Date: Fri 20-Oct-1995

By Previous Employees

Published: Aug 11, 1999 12:00 am

Publication: Bee

Author: TOMW

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This week in 1990

Matt Zavatsky had a 47-yard touchdown run, a 26-yard TD burst, and a 66-yard

punt return for a score as the Newtown Pop Warner Cubs snapped a long losing

streak with a 33-12 win over New Milford. The Cubs also got scores on a Chris

Dudley run and a pass from Chris Petitti to Aaron Zahoric. John Buonanno also

had a big day running the football for the winners.

This week in 1985

Kristin Burke took a header pass from Laurel Whelan and rippled the back of

the net giving the Newtown High School girls' soccer team a thrilling

come-from-behind win over undefeated rival, Weston. Kate Stark had scored only

minutes earlier to tie the game at one. The win lifted Newtown's record to

11-0 and gave the Lady Indians sole possession of first place in the Western

Connecticut Conference. In a 4-0 win over Bethel the day before, Patti Hensel

scored twice and Stark and Debbie MacDonald added the other tallies.

This week in 1980

Newtown High School golf coach, Jim Casagrande, captured the Men's Club

Championship at Heritage Village Country Club when he defeated Dave Stein in

the final round. Newtown's Bob Tynan claimed the First Flight Championship as

he knocked off Bruce Ruderman.

This week in 1975

The Newtown High School football team bounced New Fairfield 35-0 as two-way

junior Gary Pepe turned in a monster afternoon. Pepe scored touchdowns on runs

of two and 84 yards, collected three quarterback sacks, totalled 17 tackles,

and blocked a punt for the Indians in the win. Other NHS players to find the

endzone were Kenny Richardson, Chris Wertz, and Pete Meier.

This week in 1970

The Newtown High School cross country team upped its record to 4-1 as it

defeated Masuk 20-36 and Joel Barlow, 15-48. Coach Roger Streeter's Indians

were led by the efforts of Jumpin Joe Gallo, Ron Gismo Gismondi, Doug Grove,

Fred Randall, Richard Anthony, Martin McClellan, Robert Schaedler, John

Dettmer, John Guay, Bob Grove, Don Kossick, Paul Krueger, Ed Lange, Bob

McCulloch, Ted Randel, George Munson, and Mark Seppanen.

This week in 1965

Mary Lys Jackson scored a pair of goals to lead the Newtown High School field

hockey team to a 2-0 win over Masuk. The victory for the Lady Indians came

only two days after a tough 2-0 loss to Wilton.

This week in 1960

Dot Bowden and Brenda Smogie each scored goals as Miss Anderson's Hawley High

School " stick wielders " rallied to beat Danbury 2-1 for the team's

seventh-straight win.

This week in 1955

Newtown High soccer coach Joe Ozanne converted forward Dick Seman into a

goalie and his decision paid off in a 0-0 tie between Newtown and Watertown.

Seman made 18 saves in the game for the locals and benefited also from the

defensive play of Dick Maye and Bob Benton.

This week in 1950

The Sandy Hook Athletic Club Midgets football team got two touchdown runs from

Tommy Kearns but lost to the much bigger Ridgefield High School freshman team,

26-13.

