NEWS LOCAL 1.  Atlantic Highlands Adopts New R-3 Zone, Doubling the Size of a Buildable Lot in Steep Slope Area 2.  Tidal Ditches in Bayshore Neighborhoods Scheduled for Extensive Cleaning in 2003 3.  What Can You Fit in Your Little Red Wagon? Bring those antiques to "For What It's Worth," March 15 4.  Celebrate Spring March 16 in the Lenape Woods Nature Preserve 5.  Cub Scouts from Middletown Pack 144 Receive Catholic Religious Awards During Mass at St. Mary's 6.  Consortium Formed to Address Shortage of Healthcare Workers 7.  Local Businesses and Employers Prepare for Weapons of Mass Destruction 8.  County Historical Commission Opens Nominations for 2003 Preservation Awards 9.  Former Employees and Photos Needed for 100th Anniversary Railroad Celebration 10.  New Jersey American Red Cross Chapters Beneficiary of $200,000 Grant From FirstEnergy Foundation 11.  Cold Weather a Little Easier due to State Workers’ Generosity 12.  Alix Olson Added to Brookdale Visiting Writer and Lecturer Series 13.  "Mothers of Invention" Part of Women's History Month at Brookdale 14.  Township Committee Outlines 2003 Capital Program 15.   DHS Black History celebration to feature Tri-State performer Hodges’ to perform one-woman show, “Against All Odds” 16.  Red Cross Recruiting Instructor Trainers for Community & Family 17.   Junior League of Monmouth County to Host Blood Drive For American Red Cross 18.  Funeral Mass to be held for Rev. James Clark, Pastor at St. Leo the Great in Lincroft 19.  Second Annual Middletown Talent Showcase Features 36 Performers, 20 Acts 20.  Spring Crafts Show "Spinning Wheel" Takes Place On Saturday March 9 at Middletown High School South FEATURED Uncle Sam Wants You by Carol MacAllister   EVENTS GROUPS/CLUBS WEATHER AMBROSE LIGHT PUBLIC NOTICES LEGISLATORS WORSHIP SPRING WORD SEARCH ST. PATRICK'S  WORD SEARCH Create your own snowman	MORE SNOW COMING Be Prepared Sidewalks must be cleared within 24 hours in most towns Members of Cub Scout Pack 144 of Middletown receive Catholic Religious Awards on Scout Sunday at St. Mary's Church in New Monmouth Cub Scouts from Pack 144 of Middletown received their Catholic Religious Awards. Monsignor Michael Walsh, Cub Master John Bates, and Assistant Cub Master Jeff Poltrictzky of Pack 144 made the presentation at the Scout Sunday Mass at St. Mary's in New Monmouth. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ —   The Borough Council last night adopted an ordinance that increases the buildable lot size in the steep sloped parts of the town. The new R-3 zone, encompasses the area primarily east of Grand Avenue and north of  East Washington Avenue, in the steep slope area of town.  The new zone will requires a lot of 30,000 square feet in order to build. The area had been zoned R-2 which requires only 15,000 square in which to build. The vote was 5-1 in favor of the new zone.  Councilman Frederick Rast III was the lone no vote. There has been concern raised by municipal officials about increased development in the steep slope area of town because of slump blocking and hill slides in the area.  Homes in the zone are not tied into the town's sanitary sewers but have individual septic systems. There have been a number of landslides and road washouts, predominately on Bayside Drive, attributed to development on the steep slope portions of the borough. Read More a d v e r t i s e m e n t s Restaurant and Marina since 1917 view webcam visit web Grand Opening MIDDLETOWN 732-615-9551 read more Compare us to Curves click here Web Hosting 150 Mb - $300/yr. free web statistics package Visit Our Website   John Carlini Quartet - Jazz Hear sample Visit web COLUMNS
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1.   ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS ADOPTS NEW R-3 ZONE, DOUBLING THE SIZE OF A BUILDABLE LOT IN STEEP SLOPE AREA

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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ —   The Borough Council last night adopted an ordinance that increases the buildable lot size in the steep sloped parts of the town.

The new R-3 zone, encompasses the area primarily east of Grand Avenue and north of  East Washington Avenue, in the steep slope area of town.  The new zone will requires a lot of 30,000 square feet in order to build. The area had been zoned R-2 which requires only 15,000 square in which to build. The vote was 5-1 in favor of the new zone.  Councilman Frederick Rast III was the lone no vote.

There has been concern raised by municipal officials about increased development in the steep slope area of town because of slump blocking and hill slides in the area.  Homes in the zone are not tied into the town's sanitary sewers but have individual septic systems.

There have been a number of landslides and road washouts, predominately on Bayside Drive, attributed to development on the steep slope portions of the borough.

In order to minimize the potential for future landslides, washout and slump blocking events, and to provide adequate space and conditions for septic systems, as well as protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents, it becomes necessary to create a new R-3 zone according to the ordinance. 

Councilman Rast attempted to convince the other council members to reject the proposed ordinance. He said. " I think there is a lot of misinformation that was given out as to the reason, the necessity for the zone to be converted to zone 3.  Number one, the only cost that we had in all of the alleged landslide problems that we had in the area have been for lawyers or engineers."  He said buildings that were permitted to be built on Bayside Drive, which have experienced failed retaining walls and landslides, would not have been permitted to be built under the current steep slope ordinance. 

"I think that the R-3 zone is an overkill. I think we have only spent several thousand dollars for lawyers and attorneys involved in this. It is nowhere near a million dollars. The problem is that the problems that occurred, and these movements that occurred, are manmade problems," said Councilman Rast.  They occurred as a result of building inspectors at the time not enforcing the laws on the books or not enough good law on the books. We have a building inspector who is going to enforce the law a lot closer."

Councilman Lou Fligor disagreed saying, "The million dollars I quoted is an actual figure that we spent for Bayside Drive washing out." Fligor noted that several new washouts have occurred in recent weeks on the road as a result of water run off from the hill areas.

Councilman John C. Archibald, in support of the ordinance, said, "The three times I've run (for office) my platform has been to protect our town from development on our borders. And to turn our back now and not protect our town from over-development in our town, doesn't seem right to me."

Archibald noted that, "I don't think people come to town looking for a piece of property to sub-divide. I think people come to town looking for a place to live."

Councilman Rast said, "We are totally stopping all development on the hill.  That is not fair to the people up there."

Councilman Charles F. Niles II said he has experience traffic problems in other areas of the state because "someone went in there and built on every single square inch."  He said, "I just don't want that happening here in Atlantic Highlands."

Mayor Michael Harmon, who lives in the zone, noted that "septic systems are not working now."  But he observed that, "If you put sewers in, you open up the entire rest of the town to overdevelopment."

The mayor noted "The less development you have, the more your property values go up.  People don't want to live in the city."

Councilman Rast responded, "I don't want it to be a city. But I don't want it so restrictive that my friends and their parents can't live in this town."

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RUMSON, NJ —  Are those items you've been storing in your attic worth anything? Load them into your wagon and have appraisers and well-versed antique dealers give you their best estimate of values at Forrestdale School on Saturday, March 15. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., the program begins at 9 a.m. and extends until 3:00 p.m.

