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The Jackson Times Vol. 18 - No. 19

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Scare Off Hunger At The Halloween House Of Horror By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Among the many well decorated homes dressed up for Halloween, there is one that stands out. At this house, along with picking up a treat, you leave a donation of food for the needy. Enter if you dare, Jackson’s House of Horror operated by the Domenick family. The lord of the manor is Jeff Domenick who is carrying on the tradition of horrific fun for not only his neighborhood, but for the community at large. Appropriately enough, the focus of fun is a house on Bittersweet Drive which clearly sounds like a location fit for a horror film. “My in-laws did this for 25-plus years in their neighborhood in Jackson and we always ‘worked’ the trail on Halloween. Once my wife Jaymi and I started having a family of our own, we bought our house on Bittersweet Drive about 13 years ago,” Jeff Domenick said. He added, “when the kids were little, we would take them trick-ortreating around our neighborhood, which was always a ‘hot spot’ for kids. Parents would drive to our neighborhood, park and trick-ortreat through our streets. We have a great neighborhood, filled with lots of houses and quite a bit of us

─Photo courtesy Jeff Domenick The Domenicks’ Annual Night of Terror - Let’s Scare Hunger” will be held on Halloween for the enjoyment of the community and to benefit those in need of food. A food collection is being held during the event on Bittersweet Drive. even have golf carts that we drive around.... very different from when we were kids... we walked everywhere!” “One of my neighbors hooked up a trailer to his golf cart and

hosted hayrides as the kids went house to house, hopping on and off as they ran to ring the doorbells. As the years went by, my in-laws’ neighborhood

Basketball Team Earns Gold For Cancer Fundraising

Team ador ned their campus with gold ribbons and signs honoring the event, Liberty coa ch Don Con nor said. But t he t e a m wanted to do more, so a “Change for Cancer” fundraising drive was created. Te a m m e m b e r s placed empty water

Code Enforcement The Subject Of Heated Meeting

By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Criticism, accusations and calls for unity came forward during a recent Township Council meeting over code enforcement, school zones, and more. Several commenters said the governing body should have acted to stop certain speakers from saying, what they described as being discriminatory remarks toward the Orthodox Jewish community.

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By Chris Lundy JACKSON – You’d expect a sports team to rally for a good cause, and this team didn’t disappoint. In fact, they went above and beyond. For National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the Jackson Boys Basketball

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jugs in a number of areas throughout the school. Anyone with loose change was asked to donate, hence the name “Change for Cancer.” T he jugs were i n place for f ive days, f rom Monday, September 27 to Friday, October 1. Then, at the

annual Jackson Liberty vs Jackson Memorial Boys Basketball ga me, a por t ion of the proceeds went to the Chase Ryan Olsen Fou ndation. Chase, who attended the Jackson School District, succumbed to cancer in 2009, when he was just 9 years of age.

So, the team did not have to look far for the right group to donate their proceeds, Connor said. Mau reen Olsen, Chase’s mother, was invited to Liberty Hall for a check presentation with the team and Liberty Principal (Gold - See Page 8)

Create A School Zone The township is facing several cases of litigation involving development and zoning involving the Orthodox Jewish community, a subject that resident Sheldon Hofstein was reminded of when he recommended to the council the creation of a separate school zone or zones for both public and private schools. “They should not include nursery school s or preschools and should include students (Code - See Page 4)

Council Changes Wording On Event Permits

By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Council members recently moved to modify the wording of an ordinance concerning the application process for entertainment and special event permits. The wording changes current township code putting the decision-making authority into the administrative side of the township’s government. Resident Elenor Hannum said she was speaking on behalf of other residents who reached out to her who were very concerned. She called for more details about the ordinance. Council President Andrew Kern said, (Council - See Page 8)


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