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Above, the Testers. The Putnam Rotary Club installed some musical instruments at the Pomfret Community School and these kids, at the playground after hours, tried them out. Left, the installation crew from left: Matt Stachura from J.B. Concrete Products, Rotarian Woody Durst, John Barnes from J.B. Concrete Products, Rotarian Doug Porter and Rotarian and District Grant Committee Chair Karen Osbrey. Additional photos Wed. night on our FB page, Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger. Linda Lemmon photos.


By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
POMFRET — The playground at the Pomfret Community School rings with children’s laughter — and now it will ring with music.
Some members of the Putnam Rotary Club last week installed two musical instruments at the playground area used by students and the public. No one told the students the instruments were going to be installed.
Principal Susan Imschweiler said, “The instruments were a big hit today at recess!”
The instruments installed after school last Friday included a Metallaphone (similar to a xylophone) and a trio of Bongo Drums.
The Music Garden at Pomfret Community School was funded through a Rotary Foundation District 7890 grant of $2,375 plus $1,200 from the Putnam Rotary Club. The concrete work was donated by J.B. Concrete Products.
District Grant Committee Chair Karen Osbrey said there are 350 children enrolled in Pomfret Community School but the playground serves as a public playground during non-school hours.
The Putnam Rotary Club has five service towns: Putnam, Woodstock, Eastford, Thompson and Pomfret. A larger musical instrument installation is already delighting people on the River Trail in Putnam. Osbrey said the club hopes to install instruments in all five of its service towns. She added that Thompson is building a playground and so a Rotary touch of music for that playground is likely the next one on the list.
Helping Osbrey install the instruments were Rotarians Doug Porter and Wayne “Woody” Durst.

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