A2 WEDNESDAY, March 7, 2012 Corps Miss Liberty shooting for bigger title Continued from page A1 vers. He said East Cape May available to comment on the Associates was also required matter. By CAIN CHAMBERLIN from Cape May County. He to hire consultants to help If the application is approved Cape May Star and Wave said the city used the remain- with the studies. by the Army Corps, the mate- ing $200,000 from the county He said the bulk of the resi- rial for the project will be NORTH WILDWOOD – open space fund, all of which dential properties would be brought in by dump trucks After being crowned Miss putting no cost on the taxpay- built near Maryland Avenue. and dispersed with bulldozers Liberty 2012 in October, ers. The streets and utilities need- and backhoes. Construction Lauren Talvacchio returned Now the ball is in the court ed for the residential devel- equipment will include to her summer home in of the ACOE, but Hayduk said opment would be extended machinery like pile drivers, North Wildwood to host an this is an application that will from the surrounding streets cranes and small front-end event raising money for the take a lot of time to process. like Maryland and Pittsburgh loaders like Bobcats. Children’s Miracle Network. He said he wouldn’t be sur- Avenues. Richard Pearsall, spokes- Community residents along prised if a decision wasn’t According to Hayduk, many man for the ACOE, said public with her friends and family reached by summer. of the public questions dealt comment on the matter ended gathered for dinner, dancing “Most applications take with why the project couldn’t Feb. 23, but the Army Corps and an all-around good time at around 60 days to process, be moved to the upland por- would still keep written com- the Knights of Columbus post, but this is much larger than tion of the property, rather ments on file until the applica- while contributing donations most of the projects we see,” than the wetlands. The ACOE tion is processed. Comments and placing their bids in a he said. report says “according to can be submitted by email Chinese auction. Talvacchio, He said the ACOE brought the applicant, avoidance of to richard.g.pearsall@ 24, said all the items in the in federal resource agencies wetland impacts by relocat- ACOE.army.mil or mailed to auction were donated by local Cain Chamberlin/Cape May Star and Wave like the Fish and Wildlife ing the development into the Pearsall at the Wanamaker businesses and her friends and family who have support- 2012 Miss Liberty Lauren Talvacchio (far right in photo) poses for Service to do studies on the upland portion of the proper- Building, 100 Penn Square a photo with (left to right) 2011 Miss New Jersey Katharyn Nicolle, environmental impacts of the ty is not a viable alternative.” East, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107- ed her during her pageant project, such as a concern Thomas Brodessor of East 3390. competitions. 2012 Miss New Jersey Outstanding Teen Amanda Ross, and Miss addressed about piping plo- Cape May Associates was not “I couldn’t believe how Liberty’s 2012 Pre-teen Julia Keating. many people and business- es were willing to give gift “She’s always loved music in June,” he said. certificates and donations,” and a lot of her (skill) has been Talvacchio said for the Miss she said. “The City of North self-taught,” Talvacchio’s New Jersey competition, she Wildwood has been amazing.” father, Joe said. “She’s very will be interviewed about per- Talvacchio also raises passionate about these pag- sonal information and current money for Crohn’s Disease eants and she loves compet- events. She said she has been research. Her platform, called ing. I couldn’t be more proud doing a lot of physical train- “The Silent Struggle: Living of her.” ing, such as dancing, zumba, with Crohn’s Disease” was Talvacchio fell in love with weight lifting and running, inspired by her own experi- pageant competitions at age which are activities she ence with the disease. She 16, when she took part in has had to do anyway since was diagnosed with Crohn’s a North Wildwood competi- being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2005, when she was tion. She was crowned Miss Disease. a senior in high school and Gloucester County in 2008, Talvacchio said she was has since joined the Crohn’s which is where she hails from inspired to compete for Miss and Colitis Foundation of in Washington Township and America one night in 2006 American to raise awareness is now Miss Liberty 2012. while she was at home sick, on the issue. Miss Liberty is a regional and was watching the pageant She currently attends West competition held in Pitman. on television. She said her Chester University where she Now, Talvacchio will be try- idol, Jamie Ginn, who was majors in musical theater and ing to win the crown for Miss Miss Delaware that year, was minors in music, which isn’t New Jersey in June and if crowned Miss America. a surprise. Talvacchio plays she does, she will be travel- “I told myself that if she seven instruments and sings ing to Las Vegas for the Miss could do it, I could do it,” she opera as her talent for pag- American