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Kathryn Hamilton, a former Dalton cheerleader, is now on the squad for the New England Patriots.

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High over the Berkshire Hills is the wind turbine tower of Wil-liams Stone Co. of Otis which can be seen from the Massachusetts Turnpike’s westbound lane.

Former Dalton cheerleader makes it big

Janel HarrisonBeacon Staff Writer

A Dalton Cheerleader since the 3rd grade, 22 year old knock-out Miss Kathryn Hamilton, after an intensive 7 week audition process made the fi-nal cut as a New England Patriots Cheerleader.

Tryouts began in February with 300 aspiring dancers, cheerleaders, and models, all auditioning for the sought-after position on the cheering squad in front of 70,000 fans at Fox-borough’s Gillette Stadium, repre-senting three-time Super Bowl Cham-pions the New England Patriots.

When speaking with the soft man-nered, yet confident Miss Hamilton she said, “It took me two years to work up the nerve to actually audi-tion. We started with 300 girls trying out and by the end of the first day only 75 of us were left.”

With 75 finalists the competition got hotter as the candidates began the day with a written football quiz and then lined up for the swimsuit model-ing round, just a precursor for mak-ing the final cut, as the new squad would be taking an all expense paid trip to Aruba to model for the 2012 New England Patriots Swimsuit Calendar.

Next was the dance category which was composed of three rounds of dance and an optional tumbling segment.

During an interview Miss Hamil-ton spoke of the choreographed dance routines and the freestyle round in which the dancers were allowed to showcase their own style and prefer-ence of dance

“When I started cheerleading I wanted to focus on dance, so I began

see CHEER page 5

Janel HarrisonBeacon Staff Writer

Have you ever headed West on the Mass Pike between the Blandford and Otis line, peered up to the mountains on your left and seen in a flash the gi-ant white wind turbine turning in the sky?

That wind turbine is the chief en-ergy producer of The Williams Stone Company Inc. out of East Otis, A large granite company owned and op-erated by the Edwin Williams, presi-dent. Mr. Williams said the employ-ees have a 40% interest in the company.

The company Inc. is one of the leading manufacturers for all of the North East and beyond, producing

granite curbing for highway construc-tion and site development, steps, benches, posts and other granite land-scaping products.

Delivery lines run to the East coast and Washington DC, all the way to the Canadian Border and the Ohio line. The company receives 400 tons of granite a day from a company in Georgia, in addition to the 3-5% of granite drilled from the site’s 100 foot quarry per year.

Mr. Lester Williams and Mrs. Ver-na Stone; parents of Mr. Edwin Wil-liams, got their start selling granite when The Williams Stone Company was founded in 1947, as states their son, “I’ve been in the business since I was a child, my parent believed in child labor.” He laughs.

When Mr. Lester Williams became owner of The Chester Granite Com-pany, the Williams Stone Company languished for many years. Mr. Ed-win Williams speaks of inheriting the company. “When I reached my 20’s my father said to me, here’s your chance to do something.”

In 1970 Mr. Edwin Williams began drilling the quarry located at the new location 1158 Lee-Westfield Rd. in East Otis.

Throughout the years prices of elec-tricity to run the company were sky-rocketing, and so it was proposed by Kevin Schulte, CEO of the firm, Sus-tainable Energy Developments, Inc. to install a 600 kW wind turbine to

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Saturday Morning Cartoons Come Alive in Pittsfield

Bera DunauBeacon Staff Writer

Pittsfield’s Storefront Artist Project is looking for a laugh by featuring the exhibition Satur-day Mornings: The Paintings of Garry Black until September 4, as part of its Cartoon and Comic Book Art Come Alive Series.

Lawrence Klein created the Cartoon and Comic Book Art Comes Alive Series four years ago, when he was approached by the Storefront Artist Project to curate an exhibit. The Storefront Artist Project was started in 2002 to bring art to the people of Pitts-field by displaying the works of artists in abandoned storefronts downtown.

“To me what storefront is about is accessibility making art acces-sible to the community and the community accessible to artists,” said Mr. Klein, explaining what drew him to the Storefront Artist Project in the first place.

Now in its ninth year, the Storefront Artist Project has a gallery on 31 South Street as well a number of temporary spaces located around the city. In addi-tion to exhibitions, the project also sponsors residences in Pitts-field for artists from around the world and a mentorship program, where artists mentor high school students in the arts.

Mr. Klein is no stranger to ar-tistic curation. Originally a cor-porate lawyer in Manhattan, Mr. Klein wanted to take his energies in a different direction.

“I wanted to do something for the community and I had an idea to start a non profit museum in 2001 called the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art.”

Today, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in Manhattan is still thriving, and Mr. Klein is its

chairman emeritus.Moving up to Pittsfield full

time in 2006, Mr. Klein used some of the expertise he acquired at MOCCA when he created the Comic and Cartoon Art Comes Alive Series for the Storefront Artist Project.

“I wanted to do an exhibit that was free and family friendly and open to the public,” said Mr. Klein, explaining how he came to curate the Comic and Cartoon Art Comes Alive Series.

Comic and Cartoon Art Comes Alive takes top notch artists from the world of Comics and Car-toons and displays their work for the people of Pittsfield to enjoy. This year’s artist is Garry Black. Mr. Black has worked for com-panies such the Colorforms Toy Co., Marvel Entertainment and Disney. Starting out as an art di-rector, he later moved onto creat-ing his own independent proper-ties and character groups.

“Going from a corporate salary to barely paying my rent because I want to do this (create charac-ters), is quite a challenge, but it’s super fun and really rewarding,” said Mr. Black.

One of the most prominent properties Mr. Black is involved with are the Jet Pack Pets, which he co-created with fellow creator Michael Stewart. They were fea-tured in Disney Adventures mag-azine in comics form from 2000 until the magazine was canceled in 2007. A collection of Jet Pack Pets stories was released in 2005, and a series of E-books is upcom-ing.

For his work with the Store-front Artist Project, Mr. Black decided to go with the theme of Saturday morning cartoons. Mr. Black then created a series of paintings of iconic cartoon char-acters from multiple eras such as

Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, Ren and Stimpy and Sponge Bob Square Pants. The result is the current exhibit, Saturday Mornings: The Paintings of Garry Black

“One of the best things is to watch people’s glee as they go through the show,” said Mr. Black, relating how different generations would react with a similar joy at seeing paintings of their cartoon favorites.

Among these paintings of car-toon icons is a painting of The Jet Pack Pets and Mr. Black hopes that his co-creations will one day find their way onto Saturday

morning TV.One of the reasons Mr. Black is

allowed to paint characters from so many different franchises is that each painting is a unique creation. Because each piece is different and not reproduced, copyright law allows Mr. Black to display and sell these vibrant works of art that were inspired by some of the finest American ani-mation of all time.

In addition to these paintings, Mr. Black has participated in a number of related events for the exhibition including meet and greets, a live paint and a free

drawing workshop.“It’s great to be able to put on

a show that brings art to kids and makes it accessible to people who otherwise might not get to see this kind of art,” said Mr. Black.

Mr. Black’s work will be on display until September 4 at the Storefront Artist Project on 31 South Street in Pittsfield. The paintings displayed there can be purchased, and a portion of the money raised from these sales will go to benefit the Storefront Artist Project. A closing reception will be held at the gallery on September 4.

Photo Credit / Bera dunau

Artist Garry Black with Jay Anderson of the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank at a live paint at the Bank.

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Conservation Commission Puts the Belvedere in Select Board’s Lap


The Lenox Conservation Commission has chosen to place the Kennedy Park Belvedere con-troversy squarely in the Lenox Se-lect Board’s court.

In a unanimous vote at last Thursday’s meeting, the Conser-vation Commission requested that the Lenox Select Board send them a Request for Determina-tion of Applicability of the Scenic Mountain Act to the Kennedy Park Belvedere site, to determine whether or not the project vio-

lates the Scenic Mountain Act.The town of Lenox adopted the

Scenic Mountain Act to protect watershed areas and the scenic qualities of the mountain region. The Conservation Commission is the act’s hearing authority and is charged with promulgating its regulations.

At the meeting, Lenox mas-seuse Sonya Bykofsky, a mem-ber of the political group Citi-zens Advocacy for All, which was formed partially in response to the Kennedy Park Belvedere controversy, presented to the commission some of the re-search she has done on the Sce-nic Mountain Act.

