Upside To The Lousy Weather

Let’s discuss the upside of the weather pattern we’re in. You have not heard any mention of the word “drought”, your lawn looks about as good as possible and kids who attend schools that don’t have air conditioning are not complaining about hot classrooms. I’m sure there are other plusses but frankly the negatives far outweigh them and since Sunday is the first official day of summer it would be nice if we could get some summer-like weather.
This has to be the worst June in recent memory and honestly many of us are tired of look at clouds and dogging rain drops. We live for this time of year
and each day without sunshine is one less day of what summer should be like at the shore. If you glance at some extended forecasts you’ll find that rain and thundershowers will pretty much be a given for the next week or so.

Next to family there is nothing more important than your friends and there is nothing I like more than seeing good things happen to those friends who are special to me. That’s why I was especially thrilled when Joe Arminio was named District Athletic Director for the Toms River Regional School District at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. A Toms River South graduate, Arminio has served in just about every capacity during his career, most of it at High School East. He’s been a teacher, assistant coach and successful head coach of both the Raider football and girls basketball teams.
Most recently he was the Athletic Coordinator at East, Assistant District Athletic Director and for the last year and-a-half was an Assistant Principal.
Arminio was the ideal choice to replace Walt Peto, who retires at the end of this month, to supervise the athletic programs of the three high schools and three intermediate schools in one of the state’s largest school districts.
He also overlooks the operation of the Ritacco Center, which is the site for many championship sporting events during the winter season.
Because he is a good friend you might expect my opinions to be biased and maybe they are. However I have worked with him on a number of projects and know Joe to be a total professional who has a unique ability to get along with everyone, no matter what their title is. He treats everyone fairly which is why people like to work with and for him. The Board of Education recognized this and I’m among many who are happy for Joe and his family.