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Police Fight Opioid Abuse With “Hidden In Plain Sight”

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By Kimberly Bosco BERKELEY – In the face of the persisting opioid epidemic in the Ocean County area, Berkeley Township Police are encouraging parents and residents to join them for the Hidden in Plain Sight Seminar on Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.

At Central Regional High School, parents and township officials will gather to discuss how closely tragedy lies beneath the surface for our youth, and what we might do to prevent it from occurring.

Featuring hands on demonstrations of what could be “hidden in plain sight” in a child’s room, as well as personal testimony, this seminar will teach parents about the slippery slope of drug abuse from an experienced perspective.

“The truth is most of us as parents oftentimes may overlook the obvious signs of drug

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Bayville Resident Spins The Wheel Of Fortune

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By Chris Christopher BERKELEY – Central Regional High School is Anti-Cancer Strong.

The Golden Eagles hosted the third annual Central Regional Boys Basketball Coaches vs. Cancer Showcase on Saturday, Jan. 19.

The event is part of a national fundraiser supporting cancer research in memory of former North Carolina State men’s basketball coach Jim Valvano, who died of the illness at the age of 47 on April 28, 1993. He coached the Wolfpack to the 1983 national title.

Valvano, a former Rutgers University player and

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assistant men’s team coach, was quoted in preevent literature as saying, “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”

This year’s benefactor was Coaches vs. Cancer, the event’s original beneficiary.

“Coaches vs. Cancer brings together basketball coaches and their programs at all levels as well as corporate sponsors to raise funds in an attempt to find cures and treatments against a disease that affects so many families,” event spokeswoman Maureen Clemente said.

Funds were raised through sponsorships, (Team - See Page 4)

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Continued From Page 1 donations and T-shirt sales. A Hall of Fame sponsorship cost $500 - $400 if a banner was made last year. An MVP (Most Valuable Player) sponsorship cost $250 - $200 if a banner was made last year. An All-Star sponsorship was worth $150. An All-Conference sponsorship was worth $100. A Varsity sponsorship was worth $50.

T-shirts in Central’s colors of gold and maroon sold for $10 each. Two bucks resulted in the purchase of a wristband. Tickets cost $5 person. A ticket was good for the full schedule of games.

Jersey Mike’s and Oh What A Bagel, both of Berkeley Township, donated food, according to Roseann Puglisi of Berkeley, an event worker. There was a box for donations.

Lending a hand at the event was Central’s girls basketball team, which sold wristbands and T-shirts.

“This makes you a better person,” freshman center Kayla Krzykowski said. “We all work together. I am enjoying it. It’s a lot of fun to be with your teammates outside of basketball. We get to hang out together.”

“It’s the third year I have been here and it’s always a great event for a great cause,” Toms River North player Colin Baker said.

“The whole community rallies to watch high quality basketball games. It’s just good. Thank God nobody in my life has been impacted by cancer.”

A spectator was Anne Moyse, a retired physical education teacher in the Toms River Regional School District and a Toms River resident.

“This is a wonderful, positive project,” she said. “I am very proud that Central initiates and promotes a positive program such as this. Nobody in my family has been impacted by cancer. We have been blessed.”

Moyse said she has known Central coach Mike Clemente, a cancer survivor, for a long time.

“I have known Mike since he was a little kid,” she said. “It’s good for these young men to be giving back and promoting good community spirit.”

The event consisted of six games. The game between Freehold Township and Woodbridge was not played because of the threat of inclement weather in the Woodbridge area.

Last season’s Showcase took on a more personal meaning when Mike Clemente, the son of Maureen Clemente and retired Central coach Mike Clemente, was diagnosed with Primary Mediastinal Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in July of 2018. He underwent intensive chemotherapy at the Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch.

“With a goal of helping the Monmouth Medical Center’s Cancer Services Program, the program was able to donate $20,000 thanks to the generous support of our donors,” Mrs. Clemente said.

Current coach Mike Clemente said there was no financial goal for this year’s event. He said it raised “nearly $2,000” in its first year.

“Being able to raise and give back any money to this cause is always a great thing,” he said. “Every dollar counts. The dollars will go to a great cause that can benefit a lot of people.”

Current coach Clemente, treated by Dr. Seth Cohen, said he is in good health.

“Everything is great,” said Clemente, 34, and a former Central athlete. “Another scan came back two weeks ago and everything is totally clear. I have been cancer free for nearly 14 months and I am starting to feel like myself again. I am under no diet restrictions. My doctor said, ‘Be yourself.’

“Last year, I had a lot less energy. Now, I do everything I have always done. Basketball has always been my number one passion outside of my family (Clemente is married and the father of a small child). I can always dig deep to find the energy to get the job done.”

Clemente said his illness is often on his mind.

“It is something I constantly think about,” he said. “I have a positive mentality about everything. I try to be a good person. All of that other stuff will take care of itself.”

The retired coach Clemente said the news of his son’s illness was tough to take.

“Everyone was as surprised as they could be,” he said. “All of the kids his age said the same thing: ‘He was in the best condition out of all of us and he got sick.’ His doctor said it was not a case of genetics. He said it was bad luck. He said Mike had a cancer cell and it continued to multiply. Mike said he was not feeling well. X-rays revealed he had a tumor in his chest. His doctor told him, ‘The next six months are going to be tough, but you will be OK.’ “ Clemente underwent chemotherapy.

“He had six treatments, one every three weeks,” his father said. “After three weeks, the doctors gave him a PET scan and everything was clear. In the last two years, he has had two PET scans. They were clean.

Mike’s doctor gave him a plan. We stuck together and he got through it.”

In Showcase action: Donovan Catholic 56, Howell Township 52: Senior Matt Melon, named the game’s Most Valuable Player for the Griffins (76), scored 15 points in their win over the Rebels (5-10).

Freshman Jaden Anthony added 14 points and six rebounds. Freshman Amari Petty added 10 points.

Senior Matt Ganter, who erupted for 30 points, was named the Rebels’ MVP of the game.

Manasquan 69, Brick Township 41: Senior Jalen Jackson pumped in 20 points for the Green Dragons (7-5) in their loss to the Warriors (13-2).

Jackson was named the Green Dragons’ MVP of the game. Teammate Shane Williams, who scored his 1,000th career varsity point earlier this season, bucketed 12 points.

North 44, Cherokee 43: Colin Baker’s jumper from the foul line with 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter gave the Mariners

(10-3) a win over the Chiefs (11-2).

Cherokee entered the game ranked 16th in the state by nj.com.

Baker, a 6-foot-3 junior shooting guard who finished the game with two points, said he was the first option on the play.

“I was in the right spot at the right time and I just executed,” he said. “My teammates helped me get open and the play worked.”

Junior guard Jakari Spence, named the Mariners’ MVP of the game, netted 23 points, all after the first quarter. Cherokee led 18-3 through the first quarter. Junior forward Najae Hallenbeck added 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Central 65. Sayreville 40: Kyle Rhoden, a 6-foot- 9 sophomore forward, scored 18 points to propel the Golden Eagles (5-10) past the Bombers.

He was named Central’s MVP of the game.

Freshman Justin Soranno added 15 points.

Seniors Nick Altieri and Walter Maldonado contributed 10 points each. Maldonado scrapped fox six steals and handed out six assists.

Ranney School 78. Keansburg 25: The Panthers’ Alex Klatsky, named the team’s MVP of the game, scored 14 points and added six rebounds.

He erupted for the first 11 points of the game. Philip Wheeler led the Panthers (12-1) with 19 points. Senior forward Bryan Antoine, who has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for defending national champion Villanova University, bucketed 17 points.

Senior forward Scottie Lewis, who has inked an NLI to compete for the University of Florida, put home 14 points and added seven rebounds and eight assists. The Titans fell to 2-9.

St. Rose 45, Lakewood 33: The Piners fell to 4-9 despite nine points from Ryan Savoy.

Fredrik Andreasen, who scored 11 points, was named the game’s MVP for the Purple Roses (7-7).

Savoy was named the Piners’ MVP of the game.

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Spins:

Continued From Page 1 Gina Maslen’s heart sunk a bit.

“The 15th day, the letter was in the envelope. I was literally running around, screaming. Nobody was home. I was the only one home,” said Maslen, who lives in Bayville. “And I then of course texted and called everybody I knew.”

