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Tentative Budget Introduced, Parents Resist Cuts

By Kimberly Bosco LACEY – At the March 18 meeting, the Lacey Township Board of Education introduced the tentative budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 and local parents had concerns.

Before the figures were even presented, Superintendent Dr. Vanessa Clark attempted to dispel

rumors that the board was planning to cut paraprofessional staff members in the district to satisfy budget cuts as part of S2.

“I know that there is a lot of uncertainty…but there’s also a lot of misinformation of how the budget will impact our district,” Clark said during the meeting.

Barnegat Holds Off On Plan For Reconfiguration

By Kimberly Bosco BARNEGAT – Superintendent Dr. Brian Latwis meant it when he said they district would “hit pause” on the reconfiguration of the Barnegat School District

if parents continued to oppose the idea. A letter was sent out to district parents on March 25 that announced the administration’s plan to delay the implementation of the reconfiguration.

“With sensitivity to our community and a “One Barnegat” mentality, the administrative team and the Board of Education have made the decision to

S2, or Senate Bill 2, is legislation that imposes drastic cuts to state aid to local school districts over the course of the next few years.

“The loss of state aid that Gov. Murphy signed into law last year is a problem for many school districts in New Jersey, including ours,” said Clark.

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Stafford Swears In New Patrolman

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–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.

By Jennifer Peacock TOMS R I V ER – 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 (Novel - See Page 5)

–Photos by Kimberly Bosco Officer Zach Wiatrowski was sworn in by Mayor Gregory Myhre, surrounded by his parents.

By Kimberly Bosco STAFFORD – The meeting room at Town Hall was lined with Stafford Township Police Officers on March 19, there to support the newest addition to the force. Patrolman Zach Wiatrowski was sworn in as a full-time officer

by Mayor Gregory Myhre to cheerful applause from his fellow officers.

Officer Wiatrowski is one of the youngest on the force at only 21 years old, but he has accomplished much already.

Wiatrowski lives in southern Ocean County and is a 2015 graduate of Pinelands Regional (Patrolman - See Page 4)

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Continued From Page 1 delay the reconfiguration implementation from the originally proposed date of September 2019,” read the letter.

The letter quickly began making the rounds on social media, stirring up varied responses from local parents. Many expressed excitement and relief over the delay, marking it as a win for district parents.

Superintendent Latwis told Jersey Shore Online that, while administration is “hitting pause” on the reconfiguration, this does not mean they are scrapping the plan completely.

“If it’s a good idea now, it’ll be a good idea a year from now,” he said.

To review, the reconfiguration would transform the district from four separate elementary schools, a middle school, and

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Continued From Page 1 High School. From there, he went on to graduate in Class 40 from the Ocean County Police Academy in 2017. Wiatrowski received an associate’s degree from Ocean County College in May 2018 and plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

He was appointed as a full-time, yearround Class II Officer for Stafford on January 9, 2018.

a high school into “one unified district” that would have Barnegat students matriculating through each school every couple of years.

The motivation for delaying the implementation of this plan is due mainly to consistent parental concerns. While Latwis estimates feedback on the plan to be about 50/50 for and against, he felt that there was a consistent thread of concern among parents that the district was going about the plan too quickly.

“We’re just slowing down the process,” said Latwis, noting that this will not only give parents more time to adjust but also provide them with the opportunity to get more involved and have their voices heard.

The letter also detailed the addition of a District Improvement Panel that parents can join to be more involved “in problem-solving, implementation-planning,

and reviewing the proposal in more detail.”

The District Improvement Panel will be made up of sub-committees focused on different aspects of the proposal including transportation, equity and resources, promotions, transitions and social/emotional wellbeing, athletics and extracurricular activities.

“During these panel meetings, we will discuss advantages and concerns openly, transparently, and together,” stated the district.

Parents interested in getting involved should contact onebarnegat@barnegatschools.com and state their name and which committee they wish to join.

As Latwis explained, the reconfiguration was the district’s “bold move” to address poor performance numbers in the district while improving enrichment opportunities for students.

The Department of Education recently released the 2017-2018 School Performance Reports, which place some of Barnegat’s schools in the lowest percentiles in the state.

