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Thompson Villager Vol ERSAR IV Y N N A A A N N N N I I V V Y Y E E R R R R A A S S THOMPSON VILLAGER Vol. X, No. 37 Mailed free to requesting homes in Thompson Complimentary to homes by request (860) 928-1818/e-mail: [email protected] Friday, June 10, 2016 The joy of MEMORIES MADE AT MPS WA responds to writing criticism over new An hour had passed before I realized I prom format hadn’t been blinking. It was after a deadline, very late at BY JASON BLEAU that could be made night last week, and I turned on Netflix NEWS STAFF WRITER up of any 10 students, to wind myself down, which has become regardless of gender, a routine for me most nights that I have WOODSTOCK as decided by those a deadline. It helps calm my brain of — Late last month, attending the popular all work-related stress that I just went Woodstock Academy yearly dance. through to get all the papers’ information held its annual Senior The change sparked where it needs to go. Going to bed right Prom, an event tradi- a bit of controversy afterwards usually just leads to me lying tionally capped off by as the announcement there with eyes wide open as my brain the naming of a king came in the wake of races. and queen. growing gender and As I flicked through the options on my After students moved transgender rights home screen, the usual suspects appeared for a change, that tra- debates across the — “The Office,” a favorite of mine, “Parks dition was eliminated country, while some & Recreation,” another funny distrac- in and replaced with a tion, among others — but then something 10-student prom court Please Read PROM, page A13 new popped up, a show I hadn’t watched since I was child, and I was intrigued, because I Jason Bleau photos THE remem- ber being Students make their way out of the 2016 graduation ceremony at Fighter jet simulator MINOR amazed Marianapolis to meet their teachers one last time and mingle with family then. I during a proud day. DETAILS wondered out loud THOMPSON — Despite the wet and damp weather, Marianapolis showcased in Eastford ADAM if that Preparatory School in Thompson held an inspiring and emotional MINOR same feel- commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 5, graduating the Class ing would of 2016. revisit me For more photos, turn to pages A16-A17! now. I clicked on “Beauty is Everywhere,” a collection of episodes of the popular “The Joy of Painting” series on PBS with Bob Ross, that gentle-voiced wizard of a paint- er with an afro haircut that I remem- bered from my youth. I clicked on the very first episode and was immediately taken in by Ross’ almost whisper of a voice, as he commanded Jason Bleau photo his tools like a master craftsman. He Congressman Joe Courtney tries out a flight simulator would often “beat the devil” out of his for the F-35 Lightning II, a jet built from components brushes while cleaning them, with a wide produced at Whitcraft in Eastford. grin and a laugh to himself. He would start with a blank canvas, often starting BY JASON BLEAU made using parts pro- with smudges of color, and with every NEWS STAFF WRITER duced through compa- brush stroke, a portrait would come into EASTFORD — The nies like Whitcraft. increasingly clear focus, as if the image Whitcraft Group in Town and state was there the entire time, and Ross was Eastford held a special officials, including just revealing it to us. press conference on Congressman Joe Courtney, Eastford “We don’t make mistakes; we just have June 2 to showcase a First Selectman Art happy accidents,” he would say as he Lockheed Martin F-35 Cockpit Demonstrator, Brodeur and State Sen. urged his viewers to give his “wet on Alex Murphy, of North Grosvenordale, received the John Kendrtarvich Tony Guglielmo were wet” oil painting technique a try, often a simulator that allows Memorial Award, given to an exemplary science student in the graduating users to experience joined by employees listing the exact colors he was using on class. Marianapolis educator Michelle Parker, pictured with Murphy, compli- and officials from both the screen as he went about his work, what it’s like to fly the mented Murphy on always being willing to ask questions about the subject new F-35 Lightning inviting PBS viewers at the time to and it’s many studies. unleash the artist within. II fighter jets that are Please Read SIMULATOR, page A10 Looking at these episodes now, nearly 21 years after Ross’ death (he