On a whim during a lunch break one day, Maslen filled out the online application to audition for Wheel of Fortune. She’d been a fan since the days when contestants had to buy items with their round’s winnings, long before Pat Sajak cracked jokes at the wheel or Vanna White spun letter tiles.

“I never thought I’d get picked,” Maslen said.

She didn’t have a video of herself, as the application required, and sent a still photo instead. Producers must have liked what they saw, because she along with 70 other hopefuls were called in to audition in Philadelphia. That email arrived two weeks after she applied.

In Philly, would-be contestants would be called up, three at a time, and play a mock round as if they were actually on the show.

Then, contestants were given five minutes to solve as many hangman puzzles of the 20 they were given.

The show is filmed in Los Angeles. And the plan was for Maslen, her boyfriend Rob, her three children and his two chil-

Opioid:

Continued From Page 1 use because we simply don’t know what to look for,” stated Police Chief Karin DiMichele in a department release.

Ocean County and New Jersey state officials have been battling hard against the opioid crisis in recent years, working against the rising death toll that is a result of opioid abuse by all ages. According to police, an individual is now statistically more likely to die from an opioid overdose than from a car accident.

“We as a community need to continue to use every resource available to prevent and combat this epidemic. One of these resources is education,” the release stated.

Hidden in Plain Sight is just one way to combat the epidemic using education.

Berkeley Township Police urges parents and those concerned for our youth to come out and take a deeper look at what is right before our eyes, every day.

“Whether it is through the endless pursuit of drug dealers or through our collaboration with our school systems, neighboring towns and agencies or through our community outreach and social media initiatives, we know our greatest weapon in this fight is strong interaction and cooperation with our residents,” stated police.

Hidden in Plain Sight will be held at CRHS on Jan. 30, 6 p.m.

Dear Pharmacist See Page 17

The Berkeley Times, January 26, 2019, Page 5 dren fly out for the taping. From the time she was accepted, she would get called to appear within the next 18 months. That was the middle of November.

A week-and-a-half later, an email arrived saying she had to be in Los Angeles on Nov. 29. It happened so fast, that the only one who could accompany her was Rob. They arrived on Wednesday, taped the show on Thursday, did some sight-seeing Friday, and flew home that Saturday, Dec. 1.

“She is the nicest person. She came into our dressing room before she went into hair and makeup. She had no makeup on, hair in a bun. She drives to the studio every day in her Prius. And she makes millions of dollars,” Maslen said of her first encounter with Vanna White. “We were all floored about that. But she was so genuine, and so nice.”

Even during commercial breaks, White would interact with the audience. But Pat Sajak goes in the back, Maslen said.

“He’s very nice on the show. He makes you feel comfortable. He’s funny and everything. But we didn’t get as much interaction with him,” Maslen said.

From the comfort of her living room,

where it’s always her turn, Maslen is a master word puzzle solver. Friends always encouraged her to audition for the show.

“But it’s different when you’re there,” Maslen said.

The object isn’t to simply solve a puzzle.

Contestants are there to win prizes. Maslen admitted it’s difficult to know when you should keep spinning and risk losing a turn or going bankrupt, or to just solve the puzzle and take what money and prizes you got. She spun as much as possible until she was confident she knew the puzzle. Then she solved it.

“It’s hard, because you might know the puzzle but it’s not your turn. You might spin and hit a ‘lose a turn,’ like I did. It’s different because, there’s pressure. You see the cameras on you, you’re a nervous wreck. My heart was literally leaping out of my chest,” Maslen said. “There’s so much more stress. Plus, I hadn’t slept in three days. I got myself so worked up. I was so sleep deprived. I was just a wreck.

You don’t think the same as when you’re relaxed and you’re watching it on TV.” And that wheel.

It weighs more than 2,000 pounds, and

Maslen said she struggled to spin it.

More than Vanna driving a Prius, or Pat hiding away during commercial breaks, the weight of the wheel was the most surprising thing of the entire experience, Maslen said.

She ultimately won one round - “Baseball and Bottle Caps” - and one toss-up. She went home with $4,300 in cash and a $1,000 gift card from an online shopping site.

“I was so excited I hugged [Sajak],” Maslen said. “He did not expect it.”

The moment she realized she wasn’t going to the bonus round was “bittersweet.”

Even when another contestant solved the puzzle the third round, Maslen said she didn’t know the answer, so she wouldn’t have won anyway.

“I was just so happy to be there. I never really felt disappointed at all,” Maslen said.

Contestants can only appear on Wheel of Fortune once, ever. And, she can’t apply to be another television game show for at least two years. So is there another game show she wants to be on?

“The Price is Right, 100 percent.”

Watch out Drew Carey. This one’s a hugger.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY F EATURED L ETTER A Critical Turning Point For The Environment It is not unusual that we live in an unusual period of time. History is filled with unusual periods of time, when men and women have faced difficult choices about complex issues. Sometimes we have made good choices that have led to better times and sometimes we have not. We need to think long and hard about the choices that we make in our current difficult period of time.

Because of the vital importance to my children and grandchildren, I have decided to concentrate on one of our world’s most severe problems: our changing environment. Many other issues are of equal or greater importance, but changes in our environ-

ment have a long-term and irreversible impact upon all of mankind.

In the 1960s, Americans were awakened by the free press to the indiscriminate use of pesticides, to fouled beaches as a result of failed offshore oil rigs, to the choking of marine life and the bursting into flames of our rivers as a result of chemical contaminants, and to deteriorating urban air quality and to urban water supplies contaminated with dangerous impurities from industry.

Astronauts photographed the Earth from space, heightening our awareness that the Earth’s resources are finite.

As a result, the Environmental Decade began during the Nixon Administration with President Nixon’s signing of the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) on January 1, 1970. Since that time, every American President and every American Congress has realized the vital importance of preserving our environment – until now.

What’s happened since January of 2017?

1. Rollback of fuel efficiency standards 2. Rollback of requirements on oil and gas companies to monitor and mitigate releases of methane from wells and other operations 3. Rollback of the plan to curtail coal emissions of carbon dioxide and methane that contribute to climate change.

4. Rollback of the policy to increase vehicle mileage standards for cars made over the next decade 5. Rollback of the 1970 U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) policy of threatened species receive the full protections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 6. Rollback of the decree that the accidental killing of birds, such as eagles colliding with wind turbines and ducks zapped on power lines, is a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) 7. Total censorship of the words “climate change” from government documents 8. Proposed 70 percent reduction in funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 9. Easing the standards from maximum achievable as set by the Clear Air (1970) Clean Water (1972) to permitting

a “minimum” achievable reduction of air and water pollution 10. Elimination of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), claiming that “the war on coal is over” 11. Suspension of a study of health risks to residents who live near mountaintop removal coal mining sites in the Appalachians 12. Cancellation of a rule to help prevent endangered whales and sea turtles from becoming entangled in fishing nets off the U.S. West Coast 13. Withdrawing from Paris Climate Agreement, steering away from a group of 194 other countries that have promised to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions 14. Reversing the bans on offshore oil and gas drilling

in parts of the Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans 15. Revocation of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s “Stream Protection Rule,” (easing) restrictions on dumping mining waste into surrounding waterways 16. Interior Secretary’s emphasis upon the value of logging, ranching and energy development on all public lands not designated national monuments 17. A new proposal that would make several key changes to the 1973 Endangered Species Act, that has served as a bulwark against the bald eagle’s extinction, among thousands of other species Francis A. Luthe Ocean Grove

Letters To The Editor Electoral College Protects The Little People Liberals bemoan our electoral college as not being fair and undermines their belief of one person - one vote, ahh, true democracy. In doing so they reveal their ignorance of the genius of the electoral college. The college is just one example of the beauty of a republic versus a democracy, as it protects and gives

voice to smaller states with less population.

Without it, presidential candidates would focus on and pander to population centers and ignore the rest of us, dots on the map lording over the remaining land mass. People in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City could care less about issues across middle America.

A republic (a word near and dear to my heart) specifically protects minorities and individual sovereignty, yet

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all we hear from pundits, politicians, and on the news, including Fox News, are the words our democracy as if it is the same. Either by accident, ignorance or design, it sickens me how our leaders and high profile people continue to use this misnomer.

The founders all knew the difference as evidenced by their distaste for the failings of democracies in their writings. That is why you will not find the word democracy in the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, or in any of the 50 states’ constitutions, and that my fellow citizens is not accident.

