The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 29 - No. 22
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Photo by Bob Vosseller A horseshoe tossing duo line up to take aim during the recently held 50th Annual Manchester Horseshoe Tournament held at Harry Wright Lake. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – For a half century people have been tossing horseshoes for an annual tournament at Harry Wright Lake - but it may not be about winning as much as just enjoying the comradery. The event held earlier this summer fea-
tured a test of skill and style. The attire for the day called for wearing your oldest Manchester Horseshoe Tournament shirt, as Brian Zak did, sporting his 45th anniversary tournament T-shirt for a chance to win a prize. Josh Schnoor was coordinating the event.
He actually runs the IT department in the township. He noted that 15 years ago, “Randy from the garage used to run it and one day he said I don’t want to do it anymore and he needed someone to do it and I volunteered and I’ve been doing it ever since.” “It usually ends up at
1 or 2 p.m. with the singles and with the doubles tournament it will end around 6 or so. We have 68 people signed up for singles play and we’ll do doubles later and we usually we have around 50 or so teams for both,” he added. (Horseshoe See Page 4)
Photo courtesy Manchester Schools Manchester School Superintendent John Berenato welcomes new teachers to the school district during a teacher orientation session. The new school year starts on September 7. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Superintendent John Berenato said the school district is ready for an exciting new school year and that includes some new staff and some changes in scheduling. Berenato told The Manchester Times, “September 7 is the first day for students and the first day for staff is September 5. The biggest change is at our Middle School where we worked very closely with the Education Association. We developed a schedule that we are calling a modified block schedule.” He explained, “students will take year-long courses (Schools - See Page 9)
Classes Start With A Giveaway
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Superintendent Loren Fuhring is confident that the school’s teachers, staff and facilities are ready for the start of the new school year. To help students get ready for the big day, which is September 7, parents and students came to the front lobby of Lakehurst Elementary School on Union Avenue on the mor ning of August 28 to pick up free book bags and notebooks.
“Within a half hour we were out,” a school staff member said. “We usually get six boxes donated to us each year from Costco, United Way and donations from many retired teachers.” She said that the total was close to 140 and having depleted the allotment for this school year “we are dipping into what we have for next year” because so many were given out during National Night Out earlier in the summer.
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“The classrooms look great and the school looks great. We have loads and loads of curriculum we ordered and we have had some online training,” the superintendent said during the latest Board meeting. She noted enrollment was in the low four hundreds. Board of Education President James Malden said this was the first time in years the pupil population climbed up to being (Classes - See Page 9)
Photo by Bob Vosseller Free school book bags were provided to students of the Lakehurst Elementary School in advance of the school’s reopening. Most were distributed during National Night Out and this supply is from those allotted for next year.
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