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By Kimberly Bosco LACEY – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) hosted an online webinar for those interested in learning a little more about the decommissioning process that accompanies the closing of the Oyster Creek Generating Station.

During the webinar, officials also announced that the date of closure for the station has been moved up yet again, to September 17, 2018.

The webinar took place using the downloadable GoToWebinar software. Listeners could call in to listen to official reports from members of the NRC including: Bruce Watson, Chief of the Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Ray Powell of the Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Zahra Cruz, Project Manager,

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by Kimberly Bosco Beaches, like this one in Long Beach Island, are more likely to resist erosion than in previous years, officials said.

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By Jennifer Peacock ATLANTIC CITY – There were delays due to weather and litigation, but the dune projects in Mantoloking are complete, or near complete, and the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will be in Ortley Beach by August, officials said. It’s part

of a 14-mile project, stretching from Point Pleasant Beach to Island Beach State Park, one of the largest beach-fill projects of dune and berm systems. While that work won’t completely eliminate potential hurricane damage, it will reduce it greatly, as far as direct ocean damage. Mitigating back

bay flooding is a challenge that still needs addressing.

If Superstorm Sandy hit today, exactly how it hit in 2012, the outcome where the work is complete would be different. Mantoloking had the ocean attacking its homes directly, causing those homes to (Shore - See Page 4)

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Stafford Updates Permit Fees

By Kimberly Bosco STAFFORD – At a recent township meeting, the council introduced an ordinance that would establish four levels of new permit fees under the uniform fire code. These fees have not been changed or updated since 2004, according to the ordinance.

Stafford is following suit with the state, which established new rates “to keep pace with the in-

creased cost of fi re prevention services.”

The ordinance amends the township fees to now reflect that of the state: • Type 1: $54 • Type 2: $214 • Type 3: $427 • Type 4: $641 This ordinance will be up for a second reading and fi nal passage at the July 17 meeting.

Barnegat Says “No” To Marijuana

By Kimberly Bosco BARNEGAT – At a recent meeting, the committee passed an ordinance that would restrict the sale, manufacture and farming of marijuana within the township.

Barnegat is establishing their stance against the potential legalization of marijuana, as other local municipalities have done in recent past, such as Berkeley and Point Pleasant Beach.

“We don’t want it here,” said Deputy Mayor Al Cirulli during the meeting.

The ordinance – stating that selling and growing marijuana creates safety concerns – forbids the manufacturing, growing, (Marijuana - See Page 4)

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collapse. The back-bay flooding, which occurred in surrounding areas, flooded homes but didn’t knock them down.

“In the areas that it’s complete, like Mantoloking where that breach occurred, that was one of the first jobs we did…that [breach] won’t occur in those areas,” USACE Project Manager, Philadelphia, Keith Watson said.

“Again, these are storm damage reduction projects. So, I can confidently say the damages in Mantoloking would be greatly reduced from what occurred during Sandy if the same storm hit there again…Our projects take care of more energetic damages from the ocean side. There’s other studies going on now on a regional basis about what can be done to reduce bay flooding.”

Ortley Beach, which had no dunes and “was probably one of the most vulnerable beaches,” also devastated by Sandy, will be in a similarly more-protected state as is Mantoloking now. The project should be completed there by the end of the year, Watson said.

(The work would likely have been completed before the summer shore season if not for the lawsuits, Watson had to add.)

Watson was one of three guests to speak at Stockton University’s “Jersey Shore Beach Report” down in Atlantic City recently. Dr. Stewart Farrell, executive director of the Coastal Research Center at Stockton University, and David Rosenblatt, assistant commissioner of construction and engineering for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, also spoke during a moderated

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Continued From Page 1 cultivation, or farming activities related to marijuana or the sale of marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia within township borders.

It also outlines that any marijuana dispensaries are not allowed within ¼ mile of schools, churches, playgrounds, commercial or residential zones in Barnegat.

With Governor Murphy’s continued talk about legalizing recreational marijuana, many towns have taken it upon themselves to make their position clear, especially when they are against it.

talk by Dr. Michael Klein, the interim executive director of Stockton’s Hughes Center.

“The challenge now is to meet expectations for the future,” Rosenblatt said. “We will also be focused more on the back bay and how to address concerns there.” The goal is to plan regionally and get away from “spot to spot” projects.

The New Jersey Beaches by the Numbers, provided by USACE, Stockton Coastal Research Center, and N.J. Division of Tourism and Travel: • 162,589,905 cubic yards of sand that have been placed on New Jersey beaches. (Based on available data) • $1,239,668,278: the estimated cost of beach replenishment in New Jersey to date. All but about $53 million has been spent since Hurricane Gloria in 1985.

• 106: the number of beach locations that are surveyed twice a year as part of the New Jersey Beach Profile Network.

• 97: the number of miles of developed coastline in New Jersey.

• 30: miles of natural shoreline remaining in New Jersey.

• 8.75 percent of federal beach restoration project costs paid by local municipal governments.

• 65 percent of federal beach restoration project costs paid by the federal government.

• 100 percent of Superstorm Sandy-specific beach restoration paid by the federal government following passage of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act on Jan. 29, 2013.

• $20.6 billion: the amount generated by tourism in the four shore counties (Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean and Monmouth) in 2017, 48 percent of the total $43 billion in the state.

Since the Murphy administration took office in January, 10,000 patients have joined the Department of Health’s Medicinal Marijuana program, for a total of 25,000 patients and 1,000 caregivers participating, according to the governor’s office.

Of the six dispensaries located in New Jersey, the closest medical marijuana dispensary to Barnegat is located in Egg Harbor Township, some 37 miles to the south.

Barnegat’s ordinance makes it clear that the township finds the sale or cultivation of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia in any form a safety concern for its residents.

The ordinance was passed unanimously by the Township Committee.

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Continued From Page 1 Briana DeBoer, Resident Inspector, and Neil Sheehan, Public Affairs Officer.

Powell began the webinar discussion by providing a brief history of the plant. The plant began operation on December 23, 1969. Following AmerGen’s application to the NRC for a 20-year license extension in July of 2005, the timeline is as follows: • April 2009: NRC issued a 20 year license renewal to the plant • January 2011: Exelon (who took control of AmerGen) notified the NRC of intent to permanently close the plant by December 31, 2019.

• February 2018: Exelon announced early closure by October 31, 2018 • July 2018: Exelon moves date of closure up to September 17, 2018.

While the decommissioning process has not begun yet, there are various steps that need to be taken first. Watson outlined these as gaining certifications of permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor, as well as reviewing the PSDAR or the Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR).

The PSDAR was submitted to the NRC on May 21, 2018. It consists of a description

of decommissioning activities planned for the plant, a “high-level schedule” of decommissioning activities, cost estimates, and environmental impacts. You can take a look at the PSDAR for yourself on the NRC website.

In the PSDAR, Exelon stated that the estimated total costs are approximately $1.4 billion. With $945 million already in its decommissioning fund, that amount continues to grow due to investment gains, stated officials.

Although the plant has the ability to begin decommissioning 90 days after the NRC receives the PSDAR, Watson noted during his presentation that Oyster Creek and the NRC “are not planning any decommissioning work in the near future.”

The entire process of decommissioning can take up to 60 years, and is defined as “the process of removing a reactor facility safely from operating mode to a permanent shutdown condition and reducing the residual radioactivity to a level that permits the release of the property for unrestricted use and termination of the license.”

Officials noted that there are two ways that this can be done: either DECON or SAFSTOR. DECON decommissioning is when equipment and structures are removed or decontaminated to a level that permits the

desired unrestricted use for the property.

SAFSTOR is when the plant is placed in a “safe, stable condition and maintained in this state until it is subsequently decontaminated,” to the desired level, according to the presentation. Oyster Creek will be utilizing the SAFSTOR method, which involves dry cask storage of radioactive materials on site.

Cruz stated during her presentation that the main principles of decommission are the protection of the plant, its employees, and the surrounding public.

The Decommissioning Timeline begins with the shutdown of operations and the submission of decommissioning plans, which can be seen in the PSDAR. The actual process of decommissioning happens in four steps: SAFSTOR, transferring the fuel to dry cask storage, decontamination, and then dismantling of the facility. The goal is to allow for the land to be reused, but this may not be viable until up to 60 years from the start of the process.

According to the webinar, Oyster Creek began decommissioning prep back in 2014.

Officials noted that there will be oversight and monitoring procedures in place throughout the decommissioning process.

“The State of New Jersey and the NRC have a long-standing Memorandum of Understanding allowing state representatives

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to observe NRC inspections. Thus, when the facility is eventually cleaned-up, they could elect to observe final NRC closeout radiological surveys,” stated NRC officials in response to questions posed during the webinar.

One of the major concerns for residents with all of these proceedings is what will happen to the spent fuel? How can we get rid of it safely?

Well, Cruz noted that fuel will be removed from the spent fuel pool and stored on-site in dry cask storage systems. These are metal casks that the spent fuel gets stored in that then gets welded up and placed in concrete casks. NRC officials will come out and inspect these regularly.

It takes a few years for spent fuel to cool before it can be transferred into the cask, according to Watson.

Cruz also explained that all safety and security measures in place will remain in place until the fuel is removed from the plant site.

Next Public Meeting The NRC plans to keep the public in the loop with public hearings on the decommissioning process. The next meeting will take place on July 17 at the Community Hall in Lacey Township to discuss the PSDAR.

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

LoBiondo Supported “Compromise Immigration Bill” In House

WASHI NGTON, D.C. –U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (R-2 nd ) issued the following statement after voting for H.R. 6136: Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, which had been dubbed the “compromise immigration

bill,” negotiated between moderate and conservative Republican Members of the House. The final vote failed by 121-301.

“Today I voted YES because to vote no was to reaffirm the status quo of the nation’s immigration laws

which are not working by any metric or observation.

This legislation is not perfect nor everything I would choose it to be; compromises are necessary to advance good policy.

“Today’s bill (would have) codified into law that par-

ents and children detained at the U.S.-Mexico border will not be separated. It provides certainty for DACA recipients, who came to our nation through no fault of their own, so that they can continue to live and work in our great country that

many have only known.

It authorizes and appropriates billions of dollars in federal resources for border security enhancements including physical structures, deployment of technology, and additional personnel. It reforms and

eliminates multiple visa programs which have been increasingly abused.

“I am disappointed the House is unable to come together for a bipartisan solution to the ongoing failures in our immigration system.”

Medicinal Marijuana Program Grows by 10,000 Patients This Year From The Desk Of Governor Phil Murphy T R E N T O N – Te n thousand patients have joined the Department of Health’s Medicinal Marijuana program since the Mur phy Administration began in January - for a total of 25,000 patients and 1,000 caregivers participating.

