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Mailed free to requesting homes in Brooklyn, the borough of Danielson, Killingly & its villages Vol. V, No. 13 Complimentary home delivery (860) 928-1818/email:[email protected] Friday, January 21, 2011 THIS WEEK’S Brooklyn man to face QUOTE “Selfishness is not living as one wishes animal cruelty charges to live, it is asking others to live as one MORE THAN 2,500 CHICKENS wishes to live.” EUTHANIZED AFTER SEARCH AND SEIZURE BY CLARE HOPKINS Kasacek said a USDA inspector INSIDE VILLAGER STAFF WRITER alerted him to Lin’s operation after BROOKLYN — On Thursday,Jan. seeing him bringing birds into a live A8-9 — OPINION 6, 2,551 chickens were euthanized at bird market in Boston and question- a Brooklyn poultry farm on Tripp ing whether he had a license to do A10 — SPORTS Hollow Road after state officials so. B1 — HOT SPOT found them to be in a state of deteri- Lin had been allegedly bringing oration. birds from Pennsylvania and was BITS B3 — O Sunrise Poultry Farm owner holding them at the Brooklyn loca- Photo courtesy Lloyd Gevry B4 — RELIGION Tang Quan “Jason” Lin, 36, has tion until he sold them to the live A house owned by Ron Tomassi, of 162 Broad St., Danielson, was destroyed in bird market in Boston. a fire last Monday, Jan. 10, leaving him and his family homeless. B5 — CALENDAR already been arrested twice by the Connecticut Department of Lin appeared in Danielson Agriculture in September and Superior Court Thursday, Jan. 20, December for animal cruelty after the Villager’s deadline, to LOCAL charges and most likely faces fur- answer for seven charges of cruelty Broad Street fire ther charges after the search and to animals, three counts of viola- seizure. tion of dead poultry disposal regu- “We had been investigating him lation, and three counts of violation and trying to obtain voluntary com- of poultry disease requirements. pliance with animal care standards “There will most likely be addi- leaves five homeless since August,” said Assistant tional charges based on what we Director of the State Department of observed on [Jan. 6],” said Kasacek. Agriculture’s Bureau of Regulation Kasacek said they decided to BUSINESS COLLECTING DONATIONS and Inspection Wayne Kasacek. “In euthanize the chickens and two December, conditions were deterio- ducks that were kept on the first FOR FAMILY rating and we discovered more mor- floor of the two-level building, after BY CLARE HOPKINS that was only a few minutes.” talities every time we went. We had seeing the conditions they were liv- VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Killingly Fire Marshal Ray lab results that showed avian dis- ing in and finding avian disease in DANIELSON — A house fire Allen said the cause of the fire eases and that the general care for some birds. He said the condition of last Monday, Jan. 10, left five was left undetermined, but the birds was lacking.” the poultry was made worse by the Danielson residents homeless flames were coming out the first According to Kasacek, Lin was cold weather. and wondering where to go next. floor window area. released after his arrest in “When we did the search and The house at 162 Broad St., “We think the fire started Clare Hopkins December under the condition that seizure we came to the conclusion owned by Ron Tommasi, who is somewhere in the living room,” he would provide heat and veteri- continues her also the owner of Danielson said Tommasi. “An extension nary exams for his poultry. Turn To CHICKENS, A5 workout page Auto, wasn’t home when the fire cord possibly — we think it’s started at around 4 p.m. something electrical but we’re Page 3 “My son in law called me up in not sure.” a panic saying the house was on When the fire started, SPORTS fire,” Tommasi said. “By the Tommasi’s son-in-law, Steve time I got up there it was DKH touts new Turn To FIRE, page A2 engulfed in flames already, and Plainfield facility Channeling the spirit of Dr. King VARIETY OF SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE RECTORY STUDENTS TO PATIENTS VOLUNTEER Dominace BY CLARE HOPKINS ALL OVER on the mat VILLAGER STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD — Nearly 250 Quiet QUIET CORNER Page 10 Corner residents came to Day Kimball Healthcare’s open house BY JACK MELTZER Saturday, Jan. 15, to check out the VILLAGER STAFF WRITER EVERYDAY ECOLOGIST new facility in Plainfield. “It was a terrific turnout and visi- POMFRET — Nearly 200 middle PEACEFUL WINTER BEACH Courtesy photos tors were enthusiastic to tour the school students at The Rectory School in Pomfret participated in PAGE A5 facility,” said Director of Rectory School students shovel the walk- Clare Hopkins photos the second “Martin Luther King Jr. way at TEEG in Thompson Monday, Jan. 17. Communications Charlene Leith- Day of Service,” Monday, Jan. 