The report indicates that Cecil S. Collins School, ranking highest out of the district’s six schools, still only falls into the 40th percentile. The Joseph T. Donahue School falls to the bottom in the 5th percentile.

“Our kids are struggling and nobody’s trying to hide that,” Latwis said in a previous interview with Jersey Shore Online.

Reconfiguration was the administration’s big move to change and improve the way students are learning.

For more information on the reconfiguration and to view Frequently Asked Questions, parents can visit barnegatschools.com/news/what_ s_ new/reconfig _ information.

“I can tell you that in the 32 years I’ve been here in Stafford Township this gentleman has impressed me so much in what he’s done in such a short period of time,” said Chief Thomas Dellane.

Chief Dellane joked that Wiatrowski’s badge number was “depressing” as #118 compared to his #46 badge. “I’m feeling really old,” he said.

Chief Dellane also pointed out that Wiatrowski has been on the receiving end of five positive commendations from the

public for his work ethic and compassion.

“We look for a higher level of physical fitness in our officers, but we also look for kind, compassionate, caring individuals,” said Dellane, noting that Wiatrowski fits the bill.

Wiatrowski received a letter of commendation from an elderly woman in Stafford that he met while responding to a call for a lift assist on February 9.

“Zach arrived on scene and witnessed the interaction between husband and

wife and ref lected to the woman that he hoped one day his wife would love and care for him the way that this woman did for her husband,” Dellane said. “That reduced the woman to tears and she had indicated to me that was one of the most impactful things that anyone had ever said to her.”

Ch ief Del la ne a nd Mayor Myh re commended Wiatrowski for his accomplishments and welcomed his aboard the Stafford team.

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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

The Southern Ocean Times, March 30, 2019, Page 5 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 said. “Your house has four feet of water in it, nobody ever expects that.

That’s kind of funny.”

Until it wasn’t.

“You don’t realize how bad things are 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

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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 connected to each other but to any semblance of normal while parents juggle jobs and clean-up. 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 (Novel - See Page 20)

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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.

Chris Lundy News Editor

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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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Spotlight On Government Correspondence & Commentary From Your Local, County, State & Federal Officials

Amendment Would Require All Ballots Be Made In America From The Desk Of

Congressman Andy Kim WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Andy Kim

(D -3rd) an nou nced the introduction of an amend-

me nt t o H.R . 1, l a nd mark legislation to protect voting rights, crack down on dark money and st rengthen ethics laws, that would require federal election ballots to be made in America.

“H.R. 1 is a bill for the people, and it only makes

s e n s e t h at ou r b a l lot s are made by the people,” said Congressman Kim. “Manufacturing ballots in America is a win-win.

It not only helps support American jobs, but also ensures greater election security in an age when our elections are under at-

tack from foreign sources.

I call on my colleagues to support this amendment, a nd I lo ok for wa rd t o passing H.R. 1 when it comes to the f loor for a final vote.”

The amendment would specifically require that all paper ballots used in an

Standards Would Allow More Drinking Water Contamination Near Joint Base Capitol Comments Senator Robert Menendez

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined his colleagues in demanding answers from the Department of Defense (DOD), which is pressuring the White House to adopt weaker contamination standards for toxic chemicals and known carcinogens commonly found on military bases, including

the source of contamination recently discovered in the drinking water around Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) and Naval Weapons Station Earle. The New York Times reported that the DOD could be forced to spend billions of dollars in cleanup costs if the higher Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards are

implemented.

“If this reporting is accurate, the DOD’s actions may endanger the health of servicemembers and families who live and work near the 401 military installations where there are known or suspected releases of PFAS [polyfluoroalkyl substances] chemicals in the drinking water or groundwater,” the senators wrote in a letter DoD Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “We urge you to act in the best interests of impacted communities and support efforts to develop groundwater and drinking water standards that will

protect the public from the health hazards associated with PFAS contamination.”

PFAS are dangerous chemicals that can cause cancer, birth defects and immune suppression.

A recent study conducted by the non-profit, non-partisan Environmental Working Group found that firefighting foam containing PFAS used at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Earle seeped into the ground and contaminated the groundwater in and around each base. Samples of drinking water taken at JBMDL showed contamination levels

24 times higher than the national threshold. Levels were three times higher at Earle.

