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Killingly, Alphabet Is the Oldest? Schools’ Programs and Events Mailed free to requesting homes in Thompson Vol. V, No. 25 Complimentary to homes by request (860) 928-1818/e-mail: [email protected] FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE New after-school program begins Foreclosure ‘The time is always 35 THOMPSON rates still right to do what is MIDDLE STUDENTS right.’ PARTICIPATING increasing Editor’s Note: This story is part of BY RICH HOSFORD VILLAGER STAFF WRITER a series of articles the Villager is INSIDE writing to focus on the current state of THOMPSON — Middle school Windham County’s housing market. A8-9 — OPINION students in Thompson can now receive extra help with homework A10 — SPORTS BY MATT SANDERSON and test preparation, participate in VILLAGER STAFF WRITER B1 — HOT SPOT fitness programs, and spend time B3-4 — OBITS with friends and classmates after With buyer confidence slowly evaporating from 2005 to 2006, evi- ELIGION school, all without leaving the B5 — R building. denced by the slump in home sale prices and coupled by questionable B5-6 — CALENDAR The new After-School Program at Rich Hosford photo the Thompson Middle School, lending practices of banks and Jennifer Brooks, director of Thompson Middle School’s After School Program, poses begun earlier this month, is in full mortgage lenders that put millions with fifth-grade students Jason Kelley and Latrell Dupree. Brooks said in the new of people into homes they simply LOCAL after-school program, students struggling with homework get extra attention from could not afford, it has sent a ripple Turn To AFTER-SCHOOL, page A12 teachers and paraprofessionals to help bring their grades up. effect that is still jolting the country today during its second-worst eco- nomic recession. The subprime mortgage crisis and the ongoing financial and real estate disaster Williams: ‘Time was right to retire’ continue to indicate a rise in foreclo- sures and mortgage delinquencies around the country. The lack of job growth, as evi- denced by the Connecticut QVCC Department of Labor’s report earli- PRESIDENT S er this month that in January the ’ state’s unemployment rate rose to 9 LAST DAY WAS percent, also saps new homebuyer confidence. In a small sign of recov- ARCH ery, employers added 2,300 jobs in NECCOG animal M 12 January, even though more than 6,000 jobs in the state were lost last shelter expanding BY MATT SANDERSON VILLAGER STAFF WRITER year. Page A3 DANIELSON — It was nine Turn To FORECLOSURE, page A15 months ago when former SPORTS Quinebaug Valley Community College President Dianne Williams announced she was going to retire. However, it was Friday, March 12, Thompson when she finally emptied her office and transitioned her presidential duties to her successor, Dr. Ross Tomlin, who began work that fol- court lowing Monday. For 18 years, Williams, 64, steered the helm of QVCC through positive and challenging times, when it saw location unprecedented growth, additions to its infrastructure and the formation of an ever-growing alternative St. Joseph girls win learning program called Quinebaug proposed fourth in tourney Matt Sanderson photo Valley Middle College High School. Outgoing Quinebaug Valley Community College President Dianne Williams sits BY RICH HOSFORD Page A10 at her emptied desk on Friday, March 12: the final day on her job after 18 years. Turn To WILLIAMS, page A14 VILLAGER STAFF WRITER There is a new option of where to place the regional probate court for OUR BETTER NATURE area towns. A TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FROM Villager adds new reporter, advertising executive During the Thompson Board of DEVELOPMENT Selectmen meeting Tuesday,March 16, First Selectman Larry Groh put PAGE A5 HOSFORD, CARMINATI forward a proposal to the other OPINION JOIN STAFF members of the board that the Thompson Town Hall put its name GET YOUR BY STEPHANIE JARVIS into the ring as a potential location POINT ACROSS VILLAGER STAFF WRITER for the probate court. Selectmen PAGE A8-9 For the last five and a half years, voted to make the proposal to the other town leaders at an upcoming WHAT TO DO Villager Newspapers has been a faithful, trusted friend to residents meeting on the subject. A CALENDAR of the Quiet Corner. The towns of Ashford, Brooklyn, OF AREA EVENTS We’ve helped celebrate your mile- Eastford, Pomfret, Putnam, PAGE B5-6 stones — weddings, birthdays, Thompson, Union and Woodstock anniversaries — and we’ve taken have been consolidated by the state VILLAGE TRIVIA note of student accomplishments, to become one probate court dis- whether it’s a local team winning trict, which leaders have dubbed the Northeast District Probate What letter of the the big championship, a son or daughter heading off to college, or Court. The towns of Killingly, alphabet is the oldest? schools’ programs and events. We Plainfield, Sterling and Canterbury have been the loyal listener