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The Smithfield Times | 3
Volunteers and town agencies
team up to vaccinate Smithfield
By Ron Scopelliti
When you think of Smithfield’s All of the clinics have relied heavily lobby into the cafeteria where all their
Emergency Management Agency on local volunteers. Manni said more information is gone over. They’re
(EMA), you may picture the folks than 60 volunteers have come forward asked, among other things, if they
you see stacking up sandbags to hold to help. have allergies, if they’ve ever had a
back a flood, or helping dig out after reaction to a vaccine, and if they’ve
a blizzard. But for the first quarter “We have volunteer physicians,” he had COVID. After getting vaccinated,
of 2021, Smithfield EMA has been said. “We have volunteer nurses; we their information is put into the system,
fighting a different sort of natural have volunteer pharmacists; we have including which vaccine they got, the
disaster, at the forefront of the town’s non-medical volunteers who come in lot number of the dose, and the location
efforts to get residents vaccinated for check-in. I have my Emergency and date of vaccination. They’re then
against COVID-19. Management staff here who provide all sent to a waiting area to make sure they
of the logistics for the entire day.” don’t have any adverse reactions, with
“We’re working through the list of a time slip to tell them when they can
people who have pre-registered with The vaccination process starts in the leave. At this point, an appointment for
us,” said Smithfield EMA director Senior Center’s familiar front lobby, the second dose of the vaccine is set up.
Todd Manni during a March 6 COVID
vaccination clinic at the Smithfield
Senior Center. This particular event
was a closed clinic specifically for
Smithfield residents aged 75 and older
who had registered either through the
Town Manager’s Office or the Senior
Center. As the older population is
taken care of, clinics will be staged for
decreasingly younger residents. “We
started off with the oldest, and started
working backwards,” Manni said. “If
it’s not somebody’s turn now, be patient
– it will be. And when that turn comes,
please get vaccinated.” Registration is
ongoing, and can be done by calling
Town Hall or the Smithfield Senior
Center, or by visiting the town website
at www.smithfieldri.com.
Photo credit Christine Serapiglia
This was the eighteenth clinic the town
had run since December 30, including
a small number of regional clinics where people are signed in and given “They need to stay [in the waiting
that included people from Burrillville, their vaccination record cards. From area] for about 15, 20 minutes,” Town
Cumberland, Foster, Glocester, there, the process makes use of the Manager Randy Rossi said. “We have
Johnston, Lincoln, North Smithfield, entire length of the building, making a doctor on staff as well as one of our
Scituate, and Woonsocket. The first of sure to keep clients socially distanced paramedics to monitor them. And then
these, held at the high school, was for and to avoid face-to-face exposure. they’re sent on their way. So the whole
firefighters, EMTs and police officers thing is probably about 25 minutes.”
from within this regional hub. Residents make their way from the
See Volunteers, page 5
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“This is a very safe vaccine,” Manni was just the start. hours that people don’t see being put
said. “We’ve seen hardly any reactions going into it that really gets everything
to it, and all of them have been people “After September 11,” Manni said, to come together. That’s why the
who’ve had pre-existing allergies.” He “there was a threat of bioterrorism, and Smithfield model is the model for the
noted that people who are concerned we developed our Medical Emergency whole state.”
about possible allergic reactions should Distribution System.” The “MEDS”
speak to their personal physicians system was originally developed to “This is peoples’ neighbors coming in
before getting the shot. respond to a potential anthrax attack. and it’s taking care of our community
“Then came N1H1, and we utilized directly, versus trying to go to the
“We want to make sure that people that plan. We retooled it for a naturally- bigger clinics, or the CVSs, or the
have a very quick experience here, and occurring health emergency.” Walgreens,” Rossi said. “It’s providing
a very pleasant experience. We don’t a direct service to our residents of
want to make getting a shot hard. We “The MEDS plan,” he said, “is how Smithfield, by the people of Smithfield,
want people who have been to our we harnessed all this effort within our for the people of Smithfield. I think
clinic to tell their friends it was a very community, and all the strength in our that personal touch is what makes a big
fast process and it’s very organized.” community, to vaccinate the public.” difference.”
Rossi made particular note of the effort
Manni explained that this level of that Manni and the volunteers from the
organization is the result of many years community have put into the program.
See more photos from
of preparation.
