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by Stephanie Farrell
Local graduate is top
Local graduate is top
woman finisher in
woman finisher in

U.S. Chess Championship.
U.S. Chess Championship.

or Kameliia Sharuda, a Rowan College of South
Jersey (RCSJ) ducation major who graduated on A number of vanity plates are fashioned after our
FFriday, May 13 with a 4.0 GPA, it’s always been state’s rare species. The red-headed woodpecker
important to finish strong. The 2021 U.S. Open Wom- has been a symbol of Conserve Wildlife and the
en’s Chess Champion is very familiar with the similari- New Jersey’s Endangered Wildlife Fund Tax
ties between chess and life—and being both student and Check-Off, which enables New Jerseyans to sup-
teacher. port the Endangered and Nongame Species Pro-
Last year, she defeated Matthew O’Brien, a U.S. gram that helps protect our state’s rare wildlife.
Chess Master, in the final round, to become the highest-
placing woman in the chess championship. American Red-Headed Woodpecker
Chess Magazine published an article about her accom- By J. Morton Galetto, CU Maurice River
plishments.
Sharuda began playing the game of chess in her A flash of dark wings disappears and
homeland of Ukraine, at the age of four. reappears, white patches accenting each
“I was playing too many card games and my parents wing beat. The stroboscopic effect cap-
got tired of it,” she recalled. “So, my mom suggested www.vanariadental.com tures my eye. When the wings tuck against
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