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Lakehurst’s Huge Book Donation Replaces Those Lost To Mold

By Jennifer Peacock LAKEHURST – Bibliophiles, be jealous. More than 10,000 books, donated by people across the country, were delivered to Lakehurst Elementary School March 12.

Okay, don’t be too jealous. The school lost all its books from a massive mold problem over the summer. A concerned military family, whose children attend the school, reached out to Operation Paperback for help. And, they helped.

“It’s from all over the country. There’s people who sent stuff from California,” Shannon Christensen told The Manchester Times. “When they hear that it’s for kids, especially military families, people went out of their way to help.”

A GoFundMe page to raise money to help replace items and help with clean-up costs was set up back in September. However, a Joint Base Maguire-Dix-Lakehurst parent, whose children attend the school, reached out to Operation Paperback for help.

The operation was started in 1999 when CMS Rick Honeywell was deployed to Kuwait for a four-month stint. There was no recreation of any kind, so Honeywell’s wife Chrissy sent a huge care package of candy, games and books.

Her father, Dan Bowers, pulled paperbacks from his collection to send over, and encouraged others to do the same.

Soon, Rick Honeywell’s squadron had 500 books and needed to build shelves.

So while Operation Paperback mostly focuses on getting books into the hands of soldiers overseas, Chrissy Honeywell believed the school, which does serve (Book - See Page 24)

–Photos by Chris Lundy and courtesy Shannon Christensen Volunteers helped bring thousands of books to the school.

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Cell Tower Planned For Low Service Area In Whiting

By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The contracts are signed. Now officials are in talks to agree on the right location.

Its construction is likely a year out, but Whiting will finally be getting a cell phone tower.

“It’s almost impossible with Pinelands to find a lot that Pinelands will let us build a cell tower on,” Manchester Council Vice President Samuel Fusaro said in reference to the environmental regulators the Pinelands Commission.

“We knew that the cell service out there was skimpy in parts, especially in the eastern part of Whiting as you get east of Schoolhouse Road.”

The township had a least five different properties it was considering for the tower. Four of those lots were rejected because of their locations in forested areas. Pinelands finally agreed on Block 89 lot 3, which is off Route 530

by Pine Ridge.

“The original location for the tower, which was nearly in the middle of the lot is now up for discussion since Pinelands is concerned about threatened and endangered species, specifically northern pine snake or corn snake, or their dens. Pinelands gave a suggestion that if the tower was moved closer to Route 530 the [threatened and endangered] study would be less onerous (Cell Tower - See Page 4)

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Kelly unveiled this $432 million budget back in February, and it passed without public comment

at the Freeholders’ regular March 20 meeting.

“What does this budget cover? It covers all the core services provided to the 600,000 people that call Ocean County home,” Kelly said. “It makes certain that our seniors, who rely on so many senior programs we have, including our nutrition program that provide daily meals, are fully fund-

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Cell Tower:

now in discussions with Pinelands on that issue. Hopefully this is just a minor issue that can be overcome because the need for more cell coverage in that area is paramount and frankly an issue of public safety.”

The new tower will blanket a 2-mile di-

ameter with cell, blanketing Whiting, Toms River and Berkeley with coverage, although Manchester is focused on service for its residents.

Homeland Towers presented its plan to the township planning board back in January as

a courtesy, Fusaro said. With all the permits needed, it will be at least a year before the tower is built.

As of now, Verizon has signed on to use the tower. Homeland is courting other cellphone service providers to install antennas as well.

Budget:

The budget also includes a healthy amount to fund veterans’ programs, something near and dear to Freeholder Gerry Little’s heart, Kelly said.

The opioid addiction crises plaguing not only Ocean County but the entire state remains a primary concern for the Freeholders. The budget includes funding for law enforcement - sheriff’s department, prosecutor’s office, corrections, security,

and juvenile services - to maintain public safety.

“They are working to meet the ongoing challenges brought on by the opioid crisis,” Kelly said. “It is our commitment to help those that are affected by the addiction so that they know support and help available for them, but we also make sure our law and public safety agencies are working to reduce the crime that is linked to this crisis, so we are all safe in our homes and our neighborhoods.”

So services this year are maintained as the tax rate goes down another half cent, leveling off at 34 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

The county does receive some state and federal aid, but is mostly funded through the local tax levy. This year, almost 82 percent of its operating budget - $353.1 million will be raised by taxation, under cap at 1.89 percent over last year’s $346.5 million levy.

The total budget is up from $416.1 million in 2018 to $432 million this year.

Some highlights include: $15.7 million for Ocean County College, an

increase of $454,418 $19 million for Ocean County Vocational Technical School, an increase of $372,768 $9.3 million for a “pay as you grow” appropriation, so the county doesn’t have to go out to bond on some projects $25 million for roads and bridges $75 million for county departments that oversee law and public safety $100,000 additional funds for the senior nutrition program “For years this Board of Freeholders has promised a no-surprise budget. That continues our conservative and disciplined approach to budgeting. And this year, we continue to keep our pledge,” Kelly said.

Kelly was named liaison to the finance department, replacing long-time budget architect John C. Bartlett Jr., who died on Dec. 12, 2018.