The research has led her to be-lieve that the construction of the Kennedy Park Belvedere violated its tenets.

Some elements of the Kennedy Park Belvedere that Ms. Bykofsky believes violate the Scenic Moun-tain Act include the amount of aggregate material that was moved in its construction, and changes the belvedere has made to the overlooks drainage pattern.

“I believe in my heart of hearts that this was a violation,” said Ms. Bykofsky.

The Conservation Commission acknowledged that because of the Kennedy Park Belvedere’s eleva-tion a Scenic Mountain Act RDA

should have been filed with them before it was constructed.

Chairman Neal Carpenter also noted that commission didn’t have much experience with the Scenic Mountain Act, as in the years since the town of Lenox ad-opted it; no organization has filed any paper work with the commis-sion on the act.

The major reason for this is that most of the areas within the jurisdiction of the Scenic Moun-tain act are owned by the town and thus see little development.

“As far as the overlook goes, I think it was just an overlook,”

said Chairman Neal Carpenter, “We were never informed about it [the Kennedy Park Belvedere]. or asked our opinion, or given documents on any of it.”

Conservation Commission mem-bers, however, said that they could not make a determination on the status of the Kennedy Park Belve-dere under the Scenic Mountain Act unless an RDA is filed and they have the projects engineer-ing plans available to them.

“You may have some very good selling points, but we really can’t make a determination without the information we requested,” said Conservation Committee member Vince Ammendola.

RDA is Key

The importance of an RDA in regards to the Kennedy Park Bel-vedere is that until the committee sees the actual engineering plans, they will not have enough infor-mation to determine whether or not the Belvedere’s construction violated the Scenic Mountain act.

An RDA would ask the com-mittee to make such a determina-tion, and would give the commit-tee access to the Belvedere’s engineering plans, two things the commission requires in order to make a formal determination on whether or not the Kennedy Park

Belvedere violates the act.There are two ways that the

commission can get a Request for Determination of Applicability of the Scenic Mountain Act to a site. One method is that the owner of the property can ask the Conser-vation Commission for an RDA.

The second method involves the filing of a formal complaint, which can be done jointly by up to 10 citizens, alleging that a vio-lation of the Scenic Mountain Act has taken place and asking the committee to perform an RDA.

The Conservation Commis-sion would prefer if the formal complaint route was not taken. This is because the filing of a for-mal complaint brings in outside agencies, and might take the con-troversy into the legal realm and the commission would prefer it if the belvedere controversy was settled at the local level.

This was one of the chief impe-tuses for the Conservation Com-mission voting to request that the Lenox Select Board submit an RDA. As the property owner, it is the Town of Lenox’s place to re-quest an RDA for the Kennedy Park Belvedere site and it is up to the Select Board to decide wheth-er or not they will do so.

Sonya Bykofsky and the other members of Citizens Advocacy for All who attended the Conser-vation Commission meeting seemed content with this course of action.

“I have confidence that the Board of Selectmen will do the right thing and acknowledge that this was a somewhat obscure law that was unintentionally missed and refer the application back to the Conservation Commission,” said Ms. Bykofsky in comments made a few days after the meeting.

If the Select Board chooses to submit an RDA, the Conserva-tion Commission expects that its preparation will be swift, due to the town of Lenox having ready access to the necessary documents.

Once they have the documents in hand, the commission will be able determine whether or not the Kennedy Park Belvedere vio-lates the Scenic Mountain Act. Because Lenox’s Scenic Mountain act names the Conservation Commission as the arbiter and enforcer of the act, they will have a great deal of leeway when mak-ing this decision.

“As far as the overlook goes, I think it was just an overlook. We were never informed about it [the Kennedy Park Belvedere] or asked our opinion, or given any docu-ments on any of it.”

—Chairman Neal Carpenter

The Kennedy Park Committee will hold a meet-ing Monday at 7:00 pm in the Lenox Town Hall Auditorium to address citizens concerns about the Kennedy Park Belvedere and the process by which it was approved.

Kennedy Park Belvedere Controversy

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The Kennedy Park Belvedere is a structure that was complet-ed in June of this year in Ken-nedy Park on the Kennedy Park Overlook. Since last month when hikers and walk-ers in Kennedy Park discovered the Belvedere, there has been a public outcry.

The structure, which in-cludes a wrought iron fence, a fire pit, granite paving stones and a granite outdoor room is dedicated to Dr. Jordan Field-man, a distinguished physician, who practiced in Pittsfield and died at the age of 38 after a long battle with cancer.

The belvedere was construct-ed entirely by funds raised from Dr. Fieldman’s friends, family and colleagues. No pub-lic money was used in its con-struction.

Michael Fieldman, a promi-nent architect and father of Dr. Fieldman, designed the belve-dere along with Rob Akroyd, a member of the Kennedy Park Commission, who reportedly received a $5,000 payment to help supervise the belvedere’s construction.

Mr. Fieldman says the belve-dere was designed to increase people’s enjoyment of the site, and give it a renewed sense of place. He says it is not intend-ed to be a memorial to his son.

Many in Lenox have ex-pressed a dislike for the belve-dere, believing it to be a private memorial built on public land. Some have compared it to a mausoleum, and there have been open calls for it to be tak-en down.

The only reference to Dr. Fieldman at the belvedere site is on a small plaque.

The Kennedy Park Commit-tee and the Select Board ap-proved the Kennedy Park Bel-vedere project last year.

One of the impetuses behind the board’s approval of the project was Mr. Fieldman’s as-surance that a fund would be established to maintain the site.

A fund for the maintenance of the site has yet to become available to the town of Lenox.

Mr. Fieldman also said the foundation of the Aspinwall Hotel, upon which the belve-dere rests, would be strength-ened. The foundation has be-gun to face serious structural issues in recent years.

There is some dispute over whether enough has been done to strengthen the foundation.

Many in the public have crit-icized the process by which the Kennedy Park Belvedere was approved.

Those critical of it assert that not enough public input was solicited before the belvedere was constructed, and that the process lacked transparency.

Specific complaints also as-sert that the open meeting law may have been violated, and that construction of the belve-dere may have violated Lenox’s scenic mountain act.

The Kennedy Park Commit-tee will hold a meeting Mon-day at 7:00 pm in the Lenox Town Hall Auditorium to ad-dress citizens concerns about the Kennedy Park Belvedere and the process by which it was approved.

The meeting will focus on ways to soften the Kennedy Park Belvedere’s impact on the landscape, and come up with a process to deal with future re-quests like the one that created the Kennedy Park Belvedere.


The Beacon Looks at New Businesses in

the Berkshires

This Week:

Sohn Fine Art6 Elm Street

Stockbridge, MA(413) 298-1025

If you want to keep current with what’s going on in the world of contemporary photography, make Sohn Fine Art on Elm St. in Stockbridge one of your regu-lar stops.

The gallery opened on April 30 of this year and has already fea-tured the work of some of our ar-ea’s best professional photogra-phers. Watch for exhibits that will bring the best of contempo-rary photography to the Berk-shires in the coming months.

A new show, Flight, opens on Thursday, August 25, and will run until October 10. Flight is the work of gallery owner Cas-sandra Sohn, who captures the beauty and wonder of seabirds in flight in a series of photographs combining artistic insight and consummate technical skill.

In addition to exhibiting fine art photography, the studio offers the highest quality photographic printing services. Photographs and reproductions of artwork can be printed in sizes up to forty-four inches wide and forty feet long, using the Giclée (pro-nounced zhee-klay) process.

Giclée, a French word meaning to spray or squirt, was coined in 1991. At first, it applied to work done on high quality IRIS ink-jet printers. Today, Giclée denotes not only the method of printing, but also the high grade of materi-als used in the printing process: archival-pigmented inks and ar-chival print stocks or fine-art-grade papers.

Exhibits, high quality print-making, restoration work, event and commercial photographic services—all here in this new shop on Elm Street, Sohn Fine Art.

New in TownFright Night A Bloody Good Time


Words cannot properly describe how much fun Fright Night is.

Directed by Craig Gillespie Fright Night is a remake of the 1985 film of the same name. Fright Night, however, more than stands on its own, perfectly balancing bloody horror with black comedy.