Need ideas on what to bring? Marilyn Visakay, vintage costume expert, Barbara Nevius, gemologist, and local, Ike Bernstein, suggest bringing jewelry and watches. Gary Hein, Beatles specialist, will value all rock 'n roll memorabilia. Charley Lloyd will evaluate books and ephemera like maps and documents. Michael Geary will look at toys from around the world. All appraisers will share their guidance on how to assess collectibles while on stage in a live on-site broadcast. For more ideas and information, visit www.rumson.k12.nj.us or e-mail whatsitworth03@aol.com.

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While you are at the school, enjoy a seminar on the history and development of vintage costume jewelry, treat yourself to breakfast from Brooklyn Bagel or munch on a wrap from Brennans at Ye Olde Curiousity Cafe. Take a chance on winning some beautifully framed prints donated by Byford & Mills. Be sure to check out the library to buy a book --- ensuring your next flea market purchase is a treasure and not a white elephant! Books and catalogs were hand-selected to be the best on every antique category represented by our appraisers and supplied by Landmark Books of Spring Lake.

Tickets may be purchased in advance at two appraisals for $25.00, single appraisals at $15.00, and $10.00 for spectators. To reserve tickets by mail, make checks payable to Forrestdale School - 8th Grade and mail to L. De Bernardis, 1 Bellevue Avenue, Rumson, NJ 0760. Reservation deadline is March 7. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door. Proceeds of this event will be used for the 8th grade trip to Washington, D.C.

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4.  CELEBRATE SPRING MARCH 16 IN LENAPE WOODS NATURE PRESERVE

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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ —  The great environmentalist, Henry David Thoreau, declared, "so the coming of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden Age."

The Atlantic Highlands Environmental Commission invites everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring by helping to clean up and maintain the beautiful 50 acres of Lenape Woods Nature Preserve on Sunday, March 16, 2003, from 1-4pm. The event will take place in the Lenape Woods East, located near the corner of East Highland Avenue and scenic Ocean Boulevard. There is plenty of room for on-street parking.

Activities for the afternoon include installing water-bars across the trail to help stop erosion, pruning branches back from the trail, and cleaning up trash off the ground.

The public is asked to please bring their own tools, such as wheelbarrows, pruning shears, shovels, rakes, and gloves. It is also suggested that the public dress for the weather and to get dirty. People should also bring their own drinking water. The Environmental Commission will supply the fresh air, tall trees, and the glimpses of wildlife.

Nestled among tall trees and steep slopes, Lenape Woods offers approximately 51 acres of beautiful and natural woodlands and freshwater wetlands that are the headwaters to Many Mind Creek. These wonderful resources (located in a modest 1.2 square mile community) are available from dawn to dusk for hiking, walking, cross-country skiing, bird watching, nature observation, and everyday enjoyment.

Many people have volunteered their time in the past to maintain the woods for all species to enjoy. Yet, we need everyone to be involve and offer help! Is three hours of your time too much to help sustain a wonderful wooded park in the Bayshore region?

For more information, please contact Environmental Commission member, Joe Reynolds, at (732) 291-1444 or by email via sosap2002@comcast.net

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by Jeff Poltrictzky

MIDDLETOWN, NJ —   On February 9th, Cub Scouts from Pack 144 of Middletown received their Catholic Religious Awards. Monsignor Michael Walsh, Cubmaster John Bates, and Assistant Cub Master Jeff Poltrictzky of Pack 144 made the presentation at the Scout Sunday Mass at St. Mary's in New Monmouth.

Webelos Scout Dan Poltrictzky carrying the American Flag and Webelos Scout David Hines Jr. carries the Pack flag during the ceremony.

Wolf Scouts receiving the Light of Christ award were: Matthew Bent, John Dini, Bobby Klatt, and Sean Leonard. Working on the Light of Christ award helps the Cub Scout develop a personal relationship with Jesus. With the parents' active assistance and participation in this program, it is hoped that the Cub Scout will come to see Jesus as a real person and a friend. This program includes work in the areas of Family, God's Call, the Eucharist, Forgiveness and the Family of God.

Bear and Webelos Scouts receiving the Parvuli Dei award were: TJ Bent, CJ Dering, Joseph Dickenson, Jeremy Mancino, Brandon McCabe, Matthew McMahon, James Mulvaney, and Michael O’Malley.

Working on the Parvuli Dei (Children of God) award helps the Cub Scout to explore a wide range of activities in order to discover the presence of God in their daily lives as members of their families and parish, and also to develop a good, positive self-image through the contributions they can make to the group or community. This program includes work in the areas of God and His Creation; God our Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and I; Jesus, Our Church, and I; Jesus, His People, and I; and the Children of God, Other Cub Scouts, and I.

After the scouts completed their work books they met one-on-one with Monsignor Michael Walsh who reviewed the booklet with the scout. The scouts received their awards at the Annual Scout Sunday Mass which was attended by the entire Cub Pack, their families, and members of St. Marys Parish. This year Scout Sunday commemorated the 93rd anniversary of the establishment of the Boy Scouts of America. After Mass a reception was held in Euphemia Hall of St. Marys School.

Cub Scouts received Catholic Religious Awards from (l-r) Asst. Cub Master Jeff Poltrictzky, Monsignor Michael Walsh, and Cub Master John Bates of Pack 144

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FREEHOLD, NJ — The Monmouth County Historical Commission announces the opening of nominations for its 2003 Preservation Awards program.

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TINTON FALLS, NJ —  Every year in the United States, about 1.25 million people experience a heart attack, and 500,000 results in death. By the time you finish reading this sentence, cardiac arrest will have claimed another victim. But now, thanks to the FirstEnergy Foundation, the people of New Jersey will be better prepared with training to save lives.

Through an extraordinary gift of $200,000 by the FirstEnergy Foundation to the American Red Cross of New Jersey, a vital need in our community will be met. This unprecedented gift, to be disbursed over a three-year period, will greatly increase the number of Health & Safety Red Cross Instructor Trainers in the state of New Jersey through a Train-the-Trainer initiative. Instructor trainers are highly trained, professional volunteers who conduct courses for all individuals wishing to become American Red Cross instructors in courses such as first aid, CPR and Automated External Defibrillation (AED).

This gift will enable the Red Cross to have more resources to train individuals in record numbers, as well as give them the opportunity to be cross-trained Disaster Instructors. In times of crisis, this will allow the Red Cross to respond with more resources, and ultimately, more help.

“We are pleased to announce our awarding of a FirstEnergy Foundation gift to the New Jersey chapters of the American Red Cross,” said Mary Beth Carroll, FirstEnergy Foundation President. “The Red Cross provides countless services many of which go well beyond disaster support. Our partnership will help provide necessary health and safety training to support residents of 11 Red Cross Chapters throughout Jersey Central Power & Light’s service area.”

MIDDLETOWN, NJ  —  As part of a long-term plan to control debt service, the Township Committee will utilize existing township funds and state grant monies to fund nearly 75 percent of its 2003 Capital Improvement Program, which totals more than $1. 9 million.

TRENTON, NJ  — The Department of Human Services will hold its Annual Black History Celebration in the Central Office building on 222 South Warren Street in Trenton, Thursday, February 27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

First Aid, CPR, Automated External Defibrillation and Disaster Education

TINTON FALLS, NJ — The Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross is recruiting interested citizens to volunteer to become trained Red Cross Instructor-Trainers in Community & Family First Aid, CPR, Automated External Defibrillation (AED) and Disaster Education. An orientation will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday March 13, 2003 at the chapter headquarters, 1540 West Park Avenue, Tinton Falls. Information about the program will be presented explaining what is expected of participants and what their role will be as a qualified Red Cross Instructor–Trainer. Instructor-Trainers are highly motivated, highly trained, professional volunteers who conduct courses for people wanting to become instructors in courses such as first aid, CPR, AED or disaster education.

