2018-03-10 - The Berkeley Times

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Vol. 23 - No. 40

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–Photos by Chris Lundy (Left) Sean Varaday takes the oath of office to be a Berkeley Township Police Officer. (Right) Michael Drybola is sworn in as a Berkeley Township Police Officer.

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Two new police officers were sworn in at the most recent Township Council meeting.

Sean Varaday and Michael Drybola took the oath of office. Police Chief Karin DiMichele said that these are not new positions, but are replacing retirees.

Marijuana Activists Try To Change Berkeley’s Ban

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Marijuana advocates came from near and far trying to have the governing body change their

ban of businesses that sell marijuana recreationally.

Gov. Phil Murphy had made it a campaign promise to legalize rec-

reational sale of the drug. This prompted many local towns to decide whether they want stores that sell (Ban - See Page 5)

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By Jennifer Peacock hen you do the math, you realize Bill Jankowski couldn’t have seen The Patty Duke Show when it aired in the early ‘60s. He belongs to that micro-generation stuffed between Gen

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(Someone suggested Xennials.) And like many children of that generation, he fell in love with shows from long ago watching reruns on Nick (Book - See Page 20)

WOBM Celebrates 50 Years

By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – 92.7 WOBM almost never happened. It involves FCC rules about frequencies and Ocean County being sandwiched between major markets like New York, Philadelphia, and even Trenton and Atlantic City.

But expensive land in the Philly forced a move for its 92.5 FM station—today known as WXTU—that allowed for WOBM to land on the dial where it does.

“And while other radio stations came to Ocean County later (some due to FCC rule relaxations during the 1980s), all of them had to be placed

–Photo courtesy WOBM Bob Levy takes calls during his Topic A show. far south of Toms River (toward Manahawkin) to protect New York City FM stations 0.2

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Continued From Page 1 engineer Tom Trembly shared. “To this day, WOBM is the only Ocean County FM station located in the heart of Ocean County, putting the strongest possible signal over the most people.”

Bob Levy is the only person who started with the station, selling ads to eager local businesses before the station went on the air, who saw all 50 years at WOBM. Levy gave an interview with radio personalities Shawn and Sue just two weeks before his unexpected passing on the station’s 50th anniversary, March 1.

Levy was 86.

Five local “guys”—three of whom Levy was close to, one being his brother Ed— formed the station, the fi rst day on air being March 1, 1968. Levy remembered the fi rst song played as Herb Alpert’s The Lonely Bull, but other sources say it was Paul Mauriat’s Love is Blue.

“The area was excited. The only radio station in the area was WJLK in Asbury Park, and they were primarily Monmouth County,” Levy said. The headquarters was lodged in a little building in Bayville on Route 9 and crammed in about 1,000 people (to Levy’s memory) at its grand opening. It was snowing, and an opening promotional contest was underway.

“Every politician, every businessman, every hanger-on-er, it was amazing. You couldn’t get in the door,” Levy said about the opening. The contest? Guess the location of a buried treasure box on West Point Island (which Levy buried the night before, in a blizzard). The station would provide clues to listeners. No one had to dig up the chest, they just had to guess the location. After six clues, someone did.

The prize? A “cheap” set of luggage and $200 in coins, “pathetic” by today’s prize standards.

The station was housed in that building in Bayville until about five years ago, when they moved into fourth-floor studios in Toms River, called the Bob Levy Broadcast Center. The station was born during a blizzard and ended its tenure in Bayville during Super Storm Sandy.

WOBM stood out, and still stands out, not for trying to be like New York or Philadelphia, but for being unapologetically Ocean County.

Steve Paul joined the station in 1970 while a student at Monmouth University.

He worked as on-air talent and behind the scenes as an account executive, and had other duties. He hosted the morning drive radio time with Kevin Williams in the early ‘90s to 1996 and stayed with Nassau Broadcasting after it sold the station. While Levy’s ratings were king over all, their radio program had a 34 share—for those non-radio geeks, 1 out of

every 3 radio listeners listened to them in the morning—which is unheard of today.

Stations are happy with a 5 share.

“The reason we had that then-Arbitron ratings, today its Nielson, was because of the unbelievable listenership the radio station in Ocean County,” Paul said in a phone interview with Jersey Shore Online. “If anything happened in Ocean County, I don’t care what it was, if you were not a WOBM listener, if something happened—a disaster, a snow storm, a hurricane—you turned to WOBM because we were the only ones that had that. We were the only ones that had a real news department. There were many times Kevin and I stayed on the air all day.

“We were a true local radio station from day one,” Paul continued. “…In all those years of my career working any place, I’ve never worked any place where everybody would help each other. Even people who didn’t really like the other guy, the other girl. When it came down to it, whatever had to be done, we did it, because we knew we were working for the listeners.”

That generosity spilled outside the office, and not in the way of free T-shirts and bumper stickers. The station—okay, Bob Levy, but he got everyone else involved— raised money to buy Ocean County Police bulletproof vests. They raised money for The United Way of Ocean County. But the biggest by far was the help sent down to a little fishing village, McClellanville, South Carolina, destroyed by Hurricane Hugo.

The exact details escaped Levy’s and Williams’ mind, but listeners dropped off everything and anything that would help the residents of McClellanville: water, batteries, candles, and clothing. According to Williams, Bekins Van Lines of Tuckerton provided the vehicles, and the caravan of vehicles had a state police escort from Tuckerton to South Carolina.

And its work informing listeners, and now web users, and serving the community continues. Williams, who been with WOBM since 1979, said the station has spanned the generations. Listeners remember when their parents had the radio tuned in in the car or the kitchen.

“The radio station itself was built on news and information. Our industry has changed dramatically over the years, radio has had to change as well, but I do still feel pride that WOBM is still interested in being an Ocean County radio station, serving the people of Ocean County,” Williams said in a phone interview. “That 50 years, in which personalities have come and gone, formats have changed, but there is still the feeling that WOBM is indeed a local radio station.”

All throughout March, WOBM will be sharing “50 Memories in 50 Days.” That can be found at wobm.com/tags/50-memories-in-50-days/.

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Continued From Page 1 marijuana within their borders.

Berkeley’s Township Council chose to ban it. The language in the ordinance states, in part: “The sale of marijuana and paraphernalia associated with marijuana use is hereby prohibited within the Township of Berkeley.”

At the most recent Township Council meeting, several people came to try to convince the council members to change their minds.

Members of the governing body didn’t respond. Councilman Thomas Grosse, who was running the meeting, only informed the speakers that the Township Council had already passed the township-wide ban.

When the council introduced the measure earlier this year, they spoke of marijuana being a gateway drug, legal difficulties with the issue, and trying to combat an opioid epidemic while saying marijuana is legal.

The advocates came from many towns, but some were local. They had made appearances at meetings for Toms River Council and the Ocean County Freeholders. Many of their statements were very similar to what was said at those venues. Two members of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 152, one of them from Forked River, advocated for marijuana sales because cannabis workers fall under their purview.

Cindy Ruggiero lives in Eastampton now, but she told a story about her father, Cliff Wright, who was one of the founding members of the Bayville First Aid Squad.

She said when he was dying, and he was on hospice, he was miserable and relied on others’ help for his needs. When she treated him with cannabis oil, there was a marked improvement and he was able to take care of some of his needs.

However, his health went south when he was put on morphine and taken off the cannabis oil.

“The truth is, it is a medicine,” she said.

Laurie Singer is a Toms River resident who advocated for the sale of marijuana in Berkeley, and did so in her town as well. She suggested that some ordinances can be made to apply to the drug. A law could ban open containers of marijuana in a vehicle, the same way there is a law banning open containers of alcohol. A town can also zone areas around schools and drug treatment centers as being prohibited from places where marijuana could be sold. She said the legalization community wants to work with law enforcement officials and lawmakers to keep it out of the wrong hands, such as teenagers.

Many people spoke on behalf of medicinal marijuana. When Berkeley Council members passed the ban, they specified that medical use would not be banned. However, medicinal patients have stated that the programs are very limited and some choose to acquire it other ways.

“I am going to look you in the eye, as I’m dying in front of you,” said Jeff Oakes, an Oceanport resident who has stage 4 cancer.

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In the article “Weed Activists Confront Freeholders,” John Bartlett’s name was spelled incorrectly. We regret the error.

