Date: Fri 20-Feb-1998
Date: Fri 20-Feb-1998
Publication: Bee
Author: KAAREN
Quick Words:
Mountain-Valentine
Full Text:
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
After some shameless begging last week, I finally did get a Valentine from
that sweet, sweet long-haired calico Tiger Baby, who lives with the Kearns on
Osborne Hill Road. Tiger Baby will be 16 in June, and her many years of
experience have sure taught her how to flatter an old grizzled bachelor like
me. Here's what she wrote:
Oh Mountain!
Purr, my dearest,
Put a smile upon your face.
That picture in the paper
Is an absolute disgrace.
I know that you are handsome,
With that fur so much in style.
I'll gladly be your Valentine
If only you will smile.
--Tiger Baby
Well, I can tell you, this bit of poetry really made my week. And yes, now
that you mention it, I am far more handsome than I look.
There was a big send-off at The Bee last Friday for intrepid reporter Dorothy
Evans who is planning to move with her husband, John, to the Washington, D.C.,
area. Dottie did a lot of things around the office, from writing up weddings
and engagements to getting the names and ages straight of all the kids in our
Birthday Cake in the kid's section. And she did a lot of good things out of
the office as well. Dottie particularly liked being out in nature, and her
writing showed it. Readers came to love her stories about everything from the
stones in stone walls to the birds on the wing at Christmastime. We will miss
you, Dottie. Good luck!
Sometimes when you are feeling a little blue about a friend leaving town or
the rainy weather, or for no reason at all, a little exotic experience helps
snap you out of it. For me that entails getting some Chinese take-out. So for
that reason, I was happy to see the Chinese restaurant has reopened in the
Queen Street shopping center. The name is new -- Dynasty Chinese Restaurant --
but it is still Main Moon owners James and Kim Lam who also operate the Main
Moon in the Sand Hill Plaza.
The Lams invited friends to celebrate the grand opening and a somewhat delayed
Chinese New Year at the Dynasty last week. Charles and Karen Yarish, Steve and
Cheryl Anderson (who recently moved from Newtown to Southbury), and Bob
Zarnetske and his wife, Cathy Dobbs, and other friends gathered around the
banquet table for a 12-course meal. It is hard to imagine eating a 12-course
meal but somehow everyone managed to do it and still leave under their own
power.
While I'm on the topic of good food, I should mention that next Tuesday is
Shrove Tuesday and the parishioners at St John's Episcopal Church in Sandy
Hook plan to hold their annual pancake supper in the church undercroft from 5
to 7:30 pm. The parishioners are really excited about this event because this
year half of the proceeds will be donated to the Faith Food Pantry. The
traditional meal of pancakes with homemade corned beef hash or sausage,
applesauce and beverage will be served and takeout orders also will be
available. Tickets will be sold at the door: adult, $6, child 5-12 $2.50, and
children under 5 served free.
Am I the only one that's not interested in this year's Winter Olympic Games in
Nagano, Japan, or do others feel the same way I do? Aside from the big win by
the women's hockey team, there's just not that much excitement this year.
Maybe it's because everything is happening while we're sleeping. Almost all
the events on television are on a tape delay. Hopefully, this week's figure
skating competition will heat up the games. The Olympics are over on Sunday.
John Whitten, the town's chief sewer connection inspector, has made a move.
For the past three years, John has done his sewer-related work out of a white
construction trailer parked at the intersection of Currituck Road and Hall
Lane. But workmen recently towed away that landmark, and John relocated his
office to the modern administration building at the town's sewage treatment
plant at the end of Commerce Road.
It's time for me to move on as well, but I'll be back, so be sure to...
Read me again.