Pride pg 1 10-24-13
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Pride still
winning as
locals have
50-50 week
By Ron P. Coderre
In what is best described as a 50-50 week, the local gridiron entries were 50 percent successful and fifty percent unsuccessful. Three teams, the Quinebaug Pride, Pomfret School and Hyde-Woodstock reveled in victory, while their counterparts Killingly, Plainfield and Woodstock went down to defeat.
The hybrid Quinebaug Pride, composed of players from Putnam, Tourtellotte and Ellis Tech, travelled to Ansonia to face the Owls of Whitney Tech. The lengthy trip proved to be worthwhile as the Pride rode home 41-0 victors. The win raised coach Joe Asermelly’s charges record to 4-2 overall and in the CSC.
Six different players crossed the goal line for the winners, who were led by their field general Tylor Genest and their one-two running back punch of Raif Santerre and John Sanderson.
The preps, Pomfret School and Hyde Woodstock took different routes to victory. The Griffins of coach Henry Large went on the road to New Milford where they emerged with a 14-7 victory in a low scoring, tough defensive battle with Canterbury School. Both Pomfret scores were created on defense, as Joe Kelly scored on a 65-yard interception and Shaun O’Loughlin tallied on an eight-yard fumble recovery. Pomfret is 3-2 overall and in its league.
Hyde-Woodstock hosted visiting Holderness School on the Astroturf in Woodstock. The Wolfpack of coach Sean Saucier put on an offensive show besting the visitors 37-28 in a game that went down to the wire. The winners were led by the running back Marcus Greenledge and the passing of Harrison Smith. The Wolfpack moves to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in its league.
On the flip side of the coin, Killingly played competitively for almost a half until they were overmatched by a very fast and quick New London team 56-14. A bright spot for coach Chad Neal’s 3-3 Redmen was the return of running back Tyler Stucke who rushed for 153 yards on 23 carries.
The Plainfield Panthers also took a solid shot to the chin when they were handed a 49-7 spanking at the hands of the visiting Ledyard Colonels. The loss drops Plainfield to 2-4 on the season.
Woodstock, which just can’t seem to find the end zone, was manhandled by the visiting Stonington Bears 48-8, dropping the Centaurs to 0-6 on the year.
Extra Points…
This was a week of large unanswered point runs by winning teams. Stonington ran off 42 unanswered points against Woodstock; Quinebaug Pride enjoyed a 41-0 run over Whitney Tech; while both New London and Ledyard went on 42-point streaks over Killingly and Plainfield respectively…Ty Edbon, Ledyard’s sophomore quarterback has local connections. His grandparents are Bill and Bertha Lawson of Dayville and his mom is the former Sandy Lawson…By the way, Edbon had a spectacular night against Plainfield. He was a perfect 7-7 in the air for 154 yards and three aerial scores. He added a three-yard rushing touchdown…Coach Chad Neal of Killingly was buoyed by the return of Tyler Stucke, although it’s possible that Stucke’s ankle/Achilles injury may never be 100 percent this season…Plainfield was happy to have quarterback Steve Jankowski return to the field but the Panthers suffered the loss Jordan Federer and Tyler Ballard in its loss to Ledyard…Quinebaug Pride had a great performance defensively against Whitney Tech with Jojo Gonsales, Jeremee Perez, Mike Davis and Saige Louis all posting interceptions in the shutout… Hyde-Woodstock received a tremendous rushing performance from Marcus Greenridge who was 23-147 and three touchdowns in the 37-28 win over Holderness…The Pride’s Tylor Genest with a touchdown on Saturday continues to lead the area in scoring with 68 points…Plainfield’s Jankowski now has 10 TD passes in the air…As the teams move into week Number Seven, Montville is at Killingly; Woodstock visits Ledyard; and Quinebaug Pride hosts Wolcott Tech. All three contests are 6:30 p.m. starts on Friday under the arcs. On Saturday, Hyde-Woodstock is at Kents Hill in a 2:30 p.m. kickoff and Gunnery School comes to Pomfret for a 2:45 p.m. start.
Putnam Town Crier Super Standings: Quinebaug Pride – 4-2; Pomfret School – 3-2; Hyde-Woodstock – 3-2; Killingly – 3-3; Plainfield – 2-4; Woodstock – 0-6.
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Striped grasses stick their tops out through a white picket fence in Putnam. Lines upon lines. Linda Lemmon photo.
New page 1 10-24-13
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PUTNAM --- The Putnam Public Library Exploratory Building Committee has recommended to the Board of Selectmen that the town build a new two-story library on Church Street on the Quinebaug River.
Selectmen unanimously voted to apply for a state library building grant and to buy the property, pending a referendum, expected to be scheduled in early December.
“We have developed a plan that we believe will serve the library for decades, as well as provide community space in a central riverfront location,” said committee Chairman George Tsanjoures. “And this site will offer everyone an opportunity to enjoy this beautiful location on the Quinebaug River in downtown Putnam.”
Library Director Priscilla Colwell said the present library has been unable to meet all the increasing demands for library space and services in recent years. She also said the library needs to respond to evolving demands of the 21st century.
“”The Library has a real need for handicapped accessible space for our community to use for multiple purposes. Events such as library programs for all ages, literacy classes, community meetings, and tutoring have been vying for very limited space. We are looking forward to having more space to offer even more programs and services to our customers," said Colwell.The proposed library would include meeting space for 150 people that would be accessible after library hours, quiet rooms for tutoring and study, a computer lab, a local history room for collections, research and meetings and a dedicated area for teens, all not available at the present library. The entire second floor would house the children’s library, ensuring a safe and inviting space for our children. It would include the children’s collection, computers and a separate story hour and craft room. If voters approve the proposal, selectmen would appoint a building committee, which would hire a project architect and oversee the project.
The town has applied for a $1 million state library building grant. Should the referendum be approved, the town would seek other state assistance funds and a private donation campaign would be started. The exploratory building committee was appointed by selectmen in January 2012 to hire an architect to look at available sites to find a solution to the needs of the town’s busy 58-year-old library building. The current building has accessibility, space and utility problems.
The committee first looked at renovating or rebuilding at the popular current Kennedy Drive location. However, the site is not big enough to adequately solve the library’s problems, according to Tsanjoures.
A study of the armory site on Wicker Street found that it would cost the same to renovate the old armory or build new. The committee felt the site was too far outside the core downtown area and too isolated, especially for weekend or evening use.
The committee also investigated building at the north end of the shopping plaza, but there was not an appropriate combination of town and private land for a site.
The exploratory building committee also discussed two sites not currently available that the town’s facilities committee has suggested. Committee members felt the Owen Tarr recreation complex on School Street, a popular athletic field, was outside the core downtown area. Members also were concerned that with the current town-owned library building to become vacant and the School Department slated to leave Town Hall with completion of the high school building project, a large community building complex at Tarr field would not be needed.
The committee was advised by its architect that it would be difficult to renovate part of the Provencial House on Church Street, currently for sale, for use as a library. He said the building offers little appropriate open space area and it might not be appropriate for the weight bearing requirements of a library.
Then and Now pg 2 10-24-13
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Then
Rowing in front of the old AT&T building during the Flood of 1955. A second floor was added after the flood. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
This is the same section of Main Street in downtown Putnam today.