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By SHAW ISRAEL IZIKSON

WINSTED — All three local po-litical parties have disclosed finances

pertaining to this year’s municipalelection held on Nov.3.At the election, residents voted in

a Democratic majority to the Boardof Selectmen: Mayor Candy Perez, Se-lectmen Steven Sedlack, Melissa Bird,Brian Shaughnessy and Jack Bourque,along with Republicans Glenn Alba-nesius and Todd Arcelaschi.

For the Board of Education, electedwere Democrats Nora Mocarski, DougPfenninger and Michelle Hintz alongwith Republicans John Pollack andLiz O’Dowd.

The itemized campaign financedisclosure statements are availableon the state’s Elections EnforcementCommission website.

The statements cover a reportingperiod from July 10, when the candi-dates for all parties were starting tobe announced by the parties, up to

By ERICA TAYLOR

WINSTED — Saturday afternoon,

Dec. 5, made for a lively Christmas onMain Street in downtown Winsted,as friends and families gathered forfestivities and fun.

The event, organized by localnonprofit Friends of Main Street andthe Winsted Recreation Department,featured sales and specials from localbusinesses, food, hay rides, and evenan appearance from Santa Claus.

Members of the Winsted Elks weregiving away hats and scarves. TheFriends of Main Street offered hot

chocolate with marshmallows, andthe Winsted PTO was popping freshpopcorn and handing out cookiesfor their first year participating inthe event

By SHAW ISRAEL IZIKSON

WINSTED — The 12th annualGator Parade will be held on Saturday,Dec. 19, starting at 5:30 p.m.

The parade is named after Gaeton“Gator” Gangi, a member of the firedepartment who died in December2004.

In a previous interview, formerWinsted Fire Department memberGary Newman of Torrington, whowas a friend of Gangi’s, reminiscedabout his friend

PHOTO BY ERICA TAYLOR

Children had their photos taken with Santa Claus during the Christmason Main Street event.

Holiday cheer on Mainwest Community Bank and BunnelFarms were probably the biggest hitfor families. The ride began on Elm

Street and circled around the blockthrough Willow Street and back.

“This is the absolute best yearever,” said Gayle Moraski of North-west Community Bank. “We love tosponsor the horse-drawn carriageride because everyone can enjoy it —

young, old, kids and children of thechild within.” Northwest CommunityBank was giving away free gift bagsincluding gloves, games, candies andpencils.

“In past years, it’s been so cold, so

we started giving away the gloves. Theweather’s perfect this year,” Moraskisaid.

Winsted Mayor Candy Perez agreedthat Saturday’s warm weather helped

Town campaign financesdetailed in reports to state

Election Day.Winchester Republican Town

Committee treasurer Debbie Angellfilled out the forms for her party up

until Sept. 3, when she submitted herresignation.Resident and former Board of

Education member Ray Neal tookover for Angell after her resignation.

Neal did not note any contributionsto the committee until the filing withthe ending date of Oct. 25.

During the time period of Oct. 1 to25, the committee received three dona-tions totaling $1,100: $500 from townclerk candidate David Cappabianca,$500 from Michael Hamm and $100from John Pollack.

The report also noted an in kinddonation from party chairman GeraldMartinez of services including theparty’s website, website hosting andemail subscriptions, which he valuedat $250.

For expenditures, Neal recordedtwo payments of $542.39, a total of

$1,084.78, to Giordano Signs andGraphics in Torrington on Oct. 21.

No other donations or expendi-tures were listed or noted on the forms

during the covered time period.Meanwhile, for the Winsted Inde-pendent Party, which mostly endorsedRepublican candidates, TreasurerDavid LaPointe reported his party’sfinances.

LaPointe reported $365 as theparty’s balance before election seasonstarted.

However, the party did not receiveany donations and did not make anyexpenditures through the weeks lead-ing up to the election.

The Winchester Democratic Town

Committee, which won the major-ity vote in the municipal election,received the most donations duringthe election cycle.

In a finance report filed on Oct. 1 bycommittee treasurer Barbara Wilkes,

Decorated firetrucks will lead Gator ParadeEveryone must have decorated theirtrucks with thousands of dollars worthof lights.”

Department member and highwaydepartment employee Scott Goodell,another good friend of Gangi, also hadfond memories of him in a previousinterview.

“He was a grumpy but lovableguy,” Goodell said. “He would haveloved to have seen this parade. Godbless Gator.”

The parade will include fire enginesandvehicles fromWinstedandseveral

event, including the Winchester Cen-ter Fire Department, the ColebrookFire Department, the Falls VillageFire Department and the Norfolk FireDepartment.

The parade route, which stretchesall throughout town, is as follows:

The event will start on MeadowStreet facing east towards Lake Street;right on Lake Street; right on Route263, left on Woodland Avenue, left onWest Lake Street; right on East LakeStreet; left on Hurlbut Street; left onPratt Street; right on Prospect Street;

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A2 THE WINSTED JOURNAL, Friday, December 11, 2015

Area News

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT GEER

By ERICA TAYLOR

RIVERTON — Rivertonwas teeming with holiday cheer

on Friday, Dec. 4, while manyChristmas festivities were un-derway. Among them was thefourth annual Festival of Treesat the Grange.

The event, to benefit theCommunity Food Bank at thePleasant Valley United Meth-odist Church, displayed a wideselection of local talent withhandmade Christmas trees ofdifferent themes. Visitors couldcast a vote for the best tree witha nonperishable food item ora donation for the food bank.Raffle tickets gave visitors thechance of taking home a tree oftheir choice.

“The first year was done byBarkhamsted Recreation; thesecond year we did it in conjunc-tion with them. The last two yearswe took it over and have beenrunning it though the Grange,with people that worked on theRecreation Committee at thattime,” Riverton Grange member

Dawn Anstett said.In youth and adult categories,the two trees which collected themost food won a cash prize. “Allthi f d ill t k d d

made by Barkhamsted CubScouts and Girl Scouts, whilemost of the adult category treeswere made by members of the

Riverton Grange or friends ofthe Grange. Other organiza-tions, such as the congrega-tional church in Riverton, theBarkhamsted Historical Societyand the Barkhamsted Women’sClub contributed trees as well.

According to Anstett, theFestival of Trees had great successlast year, raising several hundreddollars of donations and in theraffle, along with hundred ofpounds in food.

The event is very popular withchildren, many coming to showfamily and friends their uniqueChristmas trees.

“Early on, we had a lot of theCubs that came in with theirfood because they’re excited thattheir trees are here,” Anstett said.“They put their canned goodsnear their tree, which is what wehope they will do. They put a lotof hard work into these trees,andthey had a lot of fun doing it.”

By ALICIA KIRSCH

COLEBROOK — The Cole-brook Historical Society hosteda Gingerbread Open House atthe Old Seymour Inn on Dec. 6.

President Jan Rathbun saidthey have “about 15 or 16 gin-gerbread houses” made by Cole-brook residents, many of whichpaid homage to well-knownbuildings in the area such as theSenior Center and the Church inthe Wildwood.

