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Keeping an eye on local waterways Salt Watch project helps keep drinking water safe By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
After a devastating fish kill resulting from prolonged winter ice and snow a few years ago, Julie Hawthorne took more of an interest in the health of the pond in her south Cheshire neighborhood. That’s why she and her daughter Natalie See Salt Watch project, A10
Higher value Local officials welcome grand list growth of 3% Citizen staff
The overall value of property in town grew by over $87 million last year, driven largely by rising vehicle values, according to Cheshire’s recently-released 2021 grand list. The grand list, consisting of the aggregate
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Sergeant Matthew Wium and Officer Lorin Webber of the Cheshire Police Department, represented the community in New York City on Jan. 28 as they paid respects to fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera. “Rest In Peace Hero, your brothers and sisters in blue have the watch from here,” the Cheshire PD stated in a social media post. Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, were shot responding to a 911 call in Harlem last month. Rivera was laid to rest on Jan. 28. Mora’s funeral took place on Feb. 2.
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A portion of the ARPA funds, approximately $2 million, have already been allocated for the Bartlem South project. The project, focused on the property adjacent to Bartlem Park that is commonly referred to as the Chapman Property, would extend the park to the south and turn it into a multi-use town field and center.
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Cheshire has received roughly $8.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, based on town population size. The emergency assistance funding was part of the federal government’s response to economic woes generated by the pandemic.
The program was signed into law on March 11, 2021, and is the sixth COVID-19 relief bill. It provides significant resources to the State of Connecticut ($4.77 billion), cities and towns ($1.56 billion) and direct payments to Connecticut residents ($3.93 billion).
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The wonderful world of books By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
I’m a book nerd. I have books all over the house, and we have a small house. When I tell the hubby, please clean up your stuff scattered about and throw out what you don’t use or need, I’m actually saying, “I no longer have room for my books, so please clear your things out, so I can go get more books.” There are books in this house that I haven’t read, and books I skimmed through and abandoned in favor of a different, more exciting book.
up. She said she’ll just go online to find the meaning of the word. Another comment came from J.V.M., who
called it annoying to have to look up things, as it can “interrupt” the flow of things. I kind of agree with that.
J.V.M. is more forgiving if the words from homework aslanguage is Italian or French. signments. Now I look up “I can manage those,” she everything. said. I still have nightmares over I talked to Annu Patel being called out on the carLeighton, who said, “I don't pet before the class and bemind in this day and age.” ing asked what a particular She said she loves learning word means. Even to this new things online. day, I’ll sometimes look up the same darn word again, Susan O. agreed, saying she sometimes twice, because by learned a lot of Latin that the next week I’ve already way. forgotten what it meant. I mentioned I had an English teacher in college who Contact me at jvanderlek@ absolutely skewered us if we record-journal.com. didn't look up unfamiliar
I have books that I have read not just once, but twice or even three times. A few of them I can’t remember the plot line or the characters. Am I the only one? You do not want to know how many times I read “The Hobbit” and the whole Tolkien trilogy and couldn’t remember the sequence of events. Does Smaug show up before the bad guys get to the dwarves under the mountain or is it after Sauron comes out to play? Did you notice that Tolkien uses the plural dwarves instead of dwarfs? Which one is correct?
A number of Cheshire library friends answered the question. Susan, a science fiction aficionado, said she liked new words and phrases and thinks it’s fun to come across these, if there aren’t too many of them. Linda is a self-proclaimed “language nerd” who enjoys the challenge of a foreign word or sentence showing
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Since I’m a book nerd, I regularly follow the Cheshire Public Library online. They have a splendid blog and one of the latest posts was about language. CPL asked, “How do you feel about nontranslated foreign language sentences in books? Whose job is it to translate?”
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In Brief Memorial blood drive In the more than 20 years since Katherine Toce died from aggressive brain cancer at the age of 11, some 3,870 units of blood have been donated at American Red Cross drives in her honor. Another memorial blood drive will be held on Saturday, March 19, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Highland School, 490 Highland Ave. in Cheshire. Blood donation appointments can be made by visiting redcrossblood.org, calling 1-800-733-2767 or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.
Allyson Eliason, owner of Beauty in the Beast, gives golden retriever Brody a bath during a recent visit. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen
Pet groomer: ‘You have to have a knack for it’ By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
enter Beauty in the Beast, a local pet grooming shop.
