2019-12-07 - The Brick Times

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—Photos by Judy Smestad-Nunn (Above) Turkey is portioned for meals by (from left) substitute teacher Samantha Hunter, D’Andre Maciasek, 16, a junior from Barnegat, Charlie Koch, 15, a sophomore from Bayville, and Culinary Essentials Chef Joe Jakositz. (Right) Students cutting turkey include, (from left): Sheridan Maraud, 15, a sophomore from Toms River; Joyce Rutko, 15, a freshman from Manchester; and Irma Rodriguez, 16, a junior from Jackson.

By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Some 240 t u rkeys were being se ct ioned , roa st ed , weighed and refrig-

erated in the kitchens of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School in the week before Thanksgiving

when the culinary arts students were preparing Thanksgiving Day me als for 3,0 0 0 of the neediest in Ocean

County.

The dinners also include sweet potatoes, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, (Students - See Page 4)

Boardwalk Carousel Going To Storage…For Now

By Bob Vosseller SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Floyd L. Moreland looked a bit sad as he looked around the Casino Pier Arcade, watching the historic carousel which bears his name being disassembled.

“It is a bittersweet moment,” Moreland, of Ortley Beach, remarked but he knows the carousel’s removal will have a time of revival and in a whole new environment where it can be appreciated even more.

Movement of the iconic 109-year-old historic Dentzel/Looff carousel took place in early November from its longtime home on the board-

walk-based Casino Pier Arcade. It will get a whole new life in two years’ time.

Workmen from the firm Carousels and Carvings of Marion, Ohio, meticulously carried out 53 handcarved, hand-painted horses for storage in an area warehouse for restoration.

The eventual plan is for the carousel to have a newly-built home along the boardwalk starting a whole new era of life for riders young and old.

Moreland said the carousel closed down in April after it was obtained from the Casio Pier by the borough.

(Carousel - See Page 8)

| December 7, 2019

Thousands Mourn Coach Wolf

By Chris Christopher BRICK – Nov. 29 is known as Black Friday, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, will also be known as Green and White Friday in Brick Township.

An estimated 10,000 mourners paid homage to their idol, legendary Brick Township High School football coach Warren Wolf. He died at the age of 92 on Friday, Nov. 22, of natural causes at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

A feature of the six-hour viewing, which took place inside the school’s auditorium, was a slideshow depicting Wolf’s life on and off the field. Lines of mourners stretched outside the building in 41-degree temperatures in breezy conditions under sunny skies - Warren Wolf Weather - tough to pass the ball in. Wolf often disdained the forward pass in favor of punishing ground assaults.

Wolf’s family declined to be interviewed by the media when the school was closed because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Brick Township Police Department and school officials barred the media from the auditorium to protect the family’s privacy.

The viewing was emotional for ex-Brick standout T.J. Ventorino, the fi rst player to (Mourning - See Page 9)

Female Wrestler Won’t Be Pinned Down

By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – As the only female wrestler on a township Recreation league, Hannah Marks, 13, said she was drawn to the sport because it makes a person physically and mentally stronger.

“It gives you self-confidence,” she said before a recent practice at Brick Memorial High School. “I’m very competitive, so it gives me self-esteem and happiness because it’s fun working out, knowing you’re gonna (Wrestler - See Page 5)

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Continued From Page 1 string bean casserole and dessert. The meals would be picked up in the days preceding the holiday by various organizations.

Feed the Need is the biggest meal preparation by the students, many of whom plan to work in the food industry and/ or further their culinary education after they graduate.

“We expose the kids to as much as we can so they can make a decision about their career once they get out of here,” said Gary Lesniak. “This way they’ll get an all-around idea of what the industry is about.”

Lesniak, formerly a Culinary Arts II in-

structor at the center, is now their Dining Room Instructor. He has been in charge of Feed the Need since it began some 23 years ago when they started out making 40 dinners, but the need continues to grow every year, he said.

There are approximately 100 culinary students at the Brick center, and they all learn how to break down a turkey or the birds wouldn’t all fit in the oven, Lesniak said. The dark meat takes longer to cook, he added.

Students also prepare some 300 pounds of stuffing, 750 pounds of mashed potatoes, 75 gallons of gravy, 430 pounds of string beans, 450 pounds of canned sweet potatoes and various pies.

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“I think about the people who are in need of the food, and I think about how do they stay warm? And what do they have for shelter?” he said.

Sloop is already being paid for working in the food industry. On weekends he washes dishes and preps food for JBJ Soul Kitchen, and he also does catering for the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.

“I love it,” he said. “This is my career. I enjoy baking, and I really enjoy cooking.”

OCVTS partners with Fulfill NJ (formerly the Foodbank of Ocean and Monmouth Counties) to purchase the turkeys and turkey breasts, and many of the side dishes are purchased through money raised in a food drive at Community Medical Center in Toms River by the longtime food service director there, Tommy Yanisko.

Culinary Essentials Chef at the Brick center Joe Jakositz led an assembly line on the Friday before Thanksgiving portioning, assembling and plating the chilled turkey that had been roasted the day before.

“We use microwaveable containers because we hope that people at least have a microwave,” Jakositz said.

Culinary Fundamentals Chef Jill Scott was with the Employment Orientation students, who were getting the boxes and

bags ready for the meals. The students were also learning how to cut the dark meat off the bone.

Baking and Pastry Arts Chef Dennis Melia and his students were preparing some 600 pies that i ncluded apple, cherry, blueberry, pumpkin, pecan and coconut custard.

“We’re also cooking turkeys,” Melia said, “all the ovens are needed.”

The students were learning to cook the birds in a Combi Oven, which uses artificial intelligence to roast the turkeys with steam, cutting the cooking time in half.

The school has four Combi Ovens that were purchased through grants from the Carl Perkins Foundation, said Melia, who wrote the grant requests.

Anasia Kelly, 17, is a senior from Bayville, and said this was her second year helping to prepare meals for Feed the Need.

“Some people don’t have food, so we’re giving them stuff they don’t have,” she said. “If we weren’t doing this, I feel they would sit down and not have a cooked meal for the holiday.”

Meals are given to various organizations who distribute them, including 1,000 to the People’s Pantry, 1,000 to Jesus is Lord Fellowship (who took over for Ocean County Hunger Relief), 225 to Seaside Elementary School, 150 meals to Abba’s Heart Outreach, 75 to Manchester Township Regional Day School and others, Lesniak said.

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Continued From Page 1 get better and better.”

She said it would be fun if there were more girls on the team, but she said “they’re out doing more girly things.”

There are a few other girls on the Veterans Memorial Middle School wrestling team, she said. The girls tend to go easier on you, “they tend to be less aggressive - they don’t slam you to the ground,” Hannah said.

Director of Recreation Dan Santaniello said he thinks she will be able to compete because girls have an advantage at Hannah’s age since they tend to gain adult strength before boys.

“But at the high school level, the tide turns and boys have the advantage,” he added.

Last year the Recreation Department saw its fi rst girl wrestler, an 8-year-old who signed up for Intro to Wrestling, but Hannah is the first girl who is participating in a traveling league, he said.

