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Tour clockwise from left top:  Aquatics Director Colleen Logan, right, leading a tour. The gymnasium floor. Shiny metal door hardware. The standard pool. Wire bundle waiting on the concrete floor. the Warm-water pool complete with the Spray Park for kids (green pipe). Front entrance.

 

YMCA is

in a flurry

By Linda Lemmon

Town Crier Editor

PUTNAM --- Flurry.

With the Hale YMCA Youth and Family Center slated to open for business Feb. 29, there's a flurry of busy. Hard-hat tours are run on Saturdays and Sundays and staffers are distributing information on membership and signing up members. And workers are pedal to the metal, working on Saturdays to get the building ready in time.

Amanda Kelly, executive director of the Hale YMCA,  said the volume of people coming through the building, in the Quinebaug Regional Tech Park off Kennedy Drive, has been unexpectedly good. Some 300 people came through the first weekend and 400 took a look last weekend.

After finishing the tour, she said, some people are signing up for memberships and a good number are gathering information to make a decision. The Y's Friends and  Family Promotion ends Feb. 29, she said.

Kelly added what also stood out to her was "how excited everyone is."

Colleen Logan, aquatics director, lead one recent tour, pointing out the youth areas. There is a child watch area for kids 6 weeks old to 4 years old; an Amazing Kids area and a Teen Center complete with a lounge and computers.

The Wellness Center includes large windows that overlook the Quinebaug River. Men's Women's and unisex locker rooms are centered in the building, with private show areas and a bathing suit dryer. The locker rooms have a door on each end. One way runs along the health and wellness side of the building and the other is a "wet corridor" which is on the pool side of the building.

Next to the Wellness Center is the gymnasium. Some training rooms, for activities like Zumba and another with a rubber floor with weights are along the backside of the building. 

On the "wet" side of the building there is a steam room and a dry sauna, said Logan. They are unisex and are for those 16 and older.

There are two pools. One is a warm water pool which will be held at 87 degrees. It contains a kids' pool area with a "spray park" and both that pool and the 4-foot deep pool attached to it are handicapped accessible. This pool with host swim lessons, water aerobics, water walking and therapy.

Next to that pool is an eight-lane, 25 yard long pool that goes from 4 feet deep to 7 feet deep. Logan said the Hale YMCA hopes to have a YMCA swim team and to open to high school teams. Nearby is a 12-person whirlpool for those 16 and older. 

A ribbon cutting is planned for Feb. 27 and there will be an open house that afternoon, said Baker.  

The Hale YMCA Youth and Family Center will serve residents from the towns of Putnam, Killingly, Eastford, Thompson, Brooklyn, Pomfret, Woodstock and Plainfield.  The center is about 46,000 square feet and the price tag is over $14 million.

 

Girls’ Wrap-up

Plainfield 

girls enjoy 

a great week

on hardwood

By Ron P. Coderre

The Plainfield girls got back on track following a brief two-game skid, picking up two big wins over their dearest rivals Killingly and Griswold.  The Redgals rebounded with a big win over Lyman to stay above .500.

Woodstock Academy Tourtellotte and Ellis Tech each picked up victories in a busy week.  Putnam, which appears unable to unravel its offense, lost two games.

The preps had a slow week with Pomfret and Marianapolis the lone teams to garner one victory.  Hyde-Woodstock was winless.

Lady Panthers Devour Their Prey

Plainfield opened rivalry week with a solid 59-45 win over an improving Killingly team.  The Lady Panthers took a big 31-15 lead to the locker room at intermission and maintained the edge throughout the final 16 minutes.  The speedy Julie Jordan had 20 points to lead the way for Plainfield.  She was joined in double figures by Madeline Lorange who tossed in 13 including three from beyond the arc.  Meagan Bianchi and Ally Conde with 14 points apiece were Killingly top scorers.

The Lady Panthers remained hot as they rolled over the Griswold Wolverines 75-57 in a battle of the cats.  Plainfield won the high scoring affair thanks to 23 points from Zoe Beaver and 19-point performances from Jordan and Lorange.  The game was never in doubt from the onset but Plainfield sealed Griswold’s fate with a 27-point fourth-period outburst.  Plainfield once again moves over .500 at 5-4 on the season and 2-2 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division.

