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Celebrity Golf
Geoff Bolte, left, and his partner Mark Box, right, with former New England Patriots lineman Joe Andruzzi. Bolte and Box photographed and videotaped Andruzzi’s Celebrity Golf Tournament. Courtesy photo.
By Ron P. Coderre
As a young man growing up in Thompson, Geoff Bolte was an active participant in sports. At Tourtellotte Memorial High School he was primarily a baseball player, who enjoyed the luxury of being coached by the legendary Tom Auclair. He did, however also run cross country and indoor track and even joined the Tigers’ football team during his senior year.
Following his high school graduation in 2001, Bolte left the confines of the northeastern Connecticut area for warmer climes. He matriculated at little known Barry University on the sunny Miami Shores area of Florida, where he earned a bachelor’s of fine arts with a concentration in graphic design in 2005.
Parlaying his love of sorts and his degree, Bolte set out to combine his talents while finding a way to travel and even rub elbows with the stars of the sports world. Working as a freelance photographer for South Creek Global of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Bolte was given some impressive assignments.
He was assigned jobs covering the Patriots, Red Sox and Bruins as well as Toronto teams in the professional ranks. His camera also took him to such places as Tampa, Fla., where he covered the PGA Tour. In the college ranks he was on the sidelines or courtside shooting photos of the likes of Boston College and the UConn men’s and women’s teams.
He’s proud of the fact that his photographs have appeared in such prestigious sports publications as Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine. He’s also had photos in the world renowned Wall Street Journal.
The wanderlust began to fade a few years ago and Bolte, who is married to Jessica and has two sons, Payton and Callan, decided the freelance travel was keeping him away from home too much.
Joining forces with another photographer, Mark Box of Dudley, the pair teamed up to form CLARUS Studios, a photography outfit that still satisfies his sports urges as well as allows him to branch out more into the corporate world. Along with his partner, Box, the pair has done extensive work at Thompson Speedway Motor Park and other sports venues. In March CLARUS has been contracted to cover the Arnold Palmer Tournament in Orlando and will embark on corporate work in California.
Although his assignments still occasionally take him on the road, Bolte is satisfied with the fact that he’s taking care of his love of sports and photography, while being able to spend more time with the ones he loves, his wife and family. He’s enjoying a scenario that’s the perfect picture.
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This is downtown area in Putnam, the Water Street area, during the hurricane in March, 1936. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
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This is the same area today --- also taken from the Bridge Street bridge. Water Street no longer exists.
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PUTNAM — Day Kimball Healthcare recently received re-accreditation for its Sleep Center located at Day Kimball Hospital and its Laboratory which conducts tests at the Hospital, manages four community-based blood draw facilities, and provides blood draw services to skilled nursing facilities in the region.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine granted a five-year accreditation to the Sleep Center for both inpatient and in-home studies and the College of American Pathologists awarded the Laboratory a two-year accreditation.
In both cases, rigorous onsite inspections of the facilities were conducted by the respective accreditation committees. The process also includes review of policies and procedures and verification they are being properly followed.
Sleep medicine includes the diagnose and treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders such as sleep apnea as well as other disorders such as restless leg syndrome (RLS), abnormal REM behaviors, parasomnias, nocturnal seizure disorder, narcolepsy, sleep/wake disturbances, shift work disorders and jet lag disorders. The Sleep Center, opened in 1999 with an expansion in 2009, conducts studies onsite overnight and during the day as well as offers in-home studies, working with adults and children. A neurologist and pulmonologist, both boarded in sleep medicine, are supported by six registered technologist and one technician. All studies are pre-certified for physicians. In 2014, Day Kimball conducted 1122 studies.
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E. HARTFORD — A Pomfret man, Christopher L. Dyer, was one of seven mechanical engineers honored recently.
Pratt & Whitney and the Hartford chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers honored seven Distinguished Engineers of the Year to launch National Engineers Week recently.
This year’s Pratt & Whitney Distinguished Engineers of the Year are: Jesse Boyer, fellow in Additive Manufacturing; Christopher L. Dyer, deputy director, Cold Section Engineering; Dr. Matthew R. Feulner, discipline manager for Operability, Propulsion Systems Analysis; David P. Houston, manager of Core Structures, Mechanical Disciplines; Katherine A. Knapp Carney, Component Integrated Product Team leader, Next Generation Product Family Programs; John P. Virtue, Jr., discipline chief for Aero Thermal Fluids, Compressor Heat Transfer; and Ryan Walsh, validation manager, PW1100G-JM engine program.
“Recipients of this prestigious award have traditionally represented the superior engineering that defines ‘Dependable Engines,’” said Tom Prete, vice president, Engineering, Pratt & Whitney. “The seven engineers selected for this year’s award are some of our most innovative thinkers, and they deserve to be recognized for their contributions to our company and the field of engineering. The contributions made by Chris, Jesse, Ryan, Matt and Katherine have helped enable Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ engine to revolutionize the commercial aviation industry,” said Prete.