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Thursday, October 19, 2023
New Humiston greenhouse offers students handson experience By Peter Prohaska Herald Staff
Music in Motion was held on Sunday, Oct. 8, at Cheshire High School. Delayed one day due to weather, the event featured the Cheshire High School Marching Ram Band and other such bands from around the region. Al Valerio, Cheshire Herald
Rain can’t stop Music in Motion The weather could only delay Music in Motion earlier this month. But the rain wasn’t going to stop Cheshire High School’s Marching Ram Band and other local marching bands from competing this year.
day, Oct. 8, due to inclement weather that drenched the area Saturday night. But when the clouds parted, the bands were ready to perform. This was the first Music in Motion for new Director Andrea Conrad, who explained prior to the event what attendees could expect.
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The annual event had been scheduled for Oct. 7, but had “Cheshire's field show this to be postponed until Sunyear is called ‘Confined,’ and
it depicts a journey from being trapped, through finding hope of escaping, to finally breaking free. The marching band and color guard have been working on perfecting their performance since Aug. 14, and will keep working until Open Class Nationals at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 4.” Aimee Teator, co-president See Music, A9
The official opening of the greenhouse took place as part of the state-wide “CT Grown For CT Kids Week” as well as the nation-wide Farm-to-School Month. In Connecticut, the farm-toschool initiative is a project conducted by various Cheshire has tens of thou- state entities, including sands of square feet of in- the University of Condustrial greenhouse necticut, the Department space, but the small-scale of Agriculture’s “CT structure now behind Hu- Grown” marketing arm, miston offers other kinds the Department of Educaof benefits, according to tion, and others. The logErica Biagetti, the Disic, as articulated in a 2006 trict’s director of Food Public Act, is to help conand Nutrition Services. nect the state’s farmers “The greenhouse will help with its schools. educate kids about agriIt’s meant not only to sell culture in Connecticut locally-grown products, and its role in the food but also to encourage stuchain, while also teaching dents to understand a bit skills like patience, which more about where their can be hard to find these food comes from, officials days,” Biagetti remarked, say. during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 4. “It’s
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Cheshire School District has officially opened a new greenhouse behind Humiston School, where administrators hope to use the addition to tie the property to Cheshire’s agricultural past while offering insights for a healthier future.
a unique way to cultivate more than vegetables but also skills in our students.”
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love meeting and talking to people. Recently when running around to get pictures of the scarecrows around town, I decided I would knock on doors, introduce myself and meet the creators rather than just take a picture of a scarecrow. That’s how I met Ginny. She’s a retired nurse, with a lovely yard of flowers and a fantastic scarecrow. We talked for some time about flowers and the reason why she makes a woman scarecrow each year. She, herself, had an important job as a nurse at Boston General Hospital. Since there are a lot of young girls in her neighborhood, Ginny wanted to let them know there have been many, many women who have made a difference in the world. She wanted the girls to know they could do amazing things too. This year, the scarecrow is Amelia Earhart; another year, it was Sacagawea, and last year, it was Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
At another scarecrow picture stop, this time at a business, I was leaving when a man, carrying a box of jars, happened to walk past me in the parking lot, heading into the Getting to meet and learn business. After noticing what about new people is one rea- he was carrying, I could not son that makes writing for the Citizen so much fun. I
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In Brief
There will be an opening reception to celebrate the new location of the Town of Cheshire’s Human Services Department on Thursday, Nov. 2, from 3 to 5 p.m. at 19 Wallingford Road, Cheshire. RSVP to cheshirehumanservices@cheshirect.org or 203271-6690 if you plan to attend.
Friends of the Cheshire Library Fall Book Sale Be sure to save the date for the annual Friends of the Cheshire Library Fall Book Sale from Nov. 8 through the 12! The book sale features more than 10,000 books of every
possible genre, puzzles, DVDs, CDs and vinyl. Adult and children’s boolk titles are available in both hard and soft cover editions and are priced from one to five dollars. The Book Sale kicks off on Wednesday, Nov. 8, with a special preview sale for Friends of the Cheshire Library members from 5 to 8 p.m. Not a member? No problem! We’ll sign you up at the Book Sale or you can apply for membership online by visiting www.cheshirelibrary.org/ friends-of-the-library/ friends-online-membershipform. Book Sale Chair Nancy DeFrancesco remarked, “Patrons can stock up at the book sale and take advantage of Sunday’s Book Bag Bonanza where patrons can fill a book bag, (supplied by the Friends of the Cheshire Library), for just $10. And a second bag full of books is
just $5 more! DeFrancesco reminded library patrons that, the hours of the Friends of the Cheshire Library Book Sale are Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There are lot of vintage books available for collectors with titles going back to the early 1900’s.
