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It’s A Scholarship Program
By Sara Grillo Maybe you remember the scene from the movie Miss Congeniality where Candice Bergen, who plays the Miss United States pageant director, tells the cop that it’s not a beauty pageant, “It’s a scholarship program.” Well, it is. Until two years ago, Ocean County was not represented in either the Miss New Jersey pageant held in Ocean City for nearly three decades, or the Miss New Jersey’s Outstanding Teen pageant, which started up about 10 years ago. Directors Geralyn and Chuck Watson have the sinking feeling that people don’t know the pageant has come back to the county, and that young women and teens have no idea how much money could be up for grabs to help finance their college education or pay off their student loans. For the past two years, the competition has been an open one, meaning girls from anywhere in the state were allowed to compete. This year, the hope is to crown a Miss Ocean County from within the state’s sixth (Beauty - See Page 4)
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Council Updates On Library, Water Tower, Affordable Housing
By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – Although the Manchester Library is only one of 21 branches in the Ocean County Library System, it’s considered one of the largest, according to librarian Erin DeLucia. Over 18,000 readers in Manchester have library cards, and in 2016, the library had nearly 190,000 visitors. “I am going to say we had the highest children’s numbers throughout the summer,” said DeLucia of
the kids’ summer reading program. She said that 939 kids were signed up for summer reading, and 605 kids read at least 5 books. Many people might not know that Manchester Library also has an adult summer reading program that offers prizes, which 276 adults took advantage of this summer. “We are used quite a bit,” said DeLucia, who said that over 2,000 people showed up for 52 unique programs this summer. (Updates - See Page 5)
Arts Courses, Genius Hour Coming To MTMS –Photo courtesy Olivia Suarez Olivia Suarez holds an award for making it into the Top 11 at the Miss New Jersey pageant.
Three New Vikings Lead OCC Teams
By Chris Christopher It’s an often used saying. “You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.” At Ocean County College, the motto could be, “You can’t tell the coaches without a scorecard.” There are three new coaches, including one who leads two teams. The Vikings’ head women’s soccer coach is Jennifer Ritter. Coaching their men’s and women’s cross country team is former Barnegat High School, OCC
and Monmouth University standout Jen Nelson. At the helm of the men’s basketball team is Patrick Boylan, a Brick Township native. Ritter Returns To College Coaching Ritter, an assistant women’s soccer coach at Lafayette College in 2000 and 2001, is happy to return to the college level. “I feel like I am whole again,” she said. “I missed coaching at the college level. This job opened up and I can still teach and coach (Ritter teaches health and physical education (Teams - See Page 26)
By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – Two new performing arts electives are coming to Manchester Township Middle School, along with a Genius Hour Lab. MTMS Principal Nancy Driber and Vice Principal Steven Ninivaggi talked about the new courses at a recent Board of Education meeting, explaining that the reason behind the new electives is to give students who are not interested in joining band or chorus other options to appreciate music and the arts. Contemporary Music, which was a course in the district a few years ago, has been brought back and revised. It will be a very hands-on course that introduces students to different music styles that they can research and study. They will also create, edit and record their own songs using music editing software. A Drama/Theatre Arts course is brand new and will be a performance-based acting class where students (Courses - See Page 5)
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