The Cheshire Citizen April 15, 2021

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

Towns begin vaccine outreach

By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

Local health officials have begun COVID-19 vaccine outreach to the homebound and have set up clinics in underserved areas.

The activity is a shift from the Wallingford Health Department’s efforts to provide public vaccination clinics at the Wallingford Senior Center.

The intent is to focus on underserved and underinsured populations, after large scale vaccination providers, such as Hartford HealthCare, and pharmacies began offering the vaccine in town.

“We started this past Tuesday (April 6) and it went quite well,” said Wallingford Health Director Stephen Civitelli. “At this point we are work-

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The state designated the Wallingford Health Department as a homebound coordinator for town residents who are physically unable to go to a vaccination clinic or mass vaccination site.

“The criteria set forth by the state program is clearly defined when registering,” Civitelli said. “As we complete more homebound vaccinations we will be able to establish if there are flaws in the registration process.”

There has been some criticism from suburban and rural health officials

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The annual Cheshire Lions Club Mother’s Day Flower Sale will take place Saturday, May from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of the Parks and Recreation Department at the Leonard Harmon Youth Center, 551 South Main St.

The Town Council concluded the last of seven budget workshops examining department spending requests on Thursday, April 8, and will next consider changes to the $121,577,417 proposed spending plan.

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Decorative flower baskets also will be for sale. Youngsters are welcome to make their own flower arrangement for mom at the Lions’ “Kid’s Table.” Mothers Day is Sunday, May 9.

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Maura Esposito, executive director of the Chesprocott Health District, is surprised at the numbers of people who have signed up for homebound vaccination. As an early member of the panel tasked with implementing outreach to the homebound, Esposito would like to see more providers involved in the undertaking. Cheshire is part of the health district.

“It’s very time consuming,” Esposito said. “Last week we had five people and it took four hours” Chesprocott gets a list of homebound residents through the senior centers and screens them to make sure they qualify. She also would like to see more homebound patients have conversations with their doctors over the need for a vaccine, particularly if they haven’t left their beds in months and family and healthcare workers are all vaccinated.

“They should talk to the

doctor, and ask ‘what is the risk,’ if all family members are vaccinated,” Esposito said. “It’s easier for us to vaccinate all of them (family). Herd immunity is to protect the people who can’t get the shot.”

Esposito is asking the senior centers to screen out those truly homebound and send the senior bus for those with transportation difficulties.

She schedules the home visits following the regular clinics at the towns’ senior centers, and has five in Wolcott this Friday.

“We don’t need more things on our plate,” Esposito said. “But I’m making the staff interview them. I only want the real patients.

We want to make sure they’re medically homebound.”

Homebound residents are asked to register with the state. If they cannot register because of technical issues they may call the Wallingford Public Health Department directly. The vaccination teams are also setting up clinics at the Wallingford Housing Authority and the

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Salary and wage increases makes up $339,670 of the proposed increase, while restoring the vacant positions will cost $274,814. The budget also includes $359,671 to cover expected increases in retirement and pension costs and anticipates medical insurance costs rising $240,659.

that residents expect.

Based on revenue projections, Town Manager Sean Kimball estimated the mill rate would have to increase by 1.9 mills to 35.12 mills, a 5.7 percent tax increase. The average taxpayer, with two average vehicles, would see a $439 increase, year over year, The revenue side of the budhe said. get also impacts the increase, with state aid staying Much of the increase is due flat compared to last year to keeping spending down and Kimball pushing for less last year to avoid a tax inuse of the town’s reserve crease during the pandemic. funds.

The town didn’t fill a handful of open positions, including The Town Council has gone town assessor, a police offithrough all operational budcer and some summer main- gets and will examine capital tenance workers. The town spending requests this also was able to push off the week.

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Spanish Community of Wallingford, in addition to visiting more residential locations.

Wallingford and the Plainville-Southington Health District receive a weekly email list of individuals who registered for the week and department staff coordinates the vaccine visits.

