It's always nice to meet new people. Residents will have the chance to meet C.H. Booth Library's new director, Douglas Lord, this weekend. A public reception is being hosted by the CHB Board of Trustees on Sunday, February 25, from 2 to 4 pm. The public is invited to the event.The newly formed Newtown Special Education PTA (SEPTA) is set to host its inaugural meeting Wednesday, February 28, at 7 pm, in the Lecture Hall of Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road. Local parents and teachers are invited to attend. SEPTA was created in part to provide a positive supportive environment for parents, fundraise to support educational needs, host programs, and more. Representatives of the Connecticut PTA are expected to attend the event to present the group's charter. E-mail newtownsepta@gmail.com for more information.February 9 edition of that column, we ran a photo of nine women, eight seated at a table and one pouring from a coffee or tea carafe. The only information initially available was a note on the back of the photo that it was taken at a Newtown Woman's Club gathering. Last week Marie Sturdevant and Louise Baker identified five of the women as Nancy Larin, Coke Cramer, Ducky Lowenstein, "a woman named Elaine," and Ingrid Meier on the far right. Marie put some more thought into the photo, and came up with Elaine's last name late last week: Hendrickson. This past weekend, Marilyn Alexander added a few more names. To the right of Ducky is a woman with the last name of Robinson. Vivian Hessler is pouring the coffee or tea. And then continuing clockwise is Olga Knoepke (yes, of Booth Library Olga Knoepke Memorial Meeting Room fame), Claire York, the already identified Ingrid Meier, and then Estell Harrigan. Marilyn also believes the group was gathered at Vivian's home.February 16 Way We Were featured photo. Notes on a photo found in our files indicated the group of four people - two men and two women - pictured near a pair of ceremonial shovels were attending the groundbreaking in 1984 for the parsonage at Newtown United Methodist Church. A man who forgot to leave his name for us said he thought the man on the left in the photo was Boyd Saxton, and that one of the women was Sarah Mannix. Another unidentified caller thought the two ladies were Effie Berglund and her daughter Edith Berglund Tenney. This mystery seems closer to being solved.Newtown CT Rocks!, the group that meets weekly in the community room at Nunnawauk Meadows. We understand about a dozen of the individually decorated rocks were placed around town on February 15, including the two photographed here. The snowman has found a home on the desk of our receptionist, Sandy Tannone, while the larger one may be destined to become the new rock that anchors our papers when they're sold outside each week. Anyone who stops by on Thursday afternoons to purchase their just-printed hometown paper will get a chance to see the larger one if they stop to buy a paper from the cart just outside our front door."Color in Winter Art Show & Sale," Wednesday, February 28, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm, at Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street. The ongoing show will remain on view until March 29 from 8 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays. Prior to the reception, celebrated artist Dick McEvoy will offer a free demonstration of creating a painting with pastels. This event will also take place at the Municipal Center, and will begin at 1:30. The reception and the demonstration are both free to the public.nighthawks-challenge-event-tickets.eventbrite.com.alissa@thebee.com, with the name and contact information to nominate yourself or someone you know for the profile.

Speaking of the library, we share our best wishes to C.H. Booth Young Adult Librarian Kim Weber, who will be devoting her time to grandma duties and volunteer work after March 1. The library patrons and youth are going to miss her great ideas and enthusiasm. Good luck, Kim!

This was definitely a group effort. The identities of women pictured in a recent Way We Were column continue to be matched with their faces. In our

Continuing with the Way We Were theme, we had a few readers call in last weekend to piece together some of the people in the

We were tickled pink last week to find two painted rocks outside The Newtown Bee office. The unique works of art were from the latest batch of creations by

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) is inviting the public to its Artists' Reception for its

Newtown High School's PTSA has announced a challenge: A "Nighthawks Challenge" obstacle course event and fundraiser is scheduled for March 11 from noon to 2 pm, at the school, 12 Berkshire Road. Teams can register to take part in the obstacle course, and can only include NHS students and Newtown Public Schools faculty and staff, and Board of Education members. Spectator viewing, however, is open to all community members. There is a suggested donation for spectator entry of $5 for adults, and $3 for students (children age 6 and under are free). Donations can be made at the gate, and tickets can also be purchased in advance online at

Do you read The Newtown Bee's Snapshot profile each week and think you know someone who would be perfect to be featured in it? E-mail Newtown Bee Features Reporter Alissa Silber,

New England is being New England again: from several inches of snow last weekend to 70 degrees by midweek. That's enough to make me purr.

I will purr for a different reason next week if you promise to... Read me again.