competition, which said. “Since then, I’ve grown eants, but has never taken a airs on ABC. such a passion for the orga- singing lesson in her life. Her director, Michael Kelly, nization.” “I just picked it up natu- who started the Miss Liberty Talvacchio said she plans rally, which is surprising,” competition in 2009, said to host other fundraisers she said. Talvacchio has been doing back home in Washington Christopher South/Cape May Star and Wave Talvacchio said singing is everything she needs to do Township, as she trains for not something she is known in order to be successful and the Miss New Jersey pageant What a pane! for, so she wanted to fea- make a solid run at Miss in June. This is last year she ture opera singing as her America. Kelly said he she will be able to compete in A construction worker seen Tuesday on the Convention Hall project works on installing window panes talent as instead of playing has competed for him in the pageants, since the ages for – another step toward completing the project’s exterior. Ogren Construction, the general contractor instruments. She said she was past and has been working competitors run from 18 to on the project, is working toward the Memorial Day weekend. The city has already booked the Lower recently cast in a Broadway with her ever since she won 24. She said she plans to make Cape May Regional High School Prom and a summer music series through Stockton College. Theatre of Pitman produc- the October pageant. the best of it, no matter what tion, but for now wants to “I have a suspicious feeling happens and has enjoyed concentrate on pageants. I’ll be buying a ticket to Vegas every step of the way. Cutter Continued from page A1 would port in places like Cape on board. He said the engine able to tow the boat in to Luckily, the man was able to ing. Petty said as soon as the Cod Bay and Brooklyn, N.Y., had failed in approximately safety near Gloucester, Mass. get his boat to shore with the Dependable returned to Cape reaching 20-feet or higher which essentially block the 15-foot seas and was adrift in He said another rescue case assistance of the Coast Guard May, the crew began ready- during the tour. He said this heavy winds and choppy seas. 30-knot winds. was just south of Gloucester personnel. ing and preparing the cutter time of year, winds can be According to Petty, the cut- “We had to go 50 miles and when a man was aboard a While on patrol, the cutter for its next Atlantic tour. extremely powerful, and the ter responded to two search we can’t go very fast because smaller vessel that was sink- crew ran drills and exercises “It’s good to be home for Dependable is forced to wait and rescue missions, which of the weather,” he said. ing. Petty said the bay was to enhance their training in now,” he said. for windows of opportunity included a diversion 50 miles He said by the time they rather calm that day and they areas such as shipboard engi- in order to conduct boarding north of Cape Cod Bay to help arrived on scene, around 2 were able to send a damage neering, gunnery, command missions. When the weath- a 75-foot disabled fishing ves- a.m., the weather had finally control specialist aboard the and control, navigation, small er became too strong, they sel with four crewmembers calmed down and they were boat to assess the damage. boat handling and fire fight- Career Continued from page A1 Pellegrine of the Cape May even brought along some of her career in photography. Point State Park brought in his flight gear for the students Perhaps the career all the from the area willing to talk some critters for the students to try on. Allen was a Top Gun students wanted to hear about about their careers,” she said. to observe and touch, like liz- graduate and instructor, and was that of Patrol Officer Mike Each class has a visit from ards and snakes. Pellegrine is flew numerous missions for Perry of the Lower Township four speakers, two of which invited to be a guest speaker the U.S. military. Police Department. Perry they pick themselves. at many schools around the Instructor and Chef Dave is in the School Resource Park Naturalist Matt area, but said Career Day at Masterson of the Cape May Officer Program and often the Sandman School is differ- County Tech School brought goes to schools in the district ent from the others. along two of his culinary stu- to talk to students about vari- “It’s one of the better pro- dents, Charles Dalrymple ous topics. grams we participate in, and Rachel Zarzycki, to show “It’s great to work with the because the kids pick you,” the students a little bit of younger kids,” he said. “You he said. the every day life working really feel like you make an Mark Allen, a former in a restaurant or kitchen. impact on them and get them Marine fighter pilot, spoke Dalrymple’s sister, Katie, thinking.” to the students about his was also a guest speaker who Ludgate said she plans to 25-year military career and spoke to the students about continue the program for as long as she is at Sandman School and hopes someone will take the reins after she leaves in the future.

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