SEDGE LATE SUMMER UPDATE

Staff and Friends of Sedge Clean Up

What happens at Sedge when due to small enrollment our teacher workshop is canceled? The staff and friends get together and do some work. Tony poured new footings to support the front porch. Jim cut dead branches off the big pine tree to the west of the house. Jackie, Karen, Brett, Ryan, scrubbed house walls and floors and the Clivus floor. Jim and his guests from Michigan re-erected the Marine Conservation Zone sign. Brett’s mom scrubbed the kitchen sink. Everyone agreed that although the place looked good to begin with, it is now even better. THANKS EVERY ONE

Staff Update

Today I said good-bye to Brett who is soon to be heading back to school in Maine. It was a sad occasion. Brett is a great worker. He is well liked by everyone who works with him. Jackie thinks of him as the son she didn’t have. He will be missed. I sure hope he comes back next year but Katina has invited him to visit her in Greece for a month next summer so …

Sherry has been gone (she took a course in Maine for one month) and if she makes it back to Sedge it will be only briefly before she heads off to Cornell. Her smile and efficient way of doing things made her a very valuable asset at Sedge this summer. She will be missed by John Wnek as well as she was doing a scholarship project working with diamond backed terrapins.

Ryan was busy not only with his internship at Sedge. He spent much of the summer managing his new restaurant, the Seafood Coop. in Point Pleasant. In addition he worked on his scholarship project monitoring oysters and water quality in three locations around the Bay.

Alton has been the most consistent worker at Sedge this summer. His hard work and dedication was appreciated by all of us. Having graduated from Rowan, Alton is now looking for full time work with the DEP. He will be a valuable asset to anyone lucky enough to employ him. While I hope he gets a great job as soon as possible, I don’t want to lose him.

Samantha has been spending some of her summer up north helping with her family restaurant business. She loves teaching and is looking forward to helping out at Sedge in the fall when she returns to Stockton. A highlight of her summer was visit by her family. She proudly toured them around.

I’m having a great summer due in large part to the fact that I had such a wonderful staff. I spent time at Sedge with some great groups. I was able to offer a greater variety of programs because I had so much help. I was also able to spend lots of time at home. I got to the beach and did some great early morning surfing. I was able to spend time with my family and friends who visited from points far and wide.

Jim