Southwoods Magazine: A Journal for Country Living October 2012

SOUTHWOODS MAGAZINE October 2012

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October Changes By Bernadette Gentry........................................................... 3 Music for Lunch By Clifton J. Noble Jr.......................................................... 4 Social Media for Beginners By Lyssa Peters................................................. 6 Reddy, The Terror of Granville Road, Part 2 By Marilyn Chunglo.... 10 October 1952 By Clifton J. (Jerry) Noble Sr............................................ 12 Country Cooking By Christy Cox...................................................................... 14 Destination Local - Granby Artist Open Studio Tour ...................................... 15 Should We Fear The Dark By Todd Shiveley............................................. 18 Westfield River Watershed Assoc. By Brian W. Conz.......................... 20 Silence By Marjorie Bloomberg.......................................................................... 21 Retirement Doctor By Enrique J. Alvarez..................................................... 22 Town Crier................................................................................................................ 26 Classifieds ................................................................................................................ 31

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By Clifton J. Noble Jr.

hile it’s still considered less than polite to make loud noise in a library, The First Thursdays @ the Athenaeum Lunchtime Concert Series is one occasion at which noise, specifically mellifluous musical noise, is encouraged.

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life in its hometown. Presented on the first Thursday of each month, September to June (with a brief January sabbatical in deference to old man winter), concerts take place in the restored Florence Rand Lang Auditorium. Many aspects of the Athenaeum are treats for the eyes and mind, but this one, featuring music, is designed specifically for the ears.

“We started the First Thursdays series in 2009,” said Athenaeum Director Christopher Lindquist. “Our vision…was a relaxed, informal series that would attract business people on the their lunch hour and those who enjoy live music.”

In three years, Lindquist said, the series has built up a strong audience including business people, retirees, and local senior citizens. This latter group expressed an interest in more daytime activities at the Athenaeum, since most of the events held there – lectures, films, etc. – took place in the evening, so the First Thursdays series was an ideal answer to that need.

Westfield State University has been a generous partner in the endeavor from its inception, according to Lindquist. WSU Music Department chair Andrew Bonacci loaned an upright piano to the Athenaeum, and encouraged students and faculty to perform on the series.

“We also presented some professional musicians from time to time,” Linquist recalled, “like Peter Biedermann, a great acoustic guitarist from New Jersey, Dan Kennedy, Jon Berman, and John Root.” Sarah Michel, aka “Sarah the Fiddler” was an early performer on the series as well.

This season’s performers will include some returning favorites, among them Dan Daniels, who will provide “A Brief History of Country Music” on October 4, jazz vocalist and cellist Ellen Cogen with guitarist John Mason on Nov. 1, a holiday concert featuring Westfield State University musicians on Dec. 6, and traditional jazz duo Bob Sparkman and Jerry Noble on March 7, 2013.

New to the concert series this year is Promoter and Publicist Joan Machacek. Recently retired from a teaching career in which she served as beloved mentor to thousands of high school students from Gateway Regional High School in Huntington, MA to her most recent post in Somers, CT, Machacek is an ideal individual to sustain and grow the First Thursdays series.

“When I was growing up,” Machacek said, “going to the library was part of our week. When we moved to Westfield, the Athenaeum was one of the first places I located, and I became a weekly patron. While I knew I wanted to do more than just check out books, it was hard to commit to anything further

with so many evening and weekend responsibilities related to teaching.”

“When I retired, I waited about two weeks and then asked for a volunteer form. (Public Services Librarian) Joyce Peregrin immediately thought of First Thursdays and how perfect it would be for me. I have time to help with publicity and try to make Westfield more aware of the series, to be in touch with performers, and try to take a little of the responsibility off of the Athenaeum staff, who already have so much to do. When I was teaching, I was fortunate to have fabulous music booster groups, and I’m very happy to be on the volunteer side of the table and contribute my time.”

According to Lindquist, Machacek has reached out to Springfield Symphony Maestro Kevin Rhodes, inviting him to speak and play on the series, in conjunction with upcoming SSO concerts. The potential exists to invite ensembles from the Symphony to perform as well.

While the ears are the primary focus of the musical series, there is a “Lunchtime” component as well. The current caterer, providing home-made soups, salads, sandwiches, and desserts to concertgoers at reasonable prices (most lunches fall within the $8-$10 range, according to Lindquist) is “Soup’s On,” located in the Pilgrim Candle Building near the Great River Bridges.

While some patrons do bring brown-bag lunches, most concert-goers line up around 11:30 to purchase delectations from “Soup’s On” before the noontime concert, Lindquist said.

First Thursdays concerts are supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Westfield Cultural Council, and by other Athenaeum program funds. For more information the series, visit the Westfield Athenaeum on line at www.westath.org or call (413) 568-7833, and most importantly, on the first Thursday of each month, come enjoy the (musical) noise in the library!

