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Vol. 263, No. 6
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Staff Photos by Cathy Cramer
Samantha Russick, left, and Olivia Jespersen play a game at Puzzle Piece Moms monthly support group get-together at Mt. Pleasant Church, in Millville.
Ericka Ojeda enjoys refreshments at Puzzle Peace Moms.
EDUCATING AUTISTIC
Staff Photo by Cindy Hepner
Angelica Marie Nardi, of Millville, is Miss Cumberland County 2011.
Photo special to The News
The West Cumberland Ruritan Club mixing scrapple in 1987 for its annual pancake and sausage supper. From left, Gary Timberman, Gary Wheaton Sr., Gary Wheaton Jr, Morris Goodwin and Frank Noyes.
Winter Eagle Festival
Special to The News/Sam Feinstein
There were several vendors present at Saturday’s Winter Eagle Festival. They had everything from birdhouses and home decor to free information to dispense to their many visitors. Story on Page A-3.
By Jim Cook [email protected]
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. — It was a night of glitz and glamour, spangled with talent at Cumberland Regional High School Saturday night as five Cumberland County women strutted their brains and beauty.
It was a night fit for royalty. It was the night Angelica Nardi, 21-year-old student at
Cumberland County College, was crowned Miss Cumber-land County 2011.
This is Nardi’s third crown. Her past crowns were through the Miss Vineland and Miss Heartland pag-eants.
“It was a lot of preparation; it’s work,” Nardi said. “I’m so thrilled to win and I hope I can inspire young people in this community and teach them self-discipline.”
Runner-up Maggie Sabota was proud of Nardi. She is no stranger to the pageant, having held the title in 2007.
“This is my fifth time competing in Miss Cumberland County,” Sabota said. “I really feel a part of this pageant family. It’s so great that we have this and it’s really well run and provides great scholarship money. I’m very
Angelica Nardicounty’s queen
(See MISS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Page A-2)
By Greg [email protected]
BRIDGETON — His teacher said he may be held back another year.
The judge said to come back in March with a lawyer.
Mom said she doesn’t know what to do anymore.
In the middle is 5-year-old Thomas Smith, who came home with two more disci-pline notes last Monday.
Cathy Smith, whose son is a kindergarten student at Broad Street School here, has been diagnosed with autistic disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety disorder.
Three months of discipline notes had piled up when Smith contacted The News in November.
Another three months and one court appearance later, neither Smith nor the board of education have changed their stance on where Thom-as belongs.
“I’m not doing good,” sighed Smith. “I’m just dis-gusted. He keeps coming home with notes.”
Those notes are the ones filled out by teachers which state her son continues to act out, usually physically, in class.
Thomas’ preschool class consisted of 12 students and three teachers, a 4 to 1 ratio.
Smith said her son had no problems at that time, but things quickly fell apart when he started kindergar-ten in September in a main-stream class.
“He keeps hitting and spit-ting and I can’t punish him because he doesn’t under-stand,” said Smith.
Just a few of the teacher’s notes from November state the 5-year-old has “punched child in the back,” “spit on girl’s face” and “destroyed property.”
Thomas’ doctor has con-
Schoolbad fitfor one
(See BAD FIT, Page A-3)
By Lauren T. [email protected]
STOW CREEK TWP. — The Ruritan Club’s name comes from a combination of the Latin words “ruri,” meaning open country, and “tan,” for small town.
The West Cumberland Ruritan Club has been true to this name, serving its small-town communities for nearly 50 years, and will hold its biggest annual fundraiser on Saturday.
“I’ve been in the club 35 years, and
we’ve been holding the Pancake and Sau-sage Supper since before I was there,” said Bill Hawley. “It’s a good thing, and we do good things with our money.”
The West Cumberland Ruritan Club raises funds through events like the pan-cake and sausage supper, which serves over 400 dinners each year. Guests will have all-you-can-eat choices of pancakes, sausage, scrapple, sausage gravy, bis-cuits, drinks and dessert, as well as bake
W.C. Ruritan’s legacyis feeding donors well
(See RURITAN, Page A-3)
By Jim Cook [email protected]
MILLVILLE — “Is it time for my interview?” the 13 year-old girl eagerly asked while touting around a lime-green digital camera.
Name? “Alyssa Russick.”Have you made many friends here, Alyssa?“Yes I have. Lots of friends. More than I can
count.”What do you do for fun?“I make movies,” Alyssa said. “I am an expert at
it.”Age 13 can be one of the most socially awkward
and difficult times for a girl. But Alyssa is an outgo-
Mom forms autism supporting group
(See AUTISM, Page A-6)
By Greg [email protected]
BRIDGETON — City administrator Terry Delp expects to sit down with coun-cil soon and start preparing the coming fiscal year’s budget.
The city’s amended fiscal year 2011 budget was approved by Trenton last month, following a minor change to the local tax to be raised line item.
That total decreased from $10,337,063.99 to $10,200,930.30, result-ing in a budget of about $23.2 million.
That latter figure is down from the two previous years.
A public hearing to adopt the amended budget will be held on Feb. 15.
Delp said that this budget, which was approved on Sept. 21 of last year, should
Bridgetonbudgettough call
(See BRIDGETON, Page A-6)