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service in Vietnam.“He volunteered, he wasn’t

drafted,” his wife said. “And heactually had a positive experiencein the military.”

The rst wreath event at Ar-lington was in 1992. Accordingto the Wreaths Across America

website, a man named MorrillWorcester, owner of the MorrillWreath Co. in Maine, had asurplus of wreaths at the endof the holiday sales season. Hehad visited Arlington Cemetery

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THE LATEST NEWS OF LAKEVILLE ~ SALISBURY ~ SHARON ~ NORTH CANAAN ~ FALLS VILLAGE ~ CORNWALL ~ KENT

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 & DECEMBER 31, 2015VOLUME 119 NUMBER 20

44 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS $1.25

Hooked on‘Star Wars’

Pages C7 & C8

Lakeville CommunityConservancy’s mission

Page A4

Tri-Corner Real EstateInside

See WREATHS, Page A5

Art conservatorChristopher Naples

Page A6

Salon in acaboosePage A8

By Cynthia Hochswender

SHARON — The nationalWreaths Across America ob-servance this year was held onSaturday, Dec. 17. Americansare invited on that day to puta holiday wreath on a veteran’s

tombstone at any cemetery thatis near to them or where a lovedone who was a veteran is buried.

Colleen and Rick Kopec de-cided to go all the way to Arling-ton, Va., for this year’s ceremony.They live in Sharon, but ColleenKopec has her business in Lake-ville (Skintastic, which will closeat the end of January; look fora prole of the shop and Kopecin the Jan. 7 Lakeville Journal).Rick Kopec works from home inSharon, where he publishes anonline magazine about ShelbyCobra automobiles.

Rick Kopec is a decoratedveteran of the U.S. Army (1stCavalry Unit), who was awardedtwo Purple Hearts, two BronzeStars and two Silver Stars for his

Wreathed with glory and good intentions at Arlington

It’s nal: Transfer station plan

will go back to towns as isBy Patrick L. SullivanSHARON — The Transfer Station Building

Committee declined to take Sharon residentHoward Randall’s alternate transfer stationplan any further at the committee’s meetingin Sharon Town Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

Randall presented the committee with a plancalling for an indoor facility that he said couldbe built for around $1 million, not includingexcavation costs.

The committee’s plan is for a facility withoutdoor parking and canopy structures over thecontainers for garbage and recyclables, at $3.72million, which includes excavation.

The committee members thanked Randall

administration and the Swap Shop.Committee members repeatedly stressed

that their priorities were safety and longevityfor the transfer station.

During public comment, Sharon residentBill Kelsey said he still believed the price is toohigh and suggested building closer to Route 44.

Several committee members reminded theroom that the understanding was, when thetowns purchased the property in Salisbury(near Route 44 and Dimond Road), that thefacility would be hidden from view and theneighborhood would not be disrupted.

“It was clear that the front piece of landwould remain open and undeveloped,” saidBob Palmer

More moneywill be needed

for NC depot By Karen Bartomioli

NORTH CANAAN — Con-tractor work for the nal phaseof the rebuilding and renovationof Canaan Union Station will goout to bid again, four monthsafter a rst attempt.

Bids that were recommendedto the state in October by a localreview committee were miredfor weeks in a technicality hav-ing to do with state guidelinesfor the percentage of work thegeneral contractor could do. TheDepartment of Transportation

Rick and Colleen Kopec of Sharon were among the 70,000 volunteers who placed holiday wreaths on veterans’ tombstones on Dec. 17. The Kopecs traveled to Arlington Cemeteryfor the national event.

PHOTOS BY COLLEEN KOPEC

Rick Kopec, a Sharon resident and decorated Vietnam vet, wasgiven a medal by a volunteer that commemorated 50 yearssince the start of that war.


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A2 THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, Thursday, December 24 and December 31, 2015

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HEALTH ........................A10SPORTS ..............A10 & A11OPINION ........................A12VIEWPOINT ..................A13FAMILY/FRIENDS........ A14LEGALS ......................... A14CLASSIFIEDS .......A14-A16

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Friday .............................Partly cloudy, high 55°/low 43°Saturday ....................................... Partly cloudy, 48°/43°Sunday ...................................................Showers, 48°/36°

Three-day forecast

The following information was provided by the Connecticut StatePolice at Troop B. All suspects areconsidered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Chainsaw stolenA Stihl 362 chainsaw was re-

ported Dec. 10 as stolen from agarage on Lower Road in NorthCanaan. The incident is underinvestigation.

Improper passing Jean Valette, 71, of North Ca-

naan was driving west on Route44 in North Canaan Dec. 10. Atabout 5:49 p.m., he attemptedto improperly pass on the righta car that had slowed for trafc.The 2009 Nissan Versa hit the rearbumper of a 2013 Ford Edge driv-en by Jerrick Hodge, 61, of NorthCanaan. The Ford is registered toMC1 Healthcare LLC in NorthCanaan. There were no injuries.Neither vehicle was towed. Valettewas charged with unsafe passing.

Unsecured loadNicholas Marti, 24, of Goshen

was driving east on Route 44in Salisbury Dec. 11. At about11:54 a.m., an unsecured pieceof plywood ew out of the bedof his 2015 Ford F350. It hit awestbound 2010 International4000 truck driven by MichaelRinaldi, 29, of Naugatuck, Conn.The truck is registered to A. Gallo& Co. in Torrington. It sustainedminor front driver’s side damage.There were no injuries. Marti wasgiven a verbal warning for failureto secure a load.

Car hits poleAnne Putzel, 74, of Brooklyn,

N.Y., was driving south on Mil-lerton Road in Sharon Dec. 11. At

about 12:42 p.m., she lost control.Her 2012 Subaru Forester hit autility pole. Putzel was not injured.She was given a verbal warning forfailure to maintain the proper lane.

Evading driverAn unknown driver of a red

Jeep Cherokee hit the rear bumperof a parked 2012 Innity G37at about 4:59 p.m. on Dec. 12at the Boathouse Restaurant onRoute 44 in Salisbury. The Inn-ity is registered to Kayla Lee ofGermantown, N.Y. Anyone with

information should call Troop Bat 860-626-1820.Bicycles found

Two BMX-style bicycles werefound by State Police on ClaytonRoad in North Canaan Dec. 12.Anyone with information orseeking to claim them should callTroop B at 860-626-1820.

Assault and disorderly Michael Jardine, 32, of Ancram,

N.Y., was arrested on a warrantDec. 14. He was involved in adomestic disturbance on MusicMountain Road in Falls VillageNov. 21. He left the scene beforeState Police arrived. He wascharged with disorderly conduct

and third-degree assault. He wasto appear in Bantam SuperiorCourt Dec. 14.

Warrant arrestGeoffrey Taylor, 36, of Salis-

bury turned himself in at TroopB on a warrant Dec. 14. He wascharged with failure to appear. Heis to appear in Bantam SuperiorCourt Jan. 4.

EmbezzlementBrendan Glasser, 26, of North

Canaan was arrested Dec. 14for allegedly stealing more than$18,000 while working at StatelineWine & Spirits on East Main Streetin North Canaan. An investigationbegan on June 8.

He was charged with third-de-gree larceny. Bond was set at$10,000. He is to appear in BantamSuperior Court Dec. 28.

Failure to appearShawn Mullen, 34, of North

Canaan was arrested at 6:45 a.m.on Dec. 15. He was charged withfailure to appear. He was held ona $2,500 bond and was to appearin Bantam Superior Court laterthat day.

Two men arrestedState Police responded Dec.

15 to an 11:37 p.m. report of adisturbance at 201 East CanaanRoad in North Canaan. The callersaid he had been in an argument inhis apartment with “Judd.”

Paul Defelice, 59, whose ad-dress was listed as West Haven,Conn., was found in a pickuptruck in the driveway of the resi-dence, attempting to enter Route44. He was charged with drivingunder the inuence. Bond was setat $2,000.

Judd Angell, 46, who lives nextdoor, was located. He was taken toTroop B to be arrested on a war-

rant. He was charged with failureto appear and held on a $500 bond.

Both men were to appear inBantam Superior Court Dec. 16.

Pickup down embankment

Adam Swietkowski, 36, ofBurlington, Conn., was drivingeast on Route 4 in Sharon onDec. 17. At about 2:35 p.m., nearRed Horse Hill Road, he lostcontrol in heavy rain. The 1999Ford F450 hit about 160 feet ofguardrail. It hit a utility pole. Ittraveled about 25 feet down anembankment. The pickup truck,registered to Platinum RecoveryLLC in Bloomeld, Conn., wastowed with front-end damage.Swietkowski was not injured. Hewas charged with traveling too fastfor conditions.

The Lakeville Journal will pub-lish the outcome of police charges.Contact us by mail at PO Box 1688,Lakeville, CT 06039, Attn: PoliceBlotter, or send an email, with“police blotter” in the subject line,to cynthiah@lakeville journal.com.

860 gives way tonew 959 area code

By Karen Bartomioli

The new 959 area code hasbeen activated, according to aDec. 15 announcement by thePublic Utilities Regulatory Au-thority (PURA). It is an overlay inthe 860 area. That means all newcell, landline and fax numberswill start with 959.

In 1995, 860 was added toConnecticut’s previous single203 area code. Taking into ac-count density of phone lines,it covered all but New HavenCounty and part of FaireldCounty. In December 2009, the475 overlay was added to 203, and

all in-state calls, local or long-dis-tance needed a 10-digit dial.

The 959 code was expected togo into service in late 2014, andthe plan was to get people usedto always using an area code.

