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A8-9 — OPINION
A11 — SPORTS
B1 — HOT SPOT
B3 — OBITS
B4 — RELIGION
B6 CALENDARINSI
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LOCALLOCAL OWNER
MARKS 20 YEARSOF SERVICEPAGE A3
VILLAGER TRIVIABefore the introduction of
the hair dryer in 1920, whatcommon household appliancewas promoted for its hair-dry-ing ability?
Answer on page 2.
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Vol. IV, No. 24 Complimentary
Friday, February 27, 2009
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The Last Green Valley’s future in important handsBY MATT SANDERSONVILLAGER STAFF WRITER
Keeping the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, alsoknown as The Last Green Valley,preserved and virtually undis-turbed by the throngs of humandevelopment is the reason why itsadvocates are pushing Congress torenew the sprawling forest andfarmland as a national heritagecorridor through 2015.
Without the extension, its autho-rization would expire Sept. 30, 2009,meaning the federal funds andgrants that go toward preservation
NDDHpreparesfor theworst
BY MATT SANDERSONVILLAGER STAFF WRITER
BROOKLYN — Asking its areatowns for additional funding inresponse to Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s pro-posed state budget cuts to deal withConnecticut’s ailing deficit, a testa-ment to the nationally troubledeconomy, was the subject of a bud-get-related public hearing lastnight, Feb. 26, at the NortheastDistrict Department of Healthoffices. The nonprofit organizationcontinues striving to maintain itscurrent level of service on dealingwith all public health issues in its12-area towns in Windham County,without cutting staff.
The NDDH Board of Directorsunanimously recommendedapproval of the $812,483 fiscal yearbudget for 2010 at its meeting heldThursday, Feb. 5, in an effort toaddress current economic condi-tions and fiscal responsibility. Thedecrease being proposed in nextyear’s budget is $61,633, or 7.1 per-cent.
However, because Connecticut isin such dire financial straits, withRell proposing regionalization ofpublic health services, the 2010budget is asking for an 8-centincrease, or 2.2 percent, from towncontributions.
Rell has proposed significantcuts in state funding toConnecticut’s local health districtsand departments. Currently, theseproposed cuts amount to $2.5 mil-lion in the 2010 fiscal year and $2.7in the 2011 fiscal year. In the pre-sent 2009 fiscal year, local healthdistricts and departments arereceiving $5.3 million.
“We clearly understand and sup-
AlertNowin Putnamschools
BY MATT SANDERSONVILLAGER STAFF WRITER
PUTNAM — Following suit withsurrounding area school districts,Putnam Public Schools will havethe rapid communication andemergency notification systemAlertNow implemented by the firstor second week of March, accord-ing to Interim SuperintendentJames Connelly.
Connelly brought the idea ofacquiring the system to the atten-tion of the district’s principals, sec-retaries and the business managerlast fall, in response to an odor leaklast October and a school busbreakdown on a field trip. He wasalso wary of the 2007 outbreak ofthe methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus, or MRSA,virus in Berlin and Griswoldschools.
Thompson Library hosts monthly art exhibitsBY OLIVIA BRAATEN
VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT
THOMPSON — Patrons of theThompson Public Library areguaranteed a taste of the artsupon walking in the building. Thelibrary is host to monthlyexhibits and receptions, featuringarea artists.
“Everybody stops and looks,”reference assistant and projectcoordinator Kate Gorczynski saidof the entryway display case,where painter Tom Menard’s col-lection of town and countryscenes is showcased for themonth of February.
The library’s meeting room ishome to the second, larger exhib-it area. With 82 feet of hangingspace and a system of rods andhooks, the room allows presentedartists to display as few as fivelarge pieces and as many as 100
Area artist Jeff Forte has on exhibitabout 100 photographs in a displaytitled “The Beauty of New England”through the end of February at theThompson Public Library.
Olivia Braaten photos
Reference Assistant Kate Gorczynski organizes Thompson Public Library’s monthlyart exhibits. An artist guestbook is made available to those passing through.
Turn To CORRIDOR, page A12
Turn To NDDH, page A12 Turn To LIBRARY, page A14
Turn To ALERT, page A13
Courtesy photo by George Maccabee
Concert pianist Frederick Moyer will perform a benefit concert for Habitat forHumanity Sunday, March 8.
A concerted effort to raise funds
BY OLIVIA BRAATEN VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT
Concert pianist FrederickMoyer performs in concerthalls worldwide, but a fulland prestigious scheduledoesn’t keep him from a tra-dition of annual visits toWindham County.
For more than 10 years,Moyer has been performing abenefit concert for Habitatfor Humanity of NortheastConnecticut. The concert hasbecome an annual event inmemory of the late Rev.David Picciano, the priordirector of Habitat who firstintroduced Moyer to theorganization.
This year, the concert willbe held at 4 p.m. Sunday,March 8, at the TangPerforming Arts Center atThe Rectory School inPomfret. Moyer will be trav-eling to Pomfret upon com-pleting a California/Arizonatour.
His 25-year career hastaken him to more than 40countries and venues, includ-ing Windsor Castle, theSydney Opera House and the
Turn To HABITAT, page A13
MOYER TO PERFORM AT HABITAT BENEFIT
HOPING FOR CORRIDOR DESIGNATION THROUGH 2015
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Photos courtesy of G. Leslie Sweetnam/www.glsweetnam.com
Here is an area of West Thompson, an intricate rural landscape of the The Last Green Valley.Here is an aerial view of Fairvue Farms in Woodstock. The business makes up the agritourismindustry for eastern Connecticut, as well as the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor.
A2 • PUTNAM VILLAGERFriday, February 27, 2009
BY MATT SANDERSONVILLAGER STAFF WRITER
PUTNAM — Chronicling thearcheological dig that took place atCady Copp Homestead has been inprogress for quite some time, andcopies of a pamphlet summarizingthe extensive work around theperimeter of the property will beavailable for the public in the nearfuture, says Town AdministratorDoug Cutler.
As part of a grant from theQuinebaug-Shetucket HeritageCorridor, the town hired an archeo-logical team a few years ago to con-duct two archeological digs aroundthe perimeter of the historical cot-tage located on Route 21, LibertyHighway in Putnam Heights.
Cutler said that because of theextensive amount of artifacts thatwere uncovered around the property,Putnam sought an archeologicalpreservation designation from thestate.
“There are only about 20 in the
state,” said Cutler. “It’s quite presti-gious.”
Cutler added that the StateArcheological Preserve logged threebooks in great detail about the digand the artifacts that were found.
“They had to go with a shorterbrochure, talking about the historyof the cottage, the artifacts that werefound, and the history of the town ofPutnam in relation to the people liv-ing in Putnam at the time in that cot-tage,” said Cutler.
The town did not have enoughmoney to print enough copies of the35-page draft document, but the pub-lic will be able to obtain copies soononce the archeological firm that allo-cated the money for publication ofthe document follows up with thetown.
Fred Hedenberg, president of theAspinock Historical Society ofPutnam and a selectmen, said thereis probably an available copy for pub-lic viewing at their society’s buildingat 206 School St., which is in the red
building near the athletic field.“We got a lot of material out of
there,” he said about the digs. “Yearsago they didn’t have waste manage-ment, so they just threw things in theback yard.”
Hedenberg said they found manymetallic items, shoe buttons, oldschoolhouse slates, nails, potteryshards and other artifacts that stoodthe test of time buried in the proper-ty of Cady Copp Homestead.
“You’ve got to go back to the mid-1700s,” added Hedenberg. “The rea-son it survived is because the proper-ty has never been overused.”
Hedenberg is delighted that thereis a vested interest in furthering thepreservation and integrity of the cot-tage.
The historical society can bereached at 928-0092.
Matt Sanderson may be reached at(860) 928-1818, ext. 110, or by e-mail atmatt@villagernewspapers.com.
Cady Copp dig brochure on hold
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“There are only about 20 in the state.It’s quite prestigious.”
— Putnam Town Administrator Doug Cutler, talking about the Cady CoppHomestead archeological dig, in which the town is currently seeking desig-
nation for it to be one of the state’s few archeological preservations
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The New England Independent Bestseller List, provided byWonderland Books, Putnam, for the week ending Feb. 15
1. The Shack, William P. Young 2. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz 4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery 5. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga 6. The Reader, Bernhard Schlink7. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson 8. Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates9. Loving Frank, Nancy Horan10. The Senator’s Wife, Sue Miller
The New England Independent Bestseller List, provided byWonderland Books, Putnam, for the week ending Feb. 15
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PUTNAM VILLAGER • A3Friday, February 27, 2009
BY MATT SANDERSONVILLAGER STAFF WRITER
Janet Plunkett, operator of theMcDonald’s Restaurant locationsin Killingly, Putnam, Brooklynand Plainfield, was honored lastfall at a regional conference atMohegan Sun for her 20-year mile-stone of service as an owner of theMcDonald’s Corp.
Plunkett and her husbandRobert began their careers in thefood service industry running twoMcDonald’s in Pennsylvania in1988.
Looking back, Plunkett said shehas learned a lot about customerservice, people and the needs ofher own employees.
“To grow with the people whohave grown with me,” she said.“They’ve become like family. Westarted with a crew of 18 people.”
Her son is the general managerof the Putnam location, so familyis involved.
“They’ve been with me since dayone,” added Plunkett about herloyal general managers. “I’m veryproud of them. They’re youngentrepreneurs.”
Plunkett said the worsening econ-omy has taken a hit on McDonald’s,increasing overhead costs, amongother things.
“You’re getting value and a long-term relationship,” she continued.
Robert Plunkett, who has been with thecorporation for 35 years, said he and his wifeare both happy back living at home outsideof Worcester, and are only 20 minutes upRoute 395 from all her stores.
“McDonald’s owner and operators such asJanet are part of the heart and soul of thecompany,” said John Lambrechts, generalmanager and vice president of McDonald’sBoston region. “Her dedication to andexcitement for McDonald’s is evident in this
20 years of service award, and we congratu-late her on her success.”
Matt Sanderson may be reached at (860)928-1818, ext. 110, or by e-mail at matt@vil-lagernewspapers.com.
PUTNAM
Monday, March 2• Board of Selectman — 7 p.m.,Selectman’s Chambers
PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Putnam Villager is commit-ted to accuracy in all its newsreports. Although numerous safe-guards are in place to ensure accu-rate reporting, mistakes can occur.Confirmed fact errors will be cor-rected at the top right hand cornerof page A3 in a timely manner.
If you find a mistake, call (860) 928-1818 during normal busi-ness hours. During non-businesshours, leave a message in the edi-tor’s voice mailbox. The editor willreturn your phone call.
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From the left are John S. Lambrechts, general manager and vice president of the McDonald’s Boston region; JanetPlunkett, owner and operator of four McDonald’s restaurants in the Quiet Corner; Rick Colon, U.S. senior vice presidentand general manager of McDonald’s Corp. East Division; and Mike Hicks, regional vice president. Plunkett was recognizedat a conference last fall for her 20-year milestone as an owner of the McDonald’s Corp.
1. Washington’s birthday2. True. He was born Feb 11, 1731, but in
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Particle Accelerator IIIset for July 11BROOKLYN — Friends and family of “The
Legendary Jack Young Jr.” have announcedthat Particle Accelerator III will be heldSaturday, July 11. The third annual benefitconcert will take place at BrooklynFairgrounds on Route 169.
Doors will open at 11 a.m., with perfor-mances taking place throughout the day andevening. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 atthe door.
Vendors interested in participating canrequest information from info@particleac-celerator.org. They can also contact EricGould at (860) 928-3422 or Grace Young at (860)428-3827. Bands that would like to know moreabout playing Particle Accelerator III mayalso use this contact information.
Jack Young Jr. committed suicide on his27th birthday in May 2007. ParticleAccelerator is an annual charity music festi-val held in his memory and in his honor. Itspurpose is to increase awareness of suicideand depression, and to promote music as ahealthy alternative for young people. All pro-ceeds will go to United Services Inc. to pro-vide assistance to those who lack insurancecoverage for mental health services.
Particle Accelerator III is expected to sur-pass the success that both ParticleAccelerator I and II have already achieved.Returning bands White Rose Confession,Circadian Rhythm and The Rectangle Clubwill be joined by Stressbomb and many more.Local bands are encouraged to join the per-formance.
“We all say, ‘Oh, no, not my son, not ourfamily,’ but the truth is, depression and sui-cide can affect anyone and everyone,” saidGrace Young, Jack Young Jr.’s mother andthe driving force behind the benefit.“Everyone needs to know that there is hopeand there is help for those suffering fromdepression and contemplating suicide. Wehope that this concert can help raise aware-ness and funds to help those with no healthinsurance get the help they need.”
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A4 • PUTNAM VILLAGERFriday, February 27, 2009
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PUTNAM VILLAGER • A5Friday, February 27, 2009
Editor’s note: This article is byD. Scott Gravatt, district director,Eastern ConnecticutConservation District, with BetZimmerman.
If you’ve ever walked or pic-nicked in areas where CanadaGeese congregate, you’ve proba-
bly noticed the need to dodge drop-pings. Canada Geese are a fecal fac-tory. Scientists have actually takenmeasurements and found geese goto the bathroom about once every 20minutes (Kotrschal et al 1998).Thus, a well fed Canada Goose canproduce up to 1.5 pounds of feces aday. Since a flock can number hun-dreds to tens of thousands of geese,that is a load of goose poop.
Adult geese prefer to land in openfarm fields or near water, wherethere are clear sight lines. Thisenables them to spot predatorsmore easily. They nest on theground, typically near bodies ofwater. Therefore, Canada Geesedroppings can pollute the water.Research confirms that large flocksof geese can significantly con-tribute to degrading water quality.
Some Canada Geese migrate tothe Artic region each year to breed.Others have stopped migrating. Byreplacing our native forest withlawns, golf courses and farm fields,especially adjacent to lakes andponds, we have created opportuni-ties for these non-migrant popula-tions to become established. Insteadof an occasional visitor, a subset ofCanada Geese can become year-round residents. Eliminating natur-al predators has allowed goose num-bers to increase.
There are several reasons whynon-migratory geese can be consid-ered a nuisance:
• Large amounts of goose fecesalongside or in lakes add nutrientslike nitrogen and phosphorus thatencourage algae and weed growth.In the Quiet Corner, Woodstock’sRoseland Lake has been classifiedas eutrophic, indicating that nutri-ents are there in abundance. Geeseare believed to be contributing tothis problem.
• Canada Geese graze and feed ongrasses and grains. (Canada Geese
should never be fed bread or otherhuman food — more on that nextweek.) A large flock of feedinggeese can do significant damage tolawns and recreation fields. Theirdroppings are acidic and can burnthe grass. They can also be a prob-lem on farms fields when theydevour seedlings and graze on fallcover crops that were planted toprevent soil erosion.
• They sometimes congregate infields, runways and wetlands sur-rounding airports. Although bird-airplane strikes are rare, they canbe extremely dangerous. A big birdlike a Canada Goose can fell a plane,especially if it gets sucked into theengine.
• Goose feces are a potentialsource of human disease. The drop-pings can contain bacteria and par-asites, some of which are not easilycontrolled using standard watersupply chlorination practices. Someof these organisms can cause diar-rhea and can potentially become aserious health hazard, especially inpeople with weakened immune sys-tems.
The Eastern ConnecticutConservation District (ECCD) iscurrently investigating potentialcauses of water quality impair-ments in the Little River/MuddyBrook watershed in Woodstock andPutnam. Several stream sections inthis watershed, along withRoseland Lake, are not meetingwater quality standards set by theConnecticut Department ofEnvironmental Protection. Thereare several ways you can help withthis project:
1. If you have photos of CanadaGeese with goslings, or large flocksof Canada Geese in Woodstock inthe Muddy Brook/LittleRiver/Roseland Park watershed,please label and date and send themto Pat Young at ECCD, 238 WestTown St., Norwich, CT 06360, or bye-mail atpatyoung@ConserveCT.org.
2. If you own property whereCanada Geese are known to nest,consider allowing trained volun-teers on your land to rub corn oil onthe eggs (called addling). The oiledeggs will not develop, but adultgeese will continue to incubate theeggs. This prevents their numbersfrom increasing. This process isconsidered a humane way to con-trol geese by the Humane Society ofthe United States.
3. Volunteer to be trained to assistwith the pilot egg addling project.Free egg addling training forvolunteers will take place at 10a.m. Saturday, March 14, at theMuddy Brook Fire House onRoute 197 in East Woodstock.You do not need to be a Woodstockresident to participate in this train-ing. Registration is required. Callthe ECCD at (860) 887-4163, ext. 400.
Part 2 of this series will featureother best management practices toprevent resident geese from becom-ing a nuisance in your area.
Archived articles can be found atwww.ourbetternature.org. Visit theEastern Connecticut ConservationDistrict Web site at http://www.con-servect.org/eastern.
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Monday, March 2: Popcorn chicken, zestyorange sauce with rice, Oriental vegetables,roll, fruit and milk.Tuesday, March 3: Clipper cheeseburger withlettuce and tomato on a roll, seasoned curlyfries, 100 percent fruit juice, sherbet andmilk choice.Wednesday, March 4: Baked rotini with meatsauce, garden salad, steamed vegetables,breadstick, fruit and milk choice.Thursday, March 5: Nachos grande with sea-soned beef, cheese and salsa; Spanish rice;corn; fruit and milk choice.Friday, March 6: Putnam’s special pizza withassorted toppings, fresh garden salad, 100percent fruit juice, fruit and milk choice.
Putnam Middle,Elementary schoolsMonday, March 2: Cheeseburger with lettuceand tomato on a roll, oven baked fries, fruitand milk choice.Tuesday, March 3: Oven-baked chicken,whipped potatoes, steamed green beans, roll,fruit and milk choice.Wednesday, March 4: Baked ziti with cheese,toasted garlic bread, fresh garden salad, fruitand milk choice.Thursday, March 5: Roasted turkey withgravy, whipped potatoes, cranberry sauce,steamed corn, dinner roll, fruit and milkchoice.Friday, March 6: Putnam’s special pizza withassorted toppings, fresh garden salad, 100percent fruit juice, fruit and milk choice.
St. Mary SchoolMonday, March 2: Chicken nuggets, carrots,Tater Tots, fruit, milk.Tuesday, March 3: Ground hamburg overmashed potatoes, corn, fruit, milk.Wednesday, March 4: Hot dog in a bun, bakedbeans, chips, fruit milk. (Half day.)Thursday, March 5: Shepherd’s pie, cranber-ry sauce, bread and butter, fruit, milk.Friday, March 6: Cheese or mushroom pizza,salad, JELL-O, fruit, juice, milk.
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PUTNAM HIGH SCHOOL SECOND QUARTER HONOR ROLLGRADE 12High honors: Joseph Carvalho, Brandy Hall,Allison Howland, Kelli O’Brien, PaigePurdon, Kelsey Rybacki, Kyle White, AnnaZaytsev, Tatyana Zaytsev.First honors: Mark Cerasiello, ArielCostabile, Brian Gardner, Shayna Gilman,Derrick Irwin, Yevgeny Krivosheev, VeronicaLarocque, Desirae Murphy, Julia Radlo,Kiahna Torres, Erin Van Dam, SamanthaWithers.Second honors: Christine Adams, SeanAlbee, Emily Barnes, April Bernier, Aubrey-lynn Briere, Adam Chizen, Ashley Dodd,Seyda Ekinci, Lynzilee Fitts, Desirae Glaude,Ashley Henry, Kelly Hollingworth, CrystalLaFrance, Marciana LaPlume, SaraLawrence, Jennifer Pelletier, Brad Perron,Kristina Radlo, Jessica Simpson, Matthew
Wilson, Katelyn Woodis.GRADE 11High honors: Kayla Salvas.First honors: Brittany Bousquet, AlyssaHarmon, Douglas Henry, Ali LaPlante,Amanda Masztal, Gabrielle Robinson, PeterSabourin, Andrew Senecal.Second honors: John Abreu, SamanthaCalabrese, Ryan Casey, Jordyne Desrochers,Briana Dore, Jessica Gaugh, Brittany Kallio,Julia Lombardo, Edward Marsh, SabrinaMayo, Arthur Roireau, Alyce Viens.GRADE 10High honors: Jenna Lafleur, EleanorPrunier.First honors: Jonathan Compagnone, AustinDodd, Chelsea Key, Brianna King, ErinKonicki, Sagan Leidemer, Hillary Phillips.Second honors: Jennifer Adams, Brittany
Burke, Dawn Cerasiello, Cierra Collins,Victor De Aza Ortiz, Regan Guillot, NormanHenry, Katherine Lamoureux, MollyMackenzie, Alicia Martin, CorannaSasinowski, William Walsh.GRADE 9High honors: Haley Perron, ValentinaZaytseva.First honors: Kevin Bieger, Alec Foucault,Megan Heaney, Brianna Hill, MarinaJanczyk, Michael Levesque.Second honors: Gunnar Andersen,Christopher Bisson, Kayla Breault, AndreiBucatari, Nicholas Carvalho, HilaryEdwards, Lacy Fuller, Courtney Lavoie,Chase Lessard, James Merchant, ViktoriyaMironova, Elizabeth Paglione, EdwardPartlow.
MARIANAPOLIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL HONOR ROLLSSECOND QUARTER HONOR ROLL:GRADE 9Headmistress list: Taylor Downs, Brooklyn.High honors: Kuang-Cheng Chen, China;Luke Dery, Webster, Mass.; Fan Yang, China.Honors: Catherine Brennan, Dayville;Jocelyn Cacciapuoti, Dayville; Thomas Cahill,North Grosvenordale; Keeva Cleary,Thompson; Margaret Dalton-Hoffman,Worcester, Mass.; Carolyn Egan, Shrewsbury,Mass.; Benjamin Gaudet, Sutton, Mass.; ScottGaudion, Quinebaug; Timothy Gaudion,Quinebaug; Maeve Hannon, Putnam; JessicaKibbe, Douglas, Mass.; Jennifer Lutz,Charlton, Mass.; Melanie Mills, Woodstock;Sara Morrow, Woodstock; Audra Sturniolo,Uxbridge, Mass.; I-Jung Tseng, China; RobertVan Nort, Webster, Mass.; Zhenli Xu, China.GRADE 10High honors: Peter Boguszewski, Putnam;Katherine Kelly, Shrewsbury, Mass.; ZacharyDombroski, Sutton, Mass.; Jingjing Wang,China; Tao Xue, China.Honors: Emma Cotnoir, Putnam; ColinDeuthorn, Pomfret; Kathleen Egan,Shrewsbury, Mass.; Evaldina Furtado, Boston,Mass.; Colette Houssan, Millbury, Mass.;Junyi Hu, China; Jung Hoon Kim, Korea;Emily Kneeland, Putnam; Mary McGinn,Pomfret Center; Alyssa McLaughlin, Dayville;Talia Nichols, Woodstock; Ashley Niemiec,Webster, Mass.; Kristen Paadre, Sutton, Mass.;Kelsey Quinn, Danielson; Maura Rabuffo,Sutton, Mass.; Marybeth Sheldon, Eastford;Alyson Stolz, Oxford, Mass.; Laura Woodcock,Thompson; Lauren Wright, Woodstock; LiKun Yan, China.GRADE 11High honors: Ling Qian Fang, China;Helaine Goudreau, Auburn, Mass.; Woo JaeKim, Korea; Nickolette Morin, Quinebaug;Anna Petsching, Oxford, Mass.; XiaoyingWang, China.Honors: Sofia Baca, Mexico; MichaelBodreau, Quinebaug; Christina Casillo,Auburn, Mass.; Hojin Cha, Korea; Shih-YunChen, China; Sitong Chen, China; Matthew
Daoust, Auburn, Mass.; Tessa DiDonato,Douglas, Mass.; Lauren Harper, Dudley, Mass.;Jeong Hee Kim, Korea; Andrea LaRose,Moosup; Hyeon Woo Lee, Korea; Jooheui Lee,Korea; Matthew Martucci, Oxford, Mass.;Richard Morrow, Woodstock; Dieu HuongNguyen Si, Moldova; Elizabeth Paul, Sutton,Mass.; Caresse Peters, Woodstock; RonicaProulx, Southbridge, Mass.; AllisonQuevillon, Dayville; John Rawls, Southbridge,Mass.; Jeffrey Sabacinski, Webster, Mass.;Zachary Sisko, Brooklyn; Min Kee Song,Korea; Yuxi Wang, China; Tianyi Xia, China;Zhixia Zhang, China.GRADE 12High honors: Alyssa Rizzo, Oxford, Mass.Honors: Kyrie Bonadies, Dudley, Mass.;Richard Bryn, Dudley, Mass.; Shannon Cain,Webster, Mass.; Gaelen Chinnock, Sturbridge,Mass.; Cathleen Codding, Danielson; JosephCompagnone, Putnam; Patricia Cournoyer,Southbridge, Mass.; Christine Freije,Worcester, Mass.; Ninwa Hanna, NorthGrafton, Mass.; Daniel Hartnett, Oxford,Mass.; Christian Iamartino, Thompson; ColinJohnson, Douglas, Mass.; Hyo-Ju Jun, Korea;Afeisha Lawrence, Boston, Mass.; Jung HeumLee, Korea; Ryan Lehane, Putnam; Jinwan No,Covina, Calif.; Anh Pham, Vietnam; NicholasRiel, Thompson; John Reisdorf Jr., Auburn,Mass.; Jacqueline Sembor, Thompson;Benjamin Veshi, Webster, Mass.; TaylorWhite, Thompson; Audrey Witkowski,Thompson; Rachel Woodcock, Thompson;Yichi Zhang, Willington.POST-GRADUATESHeadmistress list: Patricia Blanco, Portugal.FIRST SEMESTER ACADEMIC HONORS(QUARTERS 1, 2):GRADE 9High honors: Catherine Brennan, Dayville;Kuang-Cheng Chen, China; Luke Dery,Webster, Mass.; Taylor Downs, Brooklyn; FanYang, China.Honors: Benjamin Gaudet, Sutton, Mass.;Timothy Gaudion, Quinebaug; Sara Morrow,Woodstock.
Scholar athletes: Taylor Downs, Brooklyn;Benjamin Gaudet, Sutton, Mass.GRADE 10Headmistress list: Sung Yeol Kim, Korea.High honors: Peter Boguszewski, Putnam;Zachary Dombroski, Sutton, Mass.; KatherineKelly, Shrewsbury, Mass.; Jingjing Wang,China; Tao Xue, China; Li Kun Yan, China.Honors: Colin Deuthorn, Pomfret, Mass.;Kathleen Egan, Shrewsbury, Mass.; ColetteHoussan, Millbury, Mass.; Emily Kneeland,Putnam; Alyssa McLaughlin, Dayville;Kristen Paadre, Sutton, Mass.; Kelsey Quinn,Danielson; Maura Rabuffo, Sutton, Mass.;Marybeth Sheldon, Eastford; Alyson Stolz,Oxford, Mass.; Lauren Wright, Woodstock.Scholar athletes: Zachary Dombroski,Sutton, Mass.; Kathleen Egan, Shrewsbury,Mass.; Katherine Kelly, Shrewsbury, Mass.;Emily Kneeland, Putnam; Alyson Stolz,Oxford, Mass.GRADE 11High honors: Helaine Goudreau, Auburn,Mass.; Woo Jae Kim, Korea; Hyeon Woo Lee,Korea; Anna Petsching, Oxford, Mass.;Xiaoying Wang, China.Honors: Tessa DiDonato, Douglas, Mass.;Andrea LaRose, Moosup; Dieu Huong NguyenSi, Moldova; Zachary Sisko, Brooklyn; MinKee Song, Korea; Zhixia Zhang, China.Scholar athletes: Helaine Goudreau,Auburn, Mass.; Andrea LaRose, Moosup;Hyeon Woo Lee, Korea.GRADE 12High honors: Shannon Cain, Webster, Mass.;Christine Freije, Worcester, Mass.; JungHeum Lee, Korea; Anh Pham, Vietnam;Jacqueline Sembor, Thompson.Honors: Joseph Compagnone, Putnam;Daniel Hartnett, Oxford, Mass.; ChristianIamartino, Thompson.Scholar athletes: Shannon Cain, Webster,Mass.; Christine Freije, Worcester, Mass.POST-GRADUATESHeadmistress list: Patricia Blanco, Portugal.
Hyde presents ‘Seven Brides’
WOODSTOCK — Drama students at HydeSchool will perform “Seven Brides for SevenBrothers” Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb.28, at 7:30 pm.
The story takes place on a farm in theWestern frontier. When Adam, the eldest sonof a family of seven brothers farming landon the Western frontier, decides he wants toget married, his wife Millie gets more thanshe bargained for. Adam’s six brothers, jeal-ous of married life, steal themselves sixwomen from town, resulting in a series ofmishaps and shenanigans in the mountaincabin.
Directed by Katie Wynen, Will Cutrer andMeara Palmer-Young, the play will featurethe following Hyde School students as theseven brides and the seven brothers: seniorsCarolyn Donat, Christian Benedetti, WillSiepmann, Stevie Bowie and ChelsieSchmitt; juniors Ari Goldman, GabeDurand, Zach Rosenbaum, Cole Kazickas,Erica Fagien, Nora Curran and Allie Budd;and sophomore Henry Stevenson.
Goldman and Donat star in the lead rolesas Adam and Millie.
“I’m very excited to see the end results ofwhat have been months of very hard anddriven work,” said Cutrer, Hyde Schoolteacher and drama coach. “All of the stu-dents have put their full effort into the show.I’ve been especially impressed by the dedica-tion of our leads Carolyn Donat and AriGoldman to making the show a successwhile keeping up with their other schoolresponsibilities.”
Teacher and co-director Palmer-Youngenthusiastically referred to “Seven Bridesfor Seven Brothers” as a “delightful showfull of exciting group numbers and rollick-ing dances.” She added, “The whole cast hasbeen working as an ensemble, masteringtheir musical numbers and learning newdances. We guarantee a fun and entertainingevening.”
The show is free (although donations willbe accepted and refreshments sold), and isopen to the public on both evenings.
Fair days ahead for Brooklyn
BROOKLYN — On Jan. 8, the WindhamCounty Agricultural Society Board ofDirectors, under the direction of new ChairPenny Francis, approved a budget for the2009 fair season.