Fright Night’s protagonist is Charley Brewster, (played by Star Trek’s Anton Yelchin) a high school senior living in the Las Ve-gas suburbs with his single mom (played by Toni Collette).

Charley spends most of his time hanging out with his gor-geous girlfriend Amy, (played by Imogen Poots) and seeks to dis-tance himself from his nerdy past as well as his former best friend, Evil Ed, (played by Super Bad’s Christopher Mintz-Plasse).

Charley’s life begins to take a turn for the strange when he and his family catch the eye of Jerry (played by Colin Farell), their new next store neighbor.

Evil Ed is convinced that Jerry is a vampire, responsible for a rash of disappearances among their classmates, but Charley doesn’t be-lieve him.

Unfortunately for Charley, Jer-ry is indeed a vampire, and Char-ley soon finds himself locked in a mortal battle with Jerry, who’d like nothing better than to feed on Charley’s mother and girl-friend.

Farell is brilliant in the role of Jerry. In a welcome change from recent vampire movies and TV shows, Jerry is neither sweet nor brooding nor misunderstood. In-stead, Jerry is aptly compared to the Shark from jaws and is a near-ly unstoppable predatory force, intent only on sating his desires.

Jerry does have another side, however, and that is as the date rapist from hell. Vampire stories often have strong sexual elements (thus their enduring popularity) and Farell’s Jerry is no different, masking his predatory nature with an easy, everyman charm. A wolf in dude’s clothing, Jerry uses his charisma to deflect suspi-cion from himself, and lure his victims in, and it’s when he is pre-senting this face that he is truly at his most terrifying.

Another stand out performance in Fright Night comes from David

Tennant (of Dr. Who and the Royal Shakespeare company fame) who plays stage magician and vampire expert Peter Vincent.

A burned out and cynical amal-gam of Chris Angel, David Blaine and any number of hedonistic rock stars, David Tennant’s Peter Vincent is as mesmerizing, as he is outrageous, and the character steals every scene that he’s in.

Fright Night is a tightly scripted well-paced film. The plot moves along swiftly and naturally, and doesn’t stop for unnecessary de-tours. Actors are given room to shine, and the audience is never confused about what is going on.

Much of the credit for this craftsmanship should rest square-ly at the feet of director Craig Gillespie, who utilized a similarly excellent grasp of pacing in his previous film, the 2007 comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl.

Fright Night is also quite fun-ny. In the tradition of horror clas-sics like the Evil Dead Trilogy and the original Fright Night, Fright Night leavens its bloody horror with humor.

David Tennant in particular serves up some comedic gold, but Anton Yelchin’s portrayal of Charley as a confused teen/nerd in denial also provides plenty of opportunity for comedy, and al-lows the audience to relate to the bizarre events unfolding onscreen.

Anyone who enjoys a good horror movie will love Fright Night, but I would recommend it even to people who aren’t big fans of the horror genre.

Fright Night is a fresh and excit-ing film that acknowledges con-ventions without getting bogged down in them. Even though it has its share of blood and gore, it’s stylized, and not grotesque. Fright Nightt is a whole lot of fun, and I would encourage even hor-ror movie skeptics to give this highly entertaining film a chance.

Finally, I can think of no better film to take a date to than Fright Night.

Scary enough to get you and your date jumping in your seats, while being funny enough to make sure the two of you have a good time, all while having a strong romantic sub plot,

Fright Night is the perfect cine-matic storm for date night. Take advantage of it while you still can.

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taking dance classes; Hip-hop and Jazz at Terpsichore in Pitts-fi eld, and fell in love” said Hamilton.

Before fi nal tabulations of the 75 fi nalists were made, candi-dates participated in a “meet-and greet” segment with the judging panel and by the end of the day the number was down to 41 girls as they were chosen to take part in a 2 week “boot camp” program at the “cheer house” in Gillette Stadium.

During which they learned dance choreography, high kicks, cheer-chants, media training, stretching and running the ramps, not to mention intensity “insanity” work-outs. Finalists were taught what it would feel like to be a member of the Patriots Cheerleading Squad.

Miss Hamilton said, “When boot camp was over we had a fi -nal meeting, and then we were to wait to receive an email within a few hours of the 31 girls that made the team.” As she receives emails via her phone she said, “I waited anxiously for the fl ashing light telling me I had an email, just staring at my phone.”

“When I saw my name was on the list I was so happy!” At which point she was beaming. When asked what she liked best about the experience she said, “I’ve gained 31 friends and love being at the sta-dium, and realizing how big the NFL opportunities are, including

travel and charitable ones.” As far as Miss Hamilton’s future

is concerned, she is studying busi-ness and wants a family, a career, and hopes to teach cheerleading again. “I want it all!” she said.

Miss Hamilton visits Dalton Cheerleaders

During an interview at the Dal-ton CRA where a group of about 70 cheerleaders have been gearing up for the fall game season prac-ticing two nights a week all sum-mer rain or shine, Miss Kathryn Hamilton returned back to visit old friends, her old coaches as well set an example for the girls who were thrilled to meet her.

She spoke of her years as a Dal-ton Cheerleader, as well as her ex-periences teaching cheerleading. “I cheered from 3rd grade to 9th grade and taught for three years.” She added, “It feels amazing to be back!”

The Dalton Cheerleaders are broken down into three groups: Peewees grades 3-4, Juniors grades 5-6, and Seniors grades 7-8. Re-warding incentives are given to the girls as they move up to the next group.

The Peewees are given Dalton cheerleading T-shirts, the Juniors Sweatshirts, and fi nally the Se-niors earn their Dalton Cheer-leading Jackets. An annual schol-arship is also given to a chosen girl in honor of Miss Lindsey Ferrell.

Although these are not the only rewards these girls receive, as spo-ken before, displays of friendship, teamwork, respect, and a sense of self esteem are gained. All signifi -cant elements needed to prosper and become happy, healthy, con-fi dent, responsible, and talented adults.

Coaches are chosen from girls who have gone through the pro-gram, therefore know the cheers, routines, dances, and teaching techniques. It is a feeder program to the Wachonah High Cheerleaders.

The Beginning

The Dalton Cheerleaders got their start in 1997 when a Ms. Karen Bradley of Dalton had been to a game where younger cheerleaders were cheering. Soon the fi rst Dalton Cheerleading Uniform was made; a simple T-shirt with a big D sewed on it.

With the help of her friend Mrs. Mary Ferrell also of Dalton now head coach to the Peewees, the Dalton Cheerleaders were born.

Today the coaches speak of why they selfl essly participate in this work, and the words spoken by Mrs. Mary Ferrell Head Coach to the Peewees are, “Pride, I’m so proud of the girls.” “It’s the expe-rience of watching the girls grow and come out of their shells,” said Mrs. Laurie Walker, fi rst year Head Coach to the Juniors.

CHEER from page 1

When does school start?

Monday, August 29• Gabriel Abbott Memorial

Tuesday, August 30• Clarksburg Elementary• Savoy Elementary• Southern Berkshire

Wednesday, August 31• Hancock Elementary• Lee School District• Mount Greylock School DIstrict• Pittsfi eld School DIstrict: Grades 1-6 and 9• Richmond School DIstrict• Williamstown Elementary

Thursday, September 1• Adams/Cheshire School District• Central Berkshire Regional School District• Lenox School District• Pittsfi eld School DIstrict - All grades

Girl-2-GirlJanel Harrison

Beacon Staff Writer

I began to think of a good topic to focus on this week, and after see-ing the cool new Spy Kids in 4D (provides a scratch and sniff smell card and 3D glasses) for my daughter’s eighth birthday with the family it became clear. It was all about time and its inevitable passage.

This got me to thinking how much we girls are always running against time. We do it with our crazy multitasking schedules, we do it with our body’s time clock for making babies, and we do it to stop time from aging us. That might be one of the biggest right?

Time and the aging process is one of women’s most signifi cant con-cerns because it’s related to our body image, which in turn is related to our psyche and self esteem issues, which is then related to how well we function in our world, therefore achieving our goals and successes, and it all rests on a society where the magnitude of maintaining youth and anti-aging is at it’s peak.

