UPDATE: Rex is back with his family! Very friendly, male Golden Retriever found today at 3:30 at 81 Beech Tree Rdg, Killingworth. Had a red collar with a numbered Killingworth Animal Hospital rabies tag.

The Estuary Transit District (ETD) announced the launch of the new 9 Town Transit Mid-Shore Express bus service. The Mid-Shore Express will provide daily bus express bus service between the shoreline and Middletown, thanks to new funding through the Connecticut Department of Transportation and the federal New Freedom Initiative.

The Mid-Shore Express, which begins June 1, 2009, provides five round trips each weekday between the Old Saybrook Train Station, the Essex Park and Ride lot, the Chester Park and Ride lot, Chester Center, and Middletown. Stops in Middletown will include Middlesex Hospital and the Social Services Office and the Middletown Area Transit (MAT) bus terminal. This express route offers a travel time of just 45 minutes from Old Saybrook to downtown Middletown for just $1.25.

This new service will provide access to much more than downtown Middletown through free connections to other public transit services. Passengers looking to travel around Middletown or to Meriden may do so on MAT buses. Those wishing to travel to Hartford or the surrounding region may do so on CT Transit. Both services meet with 9 Town Transit (9TT) at the Middletown bus terminal and will accept 9TT transfers.

Richard Cabral, Chairman of the ETD Board of Directors and Killingworth First Selectman, commented "The Mid-Shore Express closes the gap that has existed between the shoreline and Middletown; providing improved access to social services, medical services, government offices, and jobs".

"With the existing connections to New Haven's S Route bus and New London/Norwich's Southeast Area Transit bus system, this final link to Middletown and Hartford will give shoreline residents incredible mobility options and improve our state's public transit network", said ETD Executive Director Joseph Comerford.

In addition to providing shoreline residents with improved access to services and jobs, the new link creates access for Middletown and Hartford area residents to shoreline employment centers such as the Tanger Outlets at Westbrook and the Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets, and the Chester Industrial Park. It also provides a direct link to Shoreline East Commuter Rail.

The Estuary Transit District provides public transit service to Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook through its 9 Town Transit service. Connections are provided to New Haven and New London/Norwich bus services and Shoreline East Commuter Rail.

Route maps and schedules are available online at www.estuarytransit.org or by calling 9 Town Transit at 860-510-0429.

Maureen C. Jackson, 71 of Killingworth, passed away May 26, 2009. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (White) Cafferty. She is preceded in death by parents and husband, Walter Jackson. Maureen is survived by children; Kathleen Jackson and her husband, Mitchell Gittin of E. Setauket, NY, Paula Jackson of Killingworth, Philip Jackson and his wife Allyson of Old Saybrook, and Steven Jackson and his wife Kimberly of Clinton. Maureen is also survived by nine grandchildren; Taylor, David and Adam Gittin, Jesse Weston, and Ashley, Kyle, Calvin and Chloe Jackson.

Swan Home Funeral, Clinton will be handling the arrangement. Family and friends are invited to attend an 11:00 AM graveside service on Saturday, May 30 at Evergreen Cemetery, Green Hill Road., Killingworth. Donation may be made to Middlesex Hospice, 28 Crescent Street, Middletown, CT 06457 in memory of Maureen Jackson.

HK Sports: The HK Varsity Baseball team suffered a tough-luck, 7-6, loss to Morgan Thursday night in the SLC tournament. HK led almost the entire game by a healthy margin erupting for five runs in the fourth inning, the highlights being two run singles by Brad Nuhn and Rob Flynn, and a RBI double by Connor Bremer. Morgan scratched a few unearned runs to make it 5-2, but a Steve Landell RBI double in the top of the sixth seemed to give the Cougars a comfortable lead at 6-2.

It was the bottom half of the sixth that saw the game fall apart for HK. Three errors and a pop fly that got lost as it left the reach of the lights allowed Morgan to score five runs, four of which were unearned. That news was unfortunate for Landell, who started on the hill for the Cougars and pitched well. He went six innings, allowing only four hits and a walk, while striking out six.

HK will now wait and see who they will match up with in the State Tournament, with the time and date TBA.

The HKHS Softball team finished its regular season with Senior Day Thursday. Lindsey Griswold, Allie Rand and Rachel Normandy were our honored seniors. HK beat Westbrook 8-2 to finish the season with a 15-5 record! The SLC start Friday. Good luck COUGARS!