17, OPINION Bushey. Walk-In Center Practice Manager engaging in on- and off-campus ser- “I felt good today. Whenever I help The new Plainfield Healthcare Paulette Washington guides a tour vice activities in honor of Dr. King. someone, it makes my day,” said GET YOUR center on Lathrop Road is now see- through the new DKH facility in Students were assigned to various Chris Fidler of Watertown, Mass. POINT ACROSS ing patients. The $10 million build- Plainfield at the open house Saturday, groups that went around helping peo- Fidler went with several students to PAGE A8 ing was constructed next to an exist- Jan. 15 ple and organizations all around the shovel snow and stack canned goods ing DKH facility at 31 Dow Road, and include primary care for adults, area. at the Thompson Ecumenical WHAT TO DO expands on the services offered pediatricians for children, a new Some of the facilities visited by the Empowerment Group in Thompson. students included Holy Spirit Health Rectory School student Diana Lee, A CALENDAR there, plus offers new services. Women’s Health Center, and a new “We are very excited to be seeing Walk-In Center. There is also diag- Care Center Inc., in Putnam; the of Seoul, Korea, went to Ella Grasso OF AREA EVENTS Apartments in Putnam, where she patients at our new Lathrop Road nostic imaging, blood draw services, Pomfret Seniors Association, where PAGE B6 students organized a storage room; and a group read original poetry they facility. It was through the hard cardiopulmonary rehabilitation as had composed about their grandpar- work of many people to make that well as physical, speech and occupa- and Northwood Childcare, in Woodstock, where volunteers worked ents in literature class. tional therapies. happen. Our vision was to provide and played with different age chil- “The people were positive and individuals and families in the The main draw of the new facility dren. hopeful. They were pleased with our Plainfield area with increased is it’s new Women’s Health Center, “I liked how the people really poetry. After hearing our poems access to primary care. To see it which will offer OB/GYN, adult pri- enjoyed our music in their hearts,” about our grandparents, they come into fruition is extremely mary care, diabetes prevention, said Sandra Park, of Seoul, Korea. changed their minds about young rewarding for all of us,” said Leith- mental health, diagnostic imaging, a Park performed with other young people. They now know that we Bushey. instrumentalists at Oakwood Services offered at the center Turn To DKH, page A13 Nursing Home in Webster, Mass. Turn To MLK DAY, page A2 Two of Putnam’s oldest businesses unite ARCHAMBAULT, LESCHKE-PUFFER COMPLETE MERGER BY JACK MELTZER 1928 and Leschke-Puffer roots and Archambault Insurance The new center is set to con- VILLAGER STAFF WRITER going back nearly 150 years to 1868 Associates has been a long time in sist of the present Archambault PUTNAM — On Tuesday, Jan. in Putnam. the making. We have been friends Insurance Associates but will 11, Archambault Insurance The merger of the two compa- and friendly competitors for three now incorporate the company’s Associates completed its merger nies was first announced last generations. The time was right personal, commercial, life and with Leschke-Puffer Insurance June. for us to get together, and we think health insurance departments Agency to create the new “We knew that joining Leschke- it will be a great thing for north- all in one centralized location. Archambault Insurance Center Puffer and Archambault eastern Connecticut.” According to the on Providence Street in Putnam. Insurance into one company With the completion of the Archambaults and Puffer, This milestone merger brings made a lot of sense. It was a per- merger, Leschke-Puffer will relo- Archambault can provide together two of northeast fect fit,” said Archambault cate their office from Main Street quotes from a number of compa- Connecticut’s oldest family-owned Insurance President Marc to the new Archambault nies for a variety of insurance Courtesy photo businesses, with Archambault Archambault. “The merger of the Insurance Center at 143 From left, Marc Archambault, Charles Puffer and Tom being in business in Putnam since Leschke-Puffer Insurance Agency Providence St., in Putnam. Turn To MERGER, page A13 Archambault. A2 • Friday, January 21, 2011 KILLINGLY VILLAGER Blizzards and Knox Glass VILLAGER ALMANAC Oh, my! Another blizzard! border hoping to stop infiltration into QUOTATION OF THE WEEK I guess this will be a winter we’ll the south…Myself, I’m a company long remember. Between all the shov- KILLINGLY commander of a Headquarters eling I decided to try to begin sorting Company of a Combat Engineer “It was a raucous, high-spirited through 40 years of history papers AT 300 Battalion. It is a tough but good that I’ve collected.