“The hours that Todd puts into this, Smithfield Senior Center
“Believe it or not,” he said, “our first and his volunteers – it’s phenomenal,” vaccination clinic
health clinic was run in 1998, during he said. “The whole team is really on page 25.
the meningitis scare.” That, however, what makes this happen. It’s all these
The Smithfield Times | 5
March for Meals
By Joe Siegel
Throughout March, Rhode Island’s Meal deliveries were conducted in a
congressional delegation, state officials socially-distanced manner, with all
and mayors, as well as campaign proper protocols in place to ensure the
sponsors delivered meals to Meals on health and safety of Meals on Wheels
Wheels of RI clients, lending their of RI clients and delivery participants.
strong voices to public advocacy for of our neighbors experienced prior
the continuation and expansion of the In her last days as Rhode Island’s to COVID,” Jones added. “For more
organization’s critical programs. Governor, Gina Raimondo issued than 50 years, Meals on Wheels has
a proclamation declaring March as provided an invaluable service to our
March For Meals brought together “March for Meals Month." neighbors who are homebound. More
elected officials, business leaders and than a meal, the team delivers hope,
community champions to rally public “Over the last year, we’ve faced a friendly conversation, and needed
support for the organization’s critical global pandemic, and with it, we’ve human connection.”
work in combating the issues of senior all confronted the hardships that come
food insecurity and isolation across with physical distance and being Another 605 more mobile seniors were
the state. In 2020, Meals on Wheels of quarantined in our homes,” said R.I. served through Meals on Wheels of
RI’s Home-Delivered Meal Program Office of Healthy Aging Director Rose RI’s Capital City Café Program, which
provided more than 336,000 meals, Amoros Jones. was converted to home-delivered meals
well-being checks, and social visits to during the pandemic.
2,748 homebound Rhode Islanders. “While COVID vaccines bring hope
that this pandemic will soon come For more information on March for
On March 2, Smithfield Town Council to an end, I pray what doesn’t end is Meals or how to make an impact today
President Suzy Alba said she urged our newfound awareness about the in combating senior hunger
“every citizen to take this month to social isolation, food insecurity, and and isolation across the state, visit
honor our Meals on Wheels programs, countless other struggles that so many www.rimeals.org.
the seniors they serve, and the
volunteers who care for them. Our
recognition and involvement in the
2021 March For Meals can enrich
our entire community and help
combat senior hunger and isolation
in America.”
“I appreciate everyone taking
a minute to recognize the
important work that Meals on
Wheels of Rhode Island does in
our community,” said Executive
Director Meghan Grady. “We
wouldn’t be able to do our
work without volunteers and of
course the support of our senior
centers, a special shout-out to
Karen Armstrong (Director of the
Smithfield Senior Center), she’s
wonderful and you’re just so lucky
to have her.”
Steve Beaulieu of the Smithfield Senior Center helps to deliver Meals on Wheels.
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The Smithfield Times | 9
The Nature of Things | by James Gass
The Rebel Wrens That Came to Stay
It all started one Easter morning. Refuge in Smithfield. I was the refuge it was the start of a more ominous trend
manager there. Since the house was in – avian vigilantism.
As I stepped out the front door into the woods, we saw all sorts of critters
the spring air, a lone Carolina wren up close and personal, including gray The truth is I had left a Christmas
perched about ten feet from the house foxes, great horned owls, wild turkeys, wreath hanging on our garage door
began belting out an explosive “tea- newborn fawns and flying squirrels. well into the spring. In early April,
kettle-tea-kettle-tea-kettle,” his entire It made me realize how important my wife had seen two birds, possibly
body shaking with the effort. At first I wildlife refuges are, no matter how wrens, flying back and forth between
was pleased, because this meant that big or small, especially in rapidly the woods and the dried-up wreath. I
these handsome rust-colored birds urbanizing places such as Smithfield. didn’t think much of it until I opened
with their bold white eye stripe and the garage door one evening and a
long, down-curved bills would soon be But these little wrens with their Dixie brown feathered bullet shot out from it,
raising a family somewhere nearby. But name and rebel attitude seemed intent almost hitting me in the face. Another
I didn’t realize how close nearby would on moving in, even evicting us from one quickly followed. Sure enough, a
turn out to be. our home. Perhaps they got tired of pair of Carolina wrens had built a well-
seeing forests getting turned into constructed nest of ferns and mosses
At the time, my family and I were shopping malls and decided to take
living at the Powder Mill Wildlife matters into their own hands. Or maybe See Wrens, page 11
10 | APRIL 2021Wrens, from page 10
amongst the withered boughs, and had
been sleeping there. I carefully moved
the wreath to the garage door we never
used. The female wren eventually
returned and laid four buff colored eggs
speckled in brown.
Our delight at having these unique
avian guests nesting at our home
gradually turned to confusion, then
dismay. All throughout the nesting
period we were harassed by those
wrens. The slightest movement by
us inside near a window (especially
the bathroom) inevitably brought a
scathing reproach, a repeated loud,
harsh, raspy buzz. If we were outside
for any reason, even gardening, we
were followed around by one or the
other wren and were relentlessly
scolded. We began to take on the
drawn, pallid look of the hunted. Our
protestations of “hey, we were here
first!” were met with scorn and derision
from those feisty little birds.
