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Friday, April 29, 2016

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Birthday namedropping

My wife’s birthday is next week! Don’t tell her I told you. And no, I’m not telling you how old she is. I don’t have a death wish, man!

Throughout the years, as this time of year has come upon us, I always joked with her about her birthday, because she shares her day of birth (May 2) with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, one of my favorite action heroes. I would always tease her that it’s “almost The Rock’s birthday,” or “Time to wish The Rock a happy birthday!” It goes over like a lead bal-loon, but I still try the lame attempt at humor. To quote The Rock, she does not quite smell what I’m cookin’.

I’m not one to get caught up in the royal family drama of England like most of the world seems to be, but we were pleased to see that Princess Charlotte was born on my wife’s birthday last year, so as my wife celebrates her [age redacted]th birth-day this year, little Charlotte will be celebrating her first. David Beckham will also be turning 41 this year; Ellie Kemper (of “The Office” and Netflix’s “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” fame) will be turning 36; NASCAR driv-er Kyle Busch will be turn-ing 31; and singer Engelbert Humperdinck will be turn-ing the big 8-0. That’s some pretty eclectic company right there!

As I looked up these celebrity birthdays, I was intrigued, so I popped in my own birthday (Oct. 7, in case any of you wanted to send me a present in the fall!) just out of curiosity. Some inter-esting names came up. For example, I share a birthday with “American Idol” legend Simon Cowell, as well as sing-er Toni Braxton, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tampa Bay Rays third base-man Evan Longoria, rock legend John Mellencamp, Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts, recently retired football player Charles Woodson and Christian music legend Michael W. Smith. I had remembered the Simon Cowell one, but I was surprised that I share a cake-eating day with the president of Russia. Life is weird, sometimes.

Anyway, the happiest of birthdays next week to The Rock! I mean, er…my wife! It still isn’t funny, is it? Maybe next year…

Before you stop reading this column, the following people are celebrating a birthday today (April 29) — actress Uma Thurman, coun-try legend Willie Nelson, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, actress Michelle Pfeiffer, actor Daniel Day-Lewis, tennis legend Andre Agassi, actress Megan Boone (of CBS’ “The Blacklist”), and actress Kate Mulgrew (best known to me as Captain Kathryn Janeway from “Star Trek Voyager”) — so wish them a hearty happy birthday!

Adam Minor may be reached at (508) 909-4130, or by e-mail at [email protected].

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Breaking down barriers for women’s health

BY JASON BLEAU

NEWS STAFF WRITERDANIELSON — The

issues of drug use and alcohol dependence and addiction have become some of the most con-cerning and heavily debatable societal prob-lems in today’s world, with cities and states throughout the country working hard to tack-le the problems with respect to the privacy and limitations of those afflicted.

Here in northeastern Connecticut, one indi-vidual has done her part to put the focus on some of those lim-itations through her

research for her mas-ter’s degree to become and Advanced Nurse Practitioner through Rhode Island College. After around 30 years of nursing, Danielson res-ident Renee Graham is taking the next step in her career by exploring a new level of commitment to her patients while also

incorporating research into her education as well. For her master’s project at URI, Graham decided to focus on the substance abuse issues in the United States and what she found is both enlightening and concerning, especially in regards to the limita-

Putnam filmmaker brings ‘Blues Legend’ to life

Photo courtesy Renee Graham

Danielson nurse Renee Graham shows off a poster displaying the findings of her master’s degree research project at the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s 28th Annual Sessions. The URI student, who will graduate as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in May, focused on the barriers and limitations of women with alcohol and substance abuse disorders in the Untied States.

Danielson nurse using

research to tackle

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women

Please Read GRAHAM, page A10

BY JASON BLEAUNEWS STAFF WRITER

PUTNAM — They say sometimes the journey is more important than the result, but once in a while the path to success and the outcome at the end of that road are both worth the blood, sweat and tears to make it all happen.

This is a lesson learned

by a local custodian who made a dream come true by bringing four years of hard work together into his first feature film, which was recently con-sidered for the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Dan McGinley, of Quiet Corner Films, said his journey to cre-ating his first feature length production start-ed during conversations

with a former class-mate at the University of Rhode Island, David Bettencourt known for his documentary work, who read McGinley’s screenplay and decid-ed to use it for his first feature length produc-tion. McGinley said Bettencourt’s involve-ment later ended due to bigger and better opportunities, but the

documentary direc-tor left McGinley with praise for his idea and implored him to create the film himself.

Titled “Blues Legend,” the film is based on an old legend of a blues art-ist who sells his soul for fame and fortune only to suffer the consequences as his family and sani-ty begin to deteriorate. Using local actors and

close friends as his crew and music from musicians like Tavana Mcmoore of Hawaii and YouTube artist Danny James, McGinley worked for around four years to bring his vision to life.

“There’s a million spins on the story. The legends down in the

ON THE SIDELINES

PUTNAM — Softball fans came out to Owen Tarr Field last Saturday morning, April 23, to watch a game between backyard rivals Putnam High and Tourtellotte Memorial.

For more photos, turn to page A16!

Hitting the ground running

BY JASON BLEAUNEWS STAFF WRITER

THOMPSON — With longtime Thompson Recreation Director Renee Waldron moving into the Town Clerk’s Office following the 2015 municipal election, a new face has joined the Thompson Town Hall as Recreation Director.

In January, longtime recreation volunteer Angela Hachey was announced as the successor to Waldron. Now a few months into the job, Hachey sat down with Staff Writer Jason Bleau to talk about her new position and what it has been like to make the jump from volunteer to boss in the Recreation Department in Thompson.

What’s your history when it comes to recreation? Is Thompson your first town where you’ve served in this kind of role?

“Well, I was born and raised in Thompson and I’ve been here forever. I love the town and always have, and started working for the summer camp through this

hachey settles in as new thompson rec Director

Jason Bleau photos

Angela Hachey, a lifelong Thompson resident and devoted recreation volun-teer, was named the new recreation director for the town in January after long-time Director Renee Waldron moved on to become town clerk.

Please Read FILM, page A11

Please Read HACHEY, page A10

Jason Bleau photo

FUTURE STARSWOODSTOCK — Despite a rainy night and

wet morning, the Woodstock Little League’s opening day festivities were a big success last weekend, with players, parents and fans filing in to the Roseland Park fields for the annu-al parade and opening ceremony Saturday, April 23. Pictured, players eagerly await their moment in the spotlight. For more photos, turn to page A17!

Front, from left, Miranda Magalhaes, Tyler Niemiec, Crystal Parmentier; back, Angie Vanzile.

Charlie Lentz photos

Barry Vincent, back, Tony Ferraro, left, and Dylan Vincent, right.

Marilyn Labbe has begun extracting interesting tidbits from the 1933 Windham County Transcripts. The following pro-vides much food for thought and hopefully brings back some fond memories for the older readers.

“Center street is one of those lit-tle thoroughfares, none too prepos-sessing in appearance, which never-the-less plays an important part in the commercial life of the community. It was laid out some half-century ago by Thomas Bradford, who still maintains a consider-able interest, both financial and sentimental, in the abutting property. Occupants of its stores move more frequently than do those along the main stem, yet it is worthy to note that rarely does a place remain vacant for long.

“Some few years ago the court of burgesses made Center Street one way because it is narrow and because the exit into Main Street constituted a danger-ous intersection. The signs on the forbidden entrance on School street should probably be larger, as out-of-town drivers frequently manage to get by them and start through the wrong way, blocking traffic and causing Chief McFarland to sound shrill whistle blasts on his trusty whistle. Large trucks often block the way while their drivers unload, but there incon-veniences are all in the days work and give the police something to do.

“To return to the importance of Center Street, it is the site of Danielson’s only theatre, which attracts hun-dreds of people to the district and so helps to publicize

the area, as well as a n o t h e r t h e a t r e which is not operat-ing at the p r e s e n t time. You can find a p l u m b e r , a painter, a laundry, an electric shop, shoe shops, a dress shop, electrical equipment, a barber shop, a restaurant, a cleaning establish-ment, a monument

shop, a specialty store, a printer and stationer, a popcorn stand, a drug store, meat markets, a hair dresser, music teachers, a law-yer or insurance agent on Center street. Truly, for a little street, it is the center of much activity.” (WCT 8/10/1933)

One thing that quickly caught my eye was the mention of a the-ater (other than the Orpheum), which was closed. I had remem-

bered reading about one but couldn’t quite recall its name; neither could Marilyn. Of course, we were off and searching; we do love a challenge! Now we had access to many resources to do our sleuthing — The Killingly Business Encyclopedia, old business direc-tories, and indexed extracts of old Windham County Transcripts were only a few. In my research I came across an extract from a Feb. 3, 1927 Transcript describing the sale of the Orpheum theatre.

“Orpheum Is Sold by S-A Company. The S-A Amusement Company, which has operated the Orpheum Theatre since 1923, has disposed of its the-atre interests in Danielson, Putnam and Rockville to the Putnam Theatres Corporation, having leased its six houses to this syndicate for a period of twenty years. The theatres involved are the Orpheum and Majestic in Danielson, the Bradley and Victory in Putnam, and the Palace and Princess in Rockville. The Orpheum and the Princess are owned outright by the S-A Amusement Company and it holds long-term leases on the others. It has not operated the Majestic for several years. Henry Johnson, who has been manager of the Orpheum since it was taken over by the S-A concern from John Lewis, will continue as manager.”

The Killingly Business Encyclopedia entry for the Majestic gave a June 17, 1920 Windham County Transcript as a reference. Most interesting was the bold question-marked notation by Natalie Coolidge wondering if this was the same as the Phoenix Theater. (the answer is Yes — see next paragraph)

Now the domino effect led me to look up what the Business Encyclopedia had about the Phoenix. Natalie’s first entry from the Jan. 9, 1908 Transcript read, “Big attendance at Moving Pictures in Phoenix Hall. Over 2,000 people attended the fine moving pic-tures in Phoenix Hall last week, and the attendance this week is larger than last week. Every afternoon, from 4:30 to 10, these entertainments are given contin-uously, the price of admission being only 5 cents. The programs are changed each Monday and Thursday. Clarence Kies and Miss Dora Reeves are winning enthusiastic applause in their illustrated songs. Don’t fail to hear Mr. Kies sing Capt. Baby Bunting, and Miss Reeves sing Won’t You Be My Baby Boy?” For a photo of this building see page 67 of Images of America Killingly Revisited by Natalie L. Coolidge. The cap-tion noted that the building that once housed the

Phoenix and Majestic Theaters is now owned by the Elks.

Several years later the Orpheum Theater was constructed on Center Street. An April 1911 extract from the Transcript mentioned many of the businesses on this bustling thoroughfare. “In the building of a new theatre and also a new business place for Love’s marble works, Center Street will be the scene of much activity this summer. There is a great diversity of business on this busy thoroughfare, as follows: Woodward’s drug store, Love’s marble works, Keystone Grocery, Transcript newspaper and job print-ing office, Phoenix Theatre, Whipple’s fish market, Brown’s Theatre, Martin’s bowling alley, Palace Steam Laundry, Keystone Department Store, Dr. Sharpe, dentist, Lafayette Hoyle’s repair shop, Louis Bradford’d electric supply store, Singer Sewing Machine office, Melvin Fisher’s headquarters for building, William Keech’s wheelwright shop, C. B. Long’s blacksmith shop, George M. Pilling’s paint shop — in all 18 business places and each a different kind of busi-ness, with the exception of the two the-atres.” (If you are new to the area and can’t place Center Street, Deb’s Place now occupies the former Woodward’s Drug Store).

An October 1911 Transcript reported “The new Orpheum Theatre on Center Street was opened by William S. Brown with a concert by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestral Club on the first night fol-lowed by a performance of the popular play, The Man on the Box.”

I’m sure many of you have fond memories of the Orpheum so please take the time to share them with family and friends. Feel free to email me or call the Killingly Historical Center. There are several photos of the Orpheum on page 34 of “Images of America Killingly” by Natalie L. Coolidge and Robert A. Spencer.

I was also curious about the Victory Theater in Putnam, which was mentioned in the February 1927 article that spoke of the sale of the Orpheum. Putnam Municipal Historian Bill Pearsall, Willie Zamagni, and Joe Peterson were very helpful when I visited the Aspinock Historical Society recently. They said that the Victory was across from the present Putnam Post Office. At the time of the 1955 flood, the building was occupied by the telephone company. The Victory, James F. Mahoney, manager, appeared in the 1931 Putnam Directory, and apparently was short-lived for only the Bradley was listed in 1936.

How many of you know that Putnam also had an opera house that was located where the parking lot now is between the former railroad station and the Chickering Tavern? Bill Pearsall commented that John Philip Sousa played his last Connecticut concert there. Willie Zamagni added that polo was played on roller skates in that building. The Eisenhaur Bakery was situated on the first floor, and Putnam News was in a corner of the building (conversations 4/14/16). Please feel free to share Putnam memories by email-ing me.

Mark your calendars for May 7: Calling all Civil War Buffs! The Killingly Historical Society will spon-sor a program at 1:30 p.m. at the Killingly Historical Center by author Buck Zaidel. He will do a power point presentation based on “Heroes For All Time/Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories,” a book he co-authored with Dione Longley. Extracts from letters, diaries, and accounts by nurses, doc-tors, and family members will be included. All are welcome. The program is free. Refreshments will be served. There will be a short business meeting of the Killingly Historical Society at 1 p.m.

Margaret M. Weaver is the Killingly Municipal Historian. Special thanks to Marilyn Labbe and Aspinock Historical Society members Bill Pearsall, Willie Zamagni, and Joe Peterson for assisting with materials used in this column. For additional informa-tion visit the Killingly Historical Center Wednesday or Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or by appointment), visit www.killinglyhistory.org, or call 860-779-7250. Mail for the Killingly Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. or the Killingly Historical Center should be sent to P.O. Box 265, Danielson, CT 06329. Margaret Weaver may be reached at [email protected]. Note: Neither the Killingly Historical Center nor I have Caller ID. Please leave your name and phone number when calling. Thank you. Note the new post office box num-ber for the historical center.

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Bird sightings at Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Pomfret and Wyndham Land Trust properties for the week of April 18: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Field Sparrow, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Purple Finch, American Kestrel, Barred Owl, Woodcock, Savannah Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow. Visit www.ctaudubon.org/center-at-pomfret

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Tales of a Mother: Some Things Never ChangePurely by happenstance, I found that I was reading

the memoirs of two young mothers in different centu-ries, but they were telling the same story. I picked up a copy of “Life Among the Savages,” by Shirley Jackson at the Woodstock take-it-or-leave-it shed at the Transfer Station (a great place for books!). I was only familiar with Jackson’s terrifying short story, “The Lottery,” so I was intrigued with this memoir, which was first published in 1948. Jackson humorously tells of moving with her two small children and husband into a big house in Vermont after being apartment dwellers in the city. During the course of the book she has two more children, learns to drive, and tries to work out the home/work balance of all working mothers.

“Recipes for a Beautiful Life: A Memoir in Stories” was recommended by a co-worker, and I was astounded by the similarities. Author Rebecca Barry was born three years after Shirley Jackson passed away and her book was pub-lished 67 years later, but I felt like they were parallel uni-verses. Barry’s book came out of her blog, written while her two sons were small and the family was living in and updating an apartment building in upstate NY after leav-ing the city. The antics of her young sons and the difficul-ties of writing her next novel while being a good mother tell the eternal tale of motherhood.

These authors tell the perennial story of the Mother, trying to keep her household together and get food on the table amidst domestic chaos and personal fulfillment. I enjoyed the synergy of reading the two together, and loved them both!

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PAWS Cat of the Week: MacaroonThis is Macaroon! Macaroon is a

complete charmer. This young lady is out to steal your heart with her calm, relaxing love.

Macaroon is a quiet girl who is shy when first meeting new people. She is uncomfortable around other cats and dogs, but people are her favorite! Once she gets to know you, you’ll be smoth-ered by her affection and happiness.

Macaroon adores being petted and will instantly start to rub against you to show you how happy she is. If you are looking for a calm, devoted, loving best friend to be a part of your family, Macaroon is your girl!

Because Macaroon is initially shy, a quiet home without young children would be best for her. Her shyness also means she doesn’t get very much attention from potential adopters as they browse through the shelter. This makes our volun-teers concerned that she won’t find the forever home that she deserves.

This sweet-hearted, delightful young lady is still waiting to find her forever family. Macaroon is up-to-date on her vaccines, tested negative for FIV/FeLV, and has been spayed.

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PUTNAM — The spring of 2016 is about to heat up with the return of First Fridays.

On Friday, May 6, from 6 to 9 p.m., the streets of downtown Putnam will once again be filled with vendors, performers and thousands of visitors. May’s event will kick off the 6th season of First Fridays and the public is invited to come and join the festivities, enjoying a spring evening in the arts & culture hub of Northeast Connecticut. Spanning six evenings

from May through October, each event will bring something new to see, taste, and expe-rience.

Continuing the tradition of a sea-son-long theme, the 2016 First Fridays will be a celebra-tion of six iconic American cities. Aptly titled, Art & the American City: An Artistic Road Trip through the USA, each evening will visit a differ-ent city. The season will begin with one of the most recog-nizable cities in the world – New York, aka The Big Apple. Throughout the fes-tival grounds, there will be reflections of the city found in the music, commu-nity art projects, and performances during the event.

The headlining band for the May event is Lucky’s Lounge Sinatra Band, a staple at Lucky’s Lounge in Boston for more

than a decade. This band is dedicated to presenting the music of Frank Sinatra in a fresh and inspired format, true to the spirit of Mr. Sinatra’s revered legacy. At the Community Arts Table, the May project is titled, Mural Paintings of Icons. Painted in the style of Andy Warhol, this Community Arts project will recreate such iconic NYC images as the Statue of Liberty, a New York City taxi cab, the NYC subway, and the Chrysler Building. Over at Artique Paint Bar, the spirit of interactive art continues with a large collaborative mural. People of all skill levels and ages are encouraged to add their personal touch to the painting. New for this year, the First Fridays Street Art Committee will feature a New York themed installation sure to make viewers mad about art.

Other performances include a Maypole dance on the lawn of the First Congregational Church of Putnam, performed by the NECT Youth Ballet Company of The Complex Performing and Creative Arts Centre. In Union Square, That Dollar’s Gone will be performing a variety of 60’s, 70’s and 80’s classic and contemporary acoustic rock and folk music, including hits from The Beatles, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel and many more. Visitors are also advised to be on the look out for “Art Attack” performances and surprise art displays that may pop up during the evening. Art Attacks are created by the Putnam Arts Council and are a staple of First Fridays events.

In addition to the art vendors lining the streets of down-town Putnam, there will be many gallery events open to the public. On Main Street, Arts & Framing & The Sochor Gallery will feature multi-medium artist, Tim Oliver from 5 to 8 p.m. The Complex Performing and Creative Arts Centre will host an open studio from 6:00 to 8:00 pm with virtual performances of dance, music and art. The Flying Carpet Studio will host Makerspace and the Tiniest Art Gallery, fea-turing local mixed media art, titled New York - City Living. In addition, Flying Carpet will feature a continuation of the 1 Million Reasons to Love Putnam project. In Union Square, Silver Circle Gallery will host “The Defining Edge:” A Collection of Recent Works by Erik Sandberg-Diment. With a wide variety of mediums and artistic styles, the many gallery events happening in downtown will be sure to stimulate the senses.

Whether patrons are coming to the event for the first time or are returning to see what is new, the May 6th event will have something for everyone to enjoy. For more information on this season of events, visit www.discover-putnam.com.

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Former IndyCar driver and Daytona 24 Hour winner Lyn St. James is year’s hon-ored guest at The 3rd Annual Vintage Motorsports Festival at Thompson Speedway June 23-25.

THOMPSON — The 3rd Annual Vintage Motorsports Festival will bring vintage sports car and formula rac-ing back to the Quiet Corner of Connecticut on June 23-25.

Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is proud to announce former IndyCar driver and Daytona 24 Hour winner, Lyn St. James, as this year’s honored guest. As part of her visit to the his-toric track, St. James will present as the guest speak-er at the Drivers’ Dinner on Friday evening, and will also be holding a book signing.

Lyn St. James raced pro-fessionally for decades, and has an impressive number of achievements under her belt, including being the first woman to win Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, two victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona, and one victory

at the 12 Hours of Sebring. She has also competed in some of the largest races in the world, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

“I’m excited to see Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. I enjoy seeing the cars and meeting the people who race vintage racecars. It’s a way to not only honor the past, but to grow the sport. I’ve been doing some vintage racing myself and just love it,” said St. James.

Outside of her own racing career, St. James has made her name through motiva-tional speaking, and her support of young women in racing. In 2003, she founded the Women in the Winner’s Circle Foundation, and the Women’s Sports Foundation Project Podium Grant, which provides aspiring

young women racers with support, both on and off the track.

The Vintage Motorsports Festival welcomes drivers from the Vintage Sports Car Club of America and Vintage Racer Group, and features a diverse range of race cars from the early 20th century through the muscle cars of the sev-enties. The event will feature a practice day on Thursday followed by two full days of racing on the his-toric 1.7-mile road course.

For more informa-tion about the Vintage Motorsports Festival or Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, please visit www.thompson-speedway.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube to stay up to date on the latest news and updates.

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THOMPSON

Monday, May 2West Thompson Independent Fire

Assoc. #1, Inc., 7 p.m., West Thompson Fire Department

Thompson Fire Engine Company Inc., 8 p.m., Thompson Fire Department, 70 Chase Rd.

Tuesday, May 3Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m., East

Thompson Volunteer Fire DepartmentWednesday, May 4

Friends of the Thompson Public Library 1 p.m., Library/Community Center

Inland Wetlands Commission Special Meeting/Public Hearing, 7 p.m., recon-vening of public hearing on applica-tion IWA15029, River Junction Estates, LLC, Merrill Seney Community Room, Town Hall, 815 Riverside Drive

PUTNAM

Monday, May 2Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.,

Selectmen’s Chambers

WOODSTOCK

Monday, May 2Woodstock Business Association, 6

p.m., Room AIWWA, 7:30 p.m., Room B

Wednesday, May 4Camp Nahaco, 7 p.m., e-mail Town

Clerk for locationDemocratic Town Committee, 7:30

p.m., Room AThursday, May 5

Board of Selectmen, 4 p.m., Room APlanning & Zoning Subcommittee,

7:30 p.m., Room 1

EASTFORD

Monday, May 2School Readiness Council, 6 p.m.,

Town Office BuildingBoard of Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town

Office BuildingTuesday, May 3

Conservation Commission, 7 p.m., Town Office Building

Wednesday, May 4Special Board of Selectmen Meeting,

9 a.m., Town Office BuildingNahaco Commission, 7 p.m.

POMFRET

Monday, May 2Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.,

Community CenterWednesday, May 4

Inland Wetland Watercourses Commission, 7 p.m., Senior Center

Public Meetings

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WOODSTOCK — H. Dexter Young, right, who has served 25 years on Woodstock’s P l a n n i n g & Zoning Commission, r e c e i v e d a Lifetime Achievement A w a r d from the Connecticut Federation of Planning and Zoning Agencies. At the Commission’s meeting on April 21, Commission Chairman Dr. Jeffrey Gordon presented the award.