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By Lyssa Peters

“I think you should write about Social Media,” my boss said to me a few days ago, “an article that someone our age can understand.”

She and I are early 60-somethings and, not surprisingly, quite out of the Social Media loop, though I am not a complete techno-dummy. I work with computers and the new graphics programs every day. I have a Facebook page which I check periodically, and have learned how to use, sort of. I hardly ever have to call my daughter for help, and when I do, it is because I am very, very frustrated! But the whole social media thing has me baffled. Why are so many people so interested in sharing all their personal information? How does social networking help local business? Who exactly is making money out in cyber land?

I started with a little research. Just what is Social Media?

This is the best description I found, written by Ron Jones of Symetri Internet Marketing: Social media essentially is a category of online media where people are talking, participating, sharing, networking, and bookmarking online. Most social media services encourage discussion, feedback, voting, comments, and sharing of information from all interested parties.

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Actually, I understood that. But I didn’t know what any of the specific sites were, and what those little icons I see everywhere stood for. So, I dug deeper, starting with Twitter. I had some interest in “tweeting.” I knew that twitter was a way to give one’s opinion, something I very much like to do. From what I understood this was a way to get my thoughts out to those who matter, in a few well chosen words. I googled Twitter and found this description by PC Magazine: Twitter is a very popular instant messaging system that lets a person send brief text messages up to 140 characters in length to a list of followers. Launched in 2006, Twitter was designed as a social network to keep friends and colleagues informed throughout the day.... it became widely used for commercial and political purposes to keep customers, voters and fans up-to-date as well as to encourage feedback.... Messages can be sent and received via cellphone text messaging, the Twitter web site or any mobile device.

Oh, bummer. I don’t text. I don’t have a cellphone with a keyboard. And since I am away from my computer at least 10 hours a day, I can’t exactly keep up with what is happening in the lives of those who I might choose to “follow.”

Who has time for this stuff? It must be the young people I see everywhere with their eyes glued to smart phones.

Twitter can be used to promote business. One of my coworkers, who teaches martial arts, uses Twitter a lot. He lets his “followers” and others on Twitter know when and where he is teaching a class, when and where there might be a special event of interest to other martial arts enthusiasts. Those interested can easily access his website from Twitter.

Facebook is the most popular Social Media site, with 900 million users worldwide. According to techterms.com: Facebook provides an easy way for friends to keep in touch and for individuals to have a presence on the Web without needing to build a website. Since Facebook makes it easy to upload pictures and videos, nearly anyone can publish a multimedia profile. .... Facebook users can create and customize their own profiles with photos, videos, and information about themselves. Friends can browse the profiles of other friends and write messages on their pages. .... Each Facebook profile has a “wall,” where friends can post comments.

Facebook has become very popular with businesses and special interest groups. We are encouraged to go to a business’s Facebook page and “Like” them. This means that we become

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friends with the business, and their posts show up on our news feed. Businesses can now let us know of specials or special events, and offer us coupons. We use our Southwoods Facebook page to let our friends know of interesting events happening in our area.

I “liked” the UMass goat herd. I do like goats and enjoy seeing photos of new baby “kids” in the spring. Christy “liked“ Kringle Candle. Now she gets contests she can enter, as well as coupons and updates from the new candle company.

Businesses we “Like” have access to us, and that is in their interest. We can choose which we want to “like,” which is in our interest!

LinkedIn is business Social Media site with 160 million members. Here is a definition by PC Magazine: LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site that enables users to connect with colleagues, look for a job or business relationships and get answers to industry questions. LinkedIn users invite people they know and trust to become “linked in” to them, and the business connections of invited users are in turn linked.

However, in order to reach connections down the line, requests for introductions have to be made.

A major feature of LinkedIn is its groups, enabling anyone to start a group based on an association or industry topic.

I googled “finding a job using linked in” and found a lot of tips. Today’s job seekers can no longer use the old approach of looking for job openings in the newspaper and sending resumes. Social Media can get your information out there, and LinkedIn can connect you with interested employers.

website without signing up, which is rare!

The number of social media websites grows by the minute. If you are looking to share suggestions for books to read, try Goodreads.com. Meetup.com can help you find groups for almost any interest - from Kayaking to scrapbooking, from the paranormal to bible study. If you are searching for that special someone, there are dating sites galore.

Getting information about one of the social media sites directly from the site itself can be tricky. Every site wants us to sign up or log in. If you want info without joining, look for a word somewhere on the home page that says “about.” Click on that, and you should be able to get information without joining.

