COLUMBUS NEWS: Week of Feb. 14

By Peg Traino, Guest Columnist
   The next scheduled recycle pick up for Mansfield Township is Feb. 25.
   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 committee meeting will be held 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Mansfield Township Municipal Building located on East Main Street. The Mansfield governing body will meet again on March 27.
   For information, call 609-298-0542.
   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.
   Contemporary Worship Service at Wesley United Methodist Church on East Main Street in Columbus, Mansfield Township, at 7 p.m. Feb. 23.
   The community is invited for a Sunday evening of music, praise and worship.
For more information call Maryann at 609-298-3461.
   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].
   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.
   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.
   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 today, 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.
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.