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Mailed free to requesting homes in Thompson Vol. IV, No. 50 Complimentary to homes by request (860) 928-1818/e-mail: [email protected] ‘Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.’ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 Town Hall ADA Fun time for all at the fair work progressing BY OLIVIA BRAATEN VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT WOODSTOCK — Just days MERRILL SENEY ROOM after the 149th Woodstock Fair, the only visible indication that GETTING MAKEOVER thousands of people trod through BY MATT SANDERSON compliant with the Americans with the fairground gates, Friday, VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Disabilities Act. Sept. 4, to Monday, Sept. 7, is that what was grass is now dirt. THOMPSON — Over the last In the Merrill Seney Community Though ticket sales are not month, anybody who has been Room, walls have been knocked likely to be tallied until later in attending Board of Selectmen, or down, while new ones have been the month, General Manager Don other board or commission meet- erected, dividing off rooms that Farias said turnout appeared to ings, that are regularly held in the used to be open space, while large be strong. Merrill Seney Community Room on furnishings are continually getting “With four great days of nice the first floor of Thompson Town shuffled around. weather, I think it was a huge suc- Hall have noticed quite a transfor- “We took down one office and one cess,” he said. mation. This is due to some interior closet,” First Selectman Larry Groh Sunday proved to be the busiest construction and the continued Turn To TOWN HALL, page A13 day, with country singer Sara upgrade to Town Hall to make it Evans headlining events on the Main Stage. “She was a big draw,” Farias said. Towns get Air Shortly before Evans’ after- noon performance, traffic became particularly congested along Route 169 with parking inside the fairgrounds maxed Line Trail funding out. With little land of its own, the fair typically relies on neigh- borhood farms for additional TOWNS GET TRAIL FUNDS parking. Those remained open to additional vehicles. BY MATT SANDERSON enhancements to major greenways VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Country band Sawyer Brown in the state, the East Coast also rolled into town for a Friday HARTFORD — Across the state, Greenway and Air Line Trail.” night performance. stimulus money has recently been Rell said the new funding for the Overall, the weekend’s festivi- slated for an array of outdoor, envi- state’s greenways is part of the “No ties ran smoothly, Farias said. ronment and recreation-related Child Left Inside” program, an ini- Though “every five or 10 minutes, projects. Announced by Gov.M. Jodi tiative coordinated by herself and another issue would come up,” Rell late last month, Connecticut has the Connecticut Department of most were easily fixed — issues received $1,148,814 for 17 projects Environmental Protection to get like broken electrical outlets or a across the state. families and visitors outside to expe- visitor’s fall and scrape of the Of those, Putnam and Thompson rience the state’s natural beauty. knee. have received a combined total of “All families and children are “Nothing major,” Farias said. $142,744 for the continued expansion encouraged to spend time outdoors There were some surprises for and improvement of the Air Line participating in healthy exercise,” attendees, though. Trail. Rell added. “What better way to do Woodstock resident Erika “Our goal is to bring more people that than to spend time with your Beckwith suggested she and her Adam Minor photo into both town and state parks and family biking or hiking the green- A screaming good time! A mother and daughter duo take in one of the forests,” Rell said in a statement. Turn To FAIR, page A12 Woodstock fair’s more intense rides. “We also want to continue making Turn To AIR LINE, page A13 Event brings sunflowers, sunshine FUND-RAISER AT LAPSLEY ORCHARD BENEFITS UNITED SERVICES BY OLIVIA BRAATEN VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT POMFRET — The importance of having sunflowers blooming in time for a Sunflower Celebration was not lost on John Wolchesky. “I get really nervous about that,” said Wolchesky, who along with wife Patti, runs Lapsley Orchard in Matt Sanderson photo Pomfret. Fortunately, this year’s one-quarter-mile stretch of field “The Last Green Valley Visitors Guide” debuted in July, courtesy of The Last Green Valley Inc., headquartered in Danielson. The second 112-page, full-color, glossy brimmed with two varieties of brochure from the company aims to capture an abundance of information for travel- bright, blooming sunflowers — just ers in the area. It is available at many local venues and visitors rack locations. in the nick of time. “This year, we hit the peak,” Wolchesky said. The Saturday, Sept. 5, Sunflower New visitors’ guide available Celebration fund-raiser, held since 2004 on the orchard grounds, raised BY MATT SANDERSON rant. $1,300 for children’s programming VILLAGER STAFF WRITER The