However, the state was notrunning out of phone num-bers as quickly as predicted.Presumably, most already hadcell phones, and many gave uptheir landlines. The use of faxmachines, with their dedicatednumbers, is also down.

PURA advises all telecom-munications devices should bechecked to see of they recognizethe new area code.

Beware of fake callsclaiming to be from IRS

NORTH CANAAN — FirstSelectman Douglas Humes wasamong the North Canaan res-idents who recently received acall ostensibly from the InternalRevenue Service (IRS) lookingfor money and threatening tosend the police to his home. InHumes’ case, the amount was$6 000

lead to fraud.One local resident was told

to drive to the bank, withdrawas much cash as she was ableand await further instructions.She was advised to stay on thephone while driving and honkher car horn so that the “agent”could hear it. She recognized the“red ags” and drove instead to

Date Min. Max. ConditionsDec. 17 40 52 Cloudy Dec. 18 32 52 Cloudy Dec. 19 29 36 Partly Cloudy Dec. 20 29 39 Mostly Cloudy Dec. 21 43 47 Mostly CloudyDec. 22 42 55 RainDec. 23 54 55 Rain

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Church of St. MaryChristmas 2015

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Christmas Day - Mass at 10 a.m.

Sunday, December 27th, 3 p.m.Lessons & CarolsDavid Valcin, LectorFrank Fasano, Tenor

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Join us as we celebratethe birth of Jesus, The Christ

SALISBURY — In 1844,

Edwin White painted a por-trait of Maria (Birch) Cofng,wife of John Churchill Cofng .Included in the background ofthe painting is a portrait of JaneE. “Jennie” Winslow. There arevery few portraits of this timeperiod that include the likenessof a person of color.

Maria Birch (1782-1865)was the second wife of JohnChurchill Cofng (1776-1847).His rst wife, Jerusha Fitch, haddied in 1812 and left him with

four young children to raise. Hechose Miss Maria Birch, whowas at the time teaching schoolin Furnace Village (Lakeville) inthe home of her uncle, LutherHolley.

On Oct. 25, 1812, he wrote:“Miss Birch, As the rst knownadvance belongs to the part thatI am, this is directly to inform you Madam that I have it incontemplation to make somepertinent proposition to youand should you think proper toadhere to nuptial stipulations,candor shall direct the alliance.Yours with esteem, John Chur-chill Cofng.”

(This was copied directlyfrom the original in possessionof the family.)

From Maria Birch’s memoryin her old age we have this replyto the proposal: “I am bound totell you that my heart is buriedwith a man who lies I know notwhere, but if you still wish it, Iwill marry you, and be a motherto your children to the very bestof my ability.”

Maria’s fiancé, a doctor,

PHOTO COURTESY SALISBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Jennie Winslow, ca. 1850

PHOTO BY PATRICK L. SULLIVAN

Make a joyful noise

PHOTO BY RENEE WALSH

Edible art

T OWN T IDBITSK ATHERINE C HILCOAT

Jennie Winslow’s remarkable story

About 20 children from

three parishes — St. John’sEpiscopal Church, LakevilleUnited Methodist Churchand St. Mary Catholic Church

had left to go do missionarywork among island natives inthe South Seas. Having had noword from him for six yearsshe accepted John Coffing’sproposal and they were married.Five years later Dr. Frost nallyreturned to nd that she had

married, thinking him dead.Brokenhearted at her refusalto see him, he left once moreand died soon after in a foreigncountry.

In approximately 1830, Johnand Maria took into their homea 5-year-old orphan girl namedJane Elizabeth Winslow. Jennie,as she was known, was raisedby the Cofngs and lived withand worked for them until bothCofngs had died. John Cofngdied in 1847, and Maria and herfamily and Jennie lived on in theCofng house (now the DonBuckley house on Route 41/44near the Scoville Library) untilMaria died in 1865.

Jane stayed on as caretakerfor the Cofng house for someve or six years after Maria died.In 1871 she moved to GreatBarrington, where she marriedEgbert Lee, a 71-year-old for-mer slave.

Cemetery records show thatJennie is buried in the SalisburyCemetery and that she diedApril 15, 1872, at age 52, justve months after she married.

Email reporter Patrick Sullivanat [email protected]

Students in the second gradeat Salisbury Central Schoolrecreated buildings in town— and built them with gin-gerbread. A particular favor-ite of The Lakeville Journalstaff was Ella Woodworth’sreplica of the company’sofce on Bissell Street.

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LAKEVILLE — This is Litch-eld County and make no mis-take about it: People care deeplyabout the plants they see aroundthem, and they have strongopinions about what varietiesare appropriate for public spaces.

One such public space is thegreenery on either side of Route41 in Lakeville. Two public-pri-vate parks have been proposedby a citizen group that callsitself the Lakeville Community

Conservancy. The LCC, as themembers refer to themselves,would like to purchase someplants and benches and do somegeneral tidying up in what is beingcalled the Cannon Park (next tothe lling station); and, acrossthe street, in the Green beside theformer rehouse (referred to bythe LCC as the Corner Green).

It seems like a simple idea,but community members feltstrongly enough about it to turnout in large numbers for aninformational meeting at TownHall on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Themeeting was attended by all threeselectmen (and was thereforebilled as a special meeting of theirboard, which has to be done whenall three board members are at apublic meeting).

The presentation was madeby LCC member (and treasurer)Margaret Monaco, who listed thevarious town committees andboards that have looked at thegarden plans so far; and showedrough drawings of what the twosmall parks might be.

The idea, she said, was to makethe gateway into Lakeville fromthe south on Route 41 more at-tractive. If this plan works out, afew other gardens can be created.The goal ultimately is not only tocreate beauty but also to link thebusiness centers in town. Thosethree centers were described asthe section of the Historic Districton the Millerton Road that has

Deano’s Pizza and Argazzi Art;the section of Ethan Allen Street,also in the Historic District, thathas Mizza’s pizzeria and the Onthe Run coffee shop; and whatwas described as “more classicallydowntown,” with the post ofceand several businesses includingthe new ofce of contractor/builder Seth Churchill (whoattended the meeting to supportthe plan).

Monaco introduced DustyMcMahan from the consulting

rm Goman and York (whichhas been hired by the regionalNorthwest Hills Council ofGovernments to offer advice on

Public input (and lots of it) on new public garden

worst case scenario estimate, hesaid, is roughly $8,700 for the twoparks; that cost would be sharedby the town and the LCC).

Audience members thenbegan to ask detailed questionsabout what trees, plants, shrubs,vines and hedges might be plant-ed and/or removed.

There was some debate aboutwhat should happen to the for-sythia plants at the Cannon Park(which was given to the townby the late Dormer Cannon).Are they precious and not to betouched or are they growing wildand in need of a pruning?

What about the yew hedge onthe side of the Cannon Park — isit a useful barrier between parkand roadway or is it an unsightlygrowth that should be pulled up?

Everyone seemed to agreeabout the value of the massive

gingko tree in the Corner Green.There was some debate abouthow far beneath the tree canopyand drip line the roots extend.There was further debate abouthow long it might take beforedamage to the roots might affectthe health of the tree (one year?10 years?). No matter what, ev-eryone agreed, the gingko mustbe protected at all costs.

The two spruce trees onthat property, though? Not asprecious. First Selectman CurtisRand (who is a professionalforester) gingerly suggestedthat those two spruces could beremoved. He also tried to get

Several people have asked himto do just that, over the years,Rand said, but he didn’t knowwhat the consensus would bein town. He asked for a vote onwho would like to see the hedgeremoved; enough hands wereraised that it seems likely thehedge will be gone before long.

It was harder to tell what theconsensus was on whether theLCC can proceed with its plansfor the parks. Rand and SelectmanKitty Kiefer said several times thatthey weren’t comfortable givingapproval to the plan because it’shard to nd consensus on esthetic judgments. What colors shouldthe owers be? Should they beneat and orderly or wild and free?Which trees should be saved?Should sculptures be allowed and,if so, which ones?

Everyone can agree that beau-

tifying the town is a worthy goal,Rand said. But not everyone canagree on the details of how itshould be done.

He called for a hand vote onwhether the Cannon Park shouldbe approved; on whether the Cor-ner Green should be approved;and on whether both parks shouldbe done at the same time. An exactcount was not taken but it seemedthat about two thirds of the roomsupported proceeding with thelandscaping at the Corner Green.

There was more enthusiasm forthe Cannon Park, where the votewas roughly 25 in favor and threeopposed.

PHOTOS BY CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER

A group of garden enthusiasts would like to spruce up thegreen spaces at Cannon Park, above, and the Corner Green,above right, with plants and public seating.


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when he was 12 years old, andit had made a huge impressionon him. He decided to send hisextra wreaths to the cemetery,

so they could adorn the gravesthere. The oldest graves weregiven rst priority because theywere getting the fewest v isitors.

Over the years, other groupsstepped in to help, including atrucking company in Maine thattransported the greens from NewEngland to Virginia.

The wreath project got a hugeboost in attention in 2005,whensomeone posted a photo on theInternet.

Now, Colleen Kopec said,

“Thirty tractor trailors full ofwreaths travel to Arlington for

of sticker shock, not oppositionto a new transfer station per se.

He said the lengthy periodbetween rst identifying the siteand now means the issue didnot get a lot of attention fromthe public.

Co-chairs Bill Braislin (Sha-ron) and Charlie Kelley (Salis-bury) provided the committeewith a statement, which reads,in part:

“The building committeeconsists of residents of bothtowns, all of whom pay taxes. The

tax impact of the proposed newtransfer station is not large. Thecommittee feels that to reduce

By Lizett Pajuelo

SHARON — For the third

consecutive year, Santa Clausvisited the Sharon Health CareCenter to have cookies and co-coa with residents of the centerand visitors from Sharon andneighboring towns on Saturday,Dec. 12.

