ARTWORK HONORS LATE HUSBAND By Diane Lederman AMHERST - When her husband, Kevin Maxell Brown, was killed in an automobile accident Dct. 17,2002, Heather N. Halsey didn't want people "to spend all kinds of money on flowers." She didn't know why but she thought of a public art piece. So in lieu of flowers, she asked people to donate money for what someday would a public memorial. Tomorrow at 10 am, the Mill Canal Newt will be dedicated in memory of Brown at the Mill River Recreation Area. Halsey will speak. The stone sculpture is the work of artisan John F. Sendelbach, who created a sculpture of a spotted salamander on Cushman Common in Amherst. It was made with stone donated by the Goshen Stone Company. The stone memorial plaque was donated by Dorsey Memorials. "I. wanted something (so) people would know how much somebody loved him," said Halsey. Brown who was 42 when he died, was a lawyer working for Jold & Vanaria, PC, in Springfield. The two met while they were living in Boston and picked Amherst to settle in. She grew up here but "he fell in love with it," he said. He liked the land, the beauty of this area. "Kevin was proud Amherst conserves land. That was something that was important to him." And the newt is on such a piece of land. She and Brown had seen Sendelbach's work at art festivals and they had talked about commissioning him for some work. For their anniversary "we usually bought something, some house present," she said. Brown died before that happened ...
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