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Volunteers making USA Games possible By LeXie yeaRLy The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games are set to begin June 14 in New Jersey, and it wouldn’t be possible without the thousands—yes, thousands—of volunteers organizing, staffing and cheering on the athletes at the games. An estimated 10,000 volunteers are expected to be on hand, working in nearly every capacity imaginable during the weeklong festivities, set to take place primarily in Mercer County. For some volunteers, it’s the chance to see what Special Olympics is all about on its grandest scale. While the New Jersey Special Olympics games happen every summer, the national games
are hosted the same way as the traditional Olympic games—every four years, with a new location each time. For others, it’s a chance to get involved, give back and witness the importance of the events. Terry Veit-Harmening is planning to keep herself busy during the week of the national games, as she is set to serve as the venue manager for gymnastics at Peddie School—a perfect fit, considering managing a gymnastics venue and working with Special Olympics have been two of her primary focuses for years. Veit-Harmening, who owns Envision Gymnastics studio in Eastampton, began working with Special Olympics 28 years ago,
and said the role she’s taken on as a volunteer is one she’s quite familiar with. As the venue manager for the national games, the Bordentown Township resident will be in charge of everything that happens at Peddie. There are individual volunteers responsible for each area, but she will be the main person making sure all the moving parts come together. Her responsibilities extend to organizing transportation and making sure lunch is served to checking that equipment is set up, the music is working, scoring results are inputted and more. It’s what she does on a regular basis at her own gym, Veit-HarSee VOLUNTEER, Page 6
Top 10 BRHS seniors share future plans
Rayna Dixon meets her cousin, Leyla Wallace-Walker, after a pony ride at the Bordentown Street Fair May 18, 2014. For more photos, turn to Page 12. (Photo by Albert Rende.) N
The Top 10 students have been involved in many activities during their high school years, including athletics, National Honor Society, debate team, Interact club, marching band, International Thespian Society, Model Congress, FBLA, biology club and more.
The Top 10 students are set to graduate—along with the rest of the Class of 2014—on Wednesday, June 18, at 6 p.m. at Bordentown Regional High School. To learn more about Bordentown’s Top 10 seniors, turn to Page 8.
The Bordentown High School girls’ track and field 4x400-meter relay squad won the BCSL Patriot Division championships! See Page 20
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The Top 10 Academic Seniors at Bordentown Regional High School are set to pursue a number of different interests and career paths as they prepare to go off to college in the fall. These students ranked in the Top 10 based on their GPAs. Each student filled out a questionnaire detailing future plans— including their intended colleges, majors and careers paths—and reflecting on favorite memories from the past four years. The graduating seniors are set to attend colleges including Drexel University, Johns Hopkins University, Rutgers University and the University of Pittsburgh. They plan to study fields like engineering, psychology, illustration, finance and the sciences.
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