Loss of Budd Lake Teens Spurs Community Aid
Grief counseling in Mount Olive High School and a pair of fundraisers for funeral costs are in the works for the families of Clyde Schimanski and Nick Cianciotto.
Budd Lake resident Kim Maleyonok didn't know how bad the situation was on Monday night, but didn't sit idly by once she heard there were two teenagers missing in the partially frozen waters of Budd Lake. "My husband was the one who brought it to my attention. He was like, 'there is a helicopter out there searching,'" Maleyonok said. By Tuesday morning, Maleyonok and Katherine Sutton were by the shore of Budd Lake and at the side of Clyde Schimanski Jr. whose son Clyde Schimanski III was one of the teens being searched for. "I've known Big Clyde for a long time," Sutton said. "Even after I moved to Newton I still would come and visit him all the time." Sutton and Maleyonok were there in pajama pants, unwilling to stray far from "Big Clyde" …
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Russ Crespolini
4:07 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
thanks for that. Appreciate the comment and the update. more ›