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Pot Legalization Sends Wrong Message New York’s Governor Cuomo and New Jersey’s Governor Murphy are very kind and sympathetic individuals.

They now want to make marijuana legal “once and for all.” What a splendid and

Letters To The Editorshadow government to allow cool idea!

We’re trying to tell people that excessive alcohol consumption causes problems and more accidents. We’re fighting a national crusade against the opioid epidemic which is indeed addictive and causes deaths. We’re trying to curb cigarette smoking because it’s bad for our health – and others – yet, we’re trying “once and for all” to legalize marijuana, even though pot smoking irritates the lungs and people who inhale it can develop the same problems as those who inhale tobacco.

Is the governor thinking about the people when he came to this conclusion, or dollar signs? New York doesn’t make money from pot and other drug sales yet, so he says OK let’s do it, why not?

Marijuana should only be handed out as a prescription, by licensed doctors, no one else. The long-term harm to our people – especially the young – is not being considered and is at stake.

Minos Rigopoulis Toms River

Trump Has The Moral High Ground Over Obama

In response to the opinion and commentary of “Trump Is Mean To Everyone And Deserves Scorn” found on Dec. 15, 2018: Thank you for your response on my article “No Reason To Be Mean About Trump” on Dec. 1, 2018. But after reading your response, you lack the spiritual insight that President Trump should be at least acknowledged for his achievements for this county in only two years.

After the eight years of Obama’s policies, this last administration left a horrible legacy. The $150 billion given in the middle of the night to a terrorist country is nothing less than treason.

He should have been impeached for this treasonous act and for allowing his appointments of the swamp and

crimes to go unpunished.

This is a total disgrace and a man who didn’t have any moral principles and trampled on our constitutional republic.

President Donald J. Trump is not my hero, but he loves this country and the people.

He puts America first and charity begins at home. Our president is not perfect the last man that was got crucified on a tree. May God bless all of mankind for God is the father of all humanity. Thank you!

Patricia Lasher Brick Editor’s note: The $150 billion figure that Trump continually references was not taxpayer money. It was Iran’s own money that was being held for nuclear sanctions against that country.

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

Connors, Rumpf & Gove: More Misguided Priorities, Spending & Taxes From Trenton

TRENTON - Senator Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf, and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove (all R-9 th) conveyed disappointment and concern upon listening to Governor Phil Murphy’s 2019 State of the State Address.

“After a year of tax increases, excessive government spending, and a crushing imbalance in school funding cuts that disparately hit our area of the state hard, it would seem that, without greater public backlash, 2019 is going to mean more of the same in Trenton.

“As our constituents start to feel the pain of these tax increases, and many already have, we anticipate more intensified opposition to the misguided policies that don’t sit well with many we represent. For example, the needs of persons in our coun-

try illegally shouldn’t come before those of taxpaying citizens. Yet that is exactly what the Governor has done, by spending more than $2 million to cover the legal costs of illegal aliens facing deportation and his proposal to give state driver’s licenses

to illegal aliens.

“While we had our differences with Governor Christie, at least during his administration, Democrats and Republicans had genuine bipartisan conversations on what spending items and taxes were going to be cut.

In a sharp reversal, government spending and expansion are now being confused for reform and taxpayers are shouldering a greater burden.

“As always, we’ll continue to stand with our constituents and represent their interests to the best of our abilities.”

Congressman Andy Kim: Bipartisan Background Checks Act Of 2019 Would Keep Guns Out Of Wrong Hands

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) released the following statement after announcing that he has joined the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and will cosponsor H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and more than a dozen colleagues in the House and Senate to introduce sweeping reforms that would reduce prescription drug prices in the United States.

The plan to reduce the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs includes three bills: The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, which would peg the price of prescription drugs in the United States to the median price in fi ve major countries: Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan; The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act, which would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs under Medicare Part D;

“Across the country and in my district, too many people’s lives have been destroyed by gun violence. The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 is common-sense, bipartisan legislation that protects the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens while

preventing felons, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill from purchasing a firearm,” Kim said. “While no single law can stop mass shootings or gun violence, Congress must be willing to set aside partisan politics to offer proactive steps to pro-

tect our communities from preventable gun violence.

“Seeing Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) embrace on the House floor on the eighth anniversary of her attempted assassination, when six others

were killed and 15 wounded, was deeply moving. I am pleased to join the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and cosponsor the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to

U.S. Senator Cory Booker : Bills Would Reduce Prescription Drug Prices

The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act, which would allow patients, pharmacists and wholesalers to import safe, affordable medicine from Canada and other major countries. This bill was originally introduced by Senators Booker, Sanders, and Bob Casey (D-PA) in 2017.

“There is no reason that, in a country as rich as ours, Americans should be choosing between paying for prescription drugs and paying for food and other necessities,” Booker said.

“And incredibly, despite an enormous tax windfall from the Trump tax cuts, drug manufacturers aren’t lowering prices – they’re issuing stock buybacks to their shareholders and in many cases raising prices. Congress can’t sit on the sidelines while this is going on. That’s why I’m supporting this comprehen-

sive approach to reduce the growing cost of prescription drugs, including a renewed push to pass our bill to safely import prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.”

President Donald Trump said repeatedly during his campaign that he would take action against drug companies and bring down prices. But in the first seven months of 2018 alone, there were 96 drug price hikes for every price cut. Four major drug manufacturers combined made more than $50 billion in profits last year. In addition, in 2017, 1 in 5 Americans reported they did not fill a prescription because of cost.

Meanwhile, in Canada and other major countries, the same medications, manufactured by the same companies, in the same factories, are available for a fraction of the price compared to the United States. In 2017,

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Americans spent $1,208 per person on prescription drugs while Canadians spent $860 and people in the U.K. spent $476.

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Gun-related incidents are now the third leading cause of death for American children, with more than 2,700 children and teens shot and killed each year.

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Spring At Jakes Branch

BEACHWOOD – Spring is just around the corner, and soon too will cleaning out the clutter and readying our homes for spring. Want to clean while still keeping green? Keep the house neat while keeping your environment safe? Join Jakes Branch County Park as we discuss the merits and money saving techniques that green living can bring as well as some way you can simply save our mother earth. This event

will be on Saturday, February 16, 11 a.m.

Spring your Garden Ahead: Looking to get your garden ready for spring but not sure where to start? Itching to get your hands in the dirt but fearful of the frost?

Join us as we take a look at the many things you can do to ready you garden for spring before you even begin to plant.

This event will be on Saturday, March 16, 11 a.m.

Fred Miller: Harlem Renaissance

BERKELEY – Join the Berkeley Branch for a celebration of Black History Month and our week-long Winter Music Fest. In “Harlem Renaissance,” Pianist/Singer/ Lecturer, Fred Miller, examines the careers and songs of Ziegfeld star Bert Williams, poignant singer/actress Ethel Waters, rag-

time wonder Eubie Blake, elegant composer & bandleader Duke Ellington, dancing wizard Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, and the swinging, singing Cab Calloway.

This event will be held on Feb. 19 from 2-3 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. Registration is required.

Berkeley Hiring Exercise Instructors

BERKELEY – Berkeley Township Recreation is seeking Exercise Instructors.

Adult Aerobics and Zumba instructors are wanted for daytime and evening classes.

Senior Exercise Instructor: Must be

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Berkeley Zoning Board Of Adjustment Meetings

BERKELEY – Berkeley Township Zoning Board of Adjustment 2019 Regular meetings will be held on the 2nd Wednesday at Town Hall, 627 Pinewald-Keswick Road, Bayville, N.J. as noted below.

Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m., immediately followed by Special Executive Sessions.

• February 13, Special Meeting Feb. 27 • March 13, Special Meeting March 27

• April 10, Special Meeting April 24 • May 8, Special Meeting May 22 • June 12, Special Meeting June 26 • July 10, Special Meeting July 24 • August 14, Special Meeting Aug. 28 • September 11, Special Meeting Sept. 25 • October 9, Special Meeting Oct. 23 • November 6, Special Meeting Nov. 27 • December 11

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Central Regional School District Closings

BERKELEY – If you would like to be notified on closings or delays due to inclement weather either via email or text, sign up using the instructions provided. If you registered last year, you should still be

in the system.

For email alerts: go to rmd.at/crclosing to sign up.