Brick has been well-known for decades for winning wrestling tournaments at the state level, so signing up for the sport could be intimidating, he said.

“It’s a great ice-breaker. It will be easier for girls because of what [Hannah] just did,” Santaniello said.

One of Hannah’s wrestling coaches Tony Nash said Hannah is keeping up with the boys.

Nash said that Brick High School had a girl wrestler on the team around 2000, but

The Brick Times, December 7, 2019, Page 5 she received a lot of forfeits from boys who refused to wrestle her.

“I really believe you need to separate them at the high school level,” he said. “[Hannah] is doing great, but I don’t think the boys go full out. Most parents instill in their children to treat the girls right and don’t put your hands on them. This is the complete opposite,” Nash said.

Hannah agrees that the boys don’t go full force on her.

“But I say, keep quiet and let me do my job,” she said. “I’m excited to prove that girls can do anything boys can. If I have to wrestle one of them, they deal.”

The only downside of wrestling is losing, she said.

“It hurts mentally, but most of the time I get over it and just try to get better,” she said.

Hannah has the full support of her mother Jackie, and father Timothy, who has taught social sciences at Brick High School for 16 years.

“I was surprised that she wanted to wrestle. I encourage her,” said Jackie.

“It’s good for her. It gives her a physical range because most of the sports she does are cardio. This sport gives her strength and self-confidence, and the fact that she’s taken to it so well is rewarding.”

Hannah’s team, Jersey Shore Youth Wrestling League, has 18 weight classes ranging from 52 pounds to 160 pounds.

The traveling team starts competing in December and the season runs until February.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY Letters To The Editor

F EATURED L ETTER Football, Music, And The Good Ol’ Days With the last football game ever to be played between the Lakewood Pi ner s a nd t hose awful Toms River Indians t h is T h a n k sg iv i ng, a long-standing tradition between two good high schools will sadly come to an end, which got me thinking about my days at L.H.S. I think most of us look back fondly on our teenager/high school years, even if sometimes they weren’t quite as good as we remember them. The perceived humiliations we suffered then, now only conjure up laughter rather than anguish.

Homeroom, study hall, school hallways, cruisin’ Clifton Avenue on Friday nights, “makin’-out” in the Strand, vanilla milkshakes at Hermies, drag racing and rankin’ on one another about anything that provided apt material was all part of our coming of age.

Also part of the scene for some back then were C h i nos, but t on dow n shirts and brown bucks

or loafers.

Remembering the clothes we wore, the movies we saw or the T.V. shows we watched can bring back those days, but the medium that allows a recapturing of those times best is the music of our teenage years.

It was our generation that had the good fortune to live through what has been called the “Golden Age” of Rock N’ Roll and Doo-Wop music - that is to say, between 1955 and 1959. It was music you could dance to; it was music that belonged to us rather than to our parents - it was the age of American Bandstand.

We can never go back to those days again but every now and then when I hear “Rock Around the Clock,” “In the Still of the Night” or the Rays si ng “Sil houet tes,” it takes me back if only for a moment to my days at L.H.S. Go Piners!

Borden Applegate Jackson

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School Cuts Will Hurt Every Child Dear Education Commissioner Repollet, I am writing to ask for your help. The implementation of S-2 as signed by Governor Murphy will decimate Toms River Regional Schools.

We may have to reduce or eliminate kindergarten! We will lose all courtesy busing.

Academic programs are in severe jeopardy. Sports programs will be reduced greatly. Middle school sports may be eliminated, possibly JV and freshman too. We are looking at a 20% reduction in full time staff! Toms River needs real school funding reform. SFRA is a flawed policy!

It takes money to run a high-quality school district. Toms River Regional Schools is currently operating millions of dollars below adequacy according to the NJ Department of Education. The adequacy formula says we should be spending thousands more per child.

What is our community’s reward to be for educating children on a shoestring budget? S-2 will cut our state aid by about $1,300 per child, a total of over $20 million annually over the next few years.

While Toms River Regional District is among the most efficiently run in the state, the district is still recovering from the devastating impact (Superstorm) Sandy had on our tax base. Out of over $2.2 billion in lost ratables from the storm, Toms River still has approximately $600 million yet to come back on the tax rolls. Our schools have some of the lowest per pupil spending in the state at about $16,300 per child while our tax levy has increased each year in the attempt to maintain the quality of our district. The initial $2.3 million funding cut will hurt our children, draining our unreserved fund balance and our maintenance reserves to dangerously low levels. The 7-year phased in cut of over $20 million will annihilate our district even

Letters The when accompanied byTo con- cess can nowEditor be treated not and more than 10 episodes tinued annual 2% property tax levy increases. District administration has told parents to expect class sizes to increase dramatically due to impending staffing cuts as large as 20% of full time staff.

In addition to granting our district’s emergency aid application, I urge you to support S-2803/A-4278. This bill would protect districts like Toms River, Brick and others whose property tax base is still not restored from the devastating effects of Sandy. To date over 9,000 people have signed the petition in support of these companion bills. Our district cannot absorb the scheduled decrease in funding under S-2 without doing irreparable harm to our children.

It will cause severe cuts in staff, cuts in programs and significant property tax increases just to maintain a reduced quality of education. Toms River Regional Schools must be provided with relief from this dire situation. Our children deserve better than what they will receive under S2. We all deserve better!

Marianne Brown Beachwood

Can You Say Star Chamber?

Yet again we see the truth in the cliché: “First “Gun Control,” then total control.”

First, for years we’ve been watching, (some of us fighting against), as the most basic of the ten rights of The Bill of Rights, (i.e. Article The Second), is commonly denigrated and betrayed (to greater and lesser degrees), by all three branches of government, (state and federal), while the media (print and electronic), cheers it on.

Then along comes a bold new attack on the Second Amendment called Red Flag Laws, this time pulling out all the stops of American jurisprudence as embodied in the essential basic tenet of due process - and what is the result? You got it: due pro-

as a sacrosanct part of any American court procedures, but as a not-so-essential relic of the past in all current day judicial proceedings. The floodgates of tyranny have been opened. For example, the present attempt by the party of “gun control” (i.e.

Democrat), to clandestinely unseat duly elected President Trump through tactics of biased, closed door, non-transparency.

Where open justice used to be the norm resorted to by “We the People,” it can now be replaced by proceedings reminiscent of the state-imposed isolation of the closed door Star Chamber courts of yesterday’s medieval kings, and monarchs as well as modern day communist nation tribunals worldwide.

Here at home, one would hope such deviations from treasured Americana would not be endorsed and bolstered by pseudo-intellectual elitist members of New Jersey newspaper editorial boards. Unfortunately, such is not the case when it is the Second Amendment that is their common target.

Governor Phil Murphy and his Democrat ilk like to call themselves pro-gressives, but all I see here are very serious re-gressions into the dark recesses of the Star Chamber past and an extreme insult to New Jersey’s glorious claim to be the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

Lawrence J. Braico Manchester

Impeach Him Already If any other American had obstructed justice as Trump has, they’d be going to jail. By letting Trump get away with his corruption and stalling on holding him accountable, Congress sends a dangerous message to the American public. It’s time they act.

