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April 30, 2016
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–Photo courtesy Howell High School girls track and field team The Howell High School girls track and field team poses with its trophy after winning the Hudson County Track Coaches Association Relays at Kearny High School. By Chris Christopher The Howell High School girls track and field team is off to a fast start. The Rebels won their first three relay meets of the season, capturing their divisions of the Rebel Relays and the Husky Relays and the overall championship of the Hudson County Track Coaches Association Relays. Howell hosted the Rebel Relays and won the Large School Division, which consisted of Group III and Group IV
schools, with 90 points. Senior Stephanie Bock and junior Danielle Messina won the discus. Bock teamed with sophomore Christinah Akinsani to capture the shot put. Juniors Rachael Kern, Liz Smith and Liz Capestro won the javelin. Teaming for first place in the sprint medley were junior Erin Cannon, seniors Tyler Hayes and Jessica Moreland and junior Niamh Hayes in 4:33.0. Capestro, senior Kelly Garretson, Bock and Kern won the thrower’s 4x100-meter
relay in 1:01. “It was a team effort,” said Kevin Dee, the Rebels’ third-year coach. “Everyone did the job. Everyone came to run, jump and throw. It was a great first meet of the season in nasty weather. I was pretty much surprised when we won it. We have a lot of young kids who had never competed in track and field and they did a good job.” Dee said the meet began in 2003. He (Track - See Page 4)
Sculptor Attempts World’s Tallest Sand Castle
By Jennifer Peacock What’s 60 feet tall and can help build a house? A sand castle. At least that’s what world-renowned sculptor Ed Jarrett and Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity hope (NOHFH). Jarrett and representatives from NOHFH joined with Laurita Winery’s Ray Shea and Randy Johnson to break ground on the “world’s tallest sand castle” at Laurita
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West (Laurita Inn) April 20. The money raised will go to build a single mom and her two children a home on a donated lot in Toms River. The project has been dubbed “Hands v. Machines.” Although Guinness World Records has opened up the category to both hand and machine sculpting, Jarrett plans to build his newest creation using all the hands he can get. He is a four-time world record
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holder for tallest sand castle. “My reputation has always been based on ‘by hand,’ and Guinness World Records after [Hurricane] Sandy changed the rules to allow machines. I’ve been doing this for 12 years,” Jarrett said. “I hold four world records by hand. So we’re going back to the hand, and we actually picked up with Habitat for Humanity and we’re going to (Sand Castle - See Page 16)
By Jennifer Peacock HOWELL – A familiar and long-missed face finally returned. Councilwoman Pauline Smith was back on the dais April 18 after a long absence due to illness. Councilwoman “I would like to welPauline Smith come back Mrs. Smith,” Mayor William Gotto said. “It’s been a long time coming.” He had to pause for a round of applause from Council and the audience. “It would have been easy for somebody who went through what you went through to just say, ‘You know, my time has come and gone, and I’m moving on,’ but you didn’t, because that’s the type of testament to how much you care about this town and the job you were sworn to do. It is a pleasure to have you back. I think we all missed a little something up here, good or bad. It’s a pleasure to have you back,” said the mayor. Smith took several minutes during Council comments to address her absence. “I want to thank everybody, from the EMTs who saved me one more time, there in the blink of an eye and got me safely to the hospital,” Smith said. Her experience started with a viral infection Christmas week that showed no symptoms save extreme fatigue, she said. She was out from Council meetings since January. “I could have died,” Smith said. “I just collapsed one morning and it was off to the hospital and they pulled me back from the brink again.” She spent two months in rehab just to be able to move. She’s moving very well now, she said. “I’d like to assure everybody out there I did the best I could at doing my job even though I wasn’t at meetings. I was in constant touch with our professionals, with my fellow Council people, with the Mayor on issues, the budget, and whatever else came up,” Smith said. “I didn’t get a vote but I got
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