This year’s Brooklyn Fair will be heldAug. 27 through Aug. 30, marking its 160thyear at the Brooklyn Fairgrounds on scenicRoute 169. The 2009 budget features anincrease in the entertainment budget, whichwill provide fair-goers with top names inNashville entertainment — as they havecome to expect — plus much more.
In addition, a possible new venture calledFairground Village was discussed. Thiswould be an interactive addition to theBrooklyn Fair’s Play Land area, and wouldfeature child-sized buildings representing“every town.” Fairground Village will pro-vide young children with imaginative playand creativity through role-playing.Buildings considered were a grocery store,pizza parlor, firehouse, police station and thelike.
For this project, the Board of Directorsseeks area businesses to sponsor the indi-vidual role-playing units. For example, apizza shop could sponsor the pizza parlorand have it modeled after its business.Anyone interested may contact Pam Roy atthe Brooklyn Fair at (860) 779-0012 for moreinformation.
Another decision at this meeting was theselection of Gil Maiato to head the Fair 200Committee, which will plan the celebrationssurrounding the 200th anniversary of theWindham Country Agricultural Society,founded in 1809. This committee willannounce plans shortly on new andunprecedented events to be held at the 2009Brooklyn Fair.
Finally, Francis announced that theBrooklyn Ag Days will return for a secondyear after a very successful first run. The2009 dates for this family-oriented celebra-tion of past and present agriculture will beJune 6 and 7.
For more information about the WindhamCounty Agricultural Society and theBrooklyn Fair, visit www.brooklynfair.org.
BY STEPHANIE JARVISVILLAGER STAFF WRITER
PUTNAM — When SisterNorma Bourdon was 3 yearsold and growing up inPittsfield, Mass., she attendedkindergarten at a school runby the Daughters of the HolySpirit, after her mother hadbeen asked by the pastor towork in the kitchen. As fatewould have it, Sister Bourdonnow works for the very sameorganization, spending manyyears in the education fieldherself and recently acceptinga mission as the DHS provin-cial here in Putnam.
Sister Bourdon arrived atthe Holy Spirit ProvincialHouse at 72 Church St. in June,after working for many yearsin Alabama, and celebratedthe 50th anniversary of herprofession, known as a“jubilee.” Since then, she hasbeen settling into her newposition — and, she said, “it’smy first winter in 25 years.”
After high school, SisterBourdon entered theDaughters of the Holy Spirit— a 300-year-old internationalRoman Catholic religious con-gregation of women that wasfounded in 1706 in a small townin Brittany, France — attend-ing the Diocesan SistersCollege and later receiving hermaster’s in education fromBoston College. She thenworked as a teacher, mostly atprimary schools, inConnecticut, Massachusetts,New York state, Rhode Islandand Alabama.
“I have taught all the gradesone way or another. And col-lege, in the summertime, whenI had nothing to do,” she said.
Her two assignments inAlabama are the ones thatSister Bourdon speaks mostpassionately about. She spent11 years in Anniston as ateacher and principal at theAll Saints School, and then 24years in Selma at the St.Edmund Learning Center.
In Anniston, Sister Bourdonwas assigned to a four-roomschoolhouse that had double-sized classes, with about 40 stu-dents in each. “We thought,‘Something is wrong with thispicture,’” she recalled.
Although it took a numberof years, she and the staffwere “successful in ungrad-ing” the small school, she said.“Instead of calling the class-rooms grades one, two, three,we had levels. Basically, we’dtake a child from kindergartenand start working with him. …There was a lot of individual-ization, small group work.There was no stigma to this.”
They also established astudy center, which, she said,“was an open classroom in thebetter sense of an open class-room.”
After that assignment,Sister Bourdon found herselfin Selma, at the St. EdmundLearning Center, which wasrun by the Society of St.Edmund. For the better part of25 years, she worked in theblack community to help pro-vide extracurricular pro-grams for those who couldn’t
afford such activities, estab-lish a GED center and run asummer program to keep kidsoff the streets. One summer,she said, they put 1,500 mileson a school bus taking the chil-dren on field trips. She alsohelped train parents to be ableto advocate for their childrenat school.
“We were blessed theSociety of St. Edmund hadaccess to photo labs. We wereable to do photography withthe kids, computer skills …just give them access to whatwas common to what we con-sider middle class. This gavethem access to that and keptup their skills,” SisterBourdon said.
But, she added, “When youwork with teenagers in thatsetting, you work with manyproblems,” and one of themost challenging aspects ofthe job was keeping the stu-dents interested in their edu-cation, instead of quittingschool and getting a jobinstead because “they neededmoney now.”
From the challenge, howev-er, came the success stories —“the kids who stuck with theireducation and now have goodjobs, whether they’re doctorsor lawyers or secretaries ornurses, or just have a job andare off welfare,” she said.
While in Selma, SisterBourdon also worked on acampaign to get the communi-ty’s first black mayor, JamesPerkins, elected. “You’d walkand you’d walk and you’d walkin 100-plus-degree heat,” sheremembered of the campaigncanvassing.
Sister Bourdon left Selmawhen she received her newassignment, to serve as provin-cial for the Daughters of theHoly Spirit. “This is the firstyear since I was 3,” she said,“that my life hasn’t revolvedaround education. I tell you, itwas a shock.”
As provincial, she helpsguide other members of theDaughters of the Holy Spiritin what it means to be a sisterin today’s world. She alsoarranges counseling, work-shops, conferences and in-ser-vices for the sisters. In April,she will attend a congregationof the provincials and viceprovincials from theDaughters of the Holy Spirit’sfive different units worldwideto discuss various issues, “sowe all have a unified focuswithin our diversity,” she said.
“One of the big things we’reworking on right now is non-acceptance of discriminationof any sort,” she said. “… Howdo we work with that and howdo we say we are all equal chil-
dren of God?”Although she misses her
work in education “when Ihave time to think about it,which isn’t too often,” she isenjoying her new position atthe Provincial House. “It’sbeen really rewarding with thesisters,” she said. “They’re
really a dedicated group. Theretired sisters who are in thehouse are a pleasure.”
Stephanie Jarvis may bereached at (860) 928-1818, ext.109, or by e-mail at sjarvis@vil-lagernewspapers.com.
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In hard times, BenFranklin allegedly said,the best things to haveare an old dog, an old
wife and ready money. After atrip out of the country to visit
friends andcatch a littlesunshine, myhusband andI returned toa heavy dietof bad newsand a whiffof spring-time. Theskating rinkthat had oncebeen our dri-veway hasmelted, and
the forsythia I forced in avase of water has bust intobloom. Mother Nature moveson regardless of the econom-ic climate.
Old dogs are certainly in favorif one considers Stump, thisyear’s winner at theWestminster Kennel Club dogshow. Stump won over a caste ofmuch younger dogs, provingonce again that age does notobviate beauty, at least in thecanine world. Franklin wouldhave approved of celebratingthis old dog, which overcamegreat obstacles to achieve fameand fortune.
On the Caribbean island wevisited, dogs and animals in gen-eral are treated so badly that fewsurvive to old age. If a culture isranked on how well it deals withits most defenseless creatures,these island nations must raterather poorly.
The dogs that survive are allquite similar, reverting to gener-ic canine: a medium-size poochwith sharp ears, a pointed nose,curled tail and short coat. Ourfriends adopted an abandonedpuppy three years ago. It was aterrifying little cur, snappingand growling at everyone. Now itis the happiest housedog onecould ever know. Dogs adjust towhatever conditions they findthemselves in and we will aswell.
Old wives or old husbands arepresumably less demandingthan young ones in Franklin’striumvirate of the best things tohave in hard times. With theover-80 set as the fastest growingage cohort in America, we can beassured of an ample supply ofaged spouses and Wal-Martgreeters.
As people plan to work longerthan anticipated, we may haveoctogenarians teaching school,driving trucks and dispensingmedical care. What will happento the generations who thoughtthey might rise through theranks to positions of leadership?They are the ones for whom cur-rent and projected conditionssting the most. They thoughttheir futures would be as good orbetter than their parents. It looksas if they may be disappointed.
Ready money has either disap-peared or people are putting itunder the mattress. Belt-tighten-ing leads to more tightening aswe stop or limit our buying.Women apparently are buyingmore lipstick and fewer clothes.No one is buying cars, and shop-pers at fancy stores are puttingtheir purchases in plain paperbags.
Perhaps once we stop payingfor heating oil, there will be a lit-tle uptick in sales. As springcomes, garden supplies ought toblossom. With the announce-ment of another big drugstore-pharmacy coming to Putnam,we will be assured of a largerthan ever selection of lipstick forall the old wives to buy. The oldhusbands can be content cruis-ing the aisles at Ocean State JobLot, where the selection changesoften and the prices make ran-dom purchases irresistible.
The local people we met on ourvacation complained about theeconomy in the Caribbean. Inthe next breath, they universallypraised America for electingBarack Obama. The hope theyexpressed for his leadership wasstunning.
Had Ben Franklin been withus, he might have added anotheritem to his list of the best thingsto have in hard times. I think hemight have suggested that hopetrumps old dogs, old wives andeven cash.
Nancy Weiss resides in Pomfretand writes a weekly column forVillager Newspapers.
OPINION
COMMENTARY
Opinion and commentary from the Quiet Corner
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the Editor:
The political leaders in Brooklyn were elected todo the work needed to take care of the town’s busi-ness. Now it seems they don’t know how to do theirjobs. They want to hire a town administrator to dothe work they were elected to do. They are not evenable to decide what a town administrator’s job shouldbe, so they went out and hired a consultant to helpwith a job description for a town administrator. Theconsultant is probably costing the town $200 or moreper hour. If you don’t know how to do the job youwere elected to do, resign and let someone whoknows how to do the job.
We need to cut back on the salaries we alreadyhave in Brooklyn, not add another high salary to thebudget. All the salaries in the Brooklyn budgetshould be cut 50 percent after the first $40,000. Thatshould then become the maximum for that position.Then all salaries more than $40,000 should be frozen
for the foreseeable future. It is time to put and end tothe greed of the public employee unions. I ask thepeople of Brooklyn not to pass any budget this yearthat is not lower than the previous budget.
I hope everyone who voted for the Barack Obamais paying attention to everything he has done sincebeing sworn in as president. He has done just theopposite of everything he said he would do. He ranon a government of transparency, honesty andchange. As it has turned out, none of these thingscounted if you are a liberal Democrat. Their discre-tions were just honest mistakes or they didn’t under-stand they were breaking the law. Four tax cheats,two lobbyists, one who argued before the SupremeCourt to have pornography on the Internet inlibraries, and several more questionable people. Therest are retreads from the Clinton years. This ischange? May God help us all.
JACK BERRYBROOKLYN
To the Editor:
There is no right way to do the wrong thing. I havereached the height of frustration. Maybe it is time tooverthrow the government at all levels by peacefulmeans. What leads me to this conclusion is we arebeing taxed without representation.
I was stupid by spending $10,000 making my housemore energy efficient in 2008. The feds had an energycredit for 2007, and how dumb of me to think it justmight be extended. Most of you over 40 know whathappens when you assume. They did away with thecredit in 2008 and are putting it back in 2009 andbeyond. I guess my purchase wasn’t enough in thesetough economic times to earn a credit. Our brilliantpoliticians want to give me a $400 tax break that isless than what extending the energy credit is worthto me. I told them to keep mine. I am serious. Ialready offered it back.
Here comes the taxation without representationpart. I wrote Courtney, Obama, Dodd and Liebermanand not one of them had the courtesy to answer myquestion, which was: What is the logic for not extend-ing the energy tax credit? Dodd was the chair of theBanking Committee when Wall Street was putting usin the mess we are in. It happened under his watchand nose, and he went on the talk shows defendingthe bailout to cover his screw-ups. Lieberman wascampaigning for McCain instead of being inConnecticut listening to us. I called Courtney’sNorwich office, and no one has gotten back to me. Hedid send me a boilerplate e-mail bragging what hehas done since his re-election.
Answer me this. Why do we in 2009 still need 100senators? Go to 50 and how much would we save?Why don’t we double the amount of people each con-gressperson represents because they do what theywant to anyway and cut the cost of the House ofRepresentatives in half? Those two changes alonewould save untold amounts of money, not countingthat graft that sticks it to us every day. Our governorruns these so-called public service messages that are
nothing more than free campaign ads. How tacky isthat? The Connecticut Legislature has more rules onraffles and bazaars than the dangerous outside woodburning stoves. In business school while getting mymaster’s degree, the main lesson they taught us isthat every job has a limit on what it is worth. That iswhy we have lost so many jobs to overseas.
For some reason, this concept hasn’t trickled downto the town of Thompson regarding overpaying formany positions. Are the people determining thesalaries of town employees qualified? What othertowns pay is not a criteria for setting salaries. Inthese tough economic times, shouldn’t all salaries bereviewed? I myself took a 25 percent pay cut once tohelp a company stay afloat.
Pay cuts should be considered. If those peopledon’t like it, no one is forcing them to stay. There aremany qualified unemployed people out there toreplace any malcontents. The honeymoon, nepotism,favoritism and the good ole boy/girl network regard-ing who holds positions and sets the pay levels muststop. The combined salaries of elected and appointedofficials are ridiculously higher than professionaltown managers that do all those jobs combined andare trained in government management in college.We pay for some positions that are volunteer posi-tions in other towns. The School Committee has tolook at all positions, salaries, benefits and contractsin an underperforming school system. Before mytaxes are raised any more at any level of govern-ment, then every government employee should takea pay cut first. If my taxes are raised, I am taking apay cut in my ability to stimulate the economy.
Here is how we overthrow the government. Nextlocal, state or federal elections, don’t vote for incum-bents — they are the reason for the mess we are in.Voters, please wake up and stop this madness beforewe become a wholly own subsidiary of China orenter another war.
RICHARD W. BOSSNORTH GROSVENORDALE
Thompson should consider pay cuts
The bestthings in hardtimes
Drunk driversays lesson
learned
He may have since been released, but aweek ago last Wednesday, MarkProvencal was laid up at UMass
Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.Whether his time there is enough to open
his eyes as to how lucky he really is — andthe rest of us are, at that — remains to be
seen.Provencal was on his way
home from workWednesday, Feb. 11. He did-n’t go straight to his NorthWoodstock home onEnglish NeighborhoodRoad, though. He stoppedoff first for a drink.
“Some people like anafter-work smoke,”Provencal said in a tele-phone interview, presum-ably from his hospitalroom. “Me, I like to have adrink.”
Apparently, so.According to the police
log that recorded his subsequent accidentthat night, this was his fifth OUI charge.Provencal vigorously disputes that, though,instead blaming the cops.
“That’s a bunch of [expletive deleted],” hesaid of the number of OUI charges listed inthe log. “I don’t know where [the police offi-cer] came up with that.
“Somebody doesn’t like me at the policedepartment.”
Provencal mentioned a few officers byname, saying he’s familiar with some ofthem from the past.
“I used to drink at Sonny’s a lot,” he said ofthe one-time popular watering hole for manya local. Sonny, by the way, has since passedaway.
At tops, Provencal said, he has beennabbed only three times for OUI. The last, hesaid, was 15 years ago.
“My wife and I are trying to figure it out,”he said of what he claims is erroneous infor-mation. “I’m going to say it’s been threetimes.”
He pointed out he had also “beaten a few”raps in court.
Back to that Wednesday night.Around 7:40 p.m., police responded to an
accident on Lebanon Hill, which is howProvencal would have traveled on his wayhome. Although he wasn’t arrested, he wassummonsed to court on charges of operatinga motor vehicle under the influence of liquor(fifth offense), operating a motor vehiclewith a suspended license (subsequentoffense), not possessing a license and failingto wear a seat belt.
He was injured in the accident and takenby ambulance to the hospital. Provencal saidhe broke his wrist and his right arm andfractured six ribs.
“I had a couple beers,” Provencal conced-ed. “I wasn’t drunk. I wasn’t arrested.”
He also took issue with the charge that hedidn’t have a license.
“That’s new to me,” he said. “I mean, it wasright in my truck.”
Provencal seemed more upset that the inci-dent found its way into the local paper’spolice logs.
“Last June, I was on Lebanon Hill around 4a.m.,” he said. “I was on my way to Vermontfor work. A deer ran out in front of me. WhenI avoided it, I hit a telephone pole. I was[taken by Life Flight] to the hospital.
“If they put it in the paper this time, whydidn’t they put that in?”
For the record, Provencal maintains hewasn’t drinking at the time of that accident.
“I don’t drink and drive,” he said. “I don’tdrive drunk.”
His record, he was told, suggests other-wise.
“I mean, I don’t have a beer in the car withme when I’m driving,” he clarified.
But, he was asked, you do get behind thewheel after drinking, right?
“But I’m not drunk,” he replied.It was suggested to Provencal that while he
claims to have fewer OUI busts than listed,even three would be too much.
“Oh, yeah,” he agreed. “Definitely, it’s toomuch for somebody to get.”
Well, then, he was asked, should he even beallowed to have a license or drive a car?
“Well, yeah,” he said. “Listen, the firsttime was 38 years ago. The second was 22
Brooklyn needs to cut back salaries
To the Editor:
Ms. Aubin’s recent letter stating that Wal-Mart isnot Mr. Bruno’s business is alarming. As far as Iknow, free speech is still allowed in the U.S.A. Sheis obviously an intelligent wordsmith, but cannothold a candle to Mr. Bruno when it comes to inter-preting Planning & Zoning laws. He spent most ofhis working career in this field and is absolutelycorrect when he states that Wal-Mart has con-formed to all state and local laws and that theacceptance of its application should be a foregoneconclusion.
Ms. Aubin paints a picture of Armageddon com-ing to Brooklyn. Nothing could be further from thetruth. Wal-Mart will bring an ultra modern, wellmaintained facility, making shopping there apleasant and money-saving experience. It will bethe most beautiful commercial building in theRoute 6 “commercial” district of Brooklyn.
Ms. Aubin indirectly insults the thousands ofcitizens who shop at Wal-Mart stores throughoutthe country each day when she speaks of aislesfilled with alluring cheap, exotic crap from China.People buy these products because they can’tafford to shop at Nordstrom’s, Nieman-Marcus,Tiffany’s or other similar stores that I am sure theaffluent Ms. Aubin prefers. I’ll bet the “Made inChina” label even appears on some of the itemsthey sell. If she doesn’t like Wal-Mart, no one isgoing to force her to shop there.
Her letter is filled with overblown doom-and-gloom propaganda. I have been living in Brooklynfor 47 years, and the inevitable event that Wal-Martwill be locating here is not going to cause me to putmy house up for sale. Most people in town will besaying, “Welcome Wal-Mart.”
ROGER PELLERINBROOKLYN
NANCY WEISS
What they’re saying...
“I don’t think theyaffect baseball, but
they definitely affectthe players.”
Michael FalkenburySterling
“Yes.”
Michael McDermottBrooklyn
“I don’t watch baseball.”
Candice PeckhamCanterbury
“I think it’s detri-mental to baseball.The records don’tmean as much as
they used to.”
Ben TrowbridgeGriswold
Do you think that steroids affect baseball?
PHOTOS AND QUESTIONS BY VILLAGER INTERN KELLY BOUDREAU
Most people will welcome Wal-Mart
WALTER BIRD
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Sound Off:
Brooklyn needs a fiscal impact study. Thereis so much misinformation out there about taxrevenue. A fiscal impact study will provideimportant information to both sides of theWal-Mart issue. Who wouldn’t want to knowthe truth? Town officials are banking onpromised tax revenue — it behooves all of us inBrooklyn to find out what Brooklyn stands togain or lose by this development.
Barnstable, Mass., wanted to understand thefiscal impact of development on its town. A fis-cal impact study was done by an independentfirm: Tischler & Associates Inc., Fiscal,Economic and Planning Consultant. The studyconcluded: The specialty retail generates thebest fiscal results at $326/1,000 square feetannually. The next best annual results are gen-erated by business parks at $112/1,000 squarefeet. Offices generate a positive $66/1,000square feet annually. Hotels generate the small-est annual surplus at $35/room. The shoppingcenter generates the lowest annual deficit of
(negative) -$314/1,000 square feet. The big-boxretail generates an annual deficit of (negative)-$486/1,000 square feet. The worst nonresiden-tial fiscal results are generated by the restau-rant and fast food restaurant with annual netdeficits of (negative) $1,100 and (negative) -$5,168/square feet, respectively. The restaurantand fast food restaurant, despite having highaverage assessed values, have the highest vehi-cle trip generation rates and equivalentdwelling unit factors/1,000 square feet, result-ing in significantly higher road maintenanceand public safety costs. (Source:http://www.amiba.net/pdf/barnstable_fiscal_impact_report.pdf.)
On the promised job front, I'm not convincedthere will be new jobs in Brooklyn when thePutnam store closes. Some people, includingWal-Mart, will say the Putnam store isn’t clos-ing — that’s just a rumor. But in Brooklyn,we’ve been down the “rumor” road once before,and the rumor was, as you all know, true. “Foolus once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame onus.”
Fiscal impact study needed for Brooklyn
SOUND OFFS
Drunk driver says lesson learned
Ihappened upon an interviewgiven by Howard Davidowitz,a retail consultant, who
expressed his opinion that ourstandard of living has been “per-manently altered.” This certain-ly should come as no surprise.As job losses mount and govern-ment programs prove as yet inef-fectual, the enormity of the situ-ation grows clearer. The question,of course, would be: Is this a badthing, or will we emerge astronger nation?
Although it will mean some dif-ficult times, I believe in manyways it will point us back in theright direction. The last threedecades have been ones of exorbi-tant spending and self-gratifica-tion, which gave birth to the so-called “me generation.” Toexplain the whys would takemuch longer than the space theVillager so graciously providesme, but we’ve seen this reflectedin just how much we’ve changed.The media glorifies those who liveexcessively on TV and in movies.Commercials call on us to super-size. Bigger is better. McMansionshave sprouted up wherever apostage stamp of desirable prop-erty exists. In fact, our homes are45 percent larger than they werejust 30 years ago. Our cars bal-looned as the SUV took over theroad. This translates into the
average fueleconomy drop-ping from itspeak of 22 mpgin 1987 to aprojected 20.8mpg this year.Even the vol-ume of ourmeals has
exploded. On average, fast-foodportions for burgers, fries and softdrinks are two to five times largerthan the originals. By variousaccounts, some restaurant por-tions have increased 200 percentto 800 percent since the 1970s.
Americans represent just 5 per-cent of the world’s population, bututilize 23 percent to 30 percent ofits energy and resources. Theaverage U.S. person now con-sumes twice as much as they did50 years ago. We create 30 percentof the world’s waste. Each personin the United States makes 4 1/2pounds of garbage a day. That istwice what we each made 30 yearsago.
We need to go back to our rootsand “live smaller.” Smaller carsmean less pollution, less wear andtear on our roads, and fewerresources used in manufacturingthe vehicles. The same can be saidof our houses. Smaller not only isless costly monetarily, it is lesscostly to the environment by
using less oil and electricity.Smaller meals translate intosmaller Americans, which in turnequals less cost to our health caresystem and longer and more pro-ductive lives.
But there will be still biggerpills to swallow. Government enti-tlement programs need to bescaled back. Retirement at age 65is really an artificial constructstemming from the (last?) GreatDepression. Very few people livedto this age. As our lifespansextend (and our private retire-ment accounts shrink) we willhave to work longer. SocialSecurity benefits should beexpected to shrink or more logi-cally the age of retirementpushed back at least 10 years to 75.
The other great entitlement pro-gram, Medicare, cannot keep pay-ing for everything for everyone.We must recognize that a timewill come when keeping peoplealive simply for the sake of notdying must be replaced by keep-ing them comfortable. Physicianshave always known this but fearof litigation, which was a rarity30 years ago, now precludes goodjudgment. Many times they areforced to cede to a patient’s or afamily’s unrealistic demandsbecause of the threat of beingtaken to court. As the money driesup, we will need to be more like
Europe. And if we ever reach uni-versal health care, the moneyspent on preventing disease willreduce the extraordinary costs totreat them. In 2006, statisticsshowed that 96 percent of U.S.health care dollars are spent onacute care and biomedicalresearch, with only 1 percent to 2percent spent on preventive medi-cine and public health. At thesame time, taking greater respon-sibility for our own health habitsis vital. Over one out of threedeaths can be attributed to pre-ventable behaviors.
Perhaps even trickier will bethe task of renegotiating long-term benefits for governmentworkers. Running governmentmore like private business willafford the same programs avail-able to the private sector withoutobligating the taxpayer whoseown retirement floats further outof reach.
History shows that chaotic eco-nomic times can lead to socialunrest, repression and even revo-lution. We are living in one ofthese times. World governmentswill do whatever is necessary toavoid such calamities. InAmerica, where we’ve lived oncredit for the last three decades,we must once again return to ourprudent roots. There was a timewhen credit cards were just but a
useful convenience, not an unlim-ited ATM machine. To be sure, theopulence of our recent past hasactually been a facade propped upby cheap credit and rampant bor-rowing.
Government programs willseem in the short run to be inher-ently unfair. Sadly, it’s the previ-ous unfair government programs,corporate greed and downrightcriminal activity that lead ushere. There’s little doubt we willall bear the suffering, some morethan others.
Ultimately the victor in thereturn to “living small” may bethe planet itself. Smaller trans-lates into less waste and less pol-lution, which in turn staves offthe specter of global warming. Sodoes the reduction in fossil fueluse as we usher in an era of inex-pensive renewable energy.Cleaner air and water will lead tobetter health. Less environmentalimpact will be good for threatenedwildlife animals. Let’s hope 50years hence, our grateful grand-children can look back on usproudly for stewarding a GreenRevolution. Most any other out-come would be a disaster.
Harold Reeves resides inDanielson.
years and the last was 15.”Whether that’s true or not is dif-
ficult to ascertain, because theOUIs are spread out inMassachusetts and Connecticut.The officer who responded to lastweek’s incident could not bereached to shed any light on thematter.
Provencal actually tried to put apositive spin on the accident.
“The doctor said I was lucky to
have the accident because I was inthe process of having congestiveheart failure for the second time ina month,” he said.
Surgery, he said, was going tohave to be done.
That news raised an eyebrow atthis address, the thinking beingthat heart failure might be a signthat it’s time to stop drinking.Which, by the way, is preciselywhat Provencal said he plans to do— if not by choice.
“I can’t,” he said. “The doctorwill not do the procedure on my
heart unless I put in writing that Iwill not drink again.”
But, it was suggested, that does-n’t guarantee he’ll never pick up adrink again, or worse, get behindthe wheel of a car after drinking.
“Not after all this,” he said. “I’venever had heart failure before. Andthis accident, this was the worstpain I’ve ever had in my life.
“Believe me, I can’t drink anddrive, anymore. I really hurt myselfhere.”
Was the accident a wake-up call? “A wake up call? Well,” he said,
“it makes you think. Anything likethat makes you think.”
Provencal at least seemed to takesome responsibility for this latestincident, saying, “When you’rewrong, you’re wrong.”
Will he honestly never pick up analcoholic drink again, or getbehind the wheel of a car afterdrinking? That remains to be seen.His track record, at least accordingto police accounts, doesn’t give a lotof reason for optimism.
For the safety of everyone else onthe road, Provencal needs to know
he is a dangerous presence behindthe wheel — at least when he hasbeen drinking, which appears to bea lot. Whether he knows that,here’s hoping he remembers hisown words after he recovers fromhis injuries and from his hearttroubles: “I’m 57. I’ve got a lot ofthings going for me besides a can ofbeer.”
Walter Bird Jr. may be reached at(508) 909-4107, or via e-mail atwbird@villagernewspapers.com.
Sound Off:
The recent FOI lawsuit in Pomfret that wasreported on the front page of the WoodstockVillager Feb. 6 was full of incorrect informa-tion. Once again, Chuck Boster took a jab at aPomfret logger who had absolutely nothing todo with the lawsuit or the information theyclaim was not available at a P&Z workshopwhen Boster wanted it. Boster knows very wellwhat decisions were made about "the logger"and his business in town, yet he continues totell lies with every opportunity that he can.
FACT: "The logger" was here before zoning.Fact: The ZEO found that to be true and stated
there was a legal non-conforming use of theproperty. Fact: The ZBA also agreed that "thelogger" was here before zoning. Why is Bosterin denial? Why does he continue to deceive andmislead? Why was "the logger" even men-tioned in this article?
The FOI problem was about three Pomfretresidents (Fay, Boster and Hennen) who wantto make a mockery of our town's governmentat every level, from its commissions to itsselectmen. They are insulting the intelligenceof the residents of Pomfret, and I know for afact that I speak for a great many of our peoplewhen I say that we've had enough their mali-cious intentions. It's time to stop.
Logger shouldn’t have been mentioned in article
Sound Off:
After a long and hard look at the currentsports situation in the area and as a residentof Putnam, I am downright angry. The boys’basketball program at my old Putman HighSchool is terrible, yet at Tourtellotte andWoodstock Academy, things are looking pret-ty bright. Let’s see, both Falzarano andCoderre were pushed out of PHS and both aredoing a remarkable job at their new schoolsmentioned above.
Tony Falzarano is turning the basketballprogram around at Tourtellotte MemorialHigh School, and Chris Coderre is adminis-trating all sports at WA to the tune of excel-lence. I guess our loss is both those schools’gain.
Upon further review, as they say in sports
world, one has to blame not the two adminis-trators, Margo Marvin and William Barry, butthe Putnam Board of Education that hiredthem. It seems that after doing everythingMarvin and Barry wanted and praising themfrom here to China on every move and alltheir “innovations and all their interven-tions” for the past four years, somehow, some-body got to the Board of Putnam Educationand they finally made some changes.
So I ask this Board of Education if they areman and women enough to admit they made“only” two mistakes, Margo and Billy, and toformally express to the people of Putmantheir sorrow for accepting the blame for allthe teachers, coaches and support personnelthat were forced out of our system and thatbasically destroyed a once strong wonderfulschool system.
