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Absolute Music talent and a helping handBy MICHELLE TUCHOLCorrespondent

HAZLET TOWNSHIP — Passion for music isn’t the only rea-son Absolute Music stays in business. Aside from the 13 dedicatedinstructors on staff, owner John Albino and manager Pam Hansenare always ready for the next big thing.

And this is their season to show the Bayshore area what musicis all about.

On June 5, Absolute Music will hold its sixth annual musicrecital known as ACTS, or Absolute Community Talent Show.

The event, held at Raritan High School, will showcase volun-teer students from the studio as they perform popular music frompresent to classic ballads from the past.

“It has grown to a huge music fest,” Hansen said. “You’ll heareverything from Taylor Swift to Iron Maiden.”

ACTS offers something for everyone, and this isn’t your reg-ular talent show where an unsuspecting audience has to sitthrough random displays of aptitude.

Over 140 students, ranging in age from 4 ½ to 60, are hard atwork months before the production actually occurs. A set list isdiscussed for the show during these early stages, usually duringthe winter months. Over the course of that time, individual lessonsand practices are dedicated to students working on their parts.

The main goal of these individual practices is to get studentsready for when they come together on one stage and perform asa group. Some students may have solos, but they all play togethershowing the true meaning of practice makes perfect.

Albino’s knowledge of the music industry also comes in handy.In past years producing the ACTS recital, his good friends havecome from all over to donate their time and equipment, set up forthe event and even help practice with the students.

Not only will the band be present, the choir from AbsoluteMusic will also be performing, again ranging in all ages and mu-sical abilities. The entire event will be professionally taped so thatfamilies, friends and music lovers can purchase a DVD after theperformance.

Proceeds for this specific event will benefit the RAINE (Reach-ing All In Need Everyday) Foundation, a local non-profit that as-sists families around the holidays.

Everyone affiliated with Absolute Music works just as hard togive back to the community as they do to give students an oppor-tunity to experience music.

Hansen is not only happy to help her community, but she’s verythankful to participate in this worthy cause.

“We’re really big on community service and we do whateverwe can to help the community,” Hansen said.

Absolute Music goes wherever there’s a need for help in theform of entertainment. In past years, ACTS has raised money forsuch organizations as POAC (Parents of Autistic Children), TheBayshore Senior Center, St. John’s Church in Hazlet, King ofKings Church in Middletown, Hazlet Police Department and theHazlet Fire Department.

Their donations extend far beyond monetary value, as AbsoluteMusic also offers to perform at local functions within the town-ship when needed.

For this particular even, it is expected that 500-700 people willbe in attendance, so purchase tickets in advance.

Join Absolute Music as they celebrate the creativity and fun ofmusic all to benefit the local community. A gift auction and buffetprovided by Perkins Restaurant will be available to all who attend.Contact Pam at the Absolute Music studio at 732-888-4404 formore information.

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Each season, there will be a photo op-portunity under the clock tower by whichthe group has made a public art displayrepresenting each season or holiday.

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(above) A look inside one of the practice studios. (below) The entranceway to Absolute Music in Hazlet.–Both photos Michelle Tuchol

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By ASHLEY DRAPKINCorrespondent

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP — On Sunday, April 3, the Middletown North High School baseball team held a Pancake Breakfast event to support the Rich Veth Dia-mond Club.

The club was named after Rich Veth, who was a baseball coach from 1980 to 2001. He passed away from cancer, and after he had passed they named a field after him; the Rich Veth “18” baseball field.

The purpose of the Diamond Club was to help raise money for the fields as well as the school itself.

“All the baseball players are volunteering their time to-day as waiters,” Tom Rhatigan said.

Whole Foods made a donation of most of the food at the pancake fundraiser.

Some of the people involved in the pancake fundraiser were Leonard Inzerillo, Bob Spinelli, Tom Rhatigan and Jon Scala, as well as many parents and students.

According to the group’s mission statement, the Rich Veth Diamond Club is an organization comprised of the parents, friends and alumni of the Middletown High School North Baseball Program. Its mission is to support the players and coaches’ efforts on the field by providing additional services, equipment and supplies above and be-yond the school’s budgeted items.

Middletown North started the Rich Veth Diamond Club also because the funds were cut so the school did not have a lot of money for the sports fields, and they were starting to be run down.