The senators are requesting the DOD and EPA to release communications they have had with the White House, and with each other, regarding the establishment of federal drinking water standards for PFAS and groundwater pollution guidelines related to these chemicals.

“Setting a containment level that provides the highest level of safety for our servicemembers and military families should be critical for this administration. This can only happen if the DOD and

election for federal office be printed in the United States on paper manufactured in the United States.

Earlier, Congressman Kim introduced the Alice Paul Voter Protection Act, which would protect efforts to register people to vote.

EPA are constructive partners,” the lawmakers wrote.

“Therefore, we reiterate the request of our colleagues and ask that the DOD and EPA provide our offices with any communications your agencies have had with the White House regarding the establishment of standards for PFAS chemicals and groundwater pollution related to these chemicals. We also request that the DOD and EPA provide a joint agency briefing to our offices and interested members on interagency efforts on this issue, as well as regular updates on the progress of those efforts.”

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL ESTIMATE OF THE OCEAN COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

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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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Boston Red Sox vs. Phillies Game

WARETOWN – Join the Township of Ocean Recreation for a bus trip to Citizens Bank Park on September 14, 2019 to see the Boston Red Sox vs Phillies. Game time is 7:05 p.m. The bus departs at 4:30 p.m. from the Priff Elementary School Parking Lot, 139 Wells Mills Rd.(Rte 532), Waretown.

Cost is $69 and includes transportation and a game ticket. Tickets are in Section 245 Rows 4-10. A $40 non-refundable deposit is due to reserve your spot. Don’t delay! These tickets will not last long.

You may bring food/coolers on the bus.

Citizens Bank Park permits ticket holders to bring in food and unopened plastic bottled non-alcoholic beverages. Coolers must be “soft-sided”.

For more information contact Jean Broadbent at 609-548-6319 or recreation@twpoceannj. gov.

To purchase tickets submit the registration form with payment to: Twp. of Ocean c/o Recreation, 50 Railroad Ave., Waretown, NJ 08758. Make checks payable to: Twp. of Ocean Recreation. Once payment is received there are no refunds!

Clothing Drive Fundraiser

MANAHAWKIN – Help support All Saints Regional’s 8th grade class with a clothing drive fundraiser on April 6, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

We will be collecting new or gently used men, women and children’s clothing, shoes,

purses, belts, bed and bath linens, and stuffed animals, Every piece helps. We also accept bicycles and baby strollers. No pillows, books, toys, furniture, or household items. Dropoff: School Library.

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World Language Honor Society Induction Ceremony

M A N A H AW K I N – This year 152 students were inducted into the French, German, Japanese, Latin and Spanish Honor Societies. Seniors, who present conversations and poems in the various languages, conduct the ceremony. The Honors Select Choir –Southern Regional High School also performs several songs in the foreign languages. The induction ceremony culminates with the lighting of candles to symbolize the passing on of knowledge from one generation to the next. Congratulations to all the new inductees!

Easter Cantata

FORKED RIVER – An Easter Cantata, “Songs of the Cross” by Jay Rouse, will be presented by the choirs of the Forked River Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 20 at 3 p.m. Gathering music begins at 2:30 p.m.

“Songs of the Cross” is a collection of songs to remember the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Solo pieces will be presented in addition to the vocal and hand bell choir presentations.

A reception will follow in the church’s Fetherman Hall.

Admission is free – a free will offering will be taken.

The church is located at 131 North Main Street (Route 9) where everyone is welcome.

For additional information contact the church office Monday through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 609-693-5624.

Easter Egg Hunt LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP – An Easter Egg Hunt will be held on April 13, 2-4 p.m., at Lauren Rousseau’s Playground in Bayview Park, 6800 Long Beach Boulevard. Help

celebrate Lauren’s life by bringing a penny to the playground. Admission is free. Bring your own basket. There will be music, light snacks, and refreshments.

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Community Cleanup Day

BARNEGAT – Brighton at Barnegat Firewise Association (BBFA) will be holding our 2nd annual Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 13, with Sunday, April 14 as a rain date if necessary.

Much like last year’s Community Cleanup Day, BBFA members, along with Brighton residents and the greatly appreciated help of National Honor Society student volunteers from Ocean County Marine Academy of Technology & Environmental Sciences, we will once again be cleaning properties of elderly and disabled residents in order to give those residents a better chance of having their homes withstand a wildfire.