For text alerts: text the message @crclosing to 81010.

Every Day is Earth Day Series

BEACHWOOD – Jakes Branch County Park is getting ready for the Earth First Festival by offering lectures on holistic practices and green living. Join us for one or all of these lectures whether you are just

getting into a greener lifestyle or are an experienced practitioner. Held at the Nature Center, the lectures are from 11 a.m. –12 p.m. The cost is $5 per person for those 14 years and up.

Springsteen And His Layered Lyrics

BERKELEY – Celebrate the conclusion of the Berkeley Branch’s Winter Music Fest with this in-depth look at Springsteen’s lyrics, his influences, and the new sounds and messages The Boss has added to the

American music tradition. This event will be held on Feb. 23, 2-3 p.m. Presented by Dr. Prudence Jones of Montclair State University. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. Registration is required.

Alzheimer’s Support Group

1st Saturday of Each Month at Noon (Call for details) In a Safe, Comfortable Setting Like the Home They’ve Always Known!

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Preservation and Grace, And American Legacy BEACHWOOD – The Beachwood Branch Library hosts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Preservation and Grace, and American Legacy on March 5, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

She was a Kennedy. She was an Onassis.

She did not defi ne herself by her husbands. Realizing that future generations would need the insights of the past for guidance, her preservation efforts galvanized the rest of the country to protect its historic monuments. Performed by

Interpreter Jill Lawrence.

This program is funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH). Any views, fi ndings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or NJCH.

Manitou Park Fire Company 2019 Awards BERKELEY – On Jan. 12, the Manitou Park Fire Company had their annual Installation and awards dinner for the Installation of the 2019 Officers. The following awards were given.

Top 10 Responder Awards: • Jake Holmes • William Reed • Will Jubert • Raymond Holmes • Edward Elefante • Eugene Enfield • Steve Heaney

• Ryan Trapp • Chris Applegate Jr. • Dan “Tank” DeCross Firefighter of The Year was Chris Applegate Jr. The President’s Award went to Joseph Vanderveen. The Chiefs Award went to John Risk.

For 25 Years Of Service: • Joseph J. Jubert • Kevin Curry • Dan DeCross III • Steve Holmes

Join The Bayville First Aid Squad BAYVILLE – The Bayville First Aid Squad (BFAS) is currently looking for NJ state or Nationally certified EMTs to join our family. We are currently seeking qualified EMTs who are dedicated, compassionate, and driven. The BFAS answers approximately 1,700-2,000 service calls

each year, so the community will always need and appreciate your commitment.

With volunteer crews covering most days and nights we can work around your busy schedule. If you are interested please visit us at bayvillefas.org or email us recruiting@ bayvillefas.org.

Great Bay Boulevard Area Trip BEACHWOOD – Also known as Seven Bridges Road, this road travels the length of the Great Bay Wildlife Management Area.

We will view the abandoned fish factory known to locals as the “Stink House”, as well as other historic sites along the road and in the area. Dress for the weather and

be prepared for short walks. Pack a lunch and bring drinks.

Pick up will be at the Nature Center Parking Lot, Jakes Branch County Park, Beachwood on Thursday, April 4 at 9 a.m.

Return at 2 p.m.

The cost is $14 per person.

The ABC’s of Estate Planning BERKELEY – What are the important aspects of estate planning? This seminar will include topics on Wills and Living Trusts, planning for incapacity, proper planning for your beneficiaries, including inheritance taxes and choosing the proper person to settle your estate.

If you are interested in learning the basics of estate planning, then this seminar is the one for you! Join us at the Berkeley Branch Library on Feb. 6, 2-3:30 p.m. Presented by Kathleen C. Moriarty, J.D. of Kelaher, Van Dyke & Moriarty, Attorneys at Law. Registration is required.

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GoFundMe Started For Victims Of Devastating House Fire

By Kimberly Bosco BEACHWOOD – A GoFundMe has been created to help the victims of the Jan. 18 fi re that partially destroyed a family’s Beachwood home.

The site was created by Jackie Fox who hopes to raise $15,000 to help Kevin and Jamie Fox, the newly-weds and homeowners, get back on their feet after the tragic incident.

The page states: “Kevin and Jamie Fox are newly-weds and they lived in this home for 1 year and a half with their 3 beloved cats. On January 18th, 2019 a terrible fi re accident occurred in the home.

Sadly the cats passed away during the fi re. The inside of the house is completely ruined and they lost absolutely everything they had. We are glad that Kevin and Jamie are alive and well. Any sort of donation would very much be appreciated.”

Since the GoFundMe was created on

Jan. 19, $8,955 of the total goal has been raised in just one weekend. It can be found at gofundme.com/rebuilding-for-jamieand-kevin-fox.

The fi re broke out around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 18 at the Fox’s Windward Avenue home in Beachwood. Multiple agencies responded including Beachwood and Pine Beach Fire Departments, Stations 16, 38, 18, Squads 15 and 20, and FAST team.

According to the Beachwood Volunteer Fire Department, the kitchen fi re spread through the home and into the attic. The blaze was under control after approximately 15 minutes.

Although the couple was unharmed during the incident, their pets passed away during the fi re.

The cause of the fi re is still under investigation by the Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office and Beachwood Police Department.

Winter Employment Opportunities BERKELEY – We are currently taking applications for our winter employment opportunities. Part-time positions include: • Senior Exercise Instructor: Must be available 9-10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Lead active older adults in safe, effective and fun group exercise programs to improve their physical health • Bus Drivers- part time (Thursdays): Must have CDL license, Recreation bus drivers

take our seniors on various trips and pick them up at several bus stops throughout the senior developments. Most trips are on Thursdays and are throughout Ocean County and beyond.

• Pre-K Assistant: Must be available 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday Visit BTREC.org to fill out an application or visit the Recreation Office.

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While the “dry” type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is more common (85% to 90% of cases), it’s the “wet” type of this chronic eye disease that is responsible for most cases of severe vision loss. Wet AMD starts as dry AMD, but at some point, abnormal blood vessels begin to grow within the “macula” (the central portion of the retina). These fragile new blood vessels are prone to leakage, causing damage that leads to loss of central vision. Fortunately, although wet AMD is more severe than dry AMD, it better lends itself to treatment, and the sooner, the better. Injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs inhibit a protein that triggers new blood vessel growth and leakage.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Waives Fees For Furloughed Federal Employees

By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – While the federal government remains shut down, Hackensack Meridian Health is doing its part to help government employees while they are not receiving paychecks.

As of Jan. 18, Hackensack Meridian is waiving co-pays and deductibles for emergency visits for furloughed federal employees and their insured family members at all network hospitals and urgent care centers.

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Lasting 27 days so far, this is the longest government shutdown our nation has ever experienced. It has impacted 800,000 federal employees, including 5,000 New Jersey residents.

Hackensack Meridian Health has 17 hospitals and numerous urgent care centers throughout the state where furloughed employees can seek medical attention without the expense of co-pays and deductibles.

“We are keenly aware of the burden that this shutdown has placed on our patients who are federal employees,’’ said Robert Glenning, Chief Financial Officer of Hackensack Meridian Health.

“We are eager to do our part to ease some of the financial worries these families are facing.’’

Ocean County Library Transitions To Standalone OverDrive Website TOMS RIVER – Ocean County Library is excited to announce a new home for our wide selection of popular digital eBooks and eAudiobooks. The library has offered digital books through OverDrive as a part of the eLibraryNJ consortium since 2010.

Ocean County Library cardholders can now access the OverDrive collection by visiting ocl.overdrive.com or by searching for Ocean County Library in the free Libby or OverDrive apps.

Patrons can also download the free Libby app from their device’s app store. eLibraryNJ users will have to select Ocean County Library from the OverDrive or Libby app and reenter their OCL barcode in order to utilize our collection.

“The goal of transitioning to a standalone website was to provide better service for our Ocean County Library cardholders, including shorter wait times and greater control over items purchased.

In addition, cardholders now have the option of recommending titles for purchase right through the OverDrive website. Our OverDrive collection is at almost 19,000 titles and growing each day as selectors add more materials to the site,” shares Christi Aldellizzi, Supervising Librarian, Collections.

If you have questions about the new way to access the collection, please contact John Foglia, Digital Selector, at jfoglia@ theoceancountylibrary.org.