“I think the system is working right now,” said Shane Lockwood, director of the Plainville-Southington Health District. “We would continue to caution that this is only for homebound individuals and all others should seek vaccination at one of the many sites in the area.”

The state Department of Public Health has set up a website for those who are homebound. They can register at https ://dphsubmissions.ct.gov/homebound.

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The proposed capital spending, which is included in the nearly $122 million budget, amounts to $14,170,000, up from $9,060,000 last year.

It includes funding for the first phase of expanding Bartlem Recreation Area onto the adjacent Chapman Property, at a cost of almost $6 million, as well as school and public works projects.

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“At this time we recommend those that are homebound

The city of Meriden is not involved in the homebound COVID-19 vaccination clinics at this time, as its limited number of vaccinators are working at the Meriden Senior Center clinics four days a week. But providers

This week, the council also will consider whether or not to extend the deadline to pass a budget, a move permitted under a recent executive order from Gov. Ned Lamont. The town’s charter calls for the budget to be complete by April 30, however, the executive order allows for towns to submit budgets as late as the end of June.

contact their medical provider to see if their office can provide vaccinations,” stated Lea Crown, Meriden director of health and human services.

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Scholar says poetry is an art form for all

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

April might be the single most favorite month for Cheshire’s Pat Mottola.

That’s because it’s National Poetry Month.

This year’s inaugural poet, Amanda Gorman, Mottola points out, “has really propelled poetry to the national forefront and opened the eyes and ears of the world.

She is a stellar example of the power of poetry, the power of words, and an inspiration for young people and old people alike.”

“National Poetry Month was launched by the Academy of American Poets to remind the public that poets have an Mottola gave examples of integral role to play in our ways one might think about culture and that poetry mat- poetry. ters,” Mottola said.

“In the Eskimo language, the Mottola is extra busy in word ‘to breathe’ and ‘to April. She has classes to teach and she is also imaking time to get out into the community to talk about and educate the public on the importance of poetry.

A professor of creative writing at Southern Connecticut State University and president of the 240-plus member Connecticut Poetry Society, Mottola hosted Poetry Matters for the Cheshire Public Library on Wednesday. The Zoom event featured Connecticut poets reading their work.

make a poem’ are the same,” she said. Poetry is a way to express feelings, to place someone in someone else’s shoes. And Mottola explained, it is also paradoxically, a way of expressing that which mere words cannot express. She quotes T.S. Eliot to reinforce her point: “Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”

You don’t have to “get it,” said Mottola. “You just have to ‘feel it.’”

Poetry is a necessary instrument of our humanity, she pointed out. “Poetry brings people together. Poetry allows us to learn who we are and how we fit into the world. We are all people whose lives matter, and our experiences should be recorded.”

Currently, there are almost three dozen Connecticut towns with poet laureates, including Hamden, West Haven, Bolton, Glastonbury, Wallingford and Manchester.

Mottola explained that poet laureates help promote writers and writing and instill pride in and appreciation for the community through poetry.

Mottola said she hopes Cheshire will take her up on her offer to become the town’s first official poet laureate. The position is an honorary, unpaid title.

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Mottola also will present a free open mic at the poetry society’s “Poets on Poetry,” a monthly series that gives poets an opportunity to discuss and give presentations on past and present poets and their works.

Mottola’s own work has been published in numerous periodicals and she has two collections of poetry. Yet, she is aware that the general public may not realize poetry is approachable. “Some people tense up when they hear the word. Yes, people are afraid of the unknown,” she said.

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Poetry should not be limited to a subculture of intellectuals, she said. “In other countries, even uneducated peasants can recite poems. As the popularity of Robert Pinsky’s (former U.S. Poet Laureate 1997–2000) Favorite Poem Project has shown, you don’t have to be an intellectual to be touched by poetry and enjoy it.”

