Date: Fri 10-Jan-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDREA

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snapshot-Marilyn-Place

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SNAPSHOT :MARILYN PLACE

Occupation: Director of Senior Center for the Town of Newtown.

How long in Newtown: 13 years.

Biggest change in town: The growth of the population in the school system. And

elderly needs.

Family: Married to a wonderful husband - Robert. He's a saint - he's got to be

to be married to me! We have a 20-year-old, Rob, and Timothy, 16, who's a

junior at the high school.

Pets: Smokey, the cat from hell. She's beautiful; you'll go to pet her and

she'll eat you. She's vicious.

Organizations/clubs: Connecticut Association of Senior Center Personnel, and

Babe Ruth because the kids are always in baseball.

Hobbies: Everything. Painting - reverse glass, a 16th Century art where you

work with opaque and transparent oils as a medium, sewing, making bird houses

with my husband, taking walks, reading a good book, and gardening. We have an

herb and vegetable garden. We don't can, we freeze. And my husband built a hot

house so we have lettuce all year 'round. There's nothing like fresh salad

every day. And the turnips are still in the ground.

Favorite books: Mysteries. I love mysteries. Right now I'm reading Remember Me

by Mary Higgins Clark.

Places you walk: My husband and I just get in the car and go. Sometimes we go

to Treadwell Park. Usually, after dinner, we walk in the neighborhood. It's so

peaceful, you can look at the stars, there's no traffic. It's quality time. We

catch up... We look forward to that.

Favorite food: "See" food. Actually, whatever my husband cooks for dinner.

He's a fabulous cook, very creative with what he makes.

Personal philosophy: Have lots of patience, listen to people, never think you

know it all because you can always learn something from other people, share

your opinion - not give it. Every day you learn; you can never learn enough.