I want to report that something wonderful happened to me when I joined Facebook a couple of years ago. I knew I could look up people I have lost touch with over the years, and perhaps reconnect. So I gave it some thought. I grew up an Army child, lived in many places, and left many friends behind over the years. I immediately thought of Becky, my best friend in Salt Lake City when I was 11 years old. So I typed in her maiden name, the only one I knew. And, miracle of miracles, her name came up. I sent a message and discovered that it was indeed my childhood friend. We still have lots in common, though she lives on the west coast. Once we reconnected we exchanged email addresses and mailing addresses, and now communicate the old fashioned way. I am so pleased to have her back in my life, thanks to Facebook.

In the 1980s Olivia Newton-John encouraged us: “Let’s get physical, physical...” Now it is time to sit in front of our computers, smart phones, or iPads and get social! Try it!

A new social media site that I’ve heard a lot about lately is

Pinterest. According to About.com:

Pinterest.com is a photo-sharing website with social networking features. Its main innovation is a grid-style layout that arranges images into what it calls “virtual pinboards.”

The pinboards work like online photo albums and can be browsed, shared, re-shared, liked and, of course, commented on.

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By Marilyn I. Chunglo

I knew all of my neighbors in the years we had Reddy, our loveable Irish Setter.

The neighborhood has changed now, with new houses and families. I’m sorry but I don’t know many of my neighbors anymore. I suppose I could get another Reddy but with the leash law I couldn’t let him have the freedom that Reddy had. My new neighbors probably wouldn’t tolerate the antics of Reddy and I would end being sued or in jail or both.

Reddy was a incorrigable retriever. When the weather was hot the summer a lot of kids would go to the Gorge to play in the water to cool off. The water is cold, coming down across all those rocks. One summer day Reddy brought home two towels and a bathing suit, neatly folded. No one would suspect a dog carried them a half a mile with just the impression of a few teeth marks on the towels.

The highway workers were cutting weeds along the road near our house. I went out the back door to find a lunch box on my step. I took it down the road to where the men were work-

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ing. One man laid claim to the box. He opened it and took out a sandwich and shared it with Reddy. I told him that was not the way to reward a criminal that stole private property.

Since Reddy had become the friendly tramp of the neighborhood, Chuck decided he would break the habit of wandering by putting a heavy bar of wood attached to his collar with a short chain. As Reddy ran, the bar would hit his legs discouraging him from roaming too far from home. People driving by would see Reddy, stop their car, get out and remove the bar. We would find the bar beside the road and reattach it to his collar. But in time Reddy beat the bar. He developed a sideways lope so it would swing past his legs. So much for that remedy.

When Lorenzo Lambson plowed his fields in the spring to get them ready to plant, Reddy followed the tractor up and down the rows all day. Lorenzo said he enjoyed the companionship, such as it was. However, when the planting started poor Reddy had to be tied up.

Our barn is L shaped. We had a cable going from one corner of the barn to the other corner. We had a light chain with a roller on one end that ran on the cable. The other end was attached to Reddy’s collar. This gave him running space and he could also go through the small door in the garage door to go into his doghouse that was inside the barn. As soon as planting started Reddy was confined to the back yard, otherwise he would be following the planters through the fields.

Dogs are far from dumb. On day I looked out the kitchen window to see Reddy’s chain caught behind a loose board on the bottom of the door going to the horse stalls. I could see the reason and the solution but watched to see what Reddy would do. He stood and looked at his chain, cocked his head from one side to the other. He pushed the chain with his right paw.

It didn’t come free so he tried it again. The chain had gone in from the right to the left. Reddy was pushing it to the left, the wrong direction. He stood looking at the chain and the board, then using his left paw he pushed it to the right, freeing the

chain. Reddy got a good star for the day for problem solving.

We had a terrible electrical storm one day while I was out, with lightning flashing and thunder crashing.

When I drove into the yard, after the storm had abated, I didn’t see any sign of Reddy who had been attached to the chain. I noticed the chain was through the open window of Tigger’s stall. Poor Reddy was standing under Tigger, panting and shivering. We didn’t know if he was just scared or if he had been struck by lightning, having it travel down his chain. I took him in the house until he calmed down. Chuck put a long rubber strap connecting the chain to the cable to break lightning from going down the chain in the future.

After that experience when I heard rumbling of a storm up in Granville moving in our direction, I gave Reddy a tranquilizer. In time he got over his fear of storms.

One day Cal and some neighbor children walked up to the Gorge. Of course Reddy went too. They met a group of children from Granville that were riding bikes. When they parted company and came home there wasn’t any Reddy. He knew his way home so we didn’t worry about him. Hours passed and still no Reddy.

Early the next morning we received a phone call from some friends that lived in Granville, saying they had Reddy at their house. Chuck went up to get Reddy. Reddy followed the car.

The Highway Department had freshly tarred and graveled the road the day before. Poor Reddy! By the time he got home his paws were badly cut from the stones. I bathed his paws but left him outside because he left blood spots on the floor and rugs. It was summer and the nights were warm. That night we bedded Reddy down on the back step with a quilt and a shot of whiskey, the all purpose cure-it-all.