Board of Education should accept blame
Sound Off:
At the first Wetlands hearing, we heardrepeatedly how Wal-Mart’s engineering of theproposed storm water runoff retention basinsconservatively met or exceeded state and localrequirements. Upon review of the plans, theintervener’s engineering firm concluded thatthey were incomplete and failed to meet townof Brooklyn regulations, as well as sound engi-neering practices detailed in various DEP pub-lications. The applicant’s team decided to goback and do four to five more days of drillingand testing in the area, and determined thatrevisions were needed.
They apparently did not have all their ducksin a row, as some proponents like to claim thatthey did, and recent testimony illustrated thatthe revised plans are flawed as well.
The detention basins are designed to filterout solids, not chemical pollutants associatedwith parking lot runoff. There is an insuffi-cient amount of ground between the bottom ofthe proposed basins and the ceiling of thewater table below them. That water table fluc-tuates seasonally, logically being highest inspring, and runs north into the immediatelyadjacent, sensitive wetlands and vernal pools,which are part of the important watershedthat feeds into Long Brook and the QuinebaugRiver. Water tables need to be monitored in thespring, during and after the melt, and have notbeen. It’s no coincidence that Wal-Mart did itsinitial testing in the fall and early winter andfiled an application when water tables are lowand accurate environmental impact studiesare all but impossible to do.
Although state statutes provide 65 days forthe commission to deliberate on the facts
before making a decision, it was indicated atthe P&Z meeting last week that the WetlandsCommission was ready to make a decision Feb.10, suggesting that they have already made uptheir minds. After such solid evidence againstthe plans given by the opposition and the inde-pendent firm hired by the town, the commis-sion has wisely decided to deliberate on it for amonth. If they allow this project to move for-ward, regardless of the testimony presentedby Attorney Shansky, Mr. Goodin, Milone &MacBroom, and the concerned public, theywould not only be acting irresponsibly, they’dbe doing the people and the environment ofthe community a huge disservice and bedemonstrating a clear prejudice in favor ofthis development.
This plan is simply too big for this site. Theyhave reduced their footprint design in othertowns to as little as 109,000 square feet (ratherthan the proposed 162,000) when needed. Thiswould not only fit the site better, creating lessof an environmental impact, but it wouldallow the property owners to sell, create ananchor store that certain misguided individu-als think they need in order to draw more out-of-state based chains, and provide virtually thesame tax revenue. But the spokesman for theWelcome Wal-Mart group has claimed thatthey want a big store.
I guess there just isn’t enough cheap, import-ed, low-quality junk to pick from around here.It doesn’t seem to matter what happens toBrooklyn or the surrounding communities. AlNorman of Sprawl-Busters said it best: “Westart talking about quality of life and theystart talking about cheap underwear.” Wal-Mart needs to shrink this plan considerably orfind another town.
Wal-Mart needs to rethink, redesign
To the Editor:
The Thompson Community of Heart mem-bers would like to thank everybody that hasmade it possible for us to achieve one of ourgoals, which was to make Thompson aHeartSafe Community. Thompson is now offi-cially designated a HeartSafe Community.
The past year, we have succeeded in provid-ing five defibrillators to our school systemsand trained more than 50 people in CPR andAED use. We are pleased to announce that bythe end of March, four more defibrillators willbe placed in our community. Our public
library will be receiving one, as well as theTown Hall and the community sports pro-grams.
Again, thank you to everyone in the com-munity that helped make this possible. Itwould not have been possible without the sup-port of the great community of Thompson.
COMMUNITY OF HEART MEMBERS:ERICA GROH
LAURI GROH-GERMAINMARY MCKINLEY
DICK BIRCH
Thanks for supportLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Must return to our roots by living smaller
BIRDcontinued from page A8
OPINION
HAROLD REEVES
COMMENTARY
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THOMPSON — The Tourtellotte Tigers held the Ellis TechEagles to nine second-half points in the second meetingbetween the two rival schools. The Eagles struggled offen-sively all night, missing starting guard Jon Arraje and his 20-point average due to the flu, while the Tigers scored 19 second-half points to grab the 36-25 win Monday, Feb. 23, inThompson.
“That’s it,” said Tigers boys’ basketball head coach TonyFalzarano, “a total of nine points. That’s beautiful, that’sbeautiful. We kept switching defenses. I think that really sur-prised them.”
Danny Scanlon had the biggest basket of the night for theTigers. Late in the second quarter, Scanlon grabbed a missfrom his teammate and put the ball in for the lay-up to give theTigers the 17-16 lead at the midway point of the game. TheTigers never looked back while opening up the game in thesecond half.
“If you hold any team to single digits in the second half, youcan’t beat that,” said Falzarano. “I was very happy with theway Faucher played tonight.”
The Eagles’ first quarter was their best quar-ter. Josh Arraje nailed two three-pointers in thequarter, while Tom Kubic earned the three-point play the hard way. Kubic drove the lanefor the lay-up, and before the basket was made,he was fouled. He made the free-throw, whichwas the last points of the first quarter, as theEagles flew high to a 11-5 lead. Arraje had plen-ty of open looks at the basket from behind thearc, but for the rest of the game, he could onlymake one more field goal.
“It was a tough night offensively,” said Eagleshead coach Dan Piccione. “They played reallygood defense. We definitely struggled withoutJon Arraje. We had opportunities we just didn’tconvert tonight.”
What went unnoticed in the box score wasDrew Fauchers’ 16 rebounds. He only had twopoints in the game, but his rebounding kept theTigers in the game the entire night.
“That’s big. I think he went over 200 rebounds
for the year,” said Falzarano.Kubic lead the Eagles in scoring with 10 points and 11
rebounds, with the only two baskets in the third quarter.A lay-up by Arraje and a three-pointer by Sean Haythefinalized the scoring for the Eagles in the fourth quarter,making it a frustrating night for them.
“Our guards struggled all night long, and you needguards to win,” said Piccione.
The Tigers made only two field goals in the fourthquarter. The rest of the points came via the free throwline. The Tigers went eight-for-12 from the charity stripeas they out-distanced themselves from the Eagles, scor-ing 12 points.
The Tigers finish the season with an 11-9 record,while the Eagles finish the season at the .500 mark at 10-10. Both teams are looking forward to post-season playas they get ready to play in their respective conferencetournaments and the Connecticut InterscholasticAthletic Conference Class S tournament.
BY BENJAMIN R. KIPPVILLAGER SPORTS CORRESPONDENT
PUTNAM — From the midwaypoint of the second quarter untilthe end of the third quarter, theWaterford Lancers outscored thePutnam Clippers 24-12 in the open-ing round of the EasternConnecticut Conference girls’ bas-ketball tournament, heldThursday, Feb. 19, in the Putnamgymnasium. The Clippers evenheld a 20-17 lead going into half-time, but a 9-0 run to start the thirdquarter by the Lancers sparked thesecond-half comeback.
“That was tough,” said LadyClippers girls’ basketball headcoach Willie Bousquet. “We had achance; we just couldn’t contain
them enough. But webattled, even though wewere at a considerablesize disadvantage.”
“We just have goodsecond halves,” saidLancers basketballhead coach Rob VonAchen. “Myseniors came through for metonight.”
Even though two Lady Clippers,Katelyn Tarr (25 points, 10rebounds) and Crystal Lafrance (11points, 13 rebounds) both had dou-ble-doubles, Lancers guard LauraNeff (17 points, two rebounds) andcenter Alexa Long (14 points, 18rebounds) matched the Clippers allnight long.
“Their two seniors, Long and
Neff, rose to the occa-sion for them, and theyplayed well and weexpected that,” saidBousquet.
Lancers guard SaraWeller began the third
quarter by hitting a three-pointerwith less than 10 seconds off thegame clock, tying the score at 20.On the Lancers’ next possession,Neff nailed a second consecutivethree-pointer less than 30 secondslater to give them the 23-20 lead.Before the first minute of the thirdquarter was over, Long converted athree-point play the hard way bygetting fouled on a lay-up and con-verting her free throw for theLancers’ 26-20 lead.
“We just didn’t find the shootersright away,” said Bousquet.
“Absolutely, we went into thelocker room talking about how wehave to get the ball into the handsof the girls that are hot. Laura Neffwas shooting well from the outside,and Sara Weller was shooting wellfrom the outside,” said VonAchen.
Still in the third, Lafrance keptthe Clippers in the game, by hittingtwo consecutive jump shots to cutinto the Lancers’ lead 26-24. TheClippers then shot themselves inthe foot by committing two consec-utive turnovers that turned intotwo Neff baskets, as the Lancerspushed the lead back up to 30-24.
The Clippers didn’t give up andactually had a brief fourth-quarter
lead. Tarr grabbed an offensiverebound off a Lafrance miss andput it back to give them the 38-37lead at the midway point of thefourth quarter in what ended upbeing their last field goal on thenight. On the next Lancers’ posses-sion, Long dropped in a lay-up,putting them up 39-38. Tarr, whosaw the free throw line often, madeone of two free throws to tie thescore. But once again, Longanswered the call by scoring onanother lay-up, putting the Lancersup for good 41-39. For the Clippers,Tarr scored the Clippers’ last 16points.
The Clippers have some time offto get prepared for their state tour-nament, which starts next week.
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SPORTSWaterford lances Putnam in tournament opening round
SCORE BOX:Waterford 41
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Tourtellotte: Scott Coderre 10 points. Drew Faucher two points 16reboundsEllis Tech: Tom Kubic 10 points 11 rebounds, Josh Arraje 8 points
and education for many on land use decision-making would run out.
Earlier this month, the 2009 OmnibusPublic Land Management Act was beingdebated in the House of Representatives, saidBrian Farber, deputy chief of staff forCongressman Joseph Courtney (D-2ndDistrict). In the legislation (S.22), there is lan-guage that extends the year of which theQuinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor isdesignated as a national heritage corridor.
Farber noted that the Senate alreadypassed S.22, and that hopefully when it pass-es the House unchanged, it will go toPresident Barack Obama’s office for his sig-nature.
He further stated that Courtney intro-duced a bill in January to extend the autho-rization of the Quinebaug-Shetucket RiversValley National Heritage Corridor Act of1994, called H.R. 397. The bill extends theauthority of Ken Salazar, secretary of theDepartment of the Interior, to make grantsand provide any assistance under the actthrough 2015.
Funding increases in this bill that may gotoward the corridor could exceed by $5 mil-lion to $15 million.
On Tuesday, Farber reported that theHouse was debating the 2009 Omnibus
Appropriations bill, in relation to the stimu-lus package.
“Mr. Courtney and the legislative team arecombing through the bill to find 2nd District-specific funding,” said Farber in an e-mail.
Charlene Cutler, executive director for TheLast Green Valley Inc., said their grassrootsorganization has many individuals involvedevery year in helping them.
“We’re the first national heritage area inthe country that came up with a plan to beself-sustaining,” she said.
The Last Green Valley is the private, non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation, located inDanielson, designated by Congress as themanagement entity for the Quinebaug andShetucket Rivers Valley National HeritageCorridor.
Cutler said the corridor, which coversnearly 1,186 square miles, started receivingfederal funds in 1996. In 1999, the corridorexpanded into southern centralMassachusetts and received $1 million infunding that year.
“We’ve received about $7 million since itstarted,” she said. “Half of that has gonetoward grants to towns and organizations inthe area. We’re required to match our federaldollars 1-to-1.”
In the 2007-’08 fiscal year, Cutler said theymatched the $711,000 in federal funds wellover the 1-to-1 ratio. The money the organiza-tion receives comes out of the NationalHeritage Partnership Program within the
National Park Service.“If you take last
year’s figure totalamount of the pro-gram and the totalamount that everyone[else] brought to thetable, ours was 56 per-cent of the nationalmatch,” she said. “Weare doing an extraordi-nary job here.”
Cutler said theyhave one project
embedded within the S.22 bill, which is cen-tered around more preservation efforts onthe corridor.
Right now, The Last Green Valley is plan-ning for its federal funding prioritiesthrough a six-year sustainability plan.
“It’s taken longer than we’ve anticipated,”she said. “This authorization would add $5million to the overall threshold. Technically,we could get a full $6 million for a full sixyears. Right now, when we’re making appro-priations for the next six years, we’re makingthem for 2010 in anticipation. We maderequests for 2009 last spring.”
Cutler added that although they could beeligible to receive around $1 million inmoney per year, it’s never happened.
“The most we’ve gotten is around$800,000,” she said. “Even with the economythe way it is, if we were to maintain some-thing like we did last year, the $711,000, we’dbe able to maintain our programming.”
The Last Green Valley has had a “very”successful program for the past 13 years,according to Cutler, citing that about $3.5 mil-lion has into grants for various communities.
“We also have the Green Valley Institute, inpartnership with the University ofConnecticut and the University ofMassachusetts,” said Cutler, “and providingeducation to land-use decision makers. So forall towns that don’t have a professional plan-ning staff, we provide all kinds of workshops,work sheets, fact sheets, etc., to educate peo-ple at the very basic level.”
She added that they know The Last GreenValley is doing it right because every threeyears they conduct a needs assessment sur-vey and about 70 percent of the forms comeback with positive feedback.
“It’s a big deal,” said Cutler. “It’s what peo-ple tell us they need.”
Agritourism is also a part of what goes onwith The Last Green Valley in the QuinebaugShetucket Heritage Corridor.
“There’s lots of small town New Englandtourism,” said Cutler. “The region has anabundance of outdoor recreation opportuni-
ties.”Her organization spends its funds on
advertising in various area magazines onvarious tourism spots in the corridor, sup-plying more than 40 information racksthroughout the region.
“We’re also doing a ‘Source to Sea’ expedi-tion this spring to introduce people to whatthey do in their back yards and how it gets tothe ocean,” said Cutler.
One of their grants was recently used bythe Brooklyn Middle School science studentsto perform water quality monitoring of areabrooks and streams and relay their findingsback to the Department of EnvironmentalManagement.
Cutler said they love their new headquar-ters in downtown Danielson and feel thatthey are part of the community, employingfour full-time people and three part-time peo-ple. (The office relocated from Putnam lastOctober.) She will be traveling toWashington, D.C., soon to present the annualreport from The Last Green Valley, asking formore support.
“Joe Courtney’s important,” added Cutler.“Rep. Richard Neal is also helpful. [Sen.]Chris Dodd has been fantastic, [Sen.] TedKennedy and [Sen.] John Kerry, too. And, ofcourse, [Sen.] Joe Lieberman.”
The Quinebaug-Shetucket HeritageCorridor is defined mostly by the water tableon the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers. The695,000-acre rural land from WorcesterCounty south through Windham County anda northern section of New London County islargely undeveloped farmland and forest inthe midst of one of the most largely urban-ized region in the country.
For more information, visit www.thelast-greenvalley.org.
Matt Sanderson may be reached at (860) 928-1818, ext. 110, or by e-mail at matt@vil-lagernewspapers.com.
The Last Green Valley hopes for corridor designation through 2015CORRIDORcontinued from page A1
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Beckenhaupt said NDDH hasexperienced decreased revenue inpermits, which for the past fouryears have been tied to land useand developments in the QuietCorner. Meeting state mandateshas also resulted in recent revenueloss.
Funding through state grantshas primarily prevailed for NDDHto maintain its level of services forthe area.
“We understand that grants arelimited,” said Beckenhaupt, “but itcan offset the cost of what you doanyway, to the do the service right.Also, it lets you pilot something rel-evant to the people in your area,such as the Lyme disease grant.”
According to the ConnecticutDepartment of Public Health, thestate has various and differentlystructured health districts anddepartments. There are currently31 full-time municipal health dis-tricts and also 20 full-time healthdistricts (those serve anywherebetween two to 19 towns), such asNDDH. Those departments and dis-tricts serve about 93 percent of thestate population, based on 2006 pop-ulation estimates.
In addition, there are 34 part-time health districts that serve theremaining 7 percent of the state.
Killingly and Plainfield are thelargest populated towns in the dis-trict, meaning they will shouldermore of the municipal funding,according to Linda Colangelo,director of health education andcommunications at NDDH. Shesaid the smaller health districttowns will help the funding invarying degrees based on popula-tion.
NDDH currently serves morethan 85,000 residents in its 12towns, covering approximately 438square miles, touting that it servesas an excellent model on which to
base regionalization. With 35 yearsin service, it is one of the oldesthealth districts in the state.
Beckenhaupt warned that thepart-time districts, such as ones inGriswold, Voluntown and Preston,are going to be in worse shape withhaving only a part-time healthdirector and less manpower.
“The part-times are not gettingall the services,” she said, “so theyhave to pick and choose.”
Beckenhaupt added thatalthough Rell’s budget will not befinal until June or July, NDDH, byapproving its decreased budgetwith increases from its towns, willbe in preparation for those statecuts, with the modifications inorder to maintain all its servicesand staff.
Foodborne illnesses, severeweather, communicable diseases,pandemic flu and bioterrorism willalways be present in reality, despitelosing money to help fund combat-ing against those threats, saidBeckenhaupt.
“Septic systems will continue tofail,” she said. “Contamination ofair, water and food will still occur.Despite budget cuts and challeng-
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Matt Sanderson may be reachedat (860) 928-1818, ext. 110, or by e-mail atmatt@villagernewspapers.com.
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He wanted to get a notificationsystem in place that will alert stu-dents’ parents and guardians of allschool happenings, whether theybe serious, standard or central to asmall group, such as the studentswho were on a broken-down schoolbus on a field trip.
AlertNow is a rapid communica-tions service being offered inschool districts across the countryto enhance parental involvement insafety and education. The system isdesigned to replace the consideredoutdated and conventional commu-nication tactics, such as the “phonetree.”
“I pushed it to them,” Connellysaid about AlertNow for Putnamschools. “More school districts areusing it.”
He said after a committeeformed, its members talked toother school districts that have
emergency notification systems inplace, and interviewed three poten-tial companies, they went withAlertNow.
For a school district of roughly12,000 students, the $3,187AlertNow system breaks down toroughly $2.55 per student andcomes out of the operating budget,says Connelly.
“It should be a part of the schooldistrict’s communication infra-structure,” he added.
Connelly and Joseph Ptaszynski,acting Putnam High School princi-pal, sent a letter out to parents,dated Feb. 9, about the implementa-tion of the AlertNow system andrequested for all contact informa-tion, including e-mail address, bewritten in a document so that theAlertNow database has their infor-mation.
The different ways the PutnamSchool District will be usingAlertNow are for important mes-sages, such as early morning can-cellations, 90-minute delays due to
inclement weather, report card andprogress report reminders, andexam schedules. Time-sensitivemessages are for unexpectedweather-related delays or early dis-missals, bus delays and program orsports cancellations. Also,AlertNow would be used forabsence messages, such as when astudent is absent from school.
Connelly said AlertNow requestsmultiple contact information, suchas home phone number, workphone number, cell phone numberand e-mail, to ensure that theimportant messages get to the par-ent in the timeliest fashion.
In the case of the absence notifi-cation, Connelly said sending amessage out to the parents at workor by e-mail, additionally to thehome phone, would defeat the oldhabit of a student tampering withor deleting the school’s phone mes-sage.
“We’ll get them the message inall different forms,” said Connelly.
More serious situations, such as
a school lockdown or a utility fail-ure, would have immediate notifi-cation from AlertNow.
“We won’t be doing weeklyannouncements,” said Connelly,reiterating that they are going touse the basic functions offered byAlertNow before making it anymore sophisticated prior to thenew superintendent, Bill Hull,coming in.
Connelly said he tentativelyplans on having his last day nextFriday, March 6, and Hull will bewelcomed into office Monday,March 9.
AlertNow makes the ability forschools to communicate immedi-ately and reliably during a crisisinvaluable. The emergency callsare sent through emergency com-munications networks that onlycarry emergency lines.
Messages that are broadcast withAlertNow on these lines are recog-nized as emergency messages andare delivered before any other localcommunications.
On a caller’s identificationdevice (caller ID), the school’sphone number will be displayedduring routine calls, with “411” oncaller IDs during emergency mes-sages.
AlertNow benefits parents byreaching thousands of them inminutes, sending notificationseven when school phone lines aredown, performing polls and sur-veys, quelling rumors before theyget out of hand, boosting fund-rais-ing efforts, notifying parents whenlunch balances are running low,and sending reminders on field tripforms, PTO meetings and otherevents.
The system was developed bySaf-T-Net, a telecommunicationsconsulting business formed in 1996.
Matt Sanderson may be reachedat (860) 928-1818, ext. 110,or by e-mail at matt@villagernewspapers.com.
PUTNAM VILLAGER • A13Friday, February 27, 2009
POLICE LOG
Editor’s Note: The information con-tained in these police logs wasobtained through either press releasesor other public documents kept by eachpolice department, and is considered tobe the account of police. All subjectsare considered innocent until provenguilty in a court of law.
PutnamFEB. 17
Sheena Andrus, 26, 50 RichmondRoad, No. 25, Putnam. Assault (thirddegree).
FEB. 20
Bernard Gaboury, 27, 681 RiversideDrive, North Grosvenordale.Traveling unreasonably fast.
FEB. 21
Michael Sweeney, 38, 220 Sabin St.,Putnam. No seat belt, failure to useturn signal, operating under suspen-sion.
Justin Olsen, 26, 753 Cook HillRoad, Danielson. Speeding, failure tocarry insurance.
FEB. 23
Gervase Jennings, 41, 391 PomfretSt., Putnam. Strangulation (seconddegree), breach of peace.
Kim Remillard, 33, 136 Chestnut St.,Putnam. Disorderly conduct.
Carnegie Recital Hall. A piano soloist col-laborating with orchestras as widespreadas Milwaukee to London, he performspredominantly classical and jazz pieces— many of which can be heard on his 22CD recordings.
“I’ve seen him about eight years in arow,” Habitat Executive Director RonCoderre said of Moyer. “He does a greatjob of introducing each piece, and he isjust superb at playing.”
Proceeds from the concert will gotoward this year’s Habitat project: a newhouse build in Brooklyn. The group hopesto begin digging and laying a foundationthis spring.
Previous concerts have raised just over$1,000. Coderre said this year’s goal is$5,000.
Four major sponsors — the PutnamRotary, Danielson Rotary, Putnam Lions
Club and Pomfret School — have eachalready pledged $500.
“That puts us way ahead of the curvealready,” Coderre noted.
More than 200 tickets are circulating,enough to fill the auditorium, and areabusinesses are invited to advertise withinthe program booklet. Remaining fundswill come from concession sales — a sig-nificant boost, Coderre said, becauserefreshments are being entirely donatedby area groups.
“We’re sitting in a pretty good seat withjust two weeks to go,” Coderre said,attributing the success to this year’s plan-ning committee members.
“I reached out to some people I knewthat were go-getters in the communityand put them on this team,” he said. “It’sone of the best things I’ve ever done. It’sbeen so rewarding from day one.”
The committee is comprised of PegiBreckel, Lisa Cassettari, Claudia Ricci,Barbara Phaneuf, Jo Vickers, LynnBrodeur, Lucia Cafro and Richard Moore.
In addition to the benefit concert,Habitat also raises funds through anannual capital campaign, which is slatedto begin in April. The NortheastConnecticut chapter — serving Brooklyn,Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly,Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling,Thompson and Woodstock — has built orrehabbed 12 houses since its inception in1995.
The group most recently renovated of ahome in Danielson and another inBrooklyn. Both were dedicated inDecember.
Coderre said more than 300 volunteersare registered in the chapter’s database.From those, typically, about 50 will workon any given project.
For more information about the organi-zation, contact Habitat at (860) 928-7293 orvisit www.habitatnortheastct.org.
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smaller works. This month, about 100 pho-tographs taken by area artist Jeff Forte areon display in an exhibit titled “The Beauty ofNew England.”
For those showcasing their work throughthe “Art @ the Library” program, a publicreception is typically held the firstWednesday evening of the month. TheFriends of the Thompson Public Libraryoffers light refreshments as guests are invit-ed to seek tips from artists. The night of thereception, a price list can generally be foundat the library’s circulation desk for thoseinterested in purchasing pieces directly fromthe artist. The pieces, of course, must stay ondisplay until the end of the exhibit period,Gorcynski noted.
The whole project began with an art auc-tion, used to raise funds for the library, in
1994.“From there, it just blossomed,” Gorcynski
said.Now, with a calendar of showings nearly
booked through 2010,Gorcynski said orga-nizing the events hasbecome much easier.Instead of Gorcynskineeding to find artistseach month, the artiststypically find her first.
“There’s an amazingamount of local tal-ent,” she said.
For some artists, theopportunity to displaywork at the library is
their first public showing. Area schools alsoreceive an invitation to showcase studentwork, and all have done so, Gorcynski said.
“It’s really a community involvement kindof thing,” she explained. “It’s a great thing tosee.”
And patrons can’t help but “see,” sheexplained. All who walk through the librarydoors pass by the outside display case andthose attending the majority of the library’sspecial programs — yoga classes, moviematinees, Wii for seniors and discussiongroups — find themselves in that large meet-ing room, surrounded by the month’s fea-
tured art.“It’s a big letdown if it’s empty,” Gorcynski
said.Not likely to be empty for quite some time,
the exhibits and coinciding receptions arefree to the public.
From March 4 to 27, the Quinebaug ValleyPhotography Club is showcasing“Adventures in Photography” in the largemeeting room. Guests are invited to a March4 reception, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and areencouraged to bring cameras and manualsfor helpful hints and advice.
The entryway exhibit case will feature“The Scenic French River” by Cape Codartist Alan Dabrowski throughout the monthof March. Dabrowski is the son of aThompson resident.
For a schedule of library events, includinginformation on art displays, visit www.thomp-sonpubliclibrary.org.
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• Exhibit case and Meeting Room:Thompson Community Art Show by theThompson Community Art Committee
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• Exhibit case: Purely-Rec (After SchoolProgram) with Darlene Tretheway• Meeting Room: Art by Donna Lange,Frances Kornbluth and AnneRosebrooks
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• Exhibit Case: Children’s SummerReading Program• Meeting Room: Quilting by the NakedSpools
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Patrons of Thompson Public Library are invited toview the month’s featured art while visiting. A pub-lic reception with the artist is held each month.
Some of artist Jeff Forte’s photographs that arebeing displayed at the library this month.
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Playing a wide assortment ofAmerican music, UncleRhubarb and The Hokum
Hotshots is not your ordinary localfolk group. Combining the tradi-tional sounds of guitar, banjo, har-monica and mandolin, the bandstretches musical and genre limitswith the addition of trombone, sax-ophone and even ukulele. Hokumis a music genre consisting of dou-ble-entendre songs, like “LemonSqueezer,” “Move That Thing” and“Custard Pie.” But a typical UncleRhubarb set will run the gamut ofstyles, from the Caribbean toCanadian, as well as bluegrass,folk, pop, swing, blues, reggae, jug-band, rock and gospel.
Uncle Rhubarb and The HokumHotshots is made up of the follow-ing members: Elizabeth Beman(trombone and vocals), who joinedthe group in late 2008; KevinCollins (vocals, harmonica, percus-sion); Mark Chuoke (keyboards,mandolin, vocals); AnthonyForonda (saxophone, vocals); MikeIngram (stand-up bass, vocals); BobKirk (banjo, vocals) and DonSpaeth (vocals, ukulele, guitar).Catch one or both of two shows inPutnam this Saturday the 28th. Thefirst is at 1 p.m. at the PutnamLibrary, located in the RiverfrontCommons. (This will be a benefitfor the Daily Bread Food Bank.Just bring an article of cannedfood and that should get you in.)The second show is at 8 p.m. atVictoria Station on Main Street,with a special guest “Pete” playing
lap steel and dobro.Big Meat returns to Rick’sBig Meat is a local jam band done
good. Between 2005 and 2007, theband established themselves as apremier regional rock and funkjam band by playing 250 shows upand down the East Coast. Their sig-nature style will have you dancingall night long, and they alwaysbrings something new to everyshow. For a night of great musicand good company, come on downto Rick’s Billiards this Saturdaythe 28th.
FRIDAY, FEB. 27
• Mulligan’s Fancy — 9 p.m.,Fiddler’s Green, Worcester, Mass.• Mike Crandall Band — 9 p.m.,Gilrein’s, Worcester, Mass.• Bill McCarthy & His Guitar — 7:30p.m., Greendale’s Pub, Worcester,Mass.• Silencio, Beware the Ides,Mindset x, Skulltoboggan, VoodooTerror Tribe, Devoid — 8 p.m.,Lucky Dog, Worcester, Mass.• Wibble and Friends — 9 p.m.,Trumbull’s, Main Street, Spencer,Mass.
• Irish Session with The Pikeys:Rose and Fred Higgins, PatrickFyfe and Friends — 9 p.m., DarkHorse Tavern, 12 Crane St.,Southbridge, Mass.• Lori Brooks — 4 p.m., Mill StreetBrews, Southbridge, Mass.• Foolish U — 9 p.m., The PumpHouse, Southbridge, Mass.• RAM — 9 p.m., Altones, JewettCity, Conn.• Alexa Ray Joel — 8 p.m., WolfDen, Mohegan Sun Casino,Uncasville, Conn.
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• Mark Renburke — 8 p.m., SpruceStreet Tavern, Clinton, Mass.• The Pathetics — 9 p.m., The HotelVernon, Worcester, Mass.• Uncle Billy’s Smokehouse — 9p.m., Greendale’s Pub, Worcester,Mass.• Shakey Steve and the Blue Cats —9 p.m., Gilrein’s, Worcester, Mass.• Backseat Lover (Pearl Jam trib-ute) with Moral Dilemma and AriBand — 8 p.m., Lucky Dog,Worcester, Mass.• The Bad Tickers — 9 p.m.,Chooch’s, Route 67, NorthBrookfield, Mass.• The Krooks — 9 p.m., The PumpHouse, Southbridge, Mass.• Snowed In — 4 p.m., Mill StreetBrews, Southbridge, Mass.• Blackstone Valley BluegrassBand — 8 p.m., The Vanilla BeanCafe, Pomfret, Conn., $12.• Big Meat — 9:30 p.m., Rick’sBilliards, 9 Grove St., Putnam,Conn.
• Uncle Rhubarb and The HokumHotshots — 8 p.m., Victoria StationCafe, 91 Main St., Putnam, Conn.• Ken Macy — 9:30 p.m., The GoldEagle at The Laurel House, Route395, Exit 94, Dayville, Conn.• Ruckus — 9 p.m., The LakeTavern, Dayville, Conn.• The Man in Black: A Tribute toJohnny Cash — 8 p.m., Wolf Den,Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville,Conn.