“It’s really a blueprint of what Ocean County is all about,” Freeholder Joseph Vicari said. The budget reflects the importance of quality of life, affordability, and the ability for every student in Ocean County to reach his or her full potential.

Continued From Page 1 The budget also funds maintenance the county’s 626 miles of roads and 259 bridges and culverts, Kelly added. It covers the everyday mundanity - filling potholes, plowing snow - to the future, such as funding stormwater management systems to keep Barnegat Bay clean.

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Kids Were Silent Victims In Sandy Survivor’s Novel, And In Real Life

By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – There are two things North Jersey natives look forward to during their summers: a visit down the shore, and a day at Six Flags Great Adventure. This is true, at least, according to Deborah Mura.

She bought a house in the late 1980s just two blocks from where she resides now with her husband and children in Silverton’s Silver Bay section. A canal splits her block from the neighboring one, where the Silver Bay Harbor Association is located. Mura gave her children paradise, a permanent summer weekend of sorts.

Her first house, on Longman Street, flooded in 1992. The worst flooding she ever dealt with at her current house before Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 was a bit of water in her driveway when it rained.

“So when Sandy hit, I was like, ‘Oh, don’t worry about it. We flooded once before.

Everything was fine 6 months later. It’s all going to be good.’ It didn’t quite work out that way,” Mura said.

Her family stayed.

The wind knocked down two trees in her yard that Sunday. A window broke, but Mura took it in stride.

That Monday morning, she and her teenaged son and daughter drove to the local grocery store for food. But the power cut out before they could make a purchase. They ended up at Wawa, buying the last bit of food

available in the entire store.

“What is typical for people in my neighborhood, is, come high tide, you walk down, and you look. And so we did that. And high tide wasn’t that bad,” Mura said.

By the time they returned home, the power was out at their house. They decided to carve pumpkins by candlelight.

And then the phone rings. It was Mura’s father-in-law. He said her sister-in-law, who lives near Mura, just evacuated.

“What are you talking about? Everything’s fine,” Mura remembered saying.

But it wasn’t fine. The water line breeched and was pouring into the streets, and then homes. Mura went into her garage and found a foot of water inside. Her family quickly grabbed their bicycles and moved them, and found the water had rose another foot in just a few minutes. Mura’s husband and son managed to drive the family car up a few blocks. She, her daughter and the two dogs - the one had to swim out of the house - met them up there.

When Mura and her husband returned to their home the next morning - they waded through the water, a move she calls “stupid” - the old family pick-up truck used for chores and errands was submerged.

“I annoyed everyone, because I kept saying, ‘This is funny.’ I tend to make everything a joke and laugh everything off. I annoyed the crap out of lots of people, I’m sure,” Mura

–Photos by Jennifer Peacock and courtesy Deborah Mura (Above) The morning after Superstorm Sandy hit, the Muras waded back to their Silver Bay home to find their pick-up truck submerged. This scene inspired a scene in Deborah Mura’s book, “Stronger Than The Storm.” (Right) Deborah Mura lives very close to Silver Bay. Though Sandy hit more than 6 years ago, her imprint is still seen and felt in this neighborhood. said. “Your house has four feet of water in it, nobody ever expects that. That’s kind of funny.”

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY Letters To The Editor

E ditorial We Do What We’re Told There was an experiment conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram that proved how people would willingly hurt each other simply by being told to do so.

The subject would believe that he was “teaching” a complete stranger how to improve their memory by giving electrical shocks for incorrect answers. The shocks would increase steadily with wrong answers. The “learner” would react painfully until the voltage reached a lethal dose, and then the “learner” would fall silent.

In actuality, the “learner” was an actor, playing a tape recording of a shock sound. No one was injured during the experiment.

While every test subject questioned the ethics of the experiment, every single one continued with it until they were administering 300-volt shocks. Some even went the full way to the lethal dose of 450 volts.

The experiment was used to show how powerful authority was. A person in a position of authority, Milgram proved, could convince someone to do something that was against their own morals. The person in authority in this case was the person running the test, telling the “teacher” to shock the “learner.”

Further experiments had other actors in the room with the “teacher.” So, the

“teacher” felt like they were part of a team.

I make note of this because of what’s going on in this country.

“Authority” can be taken many different ways.

Politicians are authorities.

Commentators on news shows are authorities. The constant deluge of social media creates a singular authoritative voice. People go down the rabbit hole into dark websites that advocate violence and hate.

We have to be very careful of the “authorities” in our lives. Who are we listening to? What do they want us to do? Why do they want us to act in this way? Why do they want us to think a certain way?

What are their motives?

What happens if we say “no?”

Most people reading this will think “Yeah, other people need to stop listening to idiots telling them what to do.” Most people won’t realize that they are being manipulated as well.

We have a choice in what we watch. What we read.

What we listen to. We have a choice in who we want to influence us.

We can choose to listen to people who advocate hate or we can choose to listen to people who advocate love.

Seems like it should be an easy choice.

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The Governor’s Secret Plan I think Governor Murphy has a secret plan to curb all sor ts of violence in New Jersey by legalizing marijuana thus keeping the people high and happy instead of aggressive.

Donald G. Calvert Barnegat

Voters For Recreational Weed Are Complicit In Crimes Gov. Murphy is about to take a bite out of law enforcement by signing into law his “recreational pot” bill. God help us if this is his way to raise revenue to finance his state budget!