The Berkeley Times, March 10, 2018, Page 5 He said cannabis allows him to function through surgery and treatment without relying on any prescription opioids.

His wife, Mary, explained how their son got hooked on Xanax after a car crash, and used cannabis to break his addiction.

Edward “Lefty” Grimes, an activist from East Hanover, came and filmed portions of the meeting. He said that many people use medical cannabis as a way to wean themselves off painkillers and an opioid addiction.

“It’s an exit drug, not a gateway drug,” he said.

Brandon Chewey, from Asbury Park, said he was a heroin addict for 11 years, and people like him needed cannabis to be able to adjust back into being a functioning member of society.

“I don’t want to see children in my community under the age of 26 using cannabis,” he said, noting the age at which experts say the frontal lobe of the brain stops developing.

Jeffrey King of Eatontown said that banning sales was premature since no one knows what the final legalization will look like yet.

He said that a regulated marijuana industry would provide a safer product than what’s on the streets.

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Remembering A True Ocean County Icon: Bob Levy

By Jason Allentoff This past week, Ocean County suffered a great loss with the passing of Bob Levy, the voice of WOBM-FM since the station started in 1968. Ironically, Levy died on the 50th anniversary of the signal’s launch. I have a personal connection to Bob as I had the pleasure of working with him for nine years. We shared some good times both on and off air and my thoughts and prayers are with his wife Marianne, his children Karen and Steven and the rest of his family. I would like to share a few memories of this great man who was so much more than a radio host. I was proud to call him a mentor and friend.

I’ll never forget my first encounter with Bob. I was interning at the station in the promotions department. There was an early Sunday morning event that I had to work and I was loading up the station’s van. While in the front office, a man who I’d never seen before began to wildly pound on the glass door. I opened it. He introduced himself, shook my hand and ran back to the studio so he wouldn’t miss the next segment of his program. I later found out that Bob was outside getting in a smoke break and forgot the door code to get back in. During my days driving around handing out bumper stickers and Frisbees, I would see him often in the halls of the Bayville office. What was nice about Bob was it didn’t matter your position at the station. He treated everyone with dignity and respect. Whether you cleaned the floors or were a top executive. In my case, a nameless intern.

After the internship, I was hired to work part time in promotions. One day, Bob came to me and said “how would you like to make a little extra scratch?” I said sure. He offered me the job of call screener for Topic A. Every Sunday, I would get up early and would take his calls – unscreened – and even became friendly with some of the regular callers. It was also amazing to watch Bob at work. He wouldn’t have any show prep in front of him. His only aid was the small strips of paper I would hand him with the names and towns of the callers on the respective lines and a folder filled with the live read radio commercials. Even hearing those was a treat as he could make any business sound even bigger and better than it was.

During this time, I was also interested in a job in the newsroom. After recording a demo and meeting with the station brass, I was offered a part time weekend news anchor spot. Bob heard me recording some samples one day, popped his head in and said “Wow, kid. You’ve got some set of pipes.” I’ll never forget that.

The first gig on-air in the news department was the Saturday morning shift. So I would do that and then work Sundays answering his calls. When the Sunday morning anchor resigned, he said he would manage on the phones and he wanted me on-air. He also asked me to “go long” in case he had a longer than normal smoke break or had to use “the facilities.”

My first couple of Sundays were rocky – I was new and nervous and made some rookie mistakes – one that Bob caught and that Kevin Williams would never forget.

I read the sports scores in reverse order.

Hey, I was never a sports guy. I do have to thank Williams for providing me with

full instructions following that mishap. Bob also came to the newsroom after one of the shows and said “watch your tempo. No one has a gun to your head. Relax and have fun with it.” I followed Bob’s advice and was able to excel. He also indicated that the best way to overcome radio nerves was to talk to the people like they were your friends. Be more conversational. It was something that worked and as a result, I found success in my time working for Ocean County’s News Station.

One Sunday morning, a local firehouse brought over breakfast for Bob and Paul Seredy, Bob’s producer. On air, Bob was munching on bacon and eggs and was commenting on all of the food and how it was a shame there was limited staff to eat it. He then says “Jason’s kind of an eating machine, isn’t he?” live on the air. That was Bob’s way of offering me breakfast. I love that.

There’s an old adage in radio that everyone will eventually miss an airshift. One such instance happened to me during a Sunday morning. The day before, I anchored the news on that Saturday morning and was called to a special event in the afternoon that lasted all day. The governor was Jon Corzine at the time and he was planning to try and lease out the Garden State Parkway. He came to Toms River for a special public meeting on the idea which was attended by thousands of people. After being at the event for several hours, I went home and crashed on the bed – never setting my alarm. You can see where this is going.

The next thing I knew, it was 10:30 a.m.

Sunday morning – I should have been to the station by 5 - and there were three voicemails on my phone. The first was from Kevin Williams asking if I was ok. The second was my supervisor who was less than nice in his tone.

The third was Bob Levy. He said “Jason, I hope you’re not dead. Call the station when you get this.” Thankfully Dave Polaski, a colleague out in the Trenton bureau at the time, was able to fill in remotely and my job was safe, although I had to answer for it. But Bob’s call showed genuine concern for me and I never forgot that.

I was eventually promoted to full time news reporter and then morning drive news anchor.

I was now seeing Bob and his wife Marianne Monday through Friday. One morning, Bob complained of having to get to the station so early. I then said “Bob, you do know I’m in by 4 while you don’t show up till 5:15-5:20.” He said “oh my God, 4?! Ok, I won’t complain.”

We shared a couple of funny on-air moments like when Marianne offered me spicy nuts live on the air and Bob proceeded to crack jokes and when Bob couldn’t think of a movie title or TV show, I would run in with the answer.

A few times, I would do double duty – serving as a fill-in board operator for their show on the AM station.

One thing I’ll always remember was Bob’s way with words. He would say “load ‘em up” or “hey Paul, punch me up another call.”

There were also times when he would be on his Sunday show but would give the phone number for the weekday show by mistake.

When I had been nervous starting on the air, he would say “don’t worry, no one is going to remember the stumbles. I’m living proof.”

When the husband and wife duo went away on one of their listener cruises, the station offered me a chance to fill-in for Bob on Topic A. It was a great thrill. I remember right before he left, he said “hey Toff, don’t

–Photo courtesy “Gary Gellman/Gellman Images” get too comfortable in that chair. Just keep the seat warm.” It was a great thrill to guest host his show.

When Bob received my wedding invite, he cracked a joke “ya sure you wanna go through with it?” Both Bob and Marianne attended the ceremony and reception.

Fast forward a bit. When Hurricane Irene happened, Bob went on the air at 8 p.m. and brought me on to provide news and weather updates. I had attempted to sit in my usual newsroom but he insisted on bringing me into the studio. Seated in the chair next to his, I watched as he brought in callers just out of the blue – no scheduled show – just opened up the microphone and started talking.

No prep. Nothing. The man had a pen and a blank pad of paper. There was nothing on it.

I was in awe.

Working with Bob every day was an absolute pleasure. When Millennium Radio Group sold the station to Townsquare Media and we were all moved to Downtown Toms River, I was still able to interact with him each day.

Bob had a rough exterior but he was all heart.

One summer, I joked that it was a hot day and I wanted to be submerged under water. Bob replied “hey, go home and grab your trunks.”

I spent an afternoon with Bob and Marianne at their pool club. It was fun hanging out with them out of the office. The best was when Bob called me Allen to which Marianne abruptly corrected him “HIS NAME IS JASON!” Then he used “The Toff” which he did every now and again.

Day after day, year after year. Time passes on. Making the decision to leave WOBM was bittersweet. My family was starting to grow and the hours were no longer fitting in with my lifestyle. Waking up at 3 a.m. and working well into the afternoon depending on the news cycle wasn’t working anymore. My last day at WOBM was in February of 2014. I had put

in my notice to take a job at Micromedia.

In classic Bob style, he gave me a big hug and said “you know, they’ll never let you back in here again. But you can come by and visit us anytime.”

After leaving the station, I continued to listen to Bob every chance possible. I last heard him about two weeks ago which would be his last Topic A broadcast before he suffered a fall, breaking four ribs and ending up in the hospital.