There will be no charge for the orientation and the training program. The cost of materials and training are provided by a grant from FirstEnergy Foundation. There is a vital need in our community to train individuals and families to respond to an emergency. Through this FirstEnergy Foundation gift, the Red Cross plans to increase the number of Instructor-Trainers to reach more people in the community and ultimately be better prepared to save lives.

For more information or to register, call 732-493-9100 and ask to speak to a Health & Safety representative. Pre-registration is required.

Donors wishing to make an appointment can call 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543).

LINCROFT, NJ –  A Mass for Reverend James M. Clark, 56, of Lincroft will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Leos the Great Church, Lincroft. Arrangements are by the Holmdel Funeral Home, Holmdel.

Rev. James M. Clark

Father Clark died Monday at home. Born in New Brunswick, he was ordained on May 20, 1972. He was pastor of St. Leo the Great Church since 1985. Prior to that, he served at St. Pauls Church, Princeton, from 1984 through 1985. He also served at St. Thomas More, Manalapan, Mary Mother of God, Flagtown, Our Lady of Lourdes, Milltown, and St. John Vianney, Clark.

Father Clark was a graduate of St. Marys University, Baltimore. He earned a masters degree from St. Marys Seminary, Roland Park, Md., and a masters degree in education from Seton Hall University, South Orange.

Surviving are his parents, Melville and Katherine; brothers, Dr. Charles Clark and William T., and sisters, Maryann Durell and Kathleen M. Webb.

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PASTOR'S CORNER By Rev. Dr. George Hancock-Stefan Central Baptist Church Atlantic Highlands, NJ cbcbeacon@aol.com

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MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT KEEP THE OLD

This past Sunday, I celebrated my 53rd birthday. My wife decided to invite a small group of family members and friends for an after church dinner. That morning the Sunday Worship leader remarked how for his family (in view of the fact that his and his wife's biological families are living far from here) the church provided fellowship and friendship. That afternoon as I was sitting at the head of the table, I looked at my friends who came for the celebration. With some I have been a friend for over 25 years and with some I have been a friend less than two.

During the day this little refrain from the Girl Scouts came into my mind: Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver, and the other gold. My friends at the table were to me more precious than silver and gold - they wove their friendship into my life. To a degree, who I am today is due to my close friends who stood by me when times were tough and when times were good, who blessed me and who accepted me and challenged me to be the man that God wants me to be.

In Proverbs 18:24a we read: "There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Since I did not have brothers, I have never experienced how closely brothers can stick together, but I remember how close I was with my three sisters. In Detroit where we grew up, from time to time I would hear this expression in our childhood church: "there goes the Stefan clan; they stick together and speak with one voice". The time came, though, when we left Detroit and I stayed in the East and my sisters moved to the West Coast. We are still very close, but have developed separately strong friendships with other people.

As the relationship with his disciples developed, Jesus told them: "I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. I have called you friends, for everything that I have learned from my Father I have made known to you". (John 15:15) Friendship implies a revelation of who you are, a feeling that with beauty and blemishes you are accepted by your friends.

Making new friends is as important as keeping the old friends. One of the sad comments I often hear is from people in the community whose friends have moved or died. The expression is "Pastor, all our friends are gone." A change in friends is inevitable and it encourages us to make new friends, because the creation of new friendships keeps us sharp and involved.

There was no fixed time for departure, so our friends left whenever they needed to leave. Close to ten hours later, my friend of 25 years was still with us. It was late at night, but it was so good to be together. He has been a mentor, he has been a defender, he has been a big brother, he has been adopted as an uncle by my children, but above all things he has been a friend that has stuck with me for all these years.

SNOW REMOVAL BUDGETS

Like many municipalities in Monmouth County, Atlantic Highlands blew through its snow removal budget fairly quickly this year.  With spring still 22 days away, we may not have seen the last of the flurries or street plowing for the season.  And that is what makes budgeting for snow removal each year such a difficult task.

In 2002, we barely touched the $25,000 allocated towards snow removal. Although the borough council hasn’t officially adopted this year’s budget, the finance committee has already increased the 2003 allowance.  The only good news about that is the increase won’t come under an emergency appropriation but part of the regular budgetary process.  The bad news is that we have to consider costs for November and December in the budget as well.

Its not just removing the snow that costs money. The budget includes the purchasing of sand and salt for the roads, maintenance of the plows in addition to the overtime that our public works department gets paid.  Thanks to astute planning by the street department, our town had plenty of salt and sand in reserve well in advance of President’s Day. If we are lucky, we may also recoup some of last week’s expenditures from FEMA.

Snow removal is not an exact science. Like setting leaf collection dates, we are at the mercy of Mother Nature.  We have a pretty good plan in place once it snows, we just can’t predict when and how many times we will need to execute the plan. About all we can do each year is to estimate our costs, and that’s akin to betting on the annual snowfall in Central Park.

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DEMOCRATICALLY YOURS by Joe Caliendo Middletown Township Democrat Party Chairman

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BLIZZARD BRINGS OUT THE WORST IN ONE-PARTY RULE

That sure was one heck of a snowstorm.

It left not only a lot of snow, but a pretty good-sized bill as well. In fact, the Middletown Township Committee says that it’s going to cost the taxpayers $250,000 and they don’t know where they’re going to get the money to pay for that.

I suppose they could have used some of the $2.7 million they’re pouring into the swim club that the town owns. If not that, then the committee could have thrown in some of the $4 million to $5 million that it’s pouring into the Banfield “Cultural” Center.

Now, the people of Middletown have enough money to afford the expensive toys of the elite – swim clubs and cultural centers. But, we don’t have enough money for the basics – getting snow off of streets.

I think this raises an interesting point, one that I’ve been talking about for quite some time.

Why is the Middletown Committee so surprised by a blizzard? It’s New Jersey and our winters can be some of the worst in the country, though that’s not to say we’re going to get hit hard every year. Still, you would think that if you were an elected official in New Jersey (anywhere in New Jersey), it might run across your mind that you could get hit with a good-sized snow storm and maybe…just maybe…you ought to plan funding and operations around that.

Not in Middletown.

In Middletown, our government plans for swim clubs and cultural centers and not for snow. That’s how in touch the committee is with the town and its needs.

Toys before necessities.

And what about the snow plowing that went on? Whose streets got done first…and best? I don’t know. But, why don’t you take a ride past one of those committee people’s houses during a snowstorm (this one is already melting away) and take a good hard look at the roads.

In Middletown, being an elected Republican to office does not mean more responsibility as much as it means more privilege and more power. Is that any way to run a government? Is that what the people of our township need or want?

Twenty years of one-party rule in the township has left the township as a feeding ground for the elite. And, these people become “elite” not from the sweat of their hard work as much as the loyalty they show a political party – the GOP – and not the residents of Middletown Township. Why can’t our roads get plowed? Why can’t we have money in the bank for necessities, instead of high-priced pet projects that get shoved down the taxpayers’ throats every time a committee person thinks it’s OK to do it?

The snowstorm is just the ‘tip of the iceberg’. Like anything else, it gets dirtier on the way down to the bottom. But, more and more people in Middletown are waking up and that is starting to make a difference.