“My brother loved to go to work. He loved teaching.

He’d go out early in the morning and clean the fields. Con-sequently they named the field after him because it was his field and he took care of it,” Ray Veth said.

“Because of the budget constraints and economy chang-es, the field was crumbing,” Veth said. “There were weeds all over the place and the parents decided they wanted to see what they could do to fix it up so they started this club.”

The group also helps painting the dugouts as well as finding equipment.

“My brother always had an interesting way of doing things. He made sure everyone was wearing their uniforms properly and made sure nothing was ever out of place,” Veth concluded.

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The Middletown North High School baseball team posed for a team photo during the recent pancake breakfast fundraiser. —Photo courtesy Leonard Inzerillo

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By KAITLIN SEVERINICorrespondent

HAZLET TOWNSHIP — On Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, the American Cancer Society (ACS) will host Hazlet’s first Relay for Life event at Raritan High School.

The all-night event, which will feature team walking relays, entertainment, cer-emonies, speakers and more, will take place from noon on Saturday through 7 a.m. on Sunday.

“This is an overnight event that is a per-fect combination of exercise, entertainment and inspiration,” Bradley Bennett, ACS Event Coordinator for the relay, said. “This is the inaugural year for the Relay for Life of Hazlet. We are so excited to be here.”

Currently, 24 teams of between eight to 15 people have registered for the event. Bennett and ACS hope to have 40 teams sign up and reach a fundraising goal of $40,000. Money raised will toward cancer research, advocacy, education and patient and family services.

“So far, we have gotten a great response from the Raritan High School community,” Bennett said, “We would love for more residents in town to join us for an incredible event.”

One of ACS’s important projects that will

benefit from the event is the Road to Recov-ery program, which provides transportation to and from treatment for cancer patients and their families who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves. Volunteer drivers donate their time and the use of their cars so that patients can receive the life-saving treatments they need.

Twenty of the Relay for Life participants currently signed up for the Hazlet event are cancer survivors and will be honored before and during the relay.

“Our survivors are our MVPs,” Bennett said. “We recognize them before the event with a survivor luncheon, then recognize them during our opening ceremonies and have them start our walk with a survivors’ lap.”

Caregivers of cancer survivors and patients will also be honored with a caregiv-ers’ lap at the start of the relay.

There is still time to register for the 2011 Relay for Life of Hazlet. To register, find out more information about the event or donate, visit ACS’s Hazlet Relay for life website: http://www.relayforlife.org/hazletnj.

“Everyone is affected by this disease in some way,” Bennett said. “Either you or someone you know has been affected by cancer, and this event brings everyone to-gether for one night to celebrate, remember and fight back.”

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By MICHELLE TUCHOLCorrespondent

HIGHLANDS BOROUGH — On March 19, the ninth annual St. Pat-rick’s Day Parade filled the Highlands business district with blaring bagpipes, hefty horns from local school bands, vivacious vuvuzelas and a lot of Irish cheer.

The parade didn’t get underway until 2 p.m., which worked well. It may have been a clear, sunny day but the tem-perature didn’t rise until mid-afternoon. That didn’t stop spectators and parade participants from braving the blustery winds that were precursory to the start.

Grand Marshall Doug Dauty was more than pleased with the turnout of this year’s festivities.

“It’s a great event for a small town and it gets better every year,” Dauty said.

It may be a small town, but the nu-merous groups and organizations that marched down Bay Avenue could’ve have easily contended with larger Mon-mouth County areas. Some spectators, although not from Highlands, pointed out how local businesses did such a great job of putting the floats together.

The St. Paddy’s Day Parade was orga-nized through the Highlands Business Partnership, which also aided in judging a float competition. The organizational skills also needed for this impressive display came together with the help of HBP President Carla Cefalo-Braswell, who spent much of her morning hours

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Dozens of cars and trucks from local restaurants and businesses cruised down the streets in floats that were intricately designed to represent the spirit of St. Paddy’s Day as well as their cause.

Large, eclectic floats from Bahrs Res-taurant, Chilangos Mexican Restaurant, SeaStreak Ferry, Off The Hook and oth-ers carried groups of friends and family who were along to throw goodies to the crowd.