Last Green Valley, also the at United Services Inc. The DANIELSON — When lost or wan- name of the nonprofit organization Wolcheskys donate all proceeds dering the profound green oasis that in Danielson that is the managing from sunflower sales to the non- is The Last Green Valley, which cov- entity for the Quinebaug and profit, which provides treatment ers most of northeastern Shetucket Rivers Valley National and support for children with Connecticut and a chunk of south- Heritage Corridor (called The Last behavioral or emotional health central Massachusetts, travelers Green Valley), debuted its second issues. will be able to gleam the 112-page, visitors’ guide in late July.Available “This was our biggest one yet. full-color, glossy brochure The Last at various locations throughout the I’m just thrilled,” said Edie Green Valley Visitors Guide to find area, it is packed with an abundance Olivia Braaten photos the nearest hike, waterway, farm, Turn To GUIDE, page A11 Dawn McDonough and daughter Ciara, of Brooklyn, pick a handful of sunflowers dur- Turn To SUNFLOWER, page A13 lodging, shopping area and restau- ing the United Services Inc. fund-raiser at Lapsley Orchard. A9-7 . .OPINION LOCAL LEARNING VILLAGER TRIVIA A 7 . .SPORTS Locals to stroll in Hanson conducts a On what vegetable did an SECT. B . .OBITUARIES Boston Marathon ancient Egyptian place his SECT. B . .CALENDAR spiritually fulfilling life Jimmy Fund Walk right hand when taking an oath? Answer on page 2. SECT. B . .RELIGION PAGE A3 PAGE A7 INSIDE A2 • Friday, September 11, 2009 THOMPSON VILLAGER Three more men sentenced in drug ring VILLAGER ALMANAC BY MATT SANDERSON drugs and court-authorized telephone release. On Oct. 23, 2008, she pleaded VILLAGER STAFF WRITER wiretaps. guilty to one count of conspiracy to QUOTATION OF THE WEEK NEW HAVEN — In the fallout from On April 9, 2008, a federal grand possess with intent to distribute, and jury returned an indictment charging to distribute, cocaine. “Mostly that they’ll value their place in God’s plan. … That they also “Operation Quiet Corner,” a North see the positive side of life. There’s too much negative. There’s some good Grosvenordale man, a Dayville man Kennedy, Ladouceur, Rodriguez and On Wednesday, July 29, Kyra stuff he’s doing, and he can do it through you. And that it’s going to end and a Hartford man were sentenced 18 other individuals with various Parvaresh, 21, of Putnam, was sen- well. There’s some hope … because he’s in charge.” in federal court in New Haven in the offenses related to the distribution of tenced to five years of probation, dur- recent week for their roles in a north- cocaine, crack cocaine and marijua- ing which time she must complete 250 — ACTS II MINISTRIES BISHOP JOHN W. H ANSON, ON THE MESSAGE east Connecticut drug ring. na. hours of community service. On Feb. THAT HE HOPES PEOPLE RECEIVE FROM READING HIS NEW BOOK, “MY James Kennedy, 21, of North According to court documents, 10, Parvaresh had pled guilty to one CONDUCTOR: AN ALLEGORY OF THE SPIRIT-LED LIFE” Grosvenordale, was sentenced to two Kennedy purchased cocaine from a count of using a telephone to facili- years in federal prison, followed by co-defendant and then redistributed tate the commission of a drug traf- OPEN TO CLOSE five years or supervised release, for the drugs to his own customers. ficking felony, his involvement in the drug ring. During the timeline the investigation, On Thursday, July 30, Keith THOMPSON Eric Ladouceur, 31, of Dayville, was on 13 separate occasions, Kennedy Therrien, 25, of Fabyan Road in sentenced to 46 months, or 3.8 years, sold a total of more than 650 grams of North Grosvenordale, was sentenced TOWN HALL in federal prison, followed by three cocaine to an individual working to 12 months and one day of imprison- Monday through Friday ..................................8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. years of supervised release, for his with law enforcement. ment, followed by three years of ........................................................(Hours will vary by office.) involvement in the drug ring. Ladouceur,according to court docu- supervised release, for his participa- LIBRARIES Carlos Rodriguez, 31, of Chadwick ments, purchased cocaine from a co- tion in the distribution ring. Thompson Public Library/Community Center Avenue, Hartford, was sentenced to defendant, which he then sold to his According to court documents, the Monday..................................................................10 a.m.-5 p.m. 188 months, or 15.6 months, in federal own customers. The investigation investigation revealed that between Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ........................10 a.m.-8 p.m. prison, followed by eight years of also revealed that Ladouceur bro- approximately January and March of Friday ..................................................................10 a.m.– 5 p.m. supervised release, for his role in dis- kered a deal for an associate to sell 40 2008, Belliveau purchased cocaine Saturday ................................................................10 a.m.-2 p.m.