We were glad one day in late May to
see four downy chicks poking their
heads out of the nest, waiting to be fed
by the parents. The young wrens would
soon fledge and our deliverance would
follow, or so we thought.
After the chicks left the nest, a period Photo by Mike Tucker
of relative calm ensued. I removed
the wreath from the garage door. to the fact that we weren’t leaving. of a little basket we had hung above
We were even able to plant some the door for house finches to nest in.
geraniums in the window boxes above By mid-July it was all over. The adult I didn’t know if they were the same
the garage. However, the wrens liked wrens and their offspring left, and the wrens as before, but I knew where they
the geraniums as much as we did and long hot days of summer melted into would be raising their family in the
in mid-June they decided to raise a the cool splendor of autumn. During coming weeks. We prepared to batten
second brood amongst the plants in the winter, one of the wrens would down the hatches.
the easternmost box. Since the boxes occasionally show up at our feeder, but
were on the windows outside the den, we never saw that much of them after Those little russet fireballs came to stay
a room we used quite frequently, we that. Until the following spring. for many seasons after that, which was
braced for the inevitable verbal abuse fine by me. It was a wildlife refuge
from the wrens. But the scolding was As I opened the garage door one after all – even for rebel wrens.
less intense than the first time around. April evening, two very startled and
Maybe they simply became resigned half-asleep Carolina wrens flew out
The Smithfield Times | 11Health Awareness | by Diane L. Marolla, LICSW
Dear Health Insurance Companies, COVID ain’t over
In 2007, high deductible health plans multitude of health insurance companies treatment. (Most people who have
accounted for just 5% of all employer- trying to get the health center paid. I health insurance are not aware that
based plans. By 2013, the number watched as hundreds of thousands of some insurers will call providers and
had jumped to 20%. Today, 51% of all dollars initially had to be written off as ask them questions as to why they need
U.S. employees are enrolled in a high bad debt. to see a client. Other insurers will just
deductible health plan. As a result, flat out deny the care in general.) Health
Americans now pay more out of their When COVID became a reality, our insurance companies who make these
own pockets, than ever before – up already burdened and fragile health phone calls to providers make them
$6650 for an individual or $13,300 for care system became even more fragile. for one reason only which is to deny
a family.” Dr. Robert Pearl M.D. We saw the efforts locally with our services. Health insurance companies
Governor and our public health officials use data (algorithms) to flag consumers
It is no secret that part of my trying to make policies to keep us of healthcare who they feel are utilizing
professional career was spent working safe and keep our health care system services unnecessarily. They ask the
in the health insurance industry. I am working. Necessary executive orders same robotic questions to the provider,
grateful for the seventeen years that I were passed to ensure the health so they can check off boxes in a template
worked in the industry as I was able to insurance companies relaxed some of they use and try to deny the care.
learn the good, the bad, and the ugly their rules so that people would have
about how the health insurance industry access to physical and mental health Consumers need to be aware of such
works. The knowledge I gained working care. All insurers were required to pay policies, as ultimately, if your provider
for the health insurance industry helps for telehealth services. Insurers also can’t get paid, you will no longer be
me help my clients and helps me teach relaxed their requirements for co-pays able to get services, and you will get
mental health clinicians who need and deductibles in some instances. stuck with a bill that you did not plan
continuing education units for their on. I always tell my clients when their
licensures. Towards the end of my It is now a new year, and the insurance insurance company is calling me to
seventeen-year career, it is also no secret companies are now beginning to operate deny their services. I also, become very
that I became more and more concerned with a “business as usual” mentality. aggressive with the insurance companies
about what I would see daily, which They seem to be forgetting that COVID when they do call, to ensure they know
was an industry bloated with executives is still negatively impacting individuals that I am not intimidated by their calls,
making six figure salaries, and an on all fronts. Patients are once again and that I know the rules to their profit
industry who had little to no regard for having to pay high deductibles to access game. I also know the rules enough,
the healthcare needs of their subscribers, care. We know that high deductible that should they engage in any type
and absolutely no regard for the doctors health plans prevent people from of tactics whereby they don’t follow
and other healthcare providers who work getting care. We also know that high regulatory rules in the state of RI, that I
every day to try and keep their patients deductible health plans are what has led can file a complaint with the RI Health
healthy. Health insurance companies to Americans going bankrupt because Commissioner’s Office.
care about one thing only, which is of medical costs. I have already seen
profits. as a mental health clinician, some of With all that said, if you are a consumer
my client’s discontinue their mental of healthcare, it is important for you to
In 2017 when I became a consultant to health services because of their high understand the payment rules as you
assist one of our Federally Qualified deductibles. will be held responsible for deductibles
Health Centers (FQHC) to help them and co-pays you owe to the provider.
improve their payments from the health As an outpatient mental health clinician, Additionally, if a health insurance
insurance companies, I saw first-hand I am also seeing an uptick of phone company refuses to pay for your care, I
the struggles providers have in getting calls from one insurance company to highly encourage you to file a complaint
paid for services they render. At that me because they are questioning why with the RI Health Commissioner so that
time, I was constantly fighting with a some of my clients are in mental health the matter can be investigated.