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Thompson VFW honors community volunteersTHOMPSON — The Auxiliary to

Thompson’s VFW Memorial Post 10088 held its annual Community Recognition Day in Quinebaug on April 25, honoring several members of the local community including students and firefighters as well as a Citizen of the year for their con-tributions to the town of Thompson and their commitment to the American way. The event was highlighted by the presen-tation of the Citizen of the Year Award to retiring Thompson educator George Jewell while speeches from local student honorees focused on women’s rights and freedom. The 45-minute ceremony may have been a short one, but it was full of gratitude and a sense of community as the local VFW paid tribute to the efforts of some of Thompson’s finest.

At right: Quinebaug Volunteer Fire Department Chief Steve Bodreau led the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Wendy Julian, left, leads the invocation to kick off the Thompson Auxiliary VFW Community Recognition Day Ceremony.

Ian McKenzie was honored as the 1st place winner of the annual Youth Essay Contest spon-sored by the VFW. Mckenzie was one of three St. Joseph School students honored over the course of the night for their essays and McKenzie even got to read his, which focused on his definition of freedom.

Jolie Wilber was recognized for her fine work as a young Voice of Democracy.

With a speech focusing on women’s rights, Michaela A. Godzik was recognized as a young Voice of Democracy for her essay submitted for consideration.

A longtime member of the Thompson school community, history teacher George Jewell, who is retiring at the end of the school year, was honored at the Citizen of the Year by the Auxiliary VFW. “This is collective award for all the people who helped make my life what it is in this great town,” said Jewell.

Youth Activities Chairman Marge Guerin presents Nick Trudeau, a devoted volunteer for TEEG, with the Youth Volunteer Award for 2016.

A pioneer female member of the Quinebaug Volunteer Fire Department, Patricia Bodeau was honored by the department and the Thompson Auxiliary VFW as one of several Unpaid Professional Award winners.

Lt. Gavin Paquette was one of several local firefighters honored with the Unpaid Professional Award.


East Woodstock Congregational Church hosts clothing saleWOODSTOCK — Bargain hunters were out in force at the East Woodstock

Congregational Church fourth annual Clothing Sale last Friday and Saturday, April 22-23. All proceeds from the event were donated back to the church. All left-over items from the sale were forwarded to Woodstock Elementary School for its clothing sale.


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Marianapolis inducts 13 into Chinese National Honor Society

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THOMPSON — On Tuesday, April 19, 13 students were inducted into the Chinese National Honor Society at Marianapolis Prep. To gain membership into the honor society, a student must take Chinese for four semesters with an average grade of B+ or higher and no grade lower than a B-. The honor society promotes and recognizes students with good citizenship, leadership, and deeds of community service.

Students inducted include: Frances Adams, Woodstock; Mariah Aubin, N. Grosvenordale; Margaret Azu, Oxford, Mass.; Emma Dellea, N. Oxford, Mass.; Delia Hannon, Putnam; Emily Hebert, Woodstock; Julia Jones, N. Grosvenordale; Reanna Kuzdzal, Webster, Mass.; Linnea Listro, Woodstock; Erin Miller, Webster, Mass.; Owen O’Connell, Worcester, Mass.; Celina Stansky, Douglas, Mass.; Sarah Uwazany, Woodstock.

Renewal of Membership: Sarah Cavar, Brooklyn; Joel Cheney, Woodstock; William LaFiandra, Woodstock; Timothy Saucier, Charlton, Mass.; Sarah Spiker, Brooklyn.


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The Rectory School presents Kellogg Awards

POMFRET — The Rectory School, an independent, coed junior boarding (5-9) and day school (Early Childhood to 9th Grade), recently honored two employees with the School’s prestigious Kellogg Award.

The Kellogg Award, estab-lished in 1993 by Rectory alumnus Peter Kellogg ’57 in honor of his mother, Mrs. James Crane Kellogg III, rec-ognizes Rectory employees for their dedication and commit-ment to the School. Each year, two employees are selected to be recipients of this award because of their many years of service to the School and their special help to the school and students. This year’s recipients are Lesley Gibbs and Glenn Ames.

Lesley Gibbs has been at Rectory since 2001. She began her career at Rectory in the Admissions Office as the Associate Director of Admissions, has served as the Director of Secondary Placement for 10 years, and now serves as the School’s Senior Enrollment Officer. Presenting the award, Headmaster Fred Williams stated, “As one of our first faces for our guests, Mrs. Gibbs’ warmth, professional-ism, and passion for our school make all visitors feel immedi-ately welcome, at home, and engaged. Additionally, her experience, her perceptive mind, and her keen ideas make her an invaluable member of

our enrollment team. As a par-ent of two Rectory students, she speaks knowledgeably and passionately about our commu-nity, and as a seasoned school person, she has helped Rectory evolve and improve.”

Mrs. Gibbs is active in Rectory’s residential life program, is an advisor, has coached squash and girls lacrosse, and coordinated the School’s March Experiential Learning Program (MELP) for 12 years. She received the School’s Army Award in 2014, for her support of Rectory’s female students. Mrs. Gibbs lives in Pomfret with her hus-band Donald, and their two children, Maya (Rectory class

of 2015) and Jeffrey (Rectory class of 2017).

Also joining Rectory in 2001, Glenn Ames taught history, coached football and baseball, and was a dorm parent for 13 years. His passion for history and his expertise as an instruc-tor resulted in him assum-ing the role of History Team Leader. Now, as the Director of the Middle School, he over-sees the entire middle school academic program, where he was instrumental in develop-ing a new student-centered aca-demic schedule, expanding the advisory program, improving the exam rotation schedule, and implementing best practic-es in the classroom.

According to Headmaster Williams, “His years at

Rectory have proven that Mr. Ames is a great teacher, a great administrator (where his title now includes Assistant Head of School), and a great coach. More important than all of these, Mr. Ames is a great mentor to the many students and teachers who have crossed his path. Long time dorm par-ents, Mr. & Mrs. Ames, turned their dorm into a home, and have made lifelong friendships with a long list of students. Similarly, Mr. Ames has been a great resource to so many teachers, particularly those just beginning their careers, as he lends an ear, provides perspective, and in his care-free way, encourages them to laugh and love what they are doing. Across his time at Rectory, Mr. Ames has brought humor, intellect, compassion, spirit, comradeship, and inno-vation to our campus. It is so appropriate we now recognize him with this Kellogg Award in appreciation of these many positive qualities, qualities that are responsible for shap-ing the lives of our students, our faculty, and our school.”

Mr. Ames was also the recip-ient of the School’s Rosbottom Excellence in Education Award in 2004. He resides in Pomfret with his wife, Pam, and their two sons, Cooper (Rectory class of 2018) and Carson (Rectory class of 2021).

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Glenn Ames and Lesley Gibbs with Headmaster Fred Williams.

Birth AnnouncementsRecent births at Day Kimball

Hospital, Putnam:March 11A son, born to Jessica Lynn

Pendergast of Plainfield and Jonathan Charron.

March 14A son, born to Brianna Nicole

Merchant of Moosup and Mathew Felicetti.

March 18A daughter, born to Rebecca Diane

Satterly and Kevin Pierce of Jewett city

A son, born to April Ellen Fenton of Brooklyn and Shane Kerouack.

March 19A son, born to Robin Baker of

Moosup and Sean Goodwin.March 20A son, born to Chelsea Taylor Navas

of Dayville and Michael Hayes.March 22

A daughter, born to Katie Lynn Jelllison of Pomfret and Michael Fultz.

March 26A son, born to Elizabeth Emily

Lestage of Putnam and Katie Webster.March 28A son, born to Emily Christina Pace

and Joseph Carlone Jr. of Woodstock.A daughter, born to Chelsea Morgan

Armstrong and Janell Matthews of Norwich.

March 29A daughter, born to Cailyn Trystan

Gallerani of Eastford and Nathaniel Howe

April 3A son, born to Laura Ashley

Caldereone of Brooklyn and Kiel McCannon.

April 4A daughter, born to Diana Lynn

Pazul and Greg Desmarais of DayvilleApril 5A son, born to Sarah Marie Whitten

and Trevor Nelson of Moosup.

Quinebaug Valley Community CollegeDANIELSON — The third annual Baugstock

Music Festival will take place at Quinebaug Valley Community College on Friday, May 6, starting at noon. This free event will feature local and national talent in an open-air amphitheater at the Danielson campus. The event is open to the community.

Headliner bands include The Billies, from Lancaster, Pa.; Desert Rain, from Danielson; Down North, from Seattle, Wash.; and New England natives Wicked Peach. Jesse Credit of Danielson, the QVCC Student Government Association president, is the driving force behind the expanded schedule of events and talent.

“This year’s event is bigger and better than the past and will include QVCC student talent as well as touring bands,” he said. “It’s exciting that we have attracted a number of Connecticut-based food trucks and vendors. It is a great, free event for our campus and families in northeast Connecticut.”

Besides food and musical entertainment, there will be crafts, outdoor games, an obstacle course, and a variety of vendors selling their products. In the event of rain, all activities will be held indoors on campus.

For questions, contact Brian Kaufman, 860-932-4105 or [email protected] . To learn more http://www.qvcc.edu/student_activities/baugstock.asp.

Honor Societies Induct New MembersDANIELSON — More than 60 Quinebaug Valley

Community College students were inducted into one or more of the college’s academic honor societies at a ceremony held April 20.

Alpha Beta Gamma is an international business honor society established in 1970 to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college stu-dents in business and related curricula. New members include: Neil Russell of Danielson; Luke Stanislawski of Dayville; Tammy Knowlton of Moosup; Julienne Faucher of North Grosvenordale; Katherine Villanueva of Oakdale; Scott Clohecy of Putnam; Neva King and Stephanie Tetreault of Sterling; Balaram Adhikari and Dante Romeo of Storrs, Gennifer Berthiaume of Thompson; Alicia Springer and Kristen Yanick of Willimantic; Axel Oschmann of Windham; and Megan St. Jean of Woodstock.

Phi Theta Kappa is the International Honor Society of the Two Year College. Students must pass rigor-ous academic requirements, which include enroll-ment in a degree program, the completion of 12 credits, and maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or above. New members include: Naznaz Ahmed of Ashford; Robin Rossetti of Baltic; Elaina Becher, Daniel Coraccio, and Rochelle Williams of Brooklyn; Jonathan Coury and Christopher Coury of Canterbury; Catsy Turre of Coventry; Jesse Credit, Anna-Lise Forlino, and Christina Lecza of Danielson; Karen Adams, Samantha Duquette, and Austin Taylor of Dayville; Sean Bruyere and Rachel Greiner of Griswold; Deanna Edgar of Jewett City; Rick Badeau and Pamela Gamache of Lebanon; Jessica Stailing of Moosup; Austin Donnelly and Erika Rooney of North Grosvenordale; Victoria Grant of Norwich; Leif Carlson of Oakdale; Steven Misky of Oneco; Stephanie Wilcox of Plainfield; Alyssa Becker of Pomfret; Paulette Blagburn, Olivia Hussey, Tracie Lombardy, and Christopher Vaudrain of Putnam; Rebecca Teczar of Rogers; Kimberly Popiel and Johannah Thompson of Sterling; Gennifer Berthiaume of Thompson; Alexis Cooke of Uncasville; John Branham, Sarah Dean, Shane Goodrich, Joseph White, and Kristen Yanick of Willimantic; Lauren Cote and Jessica Page of Windham; Michelle Bouchard, Tracy Johns, and Veronica Phillips of Woodstock; Robert John of Woodstock Valley; Amanda Horne of Webster, MA; and Mary Kathryn Kent of Foster, R.I.

Tau Upsilon Alpha National Organization for

Human Services Honor Society requires inductees to earn and maintain a 3.2 GPA, demonstrate a commit-ment to honing human services skills, and embody excellence in community service. New members include: Joel K. Niemann of Canterbury.

Woodstock AcademyWOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Academy Relay

For Life team will be holding its 2nd Annual Classic Car Show on Sunday May 1, from 12-4 p.m. on the Woodstock town common in front of The Academy’s conference. Show Cars have a fee of $5 or a donation with the opportunity to win awards for Best in Show. All participants may register the day of the event or via email at [email protected].

This event is free and open to the public, lunch and refreshments will be available as well as raffle items. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society for cancer research and local cancer patients.

Please contact Sarah French at [email protected] with any questions or to donate to the Woodstock Academy Relay For Life team.

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Academy Save Fiji Committee will host a coffee house event on Friday, May 6, to benefit Fijians following a devastat-ing Cyclone in February.

The event will include several musical performanc-es by students from multiple ECC schools.

“The Fijian culture is filled with music and cele-bration,” Social Studies department chairman Sara Dziedzic explained. “The students involved in our Save Fiji Committee thought that a coffee house would be a great opportunity to highlight the talent in the surrounding high schools, as well as raise money for a good cause.”

The event will be held in the Woodstock Academy Dining Commons from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $5 per per-son and will be sold at the door. All proceeds will go to Save the Children.

“This coffee house is a great opportunity to unite The Academy with other high schools for a good cause,” said Carly DeLuca, Committee member and Academy junior. “We have put so much time into var-ious fundraisers so we can send enough money to Fiji to make a real impact. We hope that the coffee house is another step to reaching our goal of $5,000.”

For more information on the coffee house, or other fundraisers for Fiji, please contact Sara Dziedzic at [email protected].

Killingly Public SchoolsKILLINGLY — Killingly Public Schools Scholarship

applications are available.Application deadline is Monday, May 2, 4 p.m. No

exceptions.All applications must be received at the Central

Office, 79 Westfield Ave., Danielson, CT 06239.Applications are available online at http://www.

killinglyschools.org, and at Killingly Public Schools Central Office, 79 Westfield Ave., and at Killingly High School, 226 Putnam Pike, Dayville.

The Rectory School Announces New Merit Scholarship

POMFRET — The Rectory School, an independent, coed junior boarding school (5-9) and day school (early childhood to ninth grade), located in Pomfret, recently announced the creation of the Bigelow Scholarship.

The Bigelow Scholarship will be awarded to two newly enrolling Grade 7 or Grade 8 students (one day, one boarding) who best embrace the ideals that Mr. John Bigelow (Rectory’s first student and second Headmaster) sought in all students. These ideals have defined the School’s hope for all Rectory students from the School’s inception in 1920 up to our current day. In Mr. Bigelow’s words, these ideals are: “To work well, to play well; to think clearly, to speak truth; to win without pride, to lose with-out rancor; to have courage, and to be kind. This is the goal for the greatest: It is a goal that the least may reach.”

To honor the vision of the Bigelows, our founding family, Rectory will award an annual scholarship to two deserving students (one

day, one boarding) who meet the stated criteria (see checklist below). The Bigelow Scholarship will be ongoing through the student’s time at Rectory, grant-ed the recipient continues to uphold the characteris-tics set forth by Mr. John Bigelow.

• Bigelow Scholarship for Day Student: Up to $5,000 per year.

• Bigelow Scholarship for Boarding Student: Up to $20,000 per year.

Rectory’s current Headmaster, Fred Williams, com-mented, “Rectory is proud to unite the legacy of the Bigelow family with the hopes for our future, as we recognize deserving children with the Bigelow Scholarship.”

Bigelow Scholarship Checklist:1. Inquire online at www.rectoryschool.org/schol-

arship.2. Schedule a formal visit to tour the campus, inter-

view with an Admissions representative, and com-plete (students only) a brief writing sample. This visit is for both the student and his/her parents.

3. Complete a Rectory School application. 4. The student must complete a 500-word essay

on the following question: Why do you believe you should be considered for the Bigelow Scholarship?

5. Consider the option to apply for need-based/additional financial aid. Families from a broad range of incomes apply to The Rectory School. Some fami-lies’ circumstances may qualify them for assistance beyond the merit scholarship. In addition to the Bigelow Scholarship, Rectory provides more than $1.8 million in need-based financial aid to students each year.

Application Deadline: Saturday, April 30Scholarships will be awarded by May 31Visit our website at www.rectoryschool.org for

additional information.

Pomfret Lions Club ScholarshipsPOMFRET — The Pomfret Lions Club will award

three $1,000 scholarships to students who will attend a post-secondary educational institution during the 2016-17 academic year.

To be eligible applicants must be residents of Pomfret and must complete and return an application before April 29. The application requires a school transcript, a reference, and several brief paragraphs in addition to personal information.

Applications are available from school guidance departments at Woodstock Academy, Putnam High School, Killingly High School, Pomfret School, and Marianapolis Preparatory School. An application may also be requested from the following address: Lions Club Scholarship, Box 224, Pomfret, CT 06258.

Quiet Corner Garden Club Scholarship The 2016 Quiet Corner Garden Club $1,000 schol-

arship will be awarded to a high school senior who lives in the Quiet Corner, has been accepted to a college majoring in agriculture, landscape design, horticulture, or other environmental science. This scholarship will be awarded based on a combination of academic achievement, leadership qualities, com-munity service, letter of recommendation and the student’s essay.

Applications are available at high school guidance offices, local libraries, or via email at [email protected]. Be sure to put Scholarship Application in the subject.

Applications must be received no later than May 2. Please mail the completed application and required attachments to: The Quiet Corner Garden Club, c/o Scholarship Application, P.O. Box 1004, Woodstock, CT 06281.

The Scholarship Program’s main fundraising source is an annual Plant Sale, which will be held Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Roseland Cottage, 556 Route 169, Woodstock, CT 06281.


62nd Annual Windham County4-H Auction & Tag Sale

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Have you considered your thoughts on hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking? In a recent col-umn, I shared some of the various benefits and some of the concerns regarding this energy process. Just to review, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines fracking as “the injection of fluid into shale beds at high pressure in order to free up petroleum resources (such as oil or natural gas).”

For a well-animated look at the fracking process, take a look at this link from National Geographic. The short clip illustrates the fracking process in drills into the Bakken shale for-mation close to Williston, North Dakota: http://edu-cation.nationalgeographic.org/media/how-hydrau-lic-fracturing-works/

People must take respon-sibility for their own eco-learning, and become literate about fracking. There are documenta-ry films about fracking, like Gasland (2010) or Fracknation (2013), or more popular movies, such as Promised Land (2012). A follow up documentary to Gasland, entitled Gasland Part II, was released in 2013. Many books have been published as well: The Green and the Black (2016) by essayist, novelist, and oil consultant Gary Sernovitz, who presents in a serious yet witty style the big picture and a “both sides” investigation of the shale revolution; The Boom (2014) by Senior Energy Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Russell Gold, who takes on tough, crucial fracking indus-try questions; “12 Things to Know About Fracking” (2015) by Rebecca Felix, which offers basic infor-mation about the fracking process, for any age, with clear language and vivid, colorful photographs. It would be beneficial if more pieces were written about fracking. For example, Maureen Jacobs, School Library Teacher in a large Massachusetts school sys-tem, relates, “nothing came up when I did a search for fracking. I didn’t think so. I signed into the system as an administrator and didn’t see it come up in any of our 5 [K-8] schools. Sorry. It is such a serious subject.” (April 2016)

Truthfully, much of the available information about fracking is biased towards the negative impacts. However, the lack of pro-fracking information provides a leverage point — there’s an opportunity here for providing the pos-itive aspects of fracking. Harnessed with new knowl-edge, personal choices can be made about eco-actions involving the future of fracking, and other envi-ronmental energy sourc-es, such as wind and solar energy. There’s room for policy changes.

Liz Ellsworth grew up in Eastford, and holds a master’s degree in Environmental Education from Antioch University New England and a B.A. in English from Bates College. She specializes in conser-vation and recycling initia-tives.

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OPINIONOpinion and commentary from the Quiet Corner

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor:The Woodstock Planning and Zoning

Commission will hold a hearing May 19 to consider a request for a special permit for a commercial store at Taylor’s corner at the intersection of Route 171 and Scenic Pulpit Rock Road. In order to qualify, the applica-tion must show that it does not endanger safe-ty or property values. Neither will be true.

As a lifelong resident, I know the 90-degree corner without visibility to be where rollovers and accidents occur frequently. Further, I’m quite certain that a commercial establish-ment will unfairly decrease the property val-ues of residential neighbors.

Jock McclellanWoodstock

McClellan: PZC to host special hearing

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The ideal community

Each of us has an image of the ideal community. It may be the place where we were brought up or a golf commu-nity in Hawaii. We imagine walking down the street being greeted by old friends, petting their dogs, and waving at passers-by.

We seek a safe, welcoming locale, per-haps like mythical Lake Woebegone. Writer Garrison Keillor understood the desire for community when he created an imaginary town, where peo-ple applaud, forgive and examine the secrets of their hearts over portions of potato salad at church suppers.

A decade ago in the spirit of foster-ing community, making a little money for local causes and creating efficien-cy by settling on a mutual date, the Pomfret Proprietors, inspired by the ideas of member Martha Emilio, cre-ated an Annual Town-Wide Tag Sale. Emilio and other members of the busi-ness community had been meeting and connecting to promote the town. They wanted to spread the spirit of

camaraderie to Pomfret residents.

In 2006 the econo-my was sluggish, gas prices were high and people were inter-ested in buying and selling household goods. Local non-prof-its, Christ Church, Windham County 4-H Foundation, Friends of the Pomfret Public and Abington Social

Libraries, Pomfret Senior Center & Food Bank and Pomfret Horse and Trail Association all held fund-rais-ers on different days. Martha Emilio thought it would be a great idea to schedule everything for the same day and offer residents the chance to earn a little money by offering up their wares. The proprietors used their market-ing skills to promote the event locally and far and wide, including magazines such as Yankee and Country Living. It worked! Residents pay to list their tag sales on a map that includes business ads. The proprietors turn around and give the income back to non-profits and as scholarships to the tune of over $6,000 in the past 10 years.

I’ve worked at the Pomfret Public Library sale at Pomfret Community School. The Friends of the Library collect a massive number of books. Pomfret School students haul them from the library to the school cafete-ria and volunteers sort and organize them. At first, I can’t stop myself from picking up volume after volume that I want to buy at $1 apiece.

Pouring through the boxes of dona-tions, I’m peering into the lives of other people. There are the contain-ers from the home of someone who died and the estate is being settled. There are assortments of children’s’ books given up because the owners are grown and living far away. Last year I added novels, books of poet-ry, gardening, house renovation and inspirational volumes to the piles in a personal commitment to clearing out. I felt a lump in my throat when I opened a front page to see a note from my hus-band wishing me a happy Valentine’s Day in 1985. What to do with that one, I wondered, and scratched out the writing and tossed it back in the pile. Perhaps someone else will enjoy the sentiment.

On May 7, the 10th Annual Town-Wide Tag Sale will begin. The sun will be shining, the roadsides will be brimming with wild flowers and res-idents will set up tables. They will wait expectantly for the buyers, who will turn up with equally high hopes. Along with the monetary transactions, an intangible exchange will occur. The map will show the physical boundaries of the town and the residents will feel, perhaps just briefly, a kinship with their neighbors, pleasure at support-ing good causes and a moment of being rooted in a real community.

To the Editor:As we celebrate Earth Day let me see if I

have this correct.Two pot smoking adults out on a “bong

cruise” (their words, not mine), kayak too close to a female swan sitting on her nest warming her seven eggs in her natural hab-itat and are startled to be met by the aggres-sive male mate genetically programmed to protect them.

Then, rather than be embarrassed by their ignorant behavior they call DEEP to com-plain about this aggressive swan, then some-one at DEEP, assumedly trained in wild-life behavior and management, rather then admonish these knuckleheads to stay away from nesting birds in their natural habitat actually sent out two agents to snap the male’s neck, attempt to kill the female, which my neighbor prevented, and destroy all of the eggs.