“By changing the rest r ictive cult u re of the St at e’s Me d ic a l M a r ijuana prog ram, we are now prov id i ng g reat e r access to treatment for those who truly need to be helped,” said Governor Phil Mur phy. “The addition of 10,000 new pat ient s si nce Ja nu a r y demonstrates this administration’s commitment to making the program more responsive to the needs of patients, physicians and dispensaries.”

Of the 10,000 patients who have signed up since January, 6,300 have one of the six new medical conditions added at the end of March: an xiet y, m i g r a i n e s , To u r e t t e’s syndrome, chronic pain related to musculoskeletal d isorders, a nd ch ron ic visceral pain.

A sixth dispensar y

opened in Secaucus June 18 and several satellite A lt e r n at ive Tr e at me nt Center locations are also in the works.

“These numbers ref lect t hat we a re build i ng a compassionate, consumer-friendly program,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal.

The Department is also cont i nui ng its public awareness campaign to let residents k now that the program has expanded. “Talk to your doctor to see if you qualify,’’ a promoted Facebook ad states. The ad started Friday and will run through the summer.

In addition, patients, caregivers and physicians can now access the program across mobile platforms so they can register, uploa d docu ment s a nd make payments on tablets, iPhones and other devices.

“But our work is far from done,” a d de d El n a h a l.

“With the inf lux of new pat ient s, New Jer sey’s medicinal marijuana market needs more competition, choice and greater value - goals that we look

forward to working with all ou r stakeholders to accomplish.”

On June 18, the Department proposed Medicinal Marijuana rules changes to implement Gover nor Murphy’s Executive Order 6 that will expand access to marijuana therapy responsibly, and to thousands more patients who need it.

About 700 of the 28,000 licensed physicians are registered to participate in the program. But, Dr. Elnahal is encouraging the medical community t o e m b r a c e m e d ic i n a l marijuana as yet another therapeutic tool - not an independent or alternative therapy.

As a result, the comm i s sione r i s t r avel i ng around the state to medical schools and hospitals this summer giving special Grand Rounds lectures to medical students, facult y, physicians and clinicians to explain the Murphy Administration’s expansion of the program, as well as research on use of marijuana to treat certain medical conditions.

The first grand rounds lecture was held May 29 at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the ser ies conti nued at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson and Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack Uni-

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Then in mid-September, lectures are scheduled at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Jersey City Medical Center, Virtua Health and the New Jersey Medical School in Newark.

Although research is l i m i t e d , s t u d i e s h a ve shown the marijuana has benef ited patients with chronic pain, cancer, HIV, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, IBD and Rheumatoid A r th r itis, among many other conditions.

“More physicians should look to medicinal marijuana as a safe, effective treatment - and one that can help not only improve

patients’ wellbeing but also combat the opioid c r i si s ,” C om m i s sione r Elnahal said.

T hat’s why Com miss i o n e r E l n a h a l i s e xplo r i ng a d d i ng o pioid use disorder - in concert with Medication Assisted Treatment - to the list of conditions that would allow patients to participate in the program.

The opioid epidemic is the most critical public health challenge facing ou r st at e. O pioid s a r e highly toxic, addictive and caused 2,200 overdose deaths in our state in 2016.

Studies have demonstrated a st rong cor relation

between the availability of medical marijuana and the reduction of opioid prescriptions.

Medical marijuana can help reduce reliance on opioid prescriptions, saving many from a lifetime of addiction and possible overdose death. Two studies in the Journal of t he A me r ica n Med ical Association showed a 6 percent decrease in opioid prescr ipt ion s i n st ates w it h st rong me d ici n a l marijuana laws. Another st udy showe d t h at a c cess to medical marijuana reduced opioid-related deaths by 24 percent compared to states without medicinal marijuana laws.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY Letters To The Editor Remembering Different Good Old Days Gosh, the good old days sound nice. Leaving doors unlocked 24/7, having polite people hold the door, or apologizing when they bumped you.

Of course, being only 72, I don’t remember leaving doors unlocked. Here’s what I do remember: I remember when a man who worked a forty-hour week had enough money that his wife could stay at home and raise the children.

His union made sure that he got overtime pay for working more than a forty-hour week, health care (for himself and his family), healthy and safe working conditions, a two-week vacation every year, paid holidays, and a pension, even in a minimum wage job. I remember when a high school diploma was a guarantee of a job. I remember when those who went to college could work all summer to pay their tuition and have a part time job to pay living expenses. I remember when teenagers got jobs to buy luxuries like cars, instead of working to supplement the family income.

I remember when men stayed with their families instead abandoning families. I remember when divorce was a rarity, instead of being 50 percent of all marriages.

I remember when a Pres-

ident of the United States was elected by the majority of the people, instead of the electoral college. I remember when his wife was a lady, and the president’s children were not part of the administration. I remember when people would not vote for a man who has a record of groping women, or considered it his right, as sponsor, to walk into dressing rooms of unclad beauty contestants without knocking. I remember when no one would vote for a man who had dodged the draft, five times, in a time of war. I remember when a president did not spend 20 percent of his time playing golf and did not make a profit off those golfing trips by charging hotel fees, in his own hotels, for staffers and security people.

I remember when infants were not ripped from their mothers’ arms and given up for adoption when their mothers were convicted for the “crime” of asking to be given refuge from criminal gangs in their country of origin. I remember when we gave political asylum to people, especially women and children, fleeing corr upt governments, dr ug lords, and rebels.

I remember beer sales at the ball park stopped until the anthem fi nished.

I remember when people, especially the president, knew the words. I remember when people had enough respect for the flag that they

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did not wear it as bikinis, tee shirts, caps, or pants. I remember when it was not flown on the wrong side of the pickup truck, or ragged, or dragging the ground, or used as a picnic blanket, beach towel, or advertising campaign.

I remember when civics teachers were allowed to teach more of the Constitution than just the 2nd amendment, and only half of that. I remember when kids were allowed to know what their rights were.

I remember when white supremacists were not allowed to spew their lies and hate. I remember when they held their rallies in the dark, with their faces covered, because decent people were ashamed of them. I remember when political correctness was just good manners, and name calling was bad manners.

I remember when Congress members and Senators represented the people, not just rich donors, foreign interests, and the NRA. I remember when presidents gave up their own business interests to avoid conflict of interests. I remember when a Speaker of the House did not stall bills in committee but allowed them to come to the floor for a vote. I remember when congress did not start interminable wars. I remember when a Supreme Court nominee was allowed a hearing, even when he was not a right-wing republican.

I remember when no politician ever proposed cuts to Social Security and VA. I remember when a president (Richard Nixon) tried to protect clean air and water.

I remember when the Congress spent nearly $80 million on an investigation of whether the president had sex with a legal, consenting adult, unlike the groperin-chief, and members of his family and staff, who are being investigated for treason, five of whom have already pled guilty, while sixteen others have been indicted.

I can remember when the smartest kid in Sky-

Letters To ofThe Editor pre-existing conditions. line School, Solana Beach California, was an illegal immigrant, who went on to become a math teacher.

Today, she would have been deported, and all that talent would have been wasted.

That same school and time went on to produce two nurses, one Marine KIA in Vietnam, three Vietnam veterans, one priest, a cop, and a plumbing contractor - all of whom came here illegally, but all of whom were decent, productive citizens.

Not one of them became involved with drugs or gangs.

In fact, there are more gang members who were born here, of American parents, than there are members who are immigrants, and even the that biggest of bogeymen, MS-13, was actually born in the USA (San Francisco).

I remember when presidents did what was best for the country, not just what was best for the corporations that bought them. I remember when they sent young men off to war knowing what those young men were facing, because they had been there, not fivetime draft dodgers who hid behind daddy’s money. I remember presidents who had dignity, not buffoonery. I remember presidents who had strength instead of bluster, spoke truth instead of stupid lies, and made us proud before our allies and strong before our enemies.

They relied on integrity, not useless walls.

I remember when I was proud to be an American and proud to wear the uniform of the U.S. Army, a uniform that the present occupant of the White House was too chicken to wear.

Myrna F. Arnold Whiting

First, They Came For The Health Care Before ACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or nicknamed Obamacare) 52 million people were uninsurable because

Calling On Conservative Voters In November

62 percent of bankruptcies in the U.S. were medically related. The Trump Administration continues to unravel the ACA piece by piece. Next to go is protection for pre-existing conditions.

Unable to repeal ACA, Trump utilized another tactic. Tucked inside his tax bill, the individual mandate was repealed. People had protested the mandate feeling they were paying for something they didn’t need. We should base our laws on facts, not feelings. The fact that the individual mandate was eradicated results in deconstructing financial support needed to keep ACA viable.

In June, Trump began his attack on the pre-existing clause in the ACA. The Department of Justice followed by declaring it is now unconstitutional because the individual mandate has been removed. Have we so soon forgotten how expensive and how many fatalities ensued for Americans who had no health insurance?

The ACA is popular because it provides protection for those who have pre-existing conditions. It provides essential health benefits which require insurers to cover; annual physicals, doctor services, in-patient and out-patient hospital care, prescription drugs, pregnancy, child birth, mental health and dental coverage for children.

In place of ACA, Trump has proposed cheap, junk plans allowing companies to offer the insured virtually no coverage.

Trump’s admitted line is that if you say a lie often enough people will soon believe it as truth. Stand up America! Protest! Trump and his cronies are working to remove another ACA benefit. They’ll stop at nothing.

League of Women Voters Lotte Scharfman is credited with coining the phrase, “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” Scharfman, a refugee of Nazi Germany, was the League’s president until her death in 1970. She stated that in order for Democracy to “work” you have to participate, you cannot simply be an observer. As the saying goes Americans will cross an ocean to fight a war, but not cross the street to vote, a right that so many have shed their blood and tears.

A low voter turnout is again predicted for this year’s November’s midterm elections.

Being a no show at the polls is the same as surrendering your vote to a neighbor who may not share your values. If you are concerned with the direction of our government now is the time to vote for candidates that defend the police, law and order and family values and reject those that advocate to legalize recreational marijuana, open borders, sanctuary cities, drivers licenses for illegal aliens, taxpayer-funded tuition for undocumented immigrants, higher gas and sales tax, abortion on demand, disrespecting our flag and removing religion from our public discourse.

Voter turnout decides elections. Go to the polls in November and vote for the lawmakers that will exercise fiscal discipline by lowering our highest in the nation property taxes and fully restore the Homestead credit, a benefit that the disabled and seniors on fixed income need to maintain and keep them in their homes.

Jo Meinhart Waretown

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COMMUNITY NEWS C LUB N EWS , A CTIVITIES , E VENTS & A NNOUNCEMENTS

Lacey Cracks Down With Off Road Enforcement Detail

By Kimberly Bosco LACEY – Lacey Police will be cracking down on off-road enforcement beginning this weekend, July 7. Off-road vehicles can be defi ned as ATVs, dirt bikes, etc.

Alongside New Jersey State Police, Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife Bureau of Law Enforcement, Ocean Township Police Department (Waretown) and the Barnegat Township Police Department, Lacey Police will be coordinating off-road enforcement details to prevent off-road vehicles from trespassing on private property and conversation lands, as well as prevent injuries and offenses.

