Wed. Nov. 5
Pet Loss Support Group
DAYVILLE --- NECCOG Animal Services on Putnam Pike will present a Pet Loss Support Group at 6 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. Free. No fee/reservations are required, and you are free to attend as often as necessary throughout your grief process. 860-774-1253
Art Exhibit
DANIELSON --- QVCC will present an exhibit, “Chernobyl + 20 + 8: This is our land – we still live here,” in the Spirol Gallery through Nov. 7.
Fri. Nov. 7
Trivia Night
N. GROSVENORDALE --- The QVR Rotaract Club, part of the Putnam Rotary Club, will hold its second annual QVR Rotaract Trivia Night fund-raiser at the K of C Banquet Hall. Doors open at 5; dinner at 6. Register a team by Oct. 31.
Sat. Nov. 8
‘Tasty’ Fund-raiser
PUTNAM --- Pet Pals Northeast will hold a Wine and Beer Tasting fund-raiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Putnam Elks on Edmond Street. $25 per person. Purchase at: Uncle Dan’s Wine Beer & Liquor, Quinebaug Valley Veterinary Hospital, Danielson, or by mail at Pet Pals, PO Box 64, Plainfield, CT 06374. 860-317-1720.
Yuletide Festival
PUTNAM --- The Yuletide Festival, sponsored by the Daughters of Isabella, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary Church Hall on Providence Street.
Tiffany Program
KILLINGLY --- The Killingly Historical Society will present a free program, “Tiffany Connections" by Margaret Weaver, Killingly town historian after a 1:30 p.m. drawing, at the Westfield Congregational Church on Main Street.
Food Drive
PUTNAM --- There will be a food drive from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Cargill Council 64 Knights of Columbus Hall on Providence Street. Sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 21 and Cargill Council 64, KofC. Benefits Interfaith Human Services of Putnam. Mailed monetary donations welcome: Interfaith Human Services of Putnam, P.O. Box 281, Putnam, CT 06260. 860 928-0169.
Holiday Craft Fair
CANTERBURY --- A Holiday Craft Fair will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Canterbury Community Center off Rt. 14. Fund-raiser for Paddle for a Cure.
Holly Fair
E. WOODSTOCK --- The East Woodstock Congregational Church will host the Holly Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Coffee Hour all day. Luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m.
Concert
WILLIMANTIC --- The Fall Bread Box Concert will present Americana/Folk group Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Valley Street. $25. Benefits the Covenant Soup Kitchen & Emergency Food Pantry. 860-429-4220
Sun. Nov. 9
Turkey Trot
THOMPSON --- The Citizen’s National Bank 5K Cross Country Turkey Trot and & 2.5K/5K Turkey Wobble will be held, rain or shine , at West Thompson Lake. The Turkey Wobble (2.5K or 5K walk) begins at 9 a.m. and the Turkey Trot (5K run) begins at 10:05 a.m. Seven age divisions. No dogs. Register on-line at www.thompsonrec.org or stop by Thompson Recreation in Town Hall. Benefits TEEG Food Bank, Thompson Trails ad Parks. You may also help by soliciting pledges from people that can’t make the event. Bring pledges with you on Nov. 10th with donor's name, address, email, and amount or mail check with pledge sheet to P.O. Box 899, N. Grosvenordale. Collect $50 or more in pledges and registration fee is waived. 860-923-9440.
Vendor Event
WEBSTER --- A Splash of Panache Vendor Event will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at Point Breeze Restaurant. Benefits St. Joseph School. $20. For tickets: 508-949-3517.
Fund-raiser Concert
POMFRET --- Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Connecticut will present Frederick Moyer, pianist, at 4 p.m. at the Tang Center at Rectory School. $25 and $15 tickets. 860-442-7890.
Mon. Nov. 10
Veterans Night
PUTNAM --- The American Legion Post 13 will present Celebrity Bartenders Night from 5 to 9 p.m. at J.D. Cooper’s Restaurant on Park Road. It will honor WWII veterans Robert Clemens and Armand Jolly.
Thur. Nov. 13
Play
POMFRET --- The Pomfret School Drama Department will present “Almost, Maine,” a play by John Cariani, at 7 p.m. Nov.. 13 and Nov. 15 at the Hard Auditorium on the campus of Pomfret School. Free. All welcome. 963-5260.
Fri. Nov. 14
Press Program
CANTERBURY --- Gail Usher & Herb Loughery of Historic New England on "The Power Of The Press: The First Decade Of The Independent" [Woodstock's Henry Chandler Bowen's newspaper that advocated the cause of antislavery in the late 1840s] will be presented by the Canterbury Historical Society around 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall Community Room. All welcome. www.canterburyhistorical.org
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PUTNAM — The Park Tribute Center, the first and only crematorium in Windham County, has completed its first year of operations and announces another Open House.
Bob Fournier, funeral director and owner of the Gilman Funeral Home in Putnam and the Valade Funeral Home in N. Grosvenordale, recently announced a successful first year of operating the crematorium. Park Tribute Center is a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide complete funeral care to families who choose cremation. The facility is at 25 Highland Drive in the Putnam Industrial Park.
Due to a large turnout last year and continued interest from the community, an Open House will be held at the Park Tribute Center from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 9. All are welcome to tour the facility, and the staff of Gilman and Valade Funeral Homes will be on hand to answer all funeral and cremation-related questions.
Fournier said, “Last year 300 people attended our open house and toured our facility. Since then many people who were not able to attend the event, have asked that we hold another open house.” He added “There are so many different ways to memorialize and commemorate someone’s life, this open house gives people a convenient way to explore all the options available to them. I encourage our guests to ask questions. ”
Founded in 1919, Gilman Funeral Home has helped guide families in Northeastern Connecticut through a difficult time with gentleness, compassion and respect. Since 2005, Bob Fournier and his staff have continued this tradition. Gilman & Valade Funeral Homes now also offers new services and contemporary options responding to the wider preferences and needs of the community while giving survivors the opportunity to mourn their loss amongst family and friends, and to begin the healing process.
Honored
PUTNAM — Lead Security Officer Robert Beaudry has been named employee of the month for October at Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH).
In his capacity as lead security officer, Beaudry provides safety and security services for individuals while at Day Kimball Hospital, which is part of the DKH integrated system, and also protects hospital property from fire, theft or vandalism. His responsibilities include oversight of the switchboard and dispatch functions, which includes answering/directing all incoming phone calls; operating the fire alarm panel; and employing the emergency paging systems.
Beaudry joined DKH in March of 2008, after 27 years with the Putnam Police Department, retiring at the rank of captain. He is a past recipient of “Police Officer of the Year” awards from the Connecticut District Exchange Clubs of America and the American Legion Department of Connecticut. Beaudry is a Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow. A graduate of Tourtellotte Memorial High School and H.H. Ellis Regional Technical School, he attended the Connecticut Municipal Police Training Academy and the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.
He lives in Putnam with his wife, Nancy. They have two grown children, Christopher and Jenny.
Citizens National Bancorp
declares dividend
PUTNAM — The Board of Directors of Citizens National Bancorp, Inc. announced the payment of a regular quarterly dividend. A cash dividend of $0.25 per share has been declared to shareholders of record on Oct. 22, 2014, and payable on Nov. 13, 2014.
Citizens National Bancorp Inc. is a one-bank holding company that owns The Citizens National Bank which is headquartered in Putnam and has branch offices in Thompson, Woodstock, Killingly, and Brooklyn. The bank assets are currently in excess of $333 million.