when have been mandated to form their Answer on page 2. own probate district. Turn To VILLAGER, page A12 Rich Hosford and Rosemary Carminati are the Villager’s two newest staff additions. Turn To PROBATE, page A12 WE ARE YOUR NEW CHEVY DEALER FOR 10OVER 0 SOUTHBRIDGE-WEBSTER PRE-OWNED PUTNAM-WINDHAM ON-LINE KILLINGLY & DAYVILLE ARGILLCHEVY.COMARGILLCHEVY.COM CC 860-928-6591860-928-6591 800-927-6591800-927-6591 A2 • Friday, March 26, 2010 THOMPSON VILLAGER Putnam arts coordinator hired VILLAGER ALMANAC QUOTATION OF THE WEEK PART OF PHASE I TO FORM ARTS AGENCY “Hopefully the effect will be that they are BY MATT SANDERSON work in the community with an arts VILLAGER STAFF WRITER better at everything they do in the classroom. cultural forum.” I hope it improves their literacy.” PUTNAM — A year after proposing Silbermann, originally from to advance the Quiet Corner’s arts Georgia, has been living in — ALL community by forming a local arts Connecticut for the last 10 years. She EIGHTH-GRADE TEACHER MARGARET DOMINA agency, the Putnam Economic and holds a Bachelor of Arts in interior ON HER HOPES FOR THE NEW THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL Community Development office has design from American College for the hired an arts and culture coordinator Applied Arts in Atlanta. It is now to assess the area’s needs. called American InterContinental OPEN TO CLOSE Aimed for completion by June 1, University. THOMPSON Ellen Silbermann, of Union, was She is a member of the executive selected out of 37 applicants to com- board of Performing Arts of TOWN HALL pile Putnam’s database: an organized, Northeastern Connecticut, a member Monday through Friday ..................................8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. vast spectrum of the regions’ artists, of the Eastern Regional Tourism Matt Sanderson photo ........................................................(Hours will vary by office.) illustrators, graphic designers, District board (the New England LIBRARIES crafters, drama groups, musicians, Cultural Arts Coordinator Ellen Silbermann Committee on Tourism) and chair of and Putnam Economic and Community Thompson Public Library/Community Center film directors, textile designers, the Union Free Public Library. Monday..................................................................10 a.m.-5 p.m. actors, actresses, historical societies, Development Director Delpha Very. Silbermann touts her volunteer Silbermann was hired recently to interview Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ........................10 a.m.-8 p.m. social organizations, civic groups, work in the community as already Friday ..................................................................10 a.m.– 5 p.m. educational groups, and other rele- people of the Quiet Corner art community helping to build the contacts for her and create a database to go toward the Saturday ................................................................10 a.m.-2 p.m. vant culture and tourism resources arts assessment. POST OFFICES that contribute to the area. She will establishment of a local arts agency in the “So far, I’ve gotten several phone region. 366 Thompson Hill Road also interview all the individuals and calls from artists that work at home Monday-Friday ............................P.O. Boxes: 7:45 a.m.-5 p.m., groups interested in the arts assess- and wanted mail from us,” she said. Window: ........................................8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 3-4:45 p.m. ment. Willimantic and the Greater Hartford She said she is trying to network Arts Council, but there was nothing Saturday..........................................P.O. Boxes: 7:45 a.m.-noon, “The caliber of talent was unbeliev- through social networking sites Window ....................................................................8 a.m.-noon able,” Delpha Very, Putnam economic established in northeast corner. Facebook and LinkedIn. Noting U.S. Department Bureau of Quinebaug and community development director, Very said Silbermann will produce Monday-Friday ..................................P.O. Boxes: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., said about the job applicants. “We’ll Labor figures that jobs in the arts sec- a final report for her department, tor have increased 43 percent in the Window: ......................................8:30 a.m.-1 p.m ., 2-4:30 p.m. be creating a database of artists from which will act as a guide to future Saturday...............................................P.O. Boxes: 8 a.m.-noon, the 12-town region.” last decade, Very traveled to all 12 funding sources and opportunities to towns in the region, as well as other Window, ..............................................................8:30 a.m.-noon Very said the database will contain move forward to Phase II of the pro- North Grosvenordale all sectors of arts and
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