan.
Peter was an avid University of
Connecticut women’s basketball
fan and hardly missed a game.
He enjoyed his yearly trips to
Maine with his brother, John,
and friends.
For many years, he followed
car racing and traveled to For-
mula 1 racing events. He had a
Madeline ‘Ann’ (Cantele) Miller
EAST CANAAN — Made-
line “Ann” (Cantele) Miller,
96, passed away peacefully sur-
rounded by family in the early
morning of Jan. 2, 2020. She was
the beloved wife of John E. Miller.
Madeline was born on Sept.
21, 1923, in Salisbury, daughter
of the late Gabriel and Louisa
Cantele.
She worked at the Clock Shop
in Winsted during the war, which
is where she met her loving life
partner, John. After they got mar-
ried on Oct. 17, 1945, she worked
part-time at the East Canaan Post
Office, although mainly she was
a homemaker.
She enjoyed cooking for her
family and never failed to have
a warm meal waiting on the
table for John after he got home
from work. Aside from keeping
her house clean and family fed
In Loving Memory of
Jeffery Jay Petkovich
May 12, l968 to January 20, 1990
Sadly missed along life’s way,
Quietly remembered every day.....
No longer in our life to share,
But in our hearts, you’re always there.
You are loved deeply:
Mom, Dad, Jamie, Nonnie
for close to 40 years.
While John enjoyed
gardening, building
and woodworking,
Dorothy mostly en-
joyed sitting by the fire
and taking a break from
raising six children.
Millerton was a
place of peace and qui-
et, where her children
busied themselves with
board games, outdoor
activities and homespun theater
productions without a television
in the house for entertainment.
Though Dorothy was never a
country girl at heart, she came to
love seeing the deer that dashed
across the yard in the morning
and found many friends in the
area in her later years.
She played bridge in Sharon
and sang in the choir at St. Mary’s
Church in Lakeville.
Dorothy’s faith and family were
guiding lights throughout her life.
She is survived by three sons,
Jack, Geoffrey and Stephen; three
daughters, Carmen, Lauren and
Betsy; and eight grandchildren,
Jonathan, Kevin, Lis, Matt, John,
Grace, Augie and Jerome.
She was predeceased by a
brother, Richard.
A funeral Mass will be held at
St. Mary’s Church in Lakeville on
Thursday, Jan. 16, at 10 a.m. The
Kenny Funeral Home in Sharon
has care of arrangements.
passion for fast cars and owned
several over the years. He had a
green thumb and took great pride
in growing plants.
Peter enjoyed entertaining
family and friends with loud and
colorful booming displays in his
yard. Anyone who witnessed the
illumination will always remem-
ber his infectious laugh as he
watched everyone’s enjoyment.
Peter is survived by his sib-
lings, Mary Smith and her hus-
band, Jim, John Sherwood and
his wife, Becky, of Lakeville and
Katie Wood and her husband,
Jim, of Salisbury; and several
nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his
parents; and two brothers,
George and Robert “Bullet”
Sherwood.
A memorial service will be
held on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 11
a.m. in St. Martin of Tours Parish,
Church of St. Mary, in Lakeville.
Memorial donations may
be sent either to the Lakeville
VFW, 19 Brook St., Lakeville,
CT 06039; or to the Salisbury
Volunteer Ambulance Service, 8
Undermountain Road, Salisbury,
CT 06068.
Arrangements are under the
care of the Newkirk-Palmer
Funeral Home in North Canaan.
she simply adored being “gram”
or “noni” to her two grandsons
and seven great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband,
she leaves her daughter, Dianne
Dunn and her husband, Nardy;
her grandsons, John Labbadia,
Dino Labbadia and his wife,
Patricia; and several great-grand-
children, Cristina, Nieko, Nich-
olas, Drew, Allysa, Matthew and
Anthony Labbadia; a nephew,
Ron Segalla and his wife, JoAnn.
Madeline was predeceased by
her sister, Anita Segalla.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was held on Jan. 4. Memorial
donations may be sent to the
North Canaan Volunteer Ambu-
lance Corps, P.O. Box 178, North
Canaan, CT 06018.
Arrangements were under
the care of the Newkirk-Palmer
Funeral Home in North Canaan.
OBITUARIES
Farley Frederick Churton
STANFORDVILLE — Farley
Frederick Churton, aka “Fud”
was born to Robert and
Susanna (Farley) Chur-
