Past Issues of the Putnam Town Crier

 
 
Monday: No school - Columbus Day.
Woodstock public schools
Tuesday Fish sandwiches, cole slaw, fruit. Wednesday: Mozzarella sticks, marinara sauce, fruit. Thursday: Taco boats, refried beans, fruit. Friday: Pizza, carrots, fruit.
Putnam Elementary/Middle
Tuesday: Crispy chicken sandwiches, butternut squash. Wednesday - Wolf Meal: Cheeseburgers, sherbet. Thursday: Fiesta Taco Bowls, Spanish rice, corn. Friday: Putnam Special Pizza, salad with cherry tomatoes and cucumbers.
Putnam High
Tuesday: Ellen's Homemade Meatloaf or bacon cheeseburgers. Wednesday: Mozzarella sticks, marinara sauce or buffalo chicken wraps. Thursday: Nachos Grande or Chicken Caesar Salad. Friday: Homemade calzones or fish and chip dinners.
Pomfret Community
Tuesday: Pizza, carrots. Wednesday: Sloppy Joes, corn. Thursday: BBQ roasted chicken, three-bean salad. Friday: Meatball and cheese wrap sandwiches, carrots and cucumber wheels with ranch dip.
 
 
Wed. Oct. 4
Art Exhibit
N. GROSVENORDALE --- The Friends of the Library will present “Quartet – Four Thompson Artists” through Oct. 27 at the Library. It is part of the Art @ the Library program. Opening reception is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 4.
 
Thur. Oct. 5
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Full Moon Walk at 7:30 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon  Road. Meet in parking lot. Free for CAS members; $5 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
 
Blood Drive
WOODSTOCK --- The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. at the First Congregational Church on Rt. 169. 1-800-RED CROSS.
 
Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present “What Does Light Pollution Look Like,” a Virge Lorents photography exhibit, through the end of October at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road.  860-928-4948.
 
Art Exhibit
WILLIMANTIC --- The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University will present "Kingdom Animalia: Illustrations from New England" through Oct. 12. Free. All welcome.
 
Fri. Oct. 6
‘Fatal Murder’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Front Street will present “Death by Fatal Murder” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 2 p.m. Oct. 8, 15, and 22. 860-928-7887.
 
First Fridays
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present its First Fridays event from 6 to 9 p.m. downtown. Discoverputnam.com.
 
Comics Day
DANIELSON --- Quinebaug Valley Community College will host this year’s 24-Hour Comics Day starting at 3 p.m. There will be 24 hours straight of amateur and professional cartoonists of any age. For info call 860-932-4156.
 
Sat. Oct. 7
Super Hero Fun Day
WAUREGAN --- The 2nd Annual Super Hero Fun Day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  at United Services Wauregan Office on Putnam Road. The free, family event is sponsored by United Services Youth Service Bureau and features local first responder and other super heroes as well as a variety of super hero themed activities and a free lunch. Please RSVP by Sept. 22 to Robin at 860-412-8652. For more information, visit www.unitedservicesct.org.
 
Finnish Event
CANTERBURY --- The 7th Annual Fine Art & Craft Exhibit & Sale will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.  at the Finnish American Heritage Society at North Canterbury Road.  Indoor artisan exhibits and craft demonstrations. Tours of the Finnish Heritage Museum and Finnish sauna. Refreshments, live music, handicapped accessible. Free admission. 
 
Farmers Market
PUTNAM --- The Tractor Supply store on Rt. 44 will host a farmers market. Seeking farmers, crafters and artisans to sell their homemade and homegrown goods. To register, vendors can visit TSCEventPartners.com or the Putnam store. Nonprofit organizations and food trucks are also welcome to register.
 
Apple Fest
DAYVILLE --- The 4th Annual Big-Little Apple Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Killingly Grange Hall on Rt. 101.  Free admission and parking. 860-705-3643.
 
Art Exhibit
POMFRET CENTER --- The Northeastern CT Art Guild and 'Walktober' will present "Fall Colors," an interactive art exhibit, demo and artisan sale, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 7, 8 and 9 at 11 Town House Drive. Exhibit and refreshments are free. All welcome. 
 
Auction
QUINEBAUG --- The VFW Auxiliary to the Thompson Memorial Post 10088 will hold its 14th annual auction at the VFW Post Home on Rt. 131. Food is served at 5 and the auction is at 6.  Benefits veterans and community programs.
 
Arts & Crafts
CANTERBURY --- The FACES at FAHS will present the 7th Annual Fine Art & Craft Exhibit & Sale at the Finnish American Heritage Society from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Canterbury road. Refreshments. Free admission. Tours.
 
Sound Garden
POMFRET --- The New Pomfret Public Library’s sound Garden will be dedicated from 11 a.m. to noon. Entertainment by Sally Rogers and Friends.  Kids can make your own upcycled musical instrument to take home.  Bubble Tea cart ---free beverage for the first 20 people to arrive.  
 