Attendants were treated tosix students from the ColebrookConsolidated School singing

and playing traditional carols,with the audience eventually

joining in the music. Colebrookhistorian Bob Grigg then gavea dramatic reading of “Twasthe Night Before Christmas” toeveryone’s delight.

First Selectman Tom McKeonwas in attendance, and alongsideRathbun, he acknowledged allthose who built gingerbreadhouses.

The gingerbread houseswill remain up for Colebrook’s

Holiday Fair on Dec. 12. Formore information, go to www.colebrookhistoricalsociety.org.

By AMANDA MAE DOWNEY

NORFOLK — Redeemer’s

Ridge Ministries is a nonprofitorganization run by retiredfirefighter Chip Warner and hiswife, Ramona. They started theorganization from Norfolk in2001as an outlet for both serviceand military personnel.

Redeemer’s Ridge Ministriesaims to provide confidentialsupport for work-related issues,stress and PTSD. As a retired ser-vice worker, Chip Warner foundthat there was no one providingconfidential support to combatwork-related stress.

Confidentiality, he says, is amajor part of Redeemer’s RidgeMinistries’s mission. Chip andRamona provide support by


Attendees voted for their favorite Christmas trees at theRiverton Grange’s Festival of Trees on Dec. 4.

Creative Christmastrees at Riverton Grange

Gingerbread houses a holiday delight

Redeemer’s Ridge Ministries:Serving those who serve

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Chip Warner is a retired firefighter for the city of Torrington.

meeting individually with ser-vice and military personnel oroffering their families support

services. If they cannot personal-ly help, then they make referrals.

The organization finds theholiday season to be a busy time.Travel and monetary expenses,along with societal demands, canmake the season more stressfulfor the area agencies.

Since the organization is anonprofit LLC, all donationsare tax deductible. Donationswould be used to visit and helpfamilies in need. Additionally,the organization would furthertheir outreach.

With the help of the Yale-New Haven Critical IncidentResponse Team, they servicethree-quarters of Connecticutand parts of Massachusetts, butwould like to see growth in thenear future.

“There are many peoplewho forget that all these menand women are serving us 24hours a day, seven days a week,”Chip Warner said. “Christmas,

Thanksgiving, New Year’s — theyare there for us.”

PHOTO BY ALICIA KIRSCH

Gingerbread houses made by Colebrook residents were ondisplay at the Colebrook Historical Society’s open house.

Correcting ErrorsWe are happy to correcterrors in news stories whenthey are called promptly toour attention. We are alsohappy to correct factual and/or typographical errors inadvertisements when sucherrors affect meaning.

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Winsted

Looking for

a primary cared t ?

PHOTO BY ALICIA KIRSCH

The jolly old elf

Santa Claus (who has been told he resembles Tim Wheeler) was spotted at the Winsted tree lighting on Dec. 5.

By ERICA TAYLOR

WINSTED — Ric Nalette ofWinsted Walks hosted a tourof the proposed City Walk inthe downtown area on Friday,Nov. 27.

Winsted Walks is a neworganization dedicated to thedevelopment of local hiking andbiking trails.

The weather was perfect forthe 3-mile walk, which embracedsome of Winsted’s scenic and

historical highlights.The walk started at the Laurel

City Skate Park and looped backto where it started.

Anna Norland of the Eco-nomic Development Commis-sion joined the walk.

“Ric has a vast array of knowl-edge,” Norland said. “It was funfor me to hear some of the stories

Proposed City Walk highlights downtownI hadn’t heard before.”The group left green balloonmarkers for those who could notmake it on time for the start ofthe hike as they passed throughareas including the Mad River,the Mad River Walk, the Museumof Tort Law and local shops.

During the walk, Naletteprovided insight into Winsted’shistorical and architecturalbackground and discussed futurehopes and plans for the Rails-to-Trails project.

“When we got this group offthe ground, he presented theCity Walk as an idea that he hadfor a long time, and it workedquite well with our thoughts forconnecting the Sue Grossmanbike trail to the skate park,”Norland said.

The long-term goal of thegroup is to connect the bike trail


A good crowd participated in a hike along the proposed CityWalk on Friday, Nov. 27.

Donate items Dec. 12By JESSE WILLIAMS

WINSTED — Lippincott VanLines will host a holiday donation

at the Winsted Stop & Shop onSaturday, Dec. 12, from 8 a.m to4 p.m., collecting toys, food andclothing to be donated to charity.

“This is just us trying to giveback to the community,” saidMelisa Engle, sales coordinatorat Lippincott. “Everybody needshelp at some point.”

The locally based moving andstorage company already helda similar drive in Lichfield onSaturday, Dec. 5, and is hopingto find equal support and success

in Winsted.“We just want to get the items

out to those in need,” Engle said.

Lippincott is asking for chil-dren and adult clothing, toys andnonperishable food items. Thegoal is to fill one of the company’s

32-foot vans by the end of the day.Donations will be delivered toFriends in Service to Humanity(FISH) and Family Strides inTorrington.

“I’ve known about FISH for-ever, as long as I’ve been aroundthe town,” said Engle, “and I knowthey’re a very good organizationand help anyone who comesthrough the door. Same withFamily Strides.”

Lippincott has already set updonation bins at the Whiting Mills

studios, and have been acceptingcontributions from within thecompany.

WINSTED — The WinstedJournal office has big windowsthat face both Main and Elmstreets. This window space isavailable to any individual, orga-nization or school to promote anevent or cause, exhibit artwork,crafts or any other project or idea.

The Winsted Journal is yourcommunity paper and wants to

help promote student achieve-ments or projects and helpnonprofit organizations as well.

Window space will be grantedon a first-come, first-served basisand must be suitable for publicviewing.

Call The Winsted Journal

office at 860-738-4418 or stopin to request space.

NEW HARTFORD —

The Northwest ConnecticutArts Council will co-host aregion-wide, free networkingevent called CultureMIX onThursday, Dec. 17, from 5:30 to7 p.m. at the Hurley BusinessPark. The studios in the artists’wing will be open for tours beforeCultureMIX from 4 to 5:30 p.m.,and a few will be open after theevent, offering music and con-tinued opportunities to exploreand shop.

People from the cultural com-

munity, ranging from individualperforming, visual and literaryartists, artisans, historians, staff,board members, patrons, andvolunteers of cultural institutionsand venues that offer culturalprogramming within and aroundthe 25-town region served by theArts Council are invited to attendthis free networking event.

The Northwest ConnecticutArts Council is asking attendeesto bring nonperishable food

TORRINGTON — StateSenator Kevin Witkos and Repre-sentative Jay Case will participatein the Salvation Army’s Red KettleCampaign by ringing bells at theTorrington Walmart, Wednesday,Dec. 16, from noon to 1 p.m.Community members are invited

to support the cause and donatewhatever they can. Walmart withmatch dollar-for-dollar all con-tributions up to $25,000 receivedduring this timeframe.