RWJ Barnabas Health Arena Wedding Show TOMS RIVER – New Jersey’s largest wedding event will be held on Feb. 24 at the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena! Meet over 75 area wedding professionals at the 2019 RWJ Barnabas Health Arena Wedding Show.

The event will feature a runway fashion show, DJ, and live band performance. You will also have a chance to win a luxury honeymoon provided by The Travel Smiths

or a $200 gift card from Celebrations Magazine! Over 100 prizes will be given out all day long.

Come check out reception locations, photographers, florists, salons and makeup artists, limos and more!

The expo will be held from 12-4 p.m. at the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena, 1425 Old Freehold Road, Toms River.

Orchids, No Greenhouse Required

TOMS RIVER – Growing orchids can be easy and no greenhouse is required. Please join us at Rutgers Cooperative Extension to learn Orchid basics for the beginner and beyond and what kind of orchids do well in NJ. There will be questions and answer at the end of the program. The speakers will be Ron Ference and Bill Bodei from the Deep Cut Orchid Society.

This is a program given on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 6:30–8:30 p.m. and will be held at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County, 1623 Whitesville Road, Toms River. There is a program fee of $5 per person. Payment is due prior to program.

Please make check payable to OCBA. Please register by Thursday, January 24, 2019, contact 732-349-1246.

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Asbury Park Press Publisher Sized Up For Buy-Out

By Jennifer Peacock They view themselves as saving newsrooms. Those in the newsrooms view them as pillagers. The fact is, buyouts and layoffs are coming either way.

Twenty-some years ago, reporters across the state were not keen to join the ranks of Gannett, the McLean, Va.-based company that owns USA Today and, locally, The Asbury Park Press, in addition to 100 other newspapers across the country. Gannett acquired the Press in 1997. Cuts and consolidations came, as expected.

A paragraph in a Jan. 14 New York Times article describes another company this way: “Critics have described [this company] as a ‘destroyer of newspapers’ that is prone to ‘savage’ layoffs and as ‘one of the most ruthless of the corporate strip-miners seemingly intent on destroying local journalism.’”

That company is Alden Global Capital, which runs MNG Enterprises, which operates under the name Digital First Media.

MNG claims to have a 7.5 percent stake in Gannett – making it the company’s largest active stakeholder - and in an open letter to its board of directors dated Jan. 14, said Gannett’s leadership has been “moving in the wrong direction.”

MNG owns 200 news publications, including The Denver Post, The San Jose Mercury News, The Orange County Register and The Boston Herald.

“Because we know how to consolidate and operate successful newspaper businesses over the long term, we have approached members of your Board and management on multiple occasions about a potential strategic combination. Despite our overtures, Gannett has not meaningfully engaged with us,” the Jan. 14 letter stated. “…Frankly, the team leading Gannett has not demonstrated that it’s capable of effectively running this enterprise as a public company.”

MNG has made an unsolicited offer of $1.3 billion to takeover Gannett, $12 cash per share and 41 percent over what its shares were valued at the end of December.

They are painting themselves as the hero in this narrative.

“We Save Newspapers: When other people won’t step up, we do. We save newspapers and position them for a strong and profitable future so they can weather the secular decline,” the letter said. “Take our last two acquisitions – The Orange County Register and The Boston Herald. Both papers were left for dead and put into bankruptcy by their former owners, which could have caused a liquidation and a loss of all the jobs. MNG stepped up and invested in them when others wouldn’t, saving many of those jobs and providing for new jobs. We improved operations and made them viable and profitable by providing them with new leadership, a seasoned executive team and a new strategy when others clearly had failed.”

However, those news organizations taken over by Digital First Media have another take.

A Feb. 15, 2018 opinion piece by Joshua Benton online for The Boston Globe about

the company’s purchase of The Boston Herald read: “In the Bay Area, it’s torn what was once a mighty newspaper - the San Jose Mercury News - down to the studs. Back in the 1990s, the paper had a newsroom staff of 440. Despite being the paper of record in booming Silicon Valley, that total is now down to about 40,” Benton wrote. “…The stories are similar at Digital First’s papers across the country - selling off land, laying off journalists, milking revenue streams dry.”

He continued: “Ownership matters. A local owner who cares about the quality of news is better than a distant one who does, and both are better than one whose only concern is the bottom line. …But just short of setting the place on fire, being bought by Digital First is about the worst outcome possible. It’s less the Herald being saved than the Herald being stripped for parts.”

Dan Kennedy, an associate professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism in Boston, spoke with Julie Reynolds, a writer at News Matters: A NewsGuild Project For Digital Media First Workers.

“Gannett is no day at the beach, but at least Gannett is trying to figure out how to operate newspapers in long term,” Kennedy said in the Jan. 14 online piece. “With DFM, it doesn’t seem there is any particular interest in surviving.”

The NewsGuild represents workers at 12 Digital First newspapers. It issued a statement after news of the hostile takeover bid broke in The Wall Street Journal.

“A purchase of Gannett by Digital First Media would result in a dangerous loss of local reporting, more consolidation, and the strip-mining of Gannett’s newspaper assets at a time when the industry demands owners who are committed to reinvestment in journalism and when citizens need local news coverage more than ever,” the NewsGuild statement read.

USA Today, a Gannett-owned news organization, wrote about the takeover bid Sunday and Monday.

“Consistent with its fiduciary duties and in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, the Gannett board of directors will carefully review the proposal received to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of the company and Gannett shareholders,” USA Today reported Gannett saying in a statement.

Gannett CEO Robert J. Dickey reportedly said in a Monday email to staff that employees would be kept informed of any developments, but otherwise, it is business as usual.

The Asbury Park Press was founded in 1879 as a local weekly newspaper and morphed into a daily and Sunday newspaper in the late 1890s. It’s the third-largest daily and Sunday paper in New Jersey, and the 64th largest Sunday paper in the country.

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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)

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Alzheimer’s And Hearing Loss: Early Detection May Alleviate Symptoms

According to a study attributed to the Alzheimer’s Association (AA), in conjunction with the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), strong evidence suggests that hearing impairment contributes to the progression of mental impairment in older adults.

“People living with Alzheimer’s face many challenges,” says Sergei Kochkin, executive director of the BHI. “Hearing loss should not have to be one of them.

When hearing loss is left unaddressed, it can significantly compound the challenges that people with Alzheimer’s and their families already face.”

What is Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and fatal brain disease that affects behavior, cognition and memory loss in over 26 million people worldwide.

Alzheimer’s is typically diagnosed in individuals age 65 and older. The number of those affected is expected to rapidly increase as our nation’s aging population explodes over the next 30 years. When hearing loss or impairment goes undetected, it can interrupt the brain’s understanding of spoken language and sounds. When someone is experiencing both Alzheimer’s and hearing loss symptoms, their ability to understand can sharply decrease. If their hearing issues were diagnosed and treated earlier, the means of successfully managing the disease increase.

The BHI’s research has discovered that people with Alzheimer’s who regularly wear hearing devices in combination with a

consistently practiced aural retraining therapy program are able to diminish the wide range of Alzheimer’s symptoms. If you are concerned that you or a loved one might be experiencing the early warning signs of Alzheimer’s, it is recommended that you maintain your regular hearing evaluations. Working with your hearing health care professional to detect these warning signs as early as possible is a critical first step in confirming an accurate diagnosis and creating an effective long-term plan of treatment for Alzheimer’s and hearing loss.

Ten Signs To Watch Out For The Alzheimer’s Early Detection Alliance (AEDA) campaign, “Know The Ten Signs: Early Detection Matters,” is working to identify the early signs of Alzheimer’s.

According to the AEDA, the 10 signs to watch for include: 1. Memory changes that disrupt daily life 2. Challenges in planning or solving problems 3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks 4. Confusion with time or place 5. Trouble understanding visual images and special relationship 6. New problems with words in speaking or writing 7. Misplacing things and losing ability to retrace steps 8. Decreased or poor judgment 9. Withdrawal from work or social activities 10. Changes in mood or personality

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

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

Hypothyroidism Causes Depression, Anxiety And OCD

By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

If you have hypothyroidism, it can cause depression or anxiety, or OCD. The medications used to treat the psychiatric disorders work temporarily at best, if at all because they don’t address the low thyroid hormone.