The morning of March 1st, I had texted Marianne to see if Bob was well enough to give my reporter a few comments about the 50th anniversary of the station. That’s when I learned he had taken a turn for the worst. He passed away later that day. I was stunned. I sat at my desk crying, we prepared an obituary for our website and I drove home in tears. I also cried when talking to my wife about some of the memories I shared with you in this editorial.

This past Sunday, WOBM aired a special Topic A hosted by his successor Jeremy Grunin and Kevin Williams. They took phone calls from loyal listeners and shared their memories of Bob. I was in tears for most of the show, realizing he touched so many lives in different ways. He became a true staple of Sunday mornings and an Ocean County institution.

I can go on and on about Bob but there’s not enough room in the paper or on the website. Bob Levy was a truly great person.

Despite a self-deprecating gruff exterior, he was all heart and cared about people whether they were close to him or not. I am truly grateful for the time I spent with Bob. He would end each edition of Topic A every Sunday with “know this, I’m out of here.” This time, he really is…but he will never be forgotten. Thanks Bob, for everything!

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY F EATURED L ETTER Help Support A Historic Treasure

Dear Friends of The Historic Village at Allaire, Since 1957 our non-profit organization has endeavored to recreate 19th century history of the life and times of James P. Allaire, together with a touch of early 20th century history of journalist Arthur Brisbane.

Mr. Brisbane and his estate were the eventual benefactors of the lands of what is now ‘The Historic Village at Allaire’ situate within Allaire State Park and Mr. Brisbane’s descendant family members still ardently support the Village.

The Village is not funded by the state so each year we must keep the Village alive by your generous memberships, by your attendance at our flea markets, craft shows, chapel concerts, events, festivals and demonstrations; support of fundraisers like the Raffle Quilt or the annual Stocking Stuffer. We offer a host of opportunities to the community. Would you like to join as a member of the Auxiliary and help at numerous events? Does your high school student need community service as a schooling requirement or your college student want an internship in the Village? Do you have an interest in history and enjoy dressing the part of someone in the 1830s? We

have orientations to learn the history of the Village to become tour guides of our historic buildings. Our various guilds need volunteers to help tend the gardens; or perhaps your interests lie in music, New Jersey militia, old time baseball, or hearth cooking. We have many places in the Village to speak to your creative side.

If time does not allow you to be on site you may still be part of the family of Allaire Village through a membership. Yearly memberships are a major source of funding that allows the Village to run properly and help to finance our activities such as needed coal for the blacksmith, materials for the tinsmith and carpenter, as well as a host of other operating expenses. There are various levels of membership that will fit anyone’s budget and offer you wonderful opportunities and lifelong memories.

Please visit our website (allairevillage.org) or call the staff office at 732-919-3500 to inquire and learn about the benefits of membership and volunteering. Thank you for your support.

Linda Cafone, AVI Membership Chair, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of AVI, President of Allaire Village Auxiliary

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Letters To The Editor Plastic Bag Ban Won’t Solve Problems When this administration attempted to ban these single use bags a few years ago, they were sued and apparently could not do such an interesting but an unreasonable plan.

The administration under John Spodofora as mayor, indicated that the council and he would be taking comments both for and opposed for the next several months. Even though the ordinance 2018-06 was already voted on during a recent council meeting.

As an executive packaging specialist since 1959, I not only witnessed the major shift towards poly and plastic materials that have continued to package products in a wide range of sensitive products.

That said, here are a few facts to better understand the potential negative impact on banning single-use poly-bags.

A poly-bag ban will mean a shift to paper-bag format in a wide number of outlets. That can lead to this very interesting result. An average 8-inch diameter tree trunk to a usable height of 45-feet applying the simple ttr2 formula to yield the cross-section area and multiplying it by the height, we have discovered that this dead tree contains roughly 10 cubic feet of wood that is translated to paper. It would take about eight of these trees to produce 1,000- 2,000 pounds of paper. Based on a typical 500 sheet of paper the pounds would amount to about 20,000 sheets of paper.

On the surface this doesn’t sound all that bad ... but as of a 2014 study the country has produced over 20.7 million tons of paper taking over 100 million trees and more, should this arbitrary intent to ban poly-bags and not realize their planned concept.

Summarized, the extra cost of paper bags, that are never recycled, the cost will be factored into our already rising market shipping costs ... poly-bags are widely reused for many practical needs.

The recent news for a plan to increase gas taxes, the rising cost to live in Ocean County region, with over 2,000 homes in foreclosure alone.

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Letters Thebloodshed Editor place to live ... not so To much continuing in our treating symptoms of the for struggling seniors, and with the coming rise in property taxes, taxes that have been stuck at a high level for many years.

Get down to real issues of keeping our township’s cost down, the recent 2017 (10 months alone) annual paying of bills in the amount exceeding $130 million, on top of our approved 2017 municipal budget at $45.6 million.

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Gun Violence: Enough is Enough Presidents have been assassinated, members of Congress have been shot and scores of innocent school children have been murdered in their classrooms. Regrettably, our elected officials inside the Beltway are highly unlikely to pass meaningful and comprehensive legislation to address the growing gun violence epidemic in our country. At the present time, when compared to other developed countries, America is at the top in the following measures: number of guns per 1,000,000 persons, number of mass shootings and firearm death rate.

Clearly, gun violence is a very complex problem and there are no quick fixes. However, zero doubt a series of very strict laws focused on the sale of weapons (especially semi-automatic weapons) and removal of weapons from individuals who pose a significant risk to themselves and others would be a sound start. We the people can drive the required change. The New Jersey Assembly is considering seven bills (A-1016, A-1181, A-1217, A-2757, A-2758, A-2759 and A-2761) to help protect our families.

As always, the devil is in the details. Hopefully, these measures as written do not have any loop holes or exclusions ( eg are applicable to all guns sales including licensed dealers, gun shows, internet sales, third party sales, etc.).

It’s is up to all of us to become part of the solution by demanding our elected state officials in the Assembly and Senate, as well as our governor, swiftly pass robust legislation to help end the

country, state, county, town and most importantly our schools.

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Marijuana Smoking Hypocrisy Governor Murphy, Please explain to me how we as a country have “criminalized” cigarette smoking and look down our noses at anyone who lights up, but now you are cheerleading the use of recreational marijuana.

Don’t the majority of recreational marijuana users smoke it?

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The Loss of Virtue “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” This quote from Benjamin Franklin is more applicable today than ever in the history of the nation. Has progressivism made us more civilized with the secularization of America or have we actually regressed and lost our virtue to an ‘anything goes’ society where fewer and fewer care to be responsible for themselves or their own actions?

The rule of law and the Constitution have been so ignored and disobeyed by our politicos and bureaucrats that the example set before the people is deplorable. Too many of our people are falling prey to the siren of a democracy run amok. The first and second amendments in the Bill of Rights are under constant attack while the fourth and tenth amendments have been eviscerated to the point of absurdity.

The masters are already in place; they are biding their time, waiting, as the people themselves give up their god given rights. Two Franklin quotes sum it up: “When you run in debt, you give to another, power over your liberty,” and “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

We are at the tipping point,

disease rather than addressing the true causation, the escalating loss of virtue. For those who believe the people will get it right and goodness will triumph over evil, I have one final quote: “Where liberty dwells, there is my country!” Quoth the Franklin, evermore.

James M. Spickard Little Egg Harbor

MacArthur’s Foreign Policy Questioned I didn’t think Congressman Tom MacArthur could inspire this much outrage in me again. Really he wore me down with months of fighting for my life while he tried to take my healthcare away. I eventually stopped taking it personally realizing he is trying to kill everyone with all his policies (guns, taxes, disability rights, and his 94% backing of an administration whose EPA is set on poisoning us...)

But, now I’m triggered again! I’m a conservative Jewish constituent who has lived in Israel and I recognize we can have different views.

I have appreciated not having the threat of a nuclear Iran the past few years. My problem is with his Orwellian presentation of his delusions that supporting a 2-state solution and the multi-national Iran nuclear deal is not mainstream. MacArthur pretends to question Andy Kim’s Israel position (fairly obvious if J Street endorsed him, duh!), but won’t take questions from the constituents he is supposedly serving!

Just like he was left with skidmarks on him as the last man standing trying to defend the tax bill, in the days following this attack the far right group AIPAC, that MacArthur thinks is acceptable, moved towards the center in accepting a 2-state solution in an attempt to regain some of their lost supporters.