ton on May 6, 1952, at
Sharon Hospital. Farley
was the second born of
four sons.
He passed away
on Jan. 5, 2020, at
11:12 p.m. at Northern
Dutchess Hospital in
Rhinebeck, N.Y. Farley
was 67 years young at
the time of his passing and had
been “kicking cancer’s ass” for
four years until he succumbed
to his illness.
Farley was a lifelong resident
of Stanfordville. He grew up in
the Hamlet of Bangall with his
parents and three brothers, Bob-
by, Stephen and Mark.
Farley attended Stissing
Mountain Jr. Sr. High School,
where he played in a band with
friends, was part of the basketball
and football teams and where he
met his high school sweetheart,
Linda J. Haire. Farley graduated
from high school in 1971 and
went on to marry Linda in Sep-
tember 1971.
He was drafted into the Army
and briefly served the country
until he was honorably dis-
charged in 1972 due to an injury.
Farley had two daughters,
Susanna and Jessica Churton,
out of his marriage to Linda
and he thought the world of
them. He was a kind and lovable
father with a quiet and gentle
temperament; his daughters
adored him. Farley and Linda
were later divorced.
Farley was a lifelong carpenter
and contractor. He started his
own carpentry business in Ban-
gall, where he created beautiful
pieces of furniture. He was a
master craftsman and his carpen-
try and remodeling work were
sought out by many. He had an
eye for detail and accomplished
perfection in his work.
Farley had many other ac-
complishments throughout his
life as well. He was a second
degree black belt in karate, tae
kwon do style; and he worked
hard for several years to achieve
his black belts. In the 1980s he
opened a karate school in Stan-
fordville, where he taught many
people from the community. He
loved teaching karate and men-
toring his young students. He
was a compassionate and gentle
teacher and it was important to
him that his students remained
humble and did not use karate
inappropriately to injure others.
He strove in his teachings to keep
the honor and integrity of the
sport intact. Farley was admired
by his students, who still speak
highly of him to this day.
Farley was also an avid fisher-
man, sportsman and outdoors-
man. He had a genuine love for
the outdoors and nature; he
enjoyed the solitude and peace
of the forest and he lived for deer
hunting. Farley hunted his whole
life; his love for it came only
second to that for his children
and grandchildren. Deer season
was Farley’s time of year and his
favorite hobby. Like many deer
hunters, Farley was always in
search of “the big buck,” but he
always hunted with respect and
consideration for the animal. He
thought the white-tailed deer was
Another obituary is on Page A2.
In Loving Memory of
Peter C. Roosa
October 12, 1950 to January 11, 2019
Time slips by and life goes on
But from our hearts you’re never gone.
We think about you always, we talk about
You too, we have so many memories but we
Wish we still had you.
You are deeply loved:
Phyllis, Jamie, Nonnie,
The Petkovich and Roosa Family
THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 16, 2020
incredibly beautiful and he loved
the taste of venison.
Farley loved animals
and, beginning when he
was a teenager, he res-
cued and raised quite
a few baby animals in-
cluding a woodchuck,
a red-tailed hawk, a
possum and a fawn.
If Farley couldn’t be
found it was because he
was in the woods and
if he could be found
he was either at Uncle Sonny’s
sipping a “Silver Soda” or in his
driveway leaning on the back of
his truck drinking “a cold one”
or a “silver bullet” as he liked to
call it. Farley’s third love was an
ice-cold Coors Light enjoyed
with good company.
Farley will be remembered
as a man of good character. He
prided himself on leaving people
in better shape than he found
them. He could light up the
room with his smile and sense of
humor and bring the house down
with a good joke. He was really,
really funny and had a knack for
impersonating and imitating
people, especially when he was
re-telling a story. He seemed to
sense when people needed a big
ole hug and he gave out big hugs
to cheer others up or to make
them feel loved liberally. He
was a lovable, strong, big teddy
bear of a man with a pure and
honest heart who always wanted
to “do the right thing” and most
times, he did.
Farley will continue to live on
