Batter's Box

By KIM HARMON

Published: Dec 15, 2000 12:00 am

Batterâs Box

The Batterâs Box is forming its Connecticut Bombers girlsâ softball teams and is seeking players for the U14 and U16 age brackets for the spring 2001 season. Call Bob Turcio at 1-203-248-2398 or Val Saltzman at 1-203-853-3453 for further information.

Connecticut Blaze

The Connecticut Blaze is taking signups for its 2001 clinics and tryouts. All clinics and tryouts will be from 9 am to 12 noon at the Blaze training facility on the second floor off the Bristol Center Mall in Bristol. Times are â Boys 15 and 16 years old (February 10, 11 and 17), Boys 13 and 14 (March 3, 4 and 10). For further information, call 1-860-584-1386 or visit the web at www.ctblaze.org

NHS Softball Players

All prospective Newtown High School softball players interested in trying out for the spring 2001 teams (freshman, junior varsity or varsity squads) who did NOT attend the recent November team meeting still need to call coach Paul LaFrancesca at 270-1844 as soon as possible.

Batting Cage Training

The Batting Cage is swinging into the offseason with a winter training program for high school baseball teams and individual players only. Teams and players can sign up for 12 weeks of training, two hours a week, at The Batting Cage across from the Fairfield Cinemas in Fairfield. Cost is $199. Call 1-203-259-BALL to reserve a spot.

Rockets Still Looking

The Brewster Rockets still have openings on the U12, U14, and U18 travel softball teams for the 2001 summer season, Call Jim McKeever (1-203-740-7897), Marcy Byrne (270-8637), Jim Kelly (1-203-730-9728) or John Wahlers (1-914-279-1562) for further information.

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Hey, there you go! Richard solved it. Thanks, that seems so easy- we'll just get rid of the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court. Seriously, the 2nd amendment doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The Supreme Court doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The problem is not the tools, but the criminals & the mental illness. The state of Connecticut seems to be focused on the tools, like Richard, while ignoring the users of those tools.

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gangs. If I use a firearm in self/home defense, is that gun violence?

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