2018-03-03 - The Brick Times

Vol. 17 - No. 45

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By Kimberly Bosco SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Despite the gray skies and rainy weather, thousands of people flocked to the Seaside Boardwalk on Saturday, Feb. 24 for the annual Polar Bear Plunge.

Each year, the Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside Heights challenges thousands of men and women from around the state to brave the cold. “It’s a great way for everyone – individuals, teams, organizations and businesses – to get involved in supporting Special Olympics New Jersey,” stated the Special –Photos by Kimberly Bosco Olympics New Jersey (SONJ) website.

Participants crowd the beach after conquering their plunge This year was special as it marked into the frigid waters.

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KY POLICEMAN: TAKE OFF GREENTINTED GLASSES ABOUT MARIJUANA

By Jennifer Peacock LAKEWOOD – New Jerseyans need to clear the smoke from their eyes and step outside to get some fresh air, and clarity.

The high praise coming at Colorado and other marijuana-friendly states silences under the weight of data, according to a former state police officer who has seen it all.

The legalization of “medicinal marijuana” is the gateway law to recreational pot, (Marijuana - See Page 4)

Weed Activists Confront Freeholders

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SummerFest, Other Concerts Announced

–Photos by Jennifer Peacock Jeffrey King asks the freeholders for more understanding and compassion for medical marijuana users.

By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – It was quiet, business as usual at the most recent Ocean County Freeholder meeting until the public comment time, when discussion got a bit heated about pot.

Armed with smartphone video cameras, alarmist propaganda from bygone days, charges of racism and a bit of slander aimed at all parents everywhere, out-of-county residents took to the mic in support of legalized marijuana.

He secured his smartphone to the railing that separates the audience from the dais, and asked Freeholder director Gerry Little if he was in the shot. Great, he is. He then identified himself as Lefty Grimes, who does a “potcast” from the statehouse, and is a medical cannabis (Weed - See Page 2)

–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn Concerts will be held at Windward Park.

By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Two of the four bands chosen for the annual Summerfest Concerts are returning; one is familiar; and one will be playing for the first time, according to township director of recreation Dan Santaniello, who said the band selection was just finalized in the last two weeks.

“We wanted to have bands that our residents are interested in hearing.

You can tell by the size of the crowd that 80s and 90s music is the most popular,” he said from his Civic Plaza office last week.

Although people of all ages attend the Summerfest concerts, the majority of the 5,000 to 8,000 attendees are between the ages of 30 and 50, he said.

The Summerfest series kicks off on July 5 with the new band, “Jessie’s Girl,” who play 80s, 90s and current music.

On July 12, “Saved By the 90s,” would be returning after skipping a year; and on July 19, “Garden State (Summerfest - See Page 5)

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Continued From Page 1 patient and activist. While he can afford to be in the program, which he called “a failed program from the start,” a friend of his, Armando, could not. Grimes got a call five minutes before he went up the mic that Armando had died. The outrageous price of cannabis from dispensaries forced his friend to get pot from the streets in Newark.

Grimes, from East Hanover in Morris County, said he visited the Black Caucus in Newark that day. The topic of the racist nature of the “drug war” against blacks and Hispanics was discussed, as was the push to keep hemp out of America. The name Harry Anslinger had faded from the public, but is well-known to those who call that war a farce. Anslinger was the first commissioner of the federal bureau of narcotics, and depending on which side of the argument one falls, can be thanked or condemned for his role in criminalizing marijuana. His Wikipedia page and the first Google hits were clearly written by those who aren’t fans of his work.

Grimes shared a few choice quotes, which to 2018 ears do sound hysterical, to say the least.

Marijuana is the gateway drug to pacifism and communism, blacks thinking they are as good whites, and white women having sex with “negroes, entertainers and others.”

“This is garbage. We don’t think this way anymore. This is last century’s thinking, guys,” Grimes told the freeholders. But then the Freeholders said he crossed a line.

“Your parents lied to us. Your parents lied to you, and my parents lied to me about cannabis,” Grimes said. He was interrupted by Freeholder

John Barrett.

“Please don’t say that. Please do not say that our parents lied to us,” Barrett said while Grimes continued that the government sold everyone lies about marijuana. “I will not sit here and have the [inaudible] who doesn’t live in this county tell me that my parents lied.

“Idiot,” Barrett concluded.

Grimes said he and his group came to the freeholder meeting after learning of its passing a resolution supporting the ban of recreational marijuana sales in Ocean County.

“We’re here because we saw the ignorance of your council, this group right here. And it’s very ignorant, extremely ignorant, as you’ve been called out in the papers by a lot of people, I’m sure,” Grimes said. “I come from East Hanover.

I come from a racist town. Okay? I’m telling you, they’re all racists up there. And I just spent time with black people and Hispanic people talking about racism, and how we’re dealing with this kind of stuff we’re dealing with every day as patients.”

After Grimes finished speaking, Freeholder Director Little said his board never opposed medical marijuana.

“Not when it was passed in 2010 by the New Jersey Legislature, and signed by former Governor Chris Christie, and we do not oppose it now,” Little said.

Grimes walked the Seaside Heights boardwalk with two friends back in May 2017. Their reading of the law is that medical marijuana users can light up where tobacco users do. The Seaside Heights police disagreed, and said Grimes and his friends had to leave the boardwalk. NJ.com described the exchange as civil, and that Heights officials are looking for clarification on that law.

At the freeholder meeting, several other cannabis activists had more pleasant exchanges with officials. One of them was Hugh Giordano of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 152, Mays Landing, a union that represents workers in healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and other public-sector jobs. The union also represents recreational and medical “cannabis workers.”

He expressed concern over the freeholders’ stance on cannabis and the negative economic impact it can have.

Cannabis is a $7 billion industry, Giordano said, and by 2020 will have created 20,000 union jobs.

The medical and recreational revenue streams continue to climb and will both be worth much more in coming years. It’s a revenue stream of taxation the freeholders simply cannot ignore.

His union trains employees to work in dispensaries. With such training, these jobs are safe, Giordano argued. Just as well-paid Teamsters don’t give out cases of beer, well-paid and regulated businessmen in the cannabis industry won’t give up a good salary and benefits to give away pot on the side. His union allows cannabis workers and dispensaries to go into their credit union.

Additionally, while health and law enforcements panelists say marijuana is a gateway drug and highly addictive, Giordano has studied he can provide that say it is not.

He urged the freeholders to visit a dispensary.

