Date: Fri 02-Apr-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: CURT

Quick Words:

Mountain-UConn-spring

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TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

It's amazing how many UConn basketball fans there are this week. One printing

outfit was churning out 1,400 championship T-shirts per hour on Tuesday, and

it still couldn't keep up with demand. Where were all these people back when

UConn was playing Marathon Oil in the beginning of November?

I know one guy who was probably listening to the marathon game on the radio

(it wasn't on TV). Jack Fuller has been a die-hard Huskies fan for many years.

So when UConn defied the odds and knocked off Duke in the NCAA final Monday

night, Jack took his horn outside on the front porch of his Parmalee Hill Road

home and blew it long and loud.

One person who surely heard this mighty blast was Jack's neighbor Judi

Richardson, who had reason to blow her own horn this Wednesday. Judi

celebrated a big birthday that day. I won't mention which one, but the candles

on her cake started with a six and ended with a zero.

Monday marked the 60th (gee, that number rings a bell, doesn't it Judi?)

anniversary of the Newtown Rotary Club, but President Bart Smith forgot to

mention that fact at this week's Rotary meeting. For that, Sgt of Arms Bob

Grossman jokingly fined Bart $10 to be put in the pot for overlooking this

important note. Bart retaliated, however, by offering to put $60 dollars in

the pot, as long as the rest of the club members came up with the same amount

-- which they did. That was a pretty expensive oversight, Bart.

There's a new IQ test at My Place. If you can work the new towel dispensers in

the restrooms, you pass. The test is not easy. A Harvard-trained lawyer, who

shall remain nameless, recently flunked on his first try.

Julie Friend certainly is a dedicated member of the Newtown Choral Society.

She's moving to Ohio, but plans to come back to Newtown to sing in the group's

concert in May.

The Kerr children, who live on Old Hawleyville Road, are getting a lesson in

operating their own business. Tim, Charlie and Sam have raised baby chicks and

now that the chickens are mature, are selling fresh eggs to neighbors and

friends.

The ladies auxiliary of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company will

hold its annual Easter flower and plant sale this weekend at the firehouse on

Riverside Road. The sale will take place from 9 am to 6 pm on Friday and 9 am

to 4 pm on Saturday.

Teller Susan Carroll at Fleet Bank was all excited this week after learning

that her second grandchild, a boy, was born Monday night.

A piece of jewelry was found next to the basin in the woman's restroom on the

third floor at the Booth Library on March 22. No one has claimed it yet. If it

is yours, stop by the reference desk and identify it.

The Lake Lillinonah Authority has just published a colorful and useful map of

that impoundment on the Housatonic River that lies behind Shepaug Dam. The map

is intended to help boaters find their way along the scenic body of water

which is fringed by the Housatonic Range. The map is printed on plasticized

paper to keep it somewhat safe from waterlogging on the lake. Free copies of

the map are available at the town clerk's office in Edmond Town Hall at 45

Main Street.

Newtown's street sweeper was busy at work this week cleaning up the sandy

debris from a winter's worth of town road sanding. The slow-moving machine was

spotted this week maneuvering along Queen Street, picking up the sand, salt,

pebbles and twigs which accumulate on town road over the winter.

Ann Ryan of Brookfield found a male black Labrador retriever on Narragansett

Road in Sandy Hook this week. She says he's about one or two years old and has

a white spot on his neck and another on his belly. He was wearing a collar,

but had no tags. He had been hanging around a construction site for about

three days. Ann says he's such a beautiful dog that someone probably misses

him very much. If you've lost such a dog, or know someone who has, you can

call Ann at 775-5830.

Harvey Sellner, who recently hosted Up With People member Kwomi Pongo of

Ghana, has been collecting computers, clothing and all the necessities of

life. By May, he hopes to send a 20-foot container full of this stuff back to

Kwomi's native land. Anyone interested in making a donation is asked to call

Harvey at 426-6848.

Now that I've seen Edie Tschorn driving around town with the top down on her

convertible, I know spring must officially be here. For those who still need a

little convincing, Daylight Savings Time returns at 2 am on Sunday. Don't

forget to set your clocks ahead one hour. Otherwise you'll be an hour late

when it comes time to...

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