in the hearts and minds of every-
one who knew him and he will
forever be missed by family and
friends, especially his daughters.
Farley was predeceased by
his father, Robert Churton; his
brother, Stephen Churton; his
nephew, Isaac Churton; and
several aunts and uncles.
Those left to cherish his mem-
ory include his daughters, Jessica
Churton and her partner, Bill
Strang of Stanfordville, and Su-
sanna Churton and her partner,
David DeNardis, of Pine Plains;
his five wonderful grandchil-
dren, Haley and Zachary Strang
of Stanfordville and Malayna,
Novalee and Blaze DeNardis
of Pine Plains; his mother, Su-
sanna Churton of Pine Plains;
his brothers, Bobby Churton of
Pine Plains and Mark Churton
and his partner, Rosemary Ar-
senault-Fazzina, of Elizaville,
N.Y.; and several nieces, nephews,
cousins and their partners.
There will be no public ser-
vices at this time. Farley wished
to be cremated and his remains
will be kept in the care of his
daughters. In the spring, the fam-
ily intends to have a celebration
of life with dates and time to be
announced; all are encouraged
and welcomed to attend to
celebrate the life of a wonderful
father, son, brother, friend and
human being.
Cards and condolences can
be mailed to Susanna and Jessica
Churton, 54 Academy St., Pine
Plains, NY, 12567.
Donations may be made to St.
Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St.
Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105;
or the Pine Plains Rescue Squad,
P.O. Box 100, Pine Plains, NY
12567 in Farley’s honor.
To sign the online register, go
to www.peckandpeck.net.
David Arthur Matthews
CRARYVILLE, N.Y. — Da-
vid Arthur Matthews, 57, of
Craryville passed away peace-
fully on Jan. 4, 2020, at home,
surrounded by his family.
He was born on July 13, 1962,
in Catskill, N.Y., to the late Naomi
(Barnum)and John A. Matthews.
David’s passion in life was
working on cars or anything with
a motor. He also enjoyed garden-
ing, fishing and sitting around the
camp fire with family and friends.
His willingness to help others will
surely be missed by many.
He leaves behind his longtime
companion, Lincolna “Lynn”
Talarico; his stepchildren, Krystal
(Carver) Cobbins, and Warren
Carver Jr.; his six siblings and
their spouses, John A. Matthews
Jr. and his wife, Peggy, of Falls Vil-
lage, Irene Schaeffer and her hus-
band, Andy, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Worship Services
Week of January 19, 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 Eucharis
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
www.facebook.com/
northcanaancongregational
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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June Matthews and her husband,
Danny, of Hudson, N.Y., Sharon
Kuhnow of Craryville, George
Matthews and his wife, Jennie,
of Tupper Lake, N.Y., and Ralph
Matthews of Hudson. He will also
be missed by Lynn’s family, Dan-
iel Talarico and his wife, Becky,
Sophie Alger and her husband,
Derek, and Lucinda Talarico
and her husband, Daniel. He is
also survived by many nieces,
nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents,
David was predeceased by his
sister, Louise Matthews; his
brother-in-law, Charles Kuhnow;
and his mother-in-law, Elizabeth
Talarico.
A funeral service will be held
from 1 to 3 p.m. on Jan. 18 at the
Bates and Anderson – Redmond
and Keeler Funeral Home in
Hudson.
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, February 9 at 10:30 a.m.
Am I a humanist?
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
25 Main Street, Sharon, CT
Sunday Worship Service
and Sunday School at 10:30 a.m.
Bible Study (incl. a light supper)
every Thurs. 6-7:30 p.m.
860-364-5002
info@sharoncongregationalchurch.org
Millerton United
Methodist Church
6 Dutchess Avenue, P.O. Box 812
Millerton, NY 12546
Services on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of
each month at 9:30 A.M.
518-789-3138
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Opinion
To Region One students,
THE MILLERTON NEWS The Winsted
parents Journal
and constituents
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Board was to consider Guest
Editorial including the Middle
School Sports and Activities Contribution
Program in the proposed budget
for 2020-2021. Unfortunately for Pam Vogel

