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Volume 7, Number 12
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Solan asks for 3.7% budget increase
CORNERING THE EYE MARKET
Company sells over 100K glass eyes a year
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Superintendent of Schools Jeff Solan is proposing a $74.3 million budget, a 3.7 percent increase over the current education spending plan.
By Steven Scarpa Special to the Record-Journal
The first thing town native Amy Cody notices about people is their eyes.
At the Jan. 8 school board meeting, he described the budget as “modest” and one that restores funding for items such as maintenance that he feels have been underfunded in recent years.
She doesn't observe just the color either. Cody notices the shape of the eye and the size of the pupil. She notes whether someone’s sclera – that’s the white part – is grayish, yellowed and bloodshot, or clear. On a recent Tuesday morning, Cody looked at her two visitors and offered her assessment: “You have bigger irises than most people,” Cody said to one of her guests.
Solan’s proposal is $2.7 million higher than the current budget. The current budget was a 2.16 percent increase over the preceding year.
“Yours are really average. I’m sorry,” she said to the other. All of this talk is an occupational hazard. Cody is the fourth generation to run Schoepfer’s Eyes, a Cheshire-based Amy Schoepfer Cody owns Schoepfers Eyes in Cheshire, a supplier of glass and plastic eyes for dolls, toys, teddy bears, decoys, novelties, company that sells over 100,000 special effects, figurines, statuary, beading and hobbyists.
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Art gallery sees future outside its four walls By Steven Scarpa Special to the Record-Journal
The Voice of Art Gallery & Studio celebrated a successful first year and has ambitious plans for the future, including part-
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nering with local businesses and restaurants to display more local artists, and the creation of a series of therapeutic art classes. See Gallery, A3
Contractual increases in the 201920 fiscal year for salaries and other items total $2 million. That’s the bulk of Solan’s requested increase with most of the remainder going to maintenance and the medical benefits fund. Solan also proposed increased hours for psychologists at elementary schools and Cheshire High School. The school district has had lean years recently, according to Solan. “Our focus is on student level supports and making sure at the classroom level our kids get what they need,” he said. “We’ve done that in this period of austerity.
Wendy Kohl of Haddam, left, speaks with director Joan Cho at the Jan. 12 art show. Justin Weekes, special to the Record-Journal
“We’ve had to make reductions in places and shortchange things that See School budget, A2
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didn’t impact the classroom level,” Solan added. “We cannot do that forever.” The district’s enrollment for the upcoming school year is projected to be slightly lower than the current year. Solan proposed reducing three teaching positions for Dodd Middle School and adding one additional teacher at Doolittle Elementary School to keep average class sizes at around 18 students.
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The gallery, located in Town Center Plaza, held a oneyear anniversary reception and winter show opening Saturday afternoon. About 40 people came out to laud what they describe as a welcome addition to an already fertile local arts community. “I want to help the surrounding community understand art’s impact on their lives,” Hannah Jung, executive director, said.
She also plans to launch the organization’s therapeutic efforts shortly, working initially with the Hope Pregnancy Center in Cheshire, Autism Services and Resources Connecticut, located in Wallingford, and Safe Haven of Waterbury, among others. “It gives some people a chance to experience art in a friendly, welcoming environment,” Smith said. However, Saturday was a day to applaud a job well done.
Local historian Ron Gagliardi had a piece on display Saturday — a colorful, lightfilled photo of breakfast in Florence, Italy. He sees places like the gallery as crucial to life in Cheshire. “If you don't have art in a community it doesn't speak well for that community. Even though people don't know it, they are missing something,” he said.
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The first year was not without its challenges, Jung said, but she’s pleased with the development of the gallery. Every time she encountered a challenge, volunteers stepped forward to offer their time or talents to her efforts. “Amazing,” Jung said.
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Over the course of the first year over 300 artists displayed their work. People interested in art, whether at a more amateur level or with higher aspirations, had the opportunity to pursue their goals through classes and workshops. Many of the students are over the age of 60, Jung said. “A lot of these people are seeking their true heart’s desire after they retire,” she said.