Why not put up signs, ‘Warning! Nesting swans! Stay back!’ Why not relocate them? Why not investigate the complaint? Why not talk to the neighbors who have known

these birds for years, boat and fish on the river every day and witnessed the incident on Sunday? If you and I did what these two DEEP agents did we would deservedly be arrested, jailed and fined for cruelty to ani-mals.

One explanation I’ve heard for DEEP’s actions is that swans are “invasive,” from Europe. First of all, these are the only two swans that have remained on the river for over 15 years. There is certainly no invasion here. But you know who else is invasive, from Europe? Many, if not most of us who live here today. Thank God our government doesn’t have the authority to snap our necks every time we act aggressively like DEEP does.

So please tell me Commissioner Klee — exactly when does your agency begin its ‘Environmental Protection’?

richard k. ouellettedanielson

The missteps of the DEEP

PSA invites seniors to a celebration pizza partyTo the Editor:We are happy to announce that the Pomfret

Senior Association will be meeting on the first Monday of the month beginning in May. To celebrate, we are having a Pizza Party!

Join us Monday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lunch at noon.

After 24 years of meeting on Tuesdays, we are ready for a change! Our monthly meeting will now be held on the first Monday of every month at the Pomfret Community Senior Center, 207 Mashamoquet Road (Route 44) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to a new day, we have new, expanded hours as well, giving us more time more time to socialize and relax. Change is good!

Dues of $5 haven’t gone up in 24 years. We are planning a whale watch, a show at the Bradley Theater, and an event at Sharpe Hill. If you have an idea for a trip, speaker, or lunch theme, please let us know.

All area seniors are invited to join us to celebrate our new day and new hours. Please RSVP so we will be sure to have enough pizza for all to eat! Call Gail at 860-974-0426 by April 30. Bring a friend, and an idea for a trip or event and we’ll see you on “Monday.”

Looking forward to a new chapter for the Association.

Gail Mcelroy, Presidentdebi thoMPson, Vice President

NANCY WEISS

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Particle Accelerator marks 10th year of critical workPUTNAM — As Particle

Accelerator marks its 10th anniversary this year, the critical work promoting awareness and education about suicide and depression has never been more import-ant, as federal data released Friday showed suicide rates steadily increased from 1999 to 2014, hitting their highest rate in nearly 30 years at 13 per 100,000.

The federal analysis, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics stated that suicide is one of the 10 leading causes of death overall and within each age group 10-64. Suicide rates have increased steadily since 1999 and at a higher annual percent increase since 2006, according to the CDC. For more information on the data, visit http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/data-briefs/db241.htm.

This year marks the 10th Annual Particle Accelerator: A Day of Music and Hope, to be held Saturday, June 11, in Rotary Park in down-town Putnam. The free, all day music festival features 20 bands playing music of all genres and for all ages. The concert begins at noon and will continue until 11 p.m.

The annual benefit concert has two main goals. The first is to raise funds and awareness to support United Services, Inc., one of Connecticut’s most comprehensive private, non-profit behavioral health centers, providing mental and behavioral health edu-cation, prevention, treatment and social services to the children, adults and families of northeastern Connecticut since 1964.

United Services is avail-able 24/7/365 at 860-774-2020 for people experiencing a mental health crisis.

The second goal is to pro-vide information and support for depression and suicide

prevention, while promot-ing music and civic engage-ment as a healthy alternative to drug and alcohol abuse among young adults.

The festival is held in mem-ory of local musician Jack Young, Jr., who died by sui-cide on his 27th birthday in 2007, and organized by local residents, business owners, musicians and artists. In addition to the concert, the family-friendly festival will also feature art displays, chil-dren’s activities and booths from local nonprofit organi-zations providing informa-tion on various local behav-ioral health and human ser-vices.

In nine years, Particle Accelerator has raised more than $38,000 for local mental health services. Last year’s festival raised more than $8,000, a figure organizers hope to top this year.

Local businesses are encouraged to support Particle Accelerator and sui-cide and depression aware-ness and education activities in northeastern Connecticut throughout the year. For

more information on how to get involved, visit www.unitedservicesct.org or www.particleaccelerator.org.

Joan St. Ament, Vice President and Branch Manager for the Savings Institute Bank & Trust Brooklyn office and Deborah Kennett, Assistant Vice President for Savings Institute, presented United Services President/CEO Diane Manning and organiz-ers of Particle Accelerator with a $500 Gold Sponsorship of the event Friday.

Community sponsors who have already committed their support of this year’s event are: Premiere Sponsor United Lens; Gold Sponsors Quality Resourcing Services, LLC and Deary’s Gymnastics Supply; Silver Sponsor WINY Radio; and Bronze Sponsors Gerardi Insurance, D.H. Copeland Builders; Spirol International, Saveway Petroleum, Saratopoulos & Sarantopoulos, Rawson Materials, Hometown Heating, Putnam Bank and Jewett City Savings Bank.

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Savings Institute Bank & Trust presented United Services and the organizers of Particle Accelerator with a $500 sponsorship Friday. The annual benefit concert will be held June 11 in Putnam’s Rotary Park and raises awareness for suicide and depression and funds for United Services. From left: United Services President/CEO Diane L. Manning, Particle co-founder Eric Gould, Savings Institute Brooklyn Manager Joan St. Ament, Particle co-founders Grace Young, Jack Young and Sandy Gould, and Savings Institute Assistant Vice President Deborah Kennett.

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Nearing retirement? Time to get focused

National Retirement Week may be over, but if you’re within 10 years of retirement it may be time to lay the groundwork for planning well toward this life transition. At one time or another, you’ve probably spent some time thinking about this major life change. The transi-tion to retirement can seem a bit daunting, even overwhelming. If you find yourself wondering where to begin, the following points may help you focus.

REASSESS YOUR LIVING EXPENSES

A step you will probably take several times between now and retirement — and maybe sev-eral more times thereafter — is thinking about how your liv-ing expenses could or should change. For example, while com-muting and dry cleaning costs may decrease, other budget items such as travel and health care may rise. Try to estimate what your monthly expense bud-get will look like in the first few years after you stop working. And then continue to reassess this budget as your vision of retirement becomes reality.

CONSIDER ALL YOUR INCOME SOURCES

Next, review all your possible sources of income. Chances are you have an employer-sponsored retirement plan and maybe an IRA or two. Try to estimate how much they could provide on a monthly basis. If you are mar-ried, be sure to include your spouse’s retirement accounts as well. If your employer provides a traditional pension plan, contact the plan administrator for an estimate of your monthly benefit amount.

Do you have rental income? Be sure to include that in your cal-culations. Is there a chance you may continue working in some capacity? Often retirees find that they are able to consult, turn a hobby into an income source, or work part-time. Such income can provide a valuable cushion that helps retirees postpone tap-ping their investment accounts, giving them more time to poten-tially grow.

Finally, don’t forget Social Security. You can get an esti-mate of your retirement ben-efit at the Social Security Administration’s website, ssa.gov. You can also sign up for a My Social Security account to view your online Social Security Statement, which contains a detailed record of your earnings and estimates of retirement, sur-vivor, and disability benefits.

MANAGE TAXES

As you think about your

income strategy, also consider ways to help minimize taxes in retirement. Would it be better to tap taxable or tax-deferred accounts first? Would part-time work result in taxable Social Security benefits? What about state and local taxes? A qualified tax professional can help you develop an appropriate strategy.

PAY OFF DEBT, POWER UP YOUR SAVINGS

Once you have an idea of what your possible expenses and income look like, it’s time to bring your attention back to the here and now. Draw up a plan to pay off debt and power up your retirement savings before you retire.

• Why pay off debt? Entering retirement debt-free — including paying off your mortgage — will put you in a position to mod-ify your monthly expenses in retirement if the need arises. On the other hand, entering retire-ment with mortgage, loan, and credit card balances will put you at the mercy of those monthly payments. You’ll have less of an opportunity to scale back your spending if necessary.

• Why power up your savings? In these final few years before retirement, you’re likely to be earning the highest salary of your career. Why not save and invest as much as you can in your employer-sponsored retire-ment savings plan and/or your IRAs? Aim for the maximum allowable contributions. And remember, if you’re 50 or older, you can take advantage of catch-up contributions, which allow you to contribute an additional $6,000 to your employer-spon-sored plan and an extra $1,000 to your IRA in 2016.

ACCOUNT FOR HEALTH CARE

Finally, health care should get special attention as you plan the transition to retirement. As you age, the portion of your budget consumed by health-related costs will likely increase. Although Medicare will cover a portion of your medical costs, you’ll still have deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. Unless you’re prepared to pay for these costs out of pocket, you may want to purchase a supplemental insur-ance policy.

In 2015, the Employee Benefit Research Institute reported that

the average 65-year-old mar-ried couple would need $213,000 in savings to have at least a 75 percent chance of meeting their insurance premiums and out-of-pocket health care costs in retire-ment. And that doesn’t include the cost of long-term care, which Medicare does not cover and can vary substantially depending on where you live. For this reason, you might consider a long-term care insurance policy.

These are just some of the fac-tors to consider as your prepare to transition into retirement. Breaking the bigger picture into smaller categories may help the process seem a little less daunt-ing.

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Spring into spring cleaning! Spring cleaning is an annu-

al chore that’s almost always initiated with reluctance. With so many tasks to complete, it’s no wonder we often procras-tinate when it comes to the most dreaded rite of the warm weather season.

The good news is, today’s dis-missal of the strict cleaning rules of generations past means “a good cleaning” has been replaced with “a good enough cleaning.” (Who really want-ed to eat off of anyone’s floor anyway?) That said, your year-ly deep cleaning efforts don’t have to fall short — thanks to savvy shortcuts and strategies geared to save time, effort and money.

***The Detergent Association’s

(SDA) Spring Cleaning Survey Reveals 65 percent of Americans routinely engage in spring cleaning. And when it comes to spring cleaning, consumers rate the following as priority areas: Kitchen (37 percent), Living Room (19 per-cent), and Bedrooms (14 per-cent). Nearly one quarter of responders, 23 percent, claim the kitchen cleaning is their most rewarding task. Cleaning the garage was rated as the least rewarding spring clean-ing chore.

***Prioritizing your cleaning

efforts is probably the most important step to success-ful spring cleaning. Tackling rooms in their order of impor-tance means you’ll see results quicker and gain inspiration to finish the rest of the house.

Wherever you decide to begin, cleaning pros advise working in one room at a time, and to avoid moving to another until that first room is

complete. If you stick to clean-ing one area, you will likely remain motivated to finish it. Always start in one corner of the room and work clock-wise from the ceiling down. Working from top to bottom prevents repeat cleaning of surfaces and ensures you only have to do it once. You’ll be amazed at how quickly the job goes when you work around a room with priority and pur-pose in mind.

***Save steps and stress by

dragging around a plastic gar-bage bag as you clean, so you won’t have far to go to throw away clutter. Hook the bag on the doorknob of the room you are working on. Also keep two other bags handy, one for laun-dry and the other for items that belong in other rooms. The cleaning will go quicker and you can toss out, wash and sort out the items in the bags when the room is completed.

***Another great tool to have

at your fingertips is a clean-ing kit, which saves time and steps. Make one up by stuffing a bucket with cleaning sup-plies, rags, paper towels, etc. You can tote the kit around easily as you clean. Wrap a tool belt around the outside of the bucket to carry small items from room to room. Or recycle a cardboard six pack to use as a disposable tote to hold cleaning bottles, rags and towels.

***A good arsenal of cleaning

supplies doesn’t have to trans-late into many products. Just the basics can get the job done quickly and effectively. Some examples include a good win-dow cleaner; an all purpose cleaner; abrasive cleaner (bak-

ing soda or Comet); microfi-ber cloths; paper towels; scrub brush; Mr. Clean Eraser (amaz-ingly effective on grime).

***Washing large windows,

such as sliders to a deck can be grueling chore. Once you get them clean (use a squeegee to speed up the chore) keep them cleaner longer by treating the glass with Rain X, a water repellent sold in auto supply stores. Dirt, as well as water, won’t be attracted to the glass, which means less cleaning. Another area of the kitchen that can benefit from post treat-ment is painted walls behind the kitchen stove. After clean-ing (with a degreaser) apply a generous coating of furniture polish. Buff it in well. The next time grease spatters on the area, all it will take is a swipe of a paper towel to clean it up.

***For a sparkling glass oven

door, wipe the window with household ammonia and let it set for several minutes. Scrape away grease with a spatula (or for stubborn stains try a straight edge razor blade) and wipe the window clean to a quick shine. Grease can also seep in between the glass in the door window. Cleaning this area requires a bit more finesse. Open the drawer under the oven to access the view of the bottom of the door. Some models have open slots through which you can reach the inside of the glass with a rod and a cleaning cloth. Otherwise, remove the bottom of the door (check with the manufactur-er, as doing so could render the warranty invalid). Wrap a paper towel sprayed with cleaner around a thin dowel or straightened coat hanger

to clean the area, then repeat with a dry towel.

***When you clean your refrig-

erator or freezer, wipe the inside down with straight white vinegar and allow it to air dry. It will discourage future growth of mold and mil-dew and instantly deodorize your refrigerator. A little vanil-la extract poured on a piece of cotton and placed in the refrig-erator will eliminate odors.

***Sink stains are a common

challenge in the kitchen, but the secret weapon to battle stubborn stains on a stainless steel, porcelain or plastic sink is citric acid. The ingredient gives lemonade its tartness and is found in dry lemonade mix (Country Time, Kool-Aid and Tang). Fill up the sink with water, pour in a packet of the mix and allow it to sit overnight. In the morning, the stains will be gone or much easier to remove.

***Prevention is the key to

cutting cleaning chores, and the bathroom is a great way to practice this strategy. After cleaning grout and tile, rub liq-uid Turtle Wax car wax on, and polish when dry. It makes the tiles twice as easy to clean next time.

***Rubbing alcohol does double

duty as both a time and money saver. It’s an inexpensive clean-er and disinfectant you can use all around the house. In fact, straight alcohol in a spray bot-tle quickly cleans windows to a streak free shine. It’s also an effective disinfectant for count-er tops, telephones and other surfaces you want to be germ-free. The alcohol disinfects

as good as costly commercial disinfectants, but costs just a fraction of the price. Rubbing alcohol also shines up chrome trim with just a quick rub. If you buy the pine scented ver-sion it will leave a pleasant, clean smell behind.

***Win Dinner for Two — Your

tips can win you a great din-ner for two at the historic Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge! Simply send in a hint to be entered into a random drawing. One winner per month will win a fabulous three-course dinner for two at the renowned restaurant, locat-ed on Route 131 across the town common in historic Sturbridge. Because I’m in the business of dispensing tips, not inventing them (although I can take cred-it for some), I’m counting on you readers out there to share your best helpful hints!

Do you have a helpful hint or handy tip that has worked for you? Do you have a ques-tion regarding household or garden matters? If so, why not share them with readers of Stonebridge Press publica-tions? Send questions and/or hints to: Take the Hint!, c/o Stonebridge Press, P.O. Box 90, Southbridge, MA 01550. Or e-mail [email protected]. Hints are entered into a drawing for a three-course dinner for two at the historic Publick House Inn!

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John Beausoleil, Westview Health Care Center’s April Employee of the Month.

Beausoleil named Westview Employee of the Month

DAYVILLE — Westview Health Care Center is pleased to announce that employee John Beausoleil from Woodstock, has been selected as Employee of the Month for April.

Beausoleil graduated from Becker College in 2002 and is a licensed Physical Therapy Assistant at Westview. John has been employed at the facility since 2008 and he spe-cializes in sports medicine outpatient therapy, inpatient rehabilitation modalities and holds his certification as a trainer by the Titleist Performance Institute.

“I am proud to have been selected as employee of the month and I appreciate the acknowledgement from my peers,” stated Mr. Beausoleil.

“John is an exceptional individual and a valuable asset to our amazing team of health care professionals,” stated Administrator David T. Panteleakos. “He is always con-sistent with his approach for providing the best of quality care and has a special talent for making his patients feel very comfortable and relaxed.”

This is the second time since 2008 Mr. Beausoleil has been awarded the Employee of the Month distinction. He has also been awarded for achieving perfect attendance in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015; and has been the recipi-ent of numerous acknowledgements and commendations from patients, residents and his peers.

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Performing Arts of NECT announces upcoming events

PUTNAM — Opera New England of Northeastern CT Inc. (Performing Arts of NECT) is an all-volun-teer non-profit organization celebrating the 42nd season of bringing high quality, enriching and accessible performing arts to the Quiet Corner.

P/Arts operates with an active board from area towns who volunteer in every facet of present-ing the cultural productions to the New England region.

Central to our mission are our free Educational Opera and Symphony Programs. To date, 158,000 local students from 26 north-eastern Connecticut and Massachusetts towns have been treated to compli-mentary programming. Each year, 4,000 school children are introduced to the cre-ative artistries in third and fifth grade. P/Arts provides early arts exposure and edu-cational opportunities some students might not otherwise

receive. The music teachers at each school are pro-vided with a study guide and participating school classes are visited by an artist for an in-school workshop prior to the performance at the Hyde Cultural Center in Woodstock.

These concepts come to life every spring when students attend live, fully staged productions by the Salt Marsh Opera Company and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra will perform with guest artist Daniel Bernard Roumain on May 4, for third graders and fifth graders will be treated to Rossini’s La Cenerentola on May 17, performed by Salt March Opera.

This season P/Arts is expanding our free class-room offerings to bring a new Kindergarten pro-gram to schools in the region. “Science of Sound: When Is It Music?” is a 45 minute in-class work-shop which will examine the nature and creation of sound through hands-on activities, observation, creative exploration and song led by educator and professional musician Sally Rogers.

Contributions keep the curtain open and allow students accessibility to professional arts pro-gramming. Funding is primarily community based through area businesses, private donations, in- kind gifts, grants and local fundraisers. For fur-ther information about our programming, please

visit www.performingartsnect.org.

recreation program when I was 15. I got hired on as a specialist and I continued to work for the summer camp and on the off-season I would work for the after school program. I started that back and forth all the way through high school and even into my first few years of college. Eventually I became supervisor at the after school program and when I heard that Renee would be moving on, this was an interesting opportunity for me. I was very familiar with recreation and working with the youth, which is only one small part of this job. I should be a familiar face for most, but for some I’m not so it’s kind of fun.”

As a lifelong resident of Thompson, to be able to be a part of the goings on in town, especially all the town activities, how cool is that to be that much more involved in your hometown?

“It’s great. There are so many things I didn’t even realize we were involved in. I knew we partnered with things like Community Day, but to see how much we were really involved with the seniors and to see all these other things we help with it’s neat to see how much recreation has a hand in. I came in thinking I had an idea of the scope, but I’ve realized that scope is much bigger than that and it’s really exciting. It’s overwhelming at the same time, but

really exciting.”

Renee Waldron is obviously some big shoes

to fill. She held your position for a long time. What was the process like making the transition and preparing to pick up all those responsibilities in that office?

“I really had a great opportunity to be the a member of the summer help in the office and I was able to not just be a counselor at the summer camp, but at some point I started splitting supervisory roles and being office help so I was able to understand registration and all these office duties to get a feel for how our program works. I got a good feel for all of the semi-administrative stuff, which I was thankful for because jumping in to that with no background would have absolutely been a crazy adjustment. Even then coming into it there’s still a lot more I didn’t see behind the scenes. Understanding how we book trips four months in advance and how we sign contracts, all of that was knew for me.”

You’ve had a few months to get into the job and you’ve seen a lot of different things, including trips and the town’s annual egg hunt. What’s it been like to manage those events and be a part of your first real big community events as Recreation Director?

“Some of these events, thankfully, are actually not my first. I was able to help Renee with the egg hunt last year. She actually kind of let me run

that. I was thankful to be able to do stuff like that where I had been able to be behind the scenes. I helped set up Community Day last year too, so a lot of these things are not my first in Thompson, but there are so many things that are still done behind the scenes that are knew to me. It’s also been interesting coming into budget season and starting to learn that process.”

I know it’s only your first year on the job, but how do you put your own stamp on this position? I assume as a Recreation Director you have your own ideas for what to bring to Thompson so how do you do that or are you even thinking that far ahead yet?

“Oh, absolutely I am. Coming into this position you have so many new ideas, but I know I need to [take into] consideration that there is a foundation laid and programs running that people love and I want to make sure I make those the priority first. As we start to do that then I want to expand with some new programs mainly for the adults. I think we do a great job with the seniors and the youth, but I see some gaps that we can continue to fill even in my own age group, that 18 to 30 age group. The adults could latch on to more programs so I’m hoping to expand on those areas. Another of my big goals coming in is to really expand the volunteer pool. We have some great volunteers that are continually coming back, but I’d like to expand that to groups of people we can really lean on and contact and find a way to recognize them. I’m really looking at this first year as a foundation year to make sure everything is running well, but I’ve got a few things I’d like to explore.”

What have been some of the biggest challenges or adjustments you’ve had to face?

“One of the biggest challenges, I will say, has been coming into budget season. All this stuff had to be prepared and I had to learn all of the background history. I really had to use Renee as a resource to learn a lot of that. I wanted to approach that correctly. The second challenge, and maybe the biggest, has been that Marie Mongeau, our assistant that had been with Renee for many years got a job in the Selectman’s Office so at the same time I was transitioning her assistant was also going through a transition. We have someone new that just started probably a month ago, Christine Elkinson, and she’s been great and jumped right in to some big shoes to fill herself. It was an interesting experience and I had to train someone right off the bat so that’s probably been the biggest challenge but an exciting one.”

Well Angela, we welcome you to your new seat and we’re glad to see a deep community connection with you being added to the Town Hall staff. We look forward to what else is to come.

“Like I said, I’m a new face to some, but for others I am a familiar face. I look forward to meeting more people in town and creating more partnerships. It has been fun.”

Jason Bleau may be reached at 508-909-4129, or by e-mail at [email protected].


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“Addiction is beginning to be really spotlighted, but unfortu-nately people have been dying for a long time from it. It’s just come to light with all the overdoses in recent years, but people have been dying from overdoses and alcohol addic-tion for a very long time,” Graham said. “I thought it was a really important topic to do some research on and what I found was that looking into alcoholism, which is now called Alcohol Use Disorder, women have a much higher risk of developing acute and chronic illnesses that are asso-ciated with it.”

Graham focused her research on a sampling of women attending 12-step recovery meetings through-out the northeast corner of Connecticut and surrounding communities in Rhode Island

and Massachusetts and found that many of them ranged from their early 20s to mid 40s and had experienced alcohol dependence and addition for at least ten years. While some had tried to quit before, many of them had failed and relapsed many times creating a concern-ing trend in Graham’s research that she says is part of a bigger issue.

“There’s a huge disparity among treatment rates among men and women,” Graham said who explained that due to their biology women are more likely to maintain a high-er blood alcohol content when they drink the same number of drinks as the average male. “That’s a huge issue not just for the individual, but the country. This is a social issue. We spend close to $17 billion on research-ing these issues each year.”

Due to a smaller body size and liver women tend to be more effected by less alco-hol beverages that males and what’s more concerning is of the 25 percent of addicted indi-

viduals who choose to seek help only 8 percent of that number is made up of women. Graham said females face many bound-aries when it comes to seeking proper help and understand-ing for their substance abuse disorders and her research will hopefully open up more conversations on how to tackle that issue at its core.

