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By Bob Vosseller BRICK – There will be no Ocean County Colu mbu s Day Parade or Italian Heritage Festival this year but that doesn’t mean honoring Italian heritage and culture won’t happen.

Township resident

─Photo courtesy Jeff Goodfellow The Brick Little League All-Stars took home the state championship.

By Bob Vosseller BRICK - It was a bit of a bittersweet victory for the Brick Little League All-Stars but they got to play ball and win the state tournament. However, in this year of the

COVID-19 pandemic, they could not move on to compete in the Little League World series.

It wasn’t just the pl a ye r s w h o c a m e t o g r ips w it h what might have been but

the families as well.

Te a m M a n a g e r G e orge Cava n aug h was a member of the Brick National Little League team 30 years ago. It was Br ick’s first state championship. His son is among

No Parade But Italian Heritage Will Be Celebrated M ich a el Bl a n d i n a , who has chaired the O ce a n Cou nt y Co lumbus Day Parade Committee since its i nce pt ion 29 ye a r s ago, recently announced plans for a different kind of observance to be held on October 10.

The Ocean County Columbus Day Parade Committee noted that this year’s events to celebrate the national holiday of Columbus Day wou ld i nvolve a procession around several areas around the county.

“We have decided

along with other Italian American Organizations to have a procession, which will be followed by a ceremony on the Franklin Avenue Stage located on the Seaside Heights Boardwalk.

All who would like to join us for the cere-

a roster of 15, 12-yearold s who m a d e u p this year’s New Jersey State Lit tle Leag ue championship team.

The Brick All-Stars beat Englewood Cliffs 8-3 to win the 2020 (Team - See Page 4)

mony should arrive on the boardwalk by 11 a.m.,” Blandina said.

“The Metropolitan Fe st iva l Ba nd w i l l perform prior to the ceremony, which will begin at noon. T he ceremony with feat ure the K nights of (Parade - See Page 7)

October 10, 2020

Authors Share History Of Shore’s Big Storms

By Judy Smestad-Nunn OCEAN COUNTY - Superstorm Sandy wasn’t the first weather event that flattened shore homes, destroyed infrastructure and created new inlets on the barrier island.

Oldtimers recall a September 1944 hurricane that inflicted great damage to Long Beach Island, Ocean City, Atlantic City and Cape May, including the destruction of bridges that connected towns to the barrier island.

Harvey Cedars was “ground zero” for The Great March Storm of 1962, one of the ten worst storms in the United States in the 20th century, that killed 40 people and caused hundreds of millions in property damage in six states.

These storms and other weather events have been documented in the book, “Great Storms of the Jersey Shore,” now in an expanded 2nd edition that includes a chapter on Superstorm Sandy.

(Storm - See Page 19)

Brick Reservoir Remains Closed, For Now

By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - There are no plans to reopen the walking path at Brick Reservoir any time soon, even though the state lifted restrictions on low-risk activities on May 2.

Governor Phil Murphy has enacted a multistage approach to put New Jersey on the road back to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, and as part of Stage 2, passive recreation, such as walking and hiking, is allowed in state parks and forests.

But Brick Reservoir remains closed to those who enjoy walking its 1.6-mile perimeter.

Residents have taken to social media to ask the township administration when the reservoir would open, but Mayor John G. Ducey has stated on numerous occasions that the township does not have control over the facility since it is owned by the Brick Township Municipal (Closed - See Page 24)

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Continued From Page 1 state championship in what has been a very unique season for all Little League players. This past week however would have been the time the state champs would have been heading off to Bristol, Connecticut, for the Mid-Atlantic tournament as Cavanaugh had done three decades prior when it was called the East Region tournament for what he said was “one of the best times of my life.”

“I wanted nothing more than to see them win the state championship. I wanted it so bad for them because now being 42 years old and looking back, you really do take your childhood for granted,” Cavanaugh said.

“We’ve become such a tight group.

They have played together since they were eight years old,” Cavanaugh added.

He said the team won the 8-year-old tournament. “We won districts as tens and then we got knocked out in the section semi-finals. We came back in the following year as elevens. In 2019 we won districts again and won sections and went to states and lost in the state finals and this year we won everything.

“These kids were working out four to five nights a week until the pandemic began. It was St. Patty’s Day weekend.

We were all together at a party and all joking around not really thinking that it was going to get as bad as it did,” Cavanaugh said.

Cavanaugh said, “that is when all our baseball operations just stopped. Little League was just getting ready to play. I went out and bought a batting cage, my wife was really thrilled about that and I began inviting some of the kids over, one or two at a time and they were outside and we were hitting. Then baseball finally opened up and we were right back at it again.”

Coach Richard Hudak commented on the numerous curveballs tossed at the team this season as a result of the pandemic. Normally after winning district, regional and state championships the winner would go on to Little League World Series. This year however, Little League International made the decision on April 30 to cancel the regional tournaments and the World Series for 2020.

Lit tle Leag ue president and CEO Stephen D. Keener called the decision “heartbreaking for everyone at Little League International, but more so for those millions of Little Leaguers who have dreamt of one day playing in one of our seven World Series events. The uncertainty of what the pandemic would look like in the summer caused a great

deal of concern.”

“Individual states were given the option to host tournaments if they wanted to.

New Jersey was one of the states that opted to do it and there was a lot of push from our district and they decided to host it in September,” Hudak said.

Another curve ball Hudak noted was that not only did the pandemic disrupt the season, it changed the format of the section and state tournaments. Instead of double-elimination, where a bad day on the field could potentially be overcome, now the format was single elimination: One loss, and the team was out.

The Brick All-Stars began its season in August, Hudak said. “They played against Berkeley, Holbrook and Berkeley again in the championship game. We won all three of those games and we moved on to play sections where we played a north Howell team and Clark and we beat Clark to become a section champion which put us into the state tournament where we played Somer’s Point in South Jersey and Englewood Cliffs for the championship,” Hudak said.

“This group understood everyone had a role and everyone throughout the tournament shined at some point. It was a full team family win. I call us family because that is what we are,” Cavanaugh said.

“This is the year that could have been.

These kids were very good and very competitive as 10 and 11-year-olds. We felt this was our year. We had our sights set on getting out of Jersey and playing at that level and obviously it got taken away from us,” Hudak said.

“We made the best out of what we could,” Hudak said.

Cavanaugh said he felt that the tight knit bond of the team may well have helped the young players cope better with what was happening at the time with coronavirus lockdown that they were enduring with full remote learning and other aspects of their lives that had been disrupted.

“The world is a different place right now. The kids are now back in school.

The schools are hybrid in Brick but it isn’t normal still. I think having baseball for them every night - I think it helped,” Cavanaugh said.

Along with Cavanaugh and Hudak, the members of the team and coaching staff of the Brick Little League All-Stars include: Coach Nick Garbooshian, Coach Derek Mar tin. Players: Jake R izzo, Taylor Cavanaugh, James Martin, Tyler Garbooshian, Han k Mulligan, Zack Martin, Brayden Heatter, Tyler Hudak, Billy Linardakis, Matt Goodfellow, Ryan Tufaro, Zack Pirnik, Antonio Acevedo, Dan Lubach, and Michael Figner.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE New Jersey 4-H Program Hosts Virtual Fair

By Alyssa Riccardi NEW JERSEY – This year, county and 4-H Fairs were unable to assemble due to the COVID -19 pandemic. In result, the New Jersey 4-H Program hosted a New Jersey 4-H Virtual Fair to display some of the 4-H projects and demonstrate the skills and knowledge the kids achieved from their involvement.

There were over 1,500 entries in 42 project divisions, which included topics such as Alpaca Agility and Equitation to Photography, Foods, and Digital Storytelling.

You can visit and explore the NJ 4-H Virtual Fair and view the photos and v ideos showcasi ng ent r ies at nj4h .