It is my opinion that he and any State Legislator(s) that vote for this law, in the event of auto accidents or cr imes at t r ibuted to those under the influence of “recreational pot” be sued as “ co-conspirators in aiding and abetting” the commission of such incidents.

William McPhail Toms River

Aid Cuts Would Hurt More Than Education This letter is directed to state lawmakers regarding S2, the bill that cut Toms River’s state aid.

I am writing to you as a concerned teacher and parent. I was fortunate enough to grow up in Toms River and at tend Toms R iver Regional Schools f rom kindergarten through 12th grade. During my time as a student, I was given the opportunity to play sports and join extracurricular activities that helped me get into a good college.

Letters To The Editormillion annually over the Now, I have the privilege own money to purchase. to teach and give back to the district that gave me so much.

When I began my career, I quickly learned that being a teacher is more than what the average person thinks it is. To most, including you, teaching is a teacher standing in the front of a room dishing out information to students that we want to then regurgitate back to us in the form of a test or quiz.

Wrong! Being a teacher nowadays is teaching children to use manners, be kind human beings to all, and make good choices.

It’s giving a hug to those kids who get no attention at home. It’s giving extra food ( purchased or made by ourselves) to students who don’t have enough to eat at home. It’s being called “mom” or “grandma” by some st udents because you are more a motherly figure to them than anyone in their home life.

It’s buying them coats, gloves, socks, or any daily necessities because parents can’t or won’t provide it.

It’s creating an environment in which they feel safe because for the few hours they are at school, it’s their only safe place.

It’s also teaching students that there is a difference between right and wrong.

This is particularly hard to do when the leaders of our state are making the wrong decisions.

Please explain to me how cutting our funding and consequently cutting hundreds of teaching jobs and increasing class sizes is the right decision! Some of you may be misinformed about Toms River Schools and I invite any one of you to walk a day in my shoes.

I have to teach students information based on outrageous standards, with limited resources or use resources I have to spend my own time to find and

With you taking away our funding, you are also taking away opportunities for students to participate in sports and extracurricular activities. This, in turn, will give students plenty more time to get involved in the ever rampant drug problem we have in our state. Start being an actual leader and be the voice for our youth and our future.

Show them that doing what is right for all is better than doing right for just you. Be a leader!

Please understand that Toms River Schools are the foundation of our community. The proposal of S2 will do irreversible damage to not only our district, but to our town as well.

Our schools have some of the lowest per-pupil spending in the state. Our tax levy currently increases each year to attempt to maintain the quality of our district. The initial $2.3 million funding cut will hurt our children. The 7-year phased in cut of over $20 million will eviscerate our district. Forced 2 percent annual property tax increases will not even come close to replacing the lost funding. If taxes are raised but the quality of education plummets, people will move out of district or out of state.

Toms River needs real school f unding refor m.

SFRA is a flawed policy!

It takes money to run a high-quality school district. Toms River Regional Schools is currently operating over $40 million below adequacy according to the NJDOE. They say we should be spending $2,966 more per child. We spend less. What is our reward for educating children on a shoestring budget? A budge cut!

S2 will cut ou r state aid by over $1,300 per child a total of over $20

next few years. This will, without a doubt, force our district to cut programs and staff. Toms River’s per pupil costs are already among the lowest in the state. We cannot absorb the scheduled decrease in funding under S2 without doing irreparable harm to our children. It will cause severe cuts in staff, cuts in programs and significant proper t y t a x i ncreases just to maintain a reduced quality of education.

Please think about whether you would want a child or relative of yours to attend a district that has been forced to cut hundreds of teachers and prog rams (a m o n g ot h e r t h i n g s), which contribute to a high q u a l it y, wel l - r o u n d e d education. Think about whether you’d want that child to be one student in a class of 40. Do you think he/she would get the support and attention he/ she needs from the sole teacher in the classroom?

Would he/she learn all of the state standards when, every day, the teacher has to deal with 40 different personalities of students who come from different backgrounds and different circumstances? Do you want that same child to never experience the joy of playing on a team and beating your cross-town r ival? Or play i ng with the marching band before an exciting game? Think about some of the things you loved most about being a student in the district you attended. Now think about how you would’ve felt if all of the things you loved most were taken away by the state. That is what Toms River Students are on the verge of facing. I implore you to rethink this budget cut.

Andrea Boturla Toms River

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Holzapfel: Marijuana Legalization Comes With Serious Downsides

TRENTON – As a state senator and former county prosecutor, I oppose efforts

by Gov. Phil Murphy and Democrats in the state Legislature to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the Garden State.

The claims made by supporters of legalization don’t tell the full story, including the negative impacts on our neighborhoods and our children that can be expected should this proposal become law.

Proponents of legalization

often cite a variety of anticipated benefits, ranging from large streams of new tax revenues for governments to anticipated “social justice” gains that they say would level the playing field for minorities.

The reality, however, is far less rosy. That’s clear from the example set by Colorado, where legalization occurred in 2014.

By 2017, Colorado’s marijuana taxes accounted for $210 million of the state’s $27.1 billion in revenues

- just 0.78 percent. Here in New Jersey, Murphy is projecting $60 million of new tax revenues from the legalization of recreational marijuana in his state budget proposal for 2020.