The event — coordinatedby Therapeutic Recreation Di-rector Jacqui Sweet — gatheredseniors, children and parents tomeet Santa.

After telling Santa what theywould like to nd underneaththeir tree on Christmas Day, thechildren received chocolates anda balloon.

In the dining room, childrencould enjoy even more cookiesand cocoa while making or-naments with the help of theirparents and volunteers.

“We couldn’t do it without thehelp of volunteers,” Sweet said.

Amy Whitcomb — a 5-yearresident of the center — alwaysvolunteers in the arts and craftsdepartment.

“I really enjoy the children,”Whitcomb said.

Sweet also coordinates otherspecial occasion events such asan Easter egg hunt that takesplace the week before Easter,andHalloween trick-or-treating.Youngsters, seniors and the com-

Wreaths Across America day.”In addition, individuals acrossthe country take part at othercemeteries.

The Kopecs decided to par-ticipate this year, and to not onlytravel to Arlington to help placethe wreaths but also to sponsor

10 wreaths.“While we were at The Wall, avolunteer approached Rick andpinned a medal commemorating50 years since the start of theVietnam War,” Colleen report-ed. “That was very special andtouching.”

This year, she said, 70,000 vol-unteers placed 241,000 wreathsand 65 tractor trailers convoyedfrom Maine to Virginia.

To learn more, go online towww.wreathsacrossamerica.org, or

stop by Skintastic in Lakeville andchat with Colleen if she isn’t busy.

the size, services or integrity ofthe new transfer station is anextremely poor approach to take.We are again asking the Salis-bury-Sharon Resource RecoveryAuthority to present our $3.72million plan to the Salisbury andSharon selectmen. The buildingcommittee unanimously sup-ports starting construction in thecoming season.”

The committee unanimouslyapproved the statement.

Dale Jones, who is a Sharonselectman, said he would bringthe statement to that board thisweek.

Braislin also noted that thegures provided by Anchor En-

gineering are deliberately high,and that the committee will belooking for ways to control costs.

PHOTOS BY LIZETT PAJUELO

Kricket Whalen coaxed her timiddaughters, Alyssa and Leah, to chat with Santa Claus and ask how heended up in Sharon.

Lots will sell to highest bidder SHARON — The town is

selling six Sharon propertiesto the highest bidder. Sealedbids are due to the selectmenby Jan. 29; they will be openedat the board’s meeting on Feb.9 at 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall.

Three of the six lots are inthe Silver Lakes Shores subdi-

vision. The property lines andseptics are somewhat tangledin that area. Two of the prop-erties are side by side, a thirdis in a fairly remote location.

All six properties can beviewed at the assessor’s ofceat Town Hall.

— Cynthia Hochswender

Cocoa, Santa and sense of community

S HARON C ALENDAR Thursday, Dec. 24 — Transfer station closed at noon.Monday, Dec. 28 — Historic District Commission at Town

Hall, 6 p.m.Friday, Dec. 25 — Transfer station closed.Friday, Dec. 31 — Transfer station closed.

Monday, Jan. 4 — Region One Board of Education at Housa-tonic Valley Regional High School, Room 133, 6 p.m.

Sharon Health Care resident Amy Whitcomb helped thechildren make holiday ornaments.

Instruments from around the world SHARON — Composer and musician Andrew Thomson will

bring several lesser-known instruments from around the world to

the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at 10 a.m.Following the presentation, all members of the audience arewelcome to come forward to have a closer look at and play withthe instruments.

Registration is required by calling the library at 860-364-5041.

munity overall are welcomedto the center for these holidayactivities.

Sweet said it fosters an atmo-sphere of unity when communitymembers come and join theresidents for activities.


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KENT — Chris Naples leans back in his deskchair inside his art studio, furrows his brow andexhales. A smile ashes at the corners of his mouthas he scans the sundry paintings in his presence.

“That’s a deep question,” he says.So he takes a circuitous route to the answer.He recalls his artistic background, he explains

the ner points of his craft, and he spells out hisprocess. He shares his intentions, he reveals hisreservations, and he expounds on competingphilosophies within his eld. He even recounts therestoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Naples, speaking thoughtfully as he winds hisway through every answer, has the aura of an expe-rienced college professor. Surely he encountered justthat type while studying at Southern ConnecticutState University. He ultimately nished his degreein ne art at the School of Visual Arts in New YorkCity, while completing an internship in art con-servation at the same time. But Naples was still farfrom the polished craftsman he is today.

The paintings are the teachers“You learn conservat ion in front of the painting,”

Naples explains. “You learn it in front of thousandsof paintings, dialoguing with those paint ings, devel-oping and rening your skills of observation to thepoint where you master your craft. Conservationis ultimately just that — a craft — and I think it’sfair to say it takes 10 years to develop a level ofcompetence.”

Naples pauses for a moment and his studiopartner, Christina Labrie, pops her head out frombehind an easel in the corner of the room.

“And it’s much more academic than peoplethink,” she says. “There’s no other teacher thanthe paintings.”

Naples nods in agreement and then elaborateson Labrie’s interjection.

“You can learn the science and the materials,”he explains, “but you must ultimately be honedby the paintings, which is why the best people in

the eld brought an innate talent to many, many years of practice.”So there is a level of intuition involved?“Bingo,” says Labrie, from behind her easel.What Naples and Labrie — and the newest

member of their crew, Sarah Good — strive to dois preserve and restore ne art objects. Generally,this refers to any treatment or intervention thatprolongs the life of a ne art object, which canbe anything from a painting to a sculpture to ahistorical document. Naples and Labrie specializein American paintings and have been workingtogether since they were 24 years old.

As art conservators, they are commissioned by

collectors and museums to bring paintings backto life. The process is quite simple: A client bringsthem a painting he or she has purchased and asksthem how much it will cost to conserve it — or, ifthe client is wise, Naples says, laughing, “He’ll ask‘What does it need before I make the investment?’”

An average conservation project costs between$5,000 and $10,000, so it certainly pays to be pru-dent. (A simple cleaning, typically costs $1,000.)

A three-step programThe restoration process requires nearly as much

forethought as hands-on work. Upon receivinga painting, Naples asks himself three importantquestions and carefully contemplates the answerto each.

PHOTO BY CHRISTINA LABRIE

Art conservator Christopher Naples cares for works of art at his tudio on Landmark Lane.

The ne art of ne art conservation: Christopher Naplesand delves deeper into his purpose as an artist. Aconservator’s goal, he explains, is to preserve the

physical integrity of a ne art object and, moreprofoundly, to revive its spirit. The latter objectiveentails tapping into the artist’s original vision, andit is here that Naples errs on the side of restraint.

“You try to bring the object back to an optimalstate visually while being careful not to assume,” hesays. “You don’t want to put too much of yourselfin the painting.”

There is a touch of tension in Naples’ voice as hedescribes this dilemma between reviving a paint-ing and renovating it, between connecting with itand imposing on it. Striking this balance seemsto be the conservator’s biggest challenge, and the

fulcrum is painfully sensitive: one moment you’rehovering above an artist’s work, the next moment

you’re crashing right into it.It is at this moment that Naples seems to answerthat question — that “deep question” — laid outsome twenty minutes prior: What is it about artconservation that appeals to him most?

It is the conversation he creates with artists longgone, the connection he forms with paintings pasttheir prime, and the dialogue he sparks betweenthe past and the present.

There is also an art gallery at the Naples Studio,open Thursday to Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. orby appointment (call 860-592-0700).

By Lizett Pajuelo

KENT — Kent seniors gath-ered at the Templeton FarmApartments dining hall on Fri-day, Dec. 11, for the annual hol-iday lunch, with food providedby Shanghai Chinese restaurant.

About two dozen peopleattended, and the atmospherewas lively as everyone chattedand socialized.

This lunch marked the end ofthe fall lunch season, which runsfrom September to December.The new season will run fromMarch to June.

The meal was special not onlybecause of the holiday theme butalso because it was catered by thelocal restaurant. Food is normal-ly provided by the town’s threeprivate schools: Kent, South Kent

and Marvelwood. Until it closedrecently, The Kent extended carefacility was also a partner in theprogram.

First Selectman Bruce Adamsapproached several restaurantsaround town and got com-mitments from Shanghai, TheVillager and the Fife ‘n’ Drum.

Shanghai, he said, was “morethan happy to par ticipate today.”The other two eateries will pro-vide meals in April and May.

Adams said he hopes to get

additional restaurants to par-ticipate.

Food, fun, friendship at Friday lunches

First: What am I trying to bring back?Second: What am I trying to preserve?Third: What materials am I going to use to

achieve those ends?Once he has connected these dots, he begins

the physical restoration — a process that is, again,broken down into three steps.

He starts with the structural stabilization of thepainting, perhaps the removal of a facing from aprior conservation. He then cleans the painting,careful to erase any blemishes or signs of fatigue.Finally, he nishes with the cosmetic restoration,the actual application of new materials.

It is this last step that so deeply consumes Labriebehind her easel, her focus nearly undivided asNaples continues to ruminate on their craft.

He is commenting on philosophy now, layingout the two competing ideologies that guide aconservator at work. On one side is the theory ofreversibility, which calls for the exclusive use ofmaterials that can be easily reversed or removed.On the other side is the theory of compatibility,which calls for the exclusive use of materials thatare compatible with the original materials.

Neither theory is inherently better than theother; the conservator must decide based on whathe intuites from the painting.

