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Volume 13, Number 13

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Reverend marks 20 years at ‘special’ church

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The 11th annual Ion Bank Cheshire Road Races will run Sunday, April 10. Organizers are expecting a field of 1,500 to participate in the event’s various races: half marathon, 5K, and kids fun run. Each race starts and finishes at Cheshire High School. The traditional “Healthy Living Festival” runs in conjunction with the races. Runners can enjoy family activities and dozens of vendors offering health, nutritional, and medical services. There will also be a post-race party featuring food, live music and the awards ceremony. Race proceeds benefit Abilities Without Boundaries, Best Buddies CT, Cheshire Lions Club and other community organizations in Cheshire. To register to run, or for more information, visit cheshirehalfmarathon.org or call 203-481-5933.

A celebration of the 20-year ministry of the Rev. Alison McCaffrey at Cheshire’s First Congregational Church will take place Sunday, April 3 at a 10 a.m. worship service. McCaffrey A reception will follow. “I first felt a call to ministry when I was six or seven,” said McCaffrey. Sitting in the pew and looking at the clergy, “I said, ‘I want to do that someday’,” she recalls. See 20 years, A13

Bird-lovers flock to home where unique sparrow seen By Joy VanderLek The Citizen

Guide to Birds.” Inside was a picture of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. “That was my bird,” she said.

A few months back, Cheshire resident and long-time birder Anne McNulty made an ex- The website allaboutbirds.org states: “In late April 1870, a shipment of European birds citing discovery; a Eurasian Tree Sparrow from Germany was released in St. Louis, was visiting her bird feeder. Missouri, in order to provide familiar bird McNulty and her husband Henry have a species for newly-settled European immisummer home in Old Saybrook, and that’s grants. The shipment included 12 hardy where the sighting took place. “I had no Eurasian Tree Sparrows. These chestnutidea, and admit that I was naive and somecapped, white-cheeked arrivals prospered in what clueless when I first saw the bird,” said the hedges and woodlots of the region, ultiMcNulty. mately spreading through northeastern MisThe lightbulb went off soon after, as McNul- souri, west-central Illinois, and southeastern ty flipped through a copy of the “Sibley See Sparrow, A4

A Eurasian Tree Sparrow at Anne McNulty’s birdfeeder.

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Potholes are getting filled throughout town. How do I know? I stepped in one today.

I gave my foot a twist and got loose, thankfully. This is not the only holey location in town. In fact, I have been on a scenic pothole tour of late. I may make a brochure—kind of like a map of the Homes of the Hollywood Stars, only this would be potholes. Okay, maybe not as financially lucrative as the homes of the stars, but just the same, let me take you out and Around Town with Joy.

The public works department has been working feverishly, trying to keep ahead of the game. They’ve been out for weeks now filling potholes of all sizes: extra-large, medium, and baby ones. This winter has made it a very productive pothole season, what with freezing, then a warm-up, then snow and rain and all over again. I was surprised to see public works near my house the other day. They topped off the multiple holes at the top of my street. They did a good job, but after another snow and rain, the filler popped out with all the car traffic on our cul-de-sac.

Yep. I knew that. Laura Martin tops that by naming her favorite pothole as “the entire Doolittle parking lot.”

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EDITORIAL

Daylight saving time: Springing forward forever? An editorial from the Cheshire Herald: It’s been more than two weeks since America “sprang ahead.” Daylight saving time returned on March 13, as clocks all across America were set one hour ahead, our annual tradition designed to keep a bit more sunshine in our lives throughout the spring and summer months. When Nov. 6 arrives, we’ll be asked to “fall back” once again.

forgotten to set their clocks forward? How many people were struggling with their sleep patterns into the following week and perhaps beyond? The proponents of making daylight saving time permanent will point to the fact that, by doing so, sunshine will be more prevalent later in the day during fall and winter months. Instead of watching the sun set before 5 p.m., it would still be light out at 6 or even 7 p.m. most

days. That would, supporters claim, provide more time for activities outside, reduce crime, and perhaps even help with levels of depression during the colder months. Yet, there are real concerns. “Going to daylight saving time year-round is a really bad idea. If we do this, it’s essentially dosing the entire United States with jet lag — permanent jet lag.” That’s a quote from Dr.