“Why don’t you talk to the small businessman and the workers in there and see how really trained they are,” Giordano said. “Please look at cannabis the same way you look at alcohol.

If Teamsters can do it, United Food and Commercial Workers can do it too.”

Freeholder John Kelly invoked the Parkland,

Fla. shooting, saying cries for banning gun sales are making the rounds. He asked Giordano if he was for or against that. While the issue to Giordano was apples to oranges, he does in fact support gun control.

“But don’t they make a lot of money? Don’t they pay a lot of taxes? And don’t they have a lot of jobs? And are they not regulated?” Kelly asked. They are, Giordano said. “Okay, but it’s still dangerous, correct? So I think we can agree that there is an industry here that creates jobs that some people feel is dangerous to a lot of people who become users of that.

“Just because something earns dollars and jobs doesn’t mean that it’s good for our country,” Kelly said.

Jonathan Carman will be stepping into the county’s juvenile detention center superintendence. He has three daughters with Type 1 diabetes, and although it’s managed and all three excel in athletics in school, he does have sympathy for the medical marijuana debate.

But he sees the other side, when recreational use loses its fun.

“When you see what THC does to the prefrontal cortex to a 14-year-old who has been a chronic user, and you tell me it’s not debilitating, I take major umbrage with that,” Carman said at the mic after Giordano’s time. “I have seen it first hand.”

For states with legal use, the age to purchase can range from 18 to 21.

“And I would like to challenge any lawmaker who says to me, I want to legalize this, you’re going to let your 18 year old, whose frontal lobe has not developed, whose brain is still developing until their 25, you’re going to stop (Weed - See Page 5)

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Continued From Page 1 and any perceived benefits are outweighed by the unknowns and risks, especially to children.

So s a id E d She melya , a ve t e r a n Kentucky State Police officer who is national coordinator for the National Mar ijuana Initiative. He shared his group’s findings with a packed audience of Ocean County law enforcement, school and municipal officials, as well as health care workers, at Eagle Ridge Country Club recently.

She melya g ive s a si m i l a r eig hthour seminar around the country; he squeezed in dam ning stat af ter stat into a dizzying one-and-a-half-hour presentation.

“I’m not here to demonize marijuana.

We’re here to have an honest, frank discussion with what we’re seeing in this country with marijuana,” Shemelya said. With the new governor Phil Murphy’s promises to bring recreational pot to the state, Shemelya said he wanted to let officials know what’s happening in other states. “I would challenge you as with any speaker, take a look at the data, take a look at the sources, take a look at the sites, and research them yourself.”

Marijuana is the most dangerous drug in America, he said. Shemelya hails from Appalachia, gripped by an opioid

epidemic since the late ‘90s, and yet “you’ve got this hillbilly up here telling you [marijuana] is the most dangerous drug in America.”

“Yes, it is,” he said.

More people use marijuana than any other illicit drug combined. But that’s not what makes it dangerous: its danger lies in how misunderstood it is. This isn’t what your parents or grandparents smoked in the parking lot between classes in high school 40 years ago.

With a purity of 12 to 15 percent, that stuff can’t even be given away. Buds and leaves have been replaced with wax concentrates, hash oil and edibles, with a THC purity of upwards of 90 percent for concentrates, Shemelya said.

Most the data shared came from Colorado, ground zero of legalized recreational marijuana. They are the ones who started this mess, Shemelya said.

“Medical” and recreational dispensaries now outnumber McDonalds and Starbucks in that state. Washington State and Oregon aren’t far behind. Most sales are waxes, concentrates, edibles and vaping.

Even with regulations and safety precautions, the data showed that the fastest growing group of users were children and young adults, ages 12-25. With the lack of research of what THC does to the cerebral cortex—which doesn’t fully mature until age 25—Shemelya

fears we won’t know the full damage for another decade. Any research that does exist only measured effects of THC from buds, not the concentrates.

The attitude among children and young adults was this: it can’t be that harmful if it’s legal. The perception that marijuana is safer than alcohol also persists, Shemelya said. And where medical and recreational marijuana is legal, usage rates skyrocket.

Yes, even with the regulations, a thriving black market for pot still exists.

Why you pay $50 for a gram, much of that taxed, when you could buy the same for $25 from Joe from his house? Colorado also ships marijuana to 44 states and two foreign countries, Shemelya said has been found. So much marijuana is being produced that they can’t possibly sell it. So someone can buy a gram for $150 and ship it back east and sell it for $9,000.

Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato spoke at the beginning of the presentation. He said that if pot is legalized in the Garden State, that even those who don’t partake will be impacted.

“I have concerns. It’s easy to say the reason we’re going to legalize it is because it’s a sin tax. It’s something where we’re going to be able to get some money and ‘it’s okay with me because I don’t smoke marijuana, right? If the other people want to smoke marijuana, that’s

fine,’” Coronato said. He had further questions as to the legality: How will intoxication be deter mined? We can measure blood-alcohol levels. At what point is someone “high?” Can Joe be jailed for selling it out of his garage, becau se t he st ate doesn’t wa nt t he competition?

Colorado raked in $219.7 million in marijuana tax money, Shemelya said.

But that accounts for less than 1 percent of that state’s total budget. And if for every dollar marijuana brings in, it costs $14 to deal with health and safety concerns, does it pay?

In a way, both men were preaching to a choir. The Ocean County Freeholders passed a resolution against the legalization of recreational marijuana, and no municipality in this mostly “red” county has publicly come out in favor of pot sales. Several have already passed bans ahead of the expected legalization, with others preparing ordinances for passage soon.

The presentation was hosted by the DART Prevention Coalition with the prosecutor’s office and county health department. The DART program started in 2009 with the goal of reducing alcohol-related deaths in young adults in Lakewood, Brick and Toms River.

The coalition expanded th ree years later to include the goal of reducing substance abuse in that age group.

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Radio” would be playing again along with the band chosen for the July 26 concert, “The Amish Outlaws.”

Santaniello said that he and Mayor John G. Ducey, Business Administrator Joanne Bergen, and sometimes council members and/ or department heads attend a showcase at Nanina’s in the Park in Belleville to choose bands, which are then booked through LaGuardia Entertainment Associates.

“We try to avoid cover bands because they usually select one artist and only play that music,” Santaniello explained. “These

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Continued From Page 1 the 25th anniversary of the Plunge in the county, bringing in nearly 7,000 brave plungers and 15,000-20,000 attendees at the event, according to Jeremy Davis of the SONJ. The plunge is hosted by the SONJ foundation and the proceeds from sales benefit SONJ programs. This year, the event raised over $2 million, said Davis. This is even more than last year’s $1.9 million.

