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[email protected] FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2009 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE FINE TIME FOR THE FOURTH ‘Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.’ INSIDE A8-9 — OPINION A12 — SPORTS B1 — HOT SPOT B3 — CALENDAR B4 — OBITS Christine Navan, of Woodstock, joins father Ted Crandall, of Pomfret, for a pre- B5 — RELIGION fireworks picnic along the Quinebaug River. LOCAL RAIN DATE WORKED IN EVENT’S FAVOR BY OLIVIA BRAATEN VILLAGER CORREPSONDENT PUTNAM — Faced with the onslaught of rain Thursday, July 2 — Olivia Braaten photos the originally scheduled date for Putnam’s Independence Day fire- Classic rock band The Outriggers performed in Rotary Park. From left: Scott Shirshac at the keyboard, Burt Blair on lead guitar, John Hinckley on acoustic Turn To FIREWORKS, page A16 guitar and Pete Duperre on drums. QVEC considers moving Thompson, A stroll through BY OLIVIA BRAATEN VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT Killingly Putnam highlights Engineers will survey property arts and more this month to determine whether a potential site in Brooklyn may be an Page A4 appropriate home for a new facility receive housing the Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications. If so, the dispatch center, which handles 911 calls from 17 towns in northeast- ARRA funds ern Connecticut, may be one step closer to moving from a 9-foot by 12- FOR ATTAWAUGAN foot room to a proposed 5,000-square- foot building. FIRE DISTRICT, For 35 years, the center has been based in the Danielson state police TEEG PROJECTS barracks.