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Killingly & Its Villages Vol Mailed free to requesting homes in Brooklyn, the borough of Danielson, Killingly & its villages Vol. V, No. 44 Complimentary home delivery (860) 928-1818/email:[email protected] Friday, August 26, 2011 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE SPIROL celebrates different type of acquisition “A new baby is like the DANIELSON COMPANY CREATES 15-ACRE beginning of all things NATURE CONSERVATION AREA — wonder, hope, a dream BY CLARE HOPKINS and that we have a responsibility to VILLAGER STAFF WRITER of possibilities.” ensure that we are a good environmen- DANIELSON — In an effort to be tal steward,” said EHS Manager stewards of the environment, SPIROL Michael Woznicki. “So we voluntarily International Corporation in embarked on a remediation and INSIDE Danielson has declared 15 acres of its restoration process that began in 2006. property to be a Nature Conservation A countless number of man-hours have A8-9 — OPINION Area. been poured into this project. Many of The land is located on a large parcel these hours were voluntary by our A12 — SPORTS on the company’s property alongside employees.” B3 — HOT SPOT the Five Mile River and Whetstone SPIROL’s business began in its Brook. Although SPIROL still owns the 64,000-square-foot Danielson manufac- B4 — OBITS land and will act as conservator, it is turing facility. It has been producing Courtesy photo B4 — RELIGION now open to the public. metal, engineered fasteners there since SPIROL employees, students and teachers from the Joshua Center, and state "SPIROL recognized that we sit on an the 1950s. SPIROL has grown into a B5 — CALENDAR and local officials gathered for the dedication. amazing piece of property surrounded Turn To SPIROL, A15 on three sides by water and wetlands, page LOCAL Residents Woodstock Fair marks 151 years surprised UPGRADES TO FACILITIES by tremors AMONG CHANGES ON DISPLAY LABOR DAY WEEKEND EARTHQUAKE IN VA. FELT BY JACK MELTZER VILLAGER STAFF WRITER IN CONN. AND BEYOND WOODSTOCK — On Sept. 2-5, Labor Day Weekend, the Woodstock Agricultural Society, BY DAVID DORE STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER Inc. will celebrate the 151st Woodstock Fair at the Woodstock Fairgrounds. Two local talents BROOKLYN — Before he felt it, According to General Manager Don Farias, chosen he heard it. the Woodstock Fair Agricultural Society has State Sen. Donald Williams (D- been busy preparing the fairgrounds for this Brooklyn) was in his office in year’s fair. The work begins in April and contin- Page A3 Hartford around 2 p.m. Tuesday, ues through August. Aug. 23, speaking “Our fairgrounds and maintenance workers by telephone have completed new projects and fairground SPORTS with a few people upgrades including paving, siding, bleacher in northern File photo Virginia. Turn To FAIR, page A13 “In the middle The 2010 Woodstock Fair seen from atop the Ferris wheel. of the conference call one of the gentlemen from Virginia said, ‘Oh Donald Williams Finding a ‘more peaceful place’ through writing my gosh, we’re BY CLARE HOPKINS important thing we all can do in this having an earth- VILLAGER STAFF WRITER world is to be kind to each other and quake,’” Williams said later that help each other.” afternoon. “I initially thought he KILLINGLY — Killingly writer Judy Roderick has been making the This realization is what led was joking, but he said, ‘No, I Roderick to start writing her chil- Killingly Softball grew up in California and I know most of a difficult situation and find- ing new ways to express herself. dren’s books: “Charlie the Cat — Results what an earthquake feels like. Charlie Teaches Others a Lesson And we just had one.’” Roderick has published three chil- dren’s books and an inspirational About Honesty,” “Connie the Page A12 What the man felt was a magni- book after losing her job caused her Caterpillar — Connie Teaches tude 5.8 earthquake centered near to look at life a different way. Others a Lesson of True Beauty” and Mineral, Va. — northwest of “I am just a mom who after 31 “Katie the Kangaroo and Her Five EVERYDAY ECOLOGIST Richmond, Va., and about 85 miles years of being in the workforce lost Acts of Kindness.” southwest of Washington, D.C. my job,” she said. “Losing my job “I thought to myself that it is so PAGE A5 “I asked him if he was all was very devastating to me and I had important as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc., to instill good val- right,” Williams said. “He said he Courtesy photo to find a more peaceful place emo- was and we proceeded with the tionally and mentally.I started medi- ues in our children. My books each OPINION After being laid off, Killingly resident Judy call. And about five minutes later tating and reading more spiritual teach a lesson,” said