We had a TV/playroom in the family room in the basement. There were two short davenports. When we watched TV, Chuck, Cal and I occupied one and Tonie and Reddy occupied the other.

I did the ironing in there. (That was before permanent press). One day Cal and Tonie were writing on the black board and I was ironing. Reddy was sprawled out on the davenport.

Tonie got a quilt and covered him.

He lifted one leg and pulled the quilt down. He took the edge of the quilt in his teeth and pulled it up over his shoulder. Of course we laughed so Reddy did it again and again and again.

Reddy was a happy congenial soul. Tonie would dress him up in hats, neckerchiefs and glasses, then take his picture. He was such a ham. He would pose. He loved attention. He loved to be funny and entertaining. He thrived on being laughed at and being laughed with. He was always cooperative in a fun venture.

He had a funny little thing he did to get attention. He would quickly throw his head to one side so is ear flopped over his forehead. He looked like the mad-Russian in his fur hat. He would look at us as if to say, “Pretty Funny, huh?”

Reddy loved it when we had company. He would back up to a chair or to the davenport, slide his rear on to the cushion with his front feet on the floor. As each person spoke he would turn his head to watch and listen to each speaker in turn. He was very polite. He never interrupted nor dominated the conversation. If everyone laughed he might even bark a little bark like he was laughing too.

To be continued....

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By Clifton (Jerry) Noble, Sr.

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aps in my journal keeping last until 1962. Whether they were due to work with my survey party for Massachusetts Department of Public Works or to social activities I’m not sure. However, I do have records of job progress that had to be kept for making weekly reports to the state as well as my daily account book. These can jog memory as to some of what happened..

Minnie E. Noble, my mother whom I had nicknamed “Hester,” and I had lived since April 30, 1949, in a Montgomery schoolhouse which I had remodeled. We bought it from the town in 1948 for $800. There was no running water or house drainage and electricity would not be available for another year.

We attended Sunday evening services at the Advent Christian Church in Westfield which pleased mother’s brother, Uncle Ralph Emerson. We enjoyed the singing, and sometimes I sang solos accompanied by Aunt Georgia on the piano.

The Carrington Road section where we lived was in the valley. Despite the fact that most land is 1000 feet above sea level, Montgomery is grouped in District I for DPW road purposes with the valley towns of Huntington and Russell. Hill towns

of Westhampton to the north and Granville to the south are in Greenfield’s (now Northampton’s) District II. That is where I had been assigned when I started work. District Two’s area was more accessible to me. All my friends were there.

When I got my own party I 1949 Crosley was paid three cents a mile for use of my car. I charged from Westfield, omiting the 21 mile round trip from Montgomery in hope the state would keep me in District Two. Later I was told to charge the whole distance on expense accounts.

I used a black, two-door, 1949 Plymouth, more streamlined than most, to transport my crew with survey equipment in the trunk. This month my party consists of A Ernest Rapisarda, Eugene W. Winkler, and James S. Cadigan. For a few days I had M.G. deMartinis.

This particular month we were making the preliminary survey for the relocation of Route 5 down the West Springfield side of the Connecticut River, past Springfield’s sewage disposal plant at Bondi’s Island and across the Westfield River into Agawam. The time sheet account number for this project is 0219530-508500050. “021” indicates preliminary survey mapping for drawing plans on which proposed new construction can be superimposed. I’m not sure, but I think “9530” shows what federal and state funds-are involved, while the last 9-digit number represents route and town locations.

The original outlet channel of the Westfield River meandered through the southerely lowlands west of Bondi’s Island leaving pockets of soft, black mud. I remember three instances of men falling in. Messy! The main river channel, across which a bridge would have to be built, had moved farther south along the foot of the Agawam bluffs.

At the southwest corner of Bondi’s Island compound was a little narrow gauge railroad. I never saw a car, but one must have been used at times to dump ashes or refuse from some part of the disposal process. I was always fascinated by railroads. There was no special odor or dirt around this one. What mystified me was the variety of vegetable plants which had obviously sprouted from seeds in the dumpings.

At the end of the month we spent time in Westfield setting bounds at the borders of highway property. On the top of a concrete or granite bound a hole had to be drilled, filled with lead and a brass escutcheon pin driven in to mark the exact point. The Westfield account number began with “024” which

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meant our work was associated with construction. This was for the new East Main Street bridge over Little River.

During my advancement from Junior Engineering Aid, Grade I, (rodman) to Junior Civil Engineer, Grade III, (chief of survey party) I had worked for chief Larry Clarke of Northampton (as well as starting with Louis E. Johnson). Now, Larry’s son, Bill, worked for me. In fact he rode to the Boston Office at 100 Nashua Street to help when I got my equipment. The last weekend in September Bill and Irene Clarke had a son born.

