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Vol. 263, No. 84

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Special to The NewsBob Carrier, owner of Skate 2000, will host a

Save the Library! skate benefit on Wednesday, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for children and teens.

He will be donating the entire gate to Save the Library!

“I strongly believe in libraries,” Carrier said. “I want to do all I can to help sustain the Bridgeton Public Library in these hard times.”

Equally remarkable as Mr. Carrier’s generosity, are members of the community who have been sup-porting this event, and STL! members who have been selling sponsorships at $5 each so admission is free for most of the skaters.

Last year there were 275 skaters, many from local social agencies, churches and scout troops, who took advantage of this opportunity — an eve-ning of wholesome fun they might not otherwise have been able to afford, having to pay only for the $3 skate rental fee.

Save the Library! hopes to sell at least 275 spon-sorships again this year. Those interested in spon-soring a skater at $5 each, or who would like to make arrangements for a group to use the tickets, can contact a STL! committee member, or call Save the Library!, 453-1288.

There are a limited number of free tickets left — more if additional sponsorships are sold. Tickets can be purchased at the door. This is a community event where everyone is a winner.

Skate 2000 helps Save the Library!

Former Millville student finds path with Boeing

Going for the

goalAshley Carr shoots

a puck in the net at the Millville Elks Youth Week floor hockey event held at Bacon School

Thursday. More photos on

Page A-2.

Staff Photo by Cathy Cramer

Staff Photo by Cindy Hepner

Boeing operations director and Millville High School grad-uate, Sebastian Arrigo, was guest speaker during the Millville Kiwanis Club luncheon Thursday.

Woman, dogs rescued from fire

Staff Photo by Cindy Hepner

The Bridgeton police and fire department were dispatched to 124 Walnut Street for a house fire. The Red Cross and animal control from Bridgeton responded assisting with the dogs on the scene.

Bridgeton

Greenwich Egg & Asparagus Breakfast

By Jim Cook Jr.jcook@sjnewsco.com

MILLVILLE — Sebas-tian Arrigo dropped out of college, at first.

On numerous occasions, Arrigo got kicked out of his algebra class at Millville High School.

He finally graduated from Millville in 1972 and considered himself a “trou-bled youth,” and did not make it through his first semester at Cumberland County College.

There is an old saying that “if at once you don’t succeed, try again.”

So, Arrigo tried again.Today, Arrigo is the direc-

tor of Boeing Operations at the Boeing facility at Mill-ville Airport, and one of the

most articulate spokesper-sons the company has ever seen. He was also awarded the prestigious Citizen of the Year award from the U.S. Army.

“Half way through my first semester at Cum-berland County College, I dropped out,” Arrigo said during a presentation for Boeing at the Kiwanis Club in Millville. “Then I went to Colorado Aero Tech.”

That’s when things fell into place for the young man who was relying on encouragement from a guidance counselor he would chat with after get-ting kicked out of algebra class.

It was in Colorado that Arrigo found his passion

for aeronautics, and sub-sequently picked up a job at the Boeing Helicopter headquarters in Ridley Park, Pa.

For 30 years, Arrigo climbed the professional ladder in Ridley Park, eventually finishing his associate’s degree at Weid-ner University in 1992, which Boeing financed.

When Arrigo left Mill-ville, he was a college drop-out.

When he returned, he brought Boeing with him, and was welcomed by many state and county officials, including Gov. Chris Christie.

Now, Arrigo is the direc-tor of operations at the Boe-ing facility that he brought

to the Millville Airport. The facility primarily manufac-tures and delivers CH-47 Chinook helicopters used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The Chinooks are the same helicopters as what the Navy SEAL comman-dos drove into Abbottabad that led to the death of Osama bin Laden,” Arrigo said.

Two Chinooks (and two Apaches) were used during Abbotabad Operation. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, double-winged attack helicopter that reaches a top speed of 179 knots (196 mph).

The Chinook is primar-ily used for troop move-ment, artillery placement

(See BOEING, Page A-3)

By Jason Ladayjladay@sjnewsco.com

BRIDGETON — Fire-fighters rescued a 59-year-old woman from her burn-ing home on Walnut Street Friday morning, after a fire began in her bedroom, filling the residence with smoke.

The woman was con-scious when found by fire-fighters in her living room. She was later taken to South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Cen-ter, in Vineland for minor smoke inhalation.

Officials found her hus-band, an Alzheimer’s patient, sitting on the cou-ple’s front lawn, distraught over the blaze inside their

home.In addition, three dogs

were rescued from the residence. However, one dog perished from smoke inhalation, according to the Bridgeton Fire Depart-ment.

“The fire started and was contained to the first-floor bedroom in the house,” said Bridgeton Fire Department Capt. Kevin Scarlato. “There is smoke damage throughout the home, and fire damage to the bedroom.

“(The house) is uninhab-itable now, but it can be

(See FIRE, Page A-5)

By Lauren T. Taniguchiltaniguchi@sjnewsco.com

GREENWICH TWP. — This year’s Green-wich Volunteer Fire Department Annual Egg & Asparagus Breakfast, from 7 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 22, will feature a unique crafts sale at the Green-wich Fire Hall and a special memorial gar-den dedication to follow,

across Ye Greate Street.The breakfast began

as a small fundraiser 22 years ago to support the Greenwich Volunteer Fire Department but has grown each year since, said Helen Rein-hart, an event organizer since its start.

“Last year, we served over 800 and are plan-ning for 1,000,” Rein-hart said. “It’s just a

Memorial garden, craft sale added

(See BREAKFAST, Page A-5)

By Jean Jonesjeanjones@fast.net

DOWNE TWP. — After an agree-ment was reached to eliminate the 1.4-cent tax rate increase in the recently defeated Downe school bud-get, the township committee passed

a resolution at its May 2 meeting approving the budget.

Resident Bernie Sayers objected to the resolution saying that there had to be a public meeting at which the matter was discussed.

“How can you approve a budget when we haven’t heard you discuss

any part of it?” he asked.Mayor Dennis Cook said he was

grateful that an agreement with the school board had been reached with-out any contention. Solicitor John Carr said the resolution was merely a recommendation.

Downe BOE cuts tax-rate increase

(See DOWNE, Page A-3)

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