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Here are the names of the 4-H members who participated in the Virtual Fair: Estelle Balsirow, Jackson, Teen Council 4-H Club Nicole Balsirow, Jackson, Stitchery 4-H Club Cameron Callis, Lanoka Harbor, Critter Craze 4-H Club Col i n C he nowet h-Haf ne r, Ma n ahawkin, Ecology 4-H Club Kieran Chenoweth-Haf ner, Manahawkin, Ecology 4-H Club Skylar Dasti, Barnegat, Ecology 4-H Club Jon Dav ido, Ma na hawk i n, P uppy Power 4-H Club Nora Hansen, Barnegat, Ecology 4-H Club Kyra Huebner, Manahawkin, Cross Street Riders 4-H Club Tony DiChiara, Toms R iver, Fine Feathered Friends 4-H Club Tor i DiCh ia r a , Toms R iver, Fi ne Feathered Friends 4-H Club Lilly Kenny, Bayville, Critter Craze 4-H Club Grace Leavitt, West Creek, Cross Street Riders 4-H Club Cheyen ne Lowe, W h it i ng, Udder Chaos 4-H Club L ex i McLai n , La kewood , Cr it t e r Craze 4-H Club Kylie McLaughlin, Point Pleasant, Noah’s Art Pet Pals 4-H Club Evely n Mor m i no, Poi nt Pleasa nt, Noah’s Art Pet Pals 4-H Club Cristiano Secul, Toms River, Fine Feathered Friends 4-H Club Nic olo Se c u l , Tom s R ive r, Wise Crackers 4-H Club Santo Secul, Toms River, Ecology 4-H Club Emily Sellers, Bar negat, Ecolog y 4-H Club Nicholas Sellers, Barnegat, Ecology 4-H Club William Snyder, Point Pleasant, Noah’s Art Pet Pals 4-H Club Ella Stiso, Manasquan, Wise Crackers 4-H Club Liana Trebou r, Lit tle Egg Harbor Twp., Cross Street Riders 4-H Club Br a nd i Va n Br u nt , Ja ck son , Fi ne Feathered Friends 4-H Club Andrew Velceck, Brick, Noah’s Art Pet Pals 4-H Club Peter Velcheck, Brick, Noah’s Art Pet Pals 4-H Club Samantha Vigliotti, Point Pleasant, Noah’s Art Pet Pals 4-H Club For more information about 4-H opportunities, experiences and programs available visit the NJ 4-H website at nj4h.rutgers.edu/

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Continued From Page 1 Columbus Color Guard posting of the colors and renowned singer Cori Scotti, who will sing the American and Italian National Anthems,” he said.

The program will also include Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph Vicari and the mayors of the four municipalities participating in the procession.

Those mayors include Berkeley Township Mayor Carmen Amato, Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill, Brick Township Mayor John Ducey and Seaside Heights Mayor Tony Vaz. Participating Italian organizations will also be recognized and Robert DiBiase, chair man of the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission will speak during the event.

The ceremony will conclude with a performance by The Juke Box Legends.

“The boardwalk concessions and restaurants will be open so bring your family and friends to celebrate our national holiday of Columbus Day,” Blandina said.

Blandina said in a recent interview with JerseyShoreOnline.com that while it won’t quite be the same that he and the committee are determined to make the event something special. The pandemic has hurt many businesses and caused the cancellation of many community events normally held around this time of year.

“It costs money to put on this parade and the pandemic really limited our ability to hold fundraisers and to do the things we normally would do during the year to prepare for this weekend-long event,” Blandina said.

He noted that bands in the parade cost roughly $18-$19,000 and the bands that perform at the three-day long Italian Festival cost about $30,000. The cost of having the five to eight f loats in the parade ranges from $6,000 to $7,200.

“There are other things people don’t think of like the tents which cost us $4,200 a year,” Blandina added. He also explained why, unlike the Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day which is held on a Saturday in March, the Ocean County Columbus Parade is always held on a Sunday.

“Bands are more accessible in March but not in October. The high school bands are committed to performing at football games that are played on Saturdays and the schools won’t allow them to participate in the parade so we are limited to Sundays,” Blandina added.

That does allow for the parade to cap off the weekend festival but it also prevents a rain date for the parade until the following weekend. When that occurs some of the bands could be committed to other

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“We also lose our group from Italy,” Blandina said. Each year the parade committee brings in a group, sometimes two, of folkloric performers from regions of Italy to perform during the weekend and to be a part of the parade.

“It is what makes our parade so unique.

That is what really put us on the map because it presents our Italian heritage and culture,” he added. “These groups have been phenomenal over the years and are always very well received.”

The members of these groups usually arrive by Thursday and remain for a week afterward following the parade. They get a tour of the area and go on special trips such as Philadelphia or New York City.

That also costs money and the committee is grateful to those restaurants and hotels that have shown their generosity in providing meals and sponsoring other activities over the years.

“We usually have 28 to 47 people in the groups who come over,” Blandina said.

He also noted that this is paid for through events like the committee’s annual golf outing and dinner dance which were not held this year.

Musical numbers such as Julian and Dominque of Staten Island have been popular acts for the festival. “We can’t afford national acts but we have popular acts that our audiences look for and it brings people to the shore for the weekend.”

Carabba’s Italian Grill resturant has been a big fundraising sponsor for 20 years. “We started off in the VFW in Brick but it got so big we had to move it there. We get 200 to 250 people and it is at no cost to us. They have really been wonderful to us,” Blandina said.

The parade and Italian Festival have certainly grown over the course of almost three decades.

“For our first four to five years we had limited entertainment. We were two days and in our third year we went to three days with Friday being a kind of dress rehearsal day where we could check out the sound, location and other things,” he said. “Our sponsor banners need at least two people to carry them and we often get the Interact Clubs of the Brick high schools to help out because we have between 25 to 30 banners so we need 60 people for just the banners alone.

“We have an active committee of 15 to 20 people but it swells up to 60-70 people during the usual parade weekend.

We all work well together. It may not be the same and I’m sure I’ll be a little sad that day that it won’t be the same but I am happy that we will be celebrating Italian-American heritage and culture,” he said.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARY F EATURED L ETTER Documenting The Pandemic For Future Generations As the pandemic continues to impact the country, it should be noted that hopefully, someday, this will all be a terrible memory. However, collecting artifacts and photographs during this tragic time period will help future generations better understand what we are experiencing.

Have you noticed the varied and personized masks being worn lately? Well, as long as we are wearing them, we might as well make a statement. So start collecting masks, photographs, and other items that will explain this time period to future generations. Photographs of friends and family wearing masks and utilizing social distancing at gatherings will be beneficial to visu-

ally explain this event.

Business-closure signs, thank-you posters to health workers, toilet paper and food shortages, and signs denoting closed businesses are also useful to tell this story. Handicrafts woven or carved to pass the time indoors, home-school lesson plans, and photos of dining-out only restaurants can be included in this documentation.

If you were designing a museum exhibit that would explain the coronavirus pandemic, what would you include in it? Smithsonian curators in Washington, D.C., are trying to answer that question, even as the virus continues to spread in some states. The National Museum of American History has recently launched

a coronavirus collection project. Yes, you read that correctly!

Each collection will have its own particular focus.

T he A mer ican Histor y Museum is taking a broad approach. Curators on its COVID-19 task force are putting together lists of objects they want to collect, ranging from handwritten grocery lists, letters from patients, personal protective equipment, test kits and ventilators. Some of the objects will be put on display in an exhibit on the disease planned for late next year. “Obviously, those are objects we will not collect until the pandemic has really wound down,” said the chair of the American History Museum’s medicine and science division. “We

don’t want to put pressure on supplies.”

Smithsonian curators are soliciting digital items and oral histories for their online collections. “Years from now, we really don’t want the human impact of this story to get lost. And so that’s what we’re really trying to collect,” says the director of the Anacostia Community Museum, which explores local social change. People can submit digital photographs, videos and written accounts to the museum’s new “Moments of Resilience” online collection.