The plunge was presented by the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics New Jersey and sponsored by the New Jersey State PBA, according to SONJ. There were more than 6,400 plungers pre-registered this year and each of those individuals was required to raise a minimum of $100 to plunge.

This was only one of three Polar Bear Plunges held each year for SONJ. There are also polar plunge events held in Wildwood and Asbury Park, according to Davis.

The day began at 9 a.m. as registered plungers, friends, and family began to arrive. By 1 p.m., the time of the official plunge, the boardwalk was completely crowded.

Participants wore everything from bathing suits to wetsuits to crazy costumes and hats, bringing an air of fun and originality to the event. Some wore just regular suits, and some were decked out in patriotic gear, Viking helmets, and even ninja turtle onesies.

The boardwalk was packed with people, grabbing a bite, having a drink, and lining the railings facing the beach to get a glimpse

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Continued From Page 2 and inhibit that growth by chronic cannabis use, and you’re okay with that?” Carman asked. “’Ah, kids won’t get to it.’ Right. Cause they’re in my jail right now.”

Jeffrey King, Eatontown, said he is open-minded to what people say on the issue. He wore a green “Stay Calm, It’s Just A Plant” T-shirt. He said he understood that the freeholders don’t oppose medical marijuana, but wants to see them more encouraging of it.

“Sick people, people that are suffering and dying, need your help and your support and your compassion and your love,” King said. “There are a lot of issues out there that are complicated. This is one of them.”

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The administration wants Summerfest to be well-attended, partly because they are mindful of the food vendors and the beer/ wine garden vendor, he said.

The township goes out to bid for the vendors and takes the highest bidders, which, along with sponsorships, pay all the costs associated with Summerfest, Santaniello said.

Last year there were seven food vendors ice cream, funnel cake, fried Oreos, pizza, and two specialty foods - who each paid between $1,200 and $1,800, and every one of them did well, Santaniello said. The trucks get a 20’ x 20’ area in the food court.

The township seeks the minimum bid for the beer and wine vendor. Last year the minimum bid was $5,000, and it went to Windward Beach Tavern for the second year in a row, Santaniello said.

Each Summerfest concert ends with a fireworks display, and the township has switched between two vendors in the past. Most recently the lower vendor charged $17,000 for five events, including the October 13 Bricktober Fest.

Since the concerts are crowded, the bidding for food vendors has become competitive, Santaniello said. If you are interested, call the township purchasing agent Maryann Jusinski at 732 262-1058.

Other township music events include concerts at Trader’s Cove Marina Park scheduled for the month of August. The lineup is: August 1, Bobby Bandiera; August 8, Motor City Revue; August 15 Tim McLoone and The Shirleys; and August 22, The Basso Brothers.

All concerts begin at 7 p.m.

The Summerfest concerts and Trader’s Cove Marina Park concerts are all free.

To see a full listing of cultural events, including the April 21 play, “As Time Goes By” (for which registration is required); the schedule for Movies in the Park; the Car Show; Kids’ Night Out; Kite Fest; Craft Yard Sale; Golf Outing; and Trunk or Treat, visit parksandrecreation.bricktownship.net.

of the hundreds of people jumping into the frigid waters.

There were cheers and yells coming from every direction as onlookers watched the plungers dive into the waves. The beach was restricted access for plunge participants only, yet was still swarmed with thousands of people formed into a massive crowd awaiting their turns to take a dip.

Seaside Heights Police and security at the event lined the shore signaling people to dive in, a few at a time. NJ State Police were also present with boats anchored right offshore and helicopters flying overhead.

Swimmers were only permitted to go a short distance into the water, according to Davis, to help control the amount of people in the ocean and keep everyone safe.

In addition to Seaside and State police, there were also members of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, local fire departments, and EMTs present at the event.

The police and security presence was strong to help maintain order and safety among the tens of thousands of people walking the boardwalk and diving in the water.

“It’s quite an undertaking,” said Davis.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY Letters To The Editor

F EATURED L ETTER Could A Mentor Have Prevented School Shooting?

Are we becoming hardened to the all too many shootings in schools? I pray we are not.

Everyone has heartfelt opinions on “both sides of the aisle.” I honestly don’t know how nor do I have the wherewithal to solve this heartbreaking issue. What I do know is there are far too many innocent children who are being slaughtered.

Parents deserve the right to have their children get on the school bus, travel to school, and come home at the end of the day safely.

My question is this: If the recent Florida teen accused of these killings, who lost two parents at a young age and according to news reports had emotional issues, had had a mentor, might this out-

come been different?

If a Big Brother was involved in his life, could it have made the difference between life and death for the 17 killed and the many injured? I have to believe that it could have made a difference in his life, and the nation would not be weeping one more time.

Consider supporting the activities of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean County. Visit bbbsoc.org for more information.

While we don’t want to say this one more time, our hearts and prayers are with the people of Broward County.

Ida Cahill Acting Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean County

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The people of Brick face an array of issues – taxes, traffic, the environment, education.

Issues that will impact Brick for years to come. And no doubt you have something to say about them. So what can you do to ensure that your voice gets heard?

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You can also write letters to the editor to papers like ours.

People follow their local papers and by writing about important issues, you spark vital discussion on topics that affect your life.

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Remember Vets When Making Donations On behalf of everyone at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation (NJVVMF), as we begin a new year, I extend best wishes to our community and all who serve our country.

As a private not-for-profit organization, the NJVVMF is fully self-sustaining. We rely on the support of our community, both financially and through participation, to meet and exceed our mission. An easy way to support our work is by checking line 61 on the NJ state tax form to make a self-designated donation. We are grateful for all levels of support as these donations cover a significant portion of our annual operating expenses.

For those unfamiliar with us, the Foundation operates the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and its companion Vietnam Era Museum. This unique site in Holmdel, NJ pays tribute to the 1,563 New Jerseyans who did not return home from the Vietnam War while placing their sacrifice in the larger context of the tumultuous Vietnam Era, a period of history that still affects New Jersey families and communities today.

As executive director, I am honored to spend time with our community of veterans and visitors. Through our ceremonies, public programs, exhibitions and class trips, we work with an incredibly diverse community that allows us to explore the complexities of the Vietnam era in a way that is relevant to people today. This year marks the 20th anniversary of our museum and an exciting period of expansion for us through programs, resources and a planned expansion of our public spaces.

