Ed Miklaszewski learned the hard way that climbing a ladder with one hand full of shingles and the other holding nails is not a great idea. While part of the NCC AmeriCares Home Front Blitz Day group providing free repairs to senior citizens, single
Ed Miklaszewski learned the hard way that climbing a ladder with one hand full of shingles and the other holding nails is not a great idea. While part of the NCC AmeriCares Home Front Blitz Day group providing free repairs to senior citizens, single parent households, disabled homeowners, and financially strapped families, on Saturday, May 2, Ed attempted this amazing feat and is now home nursing a broken ankle. Initially, Ed passed it off as a sprain, but when it kept up the throbbing, it was off to the doctor for a closer inspection. Hope youâre feeling better, Ed. And Iâm sure this is not what is meant when it is said that all good deeds go rewarded. There must be something extra good in store for you.
Laura Lerman came across a news blurb about Blue Colony Diner family member George Marnelakis. George has reopened the Roxbury Market, taking ownership last November, to the delight of residents in that area. Good luck, George. No doubt the market will soon be as popular as the familyâs Exit 10 diner has been in Newtown for more than 30 years.
Lauraâs eagle eye spotted this statement in a Bruce Handy book review of Amy Krouse Rosenthalâs newest childrenâs book, Spoon, in this past Sundayâs New York Times, too: âScott Magoonâs witty drawings get the tone just right. It couldnât have been easy: you try drawing a winsome spoon.â Laura zeroed in on the line because she is privy to the fact that Mr Magoon is the husband of Newtowners Jim and Jeanne Walkerâs daughter, Christy. âItâs a perfect match,â Laura tells me, because the Walkers have three grandchildren. Nice to have a built-in childrenâs illustrator, right?
One of the reporters here at The Bee snapped a quick photo of Shelley, the new red slider turtle who has been making a home in the tank outside of Sandy Hook Elementary Schoolâs library, last week. I hear Shelley was donated to the school and has been making quit a splash there.
Everyone who thinks Peg Jacques should get the Good Egg Award, raise your handâ¦. Thatâs what I thought. I canât count that high. Peg is the âinspiration and creative genius behind the Sew Together Gals,â says one person who wants Peg to be honored with the Good Egg Award. The Sew Together Gals is a weekly quilting group that spends hours designing and sewing quilts that are then donated to local organizations to raise funds. Under Pegâs astute direction, they have turned out a quilt to benefit the Family Counseling Center, Spay and Neuter, Friends of the C.H. Booth Library, and the Newtown Historical Society. Congratulations! Peg Jacques, you are a Good Egg! Thereâs a lot more âgoodâ going on in Newtown, too. Appointments are still available for Cuts For Cory, this weekendâs fundraiser by Sandy Hook Hair Co. that will raise some funds for Cory Pineau and his family. The 12-year-old, a seventh grader at Newtown Middle School, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkinâs disease and his friends at the hair salon adjacent to Katherineâs Kitchen (owned by Coryâs mom and dad, Katherine and Randy) want to do what they can to help their friends out. So the stylists at 102 Church Hill Road will donate their time and talent this weekend, opening the salon on Sunday, May 17, between noon and 4 pm, for an afternoon of beauty treatments at dramatically reduced rates. All proceeds will then be given to the Pineau family. Call 270-8777 if youâd like to make an appointment, or just stop in on Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, tickets for a Coryâs Summer Bucket of Fun Raffle are also available. A plastic pail has been filled with items for summer fun for kids, and tickets are $1 each, with proceeds of this also going to the Pineau family. Tickets can be purchased at Sandy Hook Hair Co. or from Eileen Elliott at the Public Works Department. Cory will pull the winning ticket just before school lets out for the summer.
Where there are college grads, there are job hunters. If you havenât lined up employment yet, or are making a career change, job-hunters are invited to a free program on job interview strategies specifically tailored to our current challenging employment environment at the C.H. Booth Library. Cheryl Schwartz, a career counselor here in Sandy Hook, is donating her time to lead this valuable workshop, Thursday, May 21, from 3 to 4:30 pm. The program is free, but please sign up on the libraryâs website chboothlibrary.org, or call 426-4533.
Thereâs some sweet music in the making. Jeff McGill, Newtownâs own jazzy jazz pianist and the Jeff McGill Group will perform in concert Friday, May 29, at the Danbury Music Center, 256 Main Street, Danbury. The concert will celebrate the release of the groupâs new CD, âThen and Now.â Jeff is the co-founder and director of the Music Learning Center and net proceeds from ticket sales for the concert will benefit the Music Learning Center Scholarship Fund. âWe are excited to have this concert serve as the first fundraising event for the fund,â Jeff tells me. Call 748-1444 for ticket information. Curious as a cat about the music? Visit jeffmcgilljazz.com and have a listen.
It would be music to my ears if I would hear that next week you plan to⦠Read me again.