COLUMBUS NEWS: Week of Jan. 31

By Peg Traino, Guest Columnist
   Plan to enjoy a delicious dinner while supporting the Consolidated Fire Association!
   The Consolidated Fire Association located at 20 Crosswicks St. in Bordentown will sponsor Lenten dinners on March 1, March 8, March 16, and March 22 as well as March 29 from 4 p.m. to 8pm each week. People may eat in, take out, or request delivery — for local homebound residents.
   All dinners include cole slaw, French fries, rolls, and soda. Entree choices are: fried cod, fried chicken, or coconut shrimp.
   The cost is $12 per senior; $13 eat in or take out; $14 for delivery; or chicken nuggets are priced at $8 for eat in-take out orders; $9 for delivery per order.
   For preorders and reservations call 609-298-4761.
   The Consolidated Fire Association will hold its annual Easter flower sale from March 28 to March 30 at the Fire House, 20 Crosswicks St. in Bordentown.
   There will be a spaghetti dinner to benefit Superstorm Sandy relief efforts at 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at Hedding United Methodist Church, 2289 Old York Road, Bordentown Township.
   The senior and junior youth groups are holding the fundraiser, which includes spaghetti, homemade sauce and fellowship.
   The cost of the dinner is a donation for the Superstorm Relief Efforts.
   Please RSVP to [email protected].
   The next Mansfield Township Committee meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Mansfield Township Municipal building located on East Main Street.
   For information, call 609-298-0542.
   The next scheduled recycle pick up for Mansfield Township is Feb. 11.
   On Wednesday, Feb. 13, MOMS Club is hosting a general meeting.
   Come meet other stay-at-home or part-time working moms in the community.
   The club is open to residents of Roebling, Florence, Bordentown, Fieldsboro, Columbus and Mansfield.
   Light refreshments are served and children are always welcome.
   For information, call 609-473-0484 or send us an email at [email protected].
   The next Mansfield Township Board of Education meeting will be held on Feb. 19. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Mansfield Township Elementary School, which is located on Mansfield Road East.
   The meeting will take place in the Media Center
   The Mansfield Township Recreation Committee will meet 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19 in the Mansfield Township Municipal Building located on Main Street in Columbus.
   All are invited to attend and participate.
   The next Columbus Home and School meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. Feb. 20. The meeting will be held in the Mansfield Township Elementary School Media Center.
   All interested residents are invited to attend the meeting.
   The Columbus Home and School presents a Night of Comedy on Saturday, Feb. 23.
   The event will take place at RUTGERS EcoComplex 1200 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown. A buffet style dinner catered by Villa Mannino will start at 6:30 p.m. and the comedy show will begin at 8:30 p.m.
   Tickets are $35 per person or $65 per couple. The event is a BYOB and will feature three fantastic comedians from the New York and Atlantic City Nightclub Circuit.
   To reserve tickets, contact Jacquie Wolverton at 609-915-2195, or at [email protected].
   The Mansfield Township School District has begun its kindergarten registration round-up process for the 2013-2014 school year. Children must be five years of age on or before Oct. 1, in order to enroll in kindergarten for the upcoming school year.
   Call Beth Pigott at 609-298-2037, ext. 2010, for a registration packet. Packets will be returned during open registration held at John Hydock Elementary School on Thursday, Feb. 7, and Friday, Feb. 8.
   The Mansfield Township School District is asking parents or anyone aware of a pre-school aged child, between the ages of 3 to 5, who may be developmentally delayed to notify Dori Levy, interim supervisor of Special Services.
   Those children who qualify as a pre-school child with a disability after being evaluated by the Child Study Team, will have a program developed addressing specific areas of need such as speech, language, motor and other readiness skills.
   Ms. Levy can be contacted at the Mansfield Township Elementary School, via 609-298-2037, ext. 2136.
   Someone or a few took the Vet Markers and some Firemen Markers from about 59 graves at the Columbus Cemetery.
   A visitor came to the cemetery to attend to her father’s grave and found his marker missing.
   She and her husband, searched the cemetery and found the markers thrown all over the grounds.
   They were kind enough to pick up all of the markers.
   The markers do not have names on them. They only have the year and the war the veteran served our country.
   Thank you in advance for any help you can give the cemetery committee members. Please remember that the ground at the cemetery is sacred and has special meaning to those who have family members buried there.
   Call Dorothy Archer at 609-298-4339 with any information as to what happened.
To submit items to the writer, Peg Traino, send an email to [email protected]. She also may be reached by phone at 609-298-7476.