2019-08-31 - The Manchester Times

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Vol. 25 - No. 20

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—Photo courtesy Manchester Township Schools Rory Dunckley attended the April 17 Board of Education meeting to explain her Girl Scout Gold Award project, dubbed ‘Hawks Pride.’ By Kimberly Bosco MANCHESTER – Students at Manchester Township High School will hopefully be able to enjoy some new upgrades to their school, courtesy of junior Rory Dunckley. As an Ambassador Girl Scout, 17-year old Dunckley is working on f inishing up her Girl Scout Gold Project, “Hawks Pride,” which will construct an 833 sq. ft. paver walkway that spells out “Hawks” onto the Manchester Township High School Athletic Fields. “We need more pride in our school,” Dunckley told the Manchester Tow nship Board of

Education recently. As of August 1, she ha d al rea dy r aise d n e a rly h a l f of t h e f u nds necessa r y to complete the project. She estimates the total cost of the project at around $9,000. Her fundraising thus far has brought in about $4,000. N o w n e a r l y 11 months into the project, Dunckley still has a ways to go and she is asking for your help. In order for Hawks Pride to become a reality, and for Dunckley to receive her Girl Scout Gold Award, she needs to sell approximately12 more 3’x8’ business sponsorship banners to afford her project.

Ringing up at $400 apiece, these banners will be displayed at the Manchester Township Athletic Field for the 2019-2020 school year. I n the meanti me, Du nck ley has been using her talents elsewhere, repainting the snack stand tables at the field with a fresh coat of blue and gold colors; Hawks Pride colors. Dunckley hopes to obtain the necessary funds to complete her project by the time she graduates in 2020. In addition to the paver walkway she plans to install at the main gate to the football field, she also plans to add a Hawk mascot statue

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and a new patio around the snack stand with landscaping and space for vending tables for clubs to use during games. “‘We a re excited about the project and looking forward to the end result. We are also looking at whatever we can do to help,” said Athletic Director Keith Lister. Any businesses willing to support Dunckley’s cause can become a sponsor by purchasing a banner to be placed at the high school. Sponsorship infor mation can be found at drive.google. c o m /f ile /d /1gD -Ta dahDlBxA9B5dfugXB5DTyludCDL/view.

By Chris Lundy TRENTON – Social media. Political rhetoric. People not interacting with others who are different. All of these factors are creating a rise in bias crimes throughout the state, officials said, and half of the offenders were children. “We need to do a better job of confronting hate in young people,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The number of bias incidents last year - 569 - was the highest reported since 2011. There were 549 reported in 2017. A new study by the New Jersey State Police and Division on Civil Rights noted an increase in bias crimes since 2016. To discuss this, the media was invited to a conference call with Grewal, Zakiya Smith Ellis, Secretary of Higher Education, Kelly LeDet, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Education, Col. Patrick Callahan, Superintendent of State Police, Jared Maples, Director of Homeland Security and Preparedness, and Rachel Wainer Apter, Director of the Division on Civil Rights. A bias offense was, for example, a violent crime, robbery/theft, desecration of sacred objects, (Bias - See Page 4)

Activists Ask: “Is Civility Dead?”

By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER - A pair of songwriters turned activists posed the question “is civility dead?” in a rather unique way. They brought their brand of street theatrics on Aug. 24 to the courtyard of the Ocean County Library in downtown Toms River. Dressed in black suits and hats and taking the theme of a New Orleans-style jazz funeral as their inspiration, the duo joined 11 others for the 30-minute skit that involved a prop coffin, umbrellas and music. Brick resident Dave Williams, the co-founder of the group Forward March said the idea was not exactly to mourn the loss of civility but to give it a very strong sendoff. Co-Founder Jim Tobias of Matawan said civility “should be a two-way street but I don’t think we are seeing that lately in politics. We should be able to have a debate or argument in (Civility - See Page 5)

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