Seniors Rachel Normandy, Allie Rand and Lindsey Griswold with Coach Jeff Talbott. Photo courtesy C. Moskey

In its final regular season game, the HK Girls Lacrosse team traveled to Old Saybrook and overwhelmed the Rams, 19-6. Coach Heather Ferrer made frequent substitutions as eight different Cougars got on the board led by Lindsay Gorman with 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists) and Emily Anderson with 8 points (6 goals and 2 assists). Other offensive contributors were Emily Pollack, Nicole Armenia and Giana DeNisi with 2 goals each and Camille Kostek, Mikayla Litevich and Angie Narducci scoring as well. Kostek added 2 assists while Pollack dished out one. Teagan Ferguson finished with 6 saves in goal. The team wraps up its record setting season with a final overall record of 13-3. In Shoreline Conference play, the team finished in second place with a record of 8-2. The Cougars will next compete in the CIAC Class II State Tournament and will be seeded third when the pairings are announced on Monday and will be hosting a 1st round game late next week. Check back at the beginning of the week for game details. The Junior Varsity team finished their season with an impressive 14-1 overall record by virtue of another come-from-behind victory over Old Saybrook today, 6-3. The JV team went undefeated (9-0) in Shoreline Conference play this season. Congratulations to all of the players and Coach Ferrer.

The HK Girls Lacrosse JV team poses with Coach Heather Ferrer prior to Friday's victory at Old Saybrook. Photo courtesy E. Anderson

The Killingworth Park and Recreation Commission came before the Board of Selectmen Tuesday evening to present its budget numbers for the construction and irrigation plans for the Wettish athletic fields. PRC Chair Dan Colonia said the construction bids for the four fields, access road and parking lot construction were opened late last month and the low bid was from Venuti Enterprises for $758,751.27. The PRC asked the Board of Selectmen to approve that offer pending approval by the Board of Finance and at Town Meeting.

PRC member Eric Auer presented the numbers for the irrigation plan. He said all the fields could be set up for irrigation for $133,000. There would be a 10x12 building constructed to house the utilities and some equipment storage. Auer said that PRC member Glen Johnson, also a local engineer, has offered to give a discount on his engineering services for the full-sized baseball field planned for the Wettish property. Auer said he hoped that Town could take advantage of having the large equipment on site to move along the baseball field plan. According to Colonia, Johnson has already offered to engineer the Sheldon Park redesign pro bono.

First Selectman Richard Cabral will take the figures to the Board of Finance on Tuesday, June 9 and with its approval will call a Town Meeting to get the final approvals. At that Town Meeting, residents will also be asked to accept the $400,000 STEAP Grant from the State that will be used for the construction of the Wettish baseball field and the renovations at Sheldon.

Congratulations to the Killingworth Park and Recreation Commission, Board of Selectmen, Wettish sub committee, past and present, for achieving the almost impossible! Tuesday night at the Board of Selectman meeting, the funds, plans and hard work were acknowledged by granting the funding for the new all purpose fields to be constructed at Wettish. Everyone has worked so hard on getting the project this far. Congratulations to EVERYONE and let's continue on and see the first new fields in 25 years (or longer) built. Volunteerism is still very much alive and doing well in Killingworth.

Susan Otto
Former member of Killingworth Park and Recreation Commission

Editor's Note: Funding for the Wettish fields must be approved by Town Meeting. The Board of Selectmen approve it first, take it to the Board of Finance for approval and call the Town Meeting.

A huge Tag Sale at the First Congregational Church, Madison will be held May 30th, 9:00am - 2:00pm on the Green. Over 30 church families are providing a variety of items for the sale. In addition the FCC Youth group will be selling food.

Haddam Boy Scout Troop 44 will hold a Bottle/Can Drive on Saturday, May 30, from 8:00 am to 12 noon at the Haddam Youth Center (Old Haddam Firehouse) by Higganum Green. The Troop holds three bottle/can drives per year with the proceeds used to offset the cost of scout and/or missionary trips, purchase camping gear, troop equipment and uniforms.

HK Sports: HK Girls Tennis celebrated the end of the regular season and Senior Day with a decisive 7-0 victory over Cromwell Thursday afternoon at HK. HK finished the season at 11-7 – it's best finish in three years. The team is heading into the Shoreline Tournament this weekend and the state team tournament beginning Monday.