This museum team will eventually start collecting objects for an exhibit tentatively planned for summer of 2021. Curators at the National Museum of

African American History and Culture plan to collect objects that tell the stories of black Americans during the pandemic. For the program, they’ll ask residents of urban centers to upload oral histories, images and short videos to an online platform.

Even though certain object collections can’t start yet, the Smithsonian curators are hustling to get the word out about their various projects to keep people from throwing away would-be artifacts. Even a homemade face mask or an empty box that held a shipment of toilet paper could tell future historians a lot about the current moment.

Whether a somber handwritten journal or an endearing Facebook post, the

contributions will offer a look at a world attacked by an invisible enemy.

The stories will document sickness and death and the profound disruption of American rhythms and rituals, evidenced by empty shelves and streets, and the gnawing restlessness of sheltering in place. The ways people showed resilience and managed to still find joy are an integral aspect of this plague.

What we as contributors record is what the future generations will remember, so start gathering your artifacts and tell your story to a future world not yet imagined.

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Letters To The Editor Not Voting This Year For the first time in I don’t know how long, I’m not going to be voting this year.

There’s really no point. I voted for Trump in 2016 but there’s no way I can do that again. Not after he called soldiers who died in wars “losers and suckers.” After he said traumatic brain injuries suffered by soldiers are “not very serious.” After he

gave the Russians a military base (Kobani air base in Syria, which Trump abandoned for the Russians).

I thought he was the answer to all the nonsense political stuff. But he’s worse than all of them. There hasn’t been a single president in all of history who has rolled over for another world leader like he has. I thought he was going to fight for us, but he is no fighter.

I got my ballot in the mail

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and tossed it. There’s no point.

I’m not voting for Trump and I’m sure as anything not going to vote for Biden. So what’s the point?

Besides, we all know New Jersey’s going to go for Biden and all the Electoral Votes are going to him so my vote won’t mean anything.

Harry Guilla Beachwood

Criticisms Against Trump Are Foolish First off, I don’t care how much Trump pays in taxes, I only care what I have to pay.

Secondly, to blame Trump for COVID-19 is just childish lunacy.

Third, if the Dems were in this position, they would certainly appoint a justice.

Elections have consequences, Joe. Don’t care about either family, tell me your plan for the future.

At least Trump has a record

Letters To The Editor of accomplishments. Biden Now President Trump has in 47 years accomplished nothing, other than becoming a three-time loser.

Ray Herrmann Toms River

Dems Fear Mongering Over Supreme Court So when President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch the left screamed “OMG, if he gets on the Supreme Court he’s going to kill Obamacare, he’s going to end Roe v Wade, he’s going to change voting rights, he’s going to change equal rights laws and more!” What happened...nothing.

So when President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh - the left screamed “OMG, if he gets on the Supreme Court he’s going to kill Obamacare, he’s going to end Roe v Wade, he’s going to change voting rights, he’s going to change equal rights laws and more!” What happened...nothing.

Trump Should Get 8 More Years

nominated Amy Coney Barrett and the left is screaming – “OMG, if she gets on the Supreme Court she’s going to kill Obamacare, she’s going to end Roe v Wade, she’s going to change voting rights, she’s going to change equal rights laws and more!”

So what is going to happen when she’s on the bench of the highest court in the land? Nothing because she’s a Constitutionalist and will follow the Constitution and precedence...just like both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh both said and are doing.

So get over it all you fear mongers! The sky will not fall and hit you on the head...I promise.

President Donald Trump has done more for this country than Obama, Bush and Clinton ever did. He is the greatest we’ve ever had and we should elect him for two more terms.

Why you ask? He should be given a redo since his fi rst term was tarnished by the disgusting DemoRATS and the horrible media.

They don’t ever cut the guy a break. It’s a real shame.

But of course, Sleepy Joe will probably rig the election with this mail-in crap.

I’m sick to death of all of this.

John Davidson Brick

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Teen Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy To Commit Aggravated Assault

By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – A Brick teen has been sentenced to prison for Conspiracy To Commit Aggravated Assault after being involved in the shooting outside a township high school.

On the afternoon of October 22, 2019, Brick Township Police responded to a Brick Memorial High School student who endured a gunshot wound. According to police, the student was walking home from school with friends when he was shot approximately one-quarter mile away from Brick Memorial. The student ran back to the school for help and police locked down the school as a precaution. The student was then treated at Ocean Medical Center and eventually released.

After reviewing video surveillance footage from nearby residences, detectives identified Luis Rivas, 17, of Brick Township and a second juvenile, Alonzo Legrande, now 18, of Asbury Park,

carrying out the shooting. After further investigation, it was discovered that Legrande was the one who fired the weapon. Rivas was seized on October 26, 2019 and brought to Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center.

On October 2, Rivas was sentenced to four years in New Jersey State Prison subject to the terms of the No Early Release Act, after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Assault.

Legrande pled guilty to Aggravated Assault and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose on September 17. Legrande has since been lodged in the Juvenile Detention Center since being taken into custody on October 23, 2019, where he remains pending his sentencing presently scheduled for November 20, 2020.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Tree Planted As WWII Memorial

─Photo courtesy Ocean County The tulip poplar tree located on the west lawn of the Ocean County Courthouse, Washington Street, Toms River, with the courthouse in the background.

TOMS RIVER - Ocean County Freeholders joined with Ocean County Constitutional Officers, veterans, and members of the Ocean County Shade Tree Commission and the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II with the planting of a tulip poplar tree in front of the historic Ocean County Courthouse, Washington Street, Toms River.

This tulip poplar tree will be a lasting memorial to the Ocean County residents

who fought during World War II and especially those that made the ultimate sacrifice during this conflict, according to Ocean County Freeholder Virginia E. Haines, who serves as liaison to the Ocean County Shade Tree Commission and the Cultural and Heritage Commission.

Freeholders joining Haines were Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari and Freeholder Deputy Director Gary Quinn. “This tree will stand in dedication to those who served our nation,” Vicari said.

Risk For Underlying Vascular Disease NEW JERSEY – Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, and the disease that causes it, atherosclerotic disease (hardening of the arteries), also can cause stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and aneurysm formation.

“While these vascular diseases are often termed silent killers, as people often remain asymptomatic until the disease has advanced, screening for vascular diseases that affect the peripheral blood vessels outside the heart can be easily accomplished by non-invasive means, allowing for medical care that may prevent disease progression,” says Randy Shafritz, M.D., Regional Director of Vascular Services for Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus and Community Medical Center.

To help community members determine if they have or may be at risk for an underlying vascular disease Dr. Shafritz

will present an arterial screening event at his office, Monmouth Heart and Vascular, located at 274 Route 35 South in Eatontown. The screening event will be held November 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“The tests are non-invasive, painless, and simple to administer,” he says. “Vascular ultrasound techniques and blood pressure measurements can be used to evaluate the carotid arteries, peripheral blood vessels, and the abdominal aorta to determine if any disease is present.”

Dr. Shafritz notes that risk factors for vascular disease include smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. Additionally, a family history of vascular or heart disease, being over age 55 and a sedentary lifestyle put individuals at higher risk as well, he adds.

The cost for the screening is $99. To learn more or to make a screening appointment, call 888-724-7123.

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Ocean County Office Of Senior Operations Steps Up Services During Ongoing Pandemic

By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – The county’s Office of Senior Services is stepping up their aid to seniors and their caregivers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

County officials noted that nutrition sites and numerous other services that assist seniors with their daily routines started to shut down because of the coronavirus health crisis.

In response, the Ocean County Office of Senior Services increased their assistance to the county’s most vulnerable population who continue to need help during the pandemic.

Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari, chairman of the Ocean County Office of Senior Services, with Director of Senior Services Maria LaFace, recently presented an outline of the help provided by the county’s Senior Services staff to keep older adults healthy and safe during this challenging time.

Vicari said, “we substantially increased our home delivered meals during this time which provided not just a daily meal to a senior but also daily contact by someone who could make sure the senior is doing well. Sometimes that contact is just - as if not more valuable - than the meal itself.”