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Report: Nonprofit arts organizations contribute $1 billion to CT economy By Erica E. Phillips © The Connecticut Mirror
nizations in 2022 supported 2.6 million jobs nationwide, $152 billion in spending and A national arts advocacy or- $29 billion in income and ganization, Americans for sales tax revenue to local, the Arts, found that spendstate and federal governing by arts and cultural orga- ments.
The group’s latest report, “Arts & Economic Prosperity 6,” argues that “Nonprofit arts and cultural organizations are businesses,” contributing to local economies by creating jobs, purchasing goods and services from local businesses and promoting their local regions by drawing visitors and spending.
provides cultural benefits.’ But now we can also start to see in the data that it provides social and economic benefits as well,” he said.
lion, including $1 million in federal funding and $1.5 million from the state. “Often people think of the arts as extra, and they’re not always aware of the contribution that arts and culture make to our Connecticut economy,” Shapiro said. “The reason that it’s critical to have these numbers and to share them is because this is a significant industry in this state.”
In Connecticut, nonprofit arts and culture organizations spent $606 million on payroll and business-related supplies and services, while audiences contributed another $350 million in eventRandy Cohen, the organiza- related spending on things like meals, lodging and local tion’s vice president of research, said the periodic re- transportation. That generatAnd while nonprofit organiport focuses on nonprofit or- ed nearly $1 billion in ecozations don’t have tax liabiliganizations because they re- nomic impact, the report ty, the industry still generfound. ceive public funding. ates tax revenue in the form “It’s an appropriate question Elizabeth Shapiro, who leads of levies on employee inthe Connecticut Office of the come and sales taxes on auto ask: ‘What’s the ROI on dience spending. In 2022, Arts within the Department that public investment?’” Cohen said during a presen- of Economic and Communi- that amounted to nearly ty Development, said that $200 million in local, state tation of the report’s findand federal tax revenue from return on investment is ings Thursday. strong. Her office’s annual “Everybody gets, ‘Yeah, it budget is roughly $2.5 mil-
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State towns, desperate to fill technical jobs, scramble for workers Vernon’s municipal workforce was raided twice last year. The town lost a building official to Coventry and a planning specialist to Tolland.
go around. “There is a great shortage in the technical areas,” said recently retired Coventry town manager John Elsesser.
planners and others who deliver many of the services that town governments exist to provide.
For example, the Capitol Region Council of GovernThe shortage “has created ments (CRCOG) surveyed its this fiercely competitive member towns last year on work environment between their present or anticipated towns — and the state as This caused Vernon to exstaffing needs. Of the 22 amine and enhance its over- well,” said Purcaro. tows that responded, 11 citall salary and benefit strucRecent years have been diffi- ed the need for economic ture, said town administrator cult for much of the public development specialists; 10 Michael Purcaro, which infor code enforcement offisector workforce. The milicluded implementing the in- tary has been challenged to cers (e.g., zoning); nine for creasingly popular four-day meet its recruiting goals. The assessors; eight for animal work week. The changes en- state saw thousands of work- control, building inspection ticed both workers to return ers retire in 2021-22. and capital project administo Vernon. Coventry then tration; seven for engineerOn the municipal level, the hired an assistant building ing; six for planning; five for shortages of teachers, police information technology; and official from Manchester as officers and volunteer fireits building official, only to so forth. fighters have been duly notlose him to Groton. There is a plan afoot to solve ed. This bureaucratic shell game the problem because, as What hasn’t gotten nearly as Matt Hart, CRCOG’s execugoes on all the time, for the much attention is the short- tive director put it, ”towns simple reason that there age of town hall workers, the poaching off one another is aren’t enough building offiassessors, zoning specialists, not sustainable.” His organicials or other specialists to
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In Brief Lions Club getting into the “spooky” spirit of the season, plans “Trunk or Treat” Lions “Barbie” & “Ken” made their appearances last weekend with other entries of the Parks & Recreation Department’s annual “Scarecrow Contest,” placed on sites throughout town. The Cheshire Lions Club will again be hosting its annual “Trunk Or Treat” event from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Bartlem Park on Saturday, Oct. 28. Children of all ages are invited. “Haunting Tunes,” courtesy of Powerstation Events will also be on hand. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 29.