Roderick. Roderick has used that experience to GET YOUR books. During this time I began to Turn To write three children’s books and an inspi- POINT ACROSS EARTHQUAKE, page A13 realize that a job is a job, but the most Turn To RODERICK, page A5 rational book. PAGE A8-9 WHAT TO DO Putnam DMV office to remain open A CALENDAR OF AREA EVENTS DEAL WITH STATE WORKERS’ UNION CHANGES PLANS PAGE B5 BY JACK MELTZER offices, including the Putnam satellite office, VILLAGER STAFF WRITER which was supposed to shut its doors Aug. 11. PUTNAM — The Putnam Department of “Putnam is open for now,” said DMV Motor Vehicles office is not closing its doors — spokesman Bill Seymour. “We’re happy that the for the time being. concession package was passed and that our Earlier this summer, Northeastern offices have remained open. We are in the Connecticut residents were preparing to find a process of evaluating all of our offices to deter- new place to handle their car, truck and motorcy- mine if the level of service is being provided.” Jack Meltzer photo cle issues due to recent attempts by Gov. Dannel The decision to keep the branch open is P. Malloy to cut the state budget. He put forth a The Putnam Department of Motor Vehicles satellite proposal that would have closed many DMV Turn To DMV, page A15 office was supposed to close Aug. 12, but that decision has been postponed. A2 • Friday, August 26, 2011 KILLINGLY VILLAGER A treasure trove of historical memories VILLAGER ALMANAC I never cease to be amazed at the mation. The warehouse “was the for- wealth of treasures that the resi- mer Webster Hall. It will be remem- dents of Northeastern Connecticut bered by many older residents as the QUOTATION OF THE WEEK have been willing to share with the KILLINGLY place where activities for the village Killingly Historical and of Dayville such as movies, shows, “Never in my life have I experienced any kind of earth- Genealogical Society. AT 300 etc. were held until the Columbia quake, minor or otherwise. And I never dreamed I would Recently Maureen Girard donated Hall was built. Columbia Hall was be on a telephone call where both parties to the call a 19th-century autograph book that finally taken over for a grocery store would experience earthquakes within five minutes.” had belonged to her relative Hattie and also destroyed by fire. It was sit- MARGARET Graves Franklin. Hattie and her hus- uated on the site where Bissonnette’s — State Sen. Donald Williams (D-Brooklyn), on what he band, Hiram Franklin, lived in the WEAVER gas station is now located” [Xtra experienced while in his office at the state Capitol in Hartford old house across from Danielson Mart] (WCT 3/1/1973). Tuesday afternoon. Medical Associates on Green Hollow I was especially excited when I Road in Killingly. Maureen said that on the eastern side of Broad Street scanned through the next week’s edi- according to tradition the residence near its intersection with Franklin tion of the paper, which was the QUIET CORNER READS had been a Tiffany family summer Street and appears on the 125th anniversary edition of the home. Needless to say, I could not Danielsonville panel of Grey’s 1869 Transcript. Anyone who is interest- “Energy Island” by Allan Drummond resist browsing through the auto- Atlas of Windham and Tolland ed in the history of the paper, in edi- graphs. Counties. Copies of the map are on tors, in businesses that were in exis- The threat of global warming has never seemed clearer — It was interesting that Hattie display and are available for pur- tence at that time, etc., would enjoy with tornadoes, blazing hot summers and melting ice caps, inscribed herself as being from chase at the Killingly Historical browsing through that edition. I we are forced to take notice. One way to communicate this “West Killingly.” That was a name Center. Christian Hill probably think I was as excited as a child at a danger and the necessity for change to younger generations for the Danielson area that probably received its name about the 1840s birthday party when I was reading is to show a success story. The beautifully illustrated chil- dated back to the beginning of the when Methodist camp meetings one article and discovered that the dren’s book “Energy Island” by Allan Drummond is such a 19th century, long before the were held in the grove that once was accompanying photo was for tale. Borough itself had come into exis- there. Leonard Ballou. How nice to at last The Danish Ministry of Environment chose the island of tence (chartered in 1854). The origi- Lynn LaBerge and I found the be able to put a face to the gentleman Samsø be the first to become independent of nonrenewable nal church in that part of Killingly Butts entries interesting, since she for whom Ballouville was named.
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