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Library receives this year’s raffle car, a 2021 Jeep Compass Limited

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KENT—The Kent Memorial Library has received an all-wheel-drive 2021 Jeep Compass Limited that will be its raffle car this year. The vehicle features a power front/fixed rear full sunroof, premium Alpine speaker system; a nine-speed automatic transmission and front dual zone air conditioning.

The Kent Memorial Library has received the 2021 Jeep Compass Limited that it will raffle off this year and is selling tickets through the library.

Other features include a rear back-up camera, electronic stability control, traction control, four-wheel disc ABS brakes and heated bucket seats. The vehicle has only 27,000 miles on its odometer.

Raffle tickets are $25 each and may be purchased at the library during regular hours, at the book sale on weekends or by sending a check with a self-dddressed stamped envelope to: Kent Memorial Library Car Raffle, P.O. Box 127, Kent, CT 06757. Online sales are not yet available.

Raffle stubs will be mailed to purchasers. Purchasers should be sure to include their phone number so the raffle ticket can be completed.

The drawing for the vehicle will be held Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. during the 48th annual Pumpkin Run at Kent Town Hall. Ticket holders do not need to be present to win. 

Proceeds benefit the Kent Memorial Library.

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Kathryn Boughton
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Kathryn Boughton, a native of Canaan, Conn., has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009. She has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication.

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