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By KIM HARMON

Published: Jul 02, 2001 12:00 AM

Briefly . . .

Travel Basketball Coaches

Coaches for all age levels, 5th through 8th grade (girls and boys), are needed for the Newtown Parks and Recreation travel basketball program. Anyone interested should call John Giorno at 270-9579. Also, a tournament for travel basketball players is being organized and anyone interested in helping should call Mr Giorno or Jack Shpunt at 426-1935.

NHS Football Clinic

Newtown High School head football coach Ken Roberts, along with members of his staff, will conduct a youth football clinic (for players ages 8 to 15) from July 23-27. The clinic will run from 9 to 11:30 am every day will cover conditioning, fundamentals, and specialty skills. It will also include contact drills and a live scrimmage at the end. Players will be grouped by age, size and ability. Equipment rentals will be provided to those who need it. High school players are NOT eligible. Registration fee is $85 and all proceeds will benefit the Newtown Touchdown Club. To request a registration form or additional information, call Mike Nowak at 270-1331 or email him at newtownfootball@aol.com.

Swim Coaches Needed

Newtown High School is in need of a girlsâ (fall season) and boysâ (winter season) swim coach for the 2001 and 2001-2002 seasons. Anyone interested in coaching should call Newtown High athletic director Gregg Simon at 426-7655 as soon as possible.

Beachside Soccer Tryouts

Beachside of Connecticut Soccer Club will be holding tryouts for the 2001-2002 campaign on Monday, July 9, through Thursday, July 12, from 5 to 6:30 pm, at Green Farms Academy in Westport. Players at the U13 and U14 level will tryout July 9 and 11, while players at the U15, U16 and U17 levels will tryout on July 10 and 12. Mickey Kydes, a former MISL, USISL and MLS player, is the director of coaching at Beachside. Call Marcina Cristobal at 1-203-247-5584 for further information.

MLS Soccer Camp

The Newtown Soccer Club will once again host the MLS Soccer Camp, which will run from July 30 through August 3, and is open for players ages 5 to 12. Cost is $84 and that includes shirt and soccer ball. Brochures will be available from soccer coaches and at the Booth Library (outside lobby of childrenâs room, on bench). Host families will also be needed for visiting coaches. Call Anne Rose at 426-6416 for further information.

Calhoun Basketball Camp

The Jim Calhoun Basketball Camp for boys ages 9 to 17 will be held in three sessions at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. The sessions will run from July 8-12, and July 27-29 (this one is for high school players only). The camp hosts overnight and day campers. Campers will receive a free basketball, t-shirt, meals and top-flight instruction from high school and college coaches â as well as the UConn coaching staff. Current and former UConn players work as counselors and guest lecturers. Call 1-860-456-3443 or visit the web at www.jimcalhouncamp.com for a brochure.

Trumbull_Soccer Tryouts

Tryoyuts for the Trumbull Rockets boysâ U14 premier team (fall season) will be held Monday and Wednesday, July 9 and 11, from 6:30 to 8 pm, at Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull. Call Joe DeCarle at 261-4519 for further information.

Special Absentee Voting Hours Announced

Go Out And Vote April 23

Supporting Our Kids By Supporting Our Schools

Vote Yes On April 23

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

Budget should be cut by 20%, spending $2.65 million dollars per every week forever is absolutely unsustainable ! Do everything possible to Vote No on another nonsensical attempt to increase the cost of living ! Taxpayers are honestly just renting their houses from the town, it costs me $40 every night to sleep in my own bed ! Soon it will be cheaper living in a hotel than owning a property in Newtown !

Finance Board Moves $1 Million From Education Budget

I went and complaint to Rosenthall's father that the budget was too high at $80M several years ago, now we are at almost $140M . $2.65 million per week that is ! Fairfield hills should have long been developed by investors money and bring revenue to the town. WE ARE DRIVING OURSELVES OUT OF NEWTOWN by doing this and constantly raising the cost of living. It makes zero sense, any extra budget money gets burned on stupid stuff just so they can ask for more next year. Put an END TO THIS STUPIDITY and CUT THE BUDGET 20%. Everyone will be just fine ! Kids won't get any smarter anyway. That's an honest reality !

Why You Should Not Vote For The BOE Budget

Any common sensical person can do this job at under 100k salary. Way overhyped and overpaid at over $200k annual salary. We as voters have to put an end to this. Not to mention an assistant comes along with this job paid at 190k! What is wrong with you voters?

Melillo Announces Departure To Darien

Honestly, I don't know why anyone would ever vote to increase their taxes and give their money away.

Difficult To Vote For BOE Budget Without Specifics

The entire budget needs to be cut not raised. The proposed budget now would sit that we spend $2.65 million dollars every week. For population of less than 30k people it is absolutely absurd ! You cannot keep driving older folks out of town just to create a revolving door of parents who come here, educate their kids and run away ! There is no need to be paying 190K annual salary to an ASSISTANT to superintendent, not in the best interest of tax payers ! The voting turnout at 9% is ridiculous ! Lobby lawmakers to change the voting by mail, so everyone gets a ballot in the mail and at least 51% of residents vote to approve, otherwise the budget should not be approved if you don't have the majority ! Most folks don't even know when the vote is ! They have taxes bundled with mortgage and don't even know ! We are raising cost of living for everyone and it is absolutely not necessary.

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