THE SEPTEMBER , 2012 TURBRIDGE IMES STHE CHRONICLE OF STURBRIDGE COUNTRY LIVING MTAGAZINE 2 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE THE CHRONICLE OF STURBRIDGE COUNTRY LIVING STURBRIDGE COUNTRY LIVING SEPTEMBER 2012 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE PUBLISHER & EDITOR PAUL CARR MANAGING EDITOR JOHN SMALL STORY EDITOR STEPHANIE RICHARDS SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE KAREN ROTHWEILER AD PRODUCTION & DESIGN TERRI RACCA WRITERS KEVIN T. BALDWIN THOMAS CHAMBERLAND JOSEPH CODERRE ROBERT GEORGE , ESQ . ANDREA JOHNSON RICHARD MCGRATH KATHY MENARD RICHARD MORCHOE STEPHANIE RICHARDS THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE | C ARR , Q UINN & S MALL , I NC . P.O. BOX 418, STURBRIDGE , MA 01566 TEL . 508-347-7077 FAX 508-347-8150 STURBRIDGETIMES .COM CQSMEDIA .COM © 2012 BY CARR , QUINN & SMALL , INC . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE is published 11 times a year, with no January issue, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts by Carr, Quinn & Small, Inc. 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Broiled, Twin, Baked, Stuffed and Lobster Rolls EnjoyEEnjonjooyy dining in our outdooro patio areaarreaea THE CHRONICLE OF STURBRIDGE COUNTRY LIVING THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE 3 From Your Chamber of Commerce October Harvest Fest seeking crafters An autumn tradition continues as the 23rd Annual Harvest Festival returns to the Sturbridge Common and the grounds of Publick House Historic Inn on October 20 and 21. Mark your calendars for a week - end of family fun as all your fall favorites are back. The Chamber of Central Mass South is currently ac - cepting applications from local crafters, artisans and specialty food vendors who would like to take part in this year’s festivities. With favorable weather, the Harvest Festival can at - tract over 10,000 attendees and we welcome you to Sterling silver charms from $25 join us and sell your wares during this two-day event. Limited booth spaces are available, so don’t delay! Apply today to be part of this year’s Festival. Please GARIERI Support Sturbridge! note, if you intend to sell any consumable food or bev - JEWELERS erage product, you must complete additional paper - work and submit it to the Town of Sturbridge, Board Free Gift With Purchase 139 Main St. of Health, no later than September 30, 2012. September 12–15 Sturbridge, MA 01566 You can find more information including a link to Receive a sterling silver PANDORA clasp bracelet 508.347.9934 our Crafter and Specialty Food Vendor Application www.Garieri.com (a $65 US retail value) with your purchase of $100 or more of PANDORA jewelry.* Mon-Fri 9-5:30, Thu 9-6 on the Chamber website at www.cmschamber.org. *Good while supplies last, limit one per customer. Charms Sat 9-3, Sun Closed shown on bracelet are sold separately. See our store for details. Look for the Harvest Festival tab. If you have any questions, please contact the Chamber of Central Mass South at (508) 347-2761 or email info@cm - schamber.org. From Stageloft Theater Stageloft Repertory Theater, 450A Main St., Stur - bridge, MA announces the opening of its Sept. shows: COLUMBO: Rx MURDER August 10 thru Sept. 2 Each Friday & Saturday @ 8 pm Each Sunday @ 2 pm Tickets: $17 adults, $15 seniors 65+, $8 students 12 & younger NUNSENSE AMEN, A Musical Comedy All our lovely nuns are back, but they just happened to have developed beards, baritone voices, and a manly way of moving. That's right! It's a gathering of the zany nuns played by five men. Sure to please! Sept. 7 --Sept. 30 Each Friday & Saturday @ 8 pm Each Sunday @ 2 pm FWhya drsive tw hflen iycou ckan ! Tickets $17 adults, $15 seniors 65+, $8 students 12 & younger see the movie right here? Then dine out at a locally- For reservations call 508-347-9005 owned restaurant! Support Sturbridge! 4 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE THE CHRONICLE OF STURBRIDGE COUNTRY LIVING ARTS HISTORY Historical painting and decoration classes to be offered at OSV The Historical Society of Early American (etched gold leaf under glass), Sept. 22; Decoration (HSEAD), is offering a variety of Samuel Plank Folk Art Salt Box, Sept. 22-23; classes this fall at Old Sturbridge Village, with Schnerenschnitte (paper-cutting) enhanced a focus on nineteenth-century techniques, re - with watercolor, Nov. 17; Frakturs (fanciful flecting the time period and aesthetics seen in "Pennsylvania Dutch" ink and watercolor de - the village. signs), Nov. 18; and Folk Art Painting with Old Sturbridge Village is now the home of acrylics, also on Nov. 18. the HSEAD research center, and we are ex - "Crafts at Close Range" course descriptions cited to be participating in the Old Sturbridge and registration information will be available Village "Crafts at Close Range" program, as on www.OSV.org, or contact Kathleen Kime well as offering additional classes in the historic [email protected]. David Wight house on the OSV campus. All Additional courses will be offered directly classes are open to the public, most classes do from HSEAD at the Wight House, including: not require any previous experience, and our “Illuminated Letters”, Oct. 15-18; Reverse teachers are especially good at encouraging be - Glass Painting, Oct. 22-26; Watercolor Theo - © 2012 Photo courtesy of The Historical Society of Early American Decoration ginners. rem (creating floral and still life paintings using An example of fraktur designs from 19th-century originals. HSEAD classes in OSV's "Crafts at Close a stencil technique), Nov. 2. Range" are a great introduction to early Amer - Full descriptions and registration informa - HSEAD is an organization devoted to the these arts in 19th-century America. ican arts, and ensure that participants leave tion for these course offerings are at research and preservation of historically au - For more information about HSEAD, in - with new skills and a successfully completed www.hsead.org, or contact HSEAD at 607-547- thentic early American decoration and the per - cluding membership and class details, visit project. Fall 2012 program includes: Eglomise 5667, email: [email protected]. petuation of the techniques used by artisans of www.hsead.org. THE CHRONICLE OF STURBRIDGE COUNTRY LIVING THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE 5 THE SHOPPING NEWS A veterinary clinic that comes right to your front door BAYSTATE MOBILE VET BASED IN CHARLTON 774.262.7679 BAYSTATEMOBILEVET .COM AND ON FACEBOOK AT BAYSTATE VETERINARY SERVICES © 2012 Photo by Stehanie Richards Dr. Carolyn Selavka and Tanya Christian, veterinary technician BY STEPHANIE RICHARDS It’s 27 feet long by 11 feet high, built on a Ford chassis Carolyn Selavka. 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She worked as a ter in Springfield before it closed in 2007. “I loved the prac - of only a handful of mobile vet services in the state –owned technician at the Honolulu Zoo while pursuing a master’s tice – it was a very forward thinking group – and I would and operated by Charlton resident and Veterinarian Dr. degree in animal nutrition from the University of Hawaii. have been content to stay there. I looked at lots of places 6 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES MAGAZINE THE CHRONICLE OF STURBRIDGE COUNTRY LIVING to work and couldn’t find the right fit. In call if we are running late. We do have my opinion, veterinary medicine is more muzzles, but I can count on my hand Was this your cat before the tornado? an art than a science; it really depends on how many times we’ve had to use them.” the situation,” she said.