Think about the students in Region One, the

vote of the Region One Board
was four against and two for, in Middle School students to get
spite of the fact that four of the to know other students from
driving a school bus six K-8 schools had voted for the
program.
the six schools. This makes the
transition easier for them to ad-

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Some have said this program just for the larger student body
hat job can be seen as more important in any
has moved too quickly and has at the high school.
society than taking care of the transportation of not been well thought through. In addition to the thorough
its youngsters from one place to another? After This is untrue. The ABC Com- planning that has occurred, a Re-
all, our children are quite literally our future. Yet for those mittee first discussed the idea in gion-wide Task Force was started
looking for work, driving a school bus often is not seen as 2018 and considered implemen- in 2018 to discuss the concerns
either lucrative or prestigious. The same can be said for the tation in the 2019-2020 school that our area of the state was
job of child care or other school teachers. Yet the opposite year, but agreed that more time not providing enough healthy
should be true. It should be that we value those who care for was needed to plan and that we options for student activities. The
our children in one way or another most highly of anyone in would continue the discussion Task Force conducted a survey
our lives. for possible implementation in of students at both the Middle
It’s a hard preconception to change, though, isn’t it? Young 2020-2021. School and High School. Fre-
parents struggle to afford raising their families in the United In 2019, there were eight ABC quent comments on the survey
States today, with expensive child care and health care con- Committee meetings; seven of cited that there were not enough
stant challenges. But those who have control of ways to help these meetings addressed a re- extra-curricular activities for
them make it through more easily should do so, including gional sports program. Locally teen students.
anyone who can find time to drive students to school. Last formed committees were ap- In addition to that local
week, Cynthia Hochswender’s story on the problems All-Star pointed by each K-8 board, spe- survey, developed with the as-
Transportation is having finding school bus drivers brought cifically to discuss the structure sistance of the Housatonic Youth
out the challenges school bus companies face here, and of the program. Meetings were Service Bureau, in 2019, we also
across the country. There just aren’t enough people willing held through the summer, to con- administered the Developmen-
and able to step forward to do this important job.
A fellow who has driven a school bus for years dropped by
Letters to the Editor sider the merits of the program.
One town had representation
at only one meeting; therefore,
tal Assets Survey, a nationwide
research based survey. Students
The Lakeville Journal office last week for another reason, but in grades eight, 10, and 12 took
that school’s perception could this survey. The survey focuses
ended up talking about what a rewarding job it is to drive the
Region One children to school every day. But they need help Where should the paper’s be different from those of other
communities. The recent pro-
on external assets that are pos-
itive experiences and supports
from people who could benefit from the job as well as help-
ing the young people in their community. Maybe they need donations come from? posal was not only to regionalize
the current sports being offered,
a young person receives from
formal and informal connec-
to adjust their schedules around children themselves, so the but to add three more sports, tions to adults and peers in the
The list of donors to The Lakeville Journal includes the Sharon
chance to drive a bus route when school is in session would to give students more choices. community.
Democratic Town Committee, which made a donation in the $1 to
work well. Or they need part-time work (the article noted $499 category. These included cross-country, Survey results are shown on
the average working hours are 20 to 25 per week) that pays It ought to be self-evident that official town political organizations swimming, and track and field. the Region One School District
well enough to make it worthwhile, and the rate of $17.25 should not be directly subsidizing media whose job it is to cover Athletic Director Anne Mac- website at www.region1schools.
per hour fits that bill. them. Would anyone want the national Democratic Party to be Neil surveyed students at the org, as well as the Region One
And, while on the subject of school buses, it is the ideal making direct cash donations to CNN or The New York Times? Or Middle Schools, spoke with School District Facebook page.
moment to remind all our readers of the importance of road the Republican Party to Fox News? To judge from the predictably students to explain the program, The argument sometimes
safety. There are times we can all feel impatient when behind slanted coverage on each side of the national political divide, it seems and met with the town groups heard is that there are sports for
a school bus, maybe on the way to a meeting for which we like they already do so. to develop a feasible plan. Anne students to participate in and to
do not want to be late, but let’s remember what that bus is Fortunately, partisan politics does not intrude into local news cov- attended board meetings in all be competitive. These are “pay
doing and who it is carrying to their destination. That pre- erage to that extent. That’s because local issues are generally handled towns, sometimes more than to play” sports, traveling sports
cious cargo, our youngest residents, and those who transport without undue focus on parties or ideologies. The focus is usually once and explained the plan that teams outside the school pro-
them should be fully supported, not the targets of hostility. just on the issues themselves, and the Journal’s coverage generally the town committees and ABC gram. These are great for those
Anyone who enjoys the company of kids, and values them reflects that. That’s one reason people like the paper. It’s relaxing, had formulated. who can afford them. But our
as their parents and grandparents do, should think about not infuriating like so much of the bias-saturated national press. There were a number of ques- Free and Reduced Lunch rate at
applying for this work. It’s so important, for the students, But even here in the hills, political bias does seep in. One example tions raised. These were around the High School is nearly 45%
their families and for the school system. Contact Michelle was the front page story last year which clearly favored Kent Dem- time on the bus, numbers of and higher in some of our K-8
ocrats who were protesting a visiting Republican speaker whom students who would participate, schools.
Christen at All-Star Transportation in Lakeville (www.
they deemed inappropriate. The Salisbury, Sharon, Kent corridor and whether we should add As educators, parents and
all-startransportation.com). You will be making a difference
has long been the liberal heart of the paper, which is evident in such non-athletic activities, too. Anne community members, we need to
in your community and in the lives of the children who are and I met on several occasions to
reporting and in the paper’s opinion columns and political cartoons, provide places and ways for stu-
being educated in the Region One School District. discuss these issues and were able dents to grow. Too many youth
which consistently skew left.
With donations to the Journal now exceeding $114,000, the to address all of them. Bus times lack connection to the kinds of
paper’s current annual deficit of $100,000 is more than covered. were shortened, students would teams, clubs, organizations and
Thank you all, again The paper can easily get by without accepting cash from political be riding buses only with other
Middle School students, and Art
programs that provide safe and
active places to develop. All of us