12 | APRIL 2021The Smithfield Times | 13
Smithfield Rotary Focus on Nursing Home
Residents Comfort and Convenience
By Paul Lonardo
The Rotary Club is a service-oriented The generous donation was offered Smithfield has continued unabated.
organization with more than 1.2 million after members of the Smithfield Rotary
members across 35,000 member clubs Club reached out to the nursing homes The Rotary Club is deeply invested in
in some 200 countries. Its members and asked them what they needed, and the community, and they are always
come together to find ways to give there was an overriding need for means looking for ways and means to help
back to their both their local and their to increase interaction with loved ones. wherever there is need. To mention
global communities. They believe that just a few of the things they do for the
we have a shared responsibility to take “We’ve also managed to gather a town, they bestow $5-7k in scholarship
action on the world’s most persistent variety of activity books for them,” money to Smithfield students
issues. As with any movement, Rotary Dena says. “But our big push is to try graduating high school seniors every
started with one individual who wanted to get people, especially if they are year, including students in the town
to make a difference, and in 1905, Paul crafty, to help us provide lap blankets who may be attending private schools.
P. Harris began Rotary with a small for our elderly. So, we’re looking for They sponsor an annual Veteran’s
gathering of people and professionals volunteers to make some blankets Breakfast around that holiday, and have
who had ideas to share about bringing to donate to the nursing homes. We recently founded a First Responder
small town dedication and camaraderie bought some supplies for knitting them, Breakfast, which they hope to have this
to big-city life in Chicago. which anyone interested can be picked year after the 2020 event was sidelined
up at the YMCA in Smithfield.” due to Coivd-19. The club continually
Rotarians take their memberships hands out what they call Celebration
seriously. The organization has a This is a great way to get the Bags, which are basically birthday gift
constitution, a Rotary Code of Policies community involved, and it’s bags, to grammar school children in
and a Manual of Procedure. As an something that would be a real use. Lap need. Providing Thanksgiving food
international foundation, Rotary is blankets are like any other blanket, just baskets and Christmas gifts for families
active abroad to achieve its many smaller. They provide warmth on cool in need is another way they give back.
humanitarian goals, which include spring days and are perfect for those The seasonal Salvation Army Bell
the complete eradication of polio who use wheelchairs, as the length of Ringing is always popular and fun,
from the globe. Closer to home, the length of blanket will not interfere with a friendly competition built in
members are dedicated to making their with the wheels when the chair is in among several Rotary Clubs to see
local communities better places for motion. who can collect the most money on an
everyone. Right now, the Smithfield agreed upon weekend. “And Smithfield
Rotary is focused on assisting the Dr. Cassidy is an optometrist with Rotary always wins,” Dr. Cassidy
nursing homes in town, gathering Vision Associates, a family business boasts with a laugh.
things they need or that are in short in Greenville that her father opened in
supply. In one response, Bryant 1978. She and her husband Steve have But it’s the town that ultimately wins,
University gifted a dozen lap top two children and live in Greenville. and for all that the Smithfield Rotary
computers that will divided among She has been a member of the Club does, last October they received
three facilities that had requested them. Smithfield Rotary Club for three years, the Smithfield Samaritans award. They
and president since last July. The usual were given the honor “in recognition
“This is wonderful because it will one term of presiding president is being for building a stronger community
provide opportunities for the residents extended for another year because through its acts of kindness to those in
with more ways to communicate with of limitations in the performance of need.” The commendation is certainly
family and friends,” says Dr. Dena Hall some of the normal duties due to the well deserved, and as the town
Cassidy, the current president of the pandemic, though the good work that
Smithfield Rotary Club. the organization provides the town of See Rotary, page 15
14 | APRIL 2021Rotary, from page 14
continues to open up further, the club hopes to see their
membership grow.
“Anyone can join, and we always love to have new
members,” Dr. Cassidy says. “People are welcome to do
what they can. We do try to make sure the members stay
involved in at least one of the projects that we’re doing,
especially our annual fundraiser, Savor the Flavor, which is
always a lot of fun.”
Keep in mind that all this month, the Smithfield Rotary
Club is accepting nursing home lap blankets, which can
be dropped off at the Smithfield YMCA or the Greenville
Public Library. If you are able to make a blanket, donated
yard and supplies can be picked up at the Y. For more
information, please contact Rotary secretary Shauna Lewis
at shauna@ymca1.org.