I see fi rsthand the impact that these offerings have on our community. This is especially apparent with the nearly 10,000 students and teachers we work with each year and the veterans who

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If you have not visited us, I encourage you to plan a trip and spend an afternoon with our Vietnam veteran guides and staff. As the first and only site of its kind in the nation, you will not be disappointed. You can learn more about our work at njvvmf.org.

Help us preserve and share the legacies of New Jersey’s Veterans. Please remember us as we remember them.

Thank you in advance for your support of our mission and our Veterans.

Sarah Taggart Executive Director New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation

Smart Choices To Keep Healthy This year, we learned that the number of Americans at risk for heart attack and stroke just got a lot higher. An estimated 103 million adults have high blood pressure, according to new statistics from the American Heart Association, and about 39.7 percent of Americans have high cholesterol.

With March being National Nutrition Month, it’s a great time to consider lifestyle changes, such as healthy diet, to reduce these risk factors. High blood pressure and high cholesterol are two major controllable risk factors for heart disease and stroke, the nation’s No. 1 and No. 5 killers.

National Nutrition Month is celebrated every March and is recognized to encourage Americans to be more mindful of their eating and exercising habits. An ideal healthy diet includes lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and legumes, fish and skinless poultry. It also means avoiding foods high in added sugars, sodium, saturated fats, and fatty and processed meats.

A healthy diet doesn’t mean you have to give up all your favorite foods.

It’s about making smarter choices, ditching the junk

and fi nding exercises that keep you happy and healthy!

An easy way to start is by making small changes such as substituting heavy cream for low-fat yogurt, and adding more color to your plate to ensure you are getting a balanced meal. It’s an easy way to control portions, keep you full and get more energy throughout your day.

For more healthy lifestyle tips and to keep you motivated all year, visit heart. org/healthyforgood.

Mandy Enright, MS, RDN, RYT Volunteer, The American Heart Association

Unchecked Military Spending Impedes Prosperity The Pentagon recently called for another astronomical spending increase at a time when the country’s defense budget is larger than the next eight biggest nations’ budgets - combined.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has begun to restrict the public’s access to data on the 17-year-long War in Afghanistan. Watchdog group SIGAR noted that this data had been publicly reported in the past decade and had shown the situation is deteriorating.

However, despite the clear failings and lack of transparency, the department’s proposal garnered bipartisan support. Shortly after the budget request became public, NJ’s District 4 Congressional Candidate Josh Welle took to Twitter to proclaim “General Mattis is keeping the DoD on track.”

Welle is a Democrat. He also has strong ties to the military-industrial complex and is the co-founder of a DCbased tech company which contracts with the Department of Defense. Previously, he wrote for Harvard Business Review that “firms have much to gain by expanding business into Afghanistan.”

This view of war as a business opportunity is a danger-

ous drain on lives, tax dollars, and prosperity. Instead of writing another blank check to perpetuate war, why not invest in the American people?

For example, the increase of the Department of Defense 2018 budget is $80 billion over last year’s. If spending were to simply remain static, these funds would more than cover tuition-free public college for all, a policy proposal considered unrealistically expensive at $71 billion.

It’s long overdue we take account our reckless militaristic spending and instead promote stronger social and economic programs.

Jim Silverman Holmdel

What’s MacArthur’s Real Stance On Guns?

Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3rd) says “we must have an open and honest conversation to look for real solutions about how to prevent these mass shootings,” but his actions belie his (empty) words. He voted for concealed carry reciprocity, which will make Jersey families more vulnerable to gun carriers from states with no background checks and no limits on concealed carry. He voted to loosen Obama-era restrictions on ability of mentally ill people to get their hands on guns, further endangering Jerseyans. He took money from the NRA (his neighbor in the Second District, Congressman Frank LoBiondo, wouldn’t take NRA money).

It’s time for action, not more and more words and platitudes. It’s time for legislation for fewer guns, not more. It’s time to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, not to make it easier for them to acquire these weapons of mass destruction. It’s time - but when will Tom MacArthur take that brave step?

Kevin Kennedy Waretown

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SPOTLIGHT ON GOVERNMENT Correspondence & Commentary From Your Local, County, State & Federal Officials

MacArthur: “We must do more to make our communities safer”

TOMS RIVER - In response to the Parkland shooting and after meeting with local law enforcement officials, a licensed certified social worker, a local advocate for Everytown for Gun Safety, and a local NRA member, Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3rd) proposed some immediate steps that can be taken by the federal government to make our communities safer.

“I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment in Congress and I have received support from the NRA. I have been a recreational shooter for much of my adult life. Yet, I have advocated for more stringent gun safety measures, such as supporting more funding for background checks and tight regulations on bump stocks. While not a popular opinion with some Second Amendment groups, I strongly believe that background checks are worthless unless they cover every gun purchase. We can and must do more,” said Congressman MacArthur.

MacArthur continued, “This week, I held a meeting with local law enforcement officials, a licensed certified social worker, a local advocate for Everytown for Gun Safety, and a local NRA member to discuss community safety and the issue

of gun violence. There was no on ways to bolster their efforts, training, and additional infra- and additional planning and finger-pointing or name calling; and make them more universal structure. We must consider training. We should also eminstead we had a productive and across the board. I also believe federal grants to fund armed power teachers with resources to open conversation about this that background checks are security in schools, as we have help them recognize and address critical topic. I walked away worthless, unless they cover in airports and malls across mental health concerns with stufrom this meeting believing every gun purchase.” the nation. Our schools are less dents. It is my mission to bring people together to take we can effectureal steps to ensure our ate real change children are safe and feel that will make more secure at school.” our communities Create a national pilot safer. Doing nothprogram to address ing to stop gun mental health concerns violence in our in real time communities is “We must do more to irresponsible. We empower our teachers, must work togethmental health profeser and advance sionals, and law enreal solutions to forcement officers, who protect our chilspend more time with dren and neighour children than anyborhoods.” one. They see things that Stronger, more uniform back–Photo courtesy MacArthur’s office others may not see and ground checks On Feb. 19, Congressman Tom MacArthur discussed safety in Stafford often have their hands “I do not believe Township. The meeting was attended by Mayor John Spodofora, Police tied by endless red tape. the shooter in this Chief Tom Dellane, Capt. Herman Pharo, Licensed clinical social worker We need to empowinstance should Meghan Corrigan, Charlene Hoverter - Barnegat resident who is Survivor er these professionals, have been able Engagement Lead and Fellow for Everytown for Gun Safety and a member which can be done by to get a gun. Yet, of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Randy Campoli launching a national pilot of the On P.O.I.N.T. he did, because who is a local business owner, NRA member, and hunter. program, which is seethe system failed.