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McLarney is hospital’sFebruary employee
PUTNAM — PhyllisMcLarney, RN, ofMaternal Child Health,has been selected asDay Kimball Hospital’sFebruary Employee ofthe Month. TheEmployee Council, agroup of 20 hospital rep-resentatives, choseMcLarney for the honorafter reviewing variousnominations from hos-pital management.
“This is a very excit-ing honor,” saidMcLarney. “I amtouched that my col-leagues nominated me.We’re a great team inMCH, and I couldn’t ask
for better people to work with. Nursing is whatI love to do; I love being there for others duringone of the most important times in theirlives.”
McLarney began her career at Day Kimballin 1983. Nursing was actually her secondcareer, for she entered the field based on a per-sonal experience she had with “wonderful”nurses at one time in her life.
“A nurse at Day Kimball’s pediatric centermade such a difference in my life that I decid-ed to become an obstetrics nurse,” saidMcLarney.
Starting on Day Kimball’s Medical/Surgicalfloor, McLarney quickly moved to theMaternal Child Health Department. Prior toher career in nursing, she was a commercialartist.
“Phyllis treats everyone with respect andkindness,” said Mary Ellen Snyder, depart-ment supervisor. “She is a caring individualand a true asset to Day Kimball Hospital.”
A graduate of Three Rivers CommunityCollege, McLarney has been in nursing for 26years. Her daily responsibilities include laborand delivery and prenatal testing. She hasreceived national certification in fetal moni-toring and recently undertook a leadershiprole in the conversion to computerized docu-mentation of the labor and delivery depart-ment.
McLarney currently resides in Woodstockand enjoys horseback riding.
Cancer Society needs volunteers
The American Cancer Society is seekingvolunteers for several hours during the weekof March 16 to help organize and packageDaffodil Days orders in the community.Additional help is needed to deliver pre-ordered flower bouquets donated to cancerpatients at local cancer centers.
The annual campaign supports theAmerican Cancer Society’s program ofresearch, education and local patient services.
This year, bouquets of 10 daffodils are avail-able to purchase for $10; potted daffodil bulbsfor $15; a “gift of hope” bouquet deliveredanonymously to a cancer patient undergoingtreatment in a local hospital for a minimumdonation of $25; or a Bear and a Bunch (a lim-ited edition Boyd’s bear and a bouquet of 10daffodils) for $25.
The deadline to order is March 2, and daf-fodils will be delivered the week of March 16.
To volunteer or to purchase daffodils, callthe local American Cancer Society office at 1-800-ACS-2345 or visiting www.cancer.org/daf-fodils.
ACT presents ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
WILLIMANTIC — ACT students will pre-sent the fully staged musical Little Shop ofHorrors from Thursday, March 5, throughSunday, March 8, on the main stage at TheCapitol Theater, 896 Main St., Willimantic.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday perfor-mances will take place at 7:30 p.m. A 2 p.m.matinee will be held Sunday. ACT (Arts atthe Capitol Theater) is EASTCONN’s artsmagnet high school.
ACT student cast members include JoeySchweizer, a sophomore from Marlborough,as Seymour; Aimee-Rose Willett, a juniorfrom Putnam, as Audrey; Anna Nassiff, ajunior from Columbia, as Mushnik; andChristopher Richard, a freshman fromWindham, as Orin. ACT student Rachel Ziko,a junior from Coventry, is the choreographer.
ACT staff members who are guiding theproduction include Sandra Evans-Abbott,the musical’s director; Anna Sokolovskaya,the costume designer; and Andy Gutt, the setand lighting designer.
Previously a popular Broadway produc-
tion (1982) and a hit movie (1986), Little Shopof Horrors is a darkly funny rock-musicalinvolving a hapless young floral assistantnamed Seymour, who works at the strugglingMushnik’s Flower Shop on Skid Row. He con-stantly daydreams about Audrey, his cowork-er. After discovering, nurturing and show-casing an exotic plant with a mysteriouscraving for human blood, Seymour and theflower shop become an overnight sensation.Soon, “Audrey II” grows into an enormous,R&B-singing carnivore that offers Seymourfame and fortune in exchange for feeding itsgrowing appetite. Eventually, Seymour real-izes that “Audrey II” is far more than an ill-tempered, ravenous plant. The question is:Can Seymour stop its hilariously devilishplan?
Little Shop of Horrors is intended formature audiences; some scenes may not beappropriate for young children.
Regular tickets are $10 for adults and $8 forseniors and students under 12. Tickets maybe purchased at the box office starting onehour before each show, or may be reserved inadvance by calling (860) 465-5636.
EASTCONN, one of six regional education-al service centers across the state, has beenserving the education needs of northeasternConnecticut schools, towns, organizations andindividuals since 1980. To learn more aboutACT and EASTCONN, visitwww.eastconn.org/ACT.
Toastmasters membersattend training
DANIELSON — Five members of theQuinebaug Valley Toastmasters Club recentlyattended an officer training program inManchester.
They were Steve Rechner, of Woodstock,president; Ronald Decker, of Brooklyn, vicepresident and education; RonaldMarchessealut, of Plainfield, vice presidentand membership; and members CarolEmmerthal, of Griswold, and Susan Kenney,of Canterbury.
The program, held twice a year, is designedto prepare attendees for advanced leadershiproles in Toastmasters International (TI). Anonprofit organization with headquarters inMission Vejo, Calif., TI is composed of about aquarter million members worldwide who aretaught public speaking and leadership skillsthat are useful with individual and/or careerdevelopment and that are crucial tools in
today’s fast-paced business and professionalclimate.
Training was focused on constructive evalu-ation of speakers and new member mentor-ing, as well as building and nurturing dynam-ic and highly motivated clubs.
There were also sessions on the duties ofclub officers in promoting and maintainingclub vibrancy and innovation.
Emmerthal, commenting on her first expe-rience at officer training, said she picked upsome valuable tips on the need for a club men-toring program and that she would presentthese observations at a coming meeting.
Quinebaug Valley Toastmasters meets at 7p.m. on the first and the third Tuesdays ofeach month in room W201 of QuinebaugValley Community College in Danielson.Membership information can be obtainedfrom Steve Rechner at 974-1050 orhttp://quinebaugvalley.freetoasthost.info/.
10 things to reduce carbon paw prints
Every wonder how pets impact the envi-ronment in The Last Green Valley? Withnearly 70,000 kittens and puppies born eachday in the United States, pets exert a big con-siderable influence on habitats. Here are 10things you can do to reduce your pet’s carbonpaw print.
1. Adopt your pet from a shelter or rescuegroup.
2. Spay or neuter your pet to reduce over-population. Not only does it decrease thenumber of homeless animals, but also dogsand cats live longer and healthier lives.
3. Know where your pet is at all times whenoutside. Domestic pets kill wildlife. In fact,household cats are so well fed and fit thatthey have an unfair advantage against thebird population. And the numbers of cats areincreasing at a faster rate than bird popula-tions.
4. Choose natural and organic pet foodswithout low-grade animal by-products andother ingredients that are unhealthy. If youwouldn’t eat it, don’t feed it to your pet.
5. Use natural cat litter. Clay is strip-minedand full of a silica dust that can be bad forthe cat’s lungs. Sodium bentonite that acts asa clumping agent in some cat litters is alsobad for the feline, as it can swell inside thedigestive track if ingested.
6. Compost pet waste or dispose of it safely.According to scientists, U.S. dogs and cats
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TOWN OF WOODSTOCKAt the February 19, 2009 Regular Meeting,the Planning & Zoning Commissionapproved the following with conditions:#581-08-10 Garth Evans & Leila Philip, PulpitRock Rd – 2 lot subdivision (Map 7278, Block32, Lot 24A. Chair Dr. Jeffrey GordonFebruary 27, 2009
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGSTHOMPSON INLAND WETLANDS
COMMISSIONThe Town of Thompson Inland Wetlands
Commission will hold the following PublicHearings on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 7PM in the Merrill Seney Community Room ofthe Thompson Town Hall, 815 RiversideDrive, North Grosvenordale, CT:
1. Permit Application #09-01-01 –Frederick and Nancy Healy, ThompsonRoad, Map 114, Block 25, Lot 2A. To conductactivities associated with the construction ofa driveway with wetland crossing. Date ofreceipt 1-13-09.
2. To consider proposed amendments tothe Inland Wetlands & WatercoursesRegulations of the Town of Thompson.
Copies of these proposals are on file in theTown Clerk's Office and the Inland WetlandsCommission Office at the Town Hall, 815Riverside Drive, North Grosvenordale, CT.
Francesca Morano, ChairFebruary 12, 2009
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OBITUARIESOBITUARIES are published at no charge. E-mail notices to sjarvis@villagernewspa-
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QUINEBAUG — Carolyn A. (Johnson)Jones, 68, beloved wife, mother, grandmotherand sister, passed away suddenly Friday, Feb.20, while vacationing in Florida.
She leaves her husband of 50 years, JohnJones, of Quinebaug; a daughter, SarahPlantinga, and her husband David; threegrandchildren, David, Emily and Hannah;
her son Nicholas; and her brothers and sis-ters.
The funeral was private, with burial inWoodstock. Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, ofWebster, Mass., handled arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made toWhitinsville Christian School, 279 LinwoodAve., Whitinsville, MA 01588.
BROOKLYN — Brandon L. Lamontagne,son of Brad and Amy (Theriaque)Lamontagne, died at Children’s Hospital inBoston, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the ageof 7 months. He struggled valiantly to sur-vive a congenital heart condition.
He was born July 10, 2008.In addition to his parents, he leaves his
twin brother Owen of Brooklyn; maternalgrandmother Denise Graff of Danielson;paternal grandmother Bonnie Knight ofKillingly; maternal great-grandmothersClara Marando and Lorraine Theriaque;paternal great-grandmother Greta Knight;
and many cousins, aunts and uncles.During his brief life, he brought happiness
to all of those who knew him and came incontact with him. The family wishes toextend their appreciation to all who prayedand offered support on behalf of the familyand Brandon.
Following the private funeral, burial willbe in Holy Cross Cemetery in Danielson.Gagnon-Costello Funeral Home, ofDanielson, was in charge of arrangements.
Donations in his memory may be made toChildren’s Hospital Boston, 300 LongwoodAve., Boston, MA 02115.
Carolyn A. Jones, 68Brandon L. Lamontagne
QUINEBAUG — Carolyn A. (Johnson)Jones, 68, beloved wife, mother, grandmotherand sister, passed away suddenly Friday, Feb.20, while vacationing in Florida.
She leaves her husband of 50 years, JohnJones, of Quinebaug; a daughter, SarahPlantinga, and her husband David; threegrandchildren, David, Emily and Hannah;
her son Nicholas; and her brothers and sis-ters.
The funeral was private, with burial inWoodstock. Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, ofWebster, Mass., handled arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made toWhitinsville Christian School, 279 LinwoodAve., Whitinsville, MA 01588.
Carolyn A. Jones, 68
WEBSTER, Mass. — Marjorie V. (Mason)Bernier, 89, formerly of McGovern Lane,passed away Monday, Feb. 16, in WebsterManor.
Her husband of 62 years, David J. BernierSr., died in 2001.
She leaves one son, David J. Bernier Jr.,and his wife Lois of Webster; one daughter,Janice A. Peloquin, of Vernon, Conn.; fourgrandchildren, David J. Bernier III, Jill AnneHobson, Ellen Savory and Vicki Marques;four great-grandchildren; two brothers,Robert Mason of Cape Cod and James Masonof Florida; two sisters, Lorraine Kilborn ofNorth Grosvenordale, Conn., and JeannetteLozinski of Dudley; and many nieces andnephews.
She was predeceased by a grandson, Jason
C. Bernier; one brother, Harold Mason; andthree sisters, Mary Rose Lyon, Doris Krolland Shirley Deary.
The daughter of Atwood and Rose(Breault) Mason, she was born in Websterand lived there all her life.
Mrs. Bernier worked as a bookkeeper atCranston Print Works Co. and HubbardRegional Hospital, both in Webster, andretired from Matulaitis Nursing Home inEast Putnam, Conn. She enjoyed gardeningand golfing and was the ladies’ golf champi-on at Raceway Golf Club in 1960.
A graveside service was held Thursday,Feb. 19, at Calvary Cemetery in Dudley.Please omit flowers. The Robert J. MillerFuneral Home and Lake Chapel, of Webster,assisted the family with arrangements.
Marjorie V. Bernier, 89
Veronica BraggPUTNAM — Veronica Bragg went to be
with Jesus Feb. 20.She leaves her parents, Tracy and Ruth
Bragg, and mother Magda Quinones; six sis-ters, Elizabeth Suggs, Kathy Colon, SandraSeguin, Kristina Kunkel, Alicia Colon andDenise Bragg; one brother; and many aunts,uncles and cousins from the Bragg, Dubois,Quinones and Nunez families.
She joins her grandfathers William Walsh,Albert Bragg and Wilfredo Quinones; broth-
er Stevie Bragg; grandmother NadiaRodriguz and friend Johnny Benway.
Miss Bragg loved being an auntie andenjoyed visits with her three nephews,Christian Suggs, Zakari Albaraze andAndrew Suggs, and two nieces, TatianaLopez-Colon and Christina Seguin. She wasloved and well cared for by her specialfriends, Carolyn Hart, Mary Carpenter,Danielle Castle, Shawn Demeyer and HarveyWillard.
A celebration of her life was heldWednesday, Feb. 25, in the Gilman FuneralHome in Putnam.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be madein Veronica’s memory to her family, in care ofRuth Bragg, P.O. Box 131, Putnam, CT 06260.
PUTNAM — Stanislaw “Stanley” Bzorek,63, of Ballou Street, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, athis home.
He leaves two daughters, Bozena Golemo ofDanielson and Danuta “Donna” Dzieminskiof Webster, Mass.; a brother, Tadeusz Bzorek,of Poland; his sister, Zofia Pawlik, of Poland;and a granddaughter, Karolina Dzieminski.
Born in 1946 in Chmielow, Poland, he wasthe son of the late Jan and Maria (Grden)
Bzorek.Mr. Bzorek worked as a truck driver and a
foreman at a sulfur mine in Poland beforemoving to Killingly. He liked the quiet life,Polish cooking and Polish traditions. Heespecially loved his daughters.
At his request, services were private.Gilman Funeral Home was entrusted witharrangements.
SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. — Rosaire R.“Pierre” Lavallee, 77, of Locust Avenue, diedSaturday, Feb. 21, in Clinton Hospital after anillness.
He was the husband of more than 50 yearsof Ruth A. (Fitts) Lavallee. They were mar-ried July 4, 1957.
He leaves a son, Ronald L. Lavallee, and hiswife Debra of Southbridge; a grandson,Jason B. Lavallee, and his wife Colleen ofThompson, Conn.; a brother, RaymondLavallee, of Greenville, R.I.; and a sister,Etiennette Leigh, of Naugatauk, Conn.; threegreat-grandchildren, Devyn and DallasDaviau and Dylan Lavallee; many nieces andnephews.
He was predeceased by his daughter,Lauria (Lavallee) White, who died in 2001; hisgranddaughter, Melissa Lavallee, who died in
1986; and his brothers, J. Lionel Lavallee andRoger Lavallee.
The son of the late Adelard and Rose H.(Bonnier) Lavallee, he was born in Sorel,Canada, and lived in Southbridge most of hislife.
Mr. Lavallee was a retired school custodianfor the town of Southbridge. He enjoyedmusic, driving his tractor and snow skiing.He also helped start the Paige Hill ski slopemany years ago.
A service was held Wednesday, Feb. 25,with Pastor Brian White at SansoucyFuneral Home in Southbridge. Burial was inSt. George Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory ofRosaire R. Lavallee may be made to the JoslinClinic, 1 Joslin Way Boston, MA 02215
Rosaire R. Lavallee, 77
PUTNAM — SisterE m m a n u e lAlexandrinha, 87, a mem-ber of the Daughters ofthe Holy Spirit, diedMonday, Feb. 23, at DayKimball Hospital inPutnam. She was a resi-dent of the Holy Spirit
Provincial House, where she had been inretirement since 2003.
She leaves three sisters, Mary Souza andNoemia Ray of Somerset, Mass., and DoloresSouza of Fall River, Mass.; one brother,Manuel Cabral, Jr., of Somerset; and severalnieces, nephews, grandnieces and grand-nephews.
Born Oct. 12, 1921, in Fall River, Mass., shewas the daughter of the late Manuel andAlexandrinha (Paiva) Cabral.
Sister Emmanuel entered religious life in1953 and made profession on April 13, 1955, atHoly Spirit Provincial House in Putnam.
She held a Bachelor of Arts from DiocesanSisters’ College and served as an educator formost of her religious life in various schoolsin Connecticut, as well as Fall River, Mass.,until 2002 when she retired to St. ClareConvent in Newport, R.I.
A prayer service was held Wednesday, Feb.25, at the Provincial House. A Mass ofChristian Burial was celebrated Thursday,Feb. 26 at the Holy Spirit Provincial Housechapel, followed by burial at St. MaryCemetery in Putnam. Gilman Funeral Home,of Putnam, was in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be madeto the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, 72Church St., Putnam, CT 06260.
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create 10 million tons of waste a year and noone knows where it goes. Pick up after yourpet using a biodegradable bag. Go online tofind instructions on making your own petwaste composter. Just remember: Never usecomposted pet waste on vegetable gardens.
7. Pets, as well as people, should use sus-tainable products. Use toys, dishes and bed-ding made from recycled or organic materi-als. A pair of old socks tied and knottedmakes a great dog pull toy.
8. With winter around the corner, purchasekid- and pet-friendly ice melting products.Salt-based products can cause health prob-lems if ingested and also contaminate wellsand drinking water — not a good choice ifyour pouch drinks from puddles in the drive-way.
9. Grow your own catnip and save money.It’s an easy perennial to cultivate. Just pickthe sprigs, dry them and save in a jar for win-ter-long cat treats.
10. Use natural pet-care products that donot contain toxins or chemicals.
The Last Green Valley Inc., is the nonprof-it management entity for the congressional-ly designated Quinebaug and ShetucketRivers Valley National Heritage Corridor.The 10 Things List is provided as part of theorganization’s effort to preserve the signifi-cant natural and historical resources of TheLast Green Valley.
The 10 Things List is proudly sponsored byUnited Natural Foods Inc., the nation’slargest distributor of natural and organicfood. UNFI uses its position to supportsocially responsible initiatives that protect
the environment and foster stewardship ofthe land and is headquartered in The LastGreen Valley.
Renaissance Faire tohold audition workshop
HEBRON — The Connecticut RenaissanceFaire will host an audition workshop fromnoon to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at theHebron Lions Fairgrounds in Hebron. Thisworkshop is open to all performers interestedin learning how to audition for roles in almostany show.
The audition workshop is free to attend, butregistration is required. Participants willlearn basic skills required to audition forroles, including what to wear, how to preparefor a certain role, choosing the right mono-logue and much more. Attendees must be atleast 16 years old to participate in this work-shop.
“Even veteran performers will find theworkshop helpful,” said Daniel Desilets, a co-owner of the Connecticut Renaissance Faire.
“Attendees are encouraged to dress comfort-ably in clothing that allows flexibility andappropriate active footwear. They should alsobring materials to take notes, a monologue towork with and a good attitude and willingnessto learn,” Desilets added.
Participants will have the opportunity totest their new skills at auditions for the 11thannual Connecticut Renaissance Faire heldon April 18 and 19 at the fairgrounds. Anyoneplanning to attend the audition is encouraged
to participate in the workshop.“Every year, the faire continues to grow
both in attendance and size,” Desilets said.“Our auditions are open to anyone who wantsto be a part of the faire. In the past, our per-formers have come from all over New Englandand New York. This year we hope to continuethat tradition.”
For more information, or to register for theworkshop or Faire auditions, please visithttp://www.ctfaire.com or contact Desilets atdan@ctfaire.com or (860) 928-0600.
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire is anenchanted recreation of a 16th-century har-vest festival as one might have been back inthe Middle Ages. The 2009 performance willrun weekends and Columbus Day from Sept.26 to Oct. 18.
Bank donates to Day Kimball Hospital
JEWETT CITY — The Jewett City SavingsBank Foundation recently awarded the third$5,000 installment of its five-year pledge to theBackusCare expansion project at BackusHospital in Norwich.
Additional grants of $1,000 each wereawarded to annual appeal campaigns at threeother area hospitals: Day Kimball Hospital inPutnam, Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield andWindham Hospital in Willimantic.
The BackusCare project includes improve-ments to the emergency department and inpa-tient and outpatient surgical services, as wellas enhancement to the hospital’s medical-sur-gical inpatient units and cancer care services.
The foundation also awarded $1,000 to
Backus Hospital’s annual campaign.“Jewett City Savings Bank is committed to
helping local hospitals meet the area’s health-care needs,” said Kevin C. Merchant, presi-dent and CEO. “We are pleased to supporttheir fund-raising efforts through the founda-tion.”
The hospitals were among 39 area nonprofitorganizations that received a combined totalof $50,000 in grants from the Jewett CitySavings Bank Foundation in 2008.
The foundation, established in 2003 to rein-force, encourage, and support the Bank’songoing commitment to the well being of thecommunities it serves, has awarded over$200,000 since its founding.
Jewett City Savings Bank is a mutual sav-ings bank operating full-service offices inJewett City, Brooklyn, Dayville, CentralVillage and Preston.
Shelter needs kitty litter KILLINGLY — Passion 4 Paws, a registered
nonprofit organization dedicated to findingloving homes for abandoned, abused andhomeless animals, is running a kitty litterdrive.
The organization desperately needs dona-tions of scoopable kitty litter. Please drop offdonations of any brand or size of scoopablelitter at the Killingly Public Library.
Passion 4 Paws consists solely of volun-teers. Jewelry made by the volunteers and ani-mal toys are also on sale at Food & Fudge inKillingly. All the proceeds raised from the salego directly to animal care.
For more information, visit online atwww.passion4paws.org.
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B4 ☎ VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ Friday, February 27, 2009
RELIGION
Everyone must submit himselfto the governing authorities,for there is no authority
except that which God has estab-lished. The authorities that existhave been established by God.Consequently, he who rebels againstthe authority is rebelling againstwhat God has instituted, and thosewho do so will bring judgment onthemselves. For rulers hold no terrorfor those who do right, but for thosewho do wrong. Do you want to be freefrom fear of the one in authority?Then do what is right and he willcommend you. For he is God’s ser-vant to do you good. But if you dowrong, be afraid, for he does not bearthe sword for nothing. He is God’sservant, an agent of wrath to bringpunishment on the wrongdoer.Therefore, it is necessary to submitto the authorities, not only becauseof possible punishment but alsobecause of conscience. This is alsowhy you pay taxes, for the authori-ties are God’s servants, who givetheir full time to governing. Giveeveryone what you owe him: If youowe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, thenrevenue; if respect, then respect; ifhonor, then honor. (Romans 13:1-7)
A first-grade teacher was tellingher students the story of ChickenLittle. This was the first time she hadread the story to the class. She said,“Once upon a time, Chicken Littlewas pecking away at her food whenan acorn fell and hit her on the head.Chicken Little looked up andbelieved the sky was falling, so sheran to all the animals in the barn-yard crying, ‘The sky is falling! Thesky is falling!’ Finally, Chicken Littleapproached the farmer and said tohim, ‘The sky is falling! The sky isfalling!’”
At this point, the first-gradeteacher stopped the story and askedher students, “And what do you thinkthe farmer said to Chicken Little?”
None of the kids answered for amoment. You could see by theirexpressions that they were in deepcontemplation over the teacher’squestion. Finally, one little boyraised his hand and said, “I think thefarmer said, ‘Wow, a talking chick-en!’”
The teacher laughed so hard shecouldn’t finish the story.
Turn on your news channel andyou will be promptly reminded thattimes are bad. The Dow is down.Unemployment is up. The recessionis speeding up. The economy is slow-ing down. Resources are shrinking.Bills are increasing. Foreclosuresare swelling. Hope is diminishing.For many people, it feels as if the skyis falling. No matter your confidence
level in the govern-ment, and whetheror not your candi-date got elected, theBible makes it clearthat everyChristian has civicresponsibilities.How are we torespond when theworld seems to becrashing downaround us?
• Pray for our leaders. The mostimportant thing we can do is to prayfor our nation’s leaders. The Bibledirects us, “I urge, then, first of all,that requests, prayers, intercessionand thanksgiving be made for every-one — for kings and all those inauthority, that we may live peacefuland quiet lives in all godliness andholiness” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). There is aministry in Washington, D.C., called“Faith and Action” led by Pastor RobSchenck. Rob felt led by the Lord afew weeks ago to go to the door in theU.S. Capitol Building and anoint andpray over the door that thenPresident-elect Obama would walkout for his swearing-in ceremony.When he notified the Capitol Policeof his intentions, they informed himin no uncertain terms that if he triedto do that he would be arrested. Buthe proceeded in faith with his plan,and as he approached the CapitolBuilding, he happened to meet one ofhis friends, U.S. Rep. Paul Brounfrom Georgia, who is one of themany evangelical Christians in theU.S. House. When Rob told him of hisplans, Mr. Broun said, “Sure, let’s doit.”
They proceeded to the door of theCapitol and had a private prayer ser-vice for President Obama, and theyanointed the doorposts and lentil ofthe door our president walkedthrough on Inauguration Day. Criticshave ridiculed this as a stupid stuntby crazed religious nuts, but theymight be surprised to learn thatwhen George Washington laid thecornerstone for the U.S. CapitolBuilding in 1793, he anointed it withoil, the Bible was read and a localpastor prayed over it. Don’t underes-timate the power of a faithful fewwho take seeking God’s face serious-ly. You might not spend any time sit-ting in the seat of a legislator onCapitol Hill, but you certainly canspend time sitting at the foot of theThrone of Grace petitioning ourGreat King and God to bless ournation and guide our leaders.
• Play by the rules. When the apos-tle Paul wrote the words in the pas-sage above, Christianity had beendeclared an illegal religion. A mad-
man named Nero was in control ofthe government. Taxes and fear wereat an all-time high. Morale and confi-dence were at an all-time low. Yet, hestill counsels believers to do what isright. It wasn’t easy to be a fullydevoted follower of Jesus then. It’snot easy to be a fully devoted follow-er today. But here is his point: Thereis always going to be pressure to com-promise. Difficult times, however, donot provide anyone with a validexcuse to bend the rules. Probablythe greatest test of whether you trulybelieve this or not will be revealedwhen you file your tax forms.Because we are followers of Jesus,we will want to obey the laws of ourland.
The Bible says, “Remind the peopleto be subject to rulers and authori-ties, to be obedient, to be ready to dowhatever is good, to slander no one,to be peaceable and considerate, andto show true humility toward allmen” (Titus 3:1-2). If anyone everhad a right not to play by the rules, itwas Jesus, yet he obeyed the law.When he was asked about a tax pay-ment to the Romans, he didn’t haveany money, so he told Peter to gocatch a fish. Peter caught a fish andfound a coin in its mouth. We are insuch awe of that miracle that we for-get Jesus used that coin to pay histaxes. Do what is right. Play by therules.
• Participate in bringing aboutchange. Bringing change into theworld has never depended upon anelection. Jesus said, “You are the saltof the earth,” and, “You are the lightof the world.”
You have been called to make a dif-ference. Regardless of the political oreconomic climate, Christians havealways been called to be world chang-ers. We’re not called to retreatbehind stained glass windows andwait for the rapture. Jesus command-ed us to be salt and light in a decay-ing and dark culture. Every time youstay faithful to your commitments,reach out to a needy person, love oneanother unconditionally or servesacrificially, you are helping anotherperson understand the nature andheart of our Heavenly Father. Whenthey in turn respond and surrenderto his grace — now that’s change youcan believe in.
It’s true, times are bad. ButChristians are not to be like ChickenLittle running around filled withfear and trepidation. Let’s stayfocused on our Great King, continueto obey his Word and bring glory tohis name by ministering to others.
Tim Vamosi is the pastor ofEastford Baptist Church in Eastford.
We’re not Chicken Little
CHURCH DIRECTORYEASTFORD
Congregational Church8 Church Road(860) 974-0294Pastor Mike MoranSunday Service — 11 a.m. (10 a.m.summer)Sunday School — 9:30 a.m. (no S.S. insummer)Sunday Evening Service — 6 p.m.Sunday Youth Groups — 1 to 4 p.m.Monday Cancer Support Group — 7p.m.Tuesday — Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.Thursday Women's Bible Study — 7-8:30 p.m.Friday Pioneer Club — 6:30 p.m.Saturday Men's Fraternity — 7 a.m.
Eastford Baptist Church133 Union Road974-1414Pastor Tim VamosiSunday School: 9 a.m. All ages.Service: 10:30 a.m.Wednesday: Mid-week prayer ser-vices, 7 p.m., prayer meeting foradults, Kindred Spirits — ladies only,Olympians, Grades one to six, Word ofLife Teen Club, junior and sxeniorhigh school, child care provided.
NORTH GROSVENORDALE
Creation Church915 Riverside DriveNorth Grosvenordale, CT(860) 942-4760Lead pastor: Chris CroweSunday service: 10 a.m.Kidstrack Ministries: nurserythrough sixth grade
POMFRET
Most Holy Trinity Roman CatholicChurch568 Pomfret St.928-5830Mass: 4 p.m. Saturday; 7:30, 9:30 and11:30 a.m. SundayRev. Ryszard Sliwinski,Administrator
Christ Church of Pomfret527 Pomfret St.928-7026Services: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 9:15a.m. (Rectory School Chapel)Mid-week service: 7 a.m. WednesdayRector David M. Carter
Abington Congregational ChurchRoute 97974-1476Service: 10 a.m. SundayRev. Dr. Bruce Hedman
First Congregational Church13 Church Road (Pomfret Center)928-7381Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.Service: 10:30 a.m. SundaySummer Schedule: No Sunday school;Service: 9:30 a.m. SundayPastor John Eklund
PUTNAM
The Congregational Church ofPutnam175 Main Street, Putnam (860) 928-4405Web site: www.putnamcong.comRev. Thomas H. Meyer, PastorSunday worship: 10:30 a.m.Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. (starts Sept.14, registration at 10 a.m.)The public is welcome to join thechurch every Sunday as they cele-brate God's presence through: wor-ship together, voice and handbellchoirs, mission outreach, Bible studyand book discussion group.