Sun. Oct. 8
Prayer Service
PUTNAM --- A short, public prayer service, to continue the celebration the 125th anniversary of Cargill Council 64, Knights of Columbus, will be held at 10:15 a.m. at the grave of Cargill Council’s first Grand Knight, Edward Mullan.
 
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Second Sunday Walk at 2 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon  Road. Bring binoculars and camera. Meet in parking lot. Free for CAS members; $5 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
 
Mon. Oct. 9
Exercise Group
WOODSTOCK --- The Woodstock Senior Exercise Group will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday in the Woodstock Town Hall lower level meeting room. Minimum fee. Local seniors welcome.  860-315-5175.
 
Tues. Oct. 10
Senior Fair
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Commission on Aging will present the second annual Senior Information Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the St. Mary of the Visitation Church Hall on Providence Street. Bus service will be available (bus not handicapped accessible). For more info call Denise at 860-963-6800, ext. 100.
 
Meditation
PUTNAM --- A Mindfulness Meditation Group meets from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Putnam Public Library (downstairs). Free to all. 963-6826.
 
Wed. Oct. 11
Production
WILLIMANTIC --- "Thread City," the first Main Stage theatre production of the fall semester at ECSU, will show at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 13 and 14 and at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 12; at 11 a.m. Oct. 13 and 4 p.m. Oct. 15. The dialogue-free performance will convey - through actors' movements - the stories of immigrants who came to Willimantic to work in its historic thread mills. All showings will occur in the Proscenium Theatre of the Fine Arts Instructional Center. " This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
Blood Drive
N. GROSVENORDALE --- The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at TEEG on Thatcher Road. 1-800 RED CROSS.
 
Pork Dinner
DAYVILLE --- The Killingly Grange No. 112, on Rt. 101 and Dog Hill Road, will gold a roast pork dinner. From 5 to 6:30 p.m. $12. 
 
Thur. Oct. 12
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Trail Wood Bird Walk at 8 a.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon  Road. Meet in parking lot. $5 for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
 
Sat. Oct. 14
Craft Fair
KILLINGLY --- The Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society craft fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s on Hartford Pike in Dayville. Crafters wanted. 203 583 5073,  or the Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society. 
 
Art Festival
WOODSTOCK --- The First Congregational Church of Woodstock on Rt. 169 will host its 6th Annual Art and Craft Show both indoors and on the front lawn from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. Luncheon will be served inside both days from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Screech Owl Night Hike at 7 p.m. starting from Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. $5 for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
 
Old Home Day
CANTERBURY --- The Canterbury Old Home Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Canterbury Green. Rain or shine. Parking on the town green around the First Congregational Church will be limited to visitors with handicapped permits. General parking will be at the Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School on Rt. 14 with a free shuttle provided by the town of Canterbury running all day.
 
BBQ
CANTERBURY --- The Canterbury Lions Club chicken BBQ will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the community Center. $12 for half chicken, $10 for quarter chicken. Food items for the Canterbury Food Bank, eyeglasses and hearing aids will be collected.  860-546-6331.
 
Roast Pork
DANIELSON --- The Killingly-Brooklyn Interfaith Council is hosting a Roast Pork Dinner Fund Raiser for the local Fuel Bank from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Cornerstone Baptist Church. $12; kids 6 and younger eat for free.  Parking: Broad Street and at St. Alban's Episcopal Church and at the Temple Beth Israel Preservation Society on Killingly Drive.   
 
Arts & Crafts
WOODSTOCK --- Roseland Cottage holds its 35th annual Fine Arts and Crafts Festival from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. Admission for adults is $5. Historic New England members and children under 12 admitted free. Parking is free. Rain or shine. 860-928-4074.
 
Preserve Walk
WOODSTOCK --- The Wyndham Land Trust will present a Walktober Rapoport/Spalding Preserve Walk at 10 a.m. Park at end of  end of Calkins Road, by #129. Relatively easy and scenic 2-mile walk. Bad weather will cancel. Leashed dogs are welcome. 
 
 Library Talk
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Library Friends will present “Israel Putnam Walk and Talk” with Robert Ernest Hubbard at 10 a.m. at Wolf Den Campground. Free. No registration.  pomfretlibrary.org.
 
Preserve Hike
WOODSTOCK --- The Wyndham Land Trust will present a Walktober Bull Hill Preserve Hike at 1 p.m. About 4 miles. No dogs. 
 
Sun. Oct. 15
Palmer Legacy
WOODSTOCK --- The Legacy of Minnie Palmer Dean program will be held at 1 p.m. as part of TLGV’s Walktober events at the Palmer Hall/Arboretum on Rt. 169. Minnie Palmer Dean gave Woodstock Palmer Memorial Hall (former town hall) and Palmer Arboretum and also gifts to many other towns in New England. Learn about Minnie and her husband Charles Dean on a tour of the building and the park. Free. 
 
