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By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – The mile-long track at the Drum Point Sports Com-plex is more for just walking or jogging, now that a trio of fit-ness stations has been instal led and opened to the public. There’s about a third of a mile between fitness stations, which are strategical-ly placed for the best use, sa id Parks Department Supervisor Ken Mathis, who oversees all aspects at the 40-acre complex. The efforts are thanks to the recreat ion depar tment and consultants from Marturano Game Time in choosing the equipment best suited for the complex. The three stations offer equipment for cardio, agility and strength. The cardio station is at the be-ginning of the walking track, and the equipment there in-cludes a walker, an elliptical trainer and a recumbent cycle. “It’s a starting point, a warm-

–Photos by Judy Smestad-NunnEnjoying some of the exercise equipment at Drum Point Sports Complex is, on the re-cumbent bike, Dawson Lipke, 8; Emily Loza, 9, on the walk-er; and E.J. Kennelly, 9, and Jacob Loza, 9, on the elliptical.

Fitness Fits Into Park Stationsup station that gets your heart go-ing, and then you’re off on your way onto the trail,” Mathis said. The next station is for agili-

ty training, and it has three bal-ance plan ks , a tilted sit-up plat-form and a back stretcher. It is the only station that is age restricted to those 13 and older. The third station is for s t reng th t raining, and it

has a push-up station, a pull-up station, a bench press and a leg press. It’s no coinci-dence t hat t he strength station is located next to the complex’s synthetic football f ield since the football players use it for training, Mathis said. All of the f it-ness stations have maintenance-free equipment with a basic, durable design and

have a lifetime of at least 10 to 12 years, but the Parks Department keeps an eye on the equipment anyway, he said. “They don’t have a ton of moving pa r t s and were made to be out-s ide ,” he s a id . “They serve the pur pose they’re made for.” When the weather is good, the com-plex is “packed” between 5 and 10 p.m. with joggers and families, and the f itness stations are always being used,

Mathis said. Department of Recreat ion Su-p e r v i s o r D a n S a n t a n i e l l o said the f itness s t a t i o n s c o s t $28,000 and were part of the Brick Township Park I m p r o v e m e n t plan in the 2015 capital budget.

The equipment was installed in-house by Department of Public

Works employees, he said. “We did it ourselves because before you know it, it would cost $100,000 when you pay

[outsiders] a pre-vai l ing wage,” Santaniello said. The workers i n s t a l l e d t h e equipment incre-mentally over the winter months. The township s p o r t s t e a m s have been i n -corporating the f itness stations

into their daily practice, and he said the football players are “ecstatic about it.” Santaniello said the fitness stations are one-of-a-kind in Ocean County. “There are none in our area. Ocean County Park has a few

By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – In a vote of 4 to 3, members of the Board of Educa-tion passed a $150 million school budget for 2016-2017 that raises the tax levy by 3.51 percent to $103.5 million. The additional cost to homeowners with an average assessed home of $293,500 is about $98 more a year. The budget includes the creation of a new science and math acad-emy and some repairs to a high school gym, and uses surplus funds to help pay for the rising cost of medical benefits. Attrition will eliminate more than a dozen teacher positions. Both the budget and tax levy are up over last year, when the 2015-2016 budget was $146.9 million, up .9 percent, and was supported by a $100,000,721 tax levy. While the 2016-2017 budget exceeds the state-mandated 2 per-cent cap, Business Administrator James Edwards said that unused cap bank from the past could be applied. The budget calls for the elimi-nation of 17 positions, including 14 teachers; all but four of those are through attrition, said Interim

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By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – A Lake-wood-based civilian group pa-trolling with its own marked vehicles has raised some concerns along the town’s borders with Jackson and Toms River. Jackson Township sent a strong message to any would-be outside patrol forces: stay out.

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Raise Concerns“I feel there should

have been additional efficiencies in the budget. There’s a

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– Brick Board member Karyn Cusanelli,

who voted against the budget.