While I have voted for more Secure our schools through secure than our banks. There’s ing tremendous success in Stafford Township. This program robust funding for NICS – the additional personnel and safe something wrong with that. federal background check sys- infrastructure improvements “Any conversation about school partners law enforcement with tem – there are clearly problems “Congress must provide more security should include having social workers to help provide with it. I am calling on Attorney funding and training resourc- armed police officers – not mental health services to indiGeneral Sessions to issue guid- es to local school districts to armed teachers – on site, im- viduals who need it. This proance to states, which have their enhance physical security in proving physical security and gram is working in our district own background check systems, schools, through personnel, high-tech surveillance systems, and it will work nationwide.”

Get illegal guns off our streets “We can’t have a conversation about gun violence without mentioning the atrocities that are occurring across our country on a daily basis with illegal weapons. We need to get illegal weapons off our streets with increased gun buyback programs and targeted, well-funded law enforcement efforts to target illegal weapons.”

Study gun violence at federal level “While I have seen too many wasteful studies in government, we need more scientific research on gun violence and its causes.

This is a worthy investment by the government, and can be done by several federal agencies.

Any study must also consider the moral and spiritual decay in our society. Hollywood glorifies violence, the media makes its perpetrators famous, and the video game industry creates ever more realistic virtual games, where killing is a form of entertainment. Sick and troubled people feed off of this. I am not suggesting that we outlaw media coverage, movies, or video games, but we need to confront the impact these things have on children. I am willing to lead on, serve or support such a study, which should include diverse perspectives.”

Smith Tours Monmouth County’s Award-Winning 9-1-1 Call Center From The Desk Of

Congressman

Chris Smith FREEHOLD - Congressman Chris Smith received a tour of the Monmouth County 9-1-1 Call Center from Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden and Undersheriff Robert Dawson. The center recently won a national award for its outstanding service.

“Sheriff Shaun Golden and his team have created a world-class 9-1-1 call center,” Smith stated.

“Because of this state-of-the-art and forward-thinking facility, the response to emergencies in Monmouth County is quicker and more comprehensive, and people are better served and

more likely to have a positive outcome.”

Smith saw the state-of-the-art 45,000 square-foot facility in Freehold, including the call center, the Special Operations Center, a radio tower outside the sheriff’s office and special operations trucks for large venues and incidents. The primary call center was renovated after Superstorm Sandy in order to prepare for future natural disasters and extreme weather events; it is outfitted to operate in a category 5 hurricane.

“Sheriff Golden took all the

lessons learned from previous emergencies like Superstorm Sandy and applied those best practices to this facility,” Smith said. “Sometimes that’s the difference between life and death. It’s all about saving lives.”

The call center serves not only the citizens of Monmouth County, but also the hundreds of thousands of visiting beach tourists each summer. The county Sheriff’s Office Communications Division processes over 750,000 emergency calls per year. The

call center serves as a dispatch for 56 fire departments, 30 first aid squads, and 20 police squads, as well as for Brookdale Community College, Monmouth University, Gateway National Park-Sandy Hook, and Naval Weapons Station Earle.

On Feb. 14, just before the 50th anniversary of the first 9-1-1 emergency call, the call center won the “Outstanding 9-1-1 Call Center Award” at the NextGeneration911 Institute’s 15th annual 9-1-1 Honor Awards Ceremony, in Washington, D.C. It was one of only

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two local centers nationwide to be honored with the award.

The center was also awarded for its scaling of its IT systems as part of a fee-for-service model offered to local communities unable to afford the resources to upgrade their own emergency response systems. With this system, Monmouth County’s call center serves as a model for other localities in how it operates as a central command center and allows local communities to communicate with each other during a large-scale crisis.

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Brick Bible Studies

BRICK – Spirit Filled Life Outreach Ministries will hold a Bible Studies on the second, third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of each month at 1 p.m. at 74 Brick Blvd,

Brick NJ (Behind Roy Rogers). For more information, email sflmin@aol.com or call 848-245-9882. All are welcome!

Boy Scout Troop 38 Pancake Breakfast BRICK – Boy Scout Troop 38 will be holding a pancake breakfast on March 4 from 7 a.m. to noon. The location will be downstairs at the Visitation Church on Mantoloking Road in Brick. Tickets are available at the door for $7. Please help support our Scouts!

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Women’s Club Of Pt. Pleasant Hosts Painting Party POINT PLEASANT – Join us at our clubhouse at 513 St. Louis Ave., Pt. Pleasant Beach, for our Painting Party on April 13 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $35. All supplies will be provided. Come and bring your friends and have a fun filled evening.

You do not need any artistic ability to participate. Your hidden talent will come through, as we are taking a step-by-step approach to create a painting.

This is a fundraising event that helps us support local charities, including but

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So come, bring your friends, family and join us while discovering how much fun it is to create your own painting. Finger food, desserts, coffee and tea will be provided. The event is also BYOB, (glasses provided).

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Julia K. Hannam Named To Dean’s List

BRICK – Julia K. Hannam of Brick has been named to the Dean’s List at Clemson University for the fall 2017 semester. Hannam is majoring in Bioengineering.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale.

Program On 19th Century Baseball BRICK – The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting March 13, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd. in Brick.

The speaker will be Russ McIver of Allen hurst. He will give a program about 19th centur y baseball, in particular as it relates to the Jersey Shore.

McIver is the captain of the Monmouth Fu r nace Ba seball Tea m a nd also a

member of the Mid-Atlantic Vintage Baseball League. The latter plays under the rules of 1864 and uses uniforms and equipment conforming to the customs of the period.

The program is free and open to the public. Parking is behind the firehouse.

For more information on the activities of the society see its page on Facebook, access bricktwphistoricalsociety.com or call 732-785-2500.

The John Gora Band At The Brick Elks Lodge BRICK – The Brick Elks Lodge #2151 presents the Grammy-nominated The John Gora Band on Sunday April 15, 2018. Come out to the lodge for some dancing and fun from 2-6 p.m. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.

A Polish Kitchen will open with a variety

of food to purchase. Refreshments will be available. Tickets are non-refundable. The cost is $20 per person.

