If you are from the land of tulips and windmills, there’s someone in town who wants to talk to you. Tim Gugino of Wendover Road is looking to interview anyone who grew up in the Netherlands for a college paper he is writing. He promises it won’t take more than two hours of your time, so give him a call at 270-0634.

Newtown Lions Club members would like to remind everyone that it isn’t too late to grab your Frisbee for a late-season round of Frisbee golf at Orchard Hill Nature Center. Sponsored by the Lions, and under the chairmanship of Ed Miklaszewski, and Newtown Parks & Recreation under grounds and fields supervisor Carl Samuelson, a 13-hole Frisbee Golf Course has been laid out to the left of the cart road. The course stretches over two meadows and will be available for another month or two. I wonder if Frisbee-fetching fidos are invited, too?

An anonymous reader has nominated Carm O’Neill for the Good Egg Award, and I have to agree that Carm is, indeed, a Good Egg. Here’s what our reader writes about Carm: “She is a fantastic lady. An ex-librarian, she is an extremely knowledgeable and interesting person with a great sense of humor, and at the age of 79 she still volunteers with the library sale book sorting all year, works at the actual book sale itself, and also delivers Meals On Wheels! She also grows paw paws and shares them annually with her fellow book sorters. Carm recently went for a trip of a lifetime back to Australia and was unlucky enough to have a terrible accident, falling between a platform and train, severely injuring her leg. Not only did this spoil all her holiday plans (as she was in hospital) but the prognosis was that the recovery would take a long time and she would not be able to fly back to America. However, Carm is made of stronger stuff than they anticipated and she made a rapid recovery, even managing to attend a family wedding just before returning to America on the date originally planned. To top it off, Carm is already back volunteering at the library.” Congratulations, Carm! You are a Good Egg!

Nominations for next month’s Good Egg can be sent to nancy@thebee.com. Remember, the Good Egg Award is a way to acknowledge those who are not often recognized for the good deeds and good feelings they leave in their wake of simply living. I’m sure you know someone, and we want to hear about him or her here at The Bee.

Miriam Rhyins, the Main Street resident who spearheaded this year’s candy drive to help out her neighbors on Halloween, tells me that there was a great town response to the drive. She and other members of her Main Street Halloween Committee distributed 13,000 pieces of candy to neighbors, who greeted more than 2,500 trick-or-treaters, she figures. Surprisingly, says Miriam, that number is fewer than last year’s whopping 3,000 that rang her doorbell.

With Halloween and elections a done deal, no doubt there are some around town already planning the Thanksgiving Day feast. Need help? The FDA Seafood Hotline is ready to answer any questions you might have about those oyster and shrimp appetizers you’re planning for the first course. Call 800-332-4010 between noon and 4 pm, Monday through Friday. Butterball Turkey has a special Turkey Talk Line at 800-323-4848; or from 10 am to 4 pm, call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 800-535-4555 with any “fowl” questions you might have. The USDA Hotline has special Thanksgiving Day hours, too, for those last minute turkey emergencies, from 8 am to 2 pm. After all, we want to gobble down our dinners safely, right?

Which brings me to a Tale of Tom Turkey: Aloise Mulvihill had planned to call us last week to tell us how much she enjoyed reading our story about the red squirrel taking over the shed at Tim and Barbara Snyders’s home in Sandy Hook, but then she had her own nature story to share. Seems when Aloise went to pick up her morning paper at the end of her driveway, something off to the side drew her attention. When she looked, she saw a few turkeys… but then she started counting, and before she was finished, she had counted 22 of them! “They were crowded in a flock, right in my front yard, taking their time, just pecking away,” she said. “I grew up here, moved to Danbury for a while, and then came back here, and I’ve never seen anything like this,” she added. “They just made their way over the hill and into my neighbor’s yard. I wasn’t going to mess with them.” Wise choice, Aloise.

Let us not forget that the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month commemorates all those who have served their country. It takes just a moment to reflect on those who have made so many sacrifices. Don’t forget to do so on Tuesday, November 11 — Veterans’ Day. Several events around town on Monday and Tuesday of next week will honor those who have served the United States in times of war and peace. Check the paper for the particulars concerning these memorial services, including a new one this year to dedicate the newest memorial at the Soldiers & Sailors Monument.

Diana Johnson and Janet Woycik of the Christmas Tree Committee want to remind resident to keep an eye peeled for the Memorial Certificates soon to appear in The Bee. Residents can purchase memorial Christmas tree bulbs or luminaria for $10 each, and the funds raised will help defray the cost of the Christmas tree upkeep and lighting ceremony. The committee is also extremely grateful to the Chamber of Commerce and Newtown Hardware for providing candles to light the night on December 5, the kick-off to Newtown’s holiday season.

The time change may be leaving some of us in the dark, but I hope you’ll still be able to see your way next week to… Read me again.