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organizations. Such donations should be returned with thanks and
hanks are being sent out again to the generous readers in the future not accepted at all. Garage and Robotics were added need to look for opportunities to
who have supported The Lakeville Journal Company’s In the same vein, the idea raised not long ago that the citizens as choices for students. expand choices for young people
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MOVIES: CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER
Classic Films Can Help While
Away the Winter Months
T
here are those who
love to go outside in
the snow and cold
and then there are those
who like to stay inside
with a hot beverage and a
blanket and either read a
wonderful book or watch a
movie, preferably a classic.
Somewhere in between
those two extremes there
lies a winter alternative:
The intrepid, and those
who prefer not to watch
films on a television
screen, alone, can leave
their homes and head out
to film screenings at two
local venues.
The Cornwall Library in
Cornwall, Conn., will run
films that run the gamut
from very silly to very seri-
ous in January and Febru-
ary. Admission is free.
Coming up on Saturday,
Jan. 18, at 4 p.m. is one of
the most popular of all
the Marx brothers’ films,
“Duck Soup,” released in
1933 and set in the fic-
tional land of Freedonia.
Groucho, Harpo and Chico
run rings around each oth-
er and Margaret Dumont.
Another slapstick film
about a fictional revolution
is Woody Allen’s “Bananas,”
which will be screened on
Saturday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m.
Allen tries to impress love
interest Louise Lasser with
his radical politics and
Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and Peggy Roeder in “Groundhog Day.”
somehow ends up running
a revolution in a banana
republic.
A fake war in Albania,
designed to distract the
public from a presidential
sex scandal, is the subject
of “Wag the Dog,” direct-
ed by Barry Levinson and
starring Robert de Niro
and Dustin Hoffman. This
1997 political satire will be
screened on Saturday, Feb.
22, at 4 p.m.
On March 14, the fea-
tured film is “Bad Day at
Black Rock,” released in
1955. Spencer Tracy arrives
in a dusty Western town
in search of a man named
Komoko — and he finds in-
stead a town full of secrets
that no one wants revealed.
Slapstick returns with
“The Mouse that Roared”
on Saturday, March 28, at
4 p.m., another film about
a fictional nation in a state
of revolution. This one was
released in 1959 and stars
Peter Sellers.
Admission is free but a
$5 donation is suggested.
The Mahaiwe Theater
in Great Barrington will
show classic films on its
big screen in January and
February.
Tickets are $8 for adults
and $5 for children.
Jan. 16-22, 2020
Coming up on Thurs-
day, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. is the
artist sometimes known
as Prince’s “Purple Rain,”
which came out in 1984
and features some of his
most popular songs, in-
cluding “When Doves Cry,”
“Purple Rain” and “I Would
Die 4 U.”
On Sunday, Feb. 2, at 7
p.m. the featured film is,
of course, Harold Ramis’s
“Groundhog Day” (1983),
starring Bill Murray as the
newscaster who can’t con-
