Every year at this time, the Men’s Group of Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church cooks beef through the night. In the morning they carve it up, and serve sandwiches for the parish picnic.
This year, COVID canceled the picnic.
But the Men’s Group still cooked the meat last night. This morning, CHT Outreach volunteers and the Women’s Spirituality Group made sandwiches. They brought them to King’s Pantry in Bridgeport, which will distribute them to the homeless.
Taking a break from cooking (from left0: Randy Abrams, John Sarsgard, Lloyd Nash and Rob Feakins.
Never drive distracted.
Especially from October 1 through 15. That’s when the Westport Police Department plans a high-visibility enforcement campaign.
Distracted driving includes talking or texting on a cell phone, eating and drinking, talking to people in the vehicle, fiddling with the stereo, entertainment or navigation system — anything that divers attention from safe driving.
Texting may be the worst. Sending or reading a text takes a driver’s eyes off the road for 5 seconds. At 55 mph, that’s like driving the length of a football field with eyes closed.
Connecticut fines for distracted driving start at $150. They rise to $1,000, depending on the operator’s driving history and location of the offense.
Due to heavy cloud cover, the Westport Astronomical Observatory will not be open for tonight’s International Observe the Moon Night.
You can of course try to see the moon at home. It’s still there.
Rolnick Observatory will not be open tonight. (Photo/Frank Rosen)
And finally … I never heard of Sterling Magee. But the bluesman who died this month of COVID, at 84 — sounds fascinating. His New York Times obituary say he “played a furious, thoroughly original style of blues under the name Mr. Satan, first as a solo act on the streets of Harlem and then as part of the duo Satan and Adam….
“Half bluesman, half street preacher, Mr. Magee was a fixture on 125th Street throughout the 1980s, parked one block east of the Apollo Theater, where he drew crowds of curious onlookers and fans. He played electric guitar, sang and stomped out a rhythm with a pair of hi-hat cymbals simultaneously, a feat of musicianship often overshadowed by his otherworldly charisma, bushy Moses-like beard and koan-like sayings.” Click here for the full story, and below to hear Mr. Satan.
Nice music Mr. Magee!
I believe a better approach to the distracted driving enforcement campaign is to merely alert the public that these campaigns are random. It is not in the best interests of the community to give a heads up for a specific period of time so drivers can be cautious for two weeks and then go right back to their dangerous habits.
The reason they have to announce it, is because it’s part of a grant received from the state.
I’ve seen the explanation of why they announce these campaigns on the Connecticut State Police and Norwalk CT Police pages. I just can’t locate the exact post at this time.