A particular area of concern that will be monitored is a 60 square mile wooded area west of the Garden State Parkway (GSP) in Lacey Township, Ocean Township, and Barnegat Township. The main entry point to this area is located off the GSP in Lacey.

The police enforcement detail will begin July 7 and continue through October.

The detail is not only meant to prevent injury, but also to address public safety

concerns. In 2016, several individuals were arrested by the off-road task force for violating laws in the wooded area.

One individual was even found with numerous fi rearms and various forms of ammunition.

Serious off-road vehicle accidents have also been an issue in this stretch of woods.

In 2016, a 20-year old male passenger suffered a broken neck when his truck flipped over while the group was trespassing on private property.

“With the warm weather and the significant forest fi re concerns, the Lacey Township Police Department is working to quell the anticipated influx of large groups trespassing, who bring trailers full of dirt bikes and ATVs and stage along the powerlines and other areas throughout the western part of Lacey Township, Ocean Township and Barnegat Township,” stated Lacey Chief Michael C. DiBella.

Off-road vehicle operators will need to have written permission from the owner of a private property to ride there, according to police.

Family Promise Of SOC Fundraiser At Calloway’s

STAFFORD – Help Family Promise keep our promise to homeless families in Southern Ocean County by supporting our fundraiser at Calloway’s, Route 9 South, on Friday, July 27, starting at 6:30 p.m.

There will be a buffet dinner, live music, a 50/50 and basket raffles. Tickets for adults are $30 and children 2-10 years are $20. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the door. Seating is limited so best

to purchase ahead of time by visiting the website at fpocstaff.wixsite.com/familypromisesoc and using Pay Pal. Click on Get Involved at the top of page, then events, and select Buy Tickets for either adult or child.

Tickets can also be purchased by calling the FP Day Center at 609-994-3317.

Calloway’s will be offering discount ride tickets for use that evening.

Hooked On Fishing Not On Drugs

HARVEY CEDARS – ASAC Youth Surf Fishing Tournament happening rain or shine on Saturday August 11 in Harvey Cedars Sunset Park. Free registration takes place from 8 to 9 a.m. for ages 5 to 17.

T-shirts provided for the first 200 children to register. Lunch will also be provided as well as gift bags and door prizes. There will also be police displays and other exhibits present after the tournament.

Awards will be presented to the tourna-

ment winners. Bring your own surf rod if you can, as loaner rods are limited.

Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Presented by the Borough of Harvey Cedars, LBI Fishing Club, ASAC For Kids, PBA #175 and #373, Okies Butcher Shop, Surf City Bait and Tackle and LBTPD Community Policing/DARE Program.

For more info call Doug Brown at 609352-0481 or bdbrown57@yahoo.com.

Sail From Beach Haven!

BEACH HAVEN – Unwind with a sail on the AJ Meerwald! Sail from the peaceful, historic city of Beach Haven on July 20 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Help raise the sails, learn about

New Jersey maritime history and ecology or just take in the scenery! For a full day, head to the New Jersey Maritime Museum for more on New Jersey’s maritime heritage!

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Connor C. of Toms River, Dari H. of Barnegat, Jonas J. of Lakehurst, and Jacob S. of Manchester entered the school’s all-purpose room wearing caps and gowns in the colors of their home high schools. Family, friends, staff and fellow students cheered them on.

The graduates received gifts from the Manchester Township Administrator’s Unit and the Manchester Township Education Association. They also received numerous awards, including a varsity letter from Manchester

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Holidays at Nemours Mansion & Longwood Gardens Bus Trip

LACEY – The Friends of Lacey Library are sponsoring a bus trip to enjoy the holiday displays at the Nemours Mansion in Wilmington, Delaware and Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania on Thursday, November 29, 2018.

The bus leaves 8:45 a.m. from the Lacey Branch of the Ocean County Library, located at 10 E. Lacey Road, Forked River. The bus returns to the library approximately 8:45 p.m.

The cost is $85 and includes transportation, a guided tour of the Nemours Mansion, admission to Longwood Gardens, and bus driver’s tip. Late lunch or early dinner is on your own at one of the Longwood Gardens restaurants.

Full information, itinerary, and registration forms are available at the Lacey Branch. First come, first served. The deadline is October 19.

No refunds unless someone on the waiting list can take your place.

Jersey Fresh Farmers’ Market

LACEY – Come out for the Jersey Fresh Farmers’ Market on Fridays, July 12 through September 13 from 12-5:00 p.m. Rain or shine!

Produce is picked fresh in the morning and brought to you that afternoon to the Community Hall parking lot on the corner of Route 9 and

Lacey Road.

Participating Farmers: Farmer Al’s, Krowicki’s, Cranberry Hall Farm, Eckert’s Corn, and the “bread man.”

For additional information call 1-609-5489515.

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Artist Showcases Her Work At Lacey Library

LACEY – The Lacey Branch of the Ocean County Library featured the varied artwork of Brick artist Nicole Whitcraft-Warren during the month of June.

Warren’s art focuses on realism, using watercolor, acrylics and colored pencil. She is “self-taught” and began drawing horses which is still a passion of hers. She said she has been drawing all her life.

The artist brought nearly 40 pieces to the branch. Her work has previously been on display at the Long Beach Island Branch in 2017.

Warren said she has painted murals for area businesses and at one time lived on a houseboat with her husband in Forked River and is inspired by aquatic scenes.

The artist hopes to bring her wide variety of work which has featured scenic scenes of Hawaii, mermaids, frogs, Asian dragons and floral arrangements to area galleries and at other branches of the Ocean County Library.

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Following your cruise, enjoy some time on your own at Chelsea Market. Don’t forget to bring along a little cooler to pack up all your market finds. Departs from Lacey Community Hall, Route 9N and Lacey Road, Forked River at 9:30 a.m. and returns 6 p.m. Cost is $110 and must be purchased in advance.

For information and tickets contact Barbara Bowen at 609-693-4215.

Ocean County Library To Present Essential Oils

LONG BEACH ISLAND – Ocean County Library will present “Essential Oils 101,” 10 a.m. Saturday, July 14 and 6 p.m. Monday, July 16 at the Long Beach Island Branch, 217 S. Central Ave. in Surf City.

Presenter Joan Colandrea will offer an enlightening introduction to what essential oils are, their benefits and how to use them safely and effectively.

Attendees will also learn how essential oils can help improve a family’s physical wellness and conditions as well as their many potential benefits in everyday life. There will be demonstrations and giveaways during the program.

The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, call the Long Beach Island Branch, 609-494-2480, or visit Events & News at theoceancountylibrary.org.

Long Beach Bicycle Rodeo

LONG BEACH – PBA 373 welcomes you to join us at our annual Long Beach Township Bicycle Rodeo on July 15 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Long Beach Township Police Department. Please bring your

bicycle for the safety and obstacles courses!

Onsite registration for children under 12 enters them in a bicycle and helmet raffle.

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WARETOWN – Join the Waretown Library for events throughout July. The displays to be held in the Meeting Room include: Teri Libensperger – Limitless Abstraction. Teri Libensperger is a Jersey Shore resident who finds abstract art limitless. Her acrylic paintings capture her emotions inspired by the rawness and beauty of nature. Each piece is a unique story illustrating Teri’s life journey.

Children’s programs: July 16, 7:30 p.m.: Pearl Observatory: Telescope Night. Come to the library for a chance to look into a telescope and see the mountains, valleys, and craters on our moon. View the clouds and moons of Jupiter. Even see Saturn and its rings, plus other wonders of the universe. Ages 5 and up. Please register.

July 17, 2 p.m.: Amazing V: Magical Underground. Presented by the Amazing V this program is packed with colorful comedic magic and tons of audience participation. This is one program that mixes geology and rock music and will have children and families excited July 20, 2 p.m.: I Heart Art. Michelangelo inspired art project. Ages 7 and up. Please register.

July 23, 6 p.m.: Sciencetellers Present “Wild West” Mystery of the Golden Piano.” Grab your spurs and journey with us to the Wild West, where a legendary bank-robbing outlaw is back in town, about to strike again. Volunteers from the audience will help us explore the fascinating science behind chemical reactions, combustion, air pressure, inertia, and more.

Ages 5 – 12. Please register.

July 24, 11 a.m.: Parachute Playtime-Parachute fun. Ages 4 and up. Please register.

July 24, 3 p.m.: Summer STEM: Sharknado! Celebrate Shark Week with a Sharknado STEM project. Ages 7 and up. Please register.

July 26, 3:30 p.m.: Mystic Drumz: “The Legend of Marshmallow Island” – Larry the frog and friends go off in search of Marshmallow Island and the legendary dance party that takes place there. Featured instruments include Nigerian Talking Drum, Brazilian Quica, Vibraslap, Flextone, Chinese Gongs and more. Performed by Mystic Drumz. Ages 2- 12. Please register.

July 27, 2 p.m.: I Heart Art-Shadow Box art project. Ages 7 and up. Please register.

July 30, 6 p.m.: Harry Potter Party. Join us as we make wands, play games, do crafts, and celebrate all things Harry Potter! Ages 7 and up. Please register.

Adults: July 18, and 25, 1:30 p.m.: Mah Jongg Club.

Beginners are welcome.

July 17, 31, 11 a.m.: Waretown Writers Group. Join other writers of all skill levels to explore your skills in this informal and fun writing session. Meet new people as you get and give feedback and share ideas with others.

Please register.

July 19, 2 p.m.: Adult Craft. Participate in a craft for adults. Please register.

Friends: July 27, 1-3 p.m.: Friend’s Book Sale – Great finds for little cost.

July 28, 10 a.m.: Friend’s Book Sale – Great finds for little cost.

These programs are free and open to the public. Please register online at theoceancountylibrary.org or by calling 609 693-5133.

Knights Of Columbus Fundraising Trips

MANAHAWKIN – Join the Knights of Columbus for a fundraising trip for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, St. Jude’s Hospital and other charities.

December 5, 2018: Trip to American Music Theater to see “The First Noel.”

Includes transportation, admission and a buffet at Shady Maple. The cost is $113

per person.

March 16, 2019: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse for the “Irish Cabaret Show.” The cost includes the show, lunch, transportation, gratuity, taxes, for $115 per person.

For more information, call Charles Serwin at 609-978-0970.

Ocean County Library Offers Pop Art

BARNEGAT – The Ocean County Library will feature a “Lenny Rivera Pop Art Exhibit” at the Barnegat Branch, 112 Burr Street, during the month of July.

Local artist, Lenny Rivera, works in line art with computer color, a style used in comic books and graphic novels worldwide.

Lenny was born and raised in New York and began to draw at an early age. He has many

influences on his artwork, such as the imagery from both comics and science fiction movies.

One of his favorite fictional characters is Wonder Woman because she represents compassion and strength.