Wed. Oct. 18
Library Event
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Library Friends will present a free program, “Intro to Online Genealogy - Ancestry.com”with Nick Beams at 3 p.m. at the library. Register at:  pomfretlibrary.org
 
Fri. Oct. 20
Teen Weekend
POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Pond Road will hold Teen Weekend from 5:30 p.m. Oct. 20 until 9 a.m. Oct. 22. For teens 13 – 17.  Bring your own pumpkin to carve. $50. Pre-registration required: 860-974-3379.
 
Sat. Oct. 21
Church Fair
PUTNAM --- The Congregational Church of Putnam will present a Harvest Fair and Luncheon ’17 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefits community charities. 860-928-4405.
 
Great Pumpkin Fest
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present its Great Pumpkin Festival from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. downtown. Discoverputnam.com.
 
Tackle the Trail
POMFRET --- The QVCC Foundation annual fund-raiser, Tackle the Trail, will start at 9 a.m. at the Airline Trail and run to Willimantic. You can run as an individual or as a relay team. $100 for individual runner or relay team (up to 5 runners) $200. Supports foundation’s mission, to raise funds so that all residents of northeastern Connecticut are provided the opportunity to attend QVCC  regardless of income, to support education excellence, technological advancement, and professional 860- 932- 4174 .
 
Open House
PUTNAM --- King Cadillac GMC on Pomfret Street will hold its annual Open House and Customer Appreciation event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food, free fall checkups, displays and more.
 
Open House
POMFRET --- Pomfret School will hold an open house from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Limited interview slots available. Registration required: 860.963.6120.
 
Steak Supper
EASTFORD --- The Eastford Independent Fire Company No. 1 Inc. will hold an all-you-can-eat steak supper at 6:30 p.m. at the firehouse. $20. No tickets at door. 974-0256.
 
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Saw-whet Owl Banding at 8 p.m. Oct. 21 and Oct. 28 starting from Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. $15 for CAS members; $25 for nonmembers. Limit 20. 860-928-4948.
 
Book Sale
CANTERBURY --- The Friends of the Canterbury Public Library will hold a book sale and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Community Room. http://canterburylibrary.org/
 
 
Northeast Communities Against Substance Abuse (NECASA) is seeking nominations for two regional awards. Nomination forms may be accessed on-line from the NECASA website at www.necasaonline.org. Nominations are due by Nov. 1.
The Volunteer with Youth Award is given to a volunteer over the age of 18 whom works with youth in their community.  The Volunteer with Youth Award is now a regional award for the entire twenty-one town Northeast Connecticut region. Beginning in 1993, the award was started to encourage and recognize people for their outstanding work with youth.  Solid adult role models for young people are found to be one of the greatest preventive measures which a community can use to alleviate negative behaviors in children. For many years the award was given to an individual or couple from each town in the region, but funding has limited the award to a regional award the past few years. Over the years, coaches from different sports, church youth leaders, scout leaders and school volunteers have been recognized for their outstanding volunteerism.
The Nilan Award is named after Judith Nilan, the social worker at Woodstock Middle School who was murdered in 2005. Judy Nilan was an outstanding individual and NECASA worked with her to help bring programming and speakers to the Woodstock Middle School to benefit the students. After her death, NECASA dedicated the award to her and the first award was given in 2006 to her husband Jon Baker and her children. The Nilan Award recognizes one outstanding school social worker, psychologist, principal, teacher or other school personnel in the region for their dedication and commitment to their student’s wellbeing.
 
 
PUTNAM — Jessica Stailing, patient service representative (PSR) and certified medical assistant (CMA) has been named employee of the month for August at Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH).
Stailing began her career with DKH in 2008 as a PSR in the Day Kimball Medical Group pulmonary medicine office in Putnam. She has since earned her CNA/CMA certificates to perform cross coverage as a CMA in addition to her role as a PSR. In her role, Stailing’s responsibilities include processing and maintaining patient information, patient intake services, telephone management, scheduling, coding review, charge entry, as well as assisting with direct patient care and routine specialized procedures. 
Stailing currently lives in Moosup. She attended Allied Business School, Inc., where she received her medical billing certificate. She also earned an Associate’s Degree from Quinebaug Valley Community College where she obtained her CNA and CMA certifications.
 
Helping Hand
The events of 9/11/2001 are forever seared in the minds of all Americans.   There are many ways that people continue to remember that day.  At The Hartford Insurance Company, they have chosen it to be one of their biggest Days of Caring of the year.   A cheerful, energetic group of six spent the day at the Windham-Tolland 4-H camp cleaning and painting the beautiful but neglected Nature Lodge.   Steve Curry, chairman of the Ragged Hill Woods program at the camp, had everything ready for the crew.  By the end of the day, furniture had been moved outside and cleaned, the inside of the lodge and windows were washed, the floor was scrubbed and painted and the entire outside of the building was stained.  The transformation was amazing.  Members of the all-volunteer 4-H Foundation members do much of the property maintenance on a volunteer basis to keep tuition costs as low as possible for summer campers. Courtesy photo.
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