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. the 18th century farmhouse she and her Donald C. and Catherine Madigan to Michael L. and CCS Walk-A-Thon Carol Trevas Fleisher, buildings and 10.849 acres at poet/husband Mark Van Doren—referred to 24 Flat Rocks Road for $675,000. as simply “the Professor”—bought in Corn- Imagine a community in which eighth grade wall Hollow in 1923. In a memorable chapter, parents at CCS didn’t have to be in a year- “Don’t Wait to Buy a House,” Dorothy re- long fund-raising mode to pay for the annual Home Schooling in Cornwall counts Mark’s immediate attachment to his class trip. What if they could start raising Home schooling is a growing preference for new Eden, “As for the Professor, he was sim- money when their children were in kinder- Cornwall parents. The Connecticut constitu- ply in love, and with a man in love, there is garten? What if classes had big fat bank ac- tion states that parents are responsible for no arguing.” counts by the time the students reached the educating their children or seeing that they Dorothy was a distinguished novelist and eighth grade? are educated. I have heard of at least eight critic for The Nation, and she shared with her You think maybe I’m whistling Dixie but home-schooling families in Cornwall, though husband a romantic, literary vision of the I’m not. Listen up. CCS is gearing up for what there are probably more. I interviewed four pastoral life, of which Cornwall provided the organizers hope will be an annual walk-a- Cornwall home schoolers who are around my perfect personification. This is not to say, thon. Students in all grades will participate own age (14) and their parents. however, that either was inept at adapting to and raise pledges in Cornwall. Money raised I learned that there are as many ways of the difficult—often harsh—realities such a will be split 50-50 between each class’s bank home schooling as there are home schoolers. life presents (Mark was actually born on a account and a tax-deductible cause. The cause For instance, Silvia LaPorta (age 13, seventh farm in the Midwest). Life in Cornwall in the this year will be the Rett Syndrome Associa- year of home schooling) uses a curriculum early ’20s was more rustic than it is today. tion, in honor of Elizabeth Watts, who is from the Maryland-based Calvert School, There were no four-wheel drives (it took the graduating this year. (Rett Syndrome is a de- complete with tests and assignments. Arnon Van Dorens five hours to come up from the generative neurological disorder.) Fischer (age nine, second year of home school- city in their Model T); few, if any, roads were The walk-a-thon, which was the idea of ing) is taught by his mother, Deirdre. He stud- paved; and there was no Stop & Shop 20 min- CCS parent Bente Busby, will take place after ies math, and does a self-chosen unit project, in utes away. Mark and Dorothy and their two lunch (about 12:30 P.M.) on Monday, May 24, science or history, that develops his indepen- sons (always referred to as “the boys”) with the entire school participating. Students dent reading and writing skills. Margaret Tyler would never be mistaken for real farmers will be bussed to the intersection of Cream (age almost nine, home schooled all her life) (Dorothy describes Mark as being a “late Hill and Cogswell Roads and will walk des- learns from the multitude of crafts and chores riser”), but they rejoiced in imagining they ignated routes depending on their class. that she and her family do. She doesn’t follow were. There was something of the pioneer in Little kids will walk a mile, medium sizes 2.5 any curriculum or pattern of schoolwork, but all of them, and this is what makes the book miles, and the big kids 4.5 miles. Members of concentrates by doing what interests her. Paris so engaging. They learn to tap syrup from the community, like you and me, can join the Costello (age almost 13, half a year their long row of ancient maples; they chop fun if we’re up to it. of home schooling) bases her their own Christmas tree from their hemlock Back to Bente Busby. Why and how did work on the curriculum that forest; and they take on acres of raking in she come up with the idea? “If you’ve got her seventh grade class at “The Ordeal of the Leaves.” two or three or more kids in school, it takes a CCS uses, but goes Though the reminiscences in the book lot of bake sales and other things to come up more in-depth and evoke a certain nostalgia, they are not purely with enough