All seven courts swept in straights sets with Senior Captain Colleen Phelan winning 6-0 6-4 at #1 singles; Sr. Co-captain Caitlin Gilhuly 6-0 6-0 at #2; Sr. Nichole Brooks 6-1 6-0 at #3; Ashley Griswold 6-3 7-5. # 1 Doubles seniors Casey Scully and Hannah Sturman 6-1 6-0; #2 doubles senior Anna Brundage and sophomore Kelsey Hawkins 6-0 7-5; #3 doubles Brianna Groves and Brittney Timothy 6-2 6-2.

"This was a great way for us to end our season and give us confidence going into the Shoreline Tournament this weekend," said Coach Fiona Phelan. "I think a couple of our players have the potential to go to the semi finals and maybe to the finals. It will be an exciting weekend."

Colleen Phelan is the #4 singles seed for the Shoreline Tournament. Caitlin Gilhuly heads into the tournament with an impressive 17-1 record!

The HKHS Boys Tennis team beat Cromwell, 6-1, in a match at Cromwell today guaranteeing the Cougars, at least, a share of the Conference title. The Cougars finish the season 18-2. If Old Lyme defeats Valley Regional in another Conference match, HK would be the outright Shoreline champion for the eighth time in the last nine years. Should Valley beat Old Lyme, Valley Regional would share the 2009 title with the Cougars. "Our guys reeled off eleven match wins in a row against some tough competition and they have earned any honors that come their way. I'm so proud of our players and their achievement of a goal they established for this themselves as both a team and as individual players, said Coach Rod Pakus. If I could, I'd nominate our entire team for player of the week honors!!!"

HK swept the singles matches and split the doubles matches: Patrick Gilhuly completed regular season match play 20-0 with a decisive win (6-4, 6-1); Senior Captain Matt Waldman recorded his 13th singles win of the season with a straight set (6-0, 6-0); Kyle Kelsey won his match at #3 singles (6-0, 6-3) while Grant Armstrong moved into the 4th singles slot to win his 10th match of the season. HK junior Tyler Montesi completed the singles sweep with a close win (7-6 TB 8-6, 7-5 at #5 singles.

The Cougars Jon Lehane and Gabe Kumnick moved into the #1 doubles slot and defeated Nick Loveland and Steve Richheimer of Cromwell (6-0, 6-3). Cromwell won the #2 doubles match with Dave Dionizio and Naveed Daneshmand defeating the Cougars freshman duo of Kenny Duffy and Jon Turner playing in their first varsity match by the score of (6-1, 6-3).

Heads up base running was the key to the HKMS Girls Softball win over Westbrook on Thursday. The Cougars produced 8 runs on just 5 hits, with all players contributing. Kirsten Carlson was 2-4, with an RBI and 1 run scored. Sam Waskowitz (1-2, 2 walks, 2 runs scored), Taylor Burger (1-3, and RBI and 1 run scored) and Lauren McCann (1-3, 1 RBI) led the HK offense. Casey Jackson notched an RBI, while Gwen Plum crossed the plate twice. Erin Buckley and Tiana Field each scored once for HK to win 8-1 at home. Carlson was stellar on the mound, scattering 4 hits over 6 innings (5K, 3BB). Ciara Samuel pitched a great job in relief, retiring the side in the 7th, striking out the number 8 and 9 batters, while forcing a ground out to the number 10 batter to end the game. HK is now 9-1 with a home game on Tuesday (6/2) against East Haddam.

Notice of Public Hearing

The Board of Selectmen shall hold a Public Hearing at the Killingworth Town Office Building, 323 Route 81, Killingworth at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. the Board of Selectmen will receive public comment regarding proposed revisions to the Town Charter as submitted by the Charter Revision Commission. Copies of the Killingworth Charter Draft are on file in the Town Clerk's Office and available for download here (PDF). At this hearing, written communication will be received and interested persons may be heard.

Girl Scout Troop 62101 is holding a collection drive to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut. Items needed are:
Miscellaneous Items
Compact fluorescent bulbs, (60-watt flood or lamp style);NY Times subscription, XBox & Wii games, rated E; Printer cartridges, HP #17, #57, #58, #78; Prepaid phone cards; Books in Spanish

Kitchen/ Household/ Bath:
White bed pillows, White sheet sets (queen), White bath mats, White wash cloths, Laundry detergent, Liquid bleach.

Food Items:
Rice, Eggs, Cheerios/Kashi/Cornflakes (unsweetened) , Single servings of juice, Small boxes of cereal, Cooking oil, Individual bags of snacks, Fresh fruit and vegetables, Butter, Canned soups, ham, tuna, chicken , Sugar, Shaw's Gift cards.