During Mueller’s testimony in July, he confirmed the results of his investigation: 37 indictments, at least 7 convictions and guilty pleas,

of obstruction of justice by Donald Trump himself.

Given all of the evidence, I don’t understand at this point why our representative still hasn’t voiced their support for a formal impeachment inquiry.

No one should be above the law in our country. Period.

I don’t care who you are - if you’re the CEO of a company or the president of the United States of America.

Donald Trump must be held accountable, just like any other American would be.

If it had been anyone else who obstructed justice as blatantly as Trump did, they’d be behind bars.

Some people say that we shouldn’t pursue impeachment because there are so many other issues to deal with. What about health care? Gun control? Climate change? Immigration?

And to these people, I say: our lawmakers can address these issues and pursue an impeachment inquiry at the same time. That’s what we pay them to do.

It’s time for our representative to join the 130+ other members of the House and support a formal impeachment inquiry now.

Michael Sachs Jackson

Remember Sacrifices Made

By Police A total of 1,582 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 55 hours, or 158 per year.

During this holiday season, putting a blue light in your window will show support for police officers that patrol our dangerous streets and to remember the ones killed in the line of duty.

They find missing people, help people out, help kids stay out of trouble with the D.A.R.E. program.

It is a noble profession.

James Nowacki Brick

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Carousel:

Continued From Page 1 Borough Mayor Anthony Vaz said the governing body intends to restore it and provide it a new permanent home in a pavilion on the site of what is now a gravel parking lot four blocks north of the arcade. “It will be put into storage in the borough for now but it will have a new home along Sampson Avenue and Ocean Terrace.

“We received two matching grants at $750,000 each, one for the merry-goround and one for construction of the new Carousel Pavilion. Seaside Heights now has a historical society that Floyd is a big part of and this new facility will serve as a museum,” he said.

The grants were provided by the Garden State Preservation Trust and the Green Acres Local Assistance Program.

“It is sad to watch this but I know it will back. The animals all went yesterday and today they are taking down the platform.

The last to go was a tiger who looked a little confused as to where all his friends went,” Moreland said with a grin.

It is expected that the carousel will start up again during the summer of 2021. It will also serve as an amenity for special receptions held in an event space planned as part of a new pavilion.

“They have been great,” Moreland said of Todd W. Goings, who heads Carousels and Carvings, and who is well known in the industry. “Not too many people do this type of work but they number everything, they’re very meticulous.”

Moreland chairs the Seaside Heights Historical Society, which was convened

by Vaz last spring to raise money for the carousel’s preservation. The organization has its own Facebook page and its activities are promoted by the borough Business Improvement District which produces an online newsletter each month.

Goings said that he traveled to the borough early in the month having won the bid to do the work. He brought with him three other workers from his company. “We’ve done work at piers off Long Island and in California.”

“They’re all very congenial and they know what they are doing. They care about their work,” Moreland said.

Moreland noted that the carousel had been experiencing some mechanical issues that

will be examined and repaired before it starts up again in two years.

“We hope to get the bid to come back in two years and to install the carousel,” Goings said.

As to the gaping space that now exists in the arcade, Amusement Park Manager Debbie Karu said “we have no plans for it yet.”

Karu was also watching the dismantling of the carousel. She noted that the carousel has been part of her work place for two decades during her time at the arcade. “I’ve been here for 22 years and this is bittersweet.

I’m excited for its full restoration and all the smiles it will get from the children. I can’t wait for my son to ride it again.”

The carousel was a ride of wonder for children and adults but it wasn’t restricted to just the summer months. Moreland recalled its use for some of the borough’s special occasions such as the borough’s 75th anniversary. The Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee would hold its “Little Leprechaun Contest” where young people would don shades of green.

The contestants would have a ride with then-Parade Chairman John Sweeney, who would wear a gold and emerald costume a green hat and pointed ears as the tallest leprechaun of all.

Moreland and Karu recalled the days when the Casino Pier Arcade would create a Christmas Village during the holidays that would also spotlight the carousel and bring visitors to the boardwalk in December. Santa Claus who would often ride the carousel.

“For anything to be working and enjoyed for 100 years is incredible. We are trying to bring it to its next point of life so the next several generations of children can enjoy it,” Goings said.

—Photo by Bob Vosseller Floyd L. Moreland stands inside the Casino Pier Arcade in Seaside Heights watching the 109-yearold carousel that is his namesake, dismantled.

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Continued From Page 1 arrive wearing a green and white varsity football jacket. He played inside linebacker and right guard as a junior when Brick won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III title in 1994.

Ventorino walked the Green Dragons’ field prior to the viewing.

“That walk brought back a lot of memories,” he said through tears. “The walk was tough on my eyes. I cried like a baby.

I never cried so much in my life. Coach Wolf is Brick Township. He pointed me in the right direction (Ventorino works in the road department of the Brick Township Public Works Department). He pointed you in the right direction even when the rest of the world would look at you and probably turn its back.”

Ventorino and ex-Brick player Robert Lutkiewicz made a banner to honor Wolf.

Ventorino said school officials told him it will fly at each Brick home football game.

“It came out real well,” Ventorino said.

“It pays coach Wolf respect. He has done so much for me.”

Paul Panuska and Bill Brunner attended the viewing together. Both played and coached under Wolf.

“Coach Wolf means everything to me,” Panuska said. “He got me into college at the University of Southern Connecticut. He got me a job in Brick (as a physical education teacher and coach). I coached under him for 13 years.”

Brunner, a physical education teacher at the Lake Riviera Middle School in Brick and the Green Dragons’ girls track coach, said he knew Wolf for 57 years.

“He gave me direction,” Brunner said. “I am the person I am today because of coach Wolf. He was my mentor. I coached under coach Wolf for 17 years.”

“We loved the man,” said Panuska, who played on the Green Dragons’ SJ IV championship team in 1974. “This is a sorry day for Brick. We thought he might live forever. You will never find another coach like coach Wolf.”

About halfway through the viewing, a gathering took place among former Brick players and coaches as the temperature dipped to 34 degrees under a crescent moon in the middle of the football field. Many wore Brick varsity football jackets.

Donovan Brown, who played and coached under Wolf, led approximately 50 people in a pride clap. Former Brick player Ray Schlauch led the group in a prayer of thanks for Wolf’s guidance to his players and coaches and off the field.

Ex-Brick standout Art Thoms, who played for Syracuse University and the Oakland Raiders, attended the viewing and the gathering. He wore an Oakland hat as he spoke at the gathering.

“If it were not for coach Wolf and the discipline that coach Wolf instilled in me, I never would have had the career I had,” said Thoms, who flew from Paris to attend the ceremony. “I was a skinny kid at the age of 17 and coach Wolf told me I should attend prep school before going to college. Coach Wolf received his values system from God and that is what our whole damn country is missing. God led him to make the decisions that he did.”

