Food For Thought

National Ice Cream Month – July

“Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.”

– Jim Fiebig

“I go running when I have to. When the ice cream truck is doing sixty.”

– Wendy Liebman

“I think the serving size of ice cream is when you hear the spoon hit the bottom of the container.”

– Brian Regan

National Picnic Month – July

“We hope that when insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.”

– Bill Vaughan

“Among the delights of summer were picnics to the woods.”

– Georg Brandes

“A couple went for a picnic.

July/August Commission Meetings

350th Anniversary Committee

Mon., July 23, & August 27

7 p.m., Town Hall

Conservation Commission

Tue., July 24 & August 28

7 p.m.,  Town Hall

Education, Board of

Mon., August 6

6 p.m.,

Middle School

Dept. of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Wed., July 18

8 a.m. at the Emergency Operations Center, SVAA 205 Bridge Street

Fire Commission

Tues., July 10 & August 14

7 p.m.

Ratley Road Station

Housing Authority

Tue., July 10

6:30 p.m.

Maple Court Rec Room

Parks & Rec

Wed., July 11 & August 8

7 p.m., Town Hall LL

Permanent Building Commission

Thurs., July 5 & 19,

August 2 & 16

7 p.m.

230C Mountain Rd.

Firemen’s 5K Race Report

Great weather and the tradition of the event brought out an impressive bunch of athletes and exercisers to what is now the Suffield Firemen’s Association Paul Simison Memorial Run, honoring the memorable and admirable man who started this race, now in its twentieth year.