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“What a great historical document it would be – Cheshire seen through the eyes of children and through the lens of long-time residents,” she said. “A real inter-generational project.”

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ground in the joy of poetry.”

She’d also hold writing workshops for residents and envisions putting “poetry in public spaces” and holding interactive poetry events.

She’d like to see a poetry anthology of Cheshire past and/or present, written by

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EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT Cody Leamon, BSA Troop 198, is shown at Ives Farm on Cheshire Street in front of his Eagle Scout project.

Leamon proposed his kiosk project in 2019 by making a presentation, which included project plan drawings, a timeline and budgeting to the BSA Three Rivers Council and the project beneficiaries, Cheshire Land Trust. Leamon did fundraising, oversaw management and coordinated the efforts of adults and scouts, including making alternative, socialdistancing plans due to COVID. “I am glad I was given the chance to help the community, and would like to thank the individuals and businesses who helped me to complete my Eagle Scout project,” Leamon said. Altogether Leamon and his volunteers logged approximately 200 hours on the project.

Leamon received his Eagle Scout promotion on March 19 and continues with the troop as senior patrol leader.

Scouts take the Klondike challenge All four BSA Scouts troops (Troop 51B, Troop 51G, Troop 92 and Troop 198) in Cheshire got together at Mixville Park to participate in a townwide Klondike Derby, March 14. The derby is a scouting skills challenge competition. Adults set up six “towns” around Mixville Pond with names derived from Alaskan gold rush towns, such as “Sheep Camp,” “Forty Mile” and “Scales.” Each town had a different challenge.

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There’s not much that could be pulled from the waters of the Quinnipiac River that would surprise David James of the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association. The long-serving QRWA president has presided over more than a dozen Q-River cleanups from the group’s headquarters on Oregon Trail Road in Meriden.

Volunteers are at the core of the event. Many, like James, are multi-year helpers. James, a Meriden resident, offered one reason for his commitment: “Just because Meriden is a less affluent town shouldn’t mean its residents have less access to the benefits of healthy natural surroundings.”

In order to have the event during COVID, this year’s cleanup is being done throughout the entire month of April. Volunteers are asked to “clean independently,” without the benefit of the full group or a QRWA guide on site. Trash bags will be supplied. James asks that potential volunteers email qrwainfo@att.net. Volunteers may also go to qr-

To initiate actions to clean the waterways, the first regularly-held QRWA river cleanups were during the 1990s, becoming semi-annual in the early 2000s, James said. From its inception, the haul from each cleanup is estimated at the conclusion of each event.

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Scouts organized by patrols and traveled from town to town to complete each challenge. Patrols were scored according to how well they completed each challenge.

They also were scored on their teamwork and scout spirit.

Challenges the scouts faced included a timber hitch toss, an obstacle course, a map and compass challenge, a first aid challenge, knot tying and building an emergency shelter.

Patrols also had a “cook town” challenge. In this event, the challenge was to create a tripod, build a fire and start it with something other than a match; using flint and steel for instance. Then partcipants were required to boil two liters of water as fast as they could. Patrols then cooked their lunches in the fire or in the boiling water.

The Klondike Derby had a total of nine patrols from the four troops who participated in the event. The Goonies patrol from Troop 92 took first place; the Troop 92 patrol took second. The Beaver patrol from Troop 198 took home the Red Lantern Award for best exemplifying scout spirit in the face of adversity.

All BSA events begin with an opening flag ceremony and an invocation. Troop 51G, as the newest troop in town, provided the color guard for the opening ceremony, while Troop 198 provided a chaplain's aide scout to give the invocation. After the awards ceremony, Troop 92 provided a chaplain's aide scout to give a benediction and Troop 51B, as the oldest troop in town, provided the color guard to retire the colors and close out the event.

From left: Nico Tippener, Layla Kenkare, Tyson Smith and Ella Dyer from Troops 51B and 51G work on building a fire for the Cooktown challenge.