Work will include raking and bagging of leaves and pine needles, trimming trees and

shrubbery away from homes, removing dead branches from yards, and relocating flammable materials away from homes.

The 2007 Warren Grove Bombing Range Fire destroyed 17,000 acres, including four homes and multiple vehicles in the Brighton at Barnegat community. The BBFA is a Firewise USA Community. BBFA is a non-profit organization that works closely with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service and local government and our local fire department to help educate residents in fire safety, and mitigate the property in and around the community to make it more wildfire resistant.

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September 11-13, 2019: Hudson Valley, New York includes West Point tour, two breakfasts, two dinners, two hour Hudson boat tour, wine tasting tour, and transportation and driver gratuity. Cost is $479 per person.

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December 4, 2019: Sight & Sound Theater “Miracle of Christmas” includes admission, buffet lunch, transportation, and driver gratuity. Cost is $139.

For information, contact Charles Serwin at 609-978-0970.

Southern Regional Middle School Book Drive

MANAHAWKIN – Southern Regional Middle School answered the question, “Got books?” with a resounding “Yes!” Throughout the month of February, Southern Regional Middle School came through with flying colors as they donated gently used books in a

book drive co-sponsored by the middle school media center and the National Junior Honor Society. Collected through students’ English classes, over 25 large boxes of books are being donated to underprivileged schools in South Philadelphia.

Waretown Spring Wine Festival WARETOWN – The Waretown Spring Wine Festival will be held on April 27 & 28, 12-5 p.m., at the Waretown Recreational & Lake Area. Enjoy live music while sampling New Jersey Wines. The event features vendors, crafters, and food.

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LUMC Presents Bounty Of The Bay

FORKED RIVER – The Lacey United Methodist Church will be presenting Bounty Of The Bay, taking place at 203 West Lacey Road in Forked River, New Jersey, on April 2 at 6 p.m.

Bounty Of The Bay is a culinary tasting event where attendees will be given the opportunity to vote for their favorite participating eatery, which will result in trophies being awarded to the top three vote-getters.

At press time, some of the purveyors of deliciousness scheduled to be in attendance include Chinese Gourmet (Forked River), Big Barlow’s BBQ & Catering (Manahawkin), Kate & Ally’s Restaurant (Forked River), Captain’s Inn (Forked River), Breakers Kitchen & Tap (Waretown), Linda’s Pizza (Forked River) and A Sweet Memory (Waretown). There will be something for everyone’s palate, whether you desire crab cakes

with a remoulade sauce, sweet and sour chicken, beef brisket or pulled pork. Trying everything will assist you with your voting process.

Reserve your spot today for $20 (adults) and $5 (age 10 and under) by calling 609-693-5222.

In addition to the trophies for the eateries, door prizes will be available for attendees. The funds raised will be going towards our outreach and mission programs.

LUMC offers a free hot lunch every Tuesday and Thursday, offers hospitality to the homeless and needy, offers an onsite emergency Food Pantry to anyone, as well as a free summer lunch program to qualified Lacey Township students. In addition, LUMC offers a Continuum Care Peer-Recovery Community Center for those making their way back from substance abuse, as well as a Thrift Shoppe that offers necessities at no cost to those in need.

Fish & Chips Dinner

BRANT BEACH – Please join us for a Fish & Chips Dinner on Friday, April 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the St. Francis Community Center.

The Fish & Chip Dinner fund raiser is being catered by Thistle of Kearny. Adult fish or chicken dinner is $17 and children’s fish or chicken dinner is $8. Take out dinners will be available starting at 4:30 p.m.

Dinner includes: Fish (or chicken) & chips, beverage and dessert. Dine in or take out.

Event tickets are on sale now at the St. Francis Center’s Front Desk. A limited amount of tickets will be available the day of the event.

All proceeds to benefit St. Francis of Assisi Parish and Community Center. The Parish and Community Center is located at 4700 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach Twp., NJ 08008.

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Budget:

Continued From Page 1 “If you’re angry, you should be – we are.”

With the imposition of S2 on Lacey School District, the district will see more than $4.7 million slashed from the budget over the next seven years.

“For us in Lacey Township, state aid comprises 30 percent of our operating budget,” said business administrator Patrick deGeorge.