That $60 million would account for just 0.15 percent of the revenues needed to support his massive $38.6 billion spending plan for next year.

At the local level, the financial picture doesn’t get any better. Municipalities already have been told by

legislative leaders not to expect a windfall of new money from legalization.

So any expectation that marijuana might be a panacea for New Jersey’s property tax crisis is misguided.

For example, many mayors and police chiefs have expressed serious concerns that there are significant recurring expenses associated with training police officers to become and remain certified as “drug recognition experts.”

These so-called “DREs” are specially trained to identify when a person’s behavior indicates they are driving under the influence (DUI) of a substance other than alcohol.

This special training is necessary because there is no simple breathalyzer test for marijuana.

As a former prosecutor, I know that DUI cases that are reliant on behavioral observations are much more uncertain and far less likely to result in convictions in our courtrooms.

While marijuana legalization will lead to more marijuana users and more impaired drivers, there will

be little deterrent to prevent all of those who are high from getting behind the wheel with disastrous results.

That has proven to be the case in Colorado, Washington and Oregon, where crash rates rose following legalization by those states.

But it’s not just the threat to families on our roadways that has me worried.

I’m also concerned that marijuana legalization will increase children’s access to marijuana in their homes, making the current drug epidemic even worse.

It’s no secret that New Jersey is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Ocean County, which I represent, is arguably the epicenter. Sadly, it’s not uncommon to find pain pills stolen from home medicine cabinets being sold and abused in our middle schools and high schools.

Given our experiences with opioids, it’s beyond belief to suggest that kids won’t get hold of marijuana that their parents have legally purchased. That, too, has proven to be true in Colorado, where the youth marijuana use rate is now

the highest in the nation.

That also ties back into the misrepresented “social justice” aspect of legalization. According to the Colorado Department of Public Safety, arrests of black and Latino youth have increased by 58 percent and 29 percent, respectively, post-legalization. It’s likely those children are taking advantage of increased access to marijuana in their homes.

So why not decriminalize the substance? Because there is no tax money in that solution.

Not surprisingly, those and other concerns are being brushed under the rug by marijuana advocates who are racing to legalize it in New Jersey.

We spend millions to fight tobacco smoking and now we want to add another smoking substance. We have the highest taxes and now the governor wants the population on a high.

Given the probable consequences, I don’t think what they’re doing is right, and I don’t think I’d be proud of myself for casting a vote for legalization. So I won’t.

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL ESTIMATE OF THE OCEAN COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that a meeting of the Board of School Estimate of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School District is scheduled for Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at 3:15 p.m., in the Ocean County Administration Building, 101 Hooper Avenue, Room 304, Toms River, New Jersey, for the purpose of reviewing and approving the proposed budget for the Ocean County Vocational School District for the 2019-2020 school year.

Formal action will be taken at this meeting.

Frank J. Frazee, CPA Secretary, Board of School Estimate

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Diabetes Self-Management Workshop To Begin

MANCHESTER – If you or a family member are diabetic or pre-diabetic you may want to consider attending the Free Diabetes Self-management workshop at the Manchester Library, 21 Colonial Drive.

This workshop was created by the Stanford School of Medicine and aims to improve self-management behavior to reduce risks associated with diabetes. Participants will learn about diabetes and how it affects their body.

Workshops are highly interactive, where mu-

tual support and success build the participant’s confidence in their ability to manage their health and maintain active and fulfilling lives.

The workshop will meet for 2.5 hour sessions once a week for six weeks. You will receive information, support and motivation along with a complimentary book, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions.

The workshop begins April 3 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Contact the Library at 732-657-7600 or Louanne at 732-281-8391 to register.

24th Annual Blessing Of The Bikes

WHITING – Father Paul welcomes you to join the 24th annual Blessing of the Bikes on May 5, 12-4 p.m., rain or shine! Bikes will be blessed at 2 p.m. at the St. Stephen’s Church, 180 Route 539 in Whiting.

Donation is $15 per person. Proceeds will benefit St. Stephen’s Ministry. There

is no charge for children under 10. Ticket price includes pork, barbeque, non-alcoholic beverages. Families are welcome.

There will be a Bike Show for Best Bike at the Blessing.

For information or tickets, call the church at 732-350-2121, Monday to Thursday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Spring Gift Auction

LAKEHURST – The Lakehurst Volunteer Fire Department presents a Spring Gift Auction with breakfast and 50/50 on June 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Lakehurst Community Center. The cost is $10 in ad-

vance and includes breakfast, beverages, and door prizes. Additional tickets to be purchased for gift auction items and 50/50.

For advance tickets or more information, call 732-657-1106.

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Scholarships Available For Manchester Students

MANCHESTER – The Manchester Township Educational Foundation (MTEF), with the support of our generous co-sponsors, are offering 17 scholarship awards this year, totaling $31,000. Manchester high school seniors are eligible to apply. The deadline for submissions is April 16, 2019.

MTEF is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to supporting Manchester students and schools. We are fortunate to have a number of scholarship sponsors who support and provide funds for our scholarship program.