“All the research in the world isn’t worth anything unless we learn to apply it. I think my research was focused on looking at the barriers to help promote healthy behav-ior of women in early recov-ery,” Graham said. “That just means what are the barriers for women to be able to do the things they need to do to take care of themselves in the early recovery stages from alcohol? – If people see something as a barrier it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. If they believe it’s a barrier it’s going to pre-vent them from being able to do it. They may very well be able to do some of these things, but they may think that they

can’t. I’m hoping my research will help other healthcare pro-fessionals to really be able to understand that women in early recovery have an enor-mous amount of challenges to overcome to better take care of themselves and it’s not just one particular thing.”

Graham was honored to rep-resent URI and present her research before the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s 28th Annual Sessions which brings together nurses who are, as she put it, some of the smartest in the field with mas-ters and doctorate students from across the eastern sea-board interested and focused on research coming together for a common goal. As a stu-dent she called the experience exhilarating and exciting but as a concerned member of the Connecticut community and a practicing nurse she also saw it as a fantastic opportunity to work with fellow nurses on discussing way to better serve those in need through the med-ical field.

“It really drove home the importance of research in nursing and it also drove home the point that I, as an individ-ual practitioner, can make a difference. This is not some-thing I would just do once because I’m graduating. This is something I can bring into my practice,” said Graham. “It was validating to hear from my peers, ones that have degrees and have done research for years and years, to acknowl-edge the value of what I have done and the value of what this particular study was about. A lot of times we hear negative connotations regarding alcohol or drug addiction and the stig-ma that happens to individuals and why they don’t want to seek treatment. It makes me hopeful that with everything that’s happening in the coun-try and the spotlight on this issue that we as a research community and a country are on a better path.”


Local nurse focusing on addiction issues in womenGRAHAMcontinued from page A1

Hachey takes the reins as new recreation directorHACHEYcontinued from page A1

May is calling you to spring outdoors in The Last Green Valley

Spring Outdoors offers diversity this weekend as The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV), Joshua’s Trust, CT Audubon Society, Town of Killingly, and Groton Open Space Association showcase a variety of ways that valuable conservation land can be enjoyed.

On Saturday, April 30, starting at 9 a.m., you can “Walk the Woods for Wildlife” in the Friedman Memorial Forest on Bebbington Rd. in Ashford. (Take Rte. 89 to Bicknell Rd., turn left onto Bebbington for .2 miles.) You’ll spend about 2 hours as Joshua’s Trust land stewards discuss and practice deliberately walking to maximize wildlife sightings while traversing a 2-mile loop with diverse ecosystems. Tips on how to move (or not) and how to see and hear more effectively will be included. No dogs please.

The Killingly Conservation Commission and Killingly Historical Society offer an easy way to discover many town-wide treasures during their “Back Roads ‘Undiscovered Killingly’ Bus Tour” on Saturday, April 30th, from 9 a.m. to noon. This tour will showcase plenty of conserved lands and includes history, scenic views, boat launches, and miles of walking trails. Pre-registration is required before April 27 by contacting Darryl Guertin at 860-779-5311 or [email protected]. The bus departs from Killingly Town Hall, 172

Main Street, at 9 a.m. Start out bright and early on Sunday, May 1,

at 8 a.m. with a “Beginners Bird Walk” at the CT Audubon Society Center at Pomfret, 218 Day Rd., Pomfret Center. If you are new to bird watching, this is a good weekend to start! Some of the color-ful spring birds are back and the leaves aren’t out yet. Expect to see yellow warblers, blue-winged warblers, and black and white warblers. *Note: Fees apply to this walk - $5 CAS members, $10 non-members.

A family-friendly “Sheep Farm Hike” finishes up the weekend at 245/255 Hazelnut Hill Rd. in Groton, and is perfect for families with children. The Sunday, May 1, walk from 1-3:30 p.m. features old foundations, a grist mill dam, colonial stone walls, mead-ows, forest, rocky ridges, 2 waterfalls, Fort Hill Brook and vernal pools!

Next week offers a chance for you to Spring Outdoors with mom. Take a look at the web-based brochure for the remaining schedule on TLGV’s website and Facebook page. Learn more about the National Heritage Corridor and Spring Outdoors at The Last Green Valley’s website, www.thelastgreenvalley.org.


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Using inspiration from directors like Robert Rodriguez, who used whatever resources possible to find success in the film industry, McGinley brought together a group of dedicated actors and purchased simply but high quality equipment to put the film together on a shoestring budget. The film’s starring male role was filled by a man McGinley met by chance at a convenience store while the role of the Devil was filled by a co-worker, and a student from E.O. Smith High School was recruited for the female lead. McGinley called the

journey one of patience and learning, as things seemed to fall into place to make it all happen. This year McGinley decid-ed to put his production to the ultimate test, submitting it to the Cannes Film Festival for consideration.

“We went against the likes of Steven Spielberg and Jodie Foster and every name I saw on the list just made it feel like a great honor to be a part of it,” McGinley said. “Cannes is the most elite. People put their careers on the line for this festival and anyone can enter, so I said, ‘Why not?’ I thought maybe it would be a one and done but it just kept going and I kept getting notices that we were considered. We got to the final list, the final week, the final cut, so to speak, and for over a month, we went through quite a bit. I went against peo-ple who easily went into the hundreds of millions of dollars on production. We literally made our film from beer and pizza and used equipment I could resell now and call it even. I think we broke really new ground doing that. The fact that we were so close says we’ve got something here. We have a good film.”

The film was cut during the final selection for this year’s festival, but McGinley said the success of “Blues Legend” has him and others consider-ing what the future holds for the proj-ect. A DVD is in the making and other film festivals are being considered as McGinley hopes to capitalize and build on the surprising success of his work at such a big event.

It was a massive chance and leap of faith for a man who said he found him-self in tough times in years past after losing his job as an environmental sci-entist to the recession and then finding a new career as a custodian for Putnam Elementary School. While McGinley said he enjoys his job and is grateful to be in a good position in his life, he felt there was more he was capable of and taking the chance to make a film and accomplish a dream is something he would do all over again if given the chance.

“It’s amazing how fast life passes you by,” McGinley said. “I tumbled down the mountain and I found a ledge and I can sit on that ledge for the rest of

my life and get a pension and retire someday and eventually end up in an old folks home. When I reach that point is my conversation going to end at me being a janitor? I’d be sitting there won-dering if I took a chance and did what I wanted to do. There was nothing to lose doing this. I didn’t max out credit cards or put my family at risk. If you can do something like this without putting everything at risk then you have to do it because life will pass you by quick-ly – I lost people during the making of this film and it drove it home. Life can end tomorrow and if you just don’t take the chance you may find it hard to live with.”

McGinley said he has high hopes for the future of “Blues Legend,” but even if the film’s success end with its consider-ation for the Cannes Film Festival that is something he can always hold on to as evidence that his dream and leap of faith was worth it all in the end.


Local filmmaker reflects on consideration for CannesFILMcontinued from page A1

Cleanups continue in The Last Green Valley

Spring cleaning hasn’t stopped in The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor. Participate with your family, friends, and neighbors, and make a difference in your community! Funding for these cleanups has been provided in part by The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV).

Reliance House will be host-ing its second neighborhood cleanup on Saturday, April 30, from 9-11 a.m. Meet at 8th Street (Old Mr. Big Parking Lot) in Norwich. For more

information, contact Suzee Costa at 860 887-6536 or [email protected].

The Center for Hope in Southbridge will be holding a cleanup on Saturday, April 30, starting at 8:30 a.m. (rain date 5/1). Register online at www.ci.southbridge.ma.us/trash-re-cycling-program/pages/beau-tify-southbridge-day. Food, beverages, t-shirts, latex gloves & trash bags will be provid-ed to all volunteers. For more information, contact Colleen Neely at 508 764-4085, ext. 645 or [email protected].

The Putnam Business Association will be holding its annual downtown cleanup on Saturday, April 30, from 8:45

a.m. – noon. Meet at Rotary Park on Kennedy Drive. Trash bags, gloves, water, snacks and lunch will be provided for all volunteers. For more infor-mation, contact Karen Osbrey at 860 928-1350 or [email protected].

The Town of Sterling, with help from Boy Scout Troup 36, will be doing a cleanup on Saturday, April 30, starting at 10 a.m. Volunteers will remove tires that were dumped along the Rails to Trails, which is part of the Moosup Valley State Park Trail, off of Route 14 in Sterling. Meet across the street from 439 Sterling Road at 10 a.m. After the tire collection, volunteers will be provided

with pizza and beverages. For more information, contact Joyce Gustavson at 860 564-2904 or [email protected].

Norwich Free Academy’s Marine & Environmental Science students will be spruc-ing up their neighborhood weekly during May. Students from NFA will pick up trash on the way to and from Howard Brown Park and will earn a pizza party for their work. For more information, contact Seth Yarish at 860 425-5628 or [email protected].

Thompson Recreation and students from Thompson Middle School and St Joseph’s School will clean up Riverside Park and Heritage Way Park

on May 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pizza, drinks, gloves & trash bags will be provided to all students. For more informa-tion, contact Angela R. Hachey at 860-923-9440 or [email protected].

The Webster Dudley Business Alliance will be holding its annual town-wide cleanup on Saturday, May 14, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meet at Webster Town Hall. Work gloves, trash bags, hand wipes, refreshments, and water will be provided for all volunteers. For more information contact either Debra Horan at 508 949-6232 or [email protected] or Deb Rousseau at 774 272-1949 or [email protected].

Pomfret Senior Association: Upcoming Events

POMFRET — Change is good! The Pomfret Senior Association will hold its monthly meeting the first Monday of each month beginning Monday, May 2. A Pizza Party lunch at noon on May 2 is planned to celebrate the change.

After much discussion, consulta-tion and deliberation among members regarding the proposition by First Selectman Baldwin, a decision was arrived at to move the monthly meeting from the traditional first Tuesday to the first Monday. Moving the month-ly meeting day gives the Association a great opportunity to expand their time at the Pomfret Community Senior Center and allow for a more relaxed lunch, business meeting, planning of future events, and socializing for the members. The PSA will have the Center exclusively from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on the first Monday of every month! After meeting on Tuesdays for close to a quarter of a century it’s time to switch things up!

The Pomfret Senior Association invites all seniors (50+) in Pomfret and the surrounding area to join. They are a group of active, enthusiastic, and ded-icated seniors that have been meeting monthly for 24 years, socializing, fund raising and taking daytrips together. A

proven support network for each other has developed over the years and that has provided a great sense of comradery and community. Stop by on the first Monday of each month and check out the Pomfret Senior Association. Any organization in existence for close to 25 years must be doing something right!

The Association board members are: President Gail McElroy, Vice President Debi Thompson, Treasurer Liz Cartier and Secretary Catherine French. Dues of $5 haven’t gone up in 24 years and are a bargain. This year the group is planning on a whale watch trip, con-sidering a show at the Bradley Theater, and an event at Sharpe Hill as well as other ideas. If you have an idea for a trip, speaker, lunch theme, please let an Association member know. As the new year begins, the PSA will meeting on a new day, at a new time and is looking for new members and new ideas.

The Pomfret Community Senior Center is located at 207 Mashamoquet Road (Route 44). All area seniors (50+) are welcome to join and need not be a resident of Pomfret. Mark your calendar for the next meeting on Monday, May 2, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. with lunch at noon. We plan to celebrate our new day and expanded hours with a Pizza Party (free for members). Call Gail to RSVP at 860-974-0426 by April 30. Stop by the Pomfret Community Senior Center on the first Monday of each month and see what’s new!


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HARTFORD — State Rep. Mike Alberts (R-Woodstock) stood with House and Senate Republicans this morning to unveil a budget plan that alleviates the state’s projected $935.7 million debt for next fiscal year and builds a framework resulting in surpluses for the out years.

“This budget plan included what I have been advocating for in terms of long-term structural changes to the state’s budget,” said Alberts. “Such changes include mandatory voting by the legislature on labor contracts, overtime accountability protocols, as well as caps on spending and bonding. This will inevitably result in a more predictable economy, which will instill confidence my district’s businesses of all sizes, from small, one-person enter-prises to much larger firms.”

“What’s more,” added Alberts, “this plan introduces much-needed predict-ability to the state’s finances; many of my constituents are considering relo-cating out of the state because they have little faith in Connecticut’s com-mitment to reigning-in expenses.”

The proposed Republican budget would restore funding to core social ser-vices that legislative Democrats and the governor have both proposed cutting this year. The proposal calls for cuts and the implementation of new policies that generate long-term savings. This includes the following:

• Protects funding for social services. In order to preserve the safety net of services for the disabled, those with mental health needs, children, the elderly and those in poverty, this pro-posal eliminates new proposed budget cuts to direct services.

• Restoration of support for hospi-tals, such as Day Kimball Hospital, and Medicaid reimbursements.

• Preserves funding at 100 percent for car tax capping and implements a robust municipal mandate relief pack-age. Maintains funding throughout the next 5 years.

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HARTFORD — Sen. Mae Flexer (D-Killingly) Wednesday, April 20, led passage of a bill that will give Connecticut veterans protection under anti-discrimination laws.

Senate Bill 197, An Act Concerning Veterans, Discriminatory Practices and Orders of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in Employment Discrimination Cases, was approved by a unanimous and bipartisan vote in the Senate.

“This legislation gives veterans a set of protections that they deserve and have needed for some time. It is unfor-tunate, but some people have negative preconceived notions about veterans, and those notions leave our servicemen and women vulnerable to discrimina-tion — particularly when it comes to housing and employment,” said Flexer, chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. “This legislation ensures that veterans are added to the list of protected classes, updating our anti-dis-crimination laws to include veterans.”

This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of a veteran’s status in employment, public accommodations, the sale or rental of housing, the grant-ing of credit, and other laws over which the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) has jurisdiction. It also authorizes people to file discrim-ination complaints with CHRO, which enforces antidiscrimination laws in these areas.

The bill also expands the authority of a presiding officer at a CHRO hearing with regard to the orders he makes on finding evidence of a discriminatory practice.

Michael Roberts, Attorney at the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, testified in favor of the bill before the Veterans’ Affairs Committee in February, where he said that veterans face discrimination based on assumptions and generalizations related to issues like PTSD and active

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and State Department of Veterans’ Affairs also testified in favor of the proposed legislation.

If signed in to law, the bill would go into effect on Oct. 1, 2016.

Senate Bill 197 goes next to the House of Representatives for Consideration.

Locals among winners of CT Zero Energy Challenge

NEW BRITAIN — Eversource and the United Illuminating Company have selected four winners for the sixth annual Energize Connecticut Zero Energy Challenge (ZEC), a statewide design/build competition for single and multi-family homes. This year’s compe-tition featured nine homes from across the state built between June 1, 2014 and Dec. 31, 2015.

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“The Zero Energy Challenge exem-plifies the future of residential new construction, and demonstrates the pos-itive impact zero energy building can have on our community and environ-ment,” said Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment Protection Commissioner Rob Klee during the Award Ceremony on Thursday, April 7. “As early adopters of the zero energy movement, Connecticut builders and homeowners are proving that high per-formance, green homes are sustainable and affordable. This year’s participants serve as examples to everyone through-out Connecticut that being energy effi-cient and having a zero energy home is attainable.”

RESNET Rating Standards are used to determine each home’s HERS Index (Home Energy Rating Score), a nation-ally-standardized scoring system that measures a home’s energy performance (the lower the number, the more energy efficient the home; a score of zero rep-resents a net zero energy home).

Competing builders and architects implement energy-saving features into the home’s design to increase energy performance and lower its HERS Index. The project’s cost effectiveness and the home’s total estimated operating costs are also used to determine the winners

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is a huge part of who I am. When I built my new home in Connecticut, it was important to me and my family to have a house that not only contained energy efficient technologies, but was designed to be sustainable and make saving ener-gy easy. It is an honor to be recognized as one of the overall winners in this year’s CT Zero Energy Challenge.” – Paul Torcellini, homeowner/builder, principal engineer for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and associate professor for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University.

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The Connecticut Zero Energy Challenge is now seeking participants for its 2016 challenge. The deadline to apply is June 1, 2016. Homes must be completed by December 15, 2016. If interested in applying, please visit CTZeroEnergyChallenge.com for more details.


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tained in these police logs was obtained through either press releases or other public documents kept by each police department, and is considered to be the account of police. All subjects are con-sidered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If a case is dismissed in court or the party is found to be innocent, The Villager, with proper documenta-tion, will update the log at the request of the arrested party.

STATE POLICE TROOP D LOGS

WOODSTOCK

Wednesday, April 20John Frederick Entwistle, 48, of

562 English Neighborhood Road, was charged with violation of protective order.

KILLINGLY

Tuesday, April 19Chevoyia Sky Rivers, 22, 745

Woodfield Drive, Killingly, was charged with fourth degree larceny.

Wednesday, April 20Lori Ashmore, 42, of 93 Main St.,

Killingly, was charged with possession

of heroin with intent to sellArrest details: Over the last several

weeks, members assigned to the Troop D - Quality of Life Task Force developed information that Lori Ashmore was in possession of a large amount of heroin and that the heroin was being stored in her residence located at 93 Main Street, Apartment “B”, Killingly, or in her car, a black 2015 Hyundai Accent. On April 12 at approximately 7:20 pm, after conducting surveillance, person-nel assigned to the Quality of Life Task Force and a member of the Killingly Resident Trooper’s Office conducted a “Knock and Talk” of the residence and spoke to Lori Ashmore who was advised of her Miranda rights subse-quently gave written consent (where she signed her name to the form) to search for both her residence and her vehicle which was parked outside of her apartment. A subsequent search of her residence located no contraband however a search of her vehicle, a 2015 Hyundai Accent, located (700) bags of heroin with an “NFL” stamp pre-pack-aged for sale in the trunk of her car. The heroin in the trunk was concealed in a sweat shirt belonging to Ashmore. The approximate street value of the heroin is about $6,000. As a result an arrest warrant was applied for the accused, Lori Ashmore, which was sent to the Danielson superior Court. The State’s Attorney’s Office and an honor-able Judge assigned to the Danielson Superior court reviewed the case and ultimately granted an arrest warrant for the charge of Possession of heroin with intent to sell. On April 20 at approx-

imately 5:35 p.m., members assigned to the Troop D - Quality of Life Task Force and a member of the Killingly Resident Trooper’s Office went to #93 Main Street, Apartment “B”, Killingly where they located Ashmore and placed her under arrest without incident for possession of heroin with intent to sell. Ashmore was processed and held on a $75,000 cash/surety bond and was pre-sented in Danielson Superior court on April 21.

Stacy Evans, 47, of 37 Country Club Road, Killingly, was charged with fifth degree larceny.

BROOKLYN

Friday, April 15Joshua D. Parenteau, of 122 Fitzgerald

Road, Brooklyn, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol; improper parking; operating a motor vehicle without a license; drink-ing while operating a motor vehicle.

EASTFORD

Tuesday, April 19David Frost, 28, of 43 Fire Tower

Road, Pomfret, was charged with being fugitive from justice.

Arrest details: On April 19 at approx-imately 4 p.m., Danielson Adult Probation contacted Troop D and requested a Trooper respond to the office for a client who had a possible out of state arrest warrant. Trooper Jessica Long arrived on scene and con-firmed that David Frost of Fire Tower

Road, Eastford, held a felony extra-ditable arrest warrant from the State of Rhode Island. Trooper Long placed Frost under arrest and transported him back to Troop D where he was charged with Fugitive from Justice and held on a $100,000 cash bond.

THOMPSON

Thursday, April 21Kenneth Barylski, 51, of 861 Riverside

Drive, was charged with violation of probation/conditional discharge.

DANIELSON

Thursday, April 21Joel Elias Espada, 21, of 12 Water St.,

Danielson, was charged with failure to respond/payable violation.

PUTNAM POLICE DEPARTMENT LOGS

Saturday, April 23Jason Main, 29, of 35 Franklin St.,

Enfield, was charged with second-de-gree harassment.

Sunday, April 24Thomas Thurlow, 65, of 79 Old

Breakneck Hill Rd., Dayville, was charged with disorderly conduct, threatening, third-degree assault, sec-ond-degree strangulation, unlawful restraint


The American City – it is the heartbeat of a region where art, cuisine, fashion, and music flow into the larger countryside. For the upcoming season of First Fridays, the Putnam Business Association invites the public to join in on an artistic road trip, with “stops” at six great American cities. The season will explore how our country was shaped by the art, music, and culture of these distinct urban areas. The first stop will take place on Friday, May 6. Destination: New York, New York. Please join us in downtown Putnam, Connecticut, on Friday, May 6 starting at 6pm to experience the art, culture, music and food of New York City!

Rosati Randall promotes early childhood issues

HARTFORD — State Rep. Christine Rosati Randall (D-Killingly, Plainfield) was a featured speaker at a panel at the State Capitol complex on the importance of local early childhood councils (LECCs).

The panel, hosted by a coalition of LECCs, con-vened to bring awareness to the important work of the LECCs and focused on issues affecting local councils. A vibrant panel discussion was the high-light of the event where legislators, coordinators and parents talked about the role LECCs played in their everyday lives. LECCs in over 80 communities across Connecticut are the source in their cities and towns for early childhood coordination, outreach, programs and services for children and families.

The Northeast Early Childhood Council (NECC) is the local early childhood council working on behalf of young children and families in Killingly, Plainfield, Putnam and Sterling.

“LECCs work with their local community partners to ensure all young children are healthy, safe and successful learners. We bring together all key stake-holders who play a crucial role in the safety, mental and physical development and education of our chil-dren,” Kristine Cicchetti, regional director of NECC,

said. “Rep. Randall provides a strong voice at the Capitol for local early childhood councils and young children.”

The NECC is the only regional early childhood council in the state. Its regional approach allows the NECC to provide services that may not be typically available to a single small town.

“One example is the NECC’s work with the Lions Club to increase access to vision screenings,” Randall said. “The Lions Club had the equipment and ability to provide the screenings and the NECC was able to provide outreach and connect the Lions Club with the families of children who may have otherwise fallen through the cracks.”

The NECC in collaboration with Lions Clubs International, Killingly Public Schools and Sterling Public Schools screened over 1,400 school children for vision problems. The CT Lions KidSight Program is a free service funded by the CT Lions Eye Research Foundation.

“Early childhood councils make a difference,” Randall said. “These are the critical foundation years for a child’s education, health and well-being. The work of the LECCs yield savings through coordina-tion, sharing resources and working to provide chil-dren and families with the supports necessary to be successful.

In 2015, Randall introduced the original bill that became state law that paved the way for local early

childhood councils to receive funding through the state Office of Early Childhood. Christine received the Children’s Champion Award through the CT Early Childhood Alliance for her work on behalf of children.

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From left, Diane Gozembi, Kristine Cicchetti, Rep. Christine Randall, House Chair of the Education Committee Andy Fleischmann, Donna Kozer.

News Brief

BY CHARLIE LENTZVILLAGER SPORTS EDITOR

THOMPSON — Turnarounds begin one game at a time and Killingly High was ready for one after committing 10 errors in a 9-0 loss to Lyman Memorial. The Redmen began to right the ship by stringing together a pair of victories on consecutive days last week — a 5-1 win over Woodstock followed by a 16-5 vic-tory at Tourtellotte on April 20. Senior first baseman Ben Desaulnier hoped the season was turning in Killingly’s direc-tion following the win over Tourtellotte.

“These two wins we needed and we knew we needed them,” said Desaulnier, who rapped a two-run single to pace a four-run outburst against Tourtellotte in the fourth inning. “A lot of guys stepped up, definitely.”

