Volleyball
challenge
PUTNAM — It’s a sure sign that spring is around the corner when the Putnam Lions Volleyball Challenge (PLVC) is here! This event is the largest fund-raiser of the year for the Putnam Lions. The Lions are looking for competitors.
This year’s tournament is being held on March 18 and 19 in the Pomfret School’s Strong Field House. The facility contains four courts which makes all the teams active and in continual competition. Referees are provided.
Co-Ed teams compete for cash prizes and the coveted traveling PLVC trophy. Individual prizes for raising pledge amounts will also be awarded. Complementary food, beverages, snacks and T-shirts will be available to players.
Event slots fill quickly so anyone interested in entering a team is encouraged to contact Lion Michael Hanrahan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 860-933-5793 for more information and a Team Packet.
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‘Souvenir’
The Bradley Playhouse will present “Souvenir” starting Feb. 10. Pictured are Preston Arnold as Cosme McMoon and Diane Pollard as Florence Foster Jenkins. Photo courtesy of Christopher Atwood.
Bradley presents
'Souvenir'
PUTNAM — The Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse will present Stephen Temperley’s “Souvenir.”
It runs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 11, 17 and 18 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 12 and 19. Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for seniors and students. Call 860-928-7887.
The TNECT production of Souvenir is co-directed by Kathleen Atwood and Scott A. Guerin. Florence Foster Jenkins is masterfully played by Diane Pollard (be aware, you have to be able to sing really well to imitate someone who is incapable of producing two consecutive notes in tune). Preston Arnold appears as the long-suffering accompanist, Cosme McMoon.
The name Florence Foster Jenkins has been guaranteed to produce derisive laughter. In the 1930s and 1940s, this wealthy society eccentric suffered under the delusion that she was a great coloratura soprano when nothing could be farther from the truth.
The climax of her career was a single concert at Carnegie Hall in 1944. Famously, it sold out in two hours. Souvenir, by turn hilarious and poignant, tells her story through the eyes of her accompanist, Cosme McMoon. A talented musician, he regards her at first as little more than an easy way to pay the rent, but, as he gets to know her, his initial contempt gives way to reluctant admiration, then friendship and affection. Faced with Florence’s certainty of her ability, Cosme comes to revise his attitude, not only towards her singing but to the very meaning of music itself. As the play ends the audience enters her world completely, finding there the beauty she’d heard in her head all along. As Florence Foster Jenkins famously said “People may say I can’t sing, but no one can ever say I didn’t sing.”
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Winner
The Quinebaug Valley Regional Rotaract Club recently presented its 2016 Trivia Night championship trophy to Archambault Insurance Associates of Putnam. Marc Archambault, President of Archambault Insurance Associates, accepted the trophy on behalf of the winning team. Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — After closing out 2016 with its biggest Trivia Night fund-raiser yet, the Quinebaug Valley Regional Rotaract Club recently kicked off 2017 by awarding the event’s championship trophy to Archambault Insurance Associates.
Held in November, the fourth-annual Trivia Night raised more than $6,500 to benefit the Rotaract Club’s scholarship program, which offers financial support to community-minded students. With a crowd of more than 150 people gathered, Trivia Night featured competition among 15 teams each comprised of eight players. The event’s sponsors included bankHometown, as well as Putnam Bank and Wheelabrator Technologies.
Woodstock Academy also supported the event by donating more than 200 cupcakes, prepared by their Pastry & Baking students. Paul Pikora of Archambault Insurance, Romeo Blackmar of Putnam PRIDE, and Gary and Karen Osbrey of WINY Radio also reprised their volunteer roles as scorekeeper, timekeeper, trivia jockey, and trivia master, respectively.
The Archambault Insurance team “The Competitive Raters” claimed first place with 27,800 points, after heading into the final round in seventh place. The Archambault Insurance team generously donated the competition’s $500 grand prize back to the Rotaract Club.
The Killingly-Brooklyn Rotary Club won second place with 19,000 points, and third place went to the Quinebaug Valley Community College faculty and staff team, which donated its $100 prize back to the Rotaract Club.
Other participating local businesses and groups included Byrnes Agency, Killingly-Brooklyn Rotary, Putnam Rotary, Day Kimball Healthcare, Jewett City Savings Bank, bankHometown, Putnam Bank, The Arc Quinebaug Valley, faculty and student teams from Quinebaug Valley Community College, Archambault Insurance Associates, Woodstock Academy, and several friends-and-family-teams.
New members interested in community service and professional networking are encouraged to join. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/putnamrotaractclub or our website at www.qvrrotaractclub.com.
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Woodstock public schools
Monday: Hot dogs, fruit. Tuesday: Pancakes, breakfast sausages, fruit. Wednesday: Popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli, fruit. Thursday: Taco salad, refried beans, fruit. Friday: Pizza, celery sticks, fruit.
Pomfret Community
Monday: Meatballs, pasta, green beans, veggie cups, fresh fruit or fruit cups. Tuesday: Baked chicken, carrots, veggie cups, cranberry sauce, fresh fruit or fruit cups. Wednesday: French toast sticks, turkey sausages, hash browns, veggie cups, orange juice or fruit. Thursday: Mr. Fox's pizza, veggie cups/dip, fresh fruit or fruit cups. Friday: Beef tacos, veggie cups, fresh fruit or fruit cups, pudding.
Putnam Elementary/Middle
Monday: Spaghetti, meatballs, broccoli. Tuesday: Crispy chicken sandwiches. Wednesday: Bosco pizza dippers, marinara dipping sauce, penne pasta, roasted winter squash. Thursday: Popcorn, chicken potato bowls,. Friday: Stuffed-crust pizza,
Putnam High
Monday: Mozzarella sticks, marinara sauce, penne pasta, roasted butternut squash. Tuesday: Stuffed potato bowls. Wednesday: Italian meatball subs, broccoli. Thursday: Chicken Fiesta bowl, corn. Friday: Pizza, salad.