The JACKSON Times Vol. 20 - No. 43
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By Patricia A. Miller STAFFORD − Simba, a young adult male cat with thick fur the color of smoke, loves to play at the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter. The friendly, outgoing kitty spent quite a bit of time last week chasing
─Photo by Bob Vosseller Brick resident Amanda Rutherford speaks to an audience in attendance at a Rare Disease Day Forum held at the Jackson branch of the Ocean County Library about living with her own rare disease, cystic fibrosis. Her forum was held on a rare day, Feb. 29. By Bob Vosseller Rutherford was diag- an audience of adults diseases are just that, JACKSON – Brick nosed in her 20s with whose children also “individuals.” resident Amanda Ruth- Cystic Fibrosis. CF is suffer from CF or other “We are not all the erford was recently defined as a rare disease rare diseases. same,” Rutherford said. married and is starting because it affects fewer As part of a program “I wanted so much to a whole new chapter than 200,000 people. observing Rare Dis- be normal and just go of her life. While that Rutherford overcame a ease Day held at the to college and have the might not sound all that lot of difficulties in her Jackson branch of the same experience that uncommon, for Ruther- struggle to maintain a Ocean County Library every other freshman ford, it represents a step semblance of a normal on Feb. 29, Rutherford had,” Rutherford said. in life that she did not life. She shared her spoke about how those She added that during think she’d ever take. story recently before individuals with rare (Rare - See Page 4)
Shelter ‘Adopts’ Pets While Another Shelter Renovating
and catching a feather-like cat toy. Young Simba - who is between one and two years old - is friendly, outgoing, and playful. He was just one of several kitties marking time waiting for a new home in one of the Hay-
wood Road’s shelter rooms earlier this week. “We have to hold them for eight days before we can put them up for adoption,” said shelter Manager Patricia McCallum. McCallum and assistant manager Jac-
lyn Strawder have no problem handling lots of pets. No problem. McCallum has 10 dogs at home and Strawder has 10 cats. “You can’t help yourself,” McCallum said with a smile. “One is just not enough.”
The animal population at the southern shelter is a little higher than it normally is. Animals from the Northern Ocean County Animal Shelter in Jackson Township are now sharing the southern shelter (Shelter - See Page 9)
March 21, 2020
Post Office Parking Questioned In Growing Town
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON − It didn’t get a large attendance but officials from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently held a public hearing to discuss procedures regarding the official closure of the former Cassville Postal Station. That facility had been located at 520 West Veterans Highway. The meeting was overseen by District Discontinuance Coordinator John D’Alessio, Tony Dallojacono, Jackson Post Office, Officer in Charge and Joseph Loguidice, Acting Post Office Operations Manager. Victor Sevcenko was the only resident to come out for the public hearing but he made up for the lack of turnout with his many concerns, suggestions and questions. The meeting was held at the Jackson Post Office at 915 Bennetts Mills Rd. which upon discussion, was said to be currently too small and that with the growing population of Jackson, is facing further growing pains. Ray V. Daiutolo Sr. who serves as USPS Corporate Communications South Jersey and Philadelphia Districts stated in a prior interview (Post - See Page 4)
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, (Homeless - See Page 8)
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