Council unanimously passed a resolution that “restricts coopera-tion” of the township’s police de-partment with any neighborhood watch group outside the town-ship’s jurisdiction. The resolution came in response to complaints about Lakewood’s Civilian Safe-ty Watch (LCSW) crossing into

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Superintendent Thomas Gialanella. Funds have been set aside for repairs to the Brick High School East gym, including ref inishing the f loor, new indoor bleachers, removing the divider doors, paint for the walls and ceiling, and more. Also included in the budget is the cre-ation of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) academies at the two high schools and technology upgrades in the district. Last year, teachers’ raises were fund-ed with savings from medical and pre-scription benefits, Edwards said. Mon-ey was transferred from those accounts into salary accounts, and this year that was supposed to happen again. “But because of changes in the plan, we’re not seeing those medical savings we projected come to fruition,” he said during a special meeting on May 2. “We are obligated to pay the increases.” Salaries and benefits represents 82 percent of the budget, said Edwards. Board member Sharon Cantillo asked if money in the surplus account was used for the 2016-2017 budget. Edwards said that $4,469,272 was used, leaving $2,767,367, or 2 percent. The amount of surplus decreased from the tentative budget because Edwards said projections of money left in the prescription line account was less than anticipated. “Actuaries are projecting that between now and the end of the year we’ll be spending $1.6 million more in prescrip-tions,” he said. “We’ve spent $4.9 mil-lion to date, so we’re going to need to transfer $591,000 into the prescription line to cover this year’s expenditure.” Gialanella said he spoke to another school district of a similar size who said their prescription costs are up 22 percent this year over what they were expecting. “It’s a national trend,” he added. Cantillo said the Board had imple-mented every single utilization man-agement tool that is available to man-age prescription care. “I don’t know what else could be done,” she said. Board member Karyn Cusanelli said the board, a negotiation attorney and an insurance broker worked very closely with the bargaining groups and they

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agreed to make sure that teachers got their step increases. “Not giving them step increases is penalizing them and withholding their increments which is a punitive thing,” she said. “It was a give and take...we negot iated health benef it s on both sides.” Edwards said if the staff had no rais-es in 2016-2017, and if there were no changes in the health and prescription benefits, the medical costs would still be going up $3 million. “Instead, what you’re having is salaries are going up $2.7 million,” he said. Cusanelli said the school budget is d if ferent f rom a municipal budget because “a school budget is a total number, and there tends to be move-ment; those are the transfers we vote on every month. You’re shifting when there’s a surplus in one account and you use that to cover your obligations on another,” she said. The law prohibits the Board of Educa-tion from overspending a line account, Edwards said. Other districts have been known to lay off staff in the middle of the school year to make up account deficits, he said. “I am d isappointed with the 3.5 percent increase,” said Cusanelli. “I feel there should have been additional eff iciencies in the budget. There’s a difference between wants and needs,” she said. Board President John Lamela said he ran into someone he knew from the Brick High School class of ‘92. “He said, ‘Man, that place is falling down,’” Lamela recal led. “I th in k we’ve made cuts in the past because of the f inancial constraints put on us to balance budgets, but we’re at a point now where we need to star t moving forward and putting money in the right places,” he said. “This increase...is a way to get us to move in that direction.” Lamela said he would support an op-erational audit in hopes for savings in next year’s budget. “It’s time to put kids in the focus. That means giving our teachers the supplies they need,” he said. “This is a good budget.” Cantillo, Cusanelli and Stephanie Wohl rab voted against the budget , while Lamela, George White, Victoria Pakala and John Barton voted in favor.

pieces of equipment like chin-up bars, but nothing with moving par ts,” he said. Deanna Kennelly was at the complex on Saturday afternoon with her son, E.J., 9, and several of his friends. “My son is always on the equipment;

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he likes the f irst one and the last one best,” she said. “All the kids are always using them, they always run over here.” That’s true, said E.J. “I love it. I’m going to get more strong and powerful. It’s really fun,” he said. The governing body had planned to have a ribbon-cutting for the f itness stations, but the event was cancelled several times due to inclement weather.

