The HOWELL Times
Vol. 21 - No. 4
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Ham Radio Club Has Global Reach During Field Day
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Photos by Stephanie Faughnan Joe Kruszewski, a 20-year veteran ham, displays a chart listing US Amateur Radio Bands.
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Ocean-Monmouth Amateur Radio Club president Scott Thompson points to a small radio that was receiving a digital signal from Portugal.
By Stephanie Faughnan HOWELL – Avid members of the Ocean-Monmouth Amateur Radio Club (OMARC) forged connections across the map in a thrilling 24-hour event held at Echo Lake Park. For the third year in a row, OMARC chose Howell as the location for its Annual Field Day. The event was part of the “Amateur Radio Relay League Field Day Operation,” coordinated by the National Association for Amateur Radio. Over 40,000 ham radio operators from North America communicated from temporary transmitting stations in public areas during the same designated time period. The gathering united a community of individuals who shared a profound passion for ham radio operations and recognized its crucial significance during times of crisis. “Field Day is both an exercise and a contest,” explained OM A RC’s president, Scot t Thompson. “It’s an exercise as to what would happen if we didn’t have power or cell service.” The contest aspect of the event focused on the primary objective of establishing communication with as many stations as possible. (Radio - See Page 2)
County Honors Poster Contest Winners
By Alyssa Riccardi MONMOUTH COUNTY – With nearly 200 submissions, three creative 4th graders were selected as winners of the annual ‘My County’ 2023 Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey (COANJ) poster contest. Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners, County Surrogate Maureen T. Raisch, County Clerk Christine G. Hanlon and Sheriff Shaun (Contest - See Page 3)
Photo courtesy Monmouth County (Left) Lucia Ortega from St. Leo the Great School as the second-place winner. (Right) Kenneth Shaffer from St. Benedict School as the third-place winner.
July 1, 2023
English Teacher Named Educator Of The Year
Photo courtesy Howell High School Lindsey Petschenik of Howell High Scholl was named Educator of the Year. By Alyssa Riccardi HOWELL – In their “Staff Spotlight” series, Freehold Regional High School District recognized Lindsey Petschenik who was selected to be honored in the Monmouth County Governor’s Educator of the Year Program. Petschenik has been teaching English at Howell High School for 13 years. She is an alumnus of the Freehold Regional High School District (Marlboro High School) and graduated from Rider University. She received a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Montclair State University. Not only is Petschenik teaching English in her Howell High classroom, but she has been the dance team coach for the past 11 years and was a class advisor for eight years. Additionally, she served on the PLC team and the SCIP for the past two years. When she’s not teaching her students, Petschenik is a dance teacher at Dance Attitudes of Marlboro. After the state revealed that she was chosen as Howell’s Teacher of the Year, Petschenik said she was “in shock and felt truly honored to be this year’s recipient.” Petschenik explained what she loves best about teaching is the students. “It’s amazing to watch my students grow from year to year. I have the unique opportunity to teach some students for a consecutive (Teacher - See Page 3)
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