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SPECIAL NOTICE
This notice is for one of our own Billy Palladino, Staples H.S. graduate, class of 1968. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in November of 2009 and has been hospitalized since Feb. 6, when complications from throat cancer surgery in November robbed him of his ability to speak. He had an operation where they removed his epiglottis, the flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs. He had a Tracheotomy and now is unable to speak. He is presently in Danbury Hospital and is receiving Chemotherapy and Radiation and hoping to go home soon.

With all this going on for Bill, another tragedy struck his family. His wife, Janice Ann McClenathan Palladino, age 45, passed away from a massive heart attack on February 11, 2010 at her home in Sandy Hook, CT. She was also a Staples High School Graduate, class of 1983. Not only did his wife meticulously prepare meals that were injected through the feeding tube Bill had implanted after his surgery and monitor his medications, her full-time job at a small manufacturing company in Oxford provided the health insurance that covered the bulk of his medical bills.

Now there is no income for family and they don't know how long the insurance from Janice's job will cover Billy's medical bills. They have 2 daughters, Michelle and Sarah Palladino who are both in college.

We want to let you know that a trust fund has been set up for Billy and his family at:

Newtown Savings Bank
30 Main Street
Danbury CT 06810
Phone: (203) 205-0080

For those of you that want to contact him or send get well cards to, his home contact information is:

Bill Palladino
7 Overlook Knoll
Sandy Hook CT 06482
(203) 426-8960

Here are some links for more information:

Article on Billy in the Danbury News Times, Feb. 21, 2010.

Obituary from the Westport News on Janice Ann McClenathan Palladino.

Please help out where you can. Collectively we can all make a difference for Billy and his family, no matter what the $ amount is. Words of support are also needed if you can't make a donation during these hard times.

Thank you, Shelby Goodlett Pike

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King's Highway Bulletin Board
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I still remember the Balloon Days. Oh wait memories! I sold so many balloons (over 200!) that I wasn't _quite_ as heavy when I jumped down the hill to the big field southwest of the school. I know we can't do things like that today (environment), but what a memory!

I remember the Black Hills Indian pencils too.

Anyone remember Mrs. Zuka (if I have the spelling right; that's phonetic).

Also, trying to find Ann Weldy. She moved to South Africa around 1974, but she was a student at Kings Highway.
Geoff Cashman
1984 view posts
Wednesday, 08/25/2010
14:38:26
I believe the time capsule was on the hill on the side of the school. Current staff members don't know of any time capsules. I'm sure they are still there. My Balloons never got past the electric wires surrounding the playground. Stacey Sullivan Miller
1990 view posts
Tuesday, 03/23/2010
08:04:41
Looking for Miss Hotchkiss/Mrs. Debernardis, 5th grade teacher 1966.
If anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.
Carol Davidson Woldt
1974 view posts
Thursday, 02/18/2010
12:55:02
Balloon Day was very cool. I remember selling indian pencils to collect the balloons. Mrs. Banks told our class that a balloon was found in Europe. I buried the time capsule with my class back in the mid 70's and don't know if it has been dug up. I still remember where it was buried. (In the woods next to the stream, where the playground area is.) Eric Rubin
1985 view posts
Sunday, 01/03/2010
18:48:30
Does anyone have any pictures of Balloon Day that they can post? I was at Kings Highway from 1965-72. Thanks. Brad Siff
1979 view posts
Monday, 02/16/2009
16:39:44
I just posted a picture of the Kings Highway 6th grade class of 1966-67. Teachers: Mr Iwanicki, Mrs Epstein and Miss Dina. It can be found on -link-. Alison Ackerman Healy
1973 view posts
Sunday, 06/22/2008
06:06:41

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Anyone have contact info on Ted Wingate or George Hopkins (King's Hgwy class '66)? Pls let Ezra Bowen know (Staples class '72) Ezra Bowen
1972 view posts
Thursday, 01/03/2008
12:32:34
In the late 70's early 80's Kings Hwy Students barried a time capsal. Does anyone know if they dug it up. Stacey Sullivan Miller
1990 view posts
Wednesday, 12/12/2007
05:39:22

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Sent in by Anita Kellogg, Staples '66


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