Nathaniel F. Watson, a spokesman for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine who is a neurologist at the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center. In a recent Washington Post article, he offered a warning of what permanent daylight saving time could mean. While many focus on the benefits of more sunshine later in the day, Watson worries about the impact of less sunshine early in the morning.

According to the doctor, sunshine helps trigger certain hormones in the human body that help fuel a person for activities throughout the day. Delay when people first experience that sunshine and you’ll delay that “jumpstart” for the human body. On the back end, the later the sun goes down, the harder it will be for people to fall asleep on a normal routine. There’s also safety concerns See Daylight saving, A6

But is all of this clock manipulation about to come to an end? The United States Senate is hoping so. The Sunshine Protection twenty

Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent in America, was recently passed by the Senate with bi-partisan support and now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration. If the House agrees with the Senate, the bill will go to the desk of President Joe Biden. If he signs it, the law will go into effect in 2023. Daylight saving time will simply become … time.

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home to see the sparrow inperson. McNulty said Phil Rusch, co-secretary of the Connecticut Ornithological Association, also came out to see the bird. And in an email from the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut, the group said it unanimously accepted McNulty’s Eurasian Tree Sparrow sighting as a natural vagrant to the state and listed it as the 450th species on the official state list. “My reaction to seeing the bird was twofold,” McNulty said. “I felt incredibly lucky

that he chose my feeder to visit and I was proud to think that I recognized that it was different from the house sparrows and didn’t just leave it at that. On the other hand, if I hadn’t just happened to be looking in the guide and chanced to see the picture, I might have let it go at that.” Also, McNulty gave a shoutout to her neighbors in Old Saybrook who, she said, were extremely tolerant of the many folks with binoculars and long-lenses congregating on their street.

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Bill suspends 25-cent gasoline tax HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont signed emergency legislation that will suspend a 25-cent-per-gallon state gasoline tax from April 1 to June 30 to give motorists some relief at the pump. The new law also establishes a second sales-tax-free week on clothing and footwear valued under $100 per item, beginning April 10. That’s in addition to the one typically held in August for back-toschool shoppers. Furthermore, the bill provides free bus service be-

tween now and June 30. The Democratic governor signed the legislation Thursday, March 24 a day after it received unanimous bipartisan approval in the General Assembly. Both Democrats and Republicans have said they hope to pass additional tax cuts later in the session. “I am appreciative that legislative leaders from both parties successfully worked with my office to get this done, and I think these actions are a good indicator that in the coming weeks we

will be able to once again come to a bipartisan agreement to provide more tax relief to the people of Connecticut,” Lamont said in a written statement. Connecticut is the latest state to suspend its gas taxes to give drivers a break from high prices, the result of pandemic-induced inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Governors in Georgia and Maryland have enacted temporary gas tax freezes and other state legislators are considering similar moves.

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In Brief Chesprocott Health District and the Cheshire Chamber of Commerce have partnered for the Healthy Communities Coalition Food Drive for the Cheshire Community Food Pantry. The collection began last weekend and continues through Sunday, April 3. Drop-off locations include the Cheshire Chamber of Commerce, the Cheshire Community YMCA, the Senior Center, Town Hall, Elim Park, Wolcott middle and high schools, and the Chesprocott Health District offices at 1247 Highland Ave. Priority food items include low-sugar fruit, low-sugar pudding cups, low-sodium jar sauce, low-sugar jelly, breadcrumbs, sugar, flour, mayonnaise, olive oil, whole grain cereal, instant pudding, and Jell-O, dry or lowsodium canned beans, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, canned tuna, canned salmon, peanut butter, almond butter, dried herbs, spices, cooking oils, feminine products, and paper goods.