“That’s why conservators carry so much re-sponsibility,” Naples explains. “There’s no universalmeasure, so you have to take everything on a case-by-case basis.”

Naples, for his part, mostly leans toward revers-ibility, a tendency informed by the paintings herestores. But it all depends on how the conservatorviews a work of art, how he interprets it.

“You don’t paint with your hands, you paintwith your eyes,” he says.

Gradually, Naples moves past process and theory

The idea to provide commu-nity lunches was suggested byformer Social Services Director

Jerilyn Tiso six years ago, Adamssaid.Many seniors agreed that the

best part of the event is gettingtogether with old friends to talkand catch up. Mary Grusauskasaid she enjoys the social aspectthe most.

There is a $2 fee to partici-pate; lunch begins at noon butthe center opens at 11:30 a.m.Sometimes there are also recre-ational activities.

For more information, go to

www.kentctparkandrecreation.com and click on “seniors.”

PHOTOS BY LIZETT PAJUELO

Bon appetit! Director of Park and Recreation Lesly Ferris,above center, helped serve a lunch provided by ShanghaiChinese restaurant. “I love the egg rolls!” said Peter Lacey,below, as he enjoyed a conversation with friends.


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Cornwall

DR. DAVID STAMM*

& DR. FIONA CONNOLLY*

PODIATRIC MEDICINE & SURGERY

C ORNWALL C ALENDAR

Tuesday, Dec. 29 — Com-mittee for Seniors at CornwallLibrary, 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 4 — RegionOne Board of Education atHVRHS, room 133, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 5 — InlandWetlands Commission at

Town Ofce, 7 p.m.; Boardof Selectmen at Town Hall,7:30 p.m.

Steward’s House is now a historic landmark CORNWALL — The Foreign

Mission School Steward’s Househas been designated a NationalHistoric Landmark.

According to the CornwallHistorical Society, the desig-nation was made as part of theNational Park Advisory Board’sinitiative to “reect a full spec-trum of people and events thatparticipated in building thenation.”

Brown University studentsfrom the Masters of Art in

Public Humanities programresearched and nominated theSteward’s House, an 1814 Fed-eralist-style structure that wasone of three buildings associ-ated with the Foreign MissionSchool. Though mostly knownfor its Native American andAsia-Pacic students, the schoolenrolled students from aroundthe world. Its aim was to educateand convert “heathen” boys toChristianity.

It was open for only a de-

cade, in which time about 100 young men brought 24 differentlanguages to Cornwall and con-nected it to the nation via issuessuch as the Trail of Tears and theconversion of Hawaii.

It closed in 1826 amid con-troversy over two young localwoman who married studentsattending the school.

The home was host to twointerracial marriages and“brought early 19th-centuryassumptions about race-mixing

into the open,” according to anexecutive summary about thehome submitted to the board.

“This is wonderful news,”said Historical Society ExecutiveDirector and Curator JamieCantoni. “We’re very thankfulto the students who put in longhours on this project, our dedi-cated community members whohelped and the home’s owner,Ben Gray, who opened his hometo them.”

— Karen Bartomioli

PHOTO BY KAREN BARTOMIOLI

A Bolton Hill Road home that was once part of the Foreign Mission School is now a National Historic Landmark.

By Karen Bartomioli

CORNWALL — The issue ofshort-term room and house rent-als continues to generate strongopinions in town, with manypeople saying they feel stronglythat they should be allowed torent space or their homes forshort periods.

The process of reviewing thematter of short-term rentalsbegan at a Dec. 8 meeting of the

Planning and Zoning Commis-sion (P&Z).

No zoning regulations havebeen proposed at this time. P&Zmembers will begin reviewing in-formation on a request from theZoning Board of Appeals (ZBA).It was part of their decision touphold an appeal by Stacy Marcinand Mark Hampson, owners ofThe Cornwall Inn, of a decisionby Zoning Enforcement Ofcer(ZEO) Karen Nelson.

ZBA also approved, by a splitvote, recommending that rentalsof fewer than 30 days be regulatedby special permit.

At issue were short-term rent-als listed online, at sites such asAirbnb. Although Nelson inves-tigated a list led with the initialcomplaint of 14 rental properties,she found little of concern.

Upon being advised of thesituation, bed-and-breakfast(B&B) operator Amelia deNeergaard voluntarily stoppedtaking guests. She submitted aspecial permit application onDec. 8. A public hearing will beheld Jan. 12.

Nelson concluded that sinceCornwall’s zoning regulationsare silent on rentals, there wasnothing for her to enforce.

This matter does not apply toB&B establishments — which areregulated, primarily because foodis served — but to rooms, guesthouses and primary homes thatare rented to visitors.

Transient rentals are a partof Cornwall’s economy, andare credited with helping someproperty owners remain in theirhomes.

ZBA based its decision on theadvice of Town Attorney Perley

Grimes, who said Cornwall’s zon-ing regulations are permissive,meaning anything not regulatedis not allowed.

The P&Z meeting attract-ed a moderately sized crowd,although there was no publiccomment on the agenda for thematter. In fact, the commissionwas asked at three different pointsin the meeting, by a resident andthe rst selectman, to refrainfrom attempts to inappropri-

ately open a public discussion,or reopen discussion at the endof the meeting, after most of thepublic had left.

Nelson sought legal adviceabout a ZEO’s authority toinspect properties. It requires acourt order, she said, and can bedangerous. She often takes a statetrooper with her, and has beenthreatened.

Read into the record was thefact that about a dozen lettershad been received. Rather thanread them all that evening, Nel-son said they would be availableto the public at Town Hall, andshe would take the time to scanthem all and post them at www.cornwallct.org.

The letters represent about150 people.

One was submitted by Sebas-tian Beckwith, who owns andrents out the old Cornwall Bridgetrain station. It was signed by 120people and opposes changes tothe regulations. The letter callsMarcin’s and Hampson’s actionsa campaign to remove theircompetition.

“Now, for the rst time inthe history of Cornwall, the innowners want to make it illegalto rent a house for less than30 days. For the rest of us, thatmeans no ski season rentals, noMemorial Day weekend rentals,no two-week vacation rentals inJuly,” Beckwith wrote.

“We feel the zoning process

has been manipulated to the innowners’ advantage, at the expenseof all homeowners in Cornwall.We are requesting that the zoningboard make a clear, ofcial rulingthat renting your own homeremains our right.”

Strong feelings aboutshort-term rental regs

Comments sought for accreditationCORNWALL — The Corn-

wall Conservation Trust Inc.(CCT) is seeking accreditationfrom the Land Trust Accredi-tation Commission (LTAC), anindependent program of theLand Trust Alliance.

The process has been an op

standards and how to comment,go to www.landtrustaccredita-tion.org.

Comments may be sent [email protected] 36 Phila Street, Suite 2, Sara-sota Springs, New York 12866, orfaxed to 518 587 3183

Dance is Jan. 2CORNWALL — Start the

new year on a happy foot at theCornwall Community DanceSaturday, Jan. 2, at 7 p.m. at TownHall. For more information goto www.motherhouse.us or callJane at 860-672-6101.

Caucus Jan. 10 CORNWALL — The Repub-

lican Town Committee will holdits annual caucus for electingmembers to the committee onSunday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. at theCornwall Library. All registeredRepublicans are encouraged toattend and to vote.

Send obituaries [email protected]

Resolution of sorts onsurvey given to 7th grade

CORNWALL — Contro-versy over a survey given toCornwall Consolidated Schoolseventh-graders in Novemberbrought a relatively large crowd tothe Dec. 16 meeting of the Boardof Education.

The Developmental AssetSurvey is given nationwide, andis administered in Region One bythe Northwest Corner PreventionNetwork through the HousatonicYouth Service Bureau.

Some parents had been upsetthat they weren’t notied thatthe survey would be given to thestudents; the survey tries to get asense of what area young peopleare struggling with and there arequestions about sexual activityand drug and alcohol use, alongwith questions about family dy-namics and how integrated theteens feel in their community.

Principal Michael Croft apol-

survey and its contents.“It’s not asking if they are

doing these things, but making itsound like its a common practice,”Matusdaira said, concerned thatthe survey is suggestive.

Board Chairman Tom Levine

said that the majority of boardmembers were not concernedabout the survey, which wasadministered in 2009 and 2011,and that no board discussionwas needed.

Matusdaira disagreed, sayingit is a school issue and that manyparents contacted her about it.

Her motion to reject the cur-rent survey going forward wasnot seconded.

A subsequent motion by DavidCadwell to move forward with thecurrent survey was approved withMatsudaira the only dissentingvote.

Nonetheless Croft and some


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North Canaan


Jayme Fleming has opened JayLynn Salon in the Maine Ca-boose on Main Street.

Caboose now home

By Karen Bartomioli

NORTH CANAAN —Reno-vations at a local business haverevealed an old store sign thatbrought back warm memoriesfor many.

The former tile store onChurch Street (Route 44) acrossfrom the post ofce is getting amakeover. While renovationswere being done, a discovery was

made under the facade boards.Workmen found the stylish redletters of Marshall’s Furnitureand Toyland, which closed 37 years ago.

Surely its founder, AlbertMarshall, would have appreci-ated the blast from the past thathad residents stopping in theirtracks. He died in January 2014,at the age of 94.

The sign was carefully re-moved by current buildingowner John Considine and hiscrew, and given to Marshall’sdaughter, Lynnea McLane. Sheplans to restore it and hang it

across the back wall of her garage.It’s sort of a family tradition.

Her brother, John, has their dad’ssigns from his days of selling toysat county fairs, on his garagewalls. Marshall’s garage at hisProspect Street home was oncelled with his collection of an-tique toys. He always wanted toopen a toy museum in memoryof his beloved wife, Eileen, whodied in 1993.