The Redmen had three wins and six losses through nine games as the sea-son nears its midpoint. Killingly coach David Austin said the error-ridden loss to Lyman Memorial on April 18 served as a wakeup call. The victory over Tourtellotte on April 20, coupled with a 5-1 win over Woodstock one day earlier it reversed an early slide.

“You make 10 errors in a ballgame, there’s not a big enough rock to hide under. When you’re one and five — and you lose your fifth game and you make 10 errors in a ballgame — it’s pretty murky water,” Austin said. “We turned it around. Give the kids credit. Yesterday against Woodstock, against a rival, they played flawlessly. And they matched it today. We swung the bats. Scored the runs.”

Killingly pounded out 11 hits against Tourtellotte. Killingly used four walks, a pair of run-scoring fielder’s choic-es, Evan Zanauskas’s steal of home, and Mike Albee’s run scoring single to take a 4-0 lead over Tourtellotte in the top of the first inning. The Redmen added three runs in the second with the help of Jake Gauthier’s two-run single. Killingly scored four runs in the fourth inning with Desaulnier getting the key hit to push its lead to 11-0. The Redmen led 13-2 going into the top of the sev-enth and added three runs with Kyle Derosier knocking a run-scoring dou-ble and Derek Griffiths singling home another run.

Zanauskus finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Hunter Yaworski went 2-for-2 with a walk and scored three runs. Cory Sipos finished 3-for-4 with a double. Ben Carbone went 2-for-3 with a walk and one RBI.

“This was important for everybody’s confidence,” Desaulnier said. “When you’re playing against the Fitchs, the New Londons — you need to be able to put together a lot of hits. I’m really happy to see it’s coming together now. I think we’re ready for this next stretch.”

Gauthier started and picked up the victory, going three innings, strik-ing out six, walking one, hitting one batter, and allowing one run on two hits. Desaulnier pitched the final four innings, striking out three, walking six, hitting one batter, and giving up four runs on six hits.

“Got some tough innings from Jake Gauthier and Ben (Desaulnier) today,” Austin said. “We gutted it out.”

The win against Tourtellotte lifted Killingly’s record to 3-5 and Desaulnier hoped the wins against Woodstock and

Tourtellotte were just the beginning of a turnaround. Killingly is next sched-uled to play host to Norwich Tech on Friday, April 29, with the first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. at Owen Bell Park. The Redmen return to Owen Bell Park at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 30, for a game against Waterford.

“We’ve got a big stretch coming up,” Desaulnier said. “These were import-ant for our season as a whole in order to keep moving forward — in order to keep on the path that we wanted to be on — and get our goal of around eight to 10 wins. It was big stuff. It was good stuff. A win like this just sets the tone for the next couple weeks.”

After committing 10 errors against Lyman Memorial the Redmen’s record stood at 1-5. They reversed an early slide with a pair of wins — coach Austin said there’s no room for error the rest of

the way.“We dug ourselves such a hole that

we can’t relax. Every game has to be a playoff mentality. Let’s go out and try to get the job done,” Austin said. “Now they’re starting to see what they’re capable of. When the kids start to gain that little bit of confidence and everybody’s happy to be on the team, that chemistry starts to build and good things start to happen.

“We’re not going to win all of our games. But we need to understand that we are capable of winning those games — and how we go out and prepare for practice, and being prepared to enter a game is vital.”

Charlie Lentz may be reached at (860) 928-1818, ext. 110, or by e-mail at [email protected].

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PUTNAM — Seven errors were too much for Putnam High to overcome in an 11-3 loss to Windham Tech Monday at Murphy Park. And the Clippers could muster only three hits against Windham Tech sophomore right-hander Andre Jose.

Putnam coach Chris Hehir said the Clippers have to improve their fielding and their hitting as the baseball season

nears its midpoint. The loss dropped Putnam’s record to 5-3.

“Way too many errors. We were ahead and then just one error started everything,” Hehir said.

With Putnam leading 2-1 going into the top of the fifth inning, Windham Tech used three Putnam errors and one hit to plate four runs and take the lead for good, 5-2. Leading 7-2 in the top of the seventh, Windham Tech added four runs with the help of two Putnam

errors and three hits.

Hehir said the Clippers have to start having pro-ductive at-bats.

“We’ve got to put the bat on the ball and not swing at everything over our head,” Hehir said. “We do have young guys but they should know the fundamen-tals of hitting and right now it’s not there.”

Jose earned the complete-game win, striking out 12, walking three, and allowing three runs on three hits. The win lifted Windham Tech’s record to 3-6.

Sophomore right-hander Scott Davagian started and took the loss for Putnam, going five-plus innings, strik-ing out 10, walking four, and allowing five hits and seven runs. Senior righty Kyle Loomis finished up, going two-plus innings, striking out two, walking one, hitting one batter and allowing three hits and four runs.

With a young team and with five wins over its first eight games, Hehir said Putnam should improve in the second half of the season. And junior Zach Cutler missed the Windham Tech game with a pulled hamstring but is expected

to return.“We’ve played solid baseball up to

this point. If the guys can just play like they played last Friday (an 8-5 win over Hale-Ray on April 22), minimize the errors, we should be fine,” Hehir said. “There’s talent on this team. We should have no problem making states and the CSC Tournament.”

Putnam is next scheduled to play host to Wheeler on Friday, April 29, with the first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. at Murphy Park.


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Putnam High’s Kobie Bates attempts to tag Windham Tech’s Nick Martin at second base in the third inning at Murphy Park Monday. Marlin was safe on the play.

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PUTNAM — With six games in nine days, capped by playing Putnam High last Saturday — Tourtellotte Memorial needed some rest for both senior right-hander Crystal Daly and senior catcher Christina Kopacz — and the Tigers were looking for a win as well. Sophomore righty Michaela Godzik pro-vided the day off for Daly — and the Tigers went to work with 15 hits en route to a 15-4 non-league victory over the Clippers at Owen Tarr Field on April 23.

“I think it’s good thing to give Crystal a break when she needs one. It’s tough pitching,” Godzik said. “I’ve been doing it for a long time so I know how hard it can be.”

Godzik supplied some need-ed rest for Daly — who pitched the first of five consecutive games against Woodstock on April 15 and the last of the quintet against Killingly High on April 21.

“We had to give Crystal and Christina a day off because we played a lot of games in the last break, which wasn’t really break,” said Tourtellotte coach Brooke DiFormato. “It was all about getting: One, Michaela some more experience and, two, getting Crystal some rest.”

Godzik earned her winning experience, picking up the complete-game victory, strik-ing out five, walking four, and allowing four runs on seven

hits. Godzik helped her own cause by knocking a pair of run-scoring singles.

“Michaela, as long as she’s throwing strikes and she doesn’t get down on her-self, she’s a great pitcher,” DiFormato said. “She just needs to keep her confidence up and I think this helped that.”

Tourtellotte senior shortstop Carrine Sosnowski went 3-for-4 including a triple, drove home two runs and scored three runs. Senior second baseman Grace Deneault homered. Senior cen-ter fielder Abby Poirer finished 2-for-4. Senior catcher Emily Vincent knocked a two-run double and a sacrifice fly for three RBIs. Senior outfield-er Mariah Beausoleil singled home one run. Senior first baseman Olivia Padula fin-ished 2-for-4 including a double and a triple. And freshman out-fielder Lauren Ramos singled home one run for the Tigers.

With Tourtellotte leading 4-3 after four innings, the Tigers broke it open with eight runs in the top of the fifth inning — paced by Vincent’s two-run double, Sosnowski’s run-scor-ing single, and a run-scoring double from Ramos. Putnam committed seven errors over-all.

“We knew that if we gave them extra outs they were going to take advantage of it,” said Putnam coach Jon Miller.

Putnam senior right-hander Mackenzie Livingston took the complete-game loss, striking out seven and walking five.

Junior first baseman Lindsay Roberts and sophomore short-stop Ashley Burke both singled home one run for the Clippers. The loss dropped Putnam’s record to 5-3. The Clippers are next scheduled to play at Constitution State Conference foe Ellis Tech on Monday, May 2, with the first pitch set for 4 p.m. Coach Miller said the Clippers have to play better defensively to achieve their goals.

“If we can be consistent defensively we should be play-ing in the CSC championship game. I see that as a very likely possibility,” Miller said. “If we aren’t consistent defensively, that’s what hurts us. Still at this point, to be 5-3, we’re way ahead of last year. Last year at this time we were 1-7. We went on a 10-1 run at the end of last season — and we still have plenty of time to do that.”

The victory lifted Tourtellotte’s record to 6-2. The Tigers are next scheduled to play at Eastern Connecticut Conference rival St. Bernard on Friday, April 29.

“I think that we’re proba-bly off to a better start than we have been in a few years, which is a positive outlook,” DiFormato said. “But I keep telling them not to get ahead of themselves. We’ve got to take every game one day at a time.”


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WOODSTOCK — Pitching hasn’t been the concern of Woodstock Academy coach Bill Carpenter. Lack of hitting has been the Centaurs neme-sis. Woodstock fell to Griswold 2-1 last Friday at Bentley Athletic Complex — completing a string of four games in which the Centaurs scored a collective total of three runs.

“We need to hit now. We need to hit,” Carpenter said. “The gloves are coming around. The pitching’s good. We need to start spraying the ball around the park. That’s what we need to do.”

Trailing Griswold 2-1 in the bottom of sixth inning — Woodstock loaded the bases with one out but could not muster a run, allowing the Wolverines to escape by inducing a lineout and a flyout. The Centaurs managed just four hits against Griswold.

Griswold manufactured a run in the top of the first inning. Joel Garcia reached on an infield single, advanced to second base on a wild pitch, tagged up and moved to third base on a short fly ball to right field. Garcia scored on a groundout from Bryce Mileski. The Wolverines pushed their lead to 2-0 on Alan Rondeau’s run-scoring triple in the top of the fifth inning.

Woodstock pulled within 2-1 as pinch runner Sam Majek scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Centaurs best chance for a big inning came in the bottom of the of the sixth inning. Leadoff hitter Nick Short reached on an error, David Redfield sin-gled, and Zach Gagnon singled with one out to load the bases. But the Centaurs could not cash in on the opportunity.

“We have to hit the ball hard some-where, or on the ground even in that position, with the infield back — hit it in a hole somewhere, hit the ball hard,” said Carpenter of the sixth-inning opportunity. “We could have gotten a run there. That was the big opportunity there, with the bases loaded for sure. We didn’t get the job done.”

Griswold left-hander Gage Coleman picked up the complete-game victory, striking out three, walking four, and allowing one run on four hits. The win lifted Griswold’s record to 4-5.

Woodstock squandered a good start from junior right-hander Alden Brennan. Brennan took the loss, going five innings, allowing five hits and two runs. Griswold’s first run was aided in the first inning when Garcia moved to third base on a fly ball to the outfield that perhaps wasn’t deep enough to eas-ily allow Garcia to tag up and advance.

“Alden pitched well. I thought we gave them their first run by not being mentally ready coming into the game — we preach to think before the play and we weren’t ready (on Garcia’s advance to third base),” Carpenter said.

Junior right-hander David Redfield finished up and went two innings, strik-ing out two, walking one, and allowing no runs and one hit. The loss dropped Woodstock’s record to 1-5. The Centaurs are next scheduled to play host to Bacon Academy on Friday, April 29, with the first pitch scheduled for 4:15 p.m. at Bentley Athletic Complex.


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Woodstock’s Alden Brennan pitches against Griswold last Friday at Bentley Athletic Complex.

Woodstock Academy edged by Griswold

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Tourtellotte’s Emily Vincent tags out Putnam’s Aliceya Labonte at the plate in the third inning last Saturday at Owen Tarr Field in Putnam.

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Putnam’s Mackenzie Livingston pitches against Tourtellotte last Saturday at Owen Tarr Field in Putnam.

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Tourtellotte’s Michaela Godzik last Saturday at Owen Tarr Field in Putnam.



WOODSTOCK — It will likely be a heavy lift reviving Woodstock Academy’s football program but Daryl Daleen is heavily credentialed in resusci-tating teams gasping for wins.

“This is something I’ve done my whole career,” said Daleen, who was introduced as Woodstock’s head coach Tuesday. “I’ve gone to places where they didn’t win and we win.”

As an assistant Daleen helped transform a five-win program at Newberry College in South Carolina to an 11-win team and South Atlantic Conference champion over a three-year span. From Newberry he moved on to assist at the University of Pikeville in Kentucky in 2007, then up the ladder to the University of New Haven before landing at Central Connecticut State University in 2014 — where Daleen was special teams coor-dinator, linebacker coach, and recruiter.

Daleen recently gave notice at Central Connecticut and now he’s tasked with reviv-ing a Centaurs grid program that finished with one win and nine losses last season, was 2-30 over the last three seasons, and 5-57 over the last six years. He looked forward to the chal-lenge.

“I actually like the fact that they’re terrible,” Daleen said.

Daleen wants a crack at changing the perception of Woodstock Academy football.

“I think every coach is a bit

of an artist. Deep down I like to think of myself as a paint-er — having a blank slate is sometimes way more appeal-ing than coming into a pro-gram that’s successful,” Daleen said. “These kids, I think, want to win. They’re really primed to win. The two and 30 (record) doesn’t mean anything to me. I wasn’t here during that time. I don’t see that as being an issue.”

Daleen and his wife, Mara, have a 2-year-old son, Daedric, and a daughter, Arya, five months old. He takes over for Clay Killingsworth, who departed after three seasons as head coach. Killingsworth was neither a faculty member nor administrator at Woodstock Academy and did not have con-tact with his players during the school day. Daleen has been hired full-time and will also serve as an assistant athletic director at the school. He’ll have a greater opportunity to interact daily with his players and also identify new recruits on campus.

“It’s going to be a huge advantage. To be able to recruit the hallways is going to huge,” Daleen said. “There’s a lot of kids walking around here that are not playing sports that should be. The second thing about me being in the school, the cerebral part of the game gets a little bit better because now I’m going to be around the kids to talk football — like immediately after school, meet-ings, academics, strength-con-ditioning stuff gets a lot better.”

There is no youth football program that is solely dedi-cated to funneling players to

Woodstock Academy. The local WPTP youth program sends a percentage its players — those from Woodstock and Pomfret — to Woodstock Academy. But many of its players — those from Thompson and Putnam — play high school football for the Quinebaug Valley Pride co-op team, comprised of play-ers who attend either Putnam High, Tourtellotte Memorial in Thompson or Ellis Tech in Danielson. Although the

Academy has no dedicated youth program feeding play-ers solely to Woodstock, Daleen did not see this as a hindrance.

“Very few schools in the country, on the grand scheme, have a dedicated youth pro-gram for that school. There will be a lot of schools in the coun-try that do this — if the kids come in and they’re willing to block, tackle, and run — then that’s 80 percent of it,” Daleen said. “I’m going to spend some time with the youth program out there to make sure they’re involved in that.”

Regardless of the skill level of his players, Daleen said he will emphasize sound fundamental football and adapt his players’ abilities to his philosophy.

“I’m not curing cancer up here. We’re coaching football. So we’ve got to make it where they can understand it and be able to fit in our system when they get here,” Daleen said. “Again, if they can run and tackle and block, then we work with everything else.”

Daleen has a lengthy and respected coaching resume but doesn’t intend to install an overly complicated offense or an intricate defensive scheme.

“There’s an old adage in my business: It’s not what I know, it’s what they know. That’s what we’re going to do, is fig-ure out what they know and then run from there,” Daleen said. “I think these kids are going to be able to take in a lot more than most people expect. As long as the system’s in place — continuity and care and

pride in what we’re doing. I don’t know what they did here in the past, I don’t really care. I know what we’re going to do in the future is try to get some-thing coherent and something the kids can really wrap their heads around.”

In addition to being solid inside and outside of the class-room — Daleen expects his players to be dedicated to the weight room.

“Strength conditioning is huge, it’s 80 percent of the game. Everything we’re going to do here is going to be based on academics, strength condi-tioning, and community ser-vice,” Daleen said.

Last season Woodstock played the Quinebaug Valley Pride for the first time in years — losing 30-15 on Sept. 19 — but drawing the biggest crowd of the season to Bentley Athletic Complex. The Pride is on Woodstock’s schedule again next fall but Daleen said it doesn’t matter who the Centaurs play — only winning matters — the only surefire method to resuscitate a pro-gram.

“I am not a rivalry guy. I’m not a Thanksgiving guy. I’m a guy that wants whatever gets these kids motivated. So if it’s going to put 700, 800 people in the stands — then I’ll play who-ever,” Daleen said. “Just want to play football.”


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Daryl Daleen, with his son, Daedric, at Woodstock Academy Tuesday. Daleen was introduced as the new head football coach and assistant athletic director at the school.

Daleen hired to revive Woodstock football

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Woodstock quarterback Jared Bouten passes to Mason Defocy against Montville last Oct. 31 at Bentley Athletic Complex in Woodstock. Both Bouten and Defocy will be seniors next season.

UNCASVILLE — Killingly High’s Austin Caffrey and Josh Angel have both been select-ed to play in the Super 100 Connecticut All-Star Game on June 25 at Rentschler Field in Hartford. Both were All-

State and All-Conference players for the Redmen this past season. Killingly finished last season with a record of 10-2 and reached the semifi-nals of the Class M State Tournament and earned a share of the Eastern

Connecticut Conference Small Division title. This is the second year the Redmen have been repre-sented in the prestigious All-Star game, following running back Michael Elsey’s appearance last year.

Both Caffrey and Killingly head coach Chad Neal Honored were recognized by the Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame on April 24 at the Mohegan Sun Ballroom. Caffrey was awarded scholar-athlete honors by the founda-tion for his excellence in the classroom, com-munity, and on the grid-iron. Neal was named

the foundation’s Coach of the Year. The Redmen were also presented the Noonan Sportsmanship Award from the Eastern Connecticut Football Officials this past season.

Caffrey announced recently that he intends to continue his career at the University of New Haven next fall. Caffrey rushed for for 1,796 yards and 23 touchdowns last season, including 356 yards and five touch-downs in a 40-7 win over

Bacon Academy last Oct. 10. New Haven finished 7-4 last season and com-petes in the Northeast 10 Conference. Austin was a four-year starter and also played linebacker. He led Killingly with 112 tackles, 12 and one-half tackles for a loss, and had three sacks last season. He is the son of Chad and Betty Caffrey and plans on majoring in criminal justice at UNH.

Accolades for Killingly football program

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Killingly’s Austin Caffrey (10) and Josh Angel (55) have been picked to play in the Super 100 Connecticut All-Star Game at Rentschler Field in June.

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From left, Killingly assistant coaches Josh Fortin, Trevor Larrow, head coach Chad Neal, Austin Caffrey, and assistant coaches Chad Caffrey, Matt Sumner and Kevin Marcoux. Neal and Austin Caffrey hold awards bestowed by the Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of National Football Foundation last Sunday at the Mohegan Sun ballroom in Uncasville.



THOMPSON — Tourtellotte seemed to run out of gas in a 16-5 loss to Killingly High on April 20 — the tank near empty after the third of three games on consecutive days. But coach Adam Child said the Tigers can’t make excuses if they want a success-ful season and a berth in the Class S Tournament.

“We just didn’t have the energy level today,” Child said. “This was our third game in a row. We could see our ener-gy level decline. We were all amped up on Monday against Putnam and then as the week progresses our energy lev-el’s going down. If we’re going to play to our level we need that energy level at 100 percent every single game.”

Senior right-hander Noah Putnam took the loss against Killingly, walk-ing five and allowing four runs on one hit before being lifted with two outs in the first inning. Putnam is the Tigers fourth starter but Child expected bet-ter. Tourtellotte committed seven errors against Killingly.

“(Putnam’s) my No. 4 but he has to do a better job. But the team as a whole has to do a better job,” Child said.

Sophomore right-hander Devin Barbour went two and one-third

innings for Tourtellotte, striking out two, walking one, hitting one batter, and allowing two hits and four runs. Senior right-hander Tyler Hopkins finished up, going four innings, strik-ing out one, walking two, and allowing eight hits and eight runs.

Senior center fielder Alex Angelo went 4-for-4 with a double and a triple, and scored three runs for Tourtellotte. Senior second baseman Tyler Boyden finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Tigers.

The loss dropped Tourtellotte’s record to 2-3. The Tigers are next scheduled to play host to St. Bernard on Saturday, April 30, with the first pitch scheduled for 11 a.m. at Tourtellotte Memorial’s Field. Child expects his team to perform at 100 percent of capacity against the Saints Saturday — and throughout the rest of the season.

“With the teams in this league we can’t afford to not be energetic throughout the entire game,” Child said.


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Tourtellotte’s Devin Barbour pitches against Killingly on April 20.

Tourtellotte hits rough patch against Killingly


DAYVILLE — Emily Vincent had an idea of how Ashley Veillette was going to pitch to her and that made all the differ-ence. Vincent is Tourtellotte’s cleanup hitter and she came to the plate against Veillette, Killingly’s sophomore right-hander, with two runners on base and the Tigers trailing Killingly by a pair of runs in the top of the fifth inning on April 21 at Foxy Fortin Field.

Vincent and Veillette are summertime teammates on the South County Storm in Massachusetts — so Vincent was familiar with Veillette’s pitching repertoire. After hit-ting a pair of grounders in her first two at-bats Vincent was ready for her third time at the plate.

“I play with Ashley over the summer so I know how she kind of pitches,” said Tourtellotte’s junior third baseman. “She’s really, really good. I think I adjusted to her.”

With Tourtellotte trailing Killingly 4-2 with one out in the fifth inning — Vincent adjust-ed a pitch over left fielder Lexi Montagne’s head for a three-run homer to give the Tigers a one-run lead en route to a 7-4 victory. Tourtellotte managed just one hit off Veillette over the first four innings but put together five hits in the fifth frame.

“I think it was just a change of their mental approach at the plate,” said Tourtellotte coach Brooke DiFormato of the fifth-inning rally. “I don’t think they really made any adjustments to the pitching, except for it was their third time through in the order — that, plus changing your men-tal approach and really having that fire and that mental tough-ness, that’s what I’ve been try-ing to get them to improve on all year. They really wanted it so they did it.”

Trailing 4-0 going into the top of the fifth, Vincent’s homer paced a five run outburst that gave the Tigers the lead for good. Freshman Lauren Ramos started the fifth-inning rally with a one-out double. Ramos bats ninth in Tourtellotte’s order.

“It’s always good when the bottom of your order can get on and you know that the top’s coming up right behind them,” DiFormato said. “Because the top of my order has great speed and great bats so they can knock them in and that’s the game plan. Lauren (Ramos) is kind of like a second lead-off because she’s fast and she’s good hitter. So I keep her down there for some extra security.”

Crystal Daly earned the com-plete-game win for Tourtellotte, going seven innings, striking out five, walking three, and allowing six hits and four runs, two earned. Daly survived a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh inning to hang on to the win — inducing a fielder’s choice at the plate for the second out and a flyout to end it.

“They just had to refocus

every pitch and not worry about the baserunners,” said DiFormato of the Tigers defense in the bottom of the seventh. “I tell them it’s a game of outs. Focus on one thing at a time. We’re up so we just need to get outs, make sure they’re the sure outs, and that’s what got us out of there.”

DiFormato said the Tigers always looked forward to fac-ing the Redgals.

“We always kind of have a rivalry with Killingly. I didn’t know what to expect because I know they have a new coach,” DiFormato said. “But we always play them tough here. They always seem to get the

best of us here at Owen Bell. But this time we fought harder and I think that’s a credit to my girls’ determination.”