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Entertainment from dozens of troops kept the crowd roaring with their own renditions of classic Irish and Scottish melodies. Numerous pipes and drums bands were present, including the Mon-mouth County Police Pipes and Drums, the Middlesex County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums and the Greater Tren-ton Pipes and Drums Band. Each troop, all elegantly decorated, brought some-thing special to the parade.

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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS BOR-OUGH — Eyes on First Ave is owned and operated by Jamie Troster, who is a licensed optician in the state of New Jer-sey and a resident of Atlantic Highlands.

Jamie has been in the optical industry for over 20 years. She started her career working in an optical laboratory and was responsible for the production and qual-ity of all types of eyewear. Jamie was soon promoted to the position of store manager for a leading national optical retailer.

For the past twelve years, Jamie has been responsible for the management and overall successful operation of 25 optical stores in New York City and New Jersey. Jamie resigned her corporate position to pursue her dream of opening Eyes on First Ave in Atlantic Highlands.

Susan Thierry, who is also a licensed optician in the State of New Jersey, joined Jamie at Eyes on First Ave bring-ing her 30 years of experience in the optical industry to the store. Thierry’s background reflects expertise in manage-ment, production of eyewear, interpreting prescriptions and helping clients choose the best possible frame and lens design to suite their individual needs.

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Jamie’s vision for Eyes on First Ave was to have an “upscale, yet casual” op-tical store, which would combine expert personalized customer care with fashion-able, quality eyewear.

Jamie chose the conveniently located Atlantic Highlands location so that the diverse needs of the town’s residents could be met, as well as the residents of the surrounding communities. To create the perfect environment, Jamie solicited the help of designer and business identity consultant, Theresa Gjertsen. Gjertsen’s exquisite talents helped Jamie transform her dream for Eyes on First Ave into a reality.

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By MICHELLE TUCHOLCorrespondent

HAZLET TOWNSHIP – What do you dowhen your favorite baseball team seems tobe heading for another upsetting season?

You make a deal with the Devil, of course!At least, that’s what Joe Boyd (Randy

Mester) proposed to do after a commandingmonologue about trying to play on his hometeam, the Washington Senators.

Raritan High School scored high on thisspring’s musical production of “Damn Yan-kees,” a story of one man’s perception to livethe dream of being a professional baseballplayer.

Joe would do anything to have the team,which has become a joke even to its mostloyal fans, win the pennant.

After watching another loss against theunstoppable New York Yankees, Joe stormsout of the house to clear his head. His wife,Meg, played by Christina Snyder, followshim, even though she has been ignored allnight thanks to the couple’s TV. Joe ramblesto himself as Meg tries to console him, buther remarks fall on deaf ears. She kisses herirritated husband and goes to bed.

As Joe sits alone with morbid thoughts, acurious man named Applegate, played byMike McAcree, waltzes onto Joe’s porch.Applegate promises him a life he’s alwaysdreamed of, and after some coaxing, Joe de-cides to take a chance.

Applegate cautions him that this once in alifetime deal does have a stipulation: old JoeBoyd, who transforms into a young, all-starathlete, will have to change back after theseason is over.

Joe’s original qualms about leaving hiswife for such a long period of time slowlyfade. He and Applegate head for the ballparkto show the Senators what they’ve beenmissing.

The scene in the Senators locker roomgives insight to the ballplayers’ own ambi-

tions. Coach Van Buren (Aiden Fulton),Smokey (Daniel English), Rocky (TaylorSmith) and Vernon (Bryan Buzzo) all chimeharmoniously in a collective song titled“Heart,” proclaiming their dedication to thesport.

And when the whole cast joins the quartetfor a reprise, both song and dance are im-measurable. How do these ballplayers havetime to practice their moves?

The team’s prayers seem to be answeredwhen the new and improved Joe, who is nowJoe Hardy, walks onto the Senators’ fieldwith Mr. Applegate, his manager. Coach VanBuren lets Joe hit a few balls and play infieldwith a few members of the team. After Joeslugs consecutive home runs and seems toplay well with the boys, Van Buren and theentire team see this as an opportunity to fi-nally beat the Yankees.

Joe joins the team, becomes an overnightsuccess, and receives a new nickname. Glo-ria Thorpe (Victoria Keiser), a reporter whoalways stays on top of the scoop, calls him“Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo.,” on ac-count of Joe not having his own cleats to playwith and claiming Hannibal, Missouri iswhere he came from.