So what’s a gal to do? Well we all know exactly what we do… We forge our way to the drug store, doctor’s offi ce, hospital, our friend’s medicine cabinet and fi nd every possible anti-aging thing there is on the market: creams, ointments, surgeries, laser treatments, injections, you name it! Heck we’d rub cow balls on our cheeks if it was stamped and guaranteed to make us younger, Mmm to extreme? But you get the point right?

I think it’s so important that we as women feel good about ourselves, and so indulge away on some of these products and cross your fi ngers! To a certain degree there’s no harm, but we need to also keep things in perspective and understand ourselves on a deeper level superfi cial beauty.

Let’s take a look at the big picture and some of us already do, not just being concerned about less wrinkles or a few extra pounds, but striving for optimal mental, spiritual and physical health. Now there’s a word to be concerned with—our H-E-A-L-T-H.

Here are some healthy tips to follow: We all know these, but let’s reiterate shall we?

• Drink at least 8 glasses of water on a daily basis.• Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables daily.• Exfoliate your skin.• Moisturize so that your skin remains hydrated.• Massaging the skin on a daily basis is recommended. It keeps the

elastin and collagen fi bers strong and delays the aging process.• Get plenty of exercise: walking, pilates, yoga, high impact aerobics,

low impact aerobics, weight bearing exercises promote good bone den-sity, biking in our bucolic Berkshire Hills, of course check with your Doctor before starting any new exercise regime.

• Avoid smoking and drinking as these activities are known to con-tribute towards the development of wrinkles, fi ne lines and crow’s feet.

I found great web site Shine from Yahoo that lists “6 foods to Keep You Young: The Best Anti-Aging Nibbles,” and I love them all! Not only will these foods take years off, but you’ll reap the rewards with a healthier body and a smaller waistline, so here goes!

• Nibble on…Berries! Stocked full of antioxidants, these juicy jew-els will neutralize damaging free radicals and Paula Simpson, BASC, RNCP says they help our body make collagen leaving skin smooth and fi rm. Lisa Drayer MA, RD says to go for the blueberries, very popular, and packed with vitamin C and E which help to rid the body of harm-ful damaging chemicals. They help with memory too. Blueberry Pie anyone?

• Nibble on…Water Rich Foods! Hello watermelon! And foods high in water content such as cucumbers, apples, peaches, melons and cel-ery (also an aphrodisiac) Paula Simpson says these actually keep away wrinkles and keep you fresh-faced. Green Tea and sparkling beverages keep the skin moist and hydrated.

• Nibble on…Carrots and Tomatoes! The more colorful the better

Beating the Hands of Time

see GIRL page 9


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THE GUIDING LIGHT OF THE BERKSHIRES

T H E B E R K S H I R E

BEACON

KENNEDY PARK PUBLIC FORUMMONDAY, August 29th; 7:00pmLENOX TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM

The Kennedy Park Committee will host a public forum on Monday at 7pm at the Lenox Town Hall Auditorium. The fo-cus of the forum is to take public suggestions on two topics:

• How to soften the impact of the changes made to the Overlook.

• How to improve the process for making decisions for public lands.

It appears that the Committee is seeking a “controlled” public hearing on what may or may not be discussed.

Given the tenor of the community, the committee may be better served to allow all comments, questions and ideas to be heard.

Only a full discussion by the committee and the public-at-large will help to resolve the issue of one party’s use of public land.

The Berkshire Beacon & The Berkshire Sonata

Eleven years ago, we published 14 editions of The Berk-shire Beacon.

Today, we have tied the score, plus we are publishing our third of fi ve editions of The Berkshire Sonata.

This is an accomplishment noting the economic conditions across America and the volatility of the stock market.

We are excited that each week our staff fi nds new stories to share with you our reader.

You are the recipient of the trust that our advertisers have put in us to deliver news and features that speak about our businesses and neighbors.

Our goal is to be in all the 32 cities and towns in Berkshire County. We strive to serve you, our reader.

Former Acting Gov. Jane (Swifty Jane) Swift created two major errors during her ad-ministration one that infuriated the public-at-large, which was her helicopter ride the night before Thanksgiving from Boston to her North Adams home in 1999.

Gov. Swift’s other faux pas was the estab-lishment of the Berkshire Visitor’s Bureau at 3 Hoosac St., Adams in 2003 off of Route 8 at a reported cost of $2.5 million.

The Pittsfi eld Chamber of Commerce, when it was located in the bowels of the then Hilton Hotel also was the site of the Berk-shire Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau. This, too, was not a good location due to lack of signage and accessibility.

Today, the site www.yellowpagesgoes-green.org/Adams-MA/Berkshire+Hills+Conference/120923 has a listed phone number (413) 443-9186, which does not ring.

Times change: The Pittsfi eld Chamber be-came the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce and took over the North Adams Chamber of Commerce with a Northern Berkshire offi ce.

It appears that the Berkshire Hills Confer-ence and Visitor’s bureau has become meshed into one.

One had to chuckle when Gov. Swift cre-ated her own “pork barrel” and put the visi-tor’s center not only in Adams but also off busy Route 8. There was no good reason to put a visitor’s center there or for that matter in Northern Berkshire other than political.

Her goal was to put a signifi cant state in-vestment into Adams after the on again/off again development of Greylock Glen was abandoned by state offi cials and others.

Visitors come up the New York Through-way, Taconic Parkway, and Route 7 from New York/New Jersey; they come up Route 8 and the Massachusetts Turnpike from Con-necticut and the eastern part of the Com-monwealth of Massachusetts.

A recent news item: The Berkshire Visitors Bureau and the Berkshire Chamber of Com-merce are moving to a new location in Pitts-fi eld. Offi cials are quoted as saying: they are focused on becoming a one-stop shop for

economic development in The Berkshires. 1Berkshire Is composed of Berkshire Eco-

nomic Development Corp., the Berkshire Cre-ative Economy Council, the Berkshire Cham-ber of Commerce and The Berkshire Visitors Bureau.

Again while economic development is im-portant, the question is how do they provide visitors’ services from North Street where parking is limited and there are limited visi-tors compared to the Tri-towns of Lenox, Lee and Stockbridge where their mission and goals is to serve the traveling motorist.

State offi cials have shut down many of the visitors’ centers across the Commonwealth citing rental and maintenance costs along with staff fees.

Yet we have a goal to encourage tourism and those people come to Massachusetts and pay additional room tax and eat out that brings in additional sales tax revenue for food, rink and goods, doesn’t this represent a good investment for the Commonwealth?

Yet, in closing many of the tourist centers, the Commonwealth has shut down many—if not all—the restrooms across the Common-wealth? This is not good business nor does it tell the traveling public that they must go fi nd a relief station on their own.

Further the closure of these thoroughfare tourist rest stops closings begs the question:

What does this tell our tourists that the communities of Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge cater to and local offi cials are seeking to expand beyond the summer months?

Sadly each community is on its own!Certainly Pittsfi eld has a need to create

economic development but have yet to fi nd a productive formula noting the old General Electric campus remains empty and there is a lack of growth in the county seat.

Moving the visitor center from Adams to North Street in Pittsfi eld shows another ex-ample of not catering to the motoring public.

Part two: Serving the motoring public next week.

View From the

TowerGeorge C. Jordan III


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By Matt MurphyState House News ServiceSTATE HOUSE, BOSTON-One’s

in, one’s out, and one’s exploring.That’s where the Democratic

field of Scott Brown challengers named Warren stood after an-other lazy summer week when Gov. Deval Patrick returned from his Bermuda-Maine vaca-tion, only to seek respite in the Berkshires for another week, and lawmakers at the State House were more likely to be seen play-ing tour guide for visiting con-stituents than working on policy.

For those keeping score at home: Newton Mayor Setti War-ren is still in the race despite lackluster early fundraising; for-mer state Sen. Warren Tolman made his decision not to run for the nomination; and Elizabeth Warren dipped her toes to see how the water felt.

Way back in November, Dem-ocratic Party Chairman John Walsh said he might be in the minority of those who believe a competitive and positive - the key word being positive - Dem-ocratic primary in 2012 would be healthy for the party’s chanc-es of unseating U.S. Sen. Brown.

Now with seven declared candidates in the race and an eighth looking like she’s just waiting to line up the ballroom for a formal announcement, Walsh has to be wondering whether keeping the Beat Brown Brigade from destroying each other before September will be more difficult than expected. The candidates have kept the gloves on, so far.