Every Wednesday morning Smithfield Rotary members
continue to meet virtually to discuss current and future
projects. For information about how to get involved in the
community and become a member of the Smithfield Rotary
Club contact them at smithfieldrirotary@gmail.com.
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The Smithfield Times | 15Senior Scene | by Paul V. Palange
Congress must resolve solvency of entitlement trust funds
As I started to hold on to some hope altering eligibility guidelines or even of other baby boomers; raise the payroll
that the country is going to overcome dismantling the programs that millions of tax rate used to generate revenue for
the COVID-19 pandemic in the not Americans depend on. What’s even more the trust fund, which might not be all
too distant future, I stumbled upon disturbing is that the committees could that painful; or make changes to the
another congressional nugget that was act unilaterally without public hearings payroll tax cap so high-income earners
automatically deposited in my mind’s or input or recommendations from the contribute more to the trust fund, which
worry bank account. House Ways and Means and Energy is long overdue. The cap this year is
committees and the Senate Committee on $142,800, meaning earnings above that
During a recent debate on budget Finance, which have jurisdiction over the amount are not taxed for Social Security.
resolutions, the Senate voted in favor of Social Security, Medicare and highway Why is there a cap?
an amendment to potentially pave the trusts.
way for so-called Social Security and Like millions of other workers, all of my
Medicare rescue committees, according The 12-member rescue committees’ earnings are taxed for Social Security,
to the Rhode Island Alliance for Retired reports could be approved by a simple and that should be the case for people
Americans (RIARA). The committees majority vote, after which they become making $142,801 and more per year.
would have the authority to recommend bills and go to House and Senate In addition to the government needing
changes to trust funds, including the one committees of jurisdiction. Those bodies the money, think about how many
for Social Security, and proposals could would have no authority to amend millionaires and billionaires make some
include reductions in benefits. legislation before it goes to the House of their money. They do it on the backs
and Senate for votes. Why do we need of workers and consumers who struggle
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the former committees meeting behind closed doors to meet their financial commitments. The
governor of neighboring Massachusetts, to potentially cut Social Security and well-to-do have a moral obligation to
introduced the amendment, which is Medicare? pay taxes on their entire income to help
based on a bill he introduced in the ensure the Social Security trust is funded
Senate and Rep. Michael Gallagher What we do need are open and honest so their employees and customers enjoy a
(R-Wis.) filed in the House – the Time to discussions about the future of Social secure retirement.
Rescue the United States Trusts Act, also Security and Medicare and actions that
known as the TRUST Act -- during the will solidify the programs indefinitely. It’s not too much to ask Democrats and
last session of Congress. Republicans to put their differences aside
According to the Social Security to find long-term solutions to prevent
The RIARA opposes the act, which Administration, benefits are expected to changes or the termination of Social
targets Medicare, too, because it is be payable in full until 2037 as a result Security and Medicare, which would
a threat to the retirement security of of changes to Social Security enacted in have catastrophic consequences. If that
millions of Americans. Retirees earn 1983. It is projected trust fund reserves ever happens and hearings are conducted,
Social Security and Medicare benefits will be exhausted in 16 years and at that they must be open to the public and
during many years of employment, and point, continuing taxes will be enough to reported on by the press.
the entitlement programs ensure senior pay 76 percent of scheduled benefits.
citizens receive the income and health We have a right to know how legislators
care they need after leaving the work Congress has waited too long to take are going to handle factors such as
force. more action necessary to guarantee the lower birth rates, rising longevity and
future of Social Security retirement and immigration rates in connection with
The rescue committees could go disability insurance payments. Congress Social Security and Medicare. They will
beyond cutting benefits, according to could vote to reduce benefits, which is be talking about moves that will impact
the alliance, making changes such as not a palatable option to me and millions our well-being as well as that of our
children and grandchildren.
16 | APRIL 2021Sponsor a tree
To be planted in the recently updated Greenville Public Library parking lot
By Brittni Henderson
The Greenville Public Library is seeking The renovation project included adding Greenville Public Library,
sponsors to supplement the cost of over 50 parking spots, as well as a new contact Dorothy Swain at
finalizing new parking lot landscaping. entrance and egress off of Pleasant View dorothysn@yahoo.com.
The project was complete enough to Ave. With the addition of the new traffic
reopen in October 2019 and celebrated in pattern and parking spots, a common area
January 2020. Due to unforeseen issues, was built in the parking lot surrounding
including discovering ledge, minor pipe the Sequoia tree that is already on the
water issues, and a sidewalk adjustment, premises.
the landscaping budget was negatively
affected. Since the start of the pandemic, the
library’s parking lot has been used
Director Dorothy Swain says that they for some programming, including an
are hoping to plant at least 15 trees outside book sale, the Bubble Guy, and a
and are looking from support from the sidewalk chalk program for teens.
community. Plaques will be included
alongside the trees to honor those “We were able to use the Town’s ‘Take
individuals and businesses that sponsored it Outside’ grant to do the outside book
the project. sale, which was very popular,” Swain
said.