“I am so grateful to JohnConsidine,” McLane said. “Thereare so many memories the signbrought back. It is wonderful tohave it.”

She described a childhoodspent with her father and sib-lings, including Glenna Gosselinat the store. It was a kid’s dream.

“Dad worked all the time, butwe didn’t see i t that way. We werealways with him, whether it washelping to assemble a 10-speedbike, going out on deliveries orto the fairs. It was a great way togrow up.”

The story of Marshall’s begins

Remembering Marshall’s

and the man who was Santain 1922, when Sylvester “Ves” andRuea Marshall opened an an-tique store there. In 1946, whenAlbert returned from serving inthe Army during World War II,he convinced his dad to let himsell toys in a corner of the shop.

Among his first supplierswas the Kaufman Brothers toystore in Pittseld, Mass. DonaldKaufman shared Marshall’s af-nity for collecting antique toys.

That store name was eventuallychanged to Kay-Bee and is nowthe KB Toys chain.

When Marshall took over thebusiness from his father, he andEileen began selling new furni-ture. They rented bicycles. And,of course, the toy departmentexpanded.

During fair season, the kidshappily went with dad to Dan-bury, Great Barrington, Cha-tham and Rhinebeck. While hesold toys at a vendor booth, thekids got to run around and eatall the fair food that mom hadwarned against.

During the last decade, Mar-shall replicated that to a degreewith Marshall’s MotorsportsMiniatures, selling die castmodels from a bright-red trailerhe and his sister-in-law, EileenSullivan, hauled to all sorts ofevents.

The store was a reection of aman who loved children and wasas kind and gentle as they come.

His marketing strategies,especially at Christmas, werebrilliant, but driven simplyby a desire to make sure localchildren got the gifts they reallywanted. It all made it easier forthe parents, too.

“We would go out with dad onThanksgiving day and deliver toycatalogs to all the homes so thekids could think about what theywanted,” McLane said. “Abouttwo weeks before Christmas, the

kids would be invited to comeand look through the store. Thenthey would go downstairs, wheredad was dressed as Santa, andthey would tell him what theywanted. Of course, he would telltheir parents. And he wrappedall the gifts. I still have some ofthe store paper he used.”

Playing Santa was Marshall’sfavorite thing, and a family tra-dition on Christmas Eve.

“He would always say he wasgoing out on a last-minute de-

livery, and sure enough, as soonas dad left, Santa would arrive.”As the siblings got a little

older, it began to add up.


Holiday warmth for childrenWarm coats for children, some four dozen of them, were donated for the third year by thelocal chapter of the Knights of Columbus to the North Canaan social services holiday givingprogram. Social Worker BJ Christinat, left, and Cindy Newell, a program volunteer, acceptedthe donation Dec. 16 from Gary Routhier, left, Marty McKay and Frank Perotti, far right.

N ORTH C ANAAN

C ALENDAR Monday, Jan. 4 — Region

One Board of Education atHousatonic Valley RegionalHigh School, Room 133, 6p.m.; Board of Selectmen atTown Hall, 7 p.m.

Club is honored for aid to depot NORTH CANAAN — The Cranford Club was awarded the

Art Bowl from the Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs for itsefforts toward the restoration of Canaan Union Station.

The group of local women in the longstanding club joined theeffort about a year ago and have worked at fundraising eventsalongside members of the Connecticut Railroad Historical As-sociation (CRHA), the nonprot that owns the historic depot.

The club also made a recent $1,000 donation to CRHA.— Karen Bartomioli


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Falls Village

Brain TeasersCLUES ACROSS 1. Elephant’s name 6. Support 10. Mures River city 14. Bastard wing 15. One was named Desire 17. PGA Tournament prize 19. A way to leave unchanged 20. Unchangeable computer

memory 21. Harangues 22. 6th Hebrew letter 23. Well informed

24. Turfs 26. In a way, obeyed 29. Lawyers group 31. Increases motor speed 32. Political action committee 34. Light pokes 35. Struck down 37. Central Philippine Island 38. Japanese sash 39. Afresh 40. Bluish green 41. Inspire with love 43. Without (French) 45. Counterbalance container

to obtain net weight 46. Express pleasure 47. Cheap wine (Br.) 49. Signing 50. ___ compilation,

compiling computer

25. Former CIA 27. Fencing swords 28. Aba ____ Honeymoon 29. Bustle 30. Minor 31. Propel a boat 33. Passage with access only at

one end 35. Underwater airways

51. Norse variant of “often” 52. Adolescent 53. Visual metaphor (Computers) 54. River in Spanish 55. Cowboy Carson 56. Powerful gun lobby

D b 17 S l ti

F ALLS V ILLAGE C ALENDAR

Thursday, Dec. 24 — Town Hall hours 9 a.m. tonoon

Thursday, Dec. 31 — Town Hall hours 9 a.m. tonoon

Monday, Jan. 4 — RegionOne Board of Education atHousatonic Valley RegionalHigh School, Room 133, 6p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 5 — Board ofEducation at Lee H. KelloggSchool, 6 p.m.

FALLS VILLAGE — TheNight Choir group at HousatonicValley Regional High Schoolperformed, among other things,a highly entertaining a cappellaarrangement of Henry Mancini’stheme from “Peter Gunn” duringthe winter concert at the highschool Friday, Dec. 18.

The rst three groups on the

program were all singing groups:the all-male Heartbreakers (whostarted with “The Lion Sleeps To-night” while dressed in Hawaiianshirts), the coed Night Choir andthe all-female Sweethearts.

The Jazz Band led off withthe complicated “Sheherejazz.”

Afterward, band director TomKrupa said the students had

practiced the piece on their owninitiative during the Thanksgiv-ing break, spurred on by AshleyCoon and Trisha Worthington.

Coon then sang Billy Stray-horn’s “Take the A Train” in frontof the full band, which dug intothe venerable tune and reallymade it swing.

— Patrick L. Sullivan

PHOTOS BY TOM BROWN

Above, student musicians in the Concert Band during the winter concert at Housatonic ValleyRegional High School on Friday, Dec. 18. Below, the Sweethearts performed.

A jazzy, sophisticated year-end concert

By Patrick L. Sullivan

FALLS VILLAGE — TheBoard of Selectmen agreed attheir meeting on Monday, Dec.14, to have the town’s buildingofcials and zoning enforcementofcer investigate conditions at52 Dublin Road, in response toa request from the owner of theproperty, Lara Mittaud.

Mittaud wrote that she ownsthe 2-acre property, and JeffPalmer holds a 99-year renew-able lease.

She stated that Palmer “hasamassed a junkyard on the prem-ises which is a blight to everybodywho lives on this road.”

Mittaud also complained of a“poorly constructed shack” thathas a tenant, as well as an “old,moldy camper.”

She wrote that Palmer hasdisregarded citations, and that

she had suggested demolishingthe shack.

The board made several ap-pointments:

-sion: Mark Burdick, Felicia Jonesand Brant Burz (ve-year terms)

Jacobs and Dusty Blass (three- year terms)

Margaret Caiati and Nick Boyn-ton (three-year terms)

There is an open seat onboth the Recreation and Firecommissions.

During the Board of Financemeeting preceding the select-men, the board voted to approvea supplemental appropriation of$332 to the Board of Education tocover a shortfall identied by thestate Department of Educationin examining minimum budgetrequirements.

Action to be taken on

Dublin Road ‘blight’

Bridge workcontinued dueto mild temps

FALLS VILLAGE — FirstSelectman Pat Mechare reportedto the Board of Selectmen onMonday, Dec. 14, that becauseof unseasonably mild weather,the Water Street bridge projecthas continued to the point ofpouring the concrete deck.

She said the crew wouldprobably wrap things up for thewinter in a few days, and that theadditional work this month willmean less to do in the spring. Thebridge is scheduled to open fortrafc in mid-May 2016.

— Patrick L. Sullivan

FALLS VILLAGE — TheHousatonic Valley Regional HighSchool Academic Bowl team re-cently competed in the QuestionsUnlimited 3 2 1 event

for the second and one for thethird. The competition featuredquestions about math, science,history, literature, art, music andgeography

the National Academic Cham-pionship held in Washington,D.C., in June 2016.

Team members include Jona-thanMillerand SaraVanDeusen

Academic Bowl team is rst in state and N.E.

DTC to choose members Jan. 6 FALLS VILLAGE — The Democratic Town Committee will hold

a caucus on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall for thepurpose of endorsing members of the Town Committee.

Email reporter Patrick Sullivanat [email protected]


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Christ Church Episcopal in Sharon9 South Main, Sharon CT 06069

860-364-5260email: [email protected]

www.christchurchsharon.orgReverend Jon Widing

Sunday Holy Eucharist 8 & 10 AM All welcome to join us

North CanaanCongregational Church, UCC

Rev. Savage Frieze172 Lower Rd/Route 44, East Canaan, CT

860-824-7232, Church O ce A congregation that puts faith into service,

in the community and in the world.

Worship Services Sundays at 10 amFishes & Loaves Every Wed. 9-11 am

at the Pilgrim House, 30 Granite Ave., Canaan All are welcome. Please join us!

www.northcanaancongregationalchurch.org

The Congregational ChurchOf Salisbury, U.C.C

30 Main StreetServing the Lord with Gladness

We bid you warm welcome to comeworship with us Sundays at 10 am.