Dominic DeSena, left, and Ciaran Hickey from Troop 92.

Scoutmasters Mike Dyer from Troop 51B, Tina Kurtz, from Troop 51G, and Samantha Olszewski from Troop 198 oversaw the event.

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Members of the Mill River Watershed Association, Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire and Cheshire Land Trust were invited to the Kaplan property to follow the stream and locate the potential source(s) of the river. The Mill River is located within the Mill River Watershed, with its headwaters originating in Cheshire, and serves as drinking water to communities in New Haven County. Its length is approximately 17 miles, running through Cheshire, Hamden and New Haven before reaching New Haven Harbor.

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What side effects should we expect after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination?

Side effects are possible whenever receiving a vaccine. They can be local, meaning the side effect is limited to the area where the vaccine was injected (e.g. arm soreness, swelling or redness), or they can be systemic, meaning they can affect the whole body (e.g. fever, chills, fatigue, or muscle aches).

Most of us have experienced a sore arm after getting a tetanus shot (a local side effect) which then goes away after a day or two.

Many of us who receive the flu shot have also felt a little run down afterwards (a systemic side effect), and may have mistakenly assumed that the flu shot gave us the flu. In reality, these side effects are a sign that your immune system is working hard to produce antibodies to keep you safe. It is hard work fighting viruses and bacteria, and the extra energy needed to do so can make you feel a little unwell in the meantime.

In data published by the CDC regarding the first month of COVID-19 vaccinations (12/14/20 – 1/13/21), nine side effects were reported by people who received at least one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Local side effects on day 1 after receiving the 1st dose included: 1) Injection Site Pain (73% of Pfizer vaccine recipients, 78% of Moderna vaccine recipients), and 2) Injection Site Swelling (4% of Pfizer vaccine recipients, 6% of Moderna vaccine recipients).

Systemic side effects on day 1 after receiving the 1st dose included: 1) Fatigue (22% for Pfizer, 25% for Moderna), 2) Headache (18% for Pfizer, 20% for Moderna), 3) Muscle Aches (15% for Pfizer, 18% for Moderna), 4) Chills (6% for Pfizer, 8% for Moderna), 5) Fever (6% for Pfizer, 8% for Moderna), 6) Joint Pain (5% for Pfizer, 7% for Moderna), and 7) Nausea (4% for Pfizer, 6% for Moderna).

Local side effects after receiving the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine from the data mentioned above include: 1) Injection Site Pain (79%) & 2) Injection Site Swelling (9%).

Systemic side effects after receiving the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine include: 1) Fatigue (54%), 2) Headache (43%), 3) Muscle Aches (47%), 4) Chills (31%), 5) Fever (29%), 6) Joint Pain (24%), and 7) Nausea (14%). All nine of the reported side effects increased with the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, some by as much as five times (e.g. fever).

¿Qué efectos secundarios se pueden esperar después de recibir la vacuna contra el COVID-19?

Unfortunately, no data was published on those who received their 2nd Moderna dose. However, anecdotal evidence regarding Moderna is consistent with the Pfizer vaccine results.

How likely is a severe reaction?

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Anaphylaxis, a severe potentially life-threatening reaction that can happen within seconds of exposure to an allergen, has occurred following COVID-19 vaccination, though it is very uncommon. Signs of anaphylaxis include difficulty breathing, swelling of the mouth, hives, a fast heart rate, and nausea or vomiting. According to data on the first month of COVID vaccination (12/14/20 – 1/18/2021), reported anaphylaxis cases were as follows: 1) Pfizer: 4.7 cases per million doses of vaccine administered, and 2) Moderna: 2.5 cases per million doses of vaccines administered.

For people with a diagnosed allergy to any component in the COVID vaccine, COVID vaccination is contraindicated. It is also contraindicated to receive a 2nd dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine if a severe allergic reaction (e.g. anaphylaxis) occurred after the first dose. Those who experience a severe allergic reaction to the first dose of Pfizer or Moderna may consider the Johnson & Johnson vaccine (Janssen).

