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April 17, 2015
Leo players debut and exit in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
First-time actor Jajuan Allen said he finds it hard to relate to his stern title character in “Beauty and the Beast.” Allen is more accustomed to showing his talent as an offensive and defensive tackle with the Leo High School football team. “Considering the fact that he’s very mean and a very stern person and he and I have nothing in common,” Allen said of his character, “the whole acting thing is going to have to come out.” “Well, we’re both huge. I can say that,” he said. His self-deprecating humor aside, Allen said he not not treated like the athlete among actors or the newcomer among veterans. “They treat me like a castmate,” he said.
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Student director Mallory Minich and Leo High School drama director Sue Nelson supervise a rehearsal of “Beauty and the Beast,” to be presented April 30 through May 2.
Allen said after he auditioned for the recent school talent show, someone mentioned that he might want to try out for the role of the Beast. “I’m not going to lie — I was kind of for it,” he
said. “So I tried out for it, and got it.” Allen, a junior, often will share the stage with another football player and first-time actor, senior Jamaal Johnson at Cogsworth the Clock.
Plants flourish as spring bursts from greenhouses By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Tomato plants swell in hanging planters at the Parent Road Greenhouse & Produce.
Find Lengacher’s greenhouse at 15010 Parent Road, between Bruick and Rohrman roads. Don’t expect to visit the Amish family’s greenhouse on Mother’s Day, or on any other Sunday. “Closed Sun” takes up 20
percent of the space on the market’s sign. But any other day, Monday through Saturday, visit any time after 9 a.m. There is no specific closing time. “If someSee PLANTS, Page A5
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Over the past few cold months, Clara Lengacher has been watching over two greenhouses full of summer. The flower and vegetable plants have thrived beneath layers of thick plastic in shiny hoop houses, near the driveway that separates the Amish family’s barn from the retail bakery counter. The plants are green, the soil is moist and the air is humid inside those greenhouses. A camera lens fogs over in seconds. The camera may capture images of the plants, but not of the planters. More than two decades after the first plants were sold, the owners’ principles remain as certain as the seasons.
“I’m basically a servant to the Beast. Whatever he wants, I go get it,” Johnson said. “Cogsworth always wants to be on the See LEO, Page A12
Both mayoral candidates cite service to New Haven By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Both candidates for the Republican nomination for New Haven mayor said they have served the community for years. Incumbent Terry McDonald pointed to 16 years of improvements as he seeks a fifth four-year term. He said he has served the city in many capacities for 36 years. Challenger Sharon Robison said she has been a New Haven resident 15 years. She said she serves with the Canal Days festival committee and with the EMS. McDonald said he is coaching a team that will continue to help the city move forward. “If you have a winning coach in the middle of the football season, why do you want to change coaches?” he asked. Robison said McDonald has done a great job, but it’s time for change. “Some people are afraid of change,
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but change can be embraced for the better, and it’s a McDonald challenge that I’m willing to take,” she said. The candidates will put Robison themselves before the voters on Tuesday, May 5. The Republican nominee will advance to the Nov. 3 municipal election ballot. No Democrats have filed for the mayor’s office or for any New Haven office, but the Democrat and Republican parties have until June 30 to fill empty ballot spots. See MAYOR, Page A11