Alan Moriarty with daughter McCalla are shown enjoying a beautiful fall day taking in views of the Willow Brook at Lock 12 on North Brooksvale Rd.
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The new Humiston greenhouse gives students an opportunity to explore gardening and food science. Peter Prohaska, Cheshire Herald
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help myself. “Excuse me, are those pickles?” I called after him. Who does that? But there you go. The man’s name I soon learn is Lawrence and he loves experimenting with recipes using ingredients from his garden. We start talking about canning techniques and his recipes, and vegetables and his garden and his 16acres of land. We are talking like we’ve known each other for years. After about a half-hour or
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State Senator Rob Sampson (R-16), who attended the ceremony, had kind words for Connecticut Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt’s efforts to support both agriculture and education through the program. “We didn’t always agree on things when we were colleagues (in the legislature),” Sampson stated, “but building stronger farms starts with getting younger people involved.” Hurlburt described the program as “great for farmers, who develop a wholesale client in the schools. And it’s great for schools, who are taking local dollars and investing them locally.” Introducing students from various backgrounds to agricultural life is also an important aspect of the program, per Hurlburt.
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so, we wind up our conversation. Before I leave, however, he tells me to come back tomorrow. I do. When I show up, there is Lawrence, who greets me with a box containing almost a dozen jars of assorted pickles and peppers. What a bonus to having a wonderful conversation with a new friend. Right now, the hubby and I have worked our way through maple habanero peppers (it’ll make steam come out of your ears) and then there’s Lawrence’s garlic pickles, which are delicious.
“Connecticut farms are different than they used to be,” Hurlburt notes. He lists jobs including computer programming, welding, mechanics, heavy machinery operation, graphic design, and marketing, as ones that are in demand on today’s modern farm, in addition to traditional skills such as working with livestock and growing products. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jeffrey Solan commented that applying for the grant was important to the District for similar reasons. “It’s a healthy, cost-effective way to expose our students to the breadth of agriculture in the state. The greenhouse is an extension of our efforts to showcase different career paths,” Solan said. Note: The full version of this story appeared in the Oct. 12 edition of The Cheshire Herald. To subscribe, visit www.cheshireherald.com.
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Town offices, homeowners and businesses are getting into the spirit of Halloween by creating scarecrows. Vanessa Wooley, Osterman & Company employee stands next to her creation outside the office on RT 10. Because the company is a resin distributor, Woolley decided to upcycle plastic soda bottles, recycling bins, and a plant pot as a reminder for everyone to upcycle and recycle. Photo courtesy of Joy VanderLek, special to The Citizen
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Scarecrows are a familiar sight in October. But one scarecrow in Cheshire, this one on Ives Row, always represents a woman of historical significance. Homeowner Virginia (Ginny) O’Neill, a retired nurse, is shown here with her Amelia Earhart scarecrow. O’Neill uses the moment to show the girls in her neighborhood strong women who have gone before them and made a difference in the world. In previous years, O’Neill’s scarecrows featured Sacagewea and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Photo by Joy VanderLek, special to The Citizen
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tired, according to the state Comptroller’s office. The average over the past decade has been 2,130 retirements a year. The big wave of retirements was driven in part by an aging workforce and also by a change in the pension formula that went into effect on July 1, 2022. State recruiters responded aggressively. More than half of state workers, 31,859 of 59,195, are employed by Executive Branch agencies, according to state Department of Administrative Services spokesman John McKay. His department provides human resource services, including recruiting, to more than three dozen of those departments, essentially all but the courts, colleges and General Assembly.
The state’s councils of government, particularly in the Capitol and Northeast regions, have been developing regional service-sharing programs for three decades or more. In some parts of the state, these include programs and services in bulk purchasing, engineering, land use, paramedic, GIS, animal shelters, online permitting, economic development and some others.