Jett is the animal companion An award-winning standard breed poodle named Jett often of shop owner Allyson Eliason. With the official name acts as greeter as customers
of Majessa Walk on the Wild Side, Jett is all black, beautifully-coiffed, and very friendly. See Pet groomer, A5
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Pet groomer Inside the Cornwall Avenue business, another friendly dog appears to be enjoying the shower station, where he is in mid-rinse. Eliason said, “He’s Brody. Did I tell you Brody belongs to a former NFL player?” That would be Rob Ninkovich, who many will remember from his days with the New England Patriots. Ninkovich’s golden retriever is a regular at Beauty in the Beast and seems quite content as the shop owner bathes him.
“You have to have a knack muzzled and cats are hanfor it,” Eliason said of being a dled lovingly. groomer. While most animals are And you have to love aniwell-behaved, Eliason recalls mals. “You cannot be afraid,” a certain feline early in her she said. career who was not at all happy. “One of the first cats I Most pets Eliason tends to ever washed. He was looking begin getting groomed when mad. He jumped on my they are young, and get used head—and promptly sank to being handled. his nails into my scalp,” she said, pointing out that there Eliason and her assistant were no hard feelings aftergroomer, Marjorie Segzerman, work together on many wards — at least not from of the animals. Dogs are not her perspective.
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The standard grooming visit works like an assembly line, Eliason said. “For a dog, we clip the pads free of hair, clip
nails, pull the hair from inside ears — we gently twist it out — to keep their ear canals clean,” she explained. “We clean their ears, comb them out, and take care of matted hair. In the tub, they get two shampoos, and they get a blow-out with a hairdryer. The animal is finished with a stand drier. They don’t mind at all.”
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According to Eliason, everyone with a pet should use grooming services, regularly. Grooming helps animals with socializing. Plus, it’s a check-up of sorts, where growths and other signs of illness may be detected.
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value of all taxable vehicles, real estate and personal property, is compiled by the Assessor’s Office each year. The latest tally shows a total increase of $87,331,198 or 3.03 percent. Town Finance Director James Jaskot called the increase very good news.
with other municipalities in the state as demand for new and used automobiles pushes prices higher. The possibility for increased revenue from the rise in the value of vehicles could be offset by Gov. Ned Lamont’s tax break proposal, which would cap motor vehicle mill rates at 29 percent for municipalities.
and personal property, which mainly consists of commercial and manufacturing equipment, rose $6,453,218, a 3.76 percent increase. The completion of a Starbucks at 944 S. Main St. added around $1 million to real estate values.
The assessed value of motor vehicles grew by $64,056,480, a 24.14 percent increase.
Equipment for Hartford HealthCare’s new surgical Cheshire’s rate for autos cur- center on West Johnson Avrently stands at 33.72 mills. enue brought in $2.5 million A mill equals $1 for every in assessed personal property. $1,000 of assessed value.
Assessor Christine McCardle said the growth is in line
Real estate values increased $16,821,500, or 0.69 percent,
McCardle noted that the increase in recent commericial
activity helps expand the tax base. The net grand list does not include properties that qualify for tax deferrals, including the recently-completed Hartford HealthCare building at 254 S. Main St. The tax deferral agreement was negotiated by the Economic Development Office and approved by the Town Council. It reduces the taxes owed on the property by 50 percent for seven years.
break for the Housing Authority property at 189 Commerce Court is set to expire next year. The jump in the grand list was one of the largest Jaskot recalled seeing and he expressed optimism that it would bring additional tax revenue to offset the impact of inflation on the town’ budget.
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In Brief Lacrosse club The Cheshire Lacrosse Club is organizing a spring season for kindergarten through eighth grade boys and girls. To register, visit cheshirelacrosse.com. The club offers scholarships and payment options upon request.
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA CEO Mark Pooler and Diana Sheard pose after a Dec. 15 ceremony announcing the winners of the Y’s 2021 community awards. Sheard was named 2021 Person of the Year. Devin Leith-Yessian, Record-Journal
Questions? Email Nick Mesite (cheshireboyslacrosse@gmail.com) about boys, or Elissa Tessier (elissamtessier@ gmail.com) about girls.
Annual awards dinner Join the Cheshire Chamber of Commerce for its Annual Awards Dinner, Thursday, March 3, 5:30 p.m., at Aria Banquet Facility, 45 Murphy Road, Prospect. The fee to attend is $60 per person. RSVP by Tuesday, Feb. 22 via the chamber website, cheshirechamber.org, or by calling 203272-2345.
