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KILLINGLY VILLAGER Mailed free to requesting homes in Brooklyn, the borough of Danielson, Killingly & its villages Vol. VIII, No. 48 Complimentary home delivery (860) 928-1818/email:[email protected] Friday, November 27, 2015 Giving Breathing new life into book sales thanks, no ‘POURINGS & PASSAGES’ OPENS ON DANIELSON MAIN STREET BY JASON BLEAU that the business deals in hard NEWS STAFF WRITER copy books, and is a complete- matter what DANIELSON — Main Street ly non-profit entity, with all was filled with excitement and proceeds going to St. James I’ve always tried to make a point to be enthusiasm on Saturday, Nov. School, and all employees vol- grateful for everything I have in this life, for 21, as the town welcomed a unteering rather than work- I have been blessed with much — my wife, new business to Danielson in ing for income throughout the kids, and friends are the best a man can ask Pourings & Passages, a used week. for. I have a job that allows me creative free- bookstore and coffeehouse at Proprietor Jim Weigel, who dom and connections with people I other- 183 Main St., above Gerardi has headed up the successful wise never would have known (that’s you!). Insurance Services. St. James Book Sale for several It’s easy to be grateful for blessings. It’s Jason Bleau photo While welcoming a new years, called the store an excit- a little harder to be grateful for trials. I’ve Jim Weigel cuts the ribbon to officially open Danielson business to any communi- ing new adventure for him and gone through much of the same things many ty is usually an exciting time his staff as they expand on the of you have. I’ve lost people close to me. I’ve Main Street’s newest shop, Pourings & Passages, above Gerardi Insurance Services at 183 Main St. The store is for the growth and advance- book sale concept to create a faced hardships of many kinds — health ment of local towns, Pourings physical store open four days a scares, financial troubles and social faux an expansion of the popular St. James book sales and is completely non-profit, with all proceeds going to St. & Passages brought a little pas. For some reason, over the last couple bit of something different in Please Read BOOKSTORE, page A10 years, many of these troubles have hap- James School. pened around this time of year. It’s been three years since the Minors have celebrated Thanksgiving in earnest, gathered around a table with our family. A matter of Our last two Thanksgiving holidays as a Putnam Science Academy family were spent in a hospital. Two years ago, it was because our newborn daughter was in the NICU at UMass, with nearly 40 security days left to go until her release. My wife looks to the future and I, after spending a few hours with her, LEGISLATORS VOICE staring at her EW OWNERSHIP BRINGS REBIRTH THE through OPINIONS ON SYRIAN N the glass of TO SPORTS PROGRAMS MINOR her incuba- REFUGEES tor, mouth- ETAILS D ing silent BY JASON BLEAU prayers and NEWS STAFF WRITER ADAM eyeing her MINOR As the fallout from every move the Nov. 13 terror- as the screens ist attacks in Paris, above her France, continues beeped and booped, headed down to the here in the United UMass cafeteria for a bit and enjoyed our States, state lawmak- Thanksgiving meal there, just the two of us. ers from Connecticut It was strange. are supporting the I remember we ate silently at first. The national outcry to experience of having Chloe so early was still improve screening so fresh, I think we were both still in shock, of Syrian refugees as well as exhausted. I wasn’t sleeping well. trying to enter the We were sad that our day would be spent in country to flee from a hospital instead of at home. Even in our the civil war in their sadness though, at the same time, we were home country. thankful that our daughter was alive, grow- Chris Murphy With news that the Photo courtesy Putnam Science Academy ing slowly but surely, and improving with terrorists in Paris A member of Putnam Science Academy’s Mustang basketball team, Mammadou each passing day. I’ll never forget eating that may have entered the “Thanksgiving” meal in the cafeteria, the Diarra, signed a letter of intent to play for UConn on Nov. 15. Dean of Athletics country disguised as Thomas Espinosa said Diarra’s success is just one example of how the acade- very first time I’d spent Thanksgiving any- refugees themselves, my and athletic programs make dreams come true. where else but with family members, eating national concern instant mashed potatoes and prepared tur- about allowing such BY