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Butter Curls?
Actually no. This beautiful ruffle is the corona of a daffodil. More spring's a poppin' on page 4. Linda Lemmon photo.
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Contained
No contamination was detected outside the containment area at DCC Propane after the spill of 25,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil last week in East Putnam. Courtesy photo.
Fuel oil spill
appears
contained
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — After tests on water samples from private wells near the large fuel oil spill at 10 Mary Crest Drive, at the DCC Propane tanks, the Northeast District Department of Health (NDDH) reported that no contamination was detected.
NDDH had collected water samples from private wells in the vicinity of the No. 2 fuel oil spill and submitted the samples to the CT state laboratory to test for the presence ofextractable total petroleum hydrocarbons (ETPH) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The tests show no contamination detected.
The site remains under investigation by state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in coordination with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Town of Putnam, and the responsible party will coordinate a plan that includes future testing.
March 21 the Putnam Fire Marshal’s Office responded to a report of a large fuel oil spill at 10 Mary Crest Dr. in E. Putnam.
The DEEP’s Emergency Response and Spill Division notified Putnam that 25,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil had spilled into the tank containment area. The four-tank system was at 25 percent capacity when the one of the tanks experienced a failure, according to the Fire Marshal’s Office.
Representatives from the facility’s owner (DCC Propane) were on scene most of the day and Kropp Environmental was on scene by 9:30 a.m. to begin the cleanup. The tank containment system appears to have captured the full amount of product released and there is no immediate danger to the environment; however, monitoring wells were set to determine if any of the fuel oil had seeped into the surrounding soils.
There is also no danger to the public as this is a secured facility and the product released is not a flammable but a combustible liquid.
The Fire Marshal’s Office said “This is a large remediation and cleanup work will continue to take place for several weeks. By the end of the day Kropp Environmental was able to recover 24,820 gallons.”
Throughout the day the Putnam Fire Marshal’s Office worked in conjunction with CT DEEP, the EPA, and DCC Propane representatives to formulate a plan of correction and prevention to include testing and ultrasound inspection of all tanks, a comprehensive review of emergency plans and training records, and increased frequency of on-site inspections with the goal of preventing the possibility of future spills.
If anyone has information on this incident, they are urged to call the Putnam Fire Marshal’s Office at 860-963-6800 x112.
NDDH reminds anyone with private wells to conduct full water quality tests on an annual basis.
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Key Components
Woodstock Academy players, from left: Gabriel Viau, Evan Haskins and Jai Abrams, will be key components for the Centaurs’ boys tennis team this season. Photo by Trent Peters/The Woodstock Academy.
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In tennis: A
good problem
to have
Last year, Woodstock Academy boys’ tennis coach Siana Green was a little concerned. Her team was so young; she really didn’t know how it would all fall in place.
“This year, my problem is, I have too many good players and I don’t know who is going to get the (starting) spots,” Green said.
The Centaurs finished 7-7 overall and 7-1 in Div. II of the ECC a season ago.
Green did lose her No. 1 singles player from last year, Stefan Chervenkov, but has senior Joe Zhou coming back after a couple of years layoff.
Zhou played for the Centaurs as a freshman but was sidelined, as was everyone, by the pandemic in 2020 and didn’t return to campus due to travel restrictions in 2021.
He is currently locked in a competition with junior Gabriel Viau for the top singles spot for the Centaurs.
“Gabriel played No. 1 doubles last year,” Green said. “Joe and Evan (Haskins) played third doubles together (three years ago) and Joe just kills every ball he gets. That’s his go-to and it works - most of the time.”
Senior Jai Abrams and junior Cormac Nielsen will also likely play singles with Haskins possibly seeing time in both singles and doubles play.
“We have a lot of good returning players, several good freshmen this year too. We do have a lot of good singles players, five of us, we’re good,” Nielsen said.
Juniors James Le, Diego Rodriguez and sophomores Cang Nguyen, Kyle Pazienza and Ethan Staples are also in the doubles mix.
Green also has the benefit of five talented freshmen.
One thing she does not have – home courts: The tennis courts at the Bentley Athletic Complex are unplayable this season.
Both the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams are practicing at Pomfret School and will play their matches at Killingly High School.
The Centaurs will again be in Div. II of the ECC, just with some different dance partners.
NFA (0-12-1 last season), New London (2-10-1) and Ledyard (9-5) will join the Centaurs in the division.
“We didn’t play New London or Ledyard last year, so we have no idea what those teams will be like. It’s exciting. I’m feeling hopeful because we have done well against them in the past. We have a shot. I’m feeling positive that this may be a year where we don’t have to share a title (the Centaurs and Montville tied for the D-II regular season a year ago),” Green said.
