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Sugar Witch

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The powers of magic, mystery and murder collide deep in the Florida Everglades … get ready for The Suffield Players production of The Sugar Witch by Nathan Sanders!

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Mycobiome of the Garden

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The Suffield Garden Club will hold a monthly meeting on Monday, February 4 at 11:45 a.m. at the Second Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall. Coffee, tea, a light lunch and a short business meeting are followed by a guest speaker at 1 p.m.

Eugenia Bone, our guest speaker, is an author, Italian cook, mushroom hunter and master canner. Her presentation on the Mycobiome of the Garden will provide an overview of fungal biology and illustrate how a little mycology can make one a better mushroom cook. Eugenia’s work has appeared in several publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine Gourmet and the list of endeavors goes on. All who are interested are welcome to attend.

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Holiday Trees Displayed and Sold

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For their Holiday Tree Gala, the Suffield Garden Club collected a great variety of trees from imaginative designers and stood them up for the first two weeks of December at the Senior Center for all to see. And, hopefully, to buy. From this first-of-its-kind-in-town affair, the trees were offered for sale, with the proceeds supporting the SGC’s scholarship program. On Saturday, December 1, a good crowd admired the trees as the Suffield Middle School Elite Voices sang. The Suffield High School Chamber Ensemble entertained on the next afternoon.

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Troop 66 Honors Another Eagle

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Quinn Bathgate set his sights on becoming an Eagle Scout from the time he became a Tiger Cub eight years ago. Now, at age 15 after four and a half years as a Boy Scout in Troop 66, he has achieved that goal. The Eagle award ceremony was held at Sunrise Park on October 21 in the pavilion, packed with family and friends who were there to share the joy. As is their custom during the traditional event, First Selectman Melissa Mack and State Representative Tami Zawistowski presented certificates, and Quinn was given a binder filled with congratulations from many prominent folks. Not only had Quinn fulfilled the requirements for the rank – the highest a Boy Scout can achieve – he had earned 37 Merit Badges, far more than the 21 required.

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Successful Salesman

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Like many Scout units, Suffield Cub Scout Pack 266 gets a big boost every year from selling Boy Scout popcorn. And for the third year in a row, Aiden Thomson, a ten-year old Bear Cub in the third grade at McAlister, has been the most successful salesman. He hit a new record this year at $2,352. That’s a lot of popcorn! The Cub Scouts get some of their motivation from sales prizes, and in his first year, Aiden was attracted by the drone shown on the prize list and set himself a goal of $2,000.

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Troop 66 Scouts Camp and Climb in Storrs

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On Saturday, September 22, Boy Scout Troop 66 of West Suffield went on a camping and climbing trip to the adventure and climbing park in Storrs, Conn. Storrs Adventure Park allows for visitors to explore the various elements and climbing activities around the park while being securely locked into a system of belays. At the park, after being prepped and instructed on how to climb and use the various elements safely, the Scouts were allowed to go around the park, alone or with friends, and climb the bevy of climbing elements that are scattered around the approximately 600 square feet of the park. The elements are all between the trees on the property, and the platforms on the trees are connected by cable, wood, rope, and zip lines to form bridges. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the various levels of difficulty associated with the numerous elements, ranging from yellow (easy) to black (hard).

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New Publisher

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While traditionally our paper was contained in one section, starting this month we will now have two sections. Breaking into multiple sections will provide possible opportunities for further improvements. We are using a new printer, the Rare Reminder Printing Company operating out of Rocky Hill, Conn., to print and arrange for delivery of our paper to the post office in a timely fashion. The Rare Reminder comes highly recommended and has been very helpful in our transition. We are hopeful that this change will help avoid some of the late transmission problems. Because we have to submit a day earlier this requires strict enforcement of our submission deadline of the 15th of the month for publication in the next issue.

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Christmas History Facts

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Greetings, friendly reader! May your Christmas season be filled with joy and light! The first recorded display of a decorated Christmas tree has been traced to Riga, Latvia, in 1510, and the custom proliferated in Germany in the 1600-1700’s, as Protestant elites bedecked their homes and guildhalls with pines and firs garnished with nuts, dates and apples. Christmas trees grew in popularity in Germany throughout the early 1800s, and German immigrants to the United States brought the yuletide tradition with them to their new homeland. In his book, The Battle for Christmas, Stephen Nissenbaum writes that, in spite of claims that Hessian soldiers fighting for the British during the Revolutionary War erected the first Christmas trees in America, it was the Pennsylvania German community, likely after 1820, who first brought the custom to the United States.