To ensure patient safety, all vaccine recipients are required to remain under observation for at least 15 minutes following each vaccine dose. Those with a history of anaphylaxis to anything other than a COVID vaccine or component in a COVID vaccine, are required to remain for 30 minutes of observation. Those with a history of an immediate allergic reaction to other vaccines or injectable therapies may consider COVID vaccination and are also required to remain under observation for 30 min.

Millions of people in the US have safely been vaccinated against COVID-19. If you have any questions regarding vaccination, please contact your primary care provider.

Es posible sentir efectos secundarios cuando uno recibe una vacuna. Pueden ser localizados, lo que quiere decir que el efecto está limitado al área donde recibió la inyección (ej. dolor en el brazo, inflamación o enrojecimiento), o pueden ser sistémicos, lo que quiere decir que puede afectar el cuerpo entero (ej. Fiebre, escalofríos, agotamiento, o dolores musculares).

La mayoría de nosotros ha sentido dolor en el brazo después de recibir la inyección contra el tétano (un efecto secundario localizado) el cual se va después de uno o dos días. Muchos de los que hemos recibido la vacuna contra la influenza (flu) también nos hemos sentido un poco agotados (un efecto secundario sistémico), y por error hemos asumido que la vacuna contra la influenza nos ha dado influenza. En realidad, estos efectos secundarios son una señal que su sistema inmune está trabajando fuerte para producir anticuerpos para mantenerlo sano. La batalla contra un virus y bacteria es un trabajo fuerte y la energía adicional que se necesita para batallar le puede hacer sentir un poco enfermo.

En la información que el CDC publicó acerca del primer mes de las vacunas contra el COVID-19 (14/12/20 - 13/1/21), se informó que los que recibieron por lo menos una dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer o Moderna reportaron nueve efectos secundarios. Los efectos localizados en el primer dia de recibir la primera dosis incluyeron: 1) Dolor en el área donde recibió la inyección (73% de los que recibieron la vacuna de Pfizer, 78% de los que recibieron la vacuna de Moderna), y 2) Inflamación del área donde recibió la inyección (4% de los que recibieron la vacuna de Pfizer, 6% de los que recibieron la vacuna de Moderna).

Los efectos sistémicos en el primer dia de recibir la primera dosis incluyeron: 1) Agotamiento (22% de Pfizer, 25% de Moderna), 2) Dolor de cabeza (18% de Pfizer, 20% de Moderna), 3) Dolor Muscular (15% de Pfizer, 18% de Moderna), 4) Escalofrios (6% de Pfizer, 8% de Moderna), 5) Fiebre (6% de Pfizer, 8% de Moderna), 6) Dolor en las Articulaciones (5% de Pfizer, 7% de Moderna) y 7) Náuseas (4% de Pfizer, 6% de Moderna).

Los efectos secundarios localizados después de recibir la segunda dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer de la información mencionada anteriormente incluyeron: 1) Dolor en el área donde recibió la inyección (79%) y 2) Inflamación del área donde recibió la inyección (9%). Los efectos sistémicos después de recibir la segunda dosis de Pfizer

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Los nueve efectos secundarios aumentan con la segunda dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer, algunos aumentaron hasta cinco veces (ej. fiebre). Desafortunadamente, no se ha publicado ninguna información acerca de los que recibieron la segunda dosis de Moderna. Sin embargo, la evidencia basada en observaciones acerca de Moderna es consistente con los resultados de la vacuna de Pfizer.

¿Cuán probable es tener una reacción severa?

