Date: Fri 26-Sep-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

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MOUNTAIN for 9/26/97

Some of you may have noticed that the boss is installing a fountain on the

former Lovell's property at the corner of Main Street and Sugar Street. Some

wag suggested it was a ploy to get people to throw change in the fountain to

help him pay for the sewer hook-up to the empty lot. The boss says that is not

true, although he still doesn't understand exactly what it is he is supposed

to be hooking up.

When the plumber first showed up down at the corner, we all thought that maybe

the boss was going to install a toilet in the middle of the empty lot just so

all the sewer hook-up money wouldn't be wasted. But it turns out the plumber

was there to get water to the fountain, which should be the centerpiece for

more improvements to come at the site.

Bob and Sue Cascella said they had a great time on their vacation last week.

They took day trips around the state, driving to their destination on the

expressways but taking the scenic back roads on the way home. After a really

great day in Old Saybrook, Bob headed for Newtown on the back roads and

thought he knew the way. Next thing they knew, the Cascellas were in Hartford.

Bob says he hasn't a clue how he wound up there but they eventually found

their way home to Sandy Hook.

Public Building & Site Committee member Pete Samoskevich couldn't understand

why the library board had plans to plant pear trees alongside a walkway on the

site. He wondered what would happen when the pears fell to the ground.

Wouldn't it attract bees by the hundreds? As it turns out, these pear trees

don't grow pears. I wonder if you have to pay extra for fruit trees that don't

bear fruit.

The building committee started its regular meeting at 6:30 pm in the borough

office at Town Hall South Tuesday, but was forced to move the meeting to the

building's other meeting room a half hour later. It seems the borough had some

business of its own to take care of and needed the space.

Jim Crouch, chief of the 911 emergency dispatch center at town hall, will be

on his way to Thailand soon. A couple years ago when Jim was last in Thailand

- his wife's native land - he foiled an attempted kidnapping. The story will

have a real happy ending now when Jim performs the marriage of the young woman

to his brother-in-law. It seems the young woman's family was trying to force

her to marry an older man as soon as she graduated from college. She escaped

from the forced marriage and has now found true love.

We're delighted to hear that Denise and Todd Fiorilla are the parents of a new

bouncing baby boy, Tyler James, born on August 29 at Danbury Hospital.

Diana Johnson and Janet Woycik are looking for people who'd like to start a

new holiday tradition in their families by helping the committee that gets the

lights ready to put on the Christmas tree at the Ram Pasture and sets out the

luminaria which blaze alongside the streets during the ceremony each year.

Anyone who can help at the bulb-testing party, or would be willing to

distribute the luminaria to a few houses, is invited to attend an

organizational meeting from 7 to 8 pm on Wednesday, October 8, upstairs at the

Newtown Meeting House. RSVP to Diana at 426-5418 if you plan to come or want

more information.

I hear that Newtown Health and Fitness will be starting a basketball league

for women soon. I guess they're going to try to give the WNBA a run for its

money. I'm waiting for the promotional commercials to hit TV, featuring not

the tough and cool looking Rebecca Lobo wearing a beret, but Sherri Baggett

and Lori Zemo in their Bee T-shirts.

Frank LaPak, unofficial bird watcher of the Ram Pasture, reports that the Blue

Heron is back in town. On Tuesday, Ibey Em, which is what Frank calls the Big

Blue, was seen strolling along the wall by the bridge at the outlet of Hawley

Pond. Frank says he hasn't seen too many different species, other than the

usual hordes of Canada geese, Mallard ducks, and crows. He still waiting for

the egret to show up.

This time next week, if you're waiting for something and have a little time on

your hands, be sure to...

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