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“It’s one of our favorite evenings of the year. It’s a chance to celebrate the work the YMCA does in the community,” said Mark Pooler, CEO of the SouthingtonCheshire Community YMCAs. The dinner will be held at the Aqua Turf Club Thursday, Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m., with tickets available on the YMCA’s website for $50. Diana Sheard, known by her stage name Valentine the Clown, will receive the Y’s Person of the Year Award. Sheard is celebrating 40 years of performing as Valentine this month and is familiar to many children and adults at the Y through her involvement in its summer camps and activities.
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“I feel like walls came down with COVID and we were all together,” Sheard said. “There was no separation of where you work or what you do.”
The dinner will also recognize the 10th anniversary of the LiveStrong program, which helps cancer survivors get back into exercise routines. “It’s been a great turnout … it’s hundreds of people we’ve helped with the program,” Pooler said.
“This is the community center of the town,” he said. “It’s kind of the heart and the pulse of the town and we want to help people going through all different journeys and challenges, whether it’s someone just looking to get fit or someone recovering from cancer.” Town Youth Prevention Coordinator Megan Albanese said she hopes recognition of the Asset Building Classrooms program, which runs in all the town’s schools, will remind the public of the connection between providing children with resources
and reducing the odds they’ll engage in risky behaviors. In place for over 10 years, Albanese said the classrooms have proven successful based on an annual survey of high school students “I think people are finally understanding our wraparound approach to get our arms around these kids in Southington and keep them safe,” she said. dleithyessian@ record-journal.com 203-317-2317 Twitter: @leith_yessian
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signed up for the Winter Salt Watch project, organized locally by Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire. Salt Watch is a citizen science project that tests chloride levels in local waterways over the course of the winter. While salt in waterbodies can be a natural occurrence, there is a need to protect our drinking water from excessive winter road salting. About 20 million tons of salt is used to treat ice in the United States each year. As for taking on a citizen science project with her daughter, Julie Hawthorne calls it “a wonderful opportunity to involve young kids both in the science and sustainability of our environment.” The Winter Salt Watch is administered on a national level by the Izaak Walton League of America, a nonprofit conservation organization based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Volunteers from Oregon to Maine, through New England and into the Carolinas, sample chloride levels in the streams, rivers, and ponds where they live.
“We also learned how to correctly calibrate our equipment, which directly correlated to less volumes of road salt being applied,” he said. One goal is to eliminate road salt at wellfields, Vitko said. “Our team is currently researching innovative ideas to eliminate salt use, while keeping our employees safe. Technologies include heated walkways, eliminating impervious surfaces to maintain better traction and ice melting solutions that do not contain chloride or negatively impact water quality.” William Henley, aquatic resource scientist with the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, said, “Salt is a very problematic contaminant which can impact wetlands, streams, lentic freshwater ecosystems such as our reservoirs, and groundwater supplies.”
Henley explained that, chloride concentration, the other component of road salts (NaCl), has been shown to decrease the biodiversity of aquatic plants and animals, and can create unfavorable conditions for the growth of phytoplankton, namely “This is our fastest-growing year of cyanobacteria. A number of studies Salt Watch yet,” said Emily Bialowas, have highlighted acute toxicity of salt Salt Watch Outreach Program Coorand chlorides to aquatic life, spandinator. “We have received over ning from macroinvertebrates to fish 1,600 Salt Watch results and sent al- Natalie Hawthorne reads chloride levels recorded with a test kit after species. These direct ecological imsampling a local pond. She and her mother, Julie Hawthorne, recently began most 3,000 kits to people across the pacts generally present themselves country, which is amazing,” she said. helping with the Winter Salt Watch, a citizen science project, organized during first-flush runoff of salts into locally by Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire. Photo by Julie Hawthorne smaller streams and ponds. Volunteers are given a free kit containing four test strips. Volunteers can harm wildlife, kill trees and admunicipalities is another facet ofRoad salts have various other watercan monitor a waterbody of their versely affect the soil.” fered by the Izaak Walton League shed-wide impacts as well, such as choice. A baseline test is done beand Salt Watch,” said Bialowas. promoting the spread of invasive A chloride reading of 230 ppm is fore road salt has been applied, folspecies like phragmites australis. toxic to aquatic life. In an unpollutCh e s h i re’s Highway Superintendent lowed by testing after salting, the Road salts can also impact watered stream, the strip should read zeMark Cunningham and George Noefirst snowfall and subsequent rainshed soils, promoting the runoff of ro. “This is why Salt Watch is imporwatne, the director of public works fall or warm-ups. Volunteers