Harvard law professor Eliza-beth Warren, a darling of the lib-eral left for her consumer advo-cacy and Wall Street reformer persona, launched an official “exploratory committee” this week, allowing her to start fund-raising as she creeps toward what is now seen as her inevi-table entrance into the race af-ter Labor Day.

At least for now, though, the Democrats appear to have re-ceived Walsh’s keep-it-positive message. Alan Khazei issued a

statement welcoming Warren to the race, and Setti Warren’s press secretary Chuck Gilboy said only that his candidate still believes he’s “uniquely posi-tioned” to be the best foil to Brown.

Gilboy also confirmed that Warren’s lawn signs include both his names, lest he have to take a page out of Tim Cahill’s playbook. Though “Setti for Senate” does have a nice ring.

“We welcome her to the race. Bob is a huge fan of the work she does. We think that Profes-sor Warren has a lot of catching up to do,” said Dave Kartunen, a spokesman for Robert Mass-ie. That’s about as point as it got from the Dems, on the re-cord, though privately some ri-val campaigns speculated that the Cambridge Democrat might have trouble connecting with blue collar Democrats.

With Congressional approval levels at an all-time low of 14 percent and the blame Wash-ington game in full effect, it’s a wonder anyone wants to join the most hated team in America.

Rollercoaster markets toying with your college savings and retirement accounts? Blame

Congress. Can’t afford your mortgage? Blame Congress. Out of work? Blame Congress.

When the Patrick administra-tion released the state’s July jobs report this week showing a 12,700 job gain but a stagnant unemployment rate at 7.6 per-cent, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray was there to roll the dice and take his turn.

Asked if national economic turmoil was hurting the state’s ability to grow jobs, Murray said, “I think it affects every-thing and I think it’s unfortu-nate,” adding that the inability of elected officials to compro-mise has hurt “certainty and predictability” for businesses.

There’s no denying that Con-gressional gridlock and deficit reduction negotiations have state officials feeling anxious about the future of transporta-tion funding, health care reim-bursements for Medicare and Medicaid and research funding, among other things.

The expectation of millions in federal support for Massachu-setts being slashed even tem-pered Sen. Stanley Rosenberg’s hopes of freeing up a mere $300,000 in surplus funding to

keep the state drug testing lab in Amherst open after the De-partment of Public Health an-nounced it would close the only western Mass lab in September.

The state’s going to need even more money to keep its prison population behind bars, according to parole advocates, who lashed out at Gov. Patrick’s Parole Board chief this week for the steep decline in parole rates over the past seven months since the murder of a Woburn cop by parolee Dominic Cinelli.

Joshua Wall appeared before the Governor’s Council on Wednesday to take questions about parole efforts since Pat-rick replaced five members of the board, and the former depu-ty Suffolk County district attor-ney faced some hostility from the council who questioned whether parole-eligible crimi-nals were getting a “fair shake.”

“Once a prosecutor, always a prosecutor,” quipped Councilor Christopher Iannella. Inmates, apparently, can be rehabilitated, but prosecutors might be a lost cause.

Wall, who appeared frustrated at times by the lines of ques-tioning and snark coming from

some members of the council, defended the board’s approach as by-the-book, much to the delight of Republican Jennie Cassie who announced she is not a fan playing of “statistical Patty-cake” to appease critics.

Though not readily apparent, there was evidence this week that August had not completely brought lawmaking to a stand-still. The Revenue Committee quietly advanced legislation de-signed to allow the state to be-gin collecting sales taxes on on-line purchases, and another bill establish a permanent commis-sion to review tax breaks.

Meanwhile, House and Sen-ate Republicans continued their assault on habitual offenders, this time going after the danger-ous-driver variety with a new bill allow for the possibility of habit-ual traffic offenders to lose their license for life, or at least five years.

STORY OF THE WEEK: Warren Peace

WORKER BEE AWARD: Law-makers have been scarce the past few weeks during the Au-gust recess, but one represen-tative - New Bedford’s Antonio Cabral - has been showing up like clock-work once a week to preside over his House Bonding Committee’s series of oversight hearings.

Cabral, who could be spend-ing all his legislative down time back in the district where he is running for mayor of New Bed-ford, has plodded along with his hearing schedule. Sure, he spends a lot of time grilling pol-icy makers about New Bedford-specific spending projects, but right now he’s the only game in town.

Weekly Roundup - Keeping Up With The Warrens Recap And Analysis Of The Week In State Government


Susan Wicker GuerreroBeacon Staff Writer

Fat red raspberries, sweet strawberries, maple nut granola, graceful and majestic orchids, colorful bou-quets of flowers, and chocolate chunk-studded cia-batta bread are just a few of the fabulous offerings available every Friday at the Lenox Farmers Market.

Even the new location of the market, on the tree-filled, grassy grounds of Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble St., adds to the ambiance. The white tops of venders’ stands contrast against the blue skies and white clouds. Visitors walk from stand to stand, talking with the 20 venders from several Mas-sachusetts communities.

There are friendly sellers from Connecticut, New York, and Vermont, too!

Rose Levine, market manager, and a Great Bar-rington resident, said the market used to be located at Triangle Park on Main Street in town but moved this summer to its current location.

“We were sorry to leave Main Street but this turned out to be a wonderful place,” she said. “Change is always hard. Shakespeare and Company are wonderful landlords.”

Mrs. Levine moved to the Berkshires from New York 11 years ago. She is also the manager of the Great Barrington Farmers Market. Being a manager takes a great deal of organization, she noted. Vend-ers who participate in the market pay her for their spaces. All money earned goes toward rent, insur-ance, advertising, and so forth, Mrs. Levine ex-plained. While she is the manager, the venders actu-ally run the market, she said.

There’s a relaxed atmosphere at the Lenox Farm-ers Market and there is so much to see and experi-ence there. Bouquets of flowers in front of the Taft Farms booth popped with a huge variety of colors. Fresh lettuce and other vegetables, including thumb-sized raspberries could also be found in the Taft Farms area that was jam-packed with buyers. It must be a farmer’s dream to have people waiting their turn to make purchases.

Zach Eaton manned the Berkshire Mountain Bakery booth. The sourdough bread establishment is based in Housatonic. The dark chocolate ciabatta bread turned out to be a toothy delicacy. The choco-late chunks made a nice addition to the sourdough base. There was a wide variety of breads to choose from last Friday afternoon.

Marian Welch of Justamere Tree Farm in Worthington, dipped tiny wooden sticks into thick maple cream and gave tastes to would-be customers. The thick cream did, indeed, taste sweet and lus-cious. There was fresh maple syrup available from the farm, too.

She also displayed unique looking pot scrubbers. A small card near them read that they were “eco-friendly and made from all-natural broom corn fi-ber and jute. Scrub your pots, vegetables, and glass jars!” The card also mentioned that to clean the scrubbers, they could be run through the dishwash-er or rinsed by hand and set to dry.

Ann Roberts Levine of Lakeville, CT, lined a table under her white stall top with very picturesque or-chids. A handout at her booth noted she has been growing orchids at home and in greenhouses for 35 years. She also installed and maintained them com-mercially in Manhattan. Her handout read that or-chids are tough to grow.

‘They have been thriving and evolving on our planet for more than 120 million years,” it read. Then, the vender listed some basic tips on orchid care.

Anne Borgendale, a cheese intern, manned the Williamstown Cricket Creek Farm stand. She hand-ed out a brochure that noted Cricket Creek Farm is a “small, grass-based dairy farm, nestled on the slopes of the Taconic Hills.” In the year-round farm store one can buy farmstead cheeses, raw milk, homemade breads baked on site, humanely raised veal, pasture-raised, grass-fed beef, maple syrup, honey, and whey-fed, pasture-raised pork.

The Lenox Farmers Market runs from May 13 to October 14, every Friday, from 1 to 5 p.m.

Fresh produce fills Lenox farmers market

Photo Credits / susan WiCker Guerrero

Fresh tomatoes driven in from New York State.

Photo Credits / susan WiCker Guerrero

Zach Eaton tempts customers with delicious breads from Housatonic’s Berkshire Mountain Bakery.

all Photo Credits / susan WiCker Guerrero

Blueberries and Strawberries are also two big sellers at the market.


generate enough electricity to power the entire generating com-plex, while decreasing the carbon footprint.