Why does MacArthur want a nuclear Iran? MacArthur supports Trump, Trump supports Russia, Russia supports Iran.

MacArthur will always pick the policy that kills people.

Why else could MacArthur want a nuclear Iran?

Gail Cohn Toms River

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JCP&L Spending $357 Million To Strengthen Electric System

By Kimberly Bosco MORRISTOWN – Jersey Central Power & Light is planning major infrastructure projects within its 13-county service area throughout central and northern New Jersey for the 2018 year. JCP&L has allocated $357 million for these projects.

“Our infrastructure work and inspections enhance the reliability of our electric system, further minimizing the duration and frequency of service interruptions our customers might experience,” said Jim Fakult, president of JCP&L. “In 2017, on average, JCP&L customers experienced about one outage lasting less than two hours in duration, which is better than the reliability standards established by the state utility commission.”

These projects also hope to reduce the number and the duration of power outages in the areas serviced by JCP&L. Some of the major infrastructure improvements are: Replacing 40 automated control units at various substations. These units can be operated remotely from a company dispatch center for $7.3 million. This equipment allows operators to restore power more quickly and efficiently.

Enhancing security systems at seven substations for 14.3 million.

Completing underground and overhead circuit improvements in Morris County for $10.3 million.

Replacing 24 substation circuit breakers to automatically disconnect from the system when a problem occurs, for $6.6 million. This will help reduce the number and duration of power outages.

Upgrading over 90 circuits for $4.7 million.

JCP&L plans to add remote-control devices to automatically restore service, install animal guards on poles and in substations, install lightning arrestors to help protect the system

Rhythm N’ Sound Concert To Honor Memory Of Friends Of The Berkeley Library Member

BERKELEY – The Berkeley Branch of the Ocean County Library will host the musical group Rhythm N’ Sound at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 12.

Rhythm N’ Sound will perform hits from the 1940s through the 1980s. Join us for this special concert sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. The performance is dedicated in memory of one of their longtime members, Geraldine Carano.

The Friends will give a brief speech about Carano before the concert starts. The group will also host a membership recruitment table during the event.

The branch is located at 30 Station Rd. The program is free but registration is required.

To register, call 732-269-2144 or visit theoceancountylibrary.org

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from bad weather, and replace poles, cross arms and wire, as needed.

Upgrading and replacing distribution oilfilled circuit breakers with newer, more efficient equipment.

Adding new equipment to increase capacity at a substation in Ocean County Installing new “smart” equipment at 54 sites.

Upgrading remote control equipment and adding new circuits to help add redundancy in Morris and Monmouth counties.

Last year, JCP&L spent approximately $308 million on certain infrastructure projects relating to both small and large transmission and distribution projects. JCP&L’s plans for 2018 include wide and varied improvements.

JCP&L is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy. For more information on JCP&L or FirstEnergy, visit firstenergycorp.com and follow on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.

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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Berkeley Marks African American History Month

–Photo by Chris Lundy From left, Councilwoman Judith Noonan, Michael McNeil, and Mayor Carmen Amato speak about African American History Month and local work being done.

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The town’s governing body honored a representative of the NAACP as part of their dedication to African American History Month in February.

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Mayor Carmen Amato thanked McNeil for his help in reinvigorating the Manitou Park section of town, in addition to other work he has done.

Berkeley Teachers & ESP Of The Year BERKELEY – The Berkeley Township School District recently announced the 2018 Teachers of the Year and Educational Support Personnel of the Year. These individuals are: • Mrs. Jennifer Herner of Bayville School • Mr. William Turanyi of Berkeley Township Elementary School • Ms. Melissa Davenport of Clara B. Worth

School • Mrs. Anna McDowell of H & M Potter School • Mrs. Vicky Tillett as Educational Support Personnel The BTSD would like to congratulate each of these teachers and ESP on their achievement!

Spring Break Bonanza

BEACHWOOD – Spring has sprung, and so have we! Itching for something to do with your kids during their spring break? Looking for a fun and fast activity to take with you after your visit?

Join us for Spring Break at the Nature Center, Jakes Branch County Park, as we do some quick make and take activities and crafts sure to put

a smile on their face and a spring in their step.

No pre-registration required. Admission is free.

All events are from 2-3 p.m.: • April 2: Bubble Art • April 3: Paint with nature • April 4: Recycled garden crafts • April 5: Mini nature journals • April 6: Tiny terrariums

“Night Of The Stars” At Jakes Branch

BEACHWOOD – Spend the night under the stars with ASTRA, the Atronomical Society of the Toms River Area. Whether you’re a budding astronomer or simple a casual stargazer, this night is for you.

Volunteer members of the club will be on site to share their out-of-this-world knowledge and answer your questions about the great unknown. They will have telescopes that will leave your mind reeling in amazement

from the views. Feel free to bring your own telescope.

This event is for all ages. Admission is free, no registration required.

Nature Center at Jakes Branch County Park: April 14, 8-10 p.m.

May 5, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

June 16, 9-11 p.m.

Cloverdale Farm County Park in Barnegat: June 2, 9-11 p.m.

Genealogy Lessons

BERKELEY – The Berkeley Branch of the Ocean County Library conducts genealogy lessons by appointment. Patrons can register by calling 732-269-2144 or visiting theoceancountylibrary.org.

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NJ Will Seek Public Input On Marijuana Schedule 1 Classification

By Jennifer Peacock NEWARK – New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs will soon seek public input on whether to reschedule marijuana out of its current “Schedule I” classification.

The state’s appellate division of the Superior Court has ruled that the division has the authority to reevaluate how marijuana is classified under state law. The ruling didn’t dictate that the division must reschedule cannabis.

Drugs are classified on a scale from I to V.

Currently, marijuana is a Schedule I drug, in league with heroin and LSD. The category contains substances that have a high potential for abuse and have no accepted medical use for treatment in the United States. Exceptions are made for treatments under medical supervision.

The court ruled that the state can change its classification despite the federal law.

An announcement on how the public can offer input will be made in the coming weeks.

Holiday City South Singles Ventriloquist Magician Comic Event

BERKELEY – Holiday City South presents a lunch with John Pizzi! This ventriloquist magician comic has been featured on Americas Got Talent, “Late Night” With David Lettermen, and Showtime’s “Comedy Club Network.” He has even been featured at Carolines, Las Vegas, and the Borgata, Atlantic City!

Purchase a ticket to attend this lunch event held on April 22, from 1-4 p.m. Tickets for the show and lunch are $29. There will be an assorted sandwich platter, a toss salad, and assorted desserts.

Tickets are available Fridays from 9-11 a.m. at the Clubhouse or you can call Veronica at 732995-4415 or Lois at 732-330-3421.

Student Suspended For Threatening Lyrics

By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – A student wrote a song with threats in the lyrics and was suspended, a school official said.

The student, who was 16, had written a rap

song that had threats in it, Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides said. The incident was on Feb. 23 and he was suspended that day.

Police were notified. There was no weapon involved, Parlapanides said.

Easter Egg Hunt BEACHWOOD – Come out to Mayo Park on March 25, 2018 from 1– 2 p.m. for an Easter Egg Hunt!

There will be Egg Hunts for ages 3 and under, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. There will also be hunts for

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Special Event To Help Seniors Living At Home

WHITING – Mark your calendar to attend our information session on Wednesday, March 21 at 10-11:30 a.m. at the Arista Care Center, 23 Schoolhouse Road in Whiting.

Light refreshments will be served and there will be an orientation for new volunteers.

Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey (CVCJ) is a non-profit agency is committed to enabling the homebound elderly of Ocean County remain living independently in their home. As a senior yourself or a spouse, partner or friend taking care of a non-driving elderly member of our community, there is help available. There is no charge for the services and there is no income eligibility.

At this session, CVCJ will review all the services that are available, how the program works and the variety of volunteer opportunities for those who wish to join the volunteers who provide services to our homebound seniors in Whiting, Manchester and Berkeley. You will also meet some of the volunteers who currently serve our community.

CVCJ volunteers provide:

• Round trip transportation to medical appointments (volunteers use their own car).

• Grocery shopping (they shop for you, once every two weeks).

• Friendly visits and phone calls to those who feel lonely and live far from their families.

• Caregiver Canines Pet Visitation provides in-home volunteers and therapy dog visits.