The family exhibit is open to the public. For more information call the Barnegat Branch at 609-698-3331 or visit theoceancountylibrary. org/events.

Teri Libensperger – Limitless Abstraction

WARETOWN – Teri Libensperger is a Jersey Shore resident who fi nds abstract art limitless. Her acrylic paintings capture her emotions inspired by the rawness and

beauty of nature. Each piece is a unique story illustrating Teri’s life’s journey. Come see what its all about at the Waretown Branch during July.

The Southern Ocean Times welcomes your special announcements! Engagements, Weddings, Births, Birthday Wishes, etc. Please call 732-657-7344 for more details!

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Little Egg Harbor Library July Events

LITTLE EGG HARBOR – Join the Little Egg Harbor Library for events throughout the month of July. Programs marked REG must be registered for.

By appointment only: Career Guidance and Job Search Assistance by Appointment. Meet with a librarian one-on-one to navigate New Jersey’s new Career Connections website. Call for an appointment. Funded by the NJ Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development Career Connections grant.

One-on-One Genealogy Class: Call 609294-1197 for appointment. Limit one session a month per person.

One-on-One Computer Chats & eBooks at the Library: Call 609-294-1197 for appointment.

Limit one session a month per person.

Adult programs: July 17 and 31, 6 p.m.: Adult Video Gamers Club. Are you an adult who is interested in playing classic and contemporary video games and making new friends? REG. 7 p.m., All Tuesdays: English Conversation Group. Come and join our group and practice speaking English. Work on your accent and vocabulary. New members welcome.

1 p.m., All Wednesdays: Mah Jongg at the Library. Please bring your current year gaming cards and game sets.

July 25, 6:30 p.m.: Get Your Knit On: Knit Night. Join us for knitting night at the Library, for beginners and fanatics looking for inspiration and camaraderie.

July 17, 1 p.m.: Little Egg Harbor Book Discussion. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. Please pick up a copy at the circulation desk.

July 18, 2 p.m.: Adult Coloring. Rediscover the joy of coloring. We’re providing the coloring sheets and color, but feel free to bring your own. It will include music and light refreshments. Sponsored by the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor Branch. REG.

July 18, 7 p.m.: Blondage Rocks. Please join us as Blondage Rocks performs the hits of Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Scandal, Melissa Etheridge, Linda Ronstadt and more. Sponsored by the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor Branch. REG. July 21, 2 p.m.: Afternoon Movie: Love & Mercy. The story of The Beach Boys’ genius Brian Wilson, featuring the best of his musical masterpieces. (PG-13) 122 min.

July 25, 6:30 p.m.: Basic Car Maintenance.

Learn how to change a flat tire, check the oil, jump start your car and more. REG. Kids programs: July 17, 2 p.m.: STEAM Building Kit. Build with planks, Strawbees and MagnaTiles. Ages 9 and up. REG. July 19, 10:30 a.m.: Shark Program and Craft.

Learn more about these fascinating fish and make a cool craft. Ages 5 and up. REG. July 19, 2 p.m.: Game Time. Familiar and new games make for a fun summer afternoon.

July 19, 7 p.m.: Marvelous Sleuths Book Club. Color of Fear by Marcia Muller. Please pick up a copy at the circulation desk.

July 20, 11 a.m.: Drum Circle. Get in the rhythm with this hands-on group percussion activity. Ages 5 and up. REG. July 24, 6 p.m.: The Amazing V. This hilarious magic show is fun for the whole family.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor Branch. REG. July 26, 2 p.m.: Rube Goldberg Build. Work as a team to create an intricate, complicated, pointless machine that does basically nothing.

July 27, 2 p.m.: Grow Crystals with WILD Jersey. Grow Crystals with Debbie Hadley of WILD Jersey. Design your own snowflake or other shape, then soak it in a special crystal growing solution. Ages 7 and up.

Join the Friends on July 24 at 10:30 a.m. for a meeting of the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor Branch. New members are always welcome.

Join us and support your local library.

Horseshoe Tournament

LITTLE EGG HARBOR – Come out to the LEH Community Center on July 28 for a Horseshoe Tournament at 12 p.m. The cost is $20 and includes a car/truck/motorcycle show, music, t-shirt and more. All proceeds benefit the LEH Community Center.

Company and individual sponsorship opportunities are available. A $200 donation earns a spot on our event t-shirt. Checks can be made payable to: Little Egg Harbor Recreation Committee.

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By Jennifer Peacock I have to tell my story.

He was calling from his home in Stuart, Florida, the sailfish capital of the world. This Atlantic Coast city once had a house used as a haven for shipwrecked sailors called The House of Refuge. It might not be an accident that Richie Lapinski Jr. lives in Stuart.

Lapinski is fighting a summer cold, but still wants to talk. I have to tell my story. Almost everyone has heard someone’s version of it: a tight-knit family, involved in sports. Mom and dad sacrifice, the kids thrive. Then comes the injury. Then comes the painkillers. Then for some, the downfall comes. Not everyone makes it to the redemption part. The restoration part.

This is Lapinski’s story. He grew up with his brother, sister and parents in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was deputy chief of the Jersey City Fire Department, and coached football and baseball. His mother was a stayat-home mom and ran the youth cheerleading squad.

“She made sure I never went without and all my needs were met. I went to CCD, played sports every season, had many friends. I loved growing up in Bayonne. I pretty much had a perfect childhood,” Lapinski said.

His family moved from Bayonne to Manasquan, which had an excellent secondary school sports program. Lapinski’s older brother played, but his grades didn’t attract the big-name schools. Lapinski learned from that, and made sure his grades and game were top notch. He was an all-state football star and all-county baseball player with 12 varsity letters and four state championships.

He was vice president of his high school class, a member of several prestigious high school clubs as well as a member of the National Honor Society. Even with an ACL injury his last football game senior year, Harvard, Princeton, Bucknell and other schools courted him. He won a football scholarship to Lehigh University.

“Up until this point in my life most things came easy to me. I was a happy and successful person,” Lapinski said.

But he partied. When he wasn’t in sports, Lapinski indulged in alcohol and pills. But he always cleaned up for sports. When he tore his ACL again his sophomore year at Lehigh, his college sports career was over. Now there was no reason not to party. He remembered the numbness he got from the painkillers he took for his ACL injury. Now he needed to numb life.

It’s not that Lapinski had NFL dreams. But sports filled his time while he wondered what career path he should take. Should he be a firefighter like his dad? What about a teacher and coach, all things that had such a positive impact on his own young life?

Lapinski easily slid from pain killers to heroin. It’s cheap, readily available, and provides the brain a dopamine rush that provides a sense of pleasure and well-being. For a little while. He supported his own habit by selling drugs and stealing from his family.

And it eventually all caught up with him.

At 22, Lapinski was arrested, convicted, and

spent three years in state prison.

“Now I can never be a teacher, a coach, a firefighter. I sold drugs, I stole from my family, I would take money from parents’ bank accounts. That’s why I ended up in prison. I glorified the things in life that I know aren’t important now,” Lapinski said.

Most addiction recovery programs agree that if a user wants to change, they can’t go back. To anything. But that’s exactly where Lapinski ended up – back - when he was released from prison. He went back to selling drugs and hanging around the same people he did before. He wanted quick money, and got it, and lost it all.

His life shipwrecked before he was even 30, Lapinski finally realized he needed to find shore.

“I was finally tired. I was tired of being burden to my family. I was tired of feeling like a loser. I didn’t want to live. I truly didn’t want to live. I was so tired of being in so much pain,” Lapinski said. “After 10 years, I was willing to take suggestions from people who got sober.”

Lapinski ended up in Florida. He went through a “safe detox” - a medically supervised detoxification from drugs - and entered treatment. He not only had to dump drugs, but “friends, places and things” that were part of his drug-drenched past. He joined AA, got a sponsor, and still attends 4-5 meeting each week.

“I started my life completely over,” Lapinski said. He traded his get-rich-quick-by-sellingdrugs ambitions and instead moved furniture all day, and then took an overnight tech job at a rehab center. “I had no car, no license, no cell phone, and just one bag of clothes. I worked 90 hours a week, got my license, got a car, got a phone.” He progressed at the treatment center, and is now the outreach coordinator for Foundations Wellness Center. He’s at the Port St. Lucie location.

“I truly believe in our program and the people that work there. Our staff goes above and beyond to make sure clients are given the tools to get sober and live a happy and successful life. Our staff is like a family,” Lapinski said.

He’s 34 now. He’s walked his 12 steps over and over, making amends with those he’s hurt over the years. He goes to work. He supports himself. He still thinks his childhood was the greatest. He had the greatest mom and dad.

But at his young age, he’s lost so many friends to addiction.

He knows what it’s like to rely on drugs.

Escaping feels better than dealing with the pain and problems, until it doesn’t, and that escape is now the cause of pain and problems.

Lapinski lives his life with willingness, patience, and labor. With those three things, anyone can get their life back.

“Today I spend my life telling my story and spreading the message that there is a solution to this terrible problem that is affecting so many families and especially young people.

I am able to help people get the help they need. I have a purpose today and I wake up excited and motivated to help my fellow addict and alcoholic that is still suffering. I am living proof that recovery is possible,” Lapinski said.

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Stinging, Clinging Jellyfish Discovered In Barnegat Bay

By Kimberly Bosco BRICK – The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued a bay advisory after a species of clinging jellyfish with an “excruciating” sting was discovered by bathers in parts of the Barnegat Bay. The non-native jellyfish originates from coastal rivers and apparently spread into the Barnegat Bay due to summer boating traffic, officials said. The boats were carrying with them a type of algae that the clinging jellyfish feed on.

Bathers and boaters noticed the tiny, coinsized species in the Metedeconk River, Shrewsbury River, and Manasquan River, where it had reportedly traveled from the Pacific Ocean. The Metedeconk River connects to the northern end of the Barnegat Bay; this is where the NJDEP found clinging jellyfish located at F Cove and Wardells Neck.

NJDEP officials described the species as being tiny, with stringy tentacles and colorful markings in red, orange or violet. It is also known to have a harsh sting, one victim calling it “excruciating.”

“The ‘clinging jellyfish,’ a tiny species native to the Pacific Ocean, does not inhabit sandy areas and should not be a concern to beachgoers,” according to the NJDEP. A Lacey Township man who was possibly stung by the jellyfish on the bay side of Island Beach State Park described the feeling of the sting as “being stabbed with a thousand ice picks at once.”

Officials noted that wearing rash guards and using petroleum jelly on exposed skin can help to protect from stings.

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H ERE ’ S T O Y OUR H EALTH Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Presented By: Isidore Kirsh, Ph.D., F.A.A.A. (N.J. Lic. #678)

Dr. Isidore Kirsh Ph.D., F.A.A.A.