This is where one conflict lies. The teamdoesn’t mind that Joe doesn’t wish to divulgehis past, but Gloria is on to him as she delvesinto her investigatory duties.

The Senators climb their way to victory.Joe, who is now accustomed to fame and fa-miliarity, is also desperately missing Megand his old life. He makes frequent visitsback home and, much to Applegate’s dismay,ends up renting a spare room from Meg sohe can spend time with her.

Applegate thinks the only way Joe willforget about Meg is to call on Lola, playedby Ashley Orlando. Lola is a seductivetemptress trapped by the powers of Apple-gate who desperately tries to steal Joe’s heartand bind him to the original agreement.

But the love Joe has for his wife is aston-

ishingly strong enough to keep Lola awayand ultimately turns her against Applegate.

To break up the synopsis for a moment, ifyou haven’t guessed already, Applegate is infact the Devil. The audience knows it, Lolaknows it (she resides in Hell), and obviouslyApplegate knows it. But the other charactersin the play have no idea.

With the season quickly coming to an endand the Senators closing in on the pennant,the talk of Joe not really being from Hanni-bal, Mo. becomes a huge press stunt. Con-ferences between the Senators’ owner Welch(Kevin O’Keeffe), the press and the team addpressure to the fact that Joe really isn’t whohe says he is.

A trial is held on the day of the Senators’last big game. Joe is on the stand, still tryingto sort out his origin with the press. No onebelieves his explanations until Meg and hertwo close friends, Sister (Jenna Murphy) andDorris (Theresa Hroncich), come to thecourthouse. The convincing story of theirhometown hero gets Joe off the hook just intime to finish the game.

Do the Senators finally beat those “damnYankees?”

Not only does the team win the pennant,Joe is able to go back home to Meg as the oldJoe Boyd. Although miserable that the orig-inal plan to take Joe’s soul falls through, Ap-plegate and Lola return back to Hell and allseems right with the world.

What really set “Damn Yankees” apartfrom other productions was the ability thestudents had to roam offstage. During sceneswhere space was an issue, the crew was ableto build a catwalk surrounding the stage forthe actors and dancers. In scenes where theSenators were in the middle of playing agame, some of the cast members were sittingand standing in the aisles of the auditorium,which added depth to the performance.

The transformation between old Joe Boydand young Joe Hardy was a great casting de-cision. Equally pleasurable was the role ofApplegate, who had the audience chucklingat his cheeky mannerisms and sarcasticjokes.

“Damn Yankees” was chock-full of talent,good moves, and just a little bit of suspense.Just like everything you could want in a goodballgame.

‘Damn Yankees’ a home run at Raritan High SchoolTHEATER REVIEW

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ASBURY PARKCenter A La CarteConvention Hall on the Boardwalk; 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

1401 Ocean Avenue, Asbury ParkContact: 732-221-8997Tickets: $100 eachA La Carte will feature over 30 restaurants and beverage vendors

Saturday, May 21

ASBURY PARKNight at the CarouselAsbury Park Carousel; 7:00 PM - 11:00 PMOcean Avenue & The Boardwalk, Asbury ParkContact: 732-774-9397 x 14Tickets: $125Benefi t Mercy Center’s Sisters Academy

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ABERDEENFlea MarketMatawan United Methodist Church; 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM478 Atlantic Avenue, AberdeenContact: 732-566-2996Sunday, May 22

WEST LONG BRANCHEncore Live Met Opera BroadcastMonmouth UniversityPollak Theatre; 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM400 Cedar AvenueWest Long BranchContact: 732-263-6889Tickets: $21/$23II Trovatore

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RED BANKBobfestTwo River Theatre; 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM; Also Tuesday, May 2421 Bridge AvenueRed BankContact: 732-345-1400Tickets: $35Pat Guadagno & Tired Horses celebrate Bob Dylan’s 70th Birthday with 70 songs

Friday, May 27

RED BANKReckless Steamy NightWoman’s Club Red Bank; 8:30-11:00 PM164 Broad Street, Red BankTickets: $10 suggested donationGoldenseal “Unplugged”

Saturday, May 28

LONG BRANCHSpring Dance PerformanceShore Institute of Contemporary Arts20 Third Avenue, Long BranchAdmission: $5 for members, $7 for non-members. Enjoy an exhibition of various dancers, dance groups or companies

ASBURY PARKGarage Sale Fundraiser705 Second Ave; 9:00 AM-12:00PMContact: Djar 732-682-1245 English, Oscar 732-576-3330 Spanish

Sunday, May 29

WEST LONG BRANCHArt in the ParkWest End Park; 10:00 AM - 5:30 PMOcean and Brighton Aves, Long BranchContact: 732-542-1307

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If you are interested in adopting any of our adorable animals, please call the Homeward Bound Adoption Center at 732-542-5962.