Anxiety is sometimes overlooked and misdiagnosed. Anxiety can have many definitions and physical symptoms. For some, it could be defined as looping thoughts, heart racing, racing thoughts, trembling, internal tremors, feeling nervous, having unnatural fears or constant worry.

Failing to normalize your low thyroid hormone levels will make it harder, if not impossible for you to get well.

There’s a very strong correlation between psychiatric disorders and thyroid disease.

Some of you who are hanging on by a thread with severe or suicidal depression, will find solace in the fact that a simple, inexpensive thyroid medication (or supplement) could turn things around for you.

You cannot trust your lab tests even if they say “normal.” The reference ranges were decided upon based upon a sick population. If you are in the “normal” reference range, that’s not saying a whole lot. I cover this in my book, Thyroid Healthy: Lose Weight, Look Beautiful and Live the Life You Imagine.

By the time it takes you to read the next paragraph below, someone else will have taken their own life. That’s because every 40 seconds someone commits suicide in the world, and completes it.

If you associate depression as a problem that

impacts older people like people who recall the sound of a typewriter click, the ringing of a telephone or disco… well, you’re wrong.

It affects children, adolescents and adults of any age. In fact, one in 33 children and 1 in 8 adolescents (age range 10 - 19), have a diagnosis of clinical depression.

Up to 60 percent of people with thyroid disease are 100% completely unaware of their condition, they assume they have some other condition that their physician has diagnosed them with, perhaps stress, high cholesterol, diabetes, bipolar, depression, anxiety, OCD, obesity, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia or some other chronic illness or infection.

If you have depression or anxiety, you might benefit from a trial run of thyroid medication. The type that’s right for you deserves a thoughtful, accurate response so I’ve written a longer version of this article, and you can receive it to your email by signing up for my free newsletter at suzycohen.com.

In the meantime, it’s safe to say I think that thyroid medication and/or dietary supplements are better than antidepressants?

Impressive results from STAR*D Trial have confirmed this.

You can also take thyroid medication or supplements, along with a prescription antidepressant. It’s not either/or it could be both. Talk to your doctor about what’s right for you. Finally, I would be remiss if I did not mention lithium and fish oils as other natural options for mood stabilization and neurotransmitter support.

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By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – Years ago, the school district hired a fi rm to evaluate the shortcomings in the buildings. This resulted in a multi-million dollar to-do list: roofi ng, security, HVAC and more. It took years of planning before the taxpayers were asked to fund these improvements.

The taxpayers answered “yes.”

The $147,148,269 referendum succeeded, 7,513 votes to 5,383. These totals are unofficial, since it takes some time after an election to verify the results, mostly because of provisional ballots. They were reported on the Ocean County Clerk’s website as results came in on election night.

The fi rst thing that district officials want to do is give thanks, Superintendent David Healy said.

“We asked for support, and we don’t take that for granted,” he said.

Many groups advocated for the referendum, from municipal officials to parents to athletic teams who use the facilities. Staff and students are immensely grateful for their help, he said.

The Toms River Regional School District is made up of several towns. They will be affected thusly: • Toms River: Residents with the average home assessment of $272,400, would see an increase of $141.65 per year.

• South Toms River: Residents with the average home assessment of $165,200, would see an increase of $72.52 per year.

• Beachwood: Residents with the average home assessment of $203,600, would see an increase of $96.75 per year.

• Pine Beach: Residents with the average home assessment of $267,900, would see an increase of $132.72 per year.

To get a more specific cost, the district has a tax calculator on its website: trschools. com/community/referendum. Residents can enter their town and the assessment on their property to determine what the change in their taxes would be.

However, taxpayers will likely feel less than that. Board member Michael Horgan, who chairs the budget and finance committee, said the day after the referendum that the district probably won’t bond the entire

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$147 million at once. The plan, which was also discussed by business administrator William Doering, is to take out smaller bonds, and prioritize the projects. This would ease in the increases more slowly, and it will also give the district the opportunity to go for bonds with lower interest rates when they become available.

Additionally, the district by law had to advertise a worst case scenario interest rate when pitching it to the public. It will likely be less, Doering had said.

Some of the bonding might come online when other debt is being paid off, so taxpayers might not feel as much of a bump, he had said.

The Board of Education will probably vote in February to allow the district to begin the bid process for the fi rst projects, Horgan said. Then, construction could start in the summer, when the buildings are being used less.

Officials didn’t name specific projects that would be started fi rst.

“They all amount to priority projects,” Healy said. The top of the list would be anything surrounding the health and safety of children, the “envelope” of the buildings to keep water from leaking in, and anything that has a daily impact on instruction.

Many people were concerned about the cost of the referendum, but it will also put money and value back into the area, he said. The district is going to sign a project labor agreement which will require 88 percent of the workers to be local. Therefore, the money spent will stay here.

Additionally, having a thriving school district increases property values, he said.

“When someone is moving into the community, the fi rst thing they ask is ‘How are the schools?’ ” What school officials had tried to stress during public hearings before the vote was that the taxpayers were also saying “yes” to state money.

When a referendum gets approved, the projects are open to partial state funding.

The state had agreed to pay $47,281,593 of the $147,148,269 price tag. This would leave $99,866,676 that would be bonded, (Referendum - See Page 23)

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uled to work in a given shift.

For example, if an employee is scheduled to work a 7-hour shift, the employer cannot mandate that the employee use paid sick time in Michael J. Deem increments of eight hours.

What Happens Upon Transfer, Separation or Reinstatement?

Transfer of employment to a related or successor employer: If an employee is employed by a successor employer or transferred to a separate division, entity or location of the same employer, the employee will retain and be entitled to use all accrued sick time.

Separation of employment: Unless the employer has a policy or collective bargaining agreement providing for the payment of accrued sick leave upon termination, resignation, retirement or other separation from employment, the act does not require the employer to pay employees for unused accrued sick leave upon the separation from employment.

Reinstatement of employment: If an employee is separated from employment but then reinstated within six months, all of the employee’s unused and accrued sick time must be reinstated.

What Notice and Documentation Is Required?

Foreseeable absences: Employers may require advance notice, not to exceed seven calendar days, of the intention to use the leave and the expected duration. Employers may require employees to make a reasonable effort to schedule the use of sick leave in a manner that does not unduly disrupt the operations of the employer. Employers may prohibit employees from using foreseeable sick leave on certain dates, and require reasonable documentation if sick leave that is not foreseeable is used during those dates.

Unforeseeable absences: Employers may require employees to give notice of the intention to use the leave as soon as practicable, provided that the employer has notified the employee of this requirement.

Absences of three days or more: If an employee is absent for at least three consecutive days, the employer may require documentation that confirms that the employee used sick leave for a covered purpose.

What Are the Notice and Record-Keeping Rules?

Employers must post a notification of employees’ rights under the act and provide employees with a written copy of the notice within 30 days after the department has issued a model notice and each time thereafter when an employee is hired or requests such a notice. Additionally, employers must retain records documenting hours worked by employees and paid sick time taken by employees for a period of five years and permit the department access to those records.

What If We Have a Collective Bargaining Agreement?

The act does not apply to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that is in effect at the time of the effective date of the act, at least until the CBA expires.

Even then, employees or their representatives may waive the rights under the act during the negotiation of the CBA. What About Local Paid-Sick-Leave Laws?

The act preempts all existing and future municipal ordinances in New Jersey regarding paid sick time.

How Will the Law Be Enforced?

Employees may sue their employers for violating the act and can seek actual damages suffered as a result of the violation, plus an equal amount of liquidated damages.

How Does the Anti-Retaliation Provision Work?

The anti-retaliation provision of the act includes a rebuttable presumption that an employer’s actions are unlawful if it takes adverse action against an employee within 90 days of the employee engaging in activity protected under the act.

This includes such actions as filing a complaint with the department, cooperating with an investigation, opposing policies and practices that are unlawful under the act, or informing other individuals of their rights under the act.

What Should Employers Do Now? In anticipation of the effective date of this new law, you should review your paid time off, vacation or other paid leave policies to determine whether you will have to implement a paid-sick-time policy for any of your employees or amend your existing policies to ensure compliance with the act. You should also inform managers and supervisors of any new policy changes and of the importance of the provisions of the law prohibiting retaliation.

You should also consider revising your employee handbooks to account for these changes. For example, if you choose not to pay out accrued but unused sick leave upon termination, you must make that abundantly clear in your written policies. Finally, you should be on the lookout for the poster and template notice issued by the Department.

