police pg 8 3-30-23
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The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs. The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 860-963-0000.
March 21
Ismael G. Perrota, 43, Green Street, Putnam; risk of injury to minor, disorderly conduct.
March 23
Roger G. Anctil, 43, School Street, Putnam; second-degree failure to appear.
Naysa Jones, 18, Green Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct.
March 26
Fredrick Tucker, 23, Putnam Pike, Dayville; second-degree failure to appear.
Fredrick Tucker, 23, Putnam Pike, Dayville; operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration, operating motor vehicle with insufficient insurance, failure to have head lamp.
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Centaurs pg 1 4-6-23
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Boys’ Golf
Centaurs
hope to pick
up where they
left off
Sun and green grass. It does a lot for the soul especially that of a golfer.
“One hundred percent,” Woodstock Academy senior Davis Simpson said in agreement while standing on the deck of the clubhouse overlooking the ninth hole at the Woodstock Golf Course last week. “As someone who participates in a winter sport, too, I’m kind of sad to see it pass through the seasons but it’s golf season now and we’re focused on this.”
Simpson’s winter season was a victim of nature. He was a member of the Alpine ski team which had to rely on man-made rather than natural snow for much of the season.
“I went out and played (the) Raceway (golf course in Thompson) about three weeks ago and that was really early. I was like, ‘It’s March 8th and I’m playing golf. This is really nice.’ The weather has been absolutely amazing,” the senior added.
Being out on the course beats being inside learning rules or inside the gym hitting into nets.
It makes the playing field a bit more level with those teams from the southern part of the state.
“My biggest gripe with spring golf has been the lack of parity for everyone to get on the course at the same time throughout the state. There are, generally, two different climates this time of year in Connecticut. I know when I talk to the coaches down at East Lyme and Fitch, they are already out there playing and, sometimes, we still have several inches of snow on the courses and we’re waiting for them to dry out. I have a really ambitious, eager group of kids this year and now, I have the ability to put them on the golf course, too,” said Woodstock Academy coach Rich Garceau.
It’s true the Centaurs’ home course, Quinnatisset Country Club in Thompson, has yet to open but the team can practice at Woodstock in the meantime.
They will also have time once it does open.
Woodstock was supposed to begin the season this week but its matches against East Lyme on the road and Waterford at home have both been postponed until later in the season. It means the Centaurs will not begin their season until they play at Fitch in Groton following vacation on April 18 and their first home match isn’t until April 27.
Woodstock is also coming off a strong finish to its 2022 season.
The Centaurs finished 10-9 overall but placed second in the ECC championship tournament.
They followed that up with a ninth-place finish in the CIAC Division I state championship tournament.
“It’s definitely going to be tough to repeat that this year with no Kyle (Brennan) and no Chris (Thibault), but the boys are going to put in some hard work and we’re going to give it our best shot,” Simpson said.
The senior will be a key.
Simpson was generally the No. 2 man on the team between Brennan and Thibault and was one of the vocal leaders a year ago.
“He’s our No. 1 going into the season. He has the experience; he has the confidence, and the game to back it up. Having him anchor that No. 1 spot helps pull the other kids along who may not have the skills he does,” Garceau said. “Davis is also a very good leader whether it’s around the school or on the team, he’s willing to take charge. I think they respect him for that.”
Garceau said that was even true of last year when Simpson usually began the chats on the bus to matches discussing how to play certain courses.
The Centaurs will also have Anthony Listro, Landen Kuchy, Don Sousa and Logan Rawson back from last year’s varsity team.
Newcomers to the varsity include Alec Nunes, Aidan O’Connor, Curtis Lefebvre, Logan Edwards, Braiden Saucier, Abdullah Choudhry and Luke Thompson.
“I know Landen, Don and Logan can all step up as can I. It’s not about replacing Kyle and Chris, it’s about finding a new team and we’re going to work with what we have,” Simpson said.
He added his biggest focus is on the short stick as he thought putting was one of his weakest attributes.
Although working on putting in March, in New England, is not easy as the greens are hardly what they will be in May and June.
“I have a good returning group. Losing Chris and Kyle, who were playing great at the end of last season and I was very happy for them, is tough. They were great kids and I enjoyed having them. My returners have played a lot of golf over last summer which is what high school golfers should do. They just didn’t let their clubs gather dust. I have a lot of freshmen this year, nine or 10, some who are new to the game and have never played, but they have athleticism and if they put their mind to it, will learn the game. I also have a few freshmen who have played for a number of years,” Garceau said.
The Centaurs will need that as they compete in Division I of the ECC with Norwich Free Academy, Fitch and East Lyme.