About 150,000 home-delivered meals or emergency shelf-stable meals were provided from April 1 to August 31, to seniors in Ocean County. This represents an increase of almost 40,000 from the same period last year.

“We saw a 30 percent increase in meals delivered and a 50 percent increase in new clients from 2019. Our home delivered meal providers also collected and delivered toilet paper, home cleaning products, and other items that couldn’t easily be found at grocery stores through a partnership with car dealerships in Toms River and Stafford Township,” Vicari noted.

He added, “I want to extend my deepest appreciation to Lester Glenn car dealership, Causeway car dealership, all those individuals and organizations that donated and to Community Services Inc., our major home delivered meals provider for lending a hand and going above and beyond to help our seniors.”

Approximately 173,000 senior citizens live in Ocean County and seniors that are 85 and older continue to increase in number.

“So many of our seniors want to continue to live independently and this pandemic tested our services that help them remain in their homes,” Vicari said.

“We were able, through our community

of support programs, to help keep some of our most vulnerable residents out of nursing homes. We also helped many caregivers as we all began to learn to navigate changes to daily routines during a pandemic,” he added.

LaFace said this year thus far, “we provided 786 units of caregiver support compared to 361 units in 2019. Our provider network completed 1,460 units of service in 2020 compared to 688 in 2019.”

The Freeholder Director added, “there is no coronavirus pandemic playbook so our caregivers needed support to navigate how to help seniors and do it safely. Our caregivers are dedicated to helping our seniors so that they can continue to enjoy their independence as they age.”

“These men and women are an integral part in keeping our seniors healthy and safe,” he added.

The increase in caregiver calls also resulted in increased requests for the Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving (JACC) program which is a state program that provides a broad array of in-home services to eligible seniors.

Vicari said the outpouring of help and the partnerships created during the pandemic has given needed assistance to many of the needy and frail seniors in Ocean County. He highlighted the Jersey Cares Inc. program that with the Office of Senior Services was able to provide 500 grocery shopping trips for the homebound and isolated seniors.

“The Office of Senior Services processed over 200 of these calls. We couldn’t provide this kind of help without the network of agencies collaborating their efforts toward the common goal of helping seniors,” Vicari added.

Vicari also noted another important factor, senior services staff and providers conducted 17,000 phone reassurance calls to seniors. “When our seniors began to feel anxious or isolated, they had the ability to talk to someone, who provided an understanding voice on the other end of the phone, a person to listen, calm and comfort.”

“Sometimes you just need someone to help set your mind at rest and that is what we strived to do,” Vicari said. He added that senior services staff also handled 2,000 COVID-19 related calls.

“The key to helping our seniors is to be there for them and especially when they need it most. That has always been the goal of the Office of Senior Services and now more than ever we have done all we can and more to let our elderly residents know we are there to help them,” Vicari said.

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When you decide to visit your hearing healthcare professional, make sure they have procedures in place in line with CDC recommendations. For example, in my practice, we take everyone’s temperature and have them complete a covid-19 questionnaire. Secondly, we limit only two patients in our waiting room at the same time. Third, we allow more time between patients to disinfect all areas.

Fourth, we have each patient leave our office from a different location. As a general rule, we are allowing at least an extra 15-30 minutes per patient. What this should mean is that you’re hearing care professional should be spending

more time with you at each appointment.

Equally important, if you’re not comfortable entering our offices, we offer curbside services for folks who just have a hearing aid problem. We would disinfect the hearing instrument, fix it, and return it to you while you wait in your car. If we have to send the hearing aid back for repair, we can provide you with a loaner hearing instrument.

Finally, as we remain stuck in our homes, we realize how important it is to hear clearly. Don’t hesitate to have your hearing tested and if you’re wearing a hearing aid, it should cost nothing for us to clean and adjust them. Please be careful when removing your mask while wearing your hearing aids. Many folks have lost their hearing instruments because of the mask. Ask your hearing care professional to add a “sports lock” to the receiver wires and/or consider custom micromolds.

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

New Treatment Approach To High Cholesterol

By Suzy Cohen, R. Ph.

For years we have heard that statins are the gold standard pharmacological treatment for high cholesterol. But there’s more to the story because those drugs, introduced in the 1980’s when I was a young pharmacist, do not sweep out the cholesterol in your blood vessels. They only block endogenous production by your body, and in doing so, they can lead to devastating side effects due to the drug mugging effect of ubiquinol, the activated form of CoQ10.

But first I’d like to make sure you know my stance on cholesterol. I don’t think it’s bad at all, however, the ratios need to be in a healthy balance. It is not cholesterol itself that leads to heart attacks… it couldn’t be or we’d all be dead. It’s more the imbalanced ratio of certain particles. There are many particles of cholesterol, but the two most famous ones are LDL and HDL. Keeping this superbly simple, you want to keep the HDL level high, and reduce the amount of LDL. Even though I prefer natural approaches to medical problems, as a pharmacist I can offer you my perspective on a new therapeutic option for high cholesterol. I’m referring to a new category of medications called PCSK9 inhibitors.

The PCSK9 are a new class of LDL-lowering medications, and they are given by self-injection, every two weeks.

You as a human being carry a gene called “PCSK9” which stands for “proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9.” The PCSK9 gene provides the blueprint for

your body to build a protein also abbreviated as PCSK9. This protein regulates the amount of cholesterol that floats around in your bloodstream. The drugs inhibit PCSK9 and so they work by improving your liver’s ability to remove cholesterol from the blood. They do this by inhibiting PCSK9 which prevents destruction of LDL receptors on your cells.

There are two medications in this category: • Praluent® (chemical name: Alirocumab) • Repatha® (chemical name: Evolocumab) See the names here, they both end in “cumab” so since it’s easier for the sake of reading my article, I will refer to this category of drugs as cumab drugs, or the cumabs. That’s not an official nickname, it’s just for reading ease and I’ve made it up!

The cumab drugs reduce LDL cholesterol by about 60 percent which in turn could reduce risk of heart attack, chest pain, unstable angina, and stroke by up to 15 percent. Cumabs are stronger than statins.

They do not interfere with CoQ10 like the statins, because the cumabs reduce LDL cholesterol at the level of the receptor site, not by inhibiting production. Please also evaluate homocysteine levels, CRP, Lp(a) and blood pressure. Finally, age and hormone status matters. Insufficient levels of DHEA, estrogen and testosterone all affect your cardiovascular system. If this topic interests you, please subscribe to my newsletter at suzycohen.com, and I will email you a longer version of this article.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Know The Potential Toxic Effects Of Hand Sanitizers

By Alyssa Riccardi NEW JERSEY – Hand sanitizer has always been a must have within households and everyday use. Now with COVID-19, everyone is carrying around a bottle of hand sanitizer with them.

Although hand sanitizer has become an important part in stopping the spread of COVID-19, these products can result in potentially serious health consequences like alcohol overdose (poisoning).

Poison control centers have previously warned the significant dangers of misusing hand sanitizers and also disinfectants and cleaning products. As COVID-19 started to spread more and more, nationwide centers reported an increase in calls connected to chemical products.

“As poison center staff know, storing large amounts of hand sanitizer at home can be dangerous,” says Diane Calello, MD, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine. “When you combine easy access to a potentially toxic product, with unsafe storage practices, and more time spent at home, dangerous health

outcomes occur. Hand sanitizers have very high alcohol content, much higher than most alcoholic beverages. Swallowing or drinking hand sanitizer is never safe since this product is not meant to be ingested. If you ingest high concentrations of alcohol, you are risking your health and your life; the effects of severe alcohol overdose can be irreversible and deadly.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recently warned consumers about methanol and 1-propanol contamination within certain hand sanitizer products.

They also warned about the product packaging of certain hand sanitizer products that looks similar to common food and drink items.

The FDA currently has 190 hand sanitizers on their “do not use” list, with that number continuing to increase.