Friday evening, October 3rd, Hester and I visited J. Vey Merrill at our former house at 21 High St. .In 1939 Vey had taken over the mortgage and my widowed mother and I had to get out. After his first wife, Helen, died, he had married his former Concord secretary, Elsa Lundstrom. Now Elsa had died of cancer. Vey had progressed from principal of Westfield College Training School to professor at the college. College friends, Louise Wade and Jenny Lesniak had been kind to Elsa during her final illness. .They also came to see Vey while we were there. Vey is pleased that his elderly father still runs a store in Liberty Maine and is able to chop wood.

My cousin Ralph W. Emerson Junior and family are back in Massachusetts. They gave San Diego a trial, but hundred-dollar-a-month rents were sufficient to make them unhappy with Califonria’s charms. Less than a week after arrival he met state engineer Costello in the Westfield City Engineer’s office. Junior had taken civil engineering at Tri-State College in Indiana.

Costello suggested that he go to our District 2 office and try for a job. A year ago I had gotten him a state application form, but he wasn’t interested. This time in Greenfield they were so kind and rushed through appointment for him. He is working on Route 57 constuction in Granville with Zimmerman. Uncle Ralph thinks he likes it very much.

Lil Albreght is assistant in the Children’sLibrary at the Westfield Athenaeum.When I worked there from 1942 to 1947 she and I helped Helen Wolcott with puppet shows. Lil’s daughter, Joanne, recently graduated from Smith College majoring in dance. Then she went out west. Now she has returned and prepares to work and study in New York City this winter. Lil and husband Werner have been renting the Herrick house from Clifford and Stella Williston for the summer. That is threequarters mile up the mountain from our schoolhouse. Herrick Road is a steep, narrow lane through the forest, but emerges on the hilltop among large meadows which provide wonderful views across the valley to Blandford. Jo was charmed with the old house and got her parents to leave her up there for a few days.

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F.D.R in his inauguration address made the statement: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Should we Fear the

Dark?

With this being said our mind and its imagination is like a child left alone in a toy store, where does the fun begin and the havoc end? Fear and the dark are twins that we will probably never be able to separate.

In the beginning, mankind sat in the dark with only fire for light and protection. Animals like lions, tigers and hyenas used the blackness of the night to stalk and surprise their prey. These are not the only creatures that hunt when the sun goes down.

Imagine the earliest colonial pioneers back in the 1630s journeying from the Atlantic Coast west into the vast forests, a new world where fears of the supernatural and the imagination can burden even the greatest hunter. A man in the darkness can be alarmed by the breaking of large timber branch or even the light footsteps of critters on crinkled leaves. If this

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weren’t enough, the travelers heard the hideous screeches of fisher cats and the howls of wolves. These people had probably never heard howling packs of wolves. Most of the wolves had been hunted to near extinction in many parts of western Europe. And in addition, these explorers had to deal with the threat of Indian attacks.

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By Todd Shiveley medieval world of Europe, the origin of many of our ancestors, it was a very dangerous time. After gathering their harvest in the fall, our ancestors spent their nights for the next six months at home or a tavern drinking and celebrating. To walk city or village streets at night with no lights other than the stars and the moon was dangerous, a short trek had its share of threats from thieves and murderers.

In a culture where lawlessness and lack of public safety were common, the thieves who were caught were either hung by a noose from a tree or a gallows and left to rot and be eaten by scavengers. Other less unfortunate criminals were put into steel hanging cages and were left to starve to death. So, a person on a walk home at night might have witnessed a shadow of a hanging corpse and maybe hear the dying screams of a skeleton-like man as his rickety and rusted cage creaked and slammed into a tree, causing a shattering echo. Not to mention the faint whispering ghost-like sounds and the swirling mists that covered many of the moors across England, Ireland and Scotland. This landscape most of us would consider to be a nightmare. One slip upon an ice wooden bridge into a near frozen river could lead to your untimely demise. Many of these countryside vistas could be seen right in our own New England towns up until the 19th century, so it is no wonder that it has been so entertaining to share ghost stories on long cold wintry nights throughout the centuries.

Last year’s unexpected massive snow storm in October,

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which crippled more than half of the East Coast’s electric grid and left us in the dark, should have been a real wake up call!

We depend on so many of the luxuries that we take for granted in our modern life, like dryers, microwaves, tvs and not least of all our computers and cell phones. Doing without them should have made us more aware of just how ‘unstable’ many of us are. Panic is an under-statement for many people whose lives were turned upside down. The real lesson from the storm, I believe, is that we have forgotten that it was only 4 generations ago that electricity was invented. During the period between 1800-1880 we went from gas lamps to electric street lights, and we created our fire and police departments to keep some semblance of law and order.

Most of our human past was spent surrounded by darkness with only our bonfires, fireplaces and candles to give us light and warmth. Yet fire is just as dangerous as it was over a thousand years ago. The current estimate is that there are at least seven house and apartment fires every night of the year in the U.S alone. And the time when the fires usually start is between midnight and five a.m., the dark hours.