I Woke Up And I Cannot Hear

Sudden hearing loss occurs so quickly literally overnight or in an instant - that the change in hearing is dramatic and can be very upsetting. A sudden hearing loss can involve any part of the hearing system and something as straight forward as earwax can cause a sudden hearing loss. However, the term usually refers to a sudden “nerve” or sensorineural hearing loss. The loss is almost always in one ear and may be accompanied by dizziness, tinnitus (ear noises), and/or aural fullness/pressure.

Suspected causes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss include viral infection, ototoxic medications, acoustic trauma and meningitis. In most cases, the specific cause is never found (idiopathic). In cases with no known cause, viral infections or vascular blockage is suspected. There may be a history of a recent flu or cold, but in most cases, there are no other complaints.

Partial or complete recovery occurs in

about 60-65 percent of the cases. Recovery can take anywhere from a few days to a few months. Those who seek immediate medical attention (within a week) have a higher recovery rate than those who wait.

The recovery rate is also higher for those with milder hearing losses. Patients who present with a severe and/or profound hearing loss with accompanying symptoms such as dizziness and/or tinnitus are less likely to recover their hearing. Someone who experiences sudden hearing loss should seek medical attention immediately so that medical treatment can be provided.

The medical evaluation usually involves a thorough history, otologic and audiologic examination.

Remember, a sudden loss of hearing is not normal. Therefore, do not hesitate to contact your primary care physician or ear, nose and throat physician for immediate medical treatment.

Dr. Izzy and his staff are always available to answer most of your questions regarding your hearing health.

His offices are in Toms River, Whiting, and Manahawkin. He can be reached at 732-818-3610 or via Web site at gardenstatehearing.com. Expanded Whiting Hours!

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

Amazing Facts About Nightmares and Dreaming

By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph. Sleeping is one of the great pleasures in life, unless you have bad dreams or nightmares. Then it’s pure misery. Most of us do dream while sleeping, we just don’t remember it.

Luckily, a man named Larry Page remembered his dream. He was a computer scientists and he woke up from a dream when he was 23 wondering if there was a way to ‘download the web’ and rank webpages by inbound links. He went on to become a co-founder of Google! Page’s net worth according to Forbes is 52 billion dollars.

Talk about making money when you sleep!

So why can’t you remember your dreams?

Our brains are trained to forget non-essential facts and the truth is, most of our dreams aren’t that unique. But I bet you do wake up and recall the bizarre scary dreams, don’t you? This is because your brain finds it more “essential” to remember these strange or scary images. They stand out.

Here are some other little known facts about dreaming that you may be interested in. By the way, if you’d like a longer version of this article, it’s at my website.

If you lost sight later in life, you can like still see images in your dreams and dream visually like when you had your eyesight.

Those folks who were born with blindness may not see in pictures but can still dream and experience sounds, touch sensations and emotions during their dream state.

With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), several brain regions are involved including the amygdala where dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin play a role.

PTSD nightmares may occur with or without REM sleep.

If you have asthma, for some reason, you are also more prone to nightmares. The bad dreams can intensify with many treatments, including montelukast.

Heartburn medications such as ranitidine and famotidine used to treat heartburn can sometimes induce vivid dreams and nightmares. So can allergy drugs like diphenhydramine.

Blood pressure pills interfere with sleep.

This category has well-documented evidence to show how they trigger nightmares and this side effect alone often causes people to seek other treatments.

If you grew up with black and white TVs, most of your dreams occur in black and white.

Anxiety is the most common emotion during dreams. You might experience it as falling, flying or feeling unprepared or humiliated in your dream.

Dogs dream. You will often hear them whimper or see their paws twitching. More than likely they are running in their dreams.

Sleeping pills can and often due induce vivid dreaming and nightmares. Withdrawal from these medications can also induce higher dreaming and/or nightmares for a period of time.

Antidepressants such as fluoxetine and paroxetine increase serotonin and may trigger intense or disturbing dreams that seem to go on all night.

Some sleep supplements containing melatonin might trigger unpleasant or bizarre dreams. If that happens, take a break from the melatonin because the dose might be too high. Remember, you make this sleep hormone yourself so supplementing has an additive effect.

(This information is not intended to treat, cure or diagnose your condition. Suzy Cohen is the author of “The 24-Hour Pharmacist” and “Real Solutions.” For more information, visit www.SuzyCohen.com) ©2017 SUZY COHEN, RPH. DISTRIBUTED BY DEAR PHARMACIST, INC.

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The Ocean County Fair

Summer time is Fair time! Make family memories at the Ocean County Fair July 11th thru 15th. 4H animals and exhibits, displays and demonstrations.

Come see the museum quality fossil display from Dinosaur Rock. Pan for gold and gemstones. Marvelous Mutts will be showcasing their agility and diving skills. Pig races, chainsaw carver performances and pony rides are always lots of fun. We have horse shows Friday and Saturday nights.

ATVs and dirt bikers will display their riding skills. Try your hand with the Remote Control (RC) trucks show off your speed and skills. Watch the baby chicks and duckling hatch in front of your eyes. Carnival rides and games for all ages, all week, with Thursday and Sunday special one price Wristband for unlimited rides. Walk through the vendor tents, get information about several County services and speak

with staff. County Park’s department displays will entertain and inform you about tick and mosquito prevention and control. Food, Food and more Food, Ice Cream too. Music and entertainment under the big tent nightly with Scott DeCarlo, After the Reign, RB Express, Kaotic Control, Simply Three Band and Dr Steven Michaels comedy hypnosis. Ocean County Fair is owned and organized by the volunteers of the Ocean County Board of Agriculture.

We are grateful for all the supports we get from the County Parks department, Board of Chosen Freeholders, Sheriff’s Department, Department of Tourism and all the 4Her and their families. So come on out to the Ocean County Fair July 11th -15th at the Robert J Miller Airpark Berkeley Route 530 and Mule Rd. Admission is $8 with Children and parking free. www.OceanCountyFair. com.

Stafford Town Wide Yard Sale 2018

STAFFORD – Join in the Town Wide Yard Sale on Saturday & Sunday, September 8 & 9 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. rain or shine!

Complete the registration form and mail to: Stafford Recreation, 260 East Bay Ave, Manahawkin, NJ 08050 or email all information from the form to: dbudesa@staffordnj.gov.

No phone calls will be accepted for registration. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, August 24, 2018.

No permit is necessary to join this yard sale.

You can download the application on the township website.

The neighborhoods list will become active links on the township website to homes participating in the Yard Sale after August 24: • Manahawkin and Rte. 9 Area • Ocean Acres area to Fawn Lakes to Warren Grove • Waterfront areas BHW Colony Lakes Village Harbor • Mayetta and Cedar Run Area to West Creek.

VFW Picnic

BAYVILLE – Come out to the VFW on Veterans Boulevard in Bayville for the Cpl. William H. Smith Detachment 667 Picnic on August 18 from 12-5:30 p.m.

There will be hot dogs, burgers, sausage and peppers, potato salad, cole slaw, macaroni

salad, beer, soda, wine, watermelon, coffee and tea. The cost is a $12 donation. Children under 12 are free. Open to the public!

For more information, call Bob Meola at 732-674-7504, Bill Pivarnick at 848-2403515, or Chuck Swiers at 973-864-0964.

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Robert C. Shea Esq.

stance, you are sitting Michael J. Deem at a red light minding your business when all of t he sudden a drunk runs a red light, crashes into your vehicle and causes you to spend the next week in the hospital with multiple permanent, internal injuries. Your only source of compensation for pain, suffering and unpaid medical bills may come from your UM/UIM insurance policy if the drunk was uninsured or underinsured.

Automobile insurance is mandatory in New Jersey. And although the failure to carry automobile insurance may be punishable by imprisonment many people deliberately do not carry insurance or do not realize that their insurance policy has expired or been cancelled.

Never rely upon a stranger to protect you and your family.

Selecting the correct insurance coverage is your responsibility.

Call the Attorneys at R.C. Shea & Associates for a free evaluation of your automobile insurance policy.

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To protect against the harms and losses caused by uninsured or underinsured motorists, automobile insurance companies are obligated by law to provide uninsured motorist (UM) coverage to those motorists who purchase Standard policies. Although underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage is not mandatory, typically they are sold hand-in-hand with UM endorsements and are found in virtually all Standard automobile insurance policies in New Jersey.

As the name suggests, UM /UIM coverage is that element of an insured’s own policy of insurance under which he or his family may be compensated for injuries and losses suffered at the hands of an uninsured or underinsured motorist. This coverage also applies when you are injured as a passenger in someone else’s vehicle.

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CLASSIFIEDS For Rent Furnished Home - To share in Holiday City. $750/month - utilities, cable/internet included. You get private bedroom and bathroom. Security required. Female preferred. 732-977-7321.

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Silver Ridge Clubhouse Flea Market first Saturday of every month. For more info call 848-251-3329. (t/n) ATTENTION COLLECTORS I will find your collectables at garage and yard sales for you. Also broker deals. Bill 732-477-7225.

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Yard Sale Multi-family Yard Sale at Winding Ways - Off Cooks Bridge Road, Jackson! Saturday, July 14 from 9-1, Rain date July 15.

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Auto For Sale 2001 Lincoln Towncar - V8 - Auto - All Power - Leather Seats - Excellent Condition. Only 46,000 Miles - Senior Owner - Holiday City. $3,900. Firm - 732-908-9623.

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Items For Sale Make up - Eye liner, eye shadow, perfume, lipstick, lip line, etc. Avon products. Call 732-788-7986.

(30) Alum. Ladder - 4ft, excellent condition, $20. Q-Art pots and pans-lids, excellent condition, $2 to $5. 732-8491216 or leave message. (Whiting). (30)

Help Wanted Micromedia looking for a high-energy account rep to sell print and online advertising in Ocean County. Competitive base, bonuses & company benefits. Successful applicant should possess good communication skills & a desire to grow with the company. E-Mail resumes to jallentoff@jersey shoreonline.com. EOE. (t/n) Sell Avon - Be own boss. Set your own hours. Call 732-788-7986. (30) Help Wanted - Cocinero/Cook Long time positions. (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Cook - Experience only). Salary based on experience, very busy location in Whiting/Manchester, New Jersey. References required. Call 908-930-8960.

(30) Receptionist - Send resumes via email to hr@magnoliaal.com or fax to 732-557-6501. Apply online at Magnoliaal.com or in person at Magnolia Gardens 1935 Route 9, Toms River. 732-557-6500. (31) Certified Home Health Aides Needed for Ocean County area. Hourly and live-in positions avail. P/T and F/T. Call CCC at 732-206-1047. (t/n) Activities Assistant - Help with recreational activities like BINGO, trips, etc. Apply online at Magnoliaal.com or in person at Magnolia Gardens 1935 Route 9, Toms River. 732-557-6500 or email hr@magnoliaal.com. (31) Now Hiring Nursing Assistants Apply online at Magnoliaal.com or in person at Magnolia Gardens 1935 Route 9, Toms River. 732-557-6500 or email hr@magnoliaal.com. (31)

Items Wanted

Hairstylist - To work in a very busy full service salon in a gated community. Call 8623245915. (31)

$$$ WANTED TO BUY $$$ Jewelry and watches, costume jewelry, sterling silver, silverplate, medals, military items, antiques, musical instruments, pottery, fine art, photographs, paintings, statues, old coins, vintage toys and dolls, rugs, old pens and postcards, clocks, furniture, bric-a-brac, select china and crystal patterns. Cash paid.

