Week of May 29, 2015
Newtown Bee staff photos taken for the May 29, 2015, print edition of the paper.
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Tricia Mathison-Benvenuti, second from left, and Nick Sirianni, far right, are joined by First Selectman Pat Llodra and Economic Development Commissioner Matt Mihalcik May 13 for a ribbon-cutting celebrating the recent opening of Fine Floors By Mathison at 85 South Main Street. The store can facilitate the sale and/or installation of a wide variety of carpet, vinyl, ceramic tile, unfinished and prefinished hardwood, as well as area rugs and runners from major brands to suit every budget. (Voket photo)
![Kat Holick, Newtown’s dancing traffic agent, high-fives 3-year-old Ryan Costa, seated on father Gary Costa’s shoulders. Ryan’s mother, Julie Barbeau, challenged Ms Holick to take on TV talk show host Ellen Degeneres’s “Just Keep Dancing” challenge, to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Ryan is currently undergoing treatment for leukemia, “and doing really well,” according to Ms Barbeau. Approximately two dozen people popped up on the Dickinson Park field Monday morning, May 25, to join Ms Holick and Ryan, as they danced to “Play It Again” by Luke Ryan, with sound provided by Linda Perrault. “I’m honored!” exclaimed Ms Holick. “That little boy has the cutest smile you’ve ever seen.” A video of the challenge will be sent to Ellen Degeneres, said Ms Holick, who issued a continuing challenge to “Just Keep Dancing” to pop stars Pink and Cher, and Laurie Pineau and the Sunshine Kids. “I just wanted [Kat] to do a video of herself. I never thought it would get this big,” laughed Ms Barbeau. (Crevier photo)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Journalism/Week-of-May-29-2015/i-TxTTT86/1/d05c8e33/Ti/NC%20Just%20Keep%20Dancing%20Challenge%20Kat%20Holick%20greets%20Ryan%20Costa%20and%20dad%20Gary-Ti.jpg)
![Approximately two dozen people popped up on the Dickinson Park field Monday morning, May 25, to join Kat Holick, Newtown’s dancing traffic agent, and Ryan Costa, who is undergoing treatment for leukemia, as they danced to “Play It Again” by Luke Ryan, with sound provided by Linda Perrault. Ryan’s mother, Julie Barbeau, challenged Ms Holick to take on TV talk show host Ellen Degeneres’s “Just Keep Dancing” challenge, to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. “I’m honored!” exclaimed Ms Holick. “That little boy has the cutest smile you’ve ever seen.” A video of the challenge will be sent to Ellen Degeneres, said Ms Holick, who issued a continuing challenge to “Just Keep Dancing” to pop stars Pink and Cher, and Laurie Pineau and the Sunshine Kids. “I just wanted [Kat] to do a video of herself. I never thought it would get this big,” laughed Ms Barbeau. (Crevier photo)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Journalism/Week-of-May-29-2015/i-6PH5T33/1/ca434af1/Ti/NC%20Just%20Keep%20Dancing%20group-Ti.jpg)