Another speaker said during the gathering, “America has George Washington. Brick Township has Warren Wolf.”

“We are all going to miss him,” Brown told the gathering. “We never felt he was going to die. I think of him as my second father. He got you out of trouble and set you on the right path. Nobody else has the heart and soul that we have. It all comes from coach Wolf.”

A sign in green writing on the message board in front of the school said, “RIP Coach Wolf. Your Legacy Will Live On Forever.” A memorabilia board in a hallway near the auditorium memorialized Wolf’s storied career. The American flag flew at half staff at Brick Township High School.

The American flag and other flags flew at half staff at the Brick Township Municipal Building across the street from the high school.

Wolf touched the lives of many, including Ron Signorino Sr., who served as an assistant coach under the Silver Fox for several seasons. Signorino and his son, Ron Signorino Jr., worked under Wolf on the same staff. Wolf was 9-7 against the elder Signorino’s Toms River (later known as Toms River South) teams. Brick won the first four games of the series, beating the Hitting Indians in 1964-67.

“Coach Wolf was a very special human being,” Signorino Sr. said. “He was a complete gentleman on and off the football (Mourning - See Page 22)

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No Shave November Continues In Lakewood

LAKEWOOD – Chief Gregory Meyer has extended No Shave November into December.

Lakewood Police Officers are allowed to grow their beards as long as they make a donation.

For the month of November, all proceeds were donated to Officer Carmelo Source from Pemberton Police Department who has been diagnosed with cancer, For December, the Lakewood PBA Local 71 is selling No Shave Robember shirts for $15. All

proceeds will benefit Lakewood Det. Robert Anderson #258 to assist with ongoing medical issues.

T-shirts are available in small, medium, large, XL, and XXL at rayze.it/lpdnoshave.

Shirts must be paid for in advance and picked up in person. Shirts will not be mailed. You will receive an email once your shirt is ready for pickup. Bring your purchase receipt to the Watch Commander’s Office Monday through Friday, 9 a.m-5 p.m.

PBA Collects Toys for Tots

BRICK – Brick PBA Local #230 is currently accepting donations for the annual Toys for Tots program. The collection, which is part of the U.S Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots Program, will be distributed to families in Brick Township in need of toys for the holiday season.

Anyone interested in donating toys can do so by dropping them off at the Brick Township Police Department, 401 Chambers Bridge

Road, Brick.

With the exception of stuffed toys, Brick PBA is accepting donations of new and unwrapped toys appropriate for children ranging in age from infants through middle school, for example; board games, toy cars, athletic balls, bicycles, etc.

Anyone with questions can contact Joe Riccio at Joseph.Riccio@brickpd.com or message via Facebook.

Atlantic City Bus Trip

BRICK – The Seaview Village Women’s Club hosts a bus trip to Atlantic City’s Golden Nugget every second Monday of the month. If interested, call 732-864-1151. Bus leaves at 9 a.m., returns at 5 p.m.

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Fact vs Myth: What You Need To Know About Flu Shots

By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – The Ocean County Health Department wants to help residents understand facts vs. myths when it comes to the seasonal flu and flu vaccines.

“People should do their homework when it comes to their families’ health and safety.

And when it comes to the flu it’s understandable that individuals have so many questions when it comes to the facts,” said Ocean County Freeholder Gerry P. Little, liaison to the Ocean County Board of Health. “Trust the health experts. They can decipher the facts from myths and help understand what the best course is for you.”

Every year, OCHD officials are asked these three common questions: • Can a flu vaccine give you the flu?

• Does the flu vaccine cover all strains of flu?

• Do I need a flu shot every year?

To the first question, health experts say no; the flu vaccine cannot cause flu illness.

Flu vaccines administered with a needle are currently made in two ways: with the ‘inactivated’ (killed) virus, which is not infectious, or with only a single gene from a flu virus (as opposed to the full virus) in order to produce an immune response without causing infection.

According to OCHD officials, some people report feeling sick after getting their flu vaccine, despite these facts. This can be due to: • Some people can become ill from other respiratory viruses besides flu such as rhinoviruses, which are associated with the common cold, cause symptoms similar to flu, and also spread and cause illness during

the flu season.

• It is possible to be exposed to influenza viruses, which cause the flu, shortly before getting vaccinated or during the two-week period after vaccination that it takes the body to develop immune protection. This exposure may result in a person becoming ill with flu before protection from the vaccine takes effect.

Some may have been exposed to a flu virus that is unique from the viruses the vaccine is designed to protect against. There are many different flu viruses that spread and cause illness among people but are not included for protection in the current vaccines.

• And, the flu vaccine can vary in how well it works and some people who get vaccinated may still get sick.

Another common question OCHD hears each year is this: Do I need the flu shot every year? The answer is yes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone 6 months and older get a flu shot annually because a person’s immune protection from vaccines wears down over time.

“The bottom line is that flu vaccines can and do save lives,” said Daniel Regenye, OCHD Public Health Coordinator. “It’s important to speak with your health care provider if you need more information and facts regarding any vaccines. Remember, the internet doesn’t always have the best information that would pertain specifically to you or your family.”

For more information about the flu or for a clinic schedule, visit the OCHD website at ochd.org.

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BRICK – Part of being involved in our Neighborhood Watch (NW) program is a closer working relationship with your local police department. This results in being more informed on events that are occurring in our community, opportunities for special training, and the opportunity to relay concerns and

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If you’re not a member of the NW in your area and you would like to join, or if there isn’t one in your neighborhood and you would like to start one, contact Officer Brenden Barnes at bbarnes@brickpd.com.

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Jackson VFW Seeks Funds For New Ice Maker

—Photo Provided by the Jackson Veterans of Foreign War Post 4703 Members of the Jackson Veterans of Foreign War Post 4703 gather at the post’s Veterans memorial.

By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Members of the township’s VFW Post 4703 are in urgent need of funds.

The Canteen and Hall rental proceeds are critical sources of income which the post relies on to help veterans who have fought overseas and without this money, the post cannot sustain a place for veterans to meet, find financial and emotional support, and provide information on resources available to veterans.

Presently, the post is without a much-needed ice machine to support the hall and canteen.

No funds are on hand to replace this machine.

Joan Montana, a U.S. Navy veteran and

VFW Post 4703 member serves as Auxillary Chaplain. She is also heading up a fundraising effort.

Montana said, “during this time of the year, while we celebrate our many freedoms and show appreciation to the women and men who made those freedoms possible, please take the time to make a donation and help us meet our $4,200 goal to replace the ice machine with a new one.”

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This special event will be held at the Downtown Shops at 53 Main in the TRAC Gallery

and the Community Room. Local artists will present their small, affordable works for sale in a variety of different mediums including oil paintings, acrylics, glass art, jewelry, air brush work and more.

Participating local artists include: Frank Parisi, Jim Huba, Tim Lucas, Melissa Rhines Lisa Cifaretto, Kat Tobin, Robert Henne, Steig Vederso, and Julie Kiss.

Winter Camp Coming To Brick

BRICK - A winter camp for township boys and girls ages 6-12 will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from December 23-31.

