To be clear, if you own a washing machine, IT does the laundry. Today’s washing machines allow you to select your water temperature, spin speed and washing aggressiveness: delicates, hand washing or heavy duty. Washing machines actually wash the clothes and I can put the exclamation point on this sentence because at one time, my new washing machine broke and I had to actually wash all of my laundry for two weeks, while I waited for the machine to be repaired. It wasn’t that hard washing the clothes in my large sink, but it was back-breaking (actually arm-breaking) wringing out the clothes so that they could go in the dryer. So why then, do I continue to refer to my task of doing laundry in the first person? It’s simple; it’s because I have to FOLD the clean clothes!
I remember when I was young and my Mother did my laundry, folding my clothes and tucking them neatly away in my allotted drawer space. Back then, I had no real opinion on what I wore. As soon as I started developing an opinion on my wardrobe, my Mother continued to wash my clothes, but stopped folding them. Who could blame her —with four girls, she had trouble distinguishing whose clothes were whose, and so, the clean laundry was placed in a basket and we had to separate and fold our own items.
For some reason, I never enjoyed this task and since I never really embraced it, I was never very good at it. I envied how my sisters had neatly folded T-shirts and pajamas, while mine seemed to be a stack of mismatched wrinkles. When my teenage friends were getting their first jobs in retail stores, I knew that my best hope for employment was to find a restaurant where there was not a folding requirement. When I became a mother, my laundry load increased exponentially, but my folding skills improved only slightly; towels were folded into simple squares, pants folded into halves and T-shirts looked like a mass of odd shaped rectangles. Sheets always seemed to look like a ball and socks, those that I could match, were even littler balls.
Today, my laundry load has certainly decreased, and my washing machine has gotten even more clever, but folding the clean laundry, still remains one of my least favorite tasks, and even though my folding skills have improved over time, I am still not very good at it, preferring to hang more clothing than I pile into my drawers. It is not uncommon that my husband will often add his dirty laundry to the clean (and folded) clean laundry basket.
I think my daughter was all of 10 when she became a better folder than me and specifically requested that I STOP folding her clothes. Come to think of it, perhaps I am far more clever at folding clothes than I give myself credit for.
WRINKLED? WRINKLED?
Kathy Naumann, possessor of NATURALLY curly hair and the understanding that you can’t control everything!
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TLGV offering
large grants
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) is offering its largest grant program in almost a decade. TLGV’s new Community Enrichment Grant Program will fund projects aimed at conserving, celebrating or enhancing The Last Green Valley’s significant natural and historic resources or promoting economic development such as tourism and outdoor nature-based recreation.
TLGV is a member-supported non-profit charged with stewardship of the unique agricultural, natural, historic and cultural resources of one of the nation’s oldest national heritage corridors, The Last Green Valley.
Projects must demonstrate tangible results and lasting benefits to the community and can be related to sustainable agriculture, trails and water trails, accessibility, streetscape improvements, community gardens, tourism, land use planning, light pollution control, open space, wildlife habitat, water quality, farmers markets, Brownfields, forestry, town common enhancements, interpretive materials, historic preservation or other projects that advance the visions and strategies of Vision 2020, the management plan for The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor. Vision 2020 can be found at www.TheLastGreenValley.org.
Applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered by 4 p.m. Aug. 29. Applications may also be emailed to
Grants may range from $2,500 - $10,000. Funds will be dispersed on a reimbursement basis and must be matched 1:1 by cash or in-kind contributions. Municipalities, schools and non-profit 501(c) organizations are eligible to apply for projects located within The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor.
“To celebrate 25 years of this amazing national heritage corridor TLGV wanted to create a program that also honors the community partnerships that make this region so unique and special,” Lois Bruinooge. TLGV executive director. “As a nonprofit we ensure every dollar of our funding becomes multiple dollars of community benefit and this grant program is a way for TLGV to extend that benefit even further.”
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Employee
honored
PUTNAM — Jennifer Weed was named Putnam Bank’s Employee of the Month for June 2019. She has been with the bank since September 2008, and currently serves as quality control specialist.
She said, “I am shocked and honored to be nominated for this award. It is amazing to work with such a great group of people, and to work for a bank that is so involved in the community.”
Weed participates in the Walk & Race for NECT Cancer Fund of DKH. Her hobbies include spending time with her two whippets, Juliet and Carmen, along with family and friends. In her free time Jenn enjoys walking, shopping, loom knitting and sewing.
“Jenn does an excellent job as a quality control specialist in the Operations Department which is a critical part of the backroom support of banking operations. She is a model employee in what can be a challenging position,” said Thomas A. Borner, president and CEO of Putnam Bank.
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Dividend declared
PUTNAM — Thomas A. Borner, president and CEO of PB Bancorp, Inc., has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common stock of $0.07 per share. The dividend will be payable to all stockholders of record as of July 17, 2019, and is scheduled to be paid on July 31.
“We are pleased to announce this quarterly dividend payment for the Holding Company” said Borner. “We believe that providing a reasonable return to our stockholders is an important part of being a community bank. We will continue to work towards achieving sustained success in building on our brand of community banking. We remain confident that in serving our mission of enhancing the quality of life in the communities we serve is good for all of us”.
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