Organizations

SGC Awards Grants

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The profits from the Holiday Tree Gala have all been returned to our community through two grants to community organizations, and an award to a graduating senior. Requests from Suffield Community Aid for their community garden and Phelps-Hatheway House for a display case to house historical memorabilia have been fully funded along with an award to High School student Brooke Tillotson. Brooke will be studying Plant Science and Environmental Sustainability at Cornell University this fall. Two other students received awards this month through the Garden Club’s Memorial Fund. Joseph LaFlamme and Jackson Smith.

Organizations

Newest Nonprofit in Town Will Change Lives

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Partnering to Reach Aspirations now has tax exempt status and aims to transition recent graduates with mild Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from student life to independent living. An Amiel P. Zak Public Service Grant will help provide educational opportunities to Suffield residents, educators and business leaders in order to better understand the strengths and needs of our young adults on the spectrum and provide them opportunities to pursue their strengths and interests. Currently, one out of every 29 students in Suffield has been diagnosed as being on the spectrum, and it is by creating a supportive, accepting, and inspiring community around them that they are going to find their place and make the positive contributions of which they are capable. Following educational events for the general public will come programs and opportunities for instruction in life/work skills development for our recent graduates with ASD. Underutilized space in town will be used until a permanent location for both residential and day programs is acquired.

Suffield 350th Anniversary Committee

Be a 350th Sponsor

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The 350th Committee has lots of exciting events, programs and projects in the works for Suffield’s anniversary celebration, and we need your financial support now to make them a reality. Please consider becoming a 350th Sponsor. There are multiple levels of sponsorship available with recognition at events and in promotional materials. To learn more about sponsorship levels please check www.tinyurl.com/Sponsor350, send an email to Suffield350@gmail.com or leave us a message at 860-758-0115. Thank You!

People/Business

Rock’s Last Ride

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Rockwell Rookey, who died in West Suffield on May 18 at age 95, is carried past the Soldier’s Monument in Suffield Center at the head of his funeral procession to St. Joseph’s cemetery on Hill Street.

Library

Annual Book Sale Coming

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Once again Sacred Heart Church, 446 Mountain Rd., Suffield, has generously allowed us to use Father Ted Hall for the Friends’ book sale. This year’s sale will be held on Friday, September 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free on Saturday and Sunday; the admission fee on Friday evening will be $5, except for members of the Friends, who get in free. (You can join the Friends when you arrive at the sale.)

You’ll find great deals on books, DVDs, CDs, and puzzles and games. The approximately 30,000 donated books will be sorted into about 60 categories, from new fiction to art, cook books, history, mystery, science fiction, and war. No matter what you like to read, you’re bound to find something you’ll enjoy.

Government/Town

Election Process Underway

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Endorsement of candidates for municipal offices will be made by major political parties sometime between July 16 and 23. Notice of the dates will be published at least five days prior. Municipal offices that will be on the November 5 election ballot are: First Selectman, Selectmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Board of Finance, Board of Education, Board of Assessment Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, Police Commission, Fire Commission and Water Pollution Control. Who is eligible to vote in town committees, caucuses, conventions and primaries? Only registered voters enrolled in the political party holding the town committee, caucus, convention or primary are eligible to vote.