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NEIGHBORS: Millville residents win awards for their beautiful homes 1 Ml i www.thedailyjournal.com Tuesday, August 7, 2001 35 cents 3 Staff photoCrag Matthews Stuck cat: Get 'me-out'of here 'f Kitten coaxed out of law firm's air duct with crowbar, Friskies Thursday. They speculated that a client absconded with the kitty, or that she jumped from a second-floor roof and ran away. But it was Spooky's curiosity that led her astray. She climbed out onto a second-floor landing, which was open to her and Wasserstrum's other three felines. n.

"They'd always come back after playing in the sunshine and chasing birds," Wasserstrum said. "It was no big deal." This time, they think, Spooky slipped down a chimney pipe. After a sleepless night, Wasserstrum arrived at his law office at 4 a.m. Please see STUCK on A2 By DEBORAH M. MARK0 Staff Writer dmarkothedailyjournal.com VINELAND Spooky survived a pretty scary weekend in a basement air duct Employees rescued the 1-year-old feline resident of Seymour Wasserstrum's Landis Avenue law office Monday, four days after she vanished.

Staffers had tried to locate the missing cat since 1 i stop: Rnals South Vineland's Jenxys Llanos throws a pitch in Monday's game against Georgetown, Del. South Vineland won 4-2 and competes tonight against Swampscott, in the winner's bracket finals of the Eastern Regional -See story on Sports, C1 Serving Vineland Millville and the region Whoever heard of a 'hip' airline? Clients say JetBlue isMO Staff photoDeborah M. Marko Laurie Harris, Mary Myers and Terrie Mangiaracina, all legal staff for attorney Seymour Wasserstrum, rescued Spooky, the law firm's mascot, from a vent four days after she went AWOL Bote. joins Xohni 1 She becomes CEO of Harrisburg, district Staff photosCraig Matthews Frank Blough, 14, of Millville climbs a 30-foot tower as Larry Young, the camp's program director, acts as spotter. By DEBORAH M.

MARKO SJaffWriter dmarkothedairyjoumal.com Julie Botel, who Myriad lessons from on high Artists turn to Web to be discoveredBl Woman gets 10,000 percent return on art EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) An oil painting Carolyn Bugher couldn't sell for $5 at a thrift sale last year went for $50,000 in an Idaho art auctioa Bugher's mother-in-law bought the painting, "Into New Country" by artist Philip Russell Goodwin, and it stayed in the family after her death. Bugher stuck it in the garage for more than a year before she decided to sell it One thrift-sale shopper offered her $3, but Bugher wouldn't budge from her $5. One day she was surfing the Web and entered Goodwin's name. "I was VINELAND unsuccessfully applied to replace former city school Superintendent Gerald Kohn, will follow him to Harrisburg, Pa Botel accepted that district's deputy superintendentchief executive officer position Monday.

She may Scouts learn responsibility, trust through physical training program By RICHARD QUINN Staff Writer Julie Botel II Lite is one big team activity and this proves it I don't know ol anybody who can go through life without help. It's OK to say, 1 need Larry Young, program director of Roosevelt Scout Camp just playing," Bugher said. "I looked behind me at the painting, put the artist's name in and found out it might be valuable." TODAY'S WEATHER rquinnthedailyjoumal.com ALLOWAY Fifty feet above the ground at Roosevelt Scout Camp, Ted Nelson works alone. The Vineland resident's ragged sneakers teeter on a cable a bit thicker than a handful of Slim Jims. Well-worn gloves on his hands corral a similar cable Left Right One foot in front of the other.

"I feel totally alone," said Nelson, one of a dozen people who started the camp's week-long Challenging Outdoor Physical Experience program Monday. "You have to stay focused up there. There's no sound. It's just me and the woods." The program teaches teamwork, responsibility and trust to Scouts ages 14 to 2L All are good lessons whether you're in the woods near Elmer or the boardrooms of Manhattan. "I believe that 100 percent," said Nelson, ZL who will graduate from start the job this week.

