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The weather has been so wonderful this summer; our pool has certainly gotten a lot of use. I wish it would stay like this all year round. My husband and I, his eightyfour year old Dad, and our two daughters just returned from a week in Virginia Beach, where it was extremely hot and humid. They are seeing temperatures they have not seen since the 1800s. One day we visited my husband’s cousin’s house for a cookout, his pool water was 94 degrees, it was like taking a bath. My pool has never seen that temperature, although a few days before we left for our trip it did get to 86 degrees, which is perfect for me. The trip was wonderful. We really needed to get away, needed the beach, sun and salty air. This was Renee Tassone, our tenth time visiting Virginia Beach and every year we stay with my brother-in-law and his family. They are General Manager always so kind for allowing the five of us to invade their home for a week. Even though our daughters are 20 and 21 years old, they still go with us, but it gets tougher every year for both of them to get time off from their jobs. Our youngest has worked at Big Y for the last four years - right now she works in the deli department, and our older daughter bartends at two local pubs while she is home for the summer. I believe my husband and I have become her best customers, and she makes a heck of a drink. I like to think she gets that from me. I hope all of you will have a chance to get away this summer, even if it is for a couple of days.

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Saratoga Race Course is open and is always a fun day trip. Saratoga is such a beautiful area with lots to do. We love to go there every year and bet on the horses. Although we never win, we always have a great time. We always bring a cooler stocked with beer and snacks (gluten free of course this year), do a little betting and a lot of people watching, which I love to do. Last year we saw Whoopi Goldberg. She was trying to leave but everyone kept asking for her autograph. She kindly fulfilled everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request before she left, which I thought was very nice considering it was about 95 degrees that day. I hope you enjoy our Furry Friends section and this publication. As always we encourage your feedback. Feel free to send us your press releases to yankee@hersamacornma.com or berkshire@hersamacornma.com. -Renee Tassone, General Manager

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Save the date, September 19, 2010 for Woofstock at the Berkshire Humane Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bark in the Park. Registration begins at 10 a.m. at Burbank Park on Onota Lake for the 1.5 mile dog walk to raise money for homeless animals. Some of the fun games and contests will be: water retrieval - bring your dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite retrieving toy; costume contest - see if your dog is the best dressed at Woofstock; musical sits and downs - always a big hit for handlers and dogs; and much more! Prizes await the individual and team walkers collecting the most. For more information, call 413-447-7878.

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Norman Rockwell Museum Celebrates The Art of William and Jeanne Steig with SuperSteig Day Stockbridge,MA,July 14,2010- Norman Rockwell Museum will celebrate the art of acclaimed “New Yorker” and children’s book illustrator William Steig and his wife/creative collaborator Jeanne Steig, during SuperSteig Day, a family event to be held at the Museum on Saturday,July 24,from 1 to 4 p.m.Start the afternoon with a special tour of the exhibition “William Steig: Love & Laughter,” which features an amusing collection of original drawings by William Steig, and unique assemblages by his wife Jeanne. At 1:30 p.m., join actress Ann Undeland for a dramatic reading inspired by the art and stories found in such William Steig children’s books as“Shrek!,”“Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,” and “Alpha Beta Chowder.” At 2 p.m., meet artist Jeanne Steig in person for a trash-to-treasures art workshop for all ages.SuperSteig Day is sponsored in part by“The Albany Times Union,”and is free for kids 18 and under,and free for adults with regular Museum admission. On View Through October 31, 2010: “William Steig: Love & Laughter” Named the “King of Cartoons” by “Newsweek,” William Steig is renowned for his uproarious comic art and his best-selling illustrated children’s books and novels.During

his lifetime, he kept America laughing with more than sixteen hundred drawings and one hundred seventeen covers for “The New Yorker,” and authored and illustrated more than twenty children’s picturebooks,including much-loved,mischievous tales like “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,” which earned the artist a Caldecott Medal; the ever popular “Doctor De Soto;” and “Shrek!,” which has inspired feature length animated films.William Steig’s original cartoons and beloved book illustrations will be on view in this exciting installation that honors the genius of an American master. Engaging 3-D works by Jeanne Steig,the artist’s wife and creative collaborator,will be also on view. Norman Rockwell Museum is located on 36 park-like acres in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Rockwell’s hometown for the last 25 years of his life. The Museum is open year-round. From May through October, hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; from November through April, hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends and holidays. Rockwell’s studio is open May through October, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Museum admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students, and $13.50 for seniors. Children and teens 18 and under are admitted free year-round through Kids Free Every Day, a gift to families from Country Curtains, Blantyre, and The Red Lion Inn.Visit the Museum online at http://www.nrm.org.