For more information contactMichael Rell at 860-240-8700 [email protected].

WINSTED — The Beardsleyand Memorial Library is spon-soring a create-your-own dragonmask event Friday, Dec. 11, from3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Participants willembellish masks with feathers,beads and jewels and learn aboutdragons and Japanese culture.

This course is part of an on-

going series held in conjunctionwith Northwestern ConnecticutCommunity College and is called“The Big Read.” The Big Read is aprogram of the National Endow-ment for the Arts in partnershipwith Arts Midwest.

For more information call860-379-6043.

with the Farmington Valley Her-itage Canal Trail in Collinsville.

“It was all encompassing,”Norland said. “It was the pi-

oneering venture out to seewhat this looks like, and reallyhighlight the beautiful aspectsof downtown Winsted.”

CultureMIX networking event on Dec. 17

Make your own dragon masks

Our windows are your windows

Lawmakers to ring bells for the Salvation Army

items with them to donate that

evening to a holiday food drivethat the Council is holding in co-operation with FISH NorthwestConnecticut.

To register for CultureMIX go

to www.DecMix2015.eventbrite.

com. More information aboutCultureMIX and the NorthwestConnecticut Arts Council isavailable at www.artsnwct.org orby calling 860-618-0075.

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Death Notices State PoliceThe following information was

provided by the Connecticut StatePolice at Troop B. All suspects areconsidered innocent until proven

guilty in a court of law.Car hits pole

Tiffany Wilkinson, 19, ofNorfolk was driving east onColebrook Road in Norfolk Dec.1. At about 6:30 p.m., near LoonMeadow Drive, the driver’s siderear of her 2000 OldsmobileIntrigue hit a utility pole on theright shoulder. Wilkinson statedshe lost control while trying toturn on her fog lights becauseshe could not see, and that she

may have been driving too fast.She and passenger AnthonyBarber, 18, of Winsted werenot injured. The car was drivenfrom the scene. Wilkinson wascharged with traveling too fastfor conditions.

Rear-end collisionChristopher Ravlin, 50, of

Harwinton was driving on Tor-ringford East Street in New Hart-ford Dec. 3. At about 9:48 a.m.,he was stopped at a red light atRoute 202 when his foot slipped

off the clutch pedal. His 2004

Subaru Forester lurched into a2010 Land Rover stopped in frontof him and operated by AprilGallicchio, 51, of Torrington.The Land Rover sustained minordamage. There were no injuries.Ravlin was charged with follow-ing too closely.

No right-of-way An unknown vehicle and

driver pulled onto Route 44 fromW. West Hill Road in Barkham-sted at about 5:37 p.m. Dec. 3directly in front of another car.It collided with a 2006 Volvoxc70 driven east on Route 44 byGertrude Hil l, 50, of Torrington.The offending driver left thescene to continue east on Route44. The driver was male. The car

was a dark-colored Volvo stationwagon. Hill was transportedto a hospital with a left wristinjury. Her car was towed withfront end damage. The accidentis under investigation. Anyonewith information should call thestate police.

The Winsted Journal will pub-lish the outcome of police charges.Contact us by mail at PO Box 835,Winsted, CT 06098, Attn: PoliceBlotter, or send an email, with“police blotter” in the subject line,

to [email protected].

Emily J. Cannavo

Emily J. Cannavo, 88, of Winsted, died Dec. 5, 2015. Callinghours were held Dec. 9. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Dec.10 at St. Joseph Church. Burial followed in St. Joseph Cemetery.Montano-Shea Funeral Home has care of arrangements.

Francis ‘Frank’ DeSantis

Francis “Frank” DeSantis, of Winsted, died Dec. 3, 2015. Callinghours were held Dec. 6. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Dec.7 at St. Joseph Church. Burial followed in Forest View Cemetery.Montano-Shea Funeral Home has care of arrangements.

Eleanor C. O’BrienEleanor C. O’Brien, of Norfolk and formerly Winsted, died Dec.

4, 2015. Calling hours were held Dec. 8. A Mass of Christian Burialwas held Dec. 9 at Immaculate Conception Church, Norfolk. Burialfollowed in St. Joseph Cemetery, Winsted. Montano-Shea FuneralHome has care of arrangements.

Marion Ann Raydenbow

Marion Ann Raydenbow, 86, of Winsted, died Dec. 1, 2015.There are no calling hours. Graveside services in Winchester CenterCemetery will be announced at a later time. Maloney Funeral Home

has care of arrangements.

WINSTED — Two Win-sted residents are amongthe five Northwest Catholicstudent-musicians who willperform as members of theConnecticut Music EducatorsAssociation’s Northern Region

ensembles. Katharine Jessen andSarah Jessen will perform in theorchestra.

Director of InstrumentalMusic Daniel Luddy is thrilled

with the students’ achievements.“These five musicians workedhard to achieve this honor,” hesaid. “The experience they willhave working with top con-ductors and talented musiciansfrom other schools will be both

fun and challenging.”The CMEA Northern Re-

gion High School Festival willtake place at New Britain HighSchool on Jan. 13.

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Sarah Jessen, left, and Katharine Jessen

Jessens to perform in CMEAensembles in January

WEST HARTFORD — Sixacademically outstanding arearesidents earned a spot on thefirst-quarter honor roll at North-west Catholic High School.

First honorsGrade 11

Katharine Jessen of Winsted;Sarah Jessen of Winsted; Sydney

Samele of New Hartford; AllysonVoelker of New Hartford

Grade 9 Lindsey Voelker of New

Hartford

Second honorsGrade 9

Connor Grandell of NewHartford

Northwest Catholic honor roll

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EDITORIAL PAGE A5 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

The Winsted Journal

OPINION

Earthtalk Editors of E/The Environmental

Magazine

If You Ask Me Dick Ahles

Young men need somethingto turn to, away from violence

Another mass murder, trot out

the thoughts and prayersW

ith word of anothermass killing, this one,the worst since New-

town, the campaign consultantsissued their tweeting orders:

“Send out the usual ‘thoughtsand prayers’ tweet.”

And within minutes, they did:“Praying for those impacted

by shooting…” Mike Huckabee,3:34 p.m.

“Praying for the victims, theirfamilies…” Jeb Bush, 3:39 p.m.

“My thoughts and prayers arewith the shooting victims andtheir families…” Ben Carson,3:45 p.m.

“My thoughts and prayersare with the victims, familiesand brave first responders…”Rand Paul.

“My thoughts and prayersgo out to those impacted bythe shooting, especially the firstresponders…” John Kasich, 3:58p.m.

“Thoughts and prayers arewith San Bernardino…” LyndseyGraham, 4 p.m.

“Our prayers are with thevictims, their families and thefirst responders…” Ted Cruz,4:07 p.m.

“Praying for those victimizedby the shootings…” Chris Chris-tie, 4:25 p.m.

