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Pushing Up A Cure
JACKSON – The chance to complete some push-ups was also an opportunity to help find a cure for muscular dystrophy. The Jar of Hope Push-up Challenge at the football field of the Justice Complex on June 4 featured participants including local first responders from multiple towns. They each paid to participate, and buy t-shirts, with funds going toward Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative muscle wasting disease that takes away a child’s ability to function. For more information on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, visit jarofhope.org. –Photos by Doreen Laskiewicz Photography
Alligator Found At Camp Site By Catherine Galioto JACKSON – There’s plenty of wildlife to be expected while camping, but the discovery of an alligator at a Jackson campground was a surprise to local officials recently. Township police responded to the Maple Lake Campground on
–Alligator photo courtesy Jackson Township Police
East Veterans Highway during Memorial Day for a report of an alligator in the lake there. After the call, at 4:10 p.m. May 30, Police Officers Jeff Henba and Kale Mabey along with Animal Control Officer Jim Rand went out to the lake to catch the alligator, and did so without incident, said Captain Steven Laskiewicz, police spokesperson. He said it ended up being a twofoot long American Alligator, still considered a baby. As to how the gator, native to the southeast, ended up in Jackson, Laskiewicz said in a press release that someone likely had it as a pet and abandoned it there. (Alligator - See Page 5)
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OCC Softball Finishes Sixth In Nation
By Chris Christopher It was a memorable season for the Ocean County College women’s softball team. The Vikings went 26-13 overall. They won the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region XIX Tournament. And they finished sixth at the NJCAA Division III Tournament. The program was born in 1977. It was the first time the Vikings won the Region XIX title and the initial time they qualified for the nationals. “Our team was very even keeled,” said Bob Mazanec, OCC’s seventh-year coach. “It never got
too high. It never got too low. We rallied to win games a half dozen times. The girls never gave up. They were battlers.” Seven players won postseason honors. Sophomore outfielder Kara Molnar, a Jackson Memorial High School graduate, and sophomore pitcher Ashley Hussey (Toms River North) captured first-team all-region and firstteam All-Garden State Athletic Conference honors. Sophomore first baseman April Szymczyk (Jackson Liberty), freshman second baseman Kurstin Binshedler (Pinelands Regional) (Softball - See Page 3)
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Child Actor Is Jackson Middle Schooler
–Photo by Reardon family Cameron Reardon on set. The seventh-grader at Goetz Middle School is also a child actor with credits on shows such as Gotham. By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – Cameron Reardon is your typical preteen who plays soccer, video games, and watches home improvement and cooking shows. Cameron Reardon is a preteen with remarkable experiences: lunch with a young Bruce Wayne (yes, that Bruce Wayne), a train ride with Emily Blunt, and more of the excitement that comes with recent credits as a child actor, such as Gotham, the popular Batman prequel television show. Ca meron d id n’t catch t he acting bug like so many actors, having that aha! moment receiving applause from friends and family performing a homemade sketch or song. A coworker of his mother’s commented on his looks and said the family should look into modeling. “Some people said he had a good look for modeling and acting,” Lisa, Cameron’s mother, said. “At, first I thought they were joking, but then I told [my husband, Jim]. When Cameron was little he always said he wanted to act when (Actor - See Page 4)
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