Vol. 20 - No. 28
In This Week’s Edition
THE JACKSON
FOR BREAKING NEWS
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Running With – And Learning From - Veterans
Letters Page 7.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14.
Dear Pharmacist Page 15.
Business Directory Page 18.
Classifieds Page 19.
Inside The Law Page 21.
Horoscope Page 23.
Wolfgang Puck Page 23.
—Photo Provided by The Jackson School District Students, staff and veterans took part in events like a fundraising run.” By Bob Vosseller Beyond the run, the fast for local veterans JACKSON – For two at 8 a.m. and includ- event is a ser ies of decades veterans have ed lessons during the projects, lessons, and been honored and re- school day. community connecmembered during a The an nual event tions that keeps the special event at the raised money for veter- experiences and conC h r i s t a McAu l i f fe ans and concluded with tributions of veterans Middle School. a series of races and alive in the minds of This year’s Run for runs on the McAuliffe the middle school stuVets began with break- property. dents.
Several hundred participants helped raise money and gather donations last year which was presented to local veteran organizations. “We raised approximately $3,500 to be donated to our veterans,” (Run - See Page 4)
Students Give 3,000 People A Happy Thanksgiving
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Some 240 turkeys were being sectioned, roasted, weighed and refrigerated in the kitchens of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School in the week before Thanksgiving when the culinary arts students were preparing Thanksgiving Day meals for 3,000 of the neediest in Ocean County. The dinners also include sweet potatoes, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, string bean casserole and dessert. The meals would be picked up in the days preceding the holiday by various organizations. Feed the Need is the biggest meal preparation by the students, many of whom plan to work in the food
industry and/or further their culinary education after they graduate. “We expose the kids to as much as we can so they can make a decision about their career once they get out of here,” said Gary Lesniak. “This way they’ll get an all-around idea of what the industry is about.” Lesniak, formerly a Culinary Arts II instructor at the center, is now their Dining Room Instructor. He has been in charge of Feed the Need since it began some 23 years ago when they started out making 40 dinners, but the need continues to grow every year, he said. (Thanksgiving - See Page 9)
Council President Nixon Resigns
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Some were shocked, many were saddened and most offered accolades and thanks to Robert Nixon who resigned as councilman during the Nov. 26 Township Council meeting. Nixon served as council president this year. He opened the meeting by saying that when an elected official faces decisions that require “care and deep thought and some decisions are personal and there is nothing more personal for an elected official than deciding about their future in office. I have decided that now is the time for me to step down from council. “I did not come to this decision lightly. Fortunately, I have several personal and professional opportunities ahead of me that require my full attention and they must become the priority of my life. For almost eight years I have placed Jackson ahead of myself, my job, my family. It is time I put them first,” Nixon said. “This being politics I am sure there will be Facebook agitators and bloggers focused solely on their greed - and fake news sites who peddle in lies - will find some alternate meaning or find some false storyline to explain my early retirement from council. There is no hidden message in my decision but I know I can’t control the misinformed or the liars or the political cowards who seek only to claim to office. I can’t control the special interests. I am not concerned about them. Nor should any of you,” Nixon said. The Council President, who was elected twice (Nixon - See Page 5)
Officials Look At “State Of The Schools”
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Finances, population, and other issues were discussed during a presentation on the state of the schools during a recent Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Stephen Genco presented the PowerPoint presentation and also discussed various issues involving the goals (School - See Page 8)
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