All are welcome!Child care, moving music,

and Christian fellowship in ahistoric 19th C. Meeting House.The Rev. Diane Monti-Catania

(860) 435-2442www.salisburycongregational.org

Worship ServicesWeek of December 27 , 2015

Trinity Episcopal Church484 Lime Rock Rd., Lime RockSun. 8 & 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Nursery Care/Sunday School 10:20 a.m .(860) 435-2627

Greenwoods Community Church355 Clayton Road, Ashley Falls, MA

413-229-8560Sunday Service 10:30 AM

Kidz Konnection K-6th grade(during Sun. Service)

Nursery Care All ServicesRev. Richard Woodward

Church of St. Mary 76 Sharon Rd., Lakeville, CT

860-435-2659Weekend Liturgies

Sat. Vigil at 4:00 PMSun. at 8:00 & 10:15 AM

Weekday Liturgies Thurs. & Fri. at 9:00 AMWed. at 10:00 AM at Noble Horizons

St. John's Episcopal Church12 Main Street, Salisbury, CT

“Praising God, Serving Neighbor”

Sunday Services8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I) Said10:00 a.m. Choral Eucharist, Rite 11Co ee Hour and Fellowship follows

Breakfast Club1st Sunday of the month Oct.-May

Litany for Healing 2nd Sundays of the monthwww.stjohnssalisbury.org

860-435-9290Please join us!

St. Thomas Episcopal ChurchRev. Elizabeth Fisher, Vicar

Leedsville Road atHitchcock Corner & Amenia Union

Every Sunday Silent Prayer:10-10:15 am

Worship: Sunday 10:30 amSilent Meditiation Every Sunday

10-10:15 a.m.Tel: 1-845-373-9161

OBITUARIES

NORTH CANAAN — Mar-garet Marie (Broderick) Schaefer,died peacefully inthe early morning ofDec. 19, 2015, at herhome of 60 years,after a long illness.

Margaret, nick-named Sue by herfather, was bornon May 19, 1934,to parents Dolores

(Devine) and JamesA. Broderick. Grow-ing up a city girl in Newark,N.J., Sue graduated from SaintMichael’s School of Nursing in1954 and married George W.Schaefer the following year. Theyhad met by chance at the JerseyShore when they were introducedby friends. George was on a week-end leave away from the Marinesand Sue on a weekend off fromnursing school.

The self-proclaimed “luckiestwoman in the world,” Sue had along career as a well-respectednurse. After time off to raise herseven children, she went to workat Geer. She worked there untilretiring in 1997 after 23 years asa geriatric nurse.

Sue was very involved in thecommunity, volunteering formany organizations includingGeer, Fishes and Loaves, the Re-publican Town Committee andStory Time at the library.

A fabulous cook, Sue wasalso passionate about gardening,sewing and spending time withher family. In 1957 she beganthe tradition of Tuesday nightfamily dinners, which will carryon although they will not be thesame without her.

As Sue declined, her husbandtook great care of her with thehelp of family as well as tender

and dedicated caregivers, espe-cially DeeDe Gordon Taylor, the

Salisbury VNA, Elea-nor Scavotto and AnnTamakloe of WinstedNursing Services.

Her extraordinaryability as a caregiverthroughout her lifeserved as a model forher children as theycared for her in the

last 10 years of herlife. Her passing leavesa void that will take our greatestefforts to overcome.

Sue is survived by her lovinghusband, George; her children,Mary Ann Fox and her husband,Jeffrey, of West Cornwall, JosephSchaefer and his wife, Lisa, ofSalisbury, Ellen Kloke and herhusband, Lyle, of North Canaan,Thomas and his wife, Ingrid, ofNorth Canaan, Dolores Perottiand her husband, Francis, of EastCanaan, Jean and her husband,Peter Harris, of Niantic, Conn.,and Christine of Lenox Dale,Mass.; and her grandchildren,Meghan Schaefer, Joseph Schae-fer Jr., Marcus Morey, LauraFox, Charles Fox, Oliver Fox,Mary Perotti, William Perotti,Theodore Perotti and ElizabethHarris.

In addition to her parents, Suewas predeceased by her brotherJames Broderick.

Arrangements are under thecare of Newkirk-Palmer Funer-al Home. A Mass of ChristianBurial was held Dec.22 at St.Joseph’s Catholic Church inNorth Canaan.

Memorial donations may bemade to Saint Joseph’s CatholicChurch in North Canaan and toFishes and Loaves food pantry inNorth Canaan.

Margaret Marie

(Broderick) Schaefer

MILLERTON — Brian “BoKnows” D. Wilkerson, 52, diedDec. 6, 2015, atNorthside Hospitalin Gulfport, Fla.

B o r n A p r i l16,1963, Bo wasborn in Marylandbut spent most ofhis life in Miller-ton. A lifelong chefworking in variouskitchens, Bo alsohad a great love forshing.

He would expand that lovefor the ocean after his dream ofmoving by the beach in Florida

Washington Redskins.Predeceased by his sisterCharlene, he is sur-vived by his mother,Fay, and stepfather,Mike Egbert, ofSummerton, S.C.;his father, David;his siblings, Diane,Nanette, John, Wil-liam, Michael,Kathy,Mickey and Lee;and many niecesand nephews. Heis also survived by

his four children, Butt-head,-Bone-head,Block-head andPeanut-headAKAShannon An-

Brian ‘Bo’ D. Wilkerson

HEALTH


There is apparently a medicalmystery that involves dogs and jerky treats from China.

The Food and Drug Adminis-tration has put out a call to dogowners and veterinarians whoknow of an animal that got sickafter eating the snacks.

“Within hours of eating treatssold as jerky tenders or stripsmade of chicken, duck, sweet

potatoes and/or dried fruit, somepets have exhibited decreasedappetite, decreased activity, vom-iting, diarrhea (sometimes withblood or mucus), increased waterconsumption and/or increasedurination,” the FDA website said.

“Severe cases have involvedkidney failure, gastrointestinalbleeding and a rare kidney dis-order. About 60 percent of casesinvolved gastrointestinal illness,and about 30 percent involvedkidney and urinary systems.

“The remaining cases re-ported various symptoms, suchas collapse, convulsions or skinissues.”

So this is kind of a big deal.Usually food illness issues gettraced and resolved prettyquickly. This one is proving tobe trickier to get a handle on.

About 3,600 cases involvingdogs have been reported andthere have even been 10 casesinvolving cats in the past eight years. Almost 600 animals havedied.

“To date, FDA’s Center forVeterinary Medicine (CVM) hasconducted more than 1,200 tests,visited jerky pet treat manufac-turers in China and collaboratedwith colleagues in academia,industry, state labs and foreigngovernments. Yet the exact causeof the illnesses remains elusive,”the website reports.

To help solve the mystery, theFDA is reaching out to the public

and to vets to ask for their data.It’s a funny request becauseon the one hand, the strongsuggestion is that you not buythese jerky products and givethem to your pet.

The consumer fact sheet fromthe FDA goes so far as to sharethis helpful reminder: “Pet treats

FDA warns of danger of jerky treats for pets

PHOTO BY MARSDEN EPWORTH

are not a necessary part of a fullybalanced diet, so eliminatingthem will not harm pets. All thenutrients your pet needs can befound in commercially producedpet food.”

If, however, you go ahead andgive jerky treats to your dog (orcat), and if your pet gets sick,then the FDA asks that you “holdon to any unused portion of theproduct in its original containerfor at least 60 days, in case FDAcalls to request samples for test-ing. Owners should place thecontainer inside a sealable plasticbag, if possible.”

If you take your pet to thevet, or if you are a vet and yousee these symptoms in an animalunder your care, the FDA mightask for blood, urine and tissuesamples from the animal.

“FDA will request writtenpermission from pet owners andwill cover the costs, including

shipping, of any tests it requests.”The director of the Center forVeterinary Medicine, BernadetteDunham, said, “This is one of themost elusive and mysterious out-breaks we’ve encountered. Ourbeloved four-legged companionsdeserve our best effort, and weare giving it.”

New chief nursing ofcer

at Sharon Hospital SHARON — Sharon Hos-pital has a new chief nursing

lease, Puff has led “successfuland numerous patient expe-


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Sports

By Brian Ciardi

The Northwest Corner isfamous for its elite prep schools,hiking, lakes and the stunningscenery that entices artists,writers and celebrities from NewYork City and beyond to take upresidence here.

What isn’t well known is Salis-bury’s dirty little secret: its winteraddiction to hockey. Thanks tothe abundance of prep schoolrinks there is plenty of ice timeavailable. Now, I’m not talkingabout minor hockey for kids;I’m talking about adult hockey.There are unofcially more adulthockey players per capita in theNorthwest Corner than any areasouth of the Canadian border.

The genesis of the popularity

started about 27 years as the brainchild of Chris Lancto. WhenChris moved to Lakeville fulltime in his late 20s he needed anathletic outlet during the wintermonths; hockey was a natural t.

Chris had never played or-ganized hockey as a child, buthe was eager to create a hockeynight on a real rink. Sunday nighthockey at the Salisbury Schoolwas born.

Chris put the word out andthe next thing you know, a ragtaggroup of pond skaters and morepolished rink players were reli-giously showing up every Sundayevening.

Around this time I was aweekend house guest at Chris’s;he told me to bring my hockeygear. What I saw was quite differ-ent from the organized leaguesI was used to in New Jersey andNew York City. Did I say ragtag?First, there was Skip Kosciuskovolunteering to play goalie —and wearing a shirt and tie underhis equipment. Skip was comingfrom church and saw no needto change.

Then there was the the equip-ment of some of the other play-ers: lacrosse gloves, kayak andbike helmets, hard hats, even areman’s hat. It looked more likethe barroom scene from “StarsWars” than a hockey team.

The main thing, though,was the enthusiasm was highand there were some seasonedplayers in the mix. Bottom line:It was fun.