tinue with his life until he
starts to get it right.
“Moonstruck” starring
Cher, Nicholas Cage, Olym-
pia Dukakis, Danny Aiello,
Vincent Gardenia and New
York City will be shown on
Friday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m.
On Thursday, Feb. 20, at
4 p.m., the Muppets travel
to London to stop a jewel
heist in “The Great Muppet
Caper” (1981).
And to acknowledge
that it is in fact winter, the
Mahaiwe will show War-
ren Miller’s 2019 ski film
“Timeless,” on Saturday,
Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $15, with $10 tickets
available to Mahaiwe mem-
bers and Ski Butternut and
Catamount season pass
holders.
For information on
tickets for these and other
Mahaiwe events, go to
www.mahaiwe.org.
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Robert Burns will be celebrated Jan. 25.
POETRY: BERNARD A. DREW
Burns Night
In Cornwall:
Expect a Haggis
M
y credential if one can be persuad-
for writing ed to attend.
this promo of Space is limited. The
the Cornwall Library’s cost is $10 per person.
Robert Burns night is Attendees should be 21
that I’m the only one or older. Reservations
in the Lakeville Journal and advance payment
newsroom who admits are required and may
to having eaten haggis. be arranged by visiting
Traditional (in Massa- the library.
chusetts), venison (in A few years ago
East Sussex, England) Drew family members
and vegetarian (in visited the Writers’
Edinburgh), in fact. Museum just off Lawn-
Here’s your oppor- market, at Lady Stair’s
tunity. Close on the upper
A Scottish blood- part of the Royal Mile
line isn’t necessary in Edinburgh. I asked
to attend the Burns the docents who was
Night fest; my claim, the more popular of
however, is through my their featured scribes:
maternal grandfather, Robert Louis Steven-
Charles A. Rose, Clan son, Sir Walter Scott
Rose. or Burns. The first two,
If Scotland has a came the answer. The
national versifier, it’s docents said Burns
Robert Burns — the was difficult to read
Ploughman Poet. No and a challenge to
other is so widely quot- understand. All the
ed or admired for the more fun.
beautiful sound of his Wrap your tongue
language and his often around this opening
gentle, at times biting, stanza of the famous
frequently humorous “Address”:
rhymes. “Fair fa’ your honest,
The balladeer’s sonsie face,
birthday is celebrated “Great Chieftain o’
internationally each the Puddin-race!
year, and in Cornwall “Aboon them a’ ye
the Friends of the Li- tak your place,
brary will hold a Burns “Painch, tripe, or
Night on Saturday, Jan. thairm:
25, from 7:30 to 8:30 “Weel are ye worthy
p.m. of a grace
Organizers promise “As lang’s my arm.”
a wee dram of Scotch The Celebration of
whisky, a bite of short- Roberts Burns’ Birth-
bread and a taste of day is at the Cornwall
haggis, best consumed Library, 30 Pine St.,
during the traditional Cornwall, Conn., on
recitation of “Address Saturday, Jan. 25, from
to a Haggis.” Rendi- 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. For
tions of other Burns more information, go to
ballads are promised; www.cornwalllibrary.
a bagpiper would only org/events or call 860-
add to the atmosphere, 672-6874.
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STREAMING: PATRICK L. SULLIVAN