East Putnam Community Church250 East Putnam Road928-2193Services: 10:30 a.m. SundaySunday School: 9:30 a.m.Tri-State Christian Academy — K-8
First Congregational Church71 Liberty Highway928-7381Pastor John EckmanServices: 9:30 a.m. Sunday
Putnam United Methodist Church53 Grove St.928-9705Pastor: David BairdServices: 10:45 a.m. Sunday (9:30 a.m.during the summer)
St. Mary’s Church218 Providence St.928-6535Rev. Roland CloutierServices: 4 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 and10:30 a.m. Sunday; 7:15 and 8 a.m. daily
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church 63 Grove St., Putnam(860) 928-3510Holy Eucharist: 9:30 a.m. Sundayswith David Brown as celebrantWomen’s Bible Study: 7 p.m.Tuesdays, Parish House, 35 Grove St.
Putnam Baptist Church170 Church St.928-3678Rev. Gil BourquinServices: 11 a.m. Sunday; Russian lan-guage service, 5 p.m. Sunday; Youthgroup, 6 p.m. Friday; Bible study, 7p.m. Thursday; Guitar lessons, 2 p.m.Saturday; ESL, by appointment.
Putnam Assembly of God25 Kennedy Drive928-2794Pastor: Gregg McKechnieService: Sunday, 10 a.m.Other: Wednesday Family Night, 7p.m.; Friday Youth Night: prayer 6p.m., Youth Service 7 p.m.
Congregation B’nai Shalom(Conservative Synagogue)Sons of Zion building, 125 Church St.928-4496Lay Leader: Alan Turner, 774-7187President: Linda Simons, 928-4806Services: 7 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m.SaturdayHebrew School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday (dur-ing the school year). Contact HebrewSchool Director Jennifer Wright at774-6404 for information.Special services may be held at ourDanielson building, 39 Killingly Drive.
Jehovah Witnesses81 Thurber Road928-4442
THOMPSON
St. Joseph Church 18 Main Street, North Grosvenordale(860) 923-2361www.stjoseph-sacredheart.netVery Rev. Michael Phillippino, pastor
Weekday Masses: Monday 5 p.m.,Tuesday 7:15 a.m., Wednesday 7:15a.m. Weekend schedule winter:Saturday 4 p.m., Sunday 7:45 a.m., 11a.m.Weekend schedule summer: Saturday4 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.St. Stephen ChurchJunction of Routes 131 and 197130 Old Turnpike RoadP.O. Box 222Quinebaug, CT 06262935-5205Masses: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.Sunday; 8 a.m. Thursday throughSaturdayHoly Day as announcedWeekdays: 8 a.m. Tuesday throughSaturdayPastor: Very Rev. Michael Phillippino Religious Education Coordinator:Mrs. Louise LeFortReligious education grades 1 through6, Sunday 10 to 11:30 a.m; grades 7though 9 (confirmation), 10 to 11:30a.m.
Tri-State Baptist ChurchP.O. Box 404Thompson, CT 06277(Meeting at the VFW Hall on Route131, south of intersection with Route197)933-8947rberard@tristatebaptist.orgwww.tristatebaptist.orgPastor R. BerardSunday School for all ages: 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Service: 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Service: 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening Service: 7 p.m.
Bible Fellowship Church400 Quinebaug RdP.O. Box 619Quinebaug, CT 06262923-9512 or (800) 621-6807thompsonbfc@aol.comwww.bfc.orgPastor Dennis SpinneySunday services: 9 a.m., Bible Schoolfor all ages; 10 a.m., Worship ServiceTuesdays: 4:30 p.m., Teen Bible Study;6:30 p.m., Children’s Bible Club/AdultBible Study and PrayerFridays: 6:30 p.m., Teen Youth Group
Acts II MinistriesP.O. Box 2241366 Riverside DriveThompson, CT 06277935-5107 (toll free, 888-433-9901)www.actsII.orgService: 10 a.m. Sunday
HighPoint Church1028 Thompson RoadThompson, CT 06277935-0357www.gotohpc.orgwww.goto24seven.comSunday Services: 9 and 11 a.m. and 6p.m.Classes for infants though fifth grade;24-7 youth ministryTuesdays 6 to 8:30 p.m.: 6th through8th gradesThursdays 6 to 8:45 p.m.: 9th through12th grades
Emmanuel Lutheran Church83 Main St.North GrosvenordalePO Box 221(860) 928-7038Pastor Charles F. SeivardSunday Services: 9:30 a.m.
Quinebaug 7th Day AdventistChurch768 Quinebaug RoadRoute 131953-5412Services: Saturday worship, 9:30 a.m.;Saturday Sabbath School, 11 a.m.;weekly prayer meetings, Wednesdays,7 p.m.
North Grosvenordale UnitedMethodist Church954 Riverside Drive860-923-2738 or 860-923-9133Pastor: David BairdServices: Sunday services at PutnamUnited Methodist Church;Wednesday Evening Prayer & Praise,7 p.m.
Thompson Congregational Church347 Thompson Road860-923-2431Rev. Dr. Stanley PossellServices: 10 a.m., Sunday; Children’sSunday School, 10 a.m., Sunday
WOODSTOCK
Church of the Good Shepherd12 Bradford Corner Road974-2047Service: 10:30 a.m. SundayPastor: Reverend Dolores SzyszkoDeacons: Everett Harding, HelenHarding, Mary Vertefeuille, KarenWhite.Junior Deacon: Justin Bressette
East Woodstock Congregational220 Woodstock Road928-7449Service: 10 a.m. Sunday (Children’sSunday school, same time)Pastor: Rev. Susan Foster
Evangelical Covenant Church24 Child Hill Road, Woodstock928-0486Service: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; SundaySchool: 9 a.m.Youth Pastor: Dave MageeElders: Dave Johnsen, Dan O’Neill,Mark Parker, John Person, CraigWood
Faith Bible Evangelical Free587 Route 171974-2528Service: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. SundayPastor Mitch Santell
First Congregational543 Route 169928-7405Service: 10 a.m. Sunday(Children attend for 10-15 minutesbefore going to church school class)Pastor James S. Harrison
North Woodstock Congregational1227 Route 169963-2170Pastor Jesse Phagan Service: 10 a.m. Sunday; Bible Study:7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday
South Woodstock Baptist ChurchRoseland Park Road928-9341Bible Class: 9 a.m. SundayServices: 10:30 a.m. SundayPastor: Bob Beckwith
TIM VAMOSI
BEYOND
THE PEWS
Acts II offers Bible classes
THOMPSON — Acts II Ministries iscurrently conducting classes onSundays from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. called“Great Stories of the Bible.” The focuswill be on both well known stories andsome of the more obscure storiesfrom the Bible, using various teachingmethods.
Although these classes are taughtas standalone classes, much benefitcan be gained by attending all theclasses for a more well rounded viewof the Bible as literature.
These classes are open to all andwould be beneficial to home-schoolersand retirees alike. Certificates will beobtained and credits applied to theActs II Training Institute.
Acts II Ministries is located at 1366Riverside Drive (Route 12) inThompson. For more information orto schedule a ride, call toll free at 1-888-433-9901 or visit online at www.act-sii.org.
World Day of Prayerset for March 6
DANIELSON — The World Day ofPrayer service will be held at noonFriday, March 6, at the UnitedMethodist Church of Danielson, 9Spring St.
Sponsored by the Killingly-Brooklyn Interfaith Council, this 82ndWDOP is a worldwide ecumenicalmovement of women who cometogether annually. Each year, a differ-ent country serves as the writer of theworship service. This year, Papua
New Guinea developed the theme “InChrist, there are many members, yetone body.”
Located on the Pacific Rim of Fire,Papua New Guinea consists of morethan 600 islands, 800 languages and apopulation of 5.8 million — 50 percentof whom are under 18. The health ofthe citizens is the poorest in thePacific; people live in thatched orgrass houses with dirt floors; 60 per-cent of the female population is illiter-ate; and the Human Rights Watch isprotesting police beatings, rape andtorture of children. Carteret Island,one of the first victims of climatechange, is sinking and 1,500 refugeesare in need of new housing; otherislands are similarly affected.
All men, women and children arewelcome. For WDOP questions, or tovolunteer to help, call Barbara at (860)928-0308 or Bev at (860) 792-8054.
NEWS BRIEFS
Uncle Rhubarb and The Hokum
• Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic — 7:30 p.m., Greendale’s Pub,Worcester, Mass.
• Decades By Dezyne — 7 p.m., Wolf Den, Mohegan SunCasino, Uncasville, Conn.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
• Steve Willey — 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., TJ O’Brien’s,Sturbridge, Mass.
• RAM — 9 p.m., Lucky’s, Foster, R.I.• Wicked Peach — 7 p.m., Wolf Den, Mohegan Sun
Casino, Uncasville, Conn.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
• Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic (upstairs) — 8 p.m., TJO’Brien’s, Sturbridge, Mass.
• Dean Bagley — 7 to 10 p.m., Point Breeze, Webster,Mass.
• Kung-Fu Grip — 7 p.m., Wolf Den, Mohegan SunCasino, Uncasville, Conn.
If you’re a live act who would like to be featured, know ofsomeone else who is or simply want to let us know about anupcoming gig, e-mail me atGettingInTune@MarkRenburke.com. Anything I get beforeFriday of each week will make the following Friday’s paper.Keep the music live and not so quiet here in NortheasternConnecticut and Central Massachusetts!
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VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ B5Friday, February 27, 2009
COMMUNITY CALENDAR THE DEADLINE to submit calendar listingsis Monday at noon. Send to
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The calendar page is a free service offered forlistings for government, educational and non-profit organizations. Send all calendar list-ings and happenings by mail at P.O Box 196,Woodstock, CT 06281, by fax at (860) 928-5946,or by e-mail to sjarvis@villagernewspapers.com. All calendar listings mustbe submitted by noon Monday to be publishedin the following Friday’s edition. VillagerNewspapers will print such listings as spaceallows.
FRIDAYFebruary 27
LENTEN FISH FRY will be held from noonto 8 p.m. tonight and every Friday duringLent at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1071Riverside Drive, North Grosvenordale.Entrée choices include fish and chips ($8.75),fried scallops ($9.50), fried clams ($12.50) or afisherman’s platter ($15). Combination plateswill also be available. Each entrée comeswith coleslaw, fries and a dinner role. Food isavailable for eating in or taking out. Call(860) 923-2967 to place take out orders. A fullbar will be available for dining-in patrons.Entertainment will be provided on mostFridays.
LENTEN FISH FRY will be held from 5 to 7p.m. tonight and every Friday during Lent atthe Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph’s Hall,Route 101, Dayville. The menu will consist ofbaked or fried fish, fries, coleslaw and rollsfor $8.50. White or red chowder will be avail-able for a separate fee. Take-out will be avail-able; call 774-8713.
FISH FRY, sponsored by St. James School inDanielson, will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m.(take-out only). Dinners are $7.50 and includefish, fries and coleslaw. Homemade chowderand clam cakes will also be available. Stop inor call ahead at (860) 230-6299.
SATURDAYFebruary 28
UNCLE RHUBARB AND THE HOKUMHOTSHOTS will perform at 1 p.m. at thePutnam Public Library, 225 Kennedy Drive,Putnam. Bring a non-perishable donation forthe Daily Bread food bank and have a greattime listening to this seven-piece band playblues, bluegrass, jug band songs, tinpan alleytunes, oldies, 1970’s acoustic rock, country
and swing. This is a free program.
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT SPAGHETTI ANDMEATBALL SUPPER will be held from 4 to8 p.m. at the Attawaugan Fire House, 20Country Club Road, Attawaugan. Tickets are$7 in-house, $5 to go, $5 for seniors and freefor children 6 and under. For more informa-tion, call 942-4880.
PUTNAM HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2009PROJECT GRADUATION RAFFLEFUND-RAISER will be held from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at Rotary Park in Putnam. Raffle itemsinclude a 2009 Ford Focus, 42-inch Panasonicplasma TV or a $100 gas card. Please helpprovide the 2009 Putnam High School gradu-ates with a safe and alcohol-free graduationnight.
KILLINGLY HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTGRADUATION FUND-RAISER, presentedby the Danielson Elks, will begin with horsd’oeuvres at 7 p.m., followed by dancing from8 p.m. to midnight to the sounds of the GreatGarage Band. Tickets are $20 per person, orreserve a table for 10 people for $180. Ticketsare on sale at the Danielson Elks Lodge, or
contact MJ Burke at 617-3034.
ITALIAN DINNER, hosted by the SeniorHigh Youth Group, will be held at the FirstCongregational Church of Woodstock at 543Route 169 in Woodstock. Seating is continu-ous from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and take-out is avail-able at 5:15 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and$5 for children 12 and under. Log on towww.hillchurch.org for more information orcall 928-7405 to reserve tickets.
SECOND ANNUAL CONNECTICUTCAKE COMPETITION AND CAKECHALLENGE will be held today and tomor-row at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 50 MorganSt., Hartford. With a theme of “Wonders ofthe World,” this year’s event will include asugar art competition, classes and demon-strations both days, vendors and authors.During the Connecticut Cake Challenge,sugar artists and bakery owners will deco-rate a real cake in three and a half hours infront of a live audience. For more informa-tion or a registration form, contact KathyFarner at kathy@ctcakecompetition.com or(860) 786-8817, or Beth Lee Spinner atinfo@ctcakecompetition.com or (860) 617-3989. Leave a message at either number if noone answers. For class updates and changes,as well as registration information, visitonline at www.ctcakecompetition.com.
SUNDAYMarch 1
SOUP SOCIAL will be held from 3 to 5 p.m.at the Quinebaug Seventh-day AdventistChurch at 768 Quinebaug Road (Route 131),
Quinebaug. Friends and neighbors in thelocal communities are invited to come andwarm their souls with a free bowl of deli-cious hot soup and fresh homemade bread.Call (860) 935-5412 to make reservations.
‘OFF THE BEATEN PATH: A JAZZ & TAPODYSSEY,’ presented by the PerformingArts of Northeast Connecticut, will be heldat 2 p.m. at the Hyde Cultural Center inWoodstock. An exploration into theAmerican art forms of jazz and tap and theirunique cultural influences, this full eveningperformance was created under the direc-tion of award-winning New England dancerand choreographer Drika Overton and musi-cian, composer and educator Paul Arslanian,in collaboration with renowned tap dancersBrenda Bufalino and Josh Hilberman. A jazzquartet consisting of piano, bass, drums andwoodwinds will perform on stage with thecompany of six dancers. Fusing heritagewith innovation, “Off the Beaten Path: AJazz & Tap Odyssey” weaves diverse themesinspired by Rachel Carson, pioneer of themodern environmental movement, through-out the production’s storyline. Tickets are$12 in advance or $15 at the door. For moreinformation, call the box office at (860) 928-2946 or visit online atwww.performingartsNECt.org.
SECOND ANNUAL CONNECTICUTCAKE COMPETITION AND CAKECHALLENGE will be held at the CrownePlaza Hotel, 50 Morgan St., Hartford. With atheme of “Wonders of the World,” this year’sevent will include a sugar art competition,classes and demonstrations both days, ven-dors and authors. During the ConnecticutCake Challenge, sugar artists and bakeryowners will decorate a real cake in three anda half hours in front of a live audience. Formore information or a registration form,contact Kathy Farner at kathy@ctcakecom-petition.com or (860) 786-8817, or Beth LeeSpinner at info@ctcakecompetition.com or(860) 617-3989. Leave a message at eithernumber if no one answers. For class updatesand changes, as well as registration informa-tion, visit online at www.ctcakecompeti-tion.com.
MONDAYMarch 2
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP OF EAST-FORD meets every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.at the Congregational Church of Eastford, 8Church Road, Eastford. The group is open toall cancer patients, survivors, family mem-bers, etc. Those who are looking for a sup-port group and have not found one that fitstheir needs are invited. For more informa-tion, contact Sandie at (860) 974-9925 or Carolat (860) 684-2007.
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Created by Mel Brooks and Buck HenryKillingly High Drama presents the hilarious play “Get Smart.”
Created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, the bumbling CONTROL agent
Maxwell Smart and his partner Agent 99 battle the forces of KAOS.
Date:February 26, 27, 28 Time: 7:30PM curtain
Place: The Killingly High School Auditorium
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Adults $8 - Students $5 - Senior Citizens $5
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Courtesy photo
State Rep. Mike Alberts (R-Woodstock), center, meets with Paul Miller of Fairvue Farms, left, andMatt Peckham of Elm Farm, both in Woodstock, all of whom recently spoke before the Legislature’sEnvironment Committee. Alberts urged that the Legislature help Connecticut dairy farmers who arestruggling just to break even in a uniquely challenging low-price market.
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screening will be conducted by Joan Dusoe,public health nurse in Webster and preventa-tive care coordinator for HarringtonHospital.
BLOOD DRIVE, sponsored by PriceChopper at Riverfront Commons, 251Kennedy Drive, Putnam, will host a blooddrive from 12:30 to 6 p.m. on the Red Crossbus. To make an appointment, please sign upat the Price Chopper courtesy desk, call theAmerican Red Cross at 1-800-448-3543 or goonline at www.bloodct.org.
BLOOD DRIVE will be held from 12:30 to 6p.m. at Creamery Brook Retirement Village,located at the junction of Routes 169 and 205on Vina Lane in Brooklyn. There will beplenty of good food at canteen and great vol-unteers to help with donors needs. To makean appointment, please call the AmericanRed Cross at 1-800-448-3543 or visit online atwww.bloodct.org. Walk-ins will be welcomethe majority of the day. March is Red CrossMonth, and all donors will be eligible for aweekly drawing.
‘PIG OUT ON READING WITH FARMERMINOR AND DAISY, THE FAMOUS POTBELLIED PIG’ will be held at 6:30 p.m. inthe Brooklyn Elementary School gym.Celebrate Read Across America by bringinga blanket and wearing pajamas. This will bea heartwarming night of family fun andentertainment. Farmer Minor and Daisywill share Daisy noises, talk about Daisy’spampered porcine life and share some ofDaisy’s favorite stories. Everyone will have achance to meet Daisy. This program isgeared for pre-kindergarten, kindergartenand grade one. Siblings are more than wel-come to attend. This event is sponsored bythe Brooklyn Collaborative for YoungChildren and Readiness. For more informa-tion, leave a message at 774-7577 (press 8) orvisit online at www.thebc.zoomshare.com.
MOVIES @ THE LIBRARY: ‘PHILADEL-PHIA STORY’ will be shown at 1 p.m. at theThompson Public Library, 934 RiversideDrive, North Grosvenordale. For more infor-mation, call the library at (860) 923-9779 orvisit online atwww.thompsonpubliclibrary.org.
TUESDAYMarch 3
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONALCLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in Room W201 atQuinebaug Valley Community College onUpper Maple Street in Danielson. Throughits worldwide club network, ToastmastersInternational helps its members developleadership and public speaking skills — twovaluable tools necessary in career and busi-ness development. Visitors are welcome. Forclub and membership information, call SteveRechner at (860) 974-1050.
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL RECRUIT-MENT MEETING will be held from 6:30 to 8p.m. at the Putnam Public Library, 225Kennedy Drive,Putnam. HeiferInternational is aworldwide develop-ment organizationdedicated to the elim-ination of hungerand poverty throughdonations of live-stock, trees, bees, etc.,to poor communities,helping them becomeself-sustaining. PatKeay, communityrelations coordinatorfor the Northeast,will meet with thoseinterested in becom-ing community vol-unteers to assist withthe organization’slocal fund-raisingprograms. For moreinformation, contactPat Keay at (508) 886-7900.
MYSTERY BOOKD I S C U S S I O NGROUP will talkabout “Darkness,Take My Hand” byDenise Lehane, at 6:30p.m. at the ThompsonPublic Library, 934Riverside Drive,North Grosvenordale.For more informa-tion, call the libraryat (860) 923-9779 orvisit online atwww.thompsonpubli-clibrary.org.
WEDNESDAYMarch 4
LITTLE ONES STORY HOUR will beoffered at 10:30 a.m. at the West WoodstockLibrary, at 5 Bungay Hill Connector in WestWoodstock. It’s time to play, read, create anddance. Sitting still is not required! This pro-gram is for infants to pre-kindergarten agerange and runs through March 25. There isno registration or fee required; please feelfree to just drop in. Please seewww.WestWoodstockLibrary.org or phone974-0376 for more details.
HOME SCHOOLERS STORY HOUR will beoffered at 10 a.m. at the West WoodstockLibrary, at 5 Bungay Hill Connector in WestWoodstock. Students in pre-kindergartenthrough fourth grade are invited for stories,activities, games, songs and crafts. There isno registration or fee required; please feelfree to just drop in. The program runsthrough March 25. Please seewww.WestWoodstockLibrary.org or phone974-0376 for more details.
ART @ THE LIBRARY: “ADVENTURESIN PHOTOGRPAHY” OPENING RECEP-TION will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at theThompson Public Library, 934 RiversideDrive, North Grosvenordale. This exhibit bythe Quinebaug Valley Photography Club willbe on display from March 4 through March27. The public is invited to bring their cam-eras and manuals to the reception for helpfulhints and advice. Refreshments will beserved. This program is funded by theFriends of the Library. In the display casethroughout March is “The Scenic FrenchRiver” by Alan Dabrowski.
BLOOD DRIVE, sponsored by theMarianapolis Class of 2011, will be held from7 a.m. to noon. The sophomore class mem-bers will provide great breakfast treats forall donors. For an appointment, please con-tact Anna at (860) 923-9565, or call theAmerican Red Cross at 1-800-GiveLife (448-3543). Walk-ins will be accepted on a limitedbasis between 8:45 and 9:30 a.m.
BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONALmeets every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. inWauregan at the Cozy Corner Restaurant toexchange business referrals and leads fromthe previous week. For additional informa-tion, please contact Lynne Quintal-Hill,Quiet Corner BNI chapter, at (860) 564.3315 orlhill@quintalagency.com, or visit online atthe www.bnict.com.
THURSDAYMarch 5
STEAK NIGHT will be held at 7 p.m. at theDanielson Elks Lodge. The menu willinclude steak, vegetables, baked potato,salad, and rolls and butter. Tickets are onsale at the Lodge for $15 per person. For moreinformation, call 774-9775.
AFTER-SCHOOL STORY HOUR will beoffered at 4:30 p.m. at the West WoodstockLibrary, at 5 Bungay Hill Connector in West
Woodstock. There is no registration or feerequired; please feel free to just drop in. Theprogram runs through March 26. Please seewww.WestWoodstockLibrary.org or phone974-0376 for more details.
‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ will be presented bythe Little Theatre on Broad Street, featuringthe Broad Street Kids, at 7 p.m. Director isJessica van der Swaagh, with AllegraPlantier as music director. For tickets ormore information, contact the KillinglyParks and Recreation Office at (860) 779-5390.
FRIDAYMarch 6
LENTEN FISH FRY will be held from noonto 8 p.m. tonight and every Friday duringLent at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1071Riverside Drive, North Grosvenordale.Entrée choices include fish and chips ($8.75),fried scallops ($9.50), fried clams ($12.50) or afisherman’s platter ($15). Combination plateswill also be available. Each entrée comeswith coleslaw, fries and a dinner role. Food isavailable for eating in or taking out. Call(860) 923-2967 to place take out orders. A fullbar will be available for dining-in patrons.Entertainment will be provided on mostFridays.
LENTEN FISH FRY will be held from 5 to 7p.m. tonight and every Friday during Lent atthe Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph’s Hall,Route 101, Dayville. The menu will consist ofbaked or fried fish, fries, coleslaw and rollsfor $8.50. White or red chowder will be avail-able for a separate fee. Take-out will be avail-able; call 774-8713.
‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ will be presented bythe Little Theatre on Broad Street, featuringthe Broad Street Kids, at 7 p.m. Director isJessica van der Swaagh, with AllegraPlantier as music director. For tickets ormore information, contact the KillinglyParks and Recreation Office at (860) 779-5390.
SATURDAYMarch 7
STITCHES, a group for needle workers of alltypes, meets from 11 a.m. to noon the firstSaturday of every month at the PutnamPublic Library, 225 Kennedy Drive, Putnam.Bring a project or come learn to knit. Formore information, please call (860) 963-6826 or visit online at www.putnamlibrary.org.
TURKEY POTPIE SUPPER will be heldfrom 5 to 7 p.m. in the dining room of theCongregational Church of Putnam. Ticketsare $9 for adults and $5 for children 12 andunder. Take-out willbe available; pick upat the Livery Streetentrance. Purchasetickets at the door orby calling 928-4405.
SPAGHETTI ANDMEATBALL SUP-PER, sponsored by
the Ekonk Community Junior Grange, willbe held at 6 p.m. at the Grange Hall. Themenu will include spaghetti and meatballs,salad, bread, dessert and beverage. Ticketsare $8 for adults, $5 for children under 12 andfree for preschoolers. A reptile presentation,with live reptiles and a representative fromPachaug Aquarium, will follow the meal. Allproceeds will be presented to JuvenileDiabetes representative Karen Roussell. Forreservations, call Betsy at 564-1117.
‘BILL W. AND DR. BOB’ AUDITIONS willbe held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the FirstCongregational Church, UCC, 135 CenterRoad, Dudley, Mass. The Dudley Hill Playersare seeking three adult women and one adultman with acting experience for its produc-tion of “Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” the inspiringstory by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surreyof the conception of Alcoholics Anonymous.A behind-the-scenes meeting will take placeat 11:30 a.m. Snow date for auditions and themeeting at March 14, same time. The produc-tion will be staged in mid-September. Formore information, contact David Edney,director, at (508) 6367 or John White, produc-er, at (508) 943-8517.
BREAKFAST BUFFET will be held from 7to 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church,954 Riverside Drive, North Grosvenordale.Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children.
‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ will be presented bythe Little Theatre on Broad Street, featuringthe Broad Street Kids, at 7 p.m. Director isJessica van der Swaagh, with AllegraPlantier as music director. For tickets ormore information, contact the KillinglyParks and Recreation Office at (860) 779-5390.
SUNDAYMarch 8
FUND-RAISER, with dinner, dancing,games and live music by The Road Band, willbe held from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Elks Club ofPutnam. Tickets are a suggested $20 dona-tion, $10 for students and seniors, and freefor children under 12. All raffle and silentauction proceeds will benefit Marybeth’smedical cost fund as a down payment forsurgery.
‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ will be presented bythe Little Theatre on Broad Street, featuringthe Broad Street Kids, at 2 p.m. Director isJessica van der Swaagh, with AllegraPlantier as music director. For tickets ormore information, contact the KillinglyParks and Recreation Office at (860) 779-5390.
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14’Utility Trailer
2005 Car Mate, Black, Rear Ramp w/Side Door.
Interior Work Bench w/Storage Drawers.
Dual Axle, 7000lb GVW,Great Shape.$3500 OBO
508-248-4224
16-Year OldDouble Pane
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1995 Lincoln Town Car
Runs good, a lot of new parts in front end new
suspension in rear. $800 firm. Also a garage floor
jack, $800.Call (508)797-7361
1996 TigersharkTwo-Seat Jetski
& Trailer$1275
5-Phone Executone Office Telephone System
$450Back up Powerpack for
Computer, $100Antique Stainless-Steel
Milkcan, $25Antique Singer Sewing
Machine, $50IBM Selectric Typewriter
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2 Room HeatersNatural Gas, Very GoodCondition! Stove Piping
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2-Horse Trailer‘98 Sundowner (Extra High,
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200+ Music CD’s$8.00 each or 10 for $75. No
rap. Email your want list:s.sonofsam@verizon.netCraftsman Miter Box with
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2006 New England Pellet Stove
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2006 CamSuperline
Dumping Trailer14 Feet Long, 6’9” Wide,
With 4 Foot Sides. Weighs 4,000lbs Empty, 16,000
GVW. 4 Tie-Downs.Great For Bobcats or
Mini-Excavators.$6700
508-641-3289
3 Gigantic,Insulated Dog
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Delonghi toaster oven/broil-er, Alfredo Elite, never used.
New, $100,Asking $70.
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3-Year Old FormalLiving Room
CouchBlue & Gold.
Matching WingbackChair Included.
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508-832-7414
300+ Slightly Used Paperback
NovelsFrom well known authors
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Call on weekends (860)974-2456or email any time
carolinevandedrinck@hotmail.com(Woodstock)
35MM Camera Pentax K-1000with assortment of lenses2 electronic flashes, and many other accessories.
Sell all for $220.Call (508)943-5954 or days (508)943-7704
3’x4’ MetalComputer Desk
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4x8 Open TrailerNewly done over. Asking
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53” PanasonicHD TV
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6 Shaper BitsNever used w/factory
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$185.00Delta LatheReproducer
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BackpackNever Used
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6000 BTU A/C$50
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9 Lobster TrapsGood Shape
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8’ FiberglassTruck Cap
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860-928-3181
‘89 Sno Scoot$1800. Mint. Electric start. ‘89 Sno Scoot, $1400. ‘83
Honda 250R, $700. ‘93Honda XR80, $600.
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Ab CoasterPractically Brand New
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Amana Air Conditioner18,000 btu only used 4
summers, 2 heavy for me to lift. $400 new, sell for $200.
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AndersonWindows
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Antique AladdinKitchen
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Antique Piano with Bench
Early 1900’s, upright in good condition. Has all keys,
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Antique RedVermont Casting
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Antique Stool& Lavatory
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6’8”x32”(1)4 Lights, (1)15 Lights
3 Wood Frame SolidGlass Door
24”x50”30-Gallon ElectricHot-Water Heater
LP Gas Wall heater712-299-5239
Antique Tall, Mirrored
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Antique Wedding Gown
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Men’s ClothingPictures
Many MiscellaneousItems
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Artesian Hot TubSeats Three, 30 Jets With Ozonator. Also Includes
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Clawfoot TubWith ornate feet, in very good original condition,fixtures included, $350.Call (860)779-3785
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Athena Stereo Speakers
3ft tall x 1ft wide, excellent quality, fantastic sound. 2
speakers. Asking $380 for pair.