Kousa Dogwood
“This would make a great birthday,
anniversary, or remembrance gift,” Another sale is planned for Saturday,
Swain says. “My hope is to plant the April 17, 2021, 10:00am-2:00pm, with a
trees by May.” rain date on Saturday, April 24, 2021.
The library is hoping to obtain the Residents and guests of the community
following types of trees: have also been utilizing the parking lot
to gain access to the library’s extended
• One Copper Beech, $700 Wi-Fi, using the square to go on walks,
• Four Sugar Maples, $350 per tree and children are using the back lot to ride
• Six Appalachian Spring Dogwoods, their bikes with adult supervision.
$600 per tree
• Eight Kousa Dogwoods, $600 per For more information on sponsoring Sugar Maple
tree a tree and other happenings at the
Copper Beech Appalachian Spring Dogwood
The Smithfield Times | 17Ask an Expert
My name is Tom Lopatosky. I’m the President of LOPCO Contracting
(www.LopcoContracting.com) and I’m honored to have the opportunity to talk to
you about home improvement on a monthly basis.
I love answering your questions! Please send them to tom@LopcoContracting.com
or call 401-270-2664. Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this column!
Why Does the Paint on My House Bubble?
Recently I had two different Typically it takes at least 30 days for
conversations that essentially asked paint to fully cure. Although these days,
pretty much the same thing. paint may dry to the touch fairly quickly,
it still does not maintain its full hardness
“Tom, why does the paint on my house for some time afterward.
bubble?”
If a paint coating is not fully bonded
The answer to each was a question from to the coating/surface below it and the
me. coating has not yet achieved its full
hardness (/tightness), a little heat from
“When you see it bubbling, what else is the sun will typically pull any air in
happening at that time?” between the coating and the surface
directly below it to a point (or several
Although there are numerous reasons as points ...) and cause it to bubble.
to why paint might bubble, I am going
to address the two specific reasons why In the second example, after asking
the paint was bubbling in these particular the person some questions about the
circumstances that I was asked about. circumstances of their issue, it seemed
that somehow moisture was working its
In the first example, the individual way in behind the paint coatings.
mentioned that she was in the process
of painting her home and everything See Ask an Expert, page 19
seemed fine for a week, but then about a
week after it was done, she noticed that
the house seemed to be bubbling.
About Tom Lopatosky
After speaking with her further, there Tom Lopatosky has run his own RI-based carpentry and painting
were no obvious signs of moisture
business since 1995; LOPCO Contracting – the “Personable,
involvement and it only seemed to
Particular Professionals” – specializes in carpentry and exterior &
bubble in areas that the sun shined on
and only when the sun was actually interior painting. Recently LOPCO Contracting was named ‘RI’s
shining on it. Finest Painting Contracting Company’ by ShopInRI Magazine. In
2013, Tom was named “Humanitarian of the Year” by the Painting
In this case, I believe that something and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA) and a “40 Under
two-fold was occurring. 40” award winner by Providence Business News. He is a member
of both PCA (Painting Contractors Association) and RIBA (Rhode
I believe that the paint coating that was Island Builders Association). Tom has often had weekly ‘Home
applied was not fully bonded to the Improvement Tips’ that have aired on the radio on 630 WPRO AM
coat beneath it (this could be for several and on television on WPRI 12.
different reasons).
18 | APRIL 2021Smithfield High School Welcomes Back
Seniors Full-Time | by Sophia DeJesus
On Monday, March 8th, Smithfield the most of their last year as a teenager as everyone is looking forward to
High School welcomed their seniors in high school. However, due to this seeing all their friends and having fun.”
back to school full-time. Previously pandemic, the class of 2021 has had He also believes that part of the fun is
participating in a hybrid schedule, the quite the opposite of the stereotypical because the seniors are able to relax as
seniors were only in school every other senior year. Coming back to school the school year ends. To finish up his
day. Teachers and administration have full-time has raised some spirits as thoughts, Olean said, “I think overall it
been doing their best to accommodate there are more opportunities now was a smart choice to have a fun end of
all seniors in each class while making available in terms of senior privileges. the year.”