For a Cold Winter

Evening, a Chilling
New ‘Dracula’ on Netflix
I
s it possible to lose
money making a version
of “Dracula”? Mark Ga-
tiss and Steven Moffat (the
brains behind the recent
“Sherlock” series starring
Benedict Cumberbatch and
Martin Freeman) test the
proposition with a three-
part “Dracula,” now stream-
ing on Netflix.
In a nutshell, part one is
PHOTO BY DAMIR YUSUPOV/ BOLSHOI THEATRE pretty good. Part two drags
Daria Khokhlova and Alexei Putintsev dance in the Bolshoi Ballet’s new “Giselle.” a bit. And part three is just
silly.
Gatiss and Moffat pull
DANCE: CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER off a pretty neat trick here,

Love, Ghosts and Broken

as they did with “Sherlock.”
They combine the viewers’
familiarity with the source
material with the ability

Hearts in ‘Giselle’ to do whatever they want

with it.
Which means that Drac-
Claes Bang is Dracula in a new Netflix series.

T
here’s something Ratmansky (now artist in Ballets in HD. ula spends a considerable cemetery. manner that should pre-
warm and cozy about residence at the American For modernists who are amount of time — more Danish actor Claes Bang vent a sequel. But you know
revisiting the classics Ballet Theatre). unfamiliar with it, “Giselle” than a century — at the plays Count Dracula mostly how that goes.
on a cold winter day. How The much-lauded new is a story of peasants and bottom of the ocean with for laughs. His bantering If you are a horror fan,
much better, then, to visit a production will be shown at nobles, of love and betray- no discernible damage to with Dolly Wells (who plays the Netflix “Dracula” is
classic that has been refined the Moviehouse in Millerton al, of death and the spirits his clothing. both Sister Agatha Van Hel- worth watching — for
and improved, as is the case and the Mahaiwe in Great known as the Wilis who It also means Dracula sing and the 21st-century the modern tweaks to the
with the Bolshoi Ballet’s Barrington on Sunday, Jan. haunt the living. learns to use the internet. descendant, Zoe Helsing) is venerable story, for the bat
“Giselle,” staged by former 26, at 1 p.m. as part of this For ticket information, These contemporary the most Sherlock-y part of attack and for the bit with
Bolshoi director Alexei year’s season of Bolshoi go to www.mahaiwe.org or flourishes are balanced out the show. the kissing of the formerly
www.themoviehouse.net. by some more tradition- There’s a decent amount beautiful girl (now undead
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The Lakeville Journal Company excellent bat/wolf attack done. Likewise the special the crematorium).
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You Can Drag?” She is
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Spring 2020 Session, children & adults Queens of NYC” and sions of an Un-Natural “The Silence of Peace and
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Blonde,”with rapid-fire of Magaly Ohika through
Tap, Jazz, Acrobatics, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical-Contemporary, Modern, “Watch What Happens comedy, live-sung paro- March 15. Opening reception
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On Saturday, Jan. 25, Cocktail hour is at 8 Wassaic Project, 37 Furnace
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Millerton, NY question “Do blondes begins at 9 p.m. Tickets
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noon.

MOVIES

inspiring The Congregational Church

of Salisbury Parish Hall, 30
Main St., Salisbury, CT
“Uprooting Addiction”

fun
screening and Q&A, Jan. 19
at 4 p.m.

The Moviehouse, 48 Main St,

uplifting
Millerton, NY, www.themoviehouse.
net
“A Thousand Pieces of Gold”
Q&A with screenwriter
Anne Makepeace, Jan. 25
at 7 p.m. Salisbury Forum
Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend presents “Parkland Rising”
with director Cheryl Horner
Programs: January 18 - 20 McDonough, Jan. 26 at 11:30
p.m. Free admission.
Virtual Reality
Every Saturday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. TALKS
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon
at Sharon Town Hall, 63 Main
St., Sharon, CT
Astronomy presentation by
Roger Liddell, Jan. 26 at 4
p.m.

Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Road,

Salisbury, CT, www.noblehorizons.
org
NRM.org • Stockbridge, MA
“The Small Wonders of
413.298.4100 • KIDS & TEENS FREE! Africa” photo talk with John
Yuyi Morales, Migrantes, you and I. 2018. All rights reserved.
Photography: Norman Rockwell Museum ©All rights reserved
Landon, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.
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