This year, the HESSE Companies will provide funding for two $10,000 scholarship awards payable over the course of four years of college: The Hesse Family Scholarship and the Charles J. Hesse III Memorial Scholarship.

Also supporting the scholarship program this year are: Senior Citizens Club of Crestwood

Village IV (six $500 awards); River Pointe Men’s and Women’s Clubs (four $1,000 awards); Lakehurst-Manchester LIONS Club (one $500 award); the Nicole Denise Romanelli Memorial Scholarship ($1,000); the Vietnam Veteran Capt. Brian Moderack Memorial Scholarship ($500); the WWII Veteran Sgt. Walter A. Moderack Memorial Scholarship ($1,000); and MTEF will fund the Dr. William DeFeo Scholarship ($1,000).

Including this year’s awards, the MTEF and our co-sponsors have awarded nearly $200,000 in scholarships since 2009.

All scholarship applications must be submitted via e-mail by or before April 16, 2019.

For application and more information, visit our website: MTEF4KIDS.org.

All scholarships will be awarded at MTHS Senior Recognition Night on June 6.

Hiring Announcement

LAKEHURST – The Borough of Lakehurst is currently seeking certified Lifeguards for positions at Lake Horicon. The starting date is tentatively May 27, 2019.

Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Prior certifications are a plus, however training will be provided if necessary. Salary for this job is $11 per hour.

If you are interested in applying for this

position, applications can be found at lakehurstpolice.org/employment/. You may drop the completed applications off at Lakehurst Police Headquarters or they may be emailed to ijames@lakehurstpolice.org . Please forward any questions about this position to Sgt. Iain James.

The Borough of Lakehurst is an equal opportunity employer.

Annual Flea Market

WHITING – Lakeside Gardeners of Cedar Glen Lakes, Whiting, is seeking vendors for their annual flea market on May 18. This very successful event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a breakfast and lunch will be available for purchase. This flea market features

new items and old treasures for bargain prices.

Our specialty table of home-made baked goods is also featured. All interested vendors can contact Maria at 609-618-4036 to reserve a table/s with the table price remaining at $15.

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New Courses At Manchester High School MANCHESTER – MTHS Principal Dennis Adams and Vice Principal Sarah Thiffault reviewed proposed new or revised courses for the 2019-2020 school year at the February 26, 2019 Board of Education meeting. A variety of new courses will be offered in the areas of the arts, digital design, physical education and business.

A new Business Academy option will also be available, where students would follow a specific path to receive a certificate in their chosen concentration, either Finance, Administration or Marketing. The culminating Entrepreneurship class would have students from all of the areas working together to develop a business or product.

New and revised courses in the Business area are: • Intro to Investing: Students will understand the securities markets and the investment environment and evaluate return, risk, and modern portfolio concepts.

• Entrepreneurship: Students will understand the process of analyzing a business opportunity, preparing a business plan, and determining the feasibility of an idea to develop a business or product.

• Marketing: Sports, Entertainment, Commercial: This course will emphasize overall marketing concepts in the sports, entertainment, and commercial industries focusing on real world business perspectives.

• Social Media Marketing: Students will learn the art of social media marketing principles from a strategic marketing perspective. Students will study how marketing has (and has not) changed due to the rise of social media.

• Microeconomics: Students will learn microeconomic concepts and analysis, supply and demand analysis, and the study of individual

decision making as it applies to business and the economy.

New courses in the areas of Fine & Practical Arts are: • Adaptive Music Experience: An elective option for IEP students in the Autistic or Multiply Disabled classroom.

• Music Theater Workshop: Performance class developing skills of a musical theater artist.

• Baking, Cake Decorating & Confectionery Arts: A hands on class where students develop decorating techniques for breads, cakes, cookies and sweet treats.

New courses in the Technology area are: • Introduction to Multimedia: Game Design & Animation: Creating digital graphic content using cutting-edge multimedia graphics.

Students will learn the process of designing, drawing, and preparing still and animated sequences.

• Games and Apps: Design and Architecture: Developing games and web-based applications. Students will explore the realms of game technology for mobile and web purposes.

Computer Graphics Applications: Hands-on, project based course where students explore the latest trends in graphic design technology.

• Computer Animation: Introduction to the basic methods and practices of animation.

New courses in Physical Education are: • Fitness Training: Emphasis will be placed on nutrition and the development of speed, agility, and endurance. At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to develop their own individualized nutrition and training program.

Student scheduling for next year is underway and a new online course catalog is available on the school’s guidance department website.

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Crestwood Village 6 Movie Night

WHITING – On Friday, April 12, Green Book will be shown. Academy Awards were given for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay with a nominee for Best Actor. This is a true story from the perspective of the white Italian bouncer from the Bronx who bonds with a black musician while chauffeuring him through the Deep South in 1962.

The movie is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 10 minutes. It is shown close-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Doors opens at 5:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 6:30 p.m. Come early to sit, chat and enjoy refreshments that will be served until 6:15 p.m.. The movie will be shown at Deerfield Hall, 6 Congasia Road, Whiting off of Route 530. Feel free to bring your own chair or cushion, if the provided chairs do not suit you. All are welcome for the low cost of $2.

Non-residents of Crestwood Village Six are always welcome. Any questions call Arlene at 732-408-5147.

