"""The late Lewis """"Lou"""" Paternoster in Nov. 2019 won a seat on the Town Council in North Branford, Conn. He is pictured next to a campaign sign. On Paternoster's team, everyone got playing time. """"He would look at his team and he would figure out what each person could bring to that team,"""" Betty Jo Paternoster said. """"Every kid that was on the team played in the game, and they played in all the games, and they all played ... their best move... That was an amazing thing that I saw him do over and over and over again."""" As a referee, Lou Paternoster wouldn't just call fouls - he would coach players through their mistakes, said Donna Ricci, who said she served on a basketball board with Paternoster. """"He always wanted everything to be a learning experience - and a fun experience,"""" she said. 'The Mayor' Unfailingly, people who remembered Paternoster noted his sense of humor. """"He was hilarious,"""" Ricci said. When Paternoster umpired a baseball game, there was no shortage of laughter between innings, according to Mascari, who is president of the North Branford Little League board. """"He's supposed to be umpiring, and he's just chatting ... with everybody,"""" he said. """"He'd be holding court back there."""""""
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