In addition, we also offer our frail and elderly residents the following services: Alzheimer’s Respite Care Program: this program offers Caregivers of those living at home with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or chronic illness to get relief from their incredible stress and burden on a weekly basis.

Veteran to Veteran: our volunteer Veterans are matched with a Veteran for all our services Multicultural Outreach: we have diverse and bilingual staff members.We provide education and outreach to minority communities.

For more information or to reserve your spot at this special session, call CVCJ at 732-505-2273.

The OceanCares Foundation

OCEAN COUNTY – The OceanCares Foundation is made up of an all-volunteer board of trustees working to raise awareness and funds in support of Ocean Mental Health Services to build a stronger, happier, healthier community.

Some of the services the Foundation has funded include: Pet Therapy Art Therapy Program Equine Therapy Food Pantry CREST Closet (personal hygiene/clothing

for consumers in need) Consumer Socialization Programs Consumer Gardening Programs Program Enhancements Continuing Education Workshops for OceanMHS Staff and other Mental Health Professionals If you would like to continue to learn more about the OceanCares Foundation, OceanMHS or how you can get involved, please connect with us at OceanMHS.org or call 732-3495550.

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Psychic Fair Presented by HCB First Aid Auxiliary

BERKELEY – The HCB First Aid Auxiliary is holding another Psychic Fair Saturday, April 28, from 11:30 to 5 p.m. at Holiday City Berkeley Clubhouse II, at the corner of Barbados and Port Royal Drive, Toms River.

Funds raised will be donated to the HCB First Aid Squad. Coffee and cookies will be served.

Tickets are $20 per 15 minute session. Sessions are by appointment only. Appointments book up fast! We will have eight Psychics available.

Their field of expertise includes: Margaret Steele: She performs Angel Card Readings and automatic handwriting to contact your personal loved ones in Heaven. She is a certified Reiki Master, who also uses crystals to perform healing sessions on people and animals.

Madame Wanda: She is a Spiritual reader from a long ancestral background of psychics. She has been reading Tarots for more than 15 years.

In New York, she studied spiritual readings under a minister. She deals in herbal medicines and spiritual healing.

Carol Hellings: She is a professional psychic reader practicing for many years. She is a certified astrologer and published on Palmistry.

She appeared on television, radio, and taught classes in psychic development.

Amanda: She is a Psychic Reader and Spiritual advisor. She can read past, present and

the future giving names, dates and places.

She specializes in Palm, Tarot Cards and Aura reading and is gifted in Chakra, Balance and Spiritual cleansing.

Marie Militello: She combines the Fan of Life which tells your fortune through blades of wood etched with pictures and antique fortune telling cards. Both the sticks originated in Italy, and the cards date back to 1937. They have been passed down to Marie from her mother.

Peggy Brennan: She is a Evidential Medium, licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Reiki Master. As a EM, Peggy’s mission is working with spirit to connect her clients with their loved ones on the other side and bring them healing messages to help them on their life path. As a LCP she has extensive counseling experience, especially with children from K-12th grade.

Robin: She is a Spiritual Medium and a reader of Akashic Records. Since she was very young she has been sensing and hearing spirits. Her gift has allowed her to communicate with loved ones that have crossed over and help the living find peace. She also reads Tarot cards and has 10 years’ experience.

To make an appointment or for more information, contact Madeline Wesolowski at 732-797-0686 or Madweso@comcast.net. If necessary, please leave message and she will get back to you.

Emmanuel Community Church Easter Service Schedule

BAYVILLE – Emmanuel Community Church located at 331 Wheaton Ave. in Bayville will be observing the Easter season with an Easter Musical titled “Road to Calvary” A Journey of Grace and Resurrection.

They will present their program on March 18 at 8:30 and 10 a.m. The Adult and Children’s choir, and the Children’s Bell Choir will be performing.

Come out and celebrate with us on Friday

March 30 at 7 p.m. for a Good Friday service, and on Sunday April 1 at our Sunrise Service at 5:30 a.m. at Veterans Park in Bayville. This service will be followed by Easter services at 8:30 and 10 a.m. at the church.

All are invited to attend these services filled with the Lord’s message and music. Nursery will be provided.

For more information visit ECCBayville.org or contact the office at 732-269-5690.

Spring Fling At Holiday City South

BERKELEY – Join the Holiday City South Men’s Club for a Spring Fling on May 5, 2018 from 5-9 p.m.

This event will be catered by Tee Time Caterers. The menu includes chicken cordon bleu, salmon, rigatoni Bolognese, beef with cognac

sauce, red potatoes, green beans, Caesar salad, rolls and butter, coffee, tea and water, and cake. This event is also BYOB and will have entertainment by Wild Rose!

The cost is $27 per person. Tickets go on sale March 2.

Support Group For Survivors Of Suicide Loss

BEACHWOOD – Forever In Our Hearts, an organization to support those who have lost ones to suicide, is holding monthly meetings the second Saturday of each month at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 130

Cable Ave, Beachwood. The meeting time is 1 p.m.

For more information visit our page at facebook.com/ForeverNRHearts or call 732-269-3236.

South Toms River Easter Egg Hunt

SOUTH TOMS RIVER – Come join South Toms River Youth Baseball and The STR Area Optimist Club for our first annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 11 from 12-2 p.m. at the South Toms River Recreation Center, 1

Drake Lane.

There will be refreshments, 50/50 drawing and door prizes. Meet your neighbors and have family fun.

For more information call 732-330-2104.

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New Jersey Natural Gas Encourages Customers To Always Call 811 Before They Dig NEW JERSEY – New Jersey Natural Gas is reminding homeowners and contractors – whoever is going to dig – to call 811 at least three business days prior to excavating to ensure all public underground utilities are properly marked. It’s free and it’s the law.

Careless digging can result in the disruption of vital services, property damage, repair costs, fines and even injuries. According to the Common Ground Alliance, every six minutes an underground utility line is damaged because someone decided to dig without first calling

811. Every digging project requires a call to 811 and should only begin after the site has been marked.

Dialing 811 will connect residents to New Jersey One Call, which notifies the appropriate utility companies of their intent to dig.

Professional locators will then visit the dig site to mark the approximate locations of underground utilities with flags, paint or both.

Yellow indicates a natural gas line.

“With spring here, and home and business owners eager to start outdoor projects, we strongly encourage everyone to call 811, no matter the size of the project” said Mariellen Dugan, chief operating officer at New Jersey Natural Gas. “Most importantly, by calling 811, homeowners and professionals are making an important decision that can help keep them and their communities safe.”

During National Safe Digging Month, and throughout the year, NJNG encourages homeowners to take the following steps before beginning to dig: Always call 811 at least three, but not more than 10, business days prior to the start of digging, regardless of the depth of the dig or familiarity with the property.

Before digging, confirm the markout has taken place. Yellow indicates the presence of underground natural gas lines.

Respect all markings. Take a photo of the markout because inclement weather may wash away painted markings. Move the location of the project if it is near utility line markings.

Dig with care – hand dig within two feet of marked underground utility lines.

For more information about 811 and safe digging practices, visit nj1-call.org or the My Safety section of njng.com. In the event of damage to a natural gas pipeline immediately call 911 followed by a call to NJNG at 800-GAS-LEAK (427-5325).

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

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By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

The pain associated with autoimmune diseases is very difficult to treat. Nerve pain is one of the most difficult, tragic types of pain a person can experience and it’s common in multiple sclerosis or MS for short.

MS is still poorly understood, even though there are treatments available. It’s becoming clear that full body (systemic) inflammation is at the root of autoimmune disorders including MS. The body is on fire. Contributory factors might include a food allergen, environmental toxin, The Pill, or pathogen.

Regardless of “how,” the pathology is such that there’s a loss of regulatory T cells and a breakdown of your intestinal barrier leading to more permeability and the leakage of undigested food proteins from casein and gluten. There’s a breakdown in the barriers that surround your brain and spinal cord.

Histamine goes up which adds to pain and inflammation.

I have a very comprehensive version of this article (over 4,000 words) and I’m happy to give it to you if you sign up for my free newsletter at suzycohen.com. You can sign up at suzycohen.com and the complete article will be sent to your email. In the meantime, here are four natural ways to put the MS fire out: 1. Cinnamon It’s top of the list because animal studies show how well it reduces nasty pro-inflammatory compounds like IL-17 which is elevated in folks with MS. We also know the painful symptoms of MS occur, in part,

from demyelination which causes a failure in the conduction of electrical impulses.

