Congratulations to the Newtown High School girls’ golf team for winning the South-West Conference championship on June 2! It is Newtown’s first conference crown since 2018. Read more about the big win in this week’s Sports section.

I’ve marked my calendar and I hope you will, too. There is a COVID-delayed reception honoring the retirement of longtime assistant director/interim director/reference librarian Beryl Harrison this Friday afternoon, June 11. From 4:30 to 6:30 pm, the public is invited to celebrate Beryl, who has contributed so much to this community. Patrons of C.H. Booth Library who have browsed any section of the library anytime these past 30 years or so are familiar with the always smiling, helpful, friendly librarian, who was always eager to assist. Her retirement was well earned! Join library staff and administration on the patio of the C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street — and enjoy a scoop or two of ice cream with her.

The annual low-cost rabies vaccination clinic, $20 cash only, takes place on Saturday, June 12, from 9 am to noon, at the Municipal Center at Fairfield Hills. Please call 203-270-4210 for details, or see the calendar listing at newtownbee.com.

Saturday is a pretty exciting day coming up for NHS seniors — graduation day, and the in-person event at the Blue & Gold Stadium is the culmination of not just their years of education, but marks the end of a remarkably challenging year. Congratulations to all!

Also, a reminder that this Saturday is CT Open House Day. There are two locations within Sandy Hook celebrating this annual event to all things in-state and tourism. Over 140 locations have registered to offer in-person and virtual events this year. Visit ctvisit.com to find the full list of participation locations and their special offers.

Need a little help getting a work project done around your home? If you are 55 or older and live in town, Friends Of Newtown Seniors (FONS) and Volunteers Open Worlds (VOW) may be able to help. The two nonprofits have teamed up to grant wishes to two Newtown senior citizens. Pick up a copy of last week’s Newtown Bee, or contact coordinator Bev Bennett Schaedler at 203-430-0633 or fonschoreservices@gmail.com. The FONS-VOW Wishes Come True Raffle will help with painting a room, planting a garden, rearranging furniture, washing windows, light yardwork, or something similar. Deadline to make a wish is Monday, June 14, and the winners will be notified by Wednesday, June 16.

Pleasant Paws Pet Center is hosting a ribbon cutting and open house from 10 am to 3 pm, Sunday, June 13. If you’ve been curious about the pet care facility located at 94 South Main Street, here is your chance to tour the facility — and I hear that a food truck will be on premises during the celebration. (Rain date is July 11.)

Who doesn’t love an oddity? Join author Anastasia Mills Healy and C.H. Booth Library next week when she is the featured guest for a virtual author program hosted by the library. Anastasia is the author of Secret Connecticut: A Guide To The Wonderful, Weird, and Obscure. Anyone looking to learn about some of the oddest locations in this state will want to join her when she talks about the book and doing research during a pandemic, and shares some of her favorite places within the Nutmeg State. Register by calling 203-426-4533 or visiting chboothibrary.org.

The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library want to be sure everyone takes note of the new dates and hours for the huge Annual Book Sale. This year, the event takes place beginning with a Friday preview event ($40 entry fee for this day) on July 9 and continues through Tuesday, July 13. The sale opens each day at 10 am. As always, you can expect a well-run, organized sale of thousands of books and other items. Look for more details in upcoming articles in The Newtown Bee.

Get your shopping bags ready! The Newtown Farmers Market returns to Fairfield Hills next Tuesday, June 15, from 2 to 6:30 pm. You’ll find the vendors of locally produced goods and food items on the campus each Tuesday through October, and as usual, you can expect high quality and the freshest produce. Look for details in a related story in this week’s issue of The Newtown Bee.

A resident shared with me a special experience: Spotting a doe that appeared to be in distress, not far from an outbuilding on their property, it soon became clear as to why she was so restless. Nature gave him and his wife a first-hand look at the birth of twin fawns! Mama Deer then moved the twins apart from each other, moving back and forth to care for them in what she instinctively knows is a safe way to protect them. Initially up on wobbly legs, the babies laid down, still as can be, after Mama apparently gave them “the word” while welcoming them to Planet Earth. Pretty cool!

A big thank you to our local representatives Mitch Bolinsky, Raghib Allie-Brennan, Tony Scott, and Senator Tony Hwang who put in the good word that House Bill 6641 contained wording unsupportive of newspapers (see The Newtown Bee editorial, June 4, “A Nibble Hurts As Much As A Bite;”). That bill, amended, was rolled into another, according to Rep Bolinsky, with language that would be interpreted as far less damaging to small publications such as The Newtown Bee.

I was weaving my way through the halls of the Municipal Center at 3 Primrose Street and what did I come upon? A showcase filled with the works by members of Weaving Newtown. Through the end of June, during Municipal Center hours, you can take a look at the handcrafted woven items in the case near the Council Chambers. When you are finished being impressed by the skill of these local weavers, take time to appreciate the astounding photographs of the 2nd Company Governor’s Horse Guard adorning the walls. Marleen Cafarelli’s exhibit of more than 100 photographs runs through the end of June, also.

Just a reminder that spending time outdoors this spring means you should be spending more time doing a tick check. These disease-bearing insects are proliferating this year. If you missed The Newtown Bee Friday Forum “Tickborne Disease Awareness &Prevention” on May 21, with Newtown Health District reps and expert Dr Goudarz Molaei, visit youtube.com/watch?v=_slatsyzzoq&t=4s to learn about measures you should take to avoid some potentially debilitating illnesses.

The weather will be the weather, that we know in New England. Following a miserably cold Memorial weekend, this past weekend introduced us to the sweltering days of summer — two weeks before the official summer season begins. It was the perfect time for this cat to practice doing what cats do best: nothing.

I’ll be back to doing “something,” though, you can bet on that. Be sure next week to... Read me again.