Mayor Rosemarie Peter’s cultural center is taking precious funding away from the real things that Middletown needs. And, I think that’s pretty obvious at this point.

On the lighter side, though, I want to commend the Middletown Police Department, Chief John Pollinger, and all of our volunteers for their incredible efforts during the blizzard.

Once again, Middletown’s Finest and the finest volunteers anywhere made an incredible difference – thank you.

And, RUMOR HAS IT, that a certain Bayshore GOP party chairman has been turning his club upside down trying to find out where his ‘leak’ to the Democrats is. I can only advise that leader that the leak is probably in the place where he suspects it the least.

(Joseph Caliendo is a lifetime Middletown resident and businessman. He is also chairman of the Middletown Township Democratic Party.)

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GORDON BISHOP ON THE ISSUES by Gordon Bishop Syndicated Columnist

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING  RULING ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’

Does society have an obligation to build low-income housing for the poor?

Society, of course, means the working taxpayers.

Well, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in 1975 that people deserve the same kind of decent housing as middle-class residents of the Garden State.

Why not? Except who’s going to pay for it?

The working taxpayer, of course.

Yes, this is in-your-face socialism and Marxism – or judicial dictatorship!

Supreme Court justices in New Jersey are not elected by the people.  They are appointed by the Governor.

The people – again, the taxpayers – had no voice in the New Jersey Supreme Court decision to provide low-income housing for the poor, or those who can’t afford to buy a quality home. That controversial Supreme Court case was called the “Mount Laurel” ruling. The case was based on a woman in Mount Laurel, Burlington County, who couldn’t afford to purchase a home and sued the state because she couldn’t find affordable housing.

Justice Frederick Hall wrote that decision.  But Justice Hall never explained who would pay for Mount Laurel, or “affordable housing,”  in every one of New Jersey’s 566 municipalities.

Instead, Justice Hall dumped the financial burden on the taxpayers and left the Justice Department with the problem of enforcing this new and costly “law.”

Mount Laurel defies logic and common sense. It created a new bureaucracy in state government to implement Mount Laurel housing, even though there was no money in the state budget to implement such a “law.”

Justices in recent years are basing their opinions and decisions on what they “feel and believe” should be done, not what the Constitution says they can do under the supreme law of the land, both state and federal.

New Jersey’s State Constitution and our U.S. Constitution have been battered and bastardized by Supreme Court justices since the early 20^th Century. Our sacred Constitutional rights have been victimized by a handful of elitist judges and justices who are not elected by the people but rather appointed by our Governors and Presidents.

The high court justices have declared war on America’s taxpayers – and we’ve been paying for it dearly  since the 1930s, led by President Franklin Roosevelt and his socialist “New Deal” programs that created today’s oppressive, gargantuan government.

So here we are, mired under a mountain of taxes, rules, regulations and bloated bureaucracies to enforce countless socialist programs and projects that cannot be found in our state and national Constitutions.

The purpose of the U.S. Constitution from the beginning was to prevent government from imposing such economic burdens on taxpayers. After all, it took a bloody tax revolt against the King of England in 1776 to establish a Republic based on freedom and liberty – not oppressive taxes and wasteful, corrupt socialism.

Bureaucracies are not efficient, or responsive. They exist to perpetuate themselves – and to grow bigger.

The private sector, by comparison, is much more efficient and flexible than government bureaucracies. Private enterprise gets the job done – or they go out of business.

Government doesn’t have to worry about getting the job done. Taxpayers pick up the government’s tab, regardless of the outcome, which is mostly negative.

The private sector can do any government program more efficiently and is far less costly to the taxpayers. So why don’t they?

We have all been Governmentized – and have become numbed in the process.

We are overwhelmed. When that happens taxpayers become either angry, or indifferent. After awhile, they simply throw up their arms and say, “Who cares” or “Whatever.”

There is only one way to get out of this government stranglehold on taxpayers: Downsize government the same way business must downsize to survive.

Out with Mount Laurel and hundreds of other so-called “laws” created by our Supreme Courts – and save our U.S. and State Constitutions in the process.

But that won’t happen until all taxpayers – and voters – wake up and vote for individuals committed to downsizing government and making government obey our Constitutional laws.

Right now, government’s winning because most taxpayers don’t vote.

Government officials know that, and that’s why America is on the road to self-destruction.

 (Gordon Bishop, a national award-winning author, historian and syndicated columnist, is New Jersey’s first ‘Journalist-of-the-Year” – 1986/New Jersey Press Association.)

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IT'S ELEMENTARY by Dr. Martha H. Wallauer Atlantic Highlands Superintendent of Schools email: docwall@ahes.k12.nj.us AHES Website: www.ahes.k12.nj.us

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SPECIAL REFERENDUM - VOTE MARCH 11TH

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TRENTON TALK by Assemblyman Steve Corodemus (R) - 11th District AsmCorodemus@njleg.state.nj.us  www.corodemus.com Political Website www.njleg.state.nj.us/html/corodem.htm Legislative Website

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MCGREEVEY CUTS AID TO MONMOUTH COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

During the Budget Address Governor McGreevey announced his plans to cut the general operating support grant for the Monmouth County Historical Association. The money came from the New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC), a division of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State. Governor McGreevey also announced the elimination of the NJHC entirely.

The Monmouth County Historical Association relies upon this grant for their operations. Without the monies they will be hard pressed to maintain their programs. Lee Ellen Griffith the Director of the Association explained that, "This loss is devastating. It will mean cuts in service and will impact all of our programs."

The Monmouth County Historical Association, founded in 1898, collects, preserves, and interprets materials relating to this region's rich heritage. The organization is recognized as one of the country's leading regional history organizations, the association maintains and operates a museum, an extensive library and archives, and four historic sites.

The loss of the NJHC will have an even greater impact on smaller historical associations as many may be forced to fold without the state aid they relied upon to run their operations.

There is hope, however. The Legislature is a coequal branch of government and will be holding public hearings, budget committee meetings and partisan discussions. The budget must be balanced and adopted prior to June 31, 2003. I pledge to work to ease some of the pain in the budget by identifying revenue sources and proposing the elimination of non-performing State services.

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WINDOWS ON RED BANK by Daniel Murphy, Jr. Danny's Steak House danssteaks@aol.com

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SNOWED OVER

Due to the snow storm last week the Kaboom cocktail fund raiser on February 20th was postponed until March 27th.   This might have been a blessing in disguise by giving us more time to make the event bigger and better.  We will be holding a wine auction an also auctioning off historical pictures of Red Bank.  If there is anything you would like to donate to be auctioned call Dan Murphy at 732 241 1401. Below is a revised release as to the up and coming event

"On Thursday night March 27th at 6 PM the Kaboom committee is throwing a cocktail and Hors d'oeuvres party at the Monmouth Boat Club in Marine Park.  The party is to raise money for the fireworks display that Red Bank is famous for.  You might not know this but we are ranked 2nd behind Macy's Manhattan fireworks display as the biggest and best fireworks display in the country.  I believe we are tied with Dallas for that honor. 

It cost over $170,000 to put on the display and all of that is raised by donations, special events on the 3rd of July, sponsorship by PNC Bank, Molly Pitcher and Oyster point Hotel, Q104.3 local businessmen and private businesses.  We also hold a golf outing on June 9th at Shore Oaks Golf club.  The cost has gone up dramatically in almost 40 years but so has the size of the audience and length and quality of the show.  Like I said we are ranked 2nd in the United States, pretty good for a small town.

