I was watching the new reality show Temptation Island this week, and wondered why they call it reality. People get a free trip to a tropical paradise with a significant other only to have gorgeous models throw themselves at the couples in an attempt to test their fidelity. How long have I been sleeping on the hearth? Is this reality? I’m afraid to go to sleep again, lest I wake up as a participant in yet another reality show chained to a pit bull and a porterhouse steak.

Speaking of television’s version of reality, I noticed a fellow by the name of Bob Cascella was a contestant on Sunday night’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire. But it was not Newtown resident Bob Cascella, who served as first selectman from 1993-97. Our Bob Cascella may want to be a millionaire, but his reality is still shoveling the front steps on Copper Creek Circle.

Some people are still a little unsure where the Newtown Public Schools District Offices are since the move to Canaan House from Queens Street.  A simple solution could be to put a sign out in front of Canaan House. But there is a slight problem since the sign at the former Queen Street office is frozen due to winter conditions. So I guess the sign will have to wait until Old Man Winter decides it is time for the sign to move to Fairfield Hills along with the rest of the school district crew. So for now just head to the Hills until you reach Canaan House.

Linda Jones has been busy this week taking care of a goose she and her two daughters, Autumn and Laurel, found on Hattertown Road on Monday evening. Poor Linda has been cleaning her Jacuzzi tub like a mad lady. The goose is temporally housed in the tub until the Joneses can find the family that owns the tame goose. But the goose is loving life in its new home.

A lot of donors turned out for the American Red Cross blood drive on Monday at the United Methodist Church in Sandy Hook. Among them was Bill McIlrath, who became an 11-gallon donor. I wonder if, like Bill, the recipients start telling bad jokes. Bill sent me a couple this week. He wrote under his pseudonym Harry S. Gilmore, “I discovered how to lose 50 pounds or more in a half hour. Just go to England and play their casino.” If that wasn’t bad enough, he added this one: “Word is that the local optometrists are looking forward to the year 2020.”

Move over Summerall and Madden, Newtown has its own set of talented sports broadcasters in NHS juniors Matt Pachniuk and Brian Budnick. The two were impressive in last Friday night’s live telecast (on Channel 17) of the boys’ basketball game against Stratford. Brian is an experienced play-by-play guy, while Matt is the rookie color guy. Newtown won the game on a last-second basket and the TV staff did a good job in helping make it fun for the at-home viewer.

George Lockwood retired as the town’s fire marshal last week and the staff at Canaan House held a farewell party in his honor. Don’t expect this hometown guy to go too far, however. He plans to stay on as a deputy fire marshal, and when he’s not chasing fires you can find him down at the VFW. Deputy Fire Marshal Bill Halstead will become the town fire marshal on George’s retirement.

When that man with salt-and-pepper hair walked into the room January 4, everybody said “Who’s that man? Who’s that man?” That man was none other than Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Dan Fogliano. It seems that Dan had shaved off his mustache and beard over the holidays. In doing so, he also shaved off about five years of his age. So it took a while for P&Z members to get used to “the new man” in charge of the land use agency.

Danny Cummings, 5, was so excited with winning the birthday cake from Luigi’s Italian Pastry recently that he sent his own creative, computer-generated 8 x 10 thank you note to The Newtown Bee. The note, which read “Thank you for my birthday cake from Danny,” was framed with a decorative blue and green border and signed in green pen by Danny. We hope you enjoyed your birthday, Danny!

Giants fans like Mary Kennedy will be glued to their sets on Sunday afternoon hoping their favorite NFL team can beat the Minnesota Vikings and advance to the Super Bowl in Tampa. Mary, a die-hard Giants supporter, predicted that the Giants would make it to the Super Bowl back in midseason. She is just one win away. If the Giants win, I’m pretty sure I can predict who Mary will pick to win it all. But I bet you won’t be able to predict what I’ll be revealing to you next week. You’ll just have to…

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