Call (508)341-4659
Baby Grand PianoMahogany, No Brand Name.
52”x54”.Kids No Longer Play!
$700 OBOCall 508-885-5389
After 5pm
Beautiful OakDining Room Set
With Lighted China Cabinet.Cost Over $3000
Sell For $500Seldom Used
Living Room CouchWith Two Matching Pillows
$100Slant-Top DeskWith 4 Drawers
$300508-234-2779
Beveled GlassCoffee And End
Table SetContemporary Style, $100All In Excellent Condition
508-987-2502
BicycleMen’s Trek Pilot 5.2, 58cm
$20005-Piece Graco
Baby SetHighchair, Playpen, Stroller,
Carseat, Swing. $250
Wedding GownSize 10-12, Ivory Strapless,
Used. $200All In Excellent Condition
508-943-2007
Brand New Bunk Beds and 2 Dressers
Beautiful wood frameincludes mattresses, pillows, ladder (never used). $2000
or best offer.Call (508)987-1594, leave message will return call.
Brand NewFront load washer & dryer
set. $1200.Call (774)364-0367
Brand-NewAutomatic Scrubbing
Power-Head$500
Reconditioned Prop19” Pitch, FitsMerc Cruisers
$85
508-826-2029
Business ItemsCash register with scanner and credit card machine. Large/small bag holders.
Sign Stand. Approximately 400 assorted plastic tags for pricing items. $600 or best offer. Call (860)774-3309
ComputerCPU, Printer/Scanner/
Copier-In-One, WindowsXP, Flat-Screen Monitor,Desk (Great Condition)
Asking $500Call 774-200-1561
010 FOR SALE
Came Back WithHim FromVietnam...
1964 HandpaintedPicture. Painter HasGallery In Vietnam.
$300Black & Decker
Auto Buffer$20
508-347-7441
CampgroundMembership
Free Camping At 15 Resorts, All Amenities Included. Use
Own Tent/RV, Or RentFurnished RV/Cabin At
Campground. UnlimitedLifetime Transfers.$1500 OBO508-347-9319
Case Tractor1948 VAC With
Sickle-Bar Mower.Asking $1650 OBO
International HarvesterTwo-Row Corn Planter
Trailer-Type, WithHydraulic Lift.
$800 OBO860-974-9811
Cedar Chest &Rocker
Multi-Colored Cushioned Top, Cherry Wood Cedar
(Hope) Chest and Matching Rocker. Both In Excellent
Condition.Asking
Cedar Chest $300Rocker $200
Call 508-756-2607
ChairsALL BEST OFFER2 Patio Loungers4 Office Chairs
1 Kennedy Rocker1 Swivel Office Desk Chair
Call (508)461-9477
Cherry DaybedWith Twin Mattress
$300860-974-2881
Cherry Dining Room Table
With 2 leaves, 4 side chairs and 2 captains chairs.
Only $500.Cherry TV Armoire
Only $300.Must be seen to appreciate.
Prices are negotiable.(508)864-1092
Cherry PineappleHeadboard &
FootboardFull Sized With Rails.
Fair To Good Condition(From 1800’s)
Asking $1200Pine Headboard &
FootboardDouble-Sized, With Rails.
Also With Matching Dresser & Dresser With
Mirror.Asking $300
Table With Tile Top4 Chairs
$100508-764-3625
Chickering Spinet PianoBaby Grand &
Bench$700. 1993 Chevrolet
Camaro; 21,270 miles, all original, $5000.
Call (508)765-9316 leave message
China Cabinet & Dining Room
TableWith 6 Chairs. Hard Wood,
Excellent Condition.Cabinet $550, Table $400.
Prices Negotiable, Must Go.860-851-9578
nessmstr@hotmail.com(Email For Pictures)
ChristmasSports Card
SpecialsBaseball/FootballBasketball/Hockey
Racing/BoxingRookies/Stars/Sets/SinglesAll Cards 75% Off Book!
Including Vintage Cards LikeMantle/Williams/Etc.
508-864-9223
Clawfoot Tub$400
508-867-9566
Complete Hair Salon
Set up equipment. $5000 or best offer. Everything you need to set up your beauty
shop.Please call (774)452-1760
or emailexplosiva1977@yahoo.com
for pictures
Hand PumpFor Fuel Tank
$95Call (860)429-6632
010 FOR SALE
Complete Master Bedroom Furniture
Includes CaliforniaKing-Sized Waterbed Frame,
Large Armoire, LargeDresser With Mirror,
(2) Large End Tables. Sturdy Cherry In Excellent
Condition.$2000 OBO
Piggy-Back Washer/Dryer Combo
Kenmore, ExcellentCondition, All Brochures.
$600 OBO(3) Original Factory
HubcapsFor 2005 Hyundai Sonata
$35 EachCall Alan At
508-509-5407
ComputerCompaq FS7600
Lexmark Printer/Copier/FaxLexmark Printer
All For $550 OBOComputer Desk (Corner)
$195 OBOOffice Chair (Cully)
$65Entertainment Center
58”x52”x19”, Solid Wood$300
Numerous DogBreed Books
508-867-9734
ComputerPrinter & Desk
Dell Dimension 300 Series Computer With Windows XP, Dell Photo Printer, Oak Com-
puter Desk (58x46x24)All New ItemsAsking $600
Original Cost $1240860-774-6660
CouchLike New $200
Cushman Maple Dining Room Set
4 Straight Chairs,2 Captain’s Chairs,
1 Hutch.$350
860-774-8479
Dark Wood Curio55” Wide x 77” Tall,
18” DeepGlass Doors On Top, With
Three Drawers Below.$500
Highchair$50
White CribMattress Included $300
508-885-2866
Dental ChairElectric operates well, Would be great for tattoo parlor, etc. 3 to choose from. $50 each.
Call (508)987-3143
Designer Wedding
DressNever Worn!
Christina Wu Strapless Gown with train. Size 8. Purchased at Kleinfelds NYC. Elegant beading
with organza & silk/satin material. $700.
Call (508)949-2528
Diamond Bridal Set
14K gold ring with 60pt.diamont solitaire, plus 14K
surround with 16 small diamonds. Includes Kay
Jewelers receiptfor $2227.92Asking $800.
Call (860)923-9894
Dining Room SetLight Oak, farm style. Table extends to 60”. 6 chairs (4
sides, 2 captains). Matching mirrored/lighted china
cabinet, 73” tall x 13” deep x 30” wide. $800/OBO.
(860)928-1618
Dining Room SetTable Is 78” x 42” -
Light Oak, Six Chairs Of Which 2 Are Captain’s.
Excellent Condition.$400
860-774-7194
Dirt Bike2003 RM65 Suzuki
Great condition, asking $1200.
Call (774)696-3360
Double WindowNew, Vetter High Pro 4
With Screens.Measures 76”Long
61”High$650 OBO
Marine HemiEngine
1959 With Latham Blower And Four Carburetors
$8000 OBO
Call 508-259-8805
DressesWedding, Prom, Cocktail. All
brand new.Call (508)981-6762
010 FOR SALE
Electric DryerUsed 6 months, $100.
Washer used holds x-large loads, $50. Solid oak kitchen table, 5 chairs, 2 leafs, $100 or best offer. Good condition wrought iron & glass coffee
table & end tables inlay w/stone, very nice, $50.
Apartment size freezer, $50. Works well.
Call (508)340-2098
EntertainmentCenterPatio Set
EVERYTHING MUST GO!508-987-0977
EntertainmentCenter
Maple (Dark), Will Hold 34” TV. Room For VCR & DVD, Drawer On Bottom, Glass Doors On Side, Adjustable
Shelves, Wood DoorsOn Bottom.
Asking $300860-779-2887
EntertainmentCenter
Solid Oak Wood, Custom Made. Custom Side Door
For Tapes, ExcellentCondition. 62” Wide, Can
Fit Up To A 30” TV$250 Firm
Ask For Bob508-963-0714
Everything Must Go!!
Portable Dishwasherwith butcher block top, $250. Farmers table with 5 chairs, $200. Oak cabinets, various
sizes, six pieces, $400.Call (508)328-3438
Gas-On-Gas Stove$400 OBO
Excellent Condition508-304-3141
Girls Clothing& Shoes
Toddler Sizes Through 10/12Shoe Sizes 1-3
Gently Used & Brand NewMany Styles & Brands
To Choose From.Call 508-943-2007 For Appt.
Glass-Top 36”Octagonal Table
$50Oak Queen Post
Headboard/Footboard$50
Gas 32” Fireplaces$50 each
Freezer (17cu.ft.) $2005’x8’ Oriental Rug $30
Oak TV Cabinet $40508-347-5782
“Gould”Water PressureBooster Pump
3/4 HP w/220 volt 3-phasevariable speed controller,
$600.
Dinette SetSeating for four w/glass topand three bar stools. $500.
Call Matt at(774)535-1799
Grandfather ClockWalnut, Winchester chime,
$200.Designers Mother-of-the-
Bride GownSize 8, Pewter color with
elegant beading, matching jacket paid $700,
asking $250.Call (508)885-4303
GroomingEquipment
1 Romani Grand Daddy Dryer1 Romani Clipper Vac
(B&B Model)1 42 Inch Hydraulic
Grooming Table1 Hydro Surge Bather
Asking $2500 For All508-987-2419
Heavy Duty 9’ FisherHighway Plow
One-way plow, set up for backhoe or truck, $650.
Fisher Snow-Foil Type Heavy Duty 8’ Plow for truck
$500Heavy Duty Hobart Meat
Grinder. Floor type with large bowl. $375
Briggs & Stratton 12HPVertical Riding Mower
Engine, $95Used 15” Monitor
$25Call (508)461-9097
HO Scale TrainComes With Engines, Cars, Buildings And Accessories. Lots Of Time & Money Put Into It! Pictures Available.
Email: cormonster24@aol.com
Or 774-402-1274
KeyboardStand, Case and
ChairNew, never been used. Top
of the line. Bought atGordon’s Music last fall. Paid over $600 will sell for $325
firm.Please contact(508)450-7150
B8 ☎ VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ Friday, February 27, 2009
TOWNHOUSE APARTMENTSOn 20 acres. Good Schools & Quiet Area
Section 8 Vouchers Welcome
Short waiting lists for subsidized units.No waiting list today with Section 8 Voucher
FIRST MONTH FREE!Limited time offer...
Must Income Qualify
Call for an appointment today: 779-0876
The Village at Killingly
599 Lindenwood Drive, Dayville, CT 06241
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9-11, 1-3: By appointment please...
010 FOR SALE
Home StereoEquipment
for SaleExcellent condition.2 Klipsch RF-5 floorstanding speakers.
Yamaha RX-595 receiver,Yamaha CDC-755 5 disc cd changer, Sony RDC-W CD-R/RW, 4 component
stereo cabinet. Allcomponents Black. *Glass
breaking power withsuperb sound quality.Pictures emailed on
request.BEST OFFER!
(508)868-1619
Hot Tub‘07 model; 6 person, 32 jets,
with all options. Waterfall,aroma-therapy, lighting, with
cover, full warranty. Brand new in wrapper. Cost $7000,
sell for $3800.Call (860)244-9544
Inflatable BoatWest Marine 9 Ft. Boat With
Oars And Footpump.Motorguide 47lb Thrust
Electric Motor. West Marine Deep Cell Battery
With Charger.$495
Call 860-230-8542
Jackie Kennedy Doll
In original box by Franklin Mint. Includes accessories,
display case and stand.Certificates of authenticity.
Selling for $100 or best offer.Call (860)774-7194
Jenny Lind Or Spool Bed
3/4 bed with spring and rails in good condition. Asking
$100.Provincial Hutch with glass doors and shelves on top, 3 shelves and doors below. Carved in flowers, $250.
(508)764-3625
JewelryNew 14K Ruby & Diamond Yellow gold cross pendant,
$300 or best offer. Also gem-stone rings & pendants, best
offers.Call Shirley
(508)248-3005
John DeereSnowthrower
For LX And GT Series Lawn & Garden Tractors.
42 Inch,Used Once(Honest!)
Includes Chains, Weights, And Operator’s Manual
$1500774-745-0242
Email For Pictures Or Questions
Deere700@aol.com
KenmoreWasher & Dryer
Like New$100 EachCall Phil
508-234-3348
Kroeger-GildemeesterPiano
c/ 1852 Patent, Mahogany.$2000
Featherweight SewingMachine
$500Fireplace Screen w/
Glass $25.Computer $50
Lexmark Copier/Printer/Scanner $50
2-Speed Hot Tub Pump $503 VCR’s $50 Each
2 Microwaves $20 EachCall Beverly
413-245-4587
Lace WeddingGown
Full-Length, Size 12.$200
Brown ItalianLeather Jacket
Medium, $200All Excellent Condition
508-757-7796Noon-6pm
LADIESDRESSER
Large, With Mirror& 2 Armoires$1700 For All(Negotiable)
HandmadeLead ChandelierContemporary Style$150 (Negotiable)
508-892-1107
Large CapacityWashing Machine
$75Whirlpool Electric Dryer
$75
Maytag Dishwasher$100
5 kW GeneratorUsed Twice! $400
All Items “Or Best Offer”860-928-3858
Large DoubleStainless-Steel
SinkREDUCED!
w/Faucet & Sprayer43” x 22”
$75
508-735-9493
Modine Forced Hot Air Furnace
170,000 BTU. Excellentcondition. Set up for natural
gas. $600 or best offer.Call (860)774-3771
010 FOR SALE
Like New!Large Two-Level Light
Oak Coffee Table$125
Good Condition8’ x 11’ Karastan
Oriental RugNew Fringe &
Professionally Cleaned$350
Call Rich508-826-2029
Living Room CouchAnd Matching ChairFloral Design Fabric
$150413-245-9001
Living RoomFurniture
Best Offer For:FlexSteel Couch,Chair & Ottoman.
La-Z-Boy Couch & Recliner.All Items High Quality,
Like New.Email For Photos
dmasiello1@charter.net401-316-4793
Living Room Set90” SofaLove Seat
Oriental Rug(Machine-Made)
2 Matching End-TablesTake The Whole Set For
$1000 Or Best Offer508-867-9650
Machinist ToolsTool chest, also other odds
and ends.Call (508)234-8034
Magnavox 56”Projection TV
$150Pinnacle Z40 Treadmill
$150“Body By Jake” Ab Scissor
$75Call 508-987-8087
Mags With TiresFor E-Z-Go Golfcart
Plow For John DeereGarden Tractor
Truck Liner For 6’ BedRug (7’x10’)
w/Seashell Border508-987-1504
Maple DiningRoom Set
With Hutch$300
Oak Vanity Table With Chair$75
Stereo WithSpeakers/Woofer
$45(2)Sofas $150/$300
Toaster-OvenNew $40
B.O. For All508-278-2729508-282-1026
Maytag Atlantis Natural Gas DryerUsed only 6 months. Can be converted to propane. $600
new, asking $300 or bestoffer.
Call (860)942-3033before 8pm.
Memory Foam Authentic
Therapeutic NASA Mattress
Queen, $399. Brand new in plastic full warranty.
Call Tom (978)597-3033
Men’s 5-Speed Blue Bicycle
Paid $130Asking $60
Ladies’ One-Speed Red Bicycle
Paid $110Asking $50
Both Bikes Only Used Twice. Great For X-Mas!
860-774-2755
Men’s BicycleGiant 6061
23” Frame, 24 Gears,Shimano 105 Derailer.Black & Gold, Ridden
Only 4 Times.Original Cost $800
Asking $350508-764-9309
Men’s SkisDynastar Skis & Boots,
Size 10$135
508-832-3118
“Merits”Power Wheelchair
Like newPLUS
Hercules 3000 Chair LiftFor Van
Cost over $5500.00Will sell for $2000.00
Call (860)774-5114
MiscellaneousItems
Broyhill Shaker PineEntertainment Center
w/doorsFits 36” Or Smaller
TV/DVD/Stereo$300.00 o.b.o.
Breyer Model HorsesOlder, For Collector
(860)774-3309
Park Model RV2002, 12x40
(like brand new) on beautiful lot in campground can be
used for a full 6 months (15 April-15 October every year)
Lot paid for until 2097.$48,000
Call Don (508)344-9499
010 FOR SALE
Moving Must SellGarden Leisure 6 Seater
Hot Tub with lounger, $3800/BO.
Weider Pro 9940 dual weight bench, $150.
Trampoline, $75.Brand new computer
armoire, $450.Please call
(508)404-5470
Moving Sale2 couch and chair sets, $300
each. Miscellaneous bed-room furniture, best
offer.Call (774)766-0359
MOVING!32”x52”
Oak Desk $60Dudley
508-949-3025
MUSICDukes Of Dixieland Record
CollectionHandel’s “The Messiah”
Volume 1 & 2 AND MORE
Make An Offer!Hammond Organ
With Upright Leslie Speaker$1000
860-774-2454
MY GOOD-BYEYOUR GOOD BUY
to well-cared for BR chest of drawers, twin beds, dresser, mirror; LR sofa, end tables,
bookcase, bric-a-brac;round pine dinette table,
ladder-back chairs.$450
508-347-2203
New Diamond Ring
Size 5 1/2 white gold, .80 carat total (1/2 carat center
stone plus 6 smalldiamonds) paid $1500.
Asking $1000.Call (860)928-4661 or
(860)234-3128
NEW MotorizedScooter
From The Scooter Store.Never Used
Asking $1000 OBO508-347-6561
New Snap-OnHarley Davidson
Collectors Edition Toolbox
Black and chrome withHarley logos & flames. 5, H x
3, W 12 drawers. Must be seen. $4000 firm.
Contact Dale(508)943-8692 after 6pm.
New WoodmasterPlaner/Molder
With 18” Drum Sander Attachment. 5HP Motor.
Weighs 420lbs.Also, 120A, 2HP, Shop Fox Vacuum With All
Attachments, Hooks Up To All Three.
Mint Condition.Books/Manuals Included
Asking $3500 OBOCall John
508-949-1051
New! 8 American Craftsman
ReplacementWindows
9500 series. Low E, full screen, 6 over 6 grille. White
vinyl, 34 1/4 x 48. Paid $1400. Asking
$1000 or best offer.Call (508)779-0438 ask
for Justin
Nordic TracWalk Fit Skier/Rower
$125Jane Fonda Non-Motorized
Treadmill$125
Technalon Car CoverFits Car 16’-17’6”
$60508-885-9992
Oak Bedroom SetQueen bed and mattress, hutch, nightstand and
dresser with mirror. All inexcellent condition. Mattress
brand new. $1300 or BO. Mahogany TV and
Video Stand$50.
Brand NewEntertainment Center
Black chrome and glassasking $500 or BO.
Call (860)377-7549 or (860)928-1135
Oak Entertainment Center
$250
36” TV$250
Loveseat/ReclinerMaroon, $350Kid’s Recliner
Blue, $50Hoover Commercial Vacuum
$1007’ Artificial Christmas Tree
$50508-450-1054
Oak EntertainmentCenter
Oak King Bedroom SetOak Table
(3) Craftmatic Twin BedsDesk
ShredderExercise Bike
Oreck Vacuum &Shampooer
Singer Sewing MachineAnd Much More!860-974-1396
010 FOR SALE
Oak TableRound With Four Chairs
And One Leaf.$300
Call 860-963-7880
PaddleboatsFor Sale
Unique, Pirate ShipShaped Paddleboats.
Suitable For Everyone!Lots Of Fun!See Boats On
www.adventureglass.comAsking $1000 Each
Or Best OfferCall
860-208-9224Will Deliver
Penn 6 wt. FlyrodNew Condition
Call 508-278-6419
PianoBaldwin Spinnet With
Bench. Good Condition.$950
SaunaFinnleo, Portable, Comes
In 2 Pieces. PerfectFor Two. AssemblesIn Minutes. SimplyPlugs Into StandardHousehold Outlet.
$500508-347-5725
PianoMaghogany, Werlitzer
Spinnet, With Bench. Good Condition.
$800Includes Training Books
508-987-8885Call After 5pm
Picnic Table7’11” x 29”
Built To Easily Accomodate Handicapped Persons,
Needs Staining.$50 Or B/O
860-935-9240
Pool HeaterExtend your swimming
season. Aqua Comfort Heat Pump for above ground pool.
$1000 or best offer.Call (860)928-1377
Pool Table8’, 3/4” Slate Brunswick,
Drop Pockets.$3700 New.
Sell For $2250860-887-5933
Pub/Bar SetMahogany Braided Edge Table With Center Wine
Rack. Includes TwoBarstool Chairs,
Beautifully Designed,Fabric Still Covered In
Plastic, Brand New.Asking $400Please Call
508-987-2798
Radio/Control Air Planes
(3) Ready to fly with Futaba transmitters and 4 cycle
engines. Loads of misc. flight & building equipment.
Former member of Neds R/C club.
Call Bob (860)779-6484
Rainbow OutdoorPlay Center
Assorted Golf ClubsFamily Snow Ski Set
Skis, Poles, Boots, Etc.Used Gamecube Games
508-764-4838
Rattan Porch SetLove seat chair and glass
coffee table. Floral cushions on seat. $200.
Call (508)234-2735
Reese Sliding 5th Wheel Hitch
with goose neck attachment, rails all hardware,
instructions included. $600/bo
Stihl 038AV Magnum II Chain Saw
20 inch bar, home use only. $250/bo
860)774-6539
Refinished ChairsNatural Or Painted Finish,
Some Decorated. Singles To Sets Of Six.
Very Reasonable!508-764-4493
Samsung 61” HDTV-DLP TV
with stand for sale for $1500. Call (508)733-5047 for
appointment.
Santa BarbaraSpa/Hot-Tub
105 Jets, 7 Person. UprightTherapy Lounge, Neck &
Foot Massage, 2 AdditionalTherapy Seats Plus
Cooldown Area.Waterfall/Volcano, Lights(Different Colors). Starry
Night Blue With RedMaintenance Free VinylCabinet. One Year Old
Paid $8000 NewAsking $6000Will Deliver
Call (508)864-8578
SchwinnElectric ScooterNeeds new battery, $60.Air Hockey table, $40.
(508)764-6560
Toro CommercialLawnmower
Pro-Line Series, With 44”Deck And Trac VacCollection System.
Great For Picking Up Grass Clippings And
Leaves.$1500
508-832-7414
010 FOR SALE
Sears 7100BTUAir Conditioner
$75Queen-Sized
Headboard & Frame$75
4-Drawer File Cabinet $25Pier One Wicker Table &
Two Chairs WithRemovable Glass Top
$95Two-Piece
TV/Microwave Hutch$75
508-397-5289
Shopsmith SawWith Attachments
For SaleIncludes Wood Lathe,Drill Press, Table Saw,
And Converts To Sander.Asking $500
860-617-0182
Snow Tires4 P225-60-R17. Tires like
new, winter ‘07. $300 or best offer.
Call (508)234-7930
Snow TiresP235/75R15 $50Roof Racks For Van
$158’ Tunnel Cover
(For Pick-Up Truck)$200
10” Craftsman Table Saw$50
508-873-1394
SnowblowerSnapper 8HP 26” $500
WasherMaytag, Heavy Duty $100
DryerWhirlpool, Electric $100Entertainment Center
Solid Oak $100Queen-Sized BedSolid Oak $200
Triple Dresser w/Mirror$150
Sterns & Foster MattressNew $400
Computer Desk $100Shop Smith
w/Accessories $500Joiner/Planer $75
LCD Monitor 17” $75Maple Dresser
Two w/Hutch $50 EachCall 774-262-3336
Leave Message
Sofa96 Inches Long, 8 Cushion,
Mixed Color. Very GoodCondition.
$199 OBO (Cash)508-347-3280
Solid MahoganyDining Room
Tablew/Leaf(extends to 72"),
one-armed chair, Five side chairs and Buffet
(62"wx36"Tx17.5 D)Both pieces in excellent
condition sell together for $500.00
860-935-5981
Solid Oak Queen Bedroom Set
$750. Lighted round curio end table, $50. Iron twin bed,
$200. Steins, $25. Dolls, $25. 2 Bureaus $100 Each
Call (508)867-9222
Solid Oak Set48” round table w/18”
extension, 66x48” oval, 4 matching chairs w/cloth
seats, a corner hutch 26”Dx44”x78”H, $1500/BO
Electronic PianoCasio Model# CTK1000
w/stand, $250/BO.Call (860)974-0236
SOLID PINEHUTCHFor Sale
Mint/Lighted 3 Glass Top6’4”H x 56”W x 19”D
$250Call Kim
508-347-5171
Solid TeakDining Table
Rich natural color, oval with trestle base, 43”x70” with
30” attached dropextension leaf.
Only $600 OBO.Call (774)452-4631
Sony 50” XBRProjection TV$1100 or best offer.
Lane 2 piece sectionalwith recliner, $1000 or
best offer.Queen size bedwith cherry wood
frame, $700.Call (508)347-2764
Sound System High End Home
Theatre WithReceiver
Pair McIntosh THX loud speakers, McIntosh THX
center speakers, MX (Miller and Kreisel THX
subwoofer, YamahaRX-V3200 Receiver,
remote control. Rarely used. Paid $6000
Asking $750 FIRMCall Ken (508)234-3042
Speedaire Air Compressors
3 ph 30 & 80 gallon. Onan Generators 5k W. Scale 1k
lbs. Best offer on all listings. Call (508)347-1223
Twin Loft BedBy Broyhill
Built In Desk, With Light.7 Drawers & Bookshelves.
$225860-779-2664
010 FOR SALE
Spinet Piano and Bench
$800. Country Blue plaid loveseat and chair. $450. Wilson ladies clubs, bag, cart, $200. All excellentcondition. Will consider
reasonable offers.Call (508)867-8532
Spinnet Piano (Steinert)
$1000. Sunfish sailboat w/trailer, $700. Jenny Lind 3/4 bed, $250. Sailboard &
sail (new), $500. Dresser set, $200. Player piano w/rolls,
$600. Lexmarkprinter, $50.
Call Karen (508)885-3192
Square DancingOutfits For SaleSize Small & Medium.
Good Condition, All Colors.$10 A Set
Call 860-774-5262
State QuartersUn-circulated, rolled. Boxes
of 500. Starting at $21per roll. Also Gold
Presidential dollar rolls.Call for moreinformation,
(508)832-3029 or (508)272-3433
Steam Radiator Covers
43” long x 40” high x 13” deep, 37”x40”x13” and
24”x40”x13”. All white, in good condition. Over $1000
if new. All three for $400Call (508)832-5546
Stereo SystemOnkyo Components With
Bose Acoustimas Speakers $350
Call (508)943-0089
Technics KeyboardSX-KN 5000 with bench and stand. Programmed-excellent
condition. $800.Call (508)885-4777
Thermo Spa/Hot Tub
5 seats with double lounge cover and chemicals
included. Excellent condition, Blue inside. Never been
exposed to outside elements. $4000 or best offer.
Call (508)248-5426
Three 7 Foot Tall Desert Cacti
$500 each or best offer. Call (860)208-1320 or
(860)963-0849Would be great for someone
with a Mexican restaurant
Traditional Fruit Wood Dining Room Table
with 2 extension leaves, 2 arm chairs, 4 sides. Excellent
condition, $1300.Traditional Fruit Wood
with Inlaid Entertainment Armoire
$600.Oak Computer Desk
$200.Upright freezer
$50.Craftsman Garden Tractorbaggers, mulcher and trailer.
Works great $600.(860)974-9950
Troy-Built 4Cycle
Gasoline-cultivator.Excellent condition.
$175.00.Call (508)892-8623
Unique BarSolid Oak with lighted
stained glass canopy, brass top and foot rail, 2 chairs,
72” high, 64” wide, 22” deep.$1200 or BO.
Call (508)450-5836
Upright PianoGood Condition
$150860-779-3749
Used RestaurantEquipment10-50% Off OurPurchase Price
Refrigeration6 Burner Stove
Convection OvenBar Top & Barstools
FreezersSinks
508-347-5503
Utility TrailerPaid $2600
Asking $1500
508-765-5763
Very NiceOak China ClosetLighted mirrored back. Two glass shelves on top, two
drawers on bottom.Measures
72 1/2”H, 34 1/2 ”W, 17” D.Asking $450
Call (860)779-7838
Wedding DressIn sealed box. White with veil, worn once. $200 or
best offer.Call (508)248-6601
Weider Pro 240Weight Bench
With Exercera VinylBarbell Set (150#)
Brand New In Boxes$75
Call (860)923-3833
Welding Cable$2 per foot. New.
Call (860)935-9193
010 FOR SALE
Whirlpool Electric Stove
Kenmore washer & Kenmore upright freezer. $50.00 each.
Call (860)974-1352
White Wedding Gown
Never WornSize 8, long sleeves beaded and lace. Terra mid length
vale, cathedral vale, slip. Paid $1400 for all, asking $800 or
best offer. Call (508)-365-8528
Women’s &Teen’s Clothing
Times Are Tough, Money’s Short. I Have An Array Of Clothes, All In ExcellentCondition. Handbags,Boots, Sweaters, Etc.LOW LOW Prices!
I’m A Call Away508-278-5745
Wood StoveVermont Castings Resolute
$1595Call 508-347-3292
Leave Message
WoodenQuilt Frame
3 Rail System - FoldsDown. 2 Swing Arm
Lamps IncludedQuilting Area Is 18” x 72”
For Photos,Use This URL:
www.flickr.com/photos/mlm7154/sets
Call 860-963-7932
XBOX 360Premium
20GB hard drive 2 wireless controllers, 1 wireless
headset, 2 games, (Skate & Halo). Excellent condition, 2
month old. Asking $450for all.
Call (508)278-3317
100 GENERAL
107 MISC. FREE
FREEConsole Piano
Old, But Works.You Take Away!
Located In Southbridge860-974-2881
FREE WOOD PALLETS
You pick up. Monday thru Friday 8am-noon.Stonebridge Press 25 Optical Drive
(located behind SouthbridgeHotel & Conference Center)
109 MUSIC/ARTS
Let MeHelp You!