Bianchi was the show in Killingly’s next game as she broke out with 29 points in leading the Redgals to a satisfying 52-50 win over the Lyman Lady Bulldogs.   Morgan LeSage chipped in nine points and Conde added eight in the win.  Killingly is 6-4 overall and 1-3 in the ECC Medium Division. 

Tourtellotte opened its week on a positive note with a 46-36 win over Parish Hill as hot shooting Katey Kwasniewski tossed in a game-high 17 points.  Despite a 15 point performance by Abby Poirier the Lady Tigers fell to Montville 33-27.  Tourtellotte is 5-6 on the year.

Woodstock like Tourtellotte picked up a victory in its first game of the week, when the Lady Centaurs beat Granby 42-35.  Mackenzie Cayer with 10 points was the lone Woodstock player in double figures.  Against a good Norwich Free Academy team, the Lady Centaurs fell hard 65-44.  Jamie Woods with 18 points was in double figures for 6-5 overall and 0-4 in the ECC Large Division Woodstock.

Ellis Tech picked up its second win of the season with a 45-32 victory over Holy Family Academy.  Kristin Light with 21 points was the show for the 2-7 overall and 2-3 Constitution State Conference East Division Golden Eagles.  Ellis Tech then lost a white-knuckler to Norwich Tech 28-27.

Putnam was winless on the week, falling to Windham Tech 44-38 and Wheeler 56-34.  Maria Fredette had 10 points in the loss to Tech for the 5-6 overall and 4-2 in the CSC East Division Lady Clippers.

Pomfret School Ladies on a Roll

Pomfret School, thanks to a 19-point effort from Olivia Batastini, rolled past Portsmouth Abbey 50-38.  Batastini had help from Deja Ross who tossed in a dozen markers and 14 boards and Alyzae Davis who added 13.

Riding the victory wave, the Lady Griffins then disposed of St. Mark’s School 46-25.  Corrine McPadden with a double-double, 10 points and 12 rebounds led the way with support from Ross who had 13 points.  Pomfret School is 7-2 on the season.

Marianapolis, which was on the road in Massachusetts and New York, lost its week opener to Nobles and Greenough 62-47.  Jordan Frye posted a double-double, 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Knights.  Marianapolis then fell to Friendship Collegiate 61-58 in the Rose Classic Prep Jam.  It was the Lady Knights fourth consecutive loss.  Freshman Olivia Summiel had a huge game with 21 points and 19 rebounds for coach Lauren Moore’s charges.  Nicole Anderson chipped in 11 points.  The Lady Knights came back to defeat Northfield Mount Hermon 65-61 in a second Classic contest.  Frye led the way, posting her second double-double in three games with 17 points and 10 boards.  Summiel was the team’s top point producer with 19 points, while Caroline Soucy added 10 for 8-7 Marianapolis. 

Hyde-Woodstock fell to 0-4 when the lost big to Dublin School 48-21.

 

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The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs.  The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 963-0000.

Dec. 26

Donald Leighton, 47, no certain address; operating under the influence, reckless driving, speeding, operating without a license.

David Moran, 57, Pomfret Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct.

Dec. 27

Jonathan Roy, 37, Center Road, Woodstock; operating under suspension.

Morgan Murphy, 36, no certain address; disorderly conduct.

Dec. 28

Melissa Messier, 25, Powhattan Street, Putnam; four counts of violation of probation.

Jan. 1

Marc Camhi, 49, Powhattan Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct, violation of conditions of release.

Lori Gaugh, 43, Providence Street, Putnam; failure to have headlamps lit.

Jan. 3

Mark Fagon, 24, Lake Street, Norwich; failure to yield while turning left, operating under suspension.

Lauren Remillard, 32, Camp Road, Woodstock Valley; operating under the influence, failure to have lights lit.

Wilson Garcia, 30, Moosup Gardens, Plainfield; creating a public disturbance.