As stated by Mr. Schulte, “This is, and will continue to be, a suc-cessful project model, because it combines an energy-intensive manufacturer with clean, renew-able energy technology." The company believes their mission “contributes to a much larger goal of helping heal the Earth and sus-tain it for future generations – as long as the wind blows and the sun shines.”

Construction of the new wind turbine began in November of 2008 and was completed by May of 2009 with a total cost of the project equaling $1.7 million. Mr. Williams said, “It saves the company $12,000 a month in electricity, although we have to make twice the energy of what we’re using to break even.”

Old farm wind mills are the predecessors to new modern tech-nology wind turbines. Wind is a form of solar energy. Wind tur-bines convert the winds moving energy into mechanical power.

The William’s Stone Compa-ny’s lofty wind turbine tower is 220 feet high with the blades 80 ft in height rising 300 ft in the air, and operating up to 1800 RPMS. The higher the blades are, the better the wind velocity, therefore harnessing more energy to be converted into electricity by a generator.

When standing in the bottom of the 300 ft tower with Mr. Wil-liams it was demonstrated that the generator measures the energy in kilowatts, revolutions per min, wind meters/second and pitch. It’s constantly sensing the wind.

While walking around the in-side of the offices and seeing his-torical photos, pictures of happy employees, and a bulletin board with encouraging quotes written,

it is evident of the loyalty rendered. While speaking with the Mr.

Williams, an intelligent and hu-morously sincere man, he made one thing clear as he passionately said, “The cornerstone of Wil-

liams Stone Company is our peo-ple. Our company is made up of forty-one people that work hard and work together. That’s the way it must be as far as I’m concerned.”

He added, “If you looked at a

picture of us working at the site, you wouldn’t be able to tell the la-borers from the bosses. It’s every-body together that makes it hap-pen; no different than a football team.”

Photo Credit / Janel harrison

The Williams Stone Co. quarry in Otis is over 100 feet deep and three acres wide.

GREEN from page 1

GIRL from page 5Verizon Workers Return to WorkBera Dunau

Beacon Staff Writer

Forty-five thousand Verizon Communications Inc. workers are back on the job without a new contract.

These workers, represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America went on strike August 7 in response to the new contract Verizon was offering, which the unions judged to be untenable.

The new contract Verizon Communications Inc. offered to its unionized employees would have drastically altered the pen-sion and health care plans of its unionized workers, in addition to cutting down on sick days and holidays and doing away with key job security provisions.

Many of Verizon’s union mem-bers saw the contract as nothing less than an effort to break their union’s backs.

After two weeks on strike, how-ever, union leadership decided to call off the strike and have their members return to work while a new contract was still being ne-gotiated.

“I think both sides feel that progress has been made,” said Phil Santoro, a spokesman for Verizon Communications Inc.

While a new contract is being

hammered out, Verizon’s union-ized employees will continue to work under their old contract. Technically, this arrangement is in effect indefinitely, but Mr. Santoro says that business as usu-al would be unsustainable.

“We’re losing a lot of money in that business, the costs are out of hand and they need to be brought in line if we’re going to survive,”

said Mr. Santoro.Mr. Santoro also asserted that

many of the elements in the union employees contract were negoti-ated at a time when the company was a part of a monopoly.

“We’re operating in a different world where competition for all of our services is heavy.”

One of the biggest complaints union members and their sup-porters have raised about the new contract, is that Verizon is asking for serious concessions when the company is enjoying heavy prof-its.

Mr. Santoro, however, says that these profits have nothing to do

with Verizon’s wire line business.“The way we’re earning money

is in the part of the business that these guys have nothing to do with.”

Instead, Verizon’s profits have been driven over the last few years largely by the success of its Veri-zon Wireless arm.

“Verizon Wireless is a separate company, its operated by differ-ent people using different net-works,” said Mr. Santoro.

Although Mr. Santoro ac-knowledged that all wireless car-riers have to use some portion of a wireline network to complete a call, he was careful to point out that doesn’t make Verizon Com-munication Inc.’s recently strik-ing union employees a part of Verizon Wireless or its network.

Verizon Wireless also happens to be largely made up of non-union employees, who were not a part of the recent strike.

As for any damage the strike might have caused to Verizon, Mr. Santoro says that very little long-term disruption occurred.

“The good news is that we were able to keep the network running with minimal interruptions to our customers.”

Optimism Going Forward

Mr. Santoro is also optimistic about the ongoing negotiations.

“It is very good news that both sides have made some progress on some of the issues. Most impor-tantly that’s good news for our customers.”

As for what elements of the proposed contract Verizon might be willing to compromise on or take off the table Mr. Santoro’s reply was, as consistent as it was noncommittal.

“Anything could be negoti-ated. That’s the nature of negotia-tions.”

Still, Mr. Santoro believes that the unions will have cause to be happy with the final results.

“At the end of the day when the new contract is signed, the union employees will continue to have very good jobs and benefits, among the best in the industry.”

IBEW 2324 Vice President and Pittsfield resident Joe Floyd is also happy that the strike has concluded.

“I think it’s a good deal. It’s good to be working while your talking. It’s a good sign. There’s no winners in a strike.”

Asked if the union had made their point by going on strike, Mr. Floyd answered firmly in the affirmative.

“Definitely. We have made our point. They didn’t think we’d do it, they thought they could shove a lousy contract down our throat and we didn’t accept that.”

says Robin Flipse,MS, RD. phytonutrients and

antioxidants are what these vi-brant veggies are filled with pro-tecting against free radicals, and they contain beta carotene and lycopene which

protect your skin from the sun and repair skin damage.

• Nibble on…Kiwifruit! This beautiful fruit maintains clear skin, and promotes healthy bones. Lisa Drayer says it also neutral-izes free radicals that can lead to cancer and heart disease. It also contains more Vitamin C than oranges. Who knew!

• Nibble on…Spinach! Lisa Drayer says has exceptional lutein content which help keeps our eyes healthy. Spinach is packed full of vitamins including folate(vitamin B9) which aids in production and maintenance of new cells and red blood cells, which makes you stronger like Popeye!

So there you have it! Go out now and get healthy! Take care of yourself!

In the end remember the words spoken from the makers of one of my favorite Disney animated films; The Beauty and The Beast, “True beauty comes from with-in”, and when we are beautiful on the inside, we glow with radiance on the outside…

Ciao Bella

“We’re operating in a different world where competition for all of our services is heavy.”

—Phil Santoro, spokesman for Verizon


Two Jewels of Late Summer: Touch-Me-Not and the Ruby

Throated Hummingbird

David St. JamesContributor

Touch-me-not, or Jewelweed, is a common flower found in Au-gust and early September with bright orange, one-inch flowers growing on plants often five feet high. The leaves of this plant re-pel water causing beaded dew and raindrops to sparkle in the sun like jewels on its deep green foliage.

The trumpet shaped flowers ta-per to a thin, curled spur where the sweet nectar is hidden. This structure prevents insect pollina-tors from reaching the bottom of the blossom.

Bulky insects like the bumble bee get caught in the mouth of the flower and can’t extricate themselves, while smaller insects who make their way in, seldom find their way out. Enter our sec-ond jewel: the Ruby Thoated Hummingbird.

Jewelweed blooms just as the hummingbirds begin to migrate south in late summer. The long bill of the hummingbird is per-fectly adapted to reach the flow-er’s nectar, picking up pollen along the way and spreading it from plant to plant.

This interaction between bird and blossom contributes to the survival of both species.

Without the hummingbird, the fertilization and regeneration of the jewelweed would be pre-carious at best.

The hummingbird, on the oth-er hand, needs all of the fuel it can get as it continues its daunt-ing migration. This tiny creature, powered by fifty-three wing beats per second, faces a journey of more than two thousand miles to its winter home in Central America.

Two jewels. Watch for both of them through mid September.

Nature Notes and News

Susan Wicker GuerreroBeacon Staff Writer

These days, with the economy tight and everyone watching each penny spent, many people choose to forgo vacations that require a lot of traveling.

One way to have fun without breaking the bank is to make day stops within easy driving distance in and around the Berkshires.