Record Your CDIndividuals/Groups
Of All Kinds!$30/Hour
(Block Rates Available)Also:
Private & ProfessionalDrum Lessons
Call Jim AtSharp Recording
Service508-765-0802
www.batcavestudios.com
200 GEN. BUSINESS
203 SNOWMOBILES
2005 Arctic CatF7 SnowmobileLow Miles, Real Fast.
2005 Arctic Cat440 Z-ModelSnowmobileLike Brand New!$7500 For Both508-987-9313
204 WATER EQUIPMENT
1994 Sea-Doo Bombardier SP94
With TrailerExcellent Condition, Runs
Great. Seat Just Recovered, Low Hours On Jet Pump. Has Been Winterized, Will
Need Cover.$1600
Call Deb508-965-7077
205 BOATS
16’ HurricaneTri-Hull
Ford 2.3L I/O, trailer, $2500Trolling Motor,
Electric Winch, EvinrudeTanks, Bimini Top,
'96 Conversion Van,Black Water Pipe,
Gas Grill, Chiminea.
518-480-1143
17 Foot GlastronSierra 177 4.3Mercruiser I/OOnly 156 Hours On
EnginePower Steering, Trim
Control, AM/FM Radio,Soft Top, Mooring Cover,w/Glastron Trailer, Skis,
Vest & Etc., MaintenanceManuals and Supplies
$8000For More Info Call
413-245-7501
1980 GalaxyBowrider
17’ Ski/Fishing., Fiberglass Hull, I/O Merc CruiserEngine. Includes Cover
And Trailer.Good Condition.Asking $2500508-885-5549
1980 GradyWhite 24’
With 235 Johnston Motor (Overhauled 2004) And Holes Claw Break-Away
Trailer. StandardElectronic, Cabin.
Many Extras. NeedsCosmetic Work.$10,000 OBODanielson, CT401-487-8677
1986 Bow Rider170HP I/O Mercruiser with EZload trailer. Great shape.
Call (508)826-2926
1992 Sunbird19’ with trailerCuddy cabin, fully equipped,
low hours on engine.Very good condition. $7,900.
Call 508-885-3689
1998 16ft Lund Pro-Sport
Anniversary Edition Fish/Ski, 90HP, low maintenance
trailer, depth finder, full top, storage cover, original prop, excellent condition. $11,250.
Call (508)347-6340
2001 Aquatron 18’ with Trailer
Bimini top, depth fish finder. Excellent shape, maintained
my mechanic. Only 100 hours on boat. NADA value $8630 before extras. Skis, towables all extras valued
over $1200. Buy now. $7600.
Call (860)928-2477
2004 Sweetwater Pontoon Boat
Well kept, 20 foot, seats 11. 25 Yamaha 4 stroke/< 100
hours. Asking $9750.Call (508)344-3075
2006 17’ Maxum Boat
with Karavan trailer bimini top w/boot cockpit & bow
well covers power steering, AM/FM stereo, CD player w/4
speakers, mercruiser I/O 135HP motor. $15,500.
(860)974-3334 or (860)377-0574
2006 Bayliner 185 Runabout
135 I/O HP w/extended swim platform, custom cover,
trailer, coast guard safety package, used at most 20
hours. $13,750.Call (508)868-1972
25 Foot Godfrey Sanpan Pontoon
Boat115 HP Yamaha outboard engine, Royal aluminum
canopy with skylights, dual batteries with switch,
docking lights, S/S ladder, Ski tow bar. $9600.
Call (508)943-5682
71 Chris Craft 31ft Flybridge Cruisertwin 327 engines sleeps 6, full head and shower, all
fiberglass. $7350.Call (508)333-1790
Larson 1997Ski-Boat
19 Foot, With Volvo PentaEngine. With Trailer.
$7000508-373-8413
VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ B9Friday, February 27, 2009
NOW AVAILABLE
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505 APARTMENTS FORRENT
505 APARTMENTS FORRENT
205 BOATS
Johnson Outboard Motor
4H.P. around 1979 model, have service manual. Bought on Ebay. Children bought a new Mercury for me. Had tune up at Action Marine.
Ran once. $400.Call (860)5329 or cell
(508)314-6373
Mercury 5hpOutboardperfect, $750.
Force 4 rigid inflatable, alum. 10ft dinghy, $300. Road king
trailer (dinghy/jetski) 14ft, perfect. $500.
Call (860)881-9052
225 INSTRUCTIONS
Spring ClassesNow Forming!
Enroll Early, Save 25%MASSAGE or
REFLEXOLOGYAcusage Academy
250 Main StreetOxford, MA
508-987-0178www.AcusageAcademy.com
Massage & FootReflexology(26 Weeks)2-3 Days/Week
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NEW!Online CoursesNo Classes To Attend!
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**********************OTHER SERVICES
Massage - ReflexologyBy Susan
508-987-0178By Appointment Only
“Relax Away The Tensions Of The Day”
260 ANTIQUES
Route 169 Antiques884 Worcester
Street,Southbridge MALooking to purchase
antiques andcollectibles, single items
or entire estates.We buy it all also do
on site estate sales and estate auctions.
Call anytime, Mike 508-765-9512
265 FUEL/WOOD
Airtight Wood StoveExcellent condition
best offer.Call (860)963-1929 or
(508)397-1640
Arial Tree Service& Site Development
BUYINGSTANDING TIMBER
Land ClearingHazardous Tree Removals
DemolitionComplete Septic SystemsGreen Firewood For Sale!
$150/CordCall Rick LaFleche
860-974-2499
FIREWOODFULLY SEASONED
FULL CORDSCut, Split & Delivered
Volume & QuantityGuaranteed
$230 Per CordSpecialty Lengths Available
Wood Lots Wanted413-237-0316413-563-1114
Pellet StovePractically Brand New!
$900 FIRMWood Burning Stove
$350 OBO508-731-0556
Pellet StoveWhitfield Tradition
By LennoxFree-Standing, Cast Iron,
Hunter Green Enamel Finish.Replaced With Larger Stove.
Completely RefurbishedTo New Condition. Works
Perfectly, 6 Years Old.$1800
Call 508-234-8139
Vermont CastingsAspen Woodstove
16” Firebox, Glass Front, Top Or Rear Vent, Brick Lined.
Needs New Top, EasilyAvailable From Dealer.
Was $700 Retail$250
Call 860-933-9184
283 PETS
Lovebird CagesMany Types, Includes A
Variety Of Bird Toys.Breeding Boxes, Supplies
& Information.All Offers Considered.
All Calls Returned.Spencer
774-745-0173
283 PETS
PPuurree BBrreeddPPuuppppiieess
Over thirty breeds available.Health checked/guaranteed.
State licensed.www.laughlinkennel.comLLaauugghhlliinn KKeennnneellCall 508-987-7161
285 PET CARE
New Owners!New Energy!New Stuff!
BoardingLuxury suites,
walks, treats, & one on one playtimes available.
Natural foodsReiki
Flower EssencesFeng Shui
DaycareDaily/weekly rates
TrainingBasic-AdvancedGroup or private
Experienced caring staffTours 10am-4pmOther times by appt.
please!
508-987-0077205 Federal Hill
RoadOxford, MA
www.starwoodpetresort.com
286 LIVESTOCK
Bagged ShavingsKiln-Dried Pine
Paper Bags.3.25 Cubic Feet
$4.75 Each (No Limit)Pick Up In
West BrookfieldRock Valley Farm
508-867-2508
HAYFirst CuttingTop Quality!
$5.00A Bale
Overlook FarmBrookfield, MA 01506
508-867-2099
295 BUILDING SUPPLIES
Harvey WindowsNew - Still Wrapped(2) Big 41 1/2 x 57R.O. Double Hung,
Vinyl, WhiteBoth For $300508-278-7835
Steel Buildings #1Recession Discounted
Some below Cost to SiteCall For Availablitywww.src-grp.com
Source #0YLPhone: 800-964-8335
297 CHILD CARE
Dr. Day Care’s Part-Time &
Full-Time RatesFree Breakfast And Lunch.We Accept CT Care 4 Kids.
Call (401)647-7421drdaycare.com
298 WANTED TO BUY
$ROSS RECYCLING
We Pay More!!
All Scrap Metals,Cars, Trucks
Batteries,Copper Wire,Appliances...
64 Tucker Hill Rd.Putnam, CT 06260
860-928-7165
Comic BooksBought
By CollectorPre-1970
All Kinds WantedHigh Prices Paid860-779-0265
MusicalInstruments InAny Condition
CASH PAIDsellyourmusicalinstruments.com
Local Affiliates:Wonderland Comics
112 Main StreetPutnam, CT
(Ask For Dana)860-963-1027Gordon Music
339 Main StreetSouthbridge, MA
508-765-9352
298 WANTED TO BUY
Gold & Silver Near An
All-Time High!SILVER
DOLLARSPaying $11-$250
And Up!Buying Silver Coins
Before 1964,Silver Eagles,
Gold Coins & Jewelry.We Operate By The
“Golden Rule”FREE Honest Appraisals
L&L Coin508-450-1282
Looking For OldDeWalt
Power ShopThe Older The Better.
Must Have Solid Cast Arm,And Motor Must Run.
Contact Neil At508-341-8335
Thank You!
WANTEDTable-Top IncubatorFor Chick Hatching
This Spring.For A Worthy Cause!
860-974-2344
WAR RELICS& WAR
SOUVENIRSWANTEDWWII & Earlier
CASH WAITING!Call: 1-508-688-0847.
All Calls PromptlyReturned.
I’ll Come To You AtYour Convenience.
30 Years Experience.
300 HELP WANTED
305 BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES
Oil BurnerBusiness
1986 Astro Van, 126k Actual Miles, Full Set Of Shelves,
Includes SootMaster Vacuum Cleaner And Brushes, Back
Rack, Efficiency Kit,Milwaukee Sawzall.Numerous Controls,
Primaries, Transformers, And Iron/Copper Fittings, Pipe Cutters, Sheet Metal
Tools (Snips, Benders, Etc.) Top Half Large Rollaway, Large Selection Of Burner
Parts, Site Glass, Washers, Glass Cutters, And
Miscellaneous Handtools. Complete Box Of Assorted
Nozzles And Oil Filters.$3400
Buy It Today, And DoA Service Call On The
Way Home!Call Brian
508-943-4175
310 GENERAL HELPWANTED
Become ADental
AssistantIn Just
120 Days!A Career You Can
Smile About...• Evening Classes• Tuition Payment
Plans• In-Office Real WorldTraining
N.E. DentalAssistant School120 Stafford Street,
Suite #201Worcester, MA
www.nedentalschool.org
508-425-6644Call Now For More
Information.Rated One OfThe Top 10
Recession-ProofCareers!!!
310 GENERAL HELPWANTED
DriverValet Parking Attendant-to work at several locations
in Worcester, MA.IMMEDIATE OPENING! F/T-P/T available. Potential to
earn $11 and more to start. Great benefits heath, dental, 401k plan, plenty of room for
growth! Applicant must be over 18, must be able to
drive standardtransmission vehicles, have
valid license, and priorcustomer service experience
a plus!!!Please contact us at877-455-5552 or at:
www.valetparkofamerica.com/employment
Mystery ShoppersEarn Up To $100 Per Day!
Undercover ShoppersNeeded To Judge Retail &
Dining Establishments.Experience Not Required
877-787-6583
NEED EXTRACASH?
Work When You Want To!Part-Time Chauffeurs
Wanted To Go Out And Have A Great Time, Responsibly.CDL w/P, a must to make
The BIG MONEY!508-731-0226
www.limoaffair.net
311 PART-TIME HELPWANTED
Cleaner NeededPart-Time Evenings In The North Brookfield Area To
Service Restrooms In A Light Manufacturing Plant. Work
Must Start Between3:30pm-4:30pm on Monday Through Thursday Evenings. 2 Hours Per Night - $9 Per Hour, 8 Hours Per Week.
Experience Preferred.Call 508-755-8166
Leave Message In Box 4
400 SERVICES
402 GENERAL SERVICES
A&HJUNK
REMOVALMASONRYMOVING
CLEANING &DEMOLITION
Clean OutAttics, Garages,Cellars, Houses,
Apartments,Offices, Stores, Etc.
AppliancesDemolition
Small BuildingsATTN: LandlordsOr House Owners
Clean &Paint Interiors
We Do The Work!10% DiscountWith This Ad
Call800-844-0034
CCaallll TThhee JJuunnkk MMaann
SNOWPLOWINGTrees Cut
Brush/LimbsRemoved
Removal of Metal, Appliances,
Furniture, TV’s.Construction
materials Cellars & Attics cleaned.
Demolition of small buildings, Tires. Leaves removed. Small Residential
Moves.Furnaces RemovedCheck-our-down-to-earth prices first!
Weekends also!Central Mass
and Connecticut550088--334477--77880044
oorr441133--226622--55008822
402 GENERAL SERVICES
Saunders &Sons Roofing
Talk to the ownerdirectly. I’m on the job from
start to finish.Call Bill Toll Free1-866-961-ROOF
508-765-0100MA Reg # 153955CT Reg # 0609329
Fully Insured Free EstimatesReferences Available
*Now Accepting All Major Credit Cards*
The Budget CoachProfessional Help For
Your Personal Finances.The Budget Coach Will
Develop A Personal Plan With You, Using Simplified
Business Approaches.Over 20 Years Successfully
Managing Budgets.thebudgetcoach@aol.com
Or 508-792-9087
442 LICENSED DAYCARE
***************Per CT General Statutes
19e-87b-5g,All advertisements for
Daycare Services in thestate of Connecticut must
include your license/registration number.
454 HOMEIMPROVEMENT
FINISHING TOUCH
HARDWOOD FLOOR &
REMODELING CO.Prefinished InstallationUnfinished InstallationKitchen Remodeling
Finish CarpentryDustless
RefinishingFREE Estimates
Visit:www.FinishingTouch
HardwoodFloorCo.comCall Debbie @508-248-4224
500 REAL ESTATE
501 REAL ESTATEWANTED
**************EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
**************All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to The Federal Fair Housing Act
of 1968, which makes itillegal to advertise any
preference, limitation ordiscrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status (number of children and or pregnancy),
national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or any
intention to make an such preference, limitation or
discrimination. Thisnewspaper will not
knowingly accept anyadvertising for real estate
that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby
informed that all dwellings advertising in this newspaper
are available on and equal opportunity basis. To
complain aboutdiscrimination call The
Department of Housing and Urban Development “HUD” toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. For the N.E. area, call HUD ad 617-565-5308,. The toll free number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275
505 APARTMENTS FORRENT
Dudley2 Bedroom Apartment
Heat and Hot Water Included.No Pets/No Smoking
Off-Street ParkingCall (860)935-5206
WebsterNORTH VILLAGE
2 bedroom unitsstarting at $760!!
Heat and hot wateris included.
Must income qualify.
Section 8 VouchersAccepted.
Please call (508)987-1595
505 APARTMENTS FORRENT
BrooksideTerrace
Affordable 2 Bedroom Apartments For Rent.
Spacious, FullyApplianced.
Heat/Hot WaterIncluded!
Starting at $759• On-Site Laundry• Basketball Court
• Playground• Pool
INCOME LIMITS APPLYSection 8 WelcomeOffice Open From:
Monday-Friday9:00am to 5:00pm
Weekend & EveningAppointments
Available
Brookside Terrace11 Village Drive
Southbridge,MA 01550
(508)764-7675
DudleyThree bedroom apartment.
Section 8 approved.Hardwood floors, large
kitchen/dining, quietneighborhood, front
porch, off-street parking,washer in basement.
Stove included.No smoking, some pets OK.
First/Last & Security$850/month plus utilities
or Section 8.Call (508)987-5441
DudleyTwo Bedrooms.
Off-Street Parking.No Pets/Smoking.
$600 MonthlyPlus Utilities
1 Bedroom $550Call 401-624-3897
FREE February Rent!With One YearSigned Lease
Danielson$825/Month
HUD Approved3 Bedrooms, One Bath.
References, SecurityDeposit & Credit Check
Required.(860)836-7480
Or bgrei@bgrei.net
River MillVillage
N. Grosvenordale, CTVery Spacious
1, 2 & 3 BedroomApartments
ONE MONTHFREE RENT
Rents starting at $525*Must Income Qualify*
Section 8 Vouchers Accepted
•Recently RemodeledBuilding Exteriors
• Close to 395• Adjacent to Riverside Park
•On-site professionalmanagement andmaintenance staff
Please call(860)923-3919
for more information
Seely-BrownVillage
In Pomfret CenterIs Accepting Applications
For Their Waiting List.Seniors 62 And
Older May Apply.Please Call
860-928-2744Or Email
seely.brown@snet.netFor Information
SOUTHBRIDGEBRAND NEW
APARTMENTS!2 Bedrooms/$775.
Available now.Stove, refrigerator anddishwasher included.
Secure building.Off-street parking.
NO Pets.Call (508)765-5852
505 APARTMENTS FORRENT
*Southbridge*Beautiful area near
town central/post-of-fice, large, peaceful
2-bedroom home on private street,
appliancesw/dishwasher, oil-heat, fire-place, porch facing brook, nice yard, on/off
street parking.Please call
(508)579-4809www.geocities.com/gregnmargo/home
Southbridge141 Elm Street
Recently Remodeled Large One Bedroom. Appliances,
Washer/Dryer Hookups.No Pets.
$525/MonthNo Utilities Included.
1-508-328-9093
SturbridgeSturbridge Heights
(Hall Road)Brand New Two BedroomApplianced Apartments.Starting At $845/Month
Also AvailableTwo Bedroom, Includes
Heat & Hot Water,Third Floor. First & Last.
$895/MonthCall (508)729-3429
WebsterFirst Floor 2 Bedroom
Apartment. With Living Room, Den, Washer & Dryer
Hookup, Nice Big Yard,Off-Street Parking. Near
Webster Schools.$750/Month Plus UtilitiesFirst/Last & References.
860-923-9738
WebsterLarge One Bedroom
Apartments, First & Second Floor. Off-Street Parking.
No Pets.First & Security, References.
$625 & $595/MonthCall 508-943-8755
Before 7pm
WebsterProspectEstates
1 & 2 BedroomApartments.
1 Month Free RentNow Available:
Historical BuildingsMust Income Qualify
SECTION 8 CERTIFICATESWELCOME
Call(508)943-9567
E.H.O.
510COMMERCIAL/BUSINESS
Southbridge2000 Sq.Ft. Commercial
Space. Zoned For All Uses Plus Retail., Across From Dunkin Donuts (E.Main
Street), Great Traffic Area. Newly Renovated/Painted.Snowplowing Provided.
Call For More Information860-928-4155
SturbridgeCommercial/Office Space
For Rent In The Heart Of The Business District.
From $425 To $795 Per Month.
508-248-0847
WebsterFor Rent
1000 Square FeetTo
14,000 Square FeetAnd AnythingIn Between...
Owner Will Give You Price You Can’t Refuse!
508-753-3670
530 HOUSES FOR SALE
Cocoa BeachTime Share
First week in October on the beach, see the Rockets at Cape Canaveral. $2000.Call (860)774-2755
WoodstockCompletely Remodeled
Split-Level Ranch. 4Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths.
Large Family Room.Everything New.
Located On One AcreWith Beach Rights To
Bungee Lake.Asking $259,900
Possible Lease OptionCall 508-320-2175
546 CEMETERY LOTS
Cemetery LotFor Sale
Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton, MA.
Garden Of Heritage II, 609B,2 Lots (1 & 2)
$1500 For BothCall 508-347-3884
Leave Message If No Answer
Cemetery Lots for Sale
Worcester County Memorial Park-Paxton, MA
2 Lots (#408A) available in the beautiful Garden of Valor
II. $5,000 for both.Call (508)987-0531
CEMETERY LOTS:Two in the
Garden of Valorat Worcester Memorial
Park in Paxton. $1500/best offer.Please call
508-885-5133
Cemetery Plots at Worcester County
Memorial Parkin Heritage I. 2 lots. $1200.
Call (508)987-6180
Cemetery PlotsWorcester County Memorial
Park, Paxton; 2 Person,Garden Of Faith.
$1400 OBO (For Both)Currently Sells For $2100
Direct From WCMP.Please Call
508-892-1679
Garden of Prayer3 lots, side by side, buy two for $2000 and get the third
free. Choice ground.Worcester county memorial
park, Paxton MA.Call (508)234-7116
Two CemeteryLots
Worcester CountyMemorial Park
In Paxton$900 For Each,$1800 For Both
Call Cheryl413-245-4181
Worcester CountyMemorial Park
Paxton, MAPlots In Garden Of Honor.
2 Lots & 2 Vaults.Asking $2700 For All
774-745-0026Please Leave Message
Worcester County Memorial Park,
Paxton4 lots in the Garden of the Cross, which is the oldestgarden in the park. Value
$7000, asking $6000.Will sell separately.
Call (508)892-8685
550 MOBILE HOMES
14x70 Mobile Home
W/56ft addition whichincludes 24x12 den, 14x12 work room w/sink and 18ft porch w/handicapped ramp. Large hallways/doors, for
wheelchair. New roof/windows. $98K plus
park share.Bill, (508)347-5463
1983 Mobile Home14’x70’, Liberty Brand.
Two Bedroom,All Remodeled With
Attached Screenhouse.Park Share Included.
$69,000 OBO508-867-5043
BrookfieldNanatomqua Mobile
Home Park(55 And Over)
2 Bedroom with 1-1/2Bath, Living Room, LargeKitchen, Laundry RoomWith New Appliances,
And Door To Back Porch.REDUCED$79,900
508-868-4662
Mobile HomeFor Sale
Dayville CT12 Conrads Park(860)774-8884
Mobile HomeFor Sale
In Sturbridge RetirementCo-Operative.
44x23, 5 Rooms, 1 1/2 Baths (1068 sq.ft. Gross Living Area). Air Conditioning,
Corner Lot, 2 Sheds.For Appointment
508-347-9370
B10 ☎ VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ Friday, February 27, 2009
550 MOBILE HOMES
Retiring?Think Of A Mobile Home
In A Beautiful Park InSturbridge.
Two Bedrooms, One And One Half Bath, Deck, Patio, New Roof, New Windows,
And Many Updates.seerealtor.com
$89,500508-347-8791
550 MOBILE HOMES
Sturbridge$99,900
(Park Share Included)Charming, Move-In Ready. Fully Applianced, C/A, OpenFloor Plan. Two Bedrooms,
One Large Bath.Maintenance Free. Shaded.
Monthly Fee $180.Includes Taxes, Cable
TV And More!Why Rent?
860-315-7122
550 MOBILE HOMES
SturbridgeMobile Home 55+1 Bedroom, IdealLocation, Close To
Everything. New Floors,Carpets, Paint, Windows,
Shower, Cabinets & Counters. Newer Furnace,
A/C & More.Washer/Dryer.
$37,500508-347-7027
550 MOBILE HOMES
Sturbridge RetirementCommunity
Completely Rebuilt In 2002. New Floors, Walls, Doors,
Windows, Kitchen Cabinets, Bathroom. Carpeting On All
Floors Except Kitchen & Bath. New Vinyl Siding.
508-735-9639
550 MOBILE HOMES
TemporaryStorage
Problems?Utilize This 14x70
Mobile Home!Large Rooms, Plenty
Of Open Space.First $2500
Takes It Away(860)774-6989
550 MOBILE HOMES
Year Round or Winter
HomeThis 1475 sq. ft. 2
bedroom 2 full bath, fully furnished, like new home
inside and out, is in a beautiful 55 and oldergated community. It’s
located in Fort Pierce, FL., just minutes from beaches
and great fishing. Many other extras. $79,900.
Make an offer.Call (508)779-0311
Aut motive
ALREADY RECYCLE THATNEWSPAPER?FIND ALL YOUR BACK EDITIONS
ONLINE.All local. All the time.
ConnecticutsQuietCorner.com
700 AUTOMOTIVE
705 AUTO ACCESSORIES
4 Cooper Weather Master S/T Tires
Steel Belted, 205/65 R15Like New $150
4 Cooper WeatherMaster S/T Snow
Groove Tires225/55 R17
Like New $200508-867-2560
Evenings
A-1 Condition 4 new Yokohama High Speed Rain
Tires195-50-R15/82V on mint 5
Bolt American Racing Wheels. Fits Accord, Sentra, Camry, Corolla, Miata, Neon
and many more.Call Tom ask if they will fit
your car.Best Reasonable Offer
Spencer774-745-0173
SnowplowWestern 7’ Steel
Good To GreatCondition
Fits Tacoma 1997-2004$995 OBO
860-923-9047
Third RowBench Seat
For Ford Expedition(Eddie Bauer)
Tan Leather, ExcellentCondition.
Fits Model Years ‘97-’02$150
860-935-0039
Tires & RimsBlack custom rims andYokohama tires, 16x7,
205/55R16CSell $275 or best offer.Call (860)974-1043
Truck Cap6’ 4” Sedco, “Ford Style”,
Fiberglass Truck Cap. Front & Side Sliding Windows,
Locking Rear Door, Clamps & Seal. Colored Red.
Taken off Toyota TacomaExtra-Cab.
$400860-974-1349
Truck RailsChrome Tube For 8’ Bed
Great Condition$95 For Set
GM ChromeSlotted Wheels
15”, 5-Lug Bolt PatternFor Full-Size GM.
$200 Set Of 4454 Complete
GM BlockWith Fuel Injection
$1200508-259-8805
720 CLASSICS
1953 Ford2-Door SedanMild Custom, $11,000
1955 Oldsmobile 4-Door
Original, $10,000
1975 Ford Flatbed$1600
1953 Ford 3/4 Ton Pickup
Solid, Needs Restoration, $2500
Collection MUST BE SOLD!978-760-3453
1973 GreenVW BeetleRecent Engine,
Good TiresBest Offer
413-245-3530
1983 Corvette Coupe
Drag Car Body4-Link 9” Ford
$25001965 Mustang Drag Car
289 FastbackAnd More
$3000860-935-9361
1984 Firebird SEH06, air, auto locks doors &
windows. Cast wheels,Chapman. Best offer.Call (617)872-3230
1985 BuickRiviera
Must Sell My Beautiful, Restored Pride & Joy!
135k Original Miles. Pretty Blue With Black Landau
Roof. Plush Interior.Mechanically Good.
$2500 OBO508-476-1721
1987 Chevy Monte Carlo LSLight Blue, 2-door hard-top,
5.0 V8 automatic, perfectvelour interior, 1-owner,
120K miles. Bought new at Diamond Chevrolet. Very
good condition,runs great. $2500.(508)347-9386
1989 BMW 325iRed convertible new black
top new transmission,automatic, runs perfect,
$5500. Call (413)245-4587
1995 Toyota SupraTwin-Turbo, Stock, 6-Speed.
Original. 60k,Black-On-Black, Leather,
Two-Owner Car.$50,000 FIRM
1973 PontiacTrans-Am
4-Speed, With 455cu. White, Burgundy Interior, Original, Matching Numbers. 90k.
$50,000 FIRM
508-344-2660
Antique BlackJaguar
1972 XJ6. Body, paint and chrome nearly perfect, New Michelin pin stripe tires and
many spare parts.Best Reasonable Offer.Call Tom (Spencer)
(774)745-0173
Corvette1978 AnniversaryBlack T-Top, 57k Miles.
New Exhaust, Starter, Etc.$5500 OBO
508-713-3513
725 AUTOMOBILES
$500 PoliceImpounds!
Cars/Trucks From $500!For listings
800-559-4138 ext. 3468
1967 Mustang Coupe
289 C.I. 3 speed manual transmission, 63K original miles, excellent condition.
$14,500 or best reasonable offer. Serious inquiries only
please.Call (860)428-9455
1981 MercedesBenz 240DOriginal Owner
$4,000860-774-0587
1985 Fire-EngineRed Mazda RX71.1L Rotary Engine.
Mint Condition.Single Owner, 54k Miles.
Always Garaged, No Rust, Sunroof.
Runs Beautifully.$5000
508-845-9237
1988 Mercedes 300 SEL
6 cylinder, excellentcondition, automatic. $2500
or best offer.1999 Acura Gold
EditionCoupe, Red with Brown
leather interior, automatic,excellent condition. $5000 or
best offer.Call (860)963-1929 or
(508)397-1640
1989 Camaro RS350 Auto, T-Tops.Too Many Extras
$30001985 Merkuer5-Speed XRT4
Sunroof$2000
1967 GMCDump Truck
HM7700, V-6, 5-Speed & 2-Speed Rear
$2500(860)428-3478
1999 Ford RangerExtended Cab Pickup
V6, 4.0L131,780 Miles. RecentTuneup, Tires, Brakes.
Runs Well.$3500
(Book Value $6000+)860-923-1848
1989 LincolnTown Car
Tuned Up Engine. About 7k Miles On Engine, Car In Good
Running Condition.Must Sell As I Am Not
Able To Drive ForMedical Reasons.
Appx. 30 mpg(Highway).Can be seen at 7 Church Rd
in Eastford.Asking $1100 OBO
860-974-1190
1990 Mustang GT Convertible
Burgundy paint with Black top. Runs/sounds great. Just tuned up. Everything works. Ready for Spring/Summer
cruising. $4500.Call Charlie
(401)523-5670
1992 DodgeStealth
Red, Mint Condition.$6500 OBO
508-347-3613
1993 BuickLeSabre SedanGood Shape, Runs Well.
$950 FIRMPlease Call Mike774-253-8502
1993 Cadillac Fleetwood
Florida car. 46k miles,regular gas; 17-18 in city
27-28 highway. Fully loaded, Light Blue with Light
Blue leather interior. $6200.Call (508)832-3029 or
(508)272-3433
1994 Ford TaurusOnly $500! Good Deal!
For Listings800-559-4138 xL273
1995 Geo Prizm110K miles, Red, 4 door
sedan, recently,reconditioned, new starter,
runs great.Moving must sell quick!!
$2500 or best offer.Call (508)341-4434 or
(860)857-4168
1996 Oldsmobile Ciera
Navy Blue, good mechanical condition, a few cosmetic scratches. Asking $2400.
Call (860)928-2624
1997 FordExplorer XLT85k Miles, Loaded,One Owner. $3500
Scott’s RidingLawn Tractor
20HP, 48” Mower Deck,With Bagger. $800
860-382-5928
1997 Olds RegencyNice solid driver 105K
highway miles, loaded with moonroof, needs nothing.
