Schools/Sports

SMS Does it Again!

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This is the eleventh time that a student from Suffield Middle School has received the highest score in the state of Connecticut for the Middle School Scholastic Achievement Challenge.

Government/Town

Registrar of Voters News

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Democrat and Republican Primaries will be held on Tuesday, August 14, at the Suffield Middle School Gymnasium, 350 Mountain Road. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Editorial

The Coming of the Reaper

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Pedaling on Clay Creek Drive a week ago, along the field, I caught a flash of yellow in the corner of my eye and turned to see a bobolink perched on a stalk in full-throated glory. He’s jet black with white shoulders and back, and a brilliant yellow cap. He nests with his mate in the tall grass of the hay field. If they are quick about it, they will fledge their family before the farmer comes for the hay. And this bobolink is precious, strutting his stuff as only the beautiful can, blissfully unaware of politics in Washington, refugees in the Middle East, and the coming of the hay reaper.

People/Business

Local Author Writes Again

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Beluga Suite by Susan Boucher, a Suffield resident who taught science and special education for the past thirty-six years, is the author’s most recent book to date. The book is about a young Inuit girl who befriends a pod of beluga whales as she plays her flute each day at the fjord by her village. Suddenly, the belugas are gone. After school the following day, Anja is summoned by her grandfather over the ham radio to go to the middle of the village; she is to be transported to the trawler out by the ice sheets to help a pod of whales. They are in a desperate situation.

Organizations

Successful Blood Drive

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The Suffield Woman’s Club (SWC) held its annual Red Cross Blood Drive recently at the Second Baptist Church. The drive collected 21 productive pints of blood which equals up to 3 lives saved. The SWC would like to thank the American Red Cross for all their work setting up and working the blood drives (especially ours!), our Club volunteers, bakers and sandwich makers and a very special thank you to all the donors who take time out of their busy schedules to come out and donate. You made a difference in someone’s life.