Over 35 years experience. Call Gary Struncius. 732-364-7580. (t/n)

Adult Community Services - Affordable senior help from people living in Adult Community. Flexible, reliable, trustworthy and reasonable. $15/hr. 848-480-2013.

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$CASH$ - Cars, trucks. Good, bad, junk, we buy it all for cash. We will tow it. $cash$ 732-221-6550. (31) Entire Estates Bought - Bedroom/dining sets, dressers, cedar chests, wardrobes, secretaries, pre-1950 wooden furniture, older glassware, oriental rugs, paintings, bronzes, silver, bric-abrac. Call Jason at 609-970-4806. (t/n)

PRIVATE/CNA-HHA (Active or non active license) - Experienced person needed for part time adult care coverage Toms River. (Mon Tues Wed) OR (Fri Sat Sun) morn 7a.m. to 9a.m. and eves 7p.m. to 8:30p.m. $14-$15 hr. pay range.

Calls only 941-726-4360.

(31) Part-Time Custodian/Janitor For adult community in Whiting, NJ. $11 Per/hr start immediately.

Approx. 19-21 Hrs/wk. Call m-f 9 am-4 pm. Call for application & interview. 732-350-0230.

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Help Wanted Kitchen/Wait Staff Needed - Apply online at Magnoliaal.com or in person at Magnolia Gardens 1935 Route 9, Toms River. For more info call 732-557-6500 or email hr@magnoliaal.com. (31) Home Health Care Company Now Hiring RN’s, LPN’s and CHHA in Ocean & Monmouth Counties!

Flexible scheduling. Work in your community. Weekly pay. Career advancement. Comprehensive benefits. Call 732-505-8000 today. (t/n) Aluminum Installer to build Sunrooms - and screenrooms in Ocean County. 5 years experience minimum. Will not train. Call Porch King 609-607-0008. (t/n) The Goddard School on Route 70 in Toms River - Is hiring for multiple full time and part time positions! We provide a warm, loving environment for children ages from 6 weeks to 6 years. We are looking for fun, energetic teachers. Must be available Monday through Friday, between the hours of 6:30am-6pm. Looking to hire immediately. Salary based on experience. Benefits include Paid time off, 401K, and paid lunch on Fridays.

To learn more about our available positions or to set up an interview call 732-363-5530 or email your resume to dtomsriver2nj2@goddardschools.com.

The Ocean County Child Assault Prevention Project - Is looking for people to help empower children to be safe from abuse, bullying and violence. Work part-time presenting workshops to children and adults in schools throughout our county.

Training starts soon! Call the Ocean County CAP coordinator for an interview @ 732-270-0056. visit njcap. org for additional information. (32) CHHA/CMA Clinical Services - The Pines is currently looking for a Full Time Certified Home Health Aide (w CMA license) to work in our in-house clinic. This individual will be responsible for providing care to independent living residents including assisting with bathing, dressing, and getting meals.

In addition, this position will assist the clinical nurse with general administrative responsibilities. Hours of the position are 3-11, including every other weekend. 2 years of CHHA experience required.

Certified Medication Aide license preferred. Full Time positions offer competitive rate (based on experience), and excellent benefits including health, dental, life, Paid Time Off and 401(K) with generous match after 1 year. Apply in Person to: The Pines, 509 Route 530, Whiting, NJ 08759 or email resume to rscully@thepinesatwhiting.org (30

Services

Landscape Services - Clean ups, dethatching, mulch & stone beds trimming, planting, & tearouts & more Call with needs 732-678-8681. (19)

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.

5 percent more with this AD. Call Peggy at 732-581-5225. (t/n)

Job Fair - July 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Immediate Interviews - Food Service: PT Waitstaff, Dietary Aides, and Utility Aides(Day and evening shifts)Light refreshments will be served! We have openings for caring, hardworking individuals looking to make a difference in our community Stop in and see what a great place this is to work! If you are unable to make the job fair, email resume to rscully@thepinesatwhiting.org or apply in person to: The Pines at Whiting 509 Route 530 Whiting, NJ 08759 – 732-849-2047 EOE. (30)

CASH, CASH, CASH! - Instant cash paid for junk cars, trucks, vans. Free removal of any metal items. Discount towing. Call Dano 732-239-3949. (t/n)

Part Time Helper - 8hrs per week in Jackson wire forming shop.

Leave message with good time to return call. 732-928-4605. (30)

Gardening Summer Services – Deep water to protect plants, plant care, maintenance, shrub beds trim, fertilize. Experienced - reasonable prices. Richard 732-232-8144. (30)

CASH PAID!! - LP records, stereos, turntables, musical instruments, guitar, saxophone, cassettes, reel tapes, music related items. Come to you. 732-804-8115.

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Experienced Landscaper - Who has experience in all areas of residential landscaping. 30-40 hours a week.

No lawn cutting. Own transportation. Brick 732-678-7584. (t/n)

Bobs Waterproofing - Basement and crawlspace waterproofing. Mold testing, removal and prevention. Family owned. Fully licensed and insured.

Call Bob 732-616-5007. (t/n)

U s e d G u n s Wa n t e d - A l l types: collectibles, military, etc.

Call 917-681-6809. (t/n)

PQ Painting & Home Improvement Services - Over 5 decades of service in NJ. Visit us online at pqpaintingservice.com. See our 2018 specials on our website. Winner of Angie’s List Super Service Award. Free estimates, reasonable rates, fully licensed and insured NJ Lic #13VH06752800. Call 732500-3063 or 609-356-2444. (t/n)

Services Painting - By neat, meticulous craftsman who will beat any written estimate. Interior/exterior.

Free estimate. Fully insured. 732506-7787, 646-643-7678.

(28) Computer Tutoring for Seniors – Retired, “Microsoft Certified” instructor. Very Reasonable rates. Very patient with slow learners. I’ll teach you in the comfort of your home on your computer. I can trouble shoot your slow computer! I also teach iPhone and iPad. I set up new computers at less than half the price the retailers charge. Windows 10 specialist. I can also build a beautiful small business website at a fraction of the going rates. Special Projects always welcome! Tony 732-997-8192. (t/n) All in 1 General Contracting/Handyman Services - All phases of interior and exterior repair,improvments, renovation. From A-Z, big or small, we do it all. Call Clark 732-850-5060.

Lic #13VH06203500.

(30) Roofing Etc. - Roofing, siding, windows, gutters. Repairs and discounted new installations. Prompt service.

Insured. NJ license #13HV01888400.

Special spring discounts. Call Joe Wingate 551-804-7391.

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Services

All Around Yard And Home Maintenance – Outdoor, indoor work done to your satisfaction.

Cleaning, home repairs, yard upgrades, etc. References upon request. Very diligent. Fair estimates.

Eddie Zsoka 732-608-4781. (31)

Car Service - 24/7. Doctors, shopping, airports, hospitals, cruise, shops, Atlantic City, family functions, NYC accomodations for large groups. Call for reasonable rates. Kerry 732-606-2725.

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Electrician - Licensed/Insured. Will do the jobs the big guys don’t want. Free estimates, senior discount. Call Bob 732608-7702. LIC #12170.

(40) Joan’s Dog Training - Certified trainer, insured, experienced. References available. Private in home sessions, behavior issues addressed. Gentle methods. Call 908-759-1196.

(31) Nor’easter Painting and Staining, LLC - Interior and exterior. Decks, powerwashing.

Affordable. Senior discounts.

References. No job too small.

Fully insured. 732-691-0123.

Lic #13VH09460600.

(29) Masonry - 38+yrs experience, small to medium size jobs. Brick replacement, brick pointing, concrete repair and refacing stucco, block, concrete repair and refacing. All kinds of home improvement. Leah Masonry Lic#13VH10059500.

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The Original Family Fence A fully licensed and insured company in Ocean County has specialized in unique fence repairs and installations around the Garden State for over 35 years. We want your gate repairs, sectional repairs, and new installation inquiries! No job is too small for us to tend to in a day’s time. Call us today for your free estimate You might just be surprised with what is possible. NJ LIC: 13VH09125800. Phone 732773-3933, 732-674-6644.

(37) Super Natural Painting - Interior, exterior, custom painting, powerwashing. 20 years experience. Free estimates. Honest, dependable. D.P. 848992-4108. References available. (32) Need A Ride - Airports, cruise, A.C., doctors. Save $$$. Senior discounts.

Tom. Save ad. 551-427-0227. (40) Clean-Outs - Rooms, attics and garages. Call Dominick at 732-3505605 or 732-642-0211.

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50-Year-Old Wedding Cake Symbolizes Lasting Marriage

By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – Their love story started at a north Jersey church youth group more than 50 years ago. They’ll celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary June 22, with a party with friends and family in their Manchester home the next day. Something they’ve kept from their wedding day will make one final appearance at their party, before getting tossed in the trash: The top tier of their wedding cake.

Marty and Diana Von Boerum don’t remember the flavor. And no, no one will be trying a piece that predates the moon landing.

“I don’t like cake so I didn’t really eat it, so I don’t know what was in it,” Diana said.

But the cake has moved around almost as much as the Van Boerum family (it made a trip in dry ice to Kentucky), and it’s come to symbolize, for Diana, marriage itself.

“Over the years the cake got moldy and pieces of icing had chunked off on the top, and it’s kind of like marriage, you have your bumps but you get over them,” Diana said.

“God is the center of our marriage that holds us together.”

“God has always been the center of our marriage, that’s where we are with that, that comes first,” Marty added.

The Knot reports that back in the 19th century, couples would save the top tier of their wedding cakes to serve at the christening of their first child. With couples delaying having children (if they have them at all) by the mid-20th century, the tradition shifted to eating the cake on a couple’s first anniversary.

That’s what Marty and Diana had originally planned, but they didn’t delay having

children.

“Our oldest boy was born six days before our first anniversary,” Marty said. “So, [Diana] was in the hospital.”

“We didn’t have our cake. Our son stole the show, which he should,” Diana added.

Their marriage almost didn’t happen. Although they had been attending the same church for years, First Reformed Church of Patterson, they only really noticed each other as older teens. It was Diana who took notice of Marty. They were supposed to go out on a date, but Diana had just moved and gave Marty the wrong number.

“I couldn’t wait to go out with him, but he really didn’t want to go out with me. His friend wanted to go out with my friend, but she didn’t really want to go out with him. She did it for me, and Marty did it for his friend,” Diana explained. “So, our double date never happened because I gave him the wrong telephone number.”

