PUTNAM — Independent Banker, the flagship publication of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), has named Jessica Reed as one of its 40 Under 40: Emerging Community Bank Leaders. The first-annual, nomination-based award recognizes up-and-coming community bankers who demonstrate exceptional potential in leadership, innovation and community work.
“This group of young professionals should give all of us a sense of pride and optimism as we look to the future of America’s community banks,” said Matt Kusilek, publisher, Independent Banker. “Now more than ever, this industry sees the value of the energy and ideas of people like our emerging leaders, who believe in the importance of the community banking model. We’re really pleased to be able to highlight their accomplishments so far and look forward to what they’ll do next.”
Winners will be featured in the June 2019 issue of Independent Banker, which will be showcased on the Independent Banker website and accessible via the digital issue of the magazine.
“Recognition of Jessica for her demonstrated skills as a leader in banking, her contribution to continued innovation, and her community service is justly deserved. Jessica is one of the rising stars at Putnam Bank and further supports the promising future of community banks. We are pleased that she is receiving this national attention,” said Thomas Borner, president and CEO, Putnam Bank.
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PUTNAM — June 2 Northeast Opportunities for Wellness, Inc. (NOW) and the Hale YMCA Youth and Family Center partnered for a free youth swim clinic. Just in time for the summer swim season, the clinic saw 22 children ages 6 through age 13 learning the proper techniques for swimming including breathing, swimming strokes, and water safety. YMCA Aquatic Director Susan Gada and staff provided all swimming skill stations for participants with NOW Programming Coordinator Lindsay Lussier and Wellness Leader Tayler Shea offering fitness and nutrition activities during the event. This is the first clinic the two organizations have hosted together to promote their shared missions of fitness, nutrition & wellness for area youth.
NOW Executive Director Sarah Wolfburg said: “We were very excited to partner with the Hale YMCA for this event. Water safety is so important during the summer season and the children who attended were able to have a fun experience while learning new skills and engaging in a healthy activity.” The event has received positive reviews from children and parents alike. An exit survey conducted by NOW saw universal support for the clinic. Plans are already underway for another swim clinic for the fall and those who were unable to attend the June clinic are encouraged to check social media and websites for NOW and the Hale YMCA for more information as it becomes available.
The swim clinic is the sixth free event in 2019 that NOW has held in partnership with other youth-serving organizations. Other clinics offered in February, March, and April focused on sports and healthy activities including, baseball, running, soccer and yoga. To continue the series, NOW will host a youth football clinic in partnership with WPTP Junior Football League June 23 at the NOW Field at Logee Park in Putnam. Like all NOW clinics, the football clinic will be free for participants, with ages 5 through 15 invited to attend. Registration is available online at www.nowinmotion.org.
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Then
Lawn tennis in the late 1800s at Woodstock Academy. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
The common in front of the academy during the June 15 commencement.
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Woodstock Academy: 100% graduate
WOODSTOCK — Led by some Golden Centaurs celebrating their 50th reunion, the Manchester Pipe Band and the First Company Governor’s Foot Guard, more than 300 students celebrated a windy, yet heady commencement at The Woodstock Academy June 15, 2019. One-hundred percent of the class graduated.
Margaret Virginia Ritzau was honored as the valedictorian and Katherine Rose Harrington as the salutatorian.
The Yale Honor Cup, the highest honor bestowed on a graduating senior, went to Margaret Ritzau and Zachary Paige. The Donald and Hope Williams Scholarships went to: Margaret Ritzau, Zachary Paige, Madelyn Grube, and Katherine Harrington. Ame Faith Tsamaase addressed her fellow graduates with an adaptation of her first-place essay, “Don’t Give Up,” from the Kathryn Robertson Essay Contest.