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Howard Margules, of Old Lyme, views art on display Saturday during The Voice of Art's winter show and anniversary celebration in Cheshire. Justin Weekes,
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Cheshire resident Pam Gomez is an ardent evangelist on behalf of the gallery. “I really believe that art and spaces like this are vital for a community to thrive,” Gomez said. “I think everyone seems open-minded. Everyone is willing to share their journey, share their story. There is a willingness to collaborate and ebb and flow with each other. All of these things are a dying art.”
Jung believes the future of the gallery is outside of its four walls. She would like to curate the art scene in local restaurants and businesses. She sees it as a benefit for everyone — the respective business’ environment is improved, the artists get additional opportunities for their work to be seen, and the community gets access to even more art.
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It was an enthusiastic and supportive crowd, congratulating Jung, and admiring the mix of media on display, including painting, photography, woodworking, and metalworking. “It’s great to see the artists taking a lot of pride in their work,” said David Smith, a Meriden resident and member of the non-profit’s board of directors.
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Encore performance of Spirits Alive History Tour set The Cheshire Historical Society schedules its Spirits Alive Cemetery Tour every October. Tickets sold out in four days and many people were not able to get tickets. Therefore, the Spir-
its Alive Committee has scheduled an encore performance for Saturday, Feb. 2, 4 p.m., at the the Hitchcock-Phillips House Museum.
Tickets are available for this indoor, seated performance at Eventbrite.com. Guests will pass from room to room and sit to hear the See Encore, A7
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Art Sled Derby set for Feb. 9 The Kiwanis Club of Cheshire has scheduled its first Kenneth E. Anderson Memorial “Art Sled Derby” for Saturday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m., at Mixville Park. The event honors the memory of Ken Anderson, a longtime member of the Cheshire club, who passed away in November. To prepare for the derby, Cheshire Kiwanis is partnering with Cheshire Artsplace, 1220 Waterbury Road, to offer two work sessions, Sundays, Jan. 20 and Feb. 3, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants can learn about
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State panel to review death of 11-year-old Cheshire girl By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Cheshire police are investigating.
A state panel will review the December death of an 11year old girl and could conduct an investigation.
The child fatality review panel examines untimely and unexplained juvenile deaths. The panel will meet later this month to review the case and consider what action, if any, to take, according to state assistant child advocate Faith Vos Winkel. Not all reviews turn
Anjelita Estrada, 11, attended Doolittle Elementary School. The state chief medical examiner 's office ruled her death a suicide.
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into a full investigatory report, she said. The panel will draw from police and medical examiner reports. The girl’s father, Anthony Estrada, said she had moved to Cheshire about six months before her death with her mother and stepfather. Estrada believes bullySee Death, A9
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Schools’ Superintendent Jeff Solan declined to comment.
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Vos Winkel said the fatality review panel might do additional fact-finding on the details surrounding Anjelita’s death.
ing was a factor in her suicide although he said getting details from his daughter on phone calls was difficult. He’d also heard about Anjelita’s troubles at school through the girl’s mother. “My part in this is to push this message. I lost my 11year-old daughter not entirely because of this, she was strong kid, but this definitely did not help,” Estrada said. “She was too young, she didn’t understand the finality of the consequences of what was going on.”
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“I know there’s been some reports about bullying,” Vos Winkel said. Anjelita’s mother could not be reached for comment. Estrada lives in New Mexico. He’s working to raise money to bring his daughter’s body there. “It’s not anything that any family wants to deal with. No parent should have to go through this,” Estrada said.
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glass-blown eyes per year all over the world for use in dolls, decoys, and other art projects. Her great-grandfather Gustav founded the company. His son William succeeded him, followed by Cody’s father James. “It’s been a labor of love, keeping it alive,” she said. Her four-person company is set off of Cook Hill Road in a red farmhouse next to her home. The office itself is nondescript: high key florescent lights and a couple of desks. Cody goes in back to a rack of shelving and takes down a small wooden gray box.