The camp experience includes a T-shirt, bagels, and juice every morning and the the following trips, Knockerball, Eatontown, Speed Raceway, Cinnaminson Bowling,

Ocean Lanes Fun Plex, Mt. Laurel.

The fee is $150 per camper. Space is limited. Register online at Parksandrecreationbricktownship.net.

There is a mandatory camp meeting on December 18 at 6 p.m. at the Civic Plaza. Call 732-262-1075 for additional information.

Rotary Club of Brick, NJ – Morning Meeting BRICK – On Wednesday, December 18, the Rotary Club of Brick, NJ - Morning guest speaker will be Dr. Susan Hudak Nemiroff, Rotarian and Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine from Jersey Shore Well-

ness Studio. The Rotary Club of Brick, NJ - Morning meets each Wednesday morning at the Brick Diner at 7:30 a.m. and we welcomes guests and prospective members for fellowship and breakfast.

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KNEE PAIN? Grinding, popping, difficulty walking or going up and down the stairs, bone-on-bone pain… Does any of this sound familiar?

There’s no one single answer to all knee pain, especially when every person is different. The truth is, it is impossible to know what kind of treatment would be effective until your case is examined. Only then can medical professionals determine what would be best for you.

People suffering from knee pain often try a number of potential solutions before finding relief. What works for one person may not work for another, and that’s where expert 5-star care and nearly 20 years of experience comes into play at Monmouth Pain & Rehabilitation. Knee pain patients are unique and suffer from a great deal of pain. They deserve and require practitioners who are invested in their case, who take the time to explain what’s causing the pain

and why particular treatments may work or not work. That’s the difference at Monmouth Pain & Rehabilitation. Five-star service and the well-being of their patients are the doctors’ top priorities.

At Monmouth Pain & Rehabilitation, there are no cookie cutter plans. With so many different services available in one facility, there are a number of possibilities and different combinations of treatments that can be customized to each patient.

While these doctors do see many patients who receive injections to postpone painful knee surgery, some patients may benefit more from Cold Laser Therapy combined with physical therapy, or maybe acupuncture or vibration therapy. There are a number of possibilities and no one single solution to cure all knee pain.

So what’s the solution? Start with a consultation with one of these skilled medical professionals. Sit down with one of the doctors to determine exactly which approach would be the most effective in your case. Take advantage of this special offer for Asbury Park Press Readers: FREE initial consultations ($245 value) for the first 17 people who call!

Knee Pain Solution: Combining Time-Tested Injections with New Technologies So many people who have been experiencing knee pain have sought out treatment before. Whether they tried a round of injections, painkillers, or saw a doctor and were told surgery is necessary, many people suffering from knee pain feel like they’ve tried everything. There have been many patients who have called Monmouth Pain & Rehabilitation saying that they’ve exhausted all their options, but they may as well see if these therapies will help. They come in hopeless, and many end up having more success than ever before!

So, what is it that makes this facility special? It’s bringing together all the individual working pieces to provide the well-rounded, all-encompassing treatment that delivers results. Patients can get multiple treatments all under one roof. Beyond that, the doctors at Monmouth Pain take the time to explain your condition and your treatment so that patients can understand what is going on.

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These tiny pricks that most patients can hardly feel are awakening your body’s innate ability to relieve pain –all while you get to sit back and relax.

Osteoarthritis patients who receive acupuncture regularly may see noticeable improvements in levels of pain and functionality. Acupuncture is especially effective when combined with other treatment methods and may even improve the effects of physical therapy and other modalities.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE BLOODY SPOT IN THE EYE

It can be quite disconcerting to look in the mirror and discover that you have a spot of blood under the transparent membrane (conjunctiva) that covers the surface of your eye. Called a “subconjunctival hemorrhage,” the condition can occur without you knowing it, following a forceful cough, sneeze, or straining effort. The conjunctiva contains tiny blood vessels that can break (or leak) after sudden increases in pressure. In these cases, the redness usually clears up within a week or two as the blood is reabsorbed.

However, if pain or any change in vision is experienced, the ophthalmologist should be consulted. Subconjunctival hemorrhaging is also related to “diabetic retinopathy,” which should not be allowed to go untreated.

Despite its bloody appearance, a subconjunctival hemorrhage should cause no change in your vision, no discharge from your eye, and no pain. Your only discomfort may be a scratchy feeling on the surface of your eye. SUSSKIND & ALMALLAH EYE ASSOCIATES is dedicated to providing a full spectrum of high-quality personalized eye care. To schedule an appointment, please call our office at 732-349-5622. Our doctors take the time to listen to and answer your questions so that you can make the best choices to fit your unique needs and lifestyle.

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BRICK – The Brick Township Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony was held on November 26. Thank you to everyone who came out and helped us kick off the Christmas Season!

Brick Township’s Annual Menorah Lighting BRICK – All residents are invited as the Township joins the congregation of Temple Beth Or to welcome Hanukkah at the Annual Menorah Lighting Ceremony on December 23, 2019 at 5:30– 6:30 p.m. at 401 Chambers Bridge Rd, Brick Township, New Jersey.

Final 2019 Coffee with a Cop BRICK – Mark your calendars for Brick PD’s final Coffee with a Cop of 2019. On Saturday, December 21, from 9 to 11 a.m., join in for a special holiday Coffee with a Cop at the Brick Diner.

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H ERE ’ S T O Y OUR H EALTH •

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My Hearing Is Prett y Good, Except When I Go To The Movies

I often hear the comment, “I can’t appreciate going to the movies because I am missing the punch line.” Similar complaints are reiterated when watching TV, listening to the radio or in noisy restaurant environments. These environments have something in common; they all present the listener with a mechanical reproduction of sound and utilize various techniques that can make understanding difficult with hearing loss.

Movie theaters employ loudness expansion. With expansion, loud sounds are louder than normal. This is exactly the opposite of what people with hearing loss need. Specifically, hearing impaired folks need loudness compression (reduced amplification of loud sounds). It is ridiculous that most movie theaters insist on playing sound tracks so loud even though everybody complains about it. Moreover, filmmakers often use multiple microphones to record speech

from several people at the same time.

Add background music to this situation and you have the recipe for a difficult listening environment.

Whether you are listening to the radio, telephone, TV or watching movies, the quality of sound and the intelligibility of speech has been recorded, processed, transmitted and amplified. For people with hearing loss, this difference is enough to make understanding a real challenge. I encourage anybody who is having difficulty listening in these environments to utilize the technology that is available to improve the sound quality. For example, most movie theaters “are wired for sound,” and allow you to utilize their own personal listening headphones (which are typically infra red technology). In most cases, this will dramatically improve your ability to understand speech, which is our common goal.

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The American Academy of Dermatology reports that psoriasis affects around 7.5 million people in the United States, and about one in five of these individuals has moderate to severe psoriasis with the condition covering at least 5% of their body. The disease, which is triggered by abnormal immune-system activity, leads to the excess production of skin cells that appear as patches of thick, dry, scaly skin. In addition, psoriasis patients have a greater risk of other chronic diseases including cancer, depression, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and liver disease. New research shows that adults with psoriasis that covers at least 10% of their body area have 1.7 times the risk of early death than those without the disease.