Friends Seeking Recipes For Cookbook

MANCHESTER – If you enjoy cooking or baking, the Friends of the Manchester Branch Library invite you to submit a favorite recipe for their cookbook fundraiser! If you have one that you are willing to share for a good cause bring it to the Manchester Library before April 30. Upon publication, the cookbook will be

available for sale to the public. All proceeds will help the Friends enhance programming and extend the ability to meet other needs of the Manchester Branch Library. The Manchester Branch of the Ocean County Library is located at 21 Colonial Drive in Manchester Township.

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TOMS RIVER – A Healing Mission will be held on May 4, 2019 at Christ Church, 415 Washington Street in Toms River, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. It is sponsored by God’s Healing Grace of Christ Church, and The Healing Hand of Christ of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Both are NJ chapters of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician.

The main speaker will be the Rev. JoEllen Werthman. Her message will be “The Power of Resurrection.” Praise music will be provided by the group Celebrate.

The registration fee is $10 per person.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Christ Church at 732-349-5506.

Whiting Station Annual Fair 2019

WHITING – Come on aboard and join us at the Whiting Station’s Annual Whistle Stop Fair and Flea Market on April 13. It will be held in our community club house located 323 Gardenia Dr., Whiting. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. till approximately 1 p.m.

The largest area of the clubhouse will have items donated by our residents. Items such as jewelry, dishware, lamps, collectibles, antiques,

books, and other household items. We will have our very popular “dollar store” section and the delicious bake goods table where you can pick up some fabulous homemade treats.

Café Station will be open for breakfast and lunch.

Bring a friend or two and have a great time looking for “treasure” at our Whistle Stop Fair.

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Crestwood Village IV Senior Citizens Club Movie

WHITING – The Crestwood Village IV Senior Citizens Club movie for April 26, 2019 will be “The Front Runner” starring Hugh Jackman.

This movie stars Hugh Jackman as a charismatic politician Gary Hart in a thrilling drama following the rise and fall of Senator Hart, who captured the imagination of young voters and was considered the overwhelming front runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. But his campaign was sidelined

by the story of an extramarital relationship with Donna Rice.

As usual our doors open at 4 p.m. and dinner will be served when our Chef Goodie is ready to serve you her delicious meal.

Our movie will start at 6 p.m. Coffee and cake will be there for you after our dinner has been served. Dinner and the movie is only $6. Jus the movie is $2.

No walk-ins for dinner. Tickets are on sale Monday 10-11 a.m. and 5-6 p.m.

The Official Red Hat Society

The Official Red Hat Society is a playgroup for women created to connect like-minded women, make new friends and enrich lives through the power of fun and friendship.

Women over 50 wear red hats and purple clothes and are called Red Hats. Those under 50 wear pink hats and lavender clothes and are called Pink Hats. It is called colors or regalia.

We have lunches, dinners, travel, conventions, teas, plays, kazoo parades, and so much

more. it is not political or religious. It is worldwide and all about women getting together and having fun and forming friendships.

We are trying to get an official group going in the Toms River Area. We will set up a meeting where you may come to find out more. Membership is $30 annually.

If you are interested in the Red Hat Society and want to join, email your name and phone number to redhat08757@hotmail.com.

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WHITING – Come with St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church members to see “The Miracle of Christmas” on November 12. The cost is $135 per person. Call Stefanie for details at 732-350-2904.

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Olives are something I’m fanatic about. I’ll eat any kind, any flavor, and time of day or night! I’m obsessed with them.

Olive oil is the liquid fat which comes from the olive tree. It is extremely high in oleic acid, which is known to reduce blood pressure. It also contains a good amount of natural vitamin E, carotenoids and oleuropein. That compound has strong anticancer and anti-inflammatory effects.

Olives are fruits, and both the fruit and the oil have medicinal benefits. The main active ingredient in olive oil is oleic acid, some phenols and squalene.

Extra virgin olive oil or EVOO is sometimes referred to as cold-pressed. This type of oil is higher quality, better flavor and lower acidity than plain olive oil.

When you see “extra virgin” on the label that means something good. It means that the oil was mechanically pressed out of the olives, as opposed to using a bunch of chemicals to extract it. When the oil is squeezed and pressed from the olives mechanically, the vitamins, amino acids and fatty acids are not destroyed.

Olive oil consumption may help reduce incidence of cancer, including colorectal, uterine, breast, prostate, endometrium, ovarian, bladder, lung and pancreatic cancer. Have you heard of the Blue Zone project? These are areas of the planet where people experience health and longevity.

Could the olive oil be the main reason that residents of Ikaria (Greece) commonly live to be over 90 or 100 years old?

The most recent news about olive oil is fantastic. Olive oil contains natural phenolic compounds which are strong antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents. They also have anti-thrombotic activity which means it helps reduce the formation of blood clots, which as you know, block the flow of blood to your brain (and/or the heart).

Avoiding clots is the way to avoid stroke.

Oleocanthal, a phenolic component of extra virgin olive oil, acts a little bit like the famous drug ibuprofen! Extra Virgin Olive Oil is like a natural NSAID. New research from March 2019 confirms that eating olive oil just once a week will help lower platelet activation (meaning reduce risk of clots). In turn, this lowers risk of heart attack and stroke. People in this study were all obese. Could olive oil confer even higher benefits int hose who have healthier eating habits, a faster metabolic rate and/or lower BMI? More than likely, yes.

