Dave Jones, Prospect Ct Broker/REALTOR's Dave Jones Realty, llc

If you are traveling along Route 69 headed towards New Haven, or From New Haven towards Waterbury, the Prospect Dairy Bar and Restaurant is a must stop.  It is a family owned and operated Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner place that has been in business over 50 years!  The Dairy Bar has just completed some renovations including "going back to their roots" and having a Full Service Ice Cream Shop.  They now feature 16 flavors of Hershey's Ice Cream including such great flavors as; Strawberry Cheesecake, Cookies and Cream, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Cotton Candy, and many many more.  All of these flavors can even be had in an old fashioned Milk Shake, scooped and made right in a frosted metal canister. 

Some Delicious Flavors of Ice Cream!

You could also precede your ice cream with such great items as a foot long Hummel hot dog, a charbroiled hamburger, or some fresh Soup or Salads.  There is a large deck to carry out your food or ice cream as well. Be sure to stop in and check it out!

Charbroiled Burger Basket made to order.

Original Porcelin Trolly Sign

 The DB Being built in 1953

From the back Menu at the Dairy Bar

"Back in 1953 if you were passing through the small farm town known as Prospect you could have stopped at the Dairy Bar for Ice Cream and other farm fresh dairy products that were straight from the Visockis' farm down the road.  Vincent did the cooking and his wife Olive prepared all the soups, sandwiches and desserts.

In 1984 John & Carol Jones assumed Ownership of the Dairy Bar and also the tradition that accompanied it.  For the first time ever the Dairy Bar was kept open year round.

  Even though some cosmetic changes and expansions have taken place, there are some things that will always remain the same about the Dairy Bar, Prospect's oldest continually run business; The hand painted mural depicting Prospect's local land marks, the checker board floor, the fresh baked pies, the daily specials, the char-broiled burgers and homemade soups are sure to remain."

David Jones, REALTOR®,e-Pro®
Smedes Realty
37 Waterbury Rd.
Prospect,Ct 06712
www.DaveJonesRealtor.com
203-758-0264 Office
203-910-2638 Cell

Well across the country, much to the dismay of many kids....Summer is over and the new school year is here.  Just driving to the office I saw at least 20 kids waiting (not so anxiously) for their bus.  It is very important to be alert, after not seeing children waiting out all Summer long, it might take a little while to get use to it. Drive slowly, and be alert.

The Region 16 School year officially started today, while many area towns like Naugatuck, Waterbury and Cheshire started yesterday.

Parents, be sure to teach your children, if they see of hear ANYONE talking about something dangerous (guns, knives, etc) to tell a teacher or adviser.  If we all did this we could help prevent the unthinkable acts of violence that have affected our country the past few years.

Lets all hope for a Succesful, safe and productive school year!

For the Full Region 16 School Calendar, Click below.

http://www.region16ct.org/page.cfm?p=62

Say it ain't so.

You have heard recently about the disgracefull tirades that parents have put on at Children's sporting events.  Everything from fights between parents, parents fighting with umpires, and even Violence.

But this?

The Youth Baseball League of New Haven, Conn., has banned a 9-year-old from pitching.

What was his crime? you may ask?  Did he get caught doing something illegal?  Not doing well in school?

No, He is TOO GOOD!  Or more specifically, Excessive velocity on his fastball.

Jericho Scott throws almost 40 mph, a speed deemed too dangerous for other 8- to 10-year-olds to step in against. Though Jericho has NEVER hit a batter as his team opened the season 8-0, his coach was told the boy must play some other position or the team would be disbanded.

When coach Wilfred Vidro defied the league directive and sent Jericho to the hill last week, the other team refused to play, packed its gear and left. Officials for the league say that Jericho's team has indeed been disbanded and that the players will be redistributed among other squads.

This has been in the local news of late, but today I see it on CNN, Sports Illustrated, Fox News and even ESPN. 

I don't know if these league officials have gotten the word, but we're trying to get kids in cities in America to start playing baseball, not stop playing baseball because an opposing pitcher has a little giddy-up on his fastball.

The league claims that parents were expressing safety concerns. But given that youth baseball helmets now have face masks, there is enough safety in place to help prevent an ingury.  I would guess the speed of the ball coming off a line drive would be about the same (if not more) and the pitchers dont wear helmets!  It is obvious the bruse the parents are trying to prevent Jericoh from inflicting is the bruised ego's of striking out, and getting shut out and no hit (he had thrown 6 no hitters this year).

It's as if these parents and league officials have banded together to teach these children an important lesson: if something is hard or scary, you don't have to do it. You can just walk off the field. We can skip the achievement-in-the-face-of-adversity-part and go straight to the ice cream.

Jericho, good luck with your court case, maybe in the mean time you can talk to Omar Minaya or Brian Cashman.  Both New York teams could use a hard throwing pitcher that can find the strike zone.

Parents who started this mess in New Haven, you should be ashamed of yourselves.  He could actually make your children better by getting them to learn to hit the fastball and teach them about sportsmanship. 

Lasagna Fundraiser Dinner at the Prospect Fire House on September 6th, 2008  from 5-8pm for Benjamin LeBlanc.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from Gwenn Fischer 203-558-0641 or Deborah Talmadge 203-206-3373.

Also going on later that night is the Hilarious Local Comedian Dave Reilly.  www.DaveReilly.com

Tickets to the show are $30, and you get $5 off by going to the Benefit for Matthew. Dave will be performing at the Prospect Grange Hall at the Town Center.

Matthew has been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and has been receiving weekly treatments at Yale/New Haven Hospital.

Please try to come out and make this event a HUGE Success!

Click the Photo below to be taken to a cool site you can customize the video and forward it to your friends!

Check it out.

-Dave

 Today was the grand opening of the Matt Kenney Memorial Skate park.  It was a PERFECT day for it too.  It was in the upper 70's with a slight breeze to help cool things off.  The Prospect Police Explorers had a DJ Station setup for music and they gave away great Black t-shirts to the first 250 kids.  There were also plenty of refreshments.  They gave away nearly 400 hot dogs, sodas, bottled water juice boxes for the kids and potato chips. 

Connecticut Senator Joan Hartley was there and said a few words, as was State Rep Vicki Nardello.  Several people told stories of Matt, his good nature, and his great personality. 

Channel 8 was there with their film crew too.

Mayor Bob Chatfield (longest continually elected official in Ct)

It reminds me why I choose to be so active in this great town, and raise our family here.  Prospect took this awful tragedy, and turned it into something amazing. 

State Rep Vickie Nardello

Ct Senator Joan Hartley

 Rest in Peace Matt, you would have loved your park.

Anne Marie Burr

Mr Kenney, Matt's Dad.

Matt Kenney's little brother doing the honors of cutting the ribbon.

You have to read it to believe it...  $1 might not get you more than a 1/4 gallon of gas, but some places it can buy a home.  I see a new Reality show in the making.  "Flip this Free House"

Here is another upcoming event in Prospect.  Summer Fun week it is called!  Mayor Bob and the town of Prospect put it on every year before the kids head back to Region 16.

What a great time it is, if you have children or your grand children, go there.

Below is the flyer.

It is on the town Green in the Center of Prospect.  It is August 18th-August 24th.

Every day there are different activities and snacks for the kids.