Drop off your contributions in the collection box at Funky Monkey Toys on Route 81 and Stevens Road. Boxes will stay up until Saturday.

Do you think your DOG has what it takes to be Killingworth's Top Dog?

Then don't delay! Now is the time to be sure your dog is up to date with its rabies vaccine. Then simply license your dog during the month of June and your faithful friend will automatically be entered into Killingworth's Top Dog Contest! (we encourage you to license by mail! And remember, no licenses will be issued prior to June 1.)

Three winners will be randomly selected from the licenses issued during "dog license month." The winning pooches will be awarded the highly coveted #1, #2 and #3 tags and will be featured in the Killingworth Krier and here on KillingworthToday.

Don't let your dog down ...license to win!

HK Sports: The HKHS Boys Tennis team defeated Old Saybrook in an away match yesterday, 6-1. Patrick Gilhuly won his 19th consecutive singles match with a (6-2, 6-0) win over Casey McGowan. Varun Ravishanker moved up to the #2 singles slot and beat Drew Harney (6-1, 6-1). Kyle Kelsey took the match at #3 singles by defeating Bryon Cryder (6-1, 6-1). Old Saybrook's lone victory came at #4 singles when Nate Backus defeated HK Junior Tyler Montesi (6-3, 6-3). #5 Singles went to HK's sophomore Clayton Rountree who won an evenly played first set with a 8-6 tiebreak for a 7-6 lead and closed out the match 6-0 in the second set.

HK swept the doubles matches without giving up a game to their opponents with Matt Waldman and Grant Armstrong defeating Chris Huane and James Wotherspoon (6-0, 6-0) and Jon Lehane and Gabe Kumnick defeating Gabe Bacewicz and Hunter Spitale by the identical (6-0, 6-0) score. The Cougars close out Shoreline Conference play with an away match at Cromwell today.

June 17 is the revised deadline for submitting your recipes to the Killingworth Library Cooks Appetizers and Desserts cookbook.

Recipes will be organized into these categories: Cold appetizers, Hot hors d'oeuvres, Kids' snacks and munchies, Quick breads, Cookies, Cakes and pies, Candies and gifts, and Other desserts.

Recipes can be submitted in one of the following ways:
        1. Pick up a form at the library.
        2. Type the recipe at home.
        3. Go online to www.typensave.com.

Details are available at the library, in the Krier, or on the library's web site www.killingworthlibrary.org.

Tuesday: May 19:
• 11:15:02 Medical Call, Route 148.
• 14:46:00 Medical Call, River Road.
Thursday: May 21:
• 18:00:27 Medical Call, Route 81.
Friday: May 22:
• 10:47:41 Medical Call, Chittenden Road.
Saturday: May 23:
• 10:18:03 Medical Call, Route 81.
• 18:47:07 Medical Call, River Road.
• 2137:38 Gas Spill, Route 80.

HK Sports: The HK Varsity Baseball team ended the 2009 regular season on a high note by defeating the Old Saybrook Rams, 12-5. The win gives the Cougars good momentum heading into their first round SLC tournament match up with #1 seed Morgan.

HK wasted no time getting on the board as they posted a 3-0 lead after one inning. They followed that up with a six-run second that sucked the life out of Saybrook with the score at 9-0. That was all the offense they would need as Colin Sledzik gutted his way through the complete game victory. The HK offense pounded the Rams for 12 hits, while being patient enough to draw seven walks. Brian Ludington (3 RBI), Rob Flynn (2 RBI), and Sledzik (2 RBI) all had multiple RBI games. Steve Landell blasted his second homerun of the year, a solo shot in his third at bat.

The Cougars are 14-6 on the season with their game versus Morgan at a time to be determined on Thursday. It will either be a 3:45 or 7:00 start.

HK Girls Tennis fell to Lyme-Old Lyme 0-7 on LOL's Senior Day. HK is now 10-7 for the season and faces Cromwell at home for the season finale. All seven courts lost in straight sets with Caitlin Gilhuly putting up the biggest fight of her season to suffer her first loss of the year to Jenn Ross 6-7 (7-5 in the tiebreaker); 1-6. Ross's only previous loss was to Gilhuly.

"This was a tough day for HK," notes Coach Phelan. "We knew going in that LOL always has great players and we faced some stiff competition. What we weren't expecting was the loss for Caitlin. Everyone was shocked, but Caitlin really played her heart out. She's a tremendous athlete and very competitive. Loss or no loss she's had an outstanding season!"

