On dean's list
BURLINGTON, Vt. --- Three local students were named to the fall 2012 dean's list at Champlain College: Sarah Bell of Woodstock,is majoring in Early Childhood/Elementary Education and is the daughter of Deborah and Robert Bell of Woodstock; Paige Merrow of Woodstock, is majoring in Professional Writing and is the daughter of Erin and Terry Merrow of Woodstock; Deanna Vaida of Danielson, is majoring in Game Art and Animation and is the daughter of Monique Almquist of Auburn, Mass., and Andrew Vaida of Newark, Del.
Jog With Judy
is May 4
WOODSTOCK --- May 4 the 8th annual Jog With Judy 5-K Road race will take off from Roseland Park Road at 10 a.m.
The race is a fund-raiser that celebrates Judy Nilan who was murdered Dec. 5, 2005. She had been a social worker at Woodstock Middle School.
Organizers said Nilan devoted her time at WMS focusing on character building and drug/alcohol prevention programs. Her goal was to help students through th sometimes difficult middle school years.
The programs funded by the Jog With Judy include Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) (grade 5), Camp Woodstock Team Building (grades five and six); Girl Power (open to grades five through eight); Changing Hearts and Minds, a motivational speech; Courage to Speak (parent presentation and grades six, seven and eight); Looking In Theatre and more.
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Last year more than 700 took part. Runners and walkers are still welcome. People can register online at www.thelastmileracing.com or they can register the day of the race. Day of registration is $25 with no promise of a shirt.
CorePlus Federal Credit Union will open two new locations this year. Full-service branches will be inside the two Walmart supercenter stores, in Putnam and in Brooklyn.
The Walmart store on School Street (Rt. 44) on Putnam is undergoing full refurbishment and transition into a Supercenter. The second location will be in the newly built Providence Pike (Rt. 6) Supercenter in Brooklyn, which is slated to open by late fall.
Both store locations will provide CorePlus Credit Union with an opportunity to offer a full range of deposit and lending services including “Loan Zone” consumer-based loans, credit cards, home equity and mortgage products in a high traffic retail environment. Each location will offer an onsite ATM and nationwide shared branching services for members of participating credit unions.
“This is an exciting new chapter in the history of CorePlus wherein we will be able to offer access to our Credit Union in a popular retail environment” said Warren P. Scholl, president and CEO of CorePlus Credit Union.
CorePlus Federal Credit Union, founded in 1936, currently has seven full service branches locally; Norwich, Taftville, Backus Hospital, Groton, East Lyme, Waterford, and Plainfield. In addition to these branch locations, CorePlus Federal Credit Union operates two “Loan Zone” consumer lending centers in Putnam and Norwich. Core Plus currently has over 21,000 members and $196 million in assets. Its services are geared toward the retail customer through checking and savings type offerings and consumer driven products such as car loans, student loans, credit card services, mortgages and home-equity loans.
Winner
At the annual town cleanup, sponsored by the Putnam Business Association with other groups taking part, Ian Rooney won the Trash Championship. He's pictured with Business Network International of the Quiet Corner members, including, left to right: Rhonda Rooney, Jim Houghton, Lynne Quintal-Hill, and front, Anna Zubkova of the BNI and the PBA. Linda Lemmon photos.