When Diana saw him in church the next time, she coolly walked by him. Marty grabbed her arm to explain that he did call, and showed her the phone number she gave him. But he didn’t ask her out again for six months.

They started dating, going steady. But then he got drafted into the Army.

And asked for his ring back.

“I was devastated,” Diana said. “This is the guy I love, and he loves me, and he asks for the ring back.”

“It was Vietnam and I got drafted and I didn’t know what was going on or where I was going to be. I just felt, maybe I should ask for it back and let it go and see what

happens,” Marty said. “I had mixed feelings about [taking back the ring]. I wasn’t happy about it. I wasn’t happy about the whole thing!

I got drafted out of college and going in the Army and wasn’t happy at all.”

But Marty never stepped foot on enemy soil. He went to Fort Dix, then Fort Bragg for military police training, and stayed there for his two-year stint. While he didn’t encounter Viet Cong, he was on riot control, during a time of numerous anti-war demonstrations.

Diana had written a letter to Marty the night he took his ring back, but never sent it. Instead, she penned him weekly letters, talking about the comings and goings of shared friends back in North Haledon. Marty did write to let her know he would be on furlough, but he never called her. He wrote again before his next furlough, but at that point, Diana was dating other men. While on a date up in West Point, Diana learned that Marty did indeed call. In December 1967, they went out again. They were engaged by February, and Marty was out of the military May 22, 1968. They got married in Wayne, New Jersey, a month later.

So they weren’t thinking about cake that first anniversary, with the arrival of their son Scott. (They have another son, Richard.)

Marty’s job took across the country and down south. The cake went with them. They decided at their 25th anniversary they’d save the cake for their 50th.

The couple saved part of their 25th anniversary cake too, which joined their original wedding cake in the freezer. The wedding cake stayed together, as long as it was frozen. Thawed, it fell apart. A friend from the

Van Boerum’s church here, Whiting Bible Church, used her skill and a concoction of confectionary sugar and shortening, as well as some of the 25th anniversary cake, to resuscitate the wedding cake, a white-frosted, mystery-flavored cake that’s back in the freezer.

They both emphatically said “no” when asked if they’d considered saving the cake for their 75th anniversary.

“It’s over-lived its life in my freezer,” Diana said.

The Cake’s 50-Year Journey: • June 22, 1968, wedding day in Wayne, NJ • January 1969, rental in North Haledon, NJ • June 1969, rental on Hopper Street, Prospect Park, NJ • April 1973, rental on North 12th Place, Prospect Park, NJ • April 1976, home owned in Haledon, NJ • January 1985, home owned in Canby, Oregon, but cake stayed with friends in North Haledon • November 1986, rental on North 8th Street, Prospect Park, NJ • April 1987, home owned on North 12th Street, Prospect Park, NJ • January 1994, rental in Midland Park, NJ • July 1994, home owned in Midland Park, NJ • August 1995, hotel stay for 10 weeks (cake stayed with friends in North Haledon) • November 1995, home owned in Franklin, Kentucky • October 2000, home owned in North Haledon, NJ • November 2014, home owned in Manchester, NJ

OCVTS Practical Nursing Students Graduate

By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – Ocean County Vocational Technical School recently graduated 61 students from the Practical Nursing program during its 95th commencement ceremony.

The graduates were recognized during the traditional pinning ceremony where they each received a pin from a member of the faculty or by a family member who is also a nursing professional. Of the 61 graduates, 27 were pinned by family members.

The Ocean County Foundation for Voca-

tional Technical Education also presented Awards of Academic Excellence/Outstanding Student Awards to some of the graduates including: • Lori Drozdowski from Barnegat, for maintaining the highest grade point average • Ada Isaacs from Lakehurst, for maintaining the second highest average • LaSavia Hairston from Brick, for maintaining the third highest grade point average throughout the program.

The Practical Nursing program also includes numerous hours of clinic rotations

at local health care facilities. These clinical rotations help to provide nursing students with great learning opportunities as well as a chance for special recognition from the professional nursing staff.

The Perlmutter Shop Rite of Ocean County and the HealthSouth Clinical Excellence awards were presented to: • Norma Vivas from Bayville • Allona Farley-Grooms from Lakewood.

The Pilot Sister Survivorship Awards were presented to: • T’Naiya Kearney, from Lakewood

• Maritess Garcia, from Lakewood • Emara Montgomery, from Lakewood • Rosa Espinosa from Toms River.

These awards were presented by Tina Pilot and Lisa Pilot-Dunfee, sisters and breast cancer survivors.

Following graduation, the nursing students are now ready to take the National Council Licensure Examination for qualification as a Licensed Practical Nurse (NCLEX-PN).

For more information about the Practical Nursing program at OCVTS visit ocvts.org or call 732-473-3100 extension 3137.

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By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – Frank Romeo is one of the many Vietnam veterans that have suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) over the past 50 years.

Having experienced the hardships of war and hatred from the American public post-Vietnam, Romeo struggled greatly to overcome what he had been through at the ripe age of just 18 years old.

Since returning to the States after his time overseas, Romeo went through bouts of addiction and suffered greatly from what was then an undiagnosed disease, what we now recognize as PTSD. Romeo later found art as a medium to express what his mind was going through. Now, at 70 years old and a father of 7, he is –Photos by Kimberly Bosco a spokesperson for the reality Frank Romeo set up a series of portraits done by of war and PTSD, teaching the PTSD soldiers throughout the arena as part of his younger generation about what exhibit. You can view some of these images on his it is really like over there before gallery website. they step into the unknown.

Romeo’s goal is to educate “before the strators] spit on me,” he said. “I was totally fact” and to prepare those heading into not prepared for being treated this way, battle, to help cure PTSD before it starts. especially in the condition that I was in.”

At the RWJBarnabas Health Arena at Toms Following his discharge from West Point, River North High School, Romeo presented Romeo was then sent to Fort Dix for his his exhibit, “The Art of War,” to illustrate “non-military” behavior where he lived for the public what war does to the mind, in a cell. and speak to students about his experiences.

“What had happened to me in a short peri“I arrived in southeast Asia just in time for od of time [about 2 years] was total trauma,” the Tet Offensive…the bloodiest fighting of said Romeo. “I tried to assimilate back into the war,” said Romeo. society [unsuccessfully].”

In August of 1969, he was part of a small He spent the next 50 years battling an Special Forces group performing search and internal struggle with PTSD, the beginning destroy missions, living in the jungles of of which was tied to his drug addiction. He Vietnam on the Vietnam-Cambodia border, later discovered that he was also contamiwhen he was ambushed. nated with Agent Orange.

“I was separated from my unit, I was “The behavior that I was going through taken by the Viet Cong…I was used for was not rational. My military life followed target practice, they shot me seven times,” me through my non-military life,” he said. he said. Romeo noted that he still has one But, in the 90s, he found a catharsis in of the bullets lodged in his spine. art. Romeo has created various works of Believing he was dead, Romeo’s unit car- art that are a tangible outlet of his trauma ried him out of the jungle. Once they real- throughout the years. One of his pieces is ized he was alive, they sent him to a hospital even on display in the National Veterans Art in Japan, where he woke up a month later. Museum in Chicago as part of a collection Following this, Romeo spent a year in that has been declared a National Treasure. military hospitals undergoing surgeries and A copy of this painting was hung up during being pumped with life-saving drugs, which his exhibit as well. eventually led him into addiction.

“I never took an art class in my life,” he “By the time I left the military, I was joked. totally addicted to drugs,” he said. “I was He began as a “closet artist,” hiding his exhibiting behavior that we associate with work away due to the public hatred for PTSD today,” such as anger, and excessive Vietnam veterans; he was embarrassed. drinking and drug use.

Romeo describes his work and the artwork At this time, PTSD was undiagnosed. It of other PTSD soldiers as demonstrating was referred to as Vietnam War Syndrome, “the emotional history of the country.” according to Romeo.

Hanging next to his painting was a plaque With six months left on his duty contract, that read: “Art is communication…I paint, he was sent to West Point Military Acade- lecture and get involved not fully undermy, where he was discharged for drug use standing ‘WHY.’ I am compelled however at the age of 20 years old. to let future generations know, we were “The day I left the hospital there was an here, we did exist and we gave of ourselves anti-war demonstration…they [the demon(Art - See Page 25)

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The exhibit included dozens of other works of art, many from other soldiers who have experienced PTSD and expressed their trauma through their art.

“They can’t seem to get past what happened to them in the military,” said Romeo.

Now, Romeo is a success story. Having conquered his PTSD, he is able to speak about it. He is now determined to educate the younger generations of what they might see during wartime, hoping to solve the prevalence of PTSD in soldiers through preparation.

“I believe in education before the fact… I think we need to start a conversation about the realities of our country,” he said.

Romeo stated that since the Civil War, our wars have been “an away game” fought on someone else’s land. He believes we need to start preparing our children before sending them off to a foreign land “psychologically unprepared.”

His work now involves speaking to different schools and different groups about what his experiences were and about the prevalence and severity of PTSD. While noting that services for veterans after the fact are still very important,

The Southern Ocean Times, July 14, 2018, Page 25 Romeo said “we need to think about our future veterans.”

Rather than only spending money on programs to help veterans gain comfort and normalcy after a traumatizing war experience, Romeo wants to present kids with the option to mentally prepare themselves beforehand.

Part of Romeo’s current work is also promoting Walk with Frank, a planned walk across New York to increase awareness for PTSD and the plight of our many disabled, homeless or unemployed veterans. He plans to raise funds to support a documentary film to spread his message to a national audience, while spending three months living as a homeless veteran.

Part of this project is linked to the State University of New York (SUNY). SUNY students can participate in any leg of the Walk with Frank journey for course credits.

Romeo plans to document his journey in a blog that anyone can follow at walkwithfrank.org.

For the past 50 years, “It’s been a horror show in my head,” said Romeo. Not only he, but also his family has suffered as a result of his PTSD. Romeo’s plan hopes to alleviate this for soldiers and families of soldiers in the future.

For more information on Romeo’s exhibit, or to take a look at his gallery, visit artofwarwithFR.org.

National Night Out In Lacey

By Jennifer Peacock LACEY – The Lacey Township Police Department is hosting its second annual National Night Out 6-11 p.m. Aug. 7 at Gille Park, 56 Manchester Ave. in Forked River.

The event is free.

“The purpose of this event is to strengthen law enforcement and community partnerships, and promote drug and DUI prevention and education,” Police Chief Michael C. DiBella said.

The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office and New Jersey State Police will join the Lacey Township Police Department to display law enforcement equipment and apparatus. The police department will take photos with visitors in their favorite police vehicles.

There will be a bicycle rodeo, K-9 and drone demonstrations, child ID registrations, helicopter landings and f lyovers (weather permitting), and a DJ. The Forked River, Lanoka Harbor and Bamber Lakes fire departments, along with the Lacey Township EMS, Lanoka Harbor EMS and the Lacey Township Dive Team, will meet guests.