The surprise of the day came with the first time match up at second doubles with Brittney Timothy and Kelsey Hawkins paired together for a trial-run for the Shoreline Tournament on Friday. Although HK lost 4-6; 0-6 they performed very well in their new situation.

Playing under the lights for the second game in a row, the HK Girls Lacrosse team beat the host Berlin Redcoats, 9-7, at Sage Park on Tuesday evening. Backup goalie Fran Mastria got her second start in as many games and made 7 saves, 6 of them coming in the 2nd half. Four different Cougar players scored twice including Lindsay Gorman, Mikayla Litevich, Emily Anderson and Emily Pollack. Jackie Buttendorf also netted two points for the team with a goal and an assist. Other assists were dished out by Gorman (2), Litevich, Anderson and Camille Kostek. HK's record stands at 12-3 as the team prepares for its final regular season game at Old Saybrook on Friday at 4 p.m. The JV squad erased a late 2 goal deficit to come away with a 5-4 victory at Berlin as they upped their record to 13-1 on the season.

H-K Boys Tennis Defeats Old Lyme 4-3, Gilhuly continues undefeated, another win for Sheahan/Kelsey in Doubles.

HKHS Boys Tennis notched its 16th Shoreline Conference win of the season by defeating Old Lyme, 4-3. "Our doubles play turned this one in our favor, said Coach Pakus as Old Lyme took three of the five singles matches. We had to win both doubles matches to pull this one out and the guys dug down deep and played great matches to get the win."

In #1 singles Junior Co-Captain Patrick Gilhuly won(6-1, 6-2); Senior Co-Captain Matt Waldman was beaten(6-1, 6-4); Varun Ravishanker won a decisive match at #3 singles (6-2, 6-1). HK's #1 doubles team of Kevin Kelsey and Robby Sheahan evened the overall match score with a (6-1, 7-5) win. The first set of the #2 doubles match was tied at 6-6 and went to a tiebreak with HK's Jon Lehane and Gabe Kumnick winning and taking the first set. They then sealed the win with a strong second set with fianl scores: 7-6 TB 7-4, 6-0).

The HKMS softball team pounded out 16 hits on Tuesday in Deep River to beat the John Winthrop Chargers, 22-6. Alicia Cope (1/3 inning) started on the mound, and was relieved by Sam Waskowitz (2 1/3) due to a hip injury. Kirsten Carlson finished off the last 2 2/3 innings to hold JWJH to just 3 hits and 4 earned runs. All Cougars contributed offensively, led by Carlson (2-2, 5-5 with 2 RBI's) Waskowitz (2-3, 4-5 with 2 RBI's), Taylor Burger (2-3, 4-5 and an RBI) and Kelsey Gorski (2-2 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI's). Brennan Marczewski also had a double and RBI for HK. Mackenzie DeRita, Tiana Field, Ciara Samuel, Maya Savino, Delaney Vumback and Lex Regan also notched an RBI. The team improves to 8-1 and plays Westbrook on home this Thursday.

Students from the Yale School of Management recently presented its final report to the Board of Selectmen regarding improvements to the Town's transfer station. The report was the result of a five month study done at the request of the Board. As part of the SOM Outreach project, first-year graduate students are broken into groups of four or five and go off and do a consulting project for a nonprofit organization in the greater New Haven area. The work is pro bono and not for credit.

The students were asked to conduct a thorough, balanced analysis of all the interlocking factors relating to the transfer station, answering such questions as: Should the town replace the transfer station with "curbside" pick-up? Should the town move the transfer station? Should the town consolidate with a neighboring town and share a transfer station? Should the town institute a Pay-as-You-Throw system to encourage more recycling? Should the town institute fees for disposal of special items (e.g., tires, Freon-containing appliances) How can the town improve enforcement of regulations on use of the transfer station?

The final report included six recommendations that either have financial or environmental benefits or both. The first and most promising was to consider a regionalization of services with Haddam. Haddam was recently forced to close its transfer station and residents will soon have to use private curbside pick-up services. The SOM students recommended that a reasonable fee be charged to Haddam residents to offset the additional equipment needs and service charges. They determined that a fee of around $40 would offset the costs to Killingworth and be a significant cost savings for Haddam residents as incentive to travel.

The SOM students determined that the transfer station would need to open one hour longer for every 250 Haddam residents issued a sticker to avoid overcrowding. The station is currently open 16 hours per week for the 4,000 stickers issued.

