The Snooki Roll

The Office Restaurant & Lounge in Toms River is well known for its sushi and my favorites are the rolls of which there were 41 of them at last count. Many of them are named after people, some who work there and there is even a Yankee Roll named after a certain baseball team which of course I refuse to try. The list of roll choices has actually reached 42 and I guess this is the first named after a celebrity. You can now order “The Snooki Roll” which is a tribute to the Jersey Shore reality TV show star and her love of pickles. The roll is a Tempura Pickle on the inside with White Tuna and Avocado with Chili Sauce on top. I guess I’ll have to give it a try.

If you are a Phillies fan then you’ll probably be interested in knowing that Shane Victorino will be playing with the BlueClaws Saturday & Sunday at FirstEnergy Park. The speedy centerfielder has been sidelined with a hamstring injury and his rehab assignment sends him to Lakewood for a pair of games this weekend. Both
games are against Greensboro and start at 7:05 with fireworks afterwards. Victorino wore a BlueClaws uniform for one game during the 2007 season as he was recovering from an injury.

As expected the Jackson Board of Education has named Aaron Gottesman the head wrestling coach at Jackson Memorial High School where he succeeds Doug Withstandley, who went 81-14 in four seasons before stepping down for personal reasons. Gottesman was an assistant under Withstandley during those four years and prior to that was the head coach at Lakewood. He has big shoes to fill as the Jaguars program is among the best in the state and winning is expected.

Memorial Day weekend is here and while to most it’s the unofficial start of summer and maybe the first chance to get to the beach we should at the very least take a moment on Monday to remember what the day is about. Memorial Day is our national tribute to all who have sacrificed…it is when we thank those in the military who gave all their tomorrows so we could have ours. As a well-known cartoon says, “Thanksgiving is a day when we pause to give thanks for the things we have. Memorial Day is a day when we pause to give thanks for the people who fought for the things we have.”