K-9 Officer Scott Winneberger with his new partner, Lycos. Submitted photo.

GALLOWAY – K-9 Officer Scott Winneberger graduated from the John "Sonny" Burke Canine Training Facility of the Atlantic County Police Training Center for the second time Friday, May 11.

He and his partner Lycos were among 15 graduating teams in a ceremony at Richard Stockton College.

Winneberger lost his partner of five years, Blaze, nearly a year ago.

Winneberger and Blaze graduated from the same school in May 2007. Blaze died after collapsing during an indoor training session June 8, 2011.

There are big differences between Winneberger’s two dogs.

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GALLOWAY – The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore’s fourth annual Native Plant Swap and Sale drew a large crowd loaded with plants and questions, according to event leaders.

“We’ve been incredibly busy,” master gardener Jesse Connor said Saturday, May 12 at the congregation’s super-green building and grounds off Pomona Road. “People were coming in with questions, bringing plants to ID from their backyards.”

Releasing doves are Pittee Bafeh Gbesi, Veronica Gbesi, Dejenaba Gordon and Pittee Amanda Gbesi, all of Philadelphia. To the right are Barbara Baumgartner of Mt. Ephraim and Marge Wigglesworth of Galloway. Photo by Steve Prisament

GALLOWAY – “You smile with cheers rolling down your cheeks.”

That’s how Chaplain Janet Gasbarro described some feelings that shown through at AtlantiCare Hospice and Palliative Care’s Ribbons and Roses event Thursday, May 10 in the Celebration of Life Garden at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Mainland Campus.

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Galloway Township Middle School Student Council Vice President Michael DeLuca presents a check for $1,000 to GTMS Family School Association President Debbie Deissler. Photo by Steve Prisament

GALLOWAY – The Galloway Township Middle School Student Council knows how to salt away money.

Council members sell pretzels in school Tuesdays and Thursdays.  As a result, Student Council Vice President Michael DeLuca presented a check for $1,000 to the Family School Association at the Board of Education meeting Monday, May 14 at the middle school.