The New Jersey Poison Information & Education System have listed below important information about hand sanitizers: Drinking hand sanitizer is never safe; it can be toxic and cause lasting and irreversible health effects. Alcohol affects children differently than it does adults.

A small amount can cause devastating health effects.

Hand sanitizers contaminated with methanol or 1-propanol are more toxic when swallowed than those containing the approved ingredient, ethanol.

These products are only to be used on your hands, nowhere else on the body.

There are no hand sanitizers approved by the FDA. Products that claim to be “FDA-approved” are illegal. Do not buy these products.

Many hand sanitizers have been recalled for contamination and product packaging concerns.

Some manufacturers have designed their products to look like children’s food/yogurt pouches, candies, snacks, juice/water bottles, beer cans, and vodka bottles.

If you have young children or pets at home, keep these products up high, out of sight and reach.

Do not leave hand sanitizers in easy to reach places like purses/bags, vehicles, nightstands, counters, etc. Locked up is always best.

It is not safe for young children to use hand sanitizer by themselves; they must have adult supervision. These products should not be placed in young children’s backpacks, lunchboxes, or luggage.

If you feel that you’ve been exposed to a recalled hand sanitizer or have ingested a hand sanitizer product, even those without contamination, call your local poison control center at 1-800- 222-1222 immediately. If someone is unconscious, not breathing, hard to wake up, or having a seizure, call 9-1-1 immediately.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Ocean County Received $1M In Incentives For Energy System Upgrade

By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – Ocean County has received almost $1 million in incentives for upgrading its energy systems.

Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari said, “we keep a close eye on energy costs in Ocean County government. By installing high tech, energy efficient systems, we are realizing the substantial savings that comes along with it.”

The centerpiece of the County’s energy program was the installation of the Combined Heat and Power & Fuel Cell (CHP) at the Ocean County Justice Complex at 120 Hooper Ave. The large non-descript white box-like structure located on the west side of Hooper Avenue is the 600 kW natural gas-fueled CHP system that generates electricity to power the Ocean County Justice Complex, while capturing and using the waste heat for space heating, cooling, and water heating.

The Justice Complex is a multi-use facility housing courtrooms, some of the divisions of the Ocean County Sheriff ’s Office, jail facilities and other government functions.

Vicari added, “this project is anticipated to generate more than 4.7 million kWh of electricity annually.”

As the project, a recommendation of the energy audit, got underway, Ocean County officials were notified that the County will receive $1.1 million in incentives from the state Board of Public Utilities for the installation of the energy efficient heating and cooling system at the Justice Complex.

“These kinds of incentives make undertaking the energy master plan extremely worthwhile. This is an important step in the work Ocean County has been doing to create more energy efficient facilities,” Vicari said.

Vicari stressed that it was “important that we have a reliable energy system to keep the power on in our buildings during storms on other incidents that can result in the loss of power. Ocean County government needs to continue to function during these times and the CHP has been doing its job while saving us money.”

The county received the $1.1 million incentive in phases as work moved forward on installing the CHP. The first incentive in the amount of $330,000 was paid in February 2018, following the County’s purchase of the system’s major components. The second incentive in the amount of $660,000.00 was received

on July 6, 2020. A third incentive in the amount of $220,000 remains outstanding and will be paid upon the submission of 12 months of data demonstrating the project is achieving the required performance requirements.

A request for an additional $110,000 blackstart incentive by the County was approved after it demonstrated the CHP had blackstart capability. That is a procedure for a generating unit to go from shutdown condition to an operating condition delivering electric power without assistance from the electric system.

Ocean County anticipates saving almost $400,000 annually as a result of the CHP. “Our work along with the state Board of Public Utilities will result in energy savings for years to come,” Vicari said.

“The system is anticipated to generate more than 4.7 million kWh of electricity annually. We did a lot of homework before moving forward with these plans to install the CHP,” Vicari said.

Other energy improvements implemented by the county included new chillers and related equipment installed in the Justice Complex. There were also upgrades to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and the installation of new energy management systems.

“Ocean County taxpayers will benefit from these upgrades as we reduce our energy costs for years to come. The original energy audit was the result of an exhaustive examination of six facilities that receive a lot of traffic both from the public and with our employees. That is why they were chosen for this initial review by the BPU,” Vicari said.

Along with the Justice Complex the other facilities included the Ocean County Courthouse, the Ocean County Administration Building, the Ocean County Jail, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and the parking garage all in downtown Toms River.

“These facilities total 1,022,775 square feet. They produce an annual energy bill of $2.3 million,” Vicari said.

The BPU’s Clean Energy Program promotes increased energy efficiency and the use of clean, renewable sources of energy.

The County began the process in late 2014 to participate in the Local Government Energy Audit to identify cost-justified efficiency measures.

The audit results provided the Board of Freeholders with a framework for various energy alternatives that can be implemented.

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First, order a Certificate of Occupancy, Smoke Certification or whatever documents and inspections the Township requires. The same are usually valid for 6 months so do not worry that they are obtained early in the closing process. Many Townships are now only requiring Certifications to be completed by the parties in lieu of inspections to avoid personal contact during an in-house inspection.

Second, provide your attorney copies of the title policy, survey and deed you obtained when you purchased the home. These can assist the Buyer with more current title searches and avoid the need for a new survey.

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Third, stay out of the house when the Buyer needs to have their inspector or appraiser at the home. Go to a park for a walk to avoid person contact. Insisting those people weary gloves and wipe down surfaces they have contact with is not unreasonable.

Finally, then signing closing and conveyance documents arrange with your attorney to maintain social distancing.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Home Runs For Heroes Makes Donation Despite Cancelled Baseball Season

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TOMS RIVER - OceanFirst Foundation is stepping up to support 16 local charities that missed out on participating in the 12th season of Home Runs for Heroes due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of Minor League Baseball. For 11 seasons, Home Runs for Heroes has provided grants to nonprofits to provide emergency and basic needs to local members of the United States Armed Forces and Veterans. With the pandemic impacting so many nonprofits, OceanFirst has doubled its guaranteed donation to each organization slated to have participated in the 12th season of Home Runs for Heroes; each nonprofit will receive a $2,000 donation.

“Despite the fact there was no BlueClaws season the OceanFirst Foundation continues to show its support for the military and Veterans.

We are honored to be part of this tremendous program and look forward to being back on the field in 2021” stated Kevin Williams, Director of the Shore Sports Network, Townsquare Media.

“The BlueClaws are proud to partner with OceanFirst Foundation on this amazing program.

While this is certainly a unique year, we are happy to help recognize these wonderful organizations in support of our beloved military personnel from around the Shore,” said BlueClaws Team President Joe Ricciutti.

“We thank the Lakewood BlueClaws organization and Townsquare Media for providing the opportunity to work together to bring much need-

ed relief to local military families and Veterans during these difficult times. We’re pleased to have provided $408,000 in grants over the years of our partnership,” said Katherine Durante, Executive Director of OceanFirst Foundation.

The following organizations will each received a $2,000 grant: American National Red Cross, Army Emergency Relief, Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation, Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton, Deborah Hospital Foundation, GI Go Fund, Homes for All, Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski II, Memorial Fund, Ma Deuce Deuce, National Guard State Family Readiness Council, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, Operation First Response, Recalibrate, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8867 (Brick), and Vetgroup.

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Continued From Page 1 The book was the topic of a recent “Meet the Author” zoom event, hosted by the local environmental group, Save Barnegat Bay. Two of the authors, Margaret Thomas Buchholz and Scott Mazzella, were on hand to discuss their award-winning book.

The authors were introduced by Graceanne Taylor, who is the education and outreach coordinator for Save Barnegat Bay. Taylor gave some background information on Barnegat Bay, which is the largest body of water in the state of New Jersey. At about 42 miles long, the bay runs from Bay Head to Little Egg Harbor, and only averages about six feet in depth.

The bay has three sites where it meets the ocean: the Manasquan Inlet in the north, the Barnegat Inlet in the central area, and Little Egg Harbor Inlet in the south.