upload contaminants and decreasing soil tant – it can help us identify and engineering, attended local winresults to the Salt Watch database afwater retention. hotspots in areas that are otherwise ter road salt best-practice seminars ter each test. only being monitored for chloride in this year. “There is a protocol in The Mill River Watershed AssociaThe Coalition for a Sustainable place,” Noewatne said of the town’s a few key places in a watershed,” tion, a community-based group foCheshire is testing freshwater said Bialowas. “Volunteers can then salt protocols, adding that it is based cused on the long-term health of the streams, rivers and ponds throughon the judgment of the Highway Su- watershed, also is paying attention address their concerns with local out the Mill and Quinnipiac river authorities, including town councils perintendent and it is highly depen- to winter salt use. watersheds in Cheshire, Southingdent on conditions. “Salt use is highand health departments. Outreach ton and Wallingford. “The overuse of salt does have a negcan be as simple as talking to neigh- ly variable from year to year. Last ative impact on the environment, esbors and friends about the harm of year we used 2,800 tons,” he said. “We have volunteers who are board pecially in upper watershed areas excessive chloride.” members, environmental organizaThe South Central Connecticut Rewith smaller streams and wetlands tions and residents who are conRaising awareness within communi- gional Water Authority, Cheshire’s that don’t allow for dilution,” watercerned about the water quality in ties about road salt overuse is key to water supplier, has taken action to shed association president Ron Waltheir towns,” said Fiona Pearson, successfully reducing the amount of reduce road salt at their facilities ters stated. “MRWA stakeholders CSC co-chair. Pearson is testing wa- chloride that goes into our waterand wellfields. RWA crews attended have been studying this problem for ter samples in the Mill River behind bodies, Bialowas said. “Salt Watch classes to better understand how several years. We realize the need for Bartlem Park. “Most people don’t re- educates residents on how to use salt works, its environmental imsalt use as a safety issue but also unalize that road salt washes off the salt effectively to provide winter pro- pacts, its effect on equipment and derstand through education and roads and into waterbodies and it infrastructure, proper storage meth- awareness we can greatly reduce the tection as needed for driving and doesn’t go away. It’s a long-term walking, but to do so in a way that is ods, and proper application methnegative environmental impact of problem,” she said. “Excessive salt less harmful to the environment. ods, said Steve Vitko, senior environ- salt use through proper application affects aquatic creatures including Sharing best practices for salt use by mental analyst. and alternative methods.” salamanders, turtles and fish. It also landscapers, private contractors and
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‘Betty White Challenge’ raises funds for local animal shelters By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal
To honor what would’ve been Betty White’s 100th birthday on Jan. 17, a viral fundraiser for animal shelters and rescue services took place nationwide. The Meriden Humane Society, a no kill nonprofit animal shelter, raised about $7,800 on Facebook alone on Jan. 17 and is continuing to receive donations. Karen Annis, board member and vice president, said the total is about $10,000. “This was super impactful because I think it came at a time that was otherwise hard,” Annis said. “We are struggling with the same challenges that I think lots and lots of people are struggling with. It is harder to find supplies, the prices have A feline named Lucille sits pretty in the cat room at the gone up.” Meriden Humane Society.
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manager, said the money raised will go toward medical care.
“It is really great how our donors really come together to give us money when the animals really need it,” DeRosa said.
“We take in elderly cases and we take in the harder cases so we spend over “We spend, not including $100,000 on vet bills a year,” spay and neuters and normal vaccination, just sick an- DeRosa said. imal veterinary costs, When it comes to animals around $100,000 a year,” Anwith medical issues or supnis said. “We’re anticipating plies for the shelter, DeRosa that number to grow just besaid her organization contincause costs have gone up for ues to receive good commulots of different things.” At the Meriden Humane Society, adoptions went down in 2021, compared to 2020 at the height of the pandemic.
White, who died Dec. 31, was a lifelong advocate for animal shelters. She was best known for her roles on “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
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Cheshire sprinter Colin Brown is the human Polar Vortex. He moves in fast and his numbers are constantly dropping. The junior ran a fast time of 6.67 seconds in the prelims of the 55-meter dash at Sunday’s SCC indoor track championships, then came back and ran a 6.57 to capture the conference crown. That 6.57 is also a school record. Later in the meet, Brown placed fourth in the 300 meters at 37.10.
The Sheehan girls made it immediately clear on Sunday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center that they would not be relinquishing their hold on the SCC indoor track team title, winning the meet-opening 4x200 relay. Senior Erin Brennan was on that relay. A seasoned jumper, Brennan also repeated as SCC champ in the pole vault by clearing 10 feet and finished first in the long jump at a school-record 17 feet, 8 inches.