The total proposed budget for 20192020 is $75,828,979, $51,555,279 of which will be raised by taxation.

“The lion’s share [of the budget] is from our local tax levy which will increase 2 percent,” said deGeorge.

The tax rate will be .01322 or $1.322 per $100 of assessed valuation. This is up from last year’s $1.313. From July 2019 to June 2020, the average taxes will increase to $3,676.48 per household, which is an additional $43.41 per year or $3.62 per month, deGeorge explained.

This budget is “the first of six very challenging budgets,” he added, since the state law will impact all of those years.

In total, Lacey School District will be losing $4,764,040 in state aid over the next few years. The upcoming school year will see a loss of $623,156.

Because the board is required to fill the hole left in the budget, they landed on alterations to the paraprofessional staff.

According to the NJ Department of Education, a paraprofessional is “a non-certified instructional staff person who does not hold the position of teacher, but assists in the classroom under the guidance of a teacher.” These “paras” are sometimes called teacher aides or instructional aides and also assist with special needs children.

“First and foremost, students always come first,” said Clark. “Students who require paraprofessional assistance, as determined as their IEPs [Individualized Education Program], will continue to receive those services exactly as they have in the past.”

While the district plans on doing their best to serve special needs students, they will be reducing the overall paraprofessional staff in the district by about 35-40 percent, according to Board President

Shawn Giordano.

Of the 70 to 80 paraprofessionals employed in the district, about 60 or 70 of them work full time right now. The budget cuts would come from laying off a percentage of those full time paraprofessionals, who also enjoy benefits, and hiring them back as part time employees without benefits at an hourly wage.

Giordano said that this staffing change would provide the district with “roughly $1.1 million in savings.”

To this, numerous local parents had a lot to say during the public portion of the meeting.

One parent who has an autistic child in 3rd grade at the Lanoka Harbor School was close to tears while addressing the board. “Having a consistent, caring para is the difference between his success and his failure,” she said.

Renee Stracuzzio’s daughter has a para that is so involved in her day-to-day that she acts more like a nurse. “I have very high expectations of who is with my child…I will not accept another para,” she said.

Edward Scanlon said: “I have a grandson who is special needs; if he loses his aid…he’s not going to be able to function.”

This was a concern for many: with the reduction in full-time aids, will my child still have their same para next year?

To this, the board could only explain how they might go about the re-hiring process. Clark said that they will hire back paras based on “seniority,” which

is a term they are currently still trying to define with the help of a labor attorney, she said.

While some paras act as student aids and others work as bus monitors, seniority essentially means that it could be either kind of para that gets hired back to assist your child depending on their “seniority” status. Unfortunately, parents may not see the same para paired with their child next year.

A nother parent brought for th the concern: what kind of para will stay in district for less money and no benefits?

Clark told parents that the board is working on determining a proper hourly wage for those paras that get rehired for part time. This number could land anywhere from $10 to $18 per hour.

“I’m not going to throw out a number because we are not quite there yet,” she said.

Board member Frank Horvath had an emotional reaction to parents’ stories and experiences with their children’s paras.

“My heart’s being ripped out,” he said.

Horvath said he ran on a “students first” campaign and he had struggled to come to terms with this decision.

Giordano emphasized to parents that no decision was to be made immediately, that the budget is tentative. Parents and concerned residents will have another opportunity to voice their concerns on May 6, when the board will hold a public hearing and adopt the final budget.

The district must submit their final budget by May 14, 2019.

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H ere ’ s T o Y our H ealth Dear Pharmacist Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

Olive Oil Reduces Cancer And Risk Of Stroke

By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

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.

I believe this oil is among the healthiest natural oils you can consume. I’m not in favor of vegetable oil, rapeseed oil, canola oil or MCT. I do like olive oil, grape seed, avocado, tea seed and pumpkin seed oil.

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My son has been married to my daughterin-law for six years now and they have a happy and healthy relationship with three beautiful children ages two, three and five.

The problem is that I and my husband almost never get to see our grandchildren. My daughter-in-law only allows us to see our grandchildren once a month for no longer than two hours. My husband and I have no idea why this is.

We have a rather good relationship with her and my son, but they did not even make the effort to come over this past Christmas and they live in Belmar, which is only 30 minutes away from us. How should my husband and I mention this to my daughterin-law? Should we even mention it at all?

