For Doug Humes, retirement is a beginning, not an end

At a retirement party on Sunday, Nov. 19, Doug Humes, left, was presented with gifts including ones from new First Selectman Charlie Perotti, center, and state Rep. Brian Ohler (R-64). Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
Doug Humes is the punch line of that joke about guys who don’t understand what it means to retire. There was a retirement party for him on Sunday afternoon, Nov.19,at the Couch Pipa VFW hall in North Canaan, but he’s not really retiring. It was a good party, though.