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By: Michael Deem, Esq. and Robert C. Shea, Esq. of R.C. Shea & Associates On October 29, New Jersey became the 10th state to enact a statewide mandatory paid-sick-leave law. The New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act requires that nearly all New Jersey employers provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year to covered employees.

Here is an overview of what New Jersey employers need to know: Who Is Covered?

Covered employees: The act applies to most employees working in the state “for compensation.” The act expressly excludes employees in the construction industry employed under a collective bargaining agreement, per diem healthcare employees, and public employees who already have sick leave benefits.

Covered employers: The act broadly applies to any business entity, irrespective of size, that employs employees in the state of New Jersey, including a temporary help service firm.

It expressly excludes public employers required to provide their employees with sick leave.

How Is Leave Accrued?

Accrual period: The act requires employers to designate any period of 12 consecutive months as a “benefit year.”

Employers cannot change the established benefit year without first notifying the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Under the act, current employees begin accruing sick time on the effective date of the act. New employees hired after the effective date of the act begin accruing sick time on the first date of their employment.

Accrual limits: In each benefit year, an employee will accrue up to 40 hours of sick time at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked. Alternatively, an employer may “frontload” the full 40 hours at the beginning of the benefit year. Employers with existing paid time off (PTO), personal days, vacation days and sick-day policies may utilize those policies to satisfy the requirements of the act as long as employees can use the time off as required by the act.

In the case of a temporary help service firm placing an employee with client firms, paid sick leave will accrue on the basis of the total time worked on assignment with the firm, not separately for each client firm to which the employee is assigned.

How Can Leave Be Used?

• Employers are not required to permit employees to use more than 40 hours of sick leave in a benefit year. Employees can use accrued sick time after the 120th day of their first date of employment for the following reasons: • Diagnosis, care or treatment of—or recovery from—an employee’s own mental or physical illness, including preventive medical care.

Aid or care for a covered family member during diagnosis, care or treatment of—or recovery from—the family member’s mental or physical illness, including preventive medical care.

• Circumstances related to an employee’s or their family member’s status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence (including the need to obtain related medical treatment, seek counseling, relocate or participate in related legal services).

• Closure of an employee’s workplace or of a school/childcare of an employee’s child because of a public official’s order relating to a public health emergency.

• Time to attend a meeting requested or required by school staff to discuss a child’s health condition or disability.

The act broadly defines “family member” to include individuals related by blood to the employee or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.

Employers may not require an employee to find a replacement to cover the employee’s absence.

Carryover and Payout Rules Maximum carryover: The act does not require employers to permit employees to carry over more than 40 hours of accrued sick time in a single benefit year.

Optional buyout: Employers may, but are not obligated to, offer to pay employees for their unused accrued sick time in the final month of the benefit year. If employees agree to receive the payment, they may choose a payment for the full amount of their unused accrued sick time or for 50 percent of such time.

The payment amount shall be based on the same rate of pay that the employee earns at the time of the payment. If an employer frontloads the entire amount of sick time, it must either pay the employee for the full amount of unused accrued sick time in the final month of the employer’s benefit year or carry forward any unused sick time to the next benefit year. Employee approval is not required.

In What Increments Can Workers Use Leave?

The act provides employers with the discretion to choose the increments in which its employees may use accrued sick time. However, the largest increment chosen may not be larger than the number of hours an employee was sched-

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Continued From Page 18 and paid off over years.

The way a referendum works is that the state pays a portion if the referendum is approved. If it’s not, the district has to fund the improvements on their own. That’s why a lot of districts use referendums to gain access to the state money. They figure that if they have to make repairs, they might as well get state money to help fund it.

None of this affects maintenance projects that the district currently has underway, officials said. They perform a few million dollars worth of projects every year.

Additionally, there were $17.8 million in energy projects. What happened was that the district bonded for the $17.8 million, and the projects being done are saving $1 million annually in energy costs, so it will be paid off without raising taxes.

Not everyone was confident that the Toms River schools would pass. Last year, the Toms River Township Council attempted to double its open space tax to collect more land and make it unbuildable. That measure failed 17,121 “no” votes to 11,267 “yes” votes.

The district is faced with a huge drop in state aid that is not tied to any referendum.

The state provides funding to every district every year. However, new figures will put Toms River at a loss of $70,685,260 over the course of seven school years.

The district is currently mounting a legal opposition to this.

Horgan said he was excited about the

referendum passing. He thought it might pass, but he didn’t expect the margin that it did. Since the district was stuck between fighting Trenton and also funding maintenance projects, the fact that it passed means it takes some of the pressure off.

“We can fix these things without squeezing every penny out of our operating budget.”

This loss in funding was certainly hanging over voters’ heads. When district officials made their pitch for the referendum, the loss of aid was talked about. It still could have gone either way: either people would vote for the referendum, hoping to fund the schools in case that they never got their state money reimbursed, or they could have voted against it, expecting taxes to go up and not wanting them to go up any more.

Every district in the smaller towns were in favor of the referendum: Pine Beach reported 287 “yes” and 185 “no” votes.

South Toms River reported 186 “yes” and 68 “no” votes.

Beachwood reported 887 “yes” and 401 “no” votes.

There were some Toms River districts that voted against it, but there were enough “yes” votes throughout Toms River to carry the referendum. The vote total in Toms River was 6,153 “yes” and 4,729 “no” votes.

Perhaps predicting poor results, the board voted this month to give the district the ability to go out for another referendum on March 12.

Apparently, though, that was not needed.

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Patients Ask Doctors.

Doctors Ask Dr. Hussain

By Michael Vandenberg Most of the time, getting treatment is simple. Something hurts or you feel ill, so you go to the doctor. He or she describes what the problem is and then gives you advice or medication. But sometimes answers aren’t so simple. That’s when rheumatologists like Dr. Shahzad Hussain step in. With his innate ability to read between the lines, along with years of education and first-hand experience, Dr. Hussain stands ready to solve the problem and make a difference.

The challenging nature of rheumatology is part of what originally appealed to him back in residency. It was a field where he could do more than write prescriptions; he really wanted to get to know his patients, and that comes with the territory when you’re asking them a lot of questions for a diagnosis and treatment. So he did fellowships in both rheumatology and immunology, making his level of knowledge on the former’s top villains (like lupus) among the highest.

He happened to finish his residency in San Francisco at the same time and city as Dr. Usmani, who would go on to start his own practice in Lakewood in 1999.

Meanwhile, Dr. Hussain had gone home to care for his ailing brother. A few months went by, and Dr. Usmani started to get busy and looked to hire a partner.

He heard about Dr. Hussain and gave him a call. “It would be at least another six months before I can come back,” Dr. Hussain warned

him. “No problem, I can wait,” Dr. Usmani said. They eventually joined forces and ran a highly successful practice until early 2018, when they decided to merge with Garden State Medical Center.

There were two major benefits to joining GSMC. For one thing, everything is electronic here for easy access: data, records, and charts are all in one place.

That means they can spend less time doing paperwork and more time getting you better.

Second, they could team up with Dr. Dharam Mann and his gifted team of pain management specialists.

The idea of having everything under one roof was huge to Dr. Hussain. Before the merger, “I’d see a patient here, and then I’d say, ‘Okay go get pain management forty miles away.’” Sometimes this would result in a disconnect in treatment strategy, or patients understandably didn’t want to do all that traveling. But now he’ll come to a diagnosis and say, for example, “Dr. Jani is next door. I know him, I’ll talk to him.” All of his notes are right on the database,

along with Dr. Jani’s, so they can easily coordinate the best way to care for you.

“I’ll send them and in the next few days they are being seen,” by one of the pain management specialists. No more bouncing around for a month just to go from diag-

nosis to treatment.

With the full force of GSMC behind him, Dr. Hussain has pulled off some great feats.

“It’s very gratifying in this field when you see patients doing well, because these diseases are hard to treat,” he pointed out. One woman had rashes head to toe and had been to five or six other rheumatologists before Dr. Hussain. She had only recently been diagnosed with skin lupus, but treatment wasn’t working. The key would be to figure out anything besides the lupus that might be triggering the rashes. Sun exposure was an obvious cause, but Dr. Hussain was able to lean heavily on his

allergy training in immunology to dig deeper on things like perfumes and shampoos.

