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‘The Professionals’
The 7 p.m. shift at the NOW Bartender Night saw the highest team total of the night with $2,000.75 raised by “The Professionals.” The team featured Earl Rosebrooks of Fluid Coating Technology, Dick Loomis of the Loomis Team at RE/MAX, Jason St. Onge of The G Seven Catering Company, and Laurence Hale of Weiss, Hale & Zahansky Strategic Wealth Advisors. Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — The 2nd Annual Northeast Opportunities for Wellness, Inc. (NOW) Bartender Night Aug. 29 raised $9,000 to support youth wellness programs and scholarships for children living in the 10-town area of northeastern Connecticut. The Bartender Night featured six teams of four bartenders each, facing off in 30-minute shifts, competing to raise the most in tips. Putnam Elks bartender Sharon Stewart assisted.
From 5:30 to 6 p.m. “The Killer J’s” started the event with a strong lead of $1,388 and featured team members Jack Burke of J&B Transport, Joe Carlone Jr. of Linemaster Switch, Jake Dykeman of Putnam Ford, and Jeff Rawson of Rawson Materials.
At 6 team “Take it to the Bank” raised $672.50 with Lynn Bourque of Putnam Bank, Kevin Merchant of Jewett City Savings Bank, Maria Thomas of bankHometown and Elizabeth Zachow-Deary of CorePlus Federal Credit Union.
At 6:30 the “Legal Eagles” raised an impressive $1,277 with members Tom Borner and Kate Cerrone of The Northeast Law Center, Ed Higgins of Bachand, Longo & Higgins, and Madilyn Smith of Madilyn C. Smith, attorney & Rawson Materials.
The 7 p.m. shift saw the highest team total of the night with $2,000.75 raised by “The Professionals.” The team featured Earl Rosebrooks of Fluid Coating Technology, Dick Loomis of the Loomis Team at RE/MAX, Jason St. Onge of The G Seven Catering Company, and Laurence Hale of Weiss, Hale & Zahansky Strategic Wealth Advisors.
$775.50 was raised by Jay Byrnes of the Byrnes Agency, Kristin Duethorn of Quest Martial Arts, Sheila Frost of the Courthouse Bar & Grille, and Gary Osbrey of WINY Radio, making up the team “Talented Talkers.”
And the final team of the night, “Keep Calm & Sell On” closed out the event with the second-highest tips, totaling $1,578.25. The team consisted of Jeff Bousquet of Bousquet’s Appliance, Matt Desaulnier of Gerardi Insurance, Dan Salvas of The Putnam Elks, and Sam Stamatiou of Verizon WirelessZone.
In addition to the tips from each shift, the event also raised funds through a drawing for several items donated by local businesses and individuals. NOW volunteers sold pizza-by-the slice, with 15-inch giant” cheese pizzas donated to NOW by Giant Pizza. The Putnam Elks also contributed to the event by donating $1 of all guest-priced drinks back to NOW.
NOW Executive Director Sarah Wolfburg said: “We are thrilled with the results of the 2nd annual NOW Bartender Night. We were optimistic that we would raise as much as the previous year’s event, but were once again blown away by the generosity of our community!”
All funds raised at the event will support NOW youth wellness programs in the region. NOW, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of Quiet Corner children by ensuring each child’s access to wellness, including fitness, nutrition, and athletics. Serving the 10-town area of Northeast Connecticut, NOW partners with other local youth organizations to provide scholarships to children ages 3-14 who otherwise may not be able to afford such opportunities.
The next NOW’s next fund-raising event is the 8th Annual NOW Road Race & Walk “Lap the Lake” Sept. 15 at The Lake Tavern in Dayville.
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Water quality monitoring team
Join The Last Green Valley’s Water Quality Monitoring team and become a citizen scientist. Jean Pillo, Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator for TLGV, is hosting a training on Riffle Bioassessment Water Quality Monitoring.
Pillo will conduct two trainings. Volunteers must attend one of the trainings to be part of the program. Training will be held 9 a.m. to noon, Sept. 13 at the USDA Service Center, 238 West Town St., Norwich, and 9 a.m. to noon, Sept. 14 at the Connecticut Audubon Society Grassland Bird Conservation Center, Day Rd., Pomfret Center.
Registration is required. To learn more, or to reserve your spot at the training, email Pillo at
Hundreds of water quality monitoring volunteers work throughout The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor to gauge the health of streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. Their work has resulted in numerous direct actions to improve water quality in the region.
Riffle bioassessments are a way to document good water quality in small streams.
Volunteers collect bugs that live part of their lifecycle underwater and act like the “canary in a coal mine,” indicating whether the stream meets fish habitat standards.
All training is free of charge and no experience is necessary. After the initial training, volunteers will be paired up with experienced team leaders and assigned streams to assess. A typical monitoring event takes about 2 -3 hours. Volunteers are encouraged to monitor more than one stream during the September - November program period if they can.
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Then
This is the electric company substation on Kennedy Drive after the Flood of 1955. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
The substation today.
WILLIMANTIC — The Eastern Connecticut State University spring 2019 dean’s list includes:
Full-time student Nigel Battye ’20 of Putnam, general studies; full-time student Erin Bernard ’20 of Dayville, psychology; full-time student Ethan Berriault ’20 of Putnam, history; full-time student Jaycen Bizzle ’20 of Dayville, pre-secondary education certification and English; full-time student Patrick Brown ’19 of Putnam, computer science; full-time student Zachary Capron ’21 of Dayville, criminology; full-time student Gregory Carlson ’19 of Pascoag, biology; full-time student Analia Correa ’18 of Danielson, Spanish; full-time student Mitchell Cristofori ’20 of Putnam, biology; full-time student Zachary Cutler ’21 of Putnam, health sciences; full-time student Kaitlin Fafard ’19 of Putnam, pre-early childhood education and liberal studies; full-time student Shannon Fagan ’20 of Putnam, business administration; full-time student Andrew Ferguson ’19 of Danielson, computer science.
Also: full-time student Allie Geilich ’21 of Danielson, psychology; full-time student Shai-Lin Gothreau ’21 of Putnam, business administration; full-time student Adam Greczkowski ’19 of Putnam, business administration; full-time student Jacob Guertin ’19 of Putnam, business administration; full-time student Morgan Harriott ’21 of Danielson, health sciences; full-time student James Hemeon ’21 of Pomfret Center, computer science; full-time student Robert John ’19 of Woodstock Valley, art; full-time student Robert Johnson ’20 of Eastford, political science and math; full-time student Ashley Lemery ’19 of Dayville, sociology; full-time student Jacquelyn Orlowski ’19 of Woodstock, elementary education and liberal studies; full-time student Jacqueline Pillo ’19 of Woodstock, who majors in political science; full-time student Abigail Roberts ’19 of Danielson, general studies; full-time student Tayler Shea ’19 of Danielson, psychology; full-time student Joslyn Tellier ’19 of N. Grosvenordale, psychology; full-time student Allyson Vandi ’21 of Thompson, social work; full-time student Malachai Zannini ’19 of Danielson, art; part-time student Jessica Dodd ’19 of Thompson, communication; part-time student Erika Groleau ’19 of Dayville, art; part-time student Kayelyn Seiden ’19 of Danielson, English.
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