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Lakewood Police Investigate Email Threat To Local School

By Kimberly Bosco LAKEWOOD – On Feb. 27, Lakewood Police received an email that referenced “blowing up” or “shooting up” an unnamed school, according to a recent post on the department’s website.

After receiving the threat, detectives determined the school to be Lakewood High School. The school then performed a lockdown drill, beginning at around 11:50 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:30 p.m., according to a representative from Lakewood High School, after officials determined the school to be safe.

“Within a few minutes we were able to determine that it was sent from the Lakewood High School and had the name of a potential suspect,” stated the police in the post. “After advising school administrators, a decision was made to lock-down the students in place by school officials.”

In addition to the response from the Lakewood police, officers and K9 units

from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department also made sure that the school was safe and free from any explosives, after the email pointed to “blowing up” the school.

“Further investigation by Detectives Mike Cavallo and Lynn Miller, revealed after speaking with two 17-year-old students, that the email was sent as a hoax.

One of the students sent our website the email but used the other student’s identifiers,” stated the post.

The students were in their Business Law class when the message was sent from a school computer. The police later found that the student whose identifiers were used did not play a role in the hoax, according to police.

The student who sent the threat was charged with Creating a False Public Alarm and Terroristic Threats. This student has since been released, pending a juvenile hearing.

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H ERE ’ S T O Y OUR H EALTH Dear Pharmacist Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

Weird Hidden Causes For Heart Attacks

By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

The beating sound of your heart is caused by the valves, they open and close routinely, and in a specific rhythm. Google is developing algorithms that can predict heart attack by looking in your eye! This, according to research published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Most heart attacks happen on a Monday.

Not to be scrooge, but December 25th, Christmas Day is the most common day of the year for heart attacks.

In an average day, your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood around. Compare that to a 6-person hot tub which holds about 450 gallons of water. The fairy wasp has the tiniest heart on record, whereas blue whales have the largest one, about 5 feet long.

I received two questions today. The first came from Tom who lives in Oklahoma, and he asked me if antibiotics could impact his heart. Since antibiotics are drug muggers of almost all vitamins and minerals, the answer is “Yes!” You need nutrients to keep your heart beating properly, because they catalyze the electric system.

Tom took Clarithromycin, as part of triple therapy for his ulcer. Clarithromycin is a popular anti-bacterial sold worldwide. The United States FDA has known about heart problems with this drug, and has been warning doctors not to prescribe it to folks with known heart disease for approximately 12 years. More data was released today that confirms that people who took the antibiotic years ago (for even two weeks) might have a higher risk of dying from heart disease

years later. It doesn’t matter what condition you take the drug for, whether it’s for ulcers, sinus infections or wounds, it can still impact the cardiovascular system and FYI, it’s not alone. Many antibiotics impact your heart.

So if your doctor prescribes the medication Clarithromycin (brand is Biaxin) and you already have heart disease or hypertension, I’d remind doc of your condition in light of the recent studies. Don’t trust them to know everything. If you’ve had a heart attack or have heart failure, it’s not out of line to ask for a different antibiotic. This reminder (about your medical history) becomes particularly important if you go to a walk-in clinic instead of your regular physician.

My second question came from Brad in Florida regarding his pacemaker. He asked if it can be hacked. Yes, theoretically! Never say never.

Unscrupulous creeps could hack a pacemaker and reprogram it causing it to do erratic pulsing, deliver potentially fatal shocks or stop altogether by draining the battery.

In order to do this, a hacker would need to know the brand name of your implanted device and its radio frequency. Then, we need an unethical person to reprogram that specific proprietary device and he’d have to get in close range to tinker with the software.

Sounds like a movie plot! So breathe easy because the odds are low that anyone would hack your pacemaker. Adverse events are more likely to occur with some MP3 headphones, metal detectors, certain cellphones or MRI diagnostic scanners. But for sure, don’t worry about hackers!

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About 18 months ago, I had little choice but to take a buyout package from the company I had worked with for nearly 30 years. It was a smart decision because the company moved to another state one year later. I thought that because of my excellent selling abilities I would easily fi nd another job while collecting unemployment benefits. I have sent out countless resumes and have had a few (very) interviews but no offers. Do you have any thoughts?-Dennis in Berkeley Answer: Dennis, as I am sure you are well aware, you are in a boat that is absolutely full! You probably are frightened and not able to retire yet. My suggestions are as follows: Keep on doing exactly what you are doing. Going on interviews is a learning experience and will keep you from becoming idle.

While you are doing that I would start

learning a new skill. If sales jobs are hard to come by then look for an area in which you may have no experience but are willing to try. I would look to job areas that are hiring. You may have to have some extensive new training .May I suggest that you call the Ocean County Vocational Technical School.

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Flea Market At Greenbriar Clubhouse

BRICK – There will be a Flea Market on April 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Greenbriar I Clubhouse, off Burnt Tavern Road in Brick. Our community members will be selling a wide variety of items. Lunch will be sold by the Greenbriar Veteran’s Association.

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By: Robert C. Shea, Esq. & Christopher R. Shea of R.C. Shea & Associates In New Jersey, if you sustain an injury of your body which arising out of or in the course of your was injured and the Christopher R. Shea Esq. employment, you are entitled to certain per manent residubenefits under the law. This is more als of your treatment specifically set forth in the New Jersey and injury. This proWorkers’ Compensation Act. cess progresses after Primarily, should your injury require your physician has medical attention, the Workers’ Com- returned you to gainpensation carrier for your employer is to ful employment. In provide this to you. The insurance car- the event that you are deemed medically rier pays for reasonable and necessary unable to return to work, you may be medical care until you reach a medical entitled to total disability benefits. plateau. In turn, however, the insurance The questions often arises, “What carrier does have the right to direct happens if I am injured during the your medical care. In other words, the course of my duties as a volunteer for a insurance carrier has the opportunity to municipality?” It has been determined choose the physicians with whom you that volunteer firefighters, first aid or treat, as well as the facilities where any rescue squad workers, ambulance drivtreatment or therapy is administered. ers, forest fire wardens or firefighters, In the event that your injury is such board of education members and auxthat you are medically unable to work iliary or special reserve police officers for more than seven (7) days, the New are provided for within the Workers’ Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act Compensation Act in New Jersey. provides that the insurance company Although, as a volunteer as listed is to pay temporary disability benefits. above one would not have been compenThis entitles you to seventy percent sated for the acts performed within the (70%) of your wages, up to the statuto- scope of that position, if injured while ry maximum for the year in which you performing those duties, and medically sustained the injury. These payments unable to work, you would be entitled to continue until the authorized physician compensation at the maximum rate for permits you to return to work or until the year of that injury. Furthermore, the you reach a medical plateau, whichever injured volunteer is entitled to reasonis sooner. able and necessary medical treatment Should permanent effects of your in- as if an employee. In the event that the jury remain after achieving a medical volunteer suffers permanent residuals plateau, you may be entitled to benefits from the injury in question, the volunto compensate for those permanent teer would also have the right to seek effects. This is based on a statutory payment for those residuals, the same value determined according to the part as if a paid employee.

