The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/author/mary-anne-zak/)
For nearly twenty years Art Groux has been taking care of Suffield. A paramedic, he began serving the town as a volunteer on Martin Luther King Day in 2000. With a bachelor’s degree in emergency management services, Art became Chief of Services at the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association.
A half- century ago, Harriet Bruce pioneered the establishing of early childhood education into Suffield’s Public Schools.
Ninety-nine-year old Sue Fuller shared a jubilant smile in the photo on her memorial program at Second Baptist Church, August 15. She also shared a jubilant message.
Hearty, heartfelt thanks, Observer, for your March page 1 surprise. How grand the honor!
Thank you, Observer, for the serendipity which surprised me in your March issue. Jane Shipp’s article and the photograph “warmed the cockles of my heart.”
The warming sent me to Wikipedia to refresh my memory about cockles.
Do we take for granted that Suffield offers low-cost housing for the aging and handicapped? If we do, we may find it hard to believe that a half-century ago a proposal for low cost housing for the elderly was dismissed.
Entering another room, we sometimes ask, “Why did I come in here?” Usually finding an answer, we go on our way.
Giving thanks at Thanksgiving time and gifts at Christmastime, we count and share blessings. Reaching beyond unease toward peace on earth many yearn to rest, not necessarily as “merry gentlemen,” but as faithful people recalling more comfortable times.