This is akin to an electrical cord that gets plugged into the outlet, but the cord is missing the outer wrapping so you can see the wires inside. It hurts when plugged in!

Cinnamon helps with pain, and surprisingly it might reduce levels body ammonia too.

2. Balance and Eye Movement Exercises People with MS who do balance and eye movement exercises might feel more steady on their feet. Participants in a study were given computer-based eye movement and balance tests, as well as at-home balance and visual stability was improved.

3. The Mediterranean Diet Just take me to Greece! The Mediterranean diet is famous for heart health, as well as a reduced incidence of cancer, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. A diet like this provides nutrients and healthy fats which support intestinal health while creating more of that protective myelin.

The Mediterranean Diet was studied on MS sufferers and the results were very positive.

4. Vitamin D Vitamin D is useful in modulating and balancing the immune system. Patients with higher vitamin D in the first year of diagnosis had a slower rate of progression.

They faired out better long term. In other words, the better the D status, the slower or milder the symptoms for that person.

By the end of the 5 year study, the patients with vitamin D levels above 50 had fewer new active brain lesions. Pretty awesome considering sunshine is free!

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Change Detector Batteries When Changing Clocks This Sunday is Daylight savings time. I also would like to remind residents that it’s time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

It is very important that residents change these detector batteries every 6 months.

As an added incentive, Berkeley Township will be offering, free of charge, a limited amount of 9-volt and Double A (AA) batteries to township residents. They will be available on a fi rst come fi rst serve basis, while supplies last.

Residents are limited to two 9-volt and/ or six Double A (AA) batteries per household. Residents will be required to fill out a form. Batteries are available to residents and can be picked up at the Fire Prevention Bureau offices located on the fi rst floor of Town Hall between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday - while supplies last. The batteries were purchased with monies received by the township for fi nes assessed to violators. For additional information residents can call the Fire Prevention offices at: 732-244-7400 ext. 1235 Property Taxes Can Be Paid On-Line Property taxes can now be paid online.

This is a fairly new feature my administration has implemented. Taxpayers can now pay their taxes by E-Check or credit card via the internet. For many years, residents have made this request to the township. In order to accomplish this, a small investment was needed in updating old antiquated software. The software is now in place and thus far, many residents have used this service. To pay your taxes online, please visit our website: berkeleytownship. org. Or for more information residents can call the Tax Collector’s Office at (732) 2447400 ext. 1240.

Prescription Drop Off At Police Headquarters I am urging Berkeley residents, once again, to clean out their medicine cabinets and safely dispose of their unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications at our drop-off box located at the Berkeley Township Police Department, 631 Pinewald-Keswick Road, next to our Town Hall. For the last few years, our township has participated in “Project Medicine Drop” where we collected unused, unwanted and expired medications at a convenient drop off location twice a year.

Now we have a prescription drug drop box installed at our police station, which will allow our citizens to dispose of their unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications safely and securely 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. For additional information, you can call the Ocean County Board of Health at 732-3419700, ext. 7224.

Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections I am pleased to announce our continuing collaboration with the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department in offering Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections in Berkeley Township. The next scheduled inspection is Wednesday, March 14th from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Bayville Volunteer Fire Co., located on Route 9 in Bayville.

These inspections are free of charge.

Ask yourself the following questions: Is my child’s safety seat properly installed in my vehicle? Is the safety seat I am using the right seat for my child? Is my child securely seated in his/her safety seat? Is my child ready for a booster seat? Is my child ready to safely travel in a vehicle without a booster seat? Can my child be placed in the forward facing position before he/she is two years old? Is there a “BEST” car seat for my child? If you are not sure of any of these questions, stop down and one of our Certified CPS Technicians will be there to assist.

NJ Veterans’ Benefit Guide Available I’m pleased to report that many Berkeley Township veterans have taken advantage and picked up this free guide. As you know, Berkeley Township is home to one of the largest veteran populations in the state of New Jersey. Many veterans may not be aware of certain benefits, entitlements and services they may be entitled to. The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs have assembled a guide which is full of this valuable information.

The New Jersey Veterans’ Benefits Guide is still available at Town Hall and we have provided a link on our township’s web site.

I encourage all veterans to visit berkeleytownship.org, or next time you’re in Town Hall, pick up a copy. I am extremely grateful for all of our military service personnel and our veterans who have served our country. I want to make sure every veteran is aware and receiving the benefits and services, they are entitled to.

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Book:

Continued From Page 1 at Nite, where today, Full House, Friends and Two and Half Men are considered old school.

So as a child in the late ‘80s, Jankowski feasted on old episodes of The Patty Duke Show. He watched other projects of hers, including The Miracle Worker.

Twenty years ago, the 17-year-old Jankowski found Duke’s contact information in a book at Barnes & Noble, and wrote her a letter in which he included his email address.

“So I sent off the letter, and didn’t tell anyone about it,” Jankowski said in a phone call from his Pennsylvania home. “Four or five days later I received an email from her husband [Michael Pearce] saying it was the nicest fan letter she had ever gotten. Here’s our email.

Let’s stay in touch.”

And they did, so much so that Duke would refer to Jankowski as her “godson” to friends, and collaborate with him on a book of her decades’ worth of memories in Hollywood.

The book, In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress, came out in February.

Duke, called by her first name Anna by those closest to her, including Jankowski, died March 29, 2016 at the age of 69. Media reported the cause as sepsis. She had been sick for a long time.

Their interactions were shaped by the technology available at that time. Before they even met in person, Jankowski got Duke to agree to a three-hour AOL chatroom. She created a “fake” username for the night and fielded questions from the approximately 35 people Jankowski invited to the chat. Duke’s husband acted as transcriptionist.

Jankowski finally got to meet Duke in person in Montreal, where she was shooting her show’s reunion movie, The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin’ In Brooklyn Heights in 1999. She reprised her dual role as cousins Patty Lane and Cathy Lane, and the original cast joined her.

“Call me stupid or call her a great actress, but I really thought she was two different people,” Jankowski recalled himself thinking as a child watching the original show. He knew Patty was Patty, but thought Cathy was an entirely different actress.

He estimates that over the years, he probably met with Duke at least 30 times in the

course of their friendship. At some point, the friendship grew that he would stay with Duke and her family at their Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, home.

“I knew from seeing her on talk shows, I could see her sense of humor through that, she had a very biting sense of humor,” Jankowski recalled. But sometimes with celebrities, what you see isn’t always what you get. “Through the emails…she was very self-deprecating but not insulting to herself.

She had a good sense of humor. She acted very maternal, and you could tell that even in the email.

“When I met her, I wasn’t nervous. I was excited about meeting her, but somehow I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed,” Jankowski said.

When he finally met Duke in person, she was dressed in character as Patty Lane. Jankowski was holding Duke’s dog, a little Yorkie, when he was introduced to her by one of the producers of the movie.

“She looked at me with that sweet face and said, ‘Oh, there you are!’ And she gave me a big bear hug. Then she let go and said, ‘What the hell, you came all the way to Canada,’ and she gave me another big bear hug,” Jankowski said.

So as the years passed and their friendship blossomed, Duke would share stories about her time in Hollywood. It was one Christmas in Idaho, after helping Anna and Mike put up their Christmas tree, that Jankowski got up the nerve to ask Duke something in her kitchen.

“I said, ‘Anna, you’ve been telling me all these stories all these years about all these people you’ve worked with or knew—people like Helen Keller, Sharon Tate, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Anne Bancroft—you’ve been telling me these great, wonderful stories.

When you go, these stories go with you,” Jankowski said. “People are starting to forget some of these people. We could help keep the memories alive. She really liked that idea.”

And Duke knew that Jankowski was the go-to Patty Duke expert to help with such a project. They strode down Memory Lane together in 2014, when Jankowski spent 10 days in Coeur d’Alene, recording the interviews about a list of people Jankowski came up with.

They would follow up with phone calls to chat about more people or fill in information.

The finished product, In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress, goes chronologically from the late ‘50s to 2013, when Duke guest-starred in an episode of Glee.