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Jackson. A May 5 post on the Jackson Police Facebook page, signed by Chief Matthew Kunz, seemed to indicate that if the LCSW was called into Jackson by a resident, they would respond. “The LCSW group will provide assistance for any person or group upon request. Such assistance may include well-being checks for family or friends, or checking on homes when the residents are away. The Lakewood Police Department does interact with them in certain circumstances, akin to the support that CERT teams provide via the Office of Emergency Management. Members of the LCSW are trained to make observations and report them to the police department, not to take law enforcement action,” the post said. Kunz said the LCSW does not “patrol” Jackson, and an investigation into “alleged traffic stops, patrols of the township and the use of red or blue lights and or sirens,” has yielded no indications of wrongdoing. However, township officials have claimed to see LCSW vehicles in town. While that group and other Lakewood officials have gone on the record saying the LCSW stays within Lakewood’s borders, a Toms River resident provided footage of a LCSW vehicle driving down his North Dover neighborhood on Owen Court with its amber lights turned on in April this year. APP.com reporter Shannon Mullen reported that Lakewood Police Chief Robert Lawson, who spoke with LCSW about the video, said the driver

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didn’t realize he was in North Dover. Councilman Barry Calogero read into the record his letter to Kunz, which received a round of applause when finished. Calogero’s letter, along with correspondence available on social media outlets from Council Pres-ident Robert Nixon and Mayor Michael Reina, demand the end of outside “help” patrolling Jackson streets. Calogero read a letter he penned to Kunz outlining his and residents’ frustrations. “Chief, I have received numerous calls from irate, concerned, frustrated, and quite honestly, fed up residents as it related to the continued presence of the LCSW patrolling Jackson borders and can be described as in-tentional impersonation of police officers,” Calogero said. “So with a strong, functional police force, that in my opinion is second to none in the state, why do we allow this outside organization to patrol and intimi-date Jackson residents with marked cars, deliberately intended to bring attention to themselves? I can attest that I’ve seen them racing down County Line with my own eyes. I strongly request immediate action be taken to have this process stopped in its tracks. While all are welcome to live freely in Jackson and enjoy our township, we do not need an outside township patrolling our streets of Jackson.” He concluded: “We have a great police department. They’ve proven their ability. They’re second to none. We don’t need help from outside townships.” Nixon, who also a penned a letter that made the social media rounds, spoke on the patrols and addressing public safety.

“Public safety is the most important ob-ligation of any government. Anything that remotely calls into question that obligation has to be immediately addressed. Much has been said about sightings by outside community groups ‘patrolling’ town. The mayor and I, others on Council, many of you, have seen it with our own eyes. I think we made ourselves very clear over the last two weeks about what we believe the policy of this township should be as it relates to that,” Nixon said. While neighborhood watches have their place, Nixon said they cannot replace trained emergency workers. The resolution states that any neighborhood watch organized in Jackson will not use any vehicle, identifi-cation, or uniform, and may only receive training from federal, state, county or local law enforcement agencies. “It’s simply too dangerous and too prone to abuse to allow untrained civilians to act in place of police, fire, or an EMT. I expect no problem whatsoever in getting the coopera-tion of our police department…in enforcing this resolution. Our administration, thanks to the mayor, will ensure that its implemen-tation is taken seriously for the benefit of this community,” Nixon said. While residents should call 9-1-1 for emergencies, the resolution doesn’t state how violations of it should be handled. That information was not available by press time. “Some will say we’re overreacting, that anybody has the right to call anybody they want to come and handle a problem for them. But I have to say that’s why we have9-1-1. Our emergency personnel are qualified, they

are trained, they are experienced. They can handle it. None of us should take the law into our own hands, I think we all know that. And our police officers have to be free to enforce the laws they’re trained to do. The firefighters have to be able to get to a scene to address emergencies quickly, and our EMTs have to be able to get to a person who’s in physical distress,” Nixon said. The LCSW describes itself as a 24-hour-a day volunteer organization “to help keep the streets of Lakewood safe.” Persons can call the 24-hour hotline to report “fears and sus-picions,” and volunteers will be dispatched to the scene and arrive within minutes, then taking it upon themselves to determine pro-fessional help is needed. The volunteer application for LCSW asks for the name of the congregation or church attended, and the name of the respective rabbi or pastor. The group responded to complaints about their presence outside Lakewood in an April 28 Facebook post. “While the LCSW’s operations are, for the most part, limited to Lakewood, we have on occasion been asked to patrol in other cities and towns throughout New Jersey. However, we never enter municipalities without first coordinating with the local authorities. Recently, the LCSW received requests for patrols from numerous residents of the Rte. 70 area near the Lakewood-Toms River border. During his zone patrol, one of our members drove his marked vehicle down one block on North Apple St. in Toms River. We apologize if his presence on the street distressed anyone in any way.”