All of these carefully craftedcomments came within 51 min-

utes or so, along with two that hadthe benefit of sounding original.They came, not surprisingly, fromDonald Trump, who, regardlessof what else may be said of him,does tend to be original. He mayhave even written them:

“California shooting looksvery bad. Good luck to law en-forcement and God bless.” DonaldTrump, 3:38 p.m.

Later, he was a bit more secular:“Police and law enforcement

seem to have killed one of the

shooters and are in a shootoutwith the others. Go police.”Trump, 6:53 p.m.

The Democrats were heardfrom as well, but seemingly with-out a thought or a prayer or, liketheir Republican cohorts, muchsubstance:

“Enough is enough. It’s timeto stand up to the NRA and en-act meaningful gun safety laws.”

Martin O’Malley, 2:36 p.m.“I refuse to accept this as

normal. We must take action tostop gun violence now.” HillaryClinton, 3:26 p.m.

“Mass shootings are becomingan almost everyday occurrence inthis country. This sickening andsenseless gun violence must stop.”Bernie Sanders, 4:08 p.m.

Compliments to MartinO’Malley, the candidate with thepoorest chance of becoming hisparty’s nominee, for being theonly candidate to mention theunindicted coconspirator, theNational Rifle Association.

Finally, nearly four hours later,at 7:47 p.m., the last sound bitewas issued by a candidate. RickSantorum, the winner of the 2012Iowa Caucus, must have donea lot of praying and thinkingbefore tweeting, “Our thoughtsand prayers are with the victims,

their loved ones and all thoseimpacted.”

After all these Republicancomments failed to mention gunsand the Democrats didn’t saytheir prayers, each side accusedthe other of politicizing the trag-edy and, of course, each side didexactly that.

Then things got a bit moretesty and a little closer to home

when The New York Daily Newsframed the cliché-laden Repub-lican comments around a frontpage headline, “God Isn’t FixingThis” and Connecticut Sen. ChrisMurphy told his colleagues, “Yourthoughts should be about stepsto take to stop this. Your prayersshould be for forgiveness if youdo nothing again.”

Within hours, Senate Republi-cans stopped doing nothing. Theykilled a bill that would prohibitthose on the anti-terrorist No FlyList from buying guns. Since thelist of 10,000 was created, 1,321people on it have bought guns,even though as candidate andSen. Marco Rubio pointed out,

just one evil person out of 10,000Syrian immigrants could commit

an act of terror. Senator Rubiovoted against the bill.

As the investigation continued,Rush Limbaugh and the otherrightwing radio raconteurs con-centrated on President Obama’sunwillingness to smear an entirereligion by calling the terroristswho are Muslims Islamic terror-ists or extremists. Of course, hedidn’t call the Evangelist who did

the Planned Parenthood killing aChristian terrorist either.

The radio bloviators were,however, silent when New YorkCardinal Timothy Dolan toldCNN on St. Patrick’s Day thatlabeling an entire faith Islamicterrorists would be akin to callingthe violent and often murderousIrish Republican Army Catholicterrorists.

“The IRA claimed to be Cath-olic,” said the cardinal. “Theywere baptized, they had Catholicidentification, but what theywere doing was a perversion ofeverything the church stood for.”

Simsbury resident Dick Ahles isa retired journalist. Email him [email protected].

In late November, town officials debated the future of alongstanding tourist gazebo at 100 South Main St., in frontof a building owned by Northwestern Connecticut Com-

munity College.

Installed in 2001, the gazebo is at one of the gateways toWinsted.In front of the gazebo is a large sign that says “Tourist

Information.”For several years volunteers manned the gazebo and an-

swered questions posed by tourists coming into the area. Thegazebo also offered brochures that contained informationabout the town.

In an interview last week, Friends of Main Street PresidentFran Delaney said the gazebo has not been operated or main-tained for the past six years.

While the sign is still there, the structure itself looks aban-doned with a dirty floor, dusty shelves, a can filled with trash

and broken screens.It’s embarrassing.How many people from out of town stopped at the gazebo

through the years when they saw the sign that offered “TouristInformation,” only to be greeted by an abandoned structure?

What kind of message did that give?If the town wants tourism, it needs a strategy.Instead of just abandoning resources like the long-neglect-

ed gazebo, it needs to figure out how to use existing resourcesand to organize volunteers to help.

Also, a hotel in Winsted would go a long way in bringingvisitors into the town.

Several years ago there were plans for a Holiday Inn in thevicinity of Highland Lake.

Those plans never came to fruition.Right now there are no hotels where people can stay in

town.This is a real shame because the town is building on its

cultural resources with the arts studios at Whiting Mills andthe Tort Museum.

It already has a bounty of natural resources, includingHighland Lake.

If town officials want Winsted to become a destination,there needs to be a place for tourists to stay when they arrive.

Hopefully town officials will figure out a way to lure a hoteldeveloper.

Economicdevelopment

needs fine tuning

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Spirit of the Season

By JESSE WILLIAMS

NEW HARTFORD — TheBakerville Library hosted itsannual holiday party on Friday,Dec. 4, featuring seasonal treats,a tree-lighting ceremony, familycrafts and an opportunity tomeet Mrs. Santa Claus.

The library annex was bright-ly lit and bustling with activityas families divided their timebetween a crackling bonfire andcaroling outside, and the cheery

activities indoors.“Between Mrs. Claus and the

lighting of the Christmas tree,it’s all great,” said Elaine Murphy,a member of the Friends of theBakerville library.

With a crowd that included alarge number of small children,Mrs. Claus seemed to be themain attraction for much of thenight, with a line that stretchedhalfway across the building.

“She’s been here for forever,”said Murphy. “But we’re keepingher identity a secret.”

Outside, library volunteers litthe Christmas tree to a chorusof traditional carols by party-goers. Children took advantageof a mild winter evening, withtemperatures in the mid-40s, tostart a game of tag in and out of

the light of the bonfire.Murphy said the event is

mostly geared toward families,

although she hoped anyonewould enjoy the festivities.

Another tradition of theevent is a silent auction, whichoffers not just items, but experi-ences, Murphy said. Along withgift certificates for wine tastings,housecleaning service, a load of

manure to be used as fertilizerand tickets to the BeardsleyZoo, a unique and popular

item was “Tea With Mabel,”which promised an afternoonwith New Hartford centenarianMabel Woolley.

“Mabel knows everyone, andshe remembers everything,”Murphy said.

The winner of that item could

expect “stories ... of wartimevolunteering and partying withsoldiers on leave,” according to

the item’s description.“I like these events,” said one

woman, who was attending theparty for the first time with her5-year-old daughter. “It givesa sense of community to oneof the smaller parts of NewHartford.”

Bakerville Library spreads holiday cheer

PHOTO BY JESSE WILLIAMS

Attendees enjoyed crafts and more at the Bakerville Library holiday party on Dec. 4.