sure that COVID guidelines are still
being followed. Though the first week After completing one full week back, I Hallie Brown enjoys being back
was a little different, the seniors seem reached out to some of my classmates together with all of her friends
to be enjoying themselves, as they are in order to see how they were feeling but thinks “overall it's just really
able to see all of their peers again. about being back in school full-time. challenging for students to adjust at
this point and it's harder on the teachers
Our beloved Family and Consumer Maegan Grant spoke about how because they have to teach the same
Science teacher, Ms. Cassano noted stressful it is for the seniors to have to lesson twice.”
that, “the hallways seem alive again,” repeat the same schedule twice a week,
and “the atmosphere has definitely and feels “in half of the classes [she] is With only a few months left until
improved.” wasting [her] time away and just doing graduation, the class of 2021 is eager
nothing.” Maegan also commented to finish the school year strong and
Upon reaching high school, the one that, “the teachers are stressed out as make as many memories as they can.
thing that underclassmen always seem well, the classes are crowded.” Although the circumstances aren’t
to look forward to is their senior year. ideal, we have to remind ourselves,
It’s supposed to be filled with the best Class president Chris Olean, feels that “us, we, together, family, sentinels!”
memories as students enjoy and make “coming to school is a lot less tasking
Ask an Expert, from page 18
The coatings had already been on the In fact, if you were to pop one of the Though these are just two examples,
house for quite some time, so a coating bubbles, water would come out of it. paint coatings could form bubbles on the
needing to cure did not appear to be part surfaces they are attached to for a wide
of the problem. To “trick” the moisture, we ended up variety of reasons.
breaking the seal at the butts of the
This particular home was quite old clapboards and using a wedge (basically If you are experiencing bubbling on
(about 175 years old or so) and a tiny shim) directly behind the areas your exterior paint coatings and haven’t
sometimes in older homes, moisture can where the bubbles were forming. the foggiest idea as to exactly why it is
creep behind places in peculiar ways. happening, please feel free to reach out
The idea with this is that as the climate to our office, set up a conversation with
When the moisture crept behind the moves to pull the moisture to the various us, and let’s see if we can work together
wooden clapboard that the paint coatings points, instead of trying to find its way to figure it out!
were attached to, as the surface heated out through the paint coating in the front
up, the moisture would tend to be pulled of the clapboard, it would have a much
and gathered in certain areas to points easier escape on the backside of the
which would create bubbles. clapboard.
The Smithfield Times | 1950 years Ago – April, 1971 | by Jim Ignasher
Army Sergeant Allen Uttley of Greenville came home after
completing his tour of duty in Korea.
Doreen Collins,
and Mary
Congratulations to
Schiffman, the Gail Banas
Airman Barry S. Black of Esmond completed basic training at club president. Winner of the
Lackland Air Force Base, and was slated for further training as
a communications and electronics systems specialist. The former March 1971 Trivia
Scuncio Chevrolet Florence Fabrics was located
T/Sgt. Kenneth E. Bessette of car dealership, at 546 Putnam Pike now
Esmond received his third Air once located on
occupied by Ivy and Lace
Force Commendation Medal. He Rt. 44 where Stop
was serving at Travis Air Force & Shop is today,
Base in California. was offering a
choice of a free football, soccer ball, or basketball, with every
Airman George H. Jaswell major engine tune-up.
completed basic training at
Lackland Air Force Base, and Miss Lee Wilkinson of Limerock Road won first place in the
was slated for further training Rhode Island Music teachers Association Annual Piano and
as an Aircraft Equipment Voice Auditions held at Rhode Island College.
Maintenance Specialist.
Fifteen members of the Smithfield Police Department completed
Navy Petty Officer 2/c James a five week special training course. Their names were listed
R. Hall of Esmond was serving in a local newspaper, but only their first initials were given. A.
aboard the U.S.S. Truxtum. Thibodeault, R. Leveille, K. Brown, J. Lester Tobion, N. Jordan,
D. Ciotola, F. Davis, J. Goff, D. Goff, W. Williams, Jr., R.
Navy Perry Officer 3/c Lloyd Eberts, F. Peters, W. Morgan, R. Landry, and M. Ciotola.
Courtemanche of Greenville
was serving aboard the U.S.S. On April 14 the Apple Blossom Club installed new officers at a
LaSalle. function held at the Club 44 on Putnam Pike. Betty Paily was
elected president; Carmel Lancia, vice president; Anne Baglini,
Second Lieutenant Michael D. corresponding secretary; Judy Lawton, recording secretary;
Grace of the Rhode Island Air Anne Allen, treasurer.
National Guard was awarded his
pilot wings at Williams Air Force If one went to the movies in April of 1971 they might have
base in Arizona. seen “Bananas”, a comedy directed by and starring Woody
Allen who while trying to impress a his ex-girlfriend (played by
Marine Corporal Michael C. Louise Laser) travels to South America and gets involved in a
Dodge of Douglas Pike was revolution in the mythical country of San Marcos.
serving in the 2nd Marine Air
Wing at Cherry point, North Another popular film was “Valdez is Coming”, a western drama
Carolina. starring Burt Lancaster, who attempts to seek compensation for
the wrongful death of a wrongly accused man and his wife.