money to send the eighth grad- adds other units. sentimental. Invariably, when certain days ers on their class trip every year. This way CCS’s principal, Dr. seem to begin with plenty of sunshine and money will be put aside starting the first Fitz, is very positive about rosy promise, things often turn for the year. Fewer cookies. Fewer bake sales. Time home schooling, and wants to worse—and the stubborn, sometimes impul- for other things when you become an eighth make the experience the sive, professor is likely in the middle of it. In grade parent. And the kids learn about good best possible for the stu- one instance, he decides to build bookcases causes.” —John Miller dents. She makes all the MAY 2004 CORNWALL CHRONICLE 3

PTA programs and field trips available, and offers tutoring with the CCS teachers after school. She also investigated if parents Letters to the should register with the Board of Education. (Registering a home schooled child is volun- Chronicle tary; all a parent is required to do is file a “let- (Re: last month’s article by Earl Brecher which ter of intent” stating that he/she is educating praised the writer for saving Cornwall a million his/her child at home.) dollars) Hardly any of the students that I inter- viewed could think of anything they didn’t “HAPPY IS GOOD” like about home schooling. They all liked be- Thanks, I guess…But you do know that lots ing able to work at their own pace and hav- of people were involved besides me. Whatever. ing more control over what they do. Paris The addition to CCS is growing like Topsy, so of a Selectman” in the April Chronicle. At one finishes her work early in the day and can do we can all be happy or at least reasonably so. point Earl cheers the supposed million dollar sav- other things like learn from the Assignment That condition is a good thing and, I for one, ings resulting from the changes made to the initial Discovery Channel, which is about history, will be glad if it lasts for a long time. school construction project. My response to that is and work with more in-depth learning soft- —Biffie Dahl Estabrook that some money isn’t worth saving! The CCS ware. She plays the flute and likes soccer. campus has a road running right through the Margaret enjoys being around the animals at STUNNED! middle of it. We had an opportunity and a plan Local Farm, helping her dad build things, I was stunned to read in April’s Chronicle that would have corrected this situation. Instead and doing many crafts such as felting and Earl Brecher’s praise of Ms. Estabrook and her the building committee was directed to “save candle making. Every day is new and differ- role in the school building fiasco. Certainly she some money” and so, rather than moving the ent. Silvia starts working at 8:30 A.M. and fin- helped engineer significant change, but not for road, we wound up with all the parking and drop ishes around 1:30 P.M., and after that she likes good. And certainly not for a savings of a mil- off being moved across the street from the school training her dogs in agility; sports, pottery, lion dollars. and thus significantly increasing the foot traffic and working at the Little Guild of St. Francis. Imagine, Earl, you go to the store to buy crossing the road. Hopefully tragedy will never Arnon spends the day doing his work, and something and I go and make exactly the same strike, but if it does, I doubt that many will be he is also involved with Berkshire United purchase. If I pay less than you did, I have saved looking back so fondly at the money saved. Lastly, soccer and the Cub Scouts. He likes sports, money. When Cornwall abandoned the first plan let us thank those truly deserving of praise, the anything to do with history, and he is work- to adopt a second, there were no savings because members of the building committee for all their ing on a spy story. there was no attempt to purchase the second selfless efforts on the town’s behalf throughout I asked both the parents and the kids what time what had been voted in the first referen- this entire process. —Peter Busby they would like to tell people about home dum. Consider these reductions: under the sec- schooling. Margaret and her mother Debra ond plan there is a substantial reduction in the NEED HELP? said: “It’s fun and I like to do it!” Silvia would amount of new construction, resulting in less Did you know that half of the new “bump” like to debunk two myths: Home schoolers instructional space for fine arts as well as