Boys’ Tennis Schedule: Mon., April 4: at St. Bernard/Wheeler, 4:30; Wed., April 13: at Ledyard, 3:45; Sat., April 16: vs. NFA (at Killingly), 11; Mon., April 18: at Montville; 3:45; Tues., April 19: vs. Fitch (at Killingly, 5; Wed., April 20: at Fitch, 3:45; Mon., April 25: at Ledyard, 4; Fri., April 29: vs. Waterford (at Killingly), 4:15; Mon., May 2, at NFA, 3:45; Fri., May 6: at Stonington, 4:15; Sat., May 7: vs. New London (at Killingly), 11; Mon., May 9: at New London, 4:30; Wed., May 11: at E. Lyme, 4:15; Sat., May 14, vs. Lyman (at Killingly), 11.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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Track Team Leaders
Four seniors, from left: Leah Castle, Hailey McDonald, Linsey Arends and Emily Nazer will lead a young girls’ outdoor track team for Woodstock Academy. Photo by Marc Allard.
It’s the story of the spring season for Woodstock Academy athletic teams for the most part this season. A lot of athletes coming back and plenty of optimism.
The Centaurs girls’ track and field team lost only two performers, Iris Bazinet and Mallory Tyimok, to graduation.
“We’re looking at a lot of returners, didn’t lose much from last year. All of our primary point scorers are back and getting stronger,” said coach Josh Welch.
What’s even better is that the Centaurs have only four seniors: Emily Nazer, Leah Castle, Linsey Arends and Hailey McDonald.
“We have a couple of seniors who are up there, but it’s really still looking at the sophomore and junior classes as they come up (to account for) the bulk of our point scoring. We should be a strong team this year,” Welch said.
McDonald agreed. “We have a lot of new people the past couple of years and they just keep surprising us. We have people who come in for a season and they’re just awesome,” the senior said admitting that it’s a bittersweet feeling for her to leave at the end of the season. “I’m going to miss the team and will miss working with coach Welch a lot.”
McDonald has her own goals this season. She was off by a tenth of a second from qualifying for the Class MM state championship meet in both of her sprint events a year ago.
Arends returns as one of the top distance and middle distance runners in the ECC. Castle, juniors Lauren Brule and Carah Bruce and sophomore Julia Coyle are four other talented distance event athletes.
Junior Magdalena Myslenski will lead the throwers after a fourth-place finish in the Class MM state competition last season. Fellow junior Bella Sorrentino is strong in the shotput and Welch feels he has several javelin throwers working through the ranks.
Bella Sorrentino and sophomore Reegan Reynolds are strong in the triple and long jumps while sophomore Jillian Edwards, freshman Mia Sorrentino and junior Fiona Rigney will give Woodstock points in the high jump.
Freshman Juliet Allard was impressive in the sprints during the indoor track season.
“She will be a top-3 competitor in the ECC’s and that really rounds things out for us. She was seventh in the (300-meter) in the state and (eighth) in the (55-meter hurdles). As a freshman, that’s great,” Welch said.
The biggest challenge for the coaching staff now is that the young athletes continue to follow the trajectory that they should.
If there is a place to improve, it is in the championship meets. After winning the ECC Div. II regular season championship a year ago, the Centaurs finished fourth in the championship meet.
The Centaurs are back in Div. I against the likes of larger programs like NFA, E. Lyme and Fitch. Welch said he’s looking forward to the opener against NFA (April 13) to use as a measuring stick for the season.
“East Lyme is a whole other story,” Welch said with a smile. “I saw their coach (Carl Reichard) at New England’s (for indoor track) and it was the first time he ever said ‘You have us nervous coming up there. You guys are gunning for us.’ I told him, ‘You haven’t had to be nervous ever.’ It was really cool to hear that. Even if we can just mix it up and make it a meet with them, it would be awesome.”
On the state level, Welch is hopeful for better performances.
“We had Reegan and Talia (Tremblay) in the top 12 in the 400-meter as freshmen and we’re going to be competitive in the 200. Our 4x800 (relay) team is going to be really strong and could get close to placing there. I think Linsey will focus on the 800m and should do well and Magdalena in the discus has the potential to be in the top three. There are a handful of kids who could score and medal in States this year,” Welch said.
Girls’ Track Schedule: Wed., April 13: at NFA, 3:45; Wed., April 27: vs. Fitch, 3:45; Sat., April 30: at Ledyard Relays, TBA; Wed., May 4: vs. E. Lyme, 4; Sat., May 7, at Middletown Invitational, 10; Wed., May 18: vs. Waterford, 3:30; Mon., May 23: ECC Championship at E. Lyme, TBA.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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