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March 21, 2020
Mosaic Reflects Ocean Gate’s Students
By Chris Lundy OCEAN GATE – How do you combine all of Ocean Gate into one work of art? That’s just what Ocean Gate Element ar y School students did over the course of the school year when they constructed a mosaic to be installed in the building. Art teacher Michelle Dillon ha d see n at t he A r t Educators of New Jersey conference how “mosaics transform whole communities.” It was a student-directed activity, which meant that students came up with ideas which were then guided by instructors. “Every single student made a tile, even the preschoolers,” Dillon said. Within the mosaic was act u ally several smaller mosaics, she said. The largest one was for the current school. One of the smaller ones was the old one-room schoolhouse, and the teacher, who was a preacher who took a rowboat here every morning. The Perkins Center for the arts connected the school
with mosaic artist Kathy Casper. Funding came from grants for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning. Some of t he t i le s ha d representations of native species, so children had to learn about them as part of the art project. In a way, organizing the tiles into a geometrical structure was hands-on math. One st udent is a g reat letterer and worked with a teacher to turn their lettering into a font for “Ocean Gate School” along the top. A compass rose design tied it all together. This is the North-East-South-West fou r-way ar row that you would see on maps. A challenge in making a mosaic is that there has to be an overall theme or else it just becomes a mess of colors, she said. Worked into the design were small pieces of mirror. That way, when the st udents walk by, they can see themselves in the art. They are part of the mosaic that makes up Ocean Gate.
-Photo courtesy Ocean Gate Elementary School Students worked hard on a mosaic that represents them and the borough of Ocean Gate.
County Increases Homeless Spending By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The county will be spending more money this year to care for the homeless having increased the amount in a line item of this year’s budget. The county previously spent $100,000 every year, and also allotted $10,000 to Just Believe, a community group that cares
for homeless. In the budget that the county just put together, they added $150,000 to this, Freeholder Gary Quinn said. Based on some statistics studied by the county’s Human Services department, they determined that the $250,000 would be an appropriate amount to care for the homeless while
Patients Face Health Care Costs, Bureaucracy
By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – Three years ago Joe Taylor sailed and raced boats along Toms River and then he suffered an injury which stopped all that. Taylor is a diabetic and his insulin usage is around 90 units at night and 30 units in the morning. “I eat up insulin like it’s going out of style” the Lakewood resident told 3rd District Congressman Andy Kim during his recent visit to the Toms River facility of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospitals. Kim’s visit to Encompass, which is a joint commission certified for disease specific care for brain
(Homeless - See Page 6)
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−Photo By Bob Vosseller Third District Congressman Andy Kim, left, speaks with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospitals patient Joe Taylor, Lakewood.
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