Psoriasis responds well to many topical and systemic treatments. Even people with severe psoriasis can get relief during flare-ups in most cases. New biologic therapies work well to treat psoriasis, and other new treatments are close to FDA approval. If you have concerns about your skin or notice any unusual changes in its condition, schedule an appointment with our office. We provide patients with the highest level of care and dedication to effectively treating skin conditions.

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

Surprising Health Benefits Of Winter Essential Oils

By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

Essential oils, when used correctly, have profound and potent actions on the body and impact your metabolic pathways similarly to drugs and dietary supplements.

If you inhale a specific oil, or put it into a diffuser and aromatize it, you will be harnessing a natural healing modality.

If you apply an oil, for example tea tree oil, you will be utilizing very strong anti-fungal and antiseptic benefits. Today, my focus is on some winter essential oils which can help restore balance to the dreary, cold winter months ahead. Here are the best EOs derived from trees and plants which thrive in winter and high altitudes: Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens).

The clean, fresh scent of Cypress will ‘wake’ you up and make you feel more energetic. In my opinion, this EO could be inhaled or applied to your legs (in a carrier lotion or directly) a half-hour before you go out for a run, or to the gym.

You may be able to run faster, or take on more weight during leg lifts. Apply one or two drops to your feet or legs prior to working out.

Be mindful of others and do not apply too much of this EO because it has a strong scent, and it contains “camphene” (a strong antiseptic) which may be off-putting to other gym members.

Juniper Berry (Juniperus communis). The berries of the coniferous tree called Juniper give us this beautiful, calming essential oil. It has a strong

woodsy but clean aroma. It is thought to support urinary tract health and issues related to the kidneys. It may have a use for reducing pimples and improving complexion. You could put a drop into your face moisturizer.

Because of the clean scent, most people diffuse Juniper Berry EO. It has a grounding effect so think about putting 3 drops in your diffuser and keeping it in your office.

Siberian Fir (Abies sibirica). The Siberian fi r tree grows very tall and in harsh, cold weather like Russia and Canada. The strong woody scent has instant calming and relaxing properties. Essential oil of Siberian Fir may be helpful to calm the emotions and provide a sense of grounding when you feel like things are out of control. It’s akin to taking a hike in the forest and smelling the clean, fresh aroma of the fir trees growing along the path.

Peppermint (Mentha piperita). Peppermint gives us that zingy, fresh aroma that most people associate with mint. It’s from the high menthol content, which is great for throat lozenges, mints/candies and also breath fresheners and toothpaste.

The peppermint tree actually grows best in temperate climates, where it doesn’t get super hot or cold. But it’s very popular at winter time, especially because of candy canes and other minty deserts at the holiday table. Diffuse peppermint or apply a dab to your temples if you have a headache. You can also put a drop into your smoothie for a unique, refreshing flavor.

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By: Michael J. Deem, Esq. and Robert C. Shea, Esq. of R.C. Shea & Associates Have you thought about giving a fancy new gadget as a holiday gift? Or maybe there’s something on your wish list that Santa forgot to bring? If so, you might be tempted by an Ad to purchase high-tech gadgets for a low price. But if a merchant, other than Amazon. com, asks you to pay using an Amazon gift card then it’s probably a scam. In fact, Amazon’s gift card terms don’t allow you to use Amazon gift cards to make payments anywhere besides amazon.com and a few specific sites.

Here’s how the scam happens: You discover a website that sells new HDTVs, GPS devices, and other tech-gadgets for deeply discounted prices. You haven’t heard of the site, but you’re diligent and you do some research. You find a few reviews from satisfied customers, you think the site is legitimate, and you go for it.

During checkout, you’re instructed to purchase an Amazon gift card and then hand over the gift card information as payment.

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Nico & Nick: Toms River Boy’s Dream Come True Concert Experience

By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – It was a night five-year-old Nico will never forget; from the unlimited candy, to the lights and decorations, to the incredible meet and greet with his idol.

Thanks to the kind hearts and devotion of the local community, this little boy from Toms River lived like a rock star for one night with none other than superstar Nick Jonas at the Jonas Brothers concert on Nov. 22 at the Prudential Center.

“He is going to be talking about his first concert and meeting his idol for years to come!” said Vanessa Lemanski, Nico’s mother.

It all began when Lemanski shared a post to Facebook about her son’s dream to meet Nick Jonas.

Not only is he a fan of the Jonas Brothers, but Nico shares a special connection with the youngest of the three brothers. They are both diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

In no time, members of the local community shared the post far and wide, scoring Nico and his mother tickets to the Nov. 29 Jonas Brothers concert in Atlantic City. The tickets were a donation from The Chase Ryan Olsen Foundation, a local childhood cancer awareness organization.

Lemanski posted to Facebook on Nov. 21: “Thank you to everyone who has helped Nico get this far

-Photo courtesy Vanessa Lemanski in his endeavor. Never in our wildest dreams did we expects this. The love, support, and sense of community is heart warming!”

And the surprises kept coming.

Shortly thereafter, Lemanski got a direct call from the Jonas Brothers’ music director with great news: (Nico - See Page 19)

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Continued From Page 12 Nick Jonas wanted to meet Nico at their Nov. 22 concert. On Nov. 21, Wolf Flores, one of the more outspoken advocates for Nico’s case, delivered the great news to Nico at his school.

Flores posted a live video to his Facebook page of the before and after, stating that it was the work of the local community, the Chase Ryan Olsen Foundation, and his own Wolf’s Dream Warriors that made this happen.

On Nov. 22, Nico and Lemanski headed up to the Prudential Center for what would later be remembered as the experience of a lifetime.

From the moment the pair walked through the stadium doors, they were treated warmly like VIP, said Lemanski.

“Not having any experience being backstage at a concert I don’t know what’s it’s normally like but, the Jonas Brothers set-up was Nico’s dreamland,” she said. “There was a giant colorful dessert table filled with cupcakes, candy, and all sorts of goodies.

A rainbow balloon arch, with silver balloon letters spelling out Jonas.”

Nico wasted no time in enjoying the Skittles while waiting for his idol to come out.

Once they passed by a movie theatre-sized screen showing a 3D crackling fire place, the atmosphere changed. Nico and Lemanski were ushered into what she recalled as a “Mariah Carey-esque” room, decked out like a white, sparkling winter wonderland. Picture twinkle lights, a white and gold Christmas tree, and Frank Sinatra playing softly in the background.

As if this wasn’t magical enough, add Nick Jonas into the mix.

Nick Jonas greeted Nico with a big high five and immediately got to talking about their connection, asking what kind of pump he wore and telling him he was strong and brave.

Being the five-year-old that he is, Nico couldn’t

The Brick Times, December 7, 2019, Page 19 wait to find out if they were going to play one of his favorites from the hit Disney Channel movie Camp Rock, starring the Jonas Brothers.

At this, Lemanski said, “Nick just smiled. We took some photos, hugged, and wished him a good show.”

