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Tom Renner

Client Editor

trenner@dailyvoice.com

No one knows local sports quite like Tom Renner, The Daily Voice's Sports Editor. For 22 years, he covered the field for The Stamford Advocate. He's been in Fairfield County since 1987.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Tom Renner's Contributions

Lifestyle

Greenwich Parents: Pay Attention To Children's Weight Fixation STAMFORD, Conn. -- It seems as though everyone is talking about weight these days. From schools sending home letters to parents about their children Body Mass Index (BMI) to magazines fixating on losing weight or embracing weight, it seems to be everywhere we turn. Nowhere does there seem to more pressure around physical perfection than in the halls of middle school and high school. According to the Mayo Clinic staff, while eating disorders can begin at any age, it is most prevalent in adolescents and young adults, and according to National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated …

by Amanda Harmon

11/22/2013

Neighbors

Somers Board Of Ed Member Wins Long-Awaited Game Patent SOMERS, N.Y. – Dr. Ifay Chang of Somers waited 11 years to get a patent from the United States government for a word game he developed more than 25 years ago. Now, he believes the best is yet to come. “I was persistent,’’ said Chang, who is a member of the Somers Board of Education. “If I was depending on this patent to make a living, I’d be finished.” Chang’s game, Scrammble, is a word game similar to Scrabble except it is based on an alphabet scrambling process. The basic game includes 136 cards of letters of the alphabet. Each letter has a value. Some have a math operator to operate o…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Sports

Darien 8th Grade Football Team Reaches Title Game DARIEN, Conn. – The Darien White eighth-grade football team defeated Fairfield, 21-12, in the semifinals of the Fairfield County Football League playoffs and will play for the championship Saturday. Darien will meet Wilton White in Saturday’s title game. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. at Darien High School. Darien defeated Wilton White, 20-0, on Sept. 22. Darien, coached by Rich Joyce, is 9-1 on the season. Its only loss was to Westport North. Wilton defeated Westport, 24-16, in the other semifinal to earn the spot to play for the league title. Darien White will play for the fourth grade champion…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Sports

Registration Opens For Fairfield Youth Lacrosse Travel Teams FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Registration is open for the Fairfield Youth Lacrosse Spring 2014 travel teams. All Fairfield boys and girls in grades 1 to 8 can register until Dec. 1. Evaluations will be held in early December. Last month, Fairfield Youth Lacrosse and Wakeman Boys & Girls Club made a joint announcement outlining a collaborative approach as the future of youth lacrosse programming in Fairfield. Under this new approach, FYL will provide a travel-based program and serve as the CONNY designated program (the statewide travel lacrosse association). Wakeman will provide an in-town hou…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Sports

Swimmers Head For Norwalk As Zeus Hosts Large Invitational Meet NORWALK, Conn. – The Zeus Swim Team in Norwalk will host the 10th annual Betty Philcox meet at Norwalk High School beginning Friday and running through Sunday. The meet will include nearly 400 swimmers from 17 teams. The meet is named after Betty Philcox, who started the Norwalk Aquatic Club nearly 60 years ago at the Norwalk YMCA. The Norwalk Aquatic Club was the forerunner of Zeus. “It’s always good to have a big meet like this every year,’’ Zeus coach Omar Cruz said. “She was a big part of swimming in Norwalk. We feel like it’s a terrific event to have every year in her honor.” Teams…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Sports

Young Fairfield Runners Run Well At Junior Olympic Race FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Tomlinson Running Club, with students from Tomlinson Middle School and Fairfield Woods Middle School, were victorious in one age group division title and took second in another division at Sunday’s Connecticut Junior Olympic Cross Country championships in Litchfield on Sunday, Nov. 17. The Fairfield schools combined to bring 19 runners to the races, and many of them qualified for this weekend’s regional championships in Wappinger Falls, N.Y. The 11-12-year-old boys won their division with 63 points. They won a tight race against the New Haven Track Club (68 points) …

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Events

Copia Home And Garden Hosts Holiday Decorating Classes SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. – Copia Home and Garden in South Salem is offering ladies night decorating classes during the holiday season. A Winter Centerpiece class will be held on Sunday, Nov. 24 and Monday, Nov. 25. On Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 14, Copia’s intructors will show you how to make your own hand-tied natural wreath. On Saturday, Dec. 7 and Friday, Dec. 13, class members can create a boxwood topiary. The classes are $45 and each session is limited to 12 students. People can sign up online at jenninthegarden@optonline.net Copia is also hosting Storytime with Mrs. Claus on Sat…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Real Estate

William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty Aids Philippines Relief Effort FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty announced Thursday, Nov. 21 that the company is contributing more than $30,000 to support relief efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. The funds have been donated to AmeriCares, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides both immediate emergency response and long-term assistance programs for those in need all over the world. AmeriCares is participating in emergency relief efforts in the Philippines. William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty achieved its d…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Lifestyle

Equity Group Invests In Urgent Care Of Connecticut BROOKFIELD, Conn. -- Urgent Care of Connecticut, which has seven clinics including ones in Norwalk, Ridgefield and Brookfield, received a growth equity investment from Pulse Equity Partners and the PineBridge Structured Capital team of PineBridge Investments. Urgent Care of Connecticut is the largest network of urgent care centers in Connecticut. The capital and partnership will allow UCC to expand throughout the Northeast. Already the largest provider of urgent care services in Connecticut with seven clinics, UCC currently operates the only privately owned Joint Commission accredited a…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2013

Neighbors

Movie Review: 'All Is Lost' At Stamford's Avon Theatre STAMFORD, Conn. -- Currently playing at Stamford’s Avon Theatre is "All is Lost," in which Robert Redford delivers an Oscar-caliber one-man performance as an unnamed sailor in the Indian Ocean whose 39-foot yacht (the Virginia Jean) collides with a stray floating container, ripping a hole in his boat just above the water line. Being a resourceful chap, he repairs the hole and pumps the water out of the craft. But his troubles are only just beginning. He gets caught in a storm that nearly capsizes him, reopening the hole, and causing him to crack open his head, leaving him with a serious cut…

by Robert J. Sodaro

11/22/2013

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