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mosquito season in full swing, dog owners should consider the best way to protect dogs against heartworm disease. Mosquito bites may be just a simple nuisance to humans, but they can spread heartworm disease without pet owners knowing, and dogs are most at risk of becoming seriously ill from the disease.

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intestinal parasites, such as hookworms, roundworms and whipworms.

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‘Re/Imaging New York’ Opens at Studio21south Studio21south in North Adams presents Re/Imaging New York, July we ignore the landscape because we think these are not aesthetically 31 - September 6. As artists move deeper into the boroughs and beyond, pleasing places to be,” Mr. Miller said.“But she finds peace and simplicity their work explores new iconography at the City’s fringes. This show in these places that she then renders on canvas.” presents a vision of New York City for the 21st Century. Indeed, Ms. Larko’s image of a string of houseboats along the coast New York City consists of several islands, and the means of travelof the Bronx is a window into the “city that never sleeps” that most of ing from one to the us never see. Another other is clearly a atypical subject in “Re/ major factor in the Imaging New York” is lives of all the artin Eric March’s paintists in the show. The ing of a half-finished show’s subject matcondo building sportter is diverse, but, ing garish yellow insucuriously, each artist lation — a familiar in “Re/Imaging New sight in the gentrifyYork” focuses to ing neighborhoods of some degree on the Brooklyn and Queens. intricate underpinThe show is an ambitious one for nings of the bridges studio21south, with and elevated subway much larger works trestles which conthan any of its prior nect the boroughs. exhibits. The North Interpretations of Adams studio-loft the theme range Eric March, “Building” setting complements from graphic closethese paintings, with ups which verge their gritty, industrial on abstraction, to themes. As New York City expatriates, the gallery co-directors, Thor accomplished panoramas by Wickstrom and Jaye Fox, have a particular personal interest in this Valeri Larko. show which connects their old hometown to their current Berkshire Studio21south is especially environs. fortunate to highlight the work Located in an historic mill loft, studio21south is an exhibition space of Ms. Larko, a mid-career featuring contemporary realism and formal abstraction, at 189 Beaver painter whose extensive exhibi�� Street, (Route 8) in North Adams, Massachusetts, approximately 1 mile tion history includes an ongoing from Mass MoCA. Studio21south is a part of Downstreet Art, a public solo show at the Morris Museum, art project of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. highlighting two decades of her “Re/Imaging New York” will be on view from July 31 through past work. In the words of Steven �� September 6. Opening reception, Saturday, July 31, 3-7 p.m. Open Miller, Executive Director of the �� Saturdays, 1-5, Sunday, 10-1, and most weekdays and other times by Morris Museum, “We take the appointment or by chance. 413-652-2141 studio21south@gmail.com. train in and out of the city, or we �� pass through with our windows �� rolled up and the radio on, and

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Three New Trustees Join the BCD Board LENOX, MA (07/14/2010)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day School, an independent school for students in preschool through ninth grade, is pleased to announce the election of three new members to its Board of Trustees: Dr. Lisa Kantor is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Lenox, MA. She is also known as “Elle Kay Cabaret,” and writes and performs solo cabaret shows throughout the Berkshires and beyond. Lisa is married to Dr. Herb Kantor and lives in Lenox, MA with their two daughters who attend Berkshire Country Day School. This past year, Lisa served on the Admission and Marketing Committee of BCD’s Board of Trustees. She also conceived of and performed in “Dangerous Women,” a four-woman musical cabaret at Shakespeare and Company, to benefit BCD’s financial aid fund. Previously, Lisa had served for three years on the BCD Parents Association, co-chairing the Program Committee and chairing the Lecture Series which brought programming of interest to the Berkshire Country Day School’s campus. Lisa has also served on the Board of HospiceCare in The Berkshires for several years, where she was a member of the Executive Committee as well as co-chair of sev! eral annual fundraisers. Lisa earned her Bachelor’s Degree at Tufts University and her Doctorate from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Paige Smith Orloff is a freelance journalist and writer for regional (Berkshire Living, Rural Intelligence) and national (Country Living, Culture) print and online publications. Her media career began at J. Walter Thompson advertising in New York, where she worked in account management. After earning an M.B.A. from UCLA, she moved