con- on the backside of the Town Office building is have no friends and are on permanent vaca- siderably less space in the gymnasium and the new Social Services Office? It’s a lovely little tion. Silvia hardly ever takes a vacation from kitchen facilities. The current plan is to lay the place where the Cornwall Cupboard Food Pantry her work and has many friends, some of gym floor with a lower grade wood, make it two is housed. Those in need of food and grocery whom are area home schoolers. Her mother feet short of a standard middle school basketball items do not need an appointment and are wel- Bianca said, “Home schooling has allowed court, and to side the exterior with a cheaper come to “shop” anytime the offices are open, our children time to develop and pursue their material that does not match the existing build- Monday through Thursday, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. own interests.” Paris said, “You learn faster ing. Add to these examples the road not moved. I’m in the office, usually on Mondays, to and everyone should do it.” Arnon and his Deduct roughly a half million dollars spent un- assist folks of all ages who are in need of support mother Deirdre think that home schooling is der the first referendum then lost as a result of services. Are you a parent with kids driving you the right thing for Arnon. Deirdre said: “I’m a the second. Furthermore, in the last 15 years our crazy? I have parenting resources to help! Need gardener. I’m giving my kids food, water, and school has twice undergone major renovations help paying for the rent or heating fuel? Are you plenty of light.” —Hannah Colbert but in neither plan has there been a provision for a senior struggling with the cost of prescription [This is the first of two articles.] a cafeteria. medications? Do you need help with chores that Now Earl, where is the purported $1 million have become too difficult for you to manage The Mohawk Season savings? Clearly the purchase planned in the alone? I have resources that may be able to help. The sign on the door of the ski lodge said first referendum is not the one being made in the Did you know there is a program that pays the “Closed for the season. See you in Novem- second; they are very different. Yet as different as Medicare Part B premium for people with low ber.” Inside there was evidence that carpen- they are, there is little difference in the taxpay- fixed incomes? It could mean an extra $60.60 in ters were making some new tables as I made ers’ burden. Unfortunately, Ms. Estabrook’s your pocket each month! Does the house need my way for an appointment with Carol obfuscation resulted in a costly two year delay. some fixing-up? You may qualify for help! Lugar, who runs the Mohawk Ski Area. I was Kudos for these Ophidian maneuvers, Earl? I Transportation a problem? We have a Rural met at her office by a suspicious Saint Ber- think not. —Brian Kavanagh Transit bus with door-to-door service if you give nard named Mauja, which, I was told, means them 24 hours notice! These are a few of the “storm” in the Inuit language. Mauja settled SAVINGS? AT WHOSE EXPENSE? many resources available, so stop by and visit, or down by a picture window overlooking the As a parent to three students at CCS, I can’t call me at 672-2603. —Jill Gibbons empty parking lot as Carol was saying that help commenting on Earl Brecher’s “Recollections Cornwall Social Services Mohawk’s 57th season had been “a good one in spite of some unexpected expenses.” “Such as?” I asked. bread. Ouch!) Total attendance for the season and make all that snow. There was still much “Such as,” she said, “the cost of liability came to slightly under 100,000, which snow visible in mid-April when I went up 30 percent. Our insurance bill was Carol said was about average. paid my visit and it can stick to the $400,000.” (In spite of my somewhat limited The other big increase was in elec- trails well into May. Carol Lugar mathematic aptitude, I figured out that it tricity. In the month of January alone it is the daughter of the late Walter would take well over 13,000 lift tickets—at, cost Mohawk $70,000 to heat the lodge, Schoenkneckt, who started Mohawk say $30-a-shot—to come up with that much run the ski lifts, light up the trails at night, back in 1947 and who (continued on page 4) 4 CORNWALL CHRONICLE MAY 2004