What most people do not realize is that while we may lose our electricity temporarily in coming thunder and snow storms, if a foreign terrorist country were to detonate an E.M.P (Electro Magnetic Pulse, a kind of energy bomb), our power might go out permanently or for a very long time. Another electro magnetic threat to our country and the world is a large solar flare burst from the sun. These are returning in the their 11 year cycle and will strengthen next year.

Modern day men are much like our primitive ancestors.

When left in the dark, our basic instincts take over our reason.

Chaos, disorder, riots, looting and murder seem to take place when you take away our feeling of security and comfort.

Since man’s origin, fire has been with us. Like a friend, this flame has kept us company in the dark and has stayed by our side to keep us warm. And while fire has been used to both create and to protect us, it is also like a child or a jealous lover that often flirts with danger, if it is left alone and teased, it can destroy and kill unintentionally.

Our mind behaves in much the same way, for without direction or in a night time daze, imagination and fear can take over and linger. We should we be aware of the power of fear, as well as those real creatures that stalk at night and can kill the mind and the body!

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by Brian W. Conz, WRWA Board Member

Enter the Watershed: Journeys of Memory and Visions of the Future

I was talking with an old friend one day and she expressed some surprise when I told her my family had moved when I was twelve years old. “I never knew that” she stated.

I replied by saying “Yeah we moved but not far. Same watershed.”

“What is that supposed to mean!!” she said.

I often tell this story in the classroom, shortly after asking the students, “So what watershed are you from?” Of course, few of us think of the world, and our sense of belonging to it, in terms of watersheds. This may be changing however, as we pay closer attention to the ways that our river systems, the lifeblood of our planet, connect us to ourselves, to each other, and to nature in such a variety of ways.

I was exposed to watershed consciousness in a basic way as a teenager when I took part in a Westfield River clean-up as a volunteer in Scott Cook’s Outdoor Wilderness Leadership group. In college I was turned on to the writings of the California-based poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder and I really began to think about watersheds. Snyder’s essays, especially “The Place, the Region and the Commons” (1990) and “Coming into the Watershed” (1995) helped to popularize the important work of watershed councils and associations around the country in promoting dedication to local places and local stewardship of nature and natural resources. As Snyder movingly suggests, “we who live in terms of centuries instead of millions of years must hold the watershed and its communities together, so that our children may enjoy the clear water and fresh life of this landscape we have chosen. From the tiniest rivulet at the crest of a ridge to the main trunk of a river approaching the lowlands, the river is all one place and all one land.”

Developing our own watershed consciousness as adults often involves revisiting in our minds the places we explored as children—the ravines, gullies, dingles, brooks and streams where we caught frogs, swung from trees, played games, built forts and waded through muddy sloughs. I remember well the ‘Ah ha!’ moment I had the day I realized that the woods behind my childhood home, the woods of the nearby park, and the woods of the local municipal golf course—which together constituted the majority of my childhood universe—were all connected by the same watercourse. I love to listen for the same realizations in conversations with friends or students as they connect up the locations in their own memories, thinking out loud, “Oh! So that brook connects to that other one at the old cemetery and then empties into the river near the patch of woods behind the gas station where we used to fish…”

For many of us, directing our concern for the environment toward our local watersheds makes sense. We love the watershed because it is the place we explore, hike, hunt, fish, paddle and swim. It is the place we sit to clear our heads, the secret special place we visit in times of sorrow or difficulty. It is the place we take our children to teach them about where we live, and in doing so, to teach to them about who we are. On the eve of another WRWA river clean-up, perhaps the classic expression of caring for place, it’s comforting to think of the rich possibilities that such acts presage. Taking good care of the places we live and inhabit is the first step in taking better care of the world at large.

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By Enrique J. Alvarez, The Retirement Doctor®, Suffield, CT

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When I started my career (1973), the National Debt was $458,141,605,312.09. As I write this, September 28, 2012 at 12:55 p.m., it is: $16,065,101,000,000.00 and increasing as I type. How does this affect you?

A recent article from CNS News dated September 4, 2012 stated: “The US debt is now $136,260.00 per household.” This is a real debt that will need to be paid. Imagine your house being paid for and somebody forges your signature on a mortgage and YOU get a bill for $136,260.00. This is essentially what happened.

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If your employer allows you to have a Roth option on your 401 (K), you should ask your advisor whether or not you should take advantage of this feature. The advantages of the Roth version is tax free growth and the ability to access your account values up to the amount you have contributed on a tax-free basis prior to age 59.5. The advantage to the tax deductable 401 (K) is current tax deductions and tax deferral on the income. The disadvantage of the tax deductable 401 (K) is that early distributions prior to age 59.5 may be subject to a 10% penalty and ordinary income tax. Many individuals are surprised to find that when they take a loan from their 401 (K)’s and leave the company on a voluntary basis or are laid off, that if they don’t pay back the loan, they will be subject to the 10% penalty and taxes.