into film and television production, working for fifteen years developing and producing feature and television films, and holding executive positions at programmers such as HBO and Starz. Paige is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. She lives in Spencertown, New York with her husband, screenwriter John Orloff, and two young children who attend Berkshire Country Day School. This past year, Paige served as an active member of the Admission Marketing Committee of the Board of Trustees. Mark Smith is the owner of Mark Smith Design, Inc. of Lenox, MA, a design firm doing all phases of architectural and interior work, including commercial and institutional with a concentration on residential projects. He is also a partner in Nine Partners Design of Philadelphia, PA, a firm specializing in custom designed and built furniture, built-ins, architectural components and objects; currently producing schematic designs and full scale models for furniture. Mark received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from City College of New York, School of Architecture and Environmental Studies; a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York; and attended Byam-Shaw School of Drawing and Painting in London. This past year, Mark was a member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board of Trustees and was instrumental in helping to select the architectural firm that will be conducting BCD’s new master facilities planning process. Mar! k and his wife, Dorthe Hviid, live in Lenox, MA and are past parents of a BCD graduate. Mark is a returning BCD Trustee. Other officers include Claire Pollart, president; Ted Glockner, vice president; Laurie Schiff, secretary; and Kevin Sprague, treasurer.

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• BERKSHIRE COUNTY CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS • phone 413-662-3133 or visit www.naplibrary.com.

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• 9:30 a.m. - Caregiver support group, for those who provide care to a loved one, sponsored by the Lee Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. Phone: 413-243-1212 Lee Regional VNA Offices, 32 Park Street, Lee. • 6p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Knitting/Crochet North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St., North Adams. For information phone 413-662-3133 or visit www.naplibrary.com.

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• 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Blood Pressure Clinic: Blood pressure and health counseling sponsored by the Lee Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. and the Becket Board of Health, at the Becket Town Hall. Information: 413-243-1212 • 9:30 a.m. - Toddler Time. For one to two-and-a-half years. North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St., North Adams. For information

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• 9 to10 a.m. - Blood pressure and health counseling sponsored by the Lee Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. and the Lee Board of Health. Phone: 413-243-1212. Lee Regional VNA offices, 32 Park Street, Lee. • 10 a.m. - Preschool Story Time. North Adams Public Library, 74 Church St., North Adams. For information phone 413-662-3133 or visit www.naplibrary.com. • 11 a.m. - 12. - Blood Pressure Clinic: Blood pressure and health counseling sponsored by the Lee Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. and the Chester Board of Health, at the Chester Town Hall, Chester, MA. Information: 413-243-1212 • 6:30 p.m. - Bingo - Non-Smoking - Refreshments Available Progressive Jackpots. Info: 413-443-7135 - ITAM Lodge #564, 22

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• 10 – 11:30 a.m. – Blood Pressure Clinic: Blood pressure and health counseling sponsored by the Lee Regional Visitng Nurse Association, Inc. at the Stop and Shop, Merrill Road Pittsfield MA. Information: 413-243-1212

• 4:30 p.m. - Bingo - with food, Speedball, Horserace and Bingo Nut 2 Tickets. Weekly progressive game prize of $1,199, plus weekly door prize. St. Mary’s School, 115 Orchard St., Lee. • 6:30 p.m. – Bingo every Friday. Doors open at 4:30, games begin at 6:30. St. Mary’s School, 115 Orchard Street, Lee. 413-243-1079. • 6:30 p.m. – Bingo every Friday. Doors open at 4:30. Elks Lodge #487 in North Adams, Ma, 413-664-9039

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