Monday, April 6, 2009

A racoon sighting/Food before fireworks

My wife called me Sunday afternoon to tell me there was a raccoon walking around the back park-ing lot of Lyman Hall High School. It didn’t seem fearful of the people and cars milling around the school, she reported. Mary lost sight of it as it headed into the neighborhood directly across from the back lot.
Last week a woman on Northfield Road (a stone’s throw from my house and about a half mile from Lyman Hall) was bitten by a raccoon after it tangled with her dog in broad daylight. I’m not sure if it is the same raccoon.
Has anyone else in the area noticed a raccoon acting boldly?

Before Wallingford officials and businesses rush to save this year’s fireworks display and symphony performance we need to make sure that all the groups that are helping people with necessities are fully funded. No one is sure how much longer this economic downtown will last. If it goes on for a few more months more and more people are going to have trouble affording food, clothing, medicine, shelter and utilities. In that case, corporate donations would be better off going to those causes.
Let me know what you think.

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