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the General Assembly to allow absentee voting by anyone “unable to appear at the polling place on the day of election because of absence from the city or town of which they are inhabitants or because of sickness, or physical disability or … the tenets of their religion.” But state law is more restrictive, defining sickness as a voter’s illness and requiring commuters to be out of town for all hours of balloting, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Technically, that means a commuter from Stamford is ineligible to vote by absentee if they leave the city on a 6:01 a.m. train and don’t return by 8 p.m. “This bill is simply about making it easier to vote,” said Sen. Matt Lesser, DMiddletown. Lying to get an absentee ballot is a felony, but chances of prosecution are minimal for anyone who gets one as a matter of convenience, as some commuters undoubtedly do now. Sen. Dennis Bradley, DBridgeport, challenged the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Mae Flexer, D-Windham, over the meaning of several phrases, suggesting a lack of clarity that could invite challenges by the State Elections Enforcement Commission. After defending the bill for hours against Republican questioning, Flexer was obviously annoyed at a new line of questioning by Bradley, a Democrat awaiting trial on federal charges arising from an elections enforcement investigation into whether he had legally qualified for a public financing grant for his campaign. “The bill before us simply has to do with a voter’s eligibility to vote by absentee ballot,” she said. See Absentee voting, A9

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In Brief Honoring vets Wreaths Across America volunteers work year-round to ensure military members laid to rest are remembered, their families and living veterans are honored, and the next generation is taught about the value of freedom. Visit wreathsacrossamerica.org.

Lacrosse club The Cheshire Lacrosse Club is organizing a spring season for kindergarten through eighth grade boys and girls. To register, visit cheshirelacrosse.com.

Memorial Day The Cheshire Memorial Day Parade Committee is accepting applications for the 2022 Memorial Day Parade. The goal is to have enough applicants to fill out the traditional parade route (rather than having to hold a modified parade similar to the 2021 motorcade). The Memorial Day Parade is planned for Sunday, May 29, 1:30 p.m. There is no rain date. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to apply to participate online at surveymonkey.com/r/ CheshireMemorialDayParade2022. Applications are due no later than Thursday, March 31. Detailed information on the Memorial Day Parade can be found on the Cheshire Parks and Recreation webpage via cheshirect.org.

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Bradley said after the debate his questions about elections enforcement had nothing to do with his case. “None of this is personal. It’s 100% not personal,” he said. “This has nothing to do with the allegations against me. This has to do with the honesty of the process. We have to make sure that we pass laws that actually make sense.”

The result, he said, is tantamount to no-excuse absentee voting. Sampson offered seven amendments — some aimed at fraud, others that sharpened definitions in the bill — that failed on party-line votes. Sampson said in an interview he would have voted for the bill had it included a reasonable definition of the circumstances under which sickness would be an excuse for absentee voting.

Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott, objected to broadening the meaning of sickness from a voter’s ill- Caring for a sick relative or fear of illness would have ness to one that is undebeen acceptable to him, fined. but he wanted the reasons “For the last 90 years, this enumerated, he said. has been the way we’ve “Let’s do it, but let’s do it bene doing it,” Sampson right,” he said. said.

Sampson and three other Republicans cast “no” votes Wednesday, March 23. The others were Sens. John Kissel of Enfield, Dan Champagne of Vernon and Henri Martin of Bristol. Passage in the House came on a 126-16 vote, with every Democrat and a majority of Republicans in support.

A constitutional amendment that would allow early voting at the polls will be on the ballot in November. This story originally appeared on the website of The Connecticut Mirror, www.ctmirror.org.

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The Women’s Club of Cheshire is offering a scholarship to a Cheshire woman who is seeking to further her education at an accredited college for a better employment opportunity. Call Jane Richards, 203-272-8249, for an application. Applications must be returned by March 31.

At the annual Community & Chamber Awards Dinner held March 3 at Aria Banquet Facility in Prospect, Bryan Keene was honored as Firefighter of the Year. In a congratulatory message on Facebook, the Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department wrote: “In addition to fulfilling his duties as a Lieutenant, Bryan is also the Assistant Director of Training. Bryan was instrumental in developing and implementing the CFD firefighter health and wellness program. Bryan was selected as Firefighter of the Year by members of the department and is well-deserving of the award. Congrats Bryan!” Keene is pictured fourth from right. CVFD, Facebook

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