Lacey Township Committeeman Peter Curatolo will attend, representing the Ocean County Board of Health. He’ll be sharing with visitors the “impairment goggles” with Officer Dimitri Tsarnas.

Free hot dogs and other free foods and beverages will be provided by the Lacey Township PBA 238 and Lacey Elks with

other businesses and nonprofits.

The park will be open 6-9 p.m. The township Recreation Department will then have an outdoor showing of “Wonder” at 8:30 p.m. Guests are asked to bring blankets to sit on.

“The goal of National Night Out is to strengthen the relationship between the Lacey Township Police Department, our local emergency services, and our community. Residents and visitors will have the opportunity to meet with officers from all three law enforcement agencies as well as meet with volunteers from our local emergency services, all while enjoying a fun-filled evening for the entire family.

Additional events are forthcoming. Please come out and enjoy a night of fun!” DiBella added.

Public parking will be available at Gille Park northern entrance near the basketball and tennis courts, as well as the Lacey Township Municipal Building and Lacey Township Middle School. Limited parking for credentialed vehicles will be available at the southern gate.

Businesses interested in setting up a display can pick up a registration form 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays at the Lacey Township Recreation Office. Businesses are not permitted to offer any items for sale at this event.

For more information, call Lt. Paul Sullivan Jr. at 609-693-6636 ext. 2577, or the Lacey Township Recreation Department at 609-693-1100, ext. 2203.

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By Bob Vosseller HOWELL – Members of a non-profit group Haven/Beat the Streets are hoping to see a permanent facility built within Ocean County that could aid the homeless.

Haven/Beat the Streets is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to assist economically disadvantaged individuals and families throughout Ocean, Monmouth and Atlantic counties who have been displaced from their homes. They provide emergency temporary shelter and eventually locate and secure a permanent place to live.

The group’s mission statement says “Help us help the homeless take back their lives.

Donations are tax deductible. No more than 10 percent will be used for overhead.”

Last year, Haven introduced two warming centers during the winter months in Ocean County, one at Alive Again Church at 1060 Church Road, Toms River and another at Assembly Of God Church at 800 Bay Ave. Toms River.

Toms River resident Paul Hulse serves as the director of operation for the group which formed from the merger of two organizations: Beat the Streets and Haven. Hulse said that one of the goals of the group is to find a permanent shelter as part of its Code Blue Emergency Shelter Initiative.

“Right now we are in discussion with the governor’s office and they are in full support of what we are trying to do. We have also been talking to Freeholder Virginia Haines who has also expressed support as well as the mayor of Toms River. We’ve had a lot of open conversations. We appreciate what both churches have done. Without them it would not have happened but we need to take it to the next step.”

“We have a small budget but we try and help the people that contact us and we get 30 to 80 calls a day ranging from those who are homeless, bill paying problems, eviction and some just looking for advice,”

Hulse said.

Hulse said that the organization uses its resources “to address the needs of those who reach out to us and if we can’t we try to find them help.”

Working through Code Blue, Haven was able to allow homeless individuals to come in from the streets during inclement weather and have warm place to stay, a hot meal and receive assistance to help them begin their journey to a self-sustaining life according to the Hulse.

The group’s chief executive officer Bill Southrey said in a video on the group’s website, havenstreets.org, that “there is great need in our community and anyone who says different just isn’t paying attention to what is going on. We work with a lot of women and children and entire families who have issues with domestic violence,” Southrey said. He added that “it isn’t just the economy; it just isn’t a healthy community.”

The group’s business plan states that “there are no permanent homeless facilities in Ocean County or Toms River, at the present time. As a result, the goal of Haven/Beat the Streets Inc. (Haven) is to establish a permanent structure with the correct zoning for a Code Blue Warming Center/Rescue Center (permanent facility/ Rescue Center) in Toms River where we can implement a multi-service program to assist the homeless.”

The plan also states that “beyond housing development, Haven has an outreach program to search for people who are marginalized, at risk of becoming homeless or are actually homeless to connect them to assistance through Haven and other agencies in the community. Haven utilizes hotels and motels for emergency housing which becomes a roof for people in a time of crisis and then we will graduate them through other housing services as well as our own housing in the form of both transitional and permanent housing.”

Trip To See Broadway Holiday Show

OCEAN – Township of Ocean Recreation is sponsoring a trip to Resorts “Broadway Holiday Show” on Monday December 5, 2018. The cost is $26 per person. Show time is 3:30 p.m. We will depart at 9 a.m. from the Township of Ocean Community Center, 239 11th Street, Waretown.

The Broadway Holiday Show stars Barbra Russell Sharpe, Ron Sharpe, Samantha Sharpe, and Friends.

This holiday season, there’s no better place to be than Atlantic City! There’s no better way to get in the spirit than by

taking in our Broadway Holiday Show at Resorts Casino Hotel! You’ll have the chance to hear some of the best music from classic shows performed by Broadway veterans live on stage. Add in some of your favorite songs from classic Christmas movie musicals and you have the recipe for a festive evening the whole family will love!

Price includes show ticket for the Matinee and a $15 free slot play.

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to boarding.

Annual Classic Car Show

SHIP BOTTOM – The 19th Annual Classic Car Show will be on July 29 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Waterfront Park located at 10th Street & Shore Avenue at the “Bayfront” in Ship

Bottom on Long Beach Island. Food and beverage on site. Show is being run by the Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey. Visit the museums website for more information.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of JUly 14 - JUly 20

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19): You may perceive disapproval when someone is only being matter-of-fact in the week ahead. Guard your reputation and follow the rules, but you don’t need to be put on the defensive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Someone else might have more muscle but you have the brains and persistence to stay on track. You must keep your wits about you, so you aren’t fooled in the week to come.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While on the job you are expected to perform at top efficiency, but once you are off the clock your time is your own. Stay focused this week, as what you create, or build, may be permanent.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The seeds of a great idea might be ready to sprout or can be prepared for favorable transplants this week. You will be at optimum efficiency far away from the hustle and the bustle.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The ability to help others is in your hands. You may be highly competitive on the career front in the week to come, but your own needs and desires may take second place.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put your life into apple pie order. In the week ahead, you are at the top of your game and if needed can double your workload.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Success comes to those who are too busy to notice.

Family obligations might briefly prevent you from concentrating on career goals or a crucial project in the upcoming week.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are industrious in the upcoming week you can start major projects and see them through to completion. Staid routines may seem tiresome, but careful organization is necessary.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Savor the savings. By using a combination of savvy observations and careful spending habits you can upgrade your bank account and assets as the week unfolds.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Run your schedule like a well-kept timepiece.

In the week ahead, you will have the drive and incentive to propel you forward, so you can put a few extra irons in the fire.

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wolfgang puck’s kitchen Bunless Burgers: A Healthy Twist On A Summertime Favorite

By Wolfgang Puck

Most people dream about great burgers whenever they fire up the grill. After all, what could be a more perfect example of the all-American pleasures of outdoor cooking?

But more and more people are trying to eat leaner food these days, especially during swimsuit season, which often leads them to limit their red meat intake.

The latest diet fads also add to such special demands. Back in the days of the Atkins diet, that meant avoiding burger buns to cut carbohydrates. Nowadays, there’s the so-called paleo diet, so named because it calls for eating only foods that humans ate during the Paleolithic Era. That means only ingredients that could have been hunted or gathered and prepared without processing, meaning nothing featuring grains, sugar or other processed foods. (Not very different from the old Atkins diet, is it?)

So, is there such a thing as a lean paleo burger?

My answer is yes, and you’ll find a delicious example of it in my recipe for turkey burgers in grilled portobello mushroom “buns.” I put quotes around that last word because, in place of bread buns, I substitute grilled portobello mushroom caps, which when you think about it for even a second - are very much the same shape as a burger bun and seem perfectly made to enclose a burger patty. What right-thinking Paleolithic gatherer wouldn’t have picked a few had he or she come across them?

To satisfy meat lovers who want to cut back on their beef intake, I use ground turkey for this recipe. Many people find it as satisfying as beef, especially when you use a mix of dark and white meat and ask your butcher to grind it coarsely for a more satisfying texture. (Feel free to substitute chicken ground in the same way.) To add even more f lavor, I mix the turkey with roasted garlic cloves as well as a touch of extra-virgin olive oil and some salt and pepper to taste.

I find these bunless burgers every bit as satisf ying, and possibly even more f lavorful, than the classic kind. The only drawback I can think of is that the juicy mushrooms will make your fingers a bit messier than a dry-surfaced bread bun.

So you may want to use a knife and fork instead; or just pick it up and have plenty of napkins close at hand!

T U R K EY BU RGER S I N GR I LLED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM “BUNS” Serves 4 1 1/2 pounds (750 g) coarsely ground turkey 4 to 8 cloves Roasted Garlic (recipe follows), mashed with a fork 2 tablespoons finely chopped Italian parsley 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus

extra for brushing Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 8 large similarly sized por tobello mushrooms, stems removed 4 thin slices provolone cheese 2 firm but ripe medium-sized tomatoes, cut crosswise to yield 4 slices about 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick Good-quality dill pickle chips Preheat an outdoor grill, an indoor grill or a broiler.

Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, combine the ground turkey, roasted garlic to taste, parsley, 4 teaspoons olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Form the mixture into four equal burger patties, each about a 1/2 inch (12 mm) thick.

When the grill or broiler is hot, brush the burger patties and mushroom caps on both sides with olive oil. Season the mushroom caps with salt and pepper. Grill or broil the burgers and mushroom caps until the burgers are nicely browned and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side, and the mushrooms are golden, turning everything only once.

About halfway through cooking the burgers on the second side, top each one with a slice of provolone.

When the mushrooms are done, place half of them rounded side down on a platter or individual serving plates. Nestle a burger patty inside each of the mushroom caps and top them with tomato slices and pickle chips to taste. Top with the remaining mushrooms, rounded sides up. Secure each burger with a wooden sandwich pick and serve immediately.

ROASTED GARLIC Makes about 1/2 cup (125 mL) 2 garlic heads Kosher salt Extra-virgin olive oil Preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C). With a sharp (preferably serrated) knife, cut off enough of the top of each garlic head to expose the cloves. Place the heads in the center of a sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Season with salt. Drizzle well with oil and turn the garlic heads to coat them evenly. Securely close up the foil around the garlic.

Place the foil package in the oven and roast the garlic until the heads feel very tender when the package is carefully squeezed, protecting your hand with a folder kitchen towel or oven glove, 50 to 60 minutes. Remove from the oven. Set the package aside until it is cool enough to handle but still warm; or, if not using immediately, set aside to cool completely.

Squeeze out the roasted garlic pulp by hand; or use a small spoon or table knife to scoop it out. Use immediately, or transfer to a container, cover and refrigerate until needed.

(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) © 2018 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.

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