Smilestones
Fox29’s Bob Kelly with Justine Lowe of Isabel’s.
GOOD DAY, SEVEN MILE BEACH
How sweet it is … Broadcasting live, Fox29’s Bob Kelly and “Good Day Philadelphia” spent June 12 on the Seven Mile Beach. Here, Justine Lowe of Isabel’s serves Bob his crumb bun, hot out of the oven. Bob also broadcasted from the Fishing Pier, The Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children, and The Wetlands Institute.
Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi and wife Lynda with members of the Jersey Shore Partnership: John Gagliano, Grace Hanlon, Margot Walsh and Frank Robinson.
JERSEY SHORE PARTNERSHIP SALUTES THE PAGLIUGHIS
The Jersey Shore Partnership honored Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi and his wife Lynda for their decades of service in leadership positions with the partnership in June at its annual event in Sandy Hook. The Jersey Shore Partnership is an organization that lobbies for coastal issues in New Jersey, including a dedicated source of funding for sand for our local beaches. The partnership was founded in 1991 after a devastating storm on Halloween that eroded much of New Jersey’s beaches. Its mission is to guarantee that state and federal funding is available to protect New Jersey’s 127 miles of coastline.
Tying The Knot
SCHALL, MILLWARD ENGAGED
Holly Schall and Christian Millward were engaged on July 4, 2021, on Lido Beach in Sarasota, Fla. Christian proposed to Holly as the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico, just before the holiday fireworks. Holly is the daughter of Robin and Stephen Schall of Avalon. Christian is the son of Carolyn and Edward Millward of Cream Ridge, N.J. Holly and Christian met during their freshman year at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and now live in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Christian attends LECOM’s School of Dental Medicine and Holly teaches first grade/ESL at Imagine School at North Manatee. They have not set a wedding date at this time.
McGRATHS CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Mike and Judi McGrath, of Avalon, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 20 with a surprise party at the Avalon Links attended by family and friends. Mike and Judi first met in 1966 when they were just 14 at a Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast Mixer. They were married in 1972 at St. Joseph Church in Collingdale, Pa. Together they have three sons and six grandchildren. Mike and Judi enjoy spending time with their family and being by the pool on a warm, sunny day. They have been vacationing in Avalon since 1978 and purchased their first place on the island in the original Windward Harbor in 1999. Avalon has always been the couple’s happy place and will be for many years to come.
Avalon Stone Harbor Elementary School’s kindergarten class poses with Marie Gamble and Michael Clark of Sturdy Savings Bank and ‘Scute, The Wetlands Institute’s terrapin mascot, at this year’s turtle release.
CLASS RELEASES RESCUED DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS FOR 32ND YEAR
The kindergarten class at Stone Harbor Elementary School took a trip to The Wetlands Institute in early June to release diamondback terrapins. The students participated in the annual Diamondback Terrapin Turtle Project, created by retired teacher Roberta Dean and continued by current teacher Brie Schenck.
This year marks the 32nd year that students have joined The Wetlands Institute in releasing terrapins into the back bays. During the nesting season for diamondback terrapins, TWI staff patrols the roads for injured or deceased turtles struck by motor vehicles. Undamaged eggs from the terrapin are retrieved and artificially incubated. The hatchlings are put in a year-long head start program conducted by Stockton University and brought back to the institute for release in the spring.
As students learn about the head start program, they also sell “turtle cookies” throughout the year, collecting funds to donate to the institute. This year, the donation was matched by Sturdy Savings Bank for a total of $350 toward the Diamondback Terrapin Project.
Students carried on this three-decade tradition and released the terrapins into the back bay, after naming each one and bidding them safe travels.