By KATERI KOSEK

WINSTED — The WinstedUnited Methodist Church’s an-nual Christmas Fair and CookieWalk was a success. Issy Skilton,a church member, said that whilethey never had a very big crowdall at once, as was usual, they hada steady flow of a few people onSaturday, Dec. 5. “We’ve donepretty good, the tables have a lotof blank spots.”

Volunteers behind the tablessold new and used donated items,including wreaths and hand-made knit items, with proceedsgoing to the church. Childrenclutched items they’d found,showing off necklaces and stuffeddogs. Downstairs a luncheon wasserved, and the church’s thriftshop was open later for the fair.

A popular fixture of theChristmas Fair is the CookieWalk, in which people selectwhich size can they want to fill

— a small one for $4 or a big onefor $10 — and go down the lineof homemade cookies.

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behind the table. “Did you offerthem a free cookie for that?” Jonesasked. “I should’ve,” she replied.

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Attendees purchased items — as well as plenty of cookies — at the Christmas Fair.

By ERICA TAYLOR

WINSTED — The Win-chester Grange was packed onFriday, Dec. 4, for the GrangeHoliday Super Prize Party. Pa-

trons of all ages browsed thetables for the prizes they wantedto take home.

The super prize party is simi-lar to a penny auction or teacupauction, with a wide array ofitems up for grabs. Prizes includ-ed everything from baked goodsand handmade crafts to toys andtoiletries. Super prizes includeditems such as gift baskets andglassware.

“Some of it is handmade, buta lot of it is either brand new orgently used,” event organizerand Winchester Grange memberTodd Gelineau said.

All prizes were donated bymembers and friends of the Win-chester Grange. The event alsofeatured a bake sale with goodsmade by members of the Grange.

For $1, participants got acard full of tickets to drop incorresponding prize bags for a

chance to win that item. Superprize tickets were $1 each.

“We normally hold this eventin September or October. Wehave one in the spring and one inthe fall. This year we decided to

have it closer to Christmas, andit’s worked out pretty well forus,” Gelineau said. “We’ve had areally good turnout and a greatselection of Christmas-themeditems.”

Grange members Matt andSusan Klein were working thedoor on Friday, and were bothpleased with the success of theevent. “We’ve been Grange Mem-bers for a combined total of 60

years,” Matt Klein said.He said that the event always

does well, but holding it beforeChristmas has brought someextra traffic.

“It’s like going to bingo, but you have a better chance of takingsomething home,” he said witha laugh.

For more information onevents at the Winchester Grange,go to www.winchestergrange.org.

Searching for presentsat Super Prize Party


Participants placed tickets in bags for a chance to win prizes.

WINSTED — The Beardsleyand Memorial Library is hold-ing a Charlie Brown Christmas.Join in Saturday, Dec. 19, from10:30 a.m. to noon for a story,

activities, crafts, food andfun. This program is gearedtoward children. For moreinformation call the library at860-379-6043.

WINSTED — Celebrate theholiday season at Beardsley andMemorial Library’s holidayopen house, Saturday, Dec. 12,from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Festivitieswill include entertainer RogerTincknell, with a holiday musicsing-a-long with songs for all

ages and refreshments.The holiday open house is free

and open to the public.This program is made pos-

sible by the support of theDraper Foundation throughthe Community Foundation ofNorthwest Connecticut.

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Brain TeasersCLUES ACROSS 1. Characters in one inch of

tape 4. In a hold 9. Jewish mystic 14. A way to souse

15. A small sharp knife 16. Frogs, toads, tree toads 17. Brew 18. Rowdy carouser20. Poetries

Sports» FINANCES

she recorded that the committeereceived a total of $4,183 in con-

tributions.The highest contributions

from the time period was fromthen selectmen’s candidate JackBourque for $700, Selectman Ste-ven Sedlack for $250, Town ClerkSheila Sedlack for $250, MayorCandy Perez for $250, Board ofEducation member Doug Pfen-ninger (amount not available atpress time), resident Jennifer Pergafor $250 and Patricia Bourquefor $200.

As for in kind donations for

services rendered, then select-men’s candidate Melissa Bird islisted as donating $276.39 forcheesecake at a meet and greetevent, Jack Bourque is listed asdonating $187.59 for wine at thesame meet and greet and Perez islisted as donating $165.32 for doorhangers and postcards.

For expenditures, the cam-paign made three separate expen-

ditures for yard signs purchasedthrough Sign Depot of Orlando,Fla., of $970, and $550 to KimOpperman for the rental of cam-paign headquarters at 438 MainSt., the former location for Noshrestaurant.

In a second filing made onOct. 25, Treasurer Wilkes listed anadditional $205 in contributionsmade by residents.

Expenditures from the Octobertime period included $720 to theUnited States Post Office for the

mailing of postcards, $244 to TheLakeville Journal (parent companyof The Winsted Journal) for anadvertisement and $210 to Perezfor what is listed as an expenditureto reimburse campaign workers.

Perez is also listed as paying$210 for a radio advertisementto station WZBG in Litchfield.

to Wallens Street; right onFlorence Street; right on RoyerStreet; left on Benton Street;right on Holabird Avenue;right on Waldron Street; lefton Berg Street; left on StantonAvenue; across to Colony Drive;

left on Maloney Court; righton Glendale Avenue; right onOld New Hartford Road; righton Rt 44 (Main Street); righton Spencer/Hinsdale; right onWheeler Street; and ending atStation 1.

» GATOR PARADE

Tina Puckett could be foundamong her baskets and other

» WHITING MILLS

chance to get out on the ice for a

good amount of time. Games ranfrom Thursday night throughSunday morning, starting earlyon Friday and Saturday and run-ning as late as 9 p.m.

“It used to be you’d just throwthe stone as hard as you could,”said Ted Stone, president of theNorfolk club. “Now it’s sophisti-cated — they cal l it chess on ice.”

Stone described both themental and physical precision thesport requires, whether it is mea-suring the abilities and tenden-

cies of opponents when playinga match or the meticulous aimand touch required for a team tobring a stone down the ice.

Stone also described thecamaraderie of the curlingcommunity that transcendsgeographic barriers.

“The people who play thisgame — everywhere you go yousee your buddies,” he said. “Guys

I haven’t seen in a year, I’ve only

met seven or eight times, theycome in here and we’re alreadyhugging each other.”

Despite their friendship, curl-ers still take their games veryseriously. The bonspiel saw somevery stiff competition, Stone said,especially from the Canadianteams.

“We’ve got some really amaz-ing curlers in the building today,”said Stone.

Despite the somewhat gruel-ing schedule, curlers and their

families had plenty of chancesto relax at the club. After playingmatches or attending to other du-ties, Stone said he looked forwardto just spending time with familyand friends.

Norfolk fielded three teamsfor the bonspiel, one of whichwas runner-up for the overallchampionship. A Philadelphia-based team came in first overall.

» CURLING CLUB

Last week, 12-4; for the season,112-80. Pick of the Week, 1-0; forthe season, 8-5.