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This certainly sounds like a communication issue. You must approach your daugh-

ter-in-law and you should do it while your son is on the conference call.

I would recommend having this conversation over video chat like Facetime or Skype. There is definitely a stronger impact when you are staring the person in the eyes. Your message will be conveyed even more so if it were over text message or a regular phone call.

There is no reason why your son and daughter-in-law did not spend Christmas with you. You and your husband are his parents.

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Where parents have minor children, they often want to establish trusts in their Wills for the benefit of the minor children in the event that both parents should pass away. In such a case, the money is held in the trust for the benefit of the children.

A person called the “trustee” is appointed by the Will to manage the trust on behalf of the children. Most trusts for the benefit of minor children allow the money to be used for their health, education, maintenance and support. The term “education” usually also refers to college education.

There are several ways to go about doing this. The most common ways are the (1) common trust or (2) the separate trust.

In the common trust, all of the money is held until the youngest child reaches an age specified in the Will. Upon the youngest child reaching the specified age, the monies remaining in the trust are then distributed to all of the children.

In a separate trust, the assets are divided among the children and a separate trust is created for each child and each child receives their trust when the each reach the specified age.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? The advantage of the common trust is that the money is held until the youngest child reaches the specified age. In this way, the trustee can use the money in the trust and if necessary spend more of the money in the trust on one child as opposed to the others. As a parent, most people would be willing to

spend everything they had on one child at the expense of the other children if that child required greater care Marc S. Galella Esq. than the other children.

By using a common trust you give the trustee the flexibility to do this. The drawback to the common trust is that the older children will have to wait a longer period of time to receive their share of the inheritance depending upon the age of the youngest child. This could be a disadvantage if there is a significant age difference between the youngest and oldest child.

The advantage of the separate trust is that each child will receive their share of the estate when they reach the specified age.

This means that the older children do not have to wait for their inheritance until the youngest child reaches the specified age.

The drawback to the separate trust is the trustee can only use the money in that individual child’s trust for the care of that child. If one child requires significantly more care than the other children, the trustee is limited to the amount of money in that child’s trust and cannot use the money in the other trusts.

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CLASSIFIEDS Real Estate Rental or Purchase 1 & 2 BR Homes – Adult 55+ Community Homestead Run – Toms River. www.homesteadrun.com. Call 732-370-2300.

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(19) Leisure Park - A Five Star Senior Living community has career opportunities available. Apply today at careers.fivestarseniorliving.com. (15) Community Resource Center - Driver wanted for mental health agency in Brick. Monday – Friday 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.; 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Candidate must have valid NJ driver’s license with a clean driving record. Please Call 732-255-9102, Ext. 5.

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Philly Phaces Hosts 1st Golf Outing Fundraiser

LITTLE EGG HARBOR – On May 6, Philly Phaces will be hosting their first golf outing at Sea Oaks Country Club in Little Egg Harbor, NJ. Philly Phaces supports patients with facial anomalies and their families within the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Philly Phaces provides social events for the patients and their families, peer mentorship and overnight surgery gift bags. Philly Phaces also speaks at schools to create awareness about craniofacial conditions and spread the “Wonder” choose kind movement.

All of the proceeds raised will go to supporting our continuous efforts.

The golf outing will include a box lunch, range balls, greens and carts fees as well as a dinner after the event. There will also be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd as well as closest to the pin and longest drive. The dinner portion will include raffles and a silent auction.

The cost for golf is $150 per golfer or $600 dollars per foursome. If you do not golf you

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Across 1 Dangerous wind for small boats 5 “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” movie 9 Barbecue rod 13 Actor Sharif 14 Verbal exams 16 Actress Lollobrigida 17 Ship-fouling organisms, on Talk Like a Pirate Day? 19 Lights-out tune 20 Horse hue 21 Spyglass component 23 With 48-Down, mediocre 24 “Alas ... “ 26 Cry of fright 27 Burning 29 Key lime __ 30 Pigpen 31 Story surprises 32 What kids ask on a long trip, on TLAP Day? 36 What George Washington could not tell, according to folklore 37 Oregon Trail wagon pullers 38 Ship’s right-front section, on TLAP Day? 43 Sends to the Hill 45 Agrees to 46 Wonderment 47 Wood-shaping tool 48 Urgent distress signal 49 When right turns are sometimes permitted 51 Tax agcy.