Anafilaxia, una reacción severa que puede ser fatal y puede pasar segundos después de estar expuesto a algo que cause alergias, ha ocurrido después de la vacunación del COVID-19, aunque no es muy común. Los síntomas de anafilaxia incluyen dificultad respiratoria, inflamación de la boca, sarpullido en el cuerpo, ritmo cardíaco rápido, y náuseas o vómitos. De acuerdo a la información en el primer mes después de recibir la vacuna contra el COVID (14/12/20 - 18/1/2021), se reportó los siguientes casos de anafilaxia: 1) Pfizer: 4.7 casos por un millón de dosis de vacunas administradas, y 2) Moderna: 2.5 casos por un millón de dosis de vacunas administradas.

Para personas con una alergia diagnosticada a cualquier ingrediente de la vacuna contra el COVID, no se recomienda que reciba la vacuna contra el COVID. Tampoco se recomienda recibir la segunda dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer o Moderna si una reacción alérgica severa (ej, anafilaxia) ocurre después de la primera dosis.

Aquellos que sufren de una reacción alérgica severa a la primera dosis de Pfizer o Moderna puede considerar la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson (Janssen).

Para garantizar la seguridad de los pacientes, a todos los que reciben las vacunas se le requiere permanecer bajo observación por 15 minutos después de recibir la vacuna. Los que tienen historial médico de anafilaxia a cualquier cosa aparte de la vacuna de COVID o algún ingrediente en la vacuna de COVID, se requiere que permanezcan bajo observación por 30 minutos.

Aquellos con historial médico de reacción alérgica inmediata a otras vacunas o terapias por inyección pueden considerar ser vacunados contra el COVID y también tendrán que permanecer bajo observación por 30 minutos.

Millones de personas en los Estados Unidos han sido vacunados seguramente contra el COVID-19. Si tiene cualquier pregunta sobre la vacunación, por favor comuníquese con su médico primario.

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Snow cover hid a multitude of litter sins

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

It was a pretty good winter for those of us who are snow lovers. This season’s snowpack was deep. So much so that thanks to the clean-up work of the snowplows at the town pool, I managed to get stuck myself — not my car, mind you, I mean me. I got stuck in the parking lot snowbank.

I was there to snowshoe at Bartlem Park and thought I would just walk up and over the snowbank to put on my snowshoes. However, when I stepped onto the snow, I dropped down into the deep bank. I was up to my hip. I could not move. It was tough getting out. My friend was about to call a tow truck, but she managed to haul me out by grabbing my arm and pulling hard.

Certainly, there was enough snow this season. I do hope you got in your fair share of skiing and sledding and snowman-making and snowball fights. I knew this fun would be over before you knew it. I was warned that the snow cover, which blanketed everything and looked so pretty, was not going to last long. And here we

are, and yes, my friend was correct.

The snow covered a lot of sins. You want to know what is left after the snow melted?

Trash.

I began to see trash appear along the sides of roads. The trash was everywhere, along high-traffic roads, a remote country lane and well-manicured subdivisions. Trash is ubiquitous. As the snow retreated up to the curb, the straws, plastic lids, and cigarette butts magically appeared. On Cook Hill Road, along the wooded slopes, I saw beer cans and fast-food bags. Over on Jarvis Road by the Ten Mile River, it looked like someone dumped bags of nip bottles and assorted papers in the wetlands. On Country Club, there were

nip bottles, cigarette butts and a few facemasks.

As the snow continued to recede in Cheshire, there was Walking up Cornwall Avenue another revelation. In those from the rail trail, I was hap- first few days where the py not to see any large snow receded, the talk pieces of litter. Instead, among rail trail walkers was something more insidious focused on all the dog poop made itself known. Little on the trail. That’s from dog pieces of trash littered the parents who thought one “hell strips” next to the road. time it wouldn’t matter.

Plastic pieces looked like However, there were probathey came from bottles, and bly another dozen or two bottle caps and larger plastic more dog owners who of one kind or another. I also thought the same thing. It is saw a lot of pieces of clear kind of mind-boggling to see plastic pieces and strings full dog poop bags left to reunraveled from what might side on the trail edges. These have been, at one point, yard bags are bright pink or lime tarps. green or some loud color. I guess the reason the bags Where does it all come are so colorful is to alert trail from? I know where it can walkers, in order that they go, into storm drains. From might save themselves from there the plastic pieces find a misstep and put a foot their way to the stream.