Adopters can also choose to email our new, direct adoption

email at adoptions@monmouthcountyspca.org.

Adorable Adoptables

AMY is a very sweet kitty with speckledears. She is very upset and frightened inthe shelter environment and needs to finda loving and patient forever home. Amy issnuggly and feels safest when she iswrapped up in a blanket.

CHRISTOPHER is a 2 1/2 year old Chi-huahua. He was rescued from a puppymill, where he spent his life in a cage withlittle human contact. He is looking for agentle, patient human who can teach himthe joys of being a dog! Christopher islearning how to play with toys and enjoysbeing held.

LADY GREY is a beautiful and sweet 8 year oldkitty. She has lived in two homes-her first ownerpassed away and her last owner became ill andcould no longer care for her. Lady Grey is a veryloving and affectionate cat and loves tuna fish! Doyou have room in your heart for this lovely lady?

BAILEY is an easygoing, low-maintainancedog. He is a 9 year old beagle. Bailey is veryloving and likes to sleep in bed with you. Heis good with children, dogs and cats. Baileycame to the MCSPCA because his ownerhad to move and could no longer care forhim.Do you have a home and a hug for thissweet gentleman?

Where’s Moose?

Moose Moore has gotten free and is roaming aroundthe Bayshore area. Do you recognize where Mooseis? Help us find Moose by emailing his location topets@mycommunitypublications.com. Please put“Where’s Moose?” in the subject line. Everyone who responds will receive a “Where’s Moose Moore?” T-shirt, courtesy of Community Publications and Market ME Printing inHazlet. One random correct response will also receive a special prize.This month, the prize is a free massage courtesy of A Kneaded Vacation.Clues can be found on the Facebook pages of Community Publicationsand Moose Moore.

Last month:The grand prize winner,Lori Coponi, knew thatMoose was on the UnionBeach waterfront.

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Also available with this Commemorative record Album is the

Papal Review, which is a compilation in book form of all of the Popes, beginning with St. Peter, up to, and including Pope John Paul II, with history and pictures.

This album, therefore, is presented as a Commemorative Tribute to John Paul II, The Pope.

Pope John Paul II is on his way to sainthood. It has been announced that Pope John Paul II will be beatified on May 1, 2011. This puts him just one step away from canonization as a saint.

In 1978 the election of a Polish Pope came as a surprise to the entire world. It meant a break with tradition and the begnning of a new era in Rome. Not only has Cardinal Karol Wojtya become the

first non-Italian Pope in 455 years, but also the youngest elected Pontiff in 132 years.

In 1978 Victor V. Scudiery was commissioned to produce a perfect Easter gift. Today this Commemorative Record Album and the Papal Review is available in limited quantities.

29May 2011 Community Messenger

Big Sister Christa, of Hazlet, and her Lit-tle Sister Kiarra have been matched for ayear and half.

When asked what Kiarra likes best aboutChrista, her response was “Everything.”

“She’s nice, she listens, we talk on thephone and hanging out with her is fun,”Kiarra said. Kiarra’s mom, Adrienne,“loves” Christa and knows she has Kiarra’sbest interest at heart and is glad she doeslots of educational activities with her.

A great experience the two shared re-cently was when Christa tookKiarra to work on Bring YourLittle to Work Day. Kiarra saidshe felt like a city girl and af-terward they went out to din-ner and then to A Time to Kilnto paint pottery. The two alsoparticipated in the BBBS Bowlfor Kids’ Sake event alongwith Kiarra’s sister and herBig. They had a great timebowling and raising funds forthe organization that startedtheir friendship!