After six months of careful consideration and communication with the patient, they were able to get the rashes down to 10 percent of their former surface area. A great improvement, but not perfect. Dr. Hussain found a new infusion that had just been approved by the FDA. The only problem: it cost $20,000 every four weeks.

His office fought hard for the patient to get it approved with her insurance, and then they began treatment. In three months, there was not one spot left on her body.

“She literally sat and cried and cried and said, ‘Oh my God, I’ve lived with this for so long. I thought I was go-

ing to die with this.’ So now she’s still rash-free. She’s in complete remission,” and only has to take one medication per day.

Rashes aren’t the only thing Dr. Hussain treats either.

Rheumatology can concern all of the major bodily systems in one way or another.

Regardless of what you’re feeling, he is prepared to talk to you and give you a hand.

Feel free to schedule an appointment with Dr. Hussain today at 1100 NJ Route 70, Entrance A in Whiting or 2333 Whitehorse Mercerville Road in Hamilton by calling 1-888-376-2661.

Visit gsmedicalcenter.org anytime to get more information on all of the services Garden State Medical Center provides.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of jan 26 - feb 1

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Enjoy romantic moments today but get back to work tomorrow.

No matter how attractive and sociable you are the dishes still need to be washed. Success will come through hard work and effort in the week ahead.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You might feel you need a break from routines in the week ahead. It should be easy to find a partner willing to escape a humdrum schedule and liven things up. Add some hobbies or entertainments to your agenda.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make fantasies become facts. You can let the creative juices flow and work out the details to make dreams come true. As this week unfolds work steadily toward achieving a worthy goal that uplifts your spirits.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Bury the hatchet. It makes no sense to let animosities block a key relationship in the week ahead. Let bygones be bygones. Kiss and make up or just shake hands and call it quits if that makes more sense.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Come to a turning point. This is a good day to make a firm commitment or pledge your heart. During the upcoming week you may enjoy cheerful outings with loved ones or a variety of pleasant social activities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the week ahead, a situation in your love life may require a tender touch or proof of your loyalty despite all odds. You might be willing to spend a bit more than usual to obtain something that pleases your spirit.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the week to come people might come to you for advice or to confide their innermost thoughts because they trust your sense of fair play. You will be at your best when you have someone by your side.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You can have fun, but it doesn’t need to cost a fortune. However, you might be in the mood to spend more than usual this week to pamper and spoil the ones you love. Your kindness brings out the best in people.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your genuinely generous and gregarious nature is in full bloom. You might attract an admirer or a helpful connection in the week to come. Embrace creative activities and let your inner child enjoy recess.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Dare to dream. Follow a whim in the upcoming week and there’s no telling where it may lead. Enjoy contact with interesting new people or grow closer to an attractive new hook up whenever you find time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t discount a sincere compliment in the week ahead. Someone who seemed to be “just a friend” might be sincerely interested in you.

What seems like a mere flirtation could turn into a long-term relationship.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sugar and spice, and everything nice, is great until you are subjected to a steady diet of it. In the week ahead, you may enjoy good times with loved ones but at some point must get back to necessary routines.

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By Wolfgang Puck

If you’re at all familiar with me, you’ve probably seen or heard me say that before we ever even put food in our mouths, we eat with our eyes. Beautiful food excites the appetite, building happy anticipation for the wonderful tastes and textures soon to come.

Making delicious food with visual appeal becomes even more important during the sometimes-dreary days of winter. And it can also become even more of a challenge at a time of year when springtime’s beautiful bounty of produce is still a couple of months away.

That’s one of the reasons I love to turn my attention to beets right now. These root vegetables may have been harvested back in autumn, but they keep for months in cold storage and are available abundantly in markets right now, ready to brighten our tables with their jewel-like hues - most commonly ruby red, though deep amber beets and other heirloom varieties are becoming more and more common.

Beets star in a spectacular - yet surprisingly easy to make - appetizer salad that my team and I have been serving now for well more than three decades at Spago. We call the dish a “Napoleon” after the famous French pastry creation of the same name, which features multiple layers of golden-brown puff pastry alternating with whipped cream or custard.

In this case, the dish’s layers consist of roasted beet slices sandwiched with creamy goat cheese, which has a snowy white color and rich yet tangy flavor that contrast perfectly with the vegetable’s deep color and irresistibly mellow, earthy sweetness.

If that description of the beet’s appeal puzzles you, there’s probably a very good chance that you’ve never experienced beets as they’re meant to be cooked. Too many people only know canned beets, which have a lackluster flavor and mushy texture. Yet, they’re surprisingly easy to cook. And if you roast them the way I explain in the recipe, instead of boiling them as many people do, you’ll intensify their natural sweetness while producing a firm yet tender texture.

Although the recipe’s preparation is fairly simple, there is - as the familiar phrase goes on certain children’s toys - some assembly required. But you can cook the beets, peel and slice them, and briefly poach them in sugar syrup to enhance their sweetness up to one day in advance. You can also make the two dressings ahead, though both those recipes are very straightforward. That leaves just the quick heating of the cheese and layering with the beets, plus the final presentation - all accomplished in under 15 minutes.

One sight of this dish at the start of a special dinner will brighten spirits - and appetites - throughout the meal!

ROASTED BEET NAPOLEONS Serves 4 3 pounds (1.5 kg) large red beets, washed and trimmed 1 cup (250 mL) rice vinegar 1 cup (250 mL) sugar 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 pound (500 g) store-bought creamy herbed or plain goat cheese logs, chilled, cut crosswise into 16 round slices 3 cups (750 mL) mixed baby lettuces 1/2 cup (125 mL) Spago House Dressing (recipe follows) 1/2 cup Citrus Hazelnut Vinaigrette (recipe follows) 2 ounces (60 g) toasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped Preheat the oven to 400 F (200 C). Put the beets in a roasting pan, add cold water to a quarter of the way up the sides of the pan, and cover the pan with foil. Roast

until tender, 2 to 2 1/4 hours. Check for doneness by gently inserting a skewer into a beet: It should slide in easily. Remove the beets from the pan, set aside to cool, and then peel.

Cut each beet into round slices 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick. With a cookie cutter, cut each slice into a 3-inch (7.5-cm) round, making 20 rounds. Cut the trimmings into 1/4-inch (6-mm) dice, reserving 1 cup (250 mL) for garnish.

In a saute pan, bring the vinegar and sugar to a boil; reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the beet slices, and poach for 1 minute; then, carefully turn and poach 1 minute longer. With a slotted spatula, remove the slices and arrange on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Cover and refrigerate.

When ready to assemble, heat the oil in a saute pan over medium-low heat.Arrange the goat cheese slices in the pan and warm slightly for under 1 minute per side, turning with a small spatula and taking care not to melt them.

To assemble, place a beet round on a firm, flat surface. Top with a goat cheese slice, then another beet; continue to get 5 layers of beet with 4 cheese layers in between. With a sharp knife, carefully cut the stack into 3 wedges. Repeat with the remaining beets and cheese.

Arrange 3 wedges, pointed ends facing out, in the center of each chilled salad plate. Toss the lettuces with Spago House Dressing and mound on top.

Drizzle Citrus Hazelnut Vinaigrette around each stack.

Sprinkle toasted hazelnuts and diced beets over the drizzled vinaigrette. Serve immediately.

SPAGO HOUSE DRESSING Makes 1 cup (250 mL) 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon sherry wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1/2 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves 1 small shallot, minced 1/2 cup (125 mL) extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup (125 mL) walnut oil 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper In a medium bowl, whisk together the vinegars, mustard, thyme and shallot. Whisking continuously, slowly drizzle in the oils to form a thick emulsion.

Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate in a covered container for up to three weeks, whisking again before use.

CITRUS HAZELNUT VINAIGRETTE Makes 1 1/3 cups (335 mL) 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) fresh orange juice 1 shallot, minced 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme leaves 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest 1/3 cup (85 mL) hazelnut oil 1/3 cup (85 mL) extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper In a medium saucepan, bring the orange juice to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until reduced to 1/3 cup. Cool to room temperature.

In a medium bowl, combine the orange juice, shallot, thyme, vinegar and orange zest. Whisking continuously, slowly drizzle in both oils until the dressing emulsifies. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Refrigerate in a covered container for up to one week.

(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) © 2019 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.

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