Carrine Sosnowski went 3-for-4 for Tourtellotte with one RBI. Christina Kopacz finished 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs for the Tigers.

Veillette absorbed the defeat, going six and one-third innings, striking out four, hit-ting one batter, and giving up eight hits and seven runs, five earned. Veillette went 2-for-4 with a triple at the plate. Cara Mayhew knocked a two-run triple for Killingly and Lexi Lamontagne singled home one run. Killingly led 4-0 after four

innings but could not with-stand Tourtellotte’s fifth-in-ning rally.

“We’re still a good softball team. We’re just not quite putting together those seven innings,” said Killingly first-year coach Lance Leduc. “We knew (Tourtellotte) was a good team. They’re not going to just hand you anything. You’ve got to go out and kind of take it — that means seven innings. Credit them, it’s not like they didn’t put the bat on the ball and line a couple out to the outfield and go out and take it themselves. But then you start to see the shoulders shrugging

and you start to see a couple girls starting to kind of get down a little bit — and that’s on me to let them know we’re fine. They’re getting there. I’m still proud of them.”

The loss dropped Killingly’s record to 4-2. The Redgals are next scheduled to play at Waterford on Friday, April 29. The win lifted Tourtellotte’s record to 5-2. The Tigers are next scheduled to play at St. Bernard on Friday.


Vincent helps Tourtellotte rally past rival Killingly

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Tourtellotte shortstop Carrine Sosnowski readies to tag out Killingly’s Cara Mayhew attempting to steal second base in the first inning at Owen Bell Park’s Foxy Fortin Field.

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Tourtellotte’s Crystal Daly pitches against Killingly High.

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Killingly’s Ashley Veillette pitches against Tourtellotte.

PLAINFIELD — Woodstock Academy senior right-hander Rylee Hehir struck out 13 and took a perfect game into the sev-enth inning against Plainfield last Saturday. Melina Faison broke up the no-hitter with a single up the middle with one out for host Plainfield’s only hit in Woodstock’s 13-0 win over the Panthers in softball on April 22. Hehir went 3-for-4 at the plate with a homer, two doubles, and three RBIs. Heidi Lotter, Angela Caponi, and Hannah Reynolds each doubled for the Centaurs. The win lifted Woodstock’s record to 5-4. The Centaurs are next scheduled to play at Bacon Academy on Friday, April 29.

PUTNAM 7, WINDHAM TECH 2

WILLIMANTIC — Lindsay Roberts knocked four hits and had three RBIs to help the Clippers defeat host Windham Tech in softball on Monday, April 25. Mackenzie Livingston picked up the win, striking out 10. Ashley Burke and Julie Loomis each had three hits for Putnam. Windham Tech’s record fell to 3-5. The win lifted Putnam’s record to 6-3. Putnam is next scheduled to play at Ellis Tech on Monday, May 2.

ELLIS TECH 22, HOLY FAMILY 2

NORTH FRANKLIN — Kirstin Light had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Golden Eagles to the win at The Academy of Holy Family in softball on Monday, April 25. Autumn Jackson had three RBIs and Rhiannon Sulik and Sophie DiPanni each had two RBIs for Ellis Tech. Kerri Fulton struck out three for Ellis Tech. The loss dropped Holy Family’s record to 0-4. The win lifted Ellis Tech’s record to 7-2. Ellis Tech next plays host to Putnam on Monday.

KILLINGLY TENNIS

DAYVILLE — The Redgals swept Montville 7-0 in girls tennis on Monday, April 25 at Killingly High. In singles: Abby Laseter (K) defeated Indigo Whisman (M) 6-0, 6-0; Teagan Waggoner (K) defeat-ed Amanda Hester (M) 6-0, 6-0; Haley Larose (K) defeated Luisa Alarcon (M) 6-1, 6-2; Julia Mossey (K) defeated Tessa Rummel (M) 6-0, 5-7, 7-5.

In doubles: Cierra Peaslee/Taylor Nicholson (K) defeated Kayla Andrews/Tiffany Liang (M) 6-2, 6-0; Brittany Bennett/Jordan Bennett (K) defeated Abby Houser/Karen Lau (M) 6-2, 6-2; Sarah McMerriman/Bridget Hayes (K) defeated Vicky Lin/Rachel Liang 6-2, 6-2.

WOODSTOCK GOLF

THOMPSON — Woodstock Academy defeated Manchester and East Lyme at Quinnatisset Country Club in girls golf on Monday, April 25. Team scores were Woodstock 214, Manchester 236, and East Lyme 268. Woodstock’s Roxanne Garceau was the medalist, shooting a 43 over nine holes. The win lifted Woodstock’s record to 4-0-1.

PUTNAM 8, HALE-RAY 5

EAST HADDAM — Nick Foucault struck out 12 in a complete-game effort and helped his own cause with three hits and two RBIs at the plate to lead the Clippers past host Hale-Ray in baseball last Friday, April 22. Zach Cutler had three hits for the Clippers and Mitchel Barylski had two RBIs. The win lifted Putnam’s record to 5-2. Putnam is next scheduled to play host to Wheeler on Friday, April 29, with the first pitch set for 4 p.m. at Murphy Park.

ELLIS TECH SOFTBALL

MANCHESTER — Ellis Tech swept a doubleheader at Cheney Tech last Friday, April

22, winning the opener 11-3 and the nightcap 20-7. In game one Hannah Carignan went 2-for-2 with a triple and one RBI, Sydney Tetrault tripled and had three RBIs for Ellis Tech. Kirstin Light, Anna Riddick, Rhiannon Sulik, and Sarah Teller each went 2-for-2 for the Golden Eagles. Riddick pitched three innings and struck out three.

In game two Riddick went 3-for-4 with a homer and a dou-ble and four RBIs. Tetrault knocked two doubles with four RBIs. Sulik went 3-for-3 with

one RBI. Carignan homered, went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Tellier tripled and doubled and Autumn Jackson tripled. Light pitched three and two-thirds innings, striking out six.

PUTNAM 21, PRINCE TECH 0

PUTNAM — Aliceya Labonte struck out four and allowed two hits to help the Clippers defeat Prince Tech last Friday, April 22. Putnam amassed 17 hits, led by Julia Loomis and Makenzie Livingston, who each had three hits and three RBIs for Putnam. Lindsay Roberts had three RBIs and Ashley Burke knocked three hits for the Clippers.

KNIGHTS TENNIS

POMFRET —Marianapolis Prep defeated host Rectory School 7-2 in boys tennis last Saturday, April 23, in ten-nis. Marianapolis sophomore Ramiro Escobedo Silva, and seniors Zhangyuan Gao and Jiayu Wang all won tight matches in third through fifth singles to power the Golden Knights.

Gao, a senior co-captain, ral-lied from 1-4 down to author the signature win of his sea-son. Wang also came back from 3-5 behind to win 8-6. Knights junior Fangzhou Liu played one of the finest matches of his three-year Marianapolis career in defeating a talented Aderemi Adefioye at second singles.

Andrew Zelinski, Rectory’s top player, won two match-es and demonstrated excel-

lent shotmaking throughout. Marianapolis improved to 5-2 overall with its third straight win. This was the first time since 2011 that the Golden Knights have defeated Rectory School.

In singles: Zelinski (R) defeated Sebastian Porras (M), 8-1; Liu (M) defeat-ed Aderemi Adefioye (R), 8-1; Silva (M) defeated Marshall Kilvert (R), 8-6; Gao (M) defeat-ed Juan Ruiz (R), 8-6; Wang (M) defeated Henry Wang (R), 8-6; Shun-Yi “Brian” Chang (M) defeated Seiyu Nakajima (R), 8-2.

In doubles: Andrew Zelinski and Aderemi Adefioye (R) defeated Liu/Zhuoyao Song (M), 8-3; Xiyao Ge/Yu Zhou Wu (M) defeated Jin Tanaka/Vincent Cai (R), 8-0; Chengtao Song/Zeliang Hu (M) defeated Tracey Chen/Catherine Li (R), 8-2

KNIGHTS LACROSSE

THOMPSON — Marianapolis Prep lost to Williams School 17-7 in girls varsity lacrosse last Friday, April 22. Williams led 9-6 at halftime. Four of the six Marianapolis goals came from junior Emily Sheridan and two were scored by sophomore Emily Maguire. Freshman Emma Pickett would score the last and only score of the second half for the Golden Knights. Other standouts were junior Kaitlin Dodos at cen-ter and junior Emily Hebert at third man defense.


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DANIELSON – William O. Racine, 75, of Danielson, husband of Roseann (Pearson) Racine passed away peace-fully on April 21. Besides his wife he is survived by his children, Cheryl Livernoche and husband Jeff, Daryl W. Racine, Beverly Morrison and husband Fred, Tina Whiteley and husband Sean; grandchildren Melissa, April, Erin, Mackenzie, Allison, Brian, Zachary, Jeffrey, and Grayson; five great grand-children, his siblings, Barbara Coumo, Rick Racine, Cynthia Racine and Bruce Simmons. His love of golf rec-ognized him once with an award of First Flight at Woodstock Country Club. He worked for many years for Danielson

Oil Company and Water Brothers. Last but not least he is survived by his other wife Barbara Cyr. A graveside service was held on Thursday at 11:00 A.M. at Holy Cross Cemetery, Danielson. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers donations in William’s memory may be made to Hospice of Northeastern CT, P.O. Box 632, Putnam, CT 06260 or Matulaitis Nursing Home, 10 Thurber Road, Putnam, CT 06260. To leave an online condolence please visit tilling-hastfh.com


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SUMMERFIELD, FLORIDA - Steven E. Lafantasie, 57, for-merly of Killingly, died March 25 in Summerfield, Florida. He was born in Putnam on November 8, 1958 and spent most of his life

living in Killingly, until 2011 when he moved to Summerfield, Florida, where he resided with his daughter for the remainder of his years. Steven was an avid sports fan and avid coin and stein collector. He is survived by his former wife Gail Jackson; chil-dren, Jennifer, Patrick and Stephanie

Lafantasie; grandchildren, Drey Jr., Shannon, Hannah, Laniya and Todd Jr. He also leaves behind his sister Robin Ball and brothers, Lee and Wayne Lafantasie along with nieces, nephews and cousins. He was prede-ceased by his mother Vivian Morton, his father Leon Lafantasie and brother Patrick Lafantasie.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. in Westfield Cemetery, Danielson. Calling hours will be held on Friday April 29, from 6:00-8:00 P.M. in Tillinghast Funeral Home, 433 Main St., Danielson. Donations in Steven‚Äôs memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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COUDERSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA ---Samantha J. “Sami Jo” Deiter, 25, of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, for-merly of Thompson, passed away sur-rounded by her lov-ing family on Friday,

April 22, at Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.

Born September 4, 1990 in Coudersport, she was a daughter of Stephanie J. “Taffy” Chitester and Randy R. Deiter.

Sami Jo was a graduate of Tourtellotte High School in Thompson, Connecticut and was a graduate of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Soon after graduating from college, she was diagnosed with the rare brain disor-der, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Syndrome.

Sami Jo attended St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Coudersport. She loved to travel, enjoyed going to the beach, and had a great love for all animals, including great white sharks. Her greatest love was her family.

Surviving are her mother, Stephanie J. “Taffy” (Scott Hale) Chitester of Thompson; her father, Randy R.

(Dawn) Deiter of Coudersport, Pennyslvania; her maternal grand-parents, Gerald and Kim Chitester of Coudersport, Pennsylvania; a broth-er, Ryan J. Chitester of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; three aunts, Renee DeMay, Jessica Chitester and Abby (Josh) Ayers; many other aunts, uncles, and cousins; and her extended Deiter and Strayer families.

Sami Jo was predeceased by her paternal grandfather, Richard Deiter; and an aunt, Mary Gray.

Calling hours were on Thursday in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. A service of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 29, 2016 in St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Dr. Darrel R. Justh, pas-tor, and the Rev. Carl P. Greene, Potter County Hospice Chaplain, officiating.

A reception will follow the funeral services at the Coudersport American Legion.

Flowers are gratefully declined and will be provided by the family. Memorials may be made to Teacher’s Pet Rescue, 19 Blackberry Lane, Coudersport, PA 16915.

Sami Jo’s family has entrusted her care to the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse, PA.

To express condolences or share a fond memory of Sami Jo, please visit www.virgillhowardfuneralhome.com

Samantha J. “Sami Jo” Deiter, 25

WARREN, Mass. — Roger L. Hebert, 77, died April 17, in the Overlook Masonic Home in Charlton.

He leaves his wife of 55 years Virginia (Booth) Hebert; a daughter in law Justine Hebert; three grand-sons Ryan, Reid and Tyler and three siblings.

Roger was predeceased by his daugh-ter Lindy Sue Hebert in 1974 and a son Rodger E. Hebert.

Roger was born in Thompson, on Aug. 1, 1938, and proudly served his country in the US Navy. He was a Rural Mail Carrier in Brookfield for many years until he retired and he created “The Jewel of Christmas Tree Farm,” which he owned and operated in Warren. Roger and Virginia spent 37 years traveling in Florida follow-ing baseball spring training and they

traveled extensively together though out the United State. Roger enjoyed spend-ing time with his family, traveling and fly-fishing.

Calling hours were held Tuesday, April 26, in Pillsbury Funeral Home, 3 West Brookfield Rd., Brookfield. The funeral was held on Wednesday in the funeral. Burial with military honors followed in St. Paul’s Cemetery in Warren.

Donations may be made in his name to the Lindy Sue Hebert Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 446, West Warren, MA 01083, or a charity of one’s choice.

Please visit: Pillsburyfuneralhome.com.

Roger L. Hebert, 77

D A N I E L S O N – Betty Louise Winkler, 86, of Danielson, passed away on April 21 at Day Kimball Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on

December 20, 1929, daughter of the late Emile and Elizabeth (Seethaler) Miller. She was married to Edward C. Winkler June 11, 1949, married 41 years, until his passing on December 6, 1990. Betty worked at Pervel Industries and then went on to recreational direc-tor at Norwichtown Convalescent Home and later at Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn until her retirement in 1992. Betty enjoyed play-ing cards, games, trivia, taking trips to the casino and anything that involved spending time with her family which is what she was the happiest doing.

She is survived by her beloved sis-ter Audrey Carnahan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also surviving are

Betty’s seven loving children, Michael Winkler and his wife Phyllis of Vernon, Edward Winkler and his wife Kitty of Oakdale, Kathleen Ferland-Guglielmo and her husband Mike of Sterling, Darlene Fuller and her part-ner Tom Suedhoff of Dearly, Idaho, David Winkler and his wife Patricia of Norwich, Paul Winkler and his wife Mary Jane of Irmo South Carolina, Christine Winkler and her partner Jana Norman of Killingly. Her thir-teen grandchildren, Melanie (Derek) Winkler, Joanna (Jeff) Shapiro, Tristan Winkler, Caitlin Winkler, Joshua Ferland, Noah (Nancy) Ferland, Michael Guglielmo Jr., Thomas (Heidi) LaFlesh, Adam LaFlesh, Bryan Winkler, Chelsea Winkler, Jason Winkler and Aaron Winkler. Also sur-vived by her two great grandchildren Samuel and Lenore LaFlesh.

A graveside service was held on Thursday in All Hallows Cemetery, Moosup. There are no calling hours. To leave an online condolence please visit tillinghastfh.com

Betty (Elizabeth) Louise Winkler, 86

P U T N A M -Madeline (Graziano) Lussier aged 89, left her beloved family Sunday, after a brief illness.

She was born July 25, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, daugh-ter of Donato and

Florence (Muskat) Graziano. This city girl spent summers in Putnam in her youth and is where she met her husband Theodore W. Lussier. She was widowed in 1969. Madeline courageously and with never-ending energy raised her three boys with fear-lessness and boundless love despite many obstacles. Madeline had a var-ied working career at Montgomery Ward, the Town Hall, the Department of Motor Vehicles and lastly, the John N. Dempsey Center. Her position at the DMV was auspicious because if it wasn’t for her job she could not possibly have passed her driver’s test. (No New York City girl ever needed a

license!) But her job at Dempsey was her favorite because it gave her the opportunity to donate time with spe-cial needs people and she spent many happy hours teaching them to dance.

Madeline is survived by her three sons, Michael T. Lussier and his wife Deborah of Florida and Pomfret; Daniel J. Lussier and his wife Celeste of Putnam; and Paul R. Lussier and his wife Sherri of Pomfret; seven grand-children, 10 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother Joseph Graziano of Brooklyn, and a sister Evelyn Mier of Florida and an infant granddaughter Michelle S. Lussier.

The funeral and Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday in Putnam, burial followed in St. Mary Cemetery. Calling hours were held on Wednesday. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Arc Quinebaug Valley, 687 Cook Hill Rd, Danielson, CT 06239. Share a memory at www.smithand-walkerfh.com

Madeline Graziano Lussier, 89

RUTLAND — Robert K. Swedberg, 53, of Rutland, died on Saturday, April 16, in the UMass Memorial Medical Center – Memorial Campus, after a severe asthma attack.

Mr. Swedberg was born in Worcester and is sur-vived by his mother, Marcia L. Richard of Bullhead City, Ariz.; his father, Norman K. Swedberg of North Oxford; two sisters, Chele Salliby of East Killingly, and Diane Swedberg of Worcester; three half brothers, Joseph Richard of North Fort Meyers, Fla., Scott Swedberg of Leominster,

and Jason Swedberg of Worcester; four step brothers and sisters, Donna Greene and Jeffrey Richard both of CA and Raymond Richard Jr. and Sheila Puda both of Arizona as well as many other loved ones.

He is predeceased by his step father Raymond P. Richard.

Bob enjoyed traveling and camping, and was an avid fan of various water sports. He knew how to live life and have fun.

He will be sadly missed and fondly remembered.

Private funeral services are under the care of Paradis Givner Funeral Home 357 Main Street Oxford, MA.

Visit www.paradisfuneralhome.com.

Robert K. Swedberg, 53

PUTNAM – Anita C. Place, 85, formerly of West Thompson., died April 25 in Westview Nursing Home. She was the loving wife of the late Charles W. Place. Born in Putnam, she was the daughter

of the late Alphonse and Mary Rose (Depot) Picard. Mrs. Place was a grad-uate of St. Joseph High School in N. Grosvenordale.

Mrs. Place enjoyed cooking, sewing, knitting, crocheting, baking, and trav-eling and shopping with her daugh-ter Cindy. She worked at Belding Heminway for over 30 years and prior to that she worked at Colts Plastics.

Anita is survived by her sons, Richard “Peter” Place and his wife

Audrey of Putnam, Donald Place and his companion Kerri of Thompson, and David Place and his wife Karen of Thompson; daughters, Cynthia LaBonte of Putnam and Karen and her husband Lucien A. LaPalme of Thompson; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and brother, David Picard and his wife Claudette of Putnam; and two nieces Allison and Marcia. She was predeceased by a sis-ter Alice Jewell.

Calling hours were held on April 28 in Putnam. A funeral service will take place in the funeral home at 10:00AM on Friday, April 29, 2016 followed by burial in in West Thompson Cemetery. Memorial donations in Anita’s mem-ory may be made to The Westview Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Activities Fund, 150 Ware Rd., Dayville, CT 06241.

Anita C. Place, 85

DAYVILLE – Evelyn M. Fairfield, 91, of Dayville, for-merly of Woodstock passed away on April 17. Evelyn’s husband of 57 years, Thurston G. Eddy died on April 15, 2003. She married Elmer A. Fairfield on

November 1, 2003. He predeceased her on June 13, 2011.

Evelyn was the daughter of Eric and Anne Johnson. Born in Philadelphia on July 8, 1924, she moved with her family to Woodstock, in 1935. She grad-uated from Woodstock Academy in 1942 and went on to take a one-year secretarial course at Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Her first job was with the NY, NH & Albany RR at Union Station in Worcester as a bookkeeper and reser-vation clerk. Evelyn also worked at the American Optical Co. in Southbridge, Massachusetts from 1945 to 1947 in the foreign sales and billing dept. She worked as secretary to the principal of the Woodstock Elementary School from 1963-1971. Then from Sept. 1971 to 1986 she worked at the Woodstock town offices, becoming certified as an assistant town clerk in 1973.

Evelyn was an active member of the East Woodstock Congregational Church for over 60 years. Over the

years she served as Treasurer to the Missions Committee and the Ladies Benevolent Society. She also cooked for the needy once a month along with a group of women from the church at the community kitchen of the Methodist Church in North Grosvenordale.

Evelyn is survived by her broth-er Walter and his wife Doris (Davis) Johnson of Daytona Beach, Florida; a son, Ralph Eddy and his wife Deborah (Rich) of Avon; a son, Steven Eddy of Woodstock Valley; a daughter, Kathryn Eddy Roth and her husband Paul of Bloomfield, Vermont; a step-daughter, Amber Fairfield Bierken and her hus-band Dean of Clinton; a step-daughter Heather Fairfield of Sedona, Arizona; four grandchildren; three great-grand-children and several nieces and neph-ews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to East Woodstock Congregational Church, PO Box 156, E Woodstock, CT 06244, or Westview Health Care Center Recreation Fund, PO Box 428, Dayville, CT 06241.

There will be a Committal Service at the Elmvale Cemetery in Woodstock at 11:00 AM on Friday April 29. A Memorial Service will follow at the East Woodstock Congregational Church at 12:00 (NOON). Share a mem-ory at www.smithandwalkerfh.com

Evelyn M. Fairfield, 91

PUTNAM – Gary S. Rathbone, 55, of Green St., died April 17. Born in Putnam, he was the son of the late Charles and Nancy (Emerson) Rathbone. Mr. Rathbone was best known for his strong work ethic and kind heart. He was employed as a machine operator for Norampac for 20 years. You might have seen his friend-ly face when he worked as a inventory clerk at Stop and Shop for over 20 years, or while

working as a farmhand at Roxbury Farms for 30 years. He was a very social man who enjoyed hunting, mus-cle cars, watching westerns and espe-cially loved animals.

Gary is survived by his broth-

er, Richard Rathbone and his wife Kimberly of Bow, New Hampshire his sister, Sandra Hamilton and her hus-band Keith Hamilton of Thompson; and many nieces and nephews includ-ing Aubree and Tanner Rathbone, Brandon and Hayden Hamilton, Menny Merchant and Felicia Brownlow. He was predeceased by his sister, the late Deborah Rathbone.

A Celebration of Gary’s life will take place on Saturday, May 14, at Roxbury Farms, 169 Pulpit Rock Road in Woodstock, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to your local SPCA in Gary’s name. For memorial guestbook visit www.GilmanAndValade.com.