Botel and Kohn, appointed superintendent in Harrisburg last month, now hold the top two education positions in Pennsylvania's state capital. Botel, 53, has worked in Vineland since 1998 as the district's assistant superintendent for human resources, technology and Please see BOTEL on A2 U. Deerfield man to step down as state ag secretary By RALPH SIEGEL Associated Press Writer TRENTON Agriculture Secretary Art Brown, the state's longest serving cabinet officer, announced Monday he would be stepping down in December after serving 19 years for four governors. Brown was the point man for farmland preservation, helping shape and promote ParHu rlnnrhi The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey next spring with a degree in information systems. Participants like Nelson come from venturing posts sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America.

The posts, including Exploring Crew No. 775 in Vineland, are co-ed groups that promote scouting to teenagers and young adults. Adventurers climb the camp's 30-foot tower and walk an aerial network of cables. Some are game. Others wait "I'm afraid of heights," said Bran-Please see LESSONS on A2 IIUIIIIU and hot "vly" Ted Nelson, 21, of Vineland climbs rope at Roosevelt Camp.

ENGLISH OR SPANISH AT HOME? Census: More adults struggle with English Percentage of population 5 and older who speak English only at home: 1. West Virginia, 98 percent 2. Mississippi, 97 per Percentage of population 5 and older who speak Spanish at home: 1. New Mexico, 28 percent I.Texas, 28 percent 3. California, 26 per Census 2000 'iff nt 4 the policy in its infancy and then sticking with it through the state's historic 1998 referendum to set aside $1.5 billion to preserve a million acres over 10 years.

Brown, 66, of Upper Deerfield, was named head of the Department of By ANA RADELAT Gannett News Service HIGH97L0W74 See weather map on A2 OBITUARIES -A4 rl.Cat1Cline.83 Olexij Duchnaj, 93 Gertrude Howgate, 82 Dorothy Levin, 94 Antoinette Marn'nelli, 95 TODAY'S EDITION A News Living SportsClassifieds Neighbors Ann Landers B2 A6.7.1 0 Comics C11 Movie listings. B2 Opinion A9 TV listings B4 Journal thedailyournal.com Art Brown cent 2. Alabama, 97 percent 4. Kentucky, 96 percent 4. Arkansas, 96 percent 20.

Pennsylvania, 92 percent 45. New Jersey, 74 percent U.S., 82 percent cent 4. Arizona, 20 percent 5. Florida, 16 percent 8. New Jersey, 12 percent 27.

Pennsylvania, 3 percent U.S., 1 1 percent often interrupt the students' learning. According to information from a Census Bureau survey of 700,000 households nationwide, the percentage of people ages 18 to 64 who speak little or no English has doubled from 2 percent in 1990 to 4 percent in 2000 and now stands at almost 6 millioa The number of people who speak Spanish at home also has increased to more than 1 in 10 people, both among those 18 to 64 and the entire population. The Census Bureau also said fewer Americans speak English now than 10 years ago. In 1990, 86 percent of the WASHINGTON Every weekday morning, dozens of Hispanic men and a few women come to a one-room schoolhouse in Silver Spring, Md, hoping for work for the day and the opportunity to learn a little English. Students struggle to learn key phrases from a volunteer teacher, taking advantage of one immigrant service offered by nonprofit Casa de Maryland.

But building contractors and other would-be employers who drive up to the school's entrance every few minutes to hire day laborers Note: Figures are estimates based on the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey of 700,000 households nationwide. Source: GNS analysis of census data Agriculture in 1982 by former Gov. Thomas Kean. He stayed on board for both of Kean's terms and then remained in place under former Govs. Jim Florio and Christie Whitmaa The father of six and grandfather of 12, Brown said he will be taking a teaching position at Cook College school of agriculture at Rutgers University during the next school year before full retirement He said he plans to do fund-raising for the college to endow it with an Art Brown professorship chair.

Brown pioneered the state's Jersey Fresh marketing program to promote the produce grown by the state's farmers. population told the Census Bureau they spoke only English at home compared with 82 percent in 2000. The Census Bureau also revealed that 305 million US. residents are foreign born, more than half of them in Latin America. Mexico is the native land of most of the newcomers, nearly 8.8 million of them.

About, 2.9 million others come from the Caribbean, 2 million from Central America, and L9 million from South America. Immigration and Naturalization Service to raise rat.esA5.