Finally, a real good week! If itweren’t for a couple of toughlosses it could have been a

great week. I also hit my Pick ofthe Week when the Broncos wonon the road against the under-achieving Chargers.

I think the only real surprisefor the week was the way the Se-

ahawks manhandled the Vikings.Maybe, just maybe, Seattle isrounding into form and may yet

join the discussion as a majorcontender for the NFC Champi-onship. Their next three games areagainst the Ravens, Browns andRams, which have won a total of10 games between them. They fin-ish the season on the road againstan excellent Arizona team, butbarring an upset they are lookingat a regular season record of noworse than 10-6, and that shouldget them in the playoffs.

As each week passes the gamesbecome more and more mean-ingful. At this point, five divisionraces appear to be over, but whenit comes to the Wild Card racethere’s only a handful of teamsthat aren’t still alive for a playoffspot. With that scenario and justfour weeks left in the regular sea-son, there will be no shortage ofexciting and intriguing games towatch and enjoy, especially if your

favorite team is in one of them.Enough already, let’s get onwith this week’s games. As always,good luck with your picks.

Thursday, Dec. 10 Minnesota at Arizona

Let’s keep it simple. The Cardsare real good, while the Vikingsare too inconsistent for me.Arizona marches on with a 30-17home victory.

Sunday, Dec. 13Atlanta at Carolina

This is a tale of two cities.

Atlanta is fading and Carolina ison a roll. That roll continues witha 27-20 victory.

Buffalo at PhiladelphiaI need help with this one. Both

of these teams are as predictableas the weather. With that said, I’lltake a flier with the Bills on theroad, 29-24.

Detroit at St. LouisNeither team factors at this

Pink’sNFL Picks

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stage of the game, but I like theRams and their defense to prevailin this one. St. Louis wins, 20-17.

Indianapolis at JacksonvilleBelieve it or not the Jags can

stay in the wild card race witha victory. Why not? Jags win athome, 24-20, and stay alive.

New England at HoustonThe Pats scorched me last week

so I’ll give them the opportunityto do it again. Texans win at home,27-23.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay The Bucs have much more

at stake in this one, but DrewBrees and Co. are on a bit of anoffensive roll. I’ll stick with thehome team in this one. TampaBay wins, 30-27.

Pittsburgh at CincinnatiEverybody thinks the Bengals

are the class of the AFC North andthey should win the division. Theway I see it the Steelers and theirhigh-powered offense are in highgear and win this one, 34-30.

San Diego at Kansas City

This is an old AFL rivalrygame, which means anything isapt to happen. At this point in theseason the Chiefs are very muchalive for a shot at a wild card soI’ll stick with them, 27-23.

San Francisco at Cleveland“Go Johnnie Go,” why not? He

is the NFL’s new bad boy and thewhole world is down on him foracting like a spoiled brat. The realquestion is can he win footballgames? I think he can, so I’ll takethe Browns in this one, 23-19.

Tennessee at NY JetsThe Jets still have playoff pos-

sibilities so they can’t afford tolose this game. Jets prevail, 27-23.

Washington at ChicagoThe Skins are winless on the

road while the Bears are 1-5 athome, go figure. I think bothteams are sub-par, but I have topick someone. How about theBears at home, 20-16.

Oakland at DenverWatch out Denver, because of

the long history between thesetwo old AFL rivals. It should be areal exciting game, but the Broncodefense will be the difference.

Denver wins, 23-19.Dallas at Green Bay

Can you believe that with arecord of 4-8 the Cowboys are stillalive in the NFC East Division? Notafter this week. Packers win, 33-24,and that’s my Pick of the Week.

Seattle at BaltimoreIt won’t be as easy as you may

think, but Seattle must win thisgame and they will, 30-20.

Monday, Dec. 14NY Giants at Miami

At this point in the season I amso disgusted with the Giants thatI really don’t care if they lose. Onthe other hand, I think they’ll winthis one, 33-27.

NFL season is winding down

TORRINGTON — TheCharlotte Hungerford Hospital(CHH) Auxiliary is offering 10$1,000 scholarships to local stu-dents pursuing an education in a

health-care field. Two additionalscholarships, the Doctor AlfredFabro Award and the DoctorJoseph Curi award, will alsobe presented in the amount of$1,000 each.

Applicants must be planningto matriculate at a college orinstitution of higher educationfor a health-care degree priorto applying and receive accep-

tance before the scholarship isawarded; or be currently work-ing toward a degree or certificatein healthcare and planning ahealthcare career. Applicants

must reside in a communityserved by Charlotte HungerfordHospital.

Applications and instruc-tions for completing the ap-plication may be obtained byemailing [email protected]. Area colleges andhigh schools also have applica-tions available on line throughtheir Guidance Departments.

All completed applicationsmust be printed out and sent bymail, postmarked no later thanMarch 16, 2016. Send finalizedapplications to the attention of

Elaine Schiavone, 6 Lake ShoreDrive, Harwinton, CT 06791.A letter will be sent to all ap-plicants the first week of Maynotifying them of their status.Recipients of the scholarshipsare expected to be present at theaward ceremony scheduled forMay 10 at 7 p.m.

For more information call860-567-4381.

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Health

By CYNTHIAHOCHSWENDER

There have been significantchanges at Sharon Hospital in thepast year or two but one depart-ment that has remained stableand productive is the wound carecenter.

Inaugurated in October 2011,the center has treated about 890patients with wounds that weren’thealing. Program Director (andregistered nurse) Renee Maus

said that about 96 percent of thewounds treated at the center arehealed with interventions thatrange from simple consultationsto specialized synthetic skin sub-stitutes or the use of the center’stwo hyperbaric oxygen chambers.

Those are the most extreme cas-es, explained the center’s medicaldirector, Dr. Douglas Finch.

“The hyperbaric chamber isthe most advanced treatment wehave,” he said, adding that it is inuse every day of the week. It’s used

primarily with patients “who ha-ven’t healed after 30 days or moreof standard wound care.”

Not all wounds respond to thehyperbaric treatment, cautionedDr. John Zboinski (known at thewound care center as Dr. Z). Apodiatric specialist, his particulararea of expertise is helping patientswho suffer from diabetes.

“Many diabetics are prone tofoot wounds, because they havevascular problems and neuropa-thy,” Dr. Zboinski said. Neurop-

athy, he explained, is “a loss ofsensation due to diabetes.”

The end result of these woundsfor many diabetics is amputation.

“Our goal is limb salvage,”Zboinski said.

The hyperbaric chamber can

help.“With hyperbaric oxygen ther-apy, the patient is in a pressurizedchamber breathing in air with ahigh concentration of oxygen,”Maus said.

“The pressure in the chamberforces the oxygen into the tissuesat a higher concentration,” Finchadded.

Many other protocols are triedbefore the hyperbaric chamber iscalled into use, the medical teamexplained. Sometimes all it takes

is a simple consultation with apatient about his or her lifestyle.

“We do a full assessment oneach patient,” Maus said. “We lookat circulation, sensation, nutritionand vascular status.”