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100 career wins in a sport as grueling as wrestling is an exceptional feat. Accomplishing it in less than three seasons, even more so. That’s the remarkable time frame for Southington 132-pound senior Ben Gorr, who reached the career milestone with three victories at Saturday’s Lancer Invitational in Waterford. Remember, there was no wrestling last year. Gorr won 39 matches as a freshman and 36 as a sophomore.
Lauren Cretella might be known first and foremost as the daring and crafty goaltender of the Lyman Hall girls lacrosse team. The senior is also a fair hand at basketball, and last week she put together consecutive 11-point performances, first against Jonathan Law on Thursday and then against Shelton on Saturday. The 5-foot-5 guard was also a catalyst on defense, coming up with six steals in the Shelton game.
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It had to be a long 10 games for Tadrique Jones. After transfering from Wilcox to Maloney, the junior had to sit out the first half of the season per CIAC rules. Jones finally hit the floor last week and made an immediate difference for the Spartans, scoring 13 points against Bristol Eastern on Tuesday and 13 against his old team on Thursday. More than that, Jones hit the game-winning layup against Eastern at the buzzer.
The versatility of Shaelyn Murphy was on full display at Sunday night’s Central Connecticut Conference indoor track championship meet in New Haven. The junior made All-Conference by placing third in the high jump at 5 feet, 2 inches. She also ran on the 4x200 relay that clocked in with a school-record time of 1:56.55. Murphy was joined on that relay by Tessa Lopez, Elliyah Cloutier and Mackenzie McCormack.
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In Brief
In order to be eligible to register for kindergarten for the 2022-23 school year, your child must be 5 years old before Jan. 1, 2023 (born on or before Jan. 1, 2018). The school your child will attend is based on street address, with the exception of Darcey and Doolittle schools. If you are unsure which school your child will attend, a list of streets and districted schools can be found at cheshire.k12.ct.us. For Darcey and Doolittle students : All such students are to be registered at Darcey school. We request that you indicate school preference with registration. While Cheshire Public Schools cannot guarantee placement, we make every effort to accommodate students and families. In late May, you will receive a welcome letter from the principal of the school your child will attend. If you are in need of a registration packet, contact your child’s districted school.
Ranked choice voting
Ranked choice voting was recommended by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a strategy for achieving equality of voice and representation in its report, Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. Ranked choice voting is used in Maine and Alaska, and is being considered in other states. The Feb. 10 program is hosted by the Cheshire Democratic Town Committee. To register, visit cheshiredem.org.
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On Sunday, Cheshire’s Sabrina Cass, 19, finished 16th (62.12) in the second Olympic women's qualifying round at Genting Snow Park A & M Stadium located in the Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, and Hebei Province in China. The Top 10 racers advanced to the finals. In the opening round, Cass finished 21st (62.20). A 2020 Cheshire High School graduate, Cass was at her first Winter Olympics. In 2021, she switched national teams, from the U.S. to Brazil. Since her mother is of Brazilian descent, Cass has dual citizenship. Photo courtesy of Sabrina Cass
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John Lyman III, executive vice president irrigation gun, of Lyman Orchard on Monday. After s, looks horizon, hoping multiple days with temperatures out over his family farm’s for some rain. corn maze, being in the 90s, local watered by a officials and large farmers are keeping an eye on the
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After multiple days with temperatures in no end in sight, the 90s and and farmers are local officials keeping an eye on the horizon hoping for some rain. Gary Lessor, a meteorologist at Western Connecticut State said the heat wave University, will continue
through the weeken d, with the heat index possibly hitting 100 degrees this week. Lessor said the high temper atures combined with humidity make it feel even hotter. “The humidity makes it feel oppressive,” Lessor Monday. “If your said on outside for any going to be duration stay hydrated.”
So far this year, six inches belowthe area is the normal
rainfall level, Lessor said. Some areas are experie however, Lessor said. showers or brief ncing passing but for the most thunderstorms, Wallingford Public Utilities part the drough Directo conditions continu r George t e, Lessor town’s reservo Adair said the said. The initial ir levels called for a hot summer forecast that the drought plan are such and dry summe has and there is no r, been put into effect. Adairnot end in sight, said in the 10 years Lessor said. The he the department has been with would alleviat only thing that he hasn’t seen e the conditions the drought protoco would be a tropical l activated storm, and yet. Adair said there are none it would take on three to four weeks Lessor continu the radar, of continued ed. is normal for this The drought time of year,
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