“I think the whole division will be competitive this year. (Returning league champion) Killingly is going to be strong. I think they’re pretty much returning everyone who played in last year’s tournament but we were competitive with Killingly last year. They deserved to win but we were hanging around and we have some kids this year who are showing work ethic, athleticism, and knowledge of the game, I think we’re going to have a good season,” Garceau said.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
Davis Simpson, left, and Don Sousa work on their putting stroke in an early season practice round at the Woodstock Golf Course. Photo by Collin Hamilton.
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bats pg 1 4-6-23
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Harry Roy. Photo by Thomas Netzer.
Putnam Science Academy’s baseball team won five of its first six games in this inaugural season. And if the bats led the way for the first four on a Spring Break trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., the pitching is what paced the Mustangs as the returned to games in the colder New England games last week.
After scoring 51 runs during that 4-0 jaunt through Myrtle Beach, it really was the pitching that stood out as the team split a pair of games with Mitchell College JV and Paramount Academy.
Harry Roy improved to 2-0 with a solid effort last Thursday against Paramount, striking out four in four shutout innings of an 8-1 win. He got into a little bit of two-out trouble in the third, but battled his way into stranding two runners by getting the batter to pop out and end the mini-threat.
“That was a great early-season effort from Harry,” PSA coach Bob Hetu said. “And then Pedro (Torrez) came in and did a tremendous job too. Their efforts were much needed.”
Torrez threw the final three innings, allowing just the one run and striking out three.
The effort of the week though came from Christopher Almanzar. The righthander came on in relief with nobody out in the first inning of Monday’s game against Mitchell College JV, and with the Mustangs having another game scheduled for Tuesday (it was later rained out) plus Paramount on Thursday, “pitched his guts out” according to an impressed teammate watching from the dugout. Almanzar went four innings giving up one run and saving Hetu from having to use multiple arms in a week stacked with games. Enger Paulino followed and gave up one run over three.
“That’s who he is,” Hetu said. “Really talented kid but just kept us in the game. He gave us four great innings; he would’ve gone out and pitched another one because that’s how he is too. But he saved us.”
The Mustangs trailed 8-3 after the first inning then scored a run in the third inning, four in the fourth, and one more in the fifth before finally falling 10-9.
“We showed a lot of character,” Hetu said. “After the first inning, I told them they could lie down and quit or they can ignore the score and play one inning at a time, and play the game the right way. I told them, ‘Let’s creep back in and make it interesting.’”
Jesus Fermin hit a two-run homer, and Ryan Hines had a pair of hits, while Almanzar and Derreck Barrada both had RBI doubles for PSA.
Stephen Nalbandian
Sports Information Director
Putnam Science Academy
dkh pg 1 4-6-23
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DKH sets
visitation
restrictions
PUTNAM — At the end of March Day Kimball Healthcare instituted temporary visitation restrictions to curtail foot traffic at Day Kimball Hospital, and expanded temporary visitation protocols to its Day Kimball Medical Group (DKMG) and outpatient sites.
The latest rules:
All visitors must be over the age of 18, masks are optional. Please wear a mask if you have COVID-19 and/or an upper respiratory illness. Med/Surg and ICU/Tele patients are allowed to have two visitors between the hours of noon and 8 p.m. ED patients will be allowed two visitors per patient, one at a time. At the discretion of the clinical staff, exceptions may be made to allow both visitors at the same time. COVID-positive patients or person under investigation (PUIs) in the ICU or Med/Surg are allowed one visitor per day, ED patients are allowed one visitor for 15 minutes.
The visitor MUST sign a consent form and MUST wear a KN95 mask and appropriate PPE. The time and length of the visit may be changed at the discretion of the clinical staff. Maternal Child Health patients are allowed two support persons or coaches for the mother and baby’s hospital stay. Pediatric Operating Room or Emergency Department patients will be allowed two accompanying adults during their stay. Adult ACU/OR patients will be allowed one accompanying adult. Hospice patients or Comfort Measures Only patients will be allowed one visitor at a time.
The restriction of one visitor can be altered at the discretion of the clinical staff. Visitors need to wait in their vehicle and enter the hospital only when the other visitor has left. Patients with outpatient testing and procedures may have one accompanying adult. Hematology/Oncology patients may have one accompanying adult. This may be altered to include others at the discretion of the clinical team. Inpatient Behavioral Health is restricting visitors; on rare occasions, the clinical staff may make alterations.
These temporary accompaniment restrictions will remain in effect until further notice. Exceptions may be made to this visiting policy at the discretion of medical and/or nursing leadership, including exceptions for patients who are at end-of-life, and continued consideration for all individuals with developmental, physical, mental and/or other disabilities/challenges.
DKH understands these measures may create a significant hardship for both patients and families. However, DKH believes that at this time this is the best way to protect the vulnerable patients who have trusted DKH with their care.
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