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The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is at it again, digging into the motorists pockets! The latest move is to send certain vehicles to private inspection owners. Pro-jected cost to these vehicle owners is $40, $50, $60 and up. Why? The supposed answer: long waiting lines at current in-spection stations. The ques-tion of who caused this: was it the DMV shutting down stations across the state? Will the DMV reimburse the drivers? For the short-minded N.J. driver that can’t remember, the annual auto registration fees were increased to cover inspection costs. If the N.J. drivers don’t rebel against this move, we will all be next to feel the across-the-board increase! The solution is simple – fire the DMV, do away with state inspections and only operate license renewals/registrations and driver testing facilities.William McPhailToms River

President Obama has done a great job at many things. Let’s start with the most obvious. Congressional Budget Office predicts upwards of a final total of $20 tril-lion of debt when Obama leaves office. That is more debt run up by Obama then every President before him combined. More Social Welfare pro-

With the 47th annual observance of Earth Day recently, this is a great time to explore more effective ways of slowing climate change and conserving Earth’s natural resources for future generations. A 2010 UN report charged animal agriculture with 19 percent of man-made greenhouse gases – more than all transport – and rec-ommended a global shift to a vegan diet. A subsequent World Watch study placed that contribution closer to 50 percent. Meat and dairy production also dumps more water pollutants than all other human activities combined. It is the driving force in global deforesta-tion and wildlife habitat destruction. Last fall, England’s pres-tigious Chatham House declared that reducing meat consumption is cr it ical to achieving global cli-mate goals. A report from Oxford University found that global adoption of a vegan diet would reduce greenhouse emissions by two thirds. The 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advi-sory Committee has rec-ommended reduced meat

I recently saw Ocean County Freeholder Jack Kelly. I didn’t see Jack in person, but in a trailer for a Hollywood movie. The movie was called “Freeheld,” and it was about Jack Kelly and other Republican Ocean County Freeholders who opposed giving survivor’s bene-fits to the lesbian partner of dying Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Police Lieutenant Laurel Hester. The drunken antics of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” provided a much more pos-itive portrayal of Ocean County than the homopho-bic behavior of Freeholder Jack Kelly, now memorial-ized in “Freeheld.” Jack Kelly is a true em-barrassment and entirely unfit to serve on the New Jersey State Parole that must review the cases of LGBT inmates, as well as grapple with the effects of bias cr imes in their decisions. Governor Chris Chris-tie must not be thinking st raight in consider ing Kelly. Maybe Jack Kelly could find a new career as a bathroom monitor in North Carolina?Eric HafnerToms River

Fire The DMV gram recipients, more legal citizens not paying taxes to fund these programs. The Obamacare mess that has provided more people with the taxpayers’ dollars in the name of universal healthcare. The healthcare provided is a complete sham that is being glorified by the skewed numbers from this administration. The liberal progressive left wing has control of the ur-ban sections in this nation. How is that working out? Violence and murders, pov-erty and welfare, homeless, broken families and decay. That about sums up the urban areas in this nation. President Obama is nothing more than a winner in the “Worst President Contest.” Who would have thought even President Carter would be looked at historically as better then Obama. We have had eight years of government intrusion in our lives. President Obama found more time to play golf and vacation like no other president before. President Obama concerned himself with the personal lives of others more than any other president before. While do-ing so, the more important issues like foreign policy and border security and the economy have greatly suffered. Statistics do not lie. They don’t see sides when prop-erly kept. And finally, yes, we are worse off when it comes to division with-in this nation then before Obama took office. That is truly the fault of the liberal progressive left wanting to

make the personal lives of the citizens a political issue. Government is not the an-swer to all problems. In fact government maybe the root of the problems. We need less government control and more true freedom to be self-reliant as a people. Let’s hope we can clear the Obama mess up in the next administration.Chris ConfortiLakewood

consumption and an en-vironmentally sustainable diet. Just as we replace fossil fuels by wind, solar, and other sustainable energy sources, we must replace animal foods with the more sustainable vegetables, fruits, and grains. Being mindful of this can help us make better choices at the supermarket.Hal TubbsToms River