Virginia Turner dolls fitted with Schoepfer eyes. Turner Dolls are the only vinyl dolls made in the U.S. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
was cut off, so the Schoepfers were able to provide a necessary pre-Photoshop artistic service. Cody is careful to note that the animals had all been gathered before the law went into effect and that the company was sold in 1993.
Inside are dozens of prosthetic eyes made in the 1900s, representing all colors, sizes, levels of health. It is slightly strange and rather lovely. “It takes really a lot of skill to make these,” she said. “These were blown over a coal burner, so you see a grayish tint around them. That’s a way you can tell they are truly antique.” Cody’s great-grandfather Gustav Schoepfer, the son of a German immigrant of the same name, founded the company in 1907 a halfblock from Madison Square Garden in New York City. He learned the delicate art of glassblowing, a process of inflating molten glass using intense bursts of air. The company sold blown glass Christmas ornaments, but quickly realized that dolls were no longer just a toy for wealthy children. The company was making hundreds of thousands of the eyes at that time, she said. But tastes change, and such a specialized business has to change to keep with the times. “He made it through World War I, the Great Depression, World War II — it was pretty amazing how they were able to get through all of that,” Cody said. “Usually what happens in times of deep recession is that people look to
Amy Schoepfer Cody measures some eyes.
crafts for their happiness. They can’t spend money or go out to dinner or on vacation, so they stay at home and do crafts for their relaxation.” When doll eyes and prosthetics didn't pay all the bills, Gustav started doing eyes for taxidermy. Then he started dabbling in taxidermy itself, and when that became passe, he started collecting people’s discarded animals and set up a showroom. “The definitive source for natural zebra and steer skin rugs,” trumpeted an ad from New York Magazine in the 1970s. “He was pretty amazing,” Cody said. “He saw a niche and went for it. If that wasn’t working to his potential, he’d find another thing.” Photographers clamored to use the Schoepfer collection in fashion shoots and as part of gags in “Saturday Night Live” and “The Naked Gun.” When the Endangered Species Act passed into law in 1973, artists’ access to these kinds of wild animals
The next steps for the eyes portion of the company was show business. Schoepfer's eyes have appeared in countless movies and television shows, most famously perhaps in the final sequence of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” when the Nazis have their faces melted by the power of the Ark of the Covenant. They’ve matched famous actors’ eyes for wax figures at Madame Tussaud’s Museum and for film special effects.
A wood carving of a blue jay featuring Schoepfers Eyes.
“We’ve never looked another place,” Johnson said. “The quality and the customer service are so good. We have a good relationship and that is just the way it is. If you do a good product for a reasonable price, you can find a market and stay in business.” A wooden owl, a piece of home decor featured in the Pendleton catalog for the past several years, sells better than some of Johnson’s offerings. He believes that the eyes have quite a bit to do with it.
“They glint in the sun,” he The demand has calmed said. “The eyes give depth down since those halcyon and a perception of wisdays. Business is now steady, dom.” Cody said. The requests Cody didn't think that she range from the sad — would end up in the family matching the eyes of a rebusiness, nor did her father, cently deceased young girl James, ever pressure her to for a doll, for example — to do so. the strange. She had embarked on a suc“I’ve gotten requests for a cessful career as a graphic brassiere with eyeballs.,” Cody said. “There’s an artist designer and thought that would be how she spent her in Brooklyn who does days. sweaters with cat eyes. He makes a pretty good living.” “I remember when the New Yorker did a piece on my However, most people are dad and the history of G. usually looking to make deSchoepfer (the original coys or finish off a doll. Jac Johnson, an artist and presi- name of the company). The publication focused on my dent of Three Point Design brother and not me, taking based in Virginia Beach, doesn’t go anywhere else for over the business. It’s kind the eyes needed to make his of ironic. What about me? I am as much a Schoepfer as art. he is,” Cody said.
