Bits & Pieces

Trouble With Flamingoes

By Kim J. Harmon

 

Flamingoes are becoming an endangered species in town and it is seriously damaging the fundraising abilities of the Newtown High School cheerleaders.

The cheerleaders are trying to raise funds for a trip to Florida next February and one way they have been trying to do that is with a unique project involving flamingoes – a flock of little, pink, plastic flamingoes that they pop into someone’s lawn.

Dr Henry Gellert’s office on Church Hill Road was recently flamingo’d and to anyone who drive by and saw the display, it was pretty cute. But according to cheerleading co-captain Amanda Klabonski, that flock was been stolen off the lawn.

Another flock was also stolen and found destroyed.

Now the cheerleaders have just three flocks left.

This whole flamingo thing has been an unusual and creative way to raise money and now someone has taken it upon themselves to try and ruin it. Prank or no prank, there is no cause for something like this.

Anyone with information on the stolen flocks (especially the missing one) or the parties responsible can call Amanda Klabonski at 426-5910.

Now, anyone wishing to get into the spirit of things and flamingo a friend or neighbor (or purchase flamingo insurance so you don’t become infested with little, pink lawn ornaments) can call 426-5910 or 426-6951. This is a fun project. Why not support it?

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It’s funny, but summer used to be a time for vacations and relaxation (and for kids to forget about school for a couple of months).

But with our local All Star teams doing so well over the summer and reaching milestones like the New England Regionals and Cal Ripken World Series, there has been precious little time for some Newtown families to go on vacations.

For our local 10-year-old All Stars, once they return from Vincennes, Indiana, they will have a little over two weeks to chill out before they go to school.

As hard as they have worked, maybe school will seem like a vacation.