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Continued From Page 5 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 oneyear 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.

For more information, visit strongerthan thestormbook.com.

Garden Club Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

LONG BEACH ISLAND – The LBI Garden Club held a special St. Patrick’s program for children on March 13, where the club doubled its enrollment! Children learned about color and design and the names of flowers and greens at the Garden Club’s monthly after school program at the Surf City Library. Local third through sixth graders created colorful arrangements for St. Patrick’s Day guided by members of the Garden Club of LBI. The next event is April 17, a celebration

for Earth Day! Free of charge. Reservations required.

Yay for Spring time and Earth Day!: Students grades 3-6. Come make a beautiful fresh flower arrangement and plant some seeds to take home on April 17, 2019 from 3:30 to 4:45p.m. at The Ocean County Library in Surf City, presented by the Garden Club of LBI, Youth Committee.

Sign up by contacting the Children’s Librarian, Kristen Crepezzi, at the Surf City Library by Wednesday April 10.

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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. Price stated that some people facing grief and loss may not be ready to attend and that is OK. When new members attend WINGS, they receive a checklist with many forms of grief. Participants mark all that apply, choose two that affect them the most, and then begin working from that starting point.

“Grief is as individual as a fingerprint,” said Price, “Similarly, no relationship is the same. The relationship I have with my mother is not the same as what the relationship the person next to me has with his/her mother.”

WINGS not only provides individuals with a supportive environment, but it also allows people to protect their physical and mental health by preventing anger, stress, sleep disruption, strained relationships, etc.

There is no cost to attend a WINGS meeting. Dinner is provided. The meetings are held at 4:15 p.m. every Monday at The Mental Health Association – Ocean County, located at 25 South Shore Drive in Toms River.

For more information, call 732-914-1546 or email mprice@mhanj.org.

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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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of Mar 23 - Mar 29

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): New ideas can challenge even the most adept. Don’t be waylaid by temporary changes. Your ambitious desires could run into roadblocks this week so it may be best to refrain from pushing forward an agenda.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Hard work is the only sure way to reach a modicum of success.

Surprises might offer challenges so be prepared to shift gears at the drop of a hat. In the week ahead, you may learn that a partner is a financial genius.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be alert for finely tuned fine print. The ability to adapt to new situations and rethink your position is your best asset.

Don’t get sidetracked by differences of opinion or tempted by get-rich schemes this week.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Past problems might re-emerge and require your attention as this week unfolds. Someone’s mood or gloomy outlook could squash your exuberance so it may be wise to wait for better timing to proceed.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Life is complicated.

One day you are the center of attention and the next day you aren’t. Using logic to deal with financial matters can backfire during the upcoming week if you are focused on merely making profits.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Wordless communication is never worthless. You might experience an intuitive link that makes a relationship feel more romantic. Friends can bring their business expertise to your rescue in the week to come.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your flirtatiousness will only be an issue if you let emo-

tions overpower your head. New romances that blossom in the coming week need a “wait and see” attitude, as a permanent relationship may be only a mirage.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You could be faced with impractical ideas. Ask for advice from those you trust this week and you will receive excellent guidance. Financial planning seminars could offer you knowledge that is profound or profitable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Act as an anchor. You can be a soothing influence on partners who may be in too much of a hurry.

In the coming week you may meet those who appreciate your brilliance and ability to transcend the ordinary.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Fight off the sleight-of-hand. You may meet a Houdini-like character in the week ahead or find a mysterious object in the workplace that tricks you into making a mistake. Remain skeptical of shortcuts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Partnerships take a turn for the better in the beginning of the week ahead after a brief spat or rehashing of viewpoints. Listen to your intuitions before you act on matters of major importance and you won’t go wrong.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pavlov had a dog and Schrodinger had a cat. You probably have an experiment in mind, but you also need someone to lavish love and affection upon.

You could develop dreams and fantasies in the week ahead.

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Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen Start a New Season Resolution with My Bright, Fresh-Tasting Pasta Dish to Welcome Springtime

By Wolfgang Puck PA S TA W I T H B A B Y A R U G U L A A N D 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.

(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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