Author Buchholz was born and raised “20 feet from the bay” on Long Beach Island and experienced many of the storms that are chronicled in the book from the time she was a baby in 1935.

As the former editor and writer at The Beachcomber newspaper, Buchholz said that when she and Larry Savadove wrote the first edition of the book 30 years ago, “we thought it was a good time for a storm book because nobody had done it, encompassing the whole coast.”

During her research, Buchholz learned that barrier islands “want to move,” and over a period of thousands of years they inch their way towards the mainland.

Long Beach Island has been mostly stabilized, she said, but the southern tip, Holgate, is a state park and has not been stabilized.

“You see how the natural movement of the island goes to the right,” Buchholz said.

“Holgate has moved like a dogleg and then stretches out again.”

Author Mazzella is currently a history teacher but was formerly a journalist who also worked at The Beachcomber newspaper.

He said he grew up during a period of “peaceful weather,” and did not experience most of the storms he wrote about.

The Jersey Shore is located next to the “Hurricane Highway,” along the Atlantic seaboard, Mazzella said. Most of the storms don’t make landfall and go out to sea.

There were far fewer homes at the shore before the Garden State Parkway opened around 1950, but once it did, the barrier island filled with people and houses, and real estate values

The Brick Times, October 10, 2020, Page 19 went through the roof, he said. Beaches filled up and businesses developed.

For several generations, people got used to not having big storms, and certainly nothing like Sandy, he said.

“Ask anyone who’s been at the shore for a long time and they’ll tell you, you need to watch out for the nor’easters as much as any hurricane,” he said. “Nor’easters are sneaky, and their forecast is not as far ahead of time as a hurricane, usually, and they can do a lot of damage.”

Mazzella said that storm watchers were convinced that Hurricane Irene in 2011 would be “written in the history books.” Shore residents were told to evacuate, and while it did cause some local flooding, most of the damage was in northern and western Jersey where there was copious amounts of rainfall and flooding.

That’s a problem, Mazzella said, “because everyone gets worked up, everybody does the right thing, evacuates, and it’s not what they thought,” he said. “So when Sandy came around the following year, it was hard to convince people to evacuate.”

Sandy’s track was different from the tracks of previous storms in that it tracked perpendicular to the shoreline. The storm was over 1,000 miles in width and had one of the biggest cloud canopies of any tropical system in history, he said.

Because of its huge size, and because it had developed into a nor’easter-type storm and was no longer a hurricane, it became like a “super storm,” which is where that term came from, Mazzella said.

Superstorm Sandy’s landfall center was Brigantine, but ground zero was Mantoloking, where a new inlet formed at the base of the Mantoloking Bridge.

During this past summer, the center of Tropical Storm Fay came in at the southern tip of Long Beach Island, the same spot as Superstorm Sandy and Tropical Storm Irene.

“We had three tropical systems in less than a decade come in, in almost the exact same spot in New Jersey,” he said. “It just blows my mind that we could get three storms in that same spot.”

Mazzella said he believes the lesson that needs to be learned is people have to know the impact of storms, when most only remember their own last experience.

“Like with Irene - that wasn’t a big deal for a lot of people at the shore, so they went into Sandy thinking about Irene,” he said. “When they say evacuate, evacuate. You could always fix stuff, but you can’t fix a life lost.”

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The “Drive to Survive” urged the New Jersey Senate to pass the “People’s Bill,” which aims to prevent mass foreclosures and evictions. The bill passed the New Jer-

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‘People’s Bill’ to restore hope for millions of families.”

Touted by Governor Murphy during his budget address earlier this month, the “People’s Bill” encourages a compassionate rental and mortgage repayment schedule. It also prevents negative credit reporting for debt owed due to the pandemic during the moratorium.

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Fawn Lakes Women's Club Yard Sale - October 10. Call Marie for details. 609-339-2629. 6 Sycamore Road, Manahawkin Community Picnic Grove.

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Laundromat Attendant - For FT/PT Good communication skills, math and min computer knowledge. Transportation needed. Long term commitment only. 732-286-1863.

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Cheap Painting Done Rite Free estimates. Fully insured. 38 years experience. 732-506-7787 cell 646-643-7678.

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Personals Italian - American Gentleman seeks woman 65-75 yrs with same interest.

I am loving, caring, and easy going.

Loves music and dancing. Give me a call 732-207-5338.

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Items For Sale Four Tires With Rims - Rims o f f Wr a n g l e r J e e p P 2 4 8 7 5 R17. $400. 609-240-2274. Will Sell Seperate.

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Items Wanted COSTUME/ESTATE JEWELRY Looking to buy costume/ estate jewelry, old rosaries and religious medals, all watches and any type of sterling silver, bowls, flatware candlesticks or jewelry. Same day house calls and cash on the spot. 5 percent more with this AD. Call Peggy at 732-581-5225. (t/n) $$$ WANTED TO BUY $$$ Jewelry and watches, costume jewelry, sterling silver, silverplate, medals, military items, antiques, musical instruments, pottery, fine art, photographs, paintings, statues, old coins, vintage toys and dolls, rugs, old pens and postcards, clocks, furniture, brica-brac, select china and crystal patterns. Cash paid. Over 35 years experience. Call Gary Struncius. 732-364-7580. (t/n) Cash - Top dollar, paid for junk, cars running and nonrunning, late model salvage, cars and trucks, etc. 732-928-3713.

(17) CASH, CASH, CASH! - Instant cash paid for junk cars, trucks, vans. Free removal of any metal items. Discount towing. Call Dano 732-239-3949. (t/n) Vinyl Records Wanted - Paying cash for Rock, Reggae, Blue, Elvis, Jazz, Metal, Psychedelic, Very Good condition only.

Call Rick 908-616-7104.

(43) Entire Estates Bought - Bedroom/dining sets, dressers, cedar chests, wardrobes, secretaries, pre-1950 wooden furniture, older glassware, oriental rugs, paintings, bronzes, silver, bric-a-brac.

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HIRING NOW!! Looking for outgoing, positive, and engaging teachers to join our Toms River – Route 70 Goddard Family. We are primarily hiring teachers for our elementary school aged children to foster a learning environment in which these children can continue to do their elementary school work. This would include helping them with worksheets, zooms, google classrooms etc. Some of the great perks of being a part of the Goddard Family include a benefits package, paid time off, holiday events and free food and Goddard swag.

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(45) AUTO MECHANIC - Seeking an auto mechanic with client following to lease 1, 2, or 3 bays. Shop located on busy street in Brick.

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(42) Experienced Electro-Mechanical Engineer/Technician needed One (1) day weekly for Lakewood Packaging Machinery Mfr. 732-966-1817.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Watchfire Ceremony Remembers Those Missing In Action

By Bob Vosseller SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Around 82,000 American servicemen and servicewomen remain missing in action since World War II to the present time.

Members of the American Legion, Sons of the American Legion, Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders and guests recently observed POWMIA Day and recognized a local resident whose status was unknown for more than two decades.

The Sons of the American Legion Detachment of New Jersey hosted the 30th Annual Watchfire which drew a large crowd on the borough’s bayfront.

Chuck Robbins, the National Executive Committeeman from the American Legion Department of NJ made a posthumous medal presentation to the family of Air Force Major George J. Pollin of Lavallette.

Pollin’s aircraft was shot down on April 29, 1967.

He was listed as “declared dead while missing in action.” His remains were recovered on September 30, 1990 and were identified on December 17, 1990.

“By conducting the watchfire here tonight, you are sending three messages - that being a message to MIA families that we care, a message to our elected officials to support legislation and policies that will make available use of all necessary resources to achieve the fullest possible accounting of our nation’s missing no matter what the cost, and a message to our military that we are with you and with your families and that God forbid any service members should be captured or missing in action that we want everything done immediately to secure your release and to account for you,” Robbins said.