R & R Wine distributors directed by Richard Levine along with Lairds Distilleries and Basil T's brewery will host the wine and beer tasting for the evening.  A great Hors hors d'oeuvres tasting is being presented by Basil T's, Bistro, Buona Sera, Danny's Steakhouse, Downtown Café, Gourmet Picnic, House of Coffee, Little Kraut, Racioppies, 2 Senza and Two If By Sea. 

The highlight of the evening will be a surprise by the Grucci family.  All in all it will be a great event to socialize with the heart of the Red Bank community.  Tickets are $60 and can be reserved or purchased by calling 732 741 7200."

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SPOTLIGHT ON KEANSBURG by Patrick Pecora Keansburg Councilman

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KEANSBURG HAS AN OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Well it is finally here our borough web site is finally up and running. The URL for the web site is: www.keansburg-nj.gov and I would like to remind you to add it to your favorites. Many areas of the site are still under construction but one main feature is up and running. This feature gives uses of the web site to send e-mails to the various departments in our town such as Code Enforcement, the Borough Manager, the Mayor, the Council etc. The work on the web site is continuing and we want to make this site a useful tool for our community and our residents.

This past Thursday the Mayor, our borough engineer and I rode around two specific areas of our town which need street and drainage work. We discussed several streets into those areas with the engineer and he is now in the process of determining grant availability and other engineering preliminary work that will be needed to improve those streets. This is part of an ongoing effort to repair streets and improve drainage in areas of our town as grant money becomes available.

Lastly, this was something I wrote about in last weeks article but I think it can be repeated this week because it is important. On the agenda at the last regular council meeting was a discussion of our towns skate park. At our meeting with the people from Green Acres about 2 weeks ago, we discussed having a skate park in our town. They were impressed with the suggestion and they were very receptive to the thought of providing money for the skate park. Our application for the Green Acres Grant to build a skate park will be submitted during the last week of this month to meet the 3/1 application deadline. This information was confirmed during a meeting the mayor and I had with our borough engineer last Thursday.

Keansburg Baseball and Softball sign ups – LAST REGULAR SIGN UP DAY.
Residents of Keansburg, Keyport and Union Beach are invited to sign-up
Sign-ups are at Collins Field Clubhouse, Keansburg.
Girls - Ages 5 to 16
Boys - Ages 5 to 18
Friday - 2/28 from 6 PM to 9 PM

Regular Borough Council meeting dates for March.

The two normal borough council meetings during the month of March are scheduled for Thursday 3/13 at 5:30 PM and Thursday 3/27 at 7 PM in Keansburg Borough Hall.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT  by Mark R. Vogel Contact : epicure1@optonline.net

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HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT COOKWARE

What factors entered into your last cookware procurement?  Price is always a consideration.  But were you influenced by the color, or that neat little glass lid that allows you to see inside?  Or maybe the free utensils that came with it tempted you.

Much to the delight of purveyors, emotional inclinations and aesthetic trappings produce impulse purchases.   I just had to have that red, (my favorite color), tea kettle, even though I own a perfectly functional stainless steel one.  Not that there is anything wrong with these yearnings.  We are human and indulging our passions makes us feel good.  But if you’re a serious cook, you will need much more than your desires to guide you toward the proper equipment. 

The primary consideration in choosing cookware is the material it is constructed from.  Copper is the most expensive but also the best heat conductor.  Superior heat conduction allows for even cooking.  For example, you will find pans on the market made from stainless steel, a fair conductor, with a thick reinforced bottom containing aluminum, a better conductor.  The problem here is the heat conduction is not evenly dispersed throughout the pan and the bottom of your food will cook at an unacceptably disproportionate rate. You cannot braise food efficiently in such a pan. A pan with thorough and even heat conduction also eliminates “hot spots”.  These are sections of the pan that are hotter than others, usually dead center in the bottom, which render browning your food uniformly a frustrating challenge.  Finally, a pan with good heat conduction rapidly responds to increases or decreases in temperature, thus allowing you quick control over the heat level.  This attribute is necessary for successful sautéing. 

The problem with copper cookware, (beside the price), is reactivity.  Copper, aluminum, and to a lesser extent cast iron, are “reactive” metals.  That means they will chemically combine with certain foods, usually acidic ones, and alter the flavor and color of your preparation.  Not to mention that you will be consuming unwanted levels of the metal.  Copper discolors and scratches easily as well.  I would recommend at least having one good copper bowl for beating egg whites.  For reasons scientifically complex involving copper ions, (which I will not bore you with here), copper is superior for beating egg whites to maximal volume.

Aluminum is a good heat conductor but as stated, reactive.  Aluminum is also a soft metal and eventually wears down but remains popular because it’s inexpensive.  There are anodized aluminum pans, which are chemically treated to prevent reactivity.  If you insist on aluminum, anodized is the way to go.

Cast iron is also a superb heat conductor and inexpensive.  However it has drawbacks as well:  rusting, pitting, reactivity, and sticking to food.  For all of these reasons cast iron pans must be “seasoned.”  This means coating the entire pan, inside and out with oil or shortening and baking it to seal the fat into the pan.  This will thwart rusting and reactivity, and give you a non-stick surface.  Of course this protective layer breaks down over time and the process must be repeated.  Some cast iron pans are coated with enamel.  This is an attempt to ameliorate the dilemmas of cast iron while maintaining exceptional heat conduction.  I have one cast iron skillet for searing steaks.  Nothing aside from a grill will give you that deliciously charred exterior.

You’re probably realizing at this point that there is no perfect pan.  So which material can give us most of the qualities we desire with no glaring deficits?  Stainless Steel is the ultimate compromise.  It provides the mid range in price and heat conduction, is durable, easy to clean, and non-reactive.  But wait, we can push the perfection curve even further.  To increase stainless steel’s heat conduction, aluminum is often sandwiched between an internal and external layer of stainless steel.  In a high quality pan, this layer extends all the way up the sides, not just the bottom.  Now we have a pan that embraces everything with one exception:  price.  You can’t have it all and when you do you have to pay for it.

If you want the ultimate quality, and are willing to spend the money on a cookware set that will literally last a lifetime, than I would recommend All-Clad.  No, I do not get free cookware from them for promoting their products.  I am simply steering you toward the best cookware on the market.   I would recommend their stainless steel with aluminum interior.  It’s heavy gauge stainless steel with good conductivity and top-notch construction.  But you will pay over $500 for a set.

The bottom line is better cookware will cook your food better.  The degree of your culinary zealousness, the type of cooking you do, and your wallet will determine your final choice.  I suggest you acquire the best stainless steel set you can afford plus a few specialty pieces, (non-stick, cast iron, copper, etc.), for unique items best suited to these materials. 

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JOBPATH by Caroline Ceniza-Levine cenizalevine@yahoo.com  www.thinkasinc.com

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Series on Job Search Basics (Part 4): 

REMEMBER MISS TEXAS

I saw a Junior Miss pageant, where there was a clear frontrunner in Miss Texas.  She had the highest scores from the preliminaries, the semifinals, and most of the finals.  But in the last competition, the evening gowns, she slipped down the stairs, and ended up fourth runner-up.  Miss Texas exemplifies what happens to a lot of candidates, who master the job search basics, but forget how beauty pageants, I mean jobs, are actually won.  You need to pass the preliminaries (the resume screen) to get to the semifinals (the general interviews) to get to the finals (the subsequent interviews).  And, you need to win each round on its merits.  A superior resume won’t compensate for blowing the interview.  High initial scores won’t compensate for careening down the stairs.  As in beauty pageants, your scores get wiped out with each subsequent round.