Now is a perfect time toconsider making a Big differ-ence in the life of a child. Talk-ing, playing games,participating in a communityevent, riding bikes, helpingwith homework or baking acake are some of the ways tospend time with a Little

Brother or Sister and it only requires a fewhours of your time each month. The agencyhas over 40 children waiting for a mentorso call 732-544-2224 or visit www.bbb-smmc.org today to find out more aboutbeing a Big!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouthand Middlesex Counties is a donor sup-ported volunteer agency. BBBSMMCserves children ages 6 to 17 years throughone-to-one mentoring and expect to serveat least 550 kids in 2011.

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MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP – Morethan just a hot meal for senior citizens,Meals on Wheels has assisted numerouspeople get back on their feet in their mostdire time of need..

“I have been volunteering for about four-teen years, and it’s an excellent program,”MaryBeth Anthopulos, volunteer, said. “In-terfaith Neighbors runs the organization forMeals on Wheels and they help so manyhomebound seniors with meals. Peoplecoming out of the hospital that can’t cookfor themselves, we give them a hot nutri-tional meal Monday through Friday.”

Run solely on volunteer time, the differ-ent groups of volunteers dedicate their timein the kitchen to prepare the meals and thentime on the road delivering them. On aver-age, the Middletown program makes about

45 to 50 meals a day. “It makes you feelgood because you are actually doing some-thing good for somebody,” Peace Fenter,volunteer, said.

According to Anthopulos, the home-bound program is for seniors that were hos-pitalized and are just coming home and justneed a little help getting back on their feet.There are also other programs for peoplethat just need help, and have no one else.

“Volunteers are really hard to come by.We try to post things on church bulletins. Ifpeople could just take a half hour or onehour a day to help a fellow senior, it’s justamazing and rewarding,” Anthopulos said.

For more information visit www.inter-faithneighbors.org or call 732-775-5155 x212.

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“Marry for money.”– Brian Valentino

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By REBECCA KOPPSpecial to the Community Messenger

It’s hard to believe with the lingering cold weather around here that bathing suit season is right around the corner. But be-lieve it, it is! Sooner than you think you’ll be complaining about the heat, humidity and crowded beaches but hopefully not about a flabby body.

Maybe you meant to start getting in shape sooner (like back in January) but it didn’t happen. So now you’re wondering how to get results — and fast. The good news is you still have time to slim down and get in shape so you’ll look great in shorts, tank tops, sun dresses and yes, biki-nis and bathing suits. But hurry!

Get your body ready for summer now at Eastpointe Health & Fitness by signing up for their Beach Body Fitness Program. In six to eight weeks, you can lose weight, get stronger and tone your muscles so you look great in your summer gear. Plus, not only will you look good, but you’ll be in bet-ter shape to participate in all your favorite summertime activities like surfing, swim-ming, biking, kayaking, hiking and playing

with the kids. “In six to eight weeks you can really

start to make some noticeable changes,” EPH&F Trainer Grace Lang said. “If you commit to our program and stick with it, you will definitely see and feel results.”

EPH&F’s Beach Body Fitness Program includes a two-month full gym member-ship, three one-on-one personal training sessions, nutritional consultation with a meal plan provided and access to an on-line meal planning system.

“In conjunction with your workouts, it is really important to look at your eating hab-its and make the kind of changes that will help you get results,” EPH&F Nutritionist Kim Garrity said. “We’ll sit down and dis-cuss your goals realistically and design a meal plan accordingly.”

So get a jump on summer fitness. Don’t miss your chance to wow your friends and family this with the new slimmed down, shaped up beach body ready version of you. Sign up for EPH&F’s Beach Body Fitness Program today.

For more information call 732-872-6595 or visit our website at www.Eastpointe-HealthandFitness.com.

You still have time to get in shape for summer, but hurry

33May 2011 Community Messenger

OPINIONDealing with divided loyalty when applying for Medicaid

For the past several years, I have beenwriting about how the increasingcomplexity of the Medicaid ap-plication process is going tocause people problems. In 2006,the federal government increasedthe Medicaid lookback periodfrom three years to five.

The “lookback period” is theperiod of time that the MedicaidOffice looks at to determine if anapplicant for benefits has trans-ferred assets for less than fairmarket value. When an applicantmakes transfers for less than fairmarket value, called an “uncom-pensated transfers,” the applicantis ineligible for Medicaid benefitsfor a period of time.