Robbins stressed that efforts were needed to ensure that no one is left behind. Awareness efforts like this watchfire have helped the public and politicians be aware of their support for POW/MIAs. Taking off his legion cap Robbins spoke in his other role, as an employee of the NJ Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs. Here, he made the special presentation on behalf of Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Adjutant General, Major General Jemal J. Beale. He called forth George Pollin’s siblings Larry Pollin and Barbara Greger.

Robbins said George Pollin was born on February 5, 1942 in the town of Lavallette. “He was a typical all-American kid, according to his brother Larry.

George was well known throughout the community and excelled at many things. After college he went to flight school and graduated at the top of his class.

Knowing he would be going to Vietnam sooner or later and rather than going to Germany, he asked to be sent directly to Vietnam to complete the requirement of a 100 flight missions. By doing so he felt he could get his commitment done quicker. He committed 78 of those 100 missions.”

Pollin was assigned to the 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Being the person he was, he volunteered for a combat mission because another co-pilot was ill. This was on April 29, 1967. He called his brother back home before the mission telling him by doing this it would bring him that much closer to coming home.

Later that day in a F4 Phantom Jet Pollin and fellow pilot Loren Torkelson set out on their escort mission over North Vietnam and their aircraft was number two in a flight of four. The F105 fighter bomber they were escorting was assigned to take out a bridge. “Larry told me earlier today that the bridge was taken out,” Robbins said.

The flight took them over a missile site and fighter

base and the squadron experienced fire from both and took a hit from the rear of the plane. It was seen to be hit rolled over, crashed and exploded. One parachute was seen leaving the aircraft but extreme enemy presence prevented any immediate rescue mission, Robbins noted.

It was later learned that Torkelson had ejected and had been taken captive by the North Vietnamese. He was released in 1973. “In his debrief he reported not having seen a second parachute and presumed Pollin had gone down with the plane,” Robbins said.

Defense Department records indicated Pollin’s ejector seat was seen at the crash site lending some hope that he had successfully left the plane. As he was not reported captured and his body was not found he was declared dead. In May of 1978 his status was changed to killed in action by the Department of the Air Force. His remains were later recovered and repatriated and during his missing status he was twice promoted to the eventual rank of major. His awards were numerous and included the Purple Heart and the United States Aviator Badge and the Vietnam Campaign medal.

Robbins said, “the Pollin family is fortunate to know their brother’s fate. They waited 23 years for an answer. Other families still wait.”

Larry Pollin said of his brother, “he really had the right stuff. He had told me ‘Larry (flight school) was the hardest thing I ever did in my life.’ He graduated number one in his class and he was awarded a plaque that I have standing by his shadowbox by his peers and his instructors.”

Robbins also introduced 3rd District Congressman Andy Kim and Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph Vicari.

“This is bigger than all of us,” Kim said. “What we are doing is paying full tribute to those who have served our nation and those who are missing in action, and those who are prisoners of war. It is important for me to come here and meet with families that have lost loved ones and those who have served our country honorably and bravely and what I promise you is that I will do everything I humanly can to make sure we have that full accounting that our country and families deserve no matter what the cost.”

Vicari noted while the number of missing soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen continues to slowly decline, there are still more than 81,900 Americans listed as missing from World War II through to today’s ongoing War on Terror.

“Ocean County never forgets its veterans. We remember and thank those who sacrificed so much for their nation,” Vicari added.

During a recent meeting of the Board of Freeholders, Vicari called for a moment of silence to remember the nation’s POWs and MIAs. Freeholder Gerry P. Little said during that meeting that approximately 72,600 missing Americans to date are from World War II, 7,600 from Korea, 1,586 from Vietnam, 108 from the Cold War Era and five from the Gulf Wars.

Vicari said, “the fate of these valiant Americans remains unknown and the hunt for the remains of MIAs goes on and in recent years, several remains of U.S. servicemen were found in Cambodia and returned home for proper identification and burial.”

Other speakers included Gary P. Nelson, Sons of the American Legion National Vice Commander; Bob Newell, the Department Commander of the American Legion; and Ruby Cramer, the Department President of the American Legion Auxiliary.

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Executive Director of the BTMUA Chris A. Theodos said the reservoir would continue to remain closed to the public for safety and social distancing purposes.

“While we grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions and the limits on our liberties, we must act on the information we have at the moment,” Theodos wrote in an email.

“Perhaps with an overabundance of caution we have been advised to continue to close the reservoir to the public for safety and social distancing purposes,” he said.

New Jersey has instituted a self-quarantine for anyone travelling from 35 states at the time of this writing, and with the extension of state restrictions after an uptick in coronavirus cases - including the wearing of masks - the reservoir staff is unable to enforce compliance, he said.

“We are primarily a secure water reservoir and a source of safe drinking water,” Theodos wrote. “While we do offer some ‘park like’ activities, we are not a traditional park,” and it requires added protections that are not necessarily required of traditional parks.

He said there is no mechanism or monitor-

ing in place to assure that people will not congregate in larger groups than advised, or practice safe social-distancing measures while walking around the reservoir.

The staff there cannot control the sanitizing of common areas such as restrooms, handrails, port-a-johns, benches, gazebos, trash/ recycling cans and more, he said.

When the reservoir is open to the public, BTMUA must provide staffing in order to safeguard employees from the general public, Theodos said.

“Because of this, in conjunction with safe distancing guidance from federal and state agencies, and with an abundance of concern for the population we service, this closure will remain for the time being,” he said.

“As we gather information, our policy may change.”

The reservoir, which was an abandoned sand and gravel mining pit, is located on a 120-acre site on Sally Ike and Herbertsville Road. It has the highest elevation in the township at 105 feet above sea level, allowing the stored water to flow by gravity to the BTMUA water treatment plant.

Construction on the reservoir was a 10year project that began in April of 1992.

The walking path around its perimeter was the final piece of the project, which was completed about 15 years ago.

Water-Damaged Used Cars Are Being Sold On the Marketplace

By Alyssa Riccardi TOMS RIVER – If you are looking to buy a new car, be aware of water-damaged used vehicles being sold on the marketplace.

“With the multiple hurricanes striking the south and the Gulf Coast, some flooded and water-damaged vehicles may be making their way to the market,” Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari warned.

He recommended that buyers thoroughly examine all used vehicles. Buyers should check the power seats and also look for rust spots in the wheel wells, body and any screws.

“Make sure you are buying from a reputable dealer who is licensed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and don’t be afraid to ask questions,” Vicari said. “Use common sense and go over the car yourself with a fine-tooth comb. If the car smells musty, it may have been in a flood. Turn on all of the electronic systems

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“Once a car is waterlogged it will never be the same,” Vicari said. “The vehicle can fail at any time.”

According to a report produced by Carfax, as many as 25,000 water-damaged cars may have already been discovered in New Jersey.

“Not all flood cars may be on the database,” Vicari said. “If no insurance claim was ever made or if the title was illegally ‘washed’ the vehicle may appear to be a normal resale.”

Vicari said it is legal to sell a flood-damaged vehicle in New Jersey providing the title is clearly marked “Flood Vehicle”.

The New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs provides online tips to help spot a flood car at NJconsumeraffairs.gov.

You can also complete a free vehicle flood check online with the National Insurance Crime Bureau at nicb.org.

How To Help People In Need

JERSEY SHORE – Fulfill, formerly the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, has been on the front line during this pandemic to help people who are not sure where their next meal is coming from.

Donating money to food banks goes farther than donating items, in most cases. Food banks buy products at a great discount.

For example, a $50 donation can provide 150 meals.

To help, go to fulfillnj.org. There are ways to donate money, food, and articles about what is currently needed.

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AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Deadline Extended For 2020 Census

By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – The deadline for the 2020 Census has been extended to midnight on October 5, and Ocean County residents, who haven’t filled out the simple questionnaire are strongly urged to do so.

“Take advantage of this extra time. This is an opportunity to get those last minute responses in and have them counted. I cannot stress the importance of this enough,” Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari urged residents.

The United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the new date to conclude the 2020 Census self-response and field data collection operations. Self-response will be open online, by phone and paper up to midnight on October 5.