Lucky for residents living here, there are dozens of destinations to choose from.

With all of this in mind, the Beacon will, from time to time, run “Day Stops,” a column on neat places to go or things to do. Some weeks the column will highlight places where readers can go to save a buck, or two, like consignment shops within driv-ing distance.

Sometimes, it may be a place a little out-of-the-ordinary or do-ing something you may not oth-erwise know about. Take, for in-stance, eating an ice cream cone in a flavor called “Tarzan, Jane, and Chimps” its banana ice-cream with coconut flakes and crunchy chocolate chunks. Not interested?

Different Flavored Ice Cream

Okay, how about a couple scoops of “Three Geeks and a Red Head?” That’s coconut ice cream, coconut flakes, semisweet chocolate chunks, fudge brown-ies, and a red raspberry swirl.

Those are just two really deli-cious Bart’s ice cream flavors.

Bart’s is an ice cream company that opened in 1976 in down-town Northampton. Their main base of operations now, however, is Greenfield. Bart’s ice cream is also sold in numerous communi-ties such as Amherst, Ashfield, Athol, Belchertown, Deerfield, and Easthampton, just to name a handful.

Berkshire unique ice cream lov-ers, however, do not have to travel a long way to get a taste of the two unique flavors or others just as yummy. They are available, with a host of other tasty flavors, at The Old Creamery in Cum-mington. It’s a hop, skip, and a jump from Dalton.

Big Cow on Roof

Now, anyone who has ever driven to Northampton via Route 9 has passed the old turn-of-the-century white building with the gigantic black and white cow on its front roof. It would be hard to miss. That’s the Old Creamery.

It’s actually been there since 1886 and started out as a co-op. Farmers in that area delivered cream to be churned into butter. According to the Old Creamery’s website, at one time, a total of 145 dairies made 20,000 pounds of butter a month!

The mission of the Old Cream-ery changed throughout the years, sometimes it served as a res-taurant or general store or both. In 2000, Alice Cozzolino and Amy Pulley purchased the busi-ness. They call their establish-ment “a small country store culti-vating a big vision.”

Great Place to Visit

It’s a really great place to visit. Filled with light from a wall of windows, people can order food to eat at little tables, shop for gro-cery items, check out brightly colored pottery, pick up a couple boxes of tea, buy unique greeting cards, purchase naturally raised and organic meats, cheeses, breads, candles, and so on.

A visitor can grind coffee to take home, select a bottle of wine to serve guests, or pick out a piece of art on display from several area artisans. The Old Creamery is a “happening” place.

Talk about a different concept

of a store, the owners have stated that they want to “make the world a more just, loving, and environ-mentally sustainable place, start-ing in our own neighborhood, through the vehicle of a vibrant, community-oriented retail store.”

Kindness Important

They have said they hope that when customers come into the store to visit, they will find it to be a place where “kindness is a more powerful currency than money. A place where connecting and caring for people is more im-portant than selling stuff.” Now those are pretty different concepts of customer satisfaction rarely found in big name stores.

Here’s another really interesting tidbit about The Old Creamery. It’s now in the process of convert-ing back to being a co-op, owned by anyone who wants to become a founding member.

Jeffery Lipton, a cashier at The Old Creamery, and a founding member, said even people who live in Pittsfield, Lenox, or sur-rounding communities in the Berkshires can join.

Co-op Members Wanted

“We hope everybody does,” he said. To date, more than 400 peo-ple have signed-up to join the fu-ture co-op and every time a new person does, the store rings a cow bell. It costs $150 for a full equity share.

The target date for the conver-sion to co-op is the end of this year, Mr. Lipton said.

People who become co-op members will, presumably, have an appreciation for The Old Creamery and want to be part of a larger community and have a voice, he said.

He said the owners are shoot-ing for 500 people to sign-up which will show lenders that there is support for a co-op.

In the future, once the conver-sion to being a co-op is made, and depending on how well the business is going, members will benefit financially, Mr. Lipton indicated.

So see? If you stop by The Old Creamery in neighboring Cum-mington, you can even get a lot more than Three Geeks and a Redhead ice cream!

Photo Credit / susan WiCker Guerrero

Cadence Leach, of Pittsfield, enjoys one of The Old Cream-ery’s pop sickles.

Day Stops: The Old Creamery

“Everywhere you

look, landscape is

controlled and

falsified, it’s all

fake. I’m just

building it more

fakely.”

—Karin Stack on

her artwork


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FRIDAY AUG 26Nesting Project - Connecting Na-ture with Art at the Berkshire Bo-tanical Garden. Sculpture with nat-ural material. 10am to Noon. Fee: $25.00 members, $35.00 non-members. 5 West Stockbridge Rd., Stockbridge. 413-298-3926.

The Two Gentleman of Verona at Shakespeare & Co. At 12:45pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Of-fi ce: 413-637-3353.

Barred Owl Hike at Kennedy Park. Meet at Kennedy Rd. and Reservoir Rd., Lenox. Contact Katherine Vause for details. 413-329-0173.

As You Like It at Shakespeare & Co. 2pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Venetian Twins at Shakespeare & Co. 5:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Nighthawk Migration at Canoe Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary Bring a chair and binoculars 5:45pm to 7:45pm. 350 Williams St., Pittsfi eld.

Live Music at the Route 7 Grill Live Music Featuring Rob San-zone Followed by 8 Foot River 5:30pm to 8:30pm. 999 Main St., Great Barrington. 413-528-3235.

Work o’ the Weavers at the Guth-rie Center. Group performs the repertoire of the great folk group, the Weavers. Call between 10am and 4pm for ticket info and show times. 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Great Barrington. 413-528-1955.

B.O.B. in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. Blues-based- folk-infl uenced acoustic rock. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5545.

Pittsfi eld Colonials At Home Game. 7:00. Grand Stand Box Seats $9.00, General Admission $7.00. 105 Wahconah St., Pitts-fi eld. 413-236-2961.

The Hound of the Baskervilles at Shakespeare & Co. 7:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Period of Adjustment by Tennessee Williams at the Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by David Au-burn. 8pm. Call for ticket infor-mation. 6 East St. Stockbridge. 413-298-5536.

Finian’s Rainbow at the Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by Kyle Fabel. 8pm. Call for ticket information. 6 East St. Stock-bridge. 413-298-5536.

The Memory of Water at Shake-speare & Co. 8pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at Tan-glewood. Bramwell Tovey con-ductor. 8:30pm. 297 West St. Lenox. Box Offi ce: 888-266-7575.

SATURDAY AUG 27Learning to Use Keys in Plant Iden-tifi cation, A Wildfl ower Walk at Canoe Meadows. Joe Strauch, former director of the Berkshire Botanical Garden is the guide. Time 10am to 12pm. Fee 5:00 for Members or $7.00 for Non Members. Pre-registration is rec-ommended. Holmes Rd. Pitts-fi eld., 413-637-0320.

Behind the Scenes Tour at Shake-speare & Co. Tours begin at Josie’s Place in Founders’ Theater. 10am. $10.00 adults - $5.00 18 and younger. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. 413-637-1199.

Beethoven Symphony #9 at Tangle-wood. Lorin Maazel conducting. 10:30am. 297 West St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 888- 266-7575.

Customer Appreciation Day at Lee Hardware. Free cookout & prizes. Live music. Noon to 2pm. 221 Main St., Lee. 413-243-0786.

Everything Under the Sun Music and Arts Fest to Benefi t The Mi-nerva Arts Center (The MAC). A two day concert with two dozen local bands. Noon to 1am. Ad-mission (for each day): $13.00 at gate, $10.00 if purchased in ad-vance. Noel Field on Rte 8 in North Adams. 413-346-4502.

The Two Gentleman of Verona at Shakespeare & Co.. At 12:45pm.

70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Of-fi ce: 413-637-3353.

The Hound of the Baskervilles at Shakespeare & Co. 2pm. 70 Kemble St. Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Reception at Sohn Gallery in Stockbridge. To celebrate the opening of Cassandra Sohn’s ex-hibition Flight, a series of photo-graphs of birds in fl ight over the Atlantic Ocean. 5pm to 8pm. FREE. Exhibit runs from 8/25/11 to 10/10/11. 6 Elm St., Stock-bridge. 413-298-1025.

