Warren Connecticut

This year the Holiday Party will be hosted on December 1, 12:00 - 2:30 by the Warren Park and Recreation at the Town Hall. The party is open to Warren residents from Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade. The magician, Tom O’Brien is coming for a visit, as well as a very special visit from Santa. Crafts, snacks and lots of fun too!

The popular Pajama Read Returns!

November 20th at 6:30 PM Ms. Amanda will be sharing stories. Wear your jammies and slippers, bring a blanket and join us for an evening of cozy stories. (Pre Kindergarten through 2nd grade.)

Mrs. Angevine from Angevine farm will be here on December 4th for a Lunch Bunch event. We will have our lunch after kindergarten class, share a story and create a holiday craft with real pine and pine cones. This will be right after class until about 12:30 PM. For Kindergartners.

Then on December 13th, Mrs. Angevine returns for an After School program for grades 1-3. This time we will learn about how other countries celebrate the holidays, winter and the new year. We will be making a craft for the holidays and celebrate the coming of winter.

Please sign up for the classes in advance. Sign up is available at the library and the school. If you need further information, call the library at 868-2195.

See you soon…..

WARREN 6TH GRADERS - ACTION FOR UGANDA’S “INVISIBLE CHILDREN”
Host November 15, 2007 Screening of SUNDAY’S STORY to Raise Awareness

Warren, Connecticut, Nov. 15
- In an effort to educate the public on the plight of Uganda’s children, the Warren 6th Grade Class will host a public screening of the film Sunday’s Story at 7:00pm on Nov. 15, in the Warren School Gym, 21 Sackett Hill Road, in Warren CT. Sunday is a 15 year-old boy being raised in a Ugandan Internal Displacement Camp (IDP) to avoid abduction by the “Lord‘s Resistance Army“ (LRA) and forced into warfare. The 6th Graders, armed with their knowledge of the “Invisible Children” of Uganda, will take questions after the film in hopes of educating the public, elevating awareness and raising financial support for their sister school, Atanga in Uganda, through the organization Schools for Schools.

Warren School 6th Graders were called to action when they began researching the plight of Uganda’s “Invisible Children”. While tucked away in the bucolic “Litchfield Hills”, they read of the horrors of thousands of children leaving their homes each night to wander the streets, sleep huddled together in hiding, to avoid abduction by the rebel LRA and forced to become child soldiers.

More research revealed to the Warren 6th Graders, that the Ugandan government’s answer to this horrific problem was to forcibly relocate entire families into Internal Displacement Camps (IDPs). They also learned that in the midst of the fear and sadness, the Ugandan children just wanted to go to school.

All donations raised for Schools for Schools during the month of November 2007 will be matched by Guess, Inc.. The Warren 6th Graders are planning future fundraising activities to donate directly to the Atanga school, such as the January 19, 2008 “Day Without Desks” where they will spend the entire day sitting on the floor, a small and symbolic sacrifice, and will be accepting pledges and sponsorships for this event.

It is also the hope of the Warren 6th Graders that other schools will join forces with them and Schools for Schools to help in their effort to raise funds for the “Invisible Children” of Uganda.

For more information about the Warren 6th Grade Class and Schools for Schools contact Alisa Wright or Kathy Brown at 860-868-2223. http://www.rsd6.org/wns/

++Sunday’s Story contains MATURE CONTENT and is not suitable for children younger than 6th grade

These documents describe what is happening with the planning process. Click on the links to access the documents.

(1) Public Discussion of Planning Topics: This is a list of the issues and concerns discussed at the townwide meeting held Oct. 19, 2007, at Warren Town Hall. About 140 people attended this meeting to discuss what should be included in Warren’s new Plan of Conservation and Development.

(2) Booklet #1 - Planning Primer: This booklet was prepared by Planimetrics and gives an overview of the planning process.

(3) Booklet #2 - Planning Issues: This booklet, also prepared by Planimetrics, summarizes the Warren Plan Committee meetings and the townwide meeting held to identify the issues that should be considered as part of the planning process in Warren. The notes from the Oct. 19th townwide meeting are on pages 9-11 of this booklet.

Registered Voters - 928
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First Selectman
Jack E. Travers (R) 152
Jack E. Travers (D) 69

Board of Selectmen
Calvin L. Tanner (R) 124
Marion R. Smith (D) 98

Town Treasurer
James P. Richardson (R) 145
James P. Richardson (D) 75

Board of Finance
William L. Hopkins (R) 181
B. Blake Levitt (D) 73
William F. Schnell (D) 169

Assessment Appeals Board
Craig B. Nelson (R) 154
George S. Githens (D) 64

Zoning Board of Appeals
Starts 2007
William L. Hopkins (R) 163
Katherine L. King (D) 62

Zoning Board of Appeals
Starts 2008
Ann Martindale (D) 173

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate
Daniel J. Dacey (R) 182
Gary M. Curtiss (R) 173
Jon Patrick Garvey (D) 152

Camera lens found at the Partridge Road Haunted house. If you are missing a camera lens and attended the haunted house on Halloween Please contact Danielle or Ron at 868-7521.