DANIELSON — TVCCA’s RSVP Veterans Coffeehouse will reopen for the fall at 9 a.m. Sept. 13 in room 215 of the Killingly Community Center on Broad Street. 

This very popular program, primarily funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, served 260-plus individual Windham County veterans over its first year.  The Coffeehouse offers a mix of speakers on issues of importance to veterans and their families such as healthcare, medical benefits, and estate planning, along with the opportunity to develop camaraderie with others who also answered the call to serve a grateful nation.

On Sept. 16 the Veterans Coffeehouse will launch a special once-a-month series of gatherings featuring entertainment on Friday evenings.  The Navy Band Northeast’s Top Brass Quintet will kick off the series at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Killingly Community Center. 

Navy veteran Fred Ruhlemann of Killingly, volunteer leader of the evening Veterans Coffeehouse program, said, “We are looking forward to our new monthly series of entertainment events on Friday evenings with a goal of attracting a wide audience of veterans and their families.” 

Capacity of the air-conditioned, handicapped-accessible KCC auditorium is 225 people.  Guests will be seated on a first-come, first served basis.  774-9286.

 

 

Legal Notice

Town of Putnam

Notice of Intent 

to file

For Federal 

Financial Assistance

The Town of Putnam proposes to file an Application for Federal Financial Assistance with the USDA, Rural Development.  This application for financial assistance will be for funding under the Rural Utilities Service, Part 1780, Water and Waste Loans and Grants (CFDA 10.760) and is anticipated to be submitted by Friday, September 9, 2016.  The specific elements of the project at the town’s wellfield include the following water quality improvement measures: manganese removal, source water protection measures (underground storage tank removal, sentinel well installation, well field stormwater quality improvements, and well field security), well abandonment and old treatment building demolition and sediment removal for one production well.  The project is anticipated to cost $5,040,000, and this application is seeking to receive an additional funding of $2,950,000 over the initial, approved $2,090,000 federal funding.

Any comments regarding this application should be submitted to the Town of Putnam, c/o Douglas M. Cutler, WPCA Administrative Manager, 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT 06260, Telephone (860) 963-6800, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Sept. 8, 2016

 

 

Catching a Fish:

 One of the Boy Scouts from Troop 21 in Putnam reels in a largemouth bass during the troop’s camping and fishing trip last weekend at the Quatrano Farm in Stafford. On hand to help out was fishing instructor Terence D. Ryan, of Stafford. The Scouts caught several bass and catfish during the weekend. This was the first monthly activity in the troop’s new program year. Photo: John D. Ryan

 

STAFFORD — Dedicated fishermen know how great it feels to catch a good one. Now the Scouts from Troop 21 know too, after a weekend camping and fishing trip where they learned how to do it.

“This was the first time fishing for most of the guys,” said Assistant Scoutmaster Casey M. Dundon, of Putnam, an experienced fisherman who’s Troop 21’s head fishing instructor. “It’s fun to get the kids out and show them how to fish when they’re young, so they can do it for life. We had largemouth bass and bullhead biting all weekend. It was a really good time.”

With permission from the landowner Troop 21 pitched their tents and set up their gear along the pond at Quatrano Farm, on private property in Stafford, so Dundon and other volunteer fishing instructors could teach the boys how to fish. Instructors loaned fishing gear for the event, to go along with several rods and reels the troop had in storage.

“Our boys got more than a dozen good-size largemouth bass, all catch-and-release, so we put them back,” Dundon said. “We’re showing them how to enjoy fishing and protect the bass populations at the same time.”

There were enough catfish, however, to take a few for lunch.

“We ate the four bullheads the boys caught,” Dundon said. “We showed the guys how to clean and cook them and they did it just fine. They dressed out to more than a pound each. Add the baked potatoes and Saturday’s lunch was great,” Dundon said.

The trip was a successful start to the new Scouting year for Troop 21, which is chartered to St. Mary Church of the Visitation in Putnam. As with most Scout troops, Troop 21’s program coincides with the school year, so the last weekend of summer vacation marked the start of the troop’s new year.

Holding its meetings at St. Mary’s on Providence Street, Troop 21 is open to any boy aged 11 to 17. They do not have to be members of the church.

“This is the time of year that we’re looking for new boys to join the troop,” said Scoutmaster Peter A. Lombardo, of Putnam.

“We have a fun schedule ahead of us,” Lombardo said, ticking off some of the highlights of the troop’s schedule through next June. “Among other things, our Scouts will be hiking up Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire, heading out to a computer and robots weekend at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, snowshoeing and winter camping, a shotgun-shooting program, a food drive for local needy people, a Paw Sox game in Pawtucket and another fishing trip, so we’ll be busy.”

Troop 21’s Scoutmaster noted that a Boy Scout troop’s operations are run by the boys, with the adults overseeing transportation and making sure everyone is healthy and safe.

“Our Scouts made up this year’s schedule and are responsible for planning and carrying out what they’ll be doing,” Lombardo said. “They decide what they want to do; they raise their own money to do it. Scouting builds self-reliance, responsibility and character that way. We’re very proud of our guys.”

For information about joining Troop 21, call Lombardo at (860) 963-0171 and leave a message.