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Council Increases Number Of

Justices Of The Peace By Five

Legislative Council Tuesday night held a public hearing then voted

unanimously, 8-0, to adopt a revised ordinance, which will increase the number

of local justices of the peace.

The revised ordinance will increase the number of justices of the peace from

10 to 15 to provide five positions for unaffiliated voters or those of

minority parties. Currently there are five Republican justices of the peace

and five Democrats.

To become a justice of the peace in this new category, a candidate must be a

registered voter who is either unaffiliated or a member of a minor party. The

candidate must not have been a registered Republican or Democrat since May 1.

The candidate also must sign a pledge not to join either major party until the

expiration of his or her term.

If there are more than five candidates, the selection will be done by lottery.

Those additional candidates would become alternates in the order that their

names are drawn.

Persons who are interested in becoming a justice of the peace in the

unaffiliated or minority party category should get a sample application form

from the town clerk's office in Edmond Town Hall and submit it between August

1 and the November 1 deadline. The lottery will be held on or before November

22.

Republican and Democratic justices of the peace will be selected by their

party's town committees at caucuses this summer.

The primary duty of a justice of the peace is performing marriage ceremonies

after verifying that all forms are in order. Justices of the peace also can

administer oaths, sign affidavits, notarize documents when a notary seal isn't

required, take depositions and issue subpoenas related to depositions.

Justices of the peace will serve four-year terms, beginning on January 6, 1997

and ending January 1, 2001.

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ANOTHER FILLER FOR THE BEE

AIS Accepting

Applications

American Intercultural Student Exchange is now accepting applications from

families who are interested in hosting a foreign exchange student for one

semester or the entire upcoming school year. The high school students, all

proficient in English, have medical insurance and spending money for the

duration of their stay.

Host families provide students with a bed, meals, and a family atmosphere.

AISE provides students and host families with counseling and support through

the exchange experience. For information, call 1-800-742-5464.

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STH HD

BOOTH CORNER

The C.H. Booth Library invites children of all ages to join the 1996 Summer

Reading Olympics and "be a champion!" Children will receive prizes for reading

5, 10 and 15 books. (Children who are too young to read by themselves may

count the books that are read to them) Kids who read 15 books or more will be

photographed for our Olympic Wall of Fame.

Break out your jammies because PJ Time returns this summer! The whole family

will enjoy this fun-filled program of stories and songs. This summer we will

hold PJ Time at the Meeting House on Thursday nights, at 7 pm. The program

will run from July 11 until August 8. No registration is required - just drop

in.

Readers who will be entering grades six, seven, eight and nine are invited to

participate in the Middle School Madness program, which started on June 24.

Participants will fill out a Middle School Madness raffle ticket for each book

that they read over the summer. The more books they read, the better their

chances are to win one of our great prizes. No registration is necessary for

Middle School Madness and readers do not have to be present for the raffle.

We would like to thank the following merchants for their generous

contributions to the C.H. Booth Summer Reading Olympics: My Place Restaurant,

Dunkin Donuts, Florist on the Green, The Toy Corner, Tunes, The Drug Center,

and the Botsford Drive-In.

Starting July 3, the Young Adult Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, at 11

am. Any middle school students who would like to join this book discussion

group should call Rebecca Swensen at 426-4533.

Books from the Newtown High School summer reading list are available in the

young adult section of the children's department.

Adult non-fiction books are currently unavailable due to the construction

project.

Good news! The library now has parking for library patrons! The former Yankee

Drover lot across the street from Trinity Church has been cleared out for

library patrons.

The Book Nook, a book sale annex set up by the Friends of the Library, is now

open at Sharon's Coffee & Tea on Church Hill road. Proceeds from the sale of

the books benefit Booth Library.

Thank you to the volunteers who helped the library move books last Sunday from

the library to the former A&P building on Queen Street. The library

appreciates your help! Book sale donations and volunteers are welcome at Queen

Street on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, from 9:30 until noon.

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HOUSE & GARDEN TOUR SATURDAY

Must run because of editorial

The Newtown Historical Society will sponsor its second annual Historic House

and Garden Tour on Saturday, from noon to 5 pm.

Five sites are on the tour: the house and gardens of Patricia Philipp on Queen

Street, the gardens of Dr and Mrs Peter Jameson on Tory Lane, the home and

container garden of Jane and Robert Cottingham on Blackman Road, the gardens

of Jerry and Ann Marie DeLuccio on Taunton Hill Road and the gardens of Dr

Humberto and Gretchen Bauta on Taunton Ridge Road.

Tickets, $20 each, are limited. Everyone, infants included, must have a ticket

because of insurance regulations. Tickets will be sold between 11:30 am and

12:30 pm at the Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street on Saturday. The Curtiss

House won't be open, but the gardens will. The gardens are being

re-established by the Garden Club of Newtown.