From that innocent startthings began to grow. Eventually,

The Lakeville team is sponsoredby the Woodland Restaurant. Inaddition there are teams fromNorth Canaan, Shefeld, Salis-bury School — and the dreadedKent squad that hasn’t quitegured out that adult hockey isfun and not a reenactment of themovie, “Slapshot .”

Salisbury School is the pe-rennial champ and also a goodreminder of that rst season ofSunday Night Hockey. The teamis a mix of elite former collegeplayers and some staff and facultymembers who are new to thegame. In keeping with tradition,there is at least one skater sport-ing a lacrosse helmet and anotherwearing overalls. I believe that inpro sports it would be called “thethrowback look.”

The league’s success spawnedless competitive but equally funThursday night open hockey atSalisbury School, where all skilllevels are invited.

Over at Hotchkiss, DonDrislane has been organizingMonday night pick-up hockeyfor the the past 15 years. The mixis kids in their 20s to kids in their60s and 70s. That’s right, hockeysurprisingly is a lifetime sport.Just ask retired Rev. Carl Franson,whose normally kind demeanorchanges when he takes the ice.

The Monday night skate hasalso been a great outlet for somene local young men who havehad a rough road in their shortlives. Credit goes to Don for cre-ating a healthy, fun environment.

For those unfamiliar withhockey, half the experience isthe camaraderie that happensoff the ice. The hockey lockerroom is the last bastion of po-litical incorrectness. Let’s justsay the exchanges are hilarious,more than occasionally X-ratedand never appropriate for publicconsumption.

Organizing hockey is not aneasy task. Chris Lancto has beendoing it since the late 1980s and,as one might expect, it is prettymuch a thankless endeavor. Butfor Chris, it’s a labor of love.The hockey community hit thelottery when he moved to town.

If any men and women (yes,there are women already playing)would like to join the fun, the 8p.m. Monday skate at Hotchkissand the 9 p.m. Thursday skateat Salisbury School are both

Surprisingly, a lifetime sport

Hockey isn’t justfor the kids


FALLS VILLAGE — CoachFrank Hadsell reported thatthe Housatonic Valley RegionalHigh School Mountaineers girlsbasketball team was victoriousin a match Tuesday, Dec. 15,away at Shepaug.

The nal score was 48-40.“The Lady Mountaineers

were led by junior point guardChloe Dakers with 16 points andseven rebounds, ve assists andfour steals,” Hadsell said. “Seniorcenter Hannah McGuire had 12points, 10 rebounds and threesteals, senior forward ChelseaKearns scored 6 points andseven rebounds, senior forwardLauryn Wilks had 6 points andfour rebounds, junior AmandaJacquier scored four points andtwo steals.

“Sophomore Emily Geyse-laers had four points and twosteals to nish the scoring.

“Juniors Kailyn Riley andMara Dorsey and sophomoresAllison Holmes and OliviaForstmann all saw playing timebut did not score.

“Shepaug’s All-State centerCaroline Kelly scored half ofShepaug’s points with 22,” Had-sell added.

Two home games followed,on Friday, Dec. 18, against Ter-

ryville and Saturday, Dec. 19,against Immaculate of Danbury.The rst game was a victory,

with a nal tally of 48-32 for the

Mountaineers, bringing them to2-0 on the season.

Hadsell reported that,“Housatonic was led by seniorcaptain Chelsea Kearns with16 points and seven rebounds.Junior captain Chloe Dakershad 15 points and three steals;Amanda Jacquier scored 9points; senior captain HannahMcGuire had 6 points; andsophomore Emily Geyselaersscored 2 points with 9 rebounds.

“Kailyn Riley, Caroline Hurl-burt, Allison Holmes, MaraDorsey, and Olivia Forstmannall saw playing action but didnot score.”

Hadsell described the nextgame, against Immaculate, as “areal nail biter” that ended witha 47-44 victory for Danbury.

“This game had many twistsand turns but in the end Im-

maculate’s full-court pressurewas the deciding factor,” he said.“Housatonic was led by Han-

nah McGuire with 15 points,seven rebounds and threesteals; Amanda Jacquier scored12 points and seven rebounds;Chelsea Kearns had 8 points, 13rebounds and four assists; ChloeDakers had 5 points and eightassists; Mara Dorsey and OliviaForstmann scored 2 points eachto nish the scoring. Kailyn Rileyand Emily Geyselaers played but

did not score.”All in all, an impressive startof the season for the team.

PHOTOS BY TOM BROWN

Housatonic’s Amanda Jacquier stayed tough despite aggressive coverage by Immaculate of Danbury on Dec. 19.

Adding even more joy to the Housatonic victory over Shep-aug on Dec. 15, player Kailyn Reilly was surprised by theappearance of her brother, Ryan Maher, who is in the Navy.Ryan has been deployed on the USS Carl Vinson in the MiddleEast for the last 10 months and has not been back here in theNorthwest Corner for more than two years

Strong start for Mountaineers, now at 2-1


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EDITORIAL PAGE A12 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 AND DECEMBER 31, 2015

Opinion

E DITORIAL

PHOTOS BY KAREN BARTOMIOLI

Hughes Memorial Library & Cornwall Library

L ETTERS TO THE E DITOR

Keeping ourpriorities in order

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enoughtime on what is important.”

— Stephen R. Covey

As the year comes to an end, with much celebrationand fanfare, it is good to stop, step back, take a breathand remember what it is that is most important toeach of us in life. Depending on the stage of life, and the stateof life, true priorities can change dramatically. at’s whyit’s a good idea to reassess them periodically, with a nod torealism, and also to idealism.

What is it that we value most in life? What is it that mostdeserves our attention at any given time? It takes some deepthought to gure it out and some courage to implement anychanges necessary once we have made some decisions. Isit more important to make changes that will affect you, orthose you love? at does depend on where you are in lifeand can change quickly. So, the analysis demands exibilityas well as focus.

One way to dene where our values and our priorities lieis to evaluate not just what we need and want to do, but alsowhat the organizations we support need and wish to do. isis the time of year when many of us choose how to spendmoney on nonprot giving, looking at those organizationsthat most affect our lives and those of the wider communitywith each of their programs and initiatives.

So think of and give to the services that are of mostimportance when you need them, such as the re andambulance companies in your town. For the young parents

and children in your community, remember the child carecenters, a er-school programs, and for all age groups, thelibraries, which have so many programs that educate allthose who partake in what they have to offer. e historicalsocieties keep us grounded in remembering the roots of ourcommunities and need our support. Social services and foodpantries benet so many who have too little and struggle atthe holidays and beyond, so remember them as well. Whilefew of us can give to a ll of the worthy organizations, we needto dene our own values and priorities and choose accordingto them when making the decision as to where to give.

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One man who has had his priorities in order for all his

94 years of life is Salisbury’s George Kiefer. Kiefer has juststepped down from the Housatonic River Commission, ofwhich he was a founding member and where he representedSalisbury since 1979 (see story by Karen Bartomioli on thecommission in the Dec. 17 Lakeville Journal). His service,not only at the commission but in so many other venues overtime, has greatly beneted his community and can be heldup as an example to which we can all aspire of setting priori-ties, embracing values, and then living by them.

It seems as if he’s had a lot of fun doing it all, too, whichmakes all the difference. anks to him for loving his com-munity and nding ways to serve it. He is loved right back byall those who have been the beneciaries of his service over

so many years.

The last Republican debate

As everyone knows, election year is here. As I listen to the de-bates, I have to laugh. It reminds me of children at recess, tryingto pick teammates for kickball and everyone wants to be captain.You don’t see this kind of malarkey with the Democrats. There

The couple who murdered14 people in San Bernardino,Calif., were Muslim: TashfeenMalik was an immigrant fromPakistan; her husband, SyedRizwan Farook, was an American

citizen. Because of what theydid, and Muslim brothers whobombed the Boston Marathon,and a mentally unstable MuslimArmy psychiatrist who wentberserk with murderous con-sequences at Fort Hood, Texas,the American public, egged onby Donald Trump, is paranoidabout all things Islamic.

Will we now witness the socialchaos of an American xenopho-bic conagration? It’s happenedbefore, public craziness caused

by irrational fear of foreigners.In 1919, following bombingsby foreign-born terrorists, oneof whom blew the porch offthe home in Washington, D.C.,of Attorney General J. MitchellPalmer, Congress passed lawsrestricting immigration fromsome countries and by certainethnic groups. Congress alsoauthorized the deportation ofrecent immigrants and Americancitizens of foreign origin whomthe government suspected hadradical connections.

To bookend that time ofcraziness in America, in 1925Massachusetts electrocutedSacco and Vanzetti on a boguscharge of murder. The state’s realintent had been to send a messagethat foreign-born radicals werenot welcome and would not betolerated. History has shown thatthe state’s message backred. Anexplosion of domestic, politicallysanctioned xenophobia againstMuslims is exactly what ISISleadership prays will happen. Byturning us against one another,the Islamic State closes in on its

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The immigrant’s taleist-caused deaths of scores ofinnocent people since 9/11,the vetting process by NIS forimmigrants seeking admissionto the United States and the sur-veillance of suspected terrorists

by police and the FBI is workingremarkably well.We will be attacked success-

fully again, but that probablywill not be preventable despiteanything we do now in responseto San Bernardino. Certainly, itmakes no sense to initiate an-other era of paranoia markedout by deportations, show trials,congressional investigations,border fences and immigrationrestrictions. Instead, isn’t this atime to hunker down and to lookfor common sense ways to limitthe scope of future mayhem?