Filling out the 2020 Census questionnaire is simple and confidential. Anyone who still has not completed their Census can still self-respond by going to my2020census.gov, calling the hotline in English at 844-3302020 or Spanish at 844-468-2020.

Vicari said, “if you don’t fill out the Census you are hurting yourself, your family and your neighbors as we stand to lose millions of dollars that are based on population count

and this will not change for a decade. It also risks the possibility of New Jersey losing a Congressional seat.”

Census data affects the allocation of more than $45 billion, or about $5,160 per New Jersey resident, in annual federal funding.

Communities receive funds each year for programs and services relating to health, education, housing, infrastructure and much more based on Census data.

These programs are critical for a community’s most vulnerable members including young children, aging adults, people with disabilities and illnesses and more.

Grants such as the recent $106 million federal CARES Act aid package to fight the COVID-19 crisis and the Superstorm Sandy Disaster Recovery grant received by Ocean County are two examples of the kind of federal programs that can be impacted by the Census.

Everyone living in the United States has the right to be counted in the 2020 Census and the data is all strictly confidential, Vicari noted.

“With just days left, if you have not filled out your Census yet, it is important that you do so right now,” Vicari said.

Reimbursement Deadline Nears For Organic Growers

By Bob Vosseller TRENTON – Organic producers may be eligible for reimbursement of some certification costs but they must apply to a state program by November 2.

Organic producers and handlers in New Jersey may be eligible for reimbursement of a portion of their organic certification costs under a federal program. There have been several changes to the Cost Share Reimbursement program this year.

Each qualified operation is now eligible for a reimbursement of up to 50 percent of its costs of certification, not to exceed $500 per scope.

Operations may receive one reimbursement per category of certification per year.

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher said: “New Jersey’s organic growers work tirelessly to produce crops that meet the standards for certification. This program will help to offset the additional expenses incurred

and I encourage farmers to apply.”

To qualify for reimbursement under this program, an organic handler or producer must have received their first certification or have incurred expenses related to the renewal of certification between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020.

Operations must possess a current organic certification in good standing through a USDA-Accredited certifying agent. If demand exceeds the amount of funds allocated to New Jersey, applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis.

In the case of multiple certifications, exclud i ng renewal of cer t if icat ion, only one payment shall be made to the operation.

Questions concerning this program should be directed to Nichole Steward by calling 609-292-5576 or via e-mail at organiccostshare@ag.nj.gov. Applications must be received by close of business on November 2.

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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in our f ield,” Scalo says.

For the past three decades, that has been the hallmark of the Bartley experience for residents and the staff that serve their health care needs.

Bartley Healthcare opened as a 120-bed skilled nursing home in 1985, one year after breaking ground.

Scalo says the facility’s first residents were in their seventies, but stayed into their eighties and late nineties.

Bar tley H ealthc are began expanding its’ range of services and facilities by opening a memory care unit and a post-acute rehabilitation unit where patients typically stay less than 30 days, then return to their homes.

Today, Bartley Healthcare is a 234-bed facility offering a full range of skilled nursing services for orthopedic conditions and post-surgical joint replacements; cardiac and post-cardiac surgery recovery programs; enteral feeding; IV therapy, multiple trauma; pain management; respiratory; stroke; tracheostomy; and wound care.

The campus facilities also offer inpatient and

Healthcare Provides Home Sweet Home For Adult Residents There’s no place like home, and for seniors at all stages of their adult lives, there’s no place like Bartley Healthcare Nursing, Rehabilitation and The Orchards At Bartley Assisted Living.

Conveniently located off County Line Road in Jackson, you’ll receive a friendly greeting and a welcoming smile from staff members or Bartley residents.

One of them may be Emilia Harrison, who turned 93 years old on December 4, 2015, and has been a Bartley resident for over five years.

“I don’t know where the time went,” she tells a visitor.

Emilia enjoys soaking up the sunshine outdoors on a regular basis, but says that residents have a wide variety of activities from which to choose.

“You do what you want to do,” she says.

For thirty years, Bartley Healthcare has provided

that flexibility to seniors requiring a wide range of facility services, thanks to Chief Executive Officer Philip Scalo and his physician partners.

“My partners had a very big practice in Jackson,” Scalo says. “We thought we could open a facility and do a very good job meeting residents’ needs.”

With his financial and legal expertise, Scalo and his physician partners make a good team.

Others think so, too.

The Orchards at Bartley has rec eived nu merous awards for excellence from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services in partnership with the Healthcare Asso ciation of New Jersey (HCANJ); the American Healthcare Association/ National Center for Assisted Living; and the Assisted Living Federation of America.

“What we’ve always tried to do is be leaders

outpatient rehabilitation; assisted living; memory care programs; respite/ hospice; and at-home services. “ We star ted with a basic concept, understanding and meeting the individual needs of both resident and patient,”Scalo says.

“Each step of our development has been based on the need for services. (For examp l e,) in t he late 19 9 0s, we saw the need for memory care programs.”

Scalo says that he and his partners have plans to add respirator y ser vices and a sub-acute program for Alzheimer’s patients.

Even after a resident leaves Bar tley Healthcare, the facility ensures their continued rehabilitation by providing a follow-up program.

Residents that live at The Orchards At Bartley Assisted Living will feel right at home right away.

N e st l e d i n a qui et c ount r y set t ing, T he Orchards promotes a neighborhood environment. Located within the community, “Main Street” is a hub of activity that features a theater, exercise center, library with c omputer s, hair salon and barber shop, game room and other gathering areas.

Family recreational opportunities abound at the neighborhood movie theater, greenhouse and playground for grandchildren.

their Bartley adventure with other residents or pursue independent pastimes, indoor s or outdoors. The choice is theirs.

Scalo says that Bartley’s core values are attitude, trust, teamwork, integrit y, re spect and excellence, which he emphasizes on a green brac e let with the acronym “A.T.T.I.R.E.” “The key thing we stress is that we’re a home providing the care levels needed at a certain phase in (an individual’s) life,” Scalo says. “It’s home for (on-site) staff, not just residents. We are What we’ve always very experienced in tried to do is be leaders this community and (we) give back to our in our field. community.”

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Omarr’s Astrological Forecast For the week of oct 10 - oct 16

By Jeraldine Saunders

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Going to extremes to prove you can handle anything might stir up something else. Be content to work with others in the week ahead without feeling it necessary to outdo them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Once you have tried new things, you may wish you’d done many of them sooner. You may be feeling a bit rebellious today, but as the week goes by, you will be more serious about life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It seldom hurts to be kind and generous. Putting some warmth and friendliness into it brightens any exchange. Yet it’s possible that in the upcoming week you might regret an act of impulsive big-heartedness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Handle hot topics with kid gloves. It’s quite possible to ask the wrong question at the wrong time or approach the wrong person. In the week ahead, be prepared to act like a diplomat.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Break the mold.

Once you have put your personal stamp on something, there may not be a reason to do it again. Friends and colleagues may keep you hopping with an array of activities in the week to come.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Someone may reverse their stance on an issue or impulsively flip-flop on a decision. Since Venus is in your sign, however, you may go along with whatever happens in the week ahead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The rags-toriches story may be an inspiration that you have chosen to emulate. To retain all your riches, you might need to learn to become thriftier as the upcoming week passes by.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your imaginative approach to your work or projects can make several people sit up and take notice.

Help that envious someone step up more powerfully on their own behalf.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A harmonious home life creates hope and happiness. Making family members joyful can be a strong incentive in the week ahead.

You might become preoccupied with home improvements.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s all how you frame it. Is the glass half-full, half-empty or refillable? It may be diďŹƒcult to discern the difference between advantages and disadvantages as this week unfolds.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There may be a sense of urgency about defending your favorite cause as this week unwinds. You and a partner could get more involved in joint activities that serve the needs of your community.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The week ahead may offer you a chance to make a purchase that you once could only dream about. Just be sure to discuss it in advance to prevent any misunderstandings about the household budget.

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