Third-party energy sup-pliers for private homes, energy aggregation and subsidies for companies producing solar panels are all part of programs pro-moted by the NJ Board of Public Utilities. According to the BPU these steps will ultimately result in lower costs and cleaner air. However the NJ BPU is at the same time approving networks of pipe-line that will increase the supply of natural gas. Nat-ural gas, like coal and crude oil is a fossil fuel that is becoming more costly both financially and environmen-tally. The NJ rate payer will pay the cost of building the pipelines despite protests by many and questions regard-ing the eventual market and who will benefit from this expansion. The BPU has not yet pro-duced a comprehensive plan that identifies the research on which they base their approval and promotion of these activities. The NJ Board of Public Utilities began promoting the use of third-party energy suppliers by municipalities to enable these companies to have a larger market. To reach this goal, elected officials from several mu-

nicipalities need to work together to provide more people and replace the in-dividual approach by the third party energy company. Private individuals, but not the township itself, will automatically be enrolled, with provisions to opt out. By forcing individuals to opt out and promoting the theory of saving money may well produce a passive acceptance on the part of many. Local officials will engage consultants who will determine and select the best supplier. JCP&L will continue to be the conduit to get power to each home; that will not change. The fees for all this will be embedded in the monthly bill from JCP&L and these fees will exist forever. As supplier’s costs increase, so will the fees associated with this plan. It is difficult to understand how all of this can be carried out without some involvement of paid pubic employees but that is not factored in. After the introductory savings to get this started, the additional layers of fees will eventual-ly cost more than if we left this on a private basis. So why is this being done?Elaine BaumeisterManchester

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OCEAN COUNTY – The Pinelands are under as-sault by crowds of illegal ATV and quad riders who are tearing up the pris-tine woods, leaving behind mounds of trash and endan-gering first responders who sometimes have to travel to remote areas to treat injuries. Unfortunately, social me-dia has attracted many more riders into areas of the Pine-lands that had previously only been known to small groups of locals. Now, with word spreading

NEW JERSEY – U.S. Sena-tors Bob Menendez and Cory Booker applauded the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency for allocating $70.41 million to help finance upgrades to New Jersey’s wastewater and drinking water systems that are essential to protecting public health and the envi-ronment. The funding comes amid growing concern over the presence of high levels of lead discovered in the drink-ing water in several New Jersey public school districts. “I am pleased that the EPA has made this critical invest-ment to help New Jersey communities address their aging water infrastructure

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Pinelands Are Being Assaulted By Illegal ATV Riderson Facebook and high-reso-lution satellite images avail-able on every phone, riders from around the state and the Northeast are coming here, and in many cases completely disregarding our laws regarding all-terrain vehicles. Additionally, police have found that many of these vehicles are unregistered and uninsured. Local police and the media have reported that large groups of riders arrive with trailers full of dirt bikes, quads and other ATVs.

These riders are at risk of serious injury and can be difficult to find and treat in the vast expanse of pine forests. The motorized vehicles on Pinelands trails can also pose a forest fire danger to the surrounding woodlands. Police departments from Lacey, Barnegat and Ware-town have already begun a campaign targeting off-road riders on both private property and conservation tracts. Working together with municipalities, the State Po-

lice and the Department of Environmental Protection, we can control this growing problem. One suggestion might be the immediate confisca-tion of motorized off-road vehicles found on private property and restricted pub-lic land. Confiscation would send a strong message that peo-ple can’t simply travel to Ocean County and have a good time without obeying the law. Last summer also saw a problem with large parties

in some sections of the Pinelands, with partygoers leaving behind huge piles of trash. In one location, we esti-mated that more than 300 young people had gathered one weekend. Having fun is one thing, but large uncont rol led crowds like this threaten the environment and make it difficult for police and other first responders to respond to an emergency at such an event. We are very fortunate that 60 percent of all the land in

Ocean County is preserved open space, unavailable for building. By following the rules and working together, we can ensure that this valuable open space is protected and available for both us, and future generations, to safely enjoy.