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Non-profit news and events for area communities. Please send information by the 20th of the month in order to have it listed in this section. We will print as many listings as space allows. Our usual publication date is within the first week of the month.

Send to: Town Crier, Southwoods Magazine, P.O. Box 1106, Southwick, MA 01077, Fax: (413) 569-5325 or email us at magazine@southwoods.info.

SOUTHWICK LIONS CLUB ADULT COMEDY NIGHT FUNDRAISER

The SOUTHWICK LIONS CLUB is hosting an adult comedy night at the Southwick Rec Center, on Saturday, October 20th to benefit their local charities. There will be raffles, a 50/50, a cash bar, and complimentary hors d’oeuvres to go with the adult comedy show that evening. “Wicked Funny” Northern comedian Bucky Lewis is scheduled to perform his one-man adult comedy. Doors open at 6:30. Show starts at 8:00 pm.

Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by calling Cliff at 413 569-3447 or from any Southwick Lion member. Tickets are going fast. Don’t miss out.

dixieland stomp at the southwick congregational church

The Southwick Congregational Church, 488 College Highway, Southwick, MA is hosting the “Dixieland Stomp”, history and music of Louis Armstrong, on Sunday October 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm. This is free and open to the public.

This program is supported by the Southwick Cultural Council.

The Southwick Congregational Church, 488 College Highway, Southwick, MA, is having their Annual Harvest Supper on Saturday, October 13, 2012 AT 6:00 PM. The Menu is chicken and gravy, bisquits, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, peas with pearl onions, cranberry sauce and apple crisp. The cost is adults $10.00 and children 12 and under $5.00.

For reservations please call the church office 569-6362

Southwick-On-Stage Fall Production

Southwick-On-Stage is poised to open its fall production on The Stage At Town Hall. The classic murder mystery,” The Mousetrap“ by Agatha Christie will open on Friday evening, October 17th and will run for two weekends. Doors will open at 7:00 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Tickets will be available at the door, and advance tickets can be purchased on College Highway, Southwick, MA at three locations: Farm Family Insurance, Southwick Florist, and Salon Amici.

Southwick-On-Stage welcomes new members to join their group, working backstage, helping to build the sets, or performing on the stage. Anyone interested in becoming a working member of the theatre group is encouraged to come to a monthly meeting. Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the third Wednesday of the month in Conference Room #2 at the town hall at 454 College Highway.

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West Suffield Congregational Church Harvest festival

West Suffield Congregational Church, UCC will be having a Harvest Festival on October 20, 2012 from 9 am until 3 pm.

The festival will include a rummage sale, bake sale, cow chip bingo, and crafts. The rummage sale will run from 9 am until 2 pm. Proceeds from the bake sale will go toward the Crossroads Food Pantry. Cow chip bingo will start at 11:00 am. Cow Chip Bingo tickets are for sale at the church for $10 each. Only 750 tickets will be sold. First prize is $1,000; Second Prize is $500 and Third Prize is $250. Anyone interested in vendor space or a cow chip bingo ticket, please contact the church office at 860668-2271. The church is located at 1408 Mountain Road, West Suffield, CT 06093.

Bonsai Art Exhibit

The Bonsai Society of Greater Springfield, Mass. will be havinge their Bonsai Art Exhibit at Sixteen Acres Garden Center on Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday October 21, 2012 for 10 am to 4 pm. Free admission, Exhibit, Demonstrations & sales area.

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WTG presents “THE ODD COUPLE-Female Version”

Assembled in the messy apartment of recently divorced Olive Madison, a group of women play a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit. Soon to arrive is Florence Unger, whose husband just left her. Thinking she is on the verge of suicide, she is barely allowed to go to the bathroom alone. As fate would have it, Olive the slob and Florence the neat freak decide to live together. Along the way, they are visited be their two male Castilian neighbors, with hilarious results.

The show is directed by Theresa Allie and produced by Linda Buzzee. Come see Linda Slozak, Nancy Colby, Winnie Legere, Kathy Leary, Kate Hebert and Larry Chiz, along with WTG newcomers to WTG Paul Rothenberg and Sue Davis in Neil Simon’s hilarious contemporary comic classic: The female version of “The Odd Couple”.

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Chester Historical Society Holiday Craft Fair

8th Annual Snowflake Holiday Craft Fair sponsored by Chester Historical Society, Sat. Nov. 3, 2012, 9am to 3pm at Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd. off Rte 20. 50/50 Raffle, Yankee Auction, Music by Contempaissance. You can also visit Cornerstone Christian Church, located near Town Hall, for a tasty lunch, some crafts along w/White Elephant Table. A fun day for all ages!

