The Hammonton Gazette 09/16/15 Edition | Page 6

Page 6 • Wednesday, September 16, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette

The Hammonton Gazette
“The Paper of Record”
Gabriel J. Donio, Publisher
Gina rullo, Editor-in-Chief

Dan russoman, Sports Editor
Benny Mendez, Staff Artist

Marysusan hoffman, Brittany Mauro,
Michael hozik, Donna Brown, Joseph Bruno,
Kevin troilo, tania rivera,
lauren crescenzo, Staff

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our Miss new Jersey

All of us at The Gazette – and we will boldly say all of us in Hammonton –
are proud of our Miss New Jersey 2015 Lindsey Giannini. As a
Hammontonian, a resident of Atlantic County and a New Jerseyan, she represented our town, our county and our state extraordinarily well on the national
level at the 95th Miss America Competition, held on September 13 at
Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Giannini was a standout contestant, winning a $6,000 scholarship during the
preliminaries. She was featured on national television during the broadcast on
ABC and featured in all of the promotion leading up to the show in print, television and online. Her Mr. Monopoly costume at the famous “Show Us Your
Shoes” Parade on the Atlantic Boardwalk held on September 12 was a huge hit.
She was also featured on a full page of the program for the competition, and her
name is featured on all memorabilia listing the names of all 52 contestants.
It was a wonderful source of pride for all Hammontonians to see
Hammonton’s own Lindsey Giannini on the show with contestants from
throughout the country.
We congratulate Miss America 2016 – Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell. We also
look forward to covering the reign of Miss New Jersey 2015 Lindsey Giannini
in our “Where’s Lindsey” section and other sections of the newspaper.
Giannini’s next year will be one of our newspaper’s top stories – as it has been
from the beginning – and we will stay with her every step of the way as she travels throughout the state and beyond its borders as a goodwill ambassador for
Hammonton, Atlantic County, New Jersey and the Miss America Organization.
Now it is time for the town to purchase and install signs on or near all the
“Hammonton” signs on each roadway coming into Hammonton that say “Home
of Miss New Jersey 2015 Lindsey Giannini” perhaps with her photograph – and
a similar congratulatory banner with the same wording could also be placed
across Bellevue Avenue for several weeks at some point during her reign as
Miss New Jersey.
These actions would be outstanding ways for the town to continue to show
its strong support for Giannini, who at the young age of 21 continues to bring
honor to her hometown in all she does.

Green Weekend

This coming weekend is “Green Weekend” in Hammonton. Events on
September 19 and September 20 highlight our community’s commitment to
preserving the environment through recycling efforts like the Hammonton
Education Foundation (HEF)’s Recycling Central on September 19th located on
the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grounds on Third Street, the MainStreet
Hammonton Town-Wide Yard Sale throughout town, also on September 19 and
the Hammonton Green Committee’s Green Day on the grounds of St. Joseph
High School at Central Avenue and Vine Street on September 20.
If you’re hungry on September 19, stop by the Rider University Educational
Opportunity Program (EOP) Barbecue from 12 noon to 4 p.m. and buy some
delicious food for a great cause. The Rider Barbecue will be held at the M.B.
Taylor Masonic Lodge at the corner of Central Avenue and Peach Street.
Here is the breakdown of events on Green Weekend in Hammonton:
recycling central: The HEF will be shredding documents and collecting
electronics (including small appliances); the Hammonton Lions Club will be
collecting eyeglasses