Nico and his mom then got set up in their first level seats to enjoy the show.

Where one might expect an abundance of Jonas Brothers merchandise and handmade signs, Lemanski noted that there was also an incredible amount of Type 1 diabetes support to be seen in the crowd.

“Immediately stepping into the stadium you saw the T1 love. People with Beyond T1 shirts, and find a cure signs, everyone (including Nico) in blue for Diabetes Awareness Month. I was pleasantly surprised to see the support,” she said.

Nico enjoyed the concert to the fullest, watching as fireworks, confetti, and laser lights lit up the stadium around him. Not only this, but it seemed Nick Jonas called in a favor, playing “Gotta Find You” from Camp Rock near Nico’s side of the stage, “giving Nico pure unimaginable bliss,” said Lemanski.

“After rocking out and snacking on goodies, Nico was slung over my shoulder passed out for the night,” she added.

It was indeed a night to remember, in more ways than one.

“He is going to be talking about his first concert and meeting his idol for years to come! I’ll have something real and tangible to reference the next time T1 is getting the best of him and it would never of been possible without the outpour of kindness, love, and support everyone showed on social media,” said Lemanski.

Lemanski explained that having Type 1 diabetes makes you part of a family you never asked to be a part of, but a family nonetheless. She gave special thanks to community members Flores and Maureen Olsen for their kindness and support in making Nico’s dreams come true.

“We’re family now,” she said.

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Dear Joel, Fall is here and while the leaves may be turning brilliant colors, I am turning ‘blue’ just thinking about winter and the cold weather ahead. Do you have any suggestions to help get me through the cold, dark days of Winter with a sunnier attitude?

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AMI Food Drive Collects 800 lbs. of Food

By Kimberly Bosco GALLOWAY – November is recognized as the start to the “season of giving” with the onset of the holiday season, and this year, the local community did not disappoint.

The Atlantic Medical Imaging (AMI) Foundation’s 11th Annual Food Drive took place throughout the month of November, bringing in 800 pounds of food donations to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey-Southern Branch and Fulfill (the Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties).

Members of the community as well as AMI staff members donated canned and non-perishable food items to the cause at all AMI offices in Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May

counties.

“This is yet another meaningful way for us to give something back to the communities we serve,” said Dr. Peggy Avagliano, President of the AMI Foundation Board of Directors. “The programs, services and partnerships undertaken by the Foundation are designed to enhance the quality of life and improve the health status of community residents, and this Food Drive reflects that mission and vision.”

The AMI Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to enhancing the level of healthcare for community residents by collaborating with local community groups to support programs that address critical health needs. For more information, call 609-652-8316.

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Mourning:

Continued From Page 9 field and an extremely determined competitor when coaching his beloved game of football. I consider it one of the greatest highlights of my life that he considered me one of his dearest friends. I know that he is drawing up another winning game plan with St. Peter and all of the other saints in Heaven.”

Wolf retired as the state’s career wins leader at 361-122-11 after guiding the Green Dragons for 51 seasons. He decided to stop leading the green and white on Dec. 1, 2008 at the age of 81 at a ceremony/ press conference at Brick. He was Brick’s first on-the-field coach in school history.

Wolf led Brick to six sectional titles, eight undefeated seasons, 42 winning seasons and 31 division championships, including 25 in the Shore Conference.

Wolf returned to the sidelines for one season in 2010, coaching Lakewood to a 3-7 record, snapping the Piners’ Shore Conference-record 33-game losing streak.

Wolf was the deputy superintendent of the Brick Township School District, supervising its summer school. He served as Mayor from 1971-75, a councilman from 1982-93, an Ocean County Freeholder from 1975-81 and a member of the state’s General Assembly as a Republican from 1981-83. He was elected to the New Jersey Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2008.

Wolf deeply touched the life of former Brick standout Todd Durkin, who starred at quarterback, free safety, punter and kicker during the middle and late 1980s.

Durkin, whose son, Luke, is a star high school quarterback in San Diego, made a video about Wolf and flew from San Diego for the viewing.

“I speak with tears of pride and tears of gratitude as I had the opportunity to play for this man,” Durkin said. “I played for an icon and played for a legend. He made Brick a better place to live, the Shore Conference a better place to be and New Jersey a better place to live. To me, that’s impact. One word I would use to summarize coach Wolf is ‘impact.’ The world has lost a legend.”

Durkin, wearing his green and white varsity football jacket, lined up in a hallway to pay his respects to his beloved coach.

“Heaven’s gain. Heaven’s gain,” he said as others listened.

Wolf gave motivational speeches to the staff at Larson Ford, a Lakewood motor

vehicle dealership.

“Coach Wolf made tens of thousands of people better,” said Durkin, a motivational speaker and the author of three books.

“I was hanging on the fence at the age of five and watched coach Wolf enter the field through a gate,” Todd Durkin said. “He had on his gray suit, his high topped boots and his hat. I knew by the way people treated him at the game that he was someone different.’’

A highlight of Todd Durkin’s career was host Brick’s playoff win over Camden on Keller Memorial Field at the Warren H. Wolf Sports Complex. A nearby school is named the Warren H. Wolf Elementary School.

“A stream of former Brick players greeted us at the gate to the field and they wore their varsity football jackets,” he said. “My entire life flashed before me as the players I watched at the age of five cheered for me.

Brick football is all about tradition. I had the chance to see an icon do his work. It was like playing for Lombardi, Wooden and Papa Bear Halas.”

Todd Durkin, who as a personal trainer and businessman hosted a fitness event in 2016 attended by Wolf at Brick, said home games were extra special.

“I’d see the flags flying, hear the band playing and see the cheerleaders cheering,” he said. “It was led by the orchestra master, who led our beloved Green Dragons. Coach Wolf shaped my life in every way. He was like a second father. He was always at each Pop Warner (football league game) taking notes of his next crop of young men.

“When I was in the eighth grade at Vets (the Veterans Memorial Middle School), he walked up to me and took me to Brick so that I could watch his players practice. He said, ‘Todd, you have a future in football at Brick Township High School.’ “ One coach whose team bested Lakewood was Dan Duddy, Central Regional’s head coach who played and coached under Wolf.

“I hated beating him because it was obvious coach Wolf was aging,” Duddy said. “I hated losing to him in 1994 (in a sectional championship game). And I hated beating him in 2010.”

Wolf coached his last game, a Lakewood win over host Toms River South, in rain and sleet, on Thanksgiving Day. The Piners attempted to carry their beloved coach, his body showing its age, off the field on their shoulders. However, coach Wolf’s son, Warren Charles Wolf, who played

and coached under his dad at Brick, would have none of it.

“There was one thing I noticed so evidently: Those Lakewood kids adored him and he truly loved them,” Duddy said. “They never compromised anything that he was on the practice field. And they rose up to that like we did when I was at Brick. So not much changed, I guess. Expectations, intensity and love are so fundamental.”

Wolf’s tenure at Lakewood was eventful.