From The Desk Of Senator Bob Menendezand make the improvements necessary to protect the pub-lic’s health and wellbeing,” said Sen. Menendez. “We must give our states and cities the tools they need to fix, upgrade and replace these failing water systems that threaten the health of our families, our environ-ment and our economy. I will continue to fight for federal resources to ensure our water systems are safe and reliable.” “We already know that dangerous levels of lead are threatening the health and safety of children across our nation. Now is the time to take action,” said Sen. Booker. “As our nation’s

infrastructure continues to crumble, these federal funds couldn’t come at a better time. I was proud to fight for infra-structure funding like this through the federal appropri-ations process to help finance critical water infrastructure upgrades that will create jobs, spur economic growth and most importantly, protect the health and well-being of our communities in New Jersey and across the nation.” The EPA is allotting $54.59 million from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWS-RF) and $15.81 million from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs, both to be admin-

istered by the New Jersey De-partment of Environmental Protection (DEP). CWSRF provides low-interest loans to local governments for water quality protection projects to make improvements to wastewater treatment sys-tems, control pollution from rain water runoff, and protect sensitive water bodies and estuaries. DWSRF provides low-interest loans to local governments to finance im-provements to drinking water systems, with a particular focus on providing funds to small and low-income com-munities. “Clean drinking water and proper wastewater treatment

are fundamental to protecting people’s health, but aging wa-ter infrastructure needs to be upgraded and repaired,” said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. “This federal funding will help New Jersey communities upgrade their drinking water and sewage treatment systems, both of which are imperative for healthy communities.” The EPA has awarded $2.4 billion to New Jersey through these programs since 1989. Both are funded annually. In March, Sens. Menendez and Booker joined a biparti-san group of senators to press for at least $1.394 billion in funding for the CWSRF

and $863.2 million funding for the DWSRF in FY2017 in a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Sen-ate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Tom Udall (D-N.M). Sen. Menendez has also introduced the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Invest-ment Act, cosponsored by Sen. Booker, which would leverage private financing for large-scale water infrastruc-ture projects like replacing lead pipes. The bill has been included as a key provision in the federal lead and clean water package introduced last month by Senate Democrats.

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FARMINGDALE – The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore raised more than $175,000 during its Annual Women of Distinction and Community Partners Gala at Eagle Oaks Country Club. The annual event hon-ors the personal and professional achieve-ments of outstanding local individuals and organizations. During the black-tie affair, sponsored by

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BRICK – The Brick Memorial High School Key Club recently received various awards at the 70th Annual NJ District Key Club Convention, which was held April 3. The club accepted the following awards: third place Single Service Award - Plat inum Division (for a club size of 100+); third place Club Achievement Award – Platinum Division; f irst place District Project Service Hours Award (NJ Food Banks); third place District Project Fundraising Award; Distinguished Officers in Divi-sion 8 – JC Barbour, president; Alexa Golub, vice president; Julie Ratan-para, vice president; Br ian Gerard, secretary; Joe Battiato, treasurer and Recognition Awards for $500 donation to UNICEF, 100 percent CMRF sub-mission to Division and BMHS Golden Member, Paul Matula.

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May 29 Blessing Of The Fleet – The Berkeley Shores Homeowners’ and Civic Association will be having its Annual Memorial Day Commemoration and Blessing of the Fleet at noon near the Amherst inlet. Berkeley – The Silver / Holiday VFW Post 10185 will hold its Memorial Day Ceremony at the Silver Ridge Park West Clubhouse at 1 p.m. Toms River Elks Picnic – The Toms River Elks, located at 600 Washington St., will hold a Memorial Day Picnic on May 29. Food

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Understanding your insurance benefits can be confusing and time consuming. What’s more, many insurance companies and benefit programs reduce or eliminate your choices the moment they’ve ac-tivated your referral to a hearing care provider – a provider that they often select for you. In some circum-stances, Medicare does offer limited coverage for the cost of hearing aids, but only if the hearing loss is related to an injury or a disease. Audiolog-ic (hearing) testing are typically covered by Medicare, but only if the exam is recommended by your doctor. This means you must have a written “script” requesting the ne-cessity for the hearing care services. Do you have a hearing aid benefit? Do you fully understand it? Do you understand what your insurance policy’s “discount program” really means, and what services are or ar-en’t covered? You deserve to retain control over your hearing health care- in your choice of provider, your hearing technology, and your program of follow-up care. There are some insurance programs that want you to fax a copy of your hearing test to them. Then, they will pick out a hearing aid for you (based on