(continued from page 3) Mothers’ Day Bake Sale: Extras for Kids will pioneered the process of snow-making. hold its annual bake sale at both Baird’s and So it was a good winter for Mohawk in the West Cornwall Market on Saturday, May spite of the extreme and prolonged cold. 8, beginning at 7:30 A.M. Extras for Kids is a Business was particularly good over the not-for-profit organization helping to enrich Christmas holiday and during February. the children of Cornwall through curricular And over the next six months the staff will be and extra-curricular programs. working hard in this labor-intensive busi- ness getting Mohawk ready for the next sea- The Sixth Annual Spring Bird Walk, spon- son. —John Miller sored by Park and Rec., will take place on Saturday May 8, from 7:15 to 9:30 A.M. and Children’s Picture Book author and illustra- will again be led by Art Gingert, our resident tor Susanna Gretz (daughter of Helen naturalist and photographer. Bring binocu- Tennant) will read from and talk about her lars and scope/tripod if you have them, and books at the Cornwall Library on Saturday, wear waterproof boots. We plan to meet at May 15, at 11 A.M. Susanna, a resident of Lon- the intersection of Rattlesnake and Cream don, England, is the creator of more than 30 Hill Roads and then do a short carpool up to books for children. It’s Your Turn, Roger won Rexford Road, before enjoying a “bird hike” the 1985 British Smarties award, similar to Events & Announcements downhill through the meadows and wood- our Caldecott and Newbery awards. Ages lands of Hedgerows Farm. No rain date. For four and up. Town Meeting on Budget: On May 21 at 7:30 details and to reserve a place, call Carla P.M. at Town Hall the annual town meeting Bigelow at 672-0283. Library Pajama Party: Kids of all ages are will be held to vote on the fiscal year 2005 invited to a pajama party on May 15 at 4 P.M. budget. The Scholastic Book Fair will be held at the to hear a reading by Cornwall author Sally CCS library May 10 to 19 , from 8:30 A.M. to Cook of her book, Good Night Pillow Fight, Memorial Day Observances will be held on 4:30 P.M. daily. Profits from the annual affair illustrated by Laura Cornell. Sally and May 31. A service in the North Cornwall Cem- are used by the PTA for various educational Laura will also present a slideshow The etery will begin at 9 A.M.; all are welcome to programs and playground equipment. This Making of a Picture Book. Sponsored by the bring flowers. The Seaman’s service will be year’s book fair will feature a “Buy a Book to Friends of the Library. held at 10 A.M. at the Covered Bridge. The Me- Donate to the Cornwall Free Library” option. morial Day Parade and ceremonies will start Talks on Separation of Church and State at 11 A.M. Marchers should be at Hubbard The Child Center summer camp program will be held at the UCC on May 16 and 23 at Field at 10:30 A.M. The UCC and Child Center for ages three to six will take place July 5 to 11:30 A.M. William Sloane Coffin (on video) will hold their annual carnival on the church 29, Mondays through Thursdays, 9 A.M. to and Gordon Bates, UCC Associate Confer- grounds following the ceremonies. 2 P.M. Any questions, call Pam Brehm at ence Minister for Justice and Witness, will be 672-6989. the speakers. Auction Time! The Cornwall Child Center is holding its 13th annual auction at Mohawk Civil Rights Safe Zone: There will be a Art In Cornwall: At the Cornwall Library, on Saturday, May 1. This year’s auction will meeting at Town Hall on Friday, May 7, at Sari Goodfriend’s show of photography re- have its usual wide array of offerings from 7:30 P.M. to discuss the issue of civil rights mains on view through May 8. Beginning European vacation homes to tickets for the- and to whom we will send the peti- May 10, the Library will be filled with the 6th ater and music events to gift certificates for tion recently signed by over 100 Annual Show of CCS Student Work. restaurants and salons to locally grown pro- people. Questions? Call the Zinssers At the National Iron Bank, Kelley duce and meat, handcrafted gifts and origi- at 672-6400. Futurer will be showing oil paintings nal artwork. The silent auction will begin at 3 during May. P.M., and the $10.00 admission includes a beer Hazardous Waste Collection Day and wine reception, hors d’oeuvres, and live is on Saturday, May 22. Further in- music. The live auction gets underway at 5 formation and permits may be ob- P.M. A catalogue of items is available at tained at the Selectmen’s Office ...... www.cornwallct.org. For more information (672-4959) through May 20. 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