Gary S. Rathbone, 55

HEBRON – Bernice S. Hibbard, 81, of Hebron, passed away on April 22, Earth Day, at the Marlborough Health & Rehabilitation Center. Her loving husband John and her daughter Beth were by her side. She was born December 23, 1934 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Jacob S. and Alverta (Burket) Stoner. Bernice married John E. Hibbard on July 3, 1965 in Mechanicsburg. They resided in Glastonbury before mov-ing to Hebron in 1966. She attend-ed Messiah Academy in Grantham, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Elizabethtown College, Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing, and then received her MS in Nursing from Yale (in 1964). In 1958 and 1959, she volun-teered with the Brethren Volunteer Service and served as a nurse at a hospital in Castañer, Puerto Rico. She worked as a nurse in various capacities throughout her career, as a visiting nurse, maternal and child health nurse and nursing instructor. Most recently,

she was employed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health before her retirement in 1992. Following her retirement she volunteered with several nonprofit healthcare organi-zations. She will be sadly missed but always remembered with love by her husband John of Hebron; her daughter Beth Hibbard and her partner Theo Golinko of Watertown, Massachusetts; brother Leonard E. Stoner and his wife Helen of New Oxford, Pennsylvania and many extended family and friends. She was predeceased by her sister Peggy J. Stoner of Mechanicsburg. Funeral services will be held at a later date. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Gilead Congregational Church at 672 Gilead St, Hebron, CT 06248, or the chari-table organization of their choosing. The Aurora-McCarthy Funeral Home of Colchester has been entrusted with funeral arrangements. www.auroramccarthymccarthyfuneral-home.com

Bernice S. Hibbard, 81

PUTNAM – Louella A. (Antonioli) Drea, 74, of Woodstock Ave., died Sunday, April 10 in Matulaitis Nursing Home. She was the loving wife of the late Edward H. Drea, Jr. Born in New London, she was the daughter of the late Bruno and Ruth (Frink) Antonioli.

Mrs. Drea was a school bus driver for the East Lyme Public Schools. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, antiques, oil painting and sculpting. She was a very talented and creative person in many ways.

Louella is survived by her son Daniel Drea of Jewett City; and her daughter Nichole Drea of Brooklyn. Services are private and have been entrusted to the

Gilman and Valade Funeral Homes and Crematory. For memorial guest-book visit www.GilmanAndValade.com.


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PUTNAM – Normand Laroche, 91, formerly of Melbourne Florida, died April 20 in Matulaitis Nursing Home. He was the loving husband of Laura (Mike) Laroche for 63 years.

Born in Thompson, he was the son of the late Joseph and Rose (Martel) Laroche.

Mr. Laroche proudly served in the United States Navy during WWII. He worked as a Machine Operator for Pratt & Whitney. He enjoyed playing golf, bingo and volunteering with the Thompson Little League. He was a member of the American Legion.

In addition to his wife, Normand is survived by his grandchildren; Donna Faucher and her husband Michael, Darlene Baker and her companion Robert Booth, and Kerri Price and her husband John; great-grandchildren,

Matthew Faucher and his wife Jennifer, Thomas Faucher and his wife Christine, Hannah Diaz and her husband Damian, and Raymond Baker; great-great grand-children, Hailey, Emma, Bentley, Alexus, Chloe, and Brendan. Son-in-law Ron Donovan, several nieces and nephews and his many caretakers and friends at Matulaitis. He was predeceased by his daughter Paulette Donovan, and brothers; Roger, Herve, and Richard Laroche.

Relatives and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial for Normand at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 2, in St. Joseph Church, 18 Main St., N. Grosvenordale. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. For memorial guest-book visit www.GilmanAndValade.com.

Normand Laroche, 91WOODSTOCK –

Mark A. Cristofori, 55, of Tripp Rd., died April 19. Born in Putnam, he is the son of Mary Ellen (Chase) Morrarty of Pomfret and the late Boyd Cristofori.

Mr. Cristofori was a 1978 graduate of Woodstock Academy. He was fondly remem-bered from his many years at Shaw’s Stationary and Aubuchon Hardware. He enjoyed cookouts, dogs, motorcycle riding, antique tractors, and was a “Jack of all Trades.” He loved North East Connecticut and for many years placed the flags on veteran’s graves in Pomfret for Memorial Day.

In addition to his mother, Mark is survived by his daughter, Nicole Cristofori of Pomfret; his son, Chase Van Noordwijk of the Netherlands; his girlfriend Chris Coe of Woodstock; his brothers, Sean Cristofori of Pomfret Center; his sisters, Susanne Cristofori of Florida, and Beth Cristofori Laney of Voluntown; his step brothers, Timothy Morrarty of Pomfret Center, and Thomas Morrarty of Manchester; three grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his stepfather, George Morrarty.

Calling hours were held on April 26 in Putnam. For memorial guestbook visit www.GilmanAndValade.com.

Mark A. Cristofori, 55

W E B S T E R , Mass. — Gloria L. (Bourassa) Kaliszewski, 87, for-merly of Webster, died Wednesday, April 20, in Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam, after an ill-ness.

Her husband of 36 years, Frank R. “Sleepy” Kaliszewski, died in 2014.

She leaves three children, Susan M. Desrosiers and her husband John of North Oxford, Robert L. Anderson and his wife Linda of Oxford, and Diane L. Sonos and her husband Charles of Thompson, with whom she lived since 2014; eight grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandsons; a sister, Jean Battelle and her husband Richard of Worcester; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a sis-ter, Lorraine Ricard.

She was born in Worcester and raised in Auburn, the oldest daugh-ter of Arcade and Lillian (Latour)

Bourassa. She had lived in Worcester and Oxford before moving to Webster in 1978.

Mrs. Kaliszewski was an assem-bler at Greeting Card Company in Webster and also at Shepard Envelope Company in Worcester, retiring in 2000. She then worked part-time in the laundry at Webster Manor.

She was a communicant of Saint Louis Church and a member of the St. Louis League of Catholic Women. She was a volunteer at the church’s annual festivals. She enjoyed trips to Foxwoods and loved to read.

The funeral will be held Monday, May 2, from Scanlon Funeral Service, 38 East Main St., with a Mass at 11 a.m. in Saint Louis church, 14 Lake Street. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Dudley. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 2, before the Mass. Donations in her name may be made to Food Share, Inc., c/o United Church of Christ, 4 Church St., Webster, MA 01570.

Visit www.scanlonfs.com.

Gloria L. Kaliszewski, 87

THOMPSON — Patricia J. (Landry) Meyers, 60, died Monday, April 18, at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare Center, Worcester.

She was the wife of the late Howard

Meyers, who died in 1987.She leaves a son, Joshua and his wife

Lenka Meyer of Thompson; a daugh-ter, Kelly Meyer of Thompson; three brothers, Albert and John Landry of Thompson, Matthew Landry of Virginia; a sister, April Landry of Thompson; four grandchildren and one great-grandson. Additionally, she is survived by her mother, Carol (Mount) Landry.

She was born in Norwich, Conn., daughter of Carol and the late Paul

Landry and lived in the area all her life. Patricia worked in health care. She enjoyed playing pitch and pool and belonged to the APA.

There are no calling hours. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m. in the Valley Springs Sportsmen Club, Thompson.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. The Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, 48 School St., Webster, has been entrust-ed with her arrangements.

A guest book is available at www.shaw-majercik.com where you may post a condolence or a memory.

Charitable donations may be made in Patricia’s memory to the following organization:

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701Tel: 800-952-7430, ext. 4712

Patricia J. Meyers, 60

Louella A. Drea, 74

PUTNAM — Christopher J. “ S n a k e m a n ” Patnaude, 52, died Saturday, April 16, two days shy of his 53rd birthday.

Christopher leaves a son, Christopher J. Patnaude II of

Stafford Springs; his father, Ralph R, Patnaude of Light House Point, Fla.; a brother, Ralph R. Patnaude II of Putnam and his companion Cindy Phillips of Canterbury; two sisters, Lisa M. Gannetta and her husband Michael Gannetta of Lisbon, Conn., Laurie A. Patnaude of Putnam; two aunts, Lillian Carbone of Stoughton, and Jeannette Lespasio of Putnam; his nieces and nephews, Andrew, Taylor, Brandi-Lee and Viki.

He was predeceased by his mother, Loretta (Jason) Patnaude on Aug. 28,

2013. Christopher was born in Putnam

and lived in Putnam all his life. He was known to many and affection-ately referred to as “Snakeman” and could often be seen carrying his snake Cannabis throughout the Town of Putnam. He was an avid outdoors-man and was skilled in carpentry, landscaping, masonry and demolition. Christopher had a firm belief in God and a strong faith.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the Putnam Elks Club, Edmond Street, Putnam, on Friday, April 29, from 5 to 10 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to any animal char-ity. Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, 48 School Street, Webster, is directing arrangements.

A guest book for messages of condo-lence is available at www.shaw-majer-cik.com.

Christopher J. Patnaude, 52 MOOSUP ‚Äì

Russell Dexter Craig, 92, of Moosup, died April 24 at Colonial R e h a b i l i t a t i o n Center in Plainfield, following a brief illness. He was born in Putnam on

November 15, 1923, a twin son of Lester and Grace (Sheldon) Craig. He was predeceased by his twin brother Robert Douglas Craig of Moosup. He lived all of his life in Moosup, graduating from Plainfield High School in 1941. He lettered in basketball and track and field while in high school, and won the Quinebaug Valley State Track Championship in Pole Vaulting in 1941. He was a World War II Veteran of the United States Marine Corps, entering the Corps in December of 1941, eventually attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He saw action in the Pacific Theater in the Consolidation of the Northern Solomons, Piva Yoke, and the Rabaul Strikes. He earned ribbons and bronze stars, and was Honorably Discharged in November of 1945. While still in the service, he married Carolyn Louise Beers of South Norwalk on April 20, 1945, who predeceased him. Following the war, he returned to Moosup, and attended the former Putnam Trade School, where he learned carpentry, a trade he worked at until becom-ing employed by the Southern New England Telephone Company in 1951. He worked with Southern New England Telephone first as a lineman, and later an installer, retiring in 1983 after 31 years of service.

He used his carpentry skills to his best advantage in the building of his own home, on Squaw Rock Road in Moosup, where he moved his growing family during 1954. He lived in that home for the rest of his life.

He was an avid golfer, teaching his children and grandchildren the basics of the game, and played until well into his 80s, often more than once a week.

In addition, he loved camping, canoeing, and bowling, and had a real talent for wood carving and wood working. He and Carolyn spent many hours working together on various projects, almost all for the benefit of the United Methodist Church in Moosup, where he was a member since 1938. Above all, he loved his sports and his birds, spending many contented hours watching the Red Sox or golf, while a wide variety of birds visited his many bird feeders outside his picture window.

Survivors include daugh-ter Virginia (Craig) Sampietro of Moosup, and her sons Scott Russell Sampietro of Bloomfield, and Marc Richard Sampietro of Moosup; daughter Christine (Craig) Wrubel of Manchester, her husband Dayson Wrubel, and their children Christopher Wrubel of Manchester, Steven Bumpus of Simsbury, Devon Wrubel of Wethersfield, Jennifer Galbraith of Inman, South Carolina, and Corey Wrubel of Andover; son Steven L. Craig, his wife Susan (Young) Craig and their son David Thatcher Craig of Oneco; daughter Charlotte Craig, her wife Margaret Bleichman, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and their sons Jonah Rizzo-Bleichman of Astoria, New York and Jacob Rizzo-Bleichman of Portland, Oregon; and son Peter William Craig and his wife October (Clarke) Craig of Kensington, New Hampshire. In addition, he leaves many great- and great-great grandchil-dren, and numerous nieces and neph-ews.

There will be no calling hours, and burial will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to the Moosup United Methodist Church, 13 South Main St, Moosup, CT 06354. To leave an online condolence please visit tillinghastfh.com

Russell Dexter Craig, 92

TOWN OF WOODSTOCKAt the April 21, 2016 Regular Meeting, the Planning & Zoning Commission approved the following request: 26 Cut-ler Hill Rd (Map 6391, Block 69, Lot 13) Patricia Woehrman - Property is eligible for a free split. Chair Dr. Jeff GordonApril 29, 2016

Town of EastfordPlanning Commission

Notice of Public HearingThe Town of Eastford Planning Com-mission will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the East-ford Town Office Building, Lower Level, located at 16 Westford Road, Eastford, CT at 7:00pm regarding the following:Presentation of the Proposed Town of Eastford Plan of Conservation and Development 2016-2026Copies of this Proposed Plan of Con-servation and Development 2016-2026 are on file and available for review in the Town Clerk’s Office located at the Eastford Town Office Building, 16 Westford Road, Eastford, CT.All interested parties may appear and be heard. Written correspondence will be accepted.Dated at Eastford this 5th Day of April, 2016.Susan WelshmanRecording SecretaryApril 29, 2016May 6, 2016

LEGALS


FRIDAY, APRIL 29LIVE AUCTION of thePAINTINGS OF IDA SANGERNoon atNorman Heckler & Co.79 Bradford Corner Rd.Woodstock Valley, CTPreview at 10:00 a.m.860-974-1634

SATURDAY, APRIL 30THE LESTER RAWSON BAND4-piece group playing clas-sicrock, blues and country9:00 p.m.308 LAKESIDE308 East Main StreetEast Brookfield, MA774-449-8333

FRIDAY-SUNDAYAPRIL 29, 30, MAY 1

KLEM’S SPRINGFEST ANDTENT SALEDiscounted items up to90% off retailKLEMS117 West Main St., Spencer, MA

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAYMAY 4-8PETTING ZOO AT KLEM’SFree admissionEducational family funKLEMS117 West Main St., Spencer, MA

SATURDAY, MAY 79:00 p.m.NOAH LISJazz, pop and rock308 LAKESIDE308 East Main StreetEast Brookfield, MA774-449-8333

THURSDAY, MAY 191:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.Join an open discussiongroup called “Spirituality in the 2nd Half of Life” to explore the spiritualblessings and meanings thatcan be ours as we age atCHRIST CHURCH IN POMFRET521 Pomfret Streetand led by the Rev. Oscar BrockmeyerNo charge (donation suggested)To register, contact 860-942-2934or [email protected]

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY

JULY 22, 23, 24DockDogsThe world’s premiere canineaquatics cpmpetitionKLEMS117 West Main St., Spencer, MA

ONGOING ROADHOUSE BLUES JAM Every Sunday, 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.CADY’S TAVERN2168 Putnam Pike, Chepachet, RI401-568-4102 TRIVIA NIGHTWednesdays7:00 p.m. -9:30 p.m.HILLCREST COUNTRY CLUB325 Pleasant St., Leicester, MA508-892-9822

WISE GUYS TEAM TRIVIAEvery Tuesday, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

CADY’S TAVERN2168 Putnam Pike (Rt. 44)Chepachet, RI401-568- 4102 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY NIGHTHEXMARK TAVERNAT SALEM CROSS INN260 West Main St., West Brookfield, MA508-867-2345www.salemcrossinn.com TRIVIA NIGHTAT THE STOMPING GROUNDEvery Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.132 Main St., Putnam, CT860-928-7900Also, live musicfive nights a week(Wed.-Sun.) TRAP SHOOTINGEvery Sunday at 11:00 a.m.Open to the public$12.00 per round includesclays and ammoNRA certified range officeron site every shootAUBURN SPORTSMAN CLUB50 Elm St., Auburn, MA508-832-6492

HUGE MEAT RAFFLEAUBURN SPORTSMEN CLUB1st Friday of every monthexcept JanuaryEarly bird: 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.1st table: 7:00 p.m.50 Elm St., Auburn, MA508-832-6492 WEDNESDAY NIGHT CRUISINGFOR CHARITY CAR SHOWJune 8th through August 31stKLEMS117 West Main St., Spencer, MA

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Welcome Spring!

NOTICE: NECCOG Animal Services, 125 Putnam Pike in Dayville is discontinuing its monthly Pet Loss Support Group. The group will no longer meet the first Wed. of each month. Please call 860-774-1253 if you have any questions.

April 29, Fri., 7pm Dr. William R. Short will present his lecture Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas. This will take place at the Pomfret Historical Society’s Old Towne House. Dr. Short is a scholar, author, and manager of Hurstwic, LLC Viking Combat Training. Sponsored by Friends of Pomfret Library.

April 30, Sat., 5-7pmThe Putnam Music Assoc. presents their annual Italian Dinner Caberet at St Mary’s Church, Putnam. Dine in or out. Entertainment by PHS band & chorus. Adults $10 (10 & up) / Seniors (60 & up) & Children (3-9 yrs) $6 Tickets available from any PHS music student or call 860.963-6905 ext 3803

April 30, Sat., 3-6pmYMCA’s Healthy Kids Day--activities for the families, cooking healthy snacks, chair massages, dance demonstrations, kids painting, sports demos, obstacle courses, swimming, mountain bike demos, and more! Plus Putnam Fire Department trucks to explore and the K9 Police Dog. All are invited.

April 30, Sat., 9 am Back Roads “Undiscovered Killingly”

bus tour, at Killingly Town Hall, offered by Killingly Conservation Commission & Historical Society reservations required with name, phone and number attending by Wed, April 27. Call 860-779-5311 or email [email protected]

April 30, Sat., 11am(Viewing begins @ 9am) - KHS Project Graduation presents Annual Auction at Gaudreau’s Auction Co., 21 Williamsville Road, Dayville. All proceeds to benefit Project Graduation.

April 30, Sat., 9am to 2pmBook Sale & Bake Sale, Sponsored by the Friends of the Canterbury Public Library. Sale opens at 8:30am for members, Community Room, 1 Municipal Drive, Canterbury, just off Route 14. Memberships available at the door, at the Canterbury Library, or at: http://canterburylibrary.org/

April 30, Sat., 8:30-11amLater Life Planning Program: Hospice, final wishes, get organized. Presenters: Hospice/Palliative Care, Funeral Home & Crematory. At Westfield Congregational Church, Killingly (the big white church on the green) (handicap parking at rear of building) Registration recommended for planning, but not necessary. Church Office 860-774-8438 or [email protected]

April 30, Sat., 3-6pmHealthy Kids Day, Free Activities for the Family! Open to the Community, The

Hale YMCA Youth and Family Center, 9 Technology Park Drive, Putnam, Contact: Amanda Kelly, 860-315-9622, HaleYMCA.org

April 30, Sat., 10-11amLady Bug Tea Party at Killingly Public Library for ages 3-6 and a caregiver. Come enjoy a cup of tea, a book and an activity! Feel free to dress in ladybug colors or even wear some wings! Snacks and tea provided! Let us know if your child has any allergies. Register on website or call the Killingly Library at 860-779-5383.

April 30, Sat., 9-2pmFirst Congregational Church of Pomfret will hold a Craft & Bake Sale at the Pomfret Senior Center. Stop by and see some wonderful items made by local artisans and bakers. All proceeds will go to our Building for Eternity Campaign to help rebuild the church.

April 30, Sat., 7pmThe Concert Choir of Northeastern Connecticut will present The Mass: Renaissance to Modern at Putnam Congregational Church $15 adults, $5 under 18. For more info 860-821-0082 [email protected]

April 30, Sat. 9am-3pmAnnual Tori/ Open Air Market – a wide variety of vendors, including; Finnish and American foods, Pulla, live music, crafts, jellies, jams, maple syrup, homemade soups Creative Memories, Finnish Treasures, Tupperware, and MORE! Finn

Hall, rt 169, Canterbury, Table rental $15, tent space $15, find us on facebook-www.facebook.com/fahscanterburyct

May 1, Sun., 3pmThe Concert Choir of Northeastern CT will present The Mass: Renaissance to Modern at Putnam Congregational Church $15 adults, $5 under 18. For more info 860-821-0082 or [email protected]

May 3, Tues., 12noon Devon Point Farm’s Patty Taylor presents Devon Point Farm: Beyond Organic, at the Pomfret Historical Society’s Old Towne House. Patty will talk about their beyond organic farm. Brought to you by Friends of Pomfret Library. Event is free with lunch included! Please register for this event.

May 5, Thurs. 6:30-8pmThompson Public Library presents Art @ the Library, Reflections From a Lifetime by Magdalene Jourdan Reception. Art on view May 3 to May 25. www.thompsonpubliclibrary.org 860-923-9779 (The meeting room may be unavailable at times due to other functions).

May 6, Fri., noon-8pmKnights of Columbus Council 2087 will hold a fish dinner in the Knights Hall at 1017 Riverside Drive, in North Grosvenordale. The menu will consist of fish and chips ($10) and baked haddock ($11). 860-923-2967 or [email protected].

This page is designed to shine a light on upcoming local nonprofit, educational and community events. Submissions are limited to 50 words or less and are FREE to qualifying organizations, schools, churches and town offices. To submit your event contact:

Teri Stohlberg at 860-928-1818 ext. 105, or [email protected]. Deadline for submission is Friday at Noon

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ARTICLES FOR SALE

010 FOR SALE

3 Bicycles, 1 Hardrock Ladies,

1 Giant Ladies, 1 Giant Mans,$150.00 each

2 Mongoose ProScooters

$55.00 EachExcellent condition.

2 Kitchen Chandeliers

$100.00(413)245-9221

72 INCH FOLDINGROLLOUT BED

with mattressNever Used

$90.00

12FT ADJUSTABLE ALUMINUM

LADDER. Used three times.

$99.00

Call 860-481-5949

9ft ‘ Fisher Plow In real great condition. Amust see. $800 or B/O.

Call (860)753-1229

ABS Exercise Lounge $30

Biomaster Treadmill $25

85” Harley DavidsonSportster 1000cc Rebuilt

Motor

Nuwave Induction cooktop New $45

Call (508)960-9163

Adult Power WheelChair Asking

$1500.00 Cash

8 NFL SIlver SUPERBOWL COINS

$800.00

Old Comic Books numbers

1s

Batman Lamp & Clock$1000.00

Call(508)832-3029

Angle Iron CutterFor Shelving

4W296, HK Potter 2790Normally Sells For $700

$90 OBO

Call 5pm-8:30pm(508)867-6546

Back yard adventures

Solid cedar play setW/ tree house Slide,

Swing and baby swingExcellent condition

Paid $2500 newAsking

$1500.00(774)293-0457

Bar StoolsMint condition

6 Armed Bar stools $100.00 each

5 Stools$75.00 Each

Refrigerator$150.00

Slot machine$150.00

Call (508)885-3096

Bedoom Set-Pine (6 Piece)

Queen bed, triple dresserMirror,Bureau,Night

stand. Like new$750.00

(508)266-0730

010 FOR SALE

Bedroom SetQuality

Lite PineQueen

18x19x51, With matchinghutch top,Men’s 5 drawer chest

Plus two night stands $300.00

Call (774)239-2240

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Bedroom set Solid Maple wood twin 2 Beds, 5 Drawer

Dresser, Desk withattached shelf, chair. Canalso be bunk beds with

ladder. $400.00(508)764-8149

BLUE BIRD BOXESGet your boxes readynow for Early Spring!

$5 EachWoodstock

(860)481-9003or

[email protected]

BOWRIDR1988 18 Ft

Inboard/outboard,V6engine, interior re-done

Trailer seats 8-10 $2750

Call (508)667-9249

Broyhill FontanaEntertainment Armoir

approx. 7ft tall $300/RO

Black Leather Sofa from Rotmans/ approx

90”. Shows somenormal leather wear but

good shape $300/ROCall

(774)318-0004

CAM SUPERLINE14’5” Flatbed trailer

with rampsall wood

good conditon$2000/OBO

508-736-7841

CAMPER FORSALE

2000 Keystone Sprinter 26’ Fifth wheel

clean non-smoking, sleeps 8w/slide out table, bunks,

sofa-bed and queen bedroom,new awning, electric brake and

hitch included.Asking $7000 OBOLeave message 860-774-6507

Carpet Cleaner- HooverNew $100.00

Two glass table tops $50.00-each

Dishes New and Old.

(508)885-3136(860)888-5207

COAL STOVE-HARMONDwith blower.