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LADACIN Network To Hold 37th Annual Rosebud Gala Dinner Dance

N EPT U N E – LA DACI N Net work will hold its 37 th Annual Rosebud Gala Dinner Dance on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune.

The Rosebud Gala is the Agency’s premier annual fundraising event featuring dinner and dancing, an awards ceremony, a gift auction, raff les and a f loral centerpiece contest.

This year Suburban Transit/Coach USA will be honored as the Rosebud G a la C or p or at e Honor e e. T he A s bur y Park-Wall Elks #128 and Monmouth- Ocean Development Cou ncil will be recognized as Humanitarian Honorees. The Brick Township High School Interact Club will receive the

Young Leaders Award.

Co-chairing the event are LADACIN Network Board President, Victor Sbailo, Barnegat, and Margaret Winkelman, Howell. Carl Craft, host of 95.9 WRAT’s “Morning RAT Race”, will serve as Master of Ceremonies, and music will be provided by Jack Goodman’s Allstar Band.

Each year, f lorists from Monmouth a nd Ocea n Cou nt ies a re i nv ited to showcase their talents by participating in the f loral centerpiece contest. Gala attendees choose the winners. The first prize winner will be awarded a $2,500 radio advertising package generously donated by Beasley Media Group.

Leading the event’s underwriting ef-

forts are LADACIN Network’s Annual Corporate Sponsors. CWR Wholesale Distributors, Inc. is a Premier Benefactor and Turning Point Restaurants is an Elite Benefactor. Benefactors are Beasley Media Group – 95.9 WR AT & 100.1 WJRZ and New Jersey Natural Gas. Diamond Guardian Sponsors include LENNAR, T. F. Produce, The County Woman (Monmouth, Ocean, and Atlantic), and Willis Towers Watson. Gold Sponsors are Hospital for Special Surgery, OceanFirst Bank and OceanFirst Foundation, Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, Suburban Transit/Coach USA, TD Bank and World Insurance Associates LLC. LADACIN Network provides a con-

tinuum of care, including educational, t herapeut ic, social, resident ial a nd support services to infants, children and adults with complex physical and developmental disabilities or delays, including child care and pre-school, early intervention, school programs, adult day programs, vocational training, supported employment, residential options, and respite programs. Today LADACIN serves over 3,500 individuals and families in 14 locations throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

For information about the 37th Annual Rosebud Gala, contact Cathy Claps, Coordinator of Development and Community Relations, at 732-493-5900, ext.

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CLASSIFIEDS Real Estate Wanted To Buy - 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with garage. Will pay up to $175,000. Call 732-849-3449. (10)

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Items Wanted COSTUME/ESTATE JEWELRY Looking to buy costume/estate jewelry, old rosaries and religious medals, all watches and any type of sterling silver, bowls, flatware candlesticks or jewelry. Same day house calls and cash on the spot.

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Contents Of Condo - Sofas, love seat, chairs, beds, TVs, etc. $2,500 all or piece meal or B/O. Call 732-983-2569.

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Weekend commitment positions on all 3-11/11-7. Weekend program requires a commitment of 4 weekend shifts per month. Special weekend rates available for weekend commitment positions.Full Time positions offer excellent benefits including health, dental, life, Paid Time Off and 401(K) with generous match after 1 year.Apply in Person to: The Pines at Whiting, 509 Route 530, Whiting, NJ 08759 or email resume to rscully@thepinesatwhiting.org. (11)

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By Jennifer Peacock FORKED RIVER – An aggressive driving complaint led to a drug arrest in Lacey Township.

Ali Gunaydin, 36, of Lakewood, was arrested and charged with heroin, needle, and drug paraphernalia possession. He also re-

Girls On The Run Of Central NJ Registrations Now Open NEW JERSEY – Girls on the Run of Central NJ, known throughout Middlesex, Somerset, Monmouth, Ocean and Camden counties for its positive youth development program designed to empower local girls in 3rd through 8th grade, is so happy to bring another amazing season to your local community.

Girls who participate in the program develop and improve competence, feel confident in who they are, develop strength of character, respond to others and oneself with care, create positive connections with peers and adults, and make a meaningful contribution to community and society. It is the combination of the research-based curriculum, trained coaches and a commitment to serve all girls that sets Girls on the Run apart from other after-school programs.

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Meeting twice a week for 75-90 minutes, volunteer coaches utilize the curriculum to engage small teams of girls in fun, interactive lessons.

The program culminates with all teams in Central NJ participating in a celebratory 5K, either in Fair Haven on Sunday June 3, or in downtown Somerville on Sunday June 10.

Volunteer coaches do not have to be runners but must complete a background check and participate in the Girls on the Run online and in-person training/workshop. This training qualifies for continuing education credits.

Girls on the Run of Central NJ spring registration is now open. Visit gotrcnj.org to sign up.

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Philadelphia Flower Show And History District Trip

OCEAN COUNTY – Freeholder John C. Bartlett, Jr., Chairman of Ocean County Parks and Recreation will be conducting a bus trip to explore Philadelphia on Thursday, March 8. The theme of the Flower Show is “Wonders of Water”.

The bus will depart from the Ocean County Park in Lakewood at 8 a.m. for a day in the city to discover the historic and museum area attractions on your own or attend the Flower Show at the Convention Center. We will return To Lakewood at approximately 6 p.m. You will receive a map of the area, and will be dropped off

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at the Flower Show and in the Historic district.

To register, send a check for $35 per person made payable to: County of Ocean. Mail this to Ocean County Parks & Recreation, 1198 Bandon Road, Toms River, NJ 08753. The fee includes the bus transportation only. For any admissions or tours you must be responsible for the cost. The approximate fee for the flower show is $31.00.