Thus, understanding job search basics means that you must always be at your best.  The proper steps to a job search are sequential because one prepares you for the next.  But each has its unique significance and challenges, and you must master them all.  You must have good strategy, powerful marketing, thorough research, polished interviewing skills, organized follow-up, and the ability to close the deal.  You must have all these skills all the time because you will frequently be at different stages with each target company in your job search.  Effective job search basics rely on effective juggling basics:  focus, concentration, and discipline.  You cannot get sloppy.

You might overhear from the CEO’s assistant that you’re the one!  You might be wined and dined at company-paid meals.  You might be negotiating salary.  Until you are through the door on the first day of your new job, you are Miss Texas.  Watch your step.

Caroline Ceniza-Levine, a resident of Little Silver, is an adjunct professor of Professional Development at Columbia University and a career/life coach.  Caroline can be reached at 212-502-8593 or at her website at www.thinkasinc.com. 

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NO BULL FISHING REPORT by Jay Cosgrove of Bahr's Landing Marina and Restaurant Highlands, NJ  jay@bahrs.com http://www.bahrs.com

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REPORTS OF RIVER, BAY AND OCEAN FISHING

News from MacEvents.com

The Best Buying Boat Show in NJ!
Long considered the best buying boat show in the state, the New Jersey Boat Show will hold true to its reputation come February 27 - March 2, 2003. The event plans to be the largest boat show ever held at the NJ Convention Center, Edison, NJ.

Over 300 boats(15' to 35') will be on hand, from center console fishing boats to offshore sport fishing boats, bow riders to sport cruisers, personal watercraft to bass boats, deck boats to aluminum boats and more! More boats than ever before will be available for you to examine, compare and purchase.

February 27 - March 2, 2003
New Jersey Convention Center
Edison, NJ

Show Hours:

Thursday 1pm - 9:30pm
Friday 1pm - 9:30pm
Saturday 10am - 9:30pm
Sunday 10am-6pm
Admissions:

Adults $10.00
Kids (12- 17) $8.00
Children 11 & Under Free
Seniors * $8.00
*Thursday & Friday Only! No other discounts apply.

A vast variety of boating and marine products will be available at the show. Also featured at the show will be companies supplying marine equipment, towers & T-tops, marine electronics, inboard/outboard engines, marinas, marine services/repairs and more! So, whether you are looking for a new marina to moor your boat or searching for someone to build you a custom T-top, you'll find it at the NJ Boat Show!.

Plus check out the awesome lineup of fishing seminars @ http://www.macevents.com/boatSeminars.cfm

The battle between commercial and recreational interests gets ugly. It looks like some eastern seaboard states are more friendly to commercial fisherman than others.
The ASMFC commissioners meet this week in Washington to approve recommendations by management boards for many species, and the first item on the agenda is Amendment 6 to the Striped Bass Management Plan. Though the rest of the amendment is basically acceptable, the coastal commercial increase is a killer and Stripers Forever is urging rejection of the amendment unless that increase is removed.

North Carolina provided an example of what increased commercial quotas may mean when the state opened the striper fishery to trawlers at Oregon Inlet on Jan. 21 and 22. Fifteen trawlers were limited to 100 bass each, which they could have caught in a single short tow. Mike Deckard of Ocean City was out those days and watched the fleet make one long tow after another so they could hi-grade the fish -- keeping only the largest in order to maximize poundage.

The trawlers had received bad publicity during previous winters because of all the dead, floating bass they left behind. This year Deckard said they solved that problem by stabbing the prespawning stripers with picks so they'd sink when dumped. He estimates the real death toll must have been three to four times the bass brought in.

Commissioner Tom Fote of Toms River, the governor's appointee, expects New Jersey will vote against Amendment 6 if the commercial increase is retained. The other game fish states of Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut also voted against the increase in December, though Pennsylvania went along with the majority.

Stripers Forever is asking its members to pressure ASMFC commissioners in the commercial states to vote against Amendment 6 as the first step on the road to ensuring the long-term abundance of our most important inshore game fish. The Stripers Forever contact is Brad Burns (e-mail bigbass@maine.rr.com).

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SENIOR SAVVY by Bernice Roberts email - brob3@aol.com

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EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT WITH CLUTTER

I can always find important things, unless it’s a gift that I must wrap
within the hour to give to someone. Then it’s really elusive.

"I saw it here just a day ago . . . or was it on my other table, or maybe upstairs? I put it down in an obvious place where I knew I’d find it easily". . . At this moment, something else, equally desirable, turns up just in time to reinforce my ‘clutter habit.’ "Oh, look, here’s my other pair of glasses sitting right there alongside Louise’s gift."

Now I’m happy and rewarded. I found not one, but two things!

I’m told time and again that all it takes to escape the ‘clutter habit’ is a good organization system. There’s a new and better way of organizing that is spelled out every month in one of those glossy magazines with pictures of somewhat barren rooms highlighted by charming knick-knacks trying to make them cozy. I have rooms like that, but my knick-knacks are plentiful and utilitarian too. The antique silver mugs, for example, are filled with such necessities as coins (some even from foreign countries) errant paper clips in multi-colors, "coded so as to denote their purpose" and often a scrap of paper is stuck at the bottom that has a phone number scribbled on it. Tut, tut, no name goes with it. Never mind. I might remember and need it someday. Meanwhile I’ll read the article with the alluring title, "The Last Clutter-Proofing You’ll Ever Need."

Well ha ha. I can break any code, demolish any system of organizing, and make any category expand to include subcategories and related categories and even numerical appendices. I can take any index and induce it to become indices with full-page descriptions of every obscure item confined there. With some deft architectural flourishes, I can turn rectangular storage into pyramidal marvels, hexagons into octagons and (although rarely) back again. I have the knack for reversing, enhancing, and otherwise ridiculing and debasing any system so far devised to eradicate clutter. Ask my daughter. She’s a Virgo and has no sympathy for Libras.

It takes daring and creativity to be a clutterer. Whimsy must never be suppressed. Unplanned pop-up and pop-out figures may startle the uninitiated, but each drawer may also turn out to be a jack-in-the-box, a fascinating happening for children, but a hopeless tangle for adults.

This only sounds like chaos. If the hose is leaking, I can put my hands on the right washer. I have envelopes in every size. I have child scissors and child glue, and grown-up scissors and grown-up glue. I have screws for every type of eyeglasses. I have binoculars and a monocle. I have a book on stamp collecting. I have a Latin book, a Physics book, an Italian dictionary, the entire history of art starting with the stone age cave paintings at Lascaux. I have Dale Carnegie’s books that are the consummate "How To" books and will never be equaled or surpassed.

I don’t want to get rid of any of it. I feel secure when I can’t find something at a moment’s notice. I just know it’s there. Call it emotional involvement. Besides, there’s got to be other, more urgent things, that are glaringly wrong with me.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING by Rich Marcolus, Esq. Levinson Axelrod Attorneys at Law

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HEDONIC CLAIMS

Hedonic damages are a new type of claim that Petitioner's have been able to bring as a result of a loss of enjoyment of life. Essentially, an injured party can bring an expert to Court to quantify the loss of enjoyment of life. Although these types of claims are somewhat speculative, but they do have some validity. For example, how much would be fair to give an injured party who can no longer play golf because of injuries. Certainly if the person played golf everyday and witnesses collaborated this by testimony of how much the person loved golf, this could be potentially something a jury would award for.