Vernon Town Administrator Michael Purcaro sits in town hall. Purcaro said Vernon had to reevaluate its salary and benefit structure after losing two people in its municipal The Norwich-based Southworkforce to other towns. Shahrzad Rasekh, The Connecticut Mirror eastern Connecticut Council
of Governments pushed the ball further down the field when it hired a building official and a zoning enforcement officer earlier this year. In FY 21-22 and FY 22-23, Each is serving four towns in 4,453 employees of those the region. This was accomagencies retired. Aided by a plished with a $395,000 law streamlining the state hiring process, agency re— Robert Miller, Director at Eastern Highlands Health District grant from the state’s Regional Performance Incencruiters used television adtive Program. The cost of the vertising, job fairs at colleges is a popular option (if you and the economic developlands officials, town engipositions will shift to the and high schools, as well as are keeping score, Coventry ment coordinator in Willing- neer and building official, towns over the next four outreach to veterans, perton. is again advertising for a for a plan review meeting. If years, said executive director sons with disabilities and building official); and each the plan needs a zoning exAmanda Kennedy. “It’s others, to make people profession’s state association The firm has a four full-time ception or wetlands apworking really well — great,” aware of state careers and staffers and one part-timer. proval it will go to the appro- she reported. attract qualified candidates. also posts job openings. The name comes from the priate commissions. The While these are helpful, esGreek goddess of the luck CRCOG is working on a simIn FY 21-22 and FY 22-23, building official makes sure ilar program, said Hart, lookMcKay reported, DAS-served pecially to people already in and fortune of cities. As the plan meets the state most municipal officials ing to hire a building official agencies brought 11,631 out- the professions, towns are building code. still short of technical work- would understand, Tyche as well an assessor and aniside hires to fill the retiree “Most developers know what mal control officer for memand other vacancies, as well ers. Thus they rely on poach- was much revered. ing, overtime, retirees, parta town expects,” said Elsess- ber towns that want the seras some new positions. timers from other towns and Development cannot haper. vices. pen without the work of sevThe employment level in the consultants. There are several inspeceral town officials, even Another working example of DAS-served agencies, about One consultancy is the Versmall projects in small towns tions during construction, regional service sharing are 32,000, is back where it was non-based firm Tyche Plan- such as Coventry. Elsesser he said. The town planner the state’s health districts. In in 2016, said DAS deputy referenced the recent devel- checks such things as addition to 34 independent commissioner Nicholas Her- ning & Policy Group, Inc, drainage or curb cuts, the opment of a Cumberland founded by former town municipal health departmes in an online interview. planners John Guszkowski Farms gas station and a den- wetlands official makes sure ments, the state has 20 reAs of the summer, there tal office, both on Route 44, that wetlands are protected. gional health districts that and Mike D’Amato. Along were about 6,000 vacancies with drafting various plans as examples. Then the assessor, using cover from two to 20 towns. in DAS agencies; Hermes comparables already on the The districts employ, among and regulations, they serve said this was the normal Development is guided by a as consultants or temporary grand list, assigns a value to churn. master plan of development, the property for tax purpos- others, sanitarians who intown officials in more than spect food service establishwhich must be updated ev20 towns. At one point this es. Then on to the next proments and other facilities, Tougher for towns ery 10 years. The plan inject. summer, Guszkowski was investigate a variety of enviMost towns simply do not cludes zoning and wetland ronmental health comhave the resources to match serving as the consulting map s. Sharing plaints ranging from imthe state’s high-powered re- planner in Essex, Columbia, Andover, Voluntown and When a developer comes in Another way towns deal with proper garbage or sewage cruiting efforts and rely with a plan, the town pulls shortages, or simply increase disposal to rodent and insect heavily on online recruiting. Hampton, the zoning eninfestation, and perform a efficiency, is to share serThe Connecticut Conference forcement officer in Chester, together its development Deep River and Portland team, the zoning and wetvices. For example, Bolton of Municipalities’ job board
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vest in them. Adapt as the private sector has. It is a risk, but there can be a silver lining — it gives us an opportunity to diversify these professions.”
Education — formed an ad hoc task force to work on enhancing employment in the municipal, state and K12 arenas.
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The Wildcats snapped out of a brief skid and got back in the win column last week with Connecticut Technical Conference victories over Wolcott Tech and Bullard-Havens. They scored 7 goals on the week. Katherine Arichavla had 5 of them. Wilcox Tech’s veteran senior forward connected four times at Wolcott Tech and once vs. Bullard to boost her team-high total to 17.
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