“We make sure they’re seeingtheir primary care doctor andtrying to control their diabetes,”Zboinski said. “We check theirdiet and make sure they’re eatingthe right foods. We check theirprosthetics, if they have them, tobe sure they fit correctly. We check

their shoes, too, to make sure theyfit well. If there is a wound, it’simportant to have shoes that fitproperly so the pressure on thewound can be offloaded.”

“If they have an infection, I getinvolved, to make sure they aregetting the right treatment,” saidFinch, who is an infectious diseasespecialist.

“It’s an interdisciplinary ap-proach,” said Maus. “It includespodiatry, surgery, infectious dis-ease and nutrition.”

If it sounds like there is a heavyemphasis on aiding patients whoare diabetic, that’s because there is.

“There’s a lot of diabetes in thegeneral population, and so there isalso a lot of it here in the Tri-stateregion,” Finch said.

PHOTO BY JIM HUTCHISON

The main wound care team at Sharon Hospital includes infectious disease specialist Douglas Finch, MD, at left in photo,program director and RN Renee Maus and podiatrist John Zboinski, DPM.

A team of experts to help with healing wounds

“I was one of the people whoreally pushed for us to have a

wound care center here, becausethere is so much diabetes, andbecause I was seeing so manypatients with wounds that weren’thealing,” Maus said.

“There was no expert struc-tured approach to follow-up aftersomeone was discharged from thehospital,” Finch added.

“And then they’d end up backat the hospital with another infec-tion, and sometimes there wouldend up being an amputation,”Maus said.

The elderly are another high-risk group for wounds.

“There are a lot of people withvenous stasis ulcers,” Maus said.“Those are caused by poor circu-lation and it’s a problem many ofour older patients have.”

Of the patients they see, Mausestimated that 40 percent are dia-

betics (from teens to the elderly)and about 60 percent have venousstasis ulcers.

Some patients come to thecenter because they are referred bytheir primary care doctors (somepatients are also referred from the

wound centers in Torrington andDanbury, because Sharon’s out-

comes are so good, the team said).Many patients come in on their

own, to ask about a wound or askin condition.

“Sometimes it turns out to bea rash,” Finch said. “We’ve alsoidentified some skin cancers.”

“People can call us and we canscreen them on the phone,” Maus

said. “If we’re not the right place,we can refer them to the rightprovider.”

To contact the wound center,call 860-364-4515 or go to theSharon Hospital website at www.sharonhospital.com.


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SUPPLEMENT TO THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, THE MILLERTON NEWS AND THE WINSTED JOURNAL

Dec. 10 - Dec. 16, 2015

COMPASSYour Guide to Tri-State Events

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Theater, Food,

Music, Dance,

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PEOPLE RUN, walk their dogs and drive on Route 41 inthe center of Lakeville where a piece of public art, DanielleMailer’s image of a crow and a dancer, decorate, for the time

being, one of the bay doors at the old firehouse, 4

PHOTO BY MARSDEN EPWORTH

THEATER

‘A Christmas Carol,’the familiar tale of

greed, redemption, 5

ART

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MOVIES

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Danielle Mailer with her mural of a horse on the wall of a brick building on Maiden Street in

Torrington.

ART: MARSDEN EPWORTH

In the Midst of Life We Are in Artrington. It is a beautiful horse,

pinned to a brick wall withgreat curls of a mane, limbsdecorated with petals and

winged creatures — grasshop- pers, butterflies, dragonflies,hovering, magical.

“It’s transformative,” Mailersays of art in public places —on steps, on walls, on build-ings. “I am putting out smallmessages of optimism. I try toshift the cosmos a bit.”

And she does. It’s a thrill tosee something beautiful andinventive in a place whereeveryone walks and drivesand lives their ordinary lives.

It stops us in our tracks. Itinspires a moment of surpriseand joy.

Now, Mailer is at work on anew and gargantuan project.

With the aid of people like Amy Wynn of the NorthwestConnecticut Arts Council, nu-merous Torrington offi cials in-cluding the mayor and the city

planner, State Representative

Roberta Willis, many financialcontributors, enthusiastic sup-

porters and, of course, a cadreof devoted painters, youngand not so young, Mailer ismaking a spectacular mural torun 200 feet along the exteriorback wall of Staples overlook-ing Franklin Street, right in themiddle of downtown Tor-rington. For the moment, its

brilliant pink and yellow andmarine blue sections of dibondtrout are spread like puzzle

pieces on the floor in donatedspace opposite the Warnereatre on Main Street. Butshe figures it will be up andswimming above the Nau-gatuck River bed by the fall of2016.

To be continued …

It just seemed to appear oneday, a very large mural of acrow and a swanning figure

of a woman on one of the red painted bay doors in Lakev-ille’s old firehouse. Where didthat come from? Why is it

there? And, most urgently, whomade it?

It is clearly and distinctlythe work of Danielle Mailer,

with its fanciful scrolls and mi-nuscule details, and the feelingof figures caught in a spiritedand benign wind.

Mailer painted the mu-ral two years ago and it hashung for a time on a wall in

the Roger Smith Hotel in New York City. It was quite a hit, shesays, with people taking selfiesof it, sending her the imagesnow and then.

But cities are dynamic plac-es and beautiful things makeroom for other beautiful thingsand, recently, the hotel neededto take down that wall. SoMailer, with her husband Peter

McEachern, piled into their1998 black rusty Mazda pickuptruck and drove to New Yorkto bring the image, brokendown to its seven pieces, backto home territory. Wonder-ing what she would do with it,Mailer called Susan and TinoGalluzzo, owners of e WhiteGallery in Lakeville.

If you want something

done, these are the people tocall, Mailer told me. And that’show the mural landed, at leastfor now, on the old firehousedoor in the middle of Lakeville.

is is public art: images,figures, shapes on city streets,like Mailer’s Mountain Lionabove the Scoville Librarysteps in Salisbury and thehorse on Maiden Street in Tor-


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Darrell James as the greedy and heartless

Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol”

Here’s a take on CharlesDickens’s “A ChristmasCarol” that an actor

like John Cleese could owncomfortably. Even admirably.

Half Moon eater, performingthis holiday standard at theCulinary Institute of America’stheater in the Marriott Pavil-ion, gives this tale, in a tight-ened adaptation by PatrickBarlow, a kind of zany snap.

And Darrell James, whoseEbenezer Scrooge projects alean and angry look, tosses inan occasional and unexpected

shot of antic glee.e story is unaltered, of

course: a look at the indif-ference, even the hostilitythat 19th-century haves hadtoward the have-nots aroundthem. When women seek-ing charity for the poor visitScrooge, they are rebuffed. “Ihate Christmas,” Scrooge says,many times. He just loathes

it, except for the profits hemakes when people borrow tofinance the season. And thenhe jacks up the rate of interestand diminishes the time forrepayment.