This period of ineligibility for Medicaidbenefits is called a “penalty period.” If anapplicant has a penalty period assessedagainst him, he must private-pay the nursinghome in which he resides until the penaltyperiod has expired. For instance, if Mr.Smith transferred $14,000, he would be in-eligible for Medicaid benefits for twomonths and would have to find some source

of assets from which to pay the nursinghome for that two-month pe-riod of time.

Only uncompensated trans-fers that occur during the look-back period are penalized. So,if Mr. Smith transferred$1,000,000 ten years ago, theMedicaid Office could not in-stitute a penalty period againsthim for that very large trans-fer; however, if Mr. Smithtransferred $10,000 two yearsbefore applying for Medicaidbenefits, the Medicaid Officecould institute a penalty periodagainst him.

By the way, most peoplewho come to see me think that the MedicaidOffice asks for the money back. This is un-true. The Medicaid Office merely tells aperson “yes, you are eligible for benefits” or“no, you are not eligible.” The Medicaid Of-fice does not force the recipient of the gift toreturn the gift; Medicaid is more than happyto simply deny your application for Medi-caid benefits.

The Medicaid Office will not institute a

penalty period until such time as the appli-cant is eligible for Medicaid benefits but forthe penalty period. In other words, Mr.Smith will not have a two-month penalty pe-riod assessed against him for his $14,000 un-compensated transfer until such time as hehas less than $2,000 in assets. So, here’s therub for the nursing home in which Mr. Smithresides: If Mr. Smith is ineligible for twomonths and has less than $2,000 in assets,how is he going to pay the nursing home?

You might think, well, the nursing homewill just kick Mr. Smith out for non-pay-ment. But you’d be wrong. While, legallyspeaking, the nursing home could kick Mr.Smith out for non-payment from a practicalstandpoint, the nursing home cannot dis-charge Mr. Smith. The nursing home wouldhave to find a place that would accept Mr.Smith because Mr. Smith needs the care thata nursing home provides, and since no othernursing home will accept Mr. Smith, thenursing home in which he resides is stuckwith him.

Because of these facts, nursing homes aregetting more and more aggressive when itcomes to Medicaid applications. Manynursing homes are referring families to agen-

cies that process Medicaid application or lawfirms that also represent the nursing home.Some of the agencies that handle these ap-plications are telling family members thatthe family must use their services.

While referrals are nice, sometimes refer-rals can mean divided loyalty. For instance,if I am the law firm for the nursing home,the same law firm that makes money suingfamilies that have failed to pay their bills tothe nursing home, to whom do you think I’mgoing to be loyal? If I am a non-attorneyagency that processes Medicaid applicationand receives a substantial amount of mybusiness from nursing home referrals, towhom do you think I’m going to be loyal.

Medicaid is complex enough. Familiesshould not have to worry about the loyaltyof the advocate they retain to represent themin the process of applying for benefits.

John W. Callinan is a certified elder law at-torney (as certified by the National ElderLaw Foundation, accredited by the Ameri-can Bar Association). John has offices inWall Twsp., Middletown, and Jamesburg.He can be reached at 732-706-8008 or john-callinan@ optonline.net.

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JOHN CALLINAN

MICHAEL J. CUNNINGHAM, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports MedicineCerti�ed by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Sports Medicine sub-specialty certi�cation

Phone : 732-264-5454www.CunninghamOrtho.com

drmike@CunninghamOrtho.com

Two locations:733 North Beers Street, Suite L3

Holmdel, NJ 07733 ~and~

53 Main StreetSayreville, NJ 08872

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INTERSTATE

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INC.

INTERSTATE

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INC.

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Visit us on the Web:

www.interstateelectronics.comE-mail:

iei@interstateelectronics.com

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Phone: 732-264-3900

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• 5,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio• Auto Motion Plus 120Hz Refresh Rate• AllShare™ DLNA Networking• Only 1.2" Deep

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• WiFi-ready• Samsung Smart TV™• Fast booting and loading time• Multi-format disc playback

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• 5,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio• Auto Motion Plus 120Hz Refresh Rate• AllShare™ DLNA Networking• Only 1.2" Deep

Store Hours

Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri: 10-9

Wed & Sat: 10-6

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