So when the time came for her dad to retire, Amy stepped up and took over, creating a life that she loves. If something needs to be done, she tackles it. The decisions are hers. Her time is her own. Cody has become a master at all aspects of the operation. “If there is something at school for the children, I can go. If they are sick and need to be picked up, I can go,” she said. “I really wouldn’t have it any other way.” With the hundreds of thousands of glass eyes in the family’s collection, were any of the Schoepfers so immortalized? The answer is, of course. Cody’s brother has bright green eyes. “My father had them replicated,” she said. Are Amy Cody’s eye part of the collection? In a manner of speaking, yes. Research was done using her eyes to perfect striation and pigmentation, but as for her color — well, there are a million brown eyes out there. “You wish you had amazing eyes instead of brown nondescript ones,” Cody said. “My friend has gold eyes that are amazing.” newsroom@record-journal.com
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Thor and Ular must be well pleased with us. With snow comes racing and with races came victories for local skiers. The action started last week Wednesday at Mount Southington when the Lady Knights finished third in team standings for the season-opening Interscholastic League race.
Dolores White came in 29th for UConn followed by former Cheshire High skier Meghan Diamond in 31st place.
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Pinewood Derby set for Saturday 2018 Pinewood Derby with Pack 114 racers.
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
It all begins with a plain, rectangular block of wood. The finished product, however, becomes a flashy, sleek racing marvel and an important Cub Scout Pack 114 fundraiser for the group’s annual Pinewood Derby, held at St. Bridget’s Parish Saturday, Jan. 19. The Pinewood Derby Car Race is not only a fundraiser for Pack 114, which helps to support the group’s diverse activities each year, but “It’s one of our most exciting events,” said Melissa Keating, the event’s chair. Last year was the first year for the event. “We had somewhere between 15 and 20 sponsors. Not bad for the first outing,” said Tom Hickey, Pack 114 Scout Leader. Sponsorship includes a car, but it’s not mandatory to enter a car into a race. The derby has both a race for the kids and a race for the adults. The kids’ race begins around 8:30 a.m. The derby averages three hours, with the kids competing for first, second and third place for each den and for the whole pack, and for the scouter's choice. According to Hickey, “scouter's choice” is jargon for adult. “Adults compete for bragging rights and the sponsors compete for trophies for the fastest car and best
of show,” he said. An awards ceremony with a catered dinner follow at 3 p.m. in the parish hall, and both are included in sponsorship. An extra perk, said Hickey, is that many of the businesses come out, so it’s a fun event and a good networking opportunity. The proceeds from the event all go back into the pack, said Hickey. Pack 114 Cub Scouts are from Highland Elementary and St. Bridget’s Parish. The numbers of scouts have increased over the last year, according to Keating. “We do a lot to promote the scouts and we’ve been really successful in that,” she said. Pack 114 has different dens. Starting with Lions in kindergarten, the order goes along to represent every grade within the pack. The dens work on a project and once a month the entire pack meets as a whole and does a variety of activities.
There’s a different theme or activity each month. Keating explained that one month might feature a hero theme or environment theme. The troop might get a visit with a helicopter pilot, or go to the Cheshire Police Department or build veteran care packages or hold a ceremony for Veterans Day observances. The group may host Curious Creatures to learn about and be kind to animals. The kids participate in a rocket launch and take part in bicycle safety and obstacle courses. March is the Blue and Gold ceremony, as the kids graduate to the next level of scouting. We’re also trying to incorporate more boys into the summer camps, said Keating. “The Boy Scout camps are really cool.” The 2nd annual Cub Scout Pack 114’s “Pinewood Derby” is Saturday, Jan. 19 at St. Bridget’s Parish Hall, 171 Main St. For details or to sponsor, call Melissa Keating at 203-3144708.
The White House, Inside Story Documentary Film Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main St., has scheduled “The White House: Inside Story” documentary film, for Thursday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m. The film takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes historical tour told through the first-person stories of first family members, former employees, historians and members of the press. Register online at cheshirelibrary.org or call 203272-2245, ext. 4.
Programs Movement Mondays – Mondays, 10 a.m., ages 2 to 5. Ticket required. Toddler Music Class – Tuesdays, 10 and 11 a.m. Ticket required. Scrabble – Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Creating Musical Readers – Wednesdays, 10 a.m., ages 2 to 6. Toddler Play & Learn – Thursdays, 10 and 11 a.m. Ticket required. Cat Tales Writers Group – Thursday, Jan. 17, 6 p.m. Music Together Babies Class – Fridays, 11 a.m., 0-12 months.