On the other hand, this type of claim would turn off juries who may be of the opinion that the Petitioner is overreacting. It's a tough balancing act that must be thoroughly considered before presenting to a Court.

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PHYSICIAN'S FORUM Alan Zaccaria, MD, FACS Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, President, Monmouth County Medical Society www.plasticsurgery_zaccaria.yourmd.com Aldozac@netzero.net

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BURNS

Burns can cause serious, life threatening injuries, as we have all heard about with the recent night club tragedy in Rhode Island. The severity of a burn is determined by two factors--the temperature that the tissue is exposed to, and the length of time that the tissues are exposed. Burns can be very mild and present as redness of the skin, as seen with mild sun burns. These are the so called "first-degree" burns and are easily treated with moisturizers and over-the-counter products, such as aloe. As the burn becomes more severe, it is associated with blistering, such as that seen with a scald injury from hot water. This is the so called "second-degree" burn or more accurately termed, a partial thickness burn. This involves the outer layer of the skin called the epidermis, as well as a small portion of the next layer of skin, the dermis.

Partial thickness burns can be further classified as superficial or deep, depending upon the severity. These burns will generally heal on their own within one to two weeks, with local wound care. This includes topical antibiotic ointments to prevent infection and to promote wound healing, and they may require surgical debridement (removal of the blister or peeled skin). If blisters are present and are not broken, physicians will generally leave them intact as they provide a natural cushioning and wound coverage.

Full thickness burns, or "third-degree" burns involve the entire layer of skin and require immediate medical attention. If it involves more than just a small area of the body, the person will need to be admitted to the hospital and possibly to a burn unit for treatment. Large burns cause a massive loss of fluids from the body, requiring intravenous fluid replacement. The patient is also at a high risk for wound infections which can be life threatening. The treatment of the burns in this case involves topical antibiotics (usually Silvadine cream), followed by early removal of the burned tissues, followed by skin grafting. This is where strips of skin are harvested from normal areas of the body, and transplanted to the burned areas once the burned tissues are surgically removed. These patients will require many months of post-operative care and rehabilitation depending upon the total body surface area that is involved.

Burns can be one of the most challenging injuries to treat in medicine today. Prevention is paramount and education regarding fire safety issues both in and outside of the home is the most important way of preventing serious burns.

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OLD OAK TRAIL by Joe Reynolds AH Environmental Commission Member

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HOW BIRDS GRIP WITH WINTER

Not every bird migrates, and the ones that do move do not always travel to sunny South America or even Florida. Some birds, like brants and buffleheads, migrate right here to New Jersey during winter.

A few weekends ago, many people in Monmouth County took part in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. The event was also sponsored locally by the Monmouth County Audubon Society.

While this winter season in the Northeast has been very cold and snowy, people in the Bayshore region were able to observe many colorful and loveable birds, such as blue jays, chickadees, sparrows, red-bellied woodpeckers, herons, hawks, and occasionally a bald eagle.

Yet, how do these birds survive the cold, snow, ice, and arctic winds that have characterized the winter of 2002-2003? Unlike humans, wild animals are unable to go inside to a nice warm house to have a cup of hot chocolate by a toasty fireplace. Instead, wild animals are force to deal with the elements 24/7 whether they like it or not.

Yet, one thing that birds have in their favor is evolution. Over thousands or even millions of years, birds have developed a few ways to grip with winter.

One well-known strategy is feathers. Birds that spend the winter in cold climates generally have more feathers than birds that migrate to warm climates. In fact, small birds like black-capped chickadees have more feathers relative to their size than an average neo-tropical bird. Winter birds are also able to fluff up their feather to trap air near their skin. The air is then warmed by their body temperature, which is generally between 102 to 107 degrees F. Not that’s toasty and much warmer than my home, which has the thermostat to 68 degrees F.

Another common strategy is for birds to roost. Roosting is when birds (generally from the same species) gather together to find a place to perch, rest, sleep, and settle down to wait out the cold. Together, their body heat is able to keep them warm.

Throughout the Bayshore region, I have seen many birds roost during the winter, such as cardinals, robins, goldfinches, and turkey vultures. They find a favorite place, generally free from predators, and huddle together. The roost stays warmer than birds who might want to go solo. In fact, studies have shown that roosting house sparrows saved about 13 percent of their energy required to keep warm.

Nevertheless, even with these adjustments to cold winter weather, many birds do not survive. Most juveniles due to their lack of experience die from the lack of experience finding good roosting places or die from being eaten by predators.

Perhaps the greatest cause of winter bird mortality, however, is from the loss of habitat due to human’s desire to over-develop their environment. We need to preserve environmentally sensitive areas, such as wetlands, for birds to roost and find food. We need to preserve and protect open spaces for all species to enjoy.

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LEND - A - HAND Volunteer Center of Monmouth County (732) 728-1927

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The Volunteer Center of Monmouth County, (732) 728-1927, offers hundreds of unique volunteer opportunities.  The Center is now located at 1900 Highway 35, Oakhurst, NJ, and is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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POETS' LAIR by Area Poets

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JERSEY BOUND

Going back is always hard because
Long ago I realized that
It just isn’t there anymore
But still I go back

I seek images in my misty mind
Trying to focus on the good things about
Being back home, back in New Jersey
These remembrances, abstractions that play with me
As I live my life on the other side of the Atlantic

The shining aluminum diners

The New York Yankees on the radio

The sweet coffee in paper cups
Blue with Greek columns

Monmouth Park Racetrack

The Jersey Shore

Sitting on the Long Branch beach in July, baking
Walking down the boardwalk to the arcades
City summer jobs

High school
Vague memories of a sometimes
Happy time

Twenty-three years ago this month
Walking across the stage at Monmouth College
Because the high school football field was in chaos

A school reunion
Tomorrow, before dawn, rise
Off in the small hours to Brussels Airport
And onto a jumbo jet

Jersey bound
 

(Michael Adubato is from Long Branch and presently resides in Belgium.)

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Picture This! We'll show you a photo each week and you tell us where in Monmouth County that photo was taken.  If you have not won in the last 30 days and you know the answer, send your response to trivia@ahherald.com along with your name and the town where you live.  Be the first person to respond with the correct answer and we will publish your name and the town where you live. Only those responses received on, or after, the date above will be accepted.

Can you identify the location from this photo taken in Monmouth County, NJ? 
Send your answer along with your name and town where you live to: editor@ahherald.com

Last Week's Picture This! Answer

Pat McTernan of Atlantic Highlands, NJ was the first person to correctly identify this location. A: This Gazebo is located at the Delores Lesher Memorial Garden on Center Avenue in Atlantic Highlands - next to the municipal parking lot.

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GOP ADOPTS FDR'S VISION FOR AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD

War in Iraq would further democracy, end Saddam’s slaughter

By Ric Medrow

Amid all the clamor of debate over Iraq, we often lose sight of the perspective of history. This is a war that, before the debacle of Vietnam, Democrats would have supported. Lest we be blinded by the recent memories and supposed lessons of the last war, we would do well to remember the lessons of all of twentieth century history.