Graduates include: Ethan T. Adams 13, 15;Samuel George Allegretti 3, 11, 12, 14; Mingxin An 3; Chase Richard Anderson, Ashleigh Lyn Angle 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14; Sophie Rose Archambault 3, 12, 15; Victoria R. Arnold; Irene Alycia Askitis 13, 14; Peyton Justis Aubin 3, 10; Renee Jean Auger; Elaina Marie Babbitt; Harmony Barna; Patrick Barrows; Vanessa Kyle Barylski; Morgan Elizabeth Bassett 5, 10, 12, 13; Joshlyn Blayke Bates; Asa Joseph Bazinet; Avery Brooke Beausoleil; Hannah Elizabeth Becker; Hannah Faith Bessette 9; Michael David Bilica; Emmalee Louise Binette; Kenneth Birlin; Orlane Kuzo Bisamaza; Abigail M. Blais; Eric Stephen Blanchard; Damian P. Bonneau; Eric Anthony Borkiewicz; Owen Robert Borski 5, 13, 15; Luigi Boselli; Kathleen Rose Boshka 5, 7, 13; Abigail Emma Botta 3, 12, 15; Dominic J. Bove; Adam Michael Bradley; Brianna Leigh Bradley; Ashlyn Marie Bright; Anthony Brown; Zachary R. Brown 6; Kyle Buell; Andrew Howard Burdick; Hannah Nicole Burgess 3, 11, 12, 13, 15; Olivia Rose Burrell; Logan P. Burton; Nguyen Thao Nguyen Cai 3; Bailey Todd Canedy; Thomas M. Catsam; Grant M. Cerrone; Shyonne Promise Challinor; Cameron Grant Chandler; Summer Rose Chaponis 3, 15; Jasmine Rose Charland; Yilin Chen 4, 11; Devin Ryan Chenail; Du Cheng; Xu Cheng; Jada Victoria Childs; Amina Sohail Choudhry; Hannah May Chubbuck 16; Noelle Christine Ciccarelli 3, 14, 15, 16; Isabel Vanahi Cintrón Aguiar 5; Emma Mary Ciquera 13; Leighelle Clarke; Emily Ann Colangelo; Spencer A. Collins; Heather Diane Converse 3, 10, 11, 12, 13; Abraham Steven Cooke; Lucas Charles Couture 16; Alexander Benjamin Cremé; Allison Crescimanno 5, 10, 13; Stasia M. Czernicki; Daniel Roy Dade; Shannon D’Alessandro 9; Minh Tran Duc Dang; Julia Alexis Davis; Isidro X. De Icaza Quiñones; Ronald Niamke DeGray; Brianna Lynn Dennett 15; Brooke Amber Deorsey; Haoxuan Ding; Seyla H. Dodge; Waverly Isabella Dombkowski; Rebecca Dorothy Douglas; Zachary John Douglas; Ely Bushnell Driscoll 4, 12, 14; Adam Pritchard Drouin; Rachel Lee Durand; Pham Khanh Duy; Mackenzie Morgan Eaton 3, 10, 12, 13; Clayton R. Edberg; Angalie Rose Elliott; Samuel Tyler Ennis; Caleb Richard Feen 13; Jared Thomas Feragne; Noah J. Fernandes; Nicholas James Ferrara; Zachary A. Fontaine; Dyson Elias Frank; Benjamin Michael Frechette; Wei Fu; McKenna Niland Gagnon 4, 12, 13, 15, 16; Isabella Garbutt 9, 13; Ivy Elisabeth Gelhaus; Aria P. Gianfriddo; Giorgia Giannini 3; Mikal Gjerde; Jenna Rose Gormley; Joseph F. Graley; Emma Renee Green 16; Cole Myers Gremo; Madeline W. Gronski 5, 13.
Also, Madelyn Jane Grube 3, 11, 12, 13, 15; Ethan Fisher Haass; Cole James Hackett 3, 13, 15; Katherine Rose Harrington 2, 3, 6, 13; Ava Sakura Hassell; Cecilia Marie Hawkins; Chong He 5, 11, 14; Erika Priscilla Helmetag 4, 12, 15; Savannah R. Henault; Shannon Elizabeth Hermann; Ngan Kim Ho 5; Ethan B. Holcomb 13, 14; Danuse Horka; Jack Thomas Hovestadt 3, 11, 12, 13, 15; Lauren Pamela Hovestadt 13, 15; Chen-Fu Hsu 5; Ke Aaron Hu 3; Yuhan Huang; Natalie D. Humphrey; Jacob E. Ireland; Tiara Islas Escobar 5; Hannah Rae Ives 15; Nikolas Michael Jakubowski; Hailey M. Jaques 4; Ellie Anne-Rose Jellison 4, 13, 15; Sofia Isabela Jendrewski 5, 15; Zhiqi Ji; Nathan William John 3, 13, 15, 16; Aaron Kenneth Johnson; Arielle Elizabeth Johnson; Parker L. Kalafus; Spencer L. Kalafus; Regan Brianne Kasacek 13; Nicole V. Katinas; Emma Grace Kelleher 15; Seth Bradford Kelly; Mohammed Khan; Emily Jane King 16; Blake Michael Kollbeck; Charles Jude Kratochvil; Emilia Lacedelli; Kaylynn Grace LaFemina; Zachary Lee Lambert; Jonathan James Latham 8; Ryan Thomas Latour; Kyle A. LaVoie; Elliot Cruser; Paul Lawrence IV; Alyssa A. Lawton; Abbe Eleanor Lecuyer; Jacob