EverWonder Children’s Museum, the interactive STEM-based museum geared toward children and families, is set to offer half-off admission for all fathers on Father’s Day, this Sunday, June 21. Sunday hours are from noon to 5 pm. The museum just celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, June 6, at its new 31 Pecks Lane location. Regular admission is $7 for visitors over 1 year of age. Memberships are also available for purchase. For more information about the museum, visit its website, everwondermuseum.org.

Also being offered this weekend is a pair of special performances of Sleeping Beauty: The Ballet. The spring recital by students of Newtown Centre of Classical Ballet & Voice, this year’s shows are being offered as a free Father’s Day event at Edmond Town Hall. Performances are at noon and 3 pm, and NCCB faculty is hoping to see many father-daughter teams in the audience. Admission is free, but tickets will guarantee a seat; call 203-241-5362 to reserve a pair or two. Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Newtown, the event will also feature a flower sale, bake sale, and concession stand.

I’d like to introduce you to Austin Fimmano, who is one of our Bee interns this summer. Some of her stories and photos have already appeared in The Bee, and you may start seeing her more around town, snapping photos and covering events. Austin grew up in Southbury and applied for her internship here because, she says, she wanted to learn about journalism and whether it is “something I would want to pursue when I go back to school.” Austin is studying English at Fordham University. In her spare time Austin says she enjoys reading. She is currently rereading The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Welcome to The Bee, Austin!

C.H. Booth Library Adult Program Director Lucy Handley tells me that 400 copies of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society were given away for the Newtown Reads! program that began last month. She hopes that Newtowners are enjoying the book, and enjoying knowing that lots of their fellow Newtowners are reading it simultaneously. There’s still one Newtown Reads program scheduled before the July 1 end of the reading event, and that happens this Saturday morning, at the library: a pie contest! If you are inspired and have time, maybe you can whip one up in time to enter it at 9:30 am on June 20... If not, the public is invited to sample the wares, beginning at 10:30. Details are at chboothlibrary.org.

Speaking of everyone’s favorite reading location at 25 Main Street, the library has officially entered Summer Hours mode. That means until September, it will be closed on Sundays. The venue is otherwise still open Mondays through Thursdays, 9:30 am to 8 pm; Friday, 11 am to 5 pm; and Saturdays, 9:30 am to 5 pm.

I heard from a Sandy Hook resident this week, who nominated the Newtown Police Department for a Good Egg Award. This person would like to highlight Sergeant Douglas Wisentaner in particular, he said, after the sergeant helped a bicycle find its way home. A mountain bike was lost along Cherry Street on June 8, and Sgt Wisentaner returned the bike “to my residence without having to go through forms and a lot of paperwork,” said the anonymous, and grateful, bicycle owner. So I thank Sgt Wisentaner and everyone else at Newtown Police Department who go a step above when they can, to make life easier for those they have sworn to serve and protect.

There wasn’t a fire emergency at the O’Neill Center in Danbury Tuesday night. The fire truck parked outside the building was there in support of three members of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. Rob Lasher — who finished his senior year in January, but walked with his Class of 2015 classmates on June 16 — along with Andy DeWolfe and Angie Ruggiero are among the younger members of the fire company, and some of their fellow firefighters made the annual run to Danbury to be there when the new graduates emerged from the ceremony. It was wonderful to see all 450 graduates come out of that building on Tuesday, in fact, into arms of family and friends. Under sunny skies, hundreds of people took photos, shared smiles, and celebrated the milestone achieved by the latest class to say Farewell to Newtown High School.

In this week when we celebrated graduations of many levels, it was nice to see one teacher still in the mind of one student at least six years after she went through middle school. Newtown Middle School social studies teacher Susan Lang was honored this week by a former student. Susan was selected by WDAQ (‘98Q) in Danbury to be the Pay It Forward honoree on June 16. One of her former students, who is now a college sophomore, took the time to write to the radio station, which has been inviting people to share stories about a teacher, coach, or mentor who has made a difference to them. The selection of Ms Lang was announced during the radio station’s morning show, and Susan is now one of five people who will be treated to a massage, manicure, or pedicure at a local spa. Sounds like a great way for any teacher to ease into summer.

The wonderful folks at Mt Pleasant Hospital for Animals will be in the gymnasium of Edmond Town Hall this weekend, offering rabies shots for local dogs and cats. A low-cost rabies clinic will be held Saturday, June 20, from 10 am to noon. If you already have paperwork to prove that your pet is up to date on their vaccine, a three-year tag will be given in exchange for the $20 (cash only) vaccination fee. If you can’t find your paperwork, or have an outdated tag, the same fee will get you a one-year tag.

At the same time, members of the town clerk’s office will be in the gym to help those who need to renew dog licenses. Cost for that is $8 for dogs that are already spayed or neutered, $19 otherwise. Remember: June is Dog License Month. Newtown residents who have dogs 6 months of age and older need to have new licenses issued by June 30, or late fees will be charged. During the first week of July, Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia Halstead will be drawing a license from all of the registrations that were received in June to determine who will receive the honorary #1 Dog tag for 2015.

I’m going to work on a drawing of my own. Maybe a picture of my favorite sunny window. I hope you will enjoy your week, rest up, and then remember to come back next week to … read me again.