He is a bitter fellow, butthen Belle (Maria Silverman),his fiancée, had left him yearsearlier, probably because he

was more interested in finance

than love. Scrooge is all alonein the world with his trunkfulof gold coins.

e first act, though beau-tiful to look at, has a kindof one-note quality: all of itrather forced. But that’s thenature of any such tale bent onrevelation and reform. Dickens

was appalled by the poverty

THEATER: MARSDEN EPWORTH

‘A Christmas Carol’

A Familiar and Beautiful Holiday Tale of Redemption

he suffered in his youth andthe poverty of others in 19th-century London. So instead of

writing pamphlets, he wrote“A Christmas Carol,” listing the

plight of the impoverished, thedisdain of the privileged andthe consequences of lettingthese inequities continue. It is,after all, a man’s soul at stake,he is telling us.

So Scrooge rejects invita-tions to holiday feasts andrails at his clerk Bob Cratchit(Wayne Pyle), grudgingly pay-ing him for the day he spends

with his family on Christmasinstead of at work.

e story is a familiar one, with Scrooge receiving ghostly visits from his old partner,Marley, warning him to reform.

Although Michael Schiralli’sdirection is obvious, at times,

and things drag a bit, the actingof Half Moon players is lovely,

with Shona Tucker, Ryan Wal-ter, Pyle and Silverman play-ing everyone but Scrooge, are

delightful. Oliver Renfroe Katz,stumbling in on his stump ofa crutch makes an appealingTiny Tim, and the costumes, setand lighting are gorgeous. Most

particularly fine is Alex Levy’s playing the violin. It was expertand affecting.

“A Christmas Carol” byCharles Dickens, in an adapta-

tion by Patrick Barlow, runs atthe Culinary Institute of Amer-ica’s Marriott Pavilion in Hyde

Park, NY, through Dec. 19. It is

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Peter Woytuk's studio inKent, CT, may remind

you of an auto repairgarage. Every surface and shelfis chock-a-block with bronzeor iron fruits, birds, tiny ani-mals. ree laptops lie open

on a dusty table. e space, just behind the Kent firehouse,is huge, with a warehousedoor on one side that opensto a grass and dirt field — bigenough for bronze bulls tocome and go, but not enor-mous elephants.

Woytuk, of course, is themost famous sculptor fromthe Northwest Corner. In fact,

many consider him the finestsculptor of animals in the

world. His robust bulls havefor years welcomed studentsand parents to e HotchkissSchool campus, while his life-size elephants have enlivenedColumbus Circle in New YorkCity. Woytuk makes smaller

pieces, too. In his last show inKent, a group of small, heavy,resting bulls created frombrown and green translucentglass were showstoppers.

Casting large pieces re-quires expert foundries with

unusual capabilities. Woytuk years ago found companies inChina and East Asia that couldmeet his requirements, so hemoved to ailand, where heand his wife built a large com-

pound north of Bangkok. Hespends about 10 months a yearthere, receiving commissions— he has a lengthy backlog —and designing pieces on his

computers.Now Woytuk is opening his

Kent studio to the public forthe first time. Working with

Judith Singelis of Argazzi Artin Lakeville, CT, who nowrepresents him along with hismajor gallery in Santa Fe, NM,

Woytuk has spruced up his

space, though not too much,and painted a wooden parti-tion wall white to show workfrom six other artists. Two arefriends of his, four are Argazziartists.

Woytuk intends to show a

variety of new work, some cre-ated within the last week. (Besure to look for the delightfulsalt and pepper shakers madefrom small birds.) He willexplain how he works if asked,but he is self-effacing. Dressedin work clothes and a close-fit-ting knit cap last week, he wasopen to questions, anxious toshow photos of his compound

in ailand and his threebeautiful daughters. His wife,equally beautiful, has flown infrom Bangkok for the event.

Woytuk has asked hisfriend, Ken Daniels, to showsome drawings. He has invitedPhil Grausman, too, the makerof large and small sculpture

portraits in white, stripped ofdetail to reveal the structure of

faces.Singelis will have the lovely

pictures of abandoned struc-tures by Victor Mirabelli, the

vertical, abstract nature paint-ings of Michael Kessler, theceramic and bronze vessels of

Ann Mallory and the drawingsand paintings of Liz Dexhei-mer, whose pictures of naturestraddle abstract art and

impressionism. (I hope one ofher gorgeous, watery paintingsof koi will be there.)

Peter Woytuk's studio will

be open Saturday, Dec. 12,

from 3:30 until at least 7 p.m.ere will be music, food and

wine. e studio is located at

28 Maple St., behind the Kent firehouse, just east of Rte. 7.

ART: LEON GRAHAM

A Day in the Studio of Peter Woytuk with Friends

Photographed on a workbench in Peter Woytuk’sstudio in Kent is a figure of a crow on an apple,

a favorite image of the artist’s.

PHOTOS BY MARSDEN EPWORTH

Peter Woytuk talks about his work in his Kent studio.

Set on a workbench among the tools,

a figure of a seagull gets its finishing work.


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Nauru is an island madeup of palm trees andbird droppings. Bird

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population of the 8.5-square-mile island nation in the SouthPacific among the richest in the

world. Of course mining thisrock of phosphate has leveledthe island, the environmentis in tatters, the revenue hasstalled and the populationis looking to Australia as sealevels rise. is disaster madeNauru a perfect subject for art-ist Jeremy Starn’s Mirrors in theSky, a beautiful and provocative

exhibit at Noelke Gallery on Water Street in Torrington, CT.e United States Geological

Survey, for which Starn’s father works, makes these satelliteimages of heat and light andcolor available, without cost,to anyone who can downloadthem on a computer. So Starn,24, a fellow deeply interested inhow globalization has affected

life on Earth, has collected

ART: MARSDEN EPWORTH

A Stunning View of Earth

And What Commerce Has Donethousands of them and, overthe last three years, he has beenlayering them in Photoshopinto sometimes gorgeous andalways startling and abstractimages.

Among them, the layeredimages of Nauru is the moststraightforward: a minusculerock in a vast expanse of blueSouth Pacific water viewedthrough tufts of cloud. en

you learn, because Starn willtell you, that nothing growsthere anymore, save a ring of

palm trees at water’s edge,and that almost all the foodis imported and processed,contributing to the population’s

startling obesity. Oh, and onemore disaster. Because foreigncorporations can no longer dig

phosphates out of Nauru, theunemployment rate is amongstthe highest in the world.

“You are looking at human-ity’s imprint, here,” Starn says ofthis image. “You are looking atits mark on the planet.”

e marks are disturbing,

such as his view of Al-Jouf

Province in the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia. is is about themost important agriculturalarea in the country, produc-ing olives, dates, wheat andother fruits and vegetables.is sprawl of green and umberhills is defaced by hundreds ofcrowded-together brown spots,

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aid its global cotton industry.Starn’s image, collected fromsatellite views and refined inPhotoshop, is a stunning lookat arid and desolated patchesof earth pressed against a small,blue sea.

In all, Starn is exhibitingimages collected from sat

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