`Hank Williams shouts it before each broadcast of Monday Night Football, so it bears repeating here -"Are you ready for some football?"

By KIM HARMON

Published: Jun 04, 2004 12:00 AM

`Hank Williams shouts it before each broadcast of Monday Night Football, so it bears repeating here ââAre you ready for some football?â

The Newtown Flag Football League will hold an official sign-up date on Saturday, June 12, from 10 am to 2 pm, in the old courtroom at the Town Hall. All players interested in participating must sign up on this date and be prepared with the $75 fee, birth certificate and driverâs license.

League organizers are looking to create an eight-team league, with 10 to 12 players per team. Full team signups are encouraged, but spots would be found for individuals if any spots are available. The league is expected to fill quickly.

A local group â led by Joe Brown, Charlie Coates, Mark Fracker, Tim Frawley and Tony Willie â began putting the pieces together for the NFFL some time ago. Affiliated with the Newtown Parks and Recreation Department, the league has an extensive rulebook (emphasizing the non-contact aspect of the game) and a place to play its regular season and playoff games.

The league will run from Tuesday, July 6, through Saturday, August 14. All regular season games (each team will play 10) will be played on the football field behind Newtown High School, while playoffs will be held at Treadwell Park.

Captainsâ meetings will be held following signups.

Anyone interesting in becoming a referee for the NFFL, contact Mr Fracker at 241-4556. Training sessions will be provided. For further information, contact Mr Coates (770-3740) or Mr Brown (313-9353).

Jackie (Jack) Tanner

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I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!

Encouraging. The town budget squeaks by but the school budget got dinged. Let the games begin.

Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.

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The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).

Beth sorry for your loss Scott always talked about how much you loved your mom ❤️ Prayers for you and your family Gauvin Family

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`Hank Williams shouts it before each broadcast of Monday Night Football, so it bears repeating here -"Are you ready for some football?"

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