Includes 15 bags of coal$475

(508)476-2497

010 FOR SALE

DININGROOM TABLEwith 6 highback chairs

$500

2 HOMEMADECHARCOAL GRILLS

$100 each

2 MOUNTAIN BIKESMen’s, Ladies’

$100 each

2 LONG SWORDS,2 DAGGERS, 1 MACE

Not sharpened$200 for all

BASKETBALLBACKBOARD AND HOOP

$50

CALL 717-578-9492

Electric Guitar $50

Amp $50

Fax machine $20

(508)826-9237

ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR RASCAL

$350.00

TRUCK RACK FORWHEEL CHAIR

$200.00

Call 860-774-1021

Entertainment Center,Corner-Oak w/Magnovox Tv

Slate Pool Table 4x7(508)867-2820

FOR SALE 1997 Chev. 30ft Motor Home

Pursuit by Georgie Boy. 54000 miles

Sleeps 6.Queen bed in back room.

New Tires & brakes.$5000.00 or best offer.

Call 860-935-5117

For SaleBATHTUB

WALK-IN TUBIndependent HomeWhite, 4 years old52-1/2” x 25-1/2”

36” highDoor opening 15-1/2”

Cost $3,000Asking $1,000 or BO860-974-0481

For SaleBRAND NEW CENTURY

WOOD STOVE40,000 BTUs

Heats 1000 square feetPaid $500

Sell for $250.00Also 2 tons of pellet fuel blocks

$225.00Call Paul at

1-774-241-0327

FOR SALETwo matching love seats beds

W/twin mattresses Like new and solid

Burgundy, green leaf pattern oncream fabric $200.00 each Both $350.00

860-928-20469am-5pm

FULL LENGTH MINKCOAT

Size 12New $2,400Asking $500

(508)461-7479

010 FOR SALE

FOR SALELAY-Z-BOY LOVESEAT AND CHAIR

$500.00

CUSTOM-MADE DINING TABLE AND

CHAIRS (6 chairs - includes

two captain’s chairs)$1,000.00

COFFEE TABLE ANDTWO END TABLES

OAK$100.00

TV ARMOIREOAK

$125.00

Call 508-789-9708

For sale...OLD CHERRY DINING

TABLE$100

10’x12’x8 TENT W/BOOT$50

OLD WESTERN SADDLE$50

3 PUMP JACKS$25

(860)933-3828

FOR SALEHOUSEHOLD

ITEMS

Dept 56 Silhouette Collectibles

Lawn Chairs

Decorative prints

And Much more!

By Appointment onlyNo Calls after 7pm508-949-7539

Garage Frame 20’x22’

All hardware andinstructions

Brand new, never used$500/obo

New Hoveround$600.00 Firm

Call(413)245-9651

GARMIN GPS 12XLPersonal Navigator, 12

channel receiver,moving map graphics,

backlit display fornight use. Like New,

asking $175. or best offer

(508)347-3145

Gold Framed WallMirror 29x41”$50.00

Photos upon requestCall (508)892-1679

Golf ClubsMen’s Wilson set $50

Women’s Nancy Lopez set $50

7-ft Slate pool table accessories $200

2 Dorm refrigerators + Microwaves

$50/$75

860-923-2169

010 FOR SALE

GOODYEARRADIAL TIRES

P235/75R15on aluminum rims

taken off 1995 Chev.Blazer SUV

Used 4 weeks, like new$450.00/obo

(860)382-6886

Gutter Shell leaf guard system NEW

Original boxes (38) 4 ft. pcs. aluminumguards, 16 end caps, (8left, 8 right) Made for a5-in. gutter, includes

screws .Musket BrownAsking $485

(508)779-0595

HANDICAPPED SCOOTERwith 2 brand new batteriesALUMINUM FOLDING

RAMP$800.00

LIFT CHAIRLight Blue$275.00

CANADIAN PINE HUTCH$225.00

14 cu. ft. GE SELF-DEFROSTING

FREEZER$150.00

508-943-2174HO Scale Train

Collection $1,300

300 ft of slot car track(60s-70s) $85

1/2 ton hoist 3 phs $100

Pr car ramps $20

Model A parts $300

3 utility trailer springs $50

60-70 pieces of marble $75

1940-41 buickengine head $50

1948-52 239 engineparts and truck tool tray

$125

1948-52-truck reprohub caps $100

10 RR lanterns $35 each

(508)885-9537

HONDA CBR600F 1997with helmets, runs well,under 20kmi, nada val

$840/asking $800clean title, as is.

8609740225 land line.

HUSQVARNA LAWNTRACTOR

YTH24V48LS, 24hrs, BrandNew, 24hp Briggs, Hydro,

Fabricated Deck,Bagger/Blower, 48in Deck.

$3400.00(508)347-3775

Items for sale Sofa & chair

antique wood trim $500.

Small antique rocker & cane seat chair

Cherry sideboard ea $75.

All in good conditioncash & carry

Text (508)963-0238

010 FOR SALE

Kitchen Wood Stove6 lids

Oven, water reservoirwarming oven

cream and porcelain.$675

Electric Kitchen Stove1960s 4 burner top 2oven white wonderful

condition $375 Call (508)344-8081

Lawn Mower-Toro Two years old Excellentcondition, Self-propelled

Push button $150

Washer & Dryer SetNew $200

Jewelry Safe Gardall16” wide 23” tall $100

Leather Couch 87” lighttan $25.00

(508)949-1283

Lawn/Garden TractorWhite Rider, New

carborator, just serviced,new battery, new starter,

cylenoid, runs great. NEW PRICE $400 FIRM

(508)867-2130

LEATHER JACKETBlack, size 2XL

with zip-out liningVery nice,

in extra good conditionMade by FMC,

zippers at sleeve cuffs$75

Call (860)774-7615evenings

LIVINGROOM SETBY LANE

HOLLYWOOD SOFANew $1700Asking $400

MATCHING CHAIR AND OTTOMAN

New: $1398Asking $300

Sold as a set 3 pieces$600

(508)612-9263(508)461-7479

Mattress New Queen PillowTop

Mattress with Box Spring

in Original Plastic $150Call (774)230-6285

MINK JACKETThigh length

Mint conditionSeldom worn!BEST OFFER

508-278-3973

Mirror 36” x30” $50

Peachtree Forge top mount round

vanity sinkblack with black high

end fixtures $250

Hollywood style 6 bulblight fixture $100

All in excellent condition!

(508)234-2819

010 FOR SALE

“NEW sandstone colorrural mailbox

with newspaper shelfextends to cover 4x4wood post with steel

drive-in anchor, includes lettering, instructions.

Complete $69. (860)-928-2046; leave phone number

if no answer.

Patio Set-3 Piece,white, wrought IronSofa and two chairs

cushions included verysturdy excellent quality

and condition.$350.00FirmCall Kathy

(508)892-0254

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Push Sander $50.00(860)497-0009

SEARS FOLDING STEPPER

Excellent conditionUsed very little

Paid $150Asking $75Call Jan

508-867-2130

Skate SharpeningMachine,

custom madeOn board radius

dresser. 3 quick lockfixtures hockey figure

& goal tender. Excellent condition.

$550.00(508)847-4848 Call BobSnow Blower Cub Cadet945 SWE Snowblower13 hp Tecumseh OHV,

45 in width triggercontrolled steering,6 forward, 2 reverse,

Hardly used!$1900

White OutdoorProducts

SnowBoss 1050Snowblower, 10hp

Tecumseh two stage30 in width, electric

start Well maintained. $700.00

(508)347-3775

010 FOR SALE

SET METAL RAMPS$40.00

PRINTER’S ANTIQUEDRAWERS

$20.00 PER

2 LG. WOODEN STORAGECONTAINERS

$50.00

2002 COMPUTER ACCUSYNC 50 NEC

$100.00

KITCHEN CHAIRS

MANY HARD COVERBOOKS

SPARE TIRE P225/60R16EAGLE GA WITH RIM

$45.00

ELECTRIC CHORD ORGAN$60.00

CAR SUNROOF$100.00

HOMEMADE PINECOFFEE TABLE

AND TWO END TABLES$100.00

ANTIQUE LAMP JUG$40.00

ANTIQUE CROQUET SET$40.00

SMALL COFFEE TABLE$35.00

ELECTRIC BASE BOARD$25.00

DROP LEAF CART$50.00

SWORD SET$50.00

END TABLE W/DRAWER$60.00

END TABLE W/ TWODRAWERS

$50.00

OLD END TABLE$30.00

CALL774-452-3514

Tires and Rims5 of ea.

$90 Each(508)885-6977


010 FOR SALE

Table set Glass &Wrought Iron 3piece

1 coffee & 2 end asking $300.00

(508)885-6831between 10am-7pm

TAKAMINE 12STRING

ELECTRIC/ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Very good condition w/hard shell case $325

774-272-0821

Tool ShedsMade of Texture 1-11

8x8 $7758x10 $9608x12 $10508x16 $1375

Delivered Built On-SiteOther Sizes AvailableCALL (413)324-1117

Trenching Bucket 12”Wide Heavy Duty

Hardly ever used lookslike New! New $1590

Asking $800.00

Hydraulic Jackhammer for Skid-steer Loader,

Mini-excavators,backhoes, & excavators.

Powerful Jackhammerfor maximum

productivity used verylittle, in great shape

New $12,500.00Asking $8,000.00/OBO

A must see call (860)753-1229

TV-SONY24”

includes owners manual,remote control and

cables.$25.00

text msg only to(860)630-0773

Utility box trailer With 8 bed and fold

down tail gate for loadingramp, great for

transporting lawn andgarden machines.

$500/OBO

Tandem wheel flatbedtrailer

With 15’x6’ body Hand crank wrench

Plywood decking usedbut very

serviceable $600/OBO

Call(860)974-1748

VARIOUS ELVIS PRESLEYMEMORABILIA

$500(508)612-9263(508)461-7479

WEBSTER-IN HOME SALE!

Christmas DecorDepartment 56 Silhouettes

Decorative PrintsLawn Chairs

and much more.By appt. only no calls after 7pm

(508)949-7539

WESTERN SADDLES

14” Trail Good Condition$100.00

15”Tex Tan Trail W/Breast col-lar very good condition

$30013” Circle Y yough showw/breast collar like new

$750

860-974-0614

100 GENERAL

130 YARD SALES

FLEA MARKET SELLERS 20 years of very good

items clearing out housebut don’t want hassle of

yard sale come and makean offer !

Best one gets it all! Cash only!

(508)943-0169

RUTLAND, MASS.20th ANNUALTOWN-WIDEYARD SALE

Saturday, April 30200+ participants

Maps at town lines and onCommon (Rts 122A and 56)

Starting at 7:15 a.m.Rain or ShineJoin the fun!

200 GEN. BUSINESS

Chevrolet Monte SS 02MeticulousOne owner

2-door coupe, bronze,power seats, leather,power locks, sunroof

V699000miles

$6500Call (508)667-5234

205 BOATS

Old Town Canoe1931 old town 18’

restored Maine guidecanoe.

Clear resin coated, Mahogany gun wales

And caned seats a third seat mahoganycaned seat and back

Paddles included Perfect for the wooden

canoe enthusiast.$5800.00

(508)479-0230

SEA NYMPH 199316FT DEEP

Fishing Machine SeriesFM161. 40HP Johnson

Motor. GalvanizedTrailer. Used minimally.

Like new/showroomcondition. Stored in

heated garage. $3000.00 Call: (774)272-1761

Ski Nautique 1984 2001 tan on tan

new interior and carpeting

350 Chevy inboard589 hours running time.

$6500.00/OBOCall(413)245-9545

or(860)985-8000

215 CAMPING

Co-op Campsite,on dead-end road

Quiet area, walk to thelake,go fishing or put

your boat in. Located inQuinebaug Cove

Campground, BrimfieldRes.$15,000 or b.o.Campsite sells with

everything on it! 38ftcamper furnished, small

shed, more. Call or e-mail

for pics and details.(774)245-5098

[email protected]

TEKONSHA PRODIGY P2 BRAKE CONTROL

will handle up to 4 axles$125.00

860-412-0119

265 FUEL/WOOD

FIREWOODCut, Split & Delivered

Green & Seasoned

Wood Lots Wanted

Call Paul(508)769-2351

FREE CONSTRUCTION WOOD

2x4’s, 2x6’s, Plywood beams, 3/4’

thick, Assorted sizes &thickness. Good for

wood stoves and outdoor burners

Clean Wood!(508)867-2564

Delivery Available

TREE LENGTHFIREWOOD

All hardwoods, manageablesize diameters$110 per cord

Wood chips also availableCall Chris

508-341-1276

284 LOST & FOUND

PETS

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Town-To-TownClassifieds

508-909-4111

298 WANTED TO BUY

Route169

Antiques884 Worcester St.Southbridge MA

Looking To PurchaseAntiques

And CollectiblesSingle Items

Or Entire Estates

We Buy It AllAnd Also Do

On-Site Estate SalesAnd

Estate Auctions

CALL MIKE ANYTIME

(774)230-1662

WARRELICS& WAR

SOUVENIRSWANTED

WWII & EARLIERCA$H WAITING!

Helmets, Swords,Daggers, Bayonets,

Medals, Badges, Flags, Uniforms, etc.

Over 30 Years Experience.Call David

1-(508)688-0847I’ll Come To YOU!

300 HELP WANTED

305 BUSINESS

OPPORTUNITIES

Corvette 1987 Red with ground effect

new brakes in goodcondition asking $6700

(508)278-2809

310 GENERAL HELP

WANTED

Busy roofing company lookingfor

ROOFERAND LABORERCALL 774-272-1798

CDL B - DRIVERGrowing company looking for

an experienced full-time CDL BDriver,

M-F, no weekends.Must be able to lift 70+ lbs

unassisted.Clean driving record, positiveattitude, and customer friendly

demeanor a must.Must be at least 21 years oldand have some forklift and

pallet jack experience

WAREHOUSE POSITIONThis position includes picking

orders, heavy lifting, forkliftexperience, computer

experience and loading/unloading of delivery trucks.

The hours for this position areFull Time M-F 10:00a-6:30p

and alternating Saturdays (9a-1p).

Pre-employment physical, drugscreen, and background check

required for both positions.Apply in person

M-F 8 am-4:00 pm atNORTHEAST BATTERY

240 Washington StreetAuburn, MA 01501

CDLCLASS BDRIVER

Full time or part timeClean record

508-987-2897

TRAFFIC CONTROLFLAGGERS WANTED

$11.00/hour Requires daily travel in personalvehicle, GPS, cell phone, ability

to stand long hours in allweather

Download application at

www.allstatetrafficcontrol.com

or call 860-584-5949

311 PART-TIME

HELP WANTED

PART TIME SEASONAL WORKfor energetic person,spring into autumn

Experience preferred but not requiredCall Wayne at

QUACKIN’ GRASSNURSERYBrooklyn

860-779-1732

400 SERVICES

454 HOME

IMPROVEMENT

Furniture DoctorHave your furniture

Professionally restoredat Reasonable rates.furniture face lifting,painting, striping to

Refinishing, caning and repairs.

ANTIQUE DOCTORDaniel Ross

(508)248-9225or

(860)382-541030 years in business

500 REAL ESTATE

505 APARTMENTS FOR

RENT

DUDLEYTHREE BEDROOM

TOWN HOUSE Nichols College location-

Canyard Rd.1.5 Bath central air,

Oak flooring Granite countertops

$1400/monthOption to purchase, as well

First-Last-securityCredit check

508-277-8867

Section 8 Welcome

Southbridge 6 Room 3 Bedroom

Apartment, New Kitchen,Bath, Wall, Ceilings,

Paint, flooring, LightsAppliances. W/D hookupAvailable ASAP No pets

(413)531-2433

Townhouse Apartments

A Quiet Area w/ Good Schools

If You Have A HUD Voucheror CT RAP Certification &

Can Income Qualify

The Caleb Group willpay the first Months

Rent.

To Income Qualify YouMust Be Able To AffordUSDA Base Rent Of...

2 BR $655/mo3BR $791/mo

Still AcceptingApplications ForSubsidized Units.

HUD & USDA

Call... 860.779.0876x128

The Village at KillinglyDayville Affordable

Housing599 Lindenwood Drive,

Dayville, CT 06241By App’t Please

Mon-Thurs 9-11, 1-3“This Institution Is An

Equal Opportunity Employer &Provider. Financed By

Connecticut Housing Authority,Equal Opportunity Housing.”

523 OPEN HOUSE

SUNDAY OPEN HOUSETHOMPSON

May 1, Noon-1:30128 Brandy Hill Road

4BR, 2.5BA modern classic Col;granite, SS appls, commuter

friendly location!$310,000

Gracellen RielRE/MAX PA

774-230-3002

545 LANDS/LOTS

BUILDING LOTDesirable location

Southbridge -Dennison Hill area

1/2+ acre Town water and town

sewer$42,900

or best offer(508)612-9263(508)461-7479

546 CEMETERY LOTS

Worcester County Memorial Park,

Paxton MA.2 graves in Garden of Valor

lot 113Asking $2,000ea,or

$3,000 for bothCall (603)692-2898

Worcester CountyMEMORIAL PARK

Paxton MAGarden of Valor,Lot 100Btwo sought after side byside spaces Park Price

$8200 for both OBO(508)856-0346

550 MOBILE HOMES

KROPF/WEDGEWOODPARK MODEL TRAILER

Park Model Trailer with additionHigh View Camp Ground in

West BrookfieldMany new improvementsCall for more information

if interestedThis is seasonalPrice: $25,000Call Pat

508-873-6312

575 VACATION RENTALS

BOOK FORSUMMER!

South Dennis, off Rte. 134:

Cozy 3 BR, (dbl, queen, 2 twins) 1 bath home withfull kitchen & microwave,washer/dryer, screened inporch w/ picnic table, grill,cable TV. Outdoor shower.

On dead-end street. Near shopping, theater,restaurants, bike trail,fishing, playground,

10 minutes from bay andocean side beaches.

Off season rates available

Call Janet at 508-865-1583

after 6 pm, or email June at

[email protected] for more information.

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CAPE COD TIMESHARE FOR SALEEdgewater Beach Resort

95 Chase AvenueDennisport, MA 02639

On the waterStudio (Unit 706)

Fixed week 33 (August)Deeded rights

You’ll own it for a lifetime& can be passed down toyour children and grand

children. $5000.00(508)347-3145

ORLANDO TIMESHAREFOR SALE

Westgate Lakes ResortConvenient to all Disney parks

3 BR lock-off, week 47, trade for2 vacations each year

Lower level, looks out over lake$4500.00

860-250-2166

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700 AUTOMOTIVE

720 CLASSICS

1964 1/2 MUSTANG

Pony Int. Excelent condition

all original Equipment Needs some restoration

completion$15000/OBO

1990 CADDY 47000 Miles

Excelent Shape

774-297-9279

For sale ...1991 CHRYSLER

LeBARONCONVERTIBLE

2-door, red$1,400

1931 MODEL A FORD2-door sedan, black/green

$13,000

1930 MODEL A FORD2-door sedanRumble seat

$8,000

860-928-5909

Own a Piece ofAutomotive History

Silver Anniversary Edition 1978

Corvette Indy Pace Car L-82, Auto, 39k

Matching NumbersAll Factory Original Excellent Condition

Throughout!$18900.00/OBO

Must SellCall Ed

(508)479-9752

725 AUTOMOBILES

BUICK CADILLACDEVILLE DTS2005, V8, BlackGood condition

NStar Navigation, Leather Interior, Moon Roof, CD Player

131,000 Miles$6000

Call 774-272-2085

Chrysler 300C 2006In very good condition

111,200 MilesLeather seats,navigation

sunroof, V8 hemiAWD $8600/OBO(774)230-3067

CORVETTE 1977auto, red, rebuilt original motor350HP, rebuilt front suspensionand rebuilt rear end with 3:55gears, excellent body, solid

frame, runs excellent, no winters.

$12,000 Call

774-318-7014

725 AUTOMOBILES

Dodge 1500 pickup. 98’110,000 Miles

$950.00

Ford Wind Star 01’143,000 Miles

$1100.00Call (508)779-0194

MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE2007, 2-door

Black exterior, grey interior125,000 milesGood condition

$4,200Call 508-867-9106

West Brookfield

Toyota Tacoma 20086 cylinder Cruise control6 foot bed,Extended cab68k Miles. $12000/OBO

(508)434-2736

Volvo 850 1997Runs Well, Needs Work

$750.00(508)451-8525

745 RECREATIONAL

VEHICLES

1989 CITATION5th wheel

Good conditionEverything works

Good for campground $2500.00/OBO

352-552-74642008 LAREDO

34 ft. 5th wheel1 owner, in excellent condition

2 slides and new tires$14,000

Call 508-234-7755MOTOR HOME

38’ 1998 Dutchstar

300 Cummins DieselSpartan Chassis. One

Slide out.83,000 Miles

New Tires & BrakesSleeps Four. Price

Reduced!Call (508)335-3948

750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS

2011 COACHMEN242RBS

24-ft. travel trailerDetails:

http://tinyurl.com/hxgt23qVery good condition.

Contact [email protected]

For Sale2013 18’ SKYCATHYBRID CAMPERTub/shower, micro, air

Too much to list!Still new, smoke free

$8,500 firmCall 860-963-2616 for more details

Hornet RLS 200632 Feet, Excellent

condition. Used only 5years, in seasonal park by

adults. Large slide outsleeps 6, 2 swivel rockers

$9000Call (508)765-5039

760 VANS/TRUCKS

2006 FORD 15072,000 miles

$3,500.00Call 508-637-1401

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What’s On Your Mind? We’d Like to Know.

Send your letters to:adam@villager

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VAN 2001 DODGERAM 1500

Fair condition starts right up and runs

$800/OBO774-261-5503

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Thank You, South Worcester County!

You have trusted us for 55 years

Established in April 1961, Soper Construction has evolved into a multi-faceted organization capable of large projects as well as the more modest ventures of a home or property owner. Quality, consistency and trust are the values that matter to us, and they are the values that are at the heart of our work.

More than 1,000 homeowners in our area have invested their trust in “Buddy” Soper — now partnered with his son Stephen — and it’s been a great investment. Contact Soper Construction this year for any and all steps in residential/commercial construction or improvement:

“I have been a client of Soper Construction since I moved to Sturbridge over 30 years ago. I have always found the owners and employees to be competent, knowledgeable, polite, fair, and honest. I have never been disappointed. ... I am very happy to recommend Soper Construction to anyone looking for quality work and materials”

Reed Hillman, Sturbridge

“ Working with Soper was an excellent experience … I look forward to working with Soper Construc-tion on future projects and recommend them without reservation to anyone in need of a reliable, highly skilled and well equipped site work contractor.”

Jonathan BramGreater Worcester

Habitat For Humanity

Buddy Soper, left, excavation contractor at the groundbreaking for a 1975 addition at

J.I. Morris Company in Southbridge.

From Left, Terry Paquin, office manager; Stephen and Clarence “Buddy” Soper celebrating 55 years in business this month.

(508)765-9003www.hiresoper.com

• Land Clearing & Site Development• Septic Systems• Excavation & Foundation Work

• Water & Sewer Tie-ins• Underground Utilities• Driveways & Parking Lots

• Home & Multi-unit Construction • Garage, Porch and Home Additions

We treasure the

reputation we’ve

developed and look

forward to serving

the community

for years to come.

Let us add your project

to our portfolio.

A very special thanks to

all our loyal customers

throughout the years.

Documents

N I V E R S ARY A Thompson Villager2016/04/29 · Mailed free to requesting homes in Thompson (860) 928-1818/e-mail: [email protected] Vol. X, No. 31 Complimentary to homes