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OCEAN COUNTY – Ocean Health Initiatives (OHI), a federally qualif ied health center with locations in Ocean County, has been named an eligible provider in The Veterans Choice pro-gram. The Veterans Choice program provides el igible veterans with the option to receive non-VA health care services f rom approved community health care providers, such as OHI, i n t he i r com mu n i t ie s . Usi ng t h i s program will not have any impact on existing VA health care or any other VA benef it. Some qualifying situations for veter-ans include waiting more than 30 days for VA medical care, or having to trav-el 40 miles or more to a VA medical

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dose supplements for extended periods of time. A little oil on your salad should be fine though. Tea seed – This is one of my favorite oils because you can use it at high tempera-tures, the f lavor is mild and it contains antioxidants like vitamin E. It has both omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. Do not confuse tea seed oil with the essential oil of “tea tree,” which cannot be ingested. Bad oils that are high in Saturated fats or Trans Fats: Canola or Rapeseed – Some of you think this is a “healthy” oil because it’s very low in saturated fat and like olive oil, it’s high in monounsaturated fat. However, hexane is used as a chemical solvent to extract canola oil from the seeds, and pesticides are sometimes used. Bleaching too. It’s used for baking or stir-fry. Margarine – This is a man-made chemi-cal, do I need to say anything else? Bad oils that are high in Omega 6, which can increase inf lammation: Corn – It’s hard to f ind a non GMO version of this, unless it specifically says “organic” and plus, it may be bleached. Corn oil increases “oxidized” or bad cholesterol. Cooks (not me) recommend it for high heat. Soybean – This is another oil that’s heav-ily refined and often genetically modified (GMO). Soy plants are somewhat toxic to humans, you didn’t know? Soybean oil, milk and tofu contain a lectin called PHG, short for phytohemagglutinin. PHG may interfere with digestion, affect memory and make your blood cells stick together (like clot). People use soybean oil for stir-fry because of the high smoke point. Read your supplement bottles, soybean oil is used in many dietary supplements.

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BRICK – Drum Point Elementary School and Osbornville Elementary School students participated in the 24th Annual Academic Bowl held in Jackson on April 20. They competed against oth-er Ocean and Monmouth County teams. Drum Point Elementary students were named the Academic Bowl Champions

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POINT PLEASANT BEACH – On May 21, The Oceanaires Chorus, the Toms River based men’s A capella group, will kick off the Point Pleasant Beach Grand Prix weekend. The weekend celebrates the Rotary 90th birthday and the annual Power Boat Race. It includes displays and test runs of race boats, and starts May 21 at 11 a.m. at the corner of Arnold and Ocean Avenues in Point Pleasant Beach. The Point Beach grand Prix race day

BRICK – A former Brick Township High School basketball player, Brian Oehme, has been recently diagnosed with stage two testicular cancer. The cancer has unfortu-nately spread to his lymph nodes under his liver. He is currently going through a stint of chemotherapy to try to battle the cancer. The Brick Township High School’s basket-ball program and interact club are running a fundraiser at the school selling t-shirts for

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.): Put on your Sunday best. In the week ahead spice up your appearance and make a striking im-pression. Tag along with a special someone and you may find yourself on an exciting adventure.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be a pillar of support. A loved one may seem hesitant when visiting new places or trying new things but you can make it all better by giving comfort and reassurance. If no one else is willing to make a choice, step in and take charge.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Stray from the beaten path. Satisfy your need for excitement in the week to come by exploring uncharted territory or try something that is new or completely out of the ordinary.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Get motivated. Stay busy this week by working to achieve a tangible goal, no matter how big or small it may be. Enlist the aid of others to accomplish whatever you set out to do.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get to the point. Don’t skirt issues in the week ahead or you may confuse your audience. A wise elder or experienced mentor may have valuable information to share with you if you listen.PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Those around you may have serious issues to deal with when all you want is just to go out and play. In the week head just go off on your own and follow whatever whims that tickle your fancy.