Visit the website at oceancountyparks.org for more information. The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders sponsors this event. Call 1-877-OCPARKS for information or to be placed on the Newsletter mailing list.

Members: Adults $40 12 & Under $20 Non-Members: Adults $50 12 & Under $25 Seating is limited. As with last year, we can only accept reservations made in advance. You must RSVP no later than March 9, 2018.

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The clear, gel-like substance known as “vitreous humor” fills the space within the eyeball between the eye lens and the retina. As we age, the vitreous shrinks, sometimes to the point where the fibers, which normally attach to the surface of the eye, pull away. As they do so, they can cause vitreous “floaters,” debris from the tiny breaks in the retina that cast shadows on the retina. Because vitreous humor doesn’t replace itself, these floating fibers remain. People with floaters usually adapt and forget about them. If they pose a problem, the ophthalmologist may suggest a surgical procedure called “vitrectomy,” which involves making a small incision in the eye, extracting broken-down fluid, and replacing it with a vitreous substitute.

A vitreous detachment is a common condition that usually affects people over age 50, and is very common after age 80. People who are nearsighted are also at increased risk. Those who have a vitreous detachment in one eye are likely to have one in the other, although it may not happen until years later. To schedule an exam, please call SUSSKIND & ALMALLAH EYE ASSOCIATES, P.A. at 732-349-5622. We are committed to providing advanced vision care in a professional and comfortable environment.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast

For the week of march 3 - march 9

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): During the week ahead you may realize who has truly been your friend during the past few weeks.

Just because someone only sits on the sidelines does not mean they are not trustworthy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may want more than you get this week. Don’t be disappointed if a budding relationship doesn’t fulfill your wildest dreams. Be happy if you have made a new friend.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will not be at a loss for words in the week to come.

You may be more imaginative than usual and find it easy to voice your inner musings.

Intuition may win out over logic.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will intuitively do the right thing when meeting with friends or business associates this week.

Sympathy and kindness are good tools to use to help people understand different perspectives.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the week ahead you may be inspired by a partner or longtime companion to achieve material success. It is possible that you become fascinated by the things that other people own.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Those in close connection probably have your best interests at heart. Fleeting doubts are only natural but don’t let these minor worries undermine a solid relationship in the week ahead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Restrain yourself. A romantic relationship might be based on the thrill of the chase. Your ardor might not be matched if you attempt to put the moves on the latest heartthrob this week.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Compromise becomes you. You know how to honey coat your words so that even your most uncharitable adversary will be convinced by your sincerity. Avoid impulsive spending this week.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fight against frittering away your financial security. Put small economies into place during the week ahead to achieve stability. Friends may tempt you to excessive spending.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take time to brew an idea the old-fashioned way.

Although you want a goal achieved as quickly making as a cup of instant coffee you may need extra thinking time this week.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Hook up with those who meet your high standards.

Career, school work, job, or business can make heavy demands, but can also provide bountiful rewards as the week unfolds.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Enjoy nourishment, not nonsense. You won’t build muscle on a steady diet of candy. Useful ideas are created this week through stimulating conversation and a diet of empowering information.

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wolfgang puck’s kitchen Pie Games: Global Ingredients Combine To Make A Perfect Wintertime Pizza

By Wolfgang Puck BLACK FOREST HAM AND GOAT CHEESE PIZZA Makes 4 individual pizzas 1 batch Wolfgang’s Pizza Dough (recipe follows), divided into 4 balls All-purpose flour or semolina, for dusting 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1 cup (250 mL) shredded fontina cheese 2 cups (500 mL) shredded mozzarella cheese, about 1/2 pound (250 g), or an equivalent weight in thinly sliced fresh mozzarella 2 small slender Japanese eggplants, trimmed and cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch (6-mm) slices, brushed with oil and grilled until tender, or sauteed in olive oil; or 1/2 pound large cultivated mushrooms or cremini mushrooms, cut into 1/4-inch (6-mm) slices and sauteed in olive oil until golden 1 cup (250 mL) crumbled fresh goat cheese 4 ounces (125 g) thinly sliced Black Forest ham, cut into thin julienne strips 1 bunch fresh basil leaves, 4 small sprigs reserved for garnish, remaining leaves chopped Set an oven rack at the highest level, place a pizza stone or baker’s tiles on the rack, and preheat to 500 F (260 C).

Roll or stretch each piece of pizza dough into a circle 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter.

One at a time, place a circle of dough on a wood peel (paddle) or rimless baking sheet lightly dusted with flour or semolina. Brush with oil and sprinkle with some pepper flakes to taste. Arrange a quarter each of the fontina and mozzarella on the dough, leaving a narrow rim. Arrange a quarter each of the eggplant, goat cheese and ham on top. Sprinkle with chopped basil.

Slide the pizza from the peel onto the baking stone. Bake until

the cheese is melted and bubbly and the rim is deep golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.

Using the peel, remove the pizza from the oven. With a pizza wheel, mezzaluna, or large sharp knife, cut into slices, then transfer to a serving platter. Garnish with a basil sprig. Serve immediately, letting guests take individual slices.

Assemble, bake and serve the three remaining pizzas the same way.

WOLFGANG’S PIZZA DOUGH Makes 4 balls, each about 6 ounces (185 g) 1 package active dry or fresh yeast 1 teaspoon honey 1 cup (250 mL) warm water, 105 F to 115 F (40 C to 46 C) 3 cups (750 mL) all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast and honey in 1/4 cup (60 mL) of the warm water.

In a food processor, combine the flour and salt. Add the oil, the yeast mixture, and the remaining water, and process until the mixture forms a ball.

Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface and knead by hand 2 or 3 minutes longer. The dough should be smooth and firm. Cover with a clean, damp towel and let rise in a cool spot for about 2 hours. (When ready, the dough will stretch as it is lightly pulled).

Divide the dough into 4 equal balls. Work each by pulling down the sides and tucking under the bottom. Repeat four or five times.

Then on a smooth, unfloured surface, roll each under the palm of your hand until the top is smooth and firm, about 1 minute. Cover with a damp towel and let rest 1 hour. At this point, the balls can be wrapped in plastic and refrigerated for up to two days.

(Chef Wolfgang Puck’s TV series,“Wolfgang Puck’s Cooking Class,” airs Sundays on the Food Network. Also, his latest cookbook, “Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy,” is now available in bookstores. Write Wolfgang Puck in care of Tribune Media Services Inc., 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY 14207) © 2017 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.

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