The liberal tradition of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy is forward looking and optimistic. It is a proud tradition that extols America’s virtues and defends the oppressed. It is a tradition uncomfortable with war but ready to fight to end the bloodshed of evil dictators.

Looking back to the debate leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, one sees a series of debates and arguments that is stunningly reminiscent of today’s debate over Iraq.

FDR had fought for years for greater American involvement in the European conflict. While war between dictatorship and Democracy raged, Americans were reluctant to enter the conflict. Republicans like Senator Robert Taft worried that America was being dragged into war by an “imperial president.”

According to historian Alonzo Hamby, Taft believed before Pearl Harbor that war would tear American society apart and ruin our economy, which had not yet recovered from the Depression. After Pearl Harbor many Republicans believed that the United States should make war only on Japan, which had attacked us, and ignore the Germans who hadn’t. FDR pointed out that the two powers were inextricably linked in the same Axis of Evil, which the Nazis would confirm several days later by declaring war on the United States.

Taft went so far as to write to his wife in the summer of 1940 that: “I am very pessimistic about the future of our country. We are certainly being dragged towards war and bankruptcy and socialism all at once.” On the floor of the Senate, he said: “War is even worse than a German victory.” Replace the words socialism with fascism and German with Iraqi and the rhetoric is starkly similar to what we hear from some Democrats today.

FDR was, of course, not a Socialist. And German victory would have meant final completion of the Final Solution. More than 13 million Jews, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Slavs, Gypsies and others were slaughtered before the first concentration camp was liberated by a platoon of American black soldiers.

Nearly the same thing is happening in Iraq today. Hitler needed an enemy to unite his people and he found one in the Jews. Saddam doesn’t need to create an enemy. But he seems to find them anyway. Saddam took power at gunpoint and he hasn’t stopped killing since. All of Saddam’s enemies have been targets for Saddam. In their turn, the Israelis, Kurds, Shiites, Iranians and Kuwaitis have been slaughtered. The Swamp Arabs were killed to a man, woman and child. Saddam did to the Swamp Arabs what Hitler intended for the Jews. He completed his mission of genocide. He has tortured children and forced parents to watch. He has made tomorrow’s victims eat their last meal off of today’s corpses. So many people does Saddam slaughter that he needs a warehouse full of butchers’ hooks on which to hang the victims of his torture at the Abu Ghaib prison. More than a million innocent people have died at the hands of Saddam and his Baath Party. How do we know all of this? It has all been carefully reported by John F. Burns in the New York Times, hardly a bastion of conservatism. America, too, is Saddam’s enemy. Do we expect somehow that we will be spared his depredations?

I sympathize with the protesters who do not like the killing that war will bring. But the killing will not end until the murderer is removed from power.

I find the French and German objections to war on moral and historical grounds to be sickening. I lived for two years in Europe – in Zurich and Prague. I was stunned when I first arrived in Switzerland to see the ubiquitous Swastika graffiti painted on the rail stations and bridges. What was, perhaps, even more surprising was that it wasn’t just the angry young who engaged in such hatred. One couldn’t attend a party in Zurich without hearing complaints about the Jews, the Gypsies, the Turks and the other auslanders – the hated foreigners. The streets of central Europe are still alive with the shouts of “Auslander raus! Outlander out!” Germany still refuses citizenship to people who do not have German blood, even people who were born in Germany and speak only German.

The European coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a different one than we see reported on FOX and CNN. On European television, Palestinian homes are destroyed by the Israeli government daily. But the carnage wrought by Palestinian homicide bombers goes unreported.

The French showed their true colors in their national elections last year when Jean-Marie Le Pen and his National Front finished second in the French presidential election. Remember, the Nazis never finished better than second in German elections in the 1930s. And this is not an anomaly. With Le Pen’s dire warnings of the threat to French life from North African immigration, he pushed his share of the presidential vote up from 0.74% in 1974 to 14% in 1988 and 15% in 1995.

The Europeans simply haven’t learned the lessons of the 1930s, about appeasement of evil dictators but, perhaps more importantly, about human rights and the rights of minorities.

The FDR tradition stands in stark contrast. Just prior to Pearl Harbor, 25 percent of Americans supported American intervention in Europe. About 25 percent were opposed, while 50 percent supported some kind of compromise. In spite of the polls, FDR dragged America slowly toward war. He believed that America must do whatever it could to bring the blessings of its values and traditions to the rest of the world. He believed that Four Freedoms – speech, worship, from want and from fear – should be guaranteed to all people in the world.

It is an optimistic and activist vision that Democrats shared by presidents from Wilson to Kennedy. But it is a tradition that we Republicans have inherited. From the Roosevelt of the Right, Ronald Reagan, to George W. Bush – the vision thing for America’s place in the world is now articulated most forcefully by Republicans.

Surely, the business of UN resolutions will be decided based upon the nitty-gritty of weapons of mass destruction, weapons inspections and our bilateral relationships with countries like Mexico, Pakistan and Cameroon.

But anyone who watched George W. Bush well up with tears at Ground Zero knows that such things matter little to him. People matter. Children matter. It is what Bush means when he talks about Compassionate Conservatism. Call him simple if you wish. But he is simple in the tradition of great American presidents – a tradition the Democrats once called their own.

Medrow ran unsuccessfully against Frank Pallone as the Republican nominee for Congress in the sixth district, garnering 31 percent of the vote. He is an adjunct professor of history at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn.

The Manalapan-Marlboro Post 972, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, our nation's oldest, active, military veterans association...established by Civil War Union Army veterans, has been honoring the famous "Harlem Hell Fighters" 369th Infantry Regiment, and the current members of its association, annually as part of its own Black Military History programs, starting shortly after the military veterans post was first chartered sixteen years ago. This year, during the Jewish War Veterans Manalapan-Marlboro Post 972's Annual Abraham Lincoln Birthday Breakfast program at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, February 23, 2003, in the Marboro Jewish Centers Chai Educational Building gymnasium, 46 Topanemus Road, Marlboro, New Jersey, the members and the color guard of the "Harlem Hell Fighters" 369th Infantry Regiment* Association will join the Jewish veterans post's Civil War uniformed color guard in the program's parade of the colors. A long time friend of the Jewish War Veterans, Captain James Dubose, Essex County Sheriff's Department, a former commander of the 369th Infantry Regiment Association, will be a guest speaker, as he has every year in the past..

* The German Army nicknamed them "The Hellfighters". They held an entire Army sector at Bois d'Hauya for two months under withering German fire.

"Harlem's Own" 369th Infantry Regiment had a distinguished record in World War One. It will be remembered for many things, namely:

The only volunteer Regiment raised for war that reached France.

The only U.S. Regiment to carry a State Flag through the war.

First Regiment in U.S. history to serve as an integral part of a foreign army and to wear French uniforms and equipment (but always carried the New York State Flag). Discracefully transferred by the U.S. Army to the French Army due only to racial prejudice.

First Regiment of the Allies to reach the Rhine River.

Served 191 days (almost 6 months) in action, the longest of any American Regiment.

Never lost a man to capture, and never lost a foot of ground.

First combat regiment to arrive home and march up 5th Avenue under New York City's Victory Arch.

One of the regiment's white officers, Captain Hamilton Fish, who later became a senator from New York, was a descendant of two signers of the Declaration of Independence, one was Nicholas Fish.

Julian "Bud" Batlan
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