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CORNWALL CHRONICLE VOLUME 14 : NUMBER 4 MAY 2004 Something Special of the natural landscape. In addition to pro- The commission views tecting Cornwall’s scenic landscape, this this as a critical first step A new Little League dia- regulation also serves to protect water qual- to updating the town mond, much-needed parking, a picnic area ity and the natural environment. plan in the coming years. —Rick Lynn and a cinder walking track are in the works The commission also recently adopted a for part of the eight acres purchased by the “fee in lieu of open space” regulation to en- After School Program—Yes! Town east of Foote Field and the existing hance opportunities for protecting open driveway off Route 4. The possibility for There will be an after school program (hence- space and natural areas with future subdivi- such improvements came in the form of a let- forth to be known as the “Extended Day sion activity in town. Now, with future sub- ter from the State Office of Policy and Man- Learning Program”) when CCS reopens in divisions, P&Z can either require the perma- agement allocating a Small Town Economic late August. This from Park & Rec. director nent protection of up to 15 percent of the sub- Assistance Program Grant of $250,000 for Bethany Thompson, who will be in charge. divided land, or request payment by the ap- funding the parking and recreation project. The program was made possible by a plicant into a designated open space fund so The parking area will accommodate about 40 $15,000 REAP (Rural Education Achieve- that other land in town can be purchased as cars and include a turnaround for buses. ment Program) grant secured by Principal open space. Gordon Ridgway said the total cost of the Kathleen Fitzgibbons. Funds from the grant In pursuing implementation of the town work will have to await estimates by engi- will serve as seed money, and fees are ex- plan, the commission has also established neers, but he felt the big state grant should pected to make the program self-sustaining special study committees to: 1) enhance pe- fund the project. Some day soon, he said, the and not affect the already tight town budget. destrian safety and traffic calming in Corn- new recreational area should be a “special —John Miller wall Bridge, 2) simplify the permit require- place in the community.” —John Miller ments for certain business uses in the town The Country Wife Teeth for Town Plan business zones, 3) research the feasibility of a Dorothy Van Doren’s The Country Wife was transfer-of-development-rights program, One of the top priorities in Cornwall’s Town first published in 1950. It is the first in a tril- and, 4) update parking requirements. ogy of breezy, often touching, memoirs that Plan of Conservation and Development is to This year the commission will also be ini- preserve Cornwall’s natural environment Van Doren wrote about her life in Cornwall tiating the preparation of a series of large- and New York’s Greenwich Village, which and rural landscape. The Planning and Zon- scale computerized maps that the commis- ing Commission recently adopted two regu- include The Professor and I, and Men, Women sion and town residents can use to better and Cats (the last title of which echoes James latory tools to help achieve this goal. A document and understand important natu- “buildable area” zoning regulation was Thurber’s Men, Women and Dogs). All of these ral resources, as well as cultural resources once-popular books are now out of print, but added to make sure that future development such as historic structures and cemeteries. does not occur on land that is too wet, too they can still be found with a little effort at steep, or would result in excessive reshaping local bookdealers or on eBay. Each of the MAY 2004 (continued on page 2) SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Weekly Events: 1 Tuesdays: Blue Mountain Satsang, 6:30 P.M., UCC Day Room; Jam Session, 7:30 P.M. Town Hall Annual Cornwall Child Wednesdays: Play Group, 10 A.M., Playscape/UCC Parish House; Stretch Class, 5:30 P.M., Town Hall Center Auction Thursdays: Meditation for Mothers, 1:15 P.M., UCC Day Room 3–6 P.M. Mohawk Ski Fridays: Preschool–K Story Hour, 10 A.M. Library Lodge† Saturdays: Chess Club, 9:30 A.M. Library Spring Bird Walk 2345678 7:15–9:30 A.M.