Midsummer’s Night Meal at Shakespeare & Co. Founders’ Theater Tent. 5pm to 7:30pm. $30.00 including choice of bever-age. Order 24 hours in advance to insure availability. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. 413-637-1199.

Live Music at Aegean Breeze fea-turing David Reed. On the patio. 6:30pm to 9:30pm. No cover. 327 Stockbridge Rd., Great Bar-rington. 413-528-4001.

Pittsfi eld Colonials At Home Game. 7:00pm. Grand Stand Box Seats $9.00, General Admis-sion $7.00. 105 Wahconah St., Pittsfi eld. 413-236-2961.

Bill Staines at the Guthrie Center. Folksongs and original music - Staines has 26 albums to his cred-it. Call between 10:00am and 4:00pm for ticket info. and show times. 4 Van Deusenville Rd.. 413-528-1955.

True Tones in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. The Den debut of this local band. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5545

Period of Adjustment by Tennessee Williams at the Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by David Au-burn. Showing at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Call for ticket informa-tion. 6 East St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5536

Finian’s Rainbow at the Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by Kyle Fabel. Showing at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Call for ticket infor-

mation. 6 East St. Stockbridge. 413-298-5536.

All-Beethoven Program at Tan-glewood. Itzhak Perman conduc-tor and violin. 8:30pm. 297 West St., Lenox. Box Office: 888-266-7575.

SUNDAY AUG 28Overwintering Tropicals and Tender Perennials at Ward’s Nurs-ery. Guest Erin Piester, staff hor-ticulturist at the Garden Center.. 11am. Free. 600 South Main St. Great Barrington. 413-528-0166.

Everything Under the Sun Music and Arts Fest to Benefi t The Mi-nerva Arts Center (The MAC) Day 2. A two day concert with two dozen local bands. 11am to 11pm. Admission (for each day): $13.00 at gate, $10.00 if pur-chased in advance. Noel Field on Rte. 8 in North Adams. 413-346-4502.

Everyactor at Shakespeare & Co. 12:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Pittsfi eld Colonials At Home Game. 2pm. Grand Stand Box Seats $9.00, General Admission $7.00. 105 Wahconah St., Pitts-fi eld. 413-236-2961.

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare & Co. 2pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Beethoven Symphony #9 at Tangle-wood. Lorin Maazel conducting. 2:30pm. 297 West St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 888- 266-7575.

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivens at Shakespeare & Co. 3pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Everyactor at Shakespeare & Co.. 5:30pm. 70 Kemble St. Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

As You Like It at Shakespeare & Co. 7:30pm. 70 Kemble St, Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

The Memory of Water at Shake-speare & Co. 8:00pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Chandler Travis and Three-O in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. Eclectic mix of styles. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stock-bridge. 413-298-5545.

MONDAY AUG 29Willie Nininger in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. Variety of music, wit and charm. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5545.

Period of Adjustment by Tennessee Williams at the Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by David Au-burn. 8pm. Call for ticket infor-mation. 6 East St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5536.

TUESDAY AUG 30 The Hound of the Baskervilles at Shakespeare & Co. 2pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

The Memory of Water at Shake-speare & Co. 3pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Tom Corrigan of the Reformers in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. A mix of Dylan, the Stones, U2 and original material. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stockbridge. 413-298- 5545.

Everyactor at Shakespeare & Co. 5:30pm. 70 Kemble St. Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare & Co. 7:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Rhythm and Poetry Open Mic at the Gypsy Joynt. 7:30. 293 Main St., Great Barrington. 413-664-8811.

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivens at Shakespeare & Co. 8pm. 70 Kemble St. Lenox. Box Offi ce: 413-637-3353.

Period of Adjustment by Tennessee Williams at the Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by David Au-burn. 8:00pm. Call for ticket in-formation. 6 East St. Stockbridge. 413-298-5536

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Theater Festival. Directed by Wes Grantom. 8:00pm. Call for ticket information. 6 East St., Stock-bridge. 413-298-5536.

WEDNESDAY AUG 31Behind the Scenes Tour at Shake-speare & Co. Tours begin at Josie’s Place in Founders’ Theater. 10am. $10.00 adults, $5.00 18 and younger. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. 413-637-1199.

Marionettes by the Robbins-Zust Family present Firebird at St. Paul’s Episcopal. Shows at 11am and 2pm. Church 29 Main St. Stockbridge. 413-698-2591.

The Two Gentleman of Verona at Shakespeare & Co. 12:45pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

The Fall of the House of Walworth: A Tale of Madness and Murder in Gilded Age America at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum. Author Geoffrey O’Brien will discuss his book Autographs are available during the Victorian Tea that follows the lecture. $16.00 for non-members and $14.00 for members. 104 Walker St. Lenox. Call 413-637-3206 for times.

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare & Co. 2pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Malibu Brothers in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. A little bit of everything. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5545.


The Birthday Boy at Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by Wes Grantom. 7pm. Call for ticket in-formation. 6 East St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5536.

As You Like It at Shakespeare & Co. 7:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivens at Shakespeare & Co. 8pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

THURSDAY SEPT 1The Two Gentleman of Verona at Shakespeare & Co. 12:45pm. 70

Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.


As You Like It at Shakespeare & Co. 2pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Everyactor at Shakespeare & Co. 5:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Tanglewood Wine & Food Clas-sic: Auction Dinner. Limited tickets available. 6pm. 297 West St., Lenox. Call Nina Jung at (617) 638-9423.

Thursday Hootenanny at the Guthrie Center. Doors open and signup at 7pm; show is at 8pm. Performers free; members $3.00; non-members $5.00. 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Great Bar-rington. 413-528-1955 between 10am and 4pm.

The Hound of the Baskervilles at Shakespeare & Co. 7:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Satellite Shine in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. Doing clas-sic covers. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5545.

The Birthday Boy at Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by Wes Grantom. 8pm. Call for ticket in-formation. 6 East St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5536.

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivens at Shakespeare & Co. 8pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

FRIDAY SEPT 2The Two Gentleman of Verona at Shakespeare & Co.. At 12:45pm. 70 Kemble St. Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

The Hound of the Baskervilles at Shakespeare & Co. 2pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic: Exploration of Choco-late. 4pm. 297 West St., Lenox. Call for information 413-637-5180.

Pittsfield Colonials At Home Game. Double Header. 6pm. Grand Stand

Box Seats $9.00, General Admis-sion $7.00. 105 Wahconah St., Pittsfield. 413-236-2961.

James Montgomery at the Guth-rie Center. Folk/Blues. Call be-tween 10am and 4pm for ticket info and show times. 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Great Bar-rington. 413-528-1955.

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare & Co. 7:30pm. 70 Kemble St., Lenox. Box Office: 413-637-3353.

The Reformers in the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. Classic Rock and blues. Call for times. 30 Main St., Stockbridge. 413-298-5545.


The Birthday Boy at Berkshire Theater Festival. Directed by Wes Grantom. 8:00pm. Call for ticket information. 6 East St. Stock-bridge. 413-298-5536.

ONGOINGFlight, a series of photographs of birds in flight over the Atlantic Ocean. At the Sohn Gallery. 6 Elm St., Stockbridge. Ends Oct. 10.

Geckos: Tails to Toepads ends Sept. 18. Collector’s Choice, selections from the collection of Jay and Jane Braus (contemporary and mod-ern art) ends Oct. 11. Roberto Juarez Mural Paintings 2000-2011 ends Sept. 25. Berkshire Museum. 39 South St., Pittsfield. 413-443-7171.

Hoogs & Crawford Modern Stu-dio Glass Live demonstrations from 10am to 3pm in the studio. Close up view of hand glass mak-ing. Every day except Monday. 2439 State Rte. 295, Canaan, NY. Call first at 413-212-9404.

Pissarro’s People, the people, places and politics that influenced the great impressionist Camille Pis-sarro. Ends Oct. 2. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown.

Ventfort Hall: Mansion and Gild-ed Age Museum presents: Open Marriage: Renegade Wife of the Gilded Age. Directed by John G. Rubin, Starring Anne Undeland, Written by Juliane Hiam. Wed & Thurs at 7:30 pm, Sat at 4pm and Sun at 10am. 104 Walker St., Lenox. 413-637-3206. Ends Sept. 14.

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