L. Ledbetter; Xingze Li; Rundong Liu; Kira Anne Lizotte; William Patrick Loftus; Junyu Long; Natalie Anne Low 13, 15; Noah P. MacAlister 5; Robert Joseph Maheu; Olivia Grace Majek 4, 12, 14, 15; Gabrielle Ayanna Maldonado; Zoë Angelina Manfredi 9, 13, 16; Matthew Manthorne; Nicole Marie Marmat 8; Jake Thomas Marsalisi; Dylan John Martin; Jarod Ryan Martin 9; Kathryn Rose Mason; Luke Morgan Mathewson 13; Cole Aaron Matylewicz; Braden Nicholas Mayo; Jadon Stephen McArthur; Aidan Davis McCarthy; Liam Christopher McDermott 3, 12; Leah Marie McFarlin; Sophia M. McGee; Delaney A. McIntire 14; Eridon Mehmeti 3; Emily Rose Menard 3; Anthony Peter Menounos; Alexa Lauren Michalski; Vincent Trevon Mitchell 13; Mariella Auguste Mizero; Matthew Ethan Moffitt; Reece Anthony Morelli; Samantha Lorraine Mowry; Zachary Alan Mowry; Kasidit Muenprasitivej 3; Selena Muniz; Aleena Nadeem; Sarah Naveed; Lauren Emilie Neely 9; Orion Alfred Newall-Vuillemot; Anh Huy Nguyen 3; Anh Huynh; Minh Nguyen; Lam Nguyen; Benjamin W. Nichols; Chloe Elizabeth Nolin 3, 8, 11, 12, 14; Amanda Nowak 15; Danylo Ntamwemezi; Julianna Eve Nuttall 4, 12, 13, 15; Matthew Douglas Odom; Samantha Raye Orlowski 5, 13, 16. Tavia Jane Orvos; Zachary Richard Paige 3, 16; Carson Joseph Pajak; Pari V. Patel 5, 12, 15; Alivia May Peabody; Brooklyn Cassandra Penkauskas; Noah Joseph Pepper; Cameron Joseph Phillips; Brando Piantoni; Holden Michael Pimental 13; Schuyler Zacc Platt; Samuel August Plummer; Audrey C. Poehler; Sophia Louise Pontbriand; Eric A. Preston; Nathan James Price 4, 11, 12, 13; Megan Lee Rainville; Tristan Raszka 5; Shane A. Rickell; Margaret Virginia Ritzau 1, 3, 10, 11, 12; Nicole Dorice Robichaud; John Joseph Rogers; Justin A. Roireau; Andrew T.A. Roy; Mariangela J. Ruggeri 3, 12, 13, 14, 15; Adam H. Sanderson; Preston Avery Santos; Cooper Gerard Sarette; Maria Evelyn Scandalito 13, 15; Madison M. Schafmayer; Star R. Schofield; Mason J. Scott; Sean M. Seabold; David Petrucelli M. Seibel; Lauren Elizabeth Semancik 5, 13; Dylan Kyle Shea; Zicheng Shen; Zhipeng Shi; Haley Elizabeth Short 9; Grace Elizabeth Simon; Emilia Sinatra; Madison Lynn Skellett 10, 13; Lydia Rose Smith; Peter Anthony Spada; Olivia Katherine Stanikmas 10, 13. Victoria India Staples 13; Connor James Richard Starr; Codi A. Staveski; Mason Douglas Stewart; Emma Evelyn Strandson 13; Regan O’Sullivan Stuyniski 10, 13; Lydia Kaleen Taft 5, 12, 13; Shi Yun Tang 5; Madeline Grace Tassoni 6; Cheyenne B. Terranova; Derek Thompson 5, 10, 13; Ethan Thorpe; Matthew R. Tiffany 13; Ricardo Tovar; Aislin Tracey; Nathan William Tracy; Sophia Marie Trifone 4, 15; Samuel Normand Trudeau; Ame Faith Tsamaase 5; Kelsey May Tyler; Abigail Frances Vaida 3, 11, 12, 13, 15; Emma Bailey Vallone; Geoffrey Benjamin Vallone; Jessica Michelle Vennart; Madisen Jean Ventura; Yong Wang; Destiny Monea Watkins; Brandon Jay Webber; Jia Wei; Rebekah X. Wesler 3, 11, 12, 15; Daniel Walker White; Madalin Frances Wilcox 9; Mikayla Delima Wilcox 4, 12, 13, 15; Ashley Elizabeth Williams; Justin K. Wise; Joseph J. Woronecki III; Hannah Wotton 5, 13; Kejian Wu 3, 7, 11; Yanning Wu; Zhexuan Wu; Xuan You; Ivy Sweet Young; Morgan Leo Zajac 10; Luke T. Zavorskas; Chuyi Zhang; Michael Zheng 3, 6;
Honor Codes: 1. Valedictorian; 2. Salutatorian; 3. Summa cum laude; 4. Magna cum laude; 5. Cum laude; 6. Chinese National Honor Society; 7. French National Honor Society; 8. German National Honor Society; 9. Italian National Honor Society; 10. Latin National Honor Society; 11. Math National Honor Society; 12. National Honor Society; 13. Scholar-Athlete Honor Society; 14. Science National Honor Society; 15. Spanish National Honor Society; 16. Tri-M Music Honor Society.
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