Silver Alert Issued By Newtown PD For 17-Month-Old Child

LOF Adaptive Skiers Is Gearing Up For Another Jam-Packed Summer

Snapshot: Jason LynchThis week's Snapshot features Jason Lynch.Family: My wife Robin, and our daughter Charly.How did you meet your wife? I met her on the subway in Brooklyn. I was helping someone with their stroller, and she saw me and handed me her business card.Pets: Two dogs, Jet and Utah.How long have you lived in Newtown? About five years. We used to live in Norwalk, and I used to drive the back roads home all the time. I’d see the antique houses and their plaques, and we’d talk about how unique each one looked and how great it would be to have a house like that someday. We were here for the corn maze, for my brother-in-law’s birthday, and we saw one of the houses on Main Street was for sale so we took a look and fell in love with it.Work: I work at IBM Research, where I am primarily a brand designer — so thinking about the Research brand, different applications, how it appears in digital at events, and also working with some of the emergent technologies as well. It’s incredibly hard but also interesting and fulfilling.Do you have a favorite podcast? I love podcasts. I like StarTalk, which is really interesting, about cosmic queries; The Illustration Department, about different illustrators and designers, which I like to listen to a lot; and I enjoy Freakonomics.What did you want to be when you grew up? A truck driver. I still think it would be an awesome job. We take a lot of road trips to Ohio, and I think about it quite a bit when we’re going through Pennsylvania. When I was a little kid they had that show, BJ and The Bear, and I loved it.What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I really enjoy cooking. I find recipes all the time, so I try to find new and interesting things. It’s hard to find the time to do it, but I enjoy it. During the summer we like to hang out on Lake Zoar. It’s our favorite place to be. It’s peaceful out there. We have a pontoon boat that we dock at Eichler’s Cove, and it’s nice because we can go down there, sometimes after work we’ll go out with dinner or go swimming for just an hour or so.What is the most recent book you’ve read? At home I don’t have a lot of downtime to read, but I love audio books. Right now I’m going through A World of Peers by Michael Pollan, which explores what is consciousness. It was really interesting. Before that it was Sammy Hagar’s autobiography. It varies quite a bit. My commute can be lengthy, so I enjoy audio books and podcasts when I’m going back and forth.What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? You’re not entitled to the results, you’re entitled to the work.Do you have any pet peeves? It’s silly and it’s a little thing, and I know this, but I cannot stand how paper towels or tape never tear cleanly. It drives me insane.What is something you cannot live without? Family, of course. And dogs. I have to have dogs.What is your favorite thing about Newtown? I like the sense of community we’ve experienced here. I enjoy walking, and I love being able to get groceries everyday — the walkability in the center of town, and seeing people all the time, I really enjoy that. And the homes, of course, which was primarily what drew us here. Do you have a personal credo? The work advice from earlier.

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Head O'Meadow Students Cast Votes For Books

I understand your basic point, but not the numbers. Can you help us understand where your numbers come from? Thanks!

The ‘Me’ Generation

Tom, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. My advocacy isn't about a personal 'vested interest' in a single field; it is about the Standard of Newtown. While you categorize the salt shed and library parking as 'essential' and the turf as an 'upgrade,' I would argue they all fall under the same umbrella of maintaining town assets. The Turf Field ($1.4M): This was a replacement project for a facility used by thousands of youth athletes, not a new 'luxury' add-on. The Salt Shed ($1.2M) & Library Parking ($1.4M): These were passed at almost identical price points. The point isn't to say these items aren't important; it’s to ask why we find the money for infrastructure that serves one demographic while claiming we are too 'fiscally strained' to fund infrastructure for another. When we categorize things we use as 'essential' and things our neighbors' children use as 'extras,' we aren't having an honest discussion about priorities, we are picking winners and losers. The goal of my letter wasn't to be 'unproductive,' but to sound the alarm for the 82% of residents who didn't show up to the polls. We cannot be a community that only thrives in parts. If we want Newtown to remain a place where people want to move and raise families, we have to invest in the next generation with the same urgency we use to fix our parking lots.

Michelle, I am sorry to see that you are also a victim of fabrications. All those rumors that go round that seem so convincing. All so often, those rumors are little more than convenient lies. This has been happening for several years and hopefully we can come together to stop them. Until then, I ask that those of you who have heard disparaging remarks about the candidates take the time to meet with them to ask them directly what you are concerned about. Get to know them better rather than assume. We all will have better representation both locally and state-wide if you do so.

Support For Brandon Moore

He is just another politician, you could see it when he got Bruce Walcz'zzz'k elected. Say whatever it takes to get into office...

Two Questions

This is disappointing because it frames voters who rejected the Treadwell turf replacement as selfish or anti-youth. When I suspect that Katherine's motives were likely because she has some vested interest in those turf fields, which makes it exceptionally selfish. There is a clear difference between maintaining basic town infrastructure and approving an athletic facility upgrade. Library sidewalks, parking access, and a salt storage facility support safety and essential town operations. The turf field may be worthwhile, but it is still a different type of request. Residents can support youth sports and still question the cost, timing, or priority of a specific project. Calling that selfish, or turning it into a generational argument is unfair and unproductive. Newtown is better served by honest discussion about priorities, not by accusing voters of lacking community spirit because they disagreed on one ballot item.

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