So you think you are hot? Look at me! I’m wearing a black fur coat with no zipper. Ugh!

The recent hot weather has spurred a lot of people into getting their air conditioning systems up and running. Bill and Pat Denlinger are no exceptions. Pat decided the old window unit in their bedroom was getting too noisy and inefficient, so she brought home a new one from Sears for Bill to install.

It was nearly 11 pm before Bill finally got around to doing it, and all went well when he pulled the old unit out. Putting the new one in was a little trickier. Somehow, the unit launched itself out the window, and bounced off the garage roof. Bill managed to grab hold of the electrical cord as it sailed past him, and held on as the unit dangled about eight feet off the ground, all the while shouting for Pat to run outside and catch it.

Looking the situation over, Pat decided that wasn’t such a good idea, so she found a stepladder to wedge under the dangling machine and prop it against the house. After its rescue, the air conditioner still ran but was pretty beat up by its adventure, so Bill called Sears for advice. Bring it back, he was told by the sympathetic –– not to mention, amused –– staff at Sears, and we’ll give you a new one. Bill had better luck with this one, and now he and Pat are sleeping comfortably.

Brigette Sorenson might be an advocate for cultural arts, but she showed up at last Thursday’s Fairfield Hills planning workshop in her softball uniform, cleats and all. She left her glove in the car.

Kim Stendahl reports that the Labor Day Parade fundraising efforts are now in full swing with donations finally coming in. The parade committee had been having trouble coming up with the needed money to put on the annual event. This week, the Savings Bank of Danbury contributed $1,000. The bank is being thanked this week with a sign in the window of Dr Gellert’s office.

The first selectman’ s office received a call this week from a private school here in town. It seems the school was interested in using the auditorium at Fairfield Hills. The problem is there are no seats in the auditorium and the building that houses the auditorium hasn’t had electricity in years.

Problems with the women’s employee bathroom at Edmond Town Hall continued this week after tests revealed contamination of the water there. All other water faucets and outlets tested fine at town hall, creating a bit of a mystery as to where the source of the problem might be. The bathroom and nearby water fountain were closed while Clark Kathan and the rest of the town hall maintenance staff took a closer look.

Blithe and Fred Dotson are the proud grandparents of a baby boy, born Tuesday at 5 pm to Fred and Jennifer Dotson. Baby Jack was 8 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20.5 inches at birth.

The clock stopped at Edmond Town Hall during the matinee showing of “Clock Stoppers” Wednesday. Power went out through the building, leaving the large throng of moviegoers in the dark. The crowd was eventually herded out of the theater, but power still remained out later in the day.

First Selectman Herb Rosenthal will be one of several local Democrats to pack the Fireside Inn Sunday as New York Senator Hillary Clinton brings her act to town. The former first lady will be speaking during a $250 per plate lunch to benefit Congressman Jim Maloney’s campaign.

Selectman Bill Brimmer is earned a reputation for being a hard-working town official, loyal party man and singer, not to mention having a great sense of humor. Now Bill is providing recommended summer reading lists. His latest choice: Booked to Die by John Dunning. Jan Andras plans to read it during her vacation next week.

 This next week will certainly be a busy one in Newtown. The staff of Mt Pleasant Hospital for Animals is having a pet adoption open house on Saturday from 4 to 7 pm at their facility at 119 Mt Pleasant Road. Lots of dogs and cats will be there, waiting for someone to give them a new home.

There’s a pizza challenge beginning at 1 pm at The Homesteads at Newtown with specialty pizza from around the area and the $5 all-you-can-eat proceeds going to the Newtown Congregational Church.

Paul and Marilyn Alexander heard this week that their son Stuart is being promoted to the rank of commander in the US Navy. Peter is an aerospace maintenance officer assigned to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in Norfolk, Virginia. He was in Newtown last week for the Alexander’s annual “grandma camp” and was photographed at the Spay & Neuter Spring Fair at Edmond Town Hall with his daughter, Anne, and his nephew, Dixon Stater. Dixon was misidentified in The Bee as Stuart’s son. He’s actually the youngest son of Stuart’s sister Kathy Alexander Stater.

At St Rose Church, Father Bob has been urging his parishioners to pray for good weather for the annual carnival that will be held nightly beginning at 6 pm on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the American Red Cross will be in town to hold a Holiday Heroes blood drive from 8:30 am to 6:45 pm at Edmond Town Hall. Donors are needed; call 800-GIVE-LIFE. The busy week will wind up on July 6 with the final day of the carnival and the annual Newtown Historical Society Historic Homes Tour, this time featuring seven vintage properties in the Hattertown Historic District. Sounds like a great way to start the summer.

It was interesting to see in the newly released community planning survey prepared for the Planning and Zoning Commission that 99.3 percent of the people living in Newtown rate their quality of life as good or very good. If I had to guess who the person was who isn’t happy in Newtown, I’d have to say Michael Skakel. But it could be any one of the residents in his neighborhood –– Newtown’s only gated community.

Time for me to lock things up for this week, but please come back for visiting hours next week and…

Read me again.