The Hammonton Gazette 12/31/14 Edition | Page 5

Hammonton Arts Center works displayed at Atlanticare AMI Page 4 • Wednesday, December 31, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette ART, from Page 1 tion of each piece below. the description states its title, the artist and contact information for the Hammonton arts Center, located on Bellevue avenue. if patients that enter the facility are interested in the art, they can purchase it as well, according to Caruso. all involved agreed that is a great opportunity to feature local artists at the Hammonton arts Center. “it is good exposure for the artists, and as an active member of the community now, we wanted to do this for the local community. it is good that we will rotate out the work as the seasons change as well. this is our first year doing this. We will see how it works out. if it is successful it will be ongoing,” aMi Marketing Director Carla Wyatt said. Hammonton resident and physician at aMi atlantiCare Dr. amerigo falciani commented on the facility displaying the artwork. “Showing off the artwork from the local arts center is great, and having the opportunity to display it and getting people interested in the arts is what we are striving to achieve,” falciani said. Bruno, who worked with atlantiCare aMi to get artwork from the Hammonton arts Center into the medical building, stated that anytime there is an opportunity to hang some art on a wall it is a positive. “i know atlantiCare itself has a great art program, so they understand that concept. Dr. falciani understands it and we were asked to come in and put some work up. Hopefully we will be putting more art up. it is good exposure for the art center, the artist and we got a lot of compliments from people when we were putting the artwork up. Obviously the patients appreciate the art as well,” Bruno said. for the foreseeable future, Bruno indi- TRAGEDY, from Page 1 Police were notified of the accident by 911 calls, Salvatore said. according to eyewitnesses, there were many people leaving the church following Mass at the time the accident occurred on Route 206, a highway that is directly in front of St. anthony of Padua Church. the empty restaurant building is located across Route 206 from the front of the church. the accident is being investigated by the atlantic County Prosecutor Office’s fatal accident Unit along with Officer Kevin Sloan, Salvatore said. “No charges have been filed at this point,” Salvatore said. Salvatore said there is no crosswalk at the location. Distler is survived by her husband, Melvin; two daughters, Rona Kerbaugh (Robert) of atco and theresa Lenox (William) of New York; her son, Bryan Distler of Westville, N.J.; and three grandchildren, Darin, Brandon and Maryelizabeth. a Mass of Christian Burial was held on December 30, 2014, at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Parish – St. anthony of Padua Church. entombment followed at the Calvary Cemetery & Chapel Mausoleum in Cherry Hill. arrangements made by the Landolfi funeral Home. [For the complete ob