NEW TICKET BOOTHS

I don't know if anyone else had noticed but we finally have a ticket booth at the Hamden High School stadium. I have not talked about this before because I believe that it created a safety hazard. In building a new field, no provisions were made for building a ticket booth except for putting the stands in a separate zip code from the field - this was one of the biggest errors made.

The ticket sellers and takers sat in a remote area at a folding table with three chairs in the dark. When the weather was cold and windy, tickets and money would fly all over the place and when it rained, everything including money, tickets and people would get wet.

The safety hazard was the fact that the takers and sellers would sit in the dark except for a camping light with a cash box full of money inviting someone to rob it. I remember one Thanksgiving where it took all weekend for the money to dry out to be counted.

The booth is perfect for what is needed. AD Jeanne Cooper should be given a round of applause for finally getting a booth there.

IT HURT SO BAD !!!

This is really difficult for me, but congratulations to the Red Sox fans. Wouldn’t it be interesting to see Manny returning to Fenway Park?

GRIDIRON BOOSTERS

The Hamden gridiron booster Association will present a performance of the St. Luke's Steel Band Saturday, November 1 at 6 p.m. at the Thornton Wilder Hall at Miller Library.

Tickets are $15 each in advance and $20 at the door.

LOU ASTORINO RINK

If you haven't seen the remodeled rink, you should stop by and take a look. The place looks almost brand-new with new locker rooms and the newly capped bleachers. After 40 years in operation, the rink looks great from top to bottom.

HOW ‘BOUT THOSE DRAGONS?

The Hamden High football team is riding high. The dragons have doubled the number of wins they had in the past two seasons.

The amazing thing is that they have beaten four of the best programs in the state over the years - Cheshire, Hand, West Haven and Amity.

If you are a football fan, take a Friday night to go see a great game. Hamden plays Shelton tonight at Shelton at 7 p.m.

ON THE SMALL SCREEN

I watched the first Hamden High football game on the computer. It reminded me of almost 50 years ago when my parents bought our first 12 inch black-and-white television. The family huddled around the TV to watch it. The football game was distracting to keep watching the ads flashing around the picture all night.

The announcers were professional but I think they need a color commentator from each school to add in the history and the idiosyncrasies of the teams.