There are some 80 chapters in the book, all titled after movies or other actors Duke worked with. The person Duke was most nervous to speak about, Jankowski said, was Sharon Tate, Duke’s costar in the 1967 film Valley Of The Dolls. The two became close during filming, and maintained that closeness until Tate’s death Aug. 9, 1969.

Duke said Tate was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside.

The two would catch up with each other while Tate’s husband, Roman Polanski, was away on business. Polanski and Tate were actually to have purchased Duke’s Los Angeles home, but that deal fell through. They instead rented 10050 Cielo Drive, where Tate and four others— Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, and Steven Parent—were murdered by the Manson “Family.”

Tate had asked Duke to dinner that night, but she declined. She had strep throat and didn’t want to get her friend or her unborn baby sick.

So while they didn’t share dinner that night, they did share something else: maid Winifred Chapman, who had worked for Duke and was working for Tate as well. Chapman is the one who discovered the murder scene.

“You’d have to build a football field with all the people who were supposed to be there that night,” Jankowski said Duke recalled.

The book was put on the back burner when Duke fell ill and ultimately died. But several months after her passing, Duke’s husband, Michael Pearce, gave Jankowski his blessing to forge on. He had all he needed with the interviews Duke gave; now he just needed told mold it into something readable.

“I think she’d be very proud of [the book].

The chapters I had emailed to her, she was very, very happy with,” Jankowski said. “She felt I had captured her voice very well. And she said, ‘It sounds like me.’”

“Well, it is you.”

More information can be found at pattydukebook.com. In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress is available through online booksellers now.

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OCC Repertory Theatre Company Presents: The World Goes ‘Round

TOMS RIVER – Enter the world of distinguished and celebrated writing team, Kander and Ebb, for The World Goes ‘Round at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts.

The World Goes ‘Round is a stunning revue of the songbook from the multi-Tony award-winning team, with the original production winning three Drama Desk Awards. Five individuals find themselves careening through the world of love, babies, and coffee. From Cabaret to Chicago, the nonstop hit parade features unforgettable

gems, including “Mr. Cellophane,” “Maybe This Time,” “Cabaret” and “New York, New York,” interwoven into a passionate, harmonious, up-tempo evening of musical theatre.

The cost is $20-25. For more information call 732-255-0500. Please note, this show now takes place in the Black Box Theatre.

Performance schedule follows: March 10 & 17 at 8 p.m.

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Barnegat Branch, 112 Burr St.: April 18 and 19 from 4-8 p.m.

Lakewood Branch, 301 Lexington Ave.: April 21from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and April 23 from 4-8 p.m.

Due to a generous donation from Dress Me Up: A Unique Boutique in Forked River, we will have some tuxedo jackets and pants available.

Manahawkin Comic Book Show Returns MANAHAWKIN – Comic book and science fiction fans take note, the Manahawkin Comic Book Show returns to the area on Sunday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 151 Rt. 72 East Manahawkin.

Admissions are $3 per person, and children 12 and under are free. Comics from all eras Golden Age, Silver Age, and Bronze Age up to modern comics – will be available.

There will be more than 20 vendor tables with toys and other collectibles present. Free door prize drawings will be held at noon and 3 p.m.

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Double 117 Studios - Ryan Douglas, Isaiah Puga and Jay Taylor The Star Trek/Science Fiction fan club, USS Challenger, a chapter of STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association.

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Kuniko Yamamoto – Schools N’ Stage TOMS RVIER – Visit the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts, on March 19, 2018 at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., for a performance of Kuniko Yamamoto – Schools N’ Stage.

Kuniko Yamamoto tells Japanese stories and folk tales using music, masks, and mime in a program that explores themes of

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Annual Vendor & Craft Sale TOMS RIVER – The 5th Annual Craft & Vendor Fair for the OCC Cheer Team will be held on March 25 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Ocean County College, Building 29 Gym at 1 College Dr, Toms River.

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Police Chiefs: School Security, Opioids Top Issues

By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – Drugs and guns and related crimes. The problems facing Ocean County police haven’t changed too much from last year, when they convened for the first-ever police chiefs panel at Ocean County College. In its second year now, nine chiefs from around the county talked to criminal justice majors and the public about what’s happening in their respective towns.

“Last year, the primary concern shared across the board by each police department was the heroin epidemic. This issue was also discussed at length this year, as the officers shared how the departments have been responding to this crisis in new and innovative ways which are thankfully reducing the number of opioid related overdoses,” Jennifer Barnes, J.D., a college professor at OCC said. “The other serious issue that the officers discussed this year was ensuring the safety of students. Given the recent tragic event in Parkland, Florida, law enforcement agencies have increased their presence in Ocean County schools. The officers also indicated that additional steps would be implemented going forward to keep children safe in the classroom.”

Heroin “If you would have told me 20 years ago—I’ve been on the job 32 years—if you told me we would be doing this for heroin addicts, I would have said you were crazy.”

Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio said the mindset in law enforcement has changed, because users have changed. Junkies aren’t creeps shooting up in dark alleyways; they are sons, daughters, mothers, fathers living in the ‘burbs, blue- and white-collar families in the grips of opioids.

While enforcement and consequences haven’t been abandoned by law enforcement, some Ocean County police departments have opened their doors for addicts to get help. Brick and Manchester were the pilot sites for the Blue HART program, an addict-recovery program run in partnership with Preferred Behavioral Health in Lakewood and Integrity House in Toms River.

The program has expanded to include Little Egg Harbor, Lacey, Ocean Gate, Point Pleasant Borough and Stafford.

All a person has to do is show up on the department’s designated Blue HART day, and they will be taken to a nearby treatment center.

Riccio said his department, since last year, has had 387 people go into treatment.

“They walk into police headquarters.

They’re addicted to heroin. Many times they come in and they’re worried because they’re going to be dose-sick shortly,” Manchester Police Chief Lisa Parker said. She said they do ask when the last time heroin was used, so they are prepared. “They’re scared. Heroin addicts,

it is a huge step for them, because the police are ‘the bad guys.’”

When Michael C. DiBella became Lacey Township Police Chief two years ago, he knew his department had to crack down on the opioid epidemic. Nearly three-quarters or more of all crimes committed in his jurisdiction were drug-related. His department came up with a five-point plan: enforcement, education, prevention, treatment and recovery.

“Enforcement is important, it is a priority, but enforcement alone is not going to reduce the heroin epidemic,” DiBella said. “That’s a promise.”

Lt. Chris Cornelius of the Lacey Police Department said that enforcement is still important, because if enforcement isn’t pursued, “we’re going to have more and more people in recovery.”

“It takes a toll on the officers, going on these types of calls,” Lakehurst Police Chief Eric Higgins said.

Ocean County has seen a 25 percent decrease in heroin overdoses in 2017, DiBella said. Police throughout the county carry Narcan, a chemical nasal spray which can reverse a heroin overdose.

While the trend shows a decrease in overdose deaths, and connectedly, a decrease in crimes such as shoplifting, schools and police departments continue to work together to create or improve their drug prevention programs. School resource officers have been installed in some districts, while those who have had officers in schools tap them to be more involved in such training of staff and students. Departments that have drug prevention and education programs in school do use D.A.R.E. or L.E.A.P. In Lacey, their high school resource officer does teach alcohol and drug awareness and prevention.

“We have an outstanding SRO in our school district, and it starts with him.

We have to get to the kids when they’re young,” Point Pleasant Beach chief Joseph A. Michigan said.

Guns and school safety The murder of 17 students and faculty in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14 was fresh in everyone’s minds.

“Teachers need to teach, and law enforcement needs to be law enforcement,” Toms River Police Chief Mitch Little said. “There’s no doubt in my mind people can be trained to shoot a target, but they don’t have the length of time and experience they would need when faced with combat-type situations. They’re not doing tactical shootings. It’s not in their mindset. Just like every profession needs to be experts in their profession, and I think that’s where it should stay.”

All the chiefs quietly agreed with Little.

“There’s always going to be a battle about gun control,” Bay Head Police Chief William Hoffman said during Q&A time. “And I always tell everybody, guns (Chiefs - See Page 26)

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And if you like that or not, it’s the truth.”

Higgins’ daughter attends college in Florida. Her college roommate graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year.

