Ocean County Events

(No Hometown View on Friday, 10/3)

Let’s take a moment to tell you about some upcoming events that will be fun
And help others at the same time:

Southern Regional High School will hold its 1st Annual Grand Reunion on Saturday night at the Holiday Inn in Manahawkin. The evening is designed to bring together as many Southern graduates as possible with proceeds to benefit the Alumni Scholarship Fund. In addition those who have made significant contributions since leaving high school will be inducted into the Wall of Fame with the Class of 2008 headed up by NASCAR Driver Martin Truex, Jr., a 1998 Ram graduate. The other honorees are Barnegat Light Mayor Kirk Larson, Attorney Liza Kirschenbaum, Fitness business owner Mark Occhipinti, Actress Mary Birdsong, teacher Steve Aker, Attorney Anne Nachman and Plastic Surgeon Dr. Fred Duffy.
Tickets for Saturday’s event are $50 and the first 200 guests will be presented with Martin Truex Jr. merchandise gift bags. For information you can contact Heather at SRAlumni@srsd.net

Shamrock and Thistle Pipes and Drums of Ocean County will hold their 13th Annual Dinner Dance on Saturday, October 18th at the American Legion Hall on Church Road in Toms River. As the band gets ready to celebrate their 34th year together they will once again use their dinner dance as a way of helping others with this year’s event to help Michelle Dolcemascolo, a 26-year old Toms River resident who is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and receiving treatment at Sloan-Kettering in New York. The evening will feature great food, music, dancing, raffles and much more and tickets are just $30 per person. For information you can call Tom at (732) 505-7786. Details are also available at http://www.shamrockandthistle.com/

Last call for the 2008 Harold “Hank” Handchen Memorial Golf Tournament on Monday, October 13th at Lakewood Country Club. Sponsored by the Lions Club of Brick the event is named after the first athletic director at Brick Township High School and proceeds will benefit a scholarship fund in his name. For more on the golf outing contact Steve at (732) 833-7505.