Asking $3500.Call (860)974-3022
1997 Volvo Wagon
Automatic, excellentcondition, needs nothing. Leather interior $3300 or
best offer.Call (860)963-1929 or
cell (508)397-1640
1998 Chevrolet Malibu
New brakes and tires. $2700 or best offer.
Call (860)753-1103
1998 DodgeStratus
White, 4-Door Sedan.Standard Transmission.114k Miles. Runs Well.
Asking $1000508-278-2045
1998 FordContour LX
Blue. Reliable, Runs Great,133k. Good Tires,Recent Brake Job.
$1700 Or Best Offer508-892-9212
1999 Audi A4 1.8T82k Miles. 19” Chrome
Wheels, Body Kit, Custom Paint, Plus Many Extras.
Asking $9,800or best offer
(508)717-9244
1999 Buick Park Ave
Loaded, like new, leather, 122K miles. $4500.
Call (508)752-8683
725 AUTOMOBILES
1999 FordMustang
6-Cylinder Automatic, 94k Miles, White. Power Seats,
Windows, Locks & Steering. Very Good Condition.
$4995Call 508-764-4570
1999 MercuryCougar
92k, V6, 5 Speed, AllOptions. College
Forces Sale$3800 OBO
Call508-476-3907508-335-1283
2000 DodgeCaravan
56,000 miles, excellentcondition. Non-smoker, am/fm/cd, recent tires.
Asking $3900. 1983 Lincoln Town
Car20,000 miles, estate car.
Excellent condition. Always garaged. $3900 or best offer.
(508)317-7092
2001 SubaruForrester
Standard, Recent Brakes, A/C, Roof Racks. Looks
& Runs Great.$5,500 OBO
508-987-3244
2002 BMW 325ciConvertible
Excellent Condition.38,883 Miles. Automatic
Transmission With Sports Shift Mode. Grey Leather
Heated Seats. Car Is Loaded. Harmon-Kardon Sound
System, PremiumWheels, Etc.
$19,999Contact Josh508-885-7085
2002 Lincoln LSBlack/Tan, Leather, 40k,Fully Loaded, Chrome
Rims/Grill/RockerPanels/Pillars,
Brand New Snow Tires,Extra Set Of 18” Chrome
Rims with Tires. New Brakes
Sharp Car! Mint!$13,500 obo
774-289-9074
2002 LincolnLS V8
***MUST SELL***Luxury-comfort-style-all-in
this Metallic Silver 2002Lincoln LS-Loaded with a V8. Automatic transmission, A/C, power heated memory seats,
power windows, power locks, power mirrors,
sunroof, leather interiors,alloy wheels, alpine premium stereo, six disc CD, air bags ABS tilt wheel cruise control.
This vehicle is in fabulous condition, must see. If you
are in the market for aLincoln LS, don’t pass this
one! Even and iPodDirect Connection...
$11,495 obo.Call 888-457-2333
2003 FordMustang Mach 1
Azure Blue with Blackleather. 18K miles, like brand
new. Couple aftermarket parts. $17,500.Call (508)987-8486
2004 ChevroletMonte Carlo LS
Black/Grey, ExcellentCondition, 43k Miles.
$8000508-987-1350
2005 ChryslerPacifica
AWD, 138k Miles, Mostly Highway. New Tires, Great
Family Car, Well Maintained.$6500 OBO
Photos AvailableCall Bill & Andrea860-377-0396860-928-1064
2006 Mustang Convertible
Silver, 44,500 Miles,Excellent Condition.
$11,500860-916-8247
2006 Scion XBStill In New Condition!
Has 19k Miles On It. Carries Platinum Warranty, Good
Until 2012, Or 70k Miles. All Options, 35-40MPG,Burgundy Exterior.
Excellent Inside/Out.$12,800
508-943-5954
2006 Volkswagen Jetta
Black, fully loaded, leather, 5 disc CD changer, heated seats & mirrors, sunroof, front, side & rear air bags.
$14,900.Call (508)949-6914
2007 DodgeCharger SXT
Only 1,400 Miles, Pearl-Coat Red, Grey Interior. 3.5L V6, Lots Of Toys. NO Bank Lien
$19,595 OBOMust See!
Sharon 774-287-2031
Corvette 1988Excellent Condition. NewT-Top, Tires & Interior.
Over $11k Invested.Asking $7500 OBO1-508-943-11281-508-341-3164
WantedOld Camaros
1967-1969 including parts, pieces in any condition. Will
consider other models.Call (860)633-0869
732 SPORTS UTILITY
1994 Jeep GrandCherokee Laredo170k Miles, Engine Runs
Great. Has Special Features.Recently Repaired.
$2200 FIRMCall Sarah In Dayville At
720-841-0455
1995 Ford ExplorerSport Utility
4WD, Automatic, V-6, A/C,Tilt, Cruise, Power
Windows/Locks. 138,500Miles. Dark Green, w/Grey
Leather Interior.AM/FM/CD/Cassette.
$3000 OBO860-774-0757
Ask For Art
1998 GMC JimmySport Utility 4D
V6 Engine, 4WD,Automatic Transmission,
92k Mileage, ExcellentCondition, Loaded.Asking $4995.95860-928-6853
2001 ChevyBlazer LT
Second Owner, 6-Cylinder, Electronic Shift-on-The-Fly 4
Wheel Drive. Very Clean, Runs Great, Needs Nothing!
94k Miles, 22MPG.Asking $6000
508-864-3846
2003 DodgeDurango
ABS, A/C, Alloy, AWD,7 P.Seats, H.Seats,
R/Boards, Fully Loaded,New Tires. 95k Miles,
4x4, 4.7L.MAKE AN OFFER!
Call Rick At508-245-5715
Or Rob 508-764-0626
2004 JeepLiberty SportSilver, 49k Miles.
Excellent Condition.CD/AM/FM Radio.Asking $14,200774-364-1133Or After 5pm
508-886-7184Ask For Linda
740 MOTORCYCLES
100th Anniversary2003 Harley
Davidson883 Hugger, 12k Miles.
Includes Harley Hard Leather Bags, Dual Seat, Extra
Chrome, Luggage Rack,Cover, & Windshield.
$5500508-943-3004
1987 YamahaXV535 Motorcycle59,920 Miles, New Battery, Owner’s Manual, Service
Manual Included.$900 OBO
Call Robert508-987-5167
1994 HarleyDavidson
Dyna Wide Glide. 19K miles, good shape, extra lights,extra chrome, forward
controls. $7500.Call (508)864-3198
1994 HondaCBR 600
Excellent Condition, 24kMiles. White & Black.
New Chain & Tire.$2800 OBO
508-765-9266
740 MOTORCYCLES
1996 Honda Goldwing SE
Excellent condition, must see, loaded. Asking $10,500. Call Steve (860)963-9030
1998 Harley Davidson
1200 Sportster 15,500 miles, excellent condition,
registered, many extras!$7000 or BO
508-764-8754
2000 HarleyDavidson XL883
CustomPearl Blue, Screaming Eagle, Carb/Pipes, Forward Pegs,
Drag Bars, Fat Boy Back Rim, 21” Spoked Front Rim. Lots
Of Chrome Added, 1,493 Miles, Flawless.Asking $5800
860-792-1168
2002 HarleyDavidson XL 1200
Dealer serviced, 5000original miles, many
screaming eagle accessories. Red Black, lots of chrome, a
must see @ $6500.Call (860)774-7615
2002 HarleyXLH 883 Sportster
9500 Miles, Crash Bars, Highway Pegs, Saddle Bags,
Passenger Pegs & Pillion, Custom Grips.
Excellent ConditionLooks & Runs Great.
Asking $4500860-617-7335
2003 HondaCRF-150Hardly Used!Paid $3200
Asking $1800 Firm(508)987-0557
2004 HarleyDavidson Ultra
Classic5500 miles, $17000.Call (508)943-0242
2004 XL 883 Harley
Davidson3400 miles, lots of
upgrades, mintcondition, handles
great. $7200 or best offer. Won’t last long!
Call (508)347-8969
2005 Aquila 250 Cruiser
356 miles, showroomcondition, bike can be seen at 364 Main Street, Oxford.
$2700.Call (774)280-2630
2005 Honda VT750Shadow SpiritMint Condition, Low
Mileage, Always Garaged.Pearl Blue/Metallic SilverFlame, Chrome Backrest.
Asking $4500 OBOCall 860-792-0506
2006 HarleyDavidson
Sportster XL883CWhite with saddle bags. 2,091 miles. $6000. Also Harley helmet, jacket and
gloves for sale.Call (508)949-0621
2007 SuzukiBoulevard 1500ccTwo-Tone (Red/Black), DG Big Straight Pipes, Gel Seat
& Stock Seat. Cobra EFIProgrammer, K&N Filter.
Extra Chrome Pieces Added.Only 1800 Miles
$7500 OBO508-892-1550
2008 HondaSave $1000 PLUS!
Only 90 Miles!Rebel CMX250C
$2899508-987-6313
Dirt Bike2003 Yamaha YZ 125
Barely Ridden, Never Raced. Excellent Condition. New
Renthal Handlebars & Grips. New Front Tire.
$1800 Or Best OfferCall 860-928-1466
745 RECREATIONALVEHICLES
1998 Kawasaki 750 Xi Sport JetskiTwo seater, new battery and recently serviced. Excellent condition. Includes trailer and cover. $2500 or bestoffer. Call (508)234-0252
2004 90cc Polaris Predator ATVExcellent Condition,
Aftermarket Lights, Brand New Battery, New Tires,
Electric And Kick Start And Runs Like New. Garage Kept.
Comes With Kids Racing Boots & Gloves.A $1600 Value
For $900 FIRM“A REAL MUST SEE”,
Moving, Must Sell!Call Randy
508-765-5097
2004 Honda Foreman
Rubicon 500cc“very low miles and hours”
must sell. baby on the way!!! used 25 times tops. $5000 or
best offer.Call (860)315-7167
2005 Honda Rancher 4-wheeler
2x4, Army Green color,extremely low mileage, used
mostly for yard work.Asking $2800
INCLUDES TRAILERMust Sell!
Call (860)779-9756
2005 Kawasaki 250 Bayou ATV
Less than 30 hours use, mint condition/needs nothing.
Paid $3200, asking $2200 or best offer.
Call (508)867-8434 after 5:30pm
750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS
10 Foot TravelTrailer
Excellent Condition, Heater, A/C, Microwave, DVD, TV, Refrigerator, Sink, Stove.
Sleeps 4-6.$3000
860-974-0742
1985 WildernessCamper
Sleeps 6, Very GoodCondition
All Original Paperwork,Lots of New Parts.$3000 or best offer
860-774-0100
1988 SkamperPop-Up Camper
Asking $1500Well-kept, Immaculate.
Garaged 10 Years And UsedInfrequently. Sleeps 6. Vinyl
Pull-Outs In ExcellentCondition, Galley-Style
Kitchen With Stove, Sink,And Icebox. Furnace AndAC/DC Power ConverterWith Battery, Spare Tire
And Carrier.Moving, Must Sell!
508-476-1767
1989 24’ TerryTravel Trailer
Excellent Condition, NewBattery, Tires, & More.Receiver & Sway BarsIncluded. Must See To
Appreciate.$3400 or best offer.
508-885-6215
1994 Winnebago 34’ Adventurer
Rear Queen With 2007 Chevy Aveo-5 Tow Vehicle With
Blue Ox Tow Bar.$35,000
508-987-5836
1995 Allegro Bay28 foot diesel RV, 15,000 miles (original) sleeps 5,
$24,000.Call (860)774-4331
1997 24’Dutchman Pop-Up
CamperModel 1007
Sleeps 6Great Condition. Heat,
Refrigerator, Stove, Etc.$2700
413-537-0619
2006 Camp Out Truck CapGray, 6ft with sliding front window & side windows &
locking back window. Used 2 months, brand new. Stored in heated garage. Fits Ford Truck Super Cab. $1100.
(508)729-9177
1998 Lance Squire 9800
Truck Camper11’ 3” A/C, electric jacks, 3
burner stove/oven, sleeps 5, 30 gallon propane tank,generator ready. Full dry
bath, solar panel, 2 awnings, double sinks. $7200.
Call Mike (508)949-9174
2001 24 ft. Travel Camper Trailer
All works, call for details! Call from 8am-7:30pm.
Best time to call4pm-7:30pm
(508)867-6124SEASON ENDING SPECIAL!
$5,500 or best offer
2001 7000 lb Car Trailer
Made by CarMate. Asking $1800.
Leather Sofa and Love Seat
Black. Paid $1000,asking $500.
Treadmill by Sportcrafthas cupholder, $250.
2 Dog Pens$50 for both.
Call (860)774-3989 or (860)617-1371
2001 Fleetwood Elkhorn Truck
CamperLike new, used only a few times. Fits 6’ truck bed.
Queen, sleeps 4, allamenities, asking $8,700.
Must see! Truck alsoavailable.
Call (508)892-8861
2001“Woodland Park”Beautiful Custom Design,
40’ Park Model Trailer.Sliding Glass DoorEntrance, Full Bath,
3 Slide-Outs, Sleeps 8Central Air
Winter Insulation PackagePaid $47,000 New.
Asking $29,995 OBO617-524-6220
2002 12x40 Park Model RV
(like brand new) on beautiful lot in campground can be
used for a full 6 months (15 April-15 October every year)
Lot paid for until 2097.$48,000
Call Don (508)344-9499
2002 Citation 31Ft. Travel
Trailer$13,999. One owner, kept on site, nice camper, includes
back ladder, spare tire,awning, electric jack, sleeps
6, lots of storage, hugebathroom, queen bed, 1 large
slide-out in living room &dinette area. Pictures onwww.breezybendrv.com
Call (508)987-1519 for more details
2002 Featherlite 2 Horse TrailerExtra high and wide. Rear
load, front unload, like new. Asking $9500.
Call (508)868-2502
2003 Trail-Cruiser
26’, queen bunk house, light weight, stereo, micro, A/C,
heat, 6 gallon hot water, tub/shower. $8000 firm.Call (508)579-8141
2004 29’Springdale
Travel TrailerSuper slide, A/C, sleeps 6,
like new, $13,500.Call (860)753-0185
2004 Sunliner T2199
Stable Jack, Patio Awning, Furnace, AM/FM/CD Player, Spare Tire, Outside Shower, Monitor Panel, Skylight, TV
Antenna, A/C, EnclosedBathroom, Shower.
Unit Like New, Very Clean!$8995
860-774-2984
2005 Fleetwood PaceArrow 37A
Motorhome18K miles, loaded, no
pets/smokers. Two slide outs, tv’s A/C’s & furnaces. Electric awning & levelers, workhorse 8.1L Vortec w/5
speed, lots of extras.Low $90’s.
Call (508)885-4727
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2009 TOYOTA YARIS
BRANDNEW
T5661, MANUAL, 3-DOOR LIFT-BACK, CONVENIENCE PACKAGE
MSRP ...........13,994Factory Rebate ....500Tristate Discount ..750
ONLY $12,744
2009 TOYOTA COROLLA
BRANDNEW
T5740, MANUAL, CE, 4-DOOR,ABS, SIDE & CURTAIN AIR BAGS
MSRP ...........16,220Factory Rebate....1100Tristate Discount..1100
ONLY $14,020
2009 TOYOTA CAMRY
BRANDNEW
T5540, MANUAL, POWER WINDOWS,ABS, SIDE & CURTAIN AIR BAGS
MSRP ...........20,040Factory Rebate ...1500Tristate Discount..1500
ONLY $17,040
2009 TOYOTA TACOMA
BRANDNEW
T5533, MANUAL,REGULAR CAB, 4X2
MSRP ...........17,785Factory Rebate ....500Tristate Discount..1000
ONLY $16,285Prices do not include Sales Tax, Registration, $394.75 Documentation Fee
Our vehicles are sold but not forgotten.
“One of the TOP 10 COOLEST CARS
under $18,000”
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2/28/09
Aut motive750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS
2006 Big Horn Camper
3200RL, 35ft Fifth Wheel. Two Slides, King SizedBed, Fireplace, Lots Of
Storage, Generator.Like New!
$34,000 OBO860-774-4620
2006 Enclosed Trailer
7x14, Black, tandem axles (torflex) 3 year warranty left
on axles, one year left on body. Ramp door, side door, new spare tire. Brand new
condition. $4000 orbest offer.
Call (860)935-9154
2006 KeystoneSprinter Travel
Trailer31 Feet, New Tires, Well Maintained, Slide-Out,
Awning, Ladder. Sleeps 6.Dual Cam Hitch, TV, AC/Heat.
$17,500508-943-8240
35’ Park Model Trailer
Fully equipped, furnished with 10’x35’ attached
enclosed room. Heated, A/C, friendly neighbors, large
field, family activities, access to new built in pool,
inexpensive comfortableliving, located in Woodstock
CT. Park open April-Oct. $40,000 includes lot. 2009
assessment and the R.E. Tax (508)278-7616 or
(508)450-0689
Coleman NiagraPop-Up
Great Condition! Heat,Inside/Outside Stoves,
Slide-Out Dinette,Refrigerator, Inside/Outside
Shower, Toilet, Lots OfStorage. Sleeps 6-8.
Asking $8000508-248-5620
Motor HomeFor Sale
1998 Rexhall Rexair ,Chevy 454.
Looks New, Leather &Oak Interior.Sacrifice For$14,000 Firm
Call 860-974-2499
WaterfrontLot With
32 Foot 2004 RVOn 1 1/2 Mile Lake, In
Beautiful ResortCampground
$39,999508-989-8165
760 VANS/TRUCKS
1989 Chevy 1500 Short bed Z71 off road.
$1500 or best offer.Call (774)280-2480
760 VANS/TRUCKS
1969 GMC Pick-Up6ft Stepside, 350 V8 4 bolt main, chrome stacks, three
on the tree headers,edelbrock, much more.
Call for details,(860)963-1000. Leave
message
1985 Ford F-600 Box Truck
low miles, runs good, needs some new brake lines. $1000
or best offer.Call (508)922-3936
1988 F-2502WD, automatic transmis-
sion, 300 cubic inch fuel in-jection, 6 cyl, 75K miles, no
body rot, runs excellent, $1075.
Call (508)779-0216(774)633-0661
1989 ChevyConversion Van
Rigged for towing, southern unit, good condition. $3000
Call (860)883-4797
1990 Chevy S104-Cylinder, 50k Original
Miles, 5-Speed, Red.Amazing Condition
$2000 FirmCall 860-928-0395
1994 Chevy 3/4 Ton
350 V8, 2WD, excellentcondition, 190k miles, new
tires, recent brakes andtuneup. $3000.
Call (774)272-1192
1994 DodgeCaravan
High Mileage, Runs Good. New Snow Tires.
$500508-254-0152
1994 Ford F150XLT 4x4 Xtracab
PickupLooks Good, RunsExcellent! V8, PW,
PL, Cruise, 5-Speed,Cold A/C.
$2,900 OBO
2003 HondaTRX250 EX ATV
Runs Great! Looks Great!$2100 OBO
860-634-0581
1996 ChevyK3500 Pickup
6.5 Diesel, Auto, 4x4, 8’ Bed, 149k. New Batteries, Tires, Front-End Bushings, Brake
Lines, Bedliner, Fuel Tank/Pump/Lines, Engine
Cooler Lines, Clean.$9000
860-779-2568
760 VANS/TRUCKS
1996 Ford E-2503/4 Ton Heavy Duty,Extended Utility Van.
75k Miles On Engine,186k Original Miles.
Well Maintained. A/C,Tool Shelves. Great For
Floor Coverings!$2100
Call Mike508-269-2420
1996 Town & Country LXI Van
240k Miles, Recent Sticker& Tires. Needs Exhaust.
$900 OBOCall 508-943-3812Or 508-259-9403
1997 DodgeDakota Sport 4x4
Power everything, 122K miles, looks good, runs good. Rhino spray on
bedliner.Asking $4000.
Call (508)867-3741
1997 F1504x2, third door, six
passenger, V6, 116K, A/C,6-CD changer, powerwindows/locks, tow
package, runs great, one owner, always maintained, all recent brakework done, very
clean, some rust,dependable. $4500. (508)277-7829
1998 Nissan Frontier Pickup4 cylinder auto, bedliner,
$4700.Call (508)499-6748
1999 Ford Ranger
5 speed, 2WD, 181K miles,bedliner, ladder racks,
alloy wheels,PRICE REDUCED
$1,800 OBOCall (860)779-0818
2001 DodgeDakota Sport
Extended cab, Blue, 80K miles, very good condition, bed liner, like new. $6900 or
best offer.Call (860)779-7807
2001 GMC Sierra Turbo Diesel 4x4
Pick Up94,000 miles, loaded,
leather, $15,500.Call (860)753-0185 or
(860)779-1886 evenings
2002 GMC Safari4.3L, AWD/ABS/Cruise, New Tires, Seats 8, Fr.
Green, Clean$8000
860-963-7484
760 VANS/TRUCKS
2003 ChevyVenture
75K miles, in very goodcondition. Asking $6000 or
best offer.Call Tatyana,
(508)949-6082
2003 DodgeRam 1500
Extended cab, 4.7L, 4WD, runs excellent, bed liner.
$8100.Call (508)347-7832
2003 FordRanger XLT
Long bed with liner, 3.0 liter v-6, 5 speed auto, 26k ,
excellent condition. $8900. Call (860)963-7458
2003 Isuzu NPU 16 ft Box TruckV8 automatic transmission,
power steering, power brakes. Runs great, very clean, 10 ft loading ramp.
$10,000.Call (774)230-1437
2003 Silverado 2500 HD
Crew cab, 6.0, auto, 4x4, grey, loaded, leather,
tonneau, chrome step, tow package, excellent condition.
Call (978)697-0706
97 DodgeConversion Van
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B12 ☎ VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ Friday, February 27, 2009
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2005 1/2 Audi A4 SportLeather, 6 speed Quattro, sun-
roof, dark blue with beige
$14,888or
$249/month
2005 X3 SUV 4x43.0 liter, 6 cyl, leather, moonroof,
loaded, 1 owner, pewter gray
$17,888or
$288/month
2008 Pontiac Grand Prix22K, full power, 6 cylinder, fac-tory warranty, “Why buy new?”
$10,888or
$179/month
2005 Dodge 1500 4x4Crew cab SLT, hemi, moonroof,
loaded, chrome wheels, 43K,bright red
$15,888or
$259/month
2002 Nissan Altima4 Cylinder, Automatic, 57K,
moonroof, spoiler, loaded
$7,888or
$159/month
2006 Pontiac GXPChrome Wheels,
black, loaded,
37K, 1 owner
$12,888
2004 Mazda 65 Door, Sport edition,
41,000 miles, loaded,
V6, hatchback, bright red,
1 owner
$10,888
2006 Mazda RX-8Sport coupe, 4-door, moonroof leatherinterior, navigation, DVD player, topof the line in automatic transmission,
25K, factory warranty, candy apple red
$16,888or
$249/month
2003 Honda Accord EX6 cylinder, V6,
leather, moonroof
$10,888or
$188/month
2006 Dodge Charger R/TDaytona Hemi, 22K, factory war-
ranty DVD player, moonroof,leather, navigation, hard yellow
$20,888or
$329/month
2005 Cobalt SS2 door, super charge, sunroof,leather, yellow, 37,000 miles
$12,888or
$199/month
2005 Ford Freestyle AWDV6, 3rd seat, DVD, moonroof,
1 owner, black with gray
$9,888or
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auto, loaded
$6,888or
$129/month
2003 Kia Sorrento EX4 door, 4x4, 61K, leather,
loaded, moonroof
$7,888or
$149/month
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$14,888or
$229/month
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auto, V6, loaded,7k, white
$7,888 or$159/month
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$13,888or
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moonroof, 51K, automatic, 1owner, silver w/black leather
$14,888or
$249/month
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power. alloy wheels, loaded,dark blue
$9,999or
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$10,888or
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$11,888or
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roof, running board, heated leather beigeseats, Mobil 1 oil, 62K white, 1 owner
$9,888or
$179/month
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heated seats
$8,888or
$179/month
2000 Infiniti QX-4 SUV4-door, 4x4, moonroof, loaded,
3.5 liter, black w/gray leather
$7,888or
$159/month
2002 Toyota Camry92K, automatic, sunroof
$7,888or
$157/month
2005 Jetta GL2.5 Liter, 5 speed, loaded,
leather, moonroof, 25K
$11,999or
$188/month
2004 Jeep Grand CherokeeSpecial Edition, V6, 4x4 SUV,alloy wheels, power, moonroof,
heated leather seats
$8,888or
$169/month
2003 Lexus RX 3000 All whell drive,67K, moonroof,
leather, 1owner, white pearl
$13,999or
$219/month
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5-speed, low miles, sunroof,hatchback
$9,999or
$179/month
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power, moonroof, 17” alloy, new
tires alarm, metallic firethorn red
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2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd4-door, 4x4, leather, moonroof,rear DVD player, loaded, 47K
earthtone beige metallic
$14,888or
$259/month
2004 GMC Envoy4x4 SLT, 4-door, automatic, 70K,
full power, 6 cylinder, alloy wheels,alarm, A/C, just traded, silver metalic
$8,888or
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B13 ☎ VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ Friday, February 27, 2009
BY KEITH GRIFFIN
There’s a certain Ying and Yangabout reviewing the Lexus LX 570– the luxury sport utility vehicle.On one hand, I feel guilty forenjoying such opulence in themidst of a recession when peopleare losing their jobs or seeingtheir salaries reduced (presentcompany included). But, it’s sucha luxurious ride that I can’t helpbut enjoy myself.The luxury just envelops you andmakes you comfortable like agood winter coat. The full arrayof standard luxury amenitiesincludes leather-trimmed uphol-stery, four-zone independent cli-mate control, a voice-activatedhard disc drive navigation sys-tem with Bluetooth capability, anine-speaker Lexus PremiumAudio system, front-seat power-seat cushion extenders, andmuch more including a rear back-up camera.With 28 total air vents, the cli-mate control system is designedto bathe occupants in comfort-able air, even during extremeheat, rather than simply projectstreams of cool air at them. Forcolder weather, the LX 570 isequipped with an auxiliaryPositive Temperature Coefficient(PTC) heater. The PTC heaterwarms air by passing it over anelectrically heated ceramic ele-ment.In addition to the new LuxuryPackage, the LX 570’s option listincludes climate-controlled frontseats and heated second-rowseats, and entertainment sys-tems. The available rear-seatentertainment system playsDVDs and uses a nine-inch wide-format screen. The available 19-speaker Mark LevinsonReference Surround Sound audiosystem is capable of storing up to2,000 digital songs on a portion ofthe navigation system’s HDD(hard disk drive). Just because Ilike to crunch the numbers, thehard disk drive can hold up to 100hours of music.The power delivery is impressivefrom the LX 570. Its 5.7-liter V8powerplant produces 383 horse-
power at 5,600 rpm and peaktorque of 403 lb.-ft at 3,600 rpm. Idon’t tow, but Lexus points thisout, “Crucial to LX customerswho tow with their vehicles, 90percent of peak torque is avail-able at just 2,200 RPM.” It allowsfor a smoother acceleration whenstarting off with a boat behindyou on the ramp.Fuel economy is an oxymoronwhen it comes to the LX 570. TheEPA rates it at 12 mpg city and 18mpg highway. It runs on premiumfuel but at this price level what’san extra 30 cents a gallon?Annual fuel cost for the LX 570 is$2313 based on $2.16 a gallon pre-mium.The LX 570’s six-speed automatictransmission, Lexus says, isdesigned to handle high torquewhile performing with Lexusquietness and smoothness. Theelectronically-controlled trans-mission’s control unit estimatesroad conditions and predicts thedriver’s intention to select theappropriate gear ratio for thevehicle’s speed and the drivingconditions. The LX 570 likes torun the highway at about 80 mph.I would like to take this Lexus offthe beaten path to see how it per-forms. The LX 570’s transfer caseprovides full-time four-wheeldrive that is equally adept at han-dling the rigors of slippery win-ter weather or deep mud or snow.The four-wheel active tractioncontrol employs both brake andthrottle intervention to help con-trol wheel spin. Vehicle StabilityControl helps maintain direction-al control during cornering andcan be disengaged.The crawl control feature pro-vides improved throttle modula-tion when maneuvering overrough, uneven or difficult sur-faces. When the transmission isshifted into low range, crawl con-trol regulates engine speed andoutput, along with braking force,to propel the vehicle forward orin reverse at one of three low-speed settings. I’ve experiencedsomething similar in Land Rovervehicles at their off-road schoolsin Canada and North Carolina.Without crawl control, the driver
would have to do all of thesethings manually. Unless you arean especially adept driver – andI’m not claiming to be – technolo-gy is always going to rule the day.And did I mention the LX 570seats eight? So, go ahead.Embrace your children’s carpoolwith a strong sense of confi-dence. You’re never going to beembarrassed pulling up to theprivate school’s front door in thisvehicle.Of course, all of this luxurycomes with a price, but you canstill afford it even if you have toask. I drove a 2008 model, loanedto me by Lexus, that started witha pricetag of $74,600. The 2009model is priced at $75,705. Fullyequipped, as my model seemed tobe, the LX 570 runs $86,455. Thisis a good time to do some hag-gling, though.
(Questions and comments aboutthis review and other automotiveconcerns can be e-mailed to used-cars.guide@about.com. Allqueries are answered.)
VITAL STATISTICSWheelbase: 112.2 inchesLength: 196.5 inchesWidth: 77.6 inchesHeight: 73.4 inchesCurb weight: 5995 lbs.Engine: 5.7-liter V-8Horsepower: 383 horsepowerat 5,600 rpmTorque: 403 lb.-ft at 3,600 rpmEPA estimated mpg city/high-way: 12/18Base price: $74,700As-tested price: $86,455Also consider: Land RoverRange Rover, Toyota Sequoia,Mercedes GL-Class
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Luxury Knows No Limits with the Elegant YetRugged Lexus LX 570 SUV
The interior of the Lexus LX 570 is well appointed with an abundance of luxury.
The Lexus LX 570 is a smoothly elegant sports utility vehicle that isn’t afraid to get its tires dirty.
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