Jalowiec sworn in for 3rd term
For more information, visit cheshirelibrary.com or call 203272-2245.
Judge Matt Jalowiec recently re-affirmed his oath of office for another term, having been sworn in by the Chief Justice of The Connecticut Supreme Court, Richard A. Robinson, in Hartford. This is Jalowiec’s third term being elected to the Office of Probate Judge.
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During the November election, he appeared as a dual endorsed candidate, appearing on both the Republican and Democrat lines of the ballet. Jalowiec serves the towns of Cheshire and Southington as well as serving as judge at the Central Connecticut Regional Children’s Probate Court for the term 2019 through 2022. Jalowiec also appears at the Cheshire Senior Center and Southington library as the host of “Talking Probate” each month. The presentation provides residents an opportunity to ask the judge probate and estate related questions in an informal setting. Attendance is free. For more information, call the Senior Center at 203-272-8286 and the library 860-628-0947.
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Judge Matt Jalowiec, left, with the Chief Justice of The Connecticut Supreme Court, Richard A. Robinson.
scoring the UConn women finished the opening round sixth in the Slalom and rebounded to second in the GS. On the men’s scoreboard UConn came in 3rd in the slalom and 4th in the GS. Over on the women’s World Cup circuit the Shiffrin Show marches on. She finished first in a GS at Kronplatz, Italy on Monday and now has 1394 points in the season standings. Shiff is now 496 points ahead of Vlhova.
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Sheehan girls basketball ended last week at 7-1 and did so with a flourish, defeating a 6-2 Hillhouse team 47-45 in New Haven on Friday night. Down 29-18 at halftime, Sheehan charged back in the second half and overtook the Academics when Hayleigh Lagase laid in the winning bucket with 4.6 seconds left to play. Lagase, a 5-10 sophomore guard, is a staple of the starting lineup. She was averaging just shy of 7 points entering this week.
A tip of the swim cap to Coach Ed Heath’s Meriden Co-op, which won two meets last week to improve to 2-1. Julio Hernandez, a senior from Platt, led the way. Hernandez won the 200 and 500 freestyles in the 98-86 victory over East Hartford on Tuesday, then shifted to sprint mode and took the 50 free in the 97-84 triumph at Manchester on Friday. That gave Hernandez five individual wins on the season. He’s also swum on three first-place relays.
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Lyman Hall’s Kailey Lipka was poised to join the 1,000-point club on Tuesday night. The senior guard went into the home date with East Haven at 997 career points after scoring 17 on Friday night in Shelton. Lipka, who is averaging 16.25 points a game, will be Lyman Hall’s first 1,000-point girls scorer since Lindsay Karle attained the milestone in 2009-2010. Lipka is also about to break Karle’s program record for career 3-pointers (146).
Kris Jackson played one of the starring roles in a dramatic week on the home stage for the Sheehan boys basketball team. The Titans first broke a tie in the final seconds to beat Shelton 71-69 on Wednesday, then outlasted Amity in overtime 75-70 on Friday to hit the halfway point of the regular season at 7-3. Jackson, a 6-foot-3 junior forward, scored a season-high 22 points in the Shelton game and then hit for 15 against Amity.
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The Blue Knights earned their first win of the season Saturday night against Hall and their top gymnast, sophomore Natalie Reeves, led the way. Competing at home at American Gymnastics in Plantsville, Reeves scored team-highs on the vault (9.0), uneven bars (8.5) and in the floor exercise (8.3). Her top score on the floor so far is the 8.55 logged on opening night vs. Farmington. Reeves was a State Open qualifier a year ago as a freshman.
Wicox Tech snapped a three-game slide and got back on the winning track Friday night, putting up a season high for points (so far) in beating Whitney Tech 96-46. Veteran senior John Soto had a big night, scoring 22 points. Soto and the Indians were right back at it on Monday. Despite falling behind 18-7 after one quarter, they rallied to a 66-54 victory, with Soto scoring 8 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter as Wilcox put the game away.
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