Ladies of the Emblem Club
held a special meeting On April 15, Captain Nelson French and Private Wayne Brown
which was attended by Rose of the Georgiaville Volunteer Fire Department were guest
Centofanli, Mary Hill, Helen speakers at the Smithfield Boy Scout Troop 1 monthly meeting.
Mowry, Beverly Moreau, The pair lectured on Fire Safety and prevention.
Mildred Campbell, Mary
Shaw, Genevieve Caloura, Advertisements appeared asking voters to approve a new police
Mildred Johnson, Fran Kohler, station at the May 8th town financial meeting. In April of 1971,
Doris Torti, Lydia Bell, Stella
Kernacki, Evelyn Newman, See 50 Years Ago, page 21
20 | APRIL 2021Greenville Public Library
573 Putnam Pike, Greenville, RI 02828
Contact: Cassie Patterson • 401-949-3630 ext 117
greenvilleasstdirector@gmail.com • greenvillelibraryri.org
2021 Poetry Contest
Poets of all ages are invited to enter the Greenville Public a quest to find all the players in the pack. Alternately elegiac
Library's 4th annual poetry contest. Poets may enter from and uplifting, The Wax Pack is part baseball nostalgia, part
April 1-24, 2021. Poets may submit their poems in person at road trip travelogue, and all heart, a reminder that greatness is
the library, by mail, or through an online form. The winners not found in the stats on the backs of baseball cards but in the
will be announced at a virtual poetry reading via Zoom on personal stories of the men on the front of them.
Saturday, May 1.
Brad Balukjian is director of the Natural History and
Contest Guidelines: Sustainability Program and teaches biology at Merritt College
• Each poet may submit one poem for consideration. in Oakland, California. He is also a freelance writer and has
• Poets may use any poetic form. published articles in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times,
• Poems may not be longer than 1 typed page. National Geographic, Slate, Discover, Smithsonian, Natural
• The Woodland Whispers Committee will select one History, NOVA Next, and Islands.
winner in each age group: children (through grade 5);
young adults (grades 6-12); adults (18+) Register online to receive a link to our Zoom meeting. Visit
• There will be no winner in any category with only 1 entry our event calendar online at greenvillelibraryri.org to register
• Poets do not need to attend the virtual poetry reading to or call us at 401-949-3630.
win.
Wildlife Solutions: Black Bear Basics
Visit the library website for the entry form at greenvillelibraryri. Wednesday, April 7 at 6:00 pm
org. Submit questions via email to greenvillepubliclibrary@
yahoo.com or call us at 401-949-3630. Join us virtually for the Wildlife Solutions Series presented
by RI DEM. American black bears disappeared from Rhode
The Wax Pack author Brad Balukjian Island and much of New England following colonization, but
Thursday, April 1 at 6:00 pm with populations in surrounding states growing, Rhode Island
will soon see their return. Already, black bear sightings are
Join us virtually to meet Brad Balukjian, author of The Wax becoming more frequent and concerns about encounters are
Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife, common. If communities can come together and integrate
an NPR Best Book of 2020 and a LA Times Bestseller. Is bear-conscience strategies, we can avoid problems with bears
there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, in advance of their establishment.
The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and
unexpected – a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift This session will address what to do when encountering a
of impermanence, for both Greenville native Brad Balukjian bear, how to avoid drawing bears to your yard, and present
and the former ballplayers he tracked down. To get a truly the results of the DEM American Black Bear Study. This
random sample of players, Balukjian followed this wildly virtual program is being presented in partnership with RI
absurd but fun premise: he took a single pack of baseball cards DEM. Attendance is free, but registration is required to
from 1986 (the first year he collected cards), opened it, chewed receive a Zoom link. Please register on the event calendar at
the nearly thirty-year-old gum inside, and then embarked on greenvillelibraryri.org. Check the DEM website at dem.ri.gov
for other upcoming events.
50 Years Ago, from page 20
the police station was still located at the town hall. construction. The home had stood in the area of 600 Putnam
Pike next to the Dr. Eddy House which is still standing.
On April 29 the Smithfield Music Association sponsored a Jazz
and woodwind concert featuring the group “Rhapsody in Blue”, Top songs for the month of April, ’71, included “Joy to the
and the University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble. World” by Three Dog Night, “What’s Going On?” by Marvin
Gaye, “Put Your Hand in the Hand” by Ocean, and “Never Can
The historic Amy Arnold House located on Putnam Pike in Say Goodbye” by the Jackson Five.
Greenville Center was demolished to make way for modern
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