The room where he was named coach by the Lakewood Board of Education was crowded as the townspeople anticipated his approval. Once his appointment became legal, the crowd roared its approval.

John Craddox, then Lakewood’s athletics director, took note of those who wondered whether Wolf could work his magic at an advanced age in an urban district after coaching in a suburban district, stating after the vote, “We don’t practice age discrimination in Lakewood.”

Wolf’s appointment in Lakewood was big news. His players-to-be consulted newspa-

per articles as they sought to learn of his legend. The Associated Press wrote a huge piece about him.

And Wolf was featured on a lengthy show on ESPN. While being driven from group to group of his players in a golf cart with the cameras rolling, Wolf, an avid golfer, asked with a smile, “Is this the 19th hole?”

Wolf produced numerous head coaches.

One is current Brick coach Len Zdanowicz, who played and coached under Wolf.

“He meant so much to many of us,” Zdanowicz said. “I’m fortunate to have had him in my life.”

Often asked by scribes late in his career how much longer he would continue to coach the Green Dragons, Wolf said, “I will coach as long as I have my health and as long as the board of education will have me.”

Asked in the waning days of his career how he would like to be remembered as Brick’s coach, Wolf said, “I would like to be remembered as someone who did what was right.”

—Photo courtesy of Chris Christopher Warren Wolf enjoys his team’s championships.

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of dec 7 - dec 13

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Someone may say “yes,” or someone may agree, but it could be that not everyone is on the same page as you. You might expect too much from a new purchase or from someone’s casual assurances in the upcoming week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Facts may be more valuable to you than fantasies as the week begins to unfold. Boring, repetitive tasks are easy to endure when they are balanced by news of an upcoming outing or an exciting personal opportunity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Tune in and listen carefully because someone’s words could be music to your ears. You may have opportunities for enrichment events this week. Remain open to new cultural experiences and eager to learn in the week ahead.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You and a partner may find yourselves aligned in the desire for material security and the various ways you might ensure that. This could be a week when achieving your joint ambitions dominates every waking moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Appearances can be deceiving. You may be a stickler for propriety in public but a tickler of funny bones in private. Embrace opportunities to meet new people in the week to come and your horizons will broaden.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you can’t rise above it, you might find a way to go under it. Your high ideals may become supercharged and your imagination limitless in the week ahead. Use your head to circumvent obstacles to your ambitions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It may be difficult to feel comfortable in your own skin during the next several days. You may not feel quite at your best, especially if you are stuck with menial tasks like scrubbing floors or other tedious jobs.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Unpredictable conditions on the job site or near your workplace might make for some strangely altered conditions in the week ahead. However, unexpected situations may also give you a chance to meet new and interesting people.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A sales pitch you hear might be misleading; wait for better timing to sign contracts or purchase big-ticket items. Consider getting advice because you probably shouldn’t trust your personal economic and emotional indicators this week.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There is always something new to learn, and you might feel inspired to look up any word or concept you don’t yet know. In the upcoming week you might make an effort to update your financial knowledge base.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You tend to give when everyone else has a hand out.

Keeping a smile on your face could be easy this week. The boss may be demanding, but you have plenty of latitude to do what you please at home.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You can’t recapture your youth or childhood, but you may still feel quite young at heart. If you find a $20 bill in your pocket, it might be spent frivolously on whimsical gifts in the week ahead.

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wolfgang puck’s kitchen Easy, Versatile Lemon Cake Is A Winner During The Holidays

By Wolfgang Puck You’ve probably heard people talk about their “go-to” recipes. Maybe you have some go-tos yourself. They’re those dishes that are easy to make, foolproof and always deliver delicious results that you can count on for just about any purpose, from family meals to casual get-togethers with friends to special-occasion parties.

With holiday celebrations of all kinds fast approaching, desserts are generally the go-to recipes that are most in demand. Especially prized are treats that are versatile, appropriate not only for a range of different occasions but also for the ways in which you can serve them.

I was very impressed by just such a recipe that was developed by my friend Marian Getz, a brilliant pastry chef who has worked with me when I appear on the Home Shopping Network. Marian knows I have a sweet tooth, and she never fails to come up with something new to make me happy.

Marian’s Lemon Velvet Sheet Cake, the recipe for which she generously shares here, is a perfect holiday go-to for any number of reasons. First, of course, is the fact that it’s delicious, with a bright lemony flavor thanks to its combination of fresh lemon juice and zest and lemon extract, all incorporated into the batter, and still more lemon juice in its easy icing glaze that’s poured on right after the cake comes out of the oven.

The velvety texture comes thanks to the mixture of soft cake flour, rich and tangy sour cream, and baking powder and soda, with the tenderness of the crumb further enhanced by the acidity of the lemon as well.

Better still, the batter takes just minutes to stir together and only about half an hour to bake.

So not only could you plan to make this as part of a holiday dessert table, but you could also whip it up easily for last-minute guests.

For something that tastes so good, the very basic nature of the recipe also means that it’s versatile. Try swapping out orange or even lime or grapefruit for the lemon. You could also bake the batter as cupcakes if you like. And feel free to play around with the icing or frosting.

For example, Marian wowed me once by replacing the lemon glaze with chocolate ganache, first heating 3 cups (750 ml) of heavy cream in the top pan of a double boiler over but not touching barely simmering water, and then slowly whisking in 2 pounds (900 g) of good-quality chopped dark chocolate (or use chocolate coins or chips) until melted and thoroughly blended with the cream.

Is your mouth watering at the very mention

of that combination? Then congratulations: You’ve discovered a new go-to recipe!

LEMON VELVET SHEET CAKE Make one 9-by-9-inch (22.5-by-22.5 cm) cake, 9 to 16 servings CAKE: 2 cups (500 ml) granulated sugar 1/2 cup (125 ml) vegetable oil 1/2 cup (125 ml) sour cream Grated zest of 2 lemons 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 teaspoon lemon extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 11/2 cups (375 ml) cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/8 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt GLAZE: 11/2 cups confectioners sugar 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice GARNISHES (optional): Freshly whipped cream Fresh berries Position a wire rack in the center of the oven.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With nonstick baking spray, evenly spray the bottom and sides of a 9-by-9-inch (22.5-by-22.5-cm) baking pan; set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine the granulated sugar, vegetable oil, sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice, lemon and vanilla extracts, and eggs. With a wire whisk, stir them together briskly until smoothly blended.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir with a clean whisk until thoroughly blended. Add these dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir with a whisk just until no streaks of the flour mixture remain.

Pour the resulting batter into the prepared baking pan. Place the pan on the oven rack and bake for about 30 minutes, until a long wooden toothpick inserted off the center of the cake comes out with just a few moist crumbs clinging to it. Remove the cake from the oven and set aside on a wire rack.

Immediately put the confectioners sugar and lemon juice for the glaze in a small mixing bowl. Stir them together with a small whisk or a fork until smooth, and then immediately pour the glaze evenly over the still-hot cake.

Serve the cake straight from the pan, hot, warm or at room temperature, cutting it into squares.

Garnish, if you like, with whipped cream and fresh berries.

(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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