JASON BLEAU While much of the press con- key with boxed stuffing with my plastic fork individuals to make NEWS STAFF WRITER ference involved discussions on and knife. It was OK, but I missed the home their way into the PUTNAM — With Putnam the academics and future chang- cooked meal. United States has Science Academy making its es to the curriculum at Putnam Last year, I had no idea that I was about to sparked a nation- future plans clear during a spe- Science Academy, the school’s be in store for nearly the same exact experi- wide debate over cial press conference on Nov. 13, Dean of Athletics Thomas ence — same story, different hospital. security, and how the one of the biggest questions was Espinosa took the time to show This time, having freshly arrived in New Untied States screens what the future will hold for the optimism in the sports aspects Jersey at the home of my brother-in-law, the individuals or school’s sports programs now of the school’s future with the Chloe came down with a respiratory virus, that the academy is under new academy’s highly successful which landed her in the hospital for near- Please Read REFUGEES, page ownership. ly five days, beginning with last year’s Please Read SCIENCE, page A11 Thanksgiving Day. Joe Courtney A10 As my wife catered to our daughter that day, still in disbelief that this was happening again, I excused myself from the hospital room, starving, and headed down to the cafe- Killingly OKs teria, again ordering myself a Thanksgiving Model A Club pays visit meal complete with turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing. investment in It was an unnerving episode of déjà vu to Quiet Corner to the year before. The cafeteria was eerily empty. I took my food and sat by myself. grappler truck How was I supposed to be thankful when REGION WELCOMES ANTIQUE CARS all I wanted to do was complain about my DURING AFTERNOON DRIVE BY JASON BLEAU The Town Council’s circumstances and grumble about another NEWS STAFF WRITER Thanksgiving spent in a hospital instead of approval makes at home amongst family? KILLINGLY — Killingly the host I may not have realized it that day in one The Town Council town for the agree- of my more weak moments — but looking has given its vote of ment, which will see back, I had much to be thankful for then, approval to the town the three towns utilize and even more to be thankful for now. Our being involved with the Inter-Town Capital family was so supportive, visiting us and an inter-town pur- Equipment (ICE) encouraging us. I had a job that let me work chase of new equip- Purchase Incentive from the road during the hospital stay, so I ment with Thompson Program to cover the didn’t have to take any time off. I may not and Woodstock that majority of the cost. have spent Thanksgiving with my family in Town Manager Sean “We would be the the way we had hoped for, but I had food on Jason Bleau photo Hendricks said will be lead town. We’re coor- my plate, and my daughter was being taken A line of Model A Fords from the Connecticut Model A Restorer’s Club a powerful tool to help dinating this purchase care of by amazing doctors and nurses. I made their way through the Quiet Corner on Sunday, Nov. 22, making with recovery efforts through our emergen- may not have enjoyed the situation, but it stops in Woodstock and Putnam in their visit to the region, one of many in the wake of future cy management office could have been a whole lot worse. trips they make to locations throughout the state. One of the group’s natural disasters in because this grappler A year later, I can look back with some main stops was at The Christmas Barn, where they showed off their the region. truck that we’d be fresh perspective. Will we spend this year’s beautiful restored vehicles and showed support for a local business in The purchase would using would typically holiday at home? I hope so! As I write this, the process. see the three towns be used in emergency it’s about a week until Thanksgiving, so come together to pur- situations like a clean- BY JASON BLEAU kind in the world, and the larg- who knows? One thing I do know — no NEWS STAFF WRITER chase a grappler truck up after a storm,” matter what happens, I’m giving thanks for est Model A club in the state, with a 35- to 40-foot Hendricks said. the many blessings I have. I hope the same WOODSTOCK — took a tour of the region as one extendable, articulat- “Because Killingly attitude makes itself known for each and Northeastern Connecticut of its many rides throughout ing arm and attached is a ‘distressed town’ every one of you.