They’ll get lodged on a river down on one.

Editor : The Marine Corps League is the only congressionallychartered USMC-related veterans organization in the United States, and the world.

It is primarily comprised of active-duty Marines (who don’t pay dues), honorably discharged Marines, Fleet Marine Corpsmen and Fleet Marine Chaplains.

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On occasion we help dedicate a new flag and flagpole in town. In addition, we have two partial day fundraisers each year.

I did some research on the subject and found that dog poop can and does spread pathogens to other dogs, as well as to humans. That’s a bit concerning. Dog waste also can get into the waterways.

The EPA considers dog poop a significant source of nonpoint pollution. The waste runs into waterways off lawns and trails and streets and via storm drains. Since it is untreated it can cause problems.

It can rob oxygen from the water, create algae blooms and introduce pathogens. All of this is bad for fish and aquatic creatures, and since we humans recreate and drink the water, it’s bad for people, too.

Something for us to consider then, is to regroup in time for Earth Day. That’s April 22. A number of clean-ups will be going on during that week. If you know of one, please join it. By all means, let me know and I will share the news. For now, why not share information with your friends and family and educate your little ones, too. Let them know how important it is to put litter in its place.

That’s a good place to start.

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rock until a fish or bird sees it as food and eats it. The trash may also get pushed along by the current until it hits a larger river, like the Mill. If it doesn’t get eaten by larger fish in the lower reaches of the river, it will certainly do so by the time it hits New Haven Harbor and Long Island Sound. Rivers are the main source of ocean plastic, according to the non-profit group, The Ocean Cleanup.

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Art group gets a master class in painting

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

Here’s an artist challenge: use a limited pallet of colors and white. Award-winning artist Caleb Stone, learned at an early age from his father, artist Don Stone, to use the primary colors, yellow, red and blue, and to mix all the gray tones from those primaries. The March meeting of the Cheshire Art League featured Stone, who demonstrated a classic coastal New England scene in oil.

Caleb Stone grew up in the artists’ colony of Rockport, Maine and later studied at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art. In addition to his own painting, Stone travels extensively to give workshops.

He hosts Zoom lessons and

The artist begins “very abstract” and creates a quick “thumbnail sketch,” using grayscale markers. Stone points out that it helps him to “compose the picture.” This approach also allows him to problem-solve on the sketch before he starts on his canvas, which is linen mounted on a birch board.

Award-winning artist Caleb Stone’s “Bailing Smith Cove.”

holds weeklong plein-air painting sessions at another well-known artist colony, Monhegan Island in Maine.

Stone paints in the representational-impressionist style.

The artist references real-life in the painting, then shapes the subject matter according

to how they might view it. Stone’s preference is to work with pastel, oil or watercolor. The recent oil painting demonstration for the art league was of a man bailing out his dory in Gloucester, Mass. “I love old school boats and looks,” Stone said.

Assembling his palette, his color choices teach him to be a chemist of sorts, Stone said. “It forces you. It does it in the best way, because it gives you every color in nature out of those nine colors, plus white.” He has a variety of each primary color, scaled from light to dark. For example, in his yellow selections, Stone uses cadmium lemon, which is a cool, bright yel-

low; he also uses a middle yellow and a dark yellow, called golden ochre.

Throughout his lesson, Stone gave the 40 people attending the evening’s Zoom class a variety of suggestions and painting tips to improve their skills. In addition to teaching about color, he talks about values; the gradient of color or hue, from light to dark. “Values do all the work, but color gets all the credit,” he said.