died in July 1995, when I was only 11), there’s a part of me that looks at what he does, and thinks, “Is that it? He makes it look so Eastford passes budget, approves project funding easy.” But my more realistic side correct me, reminding me that he had years of BY JASON BLEAU The budget is a bit Municipal Reserve while the town bud- Brodeur said the Town practice and “happy accidents” under NEWS STAFF WRITER more than the current Fund Budget to fund get hit $1.7 million, an of Eastford had to jug- his belt. I mean, I think I would fancy EASTFORD — The fiscal year’s spending capital improvement $81,000 increase. The gle some rather scary myself an artistic person. After all, I town of Eastford held plan, a jump from $5.4 initiatives in Eastford Municipal Reserve budget projections am in a somewhat creative field for my it’s Annual Town million to $5.5 million, over the next year. Fund approval includ- from the state that profession. I rarely paint, but I’ve been Meeting on May 31, with a total increase The school district’s ed $174,762 for several could have drastically known to pull off a nice doodle now and of $94,000, or about 1.7 budget made up about projects. hurt the town if more again. I am severely out of practice, but where a large handful with enough time, I think I could pull of of residents pushed percent. The budget $3.8 million of the $5.5 While it seemed to updated numbers had something worthy of putting in a frame. through a $5.5 million received unanimous million total spending be an easy road to pas- not come through. So there I sat, nearly an hour later, three budget for the new fis- approval from tax- plan, a jump of $13,000 sage for the budget, full episodes having played through, with cal year. payers along with the from the current year, First Selectman Art Please Read BUDGET, page A13 three different painting materializing in front of me, and I was mesmerized again. What should be one of the most boring shows in the world put me in a trance. Maybe that’s because the show exudes a peacefulness that is sorely lacking in this Putting his crazy, hectic world, where everything, and everyone is in a rush. “I got a letter from somebody here a ‘roots down’ again while back, and they said, ‘Bob, every- thing in your world seems to be happy.’” Ross was quoted as saying during produc- in the Quiet Corner tion of his show. “That’s for sure. That’s why I paint. It’s because I can create the kind of world that I want, and I can make TRIFONE SEES EARLY SUCCESS this world as happy as I want it. Shoot, if WITH OODSTOCK RESTAURANT you want bad stuff, watch the news.” W After reading that quote, I thought to BY ADAM MINOR returned home, hopefully myself that this column is sort of like NEWS STAFF WRITER to put his roots down for Bob Ross in a way, a happy distraction WOODSTOCK — Adam good — a sentiment that fits from the craziness that this world throws Trifone grew up in the well with his Woodstock at us. If I can be that for someone, I’ll Quiet Corner, left for school restaurant, “Roots Down” take it. I will gladly be the Bob Ross of and worked in New York on Route 171. columnists. and Colorado, and has Trifone, a Kllingly native, So, as I come to the conclusion of yet graduated from Killingly Adam Minor photos another artistic masterpiece of a column High School in 1994. From for this week, let me send you off in the there, he moved around Adam Trifone, the owner/proprietor of Roots Down in Woodstock. same way Bob Ross did at the end of quite a bit, going to school After nearly a year in business, Trifone says the area has only seen every “Joy of Painting” episode, wishing in Manhattan at the School the beginning of what he plans to offer in the future. you well, and inviting you back next of Visual Arts, living in week so we can do it all over again… Jersey City and Manhattan, for about 10 years, before “When I was younger I “So from all of us here, I’d like to wish as well as Long Island. He finally making the deci- was always interested in you happy painting (and happy reading!), worked in Atlantic City in sion to return to the Quiet cooking,” Trifone said. and God bless, my friend.” food service, then lived in Corner, settling in Putnam “When I left art school, I Adam Minor may be reached at (508) Los Angeles briefly, before and preparing for a move to 909-4130, or by e-mail at aminor@stone- settling in Boulder, Colo., Woodstock.
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