Another recommendation included optimizing the service channels at the transfer station by simply repainting the lines and having attendants wave people up to the front of the drop-off area. The SOM Students also recommended looking into solar panels to offset the transfer station energy use, instituting a recycling incentive program, looking into the annual repair costs to the compactor to determine when it would be most cost effective to purchase a new one, and charging for more costly services such as bulky waste.

The detailed report will be reviewed by the selectmen and the recommendations will be considered individually and as a whole. The Board thanked K. C. Bennett, Amy Burghardt, Josh Earn, Seth Magaziner and Neal Reiter for their hard work and wished them well in their future endeavors.

Agenda
Regular Meeting of the Board of Selectmen
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Town Office Building

1. Call to Order
2. Pledge Of Allegiance
3. Approval of Minutes of Regular Meeting held May 11, and Special Meeting of May 18, 2009
4. Visitors: Concerning Items on the Agenda
5. Tax Abatements & Refunds:
6. Vacancies:
    (A) IWWC - 1, (B) OEM - 1, (C) Housing Partnership - 4 (D) Public Health Agency - 1 (E) Estuary Council of Seniors - 2 (F) Municipal Land Use - 2 (G) Open Space Sub Committee - 1 (H) Water Pollution Control -1
7. Appointments:
8. Old Business:
    A. Award of Bid & Authorization for First Selectman to sign Contract for the Reservoir Road Bridge, State Project No. 69-75
    B. Discussion/Emailing of BOS Meeting Minutes
9. New Business:
    A. Park & Recreation Commission - Dan Colonia
        * Presentation of Wettish Construction Plan
        * Presentation of Wettish Construction Budget
        * Presentation of Irrigation Plan
        * Presentation of Irrigation Budget
    B. Acceptance of STEAP Grant for $400,000 for Sheldon Reclamation & Wettish Baseball Field
    C. BOS Approval of Grady Stoddard Benefit Motorcycle Ride to travel through Killingworth on June 13, 2009
    D. BOS Authorization to hold a Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Charter Revision Changes
    E. Alternate Method of Payment of Taxes - Michele Nuhn, Tax Collector
10. RJC Announcements
11. Selectmen's Concerns
12. Visitor Comments: General
13. Adjournment
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HK Sports: Playing under the lights and on astroturf for the first time this season, the HK Girls Lacrosse team was unphased and came away with a non-conference win over host West Haven, 6-5, at Ken Strong Stadium on Saturday evening. The Cougars fell behind by 2 goals early but managed a 3-all tie at the half. The second half saw the teams trade goals with HK fighting off a furious Devils' rally in the closing minutes to come away with the victory on West Haven's senior night. Backup goalie Fran Mastria was stellar for the Cougars in her first ever varsity start between the pipes. Mastria made 9 saves, many on very challenging West Haven free position shots. Lindsay Gorman and Emily Anderson each scored twice for HK, while Mikayla Litevich and Emily Pollack netted one apiece. With the win, the team ups its overall record to 11-3 (7-2 in Shoreline Conference play) and will travel to Berlin's Sage Park on Tuesday for another evening contest facing off at 7 p.m.

The shorthanded HK JV squad suffered its first loss of the season falling by the score of, 6-4, to the WH JV team. The JV record now stands at an impressive 12 wins and 1 loss.

Killingworth's Annual Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday, May 25th. The line of march steps off from Sheldon Park promptly at 9:00 a.m. and proceeds up Rt. 80 to the 'Roundabout' and up Rt. 81 to the front lawn of the Congregational Church for a solemn ceremony which includes the placing of a wreath by 'Gold Star' parents on the WW I Memorial.

In addition to our civic, service and youth organizations, features include a Military Fly-over, a National Guard Firing Squad and Capt. Eleanor Becker (WWII), accompanied by the HKMS Band will sing our National Anthem.

All active military personnel or veterans from any era are encouraged to participate - no uniform necessary. Clear weather has been arranged. For questions please call Rick Albrecht - 663-2824.

HK Sports: The HKHS Softball team defeated North Branford in 12 innings, 4 - 3 Friday. Lindsey Griswold pitched a complete game. HK led the game 3 - 0 until the 7th when North Branford tied the game. Allie Rand singled and stole second in the 12th inning and Kellie Moskey singled her in to clinch a spot in the Shoreline Conference games. LET'S GO COUGARS! Record now 13 - 5.

On Tuesday, May 26th, the Tax Collector's Office will be closing at 12:00 PM. The office will be open in the morning from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM. Thank you.

Michele Nuhn
Tax Collector