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Dalton Green Committee Selects CAP Logo

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
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DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee selected its logo for its Climate Action Plan during its meeting on Wednesday. 
 
The committee is developing a climate action plan with Blue Strike to achieve net zero by 2050 by seeking strategies to decrease the town's dependence on fossil fuels for homes, businesses, municipal facilities, and vehicles. 
 
Part of this process is community engagement, which involves informing residents about the climate action plan, gathering community input for its development, and answering people's questions. 
 
A picture is worth 1,000 words, committee member Antonio Pagliarulo. 
 
The logo helps reflect Dalton's past, present, and future environmental climate status. The committee called for logo submissions out to Wahconah Regional High School students and received 24 logo submissions. 
 
Blue Strike's graphic designer narrowed the submission to the three most compatible options that could be turned into a logo. 
 
During a meeting in November, the committee selected its preferred design for the CAP consultant, Blue Strike graphic designer, to convert into a usable logo for the town. 
 
The committee said It was a tough decision because of how well each student did, but selected Ashlyn Roch's design. 
 
The Green Committee will be giving each of the three students awards for their designs. 
 
During Wednesday's meeting, Cisco Tomasino, BlueStrike's climate and events manager, presented the committee with three conversions of Roch's logo that the company's graphic designer made. 
 
The committee liked the winning design because it was simple and included the text "Est. 2024," which is when the climate action plan was established. 
 
"I'd like that because it gives people a reference point in terms of our committee," Pagliarulo said. 
 
Committee member Todd Logan agreed, adding that it scales "really well." 
 
The committee requested that the graphic designer change the font used in the "Est. 2024" text to a bolder and taller one because the selected font is barely legible. 
 
"We don't want [the font] to be larger because then it would be wider. The way that your graphic designer did it aligns with the circle that the other font is in. So, we don't want to destroy that nice alignment. We just want it to be taller," Logan said. 
 
The committee's second favorite was described as having good composition and colors, but when scaled down, you can read the text, but the graphic gets lost. 
 
"I've solicited opinions from people that are on our advisory group, and there was a strong feeling that [the green committee's second favorite] was the one of preference," Committee member Thomas Irwin said. 
 
Irwin said that Kira Smith, the town manager's Office Assistant, is a graphic designer and prefers the green committee's second favorite but also likes the design that the committee selected. 
 
Smith said that it could be worth considering having both and, depending on the background, switching between them, Irwin said. 
 
"She thought that would be a great idea, and on reflection, I think that's an excellent suggestion," Irwin said. 
 
Committee member Laurie Martinelli said having two different logos would be confusing. 
 
Irwin said if he had to select a preferred option, he would choose the logo the Green Committee decided against – the second favorite. 

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ADOPTED! Companion Corner: Cali and Kyzer at Berkshire Humane Society

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

Great news, Kyzer and Cali found a home for Christmas already! Still looking for a new friend for the holidays? There are plenty of dogs and cats and small animals at Berkshire Humane who would love to go home with you.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There's a bonded dog pair awaiting a new family at the Berkshire Humane Society.

Kyzer and Cali are both poodles. Kyzer is the male and is 7 years old, a quite a bit bigger than his sister Cali, who is a miniature of Kyzer and 8 years old.

Canine adoption counselor Rhonda Cyr introduced us to the two.

"They came from a household that couldn't hold on to them, and it sounds like they may have been abandoned by their previous owner with somebody else, and so they came to us looking for a new home," she said.

The two love to be around you and snuggle. But both are very happy dogs.

"Kyzer is 7 years old, and his personality is that he kind of wants to be in everything. He's very loving, very snuggly, as you can tell. And Callie here, she's 8 years old, and she is kind of like the life of the party," said Cyr. "She wants to tell you everything about her day, and she's a little bit of a little ham."

The two are considered seniors and really like soft treats as Cali just had a few teeth removed and Kyzer has a tooth procedure coming up.

"Currently, they really like soft treats, because they are both on the senior side of things. So they have had some dental work, so they are really in need of something softer. They are not big chewers at this age, really, their main focus right now is just really socializing and cuddling," Cyr said.

The two would love a quiet home with someone who wants to snuggle. They shouldn't go to a home with bigger dogs but if you have a dog, you can bring them in for a visitation with the poodles to see if they will get along. Cats will be fine and the preference is for older and more responsible children so that the pups don't get hurt, as they are senior citizens.

"The perfect home for them would be a quiet home that's not too active. Like I said, they're very social, so they could handle some visitors," she said. "They're very friendly, but I don't think that they would really enjoy any other dogs in the home."

Poodles need to be regularly groomed, and the prospective adopter will have to keep an eye on their health. Kyzer has a heart murmur that needs to be monitored. This doesn't mean he is in bad health, as he could live a perfectly normal life, but he will need to be checked by a veterinary specialist routinely.

"Ideally, he would go to a home that could provide further health care with a specialist in cardiac care. And you know, he could very well live out the rest of his life comfortably and happy," Cyr said. "We just don't have all that information at the moment, but I think that you know the way he's going right now. He's got a good spirit, and he seems to be pretty happy."

The shelter is hoping the to get them a home for the holidays.

"We would love to get them a home in time for the holidays. They've been here since the eighth of November, and they're really, really looking as much as the staff loves them here, we're really looking to get them into a home and somewhere nice and cozy so they can spend the rest of their life together," she said.

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