As he focuses on the canvas, Stone does not use charcoal, but draws with a brush. The order he prefers is to paint his landscapes first and then items in the scene, like the boat. On the day he was at See Art, A32

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Library talk: An herbalist’s approach to healing

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

Colds, small cuts, anxiety, poor digestion — instinctively, you might reach for your medicine cabinet. Grounded Goodwife would instead have you reach into your medicinal herb garden for a homemade remedy.

a mother-daughter team from Woodbury who educate about the self-healing properties of herbs. Ehris Urban is a green witch, author, and herbalist.

Urban’s mother and co-presenter is Velya Jancz-Urban, an author, teacher and historian, whose field of study focuses on women in colonial times.

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historical societies, schools, churches, and libraries. Their March 14 program at Cheshire Public Library was “What to grow in my medicinal herb garden?”

Women have always been the healers, said Jancz-Urban.

Women were the unlicensed doctors, pharmacists, and the midwives. “Doctors were few and far between. For cen-

turies, women learned from each other, and passed their experiences down from neighbor to neighbor and from mother to daughter,” she said.

Plants known to have medicinal properties are herbs, said Urban, adding, “This is the perfect time for this talk. Just thinking about plants makes me happy.” Thyme and mint are well-known and what most

people think about when asked what an herb is, said Urban. There are vegetables like horseradish that also have medicinal properties, she said.

“They all count.”

“When I started learning about herbalism, I saw how much just grows wild here,” said Urban. Useful plants you’ll find See Healing, A32

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herbs are grown, including rosemary, boneset, hyssop, rue, thistle, lemon balm, mint, sage, fennel and thyme.

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in Connecticut are mullein, violet, nettle, mugwort, red clover and St. John’s wort.

Herbs are sorted into many categories based on their medicinal actions, said Urban. Bitter herbs, which are good for digestion, include dandelion, burdock and gentian. “Most people don’t like the bitter taste. I don’t either.

But once you know the bene-

“Those are all considered weeds, but they have some major medicinal benefits,” Urban said. In their own Grounded Goodwife home herb garden, more than 30 different non-GMO, organic

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ing. Stone asked the student to paint everything around the barn first. The student From A28 painted the driveway, the field of grass to the right of the location painting this the barn, the roof line, the coastal boat scene, the man grass and driveway in front, in the dory was not there at the line of trees to the left of the start, he showed up later, the barn, and the sky.

Stone explained. The man’s She was amazed to see she appearance was totally unhad created the shape of the expected and adding him inbarn. to the scene gave a deeper dimension to the sto“You do all the background ry. Stone was happy to have stuff, it gives you what you his camera with him at the are trying to create,” Stone time, to take a picture to use said. “That’s the positive later. He advised artists to do shape. This is what you are the same. doing. You are cutting in to make the positive shape.”

As Stone continued with his painting demo, he shared a As he closed out the painttip from his father: to look at ing session, albeit without a things as silhouettes. “My fa- finished painting, Stone rether used to always say to minded workshop attendees, me, ‘Squint. Don’t look at not to rush. “I am sculpting, things with a wide-open eye. not speeding. I am taking Squint.’” my time.” he said.

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“It can be unnerving to know what to plant in an herb garden, because there are so many options,” Jancz-Urban said, adding she offers 11 suggestions to get started. “All of them do well in our area of New England, and they all have medicinal benefits.”

She explained that if you feel like you ate too much, take bitter herbs, you’ll be surprised how fast it works. Bitter herbs can be used as a tea or tincture. “If it’s summer, you can go out into your yard and grab some dandelions,” said Urban.

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Vulnerary herbs are for wounds, cuts and burns and include calendula, aloe, comfrey and witch hazel. Astringents like raspberry leaf, elderflower and sage help to contract, tighten and dry things up, said Urban. These herbs are good for sore throats and colds. “Nervines are my favorite herbs,” Urban said. The herbs that fall into this category are lemon balm, lavender, chamomile, spearmint and hops. They calm the nervous

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