Crafters and Vendors Wanted

Applications are now being accepted for the Holy Trinity Rosary Society Fall Craft and Vendor Fair which will be held on Saturday, November 10, 2012 in the Parish Hall at 331 Elm St., Westfield, MA from 9 am to 4 pm. Reserve a table for $25.00 (non-refundable) plus give a raffle gift. We will also have a soup and sandwich lunch available and will sell apple pies. The last day to reserve a table is October 24, 2012. For more information and an application please call Mary Jane Smith at 413-244-5271 or email at mjs9456@cs.com.

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VCA Southwick Animal Hospital 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Pawty Fundraiser

Fun for the whole family - Saturday, October 20th, 12-4pm (rain date Oct. 27th), On the grounds of VCA Southwick Animal Hospital, 498 College Highway, Southwick, MA - 569-3866 Admission: a donation from the shelters wish list or a monetary donation To benefit: Southwick & Westfield Animal Shelters: to purchase animal oxygen masks for Southwick Fire Department thru the Wag’N O2 Fur Life program. This will enable them to have the proper equipment, that is specifically designed to be used on pets that have suffered smoke inhalation from a house fire or other disaster. 100% of proceeds go to our beneficiaries and will also be matched by VCA! Costume Contests: Best dog and owner pair, Most creative/ original, Funniest, Best Of Show, Prizes will be awarded in each category, Cats may compete with photos: send pics to the hospital, drop them off at the hospital or email pictures to southwickvets@live.com, or bring your pictures the day of the event and join in the fun!

Activities: Blind Auction, 50/50 Raffle, Photo station: $5 donation for a framed photo of you and your pet, Face painting, Pumpkin painting, Games for pets and children of all ages to enjoy Southwick police K-9 unit demonstration, Books and earrings for purchase, Light refreshments will be provided Adoptable pets from the shelters will be at the event!

Shelter Wish List: dog, cat and kitten food, canned & dry, non-clumping kitty litter,. /laundry detergent, bleach, paper towels, toys and treats for dogs & cats, gift cards to purchase these supplies and more. Monetary donations are always appreciated!

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CONCERT SERIES

The Music Committee at Second Church presents a Concert Series, Sunday, October 21 at 3:00 pm featuring Ross Tucker and the Hot Cat Jazz Band $10 admission. Please bring a canned good for the Westfield Food Pantry. This is a wonderful way to come together as a community and also support the music program at Second Church.

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October 2012 Dear Friends, With all of the construction going on, I thought it would only make sense to bring you up to speed on some of the infrastructure projects throughout the district. I recently met with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to discuss road and bridge projects, and

By State Representative wanted to update you on the progress of Nicholas Boldyga those projects.

In Southwick, the College Highway (Rt. 10) project is steadily moving along. The road has been widened to accommodate a center turning lane to ease traffic burdens and address safety concerns. Sidewalks and new traffic lights with updated turn signals have been installed making it easier and safer to walk from business to business, or church on Sunday morning. We can all agree that dodging manhole covers and waiting in traffic hasn’t been enjoyable but it will be a distant memory when we’re driving on a new road and able to safely make left hand turns into and out of businesses. Paving has started and soon we’ll have a completed College Highway.

In Agawam, bids are opening in October for the reconstruction of Main Street (Route 159). The roadway will be resurfaced and sidewalks and traffic signals will be reworked.

The funding for the Riverwalk and Bike Loop project has been secured and will be advertised within the year. The work will consist of widening portions of School Street and River Road to accommodate a shared-use lane. This project will include the 1.9 mile extension to bring the project to Main Street.

The Feeding Hills intersection of Route 187 & Route 57 is also in the design phase for improvements. This project will include re-designing the intersection, improving the overall safety of the intersection, designing for future growth and increased traffic, pedestrian signal upgrades, sidewalk and curb ramps brought up to current standards, improved signage, and pavement markings.

We also discussed the Agawam/West Springfield (Route 147) Bridge. With the Big E seeing record numbers this year, it’s important that we address this bridge and the traffic concerns surrounding it. The project will include bridge recon-

struction, widening the bridge, intersection improvements and installing dedicated turn lanes, updated traffic signals and new sidewalks. These improvements will greatly improve the traffic issues and safety concerns at the intersection.

Lastly, the Route 5 & Route 57 Rotary construction was recently completed. The project included the widening of the rotary, paving and new traffic markings, which significantly improved the traffic congestion. The South End bridge also received steel repairs and updates.

I will continue to update you as these road and bridge projects get underway. Thank you for allowing me to proudly serve as Your Representative. Please call me with any concerns. My home telephone number is (413) 569-5188. I’m always available!

Sincerely,

Nicholas Boldyga State Representative (413) 569-5188 Please visit my website www.NickBoldyga.com for more information Nicholas A. Boldyga is completing his first term as State Representative, serving Agawam, Granville, Russell and Southwick. He is the Ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee.

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