“What do we do? We take the lessons learned from down in Florida and we bring it back to our agencies and to our school,” Higgins said. Lakehurst has a K-8 school. “We’re currently in the process of reviewing our school security procedures and protocols.”

Point Pleasant Beach had one SRO and three schools. Now each school has an SRO until the end of the year, “to try to ease the calm of our families, parents, that send their kids to school and expect them to come home every day and be safe,” Michigan said.

He brought another problem, that of church safety and security. On Nov. 5, 2017, Devin Patrick Kelley stormed the First Baptist Church is Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing 26. That shooting prompted many church leaders in Point Pleasant Beach to reach out to the police department. “What are we doing to secure our churches, which is a soft target?”

Michigan and Stafford Police Chief Thomas Dellane organized training provided by New Jersey Homeland Security for church leaders in those respective towns.

For Riccio, it’s a three-part problem: mental illness, the availability of weapons, and victims. Mental illness will never be completely eradicated, and eliminating all guns will never happen, so the best approach is to lessen the likelihood of anyone becoming a victim.

“But I think we’re all missing the boat, and there seems to be a common theme.

Post-shooting, you hear people that are interviewed saying, ‘Yeah, you know that guy? If anybody was going to shoot up the school, it would be him.’ Well, why are we holding on to that information?”

In Brick, the police department has a psychologist who is on retainer. Riccio asked him to teach the department what signs to look for to identify someone who may act out violently. The police will be trained first, and then the program will expand to school staff and students. But why isn’t such behavior being reported?

“I’ll tell you why. Because we’re so politically correct now, that teachers are probably afraid to report things, because ‘bizarre’ has become ‘the new normal.’

Any type of behavior, anything goes.

They’re probably afraid, because if they were to report that person, and they’re wrong, or they’re perceived to be wrong, they’re probably afraid they’re being biased, prejudice, or what have you,” Riccio said. “So we need to overcome that fear.”

New Barnegat Police Chief Keith Germain was also in attendance.

“I think it is an invaluable opportunity for the criminal justice students to hear directly from officers about what it is like to be in law enforcement today.

First-hand knowledge about a profession is such a wonderful chance to learn more about the job they hope to secure one day.

The officers who generously attended the panel discussion are incredible role models for the students - they positively inf luenced the next generation of police men and women by sharing their thoughts and experiences. I hope that upon the conclusion of the panel discussion, the audience left with a firm understanding that law enforcement officers in Ocean County take their responsibly of keeping residents safe very seriously, and that they are dedicated to protecting the public,” Barnes told Jersey Shore Online.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast

For the week of march 10 - march 16

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19): Step up to the starting gate or you may end up at the back of the pack. In the week ahead roll up your sleeves and get down to business. Resting on your laurels will get you nowhere.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Too much of anything is unhealthy. You may be confident in your professional abilities, but need a break this week. Step back from tedious projects to get your bearings before you finish a job.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Sometimes great things need a little push to get started.

You may have doubts as to whether a project is worth starting in the first place. Hold off until mid-week and re-evaluate your plans.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may have plenty of work, but by the end of the week you will have time to spend. Put free time to good use through creative outlets.

Draw a picture, bake a cake or compose a symphony.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A period of indecision and doubt may work out for the best. Don’t be in too much of a hurry to make major purchases. Wait until the last half of the week to make important choices and decisions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Hold off on making major decisions or changes during the next few days. Wait until the second half of the week to enter into agreements, make commitments or hold a crucial meeting.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You might need a hearing aid to detect the voice of experience. Early in the week, you may ignore sound advice where your job or work is concerned. Count pennies carefully in the week ahead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Agree to disagree. Don’t let anyone change your opinions no matter how persuasive their arguments may be. In the latter half of the week your energy levels will be at a higher level.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Even the sharpest shooting cupid misses the mark occasionally. An object of your affection may receive mixed messages about your true intentions in the first half of the week.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Conflicts are best avoided. You may be fighting against conventional wisdom, but what seems like a hopeless situation will seem trivial and meaningless by the middle of the week.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It is possible that you will be challenged to be precise rather than passive. You may feel drawn to shiny, attractive things in the first part of the week, but the beauty may not be lasting.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You may be too understanding for your own good. Your intuitions could be far off base. Wait until the second half of the week to make a promise or begin an important creative project..

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wolfgang puck’s kitchen Start Your Day The Robust Way By Serving Steak For Breakfast

By Wolfgang Puck

I recently learned that, from the earliest days of the U.S. space program, astronauts were served a breakfast of steak and eggs before blasting off on their mission. That made sense to me. Combining a sensible portion of meat with some eggs and a few vegetables gives you a protein-rich, energy-packed start to your day. No wonder the great boxer Muhammad Ali ate a similar meal on the morning of a big fight.

In fact, steak and eggs has long been an American diner favorite. You’ll see it most reliably on the menus of truck stops, where hardworking, long-distance drivers refuel themselves while also refueling their vehicles.

In recent days, the old-fashioned favorite has gained new respect among a particular group of health enthusiasts, as the combination can also fulfill the requirements of a paleo diet.

So I’d like to share one of my favorite ways to prepare steak and eggs. I originally made this breakfast steak with scrambled eggs and red bell pepper relish as a variation on traditional roast beef hash a one that requires less work and is far easier to prepare, as the steak is cooked whole and then sliced just before serving.

Like a hash, the recipe makes a relatively small piece of meat go a long way, as each portion includes just 3 ounces (about 90 g) of beef. S for maximum flavor and tenderness, why not splurge a little and use a really good USDA Prime or Choice grade? For the juiciest results, I always take care not to cook the steak beyond medium-rare doneness - 130 F to 135 F (54 C to 57 C) - and leave it to rest, covered with foil, for a few minutes before slicing, to allow time for the meat fibers to reabsorb the bubbling-hot juices.

To complement the steak, I prepare a simple scramble of eggs combined with some sauteed onion, bell peppers and potatoes. As with the steak, the key to success with the eggs is not to overcook them: Rather than the dry, rubbery curds of egg you often find served in some hurried diners, I like to take a little extra time and pay some extra attention to stir the egg mixture over medium heat and dish them up when they’re cooked through but still creamy.

The crowning touch of the recipe is its red bell pepper relish. A simple yet incredibly delicious combination of bell pepper, onion, fresh herbs, vinegar and olive oil, it’s quickly put together at the start of the recipe’s preparation, then set aside to spoon over the sliced steak just before serving. Because we eat with our eyes before food ever enters our mouth, it adds an extra touch of mouthwatering beauty to a very satisfying first meal of the day.

BREAKFAST STEAK WITH SCRAMBLED EGGS AND RED BELL PEPPER RELISH Serves 4

1 medium yellow onion, minced 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, deveined, and cut into 1/4-inch (6-mm) dice 2 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs such as chives, parsley, and tarragon, plus a few sprigs for garnish 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1/4 cup (60 mL) plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 medium potato, about 5 ounces (155 g), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch (12-mm) cubes 1 12-ounce (750-g) New York steak, trimmed of excess fat 6 large eggs 3 tablespoons unsalted butter First, prepare the relish: In a small nonreactive mixing bowl, combine 1/4 of the minced onion, 1/4 of the diced red pepper, all the chopped herbs, the vinegar, and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside.

In a nonstick pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat. Add the potato cubes and saute, stirring occasionally, until deep golden brown and tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Set aside and keep warm.

In a small skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add the remaining onion and bell pepper and saute, stirring frequently, until the pepper is tender but still crisp, 4 to 5 minutes. Set aside and keep warm.

Season the steak on both sides with salt and pepper, and brush with the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil. Heat a saute pan over high heat, then add the steak and cook until done to your liking, 3 to 4 minutes per side for medium-rare.

When the steak is done, transfer to a platter and cover with foil to rest until slicing.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk the eggs with a little salt and pepper. Stir in the cooked onion, peppers and potatoes. Over moderate heat, melt the butter in a 10-inch (25-cm) skillet. Pour in the potato-egg mixture and cook, stirring frequently, until scrambled to your liking, preferably still somewhat moist.

Adjust the seasonings to taste with more salt and pepper.

To serve, use a sharp knife to slice the steak across the grain into thin slices. Fan the slices around the edge of a warmed platter or warmed serving plates. Spoon the scrambled eggs in the center and garnish them with herb sprigs. Spoon the relish over the meat. Serve immediately.

(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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