Before for the next attack can’twe at least limit the availability ofthe kinds of weapons the Farooksused in San Bernardino? Can wenot — at least — do that much?

Wm. Earl BrecherWest Cornwall

Dear SantaI was wondering if you could

sprinkle some snowflakes allaround the United States instill-ing the words Merry Christmasin the hearts of those who believe.Happy Holidays or SeasonsGreetings can be used by thosewho prefer to do so. Why doeseveryone have to change hisor her beliefs? When my Mumcame to America she said “FatherChristmas,” and I said “Santa.”

On a more serious topic: Santaplease be careful ying around in your sled with Rudolph, Dancer,Prancer, Donder, Comet, Vixen,Cupid and Blitzen. There aredangerous individuals usingd l d d

From the Lakeville HoseCompany to our community

Dear neighbors, we, the men and women of The Lakeville HoseCo. who train and volunteer to protect lives and property in ourcommunity, are asking you in this season of giving for your support.

So often when bad things happen, we hear “it could have beenworse.”

We are trained for readiness around the clock, every day.We are ready in a peaceful town within an increasingly complicat-

ed world where accidents, res, search and rescue, storm response,hazardous materials spills and terrorism are all possible. It’s a lot ofreadiness to be trained and equipped for, and it comes at an expense.Trucks and gear that need replacing because of use and regulationshave soared in cost.

We were ready on the morning of Sept. 30 when re broke outon the third oor of the Watson dormitory at Hotchkiss School.First arriving reghters found a smoke lled building and amesshooting through a window sparked by an electrical malfunction.

A student asleep in another room escaped. Others had alreadyleft for classes.

The re, which caused a loss of student property but no injury, wasfought within six minutes and quickly doused by skilled responderscapable of ghting res and conducting rescues from within burningbuildings. Foam used to blanket the re avoided signicant water

damage. The building remains sound.Six mutual aid departments were also summoned, assuring properequipment and personnel in reserve.

It could have been worse. It could have happened at 2 a.m. whilestudents were sleeping. If it had, the response would have been thesame. It was one of about 230 calls that also included dozens ofalarms. The rehouse is in use every day.

In a heartfelt thank you, Hotchkiss Head of School G. PeterO’Neill Jr. praised a community in which “people act in service toeach other on a daily basis.”

The department receives supplemental funding from the town,but we depend on you for the bulk of our operational budget.We pledge to answer the call, and serve with skill and pr ide, any timebad things happen to assure the best possible outcome. Thank you

in advance for your support,Not all Salisbury residents received our postal patron mailing, ourapologies for that, but it’s something over which we had no control.

Chief Jason WilsonPresident Cory WigginsTreasurer Chip Carleton

Appeals Chairman Brigitte Ruthmanand the men and women of The Lakeville Hose Company

P.O. Box 1969Lakeville

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I F Y OU A SK M ED ICK A HLES

Cartoon by Bill Lee of Sharon and New York City

F IELD N OTES F ROM AB ATTLEGROUNDC HARLES R. C HURCH

T HE B ODY

S CIENTIFICR ICHARD H. K ESSIN

Most of those seeminglyunfair “gotcha” ques-tions this presidentialseason appear to be aimed atRepublican candidates, butthat’s because, like Lincoln’scommon people, the Lord madeso many of them. Meanwhile,the obscenely few Democraticcandidates are ducking debatesand even press conferences thatare gotcha producers. With allthat in mind, a little history andperspective are in order.

A gotcha question can be de-ned as one that seems to trap acandidate into giving an answerthat is damaging to his character,his cause or both. Sometimes it’sa hard question, other times, asnarky one. e distinction canbe difficult to fathom, as thegotcha part is o en in the eye ofthe beholder.

It’s pretty clear, however,that gotcha questions have been

bipartisan. In fact, you can tracethe rst truly gotcha questions— there’s a tie — to the 1988campaign and both targets wereDemocrats. One destroyed GaryHart, then the front runner, andthe second helped defeat MichaelDukakis, the nominee.

e Hart gotcha has been

Part 2

Edward Jenner, a physicianin Gloucestershire in thewest of England, noted

that milkmaids and blacksmithsgot cowpox sores from cows andhorses and these quickly healed.Even before Jenner took an in-terest, the milkmaids knew thatthey could care for people ill withsmallpox and not get the diseasethemselves. Jenner records thisacquired immunity in a 1798publication and conrmed it byexperiment: he removed mate-rial from a milkmaid’s pustules,pricked the skin of a boy, who de- veloped a sore, and then becameimmune to smallpox, whichJenner also inoculated into hisarm. e ethics and other aspectsof the experiment deserve moredetailed explanation, but Jenner’sresults and their publicationled to the rst effective vaccinefor a disease. It was used untilsmallpox was eliminated in the1970s. What was missing in theyears a er Jenner’s discovery wasa science of microbiology and

what became the germ theoryof infection and disease.Beginning in 1857, Louis Pas-

teur showed that all fermentationwas due to microorganisms.Wine, for example, is the productof a fermentation carried outby yeast. e wine of his nativeregion, the Jura, was not verygood. Wondering why, Pasteurlooked at it under a microscopeand discovered yeast and bac-teria. Bacteria were ruining thewine. e vintners had to avoid

bacterial contamination, whichhe told them how to do. InFrance, if you can save the wineindustry of a region, you becomea hero. Using the principles ofmicrobiology, Pasteur improvedFrench and British beer andrescued the silk industry in thesouth of France. He also realized

Part 1 of 2

Four hours of open court

time hardly seem to war-rant all the arranging andtraveling that went into my recentweek at Guantanamo to observeand write about pretrial proceed-ings in the 9/11 case. Especiallygiven the characteristics of thewasteland in which we lived,and where Camp Justice resides:

Extreme heat; arid and almostfeatureless terrain, save for scat-tered scrub growth; high chain-

100 years ago — December

1915SALISBURY — ArthurYoung, who lost a young pig inthe storm of last week, had the

T URNING B ACK T HE P AGES

Infection and its control: the rst vaccinesthat bacteria in a wound wouldgrow at the expense of the patientand cause infection and disease.Reading these reports in about1864 led Joseph Lister to developantiseptic surgery.

Pasteur infuriated the med-ical profession, which did notbelieve that anything as small asbacteria could kill a human be-ing. Most physicians thought thatthe bacteria found in animals orpatients were the result of diseaseand not its cause. ey chastisedPasteur for being a chemist andnot a physician. Pasteur, who wasarticulate and combative, almosta warrior, barely concealed hiscontempt. ere were a few doc-tors who were exceptions — likeJoseph Lister.

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Pasteur came to vaccineslate in his career. His laboratorywas working on chicken chol-era, which could kill all of thechickens or rabbits on a farm.His student, Charles Chamber-land, had learned to grow thecholera bacteria in chicken brothand proved that these bacteria

would quickly kill chickens. Inthe spring of 1879, Chamberlandwent shing and le a ask ofcholera bacteria on his lab benchfor weeks. When he returned, heinoculated a batch of chickenswith this stale culture, but thechickens did not become sick.He was about to start over witha fresh culture of bacteria anda new batch of chickens whenPasteur told him to inoculatelethal cholera bacteria into thechickens that had survived the

stale culture. They survived,while the new batch of chickensall died. e cholera bacteria thathad been le on the bench hadbecome weakened, but couldstill cause immunity in chickens.

During the same period, thelab was working on anthrax,which killed many cattle and

sheep in Europe. Pasteur sentChamberland and Emile Roux,a physician who had joined thelab, to a farm near Chartres wherethey observed that anthrax waskilling cattle and sheep, but notchickens. Pasteur reasoned thatbirds have a higher temperature(about 105F) than mammals(98.6F) and perhaps that waswhat protected the birds. Itturned out to be true — anthraxbacteria could grow at 105F,but would not kill the animals.Here was a way to create anotherweakened bacteria for another vaccine, which Chamberl andand Roux created and published.

ere was derision about theeffectiveness of anthrax vacci-nation from veterinarians; a er adispute, a challenge was arrangedat a village outside Paris called

Pouilly-le-fort. Under a strictprotocol, 25 sheep were inocu-lated with the vaccine (there wasone booster shot for them) and 25le as unvaccinated controls. OnMay 31, 1881, all of the animalswere infected with lethal anthrax.Two days later, the animals thathad not been vaccinated weredead or dying.

Today there is a plaque on astone barn in Pouilly-le-fort, butthis very public trial, based on theideas that microbes cause disease

and that they can be weakened tomake vaccines, introduced a newera to medicine. Soon hundredsof thousands of cattle and sheepacross Europe were vaccinatedfor anthrax and losses dropped.

is short account leaves outa lot of detail, drama, doubt andeven a little skullduggery, but it

celebrates a milestone. Pasteurhad not yet attacked a humandisease, but the laboratory wasworking on rabies, a difficult anddangerous proposition.

Richard Kessin is professorof pathology and microbiologyemeritus at Columbia Univer-sity. He lives in Norfolk. isseries of columns on Infectionand its Control (and all previouscolumns) can be found at www.tricornernews.com/search/node/ Richard%20Kessin/.

Gotchas: some good, not so good

overshadowed in political lore bythe famous photograph that il-lustrated it. You surely rememberthe picture: ere was candidateHart, sitting on a dock, dressedin a T-shirt bearing the legend,

“monkey business,” with a lovelywoman, not his wife, aboardhis lap.

e photo didn’t turn up untila er a sloppy stakeout by eMiami Herald revealed Hartmay or may not have weekend-ed with the same woman. But

e Washington Post was alsoworking on a story dealing withanother Hart affair of the heart,and it was a Post reporter whoasked the gotcha:

“Have

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