† Park & Rec. Civil Rights Safe Zone Region One Budget Extras for Kids Bake Sale 7 P.M. W. C. Firehouse Meeting 7:30 P.M. Referendum 7:30 A.M. Baird’s & W.C. Market† Bd. of Selectmen Town Hall† American Girls Club 7:30 P.M. Town Hall Noon–8 P.M., Town Hall 11:30 A.M. Library Inland Wetlands* Agricultural Comm. UCC Progressive Dinner 7:30 P.M. Town Hall 7:30 P.M. Town Hall & Music ARMED FORCES DAY 9MOTHER’S DAY 101112131415 Blood Pressure Deadline: June Chronicle Copy Cornwall Assoc. Screening 3–4 P.M. P&Z 7:30 P.M. Town Hall 9 A.M. UCC Day Room UCC Parish House Housatonic River Comm. Author/Illustrator Talk Scholastic Book Fair 7:30 P.M. CCS Library 11 A.M. Library† CCS Library† Kids’ Pajama Party Reading 4 P.M. Library† 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Separation of Region One Bd. of Ed. Bd. of Selectmen Annual Budget Thomas the Tank Club 9 A.M. Town Hall Church & State 7 P.M. HVRHS Town Meeting 7:30 P.M. 11 A.M. Library Town Hall† UCC 11:30 A.M.† Democratic Town Comm. Bd. of Ed. 5:30 P.M. Hazardous Waste CCS Library 7:30 P.M. Library Cornwall Historical Society Collection† Bd. of Finance Annual Meeting 4 P.M. 7:30 P.M. Town Hall Library 23Separation of 24 25 26 27 28 29 Church & State CCS Walk-A-Thon (p.2) Acting Class Show Green Party UCC 11:30 A.M.† VFW Post 9856 ZBA 7:30 P.M. Town Hall* 6 P.M. Town Hall† 7:30 P.M. Town Hall 8 P.M. W. C. Firehouse Cornwall Vol. Fire Dept. MEMORIAL DAY † 30 31 8 P.M. W. C. Firehouse *Check with Zoning Office—672-4957 For additions and updating, visit www.cornwallct.org † Details in Events and Announcements Note the change! 2 CORNWALL CHRONICLE MAY 2004 (continued from page 1) himself and almost takes the house down Welcome relatively short chapters in The Country with them. “We have few hot days in June in Patrick Michael to Wife—lovingly illustrated by Mimi Korach— our part of Connecticut,” writes an exasper- Ann Russ Robinson and Michael Robinson is a little morality tale on the happy perils of ated Dorothy, “ but let the Professor begin to life in the country and city. They are affec- build a set of shelves in one of the upstairs Good-bye to Friends tionate, wry tributes to the “double-life” rooms under the eaves and the temperature Margery W. Osuch many weekenders experience. rises promptly to eighty-five and does not Mark Paul Van Doren is both the voice-of-reason and budge till sundown.” the-survivor-who-lived-to-tell-the-tale. Her Mention is made of a lively social life Land Transfers charming wistfulness is coupled with high where notable writers and artists were fre- James J. Vanasse, John P. Vanasse, Ophelia L. Vanasse anxiety, especially when she relates the first quent guests, but these friends are referred to to Paul Lincoln Cornell, Jr., Tr., 34.4 acres on night she spent alone in her old house in often only by first names. “Joe” is the famed Ballyhack Road for $170,000. [Listed incorrectly in Cornwall during a howling windstorm; and naturalist and critic Joseph Wood Krutch, April.] then when she grappled with a panicked and “Jim and Helen” are the Thurbers. This Bernice H. Merz to Bonney Brook, LLC, .78 acres on heifer loose on her lawn from a neighboring casual style creates an intimacy for the Kent Road for $19,000. farm. reader, as if he or she is part of a running con- Mr. Madwom to William C. Gawel, Jr., 5.28 acres on Burlwood Lane for $60,000. versation. John Ivan and Catherine Guilsher to Elisabeth A. For many years after this memoir was Mason and Paul H. Cohen, house and 6.5 acres at 53 published, Dorothy Van Doren wrote a col- Cream Hill Road for $395,000. umn for The Lakeville Journal also called The Robert C. Beetham to Gerard and Robin Mollica, Country Wife. When she stopped writing for house and 4.9 acres at 100 Kent Road for $335,000. the paper, she continued to tell stories about Thomas M. and Linda M. Cangiano to S. David her beloved Cornwall till she was almost 100. Moche and Nancy Wolfson-Moche, house and 8.944 The book jacket is distinctive for its back- I should know. As her grandson, I was the acres at 191 Great Hill Road for $580,000. ground rendering of wooden clapboards, lucky recipient of many of these endearing Judith Seaton Gates to Brian M. Mollica, house and suggesting the side of an antique house. This recollections. —Adam Van Doren land at 179 Sharon-Goshen Turnpike for $185,000. is fitting because so much of the world Dor- [This is one of a series of essays on books Roger Jackson to Mark J. and Nancy A. Hamilton, othy Van Doren loved was centered around about Cornwall.] house and 1.254 acres at 364 Kent Road for $375,000.