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By Jeraldine Saunders

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(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) © 2016 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.

Wolfgang Puck’s kitchen

By Wolfgang Puck When people hear the term “con-venience food,” all too often their minds turn to something you prob-ably shouldn’t be eat ing but have to because of limited time. It could be frozen or canned food; or may-be something picked up f rom the prepared foods section of your su-permarket, like a whole rotisser ie chicken or some sor t of soup that has been kept hot for hours in a big vat. Or maybe it’s take-out burgers or other fast food. But I define convenience food in a different way. It’s simply a recipe that begins with just a few readily available store-bought ingredients, including fresh produce. Then, the dish is put together in minutes with a minimum of fuss and few utensils. Finally, my ideal convenience food is cooked from start to f inish in the same pan from which you serve it. Do you find such a description too diff icult to imagine? Then allow me to present one of my favorite easy recipes - Baked Cod Fillets with a Parmesan-Panko Crust - and explain how it meets all those requirements for convenience. First, the recipe calls for only a handful of common ingredients you’ll actually need to shop for, plus a few staples you will very likely already have in your pantry or refrigerator. The coarse, Japanese-style bread-crumbs called panko are now com-monly found among other packaged breadcrumbs in well-stocked markets or in the Asian foods section. And you can substitute for the codf ish any other mild-f lavored, thick f ish f illets that you like and find readily available. Next, by my conservative estimate, you’ll probably need 10 to 15 minutes to assemble the dish, during which you’ll also be preheating your oven to its hottest temperature. And that assembly all takes place in an ov-enproof nonreactive skillet that you can even carry straight from the oven to your dining table, taking care, of course, to protect your hands with oven gloves or pads and your table with good heatproof trivets. Consider the fact that the entire prep and cooking of the dish also allows the perfect amount of time to cook steamed rice or another grain dish, begun just before you start getting the f ish ready. That will provide the ideal accompaniment to soak up all the delicious sauce that forms around the f illets during cooking. I know many people who, once

they’ve cooked and tasted this dish for the f irst time, put the recipe into their regular rotation, making it not only for family meals but also for ca-sual dinner parties. Now, that’s what I call convenient. BAKED COD FILLETS WITH A

PARMESAN-PANKO CRUST Serves 2 to 4

1 cup (250 mL) freshly grated Par-mesan cheese, about 3 ounces (185 g)1 cup (250 mL) panko or other coarse dry breadcrumbs1/3 cup (85 mL) mixed chopped fresh herbs such as Italian parsley, chives, tar ragon, thyme and chervil, plus extra for garnish1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pep-per f lakes Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter 4 skinless cod f illets, each 4 to 6 ounces (125 to 185 g) and at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick1/4 red onion, chopped1/2 cup (125 mL) dry white wine 1 lemon, cut in half, plus extra slices for garnish Place an oven rack in the highest position. Preheat the oven to 500 F (260 C). On a small baking sheet, stir together the Parmesan, panko, 1/3 cup (85 mL) of the herbs, red pepper f lakes, salt and pepper to taste. Melt 6 tablespoons of the but ter in a heavy ovenproof nonreact ive skillet large enough to hold the cod. Season the cod with salt and pepper. Dip 1 side of a f illet into the butter, then press into the crumbs. Return it crumb side up to the skillet. Repeat the process with the remain-ing cod and crumb mixture. Spoon melted butter over the crumbs and dot with the remaining unmelted butter. Scat ter the onion around the f ish. Pour the wine in between the f ish f illets, taking care not to disturb the crumbs. Squeeze in a lemon half. Set the skillet over high heat and bring the wine to a simmer. Put the skillet in the oven. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the f ish is cooked through, about 10 minutes. To test for doneness, use a dull skewer: Inser ted into the thickest par t of a f illet, it should meet no resistance. Squeeze the remaining lemon half over and around the f ish. Place the skillet over high heat to br ing the juices back to a simmer. Garnish with lemon slices and the rest of the fresh herbs. Serve immediately.

Fast Food: Quickly Cooked Cod Fillets Convenient For Family Dinner, Entertaining


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