The take home point is that olive oil appears to have strong health benefits to people who are high risk for stroke. Don’t worry about the fat because it’s a healthy fat. One tablespoon of olive oil contains the following nutritional information, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, contains zero sugar, zero cholesterol, 10 grams of monounsaturated fat and about 120 calories.

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New Mental Health Program Address Issues With Grief & Loss

By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – If you are suffering from grief or loss, this new weekly meeting might be just the thing to help you through it. Wellness in Nurtured Grief Support (WINGS) was created by two local women in the recovery community who aim to redefine grief and loss while creating a supportive environment.

WINGS is now part of the Monday night lineup of recovery meetings at the Mental Health Association of Ocean County.

According to Michelle Price, co-facilitator of WINGS, noted that the meetings are meant for those who have been touched by loss of any kind, whether it is related to substance use, loss of a career, relationship, dreams, or others.

“Grief comes in many forms,” said Price.

“We recognize dozens of types of grief, which always surprises people…But we’re working on changing people’s perceptions.”

Price stated that grief is typically associated with shame in the recovery community, a perception she calls “unfortunate,” because grief should not be seen as a punishment.

WINGS addresses the need from the recovery community to tackle grief and loss in different ways. The grief from losing someone to substance abuse and losing someone to cancer or a car accident can be vastly different, she said.

Amy Johnson, WINGS co-facilitator and Price’s partner, has personal experience with the loss of a spouse, which helps her to work with members of the group.

“Losing a spouse – or any family member – to an addiction is extremely difficult because of the stigma attached to the disease,” said Johnson. “That’s why starting this group with like-minded people who have had similar experiences can make a difference.”

Both Price and Johnson have been trained in a specialized curriculum on grief.

The WINGS group began meeting back in February and has attracted members from all walks of life, including both men and women of various ages. According to Price, group attendance varies by week, which she attributes to the needs of each individual as well as the fact that grief is a heavy topic.

The group meets weekly, however you are not required to attend each meeting.

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Continued From Page 5 emotionally, until suddenly you realize it,” she said. “You’re just coping and you’re trying.”

She took her children for a one-day trip to Disney World that January “just to get away from it all.”

“And I realized, I wasn’t enjoying Disney World,” she said.

She jumped into therapy and a support group for people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

She also happened to be the mom who always drove around her daughter, 15 at the time, and her friends everywhere. And, sitting quietly in the driver’s seat, listened to their stories. She heard stories from the teens at her church. She heard stories from her students at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, where she’s an associate professor of communications.

“I was always hearing stories, and it struck me that these young people were kind of forgotten,” Mura said.

Mura had been a journalist for years, locally with The Observer and The Asbury Park Press.

“I remember in the spring of that year [2013], going to my therapist and saying, ‘I’ve decided to write a novel,’ and worrying in the back of my head that I’m just saying this and I’m never going to do it.”

The well-worn adage to wannabe novelists is this: Write what you know. The teens’ stories inspired “Stronger Than The Storm,” the novel that Mura did wind up

writing about Superstorm Sandy and its aftermath. What is normal after wind and water and mold wrecked homes and entire neighborhoods?

A coworker in Belmar lost his home in the storm. He recounted to Mura that Red Cross workers combed the neighborhood the day after Sandy, and offered him a board game: Monopoly. “‘While you’re dealing with this, don’t forget your kids.’ He was so pissed, and I was pissed with him. And, I wanted to put that in the book, and then towards the end of writing it, it doesn’t fit in the book, because the whole book is exactly about that message,” Mura said. “Because they did get lost.”

The novel opens with a scene similar to what Mura described about her evening Oct. 29, 2012. Families who have known each other for years are gathering to watch high tide come in the evening before Sandy made landfall. “Are we safe?” the main character, 15-year-old Lacey Freshet, asks in the book’s opening line. The families are carefree, even joking, not the least bit impressed by this storm that will eventually bring with it death and destruction. Once settling into a board game by candlelight back at home, Lacey gets the call from her best friend and love interest, MacGyver Anderson, to evacuate immediately. She thinks he’s joking. He’s not. The water is rising, fast.

While the novel draws on stories from real life, it’s not a fiction-masked memoir.

The story follows Lacey, who stays in Silver Bay, and MacGyver, who moves to Florida with his family two days after Sandy, and how they struggle to not only remain con-

nected to each other but to any semblance of normal while parents juggle jobs and cleanup. There’s the school dance. Homework.

Underage drinking. First sexual experiences.

Summer school. Divorce. Support groups.

And a raft. Just like in real life, some families remained and rebuilt. Others relocated. And still, some could not afford to stay.

“You have these two very serious fulltime jobs already, your own job and you’re dealing with every day is a new problem, literally, every day is a new problem. You think you’re going in one direction, and you get clobbered in a different direction every single day,” Mura said. “And the other thing is, all the normal rituals the kids go through, were done under this cloud. You couldn’t go a day and not hear talk about Sandy. I would say probably for 2 years.”

The teens lost that sense of community they grew up with. Their parents were distracted, in real life and in the book.

