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Andrea RothAndrea Roth-Moore, Portrait Artist
Andrea Roth-Moore, a professional portrait artist since 1972, has created likenesses for clients from all over the world. She is an acclaimed artist in paint and pastels, in photography, and in other media. You can visit her website at www.snowcap/~andrea.
"What's Happening in the Daily News?"
Actually, what is happening in the daily news, the New York Daily News, is that David Hinckley is writing about music, culture, and the city. He is a columnist and critic-at-large for that lively paper. In a recent week he wrote about the passing of Peggy Lee, about the on-air tributes to Dr. King, FCC rules for taping radio shows, and about the sad closing of yet another local bookstore, the Coliseum. David has a personal relationship with the city, as shown by his writing. He also has written a pungent column, which came out in June of '99, about his time in high school in West Hartford. Unfortunately we don't have permission from the News to put it on the web but I am happy to send it to you on request. Do yourself a favor and look for David's writing in the portion of the on-line paper called "The Last 6 Days," at www.nydailynews.com.
Alderman Art Helfgott Supports Busway
Art Helfgott is a longtime supporter of an innovative project to create a high speed busway between Hartford and New Britain. The grant of nine million federal dollars in November, 2001 is “ another piece to the puzzle and another step along the road – a road that many of us are excited to travel, ” as Art, Alderman in New Britain was quoted in the Hartford Courant. The project is attracting a lot of state and federal funding.
A national competition will identify the best design incorporating magazine stands, coffee shops, “anything catering to neighborhood economic development.” (Courant, 12/10/01) Potentially 1.4 million riders a year will create activity, foot traffic and “buzz” on the route, cutting through West Hartford and Newington.
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A national competition will identify the best design incorporating magazine stands, coffee shops, “anything catering to neighborhood economic development.” (Courant, 12/10/01) Potentially 1.4 million riders a year will create activity, foot traffic and “buzz” on the route, cutting through West Hartford and Newington.
Kathy White to Journey to Antarctic
Kathy White is normally a mild-mannered person who works in the federal EPA in Washington to generate science advice, getting scientists to sit down and discuss the science behind environmental regulations.
In December, however, she will leave all that behind for awhile. Visiting with a college friend, she learned that the friend needed a co-traveler on an upcoming trip. Now, right after Christmas Kathy will be flying and sailing south to the Antarctic.
This is something she’s dreamed of since reading as a kid about Ernest Shackleton’s trip aboard the Endurance in the early age of polar exploration. It’s a story of tremendous daring and one that ended up mostly happily.
Kathy is not planning on any real hardships (although what is for lunch on the Russian icebreaker remains to be seen) It will warm up to the thirties, supposedly, during the day. This sounds like a fabulous trip, not for everyone, but still fascinating. If you want to wish her bon voyage, reach her at White.Kathleen@epamail.com
Kenneth Ravizza, Professor of Sports Psychology
Ok, maybe it’s not breaking news, but I just recently learned that Ken Ravizza, Ph.D., is a professor of sports psychology at CSU in Fullerton, CA. He has consulted to many Olympic athletes and several U.S. Olympic teams including the Baseball team, as well as professional and college teams. His website notes that his research includes the nature of peak performance in human movement activities, and he is co-author of the book Heads-Up Baseball.
It should be no surprise that Ken, who lettered in everything, is still involved in a serious context with sports. Visit Ken at his website to learn more.
Andy Cherlin is a long time professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He also writes prolifically about the family, the effects of divorce, and most recently about the effects of welfare reform.
Andy is involved with a large study called Welfare, Children, and Families, to assess how “over time, changes in welfare policy influence neighborhood resources and affect the daily lives” of the families, especially children, including a number of disabled children. The families are in Boston, Chicago, and San Diego.
Some early results from interviews are available at the website, and some of them may surprise you.