“When you drive kids around, you try your best to keep your mouth shut, and also, to not let them go too far over the top. So, I heard a lot of, ‘My parents don’t care.’ It’s not that! It’s not that they don’t care, it’s that they’re trying to get your house back for you!” Mura said.

At the shore for so many, life is described in terms of before Sandy and after Sandy, something Mura captures in “Stronger Than The Storm.”

“It was as if time split. And you could get back to Halloween, because we almost got to Halloween, and then we didn’t. If you could get back to Halloween and get back on that time path. And that’s what [the characters] want to do. They just want to get back to their normal life, and they’re trying to figure out how to do that. And they’re not giving up on that idea,” Mura said.

The novel ends three days before the one-year anniversary of Sandy, on a somewhat hopeful note. And life does go on, post-Sandy. Mura gave The Toms River

Times an interview from her home, now raised 4 feet. Rain floods her driveway now.

Some neighbors’ homes have been raised 2 or 3 feet, some - mostly the bi-levels - not at all, because they couldn’t withstand the raising. Across the canal, small construction vehicles are working on some properties that flood with any rain now, because of Sandy.

“I want young people to get the message I intended. I want to get the book to them. I would like people in the area who’ve gone through it to see if from a different angle, just to get that understanding, because that’s why I wrote it. And mainly, and what I hope to do with the book, is go down to North Carolina with it, and go to the panhandle, because, it’s for those people. It’s for those kids. The ones who, it’s almost a year and everything’s supposed to be better. And I’m sure everyone else’s life is better. It’s for them. I really want to get the book into those hands.

“We can live though and get through so much. Human beings are so much stronger than we give ourselves credit for. And ultimately, I hope especially when young people read it, they understand that when you help someone else, especially when you do it without trying to help yourself, you help yourself,” Mura said.

All proceeds from “Stronger Than the Storm” are going to People’s Pantry in Toms River and Helping Hands, The Food Pantry at Brookdale Community College.

The book is available through Amazon.com, or hard copies can be purchased at Silverton Pharmacy in Toms River, the Scroll and Pen Bookstore on Brookdale’s Lincroft campus.

Mura will be giving a talk about her book 7 p.m. April 10 during Brookdale’s Visiting Writers Series, held at the BCC Student Life Center, Navesink III. She’ll also be featured at the fifth annual Brookdale Writer Read 7 p.m. April 12 at 33 Monmouth St. in Red Bank.

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It sometimes puzzles me that people make resolutions only once a year, at the start of the new year. Why shouldn’t we be able to resolve to improve our lives the other 364 days?

Of course, I understand that a new year holds special significance. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be ready to recognize inspirations for enhancing our health, for example, whenever such opportunities come along.

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Whatever choices you make, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the results as much as Hollywood’s stars did - regardless of whether there’s a golden statuette in your own hands!

PASTA WITH BABY ARUGULA AND OVEN-DRIED CHERRY TOMATOES Serves 6 1 1/4 pounds (625 g) large cherry tomatoes 3/4 cup (185 mL) extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper Granulated sugar 3 cloves garlic, peeled 1/2 cup (125 mL) large capers, drained 3/4 pound (375 g) dried fusilli or penne pasta 2 pinches Aleppo pepper 2 cups (500 mL) packed baby arugula leaves, rinsed and thoroughly dried

1/4 cup (60 mL) finely julienned fresh basil leaves, plus small whole sprigs and basil flower, if available, for garnish 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley First, prepare the cherry tomatoes. Rinse the tomatoes, pat them dry, cut them in halves, and put them in a mixing bowl.

Add 1/4 cup (60 mL) of the olive oil, and sprinkle lightly with salt, pepper and sugar.

Stir well. Spread the tomatoes on a baking sheet, and leave at room temperature for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 150 F (65 C). Put the baking sheet with the tomatoes in the oven, and cook until they look slightly dried but are still juicy, about 2 hours.

Remove from the oven, and set aside.

While the tomatoes are cooking, double-blanch the garlic. Bring a small saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil, and place a bowl of ice cubes and water nearby. Drop the peeled cloves into the boiling water, and leave them for 30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon, and immediately plunge the cloves into the ice water. Repeat the process with fresh boiling water. Drain the garlic cloves, pat dry and slice them thinly.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Meanwhile, in a large saute pan, heat 3 tablespoons of the oil over medium-low heat. Add the sliced garlic and cook, stirring frequently until it is fragrant but not yet browned. Add the cherry tomatoes, and raise the heat to medium-high; cook for several minutes, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes start to collapse, then reduce the heat to low and continue cooking until they are completely softened but haven’t disintegrated, about 5 minutes.

Stir in the capers.

As soon as the water reaches a full boil, salt it generously and add the pasta; cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, tender but still slightly chewy, following the manufacturer’s suggested cooking time.

When the pasta is done, drain it, reserving 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the cooking water. Add the drained pasta, still dripping, to the tomatoes in the pan and, with a large spoon, gently stir together, adding a little of the cooking water if the mixture seems to need some moisture. Add the arugula and remaining olive oil, and fold them in until the arugula has barely wilted. Season with Aleppo pepper, salt and pepper to taste; then, garnish with julienned basil, parsley, basil sprigs, and, if available, a basil flower. Serve immediately.

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